MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Crop Varieties
To Be Discussed
John Yungen. agronomist
1 for the Southern Oregon
Branch Experiment nation,
will speak during the Jack
son County Farm Bureau
meeting Tuesday, Jan. 22.
at 8 p.m.. at the extension
auditorium.
He will tell of new crops
introduced into the valley,
why some are successful
and others have failed.
Advances
In Cherry
uorvaius A standardized
orchard tree using a known
virus-free scion varity on a
known virus-tree rootstock
thus preventing the variabil
ity found with unknown seed
lings is the aim of cherry
rootstock research 'being car
ried on at Oregon State uni
versity.
Winter Tour Set
By Cal-Ore Group
The Cal-Ore Hereford as
sociation will have a winter
tour Saturday March 2, it was
decided at Tuesday's meeting
in North's Chuck Wagon res
taurant.
Darrell Stanley, Eagle
point, and Henry Owens and
380 Cattle Sell
At Phoenix Yard;
Market Active
Phoenix-Cattle saleable at
the Saturday, Jan. 19 live
stock auction at Rogue Valley
Livestock, Inc. in Phoenix
totalled 380. '
Bob Bever, yard manager,
reported the market was very
active on all classes of cattle
with most stocker cattle going
to local buyers. Highlight of
the sale was when a pen of
350 pound steer calves from
the Corp ranch, Ashland,
brought $32.80 per hundred
weight. Whiteface baby calves sold
at $31 to $45, Holsteins at $24
to $31 and Guernsey and
Jerseys at $11 to $16 per head.
The small offering of dairy
cows went out at $135 to $170
per head.
Penlots of stocker calves
sold well. Hereford and Angus
heifer calves went out at
$24.60 to $26.50.
Heavier calves and light
yearlings in the 500 to 600
pound class saw steers selling
at $26 to $28.35 and heifers
at $23.60 to $24.90.
Yearlings
Yearling and heavy feeders
In the 650 to 800 pound group
saw steers selling at $24.70
to $25.75, and heifers at $22.
80 to $24.
Holstein feeder steers and
heifers in the 300 to 500
pound class sold at $22.85 to
$23.90, heifers in the same
class at $18 to $20 per hun
dredweipht. A large group of
light Hn'.?tein steer calves
cold by ti.ti head from $60 to
$81.
Whiteface stock cows with
small calves at side sold at
$210 to $222.50 per pair,
springer cows at $170 to
$187.50; and older cows went,
out at $157.50 to $170.
Light veal slaughter cattle
sold for $27.50 to $29.75, and
heavy veal from $23.10 to
$25.50.
Whiteface utility cows sold
at $15.10 to $16.80. Holstein
cows at $15 to $16.60, and
canner and cutters at $10.60
to $14.10.
One study shows that half
of one per cent of iodized
salt in chick rations will
supply an adequate amount of
iodine.
STOCKMEN
FEED PELLETS
Your coarse or unpalirable
roughage will make a base
for a modern balanced ration
that you can feed with little
labor and no wastage. The
increased meat or milk pro
duced will give you maxi
mum returns on a small cash
investment.
MORTON
MILLING CO.
500 Ross Lane, Medford
John Konwiser, both White
City, are in charge of arrange
ments.
Purpose of the tour is to
see how ranchers are using
feeding facilities, their vari
ous methods and winter man
agement practices for cattle.
During other business Ed
die Meeker was elected presi
dent, Ron Anderson, Eagle
Point, vice president, County
Extension Agent Earle Jossy,
secretary, Don Nichols, Ash
land, as treasurer, and Bill
Bigham, Eagle Point, hospi
tality chairman.
FARM
Woodlot Facts
By DICK OLSON
Farm Forester
Today, watershed manage
ment is becoming more and
more important.
Timber harvesting opera
tions involve over a million
acres of western Oregon and
Washington forest lands each
year. When timber has been
removed, with subsequent
soil disturbance, a desirable
seedbed of mineral soil and
exposure to the sunlight is
provided for starting a new
crop of trees. This disturbance
of the soil during logging
operations generally does not
contribute significantly to ero
sion. On the other hand, improp
er location, construction and
maintenance of truck roads,
skid trails and landings can
result in excessive damage to
the watershed. Herein lies the
greatest opportunity for pro
tection of watersheds during
logging operations.
