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j?FARM and GARDEN NEWS Jf 8 Th Newt-Review, Roseburg, Douglas County 4-H Boys And Girls Make Livestock Tour Of Coos And Curry Thirty Douglas county 4-H boys and girls took part in the south coast livestock and crops tour through Coos and Curry counties Thursday and Friday. They were accompanied by County 4-H club Agent Wilbert L. Anderson, and Mrs. Corrine MeTaggart, home economics extension agent. The tour was conducted in con junction with the 4-H clubs ot Coos and Curry counties and several visits were made to the important livestock breeders. Classes of the various types of livestock were se lected by Cal Monroe, state 4-H club agent from Corvallis, and were judged by the boys and girls. Winners in the judging contest arc to be announced later. These tours are set up to give instruction in livestock judging to the livestock club members and 'also to give them an acquaintance with club members in neighboring counties, said Anderson. Stops on the tour were made at Coos Bay, where the hog feed ing operation of Mr. Yost was visit ed. The next stop was on a pure bred hereford farm west of Co quille, where the boys and girls judged classes in yearling here ford heifers and hereford cows. Bob Knox, Curry county agricul ture extension agent, conducted a week identification class. . Thursday night the group stayed at Floras lake near Langlois, where SLABWOOD In 12-16 and 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY ' SEPARATOR Phone 458 Vol. XII, No. 31 Are You A Hoarder? From every side comes the Guvmcnt propaganda "Don't hoard, there's enough for every body if nobody hoards." We are called insulting names if we show inclinations toward hoard ing. Well, there is good logic in the Guvment advice. If this stuff ever is to be needed In the pro ccsution of a war with Russia and her stooges, it will do a lot more good in the army than In your or my cellar.-We would be more patriotic to leave it all in the open till we need it. Private hoarding is pure self ishness. We simply say "Well, I've got mine, and you're a sucker if you don't get yours." There is no thought of the Gold en Rule, fair play or friendship. And it boosts prices, even in the midst of plenty for the "sucker" who wants to be a good guy. So remember, the tire you hide away might have saved a life of some G. I. in a foreign country. The nylon sox might have become a parachute that would have saved another G. I. The food you hoard might have filled some G. I.'s belly. But, while we're at it, let's suggest to Mr. Brannan and his bunch of Guvment hoarders that they practice a bit of their own R reaching. If you and I DO oard, it's because we expect to use it sometime. But the Guv ment has been hoarding for years, just to keep prices high, and goods scarce. Our good Uncle Sam has 4 bil lion bucks worth of stuff, rang ing from spuds to cotton, wheal to peanuts , eggs to honey, and hundreds of other food items. All bought to keep prices high. And now our big shots are bawling their heads off, telling us not to buy anything we don't need today, because it will cause inflation and high prices. We would laugh, only it just isn't funny. Yes, there is sure plenty of food. And now Mr. Brannan, our Sec'y of Agri. wants more mil lions of our tax money to nav the freight rates to most any where he can find people to ac cept his hoarded stuff for free. Again, we could laugh, only it's our money he used to buy the hoard, and now he wants more of our money to help give it away. Want A Rest? The Boss suggests that maylie you folks are getting a bit weary of reading "The Feed Bag," and that it would be a good deal to give you all a vacation fur a spell. So unless we hear a con siderable howl to the contrary, this feature will be missing from the Farm Page of the "Hose burg News-Review" for a few is sues. However, if this move is going lo take a lot of joy out of your life, just drop us e note. In fact, Or. Man., July 31, 1 950 they experienced a soaking rain. Friday morning they visited the gorse experiment station and Don White, manager, conducted a tour to show the visitors what has been done to control this infesta tion. The 4-Hers next visited the Jer sey herd of Mr. Cadus, near Lang lois, and Jersey cows and heifers were judged. Importance of feed ing was pointed out. The last stop was at the Sea View range, where Romney sheep are raised. They visited the Bandon beaches on their return. Making the trip, all from Myrtle Creek and their expenses paid by the Myrtle Creek Grange were Larry Hannan, Marilyn Hannan, Ted Arrowood, Lavina Wallace, Erlene Sargent, Jay Jones, Jean Radford, Margaret Knudtson, Eve lyn Dyer, Calvin and Honald Clack, Lloyd