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14-(Sec. II) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., May 21, '58 'i -I . Agriculture Less Intensified in U.S., Holland Student Observes By LIIXIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman Less intensified farming, more juvenile problems and less pota toes and more salads on the table were some of the variances which Peter Von Lookaren Campagne said he had noted in this country comparing it to his native Holland. I ihouldn t make any compan Visitor Peter Von Lockaren Cam pagne, Holland youth who is studying American farming methods at Dayton. (States man Photo) Sheep Pinkeye Ailment Strikes During Lambing The disease commonly known as pinkeye in sheep usually appears just before or during lambing, ac cordincto Dr. J. N. Shaw, Veter- inarisOpregon State College. It may be seen at other times of the year, but not as often. Cattle also suffer from a disease called pinkeye, but its. caUse seems to be different from what is known as pinkeye in sheep. Treatment, however, is the same. Pinkeye is an inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva of the eye. The cornea is the clear, front part of the eyeball; the conjunctiva is the membrane lining the eyelid and reflecting back on the eye ball. Anything that produces im tation causes inflammation. Said Contagious Pinkeye is caused by an organ ism which the South Africans have named Rickettsia conjunctiva. Op inions vary concerning the source of infection, but it has proved to be infectious, spreading when dis charge from the eyes of infected aheep was placed in the eyes of well animals. English workers have found the organisms in sheep 620 days after symptoms had dis appeared, and believe the disease also is spread by well sheep that have become carriers. Some of the closely observant sheepmen in our own country believe this, too. The trouble usually is brought to the attention of a sheepman when he notes one or more of his sheep having trouble finding their way into a feed shed or barn. He usually observes scum over the eyeball. The scum is White or milky, and then be comes red. In the most serious cases ulcers form, and the eye ball ruptures, causing blindness. Symptoms Listed Other symptoms include mat ted wool below the infected eye, caused by the discharge swollen and red lining of the eyelid, and less healthy condition of the ani mal because of its inability to - see. The wool around the in fected eye should be trimmed. Pinkeye should not be mistaken for inflamed eyes caused by oat hulls which have dropped in the . eyes from overhead feed racks, Such inflammation has been noted in such a large percentage of the flock at one time that the condition was thought to be in fectious, but the trouble stopped when the method of feeding was changed. Grain hulls sometimes have become so firmly attached to the eyeball that they could be removed only with forceps. Most cases of pinkeye recover without treatment and only rare ly does a sheep become bund. Recovery has been hastened. however, especially in those cases having severe disturbance or vi sion, with the new antibiotic, Chloromycetin, used as a 1 per cent ophthalmic ointment. One application was all that was nec essary in most cases. The oint ment, prepared for human use, is put up in small collapsible tubes containing one-eighth of an ounce each, enough to treat 20 head or 40 eyes. The tabes are obtainable co prescription from your local veterinarian. Treatment Given Chloromycetin ointment gives good results when used for pink eye in cattle, as well as for sheep. Some veterinarians have found sulfanilamide and sulfathiozole powder or combinations of these sulfas effective in the treatment of pinkeye when they are prop erly prepared and applied by duster dispensers. Local veterin- anould be consulted for inef PMDantlnoa and most ami nmucatoi . r T . - . , - ' J sons yet, but when you ask me, these are the things that 1 have noted in the 10 months I have been in your country," the Dutch youth said in his perfect English. He arrived in the united Mates on June 27, 1957, on the foreign student exchange service. For the first 10 months he was at Brent wood, Calif., coming here this month to spend four months on the fruit and vegetable farm of Worth Riley near Dayton. During his brief stay at Salem he was a guest of the Oregon Farm Bureau. Prior to coming to this country he had attended the Holland Horti culture College and served his stretch In the army. It s compul sory there, you know". . . to which I answered that it is now com pulsory here, too. His father is a potato researchist in Holland. Peter