The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, January 21, 1930, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX .flE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Tuesday, Janunry 21, 19H0 Advice About Planting Will Kcomiinlt-s hss found thst the smount ot uisn Isbor averagod 171 hours por cow annuslly, or 16 minutes a day. This labor Included milking, (ceding, caring fur utensils and cleaning the FARM and MARKET SECTION barn. roil ihchiu.ts linn tub l Pill A I II WAN . sua Be Given Out BRIGHTEST IN LAST 10 YEARS Tariff and Federal Aid Seen A Factors of Improvement ll- ARTHUR H. JKXKD8 Krillor, The Karm Journal ( Written for the Cntted Pre) NEW YORK, Jan. JO. (CP) It it likely that the years lilt and 1130 will be bracketed to gether. In times to come, ae the rears In which the Un'ted States corernment first attempted to for malate and carry oot a compre henslre poller toward agriculture. Two current factors combine to make the outlook (or the framer in lift the brightest since l2v. The pasaace of the arlculturel marketing act In Jane, 129, was the first constmotlre step, closing eight rears of agitation and de bate. The second step, the granting of high tariff protection to the prod acts of the farms, was likewise de termined la principle In 12 But the rlolent differences of opinion a to whether tariff rerlalon should Include manufactured com' modlties, and It so whether these rates shouid be raised or lowered, has postponed enactment of the farmers' tariff bill well Into 1S30 The decision reached on general tariff revision la of Interest to farmers, both as consumers of goods and sellers of raw material to manufacturers. But whethei this mar be regarded as a part of general agricultural poller Is a matter of IndtTldual opinion. There can be ao such doubt as to high protectlre tariff rates on farm products. To this principle the nation has committed Itself, la spite of hostility from Indus trial interest and a rather wide spread feeling that many of the tariff Increases will not be of the slightest Talue to the farmers. The tariff bill as passed In 1939 will embody the principle, I haTe no doubt, that tie producers of agri cultural raw materials of what' erer nature must be as highly pro tected as other producers, regard less of whether such rates are In fact eftectire. The national policy as to mar keting Is qu'te as definitely fixed. What factors combine to make the farmer's outlook tor 1RSO greater than any eime 19211? What ia the national policy as to marketing of farm prod urts? DM the price of farm laad Increase or decree" In 192WT These and other quest ions are answered In the accompany ing yearly rerlew of the farm outlook by Arthur H. Jenkins, written expressly for the I'nlteu Press. and much more radical In Its ex pression In the marketing act. For the first time. In this or any other country. It la declared that the se'ltng of farm products to the best advantage and at the highest practicable prices Is a eon earn of the government, as against the Interests of the distributing trades and the consuming public In particular, the nation adopts the principle of co-operative sell ing ss the best method tor over coming the natural dlaadvantage of the Indlvldial farmer aa a sell er. The marketing act Is based on and built around cooperative marketing, and will stand or tali by its success or failure. The other aspects of the farm situation in 119 and ot farm prospects for 1910 are completely overshadowed by the colossal bulk ot the arenu t have been describ ing. The tariff bill has still to be passed. The marketing act and the operations of the federal farm board came too late In 1929 to have any noticeable effects on farm conditions or the prices ol farm products. In general, 1929 was a fairly prosperous year. The total farm income for the nation was well maintained, and purchasing power was relatively increased by fu ther lowering ot prices of other commodities. Mo figures of farm taxes are ytt available, but It Is likely that the taxation burden on farm land In creased only a little, it at all. The price of (arm land, Important rather as a barometer than as an actual Increase In (arm wealth, showed some small recovery. Probably -he most significant economic change during the yea' was the continued motorization of tbe farms. The displacement ol horse power by tractors, engines motor trucks, snd automobiles proceeda steadily, and tht neces sity of finding new products to replace the diminishing maiket for hay and oats Is the most Impor tant problem In farm management now to be solved. A practicable method tor grow ing on large acreages a source of oommerclsl motor fuel comparable with gasoline and kerosene is to greatest technical need ot Ameri can farming at this moment. The year 1920 opens with ag riculture in the most hopeful frame bf mind alnce 1920. Noth ing Is in sight at present to Indi cate that production will not ue ample, aud price at least aa good s In Hit Half a Ton of Pork Tou could get a lot of pork chops a purebred Duroc boar, owned by Fred Laptad of Midland, Kausas. The giant hog, weighing more