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6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., April 3, 1950 jff FARM and GARDEN NEWS jj Bitter Weather Of January Disposes Marketing Problem Br HAROLD ROGERS I volume or quality. Now i food WALLA WALLA i.Vih ait January'i bitter cold aeema to have disposed of the marketing pros lema which were vexing the Northwest's aoft fruit grower! six months ago. Growers last fall were talking about marketing agreements which would limit shipments, either b y UniVERSflL puiups AND warn trtiiMi FOR DEEP AND SHALLOW WEIK S(fU Stf JET-TYPI WATER SYSTEMS IDEAL FOR HOMI, FARM AND INDUSTRIAL USt DIITII1UTI IT Vel. XII, Ne. 14 What About This A. P. f.T First, what li A. P. F., this new product we farmers are reading so much about? What Is Its pur pose? Is it necessary? If it is now necessary, why wasn't it neces aary years ago? These and many olher questions come to mind when we read the adi and ar ticles about A. P. F. Well, first, A. P. F. happens to he the alphabetical conglomera tion that means Animal Protein Factor, hereafter called APF. Animal Protein Factor is not, at the name might imply, a protein. On the other hand, it is i vitamin, or more properly, two or more vitamins, needed by people, most animals, and birds. Like all other vitamins we now know, it haa always been needed for growth and health. But only recently has it been isolated, so we could study it separately from other vitamins. For that matter, though we are all vitamin-conscious nowadays, and take Vitamin A, B, I', I), or a mixture of all, we glibly boast that Grampaw and Grammaw lived in fine fetlle without ever having heard of vitamins. Our forbears had their vitamins, just the same. They took their vege tables from their own gardens and ate them the same day they plucked them. We get ours off the vegetable stands days or even weeks after they have been har vested. Grammaw lived hale and happy, and never saw a can op ener. Nowadays if a bride lost her can-opener, she would have to eat out. or go to the neighbors (Some of them, at least.) So, nearly evervbodv and every thing got enough APF, without ever knowing they needed it But a few people, and some animals j and birds developed pernicious anemia, and eventually died from it. Not enough red blood cells. If one couln nae eaten a dor en i pounds of raw liver every day. i this disease misht have been over- i come. Hut the treatment was worse than the disease I In APF, one of the vitamins is H.12. which cures neonle suffer ing from pernicious anemia, and : makes them strong again. This vitamin is so powertui that a dose n'n J" muJ T,J, ! li human nflir i vi mi ,m ,,-nj. bui IIUIK will bring noticeable relief Or t lb. wou'd be enough to (nil if v 54 thou- d tons of "ck starter mash with ample B-12. Kut! H 12 is only part of the APF. The whole story it far from told. We could rattle on for sev eral pases of "THE FEEI BAtl" hist telling you about this won derful discovery, and what is al ready known about it. Still v.e would be (ar (rom the whole story. tt' Vnnw enouch about It. that we have APF in all UMPQl A POULTRY ana I u n r e. i i km many of them do not even know whether they have orchards. Processing vegetable growers of the state, however, have got their cooperative bargaining agency into operation in a limited way. The Washington State Farm Crops asso ciation will attempt to aid grow ers of lima beans and seed peas in I960. Other crops may be added next year. Some apple growers have kept on pushing for a marketing agree ment for their crop, which appar ently was not seriously damaged. But the department of agriculture rejected a request for hearings last week. Officials said general sup port for the proposal had not been shown. It is doubtful whether back ers will be able to gather accept able evidence of aupport in time for action this year. But anyone who has peaches and apricots next summer will not have to worry about price: he can probably get about anything he wants. The long and intense January cold wave caused heavy damage to trees. The cherry crop also has been hurt estimates vary widely. Prunes apparently suffered the least overall damage of any Advertisement New Hearing Device Has No Receiver Button In Ear Chicago, III. Deafened people ore hailing a new