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Tht News-Review, Rottbjrg, Or. Mon., Oct. 17, 1949
gif FARM and GARDEN NEWS M 1
Turkeys Harvest Own Feed Of
Sunflower Seed At Less Cost,
OSC Experiment Discloses
Turkey! pastured on alfalfa in the lummrr and then allowed
to harvest teed of dwarf sunflowers in the fall were raised for
market at substantially less cost than dry-lot fed turkeys In three
year experiment! at the Umatilla branch experiment itation at
Hermiston.
While the tests were conducted
on the sandy, Irrigated soli com
mon to the Hermiston project,
the advantages of this type of
turkey feeding could probably be
duplication or approached on
other soil types, believes Dr. J.
K. Parker, head of the poultrv
department of the O.S.C. experi
ment station. A mimeograph-d
progress repurt is available as
circular of information No. 4117.
Feed saving under the plan of
having turkeys harvest their own
lorag after pasture ranged from
4.8 percent with soybeans to 12.1
percent with dwarf sunflowers.
Expressed In terms of 1000 tur
keys raised, this meant savings
of Irom $268 to $603 for the jie.i-
son. Land requirements for 1000 I tractor when a panel of the wall
Manure Loader Offers
Scaffold For Paint Job
DKS MOINES, Iowa-f) Ho
mer Peters, who farms northeast
of Alta, J a wo, jot his barn paint
ed.
To make the Job interesting 'jr
his two sons. Bruce and Dean,
Peters fashionec a scaffolding by
mini; his hydraulic-lilt manure
loader. He fastened a ilank to
the bucket end of the loader.
With the loader raised, the boys
could stand on the plank and easi
ly paint under the eaves. As they
progressed downward, they could
lower the lifL Also, the boys had
the fun of getting to move the
Fall-Planted Onions Bear Their
Earliest Crop Following Spring
birds averaged Just under fiva
acres.
Soil Fertility Improved
In addition to the feed saved,
the method of having the turkeys
harvest their own pasture and
forage resulted In marked Im
provement in soil fertility. This
Improvement was measured ac
curately by running ferti'lzer
tests on land pastured with tur
keys as compared with land on
was completed.
fy- We Have
Them
Red Fryers
Read For You to Buy'
Red fryers raised under the most sanitary conditions.
Tht only on of its kind in Douglas County.
CLAR-MOR POULTRY FARM
First Houso on Ci y Road
Phon 1399-J-4
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Research Offers More
Flavor For Canned Fruit
WASHINGTON Pi -More fla
vor for canned fruit is foreseen
by the U.S. Department of Agri
culture. Research on the app'e
crop has brought a new method
to preserve flavor, savs Dr. G. K.
Hilbert. Gases from the first boil
ing of the fruit were preserved,
condensed and returned to the fi
nal product.
By this method, Hilbert be"-
lieves that it will be possible to
preserve the flavor even of fruils
that do not lend themselves to
shipping.
w'lich turkeys were not ranged.
The experiments at Hermiston
were conducted by D. H. Sher
wood, assistant poultry husband
man, and ( A. Larson, superin
tendent of ihe branch station. The
tests Involved pastures of imma
ture barley, two kinds of sweet
clover, and sweet sudan grass.
Korage crops included common
and dwarf sunflowers, corn, sorg
hum and soybeans.
Turkeys had difficulty harvest
ing the common sunflowers un
less they were broken over for
them, but with dwarf hvbrid var
iety. Advance, the turkevs had
I'ttle difficulty reaching the seed.
This variety was found to have
other advantages. Corn was har
vested well but not soybeans.
Alfalfa was clearly superior as
a pasture crop, with sudan griss
next. The sweet clover proved
to he not very palatable to tur-kays.
Like onions? You can harvest
them from your home garden
from the time the ground haws
out In the spring, until It freezes
In the fall if you start the cycle
by planting top sets of Egyptian
winter onions this fall.
All onions like cool weather, but
this is the only one that can be
depended upon to live through
subzero temperatures, and start
growing with the earliest spring
maws, me top sets are pro
duced by the onion plant, as a
cluster of lminalure onions at the
top of, a seeu stalk. Planted Just
like the onion sets we buy In the
spring they will produce green
onions in time to enjoy befor;
you can even spade the garden
for other crops.
Onions For Many Years
A clump of Egyptian onions wll
grow as large as a foot In dia
meter; and if part of It Is har
vested each spring, it will pro
duce top sets, and provide spring
onions for the table, for many
years. These "top sets" gave
early gardeners the idea for "bot
tom sets, which are grown from
seed, dwarfed by crowding and
planted the following spring for
a speedier narvest than can o
grown from seed.
