ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942.
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Livestock Assured
Ample Supplies
Of Major Feeds
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (API
When government agricultural
experts Increased estimates of
every major food cro raised In
the United States they Immeasur
ably brightened the nation's war
time livestock production picture.
TJhis, coupled with the fact that
a survey showed substantially
fewer cattle are on feed in the
corn Ix-lt compared with a year
auo. has done much to relieve
fear that feed supplies may not
be enough to go around during
the next year.
Considering the sharp increase
In population of grain consuming
livestock, revised forecasts of
production of major feeds, now
estimated about 6 per cent more
than last year, proved to be very
welcome news. Nevertheless, be
fore 1313 crops become available,
market experts anticipate there
may be a tight adjustment be
tween supplies and requirements.
Here are the principal cros In
sight on the basis of new esti
mates: Corn, bushels, 1912, 2,7r:i,G!)0,
(XXI; liMl, 2,(172,511,000.
Oats, bushels, 1!M2, l,3.'ll,511,
000; 1911, 1,17G,107,000.
Hurley, bushels, 1912, 41G.932,
000; 1941, 358,70n,00n.
Grain sorghums, 1942, 131,285,
000; 1911, 153,9(18,000.
Total, 1912, 4,033,124,000; 1911,
4,371,325,000.
'arc not expected to exceed 500,
are not expected ot exceed 500,
000.000 bushels, If thai large. Us
lng that figure, the total Indicated
supply with the new crop would
be 3,2.r4,000,(XKt bushels compared
with 31,318,000.000 In the season
which will end September 30. Last
year there was a carryover or
(Mli.OOO.OOO bushels. Stocks of old
oats on farms July totaled .JUL
(188.000 bushels compared with
220,018,000 a year ago.
Rural Areas Ready With "Fire Departments"
Oregon's 1100 rural fire protec
tion crews, organized this year by
the O. S. O. extension service, are
fitting In well with the second
annual Keep Oregon Green cam
paign, aimed primarily at forest
protection but at field and farm
safety as well. At left is an
emergency water tank and equip- .
ment station of the Irish Bend
district in Benton county which
displays a KOQ sign. Above Is
County Agent Stonewall Jackson
testing a trailer outfit consisting
of a 110-gallon tank, a washing
machine engine and 60 feet of
garden hose.
Prune Industry
Told Of Need Of
Better Sanitation
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 17. A meet
ing of prune growers, drier oper
ators and packers has been call
ed for Tuesday, August 18, at the
slate house in Salem at which
time efforts will be made to start
the ball rolling to get the Oregon
dried prune Industry Into better
shape.
The call follows the recent ap
pearance of Russell Smith, rep
resentative of the federal food
and drug administration before
the state land use planning com
mittee. Smith outlined the pos
ition of the food and drug admin
istration on the Oregon prune
crop for the year 1942 and gave
notice that the administration 13
familiar with the practices In
vogue In the handling of dried
prunes In this state and the in
sanitary conditions that exist In
many of the packing plants and
driers.
Unless corrective measures are
taken in the harvest and prepara
tion of the 1912 prune pack, many
shipments of dried prunes from
Oregon will be subject to seizure,
Smith warned.
This matter will be laid square
ly before the growers, driers and
packers at the meeting August 18
which will be attended by repre
sentatives of the food and drug
administration, the state depart
ment of agriculture, the state
agricultural planning committee.
quantities. Prospects for prunes
are Improved and some early
prunes will be picked this week In
Umatilla county.
Some early hops wiil be picked
In southern counties this. week.
Sugar beets are thriving. Pea can
ning is finished. Bean canning is
in progress.
The second cutting of alfalfa
and clover is well advanced. Wild
hay is being cut. Pasturage Is
scarce In some eastern counties
I due to drouth and range fires, but
eisewnere is oeuer man usuo..
Nutrition, Not
Medicine, Remedy
For Ewe Disease
producers alike by relieving short
ages and avoiding later conp.es
I ion.
V
Specific Control
For Poison Oak
Believed Found
Early Marketing
Of Meat Animals
In Oregon Urged
Willie current meat shortages
reiMirted from some parts ot the
country have not occurred to any
important extent in urogon, mc
present situation holds an ele
ment ot warning to livestock pro
ducers, minis out 11. G. Johnson,
head ot the department of animal
husbandry at Oregon Stale coi
leeo.
In Oregon, as well as elsewhere
in the country, farmers ate rais
' liie the largest number of meal
animals on record, with market
'. lugs normally scheduled to reach
an all-time high late this fall anil
In early winter. Current short-1
ages 111 some parts of the country
are caused by an unusually large
export and domestic demand for
meat supplies plus some local dis
locations caused by price control.
