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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1921)
MTIMWWUfci ... V ag tttneteea Mt Oregonifta tefl-Pp -gotivenir Mtlon f enaieton, O0"0 jeptenrter jM. al; I PROPER HANDLING OF SUMMER FALLOW HAS VII EFFECT ON WHEAT YIEID iAsBistant State Leader Reviews Work of County Agents Who Seek to Make Farming More t '. Profitable for the Producer. V T . i V i- '' - i ii. i ii . - (FfXi. Ballard, Assistant State Leader ' r."" of County Agents.) ' -' Every week after April 15 summer ' fallW Is left unplowed In the Coiuin ' ' blai?asln reduces the yield ot the foi ' lowing crop an average ot one bushel 4 pecacre for every woek of delay. This f I ; fact has Deen determined beyond ciueition by tests covering a period of ; nearly ten years carried on by the ' Sherman county branch experiment Btutlon at Moro and applies to more' than a million acres in the state, ' Federation wheat, a new variety In-; troduced from Australia and Increas ed in Moro, Is proving the best yield ing spring wheat under many typical conditions through Eastern and Cen tral Oregon. ' Steers can be furnished at half the cost per pound of gain by the use ot ensilage in the ration. ? This fact has been determined by the Union -branch ' experiment station in Union county. There are between 76,000 and 100,- 000 acres of alfalfa land In Oregon on nvhjch the yield can be appreciably ,ln-i creased by sowing Grimm, a hardy va ridy, in place of common alfalfa or 1'eruvian strains, 1 There are more than 100,000 acres of alfalfa, the yield of which can ihe increased a ton per acre per year for tour years by the applfcatlqn of- 80 to 100 pounds ot sulphur, costing when applied approximately ,J3.; Be- tween 20,000 and 30,000 acres are now thus treated. ft in some counties there are but a few hundred acres of clean wheat, Mixtures reduce the price received by the growers. It is comparatively sim ple to raise pure strain wheat by sow. Jng seed which Is clean. Fields may easily bo certified. Thus providing sources of pure seed within every community in every county." ' Does it pay to chop alfalfa hoy for Steers In Eastern Oregon? i Does it puy to build shelter for win tering lambs In Knstern Oregon? Does It pay to harrow, fall wheat in the spring? Does It pay to grow green crops to plow under on the Irrigated soils of Eastern Oregon's Irrigated districts? Definite conclusions on these ques tions also have been reaohed on the different branch experiment stations in Eastern Oregon. . - . Many other experiment stations and. In addition, the United States depart-' liar programs. There are also seven extension specialists At the Oregon ae rlcultural college to assist county agents and in some counties thcro are home demonstration agents and coun ty olub leaders also. The methods used by extension agonts In bringing .tacts before the farmers have developed a unique ed ucational plan unlike anything here tofore Instituted. It centers around actual demonstrations In the fields, in the feed lots, and in some cases, In the barns .of the Individual farmer. These demonstrations serve the en tire community, as attention Is at tracted to them by means of field meetings and publicity. Every coun ty In Eastern Oregon carrying on ex tension .work is mapped into definite communities by the county agents and In each ot these communities demonstration-work suitable to the particular community has been arranged in co operation with leading farmers. -While the (Eastern Oregon extension program Is Just now becoming defi nitely outlined, far reaching results In the different- countries have- already been obtained. " For ; Instance, : In Morrow county in 1919, It was possible! to find but 200 acres of wheat suffi ciently clean ,to. certify for seed pur poses. Dealers there snld the county was losing approximately 180.000 per year in discpunts because of mixed press and also in the Farm Bureau News. Kesults ot the demonstration work and news nctes of special bear ing pn the county agent's program are given wide distribution in this man ner.' Community meetings are held in i every community several times dur ing the year and on these occasions lectures by county agents and exten sion specialists are frequently fea tures. , Here Is a county agent's typical program: , 1. Wheat variety trials -In twenty communities. - 2. Demonstrations of tho value of early plowing of summer fallow, five communities. 8. -Certification of seed potatoes, two communities. 5. Silage feeding . demonstrations, five communities. (. Silage feeding - demonstrations, corn vs. sunflowers vs. peas and bar ley, four communities. 