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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1946)
T’ACR TEN hurnday . m \ r < h 21. w< THE SENTINEL POTTAGE GROVE OREGON Question Arises As to Just What Makes a Farm There is need for a new term to designate small ptaxs and homes in the country that are not operatori as “fams" but arc nevertheless so designated by the Census. OSC agricultural cconotn- Lsts anJ farm management au- thorities say. To back up their view they point out th it the Ccn- • us of 1939 indicates that over 40 percent of the "farms" produc ed only 6 pc.cent of the total val ue of all farm products and that most of the C percent was used sn these “farms." Statoil in another way, less than 60 percent of the faims pro- duced 94 percent of the total out- pul anti practically all of the pro ducts marketed. Obviously, the economists sty. the Census defi nition of a "farm ‘ is outmoded. The data indicate that the num ber of "farms" that are really country residences and small part time farms has increased and be- come large in some areas. There is no way to determine exactly from the data, however, how many there are and how many real farms Urge enough to provide work anri income for a family. Thus, the economists say. the value of the data is reduced. For example.; they point out that la. < percent of the "farms” were re ported to be on hard surfaced roads in 1940. Likewise. the Cen- sus reported about 60 percent of die “farms" had electricity, that about 40 percent had telephones and that about 51 percent had running water. But. the economist asks-, how many of th«' real farms w«-n- so situated? An«l how many of the “farms" with these ad- vantages were country residences of people who work in cities and towns ? The Census shows an increase of about 44.000 in the rural farm population of Oregon from 1920 to 1940, compared with about 120.- 000 in rural nonfarm and 140.000 urban. Eut that comparison is not indicative cf the real population trend on the real farms, the eco nomists say, as the increase in other country places was perhaps more than enough to account for the increase in the "rural farm population." Food Outlook Is Greatly Improved The food outlook for 1946 has improved greatly in recent weeks. Iiowever. the supply of inedible fats and oils necessary for tho manufacture of many personal and household items is lower than at any time during pre-war years. Reminding local housewives of this critical shortage, Ernest E. Schrenk, chairman of the county AAA committee, pointed out that fat saving must be practiced every day, if «gisting shortages of laundry soup, paints, textiles, wall paper and other commodities are to disappear. Mr. Schrenk’s state ment is based on word from the USDA Production and Marketing Administration. During the war years house wives accounted for 10 per cent of the inedible production, and collection must continue at this rate if the supply is to be built up to prewar levels. Mr. Schrenk explained that world export supplies and net im ports of fats and oils into the United States are not expected in volume until later this year, per haps in 1947. For this reason the American kitchen must continue to contribute to the backlog of fats and oils from which the na- tion must draw for essential pcr- snnal and household item«. Th' « nd of rationing has niad«' av'ul.'ilile more eaoking lais, hint, . nJ slioi u iiuig Wuh larger sup- plies now moving from grocery «lores into hoims, housewives will have a gn>at opportunity to save more us<>d fats th in tiny «lid vhen rationing curtailed supplies. Schrenk sani. Edible fats md oils which have become rancid or too highly Dav- orrai for further e Hiking use, should lie salva od and drained into the fat • containers and returned ncighbot hood dealers. and oils, in turn. will come Imck to housewives in snaps, soap powders, anti many other items now in short supply, Schrenk said. The Airplane Of Tomorrow One of the war's greatest para doxes is that its urgent med far developing th« world’« most de structive force at th« very sa time «dvanccd that came instru ment cs a peacetime agency faster «nd further than any period in his tory. That instrument is. of cours«, the airplane. The growth of alt transport since Pearl Harbor is a modern miracle which holds c» much in rtore that there seems ;» be no limit to the forecasts of t>- post-war future of this indust:*« which has become full grown prac tically over night The airlines of the United Stater, under contract for the Army an t Navy, flew more than 308.000.0C3 miles during the first three year, of the war. carrying vital perso. nel and cargo to the far corner- of the earth. They racked up ths almost incomprehensible figure of 2.600,000.000 passenger miles anc 707.000,000 ton miles. New de velopments in design, power plant and instruments, ru.hed to fruition in ten times the speed of normal civilian