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Farmers Oppose Removal
Of Turkey Price Support
The Polk county Farmers' union has taken a stand against the
m removal of price support on turkeys and any other poultry and
poultry products.
A resolution to that effect will be sent by the Farmers' Union
to Oregon's congressmen.
The rpsnlutinn was introduced .spraying for weed control. He
at the quarterly meeting of the
Polk county farmers' union at
the Spring Valley school.
Also a highlight of the quart
erly meeting was a speech by
John Hansen, Polk county agri
culture agent. He spoke on weed
control, tuberculosis and Bangs
disease control in Polk county.
Hansen explained the action
being taken in forming commit
tees from each farm group to be
on disease and weed control
committees. He displayed a Tan
Bey Ragwort specimen on which
he pointed out identifying char
acteristics with reference to the
proceedure for most satsfactory
Conrad Hamann
Earns Award ,
Independence Conrad Lewis
Hamann, 17, senior at Independ
ence high school, and president
of the local FFA chapter, won
a State Farmer Degree for his
outstanding farm project.
Conrad was one of 59 candi
dates who received this coveted
degree at the 22nd Annual State
FFA convention, held in La
Grande, on March 23. His
brother, Gerald, received his
State Farmer degree in 1943,
and since that time, Conrad has
had as his goal the achieve
ment of the Degree, and thus
attain equal stature with his
brother.
During his freshman year, a
grade Jersey calf was the hum
ble beginning of his supervised
farming program. When this
calf was sold, he bought a reg
istered Jersey calf. In the
spring, he planted one-fourth
acre of sugar beets in coopera
tion with the West Coast Beet
Seed company of Salem. In
partnership with hisv father, he
had an acre of barley, to round
out his first year's project.
Conrad added ten acres of
wheat to his farming program
in his sophomore year. The
Sears and Roebuck Foundation
Inc. presented him with five
registered Suffolk ewes, and it
might be said that this proved
to be the turning point in his
farming career.
In his junior year, Conrad
was farming five acres of grey
oats, ten acres of wheat, six
acres of white oats, seven acres
of red clover, and two acres
red clover pasture in addition
to caring for eight ewes, twelve
lambs and one registered heifer.
It was on this project that he
won second place in the Upper
Willamette District Better
Farming contest sponsored by
the Kiwanis clubs of Oregon.
At present, his investment in
his supervised farming program
amounts to $1602.40, not includ
ing ten new lambs, recent addi
tions to his sheep enterprise.
His total labor income in three
years of farming has been
$868.81.
In additions to his extensive
farming operations, he has tak
en an active part in school
activities. He is a two-year let
terman in football, holding
down a tackle position. He is
also a member of the track
squad and was counted upon
for many points this year in
the high jump.
His leadership abilities are
shown in his Future Farmer
activities. He was a member of
the chapter parliamentary team
for two years, winner of the
chapter public speaking contest,
and third place winner in the
district public speaking contest.
He was a member of the FFA
judging team for three years,
and a delegate to the state con
vention for two years.
As to his plans upon grad
uation from high school, Con
rad states that he plans to en
roll at Oregon State college
next fall with the idea of ma
joring in agricultural education.
Hop Restrictions
Caused 20 Increase
Independence According to
results of a survey by the Ore
gon State college . agricultural
experiment station, restricted
harvesting of hops in Oregon
last year under the hop control
program caused a 20 percent in
crease in the estimated cost of
production.
Dr. G. W. Kuhlman, agricultu
ral economist, made the estimate
of the average cost of hop pro
duction in western Oregon in
1949. The compiled figures re
vealed that production costs in
creased more than 10 cents per
pound as a result of restricted
harvesting.
It was estimated that the aver
age 1949 yield was 920 pounds
per acre, while, under the hop
marketing agreement, growers
were permitted to harvest an
average of only 690 pounds per
acre. Estimated cost of produc
tion on a full crop basis was 52.7
cents per pound. On a restricted
crop basis, costs jumped to 63.3
cents per pound. Fixed costs,
preharvest costs, and harvesting
costs were all included in the estimate.
emphasized the rapidity with
which this poisonous weed is
spreading in Polk county.
Hansen announced that poison
squirrel bait is now available
at the county office and ware'
house for the purpose of eradi
cating ground squirrels.
Ernie Sollie, president of the
Spring Valley local, was ap
pointed as county representa-
tive on the disease control com
mittee which is to meet at Dal
las. A weed control meeting is
to be held in Dallas Thursday,
April 27, with George Hammond
acting as representative for the
Polk county Farmers union.
The Polk county picnic com
mittee brought in their recom
mendations, and it was voted to
hold the annual picnic on the
4th of July at the P. A. Lamb
farm near Independence. An in-
vitation was extended to the
local grange to hold their pic
nic with the county farmers'
union this year.
Mr. McBee announced the
dates for the Polk county fair
for the coming year as Thurs
day, Friday, and Saturday,
August 24th, 25th, and 26th. He
also told of the purchase of land
at Rickreall for the county
fairgrounds and of plans that
had been made for its develop
ment.
