1 3 The Statesman, Salem Orooon, Thursday Jun 1,
1950
WILLAMETTE WALlEWmmm
Water Expands
West Oregon
Farm Country
News and Views of Farm and Garden .-i-Dy LILLIE L MADSEN
Major Shows
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ror aneep
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On Calendar
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Br LUIle I. Madsen
T Tarm Editor. The Statesman '
With the United States twinging
formally, into National Dairy
month today, Willamette valley . la
Just a step ahead, having corn
Dieted many of her major dairy
shows of the spring and turning
'.world. . , ;-i ' '
' Four major sheep events are
scheduled for the first half of June
here In the Willamette valley. Two
f these the oldest two events
art the Marlon county and the
Iin county Fat Lamb shows. Un
fortunately for those who like to
auiena do in, oom are neia on oa
urday, June 3.
The two events differ somewhat,
to. at least folk who are not ax
hlbiting in either show, will have
an opportunity to attend tne event
which appeals most to their fancy.
linn Connty- Shows at Scie
Linn county's show,-to be held
at sao, oners aiso a wool xair,,a
10:30 a.m. parade, ' lead by the
Eclo high school band, with $83.60
In prize moneys. Howard ordan Is
parade chairman; ; i.
The wool fair will include
wool spinning demonstration by
Jurf. E. -E. Foss ot Eugene. -Almost
$100 has been set up In premiums
for the . wool garment division
which Will be judged by Vlolette
nietal f Thflnnn. Mn 1 J. D.
Densmore, jr., and Mrs. Bess Phil
lip! are chairmen.
R. L. Clark of Portland and H.
E, Lindgren of Corvallis will judge
the lambs for which $95.50 in
prizes is offered. , R. A. Ward of
Portland Is fleece judge for the
$66.50 prizes. v i i
The annual Linn county dog
trials, open to all counties, will be
run off as. the Scio high school
ball park at 2 p.m. for the $60
to be awarded. j a!
Hazel Pague McCornack is gen'
ral chairman of the Linn county
vent,-; r
Marlon Shows at Turner ' "
Turner's show starts off at 10:30
sum. Saturday with lamb judging
afternoon. The Turner Eastern
Star women have i agreed to fur
nish the lunch at noon which is
always a, part of Turner's sheep
show fun. During this period the
Hay Wire orchestra, made up of
members of the Salem FFA chap
ter, directed by . Bill , McKlnney,
will entertain.
The fat lambs will be judged by
four, Eddie Ahrens, Turner; Floyd'
Fox, Silverton, Ronald Hogg and
Claude Steusloff, Salem. A total
A . tnA i . . f
vi auu prize money is ouerea in
this division. Henry Aherns is
general chairman.
The state dog trials, attended by
many who do not go to the lamb
. 1 1 A ... M -It 1.1
. iagw lucu wut iouow uie selec
tion of the champion fat lamb.
Louie Hennies Is director of the
aheep dog. trials. 1
Wool fleeces another event of
the Turner show will be judged
by H. C. Fell of the Pendleton
Weolen Mills. Still another event
at this show will be the flower
display sponsored by the Turner
Home and .Garden club. Mrs.
Ward Ingles of Stayton will judge
the seven divisions and everyone
la invited to bring an entry.
Clackamas te Have Show. "
Following the Marion 'county
and Linn county events will be
the fourth annual Spring Lamb
Show for . the Clackamas County
Livestock association. This has
been set for June 10 at the Canby
fairgrounds. Premium . lists Indi
cate four divisions In this show,
Including open classes, 4-H classes,
FFA classes and the wool show! .
! Final sheep event for the dairy
i month will be the Pacific Interf
aational Market Lamb show and
sale at the Pacific International
Continued development of ir
rigation- in western Oregon offers
a major possibility for expanding
the state's agriculture.
In the region, there is a poten
tial irrigation project exceeding
one million acres on which crop
production can be doubled by the
use of water, states Arthur S.
King, state college extension soil
conservation specialist. .
IrriraUan Increases "J -
Best available estimates Indicate
an area slightly more than 100,000
acres Is now being Irrigated. As
late as 1928, the specialist states,
just 2,500 acres in western Ore
gon were Irrigated. He cites the
two figures to show the tremen
dous Irrigation expansion that has
taken place during, the past 20
years or so. -
Need for Irrigation in ; western
Oregon was established 'by nature
despite the fact that much of the
area receives an average 40 inches
of annual rainfall.
King states that during the best
part of the crop growing-season
May, June, July and August
longtime weather figures Indicate
an average of only 4 and one-half
inches of rain. This, he adds, is
Just a fraction of total! crop re
quirement.' : ! !
