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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1953)
Time To Treat Strawberry Weevil | for à* forestry leader for them. Anyone interested in helping Timely Topics Green Guard Brookings Harbor Pilot 9 these boys with forestry work are invited to contact us at the ex- From Sylvia Lee THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 1953 Poster Contest Last week Gus Sehnideau, who ' tension office and we will be very owns a home and large flower happy to help you get your club By S ylvia C. L ee Curry county Green Guard their name, address, age and gardens on the north bank of the organized and under way. members are being invited to school they attend. All posters ! Remodeling— Rogue river, brought in a can full Lily Growers' Meeting • ake part in the ninth annual will become the property of the of little white grubs about a Slated For April 20 and 21 Remodeling clothes for the slate-wide fire prevention poster Keep Oregon Green Association fourth to half inch long. We ident family is the subject for April contest sponsored each year by after judging. Last I hursday the Specialty ified these as being the grubs of Home Extension Unit meetings the Keep Oregon Green Associa There are now over 50,0(X) boys Crops committee met at the home the strawberry weevil, which is a ot I which will be conducted by the tion. ( ecil Watt at Harbor and per and girls enrolled in the Oregon very common pest in this area on | county extension agent. Mrs. Lee. The hundreds of local Green Green Guard. fected the program for the an most all ornamental plants. These nual lily growers’ meeting to be Simple remodeling problems like Guards, the youth auxiliary of Green Guards must use a fire grubs are now going into the pupa I held April 20 at Harbor and for . a new set of collar and cuffs oi the Keep Oregon Green Associa prevention theme and the posters stage which is the time to treat the speaking program which will , a new scarf may be all that is tion. may enter contest (rosters will be judged on originality, re or spread bait about the crowns be presented at the meeting of needed to make a good but old Horn April 1 to April 30, accord lation to educational phases of of the plant. This bait is sold the Pacific Lily Growers’ Associa I dress a joy to wear. Then, there ing to Mrs. V. V. Young, Curry fire prevention and artistic quali by most feed and seed dealers, tion on April 21. Speakers the j will be major remodeling prob- County Keep Oregon Green chair ties. They may be in cut-outs, however, individual gardeners can i first day will include A1 Roberts, i Jems which will include some man. water colors, poster paint, oils, thought before attempting the mix their own bait if they prefer. Green Guards will be divided pastels, or wax crayons. associate horticulturist, O.S.C.. A bran bait which has been very speaking of the Pollible Causes i ime and effort consuming task. into two divisions, Junior divi All entries should be sent to thn successful, consists of bran, 100 and Control of Gorse. Mr. Roberts Each member is asked to bring sion including all members from Keep Oregon Gr»*en Association, pounds; molasses, 5 pints; sodium has been doing considerable work , to the meeting a garment which 8 to 12 years of age, and the P.O. Box 471, Salem, Oregon. fluorsilicate or sodium floride, 5 on this, both in the field and at she is considering remodeling. Senior division including those from 13 to IB years. pounds; water, approximately 5 the college through the green Merry Kitchen Cooks Met— gallons. These are mixed together houses, and will have some inter i here will be four 5 cash prizes ; The Merry Kitchen Cooks, Gold WARD'S in this proportion. It takes from esting subject matter for the lily Beach, a 4-H Cooking I, met S at in each division. To the two di 50 to 100 pounds of bait to treat growers at that time. Harold urday and organized their group vision first place winners there Propane Service an acre. The mixture may be .Jensen, nemantologist, who has with six members. Mrs. Alice will be a $10 prize. The winners made up in any amount using been working on the nematode Bowman, leader; Joan Perkins, will be presented with their cash We carry a COMPLETE line the above formula as a guide. awards by their local county of Gas Appliances, Wedgwood. president; Karen McKay, vice situation here in Curry countv Tappan, O’Keefe & Merritt, and On new ground which has not for a couple of years, will discuss president, and Alice Bowman, Keep Oregon Green chairman. The size of the poster will be Caloric ranges General water been planted, Aldrien at the rate nematode, their control and iden secretary. I This group w’ill meet every two 11 by 14 inches. Only one poster heaters Servel Refrigerators of 5 pounds per acre or chlor tification. weeks up the Rogue river at the may be submitted by each Green Coleman furnaces. dane at the rate of 10 pounds per Burten W’ood, head of the Ag Bowman Guard and must be on their own residence. Tanks for rent, sale or lease. acre may be dipped into the soil Economic Dept., O.S.C., will dis work. On the back of each pos Crescent City Phone 111 before any planting is done. These cuss a cost of production study Flameproof Finish— ter the Green Guard must print At Jet. Hwys 101 and 199 chemicals will serve as repellent for lily bulbs which has been re Did you know you can have and keep the strawberry weevil quested by some of the lily grow .your clothing and home furnish- out of the soil for several years. ers, and Paul Carpenter, market ' ings given a flameproof finish? On established plantings it is dif ing specialist, O.S.C., will discuss The same process used to safe ficult to w’ork these materials