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.''
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller of
lone, Mr and Mrs. Gene Orwick
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orwick of
Heppner drove to Lone Rock last
weekend to visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Huddleston.
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