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Farmers Urged To Read the Label On Chemicals By M. R. HUBBELL Jackson County Weed Supervisor Do you by any chance have brush to cut this spring? Regrowth from stumps say that were cut a year or so ago? If so, you should have read the label on a container of brush killer. There are numer ous combinations of brush killing compounds on the mar ket today. Many of these have labels which will advise the use of this material and oil being applied to freshly cut stumps. In so doing, the re growth of certain species can be held to a minimum. Cost of treating stumps is relative ly small in comparison to la bor costs and would enable one to spend this time in a more productive manner. Read All of Label Road the label? Yes, read all of It. It may be found that the product you are using may be recommended for other uses as well. This applies to many of the brush killer com binations. Not only brush, but many of the more resistant weeds can be controlled with these products. One relatively new brush-killing compound has recommendation on its la bel for many lawn weed prob lems. It is also used for cer tain aquatic weed control problems.- Money spent on herbicides many times is wasted because of misuse of the product. The adage if a little does a little good, more will do it better, can't be further from the truth when it comes to herbi cides, As mentioned before, thousands of dollars are spent in preparing the labels on ag ricultural pesticides. All are for the users benefit. This cost reflects in the purchase price so take advantage of it. Read the label; all of It. j GrlTS IRISH POST Washington tuTD Presi dent Kennedy has announced he will appoint Edward Grant Stockdale, a Florida realtor, as ambassador to Ireland. Stockdale, 45, a close friend of Kennedy, will succeed Scott McLeod, an Eisenhower appointee who once was State department security chief. "He kept protected with Fred Fred E. Moe and his father, For rest L, Moe, grow Delicious and Newtown apples, d'Anjou, Bart lett and Bosc peRrs on 50 acres in the Hood River Valley. Says Fred Moe: "We were unable to get a dormant spray on in 19rj0. This was the first time this had happened since Dad planted this place to fruit trees in 1915. This worried us, espe cially when last spring turned out to be such a bad one for scab. "In spite of these adverse con ditions, we knew from our expe rience with Cyprex in 1959 that Spraying in th$ Mot orchard. CYANAMID SKRVSS TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1961 Oaf Weed Problem Set for Discussion Farms having a wild oat weed problem will be inter ested in attending a discus sion on control of this weed next Wednesday, March 8, at 8 p.m. in the courthouse audi torium. Three methods of control will be discussed by Gene Winters, County Extension Agent. John Yungen, experi ment station agronomist, will review research results ob served locally and in obser vations on the Klamath area. Wild oat control with new chemical materials in other areas will be given by a chem ical industry representative. Two new materials have given good to excellent re-1 suits in controlling wild oats when properly applied. One material is applied prior to seeding and selectively kills the wild oat seedling without damaging the barley seed lings. Another chemical ma terial is applied after the wild oats and spring wheat or spring barley are in a certain stage of development in the seedling stage. Although wild oats is not a general problem In Jackson county in certain areas consid erable reduction of yields of crops have been observed by this pest. Four Area Men To Attend Conference Four Rogue valley men will be among the 27 Oregon sec tional leaders at the 17th bi ennial Music Educators Na tional Conference, Northwest region, March 14 to 18 in Spokane, Wash. Dr. Frank L. D Andrea, Bellingham, Wash., regional president, said local sectional leaders will be Elmer Ayers and John Drysdnle, Mcdford, for violin in orchestra; Ron ald W. Hollcnsted, bass I, Grants Pass and Lynn Sjo- lund, bass I, Mcdford, will be chorus sectional leaders; and Ray McAllister, oboes, Grants Pass, will be a band sectional leader. The conference will draw approximately 300 persons from Alaska, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon and Idaho, according to Dr. D'Andrea. Educators, college students and miscellaneous performing groups will be included. FOUND NO SCABBY FRUIT IN ONE OF THE WORST SCAB YEARS After successful use of Cyprex 65-W fungicide in 1959 and 1960 Hood River growers will use Cyprex again in 1961 on apples and pears Cyprex from bloom to mid-aummer" report E. aloe and torrest L. Moe. it would do a good job in con trolling scab. That is why we used nothing but Cyprex in 1960 for scab on all our apples and pears. We kept protected with Cyprex from bloom to mid summer in a full dosage, full coverage program!' One d'Anjou block had always been a scab problem for the Moes, but