carefully explained that the small parcel of land which Holland could call its own in Eu rope in comparison to the huge amount in the United States was probably responsible for the great er intensity In farming. "Our li million people live as close together as you would have to live here if the people of the whole world were poured into the United States," he clarified. We see orchards being culti vated here without any crops be tween rows. In Holland we plant caneberries between the young cherry trees, and strawberries be tween the berry bush rows," he continued. Making More Land The average farm is less than 20 acres, but a lot can be grown on 20 acres if land is cultivated right out to the highways, he said, as he told that his country is now "drying out" more land, building a dyke 19 miles long. A fresh wa ter river comes in and washes out the salt, making an island of fresh soil." Everything is planned just how much land can be farmed and how much devoted to cities. Mechanization is far ahead in the United States, al though the fact that some of the big equipment would be very un suitable for the small farms is partially the reason. He told of the much greater use of greenhouses, which he called hot houses," in his country than he found here. Grafted nut root stock is grown under double glass, he said. "The root stock is grown until it is one year old, then grafted, and grown under double glass for better control of temperature. We graft in January. The grafts make 15-inch growths the first year and bear in three to lour years, he explained. He found much more plant dis ease in this country than in his own,' and because of this he be lieved chemical disease control was further advanced. "We clean our orchards from every bit of pruning, and culti vate them until they are 10 years old then we plant a permanent covering. But we grow many of our peaches, plums, grapes and tomatoes in the hot houses. Our markets for these are Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, the Scan dinavian countries, he continued. Dairying Biggest Crop But dairying is the largest sin gle farm industry, with both the black and white and the red and white Friesian cattle the most popular. The less juvenile delinquency problems in his homeland could be, he said, "because not very many oi our youths have cars I've been surprised at the problem here as I read about it in your papers. Taxes on cars are high Gasoline is $1.20 a gallon. And you don't need them so much. Our dis tances are smaller at home. Seems like our youth are busier have more chores to do. We do more together as families." he said. He liked the American food, but did miss that "you serve a lot of meals without potatoes. Your sal ads are much more important here. We do not use as much pre pared foods foods that you buy Sooty Mold Spring Cure Claimed Best The season to control scale and sooty mold on camellia and other broadleaf evergreens is here. The warm spring weather activates the scale insects and makes them more susceptible to chemical con trol. Malathion Is one of the most effective control chemicals. Use 2 teaspoons of Malathion emulsifi- able concentrate (liquid) per gal lon of water. Spray the plant thoroughly, especially on under side of leaves. Malathion is avail able at most garden supply stores, OSDA Sends Call for Help The Oregon State Civil Service Commission this week announced job vacancies with the Department of Agriculture In the classifications listed belowi Livestock officer: salary range $360 to $440; require graduation from high school and four years of law enforcement experience. Weights and measures inspector salary range $326 to $400; re quire high school graduation, un der 45 years of age, two years' experience in mechanics. Bakery specialist: salary range $326 to $400; require high school graduation and two years of ex- Iperience to bakery including one rear tt responsible pabUa sxntact, in cans and packages. We use more of what you call cereals. Often times the cooked cereals are our desserts. We make pudding out of them. We don't eat much ice cream. We eat a lot of cheese The Holland "national drink" is genever, which young Von Loo karen Campagne described as be ing neither beer nor whiskey, but a barley drink, served like the Americans do cocktails. Lots of Bulbs Grown Bulb raising is one of the big crops and the fields are "pretty when the tulips .are all in bloom. But this crop belongs to a certain section of Holland," he said. Al though one gathered he was proud of his home country, he expressed great interest and admiration for ours. Only once in our conver sation, which he guarded care fully, did his natural pride come to the top: "Holland gets the high est crop yields per acre of any country. We do use more fertilizer and we love our farming," he said. 