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Soybean Growth Draws Interest In Local Area By GENE WINTERS County Extemion Agent The expansion of soybean acreage in other sections of the Pacific Northwest has caused interest in growing this crop in Jackson county according to Gene Winters, Jackson County Extension agent. A small acreage has been contracted locally on a trial basis this year. Research on soybeans at the Southern Oregon Branch Ex periment station by Station Superintendent Harold White and Station Agronomist John Yungen has been underway for several years. Results of their experi ments in 1961 showed the highest yields recorded at the station in recent years. Oil and protein percentages com pared favorably with Mid west soybeans, about 20 per cent oil and nearly 40 per cent protein. Merit was the highest pro ducer of the named varieties yielding 41.5 bushels per acre, followed by Grant 40.5 bushels and Flambeau 38.2 bushels. Approximately 18 inches of water was applied by sprinkler during the season, May 22 to September 28. Slightly more than two and one half inches of rainfall fell during the same period. No herbicides or insecti cides were used during the season. The plots were culti vated on June 29th. Weeds Bother Soybeans do not compete well with weeds in early growth stages, so weeding and cultivation are essential. Chemical weed control stu dies have not yielded a satis factory chemical. Spider mites in this area are a potential threat. The heavy foliage makes . mites difficult to eradicate. Soybean production costs are estimated to be $20 per acre above barley. Included in this would be irrigation costs and cultivation. Although no nitrogen is required, for most Jackson county soils phos phorous applications would most likely be necessary for top yields. Soybeans are "not a Cin derella crop" for Jackson county. Growers producing station yields would gross about $95 per acre at the con tract price. Weed Control Facts Issued Corvallis - Fact sheets list ing 1962 weed control recom mendations for commercial vegetable and fruit crops have been published by Oregon State university cooperative extension service and are now available from county exten sion offices. The publications were pre pared by Dr. A. A. Duncan, extension vegetable produc tion specialist, and Dr. Garvin Crabtree, assistant professor of horticulture. The fact sheet for vegeta bles covers weed control rec ommendations for crops rang ing from asparagus to toma toes. The recommendations for fruit crops include berries, grapes and tree fruits. In introducing the recom mendations, the authors point out that adequate weed control is important for production of high yields of high quality vegetables. Weeds compete with crops for water, nutri ents and light and are often hosts for insects and diseases. The first line of defense against weeds is good cultural practices, the authors stress. In using chemicals for weed control, growers also should learn as much as possible about the herbicides they use, including information on evaporation loss, movement with soil mosture, and limita tions on certain weed species to aid in making the most ef fective use of the control pro grams listed in the fact sheets. SAVE S0 OR MORE! ECON-O-CLEAN Professional Dry Cleaning With Coin Operative Eeonomyl 38 lb. Cleaning and NU-WAY CLEANERS 6W East Main CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 811 North Central DUMAS DOMESTIC LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 30-32 North Riverside GRESSETT'S DRIVE-IN CLEANERS 702 Wttt Main FROM THE GROUND UP. By BART BARTLETT The area weather pattern has improved considerably so that farmers can begin to act in a normal manner. It Is now safe to make hay and do some cultivation of row crops. Some hay fields will produce in creased yields of either a sec ond cutting of hay or of pas ture for cattle if an applica tion of the nitrogen fertilizer is applied just prior to the first application of irrigation water that is made after mow ing. It may be well to consider changing the off-set of disc harrows that are used in or chard cultivation so that the soil is turned toward rather than away from the trees. This would tend to increase the depth of the soil around the trees and encourage scion rooting. Scion rooting has been observed to be of benefit in the prevention of pear tree decline. The Common Market now taking form in Europe is a complex of social, political and commercial factors of sev eral governments in Western Europe. It is generally cussed and discussed as well as being largely misunderstood in this country. This is understanda ble because even the Common Market member states do not know all of the answers to the dynasty that they are creat ing. The politicians that are in volved in a development of this