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I JjjE FARM and GARDEN NEWSjjl . 4. 1951 I 1 ha News-R.vi.w. Reteburg, Or Tuts., S.pt HEATING OILS DImI and Stavt Old Quality Oils For Every Purpoi PROMPT METERED DELIVERIES C. A. Pearion, Distributor Geneial Petroleum Products Dial 3-7533 Growth Speeder Claimed By Rus LONDON im Moscow ra- I dio has reported Russian scientists have Invented a plant growth ac celerator so powerful a mere pinch 'will speed up "several times" the development oi a tree s root sys tern. The broadcast said other vari eties of the stimulant have been used to speed up the growth of "the roots, leaves and fruits of various vegetables, bushes and trees." The stimulant was used in the transplantation of thousands of 40- year old lime trees to me streets of Mosoow, the broadcast said. It declared one gram slightly over a fiftieth of an ounce of this chemical substance dis solved in water brought on a root growth rate far faster than nor mal. Another such plant stimulant, the broadcast said, is being used experimentally in Soviet cotton fields. TURKEY GROWERS MEET CORVAIXIS UP) -The Ore gone Turkey Improvement asso ciation wilt hold its 12th annual meeting here Sept. 14. ORDER NOW J"t BABY CHICKS Biyington N.w Hampshire Reds Available Now. Hansen White Leghorn! Available Nov. 15, 1951. U.S. PULLORUMED CLEAN U.S. APPROVED Better Profits from Better Birds FORD & HOUCK BREEDING FARM Rt. 1, Box 620, Roieburg or Place Order At Douglas County Flour Mill Turkey Consumption Triple That Of 1930, Says Report It took less than 18 million turkeys to keep up with the nation's turkey appetite In 1930, but this year farmers may raise more than 513 million of them, a 15 percent increase over 1950, states a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. This production will provide 5.4 pounds per capita, triple 1930 con sumption. Over the same period red meat consumption has risen only 14 percent. High beef prices are one reason for turkey's growing popularity. In 1930 farmers received 125 per cent more for turkey than beef. This year In June, prices of the two were identical to the farmer 35.8 cents a lb. Greater efficiency in turkey raising has helped improve its competitive position. Twenty per cent less feed is required than 10 years ago result of better breeding, feeding and manage ment. Mortality also is lower by about half. Year-around turkey eating has helped push consumption up. In 1935, 90 percent of all turkey eat ing was done at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now it's around 65 percent, and the big push Is to reduce the figure further. One approach has been threugh sale of cut-up turkey and use of catchy names for the various cuts such as "wing sticks" and "tur key oxtails. Anotner approacn has been through the development of the smaller breeds, vprincipally the Beltsville Whites. Swift and Co. estimates seven million of these will go to market this year, Still another sale promotion method has been the development of new products from the turkey meat. A few of these are turkey filets, turkey weiners. baloney, frankfurters, turkeylets and tur key logs. Better merchandising and Qual ity as with every product the farmer produces is resulting in increased sales. About 30 to 40 percent of ail turkeys sold this year will be eviscerated or "ready to cook." Ten years ago less than 5 percent sold this way. Fewer pin feathers, the removal of ten dons from the legs, and wrapping in transparent plastic all have helped increase the housewife's acceptance of turkey in the fam ily menu. VOL. XIII NO. 36 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1951 THE LAY OF THE HEN "An egg a day the old hen lays, with which the housewife blithely pays for books and clothes and children's shoes, and Grange and Farmers Union dues. The old hen pays the roos ter's board, and buys the gas to run the Ford. She even buys the old man's cud. And still, he meets her with a thud, if in the feed box she should stray, or roost upon- his new-mown hay. "She buys the soap to clean the kids, the sugar and the fam ily lids. She's up the first one in the morn; she's out and hustling in the corn before the old man checks his snores to call the boys to