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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1949)
- ? - 1 1 Scot Farmer Studies Here Also Teaches John Sinclair, 25-year-old Scot farmer who was a Clackamas county guest from June 29 to July J4. came 1 ere to learn something of grassland agricul ture and potato production His trip was made po.-sible by Nuf field Foundation traveling schol arship. John is spending six months in ft he United States and Canada. Presumably he came here to ftndy Actually he is an accom plished practical farmer. His f;-immr operations include 277 acres of tillable land and 2.000 rrf-- of hfather sheep sra.ing up land The British Isles program re voUes around rotational pastures tv'",.e left standing for four or five years and then plowed for potatoes, other root crop and f rrin. Ca.-h crops on the Sin clair fatm.in Prhihire include beef1 rrttle. seed not?toes. mut ton r1, a snv-11 amount of grain. ! n 1'nW. riown "E:o'.;on is practicallv unknown in te British Isles" John reports "Our pasture rotation provides m"le humus and soil covered with good Rtass and legumes do not erode. The general level of fertility has improved In Britain over a nerind of vears. W use auantitie of limestone, phosphat es, potash and nitrates, in addi tion to green manures, barnyard manures and. of course, the hum us 'eft from rotation pastures. "British farmers can expect to raise onlr about half of the food consumed annually on the British Isles. "For many vears we imported so much food that agriculture re ceived scant attention from the Rovcrnment. Two great world wars taught us the necessity for producing as much as possible at home. I find that plans for aid ing soil building practices ire similar in both countries, here and in Britain. "The farm-owner Is practically unknown in Britain. Farm" arc customarily leased over 14 venr periods and a farm may rem:"" In one family for many genera tions. Tenants cannot be evicted except for doing a poor lob of farming and then, not bv the landlord, but by the farmers elected committee in charge of administration of agricultural af fairs. There are no incomuetent farmers for incompetence cannot be afforded in Britain with htr economy of agricultural scarri-"." FroU Develop Everything The Scots develop uses for al most everything, including even, the heather covered uplands. Black-faced long wool Highl-.nd sheen graze their slopes. Thev produce only three or four pounds of coarce fleece but an excellent mutton carcass. Except for ewe Iambs which may he brought down to the farmlands to grow out, these sheep depend upon heather browsing twelve months of the year. Imnrovemert of thes? black faced flocks is brought abou bv introducing breedine ram;. But these must be hand fed and are removed from the heatner im mediately after the breeding sea ton. Approximately seven million 'sheen ranee Scottish '-.- r highlands. They form a valuable addition :r the Scotch x'.nomy. Gates Mjin Honored On ftl, HirtMay GATES The Lincoln Hcness homr xa? the scene of a farmlv gathering July 5. in honor of Mr. Jfenness' 86th birthday. Among those .irc-onl was his brother. Theodore Henness. who is 95. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller. Portland: Mr. and Mrs. George- Murphy, Kelso, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ratzburg. Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bevier. Mrs. Floyd Bassett of Lyons: Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Schroeder of Forest Grove: Mr. and Mrs. James Wiltsie and son of Salem: Mrs. Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis and son and Mr. and Mr?. Henness. SOIL DISTRICT GOING AHEAD Work is going ahead In the soil conservation district recently or ganized at Silverton, reports H. As Barnes, chairman of the con st, .ation district committee. Ron ald Elms is in Silverton now mak ing final arrangements The of fices for the district will be at the Washington Irving building. 