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4A MAIL TRIBUNE, M.J(.,J, Or,,,., Tkt,J.r, April it, 1931 ! Formm and Gmden Certification Expiaseied y County Extension Agent By EARLE JOSSY county Extension Agent When a superior crop is i developed, some plan must! be followed to safeguard the genetic identity and purity of the seed; otherwise, improved varieties would become lost for all practical purposes. In the early days of certi fication, when most of the seed produced was used local ly, it was not too difficult for the certifying agency to trace seed lots to approved sources and to maintain good genetic quality. As seed production of a given variety become wide spread, and it was found nec essary to grow seed away from the area of principal use, it became more important to tie the production closer to the original seed stock. This was done by limiting the production in areas away from the original source of seed to not more than a limit ed number of generations. This plan was first used in the certification of red clover. The pattern of in crease is called the generation system and is now set up in most certification standards through the use of the four classes of seed: breeder, foundation, registered and certified. Foundation Seed Needed Breeder seed is maintained by the originating agency, usu ally an experiment station. No certified seed of the "varieties under this type of program may be more than a limited number of generations remov ed. When this generation sys tem is applied, the certified class or blue tag, is not elgi- This Week's BEDROOM i Z II GARAGE 20 20' The family lucky enough to own this home will find it adaptable to changing needs, tasteful through changing trends. Rough shakes, vertical boards and stone enhance the neat contemporary lines. Color-touched horizontal frames enclose the casement win dows, and a stone planter pro vides a spot for bright flowers and greenery. Wide eaves ex tend to shelter the entry. In keeping with the mod ern exterior, the front of the living room fireplace is flush with the wall. Large glass doors lead to the rear patio. Enclosed on three sides and partially roofed, the private terrace is a welcome spot for daytime relaxing and evening dining and entertaining in summer. Two indoor dining areas are provided. One is the dining If "r""':SI: BEDROOM T I bth .'- '.kS. 12 l4' - Tj1 DCM-BEDROOM W f V ) OR FAMILY ROOM ' 0 I A TH LIVING ROOM I w 0 h ,3'"9' t&n IT " KITCHEN f ---------------------- wW If ENTRY OININS I 9-6". IS' , hle for further certification. The grower must obtain reg istered or foundation seed to qualify. Most of the certified seed produced in Oregon is according to this plan. The trend is to have all forage varieties under this type of production. - Growers sometimes fail to recognize the importance of this record ancestry. The cer tification tag, which indicates the class of seed planted, must always accompany the appli cation for certification. If small quantities of seed are used, it may be possible to trace the pedigree to an eligi ble seed source by means of a sales slip and other records. The certification tag is used whenever possible, however. If the check on seed source reveals the grower has not concrete evidence, other than visible characteristics, that his field is of a given eligble variety or class. Certification is denied, because the neces sary seed or the pedigree his tory is not properly recorded. Even though the variety is shown to be eligible, the pedi gree must be complete in cer tification. The complete seed history must be traceable, if necessary, to the original breeder seed or experiment Rome, Italy Prince En rico Barberini, 65, head of a noble family and lay digni tary of the Pontifical Court, died Wednesday. The prince was one of two Roman noble men bearing the honorary Vatican title of "Bearer of the Golden Rose," an award bestowed by the Pope for services to the church. Town, Country House M I V L LU . pf n. , mi - PLAN NO. 3606 1442 SQUARE FEET alcove, separated from the liv ing room by a planter-topped half wall, and large enough that it could be walled com pletely as a separate dining room, if desired. For quick, informal meals, the roomy eating area in the kitchen is handy to the cooking area. Appliances in the kitchen are built-in and can be obtain ed in decorator colors to match your kitchen color scheme. Overhead and under counter cabinets, plus a small pantry offer sample storage space. Washer, dryer and broom closet have been lo cated in the service area. Planned for multiple use is the den. which could double as a third bedroom, or as a family room by removing the wardrobe and placing an opening in the kitchen wall. The adjacent three-quarter bath is also accessible from station distribution of the var iety. This is similar to main taining pedigree