'Centennial' Farmers J ' ' . v , L , vy V l':. i , .-X ' 3 . ' mi 1 1 ri " - - - Tilling the soil whieh. no one other than their own fore fathers have tilled is one of the joys of this Wajdo Hills couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riches. There is also .taking part in the various civic, social and political activities of the community and there's fishing and hunting and the school activities of their two youngsters. (Statesman Farm Photo) Farmers Can Obtain Farm Depot Loan Farmers who need additional grain storage space on their farms can get 5-year, 4 per cent loans through the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Of fice to finance cribs or bins, com mittee chairman has announced. These farmers can also get loans for mobile crop-drying equipment. The purpose of the program is to help farmers obtain more on farm storage, particularly where it is needed to enable them to par ticipate in the price-support program.- Any farm-operator, share tenant, share landlord or producer part nership is eligible to participate in the farm storage facility and equipment loan program. The loan will be made directly through the ASC County offices. Loans may be obtained on storage for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley. While the structures financed do not have to be used for commodi ties which are under price-support loans, they must meet the same storage requirements. A farmer may borrow up to 80 per cent of the cost of new storage bins, cribs, or other approved structures. The loan may be repaid in four an nual installments with the first in stallment due at the end of the first year. Drug-Resistant Bacteria Kills 18th Texas Baby HOUSTON, Tex. Wl A bacteria infection that resists wonder drugs has killed the 18th infant at the City-County Hospital A 2-month-old boy died last Saturday, the hospital said Tues day. A. S. Reaves, hospital adminis trator, said It was the 18th death from staphylococcus aureus since Dec. 1. The epidemic first was reported March 19 when hospital officials said 16 infants had died. The 17th fatality was reported April 9. Since then the hospital's nursery has been renovated and is to be reopened Wednesday. A $22,500 temporary addition to the mater nity facilities is being constructed and is expected to be ready for occupancy in a few days. , Silage Cutting Big Project in -- "-, - - v 'i 1 PI f U - Cutting green forage for silage big projects in the Willamette Valley at the moment. Here Del Fleming is on the tractor. Fleming manages the J. Wesley Webb farm in North Silverton. The two men are brothers in law. (Statesman Farm Photo) Picking Price Same as 1957 Minimum prices for picking strawberries in Western Oregon will be the same as in 1957, as suggested during a recent meeting in McMinnville, following reports by grower representatives from eight counties. In areas picking by the pound. the suggested picking price will be either 3Vfc cents plus Vi cent bonus or 4 cents per pound; in areas picking by the 6-hallock carrier. the suggested picking price will be either 20 cents plus 5 cents bonus or 25 cents per carrier. The meeting was arranged by the Oregon Strawberry Council in cooperation with strawberry asso ciations and county extension agents. Marvin Van Cleave, Sa lem, president of the Oregon Strawberry Council, presided at the meeting. Wormy Peas Prevented by Good Dusting The home gardener is often plagued with worms in the garden peas. These worms are the lar vae of the pea weevil Wormy peas can be prevented by dusting with a recommended insecticide when the pods first start to form. Purpose of the insecticide is to kill the weevils before they lay eggs on the pods. Once the eggs are laid on the pods, it is too late to prevent wormy peas. Any one of several insecticides can be used. Included are DDT, methoxychlor, malathion, and rotenone. If aphids are a problem, malathion will control them as well as the pea weevil larvae. Bathysphere in Pacific YOKOHAMA, Japan (A A French naval bathysphere and a three-man crew have arrived here to probe Pacific waters off Japan tinder a joint French-Japanese scientific project. Pakistan Coast Lashed DACCA, east Pakistan i A windstorm lashed coastal areas of East Pakistan Monday night, killing several persons and leaving hundreds homeless, n . feeding instead of leaving it Ranch Ramblings By RURAL REPORTER CENTENNIAL FAMILIES When Centennial Farms in Oregon come to be added up this