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'0 .MAIL TRIBUNE, MriM, Or. Thunday, Jan. 7, 1960 tf r m tfTV I I? jfy'VI ?2" n.M v i.Njr SSI SOU fttt J ..L f jar This Week's Home For Living- By HIAWATHA ESTES What features do you pre fer be included in your new home? Privacy? Comfort? Mimimum upkeep? Outdoor living? Spaciousness? They're all here in this design. The garage is separated from the house by a breeze way, yet it is only a short dis tance from the kitchen entry. A 3-foot, 6-inch wide storage shelf is specified at the rear of the garage at a sufficient height for the family car to park beneath. This home not only has a large family room, but also a dining ell open to the living room. This arrangement in creases the visual area in the living room and allows the family room to be used en tirely for family actvities. The family room is separated from the center hall entry by a par tial wall with turned posts above; and from the kitchen by a partial wall at the back of the built-in range-which allows mother to enter into the family activities. Features of the up-to-date kitchen, besides the latest Farm Notes Washington - IUPD - The agriculture department said about 40 per cent of all milk sold wholesale by farmers during 1959 was priced under terms of federal milk mar keting orders. It was a new high. t ive new oraers were is sued in 1959-those for Color-1 ado Springs-Pueblo, Connecti cut, Great Basin, Utah, Upper Chesapeake Bay and Wash ington, D.C. There were two mergers of established orders - greater Boston-Merrimack Valley and Cleveland-Akron-Stark County Renamed Northeastern Ohio. Milk orders establish the minimum prices which hand lers must pay farmers for their milk. They do not set retail prices nor regulate producers. More than 78 billion con sumers now reside in regulat ed marketing areas. . Washington - (WD - .The agriculture department's farm price report this week showed prices of feeder ' livestock down to the lowest level since November, 1957. Prices of feeder cattle in mid-December were down an average of 70 cents per hun dred pounds from one month earlier. This was the eighth consecutive monthly drop in feeder livestock prices. Washington - (WD - The Food and Drug administra tion has taken the first step toward granting full clear ance for continued use of supplemental minerals in ani mal feed. The agency has published a list of 37 compounds which serve as sources of cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manga nese, and zinc. The govern ment proposes to officially designate these compounds as safe when used in regulat ed amounts. Washington -(UPD- Agricul ture Secretary Ezra T. Ben son is confident that the re turning Congress will do something about the nation's wheat problem. Benson has said the huge wheat surplus is the nation's number one farm problem. ;He suggested that the "something" would be in line with the Eisenhower admin istration's proposals. The administration's pro posed wheat program, out lined in broad terms last year, called for elimination of acreage controls and re duction of government price supports. The wheat support price would be a precentage of the average market price for the preceding three years. This is the same sort of program used for corn for the first time with the 1959 crop. The 1959 corn harvest was the largest in history. Washington -OIPD-Sen. Stu art Symington (D-Mo.) plans to introduce early in the new session of Congress a farm bill to "halt . and reverse" a downward trend, in farm pric es. Symington, a member of the senate agriculture com mittee said Monday that farm prices in mid-December av eraged 77 per cent of so-called "fair price" parity, the low est December figure since 1933. built-ins, are a large nook area for family meals, plus an extra wide pantry with floor to ceiling shelves. In addition to the large amount of wardrobe space in each of the bedrooms, there are three large linen and stor age closets plus additional storage under each of the pullman lavatories. Features of the master bed room are the double ward robe, dressing table and pri vate three-quarter bath. Access to the patio is avail able from both the living room and the master bed room. Long low brick planters have been placed on both sides of the entrance while gables with band sawn trim, together with vertical and horizontal wood siding com pliment this rustic ranch exterior. Comdet workine drawing ef the above plan can be obtained at a cost of $7.30 for the first set, and $5 for each additional set, when ordered at the same tune, inu plan will be available for a period of four months from this date. Please allow two weeks for deliv ery. If the above home does not entirely meet with your satisfac tion, a new home plan dook. Homes for Living, may be purchased for $1. Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P.O. Box 404-T, Northridge. Calif. Washington - (UPD -Farm prices dropped another 1 per cent in the month ending Dec. 15 and now are about 7 per cent below last year. In terms of the purchasing power of the farmer's dollar, however, farm prices were at the lowest December level in 28 years. ' Average beef cattle prices for the month were $19.50 per hundredweight compared with $20 in mid-November and $22.30 in mid-December a year ago. Washington-flJPD-The Food and Drug' Administration took 500 tons of food off the market during November be cause it was unfit for con sumption:. The seizures included 214 tons of bulk wheat, flour and corn grits. , There also were seizures of spoiled frozen sea food and canned tomatoes, dried peas and beans, pop c o r n, frozen blueberries, apricot concentrate, and froz en chickens. Washington - (UPD - The Ag riculture Department said to day the American exhibit at the first world agriculture fair in New Delhi, India, is fully successful." The department said 65,000 persons were clocked through the exhibit in a single day. The fair opened Dec. 11 and will run through Feb. 14. . The exhibit has been a main center of attraction in the 12-nation exposition to hundreds of thousands of vis itors from all parts of the world. Washington - (UPD - An Ag riculture Department advis ory committee has urged the government " to make more basic studies on the composi tion of forage crops. The advisory group said Wednesday that scientists need to know more about these factors to help them de velop improved feed prod ucts. - - The group also called for more studies of the effect on forage of processing methods. Jersey Club Sets Annual Meeting Annual meeting of the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club will be held Saturday. Jan. 9 at' the Dardanelle restaurant at Geld Hill, Oregon. . William Auel, dairy and egg specialist for the Fred Meyer Stores, Portland, will speak on the market ing of breed milk, a club spokesman said. One of the meeting's fea tures will be the honoring of several youths of Jack ton and Josephine counties 4-H.and FFA achievements during the year. A special guest will be Miss Sandra Bird of Grants Pass who was chosen Jersey Queen early in the spring. This is a luncheon meet' Ing to begin at 11:00 a.m. ' Man Finds Way to Travel by Train Medina. N.Y. - Paul Ward often took train trips, but dis liked having to pay for his ticket, police said. Then he had an idea. He bought a railroad inspector's uniform, -cap and all, and traveled free. All went well for Ward un til one day between trains he went to lunch in a railway men's canteen and offered to pay for his ' meal, instead of showing a meal ticket. He was arrested when the counterman became curious and called police. NEW PAYOLA PRESSURES Dallas, Tex.- (UPD -Lee Se gall, the, boss at radio station KIXL, says his disc jockeys are being submitted to new pressures. They now are get ting letters warning "If you don't play our records, we'll send you payola." Hardly more than a tenth of the world's population lives at elevations above 1,000 feet. SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS : I", .-.".COLD WEATTIHI EES j&4& " 22-oz. jar NaflDey's CMOU 15-oz. cans Perfect for this weather! 9 Hot or Mild Folger's Instant COFFEE 6-oz. 99 There's no limit to the Specials at OK Market and you get SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS, too! Columbia (Fresh Pack) SAUERKRAUT 16 oz. 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