Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1930)
Farm Machinery Show Section Farm Machinery Show Section mm r-T-rl TV! 7- THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL XX NO. 44 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1930. . . . . ... -i VOL XXIX NO. 283 OF THE EVENING NEW9 fuiArxn III! mlA r r- ii- lain nrurnn fits ens pneines. eic. Thrpe skil ed nrilPinn n mnrnn iM-AKh fl HfcThHS -Uantes are en,0)ea ,o uk. iMh, VHS S hH i LL.niiL, niiu uviliiu (ES PLACE OF .ffllSL HELPING HINTS FROM THE O. S. C. Science Has Produced New Tools That Put Speed Into Production and Cut Cost. Where peach blight Is very se vere iu Oregon, the best control in the spring is obtained by spraying with bordeaux 4-4-50 as soon aB bloom petals fall and again uhen the shucks, fall, says the experi ment station., Where it is not se vere one may wait till the shucks fall and give a single spray with nou-caustic wettable sulphur. That a new engineering epoch -Is starting in the world, evidenc ed by the rapidity with which ag riculture Is becoming mechanized, was the belief set forth by Prof. H. B. Walker, head of the depart j ment of agricultural engineering, University of California, before the American Society of En gineers at Tokio recently. Pro fessor Walker's subject was "En gineering as Applied to Agricul ture." In part he said: "Engineering in agriculture has attained great impetus iu the United States through the exten sive use of mechanical power. This lias influenced the urban and rural population ratios. In colonial days more than 90 per cent of the people were directly dependent upon agriculture in contrast to 24 per cent today. "There have been three distinct power epochs in the agriculture of the nation, vizr unman, ani mal, and mechanical. The first is characterized by bard work and lit lie social progress for the worker. The second marks the beginning of the machinery age in agriculture, resulting iu Hie break ing down of traditions and the be ginning of scientitic agriculture. The third period, just beginning, Is exerting a great influence on i production methods as well as on f 'ie soc4i'4 enviropmen fci of the worker. It is distinctly, an en gineering epoch. "Animal power readied Its peak nf application In the United States bout 1918. The rate of decrease In such power is rapid, amounting to practically 500,000 animals per year. ) "Agriculture is becoming me- ehanl'ed rapidly. Statistics in j the United States- show that in j 1!.:M, 10,000,000.000 horsepower! hours were used by farmers, Hi per cut of which' was supplied by ! sienm and gas tractors, in ' , 3S.OMO.0on.000 horsepower' hours i were utilized, 2S per cent of which I was supplied by steam and gas 1 tractors. The total number of: farm tractors in 1921 was 450.000, Increasing to 76S.825 in 1928. Similar trends In agricultural pow-j er nro taking place in Canada. Ar- J genlina, Australia and Itritish ! South Africa. ! '"M e,,nnfcal rqirpment has re-! duced the pre-harvest labor re-! qulrenients for cotton production ; from 75 man hours to 10 man ; hours per acre. Similar savings i are shown for corn and small grams, i "Engineers experience trouble j 4 in getting agricultural machinery ; requirements expressed In tang ible values useful in design. Till- '-, nge, which consumes from to 4n per cent of all agricultural pow--; er, cannot as yet he effectively i measured or expressed in engni- eering terms or values." The Im ! plenient llecord. Spraying with oil emulsion from now until apple, bud tips show green will control red spider mite in western Oregon, says the experi ment station. An eight per cent oil emulsion is recommended. When commercial miscible oil is used, dilutions are made according to ac companying directions. Beepkeepers find that good hive tools do not mar edges as do chis els and screw, drivers. nutter consumption increased about three million pounds In Jan uary in response to low prices and widespread campaigns In favor of dairy products. Some observers believe this trend will he continu ed, says L. R. Breitbaupt in his regular economics situation review issued at the state college. There Is also a possibility that production will be temporarily curtailed through less intensive feeding. The present potato situation is likened by market observers to that of three years ago when stocks of old potatoes were light and prices held firm until the new crop was ready In volume. The prelim inary survey of growers' intentions indicates that the country-wide acreage will be increased size per cent this year. LIVESTOCK SET-UP VOTE FROM CO-OPS KEYES BEGINS TERM IN PENITENTIARY 1 f Aiwwfotm Prv L.