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TWO
NEW
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GRANGES
COUNTY AGENT'S REPORTS
CROP NEWS'
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEWS
PRIZES OFFERED 4 H
LIVESTOCK RAISERS
Trip M National Show and
Cash Scholarships Open
to Oregon Winners.
CHICAjfiO. Aug. JO The Thou.
E. Wlllioil gold iw-dul for the out-
' standing- county Hi livestock cluh
member Is utsal" offend lu all
counties of Oregon announces the
iitttlonul coiuinlltee op hoys' nd
girls' club work.
It and other attractive prises
provided In tills national contest
ure to ho awardml by cluh tauter
at the close of Hie feedliiK and
showing season. Jleports of county
winners uiit be submitted (u the
Estate leuder's office to allow for
Judging before Nov. 2. Forms for
-the use of contestants uiuy he no
" uiirod of county nisonU.
'J'ho winner of "Into honors re
ceives a Su gold watch and be
comes eligible' to compete for one
of four ull-.expenao trips to the 16th
National Club congress to bo held
' in Chicago Nov. 27-Dec. 5 in con-
nectlon with t''n International
1 Uvestuck exposition. From tho
I four trip winners three vvlll he
- chosen to reculve cush scholar-
ships of (WOO, $200 and f 10Q.
In addition W glviim JS boys suc
!' cessful (n the pust six contests u
start on college careers, participa
tion by bundreds of others bus
helped them to master problems of
livestock production and lo estab
lish valuable herds of their own.
Their examples ulso have led to
the adoption of better practices by
lintire communities In livestock
furmlng!
'. ' o i
the hoi water cure, to protect do
mestic crops.
Frank McKennou,' head of Uie
plant division lor Oregon, an
nounced tue action w-as cousiocreu
important since Oregon's bulb
growing was a niUliou dollar In
dustry. The interstate rpjajuutine
wus lifted about a year ugo, be
said.
U, sTPOTJITOCiP
' rOUTJ.AMJ), Auk. 7- .AP
i-olluiinury enAlninlttB of ,Ui iio-i
punnipiit of agriculture Jmllt'iUe
liiut Oi-okoh'ii J'.iaB wool iiqiJucl,om
Will he slightly lens 11 mu in 11)34
or 1036.
The eBtlnmted fiRiire for this
yukr 1b 1H,318,0I)0 )k., ub eomparutl
lij I'.i.UHH.diHi iuhi your una ultuhtly
. in ore In lfl.,4. An uHllmaUd 2,13,
UI)0'-huKd of uuei will- litrn
"tliiB-'your wheruiiK 2,2i.i,u)0 were
0. 1017) liiut year and 2.2SO.UOO tlie
year liofore. '
The lamb crop import of llio do
luii Uiu'iii, also loloHHtHl tuduy.
tihowod ,Uio uumbur of broi'ding
even in the HUitu to bo the In'iiv
Icwl 111 1h your In boijio time. The
totul a)iroxlmaUd J.SSu.iiOO a
vomimreu tp JW.mii) lout year and
1. KtiX.Onu Jn Xl34. Tin iuituJir p(
lunibH docked wan 1,5711,000, more
than laBl year but eoi.Htderubly
leuH UUui 44i urovloUH year. ftlnlity-;
Jour per cent weio ewes, h mime ;
"proportion uh lat year, lu IM'M ;
the periiPiituKe waft 11. j
The report revealed that winter!
OWo loKaes In Oregon were light
Uii8 year. Jmt tlmre had beeji aome
, lotui pi early ltmiLm. hale luuilm
. woi'O nuiil to have done well.,
IlunnoB ,voro reported jtooil. with
u goutl crop of loed on lower
WASHINGTON, Auk. 17. (A P)
The BiniiJleat potato crop ver
recorded was predicted by the eg-,
rlcultuie department.
fu Ha statement on crop condi
tion a August 1, the department,
crop reporting board said the pros
pect was for a 2114,637,000 hubej
harvest, seven per cent lews than
lust year, ft compared with a
Jive-year average of 372, 1 J 5,000 bu-,
Hhels. '
"The lute potato crop Is In a cri
tical condition," the report Haid.
