Show Animals Need
Clean Bill
Salem Livestock health
requirements for exhibition
at Oregon's state fair and
Pacific International livestock
exposition will be strictly en
forced this year.
This warning goes out to
all who plan to exhibit and is
based on plans to this end
made at a late July confer
ence in Salem of all slate and
federal regulatory veterinari
ans. Dr. M. R. Woulfe, supervis
or of animal disease programs
for the state department of
agriculture, says an adequate
veterinary staff will be on
hand at these shows to check
required health papers and to
make sure only healthy ani
mals enter the exhibit
grounds.
Highly Recommended
While health certificates arc
not mandatory for county and
youth fairs, they are highly
recommended as insurance to
both exhibitor and their ani
mals. The purpose, of course,
is to prevent spread of in
fectious or contagious diseases
among livestock.
Woulfe points out that ani
mals congregated In close
quarters, together with lower
ed disease resistance as result
of stress from transporting
and handling, are more prone
to disease. Hence it is essen
tial that every precaution be
taken that animals exhibited
be free of sprcadable disease.
Advance precau t i o n s in
clude health examination on
the farm by the nearest dep
uty state veterinarian who
will supply required official
health certificates. Swine will
need pre-immunization for
hog cholera. Health examina
tions on the farm or ranch
will be the responsibility of
Fire Is Major Threat
To Forests, Watersheds
By DICK OLSON
Slat Farm Forester
At this time of the year
most everyone's mind turns to
fire.
This has been the case sev
eral times already this year
and no doubt will be again.
Fire has been said to be the
greatest enemy forests have,
thereby making it man's
greatest enemy. Fire doesn't
only destroy future timber
products, but destroys water
cheds, wildlife and its habitat
and aesthetic values.
Everyone who travels the
roads and highways has a re
sponsibility to keep America
green. Bringing it closer
home, keep Oregon green.
Some of the general public is
aware of these responsibili
ties, but many more should
be.
Fre-Suppression Work
The small woodland owner
should be extremely interest
ed in pre-suppression work
and also suppression work.
The most important, however,
is pre-supprcsslon - stopping
the fires before they start.
Probably the most impor
tant prevention measure is to
be sure all the power machin
ery used in the woods is in
good working condition. Gas
lines and mufflers should be
checked often. Also, along
with any power machinery,
there should be an eight ounce
or larger fire extinguisher
and a long handle shovel. Oth
er equipment that is handy to
have is some type of water
container and an axe.
Another prevention meas
ure is proper care of fires,
whether large or small. Camp
fires or trash fires should be
lighted only In prepared areas.
Midway Auction Sees
'Very Active'
A total of 80 consignors
sold 604 cattle, 15 hogs and
18 sheep during the regular
Friday sale last week at MM
way Autcion yard.
Owner-Manager Bill Bray
Mid the market was "very ac
tive." and that prices were
Heady to strong. Good Here
ford steer calves weighing
from 350 to 4a0 pounds went
from $23 to $26 50. Several
penlots weighing about 500
pounds sold for $24 to $25.10.
IWodium calves went between
J22 and $24.
Bray reported that Rood
Hereford heifer calves
brought $23 to $24.40. and
medium heifers sold at $20 to
$22.75. Good yearling steers,
ranging from BOO to 700
pounds, sold at $23 50 to
$24 10, and the 800-piund
steers were going for $22 50
to $23 25.
Medium steers, according to
Bray, sold from $21 to $22 50.
and common dairy-cross steers
went for $19 to $21. llolstein
tecr calves brought $20 to
$21 75, and yearling llolstein
steers attracted $18 50 to
$19.70.
There was a large run of
cows and calves Friday, ac
cording to the market report.
Ten pair of good Hereford
cows with Angus cross calves
sold for $232.30. Other pairs
of good quality sold from
$207.50 to $230.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 7, 1962
of Health
the exhibitor, except that a
few western Oregon counties
will pay for Bang's and T. B.
testing for 4 H and FFA ex
hibit animals. All health re
quirements must have been
completed before animals
leave the farm.
