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Jaycees Local Residents Asked To Name Top Agriculturalists A nationwide search for the four outstanding young farmer in the United States, Hawaii and Alas ka ia now underway. The search is being made by the Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Roseburg Jaycees announced this past week they will select this area's outstanding young farmer. Russell Cary Jr. is chairman of the selection committee. Announcement of central Doug las County's top farmer between the Jaycee age limits of 21 and 35 will be made March 25. The win ner does not have to be a Jaycee, according to President V. J. An derson. Other qualifications, outside of age, state the man must derive two-thirds of his income from farm operation. Basis of judging will be contributions made to farming as well as community, Cary said. There-will be special emphasis on farm enterprise and investment. A panel of leading agricultural leaders in the area will serve as judges. Their names remain se cret, i Cary asked any persons in the community knowing of outstand ing young farmers to nominate them by calling OR 3-4154. The local winner will be entered In the statewide contest. He will also receive gift certificates from six Roseburg business firms total ing $130. Firms giving certificates are: Knudtson's (15); Nielsen's ($25); Douglas County Flour Mill ($25); Modern Furniture ($25); Swick's Tots for Teens ($15); and MUlers's Dept. Store ($25). Sec. Benson Hits Flexible Price Supports Critics SALT LAKE CITY Jfl Seqre tary of Agriculture Benson said Saturday critics of flexible price supports are trying to saddle "the uures ot tne old program upon a new one which hasn't even been tested yet." He criticized farm leaders de manding high supports and "labor leaders who have turned farm ex perts." He said these two groups are "shouting from the roof-tops" that farm prices are being wrecked by, the Republican administration's new flexible price support pro gram. "It just isn't so," Benson told a meeting of the Pacific Dairy and Poultry Assn. . "Not one bale of cotton, nor one bushel of corn or wheat, nor one sack of rice, not one pound of peanuts has yet been placed under price support or loan or sold to the government at less than 90 per cent of parity," he said. Flexible supports, he explained, do not become operative until the 1955 harvests. The 90 per cent parity level was in effect during and after the war. But Congress last year authorized flexible sup ports Awn 82V4 to 90 per cent of parity beginning with this year's production of major crops. "The principal argument put for ward by the proponents of this measure (90 per cent supports) is 6 Sin W ti $500 irtr ithir toil tncttrs ii Its iiwt elm If you are looking for lower cost, more dependable tractor power, you'U want to see and try the new Fordson Major Diesel Tractor. See how .quickly it starts on diesel fuel. Hitch it to a tough pull and notice how it "hangs right in there" real lugging power! Try ita light steering and smooth, positive brakes. Touch the hydraulic control lever and notice how easily you can raise, lower and control equipment. Check the feature that count for long life and easy servicing. Add them oil up and you will probably cart -hero's today's boot buy In tho 3-4 plow tractor clastl So come In toon. UMPQUA TRACTOR COMPANY 125 S. Pine Seek Best Farmer Water Content In Snow Averages Below Normal Water content in snow at the higher elevations of the Umpqua watersheds still averages a little below normal for this time of the year. The Federal - State Cooperative Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasts, brought to date on March 1, shows southern Oregon better off than most other regions of Oregon. Water content in snow was 97 per cent of normal, despite heavy storms in the latter part of Feb ruary, the March report reveals. However, cold weather has had its effect In both southern and east ern Oregon. Soils beneath the snow pack are dry, indicating the cold has allowed but little of the snow to melt. . The condition portends a below normal strea inflow for rivers. In Vnrivnsb: indicate that onlv. about .'5 per cent of the normal runoff between April and hepiemner wiu occur this spring and summer. High in the cascades in i.ie Eastern part of the watersheds, water content in snow is far below normal, with these reports: Windi go Pass on the Umpqua-WiUam-ette Divide near the crest of the mountains, 68 inches of snow with 24 inches of water. Average is 46 inches of snow water. Diamond Lake, 44 inches of snow with 14.5 inches of water, below the average of 