lMSec HI) Statesman, Salem, Or., Thur., June 28, 56
Dr. Stewart Offers Reasons Why State Fair
Likely to Be Bigger and Better Than Ever
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By ULLIE L. MADSEN
Farm till. Tha Rtaleimaa
STATE FAIRGROUNDS-A walk
round Iht State Fairground this
week witn Dr. Earl B. Stewart,
chairman of the fair board, was
delightful. Dr. Stewart wai here
tfali week, looking ever the proa-
pecti. at h Mid, (or the 1954
big "farm how". I got bin) to
talking. All I had to do was
listen:
"Of rourie it's more than a farm
show, bur the farm products in
cluding the livestock certainly
carry the most value.
"Things arc shaping up fine and
if the weatherman will play ball,
we should have the biggest and
best f sir we've ever had.
Freeway to Opea
"We always say that? Sure, and
if you look at the attendance
figures and listen to the comments
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Oreatt, of ths OreaU UmUH Nat Co.. a4 Ras gyeriy. Salens, was I Interested to Ms principle.
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Ranch Itnmb lings
By Rural Reporter' -0
WOODLAND WANDERINGS-Followlni the woodland path a few
rfavi isn nroved verv interestina as well as delightful . . . we learned
that Douglas fir woodland from 40 to SO years old, when properly
''thinned nroducod a yearly irowtij approximately 130 per acre. Demon-
ratrationa of thinning of merchantable timber were observed on the
farms of Elwln Llttlejoha near Valley junction and the oscar ten
ateia claco sear Falls City. .
At Buell w stopped to sew how W. W. Bounds, Jr., was salvage
lolling Ml woodland. Trees blown down as a result of last winter's
storms are being salvaged- as stud logs and posts,
For sky-gasers was the demonstration of high pruning of forest
trees on too Dewey Cummins farm in tho Pedes community. Oary
Sander, forest products marketing specialist at Oregon Mate touege,
pruned out forest trees for M-foot peeler logs. If a rapid-growing
stand of 13 or 20-year-old firs to pruned, it may have several thousand
feet of clear lumber in another J3 years and much more if grown
longer, Gary explained.
Ward Richardson told about his management of farm woodlands
tver near Falls City. In years past many acres of young forest trees,
vers destroyed by burning, but now fsrmers arc mors aware of the
advantages of tree farming, Ward said.
THEME SONG of the recent two-day sessioa of tftc Oregon
. Poultry Improvement Astoctollea seemed to be that of the growing
rodaetloo of tho broiler chickea. Broiler production has kept
' paea with tho atom bomb la Its rate of locreaie. Georgia Is now
raising five mnitoa broilers a week (a tot of Southera-fryed
chicken). This Is a whelt mlllloa moro thaa broiler producers
were predoclng a year ago.
Soma of the speakers were of the opinio that the broiler
bostoets was leveling oft a bit to far as variation of prices was
coaceraedY Then has beea a tendency for prices to go way up.
thea drop way down la very short spells. This was duo to the
toners and enters of the business those who saw a chance to get
rick quick wkea tho prices were sky-high.
- FOLLOW THE LEADER Chicken business Is following other line
of agriculture in that the poultry farmers are getting larger and
fewer. A number of hatcheries in the United Slates has been reduced
" from 10.000 down to 1,500 at the present time. But the 8.500 hatcheries
are producing twice as many chicks as the original 10,000. At the
same time It Is Indicated that the commercial egg producer is getting
' more efficient sized flocks and the smaller flocks of 100 to 500 birds
. are being eliminated ... and at one time a 500-bird egg-laying outfit
teemed "very large."
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NOBODY BVT A PROFESSOR-would have time to check the
amber of times a rooster rrowi. At the Corvullli poultry meeting,
" this ojaesUea came on. Seemed none of the poultrymen had ever
- given It 1 thought. Ono fellow said tha only time he'd ever heard
It mentioned was the Biblical "before the cock crows three times".
