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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
12
George R. Shoup, Poultryman, reports production of pens five birds for a nine months period in Western Washington Contest.
Eleven teams with thirty three contestants will compete in the largest boys and girls dairy club judging contest in the state. The event runs September twenty two to twenty four with teams from Thurston Grays Harbor Spokane Jefferson Cowlitz Yakima Walla Walla Kittitas Wahkiakum Benton and Pierce counties. The winning team advances to the National Dairy Show.
The state traffic patrol will require every motor vehicle in Washington to have a working speedometer as the first goal of the highway police. All drivers must have a valid license by August 1, and trucks and gas powered vehicles are covered. The highway police plan to be ready on state highways by September 1 under Major Louis Lang.
Organizers set plans for funding the winning team’s trip to the national show. Arrangements include free entertainment during the visit. The piece also notes poultry raising is not a lazy man’s task and has no place for such a person.
Dairymen's Corner reports a world dairy congress planned in the United States inviting all nations. A coordinating committee from dairy industry branches and breeders will organize under Dean H E Van Norman of the College of Agriculture at UC. His temporary address is 910 S Michigan Ave Chicago Illinois.
The Census Bureau reports Holstein-Friesian cattle as the state’s most popular dairy breed with 6,763 of 12,720 cows. Jerseys follow with 3,402, while Guernseys, Ayrshires, Brown Swiss, and others trail. Dairy farms total 3,493 with 1,908 Holstein-Friesian and 1,045 Jersey farms. Shorthorn beef cattle top the beef poll at 3,281, followed by Polled Durhams 1,008 and Herefords 935. Aberdeen Angus totals 263.
H S Ruley of Mount Vernon Washington has his 15 registered Jerseys in the Cow Testing Association though not yet testing officially. He formerly ran a general store and moved to the Skagit bottom for health and fortune. His foundation stock came from Oregon with notable daughters from Rinda Lad Octavia's Duke Noble Emperor and King Melia Ann of Albany. He also has young stock by a sire a son of Engineer's Bluster.
About 1,300 dairymen and Holstein breeders from King and Kitsap counties joined E. A. Stuart at Carnation Stock Farm for a major Holstein gathering. F S Stimson led the meeting, sharing educational tasks, while notable tests showed high butter yields from Miss Cora Fobes and Prosser Johanna Gluck. In Grays Harbor, 507 students improved health after milk campaign efforts. Spokane opens Inland Empire Dairy Producers plant lowering milk price, with drivers forming a distributing company to compete with existing depots.
Sedro Woolley gains a clothespin factory the only one west of Michigan as George Sharich and J Dougherty lease the Shrewsbury mill and install gear with a 20000 clothespins per day capacity using alder and maples.
West side growers can nearly eliminate grain smut by treating oats or wheat with formaldehyde or blue stone. Demonstrations in Thurston Pierce and Whatcom counties show treated plots under 1 percent smut versus as high as 35 percent in untreated neighboring plots.
An old farming note advises drastic action when disease invades a flock. If a bird is badly affected the hatchet is the quickest way to wipe out infection, while mild troubles may be cured with small effort. Remove healthy birds and isolate them, and thoroughly disinfect the premises.
Kansas City police arrest four men and three women in connection with a Seattle hold up of July 14, a meter car tied to Portland suspects. Honolulu reports a clash between Japanese residents and Chinese police. Imperial Palace of Knights convention in Chattanooga draws six thousand delegates as Gus Meese aims for imperial prince. A starving man in New Orleans eats his own flesh awaiting aid. Washington announces transpolar flight plans from Alaska to Norway for feasibility studies. Great Northern Railway reports 1920 earnings of 7.73 a share on 249 million capital. Dayton sees a driverless radio automobile demonstrated by a car 100 feet behind it.
A selection of ads lists Yakima Valley irrigated farms near Prosser and Tonasket, a Bremerton muslin sale, a Waterville meat business, sawmill big and small, alfalfa and fruit land near Tonasket, Enumclaw farm with stock and equipment, a Red Bluff meat market, a photo studio in Bellingham, and physicians and florists in Seattle area. Multiple sales terms cash or credit, addresses provided.
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