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EIGHT NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13.1948 FARM and GA NEWS jS SPECIAL 10 DISCOUNT Garden Tractors and Gaioline Enginei ' If bought before December 31, 1948. 1 Vi H. P. Walking Model to 5 H. P. "RIDEMASTER" Plows, Cultivators, Harrows, Disc, Grader Blade Lauson, Briggs & Stratton, Wisconsin, Fairbanks Morse Air Cooled and Water Cooled Engines See These Tractors and Engines BEFORE YOU BUY , BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON . Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks Keep your home warm this winter by order ing your fuel from us. FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 16" gr. slabwood 16" mill ends 16" dry 4' slabwood 4' dry 12" dry We Also Hove SAWDUST THE PERFECT FUEL Support the Industry That Support! You. ROSEBURG LUMBER CO. 1 Phone 468 Soils of Northwest Deficient In 'Trace Elements' Essential For Maintaining Value of Major Crops SEATTLE. UP) Farmers once used nothing but barnyard fer tilizer to build up their soil. Then the day came when they began to buy commercial fertiliz ers carrying nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. Now they are being told of another soil need minor elements like zinc and boron. Dr. W. L. Powers, soil scien tist in charge at Oregon State College, told an agricultural clin ic sponsored by the University of Washington of some of those nepds in the Pacific Northwest. Under continued cultivation, he said, soils have become deficient in some of the minor or "trace" elements. Some of these are essential for plant nutrition elements like boron, copper, maganese, molyb denum and zinc. Others are essential in animal nutrition. These Include iodine, sodium, chlorine and cobalt. Plant Troubles Overcome Dr. Powers told farmers how application of some of these el ements to deficient Pacific North west soils corrected various plant troubles. Boron was used In 1936 to over come "yellow top" of alfalfa in British Columbia and Oregon. iiii SI Swift's TURKEY Mr MASH ROSEBURG GRANGE SUPPLY The following year, it wa.. used to control beet canker, ft also was found effective against cel ery "stem crack," discoloration of cauliflower heads, corky-core in apples and "snake-head" in walnuts. Dr. Power said that if ade quate joron were supplied to six crops needing it in the area from the Hood River Valley to Coos Bay in Oregon, it would boost crop values there by more man a minion dollars a year. Zinc Spray Important Zinc was used successfully to correct rosette in stone fruits near The Dalles where the zinc in the soli was found to be de ficient. In this case the zinc was applied in sprays used on the trees. Zinc also was found beneficial when used as a spray for pota toes on Deschutes soils. Dr. Pow ers said it appears to improve me yn-iu ana oaKing quality of potatoes. I he Oregon sdoc alist said In. dine is low in much of the north west. Dr, Powers cautioned farmers against indiscriminate applica tion of trace elements in fer tilizers.. "Because of the wide variation in tolerance and the spotted pat tern of the deficient areas," he said, "it seems best for the farm er to continue to buy fertilizer on the basis of nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potash content before Investing in trace elements." Buttermilk Diet Turns the Trick . , - i Raised to pink-skinned plumpness on a diet of buttermilk, '"48 Model," a 300-pound Chester White hog, won the grand champion award for barrows at the International Livestock Exposition in Chica'go. Kneeling behind the ribbon-bedecked beauty is co owner Donald Brown, of Tip Top Farms', Flora, Ind. Women's Dorm Rooms At OSC Open for New Term OREGON STATE COLLEGE A limited number of dormitory rooms will be available for wom en entering college at start of the winter Term, January J, reports Robert Koehler, director of dormitories. Normal turnover at the end of any term releases some space, he explains. Prospective students are asked to make reservations for such rooms as early as possible. Those who write first may choose among all three of the dormitories. Room rent in Waldo and Snell halls is $50 per term because of less complete and modern facilities than in the new Sackett.hall where