PAGE EIGHT
Th OREGO STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Thursday Morning. March 8. 1945
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Timberland
Technique
Is Told
. State Forester Tells
About Getting . 3Iot
Out of Farm Woodlot
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' Farm' nT Garden Editor
: Farm taxes are being, paid from
"farm woodlots 'pastures,'', early
r Oregonians called them.
; Not -only were T the taxes paid
from these woodlots last year and
t this "year; but, in many t instances,
f they, will ' be paid next year, and
i for several years to come from
V these same woodlots. - And while
;, paying taxes, the farmers are aid
; ing materially in, the war effort
,, by harvesting urgently needed for-
j- est products during the - lull of
i; winter and early spring.
5 i; or many years, the average
: farm woodlot owner in the il
, lamette valley regarded his wood
land merely as a stock-grazing pas
ture and a source of home fuel.
I The concept of timber as a grow'
v ing crop which could, produce an
' nual returns wa's foreign to him.
The reason for this general atti
j tude was his contacts with'gypo"
I loggers who purchased farm tim
' ber ort a lump sum basis and left
the woods in a completely devas-
i tated conditioa so that neither
i timber production nor " grazing
jTcouJd produce maximum" returns
'..for many; years. .Fipfish-clearing
i-for cultivation was , a - lifetime
; v ork. '
: But the farmer, almost before
i t h e ."professional . woodsman,?
s- learned to ' use his ' ax correctly,
With the. aid of the state forestry
' department j and national forest
service, he j learned , to tend . and
i harvest his tree crop methodically
.like any other crop. . . He learned,
j that if he wanted to pay the taxes
.ifrom the farm woodlot more 'than
; ne year in succession, he couldn't
; go out and cut down the old pine
tree and make it up into kindling
without any thought of the future,
Not for sentimental reasons, but
for business reasons, he learned
' to find out whether the old pine
tree, along ; with the Douglas fir
nd oak, were ready to be, cut.
"Some aren't, you know," Dan
D. Robinson, extension forester,
1old me recently.
Only, I didn't know. And after
"cruising" (a good woods term)
bout on a number of farm wood
lots, I learned that some of the
farmers didn't know1 either, while
.others knew evceptionally well.
"Unlike the cake of fable," Rob
inson said, "you can 'eat' your
woods and still have it. On some
lands," he added, "you'll always
want trees. Rough farm land,
land that is to steep it may erode
if plowed, land with non-agricultural
soil, meaining rocky or, shal
low, and land that would cost
more to clear than it is worth,
had best be left in farm wood
lots." - Millions of Acres
There are, the forester said, ap
proximately three and a half mil
lion acres of farm woodlands in
Oregon. This represents approx
imately 11 per cent of the total
forest land in the state, and about
18 per cent of the agricultural
. area. In western Oregon, accord
ing to Robinson, the average farm
has approximately 40 acres of tim
ber in some stage of productivity.
Complete utilization of all possible
products from the farm woods in
the form of usable wood on the
f.rm, cash, returns from sales of
surplus products, and services ren
' ttered in the form of windbreaks
and prevention of soil erosion is
essential if the farm woodland is to
bring the ' maximum supplemen
tary returns.
Sustained farm forestry activity
will not stand a chance, of suc
cess unless every acre otthe farm
woodland produces the ' highest
quality products "in the greatest
mount possible. Wood products
should be sold on 'the basis of
measurement rather than "lump
urn" offers. Woodlots are full of
by-products which are overlooked
even at a time when harvesting
them will well repay the labor.
Salvage before they are smashed
down and wasted, the bark of the
cnscara trees, yew and cedar posts
and even the sword ferns, say the
forest service men.
Many wood -lots contain acres
, ef -sapling Douglas firs which far
mers are profitably harvesting for
Christmas trees. If the land is to
be devoted to timber production,
the farmers -make the Christmas
" tree cuttings highly selective so
as not to make non-stocked open
ings over 15 feet square. They
carefully cut each tree off at the
ground and do not top big trees.
In some instances farmers have
for the past two winters made al-
. most as much, if not more, from
their woodlots' by-products as
from their regular crops. -Advised
to Watch Volume
Farmers are advised by the state
. forestry department that in par
tial cutting that is where clear
ing land for cultivated crops is
- not the ultimate goal not over 35
per cent of the live timber vol
ume should be cut in a 10 or 15-
Peeled Wliite Fir-Hemlock. Ceiling price
$14.00 Cord Delivered ' .
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Crcrjcn Pulp and Papsr Co.
Box 789? Salcra, Oregon '
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working on a downed tree. Lower picture shows that woodcutters have j cut and piled wood with
minimum of Injury to remaining stand, basis for making a paying project of the farm woodlot.
