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Fastest Onion Harvest Is Grown By Planting Sets In Loose Soil Onions erown from teU vill mature about three or (four weaks earlier than those planted trim seed. ' V It is a quick sure method of growing green onions or scallions and also lor the production of "cooking onions." Onion sets usu ally are sold by color, red, brown or white. Two4-H Leaders Named Forree Trip To Chicago' Chaperones to accompany the Oregon 4H club dele&ttion to National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, November 27 to Decem ber 2, will be Mrs. Ell McConkey, Astoria, and John L. Jones, Bend, L. J. Allen, State 4-H club lead er, has announced. Both are volunteer 4-H club leaders and were chosen as a result of a statewide contest to pick two deserving leaders to serve as official chaperones. The two all-expense trips are provid ed annually by Aaron Frank,' Portland. More than 20 youngsters will be in the official party from Ore gon, Allen said. . Mrs. McConkey has had 15 J ears of 4-H club leadership and ones, 16 years. During 1949, Mrs. McConkey led clubs in cooking, frozen foods,, cannlg and garden. She haslbeen presi dent of the Clatsop bounty local 4-H club leaders association for two years and has also held other offices four other years. He own children are former 4-H club members and at the present time, two grandchildren are en rolled. Jones Is president of the Des chutes county 4-H club leaders association for the coming year having been re-elected to that offices four other years. Her own gident in 1940. He is a member of the executive committee of the state 4-H local leaders associa tion. During the past year he actively led clubs In dairy, beef and cami cookery. State extension agents Miss Esther Taskerud and Burton Hutton will also accompany the Oregon delegation to Chicago. The group will leave Portland the evening of November 24. They will return via the southern route. Sets are obtained by planting seed thickly and not thinning the plants, which dwarfs the bulbs. When mature, they are dried, and stored until the purchaser of the sets replants them, and they start to grow again. The soil for -.onions should be rich and loose. Small firm sets should be mirchased for two rea sons. Since sets are sold by the pound, tne buyer will realize a greater numlw- nf nntnn hy buy ing the smaller size. Onion sets over one-halt Inch In diameter tend to go to seed rather than form good bulbs. Plant the largest sets in the lot you buy two to three Inches deep, and use the resulting onions is green onions or scallions. Plant the smaller sets Just below the surface of the soli, about four In ches apart and let these mature for dry onions to be used in cooking. Be sure to firm the soil well around the sets and water immed iately. It is not necessary to plant all your sets at the same time. Successive plantings will furnish your table with green onions and your kitchen with cooking onions over along per iod. The home gardener who wishes to grow the large, mild, sweet onions so delicious for slicing on hamburgers or used in salads should plant the seed in January or February in the wanner sec tions of the west. California Red and Italian Torpedo are very fine varieties. Sweet Spanish, is espe cially good. Sow fairly thick not over one half Inch deep. The rows in the seed bed can be a foot apart When the seedlings are a few inches high and start to crowd they should be thinned out. The thinnings can be used as green onions. When the seedlings are about the size of a lead pencil the roots are trimmed DacK as well as the tops about one-third their length. Set the transplants 4 to 6 inches apart in douue rows raised sev eral inches above the surface. In about 100 days the tops should topple over and it is time to dig the onions. See that the onions do not suffer from lack of water at any time during their growing period. Thrips are about the only insect pests to contend with and these can be controlled with DDT spray. FARMERS Local claims service is your assur ance of fast repairs when your car is damaged. LOW RATES '.' . . on collision and liability cov erage gives you standard protec tion at substantial ' ,i ... .. I : B f A mi Paul H. Krueger 636 8. Stephens , Phone 214 SAVINGS Liability Coverage $5000-10,000 bodily Injury. $5000 property damage. $10.10 Each six months Current Rates Plus $6.00 Nonrecurring Fes at Beginning of Policy No Extra Charge for Age, Mileage or Business Use Ovtr 800,000 Western