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Tho OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oroon, Thundery Morning, Jcmnarr 3. 1S4S t AGE SEVEN Farm Labor ! Lightened by TV Machines i evv i r uliir Kit! nr- Farming r.lltllMlt Output t( i: T 1 Itt rl uml I-arg B Linie L. Madsen firmiU. ki, !Tt) Stlirn The farjr-tr v. ho make- ' real nvMiry ftt-rn i-y on will be the firmer w'h' v j 1 if work but a bal anced prf prrm j lor his farm a Id'nie c' ht nested feed with frm hvttr'k jneeds. of live t'jtrk . ugin.T available pasture, equipment iti'im-l equipment re- qijirirnrn.'i -Th is the infor- mjrion wiijth t i rics from our na t'ail a Ui Ji si our state farm ! i om i U j j ,The ari- mentioned balance, f!mr fct.ie fisted in recent v ekf. wi?( t-e , the toughest as ftmer:t. The rfijffri ft x this is 'not only l-?-aue ft ; if coins to be diffi cilt to kf.U."n the equipment. J'ji a. tUir.t a reason is that h-n tri; tc;uipment becomes ailjb!e.i r,- farmer said, "it i w!l te fBU'! 1rk Mop buying be- ruf v. r jt,e gone without it J M' buying kpree. oH-H, to M-A-e: frm machinery must i adequt Ut needs without jte.-omirif '! fttital burden. Farm r-.i r.:nery manufactur er., finally iti.eved of armament pi Ht; t . t. 4-'e full of new- ma -chinerr t-t f make farming 3-'.ii:V.tf.y !he returning sol di r-fa' rriV.j whoee hand and nun't h") ten full of wheels ail mwrjiiii i y for the pat four : jj Smaller trtr M'"iftiii : '.am tractor i-iwr, j h i',of(.r iV.rsi d e r e d Mnfniei cu!'. ptffc-t e in general faim- )i' only if Jurris wi.th 41 croft -(f( tt nkoii,, "mH be made avail- a-l- ynlh a:. r' rffii itt.iv 10 Hie 58 per cent it j!! I'niU fctate farms which; hi.e smallf-r crop acreages. ! i-veral ff.i r v. facturers are j 'w irkwj 4 i:gh1 tractors which w U be v Tred bv the five-arid t-.i-acre U itr.ti here in the val-I l-y - ! Ne-., hij; rr.Eiih'riery galore is ; io the fiir.fr Nf typ-s of ; j vr tik -k '. t perated sidi d?- J l' . 'iy trait'jr rtkes-; machires to j cj?. chip KtX!. cad gfeen hay and g( in rj.e fieldf: self-tieing pii-K-cp -t -i balers ' to operate f m suwU .f. machine" for cVippirf c:j hay in- the fitMd, miny .typtf tulomjatic hay baler at1 lo?dt machine?; the one-man bsy ba!er. f jc olJiers. 8j oTr.ti - f.tld have not been i-glc'e r -ft-t v.jar farm ma chinery fijT.jng. ome of the rr-h;n-5 i.r't already perfected, 'her nefr'y fP New machinery been fc-v.i; ed with an eye to tiiose impif tr soil managm"nt e-n:ia!s 1 ctnserve and in cs ea-e the imer's most import ant capr.i! -isset soil fertility. Th-? r.cv,- t-jrtjeers for fluid ma- p jit are u.ucea here. There r ife.'l-propellei' com b pif iv mowers, power I .v.i-.s whMfjea.se out the scxip ;r i js. cut-off com pick- t t harvester which er enrn f it k ei saiii H v iii top o.'f f.nd elevate to the tciok. "fU-U machines which, v heu pc"fc-1e. wil.l dig ani sack l'i -one t rjit.c a. Touch C'cntrvl (tie f f tiif e g new features in in m machinery is the touc h or hy irau'ii i rr.vf 1 e m e n t control. Vith liiis tt.t-m. a light touch of o t inzer or i frrall lever located v rh.n cnnM, ,tnt reacli ( the tve(a'or rmMj cr lowers the at-4i-hed pjuij njtnt, besides regu Ij'mg tht j -e be depth rx iu i-ietr?tir-r. r.' the ground Im- i,l-rr,enU t te regulatei and ' a tius'.ed wiw.t-at stopping work, 'i!i the tneter is in moti.n .V hen t.v&ilable? Thjf' a qjticm cvtn :he manufacturers v .ih they ld answer. In i, me i.i. lane ef rt von't be long, they say It tines time trconvetf fi ni 1 arniiJTi r.t to farm mn'.-inn-e- y. Bo:h wa t-ril and skillel la b ! are nt.il jcarce; there are fc'i kes to !ntend with. Loc'dil d-a'.ers Mf mere -or lei o( the oi'.riifn thjit it will be lite into fjmnw, or jrhaps even H, be fore any ciurj'i'y of machinery is , i)ablc S rr.e of the farm tnj-- ch:nery ties fried' for p'Mt-'Arar fj'miiig wiij not be ofiereJ on the market Wfrie 1947. Swroe AvalUble The J, I Cje farm eq iitrfnent - rm;)ary rcpr.rts it has bn ure- ci:r2 jr.iT.