6 Th Nw-Rlw, ReMburg, Ort. Men., Spt. 12, 1949
FARM and GARDEN NEWS
Peak Harvests
Aid Employment
In Oregon Area
Unemployment hai been I n -creasing
along the coast and In
eastern Oregon but peak harvest
operation! In the interior valleys
resulted in an over-all decline of
5,000 during August, the Oregon
Slale Employment Service re
ported today. The total of 35.900.
however, wai 15,600 or 76.8 per
cent more than on Sept. 1, 1948.
Wit h food processing, con
struction, lumber and logging at
their highest level of the year
and with hops, late fruits and
vegetables being gathered, local
offices expect little change in the
employment picture for the next
few weeks. Seasonal declines
starting In October, however pro
bably will extend for several
months.
In the Portland area (Including
Hlllshorol 19,000 were reported
out of work as compared with
21,400 a month ago and 14.000
last year. The Salem office, cen
ter of food processing, hops and
beans, reported the biggest Aug
ust drop in unemployment 2.150
to 750 while decreases also
came from Albany, Oregon City,
Corvallis, Eugene, Grants Pass,
Lebanon, McMlnvllle, Medford
and Roseburg.
Kour'coastal offices reported
4.075 without Jobs, comparing
Corn Crop Estimate Is
Second Largest On Record
758,000; 9,422,000 and 10,145,000.
WASHINGTON (Pi The
agriculture department es
timated this year's corn crop at
3,525,741,000 bushels the second
largest on record.
Wheat production was put at
1,129,081,000 bushels, the fourth
largest ever grown.
The corn estimate is 12.516.000 :947.000.
bushels less than the 3,538,257,000-1 Pears, 35,505.000 bushels: 34
bushel forecast a month ago. lt;208,000: 26.334.000 and 30.832.000.
compares with last year's record ; Aphcats, 216.000 tons; 216,000'
of 3,650,548.000 bushels and with 247,000 and 227,000.
Hops, 49.621,000 ooi'nds: 48..
865,000; 49.819.000 and 44.146,000.
Apples (commercial I 129,423,-
uuu ousneis; m.k&.,wo; 88,407,
OW and 111,114,000.
Peaches. 75,729.000 bushels:
73,063.000; 65,352,000 and 68,
Turkey Brooder, To HtarjQutlook Circular
uana at Annual Meeting
Marshall Dana, editorial page
editor of the Oregon Journal, will
be banquet speaker at the annual
with 3.770 a month ago, while ten I the ten-year 1 1938-47) average of I Production of
eastern Oregon areas had 3,440 i 2,787,628.000 bushels.
BRING YOUR
CAR WITH
Confidence
to
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501 Fullerton St. Ph. 1025-J
OPEN SUNDAYS!
8 to 6 daily Including Sunday
Complete engine and body
repair on anything with
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Guaranteed work . . .
guaranteed estimate
unempioyea againsi o.iuo on Aug- ine new corn Itgure did not!par,.,j wjt, 4 334 000 000 in Julv
u' ' ... . change the possibility of govern- j 5,906,000,000 In August last year
Because of the new mid year ment controls of some sort next ann U7irwini . ,u.
benefit period and the transfer of I year aimed at preventing c- avernye. ' ' '
limn; vririain nuni 111c icurini ji.uiiiutauuii ui a nvrsiutA lt,--u-
nroeram. continued claims filed grain surplus. However, no de-
against the state were higher icision on controls is expected for
than since late April, but a slight
drop occurred during the las
week of August. Local offices re
ported 17,946. continued claims
during the week preceding Labor
Day as compared wltn lb.4.u a
month before and 4.197 last year.
Initial claims also remained high
with 2,827 persons Indicating a
new period of unemployment.
Icebergs are- not all frosty
white. Strata of deep-blue Ice are
scattered through most of them.
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 i Centennial Feed and Cantannlal Flour
Oak and Sprue St. Phen 374
another month or so.
Less Than Forecast
The wheat estimate is 2,749.000
bushels less than the 1,131,830,000
bushel forecast a month ago. It
compares with 1,288,406.000 pro
duced last year and 991,950,000
for the ten-year average.
