Farm Bureau Federation
Heart Millage Talk
Membera of the Douglas Coun
ty Farm Bureau Federation meet
ing this month heard County
School . Supt. Kenneth Barneburg
explain the millage equalization
bill.
The bill la sponsored by county
school superintendents throughout
Oregon. It is now before the Leg
islature. In other business, the count;
federation members heard report
from several following i:ommodit
chairmen.
The next meeting of the federa
tion will be held March 7 A state
social security office will discuss
new changes in the SS law affect
ing farmers.
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Farm Forest Facts
Should I hold my timber or sell
It?
That's the $64 question. My crys
tal ball is covered with "smog"
and doesn't give a clear answer
but here are a few things to
consider.
FOREST MANAGEMENT ex
perts tell us that Douglas fir does
its fastest growing up to 100 years
of age. After that growth slows
down and it is more profitable to
clear cut, leaving a good seed
source, and let natural reproduc
tion restock the area to small
trees.
All indications are that forest
land will be managed on a WO
year rotation or less. The days of
the "old growth" are gone accord
ing to these experts.
From this knowledge we can
conclude that if we have a stand
of old growth, we are putting on
very little volume growth. Many
old growth stands, in fact, are ac
tually losing volume because of
j Insects, diseases, and windfall.
If conditions are right, it seems
feasible that an old growth stand
is ready for marketing whenever
uie landowner wisnes.
The only drawback is will my
timber value increase the next ten
years as it has the last ten? It's
hard to really predict, but indica
tions are 'that timber will always
have a good standing in relation
to other values.
Timber on farm woodlands
which is usually the most acces
lible and grows on the best soil,
will always be in good demand.
This leads one to think twice be'
(ore he makes a decision to sell.
SMALL OPERATORS are hav
ing difficulty locating timber at
the present time. As more private
timber is cut, farm woodland own
ers who have kept their timber
will be in a favorable selling posi
tion. Good management practices on
young second growth stands call
for a partial cut or thinning as
soon as it is merchantable. A par
tial cut should be made every five
to ten years to release growing
space for vigorous, high quality
trees. This is continued until the
stand reaches 80 to 100 years of
ge.
With this type of operation, you
can cut and still have a good stand
of trees left.
Young Douglas fir trees double
ajd redouble their volume of saw
timber between the ages of 40 and
60 years. And then between 60 to
80 years saw timber volume al
most doubles again.
thinning of a stand will in
crease this growth even more.
Clear cutting these young stands
is like picking a corn crop before
i: is completely mature. Circum
stances may arise where the land
owner needs extra money and a
young stand of timber may be his
only chance of getting it.
But unless this is the case, it s
only good business to hold these
young stands until they reach
rotational age of 80 to 100 years.
If you have made up your mind
to sell have located a good op
erator have drawn up a good
timber sales contract then take
one more step
Locate on the ground the stock
of trees you wish left for seed
source or mark the seed trees
that you want.
Natural reproduction is a let
cheaper than planting seedlings
but without a good seed source,
natural reproduction is a long
time coming.
THE OREGON forest conserva
tion act holds both the operator
and landowner responsible for
leaving live percent of the area
logged in an uncut block of seed
trees. An alternative to this is leav
ing two seed trees per acre that
are at least 18 inches in diameter.
I heard you. Well, what about
agriculture land! The law says
when land has been logged for
bonafide agricultural purposes the
Forest Conservation Act does not
apply. Many farmers have taken
advantage of this part of the law
ana quite a numoer nave regret
ted it. ,
Hardwood brush is the reason
they are regretting it
Brush species have taken over
a good portion of the logged-off
land that has been used for graz
ing in Douelas County. Without a
fir or pine seed source, the only
way to put the land bacK into pro
duction is to plant seedlings. This
costs money.
IT'S POSSIBLE to keep those
areas in tree production and still
get a few years grazing off of re
cently logged land.
How?
By maintaining a good seed
source when the area is logged
A properly located seed block is
not lost it can be logged after
a good natural reproduction u ob
tained. Canning Crops
Aid Farm Economy
Production of vegetables for
canning and freezing last year re
turned well over $16 million to
Oregon farmers.
"This large cash income was the
result of the harvesting in the state
ot i minion pounds of vegetables
tor sale to processors," explained
E. G. Gross. Oregon renresentativa
for the American Can Company.
lie pointed out tnat the 1954
farm income from processing veg
etables was slightly greater than
the year before and about $5 mil
lion greater than the average for
tne lu-year-penoa ending In 1952.
Gross said that Oregon was the
nation's No. One Droducer of snan
beans for processing and ranked
third with its harvest of beets. It
also is an important producer of
asparagus, sweet corn, cucumhors
and green peas. He explnined that
the state last year plontcd almost
us tnousana acres to these and oth
er vegetables for canning and
freezing.
