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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jim 21, 194S PAGE SEVEZT - i urKey s on Increase in Tliis State Experience Needed In Raising Birds At Good Profit ; Turkey i growing in - Yamhill county, like in other Willamette valley counties, is one of the most rapidly increasing industries. This i3 all right. County Agent Lcuie Cross, McMinnviUe, said in an in-, terview this week, if, and the if i very his, he added, the turkey growers learn something about turkeys before, they get in a . m- ...io . & a. have made their fortune by Thanksgiring. j "There is much to learn. Gross sa id. In a recent-' letter he - re ceived from Nv L. Bennion, noted poultry expert, Bennion said that the three most important factors in the range management for tur keys are range sanitation, green feed and water. Proper preventive measures have long been recognized as the main lactor in tne control oi tur key diseases, Bennion wrote Cross. "It- is very desirable to have all equipment used on range, such as "shelters, roosts, feedersj and water devices, built on skidsj or constructed soj they can. be readily moved to avoid soil con- tamination, killing out of green feed and obtain better dist,ribu tion of fertilizer. All range equip ment should be moved to fresh" ground once a week or at least twice a month. If an outbreak of some disease occurs it may be necessary to move more often. lquipment cmiu on poi&s is much easier to move than equip ment .built on sawed lumber, f In other words, poles make better skids. ' "To avoid soil contamination clean range should be provided and it should not be over-crowded A good range will care for about 100 turkeys per acre. To provide clean range, it should not be used more often .than every other year and every third year would be more desirable. ; "An adequate supply of green feed will reduce feed costs from 10 to 20 per cent, depending upon the source and quality. If green feed is not available on range, a good grade of alfalfa hay, alfalfa meal, or alfalfa pellets can be used as substitutes. Five to 10 psr cent of molasses by weight mixed with alfalfa meal increases the consumption. Water Is the cheapest yet one of the most neglected parts of the feeding program. Turkeys con wime large quantities of water, especially during hot weather. Enough drinking facilities should be provided so the birds can ob tain an adequate supply, at all times. Pendulous is associated with insufficient water supply where the birds go too long with out water and then consume large quantities at one time. eiling Farm Wages Qted At 85c Hour With haying well under way. John W. Reed, wage assistant for the Oregon war food administra tion, Wednesday in a . statement reminded fanners that 85 cents an hour is the maximum wage for workers unless prior approval is obtained. If a farmer, were paying more than 85 cent per hour in 1943, hQwever, he may continue to pay the 1943 rate but cannot increase without i prior approval," Reed said. "The WFA wage stabiliza tion program is one that aids agriculture through assisting em ployes and employers by stabiliz ing farm wages. This action in turn helps curb inflationary trends." tion in agriculture is obtainable J f f from Keed, in room 308 of the public school office building at 460 .North High st.; from the county agent, or from the Oregon WFA wage board at 701 Pittock block, Portland. Lotus Major In Pasture Mix for Range A number of plots containing lotus major were included in new range of pasture experiments in the spring of 1944. A fair stand resulted but it will be several years before accurate results are available. John Hamilton of Viola reports excellent results. with this legume and Albert Eyman of Melalla in cluded lotus major in a pasture mixture used on his cut over land north of Dickey Prairie this soring. These experiences - with this le gume, which may mean much to the future agriculture of this area, are all very interesting, but there have also been many failures to obtain stands fsom seed in the Willamette valley. County agents report that the one thing sure about, lotus major "is that more growers of the seed are needed. Prospective "grower aire urged to obtainxall' available information prior to planting. r Fall plantings are not being advised. Balkans to Get 1 Dairy Cattle . , About 50,000 dairy aud draft animals will be shipped to f iv Balkan countries during, the next 18 months to help, replace Eur- ooe's decimated livestock herds. A bout half the number t scheduled to come from the United Stat ss. , The first shipment, 300 dairy heifers and 800 draft animals, will leave the United States for Greece within a few weeks. . : Belgium's minister to the US, Paul Kronachcr.said Belgian cat tle stocks are down to 30 per cent f prewar numbers , and .50 per cent of prewar weight. He added that his country ; is in desperate need of meat, and was slaughter- in milk cows and young beeves In an effort to meet the daily meat allowance of 35 grams per per son. News, and Views of Farm and Garden um u uins&v 5 r .V 4 - 4x i 3 i T A ' 4 ' VrJ'AT 1 Prune Men to, Friday trWahMu tt&Mft 11 in"' llOl vi-fe !'