♦ F AROUND THE FARM Oregon's agricultural progress through research reflects in high degree acceptance of the idea that farming is more than a way of life, but a way of business. Today’s farmer must be a bus­ inessman, chemist, machinist, economist and husbandman along with other skills needed for most efficient production and marketing of crops and animals. He is gener­ ally eager for research findings that can improve his position in a highly competitive business. Adoption of Oregon State Uni­ versity agricultural experiment station research findings has had tremendous impact upon the state’s economy. Oregon’s agricul­ tural production has increased in dollar value greatly in the past 20 years even though the number of acres in farms is about the same. The experiment station is the re­ search unit of OSU in the areas of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, wildlife, home economics and re­ lated sciences. Research problems are as many and as varied as in any state in the nation. Well over 100 major crops are produced com­ mercially in Oregon. Much of the agricultural pro­ gress of Oregon is the direct re­ sult of improved crop varieties, higher yields through use of ferti­ lizers, animals that make more ef­ ficient use of better feeds, and other research findings. Th? foundation of Oregon’s agri­ cultural research program was laid on July 2, 1888, with the appoint­ ment of Edgar E. Grimm as agri­ culturist and first station director. In August of that year, E. R. Lake was named hoticulturist and bot­ anist and Dr. P. H. Irish was hired as chemist. Congress had launched the na­ tion upon a program of agricultur­ al research on March 2, 1887, by passage of the Hatch Act approp­ riating $15,000 a pear to each of the state land-grant colleges, in this case Oregon State. The Hatch Act was passed to "aid in acquir­ ing and diffusing among the peo­ ple of the United States useful and practical information on sub- jets connected with agriculture.” During this 74-year period, the staff has grown from two part- time scientists to over 200 agri­ cultural scientists now serving un­ der F. E. Price, dean and director of agriculture. Grimm organized the station's activties under three departments: agriculture, chemistry and horti­ culture and botany. Director Price’s organization lists 18 re­ search departments at the central station at Corvallis and 13 branch experiment stations scattered throughout the state. The dividends from the invest­ ment taxpayers have made in this research program have shown cor­ responding growth. So spectacular have been the returns from the investments made in agricultural research that the job of the agri­ cultural scientists has been de­ scribed as that of "planting tax dollars and making them grow," points out R. W. Henderson, as­ sistant station director. The site of the first field experi­ ment station was the lower cam­ pus area of Corvallis. Over the years, additional experimental farms containing several thousand acres have been added. Research Demonia Eagie 6 THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962 By DON COIN WALROD County Extension Agent laboratories are scattered across the campus. The objective^ of the agricultur­ al experiment station, once simply stated as “to secure facts which will be effective in answering questions or solving problems con­ fronting agriculture,” have be­ coming more complex. Now re­ search is aimed at the following objectives: Conservation and efficient use of the state’s natural resources in­ cluding forests, soil, water, fish and wildlife. Increasing efficiency of produc­ tion of agricultural commodities and forest products. Improving the processing, distri­ bution and marketing of agricul­ tural and forest products. 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H olm es, w r ile r h istorian During a baseball game be­ tween the Vancouver Mounties and the Portland Beavers on May 29th at Vancouver, B.C., the game was disrupted by the sudden ap- earance of a giant fireball soaring through the sky from north to south. The spectacle was so fright­ ening that baseball players, um­ pires and sports writers went scur­ rying for the dugouts. After the startling interlude the game was resumed. The brilliant greenish fireball with “a white tail” was seen in British Columbia, Wash­ ington and Idaho. If any of you readers observed it, you might drop us a line describing the sight as it appeared to you and also the direction of its movement. Also tell if there was a trailing streamer of smoke. Or you might like to send the information right to Phil F. Brogan. Northwest Director, American Meteor Society. Phil Brogan is the editor of the Bend Bulletin, Bend, Oregon. The American Meteor Society keeps track of all phenomena having to do with meteors. 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From the time it was first seen until it dis­ appeared, was one hour and twen­ ty-five minutes.” Another dramatic sighting of a fireball was made by the members of the so-called "Great Migration of 1843,” the huge wagon train that brought so many of the well- kuown pioneers to the Pacific Northwest. The man who founded my own home town of McMinn­ ville, William T. Newby, noted the event with ingenious spelling in his diary for August 4. 1834. The diary was published in the Oregon Goulds balanced flow shallow well system. No tank, no extras. Now Only...... 1 0 4 85 Group 1 Batteries. 36 month guar. $088 Exchange «7 A N D A P L E A S U R E TO L IV E L illie P eo p le A tten d T h e L ittle W orld's Fair BIRKENFELD — Shirley Berg went in to Portland Saturday. She attended a meeting of the little people Sunday. Later the group went to the Little World’s Fair at Damascus. Mrs. Lawrence Johnston and children visited with Mrs. Fred Larson Friday afternoon. The Gene Larsons have moved over to Birkenfeld for a couple of months. They are living in a trailer house. Several people gathered at the Francis Nordstrom home last Thursday evening to help Mrs. Nordstrom celebrate her birthday. Those there were Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Art Bellingham, Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson and Elsa Richardson. IN V E R N O N IA M rs. G arlock and G u ests A tten d F air A t S e a ttle MIST — Mr. and Mrs. R. Saxton of San Diego, Calif, visited the Ray Garlocks from Tuesday until Sunday. Wednesday and Thurs­ day Mr. and Mrs. Saxton and Mrs. Garlock were at Seattle and en­ joyed the fair. Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Garlock called on his folks and all enjoyed musical numbers by Mr. Saxton and he also showed some pictures that were interest­ ing. Eight of the Bible school help­ ers took about 56 children to the zoo a week ago Saturday. All en­ joyed the trip and Packy w’as the main attraction. The helpers at the Bible school all went on a clam digging expe­ dition Saturday. F a m ily F rom G resh am M oves To T en th S tr ee t RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stockam and two girls have moved from Gresham to the Robert Bates place on 10th street. Janet, the year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marlyn Eide, under­ went surgery Tuesday at the Tu- ality hospital. Michael and Margaret McDon­ ald of Portland are vacationing at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. West. Other recent visitors at the Wests are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Di­ amond, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Din- nerbeck and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Combs of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Hillyer of Brightwood. Historical Quarterly in September, 1939: “Thare was a very curious explosion at noon: first thare was some thing past over us in the ele­ ment like a bawl of fier, then fol­ lowed it a Ion gstreak of blew smoke in a zig zag form about 2 hundred yards long. Then followed it a very tremendious report as if it had been large guns firing.” Another member of the wagon train, James W. Nesmith, also noted in his diary for that day, “About 2:00 o’clock in the after­ noon we heard a loud, sharp re­ port of a piece of heavy artillery After the first report, there was a loud rumbling sound overhead." In later years Newby told a newspaper reporter that what they S u p port Y ou r V ern on ia saw and heard "was probably a meteor.” 1 F rien d sh ip Jam boree! ✓