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8 Tht News-Review, Roseburg, Or. Tut., July 5, 1949 FARM and GARDEN NEWS Oregon's Farm Prices Still On Downward Path, Buf There Is No Threat Of Major Drop The general agricultural situation at mid-1949 shows national crop prospect! are weighty and economic demand weakening, some- wnat, according to an outlook circular Just released by the Oregon State college extension service. Further adjustments in Industrial production and prices are probable, but strong basic economic factors should halt the adjustment far short of such major declines as in 1920-1921 and 1929-1933, It Is Indicated, Crop prospects this year are mostly more favorable than usual. This factor, plus Indicated v-0 House, Commercial and Industrial Wiring Electrical Trouble Shooting Motor and Appliance Re pair Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service 17 Years Experience ACE ELECTRIC Licensed Electrician 316 E. 2nd Ave. N. Ph. 1095-L increases In some animal pro ducts like hogs, turkeys and chickens, is being reflected In price trends. Some crops are al- reaay aown io support levels, Less favorable weather, if it comes, could still affect cron out puts, however, especially late crops like corn. By May, 1949, Oregon's general farm price level had fallen 15 per ceni irom me post, war peaK regis tered a year before, It was still 58 per cent above the 19381947 average and 2'A times the 1910 1914 average. Farm cost prices are nearly three times 1910-1914, however. Real farm Income (buying Cub-Size Earth-Mover FARMALL CUB Leveling and Grading Blade f 1 , riB,! I IV. 'N V I y - r 3':Vs i4 n-.iv ' WHEAT, NOT BULLETS There's so much wheat in Texas this year they dun't know where to put it aii This old ammunition warehouse, abou t 20 miles outside Amarillo, is pressed into service to store some of the bumper crop. Fllli tew spots Clears tnew Cleans feedlets Orades roads levels seed beds Maintains tenant Diet ditches Repairs erode1 area AA u obout ttili handy levettng anil graiflni llad. Itt Hnt What yen netd te make Iwnllng end grading ob aaittr, nutrn R 1 SIG FETT 527 N. Jackson Phon 11 SO power) has been shrinking since law owing io uniavoraDie price cost trends. At mid-Mav the ex change value of all farm products combined was 1U4 per cent of parity as now calculated. J nat is 29 points below October, 1946. It is twelve points down from May, 11)10. If farm waee rates were in eluded In the parity formula, the Duying power or larm products would now average below rarity. Although slightly lower than a year aeo. farm waee rates are still more than four times the 1910-1914 average. The circular was nrenared bv L. R. Breithaupt, Oregon State college extension economist, and Is available from county exten sion agents or the college. In addition to a summary of general price and cost trends, crop pros pects, and the demand outlook, considerable data are given on Oregon larm commodity prices. Cacoa beans were used by the Aztecs or Mexico lor money, lor taxes, debts, and soldiers' pay. Vol. XI, No. 2S July 5, 1949 Loiy or Efficient. Back In the effete East, where men are not the men wa West erners claim to be, they figure it takes 5000 hens to make a liv ing. They don't get as good prices as we do, and their feed costs are close to ours, If you go jar enougn jast. One man is supposed to take car of from 2500 to 5000 hens, and do It In a 40-hour union week. That means two things. He must be efficient and must NOT be lazy. He needs to have things fixed up handy too, or he win never mane tne rounds. Among other thines thev are using back yonder; water piped to automatic lounts or troughs, (We have many of those instal. latlons here.) Droppings pits, that need be cleaned only a few times a year. (A few In Douglas County.) Large houses with i,o partitions, meaning big buuhes in uiie luuiii, iiui imum nri v.i Deep litter, removed annually and even as seldom as every three or four years. (We re get ting hep on that.) But we think we have Reen something that heals all thnt. CAGES! And we don't mean the individual rages which have bi come more or less common in many places. We mean a house with wire sides and floor, which will accommodate from one to two hundred birds. Our experiment station Is working with one, and we hear the results are nulte surmislnc. to say the least. We have seen a very complete tryout of these large caees here In Dnuclas County on the farm of Russell Cai-y. about sewn miles east