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M MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforJ, Or. tA Thursday, Aug. 13, 1959 OSC Staff Member Wins Western Extension Award Corvallis-An Oregon State College staff member has been cited by the Western Farm Economics association for the outstanding extension service program in agricul tural economics in the west ern states. Manning Becker, OSC farm management specialist, re ceived the award at the as sociation's annual meeting at Logan, Utah. His selection was based on a special train ing school series in farm ; management which he initi ated throughout Oregon last fall and winter. Becker conducted six re " gional schools in farm man- , agement for farmers and county extension agents as part of a long-range program ', to assist farmers in analyf- : ing their business operations Other OSC agricultural eco nomists assisted with the training schools. . Dr. G. Burton Wood, OSC agricultural economics de- partment head, said the farm management program fills an , urgent need to help farmers adjust business operations to compensate for the present . cost-price squeeze in agricul . ture. The program teaches basic economic principles and -how to apply them to indi "vidual farm situations. Becker was appointed ex- tension farm management specialist in 1954. He was formerly on the OSC agricul- tural economics research and teaching staff and is continu ing some classroom teaching t in farm management. An OSC graduate, he is im- mediate past, president of the - Western Farm Management . Extension committee repre- senting western land-grant colleges. Farm Census Set During October; Values Given I t Corvallis-Why take a farm census? ; Census taking requires money and time, but turns up ' facts about the fast-changing ' business of farming that J makes it well worthwhile, maintains Marion D. Thomas, . Oregon State College exten r sion agricultural economist. ; The 17th nationwide farm count will start in October I in Oregon. - The census provides a fac- tual foundation for wise man " agement of farms, businesses I and government, Thomas ; noted. It's our main source of county and local data, he added. Census answers such 'questions as: Where are yields highest? Where increas- ing most? Where is produc- tion located? How many ; farms are there? How big? ; xlow mucn are iarmers spena- ing for supplies? Each farmer benefits by knowing how he stacks up with farmers all over the na tion. The farm count tells him how his farm is like the aver- ; age farm; how it is different. It helps him make decisions - in light of what has happened in other parts of the country. Aids Decisions , The census gives farmers the same kind of information used by businesses and gov- ; ernmental agencies in making decisions. I Public and private agencies serving farmers with infor- mation, materials, transporta ' tion, credit, storage and the like all use census figures to guide their plans, the econo mist points out. Advertising ' staffs of publications and firms that make or sell farm , goods use census information to determine equipment want- ed in different parts of the . country. ' The census provides facts for groups concerned with local problems such as best ' use of land and water. Fig ; ures are used in seeking pub- lie support for research, edu- cation, health protection, or when disaster aid is request Jed in times of drought, flood or pestilence, ine govern- ment uses data to plan pub- lic programs. I Facts obtained from the census are available to all I through libraries, state col r leges, the agricultural ex- tension service, and other 'governmental agencies. - Sleeping Sickness . ' Seen In Klamath Co. - Salem The first cases, this year of ' encephalomyelitis ', (sleeping sickness) in horses one each in Klamath, Harney . and Crook counties appeared in June, reports the state de apartment of agriculture. 1 Pinkeye and anaplasmosis in cattle and sore mouth in sheep were livestock diseases diagnosed most frequently --CHIT .'CHAT By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Man the beaches men! They're invading us! Economic, government and business leaders have warned of the increasing incoming tide of foreign exports. Now. the farmers are concerned - even Rogue valley farmers. A lot of the general farm gossip and buzz of crop information came to a sudden halt at the Jackson County Agricultural com mittee meeting Monday night when someone mentioned the increasing flood tide of agricultural products gradually eroding this country's economic shorelines. "Fellows there must be something wrong when every thing else is going up in price and cattle and crops are going down!" one weather-beaten veteran of the