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Newspaper Page TextGARDENING TIPS , By DON BERRY County Extension Agent Home owner interested In putting in new lawns or reno vating old ones should get them started as soon as the ground is dry enough to pre pare good seed bed. There are many methods lor planting new lawns and much controversy as to which is the best. Certain fundamen tal practices, however, are used and principles such as preparing a good seed bed, letting it settle, and bringing it to a good grade prior to planting, along with applying fertilizers and working organ ic materials into the ground as a preplanting practice are universally approved. The types and varieties of grasses and methods of handl ing weeds are two of the most argumentative points. Three new pamphlets are available at the county agents' office covering "Starting New Lawns," "Lawn Pests," a nd "Lawn Care." These are avail able to anyone who would like to stop by and pick them up, or telephone and they will be mailed to you. People who are interested in solving specific problems would no doubt like to attend the lawn clinic which will be held Thursday, April 7 at 2 p.m. on the front lawn of the Medford High school. Dr. Nor man Goetze, turf specialist from the college, will be on hand to discuss lawn prob lems with home gardeners as well as professional turf people. This meeting is open to the public with no charge so any one interested In lawns or lawn care is welcome to at tend. If It should be raining Thursday, It will be in the auditorium of the senior high school. FLYING ANTS . Small flying ants are ap pearing in migratory swarms now that the warm spring weather has come. These ants are clear-winged with dark bodies and about an eighth inch or a little more in length. They often are a nui sance in and around homes. Robert L. Every, Oregon State college extension ento mologist, says these ants, which are narrow waisted, should not be confused with termites which are not. Nei ther should they be confused with larger carpenter ants. Both termites and carpenter ants usually swarm later in the spring. Presence of small flying ants may help in locating ant nests around the home, usu I ally rather difficult to do, by watching where they're com ing from. The ant nests can be I treated with chlordane or, dicl- arin oust or spray, inis is one of the most effective ways to control ant infestations. DJeOSaeJ0l BIG Y FEED & SEED CO. 194) N. Pacific Highway Phsna SP 3-3160 FIRE IN TULIPS Two diseases, each known as fire are fairly common to tulips and daffodils. Each disease does not spread from tulips to daffodils or vice Versa although the symptoms are similar -misshapen leaves and shoots, spotting of leaves and flowers, laree dry areas on leaves (tulips), rotting of affected parts, and other symptoms. In tulips, a fuzzy gray mold growth is seen on blighted areas. Control of the two diseases Is essentially, the same. Re move, carry away in paper bag and burn all affected leaves, shoots and flowers. Spray with 2 tablespoons of ferban per one gallon of water (add spreader-sticker) every 7 to 10 days. Where the disease la present, dig and replant (healthy bulbs only) in a new location next year. EARLY VEGETABLE START Best way to extend the growing season for vegetable crops Is to plant teed In small containers in greenhouses, hotbeads, or coldframes about 4 to 8 weeks before trans planting to field or garden. Vegetables that transplant well include tomatoes, pep pers, cabbage, and lettuce. Other vegetables, including squash, cantaloupes, water melons, cucumbers, and other sweet corn need more care if transplanted. Chances of suc cess are much greater if the original container is of press ed peat which can be planted along with the vegetable plant at transplanting time. This way, the plant's roots aren't disturbed. Small squares of inverted sod, instead of paper or wood veneer containers have been used successfully, also. ASPARAGUS WARNING Setting a disk or spring- tooth harrow too deeply dur ing early spring cultivations of asparagus beds can serious ly damage asparagus crowns and lower yields. Before working up an asparagus field dig down or poke with a steel rod to find out exactly how far the asparagus crowns are below the soil surface. Then set the harrow accordingly. Even with careful setting, a harrow may sink too deeply in soft spots and seriously damage some asparagus crowns. CUCUMBER SUGGESTION When cucumbers are plant ed. in heavier loam soils, or in soils that aren't well drained, germination and early growth are improved by planting on soil ridses or beds 4 to 6 inches above normal ground level. Plows or discs can be used to make the ridges, which should be about 2 feet wide on top. The ridge is similar to a back furrow that is firmed and leveled on top by drag ging or rolling. The ridges or elevated beds provide better drainage, aera tion and warmth. About the only way rain will hurt rhubarb is by leach ing nitrogen out of the soil. An early spring application of nitrogen, about 30 pounds per acre, will promote