-V.-:j--; :Cftl-! y' f W i t "1 ?7 i yea Lauuch Fight on Black Marketeers Prune growers are invited to attend a meeting at the Dallas chamber of commerce Friday, June 29, at t p. m. to discuss- the prune harvest labor problem and other matters. ? 1 , y -: One of the main considerations wiU be that of Mexican labor. its use, availability, ' and actual placing- orders for the Mexican laborer. It is important to order Mexican Nationals at - least ' six weeks in advance of the time they are needed. i ;i -, Prune picking prices and wages will also be discussed. Members ef the newly formed 'oik County Prune Growers asso ciation may also wish to discuss matters pertaining to the outlook foir prices of prunes,; both dried and canning, i . j Walter Leth, Polk county agent, will be chairman of the meeting. Members of the Polk County spon soring committee e will attend to discuss the Mexican labor situa tion, Ray Kiieverj farm labor as sistant, will discuss the problems relative to placing orders for har vest labor and give : specific in structions to growers Launching an offensive against so-called black market ooerators in meat, the Portland district OPA enforcement division announced this' week that formal charges have been placed against Daniel K. Warren, fanner and dairyman of Warrenton, for allegedly slaughtering and selling ungrad ed beef illegally to restaurants in Astoria at above ceiling prices. This is the first indictment for j meat black market operations in j this area. Frank E. Wagner, dis trict enforcement attorney, said iucsaay tnat investigations are being made in other parts of the Willamette valley which may re sult in charges against other meat black market operators if reports to the OPA prove to be founded. Floyd Bates, vice president ' of the Marion County Jersey Cattle club, and chairman of the spring show committee, presents the 4-H junior championship cap to Betty JeB Togt of Salem, and M. G. Gnnderson, president of . the clab, presents the senior cup to Fred Klein of Aumsvllle, whose Gribble Victoria won first in the 4-H Prodaeinc-Cow claas mm rrtT"J",K- PRICES AT FAULT One Willamette valley farmer expressed the belief this week that eggs are rationed in Portland stores because, while ceiling prices pave been maintained more or less rigidly on eggs, there has been no ceiling on feed, and feed costs have risen 50 per cent forcing heavy marketing of laying bens. ; i-k. 1 .mMiiiil Trne to type and with geo4 ptdncUon lines," Is what O. K. Beak of the dairy division of the state department of arriealtare, said abont BnllseyA Qaeen : Marie, shown above. Qaeea Marie was grand champion at the reeent Marion eonnty Jersey Cattlo dab show. She beleafs to Dr. M. E. DeGelre, SilTertoa. who admitted that he ilikedj "good looking eowsf but unless they are good prodaeeri 1 can't keep them. Type alone don't get them in oar herd. In Salem Markets 4 i4 Around 315 sheep and lambs were on sale at the Valley Pack ing company plant at Salem this past week, compared with 266 cf last week, and 209 of the week previous. Of this week's supply Strictly good lambs were nor- l i ma! and were bringing 13 cents. Yearlings were holding at 6 and 8 cents and the ewes at 4 to 6 cents. Hogs continued to run meager although the quality is good and the ceiling price covers most of them at $15.45. Sows were still rating at $13.50 to 14.50. During the week 128 were brought to Val ley Pack. The cattle market continues a bout the same. Steers are being purchased out of Portland with 30 brought in for slaughter this week. A total of 70 cattle were received at the local plant. Boners and cutters were still bringing 4 to 6 cents; common lots 6 to 8 cents; top dairy type, 8 to 9Yt cents and beef type, 9 to 12 cents. Only, say the bosses at the company of fice, there are very few local beef cows passing through their gates. Veals were a little more plen - a f-4 ' 'I Students at " 4-H School Sixteen Polk county 4-H mem bers left Tuesday, with Russell T. D u 1 1 o n, jssistant . county agent, for