IFYE Girl Describes Reclamation
Projects While Visiting Netherlands
(Editor's Note: Suianne
Losier. Enterprise, b in h
third month in tht Nether
lindi as an International
Farm Youth Exchange del
egate. She recently toured
the vast land from the sea
project. Susanna lives with
. families in various parts oi
the country. She'll be speak
ing in Jackson county on
her return this fall.)
By SUZANNE LOZIER
Enterprise IFYE
; Stories told about settle
ment of Oregon are wonder
ful; in the Netherlands, with
a known history dating to the
12th century, a form of pio
neering still exists - the re
claiming, developing and set
tling of thousands of acres of
- former sea land. I've just vis
ited the two newest polders
(reclaimed land) and it's amaz
ing to see how they've taken
land from the sea and put
., it into full agricultural pro-
auction.
I m living with a young
couple. My "father" is 26 and
"mother" is 24. They've been
" married a year and expect
- their first baby in December
... so I m busy making ma
ternity clothes and helping
plan and prepare a nursery,
" They are both well-educated,
' very well read and speak good
English, we live in a large
' house, an old one that has
" been refurnished inside, and
we not only have a mixer but
a freezer! Mother has an enor
mous garden so we spend lots
of time freezing the crop.
We three U. S. IFYEs at
tended the Nederland IFYE
' reunion recently in Gronin-
, gen. we met Fritz Wierenga
'who visited Oregon as an
r IFYE a couple of years ago.
'Fritz is now working on the
Flevoland polder, living in
barracks there during the
'week and going home week
ends.
The Zuyder Zee, a shallow
' bay of the North sea, became
the Ijsselmeer (meer meaning
lake) when the famous Afslu
idijk was completed in 1932.
No longer connected to the
. North sea, the waters of the
Ijsselmeer are now fresh and
the reclaimed land free from
' harmful salt minerals. Since
tthe closing of the dyke three
polders with a total area of
300,000 acres have been con
structed and two more pol
, ders (a total of 250,000 acres)
are to be finished by 1980.
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AUGUST
T18TH
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Issue
These polders will increase
the land area of the Nether
lands by one-tenth and will
be the 12th province of the
country.
Polders Described
The Noordoost polder and
Eastern Flevoland polder are
the two newest polders. The
areas were first enclosed in
dykes and the water removed
by large pumping stations.
The Flevoland polder, still un
der construction, has three
large pumping stations (ca
pacities of around 120,000 gal
lons per minute) which drain
ed the land and now main
tain the water level there,
Drain tiles are put into the
land and closely spaced ditch
es facilitate the drying of the
land in the first stages of its
development
The land is separated into
large "farms" with a manager
to direct the development,
Reeds, sown by airplane are
the first "crop" - they pre
vent growth of weeds and
give some life to the soil. The
reeds are burned each year
to keep them dense, and they
remain until the ground is
dry enough to cultivate. Much
of the Flevoland polder is still
in reed. Rape seed is then
sown to get rid of the reed
A fast-growing dense crop, it
prevents the growth of the
reeds by shutting out tne sun.
The men were harvesting the
rape seed with combines with
special headers because of the
drain ditches still in the sou.
If a combine begins to spin.
the driver stops and is pulled
out; if he tries to get out
alone, the wheel spins through
the dry layer into the wet
and he's really stuck!
When the soil is ready, the
drain ditches are closed and
crops of wheat, oats, barley
and flax are sown until the
soil is ready for intensive
farming. The land is divided
into 75 to 100 acre farms and
rented.
Many apply for the farms
and are carefully selected.
The farmer must be. married
or engaged, and he must have
farming experience and ref
erences for his farming abil
ity. He must also have about
20,000 gulden available-from
himself, family or bank. Once
selected, the farmers may in
dicate a preference for size
and types of farms available.
About 40 farms in the Flevo
land polder were rented in
1961: 127 more were announc
ed this week and these are to
be ready for farming this fall.
Land Ownership
Land ownership remains
with the state. The farms are
rented to the farmers for 12
years, including barn and
house. The rent is a set
amount, depending on type
of soil and size of farm with
the rent on barn and house
in addition. Rent includes up
keep; i.e., the houses are re
painted every six years. The
government does not control
the crops that are grown and
the farmer has only to renew
his contract at the end of 12
years. These tarms may oe
transferred to sons. When the
cost of constructing the pol
der is absorbed they will
probably be available for the
farmer to buy.
Not only are the farms and
farm buildings planned and
built by the government, but
the towns are also planned.
