AROUND THE FARM
In the usual methods of statisti
cal reporting, the dairy industry
is seldom given credit for beef
production whereas this is an im
portant source of meat. Currently
available data indicates that prob
ably about 35 percent of our meat
supply actually is from the dairy
industry.
With about 22 million dairy
cows in the U. S., we have a po
tential of approximately 11 million
bull calves annually to go for veal
or dairy steers. Cows no longer
suitable for milk production also
find their way into meat markets,
although the form may not be
recognizable.
Recent research has been di
rected toward the economy of
raising dairy steers to heavier
weights, the best feeding methods,
and development of better value
meat cuts. Some farm facilities
might better be used for this type
project than for milk production.
One dairy specialist even points
out that this might be a profitable
way toward retirement for older
dairymen.
A cooperative USDA project at
Beltsville is presently underway
to study systems of feeding and
management as related to pro
duction of meat from dairy steers,
beef and dual purpose animals.
Angus, Milking Shorthorn, Hol
stein and Jersey steers are being
used and grown to about two-
thirds mature size.
The first crop of cattle is about
ready for slaughter and study of
carcass values. Within the feed
systems used, Holsteins appear to
gain at an equal or greater rate
than any of the other breeds test-
ed.
It is programs like this that
make possible high quality food
supplies at costs lower than that
of other nations. They also tend
to make for changes among agri
cultural producers and processors.
Agricultural research of the type
being done with dairy cattle more
or less benefits all of us, but some
times the benefits of agricultural
research are more direct.
For instance, the development
of the aerosol “bomb” by scien
tists of the Agricultural Research
Service provided millions of Allied
Servicemen in World War II with
the means of controlling disease
carrying pests. After the war, the
aerosol went on to become a bil
lion-dollar industry and the dis
penser of over 300 different kinds
of products.
Last year, American consumers
bought almost 1 billion aerosols to
conveniently spray, squirt, mist,
foam, or otherwise apply such pre
parations as hair lacquer, paint,
deodorants, window cleaners, de
icers, shaving cream, and insecti
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weeds in the bentgrass seed fields.
All of our Astoria and Seaside
bentgrass is grown under certifi
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such seed that he is getting a high
quality weed-free product. At the
same time, some of these weeds
can cause problems for the grower
as their presence may cause his
seed to fail to pass certification
tests.
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be somewhat more susceptible to
spray injury than many other
grasses, such damage was one of
the principal factors under con
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were obtained by the different
materials which included 2, 4-D
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of ¡injury to the grass was present
at this time.
Early in the season before the
grass started to head, the plots
sprayed with silvex showed some
slight differences in color. This
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The choice of a herbicide by a
grower will depend upon the par
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weeds are susceptible to sprays
such as 2, 4-D which is quite in
expensive. Other weeds, such as
sorrel and chickw-eed, are not dam
aged by 2, 4-D, but can be con
trolled with the use of a material
such as banvel-D, but at a cost
of about $10 per acre.
Food and Drug Administration
approval has not been granted for
the use of all of these materials,
particularly the banvel-D, which
carries an experimental label at
this time.
Several years ago five Tennesee
Valley Authority test demonstra
tion farms were established as a
means of checking the response
to fertilizer using the materials
manufactured by the TV A. Under
this program, the rates of fertilizer
were determined by soil tests. The
TVA materials used were made
available at reduced rates, but the
cooperating farmers had to pay-
freight so that the advantage over
standard material was slight.
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against anaplasmosis. We’re still
looking for clearcut ways to con
trol and eradicate this complicated
disease on a nationwide basis.
Tuberculosis has been on the
upswing for the last two years
and threatens to outrun research
efforts.
Mucosal disease of cattle baf-
fies researchers. Both cause and
ways of preventing it are un-
known.
Bovine leukosis is on the * in-
crease Research is struggling to
learn as much as possible about
this disease.
We lack effective control for
more than 50 percent of the para
sites affecting cattle. Parasites con
tinue to gnaw at growth rate, pro
duction, and efficiency of feed use.
Letting up in any area of agri
cultural research means loss of
hard-earned gains as well as fail
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A N D A P L E A S U R E TO L IV E
cipating, two remain in the pro
gram. They are the C. M. Kelley
farm. Rainier, and Beaver Farms
at Clatskanie. Changes in farm
programs, participation in the Soil
Bank and sale of the farm elimi
nated the farms of Walter H. Loyd,
Deer Island, Everett Skeans, Rai
nier, and Stanley Chandler, De-
lena.
In addition to consideration of
soils and crops response, the eco
nomics of the farm is of concern
and particularly any changes that
occur as a result of the changed
fertilizer program. The department
of agricultural economics at Ore
gon State assists with this part of
the program.
Last week we received a large
farm sign for each of the farms
still remaining in our program. We
hope to be able to get these up in
the very near future so that they
may help to point up the coopera
tion of these two farm owners.
The results of the fertilizer pro
gram have be?n most grtifying.
The use of the TVA materials,
mostly of high analysis phosphorus
has resulted in incerased produc
tion as well as improved stands of
forage crops. Of course, potash and
other fertilizer materials have b?en
applied as needed.
Through this program it has
been possible to demonstrate that
a legume could be successfully
produced in the high organic soils
cf the Clatskanie dike lands and |
; that economical use could be made
of greater amounts of fertilizers
on hill lands.
j Only five or six counties in the
| state are involved in this program,
but similar test farms are in exsist-
ence in other states.
Honey bees, like many other
animals, insects, or crops that we
have in the nation, are not native
to the United States, but were in-
IN
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troduced into this country about
1638. These almost tireless workerg
provided valuable pollination ser
vices for us besides supplying a
high quality food item.
If control of tansy ragwort is
achieved, it will depend to a de
gree upon the interest and public
spiritedness of indiivduals willing
to stop to pull and destroy indi
vidual plants wherever they are
found. Large patches of the weed
generally receive attention from
the weed inspector and landowner
alike. Individual plants are apt to
escape notice or deemed not wor
thy of attention. However, they
can be just as serious from the
standpoint of seeding the country
side.
With the bright yellow blossoms
of tansy ragwort making the plant
obvious at this time, it is only
natural that we get a considerable
number of telephone and office
calls regarding control of this poi
sonous weed. We are glad to pass
these reports along to Henry
Thompson. County Weed Control
Inspector.
Unfortunately, there are sonK
related plants that resemble tansy
ragwort closely. Probably there
are a number of instances in which
someone has spent needless time
and effort in pulling these plants.
The common wood groundsel is
probab’y most apt to be confused
with tansy ragwort as the leaf and
general plant characteristics are
very much the same, but the
flowers are distinctly different.
Tansy ragwort generally has 13
petals or rays while the wood
groundsel has cylindrical blossom
heads without obious petals. Al
though closely related to tansy
ragwort it is not known whether
the woodland groundsel is poison
ous or not, since animals avoid it
and its nauseating odor.