more vig orous growth and higher yields. Ammoniated phosphate Is probably better than straight nitrogen fertilizer. RED ROBIN ROSE Advertising of this hedge rose li creating much Interest While these advertisements are written to sell a product they are generally quite true. Possibly, the profusion of bloom is not usually up to that advertised, but really is quite satisfactory. This is a hardy southern rose, not a multiflora as some think, and ii used for hedge plantings and as an under stock for many southern grown roses. It can be grown as a nar row hedge row. Main thing to remember is to cut it low at the beginning and to continue to cut back to the point where you need branching. It will make a hedge a little faster than privet, possibly. Those roses bloom from early sum mer until late fall. NEW BORDER PLANT The only Ail-American mod. al winner for 1959 is the new pink heather alyssum. It is a soft lavender pink which is a little deeper in color in the shade or in cool climates. It is a very delicate shade of pink in mids-ummer and in warmer areas. It grows com pactly, about 6 inches tall and has a profusion of bloom until late fall. PLANTING TIPS This timi of year even the laziest gardener is apt to get enthusiastic over the ap proaching season! Pictures in the seed catalogs make gardening appear sim ple. And besides, what tastes better than free vegetables fresh from the garden? Even the person who doesn't want to be tied down to a summer program of watering and weeding can enjoy some fresh vegetables from his own gar den if the garden is a border of leaf lettuce. Remember the luxury of a variety of leaf lettuces-fresh and tender from the garden? It's yours with almost no ef fort if you edge some of your flower borders with quick growing leaf lettuce. Read catalogs carefully. You can select leaves to com pliment your late spring and early summer flower bed. Plant at different times so that you won't have all the crop at one time. Another trick is to leave a small space every 18 Inches for annuals. Then when the lettuce is too big it can be pulled and the colorful annual such as pe tunias and marigolds will soon spread to fill the gap. "WE BEAT SCAB WITH CYPREX" Oregon pear grower obtained excellent scab control xoiih Cyprex 65-W fungicid Hob Deuel, Jr. is the owner-operator of Del Rio orchards at Gold Hill near Medford. He has 94 acres of pears in production and 28 acres of pears in new trees. Varieties raised are: d'Anjous, Seckles, Bartletts, Cornice. Like other growers in the area, Mr. Deuel has had a scab problem. He says : "We have always had to battle to control scab because of the location of our orchards." The orchards are on low ground along the Rogue River and there is an old abandoned pear orchard to the west across the river (up wind side) . In the spring, there are early morning fogs and mists and the humidity is very high. Last spring was especially warm and humid. "Like a hot house," ' says Mr. Deuel, "really good weather for scab." "Cyprex was a big help in our scab control program. In past years we have used up to five scab sprays on Seckles. This year we used only three sprays. The first ' two were non-Cyprex sprays one at 90 bud separation and one1 at advanced popcorn. The two 6prays were about five to seven . days apart. This standard pro gram was not holding so we put on Cyprex at advanced calyx. That stopped the infection." Mr. Deuel applies a 400-gallon tank on lVi acres on all sprays at a ground speed of 2'.2 m.p.h. ii Cyprex w a must for ui in 1960," sayt Hob Deuel, Jr. "Some fungicides give our pears a rough finish, Cyprex does not. It goes into solution easily," says Mr. Deuel. 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 tradi cant in control of scab fungus. It ii 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 tiasue re mains protected. Cyprex penetrate! throughout the leaf where it works from the inside out-killing scab spores that land. This is called local-systemic-action. Even when Cyprex ii sprayed otr scab infection begins and sporei CYASAM1D SEHVES THE MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS Of AGRICULTURE begin to germinate, Cyprex can knock out the infection inside the leaf. The spray also has deposited a protectant covering oit 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 gW you the protection, pint extra-long eradicant action, you get with Cyprex. Cyprex is compatible with most com monly used insecticides and other fun gicides. It's non-caustie, law in toxicity to orchard workers. All the extra advantage! you get with Cyprex give you that margin of control that can make the different 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 writ for leaflet PE 5061, American Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Divi. aion, Los Angeles 64, California. Cyprezt it American Cyanamid Com pany'i trade-mntk fer dndine fungicide. -CHIT CHAT- r JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune farm Editor Th way things are the local peargrowers should be In the lemon business. Somebody is always putting the