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Zoo Officials Horn In IWMMIHI.IUMW I "l VS .J v r--v ft" v r fY.v -V; It takei a pair of pruning shears to give Kifaru's horn a trim at . the Philadelphia Zoo. Assistant keeper Fat Manichini gets ready - to do the clipping, while head keeper John Reagan, right, and curator rred uimer Jockey the the operation. Dehorning was tough Kifaru will soon Careless Storing of Wet Hay Hazard For Costly Bonfire; rn Ventilation Is Factor It's getting to be that season of the year again when a few careless farmers will stage an im promptu entertainment of dubi ous value by burning their barns because they filled them with hay that was too damp. Spontaneous combustion is an ever-present fire danger when wet hay is placed in the hay mow. This warning by D. E. Kirk, O.S.C. experiment station agricultural engineer, calls at tention to safe storage require ments of whole or chopped hay. Whole hay will store without danger of heating in reasonably well ventilated mows witn a max imum moisture content of 20 to 25 percent. Experienced growers when yon need it at LOW COST! .- a II " EFFICIENT DURABLE COMPACT QUIET UNIVERSAL PUMPS and i Water Systems give depend. t able performance to dairymen farmers, housewives, vegetable growers and industrial plants... You get all the water you can use w ith plenty of pressure. Only one moving part assures faultless operation at the for as low minimum of cost at 112 00 complete with tank, foot valve, slip coupling, Injector, pressure switch and pressure gauge. Ail necessary galvanized or copper pipe available TERMS AVAILABLE W. M. Scndall Co. Highway 99 North Phone 1117R Feed Centennial Chick Starter Main mortality, resistantt ta disease llWjtS S V5V "T Cetttetmkt 1 H SAIT.H-SU i LDR $ 5TARTER MASH ..MIMIl -Hill I -- ,1 black rhinoceros into position lor a precautionary measure, because rejoin his mate Kenya. soon learri to judge moisture con tent by the feel. Chopped hay, meanwhile, packs more readily and will need, to be drier than whole hay for safe storage. Top allowable moisture content for chopped hay, measur ing no shorter than one and one half to two inches in length, is about 20 percent. In any case, safe hay moisture Content will itpnonH unnn Ko-n ventilation, hay depth, and de gree oi pacKing. wnere chopped hay is stored, Kirk recommends that- nil nnlntc fn tha nllo ha nnt more than eight feet from free circulating air. Tramping chopped hay just is not done by those who value either hay or barn, Kirk warns. Look Out For Steam Steam and excessive conden sation in the mow are the first signs of heating. When heating is suspected, Kirk says a one-half-inch pipe may be thrust down into the hay and a tem perature reading made by drop ping a dairy thermometer on a string down the pipe. The danger zone is reached when temperatures of ISO de grees are found. At. 190 degrees it will be necessary to remove the hay from the barn to avoid fire. And at 210 degrees, ex pect to see flames, Kirk states. Reduced feed value is the natural result of overheated hay. f!nwc frpnupntlv liko har hmit. ever, that has been just slightly neateu. tsut stopping the heat ing process at the right point to avoid overheating and possible fire is Impractical, Kirk con cludes. Income Increase Shown By Poultry Industry Gross Income from Oregon's poultry industry last year totaled 843,111,000 and was 6 percent higher than in 1947. reports Noel Bonnion, O.S.C. extension poultry specialist, me iigure is Dased on latest U. S. department of ag riculture reports. Income from the sale of baby chicks, poults, hatching eggs or breeding stock is not included In the gross income figure. A break down of the S43.lll.000 total In cludes S21.600.000 from sale of eggs. $13,086,000 from turkevs, S6.863.000 from chickens, and SI,. 562,000 from broilers. The poultry industry normally accounts for about 10 percent of the state's agricultural income, Bennlon states. Cry for Mamma Comes From Adopted Crow PORTLAND, m An ear piercing cry for "mamma" has mothers bouncing out of bed in early mornings in an East Port land neighborhood. But it is not their offspring In distress. It's Charlie, an impish talkative crow. Charlie was rescued bv a young ster from a water soaked nest in the debris of flooded Vanport last year. Since then, he has mim icked his patron and the neigh borhood children. S?10 Oil CHICKS on to A Qutasmii far fast, healthy growth, law and greater poultry prollu. Farm Program Accorded Praise PORTLAND, May 16. UP) The new farm program proposed Dy the secretary oi Agriculture was praised here as more