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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1946)
PACE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. April 18. 1946 . t Production to Top Show Ring Characteristics :- t "Beef Breeder T,um 'Attention to Efficiency WillamellM Farmer News cuid Vietvs jofc Farm and Garden BY ULLUE l MADSEM. .,L 1 Tlather.TMn Beauly ' Slidir.f home rn the glory 4)f the rcetor i do longer to be tole- 4 'rated evn in, rtinml husbandry,' Tswys Dr. R. T. Claik. he;i.l of the "divuion f animal industry rt 'T Montana Slate cMlWge, lloinwn. ' 1 r.'ttent pel lormj.n-e. wi?h un rye t to the continuant e 'f th, i t " fLe the yard-tit by whith t ;.meaure. he adds. ' '- Dr. Clark vva j i.'r t i)ie ifon State rtl!eg this .i-t vievk. lie met with a Jfruup f axiirul f toral taf f menrlr i there, .nol.id- tHT P. M. Hraiwlt, hr.d f the r Jiviirn ,f .niintul inriu-tiy ' Dr. Claik piuneered the pro Trsra to ;mpme beef cattle through progeny selections Aimi- Jar to thote vted to improve thicken, dairy cittle and swine treed. Lltle Attention : Beef rattte hat e i t -is eti tom-f-arati e!y little attention in breed, nu during tJ-.e pat 50 j jeers. !atm Dr. Claik. They l?are been selected for their abil- fty in the .-how nne; rather than 1 their ability to utilize feed, f A new program ha.f been set t p under the US DA to Improve lef rattle. A 10 per tent im- proeement in furd utilization by "ll beef animals is the immediate ffXsl of the program. : ,.' Another goal oi the breed im provement program is to produce beef animals huh will repro- duce uiform characteristics es pecially in feed thriftme, which Dr. Clark ?ays is an inherited fharacterist.c. He .; s that many . o:-eaIled purebred beef animals '"are not capable of transmitting any other distinguishing inter breed characteristic to their nff : rprin than color. Best Net Always Firt ' The indi idual beef animal's Y ability to utiliie feed has not ' been stressed in breed Dr. Claik 'said while visiting in Oregon that ? the- most efficient animals do not I "always win the fir?t prize in the show ring. Results of woik iar 1 red on at Miles City indicate x that some fine show animals pro duce offspring, which are highly Inefficient meat' producers ami ; to show tlie gairs on the roe amoont of feed uhich other le attractive animals utilize to ' -arrester advantage. ' Now ome 3jlontana bireler r refusing to buy bulls unlev ' the anjinals are accompan-ied "by 'feed and weight gain data. ' Oregon is one of the 10 wet rn states which are cooperating - Vith the USDA is a program to Improve the beef cattle througi , prxr.y. e lectin. I T r ' s , i&y ; -s "' -.'-. .... i'J.. '" r - William Sanerslg, well-known Scotts Mills rancher, 1s shwri here harrowing what is said t be the Willamette valley's steepest piece of orchard Ian4. Sauerslg admits it is "plenty steep" apd is very proud of his 1942 orchard model Case tractor. Before be obtained this he had used only horses or a tracklaer on the hillside. But. he says, ho can work his orchard both ways with this piece of machinery, lie admits he has often been Queried about such a steep hillside for orchard, but ex plains that it Is very good orchard land and bis 2 acres produces exceptionally fine Delicious apples. Purebred Sheep Sale To Be Bi, 12 Utrt A total of 1 23 registered ram amd ewe will be consigned at the sixth annual Willamette Val ley Purebred Ram and Ewe ale in Bryant park; Albany. Satur day, August 10, reports O. E. JlIIkeselL, secretary. Breeds are Corriedale. Hampshire. Lincoln. Rcmney. Shropthire, Southdown nd Suffolk. Registered sheep breeders arc now being contacted regarding their consignments. Entries must be sent to the secretary by May This year's sale is yponsored by the Oregon Purebred Sheep Breeders association organized during the past year. The sale cvsnmittee members are E. F. Hubbard. Corvallis;; Edon Riddle. Independence; Claude 'Steusloff, Salem, and O. E. Mikesell, Albany. Salem May Get Largest Lahor Camp in State Salem stands to have the larg est migrant houing facility in Oregon, reports Ben Tucker, as sistant state supervisor of the emergency farm labor program. Th;it is, if S;.lem farmers and processors are able to utilize the Salem airpoit buildings as pro posed. -Estimates places the num ber of families which could be housed at 400. Two tthrr new camps will pen for the first time Uns e.ir, one at Foiest Grove and the oth er at Adrian in Malheur county. The roiet (Iroe camp will be a 100-frimily insta Illation and the Aoiian camp caies for 200 lami- Figure gathered in camps lat ar indicate that farmers may i expect an average of 36 