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Good Land Scarce; Farm
Buying Precarious Task
. By OVID A. MARTIN
Associated Press Farm Reporter
WASHINGTON UP) Many
people looking for farms since
the war have found that good
land is scarce.
A great many prospective buy
ers are not able to pay for fully
developed farms at current
prices. Many believe they can
make good returns by buying un
developed land and improving it
They think the undeveloped
land they see about the country
is cheaper and offers better pros
pects. Many inquiries abeut the
possibility of obtaining undevel
oped land are received by the
'Agriculture department.
v Replying to these queries is a
ticklish department task. In a
new booklet the department rays
that although large-scale pioneer
ing and homesteading in new ar
eas is over, new land develop
ment is by no means a thing of
the past. It goes on continuously,
the rate of development varying
with economic conditions.
Development Slow
For the most part current de
For BIGGER
Maximum egg production .
at lower cost. That's the story
of Triangle X-tra egg pro
ducer. A carefully balanced
feed supplying the require
ments for more extra grade
gga. Mash or pellets.
TRIANGLE X-TRA EGG PRODUCER
Page Lumber & Fuel Co. Roseburg
Sutherlin Fruit Growers Sutherlin
C & S Feed Store- Oakland
Alspaugh's Feed Store Myrtle Creek
Vol. XII, No. 3
What's The Cost?
If you want to make a little
money, here is the formula. Just
get some article for a dime and
sell it for fifteen cents. Or you
can change that, to dollars, or
you can, if you lean toward the
"Fair-Deal," boost the figures to
trillions. Anyway, the formula
is the same. Find what it costs,
then sell it for more.
If you happen to be an egg
farmer, you may. have to work
the formula in reverse. Find
what you can sell the egg for,
then produce it cheaper. It's easy
enough to find what the egg
will bring. And not too hard a
job to find, the cost, If you start
ed right. ; ' . ",'
Trouble is, the margin be
tween cost and selling price has
been rather broad the past few
years, and many egg producers
haven't the figures set up so
they can calculate too closely
right now. Now is the time to
set up your books, so you can
find out. Your success depends
on it. . .
We have charts at the Doug
las Flour Mill, showing what the
FEED COST of producing a
dozen eggs is, at different rates
of production and different costs
I of feed. We have showed these
' charts to many people. Not a
few of these folks tell us prompt
ly and decisively that the charts
are screwy. Yet they can't prove
it, because they don't even have
ANY figgers of their own.
These charts show that you
can feed UMPQUA MILK EGG
MASH at $4.00 a sack and UMP
QUA SCRATCH at $3.95, and
produce eggs from New Hamps
or Reds at a feed cost of
24c a dozen, provided you
get your birds to lay 50.
Which shouldn't be too difficult.
At 60, your cost would drop
to 20c a dozen, and at 70 down
to 17c.
And we know positively from;
(1) personal experience; (2)
from those who do keep accu
rate figures; (3) from results
at many experiment stations
where every pound of feed is fig
ured; and (4) not to mention
the California Egg Contest at
Modesto, that these figures are
very close to what YOU can do
with your own flock.
To get low cost eggs, you must
have three things. Good breed
ing, good feeds and good man
agement. You already have the
breeding, good or bad,, for this
year. We have the good feed,
and at right prices, considering
our Uncle Samuel, and his prac
tices, and it is up to you to furn
ish the good management We
will be extremely glad to help
A'nn In snv wnv In meetinp vnur
"management problems.
You, nor we, can do much
velopment of new land It un
spectacular. Development activi'
ties can be expected over the
next several years principally in
two major areas (1) the lower
Mississippi valley and the coastal
plains of the South and (2) both
private and public land in the
west through irrigation.
Irrigation development, curtail
ed during the war, particularly
on the federal Columbia Basin
project, is belnning anew, and in
two years should provide many
new farms, the department rays.
The extent to which new farms
will be developed in the West will
depend largely on federal appro
priations for irrigation projects.
