12 The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday January 28, 1950
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER
News and Views of Farm and
Good Drainage
Brings Higher
Farm Profits
Increased farm production and
possible greater profits are the
results of good drainage, accord
ing to Art "King, conservation
specialist at Oregon State college,
mho spoke before the Polk county
farm drainage meeting.
Charlei Evans, chairman of the
meeting, reported 60 persons In
terested In better land drainage
attending the all-day meeting.
Three Dams Completed
Colonel Donald G. EUget .ex
ecutive officer of the Portland dis
trict. US army engineers, spoke
on the flood control phase of the
SJllamette Basin project. Colonel
iget reported three dams Cot
tage Grove, Fern Ridge, and Dor-
na are in operation, wniie oiners
are under construction.
Fred G. Ingram of the engineers,
discussed the drainage work for
which congressional authorization
Is being requested at present in
Sill HR 5472, which Includes Ash
Ewale, Salt Creek, Mud and Basket
Slough, Ash Creek and Soap Creek
in Polk county.
Ingram stated that the Lewis
vllle dam Is not Included In the
bilL He further pointed out that
authorization does not Include an
appropriation for work. These ap
propriations are obtained by re
quest of the people and the con
gressional delegation after author
ization Is granted. -Drainage
Increased
Claude Hoisington. Polk county
PA secretary, reported large In
crease In open ditch and tile drain
age In Polk county In 1949. Ap
proximately 8,900 rods of open
ditch and 39,000 rods of tile were
placed in operation In the county.
- The group passed resolutions
opposing the location of the Lewis
ville dam and recommending Con
gress to make a restudy of the
Luckiamute project; the. formation
of legal subdivisions for the pur
pose of expediting drainage either
in cooperation with PMA, or as
Individuals; and requesting Ore
gon Congressional delegations to
work for passage of HR bill 8472,
which authorizes the drainage pro
jects. ,. , : .
r arm Lalendar
January 28 Marion County
Farm drainage meeting, Mayflow
er hall, 10 a.m.
January 27 Linn County drain
age meeting. Veterans Memorial
hall, corner 6th and Lyon streets,
Albany, 10 ajn.
January 27 Yamhill Pomona
grange, Newberg chamber of com
merce, 10 ajn.
January 27 Annual meeting
Polk-Marion Cherry Growers as
sociation, Mayflower hall, Salem,
January 28 Annual meeting
Oregon Jersey Cattle club, Keizer
hall, North River road, Salem.
January 30-February 1 Western
Oregon Livestock association an
nual meeting, Corvallis.
January SO Mt. Angel Cooper
ative Creamery annual business
meeting.
January 31 Yamhill County
South 40 field tour of Northwes
tern Malting company and Van
couver Grain company, Vancouver,
Wash.
February 3 Eighth annual nut
rition conference, Oregon Feed and
Seed Dealers associations, OSC.
February 4 Fifth annual Ore
gon Swine Growers bred gilt sale,
Oregon state fairgrounds, 11 ajn.
February fl Oregon Polled Her
eford association dinner meeting, 7
pjn.. Senator hotel, Salem.
February 8 Annual meeting
MIA, RickreaU grange halL 10
a.m.
February 9-11 Fourth annual
Bop Growers convention, Salem,
Marion hotel, 9 ajn.
xcoruary vrmuai granga
lecturers school, Memorial Union
building, OSC.
February 10 Second annual
- Mint Growers meeting, museum
building, Oregon State college.
February-1 1 Marlon county sil
age forum, Mayflower halL 10 ajn.
February 18 Oregon Swine
Growers bred gilt sale, La Grande.
February 18-25 National FFA
"week.' ,
February 21-23 State conven
tion, Oregon Farmers Union. Vet
erans of Foreign Wars building,
Salem.
