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AROUND THE FARM Oemonia Eagle 5 9 THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1967* Vacation Spent With Relatives By 8 Don Coin Walrod .J »a V' - — *B f i t " " w Ä TIMBER RT. — Mr. and Mrs. Bud Gibson and children spent part of their vacation at Redmond visiting her uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Scofield, and part of the week was spent at Seaside with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hull. Tom Galloway from Clatskanie is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. H. A. Thacker. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Wienecke and daughters of Veneta were over night guests of his mother, Mrs. Carl Wienecke Monday and Tues day. They were on their way to Seattle to visit her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Acord and family. Mr. Acord is a former resi dent of Vernonia where he was known as Bus Acord. Walter Hascall has purchased an acreage on Highway 47 and moved there last week. Mrs. Lyle Bledsoe and daughters Kay and Mrs. Glenn Wright and baby of Sand Lake visited the for mer’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Carl Wie necke Saturday. Mrs. Wienecke went to Sand Lake and spent sev eral days visiting her brother and family. She also called on Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Johnson, former Verno nia residents. Mrs. Frank Schmidlin and Mrs. Carl Wienecke called on Mrs. Al bert Reynolds Wednesday evening. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Reynolds. Hazel Hascall of Buxton was call ing on friends here Wednesday eve ning. OREGON FARMERS TRY WIS species with high percentages of CONSIN’S RECORD SYSTEM — seed-protein were selected for am Fifteen Oregon farmers are cur ino acid analysis. This is more rently enrolled in an electronic re than four times the number of cord management system develop species for which amino acid val ed in Wisconsin. ues were available when they The computerized system is of started the survey. fered by the Agricultural Records The evaluation is valuable in the Cooperative (ARC) of Madison, search for new foods to meet the Wisconsin. The company was es present world food shortage of pro tablished in 1959 and now has some tein and the greater shortage that 1,000 farmers signed up for the ser is predicted. Food protein might vice. be produced in many areas of the The system was designed for world from little-known domestic Wisconsin farms and this creates plants or by domesticating wild some problems for Oregon farmers species. using the system since farming op Breeding programs, such as the erations are different here. With development of triticale, a cross only a few modifications, the sys between wheat and rye, may also tem seems to be quite workable contribute to better protein sup for Oregonians. plies. Triticale, for instance, has Electronic record systems are a protein content of about 23 per being used more and more by far cent and the quality is high. ■ mers. As one Oregon grower put it, “I think that in the future, the far INCREASED EXPORTS PRE mer who doesn’t have such records DICTED—About 11 percent by val to base his management decisions ue of Oregon’s agricultural pro on will be as badly off as the far duction is exported. This amounts mer who doesn’t use fertilizer.” to some $51 million a year. This Wisconsin system is just Biggest export commodity is one of five such electronic record wheat, accounting for about $33 systems being offered to Oregon million of total export value. Oth farmers through farm manage er important export crops include ment specialists of the Cooperative $8 million in forage grass seeds, Extension Service of Oregon State plus lesser amounts of mint oil, University. County Agents have de apples, pears, dry peas and oth tails on each of the programs. ers. The basic principle of each of Nationally, U.S. farmers export the electronic farm record sys about 17 percent of total agricul tems requires that the processing tural production by value. This center prepare the information or gave Oregon agriculture a target iginally submitted by the farmer in to shoot for since we are under a form that will be more usable the average. However, the bulk of to the farmer. Depending upon the agricultural production in Oregon system, this information would be for many years has had to seek a detailed listing of cash and non distant markets, usually within NATAL-PITTSBURG — Mr. and cash transactions, summaries of this country. With this history of Mrs. Dan Christensen of Thousand transactions by enterprise on the successful domestic market devel Oakes, California are visiting her farm, summaries by tax categor opment, there is a logical prece folks, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howard. ies, listing and summaries of ac dent for Oregon producers to seek They are also visiting his folks in counts payable and receivable, an even greater share of overseas Hillsboro. farm inventory, bank reconcilia markets than that held by the na Mrs. Marion Grant and Mrs. tion, depreciation, payroll transac tion’s farmers as a whole. Ike Dass drove to St. Helens Mon tions, and unit costs or returns. Rising incomes and growing abil day to take Susan and Stephanie ity to buy higher priced foods in King home. They had spent sev SEARCH MADE FOR N EW many