I Tli Statesman
Linn County
Shows Record
Farm Returns
By I-fLUX U MAD8W
farm Editor. Tho lUtiMin
While Marion is my hom
county. I. like mat a the mt of
a who live to the north, have to
dmit that Linn county, our
neighbor to the south. "has got
something."
And I mean something besides
Lebanon, at the growth of which
we are all gazing in utter amaxe
ment Jut now I am referring to
the huge agricultural income. Not
that Linn county hasn't always
been a fair agricultural county,
but many of oa recall the talk of
"white land down Linn county
way." '"poor soil compared to
Marion county" and similar re
marks of our older farm friends,
tome of which were made, of
course, because we lived in Mar
Ion county. In the meantime. Linn
county hM gone quietly and mer
rily 6n its way to agricultural im
provement. When 1 heard that farm mar
ketings were estimated to have
exceeded SI 8.000,000 for all Linn
county agricultural products In
1946. I thought pern ape O. X.
Mikesell. county agent, was re
sportsibie for the Improvement in
farming. But he deniee it firmly,
say he "was Just there." and that
the farmers themeehree are en
tirely responsible. This la an all
time high agricultural record for
Linn.
Small Seed
The brightest spot in the coun
ty's agricultural year was the
small eed enterprise with an es
timated income well in ex.ce oi
$4,250 000 Common ryegrass
headed tne list with 4,540 acres
producing in excess of 29.000,000
pounds. Perennial ryegrass re
turned approximately xie-half
million dollars from 9000 acres.
Leume seeds on 2 7,00 J acre ac
counted fur the balance of the
seet income. Linn county ac
counts for 16 380 acres of Ore
gon's record 90.000 acres of certi
fied seed produced, in 1946V
Mike?ell points out that some
unre.-t exit in the seed enter
prises bec.iie f the removal of
the prices on common
rye grH.-. and vetch. The Willam
ette vftih acreage certification in
1947 is expected to drop very
sharply a. the AAA price support
ha been diopped. Some farmer-
are expressing a slight worry and
puzzlement as to what to do in
thi- line However. I found some
gt-'iwers in trie county eager "ta
see -a Lot thee crop will really
do on tr.eir own." Support prices
will be in effect In 1947 on hairy
vel. h and crimson clover only.
With the exception of tho vetch,
acreage of ceitified crop are ex -pected
to lemain about the ame.
Turkeys
Poultry enterprise shewed a
aharp reduction in Linn county in
1944 Tl.it uas particularly true
of tuiker The 1946 production
la estimated a being 1S3.000 head
as complied to 275,00) head in
1945 Trim sharp reduction was
due to tr mm lousness of the feed
situation fct brooding time.1
Hike-ell lh light. Marty turkey'
produce i fcre Jut breaking even
becju-e f tr.e sudden drop in the'
turkey market at the time of the
remo to of restriction n red
meat. Ti.e chicken hen popula
tion dropped to 220.000 in 1946
Strav. trrv, cne fruit an 1 tree
fruit i i ijiiirf rv enioved Uxni
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Linn nurly The strawberry
acreage has increased to 4W har
vested bcie with prowpevt-i for
further increase In 1947 TT.e
county rt-auced 15 acre of
certnieci i . Berne-i fr-wn which
735.001) plar.is will be soli this
spin.: lit.it prices are expected
to be W-wei m 1947 Ixit other
things may cff?et thia. The walnut
ani filbeit crops were but
the fi.t-tit market broke sharply
bt-cau.-e of imports.
Cows
Dairy cow numbers remained
at appit'Ximately 14.000 head
with Vrice- considered fairly
go1 A f either impetus to the
dauy ,i.cu! l. y was supplied by
the crirjii?ition of the Linn
Br!ton Diry Breezier associa
tion with its 175 memtten own
ing 1200 cimi.
Sheep numbers remained about actly. you pay your money and
the mne a.- :n 1945 with an estr- take your choice, for the values
mated 45.1H0 head of ewes Hog are even all around. This is fig
numbers approximated 10, (XH) unng food value according to
which is 8000 less than in prewar weight, the department explains,
year.
The c i.r.ty's vegetable acreage World diamond production in
reached 3340 acre in 194i. which 1945 reached an all-time peak of
w-is .ii. i n ease of cloate to 500 some 14.2S0.000 carats.
