Nov Chemical Help
Give Veed Control
Salem-A nw chemical that
kllli all type of weeds but
apares tht moat tender corn
hoot or germinating ' corn
toed baa passed testa for all
: corn-growing areas of Oregon.
Oregon State university ag
cultural experiment station
' reports practically 100 per
cent control of both broadleaf
and grassy weeds In cornfields
for a full growing season with
the chemical, Atrazine.
Even hard to -kill quack'
grass that previously resisted
selected control In crops was
eradicated from cornfields in
OSU experiments.
Best news, says OSU sgron
omist W. R. rurtlck, U that
Atraxine can do the job when
applied either before or after
' corn shoots emerge, aepena
ing upon local moisture or ir
rigation conditions. . - '
The chemical recently re
ceived clearance by the U.S
Department of Agriculture for
use in cornfields After corn
emeries, since It was found
that no harmful chemical resi
due remains in the corn.
, Atrazine was earlier cleared
for pre-emergence treatment
and was effective in Oregon
field trials last year when
oroperly used,, Furtick said,
t?roper treatment requires
good soil moisture at xne sur
face to germinate weed seed
Another requirement is a
good rain or sprinkler irriga
tion within two weeks after
application to carry the chem
ical into the toll and activate
it. .
Poor Results Seen
Furtick said poor results
were observed last year where
growers applied the chemical
after the growing season was
over. In some cases, the
ground hsd been worked too
early, leaving a rough cloddy
surface that lost soil moisture
at time of planting corn.
Special treatment .is re-
Fall y worm v
Ver Declared
By State Ag Dept.
Salem Sparked by a re
quest of the Salem city plan
ning commission and the
parks department, , the state
department of agriculture has
agreed to initiate a program
. . to 'Wipe- out fall webworm.
This is the pest that makes its
home in large web tents In
shade and fruit trees.
The war against the fall
webworm will be organized
at a meeting in SDA head
quarters In Salem May 9,
starting at 9:30 a.m. with the
v department and county exten
sion agents spearheading the
program.
City officials, pest control
operators and interested citi
zens from throughout Willam
ette valley areas plagued by
this pest are invited to attend.
Harold Schick of the Salem
city planning commission told
the department cities can ben
efit by an organized move
against the pest because of un
sightly appearance and dam
age which results for trees.
Fir In May
According to Joe Caplzzt,
survey entomologist of the
SOA, the peak moth flights
will occur In late May and
early June. The moth lays
eggs in large masses on the
undersides of leaves auring
June and July. The eggs hatch
in about 10 days. Damage oc
curs as the young caterpillars
make their webs, feeding on
the leavea as they go. In late
summer, says Caplzzi, the ma
ture caterpillars drop from
the trees and migrate to win
ter locations. This happens in
such numbers that it has be
come a problem to home own-
- era.
Natural control of the fall
webworm by parasites can be
expected to occur In time, aays
Caplzzi, but not within the
Immediate future. He suggests
that control practices among
clUaene ix government agen
cies appear practical. Methods
wui be diKuaaed at the May
0 meeting.
Tent caterpillars, which arc
out in April and gone by June,
should not be contused with
the fall webworm.
Many Inquirfot Mado
On Commodity Croups
Salem-Other states continue
to show Interest in Oregon's
community commission pro
grama. State agencies or offi
cials of producer groups in
Michigan, Florida and Wash
ington have recently request
ed detailed Information from
the Oregon Department of Ag
riculture. Some interest In whether
or not Oregon's act provides
for Issuance of marketing or
ders la evident in the recent
requests. Paul T. Rowell of
the department staff has ad
vised marketing ordera are
ot part of self-belp programs, i
TOZIDAY. MAT . 1M1
quired in low-rainfall areas of
eastern Oregon where surface
Irrigation is more commonly
used than Is sprinkler irriga
tion. The recommendation for
those areas is to apply pre
emergence spray, then disk or
harrow it into the soil not
more than three inches deep-
before planting the corn.
Harrowing should provide
enough surface soli moisture
to activate the chemical, the
researcher explained.
A word of caution in low-
rainfall areas is that Atrazine
residue can remain in the soil
into the second year and dam
age such row crops as sugar
beets and small grains that
might be used in rotation with
corn.
Clearance of Atrazine as a
post - emergence spray now
gives more flexibility in
adapting the chemical to Ore
gon s wide range of growing
conditions.
The new ruling now makes
it possible to wait and spray
the weeds shortly after they
emerge along with the corn,
when weeds are in the two to
three-leaf stage. Atrazine re
maining In the soil will then
kill the next weed crop that
germinates following the first
sprinkler Irrigation.
