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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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up under all advrsrso weather conditions.
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because all I fur paints ars
facturod.
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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.-- .
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