20-(Sec. H) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Thurs., Nov. 21, '57
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Ruff Writer, The Statesman
SANTA ROSA. Calif. .Nov. 2ft- m me roaa. un a worsaay, can
Anyone planmnit a trip to San become quite a problem.. Parti
rrancisco from Salem, Ore., via cularly if it is raining.
Fever Signs Recalled
For Unmindful Public
Every fanner whn raises rattle. fever al all. and M brucellosis
hogs er gaalt kMi ( Raag's j generally la favored as the lime
disease, brurrllosls and andulant
fever.
These are of coarse, three
names for the same thing a dan
gerous, longlasUng disease which
spreads, from animals to mil aad
hat become one of America's ma
lar rural health, problems.
Tat name hru cellos ri comes
from aa Eagllah scientist, Bruce,
wbo first discovered the bacteria
4 the disease In ISM.
In ICR. Bang of Denmark found
thai cattle were infected with the
diacase. It sometimes Is called nn
dulant fever because the tempera
tare of its human victims may
rise and fall, undulating Use the
ocean waves, aver loag periods of
time. But sometimes there fcs no
State Fryer
Commission
Vote Slated
A producer referendum on the
proposed Oregon Fryer Commis
sion. -Will, be held Jxora .embmwcsU-wilL address, the Marion
through December 21, Director
Robert J. Steward of the state de
partment of agriculture announced
today.
Ballots will be mailed before
December to all producers who
registered with the department by
November II. Ballots may be re
turned by mail to the department
at Salem or they may be deposited
in ballot boxes in the offices of
county extension agents in Eu
gene. Albany, Salem, Oregon City
or Hillsboro.
Any registered producer who
does not receive a ballot In the
mail by December I may obtain
one from Market Development
Chief Paul T. Rowell at the state
department of agriculture in Sa
lem, or from any of the five
county agents' offices listed.
Public hearings were held last
May after broiler and fryer pro
ducers petitioned for a self-held
commission.
The commission will be created
If two-thirds of the registered pro-;
ducers voting favor it and if the
number voting represents at least
one-third of the total Oregon pro-
oucuon.
If created, the commission would
be authorized to assess and collect
not more than l.S per cent on pro
ducers sales of broilers and fry
ers. The funds would be used for
research and promotion of this
Industry in Oregon.
New Controls
To Be Listed
At State Meet
New chemicals that promise to
ease some of Oregon's main weed
problems .will take the spotlight,
today and Friday at the sixth an
nual Oregon Weed Conference at
Oregon State College, according to
Rex Warren, OSC farm crops spe
cialist and conference secretary.
President of OWC is Roy Steven,
on, Madras farmer.
Chemicals slated for special dis
eussion by research workers and
chemical company representatives
include Simazin for controlling an
nual weeds in corn and for spot
control of perennial grasses, and
a new form of 2, 4-D that removes
broadleaf weeds from legume
crops and pastures.
Mylone, a new material that
may be a boon to home garden
ers, has proved nighty eltective as
a Soil fumlgant to kill germinat
ing weed seeds in seedbeds and
for control of perennial weed
plants. Newest of the lot is EPTC.
not yet on the market, for control
of weedy grasses in legume crops
and corn.
Oregon farmers, weed supervis
ors, and Industry fieldmen will re
port on-the-farm results with other
chemicals introduced in recent
years.
Course Due
In Livestock
Clackamas County's fourth an
nual three-day Extension Short
Course for Stockmen, sponsored by
Clackamas County Livestock Asso
ciation has been set for Dec. 3
through S at the Warner Grange.
Dr. Ralpn Bogan ana ur. uavia
England will speak on bLAKOI. bikhlicht
nmhlomi durins the daily sessions "ANQl ET HIGHLIGHT
which start at 10 a.m. and end at!
S:30 p.m. Dr. Carroll Fox, Oregon i
State College -sheep husbandry pro
fessor, will cover problems of se
lecting sheep for wool and lamb
production. He will also assist Dr.
