MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
TUESDAY. APRIL 1?, 13i
Auction Markets Know Characteristics
To Meet Wednesday Weed Man Suggests
Salem - The state depart
ment of agriculture has called
i meeting of the State Board
of Livestock Auction Markets
it Salem Wednesday, April
18, at 1 p.m. in the agricul
ture building conference room
Salem.
The chairman of the board,
Dr. D. H. Jones, Roscburg,
requested the meeting pri
marily for a discussion of
iwine vaccination for hog
cholera at auction yards in
the stale.
Members of the board have
been requested to bring to the
meeting any other problems
which are pertinent for dis
cussion at this time.
Department officials meet
ing with the board will be J.
W, Southworth, assistant di
rector. Dr. Glenn B. Rea and
Dr. M. R. Woulfe. This will
be the firs't opportunity for
Dr. Rea, new state veterin
arian, to meet with the auc
tion board which advises the
department on matters relat
ing to the nearly 40 auction
markets in the state.
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HILTON'S FUEL
By M. R. HUBBELL
Weed Control Supervisor
The first step in effective
control is knowing your weeds
and their growth characteris
tics. 1 hope this may enable
you to define your weed prob
lem little better, before you
look for a method of control.
Weeds are different from
one another in more than ap
pearance. They differ also in
life cycle, root system, rate
of growth and chemical re
sistance or tolerance of these
chemicals.
Generally, the first big di
vision in weeds is between
the broad leaved and narrow
leaved. By far the largest
army of weeds is made up of
broad leaved weeds which
range all the way from
ground hugging purslane to
tall giant ragweed. Grasses
are no less a problem in many
areas, and include such
trouble makers as quack,
Johnson, Bermuda, water
grass and foxtail.
Outside these two broad
i categories are the general
classifications of rushes and
sedges, cattail and tules,
which are often serious prob
lems. Life Cycles Vary
The life cycle and longevi
j ty of weeds also vary, divid-
ing weeds into three groups,
the annuals, the biennials, and
the perennials; Annual s
I These weeds complete their
j their life cycle in one year.
They germinate from seed,
; produce their own seed and
:die in the same season. A
winter annual germinates in
I the fall, lives over winter,
I then produces flowers and
seeds the next spring and
summer. Examples of annuals
are pigweed, ragweed, mus
tard, foxtail and crabgrass.
Biennials it takes two years
for these to complete their
life cycle.
The first year is spent pro
ducing leaves and storing
food. The next year the plant
blossoms and produces fruit
and seeds. Examples are wild
carrot and mullein. Peren
nials These weeds life from
year to year with an Indefinite
life span. Though some peren
nials - These weeds live from
cause their tops die down
over winter, the roots and
rhizomes below ground per
sist. With spring a new plant
appears. Many of the peren
nials can be spread by either
seed or sections of the root
system making it by far the
most difficult to control or
eradicate. Example of peren
nial weeds are Morning Glory
or field blindweed, Canada
thistle and quackgrass.
Chemicals developed for
the control of weeds differ in
many ways. Some kill by con
tact, others work internally
on the plants system. Some
are selective, killing either
broad leaved weeds or grass
es but not both. Others are
non-selective, killing both
leaved weeds and grasses.
Becoming familiar with
your specific weed problem,
the correct control measures
can be applied for an eeo
nomial and effective control.
Dairy cows will eat up to
three ounces of stock salt
daily.
Lamb, Wool Pool
Program Given
By local Farmers
i A panel of local farmers
explained the wool and lamb
pool operation in Jackson
county during a KMED tele
vision program recently.
Appearing on the program
were A. Lemley, Don Bohnert
and County Agent Earle
Jossy,
The group explained that
marketing is the big problem
for sheep growers since the
large majority have small
flocks from 25 to 200 head.
When they pool their sheep
this amounts to 7.000 to 8,400
lambs or $187,350 worth of
meat and wool.
By collective selling they
can interest buyers through
larger numbers and can ship
in truck loads at lower trans
portation costs.
The growers sign an agree
ment each year and the lambs
and wool are sold to the high
est bidder.
Sheep shearing was demon
strated on the television pro
gram by Kenneth and Fred
Tyckson, Phoenix FFA mem
bers. Mechanics of the lamb pool
involve the buyer grading out
the lambs shipped from Mid
way. Then, the lambs are
marked and shipped to Di
xon, Calif, on consignment
through the Valley Livestock
Marketing association, a Farm
Bureau affiliate.
"This is one more way
farmers cooperate in order to
produce and market efficient
ly so consumers can have in
expensive for-V the county
agent explained.