"A continuation of the drought
would jCKuJt lu very light yields in
most commercially Important flec
tions from western New York to
the iJukotas; hut timely rainfall
,durlug August would probably re
sult in a general benefit to the
crop Jn most areas. ' ".
' "In the fjve central surplus late;
potato state, and in Iowa, Ne
braska and Wyoming, drought con-!
dltlous are responsible for potato ;
crop Ioshps during July estimated
at 22.000.00U bushels. However,
potato prospects sbowed a slight
Improvement during July In New
Kngland and the Pacific const
states, 'where Uie vines grew rap
idly during the' past month. Home
potato blight is apparent lu Maine
but does not appear to be spread
ing."
A Willie pptatp crop pf 39,780.000
bushels, or 7 per cent of normal
was forecast for Maine.
The white potato crop lu Ne
braska was es it inn led at only
4,815,000 bushels, or 20 per cent of
normal.
CREAMERIES FORM
ASSN. FOR TESTING
8ALKM, Aug. 17 (AP) Hep
rpbentu lives of eight creameries lu
Lane, Linn, Muiiou and Clackamas
counties buve tunned the first
creamery leatlng association In
.Orogou "to aid tlm dairy Industry
hy Aeitdlna'PtMiriU.eitoe in the indus
try;' State director goloir T. w(ifte
niiriciunoed.
Other associations wUl be start
ed In vurlous sections of tho state.
AVliite said.' The orgniikation is
similar to the cow testing associa
tions. '
A Llronsed slate tester will spend
,tliree days a month at each cream-i
jory repreBeateil 10 weigh, sample:
and test the jnllk and cream re-;
eeJved. Tho records will ho avail-,
able ror all ahipperB and will be
u state guarunlee.
El
MELONS REGARDED
GOOD VOTE GETTERS
1MJ.I.AK, Tex. ( AP Waler,niol-
ou feasts are good vote getters.
candidates in a leceiU Tcxus jri
mary discovered. Jn fact, .they were
more populur lu JaUas county tliau
klsttlng babies, orchestras, steak
frit or morning coffee.
Chi U ten ami grown-ups an
eighth of a .melon to Uie person
with no second helping cleaned
up JK5 tons of the juicy, red meat
at the expense of candidates dur
ing the campiiinn.
Apples Superior to Oranges in Content
Of Vfteniin A, Nrition Scientist Fjnds
IIO.STON. AUK- 17. (AP) Sci-
once made the orange take a hack
s.eui ut the iniemiuipjiai appie
shippers convention here.
Bclence reported the oraugo,
coujjuonly believed ti b.e a good
source of vitamin A, contained
only about one-half as much of
the vitamin content as some var
ieties of apples.
I)j Ini A. iManvlllo, director oi
the nutritional laboratory at Ibe
Oregon medical school and a noted
scientUt lu the Xield of nutrliion.
said:
'Many varieties of apples nave
been found to be gupd sources oX
Vituni.ji A, alUiough some of the
leading works on nutrition have
red 1 1 oil apples as having only u
hioderate viainln A content.
"Actually the viamin A vaJue
varies with the variety and while
ll is true that ome varieties may
he poor sources of this vJtamin,
the HpiUcnburg, yellow Newtown,
WJnesap and Arkansas Black
have from 84 to 36 units per ounce
while the orange, commonly be
lieved to bo a good source of vlta-
jnlne A, has only 20 units' be
said.
Jjr. Manville explained there al
so ,was a similar variation of vita
min C value in different varie
ties of appk'B. ' Ho urged care in
the selection of varieties' for. 'pro
duction, kii 'regions oUilted to apple cul
ture, he said, the apple could he
depended upon as the principal
Bource pf the vitamin thai prevents
scurvy one of particular value be
cause Jhe apple b geueiaLly .eaten
raw.
Of High Remedial ylue -
"Manville a((vapced an Entire
ly new and revolutionary view of
the nutritive and - thereapeutic
value. of the pectin in apples as a
result of an exhaustive research
which he directed on pacific north
west' apples for the ' past" fpuy
years.
He pointed out remarkable re
sults had been obtained clinically
in the treament of children with
raw apple pujp for various lutes
tinal disorders.
