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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1952)
i Stole Shoic at 7T A I r 5 The little fellow tornlnr the west ii Howard Ratschman, X, ton of Central HowelL At left is Tim mans of Woodbnrn. and at the . Portland. The girl with braids is unidentified as she dashed away at the unexpected flash of the camera. The children furnished un scheduled entertainment at the i (Statesman Farm Photo.) By LILLIE I MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman The social-professional agricul tural fraternity, Alpha Gamma Rho, will hold its convention in the Northwest for the first time on August 15-17. A lot of big names are listed on the program Dr. J. C. Knott, Pullman, Wash., nationally known dairy Judge, and what is even more important, widely known here in the Valley, and Frank Mullan, former vice persident of the Na tional Broadcasting company, and recently' associated with produc- tion of television in Hollywood, are a couple of these names. The Greek letter farmers are going to do something, too, be sides discussing weighty farm Srobiems, with, perhaps, emphas i on farm legislation. They are, taking a trip out to see real Wil lamette Valley farms. The tour will terminate in a barbecue at the C S. Alderman Farms near Dayton. There will also be a trip to Corvallis where the new chap ter house on the campus will be viewed. It was Just completed -this summer. " While enjoying the warm sun ny weather Sunday, at the Farm er's Union picnic at Champoeg, we certainly wished we were younger again. Out to the side of the open-sided pavilion where , speakers were going on, was a group of youngsters who had found a sprinkler The speaker had difficulty in keeping the at tention of his listeners on that side of the pavilion. The young sters were furnishing much the more colorful entertainment. Charles Walter of North Planes attended the Oregon State Farm ers Union meeting, too, and had a lot of fun talking over Salem of 62 years ago with other Farm Union members who could re member way-back-when. The Ranch Rambler had the pleasure of sitting beside him for a time, listening to him talk of when he had a blacksmith shop in the old Scfiber and Pohle building where White & Son Seed store now stands. Charlie had been blacks mi thing since 1885. Sixty two years ago he moved to North Planes where he has been opera ting and living in the same house for all these 52 years. Says he is now the only blacksmith that shoes hores in Washington Coun ty. When asked if there were horses yet to shoe, he looked a little hurt; "What with all them riding horses around? Say, we are busy most of the time," he said. Nat'l. Ag Meet Speakers MJSI" - - - DR. J. a KNOTT Fraternity to Meet at Portland Dr. J. C. Knott and George L. Penrose are key figures in the coming national convention of Alpha Gamma Rho, national ag ricultural fraternity, to be held in Portland, Aug. 15 to 17. Dr. Knott, director of the Insti tute of Agricultural Science at Washington State College and na tionally known dairy judge, will Farm. Picnic side up In the center of the picture Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rutschman of Gorman. Z, son of tno Ed C. Gor- right Is his cousin, John Gorman, Sunday Farmers Union picnic H. D. Rolph, vice president of the National Farmers Union. speaker at the Sunday picnic told about the three dams now being built in India with the smallest of these able, when completed, to irrigat three times the amount of acerage that the Grand Cou lee dam will irrigate. Agricul ture in India is coming ahead In big strides and water is doing it. Jerry Wipper, son of the Karl B. Wippers, gets around quite ! a bit, we notice. He was one of : four Oregon delegates attending the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, D.C. in June. Now : he is one of two who have been ! named tft receive the 1952 O. M. ; Plummer 4-H Memorial College scholarships. The other club : member is Joan Karns, 17, Oren- i co, daughter of Mrs. Gail Karns. Joan attended the 1950 National ; 4-H Club congress in Chicago. Starting his 4-H career 'with an orphan lamb nine years ago, ; he now has a flock of 82 regis tered Southdowns, and estimates the income from his 4-H projects to be around $8,550. He will en roll in OSC this fall. : " Sunny Lea Jersey Farm, own ed by Bob Riff at Indenpendence, has recently sold a yearling son of Lilac Coronator Delight, a fa - mous Jersey sire. The yearling . went to J. F. Modlin of Otis, whose Jersey herd has averaged more than 500 pounds butterfat already. It's expected to go even higher when the youthful sire's offspring begins producing. Speaking of high production. Volunteer Carol Standard, a Jer sey owned by M. N. Tibbies, In dependence, has produced 705 pounds of butterfat In the recent 305 days, and then the John Lin dows, also of Independence won a medal of merit on the produc tion of Lindow Lott Chance, ' who made 962 pounds of fat In 365 days. There must be so ma thing in that Independence pas ture, j And while we are on the sub ject of cows, we note they are very intelligent animals or is it simply their owners are the "very intelligent." At Michigan State College, 75 of the 80 cows milked there learned to come to the milk parlor when their number was called. Each had Its own number and each learned the trick in a few days. Perhaps only college cows can learn this. We haven't heard whether it has been tried at Oregon State College dairy farms. GEORGE L. PENROSE be the principle convention speak er. Dr. Knott is also widely known in the Willamette Valley. for his dairy judging. . Penrose, Union Pacific Rail road agricultural agent, and mem ber of the Alpha Beta Chapter at Oregon -State College, is general chairman for this convention, first to be held in the Northwest v j 5 .... w.T;. . . ;-. .:: -..