T ualatin V alley FA R M N EW S
Red Clover Seed
Program Shows
Possible Spread
GOVERNOR HONORS DAIRY COW BRANNAN PROPOSES CONTROLS
TO AVOID PRODUCTION SLUMP
DANCE
JUNE 4
Adm ission-74c;
(Inc. T a x )
L A D IE S & C H IL D R E N 'S
able by the carload.
Kenland red clover is fin d in g a
ready m arket through the m id­
W EAR
i
"V i
S ilo s s rs steam cured fo r
Strength and d u ra b ility .
E c o n o m ic a lly Priced
12’ x 30’ ....... $771 erected
F o r fu r th e r In fo rm atio n w rits
Mt. Hood Silo Co.
Quality Coverage
Included In Gov't.
Crop Insurance
220'/, E ast Bth Street
M c M in n v ille . Oregon
The only ch ange will be inclusion
o f quality protection.
H eretofore
a bushel o f wheat, no m atter what
its grade or quality, was a bushel
in the eyes o f the federal crop in­
surance corporation.
The
new
change provides quality coverage
and guarantees policyholders at
least m inim um loan level.
M ILLER S
Q U A LIT Y FOODS
•M M M
Make
ADO RABLE COTTON
in nylon and rayon
DRESSES
for the young m iss
Sizes 3 to 6
— HOURS —
Open I to 6 P..M.
ST ARKIE’S
M cLa in 's V illa g e Shops
Cedar M ill Park
H askell Shopping
C enter, Beaverton
Sealright
He bases his b elief on the fact
that tw o com plex organ ic co lo r­
less acids not found elsew here in
nature,
lupulon
and
hum ulon,
have been extracted from hops at |
the U SD A’s western regional lab­
oratory in Albany, C alifornia, by
a form er O. S. C. student, Dr. J.
C. Lewis. T he tw o acids an tibi­
otics sim ilar to penicillin have
been used experim entally to co n ­
trol tuberculosis in mice.
on that vacation you've planned for so
long Have all your soiled garm ents re­
freshened by scien tific dry cleaning e x ­
perts
But do it early
. . and you'll
have them in plenty of tim e to pack o ff
im m aculate and bright ! And there's
another service we can give you . .
top quality alterations and repairing
ID EA L CLEA N ER S
at Cedar S t , at east end of " Y "
Beaverton 4281
It is em phasized,
m eanwhile,
that the possible
new market
outlet o ffers no hope fo r poor
quality hops. W ork thus far ca r­
ried out by the laboratory d ic­
tates that high, best quality hops
are reqquired
About one to one and on e-h alf
I percent o f the w eight o f hops is
recovered as purified lupulon In
the extraction process now in use.
Tests using m ice carried on by
I the U niversity o f C alifornia m ed­
ical school showed that the num ­
bers o f TB hacilla In the tubercles
were greatly 1 educed in the m ice
treated with lupulon.
W ork
is
expected to progress to a point j
where the new an tibiotic will be |
tested on hum ans affected by the ,
disease
Head­
Qts. $1.49 doz
Pts. $1.39 doz
W ork thus far in C alifornia has |
been en couragin g and lupulon ap­
pears to have definite possibilités
in the treatm ent o f the dread
d sease. Incidental to the research.
i\ was learned that both lupulon
and humulon react to ultra violet 1
radiation
in
direct relationship |
to the amount o f the substances
present in the hops. This offers
possibility o f speeding hop grad ­
ing by chem ical analysis, H oerner
states .
Don't Be A Dud. . . .
Your
Ball Freezer Jars
Hops, longtim e adju n ct to the
brew ing industry, m ay find a new
use in the treatm ent o f tuber­
culosis.
If federal research w ork now in
progress continues to prove su c­
cessful, best quality O regon hops
m ay find new
m arket
outlets
through the m edical industry, G.
R. H oerner, O. S. C. extension
hop specialist, believes.
H oerner believes this new use
for hops could pasily develop into
a m arket outlet fo r hop resin,
lupulin. Lupulin is the substance
from which lupulon and hum ulon
Is extracted. I.arge quantities o f
the substance are now wasted in
hop dryin g operations because it
is mixed with sand.
Miller's
quarters for Locker Containers
Hops Dignified
As Drug Source
In TB Treatment
for the discrim inating
MAS
FREEZER
CONTAINERS
I f wheat allotm ents go into e f­
fect, Cum m ings adds, crop insur
ance m ay be restricted to lim it
coverage to size o f allotm ents for
individual operators.