records in purebred livestock produc tion. More information on seed certification is available in the Jackson county exten sion agent's office.' Musi Renew Old Brand Register Salem A Columbia county farmer wrote to the state de partment of agriculture last week asking to have his fam ily brand re-recorded, thus re vealing that some cattle own ers are not aware that all livestock brands must be reg istered every five years. In 1949, the legislature passed a law requiring all ranchers and farms to record their brands with the depart ment every five years, or the brand expires and is open to someone else. Previously, reg istration was required every 10-year period, according to M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the department's division of animal industry. Enclosed in the farmer's letter was a 1935 certificate of brand registration, the last time the brand was recorded to his family. Since that time the brand in question has been registered to someone else. ' The next livestock brand book will be issued in 1960. Oregon livestock growers will be notified in July, 1959, and must re-register their brands with the department by Jan uary 1, 1960, to keep them legal. ERNATE GARAGE J; LOCAT ION ' the service area. To maintain quiet and priv acy, the family bedrooms are secluded from the activity areas of the home. Large wardrobes in the bedrooms, and three hall closets pro vide plenty of storage space. The forced air heating unit and water heater may be serviced from the patio. The garage .'rmay be attach ed as shown, at the front of the bedroom wing, or next to the kitchen when being built on a wide lot. Complete working drawing of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of S7.50 for the first set and S3 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, Town 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. N ' j ALTERNATE GARAGE l Completion Nears For Surveys On Holly Leaf Miner Salem The' state depart ment of agriculture is nearing completion of its 1958 survey work for two important pests, the Khapra beetle and holly leaf miner. This information comes from F. P. Larson, the entomologist who heads the plant pest survey program for the department. No Khapra beetles have been found in the 124 mills inspected in the first four months of 1958, Larson re ports. The lesser grain borer, primarily a pest of stored bar ley and corn, has been re covered at four locations. Dur ing inspections of the mills, the most prevalent species of grain insect collected was the saw-toothed grain beetle,- he adds. Larson commended the per sonnel of a Portland mill who reported what was believed to be Khapra beetle in a truckload of cottonseed meal from Arizona delivered to their establishment. Specimens Collected Specimens collected by the Portland firm were determin ed to be a species of carpet beetle, closely related to the Khapra beetle, but not the same pest. Larson urged all feed mills finding suspicious pests to notify the department. Cali fornia, New Mexico and Ari zona (the infested areas) are under a strict federal guaran tine and no shipments can be made from any infested plant except under suprvised fumi gation. The Khapra beetle is hard to find until it builds up to such a huge population that it costs tremendous amounts of money to eradic ate, Larson explained. Surveys to date for holly leaf miner show that the in fested areas have increased in intensity, but - there has been no appreciable spread, according to department re ports. It has not been found in any large commercial orch ards. Infestations have been found in and around the East moreland district in Portland, in Astoria and as far south as the northern edge of Glad stone'. . ' . - . . .Holly growers .should watch for disfiguration and discolor ation in the leayes of their trees, caused when the larvae mine , between the two sur faces of the leaf. ' The application of a DDT spray during . the first two weeks of May is advised to control holly leaf miner. The spray is directed at the adult, or fly, which emerges about the first week in May. Rate Reductions Asked For Spuds Salem Oregon's Agricul ture Director Robert J. Se ward has filed a request with railroads serving central and southern Oregon for freight rate reductions on carload shipments of potatoes to Cali fornia on a parity with those in effect since April 15 from southern Idaho. His request supported ap plications by the Oregon Po tato commission and potato shippers. "The principal adjustment needed and requested," Stew ard said, "is from central Ore gon which did not share in reduced rates from Klamath Falls to the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas effective April 22." Also requested is an extension of those reduc tions to the San Diego area, which was included in the reduced rates from