February 24 Hop Growers con
ference, 208 Memorial Union build
Ing, Corvallis. U
VIOLENT DnATHfU.G.A"
L(foj(u eta 104000 population; soueauotFics & vital surispcs;,
Triplet
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CLOVERDALE Karleen Drager,
shewn doing her best to corral her three new triplet lambs for The Statesman photographer shortly
after their arrival this week. Even their busy mother en the left decided to get In en the pictureafter
doe persuasion. The triple arrival, a rarity even in sheep circles, earns in the midst of an early lamb
ing season which prevails this year. All are registered faffelks. (Fhote by Lester F. Conr, Statesman
Valley editor.)
'Rocking the Baby'
May Return with
Medical Approval
LINCOLN, .Neb.-(INS) - "Rock
ing the baby Is coming back Into
scientific acceptance.
Dr. Morris Fishbein, former ed
itor of the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical association, told this
to University of Nebraska stu
dents In a recent address.
The doctor, who held the edi
torial post 25 years, added:
"I wouldn't be surprised to see
science get over Its habit of sep
arating mothers and new-born in
fant at hospitals."
In discussing Infant feeding, Dr.
Fishbein recounted how an east
ern woman physician decided to
test the food selection desires of
babies and placed all manner of
food within reach of a group of
babies. He said:
"One baby ate five hardboiled
eggs, one after the other, with no
obvious ill effect. Another child
showed a great liking for cod liver
oil."
He said this and other experi
ments and studies indicated that
a. "lot of scientific feeding practi
ces -nay be on heir way out" s
Smut Spread Blame
Laid to Dwarf Smut
Ninety percent of the wheat
smut Increase in the Pacific North
west last year was due to dwarf
smut a variety which cannot
be controlled by seed treatment
it nas been estimated by Dr. C. S.
Holton, USDA cereal chemist
stationed at Washington State
college.
From figures given him by the
Pacific Northwest Grain Dealer's
association. Dr. Holton reports that
14 out of 33 wheat varieties grown
in the area last year were smut
free. Golden and Elgin contribu
ted 88.4 percent of all smutty
wheat reported. ,
NEW OFFICERS NAMED
Newly elected officers of the
Clackamas County Livestock as
sociation are Walter Fisher, Cams,
president; Marcus Vetter, Monitor,
vice president; and Maurice Bus
ton, Liberal, director. Holdover
directors are Ben Elmer, Clarices
and otto Lucht. . Molalla. Don
Coin Walrod, Oregon City is the
secretary-treasurer.
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RJlea W. Dee, ef Oakland, Calif,
Is the featured speaker at the
Western Oregon Livestock asso
ciation meeting at Corvallis Jan
vary SO, II and February L
Solving the problem ef keeping
livestock products en the move
at high volume will require
producers, processors and dis
tributors alike te give more care
ful attention to the demands ef
the consumer, and this, ears Mr.
Doe, will be his topic at the con
vention. Doe Is vice president ef
Safeway stores.
McMinnville Creamery
To Give 4-H Banquet
The 4-H club banauet for an
livestock club members sponsored
annually by the McMinnville Co
operative Creamery will be held
Wednesday, February 8, at 7:30
pjn. in the RickreaU Grange halL
Following the banquet, there
will be movies and a talk by Cal
Monroe, state 4-H club leader. All
boys and girls enrolled in 4-H
club dairy and livestock clubs are
invited to attend this banquet
MALES MAKE MORE GROWTH
Males make more economical
gains than females In raising
broilers or turkeys. The males
grow faster than the females, and
the faster the growth the higher
the efficiency of feed utilization.
In broiler trials at the Massachus
etts experiment station at 3
Sounds of body weight. New
ampshlre males required 40 per
cent less feed than New Hamp
shire females.
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CAPITOL LUIIBER CO.
No. Cherry Ave.
LILLIE L. MADSEN
Early
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'Possible Taxes'
Scare Residents
Of Monte Carlo
PARIS (INS) The tlnv nrin
cipality of Monaco Is known for
its famous gambling casino In Mon
te carlo, Its beautiful scenery and
an eight-century old policy against
direct taxes.
Manegasaues are so accustomed
to this happy state of financial af
fairs that they are now demanding
free gas, electricity and water from
their government, but they are evi
dently out 6f step with the times.
