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Siiiidi Bfotliers of Contest : . By LILLIB L. MADSEN Ferns Esttsr, Tkc Stalessaaa CHAMPOEG Because it is a trita eaying that "you get out ef a project; what you put into It", doesn't make it .any the leu true In the mindi of Walter and ' Cecil Smith, whoa poet office, address is Aurora. The Smith Brothers are the Winners of the first' Marion County Purebred Sheep Breed ers production contest Their rec ords will now compete with other county records, for the state win ner who will be announced Dec. 12 at the annual Oregon Pure bred Sheep Breeders meeting in McMinnville. I "You dont know what you are putting into a thing unless you keep accurate record. "No, really, you dont, even if you think you - do" Walter, who is the chief keeper oP records, explained Tuesday as we sat in the attrae . tive brick Smith home verlook . Ing Champoeg park. We had Just come in from inspecting as uni form a flock of commercial sheep as youH ever set.. Looking out over the little ' trees, the larger trees and the green of the park, I digressed briefly: "Pioneer family?" I ask- The Smiths' father, B, If. Smith, 1 learned, came her about 80 years ago, while their mother, the former Ana Kennedy, was from an 1647-year wagon train family. Both Walter and Cecil were born on the 650 acre place they now farm. Krcords Three Tears Old "We didn't keep sheep records until about three years ago," Walter continued. "I used to eull out some ewes each year. But r I kept those 1 took a fancy to, xegardleaiot which were the best in fact I was never sura just Which were the best. A few years a co all sheen paid big dividends. We have to be more careful sow. .You have to know your sheep pay if you are going to keep on putting high priced feed into them." Walter showed me his records. He had had the permanent sheets made up to cover every angle of his project. There were daily work sheets which he kept handy-by in the sheep barn, so . that notations could be made at once "farmers are great putter ed ers. We have se many chores . . . Unlets records are pretty handy, we just think well keep them. Especially at .first Later it becomes a habit," the record keeper elaborated. There were also permanent records la a loose leaf binder. Each ewe Is given a number. The number i on the ear tag. and the day a new limb ia born, j in goes aa eartag with a number. That number is recorded on the sheet of the mother. - Ear-tagged Wbea Been Ewes are brought into the lambing pasture nearer the barnsi-ebout a week before they are expected to lamb. In this wsy not too many are in the field at one time, and they are much easier to watch over, be explained. After thelambe art bora and ear-tagged, the ewes With twins are separated from those with single . Jamba. . The twin mothers are fed a little more. . Recorded with the numbers are the dates of birth, the sire, the sex and the weight at .birth. I flipped the pages in the re cord book. There wss Ewe No. 132, a Hampshire-Suffolk cross. In 1853 (the first yesr of her records she produced 211 pounds of lamb In 120 days snd this .brought $58.4? that ear. In 1994, she waa down a little twins which weighed 188 pounds at 120 days. This year she give birth to a single which made 124 pounds in the allotted days. Keeard Saves Ewe "She has been a good ewe and wt will keep her for another year at least," Smith said,, as he explained that any ewe which does not return 95 pounds of lamb in 120 days is culled out unless there is some reason to be lieve that the particular year wasn't normal. I fingered further through the pages. In the two years previous to this there were many. ewes which produced from 68 to 93 pounds at 120 days. There were many less on the pages this yesr. We've been culling out heavily;" Walter said adding with some regret "some very1 pretty ewes had to go." He explained that he hid been culling from 23 percent up annually since keeping records, snd "the best lookers aren't always the best producers. As we got used to the records and what they show, we cull heavier. I culled 33. percent this year," be explained.' , Although Smiths' flock is com-. merdal with a variety of breeds represented, many of the replace ment ewes are of their own breed ing. Columbias show up prom inently in the breeding as do Hampshire and Suffolk. "We never keep lambs from ewes that have produced only singles. We do not keep ewe lsmbs from any ewe thai does not -produce the required amount in poundage. Next year wt will start to cull out ewes that con inentlv nroduce only singles." There are sheep breeders who say they