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. ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1941.
News of Farm Life
GRANGES
COUNTY AGENT'S REPORTS
CHOP NEWS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEWS
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Cut-Over Lands
Return Profits
From Livestock
Livestock operations on the
seeded burned-over lands in Coos
nnd Curry counties are proving
to he a profitable enterprise, it is
revealed by a detailed study by
II. H. Hochmuth of the federal
bureau of agricultural econom
ics, nnd W. W. Gorton, assistant
economist at the Oregon experi
ment station. The results of
their study iave been compiled
nnd will be issued later this win
ter in bulletin form.
Actual farm records for the
year 1939 were used as the basis
for the study. Because that was
a particularly favorable season
for sheep operations, the figures
were adjusted with the aid of lo
cal stockmen to average condi
tions. The study indicated that a unit
of about SOU sheep is suitable for
operation by one man and, tils
family. Such a unit represents
an Investment of about $16,500,
but will return an annual income
of approximately $1500 for labor
and Interest after till other ex
penses have been deducted. After
subtracting 5 per cent interest
on investment the returns show
ed a ranch income of more than
S1500, or $3.07 per sheep.
Traffic: Conditions Help
Sheep grazing on cut-over
brush and prairie lands In south
western Oregon has been practic
ed for seven or eight iyears, but
was conducted mostly on a wool
basis because of transportation
problems. The advent of the mo
tor truck nnd the opening of the
coast bridges in 1937 made it
Dossible to ship lambs out econ
omically. Better . pastures are !
now being developed on atlapled
hill lands by seeding suitable
grass mixtures alter logging
slash has been burned.
Pastures so created will cany
about one sheep to every 1.7
ncres of land in the average
ranch. Only about 60 per cent
of the total acreage on most
ranches can be seeded to grass,
Hie oilier 40 per cent being In
timber or waste land.
Tills study by the federal and
state agencies was made at the
request of the county land use
committees of these two coun
ties to determine the profitable
ness of livestock operations on
cut-over range land.
SALEM, .Jan. 13. I API -About
a year ago, Governor
Charles
A. Spiaguo appointed an
: council to study me tit-
economic
ous uy which vii-Kuii uuKm
crease ns iraoe. mm ivuutu :
decided one of the liest ways I
would be to promote marketing
of Oregon agricultural products.
This problems will be thrown
into the lap of the legislature.
Here's what It means. In the
eastern anil Mississiuoi valley
states, there is a vast potential j
market for Oregon products. But
back there, they Chink all good
things to eat come from (.'alitor
nla.
As a result, some Oregon can
ners and packers have gone so
far as to place l alumina inoeis
on their products. Of course,
Oregon pears are well known he
cause of extensive advertising by
the growers. But the same can't
be said for the slate's prunes.
The council thinks that much
advertising is needed. Grades
mid standards must be made uni
form. The products' must be
placed ill attractive containers.
Where California prunes have
been placed In pretty bags or
cans, Oregon prunes have been
put in ordinary sacks. Hence,
eastern housewives buy the ones
in Ihe pretty containers.
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STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY
ClAME MOS OlSItlLING (OMMK
I Al HMO'S, MARYLAND
Open House Program Draws Large Crowd
N,w l;r l.-w l-httlo tunl Kiik i u mu
More than 500 persons were guests of the Douglas County Farm Bureau Kxchango at its annual
Open House Wednesday. A part of the large crowd is pictured above as the guests attended the two
hour motion picture show and enjoyed the free lunch provided at noon. Claude Banning, manager of
the exchange, was assisted by factory representatives of the John Deere and Caterpillar tractor com
panies, and by the wives of exchange employes.
Hybrid Corn Varieties
Show High Average Yield
Iin.USUOItO- Yields obtained
this year by hybrid corn growers
in Washington county have aver
aged from 15 to 4(1 bushels more
grain per acres than were ob
tained from most of the open
pollinated varieties, reports Pal-
mtr Tnri'nrifl thjt .'iwittlfmt i-min.
1(,lin ( ,lx,(lsiollaly ., Rrmm.
ha(J , bl((, (wn wmtll ,.,,,,, ,
'mature
properly, usually be
cause a variety not suited to Ore
gon conditions was used. Oregon
grown hybrid corn seed of sev
eral varieties Is now available.
Use of Electricity On
Northwest Farms Grows
WASHINGTON, Jan.
13.
in the
i AP Klcciriliod farms
'1'aclfic northwest have greatly
Increased in the past six years,
Senator Charles McNary ilt-
ore. was informed by Harry
Slatlery. rural electrification ad
ministrator.
