Gardening Tips
By JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
Verticillium Wilt
. Have you noticed the many
maple trees around with dead
limbs or with one side of the
tree dead? There is a good
possibility that these trees are
infected with a wilt-producing
fungus called verticillium
Verticillium is one of the
most widespread and destruc
tive soil borne diseases of
plants. The' fungus exists as
microscopic black structures
In contaminated soil. It is cap
able of surviving in the soil
for many years.
Verticillium normally In
fccts susceptible plants
through the roots and invades
and plugs the water conduct
ing tissues. Some infection
may occur from windblown
spores that gain entrance to
the plant through insect and
pruning wounds. The disease
does not spread rapidly irom
tree to tree.
Symptoms:
The external symptom of
the disease is the sudden wilt
ing and dying of leaves on
individual limbs, particularly
on one side of the tree. The
dead leaves usually fall, but
may remain attached in some
cases. The affected branches
usually die. The other leaves
! on the tree are smaller In size
and have a yellow-green color.
In most cases the water
conducting tissue (sapwood)
of infected plants Is discolor
ed. This discoloration will
vary, but it is most commonly
an olive green color. It is
more likely to occur in the
roots and trunk base rather
than in the branches.
Control!
Trees showing a general
and severe infection by the
wilt fungus cannot be saved.
Recently infected trees, ex
hibiting wilt on a few branch
es, can be saved by the lib
eral application of a high
nitrogen soluble fertilizer,
preferably early in the grow
ing season. The heavy fertiliz
ation apparently stimulates
leaf growth which in turn
enables the rapid forma
tion of a thick layer of sap
wood which seals in the in
fected parts beneath.
Haying Brings
Weed Problems
By RAY HUBBELL
Jackson County
Weed Suptrvisor
Hay cutting time is here
and many farmers as well as
custom hay cutters are mov
ing from field to field over
the valley. Equipment used
and moved from a badly weed
Infested field can and does
carry weed seeds to the next
field In line for cutting.
Sweeping or cleaning equip
ment before pulling out of a
field can help reduce the
spread of many of our weed
problems.
Custom hay cutting, raking
and baling is usually done on
the smaller acreages which as
a rule don't receive the atten
tion of larger acreages or
farms. Therefore the custom
equipment is exposed to more
travel over roads and the pos
sibility of spreading unwant
ed weed seeds from field to
field increases.
State law forbids the trans
fer of any harvesting equip
ment from a field containing
noxious weed seeds without
first being cleaned, but an
nual weeds can be just as
costly to the lnndowner as
many of our noxious weeds.
The farmer can reduce his
weed problems and therefore
improve crop yields which
means money in his pocket
The custom worker by clean
Ing his equipment and point
ing out this fact to his cus
tomers would surely have
better public relations, mean
Ing profit for all concerned.
The CREDIT BUREAU IS
NOW
AUDITING ACCOUNTS
for the next
REDBOOK!
You make your own rating
by the way you pay your
bills. Pay promptly and
make good rating.
A Slow Paid Bill looks
better than a Slow Bill
that's still owing. Pay
them today!
CREDIT BUREAU
of Medford
TUESDAY. JUNE 5. 1962
Flea Beetles are frequent
and serious pests in seedbeds
and newly transplanted veg
etables, peppers and cucum
bers. Injury to plant folidage
may be sufficient to cause the
death of these plants and cre
ates possible disease infection
areas.
The beetle eats very small,
round or irregular holes
through or Into the leaf. The
plant takes on the appearance
that it was peppered with fine
shot.
Many types of flea beetles
are found in the garden. In
general, they are about 116
to '4 inch long with enlarged
hind legs and Jump vigorously
wnen disturbed.
Spraying or dusting with
DDT will give control of the
flea beetles.
287 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard
At Friday Sale
Seventy - seven consignors
sold 287 cattle and' 87 hogs
at the Friday, June 1 regular
Miaway Auction.
The market was active
stronger than previously,
Owner Manager Bill Bray
said. Lots of buyers attended.
Bulk of the run was slaughter
and medium quality feeder
cattle. -
Steer calf consignments
were mostly medium to good
grade; Calves weighing 300
to 400 pounds sold for $24 to
$28.10. Common calves sold
for $20 to $24.
