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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, February 5, 1957 Page 8 Section 2 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Valley Family Proves Expert In Many Fields By BEN MAXWELL Capital Journal Writer J. B. Lorcncc and Sons, (aim ers o( 996 acres in the .Monmouth area, arc producers ot grass seeds, fescue, clover, vetch, peas, lotus, malt barley and a newly intro duced strain of German rye, tctra pctkus, To accomplish these extensive operations in a minimum amount of time and with greatest efiic lency, they use a tractor equipped with a blade; a large wheel trac tor of 4-5 plow capacity, two three plow tractors, one two-plow trac tor, two self-propelled combines, a wind rower and an assortment of disks, plows and harrows. Farm transportation inculdcs two pick ups, (our trucks and three auto mobiles. Best Equipped Shop To keep all this machinery run ring at greatest c((iciency and without any unnecessary loss of Sheep OSCtoGive Shear Lessons Free Free instruction In sheep shear ing is available this spring to both adults and youths at five two-day schools sponsored by Oregon Slate college, announces John H. Land ers, OSC animal husbandry spe cialist. Schools are scheduled March 10 and 19, March 20 and 21, and March 22 and 23 at OSC; April 11 and 12 at The Dalles; and May 10 and 11 at Prinevillc. Applica tions are available from county extension agents or high school vo cational agriculture instructors. Each two-day class will be lim ited to 16 persons selected by a committee that will review appli cations to determine individual need and possible benefit from the course. Applications should reach Landers not later than March 1. Landers and Paul Rutland, OSC shepherd, will conduct demonstra tion classes on shearing, prepara tion of wool for market, and care for shearing equipment, Each stu dent will shear about 10 sheen during the two days, .Equipment will bo furnished by the school. Instruction is open to any Ore gon resident regardless of age who Is big enough to hold and shear a sheep, usually about age 15, Land ers explains. Ho says tho school it designed primarily for folks with farm flocks rather than as training for commercial shears Some young "alumni" of the chool have gone semi-commercial, however, putting themselves through college with money earned from summer shearing stints for neighbors. Landers has conducted more than 25 schools since starting the program in 1951 with classes aver aging about 14 persons. Hearings Set In 4 Places F overs Four hearings will be held early in February by the slate de partment of agriculture on the proposal of ryegrass seed grow ers to form a commodity commis ion for their product. The hearings will be In the main production areas and will give all growers an opportunity to express their opinions as to the desirability and necessity for a self-help program for this cron. says J. F. Short, director of agri culture. The hearings arc scheduled as follows: Tuesday, February S, at 8 p.m, in the Linn county fairgrounds tuning hall. Corvnlhs Wednesday. February It, at 8 p. m., in tho Willamette Grange Hall seven miles soulh of Corvallis on Highway BBw. In dependenceFriday, February ft, at 8 p.m., in the Central High ncmioi cunning on tnc highway between Independence and Mon mouth. The hearings will be conducted by Paul T. Howell, chief of the department's division of market devclopemcnt. juosi oi me nation s common und perennial ryegrass seed is grown In the Willamette valley. centered tn the Linn county area retitions asKing tor the hearings on formation of a ryegrass sued commission to stabilize the indus try were sponsored by the Linn county farm crops advisory com. mitlec. Two hundred seventy rye grass cod growers signed the ne titions. The petitioners raised $." to pay estimated expenses of the hearings and a possible reform dum on the establishment ol r commission for this crop. If (he department's decision after the hearing is favorable to the ne titioners' request, all qualilied growers will havu an opportunity later to vote for or against the creation of a commodity commis sion. "0ldat40,5060?" Man, Get Wise! Pep Ety Thoriuml. trt lprr " '1 sn u V"i lrl Mk. low ta tnettv. "old" ! 40. SO of ffO, quit blaming II on ttt. II yxta want In Itrl vutinsrr try Dr, imiiravrtl (Mm Iatik" TtWfti It rmc. For nVt-ilily ituf lo nimfcUit KmV. lack el lion .ltd YiLmirt Hi. Ih 'Wrowpr" frtliogi you m.y ctll "hr-tnf Id." full pr-p in bnlh trxri. Try Oitr. lo I'M peppy, ywi younger. 3-rlv "lt-M-jAlnud'' rto only (. AD dralfriu. time, the Lorcnces have probably the best-equipped, non-commercial farm machine shop in Polk county. In their shop is a steel lathe with an 18-inch swing and an eight foot bed, welding equipment, pow er drills and a diversity small pow er and hand tools essential for quick repair or part replacement on their array ot farm machinery. In our busy farming months of seeding and harvesting we can't afford a long delay from a break down." says Bob Lorcnce. "Wait ing for a part from a Portland warehouse, or a factory in San Jose or somewhere in Iowa is out of the question. We don't wait, we make that part ourselves. That's why we have an expanding ma chine shop. And we re netting more shop equipment all the time." To illustrate the point. Bob Lor cncc showed this reporter an un loaded truck bearing a grinder, power hack saw and a shaner re cently acquired at an