The Hermiston herald., July 23, 1931, Page 3, Image 3

THURSDAY, JULY i t . 1981
period late In the pasture season the
cows were taken off the clover pas­
ture and stall fed while the tract
recovered from over pasturing. The
herd was later returned to It.
A direct check on costs during
Minimum Charge 15c
that time showed that the teed cost
or
per lOo pounds of milk was 29 cents
1 Cent a Word
greater under stall feeding than on
the clover pasture. During that per­
TOR SALI
iod there was less gain in weight per
THREE IRRIGATED RANCHES TO cow and less production, though the
rent; (0, 200 and 300 acres; Also cows were fed a good balanced ra­
several small tracts (or sale. Also tion.
Results in general last year bore
pasture (or cattle or sheep. E. P.
Dodd, Hermiston, Oregon.
45-tfc out the findings of the year before
as regards the high return to be ex-
FOR SALE— Hardware, Stoves, Fur­ i pected from such a pasture tract. The
niture and Mattresses. Hermiston gross return, in fact, was larger than
Second Hand Store.
10-tfc the proceeding year, though as pas­
PINE FACTORY TRIMMINGS (NOT ture costs were somewhat higher be­
Box Wood) (rom Kinzua Pine cause of needed repairs and fertili­
Mills Company. An extra good grade zers, the net return was slightly
smaller.
ot Kiln-Dried wood (or sale by Tum-
Nevertheless, this total net return
A-Lum Lumber Co.
43-49tc
amounted to *467.48 in feed saved
FOR SALE— A new car trailer. Rev. during the summer, not counting the
Wallace E. Jones.
44-3tp Increased efficiency of this pasture
feed over hay and a net return of
FOR SALE— 20 acres; 5-R. house; *41.01 per acre, which represents
barns; other outbuildings; (enced; about 26*4 per cent on the invest­
>400 cash. J. M. Biggs. Hermiston, ment of *150 an acre.
Oregon.
37-ttc
ADEQUATE HOUSING FACILITIES
FOR SALE— 3-BURNER OIL STOVE
with oven. H. E. Hanby.
43-tic PROVIDED LEGION DELEGATES
WANT ADS
Corvallis, Ore., July 20— Adequate
On the West
— Adv housing facilities at previous Legion
conventions in Oregon have been
problems which have been solved in
MISCELLANEOUS
one way and another. In Corvallis
TO TRADE — STOCK RANCH; for the 1931 meeting, August 6, 7
1480 acres; 90 acres hay land; and 8, there will be more housing
land clear, good title. What have available than necessary, Roger Mills
to trade. Walter Rood, Agnew Ranch committee chairman announces.
Hermiston, Oregon.
47-2tp
Housing for the 400o students at
NOTICE! I WILL OPEN A REAL the Oregon Stote college has been
estate ottlce in Hermiston, Aug­ made available to the Legion for
ust 1st. E. P. Dodd.
46-tIc overflow from hotels and regular
facilities. Margaret Snell hall with
WANTED TO RENT— PIANO. MUST 200 rooms will be available for wo­
be in good condition. Hermiston men, and If necessary the other dor­
Light & Power company.
47-tic mitories may be brought into use.
Some 20 odd fraternity houses will
FOR TRADE— HOUSE AND THREE house from 20 to 50 each. Private
lots in LaGrande, Ore., (or im­ boarding houses, in which students
proved property in Hermlstono vicln live during the school year, will all
Ity. Jeit See, Hermiston.
47-2tp be available for Legionnaires and
their families during the convention.
ALFALFA FARM WANTED — 10-
Corvallis is preparing for the big­
acres, 2*4 miles ffom Oregon gest crowd in its history. Once each
City, on good road; land level; all two years, on the day of the Home­
clear but *4 acre. Four-room plas coming football game with the Uni­
tered bungalow, lights, good barn; versity of Oregon, Corvallis enter­
(rult, good well water; some berries.
A nice little home close in, only 14
miles (rom Portland, Ore. Price
*4500, mortgage, *1250. Want 30
to 40 acres. Farm close to Hermis­
ton: want good house, good soil;
w ill asume a little more than you
have. Send all details ot your place
to E. P. Elliott & Son, Agents, Ore­
gon City, Oregon.
47-2tc
Burk's (or
Side.
Bargains.
Go to Burk’s (or Bargains -Now.
—Adv.
HIGHEST CASH prioes paid (or live­
stock. We will be In Hermiston
every week. Drop us a card It you
have any stock to sell. Huston A
Bennett Co. Inc., The Dalles, Oregon.
