Maggot Problem Serious
In Roque Valley Onions
By DON BERRY
County Horticultural Agent
The onion maggot has been
a problem with onion grow
ers in this area for many
years. In recent years it has
become a serious pest and
control measures are being
taken' now by both the com
mercial grower and home
gardener to alleviate the sit
uation. The maggots, which appear
in the onions shortly after
they begin emerging, are the
result of eggs which are laid
by flies. These flies over-winter
in the ground and come
out early in the spring to
await the emergence of the
onion plants. As soon as the
plants appear through the
soil, egg laying begins.
Commercial control con
sists of treating the seed at
planting time as well as kill
ing the flies after the onions
emerge. After wetting the
onion seed, tvo ounces of 50
per cent wettable powder are
stirred in with each pound of
seed and allowed to dry over
night before planting. A
slightly larger planter hole
size is needed when using
treated seed to get the correct
amount of seed per acre.
Application Time Set
Just as the onions begin
emerging the first dust appli
cation for controlling the
flies should-be applied. Ten
per cent DDT dust has work
ed well in this area and must
be applied at ten day inter
vals at least until mid-June.
Since the maggot works in
the root of the onion it is al
most impossible to kill once
Oakland Quads
Said 'Doing Well'
Oakland, Calif. (IP) Three
girls and a boy born to the
wife of a Piedmont plastic
surgeon were "doing well" to
day at Merritt hospital.
The babies, born Wednes
day to Mrs. Dorothy Hoskins,
38, were placed in incubators.
The first baby, a girl,
weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces;
the second a girl, weighed 5
pounds 9 ounces; the boy
weighed" 4 pounds 11 ounces;
and the third girl, 4 pounds
6V2 ounces.
Mrs. Hoskins is the wife of
Dr. H. Dean Hoskins. They
already have three daughters.
Mrs. Hoskins knew in ad
vance that she was to be the
mother of quadruplets, but she
did not expect them for an
other month.
established, therefore preven
tion by treating the seed and
killing the flies before they
lay eggs is the only method of
control. Home gardeners will
usually get satisfactory con
trol by applying one of the
commercial soil dusts to the
furrow after seeding and be
fore covering the seed with
soil. Where maggots have
been a problem repeated
dustings using DDT may be
necessary as with the com
mercial grower. Furrow treat
ments using Endrin or Diazin
on have been very promis
ing in the Pacific Northwest
but cannot be recommended
until official registration is se
cured. Parathion as a furrow
and dust treatment is being
used in the eastern part of
the United States.
Stale Vet Attends
Iowa Course
Salem Oregon's poultry
industry will benefit from a
two-week's poultry short
course held at Iowa State col
lege at Ames this month. Dr.
L. E. Bodenweiser, the state
department of agriculture's
veterinarian poultry spec
ialist, is attending the ad
vanced technical session.
Designed for state employes
concerned with poultry dis
eases, the course has been ar
ranged by the USDA's agricul
tural research service in co
operation with Iowa State col
lege. Representatives from 26
states are enrolled for the
two-weeks' session.
Dr. Bodenweiser will take
part in advanced laboratory
sessions covering latest diag
nostic methods and take two
field trips, as well as attend
lectures on poultry manage
ment and marketing. All
known infectious diseases of
poultry will be covered in
the short course.
CHOLERA SPREADS
Calcutta, India PI The
current cholera epidemic has
claimed about 500 lives so far
this year, authorities said to
day. Inoculations are not
keeping pace with the spread
of the disease in densely
populated areas, due mainly
to the shortage of water.
While usually cholera is lim
ited to slum areas, this year
it has spread into the middle
class groups.
BOOK PUBLISHER DIES
Sands Point, N. Y. IIP)
Walter J. Black, 64, New
York book publisher, died
Wednesday,
Oppose Standards
For Meal Checks;
More Study Set
Salem Two meetings
dealing with meat inspection
and a possible meat grading
service particularly for smal
ler plants were held in Salem
last week as requested by the
state department of agricul
ture. At one session the Oregon
meat marketing board took a
look at operations of the state
meat inspection program so
far, and also at the standard
of identity recently drawn up
for hamburger.
This" groups objected to the
hamburger standard because
it apparently does not allow
certain specialty steaks to be
sold under brand names per
mitted by the federal govern
ment for specialty products
going interstate.
