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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1956)
I3-(Sec. II) Statesman, Salem., Ore.. Thurs.. July 19. 'SS , 'iJErrff VALjLjjS? uw.iv'iiir,.ligs. Grass Looking Greener' for Growers in Valley This Year i . V . ..J .., -.f :-v Ml: ' , i , , - i m -' -''tmitri 'tt1 --- a , ,,. .X.a.a rrv .1 -J Farm Calendar July ItWheat quota vote. -July it-tz Aurora Centennial. 1 . July n-M National Farm Safe ty Week. . July a orange ricnic, l p m., Coolidge and McClaine park, Sil- verton. July 4th annual Oregon State College purebred livestock tale. Corvallis, 1 p.m. July tt Oregon Mate jersey Cattle Club, Sunset Bay, North Bend. July ll-Ag. 4 Santiam Bean Festival Ranch Ramblings CHURCH BELLS will hare a apeclal peal Sunday for (he farm workers la the Stayton and Independence areas Tha music ef the belli may ipreid to ether communities at well ' aJthoufh the Rural Reporter hit not heard about It yet. But It's to be Harvest Sunday la the churches of Indepen dence and Stayton. . . special services for the migratory work ers whs harvest la the areas. Migrant committees ia the two areas are making the ar rangements, working with the Salens migrant committees under the Oregon Conscil of Churches. The Rev. Robert Duncaa. Presbyterian pastor at ladepeadraro la la charge of the committee work there and Mrs. Bea Bad la the chairman at Stayton. MIGHT COST YOU MONEY if you go to pruning walnut trees now The idea is that pruning, if done correctly, is costly. There h. ah am fha thlm ...... . ..... ,, C t V. a Au. I Vegetable Crop Field !,. .,., i-..;. ,h. .,... . n,i. !,.. Day. OSC experiment farm. jK.,ff0id imB crotches will probably sufler more than' other parts a.m.. lorvaiiis, Aug. 4 Willamette Valley Ram Sale, Albany, 10 a.m. Aug. It Five-ton Strawberry Club banquet, Portland. Aug. It Clackamas and Marion County Jersey Clubs picnic. River- crest Farm. Wilsonville. of the tree. It is not easily seen on many trees, and the damage in those areas is usually the slowest to heal. There is a great pos sibility of rot setting in Inter on in a year or two, and a grower would benefit by removing the dead bark in a year's time and paint ing the rrea with disinfectant material. Powdered bordeaux, mix ed with raw linseed oil to a consistency of thick paint is good. SUGGESTED MI PROGRAM Here's the program suggested for the wslnut trees or orchard injured: As far as orunini is eon- Ang. lS-lt Clackamas County rerned. don't this year. Some light pruning could possibly be done Golden Jubilee, Canby. this fall but do not prune back the live wood. Leave most of the Aug. It Oregon State Farmers pruning until next spring or even early summer. Leave the damaged " Seta IS acres of Alta Fescue art . . m . i. i ah i. b avnta4ia vn lukM Meat uarveaUaf weather, mV wer7rttmg fort, every effort t. beat tha aVshatteruig harverted dally by this saaehlae .1 la. Robert Harper far. here. Th. heat U tha trap. But Ike growers aUe state that "the bot weather I machl eats a -foot swath. tStatesmaa Farsa Photo) Union Dicnic. Champoeg, Aug. ms Yamhill county r air, McMinnviile. Aug. zt-M Polk County Fair, Rickreall. Sept. I s Oregon State Fair, Sa vin. Sept. IMS Pendleton Round-Up. Sept. it-it North Marion Coun ty Fair, Woodburn. Sept. tl Annual Oregon Turkey Improvement Association, I a.m., Withycombe hall, Corvallis. Oct. 1S-1S 10th annual Town anq Harvest Time Prices Above Previous Year By LUX IE L MADSEM . ' Farai Editor. The Statesmaa GERVAIS Grass look much greener on their own side of the fence: to growers this summer as harvest gets Into full (team. A awing over the farmland high way, out through Woodburn and back toward Salem oa WE late last week brought me to the Robert Harper farm twith a Gexvais ad- dressJ hist as he was completing the Combining of his 40 acre of Alta nd Just about ready to be gin on his m acres of Chewing. Alia, or "tall fescue, which went beisi i f a year ago at I te I cents pound either certified or "plain" looks like from U to 14 cents for this year's crop. Farmers aren't too eager to sell at