There are red and white Egypt
ians, the color being only In the
skin, with small if any differ
ence In flavor. Plant them so that
Just the tip of the set is exposed,
eight inches apart if they are to
be permanent residents of your
garden.
In some sections, where win- j
ters are milder, potato or multi-1
plier onions will live through the
winter. Here the set Is much
larger than the Egyptian, and
consists of several sections, at
tached only at -the bottom. Each
section will produce an edible
stalk, mild in flavor. Where win
ter temperatures fall much be
low zero, a protective mulch
should be spread over the plant
ing. Rhubarb and Asparagus
Rhubarb and asparagus roots
are other perrenials for the vet-
able garden which can be plan'ed
10 advantage in tne lan.
The main requisite for an as
paragus bed is deep rich soil and
ample root room for each hiil,
giving the plants 3 feet of space
each way. A dozen rhubarb
plants will be sufficient to pro
vide an ample supply for the av
erage family, and they will last
a lifetime with little care. New
varieties of rhubarb which are
characterized by pronounced red
coloring in the stalk, tre now
popular. They show improvement
in tenderness and flavor over
the older types.
Two of the early spring vege
tables can be conveniently plant
ed in the fall. These are lettuce
and spinach. Wait until the last
minute when the ground can be
worked and then cover the rows
with a mulch until frost is out
of the ground in the spring.
Seed should be sown -ate, but
before the ground freezes. It is
not intended that the seed shall
germinate this fall: but that it
shall lie in the ground through
the jvinter and sprout in 'he first
lavorable weather of spring.
Vegetables For Winter Are Saved
By Simple Methods Of Storage
Vol. XI, Na. 40
Oct. 17, 1949
Volue Received
Uncle Hank Says:
The hatching egg business
has "growed up" In Douelas
county. The expressman savs
we ship enough hatching eecs
out of Roseburg to amount to
several carloads a vear. Ye Ed
has tested around 20.000 birds
so far this season. The season
Is far from over, and there are
several other testers working.
This means a potential produc
tion rf close to 20 carloads in a
year.
(Chamber of Commerce,
please take note.)
A carload of hatching eggs at
present prices is worth about
$15,000.00 to the producers. The
chick buyer puts out dose to
$.10,000.00 for the chlx that
come out of a car of eggs. And
that is the guy we mean when
we say: "Let s give VALl'E RE
CEIVED." We can hold the customers we
have, and add to our customer
list only by giving the customer
a good product. iLIke at the
Douglas Klour Mill, you know IT
The chick raiser is 'in a highly
comwltlve spot. His margin is
small wr fryer at best. He ran
only slay In business If he gets
good livahillty and good growth
from the chix he buys.
You, as the egg producer, and
we as the feed manufacturer
can keep this fryer man In husi
ness with a little all-around co
operation. And his business will
help keep you In business. And
's, too.
The Douglas Mill has always advantage of It
made a good BREEDKR'S Mill.
MA.SH. And now it is better
than ever before. And it costs
the egg producer only a few
nickels more per bag 'than our
doggone good I'MPQUA MILK
EGG MA.SH. To protect vour
customer; to keep him In busi
ness; to protect and maintain
vour hatching - egg outlet: in
short, to give value received;
you should pay the few extra
nickels and feed vour bleeding
flock on I'MPQL'A BREED
ER'S MASH.
Included In the egg from which
It comes. And UMPQUA
BREEDER'S MASH does that
Job to perfection.
Let's protect the chick buyers'
investment of over a half mil
Hon dollars In Douglas county
products each year. And let's do
It the economlc-al way with the
best breeder's mash at the best
value per feed dollar. UMPQl'A
BREEDER'S MASH from the
Douglas Co. Flour Mill.
So, THERE!
ONI O'tH' NlCtS-f THING
ON A RADIO l 1W' SWITCH
BUT -Oi' ONtV f ROUBLE
I CANY REACH Mf
NEIGHBOR'S.
nt
Hub: And vou don't call
innse accidents:
Prospect: "Well, heck
They done It a purposel"
Classified Ads ,
Oats for seed. Vetch for seed.
Oats and vetch mixed for seed.
Now Is the hour. You haven't
had belter conditions for seed
ing In the fall for years. Take
Douglas Klour
WANTED: Grain hav-Grass
hay alfalfa hav. He'v, hev!
Klour Mill.
'FOR SALE. 20 B. P. Rock
cockerels, tesled and handed.
