Weekly Page of Farm News
April 29, 1948
PAGE NTNH
NEW ACCD UN
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BQOKDESIGra
FARMERS
A now furm account book,
mora slmplu, oven though less
compluto, than tint stimdurd Ore
gon book now In unit, him Just
boon designed by the arm mun
ogomont dupnrtinent at Oregon
Stutu col lego and published by
Iho extension service.
The nuw book In Biiltuhlc for
una by uny fiirmur In keeping
account! of cu.tli rccnlpta unci
disbursements such us uro noc
cswiury In making out Income
tux returns on llio cunlt bunls.
It In not Intended to replace the
older and more complete book,
but will provide u mean for
mora fnrmors to keep accounts
while devoting a minimum of
tlmo to such work, siiys Curtis
Mumford, hc'tnl-of the furm man
ugemont dupurtiminl.
Lowering of exemptions on
the foderul income tux to the
point where all who huve a
Jlttlo u $1200 In cash receipts
annually must file u return, bus
Jnermiscd greatly the demund
for furm records, suys Professor
Mumford. While It Is estimated
thul up to this yenr not mora
thun 10 per cent of Oregon
farmers liuvo kept books ac
ceptable for Income tax records,
muny times that number are
now required to make returns
even though exemptions muy
eliminate tho necessity for mak
ing nctunl tux puymcnt.
With this new farm account
book, every non eswntlal for
tux records bus been eliminat
ed, while Instructions huvo been
included which nre easy to un
derstand and fpllow, said Mum
ford. One of these books start
ed now can bs filled In with a
record of, earlier transactions
this year and will thus, by the
end of tho year, provido an au
thentic record on which to fig
ure future tax obligations.
- ' Experience has shown, said
Mumford, that thoso farmers
who have accurate records usu
ally save on taxes, as they are
much more unlikely to forgot
scattered expenses thun they
aro Income, which Is usually re
ceived In relatively larger
amounts.
Those blank account books
will be sold at the usual price
of 29 cents each and mny bo ob
tained from county extension
offices or direct from tho college.
Canning Without Pressure
Cookers Necessary, Good
Many people are asking about
prossuro cookers and finding
thorn hard to secure. War pro
duction board hus released mate
rial for manufacture of only a
fraction of thoso that uro want
ed. A rationing plun among co
operating users is underway for
distributing the pressure cook
ers when they arrlvo,
What substitutes aro there for
pressure cookers is often asked.
Hot water bath cunning Is suit
able only for tomatoes and
fruits. These foods are protected
by their ucld content from the
growth of poison-forming bucter
la. Non-uclcl foods ore subject to
botallnus poisoning, especially
on tho wost coast, unless canned
ut pressure cooker temperatures.
Moat nnd fish can bo salted,
or suited and smoked, or frozen.
Non-acid vegetables can be
stored, frozen, dried, and brinnd.
In view of tho shortage In pres
sure cookers, It Is not too luto to
plun to grow plenty of cabbugo,
carrots, onions, potatoes, ruta
bagas, squash and other vege
tables thnt can readily be stored.
Winter and spring gardens are
another ullornttte for canning
vegetables. Directions for cur
ing, storing, freezing, drying
and canning, and for making
homo made evaporators are
ovnllablo on request to your
county extension office.
Klamath's Forage Seed
Crop Deserves Attention
War news may divert atten
tion from muny of Klamath's re
sources, and stress may be placed
on certain civilian activities, yot
nevertheless, tho 1041 forage
seed crops for Klamuth county
wore deserving of attcntldn In
tho opinion of Barbara Johnson
in charge of 'tho Information de
partment of tho Klamuth county
chamber of commerce. Miss
Johnson pointed out thnt accord
ing to figures released by the
Oregon State college extension
PORTLAND, April 20 UP)
Desplto some cold weather all
over tho state, farm work pro
gressed satisfactorily as a whole,
tho deportment of commerce-
weather bureau's weekly form
weather bulletin Indicated today.
Winter grain is making good
growth and early sown spring
grain Is germinating well. Soil
is being prepared for corn and
somo early sweat corn Is up.
Cold weather did local dam
age to fruit and tender veget
ables and somo orchard heating,
was done in southern Oregon.
The set of most early fruits Is
good but apricot and peach buds
were injured by January cold.
Strawberries are blooming lo
cally.
