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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1923)
«» TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 11, 1923. HOW HOLSTEIN COW CAME TO TILLAMOOK and to notify farmers and dalymen to uct down the plants before they can blossom and spread their kind over other tracts, but the matter of compliance, it is said,is by no means The Holsein-Friesan breed of cat general here. If the farmer would tle have strong representation in this look ahead, he must see that it is to county, and the story was briefly his own interest to have these thistles told the other day to the Headlight ns kept from spreading, and not only to how they originally came to be that, he should get rid of what he has brought to this country, together on hand, before they kill out his past- v.-ith the names of those who brought ures and ruin them for the cow feed I them. for whch they are extremely and vit In 1917, Kunze & Jones went back to ally valuable. Ohio, and to Lake Mills, and Madison County Agent Pine, has sounded Wisconsin, and brought to Tillamook the warning to farmers of this county county eighteen head of pure bred orally and otherwise, and has just Holstein-Friesan heifers. In 1919 received another lot of a document another consignment of the same type issued by the Agricultural depart- was brought here by Bert Foulkes nient, entitled "Canadu Thistle, ami and H. Y. Rodgers, who secured eight Best Methods of Its Eradication.” een heifers and two hulls. These bulletins tell all about the dun Prior to these consignments of 1917 gers of this weed, and also tell how und ’“19, which came from Wisconsin it may be got rid of. They may be and Ohio, a number of loeal Holstein ha<l for the asking. In the meantime, breeders, among whom were Charles, stop and think about it, before your Henry and Gust Kunze, had begun a pastures are destroyed, and your foundation. milk cheek goes down the toboggan The late Benjamin Hathway on his slide. Kiiehis river farm had begun breed ing operations along progressive lines to increase his pure-bred strains of Holstein cattle, from which found ation there sprung some of the best bred cattle in Tillamook county. From the Chas. Kunze herd, which was sold with his farm near Fairview County veterinrian, J. N. Shaw were dispersed his herd, the major was in the city Friday. He states part of which was secured by F. II. that the1 dairy herds in the southern Beals. lj»st year Mr. Beals sold part of the county have been tested what ~as reputed to be the highest north as fur as Beaver, where he is price herd of dairy cattle in the state, now working. In the whole terrri- to the Carnation milk people of tory tested, he has fount! hut nine re Washington. Five of the herd sold actors. In this same territory last are said tol have subsequently pro year 23 reactors were found; this duced over 100 pounds each per day. year’s test showing a gain of over 50 "Tillamook Lola May De koi,” estab per cent in improvement, and a cor- lished a world record in her class for milk and butter production, und was ooooocccncococescoGOOOCocy- the outstanding individual cow in the 1922 Pacific International Livestock exposition at Portland. Tillamook has produced three grund champions nt the State fair and at the Inter national at Portland, during the past four years. J. J. Rupp led off with "Countess of Somerset.” The grand cham pion was Beals' "Lady Aggie Orms IN by of Rock,” and “Tillamook Loir May DeKoi.” 1 j Holstein breeders of this county i GIVE US A TRIAL have built a brick cheese factory in ( the Fairview district, and Hugh Bar- j ber is head cheese maker. Mr. Bar- I ber and hir brother Leslie, are en- i thusiastic breeders, and have a dairy j Next to Conover’s Old ranch at Nehalem. Chas. Kunze of j Stand Nehalem is president, and Hugh ber secretary of the Tillamook stein-Friesan association. LOCAL HERDS IMPROVE, SAYS VETERINARIAN NEW SHOE REPAIR SHOP TILLAMOOK responding decrease of tubercular another test unless they come from cows in the same ratio. This surely ( herds where tuberculosis was found is gratifyingg to herd owners, and at the last herd test. Thia means that shows the value of the testing aasoci- if you have animala that you wish to ations, which work is now considered exhibit, you will not have to have a vital part of the dairy business, as them tested, unless tuberculosis was dairymen find th it it pays, and pays found on your place last year. big. Testing not only gives a herd that passes the test a clear bill of health, but it shows the dairyman to a certainty how to weed out unpro- ductve and unhealthy cows. At the coming stock exhibits at R. C. Jones of Corvallis, formerly the fair, Dr. Shaw stated that ani mals to tie shown there, need not pass County Agent at thin place, was in FORMER COUNTY AGENT MAKES VISIT LOCALLY FAIR WEEK SPECIALS! Sale of Manufacturers Samples of KNIVES YOUR CHOICE AT 80c Palmolive Shaving Cream Palmolive Soap .......... Palmolive Talcum.......... The Three W. 0. Davis Sawmill being installed at Ches hire, Lane county. Eugene— Booth Kelly Lumber Co. goes on 10-hour day. Klamath Falls — Cal.-Ore. Power Co. pk-r.s $1,000,000 plant on Link river. Albany city toxes last year $60,132; $53,181 in 1923. CANADIAN THISTLE MENACE IS REAL Farmers and stockmen are prone to take the menace of the Canada thistle too lightly. Many parts of the Willamette valley are of this nox ious weed. Talking the other day about the spread of thiB curse, a farmer of the Willamette valley who has been looking over the Tillamook country lately, stated that this county was fast becoming seeded to that baleful gift of our Canadian cousins, and that within 10 years it would be rooted in every part of the coast section. The speaker said thiit it takes at least four years to culti vate them out, and then there is al ways seed left to do more damage. It is understood that the county court has appointed supervisors of roads to look after the thistle law, THIS WEEK the city swapping talk with Con,,,. Agent Pine, and greeting old last Tuesday. Mr.'Jones has the J tinction of being Tillamook's j-J county agriculturist, and now » the dairy department work at the (J gon Agriculture college. He ranu. „ to this county by the old Trask wa* on road, /nd tried to get a deer ■ two, but for some reason the k? "saw him coming” and hid. He scribes his trip over the old Tn» road as being quite laborious, but« got here, and really enjoyed tkr quit, and not much used route. 45c 35c 10c 25c See Our Window LAMARS DRUG STORE CORNER FIRST STREET & SECOND AVE E. ONLY BAW I MiOU SJA W 10 PER CENT DIS- COUNT ON LIST PRIC E ON ALL OUR GOODS CONOVER & CONOVER Tillamook's Busiest Grocery Mwai ? ji FIRST NATIONALEM OF TILLAMOOK * CAPITAL, SURPLUS, AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $100,