d much ratner nave s nice single thsn any twins, I pointed, out "We'll, those folk don't keep records. From 100 to i pounas fn- i- slnele is really excellent. Twins usually run from 150 to 220 in 120 days. We sell' lambs by the pound. Figure it out for Maternity Ward Treatment Credited With Saving Large Number of Lambs ... i r. .v'if'. V"f ! -NwV - ' " 'W-eT '-''"T '4 This aaiferai fleck of eeaaaaercial ewes are cleaned a p. marked, waiting ia the sheep farmer's maternity ward. This treatment, says their owners, Walter and Cecil Salts, is very important te using a higher number of lambs and "saved lambs" are sheep profit The numbers ea their wool correspond to their eartags. (Statesman Farm Photo.) HI a ii eh IH am bl i n gs Meat License By 1UXAL REPORTER McMINNVILLE-Visited a bit with Wayne Roberts who said that farmers in this area are reporting slug damage on fall seeded legume crops. Now is s good time to check the fields and control if necessary. A while later may be too late, ssys Wayne. Test the fields by putting a handful of bait in a few spots. Leave 24 hours, and if six or more slugs are found around it at the end of the 24 hours, bait the entire' field. Use a mataldehyde and calcium arsenste or the prepared pellets, used according to direction. CANBY Otto Kraxberger Jr., is chairman of the Clackamas County Corn Show which will be held Saturday at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds here in Canby. There'll be a corn huaking bee, a corn Judging contest and seed and weed identification along with the show. The following weekend, Dec. 9 and 10, the State Corn Show will be held here. The Canby Chamber of Commerce ia making plans for a program for the state show. - t WOODBUBN Two registered Jersey eows, owned by James B. Daugherty, Woodburn, have received special recognition for their outstanding .productioa record .msdt oa Hvi Improvement-Registry test Lady Bug S. Dot produced 9,027 pounds of milk conUining 527 pounds of butterfat at the age of 3 years and 1 month, and .Remus Lad's Bonny made 11,169 pounds of milk with 628 pounds of butter fat She was but 10 months older than Lady Bug. " CONTRADICTOHY That's what we found sonWof the speeches at the turkey outlook meeting at Salem Friday. Most of the speak ers seemed to aeree that there were plenty of turkeys raised now. They also indicated thst there would be an increaae in breeder hens on January 1 compared to a year sgo. . . One speaker warned against raising turkeys or buying eggs or poults unless "you knpw just where you art going to sell them." Walter Schwedler, who attended the National Advisory meeting of Secretary Benson, said that the group there recommended that turkey growers shouldn't raise more turkeys than they did ia 1939 , . , and ia the next breath encouraged Oregon growers to rsise more turkeys. -He felt, ht said, that unless they did, they would lose their place in tht turkey business. Other states, be said, were raising mort turkeys and this past year 10 cars of turkeys came into Oregon. "We should at lesst raise our owa supply," he concluded as bt added that turkey growers might do a little better job of marketing. COBVALUS Canada thistle, one of tht hardiest and most troublesome weed pests, is giving ground to a chemical weed-killer under test at the state college. Application of amino triazole (ATZ) to thisUe foliage in the bloom stage or to thistle stubble, hat given excellent control in preliminary trials by OSC agronomieta. The chemical also shows promise for controlling certain brushy pisnts and Ruasisn knapweed, the resesrehers say. Four to eight pounds of sctive acid of ATZ per acre applied with 50 gallons pf wster were used in the OSC trials. . .- BOOTLEGGING Landrace hogs the hogs with the two extra ribs, giving it a long lean length of bacon and thick 'lean hams is finally becoming established in the United States. The breed was developed in Denmark and has been .known there for a half century. However, it wss guarded as fiercely ss any state secret In recent years, it has been bootlegged out to neighboring countries, resching the States where a registration society has been formed with headquarters at Noblesville, Ind. ,. "The American hog raiser has raised so many fat hogs that he is now facing lean years," swine growers state. This new breed msy help overcome this some swine breeders believe while others state that "it's just thst much more pork. Oregon Swine Breeders are meeting in Salem today. Urged lO Observe AHEAD OF THE JONES U seems that more mink coats i are Ituftln anlH ihla fall than inv v 'mlnm 1 vhn ihm rmrH mark hit