they only found a very few scabby fruit in the whole block at picking time. Even though 1960 was one of the worst scab years on record for Newtowns, they didn't find any scabby fruit although the trees are big and hard to spray. "We do our best to produce top quality fruit and we will use Cyprex again in 1961 to help do it!' said Fred Moe. The label Instructions on Cynnamid products, nnd on products containing Cyanamid ingredients, are the if suit of years of research and have been accepted by Federal andor Stnte Gov ernments. Always read the labels and carefully follow directions for use. THK MAN WHO MAKES A BVSINKSS Group Jobs Rated High by SCD Man By ROBERT LONZWAY Jackson Soil Conservation District Group jobs are successful in Jackson Soil Conservation dis trict. Conservation problems of soil and water Involving two or more farms can best be solved by a group facility. This type of job has several overall benefits such as a com plete survey of the entire op eration and production of en gineered work plans for eacn job. Cost-sharing on each job available with pooling agreements from the Jackson county agricultural and sta bilization committee. The Jackson SCD was or ganized in 1051. In Its 1980 year-end report the district re- Insect Workshop Set For March 31 Salem - An insect survey and detection workshop will be held March 31 in Port land, the state department of agriculture announced today. This workshop, the first of its kind In the area, will be used to acquaint people In the agricultural field with the details of insect surveys and to promote more coopera tion, states F. P. Larson, de partment survey entomolo gist. Working with the state de partment for the workshop are the entomology depart ment of Oregon State college and the plant pest control division of he United States Department of Agriculture. Participants will meet at the Public Service building auditorium in Portland. The program will include talks by Frank McKennon, former di rector of agriculture; George Moose, Joe Capizzi and F. P. Larson, of the stale depart ment; H. H. Crowell, Robert W. Every and Paul O. Rich ter of Oregon State college; R. B. Thrailkill, Kenneth Machlcr, San Francisco, and Lou G. Davis, Washington, D.C., all of USDA; and Ken neth Gray, Pacific Coop, Portland. Talk topics will include in sect identification problems, Oregon's ten most unwanted pests, quarantine problems and what insect detection means to applied entomology. OF AUKICVLTVHK ports that a total of 29 group jobs on 22.824 acres were completed. Currently, there are five group jobs under way involving 83 farms and affect ing 37,582 acres. These jobs involve irrigation, drainage and flood control. Recent applications cover ing such jobs are: Little Bulte group, Ed Kunkle, president, an irrigation flume over Nich ols creek and 500 feet of gun ite ditch lining in the main ditch plus nine water control structures; Table Top group, Ed Taylor, president, nearly 3,000 feet of 30-inch irrigation pipe and 12 water control structures; Nye ditch group, Vic Chapman, president, about 1,200 feet of ditch lin ing and irrigation pipe, large siphon, inlet structure from Mill creek, and controlled outlet works. The Jackson county court, California Oregon Power company and the state high way department are some of the cooperating agencies as sisting these projects. The groups Involved handle all the details such as rights-of-way, water charges and su pervision of the operations. The U. S. Soil Conservation Service helps with the tech nical problems. These groups are coopcrators of the Jack son SCD. The governing body of the SCD takes a great in terest in getting these jobs done. The governing body officers arc: Elwood Abbott, chairman of Jackson SCD; Bill Watten berg, vice chairman; Ramsay Thomson, treasurer; and su pervisors, John Koniwiser, Charles Stanley, Burdette Dodge and Vic Chapman. As sistant supervisors are Lester James, George Loftln, Bill Jess, Dave Woolfolk, Vic Gar dener, Morton Bradshaw and Dalton Straus. Helping the board are Gene Winters, Jackson county extension ser vice, secretary, Bert Caster, ASC; and Robert Lonzway, work unit conservationist. Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Jackson SCD will be March 20, at the Eagle Point Grange hall, starting at 8 p.m. All farmers and their friends are invited to attend. Each is asked to take a pie. Coffee and ice cream will be pro vided by the board of supervisors. How Cyprex Works No fungicide in common use can give you the protection, plus extra-long eradicant action, you get with Cyprex. It's the most effective fungicide for the purpose, developed in the past 50 years. Cyprex acts as a protectant and an erarficoiit in control of scab fungus. It is equally effective against npple scab and pear scab, and also controls cherry leaf spot. Applied as a protectant spray, it spreads a tough fungicidal barrier on leaves and fruit that gives top scab control even through heavy rains. Cyprex