• ------------- 3 AROUND THE By FARM ► 5 ■i "THANKS A MILLION, FRIENDS’ Our Grand Opening last week was a huge success • you made it a suc cess when you dropped into our store to visit and shop. Because of the large crowd we couldn't give you the kind of attention you'll get Don Coin Walrod V . Xz the next time you drop in - but for stopping in during our Grand Open- ►5... ina. we ore saying again: “ Thanks a M illion, Friends.” Columbia county folks are promi nent in state activities in many ways, but being modest folks not a great deal is said about it. No doubt there are many that we don’t know about, and knowing full well that there will be amissions, we would like to call attention to the activities of some of these folks. Harold Davis, Clatskanie, is cur rently president o fthe Oregon State Fur Breeders association while Cecil Huff, Vernonia, heads up the Oregon Broiler Growers association and Mrs. Huff is a member of the Oregon Fry er Commission. Carl Brandenfels, St. Helens, is president of the Oregon Holly Grow ers association, and Elmer Peterson of the Columbia county side of Sau- vies Island is president of the Ore gon Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Last month Peterson was appoint ed to a four-year term on the State Soil and Water Conservation com mittee by Governor Hatfield. Mrs. Kent Magruder, Clatskanie, is currently a member of the Ore gon 4-H Foundation. A few years ago Kent Magruder was president of the Oregon Cattlemens association, and several years ago John W. Whipple was president of the Oregon Essen tial Oil Growers League. Perhaps the matter of shade for livestock isn’t as important for West ern Oregon folks as it is in Eastern Oregon and other parts of the na tion. However, there are times when dairy, beef, and hog producers would be justified in making some provis ions for the comfort of their animals. Actually more than just animal comfort is involved. Research work indicates that steers on feed in dry- lot will gain from a quarter to a third pound more per day if shade is pro vided during the summer months. Such shade devices for cattle need to be at least eight feet off the ground for air circulation. Because of its reflective qualities, aluminum is one of the best type of shade roofing materials. In much of Western Oregon good advantage can be made of natural cover provided by a small grove of trees for cattle and livestock on pas ture. To be convinced of the need for shade for livestock, one need only observe them closely on a hot sum mer day. Dry plowing following the harvest of an early maturing crop is an ef fective way of controlling persistent creeping grasses such as quackgrass and bluegrasses. This is only one of several methods of control, but till age is one of the more practical me thods when these creeping grasses infest large areas. The most common procedure is to dry plow with a moldboard plow, exposing the root systems of the plant to the drying actions of the wind and sun. After regrowth of the grassy plants starts, the area should be cross-harrowed with a springtooth type implement. Such cultivations should be repeated for the remainder of the summer as of ten as the green growth occurs. The tilled area can be early fall planted to cereals, silage crops, or crimson clover for seed in the adapt ed areas. Following harvest the sec ond year, the field should be replow ed and cultivation continued if need ed. Rototilling can be substituted for moldboard plowing. However, more summer tillage is needed when roto- tiller type machines are used. Chemical herbicide treatments are effective for grassy plant control, but their use is usually limited to small acreages since they are apt to be more expensive than tillage. In same cases there may be some merit to using a combination chemical and tillage control program for the re duction of grassy weeds. Columbia county’s Astoria bent- grass seed fields were inspected for certification late last week. Appar ently the acreage to be harvested is down slightly this year, but for the most part the fields show pro mise of an excellent crop. Fields were pollenating when cer tification inspectors were making their rounds last Thursday. With the season somewhat late at this point, it is expected that harvest will begin sometime after August 1. Passing field inspection is only the first step in the qualifications of certified seed. After harvest a Demonia Eagle 8 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6* 1964 representative sample of the seed from each lot must meet rigid stand ards for purity and germination as well as be free from certain noxious weeds. All of these steps are aimed at giving the ultimate consumer a high grade seed of known quality. After all, what home-owner can look at seed than contains 5 to 8 million seeds per pound and know what he is getting from his money? S o m e o n e remembered recently that savings bonds used to pay less interest than they do today. So the question came up as to whether it wouldn’t be smart to cash in the old ones and buy the 3% percent bonds now on sales. So that led to a little investigation. The truth of the matter is that no series E bond still being held is pay ing less than 3% when held to ma turity — and most of the old ones are paying more. As we understand it, here is the way it works. The interest is based on a sliding, upward