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& C3 The Statesman, Satan, Ow, Thnreday, April 30, 19S3 Marion County 4-H Opens Monday By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman Four-H clubbers from all sec tions of Marion County will con verge on Stayton Monday as the annual 4-H Spring Show gets un derway at the Stayton Civic Building. Final entries close at 7 p.m. Monday. All of the first day will be devoted entirely to getting the exhibits into place as judging will start Tuesday at 9 a.m., with Judging to go on simultaneously in ; cooking, clothing knitting, homemaking, woodworking, art and bird study. In the lead cake-baking posi tion Tuesday at 9 a.m. will be Ethel Ralphs of North Santiam, Wilma Lonsman of Aumsville and Carolyn Adams of Jefferson. Starting it 10 a.m. will be Myra Myers and Gloria Huber from Marion, and Priscilla Durham of Keizer. Three Middle Grove girls, Gaylene VanCleave, Carolyn Crum and Rita Buckner complete the morning scchedule from 11 to 12. Other bakers during the day will be Marie DeRette of Cham Barbara Lichty and Muriel Richard of Central Howell, uwen Ludeen and Karen Boehmer of Bethany and Diane Lovell of Stayton. . . Bread baking contest for junior 4-H'ers will start at 3 p.m. Tues day with Janice Kaufman and Helen Watts of Central Howell; Jeanette Siddall of Haysville, Maribel Starr of Auburn, and Alice Ferguson and Verlene Meis enheimer of Bethany, competing. Haysville Girls Sew The wool sewing contest also gets underway Tuesday after noon with competition furnished by Betty Zahara, Janice Siddall and Margaret Katka of Haysville and Priscilla Durham of Keiser. Clothing team and individual demonstrators take up most of Wednesday with Thursday's sche dule almost full with homemak ing, art, health and cooking dem onstrations. Demonstrations and the exhib its are open to the public on Tuesday and Wednesday from 5 to 10 p.m. D&aneh nuamblings By RURAL REPORTER Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Johnson have sold their 40-acre larm near Silverton to which they went after their marriage 34 years ago. They will leave the old place May 10 when the new owners, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carlevaro of Cali fornia will take over. The John sons own a home in Silverton where they plan to live. The Johnson farm has 11-acres of waluuts. a strawberry acreage and considerable farm livestock and equipment The Carlevaros are now living near Los Angeles and at one time farmed in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of Earl Johnson in charge of the PMA office at Salem. Farm families in the Willamette Valley are urged to join in the nationwide spring clean-up cam paign now underway in Oregon. National fire and accident safety organizations recommend it as a major step toward preventing fire and accident hazards. Barns are the main work center for daily farm chores, and at this season of the year are apt to be cluttered with an accumulation of items used during the winter? Alley-ways or work areas should be kept clear of such obstacles. Avoid storing loose material over head on rafters or between floor joists. Make sure that forks, scrapers, brooms, rakes and other barn equipment are kept in racks or other suitable places. Are yea watching your setting hens (which la this day and age are mct apt U be mechanical) these days? Tea know Dr. B. T. Shaw, head of the agricultu ral administration of the USD A. says that we most have 3t per cent more poultry by 1975 than 7M have now if yea are going t provide sufficient food for or population. While we are hearing a lot about synthetic batter and Ice cream, so far we haven't had any first hand in formation nvsynthetie eggs. AH farmers of Polk County are being invited to a meeting of the Polk County 20-40 dub in May 12 when representatives of the U.S DPA grain grading branch will be featured, says Bill Cadle, president of the club. The club is behind the Hannchen barley growing con test 10O per cent. Bin