S. H. Wu durinf a ram semen test
Ifl demonstration at Maurice But
ton, ranch bear VoJalla, .
Highway 101 should allow a little
extra time for detours south of.
Eurrka. A big road project it un-
dcrway here", and there re five
mile, in the mud. It isn't so had
if vou strike it on a Sunday when
onlv minor Dieces of equipment set
lor niimaa lorm 10c iikik.
The first proved ease of brucel
losis did aot occur nnlil IMS, but
since then, in spile of great diffi
culty of diagnosis. It has been
found to be a major public health
problem. It ranks with tuberculo
sis, syphilis aad pneumoaia in
prevaleaee, though fortunately not
in mortality. Brucellosis, however,
can be fatal, aad 3M or more
denths are reported In some years.
Recently, blood tests were made
of tot children in nn institution
where raw milk Is used. Fourteen
per rent of the children were In
fected with brucellosis.
The disease occurs In two forms:
Acute aad chronic. The ncute form
usually Is accompanied by high
fever and sudden relapses.
County Livestock
Meeting Planned
On December 3
- R. L. Clark," past president of
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce and closely associated with
livestock marketing in the North-
f'niintv Livestock Association livl
nual meeting, Dec. 3, at the Waldo
Hills Community hall.
Livestock producers and their
families will hold the annual din
ner Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Waldo
Hills Community hall, just south of
SUverton. President Ted Riches,
in Waldo Hills, has local arrange
ments completed for a full eve
ning.
Mrs. Ben Eckley, chairman of
the dinner committee, has ar
ranged to serve from until 7:30
p.m.
Special features of the meeting
will be presentation of the Live
stock Man of the Year for Marion
County and recognition of a senior
srocaman.
Seed Grower
Meeting Due
In Portland
New market possibilities for
Oregon forage turf seeds will high
light the Oregon Seed Growers
League's 17th annual meeting,
Dec. S to 7, at the Multnomah
Hotel. Portland.
Market expansion for Oregon
forage grass and legume seed in
Japan, Korea, and South America
is "highly promising" through
proper promotion, says Rex War
ren, Oregon State college farm
crops specialist and League secre
tary. The League is investigating pos
sible government assistance in
market promotion under Public
Law 480 designed to move sur
plus commodities into overseas
markets. Discussion leader will
be R. Wallace Rice, Grants Pass,
manager of a Josephine county
growers cooperative.
Major changes in U. S. seed crop
uses based on a survey of agricul
tural agencies will be reviewed by
William Youngman, foreign agri
cultural service, Washington, D. C.
Trends in the key southern states'
markets will be reported by Ray
Teal, OSC seed marketing special
ist. Gager Vaughn, Chicago, head of
one of the nation's largest sales
organizations for turf seeds, will
discuss trends in turf varieties for
home lawns.
State Horticulture Group
To Hold Annual Session
CORVALLIS, Nov. JO The Ore-1 vidual, meetings to discuss prob
gon State Horticultural Society will M Pertinent td their field in-
hold its 72nd annual meeting at
Oregon State College on Dec. S
and f. .
Program will include general
meetings both days aad later ad
journment to sectional sessions.
Highlights Of the first day's pro
pram will include a discussion by
G. E. Korzan, OSC agricultural
economist, on "probable impact
of market organization on Oregon
growers. "Future of Fertilizer in
Oregon" will be the topic of M. H.
McVickar, chief agronomist of a
major spray chemical firm at
Richmond, Calif.
On Friday. Lewis Stanley, state
engineer from Salem, will discuss '
- .M. rihn in Orecon
Highlight of the two-day affair
will be a banquet at 7 p m., Thurs-;
dav. Dec. 5. at the OSC Memorial I
Union building. Don McCutcheon j
of Salem radio station KB?Y. will Future of Oregon Mone f mils
be emcee, with Robert Blackburn, and on "What's Wrong with Ore
KEX, Portlsnd, as featured gon's Prune Industry." Kim Rob
speaker, erts. Polk County agent, will be
Sections which will bold indi- moderator for the latter panel.