the rate is $65 per term. Board charges are the same for all. Truman Farm Program Faces Rough Treatment WASHINGTON (P) Two ma jor parts of the Truman admin istration's farm program appear to be In for rough treatment by a veteran Senate Democrat. Senator Elmer Thomas of Okla- Phone 178 222 Spruce No. 50 Vol. X Published Weekly by the Douglas County Flour Mill, Makers of UMPQUA CHIEF FLOUR and Umpqua Brand Poultry and Dairy Feeds Deo. 13, 1948. Now Is The Hour, Just sitting on our uh easy chair and waiting Is easy work, hut the trouble Is, it Just doesn't pay very well. When we want dough we have to do a little plan ning ahead. People who bought and fed Umpqua Eceds the past year made pretty tolahle good returns on their investment of money and hard work. We think the op portunity for very favorable re turns the coming year Is also good. There are several ways to make money out of feed, and the method we follow is only one of them. For the man who likes cows, and likes to milk them, putting UMPQUA MII.KMAKKR into one end of a cow and taking milk out of the other, has paid excellent dividends for the past several years. For those who like turkeys, we know of sev eral who figure on cleaning up four bucks a head this year. iWe have heard an even five dollars clear mentioned.) The man who raised 2000 head didn't have to hire much outside work either. And we haven't talked to many loggers who think thev made $S0OO clear in eight or nine months. Then there Is the guy who raised broilers. If he used UMP QUA POULTRY FEEDS, he probably got four hits h head more than he sent, A"d he could of raised a lot of them, if he nut his mind on It. Not to forget the man who sold hatching eggs. We won't mention any figure, except to say that tlie price ranged as high as a dollar a doen in rare Instances, and the average price was near SOc for the vear. And, f you must know, the feed cost of a dozen hutching eggs will run under 40c if vnll use UMP QUA BREEDER'S MASH. But now Is the time to make vour plans for getting in on some of this dough for 1 !!!. cause Is lust around the corner. If it's to be turkeys or chickens, broilers or hatching eggs, pigs or lambs, begin scout ing around. Say. whv not drop In and talk the deal over with us. We can sure give you lots of advice tree advice and we feel certain it won't kick back In vour face either. If we even remotely sus pected it would, we wouldn't give It, free or otherwise. Sure, come in, and we can put you In the wav of maklne some n'miiev. and making yourself a good Job. Old Age Troubles. We read a piece In the paper the other day saying Oregon soil Is beginning to show the effects of old age. And If we had been used as rough as most -Oregon farms for a hundred years well, we might not even lie here. So, It said the soil was de pleted of minerals from a hun dred crops taken off and noth ing put back. So It won't pro duce like It Used to. We can un derstand that too. Then It says that sawdust would help the soil. Now we, have kicked like a bay steel about the mills burning all the sawdust and wood wasle. But after nil. they don't know any better, nor give a durn, If they did. Why can't we farmers make a deal and get some of that wasle hack on to the poor old soil. That's fine, but we have a liet ter plan even than that. We have seen doens of fields brought hack into extremelv high production without extra cost to the farmer. He even made money while bringing his fields bark to a high stale of fertility. How did he do It, vou ask? By raising chickens 'and tur keys and pulling the mnnure back on the fields. There Is a profit in the poultry business thai never shows on the books, but it is a very real profit, nev ertheless. We can leave some fertility to posterity, so starva tion won't stalk tlie land, and make ourselves some dough at the same lime. Whv don't we try it? The family and their guest had Just sat down to the table. "Hetty," said Mom, "whv didn't ymrgive Mr. Hiown a knife and fork'."' Well, what s the use. Mom? You saiil he eais like a horse." Classified. HOW YOU FIXED for turkey saddles? More birds this year. Better prepare to protect 'vour bueeiler hens. The saddle will pay for Itself three wavs; more eggs, more fertility, belter price for hens later. Get your saddles at the Douglas Flour Mill. GOOD MARKET year round for hatching eggs. Have vou enough heavy duly cases?" 