r- ;, -". ISS3-CscJ--S IWA3 Oil) WUVW 'tf lsJi sSti- V, mlM? . Avurieis I 1 ' WiliiMivirii FaiSiIIS,!!l Farm Scribe Finds OSC Trip! Warm, Dusty, Educational Farm Editor, The Statesman CORVAiLIS--Youl stop bugs from eating the top of vegetables by putting something in the ground at the , bottom - of t(he plants. " :; ' I - That's one of th things? I learned during the week, while with several' hundred other curi ous folk, I followed a group of experimenters around the East Farm at Oregon State College during the annual vegetable field day as well as the peach day. The latter was a bit more interesting from one point of view. You eould pick up a fallen! peach and at without too much side-sttp-ping. It was a little more diffi cult to pull a turnip out of the ground and start munching. Both field- trips were very warm, slightly dusty, and thoroughly In teresting. At the vegetable farms we saw some of the finest beans pole and bush as well as some poor varieties. This held for each sec tion pf the vegetable tour. And this was. the purpose. f We were viewing not only which varieties would do the best but! which fer tilizers and which insecticides would give most results on the numerous varieties and under varying soil conditions. Without a note book in hand i one could become quite ' confused before the days were over. Progress Made Through Soil Considerable progress has been made in ; recent years in the chemical control of injurious soil insects by the treatment of the soil itself before planting. We were taken to plots of potatoes and turnips where experiments dating back to five years had been made. These residual soil insecticide plots measuring 50 by 20 feet each, were first estab lished in 1949, and had received only the one treatment with wettable powders at the rate bf 10 pounds actual material per acre. The identity of the ma terials used has been maintained by careful rotary tills ge within the plot boundaries. The thorough mixture of the materials in the soil to a depth of six to ,ight inches was con sidered an important feature in the experiment. In-the first plots we visited the experiments were for control Of tuber flea beetle on j potatoes, wireworm on potatoes! cabbage maggot control on turnips and radishes. j Later we observed feld trials for control of the worm in sweet corn and the onion maggot. In all cases the thoroughness of insecticide mixtures in the soil was shown to dffect the degree of control of insects. We were told that this probably also effects the longevity if the in secticide in the soil j Control Longevity Noted One thing that interested Us was that with some of the new Insecticides, controls Were good the first year but tapered off as the years went on, while other foil insecticides improved with the years. For instance, DDT gave 77 per cent control of the tuber flea beetle on potatoes the first year it Was placed in the soil but only 14 per cent last year, three years later. On the other hand Heptachlor gave no control the first two years, but in 1951 gave: 99 per cent control, and a perfect control last year. Aldrin gave 99 per cent control throughout the four years. Experiments proved, according to Dr. H. E. Morrison, who headed this experiment and ex plained the work during the field day, that Aldrin was one of the most effective treatments throughout. It is easy to apply, requires no exact timing and fives almost perfect control The cost of soil treatment is no greater than that of previously . recommended measures. Aldrin is available in the form of wettable powders and emul sion concentrates. Two pounds of actual aldrin per acre are needed. Dr. Morrison advised the use of one gallon per acre of .the emulsion concentrates con taining two pounds of actual al drin per gallon. He added that wettable powders can be used in power spray machinery, but will clog the nozzles of low pressure weed sprayers. A sufficient vol ume of water (50 gallons per acre or more) should be used to ? insure an even coverage of the soil, he said. We learned too that it is de sirable to combine the insecticide with commercial fertilizers or soil conditioners. Aldrin GMd Aldrin also gives good control for wireworm and fair control for the cabbage maggot How ever, dieldrin gives a better control for the latter, as does also heptichlor. The latter showed no control the