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DDT, With Proper Precautions,
Safe To Use On Vegetables, Flowers
Restrictions which have been
placed upon the use of D.D.T. in
spraying dairy and beel cattle,
dairy barns and forage crops,
need not interfere with the use
of this postwar insecticide on
home garden flower and vege
table crops.
There is no evidence that D,
D. T. used on garden plants is
absorbed by tneir tissues, it does
lea,ve a surface residue, which
should be carefully washed off,
if the edible parts of plants have
been sprayed or dusted within a
month prior to narvest.
D.D.T. in the form or dust, or
as a wettable powder, which is
mixed with water for spraying,
offers no danger to the user. But
residues which might remain on
the edible parts of vegetables
when they are harvested should
be removed.
The precautions are almost ex
actly the same as those required
when an arsenic insecticide is
used.
Exceptions Advised
Is is better not to use D. D. T.
on leaf crops, such as lettuce, en
dive, collards, spinach, New Zea
land spinach, Swiss chard and
mustard greens, but amateurs
seldom spray or dust them any
way.. They should be washed
carefully, as should all other
vegetables, before using, whether
sprayed or not.
All root crops may be sprayed
or dusted without precautions,
since the edible parts are under
ground and cannot harbor any
D. D. T. residue. But if the tops
of beets and turnips are to be
eaten, then use the same pre
cautions with them as with other
greens.
Mexican bean beetles, tomato
horn worm, and most aphids are
immune to D. D. T.
Rotenone Use Needed
To take care of these excep
tions, rotenone will serve. It de
stroys the Mexican bean beetle,
hornworm, and is deadly to
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Buy Where You Share In
The Earnings
Douglas County
Farm Bureau
Cooperative Exchange
ROSEBURG, OREGON
Phone 88
Located W. Washington
aphids.
Beans may be dusted or spray
ed with D. D. T. until the pods
set, without precautions. Where
leaf hoppers are prevalent, D. D.
T. does the best job of killing
them. If D. D. T. or arsenic
should be used after the pods set,
wash the pods. Tomatoes, egg
plant and peppers may be spray
ed or dusted, and the residue can
be washed or wiped off the fruits'
skin.
Cucumbers, melons and squash
may be injured by D. D. T. so it is
advisable to use other means to
kill the cucumber beetles, which
attack all these, and squash bugs
and borers, which concentrate on
squash plants.
Some gardeners report good re
sults against the cucumber
beetle and squash borer by cov
ering the soil near the base of
the plant with D. D. T. dust. The
insects frequently walk on the
soil, and any contact with D. D.
T. will be fatal to them.
No special precautions are re
quired when using D. D. T. on
flowers, shrubs and trees.
Production, Conservation Single
Problem, Secretary Brannan Says
One of the greatest things we
can do in the cause of conserva
tion is to prevent the wasteful use
of resources in the production of
surpluses, Secretary of Agricul
ture Charles F. Brannan recently
told the National Emergency
Conference on Resouroes at
Washington, D. C.
"With the public helping to fi
nance soil conservation, it does
not make good sense to finance
price supports without reference
to conservation policy," the secre
tary said. "One of the responsibili
ties of the farmer who receives
vhe benfit of price support should
be to observe a sound conserva
tion standard in the public inter
est. This is one of the ways the
public should expect to get its
money's worth from price-support
expenditures.
"Furthermore, this is fair from
the farmer's standpoint, for an ef
fective price-support system helps
him maintain a level of Income
that permits him to conserve rath
er than mine the soil . . .
'Through our price support sys
tem we can encourage livestock
production and otherwise develop
a pattern of production that will
naturally conserve the soil. As far
as the individual farmer is con
cerned, there is one farming op
eration not one for production
and one for conservation. His
problem Is to operate in such a
way that he produces profitably
and conserves the resources at the
same time . . . Surpluses, low
prices, farm poverty these are
enemies of conservation."
Regarding the great scope of
the conservation issue, Secretary
Brannan said: "The soundest pos
sible government program is not
the full answer to the conserva
tion problem. The government
may do a large amount of conser
vation work directly; it may also
provide considerable help and en
couragement; but, beyond all
that, the job requires a terrific
investment of hard work, sweat,
and money by the Individual op
erators of the land . . .
"Soil science is a growing body
of knowledge. We may learn more
effective ways of treating the ul
cers of the land. We may learn
how to prevent them. Meanwhile,
we can continue to make progress
without waiting for the perfect
solution of the problem or the
perfect measurement of the task
. , , As practical people, we must
remember this: Progress comes of
going on from where we are. We
can never wipe the slate clean
and start over . . .
