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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Ore
Monday, March 80, 1983
Soil Productivity and Conservation Stressed
-. Use of commercial fertiliz
er! on Marion county farmi
hai greatly increased crop
yields and profits but must be
accompanied by field practices
which maintain soil organic
matter, Tom Jackson, soil fer
tility specialist at Oregon State
college, told 100 farmers at the
Marlon county farm crops
-meeting In Woodburn on Sat-
arday. .
"Since most commercial fer
tilise! gradually increase soil
acidity, lime must be applied
periodically to maintain favor
able soil conditions for growth
of legumes," Jackson said.
: But by greatly increasing
growth of green manures and
cover crops, commercial term
tiers are an important link in
modern farm cropping which
constantly Improves soil capa
city and makes ever increasing
yields possible, he said.
March and April are favor
able months for application of
nitrogen to cereal crops, ac
- cording to Jackson. Generally
about four pounds per acre of
actual nitrogen is needed for
each 100 pounds of grain yield
the fanner plans above the
average grain yield of the field
to be fertilized. At present
prices this will run about 35 to
40 cents per bushel for wheat
Word of Cintlon
Jackson cautioned against
application of fertilizer, par
ticularly nitrogen, in contact
with cereal seeds or plant
roots, oesi jesuiis come rrom
band deposits below and to
one side of the plant or seed.
Too much nitrogen can be In
urious , particularly where
moisture is lacking.
Anhydrous ammonia is to be
available to Willamette valley
farmers during the coming
growing season. Jackson said
tills is an excellent source of
nitrogen but since it is a gas
. it must be applied properly or
undue loss will occur. In culti
vated land it must be injected
at least 8 inches below the sur
face. It is not recommended for
sprinkler irrigation but can be
used in flood systems.
By CLAUDS STKD8LOFF
"Com will give more profit
to farmers of the Willamette
valley than any other grain
and local demand is almost un
limited," said R. I. Fore, Ore
gon State college farm crops
professor. Bach year nearly
four million bushels are ship
ped In to Oregon for use In
poultry rations. Current corn
prices at Kansas City are about
fl.S per bushel, Portland
quotations being 12.10,
Fore reported that 30 Marion
and Clackamas county farms
entered in the 1992 Oregon
State corn yield contest pro
duced corn for an average cost
of 85 cents per bushel, average
yields per acre . being 72.2
bushels. He . pointed out that
net profit per acre of these
farms averaged $118.
Grain Corn Recommended
Hybrid Oregon 355 is recom
mended for grain corn plant
ing on Marion county farms in
the valley floor. For hilly sec
tions and silage corn produc
tion hybrid Oregon 825 give
better results.
On non-irrigated lands Fore
suggested use of about 80
pounds per acre of actual nitro
gen. An abundant boost of
phosphate fertilizer also has.
tens maturity of corn. Too
much nitrogen may cause burn
ing of the plants where Insuf
ficient moisture Is available
but with irrigation unlimited
amounts can be applied.
Fore said that under West
ern Oregon conditions a corn
ear weighing about Vi pound
gives Highest yield per acre.
108 Basin Farms for
Sa le to Wa r Vetera ns
Washington () Secretary
of the Interior McKay an
nounced Sunday that 108 fam-lly-slze
farms on the Columbia
Basin Irrigation proplect in
Central Washington are being
offered for sale to veterans,
Veterans of service between
Sept. IS, 1840 and July 3,
1952 will have priority.
The demand for the farms
is expected to' exceed the num
ber avuuaule so iniurily 01
selection from among the
qualified applicants will be
determined by a lot at a pub
lic drawing in Pasco, Wash.,
probably in June. Some 10,-
000 applications have been
submitted.
Aditional applications will
be accepted at the Reclama
tion Bureau's office at Ephra-
ta, Wash., beginning Monday
for a period of 45 days. To be
eligible, applicants must have
two full years of farming ex
perience after 15 years of age
and must have $4,500 for de
velopment of the units.
The farms vary in size from
88 to 107 acres and the prices
range from $728.80 to $17,'
674.70. The highest price is
for a unit with full set ' of
farm buildings already built.
All but six of the units have
been dry-farmed previously.
The farms, 130 miles south
west of Spokane, are to re
ceive irrigation water begin
ning in 1954.
The sale will be the last for
tiiis year on the project, with
further tales in subsequent
years normally a year before
water is made available to the
land.
Prior to Sunday's announce
ment, some '200 farms on the
project have been sold by the
Reclamation Bureau.
Purchasers may pay 20 per
cent down for the land and the
remainder in 20 years. .
Ultimately the Columbia
Basin project is planned to ir
rigate 1,029,000 acres making
up 14,000 irrigated farms, but
McKay said most of the farms,
are already in private owner
ship. .
He noted that farmers could
increase yields by planting
more plants per acre wnere
fertility and moisture Is abun
dant On non-trigated lands he
suggested 11,000 plants per
acre, with irigation 18-20,000
plants.
