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TUESDAY, Good Time Now to Fertilize With Nitrogen ' BT EUGENE WINTERS ", County Extension Agent -I The latter part of February and first part of March Is a good time to apply nitrogen fertilizers to improved irri gated pastures. irrigated pastures ,ln Jack- son county . are generally planted to Ladino Clover, or .: Birdsfoot Trefoil . and . Alta fescue, orchard, grass, peren- nial ryegrass or meadow fox- . tail. Fertilizing ; weeds or : weedy grasses seldom pay, .!; Improved1 pastures .with a good stand of clover or lotus and perennial grasses in me . proportion of about half grass and half legume will benefit appreciably with a fertilizer - nroeram consisting ' of ' be- :tween 30 and 40 pounds of 'actual nitrogen before the - middle of March. Applications of lime, -phosphorous, potas- .. glum and boron should be based upon soil test reports. : Thirty to 40 pounds of sulfur t should be included in the ' fertilizer program each year, Sulfur can be included gen erally with other spring ap- : plied fertilizer materials. ' No Superiority l;ft Oregon State college soil scientists "have found little ' basis for claiming superiority of one kind of nitrogen ler- tllizer. over another. In 65 field experiments in Oregon, ' no one nitrogen fertilizer was consistently better than, an other when the fertilizer was ' applied properly. Fertilizers ' compared include: ammonium nitrate,' urea, ammonium, sul- : fate, calcium - nitrate,- anhy drous ammonia, and aqua ammonia, x ' .'..' if! Regardless of the type of nitrogen fertilizer used, farm ers can expect less than five per i cent loss of nitrogen to the air , when the fertilizer ia applied properly to the soil. ,,; ' . v Listed are three sttuatibns when farmers should expect loss to .ihe air. ' i When nitrate nitrogen is ap plied to soils wet enough to have a poor supply ' of oxy gen; when ammonium forma of nitrogen and urea are left i on the surface of soils with ; pH above. 7.0; and when high rates of urea are left, on ' the surface, of acid, sandy textured, moist soils at high temperatures (vegetable cover Will reduce this urea joss;." W Losses front urea should hot he expected- when Irrigation or rsin immediately follow ap ' plication. .:'.''. i . -' J Researchers-found some ex periments where one souce of nitrogen- gave better results i than, other sources. But In every case there were other experiments where this source of nitrogen wasn't . superior. On .the basis of this recent study, OSC, researchers came to thla concluslon-the nitro gen fertilizer that costs the least for each pound of ac tual nitrogen applied to the oil is usually the -best. Costa of transportation, handling, and. application should be -In cluded in figuring cost; . ; Of course, there are items '. other than' cost to keep in 'mind.. The-value of ..other .phint nutrients such as sul-fur-ln Some, nitrogen , fertil iser's should, be recognized, but only If ' that plant nu trient is needed in the soil ELEPHANT BRAND FERTILIZER PAID FOR THIS CAR This is not an exaggeration. By the yer better-grade ; proper and effective use Brand fertilizer thousands of farmers have been able to make the money for something they wanted, such as a new car or new farm machinery. With Elephant Brand fertilizer, you grow bigger crops. Your cost of grow ing the crop is spread over more crop units (more "bushels, bales, tons or pounds) so you grow each unit for (ess. Lower production cost per unit : means you increase the difference between cost price and selling price that difference is your prof iU Using. Elephant Brand will mean more money for you in three ways: first, Itl'HANT It AND PIUS VAIUU A w) mte f t4ae U4 ntlw UnifwM-tlst4 m Stit fwHtttud ioiMi AS titMim kklr wtT MhiUc Stiwia, oeallm mlneal, in alts hfa IT PAYS e-aa-ia riMnRglJrl.l.'.aj.ni,-w.'i.iMiL;ijij.j;i,UL-;,i-M.'i.ri I COHtNCO PRODUCT. INC.. lOKANf. WAIHIHtlbH. XCLUfllVK U.. ALt AOCNT fO ILKPHANT BRAND riRTTLIZCRt, BALroUR. OUTXRIK CO. IIMITEO SAN rRANCTBCO LOB ANQlLCB ' B CATTLE PORTLAND BPOWANg MINNEAPOLIS FEBRUARY 28. 