f500.000.000. Part of this is because of the 10 per cent drop ia the luxury tax last April. There sre other reasons given, too, but it isn't because of any drop in price. A good quality, let-out natural dark, mink coat still brings ia the neighborhood of $2500 and mutations are considerable higher. There art eight well known mink mutations and of these Desert Gold is tht most costly, hanging with price tags 'of $3,000 and up. The others are-Cerulean, blue; Lutetia.' gunmetal: Aturene. gray: Argenta, blue-gray: Diadem, champagne; Autumn Hate, rosy brown; and Jasmine, Arctic -white. ' Mink growers in the Willamette Valley (and there are many) will tell you that the mink stole has become very popular .this past yesr. . And the growers also tell you that don't be fooled by the high prices on fur coats most of thst price, they say, is in the "labor. this campaign to farm families is Fully $1,000 of la oor goes into a luii iengtn mini cost indicated bv the fart that in 19S4 - alBUMlTT The Ln- A. rrankt nave quite, a lay-out -an we art hot trying to bt facetious t with 2,400 laying bent to care for, as well as a seed cleaning plant in opersdon . . Four generations of the Frank family have- lived on tht farm, lying west of Sublimity. Starting In poultry in 1939, the Franks have been adding poultry houses, until there are three. Their seed clesning plant was Installed a yesr sgo. Now there's a new horns underwty on the farm Mrs. Frank is the former Vernonlca Wampach, of Mt Angel, Fee Increase Explained Operators of some small gro cery stores in Oregon don't like the increased cost of their state license Farm Calendar Dec. 12 70th annual Oregon State Horticultural Society, Cor vallis. Dec. 14 Oregon Seed League hjf TrkAnd,hTeH,mfalIm?i - Annual meet,n, of I 4 1 B . . S ; i" 'f.7.1 t ' . V - ' ' being bashful about letting the state department of agriculture know it, says Chester B. Liechty, formerly of SUverton, now licensing super visor, for the department's animal division. -Liechty has some fan mail that runs like this: "My first reaction is to get out of the meat' business , , . if the state government-continues to double expenditures . . . I think Arizona is going to have 8 new citizen." Another sends his check "with great reluctance . . . it. surely discriminates againxt th small butcher ... I was all for a pro rata license Basis." CrOiinty, Gty 4-H Leaders Plan Meeting Four-H leaders In Marion County and the City of Salem 'who have recently organised clubt in tht Mealtime Fun and Easy Mesls cooking projects will have their choice of attending cither of two sessions In 4-H project training Tuesday. Miss Jant Irving, City of Salem 4-H agent and Miss Margaret Kmg. Marion County extension agent 4-H clubwork, will conduct a 1 p.m. meeting on organizatiou ef cooking projects on Tuesday, Dec. 0, s the Marion County Courthouse Conference Room. This meeting will.be repeated In a second 7:30, p.m. session Tuesday evening in the Confer ence Room to enable all leaders In these projects to receive train ing. Linn Farmers Rural S-D Day The Importance of Thursday Is being called to the attention of Linn County's 1.196 farm fami lies by M.' L Hansen, Albany, chairman of tht county's farm and home safety council This is SJ Day, or Safe Driving Day, when every community in the United States will do its best to go 24 hours without a traffic death. Hansen' says the Importance of Hotel. 10 a.m. Dec. 1 Marion County Live stock Association, id a.m. Waldo Hills Club House. Dec 3 Oregon Jersey Cattle Club annual meeting. Senator HoteL Dec. 3-4 Oregon Horseman's Association, Salem Armory. Dec. $-9 Pacific Coast Turkey exhibit, McMinnville Armory. ' Dec. 7-8 Nut Growers Society of Oregon snd Washington, Mc Minnville. Dec. 7 Msrion County Dairy Breeders- Association,.-10 a.m.. Waldo Hills Community Club. Dec. Ill Oregon Wheat Walter Smith, one of the "Smith-fcrothers" who won the Marion County top place la the Sheep Breeders production lontesi inn year, is pictured here with one of his ewes. Each ewe Is num bered and a record kept ef her offspring, their weights and what they bring. (Statesman Farm Photo.) Horticulture Meetings Give Topic Choice Oregon fruit and vegetable grow- Liechty says 1955 amendments GroweYf Utpit pedleton, to the meat dealer law raised from $10 to $20 the license to sell meat either at wholesale or retail. Li cense to slaughter red meats went up from $50 to $100. The increase is set up for two years. Liechty says tie Tmds some, how ever, who are glad that the meat industry is making a definite con tribution to the pilot survey now in progress to find whether or not Oregon needs compulsory meat in spection. Some of the operators who now cry that the new fee "is putting your independent ' merchant out of business" will recognize the advantages of the study to all op erators, both small and large, when once they fully understand the rea son for the temporary increase which ends June, 19S7, Liechty says, as be adds that many small stores do not realist they may tell meat food products that art pick led, smoked, dried, canned or froa en without an license from the state. Tht legislature appropriated $75.