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Income, Crops May
Be Larger, College
Specialist Reports
Corvallis Larger crops and
larger Incomes than last year
are the midyear propects for
most Oregon fruit and nut grow
ers, Roland Groder. Oregon
State college fruit and vege
t?ble marketing specialist, re
ports. Oregon apple, pear, cherry,
filbert and walnut crops are all
expected to be larger than last
year when production was badly
crippled by the 1935 freeze.
Increased production this
year should boost total income
even though prices may be
down some for most fruit and
nut crops, the specialist says.
Among tie tree fruits, only
peach and prune production is
expected to fall below a year
ago.
Strawberry Pack Down
Rains and heavy shipments of
California berries to fresh mar
kets have held the strawberry
pack down, bringing recent
price improvement. But there
is little promise that strawberry
prices will rise to levels of other
recent years, Groder reports.
Filbert growers should fare
much better this year even
though prices may be down
slightly. The crop is estimated
three times as large as last year's
small one. The walnut crop is
also much larger in Oregon and
slightly larger in California, but
California has fewer almonds.
Late Spring Rains
Late spring rains delayed
plantings ' of vegetables and
have clouded the canning aa,d
freezing picture for these crops.
Packs in other states are likely
to be short on quality, reports
the OSC specialist, which may
bring a break to Oregon grow
ers and packers.
Effects of this spring's large
potato supplies promise to ling
er on, although potato prices are
making a gradual comeback.
The nation's late summer crop
may be 8 per cent smaller than
last year and fall acreage Is
down slightly. Much depends on
the yield of late potatoes which
is Tikely to be crippled by the
drought on the eastern seaboard,
he said.
Now Is Wrong Time
To Control Mildew
Now is the wrong time to do
anything about mildew on home
grown grapes, C. B. Cordy, coun
ty horticulture agent, said today.
JI've received numerous calls
during the last few days about
grape mildew, but it is too late
to do anything about it now. This
is the wrong season."
To effectively control the fun
gus type disease dormant spray
should be applied starting in the
spring at intervals of a week to
10 days, Cordy said. The best
time to start is when the shoots
are eight inches long then spray
'until rriid-June. Stop and spray
again in September one or two
weeks, he said.
"Some varieties are much
worse than others," the horti
culture agent said. 'Worse va
riety is the Thompson seedless
grape."
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MIGHTY TALL Mrs. Shelby Tuttle stands beside the 12 feet, '
one inch corn in her backyard cornfield at 232 Valley View dr.,
Medford. The corn is reported as the talles? in southern Oregon.
A good share of the home-grown corn is used to feed various
birds vjhich flock to the neighborhood grainery.
Jossy Provides Check
List of Safety Rules
Although National Farm Safe
ty Week has passed, observance
of farm safety rules should
never end, Earle Jossy, county
extension agent, warns. The fol
lowing list of questions may be
answered v or no to check
safety factors, he said.
Do you keep your buildings
in good repair? Keep stairs re
paired, free from rubbish and
equipped with hand rails? Keep
ladders repaired, serviceaDie,
and properly ancjiored when
using? Provide railings ior an
loft openings? Guard against
cnnnlanpnii! combustion. Light
haymows adequately, and have
electric switches . conveniently
located? Keep from storing loose
materials over head? Prohibit
smoking in and around the barn?
Hay, Seed Crops Are
Expected fo Hold Own
. Corvallis It's touch-and-go
for Oregon field crops this year
with wheat and feed grains lean
ing heavily on government sup
ports while hay and seed crops
are strictly on their own.
Oregon State college agricul
tural economists believe Oregon
wheat farmers will realize a bet
ter price on their 1957 crop by
holding back part of the crop
under the government loan program.
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Securely pen bulls, boars and
stallions? Use a bull staff when
handling bull? Use care in han
dling animals with new born?
Use a breeding chute? Keep
vicious dogs securely tied or
penned; away from children?
Instruct children in the proper
care of pets and farm animals?
Speak to animals before enter
ing stalls? Securely tie horses
before leaving them?