Robert J. Steward, director
of the department, said the
standard would be studied
and efforts made to arrive at
a method that would recog
nize a good merchandising
process and yet keep the pro
duct within the limits of
wholesomeness and truthful
labeling.
Consider Overtime
Looking at meat inspection
itself, the meat marketing
board felt the slaughter-house
operators should pay a larger
share of inspectors' overtime
wages. They also asked for
study and possible licensing
of farm custom slaughter op
erations and mobile and itin
erant slaughterers.
The second meeting was at
tended by a number of smal
ler meat packers, and repre
sentatives from the Oregon
Meat Council, the livestock
industry, Oregon state col
lege and the department of ag
riculture. The group asked Director
Steward to take steps in the
direction of some form of
grading service which would
benefit small packeers: (1)
make an immediate survey of
the 90 plants under state meat
inspection to determine how
many would be interested in
a state grading program. (2)
make cost estimates of such
service, and (3) bring Dr. J.
Beard, chief of the meat grad
ing branch of the USDA's Ag
ricultural Marketing service
in Washington, D. C. to meet
with Oregon packers to ex
plore any possibilities of smal
ler operators obtaining fed
eral grading of their meats.
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This attractive garage
apartment could turn that
expanse of back lawn into
extra income for you.
The unit is complete a
double garage, workshop area
and storage service room
at ground level, and a well
planned one-bedroom apart
ment above.
Any feeling of height is
broken by the use of both
vertical and horizontal sid
ing. Interesting touches to the
exterior are diamond-paned
windows, a neat flower box
at the storage window and a
garden-gate motif on the ga
rage door.
The living room is nearly
as large as that of the average
home. Wide corner windows
make the room light and airy,
leaving plenty of unbroken
wall space for furniture. A
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dual wall heater between the
living room and ' bedroom
keeps both areas comfortable
at the temperature you pre
fer. Windows on two sides as
sure the bedroom of plenty
of light and cross-ventilation.
A large walk-in closet with
outdoor light provides both
ample space for clothing on
either side and storage
shelves above for blankets
and accessories, plus a linen
storage area. Bath and broom
closet are off the hall.
The well lighted kitchen
has a convenient U-shaped
work area, with built-in oven
and surface cooking unit, lots
of cupboards and counter top
and a bright corner dining
nook. .
A booh to any family is the
large storage and laundry
room on the ground level.
More storage space is pro
vided by the large shelf across
the back of the double ga
rage, and there's also ample
room for a home workshop
at one side.
This plan could easily be
adapted to your lot at the
beach, or in the mountains
or desert. As a weekend cot
tage the storge room could
be finished and equipped with
bunk beds for guests.
Complete working drawing 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 a
period of four months from this
date. Please allow two weeks for
delivery. If the above home does
not entirely meet with your satis
faction a new home plan book.
Tow and Country Homes, may be
purchased for SI. Send all orders
for either plans or books to
Hiawatha Estes. P.O. Box 404-T,
Northridge, Calif.
CHIT
BUTTE FALLS
Combined Services Held
By JOE G. COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
We just finished reading an article about how the old
reliable family cow has disappeared from what folksy
writers often refer to as "the American scene."
The author remarks wistfully that the family cow was
a symbol of family life, the hub around which the rural life
would revolve. This was the animal, the author indicates,
which made the farmer boy stick fast to that old rule "early
to bed and early to rise." In fact, he was so dang tired the
boy with a cow to take care of couldn't do otherwise!
This same writer points out how the higher bred dairy
animal of today has crowded out the "ol' brindle cow"
because of the demand for more efficient production.
We don't believe farming is any less efficient in the'
Rogue valley. The family cow seems to be fairly popular
here. We hope to write more about ol' bossy's virtues in a
later column.
Directly or indirectly the old-fashioned type cow has
had some influence with us. The high school we struggled
through had a geometry and algebra teacher who had grown
up milking cows. He used to remark as we fumbled with
our theorems that he learned his by reciting them aloud
while walking down to the milk-barn, during the milking,
and while walking back again. All we can say is that cow
or those cows he milked must have been the most geometry
minded critters in this universe!
We know of another cow which had a strong influence
upon a sn part of the Boy Scouts of America. This
particular bossy help a Scout patrol develop wind, muscular
legs and patience. An enterprising Scout during a camp out
had made some Jello. After it cooled during the crisp
autumn night the only thing missing was the cream. Like
magic there was a cow grazing in a nearby pasture. Scram
bling through the barbed-wire fence the boys swarmed
down upon the cow. Finally after a tiring chase around the
pasture several times the now not-too-docile cow was cornered
in a fence corner. Strong young hands managed to squeeze
a few drops into a cooking pot. Then the kicking cow was
turned loose.