The following list of good
practices take into account
road building, maintenance
and logging operations:
1. Establish the location of
cutting area, landings and
truck roads in advance of act
ual operations.
2. Avoid putting roads into
areas of unstable soil where
severe disturbances are like
ly to occur.
3. Locate roads on ridge
tops and benches whenever
possible to keep roads out of
stream courses.
4. Hold wet weather road
building to a minimum.
5. After the first rains in
the fall, check roads to see
where drainage problems ex
ist and can be eliminated.
6. Construct frequent wa
ter bars during the fall sea
son on temporary roads.
7. Whenever possible, avoid
falling trees into or across
streams.
8. The use of tractors re
quires careful supervision to
prevent erosion and water
shed damage.
9. Cable logging should be
done uphill as much as pos
sible. 10. Prevent accumulation of
debris in streams during log
ging operations.
11. When skidroads are not
in use, install water bars to
divert drainage and prevent
gullying.
12. Where slash burning is
necessary, severe burning
should be avoided to mini
mize damage to the soil.
The forest landowner is
urged to adopt these water
shed protection practices, not
only for his good, but for the
general public's as well.
Counsel With . .
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Reported
Studies
Dr. A. N. Roberts, horticul
turist with the OSU Agricul
tural Experiment station, is
heading up the rootstock
work. Working with him in
investigating new varieties is
Dr. Quentin B. Zielinski.
For growers to obtain the
kind of tree they want, they
should know as much about
the rootstock as the scion var
iety. Dr. Roberts stresses.
Stocks that are disease resist
ant, adapted to soil and clima
tic conditions and that give
the degree of vigor desired
should be used.
The October typhoon show
ed the Importance of good
stock in cherry trees, Dr. Rob
erts pointed out. Although
there was little uprooting by
the winds, there was consider
able top breakage, particular
ly among sour cherries.
Little Breakage
However, he noted, there
was little or no breakage
among sour cherries that had
been properly grafted on Maz
zard rootstocks. A much stur
dier tree is achieved in this
way. It not only withstands
high winds, but is also ca
pable of carrying heavy crop
loads.
These sturdier trees had all
been ."top. worked," that is
the sour cherry scions were
grafted on to the rootstock af
ter it had already formed the
main scaffold branches, Rob
erts pointed out. This is the
standard procedure in fight
ing gummosis (bacterial cank
er) in sweet cherries, the
most serious cherry disease,
"Top working" in this man
ner helps prevent the spread
of the disease .from one
branch to the rest of the tree.
The cherry rootstock re
search being done at OSU is
concentrated on Mahaleb and
Mazzard which are the prin
cipal rootstocks now in use.
Promising clones of both are
being tested for their influ
ence on the size and vigor of
commercial scion varieties
grown on them.
Dr. Roberts is closely
watching two Mazzard clones
which are being tested against
common seedlings. One comes
from the East Mailing Exper
iment station in England and
is known as Mazzard F 12-1
and the other is an OSU se
The English selection shows
more vigor than the average
Mazzard seedling and has as
good or better gummosis re
sistance, he commented. The
OSU selection has a wider
crotch angle and may have
better structural qualities
than the English clone, al
though the selection is too
new to really evaluate, he
said.
Promising Mahaleb clones
from throughout the world al
so are being tested by OSU re
searchers. By testing seed
lings irom various areas, it is
possible to obtain a wide
range of tree size and vigor
which may make further re
finements possible, h e ex
plained.
Nine New Varieties
Dr. Zielinski is currently
testing nine new cherry vari
eties which show some prom
ise. However, he pointed out,
none of the nine meets all
of what he considers to be the
five basic problems facing
cherry growers. Each variety
answers some of the problems.