Early potato planting Is well
along and some potatoes are up
Many peas have been planted
and show good growth. Some
sugar beots are ready for thinning.
service and the United States
department of agriculture, Klam
ath county In 1041 on an acre
age basis produced 100 of the
Kentucky blue grass In Oregon,
85 of shady blue grass, 80
of tho lemon's alkali grass, 40
of the timothy grass and 30
of smooth brome grass.
Based upon yield, Klamath
county produced 71 of tho
strawberry clover seed for tho
entire state, 82 of the alsike
clover seed, 27i of the bent
grass seed, 26 of the grimm
alfalfa seed, 14 of the ladak
alfalfa seed, 13 of the small
white clover seed, and 9 of
the swoct clover seed.
According to figures released
from the county agriculture of
fice, small seeds In 1041 brought
a return of $688,068 to the
farmers of Klamath county..
Wool Appraisal
Office to Be Open
PORTLAND, April 29 OP)
The fedoral government opened
an appraisal office here yester
day to handle 1B43 wool clip
purchases from growers In Ore
gon, Washington, California and
western Idaho.
The office Is In charge of
George C. Daley, regional wool
appraiser, who formerly was a
buyer for a Walla Walla firm.
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By WALTER WARREN
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29
UP) Western pouHrymen tried
to keep production going today
under the handicap of bewilder
ment over prices.
Tha OPA blanket order of last
week hatched the confusion.
OPA officials recognize the un
certainty existing from producer
through tho trade channels, and
today promised a clarifying
statement as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the officials In
price discussions gave prelimin
ary Information that indicated
the top price a consumer could
expect to pay for poultry under
any circumstances, ready for the
pan, was about 73 cents a pound.
That would be for fancy packed,
quick-frozen eviscerated broil
ers. That top would rule through
out California, Oregon, Washing
ton, Nevada and Arizona.
The OPA men said chickens
would be marketed as broilers,
fryers, roasters, fowl and stags.
Tho first three are young birds
up to 21 pounds they are broil
ers, from that to 4 pounds fry
ers, and above 4 pounds, roast
ers. Hens are fowl, and roosters
stags. ,
Live ceilings will be, for broil
ers 30 cents, fryers and roasters
29, fowl 251, stags 211.
Dressed ceilings broilers 38,
fryers and roasters 351, fowl
311, stags 21i.
Drawn ceilings broilers SI),
fryi.-rs 48, roasters 46, fowl 41),
stags 3ft).
Top markups for retailing in
clude 1) cents a pound for hand
ling, plus the retailer's top allow
ance of 20 per cent.
WHY QUOTAS OFF
CORVALLIS, April 29 UP)
The removal of county quota re
strictions for two important
Items of rationed farm machin
ery was reported this week by
the Oregon USDA war board
milking machines and grain
handling equipment either
blowers or farm elevators.
Purchase certificates are still
required, and, as Is the case of
other "no quota" Items, a farmer
applying for these types of
equipment Is required to satisfy
his county farm rationing com
mittee that he has located a
dealer who will fill his order if
the purchase certificates is Is
sued. JOB SHIFT
GLENDALE, Calif. UP) On
her 70th birthday, Mrs. Alberta
Drew traded her shootln' Iron
for a hoe.
An armed night watchman for
20 years at the county garage,
she retired to take up Victory
gardening.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 29
Any move to return so-called
"loyal" Japanese to the western
defense zone for the purpose of
alleviating critical farm labor
shortages of the area, will not
meet with the approval of tho
farmers of the region, Morton
Tompkins, Master of the Oregon
State grange, stated early this
week. Tompkin's statement came
following radio and newspaper
reports that such a move Is being
contemplated.
"I don't know who is behind
this movement to permit Japan
ese farm workers to return to
this area, but I can assure you
that the farmers are not asking
to have them back," Tompkins
said, "The farmers don't want
them and what little they might
be able to increase food produc
tion here will be far outweighed
by the menace to our security
which their presence would oc
casion. "Military authorities tell us
the Japs will bomb the north
west this summer if it is within
their power to do so. When and
if these enefny planes come, we
want to be sure that we don't
have any of Hirohito's friends In
our midst If they do, we'll
have enough to do without play
ing nursemaid to a bunch of Jap
farm bands, who may. or may
not be loyal," Tompkins con
cluded.
Always read the classified ads.
Utah Boy Takes
First Place in
FFA Speech Meet
PORTLAND, Ore., April 29
(IP) Seventeen-year-old Howard
Barlow of Tremonton, Utah, will
represent the west in the Na
tional Future Farmers of Amer
ica speaking championships at
Kansas City next fall.
