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THUISDAC, JULY 21. 1949
THE
EAGLE,
ABOUND THE FARM
The bull grading demonstration
gven’a.
Of the twelve bulls we graded
in Shermans' herd, seven graded
Some of the spring pasture
seedings have been badly hurt by
dry weather. In many cases it
ta too early to say definitely
whether or not enough of the
young seedlings have been killed
to justify reseeding the pasture.
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A water weed ill the ditches of
the Webb drainage was called to
my attention by Tom Colvin,
Clatskanie. Identification of this
weed indicates that it is parrot
feather. Many farmers in the
Clatskanie district may be fami
liar with parrot feather as the
water weed that has caused con
siderable difficulty
on Puget
Island.
We have found some of the
same weed on the Midland drain
age district.
Roger Johanson,
Clatskanie, and I applied some
trials of 2,4-D on this parrot
feather on the Ed Mackey farm.
2,4-D has given good results on
parrot feather on trials in Clat-
sop county.
Main damage caused by this
weed is blocking of ditches until
little or no water wili run through.
If small patches of dense grow
ing water weeds are found in
drainage ditches it might be well
to investigate since it is much
easier controlled before it be
comes too firmly established.
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By W. G. Nibler
County Extension Agent
Farmers spraying patches of
weeds with a hand air pressure
sprayer will be interested in get
ting a nozzle that will put on a
broad flat spray, according to
Aldon Ashley, Mist. When these
hand sprayers are purchased they
are generally always equipped with
nozzles that give a fine cone
shapped spray that is good for
spraying gardens or flowers but
very slow when spraying weeds.
Ashley purchased such a sprayer
this spring and found that treat-
ng Canada thistle patches with
2,4-D was slow work.
I put on a small plot of 2,4,5-T
on evergreen blackberries at Ash
ley’s place and used my hand
sprayer with one of the nozzles
that produce a flat broad spray.
Ashley figured that such a nozzle
would speed up weed spraying
four or five times as fast as with
the fine cone shaped spray.
•Wo. 2 and five graded No. 3. They
«ere a very nice group of bulls.
The grade of No. 1 means a
hull of exceptional quality such as
would be a winner at a good live
stock show, A No. 2 bull is one
that could be used to improve
the quality of breeding herds,
while No. 3 bull is a good range
bull quality.
WEED AVENUE
ORE.
Grass seedlings can look very
dry and still revive if moisture
comes early enough in the fall,
so hasty judgement is often a
mistake.
On the other hand if the stand
is seriously reduced it might be
well to dry plow the land this
summer to kill out quackgrass,
Canada blue grass, and the weed
grasses, If the soil is well packed
a fall seeding could easily pass
up a poorly started spring seed
ing.
last week at the Sherman Stock
laa*. Scappooee, was a good way
la learn about the points to con
sider in picking a good beef bull.
Thirty-five farmers from all
wtr the county were on hand to
■a tc h Harry Lindgren, livestoak
sperial ist, grade twelve bulls in
the Sherman Hereford herd. Every-
«ne was provided with score cards
and as each animal was brought
«■t everyone had a chance to put
down his scoring of the animal
and then compare it with Lind-
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VERNONIA.
4-H Clubs
Tillamook Tour Planned
4-H club memebrs from Colum
bia county will have a chance to
see some outstanding dairies in
Tillamook county on the North
Coast livestock and crops tour
to be held in that county on
August 4-5, according to word re-
ceived from Cal Monroe, state
agent at Corvallis.
Other counties taking part in
this tour are Clatsop, Washing
ton, and Tillamook. Club mem
bers will see livestock, pastures,
and the buildings on a number of
dairies. A tour of a cheese fac
tory is being planned.
Also included in the schedule
is a sheep fitting demonstration,
dairy judging, and some practice
in crops judging.
All 4-H club members planning
to attend are requested to make
application with Harold Black,
extension agent in 4-H club work,
as soon as possible.
Stores to Back Project
Safeway Stores, Incorporated,
will again sponsor the 4-H Live
stock Breeding project contest in
Columbia county in 1949, according
to A. E. Owens, manager of t’ne
Safeway store, St. Helens.
The purpose of this contest is
to develop 4-H livestock breeding
projects and to encourage club
members to continue their 4-H
work and improve and enlarge
their herds and flocks.
Awards consist of a scholarship
to 4-H summer school at Cor
vallis for the county winner and
a $100 college scholarship to the
state winner.