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CHAMPION FELINE
Qfaoa. Thursday. January t. 1347
rv'ft:iNnt$:end'-1'iew
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A. Nafslgcr. Stlrartoa. la alsw
ars Wael gilt sale to be beM aa
la tKe asnaUy aeeepted aaeaalng.
ae a f the well greeeaed Oeeajea
acres over the previous high year.
! 1943. The increase wu due to an
' expansion of the sweet corn en
I terprise which reached 1350 acres.
A surplus of carrots exists at
, present, with growers offering
' them for livestock feed a sit
1 uation similar to mutt Willam
ette valley counties this season.
Outstanding progress was made
by Linn county farmers during
1946 hi the use of nitrogen fer
' tilizers on grasses, the use of
pho&phate arid lime, construction
of drainage ditches, seeding per
I manent pastures, weed control.
control of the Blind seed disease
1 of perennial ryegrass and seed
certification. Expansion of the
practices rather than expansion
of acreage i the plan for 1947.
Oregon Wool
Growers Plan
Eugene Meet
The Oregon Wool Growers as
sociation, traditionally an eastern
Oregon orgnaization. is breaking
precedent this year to hold its
5 1st annual meeting in Eugene
January 22. 23 and 24.
Walter A. Holt, former county
agent at Pendleton, now manager
of the Pacific International Live
stock exposition, explains the
western Oregon meeting place in
part as follows:
"Just south of Eugene is Doug
las county with the most sheep of
all counties in the state. The
Western Oregon Livestock asso
ciation aLso has a large number
of sheep owners who will thus
be given an opportunity to know
more auout the state and national
wool growers association. The
Eugene chamber of commerce has
arra-iuti-d a
line meeting place
Several nationally prominent
persons in the wool industry have
arranged to stop at Eugene for
the Oregon meeting en route to
San Francisco for the national
convention to be held there Jan
uary 26 to 30, Holt announces.
William A Schoenf eld de:in
and director of agriculture. OSC.
wno reveniiy murnra irum an
official inspection of agriculture
in Great Britain, and Dr. J. N
Show, head of veterinary medi
cine, are li.-ted as speakers.
BUYING EGGS BY SIZES
Any time large eggs sell for 64
cents a dozen, medium eggs are
a bargain at less Uian 56 cents, and . an official investigation revealed
small eKgs a good buy at less than evidence of foot-and-mouth dis
48 cents, says the United States ease in Mexican herds. Findings
department of agriculture. If the made were concurred in by Mex
prices are 84. 56 and 46 cents ex- ican veterinarians, and were re
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Farm Calendar
January 9 Freezer
locker
meeting, McMinnville.
January 9 State production
market association, Portland.
January 9 Oregon Purebred i
Sheep Breeders' association. 1 30. i
Coi vallis.
' January 9-11 Oregon Fairs
association, Portland. Herman
' Chindgren, Molalla. president,
i January 10 Upper Willam
! ette valley parliamentary contest
, of Future Farmers of America,
Silverton, 1 p m.
January 10 State 1JSDA
' council. Portland.
January 14 Freezer locker
meeting, Dallas.
January 14 Annual meeting
of Northwest livestock produc
tion credit association, Portland.
January 14 District meeting
of county and state AAA com
mitteemen for Hood River, Mult
nomah, Clackamas. Washington,
Yamhill, Polk and Marion. Salem.
January 15 Last day for re
porting 194ff conservation per
formance program, AAA county
offices.
January 17-18 Annual wild
life conference. Corvaliis.
January 19 Annual meeting
of Marion County Jersey Cattle
club. Salem.
I January 20 Willamette Pro
j duction Credit association. Salem. ' dence Perry Wells of Indepen
January 20 Annual meeting ?lene: Dallas- frank Neufeld of
I Yamhill Dairy Breeders associa- j Rickreall.
lion. McMinnville. laud Hoisington has been
January 22-24 Oregon Wool t mau secretary to succeed W. C.
nr.. u,er au latmn Walter Holt. . Leth. and Helen Neufeld of Dal-
c rtar. Fnene t
January 24 Annual animal
nutrition conference sponsored
by the Oregon Feed and Seed
' Dealers association. Corvaliis
j January 29 Annual 4-H club
t leaders conference. Corvaliis
February 6-7 Western weed
control conference. Multnomah
hotel. Portland.
February 8 Oregon Swine
Growers bred gilt sale, state fair
grounds. Salem.
