14 The Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Thursday. August 21. 1951
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By LILLIE L. MADSEN 1
- Lambs really aren't so lamby this yearr We noted at the 26th
Oregon Ram sale held in Pendleton Friday that prices were down
rather sharply from a year ago, with the top price,of $300 paid for a
Rambouillet lamb. The average was down to $114 against last year's
$221. During the past two weeks, however, the lambs have been do
ing better in Oregon stockyard markets. In fact, they've been upped
a dollar or more this cast month.
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Got a note from Walt Holt this week, and he's retting all hep
ped up about the Pacific International, his special show in North
Portland, slated for October (Leo Spitrbart says Walt should real
ly be more quiet until after the state fair is out of the way.)
But the thing that is interesting Walt most this year seems to
be the National Hereford show at which the national Association
Is offering $1,000 if the grand Champion Steer of the entire beef
show Is a Hereford. But the Aberdeen Angus group has eome out
with the same offer provided, of course, the steer is of that
breed. Because of the extra tough competition expected, Glen
Bratcher from the Animal Husbandry Department of Oklahoma
A & M College, Stillwater, has been obtained to Judge. He's one
of the best known steer Judges in the nation. j
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Walt Is also boasting a bit about the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police coming down for the PJ. horse show. However,' Leo says they
don't have bakings and kitchen queens. The foods department is go
ing to be one of the big features at the fair, says Mrs. James H. Turn
bull, Salem, who is again superintendent -of this division. A lot of
demonstrations have been planned in this division this year.
The state fair ticket wagon will be in downtown Salem Frl- --
day morning and from then on out, people wanting reserved and
box seats of any of the 1952 State Fair events will be able to get
them from the wagon, which in previous years was on the Court
House lawn. Because there is no lawn there this year. It will be
situated on State Street Just off South Liberty Street in front of
Stevens and Son Jewelry store. The wagon will be open each day
except I g Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. j '
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Holstem-Friesian cow owners here in the Tgillamette Valley say
they are doing fine so far as records are concerned. Bragging a bit
this week was Bernard P. f Vandecoevering, Mt. Angel, on Walker
Valdessa Sir Peerless, who had 545 pounds of butterfat and 18,078
r tunas or miuc in auo uays, m iwimudw uclujt juu&w, at v
years, 6 months. -.- !
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California, Oregonians t least will admit, must do things that
are different. Usually one of the southern states' desires is to grow
everything bigger. But here la a place whre the state, hopes to pro
duce something not so big. !
Sunflowers, the state had bragged, grow awfully tall there. But
growing this spring in a plot at Meloland (down in Imperial Valley)
Is just as big a sunflower, but Stalks grow four to five feet talL Ob
ject in trying for the smaller sunflower is to get one that can be har
vested with a combine. Dr. Paul Knowles, plant expert at the college
of agriculture, University of California, is aiming at a sunflower that
will produce good, heavy heads at a uniform level of around five or
ix feet. . " I
i Most of you remember Dr. Fred W. MacKenxlej head of tha
Department of Animal Husbandry at Oregon State College? Prob
ably you also know he is cavorting in Australia on a leave of ab
sence from the college. His cavorting, however, takes the form of
studying animal husbandry in the Australian area. He writes:
"Merinos (talking about sheep) are everywhere, but the lambs
that sell best for slaughter are by Dorset rams and out of Merino
crossed with Border Leicester ewes or Cotridale ewes or Bomney
ewes. Sopue Southdown rams are used and some Cheviot rams to
get market lambs."
Dr. Fred also wrote that nine inches of rain fell at Sydney on
July 26 and he was there. I
We haven't heard yet whether he's going to show it at the State
Tair, but we have heard that Russell Alsip, Monmouth, bought one
of the top rams at the Des Moines, Iowa, Cheviot sale.;
Down in linn County Philip Haddan's registered Jersey cow,
Rosalie, at Riverside, topped 1,073 cows in the butterfat record for
the past month. Rosalie produced 91.5 pounds of fat in 1,634 pounds
of milk for the individual honors for the month. James S. Ruby &
Son, Scio, was second high with Modella, a Holstein, at 98.6 pounds
of fat in 'l,907 pounds of milk. Another Jersey, Sable, was in third
Elace for John Harshbarger of Shedd. Sable made 88.3 of butterfat
l 1,606 pounds of milk. ' ' i
Top 305-day records for three year olds went to Floyd Fischer &
Son's Jersey, Boots which made 511.9 pounds of fat and 8,500 pounds
of milk. . ' i . 1 '
Arbor Grove 4-H youngsters have been pretty well with their Jersey
project in various shows and events in the valley. Here are Jeanette
and Joe Davis, Freddie and BUlie Fern Ballrot, Sydney Coleman,
all of the Arbor Grove Jersey 4-H Club, near Woodburn, at the
Marion County 4-H fall fair at the State Fairgrounds Wednesday.