Motorists Insure and Sivt Through . Farmers Standard Form Nonassessable Policies. . . The West's Leading ' Auto Insurance Carrier Farmers Insurance Exchange HOME TOWN NEWS "I GAVE THAT BOY MY DAUGHTER, BUT HE KEEPS GIVING ME HER BILLS." . The bill will be small if you call the ROSEBURG LUM BER COMPANY for delivery of firewood and sawdust. Don't run short this winter". , , you may be sorry. Future'of 'Ameriafl . . ( M bONSt M I 'Iff A-,., y ) JtlU. HAW KIP U ( flrJsiZS JZSA ftwlf mm rumm Otm Mm ' Accomplishments of the 1949 4-H club year which ended Oct 31, are being reviewed as 28,000 Oregon 4-H club boys and girls participate in National 4-H Club Achievement week.' During the past year, the addition of 200 new dubs brought the state total to 3,400 and total enrollment Increased by. 2,000 according to L. J. Allen, state 4-H club leader. Achievement week also marks the start of the 1950 club year, so old and new clubs alike are re organizing. As their slogan tmplles, club members strive to "Wake the Best Better." Clean-Up And Spray This Fall Advised For Pest-Free Spring A thorough clean-up of the gar den in the fall and the applica. tion of clean-up sprays are most important In the home garden. In the vegetable garden re move the old tomato vines, corn stalks, cucumber vines or any of the other "garden ghosts" which remain 10 serve no purpose. In the flower garden all dead tops should be removed from per ennial flower plants, from dah lias and gladiolus. Rubbish of all sorts should be raked up and burned or removed from the pre mises. Leaves from shrubs and trees shoulb a put on the com post pile. Examine crevices between the leaves of aeaDanthus. iris, dav- lilies and other plants with grass-like foliage conven ient hiding places for snails and siugs wmcn go into niDernation during the cold months. Look un der boards and other objects un der which sowbugs and pillbugs may live. Fungus diseases mav nass the winter on the branches of trees and shrubs and the ground around them. These spread by means of spores or specially pro duced, reproductive bodies which are disseminated into the air, and also by a vegetable method, due to a portion of the mycelium (thread-like tubes) of the fungus being present in the seed or other portion of the plant, tuber, bulb or rootstock. This mycellium will remain in a dormant condi tion until the seed or tuber com mences to grow and then grows along with the new plant. Winter winds aid in distribu tion of the disease spores and so do insects of various kinds. Even the smallest mites that creep or fly from one plant to another carry disease. Snails and slugs also spread the disease spores. Winter clean up sprays of var ious kinds are sold by garden stores. The strong dormant type sprays must be used only on de cidious plants when they are without leaves. On evergreens, whether coniferous or broad-leaved, use a milder spray, of sum mer strength. Lime sulphur is va luable for controlling fungi. Bor deaux mixture and the liquid cop per sprays are also well known fungicides. An all-purpose spray may be used against the insect pests of both the chewing kind and those that drink plant juices. Follow the directions on the spray material you buy, to ex ert the maximum control of the disease and insects with perfect safety to your plants. Additional Standard Pear Container Use Authorized SALEM, The state depart ment of agriculture has authoriz ed for this shinning season onlv. -the use of an additional standard container for pears, it was an nounced today by Frank Mc Kennon, chief of the division of plant industry. The temporary container If 3 3-8 Inches deep, 13 1-2 inches wide and 16 1-2 inches long, all inside measurements. Original reauest for the container was made by the Roy Webster Or- cnaros ox Hood Klver lor use in a single layer pear pack to be tried on the California markets. univEnsm pumps AND ' WATI SYSTIMS FOR DEEP AND SHALLOW WELLS 7Ktit-Stp JET-TYPE WATER SYSTEMS IDEAL FOR HOMI, FARM AND INDUSTRIAL USC DlttkliUTIO ST i-i.n-ii vr.y. .-11 ,-) Cut Hauling Costs! 