'Human Groictli! Film Awes Young Audience ... h w s1 ' i i ii r'Mi- i "" -"fl1 - J MONMOI TH Thl photo by Hank Rurk. Ores on Collet e of Edacatloa newibareaa chief, shows the Intenne interest expressed by elementary school pupil watrhinr the film. "Hunan Growth." dealinr with child birth, shown at the school Tuesday. Produced by the E. C. Brown trust of Portland, the picturi It used for vUual education araonr school children. It was shown dnrinr a social hyflene educa tors' panel series at OCE Tuesday. More than flOO persons attended. Farm Calendar July 17 Yamhill County Farm ers Union picnic. Lafayette Locks. July 1" Marion County Jersey Cattle club picnic, Lewis Judson home, Salemi; July 17 Central Howell Farm ers Union picnic, Coolidge & Mc Claine park.: Silverton. July 23-24 Dayton rodeo. Julv 24-30 National Farm Safe ty Week. July 26-30 Santiam Bean festi val. July 29-31 Mt. Angel Flax fes tival. ; July 31 Oregon Jersey Cattle club picnic, Canby. Aug. 6 9th annual Willamette valley Purebred ram and ewe sale, Albany. Aug. iB Western Horse Show. Silverton. Aug. 13 -c Newberg Berrian Farmerdo. Aug. 14 State Farmers Union picnic. Cham! oeg. A-.ig. 14 Atarion county Pomona grange picnic, Coolidge & Mc Cl."ir.e park, Silverton. Aug. .15 -Polled Hereford club meeting, Salem Chamber of Com merce, y Aug. 17 Clackamas County Jer sey C.ittJe club, Colton. Aug. 17 -20 Tillamook County fair. Aug. 18-20 Oregon Poultry Im provement association, Corvallis. Aug. 19 Oregon Ram sale, Pen dleton, 10 a.m. Aug. .24 26 Marion County 4 H fall show, Salem. Aug. 25-27 Yamhill County Junior fair, McMinnville. Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Linn County 4 H fail , Albany. Aug. ;31-Sept. 3 Clackamas county fair, Canby. Sept. 5-11; --Oregon State fair, Salem. Sept. 20-21 Oregon Turkey Im provement association, Corvallis. HOW S THAT AGAIN? By DAVE COX New Alfalfa Seed Ready For Sowing Seed of the new Talent alfalfa developed at the southern Oregon branch experiment station will be available for limited general dis tribution this fall or net voiic announced Haro'd H. Wite. in charge of cror u-ork. st the an nual station fieid day held re cently. About 122 acres are expected to be harvesled for seed this sea son on the! station and bv co operating farmers who are grow ing the new varietv to increase the eed supnlv. Much, :nte'-e.t was shown in tKe nev vrriety by the hundred of fanners who toured the station during the field day. Rest Amonf 31 Dr Louis. Centner, entomolo gist and formerly in charge of the crops program, sketched the development of this variety from 1937 when it was one of numer ous strains and. varieties plante.1 in test row? It early showed its superiority and has since proved to be the best among 31 "strain and 23 varieties for southern Ore gon conditions. Limited tests have also been made elsewhere with good preliminary reports from Willamette valley and Klam ath county trials. Gentner said. Known originally merely as French strain No. 19274. it soon showed that it started earlier in the spring, grew later in the fall and showed regrowth after cut ting much quicker than oth?r sorts. These together result in an extra cutting each season com pared with standard varieties. Crowds Out Weeds Other advantages are that Tal ent grows so densely as to keep it more free of weeds and grass: it has a root svstem that aHsrr well to varying conditions, and it has proved so resistant to nis- ril.LMVV.UI.Mffinim 4JMUXMT NOftrfAf 8wito man ma&tffs anmiiuom UM'U A kf SO HtlMMf 10481 n Tho Statosmafal'Solom. Oreycn. TburadaY,-?uly 1. Gates Fniuilies Hold Reunion At Stavton Park S nut Hi St ease that stands 10 years old aie still producing well. It is leafy and fine branched as a hay crop. The name Talent was given in honor of the pioneer of that name for whom the town nearby was named and who was active in the early development of Rogue river valley agriculture GATES Descendents of Laura A. and Stephen H. Champ held a family reunion Sunday, July 10 at the Stayion park. It as voted to make the gathering an annual affair Officers elected were Pi evi dent Mrs. Melbourne Rambo: vice president Mis Leonard Zuber: Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Eldon Champ. Pre.