Box 327.
31-tte
a T
THE HERALD OFFICE— Carbon
paper, typewriter ribbons. Ink pads
and rubber stamps.
You Can Always Find Bargains at
BURK’S.
— Adv.
Notice of Hearing Upon Final Report
In the County Court of the State
ot Oregon (or Umatilla County.
In the "Matter ot the Estate of
Thomas Mackay, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned administrator ot the
estate ot Thomas Mackay, deceased,
has (lied his Final Report with the
Clerk ot the above entitled Court,
and that the Judge of said Court has
designated Saturday, the 25th day
ot July, at 2:00 o’clock in the after­
noon as the time, and the rooms of
the above entitled Court in the Coun­
ty Court House in Pendleton, Uma­
tilla County, Oregon, as the place
vOTTen and where hearing is to be
had thereon. All persons interested
are hereby notified to then and there
appear and show cause, If any they
have, why said report should not be
approved, the administrator dis­
charged, his bondsmen exonerated
and the estate closed.
Dated this 25th day of June, 1931.
F. B. SWAYZE,
Administrator.
(June 25-JuIy 23)
WATERED PASTURES AGAIN
tains crowds that are comparable to
those that will visit the Legion con­
vention. There have been as many
as 22,000 persons in Corvallis for a
home coming game.
Preparations are also under way
for providing "parking" service for
babies and younger children at the
Legion convention in Corvallis. Ex­
perienced and responsible care will
be provided parents who bring their
families along.
HOOD RIVER— Failure to spray
for codling moth this year has re­
sulted in about 5 per cent wormy
apples In one Hood River orchard,
according to A. L. Marble, county
agent. The grbwer now plans to
thin off and destroy all wormy ap­
ples and apply a spray for the second
brood.
The best cook in the high school
at Pitman, N. J., this year was Clif­
ford Jones, a runner on the school’s
championship relay team.
Dairymen Urged
To Keep Records
(Continued from Page One)
The necessity for eliminating thia
lower one-third is evident. The ques
tion then arises as to which cows are
in this class of non-paying boaorders
is not as simple as it seems and
culling by guess has resulted many
times in sending some of the good
cows to the block and retaining
some of the poor ones in the herd.
The selection of cows by appear­
ance alone is at best not accurate
even when done by dairymen with a
great deal of experience and more
than average ability. Production rec­
ords are necessary for proper culling
and management of the dairy herd.
The keeping of accurate records en­
tails no little time and the dairy
herd improvement association should
be the answer to the dairyman’s
prayer.
The question may be asked:
“What can the association do for
the dairyman?” and I would hasten
to answer that the association can
do nothin? for the dairyman. The
association records merely Indicate
what may be done and the rest is
entirely up to the man himself. An
elaborate system of accounts does
not jo anything for a big business.
It merely shows certain facts that
may or may not be used as a basis
for the betterment of the business.
The mere weighing of the milk and
feed, and testing the milk each
month win not cull out the poor
cows, or remedy defective feeding
practices.
What are some ot the possibilities
Indicated by a study of Dairy Herd
Improvement association records?
First, they point out the unprofitable
cows, that lower one-third of low
production animals we mentioned a
moment ago.
No country in the world has better
cows than our good cows, yet the
average production per cow in the
United States is considerably below
that of some other counties, such as
Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Ger­
many. We have in this country more
than 175 cows that have produced
over 1000 pounds of butterfat In a
year. Denmark has few. if any, that
hgve produced so much, yet their
average production is approximately
50 per rent, higher than ours. One
of the reasons for their higher av­
erage production may be that in
Denmark about 34 per cent, of their
total cow population is tested (or
production each year, while in the
United States we are testing only 2.2
per cent, ot our cows, a very small
percentage.
The association will tell you the
production of your cows and will
also give you additional information
on which to base an Intelligent min­
imum production for culling pur­
poses.
Association records will also fur­
nish information on which to base an
intelligent and ecocomoical feeding
program. It is Just as uneconomical
to underfeed our good cows as it is
to overfeed the poor ones. Since the
roughage fed will ordinarily take
care of maintenance and some times
Borne production, the roughage may
be fed according to weight and the
concentrates or grain In proportion
to production. When the production
is not known, intelligent or econom­
ical feeding Is next to impossible.
When all the cows In the herd are
fed the same, some cows are general­
ly overfed, some underfed and tew
are fed the proper amounts.
In many cases an adjustment In
the feeding according to production
has resulted .in a saving of total feed
consumed and an increase in pro­
duction.