The department warns prospec
tive buyers that much undevelop
ed land for sale in scattered
tracts over the country is not all
suitable for farming because of
poor soil, location or other lim
itations. "The unwary may be tempt
ed," it says, "to make unwise
purchases of some of it because
of exaggerated advertising . . ,
careful investigation may reveal
and BETTER
Uncle Hank Says:
11 USED It) BE. WHEN A
WOMAN BEGIN ' SET UP
IN VtARS HER HAIR HjRN-
EO GRAY BUT NOW
IT 8EEMS
MOST or
about the price you get for your
eggs. But we can work together
to get your cost to the lowest
possible level. We must have
higher production from the birds
we have...
We can help production by
running all night lights; by in
creasing mash consumption with
wet mash or pellet feeding in
the middle of the day; by feed
ing all the scratch, grain the
birds will clean up from about
two hours before dark to eve
ning, but none in the morning;
by keeping the water clean and
warm on these Icy mornings; by
keeping plenty of grit available;
and in every other way we can
contrive to keep our birds happy
and comfortable.
Any Snow Out Your Way?
Pardon us, that Isn't a very
funny joke any more. It Isn't
funny that the grass, poor as it
was, is all covered up. It isn't
funny to recollect that it won't
improve for some weeks .
It Isn't funny, but it is fortun
ate, that we have UMPQUA
SHEEP CUBES, cottonseed cake,
the new UMPQUA DAIRY RA
TION, and the old reliable UMP-
QUA MILKMAKER, not to men
tion O. K. CHOP at prices as
low as can be found in the whole
County maybe the whole state.
It never pays not to feed well.
If feeding didn't pay, we
wouldn't have so many farmers
who make good money by feed
ing. If money is made by allow
ing stock to "rustle its living,"
it is Just good luck, and won't
ever pay out as a consistent
practice.
But u you can feed your stock
well, at a low price for the feed
which is of consistently high
quality, you are lucky again, but
you can follow this practice for
ever, and never make a mistake.
UMPQUA FEEDS are always
high in quality and low in price.
And that isn't all luck either.
Cart Of Potted Plants
Explained By Expert
Keeping your Christmas-blooming
potted plant in a cool room
at nlgnt ana near a winaow aur
ing the daylight hours will great
ly increase its life, suggests R.
Ralph Clark, OSC extension hor
ticulture specialist.'
Most Christmas plants such as
poinsettias, begonias,- azaleas,
African violets, chrysanthemums,
and kalanchoe, the specialist
adds, are grown in greenhouses
where the temperature is 60 de
grees at night; 70 during the day.
Lasting quality of the blooms is
excellent under these conditions
primarily because the plants
fiburn-up" stored food relatively
slowly during the cool nights.
some promising undeveloped
farm sites, but it may also reveal
that, in general, many tracts an
never be made into successful
farms."
One of the biggest problems in
new-land development, the de
partment says, is whether there
is real need for making more
land available for crops to send
to market.
"With advancing farm technol
ogy the country may be able to
get along with the same or even
less cropland, and with fewer
farms than at present, and yet
adequately supply commercial
requirements ior larm products
both at home and abroad," the
agency says.
The department says it seems
reasonable that public funds
should be used to develop new
farm land only when there is a
well-recognized public need for
the land.
FLOOR SANDING
and
FINISHING
Estimates
Phone 1573-R
Leslie Pfaff
320 Ward St.
Jan. 16, 19S0.
On That Bum Feed
Russ Cary the Oregon "Out
dor Cage Pioneer" of Dixonville
put 2358 eggs into Carr's Hatch
ery Dec. 18th. Three weeks later
he received 2133 fine-. chlx,
though 21 might be considered
"seconds," (under 1).
Fertility was 96, hatchabll
Ity 90-. These eggs were
from birds partly in outdoor
cages and part regular houses.
Which seems to answer one
question about the cages, "Can
we get good fertility in cages?"
