I Gnlesrrirrn; Sdanu Oregon S&undo&f April- IX tlSSQ i 2
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMED
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News and Views of Farm and Garden By LILLIE L MADSEN
Mini, Geese
Mink, Sheep
Mix at Talbot
By UUIe L. Modsen
Farm Editor. The Statesman
Diversified, says N. Webster,
means "distributed, variegated."
He uses "diversified farming" as
a illustration.
Now 1 know exactly to what he
refers. It's the E. B. Henningsen
ranch In the Jefferson area at
: Talbot. There are, for instance.
horses, sheep, geese,. Hereford
cattle and a Bantam chicken.
There are also mint and mink.
There were goats and timber.
! It all started about 25 years ago
when Mr. Henningsen (known to
. the rest of the county as Ernie)
bought an Island in the Santiam
river in the Talbot area. He isn't
a native of Talbot He was born
In Astoria of Danish parents, and
was reared In the Roberts district.
near Salem.
First. He Loss
I Mr. Henningsen played Crusoe
and batched on his island while
he logged it oft For 10 years he
logged and' was one of the last to
drive a log raft out of the Santiam.
We Mr. Henningsen, the farm
photographer and the farm editor
went for a tour In a pick-up
truck out over the island. We
crossed the Santiam on -a narrow
fill-in of soiL and a bit of water;
traveled over the middle of mint
fields. Just coming through the
river silt; and ran alongside of the
edge of the Santiam where it had
cut great swaths in the soil, and
where In one location the
government . had spent a bit of
money on revetments.
Uver Is Changeable
The Santiam, Mr. Henningsen
Mid. never can make up its mind
Just where it wants to go. Part
of what was river when he first
came to the Talbot area, is now
Ceod mint fields. Part of what
was then cood tillable land is now
swift, deep river.
" "But you got to be philosophical
If you will farm land along the
river," he pointed out. "You got
to figure If the river cuts off some
f your land one year and deposits
it on that of a neighbor's, it may
deposit th neighbor's soil on your
land net year."
The goats followed logging, and
ays Mr. Henningsen, "people
den't realize the value of goats.
ATI they new know about are bull
dozers. If .you are not in too big
a hurry -the goats do a marvelous
. lob ot clearing land at little cost."
He ran 430 -of them on his island
of 275 acres. He is farming some
f00 acres in all. - This acreage was
acquired , by the purchase of a
number of. smaller v farms and
stretching them into one bigger
property, r
Mrs. Henningsen was born in
Astoria, was graduated from Mon
mouth in the days of Oregon Nor
mal school, and taught in the area
close enough to the Henningsen
J' roperty to meet and marry Ernie,
tint Fields Started
Fifteen years ago, they started
mint fields on the farms and now
have 230 acres of the flavor-plant.
-It looks good this year," Hen
ningsen says. "I dont know what
the price will be but the crop is
-going to be okay. I imagine it'll
turn out all right I haven't
noticed folk quitting chewing gum
or heard of them refusing to eat
mint Ice cream."
The sheep and the geese really
belong to the mint crop. "They
era part of my hired help, says
Mr. Henningsen.
This is the second year for the
geese as "hired hands." They are
"weeders. going through the mint
fields eating oil the grasses and
weeds, which would otherwise
have to be removed by hand and
'-hoe. Weeds grow rapidly in the
river-silt soil, especially when the
sprinklers ,are working and the
. weather warms up a bit. They
go rapidly when a flock of 70
geese follow the path of sprinklers.
relishing the weeds while they are
young and tender. "
Geese are Nesting
i At present the geese are nesting
and one finds them sitting on nests
la the most unlikely places all over
the Henningsen ranches. Wan
dering about in a bit of meadow
land, beneath the scattered trees
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Silver Flex (the horse) will be seen at the sixth annual Willamette ! Valley Horseman's association
Western Horse show and Gymkhana at the Oregon state fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday. E. B.
Hennlncsen (the man) will bo seen there also likely, bat Hennlncsea wont ba riding- this trip. He's
lost solus to watch what Silver Flex, one of the nation's top catting horses, will do. Flex, who wed
to belong to Henningsen, now belongs to Grant Farris of Salem.
was a wild goose, perfectly at ease
with a tame goose and gander.
Last season, the Henningsens
rented sheep as a try-out for
weeding. This spring they bought
290 yearlings to assist the geese
in the weeding project. Lambs
and mint certainly are "naturals"
in field as well as on the dining
table, Henningsen reports.
Older ewes eat off the mint.
Light yearlings are best. The big
ger ones get too big and you dont
get so good a price in the fall.