adds. . In driving oat through the aortawest end of Marion Coun ty this week, the Ranch Rambler meted that cane berries were looUag exceptionally good. Fields were aaasaauy clean and begin ning to show good growth. Ala there were quite a few smaller fields f strawberries beginning to look as If a snow storm had kit them they were that mack in bloom. : One of the most active com mittees at the moment in Polk County is the Polk County County Home Extension Committee, get ting ready for its May 7 annual Spring Festival. On this com- On Thursday, May 7, at 1 p.m., the annual style revue judging and rehearsal will be held at the Stayton High School auditorium, and that night at 8 o'clock the actual style review, open to the public will be held at the audi torium. She Made It Betty Zahara, Hayesville, top win ner in the last 4-H county wool sewing contest, will compete at Stayton. She is pictured in dress she made. (Statesman Photo.) mittp are Mrs. Rnv Melson. Dal las; Mrs. Walter Brog, West Sa lem; 'Mrs. Carl Kreft, Rickreall; Mr. Chris Johnson. Monmouth: Mrs. Ralph Richards, Stiver, and Mrs. Walter Murray. Grande Ronde. C. J. Berning, Mr. Angel had 23 cows which averaged 473 pounds of bntterfat and 12,238 pounds of milk in 198 days on twice-daily milking. C. J. is running the test under the national Holstein-Fries- tan Association of America, as sisted by Oregon State College. It's getting to be time to think about the grass silage, a valuable feed for livestock. Ben A. Newell, Marion Copnty extension agent, says the value of silage usually warrants the use of a preservative to insure the ensiling process. He suggests liquid molasses and beet pulp as having been very effective in this area. Late developments with sulphur dioxide gas and sodium metabisulphite powder have also been successful, Ben adds. In a brief chat with Dr. I. R. Jones, prof, of dairy husbandry at the state college, we learned that 10 pounds of the sodium metabi sulphite powder were used per ton of silage. Fermentation losses were less with this powder than where no preservative was used. Dr. Jones added. The cows liked it, too. To the uninitiated, whether the cow likes it so well or not may not seem important, but to the dairy man that knows his stuff, this is most important Harold EwaU, a Woodburn pro duct who is now a dairy specialist at the state college, reports that the powder is cheaper to use than the sulphur dioxide gas. The pow der was mostly applied as the sil age went into the blower although in some of the experiments it was sprinkled on top of the load. Either method worked. Harold said, in talking of the experiment NEW SHEEP DUSTER HERE Kobert beaman, uarquam, re ports he has ordered a power dusting outfit for dusting sheep for control ol ticks. This partic ular rig was designed by the Uni versity of Wyoming and will be the first thing of this kind to be seen in this area. If it operates successfully,-Seaman says he ex pects to let it out for custom dusting. I l . " ' 11 ' ' 12 i JicS i I,' f .toeGBtilhwIlaiiOiiBS1 ON THE THE BEST Show at Stayton On Friday, the final day all exhibits will be open to the pub lic from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The annual parade through Stay ton will get underway at 1 o'clock following which the annual pre sentation of awards will be made at the Civic Building. Garden Club Decorates The Stayton Garden Club will take care of the Style Revue dec orations. Mrs. Ben A. Newell will be revue pianist The committee in charge of the review is com posed of Mrs. A. W. Katka, Mrs. Louis Freres and Mrs. H. D. Seism. In charge of the art exhibit will be Mrs. Willow Evans, Mrs. Lillian B. Shaner, Mrs. Mattie Os- born, Mrs. Mary E. Nonneman, Mrs. Grace Sehon, Mrs. Nellie Yung and Fancheon Lappen. Serving on the various clothing committees will be Mrs. Kather- ine Eggiman, Mrs. E. T. Tweed, Mrs. Curtis Deetz, Mrs. Gilbert Austin, .Mrs. Philip Schramm, Mrs. Catherine Ferry, Mrs. Elton Watts, Mrs. Earl Ross, Mrs. E. W. Redding, Mrs. Marion