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Newspaper Page Textl4-(Sec.4I) Statesman. Salem, Ore., Thur., Mar. 21, "57 Hopmere Brothers Use Br LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Stntesmaa HOPMERE, March 20 - Experts have figured out that there are two qualifications one must have to be successful in farming. ' One must be scientist, and on must be a Student of markets. Interpreted in farm language, we'd say simply that this means one must be an experimenter and a gambler. Arthur and Roy Franlte, who own and operate 220 acres in the Hopmere area, and who have farmed these in a manner their friends term "rather successful", have both of these qualifications. And, although they disavow any claim to being "successful" in the way this term is usually ap plied, they'll add "you have to he somewhat of a nut, too, to be able -.V-VV..' W . : k- SS" ' -M 'i'i 'r 1 . 1 1 1 y 1 j " A 1 1 The big barn ia the background, might at first glance be a dairy barn. Actually at the present time it is divided between swine and beef cattle and both are doing nicely. This farm lay-out is that of Franke Bros., in the Hopmere area north of Salem. (Statesman Farm Photo) . .. ' . J":--.. - am -sspmanimmi wmsmsmmm Ranch Ramblings By Rural Reporter A PROPHET IN HIS OWN HOME TOWN-they say, doesn't get much credit. Well we know of one farmer who is doing all right. Ed Zimmerman down Shedd way, in Linn County developed a pring wheat variety which has given outstanding performance lor over 35 years and his neighbors admitted it. The white spring wheat, named Zimmerman for its founder, has consistently given high yields in tests by Oregon State College researchers, and currently is recommended for production in the Willamette Valley. The variety was developed from a single plant and first dis tributed in 1921. It was being estimated the other Bay that ap proximately 324,000 bushels of Zimmerman were produced in the valley this past year quite a tonnage from one little plant. JERSf.YS AGAIN Mast be the spriag weather we are having (Ja( as this is betig writtea). Word from the aatiooal bead qaartert at Columbst, Ohio, pointed admiring fingers to three different valley Jersey herds this week; Two registered Jersey cows owned by Malloric Brothers, Sil verton, received special recognition for their outstanding produc " Ilea records made on Herd Improvement Registry Test. Fillpatl Come Fawn, produced I,S74 pounds of milk contain lag Ul pounds of butterfat at the age of 4 years and 1 month, and Coronation Oxford Holly made .12.73 ' pounds of milk with (11 pounds of butterfat at the age of 1 years and 11 mouths. An average of production of 8.51s pounds of milk containing 48Z pounds of butterfat per row was recorded for Westwood Jersey Farm, .owned by H. Mikkelsoa and Son, Route 1, Wood bum. The herd of 31 Jerseys just completed a 12-month test period oa HIR. Two registered Jersey rows owned by Herbert 8. Coleman, Cartagena Jersey Farm, also Woodburu (must be something ia the arass over there), have earned sperial certificates with Silver Medal Certificate going to Cartagenn June Boy's Shirley, with a record of 12,(12 pounds of milk containing (35 pounds of butterfat in MS days at the age of 2 years and It months, nnd Cartagena Volunteer June Boy's Cornl wilh 1.375 pounds of milk containing 43S pounds of butterfat ia 303 days at the ege of 2 years and 1 mouth. QUOTE FOR THE WEEK "When a man puts his ideas down in a book, anybody can shoot at them and he can't dodge. Secretary Benson has set forth his agricultural philosophy in " 'Farmers at the Crossroads. If they will read the book, those " who disagree with him can find out just what they oppose. His supporters who read it can understand his thoughts more clearly." Wheeler McMillan, editor of Farm Journal. LIVING DANGEROUSLY That's the farmer. His job is almost is at the top for "dangerous occupations." Maynard Coe, director for the National Farm Safety Council at Chicago, visited ia the Marlon County agent's office this past week. ' Maynard, a farmer county agent and once a 4-H state leader la Kansas, became safety director 14 years ago. While ia Oregon, he was