MED70HB MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDTOHD, OrlEOOft
Heavy Seeder
Built by OSC
For Pastures
Corvallis-Ten new heavy-
built from plans developed
at Oregon State University
for use in seeding range lands
next fall.
These are the first copies
to be made of the OSC ma
chine, according to Dean .
Rooster. OSP nerlniltural n-
gineer. Six of the new seed
ers will ne used in Oregon,
ground Prineville, Bums and
Lakeview. The other four are
for use in other states.
The rugged Oregon press
, seeder can be operated over
rocks, brush, and rough range
land. In 1959 the year OSC
built its 12-row seeder the
bureau of land management
borrowed it for field seeding
of 1,500 acres in southeast
Oregon and northern Nevada.
Seem to Like It
"Apparently they liked it,"
Booster commented, "since six
of the new ' seeders being
built are for them."
The OSC agricultural en
gineering department built
four different models of the
seeder while they were de
veloping it. The last two mod
els are operative and are lo
cated at the Squaw Butte
branch of the OSC agricul
tural experiment station.
Plans for the seeder have
been turned over to the inter
agency range seeding equip
ment committee for further
testing and development.
. A new OSC publication
called "The Oregon Press
Seeder," tells how the ma
chine was developed, its op
erating characteristics, where
to obtain plans for it, and
whom to contact about using
the two OSC machines. Ore
gon residents may obtain sin
gle, free copies of the bulle
tin from county extension of-'
fices or from the OSC bulle
tin clerk, Corvallis.
Soil Stewardship
Week Proclaimed
By Gov. Hatfield
Governor Mark Hatfield
has urged that all Oregon cit
izens honor agriculture and
farm families during Soil
Stewardship Week, May 7-14.
"Not only during this week,
but throughout the year, we
should all honor the stewards
of our soils, in whose capable
hands has been placed a sa
cred trust that of assuring
that our great natural resourc
es are so managed and utilized
as to furnish benefits to fu
ture, as well as present gen
erations," Hatfield said.
Soil Stewardship Week, a
national observance, is con
ducted in Oregon under the
sponsorship of the Oregon As
sociation of Soil Conservation
Districts.
Association president Elmer
Peterson, Portland, said local
observances have been plan
ned throughout the state by
soil conservation districts, in
cluding celebration of Soil
Stewarship Sunday, May 7, in
many churches.
"Even persons who own no
land can be a strong influence
in behalf of the prudent use
of our soil and water re
sources. The spirit of respon
sible people at work, as evi
denced by Oregon's Soil Con
servation District activities,
becomes most fruitful in
terms of soil stewardship,
through cooperation of all our
citizens," Hatfield concluded.
ARRIVES IN U.S.
New York-(UPD-Prlnce Rai
nier of Monaco has arrived
to join his wife, Princess
Grace, and their two children
for a month's vacation at her
mother's home In Philadelphia.
State Ag Agency
Protests Ham
Salem-The federal depart
ment of agriculture will hold
a hearing in Portland at the
U.S. courthouse, on May 11
on its "watered" ham order
of Dec. 30.
At this time the Oregon
Department of Agriculture
will enter a protest on the
federal order, which allows
10 per cent added moisture
in uncooked smoked hams
and other smoked porks ship
ped interstate.
Dr. M. L. Houston, super
visor of meat inspection for
the Oregon department, says
the federal order is directly
opposed to Oregon laws for
consumer protection which
aim to prevent misbranding,
mislabeling and adulteration.
The federal regulation on
moisture in hams was adopt
ed without giving consumer
groups an opportunity to pre
sent their recommendations.
' The hearing in , Portland,
one of five hearings over the
country, opens up the ques
tion so consumers and others
interested may present their
views. Meantime, the order
continues in effect, with no
requirement that the added
water "pumped" into hams
be shown on the label.
In actual practice, Dr. Hous
ton says the weight added to
ham may be 13 per cent, in
cluding 10 per cent water and
3 per cent curing salts.
Irrigation Aid
Tried By OSC
To Help Farmers
Corvallis-A scheme to help
farmers use irrigation water
more efficiently is being tried
this spring by Oregon State
College agricultural engineers
and soil physicists.