nature will never under stand it, but they can exist on its creation for a time and that is their aim. The com mercial portion of the Euro pean countries are of a more dependable type and general ly can turn the wild thoughts of the dreamers into harmless channels. This discussion, of course, is to alert our people to the necessity of finding out all they can about the Com mon Market. It can have a large effect on our world mar. kets for agricultural products. In the same vein as the Common Market topic', it is noteworthy that the yellow people, brown people, red peo ple and black peole are all giving the world a lot of trouble. The one fact that is comletcly overlooked is that the white people cause more trouble than all the other of the earth's peoples combined. One thought might be kept in mind regarding the thin ning of any crop from corn to pears is that the earlier it is done; the more mistakes one can make with good recovery. Many insects feed on, the foliage of young fruit trees or of young grafts of fruit va rieties. In some instances thrips are now feeding on the new unfolding foliage of peach trees. It will not kill the trees, but it can cause them to have the type of fol iage and growth that is gen erally associated with zinc de ficiency, consult your spray salesman if you have this trouble. We endorse the Cowbclles drive to encourage the serv ing of beef for Father's Day. Gold Beach Baby Flown to Eugene A two-da v-old unnamed baby was flown from Gold Beach to Eugene for examina tion and possible treatment nf an unidentified illness yes terday. The child is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Murle Seevers of Gold Beach. Another flight yesterday took Mrs. Inez Blair, 1579 South Columbus ave., Med ford, to Portland for eye sur gery. Both flights were made in Mercy Flights, Inc., air am bulance planes, and brought the total number of patients carried in the past 12Vi years to 1,425. MINIMUM ORDER $1.90 Spotting Only! 1 Insurance Said Not To Cover Some Sprayers Salem Oregon farmers and this applies to home owners as well who hire crop sprayers may be blithe ly unaware that their insur ance may not do them a bit of good in event of a damage suit due to spray drift. J. D. Patterson of the state department of agricul ture staff issues this warning as result of a supreme court decision earlier this year. In essense, the decision held that a farmer hiring an applicator (either ground or air) of agri cultural chemicals is respon sible for the operation of the man he hires. Put another way, the court said the application of pesti cides is a highly hazardous practice, the hazards of which are known to the person who hires an applicator and that the man who does the hiring cannot delegate his authority or responsibility to the hired sprayer. But where does insurance come into the picture? Simply this. If a farmer or home owner has custom spraying or dusting done by an unlicensed applicator, the unlicensed ap plicator is working illegally and Insurance will not protect an illegal act. Must Be Licensed The farmer or homeowner could, of course, bring a civil action against the applicator to recover any damages he lost. But if the applicator were not licensed, Patterson says it's hardly likely any lia bility insurance he had would hold up in court. So lesson No. 1 from the court decision the first of this nature reaching the su preme court under the Ore gon agricultural chemical ap plicator act is to be sure the sprayer or duster hired to do work is licensed by the state of Oregon. And equally important is lesson No. 2, particularly for the farmer: Make sure that the applicator is using ap proved materials, at the pro per time and dosage rate when a food crop is sprayed. Check with the county agri cultural agent on usage rec ommendations and with the state department of agricul ture for license clearance. Survey Reveals Koreans Still Like Americans Seoul - (UPD - A public opin ion survey has indicated the Korean man-in-the-street still admires the United States more tnan any loreign country. The survey, conducted by the Korea Social Statistics Center and the newspaper Kyughyang Shinmum, showed Japan as the least liked for eign country. Russia was No. 2 on the list. About 78 per cent of the Koreans asked said they liked the United States be cause of the assistance it has given their country, because of its position as leader of the free world, its democratic institutions, advanced science and wealthy economy. In order. West Germany, Britain and Nationalist China follow ed the United States. Less than 13 per cent of 2,724 persons asked replied to the question: "If there is anything you do not like about the United States, what is it?" They said Ameri cans appeared to feel superior to Koreans, infringed on hu man rights in beatings, shoot