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WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER ' Nows and Views of Farm and Garden -By LIUIE L MADSEN Drainage J ii lilt! J y J mar 1! " Bjymona urnanc says uui wm hif iuumc wiukmuiu vua sw fescoe at shown in top photo. Ditch at right shows how proper drainage is obtained,, while Hendrie i. v..... vam a? mu.wkib last vnr imrantd fiAA nanndi of rkii mwm photo shows how the Hendries, who live part of the time at Portland hare rebuilt the 100-year-old AtM-arm ranch htvMn Orvais. and SL PanL (Statesman Farm lif IIIIIVMTB N1VU -WW " ' ' - w mmf North Marion Farmer Proves Whiteland Can Be Profitable By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman Whiteland can be made to pay. But it isn't easy. Besides that, it's costly. These are a few of the obser yations made by Raymond Hen drie as he told of his French Prairie farming venture which started on May 15, 1945. The Hendrie farm lies on the Fairfield Road, between SL Paul and Gervais. with the Willamette River banking the place to the west It is a part of the old J. B. , Decour land donation claim, and the pioneer Feister Landing is on the place. "We hapened to picnic here once with our sons that was it Ever since I was a youngster living along the Mississipi, I've wanted a farm. So we bought the 450 acres. It was so run down we got it cheap. We fixed the old house up it's a hundred years old and now this is our coast and mountain cabins. We spend our spare time here," Hen drie said. "Sometimes it's more than spare' time," Mrs. Hendrie add ed, recalling one time when they had a band of sheep which be came infected with foot-rot how she and the hired man took care of them, while Hendrie di rected from his office in Port land. Farmland Worn The place had been fanned for 100 years and I can't be lieve very successfully. I can un derstand why the old-timers call ed this Buttermilk Flats. Water just stood nn the soil We could n't work it until late in tne spring. The first two years we tried farming it we didn't get our seed back. The second sum mer I went two rounds with a 12-foot combine on a 50-acre field and got two sacks of oats. Then 1 knew .'something had to be 'done if this place was to be farm ed," Hendrie continued. That was the time the $12,000 drainage project on the 170 acres began. The land was too heavy for tile, so three big graders were turned in for open ditching. A test was made by placing these 75 feet apart, but it was found that 60 feet apart as a maximum was more economical. "Now we can get on the land SO days before our neighbors in the same location," Hendrie said. "We till just as deeply as we can, and we use a lot of fertilizer. When land is ready to go, we just throw all of the machinery on it and keep going 24 hours a day until everything is in." 1 ' ff' IDEAL COUHTQY FUEL , CAPITOL LUIIDEQ GO. SSS9 XL CLscry At. ' Ph. 3-SSS2 e 24431 Ditch Helps Increase Yield 1 V ,1 f ft- . Grass Farming Find Grass farming has been a "find" for this type of land, in the opinion of Hendrie, who has 170 acres of Alta Fescue, all in rows. He gives this 400 pounds of fertilizer to the acre each year. Of this amount 200 pounds are 40 per cent available nitrogen and 200 pounds are treble phos phate. . The first year this was seed croped, it yielded 35,000 pounds in the dirt and gave 14,000 pounds of clean seed, none of it blue tag. The second year there were 72,000 pounds in the dirt and 42,000 of certified seed, of which 21,000 pounds were blue tag and the remaining half red tag. ; "I like to experiment, so when I was told that grain couldn't be grown here, I had to try it, of course. Last year we took off from three-fourths to Vi .tons of oats and Willamette vetch to the acre. We give our barley 200 pounds of treble phosphate to the acre, too. We get back $3 for each $1 we spend on fertili zer," Hendrie went on. Plane Fertilizing Fails On most of the fields, he said, he spent up to $15 and $17 an acre for fertilizer. He had tried fertilizing by plane, but didn't like this. He believed consider able i fertilizer was wasted this way.' It didn't all get where it was supposed to. In referring to his experiments he told of having 10 acres in now of a new Swedish oats he was trying out He is also test ing out some acres of hulless oats i and some of Overland. "And while we have tried our own combines, and have three of them which sat idle last year, we find custom harvesting pays best You cant put an Inexperi enced man on the grass combine. You need three 12-foot machines to harvest the Alta Fescue I have when it is right ready to harvest These cost about $6,000 apiece. I can get it done for $6 an acre. If s really cheaper that way when you take into consid eration the three men you'd have to hire to sit on your own com bines and the upkeep of the ma chines," he said. When asked if he could always get the custom harvesters right when needed, he replied that he contracted ahead for them. She's Ne Farmer "There's a farm family living on the place all the time to do the ! regular farming. The Hen- dries, however, keep the old house for themselves, and here they live practically all of the sum mer. And while Mrs. Hendrie 4 CLEAN EFFICIENT I ECONOMICAL . v. 'pip' assists in the management and even has given a hand to some of the manual labor, she insists she is not a farmer at heart "But Ray likes to farm spas modically, at does a lot of bis farming from his desk in Port land, but he does read every thing he can on farming and he likes to talk about it but he doesn't always follow the rules. But I guess breaking the old rules and making some new ones is the way you find new meth ods and new materials. How ever, secretly I doubt if he'd like farming well enough to give up his fuel brokerage work and live here all the time, living com pletely off the income of the farm I think you sometimes need another business to support this kind of farming certainly you do in the beginning until it gets started," she said. "But this farm does pay for it self and then some. That's cer tainly more than it did when we took it over," Hendrie concluded, as he explained he kept a very careful bookkeeping system : on the outlay and income of the place. Oregon Growers Boost Vegetable; Canning Acreage Oregon vegetable growers are devoting more and more land to crops for processing, with 1952 recording a 23 per cent increase in acreage over the average for the 1941-50 period. Asparagus, with a spectacular gain of 243 per cent led the four major vegetables that contribut ed to the mounting acreage for processing. Sweet corn growers more than doubled their acreage for canning last year over the 10-year aver age, while growers of snap beans and green peas increased their processing acreages substantially during the same period. BOLEN'S CABDEN IT'S TERRIFIC! IT'S IDEAL If Ycu like Gardening YcII love Cdlcn's Garden Trader Iff Small Enough to Be Handy -Yet lr Big Enough to Do tho Job You Ha v ; Only. 119.50 KOWSER BROTHERS ' ; "Salem's Largest Tool Rental Service 11C5 South 12ih SL Phono 34646 Farm Calendar Kay 1 Folk County Home- makers Festival, RickrealL May t Guernsey Cattle Show, Canby. May 11-13 Annual Oregon Cat tleman's convention, Multnomah Hotel. Portland. May 16 Clackamas County Spring Jersey Show. May 19 Oregon Sheep Breed ers Field Day, Witbycombe Hall 8:30 a.m. May 21 Hearing on proposed lit Angel Soil Conservation Dis trict, 1 to 8 pjm. Mt Angel city halt May 22 Linn County Livestock Associations! annual tour, 9:30 sun. Paul Heisenbheimer farm. Brownsville. ; May 23 Marion County Spring jersey show, Salem, May 23 Clackamas County Lamb Show, Canby. June 1-2 Linn-Benton Breed Dairy Show, Albany. Jane 4-C Lebanon Strawberry Festival. Jane 4- Tri-County Fat Stock show and sale, Bend. Jane C Turner Lamb Show. June 8-12 Oregon State Grange Convention, Medford . Jane 10 Annual Farm Crops field day. OSC. Jane 10 