They've designed an evap
oration pan to place in pas
tures in early spring when the
soil is still full of water from
winter rains. If their scheme
works as hoped for, evapora
tion from the pans will equal
moisture extracted from the
soil, reports Dr. John W.
Wolfe, agricultural engineer
at the OSC agricultural ex
periment station.
Eight-inch-deep pans full of
water are being placed around
an OSC dairy pasture this
month. (The pans are protect
ed from animals with a wire
mesh cover.) When filled, the
pans will hold the same
amount of water as is avail
able to plants in the top three
feet of soil.
A mark is made on the pans
about four inches below the
topThe Irrigator -is . instruct
ed to irrigate with rotating
sprinklers when the water
level drops to this mark.
Indicates Excess
If too much water is ap
plied and the pans run over,
excess water will be wasted.
This is also what happens in
the soil, because any excess
runs off the surface or perco
lates down below the root
zone when field capacity is
reached.
If the pans do not fill dur
ing an irrigation, each inch
not filled will correspond to
an inch deficit in the soil
moisture reservoir. The soil
moisture deficit cannot be
observed on the surface be
cause it will occur at a lower
depth, Wolfe explained.
If ttye water level In the
pans (and therefore in the soil)
gets below the four-inch mark,
the plants will begin to suf
fer and their growth rate will
be reduced. If the pans ever
become empty, the grass will
be in serious danger of per
manent wilt for the season.
It might take several weeks
to recover after irrigation.
Wolfe reports that it's
taken four years of testing to
design a pan with evapora
tion equal to the rate of con
sumptive use of water by pasture.
TUISDAT. MAT 1. 1961
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WATCH FOR GRAND OPENINCI .
Poison Dose
Recommended for
Gray Diggers
By EUGENE WINTERS
County Agent
The most economical and
satisfactory method of con
trolling Douglas ground squir
rels or gray digger squirrels
is the use of poison.
The gray digger appears In
February or early March and
remains active until October
or November. This long' pe
riod of activity and that it
habitually stores food to last
through the winter makes it
a destructive pest.
The young usually are born
in April and average about
eight in number. So far as
known only one littor is pro
duced, but this is a fourfold
annual Increase which could
result in an extremely high
population buildup in a mat
ter of two or three years.
The season for control is
different from other ground
squirrels In Oregon and for
best results a poison bait
should be scattered any time
the gray digger is active.
Bait Available
Poison bait is readily avail
able through commercial
sources such as feed, seed and
garden stores. The bait is
a mixture primarily of bar
ley or oats and strychnine
with a sticker to hold the
poison to the grain kernel. A
formula for preparing poison
bait is available from the
County Extension office. Most
persons prefer to use ready
mixed bait.
Considerable bait has been
wasted by being placed in
piles cr thrown down the
holes. The bait should be
scattered out a teaspoonful
to a place along squirrel
trails and about the holes.
The squirrel will then hunt
it up. Properly scattered there
will be no hazard to livestock
for they will not pick up
enough to harm them.
This year a cooperative
gray digger control program
has been arranged with Jack
son county, the Fish and Wild
life Service and the Jackson
county extension service co
operating. Poison bait will be
scattered on publicly owned
lands infested with ground
squirrels and being adjacent
to crop lands. An effort will
be made to treat public lands
bordering that of private op
erators who are poisoning
their own squirrels.
Vets' Division
Gets Assistant . ;
Salem-Elidon F. .' Cross of
Halsey has assumed new
duties as administrative as
sistant for the veterinary ser
vices division of the State De
partment of Agriculture, an
nounces J. F. Short, depart
ment director. .
Cross will handle fiscal and
business management func
tions for the veterinary divi
sion. The division handles the
largest department programs
supported by general funds of
the state. These include the
state meat inspection pro
gram. V
Cross will work directly
with the state veterinarian,
Dr. L. E. Bodenweiser.
The Halsey man comes with
an ideal background of busi
ness and livestock farming.
The past five years Cross has
operated about 600 farm acres
grains, owned by him and his
devoted to field seeds and
two brothers, plus about 100
acres of his own which is
used for beef and dairy cattle.
For many years Cross was as
sociated with a seed and grain
warehouse at Halsey, serving
from 1940 until it was sold in
1955 as manager and presi
dent of the corporation.
