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TUESDAY, JULY IS. 1D90 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, ORE. 5 Stale Pictures Fund Balances On SPI Activity Snlnin - A year iiko, tho foes for several o( tlio com modities Impeded (or grade tut condition under tho co operative shipping point aorv Ico worn mined. Along wllli thu boost, need rd to keep puce wllh Increas ed Impaction costs, ilimli Tny. lor, pliint division chief of the Into dupiirtinonl of ngrlcul turo, promised "careful scru tiny of tlio work forco coala and n cut evurywhore'posal hie, consistent wllh efficient aorvleo." The depnrtment'i flnuncliil officer, K, A. Dnmford Jr., re cently released 1111 1 1-month financial comparison with hnlliir flni'iil I HSU period which should he good rending for producers mid puckers who pny the bill for thin scrv Ice. Overall expenditures drop ped by J20.424. ToUl reve nues were off $l,:tli:t from llm previous 1 1 months In the face of n decrease In In pectlona and the fee Increase In omo nreiia. Onion revenuea wero up more than $0,000 and expens- ea were allced more than 'ir 000. That ainounta to almost a $10,000 italn for the flrat 11 monlha of flacnl lllflO. Po tato revenuea were less than normal with about 4,800 few er carlot Inspection! and no diveritlon program, Walnut and filbert Inspec tions ran along on about an even base. The Inspection of all other commodities - apples, pears, other frulta, berries and veg- itables - wna performed at a avium of $4,000 and a rev enuca Increase of $23,000. Thla area of Inspection haa run In the rod for years and haa been the hardest to keep In line with funds avallablo but under the present pro gram should be on an even keel In a reasonable time, with normal production. Bv continued careful man agomcnt the depar tment hopes to hold the line on fee achedulea, Taylor aaya. Produce Groups Budget $646,000 For Promotion Salem - Eight Oregon com modity commlaslona have budgeted nearly two-thirds of a million dollara for research promotion nnd protection of their respective commodities In the year beginning July 1 Last year the budgets wero at the hiilf-mllllon dollar fig ure. Budgets adopted for 1980 81 following public hearings and cortlfled by J. F. Short, director of agriculture, for filing wllh the secretary of talc total $(148,320. By com missions, they arc: Oregon Wheat commission - $101.- 330; Oregon Dairy Products commission - $202,45.1, Ore gon Potato commission - $8B, B70, Oregon Filbert commis sion - $28,:i4fl, Chewing Fescue and Creeping Bed Fes cue commission - $50,062 Oregon Fryer Commission $40,000,' Highland Ilentgrass commission - $17,855, and Oregon Beef council - $32 BOO. Programs of these self holp farm groups Include pro duction nnd marketing re search, market development nnd snlcs promotion mclud Ing education and public re Intlnna, transportation nnd tnriff rato adjustment. Pro grams vary with the market needs nnd problems faced by tho producers of the Individ ual commodity commission. Commission funds come - from uniform nssessmcnls on - commercial anles of produc- ers. Only exception is the .. Oregon Beef council, which '! Is supported by voluntnry contributions paid by the pro ducer nlong with brnnd In- apectlon fees through tho . state department of agrlcul ture. -CHIT CHAT y JOl COWLIY Mill Trlbunt Farm Idltw Farmers these days seem as concerned with their public relations as they are with farm prleea. Tho key word annoying Jackson county agricultural public relations la "pollutlon"-ulr or stroam. Lust year an air pollution committee was formed In- udlng representatives of lumber and orchard Industries which tho public charged was polluting tho air. The orchard Ista, aa a wholo, made a voluntary agreement to convert to lcMs-smudgu producing orchard heaters at the rate of 20 por cent a year over a five year period. With very few xcoptlona this program was started and carried out by orchardlsla for tho spring orchard heating season, The lumber mllla, for tho moat part, either have or aro convert Ing their wastoa which aro normally burmd to other uses Tho county court, the mujorlty of the general public nd tho Industries thomsolvoa aoem well-pleased with the ffectlvcnesa of tho voluntary program, Then cornea a study of Hear Creek pollution. This atudy committee waa composed of a group of laymen who did not Include rep rosenlallvcs of Irrigation districts,, farmera or orchardlats, lumbermllls or loggers or stockyards. In the prologue to Us report, the committee slotcd It Interviewed the various groups and bodies Involved with the pollution of Bear Creek. Yet when tho report waa released It waa accused of bolng full of guesses and not Very good guesses, at that. However, as It waa explained to