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June ¿8 j C*S Competition Motional Contest
E SSE N T IA L P R A C T IC E FOR B E T T E R M E N T OF SO IL
P A N EL W IL L D ISC U SS EFFECTS OF REG U LA T IO N S,
The Oregon Baby Chick aasoc- ( Homer Huntington
of Chicago,
iation will hold its annual meet- board manager.
ing in Corvallis, June 28. Sessions' Governor Douglas McKay will
will take place at the Benton ho- be guest o f honor at the annual
tel starting at 10 o'clock, daylight banquet where he will be initia-
saving time.
ted into the "Good
Egg" club
Among program features
an President A. U Strand of O.S.C.
nounced by N. L. Bennion, asso will be the banquet speaker, and
ciation secretary and O.S.C. ex Arnold Ebert, KOAC farm pro
tension specialist, are a state-wide gram director, will be muster of
“Chicken of Tomoriow” contest; ceremonies.
Bennion stated that all breed-
a panel discussion
on "State
Ftegulations and Their Effect
on | ers, hatcherymen and broiler pro-
the Poultry Industry"; a talk
on : ducers are eligible to compete in
“ National legislation and Its E f the "Chicken of Tomorrow" con
fect on the Poultry Industry” by test. Each participant must en-
Two blue-blooded Ayrshire calves
Noei Shaver. Crawfordsvllle, In ter 12 New York dressed birds, will be awarded, early in October,
diana. president of the Interna- with none weighing over 3H lbs. to the boy and the girl who sub-
tional Baby Chick
association; dressed. Entries must be dellver- mits the best 100 to 250 word let-
and a review of the Poultry and f
to the O.S.C. Poultry building ters on the subject, "W hy I Want
Egg National board program by | t,y 10 a m.
an Ayrshire Calf.”
Participaints In the panel dis
This announcement was recently
cussion on state regulations will made by Marilyn Maxwell, screen
include
Fred Cockell, chairman. actress who was a farm-country
Mllwaukie; E. L. Peterson, state girl born in Iowa and raised in
¡director of agriculture, Salem; O. Indiana, over a special ‘ Ayrshire
K Beals, chief of the dairy and Alrshow" over the Mutual net
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foods division
of the state de work.
partment of agriculture; Dr. C. F
The contest is open to all farm
\ Haynes,
state veterinarian, Sa- youngsters under the age of 18.
jlem; Dr. E. M Dickinson, O.S.C. Letters must be written on one
| poultry
pathologist;
W.
H. side of the paper and preferably
Schwedler, Portland hatcheryman typewritten. Postmark on entiles
and Howard Hughes, poultry pro- j niust be no )ater than August 15
Silo s are steam cured for
ducer from Hillsboro.
| and addressed to “ Contest Com-
stren gth and durability.
Ambrose Brownell,
Mllwaukie, mitte, Ayrshire Breeders’ Associa-
Eco n om ically Priced
who is Oregon's delegate to the tion, Brandon, Vermont.”
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| International Baby Chick assoc
The Ayrshire is a fine breed of
iation, will discuss “Cooperation cattle which originated tn the
F or fu rther Info rm atio n w rite
Among Hatcherymen tn the Wes- county of Ayr, Scotland. Noted for
Mt. Hood Silo Co.
tern States” , and B. D. Westfall, t their production of rich milk,
Railway Mail Service, Portland, this breed has many adherents tn
220 yt E a st Bth Street
M c M in n v ille O regon
will talk on ‘‘Shipping Chicks by dairying areas.
Parcet Post.”
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A fter six years devoted to get-
I ting the "bug*” out o f a suction
type filbert harvester, the O.S.C.
experiment station has issued a
bulletin giving what has proved
to be a successful design of
filbert harvesting machine.
In Its approved form, the new
harvester
includes a powerful
suction fan Hnd a power unit to
drive It, a rotating bar grid sep
I arator and air-lock unit, a suc
tion nozzle system, a dirt clean
ing unit, conveying equipment, a
husking unit.
a final cleaning
unit and a sacking device
An example o f the continued
study a-id improvement the ma
chine has undergone is the evolu
tion In the suction nozzle system
since the first model. Early dif
ficulties were overcome by mak
ing a straight lift of some dts
lance before putting a turn in the
pipe, and by raising the front lip
« half Inch above the rear one
I to compensate for blocked
atr
I current*.
The technical bulletin No 14 is
written by R N Lunde of the
agricultural engineering staff
C L A M P D O W N ON C H IN
Feeding chickens which have
stopped laving Is an expensive and
wasteful practice Department of
I Agriculture suggests a clamp-down
by culling the “ star boarders"
from the producers ar.d selling
them.
Particularly important
Is the
culling practice throughout the
! summer months At this time too
I many chlx fali o ff In production
and She cost of feed Is too high
I to not take drastic steps
riM K TO IK>
It !» an undoubted truth that
the leas one ha* to do the leas
time one finds to do R tn
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Vaccination Of
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Practical Value
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* Society of Am erican Engineers
the land while he is keeping soil
from washing and blowing away”
the chairman states. “ I f the only
concern was to save the soil it
might better be put back into
forest and grass. But there are
some 148 million people in this
country who depend on the soil
and how it is used for their food
and many o th 'r essential prod
ucts including clothing.”
The experience of farmers and
the results o f studies at experi
ment stations indicate the follow
ing essentials for plant growth,
says the chairman: 1. Space be
tween soil particles to provide I
air for the roots; 2. Room for
the roots to grow; 3. Suitable j
soil acidity or alkalinity;? 4.