ings and other acts of violence and interfered in the domestic affairs of smaller countries. Some blamed the United States for being too concilia tory toward Communists. Only 1.1 per cent of those who answered cited recent nu clear tests as a reason for dis liking the United States. $11 ERROR Memphis, Tenn. - Wl) - Dr. Paul A. Telesen, 66, a retired physics professor who claims to be a radar expert even had charts Monday when he told the judge police erred when they gave him a ticket for speeding. Telesen said "the margin of error can be as much as 3 to 5 per cent." The judge fined him $11. , CUTTER REPELLENT New cream formula is concentrated to that a little bit goes a long, long way. Non-greasy, nort-sticky. Pleasant-smelling, easy to use. Comes in a pocket size, unbreakable flask. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Eligible Voters For Turkey Order By ALBERT STRAUS. CHAIRMAN Jackson County A. S. C. Committee Turkey producer-growers and contract producers who are eligible to vote in the nationwide referendum June 18-22 on the proposed turkey marketing order produced approximate ly 104 million turkeys, or about 96 per cent of the record 1961 output of 108 million birds, according to Albert Straus, Chairman, Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. These growers, Straus pointed out, are eligible to vote for or against the marketing order formulated by the turkey industry to help obtain fair prices for producers and con sumers and to avoid future disastrous price situations such as that which resulted from overproduction in 1961. Small Producers Small producers those who marketed not more than 3,600 pounds (liveweight) of turkeys in 1961 are not direct ly affected by the order, and do not vote in the referendum, Mr. Straus explained. Although there are many of these growers, he said, their total output was only about 4 million head in 1961. Their production was not a major factor in causing the downward trend of prices producers received last year. Yet the losses small producers suffered in 1961 were in the same ratio as those experienced by all growers. While the turkey marketing order does not directly affect small producers, its beneficial effects would be shared by the whole industry. Garden Tips Lawn Maintenance A real popular subject of discussion among homeown ers is that of lawn mainten ance. Unfortunately, some of the information passed on in these discussions is often wrong. This may be due to a person drawing the wrong conclusion from an article he has read or the article may have been basically wrong. The follow ing are a few of the fallacies often heard. First there is the feeling that if a grass is cut short it will need mowing less often. It is true that a grass 'hat is cut short will make less growth than grass cut at the proper height, but it is the ragged appearance of a lawn rather than the total amount of growth that causes the "needs mowing" look. The unwanted vegetation, which is much more likely to be in a lawn that is cut short, grows at different rates to give the ragged appearance of a lawn. Experiments have shown that grass mowed 34 to 1 inch high needs mowing fully -as often as grass mowed 2 inches high. Close Mowing Another popular belief is that by close mowing we will keep weeds from seeding and thus reduce weed problems. While some weeds are not adapted to close mowing, others can easily survive at shorter heights than an ordin ary mower can cut. Annual bluegrass, crab- grass, goosegrass, and others will make seed when cut three-sixteenths to U inch. In experimental plots bluegrass varieties mowed short for five years had 20 or more times more weeds than the same varieties cut . 2 inches high. Removing Clippings How often have you heard it said that a lawn will de teriorate if the clippings are removed? A thin sod that is inade quately fertilized may bene fit from having the clippings returned. On the other hand, a tight sod that is well fertili zed will look better and will generally be more healthy if the clippings are removed. The clippings will contribute to thatch if not removed. The fertilizer elements re moved with clippings are easily replaced with com mercial fertilizers. This does not mean that it is impossible to have a nice lawn unless the clippings are removed. The improvement in appearance will not be worth the effort of removing clip pings for many homeowners. Sheehan Campaign Donations Total $104 Larry Sheehan, Rogue River, Democratic candidate for county commissioner, re ceived donations of $45 from an April 1 breakfast and $59.35 from an April 29 breakfast, according to fig ures at the county elections department. An earlier story of dona tions was in error. His total expenditures for the primary election cam paign were $104.35, accord ing to the expense