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Silverton Area Farmer's Inventions
Helping to Make Farm Work Easier
V By LILLIE L. MADSEN
. Farm Editor, The Statesman
' It really all had its beginning
back on a Dakota wheat farm
when a small, 9-year-old boy bunt
a threshing machine out of some
wooden boxes and nails and found
that Reworked. -
'Heads of grain would actually
go through the machine and come
out in separate kernels. Spools
were used for the twine belt, pulled
by means of someone pumping an
old foot-peddle grindstone.
.From then on Jonas Byberg had
many an invention of farm machin
eryin miniature form. It wasn't
until seven years later, when liv
ing on his father's prune farm
south of Silverton that Jonas took
out his first patent The high
school youth didn't like the method
- of washing prunes. So, he set
about making a washing tray by
means of a floatation system. The
water went over the prunes, and
this worked much better than the
former system of dipping the
prunes, which bruised them.
A patent was granted
."But I wasn't equipped to build
the washers. I justdid the plan
ning and tried to build a few in
a.sbop in our bam. They worked
out but individual production does
not pay. I couldn't build them fast
enough. Byberg said, smiling at
the youth who got ahead of him
self. There was college in between,
but all the time there were plans
for machines and gadgets that
would make work, on the farm
more efficient, less difficult. There
were scores of patents, and finally
there was a factory built at Sil
verton. '
. Thinking Changes
Gradually the thinking of farm
ers has changed. For them, too,
it has become an automatic age.
Steps, heavy labor, time, all have
to be saved to meet the tight com-
Eetition. Always, Byberg, think
lg back to his boyhood and early
youth on the farm, was a step
head ...
"A prophet in his own home town?
Well, it was while I was ramblingi
out oyer the countryside in Polk
County that I firskheard of. the
iew piece of machinery a grinder-mixer.
Inquiry brought out that
it was. actually new, that.it was
built at Silverton (my home town),
and patented Jy Jonas Byberg
(whose farm adjoined ours when
we were youngsters). .
,' With the enthusiasm of the user
of the new machine still ringing in
my ears, I went back home for
my week's farm story ...
"1 believe this is the first time a
farmer has had available a ma
chine that will automatically feed
itself grind any grain to whatever
grade he desires thoroughly mix
the ground feed, without rehand-
hng from a grinder to a mixer.
and automatically shut itself off
when the job is done. - Many feed
ers can, with this machine, dump
in various whole grains, previously
ground ingredients and desired
feed supplements and concentrates,
then turn on the automatic switch
and thereafter leave the machine
to do the whole task while they do
other work or take a nap. . When
the feed is to be used, the switch
is thrown again and the feed is
discharged into - any convenient
cart or bags.
Much Dust Eliminated .
Byberg, reared on a farm and
recalling the dust of the grinding
operations, has perfected a princi
pie whereby the grain is ground
while submerged - under a layer
of previously ground feed, elimi
nating much of the dust.
Careful planning has made this
little mill fit numerous farming
condiUbns. In most feeding units
that I have visited, the farmer has
hadfo locate his grinding and mix
ing equipment in the most suitable
place and bring his grain to the
units in the best way possible,
This new mill, when equipped with
its ball bearing, rubber tired cart,
is so manueverable that it can
be rolled easily up, to, under, or
into any feed bin for filling, and
again rolled to any desired point
for grinding or discharging.
Like all else in the Byberg in
ventions, a rather unique method
of blending heavy, sticky molasses
with the feed has been evolved in
: this machine. Most molasses mix
ing principals create small globules
of molasses coated with a layer
of feed. Here I saw the heavy
molasses thoroughly atomized, and
the spray, meeting a constantly
moving layer of feed, turning out
feed minus the usual lumps.
Tok Five Years
How long did it take to perfect
this machine. I asked? ,
It came out that the thing wasn't
' done overnight, but was the re
sult of constant application in ce
veloping the mill over a period of
full five years. To incorporate all
the features in one inexpensive
little mill, it became necessary as
time went on, to design and build
many special machines and special
equipment without which parts of
the mill could not be made.