us, this la merely a preliminary report or aurvcy to ace Just what the problems re so a more Intensive scientific atudy can be made. "It s Just like looking around your back yard to see what needs to be cleaned up," one person Interested In the work of the commlttoc, explained. Wo think more of on effort should have been made to get orchardlsts and farmera on the committee. Yet, thla committee met for a full year. Its mcetlnga were open to the public. Other Interested persons could have attended nd perhaps had a hand In fashioning the report. We don t think It would have taken any more time to attend all the mcetlnga than It takes now to make numerous phone calls complaining about tho report and the special meetings which are sure to follow to prepare an answer. Two other things should be pointed out. Much of the report la conditional; full of "mayi." Also, this report was made by a group of citizens Interested enough In a big community problem to give lots of their free, unpaid lime lo establish approaches to that problem whether you agree with their results or not. And we question sections of It, To start with, the section on fruit packing, canneries and vegetable processing haa us wondering. 'Problem: Stream pollution here may be of both a chem cal and organic nature although In this particular area it Is impossible for this committee to definitely pin down the amount or degree of pollution of a chemical nature. Chem ical pollution MAY result from insecticides used upon fruit nd vegetables prior to processing as well aa chemical by products which may result from the washing operations. Vegetable matter of a more or less solid form Is encoun tered from the processing operations." Fryer Commission Seeks Applicants Snlum - The Oregon Fry er commission Is In tho mar ket for candidates for lis pub lic relations lob. This will entail promotion work at tho processor nnd re- tnll level. Interested men should contact D. K. Ferry through the commission hend aunrtcrs. 264 Lancaster dr., S. E., Salem. In the Eugene nren B. J. Rogers, In care of Willi Small Feed compnny Eugene, will receive applica tions. Other member of tho Bcreenlng committee Is Rob ert Miirciunrdl, Sprlngflold. Agricultural Secretary Publishes "Freedom to Farm Wushlngton IUPU - Agrlcul. lure Secretary Ezra T. Benson published o book today - Freedom to Farm. 'Ilio 230-pugo volume (Dou- bleduy 4i company, $3.95) de velops Benson's long-held thc- la that the government should get out of agriculture and permit the farmer to work without federal controls. In the Introduction, the nation's controversial farm boss said ho attempted to do two things In the book: "First, to provide us accuruto a sum mury as puaslble of the his tory of our American effort to bolster farm prices and In come by federal legislation; second, to give my thoughts about what wo should do now and In the future to improve our agricultural picture." Benson said he wrote the book, not as an agricultural historian, but as "a farmer and lifetime student of farm problems." A sizable section dealt with the westward trek of the Mor mons to Utah and other parts of the West and the agricul tural development carried out 'Solutions: Here, tho committee feels that a regular and periodic check should be made of the various packing opcr- atlona to determine the degree of pollution as well as the effects which may stem there from. Wo checked a local canning company and a packing house which had been called before the committee to show whether or not their operations pollute the creek. The fruit packing company runs waah water through its plant then through the city aowagc system. Unless the city sew age system is Ineffective, 11 does not go Into the creek un treated. Creek water la used for cooling by pumping through condensers. A local canning company uses a shaker system for separating waste solids from water. The water Is sent through the city acwage system. The solids are carried away by a garbago collection company. Under the section referring to orchnrdlsls, the report states that "the filling and washing of spray equipment In tho creek or in Irrigation ditches or tributaries to Bear Creek have been reported as causes of mortality of aquatic life." Growers argue that they don t know of any place along Bear creek which allows them to take spray equipment n for washing or filling. hven If It should be washed In ditches or tributaries to the creek, the chemicals would become diluted by the time they reached the creek; thoy would cause no harm. The reference to, "There Is some feeling that these toxic substances may bo building up In tho human bodies so as to cause serious difficulties In the future is without scien tific basis. All this has been discussed before In