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6 The News-Review, Rosebur;, Ore. Mon., July 18, 1949
jft FARM and GARDEN NEWS j
Science. With Sex Hormones.
Tames Scrappy Old Rooster,
Makes Him Tender Broiler
By ROBERT E. GEIGER
WASHINGTON CD Scientist! can cut a chicken's personality
to many different patterns by feeding It chemical substances and
hormones, which ar extracted from glands.
The big question now Is this: Will these substances have the
same effect on the people who eat the chickens as they did on the
chickens?
Tough old roosters become tender-hearted and tender-meated.
They quit fighting. They lose their Interest In hens. The barnyard
is peaceful.
"That's why we are very care
ful In approving these new sub-
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stances for use In chickens in
tended; for eating, says one of
ficial of the Food and Drug ad
ministration. "We can't be sure yet what
effect some of these drugs might
nave on people.
"There may be some tough
hided hum in bcincs whose per
sonality couldn't be changed by
a ton of this stuff. But we have
to protect the women and young
people who might be more sensitive."
Hormones control such things
as sex characteristics, body
growth and ability to put on
int. Chemical substances manu
factured In the laboratory, called
NEW METHOD OF
KILLING
Wild Blackberries Roses
Poison Oak, etc.
These weed nuisance are now past. We are power
equipped to eradicate these pests.
CONSULT US AND PUT THAT USELESS LAND INTO
PRODUCTION.
July, August, and first part of September is the time
for the killing. .. .
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Control Of Insect Pests In Nursery
Plants, Trees Topic Of New Bulletin
A 164-page handbook of nurserv ket or which are still in the
Insect pests, so detailed that seven laboratory development stage.
WINGLESS CHICKEN If you are one of the people who looks
carefully over the platter of fried chicken to avoid a wing, then
reter n. baumann ot Ues Moines, Iowa, has good news for you.
Ha has developed a wingless chicken. Baumann is hown above
examining one of his wingless flock. At left is an ordinary bird
with its aviation equipment intact. (AP Wirephoto)
pages are needed for the index,
nas Deen issued as u. s. (J. ex
periment station bulletin 449, "In
sect Pests of Nurserv and Orna
mental Trees and Shrubs in Ore
gon."
"Few persons not engaged in
the nursery business realize the
number, variety and seriousness
ol the insects tnat attack tne nurs
ery trees, shrubs and planting
stock, or the care and skill neces
sary to protect them from the
ravages ol the insect pests," says
Dean Wm. A. Schoenfeld in a
foreword to the big bulletin.
The bulletin Is written by Joe
Schuh, former assistant entomolo
gist, and Dr. Don C. Mote, head
entomologist, at the station. It
represents the findings from ex
tensive research work in the
nursery field carried on by the
station at the request of the in
dustry for the past decade.
Such research is still in Droe-
ress with special attention to use
of the newer insecticides that
have so recently come on the mar-
The new bulletin includes results
from DDT and some of the "older
new" insecticides, but so many of
the later materials are still in the
experimental stage and are not
included in tnis publication.
The new handbook is well Illus
trated with 83 cuts which help in
identifying insect damage on the
principal nursery materials.
A section on beneficial insects
and other natural control factors
reminds the reader that without
these the struggle for existance
between man and the sinsects
might come out with the latter
the winner. Parasitic Insects,
disease that attack pests, birds
and weather all aid In controlling
the harmful insects, the authors
show. Even snakes, frogs, lizards,
oats ana some otner lorms of ani
mal life help man in the insect
battle.
Sections are also included on
insecticides and their uses, how
to mix and apply them, equip
ment, sanitation and rotation of
crops.
Grain Suggested As Supplemental
Ration In Fattening Thin Lambs
synthetic estrogens, Imitate the
results of some hormones.
Hormones and synthetic es
trogens, fed in extra quantities,
do such things as make chickens
put on learners faster, make
birds fat by slowing down the
life processes and make hens lay
more eggs. Besides, there are
those roosters that quit crow
ing and fighting and lose their
sexual activity.