Cooper, Mrs. Glen Purdom, Mrs. J. C Bentley, Mrs. Roy Mogster, Mrs. Teresa Cordray, Mrs. Lloyd Thac kery, Mrs. P. H. Holtetler, Mrs. Earl Ridpath. Cooking committees consist of Mrs. Dale Emery, Mrs. R. C Cul- bertson, Mrs. Keith LaDue, Mrs. James Adams, Mrs. W. G. Phelps, Mrs. Helen Welter, Mrs. W. Ra- cette, Mrs. Carol L. Capps, Mrs. Alexander Sturges, Mrs. Melvin VanCleave, Mrs. James Lamb, Mrs. J. M. Rasmussen. Mrs. Ed Holmquest, Mrs. Grace Rhyme, Mrs. William "Schwarz. Homemaking chairman is Mrs. L. Lee, assisted by Mrs. Harold Bartsch, Mrs. Wilbert Homann, Mrs. Elmer Keller and Mrs. Wava Gilberton. Mrs. Ben Netter heads the knitting committee with Mrs. Chester Smith and Mrs. Joe W. Samek as her assistants. Mrs. Charles Raid is in charge of the bird study display, while wood working comes under the direc tion of Mrs. Luther Nokelby, Mrs. Leonard Burns and C. R. Cole and Clifford Lauman. Farms Face Threat From Spotted Beetle Extension Entomologist, Robert Every, Corvallis, reports that a very large infestation of the spot ted cucumber beetle may be ex pected this spring because of the late fall and mild winter. Every gardener is familiar with these yellow-bodied insects with black spots. They resemble and are sometimes mistaken for the harmless lady bugs. The spotted beetle attacks cucumbers, sweet corn, beans and many other gar den crops including both red and white clover plants. These pests have been respon sible for many a failure of red clover stands which the owner thought were killed by spring frosts. The same is true of new seed ings of white clover used in grass mixtures. This is a warning to all read clover growers and all those using white or ladino clover in the newly seeded pasture mix ture to be on guard this spring in particular. The western beetle nips off the first two leaves of clover plants leaving only the bare stem stand ing. Moreover damage may occur any time from mid-spring until late summer. Because of possible plant damage from DDT, ento mologists recommend control of beetles with 5 per cent methoxy chlor. This material has the ad ditional advantage of being less toxic to men and animals than DDT. When looking for spotted bee tles in newly seeded clover, red or white, walk over the area dur ing clear sunny weather. If beetles are present they may be seen feeding on clover plants and flying close to the ground. Apple Blossom Time At Wenatchee, Wash. Apple blossoms in the Wenat chee, WaslL, valley are now at their peak. That's word received from there Wednesday in re sponse to the many requests for this information received by the Statesman farm and garden edi tor. Blooming started last week, re ports show. Should the weather turn warm and sunny the blos soms will not last too much long er. HIGHWAY WAY IS... County Yields Mfflion Lbs. Milk in Month A million pounds of milk and 27 tons of butter fat were pro duced during the past -month by Marion County Dairy Herd Im provement Association cows. Ol the 1,566 cows tested 215 were dry but even so, the aver age production was 699 pounds of milk and 348 pounds of fat per cow. Volume of milk is becoming more desirable in dairy herds each year. During the month Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crooks of Woodburn had high cow in this class. She was a grade Holstein that gave 1,984 pounds of milk. Paul Thomas of Turner had a grade Holstein that gave 1,980 pounds, and Koenig Bros, a Hol stein at Woodburn which pro duced 1,940 pounds of milk. Top butterfat producer was Herb Coleman's Jersey, Linda, of Woodburn, with 86.8 pounds. She gave 1,550 pounds of milk. A. J. Minke, Mt Angel, was second with Barnet a .Guernsey, at 86.0 pounds butterfat in 1,195 pounds of milk. