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16 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon.( Aug. 21, 1961 it. FARM FOREST FACTS BY BOB BRADLEY COUNTY BCTCNSIOH FOKESTEfi oncaoN stats university Demonstrating the effect of change upon a thinking man and how he altered his own thinking and actions to keep abreast with new situations and help others do the same is an article in the most recent county agent letter the "Oregon Forest Farmer." The article entitled "George A. Nelson -f Proven Prophet" was written by Charles K. Itoss ObU arm forestry specialist. "George Nelson, county agent in Columbia County from 1923 to 1947 passed away July 28 at the age of 79. He was the first OSU grad. uate to be appointed county agent and the first agent to serve in the state of Washington. Graduating from OAC in 1909 where his study centered on agronomy and dairy, he served seven years as a county agent in Southeast Washington, after some years of state work and practical farming. He also worked as a logger in Columbia county." Conversion Promoted "The prime of his career was concentrated upon livestock and dairy improvement in Columbia County. Ho was especially vigor ous in promoting the conversion of cut-over lands to pasture. That many hill cutovers could be made good pasture he had no doubt. George was a thinking man re sponsive to new conditions and new ideas, so he was quick to ap preciate the rising status of sec ond growth forests in the early IMO's. Although near retirement age, he went to work on a forestry educational urogram. His knowl edge of forestry practices and his zeal to influence the woodland owners Impressed me tremendous ly when 1 began working with him in 1947. In that decade, farmers desired only to clear for pasture. Our re gion had almost no experience to support the idea that farmers could profit in growing trees as a crop. The whole thing . sounded like somebody's theory. Letter Reproduced The letter reproduced on this page is an example of George's foresight and of his efforts to in form smull forest owners. It was sent to hundreds of woodland own ers in Columbia county on May 9, 1945, and was followed up by discussion meetings in local com munities and by visits from the extension forester." "Dear Farmer: "The second growth timber in Columbia County will carry all uf the value there is in timber in the county. Practically all of the virgin umber has been cut or will be cut within the next year or two. If you are interested in the valuo of the timber on your farm, I would suggest that you read this letter carefully and then give Uie problem your careful con sideration. "There are i good many thous and acres of second growth tim- bcrland owned by Columbia Coun ty farmers. This timberland can be made of perpetual value if it is managed and harvested on a sustained yield basis. This applies to timber that you plan to keep as a woodlot for farm use or to additional timber that can be grown and harvested commercial ly. "About the turn of the century, the homesteaders of the county wondered if there was ever going to be much value to the virgin tim ber. Many realized that this tim ber had value when it was too late. Now that timber has all but disappeared from the county and brought in an immense amount of wealth in payrolls and tax reve nues. Timber Has Value "The second growth timber has not been considered as having a very real value. Now it does have value, and, without a doubt, this value will increase as time goes on when it is found to be the only source of timber supply in the county. A large private timber company has established a t r e e farm unit in the county based on the potential value of second growth timber, and farm owned timber has value even more so be cause of its better location in many cases. "We now have an extcntion for ester, Dan D. Robinson, who is available to assist the farmers in working out plans on a practical basis for obtaining the maximum values. He is available within a certain limit to visit farms to ad vise with farmers in regard to their timber resources and plan3 for management. Ho is also avail- able to attcnd meetings in the county to discuss these problems with cooperators. , "If you arc interested in this vital problem of farm timber con servation utilization and the im portance of receiving maximum values, will you please indicate your interest by answering the questions at the bottom of the page and return the blank to me?" (Signed) Geo. A. Nelson County Agricultural Agent How true George Nelson's pre dictions proved to he. Most of us are too preoccupied earning our bread and butter to take a look at the future. How fortunate that a few individuals like George Nel son will take the time to analyze a situation and act to help others. J!!!!, Garden V Clubs Cholera Hits Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP)-A handful of fresh cholera cases threw the refugee-packed British colony of Hong Kong into