Mink, which used to be farmed
on the home ranch, are now most
ly leased out on shares to growers
Hh Tillamook and Astoria. All Hen
ningsen mink are now mutations.
Dark mink, they tell you, are pas
sing out ot the picture.
"It s a funny business, this mink
business,'" Mr. Henningsen ex
plains. "If you breed towards
platinums, then the women change
their minds and must, have dark
. If you bread toward dark.
they want mutations. You can
hardly keep up with
Cattl Important 1
Hereford cattle, along with
mint, is one of the big projects on
the Henningsen ranch. Herefords
there are now 30 of them on the
ranch were started here 13 years
ago when the Henningsens bought
13 head from Bill McKinney, son
of John W. McKinney, the pioneer
Hereford cattle breeder in Oregon.
These were of the Domino blood
line and the herd has been kept
pure. Market for the stock has
been excellent. It all goes for
breeding stock and there have
been no carry-overs.
But it was over a cup of coffee
the national Scandinavian drink
(for the farm editor and farm
photographer, like Henningsen,
have a Danish derivation, and
Mrs. Henningsen's ancestry is
Swedish) that the Henningsens
told of their real loves the
horses.
They had the first cutting horse
Silver Flex brought into Ore
gon. Mr. Henningsen is a director
in the national cutting horse as
sociation, and he is a great believer
in the present and the future of the
Quarter horse, to which the cut
tings belong. While Silver Flex
was sold not long ago to Grant
Farris ot Salem, there will soon be
colts, the offspring of Silver Flex,
on the Henningsen ranch.
The Bantam? That, Mrs. Hen
ningsen explained, was an Easter
present which now has been given
the freedom of the lawn.
"We don't," she added, "intend
to go in for extensive Bantam
breeding."
Approximately 143.000 mem
bers of 3,152 farm youth clubs in
new Japan are now actively en
gaged in pursuits similar to those
of American 4-H Club members.
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When year farming is diversified yea get a lot of Interesting! ,mail
every day, says Mrs. E. B. Henningsen, who Is the manarers man
ager en the large Henningsen ranch In the Talbot area. The: States
man farm photographer eanght Mrs. Henningsen removing the
mall from her rural box jast aa she returned from a shopping trip
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Farm Calendar
April 15-18 6th annual West
ern Horse show and Gymknana,
Oregon state fair grounds, Satur
day afternoon and evening, Sun
day afternoon.
April 18 Marion County Jer
sey Cattle club, NRA haU, Quin
aby, 12:36 noon.
April 16 Clackamas County
Jersey Cattle club. Andy Malar
farm, Sandy, 11 a.m.
April 17 Oregon Polled Here
ford association, 7 pjn. dinner
meeting, Cherrian room. Senator
hotel.
April 18 Polk County 4-H
leaders meeting, RickreaU grade
school, 8 pja
April 20 Yamhill County
Farmers union, fair building, Mc
Minnville, 8 pjn.
! April 21-29 Northwest Shrine
Rodeo show. Pacific International
building, Pete Logan, roaster of
ceremonies.
April 23 Yamhill County
Livestock association pasture tour,
fair building, McMinnville, 10 ajn.
! April 27 Yamhill Pamona
McMinnville
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Poults Have.
Poor Eyesight
First Weeks
Starvation usually accounts for
a high percentage of turkey poult
death losses during the first two
weeks of the brooding period.
This management reminder ! is
from Noel L. Bennion. state col
lege extension poultry specialist
who points out that turkey poults
are hatched with extremely poor
eyesight. As a consequence, many
of them will never find food and
water unless assisted.
Good lighting: with clanrv lof
feed and water accessible in the
brooder house are essential in
starting poults. At least 50 per
cent of the .mortality normally ex
perienced in raisin market tur-
peys,. Bennion relates, usually oc
curs during the first two weeks of
the brooding .season.
Marbles Used
Anyining wnicn can be done to
attract poults to feed and water
will usually lessen the amount Of
handling required. Many success
ful operators place tender young
chopped greens, rolled oats, dab
bered milk, or highly colored mar
bles in mash hoppers or In drink
ing water at least twice daily to
encourage eating. Chopped greens
on clabbered milk, for example.
provides a striking contrast that
seems to attract poults.
fcgg case flats covered with feed
and placed under or close to
brooder hovers during the first
few days of the brooding period
will also stimulate feed consump
tion.
Testing Crops TJrred
Feeling a poult's crop is an easy
method to determine if it is eat
ing, Bennion adds. In some cases.
it may be necessary to dip beaks
in feed and water several times to
induce ; eating. Some growers
practice this method as they re
move poults from their shipping
crates. ,
borne feed manufacturers are
now assisting producers by man
ufacturing colored crushed pellets
which aid in attracting poults to
ieea noppers.