18.4 inches. Whaleback, on the Upper-Rogue Divide, 74 inches of snow, contain ing 23.1 inches of water, were mea sured. Average water content is 36.8 inches there. I "At the lower elevations, however, more water is stored than usual for this time of the year. Average precipitation since Sot. 1 remains far below normal for this time of the year. As of March 1, it was slightly more than half of usual, Steam Locomotives On Their Way Out PORTLAND Ifl Steam loco motives are on their way out on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway this year. The heads of the Northern Pa cific and Great Northern lines said here Thursday that the 13 steam enginos still operating will be re placed by diesel units before the end of the vear. Robert S. Macfarlane, president of tho Northern Pacific, and J. M Budd. nresident of Great Northern. also said while visiting here that steam locomotives will be re placed on all their lines within five years. They also spoke of a number of other improvements to be made on their lines, including a $5,400,00 switching vard at Pasco, which M.icfarlane said will he ready for full operation by Juno i. that it will halt the steady de cline in farm income which has been underway since 1947," Ben son said. "What they fail to mention is that this entire reduction has come about while we had rigid 90 per cent supports for the basic com modities. Save In (ml costs otw 3 4 plow (isolini tractors Big minis fust coitt over K'Ulin tractors in tho same power class Extra hriifif powtr on tough pulls Mors stars sf optrstioa between overhauls Sii if it forward, two revere speeds Built-in Mrwlk irittia Thru-point linkatt for rear at tached equipment tui itarti la coM nrtattnr 12- volt slartrr Baud llpan roip,trimvt nf SuftMttd I.M P'i f OH. fori a JCnlrv and PuMftt'd .S,wriff ., Pw, oCom pttHtit Tnclvri F.O.H. Factory. Phone OR 3-6567 Crop Specialist Evolves Weed Control Program Planned, economical weed con trol programs arc urged by an Oregon State College farm crops specialist. They are due to get to get underway soon. ' Rex Warren outlines below a spray schedule for some' of the state's most common weed pests. He says careful scheduling of con trol will cut costs. The crops specialist recom mends 2,4-D as the most popular spray. The "amine lornv is sup erior in western Oregon, accord ing to Warren. The "ester form" vaproizes rapidly, he says, and may cause "drift" damage to nearby susceptible plants. He rec ommends it only for the more open areas in Eastern Oregon. Weeds In all winter grains. Western Oregon's common weeds include mustard, French pink and vetch. Apply Vt to 1 pound (nor mally l'j to 2 pints) per acre of 2.4-D amine after the grain is well tillered but before it reaches the boot stage. Normally spray about April 1. Canada thistle. Apply 1 to VA nour.d's (2 to 3 pints), 2,4-D per acre while thistle is in the early bud stage. It should not be spray ed out of grain until the grain is 6 inches tall but before it reaches the boot stage. On non-cropland, the 2,4-D rate may be increased up to 3 (Pounds. Weeds in beans and sweor corn. Apply 3 to 6 pounds of dinitio amine per acre in enoii'lh water to get coverage, 30 to 60 gallons Apply one to two days before crop emergence. Use 3 pounds of chem ical on sandy 'oil,. 6 pounds on heavier soils. For best results, apply on a smooth seedbed, Warren recom mends. The soil surface must be moist at time of spraying. Severe plant burning can he caused if a heavy irrigation follows applica tion of the chemical to a dry soil surface. This control may be less effec tive where furrow irrigation is used since sprinkler irrigation or rain help carry the chemical down to the germinating weed seeds. Morning glory. On fallow or un- crrroped land, apply" 2 pounds 2,- 4-D per acre when morning glory starts to bloom, about mid-June. Snray morning plory out of grain with 1 pound 2-4;D per acre after grnin heads have filled. Brush control. Apply 3 to 4 pounds of 2,4-D, or 2,4.5-T (or a mixture of tho two) in 100 gal lons of water. Spray enough to vrct the brush when it is in full lenf. Tansy ragwort. Apply 3 pounds 3.4-D ester in ino gallons of water. Spray before flower sialics form. Good control can usually bo ob tained from the first of April to early June. How to reduce spray "drift and vapor" damage to susceptible plants when spraying with 2,4-D and 2.4.5-T: 1. Snray only on calm days, the specialist stiys. 