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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1951)
VMLAtAETTE VALLEY FARMER Ntws end Viw of Form end Folks On General Farms Are More Than Just Busy This Time of Year, By LBttf farm Editor, Folk on general farms this time of the year arc as busy as clowns at a three-ring circus, what with grains and grasses to be harvested, bean and flax festivals to be attended, to say nothing of baseball tourn amenta. ; - v " : - - - - To make things worse, there art all these letters from the county agents giving reminders of things the fanners hoped they could forget at least for the time being. O. E. (Mike) Mikesell from Linn county is calling attention to the many mature patches of Tansy ragwort which should be taken care of now. The plants are easily found at this time of year, he says, because of the bright, golden yel low daisy-like flowers that are born In dense, flat-topped clusters. Mike says that if you pull or dig the blossoming plants, you must destroy them, otherwise they go ahead and mature the seed any way. If you catch the plants be fore they send out seed heads, con trol can still be had by the use of 1,4-D. Use ester form. Ammate and 2,4-D can be used in pastures as they are not poisonous to live stock. 7-.' Weed Regarded as Killer But the trouble is r you could let the Tansy ragwort go cow that the weed itself, is poisonous to livestock and re sponsible for a number of kills each year. -- Mike is also reminding sheep folk of the ram and ewe sale in Albany on Saturday, August 4, starting at 10 a.m. A total of 189 bead will be offered. Harry Lin eren, state college - animal hus bandman, is chairman of the com mittee in charge. Others on the committee are O. M. Nelson, OSC;, Eddie Gath and Eddie Ahrens, the ! Turner cousins; Floyd T. Fox, Sil-i verton; R. V. Hogg, Salem; Jack Stump, Monmouth, and Dr. E. R. Derflinger, veterinarian with the state department of agriculture. j Kemove Fretted Canes Marion county berry growers what to do with nhe vines and ' plants and things as soon as the berries are picked. Says Don: Removal of eld fruited canes in , trailing and raspberry fields is a job that has to be done before the new cane is prepared for next year's crop. Don snows Ms farmers, loo, ior ne adds, "Although some growers find it easy to postpone this chore till late in the winter, it is a better practice to finish the work before Acaaa isuw iitia Removal. old canes gives some protection against fungus diseases and insect pests which might live over winter in or on the old canes and leaves, Don explains. In re moving old canes, he warns, care is seeded to prevent cutting off or . 1 L.; n .. W- t.rU ..,111 bear the 1952 crop. Cut the canes as close as possible to the ground. Kake up trie aeons ana, wnen nre is permissable, burn them. Creep la Shady Spet Ben Newell, also Marion county, cays that this year's lambs that are not fat enough for market now can be sheared and fed profitably for fall sale. He suggests placing the creep near a shady spot,' add- Inff that n tviS rvf ffrain la lsfactory for lambs. Just be sure, be says, that the creep is built so that ewes and older sheep don't get In and take all the feed. A ' mixture of oats, wheat corn or barley, or other combinations, should have 10 pounds of protein added for each 100 pounds of grain. Protein supplements, like linseed,' cottonseed or soybean meal, arc good. Lambs will eat All flax fields la the valley da net leek as well as this ene, whlea seemlnaly pat ferta every effert ie shew appreciation for tae flax festival ML Angel voted to stage again this year. Flax pictured sere is fa the field ef Frank Schwab, manager cf the ML Angel flax plant, (f talesman Tarn phete). T.U R K E Y tJ THE STRAW Tcrley gotMer Cxi sat far Etc weels ea a tert ef daci eggs feels it tic 1 facias tut csergti to pecs tXG. V. lzLizXxsxX tauLiii Wja. Gordon -y UUfl i. madso Survey ws I. HaJsea Tb Statcsmaa around a pound per day If given the chance. - . Ben thinks, too, that some at tention should be given to - the poultry at this- time, but he does have a happy suggestion here , "Many poultry men," be says, "find culling hen flocks to be dif ficult job at this time of year. Re cords from Kentucky experiment station bear out the belief that re placing 100 per cent of the flock each year pays." He goes on to .say that figures released show that annual pro duction of pullers exceeds that of bens