device tnot gives them clear hearing without making them weor o receiver button in the ear. They now enjoy songs, sern ...s. friendly companionship and business success with no self-conscious feeling that people ore looking ot ony but ton honging on their ear. With the new olmost invisible Phontomold and Beltone you may free yourself not ly from deafness, but from even the appearance of deafness. The makers of Beltone. Dept. 40, 1450 W. I Vth St., Chicago 8. III., are so proud of their achievement they will glod ly send you their free brochure (in plain wrapper) and explain how you con test this amazing device in the privacy of your own home without risking a penny. Write Beltone today. SOMl FOLKS CAN'T ENJOY WHAT "THEY HAVE PER WORBlM' ABOUT WHAT THiT AIN'T OOT. FREDS. VMPQUA NO RATION and I'MPQUA t'ALF MEAL. It is needed for growth, and more ur gently in very young animals and birds. Calves utilize it efficiently until they are old enoush to syn thesize it themselves, (about the time they begin chewing their cud). Your eggs won't hatch without APF from some sourer. When you use UMPQUA FEEDS you may rest assured that your requirements for APF are taken care of. And thr total cost of your insurance is about 3c per cwt. of feed. For this 3c invest ment, you may feel certain your feed will give you double the ef ficiency that any feed not contain ing APF can possibly give. 'What Is vour birthstone." Pad-" The grindstone. Son. the grindstone!" Modern Miss: "Grandma, did you ever flirt when you were younu"' Grandma afraid 1 dtd "Yes, dear. I'm M. Mr "And did you get pun ished for it"' 0. M r "Yes. indeed! I mar ried your grandpa !" Quick Watson, Th Needle? svrral times week nw we Rrt rppor(s hM ,hr ,,,,,, cmx m Kiting vicious, and picking tor, i ,,,,,., ,, .., m,j, i i results, and cannibalism. Then i profanity. Put the little cusses 1 i don't care. We so ahead swear-; ing and they to ahead picking i But it can be stopped instantly. I with very slight expense, not too much trouble, and with no bad! results to the chix The answer is an electric debeaker. we have them for sale at Ihe Flour Mill They don't cost much, and the re lief to your feelings would be cheap at a hundred t ties the cost We also have lots of other equipment, including those popu 5 Va. I Traces Of Potato Ring Rot Seen Near Redmond REDMOND W) Traces of po tato ring rot have been discovered in thia area, Ben Davidson, Oregon Potato commission administrator. has disclosed. He urged growers to report im mediately to the Central Oregon Potato Growers association any cases of ring rot. A serious infes tation, he ktji, could cut returns from the region's $.1,000,000 potato industry in half. This is the only commercial po tato producing area in the nation which has been kept free from the disease, Davidson aaid. INSPECTOR APPOINTED SALF.M Lit The State Agricul ture department has announced it has hired frank M Turner, su perintendent for Alderman frozen foods at Dayton, as a food sani tarian. He will check food aanitation in canneries and freezing plants. of the atone fruits. Grave concern is felt about winter-damaged peach and apricot trees. Many acres have already been cut down or pulled out, al though state college experts feel such action may be too hasty. California Cain The northwest's loss will be a gain for California fruit growers, but the region's prune and cherry producers are optimistic about the market picture, too. Many people buy a certain amount of fresh fruit as a matter of course, and if, for example, they can not get the peaches they pre fer, they will buy whatever t a available. But good markets are no help to the grower who has nothing to sell. Many of them barely paid expenses last year, when a record crop of all types of fruit drove prices down to pre-war levels. You need money to keep trees growing, or to plant new ones, even if they are not producing fruit. So financing has become a very criti cal problem for a lot of growers. Efforla are being made to obtain some sort of emergency financing program from the federal govern ment, and some agriculture offi cials are sympathetic. Government help is sought because losses might be too heavy, and the loan period too long, for private financing. April 4, 1950 lar paper feeders. Popular with chix. poults and growers