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NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,1939 WITH THE MALHEUR COUNTY FARMERS KINGMAN KOLONY 1. The following officers were elected: superintendent, Chas. New Years gatherings in King- Witty; assistant superintenden, Mr. man Kolony were, Mr. and Mrs Francis; treasurer. Dale Teter; sec Walter Pinkston were guests of Mr. retary .Edna Wilson; librarian, Wilma Wilson; assistant secretary, and Mrs. Bruce Pinkston. Rev. and Mrs. Tetwiler were Norma Malt. The teachers were as follows, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thrash Proper Lighting and Feeding Plan primary, Mrs. Teter; junior, Mrs. er. Will Keep Production Up in Cold Weather Mr. and Mrs. Bob Clark were Francis; young people, Bud Boyer hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dut and Bible class, Mr. Francis. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stradley were The coining of cold weather brings ton and family. with it the Inevitable problem of MALHEUR COUNTY GRANGE CALENDAR C. M. Beaumont and Miss May j New Years dinner hosts to Mrs. C. keeping egg production up as the had as guests Mr. and Mrs. Bill' H. Young and Emma, Mr. and Mrs. mercury goes down. That Is largely Toombs and family. Mr. and Mrs. Joe King and Lewis, L. King and BOULEVARD GRANGE a problem of getting enough feed Conrad Martin and Miss Jeanette. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stradley and Frank Sherwood, Master Into the birds, according to C. 8. Mrs. Clarence Elliott was a guest family. Cairo 2nd. and 4th. Thursdays 8:30 P - , Johnson, Manager of the Poultry Miss Evelyn Loveland left for La BIG BEND GRANGE of her cousin Berthel was a guest Department of Purina Mills. H. R. Hatch, Master of her cousin Berthel Caverhill and Grand Normal Tuesday. She has Wade Schoolhouse 1st. and 3rd. Tuesdays 8:00 p. m "Egg production often goes down been spending the holidays with her wife of Adrian. OREGON TRAIL GRANGE during a severe cold snap because John Siam, Master „ . Mr. and Mrs. Wallace and family mother. Mrs. Clifford Kennick. birds don't eat as much feed as they 2nd. and 4th. Wednesday 8:30 p. m. Oregon Trail Schoolhouse wer guests of Mrs. Mary Nichols VALE GRANGE should," Johnson says. “It takes and family. C. E. Charles, Master more feed to maintain heat and 1st. and 3rd. Fridays 8:00 p. m 1. O. O. F. Hall Vale Mr. and Mrs. Frank Newbill had Florida Highways Military Road» energy in the bird's body during OREGON SLOPE GRANGE Many of Florida's highways are as guests Mr. and Mrs. Chas New Jirr. Danielson, Master cold weather and still produce the bill and family and Mrs. Anna descendants of military roads built 1st. and 3rd. Thursdays 8:30 p m. Park Schoolhouse same number of eggs. T hat’s why to aid in protection of settlers from HARPER-WESTFALL GRANGE Glasscock and family. hens must be kept eating if they're raiding Seminoles. Charles Belgarde, Master Mr. and Mrs. Bob Clark and 2nd and 4th. Fridays 8:00 p. m Harper Schoolhouse going to keep on laying. daughter spent New Years evening Ease of construction la only one advantage of the electric hotbed. AROCK GRANGE Man Who Loves Ills Work Hens Need Longer Days Ted Hon, Master in the Dutton home. Jud Tunkins says a man who much less; extra cold frames are nol 2nd. and 4th. Saturdays 8:00 p. m. .................... Arock By IRA MILLER Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dutton and "Short days and long nights call WILD ROSE GRANGE needed for h a rd e n in g plants for Mr. and Mrs. John Auker were loves his work is frequently too will R u r a l E le c trific a tio n B u re a u for special lighting and feeding in ing to be kind and give it a holiday. Arthur Antrim, Master transplanting; it is not necessary to order to get increased feed consump 2nd and 4th. Saturdays 8:00 p. m West of Huntington RUCK gardeners, florists and com use "flats”; less labor is required; and callers in the Chas Wilson home EL DORADO GRANGE tion. Hens in heavy production need Georgia’s Square Miles mercial growers who wish to ‘‘hit’’ they are cheaper to operate unless Thursday evening. Flovd Howard, Master a 13 to 14-hour day to eat enough Mr. and Mrs. Cotton and Mr. and Georgia includes 10,000 more the market when prices are highest the greenhouse is used for other pur 2nd. and 4th. Fridays 9:00 p m. Ironside feed to maintain tlielr egg output,” SNAKE RIVER GRANGE Mrs. Jim Lane and family, Mrs. square miles than does the state of do not have to place their entire de poses. used to furnish bottom heat Lily Bach and Kenneth Bach were New York. Paul Parkinson, Master says Johnson. "At the Purina Ex pendence on nature and n a tu ra l in When 2nd and 4th. Tuesdays 8:00 p. m Annex Schoolhouse propagating benches in green perimental Farm we have found means alone for the early germina houses, electricity has the following guests of Mrs. Mary Nichols Thurs I. O. N. GRANGE that morning lights are more satis Norman MacKemie, Master tion and growth of their seedlings. advantages: Maintenance of constant day evening. 