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The group hastily broke camp the next morning when
the boys saw an irate farmer striding down the field toward
them. We are afraid ol' bossy was dry for at least few
days after her frightening experience.
No, the family cow hasn't disappeared from the country
as some eastern writers might believe. However, we do
wonder about the old plow horse. What has happened to
this animal of all work? The horse which used to plow the
field during the work-day, carry the farmer's kids across
the fields for a joy ride and pull the family carriage to
church on Sunday. That is, if the farmer couldn't afford a
high-stepping trotter. And many of them couldn't. That's
why Justin Morgan, a New Englander, developed the Morgan
horse breeding a chunky, fast, durable piece of horse flesh
with considerable high-born Arabian horse blood.
Yes, the old plow horse had a firm grip on the affections
of the whole family. The farmer could rely on her to lean
into her harness and pull the sharp plow as it ripped through
the soil. Mother knew her. children were perfectly safe
astride old horse's broad but bony back on a slow jog
around the field. It also pulled the farm wagon on its milk
and egg route. The same horse drew the family carriage
to Sunday prayer meeting. It was probably on this Sabbath
jog to the meetin' house that the farmer probably decided
he needed a little faster horse, but one that could do the
heavy farm work, too. Farmer Brown down the road a
piece didn't make racing much fun with his faster horse.
Yes, the old plow horse must be disappearing. When a
farmer hitches up a team and swings around his field, all
horses straining together that's news. Even a big city paper
may carry a picture and a short story about it. Not so many
years ago this wouldn't have rated a line in the small
town weekly. Team plowing contests also rate a good play
in the big metropolitan papers' feature pages. Not so long
ago this event was just part of the activities of the average
county fair. '
Yes, the plow horse the farmer's old reliable aide, seems
doomed to extinction. '
Finally, those farmers raising beef might bear in mind this
old national Scottish proverb: "Poor folk seek meat for
their stamacks and rich folk stomacks for their meat."
McLEOD
Women Attend Meeting
By CAROLINE L. HARDING
McLeod Women ,from
the Prospect TLions Auxiliary
who attended the spring
board meeting in Sutherlin,
Ore., Wednesday, April 9,
were Mrs. Lowell Ash, Mrs.
George Hubbard, Mrs. John
Gartman, Mrs. Vic Chapman,
Mrs. Darwin Bevins, Mrs.
Bob Lund and Mrs. Harry
Harding. ' .
Hr. and Mrs. Rod Perry and
children spent the1 Easter
weekend visiting Rod's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Perry
in Sweet Home, Ore.
Grange Notes
Pomona Grange
A rehearsal of the Memor
ial Service drill team has
been called by Chaplain
Hattie Hendrickson of Jack
son County Pomona Grange.
It is to be held at 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 20, in the Phoe
nix Grange hall. Mrs. Hen
drickson asks that all chap
lains of Granges having mem
bers to be honored attend this
rehearsal, or arrange to have
a representative there in their
place.
Rehearsal will start prompt
ly to enable members of the
team to attend the mortgage
burning ceremonies at Bell
view Grange that same after
noon. Mrs. Melvin Lattie,
Secretary.
U. S. margarine production
bettered butter by 39 million
pounds last year. Estimated
consumption was 8.6 pounds
of margarine per person last
year, compared with 7.b
pounds of butter.
Boise API A sudden
slackening in snowfall in the
Columbia Basin during the
latter part of February has
resulted in a sharply reduced
forecast of stream flow in
the Columbia river at The
Dalles, Ore.
Jean Messecar and Carol
Scott were in the junior play
at the Eagle Point high
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cush
man and children from Trini
dad, Calif., spent Easter Sun
day visiting with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cush-man.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rowe
and family of Medford spent
Easter Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hume
and family on Big Butte
creek.
The Rev. and Mrs. Walter
Hutchins and family of Fort
Jones, Calif., were dinner
guests at the Robert Sander
son home recently.
Lowell Ash of Union Creek
is in a local hospital getting
medical care for a skin infec
tion. -
Mrs. Roy Vaughn was host
ess to a luncheon at her home
April 10 for the HEC with
Mrs. Hazel Ulrich and Mrs.
Mary Boothby as co-hostesses.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Vic Chap
man Thursday, May 8.
