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o o o o o ff FARM and GARDEN NEWS jf Whitewashing Suggested Dent Befort Cold Weather A whitewash coat will Rive the inmde of your dairy barn a new look, states M. G. Huber of Oregon Stye college, who adds that it is i to get the painting job done bdwre cold weather starts. - Before applying whitewash, the extension agricultural engineer ad vises removal by brushing or (craping, all dirt, old whitewash scales and other rough material clinging to walls or ceiling. Where adequate preparation is done, ine final result is increased lile the new whitewash coat. Huber adds that whitewashing in creases the amount of light aa well aa improving interior appearance of the barn. In World War II the armed for ces used a greater tonnage forest products than of ateel. BUILD NOW AND SAVE LUMBER PRICES ARE DOWN CM 7MM 'j LUMBER SALES CO. INC. Garden Valley Road Phone 1931 . j i an i , . ioji ixjnin w i ' ' i Vol. XII No. 48 Lotor Than You Think . Have you arranged for, or ordered your baby chix? If not, it may he too late to get early chix, and get the kind you want. I his year, and practically every year, It's the guy with the early stuff that rashes in the sweetest profits. That goea, whether you have the first watermelon on the market in the fall, or the first atrawberry In the spring. ree-wee eggs in May bring t pretty fnir price ordinarily, be cause there are few, if any. at that time. Then in September, when almost everybody's pul lets are shucking out pee-wees, you just anout nave to give them away. There are years when this doesn't work nut. but our guess is that 1931 won't be one of those years. ( ourse, as a prophet, w e might he like Pres. Truman. His score is one won and one Inst. We got him heat, so far. We lost in IPSO like he did. Onlv we figured turkeys would he good, since there was intention to cut down the crop. Trouble was, everybody followed our advice and the result was 4S million turkeys. wen, wny should we alibi? Mr. Truman didn't. He iust ar. cepted the farts, and said he was happy. (With a Ml 50 score ) And we guessed right six eight times to one wrong one. Tho we won't claim that anvbodv who disagrees with us should have his hesil examined. Not enough examiners. Now about those earlv chix Time was, when we considered March chix aa early. Them days is gone forever. Not even Feb ruary chix are really early now. adays. To Qualify, vou sotla have 'cm any place from Nov. to Jan. Some folks already ahead of you, with Nov. chix. We know some folks who raised them last year in Dec. and .Ian. that done right well with them. As Dr. Parker, head of the poultry department at O. S. t". told us a month ago at the K of P hall, the early pullets are laying lots of nice big eggs dur ing May to December, when prices lor good large eggs are at the year's hignrst point. Ann. ii you sen hatching eggs, you l-now that those same months are Ihe times when vo.i can always depend on a mar kct. It's wise to take advantage of a sure thing like that, and early pullets are the only ans wer. Iron In Your Diet A few years acn we would have been called crazy- aa a root to recommend that you eat iron. Or copper. Or cobalt. Or many other trace minerals thai our feeble old bodies must have to keep strong. We needn't tell vou vou shouh have enough iron in your body to make a 20 penny spike, or enough cobalt to cover the sham end of a pin. Nor that you need iodine to help you get fighting mad on proper occasion. Yoj Thai Niwt-Rtvitw, Koieburg, Ort. Moil., Nov, HORTICULTURAL Pole Bean Virus Disease To Be Discussed At Meet A new pole bean virus disease provlem and what can be done about It will ba discussed by Dr. T, P. McWhorler, Oregon State for ' college agricultural experiment station plant pathologist, at the sixty-fifth annual meeting of the Ore- con State Horticultural society in days, says C. O. Rawlings, exten Corvallis Nor. 30 and Dee. 1. ; sion horticulture specialist, society He will speak to a vegetable I secretary, growers section Thursday after- I F.rHii.r Placement noon, Nov. 30, according to, R. i Dr. Karl Baur, western Washing Ralph Clark, OSC extension horti- ton experiment station soil scien- of culture specialist, who has charge ' it iinaamnta - t Vl IUf- i in- LET US HELP YOU With Your Building PROBLEMS Complete Stock Building Supplies know all this. So do we, but we just neglect to do anything about Now, with our livestock and poultry, well that's different. If we don't give them these trace minerals, they just don't work so good for us. Then we don't make so much money, and don't have such a hig income tax to pay. Maybe not any. And that'i not so good. Have YOU done anvtln? about this proposition? Well, YOU HAVE, if you are buying feed for vour stuff at the Doug las Flour Mill. RF.CAUSK w have done something about trace minerals in vour feed stuffs And that is to nut MOR TON'S TRACK MINF.RAUZF.D SALT into every bag of feed that rrris our lahrl. llse I'MPOUA FKK.ns, and rest assured that you have done all that is nec essary to furnish the trace min erals your income producing birds and animals reouire. We are proud of the brand "I'MPOt'A". because it Is our guarantee to you that the feed under that !