He took first place from three
other regional finalists here last
night at the regional conference
of agriculture education leaders
from the 11 western states.
Virgil Getto, Fallon, Nov., was
second, Larry Thonney, Pull
man, Wash., third, and Roy Hitt,
Wheatland, Wyo., third.
LIE 11
CORVALLIS, April 39 (P)
Up to 31,000 tons of lime will
be available to help maintain the
war production strength of Ore
gon farm land this year, the state
AAA office reported today in an
nouncing the acceptance of con
tracts from five northwest plants
for that amount of agricultural
limestone.
Lime will be distributed to
farmers under the AAA conser
vation materials program, with
the cost to be deducted from
each farmer's conservation pay
ments. Last year Oregon farm
ers used this program to obtain
13,500 tons of limestone, Im
proving soil productivity on
10,000 acres.
THIN SHELLED
EGGS DUETO
LACK IF LIME
Thin shelled eggs may be
caused either by- a lack of cal
cium or of vitamin D, which
makes possible tha use of cal
cium, says Noel L. Bennlon, ex
tension poultryman at Orogon
State college. Oyster shall- or
limestone grits together with a
sufficient amount of vitamin D
materials are usually fed in sup
plying this need.
Hot summer weather also has
some effect on egg size and shell
texture, as temperatures above
80 degrees cause smaller egg size
and thinner shells.
Eggs with only a membrane
instead of a hard shell have been
laid prematurely, which may be
caused by a. failure of the shell
gland to function, or It may oc
cur before egg organs become
properly adjusted in the young
hen. These occasional soft
shells are usually, unimportant
in a well fed and well managed
flock, says Bennlon.
P ( L E S
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
NO PAIN - NO HOSPITALIZATION
No LoM of TliM
PtmwMftt RokHui
DR. E. M. MARSHA
Chlrapriotl. MyoMM
MS No. 7th - lwlra ThMtrt SIS.
Thousands
ask us why Ms the water
Our founder, the late teopold P. Schmidt,
in 1896 chose Tumwater, near Olympia, as
the site of our -original plant because he
found there spring water which, when ana
lyzed by a nationally recognized brewing
laboratory and tested by actual brewing,
proved to be ideal
Olympia Beer met instant favor with tfi$
public and prior to prohibition sales grew
to large proportions. Daring these same'
years our management established three,
other breweries in Pacific Coast cities.
We pnt into the sales promotion and
marketing of the products of these other,
three plants all the planning, energy and
intelligence that had gone into the market
ing of Olympia Beer.
We installed equipment that was like that
used in the Olympia plant. We followed
precisely the same methods of brewing. The
same management directed the processes
and used identically the same materials. In
each city the best water supply available was .
used. We hoped that we might approach
the quality of pur Olympia Beer
To our great disappointment, we found
ourselves unable to produce in any of the
new plants a beer of like character and
comparable to that brewed at Tumwater.
W
The public did not accept the new brands
as the equal of Olympia Beer. The sales of
Olympia in the cities where the new brew
. eries were operating showed no decrease.
In the operation of these other Breweries"
'we were forced to recognize that without
this one essential factor water from our
famous subterranean wells-we could not
duplicate Olympia Beer.
Therefore, In 1933, wlten teS resumed
rthe brewing of Olympia Beer, tee decided
to confine our operations to the one plant
at Olympia, with the knowledge that "It's
the Water" that makes Olympia Beer so
good,
Olympia Brewing Company
Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.
grtfidtnt and Master Brewer
"GOOD" drinking water may not be good for brewing
Some of the best drinking waters are
not good for brewing because of one or
more of the following defeclst .
Have been chlorinated.
-The Olympia Brewing Company's subter
ranean motor it cotutnntly and exception'
ally pare it never needs to be either
chlorinated or dechlorinated.
Contain certain mineral properties which
are detrimental for brewing.
The Olympia Brewing Company's rare
brewing water Is free from unwanted mu
rata . . yet contain other properties
much desired for brewing.
Vary greatly In "hardness" or "softness.
. . consequently, in solvency.
The Olympia Brewing Company1! truly
exceptional water maintain) constantly at
certain degree of "niMsm hardness"
which Is Ideal for brewing , . . its degree)
of solvency is never tarled by drought.
rains, or, seasons, as are bumI surac
Subject to changes In "taste" doe to the
seasonal growth and decay of vegetation
In most "surface" waters, and to other
seasonal factors.
Tha Olympia Brewing Company suiter
ranean Kaler requires no filtering or purifi
cation because ll Is constant la character,
composition end purity.