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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1952)
« THURSDAY, APR. 3, 1952 THE EAGLE, AROUND THE FARM Forage crops—hay, silage, and pasture—are natural feeds for rattle and they can use large quantities to good advantage. Gen rally, livestock men will agree that cattle should be given all the forage crops they will eat nefore feeding grain supplement. Vern Kohlstrand, Warren, de rided to try increasing the amount of pea silage and cut down on grain. A year ago he ».as f eding almost 400 concen trates daily to 20 head of dairy animals. With this heavy grain f-eding cows would take only rnited amounts of silage, ap proximately 20 pounds daily. This past winter Kohlstrand reduc’d grain feeding to 200 ,K>unds or less daily for his herd BY W. G. NIBLER County Extension Agent and silage consumption stepped up. Cows are eating from 45 to 50 pounds of silage daily. He reports that milk flow has held up just as well and feed costs have been lower. There has also been less trouble with mas titis in the herd. ¡ i 1 [ | OPEN YOUR EARS TO THE FACTS ON CAR VALUE 70-Acre Farm at Woodbum Bought VERNONIA, ORE ' i I I I This past summer I visited two men from New Jersey and asked them how their farmers handled sale of timber from their wood- lots. These men, first, pointed out that in New Jersey farm wood lots have been cut and handled as a farm crop for many years. As many as ten cuttings have been made in many of these woodlots. As a result well organized me> thods of handling timber sales have been worked out. The general practice is for the farmer to have his timber cruis ed by a forester. Trees to be cut are marked and the sal ■ of timber is put out on bid to interested loggers. After the sale the foresters chtck the progress of the logging and tally the vo lume of timber actually cut. Checking the logging job such as clean up, use of roads, repair ing fences, wood left on the ground, and other details is all handled by the; forester. Just how the job will be done is always set down in a written contract signed by the farmer and the logger. The forester is paid a percentage of the stump age value of timber sold. How does the New Jersey far mer go for the idea of paying 1 someone to handle his timber 1 sales? These men report that I well over 50 per cent of the farm timber sales in that state have been handled in this way. How do the loggers like this system? I was surprised to learn that the loggers are even more enthusiastic about this program than the farmers. The honest, full time resident logger who wants to have a long time job in one community is prot.cted from the fly-by-night operators tha: can come in and work a quick deal. The written contract provides a fair deal for the logger as well as the farmers. The efficient logger can build up a reputation and the good ones have a full time job cutting timber made available to them. Thev don't have-to sp nd their time looking for timber—they are busy log ging- This method of handling tim ber sales isn’t found only in the east. At Burlington, Washing ton, there is a timber cooperative. Timber owners cooperate in hir. ing a qualifi d forester who ar ranged for the sale of their tim ber products. Farmers may do their own logging or the co-op will arrange to have the logging done and supervise th? job. Tim ber from many small woodlots can be pooled and combined vo lume bnngí increased pric s. In writing about these things we don't mean to say that this is the way it should be done or that it is the way it should not be done. This just happens to be the wav timber sales are being handled in other parts of the country. Columbia county has excellent timber producing possibilities and the future for timber production looks bright. However, second growth timber is a new crop and we still hav> many things to learn about growing, managing, and harvesting this crop to give the best possible return to the owner, the logger, and the com munity as a whole. w RIVERVIEW : radio o : SALES — SERVICE ’ MRS. ELMER B. LOYD, a member of the county home extension committee, h hown in her home doing some preparation for her 4-H sewing club. Mrs. Loyd is an active member of the PEO Sisterhood and fur the past year has b en president of this organization. Both Elm.r and Mrs. Loyd