alike. A nickel for the small feeders and a dime for the large site. Use (hem as long as needed, then throw them awav. On That Bum Feed And here's one for the book! Mrs. Alton Rice. Dillard poultry enthusiast, bought a case of eggs, had them custom-hatched, and brought home 335 chix. At 10 days, two have died and one been step ped on. (She shoulda kept Alton out of the brooder house.) C'arr's Hatchery hatched the eggs. Neal Meyer of I-onkingglasa produced them, and die hens ate t'MPOl'A BREEDER MASH, with APF in it. After gafing admiringly at the chorus girls costume, Hank mused- "Wonder who made her dress." "I'm not sure," answered Bill. "I imagine it was the police." When a car stalls on a moonlit night on a country road, if the driver looks into the girl's eyes, he's single If he looks at the gas gauge, well, you know, he's mar ried. ! Hove You Tried It? We have a rather new product at the Mill that should interest iall dairymen who like to raise ! their replacement heifers. And also those folks who like to raise a fine veal or baby beef for the locker. This is called KAK-K1T. It is a replacement for the whole milk Mother Nature intended for calves to have. But nulk is worth a heap to sell, and butterf.it. too And a feller needs all the income he can i;et. So with KAFKIT for a very few dollars, you can raise just as good a calf as if you let the little rascal suck Ihe cow. We wouldn't have believed it either, only we saw it priced the other day John Harbison has a beauty of a calf, a month old. and looks as fat and sassy as any calf we ever did see If you try it once, you will never feed whole milk again. Jack: "Let's give Ihe bride a shower." John: "Count me in. I'll bring the soap." Calling All Bargain Huntert I'MPQl'A MILK EUt; MVSH went up a bit in price, along wnh the rest But it is still (he best buy in the feed line for anvhodv with laying hens $4 05 per iiV lb sack. 18i protein, has APF. and a rich vitamin concentrate, assur ing that your layers get esery thing they need. Three Meetings Set For Local Owners Of Sheep Oregon Wool Growers association officials and prominent livestock men will visit Douglas county dur ing the week. Three meetings have been arranged for local sheep own ers to meet and discuss produc tion and marketing problems with the visitors, according to J. Roland Parker, county extension agent. Meetings will be held on Wed nesday, April 5. at the K e 1 1 o g g I grange hall; Thursday. April 6. at the Rice Valley Granae hall and Friday, April 7, at the Knights of Pythias hall in Roseburg. A 1 1 meetings will start at 1:15 in the afternoon. W. H. Steiuer of Fossil, president and Victor W. Johnson. Pendleton. secretary, of the Oregon Wool Growers association will speak on the wool situation and government support program. R. L. Clark of Portland, a prominent livestock man, will discuss how producers can get full market value for fat lambs and review the trend of sheep and wool production in Ore gon and the United States. Douglas county is one of the few areas in the country, states county agent Parker, where the sheep population has been maintained at prewar levels. Sheep numbers have continued to decline for the past eight years in the United States, until at present, the ratio of sheep to human population is 1 to 6 against 1 to 3 in 1012. Mutton ind wool are two farm commodities not faced with surplusses and in creased production is needed t o meet national requirements. Oregon Chick Hatcheries Recommended By Office SAI.EM, April 3 l.P Chick buy ers have been warned by the State Agricultuie department to be care ful in buying their baby chicks this spring. The buyers should make sure the chicks don't have the fatal Newcastle disease. There have been 51 cases of New. castle disease found in Oregon in the past three years, but no new last February 14. The department recommended that all chicks be bought from Oregon hatcheries, , AMENDMENTS EYED PORTLAND ,Pi Amendments to the west coast winter pear mar keting agreement will be reviewed in public hearings starting this month. The Department of Agriculture said the first will be at Portland April 10-11. The others will be in Yakima. Wash.. April 13-14 and at Sacramento, Calif., April 17-18. Nose Red and Raw dum to a cold? To relieve marling irritation and hrlp