-iiiwt Wln SAN QUENTI.V PRISON. Cal.. March 4. Asa Keyes, once power ful prosecutor of Los Angeles jtoun ty, passed through the gates of San Quentin prison today to start serving a sentence of one to 14 years for alleged bribery conspiracy growing out of the collapse several years ago of the Julian Petroleum corporation. Commenting Informnlly. Keyes Rflid he believed he had "done more 'or California than any other man." lie pointed to the large number of criminals be had convicted, among them William Edward Hickman, as evidence of the pnrt he had played in helping to "clean up the state.' He reiterated previous state ments that the prospect of being thrown among the many men im prisoned by his prosecution caused him little worry. Bladder Irregular? If functional Bladder Irritation disturbs your sleep, or onuses Burn ing or Itching Sensation, Backache. If-g Pains, or muscular aches, mak ing you feel tired, depressed, and discouraged, why not try the Cys tex 4S Hour Test? Don't give up. Oct Cystex today. Put ft to the test. See for yourself how quickly It works and what it doca. Money back if It doesn't bring quick im provement, nnd satisfy you com pletely. Try Cystex today. Only fiOc. Nathan Fullerton, the Rexall store. Adv. By FRANK I. WELLER (Associated Press Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, March 12. (A. P.) Farm board intercession Is be lieved to Have smoothed out the path toward incorporation of the proposed national commodity mar keting association for livestock. For five months competitive co operatives were deadlocked over the plan of operation proposed by the national organization commit tee. The conflict centered around divergent, views of the relative ad vantages to be given interests buy ing livestock in public yards and those buying direct from the pro ducer. The Issue was taken back to a round table discussion by the co operatives and members of I he farm board. The latter opened the way for constructive action by pro posing a central sales agency with which the various cooperatives would affiliate by contract. It would have two subsidiaries a publishing concern and a feeder's financing corporation. Cooperatives would come into the national set-up by vote of their boards of directors. When two thirds of them have signed con tracts, plans for incorporation of the $1,000400 National Livestock Producers association will go for ward. Cooperatives now handle only about IS per cent of the nation's livestock and the farm board was eager to leave the door open to the other 82 per cent, which incorpora tion according to the new plan would do. Tillage Equipment, Power Units, Spray Material Build Big Patronage Among Farmers. Leake and Beyers company, Roseburg, began business early In January of last year and have been steadily expanding their busi ness until they are one of the largest machinery dealers in southwestern Oregon. They are exclusive agents ror a number of leading lines of machin ery and farmers supplies, probab ly the most Important of which Is the agency for the Oliver Farm Implement company's line of j plows, discs, cultivators and other implements. A large percentage of ! the tillage tools already in the I county were made by Oliver and ; this makes considerable volume of business In plowshares, disc ' blades and otner repairs. The Cletrac tractor is also prov-; ing very popular and will no doubt make a fine volume of business for the coming year. Leake and Beyers Co. report the sale of six machines of this type since Janu ary first of this year. They are also agents for the L. N. Miller Dehydrater Co., of Eu gene, Oregon, for the Miller dehy drater and prune drier equipment. This type of drier has proven very successful in the northwest, and eight large plants were sold in Douglas county last year and in addition to this several thousand dollars' worth of drier equipment was placed by this firm. Much of their business is made up of the handling of special equipment such as pumping ma chinery in which Fairbanks, Morse & Co., nationally known for their engines and pumping equipment, play a very Important part. No job is too small or too large for them to figure and supply. A large per centage of the present irrigation outfits in the county have been figured by Mr. Leake and fur nished by Fairbanks, Morse & Co. A sujply of small water sys tems, light plants, washing ma chines, etc., are also carried and considerable volume is brought In from this source. Fruit Industry Aided The business of Leake & Beyers Co. to a large extent has been built around the fruit Industry of this county and much