Other speakers were John
Bollinger, manager of the Farm
ers Union Co-op Store in Salem
Lyle Thomas, State Farmers
Union secretary and Ronald E,
Jones, Oregon State Farmers
Union president. President Jones
stressed the necessity for every
voter to cast his ballot in the
coming election. He also stated
the importance that the voter
should spend sufficient time in
studying all issues and candi
dates on the ballot. Dean Walker
shared Mr. Jone's opinion
this matter.
The next quarterly meeting
will be held Wednesday, July
l2Ui, at the Perrydale local
That local will act as host at
this evening meeting.
Spring Opening,
Independence
Independence The "Triple-
header" Spring Opening, spon
sored by the Chamber of Com
merce, will be held on Friday
evening and is expected to draw
many residents from Independ
ence and surrounding areas to
the city.
The Treasure Hunt, in which
Independence merchants will
give away over 100 prizes, will
begin at 6:30 p.m. and continue
through the rest of the evening.
Most Independence stores will
remain open for the evening.
Following a short concert by
the Independence high school
band under the direction of Paul
Dodd, there will be an Apprec
iation Day Drawing. This draw
ing is expected to take place at
7:30 p.m. In the future the
weekly drawings will be held on
Friday nights instead of on Wed
nesday afternoons, as has been
the custom.
The street dance will begin
at 8:30, and will be held on
C street, just off of Main street.
Lee and his Melody Night Rid
ers will provide music.
Arrangements are being made
to have the Tanglefoot Square
Dance club give a short per
formance. The club's member
ship includes people from both
Monmouth and Independence.
Spring opening chairman,
Ray Herbst, stressed that all of
the events on the program are
free.
P.O. Cuts Jobs Joseph Dodge scratches his head in be
wilderment as he ponders newspaper headline and Postoffice
notice on mailbox in San Francisco announcing the extension
of clerk-carrier examinations. Confusing, isn't it? (Acme
Telephoto)
Auction to Raise
Money for Scouts
Lebanon Local merchants
are cooperating in an auction
April 27 at the Parker gymnasi
um, the purpose of which is to
raise funds to send eight Leban
on boy scouts from troops 51
and 30 to the national jamboree
at Valley Forge, Pa.
The boys plan to leave June 18
with scout official William Bald
win for the month-long trip.
Finances for the trip are being
met in various ways with each
scout needing $300 for expenses.
The auction is expected to raise
the greater part of the fund.
Scouts who will make the trip
are Darrel Carlson, Danny
inompson, Harvey Rose, Jim
Wise, Donny Swanson, Dick
Morehead, John Brown and
Gene Stewart.
Special $80,000 Road Levy
Placed Before Polk Voters
Dallas, April 21 Polk county court will ask votors for a
special road levy to raise $80,000 with which to repair ana lm
orove the county's road system, according to Judge Jack Hayes,
The proposal will be on a special ballot at an election to be
held concurrently with the May primaries.
Mandatory welfare programs-
levies have increased to such an
extent that no leeway is left
under the 6 limitation for ade
quate road fund levies, the judge
explained. In eight years the
welfare fund has increased ap
proximately 170 per cent.
At the same time, he pointed
out that Polk's roads are in very
poor condition as a result of two
successive severe winter freezes.
Over half the roads are in
need of extensive repairs and
maintenance. High costs of road
equipment, supplies and labor
have exhausted funds alloted to
roads.
Last year the county court
asked a road levy of $160,000
per year for three successive
years in order to institute a pro
gram of road improvement, but
this was defeated by voters. The
present plan is for a one-year
program only, and the total
amount involved is just one
sixth of last year's proposal.
The $80,000 levy would be in
addition to the annual levy for
road district No. 1, which took a
6.1 mill levy for 1949-1950.
It is planned to rebuild and
ditch the Buena Vista road and
the Perrydale road to highway
99-W as the first steps on the
summer's program, Judge Hayes
said. The court has started
policy of ditching and renewing
roadbeds before proceeding with
resurfacing on the theory that
lack of adequate ditches for
drainage is a source of a large
part of the trouble when roads
go to pieces.
Patching is proceeding at once
and crews are now working on
the Orr s corner road which be
came a virtual "no man's land'
after the cold weather early this
year.
Doris Newman Named
Valedictorian
Amity Graduation data re
leased by R. W. Haberly this
week reveals that Doris New
man will be the valedictorian of
the 1950 senior class. Her class
rank Is a "2", four year class
average, 1.41, progress test, 43
memory test 6.
Erma Smail, who is a student
from the Ballston district this
year is second and will be the
salutatorian.
The girls of the Amity senior
high school class have been in
vited to a tea at Linfield college
Wednesday afternoon.
Bales Herd 1
Finishes Test
F. E. and L. C. Bates' herd
of registered Jersey cattle has
just completed a year of offic
ial herd improvement registry
testing. They live near Salem.
The herd averaged 8,297
pounds of milk and 449 pounds
of butterfat per cow during the
year. An average of 16 animals
were in the herd during the test
period. All tests on the herd
were made by the Oregon State
college and verified by the
American Jersey Cattle club,
which has its national head
quarters in Columbus, O.
ihe Bates herd produced
more than twice as much butter-
fat throughout the year as is
produced by the average dairy
cow in the United States. The
herd improvement registry test
for production is part of the
program designed by the Amer
ican Jersey Cattle club to make
possible the constant improve
ment of the Jersey breed.
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