1981 ' : Pea rs H ave Future i In Willamette Valley 'Tn (Via fnp of n -mild near planting boom, the first one in 30 years, ' Henry Hartman, Oregon state college Horticul turist urged Willamette valley growers to be cautious. The horticulturist who is working on the pear , decline raaii-Vi In the Rosue valley made this statement at the Mid-Willamette pear meeting in Salem last weeir. . , t cham rfrnns in Dear Deduc tion in the Rogue ; valley, Washington ana cauiorma has brought a current thirty of increased demand lor, Wil lamette valley pears not af fected by pear decline, Hart man noted. ' ; "However, growers in those areas are not discouraged: They are replacing lost trees, Cost of Living Increases Pass By Farmer 1 nnruniiiB-lrVint of llvlni fn- crcases-those built-in' 'escala tors in the weekly pay check -by-passed the farmer almost completely during the past 10 years.:,',,-y, ' !, . ,- .. ,: .Net income for the average farm operator Increased only 3 per cent since-. I860, reports M. D.Thomas, Oregon State College extension agricultural economist.- In the face of ris ing -living costs, this meant the farm family income, in 1960 would buy- 13 per . cent less than in 1950. At the same time, the aver age person working off-farm for wages' or' salary earned about' 50 per cent more in 1960 than in 1950. Allowing for inflation, this provided about one-fourth more, real Income.- ' 1 The bit! squeeze on the farm er came with rising operating costs ' coupled with lower prlces'for the things he raised. Main cost gains nave orcu Interest -on. borrowed.' funds, property taxes, and "wages of hired workers, according to a recent national 'survey by the U.S. 'Department of Agri culture. ' ! Wagas Up ? Wage rates for farm work ers were up nearly 50 per cent and factory products used on the, farm showed in creases, ranging from 5 per cent on fertilizer ' to, 40 per cent for farm machinery.' ., . ,.;rhose items needed for pro duction which showed de creased costs, themselves origi nated, oh' the nation's farms. Feed, seed, and 'feeder live stock' prices In 1960 were lower than in 1950 by ,7 to 11 pier. cent. '. Cost items, which 'have shown little change in recent years include prices of motor vehicles, gasoline, oil, tires, and building materials, 1 nom as noted. . . ', The farm production, cost picture is . outlined in the our rent Issue of Oregon farm and market Outlook published by OSC. extension service.:. The outlook , also Includes a detail ed report bh trends in fruit and vegetable production and marketing. Free copies of the outlook circular may be .ob tained from local county ex tension offices. . on whioh the fertilizer - is to be applied, . "' : . i of Elephant prices; second, your bigger yields give you more to sell and third, you get a greater profit on eack crop unit ef whatever yo grew. GET A BIGGER MONT "SLICE" AS -V WITHOUT PIRTILHtm Think of this "trie as the money yon get for Ter? crop amt sou grow. Tne aarKtnvd prHn l yeur profit. Ftrtlllnr htlpc yw tt a lMr praflt "loe". 9 btwislre werneese syttem fef fa TO CHOOSE FROM THE mTRAPmilSC33.5-0-0 1 18-W-a 1 11-41-1 1 10-30-10 . 13-13.13 , Elephant- Brand w.i.r .oiui.i. F E RTI LI Z E RS the horticulturist pointed otit, He predicted, that .new acre ages of pear orcnaras in can fornia would more than com pensate for tree flosses which are expected to' be heavy.-in the next three years. Pear Shorten Temporary" - Current prices should hot be used in planning for 25-30 years ahead, Hartman recom mended.. The,, pear - shortage due to decline wiU be a tem porary one, ne sam. . .,f. "Pears are a long-time proj ect; some trees planted in the Willamette valley iiv"1885 are still, producing wejl," ..he noted..' .-. .'.:,'( . '? However, he warned that the one principal reliable vol ume outlet for the future will be. processing plants.' There1 is but one variety1 Bartlett .There is little demand for late pear varieties in the Willam ette valley and Bartletts are not used for fresh markets, he explained. Medford and Hood River pear areas can get twice as - much a box for Bosc and D'Ahjou varieties : than the Willamette valley growers.' ' Oregon pear production has grown steadily since 1930, Hartman noted. In .1958 Ore gon ranked second in the U.S. in pear production,'; growing 20 per cent of the total. Hood River and Jackson county pro duces more than 90 per cent of the pears grown in Oregon and they are about 50 per cent of the Bartlett variety. ? Last year the prevailing price was $90 per ton -for Bartletts, the highest since 1950, the horticulturist said. In Favorable Position - .4; , Willamette ; valley growers are in a favorable position, be cause of ready access to proc essing plants, Hartman noted. Packers have- done a great job in advertising, standardiz ing and maintaining quality. But to face future competition we may find that growers will have to . employ - production techniques. beyond those need ed in the past," he continued. - Proner Browlne sites .and soils are available in the Wil lamette valley for pear yields equal ', to . other ', established areas if proper trees and good cultural methods are . used, Hartman explained. Freedom from frosts is a big advan tage. . " The valley is generally free of fire blight which is still. a serious economic handicap in many areas. - Last year some growers dusted trees 30 times during . the growing season and still' did not control the disease, Hartman' said. No survey of 'possible pear decline has "been made in the' Willamette ' valley, but Hart man believes the ' danger ..is not great.", ; . p '. 