In the past, regulatory vet
erinarians have found that
contact at shows have been
a factor in the spread not only
of serious diseases but also
of bothersome conditions such
as ringworm, warts and
mange.
Largs Investments
Show animals often repre
sent large investments in live
stock and, in the case of jun
ior exhibitors much time, care
and hope are tied up in the
animals exhibited not only at
the larger shows but also at
county fairs.
Veterinarians, Woulfe
states, are cognizant of all
these facts and will refuse
to write health papers or to
clear animals that exhibit dis
eased conditions. Only by re
quiring all exhibits to carry
clearance papers can the ex
hibitor of healthy animals be
protected in the manner to
which he Is entitled and which
fair management expects, he
adds.
The 12 regulatory veterin
arians six state and six
federal working in Oregon
were in attendance at the July
work conference. Many other
problems in disease control
were considered and discussed
during the two-day session.
As result, suggested changes
in some programs will he
studied in more detail by
staff officials. If and when
these materialize, the live
stock industry and others in
volved will be fully Informed.
Permits for trash and brush
fires must be obtained either
from the Slate Forestry de
partment or the U.S. Forest
Service.
Smokori Responsible
Smokers arc responsible
for the greatest number of
man-caused fires. For the pro
testlon of your land and that
of your neighbors, do not
smoke while traveling in the
woods or while working in a
timbered area. Take a smoke
break, sit down In a cleared
area and be sure the remains
of the cigarette are out. It is
best not to smoke in the
woods at all, but wait until
you are back in your car or
some place where there is an
ashtray.
A third pre-suppression
measure Is to fall nil dead
trees or snags that could be
hit by lightning. Usually the
tall ones along the rtdges are
good lightning targets. Fire
lanes or roads are a real asset
to fire fighting crews in case
of fire. Another similar meas
ure is a natural or man-made
water hole situated in a de
sirable location for reloading
pumper trucks.
The private woodland own
er, as well as the general pub- j
lie can be of great help in fire
suppression work by keeping j
a sharp eye for unusual j
smokes and then immediately j
notifying the nearest fire-
fighting organization. j
Fires in Jackson county
should be reported to the ;
Slate Forestry department on
Table Rock rd , Central Point, i
664-12KI, and in Josephine
county to Hie St.ite Forestry
department. 7lil Ml. 12th St.,
Grants Pass. GK (i 7781. ,
Market
"Older cows with calves
sold from SI HO to S1I10 per
pair and a pen of first-calf
heifers with small calves
brought $1115. A pen of 24
head of springer cows sold at
$177 per head and a pen of
17 head of older cows went
out at $108 per head." Bray
continued.
i A total of till head of fat
i calves wore oflcred, mostly
heavy calves weighing liom
350 to 500 pounds. These sold
I from $23 to $24 8. V Slaughter
j bulls wrre steady at $l!l 10.
and grass-led steers, ranging
i from 850 to 1.030 pounds,
; sold at $21 to $J3 25
i Gra.ss fed heifers went for
$20 to $21.70. and young, f.n
cows sold at SIS 30 to sin no.
Old, (at c.iws were .M4 to
$15 50. while utility llolstein
cows brought $13 30 to SI4 'ill
Cnttc;N w ere $12 to M 3 30
;and cauncrs brought SO to
$11 70.
; "This was what we call a
very good sale ami s'l.nvr.i
What can he done when t'u-re
are sufficient numbers of cat
tle present to bring Tie hn -ers
m," Bray noe,l
"For this week. vo haw a
consignment of 70 head el
good quality cat ling Here-
! ford sleors and 43 real on e
yearling heifers If we can
pick up another Inn he.ul or
so of this kind of cattle, we
can do even belter than we
jdid last week," he added.
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Kils Geraniums,
OSU Study Shows
Corvallis-Verticillium wilt',
the bane of mint and potato
growers, may be fairly com-
imon in geranium plantings,
j according to research at Ore
gon State university.