busy helping set Up Oregon's Farm Safety Pro gram under the stale Safety Vouneil beaded by Al Bauer. KSI.M - farm program direelofr Oregon Farm Safety week has beea set ' for July 21-27. New Hampshire has the national record for farm safety improvement. In 1( years, the arcidral rate there ea farms has beea lowered 84 per cent. - . .. .REGULATIONS REQUIRED How frequently, we hear that phrasing these days. This week, in the Farm World. Hollis Otta way, Marion County extension crops' man. says that red clover certification regulation requires a seedling inspection. Growers should file for certification immediately after planting. Three red clover varieties: Kenland, Pennscott, and Dollard are eligible ' for certification in Oregon at present. Dollard, a variety resistant to northern anthracnosc. is eligible in Oregon for this year for the first time. Yes, there's a charge for seedling inspection: $2.50 for all acreages. Leaders Meet to Plan 4-H Fair The March meeting.of the Linn County 4-H Leaders' Association 'will be held Monday at the Ten nessee Grade School, i O. E. Mikesell. Linn County ex tension agent, will meet with the agricultural .leaders and discuss pastures. Included in this pro , gram will be current pasture mix ture recommendations together with fertilizer practices and in- formation on computing rental Burton Rascne, 64, editor and fees for the use of pastures. i critic generally credited with dis All leaders with Spring Fair : covering some of America's finest projects will meet with Joe Myers j writers, was found dead tonight in for the development of preliminary i his Manhattan apartment. Death p'ans for the Linn County Spring ! apparently resulted from aheart 4-H Club Fair scheduled for May j attack. . . i , to stay on the farm." I ting this lumber ready so we can This latter qualification is ex-'so ahead with working on the hog plained in "you have to like your i house tomorrow." work well enough to work at it Actually, the Franke Brothers long hours and you have to be have been known for their fine able to enjoy thinking about it i hogs for quite a number of years, and planning for it alter you have! They have, we recalled, won num quit work for the day. You can't erouse prjlcs ,t shows. While they lock it up at S p.m. and forget have tried different breeds in years about it until the next morning ataed, recently they have raised " only Spotted Toland Chinas. This This latter qualification also ap-; breed, Arthur Franke told us, "is plies to the Franke. Brothers, as ' easy to handle, gentle and not the Ihev are known On a tinv which nervous tvne " was a holiday for practically ev - eryone but farmers, wc found, Arthur Franke stacking lumber 1 against the next few days when Kranke, to cut down a "little on he would be building a new hog;berf and up swine productioq a house. We apologized for Interrupt ing his work. His answer was: Not All Work Is Work "Thij isn't really work. Just get- mmmmmxm 9-11. Included In the meeting will be distribution of premium lists and entry cards for the Fair. Refreshments will be under the direction of the leaders from Hal sey. , J Editor Succumbs NEW YORK. March 20 ( 1 i 1953 , beef project was added to the swine. This past year it K(.med a eood one. accordine to little" We were standing in an a Me in (he large beef barn. On one side 72 cattle were feeding. On the Cautions On Sprays After Leaves Start While liquid lime sulfur, 10 gal lons in 90 gallons of water, or poly-sulphide, 12 pounds in 100 gal lons, are recommended materials ior dormant sprays on alL cane berries, D, L. Rasmussen cautions grower that lime sulfur is a caustic spray at the recommend ed formula. Rasmussen is Marion County extension agent. Burns Leaves He adds that in the event the leaves unfold before the farmer gets' favorable weather for spray ing, he should not use the dormant strength. In most cases,' reducing the strensth to 5-6 per cent will do some good without excessive burning of the young leaves. Lime sulfur or polysulphide sprays can be used on gooseberries and currants, red and black rasp berries, bnysenberries and other trailing berries, and Evergreen berries. , Controls