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FOLTB MEDFOHD (OREGON) ar Blight Infestations rious Here This Year Jackson county fruit growers ' are still anticipating an average ( peat crop this year, but are faced i with a mere serious blight prob-! .Ico than they have had for about 15 years. C. B. Cordy, county horticul ture eent, said most of the . blight wcurred during the second i 'Pretty Good' Crop, Stock Outlook Seen The crop and livestock situa tion in Jackson county are look ing "pretty good," according to County Agent W. B. Tucker. Tucker s.id yields this year probably ill not exceed aver age, but should come up to aver age. A large amount of hay is being harvested, but first cut tiigs contained a considerable amount of grass and weeds. Plastic Film Shows Promise in Saving Silage Spoilage Silage spoilage in trench and bunfcer type silos is responsible for considerable lost feed each year, according to Earle Jossy, county agriculture agent. Plastic film shows consider able promise as a cover for these silos. Experimental evidence in dicates that spoilage from ex posure to air and water is large ly eliminated. Fill Silos Silos should be filled so the ensilage forms a mound above the sides of the silo to facilitate drainage, Jossy sad. Large sheets of plastic are then placed over the silo and secured. Aiother emergency method of saving feed has developed with the introduction of large plastic tubes. These tubes are rolled like a stocking and laid in a ring on the ground. A strip of snow fence is set up inside this ring to hold the silage. This builds a layer about four feet high. Three or four of these layers can be built one on the other like a large wedding cake. When the stack is finished, the plastic film is unrolled and fastened over the top. Use Car Care must be used in handling plastics to prevent puncturing, as holes wilt admit air and cause spoilage, Jossy stated. Researchers have found that black or colored plastics will last much longer than clear plastics. The clear material breaks down when exposed to the sun. Vaccinaiion Urged Against Blackleg With the arrival of the black leg season, a u t horities today warned cattle raisers to be on the alert for this disease, and to employ protective vac cination in danger areas. The American Foundation for Animal Health pointed out that the threat of blackleg increases with the arrival of the pasture season. The disease is one of the nation's greatest killers of cattle. It most often strikes animals under two year of age. The best safeguard against it is vaccina tion. Farmers who had their calves vaccinated at one or two weeks pi age should have them re vaccinated again by the veterin arian by the time they are four months old. Blackleg spores are very dif ficult to kill. The organisms that cause the disease live in the soil and are resistant to heat, cold drought or floods. In areas where the disease has occurred before, all calves should be vaccinated by a veterinarian each year, the foundation suggests. Oregon Prices Fail To Keep Pace With Gains Elsewhere Corvallis The general level of prices received by farmers across the nation moved up a bit in May and is now at the highest point since last July. However. Oregon farm prices refused to follow the trend and dropped to the lowest point so far this year, according to Mrs. Elvera Horrell. e x t ension ag ricultural economist at Oregon State college. Rise Seen While prices received by the nation's farmers were averag ing a rise of about one-half of one per cent, Oregon farm prices dropped for the second consecu tive month and are now at the same level as a year ago, Mrs. Horrell said. Farm costs, mean while, remained at a record high. Out of 13 major Oregon farm products that are checked monthly by U.S. department of agriculture, 11 were down in price from last year, 4 were up, MAIL TRIBUNE bloom about a month ago. Bart letts appear more extensively infected than other varieties. Although serious, Cordy explain ed the problem is not a "dis astrous" one and there have been practically no new infec tions in the last two weeks. The county agent advises which reduced the quality. Paiture Grast There is a good supply of pas ture grass in the county and more corn and sudan grass are being raised now than in most years, Tucker said. Increase in corn and sudan grass plantings is attributed to weather condi tions earlier this year which were unfavorable foe raising the usual crops. Spring seeded grain