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DDT Controls
Vetcli Weevil
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Planting Pure Seed Is
Recommended by Men
From State College
The triple announcement of the
success of DDT In controlling the
hairy vetch weevil and the estab
lishment of goals and support
prices for 1948 cover crop seeds
open the way for Immediate
planning and planting of fall
sown crops in western Oregon.
The DDT announcement, one of
the most important in years to
Oregon growers, is the result of
a cooperative experiment between
tne lederal entomologists station-
. ed'at Forest Grove and the ento
mology department at the college
experiment station.
Willamette vallev . thi m ann
owed that application of 25
pounds of three per cent DDT
dust per" acre will control the
weevil if the dust is thoroughly
applied under favorable .condi
tions at the right time.
Outlook for control Is so prom
ising that steps are . being taken
to make sure that ample supplies
of DDT will be available in Ore
gon to protect next year's goal
of 53,000 acres of hairy vetch.
.Without control the acreage was
expected to disappear in most
counties, as the weevil had made
production for seed impossible.
Save Bias Tags " -
With both goals and . support
prices for the other cover crop
seeds remaining the same as last
year, growers will have consider
able choice. Dr. D. D. Hill of the
college says. A large acreage of
Willamette vetch can be crown.
gain If growers are careful to
plant only blue tag seed.
Just what the Willamette vetch
certification program will be like
next year has not been determin
ed. but Dr. Hill said this week
that two basic requirements win
be that only blue Ned ix used
and that plantings be made on
land where no common vetch, was
grown this year. Another import
ant "must" is to save the blue
tags ...
Other good seed crop possibili
ties for the next years in Dr.
Hill's opinion include perennial
' ryegrass any of the fescues, sub-
. terranean and ladlno -clover and
Cumberland red clover.
i Western Oregon is also expect
ed to return to a larger alfalfa
acreage and to Increase the
amount of corn crown. Better
corn narvesung equipment, par
ticularly the corn picker, will help
In the future to relieve harvest
labor difficulties.
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This hep picking machine helps savt labor
Willamette valley. The machine cuts the arms
In the fields, and later a stationary machine completes the Job In
the shed. Only eight men are required to operate both machines.
The pictare was taken in the William Wallace Graham hop yard.
New Dairy at Turner Soon
To Go IntoVperation
TURNER A new Grade A dairy will soon go into operation
In this district It is the Inez Carr dairy named in memory of the
late Mrs. Carr and largely 'built from funds given by her husband.
K. Carr. It will be run by the Turner Memorial Home with E. J.
Gilstrap as superintendent and i - -
nwm at win. xuerv u tut uuw in
the shed so the barnyard fertilizer
is kept as bedding throughout the
winter. This barn also contains
twocaltotalls and a loft that takes
care of SS to 40 tons of hay.
A ramp leads from the barn
to the "milking parlor. In a sep
arate building with the dairy
rooms. Here the dairy feed is
fed to each of the five stanchioned
cows. As plans now stand, there
will be about 10 cows.
Also there are four young heifer
calves and one purebred bull calf
which was -. a . gift of Stanley
Riches. AU other stock is grade.
Hay for the cows is grown on
40 acres of land owned by Tur
ner Memorial Home east of town.
Fifty-three acres on the hill north
of town is in pasture and 12 acres
in that same area is seeded to
sub-terranian clover and alta fes
cue. . : ;
Water tor the barn is
from the , system which
other units of the Home.
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Polk County Has
Abbruzzi Rye for
Ite Own Growers
Additional abbruzzi rye seed
has been made available for
growers in Polk county, and
farmers wishing to obtain some
should apply at the county agent s
oince. This Information .came
" from W. C Leth, county agent,
Dallas, Wednesday. The state col
lege and other Willamette valley
counties have been exhausted so
fa? as this particular rye is con
oerned. -
The seed may be planted tor
purposes, cover crop or for
pasture. A limited amount only is
available. The price Is four cents
pound, which is slightly more
than the price of ordinary ryo
eeed.
Letb. reports that three grow
ers who started-the initial pro
duction in Polk county, produced
upwards of 14 tons of seed this
year which has been made avail
able for Polk county growers
only. v; "
Mr. Leth adds that seeding rates
vary up to 150 pounds per acre
depending on its use. For seed
production, 100 pounds per acre
Is adequate; - for heavy pasture
production, up to ISO pounds per
acre may be used to. advantage.
For those who have succeeded
In . obtaining aeed auDolies. late
September or early Octobjer
the best time to plant it, says
Chester E. Otis, assistant extent
Ion specialist in farm crops a
he coUeee. Unless planted for
seed, It should be planted only on
ground that can be plowed about
Aoril 1. Its extreme earliness and
tendency to make rank growth
make it desirable to have on land
that can be pastured or plowed
twfar the rre STOWS out of
bounds. J -
An application of 20 to 40
pounds of actual nitrogen per
acre put on at seeding time has
trnvmf ftrnfitabla ' in most in
stances.'