Sam Cole, Camas Valley.
ALF A MOI No. no. not Al
fred and Mollie, we meqn Al
falfa and Molasses, -Your cow
will love it. Alfalfa for protein,
and molasses to keep her warm
Ihese nippy A.M's. Only $2 S.) a
hundred.
I Umpqua Breeder's Mash
The "w hy" Is a hit more com
plicated. Your layers can LAY
on our MILK EGG MASH, or on
Developing Mash, or even on
most any of the other compeii. I
live mashes for sale in this ter-1
rltorv. But In order fur the eeg i
to develop Into a chick with!
"oomph ' enough to get out of
the shell a., start its shmt life
' Hirnev there must be I TA
MILS inside the egg shell, along
with the yolk and the albumin.
The chick's digestive svstem
Isn't able to utilize all the nu-
rients it needs from food until
about Ihe third week in life. I'p
to then those nutrient must he
LEAF RAKING TIME. 'The
melancholy days are here."
Have vou got a' good rake for
Ihe falling leaves If not, see
the boys at the MILL.
Jack: "I hear vou had a new
gal last nite. What's she like?"
John: "Everything expensive
on the menu."
Huh Quine was working on a
prospect for accident Insurance.
Hub- "Ever have any acci
dents?" Prospect: "Nope. Oh. a horse
kicked me. and broke a couple
ribs, and a dog bit a piece out of
my leg."
EVERY DAY there are 700
home fires. Every day 28 peo-
(jir inr jiom iires. careless
smokers cause most of this
trouble. Cigarettes and matches
should he chaperoned. NEVER
let them go out alone. Fire
week is over, fires never are. Be
rareiui.
More About Turkeys
It seems that more people are
nttiing ine 10ms nut to liX
weights. Why not? Thev are at
Just about support price' now, so
can go lower. Besides, thev
looK so . much nicer when fullv
finished. Besides some more, the
price might he better at Thanks
giving or Xmas. Who knows?
We know one thing! You
can't go wrong in feeding
.W'vla IlKKKY FAT. At
a sack, $78.00 a ton. It s
cheaper than wheat, and a heap
better fattener. It'll make your
toms big, and right now big
10ms are tetcning more money
than light ones.
That Egg Washing Machine
If you want to get your wife
a Xmas present she will reallv
enjoy, come In and watch that
new egg washer. It's a hum
dinger for fair. We have It sold
to Morris Dutch and Warnie
Lucas, out In Hgarose. If vou
come In before thev take it out.
vou will marvel at the swell Job
n noes. Alter a tew davs. thev
will be glad to let vou watch
them save lime, fingernails and
money washing their white
cgRs. We're Lilking about the
"DEH'XE MODEir now. The
others are fine for smaller
flocks too. They will clean a
couple cases an hour, hut re
quire an extra handling for the
best results.
If dirty eggs' Is. or ever has
bvn your problem, you can't
afford to he without this wash
er. Remember, it doesn't lower
your grades:
e
Pardon Our Pride
Packer-Scott had the follow
ing ad in their paper. We liked
It so well, and it fits our circum
stances so well, we want to bor
row It and let you read It. too.
'There are limes when folks
have a right to he prouA For
example, we are proud of Ihe
large number of customers we
have served repeatedly. We aim
to merit their continued patron
age and to earn the confidence
of those who have vet to call on
us for the first time.
WHY NOT feel sorrv for vour-
I self? Nobody else will.
Vegetables which remain i n
good condition in the home vege
table garden after frosts begirt
may easily be stored safely for
winter use. Kale, Brussels
sprouts, parsnips and salsify will
stand freezing, and are usually
left in the garden and harvested
as needed, until Just before the
ground freezes deeply.
If parsnips and salsify are dug
at this stage, wasned and enoun
for one meal packed in a paper
bag. the bags can he stored out
doors In any convenient place
where they will remain dry and
safe from animals. They can be
taken into the kitchen and thaw-el
out for use as needed.
Tomatoes should be harvested
after the first hard frost. Many
can be ripened if laid on a shelf
In a warm basement; some pre
fer to hang them up, still attach
ed to the vine.
Carrots, beets, turnips, rutaba
gas, potatoes, apples and cabb
ages can he stored In an unhealed
garage shed for several weeks,
until the outside temperatures
have fallen to several degrees be
low freezing. If the oarrots, beets
and turnips are placed In boxes
packed in soil, w hich is kept
moist. In the protection of the
garage or shed they will keep j
j well except In extremely low tem
peratures. ano is not good t.r
this packing, as it does not re
tain moisture well. Potato ?i
should not be parked in this way.
