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.hert will be late because many
are just being planted. With the
abundant moisture, If some warm
weather comes along, they should
grow quickly.
.. The ground under the cherry
tree at the W. P. Collard place
is snow white with complete blos
soms that have fallen. The recent
hail storm or some unknown bird
or pest is responsible.
The filbert trees are a vivid
green, with new leaves, in this
district; Boysenberries, which
"have been slow, are beginning to
leaf out John Bushman is the first
here to commence dusting hops.
He is putting dust on each hill
in the Scott field before the hops
are trained.
Fred Viesko is graveling all his
private roads and driveways on
Goose Lake Acres and Home
ranch. The gravel is being hauled
from Salem.
Dairy Workers to
Get Training
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Additional spring classes to
train women dairy workers are
being arranged by the OSC exten
sion service in response to calls
from Oregon dairymen for help,
announces Mrs. Mabel Mack, as
sistant state farm labor supervisor
in charge of recruiting for the
women's land army. Each course
lasts from one to three weeks, ac
cording to previous experience of
students.
Applicants found 'suitable will
have all expenses paid while tak
jlng the course, including trans
portation to Corvallis. Those who
j take the training agree to stay in
i dairy work at least three months
when suitable jobs are available.'
t - Mrs. Mack is also recruiting
i ranch cooks to meet a keen de
i mand from many parts of the
: state. Anyone with past expe
dience and interested may get de
; tails direct from her. Both of
these war important jobs pay
high wages, she says.
Today's Garden
By LILLIE MADSEN
Mrs. M. C. M. writes that she
has a little fig tree purchased two
years ago which has shown very
little growth and no fruit. She
' wonders if there is anything spe
cial she can do to it
- Answer: Fig trees are a little
slow in establishing themselves
' but once established will do very
; well here. She does not say in
what location she has it planted,
or the type of sou. Figs like a
south location; that is, on the
south side of the house. They
must have full sun to bear well
Drainage must be good. The soil
must not be acid. Usually it is
well, unless your soil is really al
kaline, to scatter a bit of lime
: around the figs each spring when
; you loosen the surface of the soil.
: Bonemeal is a good fertilizer. Us
jUally .fig trees will bear the sec
ond or third year. I had one.
which I planted one February and
? it gave a handful of figs late that
1 following summer. One of the
"finest fig trees I know is growing
ion the home place of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Powell at Silverton. It
. was planted some 20 years ago by
' the late P. L. Brown of Silverton.
It has two immense crops each
year. The tree, a huge thing,
grows in a southeast corner of the
house, and other than summer ir
rigation, gets no special atten
tion, Mrs. Powell reports. But
the soil is very well drained in its
location. It is not a heavy soil.
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Hulburts to Retire
Selling Fine Jersey Herd .;
At Auction at Independence
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: Statesman Farm Editor 1:
Like Annie in the old song,
and Mrs. A. L. Hulburt won't
more. They'll be fishing, according
- For, after producing and developing more world record cows
than any other breeder in America, as well asfthe two ranking
tested sires of the breed, to make theirs one oi the best known
Jersey herds in America, the Hul
burts are going out of business
following the Jersey sale in which
or Hillsboro will
cry for them on
May 15 at then-
Independence
farm.
The Hulburts
not only will sell
their entire 28
head of Jerseys,
but also their
farm equipment
and much of
their household
goods. They re
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port they have already sold their
farm, disposing of it several days
ago to Mr. and Hrs. B. P. Leibold
of Oregon City. !
"I tell you, we are going fish
ing, Mr. Hulburt insists when
asked why the disposal of the
well-known herd. "We started 32
years ago in the Jersey business
at Falls City with three registered
cows: ont two-tea ted, one three
teated, and one bob-tailed. But
they were good producers, and
now we have taken about all the
records one herd can take. We are
quitting work early enough to en
joy some 'real fishing. I
But Mrs. Hulburt admits they
might have "hung on a bit long
er" . if help hadn't been so im
possible to get
Two of their three sons, and
all reared to be Jerseymen, are
now in the navy, Rollo, 23, has
been in over two years, and has
seen much active service in the
Pacific Edward, 17, enlisted just
a few weeks ago and is still in
boot camp. The third son, Alden,
assisted his father until nine
months ago when rheumatism laid
him up.
