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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1956)
Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 5, 1956 THE CAPITAL, JOURNAL Section 2 Page 3' Young Businessman Hard at Work Oregon Rodent-Caused Loss Most Serious of Any State President Junior Dealer Larry Zeller. typical of the thousands ot news-' boy throughout America who are being honored Saturday during American Newsboy Day, didn't mind it when Photographer Jerry Future Junior Dealer Dean Zeller helps brother. Larry fold I ''v s - w " Ji his papers for easier carrying and accurate' pitching to customers I f -v . i n the Center Jo D and 20th to Thompson route. Dean will be 1 iTLT, j 3t-' H dealer 'next year. I jjr,t. This paper couldn't be accurately pitched upon the porch so Larry left bike,- walked up to hoase and deposited paper. Its all part of his service. Also above, collecting Is toughest Job. Not In lift And thee back home ta a good snpper. Greeting Larry at Ihe end of; bis daily mule is his mother Mrs. Paul Zeller. Larry's typical f ever 121 Capital Journal junior dealers who are being Clnussen followed him on hl route recently. Above, Zeller , gets his route papers from Capital Journal city circulation director Charles Wright just after school. this picture though, Mrs. Emma money ready. sainted Saturday during national all over the world. Brust, 2048 Center St., bad her i-'m'i-,-:, newsboy day along with others Autumn Good Time for Control By CLAUDE STEUSI.OFF Capital Journal Writer While sportsmen are hunting deer, farmers are hunting rodents aitu mow nmui uit aaiu ,u vnu.-.& more serious loss in Oregon than ' in any other stale the U.S. In a ' Held being prepared lor iem oeing preparea lor iv,anager Waltcr A; Hot planting a Marion countyr,.-. , , last week shot 19 moles Tle an"ual, Pi fescue farmer with a 12 gauge shotgun and an other rural marksman got almost as many in a smaller area. They tookmost of their game in early morning or late evening by blast ing mounds where movement of earth ' indicated a mole was at work. Concussion of the shot kills oven though there may not be a direct hit. ' ' ...-' Strychnine Suggested Ben Newell, 'Marion county agent, suggests that bright days ot early fall is an excellent time to war on pocket gophers who are then quite activo preparing for winter hibernation. Strychnine poi son dusted on clover leaves de Dosltcd in runways. Is the handiest way to eliminate these rodents, he said. Colonies of field mice work on berry plant crowns, peal bark from young orchard trees and eat roots of sod plants. In the spring they cat plant foliage and their tunnels cause dry spots up to 30 feet across. Newells favorite mouse poison recipe is: line pnospnuc, i.o ounces wheat, 9 pounds 12 ounces amber petroleum jelly, 1 ounce; mineral oil, 1 ounce. Warm the mineral oil and petroleum jelly together until fluid, add zinc phos phide and stir to suspend the poi son, pour over wheat and mix. It may be broadcast family style on the colony area or served in two tablespoon amounts at bait sta tions. Mouse Damage fans So tnr this fall, mouse damage has been considerably under the peak it reached during 1954 and 1955 ana ncwcu iHipvs iuw vjvil in mouse population is in the mnk- ... A A. This noDUlanon surKe aim uc- dine among rodents has been the subject of much investigation and uSDA bioiogisis nae lounu man agement of them has aimosi ena less angles. Even when rodent an- nlvsls has been restricted to a sinolA unpplps. confined to .a uni form environment, the results have often left investigators con fronted with many fpcls still un known and Indeterminable accord- incr tn nnp of the specialists. Weather, food and disease have much more influence on roaeni cycles than do hawks, owls, snakes, weasels, coyotes, etc. Henry Fitch of the U. S. Fish & Wild Life serv ice has found that reproduction rate of ground squirrels is about 17 times greater than consumption by coyotes and predators that multiply slowly have little effect on prey species that multiply rap idly. 4 Trappers In Stale The U. S. Fish 4 Wild Life re- oort for July shows that 46 hunters paid by counly-slate-fcderal funds in Oregon worked toio days trap ning 787 rodents and predators. Two-thirds of these were captured in eastern Oregon and about 18 percent in Willnmcttte valley