An unprecedented 1950 budget
of close to $3,000,000 is working
against the happy, tax-free popu
lation or the little .607 square mile
nation on the French Riviera.
The crisis came to a head when
all 18 members of the Monagasque
parliament resigned rather than
vote for a direct tax. The recently
Installed Prince Ranier III called
for new elections this month when
900 malt electors will go to the
polls to choose a new legislature.
In the meantime the very word
"taxes" makes a Monegasaue
jump.
"We now pay 1.73 on all busi
ness transactions to support our
national soccer team. That's too
much as it Is!" exclaimed one.
Polk Plans DHIA
For RickreaU, Feb. 8"
Dairymen are urged to attend
the annual meeting of the Polk
county Dairy Herd Improvement
association, which will be held
Wednesday, February 8, In the
RickreaU Grange hall. In addit
ion to the regular business meet
ing, Ben Simondson, manager of
the Oregon Dairy Breeders as
sociation, will discuss the organ!
ration of an artificial breeding
unit in Polk county.
A committee headed by M. B
Findley, RickreaU, is already go
ing ahead with plans to start such
a unit A minimum of 1200 cows
Is needed to start a unit in this
county. In the afternoon, Tom
Ohleson, administrator of the milk
marketing administration, will
discuss the milk pricing situation.
He has been on the milk control
board from the beginning and
knows the marketing problems
The meeting starts at 10:00 ajn.
with a covered dish dinner at
noon, and will adjourn ia mid-
afternoon.
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Phona 3-88S2 or 2-4431
Infant Death
High in Pigs
Says Iindgren
This, little pig went to market;
this little pig stayed home and
quite possibly died.
Paraphrasing the popular nurs
ery Jingle, Harry Iindgren, Ore
gon State college extension ani
mal husbandry specialist, points
out that farrowing season is on
hand, and that four out of 10 pigs
born in this country never reach
the nation's dinner tables.
Not only Is the loss represented
bf cash at market time, but at
least 14 per cent of all hog feed
Is wasted as a result of feeding
hogs that die on the farm.
Program Outlined
To insure added hog profits, the
specialist has outlined a five-point
plan which he says will cut pig
losses and benefit every hog grow
er: One, have brood sows In con
dition; two, give pigs a chance
thiough good facilities and good
care; three, know your feeding;
four, control parasites; and five,
control Infectious diseases.
Various scientists express the
view, Lindgren explains, that ev
ery pig farrowed dead costs the
grower 140 pounds In wasted feed.
Any pig dying between farrowing
and weaning represents an aver
age loss of about 1 and three-quarter
pounds of feed for every day
It lived.
Guard Ran a "Must
Approximately one-half of the
losstt in young pigs come as a re
sult of the sow lying on them. Thus,
a guard rail around the walls in
a farrowing pen is a "must, Lind
gren says. It is also a good idea
to put a sow in her farrowing pen
a few days before pigs arrive In
order that she will become ac
customed to the new surroundings.
Best farrowing house tempera
ture Is about 87 degrees. At 60 de
grees sows become warm and rest
less; at 80 degrees or below, little
pigs begin to chilL Electric brood
ers, easily made from a light bulb,
a reflector and a piece of plywood
or tin, will save many pigs from
chilling during cold weather.
Improper diet also results In
many pig losses, the specialist con
cludes. Klemans of Keiser
Build Their Own
Handy Small Silo
A silo for farms with four to six
cows has Just been put into use
by Max Kleman and his sons in
the Keizer district north of Salem.
The Kleman family Is handy with
tools and build most of their equip
ment and buildings themselves.
The proof of the family's skill is
weU demonstrated in the newly
built sUo. , .
The structure Is seven feet In
diameter and 23 feet talL Staves
are one by four flooring. The hoops
which hold the structure were pre
fabricated by use of a pattern and
a band saw. Scrap pieces of pine
lumber made the 12 bands. Kleman
took no chancer on the strength
of the wooden bands and added a
V. hr 2 lnh ttran rnn hant
under the first six bands from the,
ground up. These steel bands give
adequate strength for grass and
legume silage.