Heifer calves, good, sold for
$22 to $24.70. Medium
brought $20 to $22 and the
common kind sold for $17 to
$20.
Yearling steers, good, sold
for $22 to $25.50., Medium
sold for $19 to $22 and com
mon steers sold for $17 to
$19.
Yearling Heifers
Yearling heifers sold for
$20 to $23.25. Medium heifers
went out at $17 to $20.
Good cows with calves sold
for $216 to $222.50. Medium
cows with calvti sold for $160
to $195.
Grass heifers sold for $18
to $22.10. Grass steers went
out at $21 to $23.60.
Slaughter bulls sold for $19
to $21. Fat cows sold for
$16.50 to $18.10. Utility and
cutter cows sold for $12.50 to
1B.
Fat hogs sold for $17.60.
Sows sold for $13.50 to $14.90.
Feeder pigs went out at $24
to $24.75. Weaners sold for
$11 to $14 per head.
Caneberry Report
Service Started;
Acreage Listed
Corvallis-A new statistical
service that gives growers and
processors more and better
information on caneberry pro
duction has been started by
the Urcgon Crop and Live
stock Reporting Service in co
operation with the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture.
The new service, inspired
by members of the Oregon In
dustry, will consist of a series
of reports, the first of which
has Just been Issued. The serv
ice will give berry growers In
formation about their crops
that should prove "very help
ful," notes R. Ralph Clark,
Oregon State University ex
tension horticulture specialist.
lhe first report deals with
acreage In Oregon as of April
1 for red and black raspber
ries, Boysenberrics, Young-
bcrries, Loganberries and
tame blackberries. It also In
cludes Washington acreage
for raspberries, blackberries,
blueberries and currants.
A production forecast is set
for late June for all berries
except blackberries, which
will be reported In July, re
ports Stephen C. Marks, ex
tension agricultural econo
mist. A year-end summary is
scheduled for early 1963 giv
ing final production, utiliza
tion, price and value of cane
and bush berry production
In Oregon-Washington.
More Raspberry Acres
Based on the first repo't,
Oregon growers expect to
have somewhat larger acrea
ges of red raspberries, Boy
senberrles and tame blackber
ries than last year, but fewer
acres of black raspberries and
17 per cent fewer acres of
Loganberries. Washington In
creased red raspberry ac
reage, but made no change in
black raspberries, tame black
berries or blueberries. Cur
rant acreage Is 18 per cent
larger.
Last year, Murks said, the
two slates produced slightly
more than 26 million pounds
of red raspberries, over 3.5
million pounds of black rasp
berries and 23.9
million '
pounds of tame blackberries.
Oregon produced nearly 4.6 write to Agricultural Statls
mllion pounds of Boysen anditiclan, 304 U. S. Courthouse,
Youngberrics and about 2.5 'Portland 5, Oregon.
Sudan Grass
Recommended by Agent
By GENE WINTERS
County Extension Agent
Dairymen, cattlemen and
sheep producers shouldn't
overlook the possibilities of
Sudan grass as an annual pas
ture or hay or silage crop.
Sudan grass is one of the
best annual pasture crops, es
pecially In midsummer when
permanent pastures tend to
be short. When cut at first
heading to early bloom and
properly cured, it makes good
hay. In feed value, Sudan hay
compares favorably with oth
er grasses, but is less palatable
and lower in feed value than
alfalfa hay,
Sudan does best on deep.
fertile soils. It is injured or
killed by light frosts. It is
grown on a wide variety of
soils, ranging from heavy
clay to light sands. On sandy
soils Irrigation and fertilizer
applications must be well
managed to obtain yields.
Good drainage is essential.
When growing Sudan it
pays to prepare a good seed
bed. Even germination is de
pendent upon this. A seedbed
suitable for alfalfa should be
the goal. Under irrigation it
is best to apply water before
the final seedbed preparation.
This insures good surface
moisture and prompt germin
ation. The thick, quick grow-
Wild Flower
Regulations
Involve Duty
Salem - With spring at
hand and Oregonlans increas
ingly conscious of conserva
tion of beauties of the state,
the State Department of Ag
riculture reports stepped up
interest by citizens in the
protection of wild flowers.
