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News and Views of Farm and Garden -By LILLIE L madsen
Salem Town
Ranch Grows
Fine Figs
By LKlie L. Madsea
rarm Editor. The Statemn
' Anyone Jwho believes figs do
rot growls well In Oregon as
elsewhereshould take a few hours
off before the first frost and motor
out over South Commercial street
to the liberty district and 390
Ewald street and take a took t
the fig orchards of Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. French, where more than 75
thriving extraordinarily
well withMrs. French says, "not
too mucn care . ... . .
Mr. French was born In AlDina,
Portland, but went to school
in Tacoma Mrs. French was born
Jessie Robins, aaugnier oi no,i,
Robbins-ol a pioneer uauas iam
Uy.
Now the two are settled on their
little "farm" south of Salem
where, when Mr. French is not
busy with his work in the state
utomoblle license bureau, they
grow a great variety of fruit and
nuts. It is now 15 years ago since
they bought the place. With the
exception of four years in the
Portland shipyards during the
war, they have made Salem tbelr
home during those 15 years.
The trees were growing on the
lace when the Frenches acquired
t and Mrs. French admits that
these were a part of the induce
ment in buying it. The age of the
trees, they will tell you, furnish
conclusive proof that figs can
atahd Oregon winters.
"We have had all kinds of
winter in those 15 years," Mrs.
Trench points out.
Of the three varieties grown on
the French ranch, the Lattarula,
the Asiatic honey fig, is perhaps
"the best known. The trees are now
loaded with their second crop of
sweet fruit Another variety in the
-orchard is the Gillette, a yellow
variety from France which bears
but one crop. The Granada, the
black Persian fig does well. It Is
quite large and Just beginning to
ripen its second crop.
The Frenches say there are
many reasons why they like fig
growing. For one instance, the
trees seem to need'no spraying
ond verv little cultivation. The
first crop is ripe in late June or
arlv Julr and the last is har
vested in October. Usually the first
frosts still catch a few of the rigs
ripe on the trees.
But Mr. French Is rather ver
satife. Besides his "farming' and
his work with the state operator's
license bureau, he writes. Among
his published works is "Railroad
man", the story of his father,
Henry Clay French, who started as
messenger and call boy on the
Hannibal & St Joe lint when he
was 13 and for almost 57 years
thereafter he saw active service
aj telegrapher, switchman, brake
man, fireman-engineer, conduc-
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Two sets of triplets pose here at Oregon State college's John Jacob As tor experiment station. The tow-
headed Astoria lassies are Carta, Cathy and Carol fkoakj. Tno triplet registered Guernsey calves. Just a
year old, will be seen at the Pacific International Livestock exposition In North Portland, October 7 to
15. Statistics show the three little heifers Anna Mae, Anna Lob and Anna belle had only one chance
in 7.520,000 to survive bat they did. At the 1J4I exposition they were quite a drawing card In the Guern
sey division.
The Statesman's
Farmer-of-the-Week
Perl Bye, who is known among
his friends as "an awfully good
farmer", is Just as good a fisher
man. Here the Statesman farm
photographer caught Perl Just as
he was coming home Tuesday
night from a rather successful
fishing trip out on the Nestucca."
Perl was, born in Canada but.
came to this country when si"
months old. It was not until hie
returned there for a visit 10. years
ago that he learned he hadn't
become a citizen when his father
did. He hurriedly corrected this
error.
He has a nice, small dairy on
his 50-acre farm which lies to
the west of the Pudding river
bridge on the Salem road about
four miles out of Silverton. Here
he raises some grain and hay,
experimenting a bit with various
fruits, vegetables and pasture
feeds.
Evelyn, who was Evelyn Ste
wart before her marriage. Is as
widely known as her husband.
She is employed in the offices
of the Cooley Iris Gardens at
Silverton and otherwise keeps
busy with her two youngsters,
Stewart, 9, and Diane, 5.
The whole family likes fishing
and last winter, during the slack
period on the farm. Perl made
a handsome boat which the fam
ily loads on the trailer and takes
out for the river fishing trips.
tor and yardmaster on 18 differ
ent lines.
Macmillan Company published
the book in 1938 and since then
number of short stories and art
icles have come from the French
typewriter out on the Cf farm..
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Hi,'
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Oregon Man Will
Preside at Meet
In New York Gty
Oregon cut flowers on the New
York City, cut -flower market
well as Oregon fruit in the fruit
auctions on the piers there, will
be of Interest to Frank McKen
non, chief of the division of plant
Industry, Oregon state department
of agriculture.
McKennon will visit these while
he is in New York during the
week of October 10 to preside at
the annual meeting of the Nation
al Association of Marketing Of
ficials. He was elected president
when that group met in Portland
year ago.