crops in dry land areas are suffering somewhat from absence of rain, Tucker commented. He said un less rain falls soon these crops "will be pretty much of a fail ure." The county agent also stated the area this season has not been affected as much as us ual by pests and insects. Sheep Raising Good "Sheep raising here this year represents an unusually bright spot in agriculture," Tucker commented. He said lambs are developing well aid wool prices are better than usual. Dairy cat tle are also getting along well, according to the county agent. Tucker said cows are producing heavily, which is resulting in mlik surpluses for some dairy men. This condition tends to re duce milk prices, he explaned. Strawberry Plants Favorite Victims For Root Disease Strawberry plants appear to be favorite victims for black root rot, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Black root rot is caused by about 10 different organisms and there is no known preventative or control method. Roots of in fected plants turn black and leaves turn bronze-red in color. Increases Problem Application of manure ferti lizer on infected strawberry pat ches only increases the problem, the county agent pointed out. This is because manure usually contains a large number of the organisms which contribute to black root rot. Transplanting infected plants in fumigated soil is also a use less practice, he stated. Infected plants will carry black root rot to the new soil. Young Plants Resistant Most strawberry varieties are susceptible to the disease, he noted, but young plants are more tolerant than one-year-old or older plants Therefore, Cordy r e c o mmends removing plants after the crop has been harvest ed and setting out new ones the following spring. Eve rbearers can be retained until the fall and spring crops have been harvest ed. Cordy said black root rot is a serious problem in southern Ore bon and this is one of few areas in which the disease has pre vented commercial production of strawberries HEN DENIED TV OFFER Newbrunswick N. J. W A leghorn named Meggi O'Day won the Hunterdon county egg laying contest with a 22-day egg laying record and received a television offer. Rutgers Univer sity Agriculture Department of ficials, who own the hen, re fused to let her appear. They explained she would probably suffer stage fright and would not lay an egg. . and 3 were unchanged, Mrs. Hor rell found. Oregon products lead- I ing the price drop were potato es, hay, turkeys, eggs and feed grains. . Living Costs Up At the same time, farm family I living costs across the country I moved up to hit a new all-time high, 3 per cent above a year ago. A good-sized rise in food prices along with smaller in creases in building materials and household furnishings led the price rise. Mrs. Horrell re ported. However, the farm production costs index dropped a trifle dur ing May, leaving the parity in dex the government's yardstick ior measuring national farm costs unchanged at mid-M a y. This leaves the parity ratio at 82, Mrs. Horrell said, 2 points be low a year ago and 18 points below the level set by Congress as a "fair'' exchange rate. Thursday June 13. 1957 growers who have exercised cul tural practices for growth stim ulation in their orchards to spray their trees with streptomycin. He explained that streptomycin is absorbed in tissues and is more effective than copper, which must be appiled in open blossoms. He pointed out that each in fected tree has from 2 to 20 pieces of blight, and a d v ises growers to cut out these areas right away Since the bacteria progresses before signs of blight appear on the tree, Cordy advises cutting well below the visibly infected area. He emphasized im portance of sterilizing both cut ting tools and tree wounds to avoid spreading the blight. The sterilizing material should consist of two 7V4 grain tablets of mercuric chloride and two 7',i grain tablets of mercuric cyanide in one pint of water. The material should be applied to the tools and wounds with sponges. Cordy also noted that growers who are thinning their orchards now are leaving 100 to several hundred fresh scars. These scars are especially subject to pear blight for about three days after cutting occurs and should be pro tected. He suggests that grow ers follow closely behind their thinnning crews and apply cop per or streptomycin on the wounds. If copper is used, the recom mended consistency is one-fourth to one-half pound in 100 gallons of water. "Successful pear