S outhern O regon News R eview , T hursday, M arch 24, 1949
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«TOUT F U , LOW
Improvement of Land
Cuts Production Cost
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U IAA£ rirt 's M itr ,
H P m u it h .
I want some flesh-reducing
medicine."
“ Anti fat?"
No. I t ’s for uncle, as a mat­
ter of fact."
Margin Between Return,
Expenses Is Narrowing
H ig h e r production costs now b it­
ing d eep er into fa r m p ro fits e m ­
phasize the need fo r fa rm e rs to get
th e ir land in shape to produce m o re
bushels at lo w er u n it costs p e r acre,
the M id d le West Soil Im p ro v e m e n t
C o m m itte e points out.
The m a rg in betw een w hat a f a r ­
m e r gets fo r his crops and w h a t it
costs h im to produce them is n a r ­
ro w in g stead ily. C o m m od ities used
l]icer— lig h tin g with your
eh! Liquor?
- N o , sir She licked me.
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Bill Dickey a Welcome Prodigal
By Grantland Rice
J N T H E S P R IN G of 1028 a tall.
* Inn ky kid blew into the Y an kea
stadiu m fro m L ittle Rock. He had
a rriv e d via L ittle Rock. M uskogee.
Jacl»son and B uffalo. He waa then
21 years old. 8 feet 2. w eighing
185 pounds. When he was born In
Bastrop. L a ., buck in 1907, he was
fo rm a lly christened W illia m M a i-
colm D ickey.
T h e W illin m M a i-
colm soon gave w ay to plain B ill.
T h e point of this outbreak Is that
B ill D ick ey , a fte r a lapse of two
VS
In fa rm production h ave m o re than
doubled in p ric e since 1939. P ric e s
of g ra in and field crops have d e ­
two snarls are atralgh t- clined ste a d ily since e a rly 1948.
the Yankees can be a
The
c o m m itte e
d ecla red
th a t
outfit. I f not. they w on't " g re a te r crop producing e ffic ie n c y
e com bined sn arl and is the an sw er to lo w er fa r m prices
be handled, Stengel has and h ig h er production costs.”
lan on hand fo r the Job
C rop production can be increased
by
"p u t back ' soil m a n a g e m e n t
m ethods and "h o ld in g ” operations.
" P u t b a c k " m ethods Include
re -
O ther catehera have had bet­
te r arm », or a n n a Just as
good
aa
D ic k e y ’a.
A ll
of
them
w ere
raster.
M ic k e y
Cochrane
waa
a
b all-b f-flre
w here D ick ey waa aerene and
u n ru ffled . H lll'a c la im to fam e
reated on his h ittin g and the
w ay he handled pltehera.
As fa r as 1 know. D ick ey Is the
only c a tc h e r who dro ve In over
100 runs four years In s u c c e s s io n -
107 in 1936. 133 in 1937, 115 in 1938
and 105 In 1939. In tl^ s e fo ur years
D ic k e y h it 102 hom e runs.
S m a rt pitchers have told m e
m o re than once th a t in a clutch
they considered B ill D ick ey the
m ost dangerous m an In baseb all—
and this w asn’ t b a rrin g Ruth, G eh ­
rig . D iM a g g io , G ree n b u rg , Foxx
or W illia m s.
t
D ick ey
rem ain ed
w ith
the
Yankees
fro m
1928 through
1946,
when
he
returned
to
L ittle
Rock fo r
a tw o -y ear
stay. H e waa lured back to the
Yankeea this last w in te r and
thia spring he w ill help Casey
Stengel u n rave l tw o
Y an kee
tangles— the catch ing and the
pitching.
FASTER RISIN6
5VU6HS BECAUSE
YEAST IS EXTRA-
ACTIVE r r - T
I R I Ï L SAY—
TO FAST n -
5 RlSINS [Zi-
" I t doesn’t pay to get e x c ite d ,”
D ic k e y advises.
"W h y get w or
rie d ? ” B ill w ouldn’t know an alib i
if he bum ped Into one.
D ick ey
aa
alw ays
c a rrie d
a
g rea t a d m ira tio n fo r T e d W illia m s ’
b a ttin g eye.
G regory
A PA IR OF P L IE R 9 AND
A W IR E COAT HANGER IS
A L L IT T A K E S T O M A K E
VOURSELF A H O L D E R ON
W HICH TO K E E P YOUR TIES
IN N E A T O R D E R .
USE T H E P L IE R S TO
C RIM P T H E W IRE AS I f
LUSTRATED.
THE CRIMPS WILL
SEPARATE YOUR TIES
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T
>
OVERLOAD THE HOLD- /
ER.
[
B e rt Nelson, p a rtn e r In K ir k ­
lan d , W ash ing to n ’s fam ou s H eis-
d o rf and Nelson ch icken breedin g
fa r m ,
re ad s
the
num ber
on
the leg band on a ch icken and
speaks i t In to the m icrophone ol
• w ire re c o rd e r.
a c cu ra te, acco rd in g to A r t H e is d o rf,
who w ith his w ife , M a r y , and the
Nelson b ro thers, B e rt and C liffo rd ,
o p e ra te the fa r m .
