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6A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, May 15, 1958 Station Winds Up Spring Plantings H. H. WHITE Superintendent, Southern Oregon Experiment Station Spring plantings on the ex periment station were com pleted during the past week except for sweet corn and to mato fertilization experi ments. Plantings the past week in cluded a field corn adaptabil ity experiment involving 30 different hybrids, 13 varieties of dwarf field corn, and 12 varieties of grain sorghums. Thirteen varieties of soybeans gathered from the northern soybean producing states are also being tested for adapta bility to this area. Twenty va rieties of sweet corn were planted. These will be evalu ated for fresh market use. Re sults of these various studies together with recommenda tions to growers will be avail able through your county agents prior to planting dates in 1959. In most of the corn growing areas of Jackson and Jose phine counties growers should be getting the plantings com pleted. Planting dates are de termined with regard to the probable date of the last kill ing frost in the spring. Exam ination of 30 years of records maintained by the weather bureau show that the average date of the last killing frost in ihe Medford area is April 25 while in the Talent area it is May 2. However, the record shows that killing frosts have occurred in the Medford area gs late as May 26 and at Tal ent s late as June 2. Weather Bureau data over th 30 years period 1921-1950 6how that on the average the first Hilling frost in the fall omes Oct. 18 In the Medford re and Oct. 11 in'the Talent rea. The earliest killing frost jrecorded in the Medford area during that 30 year period as Sept. 13 and at Talent 6ept. 15. These data indicate an average growing season of 176 days in the Medford area and 162 days at Talent. Agro nomists at the experiment sta tion use these data in compil ing their recommendations re cording varieties of corn the grower should use as well as the date to plant. In our ex perimental testing of varieties we are seeking the highest yielding variety that will ma ture in an average of 150 growing days. Hybrid Corn Trials Practically all corn grown in this area comes from hy brid seed. These hybrids are made to order since they have been bred to mature under differing numbers of growing days. Some require only 90 days while others must have more than 150 days. It is im portant the grower select the variety best suited to his local ity and farm conditions. To assist the growers in making this selection the experiment station has conducted variety trials on farms in the various sections of Jackson and Jose phine counties. Results of these are available from your county agent. Success in corn production is tied very closely to the fer tilization program. Yields will definitely reflect the amount of fertility available. Research has shown that a 25 ton yield of corn silage requires the equivalent of 830 pounds of ammonium sulfate, 550 pounds of superphosphate, 200 pounds of muriate of potash, and about 800 pounds of 80 ' per cent. lime. These fertility elements are available in dif fering amounts in soils de O Anna Jill Scott - - (Y:l Jackson County Republican All around the County, people are saying: "We need a change in the County Clerk's Office." Cast your vote for Anna Scott for County Clerk of Jackson County May 16th. Anna Scott has had wide experience in County Govern ment and Private Enterprises. Let her bring some real SCOTT-ish economy into this mportant office, together with courtesy, efficiency and a spirit of cooperation. Anns Pd. Adv. Elect ANNA SCOTT County Clerk of Jackson Gounly pending upon soil type and previous cropping history. A soil test will show the amount of these materials available in the soil and from this the grower can determine the amount of fertilizer he must add to obtain the de sired yield per acre. If you have had a soil test on the field to be planted to corn, it will pay you to use that test in deciding how much and what kinds of fertilizer to ap ply. Field trials conducted by the experiment station on growers" farms as well as on station land indicate profit able results can be obtained on most soils of the area from an application of up to 120 pounds of elemental nitrogen, 60 pounds of P205, 60 pounds of K20, and 20 pounds of sulfur per acre. REMEMBER ' This has been proclaimed conservation week. Con servation is the use of the ' whole earth and all its re sources for the enduring good of man. Patrick Henry said, "he is the greatest patriot who stops the most gullies." And Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "The his- " lory of every nation is eventually written in the way in which it cares for its soil." Fortunately, proper con servation practices are pro fitable to the current oper ator and at the same time they assure his successors' of the heritage they have a right to expect. Elm Beetle Spray Required