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Capital AJournal Mid-Willafnette LEACH IS INSTRUCTOR 41 Cen tral Boys Take Part In By BEN MAXWELL ., Capital Journal Writer - At Central High School, (Inde pendence - Monmouth), 41 boys between the ages of 13 and 18 are enrolled under the Smith-Hughes Act for agricultural training by Alvin Leach, for 11 years a mem ber of the school's teaching staff. ; Leach offers his boys a practical, down to earth course and makes no bones about it. Youngsters in the 13-14 age group, who enter as freshmen, select their project fol lowing a careful analysis of their experience, adaptability and the capacity of a site to successfully sustain their project. They learn the necessity for careful bookkeeping, the signific ance of a budget and receive in struction in livestock and crops. In addition they receive shop train ing in carpentry, blacksmithing and allied subjects. Says Leach: "They learn by doing." 3-Year Elaboration f Elaboration upon the selected project and Instruction in soil management, surveying, drainage, irrigation and fertilization is con tinued through the next three years. At the end of the senior year, the potential farmer has received the equivalent of a college training in agriculture reduced to his high school level. For the past four years, Leach's bnys have received top state awards in judging contests: in 1953, poultry; 1954, livestock; 1955, dairying; and in 1956, poultry. Leach slants his instruction to ward scientific, efficient farming and concurring profits. Take Ir win Riddle, for instance. This 17 year old senior cleared a profit of $3,500 lust year with poultry, 35 head of Southdowns, 20 acres of barley and 34 acres of rye. Harry Cummins of Pedee and his brother, Dewey, sheared 4000 : head of sheep last year at 50 cents a head and grossed $2,000. In Oregon now, says .Leach, there are 86 departments offering training in agriculture under the Smith-Hughes Act of 1919. All in all there are 3,600 aspiring farmers registered for this instruction. Number Will Diminish But, says Leach, the number will almost certainly diminish. Original purpose of the act was to induce more young men to enter agri cultural production. Now there is a vast surplus of agricultural products and the cost of establishing a sustaining farm for a family is near $50,000. It is the opinion of this Central High School instructor that train ing should now embrace aspects of agricultural marketing, distri bution and processing as well as production Not many aspiring young farm ers can now hope to become pro ducers unless they receive a farm as a patrimony or become associ ated with a parent who is a pro ducer. More likely, opportunity lies in some field of specialization as sociated with agriculture. Leach, as an instructor under the Smith-Hughes Act, retains the interest of his students by com petitions and contests in livestock judging, public speaking and parli mentary procedure. Grass Growers In Linn County Pass Acre Goal LEBANON (Special) Linn County ryegrass growers are pass ing the goal of 75 per cent partici pation in acreage reduction agree ments and are continuing to sign agreements beyond the official closing date, says Royce Holloway, Albany, chairman of the policy making committee. Committee members assisting Holloway in pushing the sign-up towards 100 per cent are Leigh Crossan. Rt. 2, Lebanon; Leon Jtyals, Rt. 2, Scio; Dale Miller, Brownsville; Grant Lindsay, Shedd Roy Bowers, Harrisburg; and By ron Higbce, J. I. McCord and Wil lard Keen, all of Halsey. Number of growers currently signed is over 400, says Holloway, and 1956 harvested acreage in -volved exceeds 70,000. Estimated total acreage har vested in 1956 was 89,000. Farm Calendar April -9 Eastern Oregon Lectur ers' Conference, East ern Oregon College, La Grande. 18 Annual Feeders' Day, Malheur Branch Ex periment Station, On tario. 