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N Y S S A G ATE C IT Y JOURNAL, TH U R SD AY, JUNE ¿9, 1939 WITH THE MALHEUR COUNTY FARMERS POULTRY * WfM — And Us Care (Editor's Note: We are in debted to the local Purina Mills dealer, Al Thompson and Son for the following articles.) RANGE P A R A L Y S IS -L E U K E M IA There is a great deal yet to be learned about range paralysis and leukemia (leucosis, leucemia, lym phomatosis, etc.) Researchers do not agree entirely with each other in their findings. Some say range paralysis is but one symptom of leukemia—others say they are two entirely different diseases. Because both are thought to be caused by filterable viruses (possibly the same virus) and because the same pre vention and control measures are suggested for each, we give them to gether. In both, birds 3-18 months are the victims. Symptcms of Range Paralysis T h e first signs of range paralysis are usually lameness and a ten dency for the wings to droop. The lameness becomes more pronounced as the disease progresses and fin ally the bird lies on its side in a characteristic posture in which the legs are stretched out away from the body. One leg usually extends forward and the other backward and the affected chickens can move about only with great difficulty. The birds usually eat well but are unable to get to the feed hopper or water fountain. Frequently there is a severe con dition of enteritis or inflammation in the intestinal tract. The dorp- pings are yellowish brown and foamy. The birds soon go light and may develop “ gray eye" or “ white eye." The nerves of the legs are usually swollen or enlarged. Symptoms of Leukemia Among the symptoms which may appear in affected birds from the same flock are paleness, yellowing (jaundice) of the comb and wattles, dullness, unthriftiness, weakness, emaciation, impaired appetite, diarr hea. lameness, loss of balance, wry neck, paralysis and discoloration of iris of the eye with or without I Mildness and distortion of the pu pil. Ordinarily not all the symptoms listed above occur in nny one flock harboring leucemia while some of these symptoms may develop as a result of other diseases." Leg Weakness or So-Called Paralysis Many times leg weakness due to chronic coccidlosis, heavy infesta tions with round-worms or tape worms, severe enteritis or poultry nutrition is confused with true range paralysis. Obviously treat ments which will remove the cause of weakened condition will bring the bird back onto its feet and help to restore normal health. When people speak of curing paralyisis, they are in all probability referring to leg weakness rather than that due to a disease of the never tissue. As al ready indicated the treatment of roundworms and tapeworms infes tations respectively will tend to cor rect leg weakness due to this cause. A fter such treatment or in any case where the birds are not in good physical condition and are not eat ing well, the use of a tonic is recom mended. Preventative Measures The best methods of prevention j center around developing vigorous stock through good feeding and careful management with emphasis on strict sanitation. Specifically follow this program: 1. Buy only vigorous chicks from reliable hatcheries. (Chicks from three and four years old breeders are more resistant than chicks from pullet breeders.) 2. Clean brooder and range houses often and disinfect thoroughly with Purina Cre-so-fec solution. Try to prevent coccidiosis trouble. 3. Feed a good starting and grow ing feed to developy sturdy chick. 4. Watch for signs of worms. I f they appear start the treatment for either round or tape worms as the case calls for. 5. Give birds plenty of fresh, green range. (Birds strictly confine ment reared generally show more susceptibility to both range par alysis and leukemia.) In the Realm of the H O N E Y BEE By L. G. K LIN K E N B E R G State Deputy Bee Inspector MAL.HEUR COUNTY GRANGE CALENDAR BOULEVARD GRANGE John Lienhard, Master 2nd. and 4th. Thursdays 8:30 p. m................... B IG BEND GRANGE II. R. Hatch, Master 1st. and 3rd. Tuesdays 8:00 p. m .......................... Wade Schoolhouse OREGON T R A IL GRANGE William DeGrofft, Master 2nd. and 4th. Tuesdays 8:30 p. m........ Oregon Trail Schoolhouse VALE GRANG E Herb Purvis, Master 1st. and 3rd Fridays 8:30 p. m.............................. I. O. O. F. Hall OREGON SLOPE GRANGE Lee Sonner, Master 1st. and 3rd. Thursdays 8:00 p. m ...................... Park Schoolhouse H AR PE R -W E STFALL GRANGE Earl Flock, Master 2nd. and 4th. Fridays 8:15 p. m..... ................ Harper Schoolhouse ARO C K GRANGE Ted Hon, Master 2nd. and 4th. Saturdays 8:00 p. m ........................ -............... Arock W ILD ROSE GRANGE Edward Fountain, Master 2nd. and 4th. Saturdays 8:00 p. m ............... Mt. View Schoolhouse EL DORADO GRANG E Floyd Howard, Master 2nd. and 4th. Fridays 9:00 p. m...................... ..... .......... Ironside SNAKE R IV E R GRANGE Lee Webb, Master 2nd. and 4th. Tuesdays 8:00 p. m ..................... Annex Schoolhouse- I. O. N. GRANGE Charles Falen, Master 1st. and 3rd. Fridays 8:00 p. m...............................Cow Creek Hall K IN G M A N GRANGE Dale Ashcraft, Master 2nd. and 4th. Mondays 8:30 p. m....... ....... Kingman Schoolhouse W ILLO W CREEK GRANGE P. M. Stoutenburg, Master 2nd. and 4th. Fridays 8:00 p. m............W illow Creek Schoolhouse JAMIESON GRANGE Ray Garrison, Master 1st. and 3rd. Wednesdays 8:00 p. m............ Jamieson Community M ALHEUR C O U N TY POM ONA GRANGE J. Edwin Johnson, Master Four times yearly .............................................. (Places advertised) BOULEVARD GRANGE By Mrs. C liff Jordan Boulevard grange met in regular session Thursday night at 8:30 p. m. with Art Conner acting as mas ter in the absence of John Lienhard who was attending state grange. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wicklander were present and gave a short talk. Mr. Wicklander gave an interesting speech about State grange and oth er grange problems. C. G. Pattison was also present and gave a very Interesting talk. Vlema Koebaba gave a report on her trip to Corvallis where she was a delegate from Boulevard grange. Mr. Wicklander talked to the Y. G. A. members about their organ ization and the drill team. The degree team is still busy practicing and are taking third and Monday Callers— fourth degrees. Rev. Cecil Hannan, of LaGrande, Frank Sherwood, Tom Amidon, was a caller at the Rev. White home and Verdo Harris attended the pre Monday evening. sentation o f the traveling gavel at Brogan Friday night when the El dorado grange took It to Brogan. Mr. and Mrs. John Lienhard re turned from Corvallis where they attended State Grange, Saturday. 4-H C AN N IN G CLUB By Bernice Whipple Mrs. Virgil McKee, leader of the W e Can Club, entertained the club June 20, with seven members and two visitors present. After roll call we discussed the advantages and disadvantages of fruit jars. We also talked on means to raise funds for 4-H benefit. Winona Henderson gave a very interesting account of her trip to Corvallis. The next meeting will be held July 7 at tlie home of Bernice and Bonnie Whipple. After the meeting a dainty lunch was served by Mrs. M cKee assisted by Mary and Ellen McKee. Ladies Dress Shoes Resoled Without Nails Newly Installed Modern Equipment en ables us to resole and repair the finest of Ladies Shoes without nails! AH Work Guaranteed Men’s Dress Shoe Repairing Done the same way i ABBOTT’S SHOE SHOP Next to Nyssa Cafe rT H E Y J U S T A l N T L A Y IN 'L IK E , O U G HTAl PEACH GROWERS SEEK MARKET AID I ------ Feed your grain in an APPROVED PURINA FORMULA and See The Difference! Your grain plus Purina Chowder plus our approved Purina Custom Mixing Service will assure you of a correctly balanced LAYING RATION that will increase your flocks egg production. Approved Purina Mixing Station — ----------- • OREGON T R A IL BEEF CLUB The Oregon Trail Beef club met June 21, at the Thomason home with all members present, except the leader, Frank Parr. Each member checked their rec ord books. An open discuslson was held on the general feeding and manage ment of the calf. A meeting was held at the Neln home June 28. ------------------ AL THOMPSON 6- SON COAL— GRAIN— FEED Phone 26 w.v.ww-v. EUGENE — Leading Lane county peach growers decided to join oth ers in the state In requesting the state department of agriculture to establish a state marketing agree ment for peaches. The matter was discussed at a meeting called by County Agent Fletcher at the re quest of Morton Thompkins, chair man of the state grange agricultural committee. FARM ALLOTMENTS FOR 1940 WHEAT TO GO OUT SOON C O R V A LLIS—Wheat growers ol Oregon will receive notification of allotments for 1940 within a very short time. It appeared this week with announcement from the state A A A office at OSC that county al lotments have been sent out. Oregon's wheat allotment for 1940 is 851,458 acres, an increase of 10 per cent over 1939. This Increase La being carried out In the county al lotment, and will be reflected In al lotments given Individual farms Farmers are under no compulsion to comply with wheat allotments set for their farms, since the pro gram is entirely voluntary. It Is pointed out by W ill Steen of Milton, chairman of the state agricultural conservation committee County conservation committees are now receiving Instruction from state A A A