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Newspaper Page TextThe News-Review, Refeburf, Ore Man., Aug. 13, 15T G O FARM and GARDEN NEWS Pendleton Site Of Annual Ram Sale August 17 Seven different breeds will be represented among the 375 selected rams offered at the twenty fifth annual Oregon ram sale in Pendleton Friday, August 17, an nounces Victor W. Johnson, Uma tilla county extension agent and !" secretary to the Oregon Wool Growers association, the sale spon sor. The sale will be held in t h e Round-Up livestock sales pavilion starting at 10 a. m. Both stud and yearling rams will be included among the offerings made by 20 prominent breeders. Consignments are being made by - two out-of-state breeders, Bennie Farms, StanWood, Wash., and John K. Madsen RambouiUet farm, Mt Pleasant, Utah The eastern Oregon livestock branch experiment station, Union, will consign seven Columbias and three Hampshire yearling fams. Breeds represented include Ram bouillets, Lincoln RambouiUet crossbreds, Columbias, Corrie dales, Llncolns, Suffolks and Hampshires. . One purebred Suffolk breeder, Glenn Cox, Philomath, is donat ing one ram. Proceeds from sale of this animal will be used toward entertaining gueVs attending the eighty seventh annual convention of the National Wool Growers as sociation. The four-day convention will be held in Portland December 4 to 7. Although the bulk of the sale of ferings are yearling rams, there will be 10 stud rams sold In addi tion to 10 ram lambs. More than one-half of the animals to be sold are Suffolks, and Willamette val ley breeders are making most of the consignments. Rams will be at the sale site not later than August 15 in order that they may be inspected by bid ders. Stud rams will be sold singly. The remainder will go through the ring in pens of two to seven. Wool Production Reveals Increase Western Oregon Counties Show Big Value Increase 111 mmi H myoai Hwcm M mwn II nmmm U cmm mm m mm m Imm I mu H nut 1m am m m whm n m mm i mm fuNtKM m m I B, I 7f6S 3I6U ?6M 7176 083 08D09DO425R fimmim J wmihi If mnm fM tmm H mtmma B m uw B m iwm IJ nimu WASHINGTON, D. C. The 44,841 farms in the 18 counties of western Oregon which constitute the first, third and fourth congres sional districts, had remarkable increases in values and production during the five years prior to the 1950 census, accordng to an an nouncement by Dr. Roy V. Peel, director of the census. WASHINGTON (Pi The Ag- he value of land and buildings riculture department estimates reacned a total ot 171,879,948 in this year's production of shorn 1950 compared with a valuation of wool at 229,111,000 pounds, an in-. $436,262,296 in the farm census of crease of about 4 percent over last 1945. This was a 1950 valuation, year. Per acre 'or tne entire area Production, however, is down of $155.33 compared with $93.24 about 27 percent from the 1940-49 live years earlier. Select Your Milking Machine Rubber Replacement Parts from this Sample Board We cia make immediate deliveries from our stock. Tbtrt h nothing btlln than Cream Brtni miHing mutbhu parti rtgtrd In l mtmt or frit. MELROSE DAIRY Route 3 Box 595 Phone 3-5828 average. This year's larger crop re flected a two percent increase in the number of sheep shorn and a record heavy weight of fleece. This year's fleece averaged 8.23 pounds compared with 8.11 pounds last year and 8 pounds for the 10-year average. Production is down from last year in such major states as Texas. New Mexico and Arizona, but up in the rest of the western states. Domestic wool production has been filling less than a third of the nation's needs In recent years. " Production this year and last, respectively, In major producing states included: Texas 51,943,000 and 52,686,000; Idaho 9,403,000 and 9,400,000; Wyo ming 18,762,000 and 17,6?0,0O0 Washington 3,018,000 and 2,964,000 Oregon 5,506,000 and 5,366,00 and California 16,024,000 and 15,547,000. SUPPLY REDUCED LA GRANDE P - Most of the Grande Ronde valley's grass seed has been harvested and production was down two-thirds to three-fourths due to winter chill and drouth. County Agent Burns Bailey made the report, as the harvest of most varieties neared completion. There is a general seed short age, he said, which should cause higher prices. IF YOUR PAPER HAS NOT ARRIVED BY 6:15 P.M. DIAL 2-2631 .ft J I mWJHJl.t.l) MrJllJJJlliWTrTWltf1.W I VOL. XIII NO. 33 MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1951 EASY WAY OF LIFI We live in the "machine age." Machinery has made life eas ier for almost everybody in this good old U.S.A. It's an "elec tric this" and 1 "mechanical that," until we have to do sit ting up exercises to keep our waist line neat. And now it has even coma to the feller who raises chick ens for a living. Yep, instead of slaving, digging and scrap ing to keep everything "hospi tal sanitary" in the chicken house, we now have "built-up litter," "pits," or no roosts, au tomatic watcrcrs, and at long last, a workable automatic feed er, which can even be put on an alarm clock system, just like your electric Hqhts, or the wife's electric range. Imagine, you old-time poul trymenl We used to get up be fore daylight to put out feed for the birds after we had the lan terns lit. And fill the fountains with fresh water. Then imag ine Just sleeping in, whjlo the alarm clock starts the feed roll ing out through the houses, and the water is always sanitary. No need to get up until time to gather ecus. Yes, and there are even some automatic egg gatherers, though they haven't learned how to handle broken eggs in the nesls. Besides, (here should be some fun left in the business, and gathering eggs is just that. But, to get back to this au tomatic feeder. The Douglas County Flour Mill Is selling the "B i g Dutchman" Automatic Feeder. This, we believe, was Uie first of its kind ever m,l and has been in production long enough that the manufacturer! have got all the "bugs" out ol Anything revolutionary such as an automatic feedrr starts put as a pretty crude affair. But It Isn't long before American in genuity figures out refinements and improvements, until in a few years we ran kh streamlined perfection. The HI Dutch man ha about reached that stage. It has i speed changer; you can have the eh ain mm-, etnu, or fast. A feed Dumn in rn. your birds don't eat it as fas' as It comes out. the nvprflnw i pumped back Into the hopper, ens was a full time job for a man and wife, and the kids had to help after they got home from school. Nowadays, with the new ideas and machinery the same man and wife can care for 5000 and do it easier. Besides, there should be an other couple thousand to keep the kids out of mischief. Because of this, the margin between cash cost and cash re turns is sometimes smaller than it was years back. (Not right now, though, as there is a beautiful spread between cost and Income. Willi commercial eggs $18.00 a case and hatching eggs pointed towards a dollar a dozen.) With automatic feeders and watercrs, laying cages or deep litter, the poultryman has be come a 40-hour a week man with big income taxes to pay. Or the man who handles a regu lar job can handle a thousand or iwo laying hens with a couple extra hours a day. YOU NEXT,MAYBE Just in one day the manufac turer had put in two hours with the income tax department, had a call from a man in the Federal Trade Comm., another caller from the Wage and Hours Division, and finally one from the Justice Dept. If you are In business, you realize this happens with sur prising regularity. Anyway, this poor dub finally sold his plant and bought a skunk farm, with the reflection: "Now, maybe the guvment will keep Its nose out of my business." ON THAT BUM FEED We tested a lovely bunch of minds uir t.a Markham last week. Ed has Installed trap nests and has 180 of bis prettiest pullets in the trap house. That day, at five months and one week, the 180 birds laid 97 eggs, In spite of being shoved around. Truth to tell, the entire flock It hitting close to that figure. WARNING! By the way, this title we often use "Bum Feed" is reserved for our own use. It Isn't copy righted, but nevertheless, unless two or three competitive fii'Wmon quit using it In re ferring to I'.Ml'QUA FREDS, we are going to nrim ihi.ii- boy hit a pretty lively clip. On her return a friend (?) of Smit ty's remarked: "It's about time you got back. You know 'When the old cat's away the mice ' " But just then Smitty swung on the Friend. Horrified, Mrs. S. gasped: "Heavens, John, why did you do that?" Quickly and gallantly Smitty explained: "Well, nobody's going to call my darling wife an old cat!" THE COUNTyTaiR Thank Goodness and some hardworking civic minded peo ple in Douglas County, we are going to have another Coun ty Fair this week. Thursday, Friday