"Our only daughter. Norma,"
(Mrs. John Lindow) Mr. Hulburt
grins, "will carry on the Jersey
tradition of her parents. John and
Norma already have their own
herd, and 111 bet she's the only
girl ever to take a world record
away from her dad. Her Mission
ary's Noble Alice . made 1038
pounds of butterfat in 305 days
in early 1943, to take the world's
record away from our Sybil Tessie
Lorn a, who made 1020 pounds in
the same length of time."
Few Jersey breeders reach the
high number of records which the
Hulburts have in the last 15 years.
Included are 24 gold medals, 27
silver medals, eight medals of
merit, eight world records. Their
Sybil's Tessie Lorna was the first
two-year old to have a 160 pound
butter fat record in one month;
Sybil's Lucky Jane, to be sold
at the auction, was the youngest
Jersey to produce a 1000 pound
butter fat record, and their Bend
ed Bow's Ella Bell is the only
Jersey dam in the world to have
two world record daughters.
The Hulburts admit that parting
with some of the cows is rather
like parting with old time friends.
They have bred, and raised all of
their own females, and included
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it won't be !on. now until Mr.
be living at Independence any
to Mr. Hulburt
In the sale win be four daughters
of Bended Bow's Ella Bell, the
highest tested dans of the herd, and
nine daughters 1 0f Nelly's Stan
dard Volunteer,! wboj is the high
est tested sire of the breed. There
will be two wfrid champion in
the sale, and there will be Volun
teer Bell Roialie, j a world's
champion buttemt producer, a
daughter of the highest tested sire
and the highest Rested dam of the
breed. All 28 head will go.
"But," Hulburt : laughs, "Well
still have the President's trophy
which was presented to us at the
National livestock show, at Trea
sure Island during the World's
Fair. We won 3 on Sybil's Tes
sie Lorna, winder of one silver
and two gold medals and two med
als of merit, as Well as holder of
three world records in two tests."
Don't let up on the war against
the garden's twworst enemies,
the slug and this cutworm. Use
poison bait at eii day intervals
to catch the yoikflg ones as they
begin to look around for food. Be
cause of the slioftage of sugars
and syrups we arfc being advised
to use the comnlercially prepared
baits this spring i '
it is tune 6; pUnt UrrldU
bolbs now. If sme folk tell yon
they have Altec Tiger Lily
balbs, remember they are
speaklnr of thef Ticrfdl. Others
may call thet: the Mexican
Shell flower, hot they are sthl
Utrridlas. :
Sow parsnip seeds how.
Get your tefnato; bed ready.
Have it worked tip nicely and if
you have a fertiliser with a little
more potash than other ingred
ients put it on the ground. Other
wise, use theffegular Victory
fertilizer. Youll pe setting out the
tomato plants In a couple of
weeks. it
Watch those rpses for aphids.
Don't forget what I said last
week about using' a special bait
for the strawberry weevil on the
primroses. i
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To obtain 8,830,000 pounds of
turkey for American overseas
forces, the war food administra
tion restricted 11 sales of hen
turkeys in 16 states on April 21.
In the west, California, Washing
ton, Oregon and : Utah were af
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ogedn in arly fafl . . . reed
core spot as they develop with
good grass seed youll hare a
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Farm and Garden
MR.! AND MRS. A. L HULBURT
"I tell yea. we are going fishing"
Ranch Ramblings
By Rural Reporter
During the past week, farmers
took advantage' of the damp wea
ther Improving each - sunny
hour between showers - to fer
tilize their pastures. We found
several using ammonium sulphate
at the rate of 100 pounds to the
acre. They said the fertilizer they
used contained 21 per cent nitro
gen. And we found bee men feeding
honey to their "flocks". The rain,
the apiarists said, had lessened the
pollen in the blossoms and extra
feedings were necessary. One man
was feeding 10 pounds of honey
per colony.
