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
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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.
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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
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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.
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