Oregon has a law of long
standing which says "it is the
duty of all citizens of this
state to protect the wild flow
ers . . . from needess destruc
tion and waste."
To this end, several respon
sibilities rest upon citizens.
One prohibits the digging or
gathering within 500 feet of
any highway, public lands or
private lands (without written
permission of the owner) of a
variety of native flowers and
shrubs. These include all wild
lilies; mariposa tulip or butter
fly lily; mission bells or snake
lily; adder's tongue, dogtooth
violet or avalanch lily, lady's
slipper; bitter root; purple
lady's slipper; and native rho
dodendrons or azalea.
Sal Illegal
Besides the actual harvest
of the native plants or shrubs,
transport, sale or offering for
sale of bulbs, corms, rhizomes,
roots or parts of plants or
shrubs is illegal.
This law covers a lot of
ground. Under It, it is unlaw
ful "to wilfully or negligently
cut, dig up, trim, pick, re
move, mutilate or in any man
ner injure or mar -any plant,
flower, shrub, fruit or other
vegetation" growing in pre
scribed areas. These areas In
clude right of way of any pub
lic highways in Oregon, any
public lands or upon the land
of another, within 500 feet
of the highway center, with
out the signed written permis
sion ot the owner.
Excepted is what the pri
vate land owner docs on his
own lands - also any shrub,
plant or other vegetation
which is declared by law to
be a public nuisance - for ex
ample, ragweed In western
Oregon.
Another provision requires
State Department of Agricu
ture approval in advance of
the "digging, pulling, gather
ing or sending out of the
slate" of any commercially
propagated plants or shrubs
coming under the wild flower
law.
The department does not it
self have enough Inspectors to
police actively the gaining of
wild flowers. But Harold Fos
ter, nursery supervisor, urges
any citizens who know of vi
olations to help slop them or
to notify the department's
devislon at Salem.
Milk Hearing
Set June 15
A htaring on milk prices
will ba hold at 10 a.m., June
15 In the batomanl hearing
room of the state capitol in
Salem, the stale department
of agriculture announced.
Purpose is to consider
whether any adjustment
should be made in lhe Clan
I price for producers in
Market Area 1A covering
25 counties including Jack
son county. Current price is
$5.92 per 100 pounds.
million
berries.
pounds of Logan-
Growers who are Interested
in receiving a copy of the
acreage figures and other
'scheduled reports should
Pasture
ing Sudan produced by pre-ir-
rigation will crowd out many
weeds which might develop.
Needs Warm Soil
Sudan requires a warm soil
for good germination and
growth. Seeding may normal-
'y be done in Jackson county
from mid-May to July. De
layed seeding until late June
or July reduces yield
Shallow seeding is best on
heavy soil; deeper seeding
may be required on sandy
soil. Seed should be placed by
a drill three to four inches
below the surface and at least
one inch into moist soil
Broadcasting and harrowing
to cover the seed Is less satsi
factory. Seeding rates may vary
widely without influencing
forage yields. General prac
tice has shown that rates of
15 to 20 pounds per acre pro
vide satisfactory stands on ir
rigated land. Light seedings
tend to produce coarser
plants.
Fertilizing irrigated Sudan
grass with nitrogen is usually
profitable. It is especially
necessary on newly leveled
fields, but may not be needed
in rotation with alfalfa or
irrigated pasture. Applica
tions up to 60 pounds actual
nitrogen per acre may be
made before planting. Where
the crop may be sown two or
more years in succession, fer
tilization rates should be
stepped up.
Most of the annual weeds
encountered in Sudan produc
tion can be eliminated during
seedbed preparation. The
broadleafed weeds such as
star thistle, pigweed and
lambs quarter can be con
trolled with 2,4-D weed spray.
The spray should be applied
when the grass Is 8 to 14
inches high.
Weedy grasses are usually
crowded out of Sudan and
seldom become a problem ex
cept in poor stands.
Irrigation should be fre
quent enough to keep the
plants in a healthy, vigorous
condition. On deep permeable
soil once the crop is estab
lished an application of five
to six inches of irrigation
water every three or four
weeks is usually sufficient.
On less permeable soils or on
sandy types it may have to
be irrigated as frequently as
every 10 days.
