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TOUH MEDFORD (OREGON)
Scrutiny Urged
Of Bank Benefits
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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
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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.
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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
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$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!
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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