16 Tha Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thundery. Aucjnst 23. 1952
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By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
While a little barleyand wheat
harvesting remains to be done, ,
while hops must mostly yet be
picked,' and prunes not quite
ready and peaches at the peak
are to be cared for, farmers
In Oregon are going to take off
considerable time this coming
week to view the "biggest and
best of Oregon farm produce at ;
the Oregon State Fair. The event
opens Saturday at 8 a.m. and
closes the following Saturday at-
12 p.m.
Judging of the 540 dairy cattle
in Che open classes, one of the top
vents of the big snow, will start
at 9 a.m. on Labor Day.
V Guernseys, Holsteins and Brown
Swiss pass before the Judges'
eyes on Monday. There are 18
exhibitors of Guernsey cattle;
nine exhibitors of Holsteins, be
sides the 87 Holsteins to be en
tered in open competition there
Is a fine group of Holstein heifers
to be sold to 4-H and FFA boys
and girls on Thursday, September
4. All youngsters who want to
get in on this are asked toapply
for a chance to buy through their
local dub advisor or director.
Tuesday, Sept. 2, is a big day
for Jersey showmen. Twenty ex
hibitors will parade their 140
animals. Ayrshires will be shown
at the same time. .
National breed field represen
tatives expected to be on hand
are Jens Svinth, American Jer
sey Cattle Club; Elmer Meadows,
Guernsey Cattle club, and Ger
ald Plowman of the National Hol
stein association. -
The American Can Company,
which makes millions of contain
ers annually in Portland to serve
the state's big canning industry,
will be represented at the fair
.with an exhibit demonstrating vis
ually how cans are closed and
Peach Disease
Control Should
Be Continued
Growers should maintain a
brown rot control program In late
maturing peach trees, Don L. Ras
mussen, Marion county agent, re
minds. Improved Elberta and
other varieties become more sus
ceptible to-brown rot attack as
they approach maturity.'
Sulfur - dust or wettable .sulfur
sprays are recommended materials
for brown rot control in peaches.
In mature orchards, 50 pounds of
dusting sulfur per acre or a spray
containing 6 pounds of wettable
sulfur in 100 gallons of water
should be used.
If Western 11-spotted beetles
are present in the orchard, 5 per
cent methoxychlor can be added
to the sulfur dust about two weeks
before harvest for spraying. Three
pounds of 50 per cent wettable
methoxychlor can be mixed with
the wettable surfur spray. DDT
can also be used for control of
the 11-spotted beetles. Three to
four per cent DDT plus sulfur
as a dust or 2 pounds 50 per cent
DDT powder in 100 galllons of
wettable sulfur spray solution
should control the beetles and
brown rot.
Timing of applications varies
with the weather. A grower who
doesn't want to gamble with his
crop will spray or dust at weekly
Intervals from now till harvest.
Rains and heavy dews will in
crease the amount of brown rot
Injury. Dry weather lessens the
development of the brown rot
fungus.
It is very important to have
sulfur on the fruit when picked
in order to lessen the spread of
brown rot in the boxes of fruit
The last sulfur application should
be made a few days before pick
ing. During picking and handling
of the fruit, punctures and skin
abrasions should be kept as low
as possible. Any break in the skin
of peaches enables brown rot to
develop more easily.
Linn Barley '
Growers Try
Experiments
Fifteen Linn County Hannchen
barley growers are cooperating
with the crops department of the
state college in determining pro
duction and. harvesting practices
that affect the quality of malting
barley.
zacn grower is submitting a
five pound sample of threshed
grain and an information sheet
giving data on soil type, whether
Irrigated or non-irrigated, crop
ping history, fertilizers used, date
plowed and date seeded. . The
barley sample will be malted and
the quality of the resulting malt
will be correlated with production
and harvesting factors. It is hoped
that the quality of Willamette
Valley malting barley can be im
proved as a result of the project.
Linn County growers were
blcked at random and are as fol
lows: Floyd Fisher, Robert W.