Dedication of Detroit Dam. Jane 13 Marion-Polk Guernsey Cattle Show. Salem. Jane 18-26 Annual 4-H sum mer school. Jane 18 Oregon Poultry Hatchery Association, Withy combe HalL Corvallis. Jane 19 Oregon Poultry Im provement Association, Withy combe HaH, Corvallis. Pole Frame Type Buildings Have Long Life Ahead Life-expectancy of low-cost pole frame farm buildings may be as high as 35 years if pressure treat ed poles are used, says M. G. Huber, agricultural engineering specialist Buildings made with home-treated poles should last for 15 to 20 years or more where de cayed stubs of the poles are re placed with new butts. Growing popularity of pole frame buildings both round and square poles stems from low in itial cost particularly from less skilled labor required for con struction. A disadvantage of pole con struction is that some designs lack sufficient bracing to with stand high winds or heavy snow loads which may weaken joints and loosen roofing, especially metal roofing. Insufficient nail ing, or fastening of rafters or rail ing strips is the chief cause of roofs "blowing up" from under neath wind pressure. The specialist points out, how ever, that well-designed struc tures will withstand excessive winds. Ticks Keep Lambs From Normal Gains .t Control sheep ticks either be fore or after sheering. Lambs in fested with ticks fail to make the best rate of gain and often end up as feeders rather than fats. Eight pounds of 50 per cent wettable DDT powder in 100 gal lons of water makes a good spray for ticks. Use 300 to 400 pounds pressure and thoroughly soak each sheep. Many dips and sprays have been successfully used says Coun ty Agent Ben. A. NewelL The main thing is to control the ticks now. Turner Families Move Itittnm News Strrtes TURNER It was moving day for three Turner families over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vickera moved to Salem and "Nels" Nelson moved to the ap artment vacated by the Vlckers and Mr. and Mrs; Paul Messer moved to where Nelson has been living. Nels Nelson who has been working for Ball Bros, garage opened his own garage at Four Corners. Nitrate Is still an important ex port of Chile, despite world-wide synthetic production. T TRY IT: Yowll Wonder How You Got Along Without ft THE VALLEY NEWS COLUMNS from TJ Oregon Dots uHjaYa VcSwy ConmponSmCt Boy: 4 - Laurels at Spring Fair tatesauat Htws Bertlee! STAYTON Boys exhibited and cupcakes here Wednesday as inated the second day or the Marion County 4-H Spring Fair. : The fair continues Thursday and other divisions, and winds up The exhibits are on display at the Civic Building. Some well-known names flash ed to victory Wednesday , with Keizer and Hayesville particular ly well represented in the blue ribbon department. Other com munities that bad several win ners included Butteville, North Santiam, Aumrville, Swegle, Cen tral Howell, Jefferson and Moni tor. The boys - who won firsts In baking included Lloyd Ralphs of North Santiam; Charles Way, Aumsville; and Dennis Kreuger, Swegle. Bjeizer Sweeps Class , Keizer swept the Clothing II division with firsts going to Car ol Ann Hudson, Donna Ebert and Sarah Mayers. Jeanette and Janice Siddall of Hayesville swept the Clothing III and IV sections. Winners in the MC3iarmingly Yours" sewing contest who will advance to the State Fair were Sandra Lee Maas. Auburn; Judy Mogster, Keizer: Ethel Ralphs, North Santiam; Loretta Gassoner and Carol Raid, both of Monitor. Other blue-ribbon winners in "Charmingly Yours" who did not qualify for State Fair were Betty Bethel and Beverly Martin, both of North Santiam, and Diana May ThrelkeL Marion. Other first-place winners, most of whom are eligible for State Fair: , Good posture demonstration Barbara Lichty, Central HowelL Wool sewing Priscilla Dur ham, Keizer. Formals Betty Zahara, Hayes- vilfe Joyce Mount and Priscilla Durham, both of Keizer. Clothing V Sally Klein, Aumsville; best dress, Margaret Katka, Hayesville. Cooking Winners