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Grain, Seed Outlook Detailed by OSU Corvallis - Supply and de-. been selling above the 1961 i mand and federal farm pro-! support price and above rorn ' Rrams are important factors and grain sorghums o; a ton! m the market outlook for I basis due to smaller crops j Oregon's 1962 spring planted ; and larger exports. j grains, forase and seed crops, Farmers are beginning to j says Ray H. Teal. Oregon take advantage of the lower State University extension ! prices on higher feed value! seed and grain marketing j corn and grain sorghums,! specialist. iTeal stated. Both surplus; Teal makes his forecasts ! grains from the Midwest and in the new Oregon Farm j Southwest can be sold here! Market Outlook, now avail- j at prices competitive with: able at local county exten-! oats and barley as the gov-! sion offices. eminent continues efforts to j Decisions which tanners ; reduce stocks and to make I are making about spring participation in the feed! plantinqs are closely allied j grain program attractive he ! with the 1962 feed grain pro- says. j gram, which is essentially the! Tpal hs,. ,,,, , ! MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY. MAY 1. 1962 Garden Tips By JOHN McLOUGHLIN County Agent Starter Solutions You can reduce the harm ful effects of transplanting by fertilizing the transplants same as last year, but includ- over-the-loan barley prices in ZZ i t- . . the Northwest may tend to grain sorghums, Teal notes. jdisco participation in I f,re,'S op,por,Um,y ithe fcci grain Program this shift to different crops and , year whicn cou,d resu m these alternate uses of landmucn of the cr0 bpi ineli. and other resources may begible for , t Combined more profitable than present wiln a more norma, cr cropping systems, he points ; overseas, a wcakcr market ou . .,. could result. . Prices for Pacific North- , .. west barlcv and oats are ex-j , Oregon s nanncnen mailing nneteri to hP nmpwhi lnwt, ! barley growers may want to in 1962, in spite of smaller supr'ies on hand. Both have TOE GR By BART BARTLETT By BART BARTLETT '. There has been a definite change in the area weather pattern. Some plant pests and diseases may take advantage of the cool moist period to make an invasion into or onto certain plants. Aphids eouid begin to ap pear on plants where none had previously been seen. Fire blight may be a menace on certain apple, pear and pyra cantha varieties. Some copper sprays on pyr acantha, especially where some winter injury occurred may be in order at this time. Also some copper should be included in any spray applica tions that are being applied to blight susceptible varieties of apples ana pears during the next few days. Consult your spray salesman for materials and advice for these spray ap plications. Also mildew may begin to make an appearance on certain varieties of roses and peaches. Where ants and earwigs are a nuisance an application of chlordanc either as a dust or spray should take care of the problem. If these pests are near the foundations of build ings the chlordane may also serve as a repellant to ter mites. Such an application will not eradicate termites if they are already present. In this case consult a termite specialist. The irrigation districts have accomplished a great amount of improvement in the ditches, flumes, etc. that are utilized to deliver water to agricultur al lands. It now is in order that the user of irrigation wa ter from the districts improve private head ditches, flumes, and equipment to take advan tage of the fact that the dis tricts can give improved serv ice in most instances if his fa cilities arc capable of han dling the water in a manner that does not constitute an ob stacle. The districts should by gradual constructive sugges tion educate their water users in the proper use of water so as to reduce erosion, excess runoff and too frequent appli cation of water. In the event your sweet corn was planted by your children and is too thickly planted, it can be transplanted if done carefully. The transplanting is best done with a gardener's trowel so that most of the root system and some soil is taken with each plant. This opcr-1 ation will set the transplants back about 10 days and is the equivalent of successive plant-1 ings as far as maturity is con cerned. I Lettuce is also very easily take advantage ol a feed grain provision to plant up to 110 per cent of their 1959-60 average acreage and still qualify for price support with only two restrictions, Teal notes. If this barley fails to make malting grade, the grower is still eligible for sup port Corn prices similar to the 1961 crop seem likely, the specialist notes. Oregon farm ers who grew corn in 1959 and 1960 can qualify for price supports diversion payments if they cut their acreage to 20 per cent below the 1959 60 average. New growers can not qualify for price supports. Lower hay prices are seen as a possibility for 1962 as supplies on Oregon farms are up 8 per cent above last year and moisure conditions are better in Eastern Oregon, Teal points out. Hay quality is becoming in creasingly important, particu larly in times of larger sup plies. Eastern Oregon alfalfa growers can up-grade quality by use of new weed chemicals to keep out grasses. Western Oregon producers often find silage the best use for the first cutting. . Improved pastures for live stock are a crop that may pay out better than some of the seed and grain crops, Teal states. This is particularly true in Western Oregon. County extension agents can give information on pasture establishment and manage ment practices. In other crops covered by his report. Teal notes that fine fescue growers are consider ing plowing up some acreage, particularly poor fields, in the face of low prices for some time in the future. Bluegrass seed looks