Bunnies Have Their Day
No one wu happier at the Capital City Babbit show, held at the state
fslrrreands arer the week end, than Donald Williams, 15 wh at
tends Cascade anUa bifh school. Be wen this Mack-eared Califor
nia buar.
B. K. West, WHlametU, Ore, president of the Oregon State Rabbit and
Cary Breeders association. Is pictured above with one of bis Black
SUrer rabbits. West took all top prises In this breed.
Leslie Orr, Salem (left) abore), received the Triantie Milling Co.'s
rerolrlnc trophy for the best rabbit display from Marlon or Polk
county. Chester Fredrlekson, Salem, chairman of the show. Is shown
presenting the trophy. (Farm photos for The Statesman.)
Century Use
Of Fertilizer
Is Reported
When the question arises: Is the
longtime effect of commercial fer
tilizer harmful to soil a Colum
bia basin county extension sgent,
E. M. Nelson of Wasco county,
quotes from an English experi
ment. "Wheat is growing on Broad
balk Field. Rothamsted Experi
ment station in Hertfordshire Eng
land the 108th crop since 1843,
when Lawes and Gilbert began
their experiment there. These
classical experiments were carried
on in partnership for 57 years,
and placed the foundations of our
scientific knowledge of fertilizing
crops. The unman ured, unfertiliz
ed plot on Broadbalk continues to
give an average yield of about 12
bushels per acre, though wheat
had been grown on it for over a
century.
"The plot that is treated annual
ly with 14 tons of barnyard ma
nure yields about three times that
much, but so does the plot given
a fairly heavy dressing of com
plete fertilizer and no organic ma
nure since 1889. Produce from the
fertilized plot is in no way inferior
to that from the manured plots,
nor has the long-continued use of
fertilizer injured the soil which
still maintains It normal popula
tion of earthworms and" micro
organisms. And crops grown there
are no mora susceptible to disease
than those on plots treated with
organic manures."
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Don't Be Saving
In Use of Spray,
Experts Caution
Dormant season spraying should
bo an all-out operation, orchard
and garden experts are reporting.
"Go at it full steam ahead. Let
the liquid be applied in such
abundance that it runs down the
twigs, branches and main stems
or trunks of the plant. There is a
definate relationship between your
success in killing insects and the
quantity of spray used," is the way
Dr. J. H. Hanley, widely known
northwest horticulturist, puts it.
DEFENSE STYMIED
MONTREAL, (INS) A defense
man has never won the Calder
Memorial -trophy. Ever since the
outstanding first year player in
the National Hockey league has
been honored, starting back in the
1932-33 season, a rearguard has
failed to be selected as top man.
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Selling Turkey
By the Piece
Mar Up Sales
A large undeveloped market for
turkey exists In' Oregon that can
be tapped by selling turkey-by-the
-piece, turkey folk were reporting
this week at the Pacific Coast
Turkey show In McMinnville.
Charles M. Fischer of the Ore
gon State college experiment stat
ion, reported that he had just con
cluded a two-months study of the
situation in Portland. He is of the
belief that sales of large 'Broad-
breasted Bronze turkeys can be in
creased materially In Oregon.
Fisher said that his investigat
ions of consumer reaction to sell'
lng turkey-by-the-piece brought
enthusiastic response. About 94
per cent of consumers contacted
in the survey, said they would buy
turkey more often if they could
get it In smaller pieces the year
around, at prices comparable to
other meats.
A campaign In Portland during
the two months of the study re
sulted In sales of 118,000 pounds
of turkev Dieces. An average of
38 stores took part in the program.
As a means of providing turkey
in consumer-size packages, and
oDenins! a new market for western
turkev oroducers. Fisher has
recommended a five-year lnten
sive promotional program spon
sored by the Oregon turkey in
dustry. This should help to estab
lish the habit of using turkey in
evervdav meal Dlanning lust as
pork, beef and chicken are used,
he explained.
Farm Crops
Show Huge
Cash Increase
During the past quarter of a
century agriculture production
has grown at the rate of about 3V&
per cent a year. Cash receipts
from farm marketings increased
from approximately 134 million
dollars in 1925 to $402, 216,000 in
1950.
These statistics are revealed in
a booklet released this weex irom
Oregon State college. Largely re
sponsible in the rise is the 63 per
cent increase in prices. Also re
sponsible, however, is the concen
trated effort on higher production
per acre or unit of produce, A little
is due to increased land use.
However, only about 10 per cent
more land has been put to farm
crops use in Oregon during the
past 30 years.
Oops Have increased
All groups of field crops ex
cepting hay and tree fruits and
nuts, have Increased over the past
three decades. Grain and hay
crops dropped from 21.5 per cent
In 1925 to 16.8 per cent in 1950.
Animal products have aiso drop
ped, with dairy products dropping
from 16.9 per cent to 13.3 per cent.
