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M THURSDAY. MAR. 27, 1952 THE EAGLE, f AROUND THE FARM VERNONIA, ORE BY W. G. NIBLER Trees Planted By Mist Club Chair Covering Learned The Mist 4-H Forestry club held its regular semi-monthly meet ing at the home of Virginia Johnson on Saturday afternoon. beef cattle feeding. Last spring Vern Kohlstrand, March 15. As the weather was Warren, put up one of these silos favorable th" club spent most to store p a vines and grass of the afternoon planting trees on some cut over land at Vir silage for dairy cattle feeding. This silo uses the conventional ginia’s home. M mbers p!ant"d several hun. 2x6 tongue and grooved stave common to all wood stave silos. dred Douglas Fir and Cascara The main advantage to the silo trees under the direction of their leader, Robert Mathews. After is the construction method. tree planting they went to the It is d signed so that it can be house and saw a moving picture ■ected without the use of stag- -ig. Once the mat;rials are as- and were then served some much >mbled this silo can be erected enjoyed refreshm nts by Mrs. n two days by a three man crew. Johnson. The n xt meeting will be at Erecting this silo does r: quire the farmer to purchase and as Margaret Coleman's home on March 23. Good weather is semble th" wood and hardware for its construction. This does hop d for at thaf time so tree take some time. On the other planting can be finished and so hand no commercial concerns are they can get out into th" woods today offering a complet" set of to begin tree identification stu materials for construction of dies. wood silos. Interest in silos has increased with the increased use of grass silage as a m thod of storing roughage for cattle feeding. S v- eral dairy herds in Columbia county were fed grass silage as th" only source of roughage this NEHALEM VALLEY last winter. In many herds cow MOTOR FREIGHT are getting a large portion of their roughage from silage. County Extension Agent More tons of hay in the barn or ensilage in the silas does not always mean more feeding value. ¡1 those extra tons come from >etting the crop get more mature :t may actually mean less feed ing value per acre. How can that be? Let us con sider the way animals get food •.alue from hay or silage. The natural feed for cattle and »heep is roughage—hay, silage or pasture. Their digestive system ».rth its multiple stomach is par- icularly well adapt°d to digest ing the cellulose in roughage, iioga and chickens, on the other ■ and. have a single stomach in capable of digesting cellulose and •tiese animals must rely heavily . -jon concentrates such as grains for their food supply. One of the important food values of hay, silage, or pasture vs the cellulose in the plant tis- sue*. Cotton is almost 100 per rent cellulose and cattle or sheep with multiple stomachs can di /zzz/ me gest almost 90 per cent of the food value in cotton. Hogs or chickens can not digest any food value from cotton, however. Now, here is the catch to let ting your hay, silage, or pasture become too mature. As the grass grain, or legume gets nearer to seed baring it adds lignin to the cellulose in the stems. This lign in strengthens the stem and makes it rigid for flowering and seen bearing. Lignin, however, is in digestible even for ruminants like cattle and sheep. In fact the lignin reduces the digestibility of the cellulose. Actually this explanation is just a detailed way of explaining why cattle will do well on grass or grain hay that is cut when the plants are just coming into head while grain or grass straw is poor livestock feed. In the past few years we have run into several cases where grass silage was made from grass that had fairly mature seed h<ads. This silage preserved well and had a good color. It semiled good when being fed. But the cattle receiving this silage did not do well. They ate good quantities because the f- d was palatable but they could not get sufficient feed value from this silage to make satisfactory gains. This doesn't m an that bay, silage, and pasture should always be harvested as tender young shoots but earlier Yiarvest before s-eds set before lignin is formed in large quantities is going to result in better quality feed. It is not the most tons per acre to put in the barn or silo that we want—it is the most milk p r acre of crops harvested. Food Preservation Topic Planned Next Monday •PUMITA«1 PROOF • THE OLD HERMITAGE COMPANY. FRANKFORT. KENTUCKY Mrs. Vivian Freeman, horn? economist for the Kerr glass manufacturing company, will ¡peak at a food preservation meeting on Monday, March 31, at the First Methodist church, St. Helens, at 1:00 p m. Although this is being planned mainly as a leader training meet ing for 4-H food preservation club leaders, anyone is welcome to attend. Mrs. Fre man will discuss the preparation of fruits, vegetables and meats, for canning and freez ing. us? of the pressure canner and water bath, and other infor mation dealing with canning and freezing. Miss Franc's Gallatin, exten sion agent in home economics, will speak on the part of the food pres- rvation project in 4-H club work. WE RE PROUD TO SHOW YOU THIS Wcsti nghouse Ux. <» CLOTHES DRYER WITH TUMBLE ACTION $234.95 Dryer Laundromat - $299.95 MRS. PAUL DOUGLAS, a member of the Columbia county home extension ccmmittee. is shown in her living room preparing to recover one of Ke*' c*'a:-s. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Douglas moved to St. H'-lens in Februam'. 1911, from Sabetha, Kansas. In January, 1946, they moved to their present hr me on th" Robi nett" Road in the Yankton com munity, according to Frances L. Gallatin, home agent. . “In the fall of 1948, I was in vited to attend a home extension unit meeting at the Yankton grange hall;” said Mrs. Douglas. "Only a f w members attended the meeting as it was a very stormy day, but I rially b'came interested in what I could learn at unit meetings to help m b?- com? a better homemaker.” Mrs. Douglas ha'*been project leader for her unit for on or more projects each yvar. She took special interest in the re upholstery workshop in 1949. s rving as one of the Yankton unit project leaders. She is shown above preparing to re cover a chair which sh ■ previous, ly reupholstered. Much of the horn, extension program is car ried on by capable project lead ers like Mrs. Douglas, aft r they have received training from OSC extension sp cialists and the home agent. Project lead *rs as wall as other unit members, con tinue to use the information and t chniques learned, over a period of years. Since the fall of 1949, Mrs. Douglas has served as chairman of the Yankton unit. During this time, the attendance at unit meetings has increased from an average of 12 to a present av erage of 25 to 30. The increase in interest and attendance is largely due to Mrs. Douglas’ leadership and enthusiasm. Through h.r efforts, the Yankton unit has developed a satisfactory method of caring for pre-school children during unit meetings which has proved beneficial to mothers and children alike. Mrs. Douglas is now pr.s.dent of the Yankton P.-T.A.. treasurer of the Columbia county P.-T.A. council and an active member of the Yankton grange. In 1951, sh" was appointed a member of the county horn? extension com mittee and was installed at the Homemakers Festival in Rainier. The sev-n members of the county home extension committee act in an advisory capacity to the home extension agent. At pre sent, Mrs. Douglas is chairman of th- Columbia County World Citizenship committee and chair man of the committee for plan ning .and arranging the extension unit exhibit at the 1952 Co lumbia county fair. Lik" the other county commit tee members and project leadets, Mrs. Douglas give« her time without compensation. “My home and family life have been made much more enjoyable by my work in extension." Mrs. Douglas observed; “Sine? revpholstering several chairs, my living room is mor1 comfortable. After the l?ssons in window treatment and furniture arrangement, I r.hung curtains and draperies and re arranged furniture, which made my home mor" liveable and at tractive. I hav? met and made many new friends through home extension activities. Knowing and working with these lovely women has given me a new and happi.r life.” PHONE 853 VttNONIA Th« Commircldl Group cl Banks Serving North west Oregon N H No waiting in line when you transact business H X here! Plenty ci windows, a deft and courteous H staff and a friendly, efficient organization en H •Zl ables us to take care of you and send you on H your way without loss of time. X H H MEMBER k FEDERAL RESERVE H H X SYSTEM H H X K H H H HOMEMADE woed stave silo in process of erection at the Boone Johnston farm, Birkenfeld. M. G. Huber, agricultural engineer from OSC, is on top of the ladder fixing staves to the top hoop. Pictured also shows a silo stave being raised to position. Vernonia Branch Commercial Silos Erected On County Farms JUDGED the BEST Hum" mad? wood stave silos constructed according to plans prepared I#' Oregon State col lege ar. now in use on several Columbia county farms. First to tackle this job in Co lumbia county was J. A. Mitchell of Warren. Thr-e years ago he constructed his first silo with the assistance of W G. Nibler, coun ty ext nsion agent, and M. G. Huber, agricultural engineer from O.S.C. Michell now has two 12x30 ft. silos constructed by this method. Approximate cost of each was $600 including the con crete base. These two silos are used to store grain and silage and pea vines for dairy cattle f ed- ing. 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