Corvallis .where they are attending 4-H summer schooL They will return June 29. - While there, members of the Polk' county delegation will ap pear two times on the KOAC radio program. Once on June 28, at 12:15 o'clock for a 15-minute program. Second time on June 27 for six minutes on the regular 4-H broadcast, 750 to $ pjn. Members j attending from Polk county re 1 Helen McVey, Betty Friesen, Barbara Flak, Donald Buell, George Stoutenburg, and of the West Salem community. Lewis Holt, Jeanette Harvey, Glenna Gage, Delores Dixon and Betty Murphy of the Bridgeport community; Radonna Neal, Sheri dan; Betty 1 Harland, j Rickreall; Virginia, Lynch, Bethel; Patsy Haley, Dallas, and ' Jim Girard, WUlamina. f . r i Spray Soon, for I Elm Leaf Beetle Elm trees at Salem and else where should be sprayed in June for elm leaf beetles, Ben A. New ell, assistant county ; agent, said Tuesday. Spraying is usually done when the fir$t bright orange eggs found on the under side of the leaves begin to hatch. One spray application; will ' generally give control. : High powered spray equipment is necessary to reach the tops of many pf the elm trees in Marion and Polk county. 1 Thorough cov erage is essential. Some trees take 50 to 75 gallons of sprays to do the Job. : A solution containing four pounds of lead arsenate in U0 gallons of water plus a lead ar senate spreader gives good results Newell stated that the county agent might be able to get a spray outfit that can do the job for some of the elm owners' if they were unable to obtain' such an outfit themselves. ! M Four Types of Forage Plants Discussed at Hill Field Day Four types of forage plants attracted Interest of some 50 farmers who attended the annual hill pastures field day at Oregon Stat college June IS. These were grown on four of 20 experimental plots established to find profitable pasture mixtures for low priced. umrrigated hill pastures and to j More! Fan Smaller Size, In Gackamas Farms in Clackamas county, as shown by. the preliminary count of the returns of the 1945 census of agriculture was 5,938, as com pared with 5,475 in 1940, and 6,200 in 1935 it was announced by James Centers, supervisor for the 1945 farm census in thefirst Oregon census district with headquarters at PortlandJ I The total land in farms in Clack amas county, according to the pre iiminary 1945 census, was 305,653 acres, as compared with 301,231 acres in 1940, and 336,838 acres in 1935. Average size! was 51.0 acres as compared with 55.0 acres in 1940, and 54.3 acres in 1935 Final tabulations of Clackamas county farm census will be an nounced from Washington when completed, j FIR LOSES HEAT ' Storing of Douglas fir hogged wood and sawdust up to 10 month! results in some loss of heating value but more, loss of ferment able sugars. This has been learn ed through experiments just com pleted by the Oregon Forest Prod ucts laboratory at. Corvallis. SHOW CONTEMPLATED Willamette Valley 'boys and eirls are already making plans to enter the big Sears Roebuck7 4-H Garden show to be held in Portr land in August. j find practical and economical ways of establishing them. . Subterranean clover as usual , showed great promise among the eguraes, with good stands estab lished both in the regular fenced plots and on open grazed hillsides where seeding was done by scat tering thrashed subterranean clov er this season. A new and larger strain of hop clover also showed good ability to develop a - thick stand in competition with , wild grasses, fern and other plants. A new forage plant called bur- nett," which is neither grass nor legume, but. a perennial highly; palatable to stock, also drew close attention. The seed of this plant; is still extremely scarce with none available for release for several years at least. Forage crop spec ialists and livestock workers are both keenly interested in its pos sibilities in view of its high pro duction of feed on unirrigated land. , . ' . ' .V - The outstanding new grass seen was tne non-snattenng.. type ox tall meadow grass. This type, now officially named Tualatin grass, is an improvement ' over the old type in more ways than its - non shattering habit. It- is several weeks later, hence stays green longer, is finer stemmed and has more leaves making it a more de sirable pasture grass. Seed is now being produced commercially. The hill pasture field day is sponsored annually by the animal husbandry department in coopera tion with the farm crops depart ment and includes study of pas ture seedings and management, brush clearing, and sheep ' breed-. ing - work aimed at developing best types for western Oregon con ditions. ! " ' Trees' Need of ; Cover Crop Urged ' By Orchard Men ; The Willamette valley, as on of the princi pal sections In the production of cover crop seeds for use by other sections of the coun try, could well afford to use mere of its own seed for orchard cover purposes, O. T. Mc Whorter, horti culturist, . R. Jackman, agrono mist, and Arthur King, soils spe cialist, say. ; i,-' - A definite program of; cover cropping is the best insurance a gainst serious soil depletion on approximately. 