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Mul- ler, Jefferson, were third with Ramona, a Jersey at 85.1 pounds in 1,520 pounds of milk. The Felix Muller herd was top in herd averages too. Twenty eight cows averaged 779 pounds of milk and 44.5 pounds of butter fat Jim Dougherty of Woodburn was second, with xi head aver aging 75.3 pounds of milk and 43.8 pounds of fat Coleman was 3rd with a 43.3-pound average on 55 cows. Three supervisors now work with the Marion County D.H.I.A. James Morgan has started test ing this week with Joe Bilyue and Harley McCammon. Don't Spray Yet For Cherry Fruit Fly9 Says Agent To prevent any misunderstand ing by new cherry growers or backyard gardeners in the Wil lamette Valley, County Extension Agent D. L. Rasmussen is telling growers not to spray for cherry fruit fly control now. Records kept for many years by Associate Entomologist S. C. Jones of Oregon State College show that cheryr fruit flies have never emerged from the soil ear lier than mid-May. In some years, it has been the first or second week in June before fruit fly emergence begins. "Don't waste your money on an improperly timed cherry fruit fly spray or dust" continues the county extension agent "It does no good to spray unless you have something to control. As long as the cherry fruit flies remain in the soil, spraying or dusting is unnecessary." "When it is time to spray or dust the spray notice will be well publicized," says Rasmussen. "News stories, radio releases, and circular letters to individual growers will publicize emergence of the first cherry fruit flies from Ihe soiL" Farm Calendar .May 4-8 Marion County Spring 4-H Spring Show, Stayton. May 7 Polk County Home makers' Festival, RickrealL . May 11-13 Annual Oregon Cattleman's convention, Multno mah Hotel, Portland. May 16 Clackamas County Spring Jersey Show, Canby. May 19 Oregon Sheep Breed ers Field Day, Withycombe Hall, 9:30 a.m. May 23 Marion County Spring Jersey Show, Salem. June 4-6 Lebanon Straw berry Festival, Lebanon. June 4-6 Tri-county Fat Stock Show and sale. Bend. June 6 Marion County Lamb Show, Turner. June 8-12 Oregon State Grange convention, Medford. June 10 Annual Farm Crops Fieldday, OSC. June 13 Marion-PoDc Guer nsey Cattle Show, Salem. June 16-26 Annual 4-H Sum xner school June 18 Oregon Poultry Hatchery Association, Withycom be Hall, corvallis. June 19 Oregon Poultry Im provement Association, Withy combe HalL Corvallis. , CoQ 4-2271 1 HEIDEB'S 42S Court 1120 Center f TV If Trembles? V 51 Cut fc solved if i Tnr location Is M oad. Call s f I i wen a oar l . kcit to f et j Ariyw It's this time of the year! Bat one light coloring ex their offspring. Mallards, which are wild ducks, are softly colored to blend in with field and shoreside, while the little white Peking, which this pair of Mallards hatched are foreign to their parents, ouiesman f Hog Farmers Given Eight Tips CARBONDALE, HI, (INS) Harver Woods, Southern Illinois University experiment xarm man ager, says farmers . in the hog business need to carry out at least eight practical suggestions if they wish to make money. His sow-raising-for-pay point ers include: 1. Select pig parents from large, fast-growing litters. 2. Breed alts or sows to tar- row in late Feburary or March for spring pigs and in Septem ber or October for fall pigs so that they will hit high markets at six months of age. 3. Feed the sow a good ration grain, protein, legume hay or pasture. 4. Have a sanitary house cleaned with boiling lye ' water, free of drafts and having guard rails and provisions for heat dur ing farrowing. 5. Scrub the sow with soap and water when putting her in the house two or three days before farrowing. 6. Be on hand for farrowing to save pigs. 7. Keep sows on a good ration ing after farrowing. 