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lgg, ' with the... fllllL Garden W- Clubs; Azalea Hints Given By MRS. H. 0. BURGIN, Sr. Days Creak Gardan Club The rosaflora is a low growing , evergreen azalea with double flow ers, light orange in color. It is a variety of Indian azalea. The group contains a wide variety of colors and some varigated in dif ferent shades. The flowers are large and either single or double, The group is tender and was or iginally developed for indoor cul- ture in cold climates. They were first adopted for garden use in the south. Most varieties adapted for garden use are single, although some double forms are also sat isfactory. Indian azaleas are especially adapted to areas of variable cli mate, although not all are equally resistant to cold. One of the best precautions in cold climates is to grow plants with several trunks; for some will usually escape inju ry from the cold. On the whole, it is better for garden azaleas to get full sun shine for a time each day. If too shaded, their growth becomes lax and weak, and the plants do not develop successfully. If it is de sired to have blooming plants in shady places, they can be grown in full sunshine and moved to the shade just before blooming. At the end of the blooming season, they can be moved back. Azaleas are easily transplanted and are not difficult to handle. In selection of an area, careful consideration should be given to the drainage. There should be means for removing surplus water quickly, as the azalea roots do not go deep, or far out, and therefore require large amounts of air in the soil. If the ground is saturated with water, the air is forced out and the plants may die. Good results are obtained in transplanting azaleas. However, they should be handled with the soil in which they have grown about their roots. If the roots are freed from the earth, the diffi culties of transplanting are great ly increased and the plants set back. In colder areas, the best time for transplanting azaleas is in the spring. In warmer areas, they can be transplanted from the time the flower buds appear through the time they are in full bloom. The most difficult time in which to transplant azaleas is during vigor ous growth, as at this time. Mois ture is in greatest demand and loss of part of the root system can be dangerous. The plant should be thoroughly watered before it is removed and transplanted not enough to cause the earth-to fall away from the roots but enough to wet the soil about them. This should be done in advance so that the plant has time to take up the moisture, as it is safer to transplant a plant with cells filled with water than one that is dry. Cultivation with a hoe or rake is not advisable for azaleas, as most of the roots are located near the surface of the ground. It is better to use a mulch which also helps to prevent weed growth. It prevents wide fluctuations in soil temperature, adds to the acid ity of the soil, keeps frost from Let Us Age Your Beef Before Cutting Wt offtr complete focilitiei to ago, cut torn cut and wrap your mtats tha way you like. DOUGLAS LOCKER & STORAGE Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Daily 6 a.m. to Noon Sunday Sykei t Short Sti., Dial OR 3-421 S TRADE-IN SALE HURRY!! Now on a new SKIL Super-Duty Saw! Your old tow (any mad., 09. t ntcd.ll U worth JH.S0 crodit oi oithor of thott two famout mod.ll: 7V." Mod.l 77 r Por Only $92' " logulorljr JMJ 00 v.- Mod.i sis rr7'my SI 17S0 ro or Only II toulorlr H35 00 o Supar pawar and ipaad lightwaighl daugn Haw Vono bla Teiqua Clutch 40 atrangar oluminum alloy foo Built-in Rip Fanta Prion today for FRK Damoiurrertion, FMt Trial I DOUGLAS SUPPLY CO. Loggers' Suppliei Sawmill Suppliet Heoyy Hardware 649 S. E. Roe Street Roteburg Phone OR 3-6638 penetrating the soil, helps main tain a more even condition of soil moisture and contains plant food which is released when the ma terial, decays. An effective mulch should be three to four inches deep. The plants should be watered freely and frequently after plant ing. After the plants are estab lished, they need not be watered as frequently, except when rain fall is not sufficient to keep them in good growing condition. It is necessary to have an acid condition in the soil in which azaleas are grown. This should be kept in mind when choosing ferti lizer. Two applications of fertiliz er yearly are generally sufficient, one at the beginning of spring and the other between the middle of June and the middle of July. If evergreen azaleas are allow ed to grow at will in the garden, there is little need for pruning. However, there may be some need of pruning different varieties for form, size and increasing flower ing. Good Earth Cardan Club Eleven members of the Good Earth Garden Club of Dixonville welcomed Mrs. Elsie Green, a new member, at an all-day meeting at the home of Mrs. Jean Radcliffe. wildflower chairman. Business reports were given by Mrs. Clara Baldwin, president, and Mrs. Mary Bailey, secretary. Mrs. Ada Melton read a