Meat and Cattle
p0m Mexic'O NOW
Under Quarantine
The United States department
of agriculture has imposed a quar
antine order on importation of all
livestock and meats into the Unit
ed States from Mexico.
This action was taken because
ported at once to the USD A.
One official stated that the bor
der will be closed "until the dis
ease is stamped out." but many
believe that it is Impossible to
eradicate the disease under con
ditions existing in Mexico.
It is said to be a severe blow
to beef cattle men, but also a
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threat to dairy cattle as well.
Ranchers have not forgotten the
stiff fight against the disease in
California and the destruction of
many herds.
PMA Committee
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uincers nave now reen eiectea j wiXh those in other sections only ford. Corvaliis, president,
in all seven districts in Polk oy anticipating each season's de-j Selection of cattle for the sale
county for the PMA program, for-j mand and placing orders w i t h J is already under way, with asso
merly known as the AAA pro-: dealers well in advance of their ' ciation -members pledged to abide
gram, reports W. C. Leth, Polk needs. This will make it possible by the choice of a committee corn
county agent, ho for the past 10! for the fertilizer dealer to obtain ; posed of Floyd Wolberg, professor
years has served as secretary of a general share of the short na- r,f dairy husbandry at OSC- G. L.
the association.
The county
committee which ,
sibility end control of the pro- j f lOg Ky TOWerS I lata
gram Ln erodes Robert Mitchell of f l
Perrydale: W. Frank Crawford To IllCreaSe Pork
Route 1, Salem; and Burton Belli
of Rickreall. Two alternates are, A. . .
John Dickinson of Independence'. Wlth the PrCe rlUon between
and Frank Neufeld of Rickreall. ! fral.n and Prk. w 'ayor
Polk county is divided into bIe to h Production. Western
4 , , . Oregon Livestock association.
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named for each district includes:
Buell H. E- Allen of Sheridan;
Perrydale. Glen Martin of Mc-
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Wither of Route 4. Salem; Rick-
real!, Charles Ross of Dallas;
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's ha been made treasurer.
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Fertilizers
Still Short
Farm Demand
The supplies of commercial fer
tilizer -available to Oregon farm
ers In 1947 will not meet the de
mand, says Arthur King, soils spe
cialist at the state college.
The apparent shortage is caused
by greatly increased use on the
part of farmers not only in Oregon
but all over the country. King
explains. Even though production
of fertilizer materials in the Unit
ed States right now is double the
pre-war level, purchasers feel
that the shortage is becoming in
creasingly acute each year.
Experta
There is a popular impression
that the present shortage is caus
ed by the export of fertilizer from
this country for relief purposes.
Some material is being exported,
yet the quantity amounts to only
one third of the materials import
ed and is substantially less than
the quantity exported a year ago.
The nitrogen supply situation
in Oregon and in the Pacific
Northwest presents local evidence
that shortages are caused by in
creased use. During the past 12
months, 30,000 tons of ammonium
sulphate were produced as emer
gency measure at the Salem Alum
ina plant and distributed through
out the northwest.
Mere Used
This quantity -which is much
more than the total quantity of
ammonium sulphate distributed in
the same area in 1941 was an ad
dition to supplies available from
previously established sources.
Even though a major portion of
this tonnage is stored on North
west farms for nesct season's use,
it is already apparent that there
still will be a nitrogen shortage
for the 1947 growing season.
Without doubt. King believes, it
will be' several years before the
fertilizer supply equals the de
mand. It will take several years
for industry to develop the neces
sary production capacity and un
til production meets the demand,
a yearly scramble for the national
supply can be anticipated. North
west farmers can hold their own
tional supply.
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1 swine production committee is ad-
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production. !
Thc committee also suggests
that every farm family can prof- j
itably keep one hog to consume j
j garbage, one to each cow from!
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' wnicn snim ituik is avauaoie. ana
, one to each 20 acres of Brain if
good legume pasture is provided.
'"The population of Oregon is
increasing so more pork is need
ed to feed the people," says H.
A. Barnes. Silverton, chairman of
the committee. "To have the same
amount of pork per capita as in
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Thirtv thousand people who know where
they're going can do a lof of good for themselves and
for the state in which they live.
There are 30,000 members of the Grange in Oregon.
They and their families are members of some 400 local
Granges throughout the state. They conduct regular,
well -attended meetings. They own Grange halls. They
have millions of dollars invested in farms and equipment.
They are alert to social, agricultural and civic betterment.
