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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1941)
Weekly Page of Farm News November 18, 1041 PAGE KIWI a Most Klamath Turkeys Held For Christmas Market BIFID LOSS IN KLAMATH HELD i T By J. n. McCAMBMDOE. Anlitant County Agtnt Present indications ere Hint Oregon's production of turkeys this year will ba the largest on record. According to the U8DA Marketing sorvli-v, report (ruin growers on September 1 indicat ed crop or l.s;i:i,Ul)U birds or (mo per cant more thiin the 1.' ftlB.OUU mined lutt year, The pro duction of turkeyi In Oregon hi hern incrcanlng steadily tlnco ltCIJ end thin year Oregon li ex pected to bp tho fifth largest turkey-producing statu In the union. However, It In anticipated that this year slaughter will be smaller thun In 1040, because fewer turkeys wero carried over Qfroin hint year (or marketing In wcurly 11)41. Tho prices of tur keys In 1041 wilt average mater lolly higher tlmn In 1040, which will probably lead to further ex panslon In tho Industry next iyeor. ' Turkey growers In Klamath I cnniilu t-tiir-t . sa iiunreKU taksit : for turkeys, with vory tittle loss. Some growers will havo birds for Iho Thanksgiving market, .but the majority of them will ' be going Into the Christmas mar ket. Throughout Oregon, the weight of turkeys continues to 'Increase due to tho growing popularity of tho broad-breasted type, The nveragn live weight of turkeys at time of markotlng this year is expected to be about one fourth of a pound heavier than 'last year, 12.2 pounds for hens and lB.fl pounds for toms, as compared with 12.0 pounds for hens and 18.3 pounds for toms last year. Killing, picking and preparing the birds for market are import- Qnnt factors In the turkey Industry. In many cases where these things ara neglected and not done with care, the grower usually faces a loss due to the dowering of the grude, which might hove been avoided. Diced lng Hie' turkey Is very Important nod should be done thoroughly so that the turkey will not have blood clots at shoulders and neck or dark spots under the skin. If tho turkey does not bleed thor oughly and freely, blood will .collect In the shoulders and neck and reduce the grade of the bird. The bird should bo hung by its feet, and with a sharp knife sever the veins and allow to bleed a few moments before sticking the brain, which kills It. Poor bleeding shows up In bright pink colorations on the wings and rump of the birds, as well os tho other places men tioned above. O Great enro should be taken In Ihs picking operation to prevent bruising, and tearing of the skin, end to prevent rubbing the body befnro tho bird quits bleeding, so the skin will not be discolor ed. Carelessness 'in this respect Is suro to lower tho grade of the birds. Occasionally during picking1, tho skin may bo torn sufficient ly to mnko tho bird unsightly and subject to heavy reduction in gradu. In order to overcome much of this domage, a slightly torn skin may be stitched back with whlto thread, which will prevent further tearing. After the birds have been 'properly dressed and thoroughly cooled out overnight, the heads and throat should be cleaned thoroughly, removing all blood. After this Is done, tho heads should bo wrapped with a turkey head wrapper mado of sturdy brown paper. Some growers use a small paper sack of heavy ma terial and fasten them on with a rubber band. It should ba remembered that J proper handling of these birds at all times helps In holding up the grade, which In return, Keeps 'em fomff noon Record Set in -September Legume Inoculation Soles An all-lime high (or the sales of legume Inoculation for one month was reported In Septem ber by 0. V, Copson, head of tho department of bacteriology' at Oregon Stale college. With tho Increase tn winter cover crop seed, tho demand for vetch In oculant soared to the point where plonty was ordered In that one month to treat 84,000 pounds of seed. Tho rapid Increase In popular ity of subterranean clover Is also indicated by orders (or enough Inoculation to treat 27,000 pounds of seed. Orders wers alio nlarsd for the rare Inoculation for the two strains of lotus! In- oculant (or which Is now avail able only at the Oregon and New York experiment stations. Much of tho unexplained sheep loss In western Oregon Is believed due to a new disease just discovered by Dr. .O. H Muth, associato professor of vet erinary medicine at Oregon State college. This disease Is known as llsterella or llstercllosis. The trouble has also neon known as circling disease be cause Infected sheep wander around In circles butting Into fences and other objects. These peculiar symptoms are caused by bacteria which enter tho brain stem and cause an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. While this disease had prevl ously been reported from Eng land, New