Keep your machinery in good
repair? Properly store your ma
chinery and tools when 'through
using? Properly protect exposed
belts, gears, power saws, by ade
quate guards? Stop all machine
ery before making adjustments,
repairs or refueling? Keep small
children away from dangerous
machinery? Instruct new or, in
experienced help in proper op
erations of machinery? Avoid
operating tractor on dangerous
inclines?
Keep the farmstead clean, neat
and free from rubbish? Remove
nails from loose or broken
boards? Keep loose barbed or
baling wire picked up? Keep
your fences repaired? Keep un
used lumber carefully stacked?
Keep the handles tight in axes,
hammers, sledges and picks? Dis
card broken or unused machin
ery? Have an adequate means
of fighting farm fires? Keep poi
sonous materials securely lock
ed up?
House Plan
The distinctive exterior and
functional floor plan mark this
as a thoroughly livable home.
Framing the entry, used brick
lends warm color and textural
contrast to the wood siding.
Double entry doors lead to an
extra large and well lighted hall
which is separated from the liv
ing room by one-half walls. The
kitchen, as well as the hallway
leading to the three bedrooms is
available from this entry.
A king-size wardrobe and sep
arate three-quarter bath are part
of the master-bedroom suite,
which is large enough for twin
beds. Sliding glass doors make
the patio directly accessible for
sun bathing. All bedrooms are
far enough away from the activ
ity area of the home to- assure
quiet and privacy.
The spacious living room and
family room offer separate cen
ters of activity for both the
adults and children in the fam
ily. Both open to the patio, and
both have large fireplaces built
back to back to reduce construe-
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Bt HELGA MITCHELL
While gardens are commenc
ing to yield their fruit, and gard
eners are comparing the prod
ucts of their springtime labors,
Shelby Tuttle of 232 Valley
View dr., Medford, has come
up with some of the tallest corn
stalks yet seen in southern Ore
gon. The 12 foot, 1 inch corn,
which is now used to feed the
birds, has been the center of
attraction at the Tuttle residence
for the past few weeks.
Tuttle, who grows the corn
as a hobby, obtained the seed
through Hal White, director of
the Southern Oregon Experi
mental station. The corn, which
is officially known as Illinois
1570 Hybrid, was planted April
27. It had to be replanted on
May 11 due to an old pheasant
rooster and his girl-friends They
discovered the choice morsels on
one of their daily treks around
the Tuttle property.
Sandy Loam Soil
The seed was planted in sandy
loam soil, which prior to plant
ing, had heavy applications of
manure and compost. Later, in
it's progressive state, side appli
cations of ammonium nitrate
were added.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle also have
accumulated a host of feathered
friends, by their daily generous
feedings. These have included
up to 200 doves, 15 pheasants,
and a variety of other birds,
which is quite unusual within
the city of Medford. There were
also 50 quail trotting about on
the Tuttles' feeding station, but
they vanished when the doves
made their appearance.
One of the Tuttles' favorite
pastimes, is rising early to sit by
their kitchen window and sip
morning coffee, while watching
the birds feast. Each have their
own binoculars to watch for any
unusual bird behavior, or for
any new species winging it's way
onto their lawn.'
Observe Bluejayi
They have often observed the
Blue Jays picking up the corn
and bread and then burying it in
the ground or tucking it around
stones. After this procedure, the
Jays gather leaves to cover their
buried treasures, which has
caused many a stalk of corn to
pop up in the most unexpected
places. Presently, thanks to the
labors of the Jays, there is a
stalk of corn growing in the
Tuttles' flower bed.
Once, when inquiries were
made about his corn, Tuttle jest
ingly replied, "It's Dwarf Mid
get Hybrid corn, planted by
trained Blue Jays, fertilized
with ABDEX vitamin pills, and
irrigated with Bourbon!"
Higher Prices Are
Seen for Livestock
Corvallis Oregon livestock,
dairy, and poultry farmers can
look forward to cheaper feeds
this fall but mixed price trends
for their products, report Ore
gon State college agricultural
economists and marketing spe
cialists. Feeder cattle prices during
the next six months are expect
ed to be higher than a year ago
as feedlot operators - move to
cash in on cheaper hay and feed
grains, says W. Y. Fowler, OSC
livestock marketing specialist.
