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Alfalfa productivity as well as
longevity makes it a particularly
attractive crop for those lands
suited to it. Harvesting presents
its problems, but there is no lack
of demand.
When properly established, there
is no question about the ability of
alfalfa to outproduce other forage
crops. However, it is sometimes
criticized for being short lived. In
Western Oregon, this is usually as­
sociated with plant food deficiency,
assuming the soil is suitable.
Although alfalfa has the ability
to gather its own nitrogen directly
from the air through an associa­
tion with a special rhizobia bac­
teria, it is a heavy feeder on other
plant food elements. These are
most frequently apt to be phos­
phorus, potassium, sulfur and bo­
ron.
In Columbia county, Sulfur and
boron are deficient to the extent
that these two plant food elements
should be applied every year.
Phosphorus or potash, or both,
may be needed depending upon the
particular soil and past history.
All of these fertilizer materials
should be applied in the fall, pre­
ferably during late September or
October but at least before the
rains soften fields so that equip­
ment can’t get on without doing
damage.
If potassium requirements are
heavy, splitting the applications
into both spring and fall is the
most effective way of getting full
benefits.
The longevity of alfalfa on both
bottom and hill soils is attesed to
by a six year old field owned by
Vern Kohlstrand, McNulty. Vern
has already harvested four cut­
tings from this non-irrigated field
this year and there’s another rea-
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dy. This field should certainly last
another couple years and be pro­
ductive. Vern uses sulfur, boron,
and potash on his field since phos­
phorus levels are high.
Ron McDonald, who lives on
Rock Creek out of Vernonia, has
an excellent field of hill alfalfa
that is also six years old. The al­
falfa has persisted well at an ele­
vation of well over 1,000 feet. Dry
conditions have made only two
cuttings feasible. In addition to the
sulfur and boron, Ron needs to ap­
ply phosphorus.
Although alfalfa is either spring
or summer seeded here, we know
of a number of folks who are ar­
ranging to lime fields this fall in
preparation for early planting to
alfalfa next spring.
Have you tried one of the new
cereals with the fruit right in the
box? Even if you haven’t, you’ve
probably seen some of their ads.
The fruits in these cereals are
freeze-dried: they have been froz­
en, then dehydrated. This process
got its start in the food industry
in 1955. Since then, the kinds of
food processed, their volume, and
the number of firms handling
them have expanded greatly.
Foods now being freeze-dried in
greatest volumes are chicken,
beef, ham, sausage, shrimp, crab,
prawns, tuna, eggs, cottage cheese,
asparagus, snapbeans, celery, bell
peppers, mushrooms, chives, tea,
soluble coffee, and strawberries,
blueberries, and peaches.
Freeze-dried foods undergo a
minimum of physical and chemi­
cal (flavor) changes. They have a
long shelf life and there is no need
for refrigeration (spoiling is al­
most non-existent). Their light
weight is a bonus.
Fruits and berries are particu­
larly prone to spoil rapidly when
fresh. And the season when most
of them can be sold fresh is quite
limited. So they are among the
products with a lot of potential for
freeze-drying. The extent to which
this potential can be realized de­
pends largely on the acceptability
and success of the freeze-dried
fruit products now on the market
and the continued advance of re­
search to improve the freeze-dry­
ing process.
Fertilization of pastures now
may save you hay later. Cooler
weather and our recent rains will
start grasses growing again. An
application of nitrogen fertilizer
will get some growth on that
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grass so that it is usable as pas­
ture.
A general fertilization of pas­
tures is in order now, but the
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1966 amount and kind will vary. Every
acre of Columbia county pasture
should have thirty to forty pounds
of sulfur, two to three pounds of
boron and potassium and phos­
phorus according to the need as
indicated by a soil test.
An application of thirty to forty
pounds of nitrogen per acre should
pay dividends in usable grass for
this fall. Not all of this amount
will be utilized by the crop now,
but it will be tied up and carry
over to get things going again in
the spring.
At This Crucial
Any one of the various solid
Moment. . .
forms of nitrogen fertilizers can
be used, but it is usually most ec­
you need life insurance
which has been created
onomical to put it on the basis of
cost per pound. Ordinarily, this
with extra care I Our Life
will mean that the higher analysis
counseling success thrives
on customer confidence
fertilizers such as ammonium ni
and satisfaction. May we
trate or urea will be the least ex­
demonstrate our "extra
pensive.
care’’ today?
Harrowing the droppings and
clipping any weeds or aftermath
will help to get fall pastures off to
a profitable start.
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