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r Secretary Brannan's Planned Trial Run On Pigs Promises To Give Consumer Big Break By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON. The new Brannan farm plan may get a trial run on pigs. Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma and Congressman Harold Cooley of North Carolina, chairman of Senate and House Agriculture Committees, have Introduced a bill to make this ex periment The legal lingo of the bill isn't much help in understand ing how things would work un der today's plan and the Bran nan plan. But experts say the situations would spell out about like this: Live hogs today are selling at around $17.50 a hundredweight. A year ago the price was $31.00. With today's big pig supply and favorable corn prices, no great gift of prophecy is required to lee'ithat the price of hogs may drop further. When the fall pig rush to market begins, trouble may be expected. Under the present law, the government will have to go into the market and buy pigs to keep the price from falling below $16.50 a hundredweight, which is 90 percent of parity. Huot Cost involved The government could buy live hogs, but that isn't praotical. If it buys hogs, it would have to buy them on the farms, then buy feed and pay the farmers to feed them. ' So the government would have to buy dressed pork and find cold storage space to keep it. It can be kept for only about two years. The government can't sell It below market price and it can hardy give it away. To do so would only drive hog prices down further- and make the gov ernment's problem worse. Even tually the pork would have to be destroyed, converted into pro tein tankage feed for hogs, or made into fertilizer or soap. How much this would cost can't be predicted accurately. But for the sake of a guess, assume total U. S. hog marketings of 20,000,000,000 pounds this year, live weight. Then assume that the government would have to buy 1,000,000,000 pounds to sup port the market. At $16.50 a hundredweight, the government would buy $165,000,000 worth of live hogs. If the government bought dressed pork, the cost would be $230,000,000, according to Secretary Brannan. This is the prospect which The weight of (lie human brain races me government unaer ine increases iW to 300 per cent dur present law. Now take a look I ing the first year of life. at how It might work under the brannan plan. In the first place there would be no government buying to keep up the market price. The government would al low the market to find Its natu ral supply and demand level. Suppose the price dropped to $15.50 a hundredweight, or $1 a hundred below the present 90 percent of parity support level. Boon To Consumer Under the Brannan plan, tfie government would have to pay the farmers the difference be tween the market level of $15.50 and the "income support standard price." This Is the calculated price based on the average price over the past 10 years, stated in terms of today's devaluated dollar. This ngures out to about $17.50. In other words, the govern ment would have to pay the farmers the difference between $17.50 and $15.50, or $2 a hundred for whatever pigs they sold at the $15.50 price. On 2,000,000,000 pounds live weight, or 10 percent of the year's pig crop, the cost to the government would 'be $40,000, 000. On 10,000,000,000 pounds, or half the crop, the cost would be $200,000,000. Both these figures are less than the cost for 1,000, 000,000 pounds under the present law. The consumer would be ahead too. Under the present law, the government creates an artificial scarcity by withdrawing some of the supply from the market. This keeps prices high for the con sumer. The consumer also pays tor the government buying in higher taxes. So the consumer pays twice. Under the Brannan plan, the consumer would get the benefit because the market price of dressed pork would be allowed to seek its natural level. And the consumer would have to pay less in taxes. ARE BOTH INTERESTED IN THE SAME THING Our real business Isn't )ut selling tractors and implements. What we actually have for tale Is more profitable farming , , .Tec Work, Mere Income Per Acre." ' The only way we can make money fa by helping you and other fanners make mere. Se, when we get together, we're both Interested m the same thing. The better we knew you and Ike better we know your farm, the more likely it ia that we can be of some real service te you. So, if we haven't been around to see you lately, well try to make It soon. It ought to pay us both te get better acquainted. And, when you ceme te town, (tee in. Well be glad te see you. W ara haaaqwartara tm FH Trarton, Dearborn Farm Fqttlpment ana g-analna Pnrd Tractor ana Dearborn Implement parta. Call on ut an,r time for prompt, eftlelent tractor aad implement aerrlce. Iffl.H'HIli.'