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NEWS M FARM and GARDEN 8 The News-Review, Rosaburg, IVAN EDWARDS . lit Clou Construction Contracting or Time ond Material Ph. 3-7493 1251 Harrison The Biggest Seller in a Little Tractor The Best You Could Make We Have them in stock Make arrangements for your Demonstration 16" or 18" of tilled "soil 4 speeds. BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS W. Washington at S.P. Tracks Roseburg, Oregon PHONE 3-5022 FREE PARKING AT VOL. XIV NO. 16 OUR CRYING NEED Nobody's crying yet, but it could come to that. So many things we need, like mink coats Cadillacs. But they cost - so much, that we can compromise with a sweater and a used '33 model, and still mosey along. But this cold storage plant is something that cant be a half way proposition. Either we have one, or we do without. And It certainly wont be a mon ey making deal trying to do without. , It might be a "get-rich-qulck-Wallingford" thing even if we get one. But whether it made any private forhirnes or wheth er it didn't if would still make the community richer in many ways. , We need other things, too. Such as a lot of different sorts of re-manufacturing plants to make use of our forest wastes. But those things are much eas ier to get. Why? Because we already have the waste in sight, and there are already indus tries in other places making use of such wood waste. The investment needed for a cold storage plant is different only in one way. It calls for vision. The results will not be Immediately highly lucrative, but they will be cumulative. We have to visualize the mani fold possibilities of Douglas County Agriculture, before we can even visualize the need for such a plant. We have a wonderful cli mate. One of the few places in the U.S. where people . dont rush to "California for the win ler." We dont need to. In fact we have nicer weather than they do down there, most of the time. Our climate is a "natural" for vegetative growth of all kinds, including timber and fruit. Yet we have seen young orchards wither and die from neglect, because the farmer uld "make more in the woods" than staying Jiome and running the farm. "Fruit don't pay in this country", they say. It pays in other countries, and would pay here if we had the facilities to preserve it. We have another "natural" too. Our climate is just exactly right for poultry and egg pro duction. There is no claim that ' it don't pay", either because we have too many folks taking things easy from what they have made with chickens and turkeys. Even during the deep est part of the old depression, poultrymen bought new cars when nobody else could. We have "Si" Dillard's word for that, and he was selling cars Ore. Mon., April 21, 1952 Three Suspects Jailed In $41 Million Fire TOKYO Wl Police Friday blamed Tottori's disastrous $41, 600,000 fire on a short circuit caused by illegal tapping of elec tric wires. They jailed three suspects.- , - THE FARM BUREAU Using traps, scientists are col lecting as much as 2Vi lbs. of apple pollen per hive of bees. A person working eight hours cant get more than 5 ounces by hand. And with one of our tractor weeders one woman can weed an awful big garden, while her husband with an old-fashioned hoe would probably quit as soon as he had enough fish worms. Sure pays to get up-to-date. And these tractor weeders only cost a few dollars. A good garden would pay for one in a year in the saving you'd make in groceries, besides the fun of making garden this easy way. luring that late, lamented de pression. Petaluma Calif, became known as "the egg basket of the world". Yet the Petaluma district isnt nearly as big as Douglas County. Nor does it have the natural advantages, as to climate, and isolation. Their egg business was built up on a basis of marketing their product in New York. Nowadays, our poultry and egg market is at our door. But we cant exploit our pos sibilities in poultry production without a cold storage plant. American food habits have changed, and food is handled much differently than in by gone years. It's sanitation and vitamin conservation have be come Guvmcnt rcsponsibilites. And the Guvmcnt says all poul try must be quirk frozen and kept under low temperatures if it is to move interstate com merce. Unless Douglas County poul try can move to other sections, we can conceivably reach the saturation point locally long be fore we have even neared the profitable capacity of our com munity. , You will hear more about this. In the meantime let's all put on our thinking caps, and figure how to put this across. It is a deal that calls for co operation among every seg ment of our population. New OSC Soil, Water Resources Bulletin Ready A program in which research and extension can assist Oregon resi dents to make still further prog ress in conservation and use of land and water resources is out lined in a new Oregon State Col lege extension bulletin, number 725, entitled, "Soil and Water Conser vation and Use in Oregon," now ready for distribution. Copies may be obtained from the county extension office or directly from OSC. The 22-page circular, almost en tirely a graphic presentation, is a summary of work done by ten OSC school of agriculture staff members. The primary