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Impending Potato Surplus In U. 5. Revives Appeals For Ban On Canada Product Imports By OVID WASHINGTON, June 27. into new appeals for a ban on Imports of Canadian potatoes. They art coming from spokesmen lor producers at a time when another domestic spud surplus seems certain. Similar re quests wer made last year during a surplus supply situation that cost the government more than $200,000,000 to carry out grower price guarantees. Why, demand. domestle growers, should this country permit Imports of potatoes at a time when Officials of both the State and Agriculture Departments agree that a good argument can be made for banning imports. But both add that the matter has ticklish angles from the stand point oi political ana trade rela tions with Canada. This country permits imports of .Canadian potatoes un d e r terms of a trade agreement. This agreement allows annual imports of 1,000,000 bushels of table stock potatoes and. 2,500,000 bushels of seed potatoes at a tariff rate of 37.5 cents a bushel. Unlimited quantities above these quotas may be shipped to this country at an import duty of 7S cents a ousnei. When the agreement first was signed, Canadian imports seldom created a problem, because the duty generally served to limit them to a few million bushels of certified seed stock. Often about as many American potatoes moved to Canada as Canadian spuds came to this country. Tariff Barrier Vanishes But the post-war American potato price support programs have tended to change the situa tion. These programs have held potato prices in this country considerably above prices in Canada. As a consequence, the 75-cent duty has not been the barrier that It was before the war. Canadian shippers have found it possible to buy in the Canadian market, pay the duty, and sell in the American market for as much as they could get at home and sometimes more. Thus, the American price sup port program has served to broaden the market for Canadian spuds. American potatoes dis placed by the Canadian potatoes have, as a rule, been sold to the government under the price-support program. Taking account of the problem created by its exports, the Cana dian government entered a spec ial agreement with the United States last November to limit shipments of 1948 Canadian spuds to seed potatoes. This agreement expired last week. While Canada now is free to send table stock potatoes to the country on payment of the 75 cent duty, few are expected until after the 1949-crop harvest later in the year. Canada has rela tively few . potatoes remaining . from last year's crop. Aid Works Two Ways But the problem could become bothersome should U. S. produc tion this year turn out to be large again as It now is expected to be. Agriculture department offi cials say there has been a tend ency in this country to "over magnify" Canadian Imports. They said imports of both seed and table stock potatoes between September,-1948, and May, 1949, Wheat Control Decision Postponed Until July WASHINGTON, June 24. VP) The Agriculture Department will wait until next month to de cide whether to recommend rigid production controls for the 1950 wheat crop. Secretary Brannan announced he will receive opinions on the ,subject through July 5. He said he may not decide until after the Department makes its next offi cial wheat crop estimate on July 11. Brannan said recently there Is Fire Equipment Co. All types of Fire Extinguishers and Refills. GLENN H. TAYLOR C02 Service 220 N. Main St. Phone 1433-R lf3 Compare a Berkeley let Water Syiteia with any other typ. Tovll be impressed by the many special leaturee that make Berkeley Sys tems really modern and efficient. There le a oomplete line oi slsee, loo. ..one lot every need. Let ne give yo liter hire and fall particular without oWlfrerlww DENN-GERRETSEN CO. 402 W. Oak Phone 128 A. MARTIN UP) The government Is running It has more than It can useT totaled only .about 8,177,000 ousneis, compared with an an nual domestic usage of about 385,000,000 bushels. They noted that Canada im ports many times as much American farm products as it sends to this country, and added that there have been times in the past when shortages in U. S. production made Canadian pota toes a welcome product in this country. Likewise, there have been times, they said, when the situa tion was reversed, and Canada welcomed American potatoes to augment its own short suplles. Careless 2, 4-D Spraying Hurts Trees, Crops, Shrubs SPOKANE, June 27.UPt Careless spraying of 2, 4-D has damaged trees, shrubs and some crops it was intended to protect in Washington, a Washington state college special said. Lamar Chapman, extension ag. ronomist, said faulty aerial spraying had damaged alfalfa and quaking aspen in one Okano gan County wheat area, and some trees and shrubs near a Walla Walla flying field. V The damage arose mostly be cause the weed killer was sprayed at the wrong time for plants it was not intended to affect, Chap man said, ana partly because it was released in the wrong areas. 