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
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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.
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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.
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Garden Good As
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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
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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.
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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
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'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.
TOPS;..
In Conformation
and Bloodlines
Henry R. Cook
Sutherlin, Oregon
127 N. Jackson Phont 1130
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