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Buy Lawn Seed Carefully OSC Specialist Suggests corvams Home owners hoping to save money when they seed their lawns this spring may find higher priced grass seed more of a bargain than seed with a low price tag, cautions Harold E. Fin nell, Oregon State college ex tension seed certification spe cialist. So-called "bargain" lots of seed often are sold at reduced prices. But if seed is cheap there's probably - a reason rpoor growth rate, a lot of weeds, a small - amount of pure grass seed, or perhaps it's a variety not adapted to the area. t Finnell urged buyers to be xtra careful about buying grass seed with much weed seed in it. He pointed out that a seed bag containing one quarter of one per cent (0.25) weeds - a relatively small amount-has enough to sow five' or more weeds per square foot. Compare Labels Buyers can compare labels on different lots of grass seed to make sure they're getting the bargain they think they are. he said. Labels are re quired" to tell percentage of pure seed, germination (growth) rate, percentage of weed seeds, other' crop seeds and inert matter. Some varieties of grasses grow better in shaded areas than in lawns where there is iiitle shade, Finnell explain ed, so it is w'se to ask tht seed dealer or county exten sion agent aboot the variety best for your lawn If "bargain" seed has a lot weeds or is not suited to your soil it will cost more in the long run than more ex pensive seed Finnell empha sized. MARKET NEWS FEDERAL-STATE MARKET NEWS SERVICE Red Bluff I.ivpstork Aiirtlnn Rpnnrt Tnpsdav. Feb. 23. I960 CATTLE: Salable 980. including around 250 calves. Practically entire aup atuLnci . aiiu iceuer classes, mm aiauguitrr luw uumijwaiiig less than 3- percent of the run. Auction - moderately active, slaughter cows insufficient to fully test market with limited sales steady to strong; stocker and feeder classes generally steady Bulk of suddIv of northern California orisin. Slaughter cows: Individual Utility and Commercial 900-1200 lbs. $15.00-17.90, few' head Utility and Standard $18.70-20.00, few head Canners and-Cutters $10.00-14.50.. Stocker and feeder steers: Several penlots and individual Good ' and Choice 350-520 lb. calves $27.00-30.30, mainly S29. 10-30.00. with a 35 head shipment 477 lb. weights to $30.90; several penlots 300-370 lb. calves $80.00-119.00 per head; few small lots and individual Common -and Medium 285-400 lb. calves SI 8.20-26.85. .- ' Several penlots and -invididual - Good and Choice o60-650 lb. - ii .-i - nr. ot in ' . on Ik . : w l eo: ea. nl,,,,nl , ZUl lilies 9.0U'I.IU, UUC iD L U J A 1U, WClguta .fMIU, 11IUH1U UOI Common and Medium 500-700 lbs. $18.00-24.00. Stocker and feeder heifers: Few penlots and individuals Good and ' Choica 390-504) lb. calves $25.10-26.00: 51 head shipment around - 375 lb. weights $103.00 per head; individual Common and Medium calves $18.00-24.50. Small lots Good and Choice 510-660 lb. - yearlings $24.10-25.30. small lot Medium 766 lbs. $21.00. Stock Cows: Couple loads Medium and Good $149.00 & 157.50 per head, small lots Uood $zuz.au per neaa. rew iois ivieaium ana Good with young calves at side $200.00-243.00 per pair. Replacement bulls: Few Medium and Good $240.00-300.00 per head. nubs: aaiaoie . ouppiy iiisuiuwicin iu iu mai ati. SHEEP: Salable none. Market untested. .y . Paul H. Lehigh . ;. . -- . Federal-State Market News Service Values of Soil Listed by OSC .. Corvallis Oregon farmers sent nearly 5,000 soil sam ples to the Oregon State Col lege soil testing laboratory for analysis last year, accord ing to Dr. L. A. Alban, soil scientist. The testing service tells a farmer how much fertilizer he needs to grow a particu lar crop on his soil. The standard $2.50 soil test shows acidity of soil, and need for lime, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Soil tests pay real divi dends, Alban said. If a farm er doesn't apply enough fer tilizer, he won't get maximum returns from what he does put on. But if .he applies more than 'j he j needs, he's spending money unnecessar ily. A soil test pinpoints the exact needs. Use Increased The number of farmers taking advantage of the soil testing service has increased steadily since the program began in 1953. Alban estim ates that 1960 will see more than 6,000 samples tested. He expects the number to reach 10,000 by 1963. "Farmers who want fertiliz er recommendations for the coming growing season should have soil tests made soon. Instructions for taking soil samples, and cartons in which to mail the soil are available at county extension offices. Urban home owners, as well as farmers, may take advantage of the soil testing service, Alban added. This year, the soil testing laboratory is starting a new policy of reducing the charge by 20 per cent when 25 or more samples are received by the lab at one time from one