Homemade Cannons
Recall Civil War
Banks, Ore.-fflPD-Rudy W.
Marek of Banks tested his
home-made cannons Sunday
in honor of the Civil War Centennial.
Battery A of the Oregon
Volunteer Artillery fired tb--
guns. The battery included
Col. Walter F. Sargent, Ore
gon National Guard, repre
senting Gov. Mark Hatfield.
Marek spent two years mak
ing the 1,800 pound cannon
from 1861 specifications from
the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington, D.C.
"Capt. Marek called for a
bag of powder from the pow
der boy.
Cans of cement were used
as projectiles.
The guns went off with a
splendid roar and the pro
jectiles hurled 200 yards. A
window in his house 60 yards
away shattered from the con
cussion. s
WRONG NUMBER
Pittsburgh -(UPB- Attorney
J. Norman Davis made a tele
phone call to Lewlsburg, Pa.,
but got a wrong number. He
was dumbfounded when the
voice on the other end an
swered, "Lewlsburg Peniten
tiary - Reservations."
How To Win Award
On Horticulture
If you happen to have the
knack of organizing and get
ting people together, you are
Just the person to start a com
munity beautifying program.
There's a slight bit of work
Involved, but if you are civic-
minded and concerned with
the appearance of the commu
nity in which you and your
family live and work, you 11
find all your efforts in im
proving the situation more
than rewarding to yourself,
They'll be an inspiration to
others also.
The National Garden bu
reau is here to help you by
supplying a comprehensive
blueprint on community beau
tification. There is also a 15
minute film which can be
made available. Just write the
bureau at 124 East 38th st.,
New York City.
In order to add impetus to
all community programs
started, the Popular Garden
ing magazine is offering gar
dening certificates of merit
to groups conducting such a
program who wish to give
recognition and awards to
participants of the project.
Write to Popular Gardening,
530 Fifth ave., Newk York
City, giving them the details
of your community improve
ment program. They will do
the rest.
Farmland Values
Now Leveled Off
OSC Points Out
f!nrvnllis-Farmland values
in Oregon leveled off last fall,
ending the steady upward
plimh nf th nnct fiv vpar
reports Mrs. Elvera Horrell,
extension agricultural econo
mist at Oregon State College.
In Nnvpmhpr thp TTKF1A
Agricultural Research Service
(Arcs; piaceci tne index on
Oregon's farmlands, with im
provements, at 160 per cent
oi tne 194-49 average, Mrs.
Horrell said. This was the
same as the .Tnlv 1QRH inripv
but nearly 3 per cent above
.NovemDer issa.
The national farmland in
dex also leveled off during
the July to November, 1960
period at a level less than one
per cent above November.
1959.
During the last half of
1960. farmland values in 41
states either held practically
unchanged or rose just a lit
tle. Decreases of 2 per cent or
more showed up in the other
nine states, mostly in the cen
tral part oi tne country.
The biggest dip-5 per cent
-tame in Iowa, and the sharn-
est rise-4 per cent-came in
man, Mrs. Horrell found.
Market Weaker
Land-value reporters gener
ally agreed that the market
for farmland was weaker last
fall than a year earlier, the
ARS report noted. Fewer
farms changed hands, demand
was slower, and prospective
buyers seemed more inclined
to resist prices being asked.
Land dealers in most areas
Said thev had more farinc
listed, but made fewer sales.
xney also reported less de
mand for nonfarm uses.
When asked to eive an
opinion as to the trend of fu
ture land values, more of the
reporters than last year
thought prices would cn
down.
The ARS attrihiiteri the
general leveling of farmland
values to a readjustment in
tne unusual relationship be
tween farmland values and
farm income. In Oreenn Mrs
Horrell noted that farmland
value per acre increased
nearly 60 per cent from 1950
to 1959, while taxes levied
on farm real estate rose 40
per cent and realized net in
come from farming dropped
15 per cent.
DIEM INAUGURATED
aaigon - (UPD - President
Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet
Nam has taken nHIco tnr
a second five-year term with
a pledge to battle the "Com
munist imperialism" which
has terrorized the country
and turned parts of it into
a no man's land.
