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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 7, 1954 Page 4 4400 Soil Samples Tested By OSC Lab As Aid To Farmers Nearly 4100 samples of Oregon soils have been submitted to the Oregon State college soil testing laboratory since January 1953, re ports Dr. L. A. Alban, OSC soils M.ionist In charge. The laboratory was established at that time to aid farmers in conducting their fertilizer pro grams and to help others In de termining fertilizer needs for their laws, vegetable, small fruit, or flower gardens. The soil laboratory testing has moved that many of the ideas people have had concerning soil deficiencies on their own land were wrong, says the scientist. Present testing work consists of two phasess testing of soils for growers and the testing of soils ;,nd plants for resarch personnel. Orowcis obtain information sheets and soil cartons from their county extension agents and send them into the soil testing laboratory where the soils are tested. Results are sent back to the county agent along with the informal ion sheets. The county agent then makes out a fertil izer recommendation for the grower. Ilesults of soil testing in 1954 won't be analyzed until the end of the year, but on the basis of !!i5.'i results the following infor- From where You know how Handy Turner down at the hardware store goes In for weird advertising stunts. Well, when it came to plugging his new Venetian blind depart ment, his enthusiasm nearly landed him in trouble. Handy painted a warning on the tailboard of his truck: "Cau tionblind man driving." "Had driven about a mile," Handy says, "when a state troop er stopped me and told me that sign might cause trouble. Guess he was right. From now on I'll ad vertise In the Clarion.'' Copyright, )' FOR A PRICED FROM Jkd. OrdeE ation came to light concerning soils in the five geographic areas of the state. Eastern Oregon; Few soil samples have been subm' ,ed , jumpPd more than 6 percent this from this area, but sufficient , a(x.ordinK to Burton S .Hut phosphorus and potassium have ;on state 4.H cub leader. been found in most cases. Sam- j nles tested were from irrigated ltea ! this situation may not I, apply to Columbia Basin wheat land soils. Alban stresses these, general conditions may not apply to in dividual farms in the areas listed above because of soil variations found in most fields. To set up a proper fertilizer program, rep resentative soil samples need to be taken. For information con cerning the taking of soil sam ples and the cost of testing, check with county extension agents, he suggests. - Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rosewall were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Key at Weston. Harry Wilson of Hopewell, N. J. arrived Wednesday for a visit at the homes of his son, Tom Wil son, and daughter, Mrs. Avery Toi.lnp 3 ' Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swansorring, wnicn grew num aou iu ouo of lone left by train Monday fori in a year's time, and Photo Detroit where they will pick uplgraphy, which expanded from 47 r,,,r ami cunt i niie on a month's! to 127. vacation. The Christian Church has in stalled a new furnace and is un dergoing a thorough redecorating inside. AdttrtttimtHt I sit ... ly Joe Marsh "Blind Man's" Bluff From where I sit, I agree the highway is no place for jokes. We all ought to be considerate of the other fellow when we're driving. In fact, let's respect our neigh bor's right of way alwayt. Then, when we have differences of opinion-say about the best route to Centerville, or whether beer or buttermilk is better with lunch there will be less chance of any body developing any"blind"spots. 1954, United Stales Bremen Foundation Wf. ' 1 m inM'-ia Trtf - Early- THE BEST SELECTION PERSONALIZED hristm as COMPLETE SELECTION OF GREETING CARDS WITH YOUR NAME IMPRINTED Heppner Gazette Times 4-H Clubs Numbers Show Big Gain , Oregon's 4-H membership Enrollment figures just com oiled show an increase of 2680 from 32.976 to 35, 656. The num her of clubs also went up from ;?2.'i8 to 3102. Biggest gain was in clothing projects. Including Knitting, the clothing numbers were 7787 in 1953 and 8H96 this year. The knit ting membership alone came close to doubling itself, going from 531 to 978. Junior leadership percentage gains were outstanding. In this project, which is designed to de veloped leadership ability in 4-H club members, only 53 were en rolled last year. It was available in only a few counties. Expanded throughout the state this year, it attracted 452 more than 82 times as many as in 1953. Entomology also showed a great gain in popularity as en rollment climbed from 157 to 335. Other quick-gainers were market- r -ion inn Home economics project show ed their appeal to the boys too, as 1508 of them enrolled. Camp cookerv and breakfast prepar ation projects attracted 559 boys each. Another 122 signed for luncheon preparation. Bachelor sewing had 110 boys enrolled and 33 took knitting. But even greater numbers of girls signed up for livestock pro jects 2314 of them. They even outnumbered the boys' in the sad dle horse project, 311 to 25X. Gins mnrle uo nearly half the member ship in sheep, rabbits and goat projects and nearly a third in tne beef and dairy works. Marksmanshop apparently ap pealed only to the boys, however. Not a girl was signed up for jun ior rifle club or archery. Among the projects that at tracted lesser numbers were safety, fish conservation, miner ology, bird study, soil and water conservation, pigeons, pheasants, mink, dog training, science de monstration and folk dancing. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Farley left Saturday for a few days in Portland. While there they at tended the Oregon State-Washington football game on Satur.- day evening. U O Cards Careless Smoking Top Fire Threat If your house should go up in smoke this year, chances are one in three that careless smoking or handling of matches will be the cause, reports Charles Ross, Ore gon State college forestry specialist. Ross, who heads the OSC fire prevention campaign, reminds all home owners that this week, Oc tober 3 to 9, is National Fire Pre vention Week and the time to check for major causes of fires in Oregon. "The house holder can't remove all risk," Ross says, "but he can and should take steps to correct those fire threats that strike Ore gon homes and farms repeatedly.' Thirty-two percent of Oregon's 11,303 homo fires last year, as re ported by the Oregon fire mar shall, were caused by careless smoking and matches. Next were overheated or defective heating plants and flues that accounted for 22 percent of home fires. Oils and hot grease in the kitchen caused 15 percent. Use of kero sene to start fires led this group. Other major causes of home fires were 10 percent by hot met als, sparks from friction and com bustion, and explosions; 8 per cent from hot ashes and open fires: and 7 percent from electri city and defective wiring. The six groups accounted for 94 percent of Oregon home fires. As an accident killer, fire in the United States and Canada is topped only by fatal motor vehicle injuries and by falls. Children under 4 years run about three times as much risk from fire as do people 14 years and older. Ross pointed out, however, that Oregon is reducing both life and property loss from fire while losses are climbing nationally. Deaths from fire in Oregon drop ped from 80 in 1952 to 53 in 1953, and property loss from fire was reduced 6 percent. Nationally, property losses climbed 15 per cent from 1952 to 1953 and are now close to one billion dollars annually. o Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fergu son left Sunday for Seattle ac companied by their daughter, Mrs. Robert Kelly, who is going to join her husband who is at tending the University of Wash- incton. Thev will make their home in Seattle during the school year. mil " am j 1 4 4 MS- t Mm Crop Controls To Influence Farm Plantings Crop controls will have a di rect influence on plantings on Oregon wheat farms this year, says H. D. Thomas, extension agricultural economist at Oregon State college. Indirectly, con trols may affect plantings on many other farms this fall and next spring. These controls, Thomas ex plains, mean generally that oats, barley and sorghum acreages will be decreased in 1955 while hay, pasture and idle acres will increase. Despite controls, a few crops may be planted-harvested free ly on all Oregon farms. Among these are hay and pasture, in cluding wheat cut for hay; fes cue, perennial ryegrass, bent grass and wheatgrass seeds; al sike, red and ladino clover seeds; alfalfa and lotus seeds; tree fruits and nuts; peppermint, fiber flax, nursery and flower crops, and cover crops. There are no restrictions on acreage planted to these crops. Controls have been tightened on farms with more than 10 acres to be diverted from wheat in Ore gon or from wheat, corn, cotton, oeanuts and tobacco in other states where allotments apply, the economist further explains. Essentially, these farms can plan on more than their 1955 allot ments of these five basic crops and must "roll-back to the acre age of most other crops that they trrew in 1953, if they wish to qualify for price supports. Thev mav crow as much hay and pasture and a few other crops as they wish. These new compliance condi tions will no doubt change the nation's acreage and production of several crops, says Thomas. In turn, these changes affect the price outlook for many Oregon crops. According to a USDA announce ment of August 27, the new pro gram requirements known as "cross-compliance" and "total acreage allotments" are desig ned to influence the use of "di verted" acres. They are intended to help prevent shifts from sur plus crops to other crops which might soon be in surplus trouble. o Mrs. Dave Wilson of Corvallis is visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake. Other guests at the Blake home over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gallucci and daughter of Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Parrish and two sons of Portland visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish, over the opening hunt ing weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beardsley of Portland spent the weekend hunting and visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Swaggart. 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