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PV.T ';lVt it-V 1 GEORCE L. ROUTLEDGE i, shown left in. typical po.. In. photo taken during last y.ar't North- F3 1 3v - i"- -nvl N 1 - 1
i ?, ' - ' M i.-f-V"' V. west Turkey show. As general manager of the .nnualihow for the last four yean, Routledga g.v. f H VAZwlCWifV 7 '
tv'' LSl ,-"SOv . it the same enthusiasm and experience based on 55 years in some phase of the poultry industry , -?J .' ? X? VC i 1
R s."'h" i,. J ra! f rVfF" that marks his efforts on his own model turkey ranch and hatchery. On right, Routledge holds on. "V?:V UJTm jH. S' ZllilVi
' i- " ,! , V jJ" f,vH ! of the 7,500 two-month-old birds which surround him on the range reserved for two-month-old KCJZ ' - 'itM'?'lV ' NJV " '
tr';, f '-.J A'N,-r"'-V ' "-"VV turkeys: Behind Routledge may be seen one of the portable, sectional sheds which provide shel. (i I t i "' 1
D'.V 'jT r'4' tWV " s-"" "4 1 ter from sun and rain. Plenty of shade trees and running water are also features of .11 turkey ri1 rJT' r S ''" . w
L;". ot-1 jS ', ' - ranges. At right is one corner of the ten-sack capacity feeders. The above photo, taken from the " ),&j ?K's V
L 'W '"'h'1 knoll where Routledge plans to build his own private castle, looks west across' the range and' rVNi"4 TJni niTy iWM''"'rfllN ' jj
t.fitnii i.U.r t., .!")"- --' ffrif '7if itwt'--"1 breeder yards, with living quarters, hatchery, brooder house and ranges shown above trees in "',, " U 4f I r J
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Turkey Growing Becomes Big Scale Business
G. L, Routledge
Proud Of Role
in snausrry
Local Rancher, Now 70,
Interested In Business
- Since 15 Years Of Age
By WARREN A. MACK
News-Review Staff Writer
Almost any time George Rout
ledge is engaged in a conversa
tion that lasts longer than two or
three- minutes, he's apt to 'talk
turkey." But with him, that phrase
in quotation marks means more
than a Yankee idiom.
As owner-manager-tounder and
general .guiding light of the Geo.
L. Routledge. Hatchery and Tur-
kpy farm, just about all of
(loorge's attention is taken u p
with turkeys. Except for his fam
ily arid especially his two grand
daughters, Valerie and N a d i n e
Sparks there's nothing in the
talk about than turkeys,
wide world George would rather
This particular fowl, which most
people associate only with special
events like Thanksgiving and
Christmas, embodies more than a
symbol of festivity to George. Tur
keys are his whole life, and they
should be he's devoted most of it
to raising, breeding, diagnosing
and treating their ailments o r
telling others how to do all these
and more.
Bitten By Bug
George was first bitten by the
poultry bug when he was 15 years
old. He's been in some phase of
the poultry business ever since
and he's now 70. For a while, he
deserted the chicken and turkey
ranch and started the Geo. L. Rout
ledge & Co. seed and fertilizer
store on Portland's Hawthorne
boulevard. Then, at an age when
many successful businoss men
think of retirement, he became the
field service chief for Hodgen and
Brewster Centennial Milling com
pany. He intended to stay for 30
days, until a new man arrived to
take over.
However, his employers soon
discovered there was no "n e w
man" who knew' his subject as
well as did George and he re
mained with Hodgen and Brewr
ster for 20 years.
-His territory wac the entire Pac
ific Northwest. His duties were
varied primarily, he was to in
struct beginners and investigate
their flocks for credit feeding. But
more often than not, George would
.leave the highways for rutted
country roads and the premises
of some struggling turkey rancher,
then diagnose and treat sickness
among the turkeys and put the
ranch back on a paying basis.
Gained Information
"I learned something every
where I went," Routledge recalled.
"I saw what not U do in every
phase and I learned how to organ-
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ize a successful poultry farm."
During both world wars, George
was recognized as a small but
important cog in the nation's war
and reconstruction efforts. At the
end of the first war, Routledge
was in on the ground floor in re
habilitation of G. l.'s, teaching
them the ins and outs of poultry
raising. By the time World War
II began, he was so well known
as a sort of Mr. Anthony of the
turkey world that the government
classified him rs a "farm tech
nician" and permitted him to buy
the gas and tires necessary to
drive an average of 4,000 miles
monthly teaching less experienced
poultry men how to increase their
meat and egg production.
As important an element to the
poultry business as Georges know
how and enthusiasm is his active
participation in helping develop
serums and bactrines. These com
bat the 14 more common ailments
to which all turkeys are subject
during .their' short lifetime from
eggs to roasting oven. Working
with the Medford laboratories,
Routledge ha' spent 20 years help
ing test and prove perfected anti
body serums developed in the
scientific lab. Turkeys and other
poultry, just like humans, are sub
ject to sickness and death from
typhoid, diptheria, cholera and at
least 11 other diseases.
