oc-plain-dealer 1921-06-15

DAIRYMEN PICNIC AT PARK SATURDAY Directors of the dairy department o f the county farm bureau are planning a big picnic to get the milk producers together to talk over their problems. An interesting program has been arranged. You and your family are invited. Picnic lunch—Free coffee, milk and ice cream. Things Most Important for Improvement of Dairyman's Business." Sam Greene, manager California Dairy Council. Dairymen's Relation to Farm Bureau, W. M. Belding, president Orange County Farm Bureau. Review of Cow Testing in Orange County—J. W. Soden, association tester. State and County Dairy Cow Competition—J. R. Waters, assistant farm advisor. Future Price of Milk, T. H. Bruce, secretary manager Calif. Milk Producers association. Every cow owner in county will be welcome and is urged to come out important! Directors of farm bureau dairy departments, J. T. Rallt, J. J. Kelly, A. H. Moore, H. L. Wakeham, P. H. Krick, F. D. Plavan, Steve Griset. DEMONSTRATIONS OF CONCRETÉ PIPE SOON Pressure Tests and Materials Shown Has your irrigation pipe decayed and broken down under pressure? FORTUNES ARE LOST WITH DRONE TREES Field demonstrations Thursday, June 16th at Garden Grove and Yorba Linda will be given under the auspices of the Orange County Farm Bureau to show methods of top-working oranges and lemons. Mr. C. S. Milliken, of the California Fruit Exchange, in charge of the bud selection department will assist in these demonstrations. The Garden Grove demonstration will be held at Allen Brox ranch, 1 mile north of Garden Grove on the boulevard at 10 a.m. The Yorba Linda meeting will be held at Murray Horne's ranch on El Cajon-st. near Valley View. Top-working lemons will be shown here at 2 o'clock. As an added attraction Mr. H. M. Armitage, entomologist from the state insectery at Whittier, will address the Yorba-Linda meeting regarding the biological control of black scale wilt hite aphicus. FARM PRODUCTS LOW COMPARED TO OTHERS From comparisons worked out from the index numbers of wholesale prices for April, 1921, and just issued by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is shown that the farmer is still at a disadvantage in exchanging the products of his labor for the products of the forest mine or factory. One dollar's worth of farm products at the present time will purchase only $117,670 FARMS CALIF. The number of farms in 1924 was 117,783 contained 29,365 acres with 11,878,339 acres from 1910 to 1924 farms increased 3 total acreage, 5.1 improved acreage, 1920, 29.5 per cent of the state was far per cent of the farm proved. The number of 1920 was 111,184 were native and 3 Of the native who were owners, 3,912,818 tenants. Of white farmers, 26,887 managers, and The 6,483 colored tenants, 5,094 tenants. The farmers was 577 owners, 52 managers. The value of all 1920 was $3,431,000 with $1,614,699 increase of 112.5 p of land and build $3,074,814; stock $221,141; with 1910, the buildings in 1920 of 111.5 per cent and machinery, 22 of live stock, 73 average value of per farm was $22 compared with $10 that of land along $94.77 in 1920, as 1910. The value of the which complete were secured in 1011, and the amount debt was $224,065 cent of the value of interest paid in 1926, 65.0 per were operated by NICE BROWN IN RAIN EQUIP YOUR DODGE WITH A STROMBERG CARBURETOR The Accepted Standard to increase gasoline mileage. $19.00 Complete 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL to insure satisfaction. Auto Electric Maintenance Co. Orange County Distributors for Vesta Batteries WEST BROS. Los Angeles at Chestnut St. Anaheim Phone 31 FARM PRODUCTS LOW COMPARED TO OTHERS From comparisons worked out from the index numbers of wholesale prices for April, 1921, and just issued by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is shown that the farmer is still at a disadvantage in exchanging the products of his labor for the products of the forest mine or factory. One dollar's worth of farm products at the present time will purchase only 82% as much food, 62% as much cloth and clothing, 58% as much fuel, 83% as much metals and metal products, 57% as much lumber and building materials, 68% as much chemicals and drugs, and 42% as much house furnishing as it would in have purchased in 1913. In exchange for the weighted average of all commodities, in which the farmer's own over-defatted products are included, the farmer's labor is at a discount of 25%. Farm products have declined 53.3% from the maximum, which is worse than any other commodity, and a full 10% more than all commodities. Furthermore these figures are all based on wholesale prices. The farmer buys at retail, not at wholesale, and retail prices have not come down as much as wholesale prices. WESTMINSTER LANDS PIPE The Westminster Oil Co. has set a string of 10 inch at 3000 feet. An excellent shale formation at this depth made a good landing place for the pipe. Everything