(Statesman FarnTThoto.)
Borers Attack
Valley Fruit
Trees in Fall
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month yet, one to kill and one to
preserve life.
If the spray to control black
berries is to be used this season,
it should be done very soon, county
agents report.
The chemical, 2,4,5-T in combina
tion with 2,4-D, to be effective in
the control of blackberries, should
be applied in advance of the cal
lousing off of the leaves in the fall.
This chemical kills blackberries the
same as 2,4-D kills broadleaf weed
plants in that it goes through the
leaves and kills the roots. This
means that it must be applied be
fore the leaves fall.
The rate to use this chemical is
two and one-half to three pounds of
actual 2,2,5,-T acid to 100 gallons
water, and sprayed on the plants
until they drip.
If the brush killer spray is put
on properly, a good kill of the top
growth should be had this fall.
However, there will be about a 15
per cent regrowth of the plants the
following year. A follow-uD SDrav
should' be put on in the early
summer next year.
Vines should not be grubbed or
burned for at least six weeks after
being sprayed. It is better, spray
companies report, to wait several
months if possible.
In other words, spray the vines
now. In late January or February.
when weather is clear, grub out the
old canes. Then in late spring or
early summer respray the i re-
growth which appears. Almost a
100 per cent kill should be had
within a year.
Trees Being Attacked
The treatment to preserve life
Is to preserve the cherry and prune
trees which are being damaged by
snot-noie borers. And there is a
great deal of this damage being
aone uus year, orchard experts are
aavising.
If small holes are present in the
limbs or trunks of the tree holes
about the size of a shot-gun pellet.
chances are that it is the shot-
hole borer. The insect lays eggs
inside these small tunnels, and
the grubs that hatch soon develop
into adults and repeat the perfor
mance. Such borers will soon gird
le a umb causing it to die.
Cut Out Dead Limbs
The first step in controlling the
insect is to cut out the dead limbs
and burn them at once (with a per
mit). If the infested limbs are left
lying about, the borers will come
Campers Cent
Help Keep
Oregon Green
One way for Oregon campers
to prevent forest fires is to take a
tip from the Indians, says Charles
R. Ross, extension farm forestry
specialist at Oregon State Col
lege.
"White man make heap big fire
stand way off. Indian make little
fire sit down side him," is how
the Indian used to put it, Ross
aays. .-
The farm forester advises camp
ers to scrape away all flamma
ble material from a sport at least
five feet in diameter. Then they
should dig a hole, in the center
and build the fire there Indian
fashion.
Other Ross suggestions forkeep
- Jug Oregon green include:
. .When choosing the site for the
eampfire, avoid brush, logs, over
hanging, flammable material and
ground filled with punky roots.
Also consider the availability of
water for quenching fires.
Extinguish the fire beyond any
shadow of doubt. Standard pro
cedure for experienced woodsmen
is to stir and scatter the coals
while soaking them with water,
and then to wet the ground around
the fire. When it is thoroughly
wet and feels cold, it is safe to
leave. If water is not available,
stir lots of moist earth among the
coals, turning and separating
them, and tread on them afterwards.
Make sure the match is out by
breaking it in two before throw
ing it away. . j
Smokers should observe the law
that forbids throwing cigaret stubs
or pipe ashes from car windows.
Smokers in the forests should be
sure stubs or pipe ashes are dead
out, and placed in non Gamma
ble spots.
Carry an axe, a shovel, and a
bucket in the car. If you see a fire.
put it out. If you cant do it
alone, call help. Report all fires
to the nearest fire warden or
ranger.
Remember, saya Ross, the time
to stop a fire is before it gets
started. !
out of the tunnel and migrate to
the tree again. The big migration
periods are the middle of Septem
ber and in early May.
A fairly good control of the in
sect can be had by spraying when
the insects are migrating. Watch
the trees closely and" when the ad
ults are found on the limbs, spray
with DDT at the rate of four pounds
of 50 !per cent wettable DDT in
100 gallons of water.
But ! don't wait until migration
time to cut out the dead limbs.
