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
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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
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