The bill of materials for Kle
man's seven by 23 sUo read some
thing like this: 700 feet of floor
ing for staves, 700 feet of scrap
pine for prefabricated bands, gal
vanized eight penny sox nails,
three ply plywood for door, steel
for reinforcing bands and a yard
and a half ton of concrete for the
base.
Total cost for materials was
$123. The silo wUl store over 30
tons of corn or grass silage. Ben
A. Newell, county extension agent
tuvesiocKj in Marion county, says
that's chean storage end is en
couragement to operators with on
ly a small acreage and a few cows.
Life of such a silo should be 20
years or more.
JERSEY WINS MEDALS
Baroness Seena, a registered
Jersey cow owned by Newton
Davis of Endee Farm, Wood burn,
has completed a production record
of 10,483 pounds of milk and 618
pounds of butterfat which has
qualified her for the Gold and
Silver Medal awards of the Ameri
can Jersey Cattle club.
ANCIENT HISTORY
SPRINGFIELD. HL-(INS)-The
untold history of Illinois for
countless centuries before the com
ing of the first white man is em
bedded in five feet of soil atop
Starved Rock in Starved Rock
State Park, near Ottawa. Archae
ologists last summer found there
traces of progressive Indian oc
cupations stretching back for
thousands of years, possibly as
early as 3,000 B. C, or earlier.
Wj Rom "where
I wrote that ever aa article la the
Cleriej. last veek, bat I didn't like
doing H. After aU the mu it was
alaed at Slim Henderson la a
good friend of adae.
Slim came into quite a windfall
last month, and bought the old
Clarke place. The deed gave him
title to eS the land right down to
the street Then Slim started to
take up the sidewalk to make his
lawn look better.
I felt It wasnt fair to the town
and said so in my article. Next
morning Slim comes around and
wants to know what X meanget
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New officers for the Marion County Jersey Cattle elub were elected
Sunday at the annual meeting at Mayflower halL Standing from left
to rirht are Fred Davis, Woodburn, director; Floyd Bates, Salem,
president, and Leonard Lee, Salem, rice president. Seated are Ted
Hobart, SUTerton, secretary and Mrs. Arthur Bnyserle, Woodburn,
assistant secretary. (Statesman Farm photo.)
nGsumcIa IIufiunmlbllDimgs
A top-notch production race be
tween "Frannie," a registered Hol
stein owned by Dr. J. B. Harrison
of Eagle Creekr- and "Babe," a
registered Jersey owned by Rex
Ross of Mt Angel, has Just come
to a close end, Richard Gale,
DHIA suDervisor for the two
herds, reports.
Babe, whose registered name is
"Come Son Junior's Babe," won
by a very close margin. Her pro
duction for 308 days was 821.6
pounds of butterfat and 13,814
pounds of milk.
Frannle, whose registered name
is "Bessie Peertain Bracelet.' pro
duced 8115 pounds of butterfat
and 20,371 pounds of milk in her
305 day test period.
While Frannle produced consid
erably more milk than Babe, but
terfat has been the customary
point where most stress has been
placed. Neither cow had any
special care other than that given
the rest of their stablemates.
Lebanon's 12th annual Turkey
Day has been announced for Feb
ruary 15. The event will be held
in Lebanon's city hall which was
such a pleasant sunwise to those
who attended the Turkev Day a
year ago. Few of the smaller towns
of the state have as attractive a
city haU as does Lebanon. The
Rambler wonders II turkeys or
strawberries or both are respon
sible for it It couldn't be that
lumber was, could it? Well, even
so. the Oregon soil which pro
duced the lumber, too likely paid
for the haU.
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Hazel Prague, and we suppose,
no matter how we try, shell re
main Hazel Prague to most of us,
and A. E. McCornach were receiv
ing good wishes and congratula
tions on their marriage at the
Willamette Commodity Credit as
sociation meet at Salem Monday.