40 cases for sale. Phone Mrs, H. A. Watzlg, 67H R. On Thar Bum Feed. Mrs. Bob Matthews of Gar den Valley reports her 125 Leg. horn pullets are giving her bel ter than 90 eggs a day. And Bill McFarland can tie that. His New Hnmns are pro ducing 75, and have been for many weeks. He's selling them for hatching, and gets a very high percent that grade tops. Ah, you can't beat UMPQUA FEEDS. Need New Brooder Stoves? If you have wood, or can huy It reasonable, or If you Just like wood burning brooders, see our Oakland store. We have a mess of new Buckeye wood burners at only $17.50 apiece. 500 chix size. Now, If you are looking for bargains, there's one for the hook. Sheep Cubes. We made up a carload, but af ter the last issue of "The Feed Bag" we sure peddled them fast. But we have another hatch. Come In. At SfiO.OO a ton. It's like buying dollar bills for six bits. A business college advertised thus: "Short course In account ing for women." Gosh, don't they know there's NO accounting for women? (Aw, Mom!) And Johnny brought home a note from teacher. It says "Johnny is smart, but spends too much time with the girls. I'm trying to figure how to stop that.'1 Next AM Johnny took the an swer back to teacher. "If vou figger It out. let me know. His Dad Is the same way." Fost Farming. We used to disc, then plow, disc again, harrow, "clod-mash", and If It rained, we did most of it all over again. Now we go modern. We do it all In one op. elation with a "ROTOTTLLEK" made by the Frazer Kaiser out fit. Conic Into the Mill and look it oyer. You ca,n save time and money by farming the modern way. You'll go broke farming the old system. Yes, Just to help you out as much as possible, we have de cided to display this modern ma chine in the warehouse. Why do we want you to ra(se lots of grain, when we have it to sell. Well, we figure you'll overpro duce your livestock when vou raise lots of grain, so we'll have to sell you enough to finish the livestock out. HARDWARE-PAINT TOOLS -HOUSEWARES You'll Profit By Buying At Douglas ....... . r. . A 906 S Stephens Phone964-J homa, who will become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Com mittee in January, has served notice that: 1. He wants flat and high price guarantees to farmers for the,r products, instead of a flexible schedule. 2. He doesn't want any inter national wheat agreements along the hnes of the one futilely plugged by President Truman in the last Congress. 'There are a lot of people who merely want to get the cheapest bread and meat possible," Thom as told a reporter. "They have not thought these things through. If low prices and depression hit bur farm areas then, the whole nation will suffer again as it always has In the past." Farm Prices in Oregon Decline in November PORTLAN UP) Oregon farmers didn't receive quite so much for their crops this last month. The U. S. Department of Agri culture said the average farm product price declined from mid October to mid-November. Low er livestock prices were respon sible for most of the drop, al though the price on bultcrfat went down, too. Turkey Profits Often Depend On Timing Maturity It's this season of the year when marketing is 'about com pleted that many turkey produc ers sit back to size up their check and asK: "My turkey flock ave raged a dollar profit per bird; my neighbor's returned $2 what made the difference?" Amnnu the hnct nf TutcciMn an swers, Noel Bcnnion, O. S. C. ex tension poultry specialist, says age of the bird at the time it was killed is a nt-nfit fnntnr tnn nftnn overlooked. He points out that it is a mistime 10 marKet turkeys be fore they are In prime condition; it is also poor economy to hold them after they are ready for market. Efficient nrnHitnorc nnnnrlnn to Bennion, know that hen tur keys reach prime condition at 24 to 26 weeks of age. Toms are normally two weeks slower 26 to 28 weeks. Marketing plans are made With thnye fante In minti Bennion declares, If the utmost profit is to be received. The amount of feed required to produce a pound of gain gradu ally increases after market tur keys, both toms and hens, reach Crime condition. Figures released y Bennion indicate feeding re quirements for hens Increase fas ter than for toms. He cites this example: If hens are ready for market at 25 weeks and are held over, it would lake about 9 pounds of feed to produce a pound of gain the 26th week, 11 pounds the 27th; and 14 pounds the 28th week. With toms It takes about 6 J pounds of feed to produce a pound of gain during the 26th urnnV' 7 nnnn at ih. 0-7tU I.. an0 74 pounds of feed for a pound of gain at 28 weeks. Toms will eat about 50 percent more feed in a week than hens, Bennion states, but they still pro duce the cheapest gains, as they grow more ouickly. Tt nuiiiim. r.