counties. Since the first of the year, 1568 coyotes and 1261 bob cats have been caught in the slate. The counties in which balom is located led the state in two trap per categories, Marion county be ing the foxiest and Polk the most bearish. Vic Howard, ' Marion county trapper, took 10 foxes dur ing July. Charles Putney or Polk county caught 10 bears during the same period. Mn neur ana iinrney counties are high in the kill lists. The two , coniriDuiea n coyoics auring juiy. Harney was top county In bobcat catch with 13 and the 46 badgers reported was also high for the state. Benton counly led the stale In small animal take with 9 racoons and 5 skunks. The largest animal trapped in tho slate last month was a mountain lion caught in Benlor. county. Only four of this species have iiecn caught in the ; slate th's year. The Wallowa county trappc stood at the Inp of the porcupine department with a take of 50. No coyotes or bobcats have been captured in Clatsop county this year. Union is another counly whore bohcals have stayed free of traps. Foxes have been taken only in 10 western Oregon counties. Hear distribution seems to be mostly in western Oregon with isoiaiea lakrs in inrec counties cast of Ihe Cascades. Porcupines and bad"ers concentrate in the hichcr elevations.- llovard Ihe Man county trapper who operates ou. ol Silver- ton. worked 20 days in July lak- 1 ,.- w. """"estimate 01 the rental value ol a aKUUKS, dllU i rdLWIIS. Garden Duster Help for Sheep A imall rnlar Ivnu nf oartlnn A small rotar - type of garden duster can effectively be used for dusting ihcep in thc control of ustcr can effectively be used for usting ihcep in the control of ticks, according to researchers ai Oregon Stale College who have presented their findings to Orris Rudd, Marion County Extension Agent. Early fall is the best season to control ticks and ewes made tick-free now will not again he- come afflicted wllh ticks until lambing time. Dusting a few Pacific-In ternational Show Will Attract 2,000 Youths Close to 2,000 youths represent-1 ing Western 4-H Clubs and high school Future Farmers ot America rhantnre am avnnMml tn nartir.1. pate in the 1956 pacific Interna-1 tmn, iimdAKt k'vhthttmn iiin. ber 2 (hroueh 27 at the huge North i Portland site, announces General will not only be a big show for farm youth because of a whopping $11,575 in 4-H and FFA premium money, but also because of the youth activities and the clean competition offered," Holt said. . Not only is tliero individual and team competition, but 4-H clubbers of the various Northwest stales compete to have their ' state's name engraved on the perpetual O. M. Plummer trophy. Washington state 4-H'crs have won the trophy nine times during the 27 years of the trophy's exist ence by having the highest com bined score for all agricultural and home economics demonstrations. Montana is second with seven fol lowed by Oregon with five wins, Utah with four and Idaho wllh two. The annual auction of 4-H and FFA market animals exhibited at the P.I. will take place 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 24, announces Prosscr Clark, Portland Livestock West Oregon Stockmen Plan Annual Meet ' Plans are nearing completion for the 22nd annual meeting of the Western Oregon Livestock associa tion, November IS to 17, at Eu gene, with Oregon's century-old fencing law shaping up as a key issijc for committee action. . Harry A. Lindgrai, Oregon State college livcslock specialist and as sociation secretary, says an at tempt will be made to simplify the old law that has grown complex with numerous modifications. Any proposals by the group will bo cleared with other interested or ganizations before submission to the legislature. Chairman of the association's fence committee is Leonard For- ster, Halscy. Olher committee chairmen announced by president Hubert Willoughby, Harrisburg, are: Kent McQruder, Clntskanie, beef commission and brand In spection; Albert Julian, Scio, legis lation and taxation; Charles Swan go, Coburg, livestock marketing; Waller Fisher, Oregon City, pas tures and parasites; and Waiter Welkcr, Roscburg, resolutions. Special entertainment is planned for wives of association members this year and a delegation of Ore gon Cattlemen association Cow Bcllfs headed by president Mrs. Joe Oliver, John Day, will attend. The WOLA represents all phases