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committee also believed that the ] ure. They said at that time tile.
The committee recom­ Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. Eva Dooley, Mrs. Forrest
Clackamas County News
loading dock of our only sour­ that for a man, his Wife and mended that land owners Uie Mrs. Frank Marshall Tuesday Erickson, Mrs. S. E Lawrence,
Friday, February 24, 1956 ce of supply is inadequate. They two or three children to earn by saturation’ method -not afternoon.
Mrs Adolph Still,
Mrs. Fred
BY THE WAYSIDE . .
by J. J. Inskeep,
W f
stated that when sacked lime is
being loaded from dock to
truck, farmer's trucks have to
wait In line sometimes for sev-
Extension Agent
| eral hours.
only those who sought cost shar­
"Mr. Buxton, chairman, re­
ing through our office.” The ported that in 1940, there were
committee found that this de­
million people in Oregon,
crease is statewide.
Washington, and California,
"The sojl test requirement and at the present time the pop­
may be a factor in this reduc­ ulation has increased to nearly
tion. It was pointed out that 17 million. The increased pop­
many farmers, even though ulation will affect two things:
they know they should have a competition for farmland for
soil test made, usually just do­ homes and it will change the
n’t want to take the time to market picture for what we
produce here.
have it done.
"About a year ago, the area
“Unavailability of an adequ­
ate number of trucks to haul of farmland in Clackamas coun­
lime to the farm at the time ty that was used in subdivid­
needed is another factor invol­ ing, building airports, etc. ap­
ved in reduction of use of lime­ proached 1800 acres; in Mult-
stone. Peak season requirments and in Washington county, 18-
on the farm serve to aggravate 000 acres.
"There was quite a
little
this situation. Members of the
subdividing going
on
for
awhile in th e D am ascus area,
b u t it seem s to h av e dropped
off at p resen t. However, it
The Clackamas county soils
and water resources committee
met recently and issued a report
o i general interest to citizens
of this county. This committee
is headed by Oliver Buxton,
Molalla.
The committee found a rather
alarming decrease in the use
of ground limestone on Clack­
amas county farmland. It was
reported by J. Wescott, Jr.,
Stabilization and Conservation
office, Gladstone, that Clack
amas county farmers used 7300
tons of limestone on 5600 acres
in 1951. In 1955, usage had
dropped to only 2000 tons on
1200 acres. "However,” Wescott
replied, “our records included
K . C . Rasmussen's
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SHOE
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Now Features A LINE OF CHILDREN’S and
MEN’S WORK SHOES
Some Women’s Shoes Also
Besides A Complete
M odern Shoe Repair Departm ent
COME IN AND SEE US
N e x t to Gosslm g's V a rie ty
w as believed
b y com m ittee
m em b ers th a t th e
ra te of
subdivision is in creasin g
in
C lack am as c o u n ty
and th a t
e v e n tu a lly m uch o f th e p re s­
e n t form ing a re a in th e n o rth
and w est p o rtio n s of th e coun­
ty w ill be u rb an ized . U rb a n ­
ization is also pro ceed in g
in
a re a s su rro u n d in g o u r county
cities an d tow ns.
T he W ilsonville
freew ay
took 1000 a c re s of farm la n d
in C lack am as county.
In Los A ngeles and
area,
farm in g groups h a v e se t u p a
zoning re stric tio n .
T h e re is
one. 14 m iles sq u a re in
th e
c e n te r o f Los A ngeles zoned
I stric tly for d a iry production.
T exes a re ta k e n care o f in th e
zoning laws.
T h is questio n w as b ro u g h t
up- w h a t is a
fam ily -size
farm 7
In 1935 th e co m m ittee said
th a t for g e n e ra l fa rm in g
80
! icres w ould be needed, plus
I 80 a c res of tim b e r and
past-
Llttle Boy Blue
Is happy and gay
His electric water heater
Takes much less o f his pay.
JOT "
ia t m
s a v im o s
HEAT W ATER ELECTRICALLY
M R T u a n om cB M electric co .
Get a
record -breaki n o’
run for your
a living
with
berries, he just the wet spots but the en­
would need a minimum of 40 tire farm or field.Many drain­
acres. At the present time, he
would need 40 acres in pro­ age problems will have to be
pro­
duction. and another 40 acres solved by community
to rotate.
jects.
A family of four needs to
There is a good possibility
invest $40,000 to provide
a
labor income of $4500 a year, of growing horticulture crops
on Amity soils if they
are
the committee believes.
Extension agent Hugh Ca- drained.
The individual farmer can­
ton reported that the
dairy
committee agreed
that
it not do murh about flood con­
would take about 30 to 40 trol but it should
be ap­
cows to make an
economic
unit at the present time. The proached from the standpoint
cooperation.
dairyman must invest
about of community
by the
$1500 per cow when
estab­ They can be helped
lishing a grade A dairy farm. ASC office, Army engineers
The committee defined the projects, etc.
family-size farm as a unit
Following are the
recom­
that is big enough to justify
the farmers full time and de­ mendations by the commlittee-
clared the acreage and invest­
1. That the committee go
m e n t necessary had increased on record approving increased
considerably since the
1936 | drainage and flood
control,
land report.
The committee
Millard, Mrs Frank Chevron.
Mrs. Oral Stormer, and Mrs.
Meta Kiggins. all past presi­
dents.
Mr.s Merle Marshall
and Judy and Jerry came in
for refreshments.
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person in it.
