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WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER
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News and Views of Farm and Garden -By LILLIE L MADSEN
Wheat Smut
In Northwest
Is Attacked
The Pacific Northwest'! worst
wheat disease smut is the sub
ject of a tri-state attack Dy means
Of a regional bulletin, "Controlling
Wheat Smut," prepared and issued
Jointly by the experiment stations
and extension services of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
Taued as Pacific Northwest'
Bulletin No. 1, the publication de
scribes in readable form the ser
iousness of the smut problem,
how the smut invades healthy
wheat plants, and what are the
best -methods of control. A list
eCcommon wheat varieties Is also
included showing which are re
sistant to common smut and which
to dwarf smut
The smut problem was pretty
well licked some 10 years ago.
In fact only 2 percent of cars of
wheat shipped in 1942 graded
smutty. That was when much of
the soft white wheat grown was
Rex, a highly resistant variety.
Millers turned thumbs down on
that variety, however, and show
ed favor for the Alicel-Elein var
iety which is a pushover for smut
The result is that by 1948. 14
percent of the cars graded smutty.
Experiment stations are working
as rapidly as possible to develop
new resistant varieties that have
good milling qualities, but mean
while extensive and careful seed
treatment is necessary to prevent
serious tosses to growers, the bul
letin points out.
Figures are given in the bulletin
showing that 10 percent smut in
fWtkn in a moderate yielding
fit-Id will cause a loss -to the grow
er of about $R 50 per acre which
could have loen prevented by
good seed tre;itmen costing only
10 cents per acre.
The condensed four-point pro
gram advocated in the bulletin
Suggests clean and treat all seed
whea(t, whether resistant or not;
plant resistant varieties of good
milling quality if available; if soil
is too contaminated, even for treat
ed seed, use only resistant sorts;
where dwarf smut is severe, grow
only spring wheat, unless a resist
ant winter variety is available.
Poultry Food Space
Should le Ample
When the grain and mash sys
tem of feeding poultry is used, 30
to 3ffrunning feet of hopper space
for 100 layers should be provided,
report Willamette valley poultry
tJcperts.
When-tha all-mash system is us
ed, this space should be increased
to 40 to 48 feet for each 100 lay
ers. Two feedhoppers, 14 feet in
length and constructed so that
birds can eat from both sides,
would giva 48 feet of space.
Farm Calendar
Sept 17 WlllameUa Valley
foil Conservation day, Aumsville,
fc30- a.m.
Sept 18 Marion County Jersey
Cattle club meeting, Robert Clark
home, Champoeg.
Sept 18 Oregon Polled Hert
ford association at Willamette Pol
led Hereford ranch, Halsey. No-
nostjuncn l p.m.
Sept 20 Oregon Turkty Im
provement association, Oregon
State college.
Sept 22-24 North Marion
County fair, Woodbum.
Sept. 24 Santiam Canyon Fall
festival, Santiam Valley Orange
hall, Lyons.
Oct 7-15 Pacific Internatipnal
Livestock show, Portland.
Oct. 12 Pacific International 4
H fatstock auction sale, Portland,
10 ajn.
Oct 15-18 Capital City Rabbit
Breeders association show, Salem.
Oct 22: Guernsey Heifer sale,
Elate fair grounds, Sept 5; Nation
al 4 - H club Achievement week
opens.
Nov. 6-8 Annual convention
Oregon Wool Growers. Portland.
Nov. 14-15 Annual convention
of Agricultural Cooperative coun
cil. Multnomah hotel, Portland.
Nov. 15-17 Oregon Farmer Bu
reau Federation, La Grande.
Nov. 17 Annual meeting of
Oregon State Horticultural society,
gene.
Rom where
Am I wu driving down Maia
Street last Saturday, another car
strong out right in front of me. It
turned out to be Buck BUke. H
wasn't going fast. It was just that
he had something else on his mind
t that particular moment.
Buck's really one of the nicest
fellows I've ever known. But,
Sometimes .he gets to day-dreaming
on the road. He sort of gets
a "blind spot" to what's going on
bout hlmt
Nw. lots of normally consider
fete folks hare their "blind spots,"
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National Home week is being observed throughout the nation this week. Pictured above are two Wil
lamette Valley farm homes but of widely different architecture. Floor space in both Is about the
same. Each has three bedrooms. Bat differences of opinion, such as depicted here, as to what con
stitutes a rood home keep the Willamette valley farmside from becoming monotonous. The colonial
style at the top Is the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hatteberg on Route 2, Silverton. The lower
house is the home, built a year ago by Mrs. C- A. Zielinskl on Route 7. Salem. It is typical in the latest
' trend In ranch houses; Home building In rural Willamette valley has Increased rapidly in the past two
years. (Farm Photos for The Statesman.)
nUaneia USaiimbflifiigg
Dan. Smith over in Yamhill
county figures he has licked the
turkey moving business so far as
pasture is concerned, Dan sug
gests that a permanent pasture
program be set up. Fences must
be built but he figures that saving
in feed and labor for one year
would pay for the expense of
the fences.
