b 3 1 H?
, r: . :n n i i i
12 The Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Thursday. June 1850
News and Views of Farm and Garden -By LILLIE L. MADSEN
r
: ".:;n .- '
- .---.jS , -r- -e:t,;r,J
,1
Ireioil heed .
Standards! Set
Types
Walter Holt (rlfht). manaccr of the Pacific International Livestock exposition, Is shown presentinc Bob
Bannlck, Brooks, with the cap won by showing the champion market lamb at the Marion county fat
lamb show. The show was held at Turner June S and Bannlck, winning first in the 4-11 club division,
' later beat out his elders in the Open classes. (Statesman Farm Photo.) ;
4-H Qubbers
Assemble
lit Coliseum
Youngsters between the ages of
12 and 21 will predominate on the
Oregon State college campus. for
10-day period beginning Tues
day, June ' 13, as the 35th annual
4-H club summer school gets un
derway, for 1,800 enrollees.
L. J. Allen, state 4-H club lead
er, states that arrangements are
now complete, and housing assign
ments have been made tor all club
members, -j THey wilt be delivered
by roster 'to -the" "front steps"' of
their respective living organiza
tions where counselors will take
them in tow for their stay on the
state college, campus. - v '
Polinc Will Welcome
The following day, Wednesday,
June 14, has been designated "Get
Acquainted Day," and Dan Poling,
ctean of men, will ofiiciallv wel
come the 4-H club members to the
campus at the evening assembly.
AH assembly programs this year
will be held in the new coliseum
rather than in the venerable men's
gym as they have in years past, j
Dr. John Anderson, head de
partment of religion at Lewis and
Clark college, Portland, will be.
'featured speaker at the afternoon
j assembly; June 15.
The Lake county 4-H drum and
bugle corps, 40 pieces strohg, is
scheduled to make a two-day ap
pearance: during the 10-day ses
sion. ,
Warrington to Speak '
A Sunday church service, June
18, will be broadcast over KOAC
starting at 11:15 and continuing
for 45 minutes. Dr. E. W.! War
rington, head of the college de
partment of religion, will speak
during the. service.
June 20' has been designated
"Bankers Day" and again this year
the Oregon Bankers , association
president will be on hand to meet
the youngsters. The Oregon Bank
ers will sponsor its traditional
vaudeville show featuring profes
sional talent. The show this year
is scheduled for the evening of
- June 20.
Club member participation will
oe stressed in otner assemDiy pro
grams, Allen states. ' ,
Farm Calendar
State Jersey Leader
To Entertain Club
: Fox Jersey Farm, home of state
president and Mrs. Marlin M. Fox,
wulje the scene of the next meet'
ing of the Clackamas county Jer
sey Cattle club Sunday, June 11,
when members will convene at
ll:30a.m. daylight time for their
second picnic meeting of the year,
As usual, members will bring
food and their own table service
as their contribution to the picnic.
The Fox Jersey Farm, identified
by the standard . "Registered Jer
seys" roadside sign, is located on
highway 215 between the Molalla
river bridge and the Liberal cross
roads. " t
Meetings at the Fox Jersey Farm
always draw heavy attendance, as"
the scenic beauty of its locale adds
Interest to their fine herdhand new
modern dairy barns and equip
ment, and it is expected that Sun
day's meeting will top all prev
ious occasions in number of at
tendants. All people interested in
the Jersey breed of cattle are in
irited.
New Brooder Plans
Given in Bulletin
, f!anttmrtinn ' nTana - fnr- tVira
types of home-built electric brood
ers designed to handle 50, 200 and
300 chicks are presented in a new
bulletin of the Oregon State col
lege agricultural experiment sta
tion. - - - ' - .- ' ."
'; All of the brooders use flat-top
' "wood hovers. The small brooder
for 50 chicks or fewer and the
brooder for 200 chicks use electric
lamps for heat. A thermostat is
needed with the 200-chick unit but
Is optional with the small type.
Toe 300-chick brooder calls for a
ready-made ivit consisting of a
forced ventilation and' electric
heating unit with thermostat to
be Installed In a home-built hover.
1 June 8-9 Rose show, Port
land. i June 8-10 Eastern Oregon
Livestock show. Union.
i June 8 Marion county beef
tour.
r.June 8 Fruit and vegetable
meeting, Oregon Farm Bureau
building, 1:30 pjn.