office representatives In methods to be used In apportioning 1940 county allotments to Individual are being held In all of the wheat growing counties. Oregon wheat growers who par ticipated in thel939 program have already received close to one m il lion dollars in parity payments, a summary at the state office shows. Such price adjustment payments are being made to all farmers who held their wheat acreage within their allotments. The latest summary showed $973,- 276 paid on 2227 applications. It is estimated that the total of such payments this year will amount to about $1,400,000. PRICE LEVEL ON FARM PRODUCTION SIMILAR TO 1938 C O RVALLIS — With the general farm price level steady to firm at about the same average level as a year ago the farm costs generally slightly lower, the principal d iffer ence in the current agricultural sit uation compared with last year Is In crop prospects, according to In formation contained in the latest monthly review of economic condi tions as they pertain to agriculture just released by the agricultural ex tension service at OSC. The Oregon index of the general level of farm prices and the United States index both stood at 64 per cent of the 1926-1930 average as of May 15, according to data given in the extension service report. Com pared with a year previous, the Ore gon index was up two points, while the United States index was down one. The report, which is available from county agricultural agents, contains several tables o f data on farm prices, costs and demand fac tors, and other current and com parative information. IN TR O D U C TIO N OF A QUEEN When a hive is found in the spring that is queenless It is the best policy to double It with a col ony with a good queen. Now this eliminates a colony of bees and after a few years a person would be out of the bee business but later when it is warm enough to have queens hatch an increase by divis ion can be made. I f a bee man raises his own queens he can put ripe cells in the new hive with the brood and bees have been transferred from another strong hive. In this manner the young queen is accept ed without trouble if the following things are right first, brood must be away from the parent hive at least 48 hours and second, if there is no nector coming in the new colony must be fed so the bees will be in a docile mood. The anxiety is not over however as the weather is a factor in the process of queens mat ing and she may be lost in that way. I f this happens the bee man must start all over again. Notice, that when a cell is ripe it is at a certain stage that It will not injure the young queen. I have caused several to lose their wings while still In the cell and they are useless. When a person sends for queens in the mail and wants to have a safe introduction there are instruc tions for placing them in the colony on the cage, this method allows the queen to be in the hive three or four days before she is released. This gives the queen a chance to be Introduced to the bees. I have found is successful to just give the colony that is to be requeened a good smoking, enough to cause them to ‘run’ then release the queen and allow her to enter the hive. By the time they are quieted down the introduced queen has begun to lay or has become acquainted enough to the bees will accept her. Remember that the colony to be requeened should be without a queen for 48 hours. Another way Is when the bee man wants to requeen he can make a division from a hive and when the queen Is laying place the new queen on the old hive with a piece of paper between and let them knaw through. In no case Is It advisable to Introduce a ‘virgin’ (a queen that has not yet layed) into a hive because it Is 999% chance of a lost queeen. When queens are put in a hive do not open for four or five days this gives the bees a chance to get over their nervousness. I have been too inquisitive and have had several queens killed by looking in the hive too soon. STOCK AND GRAIN MARKETS _ _ _ . 4 » (Editor's Note: The following market Information Is supplied from material obtained over the Government leased market wire In the office of the extension economist at Oregon state college, The material Is in the form of a weekly summary of trends In the livestock market and Is not intended to replace spot day by day market reports.) Cattle Markets Cattle prices showed some recov ery on the north Portland market on Monday after a week of un steady conditions. Following the re ceipt of a salable supply of 2000 head of cattle, grain fed steers were steady to strong at $9 and $9.35. Grass-fat steers moved more slowly with a top price of $8.35. San Francisco prices showed a top of $9 for fed steers, while in Chicago choice to