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FOUR ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942, ""hp1 " "" Price Supports Seen as Spur to Big Farm Output Announcement of farm price supports and related policies will enable producers to plan their pro duction and marketing operations better to meet the goals being set for 1943, says L. R. Breithaupt, extension agricultural economist, in the latest issue of the Agricul tural Situation and Outlook re port just published at Oregon State college. These guaranteed prices will not assure farmers of an adequate supply of labor, new machinery, or fertilizer, or a long list of other materials that are needed, but this more definite price out look will help materially to en courage farmers to try to moet Increased requirements for food, Breithaupt points out in the cir cular. . The price policy as announced Is designed to give maximum price assistance to the production program, according to the an nouncement made by the U. S. department of agriculture. The announcement added that, while the department recognizes that prices Influence production, it "cannot assure a set price to every farmer for every class or grade of a given commodity, for every day throughout a marketing sea son." Most of the price support pro gram has been announced in fair ly definite terms In relation to parity or definite prices in money. The new circular lists those for hogs, eggs, butter, cheese, pota toes, dry and, evaporated milk, turkeys, chickens, wheat, feed grains, and dry peas. About Feb ruary 1 it is planned to announce price supports for dried fruits, In ' eluding apples and prunes, and for certain vegetables for proces sing, Including snap beans and peas. Purchase or support prlcos lor other special crops will be an nounced as needed. Latest report on farm levels, purchasing value, and farm costs are also included in the new cir cular, which may be obtained free at any county extension office. Small Fruit Varieties Suggested for Oregon With many home gnrdncrs add ing small fruits as well as vege tables to their plantings, frequent inquiry comes to U. S. C. as to suitable varieties. O. T. McWhnrtcr, extension horticulturist, who is the author of a recent circular on small fruit varieties for eastern Oregon, has now written a similar circular entitled "Small Fruits for West ern Oregon Home Gardens." Among strawberries', he rec ommends Marshall for a main crop, Narcissa for an early crop, and Corvallis as a late variety. Mastodan, Gem, and Itockhlll are suitable everbearing sorts, lted raspberries recommended are Culhbert, Newburgh, and Taylor. Varieties of black raspberries, trailing berries, currants, ami gooseberries are also recommend ed in this free circular, which al so includes directions for planting and care of small fruits. Officers Installed by Orange at Elkhcad YONfAI.l.A, Dec. 1 I AIM The following officers wen- In stalled in Klkhcad grange at a recent meeting: Masler, Mrs. i-'red Keeves; oveiseer. Mr. A. T. John son; lecturer, Mrs. l'aul Allen: steward, Fred Kccvcs; assislunt steward, George lingdon: sine tar-, Mrs. J. C. ,lobe; treaMiier. D. O. Record; chaplain, Mrs. P. O. Record; (Yrrs, Mrs. Howard l-anlifonl; Flora. Mrs. Jolin Kruse; l'omnna, Mrs. l-'runlt Cir son; gale keeper, Howard Lank lord; lady assistant steward, Mrs. A. T. Johnson: executive commit tee, P. (). Record, Fred Ri-cves and Howard linktord. Music and singing lollnwed the installaliint. The installing utli c-rs were Mis. .loiin Kiuse, Mrs Fred Kiuse and Joe Wilson. A pot-luck dinner was served at noon. Potatoes, Pears Lead Oregon's Shipments Potatoes loppeil the list of pin duce commodities shipH-d from Oregon last month under the lederalstate shipping point In specllnn and certifie.ilion Potato inspect ions totaled 1 ,018.15 car loads. Pears, with 6'JN 'i ears, weir next in line and onions and apples were third and fourth volume Potatoes and M-ars. incidentally. Just reversed the order ol Oclohei shipments. Total November .shipments: 185.1 carloads and tilt) truckloads. Produce other than that already mentioned shipped in lots of one or more carloads: lettuce, mixed fruits, brined cherries, add pack blackberries, cabbage, carrots, celery, garlic, swectpotutoes. tur nips and union &cts. ' Cm Shm U sml U. S. Army planes in cloie formation - '-''i-A r,yfnS ,iSn. 'ook like giant aircraft of future V !J0i - ' - . . i.n .. -a..,.?.; ;v '.i DKSKKT MU1,LIGAN. Huddled around a cumpflie, members of an nn'.l-tank crew, on the march near Sail, Morocco, cook up a stew while one of their number peers through field glasses as ho stands guard. Retail Potato Prices Little Affected By Modification of Differentials for Grade, Size Sold by Country Shippers I'OH'II.ANP, Pec. 21 I API The Oregon OPA office Saturday announced that price differen tials lor grade and size of white potatoes and oniuons sold by country shippers have been modi fied. .Several base pricing areas were vedi lined to follow tradi tional price patterns. The order is ctlerlivo today. Simultaneously OPA provided a new pricing method for coun try shippers and other carlo! dealers who deliver to terminal markets. It also provided more adiiiately lor tanners who sell wholesale and retail. Tin- office said there would bo no appreciable effect on retail prices ol potalocs and onions. There Is no general change in dollars and cents base prices es tablished by the regulation lor country shipping points. Grachng Changes Given I Mflercntials originally estab lished are revoked and the fol lowing scl up, based on grade, size and packaging. Grade dilfereidlals Include: For while Hilaloes, V. S. ex tra No. 1 grade or better, pack ed in bags, the country shipper may add 10 cents a hundred weight to the already establish ed maximums. For white pota toes which grade below t.