first two years but a 96 per cent control the fourth year. The dieldrin showed a 67 per cent control the first year and a 100 per cent control the fourth year. j Leaving the vegetable grounds, we passed through . beautiful lily and rose plantings to get to blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, the peach plantings . where we were greeted by Dr. Quentia B. ZielinskJ, who Is in charge of breeding and testing fruit tree varieties. We'were very happy to get in, little on the latter. When it comes to peaches, I pet sonally am an excellent tester, being a native" of the nation's finest peach producing area, South Haven, Mich, i Dr. Zielinski, howerer, is a 1 v Dr. H. E. Morrison didn't seem to mind the bright sun as he spent the entire vegetable field-day at East Farms, Cervallis, telling visitors about the success and failures of various soil insecticides ia control of potato tuber flea beetles. (The Statesman Farm Photo.) native of the Willamette Valley, was graduated from Oregon State College in 1940, was with the Ohio State University and State College of Virginia, receiving his doctor's degree at the University of Virginia, before returning here in 1947. "We are working toward an earlier peach, as well as one that will can and freeze more perfectly. We have a number that look very promising," the peach doctor told us as we tested out a couple. Among those he named as "looking very promising" were Jerseyland, Dixigem, Fairhaven, Redhaven, Starting Delicious, and several varieties still bearing numbers which will be changed to names before they are put on the market Only 50 Per Cent Peach Crop Among the speakers were C. O. Rawlings, one of the college's better known horticulturists. Raw lings spoke chiefly on the pre mature dropping of fruit particu larly of the Elberta peach. This dropping is very serious this year, and in some orchards whole crops are lost he said. The peach crop in Oregon, Rawlings be lieved, would be abount 50 per cent normal this year. We also stopped briefly to view the nectarine trees. Efforts are being made to develop one which will do well in the valley under most conditions. Dr. Ziel inski told us. Everyone who visits, the ex perimental farms here for the first time, is amazed at the wealth of material and the scope of ex periments. It is possible to ab sorb but a little of the available information with each trip ... I vowed, however, to return Oct 3 for the annual Chrysanthemum field day. Beef, Sheep Will Be Sold At OSC Sale Registered beef and sheep from Oregon State College breed ing stock will be auctioned Au gust 20 at the OSC livestock pa villion, according to Dr. Fred F. McKenzie, head of the animal husbandry department The auc tion begins at 1 p. m. Bids will also be acceptad by mail. Five dwarf-free, registered yearling Hereford bulls top the auction list Dr. McKenzie says the bulls have made rates of gain Op to 100 percent above average as high as 3 pounds gain per dwarf-free, registered Hereford cows and heifers have also been declared surplus to hold down the size of the breeding herd for genetic studies. Eleven of the animals are two-year-olds and yearlings, and two are dams of the herd's out-standing sires. Seventeen registered yearling and two-year-old Hampshire, Rom ney, and Southern rams will be auctioned. All are out of good producing ewes and are by progeny-tested rams. , More than 125 commercial ewes Hampshires, Border-Lei-cesters. Cheviots, and Romneys ranging from three to seven years will be sold. AH are produced and weaned lambs In 1953. Husbands! Wives! Gst Pep, Vim; Feel Ycinjer TftMMBds of eooplM ara ntlt, innil. a, haiuted Jwrt bmiM heir lack traa. For wrw raumw ieduw tttn 40, try 0tm Tomarn tablet. Colli, ana forJTj aupplnMat Smn vitaauaa Bt aad B-j. Trial rixa (7 aUr) nrt KtUa. Sea nwy tarim fnawir tarn. At all drug starea everywhere la Salem, at JTred Meyer's and Payleaa. FieZd "x '"' ' ; - V- A "t a" iT' - ' - 1 Qoancb Q&ambliiigs By RURAL REPORTER If Independence Hopmen think they have turned into vege tarians, they should scan the much-tooted Yakima hops country. Low hop prices have Jhad their effects in further reduction in hop acreage in the famed Yakima Valley bop area, with some yards completely abandoned this year. In others, the growers have taken out three of every four rows in order to grow