development, were respon sible to a large degree. Credit goes also to the pioneering skill and courage of the airlines for com panies which had never before flown outside the U. S. pioneered routes over all the oceans where man had never ventured before. During this same period the air lines demonstrated in another way that they have come of age, de pending no longer on any benevo lence from Uncle Sam. For the first time the revenues which they turned into the postoffice depart ment from the carriage of air mail so far exceeded the fees paid to the carriers that all the deficit of the early years has been wiped out. Last year the airlines far from re ceiving a subsidy made a substan tial profit for the government. The harvest of the extraordinary efforts of the war years was ready to be reaped as soon as final victory came and it will be shared by mil lions of Americans whose war serv ice has made them more air-minded than ever. Already the 19 domestic lines have concrete plans, with many orders already signed, to in crease the size of their fleet to 1005 planes. Those ships will be capable of carrying nearly 37,000 passen gers. They are not just the dreams of designers even though many of them will be able to cruise at speeds of close to 350 miles an hour and carry loads of 20 tons over distances of 3000 miles and up. Some of these planes have ac tually seen strenuous war service. From the chaos and destruction of war has come at least one bene, t which will be of incalculable va.. a in bringing mankind closer u. gether—the airplane of tomorre... Plastic Coating Damask linen tablecloths that can't be s’.iined by gravy and brightly «■< lured draperies that can be wiped clean with a damp cloih are an un1» the postwar develop ments foreseen as the outgrowth of wartime research into plastic coating of fabrics Vitamin C Lack Serious Matter For Oregonians Through exiHTimcm station re- s'arch al Oregon State college and extension activities through th«* state, nutritional develop ments with vitamin (' arc being passed alonr to homemakers, re- ports Miss Lucy I V Case, exten- sion nutritionist. Recently Miss Case carri«) out a demoitstru- tion called “Ktvping Fit t.imin C" in th«' Olney grange hall near Astoria. M i«s Case prvpa i cd meal high in vitamin C for the home- make.-s at Astoria, as she explain ed handling, suiting and cooking methods which U*st preserve this food element. Sho named air. heat and waler as the common enemies of vitamin C. Miss Jean Starker, emergency assistant in Clatsop county, assisted in the demonstra tion and will develop the vitamin project in 10 other rommiini- small amount of vitamin C. Sho cited cases where n mid- After «ununarizing college die-aged woman wns relieved of < .udì. Miss C'i<«' explained stillness in the knee joints by th«- aVt'i'ugc |H*r«<in needed taiing citrus fruits anil tuniaiois. min C daily hi h< Ip pix'sent low a school child's bleeding gum« « liai resistance to bacterial stopped bleeding m throe days ms. build and maint ain strong with the assist unco of tomato and I nines and .teeth, prevent pain orange juice ami u tinnier'« sorc- and soreness of joints and limbs, nes ol shovldeis and joints were prevent hemorrhages and anemia, alleviati d by di inking hr wife's strengtWien walls of blood Vessels, home cannisi tomato mice aid in healing wounds, hold body Direclions lor vitamin ( reten- rolls together, prevent scurvy, prevent irriiability and improve tion in canning, freezing and dry- ing included in bullet In HE disposition. A sample of I i I imx I taken from INAA availnhle at extension olile- a vein in the arm can lie tested chemically for the amount of as- curbic acid or viiaimn C pres, nt. explains Miss Case Such tests. Suv Oil I'UI |> >»rtul she adds. made this past Sovbean nil 1« mu bid» xtrmis, nn year in th«' rural grade schools ore hand tilling i vipm vinents for edi and higti scjaxils of Marion. Jose ble uils, and on the other having phine, Tillamook Malheur and -h.u a« n iistics uf drying oils Ils Sherman counties by the Oregon isade tin edible purposes such .is i Stat«> college exj «'l inient .station. .hortentngs, margarine, and ««lad Results tabulated Marion ■it d cooking oils has increased mark- county indicated that 62 percent -dly In recent years It also Is used in industry as a drying oil In palms of the grade school children ami ind varnish««, and is employed in 70 percent of thè high school -oap, linoleum, oilcloth and printing children studied were getting tun ANNOUNCING The opening of our carpenter »hop in the Wateou building near Snider'» Auto Repair on »9 highwav »oulh, just outside city limit We have equipment for all kind» of cabinet work as well as carpeater work Call and see us. BOWSER BROTHERS 30 2li> 31 MUTUAL BENEFIT Health, Accident and Hospital Insurance MARVIN C. HOPKINS 201 1 0 0 F Building, Eugene Rea. 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