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Laying Hens
On Increase,
Eggs Steady
United States crop prospects
have improved so that the expec
ted total volume of crop produc
tion equals that of 1944 and- is
6 per cent above 1943. Because
of reduced hog production and
smaller egg production than last
year, the total volume of animal
production will be smaller than in
1944, however. -
The 'suply of late deciduous
fruits, especially apples, will be
unusually small this year. Citrus
fruit, except grapefruit, will be
pienunu. lie late potato crop
is expected to be around 10 per
cent larger than last year.
More midwest eggs of variable
quality arrived at Willamette val
ley markets during the week end-
Hurst Transferred;
Hamiond Arrives
JT. E. Harmond hat been ap
pointed to succeed Wilbur , M.
Hurst in . charge of research in
mechanical phases of flax har
vest and processing for the USDA,
stationed at Conrallis. , J ,
Harmond, who comes from the
deep south, has worked with cot
ton and flax fibers for a number
of years. In recent days he has
been visiting flax plants and call
ing on flax plant executives. He
spoke at the Willamette valley as
sociation at Jefferson Friday.
Hurst, who has been in Oregon
since 1938; : has been transferred
to Washington, , D.C where he
will be in charge of engineering
problems arising in : connection
with the processing of farm prod
ucts. This is a cooperative proj
ect with the Farm Credit adminis
tration. ' Harmond was formerly
senior agricultural engineer at the
United States Cotton ginning lab
oratory at Stoneville, Miss.. . 2
Oregon, the only state growing
fiber flax on a large scale, has
expanded its acreage about 1000
acres to a maximum of 20,000
acres in the seven years Hurst has
been working with the Industry.
He has helped in the design, con
struction and testing of harvesting
tn the yards In the September 21, in response to " Processing macbin and in
m. oi &lh.w rtoe. market situation than thdesign, and construction of
tub wi tne nop Tine i . . I nmnwitna ' nhnfaL r(Hn wator
mond will continue the project on
much the same basis.
Wallace Riches, caretaker and will
open as soon as all the equipment
is complete.
The "loafing shed system' Is
being used. The large barn houses
the cows in this special shed
which has hay racks and a drink
ing fountain where the cows may
Seed Growing
Increases as
Postwar Crop
Seed and pasture crops are at
tracting much attention in the
choice of crops for fall planting,
says W. O. Nibler, Marion county
agent.' .
Pasture and forage seed acreage
is being lad by increases In alta
fescue. Increaaed; use of this seed
for pasture seeding both here and
In the eastern states has Increased
Interest in seed production. Here
in Marlon county many acres are
being seeded to alta fescue and
subterranean clover for pasture
purposes. .
Among the cover crop seeds
Willamette vetch appears to be
the favorite. Government regula
tions require that blue tag seed
be planted to have seed eligible
for purchase. Other qualifications
will be announced later as to cer
tification and acreage.
Considerably " increased plant
ings of common rye grass are an
tldpated fat Marion county par
ticularly on the wetter lands. -
In searching for poet war crops
more farmers are planning on
harvesting subterranean clover
for seed and some increased pro
duction can be used to supply lo
cal requirements, reports Nibler.
The demand for good quality
alta fescue seed for planting fields
to be harvested for seed has
brought out the shortage of the
mire alta fescue. Much of the
seed available is good for pasture
seeding but not sufficiently- pure
for planting - seed fields. Some
growers are talking about rc
seeding of the tall fescue to in
crease the purity and yield of
seed.
prevailed eastward. Large top Processing plants, wrong water
quality eggs continued to bring disposal dust elimination . and I fire
ceiling prices during this week, 1 pu" " U1 -
but off-grade eggs were weaker.
Prices for midwest eggs as well
as quality were variable.
About one-sixth of the egg sun-
ply in the western states was re
ceived from east of the Rockies
during recent war years, esti
mates indicate.
Egg production in the western
states in 1945 is expected to be
only about 294 eggs per capita in
the whole country. Western ejjg
producers will probably experi
ence further -competition . from
midwest eggs until a considera
ble adjustment has occurred in
hen numbers east of the Rockies.
a. sugni- increase in nan . num
bers is indicated this winter com
pared with last.
Western egg production at 294
eggs per capita in 1945 is below
the regional 1939-1939 average of
328 eggs produced per capita. It
is still above the national 1825-
1839 average of 282.
Coccidiosis
Takes Toll
Among Calves
rEds. note: last week, "White
Scours; next week, black scours.)
As was mentioned last week,
scours, in their three forms, are
largely responsible for the high
death, rate in Willamette valley
calves. White. scours occur in the
very young calves. Coccidiosis or
blood : scours ' occur most fre
quently : in calves . from one to
three months of ago. - Older ani
mals are sometimes affected. Most
calves harbor a few coccidia and
it is only when the infestation
becomes great that, trouble is ex
perienced. Losses may occur at
any season of the year. Losses In
cattle fed on the ground during
the winter months are common.
