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VINTXR GRANDEUR Lloa rock "with believes not enough people witness the ,
Mt. Thielsen in the distance are framed in winter grandeur of the park, where snow-
snov-corered trees along the rim of Crater fall averages 8 to 9 feet of snow.
litt. fark Superintendent Otto M. Brown
Winter Grandeur
national Park
Wifatssed by Few
Th -rinter grandeur of Cra
ter Lake National park is wit
nessed by too few people, ac
cording to Superintendent Ot
tg M. Brown.
Highway 62, leading
through the park, and the park
road to Rim Village are kept
open throughout the year ex
cept for a few hours following
heavy storms.
Iven in this mild winter,
snov at park headquarters
n at Rim village averages
8 to I feet and has formed
deep drifts in places, Brown
noted. The giant drift in front
of Crater Lake lodge may
completely overwhelm the
building during an average
winter rhen snowfall totals
50 feet.
Iqpari SiievfaH
The winter of 1932-33
brought a record snowfall of
over 73 feet. However, re
corded depths on the ground
at the National Park Service
gage have never exceeded 18
feet and S inches.
Brovn explained that while
th rod is open to the rim of
Crater lake, the '"warming
hut," aarving light refresh
ments, is open only on week
t'nus una uuuudys UUIU UlC
first week in April, after
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which it will be open daily
For visitor enjoyment, a path
is maintained to a viewpoint
where one may look down into
Crater lake and see Wizard
island.
The deep blue of the lake
provides a striking contrast
with the snowy-white caldera
walls, Brown explained. For
skiers, the national park serv
ice provides two ski trails
from Rim village to park
headquarters. All visitors are
welcome at the headquarters
building which is open daily
from 8 ajn. to noon and 1 to
5 p.m.
Slate Ag Dept.
Not in Wages Field
Salem-The state department
of agriculture has nothing to
do with setting farm wage
rates, either hourly or for
: piece work.
Rumors have come to the
department at Salem that con
tracts being offered by a farm
labor association call for wage
- payments "in accordance with
the provisions set forth by
; the department of agricul
ture . . ." Some farmers have
come away from meetings
with the idea that the state
department of agrciulture es
tablishes farm wages, which
is not correct.
Tbe contracts with this
wording cover 1960 harvest
season farm workers.
P. FOR PATRICK
o New York-UPD-Police de
partment special order 63
. was signed with the usual
"Stephen P. Kennedy, police
. coramissioner." Special order
- 64, outlining police assign
; ments for today's St. Patrick's
' Day parade, was signed "Ste
phen Patrick Kennedy."
B Thursday, March 17. 1960
Vegetable
Handling
Vegetable varieties, their
care and handling, were dis
cussed during a meeting of
about 25 vegetable growers
of the Rogue valley Friday in
the county courthouse audi
torium. Main speakers were Andy
Duncan, Oregon State college
vegetable specialist, and Gar
vin Crabtree, assistant profes
sor of horticulture, OSC.
Duncan outlined new equip
ment now on the market and
new methods for handling
vegetables. At Ontario, for in
stance, one of the state's onion
centers, growers have found
handling onions by hand in
sacks results in quite a high
loss. Half pallet boxes with
one side open proved more
efficient since the onions were
not apt to be bounced. The
pallet type of tote bin proved
fair.
New Chemicals Outlined
Crabtree outlined the new
chemicals and gave their rec
ommendations. Cyanate and
Randox have proved effective
for onions. Atrazine has prov
ed effective for sweet corn,
carrots and root crops. Vege-
dex has been recommended
for squash and Dinitro for
winter squash.
Louis Gentner, entomologist
for the Southern Oregon
Branch Experiment station,
noted that the vegetable grow
ers have many different
things to look out for now
that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is taking a
closer look at weedicides and
insecticides being used on
Colored Movie
Ready for Groups
Salem The state depart
ment of agriculture's new 20
minute colored movie, "On
Guard," is available for show
ing before agricultural, civic
or other interested organiza
tions. The film depicts the opera
tions of the department in the
livestock field and includes
about ten minutes on the new
state meat inspection program.
Filming, editing and narra
tion were done by the depart
ment. This is the first of a series
of department films under
taken by Frank McKennon,
director, to "let the public
know more fully what we are
doing here and the scope of
our work."
Any group interested in
scheduling the film for show
ing should contact or. write:
state department of agricul
ture, information office, Sal
em, Ore.
ASK 'COURIER' TRANSFER
Washington - (UPD-Sen. Gor
don Allott (R-Colo.) Wednes
day proposed that the radio
broadcast ship "Courier" be
transferred from the Mediter
ranean to the Caribbean to
beam Voice of America news
into Cuba.