crops in the Rogue valley in recent years have largely been due to home owners keeping their individual pear trees free of blight," Cordy stated. He explained that blight is easily spread through the air to surrounding trees and em phasized importance of control ling the disease on all pear trees in the valley. Cordy commended homeown ers for their cooperation in the past in controlling blight and urged their continued coopera tion. Use of Preventive Medicine Urged in Mastitis Control Rogue River Dr. James V. Steere of Grants Pass spoke to members of the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club last week on the problem of mastitis. The meeting was held at the Ed Parsons ranch on Foots creek. Preventive Medicine "Both dairymen and veterin arians must turn to preventive medicine if we are to succeed in the fight against mastitis, most costly of all diseases in dairy cattle," Dr. Steere said He also demonstrated the new California mastitis test for members of the club. "Jersey of the Month" honors went to Tristram Baronet Bell, three-year-old cow bred and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Loren Knight of Grants Pass. Bell pro duced a total of 1,560 pounds of nilk, containing 100 pounds of butterfat during the month of May. Tour Slated The Jersey classification tour has been scheduled for June 17 G. C. Anderson, Boise, Idaho, will be the official classifier. Any dairyman interested in partici pating in the tour may contact Delbert Mongold, Eagle Point, or Ed Parsons, Rogue River, for further details, it was an nounced. Next regular meeting will be held Friday, July 5, beginning with a potluck lunch at noon at the Frank Schutzwehl farm in Grants Pass. The meetings are open to anyone interested in Jersey cattle, members ex plained. Brand Inspectors Examinations Due Salem The Oregon State Civil Service c o m m ission has announced open-competitive ex aminations for the position of livestock brand inspectors with the state department of agricul ture. Any resident of the state of Oregon who meets the necessary requirements may apply. Applic ants must have had two years experience in the livestock in dustry affording a knowledge of branding of livestock, ranch management procedures, or live stock marketing procedures. A high school diploma is required. Application form may be ob tained from the offices of the State Civil Service Commission at 102 Public Service Building, Salem, or 304 State Office Build ing, Portland. Application forms are also tvailable from any of fice of the Oregon State Em ployment Service. Applications must be received by the Civil Service Commission or be post marked before midnight June 22, 1957. Form and Garden bTEAK FRY Prime sirloin sleaks broiled over charcoal were tne bin of fare at tne annual Cal-Ore Hereford Breeders associa tion picnic held at the W.H.R. Nostrand ranch near McKee bridge last Sunday. Earle Jossy, county extension agent, who cooked the steaks, is shown above serving 9-year-old Ward Conger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sixty Participate in Cal-Ore Tour Central Point Approximately 60 Rogue valley residents took part in the a n n u al Cal-Ore Hereford association tour Sun day. The group first inspected Hereford cattle at the E. N. Lip pert ranch on Watergap rd. near 50 Local 4-H Club Youths in Corvallis Fifty Jackson County 4-H club members left Monday for the an nual 4-H club summtr school session at Oregon State college, which will extend through June 21. The club members have morn ing classes based on a variety of interests in home economics, agriculture, engineering, fores try, electricity, junior leadership, camp counselling, and others, according to Miss Marjorie Hat tan and Glenn Klein, county 4-H agents. They will have a chance to take part in assemblies so they can become acquainted with many phases of Oregon com munity life, such as the fairs as sociation, Keep Oregon Green and Oregon Bankers association, whose activities. Sports programs in swimming, soft ball, volley ball, and even ing programs of music, movies and talent shows will keep them busy for the ten days' session that they will be at Corvallis, the county agents said. Accompanying the delegation will be Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum and Mrs. H. B. Chapman, Ash- Bee Disease Topic Of New Circular Corvallis How to recognize and control diseases of bees is explained in a new circular pub lished by the Oregon State col lege extension