Zealand, and some of the eastern parts of the United States, this is the first record of Its appearance In the western states, says Dr. Muth. These same llsterellosls bac teria are also known to affect cattle and poultry, Dr. Muth added. A slightly different typo of the organism has been re ported to attack humans In Aus tralia, Sweden, Iowa, and other places throughout the world. It Is suggested that any symp toms such as these be reported promptly to the county agent or county veterinarian. T SET BK EXPENSE The amount a family spends (or food by no means determines whether It will have a good or poor diet, soys Dr. Helen Mit chell of Washington, D. C, who recently attended the state nutrl tlon Institute In Portland and later addressed sovcral groups at Oregon State college. Dr. Mitch ell Is chief nutritionist in the national organization concerned with (urthcrlng nutrition (or de fense. Studies carried out by Dr. Hazel K. Stiobellng of the bur eau of home economlca, were cited by Dr. Mitchell as showing that families over the country are getting diets varying widely In quality even whon they spend exactly the same amount (or food. Whether on the (arm or In the city, the homemakers who provide .their families with good diets are those who spend their grocery dollars wisely, aro good cooks, and smart meal planners, she said, The difference between good diets and poor diets Is largely In the amounts of the protective foods used, such as milk, eggs, green and leafy veg etables, and those fruits and veg etables rich tn vitamin C, brings a better price per pound. Anyone desiring further Infor mation on killing, picking and dressing turkeys may secure It at the county agent's office. OUR FAVOWTE NOT BREAKFAST CEREAL, NO W money cn buri Mra'U find the new, Improved flavor of Albcis Rolled Osts Just the thiog to perk-up dull breakfast appetites. Naturally rich In Vitamin I, the pep-op vitsmln. Child specialists recommend Rolled Oats si an axcal leat body-bulldlns, eastaj.givias; food for growing children. SCRAP STEEL, IRON ASKED OF Oregon farmers have been asked to participate In the nationwide campaign (or the col lection of scrap Iron and steel to aid the defense program. Farms of the United States are con sidered one of the most Import ant sources of scrap supplies, which are now urgently needed for use by steel manufacturers for combining with pig iron. Robert B. Tsylor of Adams, chairman of tho Oregon USDA defense board, Is asking the co operation of all county boards In carrying on a drive (or the col lection of scrap In connection with the current campaign to see that usable machinery is repair ed early for use next year. A graduated scale of prices (or (arm scrap throughout the United States, based on distance (rom consuming centers, has been sot up so that farmers will know approximately what they will receive for their material at the various assembling points. For Oregon a price of 61c per hundrod pounds at Portland has been established, The amount received by the farmers, how ever, will be this price less the cost of shipping to Portland and the cost of preparing tho scrap for shipment to tho steel mills, the latter being approximately 12 cents per hundred pounds. The prices paid would not alone be enough to Insure the thorough combing of the rural areas for scrap, points out Chair man Taylor, but farmers will profit In other ways by helping provide an adequate supply of Iron and steel scrap K the (low of scrap is not sufficient to meet needs, steel output will be fur ther reduced, which will mean that farmers will encounter still more difficulty in obtaining ma chinery and other steel products. Besides, it will be a patriotic service. The OSC extension service is cooperating by urging county agents and 4-H club organiza tions to help In tho scrap collec tion campaign In every way pos sible SHEER TYPE SOLD The new type cotton stockings In full fashioned sheer and light weights, as well as those for heavier service, are now avail able in lager shopping centers In Oregon, reports Miss Lucy Lane, specialist In clothing and textiles at Oregon State college. The many new styles now ap pearing were designed by the bureau of home economics of the U. S. department of agriculture, and were ready when the short age of silk and nylon developed. These new stockings are full fashioned, which means that they arc knitted to shape to the ankle and curve of tho leg so that thoy fit snugly. Numerous other construction features in clude foot reinforcements (or soles, heels and toes, and two way stretch tops. Tho new hose aro provided in many popular colors and stylos, both for every day wear with house dresses and slacks, or In designs so sheer that they are suitablo with dressier clothes and light weight shoes. FARMERS WLPIMCm(, PALACE DONT MISS THE NATIONAL UV$TOCK EXHIBIT IN SAN FRANCISCO, NOV.IStoXI