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o t 2A MAIL TRIBUNE, M.Jf.rd, nwwr ' I .1-, "Hf ,1 j ' tS -JViV rntir - 4M i MIDGET HENS This cage of midget hens was amng the exhibits, displayed at Oregon State college in Corvallis during the farm Cifft-mation field day held last Friday and Saturday. These midget hens have a body weight of 234 pounds. Eggs weigh 24 Administrative Order Signed To Protect Producer, Grower An administrative order has been issued by tht state de partment of agriculture to help insure the fanner does not sifter in his dealings with q jobbers or fruit and produce truckers. Previously a trucker or job This Week's r, . s, "SJLA ' r ;. v W aV i : . ininifltf,w " i -i - -r ' '? .. . .:.t . . .J. -.. . Q h 2 1 ' 1 p - JN "X HOOK I J, KITCHEN FAMILY ROOM It g 9 15 r 19' CI ' p I LIVIN8 ROOM T I SERVICE L-'"."- j. j 1 S , I - 20i20' PLAN NO. 3604 1392 SQUARE FEET i-l ; Igg&SSaSgJlK? flSe-YATHA ESTES lngeniou glanning and the imagjatiflg us of space have been cnbined in tfeis 1392 square oot hqme, which will fit attractively on 50 foot lot as illustrated, or could be turned 90 degree to fit on a much wider lot. The center hall ma&es all areas accessible from either the front or rear entrance. A big fireplace is located at the center of the end wall of the living room, and wide glass doors slide open to the roofed patio. Heart of family living is the cheery and comfortable kitchen-family room. Except for the half-wall that defines the eating nook the area is rfn. with windows on two iHs and a door that leads to u Toin which facilitates the serving of picnic type meals Oregoft, Tkamity, July 17, 1958 .4 UH rr. ber would make a verbal agreement with a farmer to buy his produce at certain price and pay later. Too often after market changes or losses en route the trucker or jobber would pay only a fraction of the previously agreed upon Town, Counry House during the summer. Long counter-tops, lots of overhead cupboards and built in appliances add to the ef ficiency of the kitchen area. Home laundry equipment and broom storage are located out of the way in the service area. Three bedrooms and two baths open from the bedroom hall. The three-quarter bath has a tiled stall shower the master bath a tub with over head shower and a pullman lavatory. Bedrooms are comfortably spacious, with plenty of light, large wardrobes and unbrok en wall space for ease in ar ranging furniture. To conserve building costs, all plumbing is centrally lo cated. A horizontal forced air unit, installed in the attic, is easily accessible for service 0.1.. uuAt : i. V. . 1 ounces per dozen. Feed per dozen of eggs is three pounds. Normal weight for hens is 4Vi pounds, egg weight is the same 24 ounces. Feed per dozen eggs is 4V& pounds. Poultry experts estimated that the midget hens will mean a saving of 35 per cent in feed costs. price. The farmer would stand the loss. The new administrative or der was signed July 11 by Frank McKennon, chief of the division of plant industry of the state department of agriculture and Robert J. by means of a built-in ladder. Uptilted gables lend a rustic touch to the stained shake roof. Vertical board and bat ten siding combines artisically with horizontal siding, and soft-hued stone is used for veneer, planters and chimney. A paddock-gate motif on the garage door, a birdhouse be neath the gable and a flower pot shelf helps add to the ex terior interest of this dream home. Complete working drawings of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of S7.50 for the first set and S3 for each additional set. when ordered at the same time. This plan will be available for a period of four months from this date. Please allow two weeks for deliv ery. If the. above home does not entitrely meet with your satisfac tion a new home plan book. Town and Country Homes, mav be pur chased for SI. Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes. P. O. Box 404-7, Northridge, Calif. How To Raise Tree Seedlings Told in Booklet Corvallis Growing forest tree seedlings in a home nur sery is a good deal like grow ing garden plans for trans planting, according to a new circular published by the Ore gon State college extension service. In general, though, you can buy tree seedlings cheaper than you can raise them, the circular advises. Raising coni- ferious trees from seed is an exacting job that requires special knowledge and some special equipment, it is point ed out. . However, growing seedlings at home does get tree seed lings when they're not avail able elsewhere, and you can also grow tree species not commonly offered for sale You can also use your home grown trees for any purpose you wish, the circular adds Stale Laws Cited State laws in general for bid the use of state-federal nursery seeaiings lor any thing but reforestation, Christ mas trees, windbreaks, and