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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1949)
T ualatin V alley SEN ATO RS M O RSE AN D CO RD O N URGE R E M O V A L O F O LE O TAX F A R M NEW S BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE— Friday, May 20, 1949 County Dairymen R E C L A M A T IO N PRO JECT F A R M S Aim To Build Up D EC LIN E IN VALUE PER A C R E Open Class Show BOISE, Idaho.—Farmers on 16 water through federal facilities NATIONAL IRIS Are In Bloom Now! ;1 H ILLSB O RO — Representatives federal reclamation projects in exceeds two and three-quarter of the Washington county dairy *he Pacific Northwest in 1948 billion dollars. KOI M IE I) IN 191* BY HOW ARD W EE D industry met Monday night with Pr°duced crops valued at $202, The three federal projects with the county fair board to offer *'33,040, third highest on record, the largest crop returns in the suggestions aimed at building up according to the final crop census Northwest were: Minidoka project | 8 ACRES ; 800 VARIETIES the open class dairy show at the | completed today by the regional and Upper Snake river area, fair in Hillsboro, August 31, Sep- office of the bureau of reclama southeastern Idaho. 1,036.915 ir- tember 1, 2 and 3. tlon. rigable arces, gross value of $83.- SHOW GARDENS LOCATED ON COOPER MOUNTAIN Nearly 150 head of stock includ- The gross return in 1947 Was 513.863; Yakima project, eastern ing Jerseys, Guernseys, Holsteins , $225,235.236. nnd in 1946. it to- Washington, 436,417 irrigable ac- 3 1 •_> Miles South of Aloha on Wheeler Avenue and Brown Swiss were indicated [ taled $210,337,183. res, gross value of $60,301,673; as the maximum number to be The average per-acre value in and Boise project, southwestern paraded this year before the jud 1948 from the 1,910.502 acres un- Idaho, 326,924 irrigable acres, ges. The dairymen indicated a der cultivation was $106 07, as gross value of $30.739.961 AN AMAZING ARRAY OF COLORS wide spread interest in the open compared with $120.18 in 1947, and The highest pre-acre return of class show which will be in its $114.35 in 1946. the tabulation all federally irrigated areas in IN ALL THE NEW ~ MODERN VARIETIES third year this fall. shows. - the Northwest was recorded by The meeting was called by the Bureau records disclose that the 5.346 acre Okanogan project in ftyr board because of the ceil since the bureau of reclamation Central Washington, with a total ¡ TO REACH T IIE ing placed on income from Ore delivered its initial supply of wa- of $389.32 Next highest was the GARDENS gon racing meeting, for county ter in the Pacific Northwest in Yakima project with a per-acre I fairs by the Oregon legislature. 1907, the cumulative value of average of $165.93, followed by | 3 miles South of Al oha on Wheeler Ave. Under the laws as amended by crops produced on projects in the the Owyhee project (Oregon-Ida- SENATO R GUY CORDON SENATOR W A Y N E MORSE to monopolize the this session, the county fairs of area served full or supplemental hoi with an average of $126.49 Signing as co-sponsors of a bi They seek I'HONEN; Office - the state cannot receive more partisan bill to eliminate all con- spread market at the expense of B EAV ER TO N 4574 than $7,500 regardless of the take turner taxes on butter substitutes the dairy farmer, 26.9 per cent at the racing meets in the future. but banning interstate commerce ° f whose milk production went Gardens Top figure received by the fairs in yellow oleomargarine, Sena- into butter last year, BE AY E R T O N 421« in the past was more than $12.- tor Wayne L. Morse and Sena- "The legislation I favor” Cor- 000. Under the present law as tor Guy Cordon, from Oregon, don concludes, “ would eliminate amended, the Washington county take a public stand on an issue all Federal taxes and license fees fair will not be able to do much which has definite interest to °n oleomargarine. I do not th in k... , , Stem rot is showing up on Welsh sicentists, across the At farmers and to the consuming Congress should go any further |' aI?*v’ rerrrK e '" F ° r rpPa>r wo some red clover, alfalfa and al- lantic, have discovered what may public. to advance the cause of 24 o l-l™ pre* * nt bundin* 8' «he fair he the missing link in the search sike clover fields, reports Pal “ I am willing to see oleo taxes eomargarine manufacturers, five *r POI^*s BEAVERTON, ORKXHIN Mr«. Howard Weed, Prop. for the true cause of bloat in mer Torvend, county agent. removed,” Morse declares, "pro- of whom control 65*?- of all o le o ' no °m i or e opera ion o t e Stem rot is a fungus trouble fair is received from the cattle and sheep. viding consumers and dairy far- production in the United States.” 