Because uf the current demand
. and favorable prices Oiegoll cat
tlemen could well nl ford to move
some stock such as fat cows to
market ill greater volume than
usual ibis summer and early fall
r.o as to avoid a iMissible conges
tion in slaughtering and shipping
lnellities later on. says Johnson.
The same holds H ue for hog
r.-iisiTs who mav have bogs on
on now that could be hurried
along to g""d size and finish by
heavy feeding. Present price ra
tins lire such that heavy feeding
of a weli Tialanced ration is .insti
lled and will return good profits.
Johnson believes.
Thus, rapid forcing of nrcgon
meat animals to gd sie and
finish will help consumers and
CORVAIJJS, Aug. 17. (AIM
A new chemical weed killer that
has given startling results with
imison Ivy in the east also seems
lo be a sH-ciflc control for Kiison
oak, a serious pest In Hie far
west, research men at Oregon
Slate college announced.
While keeping his fingers cross
ed as to final recommendations,
Lynn Harris, in charge of weed
control research for the experi
ment station, said that prelimin
ary results show Ammonium sul
famate to he the most effective
killer yet found for the poison
oak shrub.
A si rong solution of the chemi
cal is sprayed on the plants dur
ing the dry season. It not only
kills the top but Is absorbed and
carried into the roots, killing
t hem.
The new material is fire re
tarding and lis effect on the soil
is helnful. Harris said.
War conditions have mane im
material hard lo gel and II is not
yet available commercially in
most places, Harris said. More
work is nivded on best strength
to use, hut good kills have been
obtained at one pound to a gallon
of water, ho added.
34 Sign for 4-H
Club Camp, to Be
Held This Month
Thirty four 4 II club hoys have
signed up for the 4-H club camp,
which will be held at the Hoy
Scout site on Wolf creek August
2(1, 27, 28 and 29. A few more
may be added to (his numher, as
they have until Wednesday of
this week to sign up. I his infor
mat Ion has been given by Coun
ty Club Agent E. A. Britton, who
further states that the boys will
meet at the Gilmore service sta
tion, Just back of the post of
fice, at 8 In Hie morning of Au
gust 2(1. They will be taken by
truck from that point to camp
and returned from camp to the
starting point on Saturday after
noon, August 29 by a o clock.
showed gains (of 5891, 142 and
102 cars respectively,) over the
previous shipping point year.
Besides potatoes, major com
modities which showed drops
were pears, apples, lettuce, fresh
runes and brine cherries. Only
three of the nine shipping point
centers, Ontario, Salem and Gas
ton, showed Increases for the
year.
.Nation's Pear Crop to
Be Slightly Less in '42
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (API
The Pacific coast will produce
over llt.000,000 of the 29,158,000
bushels of pears raised In the
United States this year, the agr
iculture department reported.
The total, figured on the basis of
Aug. 1 conditions, Is 1 per cent
less than the 1941 crap.
Improved conditions in major
eastern and central states wore
I more than offset by the less favor-
Mr. Billion states that ho is aoie ouuoim wraii ra i ui-
arranging a full program with """"" "" ""-' varieties n iwasn
the idea that there will be Jusl I "'K1011; the department said,
as much fun enjoyed as possible! 1 ro'luxtion forecasts by princ
to enjoy in four days time. Thej 'I'-1 I'1' Producing states includ
group will be divided Into small , ; ,. -,.,...,, , , ,
or sections, cadi of which will be W;,smnK'"n' (2V ,,l,?hpl:
known as a 1 11 dob. Rich club ' Oregon, 4,352,000; California. 8.-
..,ni i... ....... ,.rr n,i 1(17,000,
crate as a separate unit. The
own cooking
A NEW SERVICE
A NEW PLACE TO EAT
A NEW LOW PRICE
RAY'S PLACE
Corner Washington &
Jackson Sts.
A. W. JOYCE, Mgr.
Labor Act Amended for
Child Help in Orchards
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17 - ( AIM
-Katharine !'. I .enroot, chiel ol
the chlldrens bureau, department
of labor, announced she had
amended child labor regulations
under the wage-hour act to per
mit the employment, under care
fully safeguarded conditions, of
children 11 and 15 years of age
in the cutting of pears, poaches
and apricots in fruit, drying yards
iliuing the school vacation. The
'general minimum age for employ
ment of children In drying yards
Is ill. The cMvplimi announced to
day applies to the cutting occupat
ions only.
Saving From Bees Wiped
Out by Loss of 2 Mules
lil.YTIIKVtl.I.K. Aik. I API
farmer Ki nest lli itt saved money
on sugar ami honey when he pur
chased three hives of bees but lie
probably lost in the long run. The
insects slung to death two of his
mules worth several hundred
dollars
hoys will do their
while at camp.