8. Get sow and pigs on clean legume pasture when the pigs are two-three days old. Sudan Crass Said Good Pasture Bet Summer pasture from annual plants may be needed to supple ment permanent pastures this year, Willamette Valley county agents are saying this week. Su dan grass may help fill in a pas ture gap 'for dairy or sheep, they add. Piper Is reported as the super ior strain of Sudan. Seed comes from California and Wisconsin. Common Sudan and Sweet Sudan seem to be similar in trials in the valley while Piper excels. Thirty pounds of available ni trogen will pay dividends in feed if put on the ground at seeding time. For sheep, some growers report good results from adding a few pounds of rape to the Sudan seed. Multnomah Flower Show Nets $5,111 PORTLAND UB The recent flower show at Gresham netted Multnomah County $5,111, County Auditor John J. O'Donnell said Wednesday. Admissions and sale of commer cial exhibit space amounted to $11,450. Expenses were $8,339. ..GUERNSEYS TO SHOW Herbert Howell, superintend ent of the John Jacob Astor Ex periment Station. Astoria, will judge the Clackamas County Guernsey Cattle Club show to be held Saturday, May 9, at Canby. Wallace Ashoff of Boring is pres ident of the club and included in the directors are Monte Rum eay.of Lower Logan; -Leonard Staats of Redland, and Richard Boeckman and Edward Bidder of Wilsonville. UOYandTVlIiyiIIlY LjTHO WLLTHIM r-I fTWCKEa, VVJtLY, SW y I VYTTH LILLY'S J-T-f7rJ3f 0O-MTS3T Pats perish a4 : I tffc girdftw grow . . f f f . t f Go-Vest work in J rt rain. Fast, easy. " fi I ( George? thing Is puzzling to the Mallard arm rnoio.j Salem Milk Hearing Set Tuesday a.m. Testimony relating to a pro- posed revision of milk prices in Marion County marketing area will be heard at a public hearing set for May 5, at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room of the State li brary, according to notices is sued by the Oregon milk market ing administration. The hearing was authorized by the state board of agriculture wnen Marion county miiJc pro ducers and distributors request ed consideration of certain chan ges in production costs said to have occurred since the last mini mum price schedule was issued. The -last hearing held in the Marion County milk marketing area established minimum prices to producers as 93 cents per pound butterfat Vlus $2.87 per hundredweight or $6.59 per hun dred pounds of milk containing 4 per cent butterfat The minimum prices to be paid by consumers for 3.5 per cent milk has been 22Vi cents or 23 cents a quart foremilk containing 4 per cent butterfat These prices became ceiling prices under the order of. Feder al Office of Price Stabilization effective Dec. 15, last W. S. WedeL assistant admin istrator of the Oregon milk mar Jceung administration, will con duct the hearing which is open to the public. Elmar Wheat Most Popular CORVALLIS Si A rust-resistant wheat strain called Elmar is expected to be the Pacific North west's biggest producer this year, Oregon State College researchers said Wednesday. The strain was developed at Washington State College from the Elgin strain, which has been the biggest producer in the Northwest for the past five years. Elgin was. developed at Oregon State. Reclamation Meet Carded Monday A public meeting to consider the Bureau of Reclamation pro posal to irrigate from a storage dam on the Molalla, is scheduled for the Oak Lawn Community Hall, Monday night, May 4, at 8 o'clock. Lee McAllister, area represen tative of the bureau, will be on hand to explain the proposition. The first meeting for this pur pose was held at Mt Angel about three weeks ago and drew resi dents from Silverton, Canby, Mo lalla, Marquam, Monitor and Woodburn areas. SoU loeaBybr YOU TRIANGLE DEALER Willamette Feed A Supply D. A. White A Sons Fred DeVries & Sons-Kt. 6 TrfaBtVaswMfecMwdrfcktaitar innsh to mOm far tfaa ullns uliiifca Gtm yaw cbfeks good tart with Twimamim KjiiwMm ducks in this picture IS the very Summer Bring Foreign Youths Here Oregon will be host jthis sum mer to 10 International Farm Youth exchanges from other countries who will live, work and play as members of local farm families during a three-months visit in the state. Farm families interested in having one of the young men or women 18. to 28 yean of age live with them for four to six weexs uus summer should con tact their county extension agent for application forms, and addi tional information, according to Cal Monroe, state 4-H agent at Oregon State College, j Each of the 10 foreign farm youths will live with two or three Oregon families during" the sum mer. They will be expected to work for their room and board and a small allowance. Farm fam ilies having young persons living at home will receive preference. 