study on tho Patifnt-nia nnail anA iha mnnn. tain qual, which is seen locally.' Mrs. Radcliffe reported on yarow, a wild flower which is used as a medicinal herb in Europe and as tonic Dy American Indians. Specifications for exhibits at the coming tiouelas County Fair were discussed. Mrs. Gen Paulson was named fair chairman. Any mem- Der wnn laeas, time or materials to contribute for the exhibit have been asked to call Mrs. Paulson. OR 3-7910, or Mrs. Baldwin. OR 2-3892. Theme for the exhibits is "Country Living." Lunch was served on the ter race of the Radcliffe home follow ing the meeting. The next ses sion will be at the Ray Banning home across from the scales on th. North Umpqua Highway Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. Camas Vallay Cardan Club The Camas Valley Garden Club met last week at the home of Mrs. L. A. Pryor for a dessert lunch eon and business meeting. There were 17 memDers and three guests present. The flower show, which is being held today at the Grange Hall, s discussed. The bird study chairman reported to the group, as did the yearbook chairman. The flicker was adopted as the club bird. Mrs. Ted Wiley presented the program on garden pest sprays and insecticides. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Charlie Crough. Mrs. Arlie Weist will give the program on spring bulbs and there will be a bulb -exchange. Glandalt Exacutive Board Members of the Glendale Fed erated Garden Clubs executive board met at the home of Mrs. Ida Edson recently. The president. Mrs. Grace Crou, announced the names of commit tee chairmen to serve through the coming year. They are Mrs. Mary LaPrath, program; Mrs. KuDy GU- breath, flower shows; Mrs. Myr tle Young, bird study. Mrs. Lucille hmiin, Horticulture; Mrs. Alice Patterson, conserva tion; Mrs. Ida Edson, publicity Mrs. Ruth Vonderhyde, librarian; Mrs. Lela Smith, scrapbook and historian; Mrs. Lucile Harris, yearbook; Mrs. Grace Powelson, civic; Mrs. Ula Losey, hostess. Mrs. Gilbreath, city park; Mrs. Harris, corsages; Mrs. Necia Rit ter, junior gardens; Mrs. Vera Armstrong, membership; Mrs. Mary Martin, ways and means, and Mrs. Edson, Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Alice Patterson, floats committee. Extended! Ends Aug. 15 , . :. .... MJ BIG EGG When Joe- Lynn Hendricks, 12, of Rylie, Tex., recently found an egg measuring 93A inches by 73A inches, he thought he had something to show neighbors. Later the big egg cracked, revealing another oddity - a normal sized egg inside. The outer egg was complete with yolk and white. Looking on somewhat amazed is the white leghorn hen who produced the unique specimen. (AP Wirephoto). OSC Animal Studies Stress Rapid Gains; Hormones Checked Fast, economical gains in beef aniamls appear linked to another desirable trait in livestock super ior ability to convert high-protein feeds to lean meat rather than fat. Two reeon State College ani mal scientists, Ralph Bogart and Hugo Krueger, report a close tie between rapid beef gains and ten dencies of some animals to retain high quantities of protein in thej Douy, converting it to meaty tis sue. Slow-gaining test calves tended to build body fat at an earlier age, and urinalysis showed body loss of a high percentage of nitro gen or "unused" protein. The less efficient animals gave off one-fourth more urea nitrogen than did the fast-gaining group. Bogart and Krueger tested about 50 Hereford and Angus calves that were fed a high protein ration of pelleted chopped alfalfa and con centrates. Bull calves retained a higher ra tio of nitrogen than did heifers. Bogart says further tests will be conducted to see how much feed ef ficiency of heifers can be im proved by feeding "or injecting them with various hormones. Other tests in progress with rab bits and mice indicate that the key role of protein synthesis in animals may stem from high or low activity of the pituitary, thy roid, and adrenal glands that se crete hormones into the blood stream. Animal science is moving rap idly in use of hormone additives to speed growth rates, Bogart stated, and we hope to get some basic information on how high the level of treatment can go without danger of back-firing." The federal food and drug administration is keeping tight reins on hormone treatment of livestock until more is learned of possible hormone res idues in animai-products. Chain Store Tells Farm Purchases Oregon agriculture receives 65 million dollars per year directly from Safeway in purchases from tarmers ana local processors, George M. Manean, division man ager, revealed in a special report tuis week. "This figure does not include foods which Safeway received in directly from brokers or manu facturers located outside the state even though they may have been produced in Oregon," Manean ex plained, adding "If it were possi ble to trace back these additional outside purchase?, our company's contribution to the economy of Or egon and the Pacific Northwest would double the $65 million paid out for direct Oregon purchases." Many Safeway brands