10 The Statesman, Saleau Dragon, Thursday, July. 21,. 1949
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER
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News and Views of Farm and Garden By LILLIE L. madsen
Seed Yield
Is Lew But
Not a Failure
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Seed yield prospects irom lour : -mm
Important Orcon grasses, while fjjyX1
not to be class'fied an a "bunrnr
failure,
crop, are anvthin? but a
summarizes a veteran cron obr
server, E. R. Jackman. Oregon
State colle"e extension faim
croos specialist:
A crop bv cron summary by
Jackman is as follows:
Chewing fecne: The Willam
ette vM'ev rrop is not as bad off
as earlier relieved. AoDroximate
ly 6.0n0 acre will yield close to
the normal ?f0 nounds of seed
per acre Yields in eastern Ore
gon, where MO acres are located,
will vield a"bout one-half normal
or 250 pounds, Jackman esti
mates. Creepine red fescue: Approxi
mately 4.500 of the state's 5.000
acres are located in Union county
where seed vields are normally
more than 400 pounds nc acre
This year the rrons socialist ex
pecis yield to fall to sliehtly
less than 200 pounds ner acre.
Alta fescue: Most of thi acre
ape cut for seed is in the Wi'lam
etfe vpIIcv. While vields w;ll bo
rediifed somewhat they will
provirrifite the normal yield of 200
to 250 pounds acre. Yield In
Union countv will be cut bv wo
thirri and will rape about 900
pounds per acre, the 1 specialis
believes.
Common ryegrass: Severe win
ter iniurv in the Willamette val
ley mrteriatlv decreased the
stand After much spnnp nirnlnne
reseedjn? the cron i still likelv
to be somewhat is short sunplv
due to reduce! acreage. Instcnd
of the usual 90 nnn acre there
will be about 60.000 acres cut
for seed
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Pictured here are an Aberdeen Ancus cow and her calf, one of the 53 calves born In a herd of 100 since
mid-May on thi Lane Brothers ranch in Yamhill county near Wheatland tyrrj. The black cattle rrai
Ing on the white clover have attracted much attention from passing motorists in recent weeks. (States
man Farm Photo.) :
Black Cattle
Take Well to
Oregon Clover
By Lillie L. Madsen
Farm Editor. Tli StateMimn
fiex Hartley, almost a native of
the Ankeny Bottom section, was
selected as this week's Farmer be
cause of the splendid soil-building
work he is doing.
A herd of sleek black cattle! doing anything but farming and
grazing on fields of white clover while those who have watched
have in recent weeks attracted his work in recent years will aeree.
An unusually dry spring in 'the i milch attention from the passing j they add "but he is doing that
The Statesman's
Far mer-of-the-Week
accounts for ,
in that
the Yamhill side of the river. ;
lhe nem js reany u.c Sists. but the men down at the
motorist , on the uayton-aiem ; farming in the right way.
road near Wheatland Ferry on . haven.t Droved anvthin vet
I'm just experimenting," Rex in
sists hilt t ho mon Htirn n
growth or a memai pmuic v.. , colJege mignt add that the 2g6
herds of Aberdeen Angus grazing i acit,s rv farms are mrh Kt
vl indicpte yields in that sector ; in eastern Canada in their yutn-i off now than they were eight years
will be about 25 ner cent of nor- ' their owners. George and Arthur j ago wnen ne started farming them
Dial Much creening red fescue Lane, will tell you. There these j The Hartley farm lies in the An
eed is produced in Canada, but ; cattle were raised for the famous . jeny road action and carrjes a
jackman does not know the status :
Union countv area
the low seed vields
Jackman states.
Word from te Spokane area in
Washington, where much chew
ing fecne gras seed is produc-
of the crop. Certified alta fecue
seed will sell hieher than Hie
support rp'ce of 35 cent a pound
for blue tag seed, Jackman believes.
Farm Calendar
July 23-24 Annual Dayton
rodeo.
July 24-30 National Farm
Safety week.
July 27-29 North Willamette
valley 4-11 livestock and crop
tour in Multnomah. Marion.
Clackamas. Washington, Yamhill
and Polk counties.
July 26-30 Santiam Bean
festival, Stayton.
July 29-31 Mt. Angel Flax
festival.
July 31 Oregon Jersey Cattle
club picnic, Canby.
Aug. 1-3 South Willamette
valley 4-H livestock and crops
tour in Lane, Linn, Benton, Lin
coln counties.
Aug. 6 9th annual Willam
ette valley purebred ram and ewe
sale, Albany.
Aug. 6 Western Horse show,
Silverton.
Aug. 1.3 Newberg Berrian
Farmeroo. Newlerg.
Aug. 14 Marion County Po
mona grange picnic, Coolidge &
McClaine park, Silverton.
Aug 17-20 Tillamook county
fair, Tillamook.
Aug. 18-20 Oregon Poultry
Improvement association, Corval
lis. Aug. 19 Oregon ram sale,
Pendleton, 10 a.m.
Aug. 21 State Farmers union
picnic, Champoeg.
Aug. 24-26 Marion county
4-H fall. show.