service. When bees in an apiary be come diseased, honey yields us ually drop to the point where a profit is impossible, the circular points out. The major bee dis eases are then described and pictures and charts are used to explain symptoms and control measures. Diseases covered include nose ma, paralysis, dysentery, Ameri can and European f o u lbrood, and sacbrood. The circular, titled "Diseases of Bees How to Recognize and Control," was written by W. P. Stephen, OSC entomologist. Ore gon residents can get a copy at their county extension office or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis. Benlgrass Growers Referendum Slated Salem A Highland Bentgrass growers referendum on the pro posal to create a com modity commission will be held June 24 to 28 according to the state department of agriculture. The referendum follows public hear ings held during the month of April. Paul T. Rowell, chief of the division of market development, says under the 1957 amendments to the commodity commission act, any producer of Highland Bentgrass seed who registered with the department at least twenty days prior to the referen dum is eligible to vote. Each properly registered owner-operator, renter or share land lord is entitled to vote,, includ ing a single vote for a partner ship, corporation or any other business entity. l H - v J f r'.i f i.3 t U ? 1 Williams creek. Lippert showed a polled bull which he recently purchased at the Denver Live stock show in Colorado. Lunch Served From there, the group went to the W.H.R. Nostrand farm on the Upper Applegate. After land, Miss Hattan and Klein, To Summer School The club members attending and the donors of the scholar ships are as follows: Julie Ashton, county fair board; Ursula Bates, Groceteria; Nelda Chapman, Ashland Elks; Patsy Charley, Safeway; Sharon Coffman, Rogue-Elk e x t ension unit; Pat C r a nston, Safeway; Mary Daniels, Westside Mother's club; Ann Darland, Groceteria; Joan Dobrot, county fair board; Romelle Fossen, Applegate 4-H club; Vernola Hutchinson, Cen tral Point 4-H club; Karen Jossy, Eagle Point grange; Mar ilyn Martin, U.S. National Bank Med ford Branch). Virginia Martin, J. C. Penny; Nyla Murray, Antelope 4-H club; Carol Myers, Central Point 4-H club; Evelyn Niedermeyer, Pho enix grange; Jeanette Nouguier, Groceteria; Susie Palm, J. C. Penny; Alison Pinkham, County Fair board; Roma Shafer, Red Blanket L u m ber company; Mavis Strom, U.S. National Bank (Medford Branch); Marg aret Taylor, Westside extension unit; Daryl Zapell, Ashland Elks; Bill Anhorn, county fair board; Charles Babcock, county fair board. Others Listed Earl Bowen, county fair board; John Cox, Shady Cove grange; Norman D i t s w orth, Monarch Feed and Seed; Wayne Dits worth, Sis-Q 4-H club; Truman Elmore, Applegate 4-H club; David Foote, county fair board; James Frink, Central Point grange; Russell Frink, county fair board; Terry Gail, county fair board; Steve Geren, Upper Rogue grange. Bobby Holt, Talent 4-H club; Gene Holt, Sis-Q 4-H club; John James, Bel lview grange; Bob Kuest, county fair board; Larry Meyer, Eagle Point grange; Ger ald Reneau, Ashland Elks; James Reneau, U.S. Nat ional bank (Ashland Branch); Gary Richardson, U.S. National bank (Ashland Branch); Matt Rode, Groceteria; Henry Scott, Pho enix 4-H club; James Scott, county fair board: Carl Skyr man Applegate 4-H club; Dean Sommer, Ashland Elks; and Craig Wright, Groceteria. Seven 4-H Groups Participate in Trip Seven 4-H clubs were rep resented at the forestry over night trip, last week to the Four- Bit Creek forest camp at Butte Falls. They took part in the many activities arranged for them with the assistance of Doug Finch, U.S. Forest Service, and Hank Davies, Medford Corporation. Over 50 4-Hers and leaders took part in the treasure hunt, pacing contest, hunting fire haz ards, fire safety and extinguish ing contesti. The outstanding club in all events was the Ant elops 4-H club, followed closely by the Southwest Medford Junior For esters. Other clubs competing were the Sis-Q Rangers, the Gold Hill Timber Wolves, the Elk Trail Forestry Squirrels, Butte Falls Junior Foresters, and the Phoenix Brush Busters. Conger. The Congers own a Hereford ranch . on Ross lane, Medford. Eill Bigham, as in . past years, was in charge of the "cowboy" style fried potato department. About 60 people were at the picnic, and the group toured several ranches in the Applegate and Central Point areas. inspecting the cattle, they were