Independ ence liquidation sale. "We're going to have to enlarge our shop before we can set these machines up," Bob remarked. Build Own Equipment J. B. Lorcncc and Sons not only repair their own form machines, they also build equipment to suit their particular needs. In I94S, when farm machines were hard to come by, they constructed a self propelling wind rower. Next they constructed -a six-foot roto tiller for row crops. It will work lo a depth of eight inches and is now crcd by a 100 horse power diescl cneinc. The tiller is driven by a torque lube, ground newer is chain driv en. Their buck rake, built of odd parts during war times when farm machinery was practically off the market, is sclf-propcllcd, and has a 16-foot lift of two ton capacity. When not in use for its designed purpose, it provides a convenient, adjustable platform for painting farm buildings. I. B. Lorcncc and Sons do not so licit commercial shop work. They help a neighbor out now and then when his machinery breaks down hut their business Is (arming. However. Ihc family has more than a rule of thumb experience with tools and design. One is a grnduntc Industrial en gineer, another has a degree in mcchonlcal engineering and yet another Lorcnce is a graduate In farm management. They are qual ified by training and experience to take care of their own design and shop problems. Besides Held crops, the Lorcnces run 200 head of sheep. Working on the Lathe f, -. ".vv:'W The picture above shows John Lorcnce working a bearing race on the J. B. Lorcnce and Sons shop lathe with an 18-inch swing and eight-foot bed. This big steel lathe, an initial piece of the shop's power equipment, Is used In turning brake drums, shafts, axles and threads. News of Farm Edited by : CLAUDE : : STEUSLOFF : Sheepman Describes Lamb Improvements Disorders of Strawberries Get Discussion Soil slcrllnnts, topped off with timely dusting or spraying, will control most strawberry plant dis orders but they arc costly and it is better to plant disease - free slock. Robert Every and K. K. Vaugiuin, Oregon Stale college specialists, told a berry owners meeting in Salem Inst week. Nuclear stocks, which go out lo selected growers o f certified strawberry plants in Oregon, arc grown in a locked and careiiiuy guarded greenhouse at the plant propogation center in Corvallis. Fungi, insects nnd humans arc kept out by various devices to in sure purity of the foundation ma terial which is grown in 25 plant Hats. Soil (umignnts, applied at rales which would cost $1,500 per ncre. have given no significant control of red stcclo, one of the most bothersome diseases of Marshall berries. The new Silclj is at pres ent immune hut Vntighnn snid that through hybridization, fungi may become dangerous to Sileti at any time. nugmin warned that nema todes, which have caused almost 100 per cent loss in strawberry patches in the Fust, may at any lime start work on Willamette val ley berry fields. Tims far they have only hern troublesome on Oregon vegetable crops but they are capable ot attaching them selves lo 1,700 species of plants Terrill Speaks at Kcizcr About Traits By CLAUDE STEUSLOFF Capital Journal Special Writer Improvement suggestions, based on selection, were given sheepmen nt a meeting in Keizcr last week by Clairo E. Terrill, recent direc tor of the U.S. Sheep Experiment station nt Dubois, Idaho, and now head of the Sheep, (inat and Fihcr Research section, U.S.D.A., Belts villc, Md. "Commercial flock owners should select breeding stock only for the more valuable trails, that Is, things you get paid for or things which have a relation to things you aro paid for. Besides the value of a trait, you must also consider the hcritability or amount of improvement each trait can give your flock," Terrill snid. He explained that trails differ in their hcritability. High herita ble traits arc fleece length of staple, face covering, fineness of fleece and skin folds. Medium heritable traits arc fleece weight, body weight and lamb weaning weight. Low heritable; twinning, body conformation or type, fat ness, uniformity. Only So Much 'Only so much gain can be ex pected by selection, so stick with few points which arc important lo your flock. Avoid fancy points such as face and leg coloring and presence of scurs, lerrui na- vised. Between 80 and 90 per cent of the gain from selection in a com mercial flock comes from t h c rams used as sires in the flock, he snid. Improvement by selec tion of ewes in the Hock comes principally in composition of the floek. "When considering Hie ewes, put most emphasis on culling those low lamb producers. Pay the most attention to fleece weights in year ling ewes, ns they become older weight comparisons are not reli able." Terrill added. There seems to be growing resistance to some breeders try ing lo grow bigger and bigger lambs. I believe future improve ment in our marketing of lambs will come from selling more, lighter lambs from our ewes," he stated. Improved purebreds are needed to make the most gains in cross breeding work and this will in crease value of purebreds ns the practice becomes more common, according to Terrill. Lamb production is best im proved by selecting Iambs with heavy weaning weights or twins from young mothers. "To increase twins in a flock, put twins from young ewes in to (he flock as re placements, Terrill advised. Rec ords show that twin lambs which weigh less than singles at weaning time gain "almost" all the weight back by