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WILLAMETTE VALLEY 'FA?J.? , News ond Views Form end Gardtn -r uurf I. MACSIK I f If ft T f p r1 ? T J ji c T Mil n f 1 n 0 7"-' r " "1 I" I, V'. - . IlH ..... - , I Twilight Time B7 FARMER'S WlFI By FARMER'S WIFI THIS LIGHT-TIME Thla evening there vis at least an hour during which it was comfortable Just More dusk to Indulge in our favorite pastime going out and looking things over in the garden, supper vas cooking in the oven and the men were finishing their chorea. We couid hear the ewes and the larabs in their usual clamorous chorus as they were being fed their evening grain. We found the ground in the garden pretty soe,gy and we were a tit cartful where wa stepped . ... but we did find eome things In bloom ... and we could hardly believe it . . . there were at least three different heathers a pink, a red and a white In bloom . . . there were a few crocuset left, which the sheep had missed in the lan, and soma snow drops yet. Tha Christmas Rosa was stil holding out . . . there were a few violets showing through ... and we were bappy to note that tha Magnolia Steileta was showing growth signs . . . A MAV8 TOUCH We are doing aome home-mad country-style ...... a tar ftunort . . . which reminded us about all that John Landers. animal husbandry specialist at Oregon State College, had to say about sausage this week. We were sort of surprised to hear how much he knew about sausage, really. He even had a recipe . . . which, with apologies to The Statesman's very good cooking department, we ll give. We know this is a bit out of our line (the writing recipe part, not the cooking) but it seemed sort of out of John's line too-anyway Jnhn nd i do not let toaether very often to exchange recipes. - John suggested that sausage be made either In email quantities for occasional use. of in larger quantities for freeiing during the next two or three months. We kind of think the latter Idea la a good one, " as there'll be a record supply of very fine pork going to market, our manfnllr toll IK. . ' ' John suggested, too, the leaner cuts make the beat sausage, and he said to trim off all excess fat. He thought a pork shoulder roast, with the meat removed from the bone, would be Just right. The meat should be cut into small pieces and weighed ... Of course, wa Just euessed at the weight . . . Here's his recipe: For one pound of meat, season with 1 teaspoon salt, i teaspoon black pepper, one teaspoon rubbed saee and Vi teaspoon sugar. Add these to meat cuoes, mix well, and put through the meat grinder. Cover the mixture and let stand in the refrigerator overnight. John laid he liked to add a little beef or veal to his ground sausage. ..' - IT'S GOOD FOR EWES And yea. toe, says Edna Daecaa Mt In Yamhill County, in talking about molasses. We hear quite a bit about'' molasses these days from the menfolk. It seems that this cures a. lot ( ilia commoa to ewes and their lambs. All farm ers feed their sheep, as well as much of their ather livestock, ft4 containing molasses thla time of year . . . Jost like the eld sulfur and molasses mixture that was common la Grandmother's day as a spring tonic . . . While we are eacrsachlag aa the cooking page anyway, we'll Just give this "health caks" which Edna swears by: (It ahould be served while still warm to be at Its best, she says): W cup sugar, W cup shortening. 1 egg, H cap molasses, ?4 eup milk. 2 cups enriched floor, l!i teaspoons baking powder, teaspoon salt, eup chopped aula, Si cop chopped raisins and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Yoa alfl flour, baking powder, soda and salt together. Cream shortening, add so gar gradually and beat until fluffy. Add anbeatea egg and beat about 1 mlaute. Add molasses and vanilla. Add milk and flour alternately, brat well after each addition, add raisins and nuts. Bake In by 1 pan at S7I degrees " for U or 30 minutes. Use thla powdered sugar Icing. Keeping fat cattle Bke these plctared here fat aatll the sprtag pastures i Bereforda are shew feeding an the Bex hartley farm la aaathera really come la proving, ejulte a problem So beet smb. Taeael Marten leaaty. - Rcsccding, New Crops Suggested to Help Counter Damages Caused to Mid-Valloy Farms by Winter DOXT BE SIMPLE That, we thought was rather good advice even if it did come from Doria Wilcox Gilbert, director of adult reading program in the University of California extension, in talking to a group of rural women (and she let it fall that this might also apply to women In towns), Mrs. Gilbert said that too many women invariably choose reading matter much simpler than they are capable of enjoying. A good reader, she said, isn't necessarily one who can boast about read ing a book a night we hear that quite often and we wonder ... It takes us several nights, even with those books which are supposedly too simple for us , . , A good reader possesses some speed, but also good comprehension and the ability to vary reading rates and methods according to the difficulty of the material and the purpose for which It Is being read. 