Tests Made 40 Tears I -
Meanwhile, possiblities of Irri
gation water use ; have j been ex
plored by the Oregon agricultural
experiment, station over a period
covering 40 years. In j brief, re
sults show that irrigation increases
yield on any? crop that normally
grows during the summer months.
Thus lar, Willamette valley ir
rigation expansion has progressed
largely: on the basis of individual
farm Droiects. . Much of the area
has been developed by sprinkler
irrigation, but King states that
surface or flood irrigation is used
frank Poennlnr mt ML Anrel la nletnred her with his snrpla ribbon Winner. Commander of Pep's I on a substantial acreaee. This
Acres, the three-year eld grand champion owl at in Guernsey snow new at tne atate lairrronnas latter method is popular on larger
.tesman.) -1 -- i i farms devoted to pasture and field
Monday. (Farm Photo for The Statesman.;
BHBHBJSSSBBMSSSV- - i V Vf J I t
crops. i
Approximately one-t h 1 r d of
western Oregon's irrigated lands
are now devoted to the production
i of vegetables for fresh, market
and processing. Another similar
acreage is devoted to intensive
crops including fruit, nuts, veget
able seeds, hops, nursery stock,
mint, bulbs and similar crops.
F arm Calendar
June 1 . ! Pacific Northwest
Guernsey sale, North Portland.
June -S ' Marion : county j fat
lamb show, Turner. ;
June 3 Linn county fat lamb
show, Scio; . : s , .
June 3 Linn-Benton Guern
sey show, Albany. ;
June 6 Poultry cullins and
disease exhibition at state fair
grounds. Open tayeveryone. 1 pjn.
June 7-8 Linn-Benton Jersey
show, Albany. . :
June 8-10 ' Eastern Oreeon
Livestock show, Union. '
June 8 Marlon county beef
tour. .. . .
June 8-10 Lebanon Straw
berry festival. ?
June 8-10 Linn Countr Rabbit
& Cavy Breeders show, Albers'
feed store, Lebanon. ; i
June 8 Farm CroD field day.
Oregon State college, 9:30.
June 10 Fourth annual Clack
amas county spring; lamb show,
Canby.
June 12-18 Oregon state
grange convention, Ontario..
June 13-24 4-H summer school,
Oregon State college.
June IS Market lamb show.
Pacific International, 9:30 ajn.
Auction 1:30 p.m. ... i
June 18 Marion County Jer-
pomona, Kelzer hall.
June 23 Guernsey field day
in Marion and Polk counties?
- June 24 Guernsey field day,
Clackamas county. -I
, June 11-14 Fourth annual
leadership institute, town and
country, churches, Oregon State
college. . ; -
June 28 -- Oregon Chick assoc
iation Memorial Union. Corvallis.
June. 29 Oregon Poultry Im
provement association. Memorial
Union halL. Corvallis.
July 11-14 -rr Fourth annual
leadership institute, : town and
country, churches, TfcOregon State
college. '!
July 23 Oregon State Farmers
Scandinavian
Seeds to Be
Naturalized '
Whether vegetables from the
Scandinavian countries and from
England can be . naturalized as
easily and thoroughly as the
people from these countries have
been- In the past, is a test being
made in a new crops research
program initiated at Oregon State
college. The new long-range pro
gram includes two major Droiects
designed ' to keep vegetable . pro
cessors and .producers abreast of
the latest developments in the
field.
One of the projects will be con
centrated on. improving vegetable
crop varieties for processing and
fresh market use through breed
ing, testing and selection. Focal 1
point ox tne second project Is the
improvement of , yields through
nutritional practices. Selection of
the problems to be studied Was
based on a field survey of vege
table growers and processing
firms throughout; the state. .
The studies have been set up
this spring under the direction of
Dr. W. A. Frazier, who Joined the
experiment station -staff last Octo-
June 21 Marion county granger aer servingTnine years as
neaa 01 me department ox vege
table crops at the University of
Hawaii.
Behavior patterns of "new vege
table varieties under Willamette
valley conditions will be observed
in the initial phase of the variety
improvement project.
Now under observation are 100
bush bean varieties, 100 tomato
varieties, 150 sweet corn breeding
lines, and 140 onion breeding lines.
Numerous smaller tests involve
Union picnic. Champoeg.
- August 5 Willamette valley
purebred ram and ewe sale, Al-
rany. . .
cantaloupe, watermelon, squash,
lima beans, brusset sprouts, and
cauliflower. Seven varieties of
bush beans and seven strains of
golden cross . bantam corn have
been selected for more intensive
study. ..; f ' ... j I
i Nutritional work in the first '
year will be centered around fer
tilizer practices with green beans. :
Fertilizer field test plots have been !
established on farms in the Port
land and Salem areas. Emphasis
will be on method, amount, time .
and ratio of nitrogen applications.'
