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1 '. r. J it . i 12 Th z it flvaiui. 1 Soil Sampling Proceed Ben A. Newell, Marion County extension arent, demonstrates sell pmpiiny method as described by Hollls Ottaway, crop extension scent in the county. With a spade, Newell eats s T-shaped hols seven inches deep and takes s thin slide from the side. The slice of sell is placed in s clean bucket. Samples like this ars taken at elxht Laboratory ft IHIeOp Stop QJp Fair mm imtipimti By LILXJE L. MADSEN Farm Editor. Tho Statesman Now that there are no new worlds to conquer so far as fron tiers are concerned, It's no longer a question of how much land you can get, but of how much you can get out of the land you already have. Scientists have long been work ing on this problem, and the new soil testing laboratory at Oregon State College is one of the answers for Oregon, Hollis Ottaway, Mari on County -extension agent, re marked Wednesday. Similar laboratories and pro grams are in wide use throughout the midweset and southern states, he added, Proper fertilization and proper crop rotation as well as humus content are among the items that are taking the place of new soils to feed the constantly increasing populace. Fertilization is neces sary to most maximum, as well as to continuous, crop production, but all soils do not need the same Tall Fescue Seed Plentiful for Nation's Farmers During 1953 CORVAIXIS In 1953, the na tion's farmers have good oppor tunity to use more tall fescue seed than ever before. There's a lot of it and the price to the grower is now around 17 to 18 cents for top quality seed. Ray H. Teal, United States agri cultural economist, said Tuesday that the nation's crop for this year was amuch larger than early fig ures following - harvest showed. Recent figures, following a check on all growing areas, show the crop to be a little over 50,000,000 pounds more than twice as much as was produced in 1951. Howard Jenks of D. A. White & Sons seed firm in Salem, said Tuesday that a large number of states which had not grown Alta , or tall fescue seed before had pro duced seed this year. In fact, he added, ' he had reports on hand which showed that more than sev en million pounds of tall fescue seed were produced in 1952 in states that were not previously estimated. Georgia, Missouri and North Carolina were included, with Georgia alone producing more than five million pounds of seed in 1952. Where, Jenks stated, "we had all come to think of Oregon as one of the big alta fescue seed grow ing states, it seems we have been slightly wrong at least we are " now wrong. Until this year, I was sure that Oregon produced at least 50 per cent of the seed grown. Now I find that Oregon's share of the national tall fescue seed pro- - duction ; is placed . at 10,500,000 pounds of alta fescue. This 1s only about -a fifth of the nation's crop." - Teal reported that Kentucky led - Oregon this-were by two and a half million pounds. He added that V all of the southern producing stat es, grew a -much larger share of the nation's total crop in 1952 than ever before. :y .-!-;r : The average .yield per acre was considerably better in the Pacific Northwest than in other, areas, but the south's advantage of lower : costs, and' nearness '; to markets . made' competition tough ; in the opinion of TeaL Prices .received for seed sold by farmers In south ern states, averaged 23 to 32 cents pound 'compared to the. 2 X. cents figured for Oregon at harvest time. There's . an over production at the moment,, Jenks said in 'answer to a question as to the supply sit uation for the coming year. It sn he pointed out, a crcyou Lave to plant every yearAlta fes cue stands are long-lived. During kind of treatment. In fact, all soils will not produce under the same treatment, the county agents ex plain. The soil testing service for Oregon farmers and. home garden ers will assist county agents, as well as the producers themselves, to make recommendations and proper use of available plant foods. Special Cartons Used Soil samples will be mailed from the farm in special cartons, to the college laboratory which is under the direction of Dr. L. A. Alban, OSC soil scientist. The cartons are available at the college and from the various county agents. Infor mation sheets which the farmer fills out, are sent with the cartons and must accompany each sample back to the