the time they are ma ture. "We need ways to select lamb carcasses for larger eye of loins, tenderness and mealiness but the question is, how can these be determined in live lambs," the speaker continued. The Beltsvillc research station is now working on progeny carcass information which is the first step. As much as four pounds difference in feed needed per pound of gain has been found in certain rams tested. Concerning wool, "grow the grade that is best adapted to your locality. In the Willamette valley I would select largely for fleece weight," the specialist concluded. Potatoes Lowing Skins Bui Not Popularity Potatoes arc losing their skins but not their popularity, say Ore gon State college extension market ing specialists. New commercially prepared potato products arc find ing wide favor. The specialists report that the quantity of fresh potatoes used in homes has dropped in the past 10 Groder Urges Single Group , ror growers "All strawberry growers and processors should be drawn to gether in one group so that broad industry problems such as varie ties, production and use could be decided effectively," Roland Grod er, Oregon State college fruit and vegetable marketing specialist, told a Marion county strawberry growers gathering last week as he outlined a forward look at the trade. Consolidation in industries ex cept agriculture has drawn a few keen, top leaders into control, he said. "In Oregon we cannot in crease our strawberry farm size as they have done in other areas but we can get 50 small farmers to grow the same product and hire someone to sell it," Groder con tinued. Groder stated that if farmers had kept cost records many would have been out of the strawberry business several years ago. The saturation point for berries was reached two years ago. Storage holdings of strawberries in the U. S.. as of Jan. 1, were nearly 200 million pounds. 39.3 per cent higher than the year previ ous. To get rid of them we must move 33 million pounds per month, the most ever handled before is 21 million pounds," Groder said. "Freezer counters in retail stores of the nation have expanded rap idly but supplies arc now ample and (he question is can the push be continued into homes of con sumers?, he went on. Groder noted that the Marshall variety, for which Oregon is fa mous, has size, color and eye ap peal which led preservers to pay a litlle more than for less desir able stock. But. there arc indica tions that other improved varieties may be moving in. years, but that processed potato foods are rapidly filling the gap. One out of every six pounds o( potatoes today is used in some processed form. Mink Donated For Breeding Stock at OSC Experiments to Find Feed Requirements Scheduled Twenty-live sapphire mink, elite of the fur coat trade, have been donated to Oregon State college as breeding stock for experiments on feed requirements of the species. Scientists and Oregon fur breed ers want to know if the high qual ity fur with the blue sheen can be maintained on less costly diet than the traditional fish and red meats. Nearly 500 brown aod black mink passed lower cost feeding trials at the OSC mink experiment al farm during the past year. But the highly-bred sapphire "muta tion" may be more susceptible to diet change, the scientists say. The 25 sapphire breeders were donated to the college by the Ore gon State Fur Breeders associa tion for propagation this spring. Their offspring "peltcrs" will go on feed trials this summer. Go Off Feed Farm superintendent John Adair, OSC fish and game management researcher, says the temperament al mink go "off feed" easily and lose size and fur quality when diets are below par. On the other hand, Oregon fur breeders have expanded their industry into a highly competitive $4 million an nual business and arc hard pressed to keep mink diets up and costs down. Scarcity of horscmcat and whalemeat and growing competi tion (or bee( liver (rom the "cat and dog (ood" trade have focused mink industry attention upon plen tiful species of so-called bottom fish. Now. competition is growing keener for the (ish, particularly the more desirable species being channeled into human (ood mar kets. Newest item in the OSC test diets is a "cereal" compounded o( local small grains and dried meat products fortified with antibiotics and vitamins. Adair says 1956 tri als indicated that most of the red meat portion of the diet could be replaced with the cereal at ap proximately halt the cost. Red meat normally makes un about one-fifth of the mink's total ration. Mix to Replace Fish The new mix misht also replace some of the fish that usually ac count (or 70 to 80 per cent ot the ration. Growth and fur quality of brown and black mink on the test diet was as good or better than animals on a higher red meat per centage, Adair says. Meanwhile, the OSC scientists ore running tests with - non-commercial species of bottom fishes in combination with red meats and cereals as future insurance of feed supplies and high quality Oregon pells. The national Mink Farmers Research foundation has contrib uted funds for the past three years for continuation of the OSC tests on possible relationship of mink nutrition and fur abnormalities. Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Little Worry Eat, talk. laiifth or anecte without ear of Insecure tnlt teeth dropping lipping or wobbling, fasteeth nolds plates firmer and more com ortably. 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