- 000 outright for the pilot program with the meat industry volunteer ing to contribute the remainder of the estimated $150,000 cost through the license fee increases in the next two years. Dec. 9-10 Oregon Corn Show, Csnby. Dec. II Oregon Guernsey Breeders Association, Corvallls, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 13 Oregon Pure bred Sheep Breeders Association, Mc Minnville. ' Dec. 12-15 American Farm Bureau Federation convention, Chicago. Dec. 13-1$ Oregon Agricultur al Cooperative Council annual conference, Multnomah Hotel, Portland. : three-fourths of 36,000 motor hide fatalities occurred on rursl highways, snd 5,900 farm eccl. dents csused 42 per cent of tht desths from ill accidents to farm people. These are figures for tht entirt United States. It required 50 yesrs for , this country to reach the total of ont million traffic deaths In 1931. At our present rate, only half f as long will be. required to kill the second million. The nttrly 10 million traffic accidents in 1P54 cost sn estimsted $4 4 bil lion in medical bills, property loss and other expense. The Linn County Farm and Home Safety Council points out that S Day should bt an every dajr occurrence. . ' ' I Barclay Elected To WaterBoard , Carl Barclay, Scio, was elected as a 'director of the South- San tiam Water Control District, and Mikt Helms and Doug Bradley, both Of Jefferson, were re-elected at the organization's annual meet ing. All terma art for three years. Hold-over directors art $srvey ' Mitchell, Jefferson; Frank Rich ardson, Msx Shewey, and Clifton Plagmann, all of Albany; Paul Drushella, Rt 3, Scio; and D. W. Plakeley, Rt. 2, Albany. i Tbedirectprs will meet in Jan uary to elect new officers. At present, Brsdley is chairman and Drushella it secretary. License Year Gosingfor Seed Dealers The state department of agricul ture ia readying renewal applica tions for WO Oregon seed dealers, whose state license will expire Dec. Jl. Along with the blanks, tht de partment will tend a summary of changes In the atate aeed law, which was virtually rewritten by the last legislature. With two exceptions, everyone who sells, -.of fers or expose a gri- cultural or vegetable seeds for sale must have an Oregon license. The excepts, ns are persons who sell only seeds of their own production and retailers who aell less than half pound packets of Vegetable seeds. In the case of retailers re- s trifling, their, sale A0thtjmall4 packets,, the. packager must be under atate aeed license". Tito. Life Termed 'Without Childhood' BELGRADE Ifl President Marshal' Tito Invited questions from 1,200 children during the current loth' anniversary celebra tion of the Yugoslav Republic. In replies, bo said his earliest mem ory , waa lit witnout , chiianood; the happiest days of his lite came when the Republic was proclaimed. and now: "In history a small country of 17 million people never has achieved such a reputation for respect in the world as Yugos lavia." . Nut Growers Convention Due at Yamhill - e ' Yamhill County win be host to Oregon and Washington nut grow ers at the annual Nut- Growers Society convention on Dec-7 and I. The meetings will be held at the Yamhill County fairgrounds in Northeast McMinnville, starting at 8:30 both mornings with registra tion. The meetings are open to ail nut growers whether or . not a member of the society. Many phases of nut culture are to be discussed including pruning filberts and walnut trees, filbert pollenizers, spraying for filbert leaf roller and the use of fertilizer materials. Panela on such topics as when and how to take out crowding fil bert trees, planting replacement walnut trees, ground preparation for harvest, and methods of apply' ing sprays, will also be held. Exhibits of nut harvesting and orchard culture machinery will be made in conjunction with the meet ing. Filbert and walnut cleaners and harvesters, tree shakers and spray 'machGY. will all bt on display. Reich Transfers Frontier Police To New Army . BONN. Germany tV-Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's