7. Orchard practices, I. e., pruning, spraying cover crops, :three communi ties. Assistance in this work is ob tained from the extension specialist in horticulture from the college. , j8. County wide cooperation cam paign against ground squirrels and .rabbits. Such a program of demonstration Work based on .the .results of years pf experimental effort In Oregon and were used as a .practical demonatra tion. Seed from those fields was dis tributed over the county through the Influence of the county agent. As a result, this year 12,977 acres were.ln- ftpected -and' pronounced clean enough Jpr state certification. -A dozen field demonstrations ot the effect of sulphur on alfalfa resulted in tho application of twenty -oarloads of sulphur to alfalfa In Deschutes coun ty and nearly as much In Klumath county. One hundred pounds of sul phur Increases the alfalfa yield In those counties a ton per acre for four years and its application is, therefore. an economical practice. Field demonstrations of Hybrid 128 wheat in Union county have so defi nitely proven -its superiority that four or five carloads ot seed Is being ob tained this season. Illustrations in Umatilla county are the work with Jenkins Club wheat 'by. County Agent Bennlon. the certification of potato seed on Weston Mountain and demon- ment of agriculture, have worked out strations of the value of sunflower sll matcrs' of equal value to the farmers age as feed for range sheep. ' and to connect the farmers on tho In-1 In every county there are similar u dtvkliml farms In the scattered com- isults along some particular lines wheats. The 400 acres of clean , seed j other states .does not fail to bring im- j munlties of the different states with these facts, is the task of the exten sion service. The extension service In Oregon, as In most states, .centers around the work of county agricultur al szents. - Inhere-' are-- twenty-six couWw agent in Oregon, . eleven of thcm-located east .of the, .Cascade which might be narrated. The field demonstrations attracting as they do neighborhood attention and often be cause of field meetings extending far ther -In .their .Influence, are the most potent method of spreading informa tion used by county agents. The sec-' ond method used Js .extensive .public. portant practices into general use. Many countries in eastern Oregon can trace several wide-spread practices of today back to a similar demonstration program. For instance, before exten sion work ,was established iin Union county; ".there was not a single silo at this time there are approximately 160'.' There were three In Wallowa county, now there are imore than 70. Up to a short time ago there was not a silo in- any livestock county in Eastern Oregon that had not carried on cooperative extension work. ICTS FARES ON STREET CAR MILLIONAIRE Cf mountain. '.working bri generally' Wm-' lty in the county .press, .in the .farm TASADEVA. (I. IC. S..) If you had million dollars and could have a yacht, automobiles, two or three homes and lots of servants to wait on you would you spend your days as a street car conductor. Take Ed Kohler for Instance. He inherited about a million "bucks" when an uncle died In New York two years ago. So Ed began -to clip cou pons as a profitable pastime. But he varies that delightful diversion by tak ing fares on the Pasadena Shortllne of the Pacific Electric System like any Simple Glean, simple built. Few parts and a 1 1 extra strong. The finest workmanship is to be found on the Stover Engine. The STOVER stays with the job until you say quit 'v It is always ready for work. Any of ;the 6000 Stover owners in the Pacific Northwest will back this state , ment. The Stover is dependable, quick to start, easy to operate, needs no humoring and is on the job every minute. " ' 6,000 r In use in Oregon, Washington and Jdaho. E v ery Stover owner a Stover booster. Ask Them. it T ' t i, ' n 4. .' ','- '- 5 ' STOVER'S .; ' (GOD i ;:'( .! . - d i . SIZES i,iy2,2,4, 6, i 10 and on up to .00 H. P. Mounted and stationery. PRICES t. LOW Don's buy an engine that will make You work. 6uy the Stover, and it will work for you. ' Examine the Stover and you will soon see .that its .construction in sures a greater amount of satisfactory service than any other make. : ' jrepaibs ; A full stock car ried at Pendleton, Portland- .a n d fipokane by Mit chell, Lewis & StaverCo, , . ..- . cone rJEJNDLE-iON, OREGON . -i.itl'.t'ff S a m . .. -r-tTAiA. ..4ASiii tttf f ttttiiiiisifci . . t . - - '" a a a a a a a a a a a e e e yyTy ih'i'.?.'-vt.". -. .... wwww everyday conductor. When Kohler Inherited his fortune he took a" three months' leave of ab sence to settle up his uncle's .estate and then returned to his old Job ss conductor, much to the surprise of his associates and the superintendent. "I thought I'd rather work for the company that buy it," he explained. , Itrf uses to Retire , ' Kohler tells a story that when he went to pay his income taxes, which incidentally ran well into five figures, the revenue .collector glanced over .the report and then asked if he should Write "retired" under ' the " column finds the study of human nature at disclosed to ihim in Jhla dally routine too Interesting and too fascinating H forego. .. Just a word morel Vot the benefit of winsome widows and, the rest of the designating occupation. "No, Just put it down street conductor," Kohler told him. " . The collector nearly dropped. Asked why he was atill, working, whv he didn't "take it easy" or else take a iaunt around the world. KdTrteft girls. Kohler was married two months i n mmmmimmMmHHMm IIMIW Ill iii i T THE HOME OF OREGON PRIDE PRODUCTS r n We have subject to ypur inspection one of the most sanitary and modern Meat Packing Plants within the state. 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