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8 The Nwi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., Oct. 13, 1952
Parker Sees Good
The "best pasture land in the
world" is how J. Roland Parker,
Douglas County extension agent,
describes the western end of Un
alaska Island, in the Aleutians,
where he spent a month this sum
mer. Parker was there on a combin
ation business-pleasure trip. He
made a survey of sheep pasture
land owned by the Alaska Live
stock and Trading Co. for pasture
improvement purposes. The com
pany has 140,000 acres under
lease from the federal govern
ment. ...
In what kind of country is this
"best" pasture land situated?
The island is bounded on the
south by the Pacific and north by
the Bering Sea. Summer temper
atures range between 40 and 60
degrees "all day and all night,"
Parker said. For the year, 70 is
a high and -15 a low temperature.
Damp Climate
The climate Is damp. "We got
four days without rain," Parker
commented. "The average is two
or three." He said the sky is gen
erally overcast.
The place is actually closer to
Honolulu than Anchorage, Alaska.
It's between 900 and 1,000 miles
west of Anchorage and 500 miles
east of Honolulu.
The island, a good share of
which is rolling hills, is covered
with "good grazing grass" up to
about 1,500 feet in elevation. There
are numerous small lakes and
shallow streams. But there are
. good steep ravines and rough
country on part of it.
"Sheep live to a ripe old age up
there," Parker said. One ewe
shorn while he was there bore a
1938 ear tag.
The sheep, which feed out in the
open all year round, can become
trapped if they get back into this
rougji country in the winter. Park
er explained that the snow is dry
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VOL. XIV NUMBER 41
MORE ON OUR
NATIONAL DISGRACE
To end the suspense of a pant
ing populace, here is the plan
which we think will end much
of the dangerous driving, re
duce risk and lower automobile
insurance rates.
A LAW making available to
all Interested drivers, forms for
reporting dangerous driving to
the Sec. of State. Said forms
to show license number, loca
tion and type of unsafe driving.
Requiring Sec. of State to notify
owner of car bearing re
ported license number of re
ported unsafe driving. Three
such reports making It manda
tory for owner of such car to
how cause why his driver's li
cense should not be revoked.
Haven't you noticed how
carefully everybody drives
when there Is a "speed cop"
in sight? Still, that isn't the an
swer. Requires too many speed
cops. Thousands, in fact. Hut
the above simple law would
mean a possible half million
"speed cops" on Oregon high
ways. Every decent law-abiding
polite driver on the road.
We wroto Sen. Tom Parkin
son four years ago. He took it
up with the lata Earl Sncll.
both said it was good, but to.i
late in the session to get a bill
ready.
Two years ago we wrolc Hep.
Paul Geddes. Paul wrote back:
"There is much merit in the
type of law suggested in "The
Feed Bag.' Under existing law
any citizen may make arrests
when violations of law are ob
served. . ." (Imagine Doc Weil
man, who h.is become a "de
fensive driver," trying to run
down and arrest a speeder! ).
Paul goes on: ". . . .only ten
days left. . .doubt your bill could
be drawn. , . .will consult other
legislators. . . .prepare. . most
practical bill . . .to be ready for
next session . ." tWe hope
Paul has done this
We wrote Vivan Jackson who
wrote back: "Think you might
have some very good ideas. . .
don't know how far a person
could get with them in a place
of this kind. . . .somebody might
use the act to spite sumrbodv
they didn't like. . .If safeguards
to cover this could be worked
out. . ."
We don't agree with Vivan as
to the persecution angle; but
would place death, property
damage and high insurance
rales as above isolated cases
of personal persecution.
and drifting, and traps sheep in
deep ravines.
Raised For Wool
On Unalaska it's "strictly a
wool proposition," Parker explain
ed. No sheep are raised for meat
just wool.
There's an abundance of feed.
One reason for this is that the is
land has no predatory animals,
Parker said. Only other animals
arc red fox and field mice.
Parker found two grasses which
are common to the local area on
the island blue lupine and wild
pea. There were other species of
grasses he nasn t yet luenunea.