into the Principles of Cooperative guard American soldiers against the soil. Gardeners who are in Marketing as might be applied to fire hazards of modern warfare COLORED CHICKS terested in more detailed infor the lily industry. This should be can be applied to the fabrics used —ALSO— mation on strawberry weevil and a very interesting meeting ano in clothing and the home. other garden pests may wish to one which lily growers will want Fabrics treated with T-H-P-C MALLARD ami PEKIN DUCKS secure a copy of extension Bul to attend. hold their flameproof quality letin No. 450, Insect Pests About SPECIAL on Rotes qq ( A program the second day after many launderings. the Garden, which is available Slip Cover Your Umbrella— Large Selection - Bedding Plants i which will be the meeting of the free at the extension office. One of the more recent re Dahlias A Gladioli i Pacific Bulb Growers Association The following new bulletins are will include talks from Frank Me- vised publications, "Recover your now available at your county ex ' Kenan, chief of the Division of old umbrella,” is available at the tension office in Gold Beach. They ( Agriculture, speaking on the in county extension office with iljia ui rrjjiunnnnu nr aunii nu annsnoi are: spection service as will be car about ten detailed drawings to 1. The Control of Diseases and ried out in Curry county this show you just how to do this bit Insect Pests of Cherrys Cir. of year. Charles Grayshel, from Har of rejuvenation. And it does give Information No. 478. bor, who has been working wi*h you a chance to match up your EOR accessories by recovering the um 2. Sprinkler Irrigation Costs the daffodil growers in the mar brella yourself. and Practices Station Bu. 532. keting of daffodil blooms, will How To Start a 4-H ALL TYPES OF TRUCK INSURANCE This bulletin describes the dif discuss some principles which Preservation Club ferent types of sprinkler systems, might be carried out in adver If you are of 4-H age and want types of soil where these sprin tising and merchandising of lily to learn canning or freezing of INCLUDING LONG HAUL bulbs. And Dave Shaw, who rep klers are most adopted, the foods, get four more boys and amount and rate per acre of irri resents the lily growers in the de girls of same age that are inter» gation applications and a descrip velopment of the Lily Growers’ ested in preserving food too. • ALSO tion of the various types of sys Bill, will discuss House Bill 577 i There should be five members to and its infuence on the market tems now’ on the market. ing of lily bulbs. Neil Stewart be a standard club. Ask an adult 3. Another bulletin wnich is from SAWMILL AND LOGGING Maryland, is ex i to be your leader, then notify available at the county extension pected Beltsville, . your extension agent when and to be in the area about office is "How to Build a Farm EQUIPMENT COVERAGE this time he has been invited where you are meeting and Mrs. Pond." This may be for irrigation to discuss and the work he has been i Lee will make arrangements to or for ornamental or game fish carrying out in Beltsville, Mary j be there with the necssary ma- purposes. The bulletin discusses land. He is one of the leading : trial to form a club and get you See • how’ to build a pond and where authorities oh Culture of Easter ! started in your project. to locate the pond, making the Lily Bulbs. If you are interested in can pond watertight, establishing the ning or freezing foods is best to ARTHUR KNOX INSURANCE The Harbor Lily Growers’ As get started at the beginning of still way and finishing the pond and stocking the pond with fish. sociation is planning an evening the season in order to have a AGENCY 4. Another new’ bulletin of in social program on the evening of good variety of foods in your ex April 20. Mrs. Walam has been terest to all Curry county stock- hibit and to learn the different ( ¡allagher Building men and farmers is the 1953 edi placed in charge of refreshments methods of preserving foods. and their committee is developing ♦ tion of the Field Crop Recom T elephone 2211 mendations for Oregon. This bul an interesting social program for Support your local merchants. letin is Station Bui. 533. It di that evening for all in attendance ■■n *»■ ■ " vides the state into seven sec at the meeting. tions with Section 1 being the coast area and gives recommen THANK YOU dations according to the different TREAT YOURSELF THIS EASTER SUNDAY TO Our sincere thanks to Mrs. areas. The bulletin discusses the Gladys Lmdskoug, who assist forage and pasture plants, cereals and recommends the best variety ed in the office of The Pilot for this area. These bulletins are on Monday, and Mrs Bee all available at the county ex Miller, who helped with the tension office free for the asking. final assembly of the ■ aper •2) x 4-// Forestry Club Organizes on Th u rsday. A t Gold Beach ANOE.YER) SUNDAY 12:00 to 9:00 P. M. Last Friday Rusty Lafferty visited the Gold Beach grade school to get the boys who w’ould ALL YOU CAN EAT be interested in joining his 4-H Forestry club, which he is getting Well Digging A LA CARTE SPECIALS TO SUIT YOUR 'PASTES under way this w’oek. Seventeen boys from the seventh and eighth Portions for Children - Half Price grades joined the club, so Rusty Drilling u’as afraid to go down into the sixth and fifth grades because he 1 BIEL JOHNSON felt his chib was full. I know Brookings Gen. Del. or there are a number of boys in Telephone 4041 Wc Cater Parties and Banquets the fifth and sixth grades who Hamilton House, Crescent City i ’-a Miles N. of Crescent City on Alder Road would like to carry a forestry PHONE 2964 project, so we are now looking EA STER S P E C IA L ... BROOKINGS FEED & SEED W ANTED or SHAP'S MAGIC KITCHEN