of Rosehurg. We were not only sur prised; we were amazed. Birds brooded together and reared together wore divided, half In cages, the balance In con ventional houses which Mr. Cary has used for years. Last winter was, according to the lo cal weatherman, about the worst the I'mpqua Valley has ever experienced. Yet. these caged birds produced even bet ter on an average than the housed birds. And last week we had the leasure of seeing 1200 beautl ul pullets three and a half months old, which have never had their toes in the dirt. A more uniform healthy appearing lot of nullets we never have seen. They are being housed, 150 In eacn wire compartment (a lit tle crowded, to be sure), in dou ble decked cages, about 8x20 feet The birds have been d.'beaked with an electric debeaker, and the feathering couldn't be better Uncle Hank Sayit SKMS UKl (ft ALVvtkV IN A HURRV NCW-A-CY- BACK WHCN1 WAS A &OV Wl JIV STAtrtlD SOONER, w . If they had a million acres of green range. In addition to look ing healthy, they appear to be entirely happy, which is Just as Important when production is desired. Feeding Is done on the outside of the cages. Water is piped Into "Doughboy Watorers," which Mr. Cary bought at the Douglas Flour Mill. One Doughboy to each pen of 150 pullets is ample. No coxey; no worms; no dirty litter to clean out; no tramoing through droppings; no tvo.k well, not much work. We wouldn't call Mr. Cary lazy, and certainly we couldn't class him as crazy. He Is Just amazing. He uses his head to save his back, and with such success that we hereby prophesy that within ten years most of Douglas County's nouitrv w be raised in "CAKY We won t take anv of the glory awav from Mr. Cary and his modern way of handling chickens. But we want to add that with all his good Ideas and practices, those pullets couldn't be as fine as they are without good feed. Let us modestly men lion that they are eating UMP- QUA FEEDS. License examiner: "What does It mean when A driver puts out Applicant: 'Well. If It's a wo- man, It means she is going to turn right or left, reverse or stop, shake the ashes off her ci garette, admire her new ring, point to a hat store ..." Examiner: "Sure, but If It's a man?" Applicant: "Oh, he's probably waving at some dame.'' From Poultry Science, "Free choice feeding often falls during warm weather due to birds not changing freely from scratch to mash." Yes, grain is the natural food for chickens. If your birds are passing up the mash in favor of scratcn, gradually change them off onto our new "ALL PUR POSE MASH." Eliminate scratch feeding entirely durfng tne not days. Make lite easier for yourself, and make certain your birds get a full balanced feed for best egg production. A bait of Peebles Condensed Whey with Rlbolac will help the appetite of any flock, chickens, turkeys, hogs, or any other ani mal that likes milk in any form. And only them that eats good can work hard. Stop Thief.. Nothing will rob you of your profits with turkeys and chick ens quicker than parasites. Among those most troublesome are lice, mites and worms. Sum mer time is mite time. Those lit tle devils become fathers and mothers five days after birth, and great grand parents in two weeks. Haw big families, too. Lice don't multiply so fast. But we seen a million on one bird Just the other day. Scien tists think one large roundworm may produce several million eggs: Don't lets get scared about all this, but do a little checking, and If your birds have parasites, we think the bovs at the Mill will have something to help. Drop in and ask them about it. Cal: Who said you could kiss me? Boy: Everybody. Sue: When you got engaged did Bill mention he once propos ed to me? Lou: In a way, yes. He said he had done some silly things be fore he met me. Uncle $am, Businessman. A newsman (thev make the Washington Big-Shots so irrt tatrd!), finds that while the U. S. Is financing the export of over '.15,000 tractors to Europe this year, 1.000 perfectly good new tractors are rusting outside (he Italian factories that made them. The Hoover Commission saw the Vets' Administration has 15.4.13 employees handling 7. 