lengthy reports made by scientists. The local health department has been conducting tests on how much toxic material falls on the cxteral ps,rt of J man. Main danger results from the chemicals touching the skin and not from being taken internally. Wo hope the committee Is aware of the costs of pump ing water lo troughs Instead of allowing the cattle to drink directly from the stream. Weed killing chemicals used lo clean irrigation ditches nnd laterals do not hurt cnttle drinking directly from the ditch; why should they hurt fish? one farmer wanted to know. Some water-users strenuously object to the committee' suggestion that the Irrigation companies should be required by law to maintain .the stream bed as any other part of me irrigation system by proper channelling and maintenance of stream bed conditions. One man said the creek was dry before the coming of me wnilo man and indicated that Irrigation use has turned water Into what would otherwise be a dry channel. A check with the county watermnster showed this remnrk Is not based on fnct, either. The watermnster said much more wntcr would flow down Bear creek if It were not diverted for Irrigation purposes. Tho committee does consider any opposite viewpoints lo Its report by stating, "It should be pointed out that many of the foregoing dispute that any pollutants enter Bear creeK or us tributaries from their operation. Others adopt a position either thnt the pollutants mentioned herein are not hnrmful In themselves or are present In such minor quantities as doubted to bo harmful. We feel that It la too bnd Hint the snme Drocedure 1 tho air pollution study was not followed for the Bear creek pollution report. A thorough study wits mnde by nil seg- menis affected and good public relations established amon nnd for nil groups concerned. That was not called a fnct finding committee nnd this Is called a fact-finding com mittee and Isn t. Wheat Subsidy Polling Set The polling place for the July 21 referendum on mnr kellng quoins for the 1801 crop of whent was announced today by Albert L. Straus, chairman, Jackson county ag ricultural stabilization and conservation committee. Growers eligible to vole In the referendum nro those who will have more than 15 acres of wheal for harvest as grain In 1081 (except those taking part In the feed whent program), Tho wheat quoin ballots may be cast on Thursday, II by members of the sect, Ben son la an apostle In the Mor mon church. He plans to re turn to hla church dutlea when t h o Elsenhower administra tion ends next Jan. 20. Not Passing Problem "The farm problem Is not a passing problem," Benson said, "nor one simple of solu tion. Yet it la vital that a so lution be reached. Many civi lizations have come Into being and have flourished and then fallen Into decline and finally into virtual extinction partly because they failed to meet their agricultural problem." He noted that American farmers are equipped to pro duce In abundance, that it "Is unnatural for them to sub ject themselves to the heavy hand of bureaucratic restric tions - to deny farm prod ucts lo consumers - to force high artificial prices." He said the farmer, In ef fect, has become a highly in dustrialized food producer who must meet "the changing dietary requirements and de sires of consumers who want more meat and other live stock products and more va rieties of fruits and vegeta bles." National Problem Farm price supports, Ben son said, have "caused the farm problem to outgrow the farm and to become a great national problem." He said the underprivileged farmer benefits least by subsidies, and the big operator reaps the biggest profits. "We need, but do not have," Benson said, "a program that will give . . . commercial farmers greater freedom and help them to sell their prod ucts at satisfactory prices set In local markets rather than in Washington." This is Benson's second book since becoming secre tary of agriculture in 1953. The first, published In 1958, was titled "Farmers at t b e Cross Roads." A large num ber of copies were distributed during the 1958 presidential campaign by the Republican National committee and the Committee for Constitutional Government. By DON BERRY County Agent Ornamental flowering plum, peaches, cherries and almond should also be treated now for peach and prune root borer. Flowering stone fruit trees are not only susceptible to at tack by this insect, but can be seriously damaged. The borer may girdle young trees and kill them. Older trees are often seriously devitaliz ed. Treatment Is the same as for commercial orchards, with a DDT solution applied to the trunks. One cupful of DDT 50 per cent wettable powder per gallon of water is suggest ed. Apply to the trunks, al lowing It to run down and form a small