1 June 9-10 Linn County Rab
bit and' Cavy Breeders show, Al
bert feed store, Lebanon.
: June 9-10 Lebanon Straw
berry festival.
r June 9 Farm crops field day,
OSC. 9:30 a.m. )
i June 10 Fourth annual Clack
amas county spring lamb show,
fairgrounds, - Canby.
June 12-16 Oregon ttate
Grange convention, Ontario,
i i June 13-23 4-H club summer
school, OSC campus. ,
i June 13 Market lamb show,
Pacific International, 9:30 a.m.
Auction, 1:30 p.m.
; June 13-15 Oregon Federa
tion of Garden clubs annual con
vention, Klamath Falls.
1 June 15-16 Oregon Nursery
men's association annual meet,
Memorial Union building, 9 a.m.
evening banquet.
June 21 Marion county
urange famona, Keizer halL
i June 18 Marion county Jer
sey Cattle club meeting.
June 23 Guernsey Field day
in Marion and Polk counties.
June 24 Guernsey field dav.
Clackamas county
June 28 Oregon Chick as
sociation, Memorial Union bldg.
June 23- uregon Poultry Im
provement association, Memorial
Union bldg.
July 11-14 Fourth annual
leadership institute of town and
country churches.
July 23 Oreeon State Farmers
Union picnic, Champoeg.
July 23-29 National Farm
Safety week.
July 80 Marlon County Live
stock association pionic.
Flowering Shrub
Pruning Hints Listed
Spring flowering shrubs reauire
pruning while they are blooming
or-right after they are through.
vuuing nowers tor indoor use is a
good method of accomplishing both
purposes. Often, growth of these
shrubs and next years' flowers are
regulated by this pruning.
Forsythia does much "tetter If
the- long branches are! trimmed
uiu.il iu me iirsi acuve duq or
growth. Removal of part of the
old wood each year will keep this
shrub looking better, also. Now
may be a little late to prune hy
drangea, but those who have not
trimmed this shrub can trim back
the terminal growth to a set of
duqs so wis same snoot will have
two flower heads instead of one.
DONT NEGLECT DAHLIAS
The dahlias should be growing
well and ready to bloom soon. June
is the time to put the first fertil
izer on these. Well-rotted ban
yard manure is about the best fer
tilizer for them. -They will be
bothered with several pests, worst
of these being aphis, thrips and
mildew. Later on, the diabrotica
may get after the flowers. Use
all-purpose combination sprays or
dust for wide ranee control. (See
Garden page In Sunday States
man.)".
GORDON DIES
IDANHA James B. Gordon
received word Monday that ' his
father, James, sr., Portland, pas-
Hyslop Farm!
To Be Honored
At Ceremony
A foundation seeding of the new
Nangeela strain subterranean
clover will be shown visitors dur
ing the annual farm crops field
day on the Oregon State college
experiment station, Friday, June
9, starting at 9:30 a.m. (DST),
Harry L. Riches, Marion county
extension agent, reports.
Dr. D. D. Hill, OSC farm crops
department head, has announced
the tour meeting point will be on
the street directly south of the
college green houses. .
During the noon hour at the
experiment station farm located
near Granger on the Corvallisr
Albany highway, formal dedica
tion ceremonies will take place
naming the farm in honor of the
late George R. Hyslop, OSC farm
crops department head from 1916
until his death in July 1943. After
the ceremony, the farm, where
many of Oregon's seed crops or
iginated, will be known as .the
Hyslop farm.
History of Farm Given
William A. Schoenfeld, dean and
director of agriculture, will make
the formal dedication address after
Dr. Hill reviews the history of the
farm and relates the role Hyslopj
played ui the seed industry s de-
velopment. 1
From the tour assembly point,
visitors will be shown the grass
and legume plot area on the west
side of the campus. Riches said.
There visitors will have an oppor
tunity to see results of fertilizer
experiments on grass seed - crops.
On alialia plots on the Linn
county east farm, a stop will be
made to see trials where 16 var
ieties are being tested. Work thus
far shows Talent, Atlantic and On
tario variegated to be the longest
lived, surpassing Grimm the stand
ard alfalfa variety for this area.