1st. and 3rd. Fridays 8:00 p. m. .......................... Sheaville factory than both morning and eve Instead, more and more each season soil temperature best suited for the Mr. and Mrs. Bill Toombs enter KINGMAN GRANGE ning lights or all-night lights. they are turning to the electrical cuttings b ein g ro o ted ; soil easily tained Friday evening, the guests D. L. Anderson, Master maintained at temperatures higher heating of hotbeds—a method used 2nd. and 4th. Mondays 8:00 p. m Kingman Schoolhouse were Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pinkston. JAMIESON GRANGE in Norway and Sweden for 20 years than the air—a condition conducive Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Parker. Agnes Ray Garrison, Master but which came into prominence in to rooting of cuttings; higher per Wate and Jim Nichols. Chas Wil lst. and 3rd. Wednesdays 8:30 D. m Jamison Schoolhouse this country only about eight years centage of cuttings take root; they MALHEUR COUNTY POMONA GRANGE ago with the development of special root in much shorter time; and no son. Kenneth Bach and Jeanette J. Edwin Johnson, Master danger of overheating. Martin. metallic-sheathed cable. Four times yearly (Places advertised) Full information on the construc Although steam, hot water and hot Kenneth and Don Elliott spent air are used to some extent to heat tion, installation, operation and cost the vacation at the Snively home. hotbeds, manure long has been the of electric hotbeds may be obtained Mrs. Mary Nichols, Agnes Nichols, charge from your state col Visiting specialists this year will common heating medium. However, without WHEAT VARIETIES SMUT, lege or university, or from the manu Jeanette Martin and Mrs. Conrad all of those methods lack some of the be Dr. C. L. Roadhouse, head of the following advantages of electricity: facturers of such equipment. As an Martin were in Boise Monday. DISCUSSED IN FOWL REPORT CORVALLIS — Definite steps to department of dairy industries at Less labor required to construct and indication of the reasonable first cost Misses Agnes Nichols and Jean acquaint millers with the desirable the University of California at operate; temperature automatically of such an installation, it may be ette Martin were in Ontario Tues milling and baking qualities of Davis, and F. S Board of Aukland. controlled w ith in n a rro w limits; pointed out that all the cable and day. controls necessary for four 8' x 3' white federation spring wheat were New Zealand, one of the inventors cheaper, if labor and supervision frames can be purchased for $20 or W. C. T. U. met at the home of costs are included; free from harm of the new vacreation cream past recemmended by the Eastern Ore Mrs. Walter Pinkston Thursday. ful and obnoxious fumes; less danger less. gon Wheat league in adopting the eurizing process. A vacreator ma of soil contamination; beds need not Operating costs vary widely withl The Kingman grange held a New report of the committee on produc chine has been installed in the ex be recharged each time they are used, the type and construction of the hot-, Years eve party at the school house. tion. handling and marketing at the perimental creamery at Oregon only a turn of a switch being neces bed, its insulation and exposure, and The evening was spent playing cards State college and will be demon sary to start each run; plants are pro many other factors. However, when after which a lunch was served by recent convention in The Dalles. outside temperatures average around, Although milling and baking tests strated during the short course and duced in less time; te m p e ra tu re s freezing, it will require from \¥ t to the H. E. ladies. easily changed to force or retard on a large number of white federa convention. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Newbill were plant growth as conditions require; 2Vt kw.