Other new chemicals hav
ing shorter residual life than
Atrazine are Randox T and
Eptam that have given excel
lent control of most major
weed pests of corn.
Growers are advised 4 to
check with their county ex
tension agent for detailed In
structions on use of Atrazine,
Randox T, and Eptam as they
may apply to growing condi
tions and the type of weed
problems . .
411 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard
In Friday Sale
Eighty-three consignors sold
411 cattle, 25 hogs and 38
sheep during Midway auction
yard's regular Friday sale.
Owner-Manager Bill Bray
noted that the market con
tinues active. There was no
change from - the previous
week.
Eight Angus steer calves av
eraging 449 pounds sold for
$26 per hundredweight and a
pen of Hereford steers aver
aging 425 pounds brought
$20.10 ' per hundredweight.
Other pens of good stock
calves told from $23,50 to
129.73. ....
Medium quality steers in
the 400 to 600 pound bracket
brought $21 to $23.
Holsteln steers weighing
335 to 380 pounds brought
$20.10 to $20.70. Those weigh
ing 400 to 800 pounds brought
$18.50 to $19.70 and 700 to
850 pound Holstelnj went Out
at $17.50 to $18.50.
Good quality Hereford heif
er calves weighing 340 to 450
pounds sold from. $22 to $23.-
25. Heifers weighing 500 to
600 pounds brought $20 to
$21.75.
Several Pens Sold
"We sold several pens ot
steer and heifer calves by the
head, but since we don t know
what they weighed, the price
doesn't mean much In a mar
ket report." Bray remarked
Good cows and calves sold
for $190 to $217.50 per pair,
common and medium single
pairs $157.80 to $180 per pair.
Eight head ot registered Here
ford bulls sold from $250 to
$325 per head.
Veal were strong. One
choice 240 pound calf sold at
$30. Others, choice $23 to
$26.23. Medium to good
calves brought $23 to $25
Bulls sold from $19 to $19.40
Slaughter cows, Hereford
cows $15.50 to $16.50. Hoi-
steins, utility, $15 to $15.90.
Cutter cows $14 to $14.90 Can-
ners and light cutters $12 to
$13.60.
Fat hogs brought $18.20.
Feeder pigs 70 to 100 pounds
brought $19 to $19.80 per
hundredweight, weaner pigs
$7.50 to $13 per head and
sows $14.30 to $15.20. Ewes
with lambs brought $12.50
per pair and odd head fat
lambs brought $15 per hun
dredweight.
"'Often a 'steady' market
appears to vary from week to
week. This is because a re
port cannot show the varla
tlon in quality and weighing
conditions ol the animals,
?ray explained.
' "This report it based on ac
tual sales made at this yard.
We do not exaggerate the
prices or quote prices on no
sales," Bray added.
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Farm &
Turkey Grading
Amendment Set
For May Hearing
Salem -:' A public hearing
to give turkey processors and
others interested an opportu
nity to express their views on
proposed regulations under
the 1961. amendments to the
Oregon turkey grade labeling
law will be held In Salem.
The state department of ag
riculture, which, administers
the act, has set the hearing
tor Tuesday, May 9, at 1 p.m.
In the conference room of the
Agriculture building, 158 12th
Street, N.E.
under a 1961 law which
carries an emergency clause,
the state will permit turkey
processors to apply their own
plant, grades, to be known as
Processor Grade A, Processor
Grade B or Processor Grade
C. This legislation meets a
need ot small processors who
could not afford to have con
tinuous inspection and grad
ing as heretofore required tc
meet the grade label provision
of the 1959 law.
To Consider Label
Th hearing will deal chief
ly with form and wording of
the grade label to be tired by
plants taking advantage of the
processor-applied grades.
No processor may use tne
self-applied grades without ap
proval and license from the
department. The license to
grade will be provided with
out cost inasmuch as these
plants will already be under
state poultry meat dealers
license.
Persons unable to appear
in Salem May 9 may express
their views in writing in ad
vance. These views should be
directed to Dr. M. L, Houston,
supervisor of state meat in
spection, Agriculture building,
Salem. Copies of the proposed
regulations may be obtained
from the department. . ,
Allergy Academy
Gives State Free
Status in Ragweed
Salem -No ragweed grains
were found by the American
Academy ot Allergy in the
Portland or Turner areas in
1980 according to the yearly
report released to the State
Department of Agriculture.
State units, however, in'
pollen-spore survey did find
grains of pollen on land out
side the ragweed control area.