Idaho. Steward said California is the principal market for cen tral and southern Oregon po tatoes and that both areas still have a good many carloads from the 1957 crop to move in competition with Idaho pota toes. He added that these re quests will be consireded by the railroads at a special meeting of their rate commit tee in Portland April 29. Milk Audit Rules Hearing Topic Salem The state depart ment of agriculture will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, in the agriculture building at Salem on proposed rules and regula tions relating to the 1957 grade A milk audit law. Copies of the proposed rules and regulations, which deal with the purchase, sale, and use of grade A milk, are avail able to anyone interested, ac cording to D. P. Shoup, field supervisor for the program. Persons unable to attend the hearing are invited to pre sent their views in writing to the milk audit section, State Department of Agriculture, Building, Salem, Oregon. Under state law, the depart ment is required to hold a Dublic hearing before putting J the regulations into effect. CHIT By JOE G. COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Maybe you missed it. A small item on Wednesday's front page of the Mail Tribune was headlined "Housewives Join Boycott of Fresh Meats in Portland." ' The article continued to say that effective Thursday morning, (this morning) housewives will join their southern California sisters in an organized boycott of fresh meats until the prices drop. Such a campaign was snowballed by Mrs. George Adams, Portland, who learned of the boycott in southern California. That old reliable instrument for good or evil the telephone did the rest. We made a random check of the meat prices in an Ashland market and learned 55 cents a pound and the beef steaks at $1.49 a pound. Since we eat a lot of beef like many of you, we grabbed the paper and read the item mentioned twice and checked one or two of the wholesale outlets here to see what the situation is. One such place stated that up two cents in the livestock 10 cents. And thfs is a tender point why should this be? one source explained that beef on the hoof includes the bone as well as the meat. Therefore, the meat dealer must include this cost, plus the cost of processing. Many housewives, Little Diminity the wife, included, beef or any other product comes all nicely packaged in celo- phane and trimmed up for the for it and plenty! We checked with one of the wholesale dealers which services the area from Grants Pass to Dunsmuir, Calif. Meat sales in volume are about the same based on either a monthly or yearly average, the men there said. However, we checked with a more talkative wholesale dealer representative and she said prices are really up on beef and pork. Meat sales have been slow from the hunting season through the present time, this spokesman said. This is generally true each year, she added. Right after Christmas prices of beef really started climbing. Reason for this is that the live market peak is so extremely high, she said further. "Why, calves are just out exclaimed. The outlook is anybody's people out of employment, and uon i Know, ui course, one quantity of feed available at pay good prices for feeders Naturally, the finished animal So, Mrs. Housewife, what Can do What the Women in southern Palifm-nia anH -Prirtlanrl are doing. However, organized sales resistance is a little hard to achieve many times. Best way, a wholesale dealer advised, is to go to a live stock sale and pick out a steer for slaughter. Of course, if you don't know what a good steer looks like you had better take someone along who does. A 700 lb. steer, reduced to cutting and wrapping will cost, all told, about $200. This figures- such a steer will dress out about 42 per cent meat, or about 400 lbs. Average cost per pound is 50 cents. Locker beef will run from 45 Of course, you are more sure you want by buying it on the locker beef purchased as such is The local Farm Bureau efforts to promote sale of local farm products. And that's a good idea. Trend now seems to be that of diminishing truck crop production and increasing population in the Rogue Valley. Then there's the old problem of which comes first the egg or the chicken? Some people are urging a large cooperative similar to the Eugene Fruit Growers, but the produce average has to be ready to bring the cooperative and the cooperative has to be set up to' encourage the farmers to divert their acreage to truck crops. That seems to be the big idea behind this drive increased local use of local vegetables. Of course, looking at the problem from the view of the retailer there is not sufficient volume of high quality pro duce the year around. The supermarket sells the bulk of our daily food and it requires large volume, all uniformly pro cessed and attractively