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t Tke News-Review, rUsoaurf. Ore. Men., Seat. H, 1949 Crested Wheat Still Top Grass If Rainfall Is Low . Created wheatgrasa la atill the beat grass for seeding in dryland range areaa with leas than 12 Inches of annual rainfall. That conclusion was reaffirm ed recently by E. R. Jackman, O. S. C. extension farm crops specialist, as a result of a survey made on 23 "desert" farms In the Fort Rock area of Lake coun ty. Rainfall in the area averagea about 10 Inches. Flourishing stands of crested wheatgrasa were viewed, many of which have been In existence lor almost 20 years. FUMIGATION (State Licensed) (Cyanemid (mi) Aaerevee' method of U. S. Dept. Agriculture HOMES MILLS HOTILS BUILDINGS APARTMENTS Cyanamle' Oaa la elaan, fast, odorless and economical. It will also destroy any ana1 all EGO LIFE. Wo also hava on hand Cyanogaa far Gophers, Rats, Ante or any other Rodents that you may wish destroyed. See u for an estimate All work guaranteed ROSEBURG FEED & SEED CO. Oak and Sprueo Sta. The largest LMaeoase com pany la Douglas county, and Ion ft established here - are taking orderi now for Cat grading, tilling, lawna, rock trios, spraying, barnyard fer tilizers, tree surgery of all klnda, and plantings. 40 year of Horticultural success is your assurance ef top quality work. Give your home the best. " N Job To Small or Too Lorg$ Jack May Landscape Co. 1350 Horrison St. Phone 452-J Vol. XI, No. 3 New Come the Results. Despite the fact that every state In the Union has an experi ment station to try things out for the taxpayers at taxpayers' expense every poultryman wants to do a little experimenting on his own. We are no exception to the rule. Many feed companies ask our customers to try out an experi ment comparing our feed with theirs. This experiment has been tried so many times, and Invari ably with the same results, that It la becoming Increasingly diffi cult for competing salesmen to convince regular customers of the Douglas Flour Mill that there is any darn use trying it again. We hesitate to ask anybody to set up an experiment at their own expense and trouble, to prove things that will benefit only us. But we are happy w hen anyone, regardless of what feed he has been using, decides to give some other feed a ride, comparing with UMPQUA FEhDS, or some other home made feed In some other locality. We have some results on such experlmenls reported to us. which we would like to pass on. In view of the short margin likely to develop on turkeys this year. One turkey grower In Douglas County compared a community mixer feed, (not I'MPQL'Al, with a nationally sold and ad vertised feed. The grower quit the experiment at the end of 8 weeks, allcr determining that the nationally advertised feed had produced an extra two ounces weight per bird, at an extra cost of above a dollar. A broiler raiser Is doing the same, using a different commu nity feed, mot I'MPQUA I, with a different nationally advertised broiler ration. At last reports, the local feed had given slightly better weights at six weeks, and the difference In cost w-as more than a dollar a sack. One of our local customer fryer men agreed to try a "fat tener" feed made by a comjvtlng company at considerable higher price, compared to our "Hl-LO" broiler feed. The fattener was guaranteed" to produce much rapider gains than "the feed you are using." Leaving one pen of weighed birds on HI-LO, another similar pen was put on the high powered "fattener." After 16 days, (the time sug gested hy the competing sales man), the birds on HI-LO had gained more than twice as much as the pen on the high priced, high-power feed. This again proves what we have always told you. That you can't gauge the quality of ANY ARTICLE; feed, food, or what The survey wu made by Jark man In cooperation with ranch era R. A. Long and Roy More house, both ol Fort Rock. Some ol the anawera local ranchera de aired were: Why are aome creat ed wheaigrass fields free of aage and rabbit brush; othera badly encroached upon? Stock relish aome fields: why do they aeem to avoid othera? how