Schmidt, Carl Jarnisch, John
Brandt, Harold Mullen. Arthur
Wilson and Koyce HaUoway, all of
Albany; Buchner Bros., Lebanon;
George L. Koss and Pierce Jenks,
Tangent; John Pugh and Paul
Pugh, Shedd; Lester Abraham,
Halsey, and Malpass Bros, and
Paul Jensen, Harris burg.
Fair Beckons Mid -
sealed after they have been filled
with foods products at canneries.
The display will dramatize the im
portance of Oregon's agricultur
al, can-making and canning in
dustries and-how the $120,000,000 '.
these bring annually into the state
benefits virtually everyone in Ore- -gon.
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Television is going to have '
quite a place in the Oregon State
Fair this year. On every day but
Sunday, there will be a television
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The yonnrsters shown above couldn't decide whether they liked the Incoming cattle or the carnival at
tractions better Wednesday at the State Fairgrounds which Is bnstlinr with preparations for Satur
day, the opening day. They are Connie Rath Hickman, S, and her brothers Danny, 11, and David, 9
children of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hickman, 1890 N. Commercial St In top photo they are watching M.
E. Marrs of Brooknook Farm, McMinnville, milking a big Shorthorn. (Statesman Farm Photos).
QQsumelfai IIuSumnDDlioiings
And now we have ditch riders
in the Willamette Valley that is
we have one anyway one In
Washington County, t
Washington County, folks in Polk,
and Marion, Linn and Benton, and
Clackamas and Yamhill may think
this shouldn't concern them. But
the same thing could happen here.
Chances are it will happen here,
what with all the new individual
farm irrigation systems.
We have all read stories of wa
ter hole shootings and feuds over
irrigation water rights in the
"good old days" before ditch rid
ers and state regulations. Even
with regal regulations they still
do a little "feudin" in areas where
water is short, so we hear.
Palmer Torvend, formerly of
Silverton, but now county agent
in that area, and Victor Madsen,
also formerly of Silverton and now
Farm Home Administrator in that
area, both report that in Washing
ton county streams are so badly
overappropriated that residents
now. have a ditch rider. Also it
looks as if their ditch rider might
have to exclude water for a total
of 45 acres of string beans.
While that doesn't sound like
much to the uninitiated, string
beans are one of our most intens
ive farm crops. The cost of bring
ing a string bean yard up to the
point of production is rather ter
rific, over $300 an acre. These in
fortunate growers stand to lose
nearly - $15,000. which Includes
their initial investment in labor,
soil preparation, cultivation, fer
tilizer, interest on investment, ir
rigation and taxes before picking
bean. The consuming public
stands to lose' 350 ions of canned
beans or about 300,000 cans.
In the North Portland Stock
yards beef school (and this wasn't
the kind in which everyone regis
tered pet peeves) held recently.
the "students" were told to "buy
feeders from the front end." This
was translated into meaning that
animals with good bead formation.
lots of quality, and good chest
capacity, usually make good
feeders.
Joe Campbell, one of the buy
ers, also said that "the lower part
of the ham, the brisket, and the
flank are the last portions of a
cattle's anatomy to fill out before
marketing."
John Inskeep, Clackamas Coun
ty agent told the Rambler this
week mat tne zeeaer cattle mar
ket is in a very unsettled condi
tion, to say the least, and that no
one is willing to gamble on Octo
ber prices. During the past 10
buIL superintendent of this di
vision, has been russling around
demonstration on the porch of the
agriculture building, at 11 a.m.
and on every afternoon, including
Sunday, there will be a similar
demonstration at 3 -p.m. on a
stage in front of the art depart
ment
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Reminiscent of years gone by ing yeast rolls. Mrs. Gladys Turn
will be the evening (at 7 p.m. each In great order getting together an
night) balloon ascension and para- exceptionally fine and useful pro-
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years or so, it has been customary
for buyers or prospective feeders
to contract for all types of feeder
cattle during the summer. Even
last summer very few cattle east
of the mountains remained uncon
tracted in August. This year the
situation is in reverse. Practical
ly none has been contracted. The
nearest we could get to a feeder
price is around 27 cents which
a few steers brought at an eastern
Oregon action during the first half
of August. However, John says.