The capital-to-be of the 12th
province is planned to be a
city for 30,000 but is only
just begun! For each 50 acres
of land to a farm, a farm
worker's house is available
in town with the rent shared
by the farmer and farm work
er. Shops are available for
lease by selected business
men. Educational, cultural
and recreational facilities are
also included in these planned
towns. The polders have their
own farm cooperatives, mar
kets and storage facilities.
The Noordoost polder was
drained in 1942 and the first
farms given out in 1947. It
is now in full agricultural
production. Results are well
kept farms with beautiful
gardens, lots of Canadian pop
lar trees, and very high crop
yields (90 bushel-to-acre wheat
and the highest fruit yield in
the Netherlands). Areas that
were not suitable for farming
were planted into trees and
some of these made into rec
reational and vacation areas.
A part of the original fish
ing island in the center of
the Noordoost polder remains.
The water wall still stands
and a water measure for the
original fishermen now only
rises above the new land. As
we looked out over the land-
extending as far as we could
see in every direction - it was
impossible to imagine it wa
ter 20 years ago.
Farmer's Share
Of Food Dollar
Dips To 36 Cents
Washington-IUPD-The Agri
culture Department says the
farmer's share of the consum
er's food dollar dropped to
36 cents in the April-June
quarter of 1963.
This was the lowest quar-
erly average share recorded
in more than 20 years. Farm
ers received 37 cents in the
previous quarter, and 38 c-hts
in April-June, 1962. In 1952,
the farmer's share of the re
tail dollar spent for farm-
originated food was 47 cents.
cents.
In a review of the market
ing and transportation situa
tion, the department said m -
keting charges in the second
quarter -of 1963 averaged 3
per cent higher than in the
same period of 1962. The mar
keting charges were up main
ly because: (1) Retail prices
of beef did not decline as
rapidly as farmers' prices of
cattle; (2) Retail prices of
frozen orange juice concen
trate and canned single-
strength orange juice rose
more rapidly after the freeze
in Florida than prices grow
ers received for oranges; (3)
Marketing costs for bakery
and cereal products rose sig
nificantly during the year.
3 Par Cent Lower
The department said prices
farmers received for food pro
ducts in the second quarter
averaged 3 per cent lower
than in January-March, main
ly because of decreases in
farm prices of beef cattle,
milk for fluid use, and eggs.
The second quarter average
this year also was 3 per cent
lower than a year earlier and
resulted largely from lower
prices for beef cattle, hogs,
and fresh vegetables.
The department said the
bill for marketing domestic
farm-orginated food products
to civilian consumers totaled
$42.9 billion in 1962. This
was an increase of 3 per cent
over 1961 and less than the
annual rise du.'.'-'? the past
10 years.
The marketing bill has in
creased every year since 1950
when it was the same as in
the preceding year. From 1932
to 1962 it rose 52 per cent.
The civilian expenditure
for farm goods in 1962 totaled
$64.3 billion. With the mar
keting bill subtracted, the re
sultant farm value of the
farm-orginated food was $21.4
billion.
Public Works Funds
Go fo Josephine
Washington - IDPD - Secre
tary of Interior Stewart L.
Udall has announced alio-
cation of $8,719,000 of the ac
celerated public works funds
to 92 forestry conservation
projects in more than 100
counties in 24 states.
The allocations, by state
and projects included:
Oregon - Josephine $166,-
000; Galice rd., $200,000; Was
co, $5,000; Lakeview, $10,-
000; Coos, $95,000; Elk Creek
rd., $137,000; Douglas $289,
000; La Pine $45,000.
New
SKIRTS &
Rag. $11.91 to $16.91
2 for $15.40
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" - v is
PEAR TREES CLEARED This is one of a
series of local pear orchards which have
been cleared of trees recently. The owner,
who prefers to remain nameless, said the
Seed Study Machine
Developed at OSU
Corvallis - Machines de
signed to speed up seed ana
lysis are being developed by
Oregon State. University re
searchers in a move which
may bring partial mechaniza
tion to the world's seed test
ing laboritories.
Seed testing operations
have changed little in the
past 50 years, with all purity
analysis work being done by
hand. Experimental models
of four machines developed at
OSU may bring about some
of the first changes.
The work is being done
under a three year contract
between the OSU agricultur
al experiment station and the
agricultural marketing serv
ice, U. S. Department of -'.nH-
culture, Edward Hardin,
seed technologist, and Byran
Mikkelson, assistant in agri
cultural engineering, are
heading up the cooperative
project between the farm
crops and agricultural engin
eering departments.
The Pacific Coast Seed as
sociation and the Seed Re
search foundation of the
American Seed Trade associa
tion encouraged the initiation
of the research project as a
means of striving to put a bet
ter quality product on the
market, pointed out J. Ritchie
Cowan, head of the Farm
crops department.