squeeze on them for something or other. Perhaps one reason the fruitgrowers organized a Farm Bureau center in Medford is the fight which the national Farm Bureau organization has promised against Labor Sec retary James P. Mitchell's proposal for a federal minimum wage law covering migrant farm workers. CYPREX 65-W FUNGICIDE John C. Lynn, legislative director for th American Farm Federation, remarked Saturday that farmers have vol untarily made "great advances" in raising wages and work ing conditions of migrant workers. This has raised farm costs, also, he said. The labor secretary is proposing a min imum wage for hired farm workers. He claims the country's 500,000 migrant farmhands need a minimum wage protec tion. They can expect to earn, he said, less than S900 a year. Medford area employs about 2,300 migrant workers during the picking season. The average wage received is $13 a day for the season, we learned from official sources. One of the small fruitgrowers in the valley disclosed the other day that he used to be a fruit tramp. This, he said, helps him to understand the migrant laborers' prob lems. He employs five or six pickers, both local and from California. These return year after year. This small fruit grower pays three cents more a box than average rates, but expects that much more work, too, he told us. Farm Fish Ponds Fun, Profitable Corvallis-Back yard fishing is a source of both fun and profit for farmers who man age their farm fish ponds well, reports Andrew Landforce, Oregon State college exten sion wildlife management specialist. As many as 500 adult medium-size fish can be grown in a one-acre pond stocked with largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish. That's plenty of good fishing for family, guests and neighbors. A new Oregon State college bulletin tells how to manage warm water game fish ponds in Oregon. The bulletin sug gests the best combinations of bass and blur-gills for various parts of the state; tells where to buy fish for stocking ponds; comments on pond size, plants j and fertilizer; and suggests three good ways to catch bass and blucgills. I Oregon residents can get a free copy of "Managing Ore gon Warm Water Game Fish i Ponds" from their local coun j ty extension office, or from I the OSC bulletin clerk, Cor- vallis. Washington- IUPII -The gov ernment has announced it will pay about 10 million dollars to cranberry growers who suffered losses through no fault of their own during last fall's cranberry-cancer contro versy. The White House said the MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or. Tutidav, April 12, 1960 indemnity payments would be made by the agriculture de partment and would approxi mate S8 per barrel for clean ed, marketable cranberries. There's a vast difference between employing five or six pickers and over 100 as the larger orchards have to do. This means they have to lake any and all labor they can get. But, perhaps they would get a larger percentage of good. steady help if they could reach a better understanding with the fruit pickers on working conditions and wages. Surplus wheat and programs to ease the surplus wheat problem is one big election issue. It affects everybody who eats and pays taxes. On June 30, 1959 there were larger stocks of wheat on hand than ever before at the end of a crop year. Many wheat programs have been developed, introduced in Congress and several have been put into op eration. Oregon wheat growers have been busy promoting sales of wheat overseas. In fact, increasingly larger sums are spent trying to sell or give wheat to other countries. We can only judge then that no really workable plan for taking care of this surplus has been found. Pointing out that a minimum of 500,000 acres of public land was blocked by private land closures during 1958, Van Winkle made these recommendations: An appraisal of all tracts of public land administered by the bureau of land management should be made to classify certain recreation areas for retention in public ownership. Federal holdings in these areas should be consolidated through land exchange or purchase. A permanent multi purpose road system should be built to serve the selected areas. I Some Applcgate farmers had been bothered by this rec reation access problem. They had an earthfill dam across the river for irrigation purposes. This made an ideal swim ming hole, also. A number of people were using it. Then when the Jackson county parks and recreation commission was considering adjacent land for a county recreation area the public swarmed in and threatened to destroy the dam However, since that land has been placed under the juris diction of the U.S. Forest Service the farmers hope tighter control will be maintained. 