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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Horticulture Expert Joins Experiment Station Here Dr. Roland C. Elake, recent ly of Mount Vernon, Wash., will join the southern Oregon ex periment station as horticulturist starting March 1, experiment station officials have announced. He replaces Dr. John Higdon, who recently resigned to go into DR. ROLAND C. BLAKE New Horticulturist Farm X 4 Growth Regulators Increase Cherry Size in OSC Tests Corvallis Growth regulator chemicals may help orchardists get more and larger sweet cher ri from their trees in the fu ture, according to two Oregon In a three-year experiment with Royal Ann cherry trees, Quentin Zielinski and Ralph Garren Jr. found that proper use of certain plant hormone sprays increased the weight of individual cherry trees as much as one-third. The added weight Qwas found to be due to an in crease in the fleshy part of the fruit not to larger pit size. Blossoms Increased The research workers also were able to increase the num ber of blossoms setting fruit on the trees in the spring. Flavor, O color, and other quality charac seem to be aUected. Zielinski and Garren checked five different growth regulator chemicals in the trials, using sprats made up of different con centrations of chemicals known as "Duraset." PCPA, NOA, NAS,. and 2,4, 5-T. The sprays were applied to entire trees at the rate of about 450 gallons per acre. Most promising of the chemi cals were 2. 4. 5-T, and a combi nation spray of NOA and PCPA, the horticulturists said. How ever, they emphasized that more experimental work on the long range effect of the chemicals on 0 sweet cherry trees is needed be fore specific recommendations can be made. Secfona FFA Contest Scheduled for March I Cave Junction A sectional contest between Future Farm ers of America of the Rogue Umpqua and lower Willamette districts is scheduled for March 1 at 1 p.m. at the Illinois Val ley Hich school gymnasium. Winners in the district parlia- mentary procedure and public speaking tourney held in Janu ary will compete for higher hon ors at that time. Teams from Crater and Eagle Point will represent the Rogue-Umpqua dis trict. 4rC For Good BIFURAN and TMC-37 sots i . w - 0- OlDlOCAUYT 5r- 'S private business after three years as horticulturist at the experi- Assistant Horticulturist For the past three years Dr. Blake has been assistant horti culturist for the northwestern Washington experiment station of the state college of Washing ton. He was graduated from How land . High school, Howland, Maine, in 1937 and was an agent of the United States Department of Agriculture at the Cheyenne Horticultural field station from 1940 to 1941. He was then in the Army Air Corps finance de partment for 30 months, serving in Africa, Italy, France and Ger many. Received Degree Upon his discharge from the Army, Dr. Blake attended the University of Maine, and re ceived his bachelor of science degree in horticulture in 1945. He recived his doctor of philoso phy degree in horticulture at the University of Minnesota in July, 1954. He is affiliated with Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Alpha fraternities. Dr. Blake is married and has two daughters, Kathryn, 3, and Caro lyn, 10 months. Duties Outlined As horticulturist for the south- and Garden Scholarships for Forestry Enthusiasts Announced Corvallis An expanded col lege scholarship program recog nizing 4-H club members in the field of forestry,-was announced this week by Burton S. Hutton, state 4-H club leader. This scholarship program in volves the awarding of four SI. 600 scholarships each to pres ent or former 4-H club members who will be enrolled in their freshman year in 1957 an(i PIan to study forestry. Present Scholarships These scholarships are being presented by HomeLite,. a divis ion of Textron, Inc., of Port Chester, New York. The scholar- Donald T. Bohnert Gets Oustanding Farmer Recognition Central Point Donald T. Bohnert, Central Point, has been chosen Outstanding Young Farmer in this area, the Central Point Junior Chamber of Com merce has announced. General Farmer v Farming 120 acres, Bohnert is engaged in general farming, raising Marion blue grass and alfalfa for seed, alfalfa hay and grass feed. He also has about 80 tread of Suffolk sheep. With his father, Arnold Bohnert, he raises sweet corn, has some row crops and in the past has raised sugar beet seed. Outside of his own farm, he does custom com bining of grain. Bohnert is a past master of the Central Point Grange, chair man of the adult advisory coun cil for vocational agriculture, a member of the Jackson County Young Farmers and is a mem ber of the Medford Congrega tional church. He is 29 years of age and he and his wife, Shirley, have one boy, Darrell. age 3. He gradu ated from Central