Hawkins, Monty Lewis, Gary Ramcy, Harrison Hale, David Wil son, Sonja and Sandra Denman and Bobbie Jean Uulmer. Other 4-H members were Earl Telford and Charles Meredith of Roscburg route 4; Larry Cooper. Gordon Tuel, Sally Brown, Char lotte Sand, Donna Sundburg and LeRon Sanders, Koseburg route 3; Mary Mickel, Rnseburg route 2; Mary Coggins, Milo, and Billy Hill, Glendale. Safflower oil has Jong been used for lamps in India and China FARM FACTS Bl-Focals For Bulls! After two of his friends had been killed by bulls, Henry Mas bruch of Plnttville. Wis. invent rd a blindfold hull halter with "bi-focnls," allowing the bull to see downward to graze, but blinding him when he lowers his head to charge. you might drop us a note if you approve of the decision. We would like to know just how you feel about it, one way or an another. Please Return Empty Sax The war scare has done an other thing. Great Britain has cut off the burlap bag supply, and bags are going to become a problem. There is plenty of cotton held by the Guvment, and if burlap docs disappear, we can get plenty of cotton bags. But, your feed will cost you consider able more in cotton hags. So, please take good care of your empties. Keep them clean, keep the mice out of them, bring them back, get your re bate, which amounts to a lower price on your feed, and we'll use them over and make every body a hale saving. Classified Section FOR SALE about 350 nice N. Ilamp. pullets. 12 weeks old. By head or by the pound. These birds too good to sell for fryers, but will be unless sold for la vers. F.gg prices going up fast. Don't miss this. Hoy Denny, tttsi, Winchester Si., Hoseburg. A DOZKN good N. II. cock erels for sale. Mood tested lube method. Must sell quickly or market. Ray Strong, Sutherlin. Sold Your Croin? Harvesting is getting a good start. The Douglas Flour Mill is a home business, and as far as possible we like lo buv and sell right in Douglas (ounlv. We alwavs buv all ih out of local harvest, thereby iii'imoK ran ine grain grower and the feed buyer, hv bringing them as close together as possible. 1 llrrn IM) T-gctorS Still Lead In Causing Farm Fatalities Oregon farms continue to make news for their owners, operators and hired hands throughout the year in a steady stream of news accounts published in local papers relating farm accidents that re sult in death, permanent injury or work time-loss for their victims, according to the Oregon Farm Safety council. A news clipping survey kept by the council recorded 36 deaths from farm accidents during the calendar year 1949 as compared with 34 deaths for the year previous. Trac tors continue to lead as contri buting factors for accidents, ac counting for 15 of the 36 deaths counted. The dubious honor of being in volved in the state's most unusual 1949 farm accident goes to an individual who received painful cuts resulting from kicking out a window. Overturning accounted for nine of the tractor deaths, two of them involving children. The Oregon Farm Safety coun cil is composed of farm equipment dealers, and representatives of farm organizations, the state de partment of vocational agriculture, 0. S. C. and the state industrial accident commission. Chairman is F. E. Price, assistant dean, O.S.C. school of agriculture. James E. Wiles, farm represen tative of the state industrial acci dent commission, says that fatali ties covered by the state vorkman s compensation law are continuing unchanged; time loss accidents have shown a decided increase during the past five years. The commission' he represents handles about 11,000 agricultural accounts, a small percentage of the state's total farm population. Nationally, 17,500 farm accident deaths occur annually as well as 1,500,000 disabling injuries, Approx imately 35.000 farm buildings are destroyed by fire. Hundreds of chinchilla ranches are now stocked with the descen dants of 11 chinchilla brought to the U. S. from the Andes in 1923. July 31, 1950 We want all the grain we can get. Bring in a sample, and be assured of the best price for your crop at the Douglas Flour Mill. Always Something New Time marches on, and every day brings something new. Now it's a way to mature turkeys in three or four weeks less time. The job has never been how to get turkeys big enough, but how to get them ripe quick enough. And now we have that too. The answer is the new HOR MONE PILL. By planting a tiny Kill in the neck of a turkey gob Icr, we make a sissy out of him, and he lays around and lakes on fa, instead of strutting and fighting. Better yet, his pin feathers grow out, and the first thing you know, he is ready for market, and you save three or four weeks of feeding. The bird may possibly not he as heavy as if