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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1954)
THURSDAY, MAR. IS, 1954 THE ■4 EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. AROUND THE Beautification of the home was a »abject that came up recently at a Toastmasters meeting at St. iwjetti. This topic is of interest «<• urban and rural home-owners like. We feel that spring is a particularly appropriate time in «ych to consider landscaping and ♦ion»e beautification, as it is still «arfy enough to make plantings «• perennial trees, shrubs and town and the annuals can still i» planted for some little time. Often the home owner, whether •rural or urban, do<-s not have a 1'reat deal of time in which to maintain an elaborately develop ed yard, nor spend the time each , year getting annuals planted. For tnose folks we would like to sug gest that the main consideration !■■■ given to a good lawn and to f ^ntmgs of perennial shrubs that co not require a great deal of tare. In this way the home can Lave an attractive setting and rtill give the owner a maximum ,<• freedom. A bulletin that is particularly t ppropriate at this time and one tnat should be of value to any one doing landscaping and devel opment of a home is "Thirteen Considerations in Landscaping ¥uur Home.” This new bulletin « written especially for the three northwest states of Oregon, Wash ington, and Idaho. I First don't try to do the whole [ | job in one year. A top dressing 1 of two or three inches of sawdust J can be worked in every year much easier than 12 inches the first year Second, it takes fer- , tilizer, mainly nitrogen, to rot the sawdust. While the sawdust is rotting it will actually make the soil poorer, so it always pays to apply fertilizer with the saw dust. ■ | [ | I [ Sawdust also has some other worthwhile uses. A sawdust ! mulch on gardens, and shrub- 1 bery can reduce the sprinkling requirements of these crops or plants one-half. Additional hard work in the form of weed con trol can be avoided with the saw dust at the same time. When applying sawdust for this purpose, spread two or three inches over the area, but do not work it into the surface. Annual j weeds are fairly well controlled, but such weeds as quackgrass ana Canada thistle will grow through the mulch. The added advan tages of soil improvement are ac complished when the sawdust is worked into the soil in the fall. Sawdust can have some im portant applications for the farm fields, too. And apparently it makes little difference what kind of sawdust, as far as the kinds This is the time of year that that are available in this area. The sawdust adds organic mat- j a»< get calls from home gardeners m King what they can do to the ter, improving the tilth of heavy ht-avy clay soil in their flower soils and the water holding capa. »•-ds anj garden to make it more city of light soils. At the same time fertility would eventually be <--i,durtive and easier to work. Often in the rush of house added after the sawdust had de tuJdmg, the basement clay is cayed. A recent report on experimen gtpietid around the house and tal work with sawdust at Oregon Mer becomes the flower beds. Or sometimes the home is sit State college brings out some in teresting information. "When in uated on a soil type that is na turally very heavy and difficult t corporated at 10 tons per acre to a depth of 6 to 7 inches, sawdust fc manage. Digging out the clay and re- of Douglas-fir, western hemlock, f .aruig it with a good loam soil and western red cedar were found to increase significantly the yields » ene method of solving the stable m, but it is usually quite of sunflower plants on Chehalis • xperuive and it involves a lot of silty-clay loam soil without ad ciffictilt, hard work. Adding ded available nitrogen. The same Urge quantités of sawdust over a was true of alkali-extracted cedar wriod of time can do a great chips and Springfield lignin. •ml toward improving and mel- I Without added nitrogen, Ponder osa pine sawdust and cedar tow t-WMig heavy clay soils. produced slight decreases in yield Two precautions are suggested while rye straw was markedly > depressive even with ammonium nitrate. "As a general conclusion it may be stated that coniferous sawdust j I and other wood wastes incorpo rated in the soil and beneficial to microbial activity and plant growth. Moderate applications, not exceeding 10 tons per acre IN (dry basis) produce only minor THURSDAY and temporary