account during the "off sea son" period, Oct. 1 to Jan. 15. Six years of research at Purdue university have shown that corn silage can be fed with satisfactory re sults to bred sows or gilts during gestation. Winter is the best time to de-horn' cattle. MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING WITH FROZEN, SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE Performance (rate of gain) Tested Beef Sires Angus Charolais Horned Hereford Polled Hereford Santa Gertrudis Shorthorn Brahman Available Better Calves at No Extra Cost! C. C. Williams ; CALL SP 2-4093 ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE 2 MAIL TRIBUNI, Mfford, Or. B Thursday, Feb. 25, 1960 Seven Oaks Farm Takes Reserve, Grand Champion . Pendleton - Seven Oaks farm, Central Point, exhibited the champion and the reserve champion-bulls at last Thurs day's Oregon Hereford asso ciation blue tag sale at Pen dleton, it was announced. This is the first time in the history of the show and sale that the same owner has had both champion and. reserve champion. Seven Oaks also had a first, place in the sum mer yearling class. Sale of the reserve champion set a new record sales high of $3, 500, show officials announced. Fields Hereford ranch, Cen tral Point, was another local exhibitor in the show. Don Bradshaw and John Bohnert of Seven Oaks farm were co exhibitors in the show ..and sale. . i New officers elected for. the Oregon Hereford association include Norman Jacobs, Mer rill, president, and Don Brad shaw, Central Point, new di rector. " Mrs. Don Bradshaw, Cen tral Point, won first place in the women's division and Mrs. Robert Field, Central Point, third in the women's division of the weight guessing contest. Farm Corporation Seen Beneficial Bismarck, N. D. (UPD-A cir cular distributed by the North Dakota Agricultural Experi ment Station indicates it might be a farmer's benefit to incorporate his holdings. There are seven benefits which might result from in corporation of the family- type farm. The liability would be lim ited to debts of the corpora tion only. Incorporation is a method of establishing mul tiple ownership. It is a means of transferring owner ship within the family.-' Benefits are possible under the Small Business Act. An employe of such a corpora tion, if he is also shareholder, may find additional benefits under retirement laws. It might become easier to get credit for such a corporation. Finally, the complete rec ords and reports which are a part of incorporation may help guide the farmer to more efficient operation of his holdings. The authors of the circular do not claim that incorpara tion would be beneficial to all farmers but it would aid some. CHIT CHAT By JOE COWLEY . Mail Tribune Farm Editor We rolled down the Main st. of Jacksonville, past the Beekman bank and the U. S. hotel, stopped and entered the old courthouse. We didn't stop long after leaving the courthouse. Afterall, there was nothing else really to see except some shabby buildings. We had come to Jacksonville to show some visitors from northern California the "Old West as she used to was." We had figured on spending about an hour in the museum, no more. We spent five hours there. As our friends ex amined each exhibit minutely, we discovered some new ones and some we hadn't appreciated, before. One of our guests. is a veteran newsman who has been all over, the country and has seen all, kinds of things. But the Jackson ville museum held him spellbound. After we had seen the wonderful gun collections, Indian relics and various pioneer exhibits, the town of Jacksonville, itself seemed an anti-climax. "What a pity the people don't fix up this town!", our friends remarked over and over as we drove out the main street. "Why this could be an other Virginia City!" And it could. It really could. But it's a little like the weather-everybody talks about it but no body does anything. Besides fixing up the more historical buildings the peo ple themselves should fix up their homes. Perhaps the banks, who always advertise they serve the Rogue valley, could set up special low rate loans. Perhaps those who have the paint, lumber, grass seed and flowers could help those who do not. Just a little con sistent effort could work wonders. Records show that to date 36356 persons have visited the museum since it opened July 10, 1950. During 1959 49,027 people viewed the historical exhibits. Suppose there were something to keep them in town. Each would spend at least a dollar. So during 1959 Jacksonville ' could have received $49,027 from tourist trade, at least. Don McNeil, Medford Chaiiber of Commerce manager, estimates about $5 per person is spent each day by a tour ist. Figuring tourists travel about three persons per car, or per visiting tourist family, what do you have? During the peak tourist month of August, for instance, 9,408 per sons visited