Cooking muffins, Lloyd Ralphs, North Santiam; Carolyn DuRette and Connie Arendt, both of Champoeg; cupcakes, Charles Way, Aumsville, Eloise Robbins, Pioneer, Dennis Kreuger, Swegle, Sherill Hockspeier, Jefferson, Glenna Jo Riley, Butteville. Cooking in senior division, Lois Holmquist, Aumsville; juni or division verlene Meisenhel- mer, Betheny; Janice Kauffman, Central Howell: bread-Baking, Jeanette Siddall, 'Hayesville (goes to State Fair), other blue- ribbon winners, Maribel Starr, Auburn, Helen Watts, Central HowelL Verlene 'Meisenheimer, Bethany, Carolyn Adams, Jeffer son; drop-cookies, Margaret Ann Gilman, Swegle, Ronald , Seely, Union; Connie .Stewart, Bntte- vOle, Pat Miller, Fruitland. Polk Jury Finds For Defendant in Accident Lawsuit Stateaaaaa Ntws S trries DALLAS A Polk County jury found for the dexendent in a S23.000 civil suit that stemmed from an auto accident. George W. Etheridge, plaintiff. had sought the damages : from Dale R. Walker as a result of an auto accident south of Monmouth on 99-W on June 9, 1952. The circuit court jury deliber ated over six hours' before re turning a verdict in favor of Wal ker late Tuesday night. CUBS WATCH SENATORS HAZEL GREEN Cub Pack 57 ofaHazel Green and Brooks attended the ball game at Waters Park Friday night They were ac companied by Cubmaster Gardner Johnson, Glen Looney and Leo Hawley. Super Modol ISJJHHolDh Om25l?K)VEDTS ATK0 EXTRA COST! I SKI :Si 199.00 MaS gffgg " cttr boOL Daw W ll AajMtabl tSliac 16-. ar hmmt grim at Aim Lay tamU tJaw AskfsrnnttmoKstntkM - f-ETC -II C3 Batting some of the prize-winninx muffins cooking and sewing judging dom with competition in art. knitting Friday with a big parade at 1 pjn. Fetes Mothers StaUmaa Naws Srrle GERVAIS Gervais Chapter 118, order; of Eastern Star, Fri day honored Mrs. Clara Jones, 93, the oldest mother, Mrs. ceiia McClaughry, youngest mother; Mrs. Kathryn McClaughry and Mrs. Katie Sturgis, having the largest family. It was also ad vance line officers night The chanters of Woodburn, Donald and Canby were invited for the June 5 meeting when there will be conferring of de grees. ! The refreshment committee named for the June meeting will include the Star points, Mrs. Dor othea AspinwalL Mrs. Florence Oddie, Mrs. Anne Elder, Mrs. Vera Harper and Mrs. Adelaide Toombs, who is chairman ox the committee. C M. Van Zuyen was chairman of the refreshment committee, as sisted by men of the chapter. Valley Births tatMMUft News Strrle STAYTON To Mr., and Mrs. Clay Perkins, Stayton, a son, May 4, at Santiam Memorial Hospital To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rog ers, Stayton route L a daughter. May 3, at Santiam Memorial Hospital Valley Briefs Hazel Green A decision whe ther or not to continue the Hazel Green Extension Unit next year was deferred until a later date when it met at the home of Mrs. Ralph Gilbert Tuesday. A large membership -will be needed if it is to be continued. Roberts G. T. Chib will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. John Osborn on Route 1, Gervais. Assisting Mrs. Osborn will be Mrs. Albert Blankenship, Mrs. Frank Needham and Mrs. E. E. Jones. A dessert luncheon will be served at 1:00 p-m. Victor Point Mrs. Kenneth Warnock will entertain the McAl pin Stitcher's Club Thursday at an all-day meeting, the last of the club year. Officers will be chosen. Turner The fire department was called to the; William Bales residence to extinguish a fire Sunday night when the children mistook a bottle of gasoline far a bottle of oil and it exploded. burning Kenneth Bajes severely. North Howell Diane Bartsch waa the first-place winner in the sewing n division at the 4-H Achievement Night program, re ported previously. Christine Pic kens and Louise Dixon tied for second, and Sharon Mayte was third. Judges were Mrs. 