soil remarked. "I'll- tell you what it is," another farmer shouted. "I read tonight about importing about 23,500 live Australian lambs into San Diego. That's what knocks your prices down!" These farmers were talking about an editorial column in the Western Livestock Journal telling of the lamb import. The local farmers like wool grower spokesmen mentioned in the column are afraid that-this large import is the first of a series. And it could lead to a "world series" flooding the U. S. markets with other agricultural and manufactured goods. As one farmer remarked there must be something wrong when Australian sheep interests feel they can ship live' lambs 6,500 miles andstill compete with U. S. goods profitably. . An important point as brought out in the Livestock Jour nal weekly publication is that Americans eat less than five pounds of sheep and lamb meat per capita. This compares with 80 pounds of beef, 66 pounds of pork and 35 pounds of poultry. Some U. S. meat packers and retailers think a lot of cheap lamb meat on the market will widen the demand and help stabilize the market. We have never tasted the Australian mutton but we did snare our teeth on the New Zealand stuff overseas during World War II. If the Australian product is anything like that of New Zealand the demand for sheep and lamb meat will drop to "almost nothing. Due to our overseas experience the very smell of lamb chops frying or mutton cooking can cause an upchucking. "Undoubtedly, if heavy importations of frozen and chilled beef from Australia and New Zealand continue, such imports will "have a depressing effect on the U. S. cattle market, especially when normal marketings of cows are experienced," Nelson R. Crow concludes. "It is also true that both Australia and New Zealand governments are studying U. S. market demands and are preparing to further invade U. S. markets with their meats. The fact that such importations of meat as well as manufactured products, are possible, points to the need in this country for businessmen, politicians and labor leaders to seriously attempt to curb inflationary pressures which force continually higher pro duction costs in this country." As one local agricultural thing affects everyone. Americans, he said, are rapidly pricing themselves out of their own markets. So, now we face a possible raise in steel prices which also affects the agricultural economy seriously. This same agricultural au thority also remarked on seeing German tractors in a recent Hillsboro parade. It's not only something to think about, it's something to study seriously and act against. It would be too bad to see the trade' agriculture and industry.' Swedish Tractor The Volvo tractor of Swedish make has now appeared in the Medford area. It sells $400 tractor of similar size and capacity. Main features include, a differential lock to keep rear three-point hitch. Compared to a similar tractor it is five inches longer and has more weight up front to keep it from tipping back. Jt also" has more drawbar horsepower compared to a tractor of like size - 32 horsepower. The engine has 37 horsepower. This is the smaller tractor, or T4-25. A larger tractor, the T-5o or big diesel, weighs 5 tons and is equip ped with tracks to fit over the regular tractor wheels. And while we're in a campaigning mood-what are the farmers going to do about project? Is it or is it not your remarked at the cqunty agricultural committee meeting that not a single farmer spoke up during the three meetings held in the valley recently on the basin project. The people of this valley should be told over and over again that this additional irrigation water will not be used for surplus crops, is need for a valley rich in agriculture and can help broaden the agricultural base to make those cash registers in the stores jingle even more. The stake in the proposed basin fishermen. ' The 4-H and FFA fair starts Sunday with a horseshow at-the Jackson county fair grounds. We hope business and civic leaders continue their A business newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, does seem to be interested in agriculture, however. It reports canned California fruit is cheaper due to heavy fruit crops in the golden state. So, Mrs. Housewife, fill that cupboard space with this canned fruit now Reason for the cheaper canned goods are heavy crop prospects plus a comparatively large carry-over stock from last year, the Journal reports. Prices for cling peaches were reported at the lowest point since mid-1950 for a short period recently. Industry spokesmen forecast low canned fruit prices for next year, also. Apricots, fruit cocktail and pear prices have been cut already, according to reports. Last week a major brand a price