of canned foods are specially packed for the company Dy Oregon canners, rep resenting more than three-quarters of a million dollars in can ned fruits alone, for example. Safeway purchases of fresh, dried, and frozen fruits, as well as can ned, during a recent year amount ed to 8 per cent of all the fruits and nuts marketed throughout the entire state as reported by the State Department of Agriculture. During the same year, Safeway meat purchases were nearly one eighth of the state's total cash re ceipts from meat animals, and Safeway bought more than one- sixth of all dairy products mar keted by Oregon dairymen HEAVY HAULING ORECON and WASHINGTON MOBIL CRANE SERVICE CAR LOADING WAREHOUSING FLEGEL TRANSFER & STORACE CO. 900 E. 3rd St. Roseburg, Oregon Phone ORchord 3-4436 Research Starts On Fish Ponds An eight-year study to find out the kinds of fish and management practices that will work best in Oregon farm ponds has been start ed at Oregon State college, ac cording to fish biologist, Carl Bond. There are now nearly 12,000 man-made ponds in the state, Bond reports. Many of these are now being used, or could be used, for fish production. Trouble is, pres ent management practices for these ponds are based largely on research carried out in southern and midwestern states, and Ore gon conditions are quite different. Oregon has at least five regions that need individual recommenda tions for best pond fish produc tion, Bond points out. Weather and water conditions in the coast strip, Willamette valley, and in southern, central, and eastern Oregon vary enough to require different man agement practices. Changes in al titude over the rugged Oregon countryside present additional problems. lo give pond owners the most Income and satisfaction from their ponds, usable and economically sound management practices that take local rainfall, temperature, and soil conditions into considera tion should be made for each of the various regions. Bond savs. This would help make farm fish ponds recreational and financial assets to the farm. Logging All Right In Watersheds Not enough erosion Is produced on Oregon Coast Range forest soils by slash burning and logging op erations to rule out logging of city watershed lands, research conduct ed by Oregon State College indica tes. The study was conducted on the Corvallis watershed on Mary's Peak, one of the first watersheds in the region to be put under an intensive system of multiple - use management that combines log ging of lands with water source use. The project was a loint venture of OSC's forest experiment station, the Pacilic Northwest forest and range experiment station, and the Siuslaw National Forest. Ted Dyr ness, a graduate student, conduct ed the - work under direction of C. Y. Youngberg, forest soils scien tist. There has been considerable question in the past, it was re ported, ' as to whether logging should be permitted on city water shed lands because of the loss of water purity and added stream siltation that might come from re sulting soil erosion. Some had contended that the problem of streem siltation from erosion would out - weigh returns from the timber harvest but find ings show that the soils are large ly undisturbed by the burning and logging. No serious disturbance was noted from logging operations themselves.- Only 8 per cent of the area of land slash burned was considered "severly burned," or changed sig nificantly for the worse in physi cal properties. On these spots, moisture holding capacity of the soils was reduced, organic matter content was lowered, and "soil erodability" potential increased. Surface soil of the remainder of the clear cut gave "litle or no evidence" of being adversely af fected by slash burning. Thirty per cent of the land was unburned; 17 per cent classified as undisturb ed; and 44 per cent "lightly burned"- without damage. Fair Instructions Outlined For All Flower Exhibitors Last minute instructions to all Douglas County citizens who plan to enter ' the County Fair this year have been outlined by Mrs. C. J. Bielman, floral department superintendent. Garden club booths will be un der a new covered show arena, adjacent to the Pavilion. Each booth will be 8 feet by 12 feet, with plywood sides provided by the Fair Board, if desired. Soil and gravel will be provided en trants. Any garden club is eligible to compete, pointed out Mrs. Biel man. In the horticultural and arrange ment sections of the floral show, there are more than 70 classifica tions of competition. Any resident of Douglas County is eligible to compete under these headings. Classes for most fall annuals, bi ennials, perennial, roses, dahlias, potted plants and miscellaneous plants are featured in the Fair Premium Book. A copy may be Careless Spraying, Dusting Can Cause Big Crop Damage Farmers and others who use poor methods in spraying and dust ing crops against plant pests and diseases are causing thousands of dollars damage to Oregon farm lands, reports S. R. Kelso, super visor of herbicide control and weather