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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1950)
JULY 13, 1950 THE SANDY POST H ave Your Work about TH£ farm - - - Done By A TRAINED -■ ‘finest and M ost Economical in Radio R cn n ir’ ROD ROGERS O R IE N T EL E C T R IC phone Gresham 759 Loop H iw a y O rient Ore. Bob's Little Plumber Says: A Thrips In Clackamas Clover Need DDT Dusting Says Entomologist R. Every Guaranteed Results ¡¡OLLIE’S RADIO & TELEVISION I WHEN vt>uj B U ILD J I TH A T i DREAM J HOUSE | ¿NEW— FINE ■ . PLUMBING < WE CAN D O I )FOR Y O U , Bob Can Give You An Estim ate It Won’t Cost A Cent BOBS PLUMBING & HEATING Phone 634 Let Us Provide N otes by the W ayside— technician Sandy, Oregon MAKE SURE YOUR HOUSE IS READY FOR Page 3 Anyhow, our new farm program seems well Adapted to our needs, and many from other states and nations find it interesting. As visitors we have had And rew Christie and his wife, King ston, New Hampshire. He is president of the very important International Baby Chick Assoc iation. The Christies and H. G. Mattoon, Norberth, president of the Pennsylvania Forestry As sociation, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Brownell. We accompanied them fp r a look at Clackamas county’s berry and (grassland agriculture. SaveTuel! Save Money! A rriving at the Harold Bushue berry farm, Boring,, we found no one at home and proceeded to do a little trespassing in the berry patch near the house. War, old caught us in the%ct and in sisted that we pick a few boxes fo r the visitors to eat prior to catching the evening train east. C all o r Como in Soon foe I t is d ifficu lt fo r us Oregon ians, accustomed to excellent C om plete In fo rm a tio n fru it, to realize the th rill exper ienced by easterners who stand in one o f our fine fields where they can pick the best berries that grow. Harold Bushue point ed out to H. G. Mattoon that much of his crop is processed and purchased by Philadelphia preservers rig h t in the latter’s Second Street Phone Gresham 284 back yard. ♦oooooooooooOoOooOoooooooooo^W oOoooooooooooooooóf 1950 While we have° nn '’l * n ^ keep’ County A^ent prelim inary surveys evidence to go on, county clTver w ? ta b liity ° f dusting Clackamas and lotus fie ld s ;fo r seed production. Extension 5T—- —------— Entomologist Robert Every came up fo r an after- I 4MMK ' □ Z v laSl WGek and gave Extension Agent .Clive J . ok and me a tittle education on the subject of insxxz pest lnfesting our legume seed fie lS We found lygus bug, th rip 'and clover seed weevil m varying amounts in each field visited on the west side and near Macksburg and Molalla. Fields nearing m aturity showed more of these pests than those just coining into blos som. White and ladino clover fields showed very heavy infestation. P o U t ^ S id . WaS ? ° inted ° Ut by Every insect already s t a r t e d ^ X secd m aturity approaches. Damage had F v Iv rZ d i Henry KyUos M olaUa white clover field, and ladinn r ecominended immediate dusting there. In Howard Smith’s ladino, clover field a t Macksburg«- we found fewer insects, but ' has been reported, but i t is safer Every believed th a t more would not to feed it. be found at dusting time. We “ We also th in k i t useless to also found lesser, but significant, make comparisons by dusting a infestation i n , lotus fields be portion of, a field, leaving an longing to Elm er and Adolph other portion untreated. These Kruse, Frog Pond, and Lewis insects spread too rapidly from Fir Logs Wanted Stahlnecker, Carroll Creek. one portion o f the field to an A t Good Prices As pointed out previously, we other fo r accurate comparisons.” We give full scale and pay have little local experimental ev East Calls Us Wierd cash each week for Old idence on benefits o f dusting A Clackamas county resident Growth Yellow F ir Peelers here., B ut we do know that who recently called on the edi delivered to our plant in dusting, w ith excellent, results, to r o f a national farm magazine Gresham. has been followed In several published in the East fo r the OLYMPIC MFG. CO. other states and in Jackson and purpose o f selling an article on Division, The Dean Co. Jefferson counties o f this state. this county was told, “ You have Gresham, Oregon Several growers near St. Paul, a wierd and fantastic agricul PHONES: in Marion county, report excel ture, and we are not interested.” Guess maytle we do, at that. Gresham 265, EEnwood 5223 lent ¡results from dusting in 1949. We have additional evidence. Seed fro m our fields show evi dence of insect damage, and we know that we have infestation in quantity. Here are control recommend ations: Dust w ith 20 to 30 pounds o f 5 per cent DDT per acre when about 20 per cent o f the seed heads in white, alsike For and ladino fields have turned brown. Dusts w ith higher DDT content may damage the bee population. I t is important also to dust early in the-morning before bees have left their hives. No dam age has been reported when these directions have been fol lowed out. This means that some white and alsike fields are fa r enough W ith Old B attery advanced to dust now. Ladino clover and lotus fields Mechanic On D uty can be dusted about the tenth to fiftefenth of July. In fact, i t may be a good idea to dust lotus fields now and to follow Telephone 471 Loop H ighw ay w ith a second application in about three weeks from the time this article aj^ears. I t is probable that we shall also recommend dusting red clov er seed fields. This w ill be de termined as the season prog resses, and due notice w ill be given in this column. “ Straw from dusted fields may be fed to meat animals,” Every says, “ but we do not recommend dusted straw fo r producing cows as some DDT may be found in m ilk when so fed. No in ju ry Performance OIL HEAT ■s B e s t! GRESHAM SEED & FEED GO.. Inc Geo. S. Koch Motor Company Pontiac=GMC SALES and SERVICE It ’s T im e N O W EARLY SUMMER SPECIAL • To S E R V IC E To M A I N T A I N Guaranteed 24 Months TRI-STATE BATTERIES For One Month $ | | . 0 0 SANDY OIL COMPANY CaU J & J SHEET METAL Today 4 FREE ESTIM A TE S Roofing-Eaves-Specialty Work J & J SHEET METAL IN SA N D Y Phone 27l M ain Street your own ALL-CROP Harvester ■ W 4/5 Quart ■ T o R EB U ILD YOUR CAR OR TR U C K Let Us Make Your Fine Car FINER Geo. S. Koch Motor Co. Pontiac and GMC Sales and Service Phone 431 Sandy, Ore. 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