2. Use nozzles that deliver a iar'e-si?r-d drnnlet. In an OSC ex periment, small "fine . spray" drops drifted 10 times as far as a normal droplet when released at a spraying height of 2i feet in a four-mile wind. The small drops drifted 59 feet, the larger ones only 3'i feet. 3. Use only enough pressure so that the nozzle ooerates properly. Undor most conditions, this means 20 to 40 pounds pressure per snunre inch wilh epr-h nozzle fix ed to deliver not less than one quart per minute. Sprays applied under higher pressure tend to form n fog or mist Which incrcas- : "drift" hazard. 4. Use non - volatilizing ma terials whenever possible such as 2.4-D amine - type or low volatile forms of 2.4-D ester. But remem bpr, even though a nroduct is low in volatility, it still vaporizes, Warren explains. New Insecticide Will Control Cherry Aphids A new Insecticide to control black cherry aphids has been add ed to the recommended pest con trol program for cherries this spring, says Robert Kvory, Oregon State College cntomoloqy special ist. The specialist reports four per cent Malathion dust at 40 to 50 pounds per acre before trees reach the "popcorn stase" is hotter than tho previous control program with nicotine sulfate. Less than 50 pounds will be necessary (or young orchards. Even though Malathion is one of 2 H.P. ROTO-HOE only Acclaimed tverywhdr ihown as America'! fin tit Garden Cultivator for small and medium Gardens RotO'Cutrer Attachment (for cutting lawns, tail grau, h.gh weeds, etc.) $40.00 Come in and ask us for a demonstration of the efficiency and usefulness of the ROTO-HOE MILLER & COX SALES & SERVICE co Douglas County Flour Mill M0tT bum I 10 The Newj-Review, Roseburg, Ore. May 7 Selected As Achievement Day By ,4-Hers May 7 has been announced as 4-H "achievement day" for the Roseburg area. The date was se lected Wednesday evening when the Central Douglas County Lead ers Assn. observed parents' night. Parents, leaders and 4-llers meeting in the county fairgrounds pavilion learned about upcoming outstanding club activities. Report ing on them were four 4-H mem bers. Activities at OSC summer school were discussed by junior leader Glen Jones, Camas Valley. The school will be held in the middle of June. Frank von Borstel, county 4-H loader, has requested that organ izations planning to award student scholarships to the school this year notify him as soon as possible. He may oe reacnea at tne county ex tension office,- telephone 3-8133. Dates for 4-H summer camp at Camp Myrtle Wood, Bridge, were announced by Robert Roark. Rose burg. The camp will be held from July 26 to Aug. 5. j Forthcoming Douglas county fair 4-H activities were discussed by Miss Dixie Wooten, Elgarose. Last year's 4-H exhibit was the largest in the history of the fair. The junior leadership program was discussed by Rollie Tandy, Umpqua. Tandy is junior leader of a livestock club. Concluding the program was a discussion of 4-H club activities during national 4-H week and a showing of the motion picture "This Is 4-H Club Work." Presid ing over the meeting was M. A. Jones, president of the associa tion. Oregon Dairymen Schedule Spring Sales' Campaign Sharp price' drops suffered by Oregon dairymen in recent months are expected to touch off the in dustry's most ambitious spring sales promotion campaign in years, reports Oscar Hagg, Ore gon State College- dairy market ing specialist An intensified advertising and educational program already un derway to promote "the economic al lood value ot dairy products will hit its peak during June dairy month, Oregon Dairy Products Commis sion. Oregon.Dairy Council and the Oregon State College extension; scrvice marketing program arc spearheading the campaign. Hagg says it has been made possible through a "definite increase in in terest from all groups within the industry, From October to February, the average price paid to Oregon pro ducers for ail milk decreased 16 per cent from the same months a year ago. At the same time, report OSC economists, costs of producing milk increased more than two per cent. This includes milk used both in the Grado A trade and for manufacturing. Milk producers who previously had a measure of protection under the late milk marketing act are seeking new ways to maintain a stable' market, Hagg stales Thev realize that the potential for a price - cutting situation ex ists under present conditions. June dairy month is being plan ned in cooperation with the Amer ican Dairy Assn. the organic phosphate materials, it is "reasonably safe to handle," Kverv says. Even so, he warns, handlers should give careful atten tion to manufacturers instruc tions. JOINS ASSOCIATION The Happy Valley Rancn, Rose burg, has been named to mem bership in the American Hereford Assn. Announcement of member ship was made this week by the American