Farm & Garden
More Century Farms
Sought This Year
Salem - First details of the
1959 Century Farm program
have been announced by the
Oregon Historical Society and
the State Department of Ag
riculture, co-sponsors. They
are looking for farms oper
ated continuously in the same
family since 1859 or earlier.
This program got off last
year to a running start on Or
egon's Centennial celebration
events. As a result, 354 de
scendants of men and women
who settled on 232 of Oregon's
first farms are already enti
tled to' sign-post their land as
Century Farms for Centennial
visitors. Farms qualifying last
year were In 14 western Ore
gon counties and in Wasco
county.
i "We hope every farm not
already recognized and that is
eligible . will make applica
tion this year," declare Thom
as Vaughan, director of the
historical society and Frank
McKennon, director of agri
culture.' They say some farms
that should have been in last
year did not make the appli
cation deadline.
All 1959 applications should
be filed with the state depart
ment of agriculture at Salem
on or before July 1.
Again this year the county
Judges, and in Lane and Mult
nomah, the county commis
sioners, have agreed to verify
applications in their respec
tive counties after the spon
sors have screened them to be
sure necessary details are in
cluded. May Apply at County Court
Application blanks and full
details of the program are
available in the county court
offices in every county.
"This program is a tribute
both to Oregon pioneer farm
ers and to their kinsmen of
today who have stayed with
the agricutural pursuit of the
original settler," the sponsors
explained. So far as they
know, it is the first program
to honor those who have
stayed with the same farm
generation after generation.
Last year's program cli
maxed with presentation of
Century Farm honors at the
Oregon State Fair, and a sim
ilar finale is being planned
for the 1959 presentation.
Among requirements to
qualify, the sponsors cite the
following:
The present owner of the
farm must reside in Oregon.
The farm must have been
operated continuously in the
same family for 100 years or
more. (This rules out any
farms rented at any time dur
ing the century.)
The present owner must
farm the land or actively man
age and direct the farming op
eration. The line of ownership from
the original settler may be
through children, brothers and
sisters or nephews and nieces;
adopted children will receive
equal recognition with blood
children.
Only the owner of record
today will receive the coveted
Century Farm honor.
Any farm, except one cur
rently in process of sale to a
non-relative, settled anytime
during the calendar year 1859
will be eligible if it meets
other requirements.
Applications must be on
file with the director of ag
riculture in Salem on or be
fore July 1.
Due to splits through inher
itance which have occurred in
the original farm, the program
will recognize the U.S. Cen
sus definition of a farm. This
is three acres or more from
which $150 worth of crops are
sold yearly.
The 1958 program gener
ated a great deal of interest.
Only a few weeks ago Walla
Walla county, Washington,
asked for full details of the
Oregon program with a view
to adopting it this year.
Azalea Gall Cure .
Given By OSC
Azalea gall appears as a
thickening of a whole or part
of a leaf which turns pale
green or whitish. The leaves
often pucker or develop a
cupping on them. A fleshy
rosette of leaves sometimes
appears at the tip end of the
branch.
Flowers are also attacked
on some of the evergreen az
alea varieties. The flower
parts . become greatly thick
ened so that the whole bloom
is a hard, fleshy, waxy, irreg
ular gall. This gall becomes
covered with a whitish
"bloom."
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OSC Beef Cattle,
Swine Field Days
Set May 18, 19
Corvallis Oregon livestock
men will have a chance to
look over beef and swine re
search under way at the Ore
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experiment station, at two
field days this month.
A beef cattle field day will
beheld May 18, and a swine
day May 19, reports Dean
Frischknecht, OSC extension
animal husbandman. Registra
tion and viewing of exhibits
will start at 8 ajn. each morn
ing in Withycombe hall on
the campus with field day ses
sions starting at 9 a.m.
The field days will give
livestock producers a quick,
overall view of work and
latest research findings in
feeding experiments, breeding
and animal improvement
trials, disease-control studies,
and management practices,
Frischknecht said. Afternoon
tours and demonstrations will
illustrate and explain new
findings and methods.
To Explain Research ,
Dr. R. T. Clark, USDA west
ern regional coordinator of
beef cattle breeding research,
Denver, will explain how
breeding research can help
improve beef herds at the
Monday morning session. The
beef cattle field day will also
report results starting to show
from 10 years of beef breed
ing research at OSC. Visitors
will have a chance to see the
college herds and the new
Beefmaster calves under test
at the experiment station.
The swine field day will
feature new ways to use bar
ley more effectively in feed
ing programs, a carcass dem
onstration, and reports on
swine breeding research and
evaluation in Oregon. Rudy
Setzler, extension "livestock
specialist at Washington State
college, will review the Wash
ington swine testing program.
A dinner session for both
field days will be held Mon
day, night. Speaker will be
Mrs. Lois Sather, OSC food
technologist in charge of flav
or testing.
A special program and
luncheon for ladies attending
the meetings will be held each
day. More information about
the field days can be obtained
at local county extension offices.