has built-in spreader-sticker action. Some Cyprex actually "moves around" during rains to cover adjoin ing new growth, while the original tis sue remains protected. Cyprex pene trates throughout the leaf where it works from the inside out-killing scab spores that land. This is called loeal systemie action. Even when Cyprex is sprayed as an eradicant after scab infection begins and spores begin to geriuinate, it can rout out the infec tion inside the leaf. The kickback action of Cyprex at -i lb. per 100 gal lons of spray can knock out scab infec tions up to 3fi hours. The spray also deposits a protectant covering on the leaf. The next time it rains, this stick tight fungicide will be ready to knock out new spores before they penetrate. All the extra advantages you got with Cyprex give you that margin of control that can make the difference between fair and excellent crops. How ever, none of them eliminates the need for good coverage and sound practices. Consult your local agricultural authorities for further information. Or-write for leaflet PE 5061. Ameri can Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Division, I.os Angeles M. Cyprex Is American Cyanamid Company's trade-mark for dodine fungicide. CYPREX65-W FUNGICIDE MEDFORD MARKET NEWS Rid HlnM Livestock Anttlnn Rfnnrt. Tuesday. Feb. 28. 1961 CATTLE: Salable 300, including ana neuen scarce; iiaugnier cows active, strong iu wc iukuci, "s' ter bulls scarce; slaughter calves steady to 50c higher; stocker and feed er classes only moderately active, steady to 30c lower. Supply com nrikfrl nt nrminrf I ft nor cnl alanchtor pnivl. remainder tnslnlv StOCK er and feeder classes. Consignments almost entirely of northern Calif ornia origin. SLAUGHTER COWS: Few head Standard $1840-20 10. Utility and Commercial 16.00-17.80, Cutter SLAUGHTER CALVES: Few O't W.-m 1(1 ir.Hfu.riii. I Ktnnriarri STOCKER AND FEEDER STEERS: Small lots and Individual Medium and Good 300-500 lb. calves $21.50-26.60, individual Common down to around $19.00. Individual Good and Choice 545-600 lb. yearlings $23.90- 25 40, individual Medium and uood ago-a7U ids. zi.uu-..uu. STOCKER AND FEEDER HKIFKHS: Couple lots Good 225 & 323 lb. calves $26.75 &- $27.00, small lots and individual Medium and Good 300-500 lbs $22.75-25.00. individual Common down to around $16.00. Few head Medium and Good 575-765 lb. yearlings $10.40-22.25. STOCK COW'S: Few individual Good $15-30-17.75. Individual Good wllh vnimv fall at driA SI ft (t (W nr nail- REPLACEMENT BULLS: Couple yzuu.uu Ac saiu.uu per ncaa, HOGS: Salable 4. Supply Insufficient to test market. SHEEP: Salable 8. Supply insufficient to test market. State TB Count Noted; Rated Low in Livestock Salem - Though the inci rlnnrp nf tuberculosis in live stock has increased in some states, it has not in Oregon, according to figures released by the State department of agriculture. In addition to rancn test ing in the year 1959, 129,971 cattle and 14,720 calves were examined for TB on post mortem by state meat inspec tors at state-inspected slaugh ter plants. An equivalent number was examined by federal meat inspectors. Of all these animals, 6 showed gross lesions. Five proved negative to TB on laboratory examination and one case was Midway Auction Has Large Sale; 388 Cattle Sold Midway Auction yard had a big sale Friday with 388 cattle sold, according to Bill Bray, yard owner and man ager. He reported the market very active and higher on all classes except heavy feeders. About 100 Hereford wean- er calves went through the ring with 350 to 450 pound choice steer calves going from $26 to $27.25, 450 pound to 550 pound steers $23.70 to $25.10, 600 to 700 pound steers brought $23.10 to $24.40. Heifer calves, choice, 357 to 410 pounds, sold at $23 to $24.10. Those weighing 400 to 500 pounds sold at $23 to $23.70, and 500 to 600 pound yearling heifers sold at $21.50 to $22.80. Medium to good steers and heifers ranging from 400 to 500 pounds moved through the yard at $20 to $22.50. A pen of Hereford Angus crossbred cows with calves sold at $205 per pair and a pen of Hereford springer cows went out at $175. Slaughter cows saw another price rise. Good utility Here ford cows went at $16 to $17.30, utility Holsteins at $15 to $16.30. Cutter cows sold at $14 to $15 and canner-cutters $12 to $13. Veal topped the market at $26.10. Good heavy calves sold from $22 to $24.50. Bulls sold from $18 to $19.30. "This cow market will hold for another two or three weeks until California grass cows start coming. Move your butcher cows before April 1," Bray suggested. Tankers Save Time In Getting Samples Salem - Over 1,300 hours of work and 33,000 miles of travel have been saved since the 1959 legislature authoriz ed milk tank drivers to pick up samples of farm tank milk for bacterial analysis at the state department of agricul ture. Previously district repres entatives made a special trip to pick up the samples at farms of grade A producers. Now the samples are picked up by drivers as they make their regular rounds. According to statistics re leased by the department, time on the pickup totaled 3,202 hours a year compared with 1.968 hours a year for the tank truck drivers. Travel for the representatives came to 64.252 miles a year and for the tankers. 