Miami-(UPD-One man was
killed and three injured Wed
nesday when a steam conden
ser tank aboard the 533-foot
Norwegian tanker Artemis exploded.
if
Varieties,
Discussed
crops. Gentner said he doesn t
know what the final action
will be.
He noted resistance to many
chemical materials which had
been effective before. Pests
such as the onion maggot in
the Pacific Northwest have be
come resistant to chlorinated
hydrocarbon materials such as
Chlordane Heptachlor.
Authorities are now recom
mending organic phosphate
materials in granular form
as furrow treatment. Ethion,
Trithion and Guthion have
given good control, Gentner
said. However, some of these
chemicals under some condi
tions have reduced the stand
of onions, he noted.
Entomologists in the state
of Washington have tried
everything they could think of
to control cabbage maggots
this year without success,
Gentner said he learned at the
Pacific Northwest Vegetable
Insect conference.
"One of the. things we have
to face is that materials which
may work this year may fail
us next year," the entomolo
gist noted. "Resistance is
building up very rapidly."
He pointed out that Hepta
chlor has been used in Mon
tana unsuccessfully for onion
maggot control. He urged
farmers always follow the di
rections on the label in apply
ing chemicals to avoid trouble
with the USDA. Such direc
tions may prescribe only fur-
r o w treatment, application
only up to a certain time be
fore harvest so no residue will
remain on the harvested crops.
Onion Recommended
A recommended type of on
ion for western Oregon is the
Oregon Yellow Globe Dan
vers, a storage type, said John
Yungen, agronomist at the
Southern Oregon Branch Ex
periment station. A bunching
type is the Beltsville bunching
or the White Portugal.
Results of the 1959 tomato
variety trial at the Southern
Oregon Branch Experiment
station at the Hanley farm
show 395 MT in plot No. 23 as
the most outstanding tomato
in the variety trial, Yungen
noted. It yielded well and the
fruit was round, very smooth
and of medium to large size.
Although vines were open
arid the tomatoes easy to pick,
little or no sunburning oc
curred. This type matures me
dium early,
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For
Short Takes Over
State Ag Dept.
From McKennon
Salem-Frank McKennon, di
rector of the state department
of agriculture since January,
1959, will retire April 1 and
will be succeeded by J. F.
Short, who held the post from
November, 1954 to March,
1957. The announcement was
made March 9 by Gov. Mark
O. Hatfield.
In accepting McKennon's
resignation, Governor Hat
field lauded his administration
of the department and said
"Oregon agriculture is the
greater" for his services. For
25 years he has played a lead
ing role in the department
programs, or since his appoint
ment as plant division chief
in 1935 by Solon T. White.
McKennon reached 70 last
fall. He will remain on until
July 1 in an advisory capacity
in connection with budget and
legislative programs now un
der way.
Of Jim Short's appoint
ment, the Governor said: "We
have an experienced adminis
trator of the department, a
former legislator and a man
with a wide variety of agri
cultural experience. I am de
lighted he has responded to
the call to return to the de
partment". Both men are widely known
throughout the state, and
both have farms near Salem.
McKennon raises sheep. Short
lives on a 250-acre farm and
also owns US' acres of proc
essing crop land near the
home place.
Both men first came to the
department from east of the
mountains, Short from a long
ranching and business experi
ence near Redmond and Mc
Kennon from the Imbler area
of Union county. Short dis
posed of his extensive Des
chutes Grain and Feed Com
pany holdings in 1946 and
of his beef-sheep, potato-seed
ranches in central Oregon
when the late Governor Paul
L. Patterson appointed him di
rector of agriculture upon the
resignation of E. L. Peterson.
Short has been active in
many farm associations and
organizations and civic activi
ties. He has engaged in a
ranch real estate business in
Salem since leaving the de
partment in 1957.
By an unusual coincidence,
both these men will have
twice occupied the director's
post. McKennon was interim
director-along with holding
the plant division post-in 1957
between Short's resignation in
March and R. J. Steward's
succession in May of that year
following earlier appointment
by then Gov. Robert D.
Holmes.
BUY LAWN SEED
CAREFULLY
Home owners hoping to
have 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.
Bent grasses are not recom
mended for Jackson county.
This is a weedy type of grass.
It takes over the lawn in the
winter and dies in the sum
mer. Those which can be
used separately or in combi
nations are Kentucky blue
grass, Marion blue grass, red
creeping fescue or chewing
fescue.
So-called "bargain" lots of
seed often are sold at reduced
prices. But if seed is cheap
there's probably a reason -poor
growth rate, lot of
weeds, a small amount of pure
grass seed, or perhaps its a
variety not adapted to the
area. '
Buyers can compare labels
on different lots of grass seed
to make sure they're getting
the bargain they think they
are. Labels are required to
tell percentage of pure seed,
germination (growth) rate,
percentage of weed seeds,
other crop seeds and inert
matter. It is best to ask the
seed dealer or county exten
sion agent about the variety
best for your lawn.