Grazing Practice
Heavy stocking to graze the
stand down quickly, followed
by a long recovery period will
yield a maximum of nutritious
forage. Grazing can be start
ed when the first seed heads
begin to appear. Subsequent
grazing should wait until the
grass has regained a height of
18 to 24 inches.
Haying can be started at
any time from the beginning
of heading until fully headed
out. If cut when heading out
or in early bloom the hay Is
richer in protein and of
higher feed value.
Sudan cures readily during
warm days. It should be left
In windrows until the juicy
stems have dried out.
To make good silage, Sudan
grass should be cut at the
full heading stage of growth.
An ensiling additive such as
molasses should be mixed
thoroughly with the green
chopped Sudan as it goes into
the silo.
Llvestockmen have been
concerned because of exces
sive prussic (hydrocyanic)
acid content in Sudan grass
which poisons animals. High
concentrations of prussic acid
are more likely to occur in
Sudan that is growing slowly
because of drought or frost.
For this reason early spring
or late fall growth is more
likely to cause trouble. Al
low 18 to 24 inches of growth
before pasturing. Graze
drought or frost Injured Su
dan cautiously. Do not allow
excessively hungry cattle or
sheep to feed on Sudan pas
ture which is just recovering
from drought or frost.
Recommended varieties of
Sudan grass for Jackson
County are riper, Greenlcaf
and Sweet. Piper and Green
leaf have low prussic acid
forming properties. Locally
growers have reported good
yields with Sweet and Com
mon Sudan grass.
Starling Funds
Receive Boost
Snlem-Both the state de
partment of agriculture and
Mrs. Arnold Leader of the
Oregon Holly Growers associ
ation have been advised by
Congressman Edwin Durno of
senate appropriation commit
tee approval of an additional
SI00.000 for starling and
blackbird research.
Oregon and other western
states requested $200,000 for
starling control in addition to
a like sum requested by south
ern states for blackbird con
trol. These requests ($400,000
total) were In addition to the
regular federal appropriation
for starling control.
Mrs. Leader and other holly
growers sparkplugged legisla
tion in Oregon to control star
lings at the state level. She
is currently chairman of the
association's starling legisla
tive committee.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Turkey Market
Order To Get
June 18 Vote
The national turkey mar
keting order, which will come
before turkey growers June
18, is stirring considerable
controversy across the land,
reported the Oregon Farm
Bureau.
The main objection centers
on the philosophy embodied
in the nationwide plan to con
trol the hatching and raising
of the Thanksgiving bird and
consequently to control prices
and profit to the turkey grow
ers. The proposed order sets the
boundaries on voter eligibil
ity and has raised a storm
of protest on the alignment
of eligible voters who may
ballot to see the controls on
the industry. Bill Jasper,
American Farm Bureau poul
try specialist, points out that
more than 85 per cent of the
nation's turkey growers will
not be eligible to vote be
cause they produce fewer than
3600 pounds of turkey per
year. This amounts to elim
inating all producers who
raise fewer than 200 turkeys
per year.
Large growers will have the
opportunity to vote the order
in and maintain their flocks
on a profitable basis while
the little man would be de
nied the right to increase his
flock.
Amazing Thing
Perhaps the most amazing
thing about the national or
ders being promoted in Wash
ington is that farmers could
not legally do the same thing
on a voluntary basis. If the
marketing order should pass,
it would In effect give the
large growers the right to set
up and maintain a turkey
monopoly sanctioned by the
government, the bureau stat
ed. The turkey order is a pion
eering order and if success
ful, it could set the stage for
more orders on most agricul
tural commodities. Under
marketing order programs,
the freedom to farm would
be lost to all farmers and
crops would be grown from
Washington via government
agents holding the key to
plantings of all kinds.
Speedy Disposal
Urged for Carcass
Salem - Dead animals, in
cluding poultry, could be a
source of disease and for this
reason owners should be care
ful to destroy them in a safe
manner, cautions Dr. M. R.
Woulfe, Oregon s department
of agriculture livestock dis
ease control supervisor.
Unless properly disposed of
soon after death, diseased
livestock or poultry could
spread disease to other ani
mals on the same premises, to
neighboring animals or prem
ises, he explains. From now
on, the problem of flies as
carriers is accentuated.