is in excellent condition to go ahead as soon as the cement has set. Yeoman Benefit Dance Thursday evening, June 10, at Orange-co. park. Tickets on sale at Stroup's Market. Bigger, Stronger, More Durable Than Ever Before For months, we have worked to make Goodyear Tires for passenger cars even better. We have increased the size of our clincher type Goodyear Cord made the tread thicker, the carcass heavier, the bead stronger. Today our larger size Cords are likewise bigger stronger, more durable. And fabri tires and inner tubes too show... GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY of California NENNO & BOCK 145 S. Los Angeles St. Phone 464 JAMES THE VULCANIZER 223 No. Los Angeles St. PHONE 470 COMPLETE LINE OF YEAR CORDS AND PNEUMATIC TRUCK COMPLETE LINE OF YEAR CORDS AND IN STOCK AT ALL TL 117,670 FARMS IN CALIF. LAST YEAR The number of farms in California in 1820 was 117,670. These farms contained 29,385,667 acres of which 11,878,339 acres were improved land. From 1910 to 1920 the number of farms increased 33.4 per cent; the total acreage, 5.1 per cent; and the improved acreage, 4.3 per cent. In 1920, 29.5 per cent of the land area of the state was in farms, and 40.4 per cent of the farm land was improved. The number of white farmers in 1920 was 111,184, of whom 76,995 were native and 34,189 foreign born. Of the native white farmers, 60,264 were owners, 3,913 managers, and 12,818 tenants. Of the foreign born white farmers, 26,073 were owners, 887 managers, and 7,229 tenants. The 6,483 colored farmers comprised 159 managers and 5,094 tenants. The number of female farmers was 5774, including 5406 owners, 52 managers, and 316 tenants. The value of all farm property in 1920 was $3,431,021,861, as compared with $1,611,694,584 in 1910, an increase of 112.5 per cent. The value of land and buildings in 1920 was $3,075,811,109, of implements and machinery, $136,069,290; and of live stock $221,141,642. As compared with 1910, the value of land and buildings in 1920 showed an increase of 111.5 per cent; of implements and machinery, 272.9 per cent; and of live stock, 72.3 per cent. The average value of land and buildings per farm was $26,122 in 1920, as compared with $16,447 in 1910; and that of land alone per acre was $94.77 in 1920, as against $47.16 in 1910. The value of the 37,338 farms for which complete mortgage reports were secured in 1920 was $764,166,011, and the amount of the mortgage debt was $224,063,903, or 29.3 per cent of the value. The average rate of interest paid was 6.6 per cent. In 1920, 55.0 per cent of all farms were operated by their owners. NICE BROWN SHALE IN RANDINI WELL FARMERS AS CLASS ARE NOT RADICAL We may thank our lucky stars that for the most part the farmers have kept their heads this year in the face of the most disastrous losses ever suffered by any people or class of people not engaged in actual war. For one thing they have been busy; for another they have been sensible, for both of which let us be thankful. For a self-supporting but tax-paying class to be singled out first for deflation and to suffer losses within half a year amounting to more than all the currency and gold reserve of the United States government, and to endure that loss without violence either by word or act, is nothing short of marvelous. It speaks volumes not for the docility and submission of the farmers but for their sanity, the soundness of their organizations and the breadth of their understanding of the conditions that do beset us after a victory. It would not be too much to assert that no class of people more thoroughly understands the inevitable consequences of the deflation of currency than do the farmers. That is why they almost to a man were for the League of Nations until that issue became so mussed up that nobody could handle it except with a pitchfork or a barn shovel and it is why the farmers yet await with a good deal of impatience the organization of some kind of futur national body, without which no country can be really prosperous. Not the manufacturer, not even the banker, and certainly not the laborer or the politician, has seen the general situation so clearly as the farmer has seen all along; and this accounts for the fact that about all that has been done up to the present time by way of constructive procedure has been suggested by the better and more conservative farmers' organizations. And no other class is making the earnest and intelligent effort to find a remedy that the farmers are making. Just now, to be sure, nearly a year after the damage was done, the President of the United States and the governor of the federal reserve who ever heard of a farmer out of a job? That is why he is so reasonably happy now even in the midst of trouble, and that is why he will always pull his pull share of the load. Go everybody, and do likewise and our troubles will vanish like mist before the morning sun.