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, Capital AjJournal SSBHBEMSilMailSBI! Mid-Willainelle Fertilizing Equipment Use Increases Fertilizing equipment is rolling overtime on farms in the Willa mette Valley after being held to a late start on fields made soggy by wet weather this spring. ' Frank Meeker, Salem fertilizer dealer, says business has been "excellent" "during the past two weeks as farmers took out loads of material to apply on grain, ' mint, strawberries, cane berries, pastures, sugar beets and forage seed crops. Compared to a year ago, there has been a slight drop in cost of nitrogen fertilizer with phos phate and potash materials about the same. Keeps Ear Open Meeker is keeping an ear open for results of the Interstate Com merce Commission hearing at which western railroads arc ask ing for a 17 per cent rnto Increase. If granted, this would raise our fertilizer bill proportionately be cause the "stuff" used is shipped k.M fmm rnnciHprahlf! distance. Principal manufacturing points arc: Trail, B.C., nitrogen ana pui ash; Pocatella, Idaho, Potash; Etler, Tex., nitrogen; Bell. W. Va., urea nitrogen; Niagara Falls, Ontario, cynamid nitrogen. Meeker says materials are now In plentiful supply but there is pos sibility of temporary shortages in urea and calcium nitrato due to heavy demands for shipping space. Mostly In April " Farmers of this area put most of the commercial fertilizer on fields during April, May and June. Figures released by tho Oregon State Dcparlmcnt of Agriculture show that 40 per cent ol fertilizer purchases were made during the Silverton Man Has 14 Jersey Cow Winners Fourteen registered Jersey cows, owned by James G. Phillips, Rt. 2, Silverton, have received special recognition from The American Jersey Cattle Club (or their pro duction reenrns. . The highest producing animal in the group was Standard Minnie of Tredell with an official Herd Im provement Registry record of 13, 317 pounds milk containing 807 pounds butterfat at the age of six years and nlno months. She made this record In .105 days. Ttia htnl WIS.rinu rnnnrftc nf (hi other cows attained or exceeded 8,828 pounds milk and 515 pounds fat. Their ages varied from 1 year and 11 months to 11 years and 11 monuu. Fruit Spray Session Topic ' Spray Program tor Apples and Pears in the Willamello Valley," Is the title of a circular just pub lished by the Oregon Slate College Extension Service. II gives a simplified spray pro gram for controlling pests on ap ples and pears in the Willamette Valley. The circular contains informa tion on kinds and rates of spray to use, pests or diseases each spray will control and lists cou pons necessary when handling spray poisons. It also keys spray ing times to hud and flower de velopment In trees. :Paul Rowell Tells Grass Seed Riilinsr To correct some reported mlsun- derstandlng. Paul T. Rowell of the Slate Department of Agriculture "'today explained that no Commod ity Commission assessment on rye- ! grass seed sales can be levied on sales made before a commis- sion is formed. He said only sales made after a commission Is created will be subiect to the grower assessment. Growers are now voting to de termine whether or not they want 1 a ryegrass seed commission. Bal lots postmarked up to midnight ' April 20 will count In the de termination. Rowell said that up to April 15, a relatively light vote had been cast. He urged all growers to . volt "so whatever action is token will represent the will ol the ma jority ol the growers." II approicri, the commission may assess a lax on grower sales of up to Hi per cent ol the last three-year average price ol seed reseived by growers. Rowell said the misunderstanding on what sales the assessment will affect probably came from a letter ex plaining the average price basis tor the assessment. YUL BE SORRV MILWAUKEE (UP)-Two teen aged boys will get a hair-growth measurement Friday to determine whether they may resume going to school. The boys, Charles Klotsche, It, and Richard Weid man, 15, had their heads shaved clean a week ago to show their dmlration for rnovii star Yul, $rjnner, Farms second quarter of the ycart 1956. Use of commercial fertilizers has been widening rapidly in Ore gon, During 1956 sales were one third larger than they were the year before. The total was 183,018 tons of simple and mixed materi als) along with 18,284 tons of ag ricultural minerals and 53,771 tons of lime. Mcekcp- expects total 1957 fertil izer use in Oregon to be well above the record set lost year. "There may be some drop in use in ryegrass areas but to make ends meet there will probably be more used on other field and specialized crops," Meeker stated. Fertilizer tonnage in the U.S. last year was 4.4 per cent less than during the previous year but Don Snabel Elected Breeders' Don Snobel. Powell Butte cattle