and Saturday you will have an opportunity to meet friends you haven't seen since Inst Co. Fair. And see what folks In other parts of Douglas County are doing. There will be booths and exhibits galore. The future Farmers and the 4-H clubbers will be there with bells on. You just can't afford to miss It. The Douglas Flour Mill will support the fair by having a booth. And you will have the opportunity of seeing the "BIG DUTCHMAN AUTOMATIC FEEDER" in action. We will have one set up and operating. By the way. you don't have to have ten thousand birds to justify the small cost of a Big Dutchman. There is a pocket size model which many farmers are using on small farm flocks of 300-400 birds. More Ume foi other chores, and an occasional fishing trip. preventing waste You can ferK name, along Vthro pc continuously or at regular interV t(tV-nt comment FeMthM m Have the feeder shut off at night, nu sian a iew minxes be fore lights come on in the morning. MASS PRODUCTION A few years ago, 1500 chic gets rftmilnr. ly, Is ccrtalnlv bettor than ih-.r sold bv men who have to use such dies to sell tVir own product. WUle Mrs. Smith visited i myjfi with her family, old 1 - GOOD NEWS We are saving the best to the last. Yes, there is good news today. Practically all UMPQUA FEEDS are down five cents a sack this week. This is made possible because of a drop in the cost of bags, and not of Ingredicet costs, which are still fluctuating up and down, with tl tips just about offsetting the downs. Incidentally, this meMis we will have to nfctuce the return price of empty bags according ly. And let us whisper a word of good advice. Better gather up all the good bags you have and, get them In right away. We hae heard that bags may drop even more. Don't knoPthe full score, but it Is gooA news anyway. O PAYS TO ADVERTISE? we saw tnis sign in a busy Viber'i window. "If I am out on a can, yci, ean arrange dates With mv u-lf' VMn Y.91il Production Increases Production, as indicated b ythe volume of sales of farm products, enjoyed a relative increase to $160,869,430 for the 1949 crop year compared with $130,330,430 five years earlier. Thus, dollar produc tion per acre increased during the five year period from $27.85 to $34.61. The Increase in values amounted to $285,718,652, and the increase in production was $30,539,000. The counties included in this re port were: Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Linn, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Co lumbia, Lincoln, Marion, Multno mah, Polk, Tillamook, Washing ton and Yamhill. Highest dollar production per acre was In the intensively oper ated farm land surrounding Port land in Multnomah county where the return was at the rate of $127.72 per acre. Marion County Second Marion county was second In dol lar return per acre, with $63.87; Tillamook, third with $63.60; Wash ington, fourth with $60.30; Clacka mas, fifth with $51.28; Yamhill, sixth with $44.26, and Josephine, seventh with $40.39. ' The lowest return, per acre, was $10.09 in Douglas county. Consolidations decreased the number of farms In this area dur ing five years by 2,839. Average acreage, per farm, increased from 98.14 acres to 103.65. In these 18 counties there were 4.647,860 acres in farms in 1950 compared with 4,679,372 five years earlier. Production of dairy products showed the largest increase in farm revenue, from $30,316,883 in 1944 to $35,271,235 in 1949. Proceeds from the sale of fruits and nuts from $23,461,737 in 1944 to $25, 390,620 In 1949. Cattle Decline Of the 44,841 farms in this area, 41,628 were electrified and there were 927 farms in the area which sold products of more than $25,000. Unlike eastern Oregon, the west ern Oregon farms showed a small decline in the number of cattle and calves on farms, from 386,498 in 1945 to 370,617 In 19(0. Hogs de clined from 92,686 to 81,562, but sheep and lambs on western Ore gon farms increased 12,757 from 415,079 in 1945 to 427,836 in 1950. Farm tenancy, already down to 9.8 percent in 1945, went still lower to 7.7 percent in 1950. Of the more than $35 million of dairy products sales, Yamhill county had $6,056,405; Tillamook. $4,650,203; Washington, $3,171,105; Marion, $2,816,033: Coos. $2,809.