Pellet Goes With Head
Now that synthetics can be
manufactured, scientists are find
ing a lot of new uses for them.
They may help revolutionize the
fioultry business because the eat
ng qualities of birds can be im
proved substantially and birds
can be mads to put on welgnt
faster.
The government has approved
the use of synthetic estrogens
contained in a pellet Inserted
in the chicken's neck. The chick-
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Vol. XI, No. 28
July 18, 1949
Hot Weather Hints.
Every time the weather
warms up a bit, and we start
suggesting what should be done
about, it, the weather man gets
cagy, and turns on the cool
spout. But some day, he Is going
to forget himself, and maybe
this Is the time.
Anyway, It has been ralhcr
warmish, and In some places
hot. So anything can happen.
And even in Douglas County,
heat has been known to kill
. chickens, and even turkeys.
Do your best to keep your lay
ing hens eating. Without feed,
they can't produce. Wet feeds
are more palatable in hot weath
er. They arc cool. Soaked rolled
barlev, dried down with Ump
qua Egg Mash will go good.
Change to A. P. Mash, If you
haven't already done so. What
Is A. P. Mash? That Is our new
All Purpose Egg Mash. No
scratch grain. It Is palatable,
high In vitamins and nutrients,
and furnishes everything your
birds need for good production.
(DON'T feed this mash to young
fullets without scratch grain.
L's too powerful for kids!)
Peebles Condensed Whey with
Ribolac Is a fine hot weather
feed. Whets the appetite, keens
egg shells good. Feed it either In
wet feeds or leave in the car
tons In the house, free choice.
If your turkeys don't have
natural shade, he sure you fur.
nlsh some sort of artificial
shade for them. Keen water in
shade If possihle: if not, as close
as you can to shade. Use big
troughs, so water will keep
siigmiy cooler man in small con
tainers.
As for you, gentle reader, eat
more lettuce and less meat and
fried potatoes. (Why didn't this
happen during the butcher's
strike?) Drink mora milk, eat
more Ice cream, less chocolate
candy and gooey desserts. In
short, eat less and drink mure.
In hot countries natives learn
to use more salt. Many doctors
recommend extra salt during
hot spells. We perspire more.
and that uses more salt. If your
blood pressure is up, talk to Doc
about it. Otherwise, we think
more salt will help you.
Don t add salt to your UMP-
QUA FEEDS. They have the
right amount no matter If the
weather man is for us, or agin
us. (Cuss him!).
Higher Egg Prices.
Sure, more good newt! Egg
oricrs still going up like a bul
imy
loon. And let us give you a tip.
The highest prices for eggs we
know of, are being paid at the
Koseburg Poultry Co., lust
across the street from our hi
warehouse.
Genial Mike Brown runs the
place, but Is often out on Thurs
days. So If you wish, Just leave
your eggs at the Mill, and we'll
see that Mike gets them. Better
sec Mike right away, and make
arrangements to get top prices.
You can always use another
couple cents a dozen.
Parson: You should love your
enemies.
Sinner: I do. I love rum, whis
key, tobacco and women.
Sumpin' New Under Sun.
The very finest delicacy In
poultry meat has always been
capons. But cnponlzing has al
ways been such a chore thnt al
most nobody bothers about It
any more. We get such fine
meat from Broadbreastrd tur
keys, raised on UMPQUA TUR
KEY FEEDS, and these swell
fryers that are grown so rapidly
on HM.O UMPQUA BROILER
RATION that they don't have
time to get tougn.
Even so, capon meat still has
the edge. Now you can have
capons chemically. No fuss, no
after effects, no mortality. Use
CAPETTES, a new hormone
tablet which is implanted under
the skin.
We have tried these tablets
out, and find that young roosters
will grow much more rapidly,
and make much better use of
'cod, making for lower cost of
producing fryers.
But we think hatching egg
producers mav have even better
reasons for using CAPETTES.
