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Talent Alfalfa Seed, Newly Developed, Soon To Be Ready For Limited Distribution Seed of the new Talent'alfalfa, developed at the Southern Ore gon branch experiment station, will be available for limited gen eral distribution this fall or next spring, announced Harold H. White, In charge of crops work, at the annual station field dp.y held recently. RSI' fi ml i. Uiiiwn" n'-itnn wit. ! rfij To fit your exact choose a BERKELEY JET WATER SYSTEM Lot us tell you why the modern BERKELEY Jet System is more de pendable and more economical than others. From over 100 combinations, we can select one to fit your exact needs. Literature and full particulars Without obligation. DENN-GERRETSEN CO. 402 W. Oak Phone 128 About 122 acres are expected to be harvested for seed this season on the station and by cooperating farmers who are growing the new variety to increase the seed sup ply. Much interest was shown in the new variety by the hundreds of farmers who toured the station!' during the field day. Dr. Louis Centner, entomolo gist and formerly in charge of the crops program, sketched the development of this variety from 1937 when it was one of numer ous strains and varieties planted in test rows. It early showed its superiority and has since proved to be the best among 31 strains and 23 varieties for southern Ore gon conditions. Limited tests have also been made elsewhere with good preliminary reports from Willamette valley and Klamath county trials, Centner said. Known originally merely as French strain No. 19274, it soon showed that it started earlier in the spring, grew later in the fall and showed regrowth after cut ting much quicker than other sorts. These together result in an extra cutting each season com pared with standa-d varieities. Other advantages are that Talent grows so densely as to keep it more free of weeds and grass; it has a root system that adapts well to varying conditions, and it has proved so resistant to disease that stands 10 years old are still producing well. It is leafy and fine branched as a hay crop. The name Talen: was given in honor of the pioneer of that name from whom the town nearby was named and who was active in the early development of Rogue river valley agriculture. A ALL RIGHT.' THAT OLD BOV f Ttf VOC $HOOT& I i WWW ALL RIGHT V WA HUFFED I EM OUT A BACK I it All OtrifTf I BECAUSE IT J DOOR SO THEY I 1 WWW K,tor" J TJ LOOKED LIKE WOlsJT SIT BAC v S HE'D HAVE TO TOWM AtsT FINISH - V WAITNOW I TH' STORY LOOK - II ) HE'S HUFFED h AT THOSE J ( WHEN HIS A MAGAZINES t& Wajt is upJl T- ' ' yli VrrA if HEROES ARE MADE -NOT BORM co It i w b'nfa SEwvret we. 3 When laundering rayon skark skin it is not necessary to use starch. Registered Willamette Val ley i-red Romneys from lm. ported rams. Choice selec tions now available. OAKMEAD FARM Newberg, Oregon 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 lour Oak and Spruce St, Phone 374 OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams Ag. Conservation Program Varied To Meet Needs Rather than have any pre scribed program to be followed alike by all cooperators, the agri cultural conservation program provides assistance on a number of practices which will fit into the conservation needs of individual farmers. Douglas county farmers, there fore, need not wait until the 1950 agricultural conservation pro gram is announced before plan ning their own conservation pro grams for next year, says J. F. Bonebrake, chairman of the coun ty agricultural conservation com mittee. He points out that many farmers are already planning the conservation work they will carry out next year. As the chairman explains, each farmer knows the conservation problems on his farm. If too much of the top-soil is being washed off the slopes or if yields are going down on a particular piece of land, he can plan his practices now as well as next winter to cor rect the difficulties. Mr. Bonebrake advises each farmer to check his farm care fully for signs of erosion and de terioration, and then to plan to use the Agricultural Conservation Program accordingly. As the chairman puts it, "the program has been effective in get ting better conservation practices introduced and carried out on a majority of the farms in the coun try, there is still room for im- SUPER-SURE-GRIP GOES WHERE OTHER TIRES WON'T Changed HEW O-P-E-N C-E-N-T-E-R SUPER-SURE-GRIP TRACTOR TIRES New Super-Sure-Grip Is the "grecteit pulling tire en earth" an proved In actual farm tests where It pulled tracton through wet, slick, slippery toil where other tires bogged down. These super traction tires will help yon plow, plant and harvest latter. They'll save crop when you are pressed for time and they don't coil penny morel . Super-Sure-Gripe are good crop Insurance let us install them on your tractor. provement. The farmer can use the program most effectively if he plans his conservation prac tices to meet the most important needs of his farm. All of the con servation practices approved for Douglas county may be needed on a particular farm but the ones most needed should be used first." Flaxseed Import Duty Restored To 50 Cents Since flaxseed is no longer scarce in the United States, the import duty is being restored to 50 cents per bushel, instead of the 321 cents collected on flax seed imports during the war and early postwar periods. The 1930 tariff act rate on such imports was 65 cents per bushel, but this was lowered to a "nor ma' rate" of 50 cents under recip rocal trade agreements signed with Argentina and Uruguay in 1941 and 1942. The agreements provided the temporary "special" rate