; MAIL TRIBUNE, MeSford, Or.
A Thursday, Oct. g, 159
Crater Launches
Fund Raising
, For FFA Chapter
? Central Point - Crater Fu
ture Farmers of America
chapter is launching its fund
raising projects for the new
school -year aimed at an an
nual chapter budget of S3,000.
i The chapter allocates $150
each year for a new chapter
tractor including a trade-in dn
the old tractor. Other money
goes for seed and materials
for the 15-acre chapter farm
adjoining the . school. -.Two
boys are sent to Kansas City
each year to attend the na
tional -FFA convention. Re
freshments for the. chapter
meetings also come out of this
budget. Other money goes to
the boys for gas and wages
for custom work done after
school hours.
I A ..big chunk of the money
goes to the annual parent-son
banquet which is attended by
as many as 400 persons.
j Money for the $3,000 an
nual budget comes fromcus
tome work. Last year the
chapter graded ' ttr e ' high
school baseball diamond and
various work for farmers and
town; gardeners. f This year
again the chapter plans to sell
Christmas "cards. About 400
boxes were sold one year. An
old school bus has been con
verted .into a portable con
cession stand for this year's
football games. Other money
comes from sale of grain from
the chapter farm. Each' chap
ter member also pays $2.50 in
dues of which the chapter re
receives $1. The rest goes to
the state an8 national organi
zations. ? . "
tions. . . j
; The chapter rents the trac
tor to- members for $1 .an
hour. A' fruit-vending machine
in the - school cafeteria pro
vides girther receipts. This
year ghapter' members Tod
- Caster and Russell Frink sold
$150 in advertising for a new
student directory sponsored
by the chapter. x
Farm Receipts
Trifle Ahead
0f 1958 Totals
TYirvallia rash sale Of
farm products. in Oregon last
year topped those of the pre
vious year, and latest esti
mates now place this year's
tptal cash farm receipts a
i ? el . ' f i - e .1
iruie aiieau tu. me sdiuc
months of 1958. J
; Oregon farmers took : in
close to $401 million from
cash Sales of farm products
in 1958, reports Mrs. Elvera
Horrell, extension agricultur
al economist at Oregon State
College. Reports from the U.S.
department of agriculture
show this tops the 1957 re
ceipts ,by about $8 million,
she said.
Including oter 1958 farm
income such as governmental
payments to farmers, value of
products used on the farm,
and rental value of farm
houses brings the 1958 gross
income figure to $453 million,
Mrs. Horrell added. This to
tals some $6 million over
1957.
ExpaniM High
; Farmers had to spend a lot
of this money for expenses,
n however. Mrs. Horrell pointed
out. Jhese production ex
penses nibbled away $dzi mil
lion last year. Taking these
operation expenses out of the
cross income, and taking into
account annual changes in
fn invontnripfl Oregon
laJiu " ' j -
farmers were estimated to
end up witi a $6 million boost
in their total net , farm m
fnmp over 1957.
s On a per-farm basis, farm
ers in the state averaged
S2.&1 in net farm income in
1958, compared to $2,497 in
19575
The first half of this year
farm incomes lagged behind
those of. 1958, Mrs. Horrell
said. However, July saw a
sudden spurt, in farm sales
and latest estimates place
1959 cash farm receipts in
Oregon a trifle ahead of the
same months in 1958.
J Marty Oregon farmers are
not getting in on this upsurge
of - farm income, however,
Mrs. Hot tell - empnasizea.
Growers of hogs, broilers, and
eggs are especially feeling the
effects of . lower prices, and
crop growers have also had
parts f the state.
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O For croduction of meat, for
age should be evaluated on
how much meat it will pro
duce, not how many tons of
forage per acre are produced
or how much total digestible
nufrients are produced per
acre, according to Kansas
State university.
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I Plant - poisoning occurs, in
.livestock during the early
spring -because some poison
ous plants become green be
fore normal pasture plants.
CHIT CHAT
, '' ' By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribuna Farm Editor
, Autumn means many things to many different people.
