ab o u t th e an im als th ro u g h im pli
ca tio n and th ro u g h w h a t one
T H U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 29, 1953 know s of close relatives.
T he Ribbon S eal is about five
feet long and in general built like
its close re la tiv e s th e H a rb o r
S eal, H a ir Seal o r C om m on Seal.
It
differs
m ost
conspicuously
W h e th e r O regon will get its
from this b e tte r know n anim al foot in th e door for a sh are of an
in its c o n sp ic u o /; m ark in g s, som e an n u al m ulti-m illion d o llar h a rd
of w hich give th e anim al its wood m a rk e t in th e te x tile in d u s
By E. L A U R E N C E P A L M E R
try m ay hinge on tests of a cord
^EW R E A D E R S of this have r
each of w este rn dogwood anti m a-
ev e r o r will ev er see o u r sub
dro n e sen t to e a s te rn m a n u fa c
je c t th e Ribbon S eal. Not only is
tu re rs.
th e an im al re la tiv e ly ra re but It
is found only olT th e coast of
S h u ttle s, bobbins and spools
A lask a and ab o u t th e A leutian
a re now m ade from seven e a ste rn
Isla n d s n e ith e r of w hich art* in
woods for th e woof and w a rp in
cluded in th e m a jo rity of v ac a
d u stry . O regon m adro n e and dog
tio n trip s. Even txxiks dealing
wood w ere shipped to th e e a s te rn
w ith m am m als o r w ith such sp e
m a n u fa c tu re rs by th e O regon
cialized su b jects as a q u a tic m a
F o rest P ro d u c ts labo rato ry . T he
Ribbon Seal
rn ais do little m ore th an list and
lab o ra to ry has been w o rk in g on
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illu s tr a te R ibbon Seals. One has
this sh u ttle -h ard w o o d p ro ject in
to get m ost of his in fo rm atio n
th e p ast year.
com m on nam e. T h e basic color
S h u ttle s m ade from O regon
of a Ribbon Seal is d a rk brow n.
hardw oods a re now undergoing
fcuguuuuui gmamnnnmiaKnifamB i i miipn in n niinraugm
U nlike any o th e r seals, how ever,
in-service tests. H ardness, ab ility
th e re a re around th e neck, the
to ta k e a high polish and sm ooth
ru m p and each shoulder, conspic
TOR YOUR
w earin g a re th e q u alities neces
uous, usually definitely defined
ELECTRICAL NEEDS bands of yellow o r o ra n g e yellow. sary for a s h u ttle , according to
Ja c k P feiffer of th e research
S om etim es th ese join each o th e r
ag en cy ’s in d u stria l re la tio n s sec
but usually th ey a re well sep
tion.
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arated . In th e fem ales th e bands
W e ste rn dogwood has never
are m uch m ore obscure th a n they
been th o u g h t of as a m a rk e ta b le
are in th e m ales. Because of these
wood, but as a flow ering tre e and
m ark in g s it w ould be difficult to
w a ste product in logging o p e ra
confuse a R inged S eal, m ale or
tions. It has been said a stan d
fem ale w ith any o th e r seal hkqjy
of one o r twro cords of dogwood
to be found w ithin its range. T he
an a c re is econom ically h a r v e s t
S addle-backed Seal of th e N orth
able.
A tlan tic m ay have conspicuous
Dogwood is sc a tte re d th ro u g h
back m ark in g s but they a re not
out w e ste rn O regon. M adrone is
so re g u la rly placed as a re those
found principally in th e so u th
in th e R inged Seal nor a re they w e ste rn p art of th e sta te . A con
so conspicuous. B esides th is the
E L E C T R IC H E A T IN G A
se rv a tiv e e s tim a te has 425.000.000
N orth A tlan tic and th e A leutians
S P E C IA L T Y
board feet of m adro n e o v er 11
and A laska a re well sep a rated .
W o rk m a n sh ip G u a ra n te e d
inches in d ia m e te r in Oregon.