Proper buildings for a Willam
ette Valley Beef operation will be
viewed Sunday at the Dick Ward
ranch at Halsey when the Polled
Hereford association meets there
for its first out-door meeting this
year and probably the last for
this season. A no-host dinner will
be served at 1 p.m. in Dick's
new loafing shed. We had believ
ed the shed was built for cattle
loafers but it seems ; it can be
used for other things as well.
Ice cream and coffee will be pro
vided by the association, and Bob
Sears of Salem, president of the
group, will be there to see to it
that the "treats" are divided fair
ly, he says.
While the beef cattle group Is
gathered up at Halsey, a dairy
group will be meeting down at
almost the other end of the val
ley. The Marion County Jersey
cattle club will gather at the Bob
Clark home in Champoeg area.
This is going' to be about the
last time the group is going to
have an opportunity to meet with
the Bob Clarks. They have sold
their farm and are moving to
Eugene yes, to town, j Just why,
none of the Jersey breeders can
see. We understand that Bob Is
going to try his hand at building
houses. He just finished building
one for himself on his farm. '
I sit Jy Joe Marsh
Sure You Haven't A
"Blind Spot"?
It could bo anything from day
dreaming while driTing a car to
hamming out loud at the movies.
From where I sit, ifa mighty
important to be on guard against
your own fblind spots." The other
fellow has' a right to his "shara of
the road," too whether $ts hav
ing a taste for a temperate glass
of sparkling beer or a desire to lis
ten to some classical music if he
wants to.
1949, ViutedStaU Brewr$ Fmutdmtiom
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The old saying, "Prepare a
seedbed so firm that you can't
track a mule across it surely ap
plies to a year like this. We've
scarce enough rain to lay the dust
since the first of April, but Char
lie Steiner, Beavercreek, has , an
excellent stand of June planted
Tallarook sub clover and alta fes
cue. So does Wallace Sawtell on
his ranch two miles this side of
Molalla.
Of course, these two limed their
fields and fertilized well with
nitrogen and phosphate-bearing
fertilizers prior to seeding.
CROP OUTLOOK MEETTNO. SET
Crop outlook meeting for Yam
hill county has been set for Sep
tember 20, 8 pjn. in the fair build
ing in McMinnville, according to
Jack Hansell, county extension
agent. W. L. Teutsch, assistant dir
ector of extension service; Bex
Warren, farm crops specialist;
Louie H. Gross, county extension
MODERN VITREOUS CHINA UNIT CLOSET
Unit style) modem-design closet
made of stain and acid-proof
vitreou china Positive flushing
action assures quick bowl
cleansing. See it today I
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Farm Bureau Reports)
Regional Meeting
A 'western regional meeting of
the Oregon Farm Bureau federa
tion September 1 9 in Hillsboro was
announced Wednesday by Barry
Brownell, Milwaukie, regional di
rector. Representatives from Marion,
Clackamas, Columbia, Polk, Til
lamook, Clatsop and Washington
counties will study the region's
farm problems, Brownell said.
Topics to be discussed will in
clude daylight saving time, de
velopment of western phosphates,
marketing agreements; for tur
keys and prunes, a new test for
milk and a program for selling
farm crops on the hoof.
Included in the personnel who
will discuss various topics are
Milton Simon, Forest Grove; Hans
Leuthold, Tillamook; Ray Hobson,
Amity; Marcus Tetter, Wood
burn; Ray Vanderzanden. Banks:
Howard Bowlby, Cornelius and
Lloyd Lee, Salem.
agent; have been scheduled
speak for the evening meeting.
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Grass- Seeds
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Difficulties
Preliminary germination tests
mad from tha 1949 perennial
ryegrass crop show the blind
seed ! diseas control program is
effectively curbing; the disease,
reports Dr. John R. Hardison,
USD A plant pathologist working
at the Oregon State college ex
periment station.
Judging from approximately 150
seed samples, 80 per cent of this
year's crop is showing up with
90 percent germination or better.
Last year, the worst year on re
cord for blind-seed disease, only
64 percent of the seed lots rated
90 per cent germination or bove.
Yet findings made thus far show
at least 42 percent of the fields
need to be burned over again as
a disease control measure. Linn ! ?
-wuiLj a luc ;iuuij uisuitl in
volved since most of Oregon's
perennial- ryegrass seed crop is
grown in that county. Last year,
however, 80 percent of the fields
needed to be burned, according
to Hardison's findings.
Care Must Continue
Fearing that farmers will be
come complacent again about the
perennial ryegrass disease which
effects seed germination adverse
ly, Hardison is urging all farmers
in Linn county to burn over their
perennial ryegrass fields again
this fall. While germination per
centages are up, he points out
that thv disease itself is still pre
sent A year of lax control meas
ures would be a decided set-back,
he believes.
To those farmers replanting
perennial ryegrass, the patholo
gist recommends seeding disease
free seed or seed that is at least
24 months old. Lists of disease
free approved seed lots are now
in the hands of county extension
agents.
