The INDEPENDENT, May 28, 1997
U S D A in c o m e
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The next U S D A su rp lu s
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A m e ric a n L e g io n H a ll 627
A d a m s A ve n u e
Jewell High School 1987 graduating class
...JK>roL The Red Tom ato
By D e b b ie T aylo r
ARCHIE DASS
LOGGING, INC.
429-2093
Chipping - Hauling
63380 Nehalem Hwy. N.
Vernonia, OR 97064
HOLCE LOGGING CO., INC.
Contract Logging & Road Building
We Buy and Sell Timber
TELEPHONE 429 6783
17633 Keasey Rd. Vernonia, OR 97064
Lim e, y o u read a b o u t it and
hear a b o u t it
Hut u n til yo u
see w ith y o u r o w n eyes w h a t
it can do, yo u w o n t b e lie v e
th e d iffe r e n t e lim e c an m ake
la s t ta ll we s p rin k le d w o o d
ashes in a pate h o f c lo v e r we
w ere g ro w in g as a green
m anure, th is spring w hen the
t lo v e r s ta rte d g ro w in g again
it was easy to see w h e re the
ashes w ere s p rin k le d
Ih e
t lo v e r th a t rei e iv e d , h«- ashes
was tw ic e as ta ll, had fu lle r
leaves and was a d a rk e r
green Seeing th is drastic d it
terenc e
even th o u g h the
c lo v e r w ith o u t th e ashes
lo o k e d g oo d, has m ad e us
b e lie v e rs in a d d in g lim e to
th e soil
B.C.H. LOGGING, INC.
Mist Rt. Box 70, Clatskanie, OR 97016
l . \ \
There w ill be no re g u la rly
scheduled p la n t tours before June.
H ow ever, o rg a n iz a tio n s and
schools may request a special tour
by co nta ctin g Boise Cascade.
397-2900 Ext. 293
lim e
is fin e ly
g ro u n d
c a lc iu m a n d /o r m a g n e siu m
c a rb o n a te ,
a v e ry
s o ft
m in e ra l th a t dissolves e asily
in soil, raising th e p ft leve l
and m a k in g it less acidic
I im e its e lf is n o t a fe r tiliz e r
b u t it inc re a s e s the fe r t ility o l
the soil by raising th e pH and
m a k in g a v a ila b le n u trie n ts
th a t are n o rm a lly tie d up
I im e also has a physic al et
fe e t u p o n soil W h e n a d d e d
to c lay soils, lim e c auses par
tid e s to gath er in to groups
m a k in g larger p h y s ic a l u n its
in th e so il W a te r and air fin d
it easier to p e n e tra te such a
soil th a n a soil c o m p o s e d o f
fin e c la y p a rtic le s
O ur
m a ritim e soils are m o s tly
c lay and u s u a lly on th e ac id
side bee ause o f leac hing
M. BOSCH
(503)
7 55 2737
C o n tra c t lo g g in g & road b u ild in g .
Long span s k y lin e & la te ra l y a rd in g
c a p a b ilitie s . T im b e r b o u g h t & sold .
FRED BOSCH
(503)
7 5 5 -2 4 5 2
MARK BOSCH
(503)
7 5 5 -2 3 8 8
Stevens Enterprises, Inc.
WASH ON WHEELS - Mobile
hot. high
pressure cleaning system tor eguipment, trucks,
houses or mobile homes Degreasing, stripping,
wet sandblasting
TRENCHING -
Vibratory plow, backhoe
Underground installation ot power, phone,
water, drainage and sprinkler systems
Boise Cascade Paper Group
The Quality you want. And then some. *
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REMODELING -
No job too small'
429-5502
740 Mist Drive. Vernonia OR 97064
fro m
heavy ra in fa lls
A
p o te n tia lly ric h. b u t ac idic
so il w ill tu rn fro m p o o r to
good, o r g o o d to b e tte r, w ith
,i h e a lth y dose o f lim e
I o increase the p H o f the
so il by one u n it m ost garde n
b oo ks re c o m m e n d a d d in g SO
to «0 p ou n d s o f lim e to e ve ry
I (MX) square fe e t o f s o il A nd
bee ause o f heavy w in te r rains
re p e a te d a p p lic a tio n s w ill
need to be made- e v e ry year
o r tw o
I here are d iffe r e n t ty p e s o f
lim es a v a ila b le b u , m ost o f
the- e xpe rts b e lie v e d o lo m ite
is s u p e rio r
It c o n ta in s
m a g n e s iu m
a n d c a lc iu m ,
tra c e e le m e n ts th a t are v ita l
to
p la n t
g ro w th ,
and
m a ritim e soils te n d to be
h ig h ly d e fic ie n t in b o th
W o o d ashes are a ric h
source o f lim e and as an a dd
ed bonus th e y a lso c o n ta in
potash, p h o s p h o ric a c id and
m ag ne sium
Hut use th e m
s p a rin g ly A b o u t o ne o r tw o
1 0 < ju a rt p a ils o f ashes o y e r
each 1,000 square fe e t o f
garden per year
W hen
m a k in g
r n a io r
a m e n d m e n ts to the s o il it is a
g o o d idea to have th e soil
te ste d b e fo re d o in g so, b u t if
th a t is n 't w o rth w h ile to you.
Steve S o lo m o n , in ’G ro w in g
O rganic V e g e ta b le s W e s t o f
th e C ascades’, re c o m m e n d s
a p p ly in g a to n per acre
(w h ic h b reaks d o w n to a b o u t
SO p o u n d s per 1(XX) square
fe e t) per ye ar u n til th e re
seems to be no m o re im
p ro v e m e n t in the g ro w th o f
y o u r p la n ts I im e is n o t cost
ly and can be fo u n d in o u r
lex al stores A d ju s tin g th e pH
is the m ost basic, im p o rta n t
step to im p ro v in g y o u r so il