The estimate of winter wheat
was unchanged from 894,874,000
bushels forecast a month ago. It
compare with 990,098,000 last
year and 726,553,000 for the ten-
year average.
All spring wheat wa Dut at
234,207,000 bushels, or 2,749,000
meeting of the Oregon Turkey
improvement association In Coi'
vallis, Septerrber 20, It has been
announced by Association Presi
dent W. T. Guerls, Portland, and
Noel Bennlon, O. S. C. extension
poultry specialist, and secretary.
ine one-aay program will in
clude a review of turkey research
work at O.S.C., which wfll be
followed by a tour of the expert-
ment station turkey farm and
brooder house.
During the banquet at the new
lorvauis country club, Dana will
discuss his recent trip through
Europe and the Near East. An
other speaker will be C. W. Nor
ton. Northwest Poultry and Dalrv
Yield Indicated I Products Co moan v. Portland.
T.ie indicated yield per acre wno wil1 apeak on turkey market
and production, respectively, of prospects.
major crops by important-pro- Program committee for the
duclng states includes: forthcoming meeting is compos-
Spring wheat other than led of Price Schroeder, Milwau
durum: I kie, chairman; Paul McDowell,
iurm iaKoia. n.u pusneis per I Sherwood, and Bennlon.
pRBs in August
was reported at 3.853,000,000 com
acres
bushels; Washington, 16.5 and
9,570,000.
Barley:
North Dakota, 15.0 bushels per
acre and production, 27,720,000
bushels: Oregon. 32.0 and 9.
952,000. i
Hops:
Washington, 1.650 pounds
Highest And Low
Support Price
Estimates Made
nusneis less than 2.K.9..000 'ner acre and nmHnrfinn 91905.
uuaut-ia iu.-.ai mumn ago. mw pounds; Oregon 920 and 13,
compare with tfia.JOH.ooo pro- 616,000; California and 14-
for the ten-year average.
Durum wheat was estimated at
40,472,000 bushels, compared with
42,278,000 a month ago. 44,742,000
: last year and 36,256,000 for the
ten-year average.
i Other spring wheat was re
ported at 193,735,000 bushels,
compared with 194.678.000 a
mo th ago, 253,566,000 last year
and 229,141,000 for the ten-year
average.
Ten Ytar Averagt
ine indicated production of
other crops compared with a
month ago, last year and the ten
year average, respectively. In
cluded: Potatoes 363.061,000 bushels;
362.534,000 ; 445,850,000 and 393,
403,000. Sugar beets, 9,865,000 tons; 9,-
Vol. XI, No. 3i.
Sept. 12, 1949.
Our Most Valuable Crop
Many smarter men than Ye
Editor have mentioned that the
moat valuable crop produced in
the United State Is our crop
of children. Anyway, Ye Editor
agree with this sentiment.
We think, from the looks of
things since school started last
week, that it Is also the most
productive crop. Never saw so
many kids In our life. Not even
on an angora goat farm.
These kids that are going to
school now will be running this
Guvment In just a few years.
Klggering some way to keep us
old fuddy-duddies happy and con
tented, and oft the relief rolls.
So let's be sure we protect them,
so they'll all be here to help
figger things out.
We can't help but notice that,
a a general rule, these kids are
much more careful about obey
ing traffic rules than we grown
ups. Still, they are full of life,
and low In experience. Some
times they become thoughtless.
Sometimes they run Into an In
tersection, or Into the roads in
play, and even In daredcviltry.
Le' use every precaution, ob
serve every traffic law, and
make up a few of our own, to
keep from ruining the life of any
single one of these youngsters.
We can't be too careful.
We have seen drivers try to
"beat the lights" on Intersections
that are crowded with kids.
After all, when the light ohanges,
the kids have the right of way,
and will usually take It, expect
ing that drivers will respect the
rule. How easy It would be to
kill or malm for life two or
three little fellows, lust to save
a few seconds in "beating the
light." Would time be worth that
much to any one of us
Le remember the new one
Unci Hank Soy
TH' HARDEST PART
ABOUT" MOST JOSS I
TH THINKIN ABOUT
GCTTIN STARTED.