man, was elected president of the Oregon Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Assn. at the group s annual meet ing held in Salem in connection with the recent annual spring sale. Eric Fisher of Oregon City is the new vice president. Loren Hicks of Turner was retained as secretary-treasurer. Carlton Mc I.cod of Brooks, who served as president during the past year, is a member of the board of direc tors for 1957. Considerable Informal Interest Bent Hearings Scheduled for Late in April Three hearings for Highland bentgrass growers have been set for late April in this section of the state. The first, April 23, will be held at the Waldo Hills Community Club at 8 p.m. and the second, set for the night of April 24 at 8, at the Ml. Pleasant school, northeast ol Sclo. The Yamhill County Fairgrounds auditorium, McMinnvllle, will be tho scene of the third hearing, which Is slated for the afternoon of April 25 at 1:30. Most of the nation's Highland bentgrass seed is grown in the Willamette Volley, with tho great est acreage in the Silverton Hills area. The hearings will givo the growers an opportunity to express tnemselvcs concerning a commod ity commission for their crop. Applications Due Crimson Clover applications for certification are due Immediately says Morion County Extension Agent Mollis Ottaway. Since field inspections are made in May, it is necessary that nil applications be received in April. Full particu lars on certification con be ob tained by. contacting the County Extension Office. Cow Sets Record Ono of the registered Ilolstcln cows owned by C. J. Berning, Mt. Angel, recently completed nn out standing official production record. Tho cow. Nugget Walker Home stead 2713009. produced a total of 15,669 pounds of milk and 645 pounds of butterfat in a 345 day period. A nine-year-old, tho cow was milked twice daily. Checks Beans and Peas ivT"N "IOTP 4 Shown In this OSC greenhouse Is Dr. II. J. Mack, col lege horticulturist, checking the Influence of soli tem perature on rowth and phosphorus up-take on beans and peas. The two-weck-old plants are kept on this steam table under temperatures of 65 and 7S degrees. Dr. Mark's research Is basically concerned with the problem of fertilizer efficiency. (Capital Journal Photo) Tuesday, April 16, 1957 in Area the average plant nutrient content was higher so tne total amount of plant nutrients used was about the same as In 1955, according to William Ritnour of the National Plant Food Institute. Increase In West The greatest .decrease was In the west north central states drought area. Only the 12 western states showed an increase in use. California, with more than one and one quarter million tons used, is now in third place among top state users of fertilizer. Rank of states each using more than one million tons is: North Carolina, (1.646,965 tons), Florida, Californ ia, Georgia, Alabama, Indiana and Ohio. New Head was shown In the successful dis persal sale of the Dale West herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle held at Klamath Fails early this month. Bardolier D W 2401, the West herd sire, sold for $25,100, highest price ever paid for an Angus bull in Oregon and one of the top values ever received in the West for a beef bull. West bred the bull which had a distinguished show record of 58 grand championships, including the supreme champion purple ribbon at the Pacific Coast Angus Futur ity held at tho 1955 Oregon State Fair. Mrs. Florence Hcberding, Indian Creek Ranch, C a n f i e 1 d, Ohio, made the purchase. , Average price on 64 lots (some Including calves at side) at the West sale was $1,427. Total ran to more than $90,000. Farm Calendar April 22-23 Oregon Fairs Association Second Annual Spring Workshop, M.U., OSC Spring Cleanup Week. 21-27 26 Fnrm Machinery Field Day. Lee Hnmmel's ranch, Center Ridge (Wasco County) begins at 10:00 a.m. 26-28 Home Garden Show, State Fairgrounds, Sa lem. 28-May S National Home Demon- stration Week. 30 Grant County Homemuk- ers Festival, Monu ment Grade School. 30 Linn County Homemak- ers' Festival, Lebanon. Walnut Growers Ballots on Hand Ballots on which independent walnut growers may make nom inations for n member and alter nate member to represent them on tho Walnut Control Board are now availnblo in tho Marion Coun ty Extension office County Extension Agent D. L. Rasmusscn says all walnut grow ers not affiliated with cooperative walnut marketing associations are entitled to submit nominations prior to May 7. The Walnut Controt Board ad ministers tho federal marketing order for walnuts in California, Oregon and Washington. fcrtfB 11 oft a They're LJr la The birds above may look like just said that they are descendants of a fam- ordinary chickens to the casual observer. ous Leghorn line that set many egg-laying But, they're not. These are a group of