served lunch near the river. Charcoal steaks, pot atoes and soft drinks were supplied by the Cal-Ore Hereford associa tion. The tour participants furn ished the remainder of the lunch. Earle Jossy, county extention agent, presided over the charcoal broiling of the steaks. This was his third year as chef. After the dinner, the group drove to the R. H. Fields farm at Central Point. Assisting Fields in showing the cattle was his son-in-law, Norman Jacob, who with Mrs. -Jacob and their sons drove from Malin for the show The main feature at the Fields' cattle inspection was "Zato Heir," a recently purchased bull. Final Stop Final stop of the tour was the John .Bohnert ranch. The Boh nert's son-in-law, Don Brad- shaw did the showing at their farm. Featured were two bulls 8-y e a r-old "Domino Dream Duke" from the Bohnerts' own herd, and 2-year-old "88 Zato Heir 71," purchased from the Straus Medina Hereford ranch in Texas. Deadly Fungus Reported on Oak A deadly fungus has been re ported developng on oak trees in many parts of the nation. Local h o r t i culture experts state the disease, known as oak wilt, has not been reported any where in the Rogue river valley. The fungus has been found to enter through the roots or wounds in the tree, then spread in the sapwood under the bark. Oak wilt finally kills by clogging water-conducting c a p i llaries. Trees cannot be immunized by inoculation and once infected, cannot be cured. No species or variety of oak is immune to the deadly fungus, which is reported spreading from its midwestern focal point. In 30 years, the disease has spread from a few isolated stands in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa to 18 states. A search is reportedly being made for a water-soluble system ic that can be assimilated by the tree and fight off infection at its source. Francis Scott Key was not id entified as the author of the Star Spangled Banner until sev eral months after the anthem first appeared. YOUR TRIANGLE DEALER Can Help You Get the Right Start for Your Chicks with TRIANGLE Chick Starter Growers To Decide Wheat Market Plan Wheat farmers themselves will decide whether they want to use marketing quotas for their 1958 wheat crop when they vote in the referendum on June 20, according to Albert L. Straus, chairman of the Jackson County Agricultural S t a bilization and Conservation committee. Recent proclamation of mark eting quota's for the 1958 crop of wheat conforms with legis lative directives, the chairman explained. Under the govern ing legislation, the secretary of agriculture must proclaim mark eting quotas for the next wheat crop when the available supply is 20 per cent or more above normal. Over Normal Supply The estimated supply of 1,825 million bushels available for the Highest Producing Dairy Herds Named For Jackson County The Dairy Herd Improvement association has selected the five highest producing dairy herds in Jackson county for the month of May. Owners of the top herds are Cloverlawn Guernsey farm, Fritz and Helen Carlson, Rich ard and Elizabeth Westerberg, Ed Ramsay and Hubbard and Vaughn. Cloverlawn Herd . The Cloverlawn herd consisted of 11 cow, no dry cows, produc ing an average of 1,159 pounds of milk and 60.1 pounds of but terfat; Carlson, 32 cows, no dry cows, producing 1,316 pounds milk, 47.2 pounds butterfat; Westerberg, 28 cows, no dry cows, producing 931 pounds milk, 44.8 pounds butterfat; Ramsey, 37 cows, two dry cows, producing 960 pounds milk, 43.2 pounds butterfat; and Hubbard and Vaughn. 60 cows, six dry cows, producing 1,111 pounds milk, 43.1 pounds butterfat. The ten top cows in the county are as follows: Other Cows Myrth, owned by Richard and Elizabeth Westerberg. 1,907 pounds milk, 103 pounds butter fat, 63 days in milk; Peggie, owned by Cloverlawn Guernsey farm, 1,497 pounds milk, 97.3 pounds butterfat, 66 days in milk; Jewel, owned by J. E. Parsons, 1,665 pounds milk, 96.6 pounds butterfat, 72 days in milk; Nina, owned by James A. Carlson, 2,269 pounds milk, 90.8 pounds butterfat, 31 days in milk. Rolay Faye, owned by Lewis and Ruth Clark, 1,609 pounds milk, 85.3 pounds butterfat, 116 days in milk; Pet, owned by R. R. Bitterling, 1,544 pounds milk, 81.8 pounds butterfat, 86 days in milk; Cindy No. 2, owned by Lewis and Ruth Clark, 2,466 pounds milk, 81.4 pounds butter fat, 32 days in mlik; Naomi, owned by Hubbard and Vaughn, 2,511 pounds milk, 80.4 pounds butterfat, 61 days in milk; Tinka, owned by James and Neola Edge, 2,161 pounds