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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942,
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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
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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
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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
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DOUGLAS COUNTY
Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange
ROSEBURG, OREGON
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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."
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