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Weekly Page of Farm News March 18, 1048 PAGE TEN REGIONAL QPA EXPECTS EASED SAN FRANCISCO, March 18 VP) Regional OPA officials to day said they expected to allevi ate the meat shortage In seven critical Pacific coast areas before the weekend. Harry Camp, regional OPA di rector, telegraphed Washington last night asking Harold B. Kowe, food rationing division chief, for authorization to lift meat slaughtering quotas in the San Francisco bay area, San Di ego county, Vancouver, Wash., and the Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., metro politan areas, including the Bremerton, Wash., navy yard. Camp acted as soon as he was Informed officially of a new OPA ruling allowing regional di rectors to raise-meat quotas in areas where shortages threaten "morale, public health or the war effort." Local OPA officials said as goon as Camp was allowed speci fic authority for the areas named, the populations should note an Increase in their meat supply. Similar action is expect ed in unspecified Nevada and Arizona areas. The emergency easement in meat quotas would prevail until rationing started March 29. Then, OPA heads say, meat will move automatically from sur plus areas to regions of scarcity. Alcohol Industry . Promised Heppner . HEPPNER, March 18 (P)An alcohol industry was promised the Columbia basin today with the announcement of Grain Products, Inc., that construction of a plant here will start next week. The plant will produce 2000 gallons of alcohol and 10 tons of high-protein livestock feed daily while utilizing approxi mately 300,000 bushels of sur plus wheat a year, said the com pany's directors, headed by Pres ident' C. J. Hanscom, Pendleton farmer. : In Argentina, January Is the warmest month, while June and July are the coldest. : ATSHORTAGE Weekly Market Trends ' (Editor Hole: Tht following market a formiUoo U supplied from material ob tained over toe government leased wire in tbe .office of the extension economist at Oregon State college. Tbe material, in the form ef a weekly summary of trends In the livestock market. Is not Intended to replace spot day by day market reports.) CATTLE MARKETS North Portland cattle prices on Monday were higher again with improved quality of offerings among the 1050 head of cattle available for local sale. Medium to good grade steers brought $14.50 to $16, about five loads going at the top price,, and me dium to good beef cows were $11 to $12.50. San Francisco prices were steady to strong, reaching a new high of $16.25 for some fed yearlings. The top at Chicago was $17.40 for three or four loads of steers, with sev eral other loads selling at $16 85 to $17.25. Receipts of cattle at North Portland last week were nearly 2000 below those of the corre sponding week last year, and nearly a thousand less for the month of February, 1943 than the same month a year ago. The number consumed in the Port land area, however, was about the same as last year, with few er returned to the country for ad ditional feeding. A larger pro portion now arrives by rail and a smaller one by truck. Prices on steers last week in North Port land were $3 above those of the year before. SHEEP AND LAMB MARKETS Following last week's abnor mally short supplies of sheep and lambs at North Portland, only 800 arrived Monday and only 300 of these were offered locally. The price remained steady at $15.25 for some good to choice fed lambs and $13.50 to $14.50 for medium to good truck-ins. Receipts of sheep and lambs at North Portland during February totaled only about 60 per cent of that month a year ago. San Francisco's fat lamb market was steady with choice lambs quoted at $15.75. Trading was slow at Chicago and prices mostly 25 cents below last weekend's. Good to choice wooled lambs moved at $16 to $16.40. Omaha's market was likewise weak. ' Contracting of spring lambs In California was more active last week with sales largely at $14 per hundred straight across for merchantable lambs scaling 60 pounds and up and delivery dates mostly late April and May. Scat tered contracts in the Snn Joa quin valley were at $14 to $14.25 per hundred, straight across. ' The annual USDA lamb pro pects report shows that the num. ber of early lambs in principal producing states will be smaller Tule Growers See Spud Cut In View of Fertilizer Lack; M ex Labor Question Talked TULELAKE With no pros pect of obtaining ammonium phosphate and nitrate fertilizer sold as 16-20, and used here al most exclusively on potato land, Tulelake Growers, meeting Mon day night, predicted a decrease in the 1043 potato acreage. There is a little glimmer of hope in getting an appreciable quantity for local distribution, and grow ers will continue efforts to locate what may be in the hands of dealers. Advised by wire by the Paci fic Guano Fertilizer company that no imports of ingredients used in the product are arriving from Canada, principal produ cer, growers are faced with us ing substitutes or none at all. Use of fertilizer on ground that has been planted to potatoes in previous seasons is an absolute necessity and the use of substi tutes is not advised. Growers at a recent meeting in Merrill