-hr. per frame per day to Dr. Roadhouse will specialize in may be used to produce garden truck maintain the bed at 60 degrees. At guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale G arri tion samples show it to have a very the three-cent rate (a lower one often high milling yield, difficulty has lectures and demonstrations on the for out-of-season hom e m ark ets; son at a card party Friday evening. been encountered in obtaining pre production and handling of milk equipment lasts for years; and clean is available), this amounts to from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Toombs, C. M. $1.35 to $2.25 per frame per month, and agreeable to work. mium milling prices comparable to and milk products, emphasizing new with the average over the entire heat Beaumont and Miss Mary Beau For growing truck garden plants, those paid for baart. Tests have est methods for achieving a high electric hotbeds are superior to green ing season approaching the lower mont were in Middleton Monday. shown that white federation is sec degree of sanitation and other re houses because their initial cost is figure. They gave their order to Lay Lee To gat more eggs increase feed ond only to baart in baking quali quirements in the fluid milk field. -ind uJ0t|3a[ pio sipa* xis 00S Joj consumption by scattering Layena ties, the report stated. lets. INCREASE IN HOG GROWING Checkers over laying math. figure. White federation has been sown STATE HERDS INVITED TO The first meeting of the new year SEEN IN OREGON’S FUTURE The big deficit in hogs is in Cali "Having provided adequate light on substantially increased acreages WORLD FAIR DAIRY SHOW CORVALLIS — A reasonable in fornia. which would mean th at ex for the H. club of Kingman CORVALLIS—Oregon dairy pro ing and sufficient eating time for recently and has shown high yield crease in hog numbers on Oregon cess production in the northwest grange was held Tuesday at the the birds the next move is to step ing ability. The committee also re ducers will have opportunity to farms is justified under present home of Mrs. K. I. Peterson. up their incentive to eat. For this ported that Rex wheat, which was make up state herd of eight ani conditions, stated H. A. Lindgren, would find its major outlet there. Mrs. Jim Lane's Sunday school The Los Angeles hog prices have in we recommend Layena checkers, bred and Introduced through the mals for each breed to compete in extension livestock specialist at class had a party at the home of recent years averaged about 34c the international dairy show at the More branch evperiment station, morning and evening on top of the Nadine Nichols Friday afternoon. Oregon State college in a recent regular mash feed. Layena check continues to give favorable yields Treasure Island Golden Gate ex- analysis of hog production in the more than Portland prices, al Miss Agnes Nichols returned to though the freight from Oregon j position October 21 to 30, 1939, ac ers are laying mash pressed into over a wide area. The committee her school Sunday evening. points would be somewhat higher cording to premium lists and rules west, given over KOAC grain-like pellets that are easy to said that it shoud be used on much Miss Marie Wallace was a guest In the past Oregon farmers have than to Portland. of tile acreage now devoted to fed received by Roger W. Morse, exten- feed. of Mrs. Bruce Pinkston Monday. Contrary to previous belief, it is eration. albit, hybrid 128 and forty sion dairyman at Oregon State col- | limited their hog production to ap- A number of Kingman ladies at Keep Mash Hoppers Filled proximately the numbers needed to known that wheat is Just as desir tended the bridal shower given for fold. Of the spring wheat varieties, lege. "The correct procedure is to keep white federation, baart and hard Rules require that the state herd consume farm waste, such as skim able for fattening livestock as corn Mrs. McPortland at the Robert the hoppers filled with masli all day, federation No. 31 have given the must be owned by at least three j milk, cull fruits and vegetables on or barley, when properly used, says Overstreet home Honday afternoon. For Sale at then mornings and evenings stir the best yields. breeders. For Holsteins, Guernseys general farms, or in gleaning stub- Lindgren. OSC experiments have mash well and scatter on top of it and Jerseys, there will be $1500 in ble fields in wheat areas. This pol- shown that it requires in the neigh Layena checkers. This activity at LOWER BEND