-ent were Mr. and Mrs. Lvlc Sheltort and sons. Mr. hi id Mis. Dale Champ and son, Mr snd Mrs. Byron Champ and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Elrion Champ and family of Stay ton: Mr. and Mr. Riley Champ and Mr. and Mrs Melbourne Kambo and children of Gates; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Zu ber and aon of Portland; Sgt. and Mrs, Frank Smiht and children from Cheyenne. Wyoming, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Balsiger and daughter from Underwood. Wash. state college, is the new presi dent cf the weMein titlioq ot th American Society cf 'Animal Pr dirttion Dr. G. H. Wllster. pr-fw-r of dairy rranufaeturingt s named preMccnt of tlije west ern division cf :n Aorricaw Dairv Science sssrc ation.! Dr. D. D. Hill, head of th; fcn ciopa depaitment. is the iw pjiilrnt of the western itifn of th Amencan Socittv I AKtinmy. Meetings of the caniia tions were held :ntly t Pull man. Wash. Pinehuist. N C. was founded as a vk inter re 1 1 .n 18!)5 by Boston man. J.,n r- W "Hilts REl'NION. PICNIC PLANNED ALBANY Sunday. August 7. has been set as. the date for the annual community picnic arrd re union of present and former resi dents of the Millersburg, Conner and Dever communities, according to an announcement by Gilbert Groshong, president of the group The picnic, as in former years, will be held a' Wilson lake. In case of rain it will take place in the Morning Star Grange hall. Mrs. Mervin Case is secretary treasurer of the group. OSC Staff Mrmbert Head Associations Mrs. Louisa Kanipe, for many years seed analyst at the state college seed laboratory, has been named vice president of the Na tional Association of Official Seed Analysts which will automatically make her president a year from now. She will be the third wom an president in the 42-year his tory of the association. A. W. Oliver, associate profes sor of animal husbandry at the Don't Be FAT! R.D.X.belpsou reduce Tike I D X. Ii? c hJr V Mill S D X li.v"- M r k SBt vM haafct dui i f ' -w u c i ilif tnrt i -n ka. miiii moraM t ! ri'ii. Uyomt dortot hat tnii m m ... l L .... 1 mu om wnni, i i-. -m ok i v . oaarfmlaeoRD.X.l.eMI V PUa. a D X. 1 tbira K N r Lot TW Scmbn Tm 4o ial to low Am I vow? Thca bur t r I D.I Tmhlra ana toUtrm Kadoxaas D X Itbam t-,J low ikt. 1 ,5 Voot Drofsloro 1 v vr a For BIGGER and BETTER Here's the Greatest CLOTHING VALUE Since Long Before the War 2 mim suits "It was horrible! My poor fireman fell in the fire box!" Picnic Planned for .Clubbers and Friends at 1 o'clock. A short program is being planned for the afternoon, including games an3 other recrea tion. This is open to club members. Yamhill countv 4-H club nv-m t,, j ,..... ... . ... : . parents, leaders and friends -'- - 1 1 n. uii v. i i-4 tf.iiiii' 4 i' r hold a county-wide picnic in the Amity city park Sunday, July IV. A no host dinner will be served Maximum egg production at lower cost That's the story of Triangle X-tra egg pro ducer A carefully balanced feed supplying the require ments for more extra grade ggs. Mash Or pellets AtnifV Park Committee Appointed by Mayor AMITY -w Ivan Shields and Frank Chambers, members of the city council, were appointed as a city park committee by Mayor Vandelaar in a recent council meeting. They have been instruc ted to improve conditions at the park with funds available for that purpose. O. F Neet, Cornelius, was pres ent and explained the merits of a pumper manufactured by his company. Af'cr discussion o the feasibility of the city adding' a pumper to the present equipment, the subject was tabled for fur ther study.: llflil TRIANGLE X-TRA EGG PRODUCER ( flpv 'Sea Your Local Tnangla Dealer" V - i v- v.ir;i c Ky Mobile is the only seaport in Alabama. BROG COWS MAKE RECORD Walter M. Brog of Salem has completed a year ofx production testing in the official herd im provement registry program of The Holstein-Friesian association of America,. His 20 cows aver aged 456 pounds of butterfat and 12,520 pounds of milk in 308 days on two and three milkinss daily. JERSEY CLl'B TO MEET The ; Clackamas County Jersey Cattle club will meet at the Bildix Jersey; farm, home of Mr. and Mrs. William Schmitz. Sunday. July IT. beginning with a mid day no host picnic dinner. 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