of S2.75 a dozen on That s still 30 cents under the Home brand name packers to current low prices when their 1959 pack prices are quoted One independent packer has a dozen on key grade pear the pattern for California independents, the Journal states, And this should give local pear growers and packers some- uung more to worry about. This pear price, a canning is the lowest price in years. He added that it's about 10 cents under current prices just before the announcement. Most advertised brand canners are selling pears at approximately $3.65 a dozen f.o.b. northwest canneries, 40 cents under last year's opening level, and the lowest price ihee $3.60 in xne luaz-aj packing year. Getting back to cling peaches, dhe California tree counted out to 3,000 peaches. Usually the absolute maximum is about x,auu peacnes 10 a tree, a cannery official said. authority pointed out -this scales tipped against American to $500 less than an American wheels from slipping, and a the Rogue basin development project? An agricultural leader farmers have much more at development than the sports hearty support wholeheartedly while the prices are down. canner opened formally with clings, the journal reported. opening price a year ago. figure pears will remain close come out with a price of $3.15 halves. This is expected to set enmnanv sales nffirial said Top Young Stockman Noted For Practical Ranching Set-Up Br EARLE JOSSY Jackson County Extension Agent Don Nichols, Ashland area rancher, is probably one of the youngest stockmen to be named Jackson county cattle man of the year. The 31-year-old ' rancher was selected by a committee of the Jackson county stock man's association. In making the selection a committee member said, "Don operates his farm in such a way that it certainly would benefit many operators to ob serve how his cattle are han dled and to talk to him about his record keeping and other activities. The ranch is not an impressive layout but is a very practical operation." The modest young farmer credits much of his success to his father, George W. Nichols, an Ashland area farmer. With his father he ran sheep and cattle from the time he was large enough to handle a pitchfork and ride Farm Market Has Bright Spots, OSC Man Notes Corvallis - Several bright spots have emerged in the market picture for Oregon farmers and handlers of farm products, according to an Ore gon State college agricultural economist. M. D. Thomas, OSC exten sion service, says Oregon pro duce will be going to market this summer and fall at a time when the number of U.S. job holders is at a record high and when the amount of mon-. ey received and spent will hit its high mark. While this combination goes a long way toward making a "sellers' market," Thomas cau tions that it doesn't always hold true when supplies are superabundant as they now are for many farm products. The national economy is now in a comeback that seems likely to extend well into 1960 or longer, say the experts who chart national trends. Ore gon's economy, however, is slightly more precarious since home-building markets: for lo cal forest products are espe cially sensitive to credit con ditions, Thomas explains. Note Employment Rise Oregon labor offices this spring reported the best pick up in employment in years. and unemployment and wel fare cases are at low levels. Another bright spot in the general recovery is the fact that people are reported spending at a record rate. Spendings on durable goods, such as cars and home appli ances, are not yet back to the high levels of '1957, the economists say. However, out lays for such nondurable goods as food and clothing are again at record highs. Spending for medical, dental, and personal care and other services con tinue a steady climb. state and local government spendings are also at peak levels. White federal govern ment spending tops a year ago, it still lags behind the 1953 peace-time hih, Thomas reports. Detailed reports on the gen eral economy and the picture for some of Oregon's main farm commodities are present ed in the current issue of Ore gon Farm and Market Out look circular published by OSC extension service. Copies may be obtained from local county extension offices or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis. Benlgrass Group Elects Officers Salem Members of the new Highland Bentgrass Com mission elected Fred Hotting er, Stayton, as their chairman and James Neal, Salem, as sec retary-treasurer at the organi zation meeting in Salem re cently. The group voted to estab lish temporary headquarters in the state department of ag riculture at Salem to take ad vantage of department cleri cal and other services autho rized to commodity commis sions. A grower assessment