Flax Trials Noted
At Granger, tour members will
see Ladino olover seed trials as
well as flax and cereal work be
ing conducted. Quackgrass control
using a new weedicide, DCU,;will
also be seen. . j-
Riches adds that tour visitor; are
asked to bring their own lunches.
The farm crops department will,
however, provide coffee. .
In charge of various sections of
the program are: forage crops, H.
A. Schoth, H. H. Rampton, and J.
R. Cowan; weed control, Virgil
Freed; corn, Dr. R. E. Fore; and
cereals, Wilson Foote. :
Cabbage Plant Care
Weevil Control Given
Ringing cabbage plants with a
teaspoonful of 5 percent chlordane
dust at time of transplanting will
give good control of cabbage mag
go,t according to research work
conducted at Oregon State college.
Cabbage maggot can do consider
able damage when not controlled.
Another consistent visitor to the
home garden is the pea weevil,
which is controlled by weekly ap
plications of a 3 or 5 percent DDT
dust, or a .75 percent roCenone
dust. The first application should
be made during full bloom. There
after, use of rotenone dusts is pre
ferable because of reduced hazards.
Seed certification standards have
been developed for the two vari
eties of big trefoil now to be
known as Columbia big trefoil and
Beaver big trefoil. Selection of
names for , these were announced
several weeks ago. i.-r
Until recently, the two varieties
were ' known by the one name,
lotus major. One, the common or
fuzzy type, is now- be ke known as
Beaver big trefoil. , The smooth
type will be Columbia big, trefoil.
Sied Available . I 'H
H. B. : Howell, . superintendent.
John Jacob Astor branch experi
ment station, Astoria, will produce
breeder's seed under his supervis
ion from experiment station plant
ings in Clatsop county, i There is
possibility that, some breeder s
seed will be available this fall.
There, will be no foundation or
registered seed in 1950.
Many seed fields, meanwhile, of
the two -trefoil varieties are now
in production in several counties.
Fields that can be traced ot seed
released by the experiment station
will be eligible for the certified
grade this year providing the fields
qualify on varietal and isolation
requirements.
Requirements Given
Certification of both big trefoil
varieties will include the seed
classes breeders, foundation and
registered. Certified sequence will
be followed with . only breeders,
foundation and registered seed
eligible as planting stock for fur
ther certification.
Registered seed, however, will
produce certified seed which will
be tagged but cannot be used for
further certification.
To meet requirements for pro
duction of foundation seed, land
must not have been planted to
trefoil (lotus) for at least seven
years. The requirement is five
years to produce registered or cer
tified seed unless the previous crop
was the same variety and certified.
.County extension agents have
copies of the certification stand'
ards.
USE CAMOUFLAGE
A compost pile left to "age" can
be camouflaged with trailing nas
turtiums, squash or cucumbers,
The food crops turn out especially
well. Heavenly Blue Morning glory
will ao well, too.
; ' - - . r '-.'' . . , v - -v
i I ' J
jf :' . V':-'s" x '' ?
: f
tfffiiiinni.ii Mii.iii.ti...
r ri nail ir tim n nir mm
Pictured here is the new method of movinr a portable sprinkler Irrlration pipe from one part of a field
to another. The new system has actually turned the conventional aluminum Irrigation into one long
axle for a series of specially designed wheels. With the aid of a ratchet drive, an entire one-eighth
mile line or amminnm irrigation pipe can be rouea across a larm Held by one man.
Meet
uss
Nursery
Will Dis
I- :
Winter njury
Storage problems relating to
nursery stock will be among topics
discussed during the forthcoming
two-day meeting iof the Oregon
Association of Nurserymen to be
held on the Oregon State college
campus June 15 and 10, It has
been announced by Mike Dering,
Scappoose rose grower and assoc
iation president.
The convention-Is scheduled to
get underway at 10 Thursday
morning, June IS with a welcom
ing, address by R. S. Besse, assoc
iate director, college agricultural
experiment station. All general
sessions will be held in the campus
memorial union building,
Roberta In Charge -
In charge of program arrange
ments is A. N. Roberts, college hor
ticulture department staff member,
He states that Dr. U. G. Dubach,
political science professor, Lewis
and Clark college, Portland, and
former dean of men, will be feat
ured banquet speaker. The din
ner meeting will be held in the
downtown Benton hotel starting at
6:30 Thursday evening, June 15.