John Marshall, who died in
1835, was Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court for 34 years.
1 DOWPON . . .
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Problem grasses choke out crops, reduce yields, make extra
cultivating work! Clean up your fields with Dowpon. It's
more economical . . . more effective . . . kills grasses, roots
and all . . . reduces regrowth problems. Will not injure grazing
livestock if accidentally eaten. Apply in spring or fall before
planting, or as a selective spray, or as spot treatment on certain
crops.
Come in for your free sample. Enough Dowpon to spray 225'
sq. ft. of problem grass.
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GARDENING TIPS
By DON BERRY
County Extension Agent
MOLE CONTROL
The common mole can be
controlled whenever it is ac
tive. Moles have been quite
active this year with the drier
soil conditions which have
prevailed.
The "scissor-jaw" type trap
does well, according to Mar
ion County Extension Agent.
The largest sizes seem to be
more effective.
Several techniques in set
ting the scissor-jaw trap must
be used for good results. After
the main runway is found -on
a line between two mounds
or at the mound dig a hole
down to it for the trap to sit
in. Fit the trap in position
squarely straddling the run
way. Be sure no part of the
trap is in the runway.
Pack Soil Firmly
Next, pack the soil firmly
under the trigger so the mole
must work through it and
"spring" the trap. After the
trap is set, fill the hole and
cover the trap with loose soil
to exclude all light.
While the scissor-jaw trap
is usually most effective, vege
table and grain baits treated
with thallium sulfate have
been successful in some areas.
These ready-to-use baits, as
well as the traps, are avail
able at hardware, farm and
garden supply stores.
When setting traps or plac
ing baits, the deeper runways
should be used. The shallow
surface runways, where the
mole pushes up the soil, are
seldom used more than once.
ON PLANTING
ORNAMENTALS
Before planting ornament-
FHA Families
Hold Series of
Loan Meetings
Some of the farm families
using Farmers Home admin
istration credit in Jackson
and Josephine counties have
completed a series of individ
ual meetings with Eugene M.
Denney, the agency's county
supervisor, to take a look at
their 1959 operations and to
make 1960 plans, it wag re
ported. One of the results of this
annual review is to encourage
the carrying out of farm im
provement practices which in
clude improved breeding of
livestock, D.H.I.A. milk test
ing, production of more rough
age for feed and soil testing
for fertilizer application.
Good farm management is in
creasingly important as these
farm books showed a decline
in net farm income of 6 per
cent over last year. However,
the total net income was up
5V2 per cent due' to higher
amount of off-farm income.
Farm families in these two
counties now using Farmers
Home administration credit
include 46 with operating
loans, 11 with farm-ownership
loans, 22 with loans to build
or repair houses or other farm
buildings, 26 with soil and
water conservations loans and
4 with emergency loans. There
are also five association type
loans, Denney said.
Loans totalling $187,890
have been made to farmers
in this area in the eight
months period since last July.
Most of this has been for ac
quiring equipment, livestock,
seed, feed, fertilizer and pay
ing other operating costs, and
paying for labor and mate
rials in connection with hous
ing and other improvements.
This money, and the extra
money from increased in
comes, circulates through lo
cal trade channels, the FHA
supervisor noted.
Good farm planning and
record keeping are carried on
throughout the year and play
an important part in opera
tions financed with Farmers
Home administration credit.
Denny pointed out that dur
ing the fiscal 1959 year, eight
borrowers repaid their loans
in full and are now obtaining
their necessary credit from lo
cal banks and other leaders. -
als treat the soil with an in
secticide to control root wee
vils. Spray or dust either Aldrin,
Chlordane, Dieldrin, or Hep
tachlor on the soil surface,
and then mix it thoroughly
with the top 6 inches of soil.
For the rate of application,
follow the directions given on
the container label. Avoid ex
cessive rates of application
which can be toxic to the
plant.
This method of application
will protect the plants from
root weevils for 3 to 4 years
or more after planting. Con
trary to belief, these soil in
secticides are not leached out
of the soil by rain, nor can
they be leached or watered
into it when applied on the
soil surface.
For ornamentals not treat
ed as above at planting time,
one of the soil insecticides
should be dusted or sprayed
on the plant and the soil sur
face under it. Apply to con
trol the adults before they
emerge in late May, during
June, and July.
Many plants are attacked
by root weevils. Some of the
most susceptible include the
strawberry, azalea, rhododen
dron, yew, camellia, arbor
vitae, rose, tuberous begonia,
lily-of-the valley, primrose,
and peony as well as many
others.
TREE HEALTH
Pollination is only one con
sideration when back yard
fruit trees fail to bear.
. Tree health and vigor, age
of the tree, bearing habits of
certain varieties, the weather,
and pruning are other factors
which affect the ability of
trees to bear.