depletion of avail able nitrogen. At heavier rates ol BACK sawdust application, additional THURSDAY nitrogen must be added. "These conclusions apply sim- iliarly to sawdust and other Bring To- wood wastes used as mulches. BEN BRICKEL’S Although the organic matter is on the soil in this case, the water BARBER SHOP soluble organic constituents will leach downward and require some nitrogen for decomposition.” The best information that we can secure indicates that a unit and of sawdust weighs about 1 '•» tons per unit. Thus two tons pet acre would be just under three 2‘n unit loads of sawdust per acre Laundry and Dry Cleaning Oregon Laundry Dry Cleaners ^HZHXHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZKTg M X H M Z X H M X X H w X X H M Z X H M Z X H N Z l.YNN S SHOE SERVICE WILL REOPEN X H , FOR BUSINESS « Z X H K Z M Z X H Z (Closed Thursday and Friday) X M H Z X H M Z X H M Z X H N Z X H M X X H H Z X H H UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ■ SAT., MARCH 20 COMPLETE SHOE REPAIR SERVICE BY CLARENCE HEBRON WEEKLY FOREST MARKET REPORT . . . AROUND I Unit Lesson for HOME... March Studied Issued Weekly by Extension De partment, OSC and USDA Plain cakes were made fancy at the March meeting of the Mist-Nehalem extension unit, The meeting was held at the Bir- Several of our Columbia county kenfeld gym Friday, March 12 seamstresse, in th? Better Dress Mrs. Buddie Larson was hostess. Mrs. Fred Udey demonstrated Workshops are finding that nylon cake decorating with roses, for- must be "handled with care” to get-me-nots, sweet peas, bells and assure success. many other things. The results Stitching of sheer nylon should were taken home to the families. The unit voted to contribute be done with nylon thread. For S3 00 to help with the painting on the home seamstress there is only the dorm, and later on hopes to one size of nylon thread avail- I contribute to the kitchen fund. able. This is size A which com A report was given on political pares to number 70 cotton but has parties, platforms, state, county and national conventions and greater strength. Nylon thread comes in a variety committees. Hom? accidents were of sixty colors. The average discussed and remedies and pre cautions mention’d. The Mist- spool contains 100 yards. In sewing with nylon thread, Nehalem Unit will have charge cut the thread from the spool of the salads and salad dressings and use a shorter length than at the Homemaker’s Festival in when sewing with cotton thread The next meeting will be at Always cut nylon thread, and don't break it. Similar to nylon Mrs. Chas. Sundland's home and material, thread ravels easily the lesson will be "Care of Rugs and Upholstered Furniture,” on when broken. When doing machine stitching April 9 Mrs L. O Closner and with nylon thread it is important Mrs. Chas. Sundland will be the leaders. Everyone is to use a sharp needle with no project roughness. A number 11 needle welcome. A scriptural memorial was read for an all-nylon fabric and num by Mrs. Norman Hanson for Isa- ber 14 for medium weight fab belle Berg. rics. The upper tension should be I about half as tight as for sewing with cotton thread. Skipped stitches are sometimes caused by too tight tension. By Helen Selli* Home Extension Agent 4-H Scholarship Talked by Unit Members of the Fern Hill home extension unit are also planning a re-holstery workshop later on this spring. Some tips they might wish to consider are as follows: Colorless nail polish applied very lightly will pi-vent the up holstery goods from raveling too far. Women in the dress work shops are finding this same trick is helpful when making button holes and buckles. Be careful of using too much polish, however or spilling a drop on the rest of the material. To prevent rubberized up holstery fabrics from sticking to the sewing machine, sew through a strip of cambric placid on the wrong side of the fabric. Rub the bottom of the presser or cording foot with paraffin when using the machine for sew ing leather or leather substitutes. The paraffin lubricates the thread. helping form better stitches. In farm homes, the center of family life is the kitchen, accord ing to Margaret Tull r, Oregon State college extension rural housing specialist. She suggests that rural fami- lies who are considering building or remodeling houses for modern living keep in mind the impor tance of the kitchen. A survey in Pennsylvania showed the three most-used rooms in