Old breeding males are a drug
on the market, and will fatten
up, and become tender In six or
elcht weeks after being treated.
Their value as food will be at
least double.
CAPETTES are cheap. A nick
el apiece. An applicator for
Sl.75. The appllcalors will last
for years. A minute of vour time
will make a lot of money, if us
ed In this way. See us for your
supply.
The good nature rt con watch-
ed the drunk trying to lit a kev
Into a lamp post. Finally he ob
served: "I m afraid there's no
body home.
Replied the drunk: "Yosh, m"
wife's home. Got a light upstairs."
Reason Far Pride.
We're not going to pin this
bouquet on ourselves. But we
have a little finger In the pie.
One of the greatest honors
available to poultrymen Is win
ning the "CHICKEN OF TO
MORROW CONTEST." We'd
like to win first prize for the na
tion, and get that $5,000.00. But
we won't.
However, the stale contest
was held last month at Corvallis,
and we read about first prize.
nnt the papers didn't say was
that second prize went to Curtis
Barker, local fryer specialist, on
a dozen Cornish-New Hampshire
cross birds, hatched by Umpoua
Produce Co. And the judges say
Curtis' entry would have taken
first except for the fact that
they were killed several weeks
ahead of the contest, and show
ed some bad effects from freez
ing.
Mr. Barker very modestly gives
much credit to the breed. But
we have found that It takes
more than that to produce prize
winning results. It takes good
breeding, good MANAGEMENT,
good disease control, and good
feed. And all the Douglas Flour
Mill can take credit for Is that
these prize birds were produced
on UMPQUA FEEDS.
Nice Old Lady: Little boy,
does your mother know you
smoke?
Little Boy: Does your husband
know vou speak to strange men
like this?
We Won't Do It.
Contrary to practices In some
former years, we have decided
that everybody will be happier
in the long pull If we don't lend
out sacks for the harvest season
So for this year, we will soil you
all the sacks you can po-jsibly
use, and at reasonable prices.
Hut this business of loaning
them out sometimes entires mis
understandings. We want to be
everybody's friend.
Further, while talking about
sacks, when you get them full of
this year's harvest, bring vs. tit
you don't need yourself In to the
Mill. We will be In the market
for every kernel of grain you
can spare.
We will pay you Portland
prices for your barley, oals and
speltz, and will pay the full loan
value on vour wheat. How can
vou lose on that kind of a propo-
sit Ion.
Brine In samples, and we will
bid you the best possible price
according to quality.
I ....
en aosorns me content of tne
pellet. Then, when his head is
chopped off, the pellet goc ; along
with it. This protects people from
eating any large dose that might
remain in the pellet.
But It is unlawful to use some
hormones and synthetics in
chicken feed.
People who have eaten hormone-treated
chickens say it is
delicious meat.
Tenderness Plus
Louis Franke of Texas Agri
cultural and Mechanical college
says he took some from a col
lege experimental flock.
"You had to be careful frying
those birds," he says. "They
were so tender that by the time
one side was browned, the whole
chicken almost fell apart."
Franke didn't know, at the
time, they were hormone-treated
oronors. Me thought they must
be a new breed because they
were so unusually delicious.
One combination of hormones
tried at the Texas college put
weight on chickens almost twice
as fast as other chickens gained.
When they were dressed they
had about 4 percent more meat
in ratio to bone and other In
edible parts than other chick
ens. Rooster Acts Like Hen
At a recent meeting of vet
erinarians one scientist told of
a tough old rooster that lived
only to fight, boss the hens and
create a barnyard disturbance.
A few shots of female sex
hormones made him quit crowing
and strutting. And the scientists
said solemnly this old roosler
squatted like a setting hen try
ing to find a nest of eggs to
hatch. He even clucked like a
hen that has laid an egg.