than half a ton. measures seren feet seren Inches from stem to stern, and la used for breeding purposes. His offspring are numbered by here with Alice Laptad. a daughter HOW TO RAISE POULTRY By Dr. U D. LeGear, V. S., St Louis, Mo. Or. LeGear is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, 1892. Thirty-six years of veterinary practice on diseases of live stock and poultry. Eminent authority on poultry and stock raising. Nationally known poultry breeder. Noted author and lecturer. ARTICLE XVIII Is Eugenics Needed In Poultry Yard? The Need for Extreme Care in Selecting Breeders la a Vital Factor Often Ignored by Ex perienced Poultry Raisers. Tbe Following Brief Discussion Empahalaea Some of the More Important Pointa To Be Ob eerved in Picking the Right Kind of Stock for Breeding. Editor's Note: This Is another story In a series ot it atorlee on poultry railing written by tho well known national poultry authority, Dr. 1 I. LeGear, V. S of St. Loula Tbe entire series will appear in tola paper. Our readers are urged to read them carefully and dip them out for future reference. Somewhere In the course Ot my general reading, I once ran across the statement ot a well known wit that the best thing he hsd ever done was to choose the proper parents. A very witty remark, indeed, but in the light ot Its real meaning, a very wlae one. Naturally the thought so strikingly set forth Instantly as sociated Itself In my mind with my own pet hobby, the raising ot high grade thoroughbred chickens. I could not help think ing how much better It von'1 be in a great many cases it fowls could have the privilege ot regulating their own parent age instead of having to depend on those who do it tor them. It baa always amazed me that so many people should fall to realise the Importance of prop erly selecting breeding stock as a factor of successful poultry raising. First ot all, there is the gen eral law of heredity that "like begets like." In other words. If yon select a certain breed of fowls in which certain charac teristics are very itrosf If marked and mate only such birds at exhibit these characteristics to a decided extent, the otfsprl-g should have the same character istics to approximately the saie degree as their ancestors. Because It is so decidedly true that like begets like. It is ot paramount Importance to select breeders known definitely to possess certain desired character istics. That Immediately rules out the mongrel and establishes the necessity of working only with standard breeds. The mon grel has no definitely known characteristics. It Is a mixture ot anything and everything. Conse quently Its ' ogeny may he any thing or nothing. Most likely they will be nothing, or at least nothing useful. On the other hand, suppose our aim la high egg production. We can choose among a number of varieties known to be excel lent lsyers; then if we are care ful In culling out the undersized and Inferior or deformed speci mens of bota sexes and It wt cull out all poor layers among the females, we are pretty sure to develop a flock that will glv us eggs In abundance. Another law of breeding to be reckoned with is that only the healthy and vigorous parents can be expected to bae heslthy snd vigorous offspring. As ap plied to poultry raising, this calls for ruthless culling out of all Inferior fowls as soon as they are old enough to show with certainty whether or not they measure up to required stan dards. Hens that are not good layers shoo'.' be discarded tor two reasons; first because they do not pay for the trouble and expense of keeping them, and, second, because their descendants will also be poor laysrs. The various methods ot culling are well known and easily learned by those who want good pro ductive flocks. Certainly these methods should be known and practiced by every owner of chiekHns and only the very best from the loins of this hog. He's the hundreds. The boar la shown of the owner. ot any flock should be used for breeding. Whst is true of the female is true to a like degree ot the male. That la a point often over looked by poultry raisers. It must not be forgotten that the male supplies the germ ot fer tility which converts the egg from an Inert mass into some thing capable ot. producing life. The stronger and more virile the male bird is, therefore, the greats, will be his capacity to transmit that vital quality with out which eggs cannot become chicks. Only lively, alert, strong, vigorous, fighting malea abould be selected tor breeding. Tbe lusty, loud crowing, bright-eyed chesty Sir Chanticleer aholud be chosen every time in preference to the droopy, dispirited, too quiet or inassertlve male. The question ot heredity also should influence selection of msle birds for breeding. Charac teristics ot descendanta are de rived from both male and female. It Is, therefore, ot the utmost Importance that male birds pos sess, Insofar as that (act can be determined, the characteris tics which are wanted In the next generation. It a pure strain Is wanted, it certainly cannot be expected unless the male Is in every way a perfect apeclmen embodying the best