THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1936
SEED FLAX FAVORED UNDER
NEW FARM ACT IN OREGON.
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Pendleton, Ore.
Representing
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COMING AGAIN
Dr. Curry, the old Reliable
Optometrist of Seattle
who has made professional visits
to Hermiston for 25 vears. will
again be at the
Hotel Hermiston
Tues., April 14
for one day
Eyes Examined—
—Glasses Ground and Fitted.
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PINE CITY NEWS
By Lennä Neill
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Mrs. C. Broderson of Seattle is vi
siting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Moore.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rogers and Mrs.
Bloom of Heppner visited the Pine
City school last Tuesday.
J. T. Ayers of Echo visited at the
C. H. Ayers home Thursday.
A. Estle and John Harrison were
business visitors in Pendleton Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger
were dinner guests at the Mrs. Ollie
Neill home Sunday.
Mrs. W. D. Neill is quite ill at her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Estle of Hermis
ton and Jack Estle spent Sunday
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Estle.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Cox and
family were Sunday dinner guests
at the E. B. Wattenburger home.
Mrs. C. Broderson was honored by
a shower at the Frank Saling home
Thursday. Several of the ladies
from Pine City attended.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ayers and
family were transacting business in
Hermiston Monday.
Earl Wattenburger was a busi
ness visitor in Pendleton Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Estle and the
Misses Cecelia Brennan and Norma
Gibbons attended a teachers’ meet
ing in La Grande Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saling visited
at the J. S. Moore home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Cox and
family were business visitors in
Hermiston Saturday.
Mrs. Roy Omohundro and daugh
ter Iris visited at the C. H. Bartho-
lomew and J. S. Moore homes Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
family visited at the John Healy
home Sunday afternoon.
Solidity is more desirable in a let
tuce head than large size, and a well
balanced complete fertilizer tends to
reduce excessive foliage and to in
duce greater solidity. Lettuce grown
on too highly fertilized soil is more
subject to tip burn and slime than
plants which have made moderate
leaf growth.
Kitchen
AH that is modern in the house is personified in the 1936 Frigid-
aire which recently went on display here. With the revolutionary
“meter-miser,” a mechanical unit that cuts operating cost to the bone,
the new F rigidaire offers hitherto unheard of economy, style, capacity
and freezing ability. Lilyan Grifft, left, demonstrates it for Jerry
Mitchell, a visitor, to Frigidaire's, famous experimental kitchen-
.
The new federal farm act pro
vides encouragement for the produc
tion of seed flax which makes the
growing of this crop in parts of
western and northwestern Oregon
more advantageous than ever before,
believes G. R. Hyslop, head of the
division of plant industries at Ore
gon State college.
Although seed flax is classed as a
soil depleting crop, an increase in
its acreage is being encouraged be
cause it is on an import basis. A
direct allowance of 20 cents per
bushel is made for flax seed pro
duced. provided other soil conserva
tion conditions are met.
Early planting of seed flax is es
sential to success, says Hyslop. In
western Oregon, April 15 is normal
ly considered the latest safe plant
ing time, while in the Blue Moun
tain region it is sown successfully
up to May 1. Two linseed oil com
panies in Portland ordinarily sup
ply the seed for Oregon growers and
furnish a market for the product.
These are the Archer Daniels Mid
land company and the Empire Oil
and Food Products company.
In order to qualify for the flax
allowance, a grower must divert 20
per cent of the amount of land he
puts into flax into crops that are
not soil depleting, in addition to 15
per cent of his remaining soil de
pleting base. Among soil building
crops which can still be planted
safely in Oregon are red or crimson
clover and alfalfa.
An example will indicate how the
flax plan works out. Suppose a far
mer had 100 acres in soil depleting
crops last year, such as small grains,
corn, potatoes or other cultivated
crops. He may decide to put 20
acres into seed flax for 1936. In
order to qualify for assistance under
the act, he will have to put four
¡acres into soil conserving or soil
building crops, as well as 15 per
cent of the remaining 80 acres of
his soil depleting base.
