The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 21, 1947, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextI Oregon's Part Time Farmers On Increase By Ullif L. Mdrn Farm Editor. The Statewrtsn In recent years tomcont other than the lulltime farmer has been building un a stake in U., agri rulUiral land, the bureau of ag ricultural economic how. In 1930, for instance. 72 per rent of farm purchaser! gave "ac tive farmer" as their occupation. Four per cent Mid they were re tired farmer, while only 21 per cent had some non-farm occupa tion. But in 1946. active-farmer purchaser were down to 84 per cent, retired farmers had dropped to three per cent, and the "other occupation" group represented 33 per cent of all the farm buyera. Censu reports indicate there were 29.641 part-time farms in Orejton in 1 9319 measured by Ihe yardstick of less than $600 total value of farm products sold, trad ed or used by the household. ThL " is 47 per cent of the total of 61.829 farms at that time. Ten years earlier the number was about half that. In 1944, Mil per cent of the farms, in Oregon were classed as part-time farms, wh the gross value of farm products sold or used up to $1200 because of a better understanding of part time farming and the increase, in farm product prices. Fart -time Farms Increase While no definite figures on the number of part-time farms in 1947 is yet available, it is known that part -time farms have greatly in creased berth in number and in Ihe value of products sold, until now many of them are paying actually mot than the full-time job. In 1932. for the first time in American hutoi y, the migration from farm to city was reversed, when not a lew businessmen looked at the soil anI saw more security than in family riecoiated atotk tertifx atri Fear of another 4epreton is given by the govern ment as the current reason for the heavy trend back to and. But Mr. and Mn. Conrad Fri- gaard. near Keier ' school, have a different idea of part-time farming'- Fear of depression, $600 or f 1200 value of products sold have n interest for th Frigaard. When aked why they bought their farm when Mr. Frigaard still continues t work with hi contract patnting they look at each other, smile and i . Willamette Val ley-Farmer H it i's IvIEI - V f . .. - a. 1 . V ... . '.aw r a a t . w m T - " I? I I " it I .... . ; f Mrs. Cafd Frigaard, wb is shows here, with Mr. Frigaard and a eueaaaber ewsUmer. la ant af the pioneers la readable staads la tha Salem area. The Frigaard stand was first opened mere than a aasea years age an their smaller aereage nearer the Keizer aehaaL A year aga they bought the larger place and built the new stand shewn here. Mn. Frigaard received her sales' training la Salem s teres. ; . 1 . : , simply say they "like" it. They like living on land. They like having some space around them. They like puttering (and It hat turned out to be much more than that word ordinarily implies) around on the land on holidays and evenings. And Mrs. Frigaard enjuya the , roadside stand . from whith practically the entire pro duce of their 22 acres is sold. Mrs. Frigaard wu one of the pioneers In Oregon roadside stands, at least in the Salem dis trict. 8 lands New la Oregoa Roadside stands in rural Oregon as a "big business" doesn't date back too far. Fifteen or 20 year ago, one thought of such stands as something that belonged to the south. The rainy season was too long in Oregon for outdoor sell i High! Shift Commencing 7:C0 P. II. United (rouers. Inc. At Liberty Phone 2418 La Follette Elission Orchards I Now Under Way. Wages 75c per hour - Transportation Furnished Cannery Work for 60 Women All help rnunt be 16 years or older Call 2-2445 Women Workers Wauled for Ilighl Work on Peaches Shift 7:30 p. m. to 6 a. m. STARR FRUIT PRODUCTS Phone 24406 Help tVanled Women 3 P.M. loll P.M.' Apply