Parker rode over much of the
rang from the Bering to the Pa
cificchecking the forage and try
ing to determine the best grazing
practices,
"it's all natural pasture and I
doubt if they'll do much planting, '
he said. They may do some seed
ine in holdini! pastures, though.
The island is uninhabited except
for the ranch caretakers one fam
ily of a man, wife and 5-year-old
child, and another man and a
few natives. There are no auto
mobiles, and, consequently, no
roads.
But Parker doesn't recommend
that all sheep ranchers immediate
ly pack up and head for this good
pasture area. He says the oppor
tunities for expansion are def
initely limited due to the nature
of the land.
Bartlett Pears Lead
Fruits For Canning
Bartlett pears lead all other
fruits grown by Oregon orchard
ists for canning.
More than two-thirds 7. 8 ocr
cent of last year's Bartlett pear
crop was canned, explains Dr. W.
C. Hatfield, Pacific division agron
omist for American Can Co.
Of the total 50,178 tons of Bart-
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Phone 3-3360
We wrote Sec. of State New
bry, who answered: "In my
opinion your proposed legisla
tion has a great deal of merit
. , .1 note you have contacted
your legislators. . .1 assure you
this office will cooperate to the
fullest."
Maybe we are just "hipped"
on this subject. But to us, it
seems that anything that could
lower significantly the 37,300
highway deaths, 1,300,000 injur
ies and huge property damage
is worth a try.
Whether reckless driving (by
others) causes you ulcers like
it does us; whether you avoid
loss of life or limb in your own
family, you still have to pay
for such driving in your insur
ance rates.
We think this is so important,
we'd like to see an expression
from our candidates for legis
lature on the subject. Watchful
waiting could be the death of
you. . .and me.
IT'S HIGH TIME
Arc you still wailing for rain
before seeding? When it does
start, it just might keep it
up, like it has stayed dry. Why
not "dust your crops in," like
they do in the dry farming coun
try? Belter have the seed in the
ground than in the bin.
We have some mighty fine
gray seed oats. Why wail? Al
so, as Co. Agt. Parker says, it's
high lime to get that grass seed
in the soil. And to get best
results, get the fertilizer in loo.
Better scramble down to the
Flour Mill and get prepared
for a long winter.
Hubby: "Why were women
born so beautilul and so dumb?''
Wifev; "We have !o be beau
tiful so men will love us. And )
we have to be dumb so we can
love them." i
VALUABLE TIP
Had a letter from Mr. Ben
nion up at the College this mor
ning. He reminds of something
most of us have been over
looking.
HiKh egg prices have shifted
from (all and winter-to sum
mer and fall. And with good
reason. Smart poultrymcn no
ticed years ai;o that they made
early hatched pullets than from
May and later birds. So the
hatching season has stepped up.
.Meaning ih.it there are now
Pasture
Dairy Farmer
To Get Same
Profit In f53
WASHINGTON to The Depart
ment of Agriculture has pre
dicted the dairy farmer next
ment of Agrculture predicted
Thursday the dairy farmer next
year will produce and sell more
and take in more cash but wind
up with about the same profit as
in 1952.
The reason: His production costs
probably will go up, too.
The department's Bureau of
Agricultural Economics summed
up the dairy situation that way,
in effect, in a report on the in
dustry's 1953 outlook.
The report said total milk pro
duction may be somewhat above
the estimated 114 billion pounds
expected to be produced this year.
This added production, it said, will
find ready customers in a probable
further increase in consumers' in
come. "Consumption," the report said,
"will be as large or a little larger
for all (dairy) products except
butter. Consumption of this item
probably will decline to a new
record low of just about eight
pounds per person, less than half
of the 1935-39 average.
"Margarine consumption, on the
other hand, reached 7.7 pounds in
1952 and will be as large again in
1953".
The department said any price
increases received by the farmers
for dairy products next year prob
ably will he smaller than those
from 1951 to 1952.