of the livestock industry including sheep, beef, and swine. Lindgrcn says livestock producer - members of statewide or other regional groups are invited to the Eugene meeting to discuss mutual prob lems. , Registration starts the morning of November 15 at the Eugene hotel followed by committee meet ings. Main convention speakers are scheduled November 16 and include Governor Elmo Smith; Dorothy Shcrrill, OSC consumer education specialist; and James E. Oldlicld, OSC animal nutritionist. An altcrnoon panel discussion of Oregon taxes is scheduled Novem ber If, moderated by Gordon Sit- c ,i,.,,n,,..,i ,.nn,i.i Pant,, mernber. orc w. E Bad( pornand. manager of. the Oregon Tax Itcrearch Bureau; Thure Lind strum, research director, stale tax commission; and ranchers Wallace Dement, Myrtle Point, and Lial Winncy, Alsetf. The banquet will be that night, Committee reports and election of officers are slated November 17. Cash Farm In State Oregon had more cash farm in come last year, but it wasn't all grnvy. reports Mrs. Klvera Hor roll, extension agricultural ccono- mist at Oregon-Stale college. ,...h ,. , nrpnr'. form n. j,,.,. ... within i,:.L t,, iii;,.n .i. ,'a iaa-.., In lha, ,., fflr'mr. . )o of govcrnm(.m pay. .i. h -,. pr(.l5 us(,d on ,hc (arm, and an farm dwtllings gives a gross farm income in Oregon last year ol 5445 million $13 million above 1954. Howpver thei-P was a rare be- However, mere was a race dc- tween income and oulgo last year, Mrs. Horreli says. close to 300 million in production expenses were paid and an adjust- m''nt made for inventories, Oregon farmers had a nrt farm income left "nlv miHion-S.oo.ooo less 'armors Ma a nr larm mcome icii "nlv ? million-S.oo.ooo less farm income in Ihe stale since re cords were started in 1949. Bright spot was that this total nr( inenmp Hirin't havp In snrpari --""""''''-'"'' -" sheep at a time wilh DDT, Chlor- rf,n n II f lh.,hl. I. an effective method of thc own er of a small farm flock. Exchange secretary and auction i sale superintendent. He explains that 4-H and FFA mnrliol flncce ornHini onnH fir het. I tcr must sell through the auction ! ini iniionini nnn inn, (rjtnrt nnn;ir nnv. unnnpr ih nnn n i .H nnn lambs must grade good or belter to bo eligible for the sale. Hobs must weigh 175 to 240 pounds. All open class livestock must be A limited number of top quality i in place by 8 a, m. Saturday, Oct-4-H and FFA exhibited animals I ober 20. Animal Disease Laboratory Favored by Oregon Governor A western regional animal dis ease research lnboratorj to con duct research on I ho many im portant disease affecting range cattle and sheep had the endorse ment of Governor Elmo Smith this week. Governor Smith joined live stock associations, farm organiza tions and veterinarian groups in urging that such a federal labora tory be established at a site in the western range states. Similar organizations in other western states have become inter ested in the project, Governor Smith explained, and organized the Western Regional Animal Disease Research association. Through this group representing all segments of the livestock in dustry in the west, efforts are being stepped up to interest the federal government in such a project. This would supplement the new animal disease laboratory recently approved in Iowa. Governor Smith said he would like to see the laboratory located in Oregon, but It Is so badly need ed he agrees with others con cerned that the western slates Thrips Go Down Drain With Newly-Found Thrips, those troublesome little) in..i.i. th.t .iin in rwrie blackberries, and other cane ber- ries, wiU go down the -drain with a new washing material Oregon State college researchers, in cooperation with regional scion lists, have solved the thrips prob lem with a special wetting agent that has no effect on quality of irun or preserves. Commercial berry processors llko homcmakers, can easily wash away other insects and field de bris that come in on freshly picked fruits. But thrips have defied the ordinary wash treatment. They arc tiny enough to find rcfugo among the berry segments. Sprays of suf ficient force to dislodge thrips are also damaging to the fragile berries. Attempts to rid fields of thrips wilh insecticide sprays have only been moderately successful, since winged forms of thrips migrate and may arrive in a berry field just before or