Hereford Assn., Kansas City, Mo. Happy Valley Ranch is owned by Andrew 11. Weber. KNOCKS OUT TAX SAI.EM i.fl The Senate Taxa tion Committee approved Friday a bill that would knock out Port land's business and occupation tax. ALL COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (16-20) AMMONIUM SULPHATE (21 Nitrogen) AMMONIUM NITRATE (33V4 Nitrogen) SUPER PHOSPHATE AGRICULTURAL CYPSUM (Landplisrer) ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF LAWN AND HOME GARDEN FERTILIZERS Buy Your Ammonium Pho.phote Off The Car At A Substantial Saving During Tht Remainder Of This Week!. DOUGLAS COUNTY FLOUR MILL 124 N, Pine Street Roseburg ORehard 2-2641 , '. , Farm Fores t Fads By ED CILOEN County Extension Agent Douglas County's loss has been California's gain. That's the story of Gene Hofsted, former county extension agent in forestry here in Douglas County. Many of you will remember Gene for his work in the county during 1952 and 1953. He left here in the summer of '53 to head up the Department of Forestry for Humboldt County. GgNE HAS spent most of his time the last year and a half in surveying Humboldt County gath ering data on its timber and tim ber industry. Now,- the report is out. It's oalled "Timber In Humboldt County." The bulletin is written by Henry Vaux, professor of forestry at the University of California. This 50-page bulletin contains lots and lots of information that pertains to Douglas County. Why? Well because Humboldt has around 60 billion feet of stand ing timber Douglas has rough ly 70 to 80 billion feet. Most of this volume In both counties is mature timber. A lot of the timber in Humboldt County is inaccessible. Who has that problem? Of course it's Douglas County. The annual cut is similar both counties take out 'from a billion and a quarter to a billion and a half. THE TWO counties differ some on ownership pattern and tree species. In Douglas County, about one third of the forest land is private ly owned. Humboldt County has three fourths of its forest land in pri vate ownership. Redwood makes up one-fifth of the total .volume in Humboldt County. We have no Redwood in this area. Actually, the pattern of owner ship is the only major difference in the tiro counties. i THIS IS what Hofsted found in- his survev and what Mir. Vaux has to say in "Timber in Humboldt County" about present timrjer sup plies. "Present timber supplies are large but unless steps are taken soon, many mills whioh do not own timber will have trouble ob taining enough los to last their oDeration for another 10 years." (It could be even sooner in Doug- iw rountvl. These are the steps that Profes- sor Vaux suggests: 1. More access roads. 2. Professional advice on sales 'agreements. . - 3. Better use of. wood and mill leftovers. The first nd third reasons Pro fessor Vaux gives are not especial ly new ideas to us in this area. We recognize the problem and some advancements are being Seed Prices Climb As Stocks Dwindle Dwindling government holdings of seed stocks place the Oregon and U.S. seed industry in a much clear er position than was true a ye,ar ago, wys Ray H. Teal, seed mar keting specialist at Oregon State College. Prices should now be tied closer to the size of the new crop and to the amount used, he explains. Smaller 1954 seed crops in this country. Canada and Europe help ed the government to get part way out of the seed business, the spe cialist continues. On January l ot this year, the government held substantial amounts of only three kinds of seeds hairv vetch, ladino clover and tall fescue. Stocks of ladino clover and tall fescue seed are expected to be further re duced during the spring planting season. . , Here is Teal's 1955 seed ouiiook nutshell. Smaller crops last year arid carryover of most hay and pasture seeds indicate prices nearly as nign as in cntc Hnn't share this bright fu ture. Large supplies of fine-bladed turf seeds point to tunner price declines for 1955. MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1955 made in correcting it. But take his second suggestion profes sional advice on sales agreements. How dpes that, fit into the pic ture of better forest management and an increased timber supply? Mr. Vaux answers this question by saying "A number of landown ers have been troubled because they could not devise effective measures for securing the kind of logging practices that they would like to have used on their land. Some owners have refused to sell except to a buyer whom they knew. Others feel that, as long as they cannot control cutting practices effectively, permanent management of their land for tim ber production