puddle at the base. OSC Seeks Cure for Anaplasmosis, Dread Livestock Disease in Oregon Corvallis - Possible cure for livestock disease that may be costing Oregon cattlemen is much aa $3 million a year la under study by Oregon Slate college scicntlsta. Anaplasmosis - also known as yellow bag, tick fever, and gall sickness - destroys red blood cells and has long been killer of beet and dairy heards throughout the world. Dr. O. H. Muth, OSC vet erinarian, and R. L. Gould- Ing, research entomologist, re working wllh selected cat. tic herds from all parts of Oregon to learn more about the disease, Its spread, and possible cure. First found In Oregon In 1938, the disease was former ly believed common only to the southern states border ing the Gulf of Mexico when first studied in 1913. Animals suffering from an aplasmosis usually stop eat ing, run high temperatures, and sometimes may become violent. White-faced animals may show yellow color in un pigmcnted skin around the eyes and uddcra. Blood of in fected cattle usually Is than and watery. Tick Carries Distaae The common sagebrush tick seems to be the villain Ray Vogel Named To FHA Committee July 21 fro 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. nt the ASC office on tho thlr floor of the county courthouse annex, Straus pointed out that at I least two-thirds of tho grow ers voting In the referendum must npprove the quotas if they arc to become effective. Under quotas, marketing pen alties will apply on "excess" whent resulting from non compliance with the farm's wheat acreage allotment, and price supports will be avail able on the crop nt not less than 78 por cent of parity. Appointment of Rny E. Vogel as a member of the Farmers Home Administra tion county committee was announced this week by Eu gene M. Denncy, the agency s county supervisor serving Jackson and Josephine coun ties. Mr. Vogel owns and oper ates a general livestock farm near Central Point. He Is rec ognized as an outstanding farmer and Is active in agri cultural activities. Two other members make up the throe-member commit tee which works with the county supervisor to see that the best possible use is made of the agency's farm credit service program consistent with local farmer's needs. The other two members are John S. Billings and George Loftln Each member is eppolnted for a three-year term. Mr, Vogel succeeds Leonard J. Freemnn, Central Point, whose term expired this year, The committee determines the eligibility of individual applicants for all types of loans. It also reviews bor rowers' progress and aids the county supervisor in adpating the agency's loan policies to local conditions. Members are selected from different areas Tho Farmers Home Admin istration makes annual or in termediate term loans to farmers who need adequate funds to buy equipment nnd livestock, and longer term loans to build or repair houses and other essential farm build ings, and to purchase or Im prove land suitable for fnm Ily-lype fnrm operations. It also advances credit to farmers or their non-profit as sociations to establish and carry out approved soil and wnlcr conscrvntion proctices nnd to Install and Improve Irrigation and foarmslead wa- ter facilities. PRESENT FDR BUST London lUPlI The National Foundation presented the U.S Embassy here with a bust of President Franklin D. Roose velt Mondny. The bust, by Amerlcnn sculptor Amatols, was presented to Ambassador John liny Witney by Basil O'Connor, president of the foundation, In transmitting the disease in the Pacific Northwest, Goulding said. Sagebrush ticks are consis tently found on cattle in much of the area of Oregon where the disease is most common. Irrigated areas which are free of the tick, even though adjacent to sage brush areas, are relatively free of anaplasmosis, the re searchers found. This tick passes the anap lasmosis agent on to its off spring, so a young tick may infect the animal upon whlcn it feeds. Muth and Goulding are giv ing animals blood tests to de termine the degree of infec tion and to follow the spread of infection from one ani mal to another. The agent which causes an- plasmsis is somewhere be tween a bacteria and a virus it doesn't fit any definite pattern and isn't really sat isfactorily classified, accord ing to Muth. To date, no inexpensive, sure-fire cure has been de veloped for the diseas. An nimal, once infected, will likely retain the disease in its blood even though recov ery appears to be complete. Two antibiotics - oxytet- racycline and chlortetracy- cline - can reduce effects of the disease and may be giv en in sufficient doseages to rid valuable animals of the infection, But antibiotic treatment is costly, usually about $60 Treatments with lesser amounts of these drugs do not cure the