31,140 miles. A minimum of 8 samplings is collected each year. LEAVES EXILE HOME Zaragosa. Spain -'I'Ptl - For mer Argentine dictator Juan D. Pcron arrived here Mon day from his exile home in Madrid It was believed he will continue to Barcelona for a visit of a few days. There was no Indication of the pur pose of his trip. Siskiyou Veterinary Hospital NEW LOCATION: 100 STEWART AVE. (Moved from 1501 Barnett Rd.) Dr. James W. Bayliss Ph. SP 3-1335 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, around 130 calves. Slaughter steers 514.00-15.60. tanner ia.uu-M.3u. head Good and Choice 250-500 lbs. VHf. lh 123 .SO purebred Hereford 3 year olds not sent for confirmation. In 1960, 153,620 cattle and 15,558 calves were examined for TB. Of these, two cows were confirmed positive on laboratory exam Ination of post-mortem material, two were negative on laboratory examination and two were not sent for laboratory diag nosis. To detect, control, and eradicate TB, Oregon is di vided into eastern, or beef counties, and western, or dairy counties. Federal reac ereditation for TB falls due every three years on a county basis. In range counties (eastern Oregon), this reaccreditation consists of tuberculin testing 5 per cent of beef range cows over three years of age ac counting for 15 per cent of range females on regular slaughter reports. Also re quired is a tuberculin test of all purebred herds, all com mercial dairy herds and a re test of herds which showed advanced infection over the last 12 years. The retests sheuld be accomplished with in the three-year period. Western Oregon In western Oregon dairy counties federal reaccredita-i tlon involves testing all com mercial dairy herds and 10 percent of all mature cattle. This includes the one to five cow herds which are TB test ed simultaneously to the three-year Bang's test. This system gives adequate protection to the livestock industry as well as to the con sumer of dairy and beef prod ucts, officials believe. Numbers of ranch and dairy cattle tested annually in the past few years are: 1957 102,806 head; 1958-41.213 head; 1959-98,985 head; 1960 -90,492 head. All Out Testing The decrease in numbers tested in 1958 was the result of the all-out brucellosis test ing campaign to achieve cer tification of the state. All available funds were diverted to brucellosis work, as were the efforts of all veterinar ians, private and salaried, throughout the stale. When the statewide certification was attained, the routine testing rate was reestablish ed after July 1959. The year 1960 showed a decrease of about 8,500 cattle tested on-the-ranch compared with 1959. Eighteen skin lesion cases were detected and a total of 11 cases show ed visible lesion on post mortem. Of these 11 cases, 6 were not confirmed by lab oratory examination; 5 were laboratory negative. No posi tive case was listed. In view of the increase in other slates, every precau tion to prevent such a situa tion in Oregon is being taken, say authorities. Fulltime per sonnel ye tracing all con tacts coming into and going out of infected herds and compiling case histories on them. Retests on infected herds are conducted by assist ant state veterinarians who are instructed to leave no stone unturned in the detec tion of possible infection. Kyle Appointed to National Committee Robert F. Kyle, executive vice president of the First Federal Savings and Loan As sociation of Mcdford. has been appointed to the 1961 adver tising and public relations committee of the United States Savings and Loan League. The league is the nation wide trade organization of the savings and loan business and represents more than 4.700 savings associations and coop erative banks. The advertising and public relations committee is con cerned with methods of de veloping public awareness and enthusiasm for the thrift and home financing services of savings and loan associations. ORE. The Family Council Editor's Not: Tht Family Council eonslstl of iudje, psychia trist, three clertyraen, three editor, and a women'! editor. Kach article Is a summary of an actual case history The Council reports on prob lems thai have been dealt with by responsible afencles and counselors. (Copyrlfbt 1961 General Features Corp.) Abigail G. - If I want more than a roof and three meals, I'd better take a job. Wallace G. - She should be grateful to have no worries about food and shelter. Abigail G. - I grew up in an impoverished home. We were a large family, and my father was in poor health and could only take part-time jobs doing light work. So, we were on relief most of the time. When Wallace came along, I married him fast, glad to get out of the house and give my parents one