4-H Winners Of Plummer Memorial Awards Named CORVALLIS, June 27.-OP) Charles Colegrove of Monroe and Helen Wrolstad of Hubbard have won the annual $100 O. M. Plum mer memorial awards for out standing 4-H Club work. The awards were announced at the 4-H Club Summer School session at Oregon State College. At the same session a United States Department of Agriculture medallion for exceptional 4-H Club work was presented to Harry C. Seymour, a former State 4-H Club leader. CATERPILLARS ON MOVE TILLAMOOK, June 27. WP The caterpillars are apparently crawling south from Clatsop County. ... A heavy infestation was report ed in this area today, about a week after a similar plague was noticed in Clatsop County. Con siderable damage to fruit orch ards and to alder trees was re ported. Before frying eggplant slices In deep fat, dip them In beaten egg and then in well-seasoned fine dry bread crumbs. Serve the slices with tomato sauce and a green salad for luncheon. a possibility that both acreage filanting allotments and market ng quotas will be put into effect The quotas would have to be ap proved by a two-thirds vote of wheat growers in a nationwide referendum, but allotments could be ordered without approval from farmers. Official forecasts have Indi cated this year's wheat crop will be the second largest on record. If this proves true, the year's total supply Including the carry over from last year will be the largest on record and far beyond domestic and export needs. Under quotas, a farmer is told how much he may sell without becoming liable to a penalty tax of half the price support rate. There is no penalty for over planting except loss of eligibility for direct price support help. if iJ v .- I Farm Lilt is Okay with a BERKELEY JET WATER SYSTEM A modem Berkeley Water System oaa do wooden lor your Una. Why not have real household convenience. . Jaet like city lolks...and running we tef at H oofmn lent points in tb yard. BUMPER CROP GETS A BOOST-This new trailer lift, ; installed at a 40,000-bushel grain elevator in St. Mary's, Kan, picks up and dumps a 40-ton loaded trailer in 90 seconds. The SO-foot truck and trailer platform swings 33 feet throitgh a 40 degree arc. The new "raise-the-truck" method is expected to relieve the bottleneck at grain elevators during harvesting of this . year's bumper crop. New Farmhouse And Cabinet Plans Are Offered By O. S. C. At Low Cost Twenty five new plans includ ing working drawings for 14 larmnouses nave recently oeen added to the Oregon farmhouse plan service books maintained in county extension offices through out the state, John C. Campbell, Oregon State College extension rural housing specialist, an nounces. In addition to the 14 new farm houses, plans are included for a draft cooler, a wood lift, wood box, and various kitchen and stor age cabinets. Plans for kitchen facilities include serving cabinets, wall cabinets, storage and utility cabinets and storage closets for chore clothing. the 14 larmhouse plans are of modern houses designed to incor porate sound, up-to-date planning principles, adequate storage areas. and construction economy, Camp- Den states. Many oi tne nouses are designed to accommodate the ad dition oi more, bedrooms at a later date. Design work on all the farmhouses was done within the past two years. campoeu states that or the 14 new houses added to " the dan service, eight are designed for irame construction, live lor con crete masonry, and one house is suited to stone, brick or concrete masonry, faeven plans call for one story homes and seven for two story construction. .