4-H Hews Daffr Dills ,.";: .- , , ' - The- Daffy. Dills' had their February meeting at Mrs. Ah horn's place. Danny Hill Join ed our club and Is going (oo be safety chairman. We planned on' getting , a window downtown and we thought that the Central Point library'swindow 'would '.oe nice for our 4-H Week display. Phyllis Brown read a poem; Mrs. 'Anhorn showed'.'us a film c ailed the "Gift of Green." We 'had a' game which Elaine Yound won. " Cathy Anhorn A . f .'' ; Reporter ': " '.' , crops bring highe WITH PCKTH.IHK ' ELEPHANT BRAND LINE HWMONIUM SUlfHATE (21 t-8 ) I 14-k-t uwea (-43.0 0) CHIT CHAT- ''-.V-:;'' ...-' .- Mail: trikaiie !.' : i-;S;; ',V:( -, i( While 'the farmer Is being .careful"' to ' see ' 'that ' people don't Yet the wrong impression of him,-he should be equally careful to -see he doesn't spread the wrong Impression' about people-(who; affect his 'operation.' :i' ' 1 '- ' -1 ff T-.j: -.' ' ' ' 1 - ""''" -,r:,,l-.,V.'(, ; ... 4.- .,'.- , , i (..-..- ' -t . -..r . ,. : ; ' Farmers. , and their families . have long resented being steotyped as "hayseeds." The farm family-is as well-dressed or perhaps even better dressed than the city, dwellers; the farm - home has, all the modern- conveniences, the pickup truck is as smartly streamlined Therefore,' the farmer 'should be 'ctfr'eful he' doesn't de scribe or refer to his. associates in stereotyped descriptions, also; . Too often, we have heard farmers', say -that' as soon as they .fix their fences and paint their barns' their- taxes will go up. This Is deliberately We were somewhat concerned when; we read .Wheeler McMillen's column in the February issue of the Farm Jour nal,! We are glad he labelled one . item as ''Farm Fable for February." That's what -it is, a fable. " But it's the kind of fable too niany -people take -as the- gospel truth. ..' . The -column tells of how, husband. until he : cleaned, up his trashy barnyard, painted and-repaired his fences and buildings and even landscaped the premises. . The assessor came along and raised his taxes, according to this yarn. Then a rich city man drove, by, admired the farm and bought, it, for twice as, much. Moral to the story was even' if a-wife is. wrong, she will turn out right.' v- ''.''.i'.-'i- ..'-''."."'.' ' I :.". ''"' ' ':' In case you '.didn't know; taxes on your farm property merely, determines the'value. any county when, you -"vote for. vices , and , ,' expenditures, new schodl 'buildings, ', Improved roads, etc. Fortunately in this county O and C (timber receipts finance county roads, some-timber-receipts even help support -the Schools and timber receipts are used also to finance the operation of -county offices.'-- '; t J ; .- As we ' have tried to -bring out .in. the series of land appraisal problems we have been running on this page, .there are r many, -many factors to., consider in -establishing the appraised valuation .of land.-.,. It's, this "appraised 'valuation which foims the base -for your property: tax. Levies made by-such special districts : as -fire, water, andf. irrigation also affect your-prbperty-tax. ( r ... ;f )..';v..:'- .jv'. , :. X i i' )'. V":,;, 'it ;,::' ' r Incidentally, we were interested 'in', the comment of Ar nold Bonner t, Central , Point the home rule, committee lr county expenditures are inclined to. go up, since. they, are not. we did . not nave the u ana would probably be held at lower levels. Bohnert is a mem ber of the county budget : committee wnjch sets the budgets for .ali.countv'officesl z t j t' ' ' ' '!. ' .V1 v ;'' ' " . - : V., '.- ''" ' Personally,,; we 'hope we, - "bubble" of economy., Other counties are pressing ior state laws to share these timber receipts. Lumber companies who pay the money, for; cutting the government i timber report a bad year. A portion of what -they pay'-for the government timber goes to the county so this 'could have a serious effect. Anvwav. what we are aettina' at-the, farmer should not continually kick a man in the depends on 'this ; man's- governmental services. The local assessor's office contains a. highly skiUed. conscientious crew anxious to set a fair tax value property, : Such silly stories about taxes. going: up every time a farmer.'paints his fence or tween the . farmer , and assessor s office. . The- assessor de serves a pat on .'the. back, not This,- too.