ad vanced the belief that yields dropped from 30 to 50 per cent where fertilizer was not used. With certified seed prices sky rocketed to $4 per hundred, the labor outlook unstable and the possibility of further OPA changes, growers here are re luctant to gamble with this year's crop. The urgent need for a decision on the Mexican labor question came before the growers and since the attendance was disap pointing, those who did not at tend will be contacted personally in order to get. the opinion of all growers who may need foreign labor next fall. With the assoc iation here taking the initiative in sponsoring transportation of Mexicans from Mexico, 100 per cent cooperation is asked to swing the project to a success ful conclusion. - Form letters will be distribut ed for designation of prospective labor needs. Workers will be alloted in units of 100 only and must be guaranteed 30 days' work during the season, em ployers to further guarantee wages for three-fourths of that period at the minimum wage rate, regardless of the time put in. - With weather conditions here usually good during the main part of the harvest season, it is not probable that payment for time not actually spent in the fields would be made. . Growers are assured of coop- cause of fewer breeding ewes. However, lambing was earlier and development better than us ual in some states, so that mar ketings before July. 1 may be about the same as last year, though grass fat yearling ship ments from Texas during the sec ond quarter are expected to be smaller than for the same period last year. Weather and feed conditions have been distinctly poor in Oregon (particularly western Oregon), have been fa vorable in California and Ari zona, and average in Idaho. But marketing are hard to predict this year because of uncertain ties relative to price ceilings, slaughter quotas, transportation, etc. HOG MARKETS With 2350 head of hogs arriv ing at North Portland Monday, 2000 of which were offered local ly, the market dropped around 50 cents from last week s strong close, the bulk of the top hogs selling at $15.50 and heavier weights at $14.75 to $15. The San Francisco hog market was steady, but Chicago reported prices as much as 10 cents low er than the average of the Fri day before, with the top price $15.55, and the bulk selling at that figure down to $15.35. Receipts during February just past total 3600 head less at North Portland than during the same month a year ago, but Portland prices during February were not so much above Cnicago prices as is usual during that month. Fed erally inspected slaughter of hogs in January was only 93 per cent of that of January, 1942 but 13 per cent above the five-year average for the month, while the average cost to packers was 31 per cent greater than the year before and 83 per cent above the five-year average. Owing to higher corn prices the corn-hog ratio is slightly less favorable than a year ago, however. WOOL MARKETS ' Some contracting for spring delivery of wools in Oregon dur ing the past week was done at 39 to 40 cents grease basis, while fine and fine medium wool in Wyoming was contracted at 40 to 43 cents, and 8-months wool in Texas at 43 cents, in the grease, f. o. b. country shipping point Demand continued for foreign wools but some restrictions were placed on importation of certain Argentina wools. Spot wools are scarce and bringing a premium of 2 or 3 cents over wools for future delivery. ' Mohair sold in Texas at about S3 cents for adult, 65 cents for yearling, and 75 cents for kid Both production and price of mo hair were smaller in 1942 than eration of the U. S. employment service and the farm security ad ministration in registering Mexi can laborers, transportation and housing them while in this area. Early estimates of the number needed were from 500 to 1000 and it was suggested that rep resentatives to local growers might go to Mexico to pass ap proval on men sent here. No importation of Mexicans is allow able if other help is available within a 200-mile radius. No help can be given by the U. S. employment service or the FSA on Navajo labor since there is a labor shortage in Arizona and New Mexico. Growers, how ever, would be permitted to be responsible for transportation of the Indians, a number of whom helped here last season. The session voted also to re quest transfer from the Oregon employment service district to California, the return after one year's affiliation with the Ore gon district being based on ap pointment of E. W. Scammon as head of the California organiza tion for this district. Scam mon, in charge of the Tulelake branch of the California employ ment service for two years, is well known here and acquainted with the needs of the commun ity. The members recorded a vote of appreciation for the splendid cooperation given last season by the Oregon service, stating that the request for transfer was based entirely on the appoint ment of Scammon to this dis trict. Tulelake Growers had previously requested a transfer to the Oregon jurisdiction. Harry Wilson, Malm, was as sured that the Tulelake organi zation is cognizant of the fact that this area is a part of the Klamath basin and that full co operation