To some it is '. a dying" season, one of recession. To
others it is Mother nature's
multi-hued paint brush.; It's
paring for winter's long rest
hybernate in hollow trees, a
Autumn-, is like a gaily-colored patchwork quilt which
Nature spreads over the land as she prepares to pile on the
white comforter of snow, spread it over the ground and
tuck it around the trees in the high hills of southern Oregon.
In the woods soft, ' sloe-eyed fawns trail the does through
the woods,, bound over bright cold streams and occasionally
leap across roads and highways as cars screech to a stop
and a. youngster hollers, "Look, a little baby fawn with
his mother!" ,' : - -
'Down in the valley towns, blue wood smoke spirals up
through the pungent autumn 'air. Apples turn red and crisp
as they hang from the limbs. The shouts of youngsters play
ing seem to ring through, the sharp, clear autumn stillness.
Woodpeckers continue to punch-lines of holes in the village
church roof and to poke in their nuts for winter consump
tion. A bright-eyed squirrel -will pause at a tree, plumed
tail twitching nervously and cheeks well-filled with nuts,
quickly survey the scene for danger, then up the tree he
scampers to disappear into a hidden recess.
Squash in the neighbor's garden shows its yellow ripeness
under a canopy of green leaves. Tomatoes show a plump
redness on the vine. A fat, orange pumpkin shows itself
ready for the jack-o-l.antern or golden brown pie, whichever
way you cut it. ,
The pastures turn deep,
animals, rip off bunches of
steers lumber across a field
the stranger approaches. ' ', j
The grassy smell of turf newly wet from fall rains, the
tart taste of a not quite ripe apple, the sing of a cross-cut j
saw as a provident householder cuts his late fall and winter i
wood, the rosy-cheek touch of the keening fall breeze. You j
You can taste it, smell it, hear.it and feel it. It's Autumn, j
From the mail bag, we received a special report on a
farm family put out by a farm equipment, manufacturer.
The note with the photo-illustrated material stated, "the
public in general has a dual image of the farmer. A large
segment views the farmer, as' getting rich on a public dole
of subsidies. The rest sees the farmer as a failure unable
to make a living from his land for himself and family."
We know this opinion on subsidies to farmers may
apply, in eastern Oregon where the farmer makes a fat
living off the wheat lands.-But, in the Rogue valley where
the number r one crop is unsubsidized pears, followed by
other such non-supported items as peaches, dairy, beef and
seed crops few people hold this opinion. The fanners, the
general public sees are certainly not failures, but often
successful and efficient holders of various public positions,
also. : :. . . - ' '
-The Rogue valley pear crop has' been picked, according
to OSC estimates. High winds of; Sept. 17-18 reduced -winter
pear prospects, mainly, in the Eastern valley side. Another
main pear-producer Hood : River 4s about twcr.th.irds com
pleted. Pickers are finishing " up r on D'Ahjou pears in the
lower bailey there and are under way on this variety in the
upper valley. Picking of Newtown apples was about to start
in the lower valley orchards.- . -
Generally in the state, alfalfa. and red clover seed crops
harvesting was delayed hy wet weather. Heavy rains and
poor drying weather has cut down on the alfalfa seed crop
in Malheur county." Some red clover has been harvested in
western Oregon.
Hay prices are still up there. Wet fields and short offer
ings of dry material has kept
in the state's producing areas.
ing $30 to $32 a ton at bale piles. Most hay sales in the
Hermistdn-Echo-Stanfield . district have held at : $30 a ton.
Much of this hay is already sold or under contract.
Conservation reserve contracts are available until Oct.
16, according to the local ASC office. The sign-up deadline
has been extended to permit
rate according to a new law.
will, be determined now on the
yea r. Farmers must apply for
Oct 9.
October's the month for first frost, get garden stuff in
before lost, advises the Ford alumanac. This is the time
to dig tubers or-bulbs of dahlia, glads, cammas and any
other flowers not hardy; dry, then dust with sulfur so they
won't rot.