-W good - public relations.-(.,.,,-$ v .Kr And while we are-on'-this irrigation district managers tion, than they do. They, like ment station personnel, are vital to the farmer's welfare and agricultural progress.; Tlie ' irrigation district' manager is responsible for- regulation of water flow and maintenance of the vital agricultural arteries of ditches 'and canals. . '' The -county- agent' may be or some cither, symbol of appreciation; upon .retirement. If the Irrigation district manager tinual pressure from those who want more than their share of water and the .continual stream of complaints on other matters, he is allowed- to; limp -' We 'heard about a man. to return to dairy t farming .while.' : He's been, selling farm, machinery. He had -another farmer. over to dp -some part milking shed... . .This. brings. up two points: improving and the number of farmers doing part-time work, Dairy farmers must still be 'in' the firm erio of the cost- price, squeeze. OSC reports ' that the state has, fewer milk cows than expected earlier and fewer of them than in any previous year since 1914, according to the latest USDA es timate revised on the basis of And, nationally, the milk-cow 1909.- . ';":' .. i ' OSC.Ag Economist Stephen C. Marks gives -the reasons as technological changes and farmers during the post-World cattle for beef has been more Another OSC' report states that mllkfat receipts are slightly below a year earlier. Receipts of mllkfat in manu facturing milk during September, ,1980 were : 3 "per cerit more than , the' same month a' year earllef.'. but receipts' of butterfat 'lri qre'aih-were 10 per cent lower. ' The January September accumulated totals showed one per cent more fluid milk, but' 5 per cent less butter fat In. cream compared with the' same period last year.- Milk production Is' unchanged from last year.' ' '"'1 ' ' ' .;- ; Better management on 'the farm 'doesn't always produce the extra needed greenbacks. New-money is needed;. This means either the farmer or 'wife,' or 'both, must work, off the farm,, or'htw ideas to produce more farm money must be found.' A.few months ago we mentioned "cow-sitting"-as explained in the Ford farm almanac. This means that' when the farmer wants to take a week end off, he hires a. man to take care of his cows.. This means extra money for: the farmer who has the time. ' 1 Other people in this area have squeezed their feed costs by feeding dried cull pears to beef and porkers: - We know of another farmer who invented a corn drying, machine which uses the gases from, sewage wastes- for powerv He did custom drying for farmers.. The dairy farmer we wrote of earlier probably will continue to sell farm machinery and have his teen-age. son handle many, of the farm chores. ' Near the Sun Valley, Idaho, winter resort many farm families rent rooms to skiers who don't want to pay the higher resort prices. With the development of one or two winter recreation areas- here,' nearby farmers might' follow suit. - - - - .-. :;. ' - -" - - , Before he left for school in California, County v Agent Don Berry was trying to get more' fruit growers to use sour cherry trees for lnterplantings. ; There is at lust one flower bulb farm here that we know of. . Perhaps other people could grow bulbs on part of their acreage to earn a little additional moey. These are Just a few ideas -of prob ably hundreds which could become profitable. As farmers are finding out,-, it takes Ingenuity te keep ahead of the mortgage. , . - '. ..' .-. ,;: - MEDfORD MAIL1 TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE. : K " I .'k " , - as any .passenger car. . . spreading a false impression. al farmer's wife. nagged her .the - assessor' doesn't 'raise. 'the or; anybody else's property. He 'You raise your own taxes -in increased governmental ser ''". '.--y-r. - -,- area farmer, when asked by tax,-supported. He replied if i; lunds county, expenditures "' '"I - "-.'r -v :;. '-'. aren't riding. : too high i on.a seat of -the pants, when he on farm land and any other barn, do not nelp. relations be a figurative kick, in the pants. theme, lt seems to us that 'should' receive : more - apprecia the .county . agents and experi presented . with' a' gold watch is able to survive, the con o to seclusion. . out our - way who ' is- planning tafter - ib'elng' out. of , it' ;a little - time .work on his barn and -., . .. .;. ; ,-. .the dairy-business must be the 1959 census of agriculture. Inventory Is the smallest since - iV, .5,.. 