Tfce OREGON STATESMAN, Balctg, Oregon. Sunlaf Morning, Pecemger I93f
PAGE ELEVEN
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RESULTS OF, IRRIGATION
500,000 Tons Yearly Re
quired, is Estimate After
Soil Surveys
Willamette Taller' agriculture
could profitably us at least 500,
000. tons ot ground limestone per
year as a means of maintaining Its
agriculture on a permanent basis.
belieres Dr. W. L. Powers, chiet
in soils at Oregon State college.
basins; his estimate on a detailed
study of the soil surreys that haTe
been made of 6,600.000 acres of
western Oregon land. At least half
of. this area requires occasional
liming for fullest development.
VRirer bottom soils show only
slight acidity, and chemical analy
sis indicates that they hare not
been leached and are compara-
tirely well supplied with calci
um," says Dr. Powers. "The wet
valley soils and old grain lands
in the main valley floor show a
moderate lime requirement and
can use an initial application of
from 1 to 1 tons per acre, with
lighter applications later.
2 Tons in Red Hill
"The red hill lands are dis
tinctly acid and need from 1 to 2
tons of lime per acre. The pres
ent costs limit the maximum ap
plication to about V tons, ex
cept that on the well located
lands, having good drainage, full
2 tons may be justified. It is
neither necessary nor desirable to
neutralize the soil completely in
liming."
Pr. Powers says that 5 pounds
of burned lime is equivalent to
74 pounds of hydrated lime or 100
pounds of good ground -limestone,
and that relative costs can be fig
ured on this basis.
Apply Before Seeding -
Legumes make the best first
use of lime, in fact in coast re
gions in Oregon lime is absolutely
essential to continued growth of
legumes. For this reason the
lime is usually applied on the
land Just before seeding to le
gumes. It is spread after plowing
and harrowed in.
Directions for making a lime
spreader are given In Oregon Ex
periment station bulletin No. 237
which may be had free. Soil sam
ple submitted with legal location
as to section, township and range
will be tested free for lime re
quirement by the soils department
of the experiment station.
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Views of irrigated Lftdlvo pasture on the J. D. Van Well farm near
Ballston.
Irrigated Pastures Held an
Important Development in
Polk County Farm Lands
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PORTLAND. Dec. (AP)
Wheat gained a bit, hog' prices in
creased, while cattle were frac
tionally' lower and sheep un
changed on the general market
here this week.
With an advance of about two
cents Big Bend bluestem closed
around 74 cents, with other va
rieties at 59. Feed oats was
unchanged at J25.
The boost in bog prices aver
aged 25 cents, sending heavy
stock, 250-290 pounds, to $4.35
5.00; mediums. 200-220 pounds,
to 4.75-5.35, and lights, 160-180
pounds, to 5.25-5.35. Feeders and
stockers were unchanged at 4.00
4.50. Good steers, best weights, were
off from 25 to 50c to 5.75-6.26.
Good cows were 4.00-4.50, and
vealers were unchanged at 7.00
7.50. Lambs held at Just last week's
quotations, 5.00-5.50 for choice
animals; 3.75-5.00 for mediums
and 3.00-3.75 for common.
Eggs moved upward. Fresh ex
tras were 33-45c; standards 31,
fresh mediums 2 7-2 8c, and fresh
pullets, 20 cents.
Butter was unchanged from
last week's close at 31c .for ex
tras, 30c for both standards and
prime firsts, and firsts, 29c.
The hay list held the same as
last week. Buying prices, F. O.
B. Portland were: alfalfa 14-15;
valley timothy 15-15.50; eastern
Oregon timothy 18-18.50; clover
11; oat hay 12; oats and vetch
12-12.50. Straw was selling at
6-6.50 a ton.
The 1931 Oregon hop cropwaa
quoted around 12 to 14 cents.
Eastern Oregon wool was 12 to
15c; valley coarse 12c, and me
dium, 13c '
. ' Italian prunes were going at
from 4 to 6 cents.