like a good cash crop in comparison to other alternatives, p a r t i c ulsly since western bluegrass seed is superior to that produced in the Midwest. Prices for the 1962 crop of alfalfa and red clover seed should improve, he writes, if this year's crop is similar in size to that of 1361. Carryover on July 1 should be the small est in several years due to last year's smaller crop. Some growers are finding orchardgrass seed a better "money" crop than many others where good yields have been obtained. Western orch ardgrass seed is superior in quality to those grown in other areas and, as in blue grass, Oregon has the poten tial for becoming a major producing area if variety and quality premiums can be ob- Reapportionment Said Vital Issue Jackson county should not be apathetic in regard Itf the reapportionment bill. Howard Fu,i, commodity director of the Oregon Farm Bureau told those attending a meeting in the extension service audi torium here on April 23. He said that although it doesn't seem to concern resi dents here much at present, in the future representation transplanted if it was sowed;"' '""-- "' too thick I ber,nl? and agriculture may Earthworms may or may ( needed for protection in not be present in agricultural I thl' area- soils Their presence does not Fu)' sald the midsummer mean that vour soil is fertile: ""lution meeting will be nor do tiiev have any great in- j held sometime in August at fluence on the fertility of a i Co"s Bay- . soil Thcv do tend to inhabit Jnhn Patrick, senior from fertile soils and more likely j lhf,Ea?'f Polm FFA chapter. with a starter solution starter solution is used on plants prior to removing them from the flat or while setting them in the garden. This treatment will mean earlier yields and more production from your garden. A starter solution is made by mixing a small, measured amount of fertilizer in water. Any commercial fertilizer that is highly soluble in water may be used. Starter solutions are not made from organic sources of plant food such as bone meal or tankage. The main benefit received from a starter solution is that of providing the plant with immediately available food.l This stimulates leaf and root growth and gives the plant a quick pickup after transplant ing. Measure Carefully Carefully measure the fer tilizer in preparing the starter solution. You may damage plants by using too strong of a solution. Keep the solution stirred when applying it, to assure that all plants are fertilized equally. You can use a number of different mixtures for starter solution. The mixtures are as follows: three rounded table spoons of amonium phosphate in five gallons of water, l'i rounded tablespoons of am monium sulfate in five gal lons of water, or one rounded tablespoon of 6-10-4, 5-10-10 or similar fertilizer to one gallon of water. Application Water the plants in the flats with the starter several hours before setting them in the garden. Apply the solu tion to the soil in the flat. Do not sprinkle the foliage of the plants with the solu tion. Be sure to wash off any solution spilled on the foliage. This thorough wetting of the soil will make it easier to cut the nlants out of the flat and will cause less root disturbance. It will also pro vide available plant food In the ball of the soil that is cut out of the flat. Plants grown in individual containers are particularly benefited by a starter solu tion as the entire mass of soil about the plant will ab sorb the solution and take it to the garden. You may apply a starter solution by pouring one-half to one pint of the solution around the plants as you set thorn in the garden. Biennial Bearing Occassionally certain fruit treos, particularly apples, bear heavily one year and largely fail to bloom the fol lowing year. This condition is called biennial bearing. Since the buds of most hardy fruits that ooen in the spring are formed during the previous summer, a very heavy crop may pre vent bud formation. Biennial bearing is difficult to change or correct. How ever, a return to normal year ly fruit production may be induced by early and heavy thinning (picking off) of the fruit during the year when the trees are producing a large yield. Only about one fruit per foot along the branches should be left after thinning to correct a biennial bearing condition, and the thinning should be done with in 30 days after blooming. ABOUT FACE Fort Wayne, Ind. - lUPll -Violent storms which raked the Midwest Monday moved the weather vane atop the Al len county courthouse for the first time in three years. The weather vane had been point ing northeast. After t h e storms it was facing in the opposite direction. Cooperation Appreciated By Weed Control Man By RAY HUBBELL Weed Supervisor I woald like to take this op portunity to thank the many agencies and peoples wrho have helded us accomplish a Peach Twig Borer Needs Control Now By DON BERRY County Agent Home gardeners as well as commercial orchardists should Association Seeks Traffic Control For Special Cars R e c o m m endations have been made by the Southwest Oregon Shippers' Traffic as sociation, Inc., for graduated per diem bills for special equipment freight cars re quired by forest industries for moving of forest products. O. L. Stewart, traffic man ager, has stated that special cars of 50 cubic feet with nine foot double doors are at a premium. He stated that one problem is getting the cars back to the owner's line once they had left. The per diem rate is the same for both the small cars and the large special cars. The association therefore wishes a greater rate for the larger cars, to help eliminate use of these cars by industries and lines that don't really need them. The demand for the large cars is steadily increasing due to the incentive dates allowed when shipping more tonnage per car. These rates apply to