The Sandy Post
GENERAL
Sandy Area Grower Declared
Clackamas Strawberry King
Hv J .J .In sk eep
M eet th e stra w b e rry -g ro w
ing king of C lackam as C ounty.
T he nam e? J. E. J a rv is of
R oute 1, E agle C reek, w ho
produced 23)1,844 pound of
stra w b e rrie s on 16 acres. A
little fa st “fig g erin g ” w ill
show this to ta l to com e out 7
tons, 118 pounds of stra w
b erries p e r acre. Q uite a rec
ord for any y e a r b u t even
m ore im pressive w hen one
considers the poor h arv estin g
conditions th is season and also
th a t th e re w ere no o th e r “5-
T on” applicants from C lack
am as C ounty in 1958.
J a rv is has b u ilt a re p u ta tio n
as a good stra w b e rry grow er
w ith high yields in past years,
his highest past production
w as 8 tons of stra w b e rrie s p er
acre.
T he J a rv is B erry F arm is
located some 5 m iles southeast
of Sandy and consists of 124
acres in all, m ostly seeded
dow n to grass. S traw b e rries
are th e only ro w -cro p and th e
o th e r im p o rtan t “crop” on th e
place a re th e geese w hich do
F arm fam ilies w ho have
farm ed th e sam e land co n tin
uously for a h u n d red y ears or
m ore w ill be honored at the
S ta te F a ir com ing up by th e
O regon S ta te D ep artm en t of
A g ricu ltu re headed by R obert
J. S tew ard. The first claim ant
to this distinction com ing to
o u r atten tio n include descen
d an ts of th e
la te
G eorge
W ashington Jackson, Sr. liv
ing in th e G lad Tidings C om
m u n ity betw een M olalla and
M arquam .
Com ing to o u r office re
cently w ith docum ents to su p
p o rt th e ir claim w ere Mrs.
G ladys L ang and Mrs. E sther
W ilbroad, g ran d d a u g h ters of
m ost of th e w eeding in the
s tra w b e rry fields.
W hat are th e secrets of high
production? “No secrets,” says
Jarv is, “ju st a m a tte r of sound
practices carried out a t th e
rig h t tim e.” Some of thejje
sound practices are: Use of
O regon certified plants. Jarv is
has been in the stra w b e rry
gam e for 8 y ears now and has
n ev er p lan ted any o th e r th a n
O regon
certified
M arshall
v ariety plants.
P ro p e r fertilizin g plays an
im p o rtan t p art, too. On th e
n ew er field 400 pounds of 16-
20-0 p er acre w as applied in
th e fall in an ticip atio n of seed
ing a g rain crop (w hich he
n ev er got p lan ted because of
th e w e a th e r), and th en in th e
spring an o th er 4000 pounds
16-20-0 w as broadcast over
th e field p rio r to settin g th e
plants. A fte r th e stra w b e rry
p lan ts sta rte d grow th, 1,000
pounds of su p erp h o sp h ate w as
banded a t th e sides of th e row.
A fte r
harv est,
som etim e
around J u ly 10 to 15, Ja rv is
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NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE
cuts th e m ats to 12 inches w ith
a disc (he does not clip the
to p s), th en applies 400 pounds
of n itro p rills and starts irri-
’ gating.
W hat about insect control,
you ask? J a rv is believes th e
only good bug is a dead bug.
, H e s ta rts off by applying a
soil tre a tm e n t of ald rin , very
c arefu l fo im m ed iately follow
th e
application
w ith
a
th o ro u g h discing. T im ely p e r
iodic du stin g s are m ade for
aphid
control
from J u ly
th ro u g h
O ctober
using
a
p arath io n -D D T dust.
Rot control - J a rv is has
th a t situ atio n w ell u n d e r con
trol, too; h e’s sold on th e use
of C aptan d u st and m akes
th re e applications from the
tim e bloom s a p p ea r to th e tim e
of harvest. Ja rv is n e v er finds
black stam ens, w hich m any
a ttrib u te to fro st and th in k s
p erh ap s its not fro st b u t a
fu n g u s o r b lig h t w hich he
controls w ith the cap tan d u s-
ing.
We left out th e w eed con
trol? No, it w as saved for last
- this is th e d essert - Ja rv is
uses no chem ical w eed control.
T h a t’s right, no chem ical w eed
control. He does rely on help,
though, help fro m his flock of
geese th a t really keep the
w eeds u n d e r control. B u t the
geese d on’t do it all. Y ou’ll
find a couple of w ell-w o rn
hoes on th e place and m ost
any day you can fin d Ja rv is
in his s tra w b e rry p atch hoeing
th e groundsel
(w hich th e
geese w on’t e a t) o r doing
som e of the m an y o th e r chores
th a t alw ay s need yooking a f
ter.
So, h e re ’s to you, Mr.
Jarv is, a salu te to you for a
job w ell done.
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Sandy, Oregon Thursday, August 21, 1958
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RICHARDSON CHEVROLET
Loop Highway
Sandy
MU 7-2681
G eorge W ashington Jackson,
Sr. The o th er g randchild is
C arl Jackson a bro th er. F am
ilies of these th re e are still
farm ing a portion of the o r
iginal donation land claim
petitioned by G eorge W. Ja c k -
son, Sr. O ctober 1, 1849. In
evidence also w as th e p aten t
signed by P resid en t Jam es
B uchanan about 10 y ears later.
