I jH FARM and GARDEN NEWS
8 The News-Review, Roseburg, Or. Mon., Aug. 27, 1951
Operators Of Small Farms
May Be Eligible For Loans
Farmers and stockmen who are
unable to obtain sufficient credit
for operation of family type
larms may Be eligible lor produc
tion and subsistence loans from
the Farmers Home administration,
These loans are made for pur
chasing livestock, farm equip
ment, seed, feed, fertilizer, and
other farm needs. Interest will be
charged at the rate of 5 percnt
and loans to be repaid in from one
to live years.
Supervisor Walsh states that pro
duction and subsistence loans will
be secured for the full amount of
the loan by a first lien on all live
stock and equipment purchased
with proceeds of the loan and by
a lien on the crops growing or to
be grown by the applicant, also
on acquired livestock and farm
equipment.
Irrigation Leans Mad
Water facilities loans are also
made to farmers who can qualify
for the installation, repair, or im
provement of farmstead facilities
or irrigation systems. These loans
bear interest at the rate of 3 per
cent, and repayments are sched
uled to be made as rapidly as pos
sible in accordance with the ami
ity of the borrower to repay.
For security, a mortgage Is
taken on equipment purchased for
the irrigation system together with
a real estate mortgage.
Office of the Farmers Home ad
ministration is in room 9, base
ment of the Postoffice building,
Eugene. Postoffice address Is box
271, Eugene,, Oregon.
Pear Canning Methods
Outlined By Experts
Slightly green pears are pre
ferred for canning, says Miss
Agnes Kolshorn, extension nu
tritionist at Oregon State college.
For best results, the pears should
be firm and not quite "eating"
ripe. A little of the green coloring
should remain. Miss Kolshorn ad
vises beginning canners to check
their pears with an experienced
grocer or neighbor to make sure
the fruit Is at the right stage.
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Douglai County Flour Mill
Range Cattle
Discussion Day
Set Near Burns
Do Brahma-Hereford cross-bred
cattle have a place in sagebrush
and bunchgrass range country is a
question to be discussed during
the field day Wednesday, Aug. 29,
at the Squaw Butte - Harnev
branch experiment station near
Burns, w. A. Sawyer, station su
perintendent, has announced.
With the program slated to get
underway at 10:30 In the morn
ing, Roscoe E. Beli, Portland, bu
reau of land management regional
administrator, will be guest
speaKer.
The field day program will deal
witn range improvement work un.
derway at the station as well as
range livestock investigations be
ing carried on. Visitors will see a
comparison of old versus new bay
for wintering range breeding cows,
and results of a test to determine
if it is practical to feed protein
supplement to breeding cows on
sageorusn-ouncngrass range.
Should Bring Lunch
Sawyer sayj field day visitors
should bring individual lunches
ana a coiiee cup and spoon. Cof
fee will be provided.
The station's livestock program
will be discussed during the mnrn.
ing hours. The afternoon will be
devoted to the range improve
ment trials. Saeebrush pnntrnl n-
ing both chemicals and machinery
will be shown and a sage removal
demonstration usinir the Rntn.
ocaier will be staged.
This is the first field day that
has been held at the Sauaw Butre.
Harney, branch of the Oregon State
college experiment station since
the beginning of World War II,
Sawyer states. The station is lo
cated 43 miles west of Burns on
highway 20.
In range rcseeding work, Saw
yer plans to discuss the place of
crested wheatgrass in range Im
provement and will show planting
methods. This grass, he explains, is
generally considered the best
planting recommendation for
range improvement in areas with
less than 12 inches of annual rainfall.
4-H Calf Selection Day
To Be Held At Fair
Applications from 4-H club mem
bers who wish to take part in the
Oregon State Holsteln association's
annual calf selection day at the
state fair are being received by
Glen R. Ireland, association presi
dent, wno announces the deadline
for participation requests is Aug
ust 27.
His address is route 2, Forest
Grove.
The annual affair staged by the
OSHA offers a 4-H club member
an opportunity to purchase a pure
bred heifer calf. Price range this
year, Ireland announces, will be
from $150 to $300. Ireland will
personally choose the heifers from
the best herds in the state, and
will offer 4-H club members an
opportunity to obtain outstanding
foundation animals.