field wrtkers per family. All organized camps provide ; central showers, laundiits? and ; toilet. The family-sized f tents . c me complete with light, tjjter, fuel imt-, mattresses, cook stove hrid table Rentals per family j iangel fwm $1 50 to $5 per week in 1945. ! f which are not used as foods. such as potato ines and tops of fall onions. s Also it may be used safely on insects which defoliate shad trees such as elm leaf beetle, txMcwood leaf miner, cankerworm, saw flies and tent caterpillar. j DDT has. been found '(patern ally safe to men and animals except w hen Used in oil ; emul sions. Exposure j-hould not be prolonged in pitl form ait it is readily absorbed through the skin of men Of animals Mi this form. ! ONION INSPECTORS DI E Inspectors from the state de partment of agriculture will be in the field shortly i looking dver the onion fields in the yellovS' dwarf control area. March 1 had been placed as the deadline for clean ing up bulbs arid premises in the control area. : Northwest Duroc Hog Breeders Set Sale For August 3, Cresham There will be a bred gilt .sale by the Northwest Duroc Breed ers association. The date has been set for August 3 at the Multnomah fairgrounds at Gres ham. The sale is being conducted and sponsored by the Northwest Du roc Breeders association and the committee in charge is tBsking that only members consign gilts. All gilts entered in the sale should be a year old or near that age by the sale date of the first of September. The gilts should be bred be tween April 20 and June 11 so as to farrow between August 19 and October I. Oregon Grows Easter Lilies I For Nation i Ten years ago, only two nur serymen in Oregon realized tjhat the Easter lijy bulbs could ! be grown successfully on a commer cial scale here. Today the grow ers in the state number towards 1000. Five years ago, Easter lily bulbs grown on a commercial scale In the Willamette valley were almost nil. In 1945 nfiproxi matcly 35 acres were grown here commercially. For the 1946 sea son (planting done in the fall of 1945) almost 70 acres stretch from Portland to Cottage Grove. The first Easter lily bulbs were brought to Bermuda in 1853 from Japan. Cultivation on a field scale was started in 1876 by W. K. Harris, Philadelphia nurseryman. By 1896 almost two and a half million Easter lily bulbs were sold in the United States. But no disease control was practiced and no selection of bulbs wits done. Inferior bulbs and disease almost wiped out the American industry before 1900. Japan took over, and it was believed that bulbs could no longer be grown successfully in this country. But Americans had to have their F-aster lilies and by 1940 they were not forthcoming from Japan. By that time it was learn ed that Oregon, particularly in the southwestern section', could grow excellent bulbs. One of ithe two men who dis covered this was Sidney Croft of Bandon who developed the super ior bulb which bears his name. Plantings in the valley range from backyard plots to 10 acres or more. Common plantings are from two to five acres. Estimates of the 1945 season were that 12,000,000 bulbs were planted in- the state. Eastern florists found the Oregon bulbs successful. Charles A. Cole, state depart- f v., : , I -'U ,. '' - 2k-" " ' " . fKJ- ... . ' ..- . -s-tr-- linl i ! n hi liiMii il in m 111 HT Iwr -11 ii i i i in n i rrf The majority of the thousands of Easter lilies decorating homes and churches Easter morning w III have had their origin In an Oregon field such as shown here. Almost 7t acres have been planted; for this season's growth in the Willamette valley alone, and yet bigger plantings are in southern Oregon counties. (Courtesy State j De partment of Agriculture) j merit horticulturist, says the road i is already littered with j who fell by the wayside,' expects' that the lily grow ing has j now cut its wifdom teethj growers but he ( row- ers have learned that great care j must be used, that !t is not just j a ''get-rich-quick-rural-industry. 