G eorge W ashington Jackson
Sr. was born in Easton. P e n n
sylvania May 10, 1825. At the
age of 12 he w as sent o Illi
nois w here he w as apprenticed
to a tan n er. He cam e to O re
gon as we recollect from th e
evidence, in 1847. L a te r he re
tu rn e d to P ennsylvania. He
re tu rn e d sh o rtly to Oregon
by w ay of Panam a. The d o n a
tion claim included a section
of 640 acres in tow nship 5
south 1 east. H ere he started
farm ing and raised a fam ily
of 14 children of w hom G eorge
W ashington Jaskson, J r. was
the youngest. Mrs. Lang, Mrs.
W ilbroad and C arl Jackson
are his descendants.
G eorge W ashington Ja c k -
son Sr. was a m an of parts. In
addition to farm ing, he taught
grade school, singing and d a n
cing. He is th e a u th o r of a
pioneer song and his descen
d an ts hav e the original copy
w ritte n by his hand. F o r one
w in te r a t least, he ta u g h t the
Bald H ill school n e ar th e p re
sent Jacob Schnack place.
E v id en tly in those days,
and m uch later, fu n d s raised
by assessm ent w ere not su f
ficient fo r paying a good
teacher. In this instance seven
of th e n eighbors signed an
ag reem en t to pay th e ir teach er
$100 a q u a rte r fo r th re e q u a r
ters. The signers w ere C harles
N. V andervort, H. F. K aylor,
Levi Davis, W illiam B rough
ton, E sth er Todd, Jo h n W ilhoit
and Jam e s O. F ru it. All the
signers w ro te good h ands bu t
the la tte r sig n atu re w as faded
and w e cannot be too su re of
it.
The e ld er Jackson belonged
to th e M asonic Lodge. He was
appointed G lad Tidings P o st
m aster in 1860. He operated
a sm all ta n n e ry on Rock C reek
and w as active in m ilitary
affairs. In fact he w as appoin
ted Colonel of the second re g
im ent of th e te rrito ra l m ilitia
A ugust 1, 1856 by B. F. H ard
ing, acting G overnor.
Pioneers w ere not w ith o u t
social diversions. A m ong the
docum ents ow ned by th e e l
d e r Jac k so n ’s descendants is
th e copy of an in v itatio n to a
party. It read s as follows:
“M ay M irth and Joy A -
bound — G eorge W. Jackson
SOCIAL B A LL
Mr. Joseph D rak e and lady.
You are resp ectfu lly solicited
to atten d a p a rty to be given
a t th e hom e of Thom as P.
Jackson on th e M olalla P ra irie
on F rid ay , S ep tem b er 30, 1853,
com m encing at 2 PM.
M anagers:
Joseph
Young,
M axw ell Ram sby, T hom as P.
Jack so n ”
A dditional C 1 a c k a m as
C ounty resid en ts w hose fam
ilies have farm ed th e same
land for 100 y e ars o r m ore
should apply to C ounty Ju d g e
L a to u re tte who w ill certify to
the fact a fte r su itab le ev i
dence is presented.
V ariation in spacing of
D ouglas fir p lan tin g s does
m ake a big differen ce in the
board feet volum e p er acre
a fte r a grow ing period of 33
years. At least th is is indicated
by a series of ex p erim en ts on
the U. S. F o restry E x p erim en t
S tation at W ind R iver, W ash
ington. The area rep resen ted
is Site 4 w hich is not the best.
In 1925 plan tin g s w ere
m ade 4x4 ft. - 6x6 ft. and
10x10 ft. N earby is a n a tu ra l
stand of th e sam e age.
The following tab le tells of
trees rem aining, volum e of
board feet p er acre, and o th er
essential data at the end of
33 years, at various planting
spacings:
Trees rem aining p e r acre:
4x4 ft - 1,790; 6x6 ft - 1,032;
10x10 ft - 401; n a tu ra l stand
sam e age - 681.
V olum e board ft: 4x4 ft -
1.232; 6x6 ft - 3,913; 10x10 ft-
13,202; n a tu ra l stand, sam e
age - 5,311.
A verage d iam eter b reast
h eight-inches: 4x4 ft- 4.1; 6x6
ft - 4.9; 10x10 ft - 7.5; n a tu ra l
stand, sam e age - 5.4.
A verage heig h t (5 larg est
trees) feet: 4x4 ft. - 49; 6x6
ft - 53; 10x10 ft. - 65; n a tu ra l
stand, sam e age - 56.
T he 10x10 spacing m ay
have th e m ore desirable stand
for th is low site. A 12x12 spa
cing is sim ilar so fa r as vo l
um e is concerned b u t has th e
app earan ce of h aving a sp a
cing w hich is too w ide.
T he th in k in g at this tim e
is th a t 8x8 foot spacing is a -
bout rig h t especially on b e tte r
sites.
The trees in th is e x p erim en t
w ere not artificially th in n ed
a fte r planting. This is also tru e
in the n a tu ra l stand. The d if
ference in volum e board feet
p er acre at th is tim e seem s
especially sig n ifican t .. 1232
board feet on th e 4x4 p lan tin g
com pared to 13,202 board feet
on th e 10x10 planting.
T his e x p e rim e n t w ould
«lead to th e conclusion th a t
thick stan d s should be th in n ed
at a fa irly early age. This is
ex actly w h a t a n u m b e r of
C lackam as C ounty tre e fa rm
ers are doing. F o r instance,
O liver B ow m an w ho lives n e ar
P o rte r School th in n ed and
p ru n ed 6 acres in his excellent
stan d la st w in ter.
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