summer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riches, Waldo Hills, will both figure in the count. Their grandfathers took adjoining Land Donation Claims more than a century ago. Now Bob and Martha (who do not re member a time when they didn't know each other) are farming a portion of both- of these claims. Ten years before Oregon became a state, Bob's pioneer Kandfather, George F. S. Riches, took his land claim on what s become known as Riches Road. A portion of this 640 acres is now owned by five of the claimant's grandchildren. John Riches of Salem, Misses Winifred and Lois Riches and Robert own the farm that was their father's Charles Riches, share. Adjoining this to the sooth is another stretch of the claim, owned and farmed by Harry L. Riches, a brother. Harry's piece came dowa from his Uncle Jack Riches and was a portion of the tatter's share of the claim. But it is Bob who farms the old home place, and stretching out across the fields to the north is part of the land which was the donation claim -of Martha's grandfather, Benjamin Davenport, who arrived around 1852. The portion of this claim which remains in the family, now belongs to her mother, Mrs. John Goodknecht, who was Eunice Davenport. Bob and Martha farm over 600 acres in Waldo Hills, and the old homesteads need not go to strangers when these two step out of the picture. They have a son, another Robert Riches, woo is 15, and a daughter Nancy, somewhat younger. A large portion of Bob's farming is grass seed farming chiefly Chewings Fescue. WE MAKE TOUR The Conservation Week Tour, sponsored by the Marion County Livestock Association recently, covered con siderable territory. The Wesley Webb farm on the site of the old Silver Falls Sawmill at Silverton -showed besides a lovely home built on the lake which was once the mill pond an interesting grass silage, project. Del Fleming, Wesley's brother-in-law, runs the farm and 60 head of Hereford cattle and five brood sows. One Tam worth sow had farrowed 16 pigs of which she was raising 13. At Alois Imper's farm, near Scotts Mills, there were Polled Hereford cattle and more hogs on pasture. Lotus, sub-clover and white clovers with orchard grass, made the pasture mixes. , Traveling up Crooked Finger road, the next stop was at Joe Beilenbergs, where DuPuits alfalfa in one and two-year-old plant ings was ready for silage. Lime and phosphate with boron had been fed the fields to give excellent growth. Back through Silverton and up into the Silverton Hills country stops were made at the Victor Hadley and Willard Ben son farms. Both showed excellent forage stands which were being used for sheep and cattle. For the final stop there was the farm forestry management plots in Silver Falls State Park. Leading the tour were Frank Gurgerich Silver Creek Soil Conservation district director, and Hollis Ottaway, Marion County extension agent. LOSE ANYTHING? If you didn't someone else did. Henry A. Matschiner, supervising livestock officer of the State Department of Agriculture, reports that there were nine Oregon fanners in Marion, Coos, Grant, Douglas, Deschutes and Wallowa counties who lost 75 cows, 10 calves, one steer and one bay mare. Biggest loss was 60 white-face cows missing from a Deschutes rancher. . - . HE WONT HAVE TO MILK THEM And we'll bet Jim Phillips thought of that too when he closed a deal this week whereby his 84 head of registered Jerseys goes to Raymond Sampson of Washongal, Wash. Jim and Agnes (Mrs. Jim) have developed some enviable production records during the past several years when Jerseys have been the big project on their farm in the Bethany district west of Silverton. They have followed the Stan dard bloodlines in their herd, and Raymond, who is already milk ing 80 Jerseys and has an 80-stanchion barn, plans to continue with the same line. The cows will remain on the Phillips farm, however, for a month or so until another barn is completed on the Sampson place. Sampson has 240 acres all under irrigation and plans te build his herd np to 200-milkers . . . following the modern trend of bigger herds in one place. Jim and Agnes are turning to sheep and these are what Jim won't have to milk. He already has 70 head of Shropshires and is adding to these. "You can make production records with sheep, too," Jim says and we'll bet he does. Besides this, he plans to breed to ward open-faced Shrops ... the only trouble with many Shrops now is that they get wool-blind. This Jim along with other Wil lamette Valley Shrop breeders hopes to eliminate. WOODBURNITE WINS HONORS Herbert S. Coiemans. owner of the Cartagena Jersey Farm at Woodburn, won national Jersey honors this