II) Statesman, Salem. Ore., TJiur., Oct II, 53
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' Tests Show:
Crops in Need of Sulphur
By t ILL IE L. MADSEN .
Farm Editor. The Statesman
Willamette Valley grain crops
need a small amount of sulphur.
This need of sulphur may account
for differences obtained by fertilix
nlg with ona nitrogen-carrying fer
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.-.rples are pne fruit most little
are exceptions, iney enjoyea i lew eiiras, wane mcir paicuw, m. im
Tucker, 1145 Belle vue, Salem, were Aopplaf for their wtatert wpply. (Statesman Farm
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By BUBAL REPORTER
i (Editor's Notet The Statesman Fans and Garden editer re
tamed this week from a tor ef the Midwest States. As Ban!
Reverter, she rambled throng the by-ways ef Central Oregon,
aid these rambles are ber Impressions la her flaal story for the
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CANTON CITT At least one Oregon man's dream came true.
C. W. Browa of Canyon City has bit museum.
; . Browa, who until three years ago was a service station opera
tor, spent his "waking hours" dreaming of a museum in which
to preserve Central Oregon's history more picturesquely than in
mere printed form; He is now caretaker of the Grant County
Museum. But the museum Is in existence because Browa did
more than dream, Early in life he began collecting the relics
which depict that history of bis beloved John Day country. He
talked museum. Evidently he talked in the right places, for the
money was donated for the fair-sized knotty pine and concrete
building found in this little mountain town. Chiefly it honors the
Central Oregon poet, Joaquin Miller, but broadly, the museum does
honor to the entire John Day country. Besides the collection of
. Brown's, it contains donations from the residents, of the entire
little community and includes everything from old-time pictures
ef the pioneer families to every form of implement used indoors
' and out in pioneer days. v -,
We counted II clocks all going. Our surprise at this, brought
the remark from Browa "In my mind a clock that stands still
Just isn't worth much, so i fix them during my spare time."
Certainly, the, museum is not the "dusty collection of relics'
with which we usually associate a museum in a small rural town.
' Everything shines as if Brown dusted its thousand and one pieces
; eacn morning. ;. .
I; There is ne admission to the museum, but we noted in the
J first part of the building, some cards and a few duplicate relics
3 and e few articles representative of the country, for sale. We
P asked it the caretaker's position is salaried. Brown smiled and
said "it's supposed to be but so far it hasn't added to my income
" tax, hut I like the work and we are raising enough one way and
S another to maintain the building."
.: It's t ttcnumsst ta what a little Iowa can do when It puts
Its mind to it.
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; JOHN DAT Here we are guests ef oar nephew, Robert
l ' .Madsea, a native of Salem and bow with the State Forestry
I ' service stationed at John Day. Grant County has, be told ns.
700 miles el fUhable stream, with three good treat lakes within
arm's length ef John Day. There k alae more big game la
this ewuty than tn any other la Oregon. Canyon Creek archery
area lies but Ave miles away and here archery eathnsiasU
fraca over the entire northwest gathered to try their tack
shooting deer with new and arrow,--
r The fossil bees are bat a bait bear's drive away aad these
have yielded remains of the three-toed horse, elephants, mat
tadoas. We viewed them, bat saw only saagalflceatly colered
moaataia -sides.
; , , Also there are rattlesaakes here. Robert told ns that each
, tneralag ha aad Grace (Mrs. Robert) weald go over the beaa-
tiful, peaceful looking lawn In search of the Make betoro they
J woold open the doers to the two HtUe girls aad one little
5 key which snake np the family. Ia the six months they have
f lived here, they nave foaad fear good-steed rattlers abeot the
lawn. The saakes move In the eeol of the morning and remain
5 quiet eariag the warm of the day, Robert said, so If they are
5 "shooed away" la the early snemlag, fhere Is little fear of
. them retnrnlag before alfalfa", agala. t'gh, was oar theaght.
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' BEND The thought uppermost In our mind when we covered
', , that territory which lies between Nyssn and Bend, was that when
we speak of Oregon those of us to whom home lies between
! Portland and Eugene we mean the Willamette Valley. Just three
hours from Salem and we are in that country the correct ad
Jcctirsa far which we sroaEy reserve for California, New Mesffo,
Arizona, Nevada any place that la not "nice and green like
: Oregon." . . . , ... . i
. Yet there la much to be said-even soma ef it complimentary
for the largest part ef Oregon which actually lies without the
! , Willamette Valley. Chief attraction la the light, heady air, which
' ', seems to rob one of sinus with the first breath.
