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o TOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) Scrutiny Urged Of Bank Benefits o To Local Farmers Oregon farmers should take . a careful second look at the Soil Bank program to make sure they are not missing a good bet, ad vises J. R. Beck, assistant direct or of the Oregon State college agricultural extension service. ' Only a few Oregon farmers have put land in the Soil Bank to date, Beck reports. And with sign-up time for both the con : servation reserve and the acre age reserve section of the pro gram just ahead, he thinks farm ers should look both parts of the program over with an eye to the future. Present-day surpluses of many farm crops are holding down ' prices farmers receive, Beck ex plains. The Soil Bank is one way to take some of the poorer or hard-to-farm land out of crop . production, helping reduce sur plus stocks while giving farmers a fair income from their land. Right now, the conservation reserve section of the program offers the best hope of any leg islation in sight for farmers to reduce price - depressing sur pluses, Beck believes. If the na tion's farmers would put 30 or more millions of acres under conservation reserve contracts, it is believed production and de mand of farm products would be more nearly in balance, he says. This means Oregon farmers . should put a total of around 300,000 acres under the plan. '. Right now, only about 42,000 : acres are under conservation re- , serve contracts. Farmers with wheat allot ments can also put land under ' the acreage reserve section of the Soil Bank. This helps cut surpluses of this farm product. Beck points out. and won't af- ' feet farmers' allotments in fu ture years. More information on the Soil Bank can be obtained from local county agricultural stabilization and conservation (ASC) offices. Farmers are urged to contact local ASC office soon, so they can plan the best Soil Bank con tract for their farm. ENTERPRISE A MUSEUM Washington (!P) The House has given final congressional ap proval to a bill permitting the aircraft carrier Enterprise to be turned into a floating museum. This Week's Town and Country House Plan . """" ww xij4'f """' " rrj ""vyavg. i ' .. . ?fpa X IJ.'S Hfu 0 6 I H '" 0 lo.i 1 " S w Ail - "fei " j zo.- i J T Vr5a( beE 12. IS ll. IS li ' PlIN KO, 551 a iV3 S. FT. V-. i v. I-- By HIATWATHA ESTES The family room, kitchen and dining alcove are destined to be the heart of this 1,743 square foot home. The ingenious angle of the liv ing room fireplace, family room barbecue and countertop range doubles the efficiency of this cooking area. Ample work sur faces and cupboards, and an ex panse of windows make this a bright, pleasant work and activ ity center. The oven is built in; laundry appliances are located in the service area. The adjacent half-bath is convenient to both the family room and play yard. A planter separates the family MAIL TRIBTJNE Assignments Listed For Livestock Men Livestock officers who have been with the State Department of Agriculture for some time now work in these territories: Ferrin'Woll at Ontario Mal heur, Harney and Baker coun ties. Edgar Albert at Heppner Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties. Roy Nelson at Klamath Falls Klamath and Lake counties. Guy Hughes at Medford Jackson, Josephine and eastern Douglas counties. George Albright at Molalla Linn, Lane and Marion counties: Guy O. Woodworth at Port land Multnomah, Clackamas and eastern Washington counties. Malathion Spraying Gives Potent Weapon Home gardeners and nursey men, often plagued by soft scales on ornamental plants during late summer, now have a potent weapon in malathion spray, re port Oregon State college ento mologists. Camellia, daphne, hydrangea, pyracantha, and holly are plants most likely to be infested by the three kinds of soft scales com mon in western Oregon: soft brown scale, cottony camellia scale, and Lecanium scales. Plant injury is increased by the sooty mold that develops in the "honey dew" secreted by the scales, the entomologists say. Spraying with malathion in August or early September, after eggs have hatched, gives excel lent control of both Lecanium scales or cottony camellia scale, Robert Every, OSC extension en tomologist, reports. Malathion sprays anytime in the summer are effective for soft brown scales that are most commonly found on holly and camellia. WATCH DOG LION Wellingborough, England 1PI Rex, the lion, turned watch dog here Wednesday night. H. J. Ste vens, keeper of the Wellingbor ough Zoo Park, said Rex was being used to guard a local ab bey which contains