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8 The Newt-Review, Rosebjrg, Or Men., Oct. 10, 1949
gff' FARM and GARDEN NEWS jg
Tractor Maintenance Clinic
For Oregon 4-H Club Leaders
Set At Oregon State College
Plant for a three-day tractor maintenance clinic for Oregon
4-H club leaden to be held on the O. S. C. campus, October 31
and November 1 and 2, hat been announced by L. J. Allen, it ate
4-H club leader.
The clinic li to he held In pre
paration for including a tractor
maintenance project in the Ore
gon 4-H club program starting
with the 1930 club year. On a
national basis, Allen states, the
4-H tractor maintenance project
'nan been carried on over a six
vear period. Next year, however,
It will be new in (ive. western
Phont
400
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States.
Regional project sponsnn is the
General Petroleum corporation,
Los Angeles. e
On a regional basis, the pro
ject was inaugurated recently at
bavls, Cal., when a two -day
meeting was held for 4 H club
leaders from Oregon, Washing
ton, California, Nevada, and Ari
zona. Cal Monroe, state exten
sion agent, and M. G. Huber,
extension agricultural engineer,
attended from Oregon.
There are approximately 38,
000 wheel and crawler type trac
tor on Oregon farms, Huber re
ports, plus an additional 11,000
smaller garder tractors. Purpose
of the new project is to teach
club members proper servicing
and adjustment technique. For
example, Huber estimates that
10 to 15 percent of tractor gas
is wasted through Improper car
buretor adlustments.
It is not contemplated to at-
FEED -FEED -FEED
FEED QUALITY AND PRICES ARE RIGHT
FREE FIELD SERVICE
FOR FEED SEED OR REMEDIES
Wt now have a complete
stock of hay
Roseburg Feed & Seed Co.
DISTRIBUTORS
H I Centennial Feed antf Centennial Flour
Oak and Spruce Stt. Phone 374
Oregon Milk Production
Shows Decline In August
PORTLAND, Oct. 10 P
Oregon's milk cows produced an
estimated 133 million pounds In
August, a seasonal per cent
drop from July but 3 per cent
higher than August a year ago,
the Department of Agriculture
reported.
Although the number of cows
on Oregon farms is near the low
for the 18 years recods have
been kept, the output per cow
has been high, the report said.
Mutton Prices; Consumption
Lowest Since Colonial Days
By OVID A. MARTIN
, WASHINGTON (JP) Unless more "Little Boy Blues" start
watching the sheep, Americans may go to the butcher shop one
of these days and find there Is no such thing any more as lamb chops
and mutton.
A shortage of sheep herders already has pulled supplies of
lamb and mutton down to the point where consumption is per
haps the smallest since early colonial days.
This situation is shown up In
Recommended As Pastures Decline
T"nZ? Shortage Of Herders BoOSh greased Protein For Dairy Cows
PULLMAN, Wash. UP) Cattle
herds in California and the three
Pacific Northwest states were the
best butterfat producers during
1948, Washington State college of
ficials said.
Reports compiled by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture show
California placed first, Washing
ton second, and Oregon and Ida
ho were third and fourth. The
records were listed in state dairy
herd Improvement association
tests.
California cows on test yielded
an average of 395 pounds of but
terfat. Washington had an aver
age of 378 pounds per cow.
tempt a major tractor overhaul
or repair program.
The project sponsor, the Gen
eral Petroleum corporation, will
provide leaders and club mem-
! beiu with instruction kits through
the extension service, and will
also award annual medals to
county contest winners. T o the
outstanding project member in
i the state each year, the corpor
i ation will award a trip to Na
tional 4-H club Congress in Chi
cago.
Clinic plans call for an atten
dance of 25 to 30 leaders, Allen
concludes.
The News-Review Classified
Ads bring best results. Phone
100.
the relatively high prices of lamb
cuts these days.
What's resnonsiMe for the
shortage of sheep herders? The
agriculture department said in
a report today that better op
portunities in other types of
farming and in industry are lur
ing sheep men from their "lone
some and often low-paying oc
cupation." The cold facts show that out
put of lamb and mutton meat
has declined from 1.104.000,000
pounds in 1943 to $600,000,000
pounds this vear. There were
only 32.000.000 head of sheep and
lambs on farms the first of this
year. In 1KH7, the first year of
annual records, and when the as
tion's population was only one
fourth its present size, there were
46.000,000 head.
What's the outlook for sheep
in the future?
Not good, the department said:
"With the wealth of resources
in In this country and generally
high rewards to labor, it is like
ly." the department said, "that
sheep herders will remain com
paratively scarce except in times
of economic depression."