-lvl contains every, thine that SCIENCE had disrnv. ered to keen vour stock healthy and profitable. We are only sorry we can't do as much for you as we can for vour live stock. FARM FACTS Old Cowi Mora Profitable! Dairy cows increase in pro ductivity with each lactation period until they reach the age of 1012 years. Extensive tests show the 12-year-old produces four times more calves, milk, and manure than a ft vrar-olH thus Ihe Innsrr she lives the more she earns! Sho Knows Now Irate Hubby: "I want to know once and for all, who is boss in this house." Sweet Wifey: "You'll be much happier. Dearie, if vou don't try to find out." (Ed. note: Aren't we all. boys?) A FRIEND AND (TSTOMKR gave us a neat alliterative idea the other day. He .suggests that you all "Feed Fresh Feed Fre quently." Nice thing about the idea is that he has proved it pays too. Been doing it a long time now. And, of course, when we sav Fresn Feed, we mean UMPQUA. UK MM SOCIETY terest program for vegetable grow ers. Morning general sessions aa well as afternoon separate vegetable and tree fruit sections will meet in In Corvallis American Legion hail at Seventh and Jackson streets. The starting hour is t a. m. both list, I'uyallup, will he featured ! ituibw m t .k u-n-laMa n i-flu, r 1 meeting Friday, Dec. 1. He will discuss fertilizer placement for vegetable and amall fruit crops. Thia subject is especially timely, Clark explains, since more and mora fertilizer is beinf used and large quantitiea of it are being wasted through incorrect usage. The bean virus was new in the state thia year, showing up in a leading commercial variety. D r. McWhorler is expected to extend considerable hope to growers aa a result of work completed this year. Dr. W. A. Frazier. OSC horticul ture department staff member, will appear twice before, the vegetable growers group. Ha will discuss sweet corn varieties and some of the) problems connected with rais ing it as well aa tomato production. New bean varieties will bo dis cussed by Dr. B. F. Dana, fed wilh the experiment atatioh. Kntomology department staff members will discuss new insecti cides and their uses and symphilid control. POWER USE HIGH Oregon far.ns are 99 S percent electrified. Latest figures released by the Rural Electrification admin istration indicate just 3IA Oregon farms do not ha.e electrcity. Nov. 27, 1950 "Amazing!" exclaimed -the stranger, regarding the 100 year oin native. "Nothin amazing about that,- scoffed another native "All he ever done was grow old. And he took longer to do that man most people do. ' Shoop For Ezy Money Wool threatens to be higher than a sheep's back. Much higher. Lambs should be high again, because there won't be so many. So. for eoodness' sake WHY NOT FEED YOUR r.WhS! Always did pay. It'll pav heller this year. Insure more wool, better wool, no broken fleeces, fatter ano Digger lambs and much fatter porkothooks. You can do it cheap with IT M P. QUA SHEEP CURES. Don't wait till the wool begins to slip Feed now. Save money. 1NOW IS A GOOD time to leen vour garden and your lawn. C.et the plant food where it will become availahle when you need it A good top dressing of VICORO now will produce mir acles next spring. ne nave ine visorn. and any niner tvne or fertilizer you wish. Also we have a hum- ninqrr of a spreader. You're welcome to the use of this swell little spreader. Just bring in a box top or two off a Vigoro bag and Ihe machine is yoms, to use and bring bark. Do it now, and avoid the rush that besets the Jonnic come latelvs. Everything was ready. Time was flying. The hour was draw, ing nigh. Rut suddenly t h e groom paled "What's the mat ter." asked the best man. "Lost the ring?" "Nope." answered the victim. "Cot Ihe ring all right, hut I've lost my wild enthusiasm." Toko A Chance Columbus Did The night was cold. The wind shield frosted over. After a couple of close shaves, the pas senger .suggested to the driver that he clean off the windshield. "Wouldn't do no good," ans wered the old geezer, whose eye sight had failed considerably, "l-eft muh glasses home." ADAM SAYS the warehouse smells so good, since we got that batch of Alfalfa Molasses. Rut alter all. that ain't what he got it for. It's for sale, and Adam swears it's a good deal at tt.M. Rut not if it stays under Adam'i feet. SPrTAKINB OF FRflST on the windshields, it's kmda bad when it's foggy too. So most of us turn on the headliihts in foggy weaihcr cilo,st's for our own pro tection, and that of our. car. Rut do you realize that when you have only your parking lights on I can't see you (doming. No protection to you that way. Nor to me. either. Resides, it's agio, tha law. l m bright . 