lututr heal, tmootri on a bit of gentle, toothing, carefully medicated RE5INOL0,,,m,,T OUR. FARM ALL MAIM, SAVS: sYawyvsMii" Tamw m m jtaiwseaM "V-ity3.' . ITS FAHMAUTIME Clip and mail this coupon for farm. There is no obligation. S.g Fett International Harv ester Dealer I .V?7 N Jackson, Roseburg. Ore. Please have your repre I demonstration of the Vi obligation on my rart. I r Famuli tractor wanted Famuli Cub rr MfrjEJ 'nvx rai rMC.T-f " 1 ir'Mniaiiv inn vil in rniwt Mllrtllkt- HIT demon. tratinn of the Farmall Tractor on my farm. There is no Please check following) I Sutler A Super C Name Route Rett Office SIG S27 N. Jackson Plant Roofs 'Shop' For Food, Use Atoms As Cash BERKELEY, Calif. (.Pi The root of a plant shops around in the soil for the food it needs. For mon ey it uses hydrogen atoms, which it takes from water. Two Univer sity of California soil scientists demonstrated this peculiar root ac tivity by using chemicals which change color in acid-alkaline re actions. These testa gave additional sup port to a new theory that plants can take nutrients directly from solid particles in the soil and are not entirely dependent upon food elements that have been dissolved in ground water. On negatively charged surfaces ot the plant root, positively charged hydrogen atoms accumulate. These hydrogen atoms constitute the root's "wad" of cash. Each atom bears a single positive electrical charge. Nearby on a particle of soil there may be calcium atoms which the plant can use. These cal cium particles are chemically bound to chlorine, forming calcium chloride, and each of them bears a double positive charge. The root releases hydrogen atoms and gets calcium atoms. The released hydro gen teams up with the leftove chloride particle and forms hvdro- I chloric acid. The root can pick up other food elements the same way. Asparagus Crop Goes To Market SAN FRANCISCO -P Califor nia's multi million-dollar asparagus crop, largest in the nation, is mov ing into markets all over the coun try. The tender sprouts are hitting dinner tables about a week earlier than usual, although recent rainy weather has been a deterrent. A Department of Agriculture au thority said growers are receiv ing about the same prices as last year and quality is good. Ship ments now are going into the fresh market, wilh canning to start later, are available for cutting. The na- i jonal acrcaw sca,terc,j throu2h 22 states, including California, is estimated at 132.570. California harvested 69.150 acres of asparagus last year. The crop brought growers S16, 178.000. Oregon and Washington aspara gus will come into the market a little later. Acreage in these states is estimated as 10.600. Same as harvested last year, with 10,000 acres in Washington. The 1949 crop brought northwest growers $2,435, 000. GROWING CHILDREN WASHINGTON (.Pi School chit, dren ate 167.971.000 pounds of the government s surplus farm prod - ucts during the last six months of 1949. The foodstuffs were distributed free under the national school lunch program, the Department of Agriculture reported, providing more man a half billion "nutri tionally balanced meals" to nearly 8.000,000 children. t . ..... t ALL THE TIME a demonstration on your I ' Acres farmed 1 to 5 acres 3 to 20 acres over 20 acres Box No. Phono FETT Phone 1 150 Outlook For Truck Crops Only Fair, OSC Extension Economist Estimates OUTLOOK FOR TRUCK 218 Oregon farmers will probably pocket less money from the 1950 harvest of truck crops and pota toes than they did last season, but market prospects in general are still fairly favorable, believes M. D. Thomas. OSC. extension economist. He bases his conclusion on information gathered for a new outlook circular being distributed by county extension agents to far mers and others interested. Reduced acreage allotments and aupport prices still loom Im portant in the potato situation. Pro cessors are not expected to con tract snap beans or sweet corn as freely as in 1949 but may take a few more acres of green peas if weather conditions favor a long Conservation Plan Helping Farmers The agricultural conserva tion program provides assistance to individual farmers to help them in establishing conservation p r a c tices on their farm practices which will check and control ero sion on their land and improve the