Use Only Sound Vegetables
Pumpkins, squash and sweet
potatoes should be stored In a
temperature between 55 and 65
degrees, which is often found in
a heated basement. The crops re
quiring lower temperatures may
De Kept In heated basements for
some time If they are packed in
boxes with wet sand about them.
Where the quantity to be stored
does not warrant an expensive
outdoor root cellar, various ad
aptations of the idea may be
used.
Vegetables stored should be in
good condition, not too old or too
immature; and tender vegetab
les which have been exposed to
frost should not be stored if they
have been frozen.
Do not close outdoro root cel
lars tightly until the temperature
inside has dropped close to freez-,
ing. and do not cover vegetables i
in earth pits until the soil has
cooled off thoroughly.
Crops Research
Expert Added To
Staff At OSC
The appointment of Dr. W. A.
Frazier, former head of the de-
Eartment of vegetable crops at
'niversity of Hawaii, as horti
culturalist in charge of vegetable
crops research for the O. S. C.
agricultural experiment station
has been announced by W. A.
Schoenfeld, dean and director
of agriculture.
Highly praised bv his ass.).'
ates as one of the national lead
era in Ihe field. Dr. Fraz'cr
comes to Oregon State after serv
ing nine years in his former p
sition in Hawaii.
He is a graduate of Texas A.
M. college with his loctorate
from University of Maryland in
1933. He remained there in veg
etable crops research work until
1937. From there he went to Un
iversity of Arizona and was in
charge of vegetable crops re
search there until he went to Ha
waii in 110. He is author of more
than 50 papers and other publi
cations in his field.
Improvement of vegetable va
rieties in-Oregon through selec
tion and breeding will be em
phasized in the research project
he will undertake here In Ore
gon, though work will also be
carried on with other cultuiul
problems of vegetable crops.
Guernsey Heifer Sale
Set At State Fairgrounds
A fall sale of aDoroximatelv i
30 registered Guernsey heifers
sponsored by the Oregon Guern
sey Breeders association will be
held at the state fairground on
the outskirts of Salem on Satur
day, October 22, it has been an
nounced by Ben Newell, Marion
county extension agent, who is
in charge of local sale arrange
ments. One section of the sale will in
elude heifers on which bidding
win oe limited to World War II
veterans. Others will be offered
lor sale to 4-H club and FFA
members. The sale will replace a
spring Junior sale which has been
held three years previously.
Top quality heifers have been
selected from herds from all
parts of the state by a sale com
mittee headed hy L. E. Francis,
Tillamook, chairman.
Each of the animals selected
by the sale committee has been
chosen for type, production and
pedigree arrangement. Newell is
secretary of the Oregon Guern
sey Breeders association, .the
sale sponsor.
Nitrogen On Grass Aid
To More Pasture, Seed
Add a 40-poundto-the acre ep
plication of available nitrogen
this fall on alta fescue, chewings
fescue, perennial ryegrass ami
other perennial grasses io be cut
for seed and reap the benefit next
year at harvest.
The result of the nitrogen ap
plications will he Increased seed
yields as well as additional
growth yet this fall which will
provide more fall pasturing, ac
cording to Leroy Warner, O.S.C.
extension soil specialist. Stimu
latec' growth will also reduce
thinning from winter injury, he
adds.
Forty pounds of available ni
trogen is contained in 200 pounds
of ammonium sulphate. ISO
pounds of ammonium nitrate or
250 pounds of 16 20.
Seventy five thousand men
were directly employed in the
construction of Rockefeller Cen
ter, New York.
IS YOUR
FARM MACHINERY
IN PERFECT
RUNNING
CONDITION?
The time to have that farm machinery repaired Is
now while it is between seasons. Bring your machine
into our expert mechanics ond have them repaired
while you do not have daily use for them.
Common Vetch, Grey Oats, and Grass Seed in ample
stock for all ' your fail planting.
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109 Years On One Farm
Record Of Iowa Family
DES MOINES. Iowa (.TV The
Auer family has lived on the
same farm near Garnavillo.
Iowa. 109 years. The Auer farm
of 240 acres is said to be one of
the richest farming areas in
Iowa.
In 1R40. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Auer left Germany and emigrat
ed to America in a sailing ves
sel. Their son. Frank. Jr., took
over operation of the farm at the
age of 16. He died in 1925 and
his sons. John and Oscar, have
since operated it.
The brothers have raised pure
bred Brown Swiss cattle. Thev
bring high prices and some have
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