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, ; I The Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Thxmdaj. ' January 5, 1950
VUAME7TE WUZ.EY FARMER
j Nws and Viws of Farm and Garden ty UUJeLmadsen
State Controls
Agriculture
In Sweden
L By Unie I Madaen
Fairm Bditor.. Tttm Statesman
Self-sufficiency seems to be the
topi aim of Swedish farmers. Dr.
G. H. WOster of Orefon State col
lege, reports upon his return from
thet World Dairy Congress held
-tome weeks ago in Sweden. Each
farmer can almost feed his family
from his farm. Dr. Wilster said.
The country itself-produces most
of Its needs. Only very few items
are needed through importation.
he added. ! !
The agricultural policy which
- . provides this self-sufficiency, was
not formulated over night It has
taken several years to bring it to
Its present point. Dr. Wilster stat
ed, and "it has resulted in a ra
tionalized agriculture without un
favorably affecting any one agri
cultural group.
Load Policy Followed'
It has grown so gradually that
the Swedish farmer has scarcely
' . known he was following a set pol
icy. But in order to reach this
coal, a number of points have been
stressed, with the , government at
the head of the teaching staff. Soil
has been studied carefully a ad a
complete fertilization and sou Im
provement program has been car
ried on. Government agencies
hare pointed out which part of the
land is best for which crop and
how that land should be improved
to give the maximum production.
' v The farms have been mechanized.
f Combines, milkuig machines, else
trie power are all common rfn
Swedish farms. The farmer is bet
ter educated than in former years
Agriculture 1 has advanced far In
1 ; Sweden., " ' 1 y
' "I visited many farms that were
en par with our best ecfuipped and
managed farms here," Dr. Wilster
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Sweden Has Mere Cows I
Sweden has seven million people
against Oregon's one and a half
million, but has one and three
quarters million cows while Ore
gon has only 223,000 dairy cow,
r , Sweden consumes much more but
ter, cheese, milk and potatoes than
we do, but much less meat, Dr.
Wilster says, adding that he saw
no beef cattle during his stay In
; Sweden. ... . .
The Swedish farmers preach the
gospel of "not each farmer for him'
self but each farmer for all farm
vers." But to the average Ameri
ran farmer, the Swedish policy
may be carried a bit too far. Dr.
Wilster admitted. The government
has gained too much control of
sericulture to suit the 'American.
In Sweden, SO acres, exclusive of
grazing and forest land, is consul
ered the ideal acreage. If a farm
er has more than the government
feels he can properly handle or
should handle, he can lop off bit
and sell It to a neighbor who may
be cultivating less and would like
: more. The farmer gets the money,
ex elusive ox taxes, tor the prop
. - erty sold, but he may-be forced to
. sell. - '
Farms Mast Fredaee '
Also if a farmer dies, he Is not
assured that his farm will go to
his heirs. Only if the hairs plan
- to cultivate the land that has been
. previously put to crop production,
can they keep It Otherwise they
. are requested to sell it to someone
i who will cultivate It In a manner
the government feels Is best
The farmer, Dr. Wilster said, has
self-sufficiency but frequently
lacks Independence In control of
his land or crops. K f
In Denmark, Dr. Wilsters native
country which he also visited dur
ing his trip abroad, things were
different. Conditions are com
paratively good, but there is not
the .complete self-sufficiency . he
-found In Sweden. There is, how
. ever, more Independence. Danish
farmers are still running their own
farms how and when they wish.
, Denmark Lacks Machinery
But Denmark, always one of the
advanced countries in agriculture,
slipped somewhat during its Ger-';-
man occupation during the war.
' Dr. Wilster said. Denmark Is Just
now getting back on her feet again.
While not much material damage
Is noticeable In the greater part of
..- Denmark, the dairy and hog herds
have to be built up again. ldachin
ery; Is not quite so plentiful as in
! Sweden. Plumbing In the rural
sections has not advanced as rap
idly as it has in Sweden or even in
- America in recent years, he said.
But he described Denmark as
one of the "cleanest and neatest
countries I have ever been In" and
the Danish people seem quite
happy. Cooperatively, the Danish
raw farmer maintains strict rules in
i sanitation both in production of
his dairy products, and the health
-' i ef his seeds and livestock. i
Dairy plants in both Sweden and
! Denmark are entirely cooperative.
Government statisticians ostl
: mate, that the rat population of the
U. S. Is at least 14,000,000, about
i equally divided between farm and
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NEW Whirlaway
(The latest Development in
Roclcef Engine
(Tha latest development In hyofnpretsion engine)
. affords Incomparable smoothness
Economy Performance
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Novv On' Display LODER BROS.
