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THURSDAY, MARCH 13,. 1952 THE SANDY POST Page 3 R fiH H M M n . OUT TUE EARM - - New Cheap Weevil Control Found; Port Orford Cedars Arrive In March Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Work • Oil Burners - Pumps - Furnaces Pipe, Valves and Fittings Peterson Plumbing -CHAIN SAWS- -CHAIN SAWS- JESS L. Patent and Equipment Co. 13015 S. E. Powell SUnset 8337 Portland 66, Oregon SALES - SERVICE - RENTALS Dealer for [ £ £ . MALL DISSTON WOODBOSS -SMVS NIVH3- -SMVS NIVHO IT TAKES JUST ONE ROTTEN APPLE TO SPOIL A BARREL! And Heating Company Fast, Efficient Service AND THE BEST IN OIL HEAT FOR YOU That’s Our Business Gresham Seed & Feed EASY CULTIVATION the A-C W hat’s this got to do with electrical contract ing? Plenty! Because, as with apples, it takes just one faulty electric wire to start a fire. Call us today to do your wiring and KNOW that your home is safe. Pumps for Home and Irrigation Sold and Installed FREE ESTIMATES Guaranteed Radio Repairing Wiring Contractor - House Wiring Norquist © Electric Phone 601 Sandy, Oregon Only the New Chevrolet brings these fine features to the low-price field! Way N o other car in Chevrolet’s field offers you a single one of these features. Yet you’ll find many of them in America’s most costly cars. Here’s proof that you’re value ahead with Chevrolet , . . again in 1 9 5 2 the iowest-priced line in its field! Come in and look it over. MORE PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS THAN A NY OTHER CAR! CH EVRO LET f ALLIS-CI CHALMERS I ~7fó G n & f CaJtt PRICED SO LOWS BEESON CHEVROLET FARM TRACTOR CO. ■meat b ir d s ? Sandy, Oregon Phone 571 CHAIN SAWS--------- ------ CHAIN SAWS later blooming variety could be expected to mature at a time when good hay weather is the rule. Seed From New Zealand SANDY Oscar Loe, Silverton, told us EASTBOUND of this clover on his return from 12:25AM 8:25AM &10:30AM 4:40PM *5:25PM @46:40PM a trip to the British Isles and PORTLAND Notes by the Wayside— Central Europe several years @7:00AM 8:10AM @ll:50AM 4:30PM 5:20PM 11:37PM ago. We helped him find seed &Local to Timberline *Locai to Prineville ♦Local to Bend *?On in New 'Zealand. This he plant Sundays and National Holidays this schedule will run 30 min utes later @Daily except Sundays and National Holidays. ed on his farm in the Waldo Hills about five years ago, as D. H. Huhman’s Union Station, Agent, Ph. 661 By John J. Inskeep, County Agent we remember it. Both Oscar Announcement of a new and inexpensive control for straw and Harry Riches who was ex berry root weevil marks another milestone in man’s effort to tension agent in.Marion county outwit his insect enemies. The announcement was made at county at that time, liked this clover berry growers’ meetings at Kelso and Beaver- very much. Here is hoping that we have - 1 creek during the month of February. ’ Those concerned with this development are enough moisture to insure stands careful not to make extravagant claims because this year so we can make com parisons of Montgomery . red field trials were not initiated until 1948. It is with common red. Montgomery their feeling that trials extending over a period red is more or less of a peren of three years is not sufficient for unqualified nial in New Zealand and, for recommendation. At the same time results have that reason is used in many pas been so satisfactory that it was decided to make ture mixtures there, as well as them public and to suggest the practice for trial for hay crops. Grade A Eggs Down if not for the entire area to be planted. “Good news for housewives. «1. J. Inskeep The material used is chlordane a t the rate of 8 to 10 pounds of the technical material per acre. This means Grade A eggs are down to 52 then, if the grower purchases 40 per cent wettable chlordane, he cents a dozen.” This from a glib announcer last week. And would use 20 to 25 pounds per acre. Chlordane may be broadcast radio it would be good news were it over the field prior to planting, ♦ possible to produce eggs at this No Granger Lotus mixed with fertilizer and broad- price or lower and make any Sorry, but there will be no cast or sprayed over the area Granger lotus seed available money. to be planted. from the Oregon Experiment sta With egg mash selling at more In any case the material tion this spring. We had, in the than $100 a ton it cannot be should be disced into the soil office, quite a list of prospect done. This situation may dis so as to get the uniform dis courage the purchase of baby tribution in