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i The Newt-Review, Rostburg, Or. Men., Aug. 1, 1949 gfMRM and GARDEN NEWS-jg Federal Wheat Allotment For Oregon Farmers Calls For Reduction In Acreage Oregon farmers are being asked to grow not more than 944,891 acres of wheat during the 1950 crop year. That figure la Oregon's wheat acreage allotment for the 1950 i crop year, and reoresents a 20.2 per c nt cut from the usual seed ed acreage based on a four-year period, ending in 1948, as figured under PMA record procedure, ac cording tc E. Harvey Miller, chair, man, state PMA committee. The acreage roll-back for ex ample, will affect Oregon's num ber one wheat producing county, Umatilla, like this: The Umatilla crunty 1950 allotment Is 244.680 acres. The four year usual acre age was 303,144 acres. Other counties will take corresponding acreage cuts. No marketing quotas will go Into effect for the 1950 wheat crop year, according to the an nouncement made recently by .Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. Next year will see f-e North Douglas County Residents: As newly appointed representative for RAWLEIGH HEALTH PRODUCTS for this district, I eornestly solicit your patron age and I will be calling on you in the near future. HUGH C. GIVEN 324 E. 2nd Avt. N. Roseburg Would Compel Spud Raisers To Yield To Controls WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. UP) A House agriculture subcommit tee last week decided to recom mend that mandatory support prices for potatoes be withdrawn unless growers consent to pro duction and marketing controls. Chairman Pace (D-Ca) said that because producer representa tives object to present consid eration of his bill to allot acre ages, impose marketing quotas and penalize non-cooperators, the measure will be dropped. He said the present support program "penalizes eooperators, rewards non-cooperators and thereby costs the government more than is Justified. "Therefore, t h e committee feels obligated, until appropriate legislation is enacted, to recom mend that the secretary of agri culture be given discretion in determining at what level, if any, he will support the 1950 crop." Potatoes are the only perish able commodity now having man datory price supports. They are supported at 60 percent of par ity a figure calculated to give the producer a fair return i n relation to things he buys. Tractors Cause Most Deaths In Various Farm Accidents; Council Urges Safety Habit Dedicate the week of Aug. 1 through 6 and thn other weeks as well to the removal of at least (one farm work hazard; get the i farm safety habit, suggest mem bers or the UregoM Farm Safety j council In calling attention to Na tion Farm Safety week. The farm tractor is still an Im portant accident problem on the nation's farms, reports Council (Chairman F. E. Price, assistant idean, O. S. C. schoo' of agricul ture. Overturning caused at least eight Oregon farm deaths during a 11 month period ending July 1 this year. Seven others lost their lives in accidents Involving trac tors. Nationally, falls are the most numerous among farm accidents, accounting for one-fourth of all accidents to farm people, council members state. Accidents Involv ing machinery or animals account for about one-eighth of all farm accidents for the 'ountry as a whole. ames E. Wiles, farm safety specialist, accident prevention di vision of the state accident com- Pipe, Pipe, Pipe All Sixes, Prices at New Low Bath Tubs, Lavatories, Closet Combinations, "with or without trim" Soil Pip and Fittings Galvanized Fittings, Valves Water Hose See Us For Your Requirements BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks Illness Causes Huge Farm Loss PULLMAN. Wash., Aug. 1. (JP) It is especially important for rural people to understand the proposed national health pro grams because they stand to gain more from them than almost any other group, a rural health spe cialist says. Elin Anderson, extension work er for the U.S. Department tf Agriculture, said a conservative estimate of time lost by farm operators due to illness last year totals 80,000.000 man days. The dollar deficit in the na tion's bankroll is caused by in dustry's annual loss of 4,300.000. 