Re supposed that was the number of timet a cock crowed la a
morning.
Bat Professor Payne from Kansas State College said he took
time to eeant the erowlngs of s rooster and he found thai tome
roasters crowed as high as 1U times la a 15 hour period. And la
the aamt pea there were other roosters which crowed at high at
tOI timet.
Now ws are wondering to what big nte the college will place
this highly significant piece of research . . . The protestor ad
mitted that the amount of crowing did not teem to change tho
rooster ...
Of course If yoa like rooster crowing of a morning, you might
ask far strains where the crowing Is the heaviest.
THE OLD HORSE-HAY When we were s youngster on a Willam
ette Valley farm, timothy used to be considered horse hay-and horse
hay only. The picture Is now changing, and the forecast seems to he
that soon it wUl be used greatly in cattle and sheep feeding here m
the valley. On a recent alfalfa tour Rex Warren, crops specialist at
Oregon State College and once with the Alderman Farms near Dayton,
said he liked to see a good grass planted with alfalfa. His choices
were orchard grass or timothy. A good tame grass, he went on, adds
desirable variety to alfalfa stands and prevents invasion by weedy
grasses. It also facilitates curing. Grass seeds do not have to be
planted with the alfalfa seed, Warren continued. Most alfalfa plant
ings are made in the spring or early summer. Grass seeds may he
broadcast in the alfalfa stand in late summer or early fall. They
seem to catch without covering. Throe to four pounds of orchard
Sanitation
Faults Found
By Program
The pilot meat sanitation survey
conducted during the program's
first round found unclean and faul
ty walls, trolleys and rails the
most common insanitary condition
in the 116 plants checked, says M.
E. Knickerbocker, chief of the
state department of agriculture
animal division.
Sixty-nine plants had walls in
need of cleaning, repair or paint.
Trolleys and rails in 62 plants
needed cleaning, oil or paint. Ster
ilizing facilities were inadequate
in M p 1 a n t s and handwashing
equipment was faulty in 53 plants.
In the actual handling of the meat
itself, 44 plants failed to clean
their tools or kitchen equipment
each evening.
A meat processing plant's water
supply also affects the wholesome
ness of its meat. Almost 41 per
cent of the water samples taken
at 10 plants were contaminated.
On tha other hand, most pack
ing plants in this pilot meat sani
tation survey followed basic sani
tation practices and conditions
such as aprons, gloves and clean
clothing for workers; adequate
of people, you know we've been
pretty right. It's been bigger each
year, and we think, better. But
there are other reasons why this
one should be bigger. In fact,
there are three good reasons: The
new freeway: Portland schools
opening later; the earlier season
in general.
"The freeway will be opeifby
fair time, I'm sure. That makes
Portland considerable closer in
both mileage and time. Besides
travel, not only over the freeway
but other highways, will be more
pleasant, because less crowded.
"For the first time I can re
member, Portland schools will not
be open during Fair Week. They
are opening a whole week later
this year. This, we hope, will
make for more even distribution
of attendance. In order to see the
fair with their families. Portland
ers won't have to crowd the whole
attendance into Labor-day week
end or into the final Saturday.
Earlier Season
' Then, the earlier harvest. Ber
ries, cherries. ha it's all been
coming on earlier "this year If th'.s
keeps up, harvest will be furtlur
along and farmers, as well as the
big amount of help they employ,
may have more time to come to
the fair.
"Look at these flower beds and
the lawn. Have you ever seen
them looking better?
"I've been checking over the ex
hibits ... 90 per cent of the space
is already taken. The farm ma
chinery display looks like the best
ever . . . Seems like there is an
awful lot of new machines . . .
Honors Accorded to Dairy Herds in June
. . oyy f oi Mini mil.
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Wlieat Field
Day Planned
At Corvallis
New, short-strawed high yielding
wheat varieties being dceloped
for Western Oregon will be shown
July t at an Oregon State college
experiment station wheat field
day.