Soon By DON BERRY County Horticultural Agent Home gardeners who have had trouble in past years with Elm beetles should spray soon. These pests first become no ticeable to the home gardener when the leaves start turning brown and the tree takes on a sickly appearance. .Trouble starts .when the . black and yellow striped beetles emerge from the ground in the spring and start feeding on the leaves. Soon clusters of bright yellow eggs appear on the underside of the leaves and hatch into greenish yellow worms which eat the green portion off the leaf leaving only a clear filament. Later in the summer the home owner may notice the adult beetles crawling down the trunk and gathering in clusters at the base of . the tree. Since there are several broods a year, damage starts early and continues till fall frost. Control consists of spraying the tree with two pounds DDT and two pounds of Malathion per 100 gallons of water. Ordi narily one spray containing these materials applied dur ing the first part of May will prevent serious beetle damage to Elms for the remainder of the season. Occasionally where infestations are severe a second spray is needed. This should be applied only if a buildup of beetles is noted. . Litchi nuts, a tasty item on Chinese restaurant menus, are now being grown commercial ly in Florida. Previously the nuts had. to be imported. The ancient Greek Theatres of the 4th century were roof less auditoriums. VOTE FOR 0 For County Clerk Scott for County Clerk Com mitt t Marion Beeton, Chairma Talent, Oregon Milk Audit Rules Receive Change After Hearing Salem Several changes in regulations proposed by the state department of agri culture to guide the grade A milk usage audit program were made as a result of the public hearing in Salem April 30, said an Oregon state de partment of agriculture spokesman. The regulations, which spell out some of the broad provisions of the Taw passed by the 1957 legislature, deal with records to be kept by the distributors, poundage fees, statements to producers and pooling charges deducted. After receiving comments at the public hearing, the de partment changed, its propose al that all boks and records be kept for three years to a one-year minimum. Payment for manufacturing usage as well as bottle and can (fluid milk) usage will be audited on the basis of prices agreed upon between dealers and producers. Under the regulations, un accountable milk losses will be payable on a bottle and can basis to producers or pro ducer's marketing agents ex cept as permitted under a 2 per cent tolerance. Also, where the milk of special breed groups is not kept actually segregated from other milk, it participates in a pool on the same basis as oth er milk. The regulations were signed and effective May 2. Copies are available from the state This Week's By HIAWATHA ESTES This is the Once-in-a-Life-time home. Planned to span a family's changing needs from Lohengrin .to the Golden Wedding March, it in corporates areas for both adults and children to work efficiently, to entertain gra ciously, to relax and have fun. There are places for all to be together and places for each to be alone. In this 2242 square foot home, these needs are met with distinc tion and good taste. The long, rambling lines of the roof tilt upward at the gables. Used brick veneer faces most of the front, lend ing warm-hued contrast to the vertical and horizontal siding. Double gates swing together to enclose the breezeway between' the house and two-car garage. The efficiently planned street-side kitchen retains a view of both front and back yards. Oven, surface cooking unit and refrigerator are built in, and a pantry is near the yards. Ovei, surface cooking unit and refrigerator are built in, and a pantry is 01 "jj I , 8 I r w " " SEOOOIi .? 7T "fc 4 ? TTl "tr-i I I 20.40 ' " I I 1 L-LJ clohJI clo I J if l-CO,. Z NOOK rA' BEDROOM ''I! " " .V46 01 '''-s . Hl&At 2242. SQUARE FEET Sire Selection Talk Given To Jersey Group Eagle Point Fully as much emphasis should be placed on the females as on the male side of the pedigree when se lecting a herd sire, Frank Schutzwohl, veteran Grants Pass Jersey breeder told a meeting f of . the Rogue River Cattle club recently. The meeting was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Mongold, Eagle Point. First Fruit Moth In West Salem Salem The first Oriental fruit moth of 1958 was found in a neglected peach or.chard in West Salem early this month, the state department of agriculture reports. . All peach trees in the vicin ity are being watched closely for any spread of this insect pest. Last year Oriental fruit moth was found -in 10 places around Salem and in five plantings along Columbia boulevard in Portland. To date, no infestations have been found in orchards that have been sprayed this year, according to F. P. Lar son, head of the department's plant pest and disease survey program. Salem Fifteen sheep, 34 head of cattle s and eight swine were condemned by. state