animal but may pre vent death and speed recov ery, Muth explained. An animal infected with anaplasmosis can sometimes be saved by blood transfu sions. As much as two to three gallons of whole blood must be injected to be effective. Muth recommends the fol lowing precautions to prevent losses: Separate sick animals from the herd, protect from the sun if possible, feed and wa ter them, and spray the ani mal to prevent transmission of the disease by insects. Sterilize all surgical in struments or needles used on the animal after each use. Consult a local veterinari an. Muth and Goulding are working with researchers from California, Oklahoma Louisiana, Florida, and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture in a nationwide effort to find a control for the costly disease. OSC Eyes Market On Fryer Sales Corvallis - What are some of the things that Influence the buying practices of Ore- gonians for Oregon grown chicken fryers - income, occu pation, holidays, price, size of birds, how they are pack aged? These are a few of the ques tions researchers hope to an swer following a special mar ket survey of Oregon food buyers' tastes and shopping practices. Oregon State college agri culture economics department will conduct the research with a $2,500 grant from the Ore gon Fryer commission. Dr. Harold F. Hollands, OSC professor of agricultural economics, will head the re search project assisted by Charles M. Fischer, poultry marketing specialist, nnd Wil liam II. McCluskcy, poultry husbandman. First phase of the study is to determine the place of fry ers on the food buyer's shop ping list. For example, is this former "Sunday looa now considered nn everydny item? What are the effects of sale "specials?" What does the "Oregon-grown" label mean to the average shopper? A second phase of the re search project, jointly fl- nnnced by the fryer commis sion nnd OSC agricultural ex periment station, will test the effectiveness of various sales techniques In selected Oregon markets. A flnnl step will be to meas ure the effect on Oregon fryer sales of the new Oregon law renulrlng thnt broilers enrry a label showing where they were grown. Farm & Garden TWIG BORERS Some growers are reporting damage from peach twig borers. Peach growers then should examine trees care fully for this pest and spray immediately if necessary. Infestations of twig borers are determined by small holes with fine sawdust - like ma terial occurring near the stem end of the peach or where blemishes or bruises occur on the fruit. Further examination may show a small brownish worm with a black head. These worms are the larva of a moth. DDT at two pounds per 100 gallon or 10 pounds per acre should be used if applied 30 days before harvest on late varieties. Seven 50-W at two pounds per 100 gallons may be substituted for DDT and applied up to within one day previous to harvest. The sooner sprays are applied the less visible residue will show on the fruit. Where mites are present, Kclthane at IVi pounds per hundred or 8 pounds per acre may be added to the above. Thorough cover is neces sary to get good control of twig borer and mites. A mixture of calomel (mer- curous chloride) and corro sive sublimate (mercuric chlo ride) are two widely used non organic mercury compounds which can be obtained at the local drug stores. By mixing one ounce of each material In 11 gallons of water to cover 500 square feet, the corrosive sublimate dissolves readily In warm water while calomel does not dissolve In water, so the spray solution ahould be stirred frequently to keep the mixture uniform. Applications to diseased reaa should be repeated at about two week intervals. Where dead areas are not too large, grass will generally re cover after several treatments and fill in. Rcseedlng is neces sary on large spots. ALL MERCURIAL COM POUNDS ARE POISONOUS and should be kept away from children and pets. Some of these materials will cor rode metal, so rinse equip ment thoroughly after appli cation. Scientific Feed System Boosts Lean Pork Quality Corvallis - Scientific live stock feeding and breeding are hastening the day when food buyers can expect an abundance of high quality, lean pork. Experts in swine produc tion traced developments to ward leaner, meaty-type hogs last Tuesday at Oregon State college's annual swine field day attended by more than 150 producers, packers and others interested in the industry. Sir John Hammond, Cam bridge, England, a world au thority on animal physiology, said methods of feeding make It possible to control muscle and bone growth and fat con tent of hogs. He said the highest quality pork comes from hogs fed on a high nutritional level until they are 16 weeks old and then changed to a low nutri tion diet until they