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Umpqua Conservationists To Meet M2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. MONDAY, DECEMEBER 21, 1953 Meat Marketing Methods J)ue As Conference Subject Oregon people should get a bet ter understanding of all actors involved in livestock and meat marketing by attending 'he con ference to be held at Oregon State College Jan. 6 and 7, according to J. Roland Parker, Douglas Coun ty extension agent. , ' He said current conditions in the industry are focusing atten tion on the need for taking a look at livestock and meat from the animal to the table. Oregon State College's extension service is sponsoring the confer ence, in which producer, sellers, packers and wholesalers, retail ers, labor groups and consumers will be taking part. Changes that have developed in marketing over the years have brougnt on tine conterence, accord ing to Frank L. Ballard, .ssociate director of OSC extension service. More immediate reasons for holding it now, are the recent break in livestock prices; record number of cattle in the United States; position in the cattle cy cle; low point in hog cycle; low lamb prices despite low sheep numbers, and the cost - price squeeze confronting the livestock froducer. Parker said the conference is timed at developing better under standing among the people when Handle livestock and meat prod ucts. Recommendations that will juide the industry's future in Ore gon may come out of the meet ing in January, he. said. The six groups taking part have already given their ideas of some of the industry's problems and questions as they see them, Park er said. Their reports are to be prepared from views expressed at their preliminary meetings. However, Parker emphasized that other opinions may be ex pressed during the January Con ference. He Invites both individu- sis and organizations to take part and express their views. Flexible Price . Supports Receive Bureau Approval CHICAGO W) The American Farm Bureau Federation has en dorsed flexible farm price supports after 1954, but with a proviso that 90 per cent price Coons can be in' voked for any basic crop under certain conditions.. The federation, which ended its 35th annual convention Thursday, re-elected AUan B. Kline, an Iowa farmer, to his fourth term as pres ident. In the convention's final day, delogatcs defeated a flat proposal that the federation seek continua tion of mandatory high level price supports for major orops through the 1956 crop year. The convention then followed president Kline's leadership in ad vocating tiexiDie price suporis, which could be increased in times of crop shortages and lowered in times of surpluses to discourage over-planting. However, tne con vention made this suggestion: That the 1949 farm act specify ing flexible supports, which Con gress has decided shall not become effective until 1955, be amended to guarantee producers of a basic crop 90 per cent of parity instead of the flexible floor during the first year they vote production controls after a non-control year. Pendleton Senator Sells Large Cattle Ranch PENDLETON Wl State Son. Rex Ellis of Pendleton has sold 1,500 acres of hir ranch near Boardman to Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McCormack, Hillsboro. who are already stocking a pedigreed Here, ford hord there. ' EUis' ranch Is noted for Its extensive irrigation system, one ot tne largest in the Northwest, cover, ing 640 acres of alfalfa. Sale price was not disclosed hut tne value is over 5140,000 on the randh, modern house, irrigation system and otner equipment. The McCormacks operate the McCormack Concrete Products plant at Beaverton. Ellis reports te remaining range land which he owns may be irri gated for raising asparagus if plans of Stockton, Calif., men materialize. Business Downturn Less Severe Than Supposed WASHINGTON I The Federal Reserve Board Friday found some reassuring economic evidence in its revised monthly index of in dustrial production, made public Thursday night. Board officials said the "much improved" new index indicates that the business downturn since l mid-year (1) has been less severe than generally supposed, and (2) ,1 is an inventory adjustment instead or some more nastc economic a u ment. This substantiated the view pri vately voiced by one high adminis tration official that business will pick up markedly when manufac turers and dealers have sold off excess stocks perhaps as soon as April. The revised reserve board index is based on production statistics covering about 175 industries in stead of the 100 formerly used. Market Costs Taking Larger Share Of Dollar More services are being per formed than ever before in the fiarketing of food products, say xtension service economists at Oregon State College. As a result a growing share of the consumer's food dollar is going into marketing charges. More and better packaging, washing, selection, mixing, pre- cooking and preparing ot products tor tne American tame are a con Uniting trend which partially ex plains a widening spread between larm prices and retail costs ot food, say the economists. They point out the farmer's share of the consumer's dollar this year will amount to 45 cents 2 cents less than in 1952. This is the lowest since 1941. Several reasons are given by the economists for the increased demand for marketing services. One