'Andrew HalL Mrs. Jasper King and Mrs. Agnes Booth. Elliott Prairie Kenneth Og- ren. 15, son of Gil Ogren, broke his leg while riding, his motof scooter Friday evening. He hit a rock which was laying in the road, throwing his scooter out of control and into the gravel at the side of the road. He is at the Silverton HospitaL FOR RENT j Power Equipment and: Hand Tools AH Type We guarantee our equipment to work or no charge. Sales & Repair Factory guarantees fally covered in this shop. Gas -Tires j Catteries Accessories Vo Give S&H Green Stamps Oat All Transactions Open 7 i Days A Veckl - i - rhome 442(1 Gervais Lodge Car. N Commercial and Columbia St Tho Statesman, Salem, Orew Sublimity ft. v- ? r L i t , - !s.,.-,i:x:: K - vr CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. Pvt Guy Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs, Veray Scott who live near Sublimity, Ore, is honor graduate ef the cur rent class of Army cooks here. He is shown pointing to a past wheel, one ef the kitchen utensils he learned to use. Before ! duction he was a ranch hand. He and Us wife, Mary Ann, live, a motel in nearby Paso Bobles . ; Girls9 Camp . Slated Again At Silverton IhUwm New Sarriea SILVERTON Sil vert on's fifth annual Girl Scout Day Camp has been set for the Coolidge & Mc Claine Park from June 30 to July 9, 10 ajn. to 4 p.m. daily. Mrs. William Woodard will be director for, the fifth year. Her committee consists of Mrs. Har lan Moe, chairman; Mrs. Lowell Hoblitt, Harlan Moe, Mrs. John Middlemiss, Mrs. Maurice Schnor enberg; Mrs. Robert Mallorie, Mrs. C. R. Wilson, and Mrs. Wal las Satern. The camp is intended primarily for Brownies and Girl Scouts, Mrs. Moe reports, but adds that in the event there are not enough scouts to fill the available spaces, non-scouts will be admitted after June 5. Registration of all Brown ies and Girl Scouts is due on that day and should be sent to Mrs. Satern, at 418 E. Main Street Any intermediates who would like to complete tenderfoot or second class requirements in out door activities are encouraged to submit to the director a list of these requirements. Any adult wishing to assist at the day camp, either full time or part tune, is asked to contact a member of the committee, Mrs. Moe concluded. It is estimated that the world's oceans hold 166,830,121,984,000 tons of magnesium. Complete with Electric Range, Refrigerator and Water Heater. r MV FLOWESUNdrl WILLY.' ALL U3 votry TKgy hzbd AdiUotmpeam Ajf ) H give aw life to JjKS" Lf flowering throbs. tfjSpf tbecwksa Purchaser must remove from site by reducing to at least flat panels, which is made easy by the prefabricated construction of these units. Two-bedroom unrt, 24x26 feet, $550. Three bedroom unit , $620. Duplex Building , .. $850. :- i' ,U4 .r ; i Writ for iUuttrcted folder V . Thnrsdar 1 &rr 7, SA t T i 1 fin im i miian ii mi i ii i muni mm May Day Program Friday at N. Marion ' tatesataa Ntws Stt1m . HUBBARD Robin Berk will reing over May Day fest vities at North Marion Higl School Friday. Crowning cere monies will be held during' Um program: beginning at 8 fLm Music will be provided by thi band, skits by the senior, Junior and sophomore classes, the chorus will sing and the Maypole dance will be by the freshmen The Queen's ball will follow th program. Everyone is welcome The queen is the daughter r Mr. and Mrs. Willis Berke Hubbard East Salem ' ; P-TA Elect ; Statesman Naws Sarrtct EAST SALEM Dr. Robert . derson was elected president the Hoover P-TA Monday night Other officers" elected: Vic president Albert Morris; seere tary, Mrs. Jordan Johnson; anc treasurer, Donald Culp. The new officials were installed by Dennb Patch, Marion County P-TA presi dent . The picture of Herbert Hoover for whom the school was named wu presented to the school b Harry Johnson, curriculum direc tor of Salem schools. It waa ac cepted, on behald of the ttudecti by Linda Seeburn. Pcrcival Jones By Don kin Bros ... "We'd better stop at . the PROPANE GAS APPLIANCE CO., pop, and get mom's Mother Day present before) everything Is sold." ! i ' ' ' 23(7 Portland Rd, Ph. ww. f . ( : arfSsBssssBseaLw