reach 200 pounds live weight for mar keting. On a high nutrition level. hogs lengthen out well and grow a large frame of bone and muscle while they are young. When high level feed ing is continued after this growth is reached, the energy goes into undesirable fat, he explained. Hogs continue to grow, but little fat is added, when they are put on the low plane of nutrition, the speaker said. He added that "low plane" refers to quantity and not quality of the feed. Should Key Product J. B. Nance, Alamo, Tenn., swine producer and president of the National Swine Grow ers Council, charged growers and meat packers with joint responsibility in keying their product to consumer demands Meat packers are now work ing more closely with produc ers In an education program to flu market demands for leaner pork, Nance stated. He emphasized the importance of breeding "meat qualities in to hogs by selecting meaty- type strains within breeds for reproduction. Douglas Chambers, presi dent of Cascade Meats com- pany, Salem, said his firm now buys more than 9,000 hogs a year on a "grade and yield" basis to cstnbllsh the merit of ment-type hogs - dls counts for poor quality mid bonuses for high quality hogs. Visiting livestockmen also heard reports by OSC re searchers on local feeding and breeding experiments. Dr. Da vid C. England, OSC profes sor of animal husbandry, was chairman of the field day sponsored Jointly by the col tairA nnH the Western Orpffon Livestock association. ROOT BORER The peach and prune root borer can be controlled with relative ease and low cost by the use of DDT sprays applied in mid - summer when the adult moths are emerging. In the Rogue River valley the first spray can be made now. If borer damage heavy, a second spray should be made about 30 days later. The recommended spray contains eight pounds of 50 per cent wettable DDT pow der to 100 gallons of water. The lower scaffold limbs and trunk should be thoroughly covered with the spray ap plied at low pressure. Soak the trunks thoroughly and let some of the spray solution run down the trunk and pud dle at the base. It takes about one to two pints of spray per tree for trees having trunk diameters of four to six inches. Damage by the peach and prune root borer is one reason for the low vigor in many of the older peach plantings in Jackson county. Applying DDT sprays will help prevent further damage by this serious pest. Spraying young peach and prune and cherry trees is just as important as spraying older trees. The borers may, in one or two years, completely gir dle the trunks of young trees one to two inches in diam eter. Replacing dead trees is not only expensive but also detracting to the uniform ap pearance of the orchard. Symptoms of borer damage include sap, gum, and frass from the burrows of the borers around the base of the tree. Frass is the sawdust-like waste product from the bodies of the borers. Frass-covered pupal cases may be found pro truding from the burrows af ter the moths have emerged. Pigs Get Break ; In Zone Decision By State Official Snlcm - Pigs are pigs and a part of the business of agri culture - nnd it doesn't maka any difference whether they forage on grazing lands or ara raised In a "piggery." And because they are a part of agriculture, the land used for raising of pigs is excluded from the provisions of county zoning ordinances. Thla information itiml from an opinion released a few days ago by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton in answer to whether or not the raising of pigs Is "agrl-. culture" within the meaning of the law authorizing county zoning ordinances. The attorney general hold that the legislature hasn't de fined agriculture and for that1 reason it has no other than' its usual meaning in Oregon Revised Statutes 215.130 sub section one. This section is) pertinent to the farmer and to county zoning. It says that, no ordinance adopted under the county zoning law "shall regulate lands used for graz ing, agriculture, horticulture! or for the growing of timber."" Citing Webster's dictionary various agricultural docu ments and court decisions, the attorney general's opinion, says there is no doubt that raising pigs "falls within the. terms 'agriculture' and 'graz ing.' " But he does point out that if pigs are kept In connection nf DDT. or Malathion SDrays with a swine-ieeoing Dustnesa or dusts. Where earwigs are licensed by the state depart- serious, better control could be obtained by combining the DDT with Malathion. Persistenceand heavy appli cations are needed to keep this pest in check during this time of year. People who have been hav ing trouble might be interest ed in stopping by the exten sion office and picking up Circular No. 655, "Control of the European