the museum. Multiply that by $5 and what do you get? Land Bank Holds Meeting Here; Talks of Laws Why couldn't the Granges and other service clubs com bine and do the painting and fixing up required for these old buildings. Eagle Point Grange has always led the field in public service projects but we' haven't heard much from the Grangers of that area lately. Licenses In Salem Time has weaken ed much of the sting that used to attach to the state's bite of honey from Oregon's bee colonies. That is evident from re turns on more than 470 de linquent license notices mail ed to beekeepers in early January. Twenty years ago, when bee licenses were still a novel ty and it took a sales job to show the need of controlling deadly diseases, many returns brought wrath and damnation upon the state. Of 267 replies to the delin quent notices about one out of 50 chaws about "state red tape" and "not being able to keep a hive of bees in a free country without paying a li cense." One such writer prom ises to come to Salem "to tell it in person" if the letter isn't understandable. Of course, the "touristers" or "flat-landers" have to have something to keep them busy. How about a veteran miner conducting gold-panning expeditions in a nearby creek? Per haps a local movie house fixed up like an old trading post could show old westerns. The Beekman bank could be opened and put in operation. A mustached or bewhiskered clerk could weigh dummy gold samples and issue old bank notes to the tourists at a nominal charge. The old hotel, could command premium rates for staying overnight or longer. Maybe the old Jacksonville streetcar could be put in operation again. Other things to attract tourists could be pony express races, stagecoach rides etc. Anyway, this is a project which requires action. It's amazing where the money comes from and how much can be accumulated when , the right persons become interested. This paint up and fix up program would be something to do immediately. The more important restoration program as fostered by the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation here has to be on a long-range, gradual schedule. What we have in mind for Jacksonville is the type of project being carried out by the Phoenix Lions club for the Phoenix pioneer cemetery located behind the Southern Ore gon Livestock yard. Using a lot of muscle and a little money from such things as "White Elephant" sales the club has worked wonders, but still has a long way to go. As a follow up to our interview with Harold White, Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station superintendent, we were handed an editorial clipping from Pendleton's East Oregonian by the boss. This editorial points out that perhaps only one person in 100 realizes the importance of the re search program carried out by Oregon State college and the various branch experiment stations. And what is more unusual the eastern Oregon wheat country newspaper points to Henry Hartman's work with pears as an example of the outstanding research work being done. We agree his work has been and is outstanding, but it would seem more natural for a newspaper in a wheat area to use agronomy experimentation as an example. The East Oregonian quotes from the OSC student news paper. It tells of his work with special rot prevention wraps and development of new shipping techniques "that put Ore gon pears on eastern fruit markets and put the state pear industry on its feet in the 1930's." - "At the dedication of a new branch experiment station near Medford last year we talked with Mr. Hartman about the work he was doing on pear decline. He was making substantial progress. He had about come to the conclusion that too much fertilizer and water were the basic contributors to pear decline." " "We had a greater appreciation of the importance of the work Oregon State college is doing in agricultural-research after we'd heard glowing praise heaped upon Mr. Hartman and the college by men in the pear industry." And remember, the department of agriculture reports that a study has revealed that: "Newspapers are the best medium for food advertising, and for marketing information ...Make Extra Dollars with df ELEPHANT BRAND - - - because each bushel, ton. crate or bale of crop costs you less to grow. Elephant Brand fertilizers give you L.P.C Lower Production Cost per unit and extra profit. Your Elephant Brand dealer is the man to see. His know ledge and advice will be fealiy valuable to you. Contact -him soon. IT PAYS TO CHOOSE FfOU THE ELEPHANT BRAND UNE 11 48-0 13-39-0 16-48-0 I 16-20 23 23 O 24-20-0 2MM I 8-32-16 I 10-30-10 I 13-13-13 I 14-M-7 NITRAPRILIS AMMONIUM SULPHATE TRIPLE SUPER PHOSPHATE . 