Machines Explained '
Two of the machines deal
with the examination of seed
by the analyst. Tests of the
first machine, designed pri
marily to protect the analyst
from dust and chemical
fumes, indicate the work can
be done faster.
To be used for larger seeds,
such as cereal grains, the
machine features an enclosed
unit which allows the analyst
to inspect the seed without
touching it or breathing dust
or fumes of the mercuric com
pounds with which some seeds
are treated. Fumes and dust
are removed by vacuum.
The second examination
machine was ' designed to
speed up the examination of
smaller seeds and to give bet
ter optical vision to the ana
lyst. Seeds move through the
machine on a belt which can
be started and stopped at the
will of the operator. It also
features a moveable micro
scope by which the analyst
can examine all seeds on a
given area of the belt faster
and easier.
The other two machi .es
are designed to partially sep
arate seed samples before
they reach the analyst. This
is now done mostly by hand.
Vibration is used by one
machine to achieve partial
separation. The seeds pass
over a vibrating tray and are
deposited in three containers.
The seeds are separated on
the basis of such physical
properties as size, shape and
density.
Test Planned
The vibrator will be used
next year in the OSU seed
laboratory to test it under
actual working conditions.
Researchers feel it will be
particularly helpful in exam
ining larger quantities of sc.d
under Oregon's certification
program. It is already known
the machine does a good Job
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decline which
decline." The
varieties.
of separating quack grass
from such seeds as ryegrass,
orchard grass and fine fescue.
The other machine uses an
indent cylinder to achieve
partial separation by size and
shape. As the cylinder whirls,
tht seed is picked up and held
in small Indent ions. to achieve
eive separation. Still in the
test stage, this machine may
have its greatest use in sep
arating lawn and pasture mix
tures which are checked for
proper seed proportions.
The machines created con
siderable interest recently
when they were shown and
demonstrated i n Denver,
Colo., to members of the as
sociation of Official Seed
Analysts and the Society of
Commercial Seed Technolo
gists. OSU is the only place
where concentrated work in
this area is being conducted.
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307 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard;
Strong Market
Midway Auction yard sold
a total of 307 cattle during
its regular sale on Friday,
Aug. 9.
Owner Manager Bill Bray
reported an active, strong
market. Slaughter cows were
about 50 cents to $1 higher.
Good steer calves sold at
$24 to $26.80. Medium steer
calves brought $23 to $25.
Good heifer calves went
out at $22 to $24.50. Medium
heifer calves sold for $20 to
$23. Common dairy cross
calves sold for $18 to $21.50.
Good yearling steers
brought $22 to $25.50. Med
ium quality yearlings sold for
$20 to $23.25.
Yearling heifers went most
ly at $20 to $22. Holstcin
steer calves brought $21 to
$22.40.
Yearling Holstcin steers
sold for $18 to $21.50. Choice
veal sold for $24 to $26.50.
Heavy fat calves sold for $23
to $25.10.
Good cows with calves
brought $200 to $217.50 per
pair.
Medium cows with calves
earned $160 to $195 per pair.
Slaughter bulls went out
at $17 to $18.60 per pound.
Young, fat cows sold for
$15.50 to $17. Utility cows
brought $13.50 to $15.50, cut
ters $12 to $13.50 and can
ncrs $8.50 to $11.75.
Grass fat steers and heifers
weighing 800 to 1.100 pounds
earned $19.50 to $22.50.
The fnt hog market was
high with choice No. 1 hogs
bringing as high as $20.40 and
others $19 to $19.90.
Feeder lambs brought $15
to $15.60. Slaughter ewes and
bucks earned three to five
cents per pound.
"The market seems to have
made a good recovery from
the little slump we had in
recent weeks. We're hoping
for a continued stable mar
ket," Bray said.
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Obedience Trial
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Dog Show and Obedience
trial Sunday, Sept. 1, at the
Senior High School football
field in Medford. The show
will be open to the public,
beginning at 8 a.m. Judging
will start promptly at 9:30
a.m.
The local club, S.O.K.C.,
is a member of the Cal - Ore.
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and Eugene Sept. 2. This is
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show and obedience trial
held, and is conducted under
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the American Kennel Club.
It will not be a benched show.
Entry fees for first class in
which dog is entered is $6.
Each additional class (for
same dog) is $2. Entry checks
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Bcrnlce Beherendt, 470-38th.,
Ave., San Francisco, Calif.,
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Competetive classes are:
best dog in show, sporting
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non sporting group, and obe
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Judges are: J. A. Brogan,
Portland, obedience trial,
Mrs. Chas. D. Cline, Los An
geles, Calif., hound variety
group; Mrs. R. C. Harris,
Orange, Calif., Boxers; Mrs.
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