Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 08, 1944, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextJACKSON COUNTY FARM NOTES Compiled by County Office O. S. C. Extension Service General Food Report For Year By OWI v Another report on the over all situation for the year has been issued by the Office of War Information working in cooperation with the War Food Administration and the office of Price Administration. Some excerpts from this report have already appeared in the press and on the radio. Here are some other excerpts from the report which appear to have particular application to Ore , gon. The meat situation is dealt with at considerable length in the full report. The abundance of feed a few years ago and other conditions brought about an increase in production of livestock to a point where the country now has the greatest number of livestock ever known. This condition cannot be expected to last very long, the report says, because there is not enough feed to support the record numbers of live- stock and poultry we now have oo hand. The inevitable result is that cattle need to be mar keted in increasing numbers. Chickens and hogs will need to be reduced to bring them into proper balance with the feed supply. The effect of the ymlted feed supply on hog marketing has al rsady been felt in the increase offerings and the reduction of pork rationing to zero point values. The taxing of storage and export shipping facilities to the limit also helped bring the point-free situation. The prediction is made that zero point values on pork will prob ably continue for the next sev eral months. Production of beef cattle goes in long-term cycles, the re port continues. The number of cattle on farms has now been increasing since 1938, reaching an all-time high of 82 million head. Cattle marketing usually go up in the last half of the year. This fact, coupled with the unusually pressing need to market large numbers of beef cattle, means that Americans will probably get enough beef cattle to market this year to check the upward trend in num bers, on the ranges. The pre diction is made, however, that the beef most people will be eating will consist to a greater degree than usual of the popu lar cuts and the lower grades. One general statement made is that, owing to wartime increase- of income and food, mil lions vt Americans have found it possible to increase their diets; thus, what have been loosely termed shortages are shortages only in relation to greatly Increased purchasing power. Turkey Supplies Estimated Same as Last Year American civilians are ex pected to get about the same quantity of turkeys in the com ing year as they got this year, the War Food Administration announces this in spite of the fact that present estimates are for some increase in production In 1944 over 1943. The re quirements for the armed forces will exceed 35 million pounds used in 1943. An estimated 8.8 SUGAR STAMPS GOOD INDEFINITELY Tirtvrrtt million pounds of hen turkeys are now being purchased by the government as fast as they come onto the market. Plans call for the remainder to be ob tained through operation of an embargo order when 1944 birds are ready for market. Some of the earlier indicated increase in total production is now being offset by the feed situation, the report adds. Growers who had intended making a considerable increase are reported to have reduced the number of late poults. R. G. FOWLER, County Agent. Apple and Peach Thinning Due Soon Thinning of peaches and ap ples should be done in the near future for best results. The na tural drop on apples has been largely completed, but. some drop will still occur on peaches. Those that are going to drop can be told, however, as they are slightly smaller in size. . It requires twenty-five to thirty leaves to produce one fruit and that is the best guide as to how much to thin. On peaches where the crop is uni formly good, this amounts to about one peach on every shoot of less than twelve Inches and one more peach for each addi tional six inches of growth. Where foliage is heavy a few more can be left, but if foliage is sparse, it may be desirable to leave fewer. Where the crop is light it is necessary only to break up the worst clusters, but if two peaches are growing on opposite sides of a shoot, they will both develop into good peaches. For apples, the fruits should be thinned to four to six inches apart depending uniformity of crop and and density of foliage. Too little thinning is common especially with inexperienced thinners. Homeowners, with only one or two apple trees that over bear one year and fail the next can get relief by radical thin ning of one tree or part of one tree. If practically all apples are removed from a tree or a single limb of a tree, that tree or limb will set a full crop of blossoms for the next year. In future years then, part of the tree will bear one year and the other part will bear the follow year. This will continue until a frost or some other occur rence causes a crop failure. Halfway thinning will not ac complish this. The tree must be thinned so that not to exceed one-third of a crop remains on the tree. In another week it will be too late to obtain this result. C. B. CORDY, Assistant County Agent. Livestock Portland, Ore., June 8 (UP) Live. stock: Cattle, 160; calves 35. Very slow. Few sales steady. Common -medium grass steers, 10.00 a 12.00; cutters down to $7.50; cu tiers -medl'tm heif ers, 7.60a 11.25; canners-cutter cows, $6.00'ff660; good beef cows to 911.00; common medium bulls, 7.50(3 9.36; good heavy beef bulls up to 10.35; good-choice vealers, 14.60 16.60. Hogs. 300. Practically no early sales. Nominal. Pew good choice 320 lbs.. 913.73; light lights salable 10.00a 1 1 .00; good sows, 08.00 m 8.S0: sood- cholce feeder pigs, 8 60 a 9.50. Sheep, 300. Oood-cholc snrlnff lambs aalable steady at 13.60a 14.00; common shorn lambs, 97.009 7.50; good ewes, 94.00; common, 2.36$3-60. BsneHictine-Monastery Ruins 'V v , L";i. V' . 