'She tbould also read widely hi not, Just ont type of fiction or one type of non-ficflon. , THEY'RE BOTH DIFFERENT Today's farmer can't expect to day's physician to have all the virtues of the horse-and-buggy doctor but he can expect better medical care from him, Dr. F. 8. Crockett, Lafayette. Ind., told the large gathering at the national rural health meeting in Portland. Dr. Crockett said that today's doctor doesn't practice in a "horse-and-buggy" agricultural area, either. "Scientific advances In agriculture have been quite as extensive and rapid as that we have been seeing In medicine," he said. "After all the doctor fits in well with the modern type of farmer and farm living." , Dr. Crockett said that many young doctors were training with the specific idea of going Into rural' or small-town practice. He added that "if you want a doctor to stay In your community you must use him. You must show confidence la him. One wsy to do this would be for a number of the families in a community to ask him to be their family doctor. Then ask him to make a check of each one of you In the family so he will have a handy record In any sort of emersencv. You can't expect to keep a good doctor In. your community if you by pass him continuously on your way to the big town doctors, using him just for night calls and bad weather when you can't get into the city." Dr. Robert Hellman of the Oregon State Board of Health, talked on "old folks home' In comparison to the modern nursing homes replacing these older ones. He urged that the nursing homes be planned to provide "continuity" with hospital and other medical care, as weu as witn "spiritual ana rehabilitation facilities." "The operation of a nursing home Is one of the most difficult tasks In the fnedical field," Dr. Hellman said, and "should demand the study and attention of the public." He added that Oregon has passed a licensure law sponsored by the Oregon Nursing Home Operators' Asso , ciation for preventing unscrupulous operation of homes. The law sets I high standards, he said, and "It will be Interesting to see if other states adopt such laws." By LILLIE L. MADSEM Farm Editor, The Statesman Ravages of this winter are not concluded with the coming Of spring. They'll be continued to be felt until lata In 1957 If not longer. Crops that were planted for this summer s harvest are now being replanted. Crops that were planted last fail to DO led tnu spring and summer Just aren't. However, there are things that can be done to help the situation, Ben A. Newell. Marlon County ex tension agent, says. But, he adds, they've got to be done promptly or at least preparations (or them must be under way shortly. Oats and vetch and Austrian field peas are among the crops is the line of forage, which suffered most. About 50 per cent of these must DS re-seeded. Anyone who has a good stand of vetch will want to save this for seed. . It's apt to bring I cents or more. That cuts out quite a bit of forage. It is now too lata to sow vetch, or most legumes, for that matter. Canadian peas, not too well known here, however, may still be sown. They go good with oats, too, according to Newell. Straight oats for hay is another good possibility. So la Sudan grass,' , New Alfalfa Available -There's also alfalfa. But alfalfa planted this spring will not fur nish forage this summer. The farmers who plan to sow alfalfa might try the new De Puits va riety. The seed is now available locally and test plots have ruifa ton or more higher yield per acre than even the very fine yielding Talent. TheroU be a lot of barley planted this spring. This can be planted as lata as May but it would be better to get it in earlier, Newell said. While k's too late for an oat- vetch combination now, during the past two weeks a lot of this had been drilled right into the old stand, where occasional wisps of either, or both, lived through the winter. "It's hard to talk to folks about corn, particularly those who plant ed it last year for the first time and lost it before they got it into the silo. But corn is still one of Willamette Valley's best feed bets," Newell says. The new ISO variety, aimed to take the place of S23 for silage, won't be taking that place this year. Most of the new variety froze out before ripe enough for seed. There's only enough left to start seed beds again. The , closest, thing to this variety, still available is S25-A originated In the midwest. There still ,1s some of the seed from this available, Newell believes. - Delivery Cestly In the opinion of Newell, more alfalfa should be grown here In the valley. Alfalfa hay now costs MO or more. Some was delivered at Jefferson this week at $43 a ton. One farmer went alfalfa hay searching in Idaho, and came up with quite a bit at $20 a ton.' But It cost him $24 a . ton to get it into the Willamette Valley. . Some sheep bay was brought out of Klamath Falls at 130 a ton plua hauling expense. Newell is also of the opinion that more cannery wastes ahould be utilized. And farmers should be