In other words, he will need to
divert a total of 16 acres to grasses,
legumes or other soil conserving or
soil building crops. In so doing, he
will qualify not only for the 20
cents a bushel payments on his pro
duction of flax, but Tor diversion
payments on 12 acres, and soil
building payments on whatever
amount is put into soil building
crops. It is not unlikely that farm
ers in many sections of Oregon
could qualify for benefits of close to
3150 or more where 20 acres are
put into seed flax under the plan
outlined.
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UMATILLA NEWS +
By ERMA BYRNES.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rodenbough
and children Doris and Keith spent
Saturday in Pendleton.
Elmore McKenzie, who has been
working in Portland, is visiting his
family.
The Misses Rosa Ricco and Sara
Rix and Mrs. Neva Pilon were din
ner guests at the Jewett home Sun
day.
Earl Brownell and son Iverson
and J. Womack and son Jimmy of
Pasco stopped at the Ervin Chap
man home Sunday while on a fish
ing trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Markham
of Irrigon were visitors in Umatilla
Sunday.
Miss Yvonne Bousquet spent the
week end in Portland. She returned
home Sunday accompanied by Paul
Donavon who is attending college in
California, and will spend the spring
vacation here.
Elbert Hutchison of Hermiston
was in Umatilla Wednesday.
Miss Mary Alstott of Butter Creek
was in Umatilla Wednesday.
Mrs. Irvin Chapman entertained
a group of young people at a birth
day party honoring her daughter,
Francis, on her tenth birthday.
Those present were Joan Byrnes.
Fern Bray, Agnes Kennedy. Marga
ret Kennedy, May Corwall, Emma
and Patty Juday. Louise Dexter,
Keith Rodenbough. Herbert McNabb,
Dorothy Hiatt, Ann Mary Sherlock.
Mary Kendler. Ralph Healy, Alva
Stephens and Sara Wurster.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Walsh re
turned to their home in The Dalles
Tuesday after spending Sunday and
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Walsh.
Catherine Geurin, nine year old
daughter of Clarence Geurin, who
has been quite ill, is reported slight-
1y improved. Catherine recently un
derwent an operation for an abscess
on the brain in the St. Anthony’s
hospital in Pendleton.
Devee Brown, student at the Port
land Bible Institute, Is home for a
week's visit with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Brown.
The Umatilla church received
word of the privilege of sending one
of Its three elders to the general as
sembly at New York during the
month of May. Mrs. Del Jackson is
planning on going.
F O. Harryman, who
has
working in Pine City for the past
six months, is visiting his sons Don
ald and Lloyd for the next month
before going to Haines to work.
Rev. and Mrs. Herb Thomas of
Boardman were Umatilla visitors
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Means and
daughter of Portland are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Duff Knight.
John Bensel is home from Albany
college to spend the spring vacation.
Mrs. Lew Brownell and son Rob
ert motored to Pendleton Saturday.
Mrs. Ernest Peck and son Dickie
and Mrs. Peck’s father, Roy Lash,
all of Maryhill were spending the
week end with friends in Umatilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Springer and
grandchildren Maryin Joe and Patsy
Ann Mahoney, left Saturday for Se
attle where they will visit Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Mahoney for a week.
The grandchildren will stay there
with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hull motored
to The Dalles last Wednesday. They
were accompanied by Mrs. George
McIntosh, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Hull, for two weeks and
returned to her home in Portland
from The Dalles.
Mrs. E. McKenzie and daughter
Jean accompanied Miss Marguerita
Cox to Walla Walla Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Van Scholack
and children Delbert and Delores
were in Pendleton Saturday after-
noon.
.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kimberllng
accompanied by Mrs. Milo McFar
land spent Saturday in Walla Walla.
Art Peterson of Willow Creek was
visiting his sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Van Scholack Satur
day.
Walt Caldwell of The Dalles was
here Thursday.
The weekly meeting of the Bridge
Club was held at the Fred Knudson
home Friday. Those present were:
Mesdames Wm. Logan, Wm. Gordon,
Elmore McKenzie, Joe Springer, Jack
Cherry. Wm. Conlon, Jane Brownell
and the hostess.
Word has been received of the
birtht of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Lane of Spokane. Mrs. Lane
will be remembered here as Gladys
Fromdahl.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Chapman, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Hoyt and Lloyd Har
ryman spent Thursday in Pendleton.