a valuable antique collection. Someone broke into the abbey Tuesday night, but nothing was stolen. Stevens said Rex . would "not harm us. But I would not like to be a stranger who got in his way. room and living room. For indoor-outdoor relaxation, triple glass doors slide open between the living room and roofed patio. The master bedroom suite has a wide wardrobe in the room plus another ' wardrobe and make-up table in the connecting dressing room and a spacious three-quarter private bath. All bedrooms are exceptionally large easily big enough for twin beds. A rugged shake roof, board on board siding and random sized field stone combine to give the exterior a rustic air. Efficient aluminum casement windows are used throughout. Thursday. August 22. 1957 Autumn Best Time To Prepare Soils And Avoid Gumbo By ROBERT W. SCHERY Director Better Lawn, Turf Institute A favorite season for prepar ing 'soil is autumn. Tillage then is pot confronted with sticky "gumbo" that consumes power and produces clods. Even heavy soils will usually crumble to an acceptable seedbed if disced or rotary-tilled a few flays follow ing rain or sprinkling. It may be easier and cheaper to build up existing soil than to haul in expensive and frequent ly weedy "topsoil." Mixing in an inch of organic material such as peat or compost during the several-inch deep tillage will prove helpful, in either loosening clays or improving sandy soils. Whether or not organics are added, generous application of a complete fertilizer is a must. This will promote grass growth during autumn and spring, the favorite season for fine lawn grasses such as bluegrass and fescue. After all, growing' grass in time builds topsoil, as superb prairie soils in the cornbelt at test. Twenty pounds for each 1,000 sq. ft. is not too much, of something on the order of a 12-12-12 or 10-6-4 fertilizer. Avoid pulverizing soil to a dust. This will destroy struc ture, and result in crusting upon first watering. A pebbled sur face, with lumps , up to size of golf balls, better resists slaking and provides an excellent series of crevices into which the. tiny bluegrass seeds can lodge. " Before seeding is done, com plete any necessary raking or dragging to level the seedbed. Sometimes soil fluffs during till age, as where equipment turns. A light rolling can point up low spots, or a sprinkling settle loose areas. A second working of the surface would doubtless have to follow sprinkling, before seeding. Chef Asked to Try Michigan Cherry Soup Lansing, Mich. OP) The restaurant in Michigan's State Office Buildings, which agreed to use only Michigan beans in its bean soup was asked to make better use of another state pro duct cherries. State officials asked the chef to try a recipe for cherry soup out on state employees. Unusually attractive is the double garage, placed to the front for convenient access, easy loading and unloading of passen gers and purchases. A wide workshop or storage area pro vides a place for storing bicycles and garden tools. Complete working drawings of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of S7o0 for the first set and S5 for each additional set. when ordered at the same time. This plan will be available for a period of four months from this 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 ei ther plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P. O. Box 404-1, Xoruudge, Calif. I Earm and .crdel Chamipons Selected In Home-Economics During County Fair Twenty girls won champion ship awards in sewing, child care, frozen foods and home liv ing divisions at the county 4-H fair yesterday. Sewing champions included Tarie Martin, Central Point, just so girl; Bonnie Goehring, Eagle Point, sew it's fun; Susie Car roll, Eagle Point, charmingly yours; Frances Huffman, Eagle Point, teen - age miss; Laine Donker, Central Point, sun and fun, play and work; Nancy Mc Kay, Central - Point, lounging outfit; Cheryl Swanson, Central Point, cotton school dresses; Virginia Martin, Phoenix, cloth ing IV A; Joan Dobrot, Central Point, clothing IV B; Romelle Fossen, Ruch, clothing V A and Knitting intermediate D; Dona Brown, Applegate, clothing V B; Judith Whaley, Gold Hill, knitting intermediate A; Gwen Krouse Palmerton, Applegate, knitting intermediate B; Diane Disberry, Medford, knitting in - termediate C; and Pat Knapp, Gold Hill, beginning knitters. Glenna Brown, Central Point, was champion in color and room arrangement A. Annette Carter, Medford, won frozen foods I; Dianne Carter, Medford, was champion in froz en foods II. Child care I was won by Pat Cranston, Medford; and Patricia Clause, Eagle