1 Coun y A possibly important trouble- which kills individual plants, but sale of exhibit space in the build mers are given some protection Senator Morse, developing his M AM kM l ings and on the grounds; from causing factor in bloat cases, ac the disease generally does not j against the fraudulent passing of views on the proposed legislation admission to the fair grounds cording to these investigators, is affect the entire field. The same i oleomargarine as butter—at but- to let each state decide whether and from the racing funds. A the "hydrocyanic acid or other stem rot is also found in vetches ter prices. yellow margarine could be manu- part of the money paid out in cyanogenetic gluosides" found in and Austrian winter field peas. A NEW BIBLE FOR A N E W DAY “ It is evident,” he continues, factured and sold within its bor- Severe winter conditions appear premiums comes from a state tax the leaf juice of certain legumes, “ that the dairy industry could not ders, adds, "The oleomargarine levy for fairs and from a county such as white clover. These chem to have added to the occurance The Third Improved Edition of the New Thompson Chain long withstand such unfair com- manfuacturers have imitated the appropriation. The entire premi icals were shown to cause relaxa of this disease this year, Tor petition in a vital market for texture and taste of butter and | vend said. There is little a farmer Reference Bible that you have heard so much about and um fund amounts to about $4.000 tion and then paralysis of the surplus milk. No one wants to have been allowed to fortify smooth muscle of the rumen in can do about the stem rot prob the fair board records show. always wanted is now available on short notice. So why deprive the housewife of oleo- their product with Vitamin A in lem this year. cattle. not drop me a card or call AT 9934 or BE 3082 evenings margarine. But it should be sold and attempt to imitate the nutri Rex Warren, farm crops speci American veterinarians have as oleo and not as butter.” tional qualities of butter. They for best results alist, suggests that farmers who long acknowledged that bloat Is Senator Cordon states, “I am now’ demand the unrestricted plan to rotate grain fields with ! JAKE M A T T H IE S due to a paralysis of the belch giving my unqualified support to right to usurp the naturally yel- ing mechanism whereby rumin legumes can help out future le , this legislation because I believe low color. 1809 S. W 6th Ave., Portland 1, Oregon ants become unable to expel the gump crops by spraying the grain J that dairy farming is essential "The dairy herds of the nation fields to kill out all legumes gases that form during digestion. Ten Different Styles $8 00 Up to the agricultural economy of are probably the most important Farm labor is ample in prac However, the prevailing theory which volunteer. Killing out vol- | this country. The family-sized single factor in maintaining sta- tically every section of the state has been that unusually large unteer legumes, Warren says, will farm is an American tradition bility in our agricultural economy for the coming week but by amounts of two poisonous gases cut down on the carry over of and the dairy farmer is an out- and incidentally in developing a May 23 thousands of workers —carbon monoxide and hydrogen the source of Infection. The dis F o r Results Try Our Classified Ads standing example of the small sound soil conservation program. | will be needed to start picking sulfide—form after legumes are ease will live over winter in the businessman at his best. “ The direc t relationship be- vines of these legume crops. a better-than-average strawberry consumed and that it is these poi "The oleomargarine interests tween out- dairy industry and a crop, the Oregon State Employ sons which cause the paralysis. would like to attack this tradi- balanced diet for our people is ment Service reports this week. I f the Welsh investigators’ view tion with synthetic production of being overlooked by too many Ontario, where 100 sugar beet an imitation product, colored and people In the butter-oleo contro- thinner* ape needed was the is proved correct in further re ■r"X Vnr#\ • • r , • ' f search, the likely explanation of sold in semblance of the original, versy.” he concludes. only one of the 17 local offices bloat will be that it is caused by reporting a a r s or age, ou combined action of two dif most Western Oregon areas ex ► ferent paralyzing agents: poison pected to need additional help <n ous gases naturally formed in the I by June 1. rumen, and hydrocyanic acid or I "A ll reports indicate an above its equivalent naturally