T2 Thm Of. StaWtmaa. Salem.
Pie Plant Is
Proving to Be
Paying Crop
Br Lillle L. Mtdwn
' 7 arm Editor. Tfe Statesman
The Smith Brothers have pro
cured another best seller and it
isn't rough drops this time.
There are other points of differ
ence also: These Smith Brothers
were not wearing lone whiskers
when I found them at their ranch.
They were looking rather young.
There are three of them and their
names are Bernard, Raymond and
Joseph. Their address is Wood
bum. But you will find them living
t a central point between Ger-
Their best seller is nine acres
of , rhubarb. Three acres of this,
planted in February of 1945, arn.
expected to yield 90 tons this sea
on. The price is ISO a ton. The
first cf this year's crop was taken
May 1. Late In June the second
puling will be made, while the
third pulling Is done in August.
The crop is contracted and is be--tag
cold packed.
Mere flaate4 ! March
d this year in March. Because of
the floods of early spring, the
ground couldn't be worked until
later this year than last. While
usual advice isn't to pull rhubarb
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conditions have been such on the
Smith Brothers' farm that a little
is being taken from the baby
-planting this season. Five ton were
harvested from the new setting
Last year and no harm came to
Rhurarb isn't all profit, said,
Bernard Smith, who showed me
round on the 238 acre Smith
you have to have the right type
cf soil deep and rich. Location
should be accessible to irrigation.
If not, you may be able to take
one good crop, but the second and
third crops a year are entirely
products of Irrigation. Irrigation,
I noted, already was underway in
the rhubarb fields.
Irritate Tmmr Ttaaes
Then comes the purchase of the
plants themselves. They are sold
t an average of six cents apiece.
And there are 1450 plants to an
ere planted at 3' by 3 4 feet.
Next is the little matter of fertili
ser without which rhubarb does
not produce stalks worth looking
at. The Smith Brothers used barn
yard manure, on top of which they
scariereo ireooie pnospnaie at trie
rate of 230 pounds an acre. The
commercial fertilizer does not
benefit so much unless irrigation
ran be used. The Smiths irrigate
at least four times during the rhu
barb season and put on 2 inches
ox water each time.
The biggest of the three pullings
IS in July. Pulling is done by hand
nd there is a certain twist neces
sary to keep from injuring the
plants. If you merely pull without
twisting, the stalks bleed too heav
ily and you could loose the plant.
Four pullers worked ahead of five
women who rut the leaves and
tutu.
There are varieties In rhubarb,
loo, I learned, and on the Smith
Brothers farm the Strawberry Red
and the German Wine are used,
with much larger plantings of the
former as the color makes it a
very popular cold pack product.
Mere Best Sellers
The Smith Brothers have been
living in the Willamette valley
most of their Lives. They bought
their present Pudding river farm
four years ago. They were milking
40 cows until. Bernard said. "And
you can quote me the OPA ran
us out f business. We liked dairy
ing and we like to have the barn
yard fertiliier. But we are mtlk
mg only five cows now and buying
the rest of our barnyard fertilizer.
IV hen dairy product prices come
Bearer to harmonizing with farm
labor and feed prices, we'll go
Sack into dairying."
But other things than feed for
tie five cows and the nine acres
at rhubarb are grown on the
Smith farm. There are 10 acres of
runt, seven and a half of thorn less
evergreens and two and a half
sf thomless loganberries (a new
crop which I shall go back to
Investigate at the proper sea-son ) ,
23 acres of sweet corn, 10 acres
f white clover, some fiber flax,
,! acres of red clover. Approxi
mately 30 ton of hay were being
illi
so.
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Ranch
Ramblings
By the Rural Reporter
Marlon County Livestock men
will meet Wednesday night at the
Salem chamber of commerce
rooms at 8 p.m. Elmer Lorence,
Silverton. president, is extending
a special invitation to 4H and
Future Farmer members to at
tend. The big ranch event this week
is the fat lamb and wool show
set for Saturday atNTurner. This
is Marion county's nrnth annual
event of this kind. HenVy Ahrens
of Turner is general chairman.
Leonard Hudson, Silverton, is
chairman of the Future Farmer
division and Jim Bishop, Salem,
heads the 411 club division.