Rains have been a benefit to all
crops, especially grain and pasture.
Winter grain continues in good
condition, and most spring grain
was found to be up and making
good growth also.
Some interference with pollin
ation was feared because of the
heavy rains. Only a few orchards
did we find had been sprayed.
We saw some nice rows of green
garden things, but as to growth,
they didn't seem to have made
much progress since last week.
Over in Molalla in Clackamas
county, we found fiber flax germ
inating well, and shearing of goats
nearly complete.
In Marion county, we found on
ly one flock of sheep sheared and
it looked as if its wool should have
been knitted into woolen sweaters
and put back on the sheep again.
But we heard a lot of talk about
getting ready to shear.
Silverton grangers will indulge
in the gas-saving pastime of arm
chair traveling on Friday night
when Fred Warnock will show his
moving pictures. The grange meets
at the Silverton WOW hall with
Essie Specht as master and Otto
A. Dahl as lecturer.
The Marion county Jersey men
are grooming their dairy cattle
in preparation for the spring show,
the exact date of which has not
yet been set. Lawrence Thomas,
Silverton, will judge the show,
The May meeting of the club is
scheduled for the Floyd E. Bates
home in the Rosedale district.
Over in Polk county, some need
ed farm fixing was being done
with farmers claiming that it was
too wet for farming. However, as
the soil dried up they began to
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work over their ground into which
spring barley is to go.
Polk county potato growers are
going to session today at 130 at
the county court house in Dallas
to discuss the potato production
problems of the county. Robert
E. Reider, entomologist at Oregon
State college, and former Marion
county agent, and Chester Otis,
assistant farm crop specialist, will
be present Last year, the Polk
county farmers report, saw the
potato acreages increased to al
most 50 per cent above normal.
With the increased acreages came
problems of flea beetle, blight
control, varieties, planting, har
vest, storage and marketing. Ted
Tibbutt, assisting county agent, is
arranging this meeting.
Time to Eliminate
Ground Squirrels
From Valley Farms
Ground squirrels are coming
out of their winter quarters now
so that control measures should
be started at once, according to
our county agents, poison barley
is the most popular bait as a con'
trol measure. Farmers organiza
tions can render a very real serv
ice to their community by mak
ing squirrel poisoning a commun
ity project and setting aside a
certain day to put out the poison.
Directions are to place a table
spoonful of bait neat the burrows
or on the trails of the squirrels.
Remember that this bait contains
strychnine and it may result in
death of livestock I if eaten by
them. Ted Tibbutt, assistant Polk
county agent, reports: that pheas
ants and quail have been fed
large quantities of (the poisoned
grain without harmful effect
They Plan Garden Show
The Lebanon Garden club is
making early plans for its June
flower show' Those who are in
that vicinity should Watch for the
date which is to be announced
later. That club is also having
an additional 500 more of its herb
cook books printed and these will
be available after May L
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Permanent -PastoeMix
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Xeast One Legume
For Soil BuiloUp
' -jBy W. G. NIBLER
Although one grass may show
up as especially' well adapted to a
certain! area, there are ,usually
some - advantages jo ; b gained
from a mixture. Since grasses vary
in maturity, it seems reasonable
that, a mixture of grasses would
furnish more feed and a longer
pasture period. Livestock also pre
fer a mixture of grasses. .
Always include a legume. A
good legume is one of the most
important parts to a permanent
pasture mixture. A good stand of
clover ! growing in a' pasture will
just about double the yield of the
pasture. The nitrogen the clover
gathers from the air produces this
Increased growth. On soil with
fair to good drainage, subterranean
clover lis the best legume to use.