By J. R. BECK
Irrigation of pastures and
small fruits is proving successful
here in Polk county. During the
past three, years 21 farmers have
started the development of a pro
ject on their own place. Most of
the acreage will be devoted to ir
rigated pastures for dairy cows
but several are irrigating rasp
berries and blackberries with
equal success. Quality products
and lower production costs have
resulted from the use of irriga
tion water.
' Streams have provided the sup
ply in all but one case. Albert
Boufflepr of the West Salem area
is irrigating a nine-acre field of
evergreen blackberries with wat
er pumped from a well 170 feet
deep. The pumping, however,is
only at a depth from 40 to 100
feet.
. Plenty of Sources
Streams and rivers that cross
Polk county have provided the
water for some mighty fine irri
gated crops and there is still
quite a bit of water available for
this work particularly in the
Luckiamute and Willamette riv
ers. After the present projects
that are underway are fully devel
oped it may be there will be wat
er available in the Rickreall, Mill
Creek and Yamhill rivers.
Before the work was taken up
by the extension service, Sam
Ray of Elklns and W. O. Mor
row of Rickreall were already do
ing some irrigation work. About
that same time, S. H. Robison, a
neighbor of Mr. Morrow, began
irrigating root crops. These places
have been used as examples in
much of the irrigation work that
has been started along with the
experimental fields at the state
college.
Hops Irrigated Early
Aside from these, practically
the only other irrigation work in
the county when this project was
started, was that carried on in
the Horst company. McLaughlin
ranch and Sloper brothers' hop
yards where the pumping is most
ly from sloughs. In 1929, N. A.
Nelson started one of the first
projects on hi3 farm near Elkins.
Mr. Nelson now has underway
the development of a larger tract
on his farm in which he intends to
use the flooding system which has
proven more satisfactory than
the corrugation system.
One of the first results of irri
gation here in Polk county that
aroused the interest of local
farmers was that received by W.
O. Morrow in 1927 when be ir
rigated a small field of alfalfa by
flooding with a canvas hose. As
a result of this irrigation, Mr
Morrow got four cuttings of al
falfa hay which yielded him bet
ter than seven tons per acre.
File for Rights
Last year a large number of
applications for water rights
were filed and several fields were
actually irrigated. Then this year
some more fields were put under
Irrigation and development on
the permits taken out in 1930 was
gotten underway in earnest.
The first Irrigated pasture
planted for that purpose and wat
ered was probably started here in
Polk county last year by C. W.
Brandstetter and John Vincent of
the Ballston district and at about
the same time J. H. Patterson of
the Gold Creek community start
ed diverting water by means of
gravity from th creek that runs
through his place. Also, last year
N. L. Guy began the Irrigation of
his 10-acre field of red raspber
ries just east of Dallas.
This year the largest number of
farmers began development of Ir
rigation projects in the Valley
Junction community where T. J.
Werth and Eben Ray began irri
gating fields on their places and
in addition, R. A. Llerman. W. W.
Werth, Fred Werth and Allen
Richardson all prepared fields
and seeded them this fall so that
they will be ready for irrigation
I by the dry season next year.
Between Dallas and Falls City,
Eldon Prink and lad roster de
veloped fields on their adjoining
places by ozlng on pumping sys
tem while W. U Soehren and N.
L. Guy of Dallas lai an under
ground pip system for their ac
reage on th north, aid ot the
Rickreall Just east ot Dallas, sad
Albert Boufrieur ot West Salem
made use ot his well tor th irri
gation of his nia acres ot ever
green blackberries. Claude Hois
lngton'of th Lewisvill district
began the development of th
project on his place. Piping and
equipment has also -been installed
on th Zielesch farms near Park
er tor the Irrigation ot a consid
erable acreage.
Green pasture for th produc
tion of summer milk is on ot the
most important uses up to th
present time of irrigation water
here in Polk county. According to
J.' A. Campbell ot Perrydale his
10 acres ot irrigated pasture car
ried his entire herd ot 40 cows
from April until September with
but three weeks off when the
land was being Irrigated.
X. L. Guy has this in mind in
the irrigation or his red rasp
berries and has been busy the
past two years working out the
details of th most satisfactory
use of water on his place.