quslittes In that strain. Spud Disease Expert Named A new associate plant patholo gist for the Oregon experiment station. Dr. F. p. MoWhorter of the Virginia truck experiment station, has Just been appointed to succeed Prof. M. B. McKay who has resigned after 14 years of service In this state. Dr. McWhorter's experience Is said to (it him well for carrying on the outstanding research done by McKay In dlseaaes ot potatoes vegetable crops and bulbs. Pro fessor McKay has resigned to de vote his time to commercial bulb production. LEGION AIDS CLUB The "40 and S" society of the American Legion of New Hamp shire is offering financial aid to 4-H club members who need It to do better and bigger projects. Watering House Plants By FIRMAN LLOYD MULFORD Bureau of Plant Industry, 17. S. Department of Agriculture Plants that require dally wa tering In late spring or early fall, ut this season may not re quire water oftener than once a week. In midwinter growth ia leu active because of shorter and more cloudy day, Ot course there is a difference In this respect In the require ments of various kinds of plants. Begonlaa and moat kinds of ferns will stand a little more water than geraniums and palms, while aspidistras and many kinds ot cacti require even less. The site ot the receptacle will also affect the frequency of wa tering. Tbe larger the pot In relation to tbe site ot the plant the longer it Is possible for tbe plant to go between waterings. It Is better to err on tbe side ot having plants a trifle dry than to water them excessively. Watering should be repeated as soon as the soil bruins to dry LATF.ST FARM HARKtT NEWS PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. II. (A. P.) Cold weather so (ar has tailed to bring any further ad vances la egg and butter quo tations. Eggs have been at thslr present figure more than a week and butter Las not advanced since the middle ot last week. Prices were ateady today and without change. Reviewing tai fruit and vege table situation, the Portland bu reau ot the United Stales depart ment ot agriculture says: "Cash trading continued light on the wholesale market, but delivery business to retailers, restaurants, etc.. still flourishes. ss a result of Saturday's add! ttonal snowfall. "Potato loadings from Yakima valley pointa were greatly les sened on Saturday, because of low temperatures there, and many cars ot Yakima stock on track at Po.tland were diverted south, aa a result ot active de mand from California point. The potato market shows a stronger undertone, but Portland prices are unchanged. 'Local cabbage advanced He per pound to retailers, (or beat stock. Cauliflower is moving slowly at present rather high prices; greea peas from Mexico were lowered slightly to stimu late consumption, and lettuce prices are firm, both at Portland and at Imperial valley shipping points." Quotations. CATTLE and CALVES: Steady. Receipts, cattle 100, calves 25. Heifers, good, tl0.00O10.60; common to medium, 17.60 10; cows, good, 19.60 Q9.1S; com mon to medium, K.60 0 8.60: low cutter, 10.000 (.60. HOGS: Stesdy to 16c lower. Receipts 160. 8HEEP AND LAMBS: Quot- ably steady. Receipts IS 5, In cluding 156 direct. Ewes, ISO lbs. down, medium to choice, 10.0007.60; 110-160 lbs., me dium to choice, 15.0007.00; all weights, cull and common. 11.00 0 5.00. Butter, eg-is. milk (butter(at). poultry, country meats, onions, potatoes, wool, nuls, hay, cas cara bark and hops, steady and unchanged. CANE SUGAR (sacked basts): Steady. Cane, fruit or berry. 15.45 per ctw.; beet augar, 16.90 cwt. FLOUR (city delivery prices): Steady. Family patents, 49s, It; whole wheat, 49s, 17.10; graham. 49s, 10.90; bakers' hard wheat, 98s, 17.00; bakers' Bluestem patents, 85s, 17.60; pastry flour, 49s, 17.50. SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Jsn. 10. (UP) Butter, extras, 17c; prime firsts, 35c Eggs: U. S No. 1 extras, large 37c; medium, 35c; small, 32 He Cheese: Calif, fancy flats, lie. Potatoes: Rivers, 12.40-1.00: Wash. Netted Gems, 11.15-1.66. Poultry: Broilers, 25c; fryers, 30c; young roosters. 1H lbs. and up, 20c; old roosters, 19c; Leg horn old roosters, 15c; Leghorn hens, all sixes, 30c: large colored hens, 10c; turkeys, young, 14 38c; old, nominal. Grain: Barley feed, 11.S2H 11.47 H. Wheat, milling, 12.15 12.20. LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20. (UP) Cattle receipts today ware 1.200. The market was alow, fairly ateady. Hog receipts were 2,100. Thi market was 10 to 25 cents lowet Sheep receipts were 00 Lambs fully steady. Hogs: 2,100. Bulk, 110.75 11; practical top 111.10. Pack ing eowi 18-1.75. Cattle: 1,200. Medium to good teen, 111.26-11.76; cowt. 11-8.50. Calves, (6, steady; load Arizona calves, 112.75. UNCLE SAM'S PLANTING POINTERS out, as may be determined by the feel and the appearance on loos ening it to tbe depth of halt an Inch. It is well to give enough so that the water Just seeps through. It Is assumed that every house plant is In a contained that has a drainage hold from which sur plus water may escape and that there is a layer of broken crocks or pebbles In tbe bottom, if the water runs through