laboratory. These in formation sheets or question naires, give the past fertilizer and cropping history, and future crop ping plans for the field from which the soil to be tested is taken. One soil sample from one farm, will not do for an overall test. Each area which is to be used for the past year the nation used but 23,000,000 pounds of seed. It is un likely that a great deal more tzjan that, if as much, will be used this year. There's already quite a bit on hand and the' demand is slow even 'for this time of the year, Jenks went on. With the 52,000,000 produced this past year, there's apt to be quite a large carry-over for the next year. In the opinion of both Teal and Jenks, only those with the best producing acreages will be re maining in. "Alta fescue growers on the margin,' Jenks said, "will be drop ping out. There won't be any pro fit in it for them. To make a pro fit, as I see it, in the next few years, Alta fescue growers are going to have to grow top quality seed at as little expense as possi ble. Some lands won't produce that wayxAlready a number of fields are being taken out. There will be more that will come out, and even more than this probably should come out" Valley Executives To Attend National Farm Co-op Meet A number of Willamette Valley folk plan to attend the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives which will meet Jan. 12-15 at the Roosevelt HoteL New Orleans. Homer I Brlnkley, executive vice . president of the National Council reports that some 500 rep resentatives of cooperatives throughout the country are ex pected to .attend- The program in cludes special meetings of co operative ; e d 1 1 o r s. Information workers, cooperative attorneys and finance officers, alone with sessions dealing 'with marketing and foreign trade, management personnel relations," fertilizer and petroleum problems. The theme of the 1953 council meeting is r Distribution: Nerve Center of a Free, Productive Economy., - 4-H MEETING SLATED Keeping minutes and how "to preside : over a meeting win be subjects for discussion when Polk County 4-H officers get together at their annual 4-H officers train ing meeting Thursday night, Jan. 15, at 7:30 at the Rickreall Grade School. T"he meeting will be open to "all 4-H members, leaders and their parents. ' -, ,. - County Agent to ten places in a field. Then th soil Is mixed carefully and (as in the second picture) a special carton, obtained for this purpose, is rilled with the mixed soil, labeled and shipped to the new soil test ing laboratory at Conrallis. (Statesman Farm Photo.) a special purpose such as lawn, flowers, vegetables or various field crops should be sampled sep arately. Likewise each area sam pled should be one which is fer tilized separately. Soils that are distinctly different in appearance, crop growth or past treatment should be sampled separately, pro vided the area is such size and nature that it can be fertilized separately. Advice is that when sampling fertilized fields, avoid sampling directly in the. fertilized band. Several Samples Needed . When taking soil samples, use a spade, garden trowel, soil auger or soil-sampling tube. With this, cut a V-shaped hole seven inches deep and take a thin slice from one side. Put this into a clean bucket. Repeat at eight or" 10 E laces in the field. Mix the soil l the bucket thoroughly. If sanv ile is too wet to mix well, spread t out to air dry at room tempera ture. When thoroughly mixed, fill a carton with the sample. The charge (hopes are to ep Farm Calendar. . . Jan. 11-14 Ore eon Dairymen's Association, 69th annual meeting. OSC. Jan. 12-14 Two day landscape course, OSC. Jan. 19-21 Western Oregon Livestock Association meeting, Co- quille. Jan. 27-29 Annual state con ference of 4-H leaders, Memorial union, OSC. Jan. 29 Seven annual U. S. Hopgrowers Association, Multno mah HoteL Portland. Feb. 8-6 Western Oregon Grange lecturer's school, Corvallii. Feb. 10 SoU fertility confer ence, vegetable processing field men. Withy combe hall, OSC Feb. 17 Willamette Valley fer tilizer dealers meeting, OSC. Feb. 24-26 Oregon Farmers Union convention, VFW halL Sa lem. Feb. 24-28 Irrigation Clinic, Corvallis. Feb. 26-27 Oregon Shorthorn Breeders assoc., show and sale, PrinevUle. Bee Minded Folk Invited To Classes A course In beekeeping is being offered to - anyone interested by the Portland Beekeepers' Associa tion with a practical beekeeper as instructor, announces C A. Meek er, president of the association. There are no charges for the classes but Meeker indicates' that the association would like to have those- attending classes become members of the ; Portland Bee keepers' Association. ..' . 