"Wheu the therapeutic value of
the apple is mors generally recog
nized it will be used phophylactl
cally as much or more than any
other therapeutic use to -which it
may be vut.
"J do not hesitate to say that to
children in large cities and to
those living in areas where It Is
common for jthe jtemperature to
reach high Jevels, such- methods of
jirophylaxis or therapeutic treat
ment will prove to be one of the
greatest -blessings of recent times.
'"The apple more than any oth
er food with which we are ' ac
quainted possesses therapeutic
advantages in the highest degree.
Fruits such as the apple should be
considered as being more than
food. They are medicinal agents
posseaslng both prophylactic and
therapeutic powers," he said.
tvo JlarUetts by the AAA in Cali
fornia recently Is said to have bad
the effect of Improving the tanner
juice ln .California.
jc
FARM PRICE MEET
pALLEp AT SALEM
SALtiM, Pre., Aug. 17 For
the purpose of continuing the in
vestigation of prices of certain
agricultural commodities, to de
termine whether or not they Are
below parity, as outlined in .Ore
gon laws, and to consider the ad
visability cu invoking the aid of
the Oregon agricultural marketing
act, a puhllc meeting is called hy
me nirecior oi agriculture, io oe
held in Hie conunorclal club rooms
in Sulem at 2 p. m. Monday, Aug
ust 24. "
VALE PROFITS ON
POTATOES ARE GQQD
VAI.R Dip Amp 17 CAP.
f let ween 40 and 50 cars of pota
oes, valued at approximately $25,
QfiQ. rolled out of Vale last week
GROWERS OF VETCH
The request of Oregon seed pro
ducers to have a plant Quarantine
placed against imported vetch and
certain types ol pea seeu has oeeu
approved by Washington authori
ties and such a quarantine went
into effect on August i, ,0. 3, C.
'oUieiuls have been nptified. .
The quarantine order, issued by
the secretary oi agriculture, says
,thal it has been detei mined that
certain imported vetch and pea
seeds are frequently Infested with,
one .or more species of seed .weev
ils, narUeularly .live vetch bruebld.
Jloretofoie iip iuspectloti had been
mado of these sueds for this pest,
hut .front now oji entry of Blich
seeds will have to meet rjgtd in
spocton reqtiii'.omejits.' i . . i' j
' This affords addltlouul protec
tion to the Oregon industry to tliat
now .provided by state quarantine,
na; the O. S. 0. men. The highly
destructive ye ten bruebld has ill
ready become established iii cer
tain eastern and south Atlantic
stales where it Is said to threaten
the eastern vetch seed Industry.
J'JlTective control ' of this pest has
not been worked out. and .every
effort Is being made to keep it
from spreading to western states.
VALUE OF BORER
(CONTROL PROVED
Mi .M1NNVILI.K 1-roor of the'
value of the application of paru
dichlorohenzcnc lor peuch and
prune root borer control fc found
in a survey made In ViuuhMl coun
ty during the past year, buys
t.'oiNity Agent Ilex Warren. A
check of 61 treated trees MRtnvdu
only six affected by borers, whlln
an 'examination of -til unt'vaied
It ties showed 53 were affected. He
recommends making the treatment
a'lir August 15 uiid hefo.ve lull
r.iins start.
APPLE PROSPECTS
WASJJJNCiTON, Aui5. 17 CAJ?)
Less hard hit thau the .east and
mhldle-wcsl hy advertte conditions
our .western states will produce
15 per cent of the country's aiulc
crop this year, the agriculture de
IturtmeAt prophesienl.
AlthouKb westerji harvests will
noi touch or five-year .ayerae
marks, tho production of percent
use will jump from Si icr cent
last year to this year's pstiniate
because of the poor prospects, in
other parte of the country.
"I'rospecU are relatively more
favorable In the Pacific coast and
Jtocky mountain group of slates
wnere damage from late freezes
was less severe than in eastern'
areus," the department report
Hal'l. , ' ( ........
The lD.li' ostlmaie of 102,487,000
bushels Is the smallest crop since
mi. .
Total production figures for ma'
jor apple-Browing stales, five-year
average, 1935 production and indi
cated 11136 production, by bushels,
respectively, Include: H
Oregon, 5,082,000, 3,500,000,' und
I, 200,000.