But the stretch from Crescent
City to Eureka, which some of us
remember as very bad slide
area, is all repaired, widened and
makes for nice, modern travel.
If vou haven't tried it and like
fish, and are in Eureka at meal
time, stop at lazios. tnoi open
Sundavs i. It s a rich experience,
Vou sit at table within a huge
warehouse-like building on the
water front. While eating very
finely prepared fish food, you can
look through a glass wall, which
divides the warehouse from the
dinine room, and watch fisher
men bring in additional fish and
prepare for future use canning
or to be served fresh.
Really Fine Buffet
If you don't like that type of
dining, go to the old Eureka Inn
(interesting and lovely to look at)
and you'll find as fine a buffet as
you'll meet anyplace up and down
the coast and you can order just
sandwiches and coffee if you are
not buffet-minded. The buffet is $2
and has everything.
A lot of new modern tourist
cabins have sprung up along the
highway. The older ones have
folded or are in the process of
folding themselves. Most of the
new ones, where reception can be
had, are advertising TV. In some
places the charges are $1 more
with than without. If you want it,
you are given a cord which you
plug in. The TV sets are in the
rooms anyway. In some you put
in a quarter and the show goes on
for a spell may be starting in
the middle (if you don't watch wour
time program) and ending in the
middle of the next show, unless
you are quick with your next quar
ter.
Some TV Free
In many of the very nice cabins,
the TV is free without any gim
micks. And it pays to travel after
the middle of October. It seems
to bVan "off season"; and lodging
is much cheaper sometimes as
much as' $2 a cabin. There's no
such advantage to meals.
From Ocean Lake to here we
have noted that very good cabins
have run from $7.50 to $10. That's
somewhat cheaper than it was 15
months ago when we covered the
same trail and found the cabins
mew then) running more from $10
to $15. We've been wondering it
this means anything: More cabins?
(Not many.i Less tourists? (Va
cancy signs seem about average).
We haven't figured it out yet.
Nice Utile Town
We've always liked Santa Rosa,
a nice sized little town of some
liooo Dooulation. Perhaps it is
because, being garden minded,
we've been conscious of this being
the place where Luther Burbank
did so much of his hybriding. As
always, we spent a little time
wandering around the garden
maintained here in his memory.
The home, once open, is now
closed, permanently or not we
could not learn. The caretaker
seems to be living here.
We enjoy the gardens, with ev
erything labeled and irequenuy
new things in bloom. It is now a
little too late for much bloom but
foliage on trees is lovely, and we
have never seen sucn nuge crops
of berries on pyracantha, fire
thorn and holly as there are this
year. Even the madrona trees
through the wooded area on the
way down are loaded with their big
red berries.
Sheep Improvement
Association to Meet .
The first annual meeting of the
Marion County Sheep Improvement
Association is set for this evening
in Salem. Growers Will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 82, county
courthouse, for discussions on wool
handling, with Dr. Carol Fox, Ore
gon State College professor, lead
ing off on the program.
E. L. (Dad) Potter, retired pro
fessor of Agriculture Economics
and a long time livestock en
thusiast' 1n Oregon, will speak on
the sheep future of Western Ore
gon. The Mint Museum of Art in Char
lotte, N. C, was formerly a branch
of the U. S. Mint. 1
which will meet at W'ithycombe
Hall; small fruits, in home eco
nomics auditorium; vegetable
crops, in food technology auditor
ium and stone fruits section, at
Cordley Hall.
SOIL PHYSICIST TO .TALK
"What are We Doing to Our
Soils?" is topic of a talk to be
made to the apple and pear grow
ers by J. A. Vomocil, soil physi
cist for the University of Cali
fornia. Small fruits growers will
hear about "The Market Outlook
for Small Fruits" from Robert
Birkeland. of North Pacific Can-
ners, Portland.
reature oi me vegeiaoie crops
section will be panel on ferti
lizers and vegetable crops with
OSC Horticulturist 'S
B. Apple
Jr.. as moderator.