"very, very few have been sold
and this price of 27 cents is only
a straw in the wind.
Feeder cattle for sale this fall
wiU include cows, yearling steers,
and newly weaned steers and
heifers. There will be relatively
few yearling steers, but quite a
number of weaned calves weigh
ing around 400 pounds and more
cows and heifers than usual, the
Rambler Is being told.
- Many of the cows, so offered.
wiU be bred. When purchasing
cows of any description for use on
valley farms, the purchaser may
save himself a ton of grief if he
makes sure that they are free of
Bang's disease. This is reason
enough for purchasing breeding
females direct from the ranch on
which they axe grown. Animals
going through the yards could pick
up the disease in transit. It might,
the experts are saying, be weU
for prospective buyers to consult
their veterinarian before buying.
Farmers Showing
Greater Interest
In Pole Buildings
Oregon farmers are showing
growing interest in pole frame
out-buildings, M. G. Huber, OSC
extension agricultural engineering
.specialist, reports.
Pole frame construction reduces
the co6t by about one-half over the
conventional building method, the
specialist explains. It can be used
for dairy and beef cattle, loafing
sheds, for hog houses, sheep sheds,
poultry houses, machine sheds and
other miscellaneous types of farm
shelters.
In putting up these buildings,
pressure-treated poles or poles
treated with wood preservative
are set in the ground to serve as
the first part of the framework.
These treated poles will last from
35 to 50 years or longer.
Valley
chute jump from the machinery
area on the fairgrounds. :
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Home-maker .and handicraft
demonstrations are also slated for
each day at 10:30 a.m.,- 1 and
4:30 p.m. These will include ev
erything from 'Canning, ; freezing
and electric cookery . to laundry.
bread-making, ironing, and mak-
Farm Calendar
Aug. 30-Sept 6 Oregon State
Fair, Salem.
Sept. 1 State Fair judging of
Guernseys, Holsteins, Brown Swiss
dairy, and Hereford cattle. Duroc.
Jerseys, Chester Whites, Poland
Chinas in hogs.
Sept. 29 a.m. livestock Judging
at fair of Jerseys, Ayrshires, Short
horns and Aberdeen-Angus cattle.
Spotted Poland Chines. Berkshires.
Hampshlres and Large Yorkshires
hogs.
Sept S State fair livestock
judging of Red Polls, and Milking
Shorthorn cattle; Hereford and
Barrow hogs.
Sept. 4 Holstein Calf Selection.
1 p.m. state fair.
Sept 5 10 a.m. Joint 4-H and
FFA fat stock auction sale, state
fairgrounds.
Sept 8 Southern Oregon Ram
sale, Lakeview.
Sept 12 13th annual Oregon
Turkey Improvement Association
meeting, Withycombe Hall, Contai
ns.
Sept 13 Your Opportunity Jer
sey Sale, Pacific International.
Portland.
Sept 17-20 Lane County Fair,
Juigene.
Sept 18-20 N. Marion County
Fair, Woodburn.
Sept 22-23 Oregon Cattleman's
Association grade grange bun sale,
Baker.
Sept 22 Marion County-Dairy
Breeders Association annual Heifer
Sale, 1 pjn. state fairgrounds.
Sept 27 Heifer Investment
Sale, Oregon Jersey Cattle Club,
Ontario.
Sept 27 Santiam Grange Har
vest Festival, Lyons.
Oct 4-11 Pacific International
Livestock Exposition, North Port
land. t
Oct 7 International Hereford
Sale, Pacific International, North
Portland.
Oct le-11 Fifth annual round
table Pacific Northwest Chicken
and Turkey Breeders, Corvallis.
