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Supports, Taxes Hurt Oregon Farms Salem - Two overwhelming problems - the property tax burden and the national agri cultural program primarily as it applies to price supports - are striking at the heart of prosperity and efficiency of agriculture in Oregon. This is the opinion that J. W. Southworth, assistant di rector of the state department of agriculture, expressed to the Agriculture Conference of the Oreeon Bankers associa tion in Redmond on June 21. Oregon's tax structure, Southworth said, places an al most overwhelming property lax burden upon agriculture because Oregon farmers are producing for a national mar ket in competition with farm ers throughout the nation. He pointed out Oregon agricul ture pays more .property tax in terms of percentages of tax per S100 of value and net and gross farm income than does agriculture in California. Washington, Idaho or the average of the United States. With an annual S400 mil lion basic agriculture produc tion in Oregon, he sees the big question as: "Are we go ing to continue this man-made tax burden upon it or will we make it possible for Oregon agriculture to compete effec tively with that of neighbor ing states and throughout the nation?" Solution Suggested Southworth told the bank ers he believes the solution lies in removing the tax load for education from property, though he would leave a tax on property for vital services like police, fire, county roads. For the health and prosperity of agriculture, he would levy the major tax costs against income and some additional source, the most typical of which is the sales tax. Of the second major prob lem, the national agricultural support price program. South worth said this program was not designed to aid the di versified agricultural situa tion which exists in Oregon. He urged instead a program that will speak to the social economic problem of the mar- Garden Tips Tomatoes Healthy tomato plants fre quently set a good amount of blossoms but then fail to set any fruit. When the early blossoms on (lie plant fall it is nothing more than a natural shedding. However, when this shedding continues into the season it ceases to be natural and be comes of great concern to the grower. This condition is call ed ''blossom drop." In many cases of blossom drop a number of environ mental factors are the cause rather than a disease or in sect. When the soil moisture is low and the tomato plant is subject to a hot, drying wind, blossom drop is partic ularly prevalent. Such an en vironmental condition favors an abnormal elongation of the style in the flower. Since most tomatoes are self pol linated, this elongation pre vents fertilization and fruit set. Another reason for blossom drop is low night tempera tures. Many tomatoes fail to pollinate properly when the temperature dips below 58 degrees. Other environmental conditions that interfere with proper blossom development are sudden periods of cool weather, beating rains and ex cessive applications of nitro cen fertilizer. Hormone Treatment A tomato plant will set fruil earlier if the bloom is sprayed with a hormone. However, this early fruit will probably be seedless and tWe tomatoes may be deformed. Corn Earworm Tiie corn enrwonn is one of the most destructive pests in the vegetable garden. The worm enters the tips of the corn ear and feeds on the silk and kernels. In the home garden an indi vidual ear treatment, which is very effective, can be follow ed. With this hand-daubing method a can of 5 per cent DDT dust is hung around the neck of the operator and the dust daubed directly on the silk and husk necks with a brush. Three or four ears can he treated from each renewal of dust from the can. This application should be applied so as to contact the ilks as soon after they appear possible. The application 1iouId be followed by two or three more applications at ap proximately three day inter vals. The use of DDT for corn rarwnrm control will result in detectable residues on corn stover, husks, stalks and can nery waste This fodder has a zero (01 tolerance for DDT and should not be fed to poul try, dairy animals or liw s'ock heme finished for s!,,tichter. The tolerance es tablished for corn kernels fnr human consumption is met be e.Tuse of the protection afford 'ri by the husks ginal subsistence farmer gardless of what or where he is producing" without burden ing all agriculture with pro duction restrictions and mar ket controls. For Oregon's diverse agri culture, Southworth sees merit in the suggestions that a farm lease or farm retirement pro gram will help solve the mar ginal operators' problem. This would afford an alternative to production and would free those who can produce for the competitive market to do so with all the vigor, knowledge and efficiency at their dis posal. Farm Lease Advantages He sees merit in this ap proach because: (1) it's volun tary with the individual de ciding whether to get in or get out: (2) it would permit the market to move freely as the easiest and most efficient way to set prices; (3) it increases the general agricultural ef ficiency by permitting the ef ficient operator to go full steam ahead; and (4) it takes care, of the person unable to operate in a competitive sys tem. Southworth told the bank ers that "while these are ag ricultural problems, they are also problems the importance of which bankers comprehend and understand and can help in solutions through promot ing understanding throughout the business community." He said he drew heavily for technical information upon the work of Dr. Grant Blanch, O.S.U.; this shows Oregon ag riculture is adversely affected by the tax structure. Plant Culprits By Oregon Department Salem - The man on the street and the lady in the kitchen are familiar with state and local police officers who take care of obstreperous newcomers and floaters of the human variety. But few are so well ac quainted with the small corps of investigators looking for traveling culprits of another kind and on another front. These culprits are insects and bugs, viruses, fungi and disease - spreaders that can make a home garden, flowers or acres of field crops look like a forsaken battlefield. The investigators are the state's survey entomologists and pathologists whose busi ness it is to search out intrud ers of these species and push the alarm button when they appear. An example of what goes on year after year to protect Oregon agriculture and home gardens is conveyed in the re port made to the recent west ern plant board meeting in Wyoming by Harold J. Foster, plant division staff, Oregon department of agriculture. Here's some of the story: New Surveys New surveys show no fur ther trouble from Dogwood borers which hitchhiked in on shipments from a southeast ern stale in 1960 and were apprehended and fumigated. They searched at airports and arterial highways for the devastating Japanese beetle, which alarmed California two years ago by appearing in the statchouse grounds at Sacra