On the other hand an interesting
comparison was that of seed going
from .7 per cent to 4.4 per cent -in
the 25-year period. Production of
drug crops also increased about
50 per cent in that period, while
farm forest products increased
from 2.3 per cent to 3.3
More land is now being used for
potatoes and truck crops but less
for trees and nuts. The livestock
industry in this state presents a
constantly changing picture. Beef
cattle, dairy cattle, chickens and
turkeys are more numerous now
than in 1920. Meanwhile horses,
mules, sheep and hogs have ten
ded downward. While milk cows
are up over 1920, they are nearly
a fifth below the wartime peak in
1943, and lowest now since 1930.
Twenty-five years ago, milk cows
exceeded beef cows in number.
Tho situation is now reversed.
Farm Calendar
December 6 Guernsey Breed
ers annual meeting. Senator hotel.
December 6 Oregon Holstein
Breeders association annual meet
ing, Marion hotel, Salem.
December 7-8 Annual meet
ing of Oregon Rural health coun
cil, Corvallis.
December 8 Marion County
Pork Producers, Mayflower hall,
10 a. m.
December 11-13 Salem Gar
den club Christmas Green show,
Izaak Walton league building, Sa
lem. December 11 Silverton Sad
dle club meeting, Silverton.
December 14 Marion County
Livestock association annual meet
ing and dinner, North Howell
grange hall.
December 18 Oregon Pure
bred Sheep Breeders convention,
Marion hotel, 1 p. m.
December 18 Marion County
Testing association, Mayflower
hall.
December 20-21 Nut Growers
Society of Oregon and Washing
ton, 37th annual meeting, Mult
nomah hotel, Portland.
January 7-9 Oregon Seed
Growers 11th annual meeting,
Multnomah hotel, Portland.
January 10-11 Oregon Essens
tial Oil growers league, Oregon
State college.
Campus Life
Awaits Twin
Dairy Calves
Tho Oregon State college dairy
department Is la the market for
Identical twin dairy calves.
They would be wed, reports
H. P. Ewalt, extension dairy
specialist. In the department's
experimental projects. Use of
twins would help eliminate some
of the individual differences
found In group experiments;
fewer animals would be needed
for such experiments, and where
twins are identical, response la
the trials are easily compared
and measured, Ewalt explained
while attending dairy meetings
In Salem this past week.
The four points to check to
make sure that twin calves are
identical are size, color marking,
skin pigmentation, and physical
characteristics.
Walnut Control
Meeting Set
For Bay Gty
Walnut growers from the Willa
mette valley are interested in the
special meeting of the walnut con
trol board which meets in San
Francisco. December 11, at 10 a
m. in the English room of the Pal
ace hotel.
The primary subject for board
consideration at this time will be
a review of the crop and market
ing developments in the current
season. Attending will be given
also to proposed amendments of
the marketing order and to the
public hearing which it is antici
pated will be held early in the
year.
Industry Optomlstie
Favorable trade acceptance of
the new crop has strengthened
industry optimism for the sales
program of tho current marketing
year. Walnuts of generally high
quality, increased consumer in
come, and a relatively low trade
carryover are considered to be the
main factors which have combined
to offset any depressive effect on
the price level, by heavy volume
of new crop sales.
Industry marketings of in-shell
walnuts, to date, have been on the
basis of 80 per cent of the merch
antable crop, with 20 per cent be
ing designated as surplus and
alocated for divession to shelling
or to the export markets.
Recommendation Followed
Tho percentages were establish
ed by tho federal department of
agriculture after being recom
mended by the board at its Octo
ber 4 meeting. Under tho previs
ions of the marketing agreement
and order, from which the board
derives its authority, the percent
age of walnuts authorized for in
shell sales may be increased
should it be felt that such action
will tend to increase grower re
turns. HOLSTEIN MAKES RECORD
With 598 pounds of butterfat
and 14,244 pounds of milk testing
4.2 per cent to her credit, Wocoma
Hazel Pauline, registered Hol-stein-Friesian
cow owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold M. Cherry of Sa
lem, has completed a 337-day pro
duction test in official Herd Im-
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James S. Ruby of Scio is right
proud of his 12 registered Hol
steins which averaged 1,338
pounds of milk and 49.18 pounds
of butterfat during the past 30
days. That put the Ruby herd at
tne top ox the Linn County Dairy
Herd Improvement association
herds for the period.
But top individual cow m the
Froup was Rose Lady, a registered
ersey in John Harschberger's
herd. Rose Lady milked 1,609
pounds of milk and 91.7 pounds
of butterfat. Second top cow was
N. V. Shelby and Son's, Albany
also a registered Jersey, named
Iris (from which we gather that
dairy folk like flowers) which
produced 91 J) pounds of butterfat.
But when it comes to milk, a
Holstein, named Alta, topped all
records with 2,269 pounds of milk,
Alta belongs to H. McPherson, jr.,
Albany.
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While we were messing around
(and messing is the right word in
the weather we had early this
week) down Scio way we learned
that Guy McKnight didn't do so
badly with his two walnut trees.
For the past nine years he has
averaged $75 apiece from the
trees.