on sales, to be collected by seed dealers for the commission, was established, at the rate of 38 cents per hundred pounds of seed. This will be effective August 15 on grower sales of both the new crop and carry over stocks. A main item of business at its next meeting August 13 in Salem will be ' consideration of the budget and possible types of promotional programs to be undertaken for this seed industry. a norse. He assumed opera tion of the ranch as he grew up. Until recently he and his father were partners. Don runs his cattle on a combination commercial and purebred type of operation. All of the cows are pure- breds. A percentage of them are run as a commercial herd. On the commercial basis most of the calves are sold as yearlings although a few are fed on the place. He has about 25 head of commer cial cattle and 50 head of purebred cattle. The young stockman has been accomp lishing about a 95 per cent calf crop in the past. His calves weigh about 450 pounds average weight at weaning and about 600 pounds at marketing. Donhas an average calf loss of around 2 per cent. His purebred cattle average about 450 pounds at weaning time of 8 months. Young Nichols feeds about IVz tons of hay per cow per year. Hay is baled in the field and stored In stacks. He has built three miles of fence to enclose a piece of range land which he owns, in the Dead Indian area. His disease control pro gram includes testing and calfhood vaccination for brucellosis and vaccinating for blackleg plus, a general disease control program. His cattle are sprayed three times a year for insects, once in the fall when they come in from the range and once in the sprig before they go out on the early range and agam in June before they go into the high mountain range. Don's purebred cattle are fed a mixture of barley and cottonseed meal to produce strong, healthy calves. Sup plemental feed is given al most exclusively to calves and to purebred bulls which he is raising and some to a few commercial calves which he, feeds and sells as locker meat. Don feeds a good qua lity hay raised on the ranch. It is largely a meadow-type hay made up of mostly rye grass and ladino clover. His hay is fed in bunkers and the cattle are kept in a feed lot all winter. Don's breeding program in cludes calving his heifers at two years, running his bulls with the cows and breeding the year round so cows do not lose time between calves. Don feels this gives him an extra calf in the lifetime of a cow plus about three- fourths of a calf by getting her to calve as a two-year-old. So, he winds up with about 1 extra calves per cow by the breeding program he fol lows. This is possible because he feeds his cattle well. Don culls every cow that does not produce a calf. Preg nancy testing his females makes it possible to cull at a much earlier date. He also eliminates those cows which are not "good-doers." Besides all this he raises all of his replacement fe males. Only bulls with good bone and size for age are pur chased., He looks for bulls that haVe a good gaining rec ord. For his range improve ment, Don has encouraged the bureau of land manage ment to develop several water holes on his leased range. He has reseeded 320 acres of range which he owns privately to perennial grasses and legumes. Don distributes his cattle on the range by riding regu larly through the range sea son and taking the cattle from one area to another. Strategic placing of salt licks also helps. His range land consists of 400 acres which he owns plus a permit for 122 head of cattle from the O and C lands. The ranch is set up so cat tle are his best adapted type of livestock. His cattle num bers and forage production are in proper balance. He keeps enough feed in reserve to care for his needs. Don's ranch consists of 50 acres of irrigated land and 400 acres of mountain range plus a considerable acreage of low range and dry land, 50 acres of which are used, for dry land hay and 30 acres for growing grain. All of this feed is utilized. His fertilization program includes using 200 pounds of ammonium phosphate, 16-20 per acre on his meadows and nitrogen fertilizer on his grain. His grain fields are sprayed for weed control. He has followed a good poisoning program on contrpl of ground squirrels and uses good farm management to prevent eros ion. Permanent crops are kept on some steep land as much as possible. The young rancher has made all his money off his ranch. He is making wise use of credit and is keeping his ranch operation" in line with normal growth of his income. He has a minimum ihvest met in buildings and machin ery. He is investing his capi tal in land and cattle. His buildings are adequate and his machinery is sufficient for his