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FOU MDFORD (OREGON) New Sprinkling In Use at Bear Lt M M. v 1 a.'T't f ; ! BPBINKLEH SYSTEM Ermin Bear is ihown above with new Pow-R-Sprinkler system in ttalled t hii father's ranch in Hornbrook, Calil. The device was manufactured by the Br MS8. H. H. CHAPMAN Mail Tiifcuns Correspondent Hornbrook How to get avail able water from where it is to whera it i needed has been a problem facing farmers since man first bgan to grow food for him.elf and his livestock. Many methods of doing this have been devised aince the first Mam thought of it carried tha water in his crude vessel frotn the source of supply to his frden patch. A newer device mat installed recently by Frank B"r on hi ranch in Hornbrook. flrat la Area Called the Pow-R-Sprinkler, and manufactured by the Ver rrjr Manufacturing company of Pella, Iowa, it is one of the firat in operation on the west roaat. It is the first north of Woodland, Calif. It remble a giant lawn prinklor, with a 140-foot boom. Ita capacity is 350 gallons of artier per minute at 65 to 70 pounds pressure. It is capable of covering up to a 500-foot circle with one-fourth to one lneti of "rain" In one hour. The boom is rotated by water prjesmre only. One end of the boom has a sprinkler, and the opposite) end has five smaller nozzles which take care of spray in; the center of the circle. The boom is mounted on a sturdy four-wheeled trailer on a roller bearing turntable, and the entire unit is pulled by a farm tractor from either end of the trailer. Water umped The water is pumped from an exisitinf water supply on the Bear ranch by means of a cen trifufal pump operated by a tractor. The water goes through a pipeline to its destination. The portable pipeline consists of 3 foot lengths of 5-inch aluminum pipe. Chief operator of the sprinkler system is Bear's son, Ermin, who says the "rig'' Is the easiest to move and operate of :i irrigating syetems he has seen. Sale of the system was hand led through the Siskiyou Tractor company in Yreka, and the "rig'' was assembled by a Vermeer representative from San Fran cisco. Milk Recording Method Developed j Champaign. Ill V The, University of Illinois has come up with a new milk-recording I service that costs only a nickel j a cow a month. The new method is almost eight j times cheaper than the Standard j Dairy Herd Improvement Associ-! ation Program and five times less expensive than the owner- j sampler plan. Tk T' C npnartmpnf nf Apri- rulture has adopted the univer sity's idoft.. called th Weigh-a-Day-a-Month. "Every dairyman whose herd la not now enrolled in a record keeping plan should consider us ing this new methods.'' said J. G. Cash. University dairy exten sion special:! "With a minimum of record keeping, it provides the information needed for higher profits and greater efficiency." Cash explained that produc tion records are invaluable to dairymen in managing and im proving a dairy' herd. Dairymen can cull low-producing and un profitable cows from the herd with the use of such records and aiso can ffed each cow they keep according to her produc tion. The Illinoi5 plan basically calls for cooperating herd owners to fill out monthly milk production sheets and mail them to the county extension office, where they are calculated and return ed to the herd owner. An annual summary of each herd also is included in the service. - - MAIL THIBUNE r -v.. tic-rJ. " . IN OPERATION Shown here is the Pow-R Sprinkler in opera tion. The machine has a 140-foot boom. Capacity is 350 gallons of water per minute at 65 to 70 pounds pressure. It is capable of covering up to a 500-foot circle with one-fourth to one inch of water in one hour. PROSPECT Seniors Are Graduated Prospect Co mmencement exercises were held May 29, at the gym. Seniors receiving di plomas were Vera Pope, Roberta Dunlap, Jim Daniels, Jim Tee garden, Jim Setzer, Jim David son and Don Vannice. Salutator ian was Roberta Dunlap and val edictorian was Don Vannice. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Larson are the parents of a baby daughter born May 28. She has been named Vikki Lynn. The Lar son's have three other children, all boys. Mrs. Warren Long and baby daughter of Fort Lewis, Wash., have arrived at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Robertson. They will be here about one month. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Art mire and daughter, Frances traveled to Klamath Falls Sun day, where they attended the ninth annual commencement of the Oregon Technical institute. Their son, Frank Ray Artmire was one of the 361 graduates. A farewell party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Gaines of Prospect for Bev erly Cummons and Jim Dole. Attending were Ramona Odom, Mary Ann Hubbard, Joyce Moore. Kathy Dilly, Celeste Bur ril, Beverly Cummons. Barbara Mc Elmurry, Beverly Bean, Jill Hedgepeth, Yvonne Struck, Rose Jantzer. Don Vannice. Dave Gardener, Mike Burrill, Robin Hedgepeth, Jerry Gains, Jim Dole, Leon Bean, Divid Gains, Hone Show Entries Due Next Monday Salem Entries for the 11th annual All-Arabian Horse Show June 22-23 at the state fair grounds here close midnight, June 10, occording to Ward W. Wells, show manager. Wells said by the time final entries