other conservation uses, it is explained. State-federal seed lings can't be planted within incorporated city limits, re sold with roots attached, or used for ornamental purposes The new illustrated circular. titled "Raising Forest Tree Seedlings at Home," tells how to grow tree seedlings in small nurseries. Suggestions are giv en on location of the nursery, seedbed preparation and planting methods, seedling culture, and transplanting and planting. Sources of addition al information are indicated also. The circular was compiled by Charles R. Ross, OSC ex tension farm forestry special ist, from information furnish ed by a number of private and government sources. Ore gon residents can get a copy from their county extension office, or from the OSC bullet in clerk in Corvallis. Steward, director of the state department of agriculture. It is effective on the date it was signed. "Every wholesale produce dealer, defined by ORS chap ter 585, who purchases pro duce in Oregon from a pro ducer or grower on any basis other i than for cash shall at the time the produce is re ceived or picked up make a record or receipt of the trans action. This will include an original and one copy." Such a record or receipt must include: 1. Name, address, and wholesale produce dealers li cense number of the produce dealer. 2. Name and address of the grower or producer. i. Conditions of the pro duce upon receipt of it by such person. 4. Date the produce is re ceived and the amount. 5. Date payment is to be made and the total price paid or to be paid for the produce. 6. Verificat ion and ac knowledgement by the whole sale produce dealer that the statements required by items 2, 3, 4 and 5 are true and correct. The administrative order specified the original of the record or receipt shall be given immediately to the grower or producer. A copy of such a record or receipt shall be kept and maintained in the office of the wholesale produce dealer. Roof Moss Control Given by Agent . Moss which holds moisture and rots a roof can be easily and simply controlled, accord ing to Don Berry, county ex tension agent. This moss should be sprayed with a 10 per cent solution of zinc chloride or a 5 per cent solution of penta chlorophe nol. Either of these solutions should be sprayed on during dry weather, Berry advises. The roof will be clear of moss by next winter. However the spray may have to be repeated, Berry added. 760 Animals Get Meat Rejection Salem State meat inspect ors condemned 18 animals be fore slaughter and 142 after slaughter during April and May under the state meat in spection program. Rejected were 88 cattle, four calves, 47 sheep, 20 swine and one goat. Out of a total of 19,452 live stock inspected during April, 19,368 were approved as fit for human consumption. In May, 19,523 animals were ap proved out of 19,58 inspected. As is usual, a higher per centage of edible offal liv ers, heads, hearts, kidneys and tongues were con demned for various causes. ! - CHIT By JOE G. COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Last Friday we made a pilgrimage to Oregon State college at Corvallis with one of the local agriculture experts. It was a farm information field day for all the farm editors in the state. While walking our feet down to the ankle bones we did manage to soak up a little knowledge. What interested us were the trends forecast by a battery of agricultural experts. What happens down on the farm does have a wide influence. Like the food stores which handle their output, farms, too, will become fewer and much larger. In the state's dairy industry there are now 5,000 farms with more than 10 cows and an estimated 100 processing plants for these dairy products. The year 1965 will see a need for only one thousand such farms with at least 100 cows per farm. In 1965, also, there will be only 10 processing plants no larger than now. That is what the experts predict. Farms of the future will income. Farmers who consider themselves sucrpssfni win require a 5 per cent "return on investment. More people owning farms will be working off the farms in the future, too. Take Linn county, for instance, in 1945 47 per cent of the farmers were working off the farm. In 1954 this increased to 61 per cent. In keeping with this trend ings have doubled during the last nine or 10 years, the ex perts say. In Linn, in 1945, county average value of land and buildings was $10,296. In 1954 this had increased to $23,130. This trend toward consolidation into the fewer and larger farms and fewer people working on the farm will have a strong affect upon churches, schools and the community in general. It will mean those rural communities must change from almost completely farm tion of industrial and rural. not able to make this adjustment will lose population. They will be the ghost towns of the future. The