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About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1939)
FIFTEEN P R I D E IF OWN E R SH I P. ROSEBURG NEWS REIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1939. Tom Garrison Has Role of Handyman Oakland Banker Tireless on Constant Job of Show's Unofficial "Greeter." Tile town of Onklnnd tins no of ficially, appointed greeter III con nection with its annual turkey fliow, but no official appointment Is necessary as long as Tom Oar rlson Is on the Job. When tho tur key show comes to town Mr. Gar rison completely forgets Ills job with the 15, G. Young anil Com pany bank, and Is here, there and everywhere, calling growers by their first names, smoothing out any confusion, and taking a posi tion as a general handyman for the whole show. As manager of the dressed show he has a huge task of his own. but finds plenty of time to do a lot of fcintlshaking, back slapping and ptnry telling with exhibitors and visitors. Mr. Garrison is enthusiastic over the part of the annual turkey mow in developing the turkey in dustry in Douglas county. " V'We have seen a remarkable cle vcloiiment in the dressed birds brought to our show," he declared. I thought I would never see a finer bunch of birds than we had here last year, but this year the dressed turkeys brought in for ills play were fully 25 per cent better than those of the year before." ' More growers producing better h nls. Is the explanation given by Mr. Garrison for the "steady Im provement demonstrated by the display. "The entry silos show that the number of exhibitors is Increasing 'very year." he said. "While the number of birds on display is also Increasing, the total entries are "t In proportion to the Increase n exhibitors. This means that "ore and more small growers are warning to produce better turkeys. .it is the purpose of the turkey show and we are glad to see that we are getting such wonderful re sults. We nave the world's largest turkey enow," he declares, "anil The turkey growers who exhibited in the North western Turkey Show are proud of the turkeys they om The customers who have built the Farm Bureau Exchange are proud of the business they own, They are proud of the goods they buy there and the service thev receive and of their record of progress during the past eighteen yearsi They invite their friends and neighbors to share in that pride of ownership, and by their patronage to help build a still larger and better business of their own. Buy Co-op and Own the Business You Build DOUGLAS COUNTY Bureau Annual Turkey Pictured above Is a part of the 250 diners who attended th annual The banquet was served In the high school gymnast nn, and attracted, delicious meal, a crowd of more than 200 visitors. The hamjiiet program radio station, KOAC. - we Intend to keep that honor. This year a lot of new growers learned i ...n ,l.nur hlrila find HOW Ml lliwuuvc o.. , ----- next year they will be back to make stiff competition, nere i las county we can produce the best turkey to be found in the world, and we not only will be able to maintain our position as lrnn.t liirkev show but we also will have the best show." A seven-months-old pullet Is mothcrinit a brood of nine-chicks on the farm of W. T. Pell, at Paris. Tenn. The nrjng White Rock hen stole a nest with ten (W honey-suckie thicket and hatched t.. ni.i. -W Vnrmal ace for setting hens is from 12 to 18 1 Imonths. Co-Operative Exchange Roseburg, Oregon Show Banquet Attracts Large Crowd Lighting Boosts Turkey Egg Output Artificial lighting had a marked effect on production of turkey eggs In an experiment carried on at the branch experiment station at Her mistnn, reports H. K. Dean, super intendent. Lights were tried on young turkey hens of both an early and late maturing strain, and in both lndnr.es tha produc tion of eggs wan markedly increas ed, although most effect was noted on the early maturing strain. The hens given artificial light r- : i Newa - ltevli'W IMmto and Kna-ruvlnfr Turkey show banquol at Oakland. in addition to those enjoying the was broadcast by the atate college were housed and provided with enough extra light morning and evening to give them 13 hours of light dally', beginning December 21. Urst eggs from the lighted zie.iiM were laid the middle of January, while those without light started laying the first week in March. Early maturing birds under lights laid an average of 7S.9 eggs for the season, while birds without lights laid only 41.2. The late maturing birds iald an average of 55.6 eggs under lights and only 4.1.6 without. A great variation In Individual production vas shown by the fact that the best hen of the early ma turing ones In the lighted pen pro duced 92 eggs while the poorest laid only 16 eggs during the season. hmninn Hplrtprl By Refrigeration Demonstration of Equipment By Transportation Firm x Turkey Show Highlight. One of the interest ins events ut the turkey show was the demon stration by the Consolidated Fruightwuys of one of Its new pieces of refrigerated equipment? The trailers in which temperature may be kept at any desired point were placed In service lust July ami have been largely used by turkey shippers din lug the current Ben son. The Consolidated Frelphtways bus IS of these trailers, which havo a capacily of 24,000 pounds, on. the Pacific coast division. The refrigeration unit Is auto matically controlled by means of thermostats and requires no atten tion except In rare canes of mo clianicnl failure. A light which r fleets Into the driver's rear-vlevr mirror keeps the trunk operator informed of the operating of the equipment, while a ho?n sounds In the event of any failure. Equipment In Demand. The trucks and trailers used by the company are assembled in their own plants. The iramf-s ami bodies are of aluminum, thus re ducing the weight ol equipment and permitting a largci pay lonti. The company recently designed a new type of cab, in which the driv er sits over the motor, and trunk it were rebuilt along the lines of tho new plan. The- company haa more than 110 patents covering the de signs used In Its trucks and trail ers. The refrigerated trailers since being put In service have been 'n great demand for hauling fruits, frozen beverages, vegr;tubbs peal try and other perishables over long distances. The trailers, once loaded, and taken directly through from the point of loading to the place of designation. fine of these units was display ed at Oakland, and large crowds Inflated the 20,0o0 equipment.