He listed the number of elec
trified farms as follows: Ore
gon 3t"7i)0. an increase of 1S.
,st;i since t!l.'15; Washington Ii0.
!KKI. a 20. ISO Increase: Idaho 20,
300, a 12.Si7 Increase, and Utah
17,000, an S07 increase.
Good News for Kiddies;
Spinach Shortage Faced
NKWAHK, N.
I AIM Attention,
"There w ill be
.1.. Jan. 1.1.
youngsters:
a serious shnrr
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united
told
meeting of vegetable growers
from New Jersey counties, spon
sored by the agricultural exten
sion service.
tie said 9t per cent of spinach
seed used in this country in the
past had been Imported from
Holland, and the supply was cut
off by the German Invasion of
the low countries. Seed grown
in the state of Washington and
Ihe east Is insufficient to meet
the demand, Drewes said.
Increased use ol beet greens,
mustard greens, Italian dandel
ion and lcttui
as forecast
result.
bv ,
i
him as a probuhlr
Late-Hatched Turkey Hens
Used for Spring Breedisg
.1. W. Culm I1,iiI,l .....
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In .1 'iiii-i,,,,. I,,,...',,.....,..
Ject .is savhiL' late hatched hens
r.ir us,. h, .,.., r.. '
age of spinach in the
Stales In liMl'," Harm
plant breeding expert,
next spring, reports J. .,n, i "'' uing their exceptionally large
Parker, county agent. It is hop- ' fl'"1'1 smlasn- Rlr- i,ml Mrs
od that the late hatched birds '!'mps, who reside on Route 2.
will start laving later w bli-h 1 H"s,'b,l,'- nre pictured with a
Conn finds desirable tor bis own l;lsh weighing 1S7 pounds. They
work. Breeders w ho produce I ''eport that their fields yield from
turkey eggs for market, on the;-'0 -7 ,0s I"'r nm'' a
other hand, sometimes enc-mir- value of about SI per ton. The
age eaiiv laving bv the use of nr-1 s,I"i,sh ,in' "s,,(l to f,'od livc'
ti filial light.
Merry Co Round Club to Meet
me fusion Merry Go -Round ers club will meet Tuesday at a
liuh will meet Tuesday at a 1:30,12:30 no-hostess luncheon at the
o'clock dessert .luncheon at the ' Hotel I'mpuua. The social chair
Clay .Smith home with Mrs. Earl! man for the meeting will be Mrs.
I Smith
hostess.
DOUGLAS
Farm Bureau
ROSEBURG.
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Cooperative Housing for
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O.S.C. Women Is Success
C'OKVAI.LIS, Jan. 13. -(AP)
Cooperative housing for women
students at Oregon Stale college.
" ' as an experiment six
Iyears ago, has grown Into an or-
ganiAiiion with "a turnover" of
$311,000 a year providing housing
for 171'. coeds, Mrs. Lorna C. Jos-
sup, assistant dean of women, an-1
nounced.
The seven organized coopera
live groups now have an invest
ment ill fnrnitm-p jinil i.Mtiiiitm.nl
I hit.'llilli. KlOnOO vv-hl,.l, i lu.inu
increased at
.vj.omi a year
the rate of about j
I
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women s intorcooperative
council has been organized.
I Giant Squash Pictured
With Roscburg Growers
I he i urront issue of The Ore
gon Farmer contains pictures of
Ml ,,ml Mls William Bromps of
llosebui g and an interview con
slock and poultry.
U. of O. Mothers Club to Meet
The I'niversilv of Oregon Mot li
Charles II. Craig.
Fuel System
Needs No Adjustment
The "Caterpillar" Diesel
Fuel System is absolutely
foolproof not one mccbani
cal adjustment necessary.
P.irts are individually re
placeable . . . they are fully
protected by especially de
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A tew more reasons tor
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OREGON
Method Found To
Control Butter
Moisture and Fat
A method of controlling mois
ture and fat in butter, said to be
far more accurate than anything
heretofore available, is described
in a new bulletin, No. 376, just
issued by the Oregon experiment
station. This is a highly techni
cal publication containing many
mathematical calculations, and
designed primarily for the use
of those engaged in creamery op
erations.
In the 11 years of educational
butter scoring carried on at Ore
gon State college, a large per
centage of the samples submitted
contained an excessive amount
of fat while some others contain
ed less than the legal amount.
Too much fat in butter means de
priving the manufacturer which
means the producer in the case
of cooperatives of rightful re
turns, while iuo little fat means
depriving the consumer of what
he pays for.
