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, TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 20. I93( OF GRANGES COUNTY AGENTS REPORTS CROP NEWS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEWS News FIRM Life Lamb and BE HELDJUHE 25 H. A. Lindgren Will Act as . Judge; Premiums Posted Aggregate $150. ' ArrnuKftHioiUB uro complete for linliilut! Hie hkvoiiiIi iinmiul Dunn his county lamb mill wool show In Host-burg, on Suturiluyj Juno 25. Tho DougliiB County Livestock iih Kucliilon i sponsoring tho Inmb 'iiliow, which vill hu hvlil' on Wash ington slroct In tho rear of Whiu tou. Hros, Implement store. v-All entries.. In the. open, 4-1 1 club and wool .uIihiuh closes at 10 a. m. mill judKliiB ,wlll Blurt at lu:o. II. A. Llndisrep,, extension animal hus Iranilinuii :ol Oregon Stuto colli'Ko. Jiati been socureil lo . JuiIbo all ClUHSCg. ; ' Premiums offered '.total $150. with it top first prize of 2D for tho (lent pen of flvo fat Inmbs In the open cIhbs. Fourteen uwardH will Ira Hindu In the open clans for pens ;of flvo fut litinbs, seven awards In ;(lio 4-H club, single fut him b class umlrlhi'eo awards'. In j each of tho wool classes. , V . ,. Kxhlbltors are )eiuest(id to niulto ,-Vbclr entries by Thursday uvcuIiik. Juno 2:i, to glvo the - iiianai;eiueul .HUfllclout time tb urraiiKe for all exhibit pens that my be required. jjUntry blanks may be secured at the .comity agent's -office . or entries .may be phoned to.tlie comity ugent. ;). -Tho purebred ram class for ex hibition only is attracting consider .uble attention front, breeders of purobrcd. sheep. Sheep owners in terustud fu ; purchasing . purebred 'breeding rums will liuve'nn-opnor-tiinlly to. look :ovok a flue.oxhlbl tlou of breeding ranis If entries cou .tluuo to come In lis they huvu for the past few days. ., 1 , I ? . I :News ofA-H Tho JJonglaH county (iulegatfoii of VTO .4-H-uliiU mumbvi'H.iiml' t: lenders MpIui'iluiI irum Uiu el ill miii k. fliur Buhool .Krlduy,'. , ; ,. .tit 'i'lilti'KiQiiu imu buoii- til.-Worviillia Hiucu June U talt I UK part la a full 'mid iutort'HUiiH inogi'inth .Tliu UmmI1 ,,ui'B Yila accoiniHinlud tlU tfroup in hIuM J. , llkflrri orliiyti-(Jiu()kt MIhs JJui'ii Ihiiuliioii, Mlnu. Vlvlua r iliu'tloy,,- uml iMiHi Mtny: UuIkIi or Itosulnug uud Cmmly; Amil li. A. Britlon. -'Tko,Vilhimcfiw--VnUofVI -live- totk . Judfhiff lour. Un: bm'ir i lioiiuced fur AukiihI'I, l! and "H." TIiIk tour, will bu umliT, tint IdiiiIuvhIiII) t of jU. J..A1uu, tmtdritiiiit HttUu uiuli ( louder, and will bo laUvu tit Mft- Jiloji, Lmi ami HpiiIqii cminllcK. ; - .The .UoukIuh rounly Ki-nup wlm y.'IU nmka thin 'iflp will' lm- inmto Ijip'rtt '.nlditr tduli ihoihIhm'H 'and (Iiohu who havi tmidu pinvhtUR rivi'HUK'k , iuilKtiiK' trtjis, In, ;aJI I niolni'lillUi. thin Hfoiiii will .hike fmiv.-dnyn ihsiuml ot (Iii'mu, lining tho IhhI day (f6iM:)imiiim hoUvUuh. v Tins Cn9 and Curry JuduliiK lour flan boon (lot'tdod uitlui, hut no dulo ut iih yet. ThiH lour. Ifv-umumi'd r younuor- ulub mfmlmnt uml Jhooo' who huvn hot lif.en on jud Iny trlpH hul'oiv., x' .yt ... , TJn roll tn o nl IuiuMmhmi ivt'eolvnd of V Ki'tjup otjipyn iit'DtiyH t.'roolt who Thoy pt&Q jo bi'Kunlzn iih twy club ancl'.ftifny ciVuii, conliury. uml hut'h tdui'K. nuwiiia,- . . . Mi'H. ILowai'd Ward has boon bo luotod to JittA iMtSKinup. Kdward Hun' yd YJtn'lt'd irotjtdonl, KIlou f.'looi'iV vijL-L'-prdrtldciitainl .laini'H Ward u. .rctary. M'ho oljhcr two nu'inbars' lire Ai'llmr it ml William Ward. ,t- i . H r--rr-H-- p.c.T ;lT r rnn 1 . ' . . i .Kmlt mid .vvBotuuiu rirowiMH or UCliVKOii vvlll find inapy Hpocbtl ion Juri'iici'S ridalcd lo iholr Imsims8 at Iho fotnloontli annual inrotliiK or Ihu AmurU'itii iiiHtlnin of rooporu fjitm ni , l'Lillinan iiikj MoHrtiw, July to )I?f uirordliiK'U) I'aul I'arlu'ii- Jor.' OXtlMI.Hlflll ' HpoHlllfHt 111 l OOp- (Jrallvo mailjIJni; at 'Oregon Stall' ToIIori.' OHO Ih JoltiliiK with Wnh ItiHtuu Stale rolh'KU itnd Iho Unl Yot'Htly.of Idaho In hoivIuk iih joint 'liostH lo lhe ropvi'iilitin,' which 'Is J yjicn to thi' oiionil public. . ' Klirht con fo rem vm havo bucn tir- ran Koi I partlunlarly for tho , friilt I nd vnuoCiblo pouptc, Aiuouk the 5 probliMiis In ho . dlnuitKsod w ill be vfoiriifltlvo vhuiiBOM In"iiiiirKol out- ! lots iiftoctlng I'atltlo liorthwoHt oo friiitH; foopoiiitH'H piiIcs pro- nioltiin, Itnd inlointilbnial, trado; " (MimIII and trniiHporlatlon priibloms J of fruit and vonolablo cooponitlvon; j ' lioniU J ii coirrtiimpllon and it dim iiH fllon. yT the imuJUoiuh surroundiiijr tue ru iudl- expiindiiiK flozen i&yk i; industry. The place of federal oud stuta Wool Show Plans control of Hhlpnients ub n meuiis of don Hup with HiirpliiuoB 1b on the program for uIhcuhhIoii, uh iu the poBKibtlltleH uml piobloiua ot fruit grower supply piirchuKiiiK. Of particular interest to Oregon nut kiowoih will be u apoeial con fore nee dealfiiK with, among other Items, tho operation of the federal walnut inarkotins aKieoiuont, wid ening; market outlets for filberts, and a propoxed milional advertis ing plan for filberts. Good Results With Grasses, Legumes Obtained Where Haying Is Periled. HayliiK weather In Oregon has been uuiiHiiiilly favorable this sea son, but In years when rains make buying hazardous, either grass or legumes may be made into Biluge with excellent results, according to experiments conducted In recent years at the Astoria brunch experi ment station, These experiments wore designed primarily (o find methods suitable for use In coast counties, where spring rains are particularly preva lent, hut the results iiIho have appli cation throughout western Oregon, says II. It. I To well, siiperliitendeiit of the station. , Previous difficult ieH with mak ing silage out of grass or legumes have been largely can sed 'by the. fact that thesor when cut-in .tho de slrable.lmuiatiire stulehre-to'o high n protein Id mako pulatahlo silage without the addition of Hupplenien lury .carbnhydmles, This dlfl'icul ty has been overcome through, the addition of . molasses In amounts varying from I0 pounds per ton of grass to about 75 pounds per ton ot green' legumes, i . ' ; Moisture Important . Another important factor in mak ing this type of silage Is In see that lhe material contains ample mois ture, 'says Howell. There Ih likely to lie aerlouB Spoilage unless tho moisture content is between GO und 7f per cent. Thlinetms, ho says, fltaCitlie ('material should bo' put in Hid silo before much wilting has occurred.' Hay that Is caught by bad weal her may even bo made inlo silage after drying has start ed,- If-proper amounts of water and molasses are added, the experi ments havo shown. It la highly essential that ample water be add ed, however, as hay fairly well cur ed and thou snaked with heavy rain for several days will not con tain anywhere near enough mois ture for proper curing as Hllnge. ' Tho findings of tho Oregon ex perlmeiil station and thnso In other states nn tho subject of making le gume and grass silage have recent ly been condensed mid Issued as KxteiiBlou Circular !Mfi, 'written by Dr., I. It. Jones, associate profes sriV of dairy husbandry at (JSC. Tlijs elrcuhtn cohtulu, all necessary, dlreetlo'hs'ror making fhis typo bt FORESTRY SCHOOL At O. S. C. HIGHLY RATED OUKCOX 8TATR COU.KUK The school of forestry here has been Included among five out of 20 schools in the entire United Stales lo be given a rank of lui) per cent hi the showing Us grad uates made in l!i:i7 In Inking civil service oxa initial inns fur junior forester. Others achieving the rank are Harvard and Vale which take graduate forestry students only. University