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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1949)
ft The Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Thursday. Tanuarr 20. 1949 Weed Control Lessens Costs In Production One of the biggest headaches in Strawberry culture is og; the way "to being licked. Controfof weeds In strawberries has always con stituted one of the major costs of production. At present high labor costs, weed control by hoe lnx and cultivation may run up as much as $75 to $100 per acre per season. The licking of the problem will likely come through chemical weed control. In the past two years great interest in the possi bility of this has been shown. It has been found that hoeing costs mav be reduced from 50 to 75 per cent through the proper use of the appropriate chemical. And thi findine.? are still only In the experimental stage. Information to date on weed fru.trnl in strawberry fields Is contained in a pamphlet just issued bv the state college extension service and prepared by Virgil ti rrtd. Rex Warren and R. Ralph Shepherd. i vm Make Berries Berry production In strawber ries is dependent to a great ex tent on the late summer and fall growth of the plant. Yields are generally correlated with the leaf area produced from lata July until late November. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with the max imum production of leaves at this time. rhirinff the. dormant season, us ually from late November through February in the Willamette val-t-v the croD can be treated with h rhimiral without injury to the subseauent crop. It Is at this season of the year also that our . most troublesome weed plants nakf their erowth. These weeds Include ryegrass, chickweed, vetch, vrtMindsel. mustard, annual blue- grass. The coincidence of the giowth-habil of these so-called winter annuals with the dormancy In strawberry growth is very op pot tune for application of chem- ' loals for weed "control. Eliminates Some Work Through the use of chemical weed controls in strawberries, spring work will not be needed as eirlv as where they are not ed. The soil will be in better rendition for cultivation at a later da'te and fewer of the feeder roots will be destroyed. Later cultivations need not be deep. It Is generally agreed that straw berry production is lowered quite materially by damage done to feeder roots by hoeing and cul tivation. Spray Materials Listed The materials which have shown the most promise for use as dormant sprays on strawberry "fields are various phenolic weed kil'ers such as the dinitro gen enl weed killers combined with oil. The formula suggested for use consists of one and one-half quarts of general weed killer or dinitro plus 30 gallons of diesel oil plus 80 gallons of water, and this mixture applied at the rate of 110 to 120 gallons per acre. For the pentachloi phenel w'eed killer, the formulation is some what as follows: Pentachlophenol formulation equivalent to 8 to 10 ounds of phenol, 30 to 40 gal ns of die.'el oil. and 60 gallons of water. This total mixture is applied to one acre. It should be noted, say the authors of the pam phlet, that the phenol is first mix el with the oil and then may be added to the water, or If they are mixed in the spray tank the water may be added later. Pressure Needed The spray rig used for apply ing these materials to the straw berries should be equipped with an efficient agitator and have from 75 to 150 pounds pressure ; per square inch. When applying t high volume, as is used in this spray procedure, nozzles deliver ing from three-fourths to one and one-fourth gallons per minute at V) . pounds pressure will be re quired for economic spraying. - The use of too much oil or too toxic oil. as the various contact weed-killing oils now available, should be avoided in this spray mixture. Oils have a tendency to creep by means of a wick action In plants. Should the strawber ries, even in the dormant stage, be- sprayed with too heavy an application of oil.'"" injury to the crown might result. It is impor tant, therefore, to limit the amount of oil used and to use preferably such light oils as diesel and fuel oil for this purpose. Further experiments are being carried on at OSC and as infor mation .develops it will be given '' out, the college extension heads report. WEED MEETING SCHEDULED Elimination of Tansy ragwort and Irish gorse will be discussed t a county-wide meeting of Clack amas farmers called for Wednes day, January 26, 10 a., m. at Cen tral grange hall, Beavercreek. Y0UX WAY and FAST YES MAN seyt "TIS" fe4etef S Got cuh from flu to pay what you ym ... boy what you Mad. Phana or visit tho YES MAN at ftwM today. MOW TO IfftUCI PATJUMTS mr ndit P", yam era uaually cut wy vwa tW-total of your amthly