.irW sill ffilVP" DEARBORN HEAVY DUTY MANURE and MATERIAL LOADER Excavate and move dirt, stack haled hay, fork and load manure, shovel and elevate grain . . . fast! Loader quickly attaches to Ford Tractor. Inter rhangeahle bucket, manure fork and crane sold separately. Separate hydraulic control Inn tractor hydnulic mecha nism for operation of rear attached Implements at same time. Investigate! f BOV, WHUT I CAMT A BUSMAN JUST MAKE OUTA THIS.' L TAKES A BUS FOR J EVERYTHING FRCM V A HOLIDAY--BUT J I BIKE HANDLE BARS AM' S A MACHINIST S STEEL FISH POLES TO V BUILDS ONE J . t&A V PLUMBIN' AN' ELECTRIC ) -r 1 tSSgV mO FIKTURES-A HULL 7 . -tT SHOP STOCKPILE f' 'V-Wv fWI ' 3. : THE IRON EMPIRE SjSS J By J. R. OUT OUR WAY Williams Boys And Girls To Scramble For Calves, Lambs At Rodeo At Fairgrounds This Month Boys and girls will "Scramble" for calves and lambs, in a feature at the Douglas County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo to be sponsored by the 4-H clubs. Those who catch animals must enroll them in a 4-H livestock club and show them at next year's Rodeo or at the Douglas County Fair in August. Boys' calf scramble will take place at the rodeo Sunday, June 19, as a special event ihat day. Boys enrolled this year in a 4-H club will be eligible to participate. Age limits will be determined after all entries are in. Ten Hereford heifer calves are being obtained for the event and 20" boys will be selected by a drawing from applications sent in. In addition 15 alternates are to be drawn. Boys whose names are drawn will be notified and further infor mation given them. Girls' lamb scramble will take place at the Rodeo Frldav, June 17 as a special event for that day. Girls eligible will be those enrolled INSURANCE" AUTO LIFE . AUTO FIRE State Farm Mutual Insurance . O. L. ROSE P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Douglas County Bank in the 4-H this year. Age limits wili be determined after entries are in. Ten ewe lambs are being ob tained for this event and 20 girls will be selected by a drawing from the applications sent in, In addition 15 alternates are to be drawn. Girls whose names are drawn will be notified and further infor mation given them. Girls who catch lambs will assume full own ership and must enroll in a 4-H sheep project and show these lambs at the Douglas County Fair. All applications from boys and girls must tie in the 1-H otnee in the Roseburg Post Office build ing. on or before 5 p, m., Sat urday, June 4. The whiskers of cats are special organs of touch. The base of each whisker is surrounded by many nerves, and the cat can feel the slightest pressure on the ends of the whiskers. . - . V e aj m PUMP TANK FITTINGS AIR VOLUME CONTROL When you own a Duro Water System you have a complete water works . . . everything that it takes to give you abundant water pressure at every fau cet. You will have plenty of water for fire protection, stock, garden and the priceless convenience of running water in your home. See the new Duro Water Systems today I BUKO SHAUOW WEU SYSTEM As low $nj00 as Jml , Terms UMPQUA VALLEY HARDWARE A horn owned and operated store 202 N.-Jackson Phone 73 I vI WORLD BANKER Eugene R. Black, above, of Atlanta, Ga., former vice president of New York's Chase National Bank, succeeds John J. McCloy as president of the World Bank. Black served under McCloy, who was named U. S. high commis sioner for Germany, as execu tive director ot the UN fiscal institution. Ramp Used In Milking Cow Bans Backache CONWAY. Ark. (P) If milk ing bossy gives you a backache, Farmer H. O. Proctor figures he can save you a lot of stoops. It's lust a matter of putting the cow on a higher level than the milk er, says rroctor, wno operates a farm near here. Proctor used to wear himself out stooping over to milk his 20 cows each day. lie thougni up the idea of building a ramp around his barn high enough so that when he has to milk all he dops is reach out and attach elec trical squeezer. Everything Is set with no back bending. The old method required one bend to wash olf each cow's set ot faucets; another to attach the electrical milking machine and a third to remove the mecnanicai apparatus. That s six squata per cow per clav. hince Proctor mtlKs an average of 20 cows twice a day for 10 months, that repre sents 3S.000 sloops he now saves each year or so he figures. Wheat Output Control Plan To Go To Congress SPOKANE.-I.W-A plan to control wheat production on the basis of the number of bushels sold rather than the acreage grown will he sent to Congress by the Pacific Northwest Farm Council. The recommendation came out of the semi-annual meeting ot the Council's six Washington and Oregon groups here. The Council declared that the variations In weather and changes In farming methods will have to be brought Into consider ation when figuring total produc tion. The recommendation is in tended as a basis for an amend ment to the 1948 agricultural act which provides for acreage con trol. Other resolutions asked gov ernment loans to provide wheat storage space. Immediate devel opment of the Columbia River Basin and a "more practical" soil conservation program. The group also voted In favor of a two-price program for wheat: A federally supported price on wheat used for domestic consumption and a competitive price on wheat sold for feed, In dustrial uses and export. Tues., May 31, 1949 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 Umpqua Valley Roses Asked For