000 man years of work, she as serted. "Health Is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity," she said. NEW METHOD OF KILLING Wild Blackberries Rosei Poison Oak, etc. These weed nuisances ore now past. We ore power equipped to eradicate these pests. CONSULT US AND PUT THAT USELESS LAND INTO PRODUCTION. July, August, and first port of September is the time for the killing. Jack May Landscaping Co. 1350 Harrison St. Phone 4S2-J first wheat allotments In effect since 1!I42 when both allotments and quotas were In force. In 194.1, quotas were suspended be cause of the war emergency. While the Oregon allotment is smaller than any planted acreage since 1943, it is still higher than i pre-war acreage which In 1939 J was 827,000 acres and in 1942, un I der quotas, was 7K9.000 acres, ac cording to B. A. E. records. In describing the current wheat situation, Miller says the world's wheat supply and demand is similar now to the post world war I period. At that time, he states, the great expansion in acreage put wheat producers face to face with world wide surpluses. He pointed out, that the high domestic wheat acreage of 1947 was 14 per cent higher than the average of recent years, but pro duction was 55 per cent higher. Per capita wheat consumption, meanwhile, Is going down. County committees expect to have wheat allotments figured on a farm-to-farm basis and in the hands of farmers by August 15, Miller said. The deadline of June 25 for application for new wheat allotments has passed. ' Growers who exceed their 1950 allotments will not be eligible to partial ate In the government's price support and purchase agree ment program. This year growers will be allowed to plant diverted acreage to any crop other than .wheat. Miller concluded. mission, estimates that 3,000 farm accidents occurred on Oregon farms in the past year. At least 27 death, were reported as the re sult of farm work accidents dur ing the same period. Cause of deaths followed no definite pattern. They were caused hv pvprvthinp from m fall. ,ng ouilding, runaway horse, and a nun, to electrocution. From a federal source, mean while, figures show that 300,000 persons were injured on farms In , 1948. About 27 percent-of this total I were suffered by hired workers. I National Farm Safety week j was conceived b the National Safety council. Observance of the 'week in Oregon is sponsored I Jointly with the Oregon Farm Safety council whose membership ! is made up of representatives of the major farm organizations, im plement dealers, state accident commission, Sta'e FFA head quarters and Oregon State col I lege. Goal of the week Is to direct jail attention possible to eliminat ing unsafe practices which cause 'accidents to farm residents. Bull Trapped In Culvert Six Days Loses 600 Pounds SWOOPE. Va., Aug. 1-UP Elmer the bull lost 600 pounds in 21 days no bull. Elmer got trapped In a rail road culvert pipe, where he'd gone to escape the heat. Rocks washed up behind him, blocking the way out, and there Elmer stood for three weeks, up to his shanks in water. Railroad workers found him In the 36-inch pipe, a mere shadow of himself at an undernourished 300 pounds. Around his famished waist they wound a rope, hauled away, and out came Elmer. Elmer's astonished owner readily identified him as the yearand ahalf old Angus which had disappeared from his farm July 1 where the workers pulled him out Thursday. Then he put Elmer on a build-up diet of milk, eggs, wheat bran, cornmeal, and other such delectables. Elmer's doing fine, thank you. Plant Scientists Endeavoring To Solve Old Wheat Smut Problem Time may hold the answer to Oregon's wheat smut problems, believes an O.S.C. farm crops specialist, Rex Warren. Plant scientists are working on the problem of transforming smut-resistant wheats into vari eties more acceptable to the mill ing Industry. At the moment, de sirable wheats from the milling standpoint such as ElginAlicel, are most highly susceptible to Oregon's number one wheat dis ease. On the other hand, those vari eties least desired by millers Rex, for example are most smut resistant. Experiment station plant breeders are finding it no easy problem to combine smut resist ance, high yield, and acceptable milling qualities Into the single "perfect" variety. Breeding work is slow and painstaking and can bo no faster than the seasons, Warren points out. Three state and federally sup ported experiment stations are huslly at work in Oregon attempt ing to find an acceptable variety that combines these three desir ed qualities. Several varieties. Warren adds, will be ready for the final hurdle, the