packaged. The local truck crops are of high quality but not enough of them all the time. As one agricultural authority here put it, "There is no off-season market now. Long-distance refrigeration railroad cars and trucks take care ofvthat." We do think that local people should buy the local produce when they see it on store shelves. It's just good business. Local farmers pay taxes to support local institutions like the schools. Many of them are leaders in community affairs. Also, the local produce, such as you see in the roadside fruit and vegetable stands, is cheaper since it is not processed ready to pop into the oven. But it is high quality. So you are getting good quality at a lower price by buying such local produce. This saving should be im portant to the housewife since 25 per cent of the U.S. income is spent on food, according to the marketing specialists. This may surprise you, but the consumer does have con siderable say about both products and prices. Don't buy something and the groceryman will drop it off his shelves like a hot potato. Buy quantities of a product whether you actually like it or not and he will fill his shelves with it. The food marketing industry itself has been doing much research, product development and merchandising study, trying to find out what the housewife will or will not buy. They have come up with a few basic facts today's food shoppers are different from their grunting and grinding grandmothers. New merchandising techniques make a big impression and they buy on impulse. Like Little Diminity, the wife, if she can press a button and make it squirt, squeeze the package and make it spurt or can zip off the package and drop it in the pot she's for it. That's because she be longs to the ranks of more younger married women, 30 per cent of whom are working and have little time for the kitchen. Such shoppers are demanding a much wider variety of food products on a year around basis. Also, they are once-a-week shoppers. They will drive across town for "best buys." So, that is what the local farmer is up against. His product must be conveniently and attractively packaged, displayed in mass array and at "the right price." The only answer we can think of is a "Local Products Week" during which the grocery stores are encouraged to boost Tiome grown farm products. That's the possible immediate answer. A long range one might be some well-organized, small pro cessing plants which would handle a gradually increasing volume of produce as more land is brought trader irrigation in the valley. There has been considerable fuss about pelleting whether it is good or bad. Oregon State college has been conducting some experi ments with hay "wafers" for dairy cows. This work was not complete in December when the argument over pelleting reached its peak. Now the report is in. Hay "wafers" for dairy cows (compressed chopped alfalfa) has proved superior for butterfat production and equal to the finely-ground pelleted hay, feeding trials at the college reveal. . . - These wafers are easy-to-handle and have the high quality baled or loose alfatfa feed value. Tests showed no difference in milk production between the three types of feed baled hay, pellets and wafers. ' More butterfat was produced while on baled hay or wafers compared with pellets, said I. R. Jones, OSC dairy specialist. The wafers tend to stay in the cow's rumen while the pellets pass through too' rapidly to aid in produc ing buttermilk. .Wafers are made of hay chopped into one-inch lengths and are like long hay for the time they stay in the cow's that ground beef is selling for when the price of beef goes yards the retail price goes up doesn't realize that when skillet or roaster, she pays of this world," this spokesman euess we wen tnld Sn manv how the price, stays up we reason might- be that with the fairly reasonable prices farmers anrl nut thpm nut nn nactnro sells at even higher prices! can von do ahnnt it? WpII vmi cents to 48 cents a pound. of getting the grade of beef hoof.. We are not indicating not good. organization is increasing its i Plastic Mulch Used Effectively To Control Weeds Corvallis Looking for a way to get out of hoeing weeds in your garden this summer? Try using black plastic as a mulch, suggests R. Ralph Clark, extension horticulturist at Oregon State college. Mulching Using a layer of sawdust, straw, grass clip pings, or other material to cover the soil has proven quite helpful in controlling weeds in the past. And some thing new and very effective for this purpose is black poly ethylene plastic film,' Clark said. In addition to helping keep weeds out of garden rows, the black plastic also lowers wat er losses from the soil so that it's often possible to use few er irrigations or sprinklings on garden crops. Tests at the OSC agricultural experiment station and the