experts also predict per capita income will increase by 58 per cent. Population itself will show a 35 per cent increase. Farm output will increase 34 per cent during this period and food consump tion 45 per cent. Per capita income after this period will remain on the rise. A wealthier population will demand a better diet. This will mean eating more protein content foods. Such will con tain also more calcium, ascorbic acid and thiamin. This also means there may way out of the farm surplus as much land to raise dairy grain. Generally, the menu will change from a diet of beans to T-bone steak, an expert pointed out. This will also mean more irrigation and flood control cultivation of land. To meet food habits land can be diversified with proper irrigation and fertilization. A retooling of agri-business will be needed. This must keep in step with the rest of taught to produce for what is farm will have to produce standards which can be attractively and conveniently pack aged for the housewife who Farm products will be sold: to large volume sellers. Such farm products will compete on national markets. To meet this challenge farmers will have to consolidate their products into large lots, pools and cooperatives or perhaps into private non-cooperative agencies. Such a trend will mean larger It also means contract farming, farm into warehouses or retail Another part of this trend cessing. Now we rely on table foods will go on sale. At OSC sisting of dehydrated foods. We brought back to the office a delicious pie made of dehydrated cherries. We have eaten hunHrpris nf nips hut could difficult to believe that those had been dehydrated to the size This trend toward integration also means decentralize tion. One of the agricultural push-button feed mills will be thev suddIv. Such mills, however, must oe assured oi a continuous demand. Such a small feed mill may be located in this area soon. Finally, it has been stated feed and process its own hogs. It has the grain to do it. Oregon now imports approximately IVz million head of hogs a year to feed its populace.. We could also feed our own beef. The resulting industry and related industries is terrific, as one OSC man stated. We saw many other things work there has an international flavor. A Hungarian re searcher explained a project to determine the effect of food elements on rabbits. An Indian youth with a flash of white teeth went into great detail about a new wheat variety. A Chinese girl buzzed around the foods research displays. This, to us, was one of the most encouraging aspects- of the work at OSC. These people from different countries were all working together to produce man's heart (and a woman's, too) These farm scientists say research, at least in their fields, will continue to be more of a team effort. The day of the lone wolf scientist is waning. However, there will still be a place for him in the "fight for food." Forecasters say that such research will confine itself more to regions. More basic research will develop experiments with basic problems of plant physiology, for instance. . We were startled when our lolling on the steps of one of the science buildings as one of the coming pathologists. He looked like more of the "rock and roll" type. As we continued on the tour more future young scientists showed up. These, then, are the young people who startle their elders with repeated wanderings off the beaten path. Through this unconventionalism they must learn also the hows and also the whys of anything. This con tinued seeking often leads them to something better and more efficient when channeled into All this is why a good friend of ours and well-known educator in this state insists that the star student be given equal recognition with the star athlete. He urges that boy with the sharp mind be sought out and developed just as much as the athlete with the Many times the gifted student the same. It takes a well-coordinated body to support a well coordinated mind. We are happy to see some researchers got busy on something which has griped us at Oregon State college got 15 cent extra charge for milk justified on basjs of comparative costs. Milk costs more, but the handling cost is less than for coffee, it was reported. When 7V ounce glasses of mlik were served, milk cost is l4 cents more than coffee. Five ounce glasses of milk is one case cost a half cent less. In two other restaurants actual costs were 0.68 cents and 1.22 CHAT --- require $30,000 to $60,000 gross their labor, management and the value of lands and build - supported ones to a combina Other communities which are that during 1953 to 1975 the be some hope for eating our problem. It requires five times and meat animals as it does intensive land use. Better measures and more intensive this change m the population's the economy. Farmers must be being