OSU plant pathologist Dr.
Frank P. McWhorter recently
pinpointed the disease in ger
aniums and has alerted flor
'ists and home gardeners that
verticillium infection can be
confused with a common bac
terial infection of these usual
ly dependable plants.
Typical symptoms of gera
niums infected with verticil-
jlium are essentially the same
!as those for plants suffering
from the bacterial disease, he
notes.
However, the bacterial in
fection does little or no harm
to other plants In the garden
and seldom infects the soil.
On the other hand, verticil
lium regularly infects soil
and can damage and eventual
ly destroy other plantings la
ter placed in the same loca
tion, he explained.
Verticillium is a -oil fun
gus which enters the plants
through their roots and is
widely known as the cause of
wilt in potato, tomato, cotton,
mint and berry crops. Trees,
many kinds of nursery stock,
herbaceous and most orna
mental composites, especially
dahlias, also are verticillium
hosts.
Hard to Spot
Dr. McWhorter points out
that the fungus disease is hard
to spot in early stages as it
has a long incubation period
and definite symptoms may
not show up for several
months. Florists often do not
know that geraniums are in
fected when the plant is sold
and planted at home.
Young geraniums started in
OSU greenhouses last Septem
ber were thriving and healthy
until early May when they de
veloped typical verticillium
symptoms.
Dr. McWhorter points out
that home gardeners should
watch for the following signs:
Dwarfing. This is the most
likely symptom to look for be
fore buying plants. Florists
and buyers should be wary of
plants making slow growth,
with smaller than normal
leaves.
Yellow spotting and yellow
leaves. Plants with yellow
leaves on mid and upper
stems may have verticillium.
Yellow leaves on bottom
stems of geranium plants are
usual. If leaves develop bright
yellow spots before they yel
low all over, McWhorter says
verticillium is most probable.
These yellow leaves will drop
prematurely and the affected
branches will become short,
pointed stubs.
Dieback. If yellow spotting
of leaves is followed by grad
ual withering and disintegra
tion three to six inches down
the stem, the plant may be in
fected with verticillium. In
fected stems will be killed
and form no more foliage. (In
geraniums infected with bac
terial blight, stems frequently
recover and continue to
grow.)
Wilt. Wilting generally is a
prominent symptom in plants
with verticillium. Leaves fold
down during the warmer part
of the day and plants grow
slowly. McWhorter's research
shows, however, that the oth
er symptoms described are
more common in Oregon gera
nium piantings.
Buy Healthy Plants
Dr. McWhorter also advises
the home gardener to hoy
healthy looking plants and to
beware of those with short iu
ternodes and with yellow
leaves on middle or upper
stems. The gardener should
pull out geraniums which may
be infected, being sure to get
all the roots, and let the soil
rest for a year or so before
replanting.
He also advises against use
of soil front potato fields or
other fields in which a ver
ticillium host has heen for
geranium growing.
Future research is aimed at
discovering as much ns possi
ble about the way verticil
lium affects geraniums. Some
evidence leads Dr. McWhor
ter to suspect that geraniums
may be one of tew plants ill
which vert'citlium is sect
borne. If additional study
shows this to In so. propaga
tion and cultivation of eiti
cillium tree plants will be ad
ditionally complicated and
dii fk tilt lor both iiur.-rrj men
and home gardeners.