Catch ;this group of borers before
they migrate, is the expert's ad
vice. -
Polk Co. Fair Starts
mouth
Today at Mon
Nut Growing
Cost Studies
Made byOSC
The 33rd annual Polk County Fair will open today at 1 p.m.,
standard tiitle, at the. fairgrounds in Monmouth. The program will
begin with the 4-H and FFA swine showmanship contests. This will
be followed by the judging of the swine classes. Othr activities for the
afternoon. include the beef showmanship contest and judging of the
heef and rabbit classes. " A rabbit judging contest will conclude the
afternoon program. ' ' 1 , . .
The Thursday evening entertain
ment program will be provided by
the Boy Stfouts with Andy-Irwin
of Dallas in charge of the program.
The following is "' a. schedule of
events in -the 4-H livestock , and
miscellaneous exhibit division: .
! - THURSDAY. .'-?
-12 All exhibits in place. .
; 1:30 i p.m. Swine showmanship
contests followed by the judging
of the swine classes.
Judging of the rabbit classes fol
lowed by a rabbit judging contest.
3:30 p.m. Beef showmanship con
test followed by judging of the beef
classes. -
. ' , FRIDAY
9:30 a.m. Dairy , showmanship!
contests folowed by the judging' of
the dairy classes. ,
Judging of the vegetable crops
and rose and flower exhibits fol
lowed by vegetable judging con
test ; ,
Judging of the electricity, wood
working, forestry, entomology, and
bee culture exhibits.
1:15 p. m. ' Sheep showmanship
contests folowed by the judging of
the sheep and goat classes.
Demonstrations.
2 p.m. Judging of the poultry
classes followed by poultry Judg
ing contest.
3. p.m. Livestock judging con
test. SATURDAY
9:30 a.m. Forestry identification
contest.
8 p.m. 4-H entertainment pro
gram and style review.
Farm Calendar
Aug. ! 21 ' Second day of Mar
ion County fall 4-H Show, state fair
grounds. -
Aug.' 21-23 Polk County Fair,
Monmouth (See story on this page).
Aug. ! 23-27 Washington Coun
ty Fair, Hillsboro.
Aug. 24 Second annual Oregon
Booster Jersey Sale, Myrtle Point.
Aug. 25-27 Linn County fall 4-H
and FFA show, Albany.
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Aur. 26-27 Clackamas Coun
ty Fair, Canby.
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Aug. ! 30-Sept.6 Oregon State
Fair, Salem. -
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Sept. 8 Southern Oregon Ram
Sale, Lakeview.
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Sept.' 12 Oregon Turkey Im
provement Association, Withy
combe Hall, Corvallis.
Sept.! 13 Your Opportunity Jer
sey Sale, Pacific International,
North Portland.
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Sept.! 17-20 Lane County Fair,
Eugene.
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Sept.! 18-20 North Marion Coun
ty Fair, Woodburn.
Sept.' 22 Marion County Dairy
Breeders Association annual heif
er sale, fairgrounds, Salem, 1 p.m.
Oct. 4-11 Pacific International
Livestock Show, North Portland.
Oct. 7 International Hereford
Sale, 1 p.m. at P.I. .
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Oct 10-11 Fifth annual round-
table Pacific Northwest Chicken
and Turkey Conference, Corvallis.
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Oct 18 4-H and FFA Guernsey
Heifer sale, State Fairgrounds.
Oct. 121-25 National Rabbit
show, North Portland.
Canning Acreage
Almost. Tripled
In Past 10 Years
The increasing importance rf
canning as a major source of Ore
gon iarm income is shown by the
fact that the state's vegetable pro
ducers are devotine nearlv thrpp
times as much land to crops for
canning and other forms of pro
cessing as they did 10 years ago,
according to American Can Com
pany, suppliers of metal containers.
Dr. H. E. Michl. economist fnr
the company which adapted the
vacuum-pack method of canning
ior ine industry, explained that in
i4i, oniy Z6,ti$u acres of Ore
eon farm land were planted tn
vegetable crops for processing. In
idi rarmers cultivated 78.850
acres.
He noted that last voar'a vpca.
table acreage for processing alone
was almost two-and-a-half timps
the total 1941 acreage devntpd tn
crops for both processing and
iresn markets.
Oregon dairy cow numbers this
summer have been estimated at
204,000 head. This is. only one
per cent increase over a vear aeo.
-California dairy cows also stennpd
w r c
up one per cent during the past
year. Nationally, dairy cow num
bers are down one per cent be
low a year ago, the smallest num
ber since June, 1928.
The islands of Indonesia stretch
along the equator from the south
emmost mainland of Asia to the
northern tip of Austrailia.