! Much cf the country is barren, with the exception ef email
l spots of pine forests snd the Juniper country where trees are nicely
i , spaced about city block apart We wondered why, when one
' tree will grow in a plot of that size, more wont else grow there
: to make the semblance of a juniper forest
: We were surprised (this to our first trip Into this part of
1. Oregon bcjtmd Redmond) to find
hea tad expct'.ca
it
A temporary hiehway carried us into the little town, as the regular
' 1. chway has mt vet been rebuilt since it was washed out in last
tpxwz'i flood. T-llc in Mitchell is still of little else than about
Lt C'yr-i, snd it must have been IrithUul sight to the resident!
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tilizer as compared with another,
even when the same amount of nit
rogen per acre is supplied by each.
These are the findings of recent
Willamette, Valley grain trials.
For instance, ammonium sul
phate supplies moderate amounts
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folk likt at first light, and Kyle, 4 ft jeara, (left) and Dan 5H,
Mitchell about the size of Scott
to be even JargerthanSiljiL4oadilde
into the LtUe town, as the regular
of sulphur and the same Is true of
our ammonium phosphates. Am
monium nitrate carries no sulphur.
Laadplaster Suggested
County agents suggest that when
the grower is not sure, apply a M
pounds or so of landplaster per
Apples
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Farm
Calendar
Oct U-L. P. Oehler Hereford
disposal sale, 11 am. Silverton.
Oct. 15-11 Annual Town and
Country Church Conference, OSC.
Oct. 11-1 Joint annual meeting
of the Willamette Basin project
and the Oregon Reclamation con
gress, Salem.
Oct. zt-n Pacific International
Livestock Exposition, North Port
land.
Nov. 1-t-Weitern Vegetable
Growers association annual con
vention, Sheraton-Palace hotel.
San Francisco.
Nov. 1 35th annual Agricultural
Cooperative Council of Oregon,
Multnomah hotel, Portland.
Nov. Me Oregon Wool Growers
(1st annual convention, Imperial
Hotel, Portland. -
Nov. US Oregon Farm Bureau
Federation, annual meeting, Pen
dleton. Nov. 11-14 Oregon Weed Confer
ence, Bend.
Nov. 14-17 90th session of Na
tional Grange, Powers Hotel, Ro
chester, N.Y.
Nov. 1H7 Western Oregon
Livestock Association, Eugene Ho
tel, Eugene.
Nov. 2S-M Vegetable Growers
Association of America, 48th an
nual convention, Hotel Pantlina,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dee. S-S 16th annual Oregon
Seed Growers League, Eugene Ho
tel, Eugene. ,
Dec. 4-5 42nd annual meeting of
Nut Growers Society of Oregon
and Washington, Yamhill Fair
Building, McMinnvilie.
Dec. t-7 71st annual meeting of
Oregon State Horticulture Society,
OSC, Corvallis.
Dee. M 25th annual meeting
Oregon Wheat Growers League,
Multnomah Hotel, Portland.
Pumpkin Storing
Methods Listed
Winter squash and pumpkins will
store better if they are well ma
tured and free from disease and
injury, says Oris Rudd, Marion
County Extension Agent.
A preliminary curing at So-85 de
grees for two weeks will help to
harden the skin and beal any in
juries caused by handling. After
this curing, squash and pumpkins
may be stored in a heated base
ment or other place where temper
atures are kept around 50-60 de
grees. "Ventilation is important
where any sizable quantities are
stored.
to see the water rush down toward them in the narrow little can
yon. Debris from the flood is still noticeable all about the town
and some of the buildings have not been repaired or reopened.
BACK ON THE JOB-We found Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lynch
finishing this week their apple crop from their ' four acres en
2093 Dallas Road. Mrs. Lynch and her brother, Ray Hawthorne,
, who now lives in Canby, set out the apple orchard 50 years ago
when their father, the late J. M. Hawthorne owned the farm.
Usually the four acres yield around 1600 bushels. This year only
. around 700 bushels are being harvested due largely lo last win
ter s "bad weather." Most of the
I them and returns them to Salem
the best freezers, Mrs. Lynch
Golden Delicious, Jonathans, Winter Bananas, Grimes Golden , . .
and then people think Hood River is Oregon's only apple country I
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acre. Landplaster contains sulphur
in neutral form, which means the
use of landplaster does not add to
soil acidity. Neither does use of
landplaster decrease soil acidity.
