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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1986)
I h r l l r ^ n n i . i i r l l r f i m r . H rp p a rr O K rg o a v \ rd n rs d .y . \ p r ll* l« M ("amp offers range experiences X County Agent's Corner Hiking into the Straw berry Wil «lerness hands on investigation of soils, plants, stream and wildlife biology plus range m anagem ent are just a few of the experiences offered at the O ra fM Range l am p to hr held this sum m er. July 13 18 Oregon Range Camp is sponsored by Oregon State University K xtrn »ion Service and the Society for Range M anagem ent The cam p is open to ol«!er youth intereste«! in learning m ore about range, forest, and w ildlifr m anagem ent C am pers must be high school age, tietwi’en ninth and 12th grade C o m p lete in fo rm a tio n about Range Camp and application forme are available from the Morrow County Fxtension Office. Box 397. Heppner phone 676 9M2 The base of the Straw berry Moun tains in laigan V alley. G rant County, provides a perfect setting for the R angr Camp, allowing caqvpers to learn first hand about rangeland and it's relationship with other natural resources In addition to the hands on investigations, cam p ers will also visit local ranches to observe range production practices, p articip ate in discussion on wild horses and east ern Oregon history F v rnings a round the cam pfire, plus meeting fcv Fred Lundin C X TE N S U N S E R V IC E \ ard of Month selection made LuciJt* R irfm ann'» yard has b w n selected by the lone G arden (lu b as the season's first yard of the month Her home, built in ItWl on the site of her childhood home, is at the corner of Second and G reen S treets at fone Tall evergreen shrubs grow at the corners of the house with sm aller ones and peonies along the side Red pink and white rose bushes grow in back of the house A sm all garden hoardered with spring bulbs will be planted later in the back corner of the lot Chestnut seedlings planted If you've planted a chestnut seed ling in the past 10 years, or. ever want to, you probably have 85 year old Janes Comp or Ward T aylor, 77, to thank, says a national wildlife m agazine F or the past decade, they and their arm y of senior citizens. Boy Scouts, conservationists, and County Agricultural Agent IV) you need to fertili’e you tre e ’ Some trees do not need fe r tiln n g Many grow normally and succes sfully to th eir m atu re sr*e and rem ain v igorous and healthy w ith no special need for fe rtili'e r Take a look at your tree If its grow th has been acceptable during previous years, m aking a foot or so of new growth, and if its foliage has been norm al in color, a r e . and am ount, the tree is in satisfactory condition Rut if grow th is less than expected or if foliage is sm all, sp a rse or of poor color perhaps the tree needs »«»me fertiliser F ertilisers commonly are used to provide a grow th sitm ulus for young trees or to help provide the raw m aterials for an older tree to pul a new flush of growth M ineral elem ents enhance the foliage color and in som e cases increase the fruit set for the follow ing > car t's e a com plete fertili’er contain mg nitrogen, phosphorus, and potas mm in the ratio of 3 2 t for shade trees T e rtlli’e in the Spring ra th e r than in the Fall Place the fe rtili’er 12 to 18 inches deep along the drip line A comm on fertili’er use«! would be 20-10-5 This contains 20 percent by weight nitrogen. 10 percent phos phorus as P20SI, and 5 percent potassium If the tree is sm all place one fourth of a pound of actual nitrogen around the tree per inch of diam eter of the trunk With trees with six inch or larger trunks place one half pound of nitrogen per inch of diam eter Other problem s may show sym p tom s that could b«* m istaken for nutrient disorders More often than not factors other than nutrition cause poor plant appearam -e The include Wet cold or poorly aerat«*d root ’ones Drought Salinity, and insects and disease If you have elm trees, you can expect elm leaf beetle d am age The beetle is one fourth inch long, yell ow ish to dull green w ith an indistinct prison laborers have salvaged a q u a rte r of a million chestnuts from one of A m erica's last stands of chestnut trees along M ichigan's eastern shore From the early Ittoo to the 1950» a lethal fungus im ported from Ja p a n nearly wiped out this A m erican tradition black stripe along each side The larvae are sm all yellow to black worm» Both can be found skeleton rin g leaves or on the bark of elm trees only Infested trees have a general yellow a p p e a ra n c e w ith m any leaves sk e le to n re d o r lai-es Several insecticides a re re g is tered for this pest, but special equipment is normally require«! to place the m aterial in the tree H«*«lge» are generally trim m ed to promote com pact grow th and to m ake the individual plants blend with i>ne another The best tim e to trim a hedge is after the flush of spring grow th Trim ming after the flush of grow th will help the hedge hold its desired shape longer because growth later in the year will not be so dram atic When shearing a h«slge rem em her to m ake the bottom wider than the top so that light can reach all leaves As June approaches, concentra tions of spider m ites a re likely to show up in hedge foliage If the leaves develop a gray cast and look dusty, i t s likely that spider m ites are present Hosing down the he«lge with w ater in the early morning may- help control them For w idespread spider m ite infes tations. a spray of Kelthane is recom m ended for most of the shrubs used as hedges Check the Insecti cidc label before buying to m ake sure the form ulation can be used on your landscape plants The self-cleaning oven uses less energy than regular ovens The self cleaning feature is a high tem p e ra turn cycle that burns off the grease and grim e It doesn't use much energy be«-au»e it is on only for a short lim e i<«-cause of the high tem perature, self cleaning ovens have extra insul ation to protect the oven and sur rounding building m aterials The extra insulation snows the heat loss during norm al baking and broiling This saves energy This Friday April 11 7 to 9p.m. RedWings 30% Off ¿U ’■ — Oxfords Wmg Tip. au —; < C/Î Reg $40" Reg $53" Sweatshirts P u llo **r» Zp u p . 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Bradley’« Ghost* Game Oleg Ca««ini After Shave R©g vwe > O a ts loca Sfocy Adorns Oneida Stainless Steel Flatware Patterns Tim ex Watches $6 4" Womens Fashion Shoes Ul Reg 25% Off Reg Select t on all 5 piece place settings of all 50% Off $79" 699 $2.25 r *9 9o< Reg *347 Portoya 8 Save 40% 4 5 * Answer« - Comet Halley moonlight Transformers Squeeze ‘n Blow Northwest Note« indiv iduals from all around the state help round out the cam ping exp en ence Cam p sponsors a re now seeking girls or boys interested in attending | Ml Range C am p 5 mith si «•«intact their local Fxtension Office today to receive application form s Local business and o rg an i’ations w ill help prov ide p artial scholar - ships for interested cam p ers ( a m p p articipants will find Ore gon R angr C am p a highlight of their sum m er activities SALK UJ _¡ MooNÜqitT moo HEX F N 217 N Main > C/3 > t - m