Point High school and took a two-year agri cultural course at Oregon State college. Pendleton (U.P.) Twelve tracts of land owned by mem bers of the Umatilla Indian tribe will be offered for sale at the request of the owners. Health Good Growth TRIANGLE Chick Starter Start this season off greater Uvabilitj and promotes faster growth. Tri angle Chick Starter (wkh TMC-37) not only con tains the Vitamins and Antibiotics essential to health bat is a special formula designed for better feed conversion. Get all of these advantages for your 1957 Chicks with proportionally lets feed costs. locaut rr Morton Milling Co 10 West Jackson Thursday, February 28, 1957 era Oregon experiment station, Dr. Blake will conduct research on tree fruit nutrition, nutri tion in relation to soil manage ment and soil moisture, root and trunk stocks for pears and ap ples, pear breeding and variety testing, stony pit of pears and other fruit tree diseases and fact ors affecting fruit set and finish. The program is conducted in orchards of the Rogue valley as well as on station orchards and is in cooperation with specialists from Oregon State college. Dairy Breeders Group To Meet Here Today The annual meeting of the Jackson County Dairy Breeders association will be held at 8 p.m. today at the court house in Med ford. All members of the associa tion and others interested in art ificial insemination have been urged to attend and hear re ports of the activities of the Jackson County Dairy Breeders association and the Oregon Dairy Breeders association. Fred Roberts, manager of Ore gon Dairy Breeders, will be pre sent to discuss the activities of that association. ship plan is a part of the Na tional Awards program in co operation with the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work in Chicago. The granting of these national schol arships in the field of forestry is an added feature to the 4-H club program to recognize spe cial studies on the part of 4-H club members or those who have been in 4-H club work. Second Program This is the second special scholarship program of this na ture to be made available in the 4-H club program. The other was started in 1956 with two S800 college scholarships being made available by Colgate-Palmolive company to juniors in the school of home economics plan ning to major in clothing and textiles. The forestry scholarships at $1,600 each will be awarded on the basis of one in the 11 west ern states, one in the mid-west, one in the New England states and one in the southern states. The county extension agents do ing 4-H club work have full in formation concerning eligibility for this special scholarship award, it was reported. Shipments of Fruit, Vegetables Increase Salem January shipments of fruits and vegetables from Ore gon inspection points totaled 4,652 cars, an increase of 190 cars from January, 1956, the state department of agriculture has reported. Shipments since July 1 the start of a new ship ping year for the state are 1.003 cars ahead of a year ago January movement topped all months so far this shipping sea this year were top item at 2762 cars, with major movement from the Klamath Falls and Redmond districts. The Klamath section shipped out 1728 cars of spuds; the Redmond area, 960 cars. Number two spot in January went to onions movement of 885 cars, 452 of which were from Ontario district and 413 from Salem district. Third high com modity was pears, with 754 cars moving out, including 383 from Medford and 304 cars from Hood River. Apples held the fourth rung with 190 cars shipped out of Hood River. Good Profits Feed with the feed that irtsofes Seed Is Important In Producing Good Crop, Agent Says Good seed is the number one factor in producing a good crop, extention agent. All good farm ing done in the last years will not be -of much value if poor unclean seed is planted, he said. Surveys in Washington, where department of agriculture em ployees took samples from drill boxes as farmers were seeding, indicated that farmers were seed ing one weed seed on each square foot of their field he said. Among the weeds were leafy spurge, all hard to kill per ennials, Jossy noted. Buying certified seed is one way of being sure seed is free of noxious weeds and contains a minimum of other weeds. The certification tag also insures that the variety of seed in the bag is the same as represented Selection Important Selection of varieties is im portant to the final yield of the recommended the following var ieties for spring planting on Jackson county farms: oats, carl ton or kanota; wheat, federa tion 38 or lemhi; barley, Bon neville or Velvon (use Velon on lighter soils where moisture is a problem); corn, for grain pro duction, Idahybrid 544; for sil age, Illinois 200 or Illinois 1570. These must have plenty .of water and high fertility, Jossy said. In