-. ...... w . Any of the plans may be order- Drain 4-H'er Ties For Top Place In Forestry CORVALLIS. Ore.. June 27. VP) More than 1800 4-H Club members finished their 10-day summer school session on the Ore gon. State College campus last week. Winners in the ludeing con tests and other competition in cluded: Livestock Judging Tied for first: Delbert Sarkie, Astoria; and Jay Olsen, Coos Bay. fouitry ludEing Tied lor llrst: Bill McCoy, Fairview; Tom Bur ton and Lee Paul, Bend. Farm crop Identification First, Richard Fix, Bend. Forestry Tied for first: Denny Davis, Gresham; Phil Newsom, Mapleton; Gary Smith and James Linebaugh, Silver Lake; Howard Jones, Drain. Keeps the boys on their milking toes! "Boys will be boys," my friend Ted aid one day. "They itart talking or dreaming about dates and girls, and firit thing you knowthey forget to witch the milker. "Thit'i why I like my new McCor mick with the plastic milk how and timer bell-the milker that says "When." You can tn and bur when the cow quits giving. "Just set the dial for the number cf minutes needed to milk each cow. Then when the bell 'dings' itrip the cow with the milker and take off the teat cape, "It's simpre.No matter wh at they're doing feeding a sew calf, carrying milk to the milk house, or just dream- SIG m ed through the local extension of fice. A 35 cent order charge is made at any time one or more plans are requested. In addition, plan sheets cost 25 cents apiece. Plans for the farmhouses nor mally consist of four to six in dividual sheets or working draw ings, Campbell explains. Child Free Of Long Illness Killed In Crash MT. PLEASANT, Pa., June 27. VP) Ten-year-old Catherine Tully died in an automobile ac cident shortly after doctors said her years of suffering were over. Mary Catherine had suffered from a bone disease for years. She looked forward to the day when surgeons would tell her she would walk without crutches. Thursday, while in Pittsburgh for an examination, the sur geons told her she was qn the way to recovery. On the way home the cab In which Mary Catherine was rid ing hit a concrete abutment. She died without regaining consci ousness. Small Boy Brutally - Slain By "Sex-Fiend" LANSING, Mich., June 27. VP) The brutal beer Bottle slaying of a small boy within four blocks of Michigan's Capitol building set off a statewide search Friday for a "sex fiend." The body of four-year-old Wal ter Eaton, his throat slashed, was found shortly after midnight In a vacant, weed-grown lot. A hospital examination reveal ed that he had been criminally at tacked "while he was either dead or dying." Grief-stricken, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Eaton, who had adopted the child from neighbors when he was an infant, awaited reports on tle search of skldrow hangouts In the neighborhood. Registered Willamette Val ley bred Romneya from Im ported rams. Choice seleo . tions now available. OAKME'AD FARM Newberg, Oregon ing-thry never forget the milker. "The boyi milk jaitir now, too, end get more milk. They like the way the McCormick varies the vacuum to suit each row, how it protects tender teats and udders." "How's the puisator working?" I broke in. "Fine! No trouble at all. Opented perfectly, even at 20 below I No oil to gum it up-it just keeps clicking away I " Folks, the McCormick milker Is everything Ted says and then some. Come In and see for yourself. Aik us about McCormick cream separators and International milk coolers, too. FETT Summer Mulch Orj Cultivation, Inflicts A mulch Is a covering laid on the soil to protect the roots of plants. In the winter it keeps the frost In, and In the summer it keeps the moisture in. As science places garden operation under critical scrutiny, the rating of summer mulching goes up, as fast as that of cultivation comes down. Mulching, say the research men, will do all the good that cultivation can, without doing harm. Latest is ground-up corn cobs, which florists are using in their greenhouses when they can get it at the right price. Corn cobs are a by-product of hybrid-corn seed ?lants, and are becoming plenti ul and cheap where this seed Is grown. Ground cob is light, por ous and weed-free. If applied four inches deep around tomato plants, or between rows,. It will keep weeds down, let both air and moisture' Into the ground and Livestock Co-op Formed To Help Marketing SANTA BARBARA, Calif. June 27. CP) An -all-state cooperative marketing association, to give the livestock grower stronger bar gaining power, has been approved by Western livestock leaders. The newly-formed Western States Farm Bureau Livestock Cooperative Marketing Associa tion will accumulate