at Once Paolos Eros. Packing Co. New Plant 1 ilh mil Oxford St. "But one year, a dozen or more sea won ago, I had some extra strawberries before the canneries opened. I put them in buses on a table under a tree in our front lawn. I was surprised how quick ly they went," Mrs. Frigaard re lates as ahe describes what she terms "my beginnings" in the roadside stand business. Next year he tiled a few, other products from their small acreage. These were sold, too. An unused, small chicken coop was converted Into a roadtide stand. Shortly, this had to be replaced by a bigger one. Last year the Frigaards bought their present 22-acre farm and built the new stand north of KH zer school. Business here, like at the hundreds of roadside stands which have sprung: up over west ern Oregon has been brisk . People enjoy buying farm produce direct from the farmer. Long Heurs Needed On the Frigaard farm, business started this year with strawber rie on May 11. Cane berries, green beans, cucumbers (which will continue until frost), corn, tomatoes, peaches, apples, pears, eggs, all go through the stand which is managed by Mrs. Fri gaard while her husband continues his paint job. "Mine is the harvest and mar keting: end of the part-time farm while his is the plowing and plant ing," Mrs. Frigaard Jells. The stand will not close until early November, she says. But farm economists are warn ing the large number of folk who are flocking to the farms for a "little of that big money" that unless they like being tied down not only during their regular "job "me nut on their evenings and days off as well, they had best not tackle that part-time farm ing about which they have been dreaming. t fh a normal prosperous year Americans spend more than three billion dollars annually on vaca tion travel alone. Produce Shipment ' Make New ICeeord i; A fraction over 34,141 carload of frw,h fniiti and vegetables were shipiKxl out of Oregon under 1 federal-state shipping point cer tification in the past year, the slate department of agriculture reported Wednesday. The 1946-47 inspections, representing almost entirely out-of-state shipments. were 699.5 cars ahead of the 1945 48 year and representing the peak to date, of Oregon produce move ments under certification. The outstanding, part of the re port, which covers inspections on 72 separate items, is the increase in inspections on Cold pack com modities. More than 17S carloads of frozen produce moved out under inspection compared with only S9.8 carloads the previous year. Of the past year's frozen foods, 132.6 cars were frozen fruits and 44.1 frozen vegetables. Strawberries topped the frozen list With 77.1 carloads. Farm Calendar August 21-23 Polk County fair, Monmouth. August 23 Western Horseshow, Silverton. August 23 Northwest Duroc Breeders association sale, Gresh am. August 24-26 Oregon Flying Farmers convention, Corvallis. August 25-26 National ram sale, Salt Lake City, Utah. August 25-Sept 1 Pacific Na tional Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. August 26-29 Clackamas coun ty fair, Canby. August 27-29 Linn and Mar ion county fall 4-H shows, Albany and Salem. August 28-30 Washington County fair, llillattoro. Sept. 1-7 Oregon Stale fair, Salem. Sept. 5 Milking Shorthorn con signment sale, Salem. Kept. Southern Oregon Ram aale, Ikevlew. Sept. 10-14Pendleton Round up. Sept. 16-17 Annual meeting. Oregon Turkey Improvement as sociation, Salem. Sept. 20 4-H and FFA Fat Stock show and sale, Pendleton, g p.m. Sept. 20 Santiam Valley fair, Lyons grange hall. Sept. 25 Oregon Jersey Cattle lu consignment sale, Salem. October 3-11 Pacific Interna tional Livestock Expositidn, Port land. October 3-11 Sixth Annual State Corn shew, Pacific Inter national grounds. October 15 Second annual Double M Hereford Ranch saf Adams. October 17-18 Cal - Oregon Hereford association