A total of 3300 will be given
in prizes. Judges are Charles Buf
fin of Junction City. H. A. Lind
gren and O.M. Nelson of Corval
lis and Eddie Ahrens of Turner.
Held in conjunction with the
Show are the state dog trials and
a flower display by Consolidated
Turner Better Homes and Garden
club and Four Leaf Garden club.
W.R. Patterson St Sons have
finished a new dairy near Molalla.
Central feature of the dairy is the
concrete milking parlor with win
dows on both sides, bright ceil
ing lights and plywood. Roofed
with asbestos shingles, overhead
construction is all trussed, with
no posts. Despite labor and ma
terial shortages, the barn was in
use 90 days after building started.
... ;
Bonniemoor Farm, owned by
L.S. Lorenzen, Dayton, has a new
ly remodeled barn that is receiv
ing finishing touches and favor
able comment from visitors. Con
crete floors and manger have
been poured and Lowden equip
ment installed throughout. Bon
niemoor also has a new herdsman,
Everett Struckmeir of Cloverdale.
Strut kmeier was outstanding FFA
member of the state in 1939.
FOXES SELL BULBS
Recent sales made by Fox Jer
sey Farm, Molalla. owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Marlin M. Fox, include
three young bulls, all sons of
Royal Blonde Signalman. One
went to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wurech of Richreall, the second
to Grenwell Jersey Farms, at
Sandy, and the third to Norman
Nash, Sixes, who formerly lived
at Salem.
taken from the red clover during
the past week with the second
crop being saved for seed . . .
Which all indicates that the Smith
Brothers can produce more than
one best seller a year.
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Here's the story. June 30, 1946, is the last day on which
you can enlist ... or reenlist ... in the Regular Army and
still be sure of retaining your old grade and family allowance
for the duration of your enlistment. 1
Those are two very important points. First of all, if
you have served with the Army and earned a stripe or two,
you can enlist within 90 days alter discharge and before
July 1, 1946, and be sure oi keeping your grade.
And if you have a family and dependents, you can enlist
before July 1, 1946, and make sure the family allowance
will be continued for a 1 Va , 2, or 3 year enlistment period.
Those hard-earned stripes mean extra pay. Why throw
them away? And your family will live cofnfortably if you
- enlist now and get the advantage of the family allowance
benefit.
So think it over and act today.
These two points mean opportu
nities for advancement and added
pay as well as that all-important
security for your family. Stop in
at your nearest Regular Army
Recruiting Station today. They'll
give you all the information you
want on that very important date
,.. JUNE 30, 1946.
Enlist How t Your Nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station
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SALEM. OREGON
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Willamette Valley
Nines and Views of Farm ami Garden
Agents Warn
Cherry Spray
Is Due Soon I
It won't be Jong now until herT
ry growers in the Willamette vail
ley can be expecting notice! that
it's time to put on thespray for
control of the cherry fruit, fly. It
is compulsory in Linn, Marion,
Yamhill and Polk counties. These
four counties are in a control area
and each county has a fruit in
spector who will work with the
county agricultural agent in car
rying out the spray program.
Cages already are out and when
the experiment station finds that
the fruit fly is on the wing Word
will be passed along by telephone
to county agents, who will notify
growers at once. Radio, letter,
newspaper, telephone, all wUl be
brought into use in getting the
word around. j
Inspectors' Duties
The duties of the inspectors
have been outlined o include:
Locating and listing cherry grow
ing properties and owners and
operators; locating and listing
spray and dusting equipment and
supplies; listing all equipment
available for custom work, meet
ing with commercial sprayers to
arrange for zoning areas of opera
tion and uniform maximum
charges, and assisting the county
agents to obtain proper dust ma
terials and methods of applying
them. I
The purpose of the program is
to assist cherry growers in jsav
ing their cherry crop fom infes
tation of the cherry fruit fly mag
got. . , 3
Inspectors are: in Marion Coun
ty, Jack Turnbull who has head
quarters in the county agent's of
fice, post office building, Salem;
Linn county, ' George Schwalen
who will office with O. E. Mike
sell at the court house at Albany;
Yamhill county, W. N. Kanipe.
with headquarters In the county
farm labor office, McMinnville;
Polk, county, Randall Miller. In
the Offices of County Agent Wal
ter Leth. j
Spray Formulas
But there is no law against any
one doing his own spraying if he
does a good job. Many tree own
ers will do this. In such coses one
of the following formulas should
be used: !