even the latter figurf right now, they say. Price; Taped - Chewings which Jiad tough sled Jng it it te 21 cents la 19SJ has already brought M cents in some quarter In Willamette Valley. Aa offer jt 3M cents la not lot uncom mnn.rgrowers said this week. The new shot of life, Harper, who is Marion County chaimaa of the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation committee, said stems from I two causes. First though, Hsrpfr admitted, takes one to the Soil Bank which "just naturally. will open new markets for grasses. The second cause may be even more important for the immediate future. Poor crops in this country and abroad both make a abort offering at a time when there is more call. Id Willamette Valley the Chewings crop will be very light this year. Alta Fescue "looks very good" Harper said, as he estimated his own at Sno to too pounds an acre ... but then, Harper is known to be a ?ronservatove,estimater. In the four years Harper has harvested Alta on his farm he has never failed to make certificat ion a factor which will bring him five to six cents more per pound than uncertified seed would. The latter will bring about the tamer price this year at the cer tified' did a year ago, Harper thought. Thik it Harper's fifth-year har vest from the field lying along the highway a field which, during the five years, has attracted tht eyi of many a passing tourist. Crass Brings Visitors "It's surprising how many folk stop and ask what tha crop is and (hose knowing already stop to exchange a bit of talk about it's culture. ' Harper told. . Whr-n we stopped, we noted the combine coming down tha long row toward us, cutting a 12-foot swath as it approached. As the end of the row was reached, Ralph Ben nett, Gervaii, began sacking, while Harper dismounted the combine to greet us. Bennett, Harper said. Is a high school youth at Gervais, Who "keeps fit" by working oa the Harper farm during the summer While we discussed the seed crops of tha Valley, the huge conv nine couched up 24 sacks of seed, That's about the number at each slop, Harper said, as our glance followed the long line of sacks of seed . reaching toward' the at tractive Harper home "a quarter of a mile in the background, ine tacks were filled from the hopper at the rate of 20 per eight minutes "They mean work," Harper smiled as he explained,' "we have to turn each one by hai.d for at least 10 days and then we haul them to me cleaners. Ideal weather has made seed harvesting so far this summer both more profitable and more pleasant. When the seed harvest is com pleted, the "straw" it mowed, wlnrtrowed and haled. "When we roll it right up into, r '-i":'-'':"; ,"-77 v 7 . n - u2m areas in scaffold crotches alone at the present time. Also suckers, which sre coming out on the limbs and trunks of trees should be left to help the tree re-vitalize itself snd repair damage done by the freeze. Use good cultural practices, as more trees will recover and be good trees if a adequate soil moisture is retained. Watch for presence of a shot-hole borers. They like damaged trees. A DDT tprav may be used for the control of the insect if the adult beetles are found crawling on the limbs. ORKGON JERSEYS KATE which we knew all along, but we are pleased to learn that the American Jersey Cattle Club, with headquarters in Ohio, is also beginning to reilize this. The only two honors presented by the national club this year went to Oregon breeders lne President s Club went to John i.imlwus of Indepen dence on Volunteer Noble Alice, who completed a Registery of Country Church Conference, OSC. Ment record of 19,161 pounds of milk contaiping 1,098 pounds of butterfat. The Ralph E. Copes, Jr., of Langlois, received the certift- Uvestock Exposition, North Port- "te on Opal-Crystal Lady for having; produced the most butterfat I m tiai lifA line Ttrnil ty in Inanoru nf thia tmn t O t AOI N.V. Ht-Oregon Wool Growers lpound-'' f "lilk containing 9.714 pounds of butterfat in 3,654 days .. .i .iin im,ri.i in milk Lariv was H years old on Feb. . v....w.., Bun I ipo u ivt r.m n cm i iui c.u ci.. u..j ....J