SUNDAY, OCTOBER. 21, 1956
HERALD AND "NEWS. &LAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE SEVEN"
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HARVEST PATTERNS HundredVof sfaclcs of golden corn,
prepared for harvest, form a striking design on the land
scape near Tournai, Belgium. The corn is set up In neat
shocks on the rolling fields and then collected by slow
moving teams of horses drawing wagons. The method is
essentially the same as it has been for hundreds of years.
County Agent Reports
Farm News Itriefed From The
County Agent Radio Programs
Grossman Contest
Committee Named
Silage Feeding
Bulletin Issued
Forage crops harvested as sil
age rather than hay will save
about 30 per cent more nutrients
and will provide animals witji three
times as much carotene or vita
min A, report Oregon State Col-
The nine man selection commit- C. Booker, ranee and oublic do-
tee who will judge entries in the; main forestry officer. Bureau of
sixm annual orassman of the'Land Management; R. A. (Rube)jlege agricultural specialists.
twmcai wis udmeu tuuay ixing, r on rtocic rancner ana lor
by J. M. Coon, chairman of the'mer Oregon "Grassman of the
Portland Chamber Agricultural I Year": Harold Dutton. vocstinn.il
Committee, contest sponsors. agriculture instructor. Cascade
High School, Turner; John Clous
ton, forester general, U.S. Forest
Sen-ice.
John M. Hooper, who has head
ed up the Portland Chamber of
The committee, composed of ag
ronomists from various technical
agencies, successful farmers and
agricultural leaders, will meet on
October 16 to select the two top
grassmen in the Oregon contest.
In announcing the nine man
committee to select Oregon's
grassmen" the chamber stated
that each member is particularly
well qualified to serve on this com
mittee and added that collectively
this group of men holds a vast
knowledge and understanding of
grassland agriculture in Oregon.
Cash awards of $300 and $200
are provided for first and second
place winners by the U.S. National
Bank, Portland. The bank also
provides a large plaque for the
winners.
The first place winner will com
pete with the state winners from
Idaho and Washington for the Pa
cific Northwest "Grassman of the
Year" title and a cash award of
$750 provided by R. M. Wade and
Suggestions by the specialists on
how to make, store and feed sil
age are included in a 20 page illus
trated bulletin just published by
the college. Other advantages list
ed for grass and legume silage
over hay from the same crop in
clude from S to 10 per cent more
milk production; all-weather har-
Commerced Grassman of the Year: vesting and storing; and lower re
and "Grass is Gold" program for quirements of protein supplement.
me idsi iwu years is oeing irans-
fcrred by his firm, Wilson and
George Meyer and Company, from
PorUand to Los Angeles.
He is credited with organizing
two very successful grasslands
tours and has represented the
chamber throughout the region in
connection with the grasslands
program.
In his new capacity in Los An
geles, he will be manager of a
newly created agricultural chemi
cal sales division Fnr the Parifir :
Southwest. Since 1952 he has beenh
resident manager in Portland . for
the 106-year-old firm which distri-13
butes agricultural and industrial:
chemicals throughout the west. i
He will be replaced at Portland. XM
by Clifford S. fculley who has been
The new bulletin, "Making and
Feeding Grass and Legume Sil
age." gives recommendations for
feeding silage to dairy and beef
cattle, sheep, swine and poultry.
By RAY O. PETERSEN
Support prices on 1957 shorn
wool and mohair will be the same
as for the 1955-56 marketing years.1 different insecticides which is
The incentive price for shorn wool
will be 62 cents a pound. Mohair
will be supported at 70 cents a
pound. The main purpose of the
support price is to encourage an
annual production of 30 million
pounds of wool.
Meanwhile, more wool is being
used. The eleven major wool us
ing countries of the world used
eight per cent more virgin wool the
torsi nan ot i56 Ulan they did
last year. Japan used 30 per cent
more wool. On a weight basis
the U.S. led other countries with
a 25 million pound increase.
At the same time, the USDA
vited offers for the barter of $15
million Worth ot wool grease
basis for Turkish chrome ore.
Commodity Credit Corporation
wool stocks will be used for the
exenange.
be free of the bugs all winter.
The county agents' office has a
bulletin giving" details for using the
Company, Portland irrigation
equipment manufacturer. with the Meyer firm for 10 years ! J
ine memoers 01 me selection ana is a graduate 01 Oregon State
committee are: Senator Howard! College where he majored in farm
C. Bellon, Canby farmer; Rex; crops.
Warren, Farm Crops specialist and
Dr. C. E. Poulton, range manage
ment specialist, Oregon State Col
lege; Floyd Fox, Silverton farmer
and former Marion County "Grass
man of the Year"; Robert L.
Brown, deputy state conservation
ist, soil conservation service; Ed
Time Saving Tools
Bought By State
r.ven in areas without electricity.
state brand inspectors and live-
Stock theft invedionlnra fan nim 1 31
provide power for electric clippers' 3 finance indebtedness,
used in state department of ailri- 3 . r- t
culture work. HI finance farm op-
It s no trick of magic . . . just rj erations.
new portable electric converters i S
recently purchased by the depart-' J
ment to aid in expediting the work: 3
01 inese men. irormerly in east- mi'
ST SESjSSft- .f management; r--ft-re-; IZS
available to anyone.