straightforward than other price support plans. Ray Bowden, executive vice president of the Grain and Feed Dealers National Association, said the program 'brings into sharp relief the amount of gov ernment investment. "The Brannan plan," Bowden told the Oregon Feed and Seed Dealers convention, "carries a new concept of honesty in deal ing with taxpayers and consum ers." He said that under the present system the consumer is paying two hidden costs: the officially maintained price for crops, and taxes to keep market prices high. The Brannan plan would have farm crops sold at market levels, with farmers reimbursed for the difference between that price and a support level. Oregon Potato Board Named by Gov. McKay SALEM, May 16. ( Gover nor Douglas McKay last week ap pointed the state fotato commis sion, which was created by the recent Legislature. The commission will promote tne saie oi uregon potatoes, and conduct potato research. Members of the commission ap pointed are: Floyd Stoneman, who lives In Malheur County, but whose ad dress is Route 3, Weiser. Ida.; S. E. Hartley, Nyssa; N. L. Welg and, Powell Butte; John Brooks, Madras; Scott Warren, Klamath Falls; Wilford J. Dixon, Merrill; Clyde Warren, Baker; M. B. Mc Kay, Troutdale; and Robert Mil ler, Boardman. Besides these members, are two others whom the Legislature made permanent members. They are the state director of agricul ture and the dean of the Oregon State College School of Agricul ture. Three Services Planned For Big OSC Grad. Class OREGON STATE COLLEGE With a record 1559 degrees to be granted this spring, three sep arate graduation ceremonies will be held so as to accommodate parents of the graduates. A year ago 1171 degrees were conferred, with 807 two years ago. A single baccalaureate service will be held Sunday, June 5, at 11 o'clock, followed by the first commencement program that eve ning at 8 o'clock, confined en tirely to engineering graduates. The other two will be at 10 and 2:30 o'clock Monday, June 6. Next year a single ceremony will be possible again in the new pavilion with ample room for all. Beaver Boys State Set At Oregon State College OREGON STATE COLLEGE The annual Beaver Boys State, snonsnred hv the AmoHpan T.o. gion of Oregon, will be held this year June 25 to July 2 on this campus, it has been decided in conferences of legion and college UIUC1H15. The 200 boys selected to rep resent some 60 Oregon cities and towns will be housed this year in Waldo hall where good facili ties will be provided to divide the group into "city" and "county" groups for organizational pur poses. While here the boys get actual practice in city, county and state government operation. OSC Slates Institute For NW Science Teachers OREGON STATE COLLEGE A northwest regional Institute for science teachers will be held on this campus June 20 to July 15, starting with the western area meeting of the National Sci ence Teachers association June 20 and 21. Courses arranged for the institute are organized to aid teachers In improving meth ods and materials of instruction. Regular faculty members for the institute will include Philip Johnson, office of education, Washington, D. C; Kenneth Gor don, head of zoology department here, and James J. Brady, pro fessor of physics here. Ten spe cial lecturers are also listed. More Storage Bins For Farm Crops Authorized WASHINGTON (tit The House has passed legislation auth orizing the government to pro vide storage Dins for farm com modities. In debate before the vote, a 1948 election Issue was fought again. Just as in last fall's cam paign, Democrats and Republi cans blamed each other for fail ing to see to It that there were enough storage facilities for grain. The Senate has passed a hill similar to the one the House aft proved. Minor differences now will have to be adjusted. Late Summer Supplies Of Water to Be Ample MEDFORD, (P) Oregon farm ers needn't worry about late sum mer water supplies, just because April was an unusually drv month. W. T. Frost, head of the re gional snow surveys, said Irriga tion water reservoirs are holding N INSULATION FOR YOUR HOME Don t waste a lot of money for Insulation by high powered door-to-door salesmen. Let us show you how to insulate your home efficiently and at a minimum cost. f 7 ABEE.' .NOW I AM GOIKJ'TO P Hi V'M OUT" ) H TRADE IN) OM OJE.jW V IV 0 VV A BEE l OF THEM SEDANS r- J I "THERE-NO, A EVERV TIME A BUGN : it i A SiV HERE- NO- GETS IN THIS, WE A ''V iii r- N--rw-- 1 A LOOK. LIKE A FAMILY U .fovro; VVrtnT V OF INDIANS PUTTIN'J M I BORN tHlCTV YEARS TOb-SOONI' A OUT OUR WAY Old Seed Being Used in Fight