Cone Spot The lime sulphur is applied for the control of leaf and cane spot, anthracnosc. cane blight and spur blight. Although not all these fun gus diseases are found on the same type of caneberries, one of more are present on every caneberry grown, in this area Back yard gardeners working with small quantities of material can make a spray containing one part liquid lime sulfur to ( parts of water. For poly sulphides, 1.2 pounds polysulphide is equal to one gallon liquid lime sulfur. The ob jection to lime sulfur for use on the small, city lot j( the discolor ation on pamted surfaces, es pecially white surfaces, such as on houses and fences. Where gard eners cannot shield the painted surfaces from the lime - sulfur spray, the only other choice is a prepared material, used at manu facturer's recommendations. - Operetta Readied MSSCOW. March 20 !n Com poser Dmitri Shostakovich .ii.. re ported working on his first oper etta. , We recommend fbof yew Spring food your lawn with FLAuWROKlS The chemically porfoctod ftrfilizor Bocausw o It's eoncentrated-iM) (liar, ns nsstt. 10 lit. feeds tottrt lawn irtaof average 50 ilOO lot. o Scuntiticatly baiMcei-oven mcludin" misertl trace tlfmttits ia most ji form. o Wetting agent penitrttes hardest Mil. Speeds absorption by toots. ; o Gives last resultt-lsn lasttng results. ' Money back guarastn by fOIMAgD HOUSE. Fd 50'xlOO'lot $5 B8 Open Friday 23 N. And Science, Economics in other, were a half-hundred sows with little pigs, each aow In a pen of her own, at the end of which was a heat lamp under which the little fellows were sleeping. No place was there any of the odor one usually associates with swine. , "Pigs aren't dirty If they are given the right chance," Franke explained. "We raise ours to feed er size and in that time they never see dirt. They are bedded down on clean straw and this is one of :the chores which takes our time. j Cleaning out the pens often enough to keep them sanitary is no little job." We readily, agreed. It would n't be a job we'd relish, although we certainly did admire the clean barns. Sells to Feeders The pigs are kept by the Frankes until they are around 8! 'pounds and then sold to other livestock men who are in the business of finishing out for market. Franke admitted that he and his brother were toying with the idea of feed ing out, too. Less sows would be required, and the big amount of work in swine growing is to raise the pigs to feeder-size, he said. Last year, the Frankes farrowed IK sows. This year thev plan to farrow 85 from January 1 to June. The sows have been averaging between eight and nine per litter and "our loss has been almost nil with the first 61," Franke said, He laid this to the sanitation, to the heat lumps, and to the methods-o( feeding the sows. With the exception of molasses and hay, the hogs are fed somewhat the same as the cattle, so we switched our attention there. ' Franke said that as soon as the new hog barns are completed, the Lrothers plan to return to more beef for the coming year. It is less work and "should pay off as good by that time again." We noted that grass silage was being fed. "But for beef we have found that this does not work so well as corn, Franke said. It probably does for dairy. We just tried it on the beef this year. We fertilized the grass last spring with the idea of ploughing it under. It looked ul ofwyl that um maHa cilnon nilt ot-JL, jjext iirhe -well pasture. oil mmmm msLimmmmm Farm Calendar March 21 Yamhill Conservation district annual meeting. Chapman School, Sheridan, 8 p.m. March Is -Silage making meet ing, Yamhill County Fair building. McMinnville,' 8 p.m. March S Marion County Home maker's Festival, Leslie Junior High School, - Mrs. - Floyd Fox, speaker. March 30 Columbia. River sec tion of the Society of American Foresters, Marion Hotel. April ( Oregon invitational Guernsey Sale, State Fairgrounds. Floyd Allen Heads Polk County Club New officers of the Polk County 20-40 Club elected at a recent meeting at RickreaD are: Floyd Allen, Rickreall, president; Bob' Muller, Dallas, vice president: and Bill Domes, Oak Grove, secretary-treasurer, t ' The fourth Monday evening of