The answer Is definitely "Yes."
: We also wish to stress that the
eggs were ALL produced on our
new Egg Mash, which we call
A. P. Mash. Meaning All Pur
pose Mash. It is fed straight,
without any scratch grain, and
Russ is getting very satisfactory
production out of It too. It is a
16 protein mash, and is really
a Breeder's Mash. But we didn't
need to say that, since the re
sults above prove that point.
"What Is a 'consulting physi
cian'?" "He's the doctor they call In
at the last minute to take the
blame."
Hubby: . "We're late, Honey.
Can't you hurry?"
Wifey: "I told you an hour ago
I'd be right down. Now please
shut up!"
Just In!
Another car of beet pulp.
Same price. Also a car of that
good, high mineral, bright color,
Eastern Oregon alfalfa. Come
quick. It'll last quick.
' We're in favor of more women
diplomats. Always did hate
secret diplomacy.
DROP IN AND ask for one of
those charts which will help you
figure your cost of producing
eggs. Remember, it's based on
leghorns. For Hamps add 10.
"I said some foolish things to
mv boy friend last night."
"Yes?"
"Well, that was one of them."
NOW IS THE TIME to shop
for your needs in baby chick
equipment. We have a complete
line. Look it over, and you'll
buy at the Flour Mill . . .
Tnin "1
26 MILLION ACRES
COMMBRCIAU FORESTS-,
WESTERN OREGON
MO WASHINGTON
OF WHICH
VN 72,050 FAKMS
IN WESTERN WASHINGTON
AEE 6Z9.26I ACRES OF
AN AVEKAOe OF 28.5 ACRES OF WOOP
LOTS PER. FARM. WESTERN OREGON
HAS 21.123 FARMS WITH AN AVERAGE
OF 52. ACRES OF WOOD
TOTAL FARM FOREST ACREAGE OF 1,105,914
FARMERS ARB IMPORTANT FOREST OWNERS
U. S. May Give
Away Perishable
Farm Surpluses
WASHINGTON. HP) With
more than $3,500,000,000 invested
in , surplus farm products, the
government is planning to start
giving away perishable items
which might otherwise go to
waste.
The Agriculture department
said last night it is setting up a
system for handing out the
perishables. Under terms of the
1949 farm act they can be given
to federal agencies, public and
private relief agencies in this
country and foreign relief organi
zations. What It Involves
The department's far - flung
production and marketing admin
stration will handle the give
away job, which is expected to
involve such' commodities as po
tatoes, dried eggs, dried milk, and
butter.
The bulk of the government's
surplus stocks are storable com
modities such as cotton, wheat,
corn, tobacco, soy beans, dried
beans and other grains. Since
h V" '
BEST FOR GO
IN MUD AND SNOW
Regular arrangtmont
of studs proridss
trad ion forward or
Each stud digs Id
and grips In turn
penetrates mud or
snow to talcs hold for
maximum pulling
power.
"Channeli" around
each stud throw off
mud and snow.
If builneis or neceiiity
calls lor year -around op
ration of your car or
truck on all kinds of
roads ... malts surs of
"getting through" with
Studdsd Sure-Gripe
the specially designed
Goodyear "Go-Any
where" tire.
If
"Farmers are
FORESTS,
LOTTO EACH FOR.
'these can be held for long pe
riods, it is unimeiy mey v...
given away.
Under the law, the munitions
board and other government
agencies which might exchange
the products ' for materials not
produced in this country will get
first choice.
Next In Line
Next in line are federal-state
school lunch programs, the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, federal,
state and local public welfare
agencies, and private we'f-e
agencies operating in this coun
try and its territories.
Last on the priority list are pri
vate welfare agencies assisting
the needy abroad.
Any American agency receiving
surpluses would have to make
sure that the product did not get
back into regular trade channels,
and that the agencies themselves
did not reduce their food pur
chases as a result of the dona
tions. Commodities distributed abroad
would have to be given away free
of charge.