7 Hf. RIDE-A-MATIC TRACTOR Vana-molil Drive and Automotive !l.n, $54200 and Oifftrfntial 30 Attochmantt In- A$V TIME ciud.i n.w Rotary PAYMENTS Tilltr. I ASK US TO DEMON STR ATS BIG Y FEED & SEED 194S N. Pacific Highway Phont SP 3-3160 General programs or philosophies on this current farm problem are: Government should get out of action program at once. Supports, subsidies and action programs should be gradually eliminated. Finally, a third group believes some action program is necessary to ensure equitable incomes for farmers. Those favoring a hands-off program think the forces of supply and demand will solve the problem. Those farmers who cannot make a living without government aid will quit. And the more who quit the stronger will be those remaining. The second group believes a sudden halt on action pro grams would cause severe economic hardship to farmers and those who serve the farmer. A gradual elimination of government help would mean that in 5 or 10 years agriculture would be free to operate and sell without government in terference. A part of the third group believes that unless agricul ture is orosDerous the nation won't be. Others think farm ers would be forced to live indefinitely on a lower plan than citv dwellers who would continue to have very high llvine levels. Some aDDarentlv think this difference would h- ill riant to the Beneral nubile, but other think farmers are entitled to money Income about equal to comparable worker in urban life. These are the different opinions held by just plain citi zen and nrominent men in agriculture. It shows the con fusion and disagreement about objective for United State agriculture since World War I. This means people are grop ing their way toward a siaDie agriculture, ai me same time the country urgently needs to Know wnai i actually wanted and how to get it. One hie difficulty In making a scientific objective de ration nn what kind of nrogram Is needed is that there is not enough accurate Information on agricultural income and assets on a national basis to learn now wen on or i.uw poorly off the farmers are, as a whole. This would apply to areas, types of farm business, sizes and characteristics of ownership and management, according to Harold F, Hol lands, OSC agricultural economist. i l, i. a lor-nnri ft I ff icil 1 1 V. Just hOW mUCll IViedSUi illi-uiiic .a - - money does the farmer make? And how does he value this ..1.1 ha ..tka. farm than rln anvthin else be- income or wuu.u i.c .a....;. -t cause he places a higher value on hi working happiness, rural life, home, etc. a it.i-j jirrin, ,iiu In mak-inff a scientific evaluation of the problem i in the extent and types of competition in . ... 11.1.1 .. Mn..a..Mmant holn various parts OI ine economy, mmuui iviira. would farmers sell tneir gooas in nigmy cumucuuvc kets and buy goods and hire labor in much less competitive markets? Mr. Harlow Says: ii It's Fun to Grow Tomatoes!" People who are not farmers must remember that farm ing i different from big business. Most farms are family farms, the agricultural economists say. The number of nnmrnniailv inv one commodity is large compared to industry. The volume of each is small com pared to the total food supply, i-roouction or unte h"h of one farmer or a group of farmer in tate or county would not materially change the overall price of that com modity. rw i ... ...unn. ..amain T4niu sat Ufartnrv are 1 WO important quesuuiia .cum.... - - money incomes from comparing incomes of farm and non- farm people? will commercial larmcra uui .uuu. ..... same ize money incomes as comparable to nonfarm busi nessmen during the next 20 years or to without govern ment help? Planning meetings will be held soon on the Oregon Cat tlemen' association annual convention to be held here this summer. One thing sure the plans will be extensive. Every body in the county and particularly in the city of Medford will know the cattlemen are in town even if they have to run a mass of cattle down Main st. Rogue Soil Conservation district people and Interested cattlemen will be making a tour soon over the Applegate arcis which were used for the Flecco plow demonstration in September. That was, if you will remember, when the Caterpillar Tractor company through Crater Lake Machin ery company here brought in a huge sodbusting, brush-rip- ping plow and tractor to see u Drusny rui tuu.u., .un claimed for pasture and range land. Two things are alill hanging over the head of farmer ...i- . ...ail in others. One i the wilderness are in una ni". " -- . bill and the other 1 the movement toward creating more - . . np ua a ntifl in Dunne recreaiiun iicm. no. access a' k ' , . , , i u van winkle Orenon Citv. member of the " " ..... . . anmmu.inn lolri th ilate natural re- urerjon aioic . -- , ' , . sources committee that "preservation and development of access to federl isnat is national pruoiem arm tiblllty." An Oregon Farm Bureau representative luggested farm er would be more willing to allow nuniers no uinimirn ........ .rrou their land if th state would adopt program for increased patrol and some form of Insurance against damage. Whatever happened to the "Frontiers, Inc." pro gram which local member of the Izaak Walton League were thing of trying here. Thl was an Insurance program which was being tried in eastern Oregon to Injurs farmer against ft" vVMrS SMS?', ''"'j It's EASY. Too! 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