week through an outstanding Jersey bull he owns. Beacon Blossom Basil, has been named a Senior Superior Sire by the American Jersey Cattle Club. Basil's 14 daughters averaged 10,082 pounds of milk and 558 pounds of butterfat on a twice-daily-milking (who'd want to milk oftener) in 305 days. Farm Calendar May 22 Silage equipment field day, 10 a.m. Keith Tow, George Knaupp and Malcolm Armour Farms, In Polk County. Mav 24j-Clackamas County Jer sey Cattle Club Show, Canby, t a.m. May 24 Linn County Lamb Show, Scio, S a.m. May 24 Silverton Pet Parade. Silverton 10 a.m. May 27 Lamb Marketing day, live animal grading, Cascade Meat Co. Stockyards, 12:30 p.m. May 29 Sheep carcass demon stration. Cascade Co., 2 pin. Jane 4-AnnuaI meeting Oregon Turkey Growers, 7:30 p.m. at Marion Hotel Jane 5 Forage Equipment field day, Schmucker lc Grieser Dairy farm, south of Albany, 10 a.m. Bring sack lunch. Jane 7 Marion County Sheep Show and State Dog trails, Turner. Jnne 9-13 Oregon State Grange 85th annual session, fairgrounds, Eugene. June 12-14 Lebanon Strawberry Festival. Jne 12 Annual meeting Oregon Poultry and Hatchery Association Withycombe hall, Corvallis, 9:30 a.m. Jane 11 Annual meeting Ore Mid-Valley -, ' - . ,V14-K ,,i - , ,f...., ..,..L, .,....'r..,,.,rrtilitl for dry hay feed, is one of the gon Broilers Association Withy combe Hall, 9:30 a.m. June 14-20 National 4-R club conference, Washington, D.C. Jane 14 Willamette Valley Guernsey Show, 9 a.m. State Fair grounds. June 15 Marion County Live stock Association picnic, 1 p.m. Floyd Fox Farm, Silverton. June 16-27 4-H Summer School, Corvallis. June 17-19 Western Poultry Congress, Santa Rosa, Calif. Juae is Annual meeting Tur key improvement Assn. Withy combs hall, 9:30 a.m. . Jnne 20-24 Great Western Dairy Show, Los Angeles. Jane 21 Washington County Strawberry Festival, Hillsboro, June 21-22 Arabian Horse Show, State Fairgrounds Ang. 2 Willamette Valley Ram Sale, Linn County Fairgrounds, Albany. The average worker can keen -his family supplied with butter. oasea on present rate now eaten for a whole year by less than 11 hours of work. Less than 20 years ago, it took him 10 times as long to provide the same amount. Cherry Fly Spray, Dust Due Now Commercial and home garden cherry growers should be pre pared to spray or dust for cherry fruit fly control when, the fruit flies begin emerging from the soil, reminds County Extension Agent D. L. Rasmussen. Although no flies had been reported trapped under emergence cages so far, emergence is expected within 7 to 10 days. When growers receive the emergence notice, a thorough spray or dust program should be started immediately and cotninued at regular intervals of not over 7 to 10 days until the cherries have been harvested. Maintaining a protective spray or dust cover will kill the cherry fruit flies before they deposit eggs under the skin of the ripening cherries. Programs Lilted Growers can choose one of 10 control programs. Seven formulas are for cherries for processing and three are for cherries for fresh market. Formulas for processing cherries are as follows: 1. Three pounds of acid lead aresenate in 100 gallons of water. To this material add a commer cial spreader or a homemade spreader which is made with two quarts skim milk and four ounces hydrated lime. 2. Fifty per cent methoxychlor wettable powder, 2 (pounds in 100 gallons of water. 3. A Dust containing 15 parts of acid lead arsenate and 85 parts of finely divided sulfur (325-mesh or finer). Apply at the rate of 45 to 50 pounds of dust per acre. 4. A 5 per cent methoxychlor dust at the rate of 45-50 pounds per acre. 5. A poisoned bait spray consist ing of 5 pounds of acid lead arsen ate and 5 gallons molasses in water to make 100 gallons of spray. 6. One quart of perthane emulsi fiable concentrate containing 4 pounds of actual perthane per gal lon in 100 gallons of water. Do not apply perthane within 2 days of harvest. 7. One pound 25 per cent Di- azinon wettable powder or 1 pint emuls, cone, containing 2 pounds uiazinon per gallon in 100 gallons of water. Do not apply within 10 days of harvest. Fresh Market Controls Growers raisins cherries for fresh market can use one of the following formulas: 1. One quart Perthane emulsi fiable concentrate containing 4 pounds actual Perthane per gallon in iw gallons of water. Do not apply last spray within 2 days of Strawberry Growers ... For outstanding, low-cost control of fruit rot and mildew use DuPont "Zerlote" xirom fungicide con increase your yield of straw berries just as H did in field trials at Puyallup, Washington. There, by the effective control of fruit rot and mildew, "Zerlare" boosted