Fed cattle prices, however, ap
pear to be near the peak for
this year with prospects for a
heavy slaughter of grass - fed
cattle, plus larger supplies from
feedlots across the country.
Hog prices are also likely to
decline seasonally after hitting
a late July peak but are not
likely to drop below last fall's
favorable level, Fowler believes.
He says favorable prices haven't
stampeded midwest hog raisers
into over-expansion yet.
Slaughter lamb prices show
signs of holding stronger than
normal. ' A combination of a
heavy May-June lamb slaughter
and stepped-up lamb sales pro
motion may even lead to a slight
price rise in August, Fowler
says. Higher wool prices are en
couraging farmers to hold more
ewe lambs for flock increases.
tion costs. For further economy,
either fireplace could be omitted
during building.
A roomy dining nook plus a
corner sink completely sur
rounded by windows are part of
the efficiently planned kitchen.
Built-in appliances have been in
cluded in the kitchen design as
well as a large pantry with floor
to ceiling shelves.
Unusually large, the service
area provides room for home
laundry appliances, water heat
er, and a handy broom closet.
The adjacent half bath, although
convenient to the play yard and
work area, could be omitted dur
ing construction and the space
used for storage if so desired.
Complete working drawings of the
above plan can be obtained at a cost
of $7.50 for the first set and S5 for
each additional set. when ordered at
the same time. This plan will be
available for ajperiod of four months
from thi date. Please allow two weeks
for delivery. If the above home does
not entirely meet with your satisfac
tion a new home plan book, TOWN
& COUNTRY HOMES" may be pur
chased for SI. Send all orders for either
plans or books to: Hiawatha Estes,
P. O. Box 404-T, Xorthidge. Calif.
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NEW ADVISORY BOARD Members of Ore
gon's new Agriculture Advisory board met
for the. first time recently to organize, discuss
farm problems and confer with Gov. Robert
D. Holmes. Pictured with the governor (left
to right, seated) are Cornelius Bateson o
Salem, newly elected chairman, and Loyd
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CHAMPION BAKER Raymond Nouguier of the Southwest
Medford' club removes a two-egg butternut cake from the oven
during cake-baking contest in the county courthouse this week.
The 13-year-old youth topped a field of 17 girls to take the cham
pionship, This was part of the 4-H home-economics demonstra
tions and contests to run through Friday.
Measures to Control Bees,
Yellowjackets
plans to catch or hive a swarm,
a porter bee escape is recom
mended. This can be purchased
from any bee supply dealer. It
into entrance holes where such
holes are accessible, or dust can
be dumped in through a funnel.
As new bees emerge from their
cells, a second dusting or spray
ing may be necessary, county
agents advise.
Once the nest has been dusted,
the single entrance hole should
be sealed off so future swarms
cannot enter. .
If a farmer or homeowner
A few simple measures can
effectively control both bees and
yellowjackets, the county
agent's office advises. -
One of the most effective
methods of ridding the house of
bees is to dust tr spray their
nests with DDT chlordane or
aldrin, Earl Jossy, county agent,
advises.
Cyanogas is effective poison,
but it is dangerous to all forms
of life exposed to its fumes, W.
P. Stephen, assistant entomolo
gist, OSC, warns.
It is also advisable to apply
the insecticide only when the
bees have returned to their nests
in the evening. There is then a
better chance of getting all the
bees, he says.
Vacuum Cleanar
A vacuum cleaner may be
used in reverse to blow dust
Chicks Show Better 5
Growth in Experiment
Corvallis - Proof that un
known growth - promoting sub
stances exist perhaps as un
identified vitamins has been
uncovered by agricultural scien
tists at Oregon State college.
Working with chicks in a
poultry feeding study, research
workers at the OSC agricultural
experiment station found they
could get growth increases of 12
to 25 per cent when fish solu
bles or dried egg yolk was added
to a regular soybean meal ration
fortified with all known nutri
ents essential for growth.
Reporting the findings were
George Arscott, poultryman, and
Paul Weswig and John Schu
bert, agricultural chemists.
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is fastened over the entrance-
exit hole. Bees may come out
but with this gadget they can
not re-enter.