Hntel Port and ......... ... .....j .... ... ..,-, n... . . . u Nis Drra nine iu flin-s tt. runup. fiiifriMin op oi arm 01 registered Jerseys. James and Agaes (Mrs. James) weu the award for having a herd with aa unusually high production over a four year period. This past year Phillips' It eowa had aa average production of 9.227 pounds of milk coataining 505 pounds of butterfat apiece. Announcement of the new award came this week. LOOKING GOOD Livestock throughout the whole Northwest is looking good, but in some other sections of the country word comes out that "it isn't so lucky". There is plenty of range and pasture feed vet in this area, but supplemental feeding has already been needed for quite a spell in the Southwest. Itxas is sutlering lrom draught and dwindling di viand pasture feed. Oklahoma is suffering. Some cattle are going to market early, there, Kansas, too. is feeding because of the dry pastures. Pastures are poor in Western and Central Missouri. Nav. 12-14 Oregon Weed Confer ence. Bend. . Nov. 14.1s 90th annual National Grange, Powers Hotel, Rochester, N.Y. Dee. 4-1 42nd annual meeting of Nut Growers Society of Oregon and Washington, Yamhill Fair Building. McMinnviile. Dee. 0-7 71st annual meeting Oregon Slate Horticulture Society, use. 4-H Training Meet Set for July 25:27 Fitting snd showing of live stock, will be demonstrated at three training meetings schedul. ed for July 23 and 27, according to H. Joe Myers, county exten sion agent, 4-H. These meetings are beine nlan. ned especially for the first and secona year -h livestock club members In an effort to assist them in oreDarinc for the annual Linn County Fall 411 Fair sche duled lor Aug. ZU-Z1-22. The first nieetinar will be held Wednesday, July 25, from 1:30 to 3.00 D m. at thu Arthur Sum. sun farm located one mile south of Denny Schol, Lebanon. That same evening at 7 o clock a simi lar program will be held at th John Miller farm situated due west of Halsey on the Peoria noaa. wun me intra meeting to be Friday. July 27. at 1:30 at M. L. Coolev's. 2103 E. Queen Avenue, Albany. The same material will be pre sented at all three meetings. How ever, by holding them in various parts of the county, it will be easier for people to attend. GERVAIS Robert Barter, caalrsaaa of the Marion Caaaty Ml MablUutioo aad Conservation eom- saittM. believes la crowiaf crass seeds on Willamette Valley Mils "if the sell la a farm la aulled for far at." This Is the fifth crap be Is taking tram this particular field Sacking, sack as Harper Is doing ' spend the day touring the state Linn to Host Clackamas 4-H Qubbcrs Linn County will be host Mon day to 70 Clackamas County 4-H members on the latter'l annual 4-H livestock and crops tour. mods tn Ltnn will include the Robert Richardson farm, where the clubbers will visit a mint field and distillery; tour of the uever-conner area to wear the diversity of farming being car ried on in that area; view of the Charles H. Lilly Company's Bulk handling of ryegrass and the Bu read- of Mines facilities in AI bany. The 4 H members will snend the night at the Albsny Fair grounds, leaving early Tuesday lorvallis where they will here, gives oat sacks at eight saiautea whea the Bnaekiao comes to slap, tat panada of anelenaed teed, t Statesman Farm Phntol This machine holds arouad Oregon Corn Crop Lowest in 13 Years More hay and grain art expect ed from Oregon's farms this year, but national production is down. A U. S. corn crop about the tamo tize at last year is forecast for this year. Acreage is down, but the yield appears to be second only to 1948't record high. If weather holds, a 3.1 billion bales, it stays green and Is a good quality hay, particularly for horses. It has a lot of protein,"1 Harper said. Ht added that de mand bad been good that he had taken at much aa 100 tons of the ttraw from the acreage and couldn't tupply demand. It will bring around fl2.M a ton, he thought. After tha ttraw harvest it com pleted, then the field It burned, to get "every straw" on the field, and prevent injurious Insects and diseases from carrying over. Hat Soil