Adequate water; 5. Sunlight and
6. Mineral nutrients.
He listed as the minerals which
may be deficient in the soil: N i
trogen, phosphorous
and potas- ,
Veterinary
medical
scientists sium.
The application of lime |
gave a cautious but encouraging supplies calcium but the major
reoprt this week on vaccination reason for using lime is to neu- \
for Newcastle disease in chickens. tralize the acidity in the soil.
Newcastle vaccination with both | Ireland says that an important
live-virus and killed-virus vaccines part of the work of the ACP is
is still in the experimental stage to maintain the structure of the
in the United States, and further soil in good condition for grow-
observations will be necessary be-, ing plants. The growing of cover
fore definite statements can be crops and the plowing under of
made about its ove^-all value, green manure help to do this.
veterinarians of the U. S. Bureau The use of grass and clover in
of Animal Industry declared.
rotation also help.
Lime, phosphate
and potash
But they added that vaccination
of 37.000 chickens in a broiler are applied to replace mineral d e-;
plant, with killed-virus vaccines, ' ftciencles in the soil as a means
"enabled the birds to withstand a of promoting the growth of le
severe infection with relatively gumes and grasses.
Cut-back of cane maggots, which
small losses, although It did not
Since sub-soil usually is lack
have appeared in many red rasp
entirely prevent the disease."
ing in essential minerals and the
berry and blackcap fields this
is poor
for plant
Another group of 20.000 unvac- structure
j year, is an advised method of
clnated chickens, in the same growth, it is important that the
| nippin,g the damage familiarly
broiler plant, were a "financial top soil be protected from blow
| known as ''ltmberneck.”
loss,” with over 25 percent of ing and washing away. But it is
Eggs of the maggot are laid on
them dying of Newcastle infection, important because it is in this
new shoots and the resultant
the veterinarians said. Vaccinated top soil that conditions are fa
hatch of the tiny worms begins a
birds, in contrast, "yielded the vorable for plant growth.
very subversive activity. The am
owner a profit,” with only 1.3 per
bitious maggots tunnels into the
cent o f them dying of this disease j
tip of the new cane and then con
The Bureau investigators report
tinues down the center. Wherev
ed their 57.000bird study in the
er it nears the surface, It breaks
American Journal of Veterinary
through and girdles the cane.
Research and concluded that “ vac- j
Under such an attack, the canes
cinatton with killed-virus vaccines |
M u sic by
lop over and by the nature of the
is a practical procedure, although
event, this injury is called “ limber-
Johnnie W ashburn's
there is much room for improve
neck. ”
ment in it, due tty the short-lived
Melody Aces
So far as is known in the labor immunity it produces." Live-virus
atories of agricultural chemists, vaccines, on the other hand, give
there Is no effective means of
1 longer immunity, but are not ad-
chemical control developed so far.
j apted for chicks under 4 weeks of
Admission—74c; (Inc Tax)
Only method recommended is to
| age or for laying flocks in produc-
cut the ra n n below where the
. tion.
tiny worn is suspected and burn
the affected canes.
JUNE 18
COUNTRY APPAREIL
S T A N D A R D IZ E D SAE*
Dusting for the control of the
1 hairy vetch weevil should be done
\ now,
according to Wilbur Burk-
j hart,County Extension Agent. Sat-
j isflactory control depends upon
' getting fields dusted Just as soon
as the first pods appear, using 25
pounds o f 3% DDT dust per acre
or not less than 20 pounds of a
5%. dust
Both ground and airplane dust
ers capable o f giving fields com
Plet® coverage have been proven
satlsfactory. Best results are ob
tained when dusting on a warm,
quiet day.
Further
information
can
be
found in Station Circular of Infor
mation No. 372 which is avail
able in the county extension o f
fices, Burkhart added.
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ord of 12,335.9 lbs. M 538.88 lbs. F FARM HOME DEATHS
Conservation
under the Agri- i in 363 days on twic* a day milk-
cultural Conservation
Program
according to a report received
Home accidents killed about 7,-
has to do with maintaining good
from Fred 8 Idtse- Secretary of 000 ^ rm residents in 1947. Avail-
growing
conditions for crops | Tht* Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' **>le statistics do not indicate any
says Arthur P. Ireland. Chair-
Association, Beloit, Wisconsin.
substantial difference between the
man of the Washington County Thu record was made as a
5 | <-'auses of home accidents in rural
Agricultural Conservation
Com-
year ° ld-
areas and
urban areas
f^ 9
mittee.
! Arbor Rose MacGretchy 153908 tank first as the greatest single
“ It recognizes the need for the a registered Brown Swiss cow cause of all types of home acci-
farmer to make a living from owned by Albert Meier, Beaver- dent deaths to farm residents.
Earlv Cut-Back
Advised Method
On Cane Maggots
The Smartly Dressed Woman
8 8 3 8 S. W
cow owaed by Albert Meier Bea
i verton, Ore. has recently complet-
ton. Ore. has recently completed
a Register o f Production record
of 10.096.2 lbs. M. 428.93 lbs. F. in
304 days on twice a day milking.
I according to a report received
! from Fred S Idtse, Secretary of
i The Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders'
Association, Beloit, Wisconsin
This record was made as a Jr.
2 year old.
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S T R E N G T H E N S A B IL IT Y TO FEED U. S. P O P U L A T IO N ed * R* * 1,ter of Production rec
BO TH STATE A N D N A T L. O N P O U LT R Y IN D U S T R Y
C oncreté
Aiibor Rose Barbette's Jennie
114073 a registered Brown Swiss
F R ID A Y , J U N E 17, 1949
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