are in. an anticipated 200 horses will be signed up to perform in the two-day event sponsored jointly by the Arabian Horse Breeders association of Oregon and the Salem Shrine club patrol of Al Kader Temple. Prairie City Woman Named Justice of Peace Salem IP Gov. Robert D. Holmes today appointed Mrs. Edgar Marie Howard. Prairie City, to be justice of the peace in District No. 2 of Grant county-Mrs. Howard, a nurse at Prairie City hospital and moth er of four children, was named to fill a post which was re created by the Grant county court last January. It had been previously held by Mrs. Eliza beth Kight, also of Frairie City. Thursday, June 8, 19S7 i System Ranch Vermeer Manufacturing company of Pella, Iowa. It is the first to be used north of Wood land. Calif. It is also one of the first on the west coast. f - i Carl Spencer, Jim Valentine, Lerry Peterson and Paul Rogers. M. W. (Bill) Betts was injured early Monday morning when a log rolled on his foot. He re ceived a broken toe and cuts that required stitches. Mrs. Earl Bliss is reported to be very ill and under doctors care. Little Jane Reings has the chickenpox. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pope an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Mary, to Allen Val entine, son of Helen Valentine. The couple was married in Reno, Nev. Saturday, June 1. Larry Gidney and family have moved from their home in Pros pect to reside in Medford. The night shift at Red Blanket Lumber Co. has again started after a two-week shut down. Visiting over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gran vile Yates were Mrs. Gib Martin and children, Reno, Nev. Le Roy Struck arrived home Saturday for the summer months, after completing his first year at North West Naz arene college, Nampa, Ida. Miss Margaret Reeves, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Reeves, has returned to here to she will spend the next five weeks. She resides at Los Ange les. 4' CLUB NEWS Phoenix The Phoenix 4-H club will hold a meeting June 7, instead of the usual second Friday, as some members will be at sum mer school. Virgia Martin, News Reporter. Eagle Point Club An Eagle Point 4-H child care meeting was held at Mrs. Claus' home May 28. Members planned a skating party and also voted to hold meetings during the summer-Mrs. Harbison read a list of items to report on at the next meeting. Sandra Wallis, Reporter. Lona Pin Merry-Maids The Lone Pine Merry-Maids met on June 3 at the residence of Mrs. Herman Mitchel. Sally Flett and Doris Young gave a demonstration on baked crispy peaches. Next meeting will be on June 30 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Mrs. Mitchel's. The sewing group will meet at the same place at 2:30 p.m. on June 4. Doris Young, Reporter County Agent Tells Ways to Prevent Root Suckering Cottonwood trees are common ly planted as a means of getting quick shade around a building. After the trees get quite large they frequently send up a large number of root suckers and many people would like to cut the trees down, according to C.B. Cordy, county h o r t i c u 1 1 ure agent. If poplar trees are cut down in the winter time they will send up forests of suckers from the roots over a laTge area. Procedure Recommended This root suckering can be al most entirely prevented by gir dling the trees a year before they are cut down, Cordy noted. This girdling can be done by chop ping out a section of bark four inches wide completely around the tree. It is necessary to take out only bark and a small layer of wood, he said. Some people will not want to wait a year to remove the trees, in which case now is the best possible time to cut them down, Cordy advises. As trees grow in the spring the roots become prog ressively weaker until about this time of year. From now on the food manu factured by the leaves will be returned to the roots and they will become progressive ly stronger until fall. By cutting the trees down now this lowered food supply in the roots would cut suckering to the minimum, but it would not be as good as girdling, the county agent explained. Cottony Maple Scale Appear In Epidemic Numbers Now Cottony maple scale have ap peared in epidemic numbers on the maple trees in this area, ac cording to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. These scale are readily noticed because of the little balls of white cottony material that ap pear on the branches, he said. A microscopic examination shows that this cottony material is full of eggs. These eggs will hatch in about a week and the young scale will seek out a place on a twig and settle down for the remainder of its life. When it once settles down, it inserts its beak into the tissues of the tree and sucks out sap for its food. This process will con tinue until early next summer, when the old scale will again produce this mass of cottony material filled with eggs. At thi3 time the adult scale dies. Cordy said the weakest point h. the life cycle of this insect is just after the eggs have hatch ed. At that time- which will be between June 15 and 20, a spray containing two gallons of sum mer oil in 100 gallons of water will give good control if thoroughly applied. It would be futile to attempt control with small sprayers. Ground Water