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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1943)
Weekly Page of Farm News juni i7,rirt. PAGE EIGHT ROLLBACK NO T TO CUT FARM BUTTER PRICE .Lower prices to Oregon dairy' men will not result from OPA's recent order for a roll-back of retail butter prices, according to information received from the war food administration by R. B Taylor, chairman of Oregon's USDA war board. '.'Asking dairymen to. maintain the-present high milk output as long as possible, tne war 100a administration has given assur ance. tnat tne department 01 agn culture's pledge to support wholesale butter prices at. 46 cents a pound, Chicago basis, will' be carried through until at - least. June 30, 1944, Taylor re ported. After that time, the price will be supported at a level of at least SO per cent of parity until two years after the end of the war. , -The 10 per cent reduction in retail prices ordered by OPA as of June 10, will be made up to creameries by a subsidy pay ment of 5 cents a pound for all butter produced, Taylor ex plained.' Thus, buyers of butter- fat will be expected to continue to pay going prices to farmers. Provision is being made to in sure the subsidy reaching pro ducers, Taylor has been in formed. The reconstruction fi nance corporation, which is fi nancing the subsidy, expects to require certification that the creamery has not reduced the price to farmers. The subsidy will be paid by RFC s defense supplies corpora tion to all butter manufacturers whose monthly production ex ceeds 1000 pounds. The payment Will be 5 cents a pound on all butter produced during the month, with no variations for dif ferences in score or grades. FREE SHEETS HELP in p All Oregon coiuity agents now have a supply or sample sheets from the new Oregon cash farm record book, which they will dis tribute free to anyone wanting to try out farm record keeping before starting a regular book. "A lot of farmers have never kept accounts and have contin ually put" off starting, because they fear" the task will be too much for them," says D. Curtis Mumford, Aead of the farm man agement department at OSC, where the books- and the sheets jvere prepared. "If these folks will try it out on one of these sample sheets we feel sure they will find it is easy to do and that they will want to keep it up. The sample sheets, now avail able free, are reprints from the book and provide space for keep ing a record of one month's re ceipts and expenditures. The new book, while not as complete as the old, will provide adequate records for making out income tax returns on the cash basis, SHIPBUILDING COUPLES Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kale and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Plk Sh. Simmons (L to r.) help weld destroyer escort ship at the Federal shipyard. Port Newark, N. J. .' Store or Can Surplus Crops to Get Full Value From Your Victory Garden Four-H News VICTORY VEGETABLE - GROWERS , Victory . Vegetable Growers met at the home of Joan LaSalle, after discussing our gardens and giving reports on how they were progressing Mrs. Hayes helped us on plans for a hike and pic nic. All the members are asked to meet at the courthouse July 16 at 10 a. m. The lunch is pot luck. Our next meeting is June 25 at Joanne Briscoe's, 3512 Crest street at 2:30 p. m. Joan LaSalle, news reporter. WE CAN DO IT CLUB Tuesday, June 15, 1943 the We Can Do It, Victory Garden club met at Ted Thorn's at 2 p. m. , Five members were there. The only officer that was present was the news report er. One from the rlnh wont tn Corvallis for 4-H summer school. Preparod by tha U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture for MEA Service Getting the most out of the Victory garden means not only getting the best possible yields and a continuous supply of veg etables but also using them in such a way as to get the full nutritional value of both fresh and preserved products. To save the food value of fresh vegetables and get the most of the vitamins and min erals, proper care and cooking are necessary. If vegetables must be held they should be kept cold and covered, but not soaking in water. Vegetables should be served raw when pos sible. Otherwise, they should be cooked rapidly and only until tender. The common way of cooking vegetables is boiling. The cor rect way of boiling is to drop the vegetable in a small amount of rapidly boiling, slightly salt ed water and boil until just ten der. Soda should not be added. The cooking water should be served on the vegetable or in