In most cases, a study ot the asso­
ciation records will emphasize the
economy of home-grown feeds and
the economical buying of other nec
es3ary feeds, according to feed value
and not merely on the basis of price
per ton.
Another factor in economical pro­
duction that may be brought out by
a study of the association herd book
is the length of the milking period.
Many cows do well while in milk,
but are dry a long time. Without
records we are prone to remember
only that old “Brownie” gave six
gallons a day when she was fresh,
and we forget that by the time she
has been in milk five months she
was giving only a gallon a day and
that she was dry about (our months
of the year. Then, aleo, some of the
cows may not be dry long enough for
beet production, and freshen in very
poor condition which may in some
cases cut the production as much as
26 or 30 per cent. Sentiment Is ad­
mirable in Its place, but few dairy­
men can afford to maintain a free
home for ancient and Indigent dairy
cows. Cows that have passed their
period of profitableness should not
be kept unless especially valuable
for breeding purposes.
A study of our association records
will also bring out the toes Incurred
by disease In the herd. Abortion
takes its toll not only In loss of
calves, but also in most cases in
lowered production and In many
ses lowered resistance to other
diseases, notably breeding troubles,
udder troubles and many others.
Breeding troubles cause a great loss
in production in many herds. In most
grade herds, it is doubtful if very
much expensive treatment is Justi­
fiable economically. In a majority
ot cases If a cow is a shy breeder, it
is advisable to dispose of her as soon
as her production becomes unprofit­
able. A study of the records may
some times reveal that such shy
breeding runs in families and it may
be advisable not to raise replace­
ments from families that have mani­
fested this very undesirable tenden-
one that did not illustrate that in
general as production Increases so.
also, does the return over feed coat.
With low producing cows as much
as two-thirds of the teed consumed
may go for body maintenance, pro­
ducing no milk whatever while with
high producing rows as little as one-
third of the feed may be used tor
maintenance. Over and above main­
tenance which might be called over­
head, one cow uses about as much
feed to produce a pound of energy
in milk as another.
An extremely Important function
of any association Bhould be to de­
termine the value of herd sires. We
may talk pedigree and dam’s record
until we are black in the (ace. but
the real value of a bull Is dependent
upon the production of the off-spring
he sires. It is oAly in recent years
that the proved sire has received a
portion of the credit that is due him.
Those of you who have owned many
bulls have doubtless been disappoint
ed in the production of some sire
that on paper looked like a real one.
The only sure thing is the proved
sire.
The term proved sire has been very
loosely applied by many people. 1
have heard the term applied to a bull
that had no offspring over a year old.
Some so designate a bull as soon as
he has any daughters that have
freshened. It would seem desirable
to be a little more careful in the use
of the term. It has been found that
when all daughters of a sire are tes­
ted the first six daughters with re­
cords that can be compared to their
dam’s record are a good Indication,
on an average, of what that bull cau
be expected to sire on similar dams.
Investigational work has shown that
this number is probably a minimum
on which to base Judgment of a bull’s
transmitting ability.
Why are there not more sires
A better selection of heifer calves
for replacement can be made if
based on a careful study of records.
Heifers can be selected from cows
and families that are uniformly good
persistent producers. We sometimes
find animals that seem to be contin­
ually dogged by hard luck. They
didn’t make good records because
they were Oft feed or had udder trou­
ble, etc. We usually find that such
hard luck seems to run in families
and we are suspicious in such cases
that there may be inherited weakness
which predisposes an animal to such
troubles. Such a family trait may
be discovered more quickly from a !
study of recc-ids.
W hile the record of the dam may
always be an accurate basis on
which to select heifer calves for re
placements. It is certainly a more
accurate way than any other except
to keep them all until they prove
themselves in production and this
practice is sometimes not practical
for the commercial dairymen. Many
times we find in herds one or more
cows that while perhaps not specta
cular producers are very persistent
and steady, producing profitably
year after year. Nothing ever seems
to go wrong with them. On a long­
time basis such cows will probably
make more money than many others
that show flashes of exceptional pro­
duction, but are not consistent.
The testing work continually J
brings out the economy of high pro- ,
duetton. I see a great many associa­
tion reports and I have yet to see
HERMISTON
PENDLETON
VINEYARD LODGE
Gifts for All Occasions
No. 206 I. O. O. F. meets each
Monday evet Ing In Odd Fellows’
ban. V isiting members cordially
invited
W. R. Longhorn, Secrotur.
Virgil Smith, N. G.
