The Skrimaau Salem. Oregon. Thursday TT 28 199
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER
ic
News and Views of Farm and Garden -By lillie l madsen
Quick Test
Methods Are
Being Evolved
' A new test V detect tubercu
losis in chickens was described
at the American Veterinary Med
ical association! national con
vention held at Detroit, Mich.,
fpw days aeo.
"rvvelooed to Drovide a quick
means of determining if chickeng
re infected with the disease, ne
new test makes use of a drop
of the bird's blood.
Added to this drop of blood is
drop of an antigen prepared
from tuberculosis germs. An an
tigen is a bacterial suspension
used in the diagnosis of infect
ious diseases. If the bird is in
fected a substance precipitates
from the drop or cmcken Diooa
If not. nothing happens.
The veterinarians doing the
research work found that the
tests showed positive in all cases
where the regular and slower
tuberculin test showed positive.
In addition, the new test gave
nrwitive reaction on some birds
vhi-h the tuberculin test indi
cated were not infected. Most of
these chickens were found to have
the disease, despite negative find
ings of the older tuberculin test
Further study of the new test
will be made before it is put
Into general use.
Nut Harvest
Cost Reduced
By Cleaners
Costs of harvesting filberts can
tw reduced to more than one-half
the average cost by the use of a
' portable field cleaner. Several fil
fcert growers have been using field
cleaners for the past two or three
years with good success, they re
port. Last year, Ed Ott, Sunnyside
district filbert grower harvested
lii filbert crop with the field
cleaner at a total cost of l'i cents
per pound. Average cost of hand
picking last year was about 3 cents
per pound.
Four people averaged nearly
1500 pounds of filberts during a 7
hour day on the Ott farm. That
. averaged over 53 pounds of fil
berts each picked per hour, a high
average compared with hand pick
Ing. .
Use of portable field cleaner
eliminates costly hand picking.
Harvest preparation consists of
firming the ground with a roller.
Filberts art raked in windrows,
and are scopped up on a screen
which allows the nuts to pass thro
ugh to a runway into a sack. Hulls
re kept on the screen, which is
hinged to help dumping. Soil
passes right down through the
Screen to the ground.
Plans for constructing the clean
er are available from the Clack
amas County Agents' office, states
Garoian. Rough lumber can be
used for building the cleaner, as
well as scrap lumber around the
farm.
Yamhill Growers
Pass Inspection
Five Yamhill county farmers
have passed first strawberry cer
tification Inspection, states Jack
Hansell, county extension agent
Kalph Clark, extension horticul
turist was In the county last week
and mad the inspection for the
five Yamhill county growers with
total of 12 acres of Marshall
strawberry plants In the inspec-
, tion. Two more Inspections will
, be made.
The growers included on this
Inspection were: L. W. Magee and
C. S. Crawley, Dayton, with three
acres; Theodore Franz and Phillip
Craig of McMinnville, with one
nd three- acres respectively; and
Robert Marshall and Paul Dom-
browsky . of Yamhill with three
ires each.
More Bluegrass, Less
Fescue Reported, 1949
The North American supply of
turf and lawn grass seed will con
tain much more bluegrass and
less fescue than last season, Judg
ing from recent U.S. and Canad
ian department of agriculture re
ports. The crop of fescue grass seeds
has been curtailed by dry weather
in both this country and in Cana-
It's more fun in the sun when your eyes are well protected
by the right sun glasses. Select those that absorb or filter
dangerous ultra-violet, and Infra red rays, and are scientifi
cally ground.
Scientific Sun
Glasses
Give Real
Eye Protection
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--
Dr. K. E. Bering
US Cewi
Optometrists
AT BO KINO OmCAL
DIGNIFIED CREDIT
Farm Calendar
Jul 27-29 North Willam
ette Valley 4-H livestock and
crops tour, Multnomah, Marion,
Clackamas, Washington, xamnm
and Polk counties.
Julv 28.29 Santiam Bean
Festival. Grand parade July 29,
7 p.m., Stayton.
July 29-31 Mt Angel Flax
festival. Queen crowned July 29,
8 p.m.
Julv 31 Oregon Jersey uai-
tl rlub nicnic. Canbv.
Aug. 1-3 South Willamette
valley 4-H livestocK ana, crops
tour. Lane, Linn, Benton, Lin
coln counties.
