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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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