alfalfa two varieties are tops. Talent and lahontan are equal in quality and yield, he 1 said, and lahontan has the ad vantage of being tolerant to the spotted alfalfa aphid and res j istant to bacterial wilt. For irrigated pastures, grass and legume mixtures, akaroa orchard grass and ladino clover were recommended. Where bloat is serious, lotus can be used in place of the clover, or as a mix ture with clover,. Jossy said On lands where irrigation is apt to be interrupted alta fescue will do better than orchard grass. For dry land pastures where fair soil conditions prevail Alta fescue and Subterranean clover (Nangeela, Talarook, or Mt. Bak er) are recommended, he said. Dry land where soil is shallow and will not support perennial grasses" very well sub clover and burnet are recommended. Appointments Being Taken for Clinic Appointments are still being taken for the annual landscape clinic March 4 and 5 in the court house auditorium, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Landscape architects partici pating in the clinic will be Mrs, F. C. Lorish, John Adams, C. E. Corry, and I. B. Solberg aid George Fredeen from Oregon State college. Appointments are being sched- uled on a 30-minute basis, Cordy said. A resident desiring advice on landscaping will meet with one of the landscape architects during that time. Those planning to attend have been asked to take a photograph or rough sketch of their dwell ings, Cordy said. Appointments may be made by telephoning the county agents office, 2-5264. Shrubs will be on display at the courthouse by local nurseries so homeowners can have some idea of the different shrubs, Cordy added. Appraisal Short Course Scheduled Corvallis An appraisal short course, designed to improve property appraisals throughout the state, will be offered at Ore gon State college March 18 to 22. Approximately 100 county as sessors, deputy assessors, and other persons interested in ap praisal training are expected to attend the course. It is sponsored jointly by the college and the state tax commission. An introductory course, which covers the basic principles of ap praisal will be offered along with a second-year course that will cover special appraisal problems. Three field trips for practice appraisals of farm, ur ban residential, and urban com mercial properties are included in the second-year schedule. 4-H Club News Outdoor Cooking Club - The meeting of Eagle Point Outdoor Cooking and Living club was called to order by Mrs. Dunn on Feb. 23. Officers were elected. They are president, Ann Higday, vice president Gayle Norris, secretary Jim Ackerman, and reported, Cathie Carrol. We decided to have two meet ings a month. Our next meeting will be March 9 at Jim West's home at Eagle Point. If there is anyone in the Eagle Point district who would like to join, they are welcome to come to our next meeting. Cathie Corral,, Reporter. The percentage of disposable income spent for drug prepara tions today is about one-fourth less than it was in 1939, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Conservation Reserve Program Described Albert Straus, chairman of the he by soi raL Con c4five y Jackson County Agricultur; Stabilization and Conservati committee, has reminded Jack son county farmers they have through April 15 to sign con tracts to put part of their crop land in the conservation reserve program. Straus pointed out that land put in the conservation reserve must be land which otherwise would be in crops. The same acres may not be put in both the acreage reserve and the con servation reserve. A farmer is eligible to participate in the conservation reserve only if he does not exceed any acreage al lotment established for his farm. Elements Noted The chairman also reminded farmers that to participate in the conservation reserve, the farmer .must sign a contract to keep the designated acreage in an approved conservation prac tice for the required period of years. Approved practices in clude protective vegetative cov er, water storage facilities or other soil-water-wildlife or for est conserving use. No crop may be harvested from the land put in the con servation reserve, he stated. The only exception is timber from trees thinned out as required Recommendations Due at Public Meet All Day Friday Recommendatiens of more than 200 members of Jackson County Agricultural council committees will be presented to the public at a meeting in the county courthouse auditorium Friday. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., recess for lunch at noon, then resume at 1:30 p.m. The session is expected to conclude at 3 p.m. After the recommen dations have been presented and discussion held, members of the council will elect a chairman and vice chairman for the com ing year. Arnold Bohnert, Cen tral Point, has been chairman of the council for the past two years and Don Nichols, Ashland, has been vice chairman for one year. Various Phases Recommendations of the com mittees cover various phases cf activity in the county, including youth activities, home and com munity life, forestry, poultry, farm and truck crops and horti cultural crops. I W. B. (Ben) Tucker, county agriculture agent, said a report will also be given on mosquito control in the county. Problems now existing and suggestions for a more effective control program will be included in the report. Committee members were ap pointed last October and have been studying county conditions since that time. Their recom mendations for improvement are based on their studies. Stockmen Elect Officers for Year The Jackson County Stock men's association, at its recent annual meeting in Central Point, elected two new community directors and reelected seven others to represent communities in association work during the next year. Newly elected directors were Richard R. Hein Ashland dis? trict; and Leon Offenbacher, Ap plegate district. Reelected directors included Ernest J. Lathrop, Central Point; W. J. (Bill) Bigham, Eagle Point; Merton Bradshaw, Lake Creek; Collier H. Buffington, Medford; Herb Carlton, Prospect; Ogden Kellogg, Rogue River-Gold Hill; and Ike Piele, Sams Valley Shady Cove. All current officers were elected for another term. They include Charles Stanley, Lake Creek, president; "Warren Bay liss, Medford, vice president; W. B. (Ben) Tucker, Medford, sec retary; and John Bohnert, Cen tral Point, treasurer. Auditions for Friendship follies Slated Saturday Auditions for the third an nual 4-H Friendship Follies, to be held in the Medford High school auditorium March 14, will be held in the courthouse audi torium Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent. All participants in the pro gram must have their numbers auditioned, Klein said. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and wakf Matt picture tube! can be restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost or replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18. N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 sound forestry management. Contracts run from three to ears if the land already is in approved cover, five to 10 years if approved cover must be established and 10 years if trees are to be planted. For participat ing in the program, the farmer may earn an initial payment representing up' to 80 per cent of the cost of the practice and an annual payment for the period of the contract. In Jackson coun ty, this averages about Sll per year, Straus said. The chairman advised anyone interested in participating in the program to contact the ASC of fice in the courthouse. NATILIA At left, for film role; Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.PJ The Worst part about being the first Holly wood actress with a Yul Bryn- ner-tvne hair- '4 i cut is that ?i 1 your head pretty Natalia Darryl decid ed. Natalia Is bald. Or, rath er, she has about a 7 .,.1 1 I 3 Aline Mosby ciuck suauuw all over her head. She looks like a doll after a child tore off its hair. The pretty Russian-born act ress made the news two weeks ago when she had her head shaved for Universal-International's exploitation picture, "The Secret Diary of Joseph Stalin." Today I looked in on Natalia to see how she was holding up as a hairless female. Head Displayed With Poise We sat in a restaurant. Some of the diners looked at her cur iously. Others apparently didn't notice, possibly because she is a tiny brunette who carries her self with great dignity and poise. "It was worth it," smiled Na talia. "The studio liked my scene and gave me a seven-year contract with 40-week options. I accepted the role because I feel an actress' life is not her own. Whatever a picture re quires, she must do." Under this theory Natalia sat before the cameras weeping while a barber sheared off her shoulder-length hair and then went to work with shaving soap and a razor. Director Likes Scene Director Russell Birdwell had heard that Stalin went for bald women and, being an ex-press agent, Birdwell couldn't pass up that scene. "I was supposed to look be wildered and frightened," Na talia said. "After the scene I didn't look in the mirror right away. I took a shower first. I Phosphate Produce 5 Quicker Start Strong Roots Hardier Plants ? 4 Greater Yield M Higher Quality EarEer Maturity M x I -Cap- V i f? -erwizer Division Pocatello. Idaho I I F I M It ""-"- onitin in1 " " ""I I I " I ' I i i III'! II I II I The Family Council Editor'! not!: Tlw Tamil? Council conalJM ot a Ju. piTchUtrtrt, Uir clergymen, a newspaper editor. editor two writer. tcn article 1 a mmmar; of an actual report. Tne Pamir Cotacil " n" advice; It merely report! on problem! that haw beeq tea by reiponiioie asencles and counselor!. Karen K I must marry now. Mrs. B. J. She should stick it out at home. Karen K. I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. 