Don't Mi Thil One! '
If you make your living, or
only your pin money from chick
ens, he sure to attend the meet
ing of the DOIKILAS COUNTY
POULTRY BREEDERS ASSO
CIATION Thursday, Sept. 15th.
at the K. of P. Hall,' in Roseburg,
at 1:30 p.m.
The last monthly meeting of
the association was postponed
for one month, due to conflict In
dates with the State Improve
ment Ass'n. at Corvallis. Thurs
day will be the regular Septem
ber meeting.
A Winter Problem
Winter' coming! B-r-r-r-r!
With wet litter; with dirty eggs;
with worn finger nails from
huffing egg with sandpaper.
You can beat that, save finger
nails, time, energy, and still
have No. 1, Grade A eggs. Come
In and let the boys at the Mill
demonstrate our new egg wash
ing machine. It's revolutionary;
it wonderful; it' cheap!
Another Winter Problem
This one begin In the fall,
and sometimes earlier. Canni
balism. What causes it? Who
knows? What cures It? Every
body know. Get a debeaker at
the Klour Mill. We don't find
that riebeaklng with an electric
deheaker has much bad effect
on production. At least. It's much
hetter than having a few nice
pullets eaten alive.
Dog Like Eoti, Too
No matter If your dog answer
to the name of Rover, Shep,
Tippy, Sklppy, Laddie, or w hat
ever, he will sure come when
you say "hupermeat Dogfood."
It completely balanced, palata
ble, and cheap. Whv worry about
the high price of soup bones,
when the Flour Mill has "Super
meat." Also canned dog food that
Wilbur Cooney has promised ! iV, i. '
iu mini us nun a tain on nutri
tion. There is no more Important
angle In the poultry business
than NUTRITION. The business
Is based on It. Professor Cooney,
la native on of Iwglas County
; Is easily one of the best. If not
' the best qualified man In the
Apple (commercial) (produc
tion only):
Washington, 31.450,000 bushels;
Oregon 2,870,000; California, 9,
296.000. Peaches (production only):
Colorado, 2.109.000 bushels;
Washington. 2.772.000: California.
35.795,000.
Pears (production only):
Washington. 7.638.000 bushels:
Oregon. 5,718,000: California. 15..
335,000.
Potatoes:
North Dakota, "50 bushels per
WASHINGTON -& Govern
ment experts came up with some
estimates of the highest and low
est price support that could be
applicable on farm crop next
year, if the so-called Anderson
compromise farm bill becomes
law.
However, even these figures
cannot be accurate because the
actual support level will depend
on the parity indice computed
at the time price supports are an-
nouncea on ine Dasis of the prices
of things farmers buy.
Computed on the basis of the
parity indices as of July 15. 1949,
the government experts estimat
ed the highest and lowest support
icvcia iur ine various croDs as
On Fall Crops Is
Published By OSC
The outlook for cover crop
seeds is favorable but only part
of Oregon' 200,000 excess wheat
acres can be planted to peas,
vetch, and ryegrass, according
to the agricultural situation and
outlook report on fall-sown crop
Just Issued by Oregon State col
lege extension service.
The report state that larger
uppliea of cover crop seeds next
season are likely to bring lower
prices, but returns compared to
other crop should continue fa
vorable if the shift in plantings
is no greater than now seems
probable. Copies of this report
may be obtained from county ex
tension offices.
The government wheat
Chemical Wash Success In Reducing Pear Rots
Use of a chemical wash com
posed of chloro-2-phenylphenate
(sold under the commercial name
of Dowicide C) has materially
reduced the amount of gray rot
in the storage of Anjou pears in
commercial test conducted oy
the Oregon experiment station in
the past two year.
Reault of these tests, together
with directions and precautions
in using ine cnemicai wasn are
given in a new mimeograpnea
circular of information, "Reduc-
ago wool and milk sold at retail.
The general level of other farm
products was well below last
year. ,
Nationally, crop prices dropped
to the lowest point since 1941.