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Fo r
Heating Oils
Call
U N IO N
O IL
COM PANY
h esitated to m ake m o re defi­ • und in ad d itio n do ev ery th in g
n ite recom m endations
be­ possible to
encourage
th e
cause of th e v ariatio n p ro d u c­ building of sm all farm dam s,
tio n p e r unit. F o r instance a all ty p es of sto rag e dam s, and
d airy m an w hose
production
p e r cow exceels 400
lb s of also to en co u rag e the re fo re s­
b u tte rfa t p e r y ear m ig h t be tation of tim b erlan d s in o rd er
of
th e
in a b e tte r position w ith
30 i to hold back som e
cow s th a n a n o th e r w ith 40 w aste w ater.
Je n k in S y
2. T h a t th e com m ittee go
cow s w ith av erag e production
on
record
ap
proving
a
study
of 300 lbs.
W ater w ill be a m ajo r factor of storage on th e u p p e r Mol­
in th e d ev elopm ent of
both alla and also include any o th ­
m ight
a g ric u ltu re and in d u stry
in e r w a te r storage th a t
th is county from h e re on, th e be av ailab le fo r th is area.
3. T h at th e com m ittee re ­
th e com m ittee reports.
iim iiiim im iiM im iiiiiiim iim iiiiiiiim iiiiiiim iiim m m im im m m M M iiiT
The
co m m ittee
recom - com m end th a t m ore study be
m
ade
of
co
m
m
unity-type
pro­
moi ded co ntinued in te re st in
jects fo r storage on d u al
or
farm pond construction. O p­
I single p u rp o se (flood co n tro l
p o rtu n ity fo r d ev elo p m en t of | or irrigation dam s
on
th e
w ells for irrig atio n
w a te r is h eadw aters of an y of th e t r i ­
lim ited an d u n certain .
We b u taries of riv e rs in
C lack ­
h av e a few v ery good
sites am as county.
fo r irrig atio n
dam s
th a t
4. T h at th e com m ittee on-
recom m end the
could be co n stru cted
on
a | ccurage an d
com m unity basis.
M ost w a t­ I use of lim estone to th e fullest
individual
e r shed stru c tu re s
a re
fo r e x te n t needed on
flood control b u t th e re is
a ; farm s.
The grim spectre of disease in your oil is still
5. T h at a com m ittee be a p ­
n ew law th a t w ill
m ak e it
with you. This spring, take corrective meas­
pointed to check
w ith the
possible to use w a te r
sheds lim e com pany in re g a rd to the
ures early. At Farmer’s Gas and Supply there
fo r irrig atio n also.
| a v ailab ility of lim estone. The
is a complete supply of insecticide-' and oU
ch
airm
an
ap
p
p
in
ted
R
odney
T h ere seem s to be som e d e ­
conditioners. And at a good price. Check with
|
P
itts
and
W
ard
Seely,
J
a
y
g ree of feasib ility of b rin g in g
j W escott, H ugh W illiam s and
Farmer’s Gas and Supply this w ick.
w a te r to C lackam as
county I Ed S cag rav es to w o rk
w ith
from the S an tiam w hen
the th e ASC office.
6. T h at any fu tu re zoning
-
rig h t. T he com m ittee
farm in g
elieves th a i one
or
m ore in the co u n ty give
lam s on th e M olalla m ay be du e consideration because a g ­
D orm ant Spray for Trees and Cene Berries
lccessary fo r fu tu re
irrig at- ric u ltu re is v ery im p o rtan t to
th
e
econom
y
of
th
e
county.
By
the 50-gallon
In Bulk
on in the M olalla-C anby area
7. That the chairman
be
T ile d rain ag e
and
open given authority to appoint an
iitc h construction have been interim committee
to take
th e biggest soil problems en­ care of any matters that need
Estacada
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$ 1 4 *2 5
countered
by
Clackamas
county farmers during
the
past ten years. Tile installed
through the ASC office since
1950 approximates four and
one-half million feet.
The
ASC office believes that we
have tiled 50 percent of the
acreage in the county needing
Only Chevrolet puts you In charge of the dynamite action and
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Almost everybody likes a real Yoad car. And nowadays you
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The women
made many
crepe paper flowers for
the
veterans’ hospital wheel chair
parade held annually in June
on the hospital grounds.
Mrs. Marshall served angel
food cake, strawberries
and
jello, whipped cream, tea and
coffee to Mrs. George Tracy,
Mrs. O. W. Carpenter,,
Mrs.
Don Showerman and Debbie*
Mrs Leslie Kiggins and Bobby.
Also present was baby Nancy,
to be given attention with the
advice of the county
exten­
sion service.
Members of the soils
and
water resources committee in
attendance were: Oliver Bux­
ton, Molalla, chairman; Oke
Ekholm, soil conservation ser­
vice, Odis Menser, Damascus;
Ward Seely, Wilsonville; Ver­
non Hepler, Barlow; Arthur
Shrock, Needy; H. Williams
of Beavercreek; Elmer Deetz,
Canby Jay Wescott,
Glad­
stone; Everett Shibley, Spring-
water; Rognar Anderson, Col­
ton; Art King,
Oregon State
college; Rodney Titts, Canby;
Steve Eyman, Molalla; Larry
Aylsworth, Sandy;
Ed Sea-
graves, Logan: Jack McDer-
mid, Oregon Clity; A1 Parker,
project forester, Oregon City;
and extension agents
Clive
Cook. Lee Garoin, Hugh Ca-
ton, Claron Mace, and
J J.
Inskeep.
drum
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