Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-06

Jecs a head butter maker or chaaeo
LlaAer' VINO, under like conditions roc
proven his ability to succeed Thaso Cog
a5en.s aSS, ald the operator at the start in
os oS9 y, way necessary, as in the starring
u VI tIe @ engine, separators, or other new y
.itaclllnery; In giving instruction IN The
cooperating farmers; in inducing other
farmers to become patrons. IN oroan yao'
l1ing system of testing each natron'S .
MIX IN testing each cow for snch
patrons as will undertake carefri 1S.u ~
lectIVe @ breeding based upon actual rec
olus OF milk and butter-fat produced
~ instaillng simple, comprehensive
anu workable scheme OF bookkeanino.
anu IN placing the product before good
More than this, the dairy commits
slTner IS even ready to send a man IN
nelp ADJUST difficulties, as when nat
lons persist in sending unsatisfactorv
mix to the creameries; when the man,
agement Is unsatisfactory, or when
poor business methods cause Lose
Monthly butter tests are made onS
lactories are encouraged to enter state
ana interstate dairy contests. Extra
precautions are taken to disconrage
tne organization of cooperative fac-
tories when the chances are against
thelr succeeding. Each winter a dairv
school is held and the state college ~
agriculture and state experiment sto.
So..,, Ston are active In working for the
BESIDES adding to the states pro-
ductlon millions of dollars and reonir-
ing crops and manures which keen mi
the productivity of her farms for grain
and other crops grown in the rotation
Inls expenditure for dairy farming"
says Mr.. Hays, "accomplishes other
most beneficent purposes. j preserves
.he individual business on the family
larm, because under cooperative or-
gani2ation the part Of the business
which cannot well be done in the home
IS most effectively done in the factory
Inc farmer gets the profit, enabling
MN to hold the land at a price higher
than that at which an absent owner
can afford to hold it with commercial
money and hired help or tenants. Thus
the young generation is brought nm
IN the owned farm home, behind the
family timber belt, under the best nos
slOle system of combined school train
ing and apprenticeship"
Moreover, this experience trains men
In cooperation and they can. as A re-
suit better work together, as in build-
ing up their rural schools. in the sale
OF grain, in the purchase of fertilizers
IN the cooperative drainage of wet
land, or in managing a rural church"
Tobacco Growers Cooperate.
Political economists should find II
interesting to note that the tobacco
growers in Tennessee, Kentucky and
other states have organized to coon
crate by centralizing their sales. estab- |
fishing district warehouses in the |
charge Of sales managers, and estab. |
fishing a minimum price for different
grades Of tobacco.
AT Gypsum, Ohio, fruit growers or
ganized a cooperative association to
pack and market their product. The |
members own commodious and we'll |
arranged packing house with side
track and building in which extra
help needed during the packing season
can be accommodated. Each grower
is credited with the exact amount of |
fruit of each grade be turns in to the
packing house, and then the fruit, uni
form as to pack and grade, goes out
under the label of the association, to
be sold at the place and manner die
tated by the board Of directors Better
have been obtained in this
and even the larger growers
not in the association have benefited
by the cooperative work.
The cooperative plan has been
worked out with success in the sale
Of grain by farmers and they have
received better prices than when they
have sold Independently. Cooperative
grain elevators have become a feature
In some localities.
Reclamation of dry lands by lrrlga-
ton, or Of wet lands by drainage, has
been accomplished with benefit to
many communities through cooperative
effort These projects, II may be not
ed, range all the way from the coop
eratiYe arrangement among few
farmers to unite in constructing a gem
eral drainage ditch or irrigation canal
with no public aid or supervision, up
through the various proportions OF
public participation to the gigantic
priuo fiou. nrnfant oovvfad ,uN - A. |
public domain, preparatory to offering
farms free except for the
cost per acre Of the reclamation work.
Minnesota has taken a prominent
lead In another form Of cooperation
than dairying, namely in cooperative
circuit breeding" The Department of
Agriculture, the Minnesota Experiment
station, and a score or more Of breed
ers Joined In cooperative breeding Of
5horthorn cattle for milking. The ma
tional and state governments Joined In
a public fund to encourage,
aid and direct the Joint enterprise Of
the cooperating farmers engaged in
pedigreed stock The plan,
It Is stated, ia to use public money in
this way to induce group Of breeders
TO develop sub-breed Of shorthorn
cattle which will have peculiar value
to the farmers of the country.
A similar circuit association for
Holsteln cattle has been or
ganlzed In Dakota.
Michigan and other states are coop
Grating with the Department Of Agrl-
culture and the farmers In testing
cheaply the efflclenc yof cows for dairy
thus aiding them 10 discard
all but those proved to be especially
profitable. This plan results in greatly
inoras,ing fhe nroductiveneeg Of the