The marketing officials will go
on inspection trips scheduled to
the wholesale fresh fruit and
vegetable markets In New York
city, the cut flower market and
the fruit auction. The Oregon
official la eager to view at first
hand the condition in which the
western products arrive after the
long haul across the United
States.
The marketing officials will In
spect also the wholesale live poul
try terminal owned by the city of
New York.
On his return trip, he will stop
in Chicago for two days for the
meeting of the national plant
board, October 17 and 18.
Both this and the New York
meeting group are composed of
state officials concerned with the
movement of agricultural pro
ducts between states The associa
tions have boon working for uni
formity in the fields of grades
and standards and for the elim
ination of unnecessary quaran
tines and other trade restrictions
between states.
SViM6vMeri :
Meet to Work
On Research
Formation of a long-range
win research program at the
Oregon State college agricultural
experiment station was initiated
by station officials and swine
grower representatives here this
week with the tentative research
program to be presented for group
approval at a second meeting at
the Pacific International in Port
land in early October.
Reduction of cost is the overall
program of the industry, the
growers told station officials.
Problems specifically mentioned
as needing investigation were
pasture establishment and man
agement, parasites and diseases,
herd management equipment im
provement through breeding, and
impaired fertility.
PI Meeting Set
The most acute industry prob
lems wIH be incomorated intn
the research program which will
oe presented to the industry re
presentatives for approval at the
P-I October 13. Research investi
gations will be started once the
final program is drafted.
Dr. Fred -F. McKenzie. head of
the animal husbandry department
called the meeting of the growers
and station officials. He will
present the proposed research
program at the Portland meeting.
Cooperating With the animal iti-
bandry department in the pro
gram will be the departments of
veterinary medicine, farm crops,
agricultural chemistrv. acriniUiir-
al economics, agricultural engine
ering ana entomology.
Breeders Present
Grower. reDresentstivM whn
tended the meeting included Lyle
McKinley, Shedd, president of the
Oregon Purebred Swine Growers;
George Kraus. Silvortnn TmmhI
Forster, Tangent; A. J. Zlelinskt
ouven on; rrea snuetz. Baker
Glen Hawkins. KhM- t,.
Hoofnagle, AH eel; Amos W. Cre-
ger, waines; Clinton Hudson, Bak
er, assistant agricultural agent
Baker countv; and Burns T rii.
ey. La Grande, assistant county
jhji, union county.
CHAMP TOPS .00 GIRLS
Jo Ann Roberts. 17 OiaM r4.
ner of the state fair style revue
earnest, represents the best sew
ing aecomrHhmnt rt mnr
6.000 different Oregon 4-H club
You ought to be
driving a
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esijrS If you are going to buj a soot or
VJ car you can think joantll
right into a PontiacI
TUtk of the moat beautiful car you've
seen this year think of the car that's
nationally famous as a wonderful used
ear taint of the things that make
General Motors car outstanding year
after year think of the low-rciced ear
that looks most at home before smart
hotel and dubs everywhere!
You wiQ iad that la every oaee yen ere
thinking mboat PontiacI
As a matter of fact, you wiQ find that it's
time to stop thinking and start tfolking
right down to our display room.
Well put you laehlnd the wheel of a 1W9
Pontiac and we're ready to bet that
you'll be there for "keeps'. For here's
the easiest ear to fall in lore with a the
whole wide world!
Farm Calendar
Oct. 5 Oregon Jersey Cattle
club meeting, Salem Chamber of
Commerce, pjn.
Oct 7-15 Pacific International
Livestock Show. Portland.
Oct. 12 -H fatstock auction
at Pacific International 10 in.
Oct 11 Silver Creek Soil Con
servation district meeting. Silver
ton, 8 p m.
Oct 12 Santiam Sou Conser
vation district meeting, Aumsville.
CM. 15-18 Capital City Rab
bit 'feeders association show, Sa
lem.
Oct 16 Marion county Jersey
Cattle club. Buyserie & Son,
Woodburn.
Oct 19 Marion County Pomo
na grange, Waldo Hills. Canning
contest
Oct 22 Guernsey Heifer sale.
state fairgrounds. 4-H, FFA and
World War veterans.
Nov. 5-12 National 4-H club
achievement week.
Nov. 6-8 Annual convention of
Oregon Wool Growers, Portland.
Nov. 14-15 Agricultural coop
erative council of Oregon, Mult
nomah hotel, Portland.
Nov. 15-17 Oregon Farm Bur
eau Federation, LaGrande.
Nov. 15-18 Pacific Coast Tur
key exhibit McMinnvUJe.
Nov. 17-18 Annual meeting of
Oregon State Horticultural socie
ty, Eugene.
Nov. 19 Marion County Corn
Show, Central Howell.