-Country Gentleman. G. P. BRINGS IN 150-BBL TONNER WELL Completing the drilling on Tonner No. 11 at 3225 feet the General Petroleum Co. put the well on production today at 150 barrels. Tonner No. 6at 4200 is in shell and not showing any indications of oil. Tonner No. 1,the discovery well of the field is being drilled and deepened at at 1725 it looks good for doubling its former production of 350 barrels. No.3 cannot be the property's best producer; the cell doing a little better than 600 barrels. The Brea Canyon Oil Co.is making parations to bring in its deep well...32 at Brea.Drilling to 2206 some 25 feet of oil sand was drilled thru; and if the well does 200 barrels it will meet expectations.Casing trouble lost 400 feet of hole at No.33 now redrilling at 2900. The Eddistone Oil Corp.has started work on a test well to be drilled in the heart of the old Puente field. Big building is under way.A towering rotary rig amoungthe little old 40 and 50 foot derricks that have stood for 35 years is expressive or modern methods. The Columbia Oil Producing Co.'s Montague wells Nos.1 and 2 it seems will have to go to 4000 or more before getting the sand.No.1 is now drilling at 3855 and is showing hard sand.No.1 stopped drilling at 3250 and is awaiting developments.On the Orange lease No.2 in the oil sand at 3250 looks very good.Fisher No.2 is rigging up.At Olinda the Columbia has No.38 drilling in the oil sand at 2900,and No.34 stands cemented at 3030. The Fullerton Oil Co.is leading the development work on the Birch Hill district with five wells drilling.No.4 at 2450 is in shale.No.6 at 3300 is drilling on iron.No.14 is at 2395 cemented.No.16 passed a water test and is ready to resume drilling... NICE BROWN SHALE IN BANDINI WELL Whittler Drilling on the Bandini well is now at 3525, the formation shows a nice brown shale. Some good progress is now being made. The Central Oil Co., has started a fourth well. No. 71 is the new well drilling at 450 feet. No. 69 is in the oil sand at 2060 and will make a producer. No.68 stands cemented at 1856, and No.67 is drilling at 1620. The Ocean View Oil Co. is getting ready to start its No. 2 on the old New England property at Whittler. No.1 drilled by the Leheigh interests is being cleaned out, it flows intermittently. Drilling is going a little slow on the La Habra Midway. At 866 the formation is hard shale, very sticky. The remains free and should allow long carrying. Drilling can go ahead unhindered now at the Sou Calif. well. A bit lost in the hole at 1375 held the work up several weeks. At Hart No.1 the Shell Co. is held up with a fishing job at 3985. At this depth the formation is brown shale, the first real encouragement, Cole No.1 is close to 4000 feet in sandy shale. The value of the 37,338 farms for which complete mortgage reports were secured in 1920 was $764,166,011, and the amount of the mortgage debt was $224,063,903, or 29.3 percent of the value. The average rate of interest paid was 6.6 per cent. In 1926, 55.0 per cent of all farms were operated by their owners. Just now, to be sure, nearly a year after the damage was done, the President of the United States and the governor of the federal reserve system and other financiers are getting their heads together to figure out, if possible, exactly what has happened and what has caused it. Organized farmers have had definite opinions on these matters for months. For the thing that has happened is precisely what was predicted by The Country Gentleman and other agencies which were really acquainted with the conditions and the meaning of agriculture, not only to the farmer but to the country as a whole. What has happened was the logical outcome of the conditions that were permitted to develop. But prediction fell upon deaf ears; the farmers were admonished of their duty to produce to the limit and when the crash came they were urged to cash in for what they could get and buy freely of all commodities in order that the deadlock might be broken and business go forward. Of course the farmer would do neither, and could do neither. Many farmers who needed loans to go forward could not get them, and they were forced to do the best they could with their own help. On the other hand, the well to do farmer who has a bank account will not invest those funds at the present time in bumper crops for an uncertain market 12 months hence. What farmers are doing is this: they are going ahead to produce all they can at a reasonable cost, and if a lot of those business cowards in other lines who rail at the farmer for not loosening up would do as well it would put a new and shining face on matters. In addition, the best of the farmers' organizations, without wasting time or breath in talking, have set about the job somewhat systematically of finding out, if they can, where are the weak spots in our systems of transportation, trade and finance that would make such a depression possible at a time when our lands are producing no