business is derived from their line of Bean spraju118- More than eighty per cent of the spray outfits in Doug las county are Bean outfits and the local dealers have disposed of seven new outfits (his season. Hand in hand with the sprayer business goes the spray material line manufactured by Sherwin Wil liams Co., who are known the world over for their careful selec tion of raw materials atid are fam ous for their high grade products. According to reports the Sherwin Williams brand of spray materials is gaining in popularity among the fruit growers throughout the entire western coast. Large stocks of bulk and pack age garden seeds are carried In stock during the planting season and this section of- Leake & Bey ers Co. store is thronged with cus tomers on the first warm days of spring. Probably no department of their business gives Leake & Beyers Co. as much satisfaction as their shot) ' for repairing tractors, spray out fits, gas engines, etc. Three skilled mechanics are employed to take care of the calls for service from their custcmcis aud one to men are kept busy assembling new machinery or rebuilding and painting implements for resale. Eight persona are employed by Leake & Beyers Co in the follow ing capacities: Walter Leake, manager; Herbert Beyers, assist ant manager; J. C. Royse, ware house foreman; Helen Leake, book keeper; George Evans, specialty salesman; Harvey Savage, tractor salesman and service man; Martin Paul, Fred Hoffmeister and Percy Prince, shop mechanics. With this personnel and'-their unquestioned leadership in manu factured lines of farm equipment, Leake and Beyers company is in a position to furnish the farmer with excellent articles of equ; ment and is also equipped to give service on the machinery pur chased from them. CATERPILLAR TYPE v L 16 Douglas county's outstanding melon raiser, grower of the famous DM lard cantaloupes, and the largest producer iu southern Oregon, for the last three years, is a .cater pillar farmer, E. M. Dyer, local dealerfor caterpillar tractors, com bine harvesters and road machin ery, says. In the last three years Wesley Williams, Dillard producer, has shipped large quantities of melons to "all parts of the United States. Having decided to increase his pro duction he, alter care ml considera tion, chose caterpillars for all his farming operations. His land is all river-bottom loam and very soft and loose, yet the lighttreads of the caterpillars do not pack the soiK thereby insuring him good seed beds and record crops. Mr. Williams has this to say about his caterpillars: "Several times during the early part of the season when it was im perative to get my plowing done in time for early planting, ordinary power plowing was absolutely im possible due to slippery surface and soft, ground caused by late spring rains. My caterpillars worked 100 per cent efficient and no loss of time nor slippage occurred. Owing to increasing this year to more than 400 acres I will have four cat terpillars of the high-speed type, equipped with electric lights en abling me to run thorn 24 hours a day when necessary, as this crop j must be planted and cultivated at the right time and can not wait j for weather condition In order to jputthemon the market at the best season and uphold the stand ard set for Dillard melons." The ability of the caterpillars to get jobs done in a hurry and yet do the job better gives Mr. Wil liams time for other outside inter ests, says Mr. Dyer. OF ing, fertilizer, pumps and irrlga j Hon "supplies. Its seed department ; is complete and its seed catalog ! can be found in almost every farm j home In the vicinity of Hoseburu. ' Its display at the farm machinery show on Saturday will reflect .the I fine lines that it carries. HINTS FOR YOUR SPRING GARDEN Farm Outfit Establishment Known in Every Corner of County ; . Repair Dept. Feature. The farm equipment business conducted by Wharton Bros, is one of the oldest of Its kind in the county. It was started over 35 years ago by the late J. F. Barker, who remained at Its head until about seven years ago. At first, this business was conducted as a side line to Mr. Barker's grocery ' business. In the year 1007 be dis posed of the grocery line and save nil of his attention to the imple ment business. Associated with him ever since the early 90s was the senior mem ber of the present firm of Whar ton Bros., Charles W. Wharton. First ho served as an employe, lat er as a partner and finally, with his brother, Jack Wharton, pur chased the entire interest of Mr. Parker on January 1. 