Animals will be priced by im
partial judges who will study each
pedigree, and take into consider
ation the type, age, size and con
dition of each heifer. The actual
selection will be staged in the
state fair dairy show ring at 11
a.m. Thursday, September 6.
County extension agents have
entry details, states H. P. Ewalt,
Oregon State college extension
dairy specialist.
Market Hints
For Turkeys
Told By Expert
Local Sales Of Fluid Milk
Increased By 12 Percent
Iceland raises its tomatoes, cu
cumbers, melons and grapes in
hothouses.
VOL. XIII NO. 35
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1951
WE'RE SORRY FOLKS
The Douglas County Flour
Mill and every one of its em
ployees extends deepest sym
pathy to every family that suf
fered loss of any kind in the
terrible forest fire that rav
aged our county last week. We
hope we can be of more as
sistance, and At so, piease let
us know.
We can think of few catas
trophies worse than fire, and
we know no one can realize
the feeling of loss that confronts
a family whose home disap
pears so suddenly and com
pletely and so entirely without
warning as so many did last
week. The only way this feeling
could be understood is to go
through it personally, and we
hope no one else ever has that
kind of bad luck.
Unfortunately, there will be
others. But every one of us has
the chance and the obligation
to prevent such suffering. We
are 1010 tnat over 80 percent
of all forest fires are man
made. Many through careless
ness and a slight few through
maliciousness. And we wonder
how anybody who has, either
canessiy or maliciously,
caused people to lose homes
and possessions which can
er be 'regained, how can such
people ever face the world
againl
Fire and water are two of
mankind's best friends, when
under control. Out of control,
they become his worst enemies.
We read every day of fires
and floods which have rendered
lamilles homeless. When these
things occur far from Douglas
County we somehow don't feel
the impact.
For instance, the recent
Kansas floods which destroyed
thousands of homes don't seem
to us nearly so bad as our
flood of last October, which
destroyed a comparatively few
homes, though damaging many.
A fire which devastates a cily
and takes dozens of lives doesn't
shock us like the fire of last
week, which rendered our own
friends homeless.
Up to date, Man hasn't
caused many floods, though he
is working at it with his "cloud
seeding." etc. Maybe it's better
to leave rain making to the
Almighty. Even thnnuh hit
of it would have come in handy
last week.
But Man's carelessness has
caused the greatest majority
of fires, and we can all do
something about that. There is
more to it than Just to "Keep
Oregon Green." We can save
homes and keep, people happy.
Let's quit playing with firel I
BREEDS VS. FEEDS
The Feed Business has gone
through several phases. For
many years, one could read
the feed ads and gam the im
pression that by simply using
"Blank Feed" there would be
nothing but fun in any farm
business. Cows would give milk
by the barrel for years at a
time, chickens would lav like a
house afire, and never die, nor
even "fade away." Etc, ad fin-limn.
No amount of feed will make
a Hereford cow give 25,000 lbs
of mlik in a year. But good
feed and care will do it for
SOME Holstcins. It is strictly
a matter of breeding for high
milk production. Nor can you
feed a New Hnmp pullet to
make her lay white eggs. It's
an in ine breeding.
Comes now Drs. Brant und
Otts of the U.S.D.A. They check
up on the big National Egg
Contests, where many breeds
of chickens compete under iden
tical management and feeds.
They found differences all along
the line, in shell color, quality,
interior quality, nrm albumen,
and many other marked idf-
fcrences. But none of these
could possibly be attributed to
FEED, as all pens had the
same identical feed and care.
Which proves what we have
been telling you for years. You
must nave good feed, of course.
And all UMPQUA FEEDS are
food feeds. But you must also
nave good breeding and good
management. Without all three
you just can't make a go ot it,
A sailor boy was telling his
pious and straight laced old
Auntie of his experiences when
he and six other sailors and one
lady were shipwrecked for five
years on a desert island.
rinally, after a bit of hem.
ming and hawing, the old lady
asked; "Uh, my boy, was the
lady chaste?" "Gosh, yes.