Uncontrolled Auto
Smos.'ics Into Collate
l f '. ; i'l A e it' went out of
on'rol on Highway 101 at
Taft Heights Monday alter
noon and cra-hed into the
eoiner o( an auto court cot
tage The dner. II c n r y
Thomas Curi. 4li. Neot.su, was
pronounced dead, apparently i
of a heart attack. j
Thistle and Morning Glory Problem
After Harvest on Dry Farm Land
By RAY HUBBELL
Jackson County Weed Control 'stem surface for chemical ab
Having received several sorption which results in poor
calls regarding Star Thistle control unless very high vol
and Morning Glory control on ume rates are used. Diesel oil
dry land after crop harvest I combinations with Dinitro
has prompted the subject for 'General or 2,4-D can be used
this article. ifor spot treating areas but be-
Star thistle at its present comes uneconomical when
stage of growth is a hard prob-; large acreages are involved
lem to cope with. Regrowth I Work is being done with
from well established plants some of our latest chemicals,
cut off in harvest of grain, ' mainly solubilized acids of
grass hay fields or alfalfa
don't afford stem or leaf sur
face to absorb enough chem
ical to kill the plant. Mature
thistle plants in fence lines,
ditch bank and roadside areas
Farm Ii Garden
Recent Committee Report
Draws Several Comments
By SCOTT LAMB I to cut back on tr.e number of
Information Director Oregon j farmers. The committee sug
Farm Bureau Federation gests a five-year plan for re-
The recent report by the
Committee on Economic Do-!
velopment has stirred quite a
number of comments, some,
favorable and others critical
of the implied solution to the
farm problem.
According to CED, the
problem in agriculture is over-supply
and the solution is
AFSC Launches
Appeal (or Funds
To Aid Algerians
Philadelphia, Penn.-An ap
peal for funds with which to
purchase seeds and simple
farm implements to help the
Algerians reclaim their war
devastated lands has just been
announced by the American
Friends Service committee.
Ovr 2,000,000 Algerians
primarily from farming areas
have been displaced by
seven years of war. Some
250,000 of these were refu
ges in Morocco and Tunisia,
while the balance were in
ternees in regroupment
camps established throughout
rural areas of Algeria. Many
farms were mined, and many
allowed to lie fallow during
the guerrilla warfare.
The Quakers, who aided
the refugees in Morocco and
Tunisia, have moved their
teams Into the rural Interior
of Algeria where they plan to
help with the resettlement of
the land. Included in their
program will be the services
of trained agriculturists to
give technical advice to Alge
rian farmers and the intro
duction of improved seeds to
raise the level of Algerian
agriculture.
Because of the severe short
age of farm implements, the
Friends plan to establish cen
ters in each village where Al
gerians can borrow wheel
barrows, shovels, plows, hoes
and harrows on a short-term
basis. One tool manufacturer
has already donated several
thousand pounds of trowels
for shipment overseas.
Aids Stability
The successful resettlement
of Algeria can do much to
bring stability to a troubled
part of the world. To support
this program, the AFSC is ap
pealing both for rash and
goods in kind. Those wishing
to contribute may write to
The American Friends Serv
ice committee. Kill North 15th
St., Philadelphia 2. Penn.
Long-Term Credit
5ti!l Major Tool
Kosoburg Long-term, first- ;
mortage credit continues to :
be a major tool ot m;nculture i
in this area.
The Federal Land Iliink ;
Association of Rnsoburg ox j
tended $777. UnO of such credit j
to farmer,! and ranchers dur- j
ini: the I H-numth neriod '.
which ended June ;0, accord- S
ins to A. K Stevens, assistant i
manager. This lvpro-enU an ;
mereasr of $ I IHOO over f is- i
eal liUil.
Stevens said the association '
makes and services loans for '
the Federal Land Hank of
Spokane in Doimla:, Coos,
furry. Jackson and Josephine
count ies
Of the S777.UOP loaned by
the avsneiation during the
year. St.:M 77ii .- new nmiv
ey. according to Mm o:is He
-aid that atMoi'.'4 other things
fanners ore uin n Ion term
fluids to purcha-c hind and
li e-to. to make improve
ment., tii p 'v (or operations
and to ri'i'in: -nee itnie tedi'e
At the end of the fiscal
ye ir the a.-MH ! it ion had M,-
1-17. 1V0 111 It Ms nuts' mv;i;
;-n i p. i ; i . i i of ! !i'i) tn er
Former A'bvny Ccllcge
Track Star S'.iccmnks
IN
rt uv
1
be held Yin.-M,.v trr for
mer AlKuiy Colleir track
star George A Km ., who died
here Sunday at ti'o ae r P V
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUN, MEDr'ORD. OHEGON
that are blooming have only
2,4-D which have rendered
unviable seed from mature
plants. Costs of chemicals and
volumes required for this con
trol is too high for the in-
come received from this land.