a soup or sauce. Boil green and strong-flavored vegetables in an open kettle, others in a covered kettle. Steaming and baking are suitable methods of cooking all but green and strong-flavored vegetables. Cooking in the new pressure saucepan conserves most of the food values. -LIMIT WAR CANNING For later use, garden pro ducts may be preserved by can ning, drying, freezing, brining, pickling and storing. Present in formation indicates there will be an adequate supply of cans, jars and sealers for the needs of home gardeners. However, in view of the wartime short ages of tin and rubber, canning. may be limited wisely to those garden products that cannot be preserved successfully by other methods. TOMATOES ARE EASY Tomatoes, green peas, aspara gus, green beans, lima beans. corn and fruits are favorites for canning. Fruits and tomatoes are the easiest to handle because they require no higher tempera ture than boiling for safe keep ing. These products may be packed hot in jars and then pro cessed in a boiling water bath or steamer, or they may be canned directly from an open kettle, Almost all vegetables except tomatoes must be processed un der steam pressure in order to get the high temperature neces sary for safety. Gardeners who do not have the use of a steam pressure canner will be wise to preserve all vegetables except to matoes by some method other than canning. Storing is the cheapest and easiest way to keep many veg etables. Many of the root vegetables and onions, pumpkins, and winter squash hold their flavor better when stored than when preserved in any other way. Others that may be kept by storing include beets, late cab bage, carrots, late celery, pars nips, potatoes and sweet pota toes, rutabagas, turnips, winter radishes. Crops that need cool, moist storage include cabbage, carrots, beets, parsnips, salsify, turnips, rutabagas, winter radishes and celery. Potatoes keep best at a temperature between 40 and 50 degrees F.; sweet potatoes be tween 55 and 60 degrees. Squash DRAFTING OF IDLE this was Dorothy Peugh. She gave a report on the trip. uorotny Peugh, news reporter. Authority to requisition all idle farm machinery given this week to county USDA war boards will be used in Oregon as a last-resort method of get ting every available piece of equipment Into the Food-for- Freedom production battle, ac cording to Robert B. Taylor, chairman of the state USDA war board. War boards, acting for the War Food administration, will requisition idle machinery only after determining that its own ers are not in the armed forces and have refused to negotiate with farmers who need the equipment, Taylor said. In ad dition to all types of produc- 1 1 o n machinery, equipment needed to transport farm pro duce to market, such as trucks, trailers and wagons, are subject to requisitioning. Any "loafing machinery that is requisitioned will be sold at the ceiling price or a fair ap praisal value, to buyers who need it to meet 1943 food pro duction goals. . Oregon farmers are generally sharing their machinery and equipment as much as possible, Taylor believes. Requisitioning is provided to take care of spe cial cases where machinery is not being used, such as that left in storage by Japanese farmers now in relocation centers. Mopes to Quit As Milk Chief SALEM, June 17 W) State Milk Administrator J. H. Mapes win resign July 1 to accept a position with a Seattle dairy. Director of Agriculture E. L. Peterson said Mapes' successor would not be appointed for some time. The department of agri culture took over the milk con trol board's functions June 9. and Mapes was taken into the department. and pumpkins need warm and moderately dry storage; onions and dried beans, cool and dry storage. Turnips should not bo placed in the basement as they give off odors that penetrate through the house. Freezing and storage at freez ing temperature is the newest method of preserving home gar den products. Packaged frozen vegetables and fruit can be held either in the lockers of refrig erated warehouses or in special cabinets for home freezing and storing. HOME DRYING METHODS Home drying is important especially in wartime because it requires neither sugar nor met als, rubber and other scarce ma terials. Vegetables commonly dried are sweet corn, shelled mature beans and peas, peppers and okra. Other vegetables added to the list in recent years include beets, leafy green vee- etables, green, peas, snap beans, pumpKins and squash. Sweet potatoes should be dried only in tnose parts of the country where they cannot be stored. Beet