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Pansy and Primrose Tips Given Local Gardeners By J. VERNON MARSHALL For Rogue Valloy Nurserymen February - For you early gardeners, I would like to cay a word about pansies and primroses (Polyanthus Primu las). This is the month for both, in particular, pansies. "They are starting to bloom now in some of the nurseries. Most of the readers of this column will not be interested in pansies grown under glass, so will touch on that lightly. Pansies, as far as I can re member, have been flowered under glass for 50 years, but it is really only since the early 20's that we have considered it worth while to pay special attention to their culture. This has been partly due to he fact that each year great ly improved strains were in troduced from which larger and more perfect flowers could be obtained indoors dur ing winter and early spring than were possible outdoors. Pansies have always been great favorites but they were never more popular than they 'are today. However, size, form and coloring as well as fairly long stems are essential. Twenty years ago a pansy flower four inches in diameter would have been considered impossible. Today a good strain of Maplcleaf super "giants may be had that under glass during February and March gives flowers 4'2 in ches and over. In fact, some growers of other strains claim to beat this, and I don't doubt but what before long five in ches or more will not surprise us. It's the large-sized flowers most gardeners want. Plants of such improved strains grown and wintered outdoors will not, even with the best of care, produce as large flow ers, at least where hot sum mers prevail. However in our mild valley a good strain of pansies are grown mightly large outdoors. Here again, I can't do better than suggest avoiding cheap seed to start out with. Use 1 a superior strain of seed, and you will grow beau tiful outdoor pansies. Seed can be sown from the middle of July on. Here again when the seedlings are up, expose them to full sunlight, except when the temperature goes up as high as 90 degrees. At such limes a little shade during midday is advisable. When transplanting seedlings to their winter quarters see to it that good, rather sandy soil is made use of. For you gardeners . who would rather put in finished GROW BIG FRUIT TREE PROFITS j EVEN IN ACID SOIL You can do it with Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate Acid soil can rob you of fruit tree profits three ways. 1. It can slow the conversion of am nionic nitrogen to usable nitrate forms. Even with heavy applications of am nionic nitrogen fertilizer, fruit trees can actually starve. 2. Because of low calcium, acid soil is susceptible to compaction and puddling. Feeder roots may become water-logged and die. 3. Excess acidity ean cause the forma tion of toxic chemicals highly dangerous to living tree roots. Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate can help you fight these acid-soil dangers. The fast-acting nitrate nitrogen in Viking Ship is available without conver Use the fertilizer that fights soil acidity! Viking, Ship Calcium Nitrate Distributed by WILSON & GEO. MEYER & CO., San Francisco- Portland Seattle Yakima grown plants, there will be plenty of good hardy strains for sale in the nurseries start ing this month. Use plenty of superphosphate in your soil before planting. For pansies to be large and brilliant they must have plenty of phos phorus. Starting March 1, feed 10-10-5 Liquinex each month feeding folliage as well as roots. Just a word about prim rose as February is still a little early for many blooms. The latter part of this month and early March there will be quite a few blooms show ing up. However, this is the month to purchase your small plants and get them in, as soon as the ground can be worked. I am speaking of the hardy sorts of garden primrose, that we know as Primrose Polyan thus (said to be a cross be tween Primulas vulgaris, and the garden primrose and Prim rose Veris, the Cowslip). When given a sheltered position and a little protection it will over winter in the east and middle west and will winter here easily. For those interested in hardy primulas, it will be well to have Primula Veris Kleyni in mind. Also, among the hardy varieties, P. Japonica and P. Pulverulenta deserve special mention. For larger and better blooms and folli age. feed your Primroses once each month with 10-10-5 Liquinex. Brand Inspection Third Highest Salem - Exactly 880,064 head of cattle passed through brand inspection this past year according to statistics re leased by the state department of agriculture. This is almost 300,000 head more than were inspected 10 years ago and about 15,000 less than in 1959. The highest record for in spections came in 1956 with a record total of 921.351 head inspected. The 1960 total ranks third highest on record. Last year brand inspections at markets came to 482,751 head;, at slaughterhouses, 85, 474 head; at country points, 311,839. -Corresponding fig ures for 1959 were: 488,038; 69,273 and 337,742. Brand inspections are part of a three-prong program to protect the industry against rustlers. , MEDFORD MARKET NEWS Red Bluff Livestock Auction Report, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1961 CATTLE: Salable 360. including around 110 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers scarce; slaughter cows, bulls and calves in small supply, about steady; stock calves only moderately active, about steady; feeders scarce: stock cows steady to weak; feeder