by three to five dozen eggs. In the winter . alone, pullets lay two dozen more eggs than hens. Contest Werk Underway Hollis Ottaway is busy working on the Marion County's "Grass man of the jeer contest First place winner for Marion county receives $100 donated by seed dealers and banks of the county. He will compete in the Oregon contest, winner of which will re ceive $500. This prize will be pre sented at the Oregon State fair. Northwest winner will receive, in addition to state and county prizes, a $1,500 sprinkling system spon sored by R. M. Wade & Company of Portland. : N. John Hansen, Polk county agent, reports that pear slugs , are again making their appearance on nearly all types of fruit trees. The larvae, which are slimy and look like slugs, he says, are olive green to blackish in color. When not controlled, the whole tree on which they work becomes brown as though swept by fire. The slugs feed on leaf surfaces, causing a skeletonized appearance. The leaves then drop off. thus reduc ing the development of fruit buds f or the following year's crop. Fortunately, he adds, the slugs are easily controlled DDT sprays or dusts, or lead arsenate sprays, will give control while the slugs are feeding. . No, there isn't much rest for the good farmer. Especially the good general farmer. - - ' Prune Harvesting Demonstration . At Neufeld Farm . A prune harvesting equipment demonstration will be held at the Frank Neufeld farm situated on Miller avenue cast of Dallas, Thursday. August 2 at 9 a.m. The demonstration will be concluded by noon reports Neufeld, who is president of the Polk county Prune Growers association. 1 Operators who have mechanical shaking equipment of different designs are being asked to bring this equipment taiht Neufeld farm for display and demonstration. Two. special items that will be demonstrated will be a new prune harvesting machine that Carl Ger linger, Jr, has assembled, and a pneumatic shaker built on a trac tor for Isaae Dyck. '4k-' ' MarquamCbw Mdkesttigli rtlilfe Record Queen, a registered Jersey cow owned by Mrs. A. Vanderbeck, Marquasn. topped the Dairy Herd Improvement association for Clackamas county for June by finishing a - lactation of 12S5 pounds of milk,' including 719.1 pounds of butterfat. Queen was eight and a half years old at the time of the test. According to the reports of DHIA Supervisors L C Berney, Richard Gale and James Howard, a total of 1,635 cows in 7 herds were tested during the past month on the standard plan. - On the owner-sampler plan, 50 o cows in 37 herds were tested. More than a million and a guarter pounds of milk were produced during the month. Average - butterfat pro duction per cow for the past month was 25.6. ' - - .. -, r- Twenty-one herds qualified for the county honor roll by produc ing an average of 40 or more pounds of butterfat per cow. ' , Among the' herds qualifying were those of James A. Morgan, Whiskey HilJL 43.4 pounds of but terfat; C. E. Finnegah, Oregon City, 47 J pounds of butterfat; Earl Dworschak, Needy, 40.0 - pounds; Sea Lion Dairy, Aurora, 44.4 pounds; Gustave S lander & Sons, 40 pounds; Charles ..Couche, 42.3 pounds, Edwin Ridder, 48 pounds, all three from Willsonville; Vernon Hepler, Canby, 43.1 pounds; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Malar, 47.S pounds and Anton Malar, Sandy, S1.7 pounds; Mrs. Vanderbeck, Mar- quam, 45.8 pounds, and Rex Ross, Mt, Angel, 43.9 pounds. The Fox Jersey farm, of which Marlin Fox, state president, is the owner at Liberal, tested 40 A pounds of but terfat. .'. Corn Silage Apt to Lose Bad Reputation By adding a 'new cattle feed supplement developed at Purdue university, to the corn silage diet of steers, a group of Indiana farm ers get sensationally cheap and fast gains on their animals, accord ing to an article in the August is sue of Country Gentleman. Author Arthur Strohm explains that the results, .obtained are of added importance today because the : beef price rollbacks mean feeders must get cheaper gains or lose their shirts." . - . Among the examples he cites is that . of a farmer who obtained 1,927 pounds of beef from every acre of corn silage, making the corn worth $6.42 a bushel. He also tells of another man who got 6,000 pounds of beef from 12 acres of com, while the same amount put mto silage yielded over 12,000 pounds of beef.- .