Under the methods described
in the new bulletin the percent
age of moisture in the finished
butter was within 1'10 of one per
cent of that desired in 85 per
cent of the test churnings. The
bulletin contains detailed tables
for use by buttermakers, which
eliminate mathematical work.
Butterfat Tax to Boost
Sales Planned in Oregon
GRANTS PASS, Jan. 13.
(AP) Dairymen planned here to
take a promotion scheme to the
state legislature.
They would enact a law taxing
butterfat at a half-cent a pound
In June of this year and May of
succeeding years. The estimated
$35,000 annually which the tax
would raise would be used to pro
mote dairy products.
At the cloning session of the
Oregon State Dairymen's associa-
I tion Oscar Hagg, Reedville, was
reelected president; E. L. Peter
son, Coquille, and Lee Holliday,
Klamath Tails, vice-presidents;
Roger Morse, Corvallis, secretary
treasurer; W. A. Johnson, Grants
Pass; Dick do Jong, Amity; Fritz
Kelt., Tillamook, and James Mc
cracken, Ashland, directors.
The Oregon State Guernsey as
sociation elected Charles A.
Wing, Medtord, president; Mel
vin King, Grants Pass, vice-president;
Ernest Calhoun, Grants
Pass, secretary; M. C. Fleming,
Troutdale, and J. A. Campbell,
Amity, directors.
I
Creamery Permit Revoked
I Because Label Incorrect
I
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 13. The li
cense of one Oregon creamery
entitling it to use of the state
Grade A emblem on its butter
was revoked as result of six hear
ings held by the state department j
of agriculture in December. I
A decision has not been handed ;
ilown in the other five cases.
These hearings were called after j
it was found that butter from the
six creameries which was labeled t
Grade A did not meet the re-1
quirements of state Grade A but
ter. Unless such grade labels mean '
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what they say, the department's
efforts to protect the consuming
public will break down quickly.
With the public interest in mind,
agricultural officials have found
it necessary to take this some
what drastic action to bring er
ring manufacturers in line.
Borax Again Proves Its
Value for Beets, Celery
Canker In table beets was
again materially reduced by the
use of borax In the gardens of
the central experiment station at
Corvallis this past season, re
ports A. G. B. Bouquet, professor
of vegetable crops.
In the three check plots where
no borax was used, from 24 to 38
per cent of the beets were af
fected by canker. In four treat
ed plots the percentage varied
from one to 13, with three of the
areas showing not to exceed 4
per cent of affected roots. Even
where present, the canker In the
borated areas was much milder
than In the control plots. -
Excellent results were also ob
tained again in the use of borax
on celery for the control of stem
crack. Commercial growers have
been using borax for these two
vegetable crop difficulties with
striking success since the dis
covery was made by the O. S.
C. experiment station a . few
years ago.
Storage Apples, Pears to
Be Bought by U. S. Agency
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13
(API The surplus marketing
administration has been author
ized, officials said, to buy storage
apples in areas where there is a
proce-depression surplus.
Officials said the authorization
would continue a surplus apple
removal program started earlier.
They would make no estimate of
the quantity to be bought.
Apples bought by the agency
are distributed among low-Income
families.
Authority to buy storage ap
ples followed a meeting of apple
growers with agriculture depart
ment officials here earlier In the
week.
Oregon Nursery Will
Hear of Experiments
An address on soil sterilization,
report on recent findings of ex
perimental work at the state col
lege and discussion of law grass
and weed control will highlight
the morning session of the mid
winter meeting of the Oregon As
sociation of Nurserymen, accord
ing to J. S. Wieman, superinten
dent of the bureau of nursery
service of the state department
of agriculture. The meeting will
be Thursday, January 30, held
at the Heathman hotel in Port
land. THE
VOL. II
NO. 2
Five Minutes TH1 Midnight
(Continued. I
So, now, shall we raise chicks
and poults? Or what? Well, if
it fits in with your regular rou
tine, if you have the equipment,
If you have the experience, what
else can you produce that is
more certain of giving you a
few dollars in return? You have
raised chickens and turkeys for
years and they have well proved
their reliability.
Or, you can raise grain for
sale, but where is there a better
way of selling your homegrown
grain than through chickens or
turkeys? Certainly not on the
market! The Iowa experiment
station states that the best re
turns from grain in Iowa was
from poultry, followed by cat
tle, then hogs.
Again, you could raise hogs.
But we haven't seen any Ore
gonians making fortunes on
nogs. If grain brings Iowa farm
ers more through poultry than
hogs, and Iowa is a hog country,
whore do YOU get off on hogs?
