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O FOTTR MEDrOP.D (CP.ZGOm F i - - GRASSHOPPER DAMAGE County Agent Eaiie Jossy surveys grasshopper damage on an aCiifa fir id operated by George and Don Nichois . Dry rrt-It, east of Medford. Dark areas of f id in where green alfalfa is grown)' and gr:-:hopper damage is not yet noticeaole. Light area have been "cleaned off" by the insects. Jossy said this is the only f,!d in Jackson county on which widespread r--v - t , 5 V v. v.- INSECTS ATTACK Shown above are three grasshoppers at tacking a single item of alfalfa In field on Dry creek east of Medford. The insect have been mating stems as well as leaves of the plants. No serious damage has been reported anywhere else In the county. Dairy Products Sales Here Tola I Five Million Dollars EDITOR'S NOTE: June U month set aside by dairymen for the promotion of milk and dairy products. Health auth orities declare milk is one of the most vital foods for hum an wellbeing. In Jackson coun ty, the dairy industry i one of the major phases of the agricultural economy. Im ob servance of June Dairy Month, the following article wa pre pared by Jackson comnty en tension agents. For Sale: five niillioa dollar? worth of grass. Actually, in 156 grass and hay plus mt other fneds. some labor und ermie cap ital investments were sold for five million dollars in the form of dairy products produced in the Rogue River valley. Stays Here Most of the money epent for milk and dairy products stays in Jackson county obccause these products are produced and man ufactured riiiit here. Recipients of this money are dairy farm ers, feed handlers, farm and dairy equipment dealers, milk plant workers, deliverymen. truck drivers and indirectly all the rest of the people in the area because these people ds mandgoods ar,d services. Health Factor On the health side of the lodger, milk and dairy products have more advantages even than Con the economic side. "Drink three glasses of milk every day" is far more than an advertising slogan. It is one of the first rulesof good health. Ont quart of milk provides one-half of a person s daily re quirement of protein, one-fifth of the calorif s. twice the amount of calcium, two-thirds of the phosphorus. 1 30 of the iron, one-third of the vitamin, one fifth the thiamin, all of ths ascorbic acid, one-tenth of the vitamin D. one-third of the nic otine acid, and all of the ribo flavin. Most of these things could be boueht at a drug store, but they would cost much more than a bottle of milk. Overiuse Reviews Guardsmen at Clatsop Astona -T Acting Gov. Fd Ovcrhui.-e Wednesday re viewed Orrson National Guards men in training at nearby Camp Clatsop. Brie. Gen Raymond F. Olson said the 1164 National Guards men training for two weeks is the largest encampment ever. Most of the men are members of the -3T:h r.nti-aircraft artillery and its supporting units. MAIL TT.IBT7WI 1 grasshopper damage has been reported. Rec- ommended for control of grasshoppers are 2 to 4 ounces aldrin spray per acre or 6 ounces of aldrin dust- Hi pounds tovaphene spray per acre or 2 pounds toxaphene dust; or four ounces heptachlor spray per acre or 6 ounces heptachlor dust. All of this damage occurred in one week. Youth Range Camp Slated Near Heppner The 1957 Youth Range camp, .sponsored by the Pacific North- j west section of the American i Society of Range Management.! has been scheduled for July 29 j to Aug. 3. accorduig to John Garden Notes Br C. B. CORDY County Extension Agent for Horticulture Elm Leaf Beetle The elm leaf beetle is now feeding on elm trees and caus ing the leaves to turn brown. The elm leaf beetle at this time is in the form of a worm which feeds mainly on the upper sur faces of the ?lm leaf. This feed ing eventually results in the skeletonizing and dropping of the leaf, in the meantime, the leaves will look brown and dead on the tree. Later on this worm will change into a beetle, which is the reason for it being called the elm leaf beetle. The beetle is then able to fly around and lay eggs for a second brood. The worms are rather readily killed by spraying the trees with i DDT. Two pounds of 50 DDT in 100 gallons of water and thoroughly applying will give control. If the spray is applied before the first worms mature, one spray will give control for the season. If the spray is de layed until some of the worms have matured and left, then a second brood may appear late in the summer. Small trees could be sprayed with a hand sprayer using a heaping tablespoon of DDT in two gallons of water. However, it would be futile to attempt to spray a tree of any size with one of these small sprayers. Root Rots Root rots have been increas ing in severity in