Aue. 6 9th annual Willam
ette valley purebred ram and
ewe sale. Albany.
Aug. 6 Western Horse show,
Silverton.
Aug. 13 Newberg Berrian
Farmeroo. Newberg.
Aue. 13 Clackamas county
mm and ewe sale. Canbv.
Aut. 13-14 -Oregon Jersey
Cattle club directors meeting
Grants Pass.
Auk. 14 Marion County Po
mona grange picnic, Coolidge &
McClaine park, Silverton.
Aug. 17-20 Tillamook coun-
tv fair.
Aug. 18-20 Oregon Poultry
Improvement association, cor
vallis.
Aug. 19 Oregon ram sale,
Pendleton, 10 am.
Aug. 21 State Farmers Un
ion Dicnic. ChamDoee.
Aug. 24-28 Marion county
4-H fall show. Salem.
Aug. 25-27 Yamhill county
junior fair, McMinnville.
Aug. 25-27 Polk county fair,
Dallas.
Auff. 28 Marion Couhtv Jer
sey Cattle club, Mikkelson farm,
Aurora.
Au. 29-Seot 1 Linn county
4-H fair, Albany.
Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Clackamas
countv fair. Canbv.
Sept. 1-3 Independence Hop
Fiesta.
Sent. 5-11 Oreeon state fair
Sept. 20-21 Oregon Turkey
Improvement association. Oregon
State college.
Wheat Allotment
Fpr Oregon Calls
For Less Acreage
Oregon farmers are being ask
ed to grow not more than 944,891
acres of wheat during tha ,1950
croo year.
That figure Is Oregon's wheat
acreage allotment for the 1950
crop year, and represents a 20.2
per cent cut from the usual seed
ed acreage based on a four-year
period, ending in 1948. as figured
under production and market ad
ministration record procedure,
according to E. Harvey. Miller,
chairman state PMA committee.
Tha acreage roll-back for ex
ample, will affect Oregon's num
ber one wheat producing county.
Umatilla, like this: The Umatilla
county 1950 allotment is 244,680
acres. Tha four-year usual acre
age was 303.144 acres. Other
counties will take corresponding
acreage cuts.
No marketing quotas will go
into effect for the 1950 wheat
crop year, according to tha an
nouncement made recently by
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
Brannan. Next year will sea the
first wheat allotments in effect
since 1942 when both allotments
and quotas were In force. In
1943, quotas were suspended be
cause of tha war emergency.
While tha Oregon allotment is
smaller than any planted acreage
since 1943, it is still higher than
pre-war acreage which in 1939
was 827,000 acres and in 1942,
under quotas, was 769,000 acres,
according to BAE records.
In describing tha current wheat
situation, Rimer says the world s
wheat supply and demand is simi
lar now to tha post world war I
period. At that time, he states,
the great expansion in acreage
put wheat producers face to face
with world wide surpluses.
BUS SERVICE STARTED
SHERIDAN Bus service from
Sheridan for those employed In
Salem canneries and the Alder
man farms started Wednesday
morning and will continue during
the remainder of the harvest sea
son.
da. But production of Kentucky
bluegrass seed in the central part
of the U.S. was recently forecast
by the crop reporting service to
be around 43 percent above last
year and 50 percent above aver
age. Early season offers to grow
ers for bluegrass seed in the rough
were about 15 percent under a
year ago.
Dr. Saae fJaxhes
lheae X-45M
1940
1946
1948
tACH SYMIOla J MILLION FARMERS
Figures from U.S. toft. F JtjricvKur
The Statesman's
Far mer - of
J. J. Thompson, whom all I
sheepmen know, was born in tha
Waldo Hills and likes it well
enough to stay there. And he has
been away from the bills to look
over other sections, too, working
as he did for a number of years,
with the Goodyear Rubber com
pany. Jay farms 195 acres. His fath
er, Alexander Thompson farmed
in Waldo Hills before he did, and
when Jay started out his brother
G. H. Thompson was also farm
ing there. They had Shropshire
sheep and for years their sheep
were tops at the fairs.
But the Shrops fell off in popu
larity and Jay changed to Suf
folk. He now has 70 breeding
ewes in that breed. Besides sheep,
quite a bit' of grain farming is
done on the Thompson Waldo
Hills ranch.