cabinet Wed nesday approved and aent to par era can pick and choose from more liaraent a bill to. transfer s 20,- than SO special sessions on latest ; ww-mnn rrumici yum. research findings snd farmer-ex- tne new armea iorcrs. periences at the 70th annual meet- The Frontier police will be used ing of Oregon State Horticulture to create three streamlined In- yourself," I- was told. I dont hsve to figure. The snswer wss right there on the books. "There's one trouble. So many of the purebred sheep men. from whom we buy our aires don t keep production records. We are taking a chance on what the aire had produced. We hope tht con test may also interest purebred breeders," Smith said. ' Besides keeping good records, the Smiths also are doing a rood pasture job, for records and cull ing alone do not make a profit able sheep project,, they pointed out. "We have a good early pasture so that we have no trouble gett -ing the lambs fat." they said. "Then we stsrt them off on pel lets, and next, ground grain.. Later we settle for whole oats and pellets. They are lambed on alta fascue where . the ewes are given hay and molasses iree choice and usually Vt pound oata a day." Wnen the lambs are a week old they are moved to rye or ; crimson clover. Smiths added that their crimson clover had survived the frosts which took a lot of clover fields this year.. Around the first of April, the lambs and mothers are put xm grain fields The Smiths have a 100 acre wheat allotment. Here they stay for about IS days be fore being moved to red clover fields where they are left until sold. Most always they are ready from around April 20 through May or June. At weaning time they are sold sfter the" replace ment ewe lambs have been select The second annual sheep pro duction contest is now ready to go. fcntry torms are obtainable . ' from county agents. While there were only four competitors in Mar ion County this yearr4nore art ex - pected to enter in 1956. Society which gets underwsy this morning at Corvallis. Key speakers lor morning gen- fantry divisions and one tank bri gade next spring. Frontier police members who do tr era! assemblies are Dr. Irving not want to become soldiers will Krick. nationally-known meterolo- (rie t0 refuse military service. gist, who will review the new fron- tier of "weather control", and Dr. Edard Vaughan, OSC botanist, who will give an illustrated report of agriculture in six European coun tries. , Dr. Krlck was weather consult ant to the U. S. armed forces dur ing World War II and in recent years has gained prominence in at tempting to modify the weather and in making long-range weather fore casts. Dr. Vaughan returned recently from a year in Europe on a Gug genheim fellowship where he stud ied virus diseases of horticultural crops. His talk will include colored slides from Spain, Switzerland. Austria, Germany, Denmark and Holland. Following the general assembly each morning, the meeting will di vide into group sessions for re- they had turned the case over to search and industry reports .on nist. Attv. Frank Hoean. Wiretappin Secrets Told At Hearing NEW YORK W) Officials' of the Hazel Bishop cosmetics firm said Tuesday the company's tele phones were tapped for 18 months by a competitor. The taps were discovered only after the firm's . most closely guarded business secrets "began turning up in unlikely places, luch as an industry newsletter. The Bishop executives didn't name the competitor, but said Newspaper Advertising C7 Sets Record NEW YORK I -Newspaper advertising smashed more records in October, with a gain of 11.5 per cent over October, 1954, Media Records Inc. and the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Assn. reported Wednesday. From another source, there waa forecast of a continued boom la all types of advertising next year. The editors of Printers' Ink pre dicted that total advertising vol ume in 195C by all media -will reach between 9 and 9. billion dollars", compared with the record ' t billion estimated for this yearT" Total advertising In newspapers for the year to date surpassed the comparable period of 1954 by 10.4 per cent according to the bureau of advertising and media recorda. Automotive newspaper lineage coqtinued its hot pace with a Jump of 57.5 per cent over Octo ber, 1954, and a 10-month increase of 32 per cent. National advertising (general automotive lineage combined) also set a new high for any October, up 18.8 per 'cent over a year ago, which brought the 10-month cumu lative figure to a new peak, 12$ per cent over the comparable per iod last year. Other October comparisons for" newspaper lineage