Talent alfalfa is showing
great promise on the Mission
bottom farm of Jack Chapln,
it was brought out on the al
falfa forum participated in by
Chapln. Mike Bronec of Hub
bard and George Elliot, Au
rora. Talent gives excellent
early spring growth and seems
rather reslstent to grass lnva
slon but Ranger variety gives
Indication of making better
late summer growth.
Chapln planted his alfalfa
with a cereal nurse crop and
used up to 8Q0 pounds of super
pnospbate per acre. . Elliot got
an unusually clean stand of
alfalfa by working his ground
frequently during the spring
and early summer to conserve
moisture and then planting In
July.
Pea Carry-over Heavy
Rex Warren, Oregon State
college extension farm crops
specialist, said there Is a carry
over of 223 million pounds of
Austrian field peas in the U. S.
Oregon annually plants 10,000
acres to this crop, nearly one
fourth of the V. S. total.
Hannchen, a two-row amine
malting barley was the only
spring barley recommended
for the Willamette valley by
Wilson Foote, Oregon State
college farm crops specialist
Victory has been the highest
yielding spring oat variety in
ine Oregon state college nur
sery on Hyalon farm since 1921.
Its average yield per acre has
been 48.3 bushels, while Kano
ta variety has averaged 35.5
TERMITES
5-YEAR GUARANTEE
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265 SO. 20TH
Aumsville Man Draws
Wash. Farm Priority
(Quincy, Wash. UJ9 Two
Oregonlans were among 11
applicants whose names were
drawn for highest priority on
the purchase of 11 govern
ment-owned farms south of
here in the Columbia river
basin.
Omer Robert, Jr., of Aums
ville, Ore., was fourth in the
preference drawing and Nath
an Haines of Central Point
was tenth. -
INDIANS GREET SPRING .
Warm Springs, Ore. VPI
The root festival an ancient
rite of thanksgiving for sprang,
was. observed here Sunday by
the Warm Springs . Indians,
Chief Alex Towhead led the
800 Indians in the ceremony
which was attended by Indians
from the Yakima and Colum
bia tribes.
bushels for 12 years.
Zimmerman Is the recom
mended spring wheat variety.
Marquis and Huston are other
good yielding spring varieties.
Trials bring out the distinct
advantage of fall planting for
barley, wheat and oats in this
area. Fall sewn wheat averag
ed 38 bushels per acre while
spring sown went just half
that Fall oats have been aver
aging 70 bushels, spring sown.
45 bushels. There is less diff
erence with barley, fall sown
at 43 bushels, spring sown,. 31
bushels.
Robert Miller of Woodburn
was chairman of the meeting,
Hollis Ottaway, Marlon coun-
agent assisted in arrange
ments.
Top Prize to
Mrs. Kjelmyr
A 21-inch combination tel
evision, radio and phonograph,
top prize in the Saturday night
drawing of the Salem Down
town Merchants' association,
was won by Mrs. Robert Kjel
myr, 2475 Ferry street
The lucky tickets were
pulled from a cement mixer
drum on the portable platform
on High street west of court
house square by Chief of Po
lice Clyde A. Warren, starting
at 5:30 Saturday evening, and
similar drawings for prizes
will occur next Saturday and
the following Saturday, and on
the latter date the grand prize
of all, a 1953 Packard sedan,
will be given away.
Free tickets are available to
purchasers at some 200 down
town places of business during
the next two weeks.
Master of ceremonies at the
Saturday night event was Bill
Ross of KSLM. - Other prize
winners were:
John A. Dyke, 3750 Hulsey
avenue, wheelbarrow; Hilda
Martin, Steyton, power lawn
mower; Mare Jennings, 1965
North Front, steam iron; Frank
P. Doerfler, 1400 George street,
Woodburn, pen and pencil set;
J. L. Campbell, 525 North 19th,
pen and pencil set; Mrs. Gwen
Hill, 1865 North Capitol, elec
tric shaver; H. W. Eckerman,
3325 Rawlins St., automatic
percolator; Myra Friesen, 119
Ash street Dallas, electric
shaver; Del Aleshire, 335 Rich
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mend St., combination waffle
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Frederic A. Delano
Dies in Washington
Washington ) Frederic
Allen Delano, who was presi
dent of three railroads, an Ar
my colonel in World War I,
a League, of Nations fighter
against the opium trade and
holder of federal office under
four presidents, died Saturday
at the age of 89.
He was an uncle of Presi
dent Franklin Delano Roose
velt and served in his adminis
trations as chairman of the Na
tional Resources Planning Com
mission for 10 years.
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Douglas Fir Region
Paying High Wages,
Portland U.R 'Hillman
Lueddemann, president of the
West Coast Lumbermen's asso.
elation, told delegates to the
group's . annual convention
here that wages in the Doug'
las fir region are the highest
in the U. S. lumber industry.
- 'The average hourly earn
ings exceed those in steel and
aluminum, two active competi
tors. Moreover, they are about
31 per cent higher than Brit
ish Columbia wages and about
19 per cent higher in sawmill
wages,". he said. ,.
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