milk, 80 pounds butterfat, 60 days in milk; and Beverly, owned by Hubbard and Vaughn, 1,420 pounds milk, 78.1 pounds butterfat, 90 days in milk. Temporary Bridge Put Over Illinois River Cave Junction Residents of the West Side road, cut off from Kerby when the 1955 floods tore away the old swinging bridge, will not need to take the "Long way around" any more. A temporary bridge over the Illinois river downstream from the side of the former suspen sion bridge has been completed by volunteer workers. Previous ly a rickety span crossed the water at this point but most res idents preferred to drive the some 10 miles to Kerby, just two miles from, their homes, over a narrow dirt road which joins the Redwood highway south of Cave Junction. This year feed for Extra Profit. Even though the season is late your Triangle dealer can show you how you can speed up the growth of your chicks . . in plenty of time for a good start in the laying house this Fall. He'll be glad to explain the improved formula of Triangle Chick Starter which now contains TMC-37 and Bifuran, plus a perfect balance of proteins, vitamins aai minerals ... a combination which gives you added life pretecvita and amazingly rapid development for your Ihicks. Ask ur dealer about it today. Mash or Pellet form. 1957-58 marketing year is actual ly 56 per cent above the normal supply of 1,170 million bushels, thus requiring a marketing quta proclamation for the 1958 wheat crop. (Trie normal supply is based on estimated domestic con sumpton and exports, plus a 20 per cent carry-over allowance.) The quotas do not become ef fective, however, unless at least two-thirds of the producers vot ing in the referendum favor the use of the quotas. Straus explain ed. The outcome of the referen dum will decide the level of the available price support for the 1958 crop, as well as whether quotas and penalties on "excess" wheat are used for the crop. Subject to Plenty If approved by a two-thirds vote, farmers who exceed the farm allotment will be subject to a penalty of 45 per cent of the parity price on their e x c e ss wheat, and the support price for the 1958 wheat crop will be available for farmers who comp ly with their wheat allotments at a National average of $1.78 per bushel. This represents 75 per cent of parity. If more than one-third of the wheat growers disapprove quotas, the quotas will not be in effect. However allotments will remain in effect, and farmers who comply with their wheat allotments will be eligible for support at 50 per cent of parity as directed by law, Straus pointed out. All wheat growers are eligible to vote in the Jur5e 20 referen dum who will share in the 1958 wheat crop from a farm in the commercial wheat area on which the wheat acreage to be harvest ed, plus any acreage to be placed in the soil bank's wheat acreage reserve, - will be more than 15 acres. Eligible farmers in Jack son county may cast their bal lot at the agricultural stabliza tion office in the court house between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Straus said. Douglas County Bangs-Free Area Salem Douglas county is the 13th county in the state of Ore gon to be certified as a Brucellosis-free area, according to the state department of agriculture. Following completion of test ing of 18,278 cattle in 2646 herds in the county by federal and state veterinarians, the area was certified May 24 as Brucellosis free. Presentation of the certific ate will be made at a later date by officials of the federal and state veterinarians' offices. Of ficials found 52 reactors among the cattle tested in the county for a very low 21100ths of 1 per cent and 11 herds infected or 41100ths of 1 per cent. A 14th county, Umatilla, has been completely tested and is now awaiting certification. Officials have set a tentative target date for completon of the entire Brucellosis testing pro gram in Oregon of June 30, 1959. However this date is con tingent upon several factors fore most of which is the speed with which the bordering states of Nevada- and Call fornia com lete ther programs in bordering counties where there is a heavy traffic in cattle b e t w een the states. If the programs in these two states progress at the same rate as that in Oregon, officials feel this completion date could be reached. METAL WORKS NEW LOCATION 2287 WEST MAIN at lozier Lane Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work PHONE SP 2-4440 SO ID IOCAUY BY BRILL MORTON Milling Co. Medford, Oregofi