meat inspectors during March, according to jigures just released ty the state de partment of agriculture. department of agriculture's business office, agriculture building, Salem. Town, Country House rrr-. near the sunny eating area. A half wall above the stove unites the kitchen and spaci ous family room. There's a space for washer, dryer, freezer and two stor age closets in the service area. The adjacent three-quarter- bath, with stall shower, is handy to the fam ily room, play yard and swimming pool. Walls of glass open to the patio from the family room, living room and master bed room, making this semi-sheltered terrace a secluded spot for sun-bathing, relaxing or informal Entertaining in warm weather. Book shelves flank the broad used-brick fireplace in the vast living room and wide wall area making furniture arranging easy. The master bedroom suite is a . complete unit, with a dressing room that provides a builtin dressing table, wardrobe and storage closet and a three-quarter bath with a double pullman lava tory. Twin lavatories are also features of the family bath. a breeder is almost as sured of satisfactory produc tion and type in a herd sire with dams and grand-dams of superior producing and trans mitting ability mated with superior or senior superior sires, he added. - "The selection of a herd sire is one of the most import ant steps a breeder has to take and should not be taken light ly or without consideration of all the factors which enter into, such a selection. The fu ture producing ability of his herd and the resulting dairy profit or lack of such profit is all tied up in the judgment and care he uses in the selec tion of the young sire. The practice of waiting until there is an acute need for a herd sire is. not conducive. to this end. If a bull ' meets all or most of the requirements out lined, price should be of secondary consideration since the breeder's future standard of living may well depend upon the right selection." So speaks a man who has de veloped four senior superior sires with a rating of 644 to 688 pounds of butterfat. The members and guests enjoyed a potluck luncheon at noon with the business be ing conducted by President Ed Parsons. Plans were comnlet ed for the junior spring show to be 'held at the Josephine County Fair grounds May 17. A food booth will be main tained on the grounds. Every one interested is invited to attend and give the 4H and FFA youngsters a boost at their first show of the year. The next meeting will be at Loren Knight home in Grants Pass. Isacstma I BEDROOM T' I 13'. 17 STok o """ The other three bedrooms all have an abundance of closet space and wide windows for ample light and ventilation. Complete working drawings of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of S7.50 for the first set and $5 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 deliv ery. If the above home does not entirely meet with your satisfac tion a new home plan book. Town and Country Homes, may be pur chased for SI. Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P.0. Box 404-T, Northridge, Calif. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Spring Pasture Often Brings Bloat Problems By EARLE JOSSY County Extension Agent Spring pastures and cows have a way of adding up to losses from bloat. One dairy man in Jackson County lost Foreign Youth To Visit State Farm Families Corvallis Farm youths from Taiwan, Switzerland, Honduras and Burma will be visitors on Oregon farms this summer under the Interna tional Farm Youth Exchange program. . - Four will arrive at Oregon State college in May for as signment to their host fam ilies. First member of the del egation, Arthur Walter Suss trunk, a 27-year-old dairy farmer from Zurich, Switzer land, is due May 12. He will live with the Joseph Knusels at Scappoose and the Aaron Blanck family, Myrtle Point. Late May will bring Miss Nwe Nwe Tun, 20-year-old Burmese, to Oregon. A grad uate of the University of Ran goon, Miss Tun will live with the Paul T. Hulse family, Du fur, for three weeks, and lat er with the Max Fairchild family, Dallas. Khin Shwe, 27, another Burmese, will live with the Verne Hanna family at Mau pin and the Randolph Smiths, Dallas. Shwe has had five years of advanced study in ag riculture science at the Uni versity of Rangoon. Host Not Designated Chang Chun-Pang, 26-year-old farmer from Taiwan, Re public of China, will arrive May 24. He raises rice, sweet potatoes, vegetables, ducks, geese, chickens and pigs on his irrigated farm. His host families have not yet been designated. In August, a delegate from Honduras, Porfirio Granados P, is scheduled to arrive in Oregon, as an IFYE exchangee in the summer-fall program. Purpose of the IFYE ex change is to help youths from this and other countries be come better acquainted with family life outside their coun try's boundaries. Mrs. Winni fred Fulmer, state director of the IFYE program and state 4-H club extension agent, says the program is unique