Tiirkey
n
Outlook Mixed
This Season
The price outlook for turkeys
this fall is a mixed one, C W. Nor
ton, manager of thi Northwest
Poultry and Dairy Products com
pany, told some 175 turkey grow
ers who attended the tenth annual
meeting of the Oregon Turkey Im
provement association at Oregon
State college.
Despite the large turkey trop
this year. Norton believes thero
will be a aradual crico rise as the
Thanksgiving market approaches.
Me uunks the holiday market in
general will brino? 45 to 47 nni
net to growers for hens and 35 to
37 cents lor toms.
Disturbing factors, however, are
the threatened larxe-scale strikes
in the east and the uncertainty
caused by devaluing the English
pound sterling and the Canadian
dollar. This may work against high
er turkey prices, Norton suggested.
i ne association asked for contin
ued government price supports for
turkeys as long as other commodi
ties are supported, and objected to
tne present policy of penalizing
heavy toms. The association also
Snow Peak Dairy
Club Wins Trophy
The Snow Peak Dairy award
given annually to the outstanding
4-H dairy club of Linn county has
been awarded this year to the
Model Dairy club of route 2. Al
bany with Walter Shelby as lead
er, H. Joe Meyers, Linn county
extension agent announced Wed
nesday.
The award is made on exhibits
at the Fall 4-H fair. Judging con
tests, showmanship contests, herds-H
manship, record books and demon
stration team.
The Model Dairy club will re
ceive and hold for one year the
revolving trophy. This award was
won last year by the Sunrise Dairy
club led by R. A. Talbott
slants the USDA to re pert on cum ,
ber of breecler'hans to be tarried
over by around Thankigiving, and
also wants the National Turkey
federation to meet In Oregon next
year. W. R. Schwedler, Portland,
is the new president.
The United States produced
more than 3,500,000,000 bushels of
corn In 1948, about a billion mora
than were produced in 1938.
Waikins Products
Has! Be Good!
Th soma quality throughout
for 80 years.
Household Supplies
Cosmetics
Human Minerals
Stock Minerals
Hilton A. Dierks
4320 Diaries Rood
Phone 3-1602
members enrolled in clothing pro
jects this year, states Mrs. Winni
fred Gillen, state extension agent.
The comely Linn county girl made
a brown wool sharkskin suit
- FERTILIZER -
Wo offer tho following fertilizers
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Ammonium Nitrat
Sulphate of Ammonia
11-48 Ammonium-Phosphate
16-20 Ammonium-Phosphate '
18 Superphosphate
46 Superphosphate
Cyanimid - M urate of Potash - Boron
Mixed fertilizers, all grades
We Do Custom Mixing of Fertilizers to Meet
Any Requirements
WOODBURN FEED & SUPPLY CO.
Woodburn, Oregon - - Phona Main 147
Tregon7
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inspected
PASSED
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PASSED
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Salens Befall Packing Flanl
EIIJOY IIEAT EVERYDAY
351 Stale Si.
Do aa thousand oi Salem Citizens who depend on tho MIDGET to solro their moat problems. Inspected Moots Osdr
We narat off at an inferior product to mcrlntoin a low price.
YOUIIG EASTERN OREGOII BEEF
Bright Bod Color Streaked With Whilo rat
Dcsf Roasts
Tender Blade) Cats
ib.
1 Loan Cubes
ZS I Boneless NIcs To Brats
4i0
Donoloss Bump (TT) I Round Steak
Me To Slic lb. Ci Center Cuts . lb. dJd
PORK PRICES HAVE DROPPED
grain-lad pig porkers. They harm that chicken-like flavor and texture.
Porh Roasis I Pork S!eak
Plcnla Cuts Jb. U Laon Blad Cuts lb. IJ
Loin Chops 1 Gacon Sqnaros 11 (tT)
Dcdntr Uan ib. i Makes Vegetables a Main Dish lb. tJlL
PURE PORK
SAUSAGE
40c
Pal C Tho Pancake
PURE polir
LITTLE LIIIKS
45c
Tasto Taasors
TLAVORIZED"
LUNCH IIEATS
45c
A Meed Or Lunoh
Tho hngo amount oi moat sold hoto otott wook anablos us to offer you these unoqualod rahae.
Sido Bacon
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ATTEIITIOII DEED HUIITEnS
6l?0 Loin Bacon
Canadian' Stylo
4
lb. IT U
Jb.
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Tho Aroma oi This DsHdous Dry Cured Bacon Frying hi tho SkiHai. will Make That Camp Bttakfast a fsast far c Una.
& win Stoady Your Aim to Ncdl That Buck.
'TLAVORIZED PICinCS" tZZJ?Z
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40 c
HERRALL-OWENS CO.
unEn you see it m oim ad, its so
449 N- Uborty Street
Satan, Oregon