cows steady to strong. Supply comprised al less than 10 per cent slaughter cows, around 37 percent stockcr and feeder cows, few replacement bulls, remainder, mainly stockcr and feeder classes Consignments almost entirely of northern California origin. Slaughter cows: Few head young Utility and Standard $17.3518.30. few Cutter $13.75-15.20, Canner $12.00-13.50. Slaughter bulls: Few head Cutter and Utility 1260-1365 lbs. $20.10 20.30. Slaughter calves: Few head Good and Choice 300-500 lbs. $24.35 27.60. few head Utility and Standard $18.50-21.00. Stocker and feeder steers: Small lots and individual Medium and Good 285-475 lb. calves $23.50-26.50. individual Common down to around Slfl.00. Few head Medium and Good 650-675 lb. yearlings $20.40-24.00. Stockcr and feeder heifers: Few small lots and individual Medium and Good 325-500 lb. calves $22.40-24.50, Individual Common down to around $16.00 Few head Good and Choice 645-685 lb. yearlings $21.30 23.10. Stork rows: Few lots Medium and Good 590-890 lbs. $13.60-15.25. Small lots Medium and Good with calves at side $157.30-237.50 per pair. Feeder rows: Few lots Medium and Good 628-745 lbs. $14 50-17.60. Replacement bulls: Few head purebred Hereford $210.00-315.00 per head HOGS: Salable 6. Supply insufficient to test market. SHEET: Salable 5. Supply insufficient to test market. Paul H. Lehigh, Federal-State Market News Service Market Spotty On Auction Day A total of 389 cattle were sold at the Midway Auction yard on Table Rock rd. Fri day, Feb. 24, according to W. J. (Bill) Bray, manager. The market was weaker on the stocker and feeder cattle. It was steady to strong on slaughter cows. Good to choice steer calves weighing in at 375 to 425 pounds brought $25 to $27.10. Calves weighing 500 to 600 pounds brought $25 to $27.80. Steers at 700 to 800 pounds brought $22 to $23.40. Good to choice heifer calves brought $23 to $24.40. Heifer calves weighing from 400 to 600 pounds brought $22 to $23.25. Medium to good heif ers, all weights, earned $18 to $21.50. Light Offering "There was a light offering of slaughter steers and heifers consisting mostly of standard grades," Bray said. "These brought $19 to $22.75. One good steer brought $23.25." There was a good run of slaughter cows. Utility cows earned $15 to $16.10, cutters $13.50 to $14.75, canners $11.50 to $12.50. "The supply has pretty much caught up with demand until we get better weather and we can go on grass," the auction yard manager noted. WON'T AFFECT ODOR New York - WPU - The De partment of Sanitation, which has white-painted sweeping machines, orange snowplows and a blue - and gray color scheme for other equipment, announced with an interior decorator's pride that today it is testing a new color - "a soft, golden yellow.". The new color is for garbage trucks. sion. Unlike amnionic forms, nitrate ni trogen is not trapped in upper soil layers. It moves with water to the root zone where it can go to work immediately to give trees a vigorous start, help them set big crops. Viking Ship also provides 20 water soluble calcium that helps counteract soil acidity. By improving soil structure, it helps prevent compaction, so that tree roots can forage easily for nourishment. And Viking Ship is easy to apply. It can be spread evenly or metered accu rately in irrigation water; it dissolves quickly; it leaves no residue. Ask your fertilizer dealer for complete informa tion about Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate. Equivalent to 28 lime expressed as calcium oxide. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, ORE. Test Pastures Show Definite Yield Increase By EUGENE WINTERS County Extension Agent Four improved irrigated pastures in Jackson county showed marked increases in yields of forage when receiv ing applications of fertilizer based upon a soil test report in the 1930 Testing Tells pro gram. The highest percentage of increase of grass-legume hay was on the Merton Bradshaw Ranch near Lake Creek. This field was slightly acid with low levels of phosphorous and potassium. Boron was at a medium level according to the soil test. Nitrogen and sulfur were applied at rates suggest ed by previous research and experience. The addition of lime alone at one ton per acre increased the yield from 4,338 pounds of hay per acre on the untreated plot to 5,712 pounds. The fertilized plot yielded 7,881 pounds of hay per acre. The addition of 40 pounds actual nitrogen, 60 pounds phophorous (P205), 40 pounds Of sulfur and three pounds of actual boron increased the yields of grass-clover forage on a hay basis on the Table Top Ranch from 3,187 pounds untreated to 5,468 pounds. Potassium was not added be cause of high soil test levels. Increased Clover Yields The application of the same fertilizer materials plus po tassium on the E. O. Reinking farm on Beall Lane and the Old Stage rd. increased yields of grass and clover hay from 3,865 pounds to 6,494 pounds. Response was not so mark ed on the fertilizer plot estab lished on the Charles Stanley Ranch near Lake Creek. Forty pounds of actual nitrogen, 80 pounds of phosphorous (P205), 40 pounds of sulfur and three pounds boron increased the hay poundage from 5,946 pounds per acre to 7,513 pounds. All yields were given in pounds per acre of hay weight from one cutting. The Testing Tells program is a joint effort by the South ern Oregon Branch Experi ment station and the Jackson county Extension Service with cooperation of local fertilizer dealers to establish fertilizer demonstrations in the county to point out the advantages