modification for the state department of agriculture. Some of the injury is on areas 'adjoining that for which the sprays are in tended. Kelso explains that damage in most cases is caused by people unfamiliar with these materials and dangers created by wind con ditions during their application. Few damage cases are caused by commercial ground or air applica tors, because they must meet cer tain standards before granted a license by the state. Information about proper techni ques in spraying and dusting crops may be obtained from the exten sion service of Oregon state col lege. Farmers can also learn prop er spraying and dusting techniques by attending an educational series on the use of herbicides. The se ries is conducted each March and April at Oregon state college un der the sponsorship of the college, the state highway department, and the state agriculture department. Poultry Breeders Set Conference Developing and raising better chickens and turkeys through op plication of modern genetic prin ciples will be the theme ot the ninth Pacific Coast Chicken and Turkey Breeders Roundtable to be held at Oregon State college Sep tember 7 and 8, according to Dr. Paul E. Bernier, OSC poultry hus bandman and roundtable program chairman. Poultrymen from Oregon, Wash ington, California, Idaho and Brit ish Columbia are expected to at tend the roundtable sessions. Ber nier says the registration fee of $7 per family includes one copy of the proceedings of the meetings. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Opening the program Friday morning will be Dr. W. E. Briles who will discuss chicken blood groups and their relation to the economic performance that can be expected from a flock. Crossbreeding for meat produc tion in chickens and turkeys will be discussed by Dr. V. S. Asmund son of the University of California at Davis during the Saturday morning session. There will also be a report on the accuracy of the new electronic device develop ed by the U. S. department of ag- Let us demonstrate the world's most useful vehicles It's good insurance and good business to own a vehicle that will help you get more work done every day in the year that's a 'Jeep' 4-Wheel-Drive vehicle. On the highway, it travels at road speeds in 2-wheel drive a simple shift gives the extra traction of 4-wheel drive for rough travel, on or off the roads. 'With power take-off, these rugged vehicles operate many kinds of special erjui gment. There's a 'Jeep' I vehicle that will fill your specific needs and serve you best. iThe 988 N, E. STEPHENS obtained free by writing Dick Tur ley, fair manager, P.O. Box 750, Roseburg. Mrs. Bielman cautioned all pros pective entrants to observe the rules and closing hours. Briefly, these are: all entries must be made before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22; botannical names of spe cimens should be furnished; all material, except that used in ar rangements, should be grown by the exhibitor; containers will be furnished by the Fair Board for horticultural specimens only, and arrangements must be made by the exhibitor, and done in the area provided. Farm Woodland Benefits Owners SALEM, Oregon, (Special) Farm woodland owners in t h e state benefitted to the extent of a gross income of $1,830,511 during the fiscal year ending June 30, from the sale of forest products through the farm forestry assist ance program, according to Charles H. Ladd, senior farm for ester with the state forestry de partment. The greater part of the income came from the sale of 63,643,000 board feet of timber. This stump age brought $1,394,773 to the own ers. The products aside from saw logs included 6155 pieces of piling and 22,000 tence posts, hop poles and bean posts, Ladd added. Minor products of the farm woodlands are gaining in import ance, the forester slated. Dur ing the year the total income from Christmas trees, floral products', crude drugs, bark and miscellane ous items totaled $52,052. In analyzing the work of the farm foresters, Ladd stated that assistance was given 1049 farmers who owned 55,433 acres of wood lands. On these areas the foresters marked 14,816.000 board feet of timber and 2965 cords of wood for cutting under approved forestry practices. In addition the (arm ers were given assistance in refor estation, logging, marketing and similar matters. ... liwS&k, UNCOWED CALF Taking to a strange diet for a calf, Suzy, shares a banana with her master, Ray Balogh, in Grafton, t Ohio. The crazy calf thinks she's a watchdog, and acts ac- cordingly, even to the extent of fetching the newspaper from the mailbox. ' Farm Products Prices Decline WASHINGTON tfl The Agri culture Department reported Fri day the general level ot tarm prices declined 1 per cent between mid-June and mid-July. This halted a six-month upturn. Lower prices received by farm ers for fruit, meat animals and commercial vegetables were re sponsible for the change in the riculture to detect blood spots in eggs. A travelogue presented by Dr. Don C. Warren of the Kimber Farms on