Cone of Wire
A tone of wire may be used
for the same purpose. It should
be six inches long and the small
er end should be about one
quarter inch wide. The broad
end is tacked to the hole.
A weak hive should be placed
on a platform with its entrances
at right angles to the former
hole. This should hpve a queen
or queen cell in it. The bees will
eventually locate the new hive
and move in.
Wasps or yellowjackets can be
controlled by pouring two or
three tablespoons of 2Vi per
Cent aldrin, 5 per cent chlordane
or 1V4 per cent dieldrin dust into
the opening.
Those nests in an exposed lo
cation can be destroyed by using
a wide-mouth fruit jar. Two or
three tablespoonsful of carbon
disulfide are placed in a fruit
jar during the evening. The jar
is slipped up to the nest and the
opeh end held over the opening.
Those that fly out will be im
mediately overcome by the gas
fumes and the remainder will be
killed by the fumes' penetration
into the nest. It requires five or
10 minutes exposure.
Nests should be soaked with
water before being destroyed.
The highly explosive gas makes
burning dangerous.
Paper nests may be treated
also with oil base sprays of two
per cent aldrin, 1V4 per cent
dieldrin or two per cent chlor
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Key, Milton-Freewater; standing (left to right)
are R. A. Long of Ft. Rock (Lake county),
Robert Pierce of Ontario,. Ralph Witcher of
Junction City (Lane county), Mrs. Kenneth
Livingston of Portland. Dean Fred Price of
Oregon State college, Ward Spatz of Medford,
and Agriculture Director Robert Steward.
Raymond Nouguier of the
Southwest Medford club topped
a field of 17 girls, iine of them
blue-ribbon winners, to take the
championship in the county 4-H
cake bakuig contest in the coun
ty courthouse auditorium this
week.
Raymond, who looks as if he
would be more at home on a
baseball diamond, is 13 years
old. His closest competitor, his
sister Jeanette Nouguier, .is 16.'
Blue ribbon winners during
the first session of the five-day
home-ec demonstrations and con
tests were Alice Woolfolk and
Karen Jossy, both of Antelop
Elaine McKay and Joan Dobrot,
both of Central Point; Jeanette
Nouguier and Marjorie Wonder
ly, both of Southwest Medford;
Susie Carroll, Eagle Point; Pat
Cranston, Medford; and Colleen
Franck, Westside Medford.
Red Ribbon Winners
Red ribbon . winners were:
Nancy McKay, Central Point;
Nedra Harris, Phoenix; Nelda
Chapman, Ashland; and Georgia
Hubbard,. Eagle Point.: .
White ribbons were presented
to Alison Pinkham, , Central
Point; Gwen Palmerton, Apple
gate; and Marilyn Popow, Phoe
nix and Marlena Coffman, Cen
tral Point. ,
Contestants had to hake a two
egg butternut cake "before the
judge, then write ' a story on
their baking experience. They
were judged on the quality of
their cake, their workmanship
and the essay.
The day's activities continued
with a dollar dinner in the after-
Livestock Marketing
Program Setl Yards
Corvallis A junior livestock
marketing program at Portland
Union Stock Yards will replace
4-H club and Future Farmers
of America youth activities at
the Pacific International Live
stock exposition this year. The
program is scheduled for Oct.
16 and 17.
According to Cal Monroe,
state 4-H club extension agent
at Oregon State college, the PI
and the Stock Yards company
will provide $1,000 to' help fur
nish youngsters' meals and lodg
ing. The two-day program will
give youths first-hand experi
ence in how livestock is market
ed and prices determined.
To be eligible for the tour, a
4-H club or FFA member must
be enrolled in a beef, sheep or
swine project and have one or
more market animals ready to
sell at the time of the tour.
Youths' from Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho are expected to
attend.
About 85 per cent of the na
tion's corn crop goes to market
in the form of eat.
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CENTRAL POINT
Five 4-H Members
Earn Way lo State
Fair in Contests ,
Five Jackson county 4-H club
members talked their way into
a tripto the Oregon State Fair
in Tuesday's demonstration con
tests. The events were held at
the Jackson county courthouse.