Owners who do not know
the case of death should call
in a practicing veterinarian in
event of undue mortality.
Regardless of whether
death is due to normal causes
or a serious disease, dead ani
mals should be destroyed
within a reasonable time. Ore
gon Revised Statutes 601.140
places this definite responsi
bility upon owners; "No per
son shall knowingly leave the
carcass of any domestic ani
mal, which he has owned or
had in charge, within one-half
miles of any dwelling or with
in one-fourth mile of any run
ning stream of water for lon
ger than 15 hours without
burying or burning it."
Dr. Woulfe suggests the
best method of disposal by
owners is deep burial la an
isolated part of the farm and
away from neighboring prem
ises. Care should be taken to
bury deep enough that other
animals cannot unearth the
carcass and that there is no
chance of contamination of
water supplies.
Meat Tampering
Brings Large Fine
Salem - A $50 fine levied
against a Portland market
manager who pleaded guilty
to putting sulfite in ham
burger brought a reminder
from the state department of
agriculture that it will seek
court action wherever it finds
illegal hamburger.
Dr. M. L. Houston, super
visor of meat inspection, said
use of preservatives in meat
is "taboo". They are used to
lengthen shelf life of meat or
to mask a deteriorating prod
uct. Industrial and
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Farm Labor
May Hurt Farmers
Salem - The proponents of
farm labor laws have taken
their case to Washington, D.
C, this year to attempt to
legislate a better life for farm
workers, according to Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation.
A host of proposed laws
have been introduced in the
Senate by Sen. Harrison Wil
liams of New Jersey which
would give the secretary of
labor control over recruiting
and transporting workers,
provide expanded welfare
programs for farm workers
and curtail young people
working in agriculture.
The casual citizen would
say such legislation is com
mendable and that more pro
tection under the law is due
farm workers. On the other
hand, it must be remembered
that a good many of the farm
workers are unskilled work
ers. Their pursuit of employ
ment in agriculture represents
their only chance for employ
ment, a newsletter stated.
Most of them are fiercely in
dependent and shun opportun
ity for self-betterman through
government programs. Some
of the proposed national leg
islation is aimed at helping
the children of migrants.
However, it is now the law
in most states that children
must attend school when it is
in session.
Much of the legislation
seems to be aimed at paying
people who cannot or do not
work. Minimum hourly wages
for people on piecework, pay
for reporting to work and
pay for transportation to work
will be burdensome to farm
ers who are often not able
to meet expenses at the pres
ent time.
If this is an acceptable
trend of the times, then farm
Chit Chat
By JOt COWLEY
Mail Tribuno Farm Editor
Excerpts from a letter by Ross Morris, Zilla, Wash, as
published in the Reclamation News shows the wide variety
of products used by the farmer from all over the country.
This shows the farmer is well within his rights to ask for
support from industry which he supports so well.
"Wakened at 5 o'clock by
cut, I take the milk pails (Pennsylvania tin) and wend my
way to the barn, while the wife prepares breakfast on a
range from Kalamazoo, Mich.
will consist of grapefruit from
Minneapolis, bacon from Omaha or Cedar Rapids, Iowa, serv
ed on table china from Ohio or
New York and sugar from Louisiana.
"I go out to spray the orchard, using lead arsenate from
Missouri, sulphur from Texas or Louisiana, nicotine from
West Virginia (my smoke Is a blend from North Carolina,
Kentucky and West Virginia). My spray rig is made in Michi
gan, the tractor in Wisconsin. When I go to town it is in a
car from Indiana or Detroit, with tires from Ohio, bakelite
for accessories from New Hampshire.
"My car Insurance goes to
Dcs Moines and Omaha, fire
myself and family come from
from New York or Chicago,
South Carolina or Mississippi.
and oranges, early fruits and
Texas.
"We ride over roads graded
or Iowa and paved by pavers
plow comes from Moline, 111.,
other appliances from New
furniture from Grand Rapids, bed springs from St. Louis,
rugs from Philadelphia, my watch from Illinois, books and
magazines from a dozen eastern cities. An occasional bottle
of snake bite preventative
tucky,- from Tennessee or Florida the ore that went into
making the aluminum kitchenware, from Maine, codfish and
sardines, from Delaware, dyes,
in numerous articles of daily
"The wife and daughter are strictly modern. Their cos
metics from New York, Pittsburgh or St. Louis amount to
several ducats during the year.