each month was established as the new regular meeting date of the 20-40 club, due to many conflicts involving the present third Tues day. Allen stated the next meeting will be held April 22 at the Polk County fairgrounds. Rex 'arren, extension farm crops specialist, presented weed control recommendations and dis cussed new chemicals that are in Ihe prbCcss of experimental work at Oregon State college. Warren stressed that the chem ical picture is changing rapidly every year and that there appears to be many new chemicals that will be -of tremendouse help in production practices on the farm. The group passed a resolution to the county court recommending that an annex be built at the rear of the present courthouse to al leviate . the . space . problem - and that the present courthouse be retained. Roto-Spreader Ends ftrtiliitr drudgsry. Ends It's light-it's asy. Rolls en rigM amount f PIANIRONJ ia atimitss. lawn area of average) WxlOO'lol $J07S Monday end Night Until 9 Commercial RL 141 Alice Ave. Allen what we don't want to plough un der and then put corn in the field." Cora "Beit Feed" He added that corn silage was "the best feed possible for cattle" as it gives roughage and protein. Kach animal requires around three tons of silage for readying for market. Four bales of hay are also fed per day for the 72 ani mals, and they are given free choice of molasses. ''Even at the high price of mo lasses now 140 a ton we think Iree choice pays off." Franke said. The Frankes use about WW , I 1 ! ! t ! PTn j i I !, (K-kI I Jit i Aaro) y ap t!rP?f r ' Some 800 of these little fellows, to the left, are being raised this year by Arthur Franke (to the right) and his brother Roy on their farm north of Salem. These little Spotted Poland Chinas are just a few days old. Eighty-five sows are being farrowed on the Franke i - Bros, farm, thifcpring..(SUtetman Farm Photo) mmsummmmm Kzw&mzmmm April 7 Timber Rider'sSpring Horse Show, Oregon Horseman's Association, Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, ( a.m. April 7 6th annual Aberdeen Angus Spring Event, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Show: 8 a.m., Sale: I p.m. May 1 Yamhill Homemakers Festival 4-H Building, McMinn ville, 10 a.m. May 2-4 City of Salem 4-H Spring Show, Meier It Frank Au ditorium, Salem. May M Annual Oregon Cattle man's Convention, Eugene. May (Western State's Jersey Sale, Sacramento, Calif. May HI Linn County Spring -H Fair, Albany. May 14 Oregon Grassland demonstration tour, Hillsboro Fair grounds, 9:45 a.m. May 15 Marion County Sheep Improvement Association field day, 9:30 a.m. May 17-18 Annual Oregon Home Economics Association meeting, Marion Hotel, Salem. June 1 Marion County Fat Lamb Show and State Sheep Dog trials, Turner, 9:30 a.m. June v 44 " HoLstein Frie-' Cattle Association of-Americar . nual convention, Omaha. Neb. June 10-15 Oregon State Grange annual Convention, Bend. June 11-24 4-H Summer School, Corvallis. June 1HS Lebanon Strawberry Festival. . June 18-M Western Oregon Poultry Congress, San Diego. June 22-23 Oregon Arabian -Horse Show, Salem State Fair grounds. June 24-2( Western Society of Crops Science annual meeting, OSC. June 2(-28 Eighth annual Fer tilizer Conference of Pacific North west, Benson Hotel, Portland. June 2(-28 Pacific Branch of Entomology Society of America, Multnomah Hotel, Portland. July 2-4-St. Paul Rodeo. Aug. J Willamette Valley Ram Sale.. Albany Aug. (-Fifth annual OSC Live stock Sale, Corvallis. package gutiswark, exactly pounds of molasses a week. In addition to the silage, hay and molasses, there Is the "concen trate," for which the Frahkes have worked out their own for mula. "We mix our own feed in our own mixer," he said, "using six sacks of soy beans to one 80 pound sack of urea, 200 pounds of dehydrated alfalfa and three sacks of wheat. The 72 head of cattle are now getting one sack a day. This doesn't teem like much, but it does the work." The cat Me are sold, at around mKMmmmmmmmmmmmtMmmmmmmiewmmMmms Aberdeen Angus Auction and Sale Set for April 7 The .sixth annual Aberdeen An gus sale will be held at the Oregon Stale Fairgrounds April 7, with a show set for 9 a.m. and