'LOWER PRODUCTION COST per vitjr water ooiufeto ?"VI " ALI FO SLWHANT aOAMO FCRTtLfZUK. BALFOUR WMK CO.. LIMITED. SAN FRANCISCO - LO ANCCt.ES - SEATTLE ranum - CMR1ME . Strand ILIZERS New Leathercraft Project Readied Corvallis-Spoon and tracer, light wood mallet, striking stick, thronging chisel, lacing needles. These are tools of a new 4-H club leathercraft "trade", offered for the first time to youths in all Oregon counties. The leathercraft project has been developed by 4-H leath ercraft leaders in cooperation with the state 4-H office to help boys and girls learn about selection and care of leather, to develop skills in fashioning it into useful ar ticles, and to provide special opportunities for physically handicapped youngsters to take part in the 4-H program. Youths will learn , leather -from the animal to the com pleted article, according to Burton Hutton, state 4-H ex tension leader, Oregon State college. Valuable .assistance in the development of this project has come from committees of volunteer 4-H leaders. Some of these functioned at the an nual state 4-H Leaders Con ference in Corvallis." Federal Land Bank associa tion of Medford held its an nual membership meeting Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the Gold Hill Grange hall at Gold Hill. About 70 farmer and rancher members from Jackson and Josephine counties attended the meeting. Highlight of the meeting was a discussion by M. J. Car ter, chief reviewing apprais er for The Federal Land Bank of Spokane. Although the cost of mon ey to The Federal Land Bank of Spokane reached an all time high at the end of 1959, the bank was able to maintain an uninterrupted flow of sound, economical credit to Pacific Northwest agriculture, Mr. Carter said. Carter told the annual meet ing that "tight money" is one of the economic conditions which the cooperative land bank system was established to combat for the nation's ag ricultural industry. "The system was created back in 1917 to assist farmers and stockmen by maintaining for them, on a cooperative ba sis, a uniform and uninter rupted supply of sound, long term credit at the lowest cost consistent with sound business practices," said Carter. The speaker said Northwest farmers and stockmen used the facilities of their land bank system to provide them selves with $46,682,000 of credit in 1959, an increase of $8,605,000 over the preceding calendar year. On December 31, 1959, the bank's outstand ing loan account stood at $183,836,000, a new all-time high. The bank's capital stock, all owned by 65 Federal Land Bank Associations in the Spo kane district, reached $10, 369,000 at the end of 1959. Its earned net worth and re serve for losses increased to $16,640,000. "This strong financial posi tion has greatly assisted the bank in meeting the problems created by the high cost of borrowed funds," Carter said. History Reviewed Land bank service was ex tended to farmers and ranch ers in Alaska in 1959 for the first time, according to the bank official. At the year's end, 16 loans for $328,900 had been closed in the 49th state, largely in the Matanuska Val ley near Palmer. He said the five-state district (Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska), now served by the Spokane bank, is the larg est land bank district in the system. Mr. Carter told of the Farm Credit Act of 1959, a law en acted to provide greater and more effective credit service to agriculture. Under this leg islation, he said, the primary responsibility for making loan appraisals was transferred from the Farm Credit admin istration, a agency of the Unit ed States government, to the land banks, thus permitting the banks and their stockhold ers, the local Federal Land Bank associations, to perform the whole lending operation. This legislation, which be came effective Dec. 31, 1959, also changed the name "Na tional Farm Loan Associa tion" to "Federal Land Bank Association;" changed the ti tle of association "secretary treasurer" to "manager" and removed the $200,000 loan limit, Carter said. Jack Mace, of Vancouver, Washington, Federal Land Bank forester, made some re marks regarding the new Fed eral Land Bank policy of in cluding timber value on Fed eral Land Bank loans. F. E. Bowman, manager of the Federal Land Bank asso ciation of Medford, told the group that the association made 17 loans, for $132,400, during 1959. Directors Elected Association members elect ed Oliver H. Roundtree of Wil liams and William Clair Hig inbotham of Central Point to three-year terms on the board of directors. Holdover direc tors are J. W. Bigham of Ea gle Point. A. L. Straus of Gold Hill, and A. E. Stevens of Phoenix. A group of accordion num bers was presented by the Goehring sisters of Eagle Point, Bonnie Lu, Vonnie Lee, and Connie Rae. Glenn Klein, 4-H Club Agent, and a group of 4-H club members, showed slides of the 1959 Centennial Wagon Train trip from Jack sonville to Corvallis. Dinner was served at noon on food. The printed word can be read, reread, clipped and filed. And for ' some reason or other, it commands