10:00 a.m. Polk County Homemak ers' FcstivJ. Oregon College of Education, Monmouth. Oregon Fairs Association Second Annual Spring Workshop, M. U., OSC. Spring Cleanup Week. Farm Machinery Field Dav, Lee Hammers ranch. Center Ridge (Wasco County) begins at 10:00 a.m. Home Garden Show, Stale Fairgrounds, Sa ) 22-23 21-27 26 26-28 lem. Sa-May $ National Home Demon stration Week. 10 Grant County Homemak ers' Festival, Monu ment Grade School. Linn Countv Hnmemak- 80 Farms Smith-Hughes Ag Course They're Program Participants i II At- ii . ... ...... ...... .,------T-iWrr..'"i"'TS'''--" Harry Cummins, Pcdee student at Central, receives ad vice from instructor Alvin Leach in the top photo. In, the lower picture Nancy Watson, student in domestic science, gives some cooking pointers to Albert Kroeger, a Smith Hughes student. (Capital Journal Photos) UNUSUAL HONOR White-face Cattle Breeders Praised Unusual honor came to Oregon white-faced cattle breeders in this year's nominations to the Amer ican Hereford Ass. Registry of Merit. The registry, started 41 years ago, is a recognition for outstand ing Hereford sires and dams based on show winnings. Both top posi tion females came from Oregon. The first placed female is Miss Royal Dhu 20, a seven year old cow bred by Herb Chandler of Baker. Her produce, also shown by Chandler, made 64 points, only 25 being required. Double M Ranch of Adama bred and showed produce of the second placing female. She was M M Princess Royal 15, a seven year old cow whose calves scored 57 points. Only 17 females in the nation got into the registry this year. Chandler also had one of only four new bulls receiving the honor in 1957. He is M W Larry Domino 37, calved in 1952 and bred by Milky Way Ranch, Phoenix, Ariz ChanCler was pnnrial showman' of the bull's get ho made 120 points, 10O being required for entry. Once an animal Is in the Hegister of Merit, H'l offspring continue to Sieep Deadline Slated 4pril 31' Sheep raisers mwt file applica hefore Aoril 30 to collect incentive payments (or shorn wool 1 and unshorn lamhi sold during the past year, reminds w. v. Fowler, Oregon State College live stock marketing specialist. Payments are for sales made during the past year, ending March 31. Applications should be filed at county agricultural stabilization and conservation offices. The Incentive payment program was started by the U.S. Depart nf Agriculture in 1955 to hoost sheen numbers in this coun-i trv that have declined most of Tuesday, April 9, 1957 add points for winnings at the' 10 great livestock expositions in the U.S. Leading sire is now H C Larry Domino 12th, the $210,000 herd bull owned by McCormick Farms of Medina, phio. He is 17 years old, sire of seven Chicago International Livestock Exposition champions. He was bred by Hillcrest Farms, Chester, W. Va. Oregon Milk Production About Same in February as in 1956! Milk production in Oregon during February of this year was ap proximately the same as in 1956 after corrections were made for the extra day in February in 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show. In the nation, however, the figure, after corrections were made for the extra day in Febru- ryi 195 was above last year. Cost to the Oregon farmer of producing that milk was slih;ly lower in 1957 than a year ago, this was due to the fact farm price hay was fully one-third lower than a year ago. Hired labor was higher. Generally prices for rmjr. were higher than a year ago. Vriccs received by ru-oducers in Oregon during Marc of this year was $4.85 per hundred weight, com pared to tne s4.bo in Aiarcn a year ago. Nationwide there was Cows Set Records Two registered Guernsey cows of Poepping Bros., Mt. Angel, have recently completed Herd Improve ment Registry production records. Favorites Dora Daisy, a 10 year old, produced 14.652 pounds of milk and 717 pounds of butterfat in 369 days. Lamina Farm Thistle, a five-year-old produced 10 739 pounds of milk and 624 pounds of hutterfat in .105 days. Both were Broiler Event Plans Formed AtKeizerMeet By CLAUDE STEUSLOFF Capital Journal Special Writer Some 125 Willamette Valley poultry people attended chick en barbecue at Keizer this week as warm-up for the big Broiler Festival planned for Salem early in July. The festival,' designed to acquaint consumers with the excellence of barbecued chicken and to demonstrate the ease of this cooking method, is expected to draw several thousand persons to the State Fairgrounds where it will be held. Group Starts Fund Move for Bird's Ailment A move tosecure funds for re search for ornithosis, a tuikey disease new to this country, was started at a special ornithosis con ference in Salt Lake City late in March. Dr. K. J. Peterson, state veter inarian, who has been in close touch with this disease situation, represented the Oregon Depart ment of Agriculture at the meet ing. Peterson said the conference is asking Secretary of. Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson what amount of money is needed for adequate research work on ornithosis. When the information is .ob tained, 'the association will ask support of western congressmen in getting the funds for the re search. The conference proposed that any funds obtained be used mainly at existing college research laboratories and laboratories now equipped to work on this disease. The Oregon representative urged, and the conference con curred, that some money should be earmarked for immediate re search in naturally infected flocks in addition to the continuing labor atory studies. Oregon is among those states in which the infection has appeared. Animal Test Results to Be Told at OSC Results of two methods of boosting beef animal gains with hormone treatment will be report ed to Oregon cattlemen April 10 at the Oregon State College Mal heur branch experiment station near Ontario. ' Six test groups of yearling steers will be on display for comparison in gains between feeding stilbestrol hormone and implanting small pellets of the hormone under the animals' hides. The OSC trials have also drawn comparisons be tween feeding ammoniated beet pulp and regular beet pulp. Neil Hoffman, Malheur experi-j ment station superintendent in charge of the trials, says the pro-. gram will start at noon at the station feed lots five miles south i and west of Ontario on the Vale highway. The public is invited. Oregon Ag Body Seeks Full List Of Bent Growers Oregon's Department of Agricul ture is seeking a complete list of growers of Highland bentgrass and their production. The list is being compiled as result of a petition filed by tho growers of this grass asking for a commission for their seed industry. Cleaners of the grass are also being asked to provide the department with the amount of seed cleaned. All reports are to be in the office by April 22. Public hearings on the commis sion will be held on the proposal for the commission as soon as possible and a grower vote will be held if the hearings show a need for such a commission. less increase with the March, 1956, figure $3.98 and the price this year $4.19. On the consumer level the price per quart for grade A (3.8 per cent) milk home delivered in Port land was 25 cents per quart for a single delivery of five quarts in March of this year while a year ago it was 23 cents per quart. The average in 25 major cities in the United States was 24.6 cents per quart in March of this year, while a year ago the cost was 23.4 cents per quart. Rip Van Winkle Couldn't Sleep with NaggingBackache Now !'iMPitfi t thefa.it rat W you need from nmnrinz bw-kwhe, hradarhe and mnfiifr rbt and pains thai often causa reHem nisrhts and r','nte tir(loiit frr-linsra ui'hf n thru! ffinromfortj com on will r-xpi-tinn or lrei and strain -you want relief want it fait! Another disturbance may be mild bladder Irritation following wronit food and drink often set ting up a reitless unci-mfortaMe feeling, lioan'i Pills work fat in 3 separate ways : 1. by speedy pain-reiievins; action to ea-e torment of naming; bttrkache, head achei, museular arhes and pains. 2. by oothina- effect on Mulder irritation. mild dryretie irtion tending tt inrrras ouUxjt of tbe IS mi! of kidney tubes, Knyif a rod niaht's sleep and the same happy relief mill tin km f'.r ovf o yir. ! ii asses caoatr. Half chickens, piping hot from the barbecue production line, will be served at cost, according to Cornelius Bateson, Pratum, presi dent of the Oregon Broiler Grow ers Ass., whose members pro duced more than eight million Oregon Fresh broilers last year. At Strategic Locations Broiler festivals have been held at strategic locations throughout the U.S. for several years. More than 10,000 gathered (or the one held at Modesto, Calif., last year, Bateson stated. They are part of the promotion activity being carried out by the Poultry & Egg National Board. Ray Schwartz, west coast repre sentative of the PENB, told- the Keizer meeting that a budget of $500,000 has been set up to main tain the position of poultry in market places this year. Poultry growers will contribute 4-5 of this in their self-help quotas, the remainder is due from allied industry. Income from all poultry sources in Oregon totaled $41,375,000 last year, Schwartz pointed out. Egg sales brought in 58 per cent of this, turkeys, 18.6 per cent; broil ers, 12 per cent; farm chickens and other sources, 11 per cent. The California income of 270 million dollars wns highest in the nation. Pennsylvania, lown, Geor gia and Minnosota were other high producing slates. Fischer