1 1 r ail of. A lone soldier surveys the ruins of what was once the St Benedictine Monastery high over the town of Cas slno. newly captured by Allies. The monastery had been used by the Germans as a means of fortification against the advanclns Allied armies. The monastery and town were taken simultaneously by Allied soldi era. Sisnal Corns radlo-talanhoto. head medium to good 700-800-lb feeder steers, 11.50 .7 12.50; half load common 820-lb., 69.00; half load me dium 740-lb. feeder heifers, SI 1.50; mostly clean-up trade; canner and cutter cows, se.OOt 8.00. Calves, 15. Steady. Few good vealers, 913.0014.00. Hogs, 650. Steady. Pew loads good to choice 180-270-lb. barrows and gilts. 914.75; good sows. 99.50. Sheep. 1450. Choice lambs scarce. Over 80-lb. quoted 914.00? 15.00; sev eral loads medium to good offered, salesmen now showing; shorn ewes quoted 94.50 down. Portland Produce Portland, June 8 (DP) Wholesale market prices: Asparaaua Northwest 30-325, 1435; No. 3, 3J5 pyramid. Cabage Local green, round. 93.00. Corn California Golden Bantam, 95.00(3 6.35. Onions Green, 90c $1.00. Rhubarb Local field, 15s, 75c; 80s, 9150 box. Spinach Local. 91-35 orange box. Chicago Wheat Chicago, June 8 (UP) Wheat: Open High Low close July 60, 1.6CH, S159H H.SB'j Sept. 1.5714 1.5814 1-STu l.74 Dec. ... 1.674 1.581,, 1.57 !i 1.67 ft May 1.584 1.59V, 1.68', 1.58?, Each of these made new htehs for the year. Nash-Xlvinator and Hupp eaualed their highs. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: Amer. Tel. & Tel. 160 Anaconda 25 Chrysler 88H Curtiss Wright .. 43i General Electric 36 General Motors 60 Montgomery Ward unquoted Penn. R. R 28V4 Phillips Petroleum 44 J. C. Penney 100 Radio 9 Southern Pacific 28V4 Standard Oil of Calif 37 Texas Gulf Sulphur unquoted Transameriea . 9 United Aircrafts 2634 U. S. Rubber 47V4 U. S. Steel 51's S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, June 8 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43, 92 score 42 '4, 90 score 42Vi, 89 score 41?i. Cheese: Wholesale prices, loaf 27.9. triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 36-37, medium grade A 30-3 Hi. small grade A 21-23',-j, large grade B 29-30. Cm Mall Tribune Want Ads. Wall Street New York, June 8 (U.PJ Stocks declined irregularly to day on slightly increased vol ume with the low-pr.ced auto mobile shares making up the bulk of the business transacted. Packard, top issue in turn over in the previous three ses sions, again made that position with Willys-Overland second.1 Schilling Coffee chilling flavor is always reliable Pedersen Designs Mount for Camera T Sgt. Willard W. Pedersen of Medford has designed a camera mount for use by reconnaissance units which has been accepted by the Brmy, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Pedersen, Rt. 4, Box 136-A. As the result of this, Sgt. Pedersen was named section chief of an aeronautics photog raphy unit and has been sent to Ft. Meyer, Fla., for five weeks of special training. Sgt. Pedersen has been in the army about two and one-half years. COM COULDN'T WAIT San Quentin. Cal., Juno 8 (U.R) Albert Montellano, 23, who was, scheduled to be paroled from Folsom prison next Satur day, escaped from a prison har vest camp at Grldley, Cal., last night, prison officials reported Thursday. Mutt 8, 1944 MEDFORD MML TRIBUNE THREE today. Montellano had been con victed of second degree robbery. He was missing at the midnight check. Private Service For John M. Hix Hollywood, June 8 (UP.) Private Forest Lawn Memorial park services were scheduled today for John M. Hix, 36, cre ator of a cartoon feature, "Strange as It Seems." Hix' death, was from a heart attack, the coroner's office re ported, and injuries suffered when he fell and gashed his head were only contributory causes. Practically all power cranes and shovels produced in 1944 will be needed by the armed services, according to War Pro duction Board. ELLSWORTH G. ROBERTS SUMMONED BY DEATH Ellsworth George Roberts, a resident of Modford for 61 years, passed away at a local hospital June 7, after a brief illness. He had been manRger of the stables for the Sheriff's Posse for the past three years and looked after their horses. A complete obituary will be published later, and time of the funeral will be published upon word from his son, In the United States army. Perl Funeral Home is in charge. . BIRTHS BATEMAN To Mr. and Mrs. C h a r 1 e s, Jacksonville Star Route, Box 118, June 7, 1944, a girl, nine pounds, at Commun ity hospital. GRATITUDE D-Day was the most critical day of our genera tion. We are deeply indebted to the press, radio and news-reels which, since the beginning of the invasion, have kept us fully informed as to the movements of the allied forces. This, the greatest achievement in the gathering and dissemination of information ever recorded, makes us realize what our men faced when they landed, and more fully understand the debt of our obligation as individuals and organizations in backing up our armed forces. Our prayers are with all who are participating in the liberation of Europe, and our sympathy goes out to the families of those who have made the supreme sacrifice. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Chlcaio. June 8 (UP1 IWPA1 Livestock : Hon, 13.000. Slow, ateadv. Good and choice 180-330 lbs.. (11.800 13.75: 350-S5O-IO. o lower at tlOAOg 10.75; approximately 30.000 unsold. tattle. 4uoo: calvea. 700. BulK atcera and yearling. SU.OOA 16.75: top, 11 mu; oeet lonff yearnnge, aiT.ou: heifers bulk, 813.0015.50; reavy fat bulls, (14.35 and better. Sheep. 1000. One loai good and choice Colorado wooled lamba held above (18.00; few native springers held above (15.50. South San PYanclaco. June 8 (UP) (USDA) Livestock: Cattle. 100. Holdovers, 100. Desirable tradea absent. Load canner steera. (8.00 to - ktllera; atocker and feeder steers dull, weak to lower. About AO f vil! IUNAi-ii niirl WATER Give an ear to the livelineas of drinks mliet with Canada Dry Water. "PlN-PomT CabonatiO!"... millions of tinier bubbles . . . insures sparkle to the last stp, despite meltirig ice. Make the most of your precious liquor stocks. Use Canada Dry Water. Its special formula points up the flavor of any tall drink-scotch, rye, bour bon, or rum. The World' Most Popular Club Soda... 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