10Tha -Stcrtesman, Salem, -Oregon. Thursday, March 3, 1949
Some Folk J
Garden Whole
Year Around
yl By Ulllel Madsen
- Tarm Editor. 'Thm Statesman
If a farmer is one who tills the
oil, then- the Willamette valley
has one type of? farmer who has
not minded' the weather we have
, experienced in the past two
.months. This is HheiTOenhouse
- fanner. .
A little more sun would have
been liked by those wHo go in for
eut flowers and potted plants for
winter decorations. -But even these
ny they 'have not2 been harmed
too greatly. They go right on with
their gardening come rain, sun,
cloudiness or frost.
Wholesalers. Scarce Here
Of the 43 'greenhouse operators J
In Marion county and the 13 in
Polk, less than half a dozen grow
vegetables for sale.. Many of them
grow vegetable plants. Most of
them grow flowers or plants for
sale in their own florist shops. The
number which wholesales plants
or vegetables is as scarce as those
who grow vegetables.
For a number of years, I had
noted a greenhouse on the Aumi-vnie-Sublimity
highway ' on the
cast end of Aumsville. Aumsville
itself, did not look as if it could
support a greenhouse, of this size.
There, was no florist shop in con-
- nection. r
Gardens Year Arcund
-Investigation revealed that A. J.
Weisenfels started "greenhous
ing" here in 4932 and now has
. two houses, one 30 by 85 and an
other 20 by 65 feet. While he oc
casionally sells a little of something-
to passers-by, he is really
a wholesale concern, but he gar
dene almost the year around.
I found him sowing cucumber
seeds fn strawberry hallocks.
These will furnish fruit very early
in May, he said. Peppers were also
being planted. Cabbage plants
were well underway and would
be ready for outdoor planting for
early cabbages. Petunia seeds
were coming up under burlap cov
ering'. In the .fall there are chry
santhemums. Through spring and
summer there are, first, plants
for early summer gardens and
later for early fall gardens. Then
come the winter crops of vegeta
bles. Almost the entire output Is
disposed of through Salem tores,
be said.;
Was Bern Into It
You almost have to be born
Into greenhouse work to like it,
Weisenfels remarked. There real
ly is a lot of work to it, he ex-
E lamed. He was "born into if
t Missouri where his parents
owned and operated greenhouses.
When they first moved west, they
settled in eastern Oregon but later
came on to the Willamette valley.
For six years before he went
! into . greenhouses,. A. J. Weisen
fela grew vegetables commercially
en his 29 acre place. Now about
the only outdoor vegetables grown
here are a few for use each spring.
Tomatoes Harvested
. Few tomatoes are grown in
greenhouses in the Willamette
valley. The early crop of these
has Just been harvested. The seed
& sown in late June or early July
Co that , the plants can be set in
the greenhouse by mid-August.
It is imperative, growers will tell
you, that in the case of fall and
winter crops, the fruit clusters be
set on the plants before the arrival
of the short-day period. This crop
bears from October 15 to early in
February.
In the northwest varieties of
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dViof.Fwmfttnd Gardener LILLIE L. MADSEM.
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Officers and directors ef the Valley Farmers Cooperative Oil association met Monday following the
annua! meeting ef the organisation, to make plana for the coming year. Seated are C. A. Hande. man
ager and secretary; W. H. Brandt, president. Standing, from left to right are Orren Rice, Hubert Es
ser, Stanley Swanseh and Walter Von Flue, directors. (Statesman Farm Photo.)
QGfinmcOn HuSumnllDlI Snogs
ble sellers report that the market
for greenhouse tomatoes is for
fruits which average about four to
tomatoes generally grown underJ tho pound
(lass are of European origin, such
as Potentate and Best-of-All,
which produce fruit of medium
glzc compared with the large fruit
ed varieties of American origin,
uch as Globe and Bonney Best.
The - English varieties are char
acterized by having several flow
ers on the cluster. The fruits are
smooth and of uniform red color.
Here in the. northwest, vegeta-
E. A. and Elmer ; Taylor have
added a new, sire ! of Pomona
breeding to their White Faces on
their Mehauia ranch. They are
running about 40 head up there
now. Herefords do well in, that
area, the Taylors report.
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Mrs. Rosalie Mickey, leader for
theiOregon Farmers Union jun
iors, at a recent meeting urged
her listeners "not to promise the
juniors too easy a time. If their
work was too easy, they wouldn t
enjoy it and if it is easier than
they expect, it may be a pleasant
surprise to them, was her theory.
Besides, she added, the sooner the
youngsters learn that anything
worth having is worth working
for, the happier they'll be.