'The first class is to be held at 7 JO pnv Jan. 9, In the Portland General Electric conference room at S.W. 8th and Alder, Portland. Classes wiU be of one hour dura tion, followed by regular meetings of the Portland Beekeepers Asso ciation. There will be one class a month, ' and , classes wfll continue during the summer.' f C Field meetings will be held at which time the class will work with, bees to get practical experi ence and instruction. Meeker re quests that those who are interest ed contact A. J. Uoulton or C A. Ueeka - . - :-.:.:.:.:- the laboratory at least partially self-sustaining) of analyzing soil will vary from $1.50 to $2.50 a sample depending upon the tests required. Soils of western Oregon are primarily acid and require a different set of tests than those needed for non-acid soils of east ern Oregon. Soil reaction or degree of acidity, lime requirements, and available phosphorus will be run on acid soils for $1.50 a sample. The charge will be Increased to $2.50 when available calcium and potas sium are also determined. Organic matter will be deter mined on any soil sample for an additional charge of $1. Boron will be the only minor element deter mined. Boron tests will be made only upon recommendation of the county agent. While cartons and instructions and information sheets may be ob tained by writing, the laboratory recommends that farmers talk with their county agent before taking soil samples. Young Lamb Eye Troubles May Be Cured Sheep owners are being urged to guard against turned In or in verted eyelids of young lambs, a trouble described by veteran stock men, as a common difficulty that every flock owner needs to guard against but which many neglect to do." The condition is caused by the lower eyelid turning inward, bringing the lashes In contact with the eyebaU. The resulting irrita tion causes weeping of the eye and lnflamation which frequently re sults in permanent blindness. Inverted eyelids may be correc ted in a number of ways, but re gardless of what method is used, the object is to hold the edge of the lower eyelid in a normal position until it wiU remain there perma nently, county agents report, when questioned about the trouble, which they, too; admit is "not un common here in the Willamette Valley." j . . : Stitches May Be Taken If necessary. One or two stitches may be taken in a fold of the skin of the eyelid, large enough to hold it in position, A strong linen thread should be used. Another method suggested is to clip a piece of skin about the size of a dime from the lower eyelid, using a pair of blunt-tip scissors. . The incision may be erased with a couple of stitches or it may be left as it Is to heal. . ! -- Still another method of correct ing inverted eyelids is to use metal surgical wound dips. This meth od is simple and effective, requir ing a minimum of time and assist ance, but it does require a special pair of forceps to handle the clips. . , . v Surgical Clips Used - The clips are applied by rolling the eyelid into a normal position with the fingers and picking' up a fold of skin of the eyelid so that it is held in proper position. The clip should be about one-eighth inch below the edge of the eyelid. Clips - and stitches need not be removed or treated again after In sertion.;:;..' . i This condition of Inverted eye lid is said to affect a varying number of lambs regardless of breed. It is common enough that every sheepman is apt to experi ence it. Some believe that it may be hereditary. Occasionally lambs recover without treatment, but blindness is very apt to occur if treatment is not given. , DHIARep ort '-i - DisplaysNo Favoritism That care and management are Just as Important as breed of cow, s being demonstrated in the herds of Dick DeJong of Ballstojn. " When the Polk County Dairy Herd Improvent Association made its December reports Wednesday, DeJong has cows of three, breeds up near the top rankings. - A Holstein cow from the DeJong herd, topped butterfat production for the month by bringing in 91 pounds of butterfat in 2,527 pounds of milk, which was also high milk production in the county's