The CScdesxaan. Salem, Oreaon. Thursday, May. 23 1S13 7
Willamette Val ley Farmer
HettM and vevr of Farm and Garden BY LILLE L. MADSEN. .
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Dairying Pays
For Farm and
Improvements
Br LCU L. bdsa
In Marion county in the Aums
rill country you could scarcely
buy anything (or $160 now. But
In 1923, 8. R. Barry bought a farm
with it That U, h hastily explains,
that was the down payment (or
90 acres o( which 10 arc upland
and 80 bottomland. The entire
price o( the (arm was $8500.
When asked this week what he
would sell it (or today. Mr. Barry
answered: "I wouldn't It isn't I
for sale because we like it."
Dairying may be one of the hard
ways to build up a (arm and pay
for It, but it is one of the sure
ways, the owner insists. He has
milked cows (or 23 years and dur
ing 20 of those he has also raised
turkeys. The two paid (or ,the
farm and its Improvements which
have been many for today the
)lace is one of the attractive ones
n Marlon county.
The unexpected death of Mrs.
Barry last autumn, took the heart
out of the project for Mr. Barry,
but the interest being shown by
his son. Kenneth, a veteran of
World War II, who lives near at
hand, is helping tide over the
black moments, Mr. Barry says.
Kenneth Is now herdsman on the
home (arm whese there are 30
head of cattle including some fine
blooded Jerseys. A son-in-law,
Leonard L. Lee, also lives in the
same community and milks an
other string of 30 head. The three
projects work well together and
makes farming easier and more
profitable, the father reports.
Bays New Sire
Mr. Barry says he likes cows
and will add more to his string.
Most recent addition is Comeson
Lucky Lad, a grandson of the
widely known old Comeson. Lucky
Lad's sire is Comeson Volunteer
Scottish Prince and his dam Is
Lucky Liberty Polly with a 1948
47 butterfat record of 638 pounds
In 303 days. Lucky Lad is owned
Jointly by Mr. Barry and his son-in-law.
In December, Lee bought the
well known-Nelson 8c Welsh regis
tered Jersey herd at Salem which
has an average butterfat record of
317 pounds. Together the three
men farm more than 300 acres.
Mr. Barry isn't a native of
Oregon. He was born in Tennessee
and came to Eastern Oregon to
a sheep and cattle farm as a very
young man. But the heavy drop In
livestock prices in the early twen
ties caught him in its swing and
he was forced to sell out at a los
ing price A visit to the green
pastures tof Willamette valley in
trigued him and in 1924 he moved
over to become a land owner here
a year later.
Farmlivr Is Work
"You have to put quite a bit of
work, planning and thinking into
a farm and then it usually re
pays you," Mr. Barry explains,
adding that some people just put
In work while others just think
about it. At first he put in most
ly work himself and then, follow
ing an injury, he was laid up and
had to put thought in. That was
when he completed plans for the
barns which a contractor was able
to carcy out. The red barns with
their white trim draw much pleas
ant attention from the passers-by.
The barn area is 60 by 44 feet
and will house approximately 40
head of cattle.
When he first opened his dairy,
he sold milk to the Salem milk
dealers, but his was the first
name to go on the local Dairy
Co-op list where it has remained
since. Only Grade A milk is sold
from the Barry farm and now
with the improvement in breeding
lines, 13 registered Jerseys have
been placed on the Dairy Herd
Improvement test.
Planted Pastures Tried
Some experiments in planted
pastures are also being carried on
at the Barry ranch. Ten acres of
Ladino were planted last year and
the milk cows were put on this
field May 1.
-You certainly could tell the dif
ference in the milk can. It took
quite an upward swing," Barry
told.
There are 23 acres of planted
mixed grass pastures, too, and for
the first time, Barry will do some
experimenting in putting up grass
silage. He has two silos, one 8 by
32 feet, and the other 9 by 30 feet.
At present a 10 by 30 foot silo
Is under construction. Heretofore
oats and vetch have been put into
the silos in spring for green sum
mer feeding, and corn put up in
falL Ten acres of corn will be
silaged again this autumn. A flood
system of pasture irrigation is
being changed this summer to
overhead and green pastures are
expected to help out through the
cummer.
There is always something new
to keep you going on a dairyfarm,
Mr. Barry says.
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The red barns with their white trim, pictured here, are much admired from the roadway by motorists
who paaa the R. "8. Barry ranch between A urns rill e and Shaw. Barry designed the barns himself. In
the foreground is pictured Comeson Lucky Lad, the recently acquired herd sire, which Mr. Barry
(pictured at right behind the animal) and has son-la-law (holding the animal) recently bought at the
E. A, Bengll ranch In SOyerton Hills. In the center Is Kenneth Barry, son of the owner and herds
man an the ranch.
Oregon Joins in
National Effort
For Saving Soil
The two principal sources of
new wealth in Oregon agri
culture and forestry both de
pend upon the soil (or their fu
ture productivity, remarked F. L.
Ballard, associate director of ex
tension at Oregon State college.
"Maintaining the producing ca
pacity of our soils is a vital factor
in guaranteeing the future pros
perity of Oregon," said Ballard.