"To meet some of the obvious
problems, we are not so much in
need of new measures as we are
in need of a general intensifica
tion of effort. All along the line,
we need to intensify those efforts
which are designed to encourage
and assist farmers, on the land
they own or control, to stop the
soil deterioration now in progress
and restore a high state of fer
tility." Cut In Bet Population
May Affect Crop Yields
PORTLAND, July 25 UP)
Crop yield declines may be caus
ed by a dwindling bee population.
Frank C. Pellett, Iowa auth
ority on bee-keeping, pointed out
that pollination is unsatisfactory
where bees are not plentiful. He
blamed single-cropping, destruc
tion of native bee nesting spots
as farms expand and use of mod
ern Insecticides.
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Good, Bad Ways
Of Treating Farm
Posts Described
Fence post treatments that
that have lengthened the life of
posts are summarized In the lat
est report on the T. J. Starker
"post farm" which has r.ow been
under research observation for
22 years. This latest report is
issued by the Oregon Forest
Products laboratory as progress
report No. 2, "Service Life of
Treated and Untreated Fence
Posts."
With Douglas fir posts, three
treatments that have proved
worthless are brush application
of asphalt, charring, and cold
soaking in zinc chloride. Port Or
ford cedar was not benefited by
a hot-and-cold bath of Carboli
neum B, though Douglas fir posts
were, tignt treatments, inciua
ing the "salt treatment, that
proved beneficial on fir and pine
are given.
The new progress report is
somewhat detailed and technical
in nature and is designed to fur
nish accurate Information to
some 16 commercial cooperators
or others interested in the year-to-year
progress of the post farm.
An extension bull etin on post
treatment is available which
gives specific directions and rec
ommendations for treating posts.
Seholfield Creek Dairy
Ranch Has New Owners
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Pomerlo
of Winchester Bay have purchas
ed the Asa Henderson dairy
ranch on. Seholfield creek, and
will take possession of the place
shortly after Aug. 1.
Mr. Pomerlo, superintendent of
the Cape Arago Lumber com-
nanv logging camp on facnoinem
creek, will have the farmhouse
renovated before moving in. This
work to be done as soon as the
house is vacated by its present
tenants, Mr. and Mrs. Josh Clark
and family.
The dairy will be operated by
Tom Waggoner, now employed in
the logging camp, with a small
house to be built on the ranch
for his use.
Asa Henderson, former owner
of the ranch over a long period
of years, has been residing in
Reedsport with his son, Roy, re
cently. Mr. Pomerlo will continue
his present work for the Cape
Arago Company.
Oregon Wheat Acreage
Allotment Reduced
PORTLAND, July 25-(P Or
egon's wheat acreage allotment
for 1950 has been reduced 17 per
cent by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
The acreage limit of 944,891 for
the state compares with 1,136,000
seeded this year. County allot
ments will be designated later.
GIANT EGO LAID
ASTORIA UP) Like the fish
erman who has his prize catch
mounted to prove his claim, Elo
Kauttu is going to "blow" a record-size
egg and keep the shell.
A New Hampshire red laid the
egg that Kauttu's proud of. It
measures nine inches in circum
ference the long way and eight
inches the other.
Kauttu said it just happened
he didn't have the hen on a spe
cial diet.
Azalea House Fund Passes Halfway Mark v
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Twenty-five thousand dollars Is
In the envelope Mrs. Norman Lunde,
Troutdale, is shown handing to
President A. U Strand of Oregon
State college during the seventeenth
annual meeting of the Oregon
Home Economics Extension council
held recently at O.S.O. The check
was turned over to President Strand
to be held by the O.S.O. Founda
tion until $45,000 Is raised by 450
local home economics extension
units located In 23 counties. Vhe
money will be used to build Azalea
House, a cooperative living group,
house for women students on the'
state college campus.
Mrs. Lunde Is chairman of the
council's Atalea House board of
trustees. Other members are Mrs.
Loren Tucker, LaGrande; Mrs. John
O. Rawls, Grants Pass: Mrs. Stan
ley Coates, Tillamook, treasurer;
and Mrs. Kenneth McCornack, Flor
ence, Mrs. Edgar Leming, Corne
lius, is council president, having
been re-elected at the recent an
nual state meeting.
Mon., July 25, 1949 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. 9
Heavy Production
Of Milk Can Be
Profit Slashing
High producing cows obtained
at too great a cost in labor and
Eurchased feeds will not insure
igh net Income on a dairy farm,
as shown again in results of a
study of income and expenses on
seven farms in Clatsop county
that are cooperating under the
farm unit test demonstrations of
the Tennessee Valley authority.
The study was made, by staff
members of the farm manage
ment department at O.S.C. ex
periment station.