I t was A r t ’s b ra in c h ild to use the
re c o rd e r
in
"ru n n in g
tra p s ” —
ch eckin g up on the hens to fin d out
w h ich ones a re la y in g and w hich
ones are " ly in g .”
I t ’s done this w a y : F o u r days a
w eek the tra p is set. W hen the hen
c ra w ls in a nest a tra p door closes
behind her. She c a n 't get out u n til
one of the p a rtn e rs lets h e r out.
E a c h hen then is given a n u m b e r
w hich is on a m e ta l tab placed
around h e r leg. W hen anyone “ runs
the tra p s ” , he w ears a s m a ll m ic ro ­
phone, presses the s m a ll m ik e but­
ton and states the n u m b e r of the
b ird s tag, and then gives the n u m ­
b er of eggs la id
and a n y o ther
p e rtin e n t
in fo rm a tio n
about
the
Many Conditions Affect
Poultry Flock Breeding
FOR A B IT B R A C E , U SE A D O O R K N O B TO
D R IVE T H E A U 0 E R IN T O T H E WOOD. MOST
AUGER-BIT SHANKS F IT M ORE OR LESS SNUG-
GLY INTO ANY AVERAGE SIZED DOORKNOB. TO
PREVENT YOUR HAND FROM SLIPPING ON THE
SMOOTH SURFACE OF THE KNOB COVER IT WITH TAPE
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at a time. When you
want it—there it is,
ready for instant action.
3 times as many women
prefer
T h e re
a re
se ve ral
conditions
w hich can a ffe c t the f e r t ilit y of a
b ree d in g p o u ltry flock. E x p e rts «ay
it is a good plan to w a it fo r a w eek
or 10 days a fte r m a le s h ave been
put w ith the flock before s ta rtin g
to save eggs th a t a re to be used
for hatching.
W e a th e r
conditions,
v ig o r
of
m ales, size of flock, condition of
lay ers , and n u m b e r of m a le s a r«
some o f the Im p o rta n t fac to rs.
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J
I t m ust be a d m itte d th at B ill
D ick ey is a h ard fello w to upset,
m e n ta lly or p h y sica lly. B ill’s p h il­
osophy consists la rg e ly in accept­
ing the breaks as they com e. The
good breaks n e v e r lif t h im too
high nor the tough breaks let h im
down.
equals i compresse ?
ALWAYS FULL
STRENGTH ANP
NEEPSNO
REFRISERATION
Wire Recorder Check
"O h, I ’d say w hat a nice day it
was. O r ask h im how the folks
w ere. S om ething like that. And then
suggest we had a ll afternoon and
not to h u rry. A lot of pitchers when
UnKnown to the a p p ro x im a te ly
they lose control or get In trouble 10,000 fow ls on the fa r m , the m ost
m o d e m w ire re co rd ers ca n d id ly
seem to pitch fa s te r and faster
T h a t’s when you have to slow them keep tra c k of th e ir e v e ry deed. As
dow n .”
f a r as the fo u r p a rtn e rs in the
business know, it is the firs t tim e
“ I 'l l never fo rg et w atching
so m a n y chickens h ave becom e
th at D ick ey stick hia big glove
subjects o f a w ire re c o rd e r.
under his le ft a rm and s ta rt
Use of the re c o rd e r has resu lted
for the box,” Roger B resnaban
In huge savin g of tim e and m o n ey,
said one d ay. Kresnahan waa
and records have n e v e r been so
John M c G ra w '» pick fo r the
a ll-tim e ca tch er.
"Y o u could a lm 'a t aec the
p itc h e r aettlin g dow n. He waa
another p itc h e r
a fte r
D ick ey
got through. U sually a catch er
gets a little peeved or sore at
a p itcher who c a n ’t locate the
plate. Not D ic k e y . T h ia was his
chance t o . use his soothing
a y ru p .”
FITS ALL MY FAVORITE
RECIPES, TOO. WHEN
PISSOLVEP I PACKA6E
---------, YEAST C A K E , —
re p la cin g
phosphate and
potash
d rain ed o ff by constant ro w crop ­
ping. T h e y also Include p u ttin g a ll
b a rn y a rd m a n u re back on the soil
and plow in g under
co m
stalks,
s tra w and o ther left-o vers.
A ile y
Donald
won his firs t 12
"H o ld in g " operations can inclu d e
gam es pitching to D ick ey .
Now contouring, grass w a te rw a y s and
and then yo u ’d see B ill s tro ll out te rra c in g w here necessary.
to the box. T h e two would ta lk for
a w hile and then D ick ey would re ­
turn to w ork.
B y T o m
»
HOORAY RJR 4 -
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NEW DRY YEAST
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I asked.
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All in a Name
A Scotsman went into a tele-
Rraph office to send a wire, and
was told that he had to pay for
his message, but that his name
went free. He thought is over for
a while, but then said in a broad
Scottish accent: "Ye may or may
no think it, but I ’m an Indian,
and my name is *1 won’t be home
till Saturday’.”
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