The parity ratio was 101 per
pro-1 cent just the same as the
acre and production. 16.350.000 lollows
bushels: Washtneton. 270 and 9.. i Wheat S1.84 a bushel nrt i 79-
450.000; Oregon, 245 and 10,- corn $1.35 and $1.12; cotton $0,455
535,000. .' land $0.43; butterfat 0.65 a nounri
and $0,542: milk wholesale 4f7
Commodity Credit Make. ' 8 hundrlweight and $3.39; Irish
v-vrnmuairy wre"' 1 potatoes $1.53 a bushel and $1.02;
nucje rurcnase ui w near , luu ul a ton and 561.80;
PORTLAND (Pi The nnr.
chase by the commodity credit
corporation of 365,000 bushels of
wheat largest single day's .pur
chase by the government here
this year was reported Thurs-
uay.
The CCC bought the wheat at
the prevailing price of $2.13 a
bushel.
The government agency an
nounced it would no longer ac
cept wheat shipment on Satur
days, because of the railroads'
new five day week.
Aids For Singing Groups
Composed By OSC Leader
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
A four-page printed folder of
"Choral Tuneups" composed oy
Robert B. Walls, head of the mu
sic department here, and Alva
A. Beecher. University of Flori
da, has Just been published by
the Paul A. Schmitt Music com
pany of Minneapolis.
The two authors of these aids
to high school and college choral
conductors were formerly asso
ciated at University of Idaho and
have since used the series of 10
exercise with their student
groups In mimeographed form.
A "scout" for the music company
saw them and arranged to have
them published for general dis
tribution. So far as known noth
ing like'them has been published
except as part of books.
mohair $0.61 a Dound and X0407-
and wool $0,457 a pound (top and
bottom).
Support are based on many
condition under the legislation.
For other crop than those listed
the Secretary of Agriculture
would have wide discretion in te
termining the support levels, if
there are any support for other
crons at all.
The House has passed a bill
continuing the present price sup
port program virtually as is. The
ultimate law probably will be a
compromise between the House
bill and the Senate measure that
is authored by Senator Anderson
id nmi, former Secretary of Agriculture.
gram call for planting about month that the
200.000 acre less than sown the entered the war.
past season. Carryover of wheat ZZ
has increased and demand is de
creasing. Oregon farmers will
probably find pasture seedings
to be the best use of around
150,000 acres of wheat land.
Not more than a fourth of Ore
gon' excess wheat acreage is in
parts of the date suited to grow
ing cover crop seeds. Most of this
acreage would be occupied by in
creases of 15 to 20 percent over
the 1949 acreage of peas, vetch,
and ryegrass. Vetch and ryegrass
are promising lor western Ore
gon while Austrian pea may be
grown in sections of eastern Ore
gon. The feed grain supply is large
and is likely to continue large if
weather la favorable again next
spring. On the other hand, hay
is short this year in some areas
although adequate nationally. ;
United States
tion of Pear Rot In Oregon by
Use of a Chemical Wash." Au
thors are J. R. Kienholz, federal
pathologist at Hood River branch
station; R. H. Robinson, agricul
tural chemist at O.S.C., and E. S.
D e g m a n. superintendent of
Southern Oregon branch experi
ment station.
While use of thin .wash is lot
a cure all to take the place of
good orchard and' packing house
sanitation, it will, If properly
used, greatly reduce some type
of rots and thus save expensive
repacking charge, the author
say.
PRUDENTIAL LIFI
Insurance
HORACE C. IER0
Special Agent
111 W'st Oak
Office 712-J Res. S71-J
Livestock Exhibits
Need Showmanship
DES M O I N E S (JP W. V.
Smolek, extension animal hus
bandman at Iowa State college,
says good showmanship is im
portant in showing livestock at
fairs. A good animal, not prop
erly groomed or trained, he says,
mav receive a lower placing tnan
it Justly deserves.
He advises that training and
grooming be started everal
weeks before the show. Hogs
should be washed and brushed
dally for a week to tame them
for the ring.