1 ,:,u -t the cost-price squeeze on dairy War II -years-and producing rewarding in recent years. Garden Tips Br JOHN W, McLOUGHLIN County Extension, Agent' ROSE PRUNING Now Is the time' to Drune roses.' Since flowers are Dro- duced ' on new wood, prune annually, to encourage strong new flowering wood. - , ' , There are basic, pruning principles , to follow on all hy brid, tea, roses.. First, remove all dead or diseased wood, suckers, and any canes' cross ing the center of the plant. Suckers are distinguished from canes in that they; orig inate below the bud . union and have seven leaflets. Canes originate above the bud union and have five leaflets'. , , Remove old canes in pro portion to the amount of new canes- being formed to retain the ' balance of the " bush. Prune new canes hack to one outside bud 12 to 18 inches above the base of the plant. Demonstrations . Rose ' pruning demonstra tions will be held at the fol lowing times and places: ; ' Saturday,' March 4-10 ajn., rose 1 garden. . Lithia - park. Ashland, corner of Nutley st. and Winburn Way and 2 p.m., public : library, Medford; ,n Monday, March 6-1 p.m., public library, Medford, and at 3 p.m., rose garden, Lithia park, Ashland,, across f r om tennis courts. ...... -, rr LANDSCAPE A i home . landscape course has been scheduled for 1 p.m. on .March 29, 1961 at . the Jackson - . county courthouse auditorium., r Mrs. . Fred Lorish will , be the instructor.- Persons inter ested In attending should for ward - a postcard containing their name, address and phone number to County Ex tension Service, P.O.. Box 1069, Medford, Oregon. LAWN SEED Quality is the ail import-: 'ant word in purchasing lawn seed. Consider the guaranteed purity and germination of the seed and Its adaptabllltyto this area. '; - , - Blu'egrasses (Kentucky, Newport, Merlon) and fescues (Illahee, Rainier, Chewings) are preferred for new plant ings. - -- Because of the Intense man agement required for success with bentgrasses in this area, they are not recommended. - Home owners purchasing bargain lots of seed are buy ing seed with a poor growth 0 LOCALLY In the t .- . .1 Long you won't do better than Trading at... GRANGE CO-OP v v ' . -rtneSSS'mmmm mm HIGHWAY 99 Phone NO Coordinated Plans Laid Out For Battling Pear Decline Coordinated plans for com batting the pear decline prob lem are continuing among California, Oregon and Wash ington top level; agricultural administrators. ; A revised request for allocation- of funds on the state level . for - pear decline - re search has yet to be worked out in all details, it was, re ported.. ,. ;'j" . - During a meeting in Berke ley, Calif., on Feb. -17 agricul tural -. administrators of the three western' pear-growing states' and- the U.S.. Depart ment ' of ' .: Agriculture . laid plans , to coordinate, the over all pear decline research proj ect to make : the most . effi cient, use .of. funds available. This malady, first-observed in British - Columbia, Wash ington and - Oregon, invaded California last year. Surveys show losses in excess of $3 million in California. Approximately 30; adminis trators and pear.experts from the three states met in Ber keley earlier this.' month. It was agreed each of the three states experiment stations, the ,' USDA and the California Department of Agriculture will, take one . portion 'of. the research project,, ,'. ' . ;' '; ; . To Pool Results '..,.;' : , The Iresults1 will': be pooled in hopes of: finding the quick est possible remedy. ; Paul F.. Sharp-of the Cali fornia ' Agricultural , Experi ment station was- host. - The three - western 'states account for 90 per cent of the pear production 'in- the United States. : ' ' - r -. ' . .-:-.-.-. "I think one of i the im portant results of this meet ing was the exchange of ideas among the ' researon "people ahd the realization that even before this, meeting, the work on pear decline research, was, well coordinated,"' S h a r p commented. ! ' '.'. i : " "If ' California's i pear pro ducers are to survive, a rem edy for pear ' decline must be found and toward that' end the University of California Agricultural' Experiment sta tion has organized an all-out rate,, small amount of pure grass seed or a lot; of weed seed. A seed' bag containing one quarter of one per cent. (.025) of -weed seeds . is enough to sow five or more weeds per square foot,. v 0 LOCALLY CONTROLLED Run ' ' t(""j '-A:-l ,:.:.