(. S. No. I but which arc S"i per cent No. I. P. S. commercial or bel ter. packed in bags. I ho country shipper shall subtract 10 cents a hundredweight I mm the max Imums established tor t'. S. .No. 1. For while potatoes lower than S." iicr lent ot this class ification, the country shipper shall siib-.tr.n-t .Ml c.-nts a bun dredwcight from the V. S. No. 1 maximum price. Size dilteienlials. applicable lo all grades, include; For white potatoes, ('.ounce minimum sic. packed in bags, the country shipper tiny add FS ccnlt a huudit'dwf tghi to the Y'Sy'J 'tax ' ' . -n j established maximums; for white potatoes of two-inch min imum size or P. S. size A, simi larly packed, It) cents a hun dredweight. Bag Lots Listed Packaging cifferenlials, which lo some extent reflect ultimate consumer demand as well as trade practices, included: An additional 31 cents per 100 pounds above established max imums for while potatoes in pa per hags containing 25 pounds or jess and in cotton or mesh bags of 23 pounds. An additional ;I0 cents hundcrweight above while potatoe maximums for cotton or mesh bags containing lTi pounds. An additional -II) cents lor II) pound bags. Where the otatoes are sold in bulk or in sacks provided by the purchaser, the country shipper shall substract lo cents a hun dredweight. linking type potato package dilleventials, applicable only to P. S. No. 1 grade or better, in clude: An additional .')." cents a hun dred iHiunds above the maximum for If. S. grade No. 1 for white potatoes, li ounces minimum I I ounces maximum, or 25 inches minimum to 4 inches maximum, packed in the bag. Special Milk Treatment Saving Many Calves Fse of acidophilus milk, as pre pared at Oregon State college, in the control of dissentery ol calves is saving many an animal these days when every one Is important, according to letters received from lime to time by the dairy depart ment. Recently a (ranlic plea for help came from a woman w ho had two baby calves from lop stock that developed serious scours when two weeks old. Her inquiry re H, i, if, ? -fiin" f A (Official Army Air Forcci Photo.) 1 Ways to Increase Supplies of Meat Are Suggested With the government request ing substantial increases in meat production for 1913, Dr. W. It. I.ylle of the stale department of agriculture lias suggested the fol lowing ways In which meat sup plies may be increased: 1. Hold cattle for grain fatten ing, thus insuring several hun dred pounds extra weight per an imal. This could best be accom plished on guaranteed prices so that call to may be fed profitably instead of being marketed as grass fat animals. The past fall many Oregon feeders, scared be cause of so much federal regula tion, sold cadle that had come off the grass in fairly well fed oondit.oii out or the grain fatten ing yards instead of holding thorn for grain fattening. 2- Hived sims lo rain- (wo Idlers of pigs ycr year. This would mean, of course, proper facilities and much green clover or other green plant food. :i. Castrate dairy bull veal calves anil send to market at 1(1 months of ago. Good skim milk and owdercd milk calf feed will make good sized calves at eight to 10 months. I There is now no iH-nvntagc deduction on veal meat effecting the quota.) -1. Rre"d ewes twice yearly. 'This could" hp accomplished by flushing or with hypodermic In jection of gonadln to stimulate oestrum he-it and ovulation.) suited in dispatching two pint tins of I he specially prepared milk C. O. P.. with directions for its use Less than a week after the milk was sent a reply came back saying, "How can 1 ever thank you. Calves are coming along fine and growing to boat the hand." Since the acidophilus treatment was devcloied some years ago. supplies are kept on hand at all times for immediate shipment any place m the stale. 1943 Crop Goals Called Toughest Job for Farmers Farmers can tackle the job of meeting the 1943 food production goals with assurance that agricul ture will get its full share of the available manpower, machinery, and materials needed to produce essential foods, reports R. B. Tay lor, chairman of Oregon's USDA war board, in announcing detail ed goals for this state. Even so, farmers face their toughest job in maintaining the output of food called for under the goals which he termed "tar gets for farmers to shoot at dur ing the coming year." Wartime shortages were taken into account in setting them, but they repres ent this state's share of the mini mum amounts of essential farm products needed to carry on the war in 1943. At least a billion and a half pounds of milk will be needed from Oregon dairy herds, and "that won't be enough to meet