do the chores. "She's always happy at her work; nor can one say that she's a shirk. She don't be- lone to Anv flllh tinliAuaa In paying for her grub. She does her work and doesn't care how others comb or curl their hair. She lives to serve and serves to live; gets all she can, is free to give of what the good Lord gives to her. "A message from the hen to you is that there are but very few so thoughtless for their own reward; and few who sing and work so hard to make this old world a fit place to live in for the human race." The above was written by Prof. W. E. Vaplon, Colorado Agri. College and clipped from the "Grange Bulletin" about 20 years ago, by Bessie Wheeler of Camas Valley. The fflpfji anrt lAnllmnnl. BM just as true today. And the edi- iui van rememDer many years and Whpn Mnmo ho... Ai.t what the old biddy above is re ported to have done. And now, for some statistical figures on "The I.a of the Hen." Strirllv non-poetical. eggs from the Mid-West to Cal- Ifn.ni ...na .... OO IW ttmmam iiui ma n no viei , jri vaova. Tll.t nna uianlr I TVlr. Ar1wl Around 55 cars. One car holds 600 cases, or 18.000 dozen, or 91fi OHO ) If rtnuola rnnnl had 400,000 hens, a number which verald not overcrowd our PBnRpilu. 11' a urmil1 .I'nr.n. ' , nwuu .'LIU - carlo;! of eggs ever" day in uie year. A ran a Haw ivnuM hrlnn- lnA Douglas County the tidy sum nf at nrptunt no c. caj - 000 annually, hnslrtpa - irpatintf jobs for producers, processors, distributors, and rail workers. Uhi, that iiaiiM imniiHl Ia seven and a half 50-car tiVins for the "Friendly Southern Pa cific." We have the most perfect climate in the world for egg production. We have the best market imaginable, the great state of California. We have fa vorable prices both for produc tion and sale of products. Why don't we DO something about it? The Chamber of Commerce spends a lot of effort to locate a pulp mill here, because we have what a pulp mill needs. We are heartily in favor of their program. But how long has it been since the C of C has tried to promote the egg business? Its worth a big look, gentle men. Mrs. Newly-wed: "How did you break your husband from staying out late?" M- 01i-t'mber: "About the third timo he came in late I hollered, out: 'Is that you, Mrs. N: "How did that help?" husband"; n "."!.?" "e. W u ta uuiin, CLASSIFIED SECTION rJJ?e 0t you fo,ks s,i looking for some nice pullets? See Henry Kirk, RFD 4, Box lm for red bargain! 450 N.H. pullets lu months old, starting t Vay d e?llyrhrlitnl hens' bloodTe,." selling hatching eggs now Al "Part, $1.50 each, if you Wan value, don't mis, this 0e 23 M. west Lookingglass. WINTER LABOR SAVERS Do you plan on spending the long shivery hour, of Win cleaning egg,? Wearing your haV?,"5 ,0 ,he bone with "ling that you can be hanov at way? Time was when there was nothing ,l,e to do .Sort But times hav ,h .. Vflll Kan k """"SITU, now you can buy a mar-hm. !!h.i-ofonl IB wanner that hav. paoved exceptionally ,,tiZ! " vy user, (and that means quite a bunch of poultry, men). We have a new and dif ferent type which should be L. , .ia n.nnk 1 1 nut lldC IUI U13p,J 1111. nuvn, 1 . I. . i ... .. ...... .... A hia fnmm fin, talk, it over with the boys, I ann IaoA! hnw vnn ran hav. more ume i) enjoy our iam ily and friends. "Congratulations Nophev! hear you're engaged to one of the Jones twins." "Boy! And howl" "How in the world do you tell them apart?" "Heck, I don't even try 1 " AND THAT AIN'T ALL Not only is Winter coming on, but so is Fall. And Fall means hunting season. Did you know that the duck and goose season will open in Oregon Nov. 2, and close Dec. 31? And a week earlier in Calif., if you want to go a bit earlier, before the birds get gun shy. Then there will be the Chink season, and we hear there are lots of Chinks this fall. Dry summer, you know. At the Flour Mill we have guns end ammunition. Better get lined up early, and get your choice. Come in and let Pop Wiard show you his selection. And he can show you a swell "HOME FREEZE UNIT" that wi 11 take care of all the law will allow you to bring home. The lowest price per foot c a pacity you will find in town. See for yourself. FERTILIZER SPREADER Already our rental spreader is in use. Better get your name on the dotted line so you can have it as near as possible to the date you prefer. Have you signed ,up for fertilizer? Next car due any day now. Don't de lay! Rep. Voter: "I wouldn't vole tor you if you were St. Peter himself." Dem. Candidate: "If I were St. Peter, you wouldn't even be in my precinct." ON THAT BUM FEED Delmar Conn cleaned up his 3000 hen turkeys at M months and got an average weight of 13i pounds per bird. Nearly all ..v. a a. niurv pnenomenal yet - luuiusana tons at months and one week, with avprao-A nt k ........ pounds. Dressed .weieht. fnlk.i I'elmar say, you can't beat VMPQUA TURKEY FEEDs) and we agree. ' ASK US 8 Mrs. Flury Will Handle Publicity For Farm Bureau At a meeting of the Farm Bur eau publicity committee at West Linn Inn, West Lynn, Ore., Aug., 27, Mrs. Paul Flury of Yoncalla, was chosen to represent region 11 which comprises Douglas, Joseph ine and Jackson counties. Mrs. Flury is now the Douglas county publicity chairman for the Farm Bureau. This committee was organized by George Dewey, OFBF director of information, in order to show the importance of putting greater em- Ehasis on keeping the general pub c informed about agricultural probalems. One delegate from each of ' the twelve regions in Oregon was chosen to work out a plan for a statewide publicity program. Barry Brownell, state chairman, opened the meeting Monday morn ing. Recommendations were made on a suggested publicity outline for each of the 12 regional chairmen to follow. With this outline each chairman hopes to have every ra dio station and newspaper in Ore gon Farm Bureau conscious by the time the Oregon regional con ferences begin on Sept. 17. At one o'clock a luncheon was served in the main dining room of the inn. Following lunch Waller May, editor of the Oregon City En-1 --fiii": v.uuwcit pieseuiea pertin ent publicity comments. He also spoke to the committee on ways "Chamber of Commerce," of the rural area. The group spent the afternoon touring the Oregon City Enterprise Courier, the Portland, Oregon Journal, the Oregonian and radio station KGW. Al Bauer, farm re porter on radio station KPOJ also spoke to the committee o nways and means of placing news stories on the air. Former County 4-H Agent Returns To College Staff Miss .Tnnn ITnumll fnPmnM county extension agent in 4-H club work in Klamath county, joined the Oreenn State xnll 15 a. 4.H !iiipnt.at.liii-iiii n' nounced L. J. "Doc" Allen, state 4-H club leader. Her appointment is subject to 'approval by the state uoara oi nigner education. Dunne fha nnct vn.. f un. ell completed work on' a master's degree at George Washington uni versity in WaQhinotnn n r ;n cooperation with the U. S. depart- neni oi agriculture, sne nad been awarded a national 4-H fellowship. Her StllHipa inpltlHoH Avtnneiiia xa- search on leader training meth ods. Miss Howell I a nativA nf As fnrja anrl Ull an mit,(nnJ!nri Clatsop couirty 4-H member for many years, Alien reported. Farmers Receive Lower Prices For Sixth Month WASHINGTON VP) Farm ers received lower prices for their products for the sixth straight month during the period from mid July to mid-August, the Agricul ture department reports. At the same time, the depart ment said, prices paid by farm ers for things they buy remained on the same level. The department's index on farm prices on Aug. 15 was 292 percent of the 1910-14 average off two index points from mid-July. The index on prices paid by farmers stayed steady at 282 percent of the 1910-14 average, inis was 9.7 per cent higher than a year ago and one index point below the record 283 for May, 1951. The index on prices received by farmers was still 25 points, or 9.4 percent, above a year ago. Biological War Danger Present In Northwest Tf war strikes the United States, it is possible the rich agricultural region of the Pacific Northwest will be subject to :iome torin ot Dioiogi cal warfare. F. L. Ballard, asso ciate director of the Oregon State college extension service, said this week in Corvallis. He said public awareness of the dangers of biological wartare, es pecially on the part ot tarmers, is asked bv Oregon civil defense and health officials. This means keep ing an accurate tab on unusual crop and animal