The five major areas of
concern which influence crop
life as outlined by the re
searcher are:
The need for increased
hardiness in trees, buds and
blossoms; the need for super
ior pollenizing varieties more
suitable for marketing; great
er resistance to fruit cracking;
usually caused by rain, which
is a problem with many vari
eties; the need for self-pollinating
varieties, and the need
for more natural resistance
to gummosis and brown rot,
the most serious disease problems.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1963
Chit Chat
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
Safflower Rated
By Farm Expert
Yreka - The risk of grow
ing safflower in Siskiyou
county is high for a number
of reasons, according to David
L. West, Siskiyou county farm
advisor.
These factors arc: (1) Pos
sible frost damage to young
plants in May. (2) Weeds can
be a serious problem. (3)
Gravely soils and hardpan
soils do not hold enough wa-
; ter to mature the crop. (4) If
irrigated safflower can be
completely killed by root rot
if hardpan, clay soil or a
water table restricts drainage.
(5) Price has to be high
enough to allow for shipping
charges Into the Sacramento
area.
"Our plot work this year
would indicate yields of saf
flower of 1,500 pounds per
acre can be obtained on deep
soils that are irrigated or sub
Irrigated in Shasta and Scott
valleys," West said.
Cows denied salt will lick
clothing of ranch workers,
chew painted surfaces and
even lap up the run-off from
manure piles.
Eager, early season gardeners probably have already bro
ken a spading fork in the frozen soil. Others have been
sitting by the fireplace or stove, leafing through the color
ful seed catalogues now making their appearance.
They include all kinds of flowers from asters, to begonias,
to Bells of Ireland, to Chinese lanterns, to petunias, to
nicotiana (flowering tobacco) to snapdragons and a wide
variety of vegetables.
We noticed a number of homes in a subdivision on hard
to cultivate "sticky soil" last spring and summer had masses
of petunias growing out front. And there are all kinds of
petunias from double flowers, to the Cherry Tart which is
advertised as greater rain and heat resistant. This is called
a fuller, more vigorous flower.
Those who want the early bloom borders can have a com-
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a background of mixed snapdragons. These flowers are
miamntoail in hlnnm rttn Yiofnr lurimminff omenn
Those who have rustic brown houses, or Just like a solid
gold border can order marigold, a bedding of golden zinnia
and a background of the feathery tufts of celosia.
We have always liked the sweet pea. They have a variety
which will grow where the soil is poor and dry. One variety
will grow as high as six to eight feet. There's even a winter
flowering sweet pea. This can be planted in late summer. It
flowers during short winter and early spring days.
We have had pretty good luck with zinnias. There's a
group called "cut-and come-again." By removing the long
stemmed blossoms more branches and blossoms appear. Each
flower is two to three inches in diameter. The small-flowered
zinnias grow quickly and bloom early. Ankle high zinnias
can be used for borders and we have even used them in
rockeries.
Herbs are being used more widely. Some people probably
would like to plant their own backyard herb gardens, perhaps
by the kitchen window. There's catnip for the cat, hore-
hound which grandma used to use for cough syrup, hyssop
as mentioned in the Bible and used for perfumes and tonics,
English lavender for delicate scenting of linen or stored
clothing. There's also anise as used for baked goods, balm
used in iced drinks, sweet basil for edging egg, meat or fish
dishes, borage for drinks or fresh fruit compotes, and of
course, chives used for spreads, salads.
Grandma always kept some mint growing in the kitchen
garden for use in mint jellies for beef roasts on Sunday.
Those who like pizza pies will probably grow Oregano for
seasoning. And there are many others.
If you like your food with an Italian flavor you will
probably want to grow Italian green bush beans. There are
also a couple of varieties of beets, broccoli and four kinds of
cabbage.
Most small towns have their corn patches for summer
sweet corn on the cob dinners. One variety is ideal for
freezing with the kernels nearly a half-inch long. There are
four kinds of muskmellon. One is full of juice and requires
a long summer with plenty of hot days, another has a small
seed cavity to make cleaning easier.
Youngsters like to pick out their own pumpkins for Hallo
ween Jack O'Lantern. The "Jacks" average Just under one
foot in diameter. But, you can have the Big Tom or Connec
ticut Field pumpkin and old-fashioned orange-yellow corn
field type of pumpkin which grow large.