retail up 9.3 per cent: department stores up 3 4 per cent; classified up 20$ per cent and financial up 15.7 per cent. Cow$ Neqd Most Water Dairy cows In milk, require tht greatest amount of drinking vater in proportion to their size in com parison to any other farm animal, according to recent tests. The amount of water cows win drink depends, on the yield of milk, on the air temperature and on the tmount of water in the feed they eat. From 12.5 gallons up to IS gallons per head daily is. an 'aver age amount for a herd Including both cows la milk and dry. Cows that produce 100 pounds of milk may drink up to 38 gallons a day. small fruits, stone fruits, apples, and pears and vegetables Another cosmetics firm, Revlon, Inc., said it had tapped its own Scheduled topics to strengthen teleohones in an effort to improve il n: ..: I .. . T. . .. me niuiu-iniiiiuii uuuur iruii mm ' efficiency, courtesy ana service, vegetable industry include new This and other secrets of the trends in packaging,,marketing and Wiretap world came out In test!- sales promotion: use of growth- mnnv before a ioint Mate lecisla- regulating chemicals to increase tive committee studying illegal In mnr at W7vsvsi in n a t orchards, new varieties, and latest research in control of insects, plant diseases and weeds. Registration starts both this morning and Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. The annual banquet is tonight and the election of officers Friday. NEW BACKS TESTED NEW YORK (jn-Tht Post Office Department has been testing new, one-trip, paper mail sacks, which weiih 13 ounces as against i pounds for a conventional pouch of the tame size Worker Saved By Mountie WINDEMERE. B C. Cv-A young Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable used his body to wedge bark a weakening wall of gypsum and ice more than an hour Tues day to save the life of a trapped man. , Forty men finally-freed Albert Portman, SO,, while Constable H D. Bowyer, 22. spread-eagled his body to stop the crumbling wall of broken-up gypsum from crushing the trapped man. Gypsum is a light, rock-like material. Both men were hospitalized. Portman fell into a hopper being filled with the crushed gypsum when a pile collapsed. Protrusion of his legs through the bottom of the hopper gave him enough air to keep him alive until ht was j.. .... uug UUl. The constable suffered from ex posure against the icy wall. A fellow officer .said no one else could take his place .because "the gypsum would have collapsed on the trapped man if the constable moved, terceptlons. The divorce case of singer Billy Daniels and his former wife, Mar garet, cropped up. A witness testi fied a recording machine was placed in the basement of Mrs. Daniel's apartment house in 1953. Bernard U. ' Spindel, a wiretap expert who says he only does le gal tapping, described the ingen uity that goes into getting conver sations down on tape. In one case, he said, he warned a woman client to watch out at a meeting with another woman he said miJht have a concealed "num ber. . At the N restaurant where they met, the client spilled the other woman's handbag to make sure there was no recorder in it. Later, Spindel said he learned the other woman did have a re corderconcealed in her brassiere. POLICEMAN WANTED NEW YORK un-ThtLClly Depart ment of Personnel, dismayed by a small number of applicants for police jobs, has extended the dead line for filing the applications. Only 7,000 have applied this year, com pared to 18.000 last year. Police salaries start at $4,000 and go to 83.315 after three years. White House Gills Meeting For Mayors GETTYSBURG. Pa. OrWPresi dent Eisenhower Wednesday called a third annual Conference of Mayors to he held in Washington Feb. 18 and 17 to acquaint local officials with defense planning and their role in it. - The White House said the con ference was called "at the request of the U.S. Conference of Mayora and the American Municipal As sociation. " "The two groups expressed the desire to have the adminiatratloi provide them with the latest In formation on National security, civil defense and other allied tub Jccts of mutual interest," the an nouncement said. FREE ESTIMATES Oa Floor Coverings NORRIS-WALKER PAINT COMPANT 1711 Front Phone 4 7 VALLEY RENTAL - SERVICI - Wt rent snsl everything from blew torches to baby scales from hospital equip, to party needs. 2301 Fib-grounds R4. ' phono 48382 iii fTvT MADE TO ORDER A complete line ef eastern built fireplace screens , aad fixtures. All types all aises. Available la solid brass or aay finish desired. 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