Sheep raising started as a
frontier occupation. It followed
the advance of the frontier, push
ing westward from the Atlantic,
ano later eastward irom tner'a
cific. Its movement was general
ly into lands that were less well
adapted to other types of farm
ing.
Since there are no more fron-
tlers-and land must bring its
highest possible financial return
the future of sheep raising is
not nrignt, tne department said.
Now that pastures are slacken
ing off it may be necessary to
Increase the protein percentage
in dairy feed grains unless first
quality alfalfa hav or ample le
gume suage is avananie, Is tne
timely reminder from H. P.
Ewalt, O.S.C. extension dairy
specialist.
Dairymen can frequently save
money on their protein needs thU
time of year, he says, by check
ing mill run prices when thev
the
has
Mixture Of Grass And Legume Best
Adapted For Winter Cover Crops
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Vol. XI, No. 3
Oct. 10, 1949
At Usual
The producers are catching It
In the neck again. At least the
producers In Oregon, who pro
duce the basic health foods
such as milk, butter, eggs, tui
Keys, etc.
How come, you sav? Well.
the Guvment is carrying on a
huge "price support program."
Everything our farmers buv in
the feed line is supported at
high levels. K'r instance, Uncle
Is timing millions nf hushes
of wheat at Portland for $2.17
bushel. In Oregon, wheat Is.
and always has been the hack
bone of poultry production.
And anv damphool knows you
can't stay In the poultry busi
ness with wheat at $2.18 a bush
el, and eggs at 35c a dnz.cn.
Of course, eggs are bringing
the producer more than 35c.
But, eggs are included in the
price support program, and 35c
is about the floor. Turkcvs are
also supported. What price? Av
erage about 31c, live. And you
can't raise 31c turx on $2.17
wheat, either. So the support
prices on what Oregon farm
ers have to sell is hardly no
ticeable.
We probably aren't very
smart. Anyway, we can't see
the logic of the Guvment sup
porting wheat at a level that
makes mllionaires out of wheat
farmers, and at the same time
crying about the high cost of
living. And urging 4lh round
wage Increases to compensate.
Which increases all cosls that
much more. And recommend
ing company financed pensions.
which the company has to add
to the cost of goods, lor ouit
and turn everything over to tne
Guvment).
And to give us further cause
for gripe, send all Ihe high
taxes we dig so deep for in
helping Europe. Five hilllim
dollars worth in one little dab.
And not the slightest sign nf
economy any place. Kven the
"Outs" In congress talk econ-
omy, then vote for huge spend- I
Ing sprees. hirn you and we i
have to dig up. at further i
higher Jiving cosls. ,
Now, reallv, do we, as pro-
duoers want support prices? It's i
getting more complicated than I
i. P. A. If you support one
thing, you must summit every- t
thing else connected witn that
thing. Which is why egg and
turkey support prices are ridi-
culous, compared with the sup
port of the stuff eggs and tur-
kevs are made of. It's all
screwy looking to us.
The Farm Bill Is now up be
fore Congress. Looks to us like
! each party is trying to buy
votes for next election by see
ing who can offer the highest
support price to the guys who
have the most votes. Why don't
we write our congressmen and
tell them, for gosh sakes, come
home.
Uncle Hank Sayi
WHEN A MAM BECOMF
SUOOENW RICH, HI USUAIW
FINDS OUT THAT Ht HAS A
LOT MORS. KIN FOLKS TViAN
DREAMtO
r v
Sheep Good Deal
Climate plays a big part In
determining what crops should
be produced In various parts of
(he world. The climate In Doug
las County Is pretty well adapt
ed to sheep raising. Climale,
coupled with our rolling hill
pastures which produce such
fine grazing.
Hut sheepmen have been ov
erlooking a good bet for many
years. One of the best sheep
men in the world was the late
George Kohlhagcn. He always
recommended feeding sheep
during late summer and early
tan.
An old saying has It that
"Well summered is half win
tered." This applies to any kind
of stock, and especially sheep.
To get a good wool crop, and a
full crop of good lambs, your
ewes must be in good shape.
Which all leads us up to the
(luestlon why in thumieratlon
don't you feed up those ewes,
and get set for a good crop of
wool and lambs. It's something
vnu can't afford not to do. Whv.
Like last spring, for example.
Eat lambs went off early at a
good price. Feeders- weil, you
know me story, don t you?
Anywav. Ihe well fed ewe is
the one which will bring you a
lamb ihat will finish early and
fai.
Feed your sheep now, and
save this washv crass until it
will do you ten limes as much
good next spring. And when we
sav feed, we can mean onlv one
thing I'MI'QUA SHEEP
CUKES. Cheapest cheep feed
Inna world!
Try This For Sue
Client: I loaned a guy $500.