LIN G ER IE . . . .
"I have recom m ended . . . a sy s­
tem o f production paym ents to
farm ers so that the price o f the
com m odity may seek its regular
level in the market place. In this
way, farm ers would receive the
d ifferen ce
between
the support
level and an
average
market
price, while consum ers benefitted
from the fall in the retail price.
"T h ey would no longer pay for
potatoes on ce as a taxpayer and
a second tim e a* a consum er.
YOU CAN T BEAT
F or example, in years when
w heat m ay be shriveled, federal
cro p insurance policies will protect
policyholders under the new quality
coverage provisions.
621 Conyon Rd
supports is term ed, began w it h 1
the first A gricultural Adjustm ent
Act, som e 15 years ago, when j
ch eck s were sent out to farm ers 1
In a desperate attem pt
to do
som e thing about a stalled farm
econ om y. It Is accepted In m any
circles that some form o f regula­
tion must continue, as an altern- j
ative to throwing fa rm producers |
— particularly
sm aller
ones to 1
the tender m ercies o f the free
market.
As to the details o f the plan,
the secretary cites, potatoes as a
good exam ple o f the im possibility
o f successfully planning prod u c­
tion with any assurance o f a v oid ­
ing waste.
"U nder the law", he states, "w e
had to buy enough potatoes to
keep the m arket price up to sup­
port level. This brought out over I
production o f potatoes . . . and
kept the price to con su m ers above
the norm al supply and dem and
level.
west, south and east, w here it is
favored fo r disease resistance and
hardiness. It is an im provem ent
over
Cum berland
and
M idland
varieties and is expected to replace
W ith one im portant exception,
them for seed
production
both
federal w heat cro p insurance will
east and west of the Cascades.
rem ain in fo rce during the 1950
crop year virtually unchanged, an ­
nounces Murl E. Cum mings. O re­
gon W ashington director, federal
C H IL D R E N 'S
crop insurance corporation.
WEAR
S LIP S and P A N T IE S
the state is 26,000
or greater.
Many
tim es the
enrollment of
1800 boys and girls would attend
sum m er sch ool if all w h o wish to
attend could he accepted.
Again this year all 4-H summer
| school students
will be young­
sters w ho w ere awarded schol&r-
i ships by business
organizations.
. . . . . .
'
service clubs, fair boards and in­
dividuals. Value o f each scholar-
is set at $23 Oft which in
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STAVE SILOS
S P E C IA L TH O U G H T TO TH E D A IR Y COW is urged bv G overn or
The original plantings were made D ouglas M cK ay, shown here as he met with "D a iry M onth" o fficia ls I
In rows in order to "stre tch ” the in Salem recently.
"M ilk is produced on tw o out o f every three tarm s in this state," |
seed. There w ere no failures, Jack-
man reports. By 1950, seed o f the the govern or pointes out. “ On 8.000 farm s it is the principal, or
new red clover strain will be avail- entire source o f incom e. Sale o f m ilk am ounts to about 55 million
dollars each y e a r ”
Show n with him are, left to right, Lyle H am m ack. Portland state
D airy M onth chairm an: Mrs. Ada Reed M ayne, m anager o f the Oregon
D airy C oun cil; R ay H obson, dairym an from P o lk county and M cKay.
M usic by
Johnnie Washburn's
Melody Aces
4H Enrollment In
Summer School
By County Quotas
Fndoy, June 3, 1949
One hundred W ashington Coun
j ty 4-H club
members
will at
M oving spirit behind new pro- 1 Its provisions m ake possible the | ten<{
annua| 4 _pj summer
posals to replace the Hope Aiken consum ption
of m ore farm pro- sch oo| on
thp C;lrnpus o f 0 re-
farm bill w hich was enacted by
ducts, at lower prices, he indt-| gon State
College according to
the 80th C ongress Secretary o f
cates.
County E xtension Agent Joe Cox
A griculture C harles F
Brannan | That thprp wi„ be no greater Dates
for
the summer
school j * lud*11 m eal" “ nd lodgin* for the
I testified recently before the house eon tro, over atsricui , ural activity have been
set for June 14 thru "
*
„
agricultural com m ittee in defense under his
|an ire now in effect 24
T o be
Klble
sum m er school
,
‘
. _
A1_
I
club m em bers must be at least
o f the new legislation
is stoutly maintained by the sec-
C ounty attendance quotas are 12 yM ra o f age
„ .