The state set up 21 stations
last year with slides "read"
during the winter , months.
Those stations at which the
grains were trapped Include
Redmond, 12 grains; Ontario,
1; Hood River, 1; John Day 2
Ragweed control by the
state is practiced west of the
Cascades which Includes areas
where the weed causes the
most damage. Spraying is
done periodically under super
vision of the state department
of agriculture at no cost to the
land owner.
Endangers Health
The danger of ragweed lies
not in its threat to crops but
In its danger to public health.
The weed produces a pollen
to which seven to eight per
cent of the people In Oregon
are suspectlble. It causes serl-
out hay fever and related al
lergies. This pollen extends
suffering through July, Au
gust, September and even into
October. '
County and other state agen
cies have cooperated with the
department to keep western
Oregon ragweed free. Public
agencies spray the weed on
lands undt- their jurisdiction.
In 1955 the pollen and mold
committee of the American
Academy of Allergy ' offered
assistance through pollen
counting at varlqut stations.
The SDA found the ilrst
ragweed Infestation, ot this
year on April 10 on a previ
ously Infested 83 acre field
near Donald. The owner plans
to work down the land and
seed It, which will eliminate
any problem until the normal
spray period arrives.
Garden
Ettray Count Docroase
Said Largo For March
Salem Estray count for
March la down considerably
irom previous months with
total of 32 animals reported
.nissing to the- state depart
ment of agriculture.
One pony, one bull and two
cows are included in the list
which marks as missing 28
steers, heifers and calves. .
Reports come from such
areas as Murphy. Medford.
Thief Valley Reservoir. Mt
Scott, Mitchell and Winston.
Treatment Told
For Two Weeds
By County Agent
EUGENE WINTERS
, County Agent
Star thistle and tussock are
two weeds that can be con
trolled this time of year by
chemical means.
' Yellow star thistle is wide
ly distributed in the county
occurring in cultivated fields,
waste areas, fence lines, along
roadsides and in vacant lots.
This pest is an annual, usual
ly growing up to a height of
about two and a half feet. It
will set seed after being mow
ed when only a few inches
tall. It can be easily killed
chemically when sprayed
with 2, 4-D prior to flower
ing. One difficulty encoun
tered in eradicating star this
tle is that during spring and
early summer seasons with
frequent showers there are
new seedlings germinating.
This situation may make more
than one herbicide applica
tion necessary for control,
i The county weed control
program under the supervi
sion ; of Ray Hubbell has
achieved excellent results In
the control of yellow star
thistle in Jackson county
road right-of-ways where 2,
4-D could be used.
Chemical Treatment
Use one pound of 2, 4-D
amine in 50 gallons of water
per acre. For best control the
foliage should be thoroughly
covered. The ester formula
tion is more effective, but
volatilization hazards limit
its use to areas free of de
sirable trees, shrubs and oth
er susceptible ' broadleafed
plants. This is true of the
high volatile esters and to a
slightly lesser extent the low
volatile materials. Read the
directions on the chemical
container before using the
material In all cases.
Tussock, a member of the
rush family, Is the bunch
type plant found in poorly
drained a r e a a throughout
Jackson county. Under poor
irrigation water management
resulting in extreme flooding
or ponding this weed can take
over considerable areas in ir
rigated pastures. Other areas
with a high water table condi
tion due to seepage or seep
springs can be infested with
tussock.
For long time control it is
necessary to correct the poor
drainage conditions. Tempor
ary or annual control may be
had with spot treamenta using
2, 4-D at the rate of 1V4 pounds
in 50 gallons of water for spot
treatment. It is necessary to
add two gallons of diesel oil
or a spreader sticker to insure
wetting of plants. Thorough
foliage coverage is necessary.
The amine form of 2, 4-D Is
preferable to ester where vola
tilization and drift may harm
desirable plants.
The container label should
be thoroughly read and fully
understood and the directions
fol'nwed. The toxicity of 2, 4-D
to mammals is considered to
be low, but care should be
taken not to spray desirable
foliage.
Portland Butchers
Resume Negotiations
Portland- (WD -Contract ne
gotiations between represen
tatives of Meat Cutters Local
143 and 14 meat-processing
companies In the Portland
area resumed here Monday.
The union, representing
about 300 workers, and man
agement have been negotiat
ing for seven weeks. The meat
cutters' contract was up Sunday.
DOWPON ,
controls cattails and problsm
gjrassss alongj ditches .