Coryallis Show Corvallis is Inviting rose grow ers from throughout the Willam ette and Umpqua Valleys to com- fete in Its free rose show June 1 and 12. ' Fourteen trophies are being of fered in the 1949 edition of this annual event sponsored by the Corvallis Men's Garden Club. There are separate classes for ex perienced amateurs and for be ginners. Classes for flower ar rangements are Included In ad dition to the numerous rose classes. Detailed show schedules can he obtained on request from the Corvallis Chamber of Com merce. In general, the rose classes call for single blooms, 3 blooms, 5 blooms or 12 blooms. The 3-hloom or 5-bloom entries must be of one variety; the 12-bloom entries may be mixed. Entries must be brought to the Oranges, Citrus Pulp Proves O. K. To Fatten Cattle ONA, Fla. Wl Tests on feed ing oranges, citrus pulp and citrus molasses to steers have proved very successful, the State Experiment Station here re ported. "Quality of the meat Is excel lent," Dr. W. C. Kirk, vice direct or of the station, said. "We feel that the 120-day experiment is highly successful." The 12 steers fattened In the experiment gained an average of 306 pounds. Best results were noted In n steer fed dried citrus pulp and citrus molasses. The steer gained 365 pounds. A diet ot grated oranges, with almost all the peel removed, added 350 pounds to another steer. Two steers fed ungrated or anges gained only 205 and 215 pounds. All animals received hay and cottonseed meal as suplements to the citrus. Previous experimenti had showed the value of a grapefruit diet for range steers. Roof Installation Any type Fret estimates All material and Work Guaranteed Lowest Prices Denn Wholesale Co. North Umpqua Rd. Phones 82(-JX-3 461-R-2 Franklin School building In Cor vallis on N. 18th St. between 7:30 a. m. and noon June 11. The show will he open to the public without charge from 2:30 p. m. to 10 p. m. on June 11, and from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. on June 12. Last year's show attracted over 500 entries from throughout Western Oregon and Southwest ern Washington. C. L. Smith, show manager, is anticipating an even larger number of exhibits this year. The right formula for suckling pigs and weaned pigs to 75 lbs. SwiftH SOWiPIGMEAl We carry a full line of Swift's Poultry and Dairy Feeds. ROSEBURG GRANGE SUPPLY 222 Sprues Phona 176 OIL TO BURN For prompt courteous meter ed deliveries of hign quality stove and burner oil CALL 152 MYERS OIL CO; Distributors of Hancock Petroleum Products For Douglas County HAY EQUIPMENT MOWERS Tractor Mounted or Tractor Drawn J. I. Case New Idea Minneapolis-Molina RAKES New Idea Side Delivery Rake on Steel Wheels BALER' J. I. Case NCM Pick-up Baler Hay Carriers, Hay Forks, Pulleys, Hoists Track, Cable and Rope BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phono 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. f. R. R. Tracks Heavier Cherry Crop To Up Pickers' Earnings SALEM, UP) CTierry pickers' throughout Oregon will gel 2 and ' one half cents a pound, which Is about a half cent less than last year. But Slale Labor Commissioner W. E. Klmsey said the pickers actually would net more money this year because the trees are; loaded. He said Ihe crop is 25 per cent above average, and 40 per cent , more than last year. I me wage was nxea at a meet- i Ing of growers. y A M Yf. . Announcing! The New Home of TOPPER-P-914 We hove just purchased this fine stud from Jock (Tex) Miller of Myrtle Creek. He will stand ot our ranch, to opproved Mores, $100.00 at time of service with return privileges for the season. We have box stalls and private corrals for visiting Mares at reasonable rates. At this time we hove severol good Topper colts for sole. TOPS . . . In Conformation and Bloodlines Henry R. Cook Sutherlin, Oregon rowers DON'T BE MISLED Buyers are trying to buy your wool on LAST YEAR'S SHRINK. Due to the severe winter, the 1 949 wool clip shrink is LIGHTER than the shrink of the 1948 clip and the PERCENTAGE OF SHRINK SETS THE PRICE of your wool more than any other factor. So don't be misled, let's all work together for a better wool market. Through the PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS your own cooperative you get FULL VALUE for your clip. Grower-owned and controlled, the PACIFIC Is on YOUR side of the fence, U. S. APPROVED WOOL HANDLER Members' wools ore sold where they bring the most money either through government program or on the open market, CASH ADVANCE of 42c per pound on year's growth wool sent at once. Bal once paid when pool is sold. BAGS AND TWINE FURNISHED FREE Get them at Consolidated Freightways Depots in Roseburg, Myrtle Creek or Canyonville or from our local representatives listed below. Simply take your wool to any common carrier ond ship it to PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS, Portland, Oregon, freight collect. We will immediately mail a contract to you with your advonce check. Robert L. Irving Rt. 2, Roseburg Phone 30-F-M R. V. Matthews Days Creek PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS UMPQUA TRACTOR CO. Portland 125 iouth Pine TOPPER P-94 734 N. W. 14th Avenue