The field day, which will start
at 9:S3 a m. and end at noon, will
be held on the Hyslop agronomy
experimental farm on the Corval-Ui-Albany
highway.
Wilson Foote, OSC agronmist in
charge of cereal development,
says visitors will have a chance
to look over the results of the sta
tion's wheat breeding program and
inspect new wheat varieties from
other states and Europe.
Some of the crosses from the
wheat breeding program are now
in their fourth or fifth generation,
and Foote says some of these new
wheats look quite prmising.
A number of s h 0 r t-strawed
wheals also have been imported
from various European countries.
Visitors will be able to compare
these imported varieties with va
rieties now being grown in the
Willamette valley.
Short, stiffrstrawed wheats are
needed in Western Oregon to make
harvesting easier, Foote said.
Present varieties tend . Co lodge on'
the higher-fertility soils, lowering
yields and making harvesting dif
ficult. Field day visitors will also bo
able to look over oat and barley
varieties being tested on the station.
Marion County has scores of dairy herds such as this which worked lar herd is that of Harvey Mlkkelson and ton, Calvin. In the Wood
along throughout June Dairy motlh. not realizing at all that special bum area. Harvey is active in the Marion County Jersey Cattle Club,
honors were accorded them during the 30-day period. This partiru-1 (Statesnma Farm Photo.)
I arm Calendar
June JJ-30 7th annual Fertilizer, July 28 4th annual Purebred
Conference Chinook Hotel. Yaki- Livestock sale. 1 r m Oregon Stale
Willamette Valley Farm Machine 'ma, Wash. College. Corvallis.
June Annual Salem Chamber Julv -2-Lcbanon Rodeo.
of Commerce Farm tour. Starts at J.v -uu'gm s 1 a 1 e jersey
latlle Club fiicnic, sunset Bay,
.Vuth Bend. Ilini.
July 29 Sherwood Horsemen's
6th 'annual Horse Show
Julv 31-Aui. 4 Kantiam Rean
, June 30-Julv 1-l'acilic oast fesma Stavton
already have an entry in the District Sokol dymnustic hestual. Aug Willamette Valley Kam
garden club division ... Philumulh s,lu Sale. Albany. 10 am
Garden Club made the first entry July 1 Oregon Purebred Sheep Aug. 5 Associated Half Arab
Breeders Association paiiic, Avery Owners Morse Show. Canbv
Berry Field
s
Dav Set for
Kei.cr Julv
3
dealers have about evervthing
and they plan on displaying r
num-e now me iivesiocK uams aie ;irl(m Hotel. 8 30 a 111
being repainted and cleaned out ; June ,H0rti,on Stalt, R(,an
Philomath Hat Entered i Growers Association annual meet-
"We should be aettinii entries in'n- 7 30 P "' Mayflower Hall
shortly . . . We've had a few
"We are sending otU classiTica:
lion lists to more tltau'lDOO horse
owners next week ' We are really
looking for a. top notch horse show
this year. Competition will be for
1 points toward national champion
ships. You know Max M. Man
chester is the horse show manager.
He said this week, when I talked
to him, that at least 200 horses
will be entered in the show alone
"The show has been recognized
by the American Horse Shows As
sociation. This is the governing
body on rules and regulations for
competition in national champion
ships. It is also officially recoi:-
park. Con alhs, 1 p m.
July 1-4 Molalla Bmkeroo.
July 1-4 St Paul Kodeo.
July 2-4 Albany Timber Carni
val and Horse Show.
July 3 Raspberry Field Day.
10.30 a m. Fred McCall farm, in
Keizer area.
July 15 Klamath Falls Rodeo
and Cutting
July 15 Aberdeen Angus Field
Day. Hawthorne Farms. Hillshoro
I July 20 Wheat Quota Vote
July 22 - Corvallis Trail Iliders
Shodeo
Aug. 12 Clackamas and Marion
County .Joint Jersey Club pjtnic.