nations around the world eral weeks here with their grand PROTEIN SOURCES—Seeds of the are bringing changes in dietary mother while Mr. Dass is visiting wild and unfamiliar plants may preferences. Technological devel in Kansas. be developed as new sources of opments in transportation a n d Mr. and Mrs. Bill W’olff were food protein for people around the storage make it possible to ship supper guests Friday night of Mr. world if current searches are suc more varied forms of foods great and Mrs. E. McCrone. cessful. Friday afternoon a group of er distances and get them to for Since 1957, chemists and botan eign markets with their original friends visited Mrs. Lyla Lemly. They brought cake and coffee for ists in the USDA’s Agricultural Re quality intact. search Service have conducted the Many of our Oregon speciality a going away party since she is re most comprehensive search ever crops, such as filberts, prunes, turning to Fort Benning, Georgia made for seeds that have poten berries, and the whole range of with her husband who returned tial sources of protein for human processed fruits and vegetables, as from overseas duty. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Dunlap diets. well as other products such as The ARS scientists have deter turkey, have a good potential for drove to Clatskanie on business mined the oil and protein content finding overseas markets. Ex Monday. Mrs. Kenneth Tupper and Sandra in seed samples representing more port sales will not come automat than 4,000 species. Of these, 379 ically, however. Oregon agricul called on Mr. and Mrs. Noble Dun tural producers and marketing lap Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Davis and firms will have to aggressively seek export markets, and will have Mrs. Faye Davis called on Mr. and to offer those markets a consis Mrs. Bill Wolff Wednesday after tent supply of uniformly good pro noon. Mr. and Mrs. E. McCrone drove ducts at a price which the mark et will bear. The export market to Long Beach Sunday to visit her is no longer, if it ever was, a son and family. place to get rid of surpluses. Donald Taylor, extension inter national marketing specialist at Oregon State University, says that if the Oregon marketer will go after foreign markets with the same creative energy and ability Governor Tom McCall announ he has shown in developing do that the Bureau of Land Man mestic markets, the value of ag ced protect your family every agement, United States department mile you drive. Seat belts ricultural exports could well in of interior, has transferred title to are sold at the sign of the crease by 50 percent in the next 8,193 acres of public domain lands Chevron. to the State of Oregon. few years. Irving W. Anderson, BLM lands chief, handed documents to Gov BARK PELLETS UNDER TEST ernor McCall July 14 transferring —Just one of the numerous ap the lands from the United States proaches to the utilization of vast to the State of Oregon under laws quantities of Douglas fir bark is governing state indemnity land grant rights. Governor McCall time . . . have seat belts in under test at the North Willam signed the transfer documents in stalled in m inutes... while ette branch experiment station at Salem this morning. you wait! “The fulfillment of this statehood Wilsonville just off the Salem free school land grant represents a wel way. come and valuable addition to the Pelleting the bark with various timber holdings of the State Land kinds of fertilizer and incorporat Board,” McCall said. “The board ing it into the soil at a rate of is greatly indebted to former Gov several tons per acre is being ernor Hatfield for originating and can be saved and injuries tested for the first time this year. pursuing this application, and to reduced by one-third per the Bureau of Land Management Trials are too new to make any for ruling favorably on the propo year. Here's where to get predictions, but the method not sal.” your seat belts: “It is estimated that the new ac only provides a potential factor for improved tilth, but also pro reage will increase the annual al lowable cut by 10 million board vides a possible way for incor feet, adding thousands of dollars porating small amounts of herbi to the school fund each year,” Mc cides or insecticides into the soil Call said. "The spirit in which the entire application has been finally CHEVRON SERVICE accurately. approved demonstrates that state- Station Superintendent Dick Bul federal cooperation can be a viable lock showed plots with bark treat concept in the management of our Alla» Tiret ments, various weed materials un basic natural resources.” Batteries McCall said the lands transferred der test, and strawberry research are in western Oregon The state Accessories work on varieties and harvest forestry department will continue Motor Tune-up methods to Willamette valley coun BLM’s policy to manage the lands Auto Parts ty agents and horticultural field on a sustained yield basis HAsel 9-K91 men at an evening meeting. Everything seems to have draw It’» your outlook on life that ma backs—even success may h a v e kes your burdens light. some strings attached SUPER MARKET : s V 5 VERNONIA’S COMPLETE ONE-STOP SHOPPING AND SAVING CENTER OPEN ♦ g g g g 9 9 9 g g 9 9 9 1 9 EVERY DAY 9:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. 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