records in the early 1900s. (Capital Jour- the famous Leghorn line of chickens now nal Photo) being raised at the Cottage Farm. ..It Is Placing of Chicks Down From 1956 In the week ending April 6, commercial hatcherymen placed 169,000 chicks for broiler and fryer production in Oregon. This, according to the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, which compiled the report, was 13 per cent abovo the previous week. It, however, was 32 per cent below the 250,000 placed a year earlier. Eggs set for meat-type chicks totaled 302,000, down three per cent from the preceding week and down 17 per cent from tho same week a year ago. During the same period, 255,000 eggs were set for layer replacements compared to Ag Unit Reports Big 1 urkey Poult Week The week ending April 6 found an estimated 226,000 heavy breed turkey poults hatched In Oregon, according to the Department of Agricultures crop and livestock reporting service. This was down tw per cent from tho previous week but 10 per cent aoove tho previous year. bettings of heavy breed in the Ag Department Tells Rulins: For Potatoes All Irish potatoes for seed pur poses, shipped from Oregon into Washington, must now carry an official bacterial ring rot free in spection certificate from the Ore gon Department of Agriculture. Oregon department officials re port this is a recent quarantine ruling of the Washington Slnto De partment of Agriculture. It applies to certified need potatoes as well as non-cerllfied seed stocks, and is directed at all seed potatoes im ported into Washington from any state. The order also requires parsons taking seed potatoes into Wash ington to notify Washington state Inspectors of the time and place of arrival at destination so in spection may be made. Plane Crash Kills Mexico Film Slar MKRIDA, Mexico (UP) Pedro Infante, one of Mexico's top sing ers and movie actors, and two other persons were killed today when a twin-engine plane crashed in flames on a street in Merida. Also killed in the crash were Victor Manuel Vidal, Mexico City, pilot of the plane, and an unidenti lied woman who was hit by flying debris from the plane. About Million Saved In Postal Shutdown U'AniiiMriT-nv m i).itnl uri Postoffice officials today estimated the department saved about one mil-!n!" lion dollars bv the curtailments of i service on Saturday and Sundav The department said it does not lngs but that these were largely the result of layoffs for temporary and substitute part-time workers, the reduction of hours for regu lar employes. Pretty Classy 276,000 set a week earlier and the 265.000 set a year ago. Placement for meat-type chicks in the three states of Oregon, Washington and California during the week ending April 6 totaled 1,409,000 birds. This was down 21 per cent from the corresponding week a year ago. In the 22 states reporting to the service during the week ending April 6, fryer chick placements totaled 26,822,000. This was one per cent below a week earlier and also one per cent less than a year ago. Meat type eggs set were estimated at 37,289,000. This was three per cent more man a year ago. state during the week was esti mated at 323,000 eggs, 23 per cent below the previous week and two per cent below the period a year ago. In the Pacific Coast states, the heavy breed hatch was 1,032,000 poults, a 14 per cent increase over the same week a ycor ago. The heavy breed set was 1.791.000 eess. This was 12 per cent above that period in 1956. Output of heavy breed turkey poults in the 11 important turkey states totaled 2,664.000 for the week ending April 6, showing a six per cent increase above the previous year. Heavy white breed accounted for 12 per cent of this total. The light breed hatch in those states totaled 205,000 poulls, 22 per cent below the same week a year ago and the heavy breed set was 5,210,000 eggs, an increase of five per cent over 1956. The light breed set in those states, estimated at 628,000 eggs, was eight per cent aoove tne same week Inst year. Mill Picketed At North Bend NORTH BEND, Ore. Lfl A dispute over working hours of a nine-man boom crew Monday mica ysu men at tne Weyerhaeu ser Timber Co. sawmill and logging operation here. A 350-mnn logging local, which has not worked since last Thurs day, early Monday threw up picket line around the firm's lumber mill here, and none of the 41x1 members of the mill local went to work The two locals both are part of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union. The dispute began when the firm last week announced that part of the boom crew at Alle gany. 2o miles east of here the Millacoma River, would start work at 7 a.m. and the rest at 11 a.m. The entiro crew formerly had gone to work at 8 a.m. ine union nns maintained that ,ne 'witch in working hours should negotiated, ine com- i""u ' cnange was covered in the present