present in | normal crop of berries despite legumes. recent frost damage in some sec Hydrocyanic acid poisoning, of-1 Gross income from Oregon's tions,” said Earl R. Lovell, OSES ten contracted by cattle on su-1 •J^J*-** . J * '" j* director, “ Fair weather has Strawberry harvest In Wash- poultry industry last year totaled dan grass, is well known to Amer-1 made it possible for growers to ington county may begin in som e, $43,111,000 and was 6 perecent lean livestock owners and is a fields within one week if present higher than in 1947, according to j put their patches in good shape cause of heavy losses in some weather conditions continue, says latest U. S. department of agri-| so that picking conditions should regions during the summer and be even better than for last Palmer Torvend, county agent. j culture reports. year's record crop. I f the weath fall, but this type of poisoning Fields located in the foothills Income from the sale of baby er continues favorable, we will be has not heretofore been linked and valley floor will generally be chicks, poults, hatching eggs or with bloat. The latter Is a com ready for harvest before those lo- breeding stock is not included able to offer several weeks’ em mon spring and late fall problem. ployment for many migrant cated on higher elevation. Indica- in the gross income figure. A It usually can be traced to allow tions are that between 5,000 and breakdown of the $43.111,000 total families in addition to the avail ing cattle to graze too freely on | . / J able local labor supply.” 6,000 pickers will be needed at the includes $21,600,000 from sale of lush legume pastures. With big acreages In two near peak of harvest, Torvend esti eggs, $13,086,000 from turkeys, $6,- 863,000 from chickens, and $1,562,- by areas, the Portland district mates. expects to need 1,000 outside fam This will be especially true if 000 from broilers. ily groups for berry harvests warm weather continues so that The poultry industry normally are available at Hills the berries ripen quickly. Unless accounts for about 10 percent of boro, while many farms also of sufficient number of pickers are the state's agricultural income. fer cabins, tents, camping and available, growers stand a chance : ------ * Get C O L D E R C O L D — zero cold trailer space. of losing berries because of the OLD HENS GET A V IA N TB — for faster food freezing, and The Oregon City office expects lack of help to harvest. Old hens are 42 times more like- Fifty homesteads covering 5812 at the same time, steady, safe cold to absorb 150 new families by Some damage is reported in ]Y to have tuberculosis than pul- j j une for normal food-keeping, thanks acres of irrigable land will be r few areas. However, generally >” <*. an official avian tubereutlels ¿any Córvenle’ E^aen'e’ and’ pree thrown open this summer to World to sensational H O L D -C O L D C O N T R O L ! Giant Freeze Chest through Ihe county pro,pec............... T “ “ ' „ „ War II veterans in the Riverton and Ice Cube Storage Tray freeze indicate , good crop. If d .r .p ho, demand, the berry field.. reclamation project, central W y wet weather should develop as midwestern veterinarians and re and store safely 56 pounds of food Salem area farms with hop oming, the Oregon department of and ice— tray holds 108 cubes harvest season approaches, the | ported in a national professional veterans' affairs reported this — b ig M e a t Keeper — new period of harvest will be extended Journal, emphasized the advan- [ hoeing"* h * * " plant1ni’ berry and cutting of asparagus, B u t t e r Keeper— two big Humi- to a certain extent. , ,a* M of th« all-pullet flock In rhubarb and spinach already have week. Applications must be filed with drawers—Automatic Door Closer Torvend urges growers to take PrP' entinK ,be spread of this dis put many to work and even hea- the office of the superintendent, and many other great features ease. steps now to secure adequate i _______ vier demands are expected. operation and development, bureau in the new Aristocrat 10! picking help. Orders for help | of reclamation, Riverton. Wyoming, should be placed with the employ by August 2, to be included in the ment service. public drawing. Blanks and instruc tions may be obtained at the same address Scientists all over the United top growth and from 50% to 60% This makes the second home States have been experimenting of the roots on<. app)lri, tion stead opening announced in Wyom for the past three years on «no- The dead tops are then rut and ing in the past month. Applications ther new chemical tool. 2. 4. 