' In the stone fruits section the
agenda will include panels on "The
Bush
Frost has begun to -nip wjr . at .rosegjn jhe municipal rose gardens. Ja .Bush. Park but ,
few remain. Garden Caretaker John W. Merriott proudly checks one of-the hardy ones
a Golden Masterpiece variety. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksen)
Research To
Probe State
Dairy Woes
CORVALLIS, Nov. 20 Long
range research programs to tackle
major problem areas of Oregon's
multi-million dollar dairy industry
have been tentatively mapped fol
lowing a meeting of some 65 dairy
plant managers and Oregon State
College staff members.
H. W. Schultz. head of the OSC
food and dairy technology depart
ment, was chairman of the full-day
"fact finding" session at the col
lege to study the present dairy sit
uation and draw plans for strength
ening it.
Expanded research was recom
mended in the fields of dairy plant
efficiency and dairy products mar
keting, "quality control" of dairy
products, distribution cost, sanita
tion practices in plants, packaging
of dairy products to maintain or
improve quality and increase sales
appeal, and consumer preferences
in dairy products.
An economic study of the pres
ent dairy products surplus picture
was requested. Other main recom
mendations included research on
possible uses of "additives" to im
prove keeping qualities of dairy
products, development of new
dairy products and a study of the quctie Knglish walnuts in nonirri
teaching and placement program gated hillside and valley orchards.
lor 5luuems o. aa.ry nwnu.auur-
ing.
The meeting concluded with a
recommendation that the college
select a committee of plant mana
gers representing all regions of
Oregon to work with the college in
developing details for long-range
research and teaching, including
special Short courses at the col
lege for dairy plant employees and
managers.
Water Supply
Session Set
JEFFERSON. Nov. 20 Art irri
gation water supply meeting is
scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 26, at the Masonic Hall, Jef
ferson, according to Hollis Otta
way, Marion County Extension
agent. This meeting has been
called to review the shortage of
irrigation water along the Santiam
river.
Several speakers from various
agencies will be on hand for the
all-day program. Quentin Bowman,
Slate Water Resources Board, will
be the first speaker, on the pro
gram. Bowman will review t h e
existing problems.
Water rights will be discussed
by Chris Wheeler, assistant in
charge of water rights. State En
gineers office. Jack Sceva. ground
water geologist, also from the
State Engineers' office, will re
view water supply.
Two speakers from the Army
Engineers will be present.
Now, that the rush of farm work
Is over, is a good time to set exist
ing irrigation wells registered.
Only those irrigation wells put
down and used prior to Aug. 3,
I9o5, are eligible Tor registration.
Assistance in filling out the nece
sary registration form is available
through the County Extension Of-j
fice, providing the necessary map
is available.
British railways are not yet com
pletely electrified 151 steam loco
motvies have been ordered for the
comiuf year.
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Make New Records
Jersey cows owned by Salem
and SUverton men have received
recognition for record-breaking
production performances in their
particular classes.. Tests were con
ducted by Oregon State College
for the American Jersey Cattle
Club.
A cow belonging to George I.
Mayo, Salem Route 5. completed
an actual 305-day herd improve-
Fertilizer Not
As Potent As
Nice Weather
Warm weather and sunshine are
more important than fertilizer in
producing high quality walnuts.
But nitrogen fertilizer will in
crease the nut size and yield.
J. H. Painter. United States De-
Dart men t of Agriculture horticul-
turist at Corvallis, tested effects
of our nutritional elements nitro
gen, phosphorus, potassium and
magnesium used to fertilize Fran
The (ertilizer materials
were
broadcast by hand between Feb.
15 and March 15 and were disked
in when the winter cover was
turned under, usually by April 15.
Nitrogen was the only element
that had any significant effect, he
reports. It increased both yield
and size of walnuts, but there was
no increase in kernel quality. Six
pounds of actual nitrogen were ap
plied to each tree.
