The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jim 21, 194S
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.:
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