This is the time, also, to plant tulips, daffodils and snow
drops, the publication says. It also advises poultrymen to
get rid of their old hens and move in the pullets. However,
if the hens lay 50 per cent
pay if you have other quarters
The . FFA chapter in your area will help you do it. Fall
plow where erosion isn't a problem.
"Milk cows are still holding their own on Oregon farms
Over-all western figures show a gain. In spite of recent
milk price increases, the dairymen continue to cull closely
to get the- most from the smallest number. However, a
larger number of replacement
according to Stephen C. Marks, OSC extension agricultural
economist.
Building up the costs -,-are
wages (at a record high) and
alfalfa hay prices. Feed concentrates went up, also.
Egg prices seem encouraging to the worry-beset poultry-
man. Portland prices to producers , since mid-September
edged up 1 to 2 cents on double A extra large and large
sized, 3 to 4 cents on grade A large and 1 cent on mediums.
Smalls, however, held unchanged at 18 to 21 Vt cents , a
dozen. . "
' Farmers may not believe this but both farmers and non
farmers set a new record in 1958 in personal income. Ore-
gonians" received an average
cent over the previous figure.
up at the same rate which means we didn't really have more
buying power., .
Old Ez sez, an overly ambitious person is like an old
fashioned stove. It's full of fire but get too close and you
are burned.
Jim Colby, Davenport, Iowa, president of the National
Farm Editors association has an interesting trip ahead of
him. He is a member of the secretary of agriculture's party
touring Europe. He is well along on his tour, which includes
stops in Poland, Yugoslavia, Russia, West Germany, Finland,
Sweden and Norway. We hope the monthly NFEA news
letter which he edits contains a lot of "meaty", information
on this trip. He owes us an exchange article, anyway. - ,
Jim reports a bumper corn crop there. Dry weather has
cut the yield in a few areas, but there are the exception, he
says. Bob Kellum of the Indianapolis Star says Indiana has
a bumper corn crop in the making, too. Latest USD A est
mate is 65 bushels an acre for the state, a record.' Indiana
produced 63 bushels in 1958. ...
"An Indiana farmers' committee proposes that 70 million
acres be taken. out of production to trim the base, on. farm
products and get the prices up. If this is done acreage taken
tut of crop production should be placed in a glorified soil
bank for planting any research crops the USDA may des
ignate, according to suggestions. ,
one last sweep of her bright
a season of change, of pre
for the furry animals who must
log, burrow or cave. '. '
lush green as cows and beef
grass. Chunky young Hereford
like hefty football players "as
the alfalfa hay trade slow
At Madras growers are get-
adjustments in the payment
Basic annual rates for 1960
same basis as for the current
establishing basic rates by
or better keeping them will
for them. Collect soil samples.
heifers were kept for milk,
. ,
poor pasture, higher farm
.a 47 - per cent increase in
increase per person of 2 per
However, retail prices went
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This design proves that a
small house can be livable,
enjoyable and serve the re
quirements . of eithei- a small
family or a retired couple.
This is a home that has all
the facilities that help make
life easy, - .
The large living room . ap
pears even larger because of
the dining ell. The large glass
sliding doors which open to
the covered patio give an il
lusion of enlarging interior
dimensions."
JJoth bedrooms have cross
ventilation and shoulder-high
sliding windows which pro
vide additional wall space' for
furniture placement. -
Because of the offset of the
garage door, an entry closet
could be built next to the fire
place. ; '' " ' ' ;
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partitioned water closet, pull
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October
For Bulb Planting
By J.. VERNON MARSHALL
For Rogue Valley '
Nurserymen and - Growers
October - The best month
of the three fall months for
planting fall bulbs. While you
are at it buy a few choice
bulbs. Have beautiful . spring
flowers and winter house
flowers, .too, by preparing
some for forcing. Nothing
will brighten a winter's day
better than flowers on your
window sill, grown from
bulbs.
If you have never grown
the hardier spring" bulbs in
pots, start with a few. Bulbs
potted for the house must
spend a cool weather period
growing a set of roots to sup
port flowers later on. The
ideal temperature range for
such root growth is between
34 degrees and 40 degrees.