-.- . - 4 f r V 1 'V - t v ; - i Wool Grower Grows Trees OnSOOAcres KLAMATH FALLS A nation ally-known sheepman who com bines . wool growing with tree growing will be a feature of next Saturday's tree farm birthday in Klamath County, the Western Pine Association reports. William H. Steiwer of Fossil, president of the National Wool Growers Association and owner of a newly-certified 800-acre tree farm, will round out a program of three speakers scheduled to ad dress the public observance of tree farming that will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday on the Weyer haeuser Timber Co. tree farm 16 miles west of Klamath Falls, just off Highway 66. Ernest L. Kolbe, chief of the pine association, said that Steiwer will speak as an Individual owner of a small tree farm on the income-producing possibilities of small woodlots.. - Glassow of Bend Talks Other speakers will be Sen. Guy Cordon and A. J. Glassow of Bend, general manager- of the Brooks Scanlon Lumber Co. ; .'."By managing forests to pro duce 4 continuous timber crops," Kolbe said,, "industry is demon strating that private enterprise is shouldering its responsibility for future generations and future har vests. We regard this tenth anni versary as only the first decade in a continuous march of practical forestry, that will insure timber crops forever on privately-owned lands." - , Saturday's celebration, to which the public has been invited, will include a short tour of the area immediately surrounding the ob servance site and the serving of a tree farmers lunch by the Weyer haeuser Co. ( Signs will mark the turnoff point from Highway 66 and plenty of parking space will be available. Linn Co. Grossman of Year 7 : y-:VX wiiMiMiiiw mi i ii w tm m m i 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 itfi Merle Manning, Brownsville, right, receives tropby from Linn coun ty's 1951 Grassman of the Tear. Hubert Willoughby, Harrisburg. The laugh was on Willoughby, Manning states, as Willoughby was tho county's first grassman and the trophy came only about an hour before he had to present It to Manning. (Statesman Farm Photo.) Polk County 4-H Group Makes Trip Seven 4-H livestock club mem bers from Polk County have re turned from a three-day 4-H live stock tour held at Corvallis. Over 100 other 4H members from Linn, Lane, Benton, Douglas and Lin coln Counties attended. An opportunity to fit and judge the various classes of livestock, in cluding rabbits, was given the 4-H clubbers as part of the program. Work was also done on the grad ing of beef cattle and sheep. Going from Polk County , were Kent Ward, David Wells, Nancy Lemmon and Marvin Hiebert of Independence; Jerry and Val Mul ler of Monmouth and Larry Kelt ner of Amity. Farm Calendar Aug. 7-9 Newberg Fanneroo. Aug. 7-8 Hood River County Fair, OdelL Aug. 8 Third annual Hop Growers field day, OSC, 1:30 pjn. (DST), East Farm. Aug. 8-10 Crooked Finger Round-up, Prineville. Aug. 8-10 21st annual Western International Gladiolus Show, Yakima, Wash. Aug. 9 Silverton Flower Show, Eugene Field Auditorium. Aug. 10-17 Huckleberry festi val, He He Mill, Warm Springs. Aug. 10 : Oregon Jersey Cattle Club annual picnic, Lamb Jersey Farm, Bend. Aug. 11-16 First Oregon Wool Week. : Aug. 13-16 Tillamook .County Fair, Tillamook. Aug.. 14-17 Coos County Fair, Myrtle Point. Aug. 15 4-H tractor driving 1 field day, Oregon State Fair grounds, 10 ajn. Aur. 15 Oregon Ram Sale, Pen dleton. Aug. 15-17 Alpha Gamma Rho, National agricultural fraternity convention, Portland. Aug.-18-24 Multnomah County Fair, Gresham. Aur. 19 4-H Livestock Auction, Corvallis Armory. Turke yslSeed More Water in Hot Weather The recent hot spell has caused some heavy, losses In f turkeys, poultry men - are reporting. - The more experienced turkey! men are blaming the losses on lack of shade and water on the range. " Turkeys need enough shade to protect them from the sun and this without crowding. If range shelters are used, sufficient for all the birds should be supplied. They should be close enough together to prevent the whole flock from try ing to use one, especially during very hot spells. Some looses have resulted when a lot of birds crowd ed around a little shade.) , . Water, one of the cheapest parts of a feeding program. Is; also one of the most neglected, Noel Ben nion, extension poultry specialist at Oregon State College, has re peated over ' and -over, i Turkeys consume large amounts Of water, and supplying this Item; is espe cially important during hot weath er. Drinking facilities j should be situated where all the birds can satisfy