Yields were increased an aver
age of nearly 40 pounds per tree
with nitrogen applications during
the 1954 trials. The researcher
pointed out that the yield increase
returned about $6 for every dollar
spent for fertilizer with actual ni
trogen costing 15 cents a, ' pound
and walnuts valued at 15 cents a
pound to the grower.
For production of high-quality
walnuts, warm weather appears
to be essential according to Pain
ter's findings. Excessive tempera
tureseither too high or too low
are harmful.
Graded Christmas Trees
To Ease Buying Headache
A new era in Christmas tree
buying and selling may be just
around the corner easing that te
dious chore of touring a Christmas
tree lot, shaking out one tree after
another, looking for just the right
one.
For the first time, Christmas
trees can be harvested and sold
this year on the basis of federally
standardized grades. This offers
possibilities for better returns to
growers for good quality trees,
says Gary Sander, Oregon State
College forest products marketing
soecialist
Grading will be voluntary and
insiiection service will be Drovid-
ed for a moderate fee by the j
department of agriculture at all
major shipping points and termi
nal markets. A big advantage of
the grading system is that produc
ers can now sell trees "sight un
seen" but graded to distant mar
kets. Such a system offers protec
tion to both the producer and deal-,
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Jerseys
ment registry production record of
9,764 pounds of milk containing 516
pounds of butterfat. The cow,
Westwood F.agle Trixy, went
through the tests at age of nine
years, six months.
Mallorie Brothers. Silverton,
have a registered Jersey, Royal
Aiming Alice, that recently com.
pleted an actual 305-day herd im
provement registry production rec
ord of 9.247 pounds of milk con
taining 482 pounds of butterfat, at
the age of 12 years.
Another Silverton man, James
G. Phillips, saw a Ton of Gold
award given his Jersey, Lady Su
sanne of Tredell, which produced
2,066 pounds of butterfat in four
years. The approximate ton of but
terfat came from 34,467 pounds of
milk.
The production of the Phillips
cow during the four years of offi
cial testing exceeded that of the
average dairy cow in the U.S.
more than two times, the Ameri
can Cattle Club said.
Two registered Jersevs owned
by Neal W. Miller, Woodburn, also
have received special recognition
for their outstanding production
records in herd improvement reg
istry tests.
Cartagena Hester June Blossom
produced 8,345 pounds of milk con
taining 482 pounds butterfat at the
age of 3 years and 10 months and
over 281 days. Lad Sylvia Lilac
Eagle Daffodil produced 6,342
pounds of milk containing 387
pounds of fat at the age of one
year and 11 months over 301
days.
Home Preparedness
Conference Planned
A Home Preparedness meeting
will be held Friday from 10:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mayflower
Hall in Salem. It is being spon
sored jointly by the County Ex
tension Service and County Civil
Defense office.
The purpose of this meeting is
to give information to Marion
County families so they can care
for themselves if -a disaster oc
curs whether it be of a natural
or man-caused nature.
er, Sander explains.
Growers can now select trees
that will bring better prices and
leave the others for later harvest
for the. Christmas trade or other
purposes.
Standards were developed by the
USDA marketing service at the
request of the National Christmas
Tree Growers association and sev
eral state associations.
The three grades U. S. Preml-.
urn, U. S. No. 1, and U. S. No. 2
will be based on five factors: den
sity, taper, balance, foliage, and
f-.AJ l J.I m
iit-ruuiii uuiii uciurmiues. ireesj
that can't qualify for any of these 1
erades will be listed a. cull
U. S. Premium is the tree most
shoppers consider "perfect".
straight, symmetrical, well-filled
branches, evenly tapered, fresh,
clean, and healthy. U. S. No. 1 al
lows more ' variation in shape. A
U. S. No. 2 may have more sparse
foliage and may be full on only
two sides. ,. I
Turkey Growers
Plan Salem Meet
Prospects of an abundance of
turkey for Thanksgiving tables
and the rest of the holiday season
will have Oregon turkey growers
and distributors smiling when they
hold their annual fall outlook
meeting in Salem on Friday night,
Nov. 29.
