Th Col aery Pcdory Oregon, Ttotefrrrv flpcfl 17. Itll WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER Nows and Viows of Farm and Garden -By uuie l madsen World Losing Battle Against Hunger, UN Official Reports BY LIIXIE L. MAD SEN Farm Editor, The SUtteaman FORTXAND The world la four or five per cent worse off bow than It was in 1938 to far mm winning the battle against banger la concerned. NorrU E. Dodd, director-ieneral of tho Food and Agricultural Organiz ation of the United Nations, said In an interview here Tuesday alfht. There were four of us all re porters of agricultural events sitting in at the interview, as Dodd talked freely of bis work as chief of the food and agrtcul ture division in foreign lands. He answered readily all ques tions put to him, saying he was (lad to tell the people of tho work of the FAO. Food production in the world has Increased 9 per cent since 193 but mouths to eat It have Increased IS per cent, he said. When asked if he thought tho production would catch up with the ever increasing; population. Dodd was rather optimistic. "It can," he said, "when tho underdeveloped countries are taught to help themselves. It will take time. It will take money, but it will take more time and patience than money." U. S. CANT FEED ALL The United States should ret It out of its head that It alone can feed the world, the food spe cialist said, adding that "39 mil lion dollars worth of our product Is going into world trade chan nels now. If we doubled that Amount It would be a mere drop In the backet of what is needed. The only help, Dodd was con vinced, was for the countries to grow some of their own foods. "Actually it isn't more food Machine Sets r . id V LIBERTY As many as 10,006 strawberry plants an hour can be set with this machine when the soil is "Just right," operators report The soil was pretty loose in the Mercer-Emery field (above) at Liberty where only 6,000 were being set an hour. Feeding the machine from the back are Norman Hurst and Roy Mercer, and in front Gary House and James) Calkins while driving is Richard Harling. (States man Farm Photo.) Currant Fly About Ready To Start Work Gooseberry and currant grow ers, both commercial and home garden, should be ready to apply their first yellow currant fly pray or dust by the end of this week. Eggs from the yellow cur rant fly hatch into larvae or worms that make culls out of the fruit, says County Extension Agent D. L. Rasmussen. Commercial growers can use either lead arsenate or methoxy chlor to kill the flies before they lay their eggs under the skin of the fruit. Lead arsenate can be rased at the rate of 4 pounds in 100 gallons of water. If leaf spot disease is a problem, the 4 pounds ef lead arsenate can be added to SHOW YOUR SMILE! saf Keep teeth bright 0w Wriles Spearaoint Gumv TOOT that these countries need. It is different kinds of food," he went on In response to Questions. "In some countries rice alone is the people's entire diet. In others it is wheat and in still others it is corn. What they need to be taught is to grow a variety of foods for their health, to learn to live under better conditions.' No agricultural people want charity if given an opportunity to earn their own food, Dodd continued, adding that "these people, however, are tired of being hungry, tired of being un clothed and tired of sleeping on dirt floors in mud huts." One step In tho right direction, the agricultural leader stated, was to furnish the farmers in these countries with better seed. "Production could bo increased at least 10 per cent If better seeds were obtainable by the peoples of the Far East," he explained. When asked what he thought of the so-called "communistic stomach Dodd replied that in China the communists had failed "to deliver and so has our side." MISSIONS EFFICIENT Church missions and the mis sionaries received a good send off by Dodd. "If the FAO, or any of the other government agencies, could be a thousandth as efficient as the missions are, we'd get tho work done." he said, as he told how much better the living stan dards were around each mission no matter what the religion. There was more food, fields were cultivated better, and there was more happiness and more peace, he went on. Dodd is here to fill a three -day speaking engagement as Strawberry Plants Quickly 9 rrlf Mf, Bordeaux 8-8-100 (8 pounds cop per sulphate, 8 pounds hydrated lime, and 100 gallons of water). The lead arsenate sprays should be.appliedd at 7-10 day inter vals at the rate of 150 gallons per acre in mature plantings. Sprays should be repeated after any rain that may wash off the poison. Methoxychlor can be used at the rate of 3 pounds 50 per cent wettable powder in 100 gallons of water. Methoxychlor can be mixed with Bordeaux 8-8-100 if a combination spray is used for yellow currant fly and leaf spot control. Interval between sprays should average 10 days. Dust Good Some commercial growers have reported good results from a dust containing 5 per cent methoxy,-' chlor, 15 per cent Copper A, and 80 per cent talc. "When applied at the rate of 30-35 pounds per acre at 7-day intervals, this dust has controlled the yellow currant fly and leaf spot disease. Grow ers not having a leaf spot prob lem can use a 5 per cent meth oxychlor dust. To date, no yellow currant flies have been caught under two cheesecloth - covered cages in C. E. Bradley's gooseberry field near Hubbard. VrKn the first flv is caught, growt.s on the Marion County agent's mailing list will be advised to start their yellow currant lly control program. Those growers not wanting to wait for a special spray or dust can apply their first spray or dust by the end of this week Based on experience gained in past years, this would be good timing for the first application. according to Rasmussen. VM Isaac HI lima n lecturer at Pacific University. April 16, 17 and IS. Be explained that this lecture ship In the social sciences at Pa cific University wi tesUbllshed In 1945 by Dr. Alex L. Hillman of New York in tribute to his father. The FAO director-general will be honored at a no-host dinner at Multnomah Hotel Thursday at 6:30 p.m. After his lecture en gagement, he plans to go to Haines, Ore.. Saturday to visit briefly at his ranch, before re turning to Washington and again to Rome. LIKES OREGON Dodd, who claims there Is nothing like Eastern Oregon farm land, rose from secretary of the Baker County AAA com mittee to his present position. Headquarters of the FAO, first in Washington, D.C is now in Rome. There is a staff in Rome of 750, with 274 in the Held serving in 51 countries. Needed now are 150 additional techni cians, he said. The United States' share In the support of the AFO is one and a quarter million dollars. Dodd said, as he added that this "is small In comparison to the costs of either the Marshall Plan or many other departments.' As the Interview terminated, Dodd added that "sooner or later people will, learn that other people without food will never be peaceful people. A full stom ach wins peace more quickly than guns and costs less. The United States can never hope to feed the entire world, but we can do much to help not only to feed them, but to teach them to feed themselves." j;K Farm Calendai April 19-20 Portland Garden Clubs show, Civio Information Center, Portland. April 19-20 Oregon Primrose Society show, Oregon Journal Building, Portland. April 20 Marion County Jer sey Cattle Club. Andrew Kehrll, miles east of St. Paul. April 21-26 Oregon Products Week. April 21 Guernsey Breeders banquet, Multnomah Hotel, 6 p. m. April 22 Guernsey sale. Pa cific International Livestock Ex position Building. April 25-26 Benton County Spring 4-H Fair, Corvallis High School. April 26 Linn County Exten sion Homemakers' festival. April 27 Mt. Angel Primrose Show, St. Mary's dining hall. April 28 Weed Spray tour, 1:30 p. m. Victor Point-Sublimity area. J. J. Doerfler ranch and Zim merman Bros. Farm. April 28-29 California Ram Sale, Sacramento. May 7 Polk County Home makers' Festival, Monmouth. May 8-10 Linn County Spring 4-H Fair, Albany. May 10-11 Salem Garden Council Spring Show, Marion Ho tel. May 12-14 Oregon Cattle men's Association annual meeting, Prineville. May 17 Malheur County Spring Jersey Show. May 18 National 4-H Sunday. May 20 Aberdeen Angus Sale, Oregon State Fair Grounds. May 23-25 Horse show Eu gene. May 24 Washington County Jersey Show. May 24 Clackamas County Spring Lamb and Wool Show, Canby. May 25-27 Pacific Seedmen's Association, Hungton Hotel, Pasa dena. May 26 Marion County Jer sey Show. May 30-51 Clackamas Coun ty Jersey Show and sale, Canby. May 31 Linn County Fat Lamb and Wool Show, Scio. June 2-4 Oregon Wheat