of Michigan and Uni versity or Montana. The l!il OSC graduates who took the examina tion made an average grade sec- end only lo that of the graduates of Michigan, among undergraduate school, . In total enrollment In forestry schools OSC ranks second only tc the New York Stale college of for estry whic h reported fe2 compared with IXS here when, thu .figured were gathered last full by 'lhe 'Journal of Koreslry. and u .cuinih lativo total lor Ihu year of 5ip at OSC. . . ... , , . Here Ovur -Weck-End Wall Imgo, of Caiiyonvllle, spent . lhe week-onil In-thiH Hly visiting.' AiumiK llii- ism 'vuili'ty nf limns mako nio tlinxe tor nimliMiiUn ll(il). for UiillilnC ntiivllli'K, rnr lit ixtik, fur rillini'nl, (or himl noMH iiml I'ur i-ountlcti pi'iimniil tiriii!itH. E. S. McOLAIN, Manager V. M. ORR, Aist. Mgr. rWrFriTfrrhnftTT mtirrlTTJ nil UgiminfE fTUfTlfftll T! Wheat, Corn, Livestock and Dairy Industries Held Highly Benefited. WASHINGTON, June 20. (AP) Administration leaders, survey ing the many bills passed by the 75th congress, concluded wheat, corn, livestock and dairy farmerB were major recipients of favorable legislation. They ranked tho new farm law us perhaps the most Important act of the session. Tills legislation, they said, gave farmers machinery to raise their In come to u lovu) of equality with that of Industry and labor. i he new farm act provides -for the establishment of an "ever nor mal" granary for wheat and corn. Kbccess crops of bumper years may be withheld) from markets, through government commodity loans, until they are needed In years of short crops. Officials believe such regu lation of tho flow of products into markets will stabilize farm prices. Mmusors of the farm law also be lieve it will do much to stabilize tho dairy and livestock industries, particularly if the corn progrum works effectively. Insurance, vital Of vital interest to the farmer fs the crop insurance program estab lished by congress. Beginning with tho 11KI9 crop, growers may secure protection against losses from drought, flood, hall, freezes and in sects. Premiums will be paid la wheat In years of good yields and losses will be paid In wheat when crops (all. Officials said the Insurance pro gram should avert income disasters that followed severe droughts in and IDIKi. Final dates on which It would ac cept farmer applications for Insur ance covering lhe lDUD wheat crop have been set by the federal cron insurance corporation. The Oregon deadline Is August ;to. Congress supplemented the farm legislation with an appropriation, of abuiit Sl.oao.Onu.OOO for agricultural purposes during tho f anil year be ginning July 1. Of lids amount $7110,0110,000 was authorized for benefit payments to farmers com plying wilh crop control urograms. NO CARRYOVER OF WESTERN APPLES PORTLAND. Juno 20. (AP) Heavy consumption of western ap ples has reduced the sutinlies to about TIMl.iiiiii boxes, indlcalliiK thero would be virtually no carry over Into the new crop. Northwest shipments totaled I S3 cars last week. To dale Oregon has shipped 23MS boxes, Washington ZtMt'S and Idaho 1113. Pear withdrawals wore 5.000 boxes last month, leaving about IS, 000 boxes on hand. Western holdings on June 1 Included looo boxes-of Hartletts and about 100U boxes of other varieties. RECORD-HOLDING HOLSTEIN COW DIES TACOMA. Wash., Juno 20. (A P Sleilacooni Prilly Onnby Illosuom, one of America's most famous cowh. died in her stall In the barns of (he western state hos pital, near here, Wednesday. She was a llolstolu and wua 1(1 yours, 1) months old. Only five weeks ago. she gave birth to her 15t.li calf. Her lifetime milk production rec ord was 2rS,2(Ht.o pounds, which, according to Albert P, Verlinaii, hospital herdsman, was lhe great est lifetime record ever known. MARKETING PACT UP TO SPUD GROWERS