Elemental sulphur used as fertili
zer adds to soil acidity.
Here are the agriculture special
ists recommendations for fertilizer
for grains in the Willamette Val
ley: Nitrogen is the main plant nutri
ent limiting the yield of grain
crops in the Willamette Valley.
Rates of nitrogen application will
be governed by the previous crops
produced and previous use of fer
tilizer and lime.
For soils of average depth 're
duce rates of nitrogen on shallow
soils): No nitrogen is recommend
ed the first year following red clo
ver, alfalfa, or clover pasture
where there has been good growth
of legumes.
Twenty to 30 pounds of nitrogen
per acre is recommended following
vetch in a two or three year vetch
rotation or where there has been
one or two grain crops following
red clover or alfalfa.
' Actual Contents Given
Forty to 50 pounds of nitrogen
per acre is recommended where
grain follows crops where no leg
umes have been produced. It is
noted that 100 pounds of ammon
ium sulphate contains 20, pounds of
nitrogen; 100 pounds of ammonium
nitrate contains 33.S pounds of
nitrogen.
Sixty to 80 pounds of nitrogen
per acre is recommended where a
grain crop follows a perennial
grass seed crop like Alta fescue.
Nitrogen will not increase yields
if the soil is very low in other
nutrients such as phosphorus, po
tassium or sulphur. Other nutri
ents can limit the yield after appli
cation of nitrogen.
Phosphorus Nearly all fertilizer
trials have shown increased yields
from applications of phosphorus
whenever the soils have tested low
or very low is phosphorus. About
half of the soils testing medium in
phosphorus have shown response
from applications of phosphorus.
Suggested rates of application:
Forty to 60 pounds of phosphorus
per acre is suggested where the
soils test low or very low in phos
phorus. Application of phosphorus
on soils testing medium is option
alprofitable Increases in yields
should be expected on 80 per cent
of these soils; lack of phosphorus
probably will not seriously limit
yields of grain crops, testers found.
One hundred pounds superphos
phate contains 11 pounds of phos
phorus; 100 pounds of 16-20 eon
tains II pounds of nitrogen, 20
pounds of phosphorus.
No phosphorus is recommended
where the soil tests show a high
level of phosphorus following soil
tests.
Soil Tests Needed
Application of phosphorus with
out nitrogen had not increased
yields of grain crops in any of the
Willamette Valley fertilizer trials.
Both nitrogen and phosphorus
have limited yields on all trials
where phosphorus has been low.
Potash Fertilizer trials have
shown increases in yield from ap
plications of potash whenever the
soils tested low or in the lower
part of the medium range in
potash. Forty to 60 pounds per
acre is suggested on these soils.
Sulphur Fertilizer trials have
shown increases in yields from ap
plications of sulphur (gypsum)
whenever sulphur carrying fer
tilizer has not been used during
the past two or three years. Fif
teen to 20 pounds of sulphur per
acre is recommended as enough
for the production of cereal crops.
Elemental sulphur is not recom
mended in Western Oregon be
cause of its acid-forming effects.
Work into Soil
All fertilizer applied for spring
planted crops should be worked
into the soil whenever possible.
Applv fertilizer before the last
disking. Band application of nitro
gen fertilizer without working it
into the soil on application of
phosphorus is preferable if you
have the equipment.
Fertilizer must be down where
the soil is moist and where the
plant roots are feeding for best
plant utilization.
Broadcasted applications of
nitrogen fertilizer in the spring
should be moved down into the
root feeding area if two good
rains follow application of the fer
tilizer. Standard recommendations re
to broadcast spring applications of
nitrogen fertilizer without work
ing it into the soil on fall wheat,
pasture, and solid seeded grass
seed fields. Recommendations are
to use phosphorus on fall grains
at time of seeding when proper
equipment is available to do the
job.
TRUCKS PURCHASED
HONG KONG, Oct. 10 tft-Pei-ping
radio says Red China has
bought 113 trucks from Japan.