- It is pointed out that corn silage has had a bad name, in the past since no one knew exactly how to balance its deficiencies to get the most from it. ' But this is resolved by the uni versity's additive, consisting of soybean oil meal, molasses, bone meal, salt and vitamins, which gets the last ounce of meat-making energy from the silage. . CUCUMBER BEETLES The 12-spotted cucumber beetles are at work on a variety of veg etable plants. They feed heavily and quickly weaken plants unless controlled. Applications of DDT or methoxychlor will give good and rapid control. -u OIL-PRODUCING PLANT MET .FORT; Sask.-ySVSaalfower from India, which produces an edible oil, is being grown in Sas katchewan this ' year on an ex perimental basis. ; - r " " ? - L Planting eaallflewer plants Isn't the back breaking lob It used to be This demonstration was held daring the week at the Wilfred Weathers ranch hi the Mission Bottom area. Between 11.000 and 12,000 plants were set aa hear. This machine (top)-la one made sear Lesdoa. Faalaad. holding- It first scheduled demonstration in Mission Bottom voder the direction ef Xebert Fischer and his brother-in-law, David Mentgnlre frcm Vaaeeorer, B.C ' t . ' -vV,' - ' - ' A -i j- ' . - - - ,'! ' ? ; , - - ,;i A , Vv'.f' -' ' , 7 , Li-.-- ,i ,.;. ' . 1 ii . . v, I 'I I" ii in "T "f r I'V mi mw imi '-iHi,ii- - i i -ii miii utmi rU- ft--i iiimiiiw ytkfH Four men. seated ea the slanter drawn by an ordinary" tractor, place carry them the ground, placing chine. The plants are automatically released at Regular spacing and . conaly firm the soil around tne Farm Calendar Jaly 29 Rock Creek Church Pioneer day. Jaly 30 Mount Angel Farm ers' Union Warehouse membership meeting. Legion hall, 8:30 p.m. - Jaly ZO-Augnst 1 Worth Wil lamette valley 4-H tour in Lincoln and Tillamook counties. Linn, Lane, Benton, Polk, Lincoln and Tillamook counties participating. August Z Prune Harvest dem onstration, Frank Neufeld farm, Miller Avenue, east of Dallas, 9 ajn. August 2-4 '.'North Willamette Valley 4-H tour at Oregon State college. Marion, Clackamas, Mult nomah, Yamhill and Hood River counties participating. August 3 Second annual hop growers field day, OSC. 1:30. August 4 Willamette -valley 11th. annual Purebred ram and ewe sale. Albany, 10 a.m. August 4 Western Horse show, Silverton. 8 p.m. ' August f Oregon Jersey Cat tle club annual picnic, Champoeg park, 1 pjn.- '' August 1-11 Ncwberg Farm erodl v - ; August le-lt ML Angel Flax Festival. August 12 Annual Huckle berry festival. He He MilL.Warm Springs. August 11-17 Marion county 4-H canning and food demonstra tion contests, Hogg " Brothers, Sa lem. . -' t . August 17 Oregdn Ram sale, Pendleton roundup hvestock sale pavilion, 10 ajn. Aagnat -19 Marlon county Jersey Cattle club meeting,- Har old Lamb ranch. Bend. August IS Oregon Farmers Union picnic, Champoeg park. August ZC-Z1 National Ram sale. Salt Lake City, Utai Aagutt 20-26 Mult i Utah. nomah county fair. Gresham. August Z1-Z3 YamhlU 4-H and FFA fair, McMlnnvUlc Aagnat 22-24 Marion county 4-H fall show, state fairgrounds. Aagnat 22 -September X Pa cific National Exhibition, ' Van couver. B. C. Aagnat 23-25 Polk county fair, Monmouth. AWNINGS V . , i NEW YORK-(INS) -There are awnings of all types now available to keep off the sun. One of the latest is made of erlon that, new fiber that's sturdy . and doestft fade. Awnings made of orlon have a silky sheen and resemble nylon They resist cold and mildew as well as the sun's rays. Lumber ' and ' naval stores are produced in great quantities- in Alabama. ' S-FL 15TL And Long Uns&m :. ' At Tcp Prices ':r-'-D3rIi!rd:tn:r.,.Co.; ; Fbcza 1125 Turner. Oresa them in a newlywopened furrow, roots. (Statesman f arm pnotoc; Hop Growers To Look Over Test Tracts A conducted tour of experi mental plots is scheduled for the second annual hop growers field day at Oregon State college Friday afternoon, August 3, G. B. Heer ner, extension .hop specialist, has announced. 