Perennial Tips
Given Gardeners
By County Agent
A small area in every home
garden should be devoted to
perennial plants, according to
Don Berry, county agent. .,
" These come each year from
roots and require less care
than plants grown annually
from seed. Most perennials are
heavy feeders and require lots
of fertilizer. A four inch mulch
of barnyard fertilizer or 2
pounds of ammonium sulphate
per 100 square feet annually
is important for continuous
good production.
Perennials which all home
gardeners consider a must are
rhubarb, asparagus, and some
herbs. Gardeners look forward
to asparagus as the first spring
vegetable. Fifty roots is suf
ficient for the average family.
One to two year old roots
should be set two feet apart
in rows three feet apart. These
are planted in a trench about
eight inches deep and the
trench is filled as 'the plant
grows.
Tops should be kept grow
ing vigorously in order to in
sure next year's crop. A light
harvest may be made the see
ond year. Spindly shoots indi
cate lack of fertility or over
harvesting. Besides fresh eat
ing, asparagus is also excel
lent for home freezing. Mary
Washington or Paradise are
the best local varieties.
Rhubarb Suggested
Rhubarb is easy to grow
and may be harvested lightly
the second year after setting.
Roots should be set four inches
deep and three feet apart.
Three or four plants well car
ed for will generally supply
family needs. Riverside Giant
is large and green while the
cherry and strawberry varie
ties are red. All do well in
this area.
Many herbs may be planted
by.- seed . or cuttings , in the
spring. These may be - used
fresh or dried to enhance the
flavor, and nutrition of home
cooking. Anyone interested in
planting herbs should stop by
the Jackson county extension
office and pick up the booklet
"Savory Herbs,- Culture and
Use." -
CHIT CHAT
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
Tentative plans call for adding three farm foresters to
the state forestry department staff, according to word re
ceived from the office of state forester.
These plans call for putting one man at Medford to serve
Jackson, Josephine and Klamath counties. A second man
would be placed in Corvallis to serve Linn, Benton and
Lincoln counties. Plans are undecided about the third man
but probably he will be at LaGrande to serve Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa and Baker counties or at Coos Bay to serve
Coos and Curry counties and part of Douglas county. The
new man will be in addition to Jack Mace who covers about
a six-county area as service forester.
- The money to finance the new 'projects will not be avail
able until after July 1, 1959. So the new foresters will be
established some time after that date, it was reported.
The three farm foresters tentatively scheduled are in
sharp contrast to the 11 requested in the proposed farm
forestry program for 1960-61 biennium.' The present farm
forester staff has been serving 12 counties in which 22,176
woodland owners are located. Annual reports show that now
each farm forester assists nearly 300 owners per year. During
each year's peak period there are over 30 requests a month
for assistance which pile up. '
However, the three new foresters, if put into operation,
should help considerably with the heavy load already being
carried by service foresters. Official statistics from the Ore
gon Board of Forestry show 36,111 woodland owners, mostly
farmers, who have 5,023,000 acres of the best forest land
in Oregon. ' '.
The new farm foresters will work closely with and act
as forest consultants to county groups such as county exten
sion units, land use committees and federal agricultural
stabilization and conservation committees. These men will
also handle the special problems occurring in their assigned
territories.
Senate Bill 237 pertaining to the organization of the state
department of agriculture is up for the governor's signature,
the last we heard. This bill provides for the appointment of
a state director of agriculture, organization of various divi
sions of his department, and the appointment of the advisory
state board of agriculture. Main purpose of the bill was the
removal of the state department of agriculture and the ad
visory board from politics. However, we still think it fails
its purpose.
The bill as it now reads places too much power in the
hands of the governor. Appointments to the state board of
agriculture would have been made upon consulting the state's
agricultural industry, according to the original terms of the
bill. ..
" The ' original clause specifying geographical representa
tion for board members has been eliminated. This means that
southern Oregon which is now ably represented by Ward
Spatz, Medford, would not necessarily have to be represented
according to the terms of this bill. .
Incidentally, Ward has not yet received word from the
governor on whether he is or is not a member of the board.
He did send in his resignation when the Republicans took
over the governor's office. However, this has been neither
accepted or rejected.
One . provision in the bill is good. This states that the
state board of agriculture "shall encourage and work to long
time planning to develop and promote agriculture research."
We hope this provision is used fully. Regardless, how people
may feel about the bill it looks as if objectors will have to
wait until the next session of the state legislature, two years
from now, before anything can be done.
Many years ago during family dinners we were lucky to
have a little cousin who liked to eat everybody's fat scraps.
This was ideal for us because we didn't have to worry about
being scolded for wasting food. However, that little cousin
like a lot of other people today now prefers lean meat. There
fore, we were interested in a recent announcment by Swift &
Company that it is buying its hogs on the -basis of yield of
four lean cuts.
The four lean cuts are the ham, loin, Boston butt and pic
nic. These make up over 60 per cent of the total value of the
hog, the company points out. This seems only a logical de
velopment since its the lean mean which really sells these
days. However, this is not a new development by the company
for it has been experimenting with this new buying method
for several years at South St. Paul, Minn. The standard
system of grading is by weight, backfat thickness and length.