The government food expert,
discussing this case, said one
Feeder Iambs that did not get
fat while with their mothers may
require an extra grain ration to
make market weight, especially
"Runout" Plant
Varieties Myth,
Expert Declares
DES MOINES, Iowa UP)
The belief that some crop varie
ties "runout" is a myth, says ..
J. Johnson, head of the farm
crops department at Iowa State
College.
It has sprung, he said, from the
speed with which some new crop
varieties have replaced the old
in recent years. The belief is that
certain varieties of self-pollinated
crops may break down after a
few years of replanting in a par
ticular area.
"It's biologically impossible for
oats or any other self-pollinated
crop to run out In the sense that
this term is ordinarily used," he
says. In the case of Tama and
Boone varieties of oats. Johnson
said, these varieties were resis
tant to most of the diseases that
were bothering oats at the time
they were developed. Then Hel-
mlnthosporium blight blossomed
into a serious disease for oats and
Tama and Boone were susceptible
to It.
"That Is why we switched to
Clinton oats which was resistant
to Helminthosporium as well as
other diseases," he explains.
"However, the Tama and Boone
varieties did not run out. They
were still as resistant to the other
diseases as at the start."
Hybrid corn, he t,ays, is a clear
case of a plant that literally runs
out after the first year. However,
hybrid corn is not a true crop va
riety, Johnson says. It cannot
breed true.
if they are now on poor pasture,
Harry Lindgren, O. S. C. animal
specialist, states.
Lambs that fall Into this cate
gory are now weaned, weigh 75
pounds or less and are too thin
to market. The question is, how
to get those extra pounds of gain
to bring the lamb up to 90 pounds
or so?
Lindgren says lambs will fatten
naturally on good pasture, but
much forage during July doeo not
qualify as "good, in such cases,
he recommends a supplemental
whole 'grain ration such as bar
ley. Whole barley Is selling at
about $50 per ton. Any other gains
wnicn can De nought at com
parable prices, the specialist adds,
will also prove satisfactory.
Lambs need to gain from one-
third to one-half a pound a day to
reacn mantel weignt enicientiy.
Sudan grass Is a good source
of pasture for fattening lambs,
Lindgren states, providing it has
not headed out.
Freedom from parasites Is also
important. For control of worms.
Lindgren suggests that one part
pnenotniazine De mixea witn iu
parts salt
Hood River Crop
Of Cherries Far
Above Forecasts
HOOD RIVER, July
Hood River valley cherry or
chards upsetting predictions of
disaster from rain splits and the
cherry fruit fly have produced
the best crop since 1945.
Nearly 130 cars of fresh cher
ries will be shipped, J. E. Klahre,
general manager of the Hood
River Apple Growers association,
said. That Is close to the 1945
mark and far above expectations
in view of heavy rains as the
cherries ripened.
It Is the third largest crop in
40 years.
Despite that, J. F. Blake, Union
Pacific agent, said it is down one
third from what It would have
been had the rains held off.
General estimates early In the
season were for shipment of 160
to ibu cars. BiaKe says now it
appears the full harvest would
have hit around 210. After the
rains, growers feared the valley
would not ship out over 70 cars.
Klahre said cannery operations
had been heavy. Most packing
operations ended this week.
A dark spot on the picture Is
price. Klahre said "There is prac
tically no FOB demand, thus forc
ing shippers to unload on auc
tions." And auction prices in the
east, he said, have been low.
The percentage of Americans
65 years old or older has nearly
doubled In the last 50 years.
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serving of this old bird's meat
wouldn't turn a cavalry offi
cer's voice to soprano. But when
It comes to the public and hu
manity in the mass, he added,
the government can't be too careful.
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Exceed Number OF Jobs
SALEM, July 18. UP) There
are more farm hands than jobs in
Oregon agriculture for the first
time In eight years.
The State Unemployment Com
pensation Commission said a
slump in lumbering and influx of
students Into the Job hunting
population of the state had boost
ed unemployment to 42,000 early
in jury.
The total compared with 39.-
600 listed by the employment of-
live rolls tne month previous and
30,500 a year ago. I
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