Another evidence of the value
of an Irrigated pasture was this
year's experience of J. D. Van
Well near Ballston who pastured
10 cows on two acres of Ladino
clover and grass mixture from
early spring until September ex
cept for the time when the land
was be.ng irrigated.
A total of 51 farmers have se
cured water rights for irrigat
ing approximately 1,200 acres of
which only a small part is under
water up to the present time.-
Centrifugal pumps powered by
gasoline or electric motors are
the means for lifting the water
from the streams from where it
runs by1 gravity over the fields
An application of two. or three
inches of water is made at an Ir
rigation and in the pastures this
is done by flooding strips across
the field that are about 30 feet
wide. C. W. Brandstetter states
that the most important thing in
getting ready for irrigation is to
see that the field is properly lev
elled and ridged.
Holly Orchard Show
Place of Polk Area;
- Harvest i Hob On
ZEXJL, Dec ff On . f
the show place of PoQc
county is the- McKlaley holly
rchard located la the Zeas
IHHa and conslstiag of oste.
ere. Th holly . trees, are
beantif al from th tim thejr
begin to blossom amtil the
berries ton red aad the
prays are ready for market.
The orchard Is sheltered
from the elements to a cer
tain extent and the red soil
of the hiUs Is excellent for
holly cultnre. This year the
holly is of evea better qual
ity than osmal.
Jesse Worthington is in
charge of cultivation and
prunlag of the orchard. Cut
ting sprays of holly for ship
ment to California began
Thursday with Salem as the
shipping point.
K8
RECEIVE
PUBLICITY
That's new Name Given to
Pacific Route; Folder
To be Distributed
and disadvantage ot the plan.
Thsr ar six towns . la - Oregon
aaving th city manager form ot
government, and ther ar more
towns in th northwest mnder this
system than in any other part of
th country.
Dr. Staats, president, announc
ed that a meeting ot th new
board of directors would b held
Saturday noon at the Bin Gar
den. H. 0. Black, president-elect,
win take office th first ot Jan
uary. .
MOLALLA, Dec. 5 While it
may not be generally known to
the outside world, Molalla com
munity is quite a turkey raising
center and becoming more recog
nized as such each succeeding
year. A large number of the birds
raised here for the Thanksgiving
market wer marketed direct,
some locally, and others through
buyers. The largest amount were
taken out of Molalla by Emmert
Bros, in three truck loads just
before Thanksgiving. These
weighed 6,500 pounds. The
largest bird weighed 28 pounds.
Swift company took 6,000 pounds,
bought by Emmert Bros, brought
more than 13,000 to the raisers
here.
Alack, Tusko
May Not Use
Kind's Code
Tusko, for two months ward
and wonder of Marion county, is
gone, but not memories. That's
why many will feel sorry for the
poor, 10-ton animal, that he can't
die when his time comes like
elephants should die. For this is
what Bomeone has found about
tusks and death of elephants:
Most of the ivory used Is ob
tained by digging, and not by
shooting as is commonly sup
posed. Elephants have their own code
of customs. One of these Is that
no members of the herd must
die among bis fellows. When an
old elephant feels that his course
is run, he separates himself from
the herd and makes for a particu
lar burial-ground for each herd
has Its own place of burial.
This Is always a swampy tract
of land overgrown with trees and
rank vegetation. Here he dies,
and his great body buries itself
by its own weight in the soft
soil. Many of these elephant
graveyards are known to the Af
rican hunters, who make Jour
neys to them each year for the
purpose of digging up the ivory
tusks. Few white men have ever
seen such a place, tor the natives
know that an elephant graveyard
is as valuable as a gold mind.
and they keep the secret.
Th Willamette- valley and Cra
ter Lake National park ar prom
inently featured in a new highway
map and illustrated folder which
will be widely distributed over th
United States
Communities from Canada to
Mexico along United States high
way No. 99 renamed the Paeifle
National Parks highway are to
join in a cooperative plan of ad
vertising th six great national
parks of the Pacific coast. The ad
vertising will be done principally
through the means ot letterheads
and folders showing how U. 3.
highway Nk 99 links the. six na
tional parks.