association for the month. A Jer sey owned by DeJong was third in top butterfat production, giving 87.1 pounds while a Guernsey from the same herd produced seventh high in the milk production. On the honor roll for cows com pleting their lactation during 'the month was an 11-year-old Jersey owned by Walter Lierman, Inde pendence, which gave 817 pounds of butterfat in 12,298 pounds of milk. . L Polk County Average 594 A total of 924 cows in 31 herds on DHIA test in Polk County dur ing December produced an aver age of 594 pounds of milk con taining an average of 29.8 pounds of butterfat. High butterfat. productions dur ing the month, other than De Jong's, were made by: Jack Flam ing, Monmouh, a Jersey, 88.8; Walter Lierman, Independence, a Jersey, 81.4; Leonard Kinkaid, Sa lem, a Holstein, 71.6 pound. In milk production, those crowd ing the DeJong herd were a Hol stein owned by Kinkaid, 1,883, and a Jersey by Walter Lierman, 1,507 pounds. Of the eight top cows in milk production, DeJong owned six. Cows competing with Walter Lierman for top place In the lacta tion period production ; were: a seven-year-old Guernsey, pwned by DeJong, 575 pounds of fat; an eight-year-old Jersey owned by George Knaupp, 571 pounds of fat and another by the same owner, 564 pounds of fat; a three-year-old Jersey, owned by Jack Flam ing, 521 pounds of fat; a three-year-old Jersey owned by Leslie Steward, Rickreall, 457 pounds of fat, and a two-year-old Jersey owned by M. B. Finlay, Rickreall, 407 pounds of butterfat, Peach Leaf Curl Needs ControlNoiv Spraying for peach leaf curl Is at hand, D. L. Rasmussed, Marion County extension agent; warned orchardists and home owners of peach trees, Wednesday. If control measures are not used, he added, the leaf curl will kill young trees and weaken old - ones. Control measures consist of .applying a protective spray during the winter before the buds swell. For many years, Bordeaux mix ture 12-12-100 has been recom mended for control of peach leaf curl. Bordeaux 12-12-100 means 12 pounds copper sulphate,. 12 pounds hydra ted lime, and 100 gallons of water. Bordeaux can be properly mixed and kept in sus pension only if the spray rig has an agitator or similar mixing de vice. Commercial peach growers usually have adequate equipment for Bordeaux. Since the average backyard gardener does not have proper equipment, he will get bet ter results by using a liquid type of material for peach leaf curl control. One of these materials, is Pura tized Agricultural Spray at the rate of 3 liquid ounces in 5 gallons of water. Two quarts should be used in 100 gaUonsof water. In recent years Puratized r Agricul tural Spray has been more expen sive than Bordeaux mixture. Ferbam is also recommended by Oregon State College "for peach leaf curl control. Three pounds of Ferbam powder 4s mixed with 100 gallons of water. . . The; powder should first be mixed with water in a bucket to form a thin paste or slurry. ; When this slurry is poured into the! spray tank, the Ferbam mixes easily with the water. ; . ; - : . -Timing Essential I ' Proper timing Is Important for peach leaf curl control. The spray must be applied before the burs swell. It does no good j to spray after the grower finds puckered or curled, glistening red colored leaves. The grower -must assume that curl is present every year and spray accordingly.: :. j . If weather is favorable, onef thorough spray in January before the budsv swell, win control peach leaf curL If scale are present on peach trees, dormant oil emulsion can be added to the peach' leaf curl spray. A spray containing 3 J2 per cent oil plus the material for peach leaf curl win control both Dests. If a grower, uses two sprays, for peach leaf control,-he should not change materials from one spray to the next. For example,, a Bor deaux spray in December should not be followed by a Ferbam spray In January. The reaction between the two chemicals may . damage the wood. ; ,' f . The milky way is a system of millions of stars, one fof many such systems, the nearest of which is so far away that it takes light, traveling at 188,000 miles a sec ond, a' million years . to reach the earth. -- . - Oregon Hardivood Tested for Share of Huge Shuttle Market Whether Oregon will get its foot in the door for a share of an annual multi-million dollar hardwood market in the textile industry may hinge on tests of a cord each of