Prospects Good Ground water prospects in Jackson county during the cur rent irrigation season are good at the present time, according to David Hendrix, watermaster of district 15. He said that although the snow pack feeding streams and the water table was only 7 per cent of normal, there was "ex ceptionally good ground stor age." Hendrix' duties concern water useage from pumps and ditches in the rivers and streams and from wells and sumps watering in excess of one-half acre. Legislation which went into effect last year, requiring per mits for such wells and sumps, will eventually result in much greater knowledge of ground water in the state, he said Figures being compiled by the state engineer should show where and how large the water table is throughout the state, Hendrix explained. Persons must secure permits from the watermaster's office be fore drilling wells for irrigation of land in excess of one-half acre. Smog Control Costs Declared To Be High St. Louis P A California smog-fighter predicted high costs to control air pollution and warned against spending money to control the wrong pollutants Wednesday. Dr. Arnie J. Haagen-Smit, the man who solved the riddle of Los Angeles smog, said he had worked a year to control air pollutants from power genera ting plants. "It is clear that no matter which process will ultimately be developed, the cost will be high'' he said. He added that the removal of dust and some industrial emis sions would not decrease smog conditions, but that controlling the keys uspect in these emis sions, oxides of nitrogen, might eliminate pollution. He addressed 300 members of the Air Pollution Control assoc iation in convention here. Agreements on Soil Jackson County farmers with land signed up under the Soil Bank program are being assured this week by Harry E. Martin, office manager of the County Agricultural S t abilization and Conservation office, that their agreements are still in effect and Adjusting aaaiaaaiaaaaaBaaeaaaHaaiaaBaiiiiiiaaaaaaaiaaaiivaaiMiaiiBiaaaaaiiHaiaa Form and Garden Saves Mowing Time Penny wise and pound foolish can apply to mowing hay, County Agent Earle Jossy points out. A few minutes spent in adjust ing and sharpening equipment can result in hours saved in the actual mowing job. Causes of Trouble The cutter bar on mowers are frequently out of alignment. This can be caused by manual wear or hitting some object at the end of the cutter bar- The outer end of the bar should be ahead of the inner end by about one fourth inch for each foot of length, Jossy said. The cutter bar sections and guard plates on the mower must be centered in order to do a good job of mow ing Agriculture engineers call this the register of the mower. To register properly, the knife sections must center on their corresponding guard plates at the end of both the in and out At some time in the future other insects will feed on these scales and again reduce their numbers to where they are of no commercial consequence. Cordy commented. In the meantime he said, con siderable damage may result to the trees and it would seem that where the health of the tree's a consideration it would be best to spray it this summer to reduce the scale numbers. In all likeli hood one spray will not give per fect control and a second spray will be needed either in the winter or next summer at this same time, Cordy stated. Young Trees Need Sun Protection Corvallis A strip of burlap and a' bit of string could save the life of that young tree plant ed this spring, advises R. Ralph Clark, extension horticulturist at Oregon State college. A little tree set in a new lo cation where the host sun can beat on part of its bark often gets a killing sunburn, Clark ex plains. To protect the tree, some form of shade must be provided. One way is to use a strip of ! burlap several inches wide. Start at the top of the trunk, just under the branches, and wray in a spiral keeping the burlap just tight enough to stay in place. The end at the bottom can be held in place with a piece of string or light twine. A wide stake, placed so it will shade the trunk from the hot afternoon sun, is another way of protecting a young tree, Clark suggests. Placing a second stake on the other side of the tree and winding a piece of wide cloth around both stakes will also help hold the tree in place during high winds. One other method of protect ing trunk from the sun which may be easier if you have many trees to take care of is paint the trunk with ordinary white wash. Conservation Group Wiil Take To Hills San Francisco W The West's oldest and largest outdoor conservation organizattion takes to the hills this summer in Cali fornia, Oregon, Washington, Wy oming, Colorado, Utah, and Brit ish Columbia, Canada. The outings, open to members of the San Francisco Sierra club and non-member applicants for membership, and members of some 70 other conservation groups will take four high-trips, six base camp trips, four river trips, eight knapsack trips and six burro trips. The club has sponsored sum mer outings since 1900 on the theory that persons who become initmately acquainted with the nation's scenic areas will be their best defenders against spoliation. High trips along the timber line will take groups to the Evo lution and Palisade