Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-03-02

There is no Sectlon Oh couuu'y va
the American continent that can
possibly be better adapted to mixed
farming than right here in what is
known as the Willamette Valley
Whether we consider location, soil, or
climate. it is the home of wheat, oats,
peas, clover, corn, potatoes, mangels'
carrots, turnips, or almost any grain
, or root crop the MARKET requires. II
is also peculiarly adapted to the pro-
! duction of milk Of the very best
a quality, either for butter or cheese
1 and. with such grand opportunities TO
GROW corn, vetches and other green
8 feed crops, every farmer could have
). fine herd Of COWS, paying him from
n $50 to $75 head for attending 10
d them every season directly for milk,
J. besides adding to the value and pro-
Il duction Of the farm every year, as the
le offal from say 30 COWS will cause ~
II acres to produce more wheat OF better
II quality than so acres of land that has
al been cropped and starved to death.
or course, the idea of keeping cows
le is not pleasing to good many
Of farmers. as it makes more work, aho
Id calls for closer attention to the busl'
o. ness of the farm, but it is very seldom
n that money comes without work, anc
ny while the farmer who simply soW'
ce one kind of grain and waits until u Il
No ready to thresh, and then, afte
ate marketing, waits till seed time again
is NAV have a better time and easle
!, work his neighbor who grows
ce, variety OF grain and root crops, an
las keeps and attends to herd OF cows
nd will have the satisfaction OF SEEM
of his bank account grow, or the NOR,
my gage quietly disappearing OH hl
= farm, and will enjoy the real luxur
. Of being able to pay as he goes alont
III Yes, it pays. Dairying pays in OR
III oon better than in most places whel
Il ia SO extensively carried on. III
~ climate is easier on the stock, u
nrices for butter and cheese are hlghe
NnWnI \
per and there is a growing demand-a q
W. mand that has to be supplemented
nat large shipments of cheese, butte
o4 eggs and meats from the East Ju
think of it-more than two Genus
pound in freight on butter and chee
Lo1 from Wisconsin, New York state a
,'0" Iowa. which two cents is added OF
hat the Oregon farmers prices, on eve
rive mound of cheese or butter he mas
hat sell hundreds of thousands OF poun
Of cheese and butter coming into u
you Coast country every year that sho'
you be supplied by Coast farmers a
,od. especially by Oregon farmers.
,ino I want the farmers of this sector
fully understand that dairying in Z
eon is not an experiment; that
+ Is market for dairy products is as cert
as the market for gold, and that tn
'iiiil is no danger Of overproduction
fair price. For proof, l again p'
to the enormous amount OF dairy
on ducts brought from the East eV
wear, and the past season was propa
iii a wear with the largest home proc
~ ton in the history Of this state.
4ho, every farmer consider whether ne
Ui0i afford to spend lifetime raisin
ream few bushels Of wheat at 6Oc bu
lsion on which he has to pay freight
,,ovs thousands of miles going to mai
or raise green corn, vetches, elo
nclai etc. to be turned into cheese or bu
from on which he gets the benefit Oh
ldren cents a pound freight coming int
market at home. When the I
market is overstocked with wheat
,.e the farmer has to pay freight
millions Of bushels OF that Pre-
lis pic getting it to a market overstocke'
ol a fore those millions get there, is L
iFppJI FmnI- time to set about supplying
market that is reaching outthous
,uur Of miles in order to find enoue
InNE supply it in addition to what you
& duce at home?
~ YnTF Irepeat, intelligent dairy and n
- farming pays. Feed the COWS
W keep them comfortable, use
kindly, wash them, curry them