,y April 15. 1948
BROOKIXGS-HARBOR PILOT. Brookings, Oregon
IVorM't Finest C lim ate
Pag* Five
¡summer when other meat is less conservation program by reduc-
In
the
past,
the
normal
move
cabled that prices were off 10
, plentiful. Any surplus may be ing fire hazards and rat harbors
preserved by freezing or canning. Fires and rats destroy or damage ment of cattle along the west to 15 percent while New Zealand
Many producers today make a vast amounts of food and feed coast is from Oregon and the reported prices down as much as
northwest states to California or 30 percent.
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profitable business of selling the every year
dressed young rabbit meat, fresh Tentative plans have been eastern points. Reversing this F ederal m eat granes When
movement is apt to com
There!:
or frozen, in open-faced cartons, made for Curry county clean-up normal
y’ou go to the retail butcher shop
plicate
the disease problem.
four
people
in Curry -
u. r-
.
Domestic rabbit meat is all campaign, May 23-29. Watch for
to buy pieces of n at, don't tie
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n
w
h
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l
e
,
Lindgren
and
are sitting on footstools white, like breast of chicken, en- further notices.
confused
by the letters "AA,” or
Morse have enumerated five con
ffek_at least 34 footstools tirely different from wild rab-
sideration in connection with “A," or any other letters that you
heen completed at our two bit, and in season at any time Plans are being completed for moving cattle into Oregon at this may find stampe ’
he meat.
-oi workshops. Most of the of year. Domestic rabbits do not Curry county’s First Annual time.
he' 're not the Federal grades.
ois will be on display in have the disease tuleremia. In Homemaker's Day to be held in One. Do not move cattle in Meat called grade “A" in one re-
¿ache at Homemakers Day. western states where rabbit rais- Gold Beach on Friday. April 23. such numbers that a feeding tad market may be of entirely
25 Watch for the time and ing is an extensive industry, rab- Curry county has 5 Home Exten- shortage will result here next different quality from that called
Plans for Homemaker's bit meat sells at meat markets sion units and two more will be winter.
grade "A” in another store.
ill be completed this week and is served regularly in hotels, organized this spring. Homemak-
Two. See that cattle are prop
iU be hearing about them, restaurants and homes. You can er’s Day is the day when women erly inspected and certified as Mr. and Mrs. Robert William
Vivian Freeman. Home get a delicious rabbit dinner at from all parts of the county mee* disease free.
son were Sunday dinner guests
ast for Kerr Glass com-(Humbug Mountain Lodge.
to see what other women have
Three. Livestock owners should of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ir
?ave demonstrations last Young rabbit like young chick- done. There will be a program
be on the alert to spot disea-e win Mclndoe, of Smith River.
at Port Orford and at Har- en is cooked by the quick method with special speakers, exhibits of outbreaks.
There were
... forty . folks in of frying or broiling. Rabbits also this year’s work, and a noon lun-
Four. Drouth cattle are ex
jance at Port Orford but, may be stuffed and roasted. Old- theon. Everyone is invited to tremely thin. Buyers should S P O K T O O A f S
to say there was only er meat is excellent for fricassee, come and see what Curry county look ahead and be certain that
BY W S - t W
group at Harbor. The casseroles, rabbit pie, salad, chop Home Extension women have sufficient feed is in sight to feed
number of questions asked suey and other dishes offer made done in this, their first year.
them to market condition.
Freeman and the comments from mature chicken.
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Five. Because of the thin cond
?srd after th( meeting in—i You can save on your food bud-
ition of the drouth cattle, pur
SPQ8T h )6 QCC'‘
«3 that all who came were get with rabbit.
chasers can expect more than
they had taken the time,
• • •
normal losses either on the range
¿fort We are never to old I
WILL DROUTH BRING
experienced to learn some-! farm ers are being urged to
CATTLE TROUBLES f or n the feed lot.
new, you know.
, e part ln the annual spring o n the heejs of severe drouth;
re you a 4-H youngster in f ean*up campaign in order to an(j electric power shortages re-
MEAT
bone? It is now time for
p prevent tires, avoid acci- porte(i from California, Oregon Pacific coast wholesale m ar
it in poultry’, garden dents and reduce disease, in rural ,jg feeling the lack of California, kets held about steady on good
ining projects. These jro j- . America.