needs. Soil District. Schedules Tour Of Area Farms By EUGENE P. WINTERS County Extension Agent Farm ponds, river bank re vetment, ditch linings, and land leveling are a few of the conservation practices sched uled to be seen on the Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Conserva tion District tour, Monday, Aug. '17. The morning phase of the tour starts at 9:30 a.m. at the meeting place, or Stan's Mar ket, about 4 miles north of Eagle Point on Highway 62. The first stop will be at the G. H. Jess Ranch on Agate road. River revetment, sprin kler irrigation and hayland seedlings will be seen there. Jim Gates will show tour participants land leveling, ditch lining, channel align ment, subsoiling and an irriga tion reservoir. The final stop before lunch will be made at the Elwood Abbott ranch on Highway 234. Both land smoothing and al falfa seedings will be seen. To Eat at James Farm , Those bringing sack lunches will picnic under the Abbot ranch oak trees. The first stop on the afternoon schedule will be at the Lester James dairy fram on the Sams . Valley road near Highway 234. James will show his irrigation reservoirs and water management sys tem and pasture seedings. The Sams Valley Irrigation association will show its tree farm on Ramsey Canyon rd., a"nd the association's reservoir and water control methods. Surface and tile drainage, irrigation sprinkler sumps and pasture management will be seen on the Straus Brothers' dairy farm on Highway 234 The final stop will be at the Table Rock groups project on Table Rock rd. Elwood Ab bott, Chairman, Sams Valley- Beagle Soil Conservation dist rict says that all folks are en couraged to participate in this all day event. Predator Work Halts 639 Pests Salem Cooperative hunt ers stalking animals that prey on Oregon's livestock made a haul of 639 predators in June. They topped that off by ad ding a string of 418 porcu pines, badgers, skunks and raccoons to their month's catch. ' Coyotes accounted for al most 50 per cent of the preda tor take, which also included 223 bobcats, 29 bears and 72 foxes, according to Animal Di vision Chief Fred Pope of the state department of agricul ture. Heaviest catch in a single county was the 97 coyotes and 68 bobcats taken in Malheur county. More foxes, 26, were killed in Marion than any other county. The predator program is a joint operation of the federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife of which Melvin D, Smith, Portland, is district agent in Oregon, and the state. Badgers chalked off in June totaled 211; porcupine, 137; skunks, 24; and raccoons, 45. A single oppossum came from Clackamas county. Brand Recording Forms Issued Salem The state depart ment of agriculture sent brand re-recording application forms to exactly 14,362 live stock owners in Oregon dur ing July, Recording Supervi sor C. B. Liechty reported. Recorded brands expire every five years unless re newed. Owners have until the end of this year to re-record if they wish to retain owner ship of the brand they are using. Liechty says dozens of brand notices have been re turned with postoffice notifii cation "deceased". If descend ants are to claim the brands, proof of new ownership must be submitted with application f or transfer of the brand. PHILANTHROPIST DIES Honolulu -(UPD- Gobindram J. Watumull, 68. a philanthro pist known as the Cecil Rhodes of India, died Wednes day of a heart condition. FARM NOTES I Washington (UPD Farm prices in mid-July" were . at the lowest levels since De cember, 1957, the Agriculture Department reports. The department said Farm" ers' prices dropped 1 per cent in the month that ended July 15. They were 4 per cent lower than one year ago. Cheaper hogs, potatoes, oranges, beef cattle and wa termelons mainly were re sponsible for the tumble, the department said in a report Friday.- Higher prices for eggs, cotton and milk kept farm income from f allinz lower. Washington - (DPD Near record feed grain production and a record supply of feed grams are in prospect for 1959-60, the Agriculture De partment' said today in a re view of, the livestock feed situation. A big corn crop of .more than 4,200,000,000 bushels is in prospect, nearly a billion bushels above the- 1953 - 57 average. Oat production, however, is expected to drop to about 1,000,000,000 bush els, the lowest in 20 years. Smaller crops of barley and sorghum grains also are ex pected. " The department estimated the total supply of feed grains and other concentrates for 1959-60 at 254.000.000 tons, 3 per cent above the 1958-59 record and nearly third higher than the 1953-57 average. : Washington - (UPD - Use of feed grain has been at a rec ord level in 1958-59, both in total and per grain-consum ing animal