the auc tion sale at 1 p.m. that day. The judge of the show will be John Carlson, manager of the Hoots Ranch at Grants Pass. Carl son was formerly head of the ani mal husbandry department, Uni' versity of South Dakota. Si Williams of Pendleton, widely known cattleman, agricultural writer and generally affiliated in the cattle business, will cry the auction. Manager is Les Terrine, Oak land. Ore. Some 35 carefully sel fe males and eight herd are being offered on the blocl .ports Carlton McCloud. Bujks, in charge of local arrangements for the show and sale. Getting Two Children Drunk Proves Costly ' PARIS, March 20 Un Getting two children, aged I and 8, drunk has proved costly to all the adults concerned. Here are the penalties exacted (with fines and costs in dollars equivalents): The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Maurene, U months in prison and tines of 828.50 each; the bar owner, fine 828.50; t h e waiter who served them, (14.28; M surer to pay court costs of $85.71 to the Committee for Pre vention of Alcoholism, the com plainant. Maurer is a laborer. apneas Prevent Eye Injury I In the shop, in ' i sporh, or while driving, wear the new Unbreakable Claties that won't that er . , , won't brook. Ready in 1 day art Semler Optical. Liberal Credit NO IXTRA 50? Ciarg oy or hi nnoMftj yo too oMord, vMWy or illily. Wflor ovf Claim WW. eojrioal IWIIK. mm 1-3 lit 1 Wowrt ttUos 8 M.S.Sa.MiB . . . OISf NSINA OPTICIANS '' Farming 850 pounds which will take about eight months this year with the grass silage, Franke believed. With corn silage next season, they hope to fatten them out much ear lier. "One of the very important things." Franke concluded, "is to get good feeders. Once we got some from the high country. It took them much longer to get off to a start than those we got from people who are in the business in Eastern Oregon. Those Kastern Oregon range feeders start right off, and (hat pays.' Farm Home Improvement Loans Listed Improvement bf farm buildings, such as milk houses, loafing sheds, storage facilities, and other build ings, including homes, is being urged by the Farmers Home ad ministration. A line of credit is now available from this source for such improvement. It may also be used to provide water for house hold or farmstead use for borrow ers or their tenants. , August Harris, chairman of the FHA committee in Marion County, said Wednesday that many farm owners could improve their farm buildings and increase the poten tial earnings of their farms. In addition to being a farm own er, the applicant for the loans must receive substantial gross in come from the farm and other sources to meet family living and farm operating expenses in order to repay his loans and other debts,. Farm housing loans are repay able over periods up to 33 years at 4 per cent interest and are se-' cured by a mortgage on the farm. B W. McVeigh, Marlon County, supervisor is housed at 270 North Cottage St., Salem. Wonder Horse Dies RICHMOND, Vs.. March 20 UP, -Lady Wonder, a hefty brown mare billed as having horse sense thst was super-human, died of a heart ettack Tuesday at the somewhat ancient, animal age of 38. During her lifetime Lady "an swered" questions of fact and for tune for thousands of visitors who flocked to the suburban home of her mistress, Mrs. Claudia Fonda. OFFICES STATf I COMMtRCIAl town. On 1: u FJv" I Snowpacks Said Low in Several Areas This Year Final forecasts for Oregon 1957 irrigation water supplies are scheduled in a series of nine reg ional meetings, March 27 to April 5, with preliminary surveys point ing to below normal snowpacks in many areas. Thp . waler fnrwAst soriM ic sponsored byhe L'ADA soil con servation service, with the as sistance of other cooperators. W. T. Frost, SCS water supply forecaster wil base irigation out looks on records of measured snow courses throughout the state, soil moisture, stored water, precipita tion and stream-flow. Managers of local irrigation dis tricts, county extension agents, Oregun State College branch ex periment station staff members, soil conservation representatives and others will also report' local waetr conditions. While no regional