Growers' League and Junior Fat Stock Show and Sale. Tho Dalles. " V i SWEGLE -A. L Eoff with a few of his hlghclass rams which are gomg to the California Ram Sale April 28-29 at Sacramento. Eoff has been consigning to the sale for 27 years and will leave Monday for Sa cramento. (Statesman Farm Photo.) Corn Trials Get Attention From Growers While corn prices may not climb as high as predicted some months ago, those in the know report that they will be good. The slight de crease in earlier predicted prices is due to the cut-back in swine which is greater than expected. Many sows and gilts are being sold for slaughter this spring because of the rapid decline in hog prices this past year. While this will mean higher prices for the hog breeder who stays in, it will mean slightly less for the raiser of hog feeds such as corn. Swine growers in the valley are being urged to grow their own feed corn this year if at all pos sible. In connection with this, R. E. Fore of Oregon State College, who is widely known in the cen tral valley area for his work at corn shows, has assisted in prepar ing a new bulletin on hybrid field corn. Rapid advances, he reports, have been made in recent years in the breeding of new, improved corn hybrids and in certain cul tural practices used in growing corn. Choose Right Hybrid It is essential that growers pro ducing corn for grain select hy brids of the proper maturity range. Adapted hybrids will mature grain, even in the Willamette Val ley, although the moisture con tent at harvest may be too high for safe storage without artificial drying methods. Corn is mature at approximate ly 40 per cent moisture as the translocation of starches and oth er materials to the corn kernels is stopped at this point. Corn har vested with 40 per cent moisture and properly dried is equal in both quality and feed value to grain harvested with lower mois tures. Grain having above 40 per cent moisture will not be equal quality even after drying. Hence growers should select hybrids that can be harvested with less than 40 per cent moisture. Willamette valley corn seldom runs below 35 per cent to 40 per cent moisture at harvest, due to rainy fall weather. Hence Wil lamette Valley corn usually should be dried artifically. Many types of driers have been used success fully, although the use of portable driers appears to be increasing at present. These dryers are rela tively inexpensive and can also be used for drying hay and other crops. Drying costs of less than $10 per ton have been reported by growers. The agricultural en gineering department, Oregon State College, has reported fuel cost of as low as $3.08 per ton of corn dried with a portable drier. Small differences in yield be tween hybrids do not necessarily indicate that one hybrid is super ior to another, Fore reports. The hybrids in each trial made during the past year by the state college, were planted in randomized order and each was replicated four to six times. Although all strains were handled the same, in so far as this is possible. Some fluctua tions are bound to occur, due to soil variations and other uncon trollable factors. Trials Made In Valley Two of the trials were conduct ed in the Willamette Valley: At Corvallis and Oregon City. Corn trials at Corvallis were grown on fertile river bottom soil of the Chehalis series. This land for several years has been in a corn-sugar beet seed rotation. Abruzzi rye has been seeded each year following the corn and fol lowing the sugar beet seed crop as a cover and green manure crop to maintain the organic content of the soil. In 1950, 100 pounds of treble superphosphate and 100 pounds of ammonium sulfate were broadcast before plowing and the corn was side dressed with 200 pounds of ammonium sulfate when approximately one foot ATTENTION LOGGERS AND FARMERS LOGS WANTED t-Ft. - leVFt - And Long Lengths AtTopPrfc DURKLAND LUMBER CO. Phen 1125 Tumor, Oregon California, Here We Si " J n ,iinii tmo i iwfMii iiwumnim tt r mt i-m-r-ti ri nTrri Early Spray Termed Best For Ragwort Tansy ragwort plants spray ed before June first will be most easily killed. Marion County Weed Inspector Jake Neufeldt says 2,4-D applied from now till the weeds start to bud at the rate of 3 to 4 pounds of 2,4-D acid per acre is best. For small areas where a 3 gallon sprayer is used add one cup of 50 per cent 2,4-D