Jackson SCD Field Trials
Provide Basic Information
By ROBERT LONZWAY
Jackson SCD
Vegetation is important!
Nearly all the earth's land
area is clothed with vegeta
tion. Vegetation is In the form
of trees, shrubs, grasses, le
gumes and weeds. Vegetation
provides people with nearly
all their shelter, food and fi
ber, either directly or in
directly. The field trial pro
gram in the Jackson soil con
servation district is a con
tinuing job concerned pri
marily with conservation of
Gardening Tips
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
The successful gardener
realizes that the beauty of his
'garden is directly proportion
al to the soil preparation. No
amount of cultivation follow
ing planting will replace good
soil preparation. For this rea
son he prepares his flower
garden soil to a depth of 10
inches and his shrub and rose
soil to 30 inches.
Particularly important with
the heavy soils of the valley
is the timing of the prepara
tion. Working the heavy soil
while it is wet and sticky will
destroy the granular structure
and cause a hard, cloddy soil.
Sandy soils are in good work-
. able condition at an earlier
Pruning Explained
To Pear Growers
By County Agent
By CLIFFORD B. CORDY
County Horticultural Agent
The desirability of encour
aging vigorous growth on
young trees and then pruning
the trees lightly was empha
sized at a pear growers meet
ing held Wednesday at the
Redskin orchards.
At the time trees are plant
ed thoy should be headed
back to 20 in. to 24 in. This,
in most cases, is knee high.
All side shoots should be cut
back to a short stub unless
they are as large or larger
than a pencil in which case
they can be cut back to about
10 in.
" After the first year's growth
three branches should be se
lected for framework. These
should preferably originate
from the top three buds. These
new shoots should be cut
back enough to stiffen them
so that they will not bend un
der the weight of next year's
growth. This cutting back will
also cause them to branch.
Remove Branches
All branches not wanted for
the permanent framework of
the tree should be removed.
From then on it is a mater of
cutting back the branches de
sired for permanent frame
work to stiffin them and cause
further branching. A few un
desirable shoots should be re
moved and the remainder
should be left without prun
ing. By doing this Bartletts
can be brought into pretty
fair production in 6 to 8 years
and Anjous in 8 to 9 years.
Good crops, of course, can
not be produced until an ade
quate sized tree is grown. As
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grasses and legumes.
Grasses and legumes are a
lot like people. Some are tall,
some short and some big and
some small, as with people,
management and treatment
has a direct relationship to
quality and quantity of pro
duction. Studies Related
Much has been learned and
much is to be learned about
management and treatment of
grasses and legumes. Some
of the things learned are: re
lation of species, methods of
esiaousnmem ana manage-
date than the clay soils.
A good test for soil readi
ness is to mildly squeeze a
handful of soil. If the soil
crumbles when released, it is
ready to prepare. If a muddy
ball forms, delay working the
soil.
Preparation Explained
Garden soil preparation con
sists of improving the soil
physical condition or tilth and
the soil's fertility. The tilth
must be improved prior to
planting whereas the fertility
can be satisfied by supplemen
tal feedings. Tilth is best im
proved by the incorporation
of organic matter into the soil.
Organic matter is supplied
to the soil in the form of cover
crops, manures, crop residues,
lawn clippings, peat moss,
leaves, straw and bark chips.
Of these, manures and bark
chips are best suited for gar
den use in this area. Crop res
idues, leaves and lawn clip
pings are also good soil addi
tives, but are best when used
via the compost pile.
Manures have long been
used as soil improvers. They
are high in organic matter
and contain beneficial soil or
ganisms. Cow manure is con
sidered best for soil prepara
tion. Since manures frequent
ly contain weed seeds the ad
dition of a sterilent is desire
able. Spread the manure two to
four inches deep and work it
well into the soil. Fresh ma
nure should be applied at
lease eight weeks prior to
planting. Poultry manure is
very concentrated and precau
tion should be used in its ap
plication. Do not apply at a
rate in excess of one pound
per 10 square feet. .
