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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL XX NO. 44 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1930.
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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
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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.
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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
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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