100,000 acres of non irrigated orchards in Oregon areas of light summer rainfall. The productiveness of all soils depends upon the supply of relatively fresh organic matter, which is the very life of the soil. Without such or ganic matter, the' mineral plant food becomes relatively unavail able -nd the trees . a result make . little or no grow'h and proluce light cropr of low: value. - , i COOKERS TO LOAN .Homemakers of Linn county will be able to borrow one of the five pressure cookers loaned by the home economics extension serv ice, according to ; Viola Hansen, Linn county home demonstration agent. Three will be kept in the Albany office, one in the farm labor office in Lebanon and one in. Sweet Home where reservations are to be made. Dependable Electric Rales? Do you want your electric service from a concern whose rates are not regulated bj state laws? . Vole 503 Ho (X) the Franchise Qaestiaa Friday Jane 22nd SALEM CITIZENS COMMITTEE Carl E. Nelson, Chairman, 171 N. Frant, Salem, Oregon O. K. DeWltt, Secretary, 12S7 Cheaneketa, Salem, OregW Pd. AdT Salem Citisens Cemmittee O. C Welsh, Salem, proudly displays I the Neboa U Welsh Leaooni- tioa Dowltle Aim who won tne two-yor oM bine ribbon .before winning the senior champion and grand champion parples. Jadge O. K. Seals admitted he had seme dlfficatty la making the srrand eluunpfon eholoo between the ."very omooth Aim Sybil Yolnnteer," which belonxed to Wekh A Booty and was raised by the Otto Beatys, and iDoBble Aim. The twe balls were ex ceptionally good, Bonis, said. - . Oregon lien Go To Washington To Plan Prcgrsa R. B. Taylor of Adams, William J. Enschede of Hillsboro. ) John Shepherd of . Scio, and Arnold Bodeker of southern Oregon, will leave June 23 for Washington, D, C, where they will help prepare Oregon's' 1948 agricultural cpnser- tiful this week although far be- vation program; Taylor is chair- low those of normal times. Bring ing , in go jd veals were Wayne Good, F. D. Martin, Dan Stauf- fer and Dan Becker of Salem; A. L. Kin worthy of Hoskins, and M. F. Kephart of Silverton. Contributing to the low supply Of cattle were Walter Evans and R. Andrews of Salem; H. E. Hess of Jefferson and R. S. Thurston of Scio. ' Lambs were brought in from F. DV' Knight and Harold Larsen of Silverton; George Silbernagel, Walter Dozler, and L. Gisler of Scio; Edward R. Fries of Salem; Frederick Elliott of DaUaf.- Hogs came from'. John Fery, Stayton; D. A. Drydn, Woodburn; Ernest Werner, and Alvin Hartley, Silverton; C. L. Bush, Philomath; F. E. McCraeken, A. Schwengel, Salem; Robert Hari, Silverton; H. C Stafford, Gervais, and William Keuken of Lyons. man of the state AAA committee and the others 5are members. Recommendations of c o u n t y cominitteemen as reviewed re cently with -the state technical committee; represent only minor changes from this year's program. It is expected that the 1946 hand book as finally approved will con tain substantially the same! prac tices as the 1945 program Which drew a record, in tended -partici pa tion from 32,000 farmers who sign ed farm plans this spring. Green Feed Aids Turkey Farm Men s i Otto Hoffman, who manages the Santa Claus ranch near Beaver creek, reports success in using six acres of alta fescue and subter ranean clover as a run for 900 turkey breeder hens this past win ter, and spring. fThis spring, Hoffman says, "the bjrkeys ate the crops literally into the ground but since the tur keys ;were sold in early may,, the clover and grass are growing vig onWjly." - " v" ; - Eighteen thousand turkeys will be raised on this place this sum mer and Hoffman: is planting an additional eighty acres of subter ranean clover and grass for the breeders this coming winter and fof the young birds in 1946. - He says that the sod helps keep the birds out of mud and furnish es .lots of green feed.: m oa b- mm m a-A bo n m. Sanll ; I7gb3s, Iec. WILL ari Earning Ghemss ThmJay; Jk:o;21, 0 A. II. Register for day and night shifti, Night shift to ;'! ' ' , ) , . .4- start next week. Call' for particulars. 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