They are one-ton three-wheelers.
apples (these not sold from their
folk f
or pies. Spitzenbercs are
tells. But there are Delicious,
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WHEN YOVtiG TREES ARE GROWING
GRAfSAND GAME-FEED GROW AMONG
THEM. FOREST OWNERS fiaOWTWiM chops!
Rural Church
Meet Set to
Open Monday
"Knowing the Community" is the
theme of the 1956 Town and Coun
try Conference. Slated for Oct. 15
18, the conference will be held in
the Memorial I'nion building at
Oregon State College, Corvallis.
Church and civic workers are
invited to attend, and general
chairman, Mabel C. Mack, pro
mises an outstanding program of
vital interest to community lead
ers. One of the highlights of the three
day program will be the reports of
community surveys conducted in
three Oregon communities last
summer.
; Speakers include: Dr. Will Her-
tbrrR, noted author and lecturer on
theology; Jack Wright, widely
known community development
specialist; Dr. E. J. Neiderfrank,
extension sociologist, Washington,
D. C.
Mrs. Mack emphasizes that the
program is for lay leaders in
church and community work as
well as for professional workers in
these fields, and that the general
puouc is invited.
Hybrid Corn
Contest Near
Field corn growers who plan to
enter the annual Oregon State
Corn Show's annual hybrid yield
contest are advised to arrange
soon for harvest of sample plots.
Ontario will host this year's
show in late November or early
December. Final dates will be an
nounced soon, according to chair
man R. E. Fore. Oregon State
college agronomist.
County extension agenfs will
have fields blocked off and har
vested just ahead of general har
vest for persons wishing to enter
the yield contest. Adults must
have samples taken from at least
five acres of corn; FFA boys,
three acres; and 4-H'ers, one
acre. Both district and state
awards are made to winners of
each division.
Other competitive events at the
show include a judging contest,
10-ear exhibit, and corn husking
contest.
New Jersey hired 4,625 new
school teachers in 1955-56, twice
as many new ones as employed S
years ago.
Light Touch
NEW McCULtOCH
DIRECT-DRIVE
Since iri tighter to weight than any
ether high-cpcify Jlrtct-drh saw,
the McCuIloch D-44 allows you to
cut more wood without letting tired.
This makes the D-44 ideal fof
totting firewood, felling and buck
big pulpwood, tending woodlots, and
many other types of cutting where
speedy, lightweight saw is called for.
Come in for e demonstration of
the D-44 today or tomorrow. See
how easily It outperforms all other
direct -drive fiwii
inC&S Equipment Co.
'UttmSff 1 ' mil iwiioaowo I in Mil i S ii iip.wi wi mwi in.
19.7 Grain Prices
To Be Same as 6
Grain prices in 1957 will be
about the, same as those of the last
two years, forecasts Ray Teal,
seed and grain marketing special
ist at Oregon State college.
Writing in the latest issue of the
OSC Farm and market Outlook cir
cular, Teal says grain price
changes in 1957 are likely to be
minor, even though considerable
grain land is placed in the soil
bank program. While wheat acre
age may be reduced as much as a
fourth under the new program.
Teal thinks it doubtful that the na
tional decrease in grain supplies
will be sufficient to boost prices at
harvest time next fall much above
i those of the last two years.
Tractor Care
Will Lengthen
Perfomance
Garden tractors will perform
longer and better if they are pro
perly winterized after fall work
is finished, says M. G. Huber, ex
tension agricultural engineer, Ore
gon State College.
The first step in the winterizing
process is to start the engine snd
run it until it is warm. Then drain
the old oil out. This oil is conta
minated with acids, sludge and
water which corrode engine parts
when the engine is idle for long
periods.
The next step is to fill the crank-
case with new oil, and run the en
gine for a few minutes to coat the
interior with the new oil.
Now remove the spark plug and
pour about 2 ounces of "top motor
lubricant oil" in the spark plug
hole. Replace the plug and turn the
engine over several times to coat
the top of the cylinder, the piston,
and the valve stem with oil to pre
vent rusting. Do not start the en
gine. Just turn it over slowly, says
Huher.
The last job is to drain the gaso
line from the tank and from the
carburetor. This eliminates the
formation of gums caused by slow
evaporation of the fuel.
When all these steps are finished
put the tractor in a garage or shed,
or cover it to give protection from
the weather.
RATS STEAL SAVINGS
s DIEPENBEEK, Belgium, Oct.
10 IB A man told police thieves
stole his life savings of 75.000
francs $1,500) from his attic.