Against Bad Disease in Ryegrass Fresh seed to plant used to be almost a universal recommenda tion, but such is not the case with perennial ryegrass. With this im portant seed crop growers are cautioned against using seed less than two years old. The reason is that the serious blind seed disease of perennial ryegrass Is no longer alive in seed that has been kept in dry storage for 24 months, explains John R. Hardison, federal path ologist stationed at the O.S.C. ex periment station, in a new station circular No. 177 dealing with this disease. Oregon growers have been fighting this disease since 1943 when it was postively identified. With excellent cooperation in fol lowing control procedure, grow ers obtained a high degree of Farmers Asked to Hold 1948 Crop Of Grains in Storage Another Year WASHINGTON, May 16. T) The Government has asked farm ers to hold 1948-crop small grains In farm storage for another year to help relieve a possible tight commercial storage situation. The Agriculture Department offered farmers 10 to 11. cents a bushel, depending upon the area, Drives of Buzzards Prey On Cattle and Swine ANDERSON,' S. C.-tP) Farmers have a new aerial threat to worry about. County Farm Agent J. H. Hopkins said he had received reports that buzzards, flying in droves of more than 200, are killing pigs and cattle near here. Buzzards attacked a Hereford cow while she was giving birth to a calt 10 nays ago and killed both, Hopkins said. Other carcas ses found on the farm of B. C. Reaves, near Pendleton, are be lieved to be victims of the birds. L. O. Jameson, pig farm man ager, said the buzzards also have killed small pigs. Gross Silage Field Day May 23 In Douglas County Five grass silage field days have been scheduled for mid- May In as many western Oregon counties. They will be held this year in Marion, Benton, Lane and Douglas counties. County agents will announce exact locations. M. G. Huber, O.S.C. extension agricultural engineer, who will take part In each of the field day demonstrations, states that the amount of machinery to be shown makes it necessary for each de monstration to be a full day af fair. Schedule for the field days In cludes May 23, Douglas County. 12 per cent more than on the same date a year ago. Record stream flows are In prospect for the Walla Walla, Deschutes. White and Clackamas Rivers. No late season shortages are expected If normal snow melt and precipitation occurs. FLOOR SANDING rtsJ FINISHING Estimates Leslie, Pfaff 320 Ward St. control In 1946 and 1947, Hardison reports. The disease surged up again In the last two years when some of the essential steps In control were slighted. One of the chief links In the control chain is the elimination by plowing up early in May all fields that are shown by tests to be badly diseased. Such fields, if allowed to go to seed, will produce only low quality and un profitable crops, Hnrdlson says, while furnishing a source of in fection for an entire community. Every sample of cleaned peren nial ryegrass seed entered for cer tification is examined for disease at the state seed laboratory. From these reports county agents are able to notify each grower as to disease conditions In his field. to hold for another year wheat which they had stored under the government's 1948 price support program. A storage payment of eight cents was offered for oats and 10 cents for barley. In addition to the storaee pay ment for the year ahead, farmers wcuio receive seven cents a bush el for having stored the grain during the past year. The offer expires June 30. Farmers who stored grains un der the 1948 support program have the privilege of turning them over to the government as full payment of their loan, or of resealing them for another year. About 60,000,000 bushels of 1948 wheat were stored cn farms un der the loan program, about 13, 000,000 of oats and 22,000,000 of barley. In addition the Govern ment has agreed to buy 113,000, 000 bushels of wheat. 