The News-Review, Refeburf, Ore Man., Aug. 13, 15T
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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