more profitable crops between the fourth rows, and thus keep their yards ready to convert back to full production, if prices warrant Corn, squash and grain have been the "more profitable" crops. We always knew Salem had what It takes. Now Walt Holt manager of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in North Portland, reports that already three of the judges for this year's show come from Salem. These are: j Ronald V. Hogg, Judging 4-H sheep exhibits as well as 4-H showmanship; Doug las Chambers, judging 4-H swine, and Claude Steusioff, Judging open class sheep. .Then, if there is ho conflict in schedules, Ronald and Doug will be judging Future Farmer , classes also. Claude will stick to the open classes and the sheep had better look like his Southdowns if he's to think they warrant any blue ribbons. Ronald raises mostly Hampshires and Doug, while he is with the Valley Packing Co., is also doing some fancy breeding in producing Shropshires minus-wool-on-the-face. j This wooliness of the Shrops has kept, them from going over well as range animals one of the big markets for valley sheep. If "clean" faced Shrops can be produced then they are expected to gain greatly in popularity with east-of-the-monn-tain range sheepmen. H. Mikkelson and Son of Westwood Jersey Farm (kind of pretty name for a farm, isn't it?) near Woodburn, have received special recognition for their outstanding production records made on three Jersey cows, on Herd Improvement Registry test West wood Lad Prince gave 9,799 pounds of milk, containing 582 pounds of butterfat at the age of 4 years and 2 months; Standard Fauvic Volunteer Lena, 10,235 pounds of milk with 589 pounds of fat at 9 years, and Volunteer Eagle Betty produced 10,991 pounds of milk containing 637 pounds of butterfat at the age of 10 years, 2 months which says Calvin, the "son" of the partnership, proves that "While Jerseys are plenty good enough in the beginning, they get even better with age!" Ronald Hogg is getting for himself a busy schedule in judging this fall, we note ... At the Clackamas County Fair, to he held Ang. 28 through the 29 at Canby, he will judge sheep and swine. Ronald runs a big ranch over In Polk county, claiming a Salem address. : While rambling in the Stayton area, we learned that the San tiam soil conservation district has entered the national Soil Con servation Awards program, sponsored . by the Goodyear Tire ie Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio. Ralph Wilson of Macleay, chairman of the district was telling us that members I of Santiam district will compete against all other soil conservation! districts in Oregon. The thing that's worrying us is how the winner will be selected as grand award for one member of each winning district governing body and the top cooperating farmer or rancher named by the district will be one-week-expense-free, vacation trip to Goody ear's fabulous winter resort, the Wigwam Guest Ranch on Goodyear Farms, Litchfield Park, Ariz, in December. 1954. There are five, members in that governing board Wilson, Ed Gilbert, Vernon Jette, R. B. Metcalfe and Steve Dark. The period to be judged In the contest Is from July 1, 1953 to April 30, 1954. , , We are hearing lot about Oregon's big strawberry crop this year and less about California's even bigger one But now Carl Byoir of the American Can Company, writes us that the state of Oregon harvested the largest acreage in history. Ia fact we made an all time record la strawberry producing ia this season jost ended, he said. . j Estimated acreage totaled 17,700 a Jump of 700 acres from last year's previous high and 21 per eeflt above th past three year averages for sure while no one disputes California's top place as producer of strawberries for the fresh market Oregon's place as production for processing is even more indisputable. YOU CAN GET UFETXMS ALUMINUM j SHINGLE BOOFXNO IN SALEM FROM YOUR LOCAL DEfllEni Frt Estimates cmd(Detalls Call 2-8058 WiUamclUo lilurniniim Co. ( SC33 Portland Road 2,000 4-H Youths Due At State Fair State fair 4-H activities will hn 2.000 bovs and drls taking part this year, Burton Hutton, state 4-11 leaaer, esumaiea. W rcTxsrta indications are that entries of -4-H exhibits will reach a new high this year. Exhibits are in, hm et no Sent 4. with judging to start Sept 5, opening day of the fair. Judging