during harvest, The final, and oltcn unsiiccessiui name, has been waged in the kitchen sink or washing vats of commercial freezers and canncrs. Now a safe, clfcctivc way to do the job has been developed by the Oregon Stale college experiment station and USDA scientists at Puyallup, Wash. C. E. Samuels, OSC food technologist, reports that dipping berries in a water bath containing less than one percent of a wetting agent wels the insects thoroughly and causes them to slide into the wash water. Wetting agents of the "anionic type" such as alkyl aryl sulfonate worked well in the tests. Health authorities consider the. material suitable for washing fruiU and vegetables if they are rinsed thor oughly. The researchers devised a tank Income Increases over so many farms. And, accord ing to a report from the agricul tural marketing service, this brought the net farm Income per farm in Orrgon up to an average of 12,532 26 above 1954. The amount was still 771 below the ncak in 1951. however, Oregon (arms averaged around $200 above (he national average nel farm income in 19j5. ranking lmh among the 48 stales, Mrs. "0,:?Lr 7 '"" was wloe' f " ""- " , est in the South. wha( s 1"'PPcnin8 ,nis year,7 postmen use in the next fiscal m ii,,rr.i rpn,i, thM Oresnn'al,r Mrs, Horreli reports that Oregon's By the lime.":i'"-r: "' .', " ,. cash receipts lrom sales ol larm '0, ,956 wcre n b(.hid thc .. i, m,,,,ii . Drduclion items during ,n(, ,;rst pr o( 1C b(low ,lrl(l.quartel. prj(. ,n(, (jr5l pr o( 1C ypar wpre b(low ,lrl(l.uarter prj(.c, jn i055 hut had caught up by mid year. CALLOUSES t To rHtavi. painful callmiM, burn-1 t lnor leivlrmMMOn bottom of TmI r fr1 "oyi c.iioum-f.1 ttur I """ o.hioo.n. p. (la. E will be sold singly while other animals wm oe grouped lor sate, said Clark. RpittrnHnn nf 4H nnri . FFA members takes place at 1 p. m. FFA animals must bo In place by 6 p. m. of the same day. should be unified op recommend ing a single location. - The governor pointed out that the laboratory should be estab lished in the great western range area where management and the disease problems of the vast cat tle and sheep Industry are quite different from those in any other area of -the United States. ' . . Veterinarians report that it is virtually impossible to conduct sound research on many diseases affecting range livestock any where but on the range itself. Scientists conducting this re search must become familiar, they add, with the diseases affecting range animals under range con ditions. The Western Regional Animal Disease Research association ad vocates that any funds appropriat ed for the new laboratory be in addition to funds now set aside by the federal government to land grant colleges for animal disease research. Governor Smith added that It is highly important that any ap propriations for federal research programs at Oregon State Col lege be continued as in the past. Wash Material with a belt device on the bottom that dipped and removed the bar- ri quickly, then carried them into nse Pray- OSC Suggests Conservation Soil Bank Uses Oregon farmers putting land Into the acreage reserve or conserva tion reserve programs of the soil bank aro faced with a rcaj prob lem how to make best use of their reserve acres. Farm crops specialists at Ore gon State college are suggesting farmers plant crops that will build up the productivity of their land for possible future use. And they say that means planting both a grass and a legume on the soli bank acres, Grass alone doesn't add soil-building humus, Ihe spe cialists, point out, but grass plus legume does. ' The specialists say there arc now legumes that will grow almost anywhere and on nny land in Ore gon. Sub clover, lotus, and hardy alfalfas arc making it possible for farmers to grow legumes in areas where it was previously thought impossible. The specialists arc quick to cau tion strawberry and bulb growers against planting Subterranean clover, Tualatin oatgrass, or High land benlgrass on their conserva tion reserve acres, however. These crops could create serious weed problems when the land Is later returned to berries or bulbs. Fencing is another problem farmers will fnco on soil bank acres, the specialists say. unaer soil bank contract, a farmer must protect his reserved acres from grazing from his own and his neighbor's cattle. Dancer from grass fires on con servation reserve land that may be left untouched for several years should also be kept in mind, the specialists warn. Whenever con servation reserve grasslands arc near timber or valuable cropland Ihcy advise construction of wide fire lanes by discing, plowing or early burning. Many farmers will run Into olher nrnhUrn, tn thi.li- anil hanlr flprni ,h, ... h. .,wprprf nv in terms of local conditions. Local xlnsin .,, .'