unit. The number of grain-consuming livestock on farms is expected to in crease moderately in 1959-60 Farmers, however, may not feed their animals as liberally as the very high rate of 1958- 59. Washington - (UPD - The Ag riculture department forecast today that retail prices of cereals and hakerv Tirodiiets will be 'slightly higher this year than in 1958 because' of increased processing and dis tribution costs. The department said civil ian per capita consumption of cereal food products in 1959 will be about the same as last year. "Washington - (UPD - The Ag ricultural Marketing Service predicted today that farm manpower in 1960 would be reasonably adequate unless industrial activities grabbed off too -many workers. The agency said farm em ployment, especially those using many seasonal work ers, should make an extra ef fort to employ domestic workers instead of foreign manpower. ' Foreign workers will con tinue to be available for seasonal farm work if needs cannot be met from domestic sources, the marketing serv ice said. Washington - (UPD - The Ag riculture Department an nounced today it would buy no more than about 500,000 pounds Of dried whole egg solids per week from now on in its program to stem a mar ket surplus. The department purchased 829,725 pounds of the dried whole egg solids this week, bringing to 9,779,475 pounds the total stock bought since the program began April 24. Washington (UPD- Hie Sen a t e Agriculture Committee begins hearings Aug. 13 on a controversial bill to exempt farm cooperatives from anti trust law provisions. The measure, approved earlier, was sent back to the committee by the Senate last week for further study. It, would permit farmer cooper atives "to acquire existing processing, marketing and handling facilities. , Washington -(UPD- The Sen ate has approved a bill to extend for two years the gov ernment's authority to make loans to refinance debts for enlarging or improving fam ily size farms. The bill was passed Wed nesday and sent to the House, which has voted' a slightly j different measure. Washington -4UPl- The Sen ate Foreign Relations Com mittee has approved a plan designed . to increase uses of U. S. food surpluses abroad. The bill, a watered - down version of the original "food for peace" proposal of Sen.' Hubert H. Humphrey (D Min.), would authorize $2, 000,000,000 worth of surplus es crop sales abroad each year in return for local currencies. Washington (UPD The Ag riculture Department today invited representatives of ma jor organizations interested in lamb and mutton grading GARDENING TIPS By DON BERRY County Extension Agent BORERS IN ORNAMENTALS Home owners who have any of the flowering stone fruits such as peaches, "cherries, plums or laurel hedges should treat now to control the peach root borer. . This insect is a clear winged moth which lays its eggs on the bark of the tree during late summer and early fall. The young larvae which hatches works its way down the trunk to ground level and bores into the tree under the bark. It spends the rest of the winter and early part of the summer feeding between the bark and the wood of the plant. When severe these bugs can girdle and kill the flow ering . stone f runV trees or laurel hedges. Two applications of DDT starting in mid-July will gen erally control this pest. The second application is due now. Use eight pounds 50 per cent DDT per 100 gallons of water, or one fourth pound in. three gallons. Soak the trunks and allow some of the spray to run into the soil and puddle at the base of the tree. For dusting! use 50 tier cent DDT either in a small duster or in a gunny sack. The sack containing the DDT can be slapped against all sides of the tree trunk and a little shaken around the base of the trunk. TOMATO PROBLEMS Each year we have consid erable complaints of. rots show ing up on the blossom end of the tomato. These black spots which occur opposite the stem end are due to irregular water ings. Tomatoes need regular watering during the dry sum mer months to grow high quality fruit. Also, the fruit of tomatoes has a high water content and requires consid erable moisture to mature properly. Where excessive drought occurs, leaf curling and rolling will also appear. Where the blossom end rot is occurring, anything to help maintain uniform sou mois ture conditions will help re duce this problem. Mulches of black polyethylene plastic or organic materials such as sawdust or grass clippings will help, along with the regu lar even water applications. LAWNS Brown spots on lawns this season are mostly due to lack of water, however in a few instances fungus disease prob lems are occurring. If brown spots are occurring it is best to check the soil moisture and make