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taLLiruHD MAIL 'trUttUMt. MLDrUHD, OHKGON Cal-Ore To Hold Ranch Tour Saturday on Winter Feeding The Cal-Ore Hereford as sociation will hold its annual winter ranch tour starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday The tour starts at Henry Owens' ranch at Bigham rd. and Corey rd. before crossing Dry creek. Other stops will be at the Darrell Stanley ranch off Meridian rd., then to Mer- ton Bradshaw's ranch above Brownsboro, to Bill Bigham ranch on Bigham rd., then to the Albert Straus ranch on the Sams Valley rd. The lunch stop will be at the Stanley ranch. Purpose of the tour is to show ranchers and other in terested persons the different Peaches Require Dormant Spray The dormant spray on peaches should be applied as soon as the weather permits, according to Don Berry, county extension agent. This spray will control scale, aphids and mite eggs as well as aid in the control of peach leaf curl and peach blight. Timing of dormant peach sprays is critical since it should be delayed long enough to catch overwinter ing aphis eggs as they hatch but if delayed too long fails to adequately control peach leaf curl. Commercial peach growers are using 5 pounds of neutral copper plus either 4 gallons of dormant oil emulsion or 2 gallons of superior type oil per 100 gallons of water. For home orchardists V4 pound of copper plus one pint of dor mant oil for each 3 gallons of water is recommended. Be sure to spray trees thoroughly. 57' YEAR 1062 More than $775 Million in Insur ance In force nearly five times 15 years ago and $65 Million gain for year! Growth which is sound and progressive! More than $183 Million in benefits paid since organization $13 Mil lion paid promptly in year and 70 to living policyowners! Serv ice which endures and fulfills obligations! More than $100 Million in excel lent resources with $14 Million in surplus funds and 116 ratio of resources to liabilities ! Strength which provides utmost peace of mind and security! More than $21 Million in total Income with record high net earnings before policyowners' div idends! Evidence of effective man agement which provides still added assurance! More than 14 Increase in policy owners' dividends, set aside for oayment in 1963 which provide Favorable net cost for insurance squal to the best! The mark of a Quality Company! Plans for the future provide unusual opportunities for those capable of high individ ual performance. Those who qualify and have interest should phone or write Agency Manager H. Frank Walters, 33 North Central Ave., Medford, 773-7479 WEST COAST HfE INSURANCE COMPANY HOME OFFICE: SAN FRANCISCO EES 3 types of winter feeding used and to give ranchers a pre view of some of the young bulls which will go to the Cal Ore Hereford association sale this next fall. Farm Sales Good Besides discussing the tour during the Cal-Ore meeting last Tuesday, cattlemen pres ent reported they had held some good farm sales of young bulls and discussed the pos sibility of forming a junior Hereford association. Dick Ireland recently bought some young heifers in Texas which caused a representative of Carnation farms to visit this area to inspect them. Ireland said he found the heifers while delivering some cattle for another rancher. Texans stress hospitality in selling their stock, he noted. During discussions of what FARM Woodlot Facts By DICK OLSON State Farm Forester The big blow of October caused excessive damage to woodlands in certain areas. If your land happened to be hit hard by the wind, here is good news for you. Federal cost sharing may be approved for the removal of wind-blown debris (tree tops, limbs and other wind deposited debris) from woodland, including pil ing and burning where neces sary. Cost sharing is limited to the clean-up operations re quired after salvage opera tions have been completed. Federal cost share is 80 per cent of the costs not to exceed $50 per acre. Any one eligible person may earn up to $1,500 with county ASC office ap proval and up to $2,500 with State ASC office approval. Although this practice ap plies more to the northern part of our State, where the wind damage was much great er, it may be applicable to a few cases in this area. If you have further questions please call your county A.S.C. office or contact your farm forester. Heavy concentrations of de bris should be cleaned up be cause of the insect problem that could follow. With fire season just around the corner, the following chemical analysis, proves to be interesting. Tree growth is the creation of usable wood cellulose through the slow natural chemical known as photosyn thesis. This