Later studies will Inclnde fertili
zer practices with phosphorus and -potassium.
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MILK INCREASING
It is likely that milk production
this year will exceed the all-time
record of 121 billion pounds made
in 1945, reports Dairy Record. In
January and February production
was at a level that would indicate
a yearly production of 123 billion
pounds. Increased production was
partly due to very increased pro
duction per cow, but cow num
bers are also on the increase.
STANDARD METHOD OKEHED
Field observations indicate that
the so-called standard method of
feeding laying hens give best re
sults. In this mash is kept before
the hens at all times, with scratch
grains being added hi the even
ings. Laying hens have a ten
dency to consume j too much .
scratch grain especially during
summer months, with, free-choice
feeding. . j ,
FAKBt CROPS DAT ET
Willamette valley farmers are
Invited to. attend the annual Ore
gon .experiment ; station's farm
crops field day at Corvallis Fri
day, June 9, says Rex Warren,
farm crops . specialist. Assembly
point is the greenhouses on the.
state college campus; at 9:30 aim.
Daylight Saving Time. Lunches
are to be' brought, but coffee,
cream and sugar will be provided.
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Say Hobson, state president of the Oregon Gaernse Breeders association, yrored he knew his Goern
, sera Monday at the annual valley spring shew heUt at the state fairgrounds. Hobson la pictured here
with the crand ehasaoion female. Thelma's Little Mite, owned by Hobson and G. A..McCulloch of
Amltr. (Farm Photo for The Statesman.) .
exhibition grounds in North Port
land, June IS. The show: opens
9:30 ajn. -
Entry lists close June 9 at the
Pacific IntematlonaL Here will
be classes in pens of f, 10, 25, and
80 market lambs with trophies and
other,, awards, In addition to the
$300 premium list. The auction
sale has been set for 1:30 pm.
Judges will be Ed Arnold, lamb
buyer for Armour A Company,
A. T. Bohoskey, widely known
lamb feeder and judge from Yak
ima, Wash., with Norman C War
sinske of Billings, Mont, as auc
tioneer. "
. The Portland event was origin
ated! by the" Oregon Purebred
Sheep Breeders, with support of
the Portland Union Stock Yards,
North Portland livestock firms, the
Pacific International Livestock Ex
position and meat packers.
Northern 'Louisiana Territory
Was at first attached to Indiana
Territory for administrative purposes.
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M O HURRY. CHU M-BUeky attempts to dissaide
Beauty, the alley cat, from leaving the tub at the shelter mt the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty te Animals, N. W
Quaimclhi n&sumnibliouiigs
If anyone has forgotten; this is
the time of the year we bait for
strawberry root weevil. This
means treating your strawberries,
primroses, azaleas and rhododen
drons, as well as the Coral bell
and a couple dozen other plants
that the weevil like to feed upon.
Control can be had by using any
of a half-dozen trade-named, com
mercially prepared poison baits.
If you treat a big field, 100 pounds
will take care of from ' one to
three acres. Advice is j now not
to put it on the crown of the
plant but around it, handy-by.
.:
That doggoned Cornell tim
othy isn't showing up too good,"
Harold Riding, Molalla,! kept re
peating this spring. But Harold
has changed his chorus. IThis is a
late-season pasture grass and the
crop really started coming on af
ter the middle of May. Lotus
major growers, are considering
Cornell rust resistant, late timo
thy as a possible companion crop
for ' this legume. Most grasses
mature ahead of lotus. Harold's
planting is adjacent to Vkk road,
a mile north of Molalla.
The Clarence Bexnings report
they Just didnt know what It was
to be famous until their big Hol
steln cow made that world record
in May. Since that time folk
from all over the country have
been coming to look at her folk
who don't seem to, know a cow
from a horse, and others who are
quite ' farm-educated and - know
there are both Holsteins and
Guernseys 'so insist upon calling
the black-and-white "Guernseys."