an epidemic scare bnturdoy. Tens of thousands of people flocked to Inoculation centers. The government said only eight con firmed and 13 suspected cholera cases had been reported but social workers said unreported cases may exceed 100. August Said Month To Enjoy Gardens August should be the month to enjoy your garden. If you have a shaded terrace, it will never seem more precious than on a hot August afternoon. Allow yourself plenty of time to savor the beauty around you. Fix yourself an iced drink,- put a hand sprayer and a hand cultivator at your side and stretch out. When the mood strikes you, rise, do 10 minutes of weeding and spraying and return to your spot of relaxa tion. Insects and weeds will be un der control and you will not be under the weather. As the afternoon wanes, wander among your gladiolus and cut the stalks that have just begun . to bloom. Have a container of wa ter ready on a table and arrange the flowers then. Disbud and stake selected chrysanthemums and dah lias, so you will have florist-sized blooms ready for showing in fall. Look over your phlox. If you find any self-seeding magenta blooms pull them out. Check your broad- leafed evergreens. If the leaves are pocket-marked or speckled brown on the underside spray them for lace bug. And don t neglect to give all your evergreens a bath. They suffer from heat and a cool show er will improve their morale a hundredfold. CAMAS VALLEY GARDEN CLUB At the last regular meeting of the Camas Valley Garden Club held at the home of Airs. Clyde Spurlock, plans for tho coming year's program were completed. The meeting was preceded by a dessert-luncheon. President, Mrs. Louis Pryor, gave a report on the officers training meeting held re cently and conducted by district director Mrs, L. Adams of Rose burg. Mrs. Spurlock gave the program of the day, "Dry Materials for Winter Bouquets and Corsages." Many types of material had been gathered by Mrs. Spurlock for the demonstration part of the meeting, and several methods of preserving color, and drying the materials were given. Corsages, consisting of dry material with accessories such as feathers, and bits of silk were also demonstrated. 'Fresh Floral Arrangements" will be tho title of next month's meeting which will be held at the home of Mrs. Wayman Schmidt. NORTH UMPOUA GARDEN CLUB The latest meeting of the North Umpqua Garden Club took place at the home of Mrs. Phil Strader at Glide. Roll call was answered with hu morous anecdotes pertaining to gardening. Members also modeled hats originally decorated wnn uow ers, fruits and vegetables. Mrs Matt Tavlor read an inter esting article on the value of spi ders in ine garden, nirs. airaaer gave an informative talk on mag- nnltac hnth chniha flnH tfPPS The club's display at the Douglas County Fair is saia io oe pro 0rfKsin0 nirplv. On Sept. 14, members will meet at in-ro am tn tnnr inn enrnpn nf Mrs. Jacobv. Followine lunch eon at Mark's itestauram, a tour will be made of Mrs. Micclli's garden on lookinggiass noaa. OAKLAND GARDEN CLUB Summer time is vaction time, but Oakland Garden Club members keep active with their various proj ects. ' Most paramount is the Oakland Garden Club Park. With fair time rolling around their project at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, in keeping with the general theme of Patio Gardens for Outdoor Living, is progressing nicely, according to Hazel Haines, chairman. The first fall meeting will be Sept. 25. RADIO SPEAKER Speaker for the Umpqua District Federated Clubs radio programs this week is Helen Salmonson of the Oak Knoll Garden Club. She will speak Tuesday at 9:40 a.m. on "How to Grow Lilies." On Fri day at 3:30 p.m. her subject will be "Care of Fuchsias in Summer, Governor Appeals For Aid To Japan Portland (AP) Mayor Terry Schrunk and Gov. Mark Hatfield have appealed for emergensy con gressional action to aid storm-battered northern Japan. They said in a telegram to the Oregon delegation that torrential rains have resulted in extensive damage to crops on the island of Hokkaido. They asked for efforts to work out, through Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, a plan for direct aid through one of the federal farm programs. The telegram said Japan's most urgent need now is 6,000 tons of hoy daily. The mayor and gover nor said some of a reported sur plus of corn, barley, oats and milo in tne coiumDia Kiver storage could be shipped. They added, "In view of the forthcoming Japan-American Con ference of Mayors and Chamber of Commerce presidents in Port land and long-range relationships with Japanese who are largest us ers of Portland dock facilities, we urge that every effort be made to be of assistance." Riddle Blue Star Mothers Send Display For California Meeting By ERMA BEST Riddle Blue Star Chapter 5 has sent a display of samples of nickel ore and finished product to the Na tional Blue btar Mothers conven tion to be held in San Diego., the latter part of this