tops, kale, dandelion greens, mustard greens, and turnip greens are at their best when fresh. They should be dried only in regions wnere winter gardens are not feasible. Information on canning, stor ing, and other types of vegeta ble preservation may be obtained from publications of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and State Agricultural College and from food specialists. The fol lowing are available from the U. S. Department of Agriculture: 'Green Vegetables in Low Cost Meals." "Root Vegetables." "Potatoes in Low Cost Meals." "Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables." Home Storage of Vegetables." "Homemade Pickles and Rel ishes." Making Ferment Pickles." Lonergon Runs For Lodge Post SALEM, June 17 MP) Secre tary of State Robert S. Farrell , Jr., will leave July 7 for Boston, Mass., to attend the annual Na-I tional Elks convention. He will represent the Portland lodge. Farrell said the Oregon delega tion would support Frank Loner- gan, Portland attorney and for mer speaker of the state house of representatives, for grand exalt ed ruler. mnsm DELICIOUS . FROZEN i DESSERTS mm -LET. State Farm Int.. Co. Prolan Your PritlLg. ts Brlra J. I. Beard, Agent ion Main 1 CANADA DRY WATER IT! "PINPOINT CAmoNMION" USUI P.S. Iti pedal formula mains any drink taita batter. Melting let can't kill sparkle in Safe drinks mads with ffl W 1 fS2S NEW FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1 Tractor Drawn "New Idea" Manure Spreader. 1 Horse Drawn "New Idea" Ma nure Spreader. 2 Side Delivery "New Idea" Rakes. 2 14-in. Ferguson Plows, for Ford Tractor. 2 Ferguson Mowers, for Ford . Tractor. BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Main and Esplanade GRAIN SPUDS ID PEAS GET WEATHER HELP PORTLAND. Juna 17 IJPi Weather conditions for the week ending Tuesday were generally favorable for the development of smau grains, potatoes and peas, the weather bureau's weekly weather-crop bulletin reported today. There were some warm days but most of the week was cool. with considerable cloudiness and occasional light to moderate rain. Winter wheat is headed in most areas and in bloom in some localities. Some early spring wneai is neaaed. The weather has been mostly too cool for corn. Haying made good progress but was delayed temporarily by rain in some sections. Pastures are mostly good. Strawberry picking progressed with only siisnt aelav Irom rain., Althoimh quality improved somewhat, yield is light. A few early cher ries are in market. Walnuts are setting well in most localities. A few new po tatoes have been marketed and early Deas are belns Thinning of suear hnt l n. ly complete. Fiber flax is bloom ing. Most garden and truck crops need warmer weather, Oregon Man at Head of AAA An Oregon farmer has ad vanced through the national farm program's farmer commit teeman system to occupy one of the top posts in the depart ment of agriculture's war-time production organization. N. E. Dodd, better known to his Baker county neighbors as Ed, this week was appointed by War Food Administrator Chest er Davis1 as national chief of the Agricultural Adjustment agency. Dodd, who still operates his larm near Haines, was elected chairman of the Baker county Corn-Hog committee when the farm program was being organ ized in the early '30s. He subse quently became chairman of the state AAA committee, and then director of AAA's western region. Weekly Market Trends (Mltor'i Nottt Th following murtttl In foriiullon It .upplLiI Irom ULtPrlnl till t.lnnl nvrr th. tnmmnent Ir.iftl wire In tlio ofllc. ot th. ntcitthtn rwinnmt.l t Or.run Slut, roll.if. Th. nutfMnl, In lit. form of a wfrkly tuntntiry or tr.ml. In Iho llvwtort mirWI, U nil Int.mlnl to rtjtl.c. pol dr bl da, uari.t riurU.) CATTLE MARKETS Livestock prices have declin ed sharply recently as buyers attempted to got their costs ad Justed to normal relationship with ceiling prices permitted on meat. Basically the market sit uation was one of firmness a marketings have been light ami the demand strong. Recent sessions in the cattle division at North Portland have been described as uneven, uncer tain, and rather quiet. A few buyers have shown continued In terest la the better grades, but for the most part they are tak ing only enough to satisfy urgent needs and are waiting for lower costs before making volume purchases. Offerings Monday totaled only 200 head with sales slow and uneven. A few good fed steers made $19 to $18. SHEEP AND LAMB MARKETS Offerings of lambs totaling 2000 head at North Portland Monday met shamly lower bid. ding