A regular spraying program with DOWPON putt an end to
tht continual expeme and hard work of burning, chopping or
cultivating Johnson or Bermuda grass out ot ciop lands and
cattails out ot ditches. In headlands and along fence tines, too,
Dowpon eliminates grass-for it kills the deep rooj as well
as tops. Through cumulative action, this program becomes
leu coitly each year. You'll find Dowpon cheaper than chlor
ates or borates, less messy than oiling. Simply mix Dowpon
with water, and spray.
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MEDFOHD MAIL
I instructions Given
On Bedding Plants
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
Note For Rogue Valley
Nurserymen and Growers
Asso. - and, Oregon Also, of
Nurserymen,
April and May - Spring is
here, this , is bedding plant
season. The earlier we start
our gardens, the better our
gardens will be, that is, if
we will adhere to these sim
ple suggestions.
Easter is out of the way,
the orchard heating season
about to an end (we hope).
I would like to point out a
few plants, and some of the
culture, In the line ot general
gardening. It should be safe
now to start setting out your
geraniums providing you con
tinue to listen to the frost
warning and cover if the key
station temperature will be
32 degrees or less. For geran
iums, make use of heavy soil,
and for best results feed regu
lar every month through the
growing season with a Rood
organic food, such as Liquinox
10-10-5. Feed leaves as well
as roots. Leaves need fertili
zer, and as a matter of fact,
some plants (such as camel-'
lias) take in half their feed
and moisture through the
foliage. They will look bet
ter. They will bloom better.
They will be better plants.
Now is also the time to
set out salvias, ageratum,
asters, alyssum, phlox, lobelia,
marigold, petunias, portulaca,
snaps, stocks, verbena, zinnias
and many other flowering
plants.
In vegetables, start Brus-
sell sprouts, cabbage, lettuce,
peppers, tomatoes, keeping
Pine Moth Search
Starts in Salem
Salem - Residential check
for the European pine shoot
moth moved into the Salem
area April 21 with the finding
of this pest on a commercial
planting in the Salem area.
The pest, now found for the
second time in Oregon, is a
threat to stands of timber pine
in the state.
A "hold" order was placed
on all pine stock in the nurs
ery where the moth was
found, according to Hugh Tay
lor, chief of the plant division
of the department of agricul
ture. Taylor says the stock
can either be destroyed or
fumigated on an experimental
basts. Fumigation of the stock
would mean It must be held
under fine screen enclosures
for at least 15 months. Fumi
gation methods are still in the
experimental stage.
Department, state and fed
eral forestry officials, . Oregon
State university, and pine in
dustry representatives confer
red in Salem on how to deal
with the new outbreak.
Concern of officials and in
dustry centers in damage
which will result to Oregon's
commercial pine stands if the
moth gains a foothold in this
state.
USDA Recognizes
Laboratory Work
, Salem-Mrs. Ellen J, Martin,
serologlst in charge of the
state-federal disease control
laboratory in the Agriculture
building, Salem, has received
a certificate of merit for out
standing service.
The award was made by
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture for demonstration of
"superior knowledge of the
Infectious diseases of live
stock and the tests conducted
for their control and eradica
tion," says Dr. A. G. Beagle,
who made the presentation
for USDA. Dr. Beagle is fed
eral veterinarian in charge in
Oregon.
The efficiency with which
Mrs. Martin has conducted
these laboratory tests has con
tributed materially to the
knowledge of the extent of
leptosplrosts In the state and
the state certification for
brucellosis, Dr. Beagle said.
Mrs. Martin will shortly con.
duct tests to assist In the con
trot of anaplasmosls which af
fects primarily mature cattle.
Mrs. Martin was In charge
ot the cooperative laboratory
in Ontario for almost three
years and has been in charge
of the Salem laboratory since
September 1959. The labora
tory Is operated by the fed
eral and state departments of
agriculture.
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your frost in mind for some
items, tuch as tomatoes, marl-
golds, peppers, salvia and
ageratum. You will not have
to worry about freezing pe
tunnlas or cabbage or lettuce
or most of the other items
listed. The temperature would
have to get down to around
26. degrees for an hour or
more. It is not so much how
cold it gets that does th dam
age, it is how . long it stays
cow.
In - the fertilizing field, it
seems mat conditions are
changing rapidly. It seems al
most as if the automobile has
not only done away with the
horse, but has also driven
the cows away from the
g a r d e n e r't neighborhood.
There are really mor,e. cows
in the country than ever, only
they are distributed different
ly. For the gardener, the cost
of manure Is almost prohibi
tive. Gradually some of us are
beginning to retlize that we
have to find substitutes with
which to supply the essential
plant foods, such as nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash,
one or .;the other of which -if
not all three - is usually
lacking in most soils.