Auntie. From one end of the
island to the other."
ON THAT BUM FEED
In one dav last werk w nnrl
the following reports. Jack Pat
terson of Lookingglass is get
ting 83 percent nrodiietinn. rl
Stroup of Happy Valley has his
birds UD to 8fi nerront Vrett
I'ramann is getting over 75 per
cent in Edenbower, and Ford
& llouck on South Deer Creek
over 70 percent. Bolter yet,
these flocks have been hitlino
that pace for several months.
And the payoff These birds
re all New Hampshires. and
all from a small "seed flock"
originating from the Boyington
flock up at Hood Biver. And
further, they are all eating feed
that cornel from Douglas Flour
Mill.
V lecturer says we are going
through a period of change. So
we had noticed. After paying
taxes, it's small change, at that.
Oh, for a period of folding
money for a changel
HEAT, NOT HUMIDITY
We have heard of several
slumps in production directly
caused by the "u'n'u's'u'a'l
weather" of the past couple
weeks. Birds get like us, they
don't nave any appetite. If they
aren't coaxed a bit, they may
slip into a premature molt.
No better time than right now
to perk up the feed intake. You
can do this with wet mash, wet
up with condensey whey, or
even feeding the condensed
Peebles Whey in the regular
containers. Remember, if you
can keep 'em eating you can
keep 'em laying, if they have
the proper breeding and UMP
QUA FEED. If you don't have
the breeding, not even UMP
QUA will get eggs.
Panhandler: "Got a dime for
a cuppa coffee?"
Banker: "No, thanks, but I
don't care much for coffee any
way."
DIRTY WORK AT
THE CROSS ROADS
There is robboy going on on
over half the farms in Douglas
County. The robbers don't carry
guns or clubs. You can't sic
the sheriff on them. You can't
see 'em, and sometimes it is a
long time before you realize
that you are being robbed. The
culprits are intestinal worms
and parasites.
Unthrifty, peaked - fared,
snake-headed turkeys and chick
ens are plenty suggestive of
worms and coxey. Just to play
safe, try a three or four day
treatment of our old reliable
IOTEIN MASH as a pepper
upper for your pullets. It will
rid them ot most of their worms
at the same time, and it is
specific for coxey. If turkevs
is your problem, either t hat
proven P.N. Wormer mash as
a flock treatment or the P.N.
tablets for Individual treatment
will solve your difficulty. We
have seen flocks of turkeys im
prove so quick after worming
we could scarce belief they
were the same flock. It wiil
save you money and feed, and
make you proud of the birds,
Dorlne: "I want to buy some
oysters."
Butcher: "Lar or small.
Lady?"
Dorine: "Well. I'm not sure;
but Ronnie wears a size 16
collar." o
Top the turkey flock for more
profits.
That's the advice of Noel L. Ben
nion, Oregon State college exten
sion poultry specialist, who adds
that it is a mistake to market tur
keys before they are in prime con
dition. It is also poor management
to hold them after they are ready
for market.
Experienced turkey buyers and
growers, tne specialist says, can
readily identify which birds are
ready for market by handling
tnem. Here s now: check the
amount of flesh on the breast, over
the back, around the tail head, on
top of the neck and under the
feather tracts. Amount of fat in
the skin is also an indication of
market condition.
Turkeys do not all reach prime
condition at the same age, Ben
nion emphasizes. This is his rea
son for suggesting that as fast as
birds reach maturity that they be
topped out and marketed.
Should Be Free of Faod
When turkeys are slaughtered.
the crop should be entirely free of
teed, feed in the crop, he ex
plains, results in rapid deterior
ation of the dressed bird and re
sults in no grade unless the crop
is properly removed.
The specialist suggests stopping
mash or pellet feeding 12 hours;
grain 24 hours before birds are
slaughtered. He adds that grain
remains in a bird's crop much
longer than mash or pellets.
Continued access to water is ad
vised. Bennibn says turkeys which
have been denied feed from 12 to 15
hours begin losing weight rapidly.