scale. Also, old bonds were increased at the same time that the new rate went into effect in 1959. So —any E bond you might own will draw at least 3% percent to its next maturity. Many will earn a rate of four percent or higher. If you’d like to check this your self, ask your banker to let you see his copy of the “Table of Investment Yields’’. The rate of any E bond is shown on this one-page table. Over the years many alfalfa varie ties, as well as other forage species, have been tested for adaptability here in Columbia county. Because plant breeders are actively develop ing improved varieties to meet con ditions of some particular area, we need to constantly watch for varie ties that will better meet our own conditions. A variety test planting was made this spring at the Ron Hein farm, Scappoose, using 29 different varie ties of alfalfa. DuPuits is still the best of the alfalfas for this area and consequently we will be compar ing all others with it. Many things besides yield need to be considered. Although DuPuits works out well under our conditions, we would like to see something with better longevity and disease resis tance. No one would object to still greater yields, we’re sure. In a recent visit Ron Hein noted that a newly planted field of alfalfa showed response from manure ap plied in one small portion of the field. Ron was interested in this since the field had been limed and fertilized prior to planting, and or dinarily alfalfa is not expected to respond to manuring. The manure Ron applied may have made a more favorable climate for the rhizobia, the nitrogen fixing bac teria that lives in a symbiotic rela tionship with the alfalfa supplying the nitrogen for its needs. Or it may be that the manure supplied minor elements in a greater amount than the young plants could obtain from the newly limed and fertilized field. Research contiues to improve on the herbicides available to do specif ic jobs, Tordon. one of the latest de velopments, is not currently on the market but is expected to be availa ble in the next few weeks. All of the uses of this material are not known at this time, but there is no doubt that Canada thistle will be one of the more important weeds it will control. Last year plots were put on late in the season and still gave very good control. Both one and two pounds per acre gave complete kill with no regrowth on a plot near the Borlin dairy farm near Deer Is land. On the farm of the late Nick Thomas. Goble, excellent control of wild morning glory was achieved with a September spraying. Without question, better control would result from an earlier application. To find out more information about the use of such materials, consid erable work needs to be done. Trial plots have already been located along highway 30 near Warren and the road to the Longview bridge. The current hunter's catch report of the Fish and Wildlife Service shows that County Trapper Bob Walker caught 30 opossum for the month ending the last of April. 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How much so will Fly control programs need to start depend somewhat upon how well suit ed our climate is to the needs of this early, and the first step is to clean South American emigrant. up all manure and remove debris that might serve as breeding sites. Fly sprays are usually quite ef A number of county kmdowners in the Clatskanie area are making use fective when used in conjunction with of ASCS cost-sharing provisions to a sanitation program Spraying of institute control measures against both livestock and premises is neces tussock rush and tansy ragwort Both sary for the most effective control. Caution must be used in selecting offer heavy competitiwi to pasture species and the latter is poisonous the right spray material to avoid contamination, says Walrod. Specific to cattle and horses. Undertaking to do this spray work recommendations for individual sit- FINE FURNITURE uations can be secured from exten sion agents. An unusual number of requests for information about the consequences of grazing pastures that have been sprayed with 2, 4-D have come into the office in the past few weeks. Over the years a great deal of in formation about 2, 4-D and 2,4,5-T has been collected, and while these materials have been cleared for weed control uses in pastures, it is generally advisable to allow a lit tle time interval between the appli cation of sprays and the actual graz ing. While these hormone sprays cer tainly are not poisonous in them selves. they cause internal changes in the plant. It is possible that same of these chemical alterations in the plant could be harmful to the animal. Phone HA 9-5651 In other instances, spraying with herbicides may make certain plants palatable whereas they would not or dinarily be eaten. Generally we have no problem with regard to 2,4-D srays, but it always pays to exercise caution. For the past year or so. thibenzole has been doing a most satisfactory job of controlling internal parasites in sheep and goats. During this per iod. stockmen owners have been im patient to use the material with cat tle but such use was not approved. The food and drug administration and the USDA have now cleared thi benzole for oral use with cattle for the control of roundworms. ' Any boy who brings home a bad report card will tell you a little learning is a dangerous thing.’’