Basins of the High Sierra, to Glacier Park, Montana, and Grand Canyon Te ton National park in Wyoming. Other club trips include rub ber boat trips down the canyons of Dinosaur National monument on the Utah-Colorado border and two burro trips in the High Si erra in California. Additional details may be ob- tained from the club headquar-1 ters, 1050 Mills Francisco, Calif. . Tower, San have in no way been jeopardized by recent Congressional action. Since the Soil Bank program is in two parts, the agreements are different for each part. One of these are for acreage reserve whereby Jackson county farm ers with wheat allotments and Equipment stroke, Jossy explained. If they do not center, look for wear at the hinge pins, the pitman crank pin bushing, loose pitman con nections, or wrong length pit man, he advised. Jossy further commented, no mower can cut well unless the knife blades are sharp and in good repair. Broken or badly nicked blades should be removed and replaced with new ones. When new guard plates are used it is necessary to check the wear ing plates which are on the back side of the cutler bar. If these are worn and new guard plates are used, the sicke will not be level and will not hit well. In this case it would be necessary to replace the wearing plate also. These are just a few of the most important problems in keeping a mower working well. The instruction book with the mower should be studied care fully whenever repairs are neces sary, Jossy added. A bulletin, "How to Repair and Adjust Mowers, extention bulletin 686 is available from the county ex tension office. Nitrogen Aids Grass Production Champaign, III. W Soils and bluegrass recently have been scutinized by University of Illi nois agricultural experts. "Bluegrass top-dressed with nitrogen produced five times more early-season pasture than untreated bluegrass," said J. A Jackobs, University agronomist. Jackobs and E. C. Spurrier, an other university agronomist, conducted the tests. Across campus, meanwhile, R C. Hay, University agricultural engineer, was conducting irriga tion tests. "Irrigation may be profitable on sandy soils where the water supply is close or where special ized crops are grown," Hay said. "But irrigating soils like clay loam would not increase yield enough to pay for the equipment and labor. Jackobs and Spurrier discov ered that applying about 140 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre produced nearly one and one-half tons of dry matter per acre compared with only one- quarter ton of dry matter where nitrogen was not applied. "And fertilized bluegrass can be pastured about 10 days before non-fertilized bluegrass usually is ready to pasture, he added. Hay, meanwhile, defended his tests from the financial view point. "Irrigating high-value special ty crops and hybrid seeds will increase profits enough to just ify the cost of expensive equip ment," he said. "But surface irrigation is prac tical only on land that is uniform with no ridges or depressions. Sprinklers have to be used on uneven land." Hereford Tour Planned Sunday Members and friends of the Cal-Oregon Hereford Breeders association will view Hereford cattle in southern Oregon Sun day, June 9, on their annual tour. The group will meet at the E. N. Lippert farm on Watergap rd. near Williams creek at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. they will visit the W.H.R. Norstrand farm on Palmer creek. To find this ranch, visitors are advised to drive up the Applegate river straight ahead from McKee bridge. They are reminded not to cross the river. This will be the lunch stop and Cal-Oregon will furnish steak, potatoes, ice cream, cof fee and soft drinks. Visitors will bring their own dishes and a salad or dessert. At 2 p.m. the tour will be at the R. H. Fields ranch north of Central Point and at 3 p.m. at the John Bohnert Seven Oaks Farm. Friends of Cal-Oregon and anyone interested in cattle are invited to attend, members said. WILSON ON POLITICS Boston W Defense Secre tary Charles E. Wilson, who has j a knack for stirring up corrtro- j versies with his pithy remarks, j told a GOP dinner Wednesday night how he and a friend re cently discussed Wilson's lack of political know-how. Wilson said he conceded he was no politician. "Yes, Charlie, we all understand that." the friend retilied. "but what we don't understand is why you think you have to keep proving it ' Bank Still who have signed an agreement, are paid approximately S28 an acre for acreage of wheat all otment red uced. These agree ments are annual agreements that expire at the end of the 1957 calendar year. The second part of the Soil Time for Second Cover Spray Near On Pear Trees The second cover spray for control of codling moth, mites, and psylla on pears should be applied June 10 to 15- accord ing to L. G. Gentner, entomolo gist at the Southern Oregon ex periment station, and C. B. Cordy, Jackson county extension agent. In speed sprayers, use 8 pounds 50 per cent DDT plus 8 pounds armile plus 6 pounds malathion or 3 pounds parathion or 3 pounds EPN per acre. On cornice, use 8 pounds chloroben- zilate instead of aramite. With Hose Rigs I In hose rigs they recommend l!i pounds DDT plus lhi pounds aramite plus Hi pounds malath ion, or ?4 pound parathion