With winter weather which can
not be to far away comes mud
dy livestock feed yards. At bestj
it is sometimes difficult to keep
OSC Starts
Pond Study
CHECK YOUR
FARM NEEDS
A Land Bank Loan
may be used for any
farm or ranch need,
including the pur
chase of a farm, pur
chase of equipment,
fertilizers or live
stock; for repairs and
improvements, to re-
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but snmr rpitpf ran h nrnrTnswl if ... . -.. . .
a few steps are taken before nrr. 717!" tne s,ow Press of hand clip
sformy weather comes i . A FTrV , IPg remove hair from the live
aiuiiiiy wediner tunics, ed at Oreeon State Collide. ae-'.i,i 1 ...t.:u
Flhnff low nlaro n varrlc that . ... 7 - 7 ". f ' . ."'t-,k miuumn own-
,r - I coruing 10
estock theft investigators relied. LOANS
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According to the Federal Crop
Keporting Board, production of
miut on U.S. Dairy farms during
September was just under 10 bil
lion pounds. Milk output was two
per. cent above September last
year and about six per cent above
the 1945-54 average for the month.
On October 1, the average U.S.
cow produced 17.6 pounds of milk.
This was nearly six' per cent above
the previous high set last year
and 17 per cent above the aver
age. Seasonally, total milk output
ucciiueu irom August about as
rapidly as last . year, but not as
sharply. Heavier feeding of Brain
and concentrate helped hold pro-
uuiuua up.
While milk prices to Oregon
dairymen have improved from a
year ago, lower feed costs helped
too. But a jump of 9.5 per cent
in wage rates from a year ago
tended to reduce the price ad
vantage to dairymen.
develop from constant cleaning:
making earth and rock fills along
feed mangers and along walk ways
and bedding areas will help. Any
thing that can be done to improve
drainage will prevent water from
standing.
Sawdust placed in yards at a
depth of 18 to 24 inches while the
ground is still dry has proven to
be very effective in keeping yards
in good condition. It is important
to get the sawdust on the ground
before it gets muddy.
State Explains
Peddler's Law
Lice on cattle and ticks on sheep
always give some stockmen trou
ble before winter is over. Animals
heavily infected with these inserts
do not do as well as those free
of the pests. Stock that is sup
porting these pests require more
feed and there is always the pos
sibility of spreading some disease.
Spraying with one of several in
secticides, dusting or dipping cat
tle or sheep this time of the year
win not injure stock and they will
Recent violations of the state
produce dealers and peddlers law 'problems.
points out that many Oregon truck j To give pond owners the most
drivers do not realize they must j income and satisfaction from their
have a license to buy fresh produce ; ponds, usable and economically
for resale, reports the State De-j sound management practices that
partment of Agricalture. take local rainfall, temperature.
Truck drivers often carry this , and soil conditions into consider
produce for return payloads. In ation should be made for each of
some cases the drivers neglect the various regions. Bond says,
to obtain either the $50 wholesale This would help make farm fish
dealers license or the $10 retail ponds recreational and financial
fish biologist, Carl ershin identification.
Bond- ( Now aided by the department's
There are now nearly 12,000, new portable converters, these men
man-made ponds in the state, 'can use the faster system of elec
Bond reports. Many of these are trical shearing in non-electrical
now being used, or could be used, ! areas. The converter plugs into
for fish production. Trouble is, jthe cigarette lighter of an auto-:
present management practices for, mobile and has an outlet for
these ponds are based largely on! the electric shears.
research carried out in southern
and mid western states, ard Ore
gon conditions are quite different.
Oregon has at least five regions
that-need individual recommenda
tions for best pond fish produc
tion. Bond points out. feather and
water conditions in the coast strip.
Willamette valley, and in south
ern, central and eastern Oregon
vary enough to require different
management practices. Changes in :
altitude over the rugged Oregon
countryside present additional 1
H. t. Homo Iter, ec.-ttt.
National Farm
Loan Assn.
135 So. 9th
TU 4. 4474
produce peddlers license required
by state law.
A wholesale produce dealer ' is
any person who deals, handles or
trades in produce at places where
it will be resold in its orginal
form. A retail produce peddler
sells produce from any vehicle at
a house, restaurant 'or any other
public or private place where it
assets to the farm.
First step in the study win be ;
a survey of what's being done in
ponds already raising fish and
how local weather and water con
ditions affect the ponds. Bond
points out that a good deal of
this information has already been,
compiled by the Oregon State :
Game Commission and the Fish :
will not be resold in its original i Commission of Oregon.
form. Later in the study, such things
The wholesale produce dealer as pond construction, weed .control
also needs a $2.50 license for each
vehicle used in these wholesale
transactions. The retail produce
peddlers license covers only one
vehicle. A $10 license fee is re
in ponds, methods and rates of
stocking ponds with fish, pond fer
tilization, and best ways to harvest
fish will be investigated. The stu
dy will also check to see which
quired for each additional vehicle i kinds of fish are best suited for
used in the retail produce busi- pond production under various
I Oregon conditions.
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Old-Timer Club. TWas
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