! ducing the number of farmers
by reducing government aid
programs during the period
until only the efficient sur
vive. Doesn't Like Idea
Agriculture Secretary Or
ville Freeman doesn't like
the idea and in a statement
on the plan said: "If, for ex
ample, we were to move out
of agriculture and into im
proved non-farm job oppor
tunities, the least productive
44 per cent, grossing less than
$2,500 a year, we would go a
long way toward solving the
problem of rural poverty for
this group.
"But we would reduce total
farm marketings by only 5
per cent and the remaining 66
per cent of the farmers would
have to face the disastrous
low level of unsupported
prices on high unrestrained
production level."
Freeman is already on rec
ord as favoring a supply con
trol program to remove excess
production from the market.
His program would pick and
choose by commodity who
slays and who would leave
farming. In the meantime, the
Freeman program, rejected by
Congress, would have kept
prices relatively high during
the transition period. The
stumbling block proved to be
the desire of farmers to run
their own businesses rather
than turn them over to the
secretary and his agents.
Farmers have learned the
hard way that benevolent
farm programs have a way of
backfiring on the farmer.
No Choice
On the other hand, we
doubt that the CED program
of gradually starving farmers
off their land will meet with
much more success. What
choice is left?
The remaining choice is the
time-honored method of pro
ducing for markets at the
price the market will pay.
While this method has been
described as a cruel and heart
less way of doing business,
apparently most farmers
would prefer to run their
farms this way.
Most farmers argue also
that since the government
programs got them into the
mess of over-production on
basic crops, government
should enact a program which
will give farmers an oppor
tunity to return to normal
marketing over a base period
so farmers can switch to crops
that fit their operations.
Such a Plan is not popular
witli non-farm interests who
have had a pretty good thing
going for. them in grain stor
age and services related to
government programs. It is
not popular with government
workers who have planned a
career based on controlling
agricultural production. For
these reasons the pleas by
farmers to return to market
conditions have so far fallen
on deaf ears these past 20
years.
New Vistas
Per ha ns the CKD report
will open new vistas of discus
sion on the farm problem and
create new thinking other
than that based on continued
expanding of gove r n m c n t
farm programs. If it does, it
has served a good cause.
4-H b FFA
Will your animals
be well groomed
for the fair?
Drop in and check our
grooming aids and small
pet supplies!
Franklin Shampoo &
Shcii Wool Cards Bruihes
E'ectnc Clippers Grooming Combs
Turr Horst Grooming Supplies
$ & H Green Stamps, Too.
West Main
135 West Main
Star thistle infested land
being planted to cereal crops
should be treated in the
spring with 2,4-D sprays and
plowed or cross disced as soon
after harvest as possible to
keep existing plants from
making seed. Star thistle in al
falfa as well as annual grass
can be controled with fall ap
plications of light rates of
sterilant chemicals. The eco
nomics of this treatment
should be considered.
Morning Glory control in
cereal fields after harvest can
be attained with applications
of 2,4-D at from two to three
pounds per acre in volumes
to assure good coverage, pro
vided moisture is present to
cause continuing growth of
the plant. As mentioned be
fore, cereal crops sprayed in
the spring with 2,4-D should
keep morning glory from be
ing a problem in the crop. A
follow-up treatment after har
vest will aid further in keep
ing morning glory from seed
ing. Elimination of the infesta
tion will depend on how well
established they may be. It is
J important that regular appli
cations ot z.q-D De commuea
once they are started. A skip
ped application will allow
morning glory to recover and
all gains up to that time will
be lost.
Washington Man
To Represent
Holslein Firm
Brattlcboro, Vt. Van A.
Vounquisl, Stanwood, Wash.,
dairy farmer, has been named
Holstein-Friesian Association
of America field representa
tive from Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming.