objectives of the program outlined as a result of their work are; one, to solve the man-made problems of erosion and water run-off; and two, to develop the most effective use of soil and water resources for the welfare of the people. Classification Of State's Land Has Been Asked An Immediate classification of Oregon's land resources has been requested by a statewide land eco nomics committee headed b y Charles A. Tom, Rufus. It was one of the committee's rec ommendations which was acted on favorably at the recent statewide agricultural conference at Oregon State College. Through extensive field work, the committee s a i s boundaries of areas primarily suit ed to forestry, grazing, cultivated crops, recreation, watershed pro tection, wild life or combinations of these uses could be determined. Maps and other material pre pared should then become the guide for county, state, and federal pro grams on these areas, Tom ex plained. Recommendations Made The committee also recommend ed that federal mining laws be amended to accomplish the follow ing: Make mineral prospecting and location' of mining claims subject to appropriate restrictions and reg ulations in order that abuses be nrevented- and allow owners of ml- ! ning claims to have mineral rights only, reserving to the government MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1952 CLASSIFIED SECTION FOR SALE, 2500 sexed torn poults, hatch May 28th, 45c each. This may be a steal, but you will still be on the right side of the sheriff. See Jay Conn, Melrose. BE CAREFUL On rus.iing oft to the wars, an old Roman officer locked his wife in armor, but gave the key to his best friend. "If I'm not back in six months, use the key. Only to you, my best friend would I entrust it". Then away he galloped, but, looking back after going a few miles, he noticed a cloud of dust, and stopped to wait. Presently his good friend came up alongside, and with an ag grieved look on his face, he complained; "My friend! You have given me the wrong key I" He; "I bet I know what you're thinking about." She; "Maybe so. But you sure dont act like it." HARDWARE HARDTACK We saw a fellow fixing fence the other day. Of all the jobs on the farm we hated fence fix ing worst. Always getting scratched up. The Mrs. did most of it, and it kept her out of the garden, so we had to buy our vegetables, which kep' us broke. Now that Douglas Flour Mill has those electric fences, don't cost hardy anything, and leaves lots of time for the Mrs. to run the new garden tractor, and we figure we can buy some of that fine fishing gear, and it looks like a pretty good sum mer ahead. Worried wife; (at hubby'a bedside); "Is there any hope Doctor?" Doc; "Well, that depends Mrs. Jones, on what you're hoping for." BE CAREFUL Every year thousands of fine pullets die from "blow-outs". The loss includes also the pos sible profit these good pullets would have made, because every pullet which blows out Is one of your best. Most of this trouble Is due to pullets coming into HEAVY pro duction too fast and too young. UMl'QUA DEVELOPING MASH is designed to prevent exactly that. Among poultry men who follow our sugge tions on using Umpqua Developing Mash there is very little com plaint from this trouble. Come in, or ask us to come out, and explain the reasons for such great satisfaction among our customeri. Discussing significant features, major problems and land use, the circular outlines the state in five areas. They are the coastal, South ern Oregon, the Willamette Valley, the Columbia Basin, and the re mainder of Eastern Oregon. Makes Surveys In terms of an action program the circular suggests making soil surveys on all land on which there may be a choice with regards to use. Discussing erosion problems, the Water Forecasts Best In Years; Floods Possible Snow covers that have roken all-time records In many parts of Oregon assure an abundance of wa ter for farm irrigation and hydro electric power needs during 1952 but also represent a continuing 1 flood hazard in case of unusual melting conditions. , That's the overall Oregon water. outlook for the coming crop sea son from W. T. Frost. Oregon snow survey leader, who completed his annual statewide water forecast meetings last week. Now in its 25th year, the snow survey research is a joint project of the soil conser vation service and the Oregon State College agricultural experiment station. Every section of the state will have plenty of water for all agri cultural needs, Frost reports. Some may have too much for al ready swollen streams to carry. A combination of warm weather rain and winds might produce a heavy, all other resources except those required for mining.