of the most important is the mounting number of women, es pecialiy married women, now em ployed outside the home. The fam ilies of working women tend to buy more partially prepared' ana wholly prepared foods, and eat more meals in restaurants. Both these practices increase marketing charges and reduce the proportion of the consumer's dollar that goes to the farmer. Other long-term trends that ef fect the spread Detween tarm pric es and retail prices, according to the economists, are geographic speculation farm production and more people in urban centers. Transportation costs are increased as more people live farther away from the areas in which their food is produced. Another factor oited by the economists is that people have more money to spend, and are spending more. They not only eat more food but are willing to pay for the kind of services that im prove the quality and attractive ness of food tney buy or save their time in preparing it. Elderly Man Is Booked For Murder Of Trapper BAKER Iffl Alfred M. Stalev 70. an inactive carnenter from Sumptcr, was booked here Satur day on a murder charge in the revolver death of Walter L. Wire, 36, a Sumpter odd jobs man and part-time trapper. Wire was shot to death at Staley's home Friday night. Neighbors heard the shot and called police. State Patrolman William Wallace said it appeared both men had been drinking and ne quoted Matey as saying the fatal shot was fired after Wire hit him in an argument over where they should go on leaving his house. West County Soil Program Due For Study The first annual Umpqua Con servation District meeting is scheduled Feb. at Scottsburg, according to a report from Doug las County Agent J. Roland Park er. At the meeting, election of two members of ttie board of super visors 'mli take place. Parker is secretary of the board. Other members of the soil conservation district are: J, W. Borman, Elk ton; Charles Hedden, Eikton; J. A. Boak, Ash Valley; Floyd V. Weatherly, Eikton; and Chairman Bert Roberts, Smith River, Also on tap for the annual meet ing is a general discussion on a program of soil conservation. The soil conservation program involves the coordination of federal, state and county soil conservation serv ices. Qualified soil conservationists working with the elected district supervisors provide technical skill and counsel in soil analysis, en gineering and farm plan studies to groups of farmers who petition through the district for assistance. The Umpqua District embraces the area of Douglas County in cluding Eikton and west to the coast where dairy farming, sheep ano nay are me major tarm crops, It is part of the Southwestern Oregon Soil Conservation area which takes in Josephine, Jack son, Curry, Coos and Douglas counties. One of the current problems fac ing the Umpqua District is drain age of some 2,000 acres of tillable bottom land in the Ash Valley area. The Ash Valley farm rep resentatives say a proximately 30 percent of the bottom land in the Ash Valley-Loon Lake area is in need of drainage to keen ud dairv herd production. They say restor ation of the water-covered lands would allow increases in herds in some instances and more effi cient operations. A study is getting underway to assist the Ash Valley farmers in estimating drainage needs and costs, engineering drainage instal lations and selection personnel for drainage operations, 13 .VV Yl" n ' . y. . .... j i . ,Li j PANEL EXPERTS discussed random sampling of turkeys lost week as a means of measur ing breeding progress in Oregon turkeys. The plori was suggested by James A. Harper, center at table, turkey specialist ot Oregon .State College. Others on the table are (left to right): Dr. George Stewart, chairman of the Poultry Dept., University of Calif ornia; Earl Reitzma, poultry supervisor, State of Oregon; Harper; Noel Bennion, exten sion poultry specialist; and Dr. Paul Bernier, geneticist, Oregon State College. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). ' Farm Forest Facts Land Bank Pays Large Dividend The Federal Land Bank of Spo kane has declared a 6 per cent dividend to stockholders of record Nov. 30. i Henry Matthew, bank president. said this dividend, amounting to $285,300, brings to more than $2, 236,000 the total paid in dividends in the last eight years. The dividend will be paid to 65 national farm loan associations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, which own all of the bank's capital stock, Matthew said. The associations, in turn, will pass on most of the dividend to their farmer-members. By EO GILDEN County Extension Forester The small woodland owner was the topic of discussion at the re cent conference of the Western Forestry and Conservation Assn. in Seattle. This conference is the big forestry meeting of the year. , You can see the importance for esters, timberland managers, woodland owners and forest indus tires place on this small owner ship phase of forestry. The Highlight of "the meeting was the tree growers' panel. These were men telling of their experi ences in managing farm and for est woodlands. Three farmers explained how they were making good returns from their forest lands by mak ing partial cuts and following a sound forest management pro gram." A consulting forester told of the services available for a small woodland owner who wished to have someone help him in his