F.rrauU N. 1.
Lad arsenate Z' pound: water to
make 100 gallons of spray. Add to this
mixture on of Uie commercial spread
ers. This is not a bait spray ami- shall
be applied as a complete cover Spray.
Two or more applications shall be ap
plied, the first spray to be applied at
the beginning of Fly emergence and the
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Bernard Smith Mas eaaght by the
Just-harvested rhubarb field. Smith claimed that the camera
eaaght him at -the wronr time "when the big rhubarb had all been
pulled." Just before pulling, the rhubarb gets to be about five feet
tall and stalks are "as big around as a man's arm." The first pull
ing was In early May. The next will be In late June or early July.
Poultry Population
Way Down in Oregon,
Statistics Indicate
Latest statistics on chick hatch
ings and poultry numbers reveal
that Oregon has made a greater
reduction in numbers than the
second at the peak of Fly emergence
which is about 14 days after the first
spray. If the spray is washed off by
heavy rain, additional applications may
be required. 4 If Cherry l.eaf Spot is a
problem, lime sulphur. 2 gallons, may
be added to this spray on sour cher
ries or meltable sulphur. pounds,
may be added for sweet cherries. The
writable sulphur should be . substi
tuted for lime sulphur in the second
or third sprays to avoid danger of
burning).
Fornala Ne. Z.
The following dust mixture may be
used instead of the spray : Lead ar
senate 10 parts, finely divided dusting
sulphur (323 mesh or finer) WO parts.
The dust must be applied thoroughly
and must be repeated after heavy
rains. Two or mora applications, as
recommended by Formula No. 1, shall
be applied.
Formula No. S.
For growers wishing to use a non
poisonous spray, the following may be
used : 4 per cent rotenone. 3 pounds,
plus 2'j gallons of molasses to 100 gal
lons of spray or per cent rotenone
dust may also be used. This spray or
dust must be repeated at weekly in
tervals unUl the cherries are harvest
ed. Borako, a commercial product, may
also be used.
Formula No. 4.
Lead arsenate pounds, molasses 8
gallons and water to make 100 gallons.
This spray shall be applied at weekly
intervals beginning when the first flies
emerge from the soil and continuing
until the cherries are harvested. It
shall be a thorough bait spray and shall
be applied as fairly fine droplets on the
upper surface of the foliage and shall
reach every part Of the tree.
The spraying or dusting must be
thorough.
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Staff Sergeant .
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Farmer
LILLIE L. MADSEN.
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farm pace camera looking ever his
coast states as a group and other
leading poultry sections.
Commercial hatchings of chicks
in Oregon in ApriNwere 80 per
cent of a year ago, compared
with 83 per cent fOr the coast
as a whole 'and an increase of
8 per cent for the north central
states. Washington and Idaho al
so show April increases.
A special May 1 government
turkey report showed that Oregon
turkey taisers will make at least
a 35 per cent decrease in numbers
raised this year compared to last
with a national reduction of only
15 per cent. Oregon's orginal goal
was 15 per cent, but the feed
picture decreased the hatchings
much more than at first planned.
Holt Planning Bigger,
Better Portland P. I.
Holding the first postwar Paci
fic International livestock exposi
tion on October 5 to 12 Is now
assured, Walter Holt, new man
ager, reports, adding that all
major obstacles have been over
come. The plant was used early
In the war as an evacuation center
for Japanese who were assembled
there before being moved to per
manent camps. Holt says that
many Improve me n t s to the
grounds and general plant will be
made this summer and that the
arrangements of the show will be
to increase the appeal to the gen
eral public and enhance the ed
ucational value to farmers, home
makers, and youth groups.
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Highlights off th
Armed Forces Voluntary
Rocrultmont Act
1 . Enlistments for 1 y(, 7 or 3 years. (One
year enlistments permitted for men now in
the Army with 6 or more months of service)
2. Enlistment ace from 18 to 34 years in
clusive (17 with parents' consent) except
for men now in Army, who may reenlist at
- any age, and former service men depending
on length of service.