Fields which are badly infested
with blind-seed disease are not
safe for replanting perennial rye
grass for at least two years, dur
ing which they are devoted to
other crops. To prevent emerg
ence of spore cups and discharge
of disease spores. Hardison re
commends that plowing of such
infested fields be done before
May 15.
Since blind seed disease does
not affect forage quality, it is of
no importance outside the seed
growing area.
OREGON
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Salem's Retail
HEAT TASTES BETTER THAU EVER
Since The Weather Has Cooled. Take Advantage Of These Outstanding MIDGET VALUES and Enjoy Meat at Its Beet,
GRAIN FED PIG PORK
This Pork is the Small Tender nA Does Not Turn Dark When Cooked. When You Buy MIDGET PORX Yen Ate
Assured of That Chicken-like Texture and Flavor. ,
MOST LITTLE PIGS GO TO MARKET ONLY THE BEST LITTLE PIGS COMX TO THE MIDGET.
Pork Sleak
Small Lean Cuts
Pork Roasts
Loin Tenderloin End
YODIIG
Beef Roasts
Tender Blade Cuts
Boiling Beef
Plate-rib
Round Steak
Center Cuts
Our ground meats are
TO PAY LESS1
PURE PORX
SAUSAGE
Lunch Heals : 1 1 E J Bologna I k
Assorted I De iejiy lima or Rings 1 LA 4
Frankfurters II Liver Sausago IL
Odjutt-TheT'r Tender I VJ 2? U xA A Tasty Treat I Le
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PATRONIZE THE MIDGET.
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Turkey Men
Will Inspect
OSC Project
A conducted tour of the new
state college turkey farm and ex
perimental brooder house is among
features programmed for the 10th
annual meeting of the Oregon
Turkey Improvement association
to be held on the state college
campus in Corvallis on Tuesday,
September 20, Noel Bennion, ex
tension poultry specialist and as
sociation secretary-treasurer, has
announced.
Starting at 9 a.m. standard time,
the morning and early afternoon
program will be carried out in the
Memorial Union building. The as
sociation's annual banquet will be
held at the Corvallis Country club,
starting at 6:30 p.m.
Marshall Dana, Portland, will be
featured banquet speaker, and will
discuss his recent trip abroad. being removed, reports M. G.
During the morning session Dr. Huber, Oregon extension agricul
J. A. Harper, who heads the tur- tural engineer. When filling is
key research work In the experi -
ment station will review work un
derway. He will also lead the tour
in the turkey farm and brooder
house in the afternoon. In con
junction with the tour, it is also
planned to conduct a demonstra-
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The farm photographer snap
ped this! of deo Lee just
as she was telling, in response
to a dozen requests, just how she
made the; graham cracker banana
cream pie which had won the
hearts of the Marion County Jer
sey Cattle club. Cleon, who is for
mally Mrs. Leonard Lee was born
in Spray; out in eastern Oregon
but came; to the valley when she
was six years old. She and Leon
ard withj their daughter, Lindan,
10, and Son, John, 4, live on the
old home place of Leonard's fath
er the Warner Lee home. They
are raisjng some excellent Jer
seys of jwhich Cleo can tell you
quite a bit too. But she is much
better noted for her pie and her
attractive handwork than she Is
for her knowledge about the cat
tle on the farm.
tion on selecting breeders and
drawing blood samples for pullo-
rum testing.
Association President M. T.
Guerts. j Portland, has placed pro
gram arrangements in the hands of
Price Schroeder, Milwaukie; Paul
McDowell, Sherwood, and Ben
nion. '
The committee has announced
that a panel discussion on produc
ing and selling turkey hatching
eggs will also be a part of the pro
gram. Poultry Geneticist Dr. Paul
Bernier of the college poultry de
partment will discuss turkey im
provement through breeding.
Market prospects for the ap
proaching market season will be
discussed by C. W. Norton. North
west poultry and Dairy Products
company, Portland. President
Guerts will also make a report on
the National Turkey federation.
SILO SEAL DEVELOPED
To prevent exposed silage from
spoiling, a rubber company has
developed a circular sheet Bnd a
tube of plastic material to seal
the silo too when silage is not
! completed, the sheet is laid across
the top of the silage. The sheet.
whirh fits snugly, against the silo
wall?, is filled with water to make
an air tight seal, Huber explains.
The rubber seal prevents top lay-
er from usual spoilage.
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Pork Roasi
Picnic Cuts
Bacon Squares
A Bean 'Must'
Bright Eed Color Streaked
Cubes
Boneless Nice to Braise)
Boneless Ramp
Easy to Carre
Beef Roasts
Meaty Arm Cuts
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Fall Fertilization
Of Crops Pay. Off
Xarly fall application of nitrogen
and phosphate fertilizers is paying
dividends to growers of mixed
grass and legume pastures, N. John
Hansen Polk county extension
agent says.
Forty pounds of available nit
rogen per acre Is recommended on
mixed grass and legume pastures
and can be supplemented with su
perphosphate when applied on
ladino or white clover pastures."
Forty to 60 pounds of available
superphosphate will bring results,
Hansen states. This means from
200 to 300 pounds superphosphate.
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