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Tha OREGON STATESMAN. Sal am, Oregon. Thursday Morning, April 18. 1946 PAGE NINE Should Study Apiary Antics For Success The orchardist who depends on th honey bee to pollinir.e his fruit trees for him. should know something about bee nature. First off. a food location fVr the hives is important. They should be near the trees to be pollinated, andin a sunny place. Bee do not travel far. They have been known to range freely over a radius of two miles, but are more efficient at shorter distances. This It be cause they can make three or four short trips in an hour, but only dc long trip. Lrati Important . It's even more important that they be located in a place that is open to the sunlight and protect ed from the wind. letaue in a warm location they are much more active. The early morning sun is especially , desirable, en couraging them to start work sooner. It's often convenient to group eight or ten hives in one place, for this facilitates bringing them into and taking them out of the orchard which is easier when the hives are not distributed singly throughout the orchard. Orchardiiti som (timet have difficulty getting the bees to feed where they want them to feed. Here an understanding of bee na ture again comes handy. If you want them to work on your or chard and not in the neighbor's. It's important to bring them into the orchard at the nght time. The first blossoms should be just op ening if earlier, the bees are en couraged to go elsewhere;- if later, the food pollinating weather may be over. Nsuser Needed The question of how many bees re needed, arises. In general, one colony with five frames of bees per acre is -.adequate. Between cherry blossom time and apple blossom time, the colony of 60.000 bees should increase to 75,000. In areas where pollinating weather ts particulary unfavorable, two colonies per acre may be required. West Salem to Be Polk PTA Host at Fall County Meeting PEDEE. April 17.-(Spccial)-Po!k County Council of Parent Teacher associations met in the Woman's club hall her Tuesday. Mrs. Ira Mix of Independence presided at the busine meeting. Representatives were present from West Salem. Dallas, Inde pendence, Monmouth and Pedee. -"4 The PTA of West Salem invited the council to meet there in the fall, date and place of meet ing to be announced later. Officers elected for the coming year are Mrs. Hugh Van Loan of Monmouth, president; Mrs. C. A. FraUke of Independence, 1st vice president; Mrs. C. A. Rust of West Salem, second vice president; i Mrs. E..F. Barrows of Monmouth. ! secretary; Mrs. Elton Zuver of Pedee. treasurer. The council voted to send the new president. Mrs. Van Loan, to the state PTA convention in La Grande for three days beginning April 30. Mrs. Zuver was elected as alternate. Mrs. Walker Is Instructor Mrs. Dean Walker, district vice president, conducted a school of instruction on the material in the president's packet for February and March. She also spoke briefly on house bill SO, to be voted on in the election next fall, which will equalize the taxing for school purposes within the counties, if adopted. ' After a no-host luncheon at the Field Servicer Branch, USDA, Goes li Portland Ranch Ramblings By the Rural Reporter In Marion county, March re cords show 36 herds were on of ficial test. Included in these were 998 cows of which 299 were dry. The milk average was 874 (which includes the dry cows) and butter fat 32.2 pounds. Forty-five head were culled because of low pro duction. Marion county has set its fat lamb show, an annual event, for Turner on June 1. noon hour, the council: conducted a round table discussion on prob lems confronting the PTA groups of the county, with suggestions for handling, Evelyn, and Pat Burbank sang two duets, with mandolin accompaniment. Mrs. Dean Walker said she would be available for help in planning programs fori the com ing year, and to consul! with the different executive committees, any time after Augustil Four Corners Women Elect Unit Leaders FOUR CORNERS, April 17 Twenty women attended the or ganization meeting .Tuesday for the home extension unit. Mar jorie Tye, home demonstration agent, presented Conservc With the Scrap Bag." A sack lunch was served. Mrs. E. E. Walker was elected chairman, Mrs. H. E. Hanson, vice chairman, and Mrs. Ralph Mercer, secretary-treasurer. " The third Tuesday wasfirst choice for a meeting date and the first Friday as the second choice, but mte will be held un til October. The chairman and vice chairman will attend the planning day meeting May 8. A committee will arrange care for small children, so mothers' who have no place to leave them may attend the meetings tod. Others at the meeting were Mrs. Clifford Richards, Mrs. Rus sell Clearwater, Mrs. Darrell Berch, Mrs. E. A. Snook, Mrs. Harold McMillan, Mrs. C. Ray Osborn. Mrs. H. II. Snook, Mrs. L. J. Stewart, Mrs. Dale Jeff ries, Mrs. Raymond Russell, Mrs. William Brown, Mrs. R. Rowse, Mrs. W. E. Pederson, Mrs. Jess Mcllnay, Mrs. Ralph King, Mrs. Ervin Sunderlin, Mrs. S. 