coniera in which the 4-H'ers take part begin on Labor Day. WiiHon anticiDates i increased interest in 4-H demonstrations this year. Because of the number of demonstrations, iney wui iav n r.V PhamnionshiD run-off for' top agricultural and home economics aemonsrrauoM win uc on the final day of the fair. Tntrviwa to nkk tWO boys nf trirU at Oregon's delegat ion to the 1954 national 4-H club camp in Washington. D. C, are also to be incluoeo in xair wee activities. . . The 4-H club member wno nas made the greatest health - im provement is to be picked at the fair, too. This health winner, who mnst he at least 14 years of age, will win a free trip to the nation al 4-H club congress in cnicago in November. . . Fair-goers will find improve ments made in 4-H facilities. A rintf hat been built by the fair management for livestock Judging, ana a new stage wm background the dress revue, in which vounff seamstresses model clothing they have made. V Salvador ia the most dense ly Domilated nation on the Amer ican mainland. Loan Plans Outlined by State Emergency livestock loans, au thorized by recent legislation, are now available to eligible farmers and ranchers in Oregon, F. E. Price, dean and director of agri culture at Oregoa State College, announced following a meeting of the state special livestock loan committee. The loans rill be made to es tablished producers and feeders of cattle, sheep and goats, says Price. They must have good rec ords of operations, have a reason able chance to succeed and they must have been unable to obtain needed credit from other sources to continue their normal opera tions. The loans will not be made to carry on commercial 'feed lot op erations, to refinance existing debts or to enable a borrower to start livestock operations. Loans Blade for 2 Years Price explained the special live stock loans will bear 5 per cent interest and may be made for pe riods up to 3 years. Borrowers will be expected to repay the loans as rapidly as they can. Each loan must be secured in the full amount by the personal obliga tion and available security of the borrower. The government will not re quire present creditors to subor dinate their liens, but borrowers will be expected to obtain stand by agreements from their pres ent creditors so they will have a chance to work out of their diffi culties. Also, present creditors must be willing for a portion of the borrower's livestock income to be paid on the government loan. . Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Tr Benson has designated the Farmers Home Administration as thr agency to handle this emer gency credit program, and hal made Administrator R. G. Mc Leaish responsible for it at the national leveL However, all loans must be approved by the special livestock loan committees ap pointed by the Secretary. Duffy Heads Group To serve as a temporary state special livestock loan committee for Oregon, Secretary Benson has named the following: Walter A. Duffy, state director, Fanners Home Administration; Dean Price; and Arnold Jft. Bodtker, Croup WA re $bd 1 h In the Kno o pro tou SHOW fmnnfl uruu' papers, tiles, etc. AIID Shingle Stain Gr.n Barn Painl Redwood Stain Slay-Clean While 'S15 Best Quality Outside Pedal Open 8 JL IL fo 5:30 eaiiTT eaiMt Mt. Angel Man Wins Honors With Holstein Milk production honors for the past month in the Marion County Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion, goes to C. J. Berning, Mt AngeL Three of his Holstein cows made over a ton of milk. One gave 2,635 pounds of milk: and 9Z2 pounds of butterfat A second one gave 2,635 pounds of milk and the third one produced 2,120 pounds of milk. . ' Ben Vandercouving, also of Mt AngeL had a i Holstein. which made 2,090 pounds of milk. High butterfat cow was Her bert Coleman's ! Jersey Nixie of Woodburn. She gave 1,500 pounds of milk containing 94.3 pounds of butterfat Another Jersey, Jersey Laura, also of Woodburn, owned by L F. Buyersie & Son, produced 1, 497 pounds of; milk with 94 j pounds of butterfat to win hon ors in the top bracket too. In Linn County, the herd of James Ruby, Scio, led all herds in production with 15 Holstein cows that made an average of 1,265 pounds of milk, and was second on butterfat production with 47.53 pounds per cow. The Schmucker & Schweitzer herd with 34 Holsteins was sec ond with 1,122 pounds of