of 321 cents per bushel in recognition of an abnormal scar city of flaxseed and linseed oil. Compared with the scarcity ex isting at the time the agreements were negotiated, the United States now has a substantial sur plus on hand from domestic pro duction. Wheat To Be Free Of Rigid Marketing Quotas WASHINGTON, July 18. VP) Secretary of Agriculture Bran nan says that plans for invoking rigid marketing quotas on the 1950 wheat crop have been dropped. But he said acreage allotments which are Jess restrictive in their effect on production will be imposed on growers in a move to get a downward adjustment in the grain crop from high war and postwar levels. The 1950 national acreage al lotment was set at 68,900,000 acres. This is a reduction of about 14,000,000 acres, or about 17 per cent, from the record 83,100,000 acres planted to this year's crop. West Coast Nut Output Exceeds 1948 Output PORTLAND, July 18. UP) Almond, filbert and walnut ton nage in the West Coast this year is expected to total 127,000, up IS per cent from last year and 39 per cent above the average har vest. A late spring frost which dam aged the Oregon walnut crop re duced this state's output, the fed- Less Wheat, More Meat Animals, Asked Of Farmers WASHINGTON, July 18 UP) A 1950 production program cal ling for less wheat but more meat animals and dairy products was laid before the nation's wheat farmers by the government last week. ( A declining foreign market for wheat makes it advisable, Secre tary of Agriculture Brannan said, that farmers plant 14,000,000 few er acres to wheat for 1950 har vest than the nearly 83,000,000 seeded for this year's crop. The acres taken out of wheat should be out to grass and pas ture for grazing of beef and dairy cattle, sheep and lambs, he said, because consumers need more of the latter products. Under the 1950 program, each farmer will be given a share of a national wheat planting allot ment of 68,900,000 acres. His share will be based upon his past production history. While the allotment is about 17 per cent below this year's acreage, the re duction for individual farmers will vary somewhat from this national average. Areas which greatly expanded their acreages since the war will take a larger cut than others. Compliance 'with an allotment Is not required by law. However, onlv those farmers who do com' ply will be eligible for direct price support aid on their 1950 wheat. The price support pro gram is expected to assure com plying farmers an average of about $1.85 a bushel. 'Immovable' Item Loans Obtainable In Farm Program Loans to larmers under the government's storage construc tion program may now be made on "immovable" storage, J. F. Bonebrake, chairman of the Douglas County Agricultural Conservation committee, said to- i day. Such loans will be made to linance new construction or additions to existing facilities. An "immovable" facility, ac cording to Bonebrake, means one wnicn is so permanent that it cannot be removed without de molishing it. Each loan on Immovable stor age must be approved by the State Production and Marketing Administration committee before a storage loan commitment is is sued, Bonebrake stated. The com mittee will review the applica tion before any title search is started. Loans to farmers for the con struction of farm storage facili ties are available to any tenant, landlord including one who rents his land on a cash-rental basis owner-operator, or part nership of producers having an interest in the production and storage of wheat, rye, oats, and oaney ana naxseea In the case of loans to tenants. the property on which the im movable storage Is to be located must be under an assignable long term lease which will run for at least 10 yeare beyond maturity of the loan. The lease must also permit the construction or else the owner of the land must give his written consent to the consrtuction. Loans under the government's farm storage program will be available in all areas through June 30, 1950. Producers are en couraged to obtain their loans from approved lending agencies. Direct loans will be made by the Commodity Credit comoration only if the applicant cannot or aoes not wisn to obtain credit from other sources. The loans will be for terms up to 5 years, payable in annual installments. The interest rate is 4 percent. The maximum amount of loans shall be 45 cents per bushel of the rated capacity of the storage facility, or 85 percent of the cost, whichever is the smaller. Each loan on immovable storage must be secured by a first mort gage or deea or trusi or, In cer tain cases, by a second mort gage. No second mortgages, how ever, will be accepted on im movable storage structures not located on farms. The cost of title search and recording of do cuments will be borne by the borrower. Full details concerning these loans and application forms may be obtained from the county committee. Mon., July 18, 1949 The Newi-Xevlew, Roteburg, Or. 7 Normal Harvest In Oregon Looms PORTLAND, July 18. UP) The Oregon harvest Is expected to De DacK to normal tnis year. There will be few bumper crops and few failures, the fed eral crop reporting service Indi cated. The fruit harvest, however, will be the best in years, Niels I. Nielson, federal forecaster, said. He forecast that Bartlet pears would reach a record 2,438, 000 bushels. The peach crop was estimated at 860,000 bushels, about 45 per cent above last year; and the apple crop at 2,800,000 bushels, about 5 per cent higher than 1948. Hay field crops will be 15 per cent below last year's yield, but will be close to the 10-year av erage. 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