from other exchanges because youths actually share kitchen and field work with their host families. Three Oregon youths will travel overseas on the same exchange program this year. Oregon families interested in sharing their homes with overseas visitors may write or phone county extension of fices or Mrs. Fulmer at the State 4-H Club department, Oregon State College, Cor vallis. ' Conservation Reserve Has 14 Contracts Out Fourteen contracts were in effect for the conservation reserve . program as of April 30, according to Charles E. White, chairman of the Jack son county - Agriculture Con servation and Stabilization committee. This placed 438 acres of cropland into the reserve. Of the 438 acres designate, 111 acres had acceptable vega tative cover at the beginning of the contract, 290 acres are seeded or will be seeded this year to perennial grasses and legumes and .37 acres are planted or are to be' planted to forest trees. Also, White said, there are five additional contracts pending that will remove 204 acres out of crop production. Of these, 142 acres will be seeded to perennial grasses and legumes, 62 acres will be planted to forest trees. Sign Contract! Under the conservation re- The lame's "Dames" f K J I t - - six head of good cows in one night. Another lost two Jer seys the first day he turned his cows into a new pasture. All in all, bloat is blamed for killing 45 million dollars worth of catte last year in the United States. Bloat is simply the accum ulation of a large amount of gas in the rumen. It is normal for much gas to be formed in digesting cellulose, which is the main diet of the cow, oc casionally conditions arise which prevent the cow from burping this gas away and that is when she gets in trouble. Bloat is almost invariably associated with a lush growth of legumes, particularly La dino Clover and alfalfa. Le gume hay is sometimes re sponsible for bloat too. Much research has gone into the bloat problem. Not many answers have been learned. Having at least 50 per cent grass in legume pastures helps. Making dry feed, hay or straw, available helps too. Free access of salt and plenty of drinking water seem to be of value the use of 75 mg. of oxytetracycline daily in grain fo reach animal has re duced the incidence of bloat in tested herds. There is not yet any sure way of preven tion, watch cattle on legume pastures. Treatments for bloat in clude tying a two inch bit in the mouth and standing the animal with the front feet higher than the rear feet, drenching with a pint of min eral or vegetable oiL In se vere cases it may be neces sary to pass a rubber hose down the throat to relieve pressure. If these methods fail and the bloat is very severe. then it may be necessary to puncture the abdomen at the point of greatest swelling just beyond the outer edge of the left loin. This- is best done with a trocar and canula but can be done with the blade of a pocket knife. Sticking should always be done as a last resort. Fertilizer Sale Rises 7 Per Cent Salem Sale of fertiliz ers in Oregon rose 7 per cent during the first quarter, of 1958, reports J. D. -Patterson, chief chemist for the state de partment of agriculture. More than 57,000 tons of fertilizers were sold during the first three months of 1958, as com pared with 53,725 tons sold during the same time in 1957. , A 16 per cent decrease was recorded in the, sale of agri cultural minerals, however, In the first quarter in 1957 a total of 7,985 tons of gyp sum, soil sulfur, borax and other minerals were sold. The total for the same period this year was 6,702 tons. The Island of Guernsey in the English Channel has an area of 24 square miles. for a period of 3, 5, or 10 years, to take, a designated acreage out of crop produc tion and either maintain or establish and maintain veg atative cover for the length of the contract. Under the acreage reserve 349 acres are signed up. This land may lie idle or be seeded into legumes or grasses this year. The acreage reserve part of the soil bank program affects those farms that have crop allotments. In Jackson coun ty, this program only affects farms with wheat allotments. The ' farmer signs an agree ment to underplant his allot ment and that he will not plant soil depleting crops in excess of his permitted acres for soil depleting crops. The conservation reserve and the acreage reserve are two parts of the soil bank pro gram. Popular Candidate for CIRCUIT JUDGE Position No. V Young Voters Vote For Robert Dames He Qualifies First voter Rocky Stono, Gary Picard, Punky McDougall and David Kelsoc uy wo want youth, understanding and im partiality on the bench. Bob Dames it THE man the. young people's choice. "Youth will bo served" by Dames. - Dames for Judge Comm. Mrs. Lewis Kilbourn, Sec, 214 Lev ererte Bldg. Paid Pol. Adv. -- MIT fcHAT By JOE G. Mail Tribune A letter to the editor in "a complains that in a certain farmer's organization the school teachers, retired professors and businessmen do all