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Twig Borers Spray
Directions Given
A spray for the control of
peach twig borer on all stone
fruits should be applied as
soon as the petals have fallen,
according to Don Berry, coun
ty extension agent.
It is at this time that the
overwintering borers emerge
and attack the newly develop
ing shoots, he advised.
On each acre use 10 pounds
of Diazinon or five pounds of
Thiodan. In hose rigs use two
pounds Diazinon or one
pound of Thiodan per 100 gat
Ions of water, he directed.
Add six pounds of wettable
sulfur per 100 gallons or 24
pounds per acre to aid In the
control of brown rot or mil
dew. "Since twig borer damage
was severe last year this spray
should not be omitted," Berry
said.
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THE
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Do a complete clean-up job . . . right
at the start of the growing season . . .
by putting the Stauffer Flowables
into your first cover! The Stauffer
Flowables are unique formulations
which, in any combination, handle
like true liquids. Because they employ
only water as a liquid vehicle, they
are as safe to foliage as wettable
powders and dusts. They are easy on
equipment, and don't clog, scour or
corrode. They can be used in con
centrate sprayers.
The right combination of Stauffer
Flowables will control almost any set
of insect, mite and fungus problems
in orchards. Ask your Stauffer dealer
for recommendations for specific pest
control problems.
Use the
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A superior Stauffer sulfur formulation for control
of mildew, scab, and brown rot.
Tedion4 Flowable
A miticlde that controls most common varieties of
mites. Unusually persistent; keeps mites out for
many weeks.
Parathion 4 Flowable
An insecticide-miticide that controls codling moths,
scale insects, aphids and many varieties of mites.
DDT 5 Flowable
Stauffer's unusual DDT formulation that handles
like a liquid, is as safe as a wettable powder. Con
trols a wide range of insects.
Sevm4 Flowable
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Insecticide Sevin. Controls codling moth,
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MAGNETIC .' . t f- iranfc
Many homes are surround
ed by trees of the native oak.
Unfortunately, this oak is at
tacked by three or more insect
pests and as many diseases.
Considering that the trees
have so many pests and dis
eases; they manage to sur
vive and do rather well. Even
so. these disorders make the
tree a nuisance during most
of the growing season. The
leaves are covered with hon-
eydew and the small galls con
taining grubs have the dis
gusting habit of falling into
the food when meals are serv
ed on the lawn.
There is no spray schedule
worked out for the wasps
that cause the galls on Oak
trees. Some trees that were
sprayed several times early in
the season had very few galls,
but A takes lots of spraying.
It is likely that the overwin
tering wasps emerge for egg
laying over a rather long peri
od. The honeydew can be con
trolled by spraying the Oak
trees for aphids.
The practical solution to the
Oak tree and the problem of
its pests, it to start other va
rieties of trees. When they
are sufficiently large, remove
the Oaks.
It is now apparent that the
Walnut trees in the local area
will have sufficient pollen for
pollinating their crop. Some
times the buds that produce
the Walnut catkins are killed
by very low winter tempera
tures and the female flower:
buds are unharmed. In this;
case pollen must be secured
and placed in the tree me-:
chanically if a crop of walnuts
is to be produced.
Early season spray applica
tions should be carefully and
thoroughly applied as many
pcsls are easiest to control
at this time. Any that escape
the early season spray applica
tions are very apt to produce
progeny that will give trouble
all season. The foliage on
fruit trees is not very dense
as yet, so that the trees can
be well covered with control
chemicals.
Fest control chemicals may
be applied to plants as dry
dusts or in water. The water
is the carrier in the case of
wettable powders while air
is the carrier when dry dusts
are used. When water is used
in spraying, the control chemi
cal may be in suspension, in
solution, or simply mixed
with the water.
A good idea in applying
sprays of water suspensions
when the maximum chemical
residue on the plant is de
sired, is to spray only alter
nate rows until the trees are
dry. Then return and spray
the rows that were missed the
first time. This prevents the
sprayer fan from blowing al
most as much material off of
the trees as is be in a. applied
when the other side of the
still wet free is being sprayed.
Once the tree is dry more
spray can be applied and .re
main as residue in addition
to that already dry.
Canadian blue grass some
times invades lawns and
producing seed at present. No
amount of fertilizer will make
it as dark green as the re
mainder of the lawn grasses.
Therefore, some pale green
spots in lawns may be due to
the presence of this variety
of annual grass.
Weed Control
In Grain Crops
Required Now
By M. R. HUBBELL
Wd Supervisor
The time for controlling
broadleaf weeds in grain
crops is well upon us.