-t- equipment a: ' ! right long, altlirmgh i'" ti't hi quantities ,-aie.e enough t u- pi v the 'riemar.'J.".' Aili;-Chmtrs manacets tay i't: both IV one-man pioh-up baier and th jide deliver toe- t ft ral:e ure postwar nuctuv.es scheduled f.-r production as Kn a mamifact-ir ng facilities can be p;r ided, ar.d are not, available f - some nvy.rhs to come Sme of V; Internationa' Hat - V!er cctrii i.r.y output U miw .:!able io small quantitiii 3ut a a f ully small, dealer! aay as t iey I.k down their by-tv-nv?ans n:! list A 'aimers waiting f-r Vm rir thit fiece of eqiintiv.MU. T vo accorcranying ptctifves ah ..- a poMl-war piece of eqa;:-rr.-"! which v.-ill tie aifr-j:Uted g. -rally 'fjr farmers whew ifej r ms svai'xble. Other erg-jin-iit-ii! will Le thown in fvtur is luameinDe . it. JSetvs ami Postwar farming will tec the tractor-operated loader replae- lng the scoop aod fork. Tha new loader, latrodaeed by In ternational Harvester at a re rent big field denaoantration of twar farm eqolpnent, at taehes to tractors and is one rated by lift-all eontrol. Tines adapt the loader for use aa a fork, and a tine cover adapts the loader for use as a scoop. These, views show the loader employed In its two major uses. Bigger and Belter HoaMtinir Cliiek Is ICoal of Contest Noel Bennion, welt known in the Willamette valley for his poultry talks, has accepted mem bership on a national committee on procedure and awards in con nection with a three-year nation al contest to stimulate breeding of better type chickens for meat purpose. This contest, conducted under the terms of a private grant of I $5000 for awards alone, ! def- signed io develop the chick of j tomorrow, says .H. L. Shrader, ! federal extension poultry hus j bandman. who notified Bennion Jof his appointment. Bennion believes emphasis on breeding of better meat type thickens will be of real benefit to Oregon where larger numbers of these birds are grown for both local ue and export. Breeders here h&ne as their goal a meat type chicken comparable to, the broad breasted Bronze turkey de veloped in this state. Bennion is extension poultry man at Oregon State college. -! State Research i l T 1 : bpCCiallSt JaiKlS Lodiepole Pine " " . . Lodcepole pine stands in Ore gon, now practically ignored by commercial lumber operations, may become valuable as a source of poles, says John B. Grantham, research specialist at the Oregon forest products laboratory, Poles from lodgepole pine have greater strength than weatem red cedar, he reports, and have les weight than Douglas fir. All three species have about the same weight strength ration. Existing preservatives may be used to ad vantage with these poles, he adds. At pre.-ent there is on acute shortage of pole material. If Experiment Holds Marv's Little Lamh Won't Drag Her Tail Lf North Dakota experiment sta tion win? out on its idea firt come to light in 1913, sheepmen may be able to f'uve themselves from one of their most unpleasant spring time lsmbing chores docking. In 1913, the station brought a taiiles fat-rumped breed of sheep in from Siberia. Since then, the experimenters have been crossing to improve mutton and wool qual ity, neither of which was good in the importation. y" The Mation reports that now it has a Notail flock, while not 100 j per cert tailless, it nevertheless Is ! DOftfeyeri largely of either no tails ! at all. or such ahort tails that i docking is not required. ' One more crossing, officials j state, and they hope the breed I wilt be et." ' Eon? before the manufacture ; 0f paper in China or by the Nile, was-p were producing wood pulp J for the;r nesU. sue? of The Statesman's farm tP8e. USE S Cold Preparations MqaSo1. Tablets. Salre, Noe Drops J C kir- Alt i - .. s, . y ; i temaliZ. cf . .w,nniliiiiniijr--1 -'.. l'j . - 1 Cautions Uae tOnI a Directed 3 Views 1 of Farm By Rural Reporter .Clackamas county lays claim to another unusual crop. E. A. McMpugh has harvested around 200 pounds of Regal lily -seed which, it is expected, will clean about 140 pounds. Cleaning it is proving quite, a job in the ware house, where John Todd is man ager, t Cooperatives are expecting: to do big business on