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Production Falls
Below Consumption
According to NoelpBennlon, ex
tension poultrymani at' Oregon
State college, Oregon consumers
used 32 per cent more eggs than
produced here In 949.
While plenty of poultry Is pro
duced in the United States, Ore
gon has changed from an export
ing to an Importing! area of mar
ket eggs and 'chicken meat. The
change has been brought about
by the large increase in popula
tion in Oregon since 1940.
Wheat Smut
On Increase
In Past Year
Oregon and the Pacific North
west seem well on the way to
regaining the dubious distinction
of being the nation's number one
wheat smut disease sorespot
During 1949, more than 20 per
cent of nearly 19,000 farmer
owned lots of wheat ... graded
smutty, a rise of I per cent from
the preceding year. It has been
reported to the Pacific northwest
smut control, committee by R. E.
White, PMA grain supervisor,
Portland, who handles federal
grain Inspections. for the three
northwest states. '
i White estimates that thirteen
million bushels of the 1949 wheat
crop in the three states will be
marketed as smutty. In addition
to cash discounts, the extension
farm crops specialist Rex Warren
at Oregon State college, a mem
ber of. the smut control commit
tee, points out that presence of
smut also affects yields adversely.
Two wheat varieties, Elgin and
Golden, contributed 88.4 per cent
of the smutty grain, White indi
cated, i :
Infestation Climbs
Total smut infestation after be
ing reduced to Just 2.8 per cent
of the. crop in 1942-43, -has been
climbing for seven straight years.
Swing to non-smut resistant va
rieties such as Elgin and Golden,
and failure on the part of farm
ers to take proper seed treatment
precautions, are listed as the prin
cipal reasons for the increase.
In the western. Columbia; basin
area, the total infestation was re
duced from 11 J per cent a year
ago to J per cent In 1949. Mark
ed improvement was shown in the
Condon area, White stated. Bad
spots were confined to the north
ern parts of Wasco and Sherman
counties the same as in 1948. It
is increasing rapidly in the Wil
lamette valley. '
Smut, a spore disease, has been
known to reduce yields up to 29
or SO per cent Oregon State col
lege agronomists declare.
In the Pendleton Inspection sta
tion area. Improvement In the
over-all smut picture was also
registered in 1949 as compared
with the year previous. Samples
grading smutty totaled It J per
cent in 1949 as compared with
19.7 for the year before.
Recent Wool Sales
Reported by PWC
The Pacific Wool Crmrr ra.
DOrt tha Sale of mniMmMi
volume of original bag fine and
nau noa range cup wool and a
substantial amount of rrAA fin
wools late In December.
The prices ranged on the fine
WOOls from 11.40 tn It IS n
pound landed Boston, which Is the
current marxet. ureased prices
range from 48H cents to 59 tt cents
per greased pound depending on
the shrinkage. - - .
DESIGNEE GIYEN BLANKET ;
Frederick H. Ely ef Salem, has
recently been presented with a
sand shade wool blanket The
blanket was. a gift from the Ore
gon, Purebred Sheepbreeders for
his work In designing the
orial to the pioneer sheep breeders
of Oregon. The memorial was
presented by the sheepbreeders
and dedicated at the last Oregon
State fair. Ely .refused to accept
payment for his work.
Start tht
New Year
Right
Be tore Tew
Vision Is
AeVeqnately
I Salted to
Tear. Wert
Dr. S. A.Wheat!ey
Optometrist
12S Court St Phone 2-4411
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A snew-eeverei eeoatryside Is pictnreaqae bet net eeenemleal for.
farmers wbe meat feed livestock wiSbeat benefit of green grass.
Her la a typdcal scene of the week at taw farm mt Werner Keller-1
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Farm Calendar
Jan.5-7 Northwest Spray Con
ference, Imperial hotel, Portland.
Jan. 5-7 Oregon State fair as
sociation meeting, Multnomah
hotel, Portland ;
Jan. 8 Linn County Livestock
association, Lebanon city hall, 10
a Jn. !'.;;
Jan. 9-11 Oregon Seed Growers
league, Multnomah hotel, Port
land, 10 am. f I-;
Jan. 11 Annual meeting San
tiam soil conservation district city
hall, Stayton, 10 a.m.
Jan. 12 Annual meeting south
Tillamook soil, conservation dist
rict Nestucca, ! Grange hall, 10:30
am. i ':
Jan. 14 Annual Marion county
4-H cooklnM club leader trainin
meeting, Hogg; Bros, kitchen, Sa-
iem, iu:3U am.
Jan. 17 Annual meeting Clack
amas County Livestock association.
Oak Lawn community hall, Barlow-Monitor
highway, lft miles
south of intersection with Wood-burn-Molalla
highway, 10:30 am.