less to worry about. I was only 17, and that was 30 years ago. In all this time, I still haven't known what it means to be more than one step ahead of eviction. Wally is a house-painter and his work is seasonal. In-between he makes reckless deals with the loan companies, so by the time the money starts to come in, most of it must go right out to make good on his pledges. We have a daughter, recent ly divorced, who is working in Wisconsin. I'm temporarily taking care of her little girl. We also have a 12-year-old son, George. But I'm very despondent about the future. I see no hope of change in our financial con dition. I'm thinking of taking a job working evenings. Wallace G. - Abby, more than most women, should ap preciate three square meals a day and a roof over her head because she knows, from her childhood experience, how much worse things could be. Even though it's been feast or famine with me, I've al ways been able to provide the necessities. Of course it hasn't been easy. I only know the small fry contractors and I just get called for the jobs that need an extra man. So I'm fair game for the loan sharks, whenever our bills pile up or we need something in a hurry. But Abby has something lots of other women don't have. She knows where her next meal is coming from. From me. If she wants to take a job for luxuries, that's up to her, as long as she doesn't neglect the children. The Council: It takes little imagination to sense the amount of berating and nag ging that Abigail must have directed toward Wallace dur ing the 30 years in which he failed to better her lot in life to any noticeable degree. Per haps this contributed to the "block" which kept Wallace from hustling to improve his job standing. Apparently, Abigail mar ried for the wrong reason - Protect Profits mc ;v , r, ':vtw " 1 " ' 1 1 II i i 'mis! v- inVh..W.iitol Karathane controls powdery mildew without harming crops, blossoms or foliage when used as directed. This highly effective pesticide hasexcellentanti-miteaetivity, too. Karathane gives you double help in pro tecting your fruit for higher yields and increased profits. Karathane as a powdery mildew fungicide is both a protectant and an eradicant. Easily mixed and applied, it can be used all season and has a high temperature limit. The built-in safety factor of Karathane allows you to raise sulfur-sensitive varieties. KARATHANE to get away from her parents' home. To put the best possible face on things now, let's as sume that somewhere along these 30 years of shared expe riences, love has crept in. At any rate, these two are look ing ahead to, say, another 30 years together. But Wallace sees it resignedly as "more of same," while Abigail wants to inject a ray of hope. We must side with Abigail in feeling that there's more to life than the food and shelter which keep it flickering. Wal lace is unimpressive with his exhortation to be satisfied, and forever after hold her peace. Those three squares don't taste so good with pawn tickets for dessert. So, hope to Abigail is a thing with a few more dollars per week attached. That eve ning job may start to spell it out. But Wallace must ap prove. It must not symbolize a reproach to him, but rather an opportunity which his eve ning babysitting and daytime cooperation make possible. Cattle will eat more stock salt in the spring and early summer than they will later in the season, one Western survey has shown. KEYS TO TOP WFA High Quality Seeds nwiiMBisin ill in i w ftrvinf Norlhwcit Airkulturt Sine 1917 17 W. 4th tjumMjLMssaa-MMLSstLisssaMisli MlissMaMalitiffrMiTf. 'ffiTj f 1 from Powdery Mildew and Mites Peace Corps Youths May Be Deferred Washington - IUPII - Barring some new military crisis, young men who join Presi dent Kennedy's Peace corps will probably get draft deter ments for the length of their duty, and even longer if they remain in some field which is "in the national interest." Selective Service Director Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said Monday this was not a fast commitment, however, but only his estimate of what the Selective Service would prob ably decide to do. The President has empha sized that the corps, which is still getting thousands of ap plications daily, would not mean automatic deferments for its male members. Chief Is Assigned To Recruiting Duty Ronald A. Vetkos, chief commissaryman, USN, recent ly arrived in Medford for duty at the Navy Recruiting sta tion. Vetkos is a veteran of 16 years in the Navy. His most recent duty was aboard the USS Floyd B. Parks, a de stroyer based at San Diego. The chief's home is Klam ath Falls and he attended schools at Keno and Prine ville. PRODUCTION WFA High Density Fertilizer "(ggggftgnyyar Phone SP 3-8329 Your local supplier has Karathane wet table powder, and the new KarathanB liquid concentrate. Kara thane is compat ible with other fungicides and insccticidt'3 in combination dusts or sprays. Spray end Save with KARATHANE RtOHIVl SHILAOIlPHIs l,S, A v