much feed doea crested wheatgrasa furnish in comparison with adjacent un seeded landa that were once plow- ea . What kind of stand la best a BARNS FEED HOUSES GRAIN HOUSES POULTRY HOUSES BROODER HOUSES Rhone 374 Uncle Hank Says MOW FOLKS WOULD SET ALONG BtTTlB W DO VIS3 WOP.RIN' AN' MOM -IHINtON. have you, by Its price-mark. If we could Increase the efficiency of L'MPQl'A FF.EPS by raising the price, we wouldn't be selling you feed at the lowest dollar cost, and at the same time the highest value per dollar in the County. iP. S. We will gladly furnish you the names and feeds men tioned In the above. If you care to come In.) But. why should you, when vou already know- that I'MPQUA FK.F.PS are so good that we sell them wilh a euaran- jtee that they must satisfy vou, i or your money will be cheerfully retunnen. Classified Dept. FOR SALE: Windmill Crass feeders. It's time to seed down I vour pastures, after all these J fine early fall rains. These Wind mill Seeders do an excellent Job. I HAVK YOU SOLVED your egg cleaning problems for the j w inter? We have the niftiest egg cleaner you ever saw. No hand work, just put the Mirty egg in one eno 01 the machine, and it conies back clean. Come In and see this machine work. WORM PILLS. Your pullets can't make money If they use their feed for nourishing worms, (".et P N. Ledcrle tablets, or use our Wormer Mash, containing P. N. Lederle Worm Powder. Ef ficient and economical. Little Tad: Are you my Aimtier Kninlater? Yes. dear on vnnr father s side. ' " I Utile Tad: Well. I can tell vou : right now, that's the wrong side to be on in this family. Another Money Saver. To fatten those turkey toms off quick and cheap, get them Tl Rarisla HttrricwM Take Heavy Toll Of Farms ' MIAMI, Fla. IJPT The hurri cane which swept through Flori da and Into Georgia and the Caro linaa August 2B-27 caused crop and property damage estimated at $52,350,000, a report showed. Grady Norton, chief atorm fore caster at Miami, said in his re port to the U. S. Weather Bu reau at Washington that the hur ricane killed two men, injured 133 persons and caused $5,000, 000 damage in Florida alone. He said the hurricane also kill ed 300 hogs, 112 head of cattle and 2,000 chickens. SCAREPIGEON SAID TO WORK BENTON, III. t.f la your town trying to rid downtown buildings of pesky pigeons or oth er fowl? Some have tried metal owls, trapa and loud "boos." But two Benton men believe they've solved it an easy wpy. When officials refused to permit killing the pigeons, they took a leaf from Mr. Farmer's book. A few pieces of wood, a hat and pair of white overalls made a "Scare-pigeon" which waves menacingly from atop their building. They claim it works. thlrk stand with small clumps, ar a thin stand with large clumps? From his observations. Jack man says a poor stand of crest ed wheatgrasa usually follows drilling on lands that have not been cleared. Thin stands allow the grass to form large clumps which are unpalatable. Crested wheatgrass atands which have been Invaded hy rab bit brush or sagebrush could be renovated by rather heavy dou ble disking. , The best use - of the grass, meanwhile, la made by pasturing heavily, then removing stock to allow regrowth. or. by using the grass heavily one year, then al lowing a complete year of recu peration. Crested wheatgrass is furnishing at least five times as much feed as adjacent native grass and sagebrush in the area surveyed. Another grass which shows considerable promise in areas with minimum rainfall Is Siber ian wheatgrass. Jackman adds, however, that no seed is avail able of this comparatively new grass. J, N. BOOR OUTBOARD MOTORS 014 Gdn Vallasr ltd. Ph. M0 J-I Johnson Sea Horse Dealer fee the on-10 wtlh Gear Ihlft and Mlla-Maalar Tank. Buy on Bank Tarma PRUDENTIAL LIFI HORACE C. tER Special Agent 111 W-st Oak Offleo 712 J Ree. ITU Sept. 19, 1949. onto UMPQUA TURKEY FAT about six weeks before sailing time. This time-tested, farm proved finisher has always put the bloom on turkeys and put on the weight earliest and fastest. Plenty of corn, plenty of pro tein, plenty of vilamlna and min erals, there