3. An increase in the reenlistment bonus
to $50 for each year of active service since
such bonus was last paid, or since last entry
into service, provided reenlistment is within
90 days after last honorable discharge.
4. Up to 90 days' paid furlough, depend
ing on length of service, with travel paid
to home and return, for men who reenlist
Within the prescribed time after discharge.
f . A thirty-day furlough each year with
full pay.
6. Mustering -out pay (based upon length
x ef service) to ail men who are discharged
to reenlist.
7. Option to retire at half pay for the rest
of your life after 20 years' service increas
ing to three quarters pay after 30 years
service. (Retirement income in grade of
Master or First Sergeant up to $155.25 per
month for life.) All previous active federal
military aervice counts toward retirement.
8. Benefits under the GI Bill of Rights
for men who enlist before October 6, 1946.
t. Family allowances for the term of cn
Uatsnent for dependents of men who enlist
ec reenlist before July 1, 1946.
10. Choice of branch of service and over
seas theater (of those still open) on 3-year
enlistments.
11. Reserve and A. U.S. commissioned offi
cers released from active duty may he en
listed in Grade 1 (Master Sergeant) mod
retain their reserve corn missions, provided
they reenlist within the prescribed time.
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Impetus Given
State's Large
Seed Industry
Announcement of a seed testers'
school at Oregon State college to
train additional seed analysts, and
the expansion soon of the state
seed testing laboratory into quon
set huts to get additional space,
are latest developments in the
move to bring Oregon's seed test
ing service in line with the 20
million dollar industry.
The testing school will be held
June 17 to July 6 inclusive, and
will be open to all without fee
charges. Present :or prospective
college students may get college
credit for the course if registered
in the slimmer Session.
Both permanent and part time
positions are available to those
completing the course success
fully, says Dr. D.D. Hill, head of
the farm crops department.
Laboratory fee increases of ap
proximately 33 per cent have been
approved by the seed league, to
obtain funds to increase salaries
of seed testers and enlarge the
staff. The new fee rate still wUl
be 30 to 50 per ceot lower than
rates for commerciaXJboratories,
Dr. Hill says.
The federal - state cooperative
seed laboratory at the college is
one of the largest in the United
States, analyzing 20,000 samples
last year:
Arrangements also are discuss
ed with the committee to add
two additional fully qualified seed
analysts ; permanently. Mrs. L.A.
Kanipe, one of the leading seed
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Animals That Use
Grain Reduced in
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Oregon poultrymen and live
stock raisers not only have met
but greatly exceeded the govern
ment goal for reduction in grain
consuming animals this year, fig
ures compiled by state agricultural
officials' show. The information
was gathered in response to in
quiries following publication of
statements that the poultry indus
try had not carried out the sug
gested reductions.
Oregon's chicken population is
now estimated at no greater than
a year ago, while reports from
hatcheries not yet reflected in gov
ernment estimates indicate at least
a 25 per cent reduction in late
hatched chickens raised.
Though chicken numbers on
January 1 were up 6.3 per cent
over one year earlier, egg produc
tion in April was just equal to
that of April 1945, .while heavier
than normal culling indicated that
egg production for the year would
pe under the government's goal
of 95 per cent of the 1945 output.
Less Cows
The other half of the Oregon
analysts in the United States, is
now the only person trained in
all phases of the work.
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poultry industry already has gcn
far beyond suggested giwl reduc-
tions in Oregon compared with m
goal of 15;per cent cut in turkes;
raised. an compared wilh an esti
mated national reduction of IS ir
cent. j
Dairy cows and hogs, the? other
principal Users of gram feed in
Oregon, ao have been materially
reduced. Dairy row numbers were
down eight -per cent January 1
and milk rt eduction was down sbc
per cent in April despite a gcal
of full production. Hcg numbers
on the same date were ttewn four
per cent from last year and were
32 per cent below the previous
10-year average. ? 1
These gt-al reductions' have been
met or exceeded in Oregon despite
the fact that population cowth of
the Pacific coast states -i 21 per
cent above prewar. t
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j SILVERTON, May 23.-(Soecial)
i Justice of the Peace Alf Q. Nelson
itoday continbed to May ?I f cr .
! further testimony the cae at Vo
1 let HerrigitadV charged with con
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