Hazel is widely known for her
sheep ranch at Sdo and her work
In maintaining the rugn tone oi
the Linn County Sheep show at
fidA nnh mrln. Something new
is being planned for the event this
year, she whisperea.
Mac, Hazel's new husband. Isn't
a ctranffpr ta these carts either.
He has been a director of the
credit association for some time
an4 la nnw It vicm nrpsidpnt. He
( mscAHated with the Eurene
Fruit Growers and admits that he
and Hazel are sort of commuting
between Eugene and Scio. Also,
h- ariria h rertalnlr is learning
a lot about sheep that he didn't
know neiore.
Clackamas county has got some
thing for these snowy days. Good,
old fashioned community "talk
rests," with food at noon, have
been on the schedule. One such
event was held at Oak Lawn on
January 20 with George Howard
in charge and it proved most suc
cessful. On February 3 another
one has been planned for Mar
quam's community haU out east
of Silverton, with Albert Barth In
charge. Walter Hardy, Russell
ville, reserved the date of Febru
ary 10 for a meeting there.
Just about everything of interest
to the farmer is talked. First we
start out talking rather formally
about soil conservation and weed
control, but first thing you know
we are off on a tangent which may
end anywhere between crop and
livestock production, to how the
water in the weU held out last
summer and what about water
right laws in the state. It's good.
and we really learn a let.
Louis Hennies, Turner. Is one
busy man getting ready for the big
annual meeting of the Western
Oregon Livestock association to be
I sit Jjy Joe Marsh .
Givo Us Back
Our Sidewalks, Slim!
ting folks riled against him. I felt
ornery myself, and we had quite a
set-to OTer the whole business.
From where I sit, that was fool
ish. Once we'd cooled off (orer
lunch and a bottle of beer at Andy's
TiTenO.SUm decided the sidewalks
should stay for the common good
and I promised next time I'd take
a good look at the other fellow's
point of view before writing any
articles abont him!
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held in Corvallis January 30. 31
ana reDruary l. . Hennies Is Mar
ion County Livestock association
president
The banoueL which ca man
who do not attend aU the sessions,
motor up for, is set for the night
of January 20. Pharl! TVana
Independence, is president of the
association. Charlie is even busier
than Louis.
As a fun note at the banquet a
barbershop quartet contest is be
ing inaugurated. Marion County
Livestock association is offering
ior its contribution the Four
Norsemen from Silverton.
Ghosts Travel
Rome Busses
PARIS (INS) People who be
lieve in ghosts shouldn't ride on
bus tops.
Anyone who doubts this should
take note of a Rome dispatch to
the Paris newspaper Figaro.
In the little town of ForU a bus
bulging with passengers was pre
paring to leave on its regular run
to Pievre di Diveschlo. At the last
minute a man came running up to
the door and tried to wedge his
way inside. But this time there
Just wasn't room for one more.
Undaunted, our hero climbed on
to the roof and squatted on an
empty coffin that was being de
livered to a family in Pievre di
Kivescnio.
Things were going fine until It
began to ram. A brilliant idea
came to the bus-top voyager. He
opened the coffin, stretched out in
side and shut the lid to keep him'
sen ory. ;
At another stop two more pas
sengers climbed on the root" (It's
apparently standard operating pro
cedure on Italy's little interurban
busses.) The newcomers were rev
erently regarding the coffin with
their hats over their hearts when
passenger No. 1, inside, decided to
raise the lid for a little air and a
peek at the outside world.
Before he could explain to his
fellow passengers, they had Jump
ed off the roof, either not noticing
or not caring that the bus was
traveling at high speed.
They were taken to a nearby
hospital where their condition was
described as "very serious."
nOLSTEIN MAKES RECORD .
Among registered Holsteln-
Friesian cows in Oregon, whose
recently completed production re
cords were recorded by the Herd
Improvement Registry department
was one owned by Walter M.
Brog, Salem. This cow, Bess Hou
wtje Veeman, made 603 pounds
of butterfat and 18,810 pounds of
milk in 331 days of two makings
dally at the age of 4 years and 8
months.
