Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, December 15, 1955, Page 8, Image 8

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THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1955
THE EAGLE, VBRWONIA, ORE
flDATTMB THF FHDM BY DON COIN WALHOD
CUlUUIlU mil f HAITI County Extension Agent
Fertilizers paid off in higher
yields of potatoes for Fred Zim­
merman, Apiary, in trials that he
conducted this summer for his
own information. In an effort to
find out just how much benefit
he was getting from fertilizers on
his soil, Fred used fertilizer on
some rows and left others with­
out.
In the trial, a 6-20-20 fertilizer
was used at the rate of 600
pounds per acre. From the in­
formation supplied by soil tests,
this should have been about
right, as this soil was somewhat
low in both phosphate and pot­
ash. In addition potatoes use re­
latively high amounts of potash.
The rows in this potato patch
were 207 feet long. For com­
parison 1 fertilized row, contain­
ing 117 hills, was dug and the
potatoes sorted by grade. There
was a total of 270 pounds of po­
tatoes, with 162 pounds of them
being number ones, 67 pounds of
number two and 41 pounds of
culls.
An unfertilized row containing
J29 hills produced a total of 167
>pounds of potatoes of which 111
5 pounds were number 1, 28 pounds
graded number two and 28 pounds
± -cull.
On the basis of these results,
the fertilizer boosted yields of
number ones by more than a ton
and a half per acre and number
twos by more than a ton.
It
alto increased the number of culls
by slightly more than 700 pounds,
and Fred indicates that the fer­
tilized potatoes were larger and |
were a little more knobby. If
irrigation water had been avail-
. able, it might have been possibl?
ito control to some degree.
Because
movement of frozen
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fruits out of storage has a great
influence on the market, we know
that local strawberry growers will
welcome the news that 9.2 million
pounds of strawberries moved out
of storage during October 1955.
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The holdings of eleven differ­
ent fruit crops were recently re­
ported on by the agricultural
marketing service. Of the 11,
only three were in smaller sup­
ply than a year ago, blackberries,
down ten per cent, blueberries
down 17 per cent, and grapes
down 27 per cent. The increase
of strawberry holdings amounted
to about 19 per cent as of Novem­
ber 1.
wage earners
rights
in Oregon
Subject:
Training for Skilled Trades
When the outgo exceeds the in­
come. the upkeep is the downfall.
WHY NOT JOIN THE
HEALTH
PARADE!
Shippers can take a tip from wise old Santa l or
« hi tunc delivery and cartful handling to all ma-
jor points in the United States, choose Spokane,
Next tune you make a shipment, call your
S P 4S freight agent.
I or information call:
C. L. Johnson. Railroad Station
Oeeerol Offkac American tank lldg , Partland, Ora.
SP9K.I.XE. I’OIITI.AM) and SEATTLE
RAILWAY SYSTEM
Grain feeding ewes for six
weeks before lambing is a good
practice for preventing preg­
nancy disease in ewes, according
to Lou Oester, county extension
agent at large.
This disease is rather common
in sheep that are underfed dur­
ing the gestation period. The
cause of the disease is malfunc­
tion of the metabolism of sugars
and may occur in either thin or
fat ewes.
In the first stages, the affected
ewes lag behind the flock or stand
around by themselves and seem
unthrifty. Later, they go down
and turn their heads around to
the side. A paralysis of the hind­
quarters also sets in.
In this
stage, a drench 3 or 4 times a
day of one-half cup sugar in one
pint of water usually brings abou
recovery.
Prevention is better than a
cure and this disease can usually
be prevented by feeding one-half
pound of grain per day p?r ewe.
This would amount to less than 25
pounds of grain per ewe for this
Young men are trained to be­
come journeymen in
skilled
trades right on their jobs in ap­
prenticeship. BaSLc regulations
for this training are fixed by law.
The training course for each
trade is formed by committees
equally representing labor and
management of the particular in­
dustry with approval of the state
apprenticeship council. Here are
some apprentice queries.
Q. How can a young man start
training for a trade?