acid solution to each sprayer full. For effective control, spray early. County Extension Agent Ben A. Newell recommends that you read the label on spray containers. Usually the 40 to 60 per cent 2,4-D solutions are cheaper than 10 or 20 per cent solutions. Which ever percent age is used be sure to add enough to make 3 to 4 pounds of 2,4-D acid per acre. Tansy plants hoed off or pulled last year, still are heav ily infested this year. Best re sults came in 1951 from an early spring spray and a late fall spray. high. These applications supplied 45 pounds of P205 and 60 pounds of nitrogen. The field was irri gated twice with a sprinkler ir rigation system. During the 1951 season, 100 pounds of the treble superphos phate and the same of ammonium nitrate were broadcast and plowed under. The corn was side dressed when approximately 18 inches high with 200 pounds of ammon ium nitrate. These plots were ir rigated three times during the growing season. Planting dates were May 9 and 10, in 1950 and May 3 and 4, in 1951. Harvest was started each year around Oc tober 15.1n the two-year tests Oregon 525 produced 97 bushels per acre; Wisconsin 341A, 90.4 bushels and Wisconsin 341, 82.9 bushels. In one year tests (1951) Wisconsin 701 A was the highest producer with 128 bushels. Ore gon 525 made 108 bushels. Lowest of the 15 varieties grown in the experimental plots was Wisconsin 255, with 77 bushels per acre. Oregon 355 made 90.2 bushels. The second valley experiment was made on the Red Soils Ex perimental area farm near Oregon City' on an Olympic series soil. The crops were planted May 20 in 1950. A side dressing of 140 pounds of ammophos 16-20 was applied. Plots were planted in the spring of 1951 but were not har vested as the corn was almost a total failure because of the ex ceptionally dry season. No irriga tion was used. Yields for the 1950 Red Soils plats were very low, Wisconsin 1445 being highest with 61.1 bush els. Wisconsin 341A made 56 bush els and Oregon 525 50.7 bushels. Farm Clean-up Time at Hand A spring clean up of farm lots and yards will add many hours of enjoyment to farm living and save dollars for Marion County folks. Each year American farm fam ilies lose 3500 lives and 100 mil lion dollars worth of property by fire Much of this loss can be stopped by cleaning up junk and trash in buildings and cleaning up weeds and grass around the yards. Keep fire fighting equip ment in working order. The loss of 18,000 farm work ers and Injury of another 1 Vt mil lion from farm accidents could greatly be reduced by a thorough spring clean up and repair around the farm. Come 1 I Guernsey Event Scheduled for North Portland Oregon and Washington Guern sey Breeders stage their annual Northwest Classic sale at the Pa cific International grounds in Portland on April 22. Oregon's sale committee chairman and president of Oregon Guernsey Breeders, Dick Lyon of Junction City, reports a top group of con signments. Jack Robinson of Lodi. Calif.. I is sale manager. j A Guernsey breeders' banquet ! ana directors meeting are sohed- : ! uled for Monday evening, April j 21 at the Multnomah Hotel in' j Portland. The Association Secre- ! tary Ben A. Newell of Salem says all breeders or folk interested in Guernseys are welcome. New Sheep Branding Paint Now on Market A scourable sheep brand paint has been developed by George L. Comte of the PMA Denver Wool Laboratory, and is now available in three colors: Red, green and black. Use of these scourable brand ing paints will result in a larger check in the wool grower's pock et, since much smaller portions of the scoured fleece will have to be graded down because of sub stances which cannot be removed in the scouring process. in t... n 1 1 r 1 1 1 r, r 1 1 1 j - s. - .. ( mii(?ms KSffflSHri 0 conviniint v p C LOCATIONS ! - Cooperating Business Firms These are the Salem firms offering you free parking service whllo shopping at their places of business ... patronize them often save both ways. Acklin's Bootery Anita Shop Arbuckles Barb's Sporting Goods Bishop's Bob Callahan Int. Brown's, Jewelers & Opticians Capital Drug Store Commonwealth Inc. Conrad Bruce & Co., Investments Cooke's Stationery Commercial Insurance Agy. K. L Elfstrom Co. Tho Fashionette Ulamblings Jens Svinth, one-time vocation al instructor in the Salem High School, manages to keep himself very