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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1953)
« THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1953 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. AROUND THE FARM" When looking at some lime western Oregon counties. Some trial» on mint land at the Adam I of these cattle are sold as grass | fat and others are finished in George farm in the Beaver dis feed lots. trict, Clatskanie. Adam told us A study of seasonal price trends about one of his calves that was in the marketing of beef cattle thin and not doing too well. After shows a narrow price spread be being separated from the herd for tween high and low grade during examination, the calf was found the summer months but in the to have a heavy infestation of i fall the price of finished cattle Ik*-. DDT dust took care of the generally tends to go consider hee and now the calf is doing fine. ably higher than grass fat cattle. Adam suggested that since diet Here are some of the reasons ing and other foods to lose weight behind these trends. Cattle fin are popular now, perhaps some ished to good and choice in feeds folks might find a few lice would lots are usually fed during the help them to lose weight just as winter and sold the following the calf did. spring or early summer. Heavy marketing at that season causes masses of the tent cater these better grades to work lower pillar have been hatching around in price. some parts of Columbia county Spring is also the time when during the past ten days, and the farmers with extra grass are look iittle caterpillars have been mak ing for common and medium ing themselves evident by their feeders to put in their pasture. small tents. As they grow they This demand causes the lower will be doing considerable dam grades to work higher in prices. As a result in the late winter, age by enlarging their tents and dmuding that part of the tree spring and early summer the or bush of leaves. DDT at the spread in price between finished -rate of 2 pounds of 50% wettable and common grades of cattle is powder to 100 gallons of water the least of anytime during the is good control. For those folks year. In the fall and early winter who want to use a duster, 5% grass fat cattle running mainly UDT dust will be satisfactory. common and medium grades are Lime on a mint field of Joe brought off range and pasture and Wrynian, Clatskanie, apparently sold. The heavy supply of these made the difference between hav cattle in the fall cause the prices I ing a stand of mint and not hav to work lower. On the other hand there are ing one. One field of Joe’s had a .pocket of peat soil in the center fewer cattle fed during the sum on which the mint stand kept mer and supplies of good and going out in the past three tears choice cattle are less. Conse w so while it grew fairly well on quently the prices of these grades work higher. surrounding clay banks. Last spring Joe applied 8 tons of lime per acre and thoroughly worked it in. Several hunred pounds of ruperphosphate were also applied io this soil. Transplants were put .n last June. This spring there is a good stand of vigorously grow ing mini on this peat area. • Homemaker’s Festival, com memorating the 24th year of home The biggest bulk of the vege extension work in Columbia table transplants will be going county, was held at the Rainier •nto farm and home gardens dur high school on May 7, with 300 ing the rest of May. A booster homemakers in attendance, ac solution used at the time of set- cording to Frances L. Gallatin, •ing out tomatoes, cabbage, cau home agent. The theme was liflower, peppers, celery, etc., “Yesterday and Today.” helps to get these plants off to All unit officers for 1953-54 a good start, by providing im and Mrs. Lester Petersen, the mediately available food. A new county committee member, rounded tablespoonful of a 5-10-10 were installed in an impressive fertilizer makes a good booster candle lighting ceremony, con anlittion. Ammonium sulfate can ducted by Mab. l March, assistant •Iso be used at the rate of 1 director of extension, OSC. tabhspoonfuls to 5 gallons of ! Esther Taskerud, state agent, ■ water. More information on this ■ 4-H club work was the guest subject can be found in th,, bul : speaker. She inspired the audi letin "Booster and Starter Solu ence with her comparison of his- tions for Vegetable Transplants,” , torical developments, homes, fara- which will be sent on request. j ilies and youth ot yesterday I and today. Livestock numbers, particularly Sixty-five unit members mo oerf cattle, have increased in deled their cotton dresses, made Columbia county along with other during the recent cotton dress workshop. Miss Gallatin nar rated the style revue. Some mod eled cloth gloves, handbags, hats and other accessories made to complement their costumes. Two county committee members and 72 unit members with 100% at tendance at all regular meetings during the past year, were hon ored. The Columbia City unit had nine members with 100% at tendance. Miss Gallatin presented the fol lowing units with standard unit certificates for the first time: Call or Write Chapman, Columbia City, Delena, Mist-Nehalem, Quincy-Clatskanie, Scappoose, Timber Route and Warren. Four additional units— Canaan-Deer Island, Lindberg, Vernonia and Yankton, received gold seals for the certificates re ceived in 1952. The county committee pre sented potted plants to the young est unit member present, Mrs. ! Donna Patching of the Delena Telephone 16212 unit, and oldest unit member present. Mrs. Mary Garlock of the Mist-Nehalem unit. The traveling Vernonia, Oregon gavel for the unit with the most members present was won again this year by the Yankton unit, Timber Rt., Box 56 with 34 members attending the Festival. 300 Homemakers I Go to Festival j For Grade A Pasteurized Dairy Products PEBBLE CREEK DAIRY WE DON’T GUARANTEE OUR USED CARS FOR 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS OR 6 MONTHS, BUT WE DO GUARANTEE THEM IN WRITING ON A LIFETIME BONDED GUARANTEE '1 I ONLY SIMPSON’S MOTORS CAN PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT WITH THIS LIFETIME GUARANTEE, SIMPSON’S ALONE HAVE THE EXCLS1VE FRANCHISE COMPARE PRICES . COMPARE TERMS COMPARE CONDITION HIGH TRADES . . . LOW DOWN PAYMENT . . . BANK TERMS ... 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