Wa So thia for our mtminrj day. Well b alad to tmu yoo, too. just Loans $25 U $50t on Auto Up to $30t on Furniture. Salary SIS State SU Rm. 123 Phone 2-2464 E. Gallinger, Mgr. " Lie. S-122, M-164 Willamette V alley f armer h.'l&i&Wi'oyram and GardenUUX L. MADSOf. Coiiserrinr Oragoa's soU U ens of the big problems In Oregon's biggwt Industry. The group of men plc te7 lra r. attackla thl, problem at the first annual meeting of the SanUarn soil conservation 'UMrSZiS ! AtamsvUle. Seated, from left U right, ar. Ry PorUr AunanU.: Fred Cmstock Mar. U.;WnHimT.hfh, Orecoa StaU coll ere; Henry Ahrens. Turner, chairman of tho dUtrlct d Harry " StewartTuest SUytoo. Standing, left, la Ronald Elms, soil conservation service; right. Harry Riches. Marion county agent (Farm Photo Thousands of farmer (and soma f I Ji- V - VV -tA X - l Vs -"'M-m J; " . : ' 11"!-!"- V. 1-1 f.V ."V ..... each year by Willamette Taller farm Implement ana macninery companies. r,mn "" " " .i-l i.t m m .hAW .cmotmM new machinery la also on display. This picture was taken at the recent Silverton Farm Implement Aurora Hens Make High Lay Average Producing commercial tggs for market is only one of tho enter prises on the J. R. Stratford and Son ranch, Aurora, but It is an important one. In tirtking with Ben Newell. Marion county agent, this week, Mr. Stratford reported a lay of over 80 per cent from his 800 hen Parmenter Red flock. The flock, which is made up of a new group of pullets each year, is housed in old op storage buildings which have been con verted into poultry houses. Many features of good management can be observed in this ono set up, says Mr. Newell. First, deep litter is used and requires ; cleaning only once a year, muui up straw ana nyaraiea lime cover the floor to a depth of about eight inches. Lime, used 1 pound to 3 square feet of floor space, helps dry tho moisture and keep the litter loose and flurry. Another feature that helps tho Stratfords on cleaning eggs is a gypson trough. Tho trough is made by putting lath or other stripping around tho edge of I the step en tering the nest. This trough or box is filled with lime which hens must step into before entering the nest. With a lime coating on her feet, the hen has liale chance to soil eggs- in the nest. Watering' devices are always a source of much wet litter-trouble. Stratford has his water troughs built outside the main building on a small slatted porch. This lets excess water drop tp the ground rather than being carried- back WANTED ! Walnnt Heals and Filbert Heats Also Walnuts in the Shell HIGHEST PRICK CASH ON DELIVERY FOR ORCHARD RUN . , . SEE IS BEFORE YOU SELL. ' rionms mOBFElII PACKING CO. 4M N. Front Street j SALEM Telephone 3-7C33 FARIIERS IIISURAIICE GROUP AUTO - TRUCK - Your security Is Important That Is why we offer only the boat A National Standard, non-assessable poli cy.! at a savings. $5193.t0 Liability for only $12.7e each C months. A $5.t tales cost the first time only. BILL OSEO 4SS Court St Phono 3-5581 fm - - -rT-' - r - -1: A -- I It for bUiesman.; of their town cousins) attend the store party. tStatesman Farm Pnoto.) Farm Calendar Jan. 25-26 Annual meeting of Western Oregon Livestock as sociation, Gearhart hotel. Jan. 29 Annual meeting Ore gon Jersey Cattle club. Legion hall. Salem. Floyd Bates. Salem, president. Starts at 10 a m. Jan. 29 Quarterly convention of Marion County Farmers Union, Salem. Jan. 31 Annual meeting Mt. Angel Co-op creamery stockhold ers meeting, St. Mary's hall, Mt. Angel, 10 a.m. Feb. 3-4 Grange lecturers' school, OSC campus. Feb. 3 Fourth annual Ore gon Swine Growers bred gilt sale. Marion County Livestock associa tion sponsors. State fairgrounds. Feb. 9 Linn County Turkey day, Lebanon. Feb. 22-24 State convention of Oregon Farmers Union, Maple wood grange hall, Aurora. Feb. 26 Third annual Junior Jersey sale, Washington county fairgrounds, Hillsboro. SPECIALTY CROPS TRIFLED Oregon farm acreage devoted to specialty crops has more than tripled in the 30 years following world war I. In 1919, only a little more than five per cent of the crop land was used for tree fruits and nuts, small fruits, potatoes, truck crops and seed crops. Now 18 per cent of the crop land is used for these. through tho house on the birds feet. All of these practices go to gether to be factors in the high lay percentage of the poultry flock, says Newell. FIBE to an BILL OSKO Dtst. Mgr. Mr m 11 annual "farm family" parties giren Cutting Time, Not Weathering, Sets Mint Yield If a peppermint crop 4s allowed to mature to tho proper stage for cutting, yield of oil Is little af fected by weathering of the cut material before distilling. This is being proved by research which has been conducted over several years by tho Oregon State college