If pollination is the reason
for bearing failure, now is the
time to correct the problem
by planting another suitable
variety or grafting it, in the
tree as a pollinator. Sweet
cherries and many plum var
ieties are self unfruitful and
require a pollinator. Some
apple and pear varieties are
also unfruitful or partially so.
Most trees won't produce
significant amounts of fruit
Wilfred Walter, Box 99, Route 2,
Hood River, Oregon has had seri
ous trouble with apple scab in
past years. The usual scab sprays
proved ineffective in preventing
heavy losses from scabbed fruit.
Says Mr. Walter : "One block of
my 1958 Newton crop had a very
high percentage of pin point scab,
so it all went to the cannery none
to the fresh market. This, in spite
of the fact that I had applied a
" delayed dormant plus three other
scab sprays to this crop."
At the beginning of last season
Mr. Walter decided to try to do
a better job of controlling scab
on the 1959 crop.
Observed scab condition
When he discovered that he
was not getting scab control with
standard materials he applied
one Cyprex spray and followed it
with another Cyprex spray 10
days later. His dosage was 3 lbs.
of Cyprex per 500-gallon tank
and 700 to 800 gallons per acre.
"Cyprex sure took care of the
scab. It stopped the scab on the
fruit and on the leaves. I couldn't
find a scabby apple at thinning
time. My Newtons in 1959 were
the nicest I've ever grown good
finish, foliage slick and healthy.
I'll use Cyprex to control my scab
in 1960." .
CYANAMID SERVES THE MAS WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE
until from 4 to 7 years of age
or more. Dwarf varieties of
apples and pears usually bear
a couple years earlier than
non-dwarfs.
Characteristics Noted
Occasionally certain fruit
trees, particularly apples,
bear heavily one year and
largely fail to bloom the next.
Gravenstein apples is an ex
ample. Controlling insects and di
seases and maintaining soil
fertility increase the health
and vigor of trees and helps
them produce better. Poor
drainage, heavy or shallow
soils, too much shade, and
other similar conditions re
duce the vigor.
Early flowering fruits such
as apricots, almonds, and some
plums are often frosted while
in bloom and then fail to bear.
Heavy pruning retards the
beginning of fruit bearing.
Trees should be lightly prun
ed up to bearing age.
DEPENDABILITY
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Cyprex 65-W fungicide eradicated scab on apples
and leaves for Hood River grower
"Cyprex
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 fruit 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
MARKET NEWS
RED BLUFF LIVESTOCK AUCTION REPORT
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 19S0
CATTLE: Salable 965. including around 250 calves. Around 90 percent
of supply stocker and feeder classes, the remainder of the run
mainly slaughter cows. Auction active, slaughter steers and heifers
scarce; slaughter cows steady to strong: slaughter bulls and calves
scarce; stocker and feeder classes generally steady, except replace
ment bulls weak to sharply lower with decreased demand. Bulk,
of supply of northern California origin.
Slaughter cows: Several individual Utility and Standard 800-1100
lbs. S18.50-20.10. individual to S20.70, individuals and small lots
Utility and Commercial $15.00-18.50, Canners and Cutters $11.00
15.00. Slaughter hulls: Individual Utility and Commercial 1000-1400 lbs.
S18.70-21.50.
Stocker and feeder steers: Several penlots and individual Good
and Choice 350-550 lb. calves S28.50-31.10, 350-500 lb. weights
mainly $29.00-31.00, individual Common and Medium calves $18.00
26.00. Few penlots and individual Good and Choice 550-630 lb.
yearlings $25.50-27.60. 23 head lot 577 lb. weights to $29.10,
individual Common and Medium 500-850 lbs. $17.00-22.00.
Stocker and feeder heifers: Several penlots and individual Good
and Choice 350-500 lb. calves $25.00-27.10; few penlots under 330
lbs. $104.00-117.00 per head. Small lots Good and Choice 550-745
lb. yearlings S22.40-24.35.
Stock cows: Small lots Medium and Good $168.00-197.50 per head,
few Common down to $128.00 per head. Few shipments Medium
and Good with young calves at side $202.50-231.00 per pair.
Replacement bulls: Several purebred Angus and Hereford, mainly
around 2 year olds, $172.50-300.00 per head, several removed from
market unsold.
HOGS: Salable 31. Supply mainly feeder pigs; about steady.
Feeder pigs: Few small lots Good and Choice 95-144 lbs. -$12.25-13.60,
few small lots under 50 lb. weights $3.50-4.50 per head.
SHEEP: Salable none. Market untested.
Paul H. Lehigh,
Federal-State Market News Service
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says Wilfred Walter.
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 fun
gicides. It's non-caustic, low in toxicity
to orchard workers.
All the extra advantages you 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 au
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 fordodine fungicide.
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