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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943
Jackson County Farm Notes
Compiled by County Office O.S.C. Extension Service
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Superphosphate
Being Unloadad
Twit mm tt tfnvernment
Mrnhnmhntji are beina unload
m.A tnriav in fill orderi that were
placed In the AAA office early
In the fall. More is iu u
rr4i A th mnnlv of auoer
phosphate is limited any farmer
who has not ordered should do
so at once at the AAA office,
third floor courthouse.
Feed Subsidy Payment
Blanks Unrecelved
All nt th blanks to be used
for feed subsidy payment have
not yet oen receiveu. m unur
men have until December 1st
to file their claims for October,
and complete statements for
October are not yet avanaoie
in nil Hntrvmen. next week will
be soon enough to start making
application lor subsidy pay
ndrvniM who file claims
must have complete Information
tor the entire momn or ucigoer
with them. Personal applica
tion mimt be made at the AAA
office, as the blanks cannot be
mailed out. Milk or cream
statements form the processor
are all that are required.
Turning In Points
Eased By OPA
Farmers are key people in
making rationing work. Without
them, of course, there wouldn't
be food to ration. And at nearly
every step of the way, the farm
er can help to keep supplies
out of the black market and
under control. For instance,
there's the matter of selling ra
tioned goods directly off the
farm to the consumer, wmti
have to be collected by the
farmer for meat, butter, and
home-canned goods sold right
"at the farm gate."
To make It easier for busy
farm folks, the OPA will help
them to handle the matter of
turning in points and reports by
mail, instead of in person. If you
have red or blue points, or both.
collected from, sales of rationed
floods, all you need to do Is to
send those together with a re
port of the things (old at the
end of the month, to your own
price and ration board. Do it
by mail. You can get a copy
of the official table of points
to be collected by malL too.
And you register as a seller of
rationed food automatically by
turning in your first report and
batch ' of stamps. It's easy for
you and vitally important . in
Keeping ' tne total looa supply
fairly distributed.
By B. O. Fowler, ;
: County Agent.
Pear Blight Should '.
Be Cleaned Up Now '
Ti most important job fac
ing pear growers now Is the
thorough clean-up of all traces
of blight. A few orchards this
year were seriously infected and
in some cases it was so difficult
to get blight cutters that the
worst blocks ' were practically,
ruined. Even where it was cut
out, the future productiveness
of the trees was reduced..
These cases fortunately ware
small in number, but they
illustrated with emphasis what
would happen to the pear in
dustry if a general blight epi
demic occurred. The best insur
ance against such an outbreak
is the removal of all hold-over
infections.
A careful examination of all
trees should be made as a
separate operation. It Is all
Duelist
Mrma 7J.pnofoJ
Betty Reeves, It, above, one of the
participants of a Hollywood vacant
lot knife fight over the affections of
a bus driver, who said ha hardly
knew the girls, is shown as the told
of the duel with seconds, too with
another 'teen-age slrl, Doris Rhodd.
who wound up in a hospital yUh
, arm wounds.
right to have pruners cut out
any blight they find, but good
results cannot be obtained un
less a man la devoting his full
attention to blight alone. This
examination should Include a
test of the crowns.
Attempting to save trees that
are badly diseased in the crown
and roots, especially where the
blight goes under the crown,
is poor economy. Many times
the disease In such cases is not
completely removed and as it
again develops the nearby trees
become Infected. In these cases
it is best to pull out the tree
being sure all remaining infect
ed roots are covered with a foot
of soil.
This job, especially the root
test, should be completed this
fall if possible.
By C. B. Cordy,
Assistant County Agent.
Extension Units
Set Demonstration
. Next week again finds home
extension units busy with regu
lar meetings and educational
projects in keeping with the
nationwide observance of No
vember as the month when
"Food Fights for Freedom."
The following units will have
project leader demonstrations
on "Labor Saving Devices in
Meal Preparation."
Tuesday, Nov. 9, Ashland
Extension Unit at Mrs. Charles
Smith's, 78 Sixth Street, Ash
land.
Friday, Nov. 12, Howard Ex
tension Unit at Mrs, W. J. Me-Culloch's.
On Tuesday, Nov. 9, the Oak
Grove Extension Unit will meet
at Mrs. John Eicon's home for
the food demonstration "Get the
Good From Your Vegetables."
The Talent Extension - Unit,
meeting at the city hall on
November 10, will have the
same project.
All of these demonstrations
start at 10:30 a. m. arid every
one is urged to attend.
Christmas Gift
Ideas Oa Display
Since many people will be
making Christmas gifts and
cards this year, we have a dis
play, of gift ideas at our office
in the courthouse. The display
Includes many patterns for ani
mal toys suitable for children
of all ages. One that has been
particularly popular is a scottie
dog 14 by 18 Inches made of
oilcloth. This toy is especially
popular, with children of nur
sery school age and the wash
able oilcloth covering makes it
a very practical and Inexpensive
gift.
. This Christmas gift kit will
be on display in the extension
office In the courthouse until
November 10. Directions and
patterns are also available.
Special Masting
At Gold Hill Nov. 12 ,
A special demonstration on
the cleaning and adjustment of
sewing machines will be held
at Gold HIU on Friday, Nov. 12.
at 1:30 p. m., at the city hall.
Many women In the vicinity
have requested this information,
and the public Is Invited to
attend. To get the best service
from your sewing machine, at
tend the sewing machine clinic.
By Marian J. Farrell,
Home Demonstration Agent.
-H Clubs Should
Organise Soon
Home economics clubs should
plan to organize as soon as
possible with the idea of com
pleting the work before the end
of the school year. The reason
for this Is to avoid the rush
during the summer when mem
bers and leaders are busy with
farm work and little time can
be allotted to club work.
