The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-07-20
LOOKING NOW
FOR THE COWS

afternoon, and to me the prospects
look brighter for cream route here
right now than they did year ago at
Sunnyside, in the Yakima valley,
where We are now sending in 5000
month for cream. +" David Brown,
president of the HaZelwOod Creamery
Co at Portland made this remark last
Saturday afternoon, after the m setting
of the farmers in the rooms of the
Commercial club, where they had
gathered to talk about matters per-
tanning to the establishment of
cream route in the Hood River valley.
This was the largest meeting held
so far. There we're three representa-
tives of the Portland creamery here,
and one of them, Mr.. Sherwood, has
remained over to make a personal can
vass of the valley and ascertain just
how many COWS there are at present
to supply cream for cream route,
and who of the farmers will give as
surance that they will secure addition
al COWS should route be placed here.
1t may be that there are not suffi-
cient COWS just at present for this
proposed route, but many farmers are
anxious to secrue good cows and en-
ter the creamery business. r. Leas-
ure was down from Mount Hood,
where he says there are at least 20
COWS which could supply cream at
once. He also says that Arthur
Rhoads will buy 20 cows if the route
is established. Other farmers of the
valley will begin at once to send their
cream to Portland whether the route
is established just now or not. They
believe this to be the best way to get
good price for their bay, and to Sc
cure return to the soil on which
their clover bay is raised
In the absence of Mr. Shelley, Vir-
gil Winchell of Pine Grove presided as
chairman. "Ihis matter of building
up cream business here depend
wholly upon the farmers" remarked
Mr. Winchell. "lt will be impossible
to place wagon on the route here
unless there is cream to gather. "
j. II. Shoemaker stated that in con-
versation with the farmers of the val
ley he had gathered the impression
that the general sentiment was strong
ly in favor of a cream route for the
va ley. There were some, he said, who
are backward in the matter, those
having four or five cows and who are
now supplying butter to local parties
To this Lee Morse replied that he
expected to buy cows at once, and
to make butter if he had to peddle it
on the streets He thought thst when
the price of butter in the local market
was thus brought to bed rock there
wo, Id be NOR con erts to the cream
cry route Idea. "l'm looking for
COWS now, " said Mr.. Morse.
Dr. Shaw asked that Mr.. Leasure of
Mount Hood make statement. Com
plying with the request, Mr.. Leasure
said there had been two or three
meetings on this subject by the peo-
pie Of Mount Hood, and they are very
anxious to CO. opreate with Hood River
in creamery route. "We have the
clover" said MIR Leasure, "but we
cant keep COWS at a profit unless we
have some way to dispose of the
cream.
Jack Binns, who lives high up in
the foot hills, thought this subject
was being agitated too soon. "Some
of the farmers have been accustomed |
to getting SlS to $50 ton for their
hay, but let them wait another year,
when the price will be so low they
will all want to get cows and feed |
them the hay" said Mr.. Binns.
B. f. Shoemaker thought Mr.. Binns
had sized up the situation just about |
right. His brother, j. H., was of the
same opinion. "In few years, " re-
marked Mr. Shoemaker, ''there will
be at least 32O0 inches of water turned |
upon the farms of Hood River valley.
All this cannot be used to grow apples
and berries. There must be success
sion of crops, and hay will naturally
be one of them A creamery route is
bound to come
Jack Nealeigh thought there should
be creamery here and not cream
route. He would keep all industries
at home. Mr.. Lea of the Hazelwood
Co. assured the people that if they
wanted a Creamery re lie jwould be
pleased to lend all assistance in the
matter he could. "But first let me
have you examine the merits of the
cream route, said he. eff you value
a creamery more than the larger cash
returns to the farmers, we'll and good,
but | am tirnly convinced we can
offer you the better proposition.
Mr.. Brown was also anxious that
the farmers inve, tigate the creamery
idea and find cut why they should
pay better, if tLey do. He consid-
cred the 5000 it would require to es-
tablish a creamery plant would offer a
better investment if placed in cows for
a cream route.
At this point Mr. Staten offered the
following letter from James Witty
combe, director of the experiment
station at the Oregon Agricultural
college at Corvallis;
"Have your letter of the Sth, and
in reply beg to say that / doubt the
wisdom of establishing a creamery at
Hood River think the better plan
would be to ship the fresh cream to
Portland. Portland is one of the best
markets on the continent for fresh
cream, and with the splendid train
service at Hood River there should be
no difficulty in having the cream
reach Portland in good condition.
The tendency is for each section to
manufacture its products ready for
consumption. While this is desirable
In many respects, in the case of dairy
ibS ~ 10 liOiO plOllIhblO W IuG
freesh cream, where it can reach the
Portland market in good condition.
Without you have a number of cows
so as to justify the employment of a
first. class creamery man it is very ex-
pensivc to make butter.
GAS to the amount of butter fat you
can expect from ton of clover hay,
will say that clover hay alone will not
be a successful feed In fact no for
age plant in the form of hay furnishes
a properly balanced ration so far as
nutriment and bulk is concerned.
Ordinarily 20 pounds of clover hay
ard six pounds Of mill feed will sup
ply the wants of COW giving from %
to 30 pounds of 4 per cent milk a day,
hence you will see that cost of the hay
and mill feed will be about equal, so,
estimating 20 pounds of 4 per cent
milk per day, this would equal about
GO pounds of butter fat to be credited