TUESDAY, JULY IS. 1D90
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, ORE.
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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."
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