sure that the water is soaking well into these areas and not running off because of compact ground or an extra thick turf. It is a good idea for the housewife when sprinkling to measure the amount of water to a meeting at Kansas City on Aug. 2. Department officials will meet with the interested par ties to discuss revising stand ards for lamb and mutton to make them more useful to the industry. Washington (UPD The theme of the United States exhibit at the forthcoming fine foods exhibition at Co logne, Germany, would be "Quality Foods from Farms of America," the Agriculture De partment said today. The department said this country's exhibit would en able European tradesmen and consumers to become better acquainted with the quality and ready availability of U.S. agricultural products. Ames, Iowa - (UPD - More than 1,000 poultry scientists have concluded their annual meeting at which they heard papers on such subjects as the effect of radio music on hens and why customers buy more eggs when they are packaged in two-dozen cartons. The scientists, from the United States and a number of foreign countries, heard a total of 250 reports on poul try research. MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING with FROZEN SEMEN . FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE f being put on. This can be done by simply setting a square sided pan in the mid dle of the sprinkler area and watering until three inches of water are collected in the pan. Where adequate watering fails to green up brown spots. home owner should then consider treating for disease organisms. There are several organic mercury compounds available at the garden supply stores. These materials are poisonous so should be han dled exactly according to the directions on the package. CATERPILLAR TROUBLE Several different types of caterpillars are showing , up on shade and ornamental trees. These include the red humped caterpillar, fall web worms, etc. Nearly all of these types of caterpillars can be controlled with a thorough ap plication of a DDT spray. SCALE CONTROL Scale control on ornament al plants is sometimes prac ticed in early August. The cottony camellia scale, soft brown scale and lecanium scale which infest camellia, daphne, hydrangea, pyracan tha and holly can all be ef fectively controlled now. Added to the damage of the scale insects is the un sightly, black, sooty mold which develops on honeydew secreted by scale. Malathion is effective against scale. Two or three applications may be necessary for controlling heavy infesta tions. Thorough coverage is important to control all scale, especially those on the under side of the leaves. CANE CARE" , Care and training of trailing berries such as boysenberries, blackberries and loganberries should be continued even after harvest. Training the canes during August will give a six to eight week period for the new. canes to "harden off' on the wires before cold weather occurs. Although canes which are left on the ground are not as exposed and therefore are less subject to winter injury than the canes put up on the wires, many growers prefer to put the canes up after harvest. Cleaning out all of the. old canes and burning them will help to reduce the amount of leaf and cane spot disease in the field next year. Canes which have been put up on the wires in the fall may be sprayed with a bordeaux or fixed copper spray in the fall to prevent disease. Also, chemical weed control is easier to apply on canes which are already on wires. Blue Tongye Warning Issued All sheep owners and veteri narians in Oregon are warned to be on guard against possi ble appearance of blue tongue in sheep. The warning comes from Dr. L. E. -Bodenweiser, the state department of agricul ture's chief livestock sanitary official. He says that in two widely separated counties in the state a disease highly suspicious of blue tongue has appeared. Blood samples are being sub mitted to diagnostic labora tories for confirmation of the field diagnosis. State and local veterinari ans have the flocks under quarantine and supervision. Dr. Bodenweiser says ranch ers should look for these ear ly symptoms: swollen ears, swollen muzzle, sores in mouth, swelling of gums and lameness. The disease is most com monly transmitted by the "no- see-em . LONE RANGERETTES Hollywood -fl.?D- The Lone Ranger expressed some fear today that the next genera tion's cowboys may all be girls. He hopes not, but, he said, they're leading two to one in a contest to find the child who can yell the loud est: "Hi Yo Silver!" PROVIDES 1. PROMPT SERVICE 2. HIGH FIRST SERV ICE SETTLING RATE. 3. STRONG VIGOROUS CALVES 4. HIGH PRODUCING DAIRY HEIFERS 5. FAST GAINING BEEF ANIMALS ' SP 2-4093 C. C. Williams