the east klope of the Willamette valley. Stayton just "threw its new large ware house open to the public Wed nesday and served coffee and donuts to several hundred visit ors. $ilverton has just completed a large new addition to iU co operative warehouse and Mt. An gel finished one to theirs early in the winter. Three squash growers, hugging the Linn-Marion county Jine, are fl' ' ---- iff f: :" "i.j . - , , ,; . : ; Ranch Ramblings FIRST Post war DECORATIVE FENCING To Protact and Improva Your Pr opart Install Homart Ornamental Fencing; ... c "iai FtJ- 4 i !! Um tARt payment FLAN ! YallJfaTOq;:.. ;; and Garden BY' using squan oners tnts year os a means of prevemting decay in storage. M. C. Helms, Guy Aup-' perle and W. McGill harvested their) squash carefully and put them on racks where they could subject them to a low-temperature forced draft heat. The idea is to dry but the outer ihell suf ficiently so that decay organisms have a hard time getting started. Without some such method the loss in squash held for the gro cery trade is. frequently terrific. E. L. Peterson, state director of , agriculture, has called a meet ing, Jan. 3,' 10 a.m.. at the Mar ion courthouse to discuss the es tablishment of it rigid cherry fly control over the orchards of the county. Albany will hold a similar-meeting Thursday afternoon; Dallas Friday morning at 10, and McMinnville Friday afternoon. i 3 H A Carload of 11- tnd Wi-Zt UtLIE L. MADSEX Farriers Faee January Date Schedule Oregon; farmer! are facing a busy month of meetings in Jan uary. Many of the annual farm organization meetings have bee,n set for this month, considered one of the "easy". months on the farm. Special meetings, including infor mational and educational, have all been arranged for January. this year. On Friday, Jan. 4, tho Marion county dairy cattlemen will meet at Mt. Angel for an organization meeting of tho Marion County Breeders' association. Artificial in semination arrangements will be the purpose of this meeting, called for 8 p. m. On Saturday, "Jan. 5. the state Farmers Union will hold its an nual meeting at the-VFW hall, Salem. Monday, Jan. 7, the farmer com mitteemen from all C egbn coun ties wil gather at C'orvallis for their opening of a three-day an nual AAA conference. Wednesday, Jan. 9, will see the opening of two meetings. The Oregon Dairymen's association will begin a two-day session at Salem. The golden anniversary of the Oregon Wool Growers asso ciation will open at Pendleton. Jersey Salt Tuesday, Jan. 15, Oregon Seed Growers league will meet at Port land for a twoday session. The' famous Iws' Jersey rale at Ores ham has also been scheduled for that day and will draw a number i of valley folk. A state-wide marketing confer ence will open at Oregon State college for la three-day session, January 16. i On Sunday, Jan. 20, the Marion county Jersey Cattle club will hold its annual meeting at Bethel school. - ! The stockholders of the Willam ette Production Credit association, of which George H: Fullenwider is president, will hold its annual luncheon and business session, Thursday, Jan; 24 at Salem, the exact place yet to be announced. Tho Oregon Jersey Cattle club will hold its annual business ses sion and dinner at the Marion hotel, Saturday,- Jan. 26. Cull Sheep Showing Jaw Defects, Advice The United States department of agriculture research has re vealed that sheep .with jaws of unequal length , are not so good procurers oi meat ana wool as normal sheep. Since the condi tion is hereditary, the depart ment suggests that sheepmen should cull (fieir flocks and use for breedingtonly sheep free from this defect. The scientists have observed that the abnormality occurs rath er frequently and ; becomes more pronounced as the animals devel op .from birth to maturfty. Heavy 36" Windsor Lawn Fence 15 C per il. 9'2gauge pickets, closely crimped. 13-gauge doubled line wire. Zinc coated for rust resistance. , 48 INCHES HIGH 36" Oaklawn Lawn Fence 16c per il. Same specifications as Windsor pattern . . . differ ent in design, as illustrated. Designed to harmonize with lawn, flower and shrubbery settings. 