JULY 13, 1950
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Thrips In Clackamas Clover Need DDT
Dusting Says Entomologist R. Every
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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.
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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
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Entomologist Robert Every came up fo r an after-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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