statement filed with the county elec tions department. FILE GENDER London - UPli - The Evening Standard reported today it had discovered that two ad jacent file cabinets at the Lon don county council office are labeled "male" and "others." INSECT I'IStCl MHUIHI Industry Master of Brand Program, Official States Salem-Where the livestock brand and Identification pro gram is involved, the state department of agriculture is servant of the industry and when industry knows what it wants the department will try to provide it. J .W. (Bill) Southworth, as sistant director of the depart ment, gave this message to Oregon cattle feeders at their June 2 meeting in Ontario. Southworth pointed out that the industry pays the full bill, through fees, for the brand program, and that it should call the shots within the framework of legislation spon sored by the industry. He reminded that only the day before (June 1) the ex perimental change-of-owner-ship inspection on branded cattle was dropped by the state because the county as sociations and those appear ing at hearings last month were overwhelmingly oppos ed to this reeulation. This trial was in effect two and one-half months. He advised the feeders that the department will follow NOTICE! To all our friends & customers old & new: Bob & Ruby Cocks wish to innounct they art back in the egg business with the same fresh, top quality eggs, wholesale & rorjil, B. and R. Poultry Ranch Brownsboro Road Phont Dennis the Menace 'kK YfcgAliyn$M' Livestock Movement More Than Doubles Salem - Imports of live stock into Oregon in April more than doubled the vol ume of exports, says the state department of agriculture. Swine imports of 7,900 largely accounted for the im balance of in and out move ment. Cattle were fairly even. Failure to meet health re quirements barred 28 animals from moving out and 29 from coming in. the instructions of its live stock advisory committee, composed of industry people, to obtain information on brand programs in other states. He said his office would attempt to have sev eral' alternatives for the ad visory committee considera tion by Oct. 1. "At present, I could not even guess what we may be able to submit to the advisory committee - but I assure you we will be listening with an open car and open mind to suggestions and recommenda tions from the Oregon indus try, individually and collec tively," Southworth told the feeders. Eagle Point, Ore. 446-381S I FLEXIBILITY! The Daily Neivspayer Is the Flexible Medium for Pinning Down Sales ,0ft justpretenoin'? ThBras J. R.'s WHITNEY 'IMMaMMMMaMaMil fm8Sk om-os I la-THE CAT I I L '1 UcoUAY, JUNE 12, Pastor Named for The Rev. Charles McDon ald, former pastor of the St. Helen's Methodist church, will assume duties as minister of St. Luke's Methodist church here this week. His appointment was an noounced Friday at the close of the annual Oregon Confer ence of Methodists in Salem. Transferred to the Heppner Methodist church was the Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor of St. Luke s since 1957. Other Rogue valley Meth odist ministers remained at their present churches. Dur ing the concluding services, the Rev. Lochlen Gregory, 5l fSil For FATHER'S DAY Jrj 1 W II I TJp"; lh Heed end Antique : "T f gT Vi PIPE 6- GIFT SHOP I C 36H So. C.ntrjl rfll I X -SSy 772-2476 llMl I J ea Mtdlord, Ore. IS THE Now's the time to get out of the ordinary , . . and Into an Oldsmoblle! It's the season for values, That means It's easier than ever to step up to a dollar-saving Dynamic 88. Your Olds Quality Dealer will be happy to prove It to you . . , todayl "SOMETHING about awning an Sil YOU IOCAI AUTHOKIZID OLDSMOBIll OLDSMOBILE, 415 Newspapers don't tie up the advertiser with rigid time schedules or space limitations that weaken the Impact and effectiveness of hii message. Newspaper offer crea tive and physical flexibility. An advertiser can use a two page spread to tell a detailed story or he can use a smaller space to toy what he wants in fewer words, depending on hit budget and his strategy. The physical flexibility of newspapers means ads can be scheduled quickly to take core of sudden selling opportunities. The daily newspaper Is flexible enough to fit any advertising strategy. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE 19bK St. Luke's Church minister at Gold Hill Com munity Methodist, was ordain ed by Bishop A. Raymond Grant, Portland. The former pastor of tha Heppner church, the Rev. Austin McGhee, has been as signed to the Cave Junction Wildervllle church. The Rev. John McMurtrey, the former pastor at the Illinois Valley church, has been assigned to the Wasco, Ore., Methodist church. BEER DRINKER London - iUPIi - The winner of the Soulhwark Fair beer drinking contest downed a pint In 15 seconds. TIVTf EXTFtAT OIMUTT DEAlf R So. Riverside Ave.