much out of his Salem office which be established some months ago and which bears an American Jersey Cattle Club lettering. Jens was made fieldman for that cat tle breed some months ago. Among his recent visits were trips to Mal heur and to Lincoln Counties. In Malheur he paid visits to a num ber of new Jersey breeders. In Lincoln County he visited the most recently formed Oregon Jersey Cattle Club that of Lincoln County. Charley Kneiss, Silverton, is re joicing over the water flow he has received from his newly drill ed well. He went down 169 feet 12 inches wide to get irrigation for his pasture. He has both dairy and beef cattle. He is getting 500 gallons per minute. Marty Bros., of Portland were the successful water-reachers. Marcus Walmpach, Mt. Angel, Is boasting a heavy producer in Nug get Celsche Dorothy, a registered Holstein-Friesian. She made 418 pounds of butterfat from 11,405 pounds of milk in a 208-day pro duction period. She was milked two times daily and was 4 years and 7 months when she started out on her test period. One is always hearing some thing about the "little woman" be ing superstitious. Well, the other day while sitting in our car at a strawberry planting demonstra tion we had the opportunity to listen in on some of the super stitions of men although most of these were prefaced with "I heards" and "someone told me sos." Floyd Bates, whom we always consider among the most factual and rational of men, was repeat ing that he'd "heard" it said that . .7. i " . ' V' . 7 B , a : L. A 1 : . 1-. 0 ai. . the dark q the moon And Ed ; Zanhow was riht there to back Floyd up. Ted Rustvold up Monitor way! has 20 ewes whicH produced 40 lambs, which would not be a bad' idea for all sheep raisers. It does- n"t cost as much to feed 20 ewes , over the year as it does to feed ! 30 ewes, and 30 ewes producing 40 lambs is considered a pretty good return. "7. "fMrnlm oukaetUUiet all riru . M Ma wum Ask Your Dealer TOM MOORE, Field Ren, 930 S. W. Yamhill St Portland. Ore. Phone BR-4554 Distributed By MILLER PRODUCTS CO. Portland, Ore. jr.: vC-"' e Perk your car Free at either of these two downtown car parks while shopping at your favorite Salem stores. Sales clerks at cooperating business firms will stamp your ticket for free parking. Properly stamped claim check entitles you to One Hour FREE PARKING. You may park longer if you wish for only 10c per hour additional. W. P. Fuller Paint Co. General Finance Co. A Roy Simmons Inc. Hoffman's Meat Market Hogg Bros. Alex Jones Jack Jills Jewel Box Jewelers Johnson's m Kay's Tho Kitchen Centre Klasic Photo Shop Little French Shop The Man's Shop Marion Feed A Seed Morris Optical Urges Everyone To Plant Garden . K. Ralph Clark extension horticulturist, has this to. cay about spring gardening: "tVe" do not anticipate tho develop ment of any great rarden ram . palgn In Oregon tbls year bat we do want to enconrage every . wm. vvuw vuwiu wpuw . w plant vegetable xarden. Tho food Is needed and Is better If raised close to "the place w hero it is to be used, . i, f "If imi Ilk " ?Vt grow, yon will . enjoy raising . garden. No division of agricul ture makes return aav faster for tbe effort exerted than doe gardening," ' ? i i Farmers Adopt ; ; List of Objectives ror toming lear Six objectives were adopted by the Linn County - Agricultural, Planning Council at its ' annual spring meeting held in Albany recently, reports Albert , Julian, Lyons, chairmhan. , : , ! " - " These are: Improve ' Bangs J disease and tuberculin testing" prpgram; con duct - educational . campaigns On tanzy ragwort and? wild garlic control; ; endeavor to : get compulsory cherry fruit fly v vi in vi, vwvpv a sa v vm j u iaa disposal program; organize a farm -forestry committee, and encour age corps of engineers construe-: tion of small reservoir; for irri- gation and construction ;of Green Peter and White Bridge! dams., Additional members of the. council are Robert Irish, Shedd; Merle Manning, Brownsville; Mrs. . R. W. Schmidt, Albany; Hubert Willoughby, Harrisburg; j E. II. Murphy, Albany; Mrs. Jess Pe terson, Lebanon; Gerald . Deter- frLwy t rr nfiiniiPQ t b rn varrvo nn ing, Harrisburg Ryals, Albany. and Gordon Processes which provide energy for a living body are much the same as those which take place . in a fire. . 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