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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1958)
PACK 4 HHKJt.MAX COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. ORBGON Grass Valley FRIDAY, JU N E 27. I»3M production and greater use of the er than under continuous crop material should in time bring ping. the material in reason for consid One of the major management louffk-tAe. eration for field application. problems of wheat-fallow areas is the maintenance of organic mat < H e*ucc£fi NopsencH ORGANIC MATTER ter level in the soil because soil A r e s i* n c A C S p a i c x a n p erosion is more severe the lower Frequently we spoak of organic TTM ACC SIA, SOUR P/SN- INC OUT TH f MCAT NtTH matter and its importance for the organic matter. By returning ’A P fR P O R A T e P SPOONS. continued profitable grain pro only the residue of the wheat crops, we haven’t been able to duction in the Columbia Basin. Soil organic matter is a mix maintain the organic matter level. Experimental results indicate ture of plant and animal material that an optimum application of in various stagey of decomposi tion. It runs all the way from nitrogen and wheat straw more recently a<lded plant or animal nearly will maintain organic mat- residue In the proo?ss of rapid de ter levels In our wheat summer- cay to decomposed organic mater fallow soils, perhaps due to the ials— sometimes called “humus”. greatly enlarged root system and Whenever fresh organic matter Is top growth induced by nitrogen. If we attempt to increase the added, the decay process Is speed N hcsn R n / g n t s organic matter level we must ed up. H C R E BO LD" The primary source of new or consider using materials such as /YeP/CVAC TppUBAOOURS ganic materials for soils is from manure, peavines or legumes in S A N S O P POOP AS HCCC A S plant residue. Mature plant resl- a rotation. . . . . . Manure . . and __ pea . vines cove, t h u s POPocAp/rfNC a n o dues are usually compos«! of a™ ,in Umlte<1 suPP|’ f- ™ » means p p c s c r v / n g p w o p / r c pec/pes.^ atout 50% carton and less than » I^ ,ume r° ta,1° n ,s ,he °"'-v one percent nitrogen. All the ni feasible practice for most of the trogen contained in the residue wheat producing area. can 1* utilized by the micro-or C A R C f euROPCAN C O N - ganisms. Only a small amount of v c n t s s e p v e o p ccta o u s the carbon can be used, because AN P NOURJSWNG PRICP the decomposition process relea P€A SOUP TO ACC APPLI ses most of it as carbon dioxide, C A N T E -T u C OR! GIN OP just as fire releases it. OUR SO U P PITCHCN. The carlion-nitrogen ratio of grass and grain straw can be as | y O R A Y S C P C C N PPA Soup wide as 150-1. The C’-N ratio of ' a n o othcr mattona c legume residue is much narrow fa v o r / tcs : ch / cksn - noodc €, er— 30 parts of carbon to one tonato ’U ccctasc e, om / on , part nitrogen. Legume residues, 'ANO P C C P V C C S T A B C C CONC liecause of their higher nitrogen s A S N u r p i n o v s S o u p content, build up organic matter QUICP, TN^tPTÌS OCC/C/OUS. in the soil much more rapidly , Copyright I»M . J.T.Clarfc« than residue of grasses or grain, but this build-up is usually temp sources of weed seed spreading suits are uncertain sin«? evalua orary. Under any type of farming, t e movement of livestock, hay, tlon methods ware subject to crl- the organic matter tends to lie- feed and equipment; wildlife feed- ticism. Current research in C a ll come more or less stabilized at ing on mature plants; flower and ornla Is the best possibility of de some point. Under the summer- garden seed packages; planting termining the value of ratnmak- fallow system, that point is low- of perennial noxious weeds In ing ami developing new methods yards MORNING GLORY TRIAIJ4 lx* alert to perennial weed Infos- Morning Glory research trials tatlon (goatweed, Mediterranean wen? established on Don and Bill Huge and Hal,«etln. range Maenab and Larner Sayre ranch«, 8nroad to crop land. Wednesday, June 4. Dean Swan, J.»». th. „S C wto.1 «.ah.lshed . ï 1 -TÄ By Mm . A. F. Ralxer Mr. and Mrs. A F. Balzer were both in a hospital in The Dalles the first of the week with a sev ere ease of food poisoning caused, it is thought, from eating of salad dressing. The illness of Mrs. Bal zer accounts for the absence of Grass Valley Items this week. CARD OF THANKS I want to give my sincere thanks to the friends and neigh bors who sent me cards and flowers