USDA re search center at Beltsville, Md., also indicated that vege table crops mulched with the black plastic in 1957 grew faster and larger, and yielded more, than plants, without mulch. Available in Rolls The black polyethylene plastic film is available in rolls at most garden and hardware stores, Clark said. The material comes in several thicknesses, and may be used for several years if handled carefully. This spreads cost of the material over a longer period of time, he points out. Information on how to use the black plastic material can be found in a bulletin titled, "Plastic Mulches for Horti cultural Crops," published by the OSC agricultural experi ment station. The bulletin gives information on width and thickness of plastic to use on various vegetable crops, uses pictures to show how to apply the plastic film, and lists hints on how to manage garden crops when the black plastic is used. Oregon residents can get a copy of the bulletin at their county extension office, or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis. Corporations Study Recession, Ravages For First Quarter By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York (IPl The busi ness and financial world is busy just now examining the ravages of the r e c e ssion in the first quar ter of 1958. Corporation reports com ing to light so far show the depth of the cuts in profits cuts run Elmer Walzer ning to more than 75 per cent in some in stances. The reports, as expected, show good earnings for some consumer lines, notably drugs, foods, tobaccos and the like, and very poor earnings for the capital goods industries like automobile and steel. Now the problem of the ex perts is to find out how much easy money will offset lower earnings in the psychological analysis of the situation. This, of course, is the big problem of the stock market groups who are carefully studying current price trends. Market analysts note that there is an overhead supply of stock around current levels and the supply increases as the average rises above 450. That means many people who bought stock some time ago are eager to sell when they can get out even or with a bit of profit. The market has had a sharp advance in the last few ses sions at a time the quarterly stomach for fermentation. They are three inches in diameter and one-inch thick. The wafers were made much like "Presto-Logs" are made. Since the wafers or pellets are not so bulky they can ha VianrilofJ hv marhinps which cut out exrjensive hand labor. Such wafers can be stored in one-third the space for baled hay. Pellets need one-fourth the space for baled hay. . Reports state that a portable hay-wafering machine is now being planned. Court Records DISTRICT COCRT Robert W. varney, overiengui, $109. George K. Brewer, overlength. $42. Jack M. Day, improper changing of lane, $10. Hettie C. Lewis, failure to stop for traffic sign. $10. Hazel D Roderick, violation of basic rule. $15. Lee D. Gifford. over-length, $117. Troy Lee Price, no operator's li cense. $10. Almon Franklin Archer, failure to display two licenses. $6. Ravmond B. Chamberlain, over length, $56. Ambrose F. Wenker, overlength, 15 and overwidth, $15. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION John Harold Thompson, Phoenix, and Marilyn Kae Grennan, Cen tral Point. First Corn Plantings Required Nov, Agent Says By DON BERRY County Horticultural Agent Now that warm growing weather may be expected, a wide variety of seeds may be planted with less danger of the seed rotting in the ground or plants becoming stunted from lack of sunshine. Home gardeners who have not already done so should also have their cool weather transplants set out also. These transplants should include cabbage, and cauliflower. Pest Controls Required Early By DON BERRY Cunty Horticultural Agent More home gardeners are applying inseecticides to their soils to control soil insects be- J fore planting them. Bugs like wire worms, cucumber beetle larvae, white grubs and other soil inhabiting pests can be controlled for two years or longer by simply applying an insecticide to the soil before working up the garden in the spring. In addition, plant in jury from root maggots which attack radishes, turnips, cab bage and seed corn will be reduced or eliminated. It is important that the in secticides be mixed thorough ly with the soil to a depth of 4 to 6 inches. A rotary tiller is excellent but mixing with a disc or by hand is also satis factory if thorough mixing is obtained. Any one of the fol lowing materials may be used: Aldrin, Dieldrin or Hepta- chlor. Apply 2 lbs. of 5 per cent granular or V2 pint of emulsi fiable concentrate in five to ten gallons of water for each 1,000 sq. ft. of soil to be treat ed. Do not overdose since plant injury could be caused by excessive amounts of insec ticide in the soil. This treatment