GOOD PLANNING?
SPOKANE, UP) -r-In perfect
setting, the slate refrigeration
contractors opened a convention
Here faaturday.
jf 17.40
Plus tax
6.00x1
CARTER TIRE CO.
444 N. Stephens Phone 1683
Market Hogs
To Be Shown
April 4,7
Show dates and plans for the
annual Oregon market hog and
carcass show to be held this year
in the Pacific International Live
stock exposition building, Port
land, have .been announced ior
April 4 and 7 by Lyle McKinley,
Shedd, president of the Oregon
Purebred Swine Breeders associ
ation, the show sponsors.
A six-man committee headed
by Harry Llndgren, OSC exten
sion animal husbandry specialist,
has been named to handle show
details.
Purpose of the show is to fa
miliarize producers with present
swine market demands and type
of animals wanted. The commit
tee in charge has announced that
one entry will be allowed rom
each breeder. An entry will con
sist of one pen of three or a sin
gle market hog. From a pen of
three, a breeder may, however,
select one animal to be enterd in
the single swine class.
Entries close March 20. Ben
Newell, Marlon county extension
agent, Salem, who also serves as
secretary of the swine breeders
association is handling entries.
Plans call for a showing of live
hogs on April 4; the carcasses
to be judged three days later on
the seventh. Weight limits on live
entries is approximately 180 to
220 pounds.
Lindgren says one hog from
each producer will be slaughter
ed for the market contest. Then
one-half of the carcass will be
cut into the primal cuts to deter
mine yield.
Any swine grower whether he
belongs to the swine breeder as
sociation or not is eligible to com-.
pine.
In addition to Chairman Llnd
gren, the show committee in
cludes John Hasse, Cornelius;
George Kraus, Silverton; C. E
Strecher, Beaverton; and Joe B.
Johnson and A. W. Oliver, of the
O.S.C. animal husbandry depart
ment. Warren To Head
Smut Controllers
Rex Warren, O.S.C. extension
farm crops specialist, will serve
as Chairman of the Pacific North
west Smut Control committee for
the coming year, it was announc
ed recentlv at the mnrineinn nt
the committee's annual meeting
nciu in wana wana, wash.
R. O. Fletcher, Walla Walla,
secrafarv. Northwest rmn im
provement association, was re
elected secretary. Warren suc
ceeds Cal Anderson, assistant to
the director of extension, State
College of Washington.
The committee, composed of
grain trade representatives,
farmers, experiment station, and
extension service
concerned with reducing the
amount of wheat smut disease
which is prevalent throughout thn
Oreeon. Wnshlnirtnn mH Msi,
grain belt.
Other members of the smut
control eommlttpp frnm n or r- i
elude Dr. S. M. Dletz, head' of
tne botany department, and A. P.
aieeniano, extension plant patnol
ogist.
Injured Man Found
Dead Beside Truck
HARTLINE. Wash. UP) A
41-year-old Spokane truck dri
er was found dead beside his
stalled car near here Friday
night.
The victim was Lyle B. Wheel
er. An unidentified motorist told
city Marshall George Andrus that
he struck a man on the highway.
The motorist said the man was
standing beside his stalled car
and that he wrapped him in a
manxet alter tne accident and
went to Hartllne for help.
Drifts blocked roads for sev
eral hours. When rescue crews
finally broke through, they found
Wheeler dead. Officers said he
apparently died from injuries
suffered when hit by the car.
WHATS D0N
If your tractor or other
repairs, wny not ntve it done nowf
Then you won't have to keep reminding your
elf, and there won't be any danger of Spring
creeping up on vou before your tractor it ready
tor wont.
Call ui soon and let us put your name on our
advance service schedule.
im Mccormick deering machines
PARTS AND SERVICE
527 N. Jackson
Hearing On Standards
Of Barley Scheduled
PORTLAND UP) A hearing
on barley standards is planned
here by the Department of Agri
culture for Feb. 14.