milk, while third was Ernest Richards with 19 Holsteins producing an average of 976 pounds of milk, and a 32.63 pounds average of butterfat. Glen Thurston made the but terfat top, with an average on his 16 registered Jerseys of 51.31 pounds of fat in 899 pounds of milk per cow. Individual cow with top milk production was Percey Heyerly's "Pescheck" with 2,390 pounds of milk and 60 pounds of butterfat Priest-doctors of ancient Assyria knew that sea kelp would help keep wounds sterile and that goiter was helped by burnt sponge although they probably did not know that the results were due to the iodine content of their remedies. chairman, state PMA committee. This temporary committee was named in order to speed up' proc essing of applications for assist ance. Application forms may be ob tained at any county office of the Farmers Home Administration, jthey may be filed with the local county FHA supervisor. mW3(FHm VMM JlkiinHlJ . wht uuuMtar w. aamMMBiBH Plus sprayers, ,- sanders, otc TALK ABOUT REAL VALUES! ! ! 5150 Be $025 GoL $095 Got P. II Ilea. Tkra SaL .. ataaieracteiits Farm ' Calendar Aug. 20 First Annual Produc tion-tested livestock ' Auction, OSC! Aug. 20-21 Filbert-Walnut Days, sponsor by Nut Growers Society of On on and washing ton. i -Aug. 21 Pedee Farmers Union, 8 p. m at Pedee School, Polk County Aug. 24-: Albany. inn County Fair, Aug. 26-30 Washington County Fair,' Hillsboro Aug. 26-Sept ' Pacific Nation ancouver, B. C. al Exhibition, Aug. 26-: lackamas County Fair, Canby. Aug. 26-28 Marion County and City of Salems,4-H show, state fairgrounds. Aug. 28-30 6lk County Fair RickrealL J Aug. 31 Southern Oregon Ram Sale, Lakeview. Sept 3-13 I California State Fair, Sacramemo. Sept 5-12 Oregon State Fair, Salem. Sept 11 Orfgon Turkey Im provement Association annual meeting, Withyfombe HalL Sept 15 Origon Turkey As sociation, 2 p. I m. West Salem City HalL i Sept 17-18 Northwest Christ mas Tree meeting, vocational high school building Tacoma. Sept. 19-27 Western Washing ton Fair, Puyasup. Sept 21 Jour Opportunity Jersey Sale, Sam. Sept 24-26 -f- Marion County Fair, Woodburif , Sept 26 Santiam Harvest Festival, Santiajta Valley Grange, Lyons. j Oct 1316 Oregon Leadership Institute for Ttwn and Country Churches, OSCi Oct 20-24 Pacific Internation al Livestock Exposition, Portland. Oct 30-Nov. Qf Grand National Livestock Exposition, San Fran cisco. I Nov. 9-11 I Agricultural Co operative Coulcll of Oregon, Multnomah Hotel, Portland. Nov. 12-14 4- Oregon Wool Growers Association, Imperial Hotel, Portlandi Nov. 17-21 Oregon State Farm Bureau Federation Annual meet ing, Salem. f Nov. 27-28 Oregon State Corn Show, Hermisto. That Narls-Wcillcftr makos paints tho Willamette VjaUey climate o up under all advrsrso weather conditions. 1 NcU-Wcdla.r can match wisn n cPt and because all I fur paints ars facturod. Tht Nrtrrfa-WrtTW Mmtee 10 rent at roasoiscun pneee. Linoleum iiemn. ",p Plastic TilJ Linoleum Hie 9x9 - Paint Thinner la Tour Conlcdntr - PLEIITYjlF PAnKIIIG SpAtEl IrIrDiciiIi, i s ' i PAIIIT COIIPAIIY 1710 Frcni SL Phcne Another Hen r,niers nig ontest Eggs arc setting biffzer and bigger, if the farm editor Is te judgiby those being shown at The Statesman Office. ! Latest on the list is a5Vi ouncv egg Which measured 8 inches around the long way, and 7 716 Inches the other way. j. I Tfaje egg was laid bf a New Hampshire Red hen on the Char les Ajgee, Salem. Route 3, Box 809 farm on South River Rojad. ! Ag ;e reports this particular hen aid double yoked-eggs al winter and then laid oft for s, month's rest j "I was thinking about discard ing her,i Agee said Tueida; when he brought the huge egg t the office, "and; she must havt guessed it for after four" week oi no eiggs, she produced this out number." HAWAII ATMOSPHERE. ARRIVES j . ! Big hats, colorful shirts anl lels are being worn by Leo Spits part Oregon State Fair manager George McMurphey, information specialist at the fair, and others in the offices atjthd fairgrounds this jweefc, giving out the. word that (he flower show, will follow a Hawaiian theme this Jearj.-- . t UWistAmvimH F6M CUPPIHQS ABM i ComboaC is easy to akej with Com po. Tarnj, leaves aoJ frati to manure. oepeidally for mado to stand '! any MorjTou crt ?orr pries. locally nanu- cettnclofo assort- 50 oa 5ci . iy4- 3(Kt4'L: H I' S 4-2273 UketC I 1 5 1 i t it ! t i