11. Cable. Owner-Sampler Plan Added to Dill Tests Morris L. Winzler, Woodburn, a Veteran, has been hired to assist Ralph Van Zyl, regular tester for the Linn-Benton Dairy Herd Im provement association. The asso ciation has recently added the ownership-sampler plan of pro duction testing also, reports A. R Forster, Tangent, president of the association. Forster explains that the stand ard plan of testing will continue and that a few dairy herds will be added under the standard plan, but the greatest opportunity for inclusion in the association is through the owner-sampler plan. The; cost of owner-sampler test ing, is a minimum of $2.50 per month for a herd of 10 or lets cows. A fee of 15 cents per head is charged for each cow over 10. The cost of standard testing is $4.50 for a half day and $8 for a full day. 1 We Can Da Voir Jab New Uwn Sprinkling Systems 2S Years Experience Free Estimates Call 2-lCli After 4 1. M. C. S. WIIITCOM1I CO. Mirths CUmtiU To Mr. and Mrs. Eufn F. CUmpilt. Independence, a son. Ralph .Eugene, born April 8. Salem General hospital. t'alvta To Mr. and Mm. Henry Ward . Colvtn. Aurora.' a daughter, Marilyn Electa, born April . Salem Deaconess hospital. Darakvsrh To Mr. and Mr. Albert R. Dornbuach. route S. a son. Roy Wil liam, born March 27. Salem Deaconess hospital. Steele To Mr. and Mrs. Russell N. Steele, Independence, a son, Ray Ed ward, born April 7. Salem General hospital. ' . j I . . koaiasaa To Mr. and Mr. Louis T.. Robinson, Vateetx, a daughter. I.twta le. born April 7, Salem General hos pital. J Jhao To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnsoa.i S30 N. Winter St.. daughter JudiUi Ann, born Marco 17. Salem Genera! hospital. - T Hall To Mr. and Mrs. Abel J. Hall. 260 S. 23rd street, twins, Kenneth Jacfc and Kathryn Joy. born April S, Salem General ; hospital. IIERCURY OUTBOADDS 6 HP $137.50 FISHING SUPPLIES, WHITE GASOLINE K 2.5, 330 & 410 Weaver Scopes, I New & Used Guns & Ammunition, supply limited DOII I1ADIS0II 590 No. High - 663 The Marion County Dairy Breeder association has extended honorary membership to 4-H club members and Future Farmers of America. The young dairymen have to buy a certificate and pay their fees. Some of the FFA bovs State offices of the field serv ice branch, USDA production and marketing administration. will move from CorvallLs to the East- em building, 10th and Washing- have already signed up. ton streets, Portland, on April! tfth. E. Harvey Miller is state' Abruizi rye is something farm OMA director. i ers just began hearing about a The move will complete the ) very few years back. But it is consolidation brought about by last tail's reorganization in the department of agriculture to-the former state agricultural adjust saent agency (AAA) office, with the Portland staff of the former USDA office of supply. The agency has been Wated o the state college campus sinre the AAA program vt first es tablished 12 year ago. N. K. Dodd. Baker county ranger, re cently appointed undersecretary af agriculture, was the fn-t state AAA committee chairman Water Supply Plenty Is Earlv Indication bringing results. Henry Lever over toward McMinnvilie reports an excellent return from a few acres planted last fall. He fertilized it somewhat heavily and it has furnished pasture in these days when feed is at a prtmium. Paul. Youngman also of the McMinn vilie area says that he was able to get considerable pasture from alta fescue mot of the winter be cause of the immense amount of growth it had made. Early fall application, of nitrogen fertilizer on these crops stimulated growth and helped get early pasture in I the spring. The men found that by j proper planting for both tempor ary and permanent pasture the J amount of hay used can be cut The final statewide water slid pry outlook report, just Usued by' b ,l lt,one ton per year. the division of irrigation of the ' oil conservation service in to- J operation with OSC and other ) WEEDS C'At'SE agencies, says that prospects GREATEST LOSS throughout the state are the best since 1943 with no water short ages foreseen in any important irrigated section. Above normal streamflow i foreseen in Oregon, with individual- stream predictions based on expected "average" weather from here on. A warning i given that "modification of these forecasts may later be required in accord ance with deviations of precipita tion and temperature from normal daring the runoff weaon " Present and prospective rescr vair storage is ample for all needs, while valley precipitation since October 1. averaged 1IR per cent of norma! compared with 89 per cent, a year ago. Weeds cost the farmer more in losses than do insects, disease and livestock deaths combined, a sur vey maris by the' United States chamber of commerce shows. Losses from weeds amounted to about three billion dollars for one year and losses from other causes to approximately two and one half billion. SPECIALIZED BRAKE SERVICE Relining. Adjusting, Overhauling Christ ensen'a Auto Service Hancock Station. 49C S. 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