Tested In answer to a querry about fertilizer. Harper said that "we used to put on both nitrogen and phosphate, but testa of the sod showed wt had plenty of phosphate so we saved that expense. But phosphate helps whea tht soil is low in it. Now wt put on about S5 pounds actual nitrogen per acre in October, and that it it, so far as fertilization goes." "1 like to see our seed crops come back la the Valley. But likely overplanting will result again un less the Soil Bank prevents," Har per who was born In the corn state, said, . i Harper came to Salem area In IS23 and attended schools there snd later at Oregon State College, before moving to hit present farm. Ht hat no desire to "go back" to Iowa to live, ht taid. , . . "It can," he concluded, as he mopped his brow, "get plenty warm here." Zcr.a Great Fcr ::!r:anr.::!i Zrm; a deeur's formula, sramptli relieves itching of aarlaea tkiu nihwt, ecaema, priekly kesl, athlete's font Zeme steps scratching sad aida fitter healing snd clearing. But xlre tutnatk Zens ior stubborn eaaae bushel crop third largeat of record, ia expected. Barley tnd oatt are both down from last year. Based on early July condi tions, barley may be around a fourth higher than average, but oats may bt tbout 14 per cent below avertge and tht lowest since 1943. The wheat crop is down slightly from last year, and about a fifth under tht avenge of the past 10 years. Oregon txpectt mort wheat, oatt and barley thit year than last and less corn. Compared with tht averagt of the past 10 yean, there ia about 12 per cent leu wheat, and t near-avertgo crop of oatt but around 30 per cent more corn tnd nearly double the average amount of barley. OFFICIALLY IN RACK OLYMPIA (1 Gov. Arthur B. Lsnglie of Washington filed hit candidacy Tuesday tnd officially entered tht race for the U.S. Senate. ' VnVOy TNt CHHOASAf APtSAPtt WtMAVtA CVCLONG paves Jt'l a KowUrtiil baling to know that ymir rhiMrm are sat in their own bnrkvard ptaVfTOtinri . . . protartad bv Cyrlon KeiK-a. Our lire t factory nriraa mean that you na hav t'yi lon Kanra for juat s law rents a day. Kind . ut about oiir Ions term. i money down plan. Phone for free eaUmaU). BFImont 2 1105 x 40 N. F.. 11th Ave. Portlaad 14. Oregon aair mm trim rmi nemanta aUMianaail crcioai MacI Sheep Catalogues Now Obtainable Willamette Valley Ram Sale catalogues are now available, re ports O. E. Mikesell, secretary. Copies may be obtained by writ ing him at the courthouse in Al bany. The event is scheduled for the Linn County fairgrounds just north of Albany, Saturday, Aug. 4. Starting time is 10 a.m. The cstaloguei list more than 220 head of the Willamette Val ley atud rams, range rims tnd ewet. Breeds are Romney, Lin coln, Corriedale, Columbia, Dor set, Shropshire, . Cheviot, Hamp shire, Southdown, and Suffolk. About 500,000 aged persons ire now being cared for in Institu tions, even though most older people live it home. college farm. From there they win go to the Eugene area lor t half iay before returning to Ore gon City. Water Resources Board Duty Told PORTLAND Organiiation and functions of Oregon's Water Resources Board were outlined Tuesday for members of the Co lumbia Basin Interagency Com mittee. L. C. Binford, Portland, vice chairman of the board, and Gov. Klmo Smith traced the agency's formation to administer the state's surface and ground water code. The board was created by the 19SS legislature. Gov. Smith, then t state senator, was a sponsor of the water resource legislation. Smith expressed hope that the state will regain full sovereignty to its water under a bill pending in Congress, or similar federal legislation. mm JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED When someone's, ill, your phyiician'i diagnosis and' treatment art the first steps toward recovery. We help by filling hit preicriptiont oxtctly it written, using only fresh, potent drugs. Prompt lervico always, CAPITAL DRUG STORE 2 ItcititM tt ItHer Sam Ym Halt Jltrt: 405 Stilt, (truer tl tfctrrf riKrlpllta Shea: 417 (htiMktli, SrlHit lldj. Wf HYl ii'C (KEEN STAMPS Ot'R STORE IS AIR-CONDITIONED BY