Point, was tops in child care II. Other winners in each division were : Just So Girl Blue awards Kathleen Goddard, Ashland; Linda Metz, Mary Hoch statter. Dian Bolz, Sarah Robinson, Annette Carter and Mary Carnegie, Medford; Christine Salenberger. Nina McSwan. Stephanie Spears. Connie Goehring. and Patricia Claus, Eagle Point; Linda Paulson. Shady Cove; Paulette Creel and Judy Bagley, Tal ent; Julia Jones, Elaine Young and Terrie King, Central Point; Joyce Dve, Gold Hill; Florence Woolfolk and Paulette. Anderson, Antelope; Anita Pierce and Aletta Myers, Table Rock. Red awards uaroara wnener, Barbara Rominger, Sherri Burelson. Kathy Thompson. Mary Elbert, Danna Bailey, Judy Frink, Judy Wilson, Pa tricia Callendar. and Kathleen Fred erick. Central Point; Donna Debrick, Westside: Linda and Wilam Johnston, Jacksonville; Linda Johnson, Mary Leavens. Mary Walsh, Kathleen New- comb, Mary Sue Emerson, Martha Mernman. Judy Scott and Suzanne Flvnn. Medford: Lei eh Chamberlain. Rogue River; Carol Hale and Cecilia ivev. anaay cove; ueaoie Yemeni, Peggy Dve, Sharon Wright, and Charlotee Davis. Gold Hill; Michele Dube. Phoenix; Ellen Hay and Helen Vickeren, Eagle i'oint; jams rorrey, Ashland. White awards Carolyn White, Linda Walker and Patricia Knapp, Gold Hill; Diane Stelle. Shady Cove; Mikelvnn Hauehner and Ann Parson. Medford: Irene Wilson, Suzanne Mon sey and Nancy Inman, Central Point; iviargarei uouuwiu, ucc muuci onu Mary Herriott, Applegate. Sew It's Fun State fair entrants Vonnie Goeh rin?. Lola Ackerman. and Marcia Ackerman, Eagle Point; Carol Jaffrey, Antelope Blue awards Vonnie Goehrine. Joyce Moore, Lola and Marcia Acker man, iagie oim; uoromy j ames. Phoenix; Carol Jaffrey. Antelope. Red awards Darlene Edmondson, Butte Falls; Virginia Chadd and Carolyn Barnes, Westside; Brenda Solenberger, Judy Hill and Donna Geren, Eagle Point; Laura Griffith, Penny Simmonds and Pamela Grove. Medford; Gerald in e Elbert and Elaine Young. Central Point; Lorna Fowler and Jeff Fowler, Talent; Mary Ann Cantrall and Mary Ann Barker, Ruch. White awards Martha Dalton and Virginia McAlister, Butte Falls; Lor aine Hixson. Gold Hill; Penny Flen er and Carol Higgins, Central Point; Arlene Tamsay and Bonnie Free mantle, Applegate; Shannon Snopl, Ruch. Charmingly Yours State fair entrants Susie Carroll, Evelyn Young and Georgia Mitchell, Medford; Kathy Johnson, Rogue Riv er. Blue awards Susie Carroll. Evelyn Young and Georgia Mitchell, Medford; Kathy Johnson, Teresa Pruett. and Celia Putman, Eagle Point; Mikki Hammond and Carolee Kuest. Central Point; Lona Buffing ton, Ruch; Mary Daniels, Westside. Red awards Charlotte Mush, Phyl lis Jaffrey, Alice Woolfolk, Antelope; Doris Young and Dianne Carter, Med ford; Faye Chapman, Talent; Marie Jones, Gold Hill. White awards Marthanne Goodwin, Applegate; Carolyn White and Joyce Dye, Gold Hill: Dorothy Cotton, Phoenix: Patsy Charley, Peggy Jones and Sally Bailey. Central Point. TEEN AGE wMISS State fair entrants Frances Huff man and Bonnie Goehring. Eagle Point; Elaine McKay. Central Point; Maryeda Frost, Rogue River Blue awards Frances Huffman, Bonnie Goehring, Diane Putman. and Phyllis Perry, Eagle Point; Elaine McKay and Sharon Thompson, Central Point; Maryeda Frost, Marilyn. Deck ard. and Jeanne DeRoboam, Rogue River; Georgia Hubbard, Antelope; Nancy Lusk. Ashland. , Red awards Sharon' ftTartin. Cen tral Point; LaVerne GuOtes, Apple gate; Darilyn Popow, Medford; Vervia Beman, and Bonnie Knapp, Gold Hill: Colleen Franek, Westside; Cynthia Owens, Phoenix; Susan Thompson and April Burnette. Talent. White awards Joyce Critten. Tal ent; Judy Force and Mary Bailey, Gold Hill. Sun and Fun. Play and Work Blue awards Jean Bonney and Julie Ashton, Central Point. Red Awards Marjorie Wonderly and Caroline Sidener, Medford; Doro thy Terry, Rogue River, Nedra Harris, Phoenix; Alison Pinkham. Cental Point: Jean Rowden, Applegate. White awards Ursula Bates, Med ford; Glenna Brown and Katherine Straus. Central Point: Mary Herriott, Applegate; Sharon Terry, Rogue River. Lounging Outfit Blue awards Nancy McKay, Sheryl Swanson, and Ruth Ellis, Central Point; Nelda Chapman, Talent. Red awards Dorothy Terry, Rogue River. White awards Janet Bean, Pros pect; Jill Hedgepeth, Trail; Leigh Chamberlain and Sharon Terry, Rogue River. Cotton School Dresses State fair entrants Cheryl Swan son. Jean Bonnev and Nancv McKav. Central Point; Nelda Chapman, Tal- J ent. Blue awards Nancy McKay, Jean : tjonney, cnerji swanson. June Asnton and Katherine Straus, Central Point; Nelda Chapman. Talent. Red awards Ursula Bates, Marjorie Wonderly and Carolyn Sidner, Med