thinking about putting up more silage. "Even If the farmer doesn't have livestock of his own but owns silos he ahould put up silage. I think someone is missing a good bet by not going more heavily Into com mercial silage," Newell says. Si' lags Is now bringing around $10 a ton. Beef Eats Oaleaa Cull onions are being used la some areas for feed. Adam Hersch, la the Waldo Hills, said that his calves are eating them quite read ily and their use la cutting down on the scarce hay. He has now hauled eight ton out to hi! farm. He opens the end gate of his truck and lets tha onions drop out on the pasture. His beef cattle have been enjoying them. Bedding is another difficult Farm Calendar Tate Calls Bent ; Grass Meeting for Tuesday Night A bentgrass growers meeting will be held at 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the Waldo Hills Community Clubhouse. W. M. Tate, union Hills grower, will be meeting chairman. f The highland bentgrass growers have considered an organization for some time. A ten-man organization committee was selected recently to review the various phases of an organization. It was this group that elected Tate at acting chairman. Various organization activities. the decision of organizing, and di rectors of such an organization are all subjects to b reviewed at the Tuesday evening meeting. Grow ers from counties ether than Mar ion are invited to attend. The Waldo Hills Clubhouse Is on the Silverton-Stayton highway, four miles south of Silverton. March IS- Polk County 4-H Rabbit School, I p tn. Rlckreall fairgrounds. March 17 Bent Grass Growers I p.m. Waldo Hills Hall. March W Linn County Agricul tural Planning Conference. 10 a.m. Veterans Memorial Hall. Albany. April 0-10 Aberdeen Angus show and sale. April 14 Marlon County Home- makers Festival, Leslie Junior High. April I$ Holstein sale, Pacific International, Portland. May 74 Oregon Cattleman's Association, 43rd annual meeting, Bend. May IS Oregon Fescue Com mission, Portland. May 16-lt- National Ayrshire Breeders Association convention and sale, Multnomah Hotel, and Pacific International, Portland. June x Marlon County Fat Lamb Show, Turner. July 26 'Fourth annual OSC purebred livestock sale, OSC, p.m. , . Aag. 4- Willamette Valley Ram Sale, Albany. Sept. 14 Oregon State Fair. Salem. problem at tha moment. Shavings are proving scarce and shavings hold up in loafing sheds better than does grain straw. However, flax straw is proving a good thing, Newell believes. It absorbs twice as much moisture as shavings or grain straw. To make pastures coma along. It might be well to use a little more than the usual 40 pounds available nitgrogen this spring. Newell suggests a dosage now, of from SO to 10 pounds of nitrogen, with another application a lighter one of from SO to SO pounda-ln another six weeks. "We've got to do all we can to get our pastures rowing good in a nurry now, and we should remember MORE allege and MORE hay put away for next spring, may help avert a like situation for another time," Newell concluded. New Model Tractors To Be Available Soon Farm equipment manufacturers, ' noting the increased and success ful use of power adjusted wheels for farm tractors, are planning increased production of these models for 1930. Because of their labor-saving and safety character istics, it Is forecast that within a few years power adjusted wheels will be standard equipment for farm tractors. "So essy to operate, grandma can do it!," one farmer says. This description of tha power adjusted wheel is both colorful and accu- Tractor Wheels Can Be Moved In and Out 'V-. je v . .' v .J 1 JW- 4 i r ! 1.-V y .V ( iiiillcr Tclb How to Get Yool Payment Crowers who shear early may sea their 194 wool by March 111 jand be tlli'Xe tor payments un jder the 19"4 wool program, E. I Harvey M.ller. chairman of L ' State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, reports. Payments for the 1933 marketing year, which ends March 31. will be made sometime this summer. If the sal is made in the 19."4 marketing year, the payment will be made ia the summer of 1937. The chairman further explains that rowers who have not sold their 1953 wool may carry it ever and sell it in the 1954 marketing year and still be eligible for pay merit. The time of shearing Is not a factor la the eligibility for pay ments under the new wool pro ram, except that the wool must not have been shorn prior to Janu ary 1, 1953. The payment under the wool program will be made at the rate established for the marketing year la which the sale la made. Chairman Miller emphasised that It is important for growers to get tha best market price pos sible for their wool. The wool pro ram incentive level for both the 1953 and 1934 marketing years is the same. (1 cents, and" the pay ments are to ha made at a per centage rate '(the percentage re quired te bring the national aver' age price received by producers for the particular marketing year up to the Incentive level), o ( i Bean Growth Takes Sulfur :'u W- s.. , ' J K '1 s 'y5 . rate. And Indeed, any