sold. The man on the a product of uniformly high buys it. to a central selling agency- volume and smaller profits. integration and direct from stores handling. will -be a change in food pro stock markets. More processed we saw a complete meal con not telU the difference, it is large, red, luscious cherries of small red raisins. experts at OSC told us small located in the communities many times that this state could at OSC. The experimental better foods. The way to a is still through his stomach. guide pointed out a youth scientific research. finely coordinated muscles. and start athlete are one and for some time. Researchers busy and discovered that 5 to served in restaurants is not cents higher than coffee. HOWARD WILDE Wins Young Farmers' Award Young Farmers Present Awards To Three Youths Three Jackson county youths, one an alternate, have been selected by the Jackson County Young Farmers for college scholarship awards. Those selected and the amounts received are Howard Wilde, Trail, $300; Bob Miller, Ashland, $200 and Willard Waterhouse, Gold Hill, alter nate. Don Strauss, Young Farm ers' president, announced the awards during his organiza tion's recent meeting. Wilde was graduated fromi the Eagle Point high school. He was president of the stu dent body during the 1957-58 school year and vice-president of the Eagle Point Future Farmers of America chapter. He plans to attend Brigham Young university and take a general agriculture course. Bob Miller was graduated from Ashland high school. He plans to attend Oregon State college where he hopes to ma jor in animal husbandry. Willard Waterhouset the al ternate, attended Crater high school. He plans to study agri culture education. ' Most of the money for the scholarships was raised by last year's Young Farmer .,sj(g?r sale. This will be donejjtgain this year. All funds aretd be ear-marked for next'-.-year's scholarship fund. Tickets., for the steer sale are now avail able and can be bought from any Young Farmer member up until drawing time on Aug. 23. This is the last day of the county fair. The Young Farm ers sell a steer which is bought at the Fat Stock auc tion. The winners were selected from a large group of young graduates that applied for the award. All applicants must be from Jackson county and plan to study agriculture or its related field. Last year's winner was Bob. Elden who is attending Ore gon State college and major ing in agriculture education. Grain Inspectors Have Lighter Year Salem Grains moving into the inspection centers at Port land, Pendleton and Astoria dropped sharply from last year's record-setting 105.7 million bushels to a total of 82 million bushels during the year just completed, from July 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958. This information comes from the annual report of the state department of agriculture's division of grain inspection. Of the combined 82 million, the Portland inspectors han dled 73.7 million bushels; As toria, 7.2 million bushels and Pendleton, 1.1 million bush els. All grain received at As toria and Pendeton was wheat. , The breakdown at Portand was wheat, 51.6 million bush els; barley, 15.3 million bush els; oats, 3.2 million bushels; corn, 2 million bushels; milo, 961,000 bushels, rye, 549,000 bushels; and kafir, 17,000 bushels. The totals for oats, milo, rye and kafir were up; wheat and barley were down substantially from the 1956 57 figures. The average depth of oil wells drilled in Texas during 1957 was 4,287 feet. LOCAL FARM FRESH EGGS Guaranteed fresh! Garden Care Hints, Canning Tips Given Corvallis Shallow cultiva tion, adequate moisture and fertilization go a long way to assure top quality vegetables for fresh use and processing, Oregon homemakers were ad vised this week. Care given vegetables dur ing growth largely determines the quality of the vegetable to be canned or frozen, say Oregon State college exten sion specialists. The following suggestions on care of the garden are given by R. Ralph Clark, ex tension horticulturist, and tips on harvesting and preserving by Mrs. Ruth Klippstein, ex tension nutritionist. A regular work plan in car ing for the garden is recom mendedby Clark. Cultivate the soil to get rid of weeds and maintain surface mulch. Water frequently. Detailed' in structions on care and possible yield from 46 garden vege tables are told in Farm and Home Vegetable Garden bul letin 614, available from county extension agents. Insect Control Given Home gardeners can con trol most insect pests by prop er use of insecticides. Spinach and other leafy vegetables need to be dusted with DDT or other insecticidal dusts or sorays, he says. Rotenone, DDT, CPR, malathion, lin dane or methoxychlor help control cabbage worms. Dust tomatoes lightly with DDT or methoxychlor to control flea beetles. Control of other com mon insect nests are