"School books, toys, bicycles for the youngsters, like al
most everything else, come the long trail from the eastern
industrial centers and on all these, as on the apples I have
shipped East, we pay freight that helps maintain railroad
service and dividends for eastern stockholders.
"The hardware and plumbing and heating plant in my
home are all eastern products. The saw mill machinery that
sawed and milled the lumber, the freight cars on which it
was hauled and the rails over which they traveled all are
eastern products - part of our annual cost of living bill.
"And when I make my last move to the little 3x6 plot on
the hillside, I will doubtless be carried there in an eastern
made casket, carried by an eastern made hearse. The kindly
Yakima earth will be shovelled back over me with an east
ern made shovel, and at the head of the little mound will be
set a stone of Vermont granite."
Morris forgot to mention he can take local pride in the
paper which comes from Pacific Northwest mills which is
used in the endlesa government forms which he must fill
out and which include his income tax statement.
We also liked this item quoted in the Fryer Crier:
"An American is a fellow who sips Brazilian ct"ee from
an English cup while sitting on Danish furniture after com
ing home in a German car from an Italian movie . . . and
writes his Congressman with a Japanese ballpoint pen de
manding that he do something about all the gold that is
leaving this the country. . . .
FRANKLIN
CUTTER
6 OPJiLl
West Main Pharmacy
(Formerly Caih Davit Pharmacy)
"Whare Pratcriptieni are Filled Up to
Standard. Not Down to Price."
135 West Main Ph. 772-2330
m
Bills
ers, like others, will have
to go along with the plan or
take a job in the city. The
end result will be larger com
mercial farms, the very thing
the proponents of such legis
lation claim to despise.
Fleet Reserve To
Meet Thursday
Crater Lake branch, Fleet
Reserve association, will
elect officers at their meet
ing Thursday, June 7. The
session will be held at 7:30
p.m. at the county courthouse
auditorium in Medford.
Operation "red, white, and
white" will be discussed. This
national project is the promo
tion of displaying United
States flags. The branch has
three by five foot cotton flags
for sale in connection with
this program. They are on dis
play at the U. S. Navy re
cruiting office in the Medford
post office.
Refreshments will be serv
ed and a colored film on sub
marines will be shown by the
Navy recruiters.
CPAs to Meet Friday
For Golf and Dinner
The Southern Oregon chap
ter, Certified Public Account
ants, will meet Friday, June
8, at the Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
The day's activities will be
gin with golf at 1 p.m. fol
lowed by a social hour and
dinner at 7 p.m. Hugh Simp
son, Southern Oregon college,
will speak.
During a business meeting
officers will be elected.
an alarm clock from Connecti
The breakfast, as likely as not.
Florida, breakfast food from
New Jersey, silverware from
Baltimore, life insurance to
to Hartford, Conn. Shoes for
Boston and St. Louis, clothing
cotton goods from Georgia,
In season, we buy grapefruit
vegetables from Florida and
with machinery from Illinois
from Wisconsin or Ohio. My
electric refrigerator, radio and
York, Pennsylvania or Detroit,
comes from Maryland or Ken
paint, rayon and cellophane
use.
VACCINES!
MEDICINALS!
INSTRUMIMTS!
And Othf Supplies hi Ktp
Year Livestock and Pttt
Healthy and W Groomtd!
Farm & Garden
FROM
THE
GROUND
UP.
By BART BARTLETT
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In this column last week
was an abridged discussion of
wetting agents. It would be
possible to go on at greater
length on the same subject,
but it would not be feasible
without specific requests for
further treatment of the sub
ject. It may be added at this
time that home owners who
may wish to use a wetting
agent in spraying a few plants,
may use a teaspoon full of
Dreft or Tide for each 5-10
gallons of spray mix and ac
complish the desired wetting
results as if the higher priced
name brand wetting agent
were used.
This subject naturally leads
to the domestic or household
use of washing soaps or de
tergents. The ordinary home
may use from 25 to 100
pounds of such materials each
year. In many instances they
go through a municipal type
sewer system. In other in
stances they go into a home
disposal system such as a sep
tic tank. In neither case are
these detergents destroyed.