person ca pable of operating a tractor can nOw accomplish the one-time tedi ous task of changing rear-wheel tread widths, to meet the varying demands of row crops. Available la aU Models Currently available on all lead ing tractor models, the power ad Justed wheel is making significant contributions to more efficient farm operation by' reducing man hours of labor needed for tractor wheel adjustment and at the same time minimizing the risk of acci dents. Where wheel tread adjust ment previously was a heavy Job requiring from one to three men and aa hour's time, 'It can now be accomplished by a single per son man, woman or youth in about five minutes. One veteran farmer, who works ISO acres, has found the power adjusted wheel to be one of the most important tractor develop ments in recent years. "I'll never go back to the old wheel," he said. "I'd lose too much time, and then there's Bo Joy in wrestling with Jacks and those heavy wheels." L'aee Tractor's Fewer Instead of manual labor, the power adjusted wheel makes use of the tractor's power when the operator desires to increase or decrease tread width. This lateral adjustment 'of each wheel is ac complished by means of a spiral ran mat connects the wheel rim with the hub, whlch is mounted to the drive axle In the traditional manner with hub bolts. By apply ing power to ue axle, the wheel hub will force the rim with tire to slide en tha spiral rails to the desired position. Ia use, the operator first loosens the brackets that lock thl wheel to the rail Then ha places the tractor in gear. With a slight move ment either forward or reverse, depending on which way the wheel is to bo adjusted, the rim slides te the selected position against a he pbaatom drawing here shews exteal of lateral travel of power ad)wst4 tractor Wheels. Generally, eaeb wheel eaa be adjaited the width ef Ue rlM. U this HedeL with U-hwfe rim rear wkwl. a taUl lateral ad'arimeat ef to larhee Is ptlbte, repairing eaty eat pertaa and Bra Katawtea' llmt film a this tnadrfs wheels permit adjuitmtat la two aad eae-aaif laca slept, fewer treat tractor adjwsts waeeia ay lorctag rua ia or eai of travtuag ta reus. The Importance of sulphur In the fertilizer program for beans was stressed by Soil Conservation Specialist Tom Jackson, Oregon Slate College, at the vegetable growers meeting held recently In Salem. Nearly all mixed fertilizers contain some sulphur. However, using 11-41 followed by ammonium nitrate, anhydrous ammonia, or urea does not supply any sulphur to tha soil. Even one sack of am monium sulphate per acre will us usally supply enough sulphur for beans. Other sources of sulphur include superphosphste, 11-20, and gypsum, Jackson said. Jackson alio said potash defi ciency had been seen la some bean fields In tha Willamette Val ley ki-1939. Although K was not a general condition, it did serve as a warning that potash Is a necessary element In bean culture. If a soil test shows a low content Of potash, Jackson favors a broad east application of potash over In cluding tha necessary rate per acre In a band application at planting time. The combination of nitrogen and potash In a band application might cause burning of the tender roots in some soil types. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and calcium are other elements necessary In tha fertilizer program for beans. Feed Program Eligibility Rules Listed Who can participate In the tur plus feed grain program recently announced for Lower Columbia River counties and for three Cen tral Oregon counties? That Is the question being asked by stockmen as a result of news articles nam ing those disaster areas. Informa tion received by the county agtnta' offices lists the following require ments for an "Emergency Feed Program" and eligibility rules for participants. 1. To participate In tha Emer gency Feed Program, counties are designated by the President of the United States by Petition and rec ommendation of the Oregon State Department of Agriculture, after petition from local producers stat ing the extent of the emergency and urgency of their need. 1 After designation of a county as an Emergency Feed Area, any established farmer, stockman, (partnership or corporation) whose principal occupation is farming or ranching, and whose financial con dition is such that he requires as sistance under the program In order to maintain his foundation herds of cattle, sheep, or goats, and continue his livestock oper ation, Is eligible. I. Surplus oats, barley, or corn Is made available to eligible stock men in tha amount necessary to maintain basic breeding herds for at a dtcunt of $1 pr cwt. Feed on hand, to be produced or ac quired during the til-day period is figured In the maintenance require ment, i 4. Individual applications are re viewed by a local Farmers Home Administration committee. Ctrtl fled applications must then be presented to the county Agrlcul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion Committee which Issues nego tiable certificates for purchasing rain from retail dealers or