4 THURSDAY, MAH. 8, 1851
THE EAGLE.
VERNONIA. ORE.
AROUND THE FARM
Some of us still wonder just
what all this talk about fertiliz­
ing pastures is going to come to.
As we go around and see all the
different pastures in this county I
think we begin to get the answer.
After we look at these pastures
and talk to the farmers, we find
that those farmers following a
good fertilizer program are the
ones that are really satisfied
with leaving the land down to
grass. These are the folks that
are planning on planting more
grass because they find that they
can make the most dollars per
acre from pasture.
On the other hand folks who
are not using fertilizer particul­
arly those planting pastures on
worn out soil are not so happy
with the results.
I asked one farmer to explain
this situation. His reply was
that grasses refuse to rob the
soil like cultivated crops and
grain do. To get a yield of
grass you must put something on
the soil. Give it plenty of barn­
yard manure, nitrogen and phos­
phate, and the grass and legumes
will grow. Just plant them on
a poor soil without fertilizer and
they may make a stand but they
won’t rob the soil — they won’t
put out a lot of growth.
Come to think of it farmers
have been using various grasses
for pasture for years but no one
ever got enthusiastic about pas­
ture and grass silage until some
folks started to fertilize their
pasture and got heavy growth
year after year.
Home made silos of various
shapes and kinds can be found
op many farms around this coun­
ty.
In many such silos the
spoilage loss is high and farmers
intended them only for a tempo­
rary structure to serve until a
more permanent silo could be
erected. In some cases, however,
they can be made to serve very
satisfactorily for some time. The
main advantage to these silos Is
their low cost of construction.
Cecile Urie, Goble, built an
eight sided silo that did a very
good job of preserving silage this
last year. This silo was con­
structed on the same principle
used for the square silos in that
one inch lumber standing verti­
cally was used for the sides. It
is held together with 2x4’s going
around the silo for cribbing.
This eight sided silo has sev­
eral advantages over the usual
four sided square silo. First, it
has no sharp corners which are
square silos. Second, with the
silo wall divided into eight sides
instead of four the 2x4’s used to
crib in the silo need be only half
so long and give more support.
This avoids the problems of the
bulging sides, common to larger
square silos.
Urie used his silo for the first
time in 1949. Spoilage loss was
heavy however because a light
weight paper used to line the
silo had torn badly when the
silage settled. This past year 45
pound roofing paper was used and
generously lapped in the corners.
The only spoilage Urie reports
was on the top. There was no
spoilage along the walls. The
roofing paper lining is expectea
to last two years.
Salvage lumber was used to
construct this silo which is ap­
proximately 14 feet in diameter
by 30 feet tall. Cash cost was
the nails and roofing paper. The
biggest item was the labor to
construct it.
More Tribute
Due Leaders
"We need to pay more tribute
to our local 4-H club leaders’’,
stated Harold Black, county 4-H
club agent, at the beginning of
National 4-H club week, which Is
being observed this week.
“At this time of year when we
are recognizing 4-H club mem­
bers for their work, we need to
remember that without club
leaders, 4-H club work would not
be possible,” added Black.
4-H club work is carried on
through local volunteer leaders
who give their time and often the
use of their homes and cars to
make it possible for boys and
girls to have club work.
Leaders also receive no compen­
sation execpt for the satis­
faction which they get in working
with boys and girls. In helping
the club members to develop they
are making an investment in the
future of the community and the
country.
Often times a club leader learns
new methods and better practices
from the information which they
receive from the county exten­
sion office. The fact that leaders
enjoy serving as club leaders is
illustrated by certain leaders who
lead clubs as many as 20 or 30
years.
Club leaders in the Nehalem
valley at the present time in­
clude:
Mist — Mrs. Inger Ashley
Birkenfeld — Mrs. R. W. Lam­
bert and E. T. Johnston;
Vernonia — Mrs. Robert Tun­
nell, Mrs Bernice Knoedler, Mrs.
Gladys Moran, Mrs. Beaulah
Slemmons, Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Kirkbride, Henry Anderegg, and
Ralph McKee.
Parents Need
4-H Information
"Parents of 4-H club members
need to be informed about 4-H
club work” stated Mrs. Winnifred
Gillen, state 4-H Club agent, Cor­
vallis, in discussing parent co­
operation at the Columbia coun­
ty 4-H leader training meeting
held at the Methodist church in
Rainier March 1.