Jan. 19 Farm drainage meeting
with Willamette River basin com
mission, fair building, McMinn
ville, 10 am. i
Jan. 21 State directors of farm
Bureau luncheon, Salem.
Jan. 21 Meeting of Marion
county 4-H local leaders associa
tion, Mayflower hall,. 2 135 Fair
grounds road, Salem, 1 pm.
Jan. 22 Marion County Jersey
Cattle club, Mayflower hall, 12 JO
pm. ' ' i ; .
i Jan. 23-21 Mth annual con
OREGON
fDCPT.Of ACRKULTCri!
INSPECTED
aae
PASSED
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Lexzn, Tonder Morsola.
Stow. ' '--'-
BLADE CUTS
Tcotos Bettor Than Ever,
Wexifhec.. '
' BOKTLES3
BUI? EIDli
t FAT BACX - "J. .
Dcson Sgnayes
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Moke Vegetables a Mean
TLAVOBIZED-
Unoqnalod lor Teaaornacmd ITavoc.
PICNIC CUTS K "
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IIo SpridsV
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vention of Oregon Dairyman's as
sociation, Xugene.
Jan. 23-23 State PMA confer
encej Gearhart ,
Jan. 23 Annual stockholders
meeting, Willamette Production
Credit association, Marion hotel,
11:43.
Jan. 24-26 Annual western
Oregon 4-H local leaders confer
ence! Memorial Union building,
OSCj campus, 10 am.
Jab. 27 Linn county drainage
meeting. Veteran's Memorial hall,
cornier of 5th and Lyon street Al
bany, 10 am.
Jam. 28 Annual meeting Oregon
Jersey Cattle dun, Keizer hall.
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Western Oregon
Livestock association annual meet
ing, j Corvallis.
Feb. 4 Oregon Swine Growers
Bred Gilt sale state fair grounds,
Salom.
Maltipg Barler
Tour Scheduled
A! feature of the annual Oregon
Seed Growers league In Portland
January 10-11 will be a tour of
the Oreat Western Malting com
pany of Vancouver, Wash, which
will be open to all Interested In
matting barley production. Gil
bert Courtrlght and Roland
Schaad, both of Union county, are
chairman and secretary of the
malting barley committee of the
league.
In addition to a tour of the
plant, - the program will include
an on-the-spot discussion of the
barley research program; malting
barley production by Richard
HenzeL Klamath county, and pro-
SfeaV Dsiail
To BrcdM or
la This Cold
Dish.
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hala In the Evergreen area seats of SUverton. The livestock Is evi
dently Inside the barn, diaiac expeaalve nay or eacilas beeaoae
STaas paatore la oavered wttk saew. CState Faraa stkwto.)
Pest Controllers
Will Meet With
College Leaders
Commercial pest exterminators
from Oregon, Washington. Idaho
and British Columbia have ar
ranged an annual conference plan
with the first to be held on the
Oregon State college campus next
April for three dars. '
This announcement was made
by Dr. Don C. Mote, head of the
department of entomology of the
OSC experiment station, after he
and representatives of the com
mercial firms had agreed upon
procedure.
" Purpose of the annual confer
ence, to be rotated in future years,
is to bring the commercial work
ers and scientists together so the
former may obtain latest informa
tion on the life habits and control
of such pests as wood boring in
sects, flies, carpet beetles, clothes
moths, roaches, fleas and other
household Insects, as well as such
rodents as rats and mice.,
The committee of the Northwest
Pest Control Operators association
which met with Dr. Mote to work
out plans consisted of George A.
Atchison, Ardee Maintenance Co,
Tacoma; D. V. Turkian. Suther
land and Turkian Scientific Pest
Control, Inc., Seattle; and, Merle
H. Weaver, Weaver Exterminat
ing Co, Portland.
posed malting barley grades, prob
ably by B. W. Whitlock, federal
specialist of Portland.
PccMnj Phnl .
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Tti Largcrl Dchgca b Crc-:a Will De ca Display ia Qzx
Il&rkef, Friday and Saturday. Ocsra Us T7clcJ. Tkt Two
Ilearest Gaesses T7ia a IIczi cr a Sida cf B&ssa. Step la and
Sea It. It's Lots ef Fcav
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IHIerps Good -fuleat IJeus
Fcr Year Coavenitnct, We Art Opsdcg a IIET7 IIIBEET
IIAI1EET Which WiU Be Known as the CAPITOL BRAnCH
d the Ilidget Ilarliet. Located oa North jCapitel St. Catty
cornered from The Capital Shopping Center. We Will Feaiara
the Sane Oatstanding Valasi For Which The IIIEGET IS
FAIIOUS. To Borrow a Phrase Frca Oar Fdead 'Qai2'
"Two Ilarkeis That Operate as One." Watch For Oar
Opening Date.