He will assume the post on
a full-time basis SeDt. 1, suc
ceeding Edward S. Soper,
who resigned to join the staff
of Evergreen Northwest
Breeders Inc.
WSU Graduate
Younquist. a dairy produc
tion graduate of Washington
State university. Is a member
of a nationally-p r o m i n e n t
family of registered Holstein
cattle breeders. He established
a herd of his own while still
a student at Mount Vernon
Union High school, renting
and operating a 40-acre farm
for the purpose. During his
high school career, he was
chapter president and state
secretary of the Future Farm
ers of America and received
the stale and American farm
er degrees and the Star Chap
ter Dairy Farmer award.
While at WSU, the new
Holstein ficldman was a mem
ber of a dairy cattle judging
team that placed first in nation-wide
intercollegiate com
petition at Waterloo, Iowa,
lie also served as president of
the WSU dairy club, vice
president and treasurer of As
sociated Students of the Col
lege of Agriculture and as
secretary of Alpha Gamma
Rho.
Rotary Award
As a student, Younquist
participated in the Rotary
Overseas Travel award pro
gram, and made a first-hand
study of dairy farming in
New Zealand. He has also
been employed in sire evalua
tion work for Evergreen
Northwest Breeders and as a
laboratory instructor in arti
ficial breeding courses at
WSU.
Trior to joining the Hol
stein staff, he operated a (14
acre farm at Stanwood with
a herd of 60 registered and
grade Holstein cattle and cash
crnns of peas and corn.
Younquist and his family
plan to relocate in either
Portland or Boise, Ida., soon.
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MEMBERS!
Pharmacy
Phone 772-2330
Farmers' Home
Loans in 1962
Hit $637 Million
Washington - d'Pii - Agri
culture Secretary Orville
Freeman has announced that
farmers Home Administration
loans in fiscal 1962 totaled a
record S637 million.
The volume of loans was
61 per cent larger than the
1961 total of 1395.7 million
and 106 per cent above the
$308.9 million loaned in fiscal
1960.
About half of the total
loaned during fiscal 1962
went for farm operating ex
penses, almost a third for the
purchase, development, or en
largement of family farms,
and about a sixth went for the
construction and Improve
ment of houses and service
buildings on farms and in
rural communities.
Expenses Reflected
About 205.000 families
were using FHA credit at the
end of the fiscal year.
"The rise in the number
and amount of loans," Free
man said, "reflects a con
tinuing increase in the oper
ating expenses necessary to
keep pace with today's mod
ern farmirg methods. It also
indicates the reduced returns
from the sale of farm products
which have many efficient
farm owners hard pressed."
Freeman said repayment by
borrowers during the year
totaled S336 million in prin
cipal and interest. This com
pares with repayments of
S307 million in fiscal 1961
and a similar amount in fis
cal 1960. About 22.000 bor
rowers repaid their loans in
full during fiscal 1962.
FFA Members Seek
5 District Offices
Five members of the Crater
Chapter of Future Farmers of
America have applied for
Rogue Umpica district offices.
They include Jim Caldwell,
sentinel; Leroy Rider, repor
ter; Terry Bizoff, treasurer;
Pat Neal, secretary; and Alan
Bray, vice president. The boys
will be interviewed for the
positions by the district ad
visor and the state FFA offi
cer at Phoenix.
The officers are elected
from seven other chapters,
and each chapter may nomi
nate one member for each of
fice. Requirements for a dis
trict office include outstand
ing leadership, supervised
farming, agricultural knowl
edge and satisfactory scholar
ship. Crater's chapter officers in
clude Jim Caldwell, sentinel;
Leroy Rider, reporter; Alan
Bray, treasurer; Terry Bczoff,
secretary; Bob Ryan, vice
president; and Pat Neal, presi
dent. T ft. ,' s1 s-""1 .
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Mole Control Takes .
'Community Effort1
Corvallis Mole control is i control with Wick. It takes
possible, but it takes persist- both if landowners are to rid
ence to keep the pesky under- their pastures or lawns of
ground creatures out of that ,
pasture or lawn
This is one of the lessons
learned during the past two
years in Tillamook county.