mento. It's not in Oregon-yet. This year would be a strategic one for it to appear, what with the heavy tourist travel to the Seattle fair. On the Atlantic seaboard, the Japanese beetle cuts an estimated S10 million damage swath through farm crops, lawns and ornamentals-which explains why Oregon's plant H a w k s h a w s have been trapping regularly for it since 1945. The khapra beetle, a glut ton that can work ii. way through as much as 40 per cent of stored grain in a year, is another target for the sur vey entomologists. They again searched all known Oregon grain and feed retail outlets and warehouses for this pest. Fortunately for Oregon, U was not found. Surveys continue for other unwanted pests which might i multiply under Oregon s cli ' malic conditions, also still missirg. These include the I European corn borer. Euro pean chafer, gypsy moth, im ported fire ant. white fringed j beetle and Asiatic beetle. Nor do the three men lonk ! ing for pests overlook re- surveys for those that have gained a toehold but are held I in check by timely controls suggested by the state univcr ! sity research and extension 1 teams These include the Ori ! cntal fruit moth which is par I tial to peach trees: spotted al 1 falfa aphid which appeared in Jackson and Malheur hay crops; cyclamen mile, now at j low ebb and of apparent little J threat to strawberries, and I the pea leaf miner, which Stravteppy fta noting Control in State Fields Corvallis - Oregon straw- j berry growers, nearing the I peak of harvest, are ahead this year in the annual fight with their old enemy, fruit rot, but a warm, damp spell could once again make a dif ference after the cool spring. Even though growers must still face the threat of fruit rot every season, several ad vances have been made against the enemy in recent years, reports Dr. E. K. Vaughan, plant pathologist with the Oregon State Uni versity Agricultural Experi mental Station. Chief among these have been new chem icals for control and new knowledge about fruit rot and how it works. Contrary to popular belief, strawberry fruit rot isn't caused by the weather, al although it is a contributing factor. Fruit rot is caused by a fungus. Botrytis cincrca, which loves warm, humid conditions and secretes an enzyme which causes the fruil to deteriorate. Although Oregon berry fields got lots of moisture this spring, cool temperature kept the fungus from functioning at the peak level reached in other years. Three relatively new chem ical materials have appeared on the market to aid growers in their fight. Although no material will always be "best," Captan has shown the most consistent performance locally, followed by Thiram and Dyrene, Dr. Vaughan said. To help the growers, a series of spray recommenda tions for control have been developed by OSU following tests at Corvallis and North Willamette Branch experi ment station. Sought damaged some onions two years ago. The plant diseases occupy the pathologists and backing both groups of disease sleuths are laboratory facilities and reams of reference material. And if a new pest or disease stumps them, OSU specialists, the federal laboratories at Beltsville, Maryland, or other sources participate in the final determinations. Pear Measles On the disease side, the cur rent report reveals that a sys tematic survey of mid-Willamette valley pear orchards found two instances of pear measles - also a similar but more serious disease in Bart lett pears growing on Old Home understock with quince roots. Soil samples were taken for possible laboratorv recovery of a hop nematode reported on two properties in an adjoining slate. A spring revival of stem rusts in the Willamette valley grasses and cereals may be linked with susceptible bar berries. In some years the stem rust has caused severe damage in some eastern Ore gon wheat fields. Trapping for pests with nets, sticky boards, night lights and other devices con tinues throughout the sum mer and early fall. Counter parting this is the field and orchard and nursery surveys for signs of possible new dis eases thai could be costly to country and town growers. The boys and girls in Medford and the Rogue River Valley are out of school now to enjoy a summer of fun. PLEASE help them to keep enjoying it! Youngsters will still be going to school play grounds and playing at home . . . they are apt to dash into the street anytime . . . into the path of YOUR car. The Medford Traffic $aaW&& ta 8ib. qbdpoqd, Oregon At Corvallis, various rates ) of application were tested while at the North lllamette ! j station chemicals were ap- i plied at a uniform rate in all tests, with only the amount I of water, used as a carrier for the chemicals, varied. The tests showed that the amount of the material used and the way it is applied to the plants are important. Timing of control sprays is also important, t h e plant pathologist pointed out. ad ding that it docs little good to spray or dust for fruit rot after the plants quit bloom ing. This was one of the early discoveries in the knowledge of fruit rot. When scienlists first start ed working on the problem, the fruit itself was treated as a preventive measure. Then it was found that the fungus spreads from the blossoms to the fruit and that for best control, growers have to spray or dust when the blooms are dying or dead. Another breakthrough was the finding of organisms in side the fruit which seem to work against fruit rot fungus. Dr. Vaughan said. These or ganisms under certain condi tions act as sort of "police men," keeping fruil rot out of the berry, he explained. OSU scientists are continuing their studies of the inter action of these organisms in the hope of learning even more about effective control methods. But, for now. chemical spraying is the most effective control weapon, Dr. Vaughan continued. The chemicals have no effect on the process ing qualities of the berries or upon their firmness and fla vor and leave no residues. Effective control of fruit rot costs money, the scientists said, and from an economic standpoint the grower who isn't aiming for high, yields from his berries may prefer to "take his chances." For the growers who produce between two and five tons per acre, spraying against fruit rot is good insurance against ex treme losses, particularly in years of bad fruit rot. Dr. Vaughan believes. However, he stressed, con trol is absolutely necessary for the growers who aim at producing 5 to 10 tons of ber ries per acre because plants are larger with more foliage and more moisture around them. In this grower group, it is not unusual to increase production by as much as two tons per acre by following a regular spray program, he noted. If a field has a little fruit rot infection in it, a hard rain or irrigation can rause the fungus to make rapid prog ress, he explained. In these cases, some growers irrigate anyway, figuring the larger berries later will offset any immediate loss due to fruit rot, he said. 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