management, harvesting and sell ing. These consulting foresters work on a small percentage of the selling price of the products. a. uoran Brown, a small um berland owner at oodland, Wash., told of tlie new loahs avail able on standing timber. Brown explained that recent federal leg islation allows banks in the Fed eral Reserve System to make two to 10 year loans on standing Umber. He believes this will do- much to stoo earlv clear-cuttina of good young stands. Brown said: "Now instead of cutting your young tim ber when you need money, you can get a long-time loan for the amount needed. The annual growth on the standing timber VOL. 15, NO. 51 DEC. 21, 1953 TURKEYS A very successful Turkey show is once again behind us. To show manager Die Tunlcy goes our congratulations for a job well done. Our congratula- i lions too,- to the members of the Board of' Directors of the - Northwestern Turkey Show. We hope the new board members who were elected at the meet ing Wed. night will enjoy -their tenure In office and will be ac tive in promoting the course of the show in' the best interest of the turkey industry. John Am aoher and Joe Brumbaoh are the newly" elected members of tne Board. The men who serve so unselfishly on the board of director will have a job to de ' termine the future of the show. ' We hope they consider the Wel fare of the industry above any other point. If there must be a choice made between a good SHOW and a good TURKEY show the industry has a right -. to the correct answer. We know j the board of directors are cap ' able of making these difficult decisions as the problems arise. MONEY : You can't measure a person's happiness by the amount of , money he has. A man with ten ' million dollars may be no hap J pier than one with only nine j million,' 1 SOMETHING OLD 1 When the paper says the bride is twenty-four and the groom is sixty, it isn't neces sary to add ti.at he is consider ed the richest man in his neck of the woods. CHRISTMAS Only a couple of days to buy a gift for the loved ones. The hardware dept. at the Mill has somo dandy gift items. The finest rifles, shotguns and pis tols. Vance, the Hardware man ager will be glad to help you select the proper gift gun for the hunter in the family. New tools make a wonderful gift for a man who works or plays with tools. Power tools for wood working and mechanics tools are always welcome gift items for the men. For Mom we have scissors, cutlery, fine knivos, and other Itpmis she win appre ciate, Also in hardware are col ored Christmas tree lights. These must last forever, as we haven't been able to move them the way we wanted to. Vance will make special price on these lights to replace the burn ed ' it onej on your tree. FOOT IN MOUTH DEPT. The papers report ttwt the Milk Marketing Admimstrion has withdrawn its action against Mr. Deeti, the iwl pendent Jerscyrman of Canny They had better he prepare to explain their actions a r the dairymen nf the RnT-i pool or withdraw it try. have talked with everal dairy men who got a Chrwi p wit from the PArwn.&Ti:sn M s cut of 112S-KH) a tnrrfh u their milk check. ! rral cases the method rjt irrtr.sf at this happy hit of ite-t a or.-n-plete mystery. Cra rij nr.e dairymen are eoti'JM to ho the method of oVterminint" this new payout. U any of ui were to get a terrific rut la Income we would want to know how and why. When a State board is determining how much money you are to make, an ex planation that coincide with the facts in hand would be worthwhile. From the public re lations standpoint the milk marketing administration has stuck its foot into it again. HIGH ENERGY We see a lot of experimental evidence to indicate that the new high-energy rations for laying hens will make more money for the grower. These feeds, usually a complete feed similar to the present cage ra tions, are made of ingredients that will give the highest pos sible energy and protein values along with a fiber level well below the average now in use. These high-energy rations were first started into general use for broiler and fryer produc tion. Now there is considerable use of this type ration for lay ing hens. In keeping with She Douglas County Flour MjU'i policy of alwsys putting out bst pnMtble feed, we wtl he ma!wrt a httjh energy ?von !nf Uy!ng Hew. Thin will he rJnV artw the first of jme W e nulk-hixie met. jt s-nkafl !e Uf now, we know fat 4 H one of the finest fvia rer n hit itie 'wat mar ket, li yw are now feeding a njt rtAn nr are interested in the vr i feed fae's, and want te ma avmey with your chick ens recommend you pfcin o tiring th aew feed a try. The imH will be dosed Dec. 26th, so our employees em bet ter enjoy their Christmas. To alt our Friends and Customers a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, from all the wheels and the hands at the Douglas County Flour Mill. TOKYO INCREASE TOKYO W) The population of Tokyo climbed to 7,469,538 persons as of Nov. 1, Kyodo News Service said Saturday. This is an increase of 352,982 over the corresponding period last year. Tokyo still is the world's third largest city, behind London with a population of 8,346,137 and New York with 7,891, 957. lilllllIWi Tt ill sur friinot...Mi this Holiday Jetton bt tilt happi est ena you m tvtr enjoyed. The Time Shop 228. N. Jackson . o? i-. should go a long way toward pay ing the interest on the loan,'' Fire Protection