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
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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
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