42 INCHES HIGH 16" Flower Border 8V1C per ii. Strongly made, same style as Windsor lawn fence. 11 -gauge pickets spaced 3 inches apart. Made from heavily galvanized copper steel wire. Requires no post. 22IHCH o . . . . . 10c ff. 173 South Liberty Phone 9194 Wilster Studies Milk And Cheese Methods Dr. G. H. Wilstec, head of the dairy manufacturing instructional and research- work at Oregon' State college, has taken sabbatical leave for. one year to accept, a special research, assignment at the University of Illinois. . : Dr. Wilster is working on a fellowship jn the department of dairy husbandry conducting a special study on factors involved in tho preservation of whole -milk powder. He also will have an opportunity to do some special work in cheese manufacturing. P. M. Brandt, head of the dairy department, believes the year at Illinois will prepare Dr. Wilster for -still more extensive serv ice to the Oregon dairy industry.' Be cause of the low enrollment of men at the college, instructipnal duties are also low this! year. These, it is expected, will great ly increase when the men who have been at war return to col lege. ' '. Oregon Dairy MeetinHas Big Program Federal controls affecting, the dairy industry, quality main tenance, the dairy council work, and the outlook for artificial breeding are some of tho main program features for the annual session of the Oregon Dairymen's association at the Salem Cham ber of Commerce Jan.. 9 to 11 inclusive. ( First day is devoted entirely to committee meetings, while the afternoon of the second day u given over to individual meet ings of the three principal breed associations. The annual banquet i Thursday night ,at the Marion hotel where Governor Earl Snell will be one of the speaker. Ilollidar to Talk President Lee Holliday of Klamath Falls, will open the reg ular session Thursday morning with the annual presidential ad dress. Other topics and speakers that day are "Controlling the Contrbls," by- Paul Messer, exe cutive secretary of Pacific States BEC Sc P association, and "Price. Supports," by G. A. Brown, man ager of Portland Challenge office. Friday program features are "Quality Program Faced by Dairy Industry." O. K. Beals, chief in foods and dairies, state depart ment of agriculture; "Program of the Foods and Drugs Administra tion of USFA," by Kenneth L. Menfore, chief Seattle office; "The Dairy Council Visits An Oregon County," Mrs. Mary Kruger and Miss Grace Workman; "New De velopments in Artificial Insemi nation," Dr. Fred F. McKenzie, OSC;, followed by committee re- ! ports and business meeting. WORLD'S HERDS DECREASE ; There has been a slight de crease in world came numoers, which now are estimated at 711, 000,000 head, two pr cent less than the 1936-40 average of 73, 000,000. Further reduction in world cattle numbers during 1945 is indicated.' RepoAs Indicate that Russia suffered the highest rate of decline among great cattle producing nations. The Philip pines show a reduction of 62 per cent in cattle numbers between 1939 and 1945. 17 c It. 18c II. Oregon Raised Four Million Crop Tonf, '45 Total production of the. prin cipal Oregon field, 'fruit, truck and seed crops in 1$45 approxi mated 4.207,100 toru. the Crop Reporting Servire said at the end of the year. This about equals the heavy production-of 1044 and 1943 but is 25 per cent above the aver age production during' the 10-year period 1930-1939. . Reviewing briefly, crop produc tion in Oregon, as throughout the nation, was fortunately on a very high level during all of the war years. In 1939, crop production in Oregon totalled about 3.570, 600 tons, but by 1941, it had in creased to 3,908,300 tons and in 1943, the peak year, the total stood at 4.209,600 tons. This, in. ereac was accomplished botrl by an expanded acreage and better than average yields brought about mainly by unusually favorable weather conditions. Tree fruit production- did not change materially while, tho output of-small fruit declined during the war years. Cash Receipts