Aug. 25-27 Yamhill county
fair (junior) McMinnvyie.
Aug. 25-27 - Polk county fair.
Dallas.
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Linn county
4-H fair, Albany.
Aug. 31 -Sept. 3 Clackamas
county fair. Canby.
Sept. 5-11 Oregon state fair.
Spt. 20-31 Oregon Turkey
Rritish babv beef
The Lanes came to Oregon in
1928 from their native eastern
Canada ahd for the past six years
have owned the former Clyde La
Fallotte upland acreage in Wheat
land Ferry area. Several acres of
the land.; when the Lanes bought
it. were in stumps, but by bull
dozing and blasting this wa
Heared to tillable land. Fields Of
English wild white clover (Keri
tish clovjtr) were established oh
the ranch. The Lanes had farmed
on the Polk and Yamhill county
hills where they had raised
sheep. But they found that sheep
had done better on the hill land
than on the lower fields which
they now own and which seems
more suitable to cattle. f
Recalling he home fields of
their chHdhood they made in
quiries about the Aberdeen Angus
and last spring bought 102 heatl
100 cows and two bulls at
' Toppenish. Wash,
j ' More fields of white clover are
j being established. There are now
j 60 under; irrigation and consider
lable which is not being irrigated.
The Lanes plant one pound )f
seed to the acre the seed Js
very small, the one pound mak
ing 19 seeds to a square foot.
Arthur Lane, who was formerly
a public accountant, will tell you.
While ; they admit the cattle
business Is new to them and that
their Work with the clover and
cattle 1s merelv in the experi
mental sta.ge. they say they are
enjoying ;it very much. They plati
to bring their herd to approxi
mately 200 head of females, but
it all depends upon how pastures
and cattle work out, they add. j
The cattle, regularly passing
motorists recall, were very thin
when they first grazed along the
roadside j fields in March. Today
they arei nicely filled out, ah
excellent; advertisement for Wil
lamette valley pastured. And be
sides the original 102 head there
are now 53 calves and more ar
riving daily.
Improvement association, Corval
lis. ;
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Jefferson address. It was once own
ed by Carl Abrams, R. J. Hendricks
and E. Rhoten, and is still
known to some as that farm, al
though there have been other own
ers between these three and the
Hartleys.
There are 150 acres planted into
grass to be harvested for seed this
year. These are mostly rye grass.
Then the remainder of the land is
planted into grass that is being
grazed off. One of the things Rex
hopes to learn is how much the
land is improved by grazing over
seed cutting or vice versa, and
which of the two methods brings
in the most financial returns over
a period of years.
The vetch and oats and early
pasture clippings go into silos to
supplement the dry-season feed
ing. Rex is experimenting without
irrigation. At the present time he
doesn't believe it is feasible for
him to irrigate for beef cattle pas
tures. But if cattle forage only on
dry feed then during the six weeks'
dry season in the valley, they
stand still and do not gain. That's
where the silage comes in. And
C
Hex Hartley
Polls, to feed. Besides the silage
there are 80 tons of hay put up
for use on the Hartley farm.
Rex is a little hesitant to talk
much of his beef-grass program
as yet. But, now horses, those are
his hobby. There has always been
a horse or more on the Hartley
ranch some years ago American
Saddle horses now mostly quar
terbloods. .Not many, just enough
to admire and to ride.
SPRAY BLACKBERRIES
To spray vines such as evergreen
blackberries, use three pounds of
the new weedicide, 2,4.5-T, acid
per 100 gallons of water. Thor
oughly cover the foliage for berry
vine control. Good results will be
obtained anytime during the sum-
there are now 85 head, mostly Red mer.
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Berries Thrive
On Yamhill
Qiicken Ranch
Out at the Ralph Abdill berry
and chicken ranch, near Dayton
the berry shelter moves right
along. That is, it is doing so this
year.
A . portable picking wagon was
installed to take the place of the
temporary shelters usually erected
berry fields. The wagon takes
the place of seven temporary shel
ter sheds this year, Mr. Abdill
says, and it is working out very
welL
And what is more Mr. Abdill
will te'l you, berries and chickens
rk into a natural project. The
Abdills bought their 20-acre farm
about five years ago. Chickens
formed their first farm project.
Later they added cane berries.
They now keep about 400 laying
his and have around 10 acres of
boysenberries, raspberries and lo
ganberries. In 1948, the berries yielded
slightly over four tons to the acre.
This year, as the berry season is
well underway, the vines give pro
mise of just as satisfactory a yield.
The use of the fertilizer from the
chicken enterprise on the berry
fields gives good evidence of the
successful combination of the two
projects on the same farm.
Louis H. Gross, Yamhill county
extension agent, in referring to the
Abdill farm, says that in or der
to be successful at this combining
of the two projects one should have
enough units of each to make a
satisfactory living for the family
as well as to pay off mortgages
and pay interest on the invest
ment. "To do this," Gross ; said, "I
believe one must have at least 500
to 1.000 laying hens and from five
to 10 acres of berries. Otherwise
the full time efforts of the farmer
cannot be used and he will have
to seek part time employment outside."