The parasites develop and cause
Inflammation and destruction in
intestinal walL This damage per
mits the escape of blood that is
discharged -with the feces. This
species of parasite will not cause
disease in any other kind of ani
mal " -'.",-
Symptoms appear from two to
four weeks after the calves pick
up infestation and in severe cases
death occurs as early as three days
following the development of se
vere diarrhea. " In" severe cases
pneumonia may occur.'
If droppings are removed dally
there is little opportunity for fur
ther spread. When calves are rais
ed out of doors, feed racks and
dean watering places should be
provided. Having the feed racks
on a platform that can be cleaned
regularly will help prevent ani
mals from consuming soiled feed.
Crowding, naturally favors infestation.
Coccidia can remain alive for
months. The use of strong lye
solutions for cleaning the floors
and walla of pens will destroy
coccidia. Plowing Infested lots ahd
pastures also helps. :
There Is no satisfactory treat
ment for coccidiosis, says Dr. O.
H. Muth of Oregon State college.
Affected animals should be kept
in warm quarters and' fed soft,
nutritious feeds. Sulphaguanidine
gave some results in experimental
animals but it is fairly expensive
and difficult to obtain. It might
be practicable for high . priced
animals, however.;.
Dairyman Gate Calf
Losses to Almost Nil
Fred Metzer, while he dairies
in Iowa, still has something
which might be of Interest to
Willamette valley farmers.
He has a herd of 20 dairy cat
tle. He says that the the past
three years he has been able to
raise practically every call Be
fore that he was losing four to
five calves each year. He attrib
utes his success in raising calves
not to any remedy or drug but to
careful management. He found
that two things are especially Im
portant Avoid over v feeding of
milk; and keepythe calf pen dry.
clean ana weu neaaea.
New Beef Ruling 1
NottoAIfect
Actual Producers I
Beef production' payments to -producers
wiH not be affected by
the recent removal of slaughter
quotas on slaughterers, says Bob
MitcheU, chairman of the Polk -county
AAA committee. Payments '
will" continue 8 be made on eli
gible cattle tht same as since the
program began last May.
The only change, Mitchell ex-'
plained, Is that the program In
eludes all slaughterers. Before, it
was necessary for the cattle to be
sold to a legally authorized slaugh
terer. .
- Under the new plan there may
be cases where it' is difficult to
verify the name of .the slaughterer.
In those instances It may be nec
essary for the county committee
to require evidence that no dupli
cate payment will be made on the
cattle. . :"'
It is still necessary for produo- .
ers and feeders to present evi
dence that the cattle are eligible
for the payment The require
ments are that the cattle were
owned and fed for not less than
20 days before they .were sold for
slaughter, that they weighed at
least 800 pounds and brought at
least $14J3 a hundred, and that
they were delivered to a slaugh
terer for slaughter within 28 days
of the date of sale. - '
(ADDITIONAL FAKM NEWS
ON FAGB IS)
taken
In Salem
Markets
Valley Packing plant reports
that the market ending Tuesday
night was practically a repetition
of that of many weeks past. Hogs,
however, jumped in number de
I Uvered from less than half e hun
dred to 108 for the week, practic
ally all bringing ceiling price.
Contributing hogs were A. J. Ma-
der, Raymond Gerlg and T. W.
Wendland, all of Salem.
Cattle numbered 119 delivered
with quality somewhat improved
and prices unchanged Eight ex-
cepuonaily nice steers were
brought in by Archie Powell of
Sweet Home. Others delivering
cattle were W. R. Larsen and R.
K Aubrey, both- of . Sflverton:
Hand Hoeing
Ruled Out
Taking the sting out of straw
berry growing will be demonstrat
ed at the Burns Christopher farm
on highway 99 between Hayes-
ville and the Labish school Tues
day, October 2, at 1 pjn.
Farmers and others Interested La dam Lanin of Salem. A. T. Hil
ar mvuea to anena tne aemon- i dal t asm rat mnA i. M.r.
stration which is being arranged
under the . supervision of , Paul
Shepherd who has made the new
implement which he calls a rotary
hoe end spring weeder.
In practice this summer in oth
ers sections the toll has eliminat
ed from 89 to. 100 per cent of
hand hoeing. It can be put on
a two-horse cultivator or used on
a tractor with cultivator attach
ments. -
shall of Hubbard.
Winstbn Grant of Harlan de
livered. 11 good veals, with W.
Eder of Gervais -and William Hart
of Woodbum ' both contributing
veals.
Valley Packing company reports
Itself rather- loaded up on lambs
this week but still in the market
Its officials advise that prospec
tive sellers had best call for ap
pointment prior to bringing them
Several vegetable seed produc- in, however. The market is a lit
ers are interested in the machine Ue weak with' top grades bringing
for its possibilities - in thinning one cent leas than a week ago.
heavily seeded rows. Markets were, paying 10H k cents
Shepherd, who assembled the Tuesday night S.- K. Funrue of
machine, was former vocational Silverton and H. L. Hansen of
agriculture teacher at Gresham Sublimity were - among - those
but is now with the farm service bringing in lambs during the
of the First National bank. ' I week,
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