- 723, and Clackamas, $2,345,843. Multnomah, Linn, Jackson, Lane, Columbia and Polk all had dairy product sales between $1 million and $2 million. Tillamook had fruit and nut sales of $5,311,365; Jackson, $4,407,890; Marion, $3,190,672 and Washington $3,073,112. Marlon county had 163 farms exceeding $25,000 in product sales; Douglas 122, Jackson 103. Curry County Marks Up First In Ram Grading The state'i first ram grading demonstration wa held recently in Curry county. For several years, according to Harry Lindgren, Ore gon State college extension animal husbandry specialist, beef animal grading demonstrations have been commonplace, but the Curry county affair was the first occa sion when a ram grading demon stration has been held. Seven breeders in the area brought 25 Romney, Cheviot, Suf folk and Border Leicester rams to the Curry county fairgrounds at Gold Beach to be graded. Owners were Raymond Capps, Langlols; Rod and Robert McKenzie, Sixes; Sea - View ranch, Sixes; Henry Adolfsen, Sixes; R. M. Knox, Gold Beach; Jasper Yokum, Port Orford; and Harley Cook, Pistol ruver. . i To conduct the grading demon stration, Lindgren worked out a card similar to that used to grade ceei Dulls. iix of the rams placed A minus. None graded below B minus, Lindgren revealed. The demonstration was arranged by Clifford Jenkins, Curry county ex tension agent. New Blueberry Growing Bulletin Issued By OSC With-public interest in blueberry culture increasing in the North west, the Oregon State college ag ricultural experiment station has issued a new bulletin describing problems and requirements of com mercial blueberry production i n Oregon. "Growing Blueberries In Ore gon," Which is Officially stntinn bulletin 499, points out the early auuet-ss UI nunureas nt h npharru plantings in Oregon but cautions inai oniy ume will tell how widely una tiujj is aaapiea ror commer cial planting. C. A. Boiler, assist ant horticulturist at OSC, is au thor of the 20-page bulletin. Among the problems discussed in the publication are climatic and soil requirements mulching, irr gation, location, varieties, plant ing, fertilizing, pruning, insect and disease pests, and harvesting and marketing. Copies are available for distribu tion al Pnllntv avlMMnn nttl. showed an increase of $1,928,883 directly from OSC. BABY &f CHICKS Hanson White Leghorn Boyinqton New Hampshire Sired By ROP Cockerels from 300 eggs or better. Better Profits from Better Birds Ford & Houck Breeding Farm Box 1138, Roieburg, or Coll Douotat County Hour Mill s4 Potato Growers Urge Curtailment MOSES LAKE UP) Potato growers here are recommending that No. 2 grade spuds from North west states be kept off the mar ket. Karl Goodrich, a local grow ers and chairman of the Wash ington state potato marketing agreement committee, said prices have dipped close to the cost of production. Goodrich said prices are down to $20-24 per ton to the grower, less $3 to $4 sorting charges, for No. 1 potatoes. Costs of produc tion are $18-20 per ton, including the No. 2's which make up about one-fourth of the crop. Meanwhile, the early white rose variety harvest got underway slowly here this week. The slow market has delayed digging. Ship ments are expected to reach 20 cars per day shortly, George La valley, Milwaukee railroad freight agent, said. The record for the early harvest is 80 cars per day. Harvest Of Ladino Clover Is Underway In Oregon PRINEVILLE -UP) The har vest of the ladino clover seed crop in central Oregon is under way. the crop was Drought to maturity early this year. The first deliveries of seed have been made. Growers, who lost part of their crop last year when the weather changed in late sea son, have brought the clover to maturity by turning off irrigation water. The harvest is expected to be in full swing next week. An estimated 4,000,000 pounds of seed will be harvested. The price currently is somewhat above the support price oi a pound. Oregonian Bound For New Zealand Farm Youth Trade Oregon's first International farm youth exchangee, Glenn Klein, 23, of Aumsville in Marion county, has sailed for New Zealand. A 1951 graduate in agricultural education from Oregon State col lege, Klein departed August 2 from Vancouver, B. C. Before returning early next year, he will spend the ensuing months living with New Zealand farm families. Purpose of the farm youth ex change program is to promote peace through better understand ing among the young farm peo ples in the countries concerned. In Oregon, the project is being spon sored by the