Girls who make a dress and
finish it early can wear it, being
careful in the laundering of it,
then it can be put In good shape
and exhibited with a note ex
plaining how many times it has
been laundered.
Boys and girls who are inter
ested in raising a beef steer
should' be locating an animal
now before the choice weaners
are sold. If your club Is not
yet organized, get your calf
anyway or you may have to
take what is left after the com
mercial buyers have picked
what they want.
By Earle Jnssy,
County Club Agent.
THE GRANGE
Sams Valley Grange
Sams Valley Grange will hold
annual election of officers at
the meeting in- the Grange hall,
Saturday evening, Nov. 6. All
members are urged to attend.
Also at the meeting, Mrs.
Alice Floyd of Medford, chair
man of the grange community
chest, will give a talk on the
community chest program.
London, Nov, 4 U.R) Lieut.
Col. Frank Capra, Hollywood
moving picture director, re
ceived the Legion - of Merit
award today, for producing a
"unique" series of pictures show
ing events which led America
into the war.
It used to be all wheat tn the Red River Valley.
Now It's wheat, plus many other farm crops,
Including that versatile vegetable, the onion.
By the ton yes, by the GREAT NORTHERN
carload yellow, white and red onions now
are on the way from valley farms to warfront
and homefront kitchens. A large amount of this
year's crop will be dehydrated for export use.
Diversification and development are orders of
(he day in the highly productive territory served
by the GREAT NORTHERN, the dependable
railway between the Great Lakes and the Pacific
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OF LOCAL BIRDS
A representative of Swift
and company stated yesterday
that turkey growers of the
Rogue River valley, due to the
ceiling price on turkeys, were
holding back in expectations of
higher prices. The celling price
Is the same as last year. The
San Francisco price was quoted
as 39V4c per pound for 16-potmd
birds, 38c for 16 to 20 pounds.
and 37c for birds over 20 pounds.
County Agent Robert G. Fow
ler said today the turkey prices
ware confusing and he has no
definite information. The county
agent said the turkey produ
tion was late this season, com
plicated by the lack and high
price of feed.
The turkey crop is estimated
in this county at between 40,000
and 60,000 birds. One grower
In Josephine county has 35,000
birds. The growers', are also
handicapped by a shortage of
pickers. Swift and company
plan to install some feather pick
ing machinery to help relieve
the situation.
Both growers and .shippers
hope there will be a clarifica
tion of the ceiling price at an
early date.
A few birds have, been killed
and all consumed locally. Bulk
of the Thanksgiving output is
expected to be sold on the Port
land and Sah Francisco mar
kets as it Is too late to ship east. I
Speaks Tonight
nBi
4 - i V?
George J. Rony, native of
Leningrad and a lecturer, mo
tion picture director and author
of international reputation, will
speak this evening at the Ugh
school auditorium at 8 p. m.
Tickets may be obtained at
Prultfs music store or at the
auditorium tonight Men . and
woman in uniform will be ad
mitted without charge.
What's Doing at
U.S. O.'s
Tonight the regular skating
party for servicemen and their
wives will be held at the Med
ford armory. Tickets may be
secured at either the Riverside
USO or the West Main USO.
The session commences at 7:30
p. m.
NO EARLY RELIEF
London. Nov. 4 U.B Leo
pold S. Amery, Britain's secre
tary of state for India, told com
mons today that about 8000 per
sons died in Calcutta "directly
or Indirectly due to starvation"
in the month ending Oct. 15, and
that there were no prospects for
immediate reduction of the In
dian famine ravnges.
'There will be for some time
no diminution In the loss of life
until the organization for distri
bution has effectively covered
the whole ground," Amery said
in presenting the government s
view of the famine situation . .
TOT HARD-HEADED '
Fairmont, Minn., Nov. 4 (U.F5
Seventeen-month-old Mary Jane
Groth slipped and fell in front
of a truck, and the heavy wheels
passed over her head. After a
day irr a hospital, the child was
sent home by physicians, who
said she had received only a mi
nor skull fracture and would
recover.
AMERICAN ROMMELS
: Long Beach, Cal., Nov. 4
U.R) The Rommels of Long
Beach are out to cramp the style
of their distant relative, Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel. A
daughter, Margaret, is at the
WAC training center at Fort
Des Moines, la. One son, Charles,
was with the U. S. forces in
North Africa, and another,
James, Is in the navy. Their
mother works in an armament
plant.
Public Invited to
Council of Young
tv. nxhllr I. Invited to attend
a program at the Salvation
Armv headauerters. 238 North
Bartlett street, tomorrow eve
ning, given by young people at
ending a council here. The pro-
rtmm uhHlllpd for 8 D. m..
will be under direction of Ma J.
Nettie Brown, officer in charge
of the Medford Salvation Army
corps.
The young people's council
mill hpaln Frldav evening and
continue through Saturday and
it is expected about 50 will be
in attendance from Marshfield.
Roseburg, Klamath rails ana.
Medford. The council will be
conducted by Maj. and Mrs.
William Parkhouse of Portland
and guest speaker will be Brig.
Connie Sly, young peoples
leader of the Salvation Army
'for the western territory.
All dog races are run at night.
Lake Superior was discovered
in 1622 by Brule.
Closing tun. for Sunday Too late
to cumUt. tM Saturday atMnuoa
PImw renumber.
CAFE
OPEN
HOURS A DAY
ASSOCIATED
SERVICE
All Can and Trucks
LILLIE'S PLACE
Court and McAadrews
J
FOR SALE
STEM-PUNCTURED
COMIC E PEARS
Newtown APPLES
BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINERS
RETER FRUIT CO.
323 SO. FIR STREET
R. S. ROPER, Trav. Frt. Agent
' 530 American Bank Bldg.
Portland, Oregon .
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