7 . h Starting atv10 in the afternoon, the field day -will be held at the experiment station's (hop yard, located on the college east farm one half mile east of Corvallis in Linn county. Signs will be erected. Dr. K. R. Keller, USDA agron omist, is in charge of the tour. Toerner will, discuss the college's hop research program as the field day gets underlay. ' A hop breeding block, high-low Fugeles selections, cultural and fertilizer - trials will be seen, Hoerner concludes. Red Raspberry Mite hif rotations Noted In Several Plantings Heavy infestations of mites on red raspberries have been observ ed in several plantings, growers are reporting. Mites are tiny-spider-like insects. . Where they are ' present, the leaves appear to be burned. At first they turn dry around the mar gins. Later the entire leaf withers and dries. - .:: Inquiry from berry experts, re veals that mites overwinter in old leaves on the ground, in cracks in posts and in other protected places. Advice is to spray, using EPN 300, one pound to 100 gallons of water, or Aramite at the same con centra tion TEPP or : paratbion dusts are also effective, but pre sent more of a hazard to the users. With the latter two materials, an approved respirator, rubber gloves, and other protective clothing are necessary because of their toxic effects. -1 ' ' RUG STOPPER NEW YORK ( INS)-Out of ne cessity comes a little trick, to save life-and-limb : around the house. Tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano found that he was always tripping be cause the small scatter rugs on his floor were always slipping. One day he spied , seme rubber ; rings from fruit jars and suggested that his wife sew them to the under neath corners of the scatter rugs. She did, and the husky , singer finds that the scatter rugs no longer start to skid when be steps on thenw..' - - J the plants on rubber fingers which the opening also made by the ma the angled presewheels almnltaa- ?: ; , ByFeriPoison Reported Recently Numerous cases of stock losses due to fern poisoning have been reported in the past three weeks. according to . information reaching authorities. - No satisfactory treatment has been developed for animals that are suffering from fern .oisoning, but adequate precautions can do a great deal to prevent stock losses. Such a dry summer as this, tends to aggravate the number of cases of fern poisoning because many pastures are sparse and stock eat fern in an attempt to gain addit ional green feed. - Fern, either drier or growing. Is poisonous ' to, cattle, sheep and horses. Losses seem to occur most ly in young cattle, but may affect all ages. Particular attention needs to be taken to see that new stock not. familiar with fern m fested range are protected. The new cattle are more apt to be poisoned than native cattle. A few cattle affected with fern poisoning recover. , Most of them die.. Shade is important for re covery of those that are sick. Warehouse Co-op Plans Special Meet The membership of the Mount Angel Farmers Union Warehouse will hold a special meeting Mon day night, July 30, at 8:30 pjn, in ML Angel Legion hau. - The meeting has been called by the board of directors, with Bern ard Kirsch as secretary, for the purpose of bringing the members up to date on the new feed mill building proiecL . Noel Bennion, Oregon State col lege, will be present to show slides of various types of farm bins and facilities to handle bulk feeds. , The federal communications commission today has nearly 800, 000 radio authorizations outstand ing. -.' . . Villamotto Vajfey Purebred Rain ' and Eve " v Safe " Unit County Fair Grounds Albany, Oregon Saturday, August 4, 1951 . Sale Starts at 10.-00 A. M. Offering 1 tO head registered stud end range rams and ewes from top Willamette valley flock breeds: Suffolk, Hamp shire, Romney, Lincoln, Corric dale. Southdown, Shropshire, Columbia and Cheviot. CcL Earl O. Walter, Auctioneer For cataoljuc write: O. E. I.'w'kescll, Secretary -Courthouse, Albany, Oregon bprayidKUl Thistle Pest With the. Canadian thistle blooms appearing above the Era in in fields, it may be weO to plan for a follow-up harvest spray with vaiiey county agents are suggesting. ? Although 2,4-D is an economical and convenient material aiding in control of the thistle, one must not expect a complete eradication of this plant with one application. In fact, through experience it has been determined that it will take several applications of this plant -spray. - For this after-harvest spray the 2,4-D can be used on thistle as a nonselective weed spray at the rate or li up to as high as 3 pounds of -acid, 2,4-D per acre. Best results on : this after-harvest spray will 'probably be had if the thistles are permitted to regrow to aoout 12 or 18 Inches V height before spraying. The an t unt of water : with which to apply the chemical wlH vary with i the amount of growth. However, any where from 15 to 25 gallons of water is desirable. An excess of water to - Insure uniform and thorough coverage is better than too little water. Also, the