ford; Janet Bean. Prospect; Jean Rowden. Applegate. White awards Jill Hedgepeth, Trail; Glenna Brown and Patty Mc Cae, Central Point; Leigh Chamber lain. Rogue River; Nedra Harris. Phoenix. Clothing IV A State fair entrants Virginia Mar tin. Phoenix: Jo Anna Malloroy and Nvla Murray, Antelope; Glenda Branch, Central Point. Blue awards Virginia Martin. Phoenix; Jo Anna Mallorov and Nvla Murray. Antelope; Glenda Branch, Central Point. Red awards Mavis Strom. Medford; Margaret Taylor. Central Point; Diana Gardener. Antelope. White awards Mary Jones and and Carolee Brantley, Central Point. Clothing IV B State fair entrants and blue awards John Dobrot and Vernola Hutch inson, Central Point; Suzanne Palm, Eagle Point. Red awards Jeanette Nouguier and Ann Darland. Medford. White awards Ann Buck, Rogue River; Phyllis Taylor and Carol Mey ers. Central Point. Clothing VB State fair entrants and blue awards Dona Brown and Gwen Krouse Palmerton. Applegate. Red award Cathie Carroll. Eagle Point. Home Living, Color and Room Ar rangement . State fair entrant Glenna Brown, Central Point. Blue awards Glenna Brown. Julie Ashton, and Patsy Striplin, Central Point. . Red award Laine Donker and Carol Myers. Central Point. Frozen foods 1 State fair entrant and blue award Annette Carter, Medford. Frozen Foods II State fair entrants and blue annrHc nisnn. .....j , i.. 1 Hoidridge. Talent, j Fro Foods , Evelyn Niedermeyer, Westside. Bachelor Sewing Red award Clint Gibson, West side. Child Care I State fair entrant and blue award Pat Cranston, Medford. Red award Sandra Wallis, Med ford; Patricia Claus, Eagle Point. White award Shannon Mathews, Eagle Point. Child Care II Red award Patricia Clause, Eagle Point. Child Care III Red award Helen Vickoren, Eagle Point. White award Patricia Clause, Shan non Mathews, Ruthe Fitzer, Eagle Point. Knitting Intermediate A State fair entrant and blue eward Judith Whaley, Gold Hill. Knitting Intermediate B State fair entrant and blue award Gwen Krouse Palmerton, Applegate. Red awards Jean Rowden, Apple gate; Carol Whaley, Central Point. Knitting Intermediate C State fair entrant and blue award Diane Disberry. Medford. Red award Mary Herriott. Apple gate. Knitting Intermediate D State fair entrant and blue award Romelle Fossen, Ruch, Knitting Beginners State fair entrants Pat Knapp and Lyndell Munday, Gold Hill. Blue award Lyndell Munday, Gold State fair entrants Pat Knapp and Lyndell Munday. Gold Hill. TT-Sei ."wards Peggy Jones. Gold Hill; Linda Johnson, Medford; Carolee Kuest, Pat Charley. Evenlvn Nieder meyer. Sally Bailey, Central Point; LaVerne Guches, Applegate: Bonnie Knapp, Gold Hill. State Council To Boost 'Decisions' Group A state advisory council has been organived to help promote the 1958 Oregon "Great De cisions" program throughout the state. More than 20 Oregon agencies and organizations will take part in council activities. Mrs. Mabel C. Mack, assistant director of the Orgeon State col lege extension service, was named chairman of the council's executive committee. Other committee members are Don Larson, assistant to the dean, and John Schulz, professor of phychology, both of the gener al extension division, state sys tem of higher education, Port land; Mrs. Maud Walker, OSC extension specialist in group de velopment; and Charles O'Brien, western regional director of the Foreign Polcy association, San Francisco, Calif. Represented on the new ad visory council are labor, civic and farm groups, churches, women's groups, news outlets, and educational organizations and institutions. The council will meet again in Portland September 20 to develop plans for statewide participation in the Great Decisions program, Mrs. Mack said. Great Decisions, now a na tionwide program, was pioneer ed in Oregon in 1955 to create interest in world affairs through small, informal discussion groups. It was developed in Ore gon through cooperation of state organizations, particularly in the education field, with the Foreign Policy association, a non-partisan, non-profit organ ization. Last year, more than 400 dis cussion groups in Oregon ex amined and discussed foreign policy questions, Mrs. Mack re ported. These were organized in Portland by the World Af fairs Council, and throughout the state by the OSC extension BARGAIN GRADE 2X4--87 $12.50 Per M' CHENEY STUD MILL CENTRAL POINT Farmers Advised To Seed Hay Right Best way to insure a good hay or pasture crop on irrigated land is to seed right in grain stubble the latter part of Aug ust and irrigate the crop up, advises E. R. Jackman, farm crops specialist at Oregon State college. Two main reasons