Mrs. Thompson Ethel to all
the neighbors isn't a native of
Waldo HQls. Jay admits he
"guesses that's what I went to
Portland for." Anyway that's
where he met her and they both
are now happy in the hills. When
they are not in the hills they are
fishing trout in the streams,
or salmon over at the coast.
Their son, James H. (which
After Harvest Spray
Advised for Thistle
For the after-harvest spray, the
2,4-D on Canadian thistle should
be used as a non-selective weed
spray at the rate of one and one
half to three pounds of the actual
2,4-D acid per acre.
For this spray, best results will
probably be obtained if the
thistles are allowed to regrow to
a height of 12 to 18 inches before
spraying. The amount of water
with which to apply 2,4-D will
vary with the amount of growth
and tha spray rig to be used. An
excess of water to insure uniform
and thorough coverage is better
than too little water.
Proper Ventilation
Makes Better Shells
High temperatures during sum
mer months have an Influence on
egg shell texture, N. L. Bennlon
poultry expert reports. When
temperatures rise above 80 de
grees, a sharp reduction in egg
size occurs, and shells become
thinner and more fragile. Birds
kept in a cool, well-ventilated
house during the summer months
will produce shells of better qual
ity. If a well balanced ration is
fed and a practice of proper ven
tilation is followed, soft-shelled
eggs should be at a minimum,
Bennion reports.
SILVERTON BIRTHS
SILVERTON Born at the
Silverton hospital July 27, a son
to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley H. Koch
er, Woodburn; July 26, a son to
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Hillman.
Molalla; July 25, a daughter to
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Syron; and
With row
Now Available
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2 gallon
4 gallon
1.40
2.65
10 gallon (no coyer) 6.75
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For Easier and Faster fmwiwj
5 NATIONAL glass Jar (AA -7
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Backs for T7ask Doilers 89c
12C3 Slale Si.
University Stopping Center
Phono 3-S332 Ccnrenieni Parking
- the - Week
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J. J. THOMPSON
saves him from being "Junior")
Thompson, lives in a house near
by and raises fruit and nuts.
Their daughter Alice (Mrs. Bud
Hammett) is now living in Hey-
ward, Calif.
Southern Hereford
Herd Established
On Lebanon Ranch
Fred E. Vanderhoof, his son,
Robert A. Vanderhoof and his
son-in-law, Leonard D. Hansen of
Woodlake, Calif., have establish
ed headquarters at tha Santiam
Stock Farm at Lebanon and now
have 60 head of Polled Herefords
there.
Tha three admit. In coming
north, that they were looking for
greener pastures and cooler cllm
ates and if they find these here
will probably settle permanently.
In the meantime they are fit
ting a show herd of 12 animals
which will be seen at the Canby,
Gresham, State, Pacific Interna
tional and Puyallup, Wash., fairs
late summer. W. C. "Lum" Green
is in charge of the showing.
R. B. Sears, Salem, president
of the Oregon Polled Hereford
association, this week bought a
herd bull, F. V. Mischief 241,
from the Vanderhoofs.
Victor Point Girl
Honored on Birthday
VICTOR POINT Alice Jean
Fisher was honored on her 16th
birthday Sunday when a group of
relatives gathered at her home for
a picnic-dinner. -
Present were Mrs. Nettie Down
ing of Stayton, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Phillips and daughters, Daraleen
and Irene of Estacmda. Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Fisher, Lawrence and
Douglas Fisher, and Alice Jean
Fisher.
July 24, a son to Mr. and Mrs
Anthony Ferlan, Molalla.
Hardware
3 gallon
5 gallon
2.00
3.40
22.35
$24.85
1.89
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Eleven Sheep
Breeds Enter
Albany Sale
Two interesting ram and ewe
sales are slated for early August
in the Willamette valley. First of
these is the ninth annual Wil
lamette Valley Purebred Bam and
Ewe sale to be held in the Linn
county 4-H buildings north of
Albany on Saturday, August 6,
starting at 10 a-m.
To this, 11 breeds including 113
rams and 38 ewes have been con
signed. AH animals must be at
the sale grounds by 7 ajn. the
morning of the sale so that pros
pective bidders will have an op
portunity to inspect the animals.
A nine-man sifting committee
will have passed on all animals
prior to sale time.