of applying fertilizer at rates suggested by soil lest reports. Stomach Worms Big Sheep Problem Stomach worms in sheep will be more of a problem this year because weather has been more favorable for larvae to develop on forage to be consumed by the sheep, according to Dr. Stewart Knapp of the OSC veterinary department. The flock should be treated before it goes into fresh pas ture, he suggested. Treat ewes in March or April or even early May if there is a late season like the spring of 1960, he direct ed. Stomach worms develop immunity to phenothiazine if it is kept before sheep and cattle at all times in salt, he explained. A few drugs and combinations and improve ments or some old ones appear to be more effective than what has been used. Preliminary Hearing Scheduled Wednesday A preliminary hearing has been set for March 1, at 1:30 p.m. for Ben Wolpa, 320 Grape st., Medford, charged with obtaining property un der false pretenses. He was arraigned in district court Monday. Wolpa is charged with is suing a false check for $213 to James Walker, of Talent. BANS BELGIAN TRADE Cairo-flOT-The United Arab Republic issued an order Mon day forbidding all business dealings between its citizens and those of Belgium. It also asked Yugoslavia to represent its interests In Belgium be cause of the diplomatic break. Pear Price Rise Not High Enough To Beat 'Decline' Davis, Calif. - HOT - Pear growers have been given no hope that their prices will go up to compensate for losses of pear trees due to pear decline disease. On the contrary, economist Kenneth Farrell told 600 growers here recently, sur pluses on peaches and other fruits in the next few years will keep pear prices down. Farrell noted that consum ers would readily switch to other fruits when the price between a can of pears and another fruit becomes too wide. "This tendency to substitute will put a lid on the price of pears in spite of any scarci ty which may develop as a re sult of decline," Farrell said. But he said the long-run economic picture for the pear industry was good in spite of pear decline. The agricultural extension service economist said the pear industry was relatively stable as far as acreage was concerned, with np signs of surplus in the near future, decline or not. Surplus Fruiti Noted On the other hand, he point ed out that both, clingstone and freestone peaches, apri cots, ; plums, cherries, .table grapes and prunes were all facing varying situations of surplus production. Farrell said that there were some 9-10,000 acres of young pear trees about to come into production, and that with in creased production know-how would be able to offset much of the anticipated loss from pear decline. Ross Johns, pear Industry marketing specialist, said that while the mysterious disease killed over 150,000 near trees last year, it could be expected to kill many more than that in 1961, although the total might not go as high as the one million once predicted. Johns said there are cur rently 35,000 acres of trees over 20 years old and about 16,000 acres under 20 years, with 10,500 of those under five years or non-bearing. He pointed out that there would be no losses on young er trees planted on resistant rootstock, while most of the trees on susceptible stock were in the older group. Twenty-Five Found Reactors Locally Twenty-five reactors in 4 of the '.24 'herd of, cattle test ed for brucellosis in Jackson county in January by state and federal veterinarians, ac cording to the State Depart ment of Agriculture. There were 789 cattle test ed and 31 suspects . found in these same herds. On Feb. I, five herds in Jackson coun ty were under state quaran tine for brucellosis. Most in fection found was in prior known quarantined herds lo cally as well as statewide. Vaccination was reported al a satisfactory level. Statewide 21,158 calves were vaccinated on 1,111 herds for the month and 18,500 cattle tested in 1,246 herds with reactors al less than six-tenths of 1 per cent. As of Feb. 1 there were 62 herds of cattle under quaran tine for brucellosis in eastern Oregon and 13 in western Oregon. This is a decrease of eight herds in eastern Oregon and seven in western Oregon, compared to the number un der quarantine on Jan. 1. Eyeman Against Sales Tax Plan Salem - IUPII - The chairman of the House Tax Committee look a dim view Monday of a Senate proposal to reduce property taxes and income taxes by levying an Oregon sales tax. Rep. Richard Eymann, ID Mohawk), said he "can't in any way support" a sales tax that would place an addition al burden on elderly persons living on social security or limited pensions. He said a 20 mill limit on property taxes was unrealis tic, since in areas now levying less there would "still be ex cessive spending," while in Portland, which levies some 30 mills, government services would have to be cut by one third. PROJECTS APPROVED Washington -fliPll-The House Armed Services committee Armed Services committee Monday approved $865,000 for two Oregon projects. Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) said the projects included $715,000 for Air Force facilities at Portland International Air port and $150,000 for training facilities and expansion of the National Guard Armory at Clackamas. Quotes From the News BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Washington A State Department Foreign Service of ficer, explaining why newly strongly urged but not ordered You don t order a presidential appointee to do anything. Cut Bank, Mont. The physician treating six-month-old Alan Eastlick, describing the boy's dangerous flight in a plane without a pressurized cabin to Rochester, Minn., for delicate heart surgery: A calculated risk that New York Mac. St. John, guide two Japanese geisha girls around the country. These girls are gorgeous. me. They light my cigarettes, though they don t understand feminine and I can't take it. Washington Joyce Eikenberry, stating she can't under stand why her 14-year-old sister Kaye ran away from home to try to see President Kennedy: I don 1 know why she likes him 10 much. I m Repub lican, and so is the rest of the The Family Council Editor's Note: Tht Family Council consists of Judge, a psychia trist, three clergymen, three editors Is a summary or an actual case history. Tue council reports on prob lems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. (Copyright 1961 General Features Corp.) Mrs. A.Y. - I'm afraid Rod will have a relapse. His step father is too stern. James R. - Rod and I get along fine. He knows I'm ab solutely fair. Mrs. A.Y .- As Rod's grand mother, I've been watching a distressful situation snowball. I'm watching it from afar at present, but since Rod and his mother used to live with me, I see it clearly. The boy is 12. His parents, my daughter and her first husband, were divorced when Rod was a baby. When the child failed to develop normal ly, our pediatrician pro nounced him "retarded" and arranged for his admission to a special center. After many tests, however, Rod was found to be a bright youngster, but "emotionally disturbed." We transferred him to an expensive residential school. Gradually he lost his fears and crept out of his shell. Mean while, my daughter remarried and now has her son at home. Her husband, Jim, is a high school teacher and a basket ball coach. He says he'll make a man of Rod, but I think he 11 break the boy just when he's getting on his feet. .When I visited over the holidays, Jim made Rod go out and clean up the yard in freezing weather. Then, be cause a few papers still lay around the yard, he made Rod stay in his room the rest of the day. James R. - When I married Ella, I did so with my eyes wide open. I knew all about her difficulties with Rod, and had visited him with her sev eral times at the boarding school. Rod's a good kid. All he needs is some firm direction. He's had too much hand wringing and hysterics all his life, between his mother and his grandmother. It would get any kid mixed-up and scared. I've handled hundreds of boys. Rod is a special chal lenge to me. He's the son of the bride I love, of the same mother my own children will have. His grandmother means well but she is obsessed by old memories of Rod's former condition. For her own, and I might add our, peace of mind she'd better keep watching things "from afar." . As for that outdoor episode - Rod knows we each have chores and assignments accord ing to our capabilities. His mother and I don't lie down on our jobs. He must learn he can't pass the buck either. The Councili "Where are you?" is the question we can't resist directing offstage, into the shadowy wings where Rod's mother, Jim's wife, and Mrs. Y.'s daughter stands, evidently still wringing her hands in childish inadequacy. Into the vacuum created by a defaulting woman, two strong characters, Mrs. Y. and Jim, have rushed to rescue her child. Understandably, the grandmother is concerned about what she considers a threat to her grandson's prog ress which, B.J. (before Jim), was a product of her aid, love, and probably money. Equally feasible is Jim's realistic pro gram for Rod's future. The best course here, for all concerned, would be to defer to the opinion of the school personnel at the "spe cial" institution recently al tended by Rod. Evidently Jim is guided by two potent facts: first, that the educators con sidered Rod well enough to be transferred to a regular school with its unsheltered, unpre dictable rough-and-tumble exposure; second, that Rod's! mother was "getting no where" with him, in so fa as preparing and fortifying him for normal contacts. With a clear picture, de rived from Rod's previous rec ords, of the boy's special blocks and sensitivities, and (this is most Important) the full backing of the boy'i in appointed ambassadors are to take language training: must be taken." complaining about having to They re lovely. They flatter listen to my troubles even 1 English. They re wonderfully I'm pooped." family." and a women's editor. Kaih article! effectual mother, Jim should be able to fill in the missing ingredients for him. At last Rod's life will have some pre dictability and consistency. He'll have an affectionaie male figure around lo demon strate and inculcate the moan ing of the word "responsibili ty." Seeing someone who makes and keeps promises. Rod will develop faith and trust in a reliable adult. Grandma must retire from active duty and give the "new order" a chance. For consola tion, recall Gilbert and Sulli van's "things are seldom what they seem." Although they may resemble Wicked Ogre vs. Cowering Lad, they are more likely Dedicated father pal and Newly - come - alive Boy. tr-i Asm5 v'CwwI'V ,vrw,f One-day way to improve your lawn It doesn't take hard work or expert skill to transform a frustrat ing lawn into a satisfying one. It doesn't even take a lot of time. In just one afternoon you can keep crabgrass from plaguing you again this year, and plant that better lawn you want. The answer to crabgrass is halts. It lies in wait, kills crabgrass as it sprouts. 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