' ffiTh Statesman, Sclera, Oro Thursday, PorerJOT lh 1S52
Polk Dairy Herd Improvement
Group Compares Cow Costs
Br LILXJE I. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The States man
RICKREALL A variation in profit of $207.74 per row was dis
closed Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Polk County Dairy
Herd Improvement Association held at the Rickreall Grange Hall,
with Elmer Werth of Valley Junction presiding.
The average profit above feed cost for the 10 high cows in the
association was $402.57, while the average for the 10 low cows was
$194.83.
While the difference is not quite
so great on the average in a large
herd, it still runs into money. Jack
Every. Dallas, acting secretary,
reported. The average per cow in
the two high herds (40 cows) was
$396.43 while the average in the
two large herds of the same num
ber of cows was $216.04.
Every explained that the pur
pose of the association was to en
courage dairymen to learn what
their cows were producing and to
retain only those giving the higher
profits.
Polk County Testa
During 1952 there were 31 herds
numbering 1,123 cows tested in
Polk County. These cows averag
ed 7,776 pounds of milk contain
ing an average of 389.8 pounds of
butterfat, giving an average value
of products per cow of $505.50,
with the total average feed cost
per cow set at $236.43. The aver
age return per cow above feed
cost was $269.07.
To Lloyd Spires, Dallas, went
the honors for having the highest
producing herd. His 12 Jerseys
averaged 8,944 pounds of milk
containing an average of 503.1
pounds of butterfat. The largest
herd in the association was the 50
cow herd belonging to Jack de
Jong of Sheridan, which produced
a total of 400,945 pounds of milk
containing an average of 437.9
pounds of butterfat. Second high
in number of cows was Grace
Shephard, Salem, with 42 head
which averaged 333.6 pounds of
butterfat. Second high in butter
fat production per herd was Wal
ter Lierman, Independence, with
28 cows averaging 464.9 pounds,
niftiest Producer
George Gentemann, Independ
ence, was announced as owner of
the highest producing cow in the
association. One of his two-year-old
Jerseys produced 11.062 pounds
of milk containing 664.6 pounds
of butterfat.
Gentemann's four-year-old Jer
sey also topped that class with 10,
669 pounds of milk containing 633
pounds of butterfat.
Topping the list of three-year-
olds was Walter Lierman with his
Jersey, Sally, which gave 9,942
pounds of milk containing 634
pounds of butterfat. Lierman's five
year-old. also a Jersey, topped her
class with 12,587 pounds of milk
and 652.8 pounds of butterfat.
In the six-year-old group Geor
ge Knaupp's Jersey was at the
head of the list, producing 8,943
pounds of milk containing 467.3
pounds of butterfat.
A no-host luncheon was served
at noon. During the program hour
a film on 'milk producing was
shown, and Carl Fuller, weed su
pervisor, spoke briefly on his
work.
Werth was re-elected president
and N. John Hanson secretary
treasurer. Lester Stewart was
chosen as vice president. Hold
over directors were Russell Hicks,
Salem;M. B. Findley, Rickreall,
George Gentemann, Independence.
Gentemann, speaking on youth
activities, urged offering a trophy
for a "Junior Dairyman of the
Year" in Polk County in, 1953, and
in general stepping up the youth
activities of the association.
USAF Orders
Supersonic
Bomber Study
WASHINGTON Ufl The Air
..Force said Wednesday it has
asked aircraft manufacturers to
furnish detailed design studies for
supersonic bombers.
The Air Force already has order
ed into production the long-rmge,
high-speed eight-jet B-52 bomber,
a sub-sonic plane manufactured by
Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle.
"Experimental and service test
models of this plane were complet
ed this year, and it will be in
production years before any bomb
ers resulting from the current de
sign studies," the announcement
said.
American Aviation Daily, a trade
publication, said the Air Force has
sponsored two design studies for
a supersonic bomber, one by Con
vair, the XB-58, and the other by
Boeing, the XB-59. The publication
said Convair "appears to have the
inside track on the project, al
though no firm order has been let
to date."
The Air Force declined to dis
cuss this report or to confirm or
deny the existence of B-58 and B59
projects.
Roseburg Girl
Cyclist Killed
ROSEBURG IB Laurett Alice
De Ross, 12, Roseburg, was killed
and her brother, Arthur Lorn, 11,
was seriously injured when they
were hit by a. car Tuesday night
while riding bicycles.
Del Ray Carr, 17, Roseburg, the
car driver, was booked at the
county jail by state police on a
negligent homicide charge. The
accident occurred on a rural road
on the Roseburg outskirts.
INDIANS TO GET MONEY
WARM SPRINGS W Some
$420,000 in revenue from the sale
of pine timber will be divided this
month by the 1,200 enrolled mem
bers of the Warm Springs Reser
vation. Each will get $350. The timber
Was sold to the Warm Springs and
Da hi Lumber Companies.
Reds Launch
Heavy Attack
On West Front
By GEORGE MCASTHUR
SEOUL, Thursday (fl Chinese
Red troops launched their biggest
attack in a month early Thursday
on the Western front. South Korean
soldiers fought doggedly in sub-
freezing weather to hold Nori Hill
and another outpost against the
Communist onslaught.
The Chinese opened ud with a
heavy artillery and mortar bar
rage shortly after midnight. Then
they hurled attacks up to 300 men
in strength at these two outposts
of the Kelly Hill mass northwest
of Yonchon.
Slowly they fed in fresh troops
until the attacking force was 1,400
string.
South Koreans resisted bitterly.
at some points in hand-to-hand
fighting. The second outpost under
attack is one mile west of Kelly
Hill.
At one stage of the fighting.
South Koreans pulled off the hill
west of Kelly. They reoccupied it
later.
On the Central front, the Reds
sent small assaults against Snip
er Ridge.
In the air war, 12 Okinawa
based B-29 Superforts bombed four
Red Korean targets Wednesday
night. They hit two supply centers
at Kangdong and Moktong in the
center of the peninsula a steel
mill and a front line target.
Air Force and Marine fighter
bombers destroyed four Chinese
artillery positions Tuesday. They
unloaded 96,000 pounds of bombs
at the big guns.
Twin-engined B-26 light bombers
attacked Communist transport. Pi
lots reported 75 trucks destroyed
last night.
A U. S. Sabre ace bagged on
Wednesday his second jet since
returning from a tour of duty in
the U. S.
Lt. James A. Low, Sausalito,
Calif., knocked down the MIG in
a barreling dogfight at 38,000 feet
over Northwest Korea. It was his
eighth MIG of the war.
GRANT AVINUI AT IUSH
SAN FRANCISCO
Giin Accident
Wounds Man
BEND UPi Jack L. Halbrook, 58,
Bend real estate and insurance
man, was gravely wounded
Wednesday when a shotgun went
off accidentally as he took it from
car at a service station here.
Attendants at the St. Charles
Hospital held little hope that he
would recover. He was wounded
in the abdomen.
The gun had been jammed and
Halbrook was preparing to take it
to a shop -for repairs.
He came here seven years ago
from Portland, where he worked
for the Standard Oil Co. He owned
the Ford agency for several years
before going into the insurance and
real estate business.
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