Presides Charles M. Fischer, extension poultry marketing specialist at Oregon State College, presided over the Keizer barbecue pit. Claron Mace, Clackamas County agent, was assistant chef. , Fischer laid aside his basting brush to give some barbecuing tips that he has learned through turning out thousands of his A AMAZING GREAT IY1 MARVELOUS SPEEDY YOURMO-COMMAND of miuoNS u New Materials Await Students Of 4-H Group Oregon 4-H Club members, en rolled in food preservation proj ects, will have new materials awaiting them this spring, accord ing to the state 4-H extension office at Oregon State College A new outline called "Food Preservation" has already been prepared and distributed to county extension agents for - youngsters who enroll in the project. Mrs. Winnifred Gillen, state 4-H extension agent who prepared the project outline, says revision was made at the recommendation of 4-H leaders, club members and county extension agents. The project is flexible, she con tinues, because it fits into the family food preservation pattern, especially in the case of families who like to freeze or can all (he family food supply.' In tho revised 4-H food preser vation project, the youngster can freeze all the foods in his project or can some if he wishes. specialty. They seem timely for the . coming outdoor cooking sea son. He prefers broilers which weigh about 2 pounds each, pan ready. With allowance for giblets, this gives a half chicken weighing about one pound. fiscner rubs smoke salt on the chickens just before putting them on the grill. This type of salt is the material used in bacon and ham curing. Some folks use com mon salt and a barbecue sauce. Skin Side Up Chickens should cook mostlv with the skin side up because the skin burns and chars easily when the (ire is a bit too hot. Turn each five minutes and basto after each flip. Usually It takes ahout an hour and 15 minutes for a Fischer pcr- icciion joi). tiio nro they done test is determined by a deft twist of the chick's leg. If it breaks loose nicely and the flesh is light, not pink, the bird is ready for the piate.. Fischer says a single laver of burning charcoal cubes gives proper heat. For best results the fire should be about 33 inches from the grates. Many home barbecues have the heat too close" for chicken cookery in Fischers opinion. Use butter for basting. "It Is simple to turn out perfect servings if you start wilh Oregon fresh broilers," Fischer concluded. B eUSINESS-UKt H HANDY INDISPENSABLE OfrORTUNITY-PRODUCINO NEED-RUING TREMENDOUS Z ZIPPY There's a Reason Why W's Smart to Use Want Ads Right through the alphabet it udds up to the same thing: Want Ads are tops for filling your needs, solving all srts c problems. More than 300 years of use, and millions of satisfied ad vertisers testify to that. What's the need a Classified V ?an fill for you? Dial EM 4-681 1 end tell one of ot frior, helpful ad-asststants. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmr4mmmri.tmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmm Applications Now Accepted for OSC Azalea House Unit Applications to live in Azalea House at Oregon State College aro now being accepted at the County Extension Office, according to Ermina Fisher, County Extension Agent in Home Economics. Azalea House is a cooperative residence house built four years ago by extension women from counties throughout Oregon. The 58 girls living in the house assume some of the household duties and so lower the cost of attending col lege. Marion County has a quota of three girls, two of whom are graduating this year Lila Brown and Shirley Brantner. Sprayers Warned Of Registration With a record demand for weed spraying services in sight this spring, tho State Department of Agriculture calls attention to the need to register all operators and spraying equipment. This applies to both air and ground operators and equipment. Weed spraying work in Eastern Oregon, particularly in wheat fields, is off to the biggest start in years, says Ray Kelso, depart ment supervisor of herbicide (weed killers) application. On a quick trip into Eastern Oregon last week (March 18-20) he licensed four new operators three work ing in the air and one from the ground. Any Eastern Oregon operators who need licenses in a hurry this spring should contact Verne Alex ander, department representative stationed in the City Hall at Mil ton - Frcewatcr. Western Oregon applicators should contact the department headquarters