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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
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20i20' PLAN NO. 3604
1392 SQUARE FEET
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
Such a later summer garden
will raise cabbage, beets, car
rqts, swiss chard, broccoli, let
tuce and rutabagas.
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