all demands," Taylor said. Next in Importance are meat production goals, which include a 15 per cent increase in hogs, or pig crops from 45,000 sows in the spring and 34,000 in the fall. Beef and veal goals call for slaughter of 422,000 cattle and calves, a 14 per cent Increase. The goal for mutton and lamb, 774, 000 head, is a 15 per cent de crease from this year, reflecting the need for maintaining wool production and cheeking the downward trend in sheep num bers. More Poultry And Eggs Fifteen per cent increases in poultry meat production are sought, including, 19 million pound of chickens for meat and 36 million pounds of turkeys. Al most 41 million dozen eggs will be needed to meet the 1943 goal. Reduction In wheat acreage to 720,000 acres, 8 per cent below the 1943 state AAA allotment, is sug gested. Present large wheat sup plies, together with the 650,000 acres of corn, oats, barley, and rye called for under the 1943 goal, are looked to for the feed needed to meet livestock goals. Other crop goals Include; All lame hay, 1,090,000 acres, up 5 per cent; potatoes, 43,000 acres, u p 16 percent; sugar beets, 13,000 ft l I vrwtrw BREWED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF OUR EXPORT TRADE. Alcohol content not over 4 per cent by weight. WUtyouButfWitk Will BONDS With the nation's peace time plants geared to War production . . tanks and tractors, gum and planes and other war equipment are crowding the assembly lines In our great automobile factories. But the peace will come . , , a glorious vic tory crowned with a just peace. Your purchase of War Bonds now . . . Ten percent or more of your Income invested in War Bonds today will at once aid in paying the cost of War, hasten that Peace . . . and permit you to save, building an ever increasing sinking fund for the purchase of tti.n new automo bile when the nation is restored to a peace-time basis. "Top that Ten Percent by New Year's" in a Pay roll Savings Plan at your office or factory. U.S.Twy Detartmirl acres, no change; dry beans, 3, 000 acres, no change; dry edible peas, 20,000 acres, a complete shift from wrinkled to smooth varieties; alfalfa seed, 9,000 acres, up 80 per cent. Cows Deny Milk When Musical Program Quits ST. LOUIS (AP) Cows own ed by W. J. Lavigne of Harrison Flats, Idaho, recently went on a strike and refused to give their normal amount of milk when they failed to hear their favorite musical programs at milking lime. Lavigne wrote the rural electrification administration here that music from a loud speaker in his dairy barn kept the cows "chewing (heir cuds and giving down their milk in abundant rhythmic streams." Then one night the. radio broke down. Milk production dropped one gallon per day per cow until the radio was repaired, Lavigne declared. from the Uat famous Seer from Seattle" prob.cm. created by war condi, ond ., us ,o moot the 'lmecWs Scloc, may obtain It. jnsure that all who ask tor S.cks NO COMPROMISE WITH . . n ke hurric Pec-tl.eorT:r g pfodut of nature and difficuUic$ dealer, ond t lr time. And so, tor J ,omous bee, horn consumer, may have " -9 But wi,h these Seattle," we wi.h to express llJo rcg,et. we add our prom..c " pJtoJ; Big Future Seen For By-Products Of Mill Waste A whole list of useful materials obtainable from sawmill waste in Oregon and other Pacific coast states is a future possibility from research in this field, believes Glenn Voorhies, assistant pro fessor of wood products In the school of forestry at Oregon State college. Professor Voorhies is the author of a new engineering ex periment station bulletin No. 17 on "An Inventory of Sawmill Waste in Oregon." The study was made as part of a program being carried out under the new forestry research fund set up by the last legislature. As the first step in developing new processes was considered to be finding accurate facts about the industry, a detailed study of the form, quality, and volume of sawmill waste was undertaken. The total volume was found to be approximately 81 cubic feet of of pine waste and 00 cubic feet of fir waste for each thousand feet of logc manufactured. Future reserrch studies, it Is Perhaps You haven't found just the present you wanted for someone. Look over our stock and buy where "YOU OWN THE PROFITS" DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON 0 brewers of hoped, will develop uses such as cork from bark, plastic bonded materials from sawdust and shav ings, charcoal and Improved fuel firing from common slab and edgings, and cut stock from clear mill waste, as well as improved values for low-grade lumber. "Although here is a potential market for many of the known by-products that can be made from sawmill waste, the cost of manufacturing and marketing these products by the usuall tech niques and methods has general ly been more than the ceiling price," the author points out. "It follows, therefore, that more ef fort must be placed on research for improved manufacturing technique and also in finding new uses if the waste problem is to be solved in the sawmill industry as it hag been in other industries." H. C. STEARNS Funeral Director Phone 472 OAKLAND, ORE. Licensed Lady Assistant Any Distance, Any Time Our service Is for ALL, and meets EVERY NEED 1