-?;: ,v" i IN CENTRAL POINT 4-1261 or SP 3-4022 .. mmm co-op research' program .-. guided , by j a statewide committee. . ur. T. A..- Shalla,.. of . Davis, is chairman," the experiment station director said. Committee personnel In clude economists, representa tives of the extension service, irrigation specialists, entomo logists, plant pathologists, pomologists, and a plant nematologist 'from Berkeley, Davis : and .Riverside. The California . State Department of Agricutlure, the states of Oregon and Washington, and the United States Department of Agriculture have designat ed representatives to work with the California research committee. ' . ' ! ; ! Survey Conducted ; I A total of ' 181 ; pear br-chards-25,000 ' trees w ere included in a statewide sur vey. This was to obtain accu-rate-.data on distribution of pear -decline in California, its rate -and pattern of spread, and its relation to rpotstocks, cultural - practices, soil types, and: so- forth. The orchards surveyed were selected at random '"each county from Orchards." producing 100 or niore' "tons . during, the ., 1959 season, Sharp said. Such, or chards comprise about 85, per cent ,'of, the total California acreage.. Bach tree was graded as to degree ot decline and a record .made as to .whether It was quick decline or slow decline, , ;,Other,-.data obtained-in the .orchards' :.examined included .variety, age,, rootstocks, .and interstocks, soil type, culture; method of Irrigation, frequen cy and amounts of water used, location of. diseased trees ac cording to position in orchard. Other information gathered in eluded amount and types of fertilizers, spray program in secticides, fungicides; orchard location ahd types of soil man agement; 'Sharp said. : ... ; California'' ' researchers de cided that from the Washing tori experience . it is highly probable : that all pear trees on Oriental 'rootstocks, and a certain amount on imported French, may be killed eventu ally by decline. " :i The California experiment station ' head, stated since de cline spread has been so rapid "there is every indication! that no area will escape pear decline. Reddening of pear fo liage in the fall occurs as a result of girdling or root in II and operated solely for the benefit of LOCAL Farmers and Ranchers. Always quality products and reasonable prices. - f-h Remember . '-' ' ' :" f- '"- v-v-vi-,fc;. Yea dsn't have te "".'.; ". ,." '- .-.'f''.,t.Vi'lkMj - b a MEMBER fa m '' F4 ' T,,l Ht, " P i co-op 'Ifll ' . L: : 111 : : ' - -- Si 421 A STREET Phone MU jury.' This may ' Indicate lm pending decline. . Checking Insects ; ' Researchers in California are. also trying to ,fiiid th insect which may be respon sible for spreading the de cline. However, spread of the pear decline has been so rapid and extensive insect control is not-promising as a partial so lution. -.". . Experiments are being con ducted to test insect Species possibly responsible for spreading decline such as aph ids; leafhoppers and the pear psylla, Sharp explained; :. ; Only practical means now of controlling pear, decline' 'is by '.replanting bh resistant rootstocks such as Old Home now ' being propagated 1 at ths Southern Oregon Branch Ex periment station. There are ap proximately 30,000 pear trees on Old Home roots in the Med ford area'' unaffected ' by de cline,1 the California agricul tural authority stated.' ' 'it. Although the rootstocic be ing developed; here is 'disease free, California growers have sdmehqw! obtained Old Home stock, with a vein-yellows vi rus which causes reduced vig or and stunted trees," -particularly in Comice.and DAnjou, California also has found Bart lett trees on Old Home -roots with a high' rate of measles. This is believed to -be "caused by a virus which-may-i'educe the pear crop by. brie-third to one-half. - . ' ' ' s ". "The extensive. 'studies un der way are designed i'tb find the factors causing pear de cline,, as well as to eliminate those which are not," the ex periment station director con cluded, - J Eisenhower Denies Kennedy Criticism . Palm Springs, Calif. - (UPD Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has categorically denied criticism of the Ken nedy administration attribut ed to him by Sen: Karl E. Mundt (R-S. D.). - - ..; ' In one of the few prepared statements he has issued since arriving on vacation at ' this desert resort Feb: 8, Eisenhower- described Mundt's re port as inaccurate, saying he has so far made no judgment of the new administration. .- IN ASHLAND 9-6281 IP