Liming Soils Less
Important Thinks
Polk Cduhty Agent
Liming garden soils in western
Oregon is not so important as us
ually thought, Walter Leth said
over in Polk county just as he was
getting ready to leave for his east
ern Jersey meetings. He added
that 12 pounds of hydrated lime
per 100 square feet, not to exceed
eight to ten pounds of wood ashes
per 100 square feet might be used
advantageously. A common error
is to use too much wood ashes, he
said.
Leth was referring to victory
gardens. The 6-10-4 formula in
commercial fertilizer, is most fa
vored for Willamette valley soils,
Leth believes. This should be
spread at the rate of one to One
and a half pounds per 100 square
feet before spading or plowing, in
addition to side dressings made at
planting time.
In Salem
Markets
Lambs, 11 to 13i cents; ewes,
3 to 6 cents; cows, dairy type, 9
cents; beef type, 12 cents; veals,
14 cents; hogs, $15.45; and sows,
11 to 14 cents.
Livestock in the Salem markets
remain short with prices steady.
Beef and veal, however, . toot a
decided upward swing this week.
year period If more is 'cut there
will be danger of windfall and the
slash fire hazard will be too hard
to control. :: When cutting ' prod
ucts like fuel wood, cut first the
dead, diseased, "misshapen and
suppressed specimens, so the oth
er trees may benefit. In cutting
for piling and poles, obtain' the
specifications for such before fall
ing the trees. Keep the wood
lots fully: stocked with desirable
trees. It is sometimes even nec
essary to plant young trees such
as can be obtained at a small cost
from the state arbortum' at Cor-
vallis. ? ;
Good management, of the farm
woodlot, the farmer has learned,
will net him an annual growth of
from one-half to two cords or more
per acre per year, or in terms of
board feet? from 300 to 1000 board
feet of saw timber per acre an
nually. Products should be sold,
whenever possible, by the' farmer
himself. Approximately 85 per
cent of the value of farm timber is
derieved from cutting, yarding and
hauling. A tree in the woods may
be worth only $2, but if the far
mer some winter's day falls it,
cuts it up, and hauls it to market
it may bring $15 ior more, i
Thus 20 acres properly tended,
as many farmers are now doing,
keep a farm family in fuel per
petually, and In addition, yield
enough. ? spare" every, few .'years
for a small house or lor the farm
taxes.
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Views of Farm
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woodlot on the Jess Neal place near
Prime Growers
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Nanie Neuf eld
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jl Organization of Polk County
Prune Growers association was
completed during the past week
with Fraiik Neufeld elected presi
dent; George Kurre, vice presi
dent, and: with the secretaryitreas
urer to be appointed by thel presi
dent and vice president. A fotal of
28 growers form the association.
George , R. Minty was Selected
to represent the group at af public
hearing relative, to price ceilings
of dried prunes. The meeting will
be .held in San FranciscoS some
time after March 20.
Current plans to finance the
representative include contribu
tions at $1 from persons produc
ing less thai10 acres of prunes
and at $2 for growers hairing 10
acres or more. - I
Untreated Lands
Fail to Furnish .
Proper Vitamins
"Quit jtrying to make af mow
ing machine but ot a cow," is
advice from Dr. . William A. Al
brecht of the University $f Mis
souri, a nationally known author
ity on soils. I
He claims that what e has
in rihnd is that too often farmers
think all -that is require is to
let . the livestock have plenty of
grazing. But, he asks, do they
find out what feed nutrients are
in that grass?;;, j." -
"A sheep can eat only 2.1 pounds
of grass a day," Dr.'Albrecht says.
Sheep fed on soybean,, hay .and
lespedeza grown on. land fertilized
with lime and phosphate'! gained
18 pounds in 63 days, as compared
with only eight pounds! where
these crops were untreated. ' This
was a Missouri experiment-. The
same kind has been earned on
here with the same results. In
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wells.
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Farm Bulletins
March 8 Polk county farmers
who produce seed crops and pas
turesj meet at Dallas chamber of
commerce at 1:30 pi m.
Majrch 8 Livestock men will
gather at the' Macleay grange hall
of th department of veterinary
at 8 jp. m. Dr. J. N. Shaw, head
medicine at the state college, and
Harry Lindgren, livestock special
ist, will talk on poisoning on
western Oregon pastures and feed
ing management. -
March 9 Grange and Farm
ers Union heads and secretaries
will meet at Dallas chamber of
commerce 8 p.m. Mrs. Ethel Keke,
chairman of the Oregon state salv
age committee will be the speak
er, i
Floating Unit to
Furnish Cold Foods
A floating refrigerator has been
developed to furnish fresh vege
tables, fruits, meats land even ice
cream to occupied islands In the
South Pacific.