-1 stood in the small Silverton
plant, listening to my former farm
neighbor explaining casually
and I was supposed to grasp il
just as casually about equip
ment which consists of intricate
rubber molds, of "a deep section
of band iron on edge for the man
ufacture of its continuous helix"
a special "carburizihg furnace
which hardens a large circular
part of the mill while being boiled
at 1,600 degrees in molten salts
and subsequently drenched in
cold water." I did understand that
this latter process . went on be
hind a glass and metal curtain to
protect the mechanic during car
burning the parts. , A 230-ton,
press was built in the Byberg
plant some years ago which also'
makes possible the production of
some of the parts.
Test mills have been in use for
sometime in Oregon, California,
Idaho and Illinois under varying
farm conditions.
If the interest of others in any
way parallel the interest shown
by the feeder I visited, the Byberg
plant may find its 23,000 square
feet of available floor space none
too large.
Certainly, I thought, as I left
the plant, there is considerable
saving in hauling grain to town
and seed back to the farm the
method used by Jonas' and my
father on the old home farms.
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Donald D. Rowland, Rickreall livestock feeder, was one of the first to try out on the farm one of the
new grinder-mixers which, to quote him, "Makes this division of farming much, easier." Rowland
runs 110 bred white faces, and 325 ewes on his 1,045 acres. He travels to Eastern Oregon where he
bays his weener calves in Grant County, and brings them back to Rickreall to fatten out. The wav
things are now, It paya to market the grain through the livestock, in the opinion of Rowland.
Polk County
Farmers Hear
Control Talk
Dairy Luncheon to
Be Given at Show
' Fourth Annual Linn-Benton All-
Breed Dairy sho wwill be held at
Albany June 4. Serving on the
show committee are Jim Ruby,
Darrell Shepherd and Everett
Struckmeier all of Scio; George
Chandler and Paul jserger. Ai
'.Plumed as a feature of, the show
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Coon Among
Cattlemen's
Meet Speakers
A program designed to keep peo-'
pie wide awake is being put to
gether for this year's convention
of the Oregon Cattlemen's associ
ation. May S to 11, in Corvallis,
reports Ed Coles, association sec
retary. ,
Program headliners will include
both state and nationally known
speakers along with demonstra
tions and a panel of experts. Gen
eral sessions will be held on the
Oregon State College campus.
Listed as principal speaker is
Sam Coon, Baker, now serving his
second term in the U. S. House of
Representatives. Coon will discuss
"Happenings in Washington as Re
lated to the Beef Industry" Mon
day morning, May 9.
Also scheduled or Monday
morning ; is a panel composed of
John Hounsel, state senator from
Hood River; Harold Copple, secretary-manager
of the Washington
State Apple Commission, Wenat
chee; and two members of the
Oregon , Cattlemen's association
yet to be chosen. The panel will
discuss the pros and cons of a
beef commission for Oregon.
National Figure Listed
How the beef industry stacks up
public relations-wise is scheduled
for a going over Tuesday after-j
noon by Radford Hall, assistant'
executive secretary of the Ameri-j
can National Cattlemen's associ-!
etion, " Denver. George Tucker, I
secretary of the California Cattle j
Feeder's Association, Los , Ange-;
les, will outline the growth of the
cattle feeding industry on the West
Coast that same afternoon,
Tuesday afternoon," Alan Rogers,
Ellensburg, Wash., past president
of the Washington Cattlemen's as
sociation and now chairman of the .
research committee of the Amer-.
lean National Cattlemen's associ-;
ation, will talk on the "Strides We
Have Taken in Beef Cattle Re
search." Later that day, Roy,
Nelson, state department of agri
culture, Salem, is to discuss the
state livestock brand recording j
code and demonstrate . the filing i
system used to record brands. j
Movie on Nutrition . ;
On Wednesday, final day of the
convention. Rita Campbell, nutri
tionist for Jhe National Livestock
and Meat board, will talk and j
show a movie on the nutritional)
values of meats and the functions!
of the board. '
Pigs are Less
Pigs if Given
Clean Pastures
Clean, fresh pastures and spring
pigs go-well together. Cheaper
gains can be realized on pasture,
and parasites and worms are held
at minimum.