A rnerica-
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J rainfall « in _ another
quarter. Live-j beef during the week. Portland
Clean-up—Don’t Bum stock.
ly be carried by an indi- With
quoted $40. to $41., San Francis
.member without an or- Up” as its slogan, the Spring ......
v
Already
a good many Califor- co $40. to 41. and Los Angeles
■d club. If you are interest* Clean-Up campaign is sponsored nia stockmen have been in Ore- $38. to $40. Wholesale ¡»ork prices
nte the County Extension by the National Fire Protection gon buying hay and pasture. Sev- were lower at Portland and Los
for further information.
association in cooperation with eral ' thousand
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cattle have beer, Angeles but steady at San Fran
. Grown meat: Home- the U. S. Department of Agri- purchased by Oregon livestock cisco. Lamb carcasses were low
rabbit meat can aid fam- culture and State Agricultural operators. Many of these cattle er and plentiful, especially at Los
«Is and budgets this year Extension services,
are already in this state.
Angeles where prices were most
supplies of other meat are
The NFPA advocates spring Two Oregon state college ex ly $2.00 lower. Lamb was about
T d like « pair of hip boots!'
It’d to be shorter, the U. B. as the time of year in which to tension specialists, Roger W. steady at Chicago and New York.
• • • •
and
tment of Agriculture sug- clean homes and farm buildings Morse, extension v dairyman,
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Families in any village or J thoroughly, to inspect buildings H. A. Lindgren, extension animal
WOOL
«here poultry raising is and equipment and to make nec- husbandman, say the import a -, The severe price decline on
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..ted can keep rabbits and essary repairs and replacements. tion of drouth cattle and the sale wools in all foreign markets,
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tie for a year-round supply Emphasis is placed upon elimin- of Oregon hay and pasture could with the exception of South
is white delicately flavored, ation of fire hazards such as leail to a serious condition here. America, brought business in the
tots meat A few rabbits— dirty chimneys and accumula-
tw° specialists point out that Boston wool trade to a virtual
or four does and a buck tions of debris.
California buyers are now pick- standstill during the week end
ceding age purchased this Spring clean-up contributes to iag up available hay in Klamath, ing March 11. Australian firms
will provide fryers by the emergency feed and grain Lake and central Oregon coun-i
........................ *-...........-..................- ties. At the same time, they re
port the hay outlook for Oregon
is not particularly good.
However, there is no hay short
age at the present time. Ex
As I could not sell my well drilling ma
tremely heavy rains last fall pre
vented the seeding of a large
chine, I will resume my w a t e r well
acreage of oats and vetch. Much
drilling after APRIL 10.
of this acreage is usually cut for
hay. Instead, a large share of
this normal hay is going to he
planted to malting barley this
spring. This diversion from hay
General Delivery
grain means less hay next
Brookiing, Oregon
j
winter.
ill the Olde Tymes Dances
The two extension specialists)
indicate there is a strong temp
tation for Willamette valley per
A ll the Olde Tymes Fun ennial
rye grass seed growers to
import cattle on a purchase or
pasture lease basis. Altogether,
Tuned to Olde Tyme Music
there is a good possibility that
Oregon farmers and stockmen
3 DAY SPECIAL CLEARANCE
will overextend themselves both
Proceeds Will Be Used For
in cattle number and hay sales.
W H ILE TH EY LAST
As a result, late season hay and
pasture may he a problem.
II pr. only—Casuals
. Meanwhile disease and disease
$3.93
control is another difficulty. Both
Black or W hr‘e. Sizes 4* , to
Morse and Lindgren say Oregon
8 1 j Were $4 95 to $5 50
s now relatively free of cattle
disease.
11 pr. only—Wedge Heel O xfords
Sl.7.5
Almost half the counties of the
Black
or
White.
Sizes
4
to
9
state are accredited Bang’s dis
W ere .$5.95 to $0.25
ease free areas. This is the dis
ease situation for California.
I pr. only—Boy’s Oxfords
s i <»5
Both specialists say many Calif-j
ornia herds have been vaccinated
Sizes 1 - 11 2 - k - 5. W ere $5.95
for Bang's disease. Very likely R
$5.75
high percentage of reactors will 1 5 pr. only—Boy’s Oxfords
be found both from the vaccine
Sizes 3 to 5. Wore $0.50
and from natural infection. How
and Other Games
ever, a considerable amount of
S pr. only—Ladies Black P at' nf Pm u^s
SO 95
screw worm« and scabies infec
i 7 "S . S z .- 5 B to 9B
tion is found in California. No
W ere $8.25
scabies and few if any screw
Refreshments
worms are now in Oregon.
While there has been no foot
White Anklets—Sizes 6 to l0»/2
and mouth disease reported in
California, the two specialists
mission
$1.00
point out that California df»es ad
join Mexico and is in a more
dangerous position than other J
lemakers
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vUUN I Y AGENT
WATER-WELL DRILLING
OLD TIMES
DANCE
FRED C. LEE
to
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