while I was In the hospi tal recently. Mrs. J. K. Series County Ramblin’« County Agricultural Agent Do you have a plentiful sup ply of meadow or field mice work ing in your wheat field or lawn, as many of Sherman county peo ple do? If so, the county agent’s office has a supply of bait, now on hand, that you can purchase to rH your property of this pest. Recommendations of the Sher man County Hural Planning con ference last spring were many and varied. One hundred seventy- five Sherman countlans partici pated In forming some immedi ate and long time goals for Sher man county. Six committee re ports were developed. Recom mendations of the committee re ports were: PLYW OOD HARDW ARE Through our connections with WHOLESALE houses in our own locality and throughout the country. WE can supply ALL your FARM SHOP, and HOME NEEDS for you a, ENORMOUS savings’ For further details- write or see us. Or for still faster service and savings, simply lift up your Telephone RIGHT NOW and CALL ED 3-2521 P erfection in ery service nt reasonable cost Funeral Service Leoranl & Wilma Smith Directors I’lnme The Dalles CY 6-3(35 REGULAR HEAVY DUTY All Sizes Gates Cargo Nylon All Sizes 26 32 inch tread depth Nylon CT Track BOTH CARRY ROAD HAZARD GUARANTEE Tocîav-.Jt Thousands of motorists have paid premium prices to pet the extra safety of N’YI OX tii\ s like this. Rut now, we have this superior NYLON tire — a genuine 1st quality tire in every way — priced ri ,ht to the penny with 1st quality rayon tires. And in addition to this real saving...we allow you lil 'rnl cash discount in trade for your used tires. Gates NYLONS are guaranteed against ANY failure Quick Recapping Service Quality Guaranteed Grass Valley. Oregon HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS DANCE Explorer Scouts Rhythmairres Saturday June 28 Grass Valley Pavilion Including blowouts, bruises, rim-cuts, etc., for the •ntire life of the long-wearing tread. No time limit. No mileage limit. J, M. DAUGHERTY PAINT Colonel H. B. Elder, the man who was in charge of The Dalles dam, has l»een appointed superin tendent for the John Day dam and will leave The Dalles project July 3 and go to Walla \\?alla to prepare for his work on the John Day project. Planning now indicates that first work will start on the Wash- ington side with the building of cofferdams and this may take more than a year. Then similar structures will be built on the Oregon side and work done inside them preparing the base of the cam. Peak periods for employment will probably be in I960 or 1961 when 3500 to 4000 men will l»e working on the John Day dam. Water in the Columbia is «hop ping daily and work may l>?gin Get Your Truck Tires for Harvest WEED CONTROL COMMIT TEE— <D To coordinate the weed control program the county court should appoint a Sherman Coun ty Weed Control Council to work in conjunction with the weed com trol inttn- council are <a Develop ................ ' ’r r T ' , ”„ rH, 'n 7 « „ i sent perennial infestations an 1 .„rnadaor new Inles a Ion,, w lb consideration for efficiency and county’s most serious weed prob- the trials. The experimental trials proper use of present and future lent effort should be made to con- have been established to gain ad- tax dollars, (b) Direct program of trol It by use of hormor>?-type dltional information relative to tl>? county weed supervisor. »prays and soil stwtlants. (14) the use of the benzoic acids-as ( i Inventory periodically the The following educational pro- soil sterllants on morning glory, weeds present and their infesta gram is recommended: Field days Applications, Including last tion and take action to meet these or tours, farm meetings, well- week, will l>e applied at four <iif- problems, (d) Advise the county marked demonstration p l o t s , ferent times up until fall seeding, court and work with them in newspaper articles, circular let- Two benzoic acids, trlchloro and guiding the county program rela ters on weeds, weed mounts, and polychloro are being used at dif- tive to weeds. (e) Work closely Identlflcatlon. (15) The committee ferent rates. The objective is to with the county agent In use of determine which of the materials new chemicals, recommendations should be continued to work with is most effective, what time dur other Interested county groups In and educational program on weed ing the summer fallow seasons control. (2) The county should use the control or eradication of