1 PRICES 1 'Jeep trucks Come in now see these trucks that save vou money every mile. TWO GREAT LINES-2-wheel drive, 118' wheelbase-4-wheel drive, 118' wheelbase. Popular body styles. See us before you make any deal! RIVERSIDE MOTORS 1600 N. Stephens Phone 450-R Farmers Urged To Plan Ahead . For Best Results Farmers of Douglas county who plan well and plan ahead of the time the conservation practices to be carried out, will be able to use the agricultural conservation pro gram most effectively in meeting their conservation problems, says J. F. Bonebrake, chairman of the county PMA committee. He points out that the practices and specifications for 1.950 ACP Jffr imic.fwm tiioM or 1949, and primary effort in Douglas county will be in the direction of encouraging farmers to gear these practices to their most es sential conservation needs. Farm ers cooperating in the 1950 pro gram aro urged to study the con servation problems of their farms and to plan their programs for the coming year so as to take care of first needs first Conservation problems which need special attention in Douglas county, according to the chair man, are: drainage, Increasing the carrying capacity of our graz ing land and the addition of fer tilizer to supplement our deplet ed soils. And these will receive special attention In the year ahead. - Practices for 1950 which will re ceive special emphasis are: Seed ing, clearing, fertilizing and drainage. The county chairman warns farmers that it is easy to "get In a rut" in their conservation work by carrying out routine practices year after year, overlooking those which fit into a year-to-year con servation effort aimed at contin ued balance production. . The chairman refers to the use UMM, Filbert Stuffing I For Thanksgiving Turk i Make your Thanksgiving din ner a completely home grown affair with Oregon turkey, cran berries and filbert stuffing, sun- tests Miss Agnes Kolshorn, O. . C. extension nutrition speci alist, who offers this recipe for Oregon filbert stuffing. Multiply the following recipe according to the size . of your turkey.. 1 1 quart cubed or broken bread-1-4 cup chopped chicken fat or other fat, 1 tablespoon chopped onion, 1-A --3 cup fine ly chopped celery, 1 tectspuun salt, 1-2 to 1-4 cup finely chopped Alberts. Heat diced chicken fat until partially melted. Add onion, ce lery and salt. Cook slowly until celery is softened. Add 1-4 cup water. Pour this mixture slowly over the diced bread. Add more water if needed to moisten bread slightly. Add chopped nuts. A reV each of carrots, beets, spinach and radishes will provide fresh vegetables for the table at a nominal cost. ' ' of lime and phosphate to illus trate his point Both may be need ed to keep the land "strong" and to bulid up resistance to erosion through Increasing the growth of grass and legumes. But other practices may be needed to make the lime and phosphate effective In contributing to the main con servation objective. A pasture may need to be reseeded or a shift to contour farming may be necessary. The chairman urges each farmer to study his farm and with the help of his local commit teeman to plan to use the ACP in 1950 where it will do the most good. ... 1 Mon., Nov. 21, 1949 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. - 1 Champion Turks Going To Turkey And White House McMINNVILLE, Ore., Nov. 18 WP)-,The best bird .in the Pa cific coast turkey show is going to be eaten, appropriately, by the president of Turkey. Thanksgiving Day. 1 ' . Gene Maleckl, manager of the turkey show here, picked out the grap'5 clUiiiipIun oira to fly to President Ismet Inonu at " An kara, Turkey. The 36 1-2 pound "torn, raised by Richard Rey ne, McMinnvllie, won the grand championship yes terday. It was christened "Uni ty" in a name contest. Maleckl will fly the live bird to Turkey, leaving here Satur day, and arriving at Ankara Thanksgiving eve. Enroute he will deliver another turkey the grand champion dressed bird, entered by Loren Johnson of Scappoose to the White House. Among the winners yesterday here were Gath Bros., Turner, Ore., best pen of three hens and one torn, best heavy young heni Newton and Hortense Fruit, Mc Minnvllle, three most uniform to ma. , l Spray peaches, plums and nec tarines with dry lime sulphur or lime sulphur solution in Decem ber and February. This will ore vent curly-leaf and other fungi. Sow the seeds of annual larks pur and poppy where the plants are 10 remain. - Know what you are about be fore attempting to prune. Dull pruning shears cause die-back. SHEETROCK West Coast Building Supply Co. Mill and Mosher Bill Neighbors Phone 362 Joy Clark ;. " 1 I I - ' ! Have you Seen th e n sw IVANHOE HEATER? It's a beauty I Modern, com pact, powerful and efficient For one or two rooms, cot tages, offices. This oil-burning heater is made by the famous Perfection Stove Company. Model 2130 comes equipped with automatic fuel feed. 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