- Other recommendations Included one to have all federally owned, rev enue-producing property pay to lo cal taxing units an amount equal to the tax assessment if the property were in private ownership. The committee cited the fact that about 58 percent of Oregon's land area is owned by various junicipal, coun ty, state and federal agencies. Muc of the land is revenue producing, yet the revenue returned varies from nothing for certain lands to as much as 75 percent of the receipts from others. Tom said the principle of asses ed value and payments on the basis of local tax levies has been recog nized by Congress In the case of the Coos Bay revested road grants. These lands are appraised every ten years and pay the equivalent of annual tax levies from receipts. DONT LET VOUR OIL TANK GET TOO LOW, 6PRIN6 HAS ITS CHILLY rAve vmi 1 ikinu ' CRUSHES LUMPS Gives Seeds and Roots a Better Start TUMPY, cloddy ground is no prob lent when you have t Br ill ion Pulvi-Mulcher on the job! h helps you make shorter work of prepar ing belter seedbeds, Tht Pulvi-Mukher crushes sur face clods, pulls up buried lumps and pulverizes them in one opera tion! It gives you a fine, yet firm seedbed with a moisturcholdint S I G 527 NORTH JACKSON FMI0O MIUION ACKNOWlIDOtD circular nrorjoses a six-point action program. It would include develop ment 01 good rotations on eastern Oregon wheatlands; conversion of steeper slopes from grains and row crops to permanent pastures; fur ther study of tillage methods includ ine strin cropping for row crops of all kinds as weu as grain; use 01 sprinkler irrigation on row crops and orchards growing on steep lands; clearing of undesirable brush by mechanical or chemical mem ods instead of by fire in Western Oregon; and reseeding logged and burned over areas to trees or grass. , In the area section of the circular, land use changes are proposed such as clearing woodland or returning plowland to grass or forests. Also pointed out is the fact that Western Oregon contains approximately 2,000,000 acres of hill pasture, much of which is underdeveloped. 'Post Farm' To IT, J CtiiiiAe , EXpOnO jTUOieS Of Wood Decay Plans have been made to en large the "post farm" located in Oregon State College's McDonald Forest, according to Robert Gra ham wood technologist with the Oregon Forest Products Labora tory. Data on the natural durability of native woods and the effective ness of different preservative treat ment used as fence posts are on- tained from the farm, named the T. J .Starker Post Farm for the former OSC professor who started the experimental project in 1927. More than 2300 oosts have been lodged in the farm's bosom. The farm is excellent for decay con ditions because of its many term ites and fund. Graham said. Cur rent test results have been pub lished by the laboratory in five progress reports. ,r ed by the laboratory in five prog ress reports. Emnhasii Preservatives The new project will emphasize simple preservative treatments to fit the pocketDooK 01 tnose using low-cost construction, in many io. calities, particularly in rural areas, lumber commercially treated with nreservatives is not generally avail able or its cost may prohibit its use in low-cost construction, oranam said. The farm will be expanded one fifth and will serve as a ''proving ground" for above-ground wood fencing and types of wood joints used in house building, five wood SDecies which will probably be test ed with different preservatives by brush and soaking methods in elude ponderosa pine, southern yel low pine, Douglas fir, western hem lock and western red cedar. Theodore Scheffer. Portland, of the division of forest pathology of the USDA. will supervise treating and installation of material. Also ison, Wis. cooperating on the study is the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory at Mad- rapid runoff that would be a real flood danger in some areas, be cau tions. Snowfall Heavy . In all but certain northern areas of the state, the snowfall is one of the heaviest in history. South Cen tral Oregon around Lakeview has a snow cover that is more than twice the long-time average in 1 0 m e cases. The Umatilla-Walla Walla basin with drier-than-normal soil condi tions and reduced rain totals for this year, has the poorest water outlook of any section. Even there, however, the supply will be ample. Elsewhere the forecast is for one of the best water years in history with nearly all reservoirs expected The Bnllion Pulvi-Mulrhef c;x Implements id ONE mulch. More seeds germinate. You save time and money . get better yielding crops! Stop in next time you're in town. See the complete line of Brill ion Pulvi-Mulchers, Pulverizers and Sure-Stand Seeders. FETT PHONE 3-4466 IIADII Or All THI SIIRIIf Editor Freed In Blasting . . .. .... . 1 Negligent Officials LAKE CHARLES, La. UB Man- aging Editor Kenneth Dixon of the Lake Charles American Press, was acquitted Friday on charges of defaming the Calcasieu Parish (county) district attorney, assist- ant district attorney and the 13 members of the parish police jury. Judge Bernard Cocke read a lengthy opinion on the one charge against the managing editor and concluded that Dixon had the right to fill. Many are already spilling water as a safeguard against flood ing later on when the high level snow begins its runoff. Forecasts are based on measure ments at the 111 snow courses throughout the ranges of the state dIus local reports on sou moisture conditions, early runoff and precip itation totals. B ARCUS Hiwy 99 N. at Gdn. Vol. Rd. Dial 3-5566 LOOKING m VALUE ? 4t L-ktrfiYtl m Mn mwm mmntrt HAS You'll find that Combination in the AUTOMATIC Our complete line of farm equipment represents QUALITY. "Caterpillar" machines, John Deere machines . . . names, famout among farmers. 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