Hnercrest Kami. WiLonwlle
'Aug. 12 3- Sheridan Canter Club
Fun Day.
Aug. 15-18 Clackamas County
Golden Jubilee Fair. Canby.
Aug- 18-1SE u g e n e Shetland
Pony Show.
: 1-26 Washington County
doors, ventilation and pickle roomiunii wnl(.n is ht.,ng r(,pa,red and
equipment; sanuary transportation
equipment and only fresh meats
in the plant.
With few exceptions, most meat each time. Kach will
processing plants welcome these equal amount of time
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Hiru uy me rts.stMau-u niini coins
of Oregon, and Ihe Oregon Horse '-'
men's association.
"Manchester has outlined com
petition in nine divisions and M
classes during the eight days and
11 performances of the show. These
include hunters, jumpers, 5-gated,
3-gated, fine harness, hackney
ponies, roadsters, Arabs and par
ade. "The show will offer about $3,300
in prizes.
First Show In Sli Years
"This will be the first horse
show at the fair in six years
doesn't seem that long ago, does
if The show will be in the stad
Aug.
Fair
Aug. 24-26
Itickreall
Aug. 27-29
Albany.
Sept. 1-8 Oregon State Fair, Salem
I'olk Countv Fair.
I. inn Countv Fair.
OSC LivCSUM'k!S"MPiirSrt
rti.- !For Av(,T 1ark'
Now Available
Corvallis Sundav Kelll'li Dail'V
! SSgi-" STOP t!.
Catalogs for the fourth
Oregon State College purbred live
stock sale are now available to
pio.spective buyers.
A total of 57 registered animals
will be offered at this year's pub
lic auction sale, according to the
catalog The sale will be held in
Persons interested in the sheep Ii i toe Tliifl
. inHestrv an. invito In lh annual A111S1
annual ',.,.., A
redone, as you can see. and there'll
be the rodeo here too. The two
together will las 2 15 minutes
have about
Too long a i
picnic of the Oregon Purebred
Sheep Breeders Association on
Sundav. July 1, 1 p m. at Avery
Park. Corvallis The park is lo
cated just across the Mary's Itiver
in the south part of Corvallis
Much of the park is covered with
a stand of fir timber.
Secretary S. A. Jackson. Corval
lis. as liie association will furn-
Gold Star
A third Gold Star Herd award
into a fund for the advancement
of this important turf grass seed
crop.
The recent I v - formed Chewinus
has been made to Andrew Kehrli and ;0d iescue Commission. has
li Son. Woodburn, on his herd of announced that forms and instruc-regi-lered
Jerseys. turns for collecting the assessment,
The k.hH, herd won lh vlarH Ml '""r-tenins Ol a pouno weir
after having completed another
Growers, processors, and others
interested in red ras,iher.-y vari
eties are invited to a field day en
Tuesday. July 3. 10 30 am. at the
Fred McCall farm on the blacktnp
road about two miles west and
north of the Keizer School. The
school is about 3 miles north of
Salem on North River Road. Local
arrangements are being made by
County Kxtension Agent D. L. Ras
mussen. Visitors will see five USDA and"
Oregon Agricultural Experiment
Station red raspberry selections
planted next to Mi-Call's commer
cial field of the Willamette variety."
ivumoerca selections to be seen
next Tuesday will be I'SDA Ore
gon 762. 902. 906, 810 and 813. The
selections are interplanted with
! Willamette 'a I'SDA-OSC intro
I duction 1 . and Puyallup. an intro
duction from the Western Washing
ton Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion at Puyallup. Washington. Tha
variety .plots include a small
planting of Summer, another intro
duction from the Puyallup Station,
made in 1956.