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—
— in past years
By his contention
the socalled rotary.
necessary to limit the enrollment al, fa r i|ities o f the college health
Brannan farm progiani is based on
"T h e legislation I have recom ­ to a top fig u ie of 1800 boy* and service WM
b e m aintained
for
the idea o f abundant production.
is the largest tbe you ngsters as well as a spec-
m ended” , he counters, “ is less re- girls. T his figu ie
strictlve than any so far enacted I num ber that can be handled in ,a] hanking service to care for
by virtue o f the fact that
it o ffe rs I ex*sl|r,g housing and by available delegates' m oney,
C on crete
more encouragem ent to abundant Pctsonnel. Allen explains
( High quota in the state is set
consum ption and production
o f ' M ethod used to determine quo- tor M arion
cou nty with 110.
tas
is based on com pletion
o f Three counties, Clackam as. Linn
farm* products and thereby offers
m ore protection against surpluses |cluh P, ° l e<' ts *n eaoh county dur- j and W ash in gton , will each he al
Now Available
ing the 1948 year
lowed a total enrollm ent o f 10ft
"M anaged farm econom y, as the
T otal 4-H
club enrollment in 1 club m em bers.
present
system
of
governm ent
H ere's a case o f big Interest re­
turns.
Federal agron om ists allocated 120
pounds o f new strain o f red clov er
seed, Kenland, to O regon in the
spring o f 1947. Five farm ers in
J efferson cou nty planted the state's
entire am ount o f foundation stock
seed.
At harvest tim e 1948, relates E.
R. Jackm an, O.b.C.
farm
crops
specialist, the original 120 pounds
o f seed had increased to 12,175
pounds.
This year, 160 differen t
J efferson cou nty farm ers as well
as farm ers in other O regon cou n ­
ties and other states have acreages
o f the new K enland strain red
clover.
Kinton Grange
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE —
Paper Cans
Qts. 89c doz
Pts. 69c doz
Cellophane
Freezer Bags
Qts. 39c doz
Pts. 29c doz
SPECIAL
PINT VAPOCANS
2 do, for 89c
Miller's
— PHONES—
Beoverton 3661
BR 7960
"W e have legislation to meet
most o f the needs fo r handling
the problem s o f the com m odities
that can be stored, but for perish­
able com m odities, we need a new
approach.
First we need an In­
centive to farm ers to produce in
reasonable balance with demand.
If we can provide that incentive,
there will be little for the govern ­
ment to do In supporting prices
o f the com m odities involved."
DDT Trace Shows
Following Use
For Dairy Barns
BY PIECE OR CARLOAD
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“ T here is no ju stification for
extrem e public alarm as to the
safety o f the milk supply from
D D T con tam in ation ,” says a >e-
cent statem ent by a group o f
federal agencies and quoted in a
new station circular o f in form a­
tion No. 455, “ C; ntrol o f Insect
Pests o f D airy Cattle,” Just is­
sued at O regon State college.
The sam e statement, however,
reported
that traces o f
DDT
have been found in milk fo llo w ­
ing its use on dairy cattle or in
dairy barns,
hence it appears
wise to m odify previous recom ­
m endations o f the O. S. C., ex­
perim ent station by recom m en d ­
ing closely related m aterials that
have been found effectiv e
and
free o f danger, the circu lar shows.
W hile D D T is still recom m en d ­
ed for use on heef anim als, In
beef barns,
hog pens, poultry
houses and sim ilar premises, suls-
stitutc m aterials are advised for
dairy barns and milk room s as
1 a precautionary measure.
M eth oxych lor has given results
in prelim inary tesla nearly equal
to D P T In the con trol o f horn
flies So near, in fact, that the
average user will notice little or
no d ifferen ce, accord in g to the
OS.C. entom ologists.
W hile Its has not been tried
as m uch
against house file
I some states report it gives good
control and Is partially effectiv e
against flies that have develop
erl resisltance to DDT.
This newer material Is avail­
able
from Oregon
Insecticide
, com panies as a 5ft per cent wet-
i table pow der and as a 5 percent
I dust. The form er is recom m ended
for flips and lice
W hile It Is
slightly m ore expensive than DDT
cost Is still well within the limits
o f Inexpensive Insert control, the
entom ologists stste
The
circu lar gives directions
for using this material for va r­
ious purposes
and also reports
on
new pvrethrum
insecticides
j that have been given more Inst-
i ing effect. It also recom m ends
I continued use o f the “ old relia- .
i hie" rotenone
as an insecticide i
for livestock growers, and tells
how It m ay be used most effe c­
tively.
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Phone 3411
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