We are beginning to realize
that we are creeping in the
dark as far as knowing the
first thing about what the
soil in our particular section
lacks in essential plant food
requirements. Nor do. we in
telligently go about applying
fertilizer. . . .
We look upon a bag of 10-10-5
fertilizer with suspicion
just because it doesn't look
like a yard of manure. We
don't realize that the food
values in that bag are far
greater than what is actually
available in that yard of man
ure. Please, believe me, gar
deners, it is greater, it is
cheaper, it is better, and, best
of all . without weed seeds.
Your nursery's and garden
stores have this wonderful fer
tilizer all sacked up for you,
with the correct analysis, to
tit the needs of the plant that
you are growing. There is no
guessing, you can't go wrong,
as long as you follow direc
tions. So - let's progress with
the times, and be sure of a
good garden. And again - gar
deners - Don't forget the in
sects, there are plenty ot in
secticides and fungisldes in
the nurseries and garden
stores that are made to fit
your particular need. I
Still the
Only at the Grange Co-op do you have
available the full time services of a college
trained Nutrionist.
This is a personalized service to meet the
needs of local ranchers for prompt and
expert help with nutritional problems. This
is a free service for all ranchers in this area.
Just another of the many advantages of
doing your trading with the Grange Co-op.
For fast, friendly service, locally owned,
locally controlled. .
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Hog Cholera Halt
Made At Source
Salem - Hog cholera hat
broken out In Oregon for the
tecond time this year but, ac
cording to state, department
of agriculture veterinarians,
has been stopped at the source.
An early diagnosis caught
the disease, found recently in
a herd ot 70 animals on a farm
near Woodburn. Loss of two
pigs was first reported, with
14 other losses in less than
two weeks. On April 19 all
the animals were vaccinated.
Most of the animals on the
premises when the outbreak
began were unvacclnsted ex
cept for a large group of pigs
purchased at an auction yard.
These animals had been vac
cinated with modified live vi
rus vaccine at the yard. None
of this group showed symp
toms of the disease.
Farm Quarantined
The farm has been quaran
tined until further notice.
First outbreak of this dis
ease earlier in the year was
also in the Woodburn area
and was also stopped before
it could spread. .
Hog cholera is the most se
rious disease of swine in the
United States, destroying more
hogs than all other diseases
combined. If it appears in
acute form, hogs sicken and
die quickly. If less severe,
they may be sick for weeks
before they die. Incubation
period for pigs exposed to the
disease ranges from three to
seven days. The cholera af
fects only hogs, not man. .
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Suddenly . . . . . It's
Old Man Winter has left us
again. The weather is warm-
Garden Tips
By John W. McLougbiin
County Extension Agent
DAHLIAS .
Dahlia may be planted now.
For best results choose a sun
ny location and keep the
plants well watered. Plant the
tubers about five inches deep
in a horizontal position with
the eye up.
Well rotted manure mixed
in with the soil will provide
a good source of fertilizer.
To prevent future root dam
age, place the stakes in the
ground while planting. If a
bushy plant i3 desired, pinch
the top when the plant is
about a foot high. .
HEATHER
To keep your heather plants
compact and producing an
abundance of flowers, shear
them back as soon as the
flowers fade.
AILANTHUS
A money-back introductory
offer on the Ailanthus (Tree
of Heaven) has been received
by many residents. Some ad
ditional information on this
tree is presented.
The Ailanthus has been
classifiied as a short-lived
weed" tree. The male trees
produce an intensely disagree
able, odor when blooming and
the female trees bear unsight
ly seedpods into late winter.
The Ailanthus has a tendency
to sucker freely and its roots
will penetrate underground
pipes, wells and cisterns, giv
ing the water a nauseating
taste.
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Spring!
Ing up, the spring thaw hat
come ano gone. .
Now is the time when peo
pie begin to inspect their
backyards, with a view to
putting them in order for the
Outdoor Months . . . and, if
you're like us, you're gener.
ally surprised at what you
find there.
One thing we found again
this year, which has turned
up often In the past, is a great
need for Community Beauti
fication. Community Beautiflcatiort
makes sense from every view
point: a beautiful community
is a pleasant, happy Dlace in
which to live; it's a placo
wihere people like to do bus-
iness - to earn and to buv
their daily bread.
The National Garden bu.
reau, which helped a section
of the Niagara Industrial dis
trict, New York, to give itself
a face lift, has promised us
their plans. . . . We'll tell vou
all about them shortly.
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