many commodities other than forest products. "We have met with many railroad officials, Public Util ities transportation personnel, and various traffic managers in discussion of the severity of this problem," said spokes men for the association. In addition to changes in the car rental program, the asso ciation feels the Association of American Railroads should change their classification of wide door cars to include only those of 9 foot or over, and institute a location report to enable proper follow up and policing action to assure distribution to those areas of high need but low percentage of ownership on line. Staffs should also be increased to handle this movement of cars. This would help eliminate extra costs, such as losses in production, damage suffered by the industry generally, and forced changes in selling prices. The total ownership nation ally of all larger cars is 21.4 per cent of total box ear own ership. However, Southern Pacific's ownership of such cars is 35.6 per cent, accord ing to the Official Railway Equipment register. check their peach and apri cot trees for the presence of peach twig borer. This pest is now working is the twigs of new growth and is most easily located by finding wilted tips and leaves. At the base of these wilted twigs a small brownish worm will be found burrowing. Unless control measures are taken where peach twig bor ers are present a second gen eration will be produced and wormy fruit will result. Con trols consist of spraying your trees thoroughly. In large sprayers 'ise tveo pounds of Diazinon or one pound Thio dan per 100 gallons of water. For home gardeners one ta blespoon of Malathion plus one heaping tablespoon of DDT for each gallon of wa ter should be used. Where severe infestations occur a second spray may be needed about three wecQs pri- oro to harvest to prevent worms from entering the fruit. Point, spoke in behalf of John Patrick and the good the tour hopes to accomplish in talk ing to tradespeople in Eu rope. Mr. and Mrs. Etzel will travel with the group as dele gation host and hostess. Nine candidates were pres ent and gave brief talks. SALARY INCREASED Salem - (ITU - Forest W. Amsden, Salem, executive sec retary of the Oregon Consti luional Revision Commission, has been given an increase in salary from S10.000 a year to S12.000. are the result than the cause , told of his interest in being of favorable soil conditions. one o inc delegation in mc - - People to People goodwill agriculture tour in which fu ture farmers will be able to visit iron curtain countries and speak of freedom and democracy in July of this year This is the first time Ore gon FFA boys will participate in this agricultural visitation to eastern and western Eu rope. Patrick neds funds for this trip and a Farm Buraeu committee is considering funds to help him Nat Etzl. vocational agri culture instructor, Eagle (X) VOTE for HENRY f. PABGHAM Democratic Candidate tor STATE SENATOR !3G9 C:u-t. Med-crd ! b::t of the baits Housewives should add a little more salt when they substitute skim milk for ho mogenized milk in a recipe. better weed control program in Jackson county. The Oregon tiate Highway department for their weed control program on state high ways comparing to our county road program, and allowing our crews to control noxious weeds on state property, for which we are better cquiped. For this work we are reim bursed The Oregon state depart ment of agriculture's assist ance and reimbursement for ragweed control in Jackson County. The cooperation of our sev eral irrigation districts in keeping their ditch riders and water users informed of our program and assisting in weed control on their ditches. This is the first year the Southern Pacific railroad was asked to assist our program and they have responded with equipment and plans to con tinue and increase weed con trol on their properties. The many farmers and prop erty owners who are unfor tunate to have one or more of our noxious weeds that we are attempting to control and eventually eradicate. Their patience and understanding that these are the hard ones tea control and sometimes results are not always what we would like. Their assistance in loca tions of new infestations have enabled us to eradicate these before becoming out of hand. The city and county parks directors' assistance and coop eration In adhering to our re quests in not seeding grasses that could prove detrimental to our many grass seed grow ers. The Mail Tribune's assist ance in publishing our articles on weed control and keeping the readers better informed of weed problems and control measures-. Last but by no means least the many chemical companies' representatives and field men with whom we have worked and that have kept us in formed of new methods of old er chemical use and of the many new chemicals being marketed each month, furnish ing materials for test work on weed problems that in the past haven't been satisfactory. With all the new materials and possible combinations many of our weed problems may be answered in the not too distant future. Yes, weed control is every body's job. the cooperation we have received I believe proves my point. X HARRY E. HAWK Republican Candidate for COUNTY JUDGE Decisive Progressiva Pd. Pol. Adv. by Harry Hawk I 163 Bellview Ave., Ashland ) MONTGOMERY WARD 117 S. CENTRAL o PHONE SP 3-7301 FREE PARKING I .. El j. 16 PROOF ECHO SPRING OISI. CO.. LOUISVIUC. KY. J 1 BOURBON Y years jjd The success of the "Ages" f ' SAY IT AGAIN, JjjL 1 ( $465 AGAIN (fhW-m fl o $295 Pit AND i ' 4- AGAIN! j o 'v t i SaM Brit rfg 30 min. room .. : t--. :-.f PJ is utabl Iht tamo day . LL flWU I WAT IS 1 COVERAU L4T WALL PAlNT Oil ust soap and wator h to cloan tools, hands . E Rainbow of lovely, &J resistant colors; whit O 144 off! 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