for thin and spotted stands of grass, al falfa, or clover under irrigation, says Jackman, are seeding too deeply in a loose seedbed and seeding in soil that dries and cracks before the seedlings get through. Late August seeding in grain stubble helps avoid both hazards. The long season of soil set tling, aided by numerous irriga tions and topped off by harvest operations, have firmed the soil into a perfect seedbed that guards against burying seed too deeply. Stubble roots help keep the surface from baking and sealing. Short, warm August days and cool nights also help prevent soil from baking and cracking. Another advantage in such seeding, Jackman states, is that stubble cuts down wind velocity, keeps the surface from drying out, and catches and holds win ter snow. Usually there is no winter damage to stubble seed ingSi whereas seedings made on bare, plowed seedbeds often kill out, particularly from alternate freezing and thawing weather. Jackman also points out that soil heaving also may be severe on a nearly bare surface but is rare on stubble ground. There are a few disadvantages to stuble seeding, he explains. Straw from the combine mav be so deep and thick that it is im possible to seed through it. In this case, the straw can be raked and baled or bucked off the field. Shattered grain may come up with the grass or legume seed lings. This is not a serious prob lem if the seeding is for pasture or bay but could rule out a crop ior seea production, Jackman warns. He notes, however, that tne majority of alfalfa seedines are for hay, and it doesn't mat ter too much if there is some volunteer barley, wheat, or oats in the first hay crop. Formulated service and the Foreign Policy association. . Organizations now on the ad visory council include the OSC extension service, general ex tension division, state system of higher education. Foreign Policy association, state depart ment of education, Oregon state library, The Oregonian, KGW TV in Portland, Oregon Council of Churches, Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the Oregon Education associa tion. Others are the League of Women Voters, Lions Interna tional, Portland chamber of commerce and Junior chamber of commerce, Oregon Home Economics Extension council, Oregon Farm Bureau Federa tion, Oregon State Farmers Union, Oregon State Grange, Oregon state division of AAUW, Soroptimists Interational of Porland, Archdiocese of Catho lic Women, and the AFL-CIO council. State odganizations interested in more information on the j Great Decisions program should contact Mrs. Mack at Oregon State college. Projects Increased In Farm Conservation There has been a tremendous increase in the work connected with the agricultural conserva tion program, it is reported. During the year the farm foresters inspected 1,472 separ ate woodland areas which had been listed. This was more than treble that of the previous year. "The object of this program," stated Maus, "is to induce the farmers to practice progressive forestry on their woodlands. New Assignments Set For Livestock Officers Now under the new assign ments, livestock officers pe viously known as disirict theft investigation supervisors have expanded duties, it was reported. In their districts, they are re sponsible for non-technical as pects, including property con trol, personnel management and accounting, of laymeat inspect ors, as well as brand inspectors, and law inspectors in the auction market disease control program. They will continue to be in charge of livestock theft investi gations and stray work. State Allotment Received for 19S8 Farm-Home Loans Oregon's allotment of Farm ers Home Administration loan funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958 now has been re ceived, it was announced today by E. M. Denney, county super visor of the administration. The amount of funds Efvailable to eligible farmers for operating loans was set at $2,300,000. Op erating loans are made primari ly to assist farmers make im proved use of land and labor re sources on family-type farms by making needed changes in their farming systems and adopting improved farm practices, Denney said. Funds may be advanced to pay for livestock, equipment, feed, seed, fertilizer, and for other farm and home operating needs and to refinance chattel debts. , "Allotments for Farm Housing loan funds will not be made to individual states this year, Den ney explained. "It is anticipated that funds will be adequate to meet the demand for the 1958 fiscal year. This line of credit is helping a good many farm owners in this area improve and build new farm buildings such