sale, Klam ath Falls. Nov. 11-12 Northwest Hereford Breeders association show and sale, La Grande. Nov. 12 Annual meeting of ag ricultural cooperative council of Oregon, Portland. Dec. 3-t Pacific Coast Turkey exhibit, McMinnville. Dec. t-12 Northwest Turkey show, Roseburg. Oregon Fruits Rank Fifth in U.S. Income Oregon fruit and berry grow ers shared the fifth highest cah farm income in the nation from these crops this past year, the state department of agriculture reported Wednesday. Oregon fruit growers received $64,093,000 gross for their products. In the national picture. Cali fornia ranked first. Florida set'ond, Washington third and Michigan fourth. The rankings are based on all fruits, including the citrus. Figures from the, federal bureau of agricultural economics places the total cash receipts from all farm markets for Oregon last year at $340,977,000. exclusive of government payments of $9,102. 000. This represents an all-time high farm marketings in Oregon, but reports show that costs like wise increased. C Pears led alt other fruits in the 1946 returns to growers in Ore gon. Apples were second, primes third, and strawberries fourth. Oregon ranked second to Louis iana in the production of straw berries in the nation last year. Oregon stood in fourth place in apple production; third in pear production; second in prune, fourth in cherry and fifth in peach production in the five states enumerated. Swanki lo Handle State Locker Work Kenneth J. Swwski of Smeet Home, a navy veteran with a broitd civilian and aimed service background for his new work, has been selected to handle the enforcement work for -the new Oregon refrigeration locker law. He recently joined the state de partment of agriculture staff and will work out of the Salem head quarters. Swaski knows the locker deal from every angle, having a tech nical and mechanical school as 1-weJl as practical experience and also having owned and operated lickers for public use, says O. K. Beats, chief of the department's division of foods and dairies which is directly responsible for admin istration of the new law. This law, enacted by the last legislature, provides for the sani tary inspection, temperature con trol regulation and licensing of all locker plants in Oregon. Li censing will proceed as rapidly as inspections are made. SWEET CORN CROr IS BIG Clackamas county has the best crop of sweet corn seen for many years, says J. J. Inspeek, county agent. Inskeep says that informa tion relative to use of DDT for ear worm control is not too au thentic but he believes that this material will give fair control and should be used to protect the county's -big crop. DDT should be used as a dust as the silks turn brown.: Two applications are de sirable, one as the first silks turn and another in four or five days following. FLAX WINNERS ANNOUNCED Winners in the Best Flax con , test conducted (luring the recent Mt. Angel Flax festival were ! George Schmidt who received Ihe i prize for the tallest flax: Bernard , Smith, who received the cup for i the best fiber flax, and Ted Rost j vald who drew second prize and i Roy Palmer, third. Judges were j'Rufus Kraxberger, sr;, of Canby, ; Don Fischler of Cornelius and i Clint Christner of Molalla. A BETTER HOP DRYER For a modern-new hop dryer completed recently by Sam Hoover of Independence, we designed and built the mnt mo dern' and efficient oil -burning (trying syilem In Oregon. Tha hops are now being ilnrd at less rout in fuel and Ishor, the dry ing time has been cut in half over the old wood-fuel system,, and the bops are a far better quality. It is one of thousands af progressive industrial designing and engineering jobs we have done in the past 35 years. VL VI, SHosebraugh Co. "Metal rrtxiucta That IaisC Mt S. 17th Street. Salesa Since 1912 Miens 7641 0MM Witfirovv Hardware AVii' Shipments u.if Arrived kaots S.1S 11.95 . 