FRIGIDAIRE SHOP HF.RE COMFORTABLY Be urn Tin tau(r J ; i WoodbuniCow Makes. Record If. Mikkelson and Son Wvctuinnrf Jersey Farm, Woodburn. has a registered Jersey cow which has completed a 305-day Herd Improve ment Registry , Droductinn rrrnrd of 10.170 pounds of milk contain ing (11 pounds of butterfat af the age ot live years and six months. The official record was made by Westwood Lad Georgia and her tests were supervised by Oregon State College for the American Jer sey Cattle Club. ALPS TOIX HIGH . BASEL t The Swiss Alpine Club reports 73 persons died climbing or skiing Alps in the year ended April 30. It was the! mare germs to Us killing a lio I Fern Poison 'Danger Time Now at Hand The danger from fern poison ing- is- imminent with tha coming of hot, dry weather and wither ing pastures. Several deaths have been reported. Veterinarians advise removing cattle frnm hrarlcen fnrn infeatefl pastures for a couple of weekt and providing nutritious hay. The progressiva poisonous effects Of fern can ha atnnneH' anil af. ter two weeks of feeding, cattle may. oe turned back on pasture! containing the noxious weed. Typical symptoms of fern poi soning in cattle are high temper ature, panting, and bleeding from bodv nneninpt f'attl H.nlal. ed pastures wiil turn to fern, but iai came are also susceptible. Sick tnimals should be protect ed from direct annlipht anH uil! often respond to liberal amounts , , . . oi gooa teen grain, protein sup plement such as cottonseed meal, and green, leafy hay. Native rattle are Iabb ant In be affected by fern. Eastern Ore gon stock, on the other hand, it eSDCCiallv liable In rnntrart Ihia killing disease. Drugs and antibiotics common ly used to treat manv liveatnrh- diseases are not adapted to treat ing mis type ot trouble. Average $314 At Cow Sale Fourteen cowt averaeed tiu at the Jersey sale held at the D. C. Brock home. Salem. Saturday, Brock reported Wednesday. A large attendance was at the Sa- iem saie trom throughout the Wil lamette valley, Southern Oregon and Southwestern Washington. The herd of J5 head sold aver aged $220. which Brock reported was "verv satiifarlnrv " Vlei. bred heifers averaged glfi2; seven heifer calves, $117 and three bull oelvea ttcfl It is estimated that small loan companies receive their largest single number of applications lor medical loans. fOR ATHIITI'S FOOT Uit A KERATOITTIC BECAUSE It is aa agent that deadens snd peels off infected skin. Fxposee -- ..k". . nwaiic nni tw 11a euiin-, en third lowest total since 1S34 and .Cei Imiani.ilrvlne Ta I ' . gave little ground for alarm tolytie, at any drag store. If not about an increase in Alpine acci- pleased IN ONE HOl'R, your 48e dents, the club says. I back. Today at Perry's Drugstore. TRUCK "A" haulot only 1-1 avo lbs. wn ntXallanal Wte ntttflf TRUCK "D" hauls rtly lbs. ft-toei peak-tH wMi ' botfy Dodge hauls 1825 lbs. faW'wtJijiy J f I I j i I --JOWK i tttf. W;ta,:er'a.x- ':aet l ...most v-s mm too! r ' i ? Get Your Dodge Dealer's Deal pcforc You Decide I Your best buy is Dodge... and vc can prove it! Maybe you've had your eye on one of the other two makes of low-priced truck. But why nettle for second best when Dodge is in the same price class? After all, Dodge leads in the features that truck owners look for: Most Poyload! Dodge hauls up to 375 more pounds of payload per trip. It carries the extra weight you'd have to leave behind if you were driving another truck. Saves tripe as well as cash. Mott Power! Dodge gives you up to 17 more V-8 horsepower than its competitors. You get the brawn you need for tough hauling jobs without engine strain. ' . Easiest Handling! You breeze m and out of the tightest traffic or parking spots because Dodge is the sharpest turning truck of all. Try itl It's the most comforlable riding, too. And when you add to thene r.dvantagcs the biggest brakes in the field and the roomiest cabs, plus famou Dodge economy and dependability, you see why we , say: Check Dodge before you decide. Come in and ' let us show you the facts . . . we'll prove Dodge is your best truck buy. . tariTM ths rommt toon