the first six inches ive growers but Don Hill, head chicks this spring. In fact, we of the farm crops department, of topsoil. tells us that all of the seed are informed, that this is exactly Before Planting what is happening. So our faith Phone 754 147 E. Powell This method may be used pri raised on the college farm in ful announcer may say next fall, 1951 will be used in a number or to planting strawberries and “The price of eggs are at an cane fruits which are severely of pasture experiments on one all-time high. Inflation is here.” of the college farms. attacked by root weevils. The Who Gains? cost approximates 14 to 18 dol So. we shall be forced to wait. Why is it that everyone thinks lars per acre. ‘ Trials, so far, in In the meantime we can observe that all other products should dicate effective control for a per plantings made last spring by sell at -high prices but that prices Dan Yoder and Art Shrock, of farm products should be low iod of at least three years. Preliminary trials indicate cx- Needy, and Paul Sollie, Canby. at the same time? Nobody gains tremely effective control at a W1^ y fluctuating farm comparatively low cost when ing the very dry season of 1951 prices. The consumer has little compared to use of weevil baits Bed Clover to gain when the producer is but the Extension Service does Of course, we would make the forced out of business. not yet recommend elimination first trial plantings of Montgom The present situation does not of' bait. ery late flowering red clover in look good for anyone concerned. More complete information the spring preceding a dry year. Gift Trees may be secured in Clackamas That is exactly what happened Crown Zellerbach Port Orford County E x t e n s i o n Circular, last year and we doubt that any gift trees, for windbreaks, hedg- Chemical Soil Treatment for 1951 seeding of Montgomery and es and reforestation are expecr- Strawberry Root Weevil Con very few of any other made it. ed to arrive early in March. trol.” It is our suggestion that But several growers are try-1 Those who want trees, not yet those contemplating use of this ing again with a small lot of ' allotted " ' .should contact the Ex material obtain the circular and seed imported from New Zea tension Office in Oregon City. follow instructions in detail. land for that purpose. Included Phone 3510, write or call. Notic Sandy-Boring Bisks in this new list are: es will be sent when the trees We are quite proud to make Theo. Richter, route 1, -Canby; arrive. Sorry but these trees this announcement for this is V.--C. Doppleb, route 3 Molalla, cannot be mailed. Folks ob essentially a Clackamas county and Elmer and Royal Zinzer, taining them should call at the development. As usual someone route 1 box 2845, Portland. office shortly after being noti took calculated risks. Progres Who Will Try? fied of arrival, sive pioneer spirit is still alive. We would like very much to Which growers risked their crops • see someone try a seeding of OUT OF THE PAST for something new? They in Cornell timothy with Montgom Auto models never seen by the W e’ll be glad to see that you alw a y s have elude Glenn Schaeffer, Harold ery red. present generation of youngsters Bushue and E. M. “Bub” Nelson Montgomery red was evident will be on display at Portland’s am ple fuel on hand for your needs. in the Boring-Sandy area and ly developed in England. The official Motor Show in the Elwood Faist, Canby. Elements idea was to produce a red clo Pacific International Pavilion If your heating unit is a gun-type furnace, we have of risk included possible damage ver which flowers two or three March 15-23 — Mercer, Palmer Standard Furnace Oil with Thermisol. For pot-type to plants and possible “off fla weeks later than common red. Singer, Stutz, Stoddard Dayton, burners, we carry and recommend Standard Stove vor” to fruit from treated fields. The latter is usually ready for Lafayette, White, Stevens Dur Oil. You’ll like the cleaner-than-ever heat you get No detrimental effects have been cutting during wet weather. A yea, Saginaw and Hupp. noted and this matter has been from either of these two great Standard fuels. given careful attention. Prom pt deliveries . . . by courteous personnel, in Also cooperating in this proj CENTERPOISE LARGEST WIDEST ect for initiating the idea, Exten modern, meter-equipped trucks. Call us today, and POWER BRAKES COLOR CHOICE sion Entomologist Robert Every let us take care of your heating oil problems, V ibration and pow er B ig 1 1 - i n c h b r a k e 26 rich new colors and and Charles Starker who