8,00,000 of oats and 18,000,000 of barley un der the support program. This grain would be eligible for resealing too. The storage payment rates on wheat for the year ahead by states Include: 10 cents a bushel Oregon and Washington, from YOUR HERD with a modern MeCORMICK-DEERIHG Cream Separator You can make your herd pay more cash dividends with i modern, efficient cream separator. It's just like By J. R. Williams Farmer Buying Power Declines CORVALLIS Oft Or man farmers had less buying power last month than the previous month, the Oregon State College Extension Service reports. cased on itnoings oi tne De partment of Agriculture and other sources, the Extension Serv ice report said farmers got 3 percent less for their products In the month ending April 15, yet had to pay out on an un changed basis. It was due chiefly, the report said, to lower prices on grains. outtenat, nogs and eggs. On April 15 the index of prices received bv Oregon farmers was 251 percent of the 1910-1914 level. That was 9 percent under the same period a year ago. The farm costs index, Including farm wages, was 296 percent, un changed from the previous month and only 1 percent lower than a year ago. Livestock Brand Law Goes Into Effect Today SALEM. May 16. UP) En forcement of the state livestock brand inspection law began today in the Willamette Valley, State Agriculture Director i. fetcr son said. He said the law will become ef fective in the coastal area as soon as possible. The recent Legislature extend ed brand inspection to these two areas, thus making It statewide. The purpose is to cut down the number of livestock thefts. Under brand Inspection, all livestock, except sheep and hogs, must be accompanied by trans portation or brand Inspection cer tificates when they are moved on public roads. The certificates can be obtained from state brand Inspectors, county agents or sheriff's offices. WHAT BEES COULD DO "If all the bees in Oregon this year were used to pollinate ladl no clover seed fields at the rate of lust three colonies per acre. every bee colony In the state would be used for that one pur pose." H. A. Scullen, apiarist, O.S.C. experiment station. adding so extra cow to your herd and extra cash to your farm income. McCormick-Deering Cream Sepa rator! are modern, efficient units designed to skim clean. They are easy-turning and oper ate smoothly. The parts touched by milk are made of shining, easy-to-clcan stainless steeL They are ariilable now in hand-operated, direct electric drive or in belt i power drive models. See us for complete information. Men., May 16, 1949 The Good Crop Prospects Reported In West by Agriculture Department SAN FRANCISCO. UT) Gen erally good crop prospects throughout the west are report- eo. Dy me Department oi Agricul ture in a special western supple ment to the May crop report. The supplement said that win ter wheat came throueh the win ter In a generally thrifty and fav- oraoie condition. In California and the Pacific Northwest, however, the prolong ed dry spell has resulted in dry iop son ana some deterioration of the crop. Reseeding to spring wheat In the Pacific Northwest of a sub stantial acreage of abandoned win ter wneat is practically complet ed. The loss of acreage Is heavy In the high planes states of Mon tana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Most of the Western commer cial apple area was reported with a good set of bloom. Prune and cherry areas of the West show good prospects. The California cherry crop was esti mated at 36,000 tons 6 per cent greater than last year, and early prospects in Washington and Ore gon were reported as favorable. New Farm Program Hit By Council of Co-Ops WASHINGTON. UP) The National Council of Farmer Co operatives last week hit the ad ministration's new farm program as "discriminatory" and said It would "further regiment the lives of Individual citizens." John H. Davis, executive director, out lined the Councils views to a House Agriculture Subcommittee. The Council is an organization of cooperatives that buy and sell things for farmers. It claims to serve more than 2,600,000 farm families. Let's Work Together For A Better Wool Market Through the Paciflo Wool Growers your own cooperative you get FULL VALUE for your clip. Grower-owned and con trolled, the Pacific is on YOUR side of the fence. U. S. APPROVED WOOL HANDLER Members' wools are sold where they bring the most money either through government program or on open market. Ship whenever you like by any common carrier to Paolfle Wool Gj-owers, Portland, Oregon, freight collect. CASH ADVANCE of 42c lb. on year's growth wool sent at once. Balance when pool Is sold. Bags and twine furnished. Get them at Consolidated Freight ways Depot, or from, our local representatives: Robt. L, Irving Rt. 2 Roseburg Phone 30-F-14, Roseburg Pacific Wool Growers 734 N. W. 14th Ave. Portland, Oregon THE 9 F STYUD TQp " . ..,.. ' - - ii.. , . See Th)m Ntwt - Ravlew, Roitburg, Ora. 7 The apricot prospects were gen erally light throughout the West. THE FEED THAT S-P-E-E-D-S Pork Production tS- d I1VV in) lunius Mm MM KM W carry a full line of Swlfft Poultry and Dairy Feeds. R0SEBURG GRANGE SUPPLY 222 Spruce Phone 178 It, V. 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