Freezing will not harm root
nor bulb, but the growth will
stop until temperatures rise
again. Potted bulbs should
spend from six to eight weeks
in a cool, dark protected
place, covered in the garden
or under sawdust,-there the
roots can develop while the
top growth remains dormant.
Bring Bulbs Indoors - -
Then, when the bulbs are
brought into. - warmth and
light, the tops will start to
grow. These bulbs may be
brought in,, starting from the
middle of November, all
through the winter, for house
forcing. The change in tem
perature, if it can be control
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Home for Living
cessible from either the ser
vice area or bedroom hall -making
a second bath unne
cessary. . 'i ... .
Wall-hung cabinets have
been placed above the washer
and laundry tray in the ser
vice area.
The stylishly handsome
kitchen is well lighted and
contains the newest built-ins,
a large eating area for infor
mal family meals' and more
than ample storage drawers
and shelves. . . .. .' -
The door has been offset in
the oversized garage - to provide-
a storage area along the
wall next to the living room
and there is . space ayailable
for a workshop in the rear. If
yours is a two-car family, the
garage can be enlarged dur
ing construction ; to ' provide
the necessary additional
space. A door, leadsfrom the
garage to the covered patidV
The home is amply and ecof
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led, should be gradual, 50 de
grees to 60 degrees, for two
or three weeks. After bring- j
ing them indoors this should
be 60 degrees or higher, if, ne
cessary, to bring buds ito
flower. ' : 1
These bulbs will adjust
themselves to a wide range of
growing conditions indoors.
For best flowering they must
have at least three or four
hours of direct sun. Also, re
member, for indoor flower
ing, always buy top - size
bulbs, for tulips; - each ; will
yield one large blossom., The
same is trueA of ; hyacinths,,
which can be bought in jum
bo sizes.'; " '
For good indoor culture,
use the garden types.. In tu
lips they include, Bartigoh
(red), Aristocrat (pink), Gold-
en Age (yellow), the Bishop
(purple), Fantaey (pink), Or-1
ange Favorite, a good orange
parrot tulip. There are lots of!
good garden types in white,
also. In Hyacinths, La-Vic
toria (red). City of Haarlem
(yellow), Pink Pearl, and In
nocence which is a beautiful
creamy white. For Daffodils,
King Alfred is still one of the
favorite yellow trumpets, get
double nose "bulbs, plant
about three bulbs in 6'V pots.
If you follow this procedure,
you may , have flowers or
green growing foliage in the
house all winter. Use ordi
nary garden soil. : Mix with
peat moss or compost. 'r.j
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nomically heated by one of
the newest designed wall
heaters which should not be
confused with those available
only a few years ago.
The brick planter and ve
neer compliments the front
board and batten exterior. Ce
dar shingles are used for roof
ing. ,--
Complete working drawings of
the above plan can be obtained at
a cost of $7.50 for the first set and
S3 for each additional set, when
oraerea n wtr same time. This I
plan will be available for a period
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A FULL LINE OF SEED GRAINS:
.Wheat, Oats, Barley; also Rye, Vetch, Peas, Clovers,
Alfalfas, Grasses, and Pasture mixes.
LAWNS:
Fall is the best time to plant
a new lawn or reseed an old
one. We have everything you
need to plant a. fall lawn in
cluding seed, fertilizers,
spreaders and all the garden Jr
tools. '
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HIGHWAY 99 IN,. CENTRAL POINT .
; Phone NO 4-1261 or SP 3-4022
By. DON BERRY -
County- Extension' Agent
TOMATOES
Home owners are reminded
tomatoes will ripen better if
some foliage is removed from
plants having heavy growth.
Where frosts, threaten, to
matoes starting " t6 change
color may be picked and tak
en inside , where room tem
peratures "and average light
will finish the ripening pro
cess. Whole plants may be
pulled and hung up in a' gar
age or other frost-free places.