5- hurned, and wh<>n regrowth ap arc still accepted in Cody, Wyom Triohlorophenoxy - acetic acid - pear? additional RprsylnK or J oi ing, for chances at 104 farm unita known as 2.4..VT for short. , wo w,„ Rive complete control on the Shoshone project compris 2. 4. ,VT is a chemical cousin of th)g pwrt ing more than 12,000 acres of re 4-H club members of Washing of the well-known 2.4-D selective „ . . . u t claimed public lands Spraying should be done when ton county have an opportunity weed killer .millions of gallons th# are fu„ ,M f The Riverton project lands, ac and CAN to compete for a registered milk of which have found recent use growing vigorously. cording to the reclamation bureau, ITS ing shorthorn heifer calf reports to control weeds in lawns and 2,4,5-T Is now on the market are “ in their raw state, covered Joe Cox, county extension agent. cereal crops, such as corn and The Oregon milking shorthorn wheat. The latter chemical is not " nd * vall" bl« to •!> who wish to with sages and grasses, and must association will award the calf very effective on some weeds nor control blackberry vines, brush be cleared and leveled and a farm to an Oregon boy or girl who on most woody types of plants, along fence rows, and in pastures irrigation system installed prior to Highway, rail crop production " writes the best story of 200 words such as blackberry vines and oth and woodlands. “The soils,” the bureau says, road and utility rights-of-way on n or less entitled "What I would do er bramhlea and brush. are low in organic matter and a Prominent among experiment- now h* ^onom lcally cleared, and with a registered milking short T h » Aristocrat 10 * horn calf." ers endeavoring to find a chemi- °hno* lo'>« or poisonous vines, period of -three to five years of soil Tfcla finest of a ll refrige rato r-fre atar c o m b in a tio n « I« In a <la«a b y Itself I This contest will be open to all cal that would control 2 4-D rea- *’ich as poison Ivy and poison building practices will be neces Oregon boys and girls who were Istant plants of the woodv type. ° ak Can **“ rf“mov' d without dlf- sary before maximum yields can under 16 years of age on January were the Extension Specialists at from parks, playgrounds be obtained. " Principal crops are alfalfa, small 1, 1949. Contestants should de O-egon State College, who have and ° ,h* r »creational » » a s . Open Monday and Friday Evenings Until 9 P. M. scribe their home setup, pasture, recently announced the results of 2.4 5-T la reported to he non- grains, sugar beets, dry beans. Ir feed available, animals already their 1948 experiments using 2. 4 ,oxlc to humans and livestock. rigated pastures and various seed Use Our Eosy Budget Plon owned and 4-H club or FFA ex 5-T on blackberry vines, hoth Ev- » ' » ° non-inflammable, non-corro- crops. The bureau advises that the typical farm be operated as a com perience according to Roger ergreen and Himalayan which ",ve and will not sterilize the soil Dumdi. McMinnville, president of are such pests over much of the Thus one more new and useful bination of rash crops and live the association. land In western Oregon and Wash- chemical tool Is now available to stock enterprises. Stores should be sent to James Ington. Applicants must have $3.000 In farm, home and Industrial use to R. Jorgenson, secretary. Jeffer They foun^ that 2. 4. 5-T In the do chemically and inexpensively cash, »«sets or farm equipment and j son. Oregon by September 1. Isopropyl Ester form dissolved a Job of killing many unwanted livestock, five character referen The stories will be judged and In water .and sprayed at the rate plants which formerly could only ces, at least two years of farm ex “ Never Knowingly t rulcrsold" the awards made at the Oregon of 5 to 8 pounds o f 2.4.5-T acid best be handled by hard, buck perience, and an intent to farm as ON BRO AD W AY Phones Beaverton 4002, CApital 2380 e t * 1« Fair. I per acre, would kill most of the breaking labor. an occupation. : Science Blames Bloat In Cattle On Clover Acid Severe W eather Causes Stem Rot O f Peas, A lfalfa N A T IO N A L IR IS G A R D E N S Straw berry Crop Requires Plenty Farm Laborers Now at YO U R New Beaverton Furniture Store i THE G R E A T , N EW Straw berries of Poultry Industry County Ready for Accounts for 1 0 % H arve st In W eek ° re' Farm ,ncome ouse 1 REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER COMBINATION with coiom coilo mode possible by new, exclusive, automatic „ Veterans Vie In Homestead Filing, I Near 6,000 Acres V ? '“ ' 4H Essay Contest O ffers Milking Shorthorn C a lf Zlr ZJZ V IN E S IN TEST BY C O LLEG E C H E M IC A L KILLS BLA CKBER R Y you BE ^ SURE ic r' c V vesti nghousc SEE THESE GREAT, NEW WESTINGHOUSE REFRIGERATORS TC2AY’ Beaverton