ON THE STREAMLINED
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$21 .60 roundtrip, plus tax. Fast morning; to night
run; connect with OtcZ, arriving Los Angeles i0:55
next morning. Luxurious chair cars, tavern, coffee
shop and dining cars. See the high Cascades and
Mt Shasta in their srjetecular winter dress of ice
and snow. All chair car seats reserved but no charge
for reservation. Children under 5 free 5 through
U, half fare.
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Breeders Sign
32 Gilts for
Swine Auction.
Twenty-two breeders have con
signed 32 registered bred gilts to
the 5th annual Oregon Swine
Growers sale at the state fair
grounds hit Salem Saturday, Feb-'
ruary 4, 11 ajn., reports F. L.
Zielinskl, St. Paul, sale chairman.
Nine breeds are represented
with breeders to include, Chester.
Whites, six head. Glen Hawkins. -
Shedd; Alton Marshall, Mulino;
Elton Watts, Silverton. Leonard ;
Forster, Tangent Spotted Poland
cmnas, two head. Wilmcr Lyon..
Junction City, and Elmer Stangel,
wiison vuie. Berkshire, five head, '
Richard Schaefer, Salem; Oregon
State college, E. L. SawtelL Mol
alla. Poland Chinas, three heart,
Wendell Willard, Dayton; F. U
Zielinskl, St Paul, Leonard For
ster. Tangent Durocs. eiaht head.
Jim Lorenzen, Silverton; ESKvIn
Kidder, Sherwood; Homer Zielin
skl, Gervais; Guy Hansen. Junct-'
ion City; C. E. Stretcher, Beaver
ton, and Marvin Robertson, Sher
wood. Yorkshire, three head. F.
L. Zielinskl, Elmer Stangel. Min-t
nesota, one head, Hugh Severin,
Prospect Herefords, two head.
Earl Drury, Fall Creek, and Har
old Schmidt Newberg. Hamp
shire, three head, Lyle McKinley,
Shedd, and F. C Putman, Hills-
Doro.
Richard Barnes. Silverton. will
be clerk at the sale which will be
cried by H. J. McMurray, Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
New Lincolns
Set to Go on
Exhibit Friday
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 25 -Heralded
with the slogan "Noth
ing could be finer," the 1950
Lincoln and Lincoln Cosmopolitan
cars will. bow to the public to
morrow in more than 1,400 show
rooms across the nation, including
the Warner Motor Co, at Salem,
Ore.
Unusual luxury and livelinen
combined with the highest stand
ards of comfort and performance
are claimed for the new cars
which feature 150 changes In styl
ing and mechanical improvements.
All models are available with
automatic shifting Hydra-matis
transmission and the high com
pression, 152 HP V-type Lincoln t
cylinder engine, officials said.
Benson Ford, vice-president and
general manager of the Lincoln
Mercury Division of Ford Motor
company, said that while mechan
ical excellence and manufactur
ing precision are outstanding fea
tures of the 1950 Lincolns, to tho
public . the striking first impres
sion would be a sense of luxury
Ing.
Yamhill's 87-Year
Old Tile Still Works
The highlight story told at tho
Yamhill drainage meeting was
that told by George Zimmerman
of YamhilL
The story was about tile that
Zimmerman s father had put in
the Cove Orchard area, 85, 86 and
87 years ago. The clay tile put in
at that time are still working and
doing a good draining job on tho
Zimmerman farm.
Reports at the meeting showed
that in 1947, there were 111 farms
completing 18,000 rods of tiling.
Also, 69,000 feet of ditching were
dug that year. Estimates mad
in 1949 show that approximately
160,000 cubic yards of earth had
been moved and 27,000 rods of tilo
naa neen put in curing we pass
year."
Fiery, Smarting Itch
ef Common Skin Rashes
Don't staad such torment another bout I
J nit smooth Reaiaol Omtacnt oa your
Irritated skia at ooe. See how quickly
iu medically proves ingredients ia laa
lia bring bliaaf tu, loag-laatiag relief
plus nt
Tht friendly Southern Pacific