Perfects Serum
George is proud of the part he
played in helping perfect an anti
sinus serum to successfully deal
with blood infections and other
respiratory diseases. As exclusive
selling agent for the Medford labs,
George is forever being contacted
by telephone, mail and in person
from the far east as the Atlantic
coast. He has made regular ship
ments of bactrine for the last
wo years to the entire Pacific
coast, Utah, Iowa, Nebraska and
Pennsylvania. Should a standard
type bactrine fail, one of the sick
birds is sent to the Medford labs,
the. germ is isolated and a special
serum is made to save the flock.
Routledge became a happy man
in 1945 when he bought land in
the Garden Valley district south
of the country club an! began put
ting his experience to work for
himself. He decided he would fore
go the pleasure of membership
i civic organizations and service
clubs and would devote all his
time' trying to turn his own small
portion of Douglas county into a
model turkey ranch.
However, until this year, he has
found time to serve as general
manager for the annual Northwest
Turkey Show, Inc., and raised the
local show to the point where it
is rated by Judges and competitors
as the best in the Northwest and
one of the finest in the nation.
RouMedge regretfully declined the
invitation to serve in the same
capacity again this year, saying
he had too much work to do on
his own ranch and couldn't spare
the time. s
(The concluding article on Rout-
ledge's efforts to institute turkey
raising as a major Douglas county
industry will appear in a later
issue of the News-Review.)
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Transplant Booster Info
Avilable In Bulletin
Solutions which professional
greenhouse operators use to pro
vide transplanted plants with im
mediately available Xood in order
to stimulate leaf and root growth
are described in a new Oregon
State college extension bulletin,
number 703, entitled "Booster and
Starter Solutions for Vegetable
Transplants."
Written by R. Ralph Clark, ex
tension horticulture specialist, the
bulletin includes four common
starter solutions and explains for
mulas for each. Copies of the
bulletin are available at county
extension offices or- directly from
the college.
Booster solutions, the specialist
writes, are used on plants prior
to moving them to the greenhouse
or field where they will grow to
maturity. Commercial or home
gardeners profit by their use since
the stimulated root and leaf
growth gives the plant a quick
pick-up after transplanting.
The specialist warns that boost
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be allowed to get on plant foliage.
The author recommends that the
directions be followed closely for
best results.
4 H Club
Calendar
Aug'. 8-12 4-H Summer Camp
at Camp Myrtlewood.
Meeting place: Aug. 8
Roseburg Court House, 9 a.m.
Reedsport Grade School,
9 a.m.
Aug. 12 Fair 4-H Committee
meeting Fair Grounds, 2 p.m.
Aug. 13 Smith River Fall
Achievement day.
Aug. 17, 18, 19 Douglas Coun
ty Fair, Roseburg.
Sept. 4-10 Oregon State Fair,
Salem.
Oct. 6-14 Pacific International
Livestock exposition, Portland.
Sept. 20, Douglas Leaders Assn.
Meeting, Roseburg.
, Senator's Lost $5,000 '
Returned; Reward Is $3
BOISE, Idaho m Sen. Glen
H. Taylor (D-Idaho) left about
$5,000 in a Boise motor court
I Thursday night, but it was re
turned to him yesterday.
Mrs. C. H. Bancroft, propriet
ress, said she found the currency
while cleaning 4he room vacated
by the Taylor family. She said she
and her daughter, Mrs. Jerry
Bauer, counted "approximately
$5,000."
She said Mrs. Taylor returned
to the court for the money and
gave Mrs. Bancroft and Mrs.
Bauer a $3 reward.
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Long dormant volcanos are like
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Home Methods Of Milk Pasteurization Outlined
August means vacation days and
with it the problem of pasteurized
milk in some localities, says an
Oregon State college extension nu
trition specialist.
Miss Agnes Kolshorn explains a
method ot home milk pasteuriza
tion.
Pour milk to be pasteurized, she
says, into the upper part of a
doubk boiler. Put in a clean liquid
thermometer, and when the tem
perature registers 160 degrees,
count off IS seconds and then pour
off the hot water in the lower
part of the boiler and replace it
with cold until the milk has cooled
Ice will speed cooling.
The type of thermometer needed
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dairy supply stores, or at local
dairy plants. After pasteurizing the
milk, of course, it will be neces
sary to keep it capped in sanitary
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OSC To Expand Research'
On Seed Potato Diseases
Construction has been started at
Oregon State college on a $45,000
greenhouse project which will pro.
vide lacmues lor seca potato test
ing and research on the control
of potato diseases in Oregon, Will
iam A. Schoenfeld, dean and
director of agriculture, has announced.
Approved by the stale legisla
ture in i4, construction of the
new greenhouses will make poss
ible a public potato seed testing
service conducted by U.S. (J, per
sonnel. The service, along with
disease studies, is expected to aid
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for Oregon.
Half of the funds needed to
construct the greenhouses were
COACH TO LEAVI
SPRINGFIELD, UP) High
school football Coach George Zell
ick, formerly of Oregon State Coll
ege, will leave soon for Marine
corps active duty. He was head
football coach here last fall.
Assistant Bob Evensen. also ot
OSC, becomes head coach. Stan
Williamson - and Kernal Buhler
will be Evensen's aides.
donated by the Oregon Potato
commission. The atate legislature
appropriated $22,500 to the O.S.C.
experiment station to cover the
other half of the costs.
Present construction plans call
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unit will be 100 feet long and 30
feet wide. A boiler room will pro
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expected to be ready for occu
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