campus 4-H club, Mu Beta Beta, which raised $800 to ward making the trip possible for rueui. utner funds are provided by the National 4-H Foundation, Washington, D. C. Since Klein was selected, the state 4-H club office has announced that additional money has been raised and another exchangee will be selected early this fall. Farm youths between the ages of 18 and 28 who are Interested In spending four months abroad are asked to contact their local county exten sion office for application forms, Exhangees live with farm fam ilies in the country of their selection and work for room and board. State 4-H club officials have also been notified that two foreign ex changees will arrive in September. One is Miss Ita Posch. 23. from The Netherlands, who would prefer living wiin a larm lamny operat ing a dairy farm, hhe will arrive September 27. The second is Frederick Werren, 25, Switzerland, who will be in the state starting September 7 for ap proximately two months. He was graduated from the Agricultural Polytech institute at Zurich. In the international farm youth exchange program, emphasis i s placed on showing community life. Crop From Rented Land Brings Big Cash Return SPOKANE UP) A farmer who leased some land from the navy and put in two special vari eties of wheat developed by Wash ington State college has sold bis 100-acre crop for $7,670. The wheat was grown bv W. R. Collier under the supervision of the state Department of Agriculture. He used some fertilizer and hired a flying service to spray his crop with a weed-killing solution. The land is inside the Spokane naval supply depot but isn't needed by the military. Collier has a five-year lease. He pays the navv rent. I ' MEETING POSTPONED The Umpqua Flying club has postponed its monthly meeting, scheduled for Tuesday night, un til Tuesday, Aug. 21. The meeting will be held the latter date at the Paul Hult home at Dillard. Lady Poultry Raiser Shows Good Results with TRIANGLE "For the last eight years I have raised about 450 chickens each year. I have used Triangle feeds exclusively with the greatest success anyone could expect, al ways getting from 65 to 85 lay." Yours truly, Route 3, Box 280 Portland, Ore. Vs. J f B : 1 TOU GET EXTRA PROFITS with TRIANGLE X-TRA Egg Producer Your egg profits can be in creased by feeding Triangle extra egg producer. Hundreds of successful Pacific North west poultry men have been able to maintain a far higher average egg production at no increase in feeding cost with this carefully built feed. Make a test this month, feed Trian gle extra egg producer a few weeks and see the difference. I At Yowr local 1 I j Triangle Dealer! L -li C. & S. Feed Store Oakland Alipaugh's Feed Stare Myrtle Creek Sutherlin Fruit Growen Sutherlin Pagt Lumber & Fuel Co. Roieburg 4-H Club Buildings Burn MEDFORD UP) Three large -n ciud Duuaings Durned Friday in the Jackson county fairground's second costly fire in a little over a month. Damage was estimated at $45.- 000 in the blaze which started at about 9 a.m. and swept through the sales pavilion, hog show build ing and a combination club room and kitchen. SEE SIG FETT'S AT THE DOUGLAS C0UNTYo G FAIR . AUG. 16, 17, 18 Featuring: FARMALL SUPER "A" SUPER "C" AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FARM EQUIPMENT I USED EQUIPMENT CLEARANCE SALE Our backyard is full of bargains in used machinery and it's time for houseclean ing. Every machine offered here is a real bargain in possible use per dollar of cost. 1 "60" Allis-Cholmerj All Crop Her- tTff ff vetter P.T.O. Completely reconditioned. UUeUU 1 "62" IHC Combine (-.A Good condition jU.OQ 1 Nickleson Garden Tractor. With all attachments in- eluding trailer. Three speeds forward t4AA one reverse. Like new oUU.OO I Oliver 10 Grain Drill Very good condition. $300.00 $1700.00 1 "WD" Allis-Chalmeri Tractor. This tractor is only 2 years eld. 1 "B" Allis-Chalmert Tractor with HvA Frt,,:n .-J &t. ii . i t f . wnu now Used on demonstrations Less than 100 hours IOtO.OO lAvery Twin Rew Troetor with 16" Plow and Belt Pul- ley. This tractor has a good many t.Trrs. ma years of service left .. 700.00 1 'M 35" Holt Crawler Tractor. Thi. & . - older tractor warrants your inspection. OOO.OO SEE our display of Allis-Cholmers Farm Equipment at the County Fair. AUGUST 16, 17, 18 tillt alio Slavics J Farm it Inrluctrml C Pacific Hignvay North 3,Q o il o 00 (&)