experiment station at the request of tho industry. Even if tho crop Is allowed to drr to tho hay stage, loss in oil is the result of leaf shattering rather than the dry state of the cut mint. the studies showed. If the mint Is cut before full bloom stage or al lowed to go beyond that point, there is material loss in oil yield, whether weathered or not. JERSEYS MAKE RECORD John Lienhart. Monitor, had two Jerseys this past month that prov ed good production. They were Irene with 80.5 pounds and nancy with 76 pounds. S- a registered Jersey belong to Marvin Beer of Needy made 82.4 pounds oi dui- terfat. ...as a firecracker -rhaes PDES-YO-ILOGS THt DflCltNT, GLEAM, CONVENIENT FUEL SIT 'fM FtOM. Capilpl Lumber Co. S. Cherry ATeaee rfcone 2-SSS2 Death Causes In Walnut Trees Studied Consistant use of a wound dress ing on large pruning cuts will eli minate one of the two diseases that cause decline and death of walnut trees in the Pacific north west according to findings of a cooperative federal-state research conducted by Dr. Paul W. Miller and the late C. E. Schuster, feder al specialists stationed at Corval lis. Mushroom root rot and wood rots are the only two "decline" diseases caused by specific organisms, but there are at least six non-parasitic disorders that are responsible for death of walnut trees or serious loss in productivity. Dressing Formula Told A good semi-permanent wound dressing for walnuts or other tree wounds is easily made by mixing one pound of commercial bordeau powder with one quart of raw un seed oil. The authors recommend this for any cuts of one inch or more in diameter. Mushroom root rot occurs in cer tain infected soils but only seri ously on trees that have Persian (English) walnut root stock. When Hinds black walnut -root stot k is used this disease causes little trou ble. Prevention Described bination of black walnut root stock grafted with Franquette top wood gives rise to occasional walnut gir dle, one of the non-parasitic trou bles that kills soma trees. If a planting is made on soil infected with mushroom root rot It is safer to chance losing a few trees by girdling than to risk the more gen eral root rot disease. For clean soils, Franquettes grafted on Per sian roots stock will prevent girdl ing. Other disorders caused by poor' nutrition or other factors not re lated to actual disease are boron deficiency, poor soil drainage, cold injury, low soil, fertility, lack of moisture and the combination of two or more of these factors. All of these are discussed in the bulletin, which is available free from county extension offices or direct from the college. Owls range in size from tiny elf owls about tho sjzo of a spar row, to horn and eagle owls which ara two feet or more in length. CtGAtJ.V.lGEG f, - 3 1425 Edgewater St. Phone 2-5455 . , . e- Inskeep Comments About Fertilizing Strawberry Fields Only tangible results that have been noted from use of commer cial fertilizers for strawberries were from side dressing with 700 pounds of treble phosphate per acre, five inches under the ground, John J. Inskeep. Clacka mas county agent, told The States man farm editor this week. These results, Inskeep continu ed, wore noted on the Pete Pack ard farm at Boring and evidence in this case was conclusive. Fer tilizer placement was made in April as a deep side-dressing with a special machine, a year after plants were set in the field. In creased yields came with tho sec ond crop. Many growers side-dress straw berry rows with a complete fer tilizer in the fall or in spring, or both, said Inskeep. These are usually surface, or at least shal low applications. Inskeep's obser vations have caused him to be lieve that this Is a rather futile practice. In the first place, he said, phosphorous-bearing fertiliz ers are of little value unless plac ed in bands beneath tho root area and at the side of the plant. In the second place, these surface or shallow applications usually usually increasedweed growth and result in higher labor costs for the season. Mixing phosphates with potash, the soil is one thing, while plac ing in bands at the side of the row is quite another, with all evidence in favor of the bands. The bands should be placed three inches from the row and three to six inches underground. At the time of setting out plants, 1000 pounds of 20 per cent super phos phate or 450 pounds of treble phosphate should bo used per acre. About 100 pounds of muriate of potash might be included, Ins keep said. FAIR BOARD MEMBER NAMED L. E. Arnold. Lebanon, has been appointed a member of the Linn County fair board and will serve three years. Other members of the fair board are Ned Callaway of Brownsville and R. A. Talbott of Albany. O. E. 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