many of our garden plants during the last several years. These root rots are a variety o' fungus organ isms which work on decaying organic matter and sometimes in living plant tissue. These root rots are widely dis tributed through most of our soils and many plants which we buy also have a mild infection of them. There are a few points which should be observed which will help to reduce the amount of these root rots. In the first place, with cer tain plants strains have been de veloped which are resistant to root rots. Where these are avail able, they should by all means be used. As these rots are pres ent in rotting organic matter, growers should avoid the use of manures if they have had any. trouble with root rot. When manure is available, it should be used on ground where non-susceptible plants are to be grown. This would preferably be on the hay or grain fields. If the gar den is short of organic matter it could best be supplied by the use of sawdust and commercial fertilizer. Another thing which would be helpful would be to prevent extremes in wetness and dry ness of the soil. Irrigating fre quently enough to keep the soil from getting too dry and keep ing the irrigation water from standing around the base of the plants will prevent root injury, and injured roo:s are much more subject to the infection of the root rots. Young Wants It also appears that young plants are better able to with stand the root rots than older ones. In the case of annuals this would not be a factor, but in the case of perennials it would be desirable to re-plant each year so that at the end of three years the older plants could be removed and the younger plants would replace them. The root rots have been par ticularly severe in the case of strawberries and many growers are reporting trouble this year for the first time. We have no commercial varieties of straw berries which are resistant to root rot and also produce satis factory crops. TioMdaT. June i7, 19S7 -1 Clouston, U.S. Forest service, Portland. The camp session will beheld at the Tupper guard station in the Umatilla Nat ional forest, near Heppner. Open to Boys The camp is open to any boy between the ages of 14 and 18, regardles of whether or not he lives on a farm. Jackson county boys interested in attending the camp may obtain applications at the county agent's office in the courthouse. Applications must be filed by July 10. Eastern Oregon counties and Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson and Josephine counties are eligible to send four boys to the camp. The boys will be selected on the basis of leadership, citizen ship and love of the outdoors. S c h o larships covering camp costs of each boy will be pro vided by local organizations and individuals in each county. A local committee will arrange the scholarships and help select the boys. Chairmen of these com mittees will be selected soon. Program Planned At the camp, boys will study range and soil judging, plant i d e n tification, ranch organiza tion and management and pre dator control. There will be time for supervised swimming, soft ball and other sports, and for sessions on phot ography and camping. Outdoor manners, sportsmanship and w o o ds man ship also will be featured, of ficials said. Camp manager this year will be Bill Currier, U.S. Forest serv ice, Portland. Jack Ross, Oregon State college farm crops special ist, is camp program chairman. Grange Notes Central Point Grange At the last meeting of the Central Point Grange, Friday, June 21, delegates to the slate Grange, Frieda and Delmar Smith, gave reports on several conferences held there. Among others, Delmar report ed on the lecturer's conference, while Frieda reported on the Home Economics conference. She urged that women mem bers of the Central Point Grange enter the jelly making contest. She also slated that all grange members should attend the Grange meeting July 2, as there is to be a building inspection. The inspection is to start at 10 a. m, and after a potluck lunch a short business meeting will be held. Charles Taylor, state youth chairman, reported on the con ference M had attended and Mary Taylor spoke briefly on the convention. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Arrell were obligated in the first and second degrees. Under new business it was voted to procure a new flag for the Grange hall. It was also voted to enter the National Grange Public Service contest. Saturday evening, June 29, all Grangers and friends of Edwin Gebhard are invited to attend a reception between 8 and 9 p.m. at the Central Point Grange hall, to meet Edwin's bride and her parents, who have recently ar rived from St. Louis, Mo. State Cattlemen Call Special Meeting July I A special executive committee meeting of the Oregon Cattle men's association has been call ed for July 1 at 10 a.m. in La Grande, according to W. B. Tuck er, county agriculture agent. Action on the beef commission and the freight rate case is ex pected to be taken at the meet ing, he said. Frames Installed for Pendleton Grandstand Pendleton 'I Steel tress es and frames were being in stalled today for the new north side Pendleton Round-Up grand sland. Completion date for the new grandstand is July 15. the struc ture will use more than 125,000 pounds of s'.c-el. Farm qnd Garden Local Farmers Earn Farmers in Jackson county earned S109.630.29 worth of as sistance for conservation pract ices performed under the Ag-1 ricultural conservation Program j aaministerea oy me j a c k son ! County ASC committee, accord-: ing to Harry E. Martin, office manager. I Of this amount. S43.954.22 was earned on 121 farms under the regular ACP program. Under this program, the govern ment reimbursed farmers at the rate of 50 per cent of the cost of a project not t exceed S1.000 per person, except for irrigation dams or ponds on which the cost-share to be earned could not exceed SI. 500. Units Accomplished Units of work accomplished under this program included seeding of 374 acres of pasture; application of 46.5 tons of lime; control of 10 acres of competi tive plants; establishment of 40. 000 square feet of sod water ways; construction of 3.000 line ar feet of diversion ditches: com pletion of two channel drops; improvement of 19,875 linear feet of steam channel; opening of 8.510 linear feet of drainage ditches to drain 94 acres; shap ing or grading of 184 acres of land for drainage; leaving of 516 acres of land for flood irriga tion; construction of 15 irriga tion dams and lining of 297 line ar feet of irrigatioin ditches. Reorganization of farm ir rigation systems has i n c 1 uded 23,500 linear feet d i t c lies. 6 structures and 4.278 linear feet mainline systems over 867 acres of land on which work was done under this practice. Other Projects The balance of the amount, S65.676.07, was earned on 126 farms for work done under a special flood restoration prac Forestry Students Offered Assistance Chicago Four high .school graduates w i t h a genuine in terest in forestry and three years or more of 4-H club work may each receive a S1.600 college scholarship next fall to be ap plied to undergraduate work in forestry. Candidates will be recom mended by the state 4-H club office. Offered for the first time, the scholarships are intended to help qualified 4-H'ers through four years of study. They may enroll in any a c c r edited college or university. The only stipulation carry a major or minor in fores try. Donor' of these awards is Homelite, a division of Textron, Inc.. Port Chester, New York. The funds will be administered by th National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, Chic ago, in cooperation with the ex tension service. The winners will receive the awards during the na tional 4-H Club Congress in Chic ago next December. Farmers Urged to Check Lygus Bug Infestations Farmers in Jackson county who have legume crop seed are being urged to check frequent ly for lygus bug infestations. County Agent W. B. Tucker said today. When one or more lygus bugs are found in one sweep of an insect net. insecticide should be applied, the county agent stated. He recommends applications of not less then two pounds of act ual DDT or toxaphene per acre. C5? Eiij -H7A ; i 210 0 : ' O45-0 tice which was in effect in 1956 to restore damage caused by the winter floods of 1956. The farm ers were reimbursed 80 per cent of the cost under this program. Units of work accomplished included removal of flood debris from 222 acres; shaping and leveling land on 305 acres; re- storation of 63.185 linear feet I of irrigation ditches; restoration i of 6,064 linear feet of dikes and levees; 4.750 linear feet of stream I Hessian Fly, Grain Diseases Serious Corvallis Willamette valley wheat and barley growers, plagued by the worst outbreak of the Hessian fly in more than 20 years, are also receiving n setback from serious grain dis eases, report Oregon State col lege extension specialists. The compounded trouble was aggravated by quirks of spring weather, say R. W. Every, OSC entomolgist, Chester Horner, plant patholgist, and Rex War ren, farm crops specialist. Warm Weather Warm weather during late March and early April was ideal for egg-laying by the fly that overwinters in grain stubble. Marketing Quotas On Wheat Receive Nationwide Favor Wheat farmers throughout the nation approved marketing quotas on the 1958 wheat crop in a referendum held June 