auMnjUjfouK Stag at Slngt t Room Dollars Edmond A. Rieder, Gfiurai Mtnwftr SAN FRANCISCO Feur Humane Society Notes Interesting Stories About Klamath Animals and Efforts in Their Behalf By Ida Momyer Odell- PAT THE PUP . Pat lay outside his kennel. The sun beat down on his passive body, warming him to a feeling of contontment and well being which only a righteous dog with a clean, conscious could attain. His head rested on his outstretch ed paws, his eyes opened and closed lazily. A fly buzzed by and stopped on his nose. Pat wrinkled tho nose just enough to dislodge tho fly. The world was a good place to Jive In Pat's particular yard was a good yard, in fact the best of all yards. Pat was happy. A white kitten romped after a butterfly. Pat sat up. The kit ten's paw slapped at the air. With a bound Pat made (or the kitten, caught it in his moutli and tossed it into the air. .The kitten gathered itself huffily out of the lettuce bed and started off with intent to catch a Held mouse. Pat watched It a moment, then ambled after it. Again he picked it up with his mouth and tossed it. Tho kitten rolled over on Its back, snarling and claw ing. Pat took his paw and turned It over, picked it up and tossed It. The kitten. was wet with Pat's slobbers and exceedingly annoy ed. It started to back off. Pat put a big paw on it and held it down. Pat's mistress caught up with him about this time and the ruf fled kitten was allowed to finish its Journey after a field mouse without further molestation. Pat lay outside his kennel. He wasn't asleep, but he was filled with inertia after a full meal. A black and white kitten started to cross the yard, intent upon busi ness of its own. Pat raised up lazily and followed It with his eyes. The kitten crossed in front of him. Pat put out a paw and pinned it down without hurting it. Then he gathered it up head first and started across the yard with only the tip of a black and white tail sticking out of his mouth. Again Pat's mistress took a hand in the game and rescued tho tail, cat and all, unharmed but displeased to put it mildly. Pat lay outside his kennel, his foreparts in (ront o( its door. He wasn't asleep. He was as alert as a pup with considerable work on hand should be. From Insido the kennel came angry spits and snarls. The white kitten stuck its head out of the kennel trying to scape the prison Pat had put it in. Pat slapped it back with his paw. Tho black and white kitten put its head out Pat pushed it back. It was a pleasant game but humans always have to spoil things and Pat's mistress, who keeps In touch with Pat's ac tivities, released the kittens. Pat lay outside his kennel. His face was wreathed in smiles. From Insido the kennel came weird sounds. "Kwaw-kut-kut-kwaw." Can an angry bantam rooster be imitated in print? A You'ra won hall the DatUa aaatnit cold dlaeomforta If you can open thoaa stuffy nostrlla and breatha through jour note without that mother? feeling. If your nostrils are clogged up. Insert Mentholatum. Not how effectively It hum your breathing and relieves the sneectng. entitling, soreness, swelling, and redness. With all these annoyancea checked, you can go about your ac tivities In comfort. J are or tubes, 30c Double Room Fire Dollar! furious little red head pecked sharply at Pat and a little red feathered body tried to push out of the detention camp to which Pat had carried him. Pat pushed him back with that ever-ready paw. "Kwaw-kwaw-kut-kut-kaw-kaw" Bantam swear-words by an expert. Pat's mistress came out to sco what the row was about. The bantam rooster was released and strutted angrily around the unconcerned pup, wings drum ming the ground, long bronze tail-feathers ruffled, disposition practically ruined, but as fear less as if he weighed a ton in stead of a scant pound. Pat lay in front of his kennel with his puppy, countenance bathed in innocence as he slept soundly after a perfect day. Turkey Raisers Plan Salem Meet Due to the many problems in connection with the turkey in dustry and national defense the Oregon Turkey Improvement as sociation is sponsoring a state wide meeting (or turkey growers producing hatching eggs and for hatchery operators that hatch turkey eggs-and sell poults. Many growers and hatcherymen have felt the need for such a meeting to discuss the turkey Industry's place in the food for defense program, including other problems such as cost of produc ing hatel ing eggs and poults, selling eggs and' poults from Ore gon broad breasted breeders and management of the breeding (lock. Such a. meeting will give tur key growers and hatcherymen an opportunity to get together en ton A premium 1 ( ir once ( ...blended 11 fo, your nloYm entl , I B &r " V lid PRODUCTION OF FERTILIZER GIN STUDY WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 CAP) Establishment of a consulting committee on north