Ceiling prices for dairy products
now in effect at processor and
distributor stages may be in
creased as prices to farmers for
milk and butterfat advance, the
department said.
lett pears grown in the state, 34,
0O0 tons went to canneries, Dr.
Hatfield pointed out. Canned Bart
lett pears accounted for almost
half of the total tonnage of all
fruit packed in Oregon last year,
ha added.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1952
lots of winter eggs. Early birds
still pay, but the earlier, the
better. We've been telling you
in "The Feed Bag" about early
chix for years.
Last year we told you "early
chix" meant December and
January chix. Mr. Bennion tells
us that chix hatched in Novem
ber and housed in April are
the big money makers. They
may molt lightly in the fall, but
good slock, good care and good
feed, lUmpmia), reduces the
time.
Well, we've been telling you,
and many of you didn't believe
it. Now we have expert testi
mony. Oet busy and order chix
today. It's not too soon. Next
summer you'll thank us for the
tip.
Boy Friend: "Pardon me. but
you look like Helen Green."
Gal Friend: "Maybe so. But
I look even worse in pink.
THAT PEAT MOSS
The long-expected car Is
promised (or today. (Saturday).
If you plan on "built-up litter,"
there's nothing like a little peat
moss to get it lo working good.
Especially since it's getting
so late in the fall now. Better
grab as much as you can han
dle at the off-car price.
IN APPLYING FOR A job,
the stenographer was taking a
spelling test. "How do you spell
Mississippi?" she was asked.
And just to prove that she
wasn't so dumb, she asked:
"Tho river, or the state?"
SURE STAYS DRY?
It's getting so late now that
prospects for good grass for
winter grazing are plenty dim.
It will mean more feeding if
you're going lo keep your stock
in good shape. Remember, well
summered is half-wintered.
We have a fine formula for
range cattle cubes, which we
can make up for you on order.
20 percent protein. Will help
poor pasture or hay. Cut your
hay bill too.
And our time-tested I'MP
Ql'A SHEEP CUBES, will be
available at the lowest price in
town, quality considered, llon't
let our stuff get thin before
winter sets in. Feed early and
save feed.
Insurance Salesman: "This
policy will cost you JttO.OO a year
for a straight life. That's what
you wanted, isn't it?"
Prospect: la bit wistfully):
"Well. I'd like to fool round a
littie on Saturday nights."
V. -TP
BEEF GOES
TO MARKET
taken to market at Portland
were in a group of 30 shipped by George Ward, local cattle
and Angus Shorthorn crosses, grain fed by Ward for the post
picture) .
SUCCESSOR TO JACK'S BEANSTALK Walter Grant of
White River Junction, Vt., can't keep up with his fast-grow
ing corn. I he hybrid variety, known as ijolaen tross ban
tam," recently sprouted skyward more than two feet in one
week, following heavy rains. Grant, who experiments with
new types of corn, says that this high-geared variety pro
duces ears when two weeks old. (NEA).
Pig Mortality Due To Improper Housing
Tart of the high mortality of pigs
farrowed is due to improper hous
ing, according to a new bulletin
issued by the Oregon State Col
lege extension service.
' One way to insure a longer life
for pigs, the bulletin points out, is
to provide a hog house with good
warmth and dry conditions.
Recommendations ajid explana
tions are also made concerning the
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is a good, inexpensive way to put
weight on beef calves. And
good way to grind your feed so
you get the most from it it to use
a reliable McCormick-Dcering4
Hammer MilL
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Once you put a McCormick
Deering Mill to work oa your
place, you'll find that your grain
and rouehart, as well as ear
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Cattle shown above, averaqina
Sunday by Elmer Lander in o
different types of hog houses and
equipment. To aid the farmer in
using the information, diagrams
are included.
Entitled "Hog Houses and Equip
ment," the bulletin was prepared
! by the departments of animal hus
' bandry ,and agricultural engineer
j ing. Copies are now available from
! county extension offices or from
I the college.
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surfaces, and a wide vatiety of
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Three models available No.