192:1. The present firm of Wharton Bros:, as well as the old firm of J. F. Barker & Co. has enjoyed a very good patronage from the farmers in this locality. One of the outstanding things that has con tributed to Its success is the re pair part service maintained for the machines it sells. Right now its repair racks and shelves are lined with parts that go to keep their machines in service. This service is appreciated by many of the farmers in this locMillly be cause a farm machine without a good repair service has a very short life. Many such orphan im plements can be found in the fence corners all over the country. Many times the firm is com pelled to spend half an hour look ing up a part In a repair list for some machine that was sold twen ty or thirty years a so on which their profit would not be over a few cents, but they consider that this Is the service that goes with the machines they sell. 35 Years of Success The fact that this business has been successful for over 'Au years I Is a boon to many of the farmers in this locality. Every Implement dealer that falls In business or even sells out leaves a host of or phan machines belli ml him, be cause i lie next dealer may not handle the same make: mid even if he does he will not feel the re sponsibility of keeping up repairs for machines that he did not sell. Wharton Bios, are agents for I the McCoi mick-Deerlng linn of farm machines, a line that dates back almost a hundred years and is sold in almost every country on the globe. Besides farm implements this firm carries quite a large stock of farmers' hardware, as well as fenc- Oak or cedar boards at least an Inch (hick are best for making w in dow boxes as these are most re sistant to decay. Even these me best painted or charred inside to keep out decay. To clfar a box paint the inside with kerosene and burn for a few minutes. Lawn weeds such as dandelion when not too numerous may be largely eliminated in early spring by using a caustic soda solution ap plied to the crowns with a pointed Stick. The stick is dipped Into the liquid and then shoved down an inch or so into the center nf the crown. The weeds turu brown mid die in a Tew days. The formula fol lows: One quarter ounce of white arsenic boiled in one-half gallon soft water. To this add one gallon of soft, water and one-third ounce caustic soda and boil again. Smaller or target' amounts are iu proportion. VEGETABLE OIL DUTY HARD TASK, STEIWER STATES Senator Frederick Stelwer has wired the Roseburg chamber of commerce that he is doing every thing within his power to secure higher duties on vegetable oil as a protection to the dairy Industry, in which Oregon is ho vitally in terested. The matter presents n dltlicult problem, the senator states, because the main supplies come from the Philippine Islands. With, regard to copra, he states that the biggest source Is in the Philippines, and he is opposed to duties against Philippine pro ducts so long as the islands are under V. S. control. The Islands, he states, are one of the best cus tomers for dairy products each year. He states that bo Isvery hopeful that something can be done to minimize the Influence which oleomargarine is now ex erting iu the butter market. Make this store your headquarters when In town. wonn From the pallette of fashion, woman can get every shade the desires in new spring footwear. Here, too, are the popular patents, artistically trimmed. One feature se lection at $5.85 ' PERRIN'S SHOE STORE 111 W. Cass St. Roseburg Auction Sale of Horses AT ROSEBURG Saturday, March 15, 1930 One car load of work horses, consisting of chunks weighing from 1100 to 1700 lbs., young, sound and well broke. Horses can be seen at Culver's Garage, after Tuesday. COME AND LOOK THEM OVER. H. R. KUEHNE Sale to start at 1 o'clock. Take Advantage Of Farm Machinery Day To Visit Us IN OUR NEW LOCATION 245 Jackson Street Stock up on garden tools nnd hnndy home conveniences. We have a complete line. NOTE THESE ITEMS Silver Steel Hoes Extra Heavy Spades Polish Steel Shovels Malleable Rakes High Wheel Lawnmowers Fine Water Hose POWELL'S Furniture Store The NOW New Fordson Tractor WILL SOON BE HERE f J Several car loads are now being shipped for local distribution, First shipment will arrive here in a few days. Be Sure and See the New FORDSON OUTSTANDING IMPROVEMENTS New Hot Spot Manifold More Power Easy Starting New Cooling System New Lubrication System New Ignition System Large Air Washer Redesigned Transmission Longer Gasoline Carburetor Heavy Fenders and Platform Six-Plate Transmission Brake Shock Absorbing Front Coil Spring Automatic Lubrication of Rear Wheel Bearings One-picce Cast Front Wheels Crankcase Ventilation INQUIRE AT FORD GARAGE