month. The mineral was sent in response to a request for a display by states of important products, ac cording to Mrs. Myrtle Cloud, chaplain of the local chapter, who shipped the samples obtained from Hanna mine. Completes Training Mr. and Mrs. Roland Robertson and two sons have returned from a vacation trip to Idaho. Mrs. Rob ertson and children spent 2 weeks in Nampa, Idaho, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Clements, while Robertson was in training at Camp Roberts, Calif. The third week Robertson joined the family, first stopping in Riddle to pick up Rena Peden who ac companied the family on a week s trip to Payette Lake where the Robertsons joined relatives for a family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cloud and granddaughter, Tina Doern, have returned to their home in Seattle, Wash., following a week's visit at the home of Cloud s mother, Mrs. Myrtle Cloud. Jack Mahoney, Riddle school band director, returned recently trom tugene where he attended summer school at the University of Oregon initiating his master's de gree course. Immediately after wards the Mahoney family left on a camping trip to the coast and up the north Umpqua. Miss Pauline Niederberger of Dundee, new Riddle elementary social studies teacher, and Miss Julie Wheelock, Portland, home economics teacher, were in Riddle this week arranging for living quarters. They rented the Heinrich Schmidt home. The Schmidts, who are building a new home on Glenbrook Rd. will move into one of their rental cab ins temporarily. The Kenneth Stuart family has returned from a fishing trip to Sunset Bay where they were joined by friends from Sprigfield bring ing the number in the party to 23. They report too much fog for good fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Clark James and son with the latter's friend, Mike Brown, and Mr. and Mrs. George Henry spent Sunday at Bandon beach. The occasion marked Mr. James' birthday. Mis. Harry Neff of Kennewick, Wash., returned this week to her home after a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hen drick, and other members of the family. Mrs. Neff came down especially to attned the Riddle High School reunion picnic held at Umpqua Park bunaay. Mrs. Ivan Puz drove to Olympia, Wash., recently to bring home the two Puz children who had been spending the summer with their grandparents. Police Squelch Attempt To Assassinate Mikoyan TOKYO (AP) Japanese Do- lice said Saturday they aquelched an attempt to assassinate visiting Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. . Hiroyuki Kawamoto, 22, de scribed as an ultra - nationalist, was arrested in Yokohama sta tion. He carried a dagger, a let ter addressed to Mikoyan and a rightist leaflet with the slogan "kill one man to serve your coun try." HARRIS PLUMBING HEATING 1501 S. E. Stephen! OR 3-8173 Could your hillside pastures carry up to 5 times as many sheep? Chances are they could... with sub clover seeding and ANCHOR SUPERPHOSPHATE 20! The average sheep-carrying capacity of unimproved pasture lands in Douglas County, as shown by a recent Oregon State College study, is limited to one ewe to every three or four acres. But the study also indicates that these same lands, if properly handled, could easily support five times this many sheep! How? Through a simple improvement program that includes sub clover seeding and phosphate fertilization. In one OSC test, a 14-acre plot was seeded with sub clover and fertilized with 60 lbs. of phosphate and 30 lbs. of sulphur. The result was a vigorous winter and spring growth of sub clover which produced enough forage to support 92 ewes and 82 lambs well over 4 times the number of ewes and lambs that were carried by an unimproved control plot of the same size. Douglas County soil and climate helped maRe these outstanding test results possible. The chances are excellent, therefore, that your pasture lands, if improved with a similar program of sub clover seeding and phosphate fertilization, could deliver extra profits from sheep. Anchor Single Superphosphate 20S is ideal for pasture fertilization. With soil tests on unimproved Douglas County pasture showing a need for both phosphate and sulphur, the 400 lbs.of available phos phoric acid and 240 lbs. of combined sulphur in every ton of AnchorSingleSupergive you maximum plant food value for your fertilizer investment. Ask your Douglas County agent about the advantages of seeding and fertilizing your hillside pasture. Then, drop in on your nearby fertilizer dealer and order... Stauffer ANCHR PELLETED SUPERPHOSPHATE 20 Produced by Stauffer Chemical Company, San Francisco Distributed by Wilson & Geo. Meyer & Co., San Francisco Portland Reported by Wayne D. Mosher, Douglas County Agent, in the Oregon Farmer, Feb. 19, 1959! "Fertilizers Co Wonders for Douglas County Sheep Pastures." jggjjT LJ -"V-i MON.-TUE.-WED.U L 1 U""" S ( hunt's cider 1 McKAY'S . . . 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