for small wood lands was given as- one of the most important objectives of good forest management. Small owners were encouraged to do everything they can to prevent fires on their woodlands. Douglas fir bark beetles came in for a lot of attention at the conference. The beetle, which kills the entire tree by mining under the bark, is the reason for Ore gon's most serious forest insect epidemic. Direct control of the epidemic is not possible. . No known spray treatment provides a practical means of control. Salvage logging is the onJv feasible action Itiat can be taken to effect a degree of control. - y The Confernce has done much to spotlight the problems and means of handling the problems of the small wood'and owner. Over 500 people attended three - day conferences. These people now know the value of the forest prod ucts on small woodlands. SHOOTS SOLDIERS BERLIN ifl A West Berlin agency that gathers news from Communist East Germany said Sat urday a drunken Russian ofiicer at Schwerin shot and killed three of his solciers after his abuse of one touched off rebellion. The agency, Inforition Bureau West, said the trotule broke out in a tank battalion s barracks ear ly this week. The officer knocked a soldier down witn nis pisioi duu. When the so dier's comrades rush ed to his help, the officer opened lire. . . . Potato Growers Reject Supports CHICAGO UH The annual con vention of the American Farm Bu reau Federation Thursday reject ed a proposal that the farm or sanitation seek extension of pres. ent mandatory high level govern ment price supports for major orops through the 1956 crop year. These supports at 90 per cent of parity for corn, cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco and peanuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the 1B54 crop year. The proposal was offered from the convention floor bv the Tennes see delegation as an amendment to a resolution urging that high supports be allowed to expire as now scheduled. The rejection was made by a voice vote. The resolution favored introduc tion of a flexible support plan be ginning with the 1955 crop year. In resolutions submitted to the convention, a resolutions commit tee Thursday proposed that the convention call for a federal farm aid program that would stress crop salesmanship as a means of mak ing farmers prospectious. . Crop Sales Plan Is Proposed By Farm' Federation CHICAGO l-A resolutions com mittee proposed today that the convention of the Amerioan Farm Bureau Federation call for a fed eral farm-aid program that would stress crop salesmanship as means of making farmers pros perous. Less dependence than under present programs would be placed on government price supports. The committee said taxpayers would not finance for any extended tomt price guarantee programs that would provide farmers a satisfac tory standard of living. So, the committee declared, farmers and government must join hands to regain lost foreign markets and develop new ones to provide outlets for American agri. culture's expanding productive ca pacity. That means, the committee said, the opening of doors to increased imports so that other countries might get into a position where they could buy more U. S. farm products. In resolutions to be submitted to the convention for adoption at today's final session, the policy drafters said there was a place for "reasonable" price supports and production control programs in helping to stabilize agriculture. But they recommended that present war-born high-level price floors be allowed to expire at the end of 1954, at which time flexible price guarantee provisions of the Farm Act of 1949 are scheduled to go into effect. Good Samaritan Names Own Price For Deed DOWNEY. Calif. ! A for mer Boston schoolteacher accept ed the kindly offer of a stranger to walk ahead of her car with a flashlight and guide her in Friday night's dense fog, she told police. The Samaritan led her to her home, said Miss Merle Tabor, and then demanded: "How much are you going to pay me" Miss Taber said the man grabbed ner purse, cuuiiiiiuug fit in iraati and $176 in U.S. savings stamps, and fled. Farm Surpluses Must Be Carried, Opinion WASHINGTON Ifl - A key ad ministration policy-maker said Sat urday that this country probably must carry its multi-billion dollar stock of farm surpluses for sever al years to protect both world and domestic farm prices. Just back from the International sessions of the food and agricul tural organization in Rome, John H. Davis, assistant secretary of agriculture, said that most other free nations are "afraid of what the United States is going to do with "its surpluses they fear we might ruin world markets." Davis, who directs marketing and foreign agricultural relations for the department, made It clear that the Eisenhower administration wants to avoid this. "It's our program to help stabi lize world markets and move our surpluses into consumption over and above normal trade channels," Davis said. "It may mean sort of sweating through a new years of surpluses." SEIE RED CONTRABAND MANILA UH -Manila police Sat urday, raided a downtown apart ment and seized an estimated $62, 500 in gold, U.S. currency and pre cious gems it said were, destined for Communist China. I Three Chinese -arrested in the apartment were held for investigation. hut --wf:J l"m o. 1 1 A. ?.- Douglas County Flour Mill