Use Bark Chips
Bark chips will last about
six years in the soil and blend
well. The maximum size used
for incorporation into the soil
should be one-half inch. Lar
ger sizes may be used for
mulching.
Additional nitrogen should
be applied with the bark to
insure a sufficient amount is
present for decomposition.
Fifteen pounds of actual nitro
gen (50 pounds ammonium ni
trate, 75 pounds ammonium
sulfate) per ton is recommend
ed the first year. Five pounds
actual nitrogen should be ap
plied the second and third
years. The chips are spread
two inches deep for each foot
of depth of prepared soil,
pruning is dwarfing, this ade
quate sized tree will be pro
duced sooner if pruned as lit
tle as possible. It is much bet
ter to obtain growth through
careful cultural practices than
by trying to stimulate it with
excessive pruning.
your better-grade crops bring higher
prices; second, your bigger yields give
you more to sell and third, you get a
greater profit on each crop unit of
whatever yoa grow.
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ment of established plantings.
Some of the conservation
methods used in field trials
are alternate seeding, use of
depth bands and fertilizer
practices. Things learned
from the trials are such
things as seedbed prepara
tion, seeding time and meth
ods and, of most importance,
the related merits of future
grasses and legumes.
Field trials in the Jackson
SCD are a cooperative job in
helping the cooperatbrs find
the right grasses and legumes
for high economical return
plus establishment of soil and
water conservation. Cooperat
ing on these jobs are the
experiment stations, county
extension service and other
agencies and organizations'.
The species of seed and tech
nical help is made available
by the soil conservation
service.
Field planting trials in the
Jackson SCD are big enough
to determine such things as
management, yield and qual
ity of production. Field plant
ing trials are part of the co
operator's basic conservation
plans to fill the needs of the
land and treatment for pro
tection and improvement.
Plantings Reviewed
A brief review of some
field planting trials in Jack
son SCD are:
Hay and pasture plantings:
Akara orchard grass, 2 acres,
V. Hunt, Evans Valley;
Greener grass, 18 acres, P.
Shultz, Sams Valley; Harding
and Lunal grass, 16 acres, B.
Bitterling, Eagle Point; Latar
orchard grass, 10 acres, L.
James, Sams Valley; Cascade
lotus, 30 acres, P. Nevins,
Agate desert.
Range seeding: Les Bonos
lotus, 10 acres, G. Loftin,
Beagle; Lana vetch, 30 acres,
C. McCrae, Evans Valley;
Rose clover and Blando
Brome, 12 ares, M. Bradshaw,
Little Butte; Lana vetch and
tall oatgrass, 12 acres, J. Kon
wiser, Yankee creek; Greener
grass, eight acres, C. Moxley,
Meridian road.
Protective seeding: creep
ing, red fescue, Ramsey can
yon dam, Sams valley;
streambank whealgrass, ditch
pad, L. James; streambank
wheatgrass, fill and spillway,
E. Korner.
Seed production: Greener
grass, L. James.
Range seeding: Los Banos
lotus, I. Woolfolk, 15 acres;
Harding grass, M. Bradshaw,
15 acres; Los Banos lotus, J,
Konwiscr, 10 acres; Harding
grass, C. Moxileg, 10 acres.
Field planting trials in the
Jackson SCD are big enough
to determine things such as
management, yield and qual
ity of production. Field plan:
ing trials are a part of co
operators' basic conservation
plans to fill the needs of the
land and treatment for pro
tection and improvement.
Medical Care Plan
Presented Congress
Washington - IUPII - Congress
got the Kennedy administra
tion's detailed proposals for
medical care for the aged
Monday.
Following up his message on
the larger subject of health
and welfare. President Ken
nedy today transmitted to the
House and Senate proposed
legislation to enact a SI bil
lion yearly health program for
elderly persons under social
security.