Western Oregon potato" growers w ill have opportunity to express Iheir Ideas concerning the propos ed potato marketing agreement covering 17 states at a hearing at lhe Multnomah betel lu Portland June 22. This will be an adjourn ed mooting from lhe hearing at Hedmond. June 17, and will serve Loans for Every Legitimate Purpose Comi oletedmmWWW not only western. Oregon but west; ern Washington growers lis well. County meetings throughout the state recently have served to in form the growers on some of the provisions of the proposed agree ment. As u result, some western Oregon growers who market their products largely within the state, have expressed the opinion that it would be better to exclude them from the Interstate marketing agreement, while others, fee) that there would bo some advantage's in being Included lp. Uie, gepojal 17-state marketing arraugenlent. Doth sides may he fully heajd ut the Portland heuring, AAA offi cials point out. FEDERAL LOANS AID GROWERS OF WOOL WASHINGTON, June 20. (AP) Tho commodity credit corpora tion reported it had made loans of 2,580,000 pounds of wool up to June 13 under the government's $50 000,000 loan program designed to bolster prices of the product. The amount advanced was $101, 5S9. They said it was possible that banks in wool producing areas had advanced considerably more. ESTIMATES COVER OREGON FRUIT CROPS Oregon's peach crop will average about 2X0,000 bushels compared with 211,000 In 1 937, according to official estimates. Tho pear crop will be larger than a year ago but cherry production will bo about 18, 600 tons, 4X00 tons below last sea son. The Oregon apple output will be about 75 per cent' of the aver- ago. Back From Camping Trip Clorry Wutson, Norma Porter, Lor raine Woatherionl apt! Hetty and Paulino Welch havo returned to their homes from a camping .trip on the North Umpoua at Glide. " 1 1 - , -. ' 1,1 " 'agWBg3naaWaaJiii iimtamatasss , -j .. , ,t jju-j-i -i, i,., 1 ,: . : ahli.j .m...... w.i j.1 , . j '.''.''::.''.' . 'MMi-'y' '"' t-l when its SIQfand-GO More turns of your engine ' y3ip Mv ' for each turn of your wheel Cyi, -and costs go up! JY y A S V MILE OF ST0P-AND-C50'DRIVINQmay OF GRASS MIXTURE Superiority "1Over Straight Native Types Evident : t Spepial Nursery. ' Thtt'BiiperlortyD special select ed gnus nilxluKes'fof eedlng pas tures ld, VangeVmpd' ovoi com mon qohdnerclal' pasture mixtures or glralglA Seedlnga was clearly (lcmoiiBtinfud to all visitors to -the grass niimery on the U E. Thomp son farm during the field tour beld by County Agent J. Roland Parker last Wodnesday. Straight seed lnga of some eighteen- Bolected grasses were Inspected In addition to the plots seeded to' various grass mixtures and la combination with a variety of clover,. . ; Highland bent, English rye grass, tall ineadow oat grass, orchard grafts, tall foscuc, meadow fescue and meadow foxtail were the masses attracting most attention. These grasses were still green and would have provided excellent pas ture while the native grasses In the fence rows and at the ends and sides of the nursory yeve dried up. Values Tested ' ' The grass nursery was seeded in the fall of 1037 by Mr. Thompson In cooperation with ' the county ngcut to test out the value of dif ferent grasses for pasture and range lands In Douglas county. Straight seedlngs of different grasses were made in one-quarter acre plots and grass mixtures were seeded in two acre plots. One of the two acre plots was cross seeded with different clovers to dutormlne if possible if logumcs aided the' stand and growth ot grasses, and,J nilgai not increase tne carrying ca pacity anil quality ot the pasture, lied clover, alslko' , clover, ..hop clover, Panlsh white clover, bop clover and subterranean clover be ing used. Subterranean clover made an excellent growth on both