other sources of supply, Milk Output Declines in Past Month Milk production followed the weather during the past month and dropped off from the early winter level. The 1,451 cows tested on Dairy Herd Improvement Association averaged 630 pounds of milk and 29.7 pounds of butterfat tor the month. This was a drop of 1 pound per cow under the January fat average, and 49 pounds less milk. Total production from tha S3 herds on standard DHIA test was just over 1 million pounds of milk and 30 tons of butterfat. A . Holstein r at the Oregon State Penitentiary was high milk producer. She gave 3.020 pounds of milk in days and 120 $ pounds of butterfat. Racette Brothers, Aurora, owned the second high butterfat cow Number 34, a Holstein, gave $.030 pounds of milk and 103.1 pounds of fat. St. Benedicts Abbey, at Mt, Angel, was 3rd. Number 30, Holstein, gave 97.4 pounds of fat and 1.030 pounds of milk. The State Penitentiary was fourth with another Holstein giving 2.670 pounds of milk and 96.1 pounds of fat. Frank Gratslnger'a Jersey. Judy. at Gervais produced 1.250 pounds or milk and 11.7 pounds of fat Sixth high cow was at St. Bene dicts Abbey, still another Holstein. She produced 1.230 pounds of milk and 17.1 pounds of fat. ' Barnes Brothers, Silverton. held seventh and eighth places with two Jerseys at at.! pounds each. Nmth place was another peniten tiary Holstein, with 1.070 pounds of milk and 14.1 pounds of fat. Orval Rawle came la tenth with Wllma, a Holstein, with 1,680 Sunds of milk and $4 pounds of t. New In the Association In Febru ary was tha Jersey herd en the Code Farms, under tha manage ment of Bud Davis at Woodburn Frank Gratslnger resumed testing in February along with Oscar Lindqulst at Brooks. News from the I. F. Buyserle and Sons Jersey herd announced that Keith Beckley la now associ ated as a partner In that dairy, The word "magnet" derives from Megneslum, ancient Turkish city where the msgnetism of a lode- stone was observed. eMTie mo m SUVItt tltUTOS When friends ask me for Itntt menu Ideas, or just piaia "W rtclpts. my answer usually in velvet Carnation Cottage Cheeeef Why? Wttt. a? a so rich t vital pre-teln-fichest ef art tha regular cheeses. That helps balance meat lets meala. Then, too, K tesiee te good! Carnation Cottage Cheese has a One. fresh flavor that make It a wonderfuTtrtat Just "at to"-. straight from the cartonl .Naturally, It adds extra goodnestA te your favorite cottage cheese); wcipes, too. Try ft with fresh frulta ' ervegetablet,insalads,orblende4 all through thla nippy cheese sou . fte-s reel favorite at our house (MkM 44 MntAft) Flour Jjjw Plan Studies To Line River With Concrete EL PASO, Tex. W An ambi tious plan to line with concrete 62 miles of the Bio Grande and near ly 600 miles of related canals la under study by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Officials of the reclamation bun eau said preliminary reports on the program are expected In July. The plan la to lino with con ctele a narrow channel of the Rio Grande from the Leaiburg Dam near Las Cruees, N.M., to YX Paso. Canals and laterals In the Rio Grande project which carry mora than 30 cubic feet of water a sec ond would also be lined, with many of the laterals placed in under- AP' TJ rc.,,,, re1,h,n ground enclosed pines. .V7.. . w unmw.aieiy Tnt bi propo discWd here by C. G. NU-uen. asiitant commissioner of the bureau in ready lor use. At no time Is It necessary to lift the wheel aft lh ground, at is required with manually adjusted wheels where the tractor has been rslted by Jack to allow tha wheel te revolve freely, " ( Washington,' DC: Robert Jen nings, regional director of the bur eau from Amarillo, and W. F Resch, Rio Grande project mana ger. Duncan New Dean at OSC EUGENE, Ore. - The Uni versity of Oregon announced Thursday appointment of Charles T. Duncan as dean of its Journa lism school. Duncsn, member of the staff since 1931. has been acting deaa since Gordon A. Sabine resigned last June to become head of the Michigan State University Com munications School. A graduate f the University of Minnesota, Duncan worked on Minnesota newspapers and tauiht at the Universities of Nevada, Ne braska and Minnesota. His ap pointment is subject to approval by the Oregon Board of lliaher taucatioa. 1 U tup butter A cup flour- . 1 teaspoon salt 1 V4 teetpeon dry mutter? 1 tup Carnation Homogenized Milk , . IVa tups CARNATION COTTAfif CHECH InpirathetteornflalMt 1 UMetpoen grated en ton Seggyofks Jeggwhltee lend butter, flour, salt and mua tard together hi top of double oiler ever hot water or In sauce pan ever low heat Gradually add milk; cook until thickened and ' smooth. Stir conttintly. Add Cow lege Cheese, cuf com flakes, and onion. Itlr hot cheese mixture Into beiten egg yolks. Cool slight ly. Fold batten egg whites Intw cheete-egg yolk mixture. Place In ' buttered 2 quart casserole. Iprln kit remaining corn flakts over top lake souffle In pan of hot weter In slow even (3257.) W 60 mliw utes. Serve at once. 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