ar? members of the extension farm home and rural life committee and are par ticularly interested ‘n th • work being done by the recreation sub-committee. “Being the wife of an active farmer and with all these horn and community interests, I find time well filled,” she concluded. Mrs. Elmer B. Loyd of D -er Island is the n west member of the county horn? extension com mittee, serving her fourth month in this positicn. Sh • acts as county 4-H committee co-chair man. according to Frances L. Gallatin, home agent. As a member of the Canaan- Deer Island home extension unit she has served on their 4-H com mittee and was project leader for t xtile painting. Project leaders are sent from the units to training meetings here in the county, given by the home ex- t nsion agent and specialists from OSC. These leaders then carry the information back to their units and teach the mem- bers. They as well as county committee members give their time without compensation. Mrs. Loyd’s favorite proj cts are those connected with sewing, especial ly the glove making proj _ct. “Being interested in homemak ing and in my community, 4-H and horn? economics are giving me much valuable information to apply to everyday living,” says Mrs. Loyd. R cently, she ably assisted the home agent with training unit project leaders on making cloth handbags ana purses. Columbia county has been her home since 1920, when h.r par ents moved here from Oregon City. Mrs. Loyd has * her pos session a letter dated Sept.mber 24, 1923, giving her the needed information for the trip she won to the state fair camp at Salem, This honor was given to her as the highest scoring 4-H sewing club girl in Columbia county. “My mother was a 4-H cooking club leader so my interest in 4-H club work started early,” con tinued Mrs. Lyod; "I was a mem ber of cooking, camp cookery and sewing clubs during grade school." The Loyds met and married here in Columbia county and lived in St. Helens until moving to Mrs. Loyd's family farm n ar Der Island in 1945, Here she joined the Canaan-De r Island extension unit and through Mrs Fred Colvin, one of Mrs. Loyd’s former 4-H leaders, started as a 4 H lead r in cooking. Her clu® in cooking continu'd for three years; this year she has the same girls in a sewing club still under the original name. “House, wives of Tomorrow." Five of the first members are among the eight girls enrolled this year. Norma Jean Wilson and Georgin ■ Miller have been P.E.O. scholar ship winners, to 4-H club sum mer school in Corvallis, from this group. "Anyone interested in young people, and with a little spare time, should lead a 4-H group.” urg.d Mrs. Loyd; “It’s work, of course; but the fellow ship, .good sportsmanship, and getting to know these young people is grand compensation,— and its fun. too!!” An active member of the St. Hel ns "arden club since 1936, Mrs. Loyd is serving her second year as their presid nt. She is a member of the child welL e commits e of the American Le gion Auxiliary and is the legion county committee child welfare chairman of the 8 and 40 Also, BIRKENFELD — Mr. and Mrs Fred Wallace have moved back to Stayton. Mr. and Mrs. John Winslow purchased a 70-acre farm near been Woodbum. They have moving their furniture and ma chinery to their new home. Kathryn Elliott spent Friday visiting Georgianna Mills at her home. Mr and Mrs. Howard Jones had a birthday dinner Sunday for Mrs. Jones mother, Mrs. Ro bert Matthews, of Mist. Among the guests was Mrs. Don Hall of Morton, Washington. Mrs. Lloyd Beach had her moth er, Mrs. Maude Rodgers, of Sta ude visiting her this week end. The Sewing club I met with Marjorie Bellingham Tuesday, Due to illness only a few were present. Darrell Elliott went to Port- land Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Elliott and Kathryn went to Portland Mon day. Georgianna Mills returned to school at Eugene Sunday. The Vernonia Eagle Marvin Kamhoh Editor and Publisher Official Newspaper of Vemonia, Oregor. "Entered as second class mail matter. August 4, 1922 at the post office in Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1379 Subscription price, $2.50 yearly NATION Al X EDITORIAL / Guests Entertained for Week End at Treharne TREHAP,NE—Milbur Wien eke of Eugene was a week guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wienecke. Mrs. E. M. Bl