The small fruit variety breed
ing and testing program at Ore
gon State College is headed by
George Waldo. I'SDA horticulture
1st. Waldo is the plant breeder re
sponsible for the Willamette red
raspberry, Chehalem blackberry,
Silelz strawberry, and certain
other berry producing districts in
1 the I'nited States.
Waldo will be at the field meeting
on July 3 for an informal discus
sion of his red raspberry selec-
tnms Ann1 fhpir nnccihilit ioc fni
Oregon fine fescue (.rowers will t.(,mm(,mai and homf garden use.
this year for the first time pay i,moranh. jr,nii.n. f .1,.
varieties under test will he passed
Fescue Grower Set
Fund for Promotion
nut at Ihe meeting, which will ad
journ not later than 12 nnon.
the OSC livestock pavilion, Julv 2ti.
1pm. secretary s. a. .ta.-Kson. on a:- - ' ' . ."...' r " m...l; this week to all limi-ed
, is. ;ns tne association will turn- '"'"i" (i,urs , ,h ,.-.
Bids sent in by mail will be ac-h coftw. (Team simar ros. year on oflica! herd improvement The a I'ssnient to be dediicli-d
a'PU"1 8' ,tH' SaU'' : salmon and lamb. The salmon and "'' The Gold Star n.J"Zer s e r ,e
Sale catalogs and information lamb will be prepared bv A W resmtion is for unusually high " ' ' .' . . ,.,,', , .
sanitation studies and the educa-; s,ow can .spo,i it, ,on sending bids by mail, can be oiuer. Oregon Stale College. a . Pr"d'-'tion over a four-year period. , ;. ,.':'' wd ,d
uonai worK w nun accompanies me - We haven't given final ap- '"Waln('a ,rnm le animal bus- member of the association. Visit- Last year the hehrli herd of 111 ln Oreton alter Julv 1 including
actual meat inspection. Inspectors provai to ,nc jud(((,s for (he hHr,p bandry department, OSC, Cor- rs should bring their own salads, cows had an average production , lH)lh W)(l and pr,or cr()n's Growers'
are now in the second round. The j show votwf ,,xp(ct th.m to hp vallis. ' and other food plus their own table of 8.209 pounds, milk containing, M,ln 'seed 10 mit-of stale rtr-ders
program S directors are anxious to frnn, ih,. east We ffathr r ihr-s Rererr s.ivs hovers mav come services. 1436 pounds of blltterfat apiece. .. .ii j a, ,..,!,. ...
- - -n ....... - , . miiii, yjit I ciuu i,in,i uutii in
going to he some out-of-state own- to the college barns anvtime be-. A short program is planned in Over the past four years this the commission.
eis coming in . .. we've had fore the sale and look over am addition to the picnic, according herd has had an average of 104
inquires, from our neighboring mats to ne ottered Animals in this to .lacKson. cows, promising :ai pounu 01 The first successful rayon manu
determine if insanitary conditions
and practices discovered in the
first round have been corrected.
Nut Cracker
Invented bv
Salem Man
A new
states. year s sale are of the same huh
' Moving the funhouse out of this quality as m previous vean. and
section, where it's been so manv r h,'ln8 5"': m ord,'r '" k,'l'l'
vears. to the place over there ' ! livestock numbers in line
where the Brahma steers used to Physical facilities on the college
he . . . is going to be an im- 'arm-
provement. You know like the Included in this year's sale are
harvesK-wf are 'way out in front eight Herelord bulls, two llerelord
with our building program this. cows, one Hereford lieiier, three
nut cracking machine ' par ' ' mu,ch '"rther along than ou ts lour Anuus cows, one
urt-u iui seveidi vears ai ....f,,,., ........ ..... .,.i
The quality of egg she
to herome poorer in hot weather,
with M' a good supply of calcium and
phosphorus in the ration is espe
cially important during the
summer. The Southeastern Vet
erinarian advises.
! milk containing 437 pounds of but
tends terfat apiece.
