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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FAIRGROUNDS, ROSEBURG
Registered Corrieilale Shaep
2-year-olds, yearlings, ewes with fenbs
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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