We don't remember anybody has ever proven whether a
tomato is a fruit or vegetable, satisfactorily. But the new
seed catalogues have "love apples" for every use. One nas
been develODed for slicing and canning, resistant to cracmng
and blossom end scars. Another grows tremendous crops
and keeps its size toward the end of the season.
Last summer the season was compartively short and cool
making local tomatoes a scare item. But there is a type
which matures In seven weeks from transplanting. Those
who love tomato salads will like the blend of small fruited
tomatoes red cherry, red pear, yellow pear and yellow husk.
The atom has also come to the tomato. Window sill Atom
tomatoes can be grown on window sills. They mature to
eight to 12 inches high.
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we nave uau guuu iutiv win, uioiiaviu.. .... i
around our outdoor light post and had huge blossoms on tall
ton,, ute into the fall. Now there Is a hybrid which has
blossoms five Inches in diameter.
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In your back and damp smudges on both knees. The local
stores are already displaying seed packets, we noticed.
i Mn,nan1, ho. riavflnnH thrpe new veffetables
wi avcu 1 1 1 i. j mm 1 ,
for 1963. One is a high bush type of egg plant which will
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provides more slices for the frying pan. If you haven t had
thin Slices OI eggpiani xriea in pieauuumuo ju wc...
missing something. This plant freezes well, too.
A new tomato olant produces perfectly globular fruit,
matures early and bears over a long season. This is Ideal for
northern gardeners. This table tomato holds together when
sliced and has a good combination of sweetness and tartness.
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niuoKio in Hii after the rjlants are set out. It bears abun
dantly and provides delicious fruits all season long.
t..ia n..nnn nroiirintit ni the W. Atlee Buroec- company.
(garden seed), used to tell this story on himself.
After having recognized Clare Booth Luce who was read-
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ing a dook hi ia mule in ''b - - , , 77
bound train, Burpee restlessly ordered a Cocktail for him
self, and presently when Miss Luce emerged from her read
ing he greeted her with fellow-camaradle: "I'm Burpee," he
announced, whereupon she looked casually concerned.
"Mariinla do that to some people." she murmured, "Now,
they make me sneeze." By the time she got things straight,
they were wcll-acquaintca.
394 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard
In Friday Sale
A total of 394 cattle were
sold at the Midway auction
yard Friday, Jan. 18, accord
ing to Owner-Manager Bill
Bray.
"The market was steady on
all classes except slaughter
cows which were about 50
cents to $1 lower than the
previous week," Bray said.
Good to choice steer calves
sold from $28 to $29.50. Me
dium to good calves sold frin
$28 to $28. Calves weighing
450 to 550 pounds sold from
$26 to $28.60.
Good to choice heifer calves
went out at $25 to $26.90.
Medium to good heifer calves
sold for $24 to $25.
Yearling steers at 535 to
650 pounds sold from $25
to $27. A pen of 19 head of
750 pound steers sold for
$25.10 and a pen of thin steers
weighing 535 pounds sold for
$27.
Medium quality steers
weighing 700 to 950 pounds
sold for $23 to $24.40.
Good yearling heifers went
out at $21.50 to $23.60. Me
dium heifers sold for $19 to
$21. A truckload of Holstein
heifers weighing from 800 to
1,150 pounds brought $18 to
$20.10.
Holstein steer calves went
out at $22 to $23.90. Yearling
Holstein steers sold for $20
to $22.50, Good Hereford cows
with calves brought '$210 to
$240 a pair. Springer cows
sold from $180 to $192.50
per head. Young feeder cows
brought $18 to $19.50 per hun
dredweight.
One 1,880 pound Holstein
bull sold for $21.60 and oth
ers sold for $18 to $20.
Veal calves brought $25 to
$27. No choice calves were offered.
Fat heifers at 700 to 900
pounds sold for $22 to $23.10.
Young fat cows sold for $16
to $18.90. Utility cows brought
$14 to $15.80, cutters $12 to
$14, and canners mostly $10
to $12. A few very shelly
cows sold for $8 to $10.