Now he won t give me a re
ceipt. What can I do?
Lawver: Write and ask him
for the $1000.
Client: But It waa only J500.
Lawyer: Sure, hut he'll write
and say it was only $500. His
letter will be your receipt.
(If we had "$500, we'd buv
Umpqua Feed with it, and be
sure of getting our money back
wilh'lnt'rest.)
On That Bum Feed
Ray Strong of Sutherlln
showed us 29fi chix. the remain
der of a 300 chick lot. five
weeks old. One had died, and
three were victims of a brood
erhouse fire, which Ray luckily
discovered in time barely.
Dirty So-and-So'i
Winter has snuck up on us
early. Litter Is getting damp.
Eggs are showing results of it.
Rut, say, everybody who has
tried out our new egg washing
machines are patting them
selves on the back these davs.
They really do clean eggs,
and without damaging grades.
For $65.00 or so, you can't af
ford to hand buff eggs. The
machine will clean 750 nggs an
hour, and you can't do that
many In six hours with a buf
fer. If your time Isn't worth
anything, your fingernails
should be. Come in and ask the
hovs to demonstrate the ma
rhlne for you. We bet you'll
never clean another egg the
hard way.
You Won't Believe This!
In spite of evct-vthine. we
are going to lower the price of
feed, effective today. We don't
see how we could do It. with all
Ihe Guvment support prices.
Rut they overlooked a couple
Ingredients, and those have fell
In price, so we are taking ad
vantage, and passing the sav
ing on to you.
Most of the Unipnua feeds
which you have found so effi
cient over the years will be
down from 5 to 10c a bag. We
won't take the space to enum
erate all of them here. Rut for
one. I'MPQl'A TURKEY FAT
will drop to $390 a sack. That
will help offset that low "sup
port price" on turkeys.
Farmer: "Where you going?"
lured Man: lourtin."
Ross: "With a lantern! I nev
er carried a lantern courtin'."
H. M.: "No, and look what
you got!"
Clad we took the lantern.
Mom.)
DO YOU KNOW that there
is more I'MI'QUA FEED sold
In this territory than all other
brands combined? There's a
reason. Several. In fact. It's
more economical: It's the equal
of any. and the superior- of
most; it's a home concern, and
the management has a personal
Interest in every customer, and
a personal hope for his success.
That helps, huh?
A cover crop including a cer
eal and a legume seeded together
win provide more green mater
ial than either seeded alone and
will have added insurance
against crop failure, states Ar
thur S. King. O. S. C. soil con
servation specialist-, who adds
that winter cover crops are a
necessary part of good soil management.
The grain In the mixture pro-
vines tne most aopenaanie cover.
Legumes are sometimes killed by
extreme weather, pests or dis
ease, the specialist points out.
to quality as a "good cover
crop, however the mixture must
make an early fall growth to pro
vide a cover during cold winter
weather and produce a heavy ton
nage of green material to be
plowed under early in the spring,
Clean-cultivated orchards, com
mercial vegetable land, hopyards
and berry plantings are ail ex
amples of lands that will profit
by the protection afforded by a
ell. of
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growing cover crop during t h e
late fall, winter and early spring
monins. iover crops are a source
of organic matter and will pre
vent fertility losses through
leaching.
On soils with low fertility and
where legumes have been unsuc
cessful. King recommends use of
Abruzzi rye as a cover crop in
addition to a heavv seeding he
suggests use of fail and soring
applications of nitrogen fertilizer.
Where possible it is also re
commended that a drill be used
to insure a thick, even cover
crop stand. Added cover In or
chards will be provided if the
tree rows are drilled both wavs.
The specialist also urges "across
slope" drilling to prevent soil
erosion.
Rough, cloddy soil surfaces will
aid water penetration and reduce
erosion until the crop has
a chance to become established.
Soil that has been left rough In
the fall will be much easier to
work next spring as compared
with soil that is worked down to
a packed, fine mulch.
Nitrogen Application On
Fall-Seeded Grass Helps
all-seeded grasses or grains
need an application of 25 to 30
poundi of available nitrogen to
the acre to assist in ppttino them
established well enough to with
stand normal -winter weather,
says Leroy Warner, O.S.C. exten
sion soils specialist.
Where the seeding is being
made on old grain land or land
that has been In sod. an applica
tion of at least 40 pounds of avail
able nitrogen will both feed the
new plants and assist In break
ing down old straw and roots.
Otherwise, there will be a tem
porary nitrogen shortage result
ing from the available nitrogen
being tied up hv the rotting straw
and roots. Warner explains.