With ll the talk of new
weed killers, one might ask
if there is any that will do
a better job in grain at this
time of year than 2.4-D, The
answer to that question Would
be that 2.4-D is still the best.
Spraying weeds out of grain
crops is a good investment
and usually returns from
three to four times the cost of
the spray job. This results
in a higher yield per acre,
cleaner grain and better qua!-j
ity. This being the case it is
a phase of farming that ;
should be considered along
with working the ground, i
planting and harvesting, and
timed for the best control of
your particular weed problem.
In knowing the past his
tory of the farmed area one
can anticipate the possibili
ties of weed infestation and
be prepared to cope with it.
In deciding to spray, and
knowing the weeds present ;
will determine the formula-:
lion of 2,4-D best suited for ;
good control. The 2,4-D
amines are most commonly
used but occasionally the
problem may call lor the use
of the Low Volatile Esters of
2,4-D, Such may be the case
if morning glory or fiddle
neck if the problem.
Care must be exercised if
esters are used to protect
surrounding susceptible crops
and shrubs.
Winter grains should have
at least five leaves before be
ing treated and do not spray
after the heads have started
into the boot. One-half to one
pound of 2,4-D Amine or L.V.
ester in 20 gallons of water
per acre will control most
of the annual weeds. The
smaller the weeds at spray
time the better the control. It
desirable to wail until
most of the annual weeds have
emerged.
Spring grains can be treat
ed with 2,4-D at the above
rates and should have six to
eight inches of growth before
being treated. Since oats are
less tolerant to 2,4-D than
other cereals only 2,4-D amine
should be used and at no
greater rate than one-half
i pound per acre. Again, it Is
best to let most of the weeds
emerge.
April 30 Deadline
For Wool Program '
Monday, April 30, is the
last day for filing applications
for payments for the 1961
marketing year under the
wool payment program, grow
ers were reminded today by
Albert Straus, chairman, ag
ricultural stabilization and
conservation county commit
tee. The payments tor the 1961
marketing year cover shorn
wool and unshorn lambs
marketed not later than
March 31 of this year. Later
marketings will be eligible
for payments tor the 1962
marketing year.
The chairman stressed that
the payments on wool and
iambs are not made automat
ically - growers must file
applications which are sup
ported with all the necessary
sales records in order to re
ceive payments under the
program.
Since these sales records
will he the basis for calcu
lating the national average
price received by farmers for
wool during the entire mar
keting year, it is to the grow
er's advantage to file his ap
plication early. When the av
erage price can be determin
ed, the payment rates for
shorn wool and unshorn
iambs sold during the 1961
marketing year will be an
nounced. The payments will
be made to growers during
the coming summer.
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than other animals because jing farm operations today le
they do not perspire. isavc time and work.
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New Milk Hearing
Salem Attention of dairy
men and processors in Jack
son, Josephine, Klamath and
Lake Counties is called to a
hearing the state department :
of agriculture will hold Tues-'
day, April 24, at 1:30 p.m. its i
Medford. Place: the Jackson j
County Extension auditorium,
1301 Maple Grove Drive. s
At issue will be whether
Jackson, Josephine, Klamath s
and possibly Lake shall be re
moved from the recently
formed producer Milk Stabi- s
iszation Market Area 1-A,
which embraces many coun
ties. The petition for the hear
ing asks a separate area tor
the first three counties and j
possibly Lake, but retention '
of the $5.92 minimum price j
now in effect for class 1 milk, j
Coordinated Miik Sales.
Inc. Medford, ioined by Kla
math Basin Grade A Milk
Producers association, has
asked for the hearing, which
K. W. Sawyer, miik atabiUza-
Hion administrator, will con-
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Berry Spraying
Recommended Now
By DON BEHBY
County Agent
Both home gardeners and
commercial gardeners should
spray strawberries for leaf
rollers.
These pests are Quite ser
ious during the spring and
summer in strawberry pat
ches and cause trouble by roll
ing and killing the leaves on ;
the plants. The damage is ;
caused by a small worm
which develops from an egg
laid by a small buff-colored
moth. These moths are easily
spotted when walking through
the strawberry patch because
great numbers of them fly
close to the surface of the
ground during bad infesta
tions. Control measures consist of
spraying during bloom with
DDT, or later up to harvest
with Malahion or Methoxy
chlor.A heaping tablespoon of
50 per cent DDT powder in
one gallon of water will gen
erally control these pests for
the season, if they recur, one
heaping tablespoon of Mala
thion or Methoxychlor pow
der in two gallons of water
may be used up to within
three days of picking provid
ing the berries are washed
before ealen.
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