20. Nationally, the vote was 83.3 per cent in favor and 16.7 per cent against the measure. In Jackson county, 54 growers were eligible to vote in the referen dum, but only one ballot was cast. That vote was in favor of the quotas. Assured Rate Wheat farmers who do not ex ceed -their farm arreage allot ments now are assured of a na tional average support rate of S1.78 a bushel on 19 58 crop wheat. This is 22 cents less than the national a v e rage support rate currently in effect. Some county support rates will be higher and some lower than the national average, depending on production history and dis tance from terminal markets. Seventh Vote The referendum marked the seventh time farmers have voted on marketing quotas for wheat. Whenever the estimated supply of wheat is 20 per cent or more above the normal level, the law requires that a referendum be held. This is the fifth consecu tive year in which the supply situation has called for a quota vote, according to the U. S. department of agriculture. Total wheat supply for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1957 is estimated at 1.8 bil lion bushels, or 56 per cent above the supply considered normal. AD MANAGER DIES New York (IP) John L. Irvn, 66, classified advertising manager of the New York Journal-American and former classi fied advertising manager of the Des Moines Register, the New York Telegram and the Cleve land Press, died Tuesday. IM3ESELEL feirffl iosecs t Gift flouro See Your Local Fertilizer Dealer Sorcm & White Feed Co. Belleview Feed Store 17 West 4th - Medford 1655 Highway 66 Ashland L. G. McLAREN & CO. - Distributors 1002 South Central Medford ACP Aid channel; restoration of nine ir rigation dams and restoration of 1.111 linear feet of irrigation pipelines. It is estimated that S170.000 worth of conservation work was done under both programs last year in Jackson county, Martin I said. Technical phases of t h e programs are furnished by the Soil Conservation service, forest service -end the county" exten- sion service, he expained. Hessian fly larvae, after hatch ing in the spring, burrow under the leaf sheaths around the plant stem where they feed by sucking plant juices. Weakened and broken wheat and barley stems and failure of grain to form heads are com mon symptoms of Hessian flv damage showing up throughout the Willamette valley this sum mer. The fiV was first found in Oregon in 1897 near Scrap poose. It is now scattered throughout Western Oregon as far south as Roseburg. Other Diseases Insect-damaged grain has been further weakened by three dis eases that have been especially serious this spring as a result of wet weather in May, Horner states. Deaf rust, powdery mil dew, and cereal yellow dwarf virus affect spring wheat and barley and oats. Oats are not subject to attacks by Hessian fly. Leaf rust and powdery mil dew overwinter on old stubble and on volunteer grains and wild grasses. Spores from the disease organisms are blown into grain fields and infect plants durine moist weather. Symptoms are stunted plants and dead and dy ing leaves covered with brown rust spores or gray mildew growth. Cereal yellow dwarf virus overwinters in wild perennial grasses or in volunteer grains and is transmitted among plants by grain-feeding aphids nt were especially numerous I lis spring. Leaves turn reddish brown on oats and bright yellow on wheat and barley. Again. wet weather during May was unfavorable for some insect? that normally prey upon aphid? Timber Sales Slated !n Illinois Valley Cave Junction Two U.S. Forest Service timber sales have been announced for July 16 and 18 involving timber in the Siski you National forest in the Illi nois Valley area. Oral auction bids will be re ceived at the forest supervisor's office, post office building. Grants Pass, July 16 at 2 p.m. for merchantable timber onl22 acres near French Peak. Esti mated volumes are 5,300,000 board feet of Douglas-fir, 370, 000 board feet of sugar pine and ponderosa pine, 140,000 board feet of Port Orford white cedar, 780,000 board feet of white fir and other species. On July 18 at 10 a.m. timber on 47 acres in the Dunns Creek drainage will be sold at oral auc tion at the Grants Pass office. Estimated volumes are 230,000 board feet Douglas-fir and 15,000 board feet of sugar pine, pon derosa pine and other species. 