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TREE PLANTERS This group of Eagle
Point Grange women spent all day recently
at the C. C. Hoover home, on Gregory id.
potting seedling Colorado Blue Spruce. This
Oregon Dairies
Increase Use
Of Machinery
Salem-Push-button farming
is making the dairyman's lite
much easier these days ac
cording to statistics released
by the state department of
agriculture which show a con
tinued increase in the use
o mechanical equipment.
Almost all dairies inspected
by the Department were, re
ported using farm tanks, pipe
line milkers, or a combination
pipeline milker and farm
tank, stanchion and platform
milking parlors and paved
cowyards.
The tanks and milkers take
the place of the old-time hand
milking and milk cans which
took a great deal more time
and was much less sanitary.
Paved cowyards have also re
duced the possibility of dirt
or disease. A cow used to be
led into a stall, through a
muddy cowyard if it happen
ed to be during the rainy
season and milked by hand
after which .the milk was car
ried in buckets to larger con
tainers to a milk house. Now
the animal is conducted over
a paved yard, into a shiny
well-lighted milking parlor
and, after a preliminary clcan-
ir which is still done by
' . is milked automatically.
Ti.e milk is sent through a
pipeline, often partly trans
parent, into a farm tank.
Dairies Checked
Dairies checked today by
the Department show a total
of 589 producers and producer-distributors
using farm
tanks as compared to 450 in
1956 and 570 in 1959. '
Pipeline milkers are used
by 379 producers and producer-distributors
while in
1956 there were 267 and in
1959, there were 347. Using
combination tanks and milk
lines are 331 producers and
producer-distributors and in
1956 there were 177 while in
1959 there were 275.
Stanchion parlors are used
by 428 dairymen while in 1956
there were 437 using the con
venience and in 19?9, there
were 461. The stanchion is the
only type of parlor to show
a droo. This is because it is
the older type of parlor and
is being replaced by the new
er raised-platform style of
milking parlor.
Platform Popular
Elevated, platform-type par
lors were being used bv 309
dairymen in 1960. by 276 in
1059 and by 327 in 1956.
Paved cowyards were in use
last year by 500 dairymen, in
1959 by 4i9 and in 1956 by
202.
According to Kenneth E.
Carl, assistant chief of dairy
law enforcement for the de
partment, dairies inspected by
city officials showed similar
increase in the use of mod
ernized machinery in 1960,
although statistics for earlier
years are not available.
Combined city-stale statis
tics show thai farm tanks are
used now by 1.177 fluid milk
producers and producer-distributors.
Combination tanks
and pipelines are used by 516
producers and producer-dis
tributors. Pipeline mi'kors are
used by 592 dairymen.
Using the slonciiion type,
are 608 dairymen and using
the raised platform type. 524. i
Cowyards have been paved by j
92; nroriucers and producer-!
distributors. i
Cows are nol housed over
night or fed roughage in these
"milking parlors" as is the
practice in the old fashioned
dairy barns. Most dairymen
have dispensed with the milk
stool by having the cow come
into a milking parlor on a
raised platform so he can
stand up while she is being
milked.
No more stoop or
squat.
ACCIDENT DAY
Chicago - Accidents at rail
road grade crossings occur
most often on Sundays.
CHIEF TREE MAN-C. C. Hoover, Gregory rd., recently held
a tree polling party for Eagle Point Grangers at his home.
After potting 350 Colorado Blue Spruce in one. day the
Grangers distributed the trees to residents of Eagle Point
and vicinity the next day. Hoover is shown Voiding a plant
ing pot and seedling tree.
E. P. Grange
Members PromoJe
Tree Planting
Eagle Point - The Eagle
Point area will "come up
roses if C. C. (Charlie) Hoo
ver and his Eagle Point
Grange committee lias any
thing to say about it. It is
already "coming up" trees.
Two years ago tile Grange
distributed and acted as gen
eral observer to the planting
of 25.000 trees throughout tile
county, but with main em
phasis in the Eagle Point area.
Last year they distributed and
fostered the planting of 8,000
trees. Those consisted of Gold
en Weeping Willow, Chinese
Elm, Redwood, incense cedar
and some 16 varieties all told.