well drained and wet land, and was found to be reaeedlng Itself. The nui'aery If open to Inspection at any time by Interested parties by - getting iu touch with Mr. Thompson or the county agent. An other field day la planned at the uuraeiY sometime during the early fall previous- to the normal pas ture and range seeding season. : Government wheat cron Insur ance applications will .soon be available An : all . counties - whee wheat growing ia part of the farm ing program, Announces Clyde Kid dle, state supervisor of government crop Insurance, who is, now main taining offices in connection with the- state AAA ' headquarters jit Oregon State college!'. . . A series of 16 county and dis trict meetings to explain the de tails' of the Insurance program is being held throughout the state the last two weeks In' June, after which the county AAA commit tees will be In a position to accept applications for Insurance.'' Ip ma jor wheat growing counties these meetings have been for tho grow ers themselves, where-detailed ex planations of the paogram were given. . . :' '. In western and some: southern Oregon counties, only the -county committeemen and county agents with their assistants attended the meetings, and these in turn will bo In a position to pass Information on to the growers. . :' . All applications for Insurance on the 1939 crop must be filed before seeding is done this fall. The na tional offices aro now ready to re ceive applications and have recent ly announced receipt of the first one . from a grower lu Texas. Headline on .a financial story reads: "Interest Hardens on Treasury Dills.", Mako It: "height ens in . SUPER-SHELL 4- END no 2 WEEKS' SESSION Two weeks of work and recrea tlou have been completed by the largest number of 4-H club mem bers ever to assemble in a club ses sion west of the Mississippi, and more than 1800 youngsters and their leaders have , returned to every county in Oregon after ful filling their motto of "making the best better," at their 26th annual scsBlon at Oregon State college. Portland sent the largest dele gation this year, as usual, having about 180 members present. Lane county was next with 121, followed by Pougias with 80, Washington 76, SAVE m On any tractor in stock until June 30, to apply on implements bought at same time. Model D. John Deere, $700 . . $665 22 Cat, $1000 i. .. . $950 "See us first- We can save you money" DOUGLAS -COUNTY 5 1 Farm Bureau Co-op. Eicch. , Roseburgj Ore. 1 IHIHffHBBHMHHHIBBHHIHvBniHn MILE OF STOP - AND be two miles or more to your engine. In "low'! gear, your engine makes about 12 turns for each turn of your wheels. In "second,'! about 8 ; : . in I'hih." only about 4. : You drive a mile, but how far your engine runs depends on how many times you stop and start how, much of the mile is in low and second gears. " . Shell engineers found that getting away from a traffic stop can waste enough '.'undigested", gasor line to carry you Vj of a mile. To cut this waste and its high cost, they found a way to rearrange the chemical structure of gaso line, which makes every drop of fuel usable to your motor under all driving conditions. You can save on the cost of your stop-and-go driving by the regular use of Super-Shell. There's a Shell dealer near you. SAVES on STOP and GO Klamath 73 and Clackamas 66. More than 70 per cent of the club members attended on scholarships awarded for outstanding work iu the various projects, of which 204 were ' awarded by granges of tho state. Others were given by state, county and other fairs and shows, business firms, community organiza tions and individuals. Most of the remaining club members earned their own way to tho two-weeks session, many' of them through their club projects. Maytag Salea and Service City Electric 124 W. Cass St. Phone 233 - GO DRIVINQ may