AAA TO PURCHASE
BARTLETT PEARS
COHVAI.US. Aug. 17 (Al)
Authorization lor the purchase
In the near fulure Jy the AAA of
J'aciflc noilhwost Bartletl pears lu
carload lets has been received from
Ihe AAA commodities purchase
section, officials of Oregon Stulc
college were informed Imhiv Tin.
announcement said deliveries prob-
uoi.v win oe accepted within a fen
days. A considerable proportion of the
cars ot. pears w ill be bought at
Vaklma. Wash., but other pur
chases will also be made nt We-
mitcht'O. Wash.. Hllil ut II, mH lllvor
und iMcdford, it was said.
Purchase of 200 nirs of number
Initial Use WH Occur t
Annual Ram Sale to Be
Hel) Septemjbe.r J.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Aug.
17. Plans are being drawn and
bids will he called for at once for
the construction ot a combinatioii
sales and judging -ring at the Kla
math county fair grounds In $la
math Falls. The sales fing will lie
used for the Jjrat time at Uie third
annual southern Oregon ram sale
which wllj be held jn t)ia,t city on
to market described by growers
as "the besj In' years." It was
estimated lat year's slilpment of
315 cars would be doubled in 1936.
l3rlces quoted here raiifod from
Sl.no to 12.00 a bushel.
Tuesday, September 1, Jt will be :
used later for the Klanntth county
4-H clubs and Smith-Hughes pro
jects In Uieir annual junior fair. ;
The third annual sale promises
to outshine the two previous sales
in thai a keen rivalry has devel
oped among the breeders of the
west in their efforts lo consign
rams that will l-rlng tho highest
price. This rivalry has resulted In
very careful selection of ramB
consigned and the purchasers at
this sale will be assured ot only
top-notch breeding stock, carefully
selected, and should have no hesi
tancy in bidding on the lots offer
ed. The tew facilities being con
structed by the Klamatb county
fair board will materially speed up
the sale and Colonel A. W. Thomp
son of Lincoln, Nab., will preside
as auctioneer ln his usual capable
manner.
On Monday evening, August 31,
the third annual livestock banquet
wtllbe held in the ViUard hotel nt
7 p. in.' County Agent C. Hen
derson of Klamath county v"'
preside as toastmnster, and prob
lems affecting Uie livestock Indus
try will he discussed. Short ad
dresses .Will be clveD- by promjft
ent men on the Pacific coast and
the banquet will serve as a means
for the sheepmen attending the
sale to become better acquainted
with each otiier. ' . .
RYE CALLED BEST
FOR fEED CRISIS
MANJUTTAN, Kaa. (AP) The
greatest hope of relieving the live
stock feed shortage lies In fall
planting oi rye, sayB Dr. C. W.
CumpbeJI. head ot the .Kansas
Slate college animal husbandry de
partment. "Bye is our niost dependable
orop and best hope for the produc
tion pf fall, wijupr and spring
teed..iThls crop will produce mora
pasture and' withstand 'more' un
favorable weather, trumping und
gracing than any other small grain
crop-" ' .
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40 PCT. OF OREGON
BEEF IS EXPORTED
COItVALUS, Aug. 17 (AP)
Approximately 40 per cent of the
beef produced in Oregon is sold
outside jthe state, H. A. Undgren,
extension animal husbandniau at
XXregon State college, said. Oregon
is one of 20 states which produces
a surplus of beef.
' Oregon livestock associations
nnd marketing agencies are join
ing with similar organizations na
tionally ln observing August jas na
tional beef month. In the last few
years the industry Jn Oregon lias
succeeded in stimulating a demand
for higher quaUty products,' Bald
Undriren.
- -WABMNCTON, Aug. 1". I AIM
The bureau of entomology and
. phmt tiunratitiue " of Ihe depart
ment of agriculture suld today
' grasshoppers and rhim-.h Iiuks
t ui'o ruining many Xleldp of grain
and forage which have escaped thr
drought.