Unless temperatures In the
brooder house are reasonably
warm, poults will have a tendency
to remain under the hover, and
refuse to eat and drink. Brooder
houses must be thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected before poults ar
rive, the specialist concludes.
Church Institute
Sets Summer Theme
Conservation of Souls and
Soils" has been selected as the
theme for the 1950 Leadership In
stitute for Town and County
Churches at Oregon State college
July H to 14, reports W. L.
Tuetsch, assistant director of the
extension service and institute
chairman.
The institute is sponsored by
Oregon State college in coopera
tian with the Oregon Council of
Churches, the Archdioceses of
Portland in Oregon and the
Home Missions Council of North
America, and the other denomin
ation!. , .It it intardenomipannal,
Teutsch stresses.
Both pastors and laymen from
town and country churches will
spend the week on . the campus re
viewing rural problems, especially
as they concern conservation and
becoming acquainted with meth
ods that have been effective in
town and country work. Members
of the regular and summer ses
sion faculties and religious and lay
leaders will be on the institute
staff.
Hop Harvest Cost
Raised by Control
Restricted harvesting of hops in
Oregon last year under the hop
control program caused a 20 per
cent increase in the estimated cost
ox production, according to re
sults of a survey by the Oregon
State college agricultural expert
ment station.
The estimate of the average cost
of hop production in western Ore
gon in 1949 was made by Dr. G.
W. Kuhlman, agricultural econo
mist. The compiled figures re
vealed that production costs in
creased more than 10 cents pper
pound as a result of restricted
harvesting.
Average 1849 yield was estima
ted at 920 pounds per acre while.
under the hop marketing agree
ment, growers were permitted to
harvest an average of only 690
pounds per acre. Estimated cost
of production on a' full crop basis
was 52.7 cents per pound. On a
restricted crop basis costs Jumped
to T3 JZ cents per : pound. Fixed
costs, preharvest costs and har
vesting costs were all included in
the estimate. :
Utah Man Comes
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To Oregon State
Appointment of Dr. Glen T.
Nelson as assistant aericulrunl
economist of the Oregon State
college experiment station, to suc
ceed Gordon Howe, resigned tr
complete graduate study, has
been announced by William A.
Schoenfeld, dean and director of
agriculture.
Dr. Nelson will do full time
research in dairy marketing, be
ginning wore immediately on a
cost and efficiency analysis of
diversified dairy plants in Ore
gon and Washington. The analy
sis is one pnase or a western re
gional program designed to main
tain and expand markets for
dairy products.
The new staff member is
graduate of Utah State Agricul
tural college in 1942 with a ma
Jor In dairy husbandry. After
four years of army service he
returned to Utah State where he
received a master's degree In
agricultural economics in 1948,
followed by a doctorate in dairy
marketing at University of IUi
nois.
Clackamas Jersey
Club Plans Meeting
The Clackamas County Jersey
Cattle club will meet Sunday,
April 18, at Firwoodeen Jersey
Farm near Sandy, home of Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Malar and son
M. C (Cap) Malar, beginning at
11:30 a.m. A no-host dinner, for
which members are reminded to
be feature of the day. which
will Also. include a. Jersey. Judg
ing contest in which only women.
wui participate. Some of the out
standing Jerseys owned by the
Malars win be the subjects upon
which the women will test their
Judging skill.
Special .guests at this meeting
will be members of the Multno
mah County Jersey Cattle club,
who have indicated their accept
ance of the invitation. Firwoodeen
Jersey Farm is located 2H miles
southwest of Sandy on the Foot-
mils highway (211) between
Eagle Creek and Sandv. It la
identified by the standard "Reg
istered Jerseys" shin beside the
highway.
Plans for the club's spring show,
to be held on the county fair
grounds, Canby, Tuesday, May
23, will be discussed.
Oregon Names 4-H
Club June Delegates
Four delegates to represent
Oregon at National 4-H club camp
in WashingtonrD. C. the state's
highest 4-H club awards have
been named by L. J. Allen, state
4-H club leader.
They are Roma Deane Otto, 17,
Eugene; Margaret Colegrove, 18,
Junction City; John A. Kiesow,
18, Bend: and Bill Monroe, 18,
Mullno. The four youngsters will
attend the twentieth National
4-H club camp which is to bo
held in the national's capital, Juno
14 to 21.
Trees Require Care
When First Planted
If you are one of several hund
red farmers who have received
tree seedlings this year from the
state forestry nursery, or else
where, don't make the mistake of
"planting and forgetting" them as
soon as they are in the ground,
says Charles R. Ross, extension
service farm forestry specialist.