would also be beneficial prior to setting out strawberry beds and cane berry patches as vell as flow er beds, especially those which contain primroses, rhododen dron and begonias, for con trolling strawberry root wee vil and wire worms. reports of corporations were beginning to appear. That rise, it now appears, was produced largely by short covering. The bears jumped to the conclusion the market would spurt on the moves to ward easier money, moves which already have brought down the prime lending rate in commercial banks. This time the railroad and utility departments outshone the industrials which market men watch more closely than other sections of the market. The New Highs Rails set a new high since last October. Utilities and the 65-stock average of the Dow Jones calculation set new highs, the utilitiy since 1930 and the 65 stocks since last Oct. 4. Utilities have been making a good showing in profits and some of them have raised divi dends. The industrial average mov ed higher at a slower pace and set something of a quadruple top. It hit 449.87 last Nov. 29; 458.65 on Feb. 4, the year's high; 455.92 on March 11, and closed at 450.72 on April 21. Most of the services look for irregular markets in the near term. They admit the market often discounts a business re covery but hold it is too early to expect such process now. This level of the market is seen as a testing phase, and a lot of the market's ability to progress further is said to de pend on how investors take the first quarter reports, and possible dividend cuts. Prefabricated 8' long patio panels Fast,' simple, easy to install. For yard, garden, pool, or play enclosures Attractive designs and prices. The MT. PITT Company Highway 9 at Stopilght Central Point NO 4-1221 Seeding of cool weather crops of turnips, beets, lettuce and spinach should be planted as soon as possible and growers may also get in the early po tato varieties as well as the first plantings of corn. Most of these crops should be planted in successions of 10 days or two weeks in order to lengthen the harvest sea son. Early plantings of turnips and beets should be planted thick, and thinnings of the young plants may be pulled and cooked, tops and all, since there are more vitamins and minerals in the tops than the roots. Picking Leaves Helps Spinach will grow and pro duce until early summer, and picking leaves rather than pulling entire plants will lengthen the season. Parsnips planted now will be ready for use in September and can be left in the ground all winter and dug as needed. As with carrots the seed is slow to ger minate and both should be planted soon. The most enthusiastic gard eners could set out early to matoes under tents. It should be remembered, however, that this is always a gamble this early in the season. A couple of small holes about the size of a lead pencil should be put in the tents to permit ventila tion. Set early tomatoes fairly shallow and planting at a 45 . angle to encourage the rooting of long stems is sometimes beneficial. For early celery one half to one dozen plants is sufficient for the home garden. Remov ing celery leaves similar to rhubarb rather than the entire stck will increase home gar den use. All of the early garden crops should be planted as soon as the soil may be work ed. Undue delay would be detrimental to cool weather crops when their growing sea son is extended into the hot part of the summer. Glidden To Buy General Paint San Francisco (IF) The Glidden Company plans to ac quire the domestic paint busi ness of General Paint Corpo ration. A joint announcement of the prospective purchase came Wednesday, from Dwight P. Joyce, chairman and president of Glidden, and W. L. Watkins, president of General Paint. Glidden will acquire Gen eral Paint's brand names, in ventories, paint processes, manufacturing facilitiesat Portland, Ore., and Tulsa, Okla., and various distributing outlets in the Pacific Coast and southwest. Glidden said it will keep most of General Paint's em ployees. General Paint will keep its wholly owned subsidiaries in Mexico and the Philippines, as well as its pipe wrapping and coating division known as Hill, Hubbell & Cline. The proposal is subject to approval of General Paint stockholders. Apology Failure Angers Japanese Osaka. Janan IP) I there's one thing Japanese can get really angry about, it s po liteness. Fifteen movie patrons were quietly philosophical through out the hour they were trap ped together in a stuck ele vator. But their blood ran fire when they got out and found that not one theater official had stayed around to apolo gize to them for their incon venience. They staged a sit-down strike in the manager's office until he was routed out of bed, came back and said, po litely, he was sorry. BRILLl METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 v.