county agents are warning, in the use cf weedicides many complaints have - been re ceived in past years from horti culturists and, nurserymen con cerning injury which has drifted from nearby fields. When spray ing, rarmers are told, take care to use non-volatile chemicals, namely the salt types. These will blow'm air currents during a high wind, but they do not evaporate from sprayed areas and dnfL Additional advice from the county agents are to reduce pres sures when spraying. - Pressures below 50 pounds will cause less drifting than your higher pres sures! Apply spray only on calm days or at times when there is a very minimum of air movement Reunion Staged on 101st Anniversary Of Pioneer s9 Trip SUtrmiitt Newt Stnrlee UNION HILL- The second an nual reunion of the descendants of the Lorenzo Dowe. Beniamin and Solomon Heater families was held at Silver Falls State park Sunday. xne neater famines settled in Oregon 101 years ago in July. Oldest member present was Ben jamin .Heater,. 83, and the young est was, Barbara Heater, daughter of MrS and 'Mrs Ronald Heater, who is five 'months old. Coming the. farthest was Guy Heater, Los Angeles, Calif. . rieieawuiters and Laura Judy Melvin! Heater of Silverton. save musical members. ' . New' officers elected wera Helen; Winders of Sherwood, pres ident ?and -Alta Callehaar, secre tary. About 80 descendant nf th clan attended. The meeting next year wiilJae et Lafayette park near Amity. 351 State Street told tfcelarly history of the clan.tBrit '"'' I HERE THEY ARE Unequaled Meat Values. P. M. FRIDAYS. Pork Soasls f icnic Elams t ILoin Shops Side Bacozu. wieners -4 Eldnlets Seel! Joul Bscoa - Bmg Bologna polled BoasSs Polish Dings oua cAprroL steeet masset is cpeti until 7 p. i-l ITJDAYS A1ID SATURDAYS UNTIL 8 P. iL . CLOSED SUIIDMS New Jieniber of ; Union Hill Grange j Staicoua Rews Serrlca . . UNION HILL At the July . meeting; Friday.Mrs. Guy Scott became a new member and was obligated in the first and second, degrees by Mrs: Verny Sxtt, in-, stalling officer. Mrs. Marion Miller announced the August meeting of the Home Falls State Park and that another grange club would be invited. Mrs. V. M. Tate and Mrs. Henry Peters will be hostesses. . Henry Hansen told about the community 1 service progress, shrubs at the grange hall and of the final state report on Septem ber 1st . - : ..; I Mr. and Mrs, Guy Scott were presented with1 'a yedding gift from the grange: j' , ; A travelog of Iheir recent trip to Minnesota and the different states they visited was given by Guy Scott during the lecturers hour. Keith Scott gave an accord ian number. ; Camp Meeting, Beaches, Litre Unionvale Folk IUImms w Srrl UNIONVALE.-;Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ms gee spent five days at Sea side where they dug razor clams. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Magee and.' their sons, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Her-, igstad of Silverton and thsir son and his family accompanied them Louis Maeee and ; the Rev. George Millen went deep sea fish ing early Monday. Each caught a nice salmon. The Rev. and Mrs. Clark Robb and Becky of Roseburg came Mon day to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Magee. Mrs. Rood will remain with her par ents while her -husband attends Jennings Lodge "camp this week. ' Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Steingrube are, his aunt and uncle, the Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Brock mueller of EllenstiuTg, Wash. He is a ; retired JEVangelical . United Brethren ' ministerj They plan to attend w the 'annual- conference: at Jennings Lodge. .' Those planng to spend the week at Jennlnfesr Lodge are Mrs. Carl Rutschman arid family Betty McFarlane, Carlyn and Diane Launer, Mrs. Owen Turner and daughters, Mrs. Howard Stein grube and dauhtersfc Denny Tay lor and the Rev., and Mrs. George K. Millen and family. : ' LIFE EXPECTATIONS LONDON - (INS- The ' modern British miss girlS born in 1951 can expect to'ive; until 70 years of age or over. But-if they marry are likely to be widowed, for the life expecUticntf .boys ironbr 60 . ilr4l.t. years. AUinoniyifor wua iuio.m is the British Rr&strar-General's report for : i95u,iwhich" said that ihe enact age: wRh the" average glrf cani eapect tir reachis 70.61 years, ; and fT ;tbe average boy 68.01 yeats. - - (11 No. Copllol BOTH MARKETS OPEN UNTIL rh ess Lean lb. Small Purc .lb. Jb. Jb. Jb. Jb. lb. Tb. Itn. L