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
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Even with heavy applications of am
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2. Because of low calcium, acid soil is
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Feeder roots may become water-logged
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3. Excess acidity ean cause the forma
tion of toxic chemicals highly dangerous
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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.
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It moves with water to the root zone
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it helps prevent compaction, so that tree
roots can forage easily for nourishment.
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quickly; it leaves no residue. Ask your
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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.
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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1981
Four U.S. Towns Have No Citizens
Washington - IIOT - Granite,
an old mining town west of
Baker, has a population of
only three - but it isn't the
smallest town in the U. S.
There are four with a unique
distinction in common - no
people.
The Census Bureau said
Oregon has two of the 25 in
corporated towns in the coun
try in which a population of
less than 10 was counted in
the census last year.
The other was the relative
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