.NoxionsWecd Law
Kffeclive in I tali
All bulk seed. feed, hay ami oth
er iarm products shipped to I lah
must be certilied as free of nox
ious seeds, noxious weeds, and
olher plant parls capable o( grow ing
weeds designated a noxious
in I lah. according to word re
ceived by the state department of
agriculture
Agriculture seeds and other
farm products will not be inspect-
fai luring plant was started in ed if the carrier can give evidence
France in 1K!I. savs the National that Ihe load is hound for a spe-
A million acres of rural land Geographic Society cilic I'tah cleaning plant
about two .thirds of it crop
land are being lost each year
to urban development, according
to a deport in Chemurgic Digest.
that removes the meats from the
this time . . . Well, see you at the.e'Kht Hampshire rams, (,,nr South-
down ranis, live Itomney rams.
live Komney ewes, eiuht Berkshire
sneus witn only a small amount 'fair
of breakage of meats, has been 1
invented by a Salem man. E. T.I Tests in England have shown K,1,!l and !'- f kshu c- boars. j
Waring, 9.15 Norway St, who is 1 th" s,lltiar bw', row 'avler T". ' " , . 1
, . ; ri a umijj jje-l MHJ Ul UIUimiH HiaT BIVII ' HUMS S Mill KlihH"
now awaiting patent. Uimil.r nt-m. -hieh h,,.. n, nwi . h..r,." iw '.
been exposed to drought a fact are born- most of them in beef
which may lead to new irrigation herds according to a report m
recommendations. the journal. Veterinary Medicine. .
The machine consists of impel
lers, which impart a high speed
rotating action to the nut within
the impeller casing. When the nut
reaches a Dredeterminert nninl
within the casing, it is directed j
against a specially designed an
vil. This causes the nut to explode,
removing the shell from the meat.
and keeping the shell in relatively
large pieces, and so making it
easier to sort the shells from thc'S
meats.
.1. T. Anderson, coordinator of ;S
inventions, who has just completed !?
making the patent drawings for gi
waring s application for the pa
grass or two pounds of timothy does the trick. Gus Haberlack. farmer
over at Csrver in Clackamas County, says he planted four pounds of lent, said this week that he has
timothy per acre at time of seeding and now feels sure that two j come in contact with several nut
pounds would have beea ample. He adds he does like the planted
grass la his alfalfa, however.
Cornell timothy is the variety recommended. Warren didn't like
the idea of ryegrass for this purpose. He added that from 12 to 15
pounds of alfalfa seed was sufficient per acre.
.
LAST CHANCE Tbls I tor last chance la talk about milk and
snilk cows dorjng Jaao Dairy Month, 1151. But Jerseys have rated
well (Ms past week. A registered Jersey bull, Imp. Radar, owned
by D. C, Brack and L. L. Lee, Salens, has beea announced as
laving qualified as a tested sire. This means that 11 tested daugh
ters of Radar produced aa average of t.171 pounds of milk and
IN poaads of butterfat oa MS day basis.
Tken we mave aa to the T. Buyserie h Sen Jersey farm at
Woedbara. Hers la recognition tf having produced aver a Un tf
kaNcrfat during a four-year period Herd Improvement Registry
test, fan Jersey cows have bets awarded Toa sf Gold Certificates.
cracking machines during the past
30 years, but the principle on 4.
wnicn mis worm is
new."
1 WMLPAPEIt SALE
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On All 1956 Stock Papers
175 Patterns to Choose From
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Worry of
FALSE TEETH
Slipping or Irritating?
Don't bt tmbMTUMd by loon tIm
UttH llpplnn, dropplni or woubllnn
when vou eat, Ulk or lAitfch. Juki
tprlnllie little FA8TEKTH on tour
platen. Thla plMiant powder rlvm a
remarkable arnaa of added comfort
and aectirltv bv holding plat mora
flrmlv No gummr. inoaT, patr la'
or feeilns t' a alkaline inon-arldi.
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