Before heavy fall frosts,
pumpkins and squash should
be cut from the vines "and al
lowed to mature. Leaving a.
short stem on each specimen!
will aid in handling. Warm,
dry places with plenty of air
circulation will harden outer
surfaces.
Squash and pumpkins
should be handled carefully
to avoid injuries since these
cause decay. All other fruits
and vegetables in : storage
should also be checked occas
ionally for rots or decays.
Any produce showing signs
of breakdown should be. re
moved and buried: or burned.
INSECT PESTS IN HOMES
j which normally live outdoors
! and migrate into homes dur
I ing "the fall months. While
these seldom cause trouble
they are very annoying to the
home owner. These ' include
Box Elder bugs, grass bugs
and clover mites.
The Box Elder bug, or
Maple bug. is known to every
one as a flat, gray-brown to
black oval-shaped insect with
conspicuous red lines on its
back, the underneath side be
ing a bright red. The grass
bug is a closely related insect,
a little smaller in size, being
a tannish to brownish color
and lacking the red markings.
These insects normally feed
on plants, and move into the
homes during the fall months
for hibernation. They are not
injurious ' to either man or
home furnishings and seldom
need control other than re
moval from the premises.
Strong applications of Chlor-
of four months from this date.
Please allow two - weeks for de
livery. If the above home does not
entirely meet with your satisfac
tion, a new home' plan book,
Homes for Living, may be pur
chased or SI. Send all orders for
either plans or books to Hiawatha
Estes, P. O. Box 404-T, Xorthridge
Calif. , 7
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(Mil
or
sprays are effective in killing
these ests but since contin
ual migration takes place
during the fall, repeated ap
plications would be. needed
both inside and outside of the
home in order to prevent en
trance by these pests.
Clover Mite Pest'
Another insect pest is' the
clover . mite which occasion
ally invades home during the
summer or . fall. These are
tiny red-orange insects which
move with great rapidity for
their small size. Like the Box
Elder, or Maple bugs, these
are iot considered injurious
to house hold furnishings.
Since they come in from the
outside, control measures con
sist of spraying the outside
of the home and yard with!
Malathion, Kelthane. or Dia-!
zinon. . , !
After the first few hard
fall frosts, most of these in
sects get settled in their hi
bernation places such as un
occupied buildings, under
sheds and trash and the mi
gration season ends so the
home owner-, .is- no longer
bothered by' the entrance of
these pests:
SPRAY ARBORVITAE '
Arborvitae should be
sprayed as soon as possible for
the control of Berckman's
dane . or Dieldrin dusts
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Nothing is better for
than a good compost. We have a conjposted
chicken manure, several years old, that will
do a world of good applied this fall. The ma
terial comes in a plastic bag about 45 (3
pounds,, for $1.15. Especially on soils tiat
need humus, this will make a real differ
ence in your shrubs and in your garden.
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For everything in fertilizers, too Gypsum,
Superphosphate, Nitrogen fertilizer and
complete fertilizer mixes also NH-3 liquid
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anhzydrous ammonia.
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blight. "This blight is" a fungus '
disease which spreads during -,
the fall rains but doe?ot ap- -pear
to ..effect . the Arborvitae..,,
until Vhe following spring or
summei at which time it
causes the browning and un
sightly appearance of the fo
liage. -.. . r . . j.,
- Recommended controls con-'
sist of spraying with a fixed
copper.. There are a number
of commercial brands of fixed
coppers and any of, them ?
would be satisfactory in con
trolling Tt his disease. 'Six -
pounds to 100 gallons should ,
be used or if you are using a
small hand sprayer, use V
pound in 3 gallons. Be sure to
thoroughly soak the plant.
VEGETABLE" STORAGE
Proper storage of garden
products wrill prolong their
supply for" table use through
most of the winter period.
While different vegetables
require different tempera-
tues and humidities, for best
storage they can all be stored
together with fair results if
proper storage conditions are
used.' The storage room must
be dry and the temperature
should be kept above freez
ing. Good ventilatign will sup
ply proper humidity. If vege
tables become frozen ' they
should notbe handled until
completely thawed." : ' - t
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