per they should be applied, and whe ennial weeds. (1(1) Recommend homone-type «prays as m a n y ther they should l»e applied on tlm«‘s as necessary during the the experiment station conduct bare ground or with good foliage additional research on methods of year to control annual weeds growth of morning glory. Addi along roads. Soil sterllants should controllng cheatgrass In wheat tional plots will be established fields. also lx? tried to determine their on stubble land after harvest. effectiveness In tlx? weed pro LAND USE AND ('HOP PRO ON E SHOT WEED CONTROL gram. (3) A county we«sl super DUCTION COMMITTEE REC- How would you like to apply visor should be employed for a MENDATIONS— (1) It Is recom period of at least six months dur mended that tb? Oregon agricul one chemical in the fall at seeding ing the year; the remainder of tural ex|x*riment station l>e re- time f«»r general weed control— the year lx> could work as a mem <|in\st«‘«l to employe a full-time broadleaf weeds an«l annual grass es such as cheatgrass? Experi ber of the road crew. (4) The soil scientist at the Sherman mental weed research work is county should eradicate all per branch station to Increase studies ennial noxious weeds on county on nitrogen-moisture relation now being conducted along these lines by DSC research workers. roadways and work with cities, ships an I popping and tillage Dean Swan has such trial plots at state highway department and practices which will benefit wheat Pendleton and Moro this year. public utilities for eradication on production. It is further recom their properties. (5) The commit Slmazin and Duiron, two chemi tee set as a goal the eradication mended that a committee be for cals now on the market are under med to implement this recom of White Top, Russian Knapweed, stmly. Slmazin Is presently ap Canadian tldstlu and Dalmatlon mendation with the cooperation prove«! anil recximmended for toadflax on all properties in Hher- of other interested counties. (12) corn general weed control. Dui man county by 1963. (6) A road- Facilities for soil testing woulil ron is a aterllant at heavy rates, si e grass seeding program should result In more efficient use of but is presently recommended for It Is recommended be done where possible by farm fertilizers. general weed control In alfalfa. continue to ers or state and county road that a committee Muth additional work Is needed crows Ditch shoulders can be study th«* feasibility of establish with these materials, hut field shaped and seeded to grass that ing a laboratory in this area. (3) application of this nature may will reduce future weed control Seed treatment with suitable not I k - too many years In the fu cost ami spread of perennial chemicals to prevent tho build-up ture. Cost may tie the initial weeds, (7) Attention Is «'ailed to of new smut races should Is* i*on- limiting factor. new chemicals available to farm tlued. At the prerent, HUB offers ers for general w««ed «'ontrol and the is'st opportunities to control CHEMICAL HUMMER FALIXHY Growth control of vegetation reduction «if fire haaard. (H) Rye lx»th is'txl and soil-borne spores. should lx» considered a weed and 14» Nitrogen fertilizer appears to by chemclals for summer fallow treat«! as such. Farmers with increase the expression of a «11- under stmly. Perfect results were rye in their fields should cover -ease known as *t\dumhia Basin obtained at the Sherman station their bulk trucks w ith canvas Foot rot.” The organism causing In trial plot work using Slmazin to netUice spreading along road this disease is not known, nor alone and In combination with ways. (9) The effectiveness of has a control Ix-cn developed. Re either Bakqxm or ATA Present chemical methods for control of search workers are urged to give cost of Slmazin—$3.85 a pound at r je needs to In* further demon attention to this and other di i to 6 pounds— does not make ap Present strate!. (Kb Use of «'lean seed free seases as they appear. (G> Rain- plications economical. from annual and perennial weeds making and hail prevention have manufacturing cost in Switzer U. S. I n rtxxmimcnd<*d HI) Known l»ien carried on by Sherman land is NO cents a pound. county tanners since 1950. Re- LUM BER as soon as access roads are built and contracts are let for the cof ferdams and other work which is expeete i sometime in July. H. B. Elder Named John Day Boss TOOLS HOOPER UNION SERVITE Grass Valley. Oregon ÎA48J
