East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-14
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE
NO MENACE SEEN
IN CANADA WOOL
REPOI;TS OF ACTIVITY by
NORTHERN NEIGIDORS IN
WASHINGTON.
Canadians Seek Range Sheep to Cross
With Mutton Brceds-Canada Can
not Undersell America Because Of
LOng Expensive Winters.

hOt tnuerSell America because or
Long Expensive Winters.
canadian sheepmen are said to be
buying up sheep in eastern Washing
ton and the idea iJ expressed that
they are preparing TO raise wool in
Canada to ship to the. United States |
now that there Is no tariff Oh wool. |
What their purchases in eastern
Washington amount to is not disclos- |
ed.
There is no evidence of activity by
Canadian growers in eastern Oregon
and the idea of competition from Ca
madam wool is subject to considerable
discount
Most of the sheep raising in Can
ada is confined to the eastern prov
inces especially to Ontario. The
sheep raised there are particularly OF
mutton breeds and the same Is true
Of most of the sheep in British CO.
iumbia. If Canadian growers are
seeking American sheep the reason
doubtless is that they wish to cross
their heavy mutton breeds with a
range type of sheep. There are now
few range sheep in western Canada
though save for the severe winters
the western provinces should be n
good sheep raising country. Should
wool raising be taken up in western
Canada it is doubtful If the absence
| OF the tariff would be of consequence
as the Canadian wool would proba-
/ bly, find its way into the Canadian or
| English market. Besides the Canad
/ ian growers would be unable to un-
! dersell the American grower anyway
| as the cost Of production of wool IN
Canada would be as high or higher
than in the United States. A feature
! that would make Canadian woolrais-
! ing expensive is the fact the sheep
would have to be fed for a much
longer period than in the United
! States.
After the Wormy Applc-Following
a rather interesting meeting of fruit
growers held at Ferndale hall last
Saturday night, when vigorous pro-
tests from apple men were directed
/ at County Fruit Inspector S. j.
f, Campbell for his ruling forbidding the
sale of infected apples, Mr.. Campbell
wrote to the office of the state board
of horticulture asking that Prof.
| Newell come to this valley and inter-
pref the horticultural laws on this
subject. says the Milton Eagle. .
! Replying by wire Secretary Will
hanson of the state board, informs
Mr. Campbell that he cannot come to
Umatilla county at this time.
''He says, however" said Mr.. Camp
bell in commenting on the letter, Ito
proceed with the strict enforcement
OF the law as in the past. No infect
ed apples will be allowed on the mar
ket"
Hear the Mcpherson Lecture
While given under the auspices of
the Farmers union the Mcpherson
lecture at the city hall assembly room
tomorrow evening will be open to
everybody and the meeting promises
to be of intense interest to all who
are concerned in any way with farm
credits. Mr.. Mcpherson was with
|, the American delegation that recently
| lHNtSllSdltu NHt SUBJECT VI
credits and national aid in Europe
Consequently he is well informed up
on the subject The meeting will be-
gin at o'clock tomorrow evening.
Drouth in Argentina-It will be of
interest to farmers who have not yet
sold their wheat 10 know that it Is
reported that more than 100000
acres constituting one-third the wheat
land in Argentina is reported to be
J injured by drouth. The report of the
situation in the southern hemisphere
! caused an upward turn in the Chica-
so market yesterday.
Livestock Shipments Light-Ac-
cording to d. c. Brownell of Una
tilla. who has the stockyard at that
point, the cattle shipments this fall
have been lighter than last year. He
, is of the belief there are fewer cattle
in the country than heretofore.
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