you had let na ture take her own sweet time, but you are not" so much in terested in having a 30 lb. torn as you are in having a dollar profit. (Or are you?) We have ordered many thou sands of these litle pills. We have the machinery to plant them where they will do the most good. Due to the large number we have ordered, wo can give you the best possible price on them too. It will pay you to check up on this deal. Ask us about it. Ask anybody in the marketing end of the bus iness. Practically every one agrees that this is the best thing that has happened for the tur key grower in the last few years. Place your order now for the pills, called TENDKRETTES. Use them about ' four or five weeks before you wish to kill your birds. Use them on hens, too. It will do the same thing for them. Bureaucracy A dopey store owner hired a dopey clerk, who immediately made a very expensive boner. . Said the dopey merchant: "Know what I'm go ng to do? I'm going to deduct a third of your piiy until you have paid for this mistake." "Gosh. that will take a long time, won't it?" asked the dopey clerk. "It certainly will not.. I'm going to raise your salary right now, so I can get even with you that much quicker." We'll See You Don't know just how long we will be out of print. Will depend on a lot of things. But keep the Douglas Flour Mill in mind any time you want the best buy in feed for anything you need lo feed. (Quality is our first con cern and price next. That's why "You can pay more, but you can't buy any better feed." Few Farm Prices Yet Reach Theoretical Price Parity By OVID A. MARTIN Associated Press Farm Writer WASHINGTON UP) Despite price increases since the start of fighting in Korea, few farm products have yet reached levels which should make them subject to ceilings if the government had power to control prices. Probably only hogs, beef cattle, veal calves, lambs, and cotton would be put under ceilings at cur rent conditions. The government has not said at what levels ceilings would be esta blished should they be deemed nec essary, but existing law sets a guide which in all probability would be followed. That guide is farm legislation set ting up a standard for measuring agricultural producl prices. That standard is called "parity." ' Parity is lcgallv defined as a price which is equally fair to far mers and to those who buy his pro ducts. Parity prices are the goal of most jf the government's farm aid programs. Ceilings below parity would be a contridiction of the farm program goals. Similar Directive In World War II Congress direct ed that no price ceilings be set below parity. It undoubtedly would mare a similar direction in new price control laws. The Truman administration Itself would not likely propose ceilings at below parity levels A proposal of such nature could be expected to weaken it among farmers a group w.ich has been influential in keeping the Democrats in pow er. The fact that President Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Bran nan have been characterizing re cent price increases as "unjustifi ed" does not mean that they op pose parity prices for farmers. What they have been saying is that price increases are unjusti fied on the basis of current large supplies. As they see it, handlers and processors and distributors of farm products have In many cases increased prices unnecessarily and are reaping big profits. Benefit Slight Farmers, they say, are getting little benefit because they already had sold most of last year's crops at lower prices than now prevail. The government already is in a position to exercise control over prices of such products as corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco, dry beans, flaxseed, butter, dried milk, dried eggs and cheese. It has large stocks of these items and can put them on the market to help curb price Increases. But agriculture department of- Ram And Ewe Sale Set For Albany August 5 Prominent sheco breeders from throughout the Willamette valley have consigned 137 rams and 30 ewes to the tenth annual Willa mette Valley Purebred Ram and Ewe Sale in the 4-H club fair building. Albany, starting at 9:00 DST, Saturdey, August 5, the sale committee has annonccd. Sale catalogues are now avail able and may be obtained by writ ing to O. E. Mikescll secretary, Willamette Valley Purebread Ram and Ewe Sale. Courthouse, Albany. Mikescll is Linn uounty extension agent. Animals representing 10 breeds arc being offered. Thev include Romney. Lincoln, Corriedale, Cots wold, Cheviot, Columbia, Shrop shire. Suffolk, Southdown, and Hampshire. In addition to Mikesell, sale of ficials include E. R. Hubbard. Cor vallis, manager Claude SStens loff, Salem; and Eldon Riddell, Independence. Animals