They can go from both sys
tems to either contaminate
streams or soils in which wells
are dug that supply house
hold water. In the case of
the stream pollution they can
be a detriment to fish and
perhaps other forms of wild
life. In the case of soil pol
lution the detergents may re
appear in well water. There
are no facts or figures as to
what amounts are allowable
in either of the above in
stances. Well, its a thought
anyway.
Ox-Eeye Daisy
There is a relatively small
patch of ox-eye daisy in the
valley. If left alone, it will
spread rapidly. It does not
appear to be identical with
the same species that is pre
valent in the eastern states.
However, it is of the same
family and can become a men
ace if left uncontrolled.
Some lawns may be ready
for an additional application
of fertilizer.
The rains came and caught
some hay on the ground.
It may go unnoticed but
plants respond very favorably
to rain water as compared to
irrigation. There are reasons
for this, but man has not been
able to duplicate the results.
The decline of valley pear
orchards not only has not
been explained, but appears to
be worse than in any previous
year.
Where roses are growing on
lawns that are shady and re
ceive sprinkler irrigation,
aphids and mildew will be a
continuing problem. Applica
tions of dusting sulfur is the
best control for mildew.
Sprays of Malathion or Black
Leaf 40 are the best aphid
controls.
The new freeway is neces
sary for the movement of gov
ernment, state and county
owned automobiles.
Mature grass or hay may
lack sulphur. Be sure sheep
get the sulphur they need by
setting out sulphur salt blocks
on the range.
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STEVENS
236 Cattle Sold
By Rogue Yard
In Saturday Sale
Phoenix - The Rogue Val.
ley Auction, Inc., sold 239
head of cattle during its regu
lar Saturday, June 2 sale.
Manager Bob Bever reported
the market was active.
Whiteface calves were high
with only 15 head in the offer
ing. Hereford baby calves sold
at $47.50 to $61 per head.
Mixed calves sold at $27.50
to $41 per head. Holsteins
sold at $31 to $36 per head.
Guernsey and Jersey calves
sold at $6 to $15 per head.
Good quality light weaner
calves sold well with very
few in the offering. Steers in
the 350 to 450 pound class
sold at $26.50 to $28 per hun
dredweight. Light heifer calves sold at
$23.75 to $25 per hundred
weight, with one set of 300
pound heifers selling at
$87.50 per head.
Yearling Steers
Yearling steers In the 600
to 800 pound class sold at
$22.50 to $23.50 per hundred
weight. Yearling heifers sold
well with one pen of 640
pound heifers consigned by
L. L. Taylor, of Ashland, sell
ing at $22.80 per hundred.
Once again grass fat cattle
sold at strong prices with
most of the cattle going to
local slaughter. Heavy steers
in the 1,000 to 1,200 pound
class sold at $22 to - $23.20.
Heifers sold at $21.70 to
$22.60.
Holstein steers sold at $21
to $23.10. These cattle weigh
ed 400 to 525 pounds. Heavy
Holstein steers sold at $19 to
$21 per hundred. Slaughter
cows sold well with young
grass fat cows selling at $17
and $18.80 per hundred. Util
ity cows sold at $15.30 to
$16.10. Canner and cutter '
cows sold at $12.50 to $15.
Gerfrudis Cattle
Sell for $131,925
Morrilton, Ark. (UPD - Win
throp Rockefeller, Arkansas'
foremost producer of Santa
Gertrudis cattle, sold 40 head
of his prize stock last
month, for $131,025, making
it the largest of 22 Santa Ger
trudis sales in the country
this spring.
The total was down from
last year's figure when the
same amount of cattle brought
$229,100, including a record
price of $59,000 for one bull.
Two heifers also sold for
$15,000 each at that auction.
The highest price was $17,
500 j for a bull, still $3,000
more than the previous top
price this season. It was pur
chased by the 7-11 ranch of
San Antonio, Tex.
The top heifer, purchased
by R. D. Keene of Orlando,
Fla., brought $8,250. Heifers
averaged $10 a head less than
bulls, which is the most nar
row margin since the auctions
started here five years ago.
Economists predict that by
1975 our nation will need 47
per cent more red meat than
we now produce.
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