with most bids below $14 tor spring iambs. A few com mon old crop lambs went at $8 to $9 and most bids on ntlmr classes wore 00 cents under last week's close. HOQ MARKETS The hog market showed a lit. tie strength at the close of last wecK and on Monday. June 14. at North Portland was reported steady at a top of $14.50. The saleable supply for that day was 3000 head. WOOL MARKETS The War Food administratis has announced, throuffh an amendment to Food Distribution order No. 80. that producers and poois or producers anywhere In the Unites States mav now !! shorn wool direct to mills,-Instead of being limited to the Commodity Credit rornnra linn as the only purchaser. During the week ending June , appraising of wool far nun chase by the CCC was actively under way, Most lota appraised worn orlglnnl bug lots from Utah, Colorado and Nevada with an occasional lot from Texas, Wyoming and Oregon, Moat of the wools arriving at Boston from the west are reported from two to throo per cent heavier In shrinkage compared to laat year, thua bringing prices 3 to 4 cents in the grease lower than tha prices paid In 1042. Territory wools were ap praised at the following grease price range; thirty-eight cents for Oregon, 371 to 43 1 cents for Utah's; 411 to 44 cents for NiivucIuh; and 42 to 41)1 cents for Wyoming. Mohair for futura dollvery at Boston sold at $1.08 to $1,10 for 3fi"i. THE HUNTER PORTLAND, W William Hately, Jr., head of the local of fices ,of tho U. 8. aecret service, arrived In January and alnce has tracked down several counter feiters and other wrongdoers. Only yeatrrday, though, did he succeed In tracking down a va cant lion no In which to live. If It's a "frozen" need, advortlsd for In tha classified. article you a used ons My family insists on a second helping of the Spoonful of Fitness ... that's fun to eat! 4 out of 5 said "mor)"l That's what happened when thousandsof folks.likeyoursclf, were asked to try Shreddlesi Really criip and tanderl Shreddies is always the right crijpneu, the most tempting; tenderness! It's dellclouilv - fUvor-mtUoutd! GET OOINO RIGHT, IAT SHREDOIESI Here's the whoto wheat energy you need these days. It's yours in this cereal mrU from whole wheat I NATIONAL MKUIT COMPANY J L H (US. MUM Uf&jM MHtW 12, BUSINESS. NO PLEASURE OAKLAND. Calif.. (P If. strictly business, sighs Sailor Victor Hanson as he glances eag erly at tne ankles of each pass ing gin. He told Dolice h had nlav. fully fastened his wristwatch on ma gin s ankle then forgot to remove it, and hasn't seen her since. I Let's Go DANCING THIS SAT. NITE At the ARMORY BALDY'S BAND Regular Admission Price W1A Ll V II 1 marrrnr WGMD BUDGET YOUR POINTS WITH THESE VALUES Raisins 4 Lb. Pk,. Prunes 9Lb. c.Uo B.a . Okra 59c 43c 17 c 33c TruPak, No. 2 Can .. Glass Tumbler :, c.rton .......... . Miracle Whip rlat j.r ........ 27c Parkay Margarine ... .... 2Lb..49c Milk Borden's Tall Tin ... 4 Cans 39c I Kerr Jars ;u.. n. 87c Compl.t In Jar Rings and Lids. Mason Lids 3p 29c They're Enameled for Food Preservation. Economy Lids Pk9, 19c CERTO PECTIN, 8-os. bottle Z1...1..3 for 45c M.P.C. PECTIN 3 pkg,. 23, COFFEE LIDS 3 do. 29c Use Your Colfta Jars for Fruit JAR RUBBERS, Reg. siie Pkfl. 4e Snowdrift . IS Points 3Lb..68c Wesson Oil 10 Points Quarts 53c ApriCOtS Tor canning 24-Lb. Lug $2.98 LettUCe Rogue River. Large Heads 2 or 25C TumipS Local, Young and Tender ..... Bunch 5C Watermelons Lb. 5V2C Beets Hogu niver 2Bu.19c Cabbage RogU. Rw.r Lb. 8c TomatOeS Fm, f0r Slicing, Med. Sise .. Lb. 19C Oranges sunkin, Juic. si 2D01. 59c iT. Hams M or Whole Lb. 40c ptT. Pork Roast Ltin 8houid.r . Lb. 34c pS. Pork Chops ... Lb. 39c Pt. Lunch Meats Al,ttd Lb. 39c Pi Beef Roast KK B.., Lb. 31c Sirloin Steak Lb 39c &,Rib Steaks .... Lb. 39c POINT-FREE FOODS Macaroni. O-Se-Good, 2M-lb. pkg Skippy Peanut Butler, Mb. Jar Jane Good. Peanut Butter, 2-lb. ar Albar's Pancake Flour, 8.9-lb. bag K.llogg's Corn Flakes, giant pkg. ,. Cr.am of Wheal, large pkg Wh.aties, pkg Shredded Wheat, pkg. Purex Bleach, H gal. Whit. Rosa Blaach, H gal. Oxydol, larg. pkg. Ivory Soap, m.dlum bar Dus, larg. pkg Butt.r, Grad. A. lb. Flour, Drifted Snow, 24M-lb. bag Flour, Swansdown, 2M-lb. bag 24 39tS 58 58 13 22 ....... 11 11 24 23 23 6 23 80 ... S1.15 $1.15 GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR FOOD POINTS Points (14) Lan. County B.ans, No. 2 lln '. (13) Royal Club Tomatoes, tall tin (14) Del Mont. Cream Corn, No. 2 tin (14) Diamond A Corn, No. 2 tin (U) Meco Peas, No. 2 tin (16) Llbby's P.as, No. 2 tin """ .. 15 .. 11 .. 15 .. 14 .. 13 .. 15