offered are guaranteed breeders and will have been passed by a sifting commit tee before entering the ring. The doe and her litter need Albers RABBIT FAMILY RATION became it gets fast, economical growth from the litter at low cost. But breeding animals must be kept in condition without fattening. To these animals feed Albers RABBIT BREEDERS PAKS. It will pay you to get your herd on the Albers Two-Feed Program TODAY. Call or visit Douglas County FARM BUREAU ROSEBURG, OREGON Prune 98 Located W. Washington SL and S. P. R. R, Tracks ficials say the government proba bly would use these stocks except perishables like butter, cheese, dn ed eggs etc. only to keep price trom going above parity. They say action to hold farm prices below parity while prices of other products were going up would be unfair to farmers. Results Of New Gorse Control To Be Observed Gorse, an ornamental plant from the British Isles which ran wild in western Oregon, has met its master in one of the new weed control chemicals, 2,4 5-T, and experimen tal work results will be shown Fri day afternoon, August 11, at a field day starting 1:30 from the Sixes Grange hall in Curry county. This' announcement is from Dr. D. D. Hill, Oregon State college farm crops department head, who adds that more than 200 control plots have been set in the gorse exoerimental area. Work underway which pointed out that 2,4,5-T was effective in controlling gorse has been carried out by the O.S.C. experiment station. Virgil' Freed, in charge of weed control work for the station, de scribes 2,4,5-T as the "most hope ful" chemical for uje in grose con trol. His recommendation calls for a dosage rate of 3 to 6 pounds of active ingredient per acre applied during May, June and July. First gorse plants were brought to the City of Bandon in 1894 by a retired sea captain. The plants, first used for lawn decoration, now coverer an est:mated 25,000 acres in western Oregon. The plant, an extreme fire hazard during the summer months, has taken over vast areas of grazing and poten tial reforestation land. The fire which almost complete ly destroyed Bandon in 1936 was spread by gorse, the plant used first to decorate the yard of one of it residents. It is sometimes called Irish Furse. Livestock Shed Plans Now Available At OSC Plans for livestock sheds begin ning at 24 feet in length are novo available fromthe Oregon State col lege farm building plan service. Copies of the working drawings which show construction details may be seen at the local county extension office. Included are plans for the follow ing lengths sheds: 24, 30, 34, and 38 feet, according to M. G. Hub er, O.S.C. extension agricutlural engineer. A nominal charge is made for the plans. In addition to the plans for build ings used in a loose housing sys tem, other plans are lvailable for approved milk houses, milking par lors, milking barns and a cover ed hay rack. The loafing shed plans show trus sed gable roofs. They were design ed without center posts in order that the buildings could be easilv converted to machinery storage or other utility purposes. The working drawings show plans for laying out rafters, their lengths and details for building ties and braces. County extension agents will show and discuss plans as well as offer assistance in placing order lor the working drawings. n Modal 'B' John Deer tractor, 1944 model. ...i is in perfect condition, rubber and la priced to aall quickly. International Model OSK tractor, 1947 .odel. Very rood ronrfit ion. trsrtor new and la priced for a quick aale. PHONE 'Post Stretcher Exhibit To Make Tour Of State A traveling wood preservation exhibit, to be known as the "post stretcher," which will be shown for the first time at a conservation tour and range re-seeding and equipment demonstration in Lake county early in August, has been scheduled thus far to be shown at 25 county fairs and farm meet ings, announces Charles R. Ross. Oregon State college extension for estry specialist. Materials in the exhibit are be ing prepared in cooperation with the Oregon Forest Products lab oratory and the O.S.C. school of forestry. C. A. Taylor, O.S.C. sen ior student, will accompany tin exhibit on the tour which will end with a showing at the Pacific In ternational Livestock exposition, October 6 to 14. Cold soaking methods of preser ving fence posts using pentachlo raphenol, copper napthenate, and oil-gas tar creosote will be shown in the exhibit which includes act ual soaking tanks. In the exhibit also will be a heart-wood oak post which is known to be more than 100 years old. Included also will be photographs taken of posts from the T. J. Stark er post farm near Corvallis. At this farm, posts are studied to de termine