Weekly Page of Farm News
November 18, 1041
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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
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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
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ton
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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
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