, Mr. and Mrs. U. R. Wagler
have gone to Three Rivers,
Canada, for the graduation of
their son, Clarence, from the
Prairie Bible school. Mrs. Ed
Cushman accompanied them
as her daughter, Elizabeth, is
also graduating. ,
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By MARY J. HARRIS
Butte . Falls The Assembly
of God church and the Com
munity Bibie church held
combined Easter sunrise serv
ices at the Assembly of God
church at 6 a.m.
the sunrise service pro
gram was presented by the
Reverend Leslie Martin, As
sembly of God church. The
program included the sunrise
sermon by the Rev. Howard
Simmonds, of the Community
Bible church and several num
bers were sung by the choir
of the Community Bible
church. The choir was under
the direction of Dean Boggan
and accompanied by Mrs.
Roger Harris.
Regular Sunday school and
church services were held in
both churches.
An Easter egg hunt went
off as scheduled at the city
park at 8 a.m. Easter Sunday.
Children were divided into
three age groups, one through
four, five through eight and
nine through 12.
.Among those receiving
prizes at the early morning
festivities were Paul and
Jerry Conley, Billy, Jess, and
Debbie Rodgers, David Fer
guson and Danay Edmondson.
Bunny's helpers ' this year
were the Butte Falls Lions
club and auxiliary.
The Sunday school begin
ners class of the Commurity
Bible church held their Easter
party at the church Friday
afternoon, April 4. Regular
teacher of this class and host
ess for the afternoon was Mrs.
Charles Ferguson.
Children attending the
party were Jimmy and Janet
Hanaford, Steven Lindley,
Tracy Malloy, Terry Ellis,
Judy Chambers, Jackie Ellis,
Corrine and Russell Dunlap,
Greg Joffillee, Susan and
Conrad Perkins, Barbara
Finch, Ralph and Pam Wiese,
Doris Burton, Mark Crammer,
David Ferguson, Vanessa Fa
cey, Barbara Boggan, Debbie
Rodgers and Pam and Roger
Harris.
Mothers attending were
Mrs. Ed Malloy, Mrs. Randall
Perkins, Mrs. Ralph Wiese,
Mrs. Doug Finch, Mrs. Dave
Hanaford, Mrs. Burrell Facey,
Mrs. Bill Rodgers and Mrs.
Duane Burton.
The children decorated the
eggs they had brought from
home and iced cookies as part
of the afternoon's entertainment.
Friends from Seattle, Wash.,
Mr. and Mrs. Manley Mills
and sons, Jerry and Dick, re
cently spent several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cathey.
Easter guests in the home
of the Elga Abbotts were Mr.
and Mrs. William (Red)
Hartlerode and daughter, Su
san, of Ashland and Mr. and
Mrs. Al Hartlerode of Butte
Falls.
The Rev. and Mrs. Howard
Simmonds and family are
now residing in the Albert
Hoffman home in Butte Falls.
The Albert Hoffmanns have
moved to their ranch on the
Cobleigh road, several miles
below Butte Falls.
Virgil Conley recently spent
several days in the Rogue
Valley hospital but has now
returned to his t job . with
Medco.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, April 17, 1959 IA
Portland Monkey
Captured in Net
Portland (W There was
monkey business in southeast
Portland Wednesday after
noon the real thing.
Olga, a tame monkey own
ed by 16-year-old Kyle Knut
son, had escaped Tuesday. It
was seen eating from a gar
bage can Wednesday. As peo
ple gathered around the mon
key became frightened and
took off.
A chase followed during
which Larry McCarten, a
Mrs. Norman Caldwell - of
White City.
The Junior Class of the
Butte Falls High School will
present "Little Fugitive" as
the movie of the week Thurs
day evening, April 17. The
movie tells the story of a
small boy who ran away to
Coney Island.
Journal reporter, was nipped
on the ankle. Two firemen
finally managed to throw a
net over the monkey after
chasing it into a garage from
where it went into the attic
of a home. -
The monkey was back with
its owner Wednesday night.
Castillo de San Marcos, at
St. Augustine, Fla., was be
gun by the Spanish in 1672,
completed in 1756.
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By Nufade Annie
Guests in the Bill Harris
home Easter Sunday were
Mrs. Vern Helbig and son,
Donny, of Grants Pass and the
Roger Harris family of Butte
Falls.
Recent visitors in the Page
Stauffer home were Mr. and
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