Oct 18 Oregon 4-H and FFA
Guernsey- Heifer sale. State fair
grounds, Salem.
Oct 21-25 National Rabbi
Show, Pacific International, North
Portland.
Not. It-12 Agricultural Co-operative
Council of Oregon, Mult
nomah Hotel, Portland.
Not. 13-15 Oregon Woolgrow
ers Association convention, Imper
ial HoteL Portland.
Not. 18-21 Oregon Farm Bu
reau Federation, Baker.
Not. 20-21 67th annual State
Horticultural meeting. Memorial
Union. OSC
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Farmers
gram for the week.
Under the competent Betty Mil
ler in the floral 'show,- a number
of amateur floral - competition
events have been planned.
; . Sunday a free stage show in the
grandstand, featuring the.Mult-
. nomah County Police Motorcycle
.Corps and the Marine Band of
HMS Sheffield, British warship,
will be featured. This has been
set for 2:30 p.m.
On exhibit at the fair will be
a quilt that dates back to 1877.
Created in, the style of' the day.
the quilt is fashioned from multi
colored pieces of velvet and silk
with . special corner fastening
through the use of tiny rivet-liket
copper gadgets held in place by
beads. -
Lone Oak Track', mecca of early
September devotees of the run
ning thoroughbreds . will be - the
scene of - the outstanding - races
of some '310 thoroughbred and
quarter horses, an all-time high
of entries. Feature events of the
Lone Oak seven-day- meeting
(there will be no Sunday racing)
Include: The Inaugural, upped to
9800 from last year's $600; the
Governor's and the Au Revoir
from $800 to
Day.and the
Sept 6, the two
features will offer
. . . that's
revue which will
nights on the
revue.. Daced
by Jack Marshall,' the funnyman
with a "face as flexible as rub
ber," the revue produced by Lar
ry Allen, Inc.. will bring to the
stage a galaxy of six. acts. The
show goes on at 8 p.m. at the
grandstand.
Arbor Vitae
Blight Spray
Season Here
Here's a spray that manv of vou
norae owners wiu De Interested in,
reports Wayne Roberts, Yamhill
County extension agent This spray
Is for the control of corynium
blight in Oriental arbor vitae. As
soon as the fall rains commence
this disease starts working on our
muw vnae snruDS around our
homes, causing the centers of the
shrubs to turn brown and die, and
aiso tne growing tips. The varietv
of golden arbor vitae known as
Breckmans, is particularly suscep
tible. Many of our arbor vitae
plants are being attacked every
year Dy mis oisease and we usu
ally pass it off as beinsr winter
damage.
Control of the disease. Roberts
said. Is relatively simple, but the
spray is a preventative and not
a cure, so it must be applied before
the fall rains come. Right now
diseased foliage which will be
brown, should be pruned out
au arDor vitae. f ouow this up
with a spraying of the arbor vitae
plants whether they are diseased
at tne present time or not. This is
to keep the disease from spread
ing into uninfected plants
On healthy plants where no dis
ease is apparent at the cresent
time one application in the early
iau is sunicient. For those plants
that are diseased, and have a
great deal of dead wood in them.
especially in the top center part
of the plant, these plants should
receive a second application in
mid-winter.
The spray to use Is either a red
copper oxide or basic copper sul
phate, at the rate of 2 pounds of
actual copper in 100 gallons of
water. This is equal to one-fourth
pound in 12 gallons of water. It
is also helpful, Roberts concluded.
to include a spreader - sucker In
the spray at the rate recommended
by the manufacturers.
Farmers are the victims and
the losers when, more and more
veterinarians go over to service
for dog and cat owners, where they
can make more money, reports
Herschel Newsome, master of the
National Grange.
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JaSAT NOtTHttM -
Steady decline of national ap
ple production has hit a new low.
with growers in the four-state
Appalachian fruit belt removing
nearly a half-million trees in the
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