Is really nothing left out that would make It better. And the price! Well, low priced turkeys call for low priced feed, and this old reliable will sell for $4.00 per bag. Can't beat it for quality and price.' a Da Pullets Lay Toe Early? Wish you could all have been at the meeting addressed hy Prof. Wilbur Cooney last week. A very interesting and profitable meeting. We will pass along one timely topic discussed by uhur, who was born and raised In Douglas County). The time of maturity is gov erned more by Inheritance than hy feeding. You can't "hold back" a flock of pullets without doing harm to them. They will start laying at 18, 20, of 24 weeks, because early maturity or late maturity was bred into them. Prof. Cooney says, "Feed them well, and let them lay." You got them to lav eggs, didn't vou? Wilbur didn't mention I'MPQUA FEEDS. But when he talked of feeding them well, we thought at once of Umpqua Developing and I'mpqua Egg Mash. The high point Prof. Cooney brought out, we thought was to gel plenty of vitamins Info the birds. And there Isn't a sacR of Ump qua Feed that doesn't carry plenty of the vitamins required i bv the animal or bird It Is made to feed. On That Bum Feed Mr. James Miller In the Mel rose district just told us about a nice record, lie bought 158 chix, they are now neatly six months old. and he still has 1V of them on Ihe Job. And how thev are laying! He feeds a little milk along with I'mpqua Feeds, and saves even n.nre. a a e Rosehurg Poultryman: "Isn't this a good hen?" Rosehurg Poultry Buyer: "Mor. ally? Possibly. Thysically. she's a wreck." e Oats It Vetch Right now, after the fine rains. It's high time to seed the hayfield for next year. And no place where you ran buy better oats A xetch seed than at the Douglas Flour Mill. We'll see you. Ryt Grass Seed More Free From Blind Seed Ills Preliminary germination tests made from the 19-19 perennial ryegrass crop show the blind seed disease control program is effectively curbing the disease, reports Dr. John R. Hardison, t'SDA plant pathologist working at the O. S. C. experiment sta tion. Judging from approximately 150 seed samples, 80 percent of this year's crop ia showing up with 90 percent germination or better. Last year, the worst year on record for blind-seed disease, only 64 percent of the seed lots rated 90 percent germination or above. Yet findings Made thua far show at least 42 percent of the fields need to be burned over again aa a disease control meas ure. Linn 'ounty la the primary district involved since most of Oregon's perennial ryegrass seed crop is grown in that county. Last year, however, 80 percent of the fields needed to be burned, ac cording to llardison's findings. Fearing that farmers will be come complacent again about the perennial ryegrass disease which effects seed germination adverse ly, Hardison ia urging all farm ers In Linn county to burn over their perennial ryegrass fields again thia fall. While germina tion percentages are up, he points out that the disease itself is still present. A year of lax control measures would be a decided set back, he believes. To those farmers replanting pe rennial ryegrass, the pathologist recommends seeding disease-free seed or seed that is at least 24 month old. Lists of disease-free approved seed lota are now in the hands of county extension agents. Fields which are badly infest ed with blind-seed disease are not safe for replanting perennial rye grass for at least two years, dur-' ing which they are devoted to oiher crops. To prevent emer gence of spore cups and dis charge of disease spores, Hardi son recommends that plowing of such infested fields be done be fore May 15. Since blind seed disease does not affect forage quality, it la of no Importance outside the seed growing area. Plowed Under Sod Gives 2 To 3 Years Protection Generally' only about two or three years protection to the soil is provided when a good grass sod is plowed under. According to J. F. Bonebrake. chairman of the Douglas County Agricultural Conservation committee, research findings indicate that after two or three years the roots