300 Attend Farm Banquet At Silverton Statesman Ntws Scrrlc SILVERTON Three hundred persons attended the banquet for Miverton-area zarmers sponsor ed Tuesday night by the Silver- ton Chamber and Junior Cham ber of Commerce. I The story of the growth of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in the United States was told by Al Krieg of, Portland, guest speaker and candidate for State Jaycee president He said the basic aims of the organization are better ment of the community and of the individual. George Moorhead Sr, of Salem spoke on research in the breed ing and milking of white mice. Harry Riches was master of ceremonies, and Dr. Robert Ep peneter welcomed the guests. The latter and Robert Malorie plan ned the event Elmer Lorence was program chairman. John Becker and his son, GaiL were in charge of prizes. HOUSEWARMING HELD ELLIOTT PRAIRIE Sixteen relatives and friends of Oscar Edland gathered at his new home in Silverton for a house wanning Sunday evening. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ingval Edland from here, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Brough er of Scotts Mills and a group from Silverton. j REPRESENTS AMITY! CLUB AMITY Representing Amity at the Yamhill County Federation of Women's Clubs meeting at Sheridan were Mrs.l William SproaL Mrs. Earl . EDenberger, Mrs. Isaac Bantsair and Mrs. A. W. Newby. j Am m Mr. Farmer: Are your crops water when they need it most? You getj more water in winter than you can use why not DAM IT for irrigation in July and August? The J-C Company, Inc., will survey and design your dam and reservoir with registered engineers; make the necessary application to the State Engineer; then build the dam all under one contract and one I i See us for estimates THE J-C CO Construction Professionally Engineered Phone 2-7801 Restriction un uiectnc Power to End ; .'I-1 -- . WASHINGTON III Th TV. iense Electric Power Administra tion (DEPA) announced Wednes day that effective Thursday it it revoking its orders restricting use of electric power in the Pacific Northwest One of the orders prohibited electric utilities in ihe area from delivering electric power to any new customer using in excess of 50,000 kilowatt hours a week under any new contract entered into aft er Sept 1, 1952. j The other set up procedures for limiting use of power throughout the Pacific Northwest and under it curtailments wer enforced dur ing November, h ember and part of January because of a critical water shortage which affected hy- utweiecinc proaucuon. ! 'EPA said the orders vers r. vokec because of the end of cru cial wat-s shortage conditions for this season in the area and tmnn recommendation of the Pacific Northwest Advisory Committee. Detroit -Idanlia School Play Set Friday Evening SUUnaaa News Srvlca DETROIT Detroit-Idanhi High School students will appeal in a three-act mystery,! Th Skeleton Walks," Friday evening, at the school gymnasium.; The cast of ten will weave a situation of suspense and comedy in a setting in a lonely: island house where eerie sounds, a walking skeleton and a deaf mute contribute to building an excit ing climax for the audience. Miss Kazuka Inuzuka and Mrs. Evelyn Gear hart are faculty di rectors. The cast includes Robert Lady, Edna Golden, Maria Vlckers, Donald Snyder, Anna Bess Carte, Jewels Hill, Eva Lou New, Ray mand Wallace, Verna Warthen, Marlene Richardson. AEMIIS I YADDSTEIl GARDEN TULES Ideal for Tilling any fawn or garden, Why break your back year after year with your spading chores when you can get a "Yaxdster" that will solve this problem easily lor yean to come. See it 'today. . I - BEI7T A TOOL Or Garden Equipment Salem's largest Tod Rental Service. 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