Police found the rats, and the
money almost intact. The rats
(four-legged) had made a nest of
the bills under the floor.
IN WEIGHT
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908 Edgtwattr St.
Wtst SaUm, Or.
Pig Raising
To Be Good,
Says Thomas
Now is the time for Oregon
farmers to stay in or get into hog
raising, believes M. D. Thomas,
Oregon State College agricultural
economist.
Seven to eight million fewer pigs
nationally this year than last point
to improved prices for the next
year or two. A 7 percent decrease
Is expected in fall farrowings.
While hog prices should be bet
ter this fall than last, they prob
ably will not have improved
enough to reverse the national
trend toward fewer farrowings,
says Thomas. The big cut-back to
date has come in the Midwest
where Thomas believes funnels
will continue to choose corn loans
over hogs for awhile.
Feed Price Moderate
Oregon hog raisers' position Is
bolstered by large supplies of mod
erately priced barley. The local
feed price picture seems likely to
continue favorable under present
farm programs including the new
soil bank acreage reserve pro
gram. In summer fallow areas
such as Oregon's Columbia Basin
barley can be grown on land
held out of wheat under the pro
gram. Hog prices are almost certain
to rise more than feed grain
prices, says the economist. There
will, of course, be the usual fall
and spring seasonal declines in
hog prices, he adds.
Market Plentiful
The Pacific Northwest could
multiply its hog numbers several
times before pork production ex
ceeded local use. This should
make it possible to maintain a lo
cal price advantage over Midwest
hog raisers for some time to come,
Thomas believes. At mid-August,
hogs brought Oregon farmers
about $2 40 a hundred pounds more
than Nebraska farmers received
A detailed market outlook for
Oregon livestock and grain and
seed crops has just been published
in the OSC Farm and Market
Outlook circular. Copies of the cir
cular may be stained from coun
ty extansion aKcnts.
Commie Eagles'
Virtues Praised
LONDON, Oct. 10 - Social
security has come to the trained
eagles of Kazakhstan in Soviet
Central Asia.
Moscow radio extolled the
eagles' virtues (they kill wolves,
are kind to their masters, snd
never, never touch a dog or sheep)
and added:
"Even when the eagle gets too
old to hunt at the age of 25 or 30
it is assured of a peaceful and
well-provided old age.''
"Hope we sell it, hope we sell it"
may be enjoyable-hoping, but Classified
ads bring you that buyerl
Is ft real estate or a car you'd like
to dispose of?
Merchandise cr a business?
Whatever it iv-phone 4-6811 for an
ad-writerl
Sold en 3rd Day
MODERN 2-bdrm. horn w.tt.ch.
g.r. 1 p.tlo. Lrg. lot, fumithoa' or
unfurnithtd. $40 mo. Intl. every
thing. Owrwr triniftrrtd, mutt toll
t one. Willing to milu ttrma on
im.ll down ptymont. Ph. XXXX.
Sold on 2nd Day
1951 fNGUSH Ford 2.
Ph. XXXX flr e PM.
Sold on 3rd Day
IS FT. Crirh ubm orunor,
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STATMMAN-JOUINAi
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Farm Fire Tragic Waste
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When the barn above was totally destroyed by fire last year,
the direct dollar loss to this Midwestern farm family was
estimated to be 900,000. Total direct rost of fires to Amer
ican farmers last year was estimated by the United States
Department of Agriculture to be more than $150,000,000.
The USDA and the National Fire Protection Association are
co-sponsors of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 713.
Handcuffs Tip
EASTON, Pa. W - Raymond
Hockwater, an off-duty Easton Po
liceman, saw a young man wear
ing handcuffs walking down the
street. He sized up the situation.
quickly, nabbed the walker and ;
sat on him. '
As it turned out, Paul Cikovich, 1
DEER SKINNED
LOCKER BEEF 17c
BEEF ROASTwropped . u. 25c
Salem Meat Company Phone 3-4858
WAIT A FEW DAYS.. 4
BE 3 YEARS AHEAD!
11 ire
On Ortobtr .W tou
.W. M-ralleii 'new
PLYMOUTH
$125
Off Policeman
19, had escaped from three deputy
sheriffs while he was being trans
ferred from Northampton County
prison to a nearby school for ju
venile delinquents.
After the short delay. Cikovidi
was on his way ' 'he delinquent
home
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