14 Members
Get FFA Degrees
Eagle Point-Fourtecn boys
were selected and initiated to
the degree of greenhand in a
meeting of the Eagle Point
Chapter of Future Farmers of
America, Thursday.
They were Rick Charley,
Terry Davis, Darrell Dowell,
Ken Dowell, Delvin Ford,
Jerry Hanson, Larry Harris,
Dwane Hawkins, Bob Hub
bard, Jim Jensen, Vincent
Medina, Frank Patrick, Don
Terrell and Horace Webster.
In order to qualify as a
"Greenhand," the above men
tioned boys had to be enrolled
in a class of vocational agri
culture, have plans for a su
pervised farming project and
be familiar with the F. F. A.
creed.
Another highlight of the
meeting was the chapter pub
lic speaking contest. The
three contestants were: Dan
Burrill, a Junior member
whose topic was swnie raising,
Jeff Kecfe, another junior
member who spoke about arti-
ficial insemination, Mike
Charley, a sophomore
member who talked on the
common market. Mike Char
ley was chosen the winner
and will represent the Eagle
Point chapter in higher pub
lic speaking contests. The
contest was judged by three
members of the Medford
Toastmasters club.
Iodine and cobalt are parti
cularly Important to dairy
cattle.
Vetch Seed Toxic To Chicks, Poults
Corvallis Poultry produc
ers should beware of vetch
seed in the rations they feed
chicks and poults, warn Ore
gon State university poultry-
men J. A. Harper and G. H.
Arscott. .
Both common and hairy
vetch seed have been found to
reduce growth. Common vetch
also kills chicks and poults if
enough is fed.
Vetch is a common "weed"
In many Oregon grain fields,
the poultrymcn point out In
the current Issue of Oregon's
Agricultural Progress, OSU
agricultural experiment sta
tion's quarterly research pub
lication. Their research showed al
most complete mortality when
common vetch made up 20
pet cent of the chick ration.
Thirty per cent killed poults.
llalrv vetch seed was found
to be less deadly. But growth
was reduced when either type
of vetch seed made up only 10
per cent of the ration.
. Harper and Arscott cur
rently are making further
tests to learn more about the
toxic substance in vetch.
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Farm & Garden
Jack Rabbits Change
As People Increase
As many flower growers
and vegetable gardeners do a
considerable portion of their
planning for the coining grow
ing season at this time of
year, mention of some new
varieties may be of interest.
At least sufficient time is
still available for a thorough
search of the literature from
nurseries and seed houses for
a supply of seeds or plants in
case anyone is interested in
trial plaptings.
A very tiny zinnia named
Thumbelina, won the Gold
Medal award of All America
selections. This dwarf zinnia
grows to six inches in height,
and will bloom over a long
season. It would be useful for
edging beds, borders and
walks or driveways. Shallow
arrangements in bowls or
trays might be considered as
conversation pieces for the
home.
Another zinnia known as
Firecracker received the All
America Silver award. It
grows to 30 inches tall and
produces rich scarlet red
flowers of large size.
Tronicana, is the name of a
new hybrid tea rose that is
the rose of the year for 1963.
It is a cross between a Peace
seedling and an Alpine Glow
seedling and is reported to do
well in both garden and
greenhouse.
Vegetables
The All America Selections
for 1963 also offer five new
home garden vegetables: But
tcrcrush Lettuce, Emerald
Cross Cabbage, Hercules Win
ter Squash, Greyzini Summer
Squash and Executive Snap-
bean. There is very little otn-
er information avunaoie re
garding the climate and soil
requirements of these new
vegetables. Usually the seed
companies can provide this in
formation in a limited way.
The experience of practical
vegetable gardeners over a
season or so is necessary to
fully understand the complete
requirements of these crops.
It may be several wecKS
yet before the weather is suf
ficiently warm to permit peo
ple to take part in outdoor
snorts. It seems that we may
be entering a period when the
usual winter indoor sports
have been used up. Such items
as the deer herds, area zoning,
school consolidations and the
elections are worn out. What
is needed is a new item for
amusement.