Increase - An estimate . of cash receipts from the farm marketings during the 1945 calendar year is not yet available. However, during the first nine months of 1945, cash farm income from crops totaled $93,100,000, the cash Income from crops during the calendar year 1944. While, this presents a very favorable picture for tho war years, it should at the same time be realized that production and handling costs were also greatly increased which tended to offset the much larger income, particu larly for those farmers depend ent to a large extent on hired labor. Early season hop prospects were poor but a very favorable sum mer and fall resulted ,jn a crop 19 per cent above lat year. All lu-iy production was aUo on a high level exceeding both lastj year and the average. ' j In comparison , with 1944, the commercial apple crop was 19 per cent Oregon'a filbert crop was 23 per cent under the 1944 crop and the walnut crojwas 10 per cent under the 1944 production. There -was a small; increase in strawberry production but a de crease in raspberries; and logan berries. NITROGEN INCREASES CROPS With promise of greatly ex panded manufacturity capacity of nitrogen fertilizers c o Ripared with prewar years, Oregon farm ers can profit by increased use of this important fertilizer, says Dr. W. L.- Powers, Jiead of the fioibii department at the state col lege; Powers reported in recent fertility experiments an increase of 321 pounds of corn fodder ob tained per pound of rutrogfn used. rfi UNJ AT W ABDS EffiEJA! Combination CloM-Coupled Ckmeta With White Seats Carload 8' 8' Lglh. Solid Lgih. Carload Septic Tanks 300-C.al.!All Steel Septic Tanks (State Code Approved) Carload Galvi Pipe Galv! Pipe Cows Survived Enemy I Belter Than People 3 Reports from the Holstein Fresian association of America indicato that dairy herds in Hol land survived the' enemy occupa tion better than did tho people. The number of -registered cattlo shows a slight increase over pre war years and a higher percent age of young animals, as many of the older cows were slaught ered by the nazis. The Channel islands, horn' of the Guernseys and Jerseys, wero in enemy hands for almost fio, yeais. There, too,- the German killed many animals for beef, but enough breeding stock remains to bung herds bark to prewar status,' reports shoP. Country Finds Wide Use for 4 Alta Fescues Alta feacue, an Improved strait j of tall feicue, is now used in Ore gon both for its high forage valuo and as a' profitable seed crop, in at much as it is meeting good de mand in many parts of the country H, H. Rampton said this week.' Rampton is associate federal ag ronomist stationed at tho state college and ho has worked with H. A. Schoth, senior federal ag ronomist, throughout the pernxl of commercial development of this grass. The first selection of alta fecuo was, made by Schoth In 1923 from a four year-old stand of tall fescue. The first seed Increase planting was not made until 1932. while the initial commercial seed har ct was as recent as 1938.Sinio that .time, the , acreage has in creased in, Oregon to a total now estimated in excess of 50,000 acres. Variety of Csea Experimental results in many t-t.it cs indicate that tho giant is suited' to a greater variety of con ditions in both eastern and west ern sections' of the, Unite? Stales, so long as the average annual pre cipitation is about 15 inches or better. These wirespread tests show that alta fescue will thrive where mea dow fescue, orchard grass, and perennial rye grass fare used and will outyield these grasses, says Rampton. It Is longer -lived than meadow fescue and perennial ryo grals. . . f Popular in Oregon - This grass has attained wide popularity in Oregon because of its deep rooting habit which keepo it -green during tho dry season long after most other grasses havo turned brown. It is now used wido ly as a companion crop for sub terranean clover. Cotton moths migrate north each fall Into the face of advanc ing winter and death. CLOSETS Brain file 2 32a Tile Perforated Tile 1.60 Salv. Pipe 103' - 1C9' 7a61 9.67