forecast meet ing has been scheduled for the Wil lamette Valley, farmers in this area are reporting they hope that one can be arranged yet. Condemnation Of Meat at New High Animals condemned under the pilot meat inspections recently con cluded in 12 plants in Washington, Yamhill, Polk and Marion coun ties represented 1.85 per cent of the total slaughter in the two weeks of the study. This is the . highesLJigure yet recorded for a single period of the pilot inspections, according to m. E.. Knickerbocker, animal di vision chief of the state depart ment of agriculture. This study did not include all plants in the four counties. In these plants, 810 animals were slaughtered. One was con-! demned on ante-mortem inspec tion and 14 on post-mortem in spection. Animals condemned as unfit for human consumption were nine cattle, four sheep and two hogs, The causes . Tanged from emaciation to cancerous condi tions The percentage of livers 25 per cent i was not as high as in some of the pilot studies. Eight-tenths of one per cent of all heads drew the state condemned tag. Chief causes of liver condemnations were fluke and parasites. This is the third time the pilot meat inspection crews have op erated in these counties No ac curate comparisons with previous operations in the area can be drawn because the same set of slaughter plants have not been-) studied at same lime. Four areas covered to March 1 in the third round of these short- time inspections showed this com bined percentage of condemna tions: 1.13 per cent of the 2826 animals; 28.9 per cent of all livers: and 1.2 per cent of all heads. . War Drill Planned WASHINGTON. March 20 UTI The nation will hold another week long war drill this summer "Operation Alert 1957 "but Civil Defense officials who announced this Tuesday said targets for simu lated atomic attacks won't be re vealed in advance. protict your tquipmtnt Permanent Building saaMVa 4 1 dfcd 4t advantages block ' HMSfOOF " LOW COJT coili toil por M-o-raJMPUTUI normonont construction, o LOW MAINTINANCI -Practically no maintenance. Sonilotion increaita. a DURAill -lito-Rock block bvildingi loit ifidtliniltty. a IUIIT-IN INSULATION TERMITt MOOF NIAT, PMMANINT APHARANCI locally Owned and Manufactured In Salem by rAnimi comcrete IsHNIUL SALM ItM SunkM Sm4 Mm - luHAlu sUoktit . Sold Exclusively By , Pumilite Block & Supply Co. 160 Dallas Highway Phone EM 3-244S j Dieldrin Dust. Proves Good Tick Control Control of sheep ticks with the application of one percent dieldrin dust has proved highly ' satisfac tory in four flocks in Polk'County, according to N. John Hansen, county extension agent. Hansen, working in cooperation with Bob Goulding of the Oregon State college entomology depart ment, applied the dieldrin male rial to these finks on Oct. 14, 1958. A recent check of the flocki showed practically complete elim ination of ticks, except-in the case of one flock where some additional sheep were brought into the flock alter treatment. However, the number of ticks were very small in this, particular flock. Trials in other counties have indicated that a September appli cation is probably the best time for control of ticks. Dleidrin should not be applied to lambs that will be marketed within 60 to 80 days, Goulding warned. Use of DDT dust or spray for control of ticks on Iambi at this time is recommended. Results of the use of dieldrin however, point out that every flock owner would find it profit able to dust in September for the control of ticks. ... Jets to Tour Red China PARIS, March 20 I - The ' French Tourist Co. has signed an agreement for jet plane tours of Red China. The trip will cost $1,857.13 for 30 days. The tourists will travel via Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. ' ; ? TOPS IN TILLING BOLENS M-I Rotary Tiller Ask for a Free Demonstration THE TILLER SHOP Home of The Unless M E Rotary Tillers 1198 S. Com EM 21001 Open Sundays I to 4 YES SIR ! FOR AS LITTLE AS A WtlK you CAN INSTALL A FURNACE nd down payment A&R Equipment Company 19S0 Pringle Read EM 2-0771 - before you build! roducot lire inturont rotes iquoro foot than any other BLOCK IM H4S1 in2 sjoo , rirefcrooKimawerxignT,