Oregon Farmers Received
Less For August Crops
PORTLAND. CP) Oreunn
farmer received less money for
their products during the month
ending Aug. 15, the federal crop
repornng service saia.
Only two items in the price In
dex, stayed steady with a year
ART WEEK LEADERS NAMED
OREGON STATE COLLEGE--For
the second consecutive year
Mrs. Richard Hanson, Corvallis
artist, and Gordon W. Gilkey,
head of the art department here,
have been selected as loint state
directors of National Art week in
Oregon by Mrs; Helen Capen
Oehler, national director. Plans
for the observance November 1
to 7 will be announced later.
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OLD GROWTH FIR
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WESTERN BATTERY
SEPARATOR
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CONCRETE WORK:
Tti MIXIT Is ptlMt lot "ill
titchu ! encrttt. D Twa '
own rcplirl ... or bnUdin. Tho
MIXIT doM tho to oool7.
quickly one? ily. Ho compli
cated nwebooitm. ,
for MIXING
FEEDS:
Mil" itoct food, iairr tood.
cratch foods, poultry food. Bo
(ttda, atc simply and thoroagn
Ir Th. MIXIT la portablo. and
Uia dumpins lvr makt Chora
llfht.
BUY WHERE YOU SHARE
IN THE EARNINGS
Douglas County '
FARM BUREAU
COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE
ROSEBURG, OREGON
Phone 98
Located W. Washington St
and S. P. R. R. Track
th.t At I. drivk-r m,,.t m '"""" tiisi-uss mis impor- " ...uins.
to a complete stop w hen a school
bus Is discharging pupils. Our
time isn't too valuable to observe
this law. Le' not try to "bluff"
the kid doing traffic duty on
school cross walks. They are In
the right, even though they
aren't as big as we are. I.ei
treat them as the equals they
really are.
If we are in a heck of a weat
to get some place, le's start three
minutes earlier, rather than take
chances on bumping some school
kid off by "cheating the lights."
or speeding through streets lined
with America's most valuable
crop, OUR KIDS.
0 0 0
Teacher: Is It correct to say
You have et ?"
Tommy: No. It's wrong.
Teacher: What's
It !
Tommy: Because I ain't et yet.
That's rlcht. and ll'a aim rlnhl
io say iou can rav more, hut 1 "Trv oottln' a hnv fvUnH ...
you can't buy better feed." I time! '
taut subject. The noultrymen of
Douglas County are extremely
lucky to he able to get the bene
fit of Professor Cooney know
how. Why don't we all make a
strenuous effort to come to this
meeting. It will profit anybody
even remotely Interested in the
poultry business, and will en
courage the association In ef
forts to get good speaker for
future meetings'.
From a purely selfish point of
view, you simply can't afford to
miss this m-etlng. Remember
(he date. Thursday. Sept. 15. 1:30
p.m.. at the K. of P. Hall In
Roseburg. next door to Lock
wood Ford Garage.
I
The grammar class was re.
citing. Teacher wrote this en-1 ""Pport. I have also decided to
give ner .xi.uu a month ali
mony." New Grass-widower: "That's
swell. Judge. And I'll trv to chip
in a roupla buck once in awhile
myself."
Prevent That Slump .
Keep those pullet lavln? nrl
gaining weight. I.oss of weight
will siart a trend towards lower
production, and eventually a fall
molt, with lost profits. Keep
their appetites keen with VV.K-
K1.I-.S l UMiKNSKP WHEY
WITH RIHOl.AC. If different
than other condensed milk prod
ucts. Better too. Something about
the way It Is fermented. We
don't know what It Is. but we do
know that your birds will re
spond to It.
Milk products aid digestion
and assimilation of other nutri
ent. PEEBLES has all the aids,
and all the Vitamin fresh milk
contains, and sells so cheap. And
with wet weather coming on.
why not protect your turkeva
with TEERI.ES too. Might even
help keep the bird resistant to
"mud fever."
Judge: "Sir. I have given vour
wife a divorce on grounds of non-
tence on the blackboard: "I
dldn t have no fun at the beach."
"Johnny," she asked, "how
should I correct that'
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