Every year it buries a crop of
hardy seeds in the ground to keep
up the stand. It Is now growing
and can stand up under pasturing.
On wet land, use aMke clover.
Crops for permanent pasture
include:
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TA11: FESCUE: Our best pasture
grass. grows almost anywhere.
Does well on heavy wet soils in
cluding white land. For cattle or
sheep. J Stays green in summer.
Keeps Canada thistle down. Pro
duces (exceptional forage growth.
CHEWINGS FESCUE: Needs
well drained land. Fine, low grow
ing, bunch grass forming tight
sod. Stays green longer. Keeps
Canada thistle down. Long lived.
Excellent sheep or beef cattle
grass. Not for dairy stock. A good
shade grass.
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CREEPING RED FESCUE: Sim
ilar to; Chewings in many ways.
It is liked by all livestock, more
palatable. Low growing sod form
er, excellent to mix with taller
grasses!
PERENNIAL RYE GRASS:
onouia, always De included in a
mixture. Grows on wet land.
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fast in!faU.
ORCHARD GRASS: Can always
be included in mixtures on well
drained fertile soils. Excellent
shade
grazed
grass, long lived, if not
too close. Does not do well
on worn out or wet soils.
HIGHLAND BENT: Best for its
ability to keep down briars, ferns
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iaADOW rMCTAIL: Probably
the most palatable grass we have.
It :1s not related to the '"weed
foxtails. Seed supply is scarce and
high in price because of demand.
Definitely the best grass available
f or mixtures in irrigated Ladino
pastures.- Excellent swampy land
grass. Will stand long periods un
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moisture supply available through
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TALL OAT GRASS: Tot well
drained, fertile soils. This grass
has great possibilities as a hay
grass. Should be used instead of
oat grain hay. Will give some pas
ture after hay is cut Will not
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grazing. .r-f :
LEGUMES: Always include one.
Mt Baker subterranean clover is
the variety recommended. Talla
rook variety is also recommended
for deep soils. Always Innoculate
subterranean clover. It needs its
own innoculant For wet land use
alsike and white.
(Editor's Note: Mr. Nibler will
continue next week with general
points on pasture mixtures.)
Law Reuires Seeds
To Be Tested
,To assure the victory gardener
and farmer the best use of his
land and time this growing sea
son, every effort is being made
to guarantee good seeds.
There is a federal seed act that
helps protect the seed buyer. It
requires everyone who ships seed
in inter-state commerce to label
it as to germination and the
amount of weed it contains.
All seeds sent to our allies tra
der lend-lease are government
inspected, as well as seeds sent
to f soldiers and sailors overseas
for) growing their own vegetables.
In six seed testing stations across
the nation, samples of seeds are
carefully tested for quality All
seeds imported from foreign
countries are also tested in! these
stations. j
Committee Is Named
Two far westerners were named
by the OPA this week to a 19
member poultry industry commit
tee which will consult with OPA
oh pricing and marketing prob
lems in the poultry industry. The
two are G. W. Norton, president
of the Northwest Poultry and
Dairy Products company of Port
land, and A. Willardson of Los
Angeles. i
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In checking over last year's vic
tory garden experiences in the
Willamette valley, O. T. McWhor
ter, extension horticulturist has
compiled s list of the most com
mon errors that caused less than
complete success Jn vegetable pro
duction. Among these errors are
planting seed too deep, using too
much; seed without thinning hills
and rows, improper transplanting,
too little or too much cultivation
and delayed insect pest control.
In one locality, said Mr. Mc
Whorter, where widespread com
plaint about carrot seed not ger
minating was heard, it was found
that ithe seed had been planted
from 11 to 2 inches deep under
the mistaken idea that being deep
rooted plants, carrots had to be
started deep. Care in transplant
ing to avoid exposure of roots to
the sun will also avoid a lot of
trouble, says McWhorter.
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