will be given Klam ath association members in fu ture problems. George Yost was appointed to attend future man power meetings to be held in Oregon. Lacking fertilizer farmers will substitute grain and possibly field peas as crops this season, with beets definitely "out," it was announced by Dan Craw ford, secretary of the Tulelake Growers. . Membership in the organiza tion is 110 with new' member ships being registered at the rate of 10 and 15 a month. Chester L. Main, president, presided. Gorden Clubs Hold District Meet in Library Clubrooms AH women of the city are In vited to attend the district meet ing of the Oregon Federation of Garden clubs to be held in the library club rooms Monday, March 22. A no-hostess lunch eon will be held at the Pelican and reservations may be made with Mrs. Horace E. Getz, phone 5269 or Mrs. L. K. Phelps, phone 4691. . Speakers will Include Mrs. E. D. Lamb of this city, state presi dent; Mrs. Maybelle Hargrove, assistant field director, Camp White; Mrs. C. I. Drummond chairman of hospital and counsel service, and Mrs. L. G. Gentner of Medford, Siskiyou district president. EXTRA EX7XA- GOOD NEWS mMEAL FORA1 Awarded Seal of Approval hf American Vatarlnary Medical and Animal Hoaplral Aaaociatlona Now you can buy KELLOOO'S GRO-PUP in the new MEAL form, too. Made from the famous formula that has mads ribbon form GRO-PUP so popular.- GRO-PUP contains every mineral and vitamin dogs and puppiejneed.Two boxes, meal form, fed at directed, it all you need buy to feed the average size dog one week. Had. by Kengg- la BattJa Creak a.. " Four-H News WHACK IT SEWING CLUB OF MERRILL On March 3, 1943. the girls of our club went to the home of our leader, Mrs. Mary Fox, ihe lives at Coxes ranch on the State Line road. We went there so we could accomplish lots of sewing, which we did. Our leader had a very nice meal for us which everyone enjoyed. After we ate we took a walk to see the lambs of Coxes. Coxes have about 3000 sheep. We all enjoyed the walk and every thing. Coxes ranch is very in interesting because it is all run by modern equipment. We all are getting along fine with our sewing. News reporter, Colene Her- rick. HENLEY COOKING CLUB The Henley cooking club met Thursday. March 4, at 3:30 p. m. All members were present. Our former leader, Mrs. John son, has resigned. The new leader is Mrs. Earl Mack. No business meeting was held as the books were not there. The next meeting will be Thursday, March 18, at 3:30 p. m. News reporter, Oelo Pound. MERRILL CLOTHING CLUB At our last meeting: we had a party The refreshment com mittee was: Mildred Petrik. Geraldine McKendree and Kathaleen O'Keefe. We had a snmo for all the Deonle of the sewing club. After the game we passed out valentines. Some of the children, were absent that day. W are having! a icraD drive and the ones who bring the least have to give the winners a party. We are supposed to bring paper, tin, iron, suk, steel and aluminum. We have two ildes. One and Two. Mrs. Loper is on side one. We are also having a book drive, tacn book gets one point more. We had a demonstration by Maureen O'SulIivan and Mil dred Petrik on How to Make a Needle-Case. We arc now on our third pro- Plant Seeds of Victory In Your 1943 Garden Victory gardening probably is tht moat valuable serrlce that youngiterg can render their natlon-at-war. But the govern ment hopes that vegetables will be grown by everyone who has access to a plot of land. , Prepared by the U. B. Depart ment of Agriculture for NEA Service Everybody who has a suita ble piece of fertile ground can make an important contribution to the national food program and help win the war by grow ing a home vegetable garden in 1943. By "everybody" is meant every one of the nation's 8, 000,000 farm families, of course jeet which is a bag. The mater ials used arc burlap, gunny sacking or monks cloth and yarn and a large-eyed blunt pointed needle. We will choose the design from the book. There arc six designs. News reporter, Virginia Brilcy. Complete Garden ing Information for the Amateur. Tells you how to prepare your soil in planting what to plant how many eetd lo buy for your partic ular area when to plant care after planting approximate yield; every thing that it necessary for a person to know about hit first gardttU ' and, In addition, every town, city and suburban dweller who has an open, sunny apaco with fertile- soil or who has access to a community or allotment gar den plot. Now is the time to take a look at your back yard, that nearly vacant lot, or any avail able open spaco in your com munity and mako your pluns to get In the battle of food with your own Victory Garden. Farmers of the U. S. will be doing their level best to break food production records again this year as they have done in each of the past three years. Food Is a weapon in the war we are fighting ail around the world, and Secretary of Agri culture Claude R. Wlckard, In charge of food production and Digging a Victory garden It more tKtn Just exercise. It's food tosurafwe For yfmf family, and above all it! your patriotic duty. But digging is the least part of gardening for Victory. First you most plan youi garden. Plan it wisely, plan