000,000 Insurance policies. This average "workload'' of 450 per employe compares with one of 1.76J In private Insurance com panies. To break even, you Just .bout have to buy your feed at tne Flour Mill, where your dollar does double duty and satisfaction Is guaranteed! Neglect Prunes Profit On Lambs For want of a one minute op eration, producers are losing an average 50 cents a head on 30 to 50 percent of the lambs now go ing to market in the state, H. A. Lindgren, O. S. C. extension ani mal husbandry specialist, esti mates, v Meat packers are complaining, the specialist explains, that cas tration and docking have been neglected on a large number of lambs. The producer pavs for his neglect through a system of established discounts. Both operations, castration and docking, are usually accomplish ed soon after a lamb is dropped. Lindgren recommends that dock ingtail shortening be done im mediately after the lamb is born. If not done, a lamb's tail collects dirt and filth, as well as adding excess weight. Since castration of older lambs "sets back" the animal, Lindgren suggests that this operation be accompnsnea irom io days to two weeks after the lamb is dropped. Meat quality Is affected in non- castraiea lambs. Experienced lamb producers can easily accomplish both opera- lions within a minute. Fifty cents a neao is a nign price to pay for the neglect, Lindgren concludes. Registered Willamette Val ley Lred Romneys from lm ported rams. Choice selec tions now available. OAKMEAD FARM Newberg, Oregon Quarter Million In Gifts Received By Oregon State OREGON STATE COLLEGE Gifts, grants and bequests with an estimated value of a quarter of a million dollars were received by Oregon State College this past year. The total of $249,800 does not include many items on which a monetary value cannot be placed. i ne gifts listed likewise do not include the thousands of items of government surplus property which had an estimated value of $1,864,168 since the inception of me surplus program. Almost half of the total amount of gifts were accounted for in the school of science where donations totaling $110,200 were made. Prac tically all of these were for spe cial research oroiects in various fields, especially in chemistry and pnysics. Research grants to the agricul tural experiment station amount ed to $71,925 with an additional $12,750 eoine to the Agricultural Research Foundation. The school of engineering and engineering experiment station gifts totalled $19,200. New Insecticide Tried Out On Caterpillars ASTORIA IK) A new insec ticide developed at Oregon State College is being tested out on Clatsop County's tent caterpillars. The insecticide oarathion was tried on trees which are suf fering from a heavy caterpillar iniestation, reported county Agent Gordon Hood. It was very effective, Hood said, but It has not yet been cleared by federal food and drug inspectors on crops processed for food. The Kaibab National Forest In northern Arizona comprises ap proximately 750,000 acres and contains the largest stand of vir gin timber in the world. FEED -FEED -FEED FEED QUALITY AND PRICES ARE RIGHT FREE FIELD SERVICE FOR FEED SEED OR REMEDIES PHONE OR CALL Roseburg Feed & Seed Co. DISTRIBUTORS H-B Centennial Feeds and Centennial Flour Oak and Spruce Sts. Phone 374 Summer Season Water Warning Given Dairymen There's nothine cheaper on a farm than fresh water, but the supply of it for dairy stock is fre quently overlooked during the hot weainer monins. A timely reminder for dairy men pointing out that cows will drink upwards to 25 percent more water during hot weather as com pared with their intake during the winter months is from Harold Ewalt, O.S.C extension dairy spe cialist. Although milk output de pends directly on it, water sources are frequently neglected, the spe cialist adds. If nothing more is needed. Ewalt suggests that watering places be cleaned periodically dur ing the summer. alt is another necessary item frequently forgotten during the summer, especially for young stock turned out on dryland pas tures. All dairy stock should be given free access to salt and bone- meal. As a free mix in a single box, although the specialist recommends separate feeding places for each, salt and bonemeal should be mixed at the ratio of three parts salt to one part bone-meal. Free salt placed In a box offers an easier way for the dairy stock to satisfy their needs as compared with block salt, Ewalt believes. An additional reminder from the specialist concerns heifers al lowed to run on dryland pastures throughout the summer. Many of these type pastures will be dry ing up resulting in poor feed, the specialist states. Thus, heifers will need supplement feed silage or hay during the late summer to hold their weight and continue maximum growth. Baby calves need abundant shade this time of year. Ewalt