Earwig." EARWIG PROBLEM Earwigs are becoming more evident around the home and garden. When this pest occurs in large numbers it often causes considerable carnage to flowers, vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants. They are also an objection able pest when they get in side the home and in spite of their fierce looking pincers they are a harmless insect as far as biting or punching peo ple is concerned. There is no truth to the old superstition that this insect crawls into the ears of sleeping people. Earwigs can be successful ly controlled by repeated use of poison baits or by the use ment of agriculture, they ara required to be maintained In a sanitary condition in a place which will not be a publio nuisance. Talent Couple Has Feedmobile Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grab her. Talent, will return this week from a factory training school at Lancaster, Pa., where they learned to operate their new mobile feed processing plant. The couple is driving the new Feedmobile to Talent BLACK ROOT HOT Strawberry plants which are dying are generally af fected by black root rot. This has been a common disease in the area over many vpar Nn chemical cures have been found, nor do we have where it will be used in At any completely resistant va- J3. Grabber's Mobile Feed rieties. Some strawberry I Service. . plants, such as Red Rich, ap- With the new mobile plant pear extremely sensitive to Grabher can drive to tha the root rot conditions; while farm, grind anything he grows uariotiM llkp Sileti and Puest for feed, mix the ground ma- Beauties may have some re- tenai wttn nign protein com- sistance they are Dy no means immune to the disease Strawberry plantings where the disease is showing up either by excessive redden ing of the leaves or the actual dying of the plants should not be maintained longer than two years. The best method of raising strawberries in the area is to keep new plants coming on continually, remov ing them after the first or sec ond harvest season. Under this renewal system of plant ings, the Northwest variety does reasonably well as a one crop berry, while Streamliner, Rock Hill and Gem appear to be the best everbearers for this area. mercial concentrates and other additives and blend in warm liquid molasses, a fac tory spokesman said. A rough-age-lzer makes it possible to grind baled hay at four bales, a minute. A pneumatic un loader on the Feedmobile's mixer-blander pipes the fin ished formula feed to wher ever the farmer wants it,.- TURF DISEASES Turf diseases are often a problem during the hot part of the summer. Brown patch and mushroom fairy ring are some of the common ones In this area which require treat ment for control. Several other fungus dis eases also occur including damplng-off disease and Fu- sarium is suspected. Bent- grass lawns are very suscep tible to fungus disease trou ble and account for many of the complaints received local ly. The weedy grass, annual blucgrass which often invades bare spots in the spring, is also highly susceptible to some of the fungus diseases. Often It Is quite extensively killed out during the summer by disease. Newly planted lawns are sometimes attacked by damp ing off fungus. On new lawns, tho fungicide Captnn is often used successfully. On estnb lished lawns where the prob lem Is serious, one of the mer cury compounds obtnlnable at the seed and feed store may be used. Several trade name compounds containing mer cury are available and should be applied according to direc tions on the packages. BLIGHT PROBLEM Arborvitae showing dead limbs or severe twig and needle tie-back are probably affected with Berckmann's blight. This is' a fungus dis ease which occurred during the previous fall rains. During the summer tne only treatment is removal of dead and weakened infected twigs and branches and good cultural conditions in the way of fertilizers and water to stimulate new growth. No SDrays are recommend ed at this time of year. Fixed copper sprays applied just prior to the fall rams in eariy October are suggesiea. Good Old Days Gone, Claims 'Hobo King' Los Angeles (UPD - Jeff Da vis, 77, who calls himself the "king of the- hoboes," said Mondny the good old days are gone. "I tell the kids in scnool hoboing ain't what It's crack ed up to be," Davis explained. "Bums used to be old men, mainly - but today they're young bums." i ".-.TTT.- i; j.fyjffiKjiilijjl' Crayspray ( I specializing in Weed and brush conlrol Phone SP 2-9279 Modern Artificial Breeding with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE Disease-free proved slret plus dependable technical knowhow . , . equals your best buy In breeding serv-icel CALL... SP 2-4093 C. C. Williams ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE
