Noted Grass '
Seed Grower
Visits Europe
Oscar Loe, who has just return
ed to his Stfverton home from i
trip to rural areas in Great Brit
in and continental Europe, be
lieves there is much the American
-farmer can learn from the Euro
pean and. of course, vice versa
Loe crossed (by plane to save
tune) to see what Europe was
.doing with forage crops and for
aging animals. He wanted to see
what some of the world's great
plant breeders were doing "over
there" with grass and clover, and.
too. if possible, obtain some newJ
foundation stock. He tumseil nas
been propagating and selecting
grass seeds for 20 years and today
is rated the nation's biggest for
age seed crop grower.
It is possible we have had too
much in this country, Mr. Loe
said, explaining that "there were
1 always new frontiers. When the
soils became poor and economically
, unproductive, we moved west
ward." Now we have no place to
move to. Our pioneer work must
be done in improving and saving
what we have.
England Cares for Sell
- The English farmer, Loe tells.
doesn't take but two crops of
grain off between grass lays, and
thM lavs nmtim contain from
20 to 40 varieties of forage crops
and are left down from six to 10
years and then cropped again for
year or two before returning
to grass.
Fescues, so common in Oregon,
'- proved ryegrass, cocksfoot (orch
ard grass to us) and timothy are
strong. Mr. Loe aomittea ne oe
lieved some fescues might be tried
there.
Forage crops and grains do not
always produce best in the coun
try that develops them, Mr. Loe
aid. He spoke I the Atiee wneat
which was bred and developed in
Sweden but produced 35 per cent
more when grown in England than
tt had in Sweden. Seeds of this
are not plentiful but Mr. Loe will
have enough to plant an acre to
test out here in the valley,
geasex Cattle Interesting
. Each land level nas its own
type of grasses and its own rattle
in sagiana, ne louna. i ne r ne
sians, which we more often simply
call Holsteins here, were found to
be popular lowland dairy cattle.
with Shortnorn and Hereford me
beef breeds most popular. The
Sussex beef cattle, also of Eng
land, interested the American
visitor. They might, he said, be
mistaken for extra large dairy
Shorthorns. They might, too, add
something to our own beef breeds
here, he believed. Disease control
is practicd extensively in England
ana the livestock men cooperate
most willingly in programs of this
kind. f
In France, where he spent a
week he found the big red and
white' Normandy cattle interest
ing, as he did also the pure white,
quick maturing Chora llais beef
cattle. He believed-the Utter might
help in producing his , own aim
800 pounds of beeves' in eight
months, fed only' on their moth
ers, pastures and a block of salt.
-(Mr. Loe's crosses of Shorthorn
and Hereford have been averag
ing 84 pounds : a month for the
past three years' on the above
ration.)
Lotos Better Here
France is also the original home
of the lotus which we grow here
as a forage crop. But it produces
better here than in its native
home, Mr. Loe stated following
jus visit to many pastures in
southern and central France.
The countrysides of Denmark
and Sweden were the most at
tractive the visitor found. Here
farm homes .were -built to last.
Etone with tile or slate roofs were
used and farm buildings were sub
stantial and well kept. Fields were
free from weeds and showed re
cults of excellent fertilization
programs.
He showed great interest in the
plump, white winter oats from
Sweden which he thought might
produce the stiff straw our vetches
need here. He admired Denmark's
outstanding work in. dairy pro
grams with the Red Dane cattle,
crosses he bad seen in America
from these solid red cattle, some
what larger than the Jersey and
mailer than the Red Polls, had
made preceptible increases in pro
duction. The Dutch clovers, the
rye grasses and cocksfoot were
used chiefly for pastures in the
little dairy country. Mr. Loe ex
pressed surprise at the great use
of cocksfoot in Europe and told
that our own orchard grass came
from this Danish group.
Mr. Loe plans to return to Eu
rope In a few months with the
Idea of making final arrangements
to buy some seed and cattle.