data on mar kets and' stock movements for producers In Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Ne vada. New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The Westward population move ment calls for improved market ing methods, an American Farm Bureau Federation spokesman said. Congers Sell Dairy Farm ToO. B. (Billie) Walker Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Conger have sold their 400-acre dairy ranch on Scholfield Creek, near Reerisport, to O. B. (Billie) Walker, who owns adjacent prop erty. Pete Krommlnga, an experi enced dairyman but more recent ly employed in logging camps and sawmills in the Reedsport vicinity, will operate the dairy for Walker, and will move his family to the ranch house as soon as It is vacated by the Congers. Conger formerly operated the Reedsport Creamery and Meat Lockers. Mrs. Conger Is a teacher in the Reedsport Grade School. After a dip In salt water, don't forget to wash your hair to keep it in condition. .vV .r.- Phone 730-J-5 MEMEflEVaM waiwt ii uue iii,fl9wrwjwr; Garden Good As No Injury prevent drying out. But when spaded Into the soil it will rob plants of nitrogen until it Is thor oughly broken down; so extra ni trogen should be applied, say a pound of balanced plant food to 200 square feet. The lovely thing about corn cob mulches and other good mulches as well is 'that the directions say: "Spread it on the ground around the plants, and then leave them alone. ' No more hoeing. Strange things have been dis covered In tests of mulching. Ohio state university found that f;rass made a good mulch, grow ng between the rows. Instead of a hoe the gardener uses a lawn mower. Newspapers, many thick nesses deep, held down by stones, serve well. Lawn clippings, dried first then spread on the ground, with the first layer hoed into the soil, are fine. Manure Is excel lent, except for Its weed seed; others are straw, salt hay (weed less), peat moss, pine needles, co coanut -fiber, saw-dust, burlap, dried leaves, and glass, yes fibre glass, which can be obtained in blankets to lay on borders in the fall and will last many years. Remember, apply a mulch over moist soil. Soak the soil first in the summer. And remember that If the soil ever does dry out un der the mulch, you may have to remove the mulch to soak the soil quickly. This is especially true of paper mulch and rocks, and con crete slabs, which are being used in some sections for modern gar den effects. WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 TOPPER P-9U T THE NEW O-P-E-N C-E-N.T-E-R TREAD UPER-SURE-ftlP' HMTrISl!-,IIKll Bigger, broader, longer high -shouldered o-p-e-n e-e-n-t-o-r lugs on this sensational tire give it a "super" grip. In actual farm tests these massive lugs drove tractors through wet, slick, slippery soil at heavy HANSEN MOTOR CO. TIRE DEPT. OAK AND STEPHENS ROSEBURQ, ORE. . PHONE 446 Mon., Juno 27, 1949 The) U. S.-State Unity Puts Farm PULLMAN, Wash., June 27. VP) America's leading position in farm research and progress is credited by the nation's agricul tural research chief to voluntary federal-state cooperation. Dr. P. V. Cardon, Washington, D. C, research administrator for the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, told 100 agronomists from 11 Western states here that the nation's cooperative system of re search is a constant source of amazement to foreign visitors "who come to find out how we . taVTTfl YYf TV Distributed In Roieburg by Bates Candy Co. 'drcmSerf vpull where -other tlresl bog7'd downl Super-Sure-Grlps will help you plow, plant and harvest faster and they don't cost a penny more. Come In and look them over. Newt - Review, Roieburg, Or. 7 Research In Lead do things." He referred to cooperative re search by the Department of Agriculture and the state land grant colleges. He told the scien this that mass production of peni cillin, discovery of streptomycin and development of the weed kil ler 2,4-D are only a few products of this cooperative research. During the summer give youf hands occasional oil treatments and your nails a treat with cuticle oil. Announcing! . The New Home of TOPPER-P-914 We have iust purchased ' this fine stud from Jack (Tex) Miller of Myrtle Creek. He will stand' at our ranch, to approved Mares, $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. Af this time we have several good Topper colts for sale. 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