-nn. A ,11 of feed to produce a pound of Eton won a .t puuno 10m wnue 41 to 5 pounds of feed Is required iu nuu n puuuu iu a id puunu ncn. ! Many people in the Middle Ages wore "cramp rings," blessed by the king and believed to have i special powers to ward off stom- I ach cramps. Champion Corn Growers Of Oregon Announced CANBY, Ore. VP) The cham pion corn growers of Oregon are Don Gardner, Canby, and George H. Mollcr. Ontario. Moller was named Eastern Ore gon champion at the annual state corn show here last week, for an average yield of 139.8 bushels an acre. Gardner won In Western Ore gon with 89.3 bushels an acre. Judges said the Western Ore gon figure was lower because of the emphasis on foliage used for silage in that part of the state. Stewart Wort ley, McMlnnville, won the Future Farmers of America title with 6B.3 bushels, and Lerov Snyder, Albany, the 4-H club title with 86.2 bushels Nut Kernel Shriveling Blamed on Hot Weather VANCOUVER, Wash., UP) Grow better nuts and make the country Northwest filbert con scious, speakers told the annual meeting of the Nut Growers So ciety of Oregon and Washington here. M. P. Cady, Hillsboro, society president, advocated a sales pro gram to nromote filberts and wal nuts from these parts. William Christensen, Hillsboro banker, said the way to increase net in come is to improve quality and get higher yields. The nut growers' traditional opposition to reciprocal trade treaties was expressed bv a num ber of speakers from the floor. A plea for peace between co-operatives and independent nut packers was made by William Chandlee, Hillsboro, representing the independents. John Painter. Oregon State Col lege entomologist, told the grow ers he blamed hot weather for the widespread kernel-shriveling in this year's walnut crop. Others previously had blai.ied too much rainfall, but Painter said this vas only a minor contributing cause. He said hot weather the first 11 days in Sentember was the principal factor. Landowners Share In Profits from Beavers SEATTLE UP) The come back of the beaver in Wash ington is underlined by an in creasing number of contracts signed by landowners to have the fur-bearers "cropped" from their lands, the State Game De partment reported. Under the contracts, the De partment trans out surplus beav ers, leaving a "seed crop" to insure survival. The landowners share in the proceeds from the sale of pelts. 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Jocuson Phone 1150 CONTOURS Ani JERRRC$ Boost Yields Crop ; &5iw iXMSm X ORE than 30 per cent tX age increase in crop yields that was the reward of 9,000 farmers recently checked on results of their soil conservation program. Terraces and con. tours were responsible for much of this extra yield. By holding rainfall, they provided "natural irrigation" for slopes. Almost all crops will respond to better moisture control. If you have sloping fields, farm ing on the contour, terracing or strip cropping almost cer tainly will pay you a profit. Terracing is no longer a job for engineers and heavy machinery. tiiKn la th, NATIONAl FAM AND HOMI HOUt Willi Ivtftll Milcfitll . . . vary Sotwra? . . . ,VSC. You can build terraces success fully with your regular farm equipment. Allis-Chalmers has developed practical methods of terracing, strip cropping, and building grassed waterways with your farm tractor and tractor plow. The Allis-Chalmers handbook "You Have What It Takes To Contour and Terrace" will show you where you need terraces and how to build them. Ask us for a copy , . . it's free. FARM & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CO. Phone 733 J Hiwoy 99 North, Roseburg