prime heavy steers brought a top of $11.10. Eastern cattle marketings have been heavy this spring with a large proportion of well finished grain- fed steers offered in recent weeks. Because of this the trend of prices of heavy steers has been downward to a greater extent than with the lighter kind. Sheep and Lamb Markets Sheep and lamb supplies were normal or better on Monday, with 2700 head on hand. of.w h ich 2100 were available for marketing. The best trucked-in spring lambs moved mostly at $8. with a few at $8.15. Those prices are about the same as those o f the past week. A few decks of Willamette valley lambs moved to San Francisco on direct buying last week and some contracting was reported. A greater proportion of the California supply, however, is still coming from pas ture lands in the north coast coun try. Shorn lambs are selling o ff clover pastures on a basis of $8.25 to $8.50, with some as high as $9 de livered at San Franclco. Very little contracting has been reported from the lntermountaln district although one sizable string of lambs in Nevada sold at $7 a hundred. Hog Markets A moderate supply o f about 1750 salable head of hogs were reported in North Portland Monday with trading fairly active. Carload lots moved at mostly $7.85. prices being generally around 25c higher than last week’s close. Warmer weather In the large con suming centers of the east early In June resulted In sluggish demand for meat generally, with greatest declines on pork. Since the Pacific coast is dependent on the east for some of Its pork supply, such changes are quickly reflected here. Market supplies of hogs have been quite heavy since the fall crop be gan to move. The large spring crop suggests continued liberal market ings. Wool Markets Business was limited on the Bos ton wool market during the past week as lack of demand occurred In the face of some selling pressure. Wool sold In original bags showed some decline. Quotations were un changed on graded territory wools but there was practically no de mand at prices asked. A limited amount of business was transacted on good French combing length fine territory wools In original bags at around 65c to 66c, scoured basis. Such purchases, however, were lim ited to buyers who needed immed iate deliveries. Late bids for future delivery of this grade of wool were around 60c to 63c but were not be ing considered by most holders. During May and the first part of June sales of wool Increased sharp ly and prices advances of around 3c were recorded on all grades. A l though consumption of apparel wool declined sharply in April, It was only 2 per cent below the April average of the last ten years. The trade feels that prospects are good for heavy mill consumption through the summer and early fall, depend ing somewhat on business condi tions. Range Conditions Reports continued to indicate un favorable range situations In many areas. Rains In late M ay were help ful but damage had already occur red. Conditions on June 1 were the third poorest since data has been gathered. In the far west low range was extremely dry for this season of the year and high range have a greatly reduced crop. Visit From Twin F a lls - Dr. W. H. Hertzog, of Twin Falls and Rev. Trefner visited with Rev. White Saturday. Dr. Hertzog is district superintendent of the east ern district of the Methodist church. Nyssa is the Bargain Center. FARMERS- D O N ’T G A M B LE -S e e Us About HAY AND GRAIN INSURANCE NYSSA REALTY Phone 53 Notary Bonds OREGON DOMINATES MARKET WITH BENT GRASS OUTPUT C O R V A LLIS — Oregon produces more than 90 per cent of the com mercial bent grass seed annually In the United States, according to fig ures compiled by the Oregon State college extension serveice. Imports of seed from other coun tries have been virtually halted by a protective tariff giving Oregon a near monopoly on the market for the entire country. Under the su pervision of G. R. Hyslop, head of the plant Industries division, a seed certification service has been devel oped which gives Oregon seed an accredited place on the market. Close to a half-m illion pounds of seed were produced in 11 western Return From Camp— Lucille Sallee, Helen Boydell and Oregon counties In 1938 against 56,- Barbara Larsen returned on Friday 000 pounds In the early days of the from a two weeks camp at the Epis Industry in 1926. The bent grass straw Is not wast copal camp gronds at Cove. ed after the seed Is harvested, as It makes excellent hay. On Leave— The W. A. Haycocks are on a few days leave from the dam and are In Boise— Mrs. Herbert H. Fisher is visit visiting at the parental George ing in Boise for a few days. Haycock home. 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