provided in Vegetable Garden Insect Pests, bulletin 747, also free on reauest at county exten sion offices. The main advantage in can ning at home is to assure your family of tender sweet flavor ful foods at peak of quality, Mrs. Klippstein believes. For some families, it may be best to grow vegetables for table use, and watch store ads for canned goods sales. Home gar deners with large surpluses may want to can or freeze for later winter use. She suggests these items on harvest procedure. Pick food in small- lots, that can be canned or frozen in a half-day. If food cannot be processed within two hours. refrigerate it, to help keep at highest quality. Pick vege tables when cool in early morning or evening. . Time of harvest , is often critical, homemakers are re minded. Corn, cucumbers. snap beans, summer squash, and peas reach their peak, then quickly decline. High sugar content that assures sweetness sometimes changes to starch overnight. Cucum bers in half a day can grow beyond the desired size for sweet pickles, according to Mrs. Klippstein. When gardens are at their peak, they should be checked daily for maturity. If it is impossible to handle the pro duce, pick it anyway and give it to others, the home econo mist advises, because mature produce should not be left on the vines. Pick Cucumbers Regularly Cucumbers should be pick ed regularly to prevent over- maturity. Most piCKiing should be done at mid-sum mer when the cukes are grow ing fast. Well-shaoed cucum bers, grown in fertile soils and watered regularly, make the best pickles. All varieties of green and wax beans need to be picked at the size the family enjoys most. If beans are to be froz en, they should be medium size. Immature beans shrivel and overmature 'beans toughen. For snowy white cauliflow er, tie leaves over the neaos to protect them from light. Lack of boron in the soil can also cause darkened cauli flower heads. A dust program is essential for the cabbage family. DDT or rotenone are , recommended. . Mrs. Klippstein advises homemakers to investigate the cost and convenience of tak ing corn to custom canners instead of doing the tedious husking and shelling by hand. For moderate cost, the home maker can use power equip ment at the canner to husk, WITH remove kernels and also can the corn. Bulletins on freezing and canning vegetables are avail able at county extension offices. Western Oregon Dairy Counties Brucellosis-Free Salem By3 the end of June all dairy counties in western Oregon were certified as mod ified brucellosis-free areas, the state department of agri culture reports. During the month testing was completed for certifica tion of the Warm Springs In dian reservation, as well as Clackamas, Deschutes, Grant, Lane Linn, Union and Wasco counties. During June, 686 herds con taining 8,358 cattle were blood tested for brucellosis. In these, 74 reactors were discovered for a percentage of 0.885. Milk ring tests were admin istered to 2,224 herds con taining an estimated 44.480 cattle. These tests disclosed 54 suspicious herds. Six re actors were found and sent for immediate slaughter amone the 2,195 cattle tested at sales. yards for movement back to farms. Sixteen reactors were discovered in the 1,856 cattle tested in the state-inspected slaughterhouses during June. in ooth Baker and Malheur counties, over one thousand calves were given brucellosis vaccinations. Throughout . the state, 7,460 calves were vac cinated in 748 herds. Only one tuberculous reac tor was found in the 509 cattle tested for this disease during June. This was in Josephine county. The monthly tubercu losis reactor percentage was 0.196 and 52 herds were tested. Plant Fall Garden Now, Agent Says o This is the time to plant a garden in order to have some vegetables for winter use, said County Extension Agent Don Berry. . Vegetables will grow rap idly in this warm weather, he explained. The tender young plants are not as subject to insect and other pests. Vege tables planted now will ma ture in-the fall. Many will keep all winter in the garden, Berry said. It aso lengthens the season for the home gar den. Such a garden furnishes a constant supply of rich, green vegetables from September on through fall. Any transplant ing should be done during cloudy weather. Plants set during hot weather should be shaded with shingles. , the county agent advised. Don't forget to water the young plants frequently until the roots are established. These plants should be es tablished during July, Berry advised. Don't wait much longer. Slow sprouting seeds may be shaded by placing a 2 by 6 or a 1 by 6 on edge lining it up from east to west. The seeds should be planted close to the north side of the lum ber. This way the seeds will be shaded all day. These, too, should be watered frequently. 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