Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-01-08
DIR RTING.

Southern Oregon with her thousands Of
acres of grass lands, pure water, and other
CONDITIONS for making butter and cheese pre-
senls inducements that should be Immediately
taken in hand. At an emmigration convention
held al Sheldon, Iowa in 1880, S. s. Coffin,
Of Fort Dodge, who visited Oregon within The
past year, and has since written several com,
lnunication to leading journals in this state,
said: ..ANe do not need TO have q speech in
regard 10 dairying-i its success Is an absolute
certainty We all know that for the last thirty
years dairysng has been grand success in all
eastern States. Ii is fixed fact that as 20
cent corn in Iowa is TO 6o-ccnt corn in the
east, so IS Iowa that much a better Stale for
the dairyman. We can put up grass here at a
nominal figure. We have the grandest grass
soil known in the world. The men of Ken
tucky, the great bluegrass State, admit that
our blue grasses equal theirs. This is great
country for clover, rs know from my own
experience; we have rs good soil for this grass
as there is. The fact should be presented to
the people who know what dairying is, that
refrigerator cars are now run on all the lines
Of railroads which span the State so that the
smallest producer can put his tub of butter in
one of these cars and send it to the eastern
market as cheap rs the man who sends car
load. Another point, in my experience OF
FIVE or six years of cheese and butter making,
is thai make the COW pay for herself every
year in butter and cheese, and with sweet
skinned milk | raise the calf and other stock
besides. Let the prices fall 10 low
point, and all the eastern dairynlan must 30
10 the Nall. We have it all our own way IN
the 8est. lis an impossibility, from the very
nasire Of things, for us to fail in business.
There is no Inaa n Iowa who can point his
r..
even year when corn failed. +"
Ii as Mr.. Coffin has said accent corn in
Iowa is 6o-cent corn in the cast, how much
better is Southern Oregon where we have
plenty Of grass and above all do not have 10
feed SIX months, or even one month in the
year Is not Southern Oregon one half bet
Ter than Iowa2 If q COW in Iowa will pay for
herself in one year, why will not COW in
Oregon pay for two COWS? Grass will grow
the year round in almost all portions of Doug
las, Coos and Curry counties, and dairying
can be carried on throughout the year. The
greatest item for the d1iryman is that feed
costs comparatively nothing in this portion oi
the State. Vast tracts of land are still unoc-
cuT,ied in this country. To be sure there is
considerable timber in the way, but ii is moi
necessary TO clear the land. Deaden the trees,
burn the brush and SOW tame grass, time will
tier can be making money out of his COWS.
1t is dawning on the minds of many that the
southern Oregon dairyman would have soft
thing competing against butter-mallers north,
south or east, where feed and shelter cosl
more than the COW and other auxiIIerics are
dearcr, anl more men will turn their at
tention to this sure profit. Land will jump
up in price as greater profits are made
from cultivatins tame grasses and better man
agement. When the COW has her proper
place on every farm in this county, Our in
cbmc5 will greatly increase, and in the course
ol a few years will swell 70 q surplus which
Will be on The outlook for investment. No
niah, however, can resolve himself into 4 sue
c&ssful dairyman: he must work UP to it,
mastering the details as he proceeds. When
he becomes possessed of sufficient skill to
make uniform good butter, raise good calves
and good pigs, he is a valuable man in the
community, and Uncle Sam sets more store by
him than ninety and nlne that have no COWS.
II is not absolutely necessary that the dairy-
man should own COWS, he may contract with
his neighbors TO furnish him with all the milk
and dcrcam he can use, and thus the owner Of
one cow can contribute his share Of the mill,
and at the same time enrich himself until he
wiz be possessed ola competency
following from the Portland Standard of Jan.
I'd, further illustrating the golden opportunities
Of "Orcgon as it i5:' 'sDairy Commissioner
Baker is ever on the alert 10 find ont if there
is any crookedness going on among the dairy
men, and he seeks every oportanity to satisfy
his curiosity, lie reports that 10 determine
the general quality Of milk sold in this city
many dealers were visited during the month.
OF November and December, and samples o
milk were taken from the tanks into which tht
milk from all the cows is first cmptied. Thest
Iamples show an average specific gravity O
Io3o and volume oil cream above II pc
cent. Since then very many samples Of Mill
have been gathered from consumers IN tht
city, and the quantity without exception was
found to equal the milk taken at the dairies
The result shows altogether that the milk SOLE
here is above the average oil milk sold any
where in the eastern states. Why SAID MIR
Baker, 10 i reporter of the Standard, Il wa
surprised at the quality Of milk found. ",
have 4 purer and richer quality of milk thai
can be found any place in the world. 1t i
like our climate--abeye comparison. Tht
reporter was then shown samples OF milk tha
had from Is TO 20 per cent. cream, and Mr.
Baker said he found one sample which wa
nearly all cream. Regarding butter. he sait
there is not pound of adulterated compount
in the city, but he has heard of scheme Oh
foot among several persons to make an inita
ton of butter. The scheme, however, If eve
carried into effect, viii be nipped in its carl.
youth, aud some parties may find themScive
visited with the penalties provided by tn
dairy laws. CORRESPONDENT.