The company learned that a top grade hog could vary as
much as $2 per hundred in cut-out value. It learned, also,
that it is much easier to determine or evaluate the hog on
the basis of these four, lean cuts as the animal stands live on
the hoof instead of on the rail. The Swift buyers feel they
can estimate the true value of the hogs on a much more ac
curate basis. Anyway, this may start a new trend in hog
buying and the consumer may see more lean hog products
on the market in the near future. . ,
You may have missed it if you hurriedly thumbed, through
the Mail Tribune last Thursday. But, last week, a cooperative
organization for milk producers was formed." The name is
Oregon-Washington Milk Sales, Inc. Purpose of the organiza
tion is to eliminate the abuse of quantity discounts as prac
ticed by some producers in the two states. ,
As far as we could find out no definite administrative
procedure has been set up yet. This will probably be worked
out as the organization develops. A series of meetings well
attended by dairymen . led up to Oregon-Washington Milk
Sales, Inc. We aren't sure what effect such a co-op will have
upon dairy product prices. However, it will prevent a milk
price war which seemed to threaten the two-state area.
There is little doubt that the dairyman like everyone else
deserves a fair price for- his product and a right to make a
decent living. The total paid to Oregon milk producers in
1956 was $46,262,000 which makes dairy farming a fairly
important industry in the state.
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show will be held Saturday,
May 16, starting at 10 a.m.
at the Jackson county fair
grounds, it was announced at
a recent meeting of the Rogue
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The meeting was held Sat
urday at,the E. B. Poyer home
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that four Oregon boys are
winners in the 1958 National
Junior Production contest
sponsored by the American
Jersey Cattle club.
A total of 70 Juniors sub
mitted records on 88 cows.
The Oregon boys placed in
the top 15. Placing third in
the milk division was.Lanny
Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Parsons of Gold Hill. His
registered Jersey cow, Ob
server Worth Cream gave a
total of 14,990 pounds milk
and 649 pounds for butterfat,
milked twice daily in 305
days. Lanny was awarded $75
and a trophy and invited to
attend the 91st annual meet
ing of the American Jersey
Cattle Club to be held at Ha
gerstown, Md., June 2.
Other Oregon placements
were: Leroy Barber, of Au
rora, fifth and Richard Reil
ing of Klamath Falls, 14th,
both in the milk division, and
John Lindow, of Indepen
dence, placing third in the
butterfat division.
Dali in London
To Publicize Book
London UPD Surrealist
Salvador " Dali arrived in
town Wednesday might with
a square box containing scrap
iron, nuts, bolts, copper en
graving plates and an explo
sive charge.
Dali said he planned to ex
plode the works and produce
"such engravings as man has
never seen before."
Dali is here to publicize a
new book written about him
by Fleur Cowles.
event for youth sponsored by
the Rogue River Jersey Cat
tle club composed of pure
bred ersey breeders of Jack
sor nd Josephine counties.
Evry boy and girl with a
dairy project in 4-H and FFA
are invited to participate in
the showmanship and judging
contests. Ray Kleiwer of the
Oregon State college will act
as judge.
Demonstrations Planned
Demonstrations will include
fitting, clipping and cattle
grub control. A Jersey prin
cess will be crowned to rep
resent the local club ' at the
state fair in Salem this fall.
A food booth will be main
tained by the local club ladies.
R. L. Wyant of the Wild
Plum ranch, Ashland, was a
guest at the meeting. Mrs.
L. S. Tiegs and daughter,
Carolyn, a former Jersey
princess, were visitors, also.
The meeting ended with a
panel discussion on various
calf-raising methods. Every
breeder told of a good method
perfected during the years
and all agreed antibiotics
helped in lowering the mortal
ity rate and disease problem.
Still Too Early
To Spray Cherries
Many home owners who
have been calling the county
extension office with regard
to spraying cherry tr e e s
should be advised that it is
too early to spray now for
worms in the cherries, said
Don Berry, county agent.
; Trees which are showing
considerable numbers of black
aphids may be sprayed with
Malathion, or Diaunon at the
rate of 2 pounds per 100 gal
lons of water or a heaping
tablespoon of Malathion per
gallon of water, for aphid
control,' he said.
Sprays for the fruit fly
(worms) are not due until the
adult fly emerges from ' the
soil some time after mid-May,
Berry said. As soon as the
first flies emerge a notice will
be put in the paper and grow
ers will be notified. The spray
should be completed within
five days.
Anyone who is interested in
receiving a notice for timing
of this spray should notify the
county agent's office, Berry
said, a
P'peiine Receives Chlorination
The Medford water depart
ment's No. 1 pipeline from
Big Butte springs is receiving
periodic chlorination this
week, according to Bob Lee,
city water superintendent.
Lee said that some 30 users
along the line, including the
Camp White area, may notice
the taste. He said the chlorine
was harmless in the quantity
used. -
He said the chlorination's
purpose is to clean out the
pipe and to test the operation
of equipment in case chlori
nation should ever prove ne
cessary in an emergency.
He said the chlorinated wat
er would not enter the distri
bution system of the city
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