adds. For older dairy stock, how ever, shade is not so important. Dry-Ice Pellets Tried Out As Barrier To Hail MEDFORD, July 7. UP) Cloud-seeding experiments to pro tect the pear crop from hail are being conducted over the Rogue River valley. The hope is that by seeding clouds with dry-ice pellets, the peak formations can be lowered to an altitude where there no lon ger is danger of hall. Two former Navy pilots. Har vey M. Brandau and Eugene K. Kooser, have been seeding cumu lus clouds at 15,000 feet or more. Unusually clear weather has made results inconclusive. The tests are being sponsored by the Rogue River Valley Traffic Association. High Grade Bull Bought By Sutheriin Dairyman H. B. Green, a Brown Swiss cattle breeder of Canyonvllle, re cently sold the bull, Chief Thor, to a. v. ADeeoe oi autneriin, ac cording to a report of Fred S. Idtse, secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Associa tion, Beloit, Wis. I J . V II I rf IW fi. V V I s., j - i u it i ft ill II in f i a I V No Limit - t " j No Reserve Jr Tractors, Graders, Crane iais Caterpillar c,e E" 1 "1OT 'SiXren. Tl). C.hl, Anil. .', Allt-Chalnwr III" Dak' noor and Buckeye PVU V !nl" atlonal Til Swlni rrane. a I'nlrrplllar Nr. iVl ? Nv . Ml' A ,n,! AX Crane Car. and m.n "iher equipment Hema. Shovels, Truck Cranes. Plane towers inaley K 10. ll lev j. ? Jae'rV"..''? KW, compi.-v nia hand "" Tn, .qulpment "en,. :,"d nnnMl- Thl. Au lion Sl. nrl Ine- Most Opportunt Auction Ever Held In the Northwest CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT Tractors Graders Shovels and Cranes Compressor! Pumps Generators Pipe Steel Trucks and Parti Complete Inventory SANSC0 MACHINIRY CO. Discontinuing fullness 522S E. Marginal Way, Seattle, Wash. Monday, July 11 Starting at 10 A. M. Inspection to date of tall Phonewrltewlre for descriptive circular ITrriTotrIornpojnTT L.edino Auctioneer, on the Pa-Ill- Co 1 1233 S.nta Fe. Ave. Uoe I Loe Angelee Zlcem Average Payment Assurance Given Wheat Farmers WASHINGTON, July 7 (m Wheat farmers with acceptable storage facilities are assured of a national average navment of at least a Dusnei lor tneir iaia grain crop. The Agriculture Department announced that it will make loans on wheat at rates averaging that figure, or that it will agree to buy grain later at the same rates. The Department's offer was made under terms of the Drlce suDnort law. The support rate average for this years crop is five cents a bushel below the average for the 1948 crop. This decline reflects the fact that the parity price of wheat is lower than a year ago. The law requires a support rate of 90 per cent of parity. (Parity is a legal standard for measuring farm prices, aesignea to be equally fair to farmers and consumers.) Loans will be available on wheat acceptably stored on the farm or in elevators ana warenouses. Farmers will have until Jan. 31, 1950, to take advantage of the support program. As was the case last year, prices will be supported by means of loans to growers and government agreements to buy surplus supplies. Tractor Pulls Ahead Of Horse In Pennsylvania HARRISBURG. Pa. OP) The tractor has pulled ahead of the horse in Pennsylvania, tne State Agriculture Department re ports. For the first time "old dobbin" has faded to second place as a motive power unit. Reporting on a survey that showed 135,000 trac tors and 130,000 horses, the De partment said 14,000 mules still give animal power a numerical lead over machines. Returns On Chickens Top Revenue From Porkers Farm management records kept in the state of Iowa over a 12-year period go to show that chickens returned $176 for each $100 worth of feed fed. Hogs and dairy cattle returned $143, while beef cattle returned $125. Farmers in Oregon that have compared the labor income from chickens and other types of live stock including dairying have ob tained similar results as the Iowa records indicate. Union County Cherry Crop Little Damaged By Fly LA GRANDE m A $120,. 000 cherry crop in Union county was predicted after surveys indi-t cated the cherry fruit fly had not made many inroads this year. Little fly damage was discov ered thanks to concentrated spraying operations early this year. Larvae which have dam aged some of The Dalles are crop apparently have skipped Union county, too. . - The cherry harvest began July 6, with pickers receiving 21 cents a pound. WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. 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