the talking. This letter comes from a statement certainly wouldn't fic Northwest: We've noticed country and particularly in this area have a good deal to say. And when we say "farmers' we mean orchardists also even though they may not be strictly defined as farmers. Take, a look around you active in politics and politics requires quite a bit of talking. Going a step further you might say some are in a bit deeper than they wish, and some not as deep or as solid as they would like. - When we think of farmers of old Jack Blotch. That's not this column. (Old Jack was the picture of what many' people like to think is the typical old-fashioned type of sod-busters from head to the toes of his heavy black rubber milking boots. Start talking politics and the weather- stained face would start . working, sharp blue eyes would take on a tighter squint and a sudden squirt of tobacco juice would drop in a blob on the Old Jack is still a Taft man and for all the aims and ambitions of the sharp right edge of the Republican party. Taft lias often been called an isolationist and old Jack was somewhat of an isolationist himself. "Don't git to taown enny more than I kin help!" he used to remark. "When a farmer like me hits taown them big fat bellied merchants take out after me like a city dog after a country cur." This old citizen of the soil is strictly an Individualist, he owns and farms a good chunk of land. However, it doesn't reach for thousands of acres like a vheat; farmer's nor does he depend on government subsidies on his crops. Nobody tells him what he could farm or what he couldn't. He might lose money, but he does it independently. "Yer might kindjo' call me one of them free stinkers!" he used to chortle. . Last time we visited his place he was keeping a small dairy herd, fair-sized flock of sheep, some pigs and chickens. Blotch, his hired man, and wife did all the work. The dogs worked the sheep and drove the cows into the barn for milking. When necessary the chunky little man ..would swing into the saddle and the bowed-legs hug the horses sides like they had been especially' fitted. Watching him you got the feeling that the Saddle had been his home many years ago. He had the . air of the grizzled, stove-in old veterans you might see on the rodeo circuit. " A person didn't need the smell of smoke-filled caucus rooms to get the smell and feel of politics. Ar blue haze of pipe smoke from a stubby corn-cob pipe, generously mixed with the smell of cow dung, hay and fresh turned soil con tinually hung like a haze and seemed to become stronger as each political argument progressed. Smoke wasn't the only thing, which turned the air blue. Old Blotch was an artistic cusser.: He could verbally foul up the air for 30 minutes without using the same word twice. -When We talked to him last it was during the election of 1952 when the wheelhorses of the Republican swung away from Robert Taft and threw their support to Eisen hower. The old farmer was particularly disgusted with the chairman of his county Republican Central committee who had also swung away from Taft. "Y' know the Democratic party has a jackass for a sym bol . . . donkey, they call 'it. Well, yer know I told that there party .chairman . . . "Over in taown I watchedya walk down the: street ears a flappin' and yer rear-end bobbin' up and down and ye sure reminded me of a jackass, that's what. -Why don't ye up and join the Democrats?" , Before' the general election; comes - around in Novem ber we hope to make our way up to old Jack Blotch's little red barn again and sit on a bale of hay and talk politics with him. If we do we will bet sure to take along a tape recorder, i ' We mention this old .farmer because we think his in dependent spirit typifies a good many farmers of the Rogue Valley1 area. You don't see many of them usually in the smaller stump ranch class at the various farm meetings. They're too busy trying to squeeze an earning out of their land. Nor do they attend many political gatherings. But these are the fellows local, state and national politicians should make every attempt to reach if only for the reason that by reaching this almost isolated segment of the -rural and farm population the campaigners can be more sure of reaching the bulk of population. This works in much the same way as the opera star who sings for the far corner of the balcony knowing that by so doing she will definitely reach those sitting closer. . . - the GREENEST GREEN qouvg ORGANIC MORCROP makes your lawn richer, greener You 11 hove a hrwriovt, t deep-green lawn. when, you fertilize with quick acting, long-lasting Organic Morcrop, trie superior natural plont food that's especially prepared for our local soils. Also ideal for gardens and flowers. ANOTHER , SOUTHERN OREGON DISTRIBUTOR mriCII SEED 6 FEED CO. 6fh Bartlett COWLEY Farm Editor recent farm publication issue a Pennsylvania farmer. Such apply to farmers of the. 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