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SHEEP remain, as Douglas County's most important source
of agricultural income. Each spring, .the Douglas County
Fat Lamb Show is held at the fairgrounds, and a winner
there is exhibited above.
Area For Sheep Improved
For Exhibitors, Fairgoers
Sheep constitute a major Doug
las County industry and they are
not ignored at the county fair.
Howard Hatfield, Dixonvilie ranch
er, who has headed the sheep,
goats and hogs departments at the
fair for the past three years, has
been going over plans for the sheep
show this summer.
To increase spectators' comfort,
new bleacher seats nave been
erected next to the sheep judging
area. Barns have been cleaned up
spic and span, and additional light
ing installed for better night time
showing, Hatfield reports.
per pound have been made from
payments to growers to finance a
wool promotion program under the
direction of producer and trade organizations.
That the fair has one of the big
gest and best sheep shows in the
state is proven by the fact that
producers around the stale have
held a major purebred sheep sale
for Douglas County sheepmen at
the fair the last three years, Hat
field noted.
Since barns will fill up fast, Hat
field has asked that exhibitors
bring their. animals in as early as
possible on entry day, Aug. 22.
LADY WEARING SHAWL WON
BALTIMORE, MD. Wl No rec
ords are kept of such things, but
one of the biggest wagers ever
made at Pimlico was a show bet
of $7,000 placed by an elderly lady
wearing a shawl. She bet Native
Dancer in the 1953 Freakness. The
horse won.
Premium Books
Being Claimed
Douglas County Fair Premium
Books have been going fast, ac
cording to Fair Manager Dick Tur
ley. Turley has asked all county resi
dents who have not yet received a
copy of the free booklet to notify
the fair board for their copy.
The booklet contains everything
a fair exhibitor could want to
know. It lists all classes of compe
tition and a breakdown of t h e
more than $8,000 in prizes which
will be on the block at the 19SG
fair.
Also included In the 76-page bro
chure are farming and household
hints and a number of pictures.
Call Orchard 3-6277 for a copy or
write to the fair board, P. O. Box
750, Roseburg.
Wool Payments Total $167,306
Through July, wool growers of
Douglas County had received a to
tal of $167,306.74, in incentive pay
ments for wool sold in the market
ing year ending March 31, 1956,
according to J. F. Boncbrake,
chairman of the Douglas County
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee.
Based on 1,010 applications for
payment received by the county
ASC office, total payments to coun
ty wool growers will be$181,007.31.
Some 24 of the above applicatons
had payments earned of less than
$3 for which no payment will be
made.
Chairman Bonebrake explains
that the national average price re
ceived by wool growers for the
year ending March 31 was 42.8
cents per pound. Based on this fig
ure, the average payment to wool
growers to bring the, average re
turn to 62 cents per hundred was
determined to be 44.9 per cent of
the price at which the grower sold
his wool. The payments now being
received by wool growers are bas
ed on $44.90 for each $100.00 the
grower received for his wool.
As a result of the referendum
among wool growers held a year
ago, deductions totaling one cent
AT DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR
No! It is not the work of a mod-man! It's the
work of Clark's Studio motion picture cameraman.
Everyday of the fair will be recorded on movie
film. After this big show, the film will be pro
cessed and then shown to civic groups, clubs, lod
ges, granges, anyone who is interested in seeing
the fair all over again. Look for a cameraman
because he will be looking for you. All camera
work will be done by John LeDuc.
Studio and camera shop
711 S. E. Jackson St.
Dial OR 3-852-5
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