Under consideration is a pro
posal that a single set of stand
ards be .applied to all barley
grown in the United States. It
would supercede the present
standards based on geographical
location. Also to be discussed is
proposed addition of grade re
quirements and designations for
malting barley.
Newly Irrigated
Land Problems
Studied At OSC
A lnncr.rnnoA atnrtir rt tha ln1
use problems on new Irrigation
projects has been started by the
OSC agricultural experiment sta
tion to neip in tne enective plan
ning and development of new Ir
rigation areas.
The ntllriv Is hplncr mndnnta
on farms on the north unit of the
Deschutes irrigation project 'n
Jefferson mnntv with rt- c T
P 1 a t h, associate agricultural
economist, as project leader.
Working with him is Howard A.
Osborn, graduate assistant.
imormation Limited
Onlv limited InfnrmoH.. tB
available at present upon which
to base recnmmfinrinHnne fni.
land use and size of farms on var
ious grades of land under new
irrigation projects, Dr. Plath ex
plains. The new studv is designed
to supply this Information and
to facilitate planning of new proj
ects and to assist farmers goinj
onto the nmierr in fnrn nlannt..
and operation.
cash Outlay Studied
The rAnital ronnlrAt -
---- i f.....M upd
ate farms under new irrigation
projects will be studied including
such items as cost of preparing
land for use and capital needs
Murine t ho qq-Ih ,aaK
'.7 ;coia ui .hi in
development.
necorus of selected farms on
each of the various land classes
have been cnllpnteH thl. foil
will be analyzed to determine
me iana use adjustments needed
on various quality soils. Year-to-vear
reenrria frnm t nnM
will be gathered during the next
five years as a means of chart
ing the growth and development
vi me newiy-irngatea farms.
PACKING HOUSE BURNS
KELOWNA, B. C, Jan. 14.
CCP) A Mi ii-.
. - -r .'liuav
SWeDt the Rutland noMrlnn h...l
of the Kelnwmi Hrjiiin.-. .w
change, one of the most modern
nlftnt. In Ua t,
me ntwiagan vauey,
and an estimated 125,000 boxes
of apples were destroyed.
DO YOU KNOW . . .
that 1h eauiei of about 83 of
all ailments may b corrocted Ity
iplnat and InUitlnkl troatments with
proper dltL
Dr. M. C. Canell
emaopaACTio musician
MI I. Can xaU 14S7
Your Machinery Now!
The biggest harvest comes from the most
efficient ground preparation and planting,
now! Let us help you get your machinery
in shape for a record year. Prompt service!
Don't delay another week! Bring in your
seed grain now . . . have it cleaned! Then
you will be ready for spring planting when
the time comes.
Roseburg Grange Supply Co.
222 Spruce Phone 176
IS DONE
farm equipment needs
SIG FETT
Western Oregon
Livestock Meet
Dates Announced
Dates for the fourteenth an
nual meeting of the Western Ore
gon Livestock association have
been announced for Jan. 30. 31
and Feb. 1 by Charles A. Ev
ans, Independence, president.
The meeting this year will be
nem in Lorvnins.
Standing committees will meet
the afternoon of the opening day,
January 30, Harry Linderen. OSC
extension animal husbandry spe
cialist wno aiso serves as asso
ciation secretary, has announc
ed. The six standing committees
and their chairmen are: range
and pasture management, Wiley
Gardner, Dallas; predatory ani
mal control, L. E. Sletto, Ly
ons; legislation, Albert Powers,
Coos Bay; swine production, Lyle
MCKiniey, snedd; livestock dis
eases, Jack Swanson, Lebanon:
and resoltuions, Joe Harland,
mcKreau. j
NEW N.C.A.A. PREXY
NEW YORK- im H,mh n
Willett of Southern California!
was elected president of the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic associ
ation for 1Q5fl Sntlirriatr .iiamm4.
ing Dr. Karl Leib of Iowa.
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