Bnt a sober note may come with
the signs that some cutback in
the nation's turkey cropjs a pos-
siDiuiy in ido.
Noel Bennion, Oregon State Col
lege poultry specialist, savs the
day-after-Thanksgiving meeting of
growers, hatcherymen and indus
try representatives will size up
results of Thanksgiving sales, look
at the Christmas market, and
draw up an outlook for 1958. The
7:30 p.m. session will be at the
Marion hotel.
A recent U.S. department of
agriculture survey now points to
a general cutback of breeder hens
for 1958 in the nation's 15 commer
cial turkey states. The prelimin
ary survey of Oregon growers in
dicates a reduction next year of
25 per cent on Beltsville hens and
other light breeds but a two per-
cent inrr in hro,
other light breeds but
heavy turkeys
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Main speakers at the outlook
meeting will include Ray Garrett,
Salt Lake City, of the Norbcst
Turkey Growers Assn., and Wil
liam Udell, San Francisco, of Ral
ston Purina company.
Garrett has recently completed
a survey on the outlook for hatch
ing eggs, poults and market tur
keys. Udell will discuss manage
ment of the turkey breeding flock.
four Oregon turkey
growers
County Corn
Show Slated
OnSaturday.
Four sweepstake awards will be
presented at the 20th Annual
Marion County Corn Show Satur
day at the North Howell Grange
Hail.
Sweepstake prizes include the
Marion County Farmer's Union Oil
Company award for the best 10
ear entry in the show and the
Woodburn Feed and Supply award
for the best 50 pound entrv of
shellejt-eorn. The Meeker Fertf-
Iizer Sweepstakes Award is new.
It will be presented to the grower
showing the greatest percentage of
yield increase in ,the last year.
Heyman Campbell, hvbrid corn
growers from Albany, are 4 he old
est sweepstake award sponsors in
the show. This prize goes to the
grower with the highest yield.
The evening program starts off
at 6 p.m. with a ham dinner pre
pared by Women of Central and
North Howell.
Corn' judging contests and an
evening- music program is also
planned for the show. Rex War
ren, Extension Farm CroDs Sr-
cialist, Oregon State College, will
judge the exhibits.
A hunting license is reauired for
bow and arrow fishing in West
Virginia.
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who visited key turkey states of
the east and midwest last summer
will give predictions on 1958 prices
and Oregon's future in breeder hen
operations. They are Mrs. Vir
ginia Menefee, Yamhill; Carlos
Johnson, Oregon City; Jalmer El
lison, Mulino; and Walt Schwedler,
Portland.
State Farm
Prices Up
For Month
CORVALLIS, Nov. 20 Orecon
farm prices rose in October, gain
ing back the ground lost in Sep
tember, according to Mrs. Elvera
Horrell, extension agricultural
economist at Oregon State College.
As a result, farm prices in the
state are now at the same level as
in August about one per cent
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higher than a year ago Mrs.
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nuueii saiu. jn I'unuasi iu ine
local situation, national farm
prices turned downward
Reviewing reports from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Mrs.
Horrell found that livestock prices
held about steady in Oregon, as
lower prices on most meat ani
mals and wool offset price gains in
dairy products and eggs. Prices
received for farm crops in Oregon
moved upward and higher prices
for grains, potatoes, vegetables.
and see(js more tnan 0ffset jower
hay, fruit, and nut prices.
On the cost side of the ledger,
Oregon .farmers paid less for mill
run, mixed dairy feed, laying
mash, scratch grain and broiler
mash. Alfalfa hay cost the state's
farmers more last month than in
September, but cottonseed meal
VaBd soybean meal held abdut tlje
same. All of these feed costs were
lower than in October 1956.
Farm wage rates in Oregon are
running higher than a year ago,
Mrs. Horrell also reported.