their needs at all times. NEW FOOD METHODS TOLD The August issue Of Country Gentleman announces two devel opments in the farm! food, line: An apple juice with a champagne tast but no alcoholic content has been developed by Dr. Lyle L. Davis. Virginia Polytechnic In stitute A process to can fresh hard- boiled eggs, keeping indefinitely, has been developed by a Water- town, Mass., company with secret processing rights turned over to the Navy. j HEIFER 8ALE PLANNED The annual heifer sale of the Marion County Dairy ? Breeders Association has been : announced for Monday, Sept. 22. i Thirty as sociation calves, heifers and cows will be offered at 1 p.m. at the State Fairgrounds. Technicians Bill Williams and Paul? Mann at Silverton are accepting entries now. ; I Trophy Goes To Manning Of Brownsville Merle Manning, Brownsville has been named Linn County's "Grass- man of the Year," and will com pete for the state title at the Ore gon State Fair. Manning's selection was announced by Hubert Wil loughby, Harrisburg, last year's winner. . . ; Manning is In partnership with his father, O. W. Manning in the operation of 2,295 acres. Princi pal crops are certified Alta fes cue, certified perennial ryegrass, common ryegrass, sudan grass. Red Clover, Alsike and White Dutch clover. Crop residues are utilized by a flock of 1,100 sheep, of which 500 are commercial breeding ewes. - Drainage problems on the Man ning farm have been cared for by the construction of three and one half miles of drainage ditches in cooperation with the PMA. The Mannings own their own seed warehouse and cleaning plant, and they follow an extensive fer tilization program on the seed land acres. Last year Manning used 300 ton of 16-20 fertilizer on grass seedings. He is experiment ing with the use of phosphate al so. Liming he finds important and so far this year has limed 150 acres at the rate of two ton per acre. ' - s - - uunng tne summer ne is run ning his sheep on 200 acres of pasture of sudan grass and rape. Swimming was commonplace for many ancient Greeks and Romans. -- For Athlete's Foot Use T-4-L for S to S days. If not pleased, your 40e back. , Watch the old, tainted skin slourh off to be replaced by healthy skin. Get instant-drying T-4-L from any druggist. ' Now at Perry's Drug Store. ' X h v t ' " Monitor Ram Bring Marcus Vetter, Monitor, is mighty which brought $550 Saturday at Albany. , The ram, which Vetter priced one of the sale and went to Gordus Watts, Woodbnrn. (States man Farm Photo.) Pendleton Sale Drawcj Valley Men The 26th annual Oregon Ram Sale, to be held at Pendleton, Fri day, Aug. 15 is attracting a large number of Willamette Valley sheepmen, some of whom are in terested in selling while others plan to probably bring home a ram. The sale is sponsored by the Oregon Wool Growers Association. There will be S50 selected rams to auction, v The sale will start at 10 a.m. in the Show Ring at. Pendleton with Earl O. Walter of Filer, Idaho, auctioneer. Among the valley sheep to go to the sale are those from E. J. Hand ley, Wenton Redmond, Broadmead Farms and Dave Waddell, Marcus Vetter. Riddells and a group of Turner sheepmen. No No UP. Down Payment Mortgage Required to 36 Months to Paj s$550 proud of his fine Columbia ram the Willamette Valley Ram sale at is shown holding, was the highest Clubbers Compete In Tractor Driving . The 4-H tractor driving field day will be held at the State Fair grounds, Salem, on Friday, Aug. is, starring at iu ajn. The event, sponsored by the Central Valley Implement Dealers Association, will, see 4-H tractor club members from Marion, Linn, Benton and Polk Counties compet ing for awards in various driving contests. The public is invited to watch. Oswego Lime Delivery Co. P. O. Box 664 BL. 1-3033 Get Lime Immediately or Prompt Delivery on Scheduled . Dates - Tie bank Act cfoys OPEN 10 LETS BUUD OREGON TCXSCTrET 351 Stat Street SU No. Capitol ORIGINATORS OF LOW PRICES 110 TRICKY BARGAINS Here Are Some MIDGET Seef Soasls Soiling Bee! Heef ioasls Porkldasis Thousands Of Salem Folks Have Depended On The "MIDGET" ior 37 Years. "When You See It In Our Ad. It's So." , Sliced Bacon Jowl Smoked Picnics Bacon Squares . Pure Lard L I'linced Ham . Polish Rings . Wieners Skinless Lunch Heals i Bologna Pig Feel Corned . Veal Steak OUR CAPITOL STREET MARKET IS OPEN UNTIL 7 P. M. FRIDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 8 P. M. CLOSED SUNDAYS WARMER L HEALTHIER HAPPIER with THIS WINTER Half the people in this country live in houses mora than 30 years old ! If you are one of these people it is 2 to 1 the heating plant in your house needs replacing. Check NOW (before winter comes) for such defects as cracked firebox...leaky boiler or valves... rusty; furnace. Or, if your present furnace is inadequate for modern living, install a new furnace sdentificalljj engineered to your heating requirements. J Money to replace your furnace can be easily and quickly arranged by the dealer of your choice through the LowCost FIRST NATIONAL BANK Modemi fcation Loan Plan. i ' SALEM CiUliCH OF PORTLAND TO 5 SIX DAYS A WEEK far yoer EVERYDAY VALUES Loan Ann LB, Pic. LB .lb. 35 LB. 45 .LB. 12? XB. 12 oB.49f .u.49e u.55f ob.49 3i LB. ib. 650 ceereafeec