Conservation Handbooks
Mailed Out Saturday
The 1955 Agricultural Conserva
tion Program Handbooks were
mailed out Saturday. All ACP co-
operators are requested to become
familiar with the contents of this
booklet and to participate in the
program which is designed to en
courage the carrying out uf need
ed conservation practices, accord
ing to J. F. Bonebrake, county
ASC chairman.
The initial sign up period will
be in force through February 1955.
Federal cost-share will be ex
tended to all eligible cooperators
after February 1955 as long as
money is available, Bonebraka
said.
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BUNDLE OF JOY Vaughn French exhibits the ewe and ber
quadruplet lambs on his farm near Ft Wayne, Ind. A veterinarian
said the birth was a real rarity. The quads weigh a total of 27
pounds and all are in good condition.
6. Madison
Named To Head
Wool Growers
An Eastern Oregon man stenoed
into the presidency of the Pacific
Wool Growers this month.
He is Gaylord Madison. Echo.
Madison replaced R. L. Clark who
resigned "because of a heavy load
of civic and other business respon
sibilities. Clark is president of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
The new president had been serv
ing as vice president.
Madison's new position was ap
proved at a meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the wool coop
erative held in Portland Feb. 10.
Manager R. A. Ward renorted on
wool market conditions at the ses
sion. He cxplamed details of the
new incentive wool payment pro
gram which will go into effect with
the 1955 wool clip. It was empha
sized that payments to growers
will be on a percentage basis rath
er than a flat amount per pound.
Therefore growers who market
their wools in a graded condition,
'direct to mills, throuch their own
cooperative organization, should
benefit accordingly, he said.
A resolution was unanimously
passed by the executive committee
in favor of permitting growers to
make assignments of their incen
tive payments to the marketing
agency or loan agency that makes
shearing time advances. This
makes available the highest possi
ble cash advances for production
financing.
The directors appointed a nom
inating committee and made plans
for the annual election of directors
to be held on March 21.
A resolution was passed support
ing the steamship lines :n urging
a reduction in tolls on commercial
cargoes moving through the Pana
ma Canal.
Those present were R. L. Clark,
Portland; Ronald V. Hogg, Salem;
Floyd Edwards, Albany; Stanley
Christensen, McMinnville; Gaylord
Madison, Echo; G. A. Sandner,
Scio. Also present were R. A.
Ward, general manager and vice
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New Vegetables
Adaptable Here
. The new All-America selections
of vegetables are all adaptable to
growing in Oregon, according to
R. Ralph Clark, Oregon State Col
lege extension horticultural spe
cialist These 1955 vegetable winners
are Seminole bush snapbean, Gold
en Beauty sweetcorn and Penn
sweet inuskmelon.
The Seminole bean was produced
in Florida to fill then need for a
bean to compete with Oregon's
Blue Lake strains, Clark said. It is
suitable for home, market, canning
and freezing.
Although it is recommended for
gardens all over the United States,
the horticultural specialist said it
may not do as well in Oregon as
the Blue Lake.
Both the corn and muskmelon
are worthy of trial here, he said.
The corn, originated in Massachu
setts, is a few days earlier than
Marcross, and a heavier yielder
and more disease-resistant than
Far North. Its main crop is ready
for picking in about 73 days. It
has 12 to 14 rows of golden yellow
Kernels ot medium depth and de
sirable white silks.
The muskmelon, bred at Penn
sylvania State University, was de
veloped ior snort growing seasons.
Although it is not a commercial
shipping type, it seems well adapt
ed for home gardens and local
market production, Clark reported
president; E. L. Adams, secretary
treasurer; and Bruce Arnold, as
sistant secretary-treasurer of the
Pacific Wool Growers.
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REG. 2.98 value. 10-quart can .
REG. 6.59 value. 5 gallon can .
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Mon., Feb. 21, 1955
Shearing School
Dates Are Set
March 10 is the last day appli
cations will be accepted for atr
tending any one of four sheep
shearing schools to be sDonsoreti
by Oregon State College this year,
according to John Landers, animal
husbandry specialist at OSC. ,
The schools will be held March
21 and 22 and March 23 and 24
at OSC; March 29 and 30 in Milton-.
Freewater; and March 31 and
April 1 in Ontario.
Landers says that while attend
ance is usually made up primarily
of 4-H club and FFA members.
other youths and adults are wel
come. Because each school can
only handle 16 people, however, ac
ceptance will De on a tirst come,
first served basis.
Applications are available from
county extension officas and from
Landen. They should be sent to
Landers. In addition to hearing
instruction, care of equipment and
sharpening of knives and combs
will be discussed.
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NO USE PROTESTING
SALEM U) The Senate Game
Committee wishes that farmers
and ranchers would quit flooding
it with protests against the "loaded
gun" bill. .
The bill, which would ban the
carrying of loaded guns in motor
vehicles, was killed by the com
mittee a few days ago. But the
protests still are piling in..
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Cattlo Rancher Would
PORTLAND Wl Paul Marti,
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Metals Co., has filed suit in
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MOSCOW U) There have been
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