The map and descriptive ma
terial is so arranged that cham
bers ot commerce and business
concerns along the highway may
use it as a letterhead and
through this method many thou
sands will be distributed in the
course of a year. Another arrange-'
ment permits the use ot the ma
terial as a folder by communities
along the highway, thereby pro
viding distribution of additional
thousands.
it is pointed out that U. S. high-
way No. 99 or xne racuic na
tional Parks highway, using tne
new and more descriptive name-
is the most direct route to reacn
all the six national parks. Rainier,
Crater Lake, Lassen Volcanic, Yos-
emite. Sequoia and General Grant.
Communities in Washington, Ore
gon and California, by joining in
the use of the letterheads ana
folders, will not only attract out-
tourist travel, but will ue 01
material aid in stimulating travel
from one state to another.
Californians, tor instance, will
be urged to visit the national
parks of the northwest, and resi
dents of the northwest will be en
couraged to visit the national
narks of California. Another and
even more important phase of the
campaign will be the establish
ment of the Pacific National
Parks highway on such an lm
portant and substantial basis as
to make it the logical route ot
the federal government s pro
posed new International highway
down the Pacific coast from Can
ada to Mexico.
MORAX SCHOOL HIT
SEATTLE, DC. 5 (AP)
Fir which endangered th Mor
an school tor boys on Bsinbxidg
bland was checked Friday on th
arrival ot a Seattle tlreboat. Th
barracks of th institution was
destroyed with a 110.000 loss.
Mrt. Conklin Finds :
Snow, Zero WeatKer
MONHOUTH. DV 4-ltra.
Peter Conklia, who ownt - and
operates whit Hall, a stadent
home, has returned home from a
visit with her son-la-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stockman
and grandson, at Helix, near Pen
dleton. Zero vreather .prvalld,
with f oar Inches ot snow.
Daring Mrs. Conklin's absent.
Mrs. Ruth Triplett, proprietor Of
a Monmoath beauty shop, acted as
housemother of Whit HalL
Forty-eight Indians Ur la
Clevelsnd, O., th oensns Teport
shows.
CorvalHs Approximately 2700
pounds of squirrel poison was
used by about 400 Benton conuty
farmers this year to reduce the
rodent population on their farms
Hillsboro The acreage of hairy
vetch harvested by Washington
county farmers next year will be
greater than in any previous
year, says W. F. Cyrus, county
agent. The low price of grain and
the rather small contract price be
ing offered for Austrian field peas
has brought about an Increased
interest in hairy vetch as a seed
crop, he says.
Butter Market
High on Coast-
But Clover Off
Pacific coast butter markets
harm twn among the highest in
- th world dnrlnr the past few
weeks," says the current market
. report of th college extension
service. "With production scarcely
equal to th regional demand, and
hAldinrs licht. nrlces have been
well above quotations in the large
astern markets."
Commenting on the current
Antrr altnftHnn. th TCDOrt SSVS
. that .a United States department
" of airricnltnral surrer November
. 1 Indicated S or S per cent in
crease in milk production compar
ed with November 1, 19 SO. The
Increase was accounted tor partly
h morn enw andnartlr bv heav
ier production per cow. Cold stor
- age stocks for th country were
. stui relatively ngnt, nowever, on
Novemoer 1.
Com . production in North Da
kota 1 this year is estimated at
Z 5,151,0 00 bushels, compared to
19.058.000 bushels In 1930.
'Mor than 100.000 bushels -of
sweet potatoes bay been cured
and stored by Carteret county, N.
Tennessee wool growers with a
membership of 971 in 40 coun
ties marketed 170,000 pounds ot
wool through the farm board
during My and June.
A bushel of seed corn donated
to a drough-stricken farmer in In
diana produced 600 bushels of
grain.
CLUB HS TALK
CITY MAIMERS
DALAS, Dec. 5 George Mc
Gee, city manager for the town of
Hillsboro. was speaker at the Frl
day luncheon of the Kiwanis club
He was accompanied by Mr. Free
man, chief ot police of Hillsboro
Mr. McGee outlined the plan of
operation under a city manager,
the duties and placing of responsi
bility and some of the advantages
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