A. There are four steps:
1. Determine what he would
like for a lifetime vocation and
take aptitude tests to see if he is
adapted for the work. These tests
may be taken at any state em­
ployment office. (Skilled trades
require above-average facility in
hand work as well as physical fit­
ness and good mental ability.)
2. Consult an apprenticeship su-
perisor to be certain the desired
trade is apprenticeable.
3. Take ordinary employment
channels to seek a job which pro­
ROYAL
vides the training.
4. Join the employer in secur­
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ing approval of the local appren­
TRULY
MODERN
ticeship committee of an appren­
ticeship agreement which assures
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training in all phases of the trade
THE VERNONIA EAGLE
while earning on the job.
Q. One of my boys wants to be Ph. HA 9 3372 — Vernonia, Ore.
a painter and the other a book­
keeper. Can they acquire these
vocations as prrentices in on-the-
job-training?
A. Skills of the painter trade
may be acquired through appren­
ticeship. The boy desiding book­
keeper training would not be a
candidate for apprenticeship un­
der the Oregon law since a book­
keeper’s abilities are not involved
primarily with manual skills.
If you have a question, write
Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen,
state Bureau of Labor, Salem,
Oregon.
Good farm records are a basic
tool that the farmer needs for in­
creasing the efficiency and in­
come of his farming program, ac­
cording to Lou Oester, county ex­
tension agent at large.
The first step is to secure a good
farm record book and keep an
account of all expenses, receipts,
and other pertinent information
on the farming program. This
may be done on each individual
enterprise or on the whole farm­
ing program. The latter uj the
easier method and will be satis­
factory for most farms.
Records are often kept only fpr
income tax and social security
purposes. However, the greatest
value in records is to use them
in planning the farm program
and making the program more ef­
ficient, stated Oester. The far­
mer can compare his records with
those of other farmers and with
experimental data to determin ’
the cause of any difference in in­
come.
Many measures of efficiency
have been set up by farmers
themselves.
Dairymen
realize
that an average of 5,500 pounds
of milk per cow is not enough to
make a profitable enterprise. Yet
this is the national average. Dairy
Herd Improvement association
members have an avrage of 9,-
253 pounds of milk per cow. Their
records have helped them cull
their herds and follow other man­
agement practices that increased
GEMS OF THOUGHT
their production per cow.
HOPE AND JOY
Poultry men realize that under
Artificial optimism alienates
good management their hens
should average from 225 to 250 more friends than it makes.
—F. C. Aspley
eggs per year. If their records
A propensity to hope and joy
show lower production, they can
analyze their records further to is real riches; one to fear and
determine why their production sorrow is real poverty.
—David Hume
is lower.
A happy man or woman is a
Record keeping requires very
little time if a suitable system is radiant focus of good will, and
used.
Most folks feel that this their entrance into a room is as
time is well spent. The Oregon though another candle has been
farm record book and assistance lighted.
—-Robert Louis Stevenson
in keeping records may be secur­
When the destination is desir­
ed from the county extension
able, expectation speeds our pro­
agent.
gress.
— Mary Baker Eddy
Get into the habit of looking
for the silver lining of the cloud,
and, when you have found it,
continue to look at it, rather than
at the leaden gray in the middle.
It will help you over many hard
places.
—A A. Willitts
It is almost always when
things ar? all blocked up and
impossible that
a
happening
comes. If you are sure and rea­
dy, that is all you need. God is
turning the world around all the
time.
—Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Portland and Seattle Railway.
Grain Feeding
Aids In Lambing
Drink MILK daily for your
health's sake, and when
you drink MILK know you
are receiving the best by
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period. Any of the common grains
available would be satisfactory.
Exercise during the gestation
period is important for insuring
good health of the ewe. Some op­
erators feed the grain some dis­
tance from the shelter so the
sheep will move about more
Best Wishes for the New Year!
Portland Concrete Pipe & Products Co.
S819 S.W. Macadam
Portland. Oregon
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Sparkling refreshment coming up.
Take a moment to enjoy the satisfying
good taste of Olympia . ..
then carry on, refreshed.
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