27. IfSO: , . w ...... & 9 frw BACKYARD STOCKMEN Passersby in a Chicago street gape and giggle as Hols Michaels, left, and Hal White water their city bred hogs after taking the porkers along on a shopping trip to neighborhood stores. Tliey are raising the animals in White's back yard for entry in the National Livestock Exhibition. White, a sporting goods salesman and Michaels, a night club entertainer, are trying to prove that city slickers with no farm experienca can' compete with professional livestock men. Look Out For Septic Tank Cleaners, Engineer Warns Beware of septic tank bacteria starters and rlca.iers. advises M. Ci. Huber, Oregon State college ex tension agricultural eniineer. In all probability, the cleaners are strong caustics whicn nuv servo only as temporary cleaning mUKiiriii Althmiuh l...u m - u clean out plugged pipes to the septic tank, -cleaners have no par ticular value in removing sludge and scum. The lattrv causes most major septic tank troubles. Huber explains. Septic tanks should be cleaned regularly, and it is especially im portant to have the tank scum and sludge removed every four or five years. U. R. Public Health Service studies indicate addition of yeast KEEP I TOd m Minerals I flie ttftct'm, economical way I MORTON'S TRACE MINERALIZED SALT boforo your animals Selt...Blvt Mkalt, mHinlif Morion's Trace Mineralized Salt, fed fret (hoict is like a low-cost insurance policy covering all your livestock. In aMiiion to salt, it furnishes the cobalt, manganese, ifon, copper, iodine so vital for healthy, thrifty animals, t.uards against cosily trace mineral de ttirncirs. Costs little more per animal than salt altne. Fur complete story on importance of salt and tract minerals write for FRI:E folders. US 97 Crack Test BUY A YEAR'S SUPPLY NOW . 20c Per Pound BY THE SACK DOUGLAS COUNTYFLOUR MILL Pint & Cost Streets Roseburg and similar compounds have little value in septic tank operation and maintenance. Compounds advertised to pro mote bacterial action are, for the most part, money making schemes, Huber believes. Price Support Program ' For Eqqs To Be Cut Off 1 WASHINGTON (.V The agriculture department has an nounced that its producer price support program for eggs will be discontinued Dec. 31. Continued over-production, in volving heavy government buying of eggs for which it has no market, was given as the major reason for discontinuance. Thus eggs in 19M will be un supported lor the tirst time since 1942. NUTS for you THE Jiliss I Agent Named To Represent NW Colleges A former Oregon county exten sion agent, Walter C. Leth of Mon mouth, has been named to repre sent four northwest land grant col leges on the U. S. department of agriculture field committee. In his new position, Leth will be a liaison officer between Oregon State college, and state colletet in Washington, Idaho and Montana and nine USDA .agencies. An nouncement of his appointment cornea from Dr. J. C. Knott, di rector of the Washington State col lege institute of agricultural sci ences. Dr. Knott is chairman of the resource development council of the four institutions concerned. The field committee was set up in May by Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannon to advise and as sist in coordinating multiple pur pose activities of the department in the I'acilic Northwest, tiean. r. E. Price, dire? tor of agriculture at Orego.i State college, sa'd I -h will aid in formulating and imple menting an integrated agricultural program for the Columbia river basin. Field representative for the sec retary of agriculture, H. H. Peet, Portland, heads the committee. To Increase Effectiveness Leth served as county extension agent in Polk county with head quarters at Dallas from HV6 to 1949, resigning to farm. During the past few months, he has served as a consultant for Ihe Stanford uni versity research institute in con nection with work relating to fluo rine damage to agricultural crops in the Portland area. Leth's appointment is the latest in a series of moves calculated to increase Ihe effectiveness ot re search and extension work in the i'acilic Northwest, Dr. Knott said. ) The resource development council which he heads was established Dy the four colleges early this year to serve as a medium o exenange for ideas and information. Leth's ofiice will be in Portland. Coveted National Award OSC Horticulturist Wins OREGON STATE COLLECT. Dr. William