Breeds included are Romney,
Hampshire, Suffolk, Lincoln,
Southdown, Corriedale. Colum
bia, Cotswold and Shropshire
Rams ;only will be offered in the
Dorset and Cheviot breeds.
Persons unable o attend the
sale may place mail or wire bids
addressed to the sale secretary,
O. E. Mikesell at Albany or to
Harry A. Lindgren, Oregon State
college extension animal hus
bandry specialist, who heads the
sifting committee.
Other members, of the sifting
committee include O. M. Nebon,
Oregon State college; Edward
Gath, R. V. Hogg, Dr. Charles F.
Haynes, Salem; Floyd T. Fox,
Silverton; Eddie Ahrens, Turner;
C. H. Harrison. Halsey; Jack
Stump, Monmouth.
Auctioner will be Colonel Earl
O. Walter, Filer, Idaho.
The second sale will be the
second annual Clackamas county
ram and ewa sale to be held Sat
urday, August 13, at Canby. Only
yearling and two year old rams
will be eligible to this sale. Ewes
may be consigned also but will
be limited to two ewes for each
ram consigned by any one con
signer. Don Walrod is secretary
of the sale.
Gervais Groups
Hold Reunion
GERVAIS Manning nnH Pi1
lette families held a reunion and
indoor picnic Sunday at the home
of the Fred Mannings, with 45
attending.
Those present were Mrs. Man
ning's mother. Mrs. Dorothv Pil-
lette; Mj. and Mrs. Ted Pillette
and son, all of Portland; Mrs. Eva
Pillette and daughter, Kay; Mr.
and Mrs. Mel Pillptt and tun
daughters; Mr. and Mrs. P. Hoef-
ien ana two daughters and Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Sheppard and four
children, all of Salem; Mr. and
Mrs. James Davidson and family
of Woodburn; Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Unnendahl and familv Mr
and Mrs. Ray McCormick and fa
mily; Mr. and Mrs. James Man
ning and son; Mr. and Mrs. Den
nis Manning Mr inH Mn VrtA
Manning and daughters, Freda,
Mm
Salem's Retail Packing Plan!
We could say It different ways, but no matter how we say It they all mean the same thing. THE MIDGET U the
best place to buy meats at real MONEY-SAVING PRICES. But why take our word tor It come and see tor your
self first hand.
SHOULDER
BEEF
Blade
YOUNG PIG
POBK BOAST
Picnic
CENTER CUTS
ROUND STEAK
Unexcelled
Long Bologna
Liver Sausage
FRESH
GROUND BEEF
37c lb.
Prepared from FRESH
SEASONING
BACOII SQUAnES. 12Kc
Wiameh. EEaimiilbD Snags
Rex Hartley down on Ankeny
Bottom says it doesn't pay to pas
ture new stands of crass too early.
He waited until a field of Alta fes
cue was leg-high on his Red Polls
before he turned them in to craze.
Also he thinks It is s pretty good
idea to fertilize heavily. He gave
his fields a little more than 100
pounds per acre of S3 per cent
nitrogen and got results. If you are
fertilizing for grazing, put the
fertilizer on early, he suggests,
and if you fertilize for seed, don't
rush it.
Farmers down around Turner
are putting in irrigation reservoirs.
They add that if Oregon rivers areH
going to be pumped out to make
California green, they are going to
be sure of a bit of water on their
own.
There's Ben Wipper who has
finished two reservoirs on his
place. One watering hole is 40 by
40 feet and 10 feet deep and the
other is a 10 by 10 by 125 foot
affair which he will use for irri
gation. He reports he has a small
irrigation outfit that puts out 165
gallons per minute and can be run
all day.
Louie Hennies is now at work
digging a well that will supply his
outfit and Jack Fritz has a large
reservoir that is filled by springs
and rainfall.
V. V. Hickox, Woodburn, has
Detroit Area
Residents Form
Association
DETROIT Normal Quail Is
president of the newly - formed
Detroit Dam Recreation associa
tion an organization formed to
publicize tne recreational value of
the canyon area.
The organization was officially
constituted in a recent meeting at
the Camp Mongold mess hall.
Other officers are Mrs. Lewis Mc
Daniel, vice president; Ran Hell
wig, secretary - treasurer; and di
rectors are Ray Overholser, S. T.