Mrs. Gillen and Burton Hutton,
state 4-H club agent, discussed
subjects of interest to all leaders.
In the morning session, Hutton
talked of ways to keep older youth
in 4-H club work. He mentioned
getting them to help others in
the club. Acting as assistant
leaders was also pointed out as
one way to keep them interested
as well as being an excellent way
of developing leadership.
Mrs. Gillen pointed out that in
many cases a lack of parent co­
operation is due to the parents
not knowing what was expected
of them. Some ways which were
suggested to reach parents were:
invite parents to club meetings,
programs by club members at
various community and civic
meetings, personal calls by the
club leader, getting parents per­
mission for children to join a 4-H
club, holding meetings in club
members’ homes and working the
parents into a project whereever
possible.
Tree Farm Movement in Two States
Makes Giant Strides in Past 10 Years
What does a tree farmer do
during the 80 to 100 years it takes
to grow a crop of saw timber?
Or the 60 years it takes to grow
mature pulpwood?
That’s a good question on this
10th anniversary of the tree farm
movement as national attention
is focused on Washington and
Oregon where the tree farm pro­
gram started in 1941.
Tree farming is a new word in
American forestry, coined when
the 120.000 acre Clemons Trie
Farm in Grays Harbor county,
Washington, was dedicated in
1941. The tree farm idea caught
on rapidly. Over 23 million acres
of private forest lands have been
certified as tree farms in 29 states.
Under the tree farm flag, W. D.
Faeenstein, chief forester of the
Douglas fir industry, says forestry
has made great or strides in the
past 10 years than in the previous
c'ntury and a half. Plans are
underway fdr 10th anniversary
national recognition of tree farm­
ing.
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In 10 years 3,677,710 acres of
taxpaying forest land in western
Washington and Oregon have
been certified as West Coast tree
farms. That is a huge acreage.
Would make a solid block of
timber 28 miles wide reaching
from Seattle to Portland. More
than 600 trained foresters and
hundreds of other skilled men
manage the industrial forests .of
the region.
What do tree farmers do while
the forest is growing? Their
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A county-wide meeting of tlie
program planning chairman of
the home extension units was
held at the home of Mrs. J. C.
Skeans, Rainier, on February 28,
with 21 women present, accord­
ing to Frances L. Gallatin, coun­
ty extension agent in home
economics.
The extension units represented
were Warren, Fern Hill, Delena,
Chapman, Mayger Downing,
South Scappoose, Lindberg, Ver­
nonia, Marshland, Keasey, Tim­
ber, Canaan, Deer Island, and
Quincy.
The meeting was conducted by
Eleanor Trindle, state extension
agent from Oregon State college,
assisted by Miss Gallatin. As a
result of the day’s discussion, the
major and minor problems re-
lating to home and family life
which confront Columbia county
homemakers and a list of projects
which will help solve those prob­
lems were chosen. The final pro­
gram for the 1951-1952 project
year will be chosen at the next
program planning meeting to be
held at the home of Mrs. Skeans
on April 5.
biggest job is protecting growing
timber from fire. This job alone Club Meeting Held
costs $5,000,000, takes more than By Birkenfeld Group
4,030 men and boys on full and
On Wednesday, February 23
part time each year in Oregon the Birkenfeld 4-H club, the Nine
and Washington. Restocking idle " Chow Slingers, met at the home
lands is a big job. On some areas of Harriet Smith, It was ds-
year-old seedlings are planted at cided to have each person cock
a cost of $16 per acre, and for at their own home. If there are
about $5 an acre lands are seeded sisters, the sisters cook together
by airplane or helicopter. More and if not, a partner is to be
than 60,000 acres of tree farm chosen.
lands have been artificially re-
A demonstration en measuring
forested in the past 10 years. flour was given by Harriet Smith
Planning harvesting schedules for and Janice Garner and then they
future years, laying out road sys- made baking powder biscuits.
terms, controlling insects and di­ The dishes were washed by Lor­
seases, studying growth condition etta Mills, Hazel Lambert and
and mapping are just part of the Marcia Garner.
chores which keep foresters and
The next meeting will be at the
tree farmers busy.
leader’s home.
The Willing Workers Clothing
Two Club met Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Robert Tunnell.
They worked on dresses some of
which are almost finished.
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