An intensive mole control and
research project has been con
ducted there under the leader
ship of Oregon State univer
sity's extension service and
agricultural experiment sta
tion, reports Andy Landforce,
OSU extension wildlife man
agement specialist.
Community Effort
A community effort is need
ed to achieve mole control
with lasting effects, for one
farmer alone is almost power
less to stop an invasion of his
land from neighboring acres,
points out William Q. Wick,
Tillamook county agent who
has been spearheading the
work.
"Community action and
persistence" are two of the
key words in any talk of mole
Inspectors Return
19? Cattle So Far
Salem One hundred ninety-seven
cattle were back in
the hands of their owners in
the first six months of this
year as result of the work of
the state's livestock brand in
spectors. They were cattle which had
taken "French Leave" of cus
tomary pastures or which
were, as the brand inspectors
say, est rays.
The state department of ag
riculture says most of the
estrays were recovered in
eastern Oregon and that the
total represents 27 more than
in the first half of last year.
The department also said
that the inspectors imnoundf"!
proceeds of 421 animals, most'
ly cattle and a few horses, at
sale and slaughter points. This
was 13 less than in the first
half of 1961.
Cattle and horses are im
pounded at brand inspection
if evidence of ownershiD is
lacking at time of insoection.
Most animals impounded this
year were released, when own
ership records were provided
through a bill of sale, other
evidence of title transfer or
presentation of an executed
transportation certificate.
Bran dinspection is one of
the important keys in the industry-supported
program to
discourage rustlers and other
wise protect the cattleman
and horse owner against theft
and destruction of his animals.
Insnectors routinely check
cattle and horses at saleyards,
stockyards, slaughterhouses,
and prior to leaving the state.
GroMvers who
know their apples
(una pears) ...
use
Kelthanf: milicide kills European red, 2-spotted,
illamette, apple rust, Cyclamen, brown almond and many
other orchard mites. Kelthane kills fast and its long resid
ual action finishes off migrants and late-hatching colonies.
Safe even for new foliage and sensitive fruit-finishes when
used as recommended. Compatible with most orchard
pesticides. Won't harm beneficial insects. For hard-to-wet
foliage, add Triton"
B 1 9 5 6 , the non-oil j . , .
spreader-sticker. Your
dealer has both products.
See him soon.
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moles, he stresses.
Although the mole popula
tion in Tillamook's lush dairy
pasturelands is higher than
in most places, mole control
is of economic importance in
the fog belt from northern
California to British Colum
bia, Wick points out. Moles
can also be a problem in the:
Willamette valley and areas
of central and eastern Oregon.
Spurs Interest
Introduction of the flail
type rotary mower has spur
red interest in mole control,
Wick said, because the flails
chop off the mole hills, mixing
dirt with hay and silage and
reducing the quality of both..
Farmers have found that har
vest time is reduced on mole
free fields. One farmer esti
mates he has saved $6 an acre
in harvest costs since clearing
his fields of the animals, Wick
adds.
Moles, which are insecti
vores and related to shrews
and hedgehogs, thrive in
moist, highly organic soils.
They do not like land that is
cultivated annually, prefer
ring pastures or lawns where
their underground runways
are relatively undisturbed.
Ironically, the mole loves
the good farmer, the one who
is constantly improving his
pasture, Wick notes. The bet
ter the pastureland, the bet
ter the supply of earthworms
and other matter upon which
the mole feeds, he points out.
On pastures, the average
mole may throw up as many
as 350 mole hills between
October and March, the agent
continued. In home garden
and lawns, moles not onl
erect mounds of dirt above
the surface, but also may eat
vegetables and flower bulbs.
Best Answer
To avoid the inconvenience
and damage caused by moles,
exDericnce in Tillamook has
', shown that poison and traps
us"d together with nersistenre
and community action is the
best answer, Wick snid.
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1512 N. Riverside 664-1102
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