The refrigerator! barges are
known as BKLs (barge, refrige
rator, large) and have a special
unit which turns out 10 gallons
of ice; cream every seven minutes
and a plant which manufactures
five tons of ice a day.
Add! Weed to Program
Tansy ragwort has . been restor
ed' to jthe list of noxious weeds in-,
eluded in' the weed; . control prac
tice of the 1945 'agricultural con
servatio hprogram: This weed had
been droDDed from the 1945 dock.
etAt the request jof ?everalrwest-
ern Oregon county. AAA commit
tees It jfcrar restored.! ; ;-.
other words, livestock must have
their j vitamins. Untreated pasture
lands frequently u fail , to furnish
these , .- ; .
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plf4 "wells, wellker4, kmt mwt
IN ONE HOUK .
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Diseases iri Rye -WiU
SpreatHf S r
rNot Checked
--; The 'blind seed disease rof per
ennial ryegrass " will continue .to
spread - in Linn county ; unless
growers, and seed dealers " cooper-'
ate with Dr, John R..Hardisory s-:
sociate, pathologist at the statef col
lege in a "control prpgtani, '
Q. El Mikesell, Linn county ag
ricultural ; agent, reports ; that of
34? samples of perennial ryegrass
sent to him, only 30 samples were
found to be free of thr fungus that
causes She disease. The remaining
294 samples contained the fungus
in! amounts' ranging from very
light to very heavy. j ?
Dr. 1 Hardison. . who , made ' the
seed examinations, did so for the
purpose of guiding farmers iri de
ciding jwhether to keep fields for a
seed crop in 19445."- Many recom
mendations being" sent to the far
mers " ollowing the "seed testing
will be to "plow up before f Ap
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Mikesell is urging growers to co
operate in the control program as
theperennial ryegrass enterprise
is, important in Iann'county. W
ing 1944, 11,900 acres yielded 3,-
570,000 pounds of. clean seed at n
estimated value of $464,100. K
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Dental Decay Can
Be Prevented Says
Mah Who Knows
, Dental decay, can be prevented
80 per cent, says Dr. Herman
Becks, who has with his assistant,
devoted the ; past ' five years to
study of dental troubles, and has
studied more than 1500 individ
uals,
j He says this can be one by les
senmg ine lntaxe of refined car
borhydrates and replacing the cal
ones ordinarily derived from these
foods by increased consumption of
meat,; eggs, vegetables, milkf and
milk ' products
' Dr. Becks is with the division
of dental medicine in San Fran
cisco.
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Gare of Pigs
Tien Young
Is Economy
No little pigs must be allowed
to stay at home because of wrong
care this spring, government ag
encies are reporting. Farm author
ities ' have begun to - send out a
barrage -'of material? on how pigs'
should be cared fori J-
-. PigS) whose: ancestors -have' liv
ed' in wallows and the other less
attractive divisions I of the barn
yard, are being brought in scrubs
. bed up, and de-mited.
y The high "mortality rate of pig
letsvis being . brought, down and a
healthier pork' is Hoped for for
'thelwWicr.li-vfe'i- --
1 While the number, of : sows to
farrow- this spring ih the "Willam
ette " vallejr has ilong Tsince been
determined, growers can-increase
the pig crop by taking extra, cafe
at " farrowing . tkne j and I immed
iately afterward, says H." A. Lindgren,-
extension livestock "special
ist at the state college. i - ;
One standard:; precaution still
often overlooked, is to provide the
farrowmg pen with: a fender. fail
or some other form: of protection
so
the small
pigs
will "not be
crushed by the. sow (lying down. .
: Pigs, it seems; also like electric
lamps. Lindgren " Suggests' 1 that
where .electricity is available the
1?!?, type" electric pig" brooder iri
a corner of "the pen wilTsave.'an
?gif f Jf'
litter. This brooder should be
made" of ,heavy material :o' the
irow cannot tear it oUt' An electric
lamp' with? a dome (reflector prb
Vides warmth for the' pigs; Most
of, the.county ; ageits. have .con
struction plans for such brooders!
Internal parasites are one of the
chief causes of severe losses after
pigs are farrowed. One of the best
ways to reduce losses from- round
worm infestation is! to clean thor
oughly the fafrowiig peri in ad4
vance and disinfect - it . with hot
water and lye ;to destroy worm
eggs. It is also a good practice to
scrub the udders oi the sow with
soap and warm water to remove
worm eggs before (she is placed
in the farrowing pen.
Ten dava aftpr thr sow has far.
1 rowed it is wise tb move her to
ciean ground wherd hoes have not
ground where hogs have not
been kept for at least two years.