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DftlTGS CONTROL DISEASC
Experimental results of Rhode
Island agricultural experiment
station found that frequent clean
ing is one method of combating
cocci dios is in growing chickens.
The use of drugs is the other.
Losses from cecal coeddiosis were
less than 2 per cent in chicks on
rations containing .0123 per cent
sulfaquinoxaline continuously.
Prison Padres in
England Want
Death Penalty Kept
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LONDON (INS) The wardens
and padres of Britain's jails want
to retain the' death penalty for
murderers. .
This fact was disclosed In two
memorandums submitted to the
third public meeting of the Royal
Commission Capital Punishment
in London.
"Prison wardens favor the pres
ent system of execution by hang
ing,' stated the memorandum sub
mitted by a panel of five jail heads.
The memorandum by a panel of
three prison padres also supported
capital punishment Their state
ifient said.
"Society may act on behalf of
God. In the matter of evil doers it
has a God-given right to check and
correct any subversive elements in
its midst and In extreme cases,
where no alternative remedy is
prudently available, to remove of-
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Growers Will
Efear of Seed
Conditions
How Oregon-grown alta fescue
grass seed is faring in competition
with Kentucky. 31 in the southern
states will be reported' at the
forthcoming annual meeting of
the Oregon Seed Growers league
m Portland. January 9. 10 and 11.
E. R. Jackman, league secrecy
has announced. i i ; ;.
All general sessions wtllJfe
held in the Multnomah ho&t
starting daily at 10 uu, says R.
Wallace Rice, Grants Pass, presl
dent The annual banquet Janu
ary 10 will feature Governor
Douglas McKay. i
Two prominent seed Industry
spokesmen, Carey Strome, Junc
tion City, and Alec Cellars, ! Me
Minnville, have recently returned
from attending the annual meet
ing of the Southern Seedsmen s
association in New Orleans. They
will report their findings on' mar
ket conditions to the state's alta
fescue seed growers the afternoon
of January t. .-h-i': ;; MIf j-i ;(
Bulk of Oregon's alta fescue
grass seed, Jackman explains, is
sold for forage and soil conserva
tion purposes In the southern
states. Kentucky 31, a similar
grass, competes with alta fescue
seed throughout the area. I h
: New potato marketing 1 tech
niques will be on display during
the league s potato committee
meeting the afternoon of January
10. Chairman M. B. McKay.
Troutdale, says the. display will
include waxed potatoes, especially
processed peeled potatoes, canned
and frozen French fries. Rejular
grades will be on display to show
growers the spread in price be
tween poor and good potatoes as
well as price differences between
various producing areas.
. Chairmen of the. legislative,
farm-owned cleaning ' p 1 a n t s.
weeds, and. marketing problems
and outlook committees have also
called meetings of their groups.
Discussion of weed control
methods will be featured the open
ing day, January 9.
WEAK BATTERY
NEW YORK, (INS) The Auto
mobile Club of New York says4hat
45 per cent of the emergency road
service calls It receives in the win
ter come from motorists whose
cars have been disabled by battery
failure. . . '
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AMZES PIECES ONLY
WT PAY TOP MARKET PRICES
Open 1 A. M. to 12 1 P. AA. to 4; Set. 9 A. M. to It !
VJILLAT.1ETTE GROCERY CO.
, SOS South Coftago Salom, Orogon Phono 41 44
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Faces Court-Test
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LONDON. O. -fINSI- Th hn
against married 'high school stu
dents in Ohio mar follow th mK
ber hose as a symbol of a bygone
era in education.
The London board nf wtno.
tions "unwritten law against the
enrollment oi married students
faces a i court test because it re
fused to admit a married 17-year-
oia dot to classes.
Joseoh S. Martin. th flh.
Joseph IV, filed' a mandamus ac
tion against the school board.
xoung Martin was married in
February. 1948. and the uhnni
refused to enroll him.
Other Ohio villages and rural
areas which follow the same
custom of barring married stu
dents will be greatly Influenced
by the court decision.
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WOOL AUCTIONS SCHEDULED
The Western Wool Handlers are
scheduling a series of auctions to
be held in May, August and Oct
ober at Portland, San Francisco.
Salt Lake, Denver, Casper, Wyo
ming; Bell Fourche and Newell,
South Dakota; Billings, Montana,
and Craig, Colorado. R. A. Ward.
Portland, is chairman of the pub-
lie relations committee of the as
sociation. , , I . ,
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Edacity lean
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Ask lor Special Thick Cuts lo Cassorole
fir Staff Wife Drossina.
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