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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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