The camp program will include
cooking and care of camp, swim
nilng. sports of various kinds, two;
interesting hikes, some fishing,
and of course some III club in
struction. Those who have enrolled thus
far are: Carl and Ted Sclrtittcn
keck, Wyllys Insley, Alan David
son, Jack Schloeman,
Welt. Jr., Keith Hensnn, I.elioy
Sigfridson, Bob Slpleford, Kit
gene Kay I.ea, purest W. Pcil,
Bruce Bridges, Stuart Hidtel,
Buddy Shirtclilf, Allen Weaver,
Ivdo Weavur, Keith Hanna, Da
vid Jaeoby, Jimmy and Paul Ma
kinsou, Kohcrt and Ben Irving.
Bill Malihews, Kichard Slritke.
('has. Bailev, Marshall Merk.
John McCinitio, Douglas Moore,
John llobinson. Hob Matthews,
Arthur and Bill Ward, Don l.ee
anil t'hauncey Allan.
Sugar Issue Assures Big
Supply of Canned Foods
POHTl.AND. Aug. 17 I AIM
( i -egonians will have a heavy
diet of canned fruits and vor.et
ahles tills winter, the Oregon i PA
I ottu-e reported.
Applications for canning sugar
in June alone totaled 7.1.'!K,7.V
Blueberry Industry is
Built by N. Y. Educator
Participation in
U.S. Cheese Week
Urged by Sprague
From the annual output of
more than twenty-six million
pounds of cheese produced in the
cheese factories of Oregon, nearly
twenty million pounds are export
ed to out of state markets, Gov
ernor Sprague declared in direct
. ing attention to the observance of
August 22 to 29, as "Cheese week
for All America."
"In view of the added wealth
that comes to Oregon through the
sale of this vital product, Oregon
naturally is decnly interested In
cverv effort to increase the de
mand for cheese," the Governor
said.
"This Is particularly true at the
present time when, by reason of
the success of the patriotic effort
to enhance production, in the face
of difficulties, the dairy industry
has produced a surplus which
threatens the economic welfare of
this important division of agriculture.
"It is needless fov me to cmpha
size the value of cheese as
source of strength and health
nor to observe that Its greater use
will aid in the conservation of
other products of which the sup
ply is diminishing.
NKWPOKT, Ore., Aug. 17
(AIM - A relatively scarce coastal
crop, blueberries, being developed
at South Beach by a New York
University professor, is bearing
fruit Ibis year with a yield that
is keeping pickers and packers
Austin I ""
.lames nrury, wno comes west
each summer to join his family
and help in the harvest, purchas
ed the tract on the south Yaquin
na bay shore two years ago and
is developing the berries on a
productive yield basis.
Wilbur
W1I.ISUU, Aug. II. Mr. and
Mrs. John Miller and daughter,
Donna Jean, of Bremerton ar
rived here Sunday, August 2, and
spent the week visiting their
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Mill Miller, and other relatives
in Winchester. John is employed
In the shipyards.
Mr. and Mrs. Narclsse l.aliaut,
Miss Wilma Laltaut, Miss Alta
Delano, of Salem, and l"oii'al
Willard Perry, of port Lewis,
Washington, were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
I i,.uaui.
Outlook Good for
Crops in Oregon
PORTLAND. Aug. 17.-IAP)
The report of E. L. Wells, federal
meteorologist, for the week end
ing last Tuesday gave an optim
Istic picture of conditions.
In verv limited areas wheat
was damaged by hail, rain and
high wind; in some earlier areas
grain harvest is nearing comple
tion: corn is thriving but some
what later than usual. Wells re
porti'd.
His survey continued:
Barllett pear picking soon be
gins. Early peaches and apples
are being marketed in Increasing
Low Feed Wheat
Prices Set For
AAA Program
Wheat prices for disposal of
urolus eovernmont-held grajn
for feed have been announced for
Oregon at two levels in a new
program Just authorized under
terms of recent congressional ac
tion, the state AAA office at cor-
vallls has just announced.
For August the two price lels
are 90 cents per -bushel for all
counties east of the Cascades ex
cept Hood River and Klamatn
and 94 cents for these two and
all counties west of the Cascades.
These nrices are on the basis
of wholewheat delivered In each
county, explained N. C. Donald
son, administrative officer. Pur
chasers desiring cracked or
ground wheat will have to get it
processed at their own expense.
Prices for September and Oc
tober will be at an advance of
one-half cent per bushel each
month. Any undelivered or re
sealed farm-stored wheat of the
1941 crop may also be purchased
under the program tor leoa.
Eases Storage Situation.
Availability of this wheat at
nrices approximating 85 per cent
of the corn parity price presents
an attractive opportunity ior
farmers to convert low priced
feed into high priced meat, eggs,
and dairy products, AAA officials
point out-. Secretary wicknra is
ureing the movement of at least
75 million bushels of surplus
wheat into feeding channels be
fore the movement of new crop
corn gels under way about Octo
ber 1. Every busnei moven now
relieves the storage situation
that much.
