White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-10-08
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Good Showing of the
WhafcOnl association


1871 for the first six months Of 1926,
and added enough to it's surplus to
bring the total up to $157,534.13.
A statement recently issued cover
ing the financial condition of the as
sociation on June 80, shows net
worth of s467,93934, the assets being
s919,172.31.
1t is claimed by the management
that for April the Associations mem
bers were paid 97-10 cents 100
pounds of milk more than was re-
ceived by the members of any other
County group in the state; and in
May and June this increase had ex-
banded to II 2-1O cents hundred
pounds of milk, being equivalent to
dividend of approximately $4,000.
The Whatcom County Dairymen's
Association operates two plants. One
in Bellingham, the other at Lynden.
The Inland Empire Agricultural
Corporation, with $4,000 capital, has
been formed in Spokane by the Of
ficials of the Inland Empire Dairy
mems Association. The object of the
new concern is to discount dairy cat
tie loans with the Intermediate Credit
Bank of Spokane. A capital of $4,000
in cash makes possible 100000
credit with, the intermediate Credit
Bank, of which Ward M. Buckles is
manager. Farmers in the vicinity of
the new corporation will now be able
to procure longtime loans at a fair
rate of interest, pledging their dairy
cows as security.
The rebuilding of the large hay and
grain barn recently destroyed by fire,
at Carnation Milk Farms, is rapidly
under way. The fire, which destroyed
the barn was supposed to have orig
mated from spontaneous combustion
In the hay barn.
Defective electric wiring is reported
to be the cause of fire that recently
destroyed the dairy barn of the farm
of Joseph Suffer, near Auburn. Seven.
ty-fve cows were successfully re
moved from the burning structure
but a pair of work horses refused to
bulge, and were consumed in the
flames. The loss is estimated al
$4,000, partly covered by insurance.
Northwood Farm, Redmond Wash.
has good herd of 16 milking Short
horns on the fair circuit this fall. The
herd was seen first at Burlington al
the Skagit County fair, then on te
Chehalis for the Southwest Washing
ton Fair. Elma, Puyallup and the
State Fair at Yakima are included II
its itinerary, which will terminate
with the Pacific international Live
stock Exposition to open at Portland
on October Both.
Arthur ]. Berry, a young farmer
near Novelty, in the Snoqualmie Val
ley, was awarded the first prize of
fered by the Seattle and King Count!
bankers, consisting of $115.00, for tn
best growth of alfalfa from last spring
seeding w. N. Cradle, near Carna
ton, was paid second money, $50, ant
Harry Sim, Of Carnation, thirt
money. $4,000. County agents Of ives
side counties are very active thes'
days stimulating interest in alfalfa
growing and are meeting with mucl
success.
Another world record has recent.
been completed on the Western Stat
Hospital Farm at Fort Steilacoom
Steilacoom Homestead Beauty ha
just qualified for the honor of worlt
record senior three-year-old for but
ter production in the 305-day division
classification B. which limits milking
to three-times-a-day. Her production
is 8141O pounds of butter from 10,
1878 pounds of milk
She is a daughter of Kate Home
stead Beauty, that was second prize
mature female in 1917 Pacific Inter
national Livestock Show, Portland
Her sire is Sir Pietertje Ormsb!
Blossom, that is also the sire of the
world record junior three-year-olt
Steilacoom Prilly Ormsby Blossom
Having two world record daughter
In the same division Is distinction
enjoyed, we believe, by no other sir'
OF the breed.
A bridge approximately 1000 fee
long with a minimum clearance of 20(
feet is proposed across The Narrow
at Vancouver, B. c., and permission IL
being asked of the department Of ma
rine at Ottawa.
ANNOUNCE TAX RATES
ON FOREIGN-BUILT BOATS
Tax regulations for the adminlstra
ton of section of the new revenue act
governing special taxes on the use OF
foreign-built boats have been issued
by the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, D. c., effective as of July l.
Under the law, as outlined in the
regulations, items subject to the tau
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