yields as high as 52. And the cost of disease control was lower with Du Pont "Zerlote" than with any other material on test. "Zerlote" proved most profitable when applied in a 10 dust formulation at 40 pounds per acre beginning when plants were about 20 in bloom. Three to four applications were made at in tervals of about two weeks. You can prove to yourself that "Zerlote" low-cost control of fruit rot and mildew . . . yields of strawberries. Ask your dealer now for xiram fungicide. On all chemicals, By Package Labeling Rules Examined rnrrart anA informative labeling ct niAicnut fnnd oroducts wifi be ene of the principal' subjects discussed at the semi-annuai siaii conference May 26-28 of the state Honartmpnt nf sericulture's divi sion of foods and dairies, weights and measures. nnhort .t steward, director of the department, will address the group on May 27. Also scheduled to participate are Dorothy Sherrill nnri Tsima Ppiclfl. Oreeon State College consumer marketing specialists, who wui ieaa a Discus sion - on consumer reaction to lahol BnH advertising. Don Chap man, vice president of the Equi table Savings and Loan association in Portland, will speak on puwic relations. harvest. Turn nounds 50 Per cent methoxychlor wettable powder in water to make 100 gallons oi spray. Follow in 10 days with Per thane l . nnart emulsifiable con centrate containing 4 pounds ac tual Perthane per gallon; or para thion, 1 pint emulsifiable concen trate containing 2 pounds actual parathion per gallon, in water to make 100 gallons of spray, con tinue applications of parathion-or Perthane at lo-dav intervals until harvest, but do not apply parathion within M days of harvest or Per thane within 2 days of harvest. Tn enme areas use of Perthane is often associated with an increase in spider mite populations. Grow ers whn use Perthane mav wish to include malathion in one of the Perthane sprays or substitute para thion for a Perthane application. The use of a mitieide in a post harvest spray may still be neces sary. Malathion may cause spray injury on sweet cherries. 3. One pint Diazinon emulsifi able concentrate containing 2 pounds Diazionon per gallon in 100 gallons of water. Do no apply within 10 days or harvest - When milk in clear glass con tainers stands on the doorstep in the sun, it loses riboflavin (a B vitamin) and may develop an off flavor in as short a time as half an hour. If milk is delivered in clear bottles and can't be re frigerated promptly, it pays to have an insulated receiving box. KeeDCIeanVarm iresioMs No other solid fuel will meet your needs so emdeatty. CAPITOL LUMBER CO. Pa, EM 3-8862 or EM 2-4431 bu not immr follow label instructions and 3 Beffer Things for Better Irving . . Through Chemistry mm ziram fungicide Education Aid Bill Approved By House Unit WASHINGTON (ft A Housa Education subcommittee agreed Tiiesdav on amultimillioff dollar program of federal aid to educa tion, including federal scholar ships and student loans. The plan is a compromise be tween the recommendations of the administration, and a rival pro irram mippested bv Ren. Carl El liott (D-Ala). It is subject to action by the full Education committee before going to the House. It would nrovide 25.000 scholar ships of $1,000 each a year for four years, a total oi 100 million dol lars. The program would De aa minictererf hv the states. The ad ministration had suggested 10,000 scholarships a year. The nrnoram also would author ize a 220-million-dollar, four year student loan program to dc aa ministered by the universities. Other provisions include: Sixth million dollars a year for four vears to the states on a matching basis for high school sci ence equipment and materials. Six million dollars a year tor fmir vears for guidance and counseling of secondary school students. Two million dollars a year for four years for research on new educational .media. Experiment Successful MOSCOW HV-A Soviet scientist reports a successful experiment to control the sex of silkworms. The newspaper Evening Moscow said Prof. Boris Astaurov snowea through a merger of cells the pos sibility of obtaining male or fe male Silkworms at will. Commer cially, cocoons of males are more valuable. They contain 20 to 30 per cent more silk than the fe male cocoons. Hungarians' Day Long VIENNA W Hungarian steel workers sometimes have to work up to 18 hours a day to fulfill their quotas, says the Hungarian Communist newspaper Nepszava. It blamed "frequent changes of production plans, lack of coopera tion and organizational shortcom ings." ro: xlram fungicide gives outstanding, resulting in higher Du Pont "Zerlote" warnings carefully.