repre impulses are “screened d ru m s a p p ly m o re two-tone com binations sents a chemical supply ware o u t ” a s e n g in e is le v e r a g e f o r m o r e . . . widest choice in house. Garoian~has given close centered and rubber- stopping pow er. Stops Chevrolet’s field. N ew cushioned between new are sm oother, safer, attention to the project from its D e Luxe interiors are high-side mountings. w ith less effort. color-matched. inception to announcement of results last month. I t is interesting to note that, COMPANY, INCORPORATED BODY UNITIZED WIDEST unknown to Oregon folks, Mich BY FISHER KNEE-ACTION RIDE TREAD igan State College carried on Foot of 2nd St. Phone 284 research of the same nature at Fisher Body sets the C h e v r o le t’s fa m o h s C h e v ro le t m e a s u re s stan d ard —fo r styling, K n e e -A c tio n rid e is 58% inches between the same time and arrived at fo r craftsm anship, for now ev en s o fte r, centers o f rear wheels an identical conclusion. com fort! Fisher U ni sm oother. N ew shock — a broader base to Geese For Weeds steel construction is a b s o rb e rs give ev en give you m ore sta Many folks poked a little fun extra strong. finer ride control. bility, less sway! at the idea of using geese for controlling weeds when we first brought it to public attention a Lowest priced in its field! few years ago. But shortly aft This beautiful new Styleline De er, there was a general scramble Luxe 2-Door Sedan — like many Chevrolet models — lists for less for breeding stock and hatching than any comparable model in its eggs. For a time general interest field. Continuation of standard equipment and trim illustrated is seemed tb lag. But the goose dependent on availability of ma population has been on the in terial,) crease. Take Ambrose Brownell, Con cord, fpr instance. Ambrose has a field of holly on which plant ing was made on ridges. Culti vation with machinery was im possible and hand cultivation ex pensive, he found. Grass grew as tall as the young trees and sapped the soil of moisture and fertility. So, he purchased a few geese. “I am delighted with results,” he reports. These geese have eaten the grass right down to New cultivators for CA and WD Tractors save both you the ground with no apparent and your crops. Here’s how: damage to the trees.” 4-WAY ENGINE CAST IRON SAFETY PLATE GLASS Major W. C. Hanna, Stafford, POWER SHIFT WHEELS move PARALLEL LINKS pull sweeps LUBRICATION ALL AROUND ALLOY PISTONS was a recent office caller. He o u t to c u ltiv a tin g w idth into th e ground quickly and has seeded his filbert orchard C hevrolet’s exclusive C hevrolet alone in its T he sam e m aterial as w ith e n g in e p o w e r. No naturally, keep them run« engine lubricating sys field gives you safety the cylinder block, pis down to grass and legumes and lifting, less tim e lost. fting le v e l a t th e r ig h t tem supplies exactly plate glass in wind tons expand and con is now running 15 head of Cor- th e r ig h t k in d a n d s h ie ld a n d a ll w in tract at sam e rate. This depth w ithout forcing. riedale sheep. “I got my start DRIVE-IN CULTIVATORS a re am ount o f lubrication dows, fo r a clearer, reduces w ear, lowers from Lou Matzen, Wilsonville f r o n t- m o u n te d w i t h o u t DELAYED HYDRAULIC LIFT to each moving part. tru er all-round view. oil consum ption. and have more good pasture heavy lifting or re-spacing keeps rea r b a r down u n til than I know what to do with. Of inside sw ee p s. Gangs sweeps or shovels reach th e And also,” he said, “we have Swing in place like a gate. end of the row. POWERGLIDE MOST POWERFUL raised a few geese for many AUTOMATIC VALVE-IN-HEAD Now is the time to get a cultivating outfit that really years. Geese do very well on TRANSMISSION ENGINE grass, with no other feed. We works for you. Let us show you these new WD and CA S im p le r w ith fe w e r T eam ed w ith Pow er- find that grain fattened geese Cultivators today. parts to wear. Sm oother glide is th e m ost pow look nice but they shrink badly —no com plicated in erful valve-in-head en when cooked. Grass raised and term ediate gears. Op gine in its field and an Z? fattened geese are the best of tio n a l o n D e L u x e outstanding perform er the National models at extra cost. in any field! all for eating and cheap to Farm and Hom* raise.” Hour — Every V S A ttS A ND SERVICE Someone might just raise Saturday — NBC geese in commercial numbers. Wonder how cost of gains per pound would compare with cost Phone Gresham 760 Boring Road of raising turkeys and other