their service life. Among fence posts which have an un treated life of 10 years or less are Cottonwood, Douglas fir, and west ern hemlock. For a cost of 14 to 20 cents a post using the cold soaking treatment with a chemi cal such as "penta" the life of a post can be extended materially. The exhibit will include a full sized post peeler which will be shown in operation. At each of the fairs where the exhibit will be shown, it is planned to leave an in-place exhibit to show the value of post treatment to prolong their service life. A model dwelling house will be displayed with paint indicating the areas where wood should be treat ed to prevent over-rapid deterior ation. Hood River Apple, Pear Production Costs Given Information which will provide a basis for practical estimates of costs of producing apples and pears in the Hood River valley is pre sented in a new Oregon State college agricultural experiment station circular of information. (With adjustments for changes in yield and price levels, growers can utilize the data to estimate their production costs for any given year if no changes occur in pro duction techniques. Entitled "Cost of Producing Ap ples and Pears in the Hood River Valley, Oregon," the circular of information was written by Dr. G. W. Kuhlman, agricultural econo mist, and Arthur E. Irish, field man. Growers in the areas co operated by keeping detailed re cords for the study. The analysis shows that apple costs in 1949 were 78 cents per loose box and $1.24 per packed box, ex cluding packing and storage char ges. This represents a 10 percent decrease from 1948 costs. Winter pear Costs also were down about 9 percent at 96 cents per lug, box and $1.10 per packed box. For cannery pears it was $1.24 per lug box and $53.44 per ton. Copies of the publication are available on request. Registered Willamette Val ley bred Romneys from im ported rams. Choice selec tions n'w available. Oakmtad Farm Ntwbtrg, Oregon 193 OR DROP ' IN AT OUR USED miklTED CTATT ,cteriu, ". INTERSTATE OSC Experiment Station 1 Adds To Research Staff The appointment of Dr. Jerome C. R. Li, associate professor of j mathematics at Oregon Stae col lege, as biometrician for the Ore-' gon State college agricultural ex periment station has ben announc ed by William A. Schoenfeld, dean and director of agriculture. As biometrician. Dr. Li will as sist research workers in the de sign of experimental projects and will help process research data. The appointment is on a half-time basis with Dr. Li continuing on half-time with the mathematics department. Born in China, Dr. L! graduated from the University of Nanking 1938 with a degree in agriculture. Latqr he came to this country for advanced study at Iowa Stae col lege where he received his doc torate degree in 1943. From 1943 until he came to O.S.C. in 194b, Dr. Li taught mathematics and statistics at Queens College of City of New j'ork. New Drugs Being Used To Stop Cows' Sniffles TILLAMOCK, UP) A county veterinarian reports that he has the answer for the summer snif fles among dairy cattle here. Use what humans do, the much advertised rnti-histamine prepara tions and streptomycin, Dr. An drew Lloyd advised. The county veterinarian and his partner, Dr. R. H. Peterson, re ported they had labored with the problem three summers. Their ef forts were in vain until they tried the new drugs. Most of the herds afflicted are south of Hebo. One of a dozen of the herds was treated with, the drugs. These animals stopped sneezing and sniffling and apparent ly are cured. Dr. Lloyd said. He said the afflictioi. wasn't fatal to the'ows. They lost flesh, however, the milk production fell off sharply. CHERRY PICKER KILLED PORTLAND UP) Marshall R Fell, 72, died of electric shock Thursday night when a steel rod he was holding touched a 4150-volt power line. Sheriff's deputies said he had been using the rod to push apart branches of a tree while he pick' ed cherries. FORD TRACTORS are real bargains because . . . rim C6it uttriie MMOMANCI II tllALI USED FORD TRACTORS 600 UP COMPANY 1 25 SOUTH PINE LOT AT 709 N. JACKSON ST. FARVVSTORE 4-H Club Calendar Aue. 8-12 4-H Summer Camp at Camp Myrtlewood. Aug. 7. 8. 9 Livestock tour, Oregon State college. Aug. 13 Smith River Fall Achievement day. Aue". 17. 18. 19 Douglas Coun ty Fair, Roseburg. Sent. 4-10 Oregon State Fair, Salem. nn c-M Padrip International Livestock exposition, Portland. Talking About a Home? So many people do noth ing but talk about it! But If yoi really want to i our home, consult mt now Personal Jttention. Economiral terms. RALPH L RUSSELL Loans and Insu ance Loan Represenative Equitable Savings & Loan Assn. 112 W. Cass Phone 913 it Caw ii CtZU 5 ? V4.1UI excellent looks like f n m