more than they were asked to produce and no more than the world needs and wants. It is this perfectly sane and constructive attitude of the better organizations of farmers that has helped immensely to foster contentment, or at least resignation, to keep down resentment on the part of the individual farmer and to stimulate constructive programs on the part of his organization. Even as individuals and as organizations there is a vast deter- It is this perfectly sane and constructive attitude of the better organizations of farmers that has helped immensely to foster contentment, or at least resignation, to keep down resentment on the part of the individual farmer and to stimulate constructive programs on the part of his organization. Even as individuals and as organizations there is a vast determination on the part of farmers to find out now what is the matter and then to fix it with as little delay and as little fuss as possible. That is the farmer's way of doing things; and fortunate it is indeed and very much to the credit of the country that other interests have at last turned in to help at this important job. And well they may, for unless the agriculture of this, as of any other country can be prosperous and the farmers contented, the foundation will be taken away from our financial system and from our buying power as well, because the farmers are our best producers and our best and most numerous customers. For all these reasons and more every official of the government; every financier; every manufacturer; every tradesman; every politician and every labor organization will do well, first of all and ever before considering selfish interests, to help find out what it the matter with our agriculture, not only help to fix it but to lay plans so that last year's experience shall never again overtake that national industry. In the meantime the farmer is going on into another year, planting and cultivating as before, in faith, believing. The farmer lives on faith, believing. The farmer lives on faith and hope—with a little ham and eggs of his own raising thrown in to keep up his heart. The farmer will do business because he must, if for no other reason. He does business, too, as a matter of habit; and as the tang of spring and the warmth of summer get into his blood he naturally goes afield as aforetime. There is therefore no strike upon the farm, no eight-hour day, no double shift, no forty-four-hour week. And there is no unemployment, for CALIFORNIA PAGE FIVE YOUTH FINALLY IN RECEIPT OF MEDAL Following receipt of information there that Robert Foreman, now aged about 16 years, had received a Carnegie medal and $1600 in cash, residents of Balboa are recalling the act of heroism, five years ago, which resulted in the young man being honored. At the time Foreman was 10 years old. The 11-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hinckley, of Bryn Mawr, Calif., was in a boat, alone. He lost his balance and fell into the bay near the pavilion. Without hesitation, young Foreman plunged into the bay, grazed the drowning lad and sustained him above water until assistance arrived. Mr. and Mrs. Hinckley presented Robert Foreman with a gold watch at that time and wrote to the Carnegie hero fund. Not until a few days ago was anything heard from this communication. Then, however, the Hinckleys received word that the money and medal had been sent to the heroic lad. Young Foreman now lives in Dallas, Tex., with his mother. He has an uncle, A. W. Jackson, who lives at Balboa. It keeps one mentally young and vigorous to be alert of mind at all times; to deal much in interrogatories not to be ashamed to admit lack of knowledge along any line and not adverse to asking information. The true student has no false pride. A Cool Proposition THE New BUICK Motor is so designed that the heat from the motor doesn't bother the A Cool Proposition THE New BUICK Motor is so designed that the heat from the motor doesn’t bother the passengers in the front seat. It is not necessary to open the front doors of the BUICK to keep cool. The husky centrifugal pump and the improved fan in combination with the big new BUICK radiator keeps the motor cool under boiling sun or over steep mountain grades and desert roads. 1922 Models and Prices Are Now in Effect. ANAHEIM AUTO CO. Wm. Goodrum Prop. ANAHEIM FULLERTON Buick Distributor for Northern Orange County When Better Automobiles Are Built Buick Will Built Them Ford THE UNIVERSAL CAR If your salesmen spend unproductive time going from prospect to prospect, because of slow transportation, it is money lost. Slow transportation robs them of part of their time—time that might just well be turned into sales. A Ford Runabout furnishes quick transportation at the lowest possible cost. By equipping your salesmen with Ford cars, you will enable them to devote more energy to selling goods. GEORGE DUNTON FORD AND FORDSON SALES AND SERVICE Phone 263 Anaheim