western phosphates to Investigate possi bilities of low-cost production of fertilizer and Its distribution to farmers of the northwest, was announced today by Interior Sec retary Ickes. The committee, comprised of representatives (rom the interior and agriculture departments, Tennessee valley authority and several experts, will be headed by Stephen Raushenbush, chief of the branch of 'planning and research, division of power, de partment of interior. Ickes said that alter prelimin ary work . here the 10-member committee would proceed to the northwest for a study of the and arrive at a more common understanding of some of their many problems: - The meeting was scheduled In Salem at the chamber of com merce office Friday. WE BELIEVE It Is our responsibility, m give our customers the full benefit of what automobile Industry. . Based on what we know, we sincerely believe that now is the time to buy a car. You may wonder why we tell you this, when actually we might profit by not doing so. You see, there are only to many cars to sell this year and by holding them perhaps we could make more money later on. But that's not the point ... we expect to be in this business long after the emer gency ceases to exist and naturally we want to keep our customers. When we say that now is a good time to buy a car we actually mean that it may be a lot harder to buy an automo bile later on. We hope we're wrong about this. But we believe we are right. Why harder? Well, in the first place right now the federal tax is only 7 actually just more than it has been. There is every indication that it may be much higher. Next, we feel tnat with riling labor and material costs, it may be years be fore prices are lower than they are today. Moreover, credit requirements are now situation, and then would pre sent a plan for his consideration. : Among the various tasks as signed to the committee were: : 1 Procuring estimates of fertilizer consumption In the four northwestern states, basing these estimates on price levels which might be obtained by the establishment of a northwestern fertilizer plant and distribution system. 2 The compilation of techni cal data relating to location, plant size, cost and other perti nent factors. 3 Methods of financing such plants. . 4 Recommendations relative to the distribution of fertilizers on a cost basis. 5 Possibility of establishing fertilizer plants In coordination with Industrial establishments now located In the northwest, since some by-products of chem- Veto Sewing Club . Annual Swedish Dinner and Carnival Saturday, Nor. 15 6:00 - 8:00 P. M. I. O. O. F. HALL only one-third down and eighteen months for the balance. The trend is toward even greater restrictions per haps to fifteen, or even twelve months. And then, new cars today are more attractive than they ever have been, but after the first of the year all bright metal may be missing as decorative trim. Yes, it is our sincere feeling that it may not only be harder to buy a new car later on, but it may also be difficult to get just the ear yon want' w w Naturally you'd expect us to say that now is a good time to buy a Ford. That's true because we're convinced that these new cars are the finest ever built In quality, they're sound to the last detail. Defense requirements have been met in full without a single reduction ia goodness of the cars mechanically. From the standpoint of beauty, inside and out. the '42 Ford is outstanding in its field. And the new interior styling, the hour ious upholstery and appointments, are) making a big hit with the ladies. So to our customers and friends we say in all sincerity now is the time ta buy a car and that neoer Wat a kes for (one fo bug a Ftri, 6hs Balsigsr Motor Co. Mala and Esplanade leal companies ' are essentia) parts of fertilizers. Members of the committee In clude Ivan Oloch, chief of the market development section, Bonneville power administra tion; Dr. William A. Schoenfeld, dean, Oregon university; A. C Adams, president, Spokane Bank for Cooperatives, and Dr. Y. 1". Yancey, director, Northwest Ex perimental station, bureau of mines. . I can think of nothing mere dangerous than for the ps$9le of the United States to believe that Russian resistance gives ua just the breathing spell we need, that we have gained time and everything is now safe. W. L. Batt, director of OPM material division. . . , Women who really know hew to raise children are kept toe busy to tell. OPPORTUNITY With the completion of Bettl der, Shasta. Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams is the northwest territory, trained men la the electrical Industry are tremendously la demand. Opportunities la this Industry for permanent sod suecaesful career are unlimited. If yo are Interested la entering this treat Industry us Mr, Day, Elk Hotel, this weak. rimes lflce these, to we know about the Balili r