Ten Schools Participate
In Music Contest-Festival
Ten southern Oregon High
schools participated in the
Southern Oregon high school
music contest-festival held
last week end at Hedrick
Junior High school.
Plaques were awarded by
the judges to outstanding
bands, choirs and orchestras
both in the junior high con
test held last week in Ash
land and for the high school
event Saturday.
Plaques for the junior high
school contest went to the
Ashland Junior High school
band, directed by Frank Ken
ney; the Klamath Falls
Strings, directed by Hans
Gippo; and the Briscoe School
chorus, Ashland, directed by
Mrs. Herbert Cecil.
Plaques for Saturday event
were awarded to the Medford
High School choir, directed
by Lynn Sjolund; the Klam
ath Falls orchestra, directed
by Dale Hallack, and to the
Medford High School Senior
Symphony band, directed by
I. A. Minck.
John Drysdale was chair
man of the event with mem
bers of the vocal and instru
mental staff of the Medford
system assisting him.
Points by two school groups
participating were Senior
Symphony band, perfect
score, 36 points; Choir, 35
points; Girls Glee chorus, 33;
Orchestra, 34, all Medford;
Orchestra, 32; Choir, 31; Band
32; and Girls Glee chorus, 25,
Personnel Staff
Winema Forest
District rangers on the Wi
nema National forest have re
cently opened new offices at
Chemult and Klamath agency
from which to direct manage
ment of the Winema National
forest, with headquarters in
Klamath Falls.
The Chemult offices are lo
cated in the Community club
building on the north edge of
town. Supervisor Smith stated
that these are temporary quar
ters for the coming season.
Forest service personnel at
Chemult include District
Ranger Doug Shaw, formerly
assistant ranger on the Klam
ath district of the Rogue Riv
er, and Assistant Ranger Ken
neth Eversole, who comes
from the Blue River district
of the Willamette National
forest.
The Chiloquln district head
quarters is presently located
at Klamath agency with of
fices in a former administra
tion building. Personnel on
tr.a Chiloquln district include
Ranger Homer Faulkner,, As
sistant Ranger Ed Harshman,
and Fire Control Officer
Clarence Jennings. Faulkner
was previously assistant
ranger on the Ft. Rock di
trict of the Deschutes. Harsh-
man comes from the Rogue
River National forest at Med
ford. Jennings moves to
Klamath Falls from the Blue
River district of the Willam
ette. Opening of these new of
fices marks another step in
organization of the Winema
National forest, i
Mission Team To
Appear at Church
A General Mission Inter
pretation team Will be at the
First Presbyterian church
Wednesday, May 3, to explain
how the church operates, not
only to foreign countries, but
in the many missions In this
continent.
Speakers will be the Rev.
Raymond N o 1 1, described
by the Saturday Evening
Post as the pastor oi tne
Big Horn Basin" and the Rev.
Ralph D. Winter, Presbyte
rian, fraternal worker In
Guatemala. The. Rev. Burton
Alvis will speak on Christian
education and Dr. Dwlght
Russell, Portland, Synod offi
cer, will also talk about missions.
The talks are scheduled at
7:30 p.m. and will be pre
ceded at 6:30 p.m. by a fam
ily night dinner.
Announcing...
$100 Cash Bonus, plus the Free Range, will
be given to the winner of the drawing, if that
person has bought a Monarch Range already,
this year.!
Still time to Register,
In Ashland, Siskiyou Electric (formerly East
Side Electric),
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Former location of Lawrence's Jeweler
all Klamath Falls.
Others were Ashland hand.
25; Ashland Girls chorus, 24,
and St. Mary'u Marion choir,
Medford, 30.
Schools nartlclDatlnir In ad
dition to those named were
Roseburg, Canyonville, Lake
view, Sutherlin, Riddle, Sa
cred Heart of Klamath Falls.
During the contest-festival
the Southern Oregon Music
Educators held an elertinn nf
officers at the directors' lunch
eon in the Medford hotel.
Frank Kenney, Ashland,
was elected president. Others
elected were Jack Mahoney,
niaaie, vice president; Mrs.
Herbert Cecil, Ashland.
It decided to hold the snln
and ensemble contest next
year In Ashland and the jun
ior high contest-festival in
Medford. No location was se
lected for the hiBh sohnnl
event,
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