Next week we will discuss
other alternatives, and in the
meantime, let's look at some fig
ures. Oregon Experiment Sta
tion shows in one experiment
that it costs $1.39 per hen to
feed a Leghorn hen, which lays
56, or 16 dozen eggs. At aver
age prices 16 dozen eggs bring
about $3.20. Allowing for cost of
raising, mortality and other ov
erhead expenses, that still looks
like a mighty safe Investment.
So, if you haven't already,
why not get your order in right
away. Stay with the safe job
that you have learned how to do
properly.
Double Duty
"Yes. Kupert." said Mother,
"the baby was a Christmas pres
ent from the angels."
welt, Atama. 11 we lust lay
him away carefully and don't
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use him, can't we give him to I lactation. A high producing cow
somebody else for next Christ- cannot maintain her body
mas" I weight with the feed she can
Pear Export Limit Will
Protect 0. S. Growers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.
(AP) Rep. Pierce (D., Ore.),
said after a conference with Milo
Perkins, president of the federal
surplus commodities corporation,
he felt certain the agriculture de-
jpartment would not permit im
portation of enough Argentine
pears to depress the American
market for American producers.
Pierce and Senator Holman
(R., Ore.), conferred with Perk
ins and representatives of the
agriculture and state depart
ments over tnreats that Argen
tine pears would be dumped on
the American market. Pierce said
297,000 boxes of Argentine pears
were Imported Into the United
States last year and fear the
amount would be increased had
caused growers to urge a quota
be applied.
I Pierce said Perkins admitted
importation of half a million
boxes of the pears would ruin the
American market and told the
conference group such importa
tion would not be permitted.
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Published Weekly by the Douglas County Flour
of Umpquo and Sunrise Poultry and Dairy
Cow Tales
To everyone who milks cows
In Douglas County, your cow
tester wishes you a happy and
more prosperous New Year. We
hope you will derive pleasure
and profit from reading our
weekly contribution in "The
Feed Bag" along lines with
which you come in daily contact.
If you will bear in mind that
your "Bossy" cow has been the
"Mother of Civilization" since
time began, and that, although
she Is a machine, she is made up
of many nerves, subject to re
actions, then you can expect bet
ter results day after day if you
treat her like a "lady."
As she is a machine, so is her
rate of production governed by
her capacity, (sizel, and the
amount of raw material she is
fed to utilize in the complicated
process of making milk. In oth
er words, the cow Is the ma
chine, the feed you give her is
raw material, and milk is the
finished product. The more raw
material put into an efficient
machine, the more finished
product for the owner of the
machine. Logical? Sure!
Butter Prices November
25, 140
1 IT higher than Nov. 1, KH11,
17 higher than Oct. 1, 1910.
231 higher than Sept. 1, 1940.
13 higher than Nov. 25, 1939.
Authority: U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
It's going to pay to feed cows
at that price butterfat. Keep
'em milking.
o
Feeding Dry Cows
If in poor condition a drv
cow may need as much as 10 ti
12 Itw. grain per day to put her
In good condition so that she
1 will milk heavy during her next
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Feeds. 1941
What's In Your Feed?
A lot of people don't know,
and a few don't care. But most
of us kind of like to be able to
find out, just in case our curi
osity gets the best of us. If you
feed Umpqua or Sunrise feeds,
you may be sure the quality of
every ingredient is of the best,
and we will be glad at any time
to show you the formula.
Of course, every feed com
pany prints a list of their in
gredients, and some of them are
longer than a fisherman's
dream. But The Douglas County
Flour Mill is the only one we
know that will tell you just how
much of each is in the feed you
buy. We are proud of our qual
ity, proud of our formulas, and
proud of the success of our cus
tomers. And What Do You Pay?
It might do a lot of good to
kind of look around and see
where you can get the most for
your feed dollar. Most brands of
feed, and even scratch grains
are selll.ig hlgh.r than Umpqua
and Sunrise brands, and none of
them are any better. v -1 r dollar
does its full duty when spent Xor
Lmpquu or Sunrise feeds.
It's hard enough for a hen to
ay in good weather when she Is
lousy and rull of worms, but she
just can t do it this time of year.
Get "Ornnite" poultry spray lor
mites, nicotine for body lice and
feather lice, and Umpqua Worm
er Mash for the worms. We
have all of It right here.
eat, so it is highly important
that we put her in good condi
tion when she freshens, savs K.
H. Hanson. University of Minne
sota. A grain mixture made up
of 200 lbs. ground corn, 400 lbs.
ground oats. 200 lbs. bran, 100
lbs. linseed meal, or some other
high protein feed and a little
molasses Is suggested bv manv
feeders. Good hay should be pro-
luiui- OIWS.
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