western dogwood and madrone sent to eastern manufacturers. Shuttles, bobbins and spools are now made from seven eastern woods for the woof and warp industry. Oregon madrone and dogwood have been shipped to two eastern manufacturers by the Oregon For est Products laboratory. The lab oratory has been working on this shuttle-hardwood project, during the past year. . Shuttles ; made from Oregon hardwoods are now undergoing in service tests. Hardness, ability to take a high polish, and smooth wearing are the qualities neces sary for a shuttle, Jack Pfeiffer of the research agency's industrial relations sections reports. Dogwood Thourht Waste - Western dogwood has never been thought of as a marketable wood but as a flowering tree and, waste product in logging operations. It has been said a stand of one or two cords of dogwood is economi cally harvestable, however. Dogwood is scattered throughout western Oregon. Madrone is found principally in the southwestern part of the state although it grows readily in the WlUamete Valley, and Polk County in particular has a number of trees. A conservative estimate places 425,000,000 board feet of madrone over 11 inches in diameter in Oregon. May Make New Industry In a single year, the textile in dustry uses more than 106,000,000 board feet of hardwood for shut tles, bobbins and spools. If tests prove Oregon woods suitable as a substitute for eastern dogwood, persimmon, hickory, oak and like woods, an excellent profitable new industry may be established in Oregon, Pfeiffer said this week. It's Just another case of Horace Greeley's "Go West young man, go West." In the 1880's most of the shuttles were made of Turish boxwood, but other uses soon in fringed on the supply of imported boxwoods. Persimmon and eastern dogwood r IrftlST CJATIOrJAL BAHEI of Periled DECEMBER 31, 1952 MMbr f th F4rol Dpoill liwro Corporative RESOURCES Cot l vault and in FWal rv Sonk..$ St,S5t,460.t0 . Dw from Sank. 41.704,o7.l T Total Co ; ; Unitsd Statof Govmmnl Obligation, Direct and Fully Guaranteed. ..t. State, County and Municipal Son da and Warrants ......................... . Other lands and SocurltlosV... Stock In federal lotorvo Bonk.. ...... ... Loans and Discounts Accrued Interest Receivable . . . Sank. Premise. Furniture and fixtures and Safe Deposit Vaults a Other Real Estate owned (Branch locations purchased for future bonk premises)....' Customers' Liability on Accounts Of letters s -of Credit, Acceptances and Endorsed Bills j Other Resources .......................e , TOTAIIISOURCE1...T.. LIABILITIES Capital ..r..T..T....T....T..i$ 18,000,000.00 Surplus ........... ................. Undivided Profits , Total Capital Funds.... ,. eserve for possible loan lassos. This reserve is to apply against any loan lassos that may develop In the f uteres R bos not been ' allocated to any particular loans or typo of loans. (Established from earning January 1, 1949 through December ST, 1952 - ' UT1 J Demand . , . . $400,474.1 04.00 I DEPOSITS y Tj,,....;.,;.,.. 191.319,313.4 ( liability for letter of Credit end as Acceptor . Endorser or Maker of Acceptances and . foreign Sills .......................a Interest Received In Advance Reserve for Interest, Dividends, Taaes, Etc. unw Lraoiiuie ......... .............a TOTAL LIABILITIES v.t..t..... FIRST NATIONAL BANK GROUP v Composffo totals for tho first Notional lank Croups Tho first Notional Sank Portland' and M$ 49 statewide banking offices and IS afftfJofed' bonks Wfb IS statin office. DEPOSITS Tho first National Bank of Portland and 41 Office....... 18 other Oregon Banking Offices In tho first National Oroup LOANS AND DISCOUNTS The first National Sank of Portland and 48 Offices......... 18 other Oregon ankina-Offtces In the first National Oroep TOTAL RESOURCES V - ! " Tho first National Bank of forriond and 48 Offices...!..... 