Perhaps a movement to con
solidate a school district with
irrigation district might
supply sufficient entertain
ment to tide the area popula
tion through until outdoor
sports are in order. It can be
predicted that consolidations
of anything will prove un
popular to the majority of
people. Every district has of
ficers and employees who de
fend their jobs but in an in
direct way so that it is never
clear that they are fighting to
retain their positions as such.
When your territory is being
threatened by someone, elect
him to an office in your deal
nd the threat will not only
disappear but you will have
gained an ally.
Poultry Future
Bright for Grads
Yreka Heads of poultry
departments in a number of
west coast colleges have re
ported they have had many
opportunities to fill positions
with persons trained in poul
try, according to Bill Ruddi
man, Siskiyou county farm
advisor for 4-H.
These positions include
sales and service, farm man
agers, market news reporters,
agricultural statisticians, and
agricultural inspectors.
'There is an opportunity
for 4-H members who go on
to college in the poultry
field," Ftuddlman said.
By DOTTIE HARBISON
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Recent surveys and obser
vations reveal that the west
ern jack rabbits, believed to
be of the lesser intelligent
group of animals, have chang
ed their living habits to aid
their own survival.
Contrary to the popular be
lief that the rabbit is decreas
ing in population surveys in
dicate an increase in the past
few years. The decrease of
dead rabbits seen on the pub
lic highways has absolutely
no authoritative proof to up
hold the decreasing popula
tion Idea. According to natur
al scientists in the area, the
rabbit has became educated
to highway traffic since the
increase of population and use
of speedier automobiles in the
valley.
A large percentage of the
rabbits have migrated further
into the hills along with the
rest of the wild animals with
a noticeable cross breeding
of the western Jack rabbit, the
cottontail, and the snow shoe
rabbit. The snow shoe rabbit
originally inhabitatcd the re
gions from the 3,500 to the
4,000 foot elevations previous
ly with all of them now rang
ing very high in the moun
tains. Educated Rabbits
The law of survival has
educated the rabbits still liv
ing in the valley to change
their eating habits from early
evening and daylight to night
time. They have, as have the
deer in recent years, estab
lished regular highway cross
ing points in protected areas.
During the daytime a few rab
bits may be seen in the fields
and brush areas where fewer
people and traffic threaten
their lives but for the main
part, they take refuge in hol
low logs, brush piles and bur
rowed holes until night falls.
They have learned to stay
away from the dangerous
highways. Like other animals,
they have established a pat
tern for crossing these thor
oughfares for food and water
during the lesser traveled
portion of the day.
According to Klrby Tant,
who has served as a govern
ment hunter and trapper for
several years, along the foot
hills the rabbits may be seen
coming out of their hiding
durins the night lust as nu
merous as ever. The rabbit is
known to feed mostly on. veg'
etable food, grass, twigs
clover, lettuce, cabbage, and
on the bark of many trees,
leaving tell-tale tracks and
trails easily seen on the hills
and fields.
F. J. Clifford says some peo
ple are familiar with the de
crease in the rabbit and squir
rel population about every
seven years that comes about
through epidemics.
Since rabbits start breed
ing at six months, they have
from four to 12 per litter and
several litters a year, it docs
not take the population long
to again reach large propor
tions. At one time western
Oregon was so over-populated
with rabbits that a hunt
or drive killed thousands in
one day to help eliminate
them.
Increase Noted
I , would think there is
more of an increase than a
decrease in the rabbit popu
lation from working in the
mountains where I can ob
serve them, noted Harry
Hanscom.
Hanscom has worked as a
logger for many years, has
tramped the hills to hunt, fish
and camp and is considered a '
scientist on all types of na
ture. He went on to note that '
the rabbits are a little bit
smaller in size than a few
years ago but agreed to their
change of living habits and
their cross breeding.
Charles Hoover found proof :
of this same survival change
when all of his seeder trees
disappeared during the night
when he planted them on the
dessert before many homes
were built. The more he put
out the more rabbits came
during the night to devour
them.
A search of the entire des
ert area during the daytime
revealed only their trails and
tracks. Success was finally,
reached in growing the trees ;
when Hoover discovered that
he could cover them with .
plastic until the trees were at
least two years old.
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The course is designed to
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"Irrigation water man
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