The bureau Haid Vlhe varieties of
I crlrkolB Marmoii a ti d Coulee,
botii generul feeders have swarm-
cd over parts of the northwest, lu
Hpilo of control measures that com
' pletWy ' W'iiied out many baudti,
Alanuon cricket infestations in Ida
ho and Nevada are alarm Iniily
, huge. Montana aluo lias enorm
mis numbers of thin cricket nnd
lilah, Wyoming, Colorado and Ore-
(gon have smaller. iufentaUuiis. .
"Tho turnip seod weevil, a com
paratively now pctd, has ruined a
lot of mUHtaid, and ciibbage sO(tl'
lu' wetmu'tt Wushtiigton and Ore
gon, and the (uinalo pluworm has
Injured tomalues tu Htntthoru .Cali
fornia." 1
.Heavy InfeHtations of nd spid
ers were reported limn .Maiy.lund
-westward through Kentucky and
-Ohio to the I'at'iric voum.
BULB QUAR A NTINE
- RESTORATION ASKED
. HAl-KM. Aug 17 AIM - llulli
grnwt'i.s In nrt'guu. MikmikIi the
tttte di'pai'lmeut of iiKiitulture.
h:e petitioned tho federal gov
ernment lo ii'liinlale the uiiaiau-
II ll i' nil illteiHlate ltiovemeltl 4if
linrrlsHUH Iriillrs to piewnt the
Ppietid oi itrmaludi, or eelwonn.
Tlie art Inn lullnttcd receipt of
did from Lvv A. sitrotiK, chief of
thai dl ihioii under the federal
Hui it uli u i al depailiue.nl, that for-
Vigil llUpUltK (if liaicUtMllt bulbi
VuiJJ bu i.'nuufij m uuderno the
Quai-iutinf tresuneni, voU"ihtjii(t id'
Sheep
i! Bah!
Keep them healthy Keep them well j
Give them Richardso n's "Bah-Bah" Capsules
All successful sheep owners Know that It Is necensry to fight Liver Fluke and Stomach Worm. This
li true in practically all countries and Ute3, and particularly so In sections having mild and moist
climatic conditions such as we have In Western Oregon, Washington, and parts of California. So
Important It this matter parasite control that both the U. S. Government and many of the states
go to great expense lo give expert advice to the stockmen. Also scientific laboratories are called up
on to supply the demand for the neceisary remedies to control and eradicate ' these destructive
parasites. , . . ,
I,n Western Oregon there are local conditions somewhat different from those of many other 'places
and to meet the problems of this area we have given several years of careful study, observation and
tests to find the best, safest and most economical way to solve them. The result of these studies
and tests Is a practical, eflective and safe product which we now supply In capsules for the simul
taneous treatment of Fluke (Liver leach). Stomach Worms and Tape Worms, in these capsules one
Of tht Ingredients is Pure Carbon Tetrachloride, th t well known and officially approved agent for
killing Fluke (Liver leach). Along with It In the same capsule Is the' non volatile and definitely prov
en worm and germ exterminator Richardson's Iodized Calcium Compound. Each capsule contains
full and effective dose for sheep and goats.
Right now It a good time to treat sheep and large lambs Get them In good condition before stormy
weather. "
Give them thit combination capsule treatment called B AH-B AH CAPSULES.
You .cap sec them in the doll,
You can hear the blighters yell,
And you know they feel like hall,
Give them Bnh-Bnh, keep them well.
Bnh-Bnh, Bnh-Bnh, Bah-Bnh.
this dependable, easier to give, safe nnd economical remedy js compounded hud told at
RICHARDSON'S DRUG STORE "
ROSEBURG, OREGON
-Ask the Kcvialerad rbA'inaciUiu explain this treatment.
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$65 fo,r :o new modern VVestinghouse automatic electee
ronge ! Naturally, you are wondering how a good range con be
sold for so low a price. Regularly, this same .model sold fpt 9
great deal more money, and naturally we could not afford o
sell ony great number of these ot this price We did, however,
obtain a small quantity in this special deal that makes it possible
to pass the saving on to you ,as long os this particular lot lasts.
This range has a white porcelain enamel finish; modern flat-top
design;, and a full-Sized enamel lined, standard automatic VVest
inghouse oven; 3 standard Westinghouse surface plates; utility
outlet and pilot light; standard Westinghouse switches and other
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