at Salem, or they may appear there to take the stato examination withnin nr1v tice. No new opcrnlor may engage in spraying or dusting legally u.iui he or she passes the qualifying examination. Men 0ldat50or60! Recharge Body's Batteries - Feel Younger Fast! Thousands who feel weak, worn-out at 40, 50, 80 blame fading vigor on premature age ing, when real causa i just lack of invigorat ing iron and therapeutic dose Vitamin Bi, needed to recharge body'i batteriei. Thou sands are amazed at way potent, new and improved Ottrei Tonic Tablets pep up blood, cells, nrfani, aervet. In jmt one day Ottrei supplies iron equivalent to 16 dozen raw oyster, A lbs. of liver or )ft lbs. of beef. 3-day "get-acquainted" site only 60. All druggists. D CONVENIENT DANDY I JACK - OF - AU - P PRACTICAL u V UNIVERSAL VALUABLE Weighbor' Theme Set: For Polk's Festival "The World Our Neighbor" is tho theme of the Polk County llth annual Homemakers' Festival to bo held April 11 at Campbell Hall on the OCE campus at Monmouth. The women will be guests of the Monmouth Chamber of Com merce for the festival, which is to be an afternoon affair. Registra tion starts at 12:30 o'clock. Mrs. Joy Hills Gubser, assistant state superintendent of public in struction is the main speaker for the program. David Patterson, graduate student at Oregon State College, is to show slides and tell of his experiences as an International Farm Yo u t h Ex change student to Finland. Choral numbers are to be presented by music students at the Oregon Col lege of Education. Increased Alfalfa Plantings Seen Increased plantings of alfalfa for forage production are expected this year in Polk County, accord ing to N. John Hansen, county extension agent. Tho farm crops committee has recommended that the alfalfa acreage be substantially increased, as it is an excellent soil building crop and provides a good source of forage for livestock. Recommended varieties for west ern Oregon arc DuPuits and Talent. Other varieties doing good in this area are Ranger, Vernal, and Grimm. Blucgruss Meet Set A Marion bluegrass field meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., Wednes day at the El Rancho Mcnta farm near Talbot, says Marion County Extension Agent Mollis Ottaway. Tho El Rancho Menta farm is located one mile west of f)9E on tho .Icffcrson-Talbot highway. 41 St. Anniversary SALE . reg. 3.25 per. gal. Oil Bis Paint 2 For 3 41 Glen Woodry's 1605 N. Summer E ECONOMICAL TRADES KEEN QUICK w WONDERFUL A coffee hour Is to follow the program. The Parker Home Ex tension Unit will have charge of the coffee hour with Mrs. Eugene Clark in charge. Stage decorations are being ar ranged by the Monmouth-Independ-ence unit with Mrs. Grover Peter son in charge and the Mistletoe unit, with Mrs. Frank Thomas in charge, will have charge of regi stration. . . . . r. LEGALS EXECUTRIX' NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Hilt ALICE R. TR1NDLE hai, by order of the Circuit Court of the SUta of Oregon, for Marlon County, been'1, appointed as executrix of the estata of Eleanor Trincile, Deceased, Clerk's) Registry No. 17161. All persons having claimi against said estate are required to present them, duly verified, with proper ' vouchers, to said executrix at Suit . 210 Masonic Building, Salem, Oregon, . within six months from the data -of this notice. . Dated this 19th day of March. 1057. ALICE R; TRINDLE ' Executrix of the Estate ". of Eleanor Trindle, deceased. JONES AND ALLEN Suite 210 Masonic Building Salem, Oregon Attorneys for Executrix Mar.l9,28,Apr..i),H FINAL NOTICK Notice Is hereby given that I hav filed In the Circuit Court of Marlon County. Oregon. Probate Department, my verified final account as Admini strator of the estate of FLORENCE MAUDE SCHUBERT, deceased, and ' said Court has set Thursday, April 25th. 1957. at 9:15 A.M. of said day, in the Circuit Court Room of the Coun ty Court House at Salem, In Marlon County. Oregon as the time and plica for hearing said final account and all onici'iions inereio. Dated April 1st. 1957. ' JOHN G. ESTEY. Administra tor, Estate of FLORENCE MAUDE SCHUBERT, Deceased. HOWARD KAFFUN, Attorney Salem, Oregon. ' April 2,9,16,23. TOPS in tilling! BOLENS M-E Rotary Tiller Ask (or a Free Demonstration THE TILLER SHOP Home of The Bolens M-E Rotary Tilleri 1198 S. Coml. EM 2-1009 Open Sunday! 8 to 4 FAST LOW-COST RESUITFUL XTRAORDINARY W1 J Cat JJou a I'llll tooaj ' en resuvaj, Leoanon. line ume iw u past v jtw i4uiw ".