more authority than casual statements on radio and televsion." by the home economics club of the Gold Hill Grange. Winter pasture, such as bluegrass, brome, fescue, rye or wheat supplies excellent feed for ewes during the fall and winter. YOU DON'T NEED A CLUTCD JUST A LIGHT FINGER TOUCH! FORD SELEC7-0-SPEED AIL-PURPOSE TRACTORS Hydraulic power does the actual shifting, but it's controlled by this handy lever under the steering wheel. Now, for the first time you can shift on-the-go to any speed you want, any power you need, by a simple touch of your finger! Ford Ail-Purpose Select-O-Speed tractors give finger-tip, clutchless shifting to any of 10 forward and 2 reverse speeds so you can match pull-power and speed exactly, instantly, to changing field conditions. And with Ford's new independent PTO, you engage or dis engage the PTO shaft on-the-go, &t any time. Come in and test drive a Ford All-Purpose Select-O-Speed tractor today see what it can do for you! ii uiimii Available in either Diesel or Gas Models Deaver Tractor AND IMPLEMENT COMPANY "Your Ford Tractor Dealer Since 1941" 634 North Central Phone SP 2-6425 ' 1 m,-. "CYPREX IS OUR MOST ECONOMICAL FUNGICIDE" Growers report "better control, less cidlage, less down-grading as a result of using new scab rtrol chemical Gilkerson & Fletcher, Box 79, Route 2, Hood River, Oregon have 40 acres in pears. One 9-acre block . of d'Anjous and Bartletts inter planted has a history of more scab on one side of the drive. In 1959 they used three Cyprex sprays there and three sprays of other fungicides on the rest of the block. Timing was at pink, about 30 bloom and calyx. "On May 4th,"says Gordon Gil kerson, "the non-Cyprex trees had leaf scab so we put Cyprex on them. This stopped the scab. At picking time there was less than Vz of 1 scab in the straight Cy prex compared to about llA in the rest of the block. Fruit finish was better on the straight Cyprex and the trees had a better appear ance. There was no difference in fruit set." On a few trees Gilkerson and Fletcher used Cyprex in two sprays and another fungicide in the last spray. These trees had more scab at picking time than where three Cyprex sprays were applied. "So that last Cyprex spray was important," says Mr. Gilkerson. Weather favorable to scab "Just before picking time there was plenty of scab in all except our straight Cyprex block. Even under weather conditions last, spring favorable to scab develop ment Cyprex did the job." The dosage used was lb. in 100 gal lons of water and 800 gallons per acre. "In view of better control, less cullage and less down-grading, Cyprex is our most economical scab fungicide. It gets the job done. Cyprex is nicer to handle, Gordon Gilkerson (left) and Harold Fletcher check result obtained with Cyprex fungicide. does not irritate your skin like some fungicides do. In 1960 we -will use Cyprex for scab control on all our pears." How Cyprex works to give long-term protection PLUS eradication Cyprex is an entirely new fungicide chemical that has proved its value in hundreds of tests over a 5-year period. It works as a protectant and an eradi cant in control of scab fungus. It is equally effective against apple scab and pear scab and also controls cherry leaf spot Applied as a standard spray, it spreads a tough fungicidal barrier on . leaves and f rait that gives top scab con trol even through heavy rains. Cyprex has built-in spreader-sticker action. Some Cyprex actually "moves around" during rains to cover adjoining new growth, while the original tissue re mains protected. Cyprex penetrates throughout the leaf where it works from the inside out killing scab spores that land. This is called local-systemic-action. Even when Cyprex is sprayed after scab infection begins and spores begin to germinate, Cyprex can knock out the infection inside the leaf. The spray also has deposited a protectant covering on the leaf. The next time it rains, this stick-tight fungicide will be ready to knock out new spores before they penetrate. No fungicide in common use can give you the protection, plus extra-long eradicant action, you get with Cyprex. Cyprex is compatible with most com monly used insecticides and other f un . gicides. It's non-caustic, low in toxicity to orchard workers. All the extra advantages yon get with Cyprex give you that margin of control that can make the difference between fair and excellent crops. How ever, none of them eliminates the need for proper timing, good coverage, and a sound schedule. Consult your local agricultural ao thorities for further information. Or write for leaflet PE 5061, American Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Divi sion, Los Angeles 54, California. Cyprex is American Cyanamid Com pany's trade-mark for dodine fungicide. CYANAMID SERVES THE MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE CYPHEX865-W FUNGICIDE