dsoe and daugh ters, Mrs. J. E Britton of Esta cada and Mrs C. P. Tolke of Man ning. w re guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wienecke Sunday. Mrs. Bledsoe r< maineu overnight re turning to her horn” in Estacada Monday. Mrs. Tolke and Mrs. Britten were among the many who attended the fui*ral of Harry Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Royce Newton, Newton Da.lene and Mrs. Eva ----- ... called at the Wilbur That®; er i heme Monday afternoon. MildKd I I Thacker is out of school with the TREHARNE — Mr. and Mrs. mumps. Gilbert M i -r of Vernonia have moved to a place owned by Jen Lbiit F'aru Meeting, sen’s out on th” Timber road, Election of Officers recently vacat’d by th? Plilei family, who moved back to The Vernonia extension unit Missouri. will me:t Thursday, April 10 at Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reynolds the Evangelical U.B. church at. and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 10 a m. An election of officers Weaver and children. Mr. and Mrs. Lin Reynolds and Mike, Mr. will take place in the morning and Mrs. St>il y Jon s and Mrs. and the afternoon will be devoted to a preliminary meeting on purs Lula Chambers and daughters ot Dallas were Sunday dinner es and handbags, ^he Timber guests of their mother, Mrs. Exie and Keasey unit memb.rs are in vited to attend the preliminary weaver. Correction of a news item of meeting. last week. Anna Beth Carlson. Amiricans used to freeze mince Garibaldi, niece and cousin of the Byron Kirkbrides, is attend pies immediately after baking. ing U of O at Eugene instead of i OSC. I Edwina Si delman, Jean, James and r,osalie Kirkbride attended a show in Forest Grove Satur day evening. Sunday evening Mrs. Byron Kirkbride, J.an and Edwina Sie- NEHALEM VALLEY d -Iman motored to Cornelius and attended the show at the Car- MOTOR FREIGHT ft theater. Leaders Study z Family Returns Cloth Handbags To Missouri Thr.e styles of attractive cloth handbags w?r? made by 28 home extension unit project leaders at the two-day training meeting h*-!d at the K i® hall in Rainier March 21 and 25, according to Frances Gallatin. Gallatin, home ag ‘nt. Th? leaders were trained by Miss Gallatin, ably assisted by two county committee m mbers, Mrs Aldon Ashley of Mi.t and Mrs. E. B. Loyd of De r Island. The leaders were trained (11 in th selection and care of com mercially mad” purses. (2) in selection of suitable styles, col ors and fabrics for cloth hand- taps to enhance the costume and <3! construction techniques for ettractiv . useful cloth handbags. The 28 leaders will pass this training on to unit members at local workshops during April and May. Leaders trained from the Ne- haiem Valley wer : Mrs. Leroy Cook and Mrs. Myrtle Ramsey of Vernonia and Mrs. R. Wilson and Mrs. N. Hansen of Mist. Bulletin Tells Of Forage Crop I I The story of Talent alfalfa, western Oregon’s popular new forag? crop, is told in the latest bull, tin issued by the Oregon State college agricultural exp ri ment station. Talent was developed from seed provided by th? United States department of agriculture. It was tested for 15 years at the Southern Oregon branch experi ment station near Medford be fore being released as a recom mend • variety for western ^re- gon. Station bulletin 511 describes the history, characteristics, ad vantages, disadvantages and cul ture of Talent. Authors are H. A. Schoth, senior USDA agrono mist, and L. G. Gentn.r and H. H. White, both of the Southern Oregon branch station. Although west^-n Oregon al falfa production has never ap proached its possibilities, wide- >pr ad acceptance of Talent va riety promises to increase the use of alfalfa in this part of the state. F. E. Price, OSC dean and director of agriculture, d dares in the bulletin’s foreword. Copies of the new publication are available fr m county exten ts nsion offices and OSC. For results—Eajlc Classifieds! PHONE 853 ¿THXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXH^ The Commercial Group of Banks Serving North west Oregon HILLSBOrO SHERWOOD H HAVE YOU REGISTERED? The deadline to register, i« you are eligible H vote is April 15. You may do •) at the city hall. Don’t neglect this important duty — so you can H H e x ere is 3 your right to vote. 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