18 other Oregon Banking Offices In the first Notional Oroup TOTAL RESOURCES mt tho BANKINO) OFFICES in the FIRST NATIONAL SANK GROUT El D rJATESrJAsLDArJ Ci THESE Ad rbo riraf of fmrttrnm Miami Office " . PtJS'jfvSJIes' AAmsmaS svffl'JBJ SsTsoft sffttBefSel sWfSBBtjBl COOS BAT BRANCH . COOUIUI MANCH - RNTItPRISR BRANCH POSS It BRANCH GOLD BIACH BRANCH "HANTS PASS RANCH ORf SHAM BRANCH ' MfPPNfR BRANCH ' MIUSRORO BRANCH - MOOO RIVIR BRANCH KLAMATH FALLS Mltn Rss Ory tUsotssfc Kinlsn Rs4J8M8sls mslltj SeMiMl Ersscat s Ovff tf Porti'saJ ALBANY BRANCH " ASMLAND BRANCH ., . ' ASTORIA BRANCH : . ttANQt - sUnSaTPOINT BRANCH ' ". ' LA C4AMOI BRANCH LAKrVIEW BRANCH ' MtDFORO BRANCH MIRRIU BRANCH -MOLAILA BRANCH NfWBttO BRANCH . NORTH BIND BRANCH MYMA BRANCH AM the were then used.' Now with eastern dogwood supplies running low, western hardwoods may fUl the bill. Tree-planting folk are toying with the idea of setting out hard wood forests as a form of "life insurance." Silage Sampling Set in Polk County Directors of the Polk County Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion are reminding Polk County dairymen that silage samples will be collected Wednesday, Jan. 14, for analysis. Samples are to be taken to the directors or to the county extension office in Dallas on that day. Plastic bags for con tainers are available free of charge from the directors of the extension office. Approximately one gallon of silage is needed for the sample. Each sample is to be labeled with the complete name and address of the feeder. -. Association directors are M. B. Fmdley and S. Leslie Stewart, Rickreall; RusseU Hicks, Route 2, Box 267, Dallas; George Genta mann, Independence, and Elmer Werth, Willamina. .' CATTLE CLUB ELECTS Frank Richardson, Albany, was elected president of the Linn-Benton Jersey Cattle Club at the or ganization's recent meeting. .Vice president elected for 1953 was Glenn Struckmeier, Scio. The group again selected Mrs; Rollie Davis to serve as secretary-treasurer. Board members and their terms are Glenn Struckmeier, Scio, three years; Ira D. Wonderley, $ 110,361,131.4s 1S3,9o4,SS1v4 .44,350,12.00 4,143,931.05 1,050,000.00 IT,II4,477.1 1,349,250.42 ,372,759.01 241,901. Si 1.995,231.50 .. e ...... ...m 920,344.79 444,993,394.70 20.000,000.00 9,413,355.30 $ 44,4SS,SSS.2 59!,79S,22.4 1,995,231 JO ' S,55.21o.0S t.394,S 13.03 174,237.81 144,993,394.79 $591,795,422.44 - 138,133,73.82 $729,934,338.38 $398.81 4.477.1 9 87.131.113.34 $355,945,791.03 $444,993,394.70 150.330.730.32 $797,324,173.02 oiw f re 1 1 ix day a Till U BAKXtttf OFFICES VI T13 oof fro 49 otatowWo sVaalil offkoe sMssf OAKRtOOS BRANCH ' ORf CON CITY BIANCH Pf MOLfTON BRANCH PORT ORfORO BRANCH salim branch shhman county branch stayton branch tms oailis branch tillamook branch Union branch . wooobus9s branch - Atr.llaHi EmIs f fis Flat Katload k Creel eUvfol StfeMst PtntCenalthl - Fbet Canonic ebeve beem eo issshsw f Rm fesVral eMt In Bacon, Ham Supply Will Slide Lower The 1952 pig crop of 237,000 head in Oregon is 12 per cent smaller than the 1951 crop of 268, 000, the USDA crop reporting service announced Wednesday. The 1952 crop is 32 per cent small er than the 1941-50 average of 441,000 pigs. The largest crop was in 1943 when 556,000 pigs, were born and saved in Oregon. 1 Swine growers report that con-' ditions were exceptionally favor able in 1943- for production, while at the present time, producers are reporting hog raising a relatively unprofitable enterprice because of high costs of production in rela tion to prices -received. Pigs saved from sows farrowed from June 1 to the close of "the year, totaled 96,000. These pigs were saved from 13,000 sows with the average of 7.4 pigs per litter. This is the smallest number of sows , to farrow fall litters since 1934 when litters totaled exactly 13,000 head also. The largest num ber of fall litters was the 37,000 that farrowed in the 1943 top year. The average number of fall litters during the years 1941-50 stands at 21,000 head. Reports from hog raisers on breeding intentions in the spring of 1953 indicate 13,000 sows .to farrow, which Is 8,000 head below the spring farrowing of a year ago and the smallest number of ' spring litters of record. On a national basis the 1953 spring farrowing Is expected to be down 13, per cent from last spring and 17 per cent below the 10-year, average. Compared with last year, all U .S. regions show recreases. . The Oregon State Swine Grow ers Association is planning a bred gilt sale 'for early or mld-Febru--ary, the sale to be. held at Salem. Corvallis, 2 years, and "Phillip Hadden, Albany, one year. of whk iwavom $ atvmoaw -tir-8 8UHD ORISON fOOfTHM TRST NATIONAL BAKX CCU? f mffiIavoet boohs wffb It efflros M OatarieBsMh SaeBenk Pint YasnMH Bank The Pint Netlenat Bank of lea West Beeene Brenen The Pint Netlsnel Benb of losses Ssvlnntleld Stanch The tint Hell sue! 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