freely, elthor a surplus of water has been given or else the plant has been al lowed to become so dry that tbe ball of earth has shrunken away from the pot. If the earth has shrunken soak pot and soli (or about two hours ;then drain well and apply water a little more (reely tn the (uture. When a pot Is set In a Jardi niere It will require less water than when It Is In tbe open where evaporation from the por ous surface Is greater. Plants grown In .receptacles arranged (or sub-Irrigation should have the water In the reservoir kept at the proper depth continuously. FEDERAL FARM FACTS As agriculture eaters loin Is faced with ao depressing eur- piuiea ol food producta, accord ing to the U. S. Bureau ot Agri. cultural Economics. The bu reau's report also shows that cropa ot tbe naat year hail an in. creased value of about 186.000.- uoo over 1938, due mainly to the Increased value of potatoea which, with a crop one-fourth email.. than 1931, waa valued at more lhau 1470,000,000. see Competition between Inoal an ft foreign markets to supply the growing dsmands ot Amerlcaus for winter vegetables la growing keener and the Im Donation nf such winter vegetables as toma- toea. green neas. nannara. nnta. toes and celery Is lucreaaln a. cording to the U. S. Bureau ot Agricultural economics. The shipments from the Meii.-.n coast, Cuba, Bermuda and the uahamaa, tor Instance. Incroaaed from 126.000,000 pounds In 1925-1936 to 1(1.000 0110 n.mn.l. In 1938-1939. During the first ten months ot .939, the U. S. Denartmeut of Agriculture reports, packers paid 930,000,000 (or hoaa alauati. tared under federal Inspection. This Is an Increase ot ISO.000.1 000 over the same cerlod of 1921 2jynm shadow AVOID TB!AT FUTURE SHADOW By refraining from over indulgence, if you would maintain the modern figure of fashion Fashion revels in the soft, en chanting curves of the modern figure. Don't sacrifice that grace ful contour by permitting your eyes to be bigger than your stom ach. Be moderate be moderate in all things, even in smoking. Eat healthfully but not immoder ately. When tempted to treat your self too well, when your eyes are bigger than your stomach, light a lucky instead. Coming events cast their shadows before. Avoid that future shadow by avoiding over-indulgence if you would maintain the modern, alluringly rounded figure. lucky Strike), the finest Cigarette you ever smoked, made of the finest tobacco Tbe Cream of the Crop "IT'S TOASTED." Every one knows that heat purifies and so "TOASTING" not only re moves impurities but adds to the flavor and improves the taste. 6(3 Be Moderate! . . . Don't Jeopardize the modern form by drastic diets, harmful reducing girdles, fake reducing tab lets or other quack "anti-fat" remedies condemned by the Medical profession! Millions of dollars each year are wasted on these ridiculous and dangerous nostrums. Be Sensible! Be Moderate! We do not represent that smok ing lucky Strlka Cigarettes will bring modern figures or cause the reduction of flesh. We do declare that when tempted to do yourself too well, if you will "Reach for a lucky" instead, you will thus avoid over-indulgence in things that cause excess weight and, by avoiding over-indulgence, maintain a modern, graceful form. TUNE IN The Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra, every Saturday night, over a coast-to-coajt network of the N. B. C e 1010. Tht American Tobacco Co.. Mfra. Oreirnn (rnmri eenklnw enlil anre on what lo plant this sea ion In vlnw of slate, national and world situation! In ssrlruliure, will be aided by the tiirihcomlu a it iwin ni in, ill . ami national aitrl.liltiiral milti.nb purta wnicn win h raanv aar w in February In Oregon these will oe issued Ihiough the state col lege extension service. L. R. Bmltoauot. extension economist, has been called to Washington, D. C, to represent this Stale In urenarlna the naflnn. al outlook r-port, and on his re Inen I . t In .......... l. . port will be P'epared Immediately. i ua ins national arm Doard la densndlne on Infraa-mi m. nf these reports Is Indicated bv a re cent announcement to cotton growers that "the board cannot protect farmers when tho dull iv. erately over-plant." The eiteu sion serlce Is plsnnlug to'dls trlbule about 1.000 coplea of the full alale report and 40,000 to 60,000 copies ot separates dealing with poultry, dairying, livestock, field crops aud horticulture. F.I.KtTKHTTY I'dlTL.tH Fsrmers in California find electricity ao useful In tholr work and in tholr bomua that 49,007 of them paid more than 114.303.800 (or current used last year. This figure represent an Increase of sbout 100 per cent In the rural use ot electricity there. Studying the cost ot milk pro duction on 48 Wisconsin farms, the U. 8. lluresu of Agricultural "Coming events cast their . shadows before" It's toasted" At these reduced prices each home should have its Extension Telephone A Residence Desk Extension Tele phone is now only 75 cents a month! Other new low rates onExtenslons Residence Wall Extension 50c Business Desk Extension $1.00 Business Wall Extension. 75c The Pacific Teuthone And Thf-gbaph Coimpa.iy