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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1921
Page
5
Olympia lawmakers enacted 141 new laws, many on highways and autos, with 49 emergency clauses. Provisions include gas tax, driver licensing, road enforcement, public transport regulation, agriculture and seed acts, land settlement, and a civil administrative code effective April 1.
The state agriculturist department led by L W Hanson in Seattle called for a blind test of butter from commercial runs to improve cream quality. Cream would be graded like apples if standards rise, with clean handling from cow to creamery, spotless barns, immediate milk separation, and strict cooling of cream until arrival.
At Prosser meeting Washington State Beekeepers vote to revise the constitution to allow county organizations to affiliate with the state body. A Spokane county association is formed, with George W. York elected president. The state group unanimously joins the American Honey Producers League with a $100 annual fee and eyes broader western conventions and advertising to boost honey prices and beekeeping.
The May period shows gradual firming in business and a cautious outlook for a broader recovery after summer harvests. Wheat prices fluctuated with a sharp end to May, while Spokane stockyards reported light cattle and strong price support. livestock receipts totaled 710 cattle and calves, 389 hogs, 6270 sheep. Prices for wholesale sugar declined by 35 cents per hundred pounds, soying a 15 cent overall drop since early May.
Princeton graduates keep a college year tradition as the senior class wears a beer suit of white overalls a painter's coat and a black cap with long visor. Last year mourn ing bands appeared for John Barleycorn and this year left sleeves bear three black service chevrons marking six months of prohibition. Necessity is a good foundation for a cooperative organization and farmers may unite to form such groups to improve marketing facilities.
In March Pacific county tested 210 cows producing an average 441 pounds of milk with 24.8 pounds fat. Six months show 146.2 pounds per cow on average versus 125.8 last year, an increase from developing own stock rather than buying cows. Cow testing associations grow statewide per Extension Service.
Poor economy pushes shippers to crowd cars with live stock to save freight. Bureau of Markets experts warn that overloading causes crippled or dead animals, urging farmers and stockmen to load carefully to avoid losses and protect profits.
Department specialists stress avoiding overloading and mixing stock in one car. Maintain a capacity that allows comfortable movement and keep species separated with partitions. Tie bulls at one end and separate cattle from calves hogs or sheep to cut transit risk.
Farmers are urged to utilize alfalfa or legume pasture for hogs as soon as available. It lowers grain costs, provides strong mineral and protein for sows and nursing pigs, and offers abundant exercise essential to the pigs' healthy development.
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