Moore, Hubert Lisle, Harry Ru
therford, Bill Smith, Mrs. Pat
Crawford and Mrs. W. D. Vealy.
The asociation is publishing a
weekly paper, "The Canyon Cas
tle." Staff members are Amber
Rutherford, editor; Lenore Smith,
associate editor; Tom Mahoney,
art editor; Bill Clarke, art work,
and Floyd Whiteman, mimeo
graph operator.
The group has already organ
ized a Softball team, a hiking club
and have constructed a play
ground for the children.
Anita, Clara. Donna, Jean, and
son, Jerry Manning.
William Uppendahl entertained
the group showing moving pic
tures of former reunions.
Elf
OUR MEATS ABE GOOD OUR MEATS ARE FRESH
OUR MEATS ARE TENDER - OUR MEATS ARE LOW IN PRICE
BOASTS
Cuts
42c
Style
Whole er half this
59c
lb.
far Flavor
FLAVOMZED" TASTE TEASERS
Ice Box "Snoopers" Will Sneak These Snacks
35c Skinless Wieners ib.
35c Luncheon Heals &.
MIDGET Cold Cuts Are Famous lor Flaror
u.
lb.
PURE PORK
LITTLE LINKS
45c lb.
CUTS OF INSPECTED MEATS.
unni you see it
bought a registered Jersey, Merry
Belle Marie (A gay name) from
James R. Vaughn, Salem to add to
his dairy herd.
H. F. Boeckman, Wilson ville,
and Bob Matlock, Beavercreek,
proved themselves to be cham
pion Guernsey cattle judges at the
recent Guernsey Cattle club meet
ing at Selander's Alder-Dell Farm
near Sherwood. Boeckman won a
show halter by scoring a total of
355 points out of a possible 400 in
judging four classes, and Matlock
topped the 4-H and FFA groups
by scoring 325 points to win a
brush and comb donated by the
Guernsey club. More than 85
people attended the meeting. El
mer Meadows, field representative
of the American Guernsey Cattle
club acted as official judge for the
judging contest.
For the sixth consecutive month,
Silky, a registered Jersey cow
owned by Rex Ross of Mt. Angel,
qualified as an outstanding indivi
dual cow by producing in excess
of 75 pounds of butterfat per
month. Silky made 72.2 pounds for
June. Babe, who is also owned by
Ross, has been on the outstanding
list for four consecutive months
and made 83.2 in June. Mrs. An
onette Vanderbeck, Marquam,
made the record on two rows.
both registered Jerseys by bring
ing in loSL and 80.9 pounds.
That sure is a prize-winning tomato I
Yes, and if youll
I another prize-winner... the new refresh
( Ing Acme Beer!
"That's just what a
some gardening
That's why I buy
S3
PLATE RIB
BEEF
Or
2g
YOUNG PIG
POBK STEAK
Lean
Is tops. A real ralne.
FRY OR BROIL
BIB STEAKS
Delldeusly Tender
USELESS TO PAY MORE -
OPEN KETTLE
PURE LADD
in oun ad, rrs so
East of Smyrna Gills
Dr. Powers of OSC
Dr. W. L Powers, bead of the
soils department of the Oregon
State college experiment station,
has been granted leave of absence
starting August 1 to go to Turkey
to do land and crop appraisal work
on one and possibly two irrigation
projects in that country. C V.
Ruzek, professor of soils, will be
acting head in his absence.
Services of Dr. Powers were re
quested by the Knappen Engin
eering company of New York
which has a contract to develop
the Gedis river reclamation pro-"
ject and expects to get a similar
contract for the Menderes river
project, both of Smyrna in Tur
key. If the latter is obtained Dr.
Powers will be needed until the
end of the year; otherwise until
the last of October.
New Location
KIRBY CO.
NOW
595 N. Front St
Telephone 2-5364
Lee Ilandwerk. Mgr.
Shoes Repaired At
4 CORNERS
John's Shoe Service
State and Lancaster
drop over 111 show you
man needs after doing
it a case at a time I
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351 Siaie Street
BOIL
Braise
ODa
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49c
Cuts
Oik Sg
55c
39c
45c
PURE PORX
SAUSAGE
40c lb.
KSTY TO PAY LESS.
25c
Ibe.
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