Any 4-H club member carrying
a livestock project is eligible to
enter. Each contestant shall sub
mit livestock and crop record
books to the county extension
agent in 4-H club work by No-
vember 15.
Selection of 1 them shall be based
on the club member's over-ali
club work, management of his pro
ject, record book, and clubman
ship.
This contest was won in 1948 by
Charles Schwab, Deer Island, with
his dairy breeding project.
Census Child Allocation
Again Set at $10 Each
County Assessor James Anliker
has received notification that a
state county allocation of $10
per census child through surplus
funds from taxes would be avail
able for the 1949-50 fiscal year.
The notification was received
from Carl Chambers, chairman of
the state tax commissions’ income
tax division.
Last year Columbia county de
rived $62,590 rom this fund and
the allocation for 1949-50 will be
$65,500.
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A large turnout of 125 persons
attended the Jersey Picnic at the
C. W. Sherman farm, Saturday,
July 16.
4-H club and FFA members
from all over Columbia county
were guests of the Columbia Jer
sey club.
B. L. Jacobs, herdsman at the
Oregon State college dairy, Cor
vallis, acted as the judge in the
judging contest. Jacobs also gave
instruction in showmanship.
A clipping demonstration was
given by Ronnie Hines, herdsman
at the Sherman farm.
Music was provided during the
picnic lunch at noon by Maybelle
Scripture, St. Helens, who played
a number of accordian selections.
Winners of the judging contest
were: FFA Division: first, Loren
DeShazer, Warren; second, Laur
ence Watt, Deer Island. Senior
4-H Division: first Joe DeShazer,
Warren; second, Lloyd Hinkhouse,
Scappoose.
Junior 4-H Division: first, David
Smith. Goble; second, Jerol Moran,
Vernonia. First place in this di
vision resulted in a tie between
Smith, Moran, and Gene Jones,
Clatskanie. The winners were de
cided by an additional class of
cows.
Prizes of a show halter for
first place and a brush and curry
comb for second place were
awarded in each division. These
prizes were donated by Helnie’s
Feed Store, Simpson’s Hardware
store, and Mid-Columbia Co-op,
all of St. Helens.
Ice cream was furnished by the
Jewel Ice cream company. Candy
was provided for the 4-H club
and FFA members by Click’s
Market, Bill Phillip’s Grocery,
Adam’s Grocery, Davis Drug store,
and Tomison’s Food Market, all
of St. Helens.
Requested is the correction of a
word appearing
This is an excellent year to
kill out quackgrass, blue grass,
Canary grass, bent grass, tuber
oat grass, and other creeping
weedy grasses, according to W.G.
Nibler, county extension agent.
One of the main requirements
for getting a good kill of these
weed grasses is very dry soil. If
the grass is plowed or worked
loose in dry soil the roots will die
before they can become re-estab-
lished.
Many farmers have reported
that quackgrass patches have al-
ready been killed out by a control
program this year.
Hay and grain fields infested
with these weed grasses should
be plowed as soon as the crops
are harvested. A rough job of
plowing which will leave the fur
row slice up on edge is the most
effective. To do this some farmers
use the plow without the mole
board. Others use a very short
mole board that does not turn the
furrow slice.
Plowed fields should be let lay
for about two weeks to allow the
soil to dry out thoroughly. If any
growth of grass revives, the field
can them be worked with a spring
tooth harrow or cultivation to
roll the sods on top of the soil
to dry out.
Disking should be avoided. They
chop up the grass roots and mulch
the sei) so that it does not dry out
as readily.
In this work, the
drier the soil the better.
In deciphering secret messages,
the assumption of probable clew
words is often necessary.
in last
weeks’
article submitted by G. F. Brown
concerning the dog shooting epi
sode. The sentence “Or did they
fall for the distored harangue of
a hound lawyer," should have read
“loud lawyer.
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TO HOME?
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Play safe! Make cer
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sured adequately.
BILL J. HORN, AGENT
905 Bridge Street
Phone 231, Vernonia
Relatives Entertained
At Wirtz Home Wed.
RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Fresanke of New England,
North Dakota, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
E. Stover of Vancouver, Wash
ington and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Korang of Portland were din
ner guests at the J. A. Wirtz
home Wednesday.
Mrs. Stover
is a sister of Mr. Wirtz’s and Mrs.
Fresonke and Mrs. Korang are
her daughters.
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