Salem Youths at 4-H Fair
The United States lamb crop for
1952 totalled 18,401,000 head, two
per cent larger than the 17,989,6X0
head reported in 1951, according to
the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
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These two little fellows aren't 4-H clubbers yet, but hoped they'd be
"next year." They are Frank and Robert Clark of Salem and were
busy Wednesday admiring Michael Denham's registered Ayrshire
heifer. Willow Jo, mt the Marion Coonty 4-H show. (Statesman
Iva rhoto.)
COUNTY TRAPPER APPODJTED
Larry Bivan. 120 Dimiek Street
has recently been appointed bv the
Polk County Court as trapper for
predatory animal control.
Bivan is also serving in the same
capacity , in Linn County.
Oregon grows 87 per cent of the
filberts and one-fifth of the walnuts
in the United States. These fig
ures were given in two production
costs" bulletins issued this week
by the state experiment station.
The bulletins were both written
by" Dr. G. W. Kuhlman, agricul
tural economist.
From 1940 to 1950, the prices re
ceived by filbert growers averaged
118 per cent of the estimated cost
of production, and the price of wal
nuts 102 per cent, Dr. Kuhlman
pointed out. A wide variation in in
dividual grower cost was noted,
however, in the surveys, indicating
that improved efficiency of opera
tion is possible in many cases.
93 Filbert Farms Studied
Oregon has about 29,000 acres of
filberts. The bearing filbert tracts
on the 98 farms in the study, varied
in size from 3 to 83 acres, and aver
aged about 20 acres. The estimated
capital investment in the filbert
enterpnze averaged $14,722 per
planting, or $728 per acre, of which
SG00 was for the orchard.
The cost of producing filberts in
Oregon during the period studied,
averaged $163 per acre, or 14.4
cents per pound with an average
yield of 1,132 pounds (orchard run)
per acre.
Cost of labor averaged $63 an
acre, or 42 per cent of the totall
cost. Ha rvesp labor comprised two-
thirds of the entire labor cost, or
one-fourth of all costs.
The cost of 35 plantings of fil
berts with the lowest costs aver
aged 11 cents while the 35 plantings
with the highest costs averaged
22 cents per pound.
Bottom Land Best
Orchards producing less than 400
pounds per acre had average costs
of 27.5 per pound while those with
more than 1,600 pounds per" acre
averaged 11 cents. Bottom land
and well-drained valley orchards
were the most productive and lowest-cost
tracts. The use of cover
crops and fertilizer and dusting or
spraying increased yields and low
ered the cost per pound.
In the walnut study, the 93 bear
ing walnut tracts on 91 farms var
ied in size from 2 to 300 acres and
averaged 37.5 acres.
The estimated capital investment
in the enterprize averaged $22,216
per planting or $592 per acre, of
which $495 was for the orchard.
The cost of producing walnuts in
Oregon during the period under
test, which was the past four-year
period, averaged $117 per acre or
15.8 cents per pound with an aver
age yield of 741 pounds, orchard
run, per acre.
Cost of labor in raising walnuts
is less than filberts per acre, aver
aging $40 ot one-third of the total
cost. Harvest labor in both nuts,
comprised about two-thirds of the
entire labor cost.
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think that a pig should look like the common conception of a pig
jeven if the pig insists upon eating while 'getting prettied up for the
Marion County 4-H fall show. (Statesman Farm Photo.)
Forest Soil Post to Youngberg
"We aren't thinking in terms of
a week or two, or even a year or
two, when we talk forestry in Ore
gon," members of the Oregon State
Forestry department reports. j
A forestry program must be long
termed and in making the- study
long-termed, soils are among the
first matters to consider.
Because of this i long-range pro
gram fo protect and maintain Ore
gon's forest industry, through con
structive soil management has been
launched by the agricultural ex
periment station and the school of
forestry at Orejon State college.
Included in the program is the ap
pointment of Dr. C. T. Youngberg
as forest soils' scientist at the ex
periment station.
Dr. Youngberg comes to the col-
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
where he has been with the forest
soils research division.
His appointment to the newly
created position of forestry soils
scientist will find him working with
the state forestry department and
with federal and private forestry
agencies in the development of a
sound soils program for Oregon's .
more than 26 million acres of com
mercial forests.
Principal laboratory for the re
search program will be the 11,000
acre McDonald Forest of the coL
lege. Estblishment of the soil test
ing laboratory at OSC this fall will
place 'another aid In building the
research program at the disposal
of Dr. Youngberg, Dr. btrand, col
lege forestry department from thelege president, reports.
World wool production In 1952
is estimated at 4,070,000,000 pounds
grease basis, an increase of ap
proximately 70 million pounds
over the revised 1951 totals.
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Pot Roasts Meaty
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