Bud Hiatt of Condon spent the
week end at the home of his broth
er, Ursel Hiatt.
Miss Josephine Connell, who is
going to a beauty school in Portland
spent Sunday at the home of her
parents.
Mrs. John Wurster and daughters
May, Annie and Sara spent Wednes
day in Walla Walla.
Mrs. E. A. McMillian and daugh
ters Janet and Gloria of Portland,
are visiting Mr. McMillian this
week.
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FEDERAL SOIL ACT NOW
READY FOR OREGON FARMERS.
Oregon farmers will have an op
portunity early in April to learn just
what detailed steps are possible on
their farms to cooperate in the new
federal soil conservation and domes
tic allotment act.
At the western regional meeting
at Salt Lake city last week, and
the state meeting at Corvallis March
30 and 31, details of the program
were outlined and administrative
plans decided upon so that county
educational meetings may proceed
at once. Utmost speed is being
sought because of the necessity to
have farmers understand the proce
dure before the spring planting sea
son is over.
“This is not a gift program.” em
phasized George E. Farrell, newly
appointed director of the far wes
tern region. "No one is going to be
paid for merely operating his farm.”
Oregon State college leader* who
attended the Salt Lake meeting and
later conducted the state meeting at
Corvallis say the new act is positive
in nature and will tend in action to
lend governmental encouragement to
sound soil conservation and crop
practices such as have been worked
out by agricultural research and ad
vocated through the extension ser
vice.
Oregon State college men believe
the program will bring about more
rapid addition to the alfalfa and clo
ver acreage in western Oregon and
a transfer of considerable eastern
Oregon land to dry-land grasses such
as crested wheat grass. In addition
a range soil improvement program
for the west Is being evolved which
It Is hoped will meet the approval
of the federal government.
In some respects the new program
will be more simple than the old. In
that there will be only one state
committee and one committee In
each county, rather than having fre
quently overlapping commodity com
mittees as under the crop control
programs. In other ways It Is not
simple, for, as Director Farrell ex
plained. widespread results through-
out the entire country cannot be ob
tained by an extremely simple pro
been gram.
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Farmers desiring to cooperate in
the program will submit informa
tion concerning their farming opera
tions on a work sheet to be supplied.
After they have made the improve
ments in soil conservation decided
upon, they will apply for the grant
payable for such performance.
At no time will there be a con
tract and at no time is any farmer
to be under obligations to do any
thing. Instead, if he complies with
the soil conservation rules laid
down in advance, he will be eligible
for a grant representing the value
to the nation of such practice. If
he does not comply there will be no
grant.
Amounts of grants will vary great
ly, depending on the extent and na
ture of betterments in soil practice.
The "starting point” in determina
tion will be the farmer’s "base acre
age,” which now means the acreage
in soil depleting crops in 1935, with
certain exceptions.
Largest amounts per acre will be
granted for shifting acres from soil
depleting crops such as small grains,
corn, potatoes, cotton, and the like,
to other crops. Each farmer can
shift as much as he likes, but can
only claim a grant for shitting 15
per cent of his base.
This 15 per cent may be shifted
either to what are known as soil
conserving or soil building crops.
As the names imply, the soil con
serving crops are those which just
about allow the soil to hold its own,
while the soil building crops actual
ly improve it.
The amount of the grant to en
courage such shifting will vary from
place to place, depending on pro
ductivity of the land involved, but
will average around 910 or a bit be
low, for the, country as a whole. On
individual farms the amount may
vary as much as from 33 to 316 or
more.
If the shift is to soil building
crops a farmer may qualify for an
additional grant not to exceed 31 an
acre for all the soil building crops,
new or old, he has on the place. This
payment is made on the basis of the
new seedings, however, hence may
not always reach the maximum.
While these are the uniform ba
sic provisions, many regional and
other variations are being included
in an attempt to make the program
just to all, including the farmer
who has long practiced good soil
conservation methods. though the
“sinner who repenteth” will get the
largest immediate grant.
Clam chowder, succotash, clam
cakes and corn meal pudding are
among the recipe* that early colon
ists borrowed from the Indians.
There are about 160,000 uses for
wire.
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