Clean ground means . land that
has not been used for hog pasture
for at least one year, and better
two years.
Sodium floride at the rate of
one pound to 100 pounds of dry
feed for one day will do an ef
fective worming job on sows or
pigs that have been weaned.
Plenty of shade, water and salt
are needed for hogs all the time.
Be sure to include animal protein
in the bog ration for most efficient
gains.
Farm Calendar
Mint Market
Reported Up
Supply and demand prospects
point toward favorable prices for
the 1953 peppermint oil crop, but
prices are likely to work down
as production increases, marketing
experts report. i
Meanwhile, returns should be
quite satisfactory for Oregon grow-
April 26-28 Fanners from
Australia to visit Oregon.
April 27 30 City of Salem 4-H
Club Spring Show.
April 30 Marion County borne
extension spring festival, Leslie
Junior High.
May 2-3 California Ram Sale,
Sacramento.
May 2-6 Marion County 4-H
Spring Show, Silverton.
May 3 Marion County Hol
stein Breeders meeting, Virgil
Dei hi, ML AngeL
May 9-11 National Guernsey
meeting, Los Angeles.
May 9-11 Oregon Cattlemen's
Association annual meeting,
OSC. '
May 13-14 Polk County 4-H
Spring Exhibit, Dallas Chamber
of Commerce.
May 15 Nationd Rural Life
Sunday.
May 17 Evergreen Guernsey
Classic, ML Vernon, Wash.
May 18 Polk County Sheep
Show,' Rickreall.
May 24 Linn County annual
pasture and livestock tour, Craw
fordsville. May 27 Farm crops weed con-
ers able to get 50 pounds or more
oil per acre.
Larger exports, strong domes
tic demand, and some decline in
peppermint oil production since
1952 brought new strength back
into the peppermint oil market
during the past two seasons.
trol field day, OSC.
May 28 Marion County Spring
Jersey Show, -Salem.
May 28 Linn County Fat
Lamb Show, Scio.
May 30 American Jersey Cat
tle club . (Salem headquarters)
trip to Multnomah Falls. Smoked
turkey and strawberry supper at
Marlin Fox Farm, Molalla.
May 31 American Jersey Cat
tle Club tour of Polk and Marion
county Jersey farms; chicken
luncheon at Silver Creek Falls
State park; salmon bake at State
Fairgrounds, and Your Opportun
ity Sale, 7 p.m Oregon State
Fairgrounds. ,
June 1 Business meeting and
annual dinner of American Jer
sey Cattle Club in Armory and
Marion Hotel.
June 2 American Jersey Cat
tle Club membership choice of
trip ' to Tillamook and . Lincoln
Counties or attendance at All
Western Jersey Cattle show at
Pacific International, North Port
land. June 3-4 4-H club fat stock
show and sale, Bend.
June 4 Clackamas County
Spring Lamb Show, Canby.
June 4 Manon County Spring
Lamb Show, Turner.
June 6-10 Oregon State
Grange Convention, Klamath
Falls.
June 8 Farm Crops Field Day,
Hyslop farm, Corvallis.
June 9-11 Lebanon Strawber
ry fair.
BIG WAREHOUSE SALE
Used and New Office Furniture
(Warehouse Building Must Be Vacated by May 10)
SHOP FOR SPECIAL VALUES
(Entrance Through Cooke's Stationery Company)
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Controlling weeds , is becoming
more practical each year, with
many new products on the market
ror that purpose, according to Rex
Warren, farm crops specialist,
Oregon State college.
Warren, speaking at a Polk
county weed meeting held during
the week at the Rickreall Grange
halL discussed the various chemi
cals available for weed' control
and their uses.
The meeting, sponsored coopera
tively by the Pomona Grange and
the Polk County extension office,
is one of a series of three county
wide meetings during the year,
under the leadership of the Po
mona Grange.
Small patches of perennial
weeds that are beginning to show
up in fields, can still be controlled
satisfactorily by sodium chlorate,
using about four pounds per square
rod.