is" not feasible." He goes on to say that this tim ber marketing situation is the key problem in timber-land manage ment on medium and small-sized forest holdings. - "PRICE-WISE, landowners have done fairly well in many cases, but not so in most other aspects of their timber sale transactions. As a result, they often find the timber sale business unattrac tive." These are'Mr. Vaux's closing re marks on the use of a timber sales contract. ' "And this is a third facbr (next to location and ownership) which hampers orderly use of ex isting timber inventories and rais es a serious obstacle to good management of the land. The land owner needs guidance and advice on legal and timber management. Procedures, and more effective supervision of timber sale agree ments is essential." IT LOGICALLY 'ollows-what's good for Humboldt is also good for Douglas. The Douglas County Farm For estry Committee has recognized the necessity of the timber sales contract. They have prepared a sales contract check list that is available from the Douglas Coun ty Agent's Office, Post Office Bldg., Roseburg. The "effective supervision of timber sale agreements" which Mr. Vaux calls essential can best be done by the landowner him self. If the landowner is unable to give effective supervision, consult ing foresters are available to as sist the small or medium - sized woodland owner. They charge only a small percentage of the selling price and more often than not will return the cost of their fee in bet ter selling methods and prices. Consulting foresters know forest management and how to get it done on your woodland. mat milium- ini n i Trn-ii i-n rmn frm - - THE PASTURE SPECIAL Ammonium Phosphate-Sulp'hate (8-12-0). A New Fertilizer produced in the Tacoma Plant r: And look at these Stauffer Extras: V Overnight shipments direct to your fields Truck shipments eliminate expensive double handling No carload minimumi Combination carloads and truckloads l t mu mat u. I - " wo pvi lull National Sprinq Wheat Crop to Hit Approximately 177,000,000 Bushels WASHINGTON Wt The Agri culture Department reported last week that a spring wheat crop of 177,000,000 bushels and a corn crop of 3,140,000,000 bushels were in prospect this year on the basis of farmers' planting plans. A spring wheat crop of this size would compate with 179,044,000 bushels last year and, when added to an indicated winter wheat crop of 679,137,000, would give a total 1955 wheat crop of 856,000,000 bushels. Last year's wheat produc tion was 969,781,000 bushels and 1,121,506,000 for the ten-year (1943 52) -average. Former AFL Secretary Booted Out Of Union SEATTLE Wl A union business agent's former secretary was boot ed out of the AFL Office Em ployes' Union local here this week for failing to state under oath she was not a member of the Com munist Party Expulsion of Mrs. Eugenia Allen was voted by Local of the office workers' .union after she was sus pended more than six months ago and given a trial by a union com mittee. ' Mrs. Allen formerly was secre tary to I. A. Sandvigen, business agent for Hope' Lodge 79 of the AFL Machinists' Union. The lodge is presently engaged in its ovrr "house cleaning" or members aim former officials accused of Com munist affiliations. 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The crop prospects based on a survey of farmers' spring planting plans of March 1 are not foreoasts, but a calculation of what production would be if pros pective plantings are carried out and the acre yield should equal the five-year (1944-53) average. The prospective production of other spring crops compared . with last year and the ten-year average, respectively, included: - ' ' Oats 1.363,000,000 bushels this year, 1,499,579,000 last year and 1,316,359,000 for the ten-year aver age. Barley 365,000.000 bushels; 204, 087,000 and 134,600,000. Hav 104,000,000 tons; 104,380,000 and i01,959,000. . The indicated acreages of spring crops and their percentages of last year's plantings,, respectively, in- ; eluded: ";, Corn 82.033,000 acres indicated this year, or 100.2 per cent of last year's plantings: ,' . -. , All spring wheat 13,960,000,000, or 87.9. Spring wheat other than durum. 12,848,000, or 90.3. Oats 47,664,000, or 100.8. Barley 15,776,000, or 108.7. Full compliance with wheat al lotments would put total acreage of this crop at not more than 55 million acres. Friday's estimate indicated a total wheat acreage of 57,400,000. ; : .'.' 0 6-7 &8 INCH MODELS -Heavy Hardware Phone OR 3-6638 Tr' TT"n" t r.rt. tn ' ,r"" hhanu r r J" 1 1StZ.. Oil CO. Mil..., .7f ' ri-wr--JS iir,fl',liawifcwiirwia,i,j Ha P It to In. 4 k I