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What the frost didn't get In
the line of legumes, the slugs are
trying their best to i finish, Wil
lamette valley farmers have not
ed this- week. The pest is out in
huge numbers ""feeding up" after
somewhat of a fasting spell.
Farmers are giving i them some
thing to feed upon in the way of
poison bait.
Harry Crater, Newterg, says
that farmers are always accused
of looking for? an easier way to
farm, and admits he certainly
belongs in that category. Harry
planted eight varieties of sub
terranean clover in a field where
filberts are now growing. That
was the time when Rex Warren,
now at Corvains, : was county
agent up In Yamhill. Harry never
reseeded the acreage and it is
perpetuating Itself even though
he cultivates it just as he does
Individual plants produce about
10 pounds of fruit in the spring
and sumer.. The fall crop, ripen
ing through the short, drill days,
rarely yields inore than three
fifths of the spring total.
But garden Culture under glass
is increasing in the Willamette
valley, it is noted from reports
found in the bffices of the state
department of agriculture, Salem.
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PRESENTS
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MARTHA JANE COIE ,f
Martha Jane Coie, home advisor, will present many
advantages of deep fat frying on the Frigidaire Elec
tric Range. She invites you to bring a friend and learn
the many advantages of- modern electric cooking in
the Frigidaire Model Kitchen. Refreshments will be
served and a surprise gift presented.
iiuixirri nun i mine irruiicc i am rimsiiu
the rest of his orchard which is
growing the conventional type of
cover crop.
Eouie Gross, who is now county
agent in Yamhill, says that any
one wanting to start a cover crop
like Harry Crater's would prob
ably have best results by plant
ing the. clover in late May or
Juno and not cultivating any
more during the season. It might
be necessary to mow weeds to
keep them down. Louie also rec
ommends using the variety called
Bachus-Marsh because it is early
maturing.
Legume Outlook
To Be Considered
Polk County Dusting Coopera
tive will hold its annual meeting
Thursday, March 10, 1:30 pjn. at
the Dallas chamber of commerce,
city hall, announces Virgil Heider,
president.
Heider also says this meeting
will be held ih cooperation with
the county extension office and
all vetch and pea growers in Polk
county are invited to attend.
The outlook for thevetch and
pea Industry of the county will
be discussed, and weather damage
will be estimated. Members of the
association will also elect their
1849 officers.
MINT MEETING TO BE HELD
Peppermint 'growers will attend
a meeting on Oregon State col
lege campus March 15, 10 a.m.
in the Memorial Union building,
room 105. Subjects to be dis
cussed are the peppermint situa
tion and outlook, harvesting, con
trol of insects, fertilizers, weed
control and chemical analysis.
Farm Calendar
March 3 Silage meeting. 1:30
p.m. county court house, Dallas.
March 5-13 National 4-H club
week.
March 7 Marion-Polk 'Guern
sey Breeders, Chamber of Com
merce, Salem.
March 9 Oregon Dairy Breed
ers association tour, Corvallis,
Marion county breeders.
March 10 Polk County Dusting
Co-op, city hall, Qallas, 1:30 p.m.
March 15 Marion County Poul
try meeting, Salem chamber of
commerce, 7:30.
March 15 Peppermint growers
meeting, 10 a.m. Memorial Union
building, Corvallis.
March 16 Marion county dairy
herd improvement our
March 16 Bulb growers meet,
Gresham, Masonic hall, 10 a m.
March 19 Guernsey heifer
sale, 4-H and FPA, state fair
grounds. March Sl-April 2 Oregon As
sociation of Future Farmers of
America, Tillamook.
April 4 Second annual Oregon
Holstein sale,- Pacific Internation
al, Portland, 11 a.m.
June 28-July 1 Fourth annual
leadership institute for Town and
Country churches, state college,
William Teutsch, general chairman.
Valley-Basin
ation
Meet Planned
i Irrigation phases of the Wil
lamette valley project will be
discussed by Lee McAllister, Sa
lem, bureau of reclamation plan
ning engineer, during the Willam
ette basin irrigation conference
scheduled 'for the Oregon State
college : campus Wednesday,
Jbfarch 16.
: Program details, including
names of other speakers, are an
nounced by W. L. Teutsch, as
sistant director, extension serv
ice. Gov. Douglas McKay will be
principal speaker at the evening
banquet which will close the one
day meeting, Teutsch adds.
, The ! conference is sponsored
jointly iby the Willamette basin
committee headed "by R. E. Jones,
Brooks, and Oregon State college.
All sessions of the conference will
be. open to the public. Purpose of
the meeting is to make known
ftrogress and the status of the pro
ect which entails flood control
and irrigation development in
nine Willamette valley counties.