contract The logging crow and the mill here constitute Weyerhaeuser's entire operations in the Ceos Bay North Bend arid. The union's present wase con-, tract expires Junt 1. Chicks Somebody Is Putting Snakes in Mail Boxes ASTORIA tin Postmaster Neil Morfitt Monday said many of his mail carriers are getting irked because someone has been putting strange objects in mail boxes here. Most of them aren't too much of a problem, he said, but snakes in some of the boxes have given his carriers quite a fright. The snakes, though, weren't poisonous, he said. Soviet Economic Upheaval One of Biggest Since 1917 By CHARLES MeCANN United Press Stall. Correspondent Soviet Russia is undergoing an economic upheaval. It appears to be one of the big gest in the 40 years since the revo lution of 1917. The extent of the upheaval has been disclosed in a series of an nouncements in the last few weeks. What it all adds up to is that the Soviet government, while it continues its program of subver sion all over the world and now is threatening Allied countries with destruction by nuclear weapons, is In trouble at home. It was announced in January that Russian production for 1956, under the current five-year plan of Effigy Hangings Follow Firing of School Employes ROSEBURG Ufl Hanging in effigy is in style at Camas Valley, a little community 27 miles south west of Roseburg. Sunday, three effigy figures were founding hanging from a power line across the entrance to the Camas Valley school. Tho figures were said to repre sent Mr. and Mrs. Al Schafer and Henry H. Cummings. Schafer and Cummings are school board mem bers. Supt. J. Clyde Akey said the effigy hangings were possibly the result of the firing of two school employes last week. They were A. A. Spencer, custodian, and Mrs. Edgar Markham, cook. The reason for the board's ac tion against the two school em ployes was not explained. Akey would only say: tne minutes of the meeting did not reveal why they were replaced in their positions." CANE BERRY GROWERS And Small Areas Now Available for Your Use New 5-Ft. EZEE-FLOW Spreader With Our Recommended Cane Berry Custom Mixed Fertilizer $60 00 Per Ton Also Now Easy-Flo 280 So. Church St. STATESMAN-JOURNAL NFWSPAPERS industrial development, had fallen behind its goalr in some important fields, including steel. . . As a result, it was necessary to cut back the goals for 1957. On March 30, Communist party leader Nikita S. Khrushchev an nounced a revolutionary plan for decentralization of control of in dustries. Bond Redemption Postponed T nEt hpiuV Vhnichrhpv nn nnnnrpH the government would postpone tor up to 40 years ine rt; demption of bonds to which all Russian workers are compelled to subscribe. It is significant that most of these developments have been an nounced by Khrushchev, the Com munist leader, and not by the Sov iet government, though they all concern the government rather than the communist party. This has paused a revival of the speculation current several months ago that Knrusncnev may assume the prime ministry in place of Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin. If he did, Bulganin probably wnnlrl ho piven the figure-head post of president now held by Klimcnt E. Voroshilov. who at 76 is ready to retire. Khrushchev seems to De taking all the major responsibility for rhanppK which will affect tens of milliops of Russians. The cutback in the rate of. in dustrial expansion was an ad mission that goals had been set too high. i Ruble Rate Unrealistic The recent announcement that foreigners in Russia could get 10 rubles for $1, instead of the official four to the $1, was a tacit admiss ion that the official rate is unreal istic. The plan for decentralization of industrial control was an admiss ion that the Soviet bureaucratic FOR Especially Suited for local Soils Vi Ton $3500 10-Fr. Spreader for Orchards, OREGON SOIL CLINIC .Ph. EM 2-0737. 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Central control will still be ex ercised from Moscow. But execu tive control is to be centered in the areas where goods are actual ly produced. This means that countless thousands of government employes will be moved from Mos cow to other cities. The decision to suspend redemp tion of government bonds amount ed practically to a capital levy. The Russian people hold $65 bil lion of them. Few of them will ever get their money back. NEITHER DO SOME WOMENI EFFINGHAM, 111. (UP) Mrs. John Nosbisch said her cocker spaniel, "Dodger," has learned to answer the telephone when it rings and bark into the receiver, but there's a hitch. Dodger doesn't know how to hang up. TOPS IN TILLING BOLENS M-E Rotary Tiller v Ask for a Free Demonstration THE TILLER SHOP Home of The Bolens M-E Rotary Tillers 1198 S. ComX EM 2-1009 Open Sundays 8 to 4 V Ton $20 00 Fields, Pastures Salem, Oregon cut it out i