conventional farm homes are kitchen, living room and din ing room, she said. The kitchen was by far the most used room of the house, not only in time spent there but in activities car ried on. Families used kitchens not only for preparing meals and preserv ing food, but also for eating, ironing, washing, child car •. reading, sewing, keeping books. studying, visiting, listening to the radio, family recreation and rest- ing. The larger the kitchen, the more time the family spent there, Mrs. TuIler reported An outside door in the kitchen also increased its use. Unlike kitchens, which got most use in summer, living rooms weic us* d rhore in the winter. Many* families get by without dining rooms. Mr.» Tull-r noted Of the families cover d in the survey, a third had no dining room For those who had one. dining was not the important use of the room. Mentioned most frequently wer a sewing—prubab- ly because the big table was very handy for cutting patterns—and I play and recreation The rural housing specialist said the survey indicates the dining Í room is not an indispensable room, but that if it is emitted the kitchen needs are more care- ful planning to take care of the family m.als and other activities THE VERNONIA EAGLE Marvin Kamholz Editor and Publisher Official Newspaper of Vernonia, Oregon Cake decorating was the sub ject of the Timber route exten sion unit meeting at th Vernonia grange hall March 9. Mrs. Ray Stanley reported on world citi zenship and reminded members to bring articles and pictures on Mexico for the scrap book. Mrs. Joe Johnson reported on program planning and distributed ballots for a choice of subjects for next year’s unit meetings. The unit diecussed the sponsor ship of a scholarship for 4-H and planned a food sale for April 24. Mrs. Joe Baker reported on legislature and led the discussion and Mrs. Emil Messing demon- strated the art of cake decorat- ing. Mrs. Richard Jensen a.id Mrs. Joe J-nson were hostesses, The next meeting will be at the grange hall April 13. i Oregon State Colleg? — Peeler j logs were up $5 a thousand in j the Eugene area last week. Other ; prices were generally unchanged. A look back over the past sev- ' eral years shows that log prices | i establish themselves during Janu , ary and February generally hold • till early summer. The seasonal | decline has begun as early as May and as late as July. The drop has amounted to $3 to S7 a thousand and usually ends in late summer or early fall. Weather has had a lot to do I with the tinvjng of -the-? price declines, and probably will af fect them again this year. If loggers can get into the woods pretty soon, the seasonal drop could come early. On the other j hand, a wet spring may ho,d prices up for quite a while, since mills need enough logs to supply lumber during the mam construc tion season. SAWLOGS. No. 2 second- growth Douglas fir sawlogs at Willamette valley mills last week ranged from $30 to $42 a thou sand, mostly $36 to $40. No. 3's were $25 to $30. Long camp-run j second-growth was mostly $35 to j $38. Short logs were $2 to $5 less. Eight-foot logs were $14 to $16.50 a cord, or $30 to $38 a thousand. Old-growth sawlogs ranged from $38 to $50 a thousand for No. 2’s and $25 to $40 for No. 3's. Peeler logs sold over a $30 range in the noith rn Willamette valley. Top prices wer? $85, $95 and $110 on water scale. Mills I in the Eugene area paid $70, $85, and $95 a thousand. POLES AND PILING: Forty to 50-foot barkie poles and long piling were in good demand at a few Willamett? valley pole yards. Forty-five foot barkies ranged from 14 to 20 cents a lineal foot, depending on diameters. PULPWOOD: All pulp species ; were $15 a cord at St. Hel-ns. There was no open pulpwood market in the Willamette valley OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS: [ Swordfern was 14 cents a bunch. i Dry cascara bark was 12 cents a i pound. This report, bar d on informa j tion supplied by the State Boaid of Forestry and other sources, was ' j Entered as 'second class mad j matter, August 4, 1922 at W.e | post office in Vernonia, Oregon I under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $3.00 yearly in th? Nehalem Valley. Else where $3.50. I j ns U'f»« prepared by F. H. Dahl, Exten sion Agricultural Economist. The Columbia River has pro vided mor? salmon than any othf-i river in the world. Since 1852 it has yieided more than $600,0’50 000 in salmon. 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