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
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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
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and usefulness of
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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.
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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.
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Truck shipments
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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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Hit mmoarison. corn production
was 2,964,639,000 bushels last year
and 3,057,464;000 for the ten-yetr t
average. K ' .
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. ; : .'.'
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