T he typical sto ry of rep ro d u c
tion for m em b ers of th e fam ily
V isitors at th e Sw an hom e a re
to w hich th e Ribbon Seal belongs
m ay be helpful here. T he fam ily Mrs. P aul T alb o t and children.
ELECTRIC CO.
includes th e H a rb o r Seal, w hich C h risty and P aul. M rs. T alb o t, a
B ack P o rtio n of M atot B uilding is re la tiv e ly com m on along our d a u g h te r of Mrs. S w an flew up
Res. P hone 2561
A tlan tic C oast south to th e C aro- from S an F ran cisco on S u n d ay to
inas; th e Hixxled Seal, w hich is spend som e tim e w ith h er p a r
p^rhnTmnii’ tPti uiiajju. uuuiinium. "..ludir'ÿir.muninniunu
ents.
6 Brookings I larhor Pilot
Coast Hardwoods
Tested For Use
In Textile Trade
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bine w ith tiny feeding ro o ts on
som e trees to fo rm special ab
sorbing bodies w hich a re believed
to en ab le th e tre e s to ta k e n u
trie n ts from th e soil m o re effec
tively.
Soil m o istu re stu d ies will cover
ra te of grow th, g erm in a tio n and
estab lish m en t of seedlings from
n a tu ra l and a e rial seedings, and
p la n ta tio n estab lish m en t.
L ead er of th e p ro g ram is Dr.
C. T. Y oungberg, w ho w as nam ed
to th e n ew ly -created post of fo r
est soils sc ie n tist last fall.
In
his job. he w o rk s w’ith both th e
soils d e p a rtm e n t of th e a g ric u l
tu ra l ex p erim en t sta tio n and th e
school of fo restry .
C o o p eratin g
in th e p ro g ram a re th e s ta te fo r
e s try d e p a rtm e n t and v ario u s fed
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and Coaching
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one of th e m ost ab u n d an t N o rth
A tlan tic seals, and th e H a rp Seal
th a t is found in th e A rctic w a te rs
of both th e A tla n tic and Pacific.
In m ost of th ese an im als th e 33
herds form at rookeries in early
spring w hen th e young “p u p s”
a re born. T he m a tin g th a t is re ::
sponsible for n ex t y e a r’s young o
ta k e s place sh o rtly afte r.
The
fem ales a re excellent m o th ers
and n u rse th e young on land fo r
a few w eeks before th e fam ily
ta k e s to th e sea. T he size of th e
herds of these seals is m uch sm a ll
e r th a n one finds w ith the group
to w hich the fu r seals belong.
F u r d ealers give a n u m erical
ra tin g to indicate th e d u ra b ility
of furs w ith o tte r given as a
sta n d a rd of p erfectio n at 100. In
this scale the fu r seals yield pelts
ra te d at SO p er cent w hile t h ? |
H air S eals to w hich th e Ribbon I
S eals ix'long a re m ore likely t o ,
lx* ra te d at about 25 jx*r cent. I
[Ju st because a coat o r w rap m ay
be m ade of seal skin th e n does
not w a rra n t th a t it will becom e
a fam ily heirloom . T he d om estic
rabbit has a ra tin g of 3 jx*r cent
in th is classification and the
m u sk ra t 43 p e r cent. T h e fu r
seals have been h arv ested m ore
for th e oil th a t m ay lx* e x tra c te d
from th e ir ca rca sse s th a n for
th e ir p elts and even this p ractice
is usually lim ited to species th a t
c o n g reg ate in larg e num bers.
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to com e from a broad new’ pro
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M ore th an a dozen of th e m ost
p ressing soils problem s a re now,
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tip le use of fo rest lands— for
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also.
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is on th e re la tio n betw een soil
p ro p e rtie s and th e o ccu rren ce and
sev e rity of tre e diseases.
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m y co rrh izal fungi in tre e grow th
is being studied. T h e fungi com
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