as barns, loafing sheds and dwellings, ' he added. An allocation of $100,000 for direct Soil & Water loan funds have been established for Ore gon and Alaska, he said. Uses of Soil and Water conservation loan funds include such improve ments as construction and re pair of terraces, dikes and ponds, ditches and canals for irrigation and drainage, waterways, and erosion control structures. Also included are well drilling and the purchase of sprinkler irriga tion systems and other irriga tion equipment. Oregon's allocation of direct farm ownership loan funds has been set at $100,000, Denney stated. Farm ownership loans are made, by the F.H.A. primari ly to help farm families become owners of family - type farms. The loans are made to buy land, improve land and buildings and refinance debts. Farmers' Home Administra tion does not compete with pri vate and cooperative lenders, but if an applicant is unable to secure the necessary credit from other sources under rates and terms which will permit him to succeed, he should be eligible, Denney said. Anyone desiring further infor mation about the program and credit available should call at the local office located in Room 9 of the Manchel Building- or write to P.O. Box 311, Grants Pass. More than 4,500 prisoners are enrolled in classes from the first grade to high school in institu tions of the California Correc tions Department. WES - EGGS 4 Reasons why Wes-pok eggs are better ALL LOCAL PURCHASED, no shipped in eggs HAND CANDLED BY EXPERT CANDLERS ONtY TOP QUALITY EGGS ARE USED CLOSE SUPERVISION OH LAYING FLOCKS Ask your grocer for Wes - Pok eggs. He can get them for you! v The Following Grocers Now Handle WES-PAK EGGS! Groceteria Qualify Market Rose Grocery Orchard Rebuild Tour Scheduled For Willamette Filbert and walnut growers, many of them hard-hfl by the November, 1955, freeze, can view new methods for rebuild ing orchards during tour of Willamette Valley farms, today and Friday. . ' Growers from Washington and British Columbia are also ex pected for the tour, reports C O. Rawlings, Oregon State college horticulture specialist and secre tary of the Nut Growers Society of Oregon and Washington. County extension agents can supdJv detailed schedules for the tour that is snonsored jointly by the societv and OSC extension service, Rawlings said. Tours both days will center in New ber. Banks. Hillsboro, and Che halem Mountain area. Visitors should bring lunches. Highliehts of the filbert tour today includes a new method of forecasting the filbert crop, in terplanting in established or chards or laying out a new or chard, thinning stands, effects of fertilizers, aphis control, and new develooments in controlling filbert sorouts with 2.4-4. The tour will assemble at Waller Morey's orchard one mile west of the Wilsonville store at 9 a.m. The walnut tour, Aucust 24, will start at John Aert's farm near Banks at 9 a.m. Many wal nut orchards were so badly dam aged by the 1955 freeze that growers are now forced to start over, Rawlings reports. Improved rootstocks for new orchards, including the Manre- gian stock that weathered the freeze, will be seen during the tour. Other main points of Inter est include planting plans, how to handle winter-damaged trees, and grafting to sprouts that came up in winter-killed orchards. Filbert and walnut machinery will be exhibited as the last stop each day. New Sheeting Protects Against Silage Spoils Low-cost, time and labor-saving horizontal silos may become even more popular among Ore gon farmers now that plastic sheeting is available to protect silage against spoilage, says M. G. Huber, Oregon State college agricultural engineer. U. S. department of agricul ture studies have shown that either black polyethylene, vinyl, or neoprene-coated nylon- will provide an airtight seal over the silage and greatly reduce sur face spoilage, Huber reports. Large surface area of trench, bunker, or stack-type silos that permits greater spoilage has been a major disadvantage of such silos compared with the conven tional upright types. Even so, the horizontal silos have grown in popularity, Huber says, because of low initial cost, ease of filling. and adaptability for mechanical feeding. Use of plastic covers in USDA experiments reduced si lage losses in horizontal silos to the equivalent of surface spoil age in upright silos. ON THE NAIL Memphis, Tenn. (IP) M r s. Raymond Dozier thinks her uncle, Jake Ellenburg of Searcy, Ark., has the most calendars "on one nail." She says Ellenberg has every callendar from 1912 to 1957. "He ran out of nail," she said. "Next year he'll start a new nail." PAK