1 "Eventually." Cple says, 'it will develop into a good! healthy industry." The buildings In New York City's Rockefeller Center actually weigh less than the materials ex cavated in their construction. Robert Reed Salem Tells of Corn bow Growing Contests Robert Reed, Salem, announces that definite plans for a corn growing contest for Marion coun ty farmers have been made. The contest will be incorporated as part of the annual Marion County Com show of which Reed chairman. j . Corn is grown as a farm j crop to produce as mux-h high quality feed per acre as possible at the cheapest cost. These factors can only be. judged by a corn" grow ing contest, Reed explains tn purpose of the contest. . V Entry must; be made by June 1. Plans for the contest can be ob tained and entry filed with the county agvnt's office ,at Salem, the Smith-Hughes offices at Sil verton, Woodburn or Salem, and the Central Howell .store. - , ; .Growers will -keep-simple rec ords of production costs but yields will be checkrxi by the sjipvv com, mittee. and moisture' content at harvest will be determined -at state college.f Serving with Reed as the corn show committee ore Silas Toryend and Leonard Hudson. Silverton, and J. C. Schniedcr, Salem. . I tjie Julius Caesar idea of one-way fic aids. conceived the streets as traf- A For Better Results Why Not Try WATKIIIS IIIIIEI1ALS FOR 1 YOUR STOCK Ilillon Dierhs, Watkins Distributor " Route 7, Box 93-r Phone 22602 dwtrsss 666 Liquid or Tablots act as a mild Laxative and aot at Cold Misorios intoraallT . (66 Nom Drops or Sahro boains ta rliv stuBuicas and cowghina At OHCI BBOkM M iijinr to broalbo. pars rMuita Gml mmt wli Ml CnM Uas anil icW A Use (utre in Applying DDT Experts Advise A good safe rule, to follow, un til more has been learned of its e-t fet t is to use DDT only m insects that irifet the house, barn and other buildings, and notion thee pests which can be reached by applying the DDT directly to food stuffs. One exception is made: The cabbage caterpillar may be sprayed with DDT if the DDT is not applied within 30 days of the time when the cab bage will be ready to eat. Int general, DDT may be used safel-y on the portions of plants m TVLfi 1 1 1 I mm l vZl m 1 - I 7 v ; i f . 4 i i t 5 '; i I i- SSHSaSaSaSSMdaMSSBn Suggestions for ffiSTESa GIIFTS Comoosition Too Card Table 3.95 Hobnail Vanity Lamp T 3.95 I 18x38 Chonillo Bath Mat Set 3.75 ' l.tH Rolialou Picturos undor Glast 2.95 Rayon Sod Lamp. asL color 3.75 . Brass? Platod Andirons. Pair 7.95 Hassocks. Asst. colors. Bench style - 5.95 4hl! Cor. What-not Wal. or Maple 3.50 LMlrror Kleenex Box - 4-95 Fluorescent Desk Lamp 9.95 If f Of If Kf (BnfiapwiEims The Oregon Turkey Growers Association at Canhy, Oregon, is offering three attractive methods of market ing breeder turkeys. 7WTC,, 'A present net cash price of 3.1.2c per lb. for prime hen tur X JLJTliJ Xkeys. 26.2c per lb. for prime toms. These prices are subject tjjto change as the market dictates. CPPnTIIl Birds can be pooled with af 22.2c net cash advance on OuuUll JJ"ahens and 20.2c net cash advance on toms if grower de sires to sell cooperatively THTrlll We have Ktwrae P,an wh'cn miKbt be very attractive to XXlolsVlIJMgrowers interested in marketing their own birds. Kelrffaeinnilbeir - - thai the Canby Plan!, under new management, is owned by and operated lor the turkey growers ot Oregon. Before marketing your birds benefit yourself and the industry by contacting - - (DtBgdDnn TTanirLkcey i ! . ! -: II I mm mm WARD'S FAIUI STORE i ' TJti -iftV --rev":;. T LTi , i : ... ' . , .. l i t K . i r I I tw see r v a ; i Located Corner Trade and High j 4 i i 'A '1 LJLL Tom Loaett, Mar. Tom Savs: Here are a number of excepfional Hems that yau will find to be the best In quality and the best value for the price. We have a large stock of these items, to shop early and save on these good values. . . . . P.ememberi that these values will bei oJfered for this week end. You are invited to Inspect our mer chandise and ; to make our acquaintance. i TREE ROSES Were 3.98 Now i NORWAY MAPLE 10'. Were 2.48 Now i.: HAWTHORNE (Paul Scarlett), 2.98 Now i FLOWERING CRABAPPLE (Hopa), 1.9S ! Now L j MODESTO ASH f 12-foot, 1.98 Now i ROX ELDER Was 1.98 NOW i PIN OAK Was 1.5C Now ! WEEPING WILLOW Was 1.98 Now 2.50 1.98 2.48 PLE 1.48 1.48 1.19 1.48 490 850 PINK FLOWERING DOGWOOD Was 4.69 3 S9 Now ...i .4sViUV One Asst. of Fruit Trees) Was 1.25, now .! STRAWBERRIES MARSHALLS 25 for . ..f ROCKHILI- Z5 for ...J si GEMS 25 for ASPARAGUS Mary Washington 12 for .1 Also Raspberries, Blackberries, ii : i i - . iHjysenDernes ana v rapes Reg. Fiber Flower Pots (Colored) T'i", now .... Reg. 1.9 HotcapsJ Reg. 1.56 Bushel Baskets, now .... 2.90 1.10 500 5 box of '100 wsetter, now 1.79 1.25 i- 129.00 Value Riding Saddle! .... 4.95 Value Saddle Blanket, 28"i81" Reg. 35c Speedy Flour Filter Disc, Now Reg. 55c 12-qt. Milk Pail Now .4.39 290 480 Reg. 50c18" Chick Feeders.! Now ......... 440 Reg. 47.50 2',-3 cu. II CH ft. Concrete Mixer 4V4U"s3U Now Reg. 2.49. Box of 250 Egg Cartons, now 2.29 WW ontgomer ! ' i ' yWard Ladle Pin-up Lamp. Pastels 4L95 Lamp Table with Shelf. Wal. Fin. 4.95 End Table with Shell. Wal. Finish - 3.95 We Giro S&H Green Stamps SALEII H0I1E FUR1I. CO. 137 So. Commercial SL FARII STORE Canb Oregon Phone 2901 Corner Trade and High Phone 3191-7918