Debates on Congressional Costs and Lobby Influence
The piece surveys wartime and postwar fiscal debates in Congress, detailing calls to reduce government spending, balance the budget, and fund public works. It notes lobbying pressures, concerns over expense accounts, nepotism, and barbering costs for lawmakers, arguing for prudent budgeting and restraint.
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Reonstruction Finance Corporation
de Ands
Svalue
Legusishun
Congress
Eoane
Ashington
House
Senate
Capitol
Pea Growers Urged to Fight Weevil Infestation in Oregon
Oregon State College entomologist urges 40 Larson and area growers to remove and burn pea vines after harvest to curb an extensive weevil outbreak. Field peas should be harvested early and fumigated, with stubble burned to prevent hibernation and egg laying near structures.
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Oregon
Larson
Oregon State College
Willamette Valley
Delegates Preview Chicago World’s Fair 1933 Exposition Highlights
Delegates at the Republic national convention toured Chicago's 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. The three day program featured replica Lincoln buildings, sacred halls, water lagoons christened with yacht parades, the illuminated Hall of Science, the 176 foot carillon tower, and the Electrical Group with seven major buildings. Myrtle Point fortune: spend there and it returns in kind.
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Chicago
Century of Progress
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Weat
Lincoln City
Lincoln-Berry
Ature
Ruthledge
Sarching
Stort Dearborn
Hall of Science
Peas with Weevils Mark Plant Quality
Farmers warned that peas infested with weevils show small black marks on the outer surface. The presence of weevils indicates compromised quality and potential storage issues for the harvested crop.
Oregon Farms Reports Zinc Chloride Pear Blight Control Success
County Agent Herb Howell notes the zinc chloride method has reduced blight in Hoffmaster’s pear trees for three years. He endorses it for other growers in Grants Pass and discusses cover crops and nitrogen use in ongoing orchard trials. In Corvallis a Bent grass seed cooperative forms to market local seed produced in the county.
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California
H. J. Hoffmaster
Herb Howell
Grants Pass
Farm Prices Fall Amid Slump in Factory Payrolls
The extension service reports unfavorable industrial conditions drag on farm demand. April factory payrolls sit at 48 percent of early 20th century averages, May farm prices at 42 percent of the 1926 30 average, and farm exchange values about 50 percent of prewar levels. Farmers face high taxes and debt payments, with prices well below postwar and prewar benchmarks.
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College Extension Service
Burning of Range and Its Harmful Practice in Oregon
Professor Hyslop of Oregon State College warns that burning forest ranges destroys surface grasses and favors poor perennials. He advocates research to identify suitable dry land grasses and forage crops to rehabilitate a 50 million acre range area, aiding livestock production and weed control.
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G R Hyslop
Oregon State College
Oregon
Professor Hyalup
Hyslop
Asia
Oregon publishes revised bulletin on rodent and pest control
The Oregon Extension Service releases a revision of Controlling Rodent and Other Small Animal Pests in Oregon by Ira N. Gabrielson. The bulletin outlines practical control methods for sixteen pests including ground squirrels jackrabbits pocket gophers and woodchucks with county agents coordinating community campaigns alongside the US Department of Agriculture survey team.
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Oregon Extension Service
Oreton
Ira N. Gabielson
Biological Survey
US Department of Agriculture
Oregon
Douglas
Townsand
Willamette Valley
Pest species in Oregon bulletin overview
Describes brown rat kangaroo rat porcupine and Oregon mole with each pest’s description distribution life history habits and control methods. Copies of the bulletin available from county agents or the college direct.
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Oregon
Oregon Dairy Production Yearly Revenue Highlight
Oregon dairy production yields about 20 million dollars in annual cash income. The figure reflects state output in 1906 with dairy farms contributing majorly to the economy.
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Oregon
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