diseases. Farmers, Ballard said, are asked to report sicknesses and deaths among their poultry and livestock if unusual to county extension agents. The same infor mation about unusual crop di eases is also requested. "Biological agents are nothing new," he said. "In Oregon, as in the entire nation, there is a system to prevent and control disease out breaks of all kinds. This safety net work covers people, crops, and livestock. "Despite our effective health safety program, biological warfare does hold dangers we must be pre pared to meet. Farmers should re alize that enemy agents, long be fore visible signs of all-out war are apparent, could infect animals and crops. Some of the diseases pos sible to spread are anthrax, gland ers, fowl pox, Newcastle disease, and rinderpest. Many types of plant plagues and pests could be used to attack food crops," Ballard said. The extension director told farm ers to forget about so-called "mys- 5 an 20 One good way to make sev eral honest dollars. Get some nigi bred New (lamp pullets givr them some3 ood feed, hatch them th n . , ' - ... ...v iKAi ipw weeks, and prepare to gather A" u aueReis next tall. We 11 f promise to tell you where to get the rlghlMiiff, and we'll all be happy. An(MPQUA FEED for everything. ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR ! h j,, , Ut j . , r '1 , .7.7.:: r r'MU i n ft i F . f 'CUV C Ha thi-i 4 IP i .11 " Thttfl halftrt wrt raiitd by Mr. C. W. Hughci of tk Hughtt Dairy Farm on Garden Vallty Road. Hero you it a group of doirymtn (abovol who attended tha Fifth Saufon of the Purina Dairy School held last Thursday ot the Hughet ranch. Thtte heifers aro being raised by Mr. Hughei on the Purina program. One bag of Calf Stortena con save 40 gallons of milk on the Purfna Plan, On gallon of Dry & Freshening Chow pr head pr day after calvoi or 4 months of ago can put heifer In the milking bowi at 21 to 23 months of age, filly mature. I U7TrO f Oregon Supply Co. o 245 North Main Phone 3-4315 tery" germs and poisons. No type of biological warfare, he declared, could kill or sicken every person living in a large area or city. Ballard urged farmers to become acquainted with the federal book let, "What You Should Know About Biological Warfare." It is available at local civil defense headquarters or from the government printing office, Washington, D. C, for 10 cents. OSC Tests Boxes As Substitutes For Potato Bags Trial shipments of potatoes In corrugated fiberboard boxes in- .stead of burlap bags resulted in less damage to the potatoes but increased the cost of packing, the Oregon State college experiment station has reported in a newly released circular of information. The possibility of a shortage of burlap bags for shipping potatoes combined with the large amount of potato damage caused by this type of shipping prompted the in vestigation into prospective new shipping methods. Cooperating were the Oregon State department of agriculture and the Oregon Potato, commis 500, by R. H. Teal and G. B. Da sion. Circular of information No. vis, OSC agricultural economists, gives the results of the study. . Corrugated fiberboard boxes, re gardless of kind, carried potatoes from shipping point to terminal market with less damage than other types of containers studied. A 50-pound box of 275-pound strength arrived in the best con dition and was comparatively easy to handle. Dimensions were lfi hv 13 by 10 inches, with handholds on eacn sue near tne top. other boxes, which were deener anH shorter, did not have as much rigidity and tended to collapse on tne siues. A check shipment of regular 100- pound burlap bags showed an in crease in grade defects of 2.1 pounds per hundredweight. Only 10 percent showed no increase in grade defects. Using the 18 by 13 by 10-inch fiberboard box, grade defects ranged from none where liners were used to less than 1 percent in boxes without liners. Although damage was less in boxes, there were disadvantages of cost Boxes cost more than bur lap bag s andwreem eroexvp iesne lap bags and were more expensive to pack. The tests als oshowed that boxes were less liable to hold up well when shipping washed potatoes or when kept in cold storage. 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