They are members of an organization nearly as old as
the state of Oregon. They work here, livt here, dream
here for the constructive programs that shape the pat
tern of Oregon's development. Not just for their benefit,
but for the good of all Oregonians.
0QEG0U STATE GQAUGE
the 1136-41 period we would need
to produce "about 380,000 hogs, or
double the number we now have."
The committee points out that
the hog population i. Oregon for
1944 was only 187,000 on January
1, compared with a five-year pre
war average of 274.000. The re
duction was because of the price
of Vs pounds of grain cost more
than the price of the pound of
pork it would produce.
Watcli Farm Goals
To Guard Against
Over Production
Limited demand will exist for
some farm commodities in 1947,
says E. H. Miller, chairman of
the state production-market asso
ciation, although, he adds, "farm
ers are asked for another year
of total high production in 1947."
"Ail milk and sugar that can
be produced is needed, but the
goal for potatoes is at the top
limit of requirements. Close co
operation with the suggested
goals is needed to avoid over
production of some commodities,
with resultant marketing and
price difficulties," Miller says.
Newly announced Oregon crop
goals show oats up 4 per cent
from last year; corn up 3 per
cent; barley up 8 per cent; flax
seed, no change; tame hay up 4
per cent; alfalfa seed up 30 per
cent; red clover seed, no" change;
alsike clover up 60 per cent.
Other spring crop goals are
dry peas down 19 per cent; pota
toes down 13 per cent; sugar
beets up 10 per cent.
Some increase is asked for
sheep and lambs, while beef cows
are held the same. Nine per cent
higher production is asked in
spring pigs; requests for chickens
raised on farms up 28 per cent;
for turkeys, same as in 1948.
Scotch Cattle Sale
Promoted in Oregon
Plans for an Ayrshire consign
ment sale to promote interest in
the Scotch breed on the Pacific
slope are being made by the
Oregon-Columbia Valley Ayrshire
association with Georse Gess-
Daniel, Ayrshire breeder. Board
man. and Walter Anderegg of
! Portland. This will be the first
major Ayrshire sale to be held
on the Pacific coast.
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Poison Oak Control
Assured by Chemical
Three most effective materials for
controlling poison oak in Oregon
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under trade name, Ammate; sod-
ium chlorate and 2-4.D. results of
three years of testing at the state
college show,
The first named was the most
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in a new brier extension bulletin,
672, just issued as a revision of
an earlier one. For best results the
chemical is applied before the last
of June, though it may be applied
as late as early October. Where
2-4, D is used, application before
July 1 is essential.
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Ia addition ta Um first floor plan shewn here, space Is provided
aaotelrs for two aaore bodrooens and a bath to be ftalahed later.
Tbo exterior la a combination of dark gray shingles and vertical
sidiag with roof of asphalt shingles. Cost withoat land Is estimated
between $7606 and Steve, dependiag on local balldlng costs.
Put on Expansion
Brakes, Is Warning
Some of the farm smash-ups in
the early 20's were the result of
farmers going ahead into the post
war period with the gas on full
and the brakes off, as if wartime
prices and demand for farm pro
ducts would never let up, Farm
Journal reminds.
Further, says the Journal, some
of the young farmers do not re-!
member this period and should be
reminded that the smart thing to
do now is get ready for the de
flation, which will come in more
or less degree. This means, paying
off debts, practicing thrift, stop
ping expansion and weeding out
thc poorer crops and acres, and
putting land and plant in shape
to produce high yields at low
costs.
Farmers to Sign
For 1946 Reports
Oregon farmers will go to the
polls in November or December
to elect committeemen to adminis
ter national farm program in their
communities and counties during
1947.
Elections will be held during
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for the election meetings in each
community being set by county
AAA committees.
In each of the state's 300 farm,
communities, a committee of three
local farmers and two alternates
will be chosen, who with the del
egates from other communities,
will elect a three-member county
agricultural conservation commit
tee. Any person who is participating
in the 1946 agricultural conserva
tion program, or any person who
has a contract with the federal
crop insurance corporation, is eli
gible to vote in the elections. This
includes owners, operators and
tenants on participating farms.
MELOTTS GET TOGETHER
Quintan Melott has sold his
well known farm near Tigard and
is now in partnership with his
twin brother Kenneth, and fath
er, S. W. Melott, widely known
Jersey breeders, at the homo
dairy in Portland. The Melotts
have sold two male descendants
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new breeders one to Emma
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