With such precautions, Lindgren
reports, pigs are ndt likely to be
come infested.
and the far-reaching arm of tho
much yoa aa do when you
hear your boy is a prisoner. Parcels axe
restricted; mall from him is limited. Like
Kim, yoa mast wait, patiently, until the war
isoTer.
Yet yoa do have one consolation. The
far-reching arm of the Red Cross gets sup
plementary food parcels to our prisoners
Ktuarly wherever possible. It brings extra
clothing, cigarettes and medicines to the
lonely boys "out there." It relays emergency
messages to and from anxious families.
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY:
The Store of
Ranch
Ramblings
By the Rural Reporter
' Filbert growers Who planted
trees" last year without any protec
tors are going to stand some losses
this summer, .they.; are being Jtold
by such" nut expefti as Schus
ter! , If ,'yoii . want "to save your
young filbert trees, Schuster, told
growers" around Salein last week,
get 'some sortjof protectors around
the'. trunks; by the first ' of" May.
There are riot enough filbert para
sites tp hide Vbeneathr, the protec:
tors to do any harmj ; ' But blights
will' get into.' the weakened spots
on the trunks of the? unprotected
trees and do. a lot of damage . - '
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Out in the -Keizer distriet, !
found young P. J. Blake taking
care, of his 75-acre . nut groves in
approved fashion, and in turn the
groves gave every.-indication of
taking care of the Blakes. Part of
the walnut grove is 25 - years old
while other' trees were .planted 15
years ago. William . Blake, the
father retired to Salem a couple of
years ago and. turned thefarm ov
er to the son, who finished at Ore
gon State college in 1941. .;" '
-S Blake has made ' some interest
ing dusting experiments in his nut
groves." Last year he used- a cop
per lime 'dust on the filberts four
timesonce May 11, then May'll,
May 18 and May 26. On the treat
ed Section only four", riuts "out of
612 were infected while in the un-
trea ted rows, next to those treat-1
PERIOR
them all the help possible. Professional care at regular inter
vals now will do much toward insuring Adequate vision in
later years. I . i -
You can not buy new eyes protect the only pair you will
ever have!
DR. S. A. VHEATLEY
148 N. Liberty
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"EETTER VALUES"
ed, 11.6 per cent of the nuts were
infected. - K ..':';;
In theVLake Labish community,.
Gus Harris was found putting out
an acre of celery.;. . .
' Out in the West Stayton area, I
found that Mr. : and Mrs. 4 E. . H.
Tarpley had sold their 160 acres
to Starr and Neal . Ruggles. Neal
Ruggles.will. five on the place and
do general farming. ; Mr. and Mrs'. -Tarpley
:.have been n . the place
about 'four yers and are; moving .
to Salem, halirig had their iarm
sale Tuesday.! t , Ji;.t:'.
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, Mrs. M. S. Burson of the North
Santiam. country reports an .amaz
ing achievwnent of a light Brama
hen which she . owns. . , The B rama
hen laid, an egg riieasuring six and
one-h'alf inches. in ;v circumference
and eight an4ive-eighths inches .
around lengthwise. - s
. Henry Ky 116 and Albert Eyman :.
of - Molalla have hired Lee Engle .
as dozer operator, and are clearing
up BO acres bli their foothills farm
adjacent to ;te Collins logging
road above . Dickey Prairie. - Ey-
man expects to seed his new "clear
ing to creeping red fescue, lotus -major,
. subtefran.ean ' and Kent
white clover inmediately, but Kyl-J
lo will not be in position to seed -until
next :f all. ; -: , ' '.
The two ran 45 head - of, white
faces ..on this ! range last summer. ;
A portion seeded to chewings. f es- v,
cue previously, furnished excellent
pasture.' . f
Ten Yeaif to Ripen - -
-The sea coconut, found only in "
the Seychelleis,ris the slowest ma- -.,
turing fruit," requiring - ten years
to ripen! ' - - ''
There Is No Such
Thing As Eyestrain
It as impossible to strain
.your eyes to see, as it is
your nose to smell, your
ears to hear or . y o u r
tongue J to'- taste; What is
com nifon 1 y known as
"eyestrain" is nothing
more nor less than over
work.: your eyes must be
on the -job every moment
that you are awake. It is
only rood sense to give
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jfjj 11.Prt f he stupendous Job the
Red Cross is doing for out fighting men all
over the world ; ; . and for their families at
home. But it cannot be done without your
support. Without your help the Red Cross
could not continue to collect life-satin
blood for the wounded :;. to send essential
applies to the prisoners of war ; : ; or to
gite the countless other friendly services
that make a soldier's life, ajittle iasieri
These men have given a lot foryoo. Won't
you give a few extra dollarifoe them?
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Calem, Oreroa.