21-S3-0 p. , - foogBi)E'Gnin)ys3s Fumigation Rulings Likely on Shipments Of Fruit Moth Hosts Salem The state department availability of fumigation equipr of agriculture todav hoisted the ment that will meet the Canad- warning flag to all Oregon con cerns and individuals who ship host products of oriential fruit moth into British Columbia. This includes nursery mater ials and fresh fruits, particularly peaches, that this pest attacks. The warning flag is to alert Oregon shippers that fumigation likely will be requfired by Can ada on a11 sucn materials ship- ped into British Columbial from anywhere in the United States. No Official Order Frank McKennon, plant chief for the department, says no of ficial order has arrived yet from Canada. But unofficial word is that the quarantine is definitely on its way. "As we now understand the proposals. Canada will require fumigation in a gaslight vault, chamber, refrigerator, railway car or motor van," McKennon re ports. "Fumigation under a tar paulin covering will not be ac ceptable as the proposed order is now written." M c K e n non advises Oregon shippers who move such pro ducts into British Columbia to begin i n v e stigating costs and 4-H Clubs Plan Many Activities Members of Jackson county 4-H clubs have a full schedule of activities for the next 10 weeks, Counly Agent Glenn Klein pointed out today. First in the annual series of 4-H club pre-fairs will be held at Talent Saturday. The pre-fair will be held at the city hall, start ing at 9:30 a.m., and lunch will be available there. Other pre-fairs are scheduled for July 6 at Phoenix; July 11, Sis-Q; July 24, Talent Home Economics club; July 25, Gold Hill lamb show; July 27, Central Point; July 31, Antelope; and Aug 2, Applegate-Ruch. The annual Jackson county 4-H and Future F a rm e r s of America fair will be held Aug. 19-24, and home economics con tests for the fair will be held Aug. 5-9. The Oregon state fair at Salem will be held Aug 31 through Sept. 7 and many Jackson county youths wil enter exhibits and demonstrations there. Pai-ITiprc I PVpllnfl 1 1 al ,,,CI twCllliy 1 1 Ground for Seeding Jackson county farmers are leveling ground in preparation for fall grass seeding, according to County Agent V, B. Tucker. Tucker pointed out that there will be more than the usual amount of seeding next fall be cause weather conditions were unfavorable for seeding last spring. Seeding should not begin until fall rains start unless growers have sprinkling systems to in sure keeping the surface soil wet, Tucker said. RAM 1 P.M. Saturday, June 9th FAIRGROUNDS, ROSEBURG Registered Corrieilale Shaep 2-year-olds, yearlings, ewes with fenbs OREGON rCORRIEDALE BREEDERS o ;. 46-0-0 Phone SP 2-6181 ian specifications. Proposed Requirements A memorandum from W. X. Kennan. chief of the Canada Plant Protection division at Ot tawa, outlines these additional proposed fumig ation require ments: 1. Fan circulation will be re quired in all instances, at least during the early part of the fum igation. 2. The temperature of the fum igation is to be that of the com modity or the air inside the en closure, whichever is lower. 3. If specially constructed and stationary vaults are used, of ficial periodic checks will be re quired to ensure that the vaults are leak-proof. 4. Except in specially con structed vaults, Canada will re quire that an analysis of the gas in the fumigation chamber be made with thermal conducti vity analyzer to determine gas concentration and to maintain specified concentrations. Sam ples for analysis will be required from at least three sections of the lad: top middle and bottom. Costs Checked McKennon says the depart ment has checked costs of gas analyzers which will be required if a permanent gas type fumiga tion chamber is not used. These costs range from S375 to more than $3000 for thermal conducti vity analyzers without recorders. 0 Oregon ships c o n s i derable nursery stock into British Co lumbia, and lesser amounts of fruit. Canada is prosposing the strict fumigation measures as result of discovery last September of Oriental fruit moth larvae in peaches shipped in from the United States. Crossbred Chickens Hold Strong Lead Salem Crossbred chickens continued to held a strong lead in the 523,545 birds participating the past year in the Oregon Poultry Improvement plan. The stale department of ag riculture reports more than three-fifths of the chickens, or 332,635. tested were crossbred. This is a gain in thisCJntry of 46.636 birds. Other parti cipating breeds, with 1956-57 and 1955-56 figures shown in that order were: leg horns 86,174 and t3.70; reds 20.435 and 31.192; bfira rocks 951 and 1.385: while rocfe 43, 890 and 43.9lt, nf Steers 11, 225 and 8.892. Forthy-six httcheri. 9tH capacity of 3,139:821 birds and 707 flocks, participale-J in the program, according to Supervisor Earl Reitsma. Th pSrctntMc of pulorum reactors th pfst year was 0.028 comptred t?it8 046 per cent a yer tfo. A new salt fil9 i Nova Scotia is expectcf to yield bacteria-free salt which cgn be used in Canada's vast fishing indus tries. SAL