. hpjt micd ,0 Mp (armcr, wjth , ii .ki.. it. ....i-i. , , ' ,,mphasije. The U.S. Post Office Depart ment purchased 2,000 bicycles for year. ELECTRICITY is SAFER! i POIItAND INIIAl 0fjn" IIICTIIC COMPANY Vlk. L William J. Holman will be president of the Federal Inter mediate Credit banK nf Spokane on Jan. 1, when the Productlo Credit Corp. of Spokane Is merg- , ed with the bank. Holman Heads Merged Farm Credit Bank f: William J. Holman. chairman of the district farm credit board c of Spokane, announced today that Paul F. Matson will be oresi- dent of the Feceral Intermediate: ,;v Credit Bank of Spokane on Jan. 1, 1957 when the Production Credit Corporation of Spokane Is , h merged with the bank, as provid-! ' ed in the Farm Credit Act of '-vv 1956. . ' W Holman also announced that-"?'' A. B. Robertson will be vice president .of the merged Institu- '" f lion which will continue to oner- ate as the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane. . Matson has been with the credit bank since 1928 and has, served as president and treasurer . since 1949. Robertson has been vice president of the Production , ' Credit Corporation since 1936. - Ernest E. Henry, president of . the corporation, is retiring at the ,. end of 1956 after more than 22 years of cooperative farm credit .'.. service. : The legislation providing for '"' . the merger of the two district ''i credit institutions also provides ''' the means by which the merged ;M bunk will ultimately be owneu, by -. the 30 production creuit assoc. a- ' "' lions in Idaho. Montana. Oreaon''' and Washington, Holmun said.;'.'" under provisions of the act, the government s investment in the bank will gradually ne retirea as stock ownership in the bank by , , the production credit assocla- , tlnn's Inprpnupa. . .. The intermediate credit bank, organized in itKj, provioes mosi nl ilta fonla tuhlnk n,nrflll. MH credit associations "loan Wthelr'' mnmhn,. ami aimn Hlonnnnlc inl. cultural paper for other financing , . institutions making loans to far- Ti mers and ranchers, according to -', - Holman,' The bank obtains its lending funds largely from the sale of '" debentures to investors in the fi nancial markets of tho nation, . Commenting on the merger, ', Holman said, ,"We arc now em- barking on a program that will eventually convert all banks and associations in the Farm Credit System to farmer-owned and co operatively operated organiza tions. This has long been the goal of farmers and farm leaders." Filbert Drying ? Is Under Way ; Crop Reported Half of 'y, 1955 HarvoHt, Gooil ' In Quality Glenn W. Hansbcrry. manager ,- of Salem Nut Growers Coopera- v tive, reports that his organization started drying filberts on Monday and that Ihe area crop, though i; about 50 percent less than 1955, is i superior In regard to quality. About 70 percent of the filberts so far .'. received aro graded large, 15 per cent jumbo and IS percent medium and small. , In the Ncwberg-Shoals area the .i" crop will be about 25 percent of.' last year and Ihe over-all estimate for the stale is 40 percent of 1955.- Prices paid for picking this year are four and five cents depending , upon the quantity of the crop and . the availability of pickers In the . community. A report from Leban- v. on mentions a 3'i cent picking price with a half cent bonus. No v shortage of help has shown in that .... area. ,- Hansbcrry also reports a strong 'V market for the 1956 crop. Last year - growers received about 22c, this year. he considers 27c a realistic " price for the current production. ' However, he points to 158,000 tons ' ' In Mediterranean countricr, parti- cularly 120.000 tons in Turkey, as a delerrant to inflation prices to American producers. CHARLIE CHAN CHINESE MEDICINE AND HERB CO. NEW LOCATION SO. 12th AND LESLIE 1195 LESLIE OFFICE HOURS Tuei. and Sal. Only 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Phone 2-1(30 8. B. FONG, HERB18T fin