- "I want to try to get some good
aew strains of grass and cattle,
or some foundation stock from
very good, very old strains,'
le said, adding that It is one of
ambitions "to grow the very
grasses and pastures and
Wfflamette ' ley :- Fairme , .
News and Vietcs of Farm and Garden
by inj.ru jl MADsnt
Marion County
Pruning Shows
Are Scheduled
Four fruit and nut tree pruning
demonstrations have been schedul
ed for February 1 and 2 in the
Woodburn-Hubbard - Aurora area
by Marion County extension agent.
D. L. Rasmussen. The two demon
strations on February 1 will be in
home orchards. Pruning commer
cial orchards will be discussed the
following day. j
The schedule is as follows:
- February 1 10 a.m. ,Charles A.
Morgan, route 1, box, 27, Wood
burn. About two miles north of
Woodbum on the gravel road west
of the junk yard on 99E. 1:30 p.m.
William T. Lord, route 1, box 8,
Hubbard. Three houses north of
Zoo Auto park on 99E.
Febraary X 10:30 a.m. Ward
Russell, route 2, Aurora. Peach or
chard, on gravel road about one-
half mile northwest of - the Bland
service station on the Wilson ville
cut-off. 1:30 p. ml R. H. Pence,
route 1. box 266. t Aurora. Filbert,
prune and sweet iherry orchards
on old Walter Grim farm, three
and one-half miles north of Hub
bard on Boone's Ferry road just
north of White school road.
Weed Killer Should
Be Applied Now to
Strawberry Fields
A mixture of dinitro: material,
diesel oil, and water applied dur
ing the winter months will kill
mustard, vetch, Chickweed, and
certain other weeds in strawberry
fields, report county extension
agents.
The dinitro material is available
in two forms: Dow General and
Sinox General! The spray mixture
for average conditions contains 1 Vx
quarts dinitro, 35 to 40 gallons die
sel oil, and 65-70 gallons of water
per acre. The dinitro is first mixed
with the oiL This is then added
to water. However, if the dinitro
and oil are first mixed in the spray
tank, the water can be added later.
An agitator must be used to keep
the oil and water mixed. Pressure
of 100 pounds per square inch is
suggested for best results. Grow
ers are cautioned to apply their
strawberry field weed spray while
the strawberry plants are still dor
mant In the average year, plants
are still dormant in February.
Waiting later to spray may cause
injury to the young growth.
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Pictured here is one of the new 194t hay chopper and ensilage eat ting machines, te be operated by one
man, introduced by the New Holland Machine company. This feeds, cats te desired length and blows
hay or ether crops to mow or silo In one operation.
Morse Flails
Filibuster as
Danger to U.S.
WASHINGTN, Jan. 26 -JP)
Two senators spoke out Tuesday
against the present senate rules
which permit unlimited debate.
One of them Senator Morse ( R
Ore) said that such filibustering
could endanger the national de
fense. Senator Pepper (D-Fla) also tes
tified before the senate rules com
mittee in favor of outlawing the
filibuster.
t Morse called the committee's at
tention to a filibuster against the
peacetime draft last year. It was
conducted by Senator Glen (Cow
boy) Taylor, maverick democrat
from Idaho who ran for vice presi
dent last fall on the progressive
ticket. Morse said that the break
ing of that filibuster had an in
direct effect on the communists'
strategy in Europe.
Oregon Jersey Club
Plans Annual Meet
A full program Is being promis
ed for the annual meeting of the
Oregon Jersey Cattle club which
will be held at the American Le
gion hall on South Commercial
street, Salem, Saturday. The busi
ness session will start at 10 o'clock.
The luncheon will be held at 12:15.
The afternoon program will fea
ture musical numbers; Sn address
Dy feter Henmng, jr Arlington,
Wash- Western director of the
AJCC; plans for entertaining na
tional convention delegates; field-
man program for Oregon; presen
tation of outstanding 4-H and Fu
ture Farmers of America members
in 1948 and presentation of 50 cer
tificates of awards. '
Floyd Bates. Salem, is the presi
dent, and Jens F. Svinth, formerly
of Salem but now; of Grants Pass,
is the secretary.