milling test, this fall. Until the varieties are develop ed that have natural smut resist ance, scientists believe a success ful wheat smut control program can be carried out by using prop er fungicides and doing a tho rough seed treating Job before seeding. Proof that treating is effective, it Is pointed out. Is the fact that smut Incidence In the northwest was reduced from an estimated 30 percent in 1931 to less than 3 percent by 1942. Since 1942, however, smut In fection has been on the upsurge. It had reached 14 percent In 1947, malr.ly due to haphazard seed treating and as a result of the rapid shift to the smut suscept ible Elgin Alicel varieties. Warren urges growers to pay ment in order that smut may be held in check. Two-Way Slaughter Inspection Proposed PORTLAND, Aug. l-L-tPU-The federal agriculture department has proposed that Its minimum Inspection and grading regula tions be extended to areas now outside its Jurisdiction. This would call for before-and-after slaughter inspection. Dr. Thomas L. Meador. city health officer, recently complained that Inspection In areas outside Port land was Inadequate. BREEDS HORNLESS COWS WEBSTFR CITY, lowa-.P E. C. Clover, vocational agricul ture Instructor In the Webster City schools, has gained nation wide attention for his work with hornless cattle. Clover spent more than four years developing a heYd of Guern sey cattle which are hornless. He was named a director of the recently-formed National Polled Cattle Promotion club. He now has a herd of IB polled cattle, all descendants of his original stock. The News-Review classified ads bring best results. Phone 100, m R.G.Mc Arthur Well Drilling 11 miles east on N. Umpqua Road Watch for sign or write Box 175, Idle yld" Route, Rosa burg, Oregon. COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything for the Builder at reasonable prices means just that. Whether you are remodeling or building a home, or any type of structure, here you can secure any and all materials required. We buy in large quantities, have all the equipment necessary for econ omical handling and pass the savings along to you. You are invited to inspect our displays, our stocks, our facilities to serve you, and secure an estimate on any materials needed. Budget plan if desired. COEN SUPPLY COMPANY floed and Mill Sts. Phone 121 m todatfi. pumft u pet-Type THI SOtIO COMFOIT Of UF-tO-THf. MINUTE 'City fyp." WAT It. 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"It's Elmer's story," he says. for any record, though. He was Just picking normally, along with the regular crews. Archeologists have found re mains in Kansas which indicate that three and four-toed horses no larger than a fox terrier once made that part of the country their habitat. Registered Willamette Val ley red -Romneys from Im ported rams. Choice selec tions now available. OAKMEAD FARM Newberg, Oregon PUMP TANK FITTINGS AIR VOLUME CONTROL When you own a Duro Water System you have a complete water works . . . even thing that it takes to give yon abundant water pressure at every fau cet. You will have plenty of water for fire protection, stock, garden and the priceless convenience of running water in your home. See the new Duro Water Systems today 1 i J' ' ! I M" DU0 SHAUOW WELL SYSTEM As low OS 129.00 L Umpqua Valley Hardware 202 N. Jackson Phone 73 Vol. XI, No. 30 Aug. 1, 1949 Eggs Cost Money Money Isn't everything, nor will money even buy everything. F"rlnstance, you can't buy hap piness. Still, money will help a wee bit to endure an otherwise unhappy existence. Or will It? We have egged you on to try and have you raise enough pul lets so you can have an "all-pullet flock." More money In pul lets than In old hens. But some of you looked at the price of feed and the price of eggs last spring, and decided to wait and see how things turned out. Now we know. There seems to be more of a shortage of eggs now than even last fall. Statis tically, we have in storage about one third as many shell and frozen eggs as the 5-year aver age. Uncle Sam has a heap of dried eggs, but promises not to throw them on the market if there Is danger of a drop In prices. Wouldn't pay him any way, as he would just have to buy that many more. Well, you say, we don't got no pullets, so what ! ! ? Every day now people are selling nice yearling hens. The price is ter ribly low. It seems a shame to practically "give them away." And, whiie