CMU, now known under trade
names of Telvar-W and Karmex-W
is recommended for areas of
quackgrass and other hard-to-kill
grasses.
Discusses Brash Control
Brush control methods discussed
by Warren included a basal spray,
which includes four gallons of 2,4D
tq 100 gallons of oil and put on
the brush around the base during
the dormant season. Another
brush control method is using 2.4D
and 2.45T at the rate of one gal
lon to 100 gallons of water, spray
ed over all the foliage of the brush
when it is in full leaf.
Garlic control recommended is
14 pounds per acre of 2,4D, pref
erably in the ester form. Annual
weeds in grain crops and vetches
can be sprayed out by using ap
proximately three-fourths of a
pound of 2,4D acid per acre, War
ren stated.
Late April, May
Tansy ragwort control is most
economical during late April and
May when the plants are in the
rosette stage. Recommended
material is 2,4D ester at the rate
of three pounds acid per acre.
After the tansy ragwort plant be
gins to form seed stock, chlorates,
ammates, or similar materials can
be used as a spray by mixing one
pound per gallon of water. How
ever, the later spray is about
three times as expensive as the
2,4D material.
Some of the crop producers in
Polk County have already sprayed
with 2.4D and are getting fairly
good controL Sprayufg of grains
is recommended as soon as weath
er conditions permit on fall-seeded
grains. Spring seeded grains
should be sprayed when the crop
is about five inches high.
No. 3 Barley
Price Support
Set at $1.07
Marion county farmers who
grow barley in 1955 are assured
by yf. M. Tate, chairman of the
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee, that
the crop will be supported at a
minimum of $1.07 per bushel for
Grade No. 3 or better. "Mixed'
barley will not be eligible for
price support As in other years
the support will be through Com
modity Credit Corporation loans
and purchase agreements.
The minimum 1955 barley sup
port, Chairman Tate advises, is
based on 70 per cent of parity as
of December 1.
The 1954 crop support in Mar
ion county was $1.30 per bushel
for No. 2 barley or better, and
was based on 85 per cent of par
ity. To be eligible for a loan the
barley must be within the grade
requirements and must be stored
in approved storage on the farm
or in a commercial warehouse.
Barley with more than 13.5 per
cent moisture will not be eligible
for a loan.
, Ben A. Newell. Marion county
extension agent, said farmers
who wish to take advantage of
price-support programs for 1955
barley and other supported crops.
are urged to check up on their
storage requirements before the
season gets too far alone If addi
tional storage is needed plans to
meet local conditions are avail
able at the County ASC office
and from the county agent
Loans and purchase agreements
will be available from the time
the crop is harvested until Janu-
will be a complete dairy luncheon
served to business men of Lebanon
and Albany besides exhibitors tak
ing part in the event. The lunch
eon will be served by members
of the Linn County Dairymen's As
sociation as part of June Dairy
Month publicity. .
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Oregon Folic
To Take Part
In Ram Sale
When the 17th Annual Far West
era International Sheep Dog Trials
take place at the State Fair
grounds, Sacramento, on Sunday,
May l, tamous canines such as
Lassie and Rin Tin Tin will be
pushed out of the limelight by
a group 'of extraordinary working
dogs.
These black (or border) collies
are runts compared with Lassie,
but centuries of training dating
back to their origin in Scotland
make up in sheep-tending skill for
what might be lacking in size.
Visitors to the trials, which pro
vide one of several preliminaries
to the 35th Annual California Ram
Sale, will see some of the West's
finest sheep, dogs competing in a
contest of wit and skill. Ribbons
and trophies are awarded to win
ners.
Nine "Senior dogs, ranging in
age from '19 months to 6 years,
and four Junior dogs, from 10
to 17 months, have already been
entered, according to William R.
Hosselkus, president of the Call
:onua Sheep Dog Society which
sponsors the trials in cooperation
with the. California Wool Growers
Association.
At the Ram sale almost 30 Ore
gon Rams from the Willamette
valley, will go on the block.
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