They should not be held in crates
longer than necessary before
slaughter.
A simple management plan is to
feed only mash or pellets the day
before birds are sent to market.
Turkeys ready for market are
free of pinfeathers, especially on
the breast, Bennion concludes.
Sales of fluid milk in the Done-
las market area were 12 percent
greater in July, 1951 than in July
1950 according to the monthly re
port of the Douglas market milk
pool issued by the Oregon Milk
Marketing administration. Average
daily sales ot tiuio milK reached
a record high for this area with
34.008 pounds daily being sold, con
taining isti pounds outtertat
Production of fluid milk declined
sharply from May, the peak pro
duction month, with deliveries to
the market averaging 39,968 pounds
of milk containing 1721 pounds but-
tertat as compared with May
production of 43,560 pounds daily,
containing 1902 pounds butterfat. a
decline of 10 percent, In 1950 the
rate of decline between the same
months was 6 percent.
Test Above Average
Average butterfat test of mi k re
ceived by the market was 4.31 per
cent as compared with an average
test oi 3.89 percent for products
sold. '
Milk In the quota pool of the
Douglas market averaged 32.648
pounds daily, containing 1405
pounds of butterfat. Total quota al
lotments held by 70 producers sup
plying the Douglas market was
1413 pounds butterfat on a dailv
basis.
Milk classified as "quota milk"
Horse Sale Sets Mark
Of Over SI Million
SARATOGA SPRINGS N. Y.
UP) Total sales of $1,632,600 and
an average price of $5,337 high
est in five years went down in
the record book for the 1951 Sara
toga yearling sales.
The final session last night pro
duced the top price of the sale.
J. E. Ryan, a trainer from Union
vllle, Pa., went to $36,000 for a
chestnut colt by Jet Pilot out of
Bourtal, consigned by Sylvester W.
Labrot Jr.
The centigrade thermometer
was invented by Anders Celsius,
a Swede, in J742.
Oregon Guernsey Men
To Award 4-H Heifers
Oregon Guernsey breeders will
award the 25th consecutive pure
bred heifer as a 4-H breed special
award at the state fair this year,
reports L. J. "Doc" Allen, state
4-H club leader at Oregon State
college.
This year's heifer will be do
nated by Ben and Phalen Nelson,
Medford. Fourteen of the former
4-H breed special winners are now
either adult breeders or owners
of purbred Guernseys.
Herb Howell, superintendent of
the John Jacob Astor Experiment
Station, Astoria, began this annual
Guernsey award and gave the first
heifer in 1927, when he was county
agent of Josephine county.
L. L. Lombard, president of the
Oregon Guernsey Breeders asso
ciation, says the breeders have
already made a good start on the
next 25 awards, with heifers
pledged for coming years by J. C.
and E. F. Calhoun, Grants Pass;
J. A. Campbell, Amity; M. C.
Fleming, Troutdale; L. L. Rum
gay, Oregon City; L. L. Lombard,
Eugene; Ray Hobson, Amity; Fred
Rudat, Brownsmead; and Hans
Leuthold, Tillamook.
in the pool brought $2.81 per hun
dred pounds and 88.9 cents per
pound butterfat. Production re
ceived in excess of quotas yielded
$1.11 per hundred-weight and 74
cents per pound of butterfat. Aver
age factory milk price in the pro
duction area was 72 cents per
hundred weight and 74 cent per
pound of butterfat.
The Douglas market area con
sists of the city of Roseburg and
adjacent territory in Douglas
county. All of the milk supply in
the area is processed in Roseburg.
The milk supply for the area is
produced in the Umpqua and Ro
gue River valleys. Most of the
producers holding shipping riehst
on the Douglas pool are members
of the Roseburg Market Milk Pro
ducers, Inc., a cooperative pooling
agency, wnue otner mine is tor
warded to the market, by produc
ers affiliated with the Grants Pass
creamery. The Melrose dairy, a
producer-distributor, also partici
pates in the pool. - -
The total value of the products
pooled in July was $76,944.49 deliv
ered at Roseburg, according to the
Milk Marketing administration report.
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