FRED H. BROWN
UST BE
TNUOU
People Read Advertisements and
Depend on them Cor Buying
Guides. Non*advertisers
Lose an Opportunity
o
Advertise Consistently
in the
HERMISTON H
Jeweler
817 Main Street
Pendleton, Ore.
FRANCIS A. WALMAN
W . L. Morgan, D. M. D.
now associated with
General Dentistry
X-Ray and Diagnosis
lank Bldg.
Phone Connections
Sunday and Evenings by
Appointment
ADVERTISING
available so that more dairymen will
not have to worry about whether
that new bull Is going to make or
break them? There are several rea
sons the first ot which is that It Is
only recently that the advantages of
using a proved sire have been em­
phasized.
Another reason is that not enough
dairy herds are doing testing work.
Then also many dairymen can not be
bothered keeping a bull after he is
about two or three years ot age. Ma­
ny have sold to the butcher the sire
of promising heifers only to later re­
gret the action. As bulls get older
they sometimes get ugly and hard
to handle. Many a good bull haa
gone to the butcher because he was
"getting ornery.” One of the biggest
handicaps to the proving of bulls is
lack of adequate facilities for hand­
ling the vicious ones.
The testing association that does
not do all it can to encourage the
proving of bulls and the use of prov­
ed sires is overlooking one of Its
most valuable functions. Dairymen
should be encouraged to place the
daughters of a bull on test in the as­
sociation as soon as they freshen. If
they have to have another bull to
breed his daughters to and can not
afford to keep two, they should try
to arrange an exchange with a
neighbor who is facing the same sit­
uation.
On January 1 of thia year there
were 1112 associations in the Uni­
ted States testing a total of 510,714
cows in 26,308 herds. This sounds
like an impressive number, but It Is
Just a little more than 2 per cent
of the 23 millions of cows that we
are milking. What would we think
of a great manufacturing industry If
it had records on only 2 per cent of
Its business? What should we think
of ourselves for conducting our dai­
rying industry 98 per cent In the
dark?
Business and Professional Cards
Dr. F. V. Prime
SHOW INCREASED VALUE
The outstanding value ot Irrigated
pastures for summer feed for dairy
cattle is again emphasised by the
detailed report on the 1931 pasture
season for the Ladlno clover field
started and maintained by the Ore­
gon Experiment station at Corvallis.
Figures are embodied In a new cir­
cular of information No. 57 by 1. R.
Jones and P. M. Brandt of the dairy
department at the college.
A more d irect comparison than
usual was afforded last year through
Ifte (net that for 09« two-wsek>
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THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON
Alfred W . Christopherson
Physician and Surgeon
OfMce Phone 733. Res. Phone 713
Office; First National Bank Bldg
W. J. WARNER
Attomey-at-Law
Hermiston - Oregon
Radio Repairing
Locksmith and Keymaker
Phon* 380
125 W. Alta St.
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Hermiston Post No. 37
Meets first and third
.Thursday. Legion Auxll- .
llsry meets second a n d .
_
fourth Thursday.
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Legion Hall.
ELECfRIC SERVICE
COMPANY
Appliances
Electrical Contracting
“Anything Electrical”
627 Main 8t.
Phone 978
Pendleton
PRANN FUNERAL SERVICE
Telephone 801 Night or Day
Chapel Funeral Coach
and
Sanitary Preparation Room
Ambulance Service - Hermiston Av
T. K. Johnson
Physician and Surgeon
Office, Telephone Building
Hermiston, Oregon
Office Phone, 1023 House 1012
J»ck Allen Supply Co.
AUTO PARTS
SPORT GOODS
Phone Four Hundred
L. M. LA DOW A CO.
; Upholsterers and Mattress Makers
Novelty and Ruffled Curtains
DR. A. E. MARBLE
604 Main Street
Phone 629
Pendleton. Oregon
Chiropractor
Office: Two doore west postoffice
Office heure, 10 to 12: 1:30 to 6.
Phone 481 - Hermiston, Or.
NEWTON PAINLESS DENTISTS
Dr. H. A. Newton, Mgr.
MARKHAM
Beauty Shop
X-Ray Work
Hecolite Plates
Main and Webb
Pendleton
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
PHONE 521
W. M. RAKESTRAW
FREEWATER
Watchmaker and Jewelry
627 Main Street
Pendleton, Oregon
FOR SALE
H. S. McKenzie, M. D.
500 RED PULLETS
Arrange for spring custo hatching.
HALEY’ HATCHERY
FREEWATER, OREGON
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat
Office: 1-3-3 Inland Empire Bldg.
Pendleton, Oregon