John Gale, Canby. known
throughout Oregon dairy circles,
made quite a speech at the final
session of the Oregon Farm Bu
reau, when giving the report for
the bureau's dairy department.
John was defeated by Edgar
Grimes, Holstein breeder from
Harris burg, by one vote when the
two were up for election for chair
manship of. the dairy department.
John has held that office in recent
years.
In his swan song as chairman,
he urged the industry to make a
choice between the "sweetness of
false security" of the milk control
law and a return "to free, unre
stricted marketing of milk."
He went on to say that "in 1933,
when Oregon's dairy industry was
in a chaotic condition, tho state
milk control law was enacted.
Since that time dairymen have
been taught fear that our dairy
industry could not survive if we
returned to free, unrestricted mar
keting of our products."
Gale also opposed a dairy de
partment resolution calling for a
co-operative policy on dairy pub
lic relations between the farm
bureau, the Oregon State college
and the Oregon dairyman's asso
ciation. He closed his report by
asking: "Who shall speak for the
dairyman the dairyman himself
or spokesman for a segment of the
industry?"
We noted that Edgar Grimes
was taking notes and we are sit
ting around eagerly awaiting his
first speech. It isn't always that
the Holstein and the Jersey
(John's a prominent Jersey breed
er) breeders agree, although we've
seen them get right friendly at
Oregon Dairymen's association.
. . . Which reminds us, the annual
event for dairymen is set for
Gearhart hotel out at the beach,
January 14 to 16.
Sometimes It's not a good Idea
to bo too good. Don't get us
wrong at the start: We'ro not
referring to moral conduct but
to how good one Is at a job.
Specifically, we're talking of
Jens Svinth, Salem, who for the
past four years has put out the
"Oregon Jersey Review," official
publication of the Oregon Jer
sey Cattle club. The little maga
zine has been rated one of the
best of its kind in the United
States. But now the rub comes.
provement registry. She was milk
ed two times daily, and was 2
years and 6 months of age when
she began her testing period.
and home
Christmas has a rich and deep mean
ing. All over the world families are
looking forward to being together for
Christmas. It is tho sincere wish of tho
Union Pacific Railroad that this hop
may be realized. To that end wt offer
our facilities and services.
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Jens, who has served for any
number of years as state sec
retary of the club. Is Western
fleldman, and as such will no
longer put out the magamlne.
Others arc afraid to try It.
There's too. much of a reputa
tion to live up to.
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We enjoyed the Jersey club
meeting Saturday afternoon no
end. The principal speaker was
Floyd Bates, western director of
the American Jersey Cattle club.
He was leaving that night by air
for Columbus, Ohio, to attend a
national director's meeting. He
was to bring greetings from the
Oregon club, too.
Then leaving Monday for the
Isle of Jersey was the fieldman,
Robert Romeril, who will take
greetings back to his home there
from the Oregon club. Bob plans
to return to Oregon and his Job
shortly after the holidays, making
both ways by air, also.
For music Saturday two club
members whose talent had been
unsuspected prior to this meeting
entertained, separately and to
gether. Charlie Couche, Sherwood,
who heads the publications com
mittee, turned out to be quite a
pianist. And he sings, too. He did
both, with Paul Reeder singing a
solo and later a duet with Charlie,
Charlie at the piano all the time.
Some folk say there are no
longer any neighbors In the rur
al area, But may be they haven't
been over In Yamhill recently.
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group, Xhere will bo beef, dairy,
sheep, swine and rabbits. Of
ficers win be elected at the first
official meeting set for Decem
ber 8. Parents and sons and
daughters all met together
lng quite a Jolly affair.
Rural Health Meet
Set for Corvallis
This Week End
The second annual Rural Health
conference will be held at Oregon
State college on December 7 and 8.
Luncheons and dinner for this
event win be held at the Memor
ial union. Anyone wishing to at
tend this conference is requested
to send their reservations to Mary
Frances Kelly at the Extention
office in the court house.
The meeting will start with reg
istration at 8:30 a.m. in the Little
Theatre building on the campus.
Dr. A. L. Strand, president of
Oregon State college will welcome
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Salem area residents will ba
given chance to give a real
Christmas gift to American fight
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bloodmobile anytime from 12
noon to 5 p.m. at the Salem arm
ory. ,,.-...
Posters emphasizing the need
for "Christmas donations' of
blood were placed around town
Wednesday. The need for addi
tional blood for military force
is greater now than ever before,
according to Mrs. Ralph E.
Moody, blood chairman.
A group of displaced Lithuan
ians called the Red Cross offico
to schedule appointments for tha
bloodmobile. A group of volun
teer women called nearly all of
Salem's firms and came up with
about 100 Individual promises.
Major contributions Twill in
clude Oregon Pulp and .PAper
company and the Salem ' Elks
lodge. The Elks have a local quota
to meet. Thursday will mark, tha
last 1931 yislt of the bloodmobile
to Salem.
The Salem police department
plans to donate at least eight pint
to replace the four given to Ron
ald Wesley Wlebe, officer hurt la!
an accident last month. The ex
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Chief Clyde A. Warren said.
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