Foedine exneriments and dem
onstrations by Oregon State col
lege over a number of years nave
demonstrated that wheat can be
used successfully in feeding or
fattening all types of livestock.
Information on best methods of
feeding wheat may be had in bul-
Ielin form or from any county
agent.
Deliveries ol the government
wheat are made only in carload
lots, either through local dealers
or to individual or groups of
farmers direct. Orders may oe
placed with any county AAA committee.
Proper nutrition rather than
medicine will provide control for
the so-called pregnancy disease
of ewes, according to extensive
exneriments and observations
narr nrt on hv (HP U. S. U. aepai I
ment of veterinary medicine and
by the eastern Oregon brancn ex
nerimnnt station. A thorough dis
cussion of this disease, which has
been recognized by American and
Euronean workers for some 50
years, has been Issued as circular
of Information No. men, oy u. n.
Muth and J. N. Shaw of the col
lege department, and d. E. Rich
ards, superintendent of the
branch station.
This disease Is beyond doubt
the most important one affecting
Oregon ewes, and results in great
er economic loss than any other,
according to the authors. Losses
of 10 per cent are not uncommon,
while occasional losses of as high
as 20 per cent in some flocks have !
occurred. A most conservative
estimate would place the loss to
Oregon sheep men at around half
a million dollars annually.
In experiments in the past five
years at the eastern uregon i
branch station no losses occurreu
from this trouble among ewes
wintered on good quality hay and
grain. These and other tests have
led to the definite conclusion that
pregnancy disease Is primarily a
nutritional trouble resulting from
Insufficient nourishment during
the last six months of pregnancy.
The feeding of four pounds of
good quality alfalfa hay and one
third pound of barley, or their
equivalent, every day to each
ewe is recommended- for older
ewes. Where ewes are brought
in from the range for lambing,
they need to be on full feed at
least four weeks before lambing
,lme- , , ...
The source of considerable
trouble in western Oregon, the
investigators found, was the fact
that ewes are run on pasture dur- .jjj
Ing the winter momns ai a ume
when the grass contains approxi
mately 80 per cent moisture and
does not supply enough nutrients
for the later stage of pregnancy .
without supplemental feeding.
The circular describes the
symptoms of the disease, how it
may be detected accurately, and
gives an emergency treatment
for acute cases.
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Hen Hatches Brood in
Tree, 20 Feet Above Earth
BLOOM INGTON, 111. Chick
ens don't grow oh trees, but
A farmer related that one of
his Bantam hens built a nest in
the lork of an Oak tree 20 feet
above the ground and hatched 23
chicks there. He said he brought
the brood to earth.
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GARBAGE SERVICE
Efficient Service
Rates: 50c per month and up
PHONE 338
I need WHITE BROILERS
PREPARED TO PAY AN
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MUST WEIGH AT LEAST l'i LBS.
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pounds enough for 2t" quai ls of j Miss Kdilh Jones of I'oseburg
t mil for each Oregon resident on I spent the week end visiting at the
the basis of four quails ot fruit home of her sister and brother-
lo one pound of sugar. in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Miller.
Approved July applications are
now being counted and appear to!
lie approximately the same as in
June.
Shipments of Oregon j
Fruits, Vegetables Drop j
ireiyn fields and oi chants pro j
dueod l'.'..Vi.Ui carloads ol tiint i
and vegetables for shipment out ;
ot the stale in the year ended!
June .'ID, reH)i ts the federal state I
shipping xiint inspection service!
attached to the stale department
of agriculture. The shipments in ;
the vear recently ended dropped
Waller Kmsel, who was employ
ed in Corvallls working on the
cantonment, has finished his
work there and arrived home
last week.
Word was received that Mrs.
Kstridab. who resigned her pos-
iti.m in the Wilbur school here,
has accepted a hetler position
near her home in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. tilenn Hunter
have moved to Hoselnug to res
ide. Mrs. Kd Sands of Hinkle Creek
lame down and got her mother.
Mrs. diaries Shrorier. who will
visit her for a few weeks
Mrs. Frank Parker lett nines-
EGGS! EGGS! EGGS!
We need ell the hatching eggs you
have. Reds, Hamps, Rocks and
crosses. We pay top prices, too.
Ask us. FREE BLOOD-TESTING to
hatching egg producers who use
Umpqua Feeds, and sell eggs to us.
We must test all flocks ourselves
from which we buy hatching eggs.
For free blood-tesing, highest price,
and best market, see
THE
DOUGLAS COUNTY FLOUR MILL
b
1.I.SJ carloads below the ll'tn ii'day lor rortland to spend a tew
shipments Inspected and certified : weeks with her daughter. Mrs.
'.by tin.' sci vice ' Alan J Wlckhdm. who is iwpr-
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