This year the Grange is pro
moting the planting of 30,000
trees. Hoover, as tree plant
ing committee chairman plans
to order vast quantities of
roses next and distribute them
throughout the Eagle Point
area and perhaps through the
rest of Jackson county.
Were Windbreaks
Most of the trees distrib
uted the first two years were
for windbreaks. The trees this
year are mainly for landscap
ing residential yards, public
grounds and farmyards. Most
of the trees now being dis
tributed are six varieties of
spruce. Bob Bitterling, Po
mona Grange Master, V. E.
Davies, of the Eagle Point
Grange committee and Hoo
ver did the actual tree dis
tributing around Eagle Point.
Current plans are In distrib
ute 2.074 trees to the Girl
Senilis of Jackson and Jose
phine counties and the west
ern part of Siskiyou county.
Eagle Point schools will rc-c-eive
970 trees consisting of
' Arizona cypress and varieties
0f spruce.
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ASKS Annual SeSSOflS
Salem (UPIt Hep. John R.
Dellcnbaelc (H-Medford) Mon-
day put in a bill providing
for annual sessions of the leg
islature. It now meets once
every two years, on the odd
numbered year.
Under his plan, the legisla
ture meeting in even-nurnber-
i ed years would consider only
' state government, revenue and
: tax matters. The session meet-
ing in odd - numbered years
would consider all issues.
His bill provides no length.
Chicago - About 40 per
cent of all fatal accidents uc
cur during week ends.
Grange tree planting project is one of the
many public service projects being conduct
ed by the active Grange.
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Disease Control
Program Tops
Salem-"Progress in Oregon
on the brucellosis program is
very excellent," said Dr. Don
ald Miller, assistant director
of the animal eradication divi
sion of the United States De
partment of Agriculture from
Islington, D.C.
Dr. Miller was a guest at
the final sessions of the work
conference held Feb. 1-2 for
state and federal veterinary
disease control officials at the
stale department of agricul
ture in Salem. These meetings
were sponsored jointly with
the office of the federal vet
erinarian in charge in Ore
gon. Dr. A. G. Beagle.
During a brief interview
Dr. Miller said, "We think
that after counties and slates
reach a modified, certified
brucellosis status as Oregon
has. and with a high level
of calfhood vaccination, the
market cattle testing program
provides the best means for
eventual eradication of brucel
losis." He added that when these
cattle are tested either at
slaughterhouses or at the mar
ket, the necessity for 95 per
cent of on-tho-ranch testing
of beef cattle is eliminated.
Dr. Maurice Woulfc, SDA, had
earlier said that ranch testing
costs $1.10 as compared to
a cost of 53 cents for vaccina
tion at an auction yard.
Speaking of the conference,
Dr. Miller said, "it provides
for uniformity and clarity of
procedures, keeps participants
belter informed on various
activities so they can be more
efficient on the job." Dr.
Miller covers 16 western
states working with veterinari
ans in charge of preventive
programs.
Agenda for the two-day ses
sion included a talk on "Status
of Count 'ns," Dr. Philip Cazi
er. assistant in charge of the
USDA in Oregon; a talk on
market cattle testing by Dr.
Woulfe; a panel discussion on
brucellosis rccrlifici'i'o" wi'h
Drs. R. S. Russ, "oseburt,
USDA: George Puis, Union,
SDA; R. F. Mawrer, Ontario,
USDA. State Veterinarian Dr.
L. E. Bodenwciser sooke on
relesting of infected herds,
Slides were shown on scabies
and the starling control pro
gram. Speaking on various
aspects of scabies were Drs.
L. Dale Cherry and Kenneth!
Erickson, Baker, USDA; and
Carl Spencer, Ashland, SDA.
Serving on a panel on scabies
were Drs. Puis, Erickson,
Spencer and Cherry.
Dr. A. G. Beagle talked on
the treatment of infected ani
mals; Dr. Win. D. Pritchard,
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