Insulation Helps
Both Winter; Summer
Farm home owners can't do any
thing about the cold weather, but
they can do something to make
their homes comfortable: in spite of
the weather. That "something" is
home insulation and weatherstrip
ping, says county extension agent.
B. L. Rasmussen. i
These practices start paying di
vidends the day they are installed
by reducing drafts, in the house
and lessening the; danger of colds
and sickness in the family, as well
as reduce fuel bills.
If the home owner can crawl
around in his attic, he can install
insulation material over the ceil
ing in his heme. If he also wants
to insulate the side walls, he can
hire an insulation contractor to
install "blown-in" type insulation.
have the very best livestock that
can be had to pasture it."
A
Rom where I sit . y Joe Marsh
Who's A Foreigner?
Wall, rat waltls far a fcalr
at the ether day. Slim Hartsa
Ms slip with a crack aboat tkwt
"fereigaers" who live by the depoC
Now wait a minute, Slim,"
snaps Doc Sherman. "Dont forget
we're all foreigners More or less.
Some of oar families have simply
. been here longer than others. Bat
even If they came over oa the May
flower, they were foreigners to the
Indians."
Slim gets a little red and you
eould see that Doe had him. "And
the reason they came here," he goes
en, "was to find freedom te do and
think as they wanted to'so long as
they didnt tramp, oa the rights of
the other fellow."!
Frwn where I ait, America became
the great laad H ia tedaj. tkroagk
Mr beiag toleraat ef different pee
pkr aad differeat tastes- whether
it's a taste for aqaar. daacuig or
wahxiag. radi. or movie, goat'e
milk er a temperate glass of epar
kliag beer. r
Copyright, 1949, Vmited States Brcwtri fpumdmtiom
SHEEP DECREASE
The number of sheep and lambs
on feed for market in the United
States on January 1 this year was
IS per cent less than last year,
the crop reporting service shows.
The number was estimated to be
4.145,000 head, or 706.000 head
less than last year and the smal
lest number since 1925. Except in
a few scattered states the decrease
was general in the sheep feeding
sections of the United States and
was very substantial in the west
ern states.
Madison to Relate
Travels at Lincoln
LINCOLN Don Madison Is
giving a travelogue on his trip to
the war-torn countries of Europe
at the Lincoln Community club
Friday, January 28, at 8 p.m. and
will also show pictures taken on
his trip,
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Meissner
and Mr. and Mrs. Avalt Miller are
the committee and announce that
the goodwill quilt is to be dis
played and given its owner.
WET MASH ADVISED
Poultrymen may be having some
difficulty with a drop in egg prod
uction during the cold weather,
county agents report. Their sug
gestion to overcome this is to feed
a wet mash in the morning and at
Council Aims
To Counter
Marshall Plan
MOSCOW, Jan. 26-uP-The new
Economic Council of Mutual As
sistance organized by Soviet Rus
sia and five of her neighbors was
viewed by foreign diplomats here
Tuesday as the East's answer to
the West's European Recovery
program.
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hun
gary, Poland and Romania, joined
Russia in forming EC MA at a
Moscow conference earlier this
month.
The formation of the council
was announced Tuesday with the
aim: "The exchange of experience
in the economic field, the render
ing of technical assistance to each,
other, and the rendering of mu
tual assistance in regard to raw
materials, foodstuffs, machinery,
equipment, etc."
Barn owls for years have in
habitated the northwest tower of
the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D. C.
noon, or, use a pellet type of mash
and give a light feeding of that to
stimulate the appetite of the hens
during the cold weather.
England to Join US
Anti-Red Crusade
LONDON, Jan. 26-UP)-Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin pledged
Tuesday that Britain will Join the
United States in an all out "an
swer - to - communism" crusade
against poverty in Africa and the
East. He said Russia has no reason
to fear aggressive action from the
West.
Tomorrow Bevin will go before
the House of Commons to defend
his Palestine policies before cri
tics. He may choose that; time to
announce British recognition of
Israel.
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PORTLAND
si-os
ROUND TRIP ......$1.90
Plus Federal Tax
DEPOT.
47S N. Chareh St.
Phone 2-2428
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(hS Wil 1 JFE Urn
Men! It's amazing what a
new dress up outfit will do
for you. If you want folks
to see what a handsome
looking man you really are,
discard those working;
clothes whenever you are
off the job and come in and
let the J. J. CLOTHES
SHOP SHOW YOU HOW
EASY IT IS TO LOOK
YOURBEST. We have
done this for thousands of
the best dressed men here
abouts, and they were so
proud of the change it
made in them, they came
back and thanked us for
the many eomplim ents
they received from their
friends, both men and
women.
Hats and furnishings included at great money saving prices. Largest and finest
selection of suits and topcoats in town to choose from. All sizes 34 to 50 in regular,
short, long and stout. All new 1948 and 1949 Fall and Winter styles, single and
double breasted models, every most desirable pattern and color to choose from.
OPEII FRIDAY IHGHT TIL 9 O'CLOCK
You'll Find It PJ AD Ways to Shop
Do JJ 0fth)
Salem's Quality Clothiers For Men & Young Men
387 STATE STREET
2 Doors West of Liberty - - Next to Hartman'a Jewelry Store
It might interest you to
know that right now
TOW EflEI ME
25 TO 33
ON THE CLOTHES YOU BUY
AT THE J. J. CLOTHES SHOP'S
AIIIIUAL CLEARANCE SALE
Of Men's and Young Men's
Super Quality Soils,
Topcoats, Spori Goals,
Slacks and Soil Goods Trousers
Rodeo Set at
St. Paul for
July 2-3-4
ST. PAUL. Annual meeting
of the St. Paul Rodeo association
this week saw the election of
officers and setting of the. date
of the 14th annual show as Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday, July
2-3-4.
Ray Manegre, St. Paul, was re
elected president for the 10th
time. Secretary Carl Smith, St.
Paul, who has held this post since
1937, declined a nomination and
was succeeded by Peter Kirk, also
of St Paul.
Herman Coyle, St. Paul, vice
president for the past several
rears, retired from the board, and
Ray Kerr, Salem, was elected to
his office. Lester Kirk, St. Paul,
was named to succeed Coyle as a
board of directors member.
: The new board and their terms
WINTER HEADACHES
WITH
GENERAL Q ELECTRIC
HEATING CABLE
br. O-I HMti Cabl
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fr.Lfl. y..r tf.r..
Mvm, mmd 4rivwyi i
fr. Um H, tee, for torl
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Aiiav. enesM
Ths-Stcrtsanaaj SdUinl-Qroxjoiu ffluradcry; JcmuarV 27, '16137:
what he is buying. They felt that
if the eggs were labeled, both the
are: Three-year, John McKillip,
St. Paul; Peter Kirk and Kerr;
two-year, Manegre, Claude Smith,
St Paul, and Fred Viesko, Mis
sion Bottom; and one-year, Carl
and John Smith and Lester Kirk,
all of St. Paul.
BETTER ENFORCEMENT ASKED
Improper I enforcement of poul
try laws was decried at the poul
try sub-committee of the Yamhill
County Program planning group.
Members pointed out that at the
present time there are many cold
storage eggs coming into this area
that are not labeled as such and
thus the consumer does not know
consumer and the producer In this
area' would have protection.
Rpbfr t Ihgersoll, American j
atheist was the son of a minister.
Income Tax Reliirns
j Made out by j,
ConsBltant
J. W.- Cobnrn i
1ST Market St Phone 2-C5fS
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