A total of 112 girls were
watched by approximately 75
onlookers as they worked their
way through 185 contests or
demonstrations in clothing, knit
ting, and home living projects.
Champion senior demonstra
tion in clothing was Miss Jo
Ann Malloroy, Antelope. Her
demonstration titled "Let's
Make Collars Easy" won her a
trip to the September fair in
Salem.
Miss Mary Herriott and Miss
Jean Rowden teamed up to give
a demonstration on "How to
Care for a Wool Sweater." The
girls received a champion ra
ting and will also participate in
the state fair. Another team, Car
ol Myers and Julie Ashton of
Central Point will enter their
champion home living demon
stration, "How to Measure a
Room" at the fair.
Junior individual demonstra
tion champion was Anita Pierce,
Table Rock, with her "Care of
Clothing." Junior team champ
Judy Lewis, also of Table Rock,
with "Fixing a Sewing Box.
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other demonstration results were:
Junior individual: Suzanne lynn,
red, Bonnie Freemantle. white.
Junior team: Carolyn Barnes-Virginia
Chadd, red.
Senior individual: Cathie Carroll,
red: Jean Rowden, red, Mary Herriott,
white.
Senior teams. Carol Myers-Julie
Ashton, red; Mary Daniels-Colleen
Franek, white.
Senior home living demonstrations:
Glenna Brown-Pat Striplln. red.
"Just So Girl" sewing contest:
champion. Suzanne Flynn; blue
awards. Nancy lnman, Nina McSwan,
Judy Bagley. Mary Ann Carnegie;
red, Elva Root, Donna Hammond,
Christine Solenberger. Barbara Whee
ler. Alctta Myers. Anitia Pierce. Judy
Lewis, Connie Goehring. Barbara Ro
minger, Betty Jo Howell. Martha Mer-
rimun, Margaret uooawin. j u a y
Frink. Judy Scott, Pauiette Creel,
Carol Hale. Ceceila Kee. Linda Paul
son, Pauiette Anderson. Donna Bailey,
and Kathleen Frederick; white, Alte
Neel, Janice Neel. Margie Root, Flor
ence Woolfolk. Ellen Hay, Linda John
son, De Anna Miller, Deane Stella,
and Julia Jones.
"Sew It's Fun" clothing contest:
champion. Vonnie Goehring; blue;
Bonnie Freemantle; red. Lola Acker
man, and Dorothy James; white,
Elaine Young. Joyce Moore. Marcia
Ackerman, and Brenda Solenberger.
"Charmingly Yours" clothing con
test: champon, Alice Woolfolk; blue,
Teresa Pruett; red. Sally Bailey, Peggy
Jones, Carolee Kuest, and Marthanne
Goodwin; white, Celia Putman . end
Susie Carroll.
Teen age miss sewing contest:
champion Vervia Beman; red. Phyllis
Perry and Maryeda Frost; white. Fran
ces Huffman and Bonnie Goehring;
exhibitors ribbon, Diane Putman.
Knitting contest: intermediate
champion. Romelle Fossen; red, Gwen
Krouse Palmerton and Jean Rowden;
white. Mary Herriott; beginners,
champion. Patsv" ChaUev; blue. Lvn
dell Munda: red. Sail Bailey, Carolee
Kuest. and Karen Keys; white, Linda
Johnson and Peggy Jones.
Home living contest: champion,
Carol Myers; red, Pat Striplin and
Julie Ashton; white. Glenna Brown. -
Demands (or Most
Goods Seen Good
Corvallis Spending for TJ.
S. farm and factory products,
both inside and outside our
borders, has never been greater
and demands for most goods
and services seem likely to stay
strong throughout 1957, reports
M. D. Thomas, Oregon Stale
college agricultural economist. '
Meanwhile, farmers are just
about holding their own in the
price-cost squeeze as purchasing
power of farm products hovers
around the low levels of last
year, Thomas points out.
Although some soft spots are
showing in the state and nation's
economy, they are balancing
out elsewhere: increased invest
ments in new plants and equip
ment, highways, and other con
struction are taking some of the
sting out of the decline in home
building. Weekly pay checks of
factory workers . are down
slightly from a recent "high"
but consumer spending has risen
about 5 per cent.
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