Nationally, farm products felt a
tightening of the squeeze as prices
dipped lower while costs held
about the same. Mostly respon
sible for the decline over the na
tion were lower price tags on most
meat animals, oranges, corn and
cotton. These were partially offset
by higher prices for dairy products
and eggs.
Despite the decline, national
farm prices are still around three
per cent above a year earlier,
Mrs. Horrell said.
Governor Tells
Filbert Value to
State Economy
Filberts as a valued food as well
as a vital link in Oregon's econ
omy were given endorsement Wed
nesday by Gov. Robert D. Holmes
who designated the Nov. 24-30 per
iod as Filbert Week.
There are more than 3,500' fil
bert growers in Oregon and they
will harvest over 12,000 tons from
20,000 acres this year, it is de
clared. Value of the 1958 crop to
growers alone is estimated to be
over $3,500,000.
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Nv, 11 First annual meeting o!
Marion County Sheep Improvement
Association, Marion County Court ,
house, Room 82, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 21-22 Oregon Soil Conser
vation Districts Association annual
convention, Tillamook.
Nov. 22 Deadline to mail ballots
for OSC Community Committee
election.
Nov. 2$ Clackamas County Corn
Show, Canby.
Nnv. 23 Marion County Corn
Show, North Howell Grange hall.
Dinner open to the public precedes
the evening co'rn show program.
Entries judged during afternoon.
Nov. 25 Poultry Cage and floor
management, Marion County Court
house, Room 82, 7:30 p.m.
Nnv. Z9-30 State Corn Show,
Canby.
Nov. 21 Annual fall outlook
meeting, Oregon Turkey Improve
ment Association, 7:30 p.m., Mari
on Hotel.
Dec. 1-5 36th national 4-H Club
Congress, Conrad Hilton Hotel,
Chicago.
Dec. 2-S Nut growers Society for
Oregon and Washington, annual
meeting, Salem.
Dec. 2 Current marketing prob
lems meeting, Marion County
Courthouse, Room 82, 7:30 p.m.
Dee 2-4 64th annual meeting,
Oregon Dairyman's Association,
Klamath Falls.
Dec. J-i Annual Clackamas
County Livestock Association ex
tension short course for stockmen,
Warner Grange, hours 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. daily.
Dec. J-i Pacific Coast Turkey
exhibit, McMinnville.
Dec. 3 Marion County Livestock
Association annual meeting, Waldo
Hills Community Club house, din
ner at 7 p.m.
Dec. 4 Annual meeting Willam
ette Basin Project Committee, Eu-.-:
gene Hotel, 9 a.m. - - - -
... Dec. 5 Oregon Swine Growers
annual meeting at the Senator Ho
tel in Salem at 10:30.
Dec. "2nd annual meeting of
Oregon Statr Horticulture "Society,"
lorvauis:
Dee. 5-7 30th annual meeting Or
egon Wheat Growers League, Mult
nomah Hotel, Portland.
Dec. 5-7 17th anaual meeting
Oregon Seed Growers League,
Multnomah Hotel, Portland.
Dec. ( Annual meeting Stat
Guernsey Breeders Association,
Corvallis.
Clackamas Corn
Show Scheduled
On Saturday
CANBY. Nov. 20-The Clacka
mas County Corn Show, a delayed
section of the county fair, is being
held Saturday, November 23 at
the fairgrounds at Canby. All 10
ear exhibits are due at the fair
grounds Friday afternoon by $
p.m., November 22. Anyone re
siding in Clackamas County with
corn is eligible and encouraged to
enter a 10-ear exhibit. The judg
ing contests will start Saturday at
10 a.m. sharp. Lunch is being
made availble at the fairgrounds
by the Warner Grange Home Eco
nomic group.
The Corn Show will consist of 74
yield exhibits, 10-ear exhibits, corn
judging, crop and weed judging,
and 15 hay samples with crude
protein analysis. Also a corn
dryer will be on display.
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