One hundred pounds of ammon
nlum sulphate contains 20 to 22
pounds of available nitrogen. If
a 30-pound available nitrogen ap
plication is to be made, for ex
ample, spreading of 150 pounds
of ammonium sulphate will be
required.
young
Let this
"CUBster"
show you the
FARiYlALL CUB!
3
Male a date for
a demonstration
on your term today I
Vitch for this live-wire "CUBer" in Tour neighborhood. He's
driTing s shiny red Farmall Cub tractor with a trailer full of
modern Cub implements booked behind. XThen you see him
stop him end make a date foe a demonstration right m ymr
tun pict!
This young hustler will be happy to show you the Farmall
Cub "complete power-forming package" end show you bow
you can put it to work to increase your profits! That's his job.
VTith no OBttGATtON. So invite him in. Or call
us and say, "Send a CUBster right away!" And
ak him Kir the ran full -of-facts booklet, "Fann
ing with the Farmail Cub."
SIG
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FETT
Phone 11 SO
Cattle Breeding
Artificially Is
Arranged Here
Dr. Dallen H. Jones of
Roseburg Animal hosoital
announced facilities for the arti
ficial breeding of cattle. He has
made arrangements to have se
men from registered and pedi
greed Jersy. Holstein, and Guer
nsey bulls supplied to his office
from the Multnomah Artificial
Insemination station at Gresham.
The Insemination program will
be conducted by appointment
only, he said.
The program will make it pos
sible for local cattle owners to
breed their stock with semen !
from some of the finest of blood
lines and herd sires. All semen
used comet from proven bulls
and high production animals, Dr.
Jones said. i
The semen will be shipped here ,
three times weekly by bus, after
being carefully packed in dry .
ice. Upon arrival in Roseburg. j
it will be given a microscopic !
examination for fertility and then
reingeraied until it Is used. i
In 191S. 1.800,000 dairv cattle1
In the United States were bred
through artificial insemination,
Dr. Jones pointed out. Insemi
nation has increased rapidly in
popularity, because it does away
with the necessity of keeping a
dangerous animal on the farm,
and makes it possible to produce
valuable offspring at a nominal
cost to the herd owner.
need to buy a protein supolement
to increase their protein feeding
2 per cent or so. More expen
sive sources bf protein are soy
bean, cottonseed and lineseed
meal.
As heavier grain feeding gets
underway, it is advisable to feed
according to production on an in
dividual cow basis. Otherwise,
low producing cows may be over
fed at the expense of cows that
may be capable of producing
more butterfat than their limited
feed will permit.
October and March are the two
peak cow freshening months, re
minds Ewalt. A dry cow needs
an tne good roughage she will
eat and 5 to 10 pounds of grain
mix each day if she is to be in
condition to produce milk at the
peak of her Inheritance after cal
ving. Looking at the state as a whole.
Ewalt says the supply of feed
grains is considerable above
average. Hay supplies, mean
while, are 8 percnet above aver
age on a per animal unit basis.
Oregon dairy cow numbers
have shown recent signs of an
upturn. Although still at the se
cond low point In 17 years, the
cow population has shown a
steady increase since the bottom
was reached about June 1948. Es
timated number of cows In pro
duction on June 1 this year was
225.000 a 2 percent increase as
compared with the same month
a year previously.
Boswell Mineral Baths
Chiropractic Physiotherapy
Clinic
Lady Attendants
1 Mile S. of Drain. Oregon
V. 7 f
(profits)
New Variety Of
Apple Offered By
Idaho University
MOSCOW. Idaho, Oct. 10 (.V)
A new apple variety, the Ida
Inn, has been released by the
University of Idaho Agricultural
experiment station.
Dr. Leif Verner, horticulturist,
said the new apple Is a cross
between the Jonathan and Wa
gener varieties.
"There is a need In the apnle
industry for a good dessert var
iety rinening somewhat ahead of
Johanthan," he said. "Idaion Is
larger than either parent and
ha. an attractive, nerly solid
red color."
Idaion is the fourth new varie
ty to come from crosses made
by the late Dr. C. C. Vincent of
the Idaho station several years
ago. Idared was Introduces in
1942 and Payette and Idagold va
rities in 1944.
Idajon has been grown under
commercial orchard conditions
for seven years at Moscow with-
out Irrigation and three years at 1
r-arma unoer irrigation. It will
he generally available to trow.
ers about 1951, Verner said.
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Oakland
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End Gate Seeders
Victor Double Fan Endgate Seeder,
with grass seeder attachment.
Lime Sowers
10' Wooden box with steel top,
either steel or rubber-tired.
Drag Saws
R. M. Wade, Standard or Lightweight.
Harrows
Spike Tooth, Lightweight or heavyweight.
Spring Tooth, Horse or Tractor.
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