A. Frazier, Oregon State college agricultural experi ment station horticulturist, has I been announced as winner of the 1949 vaugnan Kesearcn awarn in vegetable crops by the American Society of Horticultural Science. The award is one ot two given annually for the best rcsearh pa per in Ihe fields of vegetable crops and floriculture. It was established in 1943 by L. II. Vaugnan of Chi cago and includes a Jloo cash prize and a permanent plaque. Dr. Frai ier's paper discussed the develop ment ol tomato breeding lines re sistant to the root knot nematode. Dr. Frazier joined the experi ment station staff at OS C. last year. He is in charge of the sta tion's broad new program of veg etable crops research. He was for merly head of the vegetable crops department at the University of Hawaii. Opportune Winds Save Florida's Citrus Crops LAKELAND. Fla. (.PV Lucky winds broke the back of the severe cold wave which struck Florida during the weekend, and saved cit rus and vegetable crops from pos sible disaster. There was some damage, but losses were minor when compared with what they miRht have been. Temperatures dropped as low as 17. Biggest blow probably was in M natee county, south of Tampa Heavy frosts settled there, destroy ing most ol the tomatoes, some beans and eggplants. Windburn caused an estimaled 30-35 percent loss to 15.000 acres of beans near Belle Glade in south Florida. The Ruskin truck rea just be low Tampa suffered a possible one third loss to Its tomato crop. Only scattered damage was reported elsewhere. But any harm to the bumper cit rus crop was negligible. Winds which prevented the cold from set tling, dry air and grove heating by growers prevented losses. , 1 5 . ' k sow" CO"1 . a . 0 ' Ml" ! Grant Authorizes OREGON STATE COLLEGE The Oregon Forest Products la boratory. located on the Oregon State college campus, will under take a research project designed to make possible the utilization of wooi wastes in generating power for sawmills as the result of a KOMI grant from the Portland chamber nf mmmeri P U nPM. tor. managing director of the la boratory, has announced. George H. Atherton, a laboratory mechanical engineer who con ceived the idea, is constructing a pilot plant to determine the indus trial feasibility of the process that would eventually result, if exper iments are successful, in the design Of. a rnmnirl lioht.u-oiaht nn.l. able source of energy for sawmills and other operations. The new type ol gas-operated tur bine wuuld have wide application COMING! CARSTENS GENERAL ELECTRIC COOKING SCHOOL . FRIDAY, DEC. 1 FOR POULTRY Itt A!rn riRST AID FEFDS help fctp your poultry healthy and productive. Vt hfu trouble nrikes thM feed are often juj tht thing that your birdi need to bring them back to glowing health. Alben FIRST AID FEEDS aie the limpleet, sifert. moil tfjtc five, way to treat your bird. Every one wai proved for years at Albert' famoui wett coast Poultry Research Station. Design P dally for sickly birds, these feeds have strong tasteappeal to encourage eating, end extra nutritional valuea so toey nourish whtit they heal. There's an Albert FIRST AID FEED for every need-and a price that pays hs wey in extra eggs or faster gains. Call us any time for more details. Free literature on request. BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG,- OREGON ' Phone 98 Loeafed W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks How to get in your clutches Our rebuilt International Truck chitchi Inst like new perform like new are like new in every respect except in cost. Under International's exchange plan you save money by swap ping your old clutch for a recon ditioned one. And yougt a new clutch warranty in the bargain. SIG FETT 527 N. Jackson Utilization Project in the Pacific Northwest lumber ' industry as it would make use of j materials such as sawdust, hogged ' fuel and shavings now largely un I used. At the same time it would 1 provide power for sawmills and i other plants isolated from electri cal and water power. t Gas to operate the turbine ia generated by burning wood under pressure in a specially designed furnace. Work in progress is aimed at determining the size of furnace required to operate a turbine large enouih to supply power for a small' mill. ' I Cooperating with the forest prod ucts lab are the Oregon State col- ; lege engineering experiment sta tion, whichMs contributing equip- i ment and professional assistance, ' and the Boeing airplane company of Seattle which is providing tech nical data. a bargain In addition to clutches, wt have Interna tional factory-reouilt crank shafts fuel pumps, carburetors, Hydrovacs, brake shoes, other units. So come in and trade truck trouble for like-new perform ance. You'll be money ahead. Phone 11 SO axv'fl csv, - jfjrjmi o