"Many things affect the soil con
dition the crops grown, the
sequence of rotation of those crops,
the implements bd tillage meth
ods used, the amount of irrigation
water applied and the manner of
its application, and the balance be
tween crops and livestock in farm
operation."
Oregon now has 27 organized
state soil conservation districts
operating under state law, with a
total area of 5,200,000 acres in
cluding both tillable and range
lands. Two other districts are in
the process of formation.
From the national standpoint,
Ballard points out that erosion
has destroyed 70,000,000 acres of
crop land. He says losses are con
tinuing at the rate of 500,000 acres
annually. Although not totally de
stroyed, much other land is in
urgent need of Improved tillage
and cropping practices to halt con
tinued loss.
Farm Calendar
JZKSETS ACHIEVE KECOED
AURORA The herd of regis
tered Jersey cattle owned by H.
Mikkelson Jersey Farm at Aurora
has completed another year of of
ficial testing with a record of 431
pounds of butterfat as the average
production of the 39 cows, and
has achieved the honor of being a
Gold Star herd for the second
time.
Register for Corn
Contest by June 1
Application blanks for the Ore
gon Corn show growing contest
are now available at county
agents' offices and are to be
filled out prior to June I. The
contest is open to all adult, FFA
and 4-H growers of hybrid corn
in the states.
The contest Is divided into
three classes with adults required
to grow five acres, FFA members
three acres and 4-H club mem
bers one acre. All entrants keep
complete records on all cash costs
and labor. Awards will be made
at the ' state corn show at Canby
in late fall. Basis for judging are
40 per cent for yield, 40 per cent
for economy of- production and 20
per cent for quality of grain. No
entry fee will be charged those
corn growers entering the contest.
May 14-13 Northwest Quar
ter Horse association show and
sale, state fair grounds, Salem.
May 17-19 Annual meeting
of Cattle and Horse Raisers asso
ciation. Baker.
May 17 Polk county grass
silage field day, Pete Brandt
farm, Rickreall, 1:30 p.m.
May 18 American Guernsey
Cattle club educational program
and marketing panel, Multnomah
hotel, Portland.
May 18 Linn county grass
silage field day, John Pugh farm,
Shedd.
May 19 American Guernsey
Cattle club meeting, Multnomah
hotel, Portland.
May 19 Clackamas county
grass silage field day, Canby.
May 20 Western Guernsey
sale, Pacific International build
ing, Portland.
May 25 Aumsville Farmers
Union.
May 28-29 Strawberry fes
tival, Lebanon.
May 29 Annual Linn County
Lamb and Wool show, Scio.
June 3-5 Eastern Oregon
Livestock show, Union."
June 5 Annual Marion Coun
ty Lamb show and state dog
trials. Turner.
June 8 St. Paul Rodeo asso
ciation trail ride.
June 7 Clackamas County
Jersey Cattle club spring show,
Canby.
June 7-11 State grange con
vention, Astoria.
June 12 First annual spring
Guernsey show, state fair grounds.
June 12 Clackamas county
spring lamb show, Canby.
June 15-23 4-H summer
school, Corvallis.
Hay Making Not So
Difficult Any More
Equipment that is taking the
hard labor out of hay making will
be shown at the Polk county
grass silage field day Monday,
May 17, at the Pete Brandt farm'
located two and half miles east of
Dallas on the Monmouth cut-off
road, announces Walter C. Leth,
county agent. Starting time is 1:30
o'clock.
Use of the grass silage . method
of storing forage crops is gain
ing favor rapidly throughout west
ern Oregon as well as in Polk !
county, Leth states. Tests have
proved conclusively that grass
silage is second best to actual
pasture from the standpoint of I
feed value in comparison with field
cured hay.
FERTILIZATION EXPLAINED
JEFFERSON K. A. Byers of
the Northwest Service company of
Salem was recent speaker at the
Sidney-Talbot Farmers union, tell
ing of the new underground meth
od of fertilization application. The
iertuizer is applied successruiiy in
orchards, hops and berries and an
0Ynrimtknt Km V"ni r o marl nn turn
acres ol mint belonging to lmck
Vr at Murinn Hat R vfnc said. !
it is being found the application
is too slow for mint and that a
new method for mint fields will
have to be worked out.
SAGER TO AUCTION HORSES
Announcement has been made
that S. B. Sager, Bo re man, Mont.,
has been called in to auction the
Quarter Horses May 15 at the
Northwest Quarter Horse Breed
ers' sale at the state fair grounds.
(Additional farm news on page 10)
Early Wool Price
High This Season
One of the highest prices for
wool reported since World War I
was paid this week when Pacific
Wool ' Growers sold the Tutle
Ranch clip at Garberville, Calif.,
for 63 cents a pound net 7. O. B.
Garberville, 30 miles south of
Eureka.
The wool is choice light
shrinking Humboldt clip, running
70 to 75 per cent fine and half
blood about equally divided, and
the balance high three-eighthsfl
Shrinkage la unknown, as the clip
la not yet shorn. This wool la
from 2,100 ewes. The lamb wool
from the same clip, 1300 fleeces,
was also sold by the Pacific Wool
Growers at 30 cents, Garberville,
R. A. Ward, manager, hag an
nounced at Portland.
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