have de cayed to the extent that most of their value as protection against erosion has been lost. The studies Indicate that dur- It's Only 12" and VARCLPIH TAKES ONLY z Seconds See Page 8 4 Phone 1289 for prompt, metered deliveries of Standard Heating Oils OSEBULG FUEL OIL SERVICE 343 North Jackson at Douflas a i Day Phone 128 v jiWA; i Ni'ht Pho" ,047 Y .vf.Ui ASK w Rain Aids Wtst Oreaa tut Litria Help In East PORTLAND jP Lat week's rain eased the drought in some western Oregon areas, but wasn't enough to help the dry eastern Oregon rangeland, the weather bureau reported. The weekly crop-weather sur vey said most of the spring grain harvest has been completed. Hop harvesting, however, was slow ed a bit by the rainfall: Filbert harvest started last week, ahead of the usual time. Joint Bulletin Hits Wheat Smut In Three States The Pacific Northwest's worst wheat disease smut is the sub ject of a I ri state attack by means of a regional bulletin, "Control ling Wheat Smut," prepared and issued Jointly by the experiment stations and extension services of Oregon, Washington and Ida ho. Copies are available free, Just as with state bulletins. Issued as Pacific Northwest Bulletin No. 1, the publication describes in readable form the seriousness of the smut problem, how the smut invades healthy, wheat plants, and what are the best methods of control. A list of common wheat varieties is also included showing which are re sistant to common smut and which to dwarf smut. The smut' problem was pretty well licked some 10 years ago, Inn fact only 2 percent of cars of wheat shipped in 1942 graded smutty. That was when much of the soft white wheat grown was Rex, a highly resistant variety. Millers turned thumbs down on that variety, however, and show ed favor for the Alicel-Elgin va riety which is a pushover for smut. The result Is that by 1948 14 percent of the cars graded smut ty. Experiment stations are work ing as rapidly as possible to de velop new resistant varietlea that have good milling qualities, but meanwhile extensive and careful seed treatment is necessary to prevent serious losses to grow ers, the bulletin points out. Figures are given in the bulle tin showing that 10 percent smut infection in a moderate yielding field will cause a loss to the grav er of about $6.50 per acre which could have been prevented by good seed treatment costing only 10 cents per acre. The condensed four-point pro gram advocated in the bulletin suggests the following: 1. Clean and treat all seed wheat, whether resistant or no.. 2. Plant resistant varieties of good milling quality If available. 3. If soil is too contaminated even for treated seed, use only resistant sons. i 4. Where dwarf smut is se-, vere, grow only spring wheat un- i less a resistant winter variety Is available. Ing the two or three year period the plowed under vegetable mat ter is effective, it helps hold the soil together, adds to the ability of the soil to soak up water, pro mts the soil structure from breaking down and when the roots decay, they add to the fer tility of the soil. Mr. Bonebrake explains that kind of soil, condition of the soil, temperature, rainfall water ami the velocity of winds have much to do with the rate of decay and amount of erosion. While In gen eral plowed under sod offers ero sion protection for two or three years, there are conditions where the period is reduced to one year or less. Some soils may become an erosion hazard the first year they are broken out of grass, which means that they should not be plowed. This whole problem becomes of increasing importance, the chairman explains, now that farmers are again facing the need for reducing the acreage of tilled crops, providing a real op portunity to get land most suscep tible to erosion back into grass. Not only will the grass protect the land but It will build reserves for future cropping if and when necessary. US ABOUT OIL HEAT Turkey Breeders To See Research Progress At OSC A conducted tour of the new O. S. C. turkey farm and experi mental brooder house Is among features programmed for the 10th annual meeting of the