or 14 pound EPN. On cornice use l'-i pounds chlorobenzilate in stead of aramite. If all growers spray in the week of June 10 to 15 it will prevent psylla from moving back and forth between early and late sprayed blocks, they pointed out. This is important in maintain ing control. Spray Apples In apples, the spray for the control of codling moth and leaf miner should be applied at the same time. Cordy and Genter suggest 10 pounds of 50 per cent DDT and 6 pounds of para thion per acre, or 2 pounds of DDT and one pound of para thion per 100 gallon. In both cases, use one quarter of a pint of spreader per 100 gallon. This spreader is essential in order to get control of the leaf miner. This insect is causing serious damage in apples, but so far is found only occasionally in pears. Livestock Judging Schools Scheduled Corvallis A school for live stock judges, to be held at Ore gon State college July 8 and 9, will give interested persons an opportunity to qualify them selves to judge at community and county fairs, according to Cal G. Monroe, state extension agent in 4-H club work. A similar school will be held July 11 and 12 at the Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment sta tion, Union. Instruction on judging dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, swine, saddle horse showmanship and horsemanship, livestock s h o w manship, and show ring pro cedure will be offered at the school. Those attending will also learn how to give reasons for their placings when judging. Interested persons are advised to see their local county agents to get more details on the school and to arrange housing and tran sportation, Monroe said. Western Livestock Producers Warned San Francisco in Presi dent E. Floyd Forbes of the Western States Meat Packers Association has warned western livestock producers, packers and processors that their economic future would be at stake at an important meeting in Chicago on June 12. The meeting, Forbes said, Is j called by the freight traffic man-1 agers of all western transcon tinental railroads to consider1 reducing westbound freight rat-! es on dressed meat and packing- i house products 30 cents per 100 j pounds under the present truck j rates. j The result, Forbes warned, i may be "disastrous'' for all seg- j ments of the western meat in-; dustry unless the reduction is ', accompanied by an equal rcduc- tion of westbound rates on live j animals. BARGAIN GRADE 2x4-8' 512.50 Per M' CHENEY STUD MILL CENTRAL POINT Effective Bank program is the conserva-. tion reserve whereby Jackson county farmers, who agree to reduce their acreage of soil de pleting crops and at the same time establish cover on land set aside will receive an annual payment of $11 per acre plus approximately 80 per cent of the cost of establishment of protec tive cover. These contracts will b! for 3 to 10 years. Both types of agreements re quire the control of n o x i ous weeds and the havesting of any crop or grazing of the land is prohibited for the duration of the contract- At the present time there are 16 acreage reserve agreements in Jackson county, covering 230 acres of wheat land. In 1957 these 16 farmers will receive a total of $6,564.54 compensation for keeping their wheat land out of production thereby reducing the Jackson county wheat pro duction by an estimated 5,497 bushels this year. Eleven Contracts There are at present 11 con servation reserve contracts in ef fect in Jackson c o u n ty. The majority are on land that has been in feed grain production and was low in soil fertility. A total of 312 acres of cropland will be kept out of production and permit ted to build up strength for at least three years under these contracts. The objec tives of the Conservation Re serve program are to retire gen eral cropland from production that is not needed now, and to help conserve soil, water, trees and wildlife. The farmers who have set this land aside will receive $3,212 in annual rental payments for the land set aside in 1957. In addi tion they will receive an estim ated $5,811 in Federal cost share payments for establishing satis factory vegetative cover. At present time the acreage reserve part of the Soil Bank program, which is the annual program for wheat and other basic allotment crops is under strong criticisms in Congress and may not be renewed for 1958. The present agreements will be honored fully, according to Mar in. The conservation reserve part of the program has also received some criticism in Congress but stands a better chance to con tinue on for a number of years. Wheat Acreage Allotment Offered- Farmers with land on which no wheat was seeded for grain for any of the years 1955, 195t or 1957, may apply for a 195 wheat acreage allotment, accord ing to Albert L. Straus, chair man of the Jackson County Af ricultural Stabilization and Con servation committee. To be considered for an allot ment on a farm which had no wheat seeded for grain for any of those years, the farmer must apply in writing to his count ASC committee by July 1. Blank application forms rr available at the ASC county office, courthouse, Medford, Oro gon, for use in filing requtatx for allotments. WHEN YOU NEED EXTRA CASH Borrow The . . . 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