Irrigation of vegetable crops for
processing, from the standpoint
of the processor, will be discussed
by Carl Robertson, Eugene, iield
man for the Eugene Fruit Grow
ers co-operative.
The college agricultural engi
neering department is arranging
for an irrigation display as an
additional feature. Equipment
will be shown in the ROTC arm
ory. As the conference gets under
way at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. President A. L. Strand is
scheduled to welcome those in
attendance. During the morning
session Frederic F. Fish, Cor
vallis, aquatic biologist, U. S. fish
and wildlife service, will discuss
the project in relation to fish life.
Other speakers will include col
lege extension specialists in dairy
ing and soils. H. P. Ewalt and
Arthur S. King. Ewalt 'will dis
cuss irrigated . pastures, while
King will discuss fertilizer and
irrigatipn in the area included in
the project.
Poultry Meeting ,
Set for March 15 ;
Marion county Doultrvmen will
kpneeT"at 7:30 p.m. March 15 in
the Salem Chamber of Commerce
rooms to hear a discussion of pro
duction and disea.-c problems.
Ben A. Newell, county exten
sion gcnt (livestock) announced
that N. L. Bennion. extension
poult ryman, and Df. E. M. Dick
inson, poultry veterinarian, both
from Oregon State college, will
be on the program. A round table
discussion on poultry house ven
tilation to keep litter dry will also
be of interest to many operators.
Pig litters Jeed
Special Attention
Says Ben Newell
, Farrowing spring litters of pigs
on farms this year is a Job worth
some special attention, says Ben
A. Newell, county agent. Surveys
show that 40 per cent of the pigs
farrowed never reach weaning
age. Two-thirds of these losses
are due to faulty management,
sanitation, and nutrition, coupled
with cold wet weather in March
and ,ApriL I
Good sanitation practices" pre
vent worm infestation. This can
be done to ' a great extent by
cleaning the sow up,f disinfecting
the farrowing pens, and using
good clean pasture. One acre of
good hog pasture will produce
about' 350 pounds of pork "per
acre each year.
The sow will get along best if
not fed for 24 hours after far
rowing. Begin then with a thin
slop of half bran and half shorts,
Newell cautions! After the first
day, increase her feed gradually
until she is on full feed. when the
pigs are- two weeks old.
Electric brooders save many
pigs in cool weather. Regular
light bulbs or flood lights pro
vide enough heat to keep small
pigs from chilling.
CATTLE LIKE MIXTURE
Livestock men at Iowa State
college have found that most cat
tle like grass silage better whea
it is fed with hay or other dry
roughage. It pays to feed more
grain but less protein with legume
silage because legume silage fur
nishes more protein and less en
ergy than corn silage.
Deadline Near
Fpr Windbreak
Tree .Orders
Less than two weeks remain
for Oregon farmers to get their
tree orders in to the state board
of forestry, Salem. March 15 has
been set by the state forester as
the tree order deadline.
Trees available , this year in
clude Douglas fir land Port Or
ford cedar for planting western
Oregon; Ponderosa pine, Scotch
pino, Chinese arborvitae. black
locust green ash and Russian
mulberry for eastern Oregon.
Height of trees - available, ac
cording to. the state forester, will
range from 4 to 12 inches in the
ca.e of conifers or evergreens.
The hardwoods range from 6 te
18 inches in height. The seedlings!
are offered by the; state board of
forestry at $5 per thousand.
Minimum orders acceptable, are
25 trees of a variety for 50 cents.
The local county agricultural ex
tension offices have tree cata
logues I and will offer assistance
in ordering. Detailed information
may also be obtained by writing
the state board of forestry, Salem.
AU prices are f.b. . Corvallis.
Freight jcharges are payable by
persons ordering trees.
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DAIRY SALE SUCCESSFUL-
1 A very successful dairy cattle
sale was held recently at the J. O.
and Edna Gritten ranch on' Wal
lace road. Top price for cows was
$355. Most of the 60 cattle sold
.were grades but very fine pro
ducers. I
Federal end Stale
Taxes
Prepared by
Harry G. Ewing
Hoars f p. m. til 1 p. m.
Weekdays
Kg Fairrreond ltd.
North of J. B. Drive-In'
' rhene 2-3369 er 2-4711
EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT
0,ir Pric; Ouoofcg and i
The Weather, So Let's Go .
Phone or write for a free reroof estimate
: NO OBLIGATION
Willamette Valley Roof .Co., Inc.
30 Lana Ave- Salem
Phone 3-9694
Income Tax Belnrns
Made out by
Consultant
J. W. Cobnrn
57i Market St Phone I-S5S9
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THIS SALE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
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