Oregon Turkey Improvement association to be held on the state college campus in Corvallis on Tuesday, September 20, Noel Bennion, O. S. C. extension poultry specialist urer, has announced. Starting at 9 a.m. standaid time, the morning and early aft ernoon program will be carried out in the Memorial Union build ing. The association's annual banquet will be held at the Cor vallis Country club, starting at 6:30 p.m. Marshall Dana, editorial page director, the Oregon Journal, Portland, will be featured ban quet speaker, and will discuss his recent trip abroad. During the morning session Dr. J. A. Harper, who heads the tur key research work In the O.S.C. experiment station will review work underway. He will also lead the tour to the turkey farm and brooder house In the afternoon. In conjunction with the tour, it ia also planned to conduct a dem onstration on selecting breeders and drawing blood samples for pullorum testing. Association president W. T. Cuerts, Portland, has placed pro gram arrangements in the hands of Price Schroeder, Milwaukie; Paul McDowell, Sherwood; and Bennion. The committee has announced that a panel discussion on pro ducing and selling turkey hatch ing eggs win also De a part ol the program. Poultry Geneticist Dr. Paul Bernier of the O.S.C poultry department will discuss turkey improvement through Dreeaing. Market prospects for the ap proaching market season will be discussed by C. W. Norton, Northwest Poultry and Dairy Products Company, Portland. President Guerts will also make a report on the National Turkey ieaeraiion. ... if You'll handle) smaTT-farm (toe ing job in a brooso wilh ths Pony and No. 40 Disc Harrow. Th No. 40 hat a hoary OTorhoad homo dstign for groator strength long lif. pise Blade aro mounted on husky boaring. Tho Drawbar attach! wall forward on tho trac tor .. . holds gangs to thlr work. Ton discs Moot cut Confer tooth attachmsnt avafiabls. Roseburg Grange Supply VOUI MASStr-HAI I I S BfALIt You can whs on I a I fill i Prizes 25 tfew fixes -n. fsm cm w yr- m ' - 0h, a4 Who. SMol mm Oaaral ". MWieeW oo ad -Mok P"y SaaK. foe Irvct M 'as 1 t aVs m W (UV US. xSammgsBcwcs v- UX&m$S OCMC& LOCKWOOD MOTORS Rase Oak eBOf,. ( INTER Aerie) War Is PlannaeJ Against Spruct Budworm PORTLAND .P Aerial war plans against the spruce bud worm are in the making. Eastern Oregon seemed certain to be the principal battleground next year. Foresters met here to draw up plana for 1950 spraying of Infest ed areas. They said 2.232.250 ac res alreadv have been infested with 865.000 In drastic need of spraying. The timber involved is worth $32,980,000, they estimated. Most of the infestation is in Oregon. Speakers said the budworm, besides destroying timber, Is a fire hazard and threatens the wa ter resources of Pendleton. Wal la Walla, Baker, Milton-freewa ter and other Blue mountain com munities. SILO SEAL DEVELOPED To prevent exposed silage from spoiling, a rubber company has developed a circular sheet and a tube of plastic material to seal the silo top when silage is not being removed, -reports M. G. Hu ber, O. S. C. extension agricul tural engineer. When filling is completed, the sheet is laid across the top of the silage. The tube, which fits snugly against the silo walls, is filled with wa ter to make an air tight seal, FEED -FEED -FEED FEED QUALITY AND PRICES ARE RIGHT FREE FIELD SERVICE FOR FEED SEED OR REMEDIES Wo now have a complete stock of hay Roseburg Feed & Seed Co. DISTRIBUTORS H I Centennial Feeds and Centennial Flour Oak and Spruce Sta. Phono 374 CARTER TIRE CO. Formerly Hansen Motors Tire Department MOVED To New Location 444 N. STEPHENS Formerly Occupied By Umpqua Auta A Implement Your Goodyear Car and Home Supply Dealer I MM.""" -mm of t4ts .Fraa Car Satan eaatt. Ftaa Sttarf Umvm aaa Fraa tarry Staah. a km ( Vm rmty alRraai vmww. rare Dralarahip eaplanDC Tlraa. ' ra.tatf Oaa la I I tMtar Orty Modal a.) y. body, 15S-K (O PrtM w txatesi am entry blank. wiH bs awardoej M toM fern o atsrtnty, nciaaittir svni stneatm. Judfa' eWinxxM ttf Onai. Pupils Bnsea m - al . 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