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Forest Lab Gets
New Wood Drier
A new $25,000 vapor-drying unit
which reduces the seasoning and
creosoting period of wood from six
months to IS hours has been in
stalled by the Oregon forest prod
ucts laboratory.
This new process also reduces
checking and splitting of Douglas
fir timbers and provides deeper
penetration ana more extensive
distribution of the preservative,
according to Rhodes Cantrell, proj
ect leader.
Faster drying is aided by vapos
of organic solvents which are in
jected into the unit's sealed cham
ber. The organic solvent vapors
transfer heat to the wood and
quickly drive out the water.
One-hundred railroad crossties
already have been dried and pres
sure treated with creosote by this
method. The study was done on
boxed-heart Douglas fir in cooper
ation with the Union Pacific rail
road. Five woods will be tested for
the Canadian-Pacific railroad in a
future test. Woods included will
be inter-mountain fir. larch, east
ern hemlock and jack pine.
This new equipment was loaned
to the forest laboratory, which is
located on the Oregon State Col
lege campus, by the Taylor-Colquitt
Co., Spartanburg, S. C. At
the end of a five-year research pe
riod, the equipment will be given
to the laboratory.
Poultry Breeders
Plan Oct. Meet
Poultry experts from four north
west colleges and universities will
meet with commercial poultrymen
at the Oregon State College, Oct.
10 and 11, for the fifth annual
Pacific Northwest Chicken and
Turkey Breeders roundtable. '
Chairman J. A. Harper, OSC
poultry husbandman, estimates at
tendance of 75 poultrymen for the
two-day session on latest breeding
research.
The annual roundtable is spon
sored by the poultry departments
of Oregon State College, Washing
ton State College, University of
Idaho, and University of British
Columbia. Dr. Lewis W. Taylor,
University of California, is featur
ed speaker this year. Other prin
cipal speakers are Dr. C. F. Mc
Clary of the Western Washington
experiment station, and Dr. Paul
E. Bernier, Oregon State College.
The session opens at OSC's Mem
orial Union at 9 a.m., Oct. 10.
There will be a registration fee
of is. Harper says.
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By MILDRED BEAUCHAMP
Now is the time to get your gar
den in shape for winter.
Cut down on watering from now
on, but don't overdo it. Keep new-ly-set-out
plants well watered. Any
plant needs water at the rooti as
long as they are growing.
If the weather is dry, be sure
your rhododendrons are watered
well. This will keep flower buds
from dropping.
Don't fertilize woody plants this
late in the year.
October is a good time to clean
up borders and beds. It will mean
easier gardening next spring and,
best of all, it will mean fewer
garden pests.
Top Dress Btds
After weeds and debris have
been cleared away, top dress your
beds. This is like icing on a cake.
It makes your garden look attrac
tive and keeps the ground soft
and loose for easy working next
spring. Use peat moss, leaf mold
or any other clean organic ma
terial. This is also a good time to mulch
around surface rooting plants
such as rhododendrons, azaleas,
skimmia, camellias and heathers.
Plant evergreens now follow
ing your nurseryman's instruc
tions for planting.
If you have not already done so, J
divide and plant perennials it tney
need it, such as primroses, Christ
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Dig Glad Bulbs
Dig gladiola bulbs as soon as
the leaves turn yellow. Cut old
stems of peonies when brilliant
color of foliage has faded.
Spraying your garden will make
your cleanup complete. Use your
favorite multi-purpose insecticide
fungicide. Sow hardy annuals. Grow them
the same way that they propagate
themselves. They will lie on the
ground all winter and their outer
shells will become soft and will
sprout with the first warm spring
weather.
Plants sown in October will be
hardier and stronger than those
raised any othar way. Some hardy
annuals are candytuft, Virginian,
stock, godetia, larkspur, calendula,
snapdragon, clarkia, nicotiana and
even petunia.
(Next week: Forcing bulbs for
indoor enjoyment.' i
When milk cows are given free
access to water in hot weather
their production may be as much
as 4 per cent higher than when
they are watered only twice a
day.
It takes 13 bushels of corn and
40 pounds of supplement a year
to keep a sow.
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