it well ao that you will not waste precious seeds, fertilizers, spray and other material. Remember, too, the care of a Victory garden Is not an "odd-moments Job". Plan to devote regular tours at regular intervals on the care and cultivation of your crop. Don't waste your time, effort and valuable materials by neglect Prepare to preserve; the surplus produce you grow. Your Victory garden will produce more fruits and vegetables than your family can consume during the growing season. Make plana now to "put up" a portion of your crop for use during the winter months ahead Above all don't leave anything to chance. Make sure you are right m planning, digging, planting, cultivating, harvesting and preserving. Expert advice is availabi to you FREE! Oregon State College cooperating with The United States Depart ment of Agriculture has prepared a series of leaflets and bulletins on evc phasa of Victory gardening from planning to canning. Right now, before you start, before you even select trie spot for your garden, mak suie your Victory garden will be successful. Then DIG IN!... for Victory. Writ today for publications useful in home vegetable gardening. S Write lot This statement bus been prepared and released by the BLITZ-WEINHARD COMPANY with approval of Civilian War Services, Oregon Stat Dejemt Council distribution for the nation, gays wa can't produce too much. We lined tromandous quantities of till kinds of food for our mined forces, our atlit's nivd our folks at homo. By growing and proaerviiig your own supply of vegctubleg, you can relievo the drain on commercial stocks of food and also muko sure that you grt an ubumlunt'e of tho kinds of food that put vltitining and minerals In your dally diet. By growing a Victory Gar den you can help the country build up Its stockpile of food for war tines. You van muko It ousler for our own fighting men und our fighting allicg to gut the food they need to keep driving against tho axis ag gressors. You rim help build tho stockpile higher for the cnnipulgng yet to como and for the countries being reoccuptvd food that must be ready to back up each drive. By growing a Victory Gar den you cun help wive vital iiu'tals um'U for ciiimlng. The food you cat from your garden will reduce the amount needed from cana and will gupplement the gupplies of canned food that will be avuiliiblo under ra tioning. Tho Victory Gurdtm will ease the burdens of our trans portation systems by cutting down tho amount of food that must be shipped to your com munityand thereby it will help keep guns and tanks and ammunition rolling toward the war fronts. Industry hog converted to the production of wur equipment and munitions. Furmers have converted to war food and fiber production. By growing a Vic tory Gordon you can convert your availublo resource! on the last sector of tho home front to war production. Throughout the nation, the farm families, the city dwellers, the suburban and town residents, school children, and groups on community plots can make their Victory Gar dens do an important part in winning the battle of food In 1943 by increasing the national food supply. In winning the battle, the Victory Gardeners also can help make all the people healthier and stronger. OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, Oregm Extension Bulletin 589 PLANTING PLAN FOR VECETABLI CARDENS ' Extension Bulletin 614 FARM AND HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN Extension Bulletin 487 GROWING FALL AND EARLY WINTER VEGETABES U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE, Washington, D.U ...... . . wi.vaiv jAfNeivte Publication no. tn v iv i vs i wnirw FRUIT. VEGETABLE 9 DEMAND TO BE HIGH An almost unlimited demand for agricultural products In 1043 Is tho chief factor In mak ing tho mnrkct and price out look for fruit, nut, and vvgotuble crops exceptionally favorable, according to the current report,,, on the ugrk'tilturul slttiutlun aud,j outlook deullng with tlicso com modities and Issued by Hie Kx-tl tunslou service at Oregon Stale ,f college On the othor hand,.,, growers of these cropi fuce dif-' flcult problems In production, harvesting, and marketing. The government plans to take ' a much higher percentage of E most of the processed fruit and ) vegetuble pucks than of furm ' commodities In general, hence probably 80 to 8ft per cent of tht (J) canned fruit, 35 to 45 per cent 4 of dried fruit, and 5 to 80 pur cent of canned vegetables wlli never reach civilian consumers. ' Rationing of remaining civilian, stocks of canned goods will causal grcuter demund for fresh frultsS and vegetables, particularly In areas where tho number of con-"' sumerg has been Increased by war activities, the report con-'.' Unties, While an Increase In home gardening will partially offset this increased demund, It H doubtful If gtoreg will have eith er enough fresh or processed veg-' ettiblcs to gupply the demand in the crowded war ereus, the re-- ; port predicts. - t Always read the classified ads.'' VICTORY GARDENERS! Get Your 1S43 Garden Guide at MURPHEY'S SEED STORE Remember the New Location at (34 Klamath Ave. ! '.I -a .'; i. v-t -1 ''X 'in; ;, 6 ir.,f una - hmt this year than last, mostly be in 1041.