Labor income the return to
the operator for his labor and
management aftor deducting the
Interest on the capital used was
highest when efficient use of la
bor and efficient feeding were
combined with high production.
Good improved pastures were
also a contributing factor in
those showing high labor Income.
Labor incomes varied from a
loss of $2392 to a profit of $2729.
Feed purchased per animal unit
is almost as bad a pest, but not
so numerous. The ear worm will
not attack the ears until they
are in silk, and the best protec
tion against it is to fill a clean
oil can with mineral oil and put
a few drops on the silk of each
ear. A special oil preparation can
be obtained for this.
Aphids Attack Walnuts;
Spray Is Recommended
NEWBERG, July 25 -4JP) An
outbreak of aphids on walnuts
was reported by Lloyd Baron,
manager of Oregon Nut Grow
ers Inc.
Baron said a check showed two
types of the aphids: One on the
underside of leaves; the other on
the leaf rib. The Oregon State
college extension service recom
mends a 4 per cent nicotine dust
against both species.
Some growers believe that
aphids may have contributed to
the poor quality of nuts In the
last year's harvest, Baron said.
varied from a low of $71 to a
high of $234 with an average of
$136. A report of the study is
available as a mimeographed cir
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Well Drilling
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on N. Umpqua
Road Watch
for sign or write
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Sweet Corn Marauders Can Be Put
To Rout By Timely Spray Of DDT
Some day soon will be D-day
for the corn borer In this area,
when that European invader will
make a landing on the leaves of
your sweet corn plants and lay
eggs which may result in ruin to
your crop.
If you are prepared to fight In
defense of your "roasting cars"
examine the corn plants every
day, looking for egg masses laid
by the female moths. These will
be small patches of translucent
white, an eighth of an Inch in
diameter, composed of tiny round
objects like fish scales, overlap
ping. As they develop tney iirst
turn yellow, then black.
When thev hatch out, the tiny
worms will eat their way toward
the corn stalk, and your best de
fense is to have them crawl over
a deposit of deadlyDDT. This is
applied as a dust or spray, but
the metnoa recommenaea oy ex
periment stations is a spray. To
prepare it obtain DDT 50 per cent
wettable powder, and stir three
tablespoonsful In each gallon of
water. Spray heavily enough to
wet the corn leaves thoroughly,
especially reaching the joints be
tween stalk and leaves.
Spray three times at five-day
intervals, and your corn crop
should be 97 per cent safe from
the borers. If your examination
does not disclose any egg masses
during the next 20 days, you may
be safe from the first brood. But
about Aug. 20 a second brood
may appear, and your defense
measures must be repeated.
If you prefer to use DDT dust
rather than a spray, it should be
at least 5 per cent In strength.
It is not safe to assume that
corn plants which have not yet
made six leaves are safe from the
borer. It is true that the insect
prefers the larger plants, and
they will get the most eggs, but
the smaller ones are not Immune.
For the home gardener the ex
pense and work entailed in this
protection are so small, no one
should neglect it,
Early Kill Needed
If the borers live long enough
to enter the corn stalk, it will be
difficult to destroy them before
they kill the plant. They eat
their way through the stalk and
stems into the ear, and the things
they do to a fine car of corn will
make a nome gardener weep.
Do not confuse the corn borer
with the corn ear worm, which
the HI Plan of Managed Dairying
With lower dairy prices and rising costs, try the IH Plan of
Managed Dairying to increase your dairy profits. Here are three
ways to boost your profit margins on your present herd:
1 With the McCormlck Milker that Says
When. Seb when the milking job is done through
the new plastic milk hose . . . HEAR the McCormick
timer bell that tells you when the cow quits giving
. . . time iach cow for better managed milking
and higher production.
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2 With the McCormick Separator that Skims
99-99100 Clean. Rustless stainless steel ia
McCormick separator discs avoids wear, keeps them
smooth and shiny, keeps the bowl in perfect balance for
close skimming. All parts touched by milk are made of
easy-to-clean stainless iteeL
3 With the International Milk Cooler
that Stores Up Cold. Fast-cooling Interna
tional milk coolers build up an Icebank 3 Vl inches
thick. This stored cold -plus exclusive pneu
matic agitation-chills the rated can capacity be
low 50F. within one hour, and does this job
twice a day.
JUNE IS 1H DAIRY EQ'Jit-RlENT MONTH
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North Douglas County Residents:
As newly appointed representative for
RAWLEIGH HEALTH PRODUCTS
for this district, I earnestly solicit your patron
age and I will be calling on you in the near
future.
HUGH C. GIVEN
324 E. 2nd Ave. N. Roseh'iri
527 N. Jackson
Phone 1150
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