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About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1948)
Rgsgjuag mm-wmw, roseburs?, ORggow, Tuesday, 'april &, rw Conservation Of Soil Topic At Assn. Meet Seeding of Improved Pastures Emphasized As Program Item for 1948 County and community com mitteemen of the Douglas Coun ty Agricultural Conservation As sociation met at the K. P. hall in Roseburg Thursday, to hear County Agent J. Roland Parker, member of the county committee, discuss the seeding of improved pastures and other practices un der the 1948 Agricultural Conser vation Program. Parker was in troduced by, J. F. Bonebrake, chairman of the association. Bonebrake stated that, "The need for conservation of soil Is apparent In the county. It is evi denced by the great drop in prof itable tillable cropland.' He pointed out that conservation farming pays the farmer by in creased returns, and pays the consumer through a plentiful sup ply of food at lower prices. It . will also pay the future genera ' tions if we leave soils capable of "J' producing their food and cloth- ins Good Pastures Needed Attention was called to the fact that little cropland is left in the county to be developed, and land now being cropped should be "built up to increase production. ' Development of good pastures is the most economical way. stated Parker, to Increase fertility and productiveness of unproductive cropland. He added that 275,000 acres of grazing land "could be improved and carrying capacity increased" by seeding to improved perennial grasses and legumes. Good pastures containing the approved grasses and legumes will return more cash income to the farmer in this county than the average grain crop, Mr. Park er said. The average wheat yield in the county, he explained, is only about 17 bushels per acre when good land and poor Is all taken Into consideration. If the cost of plowing, planting, and harvesting is deducted from the grain value produced by the aver age land little or no profit Is left. Good pastures will not only yield a fair profit to the farmer over a period of years but will at the same time build up fertili ty so that tillable land can again produce grain yields that will pay, especially when a good rotation policy is practiced. Legumes store Tiltrogen in the soil which stim ulates the growth of grasses, im proving the quality of feed as well as Increasing carrying capa city per acre. , , Two Varieties Suggested A The most productive pas'.ure f legumes for Douglas County are subterranean clover and lotus cornlculatus. There are many varieties of lotus, some of which are not adapted to local condi tions, and some are not palatable to livestock. Farmers can rely on Oregon grown seed, hut should get full information on imported seed before buying, Parker said. New varieties of both subterran ean clover and lotus are In the process of development and may well prove far superior to the now available varieties. Among the grasses which have proven hardiest are alta fescue, led creeping fescue, meadow fox tail, English ryegrass and, for poorest soils, Highland bentgrass, are the most successful. Two or more of these grasses should be chosen to fit soil con ditions on the Individual field or farm. Each grass has its own range of adaptability. English (or perennial) ryegrass grows quickly and well on all types of soil; Alta fescue on soils of good depth and moisture, red creeping lescue on good to medium soils, and highland bent is desirable only on the poorer thin soils. Farmers should seek advice in Tinv rca Victor Persona pocket-size Playi in$tonriy when you open cover anywhere. Beaul U, smart. Alligator grained plastic Crown, maroon or black. Built-in antenna. Fine tone, lowest priced RCA Victor battery choosing their pasture mixtures, and eoitsuit the county agent's office, their handbook, or com mitteemen, unless they know by experience what varieties to use and where to use them. Program Aid Available The Agricultural Conservation Program gives direct assistance to farmers In providing Dart of the cost of the seed for approved mixtures and making It possible to seed good proven varieties at about the same cost as for cheap er seed mixtures for which no as sistance is available. Farmers should refer to their 1948 hand book of conservation practices for specifications on this, and other practices, to be sure that their work will qualify for assistance pavments. Other practices for which pay ment is available under the 1948 program are, clearing land for pasture, application of limestone, application of phosphate, aplica tion of nitrogen to approved pas ture seedings, construction of drainage ditches and construction of sod waterways. Farmers must sign up their pro Dosed practices before May 1, in. order to obtain any payments for carrying out these practices. If a farmer needs help in plan ning his program he should con tact his committeeman or call at the county office in the Pacific building. Worksheet forms and instructions have been sent to all farmers on the. mailing list. Others should contact the coun ty office. Crackdown Hits GI Contests For Body Beautiful FORT LEWIS OB Beauty lovers everywhere will remember the search for the GI body beauti ful recently launched at this peacetime army post. The Idea caught on like a flypaper under shirt. In nothing flat, the gym was jumping. Barrels bonged. Pipe armed corporals clung and grunted on the chinning-bars. Massive sergeants did pushups with Gusto (a T5). The air was filled with torn pinochle decks and phone books, shredded by men who had once used both hands to squeeze toothpaste out of a tube. Lone, crap-shooters sat sad eyed in the barracks shooting dice with the mice all the men were too busy building muscle to give any thought to the bones. Then the breeze that blighted the body beautiful blew in from San Francisco. An officer here who requested anonymity told of a grim visit by stern men from Sixth Army headquarters. "Call off the contest," the visi tors said. They declared It was undignified. "But . , ." said the men from Fort -Lewis. But no buts would be listened to. "I'he body beautiful must go," announced the men from San Francisco, and as one man they wheeled and strode back to their airplane and vanished into the wild blue yonder. The word was passed. Stun ned, the muscle-builders stopped construction. Pushups halted. Barbells were dropped. And now they gather dust In a darkened gym. Biceps wilt, chestlines droop, muscles are run ning to fat. "Since the body beautiful con test is off," a burly sergeant wist fully said, "life is an empty thing." 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