Thursday evening, and tours of the poultry and turkey re search facilities of the Oregon agricultural experiment station Saturday afternoon are also scheduled. family of 4-Wheel-Drive vehicles WtUYJwrtfj Urpst ankir. Ask m for a RIVERSIDE (Fills Mon., Aug. 13, 1956 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 5 Laws Show Changing Needs Of Agriculture Department laws spell out the work of the, state department of agriculture and bevond their icope it has no authority to serve. The laws it ad ministered after being created in 1931 have little resemblance to the agricultural code of today. Some have undergone drastic face-lifting or modernization. Only last year the legislature substituted a shortened,' modern basic livestock sanitary law for the whole patchwork of laws on this subject , which had developed through the years. some laws nave Deen tossed overboard entirely due to changing times. Two quick examples are re peal of the stallion registration law and the gasoline standards law, both within recent years. Shifts and developments within agriculture and allied industry brought about entirely new legisla tion and operations throughout the 25 years of department life. Among the more recent were laws em bodying the new conception in contrast to quarantine of stopping plant pests and diseases on arrival through systematic surveys; the regulation of all commercial appli cators of herbicides, (weed kill ers); the weather modification act which requires registry of all who would change nature's ways with rain, hail and frosts and the live stock auction sales market law. Many will recall the days when the department set up a standard 12-ounce container for strawberr ies, raspberries and other berry items. (During the department's first five years, grades and stand ards were written for vitually all Oregon commercial perishables.) The berry hallock order was con- tested but upheld in courts. i - , price trend. Increases during the - j month were reported for potatoes, mine and cmcKens, but these in creases did not offset entirely de clines lor oilier commodities. The mid-July price level was about 3.28 per cent above that of a year ago but about 24.7 per cent nelow the record nigh ot Febru ary, 1951. Prices paid by farmers in mid July for goods and services used for family living and farm pro duction were about one-third of 1 per cent higher than in mid-June. The farm price level in mid July was reported at 85 per cent of parity compared with 86 per cent in mid-June, 84 per cent a year ago and the record high of 123 per cent set in October,. 1946. fill 'Jiet1 Tract ... America'a lowet Thi Unlwul 'Jeep' . . . doei hundndi of job. Thl 'jMp Utlfty WagM . . . dual parpoM vehicle for traaineM ind Umftjr il 4 W1l Driv I vtbiclis demonstration now MOTORS fnnL j Another milestone In the depart ment's operations for benefit of both producer and consumer came in the food act Usui) patterned after the federal pure foods act The law creating the department gave to it regulatory and inspec tional powers and to the state col lege extension service and experi ment station farm education a,id research work, respectively. Thjs basic division still holds. In a Uke manner, but not until 1945, the department and state board of health mutually supported a law which put the inspection of places where food is consumed on the premises under the health agency; other food inspection remained in the department. The bits pulled out of the depart ment's history for this article only suggest the changes in its laws and work during the last quarter cen tury. But it reflects the develop ments in Oregon and often in neighboring states which gave rise to modern legislation in agri culture. Douglas County High In Turkeys WASHINGTON in Eight Ore gon counties were among the top 100 nationally in the number of turkey, hens kept for breeding in 1954, a census of agriculture com piled by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, dis closes. The eight counties were Clacka mas, Yamhill, Marion, Linn, Lane, Douglas. Multnomah and Umatilla. The first three counties were in the top 10 nationally. in numoer ot lurKeys raised, howover, only three of the coun ties were among the top 100. They were Yamhill, which ranked 22nd; Clackamas, 28th, and Marion, 74th. Only two counties Washington and Clackamas were among the top 100 counties in volume and value of chicken eggs sold. In 1954, eggs sold by Clackamas farmers were valued at $1,937,425, ana Dy Washington lan.iers, 51, 673,973. Clackamas ranked 51st. Washington 66th. Only Clackamas County ranked nationally in the number of chick ens lour montns old or over on farms. It was 77th with 500,778 birds. Clackamas also ranked 53rd in value of all poultry and poultry products sold S4.554.000 and Yamhill County ranked 89th with $3,217,000. FOR RENT John Deere Crawler Tractor with Blade Lansing-Oliver 1561 S. E. STEPHENS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK priced 4-whrel drive truck. DIAL OR 3-7434 --n-' 'A- "r r- K4Jf 'J t