prize money per breed, while for icy tended to maintain a favorable borhood of 420 pounds of grain to TWO SPECIALISTS COMING the hoppers, caused by the mash FOR DARY SHORT COURSE Ayreshire and Brown Swiss $750 will price differential between Portland produce 100 pounds of pork, where stirring and checker feeding process Mrs. Chas Purdy and Chet Purdy grain alone is used. Skim milk or The annual two weeks dairy pro be divided among the entries for and Chicago markets. attracts the hens and makes them good alfalfa pasture during the fat were afternoon guests at the Harry each breed. ducts short course at Oregon State In recent years, however, the sit eat more feed. tening period make possible a con Russell home Monday. Each state in the United States "Birds in heavy production should college will be held Feburary 13 to and each province in Canada will uation has changed both as regards siderable reduction in the feed grain Several from this district attend this price differential and the also have a feeding of Layena 25 this year, which dates include ed the baptismal servies in Caldwell used. be restricted to one herd of any the annual convention of the Ore availability of low priced feed checkers at noon." gon Dairy Manufacturer's associa one breed. Details may be obtained grain. Seven of the 11 western states Wheat at the present time is con Sunday. Ralph Lowe of Nyssa spent from Phone 26 tion, to be held February 21 to 23, through Morse or breed associa produce fewer hogs than they con siderably lower than the average Nyssa the Bargain Center. tions. Inclusive. sume, the deficit for the entire area price of com on which middle west Friday to Monday of last week at the Harry Russell home. Dates of the annual convention amounting to about three million ern farmers have been able to show Election of officers was held of of the Oregon Dairymen's associa- head a year. It is interesting to a profit in hog production. The rap tion have also been announced ns note, he points out. that if the av- id increase in alfalfa acreage in the the Union Sunday school. January February 2 and 3 in Eugene. De erage wheat surplus in the Pacific Willamette valley affords additional tails of the program will be an northwest, amounting to about 40 inducement for growers in that nounced soon, says George Fullen- million bushels a year were all fed area to give hog production more I wider, Carlton, association presi to hogs, tt would increase the pro dent. duction by approximately this CORVALLIS—Recent changes in the administrative setup of the ag ricultural adjustment administra Arrangements may be made at the office of the tion have put two farmers, one of them from Oregon, in charge of the City Recorder to pay Irrigation water charges western division of the A.A.A. in monthly Installments C. C. Conser of Montana has just been promoted to director of the I M. F. SOLOMON, western division succeeding George City Recorder E. Farrell. Since Parrel's transfer Costs no more than to another division of the depart-1 ordinary G a 1 v a nized ment of agriculture. Censer has wire. been acting director. N. E. Dodd of Haines. Ore., is the new assistant We have a complete director, filling the place formerly selection of occupied by Conser. Conser. before entering A.A.A. work in 1933. had been a farmer In I eastern Montana for 23 years. He Is particularly familiar with the wheat grower's problems and has been In Oregon a number of times to confer BAKBED WIRE and MESH with leaders here on the wheat program. Dodd, who owns and operates a stock farm in Baker county, has al so been active in the A.A.A. pro “We give satisfaction with every transaction’ gram in this state since 1933. when he was on the Baker county com- A Coal for Every Purpose- Stove or Stoker mittee for both the wheat and corn- hog programs which started that For Immediate Delivery year When Oregon had difficulty Phone 26 in adjusting Its hog quota. Dodd took an active part In the contro ( ) versy and was finally placed on a state board of review which suc Phone 110 ceeded in bringing about an agree SEED—GRAIN—FEED Southwest of “Y” Nyssa ment WINTER EGG SLUMP CAN BE AVOIDED, AUTHORITY SAYS P »* -- vrr - * - * * * • '■ / u :S « K ■ ; ____ ' Soil Heating With Electricity Is Both Profitable and Simple • "fmamâÊÊÊÊ T Al Thompson & Son IRRIGATION W ATER USERS G ALVAN EALED FENCING KEYSTONE “ Red Brand” FFNCES More HE A T per Ion AL THOMPSON 6- SON STUNZ LUMBER CO. 13 24 LUM BER COMPANY