Reports on OSC
Post Farm Given
It is of no use to treat fense
posts for longevity unless the posts
are treated properly. This is the
gist of a" report just out on the
T. J. Starker "post farm" which
has been under research obser
vation for 22 years. This latest
report is issued by the Oregon
forest products laboratoy.
With Douglas fir posts, three
treatments that have proved
worthless are brush application
of asphalt, charring, and cold
soaking in zinc chloride. Port Or
ford cedar was not bene
fited by a hot-and-cold bath of
carbolineum B, though Douglas
fir posts were. Eight treatments,
including the salt treatment, that
proved beneficial to fir and pine
are given in the report.
While the new progress report
is somewhat detailed and tech
nical in nature, an extension bul
letin on post treatment is avail
able which gives specific direc
tions and recommendations for
treating posts.
Ranch
Elamblings
L. S. Lorenzen of Dayton likes
to feed a bit of silage all summer
to his cows. He says they seem to
like it too, right along with their
pasture and it possibly increases
th; total amount of forage they
will eat.
Lorenzen is one of those getting
a new Jersey from Rex Ross of
Mt. Angel. Ross is expecting an
importation of 25 head of Jerseys
from the Isle Jersey to arrive
sometime around September 10.
If you think you (and I am
talking to all of you) have early
sweet corn (because it is just ear
ing out) you should ramble over
to the Lane brothers garden just
inside of Yamhill county on the
Wheatland ferry toad Arthur and
George produced sime very nice
roasting ears on Ju'y 15 and that
is really something to brag about.
Ray Heinz of Macksburg intends
to find out how much hot commer
cial fertilizer Clackamas county
corn will stand during the dry sea
son. During the latter part of June.
Ray sided reused 15 rows of his
previously well fertilized 355 Hy
brid with 16-20 ammonium phos
phate at the rate of 400 pounds to
the acre. It may prove to be a very
satisfactory operation, but Ray
says he won't blame anyone if 15
rows of the corn are burned up.
The Ranch Rambler will try to
find out what happened to the corn
and relay the information through
the ramblings.
Hopmere isn't any more. This
townsite, platted June 7, 1911, with
the coming of the Oregon Electric
railroad, was named because of its
surrounding hop acreage. Both the
hop acreage in that art-a and the
town are now largely memories.
But while it thrived it had big
hopes. Streets bore names such as
State street, Portland Place, Nor
wood avenue, Broadway and First
to Fifth avenues. None of the
streets, however, was improved. So
now Hopmere is another of Ore
gon's ghost towns. The name has
been ordered off the county map
and no objections have been rais
ed. Anyway, once it looked as if
there might have been a sizeable
town if ghen time.
Farm Accident
Cost Annually
Figures High
To direct all possible attention
to unsafe practices which cause
accidents to; farm residents, the
week of July 24 through 30 has
been set aside as National Farm
Safety week.
Machinery, especially the farm
tractor, is the chief cause of farm
accidents in Oregon, records com
piled by the state accident com
mission reveal. Of 34 fatal acci
dents reported during a 12 months
period ending in 1948. 21 of the
deaths resulted from tractor acci
dents. The fatalities included 23
men. 11 children ahd two women.
The Oregon Farm Safety coun
cil, composed of representatives
from farm organization, imple
ment dealers, state FFA head
quarters, the state accident com
mission and Oregon State col
lege, believes the annual toll from
accidents could be reduced
through education.
From figures compiled by the
National Safety council. Septem
ber is the high month during
the year from the standpoint of
farm accidents. Housework acci
dents reach a high point during
the last quarter of the year:
motor vehicle accidents occur
most frequently during the first
quarter. Chore accidents were re
sponsible for about 25 per rent
of the nation's farm work acci
dents reported In 1948.
It has been estimated by James
E. Wiles, farm safety specialist,
accident prevention division of
the state accident commission,
that 3.000 Oregon farm accidents
take place annually. The acci
dent commission handles about
30.000 farm accounts, covering by
no means all of the farm workers
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!n the state. During 194t the
commission received claims for
seven fatal and 1,305 time loss
acridents. .f (
The National Safety j council
estimates the annual cost; of farm
accidents at S36.000.000 land the
loss in time at more than 17,000,
000 days.
Colorado leads the worjd in the
production of uga? beets.
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Troat all pullots t
10 to 12 wks and
again at housing time, if nc-
BTf. Chak-R-Ten avla up
to 93.6 of the largo round
worm with no shock to tho
bird.. 8m u foe Chok-RfTon.
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! Catalogues of the ninth annual
! Willamette Valley Purebred Ram
j and Ewe sale to be held at Al
! bany on August 6 are now avail
able for distribution, according to
word received from O. E. Mike
sell, sale secretary.
The catalogue lists 113 rams
j and 36 ewes to be sold by Colonel
! Earl O. Walter. Filer. Idaho. Rams
I nJ 1 T Via ri in DnWtnAV
Shropshire, Suffolk, Corridale,
Columbia, Hampshire. Lincoln
and Southdown breeds. Only rams
will be sold in the Cheviot and
Dorset breeds.
Georgia grows more nuts than
any other state in the union, with
Alabama second.
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