yearling hens won't lay as many eggs as pullets, they will nevertheless produce heaps of eggs after they take their little fall vacation. Why not the people who have these good yearlings and those who need layers get together? We will Rive you the space In "The Feed Bag." Advertise hens to sell, or hens wanted. At pres ent prices of hens on the mar ket, perhaps the man who HAS TO SELL to make room for pul lets can get a slightly better price lor his best nens. ana tne man who needs good hens to fill a laying house, and take advan tage of a short supply of eges. can get them cheaper than he could have raised pullets. Not only the commercial egg market is good. (Eating eggs fetch the grower over 60c.) But the hatching egg dealers are begging for more eggs, and fractical!y guaranteeing a nice ong season. (We don't handle hatching eggs either.) But let us "egg you on" to the egg busi ness, and we may all gather in a few extra shekels. Turkey Support Prices Uncle Sam has come out with the turkey support prices for the current year's crop. It is higher than buyers hoped It Uncle Hank Says SOMl OF TrT UUNGS-THAT INTREST US MOST, IN "THIS OLD W0RIX) ARE THE THINGS WE KNOW TH' LEAST A&OUY, would be, proving that you can't satisfy everybody. As to the pros and cons of support prices, we will offer no opinion In "The Feed Bag." j We'll just pass the news on to you, provided you haven't al ready heard it. In the "zone" embracing Ore gon, the price will vary from 25.75 per lb. on large toms over 24 lbs., up to 35.25c on hens under 18 lbs. LIVE WEIGHT, for the months of November and December, ne to the grow er. Average Is supposed to be 31c per pound live. Dressed birds . will bring several cents above i this figure. I ! It is to be remembered that i this price is a "floor price," and ' prices may go above this fig ; ure, but not below. Some deal i era are already predicting high er prices than support. No one knows. We truly believe that the grower who raises his birds on all UMPQUA TURKEY FEEDS will come out with all expenses paid, and a comfortable hand ful of change to compensate him for his time and risk. This is because UMPQUA TURKEY I FEEDS are better than ever this year, and are selling at a price I that will produce turkey meat below the support price. Turkey ! men never went wrong bv using UMPQUA FEEDS, and this year i they will be more than ever pro I tected. Some feeds selling more than a btick a sack higher. We can't savvy that. Important Notice The next meeting of the Douglas County Poultry Im provement Association was set for Thursday, August 18th. The annual meeting of the Oregon Poultry Improvement Associa tion is scheduled for the same date. Therefore the county meeting has been cancelled, and notice will be given later. Every breeder can learn something by going to Corvallis to the state meeting. Let's all go! Hobo: "Would you give me a free glass of beer if I told you how you could sell a lot more?" Barkeep: "Sure." And he set up the drink. Hobo (after drinking the beer, and getting vithin scooting dis tance of the door): "Fill the glasses fuller." Sheepmen: Attention! Some man in the sheep busi ness has a swell chance to get something at a bargain price. Most sheepraisers don't figger on feeding till next January. But it's getting dry now, and some cheap feed might produce a lot of extra profit. Never hurts sheep to feed 'em, any way. NOW. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! 100 TONS good grain screenings, $25.00 a ton. You can't lose on that. We need it, but we need the room more. 'At's whv we're giving it awav. HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! I The school-marm was trying to get the little dumb-bunnies to 'savvy what "slowly" meant. I Tried Illustrating it b walking slowly across the floor. Then asked: "Now, how did I walk?" Little Tommy, from his usual I post at the foot of the class, hol lered out: "Bow-legged!" i . . . Bill: "Jack got poisoned eat ing chicken." j Jill: "Croquette?" I Bill: "Not yet, but he's pretty sick." Blowouts or Pickouts Makes absolutely no differ ence which side of the question you argue. When a fine pullet dies from either, it is a serious loss, and hurts like the dickens. 1 Prevent most of the death loss from this trouble with either pick specks, or electric debeak ers. Either does a good Job. but some folks like one, and others i the other. We do too, so we have both.