1.15 1.7$ Evaehot Electric Roasterettea 2 Dominion Automatic Waffle Iron Royal Chel 3 qt Double Boiler Special . with Zqq Poacher Spacial .... Royal Chef Percolatare f cupe . . . . Enamel ad Open Roastar with adjustable wire rack ...... Polar Croat Aluminum Rolling Pins Removable End for Ice Cubae or Water " Spacial . Adel Bar-B-Q Tools Regular 11.50 now Wood Choppiaa Bowls Garbaa Cans 28 GaL 4.75 32 Cat 5.75 Grass Catchers 2.7S 1.7$ US t.50 US GILFILLAII RADIOS 5 Tub Table Models 6 Tuba Portables AC DC or BattecWe Terms if Desired Electric Hot Water Healers Immodiat Delivery. .... . 1280 State St Phone 4)40 Convenient Parking A MX & ore.sp.aA nr?n ti n rr? n n VMM MIE Salem's Retail Parkins riant 351 State St. ORE.SD.A.X With all this talk about high prices you will he agreeably surprised at the values you will find at this market. BEEF CONTINUES TO BE YOUR BEST 4BUY. ( IHade BEEF BOAST ,0 lb. Plate Itib BEEF BOIL lb. Arm BEEF ROAST l.b. The family will enjoy (his fine rauil. Economical no waste, eajy to slice. Small T-BOITE STEAK Tender Boneless DEEF CUBES 4S Itraitte or Stew Boneless SIRLOIN STEAK lb. No Waste i?w urn lbs. i Young Pig POM! ROAST 43 lb. Picnic Cuts Ioin & Rib VEAL CHOPS 11. Milk Fed "Flavorized picincs Tha Statesman. Salam. Oregon. Thursday. Auqruat 21. 19477 lb. Bake or Boil WHILE PRICES ARE GOING UP AND UP On Wool and Worsted Goods and Scarcity L for These Finer Fabrics Prevail The J. J. Clothes Shop Salem's Quality Clothiers For Men and Young Men HOLD DOWN PRICES ON TOP QUALITY 100 Wool Finest Worsted Suits, Sport Coats, Slacks, Suit Pants and Top Coats Wo believe in tha old "motto" that Tolumo sale, quick turnover, at mall profits, is moro proHtablo than high prlcog and carry ovar. You. tha consumer, will benolit by thia stop that wa barm takon to hold down price, so that you oan buy (ha kind c4 clothes you want at Prices You Can Afford To Pay COMPARE Look around but bafore you buy be sura to fli supor flna quality materials, smartly styled, agpardy tailored, with hand finished details, in our clothe. A wid ran? ol colors and pa (tarns in slnol and double-fereaslvd mo. dels, sizes 35 to 44. Roaulars, shorts and lertaa. WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT IN EVERY GARMENT F ollowing we Just a Fetv Many Jfr Great Values You Will Find in Our Slors Un'i and Towg Mm'i QUALITY SUITS ef 100 wool tweeds in tan at grey nuxtures, single breasted models includic4 gabardine Da ry more leisure style summer suits of 40 weol and 60 rayon. In Un a. blue. Sizes 14 to 42. For aierly priced 3 to Hi. Cboic New Oalr $2750 of 100 wool, corert dot. twiats nd sera, in ry. tan, biu and brown solid colors, sinal brasd 3 piec- suits, coat, vest and pants. Formerly priced (45. aw OmIo Now OaJy $35.00 KJPER QUALITY SUITS In this lot ypu will find tho Craenm ol Salt Material 100 wool, pur worsteds, hard finished, shop holding, slay pressed materials. Fine, clos woven kibricaT in solid colors, stripes, and neat mi r hires in the moat desirable and scarce goods. Single and double breasted models, sizes 3S to 44. Formerly priced $50 to $55. Your Choice Note Only $42.50 Some with Extra Pant. Formerly MS. Now SSS Sport CoaU Cardigan Jacket & 2 Tone Leisure ('oat 100 wool fabric in a large variety of colors and patterns to choose from. Sizes 34 to 44. Regulars and longs. At a Straight 10 Reduction Choice of Oar Enre Stock Your Choice of Any Slacks or Pants in Our Stock s Finest 100 wool gabar dines, tweeds, coverts, twills, tropical worsteds, serges and whipcords. At a Straight 10 Reduction Cm Aay Pair la Char Stock For Quality t Style and Greater Value You'll Find it Pays AlUWays to Shop J. J.'i 9UAUTY VALUE GREATER, 7 : Tun 'a QamUrr Oomiara for Men astd Torna 337 STATE ST. u Two Doors Wee el Uberty ess OPEN AT S A M., CLOSE 6 P. M.