1 have a boy friend and would like to marry him as soon as I get out of school, but my sister, who married at my age, is against it. The boy I am planning to mar ry is still in the service. My sis ter thinks he is lazy and would not be a good provider. Just the same, we are in love and want to get married. DARRYL right, before razor used. By ALINE MOSBY United Proas Correspondent was afraid to look at myself. finally did and I said, 'Hello, Yul Brynner'l" The studio gave Natalia three wigs to wear but she usually leaves them off because, wigs are not good if you want the hair to grow." On the street some pople give her a double take but she's "used to it now." George Fox College Plans New Building Newberg Steve Ross, former ly of Salem and Medford, has been appointed to a committee of the student body of George Fox college here to confer with architects on plans for con st! uction of a student union at the college. Other student body represen tatives are Fred Hewkirk, Melba, Idaho, senior, and Jack Newell, Forest Grove. Ground breaking for the new building will be May 4, accord ing to Milo C. Ross, president of the college. Reward Unacceptable In Meier-Frank Bombing Portland (U.R) Two postal inspectors who played a role in solving the extortion plot bomb ing of the Meier and Frank de partment store in April, 1955, will not receive any of the S28, 000 reward offered for solution of the crime. David H. Stephens, chief in spector for the post office depart ment, said in Washington, D. C, yesterday that it would be against the policy of the de partment's investigative branch to accept any part of the re ward. Ancient Byzantium, called Constantinople by the Romans and Istanbul by the moderns, sits astride two continents, a bridge between East and West. It was the center of the Roman Empire of the East -from A.D. 330, until 1453, when the Turks seized control. sv.i,-i H&memfr 7 to And time H money when the aren't long enough to get all the work done ! Simplot TRIPLE, with its 45 available PjCoctualry does the job faster because each sock contains more unftt of phosphate than do lower analysis superphosphates. Look for the analysis on the bog 1 The granular quality of Simplot TRIFLE olso speeds up work, too, because it's free-flowing and non-dogging in your spreader. So for faster forming, order NOW from your nearest Simplot dealer, or write to J. R. SIMPLOT CO. r I My siiter thinKt l'uld wait, but I feel I mutt Mt away from home. My lather etrinfcs and is very domineering. Hy mother is under his heel, our nome nas always been very unhappy and it seems to ha gefting worse as I get older. I would run away right now if I.eould only sup port myself. Mrs. B. 3. I know what Kar en if going through because I nael it ail my me too. i wouia take her ia to livej with me if only ws had the bom. I have four small children and my own home isn't too much of an im provement over what Karen has. I married to get away from home and I have regretted it. My husband has many of tha faults my father had. I feel that if I had taken my time, I could have made a better marriage. The boy Karen wants to mar ry is too young. He is not ready to undertake the responsibility of a family. 1 feel that, hard as it is, Karen should try to stick it out at home until she can make a better marriage. She is very pretty and can do well. The Council Karen is very fortunate in having a sister who can understand and sympathize with her situation, yet has the experience to be able to guide her. Her sister's example should be enough to tell her that mar riage for the purpose of getting away from home is not likely to work out very well. It can be a case of going from the frying pan into the fire. Nevertheless, Karen does not need to suffer at home. If she stays at home, the pressures of the situation may later lead her to do the same thing that she is now ready to do. A much better solution for Karen would b? to select a ca reer, like nursing, that enables her to live away from home, to develop a useful skill and broad ens her horizons. She will make friends and learn to judge people with more objectivity and ma turity. If nursing does not appeal to her, she might consider joining one of the women's branches of the armed forces. Here, too, aha will expand her contacts and her view of life and will be able to live away from home under a certain amount of adult guidance and protection. There are too many opportun ities in the world today for any girl to feel that she must marry in desperation to get away from a miserable home. (Copyright 1957, General Feature! Corp.) Vie Tribune Want Ada $ DAYS SEE GROCETERIA AD PAGES 6-7 Section On radtaiacuea on 1136 Spring farming davs I o