This doesnt seem to satisfy either
the Guernsey or the Holstein
people. People going out to look
over a farm project should wise
themselves up a bit to keep from
looking and sounding like back
street dty folk, just like the
country guy does when he comes
to town and doesnt want to be a
backwoods country, chap, . ,
It's a faraC but It's no ordinary
farm. this iris farm over near
Silverton. If you want to ramble
about and take a look at some
thing really colorful just drive
from Sal em, to Silverton over the
Brush Creek road (that's the route
you usually take) and just before
you enter the town look to your
left. Acres of blooming iris is
something that certainly gives
color to the landscape. Don't
wait toe long. The iris will begin
to fade now shortly.! They have
been in bloom for the past three
Weeks. Rholin and Pauline Cooler,
who started the Iris gardens at
Silverton, began their project In
their own back yard while Rhohn
was a mall clerk in the Silverton
post office.! They .expanded until
they spread across the creek to
the present Cooleyj gardens on
James , Avenue (here's 'the show
VnUtTXt AJy Ram and Ewe
iJj At lii . - j I C? t IT i no T
ado men j iney expanaea some aaie IlaS xO& rJllrlcS
until tney bought tne old
Room for 1800
4-H Clubbers
At Session
Dates for the thirty-fifth annual
4-H club summer school to be
held on Oregon State college cam
pus have been set for June 13 to
23, and as last year, a top limit of
1,800 has been set on enrollment,
announces L. j. Allen, state 4-H
club leader. i -
With local leaders, college stud
ents and county extension agents
who will serve as counselors, total
attendance will reach a 2,000 fig
ure, the state club leader adds.
Additional . professional i persons
from Oregon and out-of-state will
take part in the Instructional
program. ,
Enrollment quotas on a county
by-county basis have again been
set. These quotas are based on
4-H club project completions and
enrollment at summer school in
1949. The top enrollment quota
for the coming 10-day summer
school has been given to Marion
county 110 club members. Lane
and . Washington counties as well
as the City of Portland will each
be allowed to enroll 100.
As In proceeding years, dorm
itory and classroom facilities are
being turned over to the 4-H club
members during their stay at the
college. The college .health service
Including doctors, nurses and com
plete hospital facilities will also be
available In case of emergency.
Older club members will be
housed in 13 sorority and 15 frat
ernity houses that are being taken
over for the duration of the 4-H
summer session. - Younger club
members they must be 12 years
of age to attend will be housed
in college dormitories.
All of Oregon's 38 counties will
be represented by enroll ees, most
of whom will be attending on
scholarships won in local, county'
or state competition.
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C I. Benson home on the line be
tween Silverton and Brush Creek.
Now the acres of iris form a sight
worth driving many miles to see,
We are swinging into the dairy
month today and we are getting
concerned 3 about sheep shows.
Most of the dairy shows have been
held in May so that "the cows can
settle down and payj attention to
the month set aside In their honor.
With all the sheep shows coming
up In June, we get to wondering
if July might be sheep month.
May be it's just a hang over. We
are learning that a lot. of sheep
men used to be dairy men. For
instance . there ' are I the Ahren
brothers Eddie and; Henry
from down at Turner i , we didnt
JiM Scodaid Gaidfns
once been Holstein raisers, we Share - With Art
Consignments to the tenth an
nual Willamette valley ram and
ewe sale to be held in Albany on
August 5 will-include" 148 pure
bred yearling rams and 34 pure
bred yearling ewes, l it has been
announced by the sale committee.
Seven breeds Suffolk, Hamp
shire, Comedale, Southdown, Co
lumbia and Shropshire will be
represented by both ram and ewe
offerings. Rams only will be of
fered in Lincoln, Cheviot and
Cotswold breeds. !
The sale' committee consists o
E. R. Hubbard. .Corvallis; Claude
Steusloff, Salem; EJdon Riddell,
Independence; and O. E. MikeselL
Albany, Linn county extension
agent. Hubbard is sale manager.
caught them leaning over a barn
gate up at the Berning Holstein
ranch at Mount Angel . -. . "We
used to have Holsteins;? they ad
mitted with a certain nostalgic I
tone . . Miss them? , we asked.
. . . "Mm," Henry thought It over.
"Well, In the morning and toward
evening," he finally 1 concluded.
"we are awruiiy glad they are
Romneys and not Holsteins.'
CHICK PRODUCTION LOWER
. Chick nroduction during May Is
Indicated to be less than May last
year. ,The number of egrs In in
cubators on May 1 was reported
at 18 per cent less than a year acu
The total United States hatching
of baby i chicks , from January
through April was a little i less
Horticulture-minded visitors at
tending the International Festival
of Music and Drama in Edinburgh,
August 20 to September 7will be
whisked around i f&mouagardens
and homes all within a day'i
journey from Edinburgh by motor
coach. - i . -'
. Those who have struggled -with
tuhps and radishes Hind given
life-time, to herbaceous borders
may never have doubted garden
ing as an art. : But this nod from
the Festival, an: event of great
cultural importance, seems to be
the final clincher, i ,
than a year ago, being" down
per cent. ; jl;. ! .... ''." I - ; Z :.
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