productivity of the soil. Briefly, this is how Fred Bone brake, chairman of the Douglas county I'M A committee, explains ACT and how farmers can use it to improve their farms. Boncbrake says that at thia lime of the year farmers of Doug las county are signing up in tne agricultural conservation program. The sign-up is to let the county committee know which practices are being planned so that funds which have been allocated to the county may be apportioned to get the most conservation for each dol lar spent. This "sign up," he explains. In cludes listing t h e conservation practices which the farmer intends to carry out and indicates he ex pects to carry out the practices in accordance with established con servation standards. Cooneration in the AC program is entirely voluntary. Farmers and ranchers who wish to cooperate in the program, he explains, should get in touch with the local com munity committeeman or a mem ber of the county committee. Sod Waterways Hinder Erosion Sod waterways are proving to be one of the most effective means to control gullying in Douglas i county says J. r.Honebrake. I chairman of the county PMA com 1 miuee. ' Before the sod is broken, t h e waterways were protected by sod and heavy vegetative growth, ! Bul afer the land was broken out I of protective grass, too often these ' waterways become gullies. With tne cover gone excess water. toaacd with silt, rushes into the oniy outlet, digging ugly channels mrougn tne farm. ine use oi icrrares as a mpanc of controlling run-off often in creases tne need for grassed water ways because of the concentration of water back of the tirrarn Bonebiake suggested that one of ine simple and easy wavs to main tain a sod in the nalural water ways on the farm is not to break out the sod in the first place. Where gullying has started or is well advanced, the land will have to be prepared for seeding. If sod pieces are used, they often will have to be protected by such devices as drop-chocks or partial dams. Bonehrake explains that the agri cultural conservation program in Douslas county has a special prac tice to aid farmers in establishing sod waterways. To qualify for fi nancial assistance, the farmer must. . .(Cue specifications, ex planation and rates of assistance as given m your ACP handbook for 1950.) Market Move von hirkiy rotrs laviitioafW Fla w's FnO Fmence Plant If eM too now I planting season. Lettuce mar be a better bet than onions in adapted areas of the state, although both could be easily over-produced. Market conditions for other truck crops depend greatly on amounis produced, as demand is not ex pected to be greatly different from other recent years, according to the outlook circular. Commercial potato growers in the state are being asked to re duce their plantings by 2.800 acres or 8 percent. Growers have been advised of individual allotments which must not be exceeded if they wish to be eligible for the government price support pro gram. Chances for market prices to be above support levels next fall and winter are not very good unless national acreage allotments are met and yields are somewhat lower, Thomas says. A large spring onion crop mov - ing to market in competition with remaining old stocks has demor- alized the onion market recently. If market conditions are to be much better this fall, growers in late states will eithr have to drop present plans to increase acreage or growing weather will have to be unfavorable. Oregon's 1949 on ion crop brought good prices up to late February and was worth about $6,000,000 to growers. The late states will either have to drop tons of snap beans harvested in 1949 brought growers about 6 mil lion dollars. This was nearly three times the average return for the last ten years. Processors also paid Oregon growers more than $3,000,000 for the 1949 crop of peas and around $1,500,000 for sweet corn. Altogether, Oregon's 1949 pro duction of truck crops was worth around $22,000,000 to growers. Po tatoes added approximately $17, 000,000 additional. Ot A linil . . . At HIOH oi low mssuti . . . FROM SHALLOW OI DIIP WILL rBESI SERV CE ffljflfW F0hc0N0MICAl1iril3dWillfc) SOI A LOT OF WATI company whose pumping equipment his been building a reputation for highest quality for 99 years. 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