He adds that trees planted for
windbreak purposes require care.
He suggests that the area, prepared
before planting, be fenced against
livestock and that the seedlings be
watered the first year or so even
if a bucket or tank wagon must be
used. i j
In cases where trees have been
ordered and soil preparation and
fencing have not been completed.
Ross offers this alternative: hill
them in a garden row for. year
or two. They will grow nicely
there, ha points out, and will lose
little growth while waiting to be
planted permanently a year hence.
SMUT PREVENTATIVES PAT
Seed treatment to prevent smut
on spring-sown grains is good in
surance, says O. E. Mikesell,Linn
county extension agent. One of
the best materials is Ceresan
used at the rate of one-half ounce
per bushel. Many, seed dealers
have treated grain available, and
also have facilities for treating
on custom basis, i
The vampire bat legend of the
old world is remarkable because
real-life bats that suck blood are
bring their own table service, will confined to tropical America.
Everybody's Watching . . .
"DGAUtOUA'S"
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Yes. "Beaulena." our store calf, la
really growing. Coma In and
check her weight see how she's
boating the stemdard weights for
har bread. And she's really a
honey for looks. Dairy quality
sticks out oH over her. Wo think
shs proves that & Purina Calf
Startona way really does the Job!
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; April 30-May 8 Na
home demonstration week
May 1 Polk county j Home
makers festival, school gymnas
ium, RickreaU. 10:30 a.m
May 7-9 California Ram sale,
Sacramento.
May 8-10 Annual
State Cattleman's association con
vention, Klamath Falls.
May 13 Marion
Homemakers festival, Salerrt arm
ory, 9:30 ajn.
May 14 National 4
Sunday.
May 19 Clackamas
Guernsey field day at
Bockman and Edwin
farms, Willsonville.
May 25 --- Yamhill Spring Jer
sey show, fairgrounds, McMinn
ville. ;
May 28 Annual Oregon Hol
stein picnic, Dupint Farms; Har
risburg. : j J
May 29 Marion county $pring
Jersey show, state fairgrounds.
May 30 Clackamas jersey
show, canby fairgrounds.
June 1 Pacific Northwest
Guernsey sale, Pacific Interriation
aV: Portland.
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Rom where I sit y Joe Marsh
Gabby Enjoys Going
to Tho Dontist
One ef aty smUts was firing ste
a bed the Taaeoay af Uraeoe, ae I
slipped ever te Doc Jeers, hoping
to catek Ida free. Whaa I armed.
Cabby Jakaee was aittiag there
reedlag a stagaziae. I said fecDe te
Cabby aad he nodded.
Doe cornea oat and says Fin Bert,
"Wait a minete," I says. (My tooth
seemed to have stopped aching.)
"How about Gabby doesnl he
have an appointment?' Doe smile
and says, "Gabby? Why, he's got
the finest teeth la the eonaty. He
Jest eomea vp here aad reads the
magasfaes whenever he's in town t"
As Doe went to work he told me
that ht's glad te hare Gabby: come
ap and read magazines . 1 they
wight not all be fresh off the news
stand, but If Gabby or anyone
wants te while away some time
who is a to stand in their way?
Froat where I sit. thla live aad
let Ut" spirit helps stake America
what h Is. If I prefer a frieadly
glasa ef beer with aty sapper aad
yea prefer atOk who's te say eac's
right and the other wTeagTj ,
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Salem's Retail Paclting Plant
351 Slate St. 611 Ho. Capiiol
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PORK ROAST BACOU Piece SWISS STEAK
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YOUNG SUGAR CURED BEEF
PORK STEAK SLICED DACOII POT ROAST
43c 38c a, 43c n,
CENTER CUTS OPEN KETTLE LEAN
LOIII CHOPS PURE LARD BEEF CUBES
48c 2 lbs. 25c 48c
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TRY THIS PORK CHOP RECIPE
It Sounds Good, Tastes Better. 6 loin chop toasp. salt 3 tart apples 3 tablsp. molasses tabisp. flour 2 cups hot
water 1 tabisp. vinegar 13 cup raisins. Have chops cut 1 Inch thick (Well gladly cut thorn tor you) sprinkls with
salt Brown well on fat edge on both sides. Arrange In layer in baking dish. Core aplos; place VV slices on chops:
add snolasses. Add flour to fat in skillet cook until browned: add water, stir until sauce thickens. Add vinegar and
raWnsi pour saucs over chops, add salt Coven bake 350 degress 1 hour or until applss are tender. Serves 6. Chooss
Midget Small Loin Chops and It's Sure to be Good.
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HARRY M. LEVY, OWNER. SALEM'S MEAT MERCHANT FOR OVER 35 YEARS.