Dr. S. M. Dietz, head, depart
ment of botany and plant pathol
ogy, will be banquet toastmaster.
The discussion on nursery stock
storage problems will include the
five college speakers, Henry Hart
man, head, horticulture depart
ment; Roy Young, plant pathol
ogist; W. H. Martin, mechanical
engineering professor; and R. G.
Rosenstiel, entomologist
Several to Speak
Dr. E. J. Kraus, horticultural
consultant at the college, will dis
cuss winter hardiness in plants,
Following his discussion, the as
sociation members will discuss
winter hardiness observation made
during the past winter. Speakers
and topics assigned each are
Fayette Weedin, Fairview, decid-
sous fruits; John Wieman, state
department of agriculture, bulbs
and from Portland, Jim Doty,
broadleaf evergreens; Max Hor
and, conifers; Fred Borsch, peren
nials; and Henry Hausch, roses.
Program for the second day, will
consist of a field trip to examine
research work underway en the
experiment station.
Hen Culling
Urged as June
Poultry r Chore ,
June is the peak month for death -
losses among laying hens in their ,
first year of lay, Noel Bennion,
poultry v specialist, Oregon Stat .
college, told those attending th
culling school held at the state
fairgrounds this week, i
. Average mortality in laying ,
hens, reaches a peak during May. -
June and July, Bennion said. The
death loss in first year laying .
hens, reaching a peak in June, ii
the result of gradual building up
of disorders that reach a climax !
during this period.
Low producing hens, Bennion
added, also start to molt during
the months of May, June and July. .
These hens are best culled as soon ,
as they are recognized, since pro
ducers cannot afford to feed molt
ing birds.
Early molten are easily ident
ilied. As they go out of produce
tion, their combs and wattles ;
shrivel. Abdomens contract and ''
pigment gradually returns to beak '
ana shames, reamers also begin;
to drop out.
Bennion stated that cull hens
will bring considerable more mon-'
ey if they are marketed as soon as
they show signs of going out of
production. - They lose consider
able weight and become covereoT
with pin feathers as the molt pro
ceeds. s
BEETLE CAUSE OF DAMAGE
Flee beetles cause considerable
damage to newly, transplanted cab
bage, cauliflower, broccoli and
tomatoes, often killing these newly
set plants overnight. DDT dusts
are very effective in controlling
these beetles. Larvae of the bettle
tunnel around potato tubers in the
soiL damaging the outer one
fourth inch of the tubers. (For
further beetle control sec Sunday
Garden page).
Jayceet at Silverton
Will Complete Project
Statesman Nwi Strviee
SILVERTON Members of the
Silverton Jaycees plan a work
night for Wednesday, June T, to
complete the tennis courts on the
municipal park grounds near the
swimming pool. The project was
started by the Junior Chamber o:
Commerce in 1948.
When completed the courts will
be presented by the city and op
erated in conjunction with the re
mainder of the park and swim
ming pooL
Conscientious, Dignified
S45 North Capitol
.
Tel 8-3672
sed away that afternoon. Funeral
services will be Friday morning
at the Catholic church in Portland.
Your Savings
Are Safe
S A i I M FEDEKAl SAVINGS "
1(9 State Street
Salem, Oregon
tOAHj
Telephone 2-4131
o7.
7
A
Axminster and Velvet in a Beautiful Selection of Pattorns
And colors for all types of rooms Per sq. yd.
We will gladly measure and furnish estimates. Wide selection In all .
price ranges by leading carpet mills.
3 cr1 A
J
TWO-PIECE SECTIONAL SOFA
A truly beautiful modem sectional so adaptable to all types of rooms, lech section has I
inches of seating space, making a full e ft. between arms when sections art placed along
side of each other. Seven beautiful colors of rich mohair frieze Turquoise, . Red, KeHy
Green, Grey, Rose, Beige end Sage Green. Cushions are reversible also. j ,
THI TWO-PIECI SICTIONAL SOPA
,. .- .':;.! V.. - fs;4-'--"'r 'V- V-'', . -Mi
mm
340 Court Street
Phone 2-2493
Calem, Ore