process combines carbon dioxide, water, and the sun's heat and energy. This is the process with which management practices of the tree farmer and the forester are concerned. Fire reverses this process with astronomical speed and reduces the wood again to its simplest elements. In the first case, energy is being fixed slowly. In the second case, en ergy is being released quickly as the same process runs in reverse. The western Oregon small tract optional tax statute per mits owners of 1,000 acres or less of forest land with tim ber under 60 years, to have their lands classified and tax ed upon the basis of site or productivity of the land. Ap plications for coming under this type of taxation must be made prior to August, 1963 or within one year after the ac quisition of the property. Small owners have been slow to apply for the new classi fication. If you desire more information about the tax or wish an application blank, please contact your farm for ester at the state forestry de partment headquarters, at 5286 Table Rock rd., Central Point, or write P.O. Box 71, Medford, Ore. Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. The pistol said to have been used by Aaron Burr in his duel with Alexander Hamilton is on display at the old Capitol building in Frank fort, Ky. Visit us at our NEW LOCATION-4th & Fir JUST ARRIVED! Dwarf Apple Trees Good Assortment Choose now. Rhododendrons Etcellent variety, choice, hardy, heavily budded. ORNAMENTAL & SHADE TREES Bi Selection! PANSIES & PRIMROSES In bloom So lovtty FREE PARKING PLANT NOW! GARDEN Btcte 4th & Fir Ph. 773-8444 1 We sell every bloomin' thing LatXVtBCMtMaMHMMMHal makes a good organization led by Eddie Meeker, president, frequency of meetings, active participation by a majority of members and strong leader ship were stressed. Classroom Phase 01 FFA Program Aids Farmer, Too Editor's note: This is one of a series of articles writ ten by Tocational agricul ture and FFA students to highlight National FFA week which was celebrated by FFA chapters through out the U. S. last week. By JEFF KEEFE Eagle Point FFA The classroom phase of the vocational agriculture pro gram covers that phase of ag riculture study related to the area of the local community. This study is conducted in the classroom as well as out in the field for high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. In Jackson county every year there are also classes of fered to the citizens of the community by the depart ments of vocational agricul ture who wish to improve their proficiency in farming. These classes are called adult classes. The freshman course cen ters around the use of the project book in which a stu dent learns to keep the rec ords of his supervised farming program. A thorough study in all four years is given in enterprise accounting so a stu dent knows which enterprise is profitable and which one is marginal. In addition to this he studies livestock produc tion and crop production. In the following three years in high school we specialize in specific phases of agricul ture production. More detail ed study of livestock produc tion is given around nutrition, diseases, marketing, genetics, and many other phases of good farm livestock manage ment. In crop production we learn the use of fertilizers, irrigation, weeds, forage pro duction, and usually many field trips are planned, and often a specialist in this par ticular field may be a guest speaker to one of our classes. In our upper class studies we tend to spend more time on farm management and pre paring for the days after high school. Although our course is designed for training farm ers I feel that it is a very fine course giving you training for any occupation. Especially when we hear the statistics that 40 per cent of the work ing population of the United States in connected directly or indirectly with agriculture. 'Stream' Study Made at OSU Corvallis Animals and plants 1 i v I n g in artificial "streams are being studied by Oregon State university scientists in an effort to gain greater knowledge of energy relationships among organ isms living in aquatic communities. The National Science Foun dation is supporting the proj ect. It has just announced a $31,600 grant to continue for the next three years the work headed by Dr. Charles E. War ren, associate professor of fisheries, and Dr. Harry K. Phinncy, professor of botany. Assisting them are Gerald E. Davis, instructor in fisheries, and David C. Mclntire, re search assistant in botany. The long-term project uti lizes trough - like artificial "streams" at OSU's Oak Creek laboratory near Corval lis. By using the artificial "streams," scientists can con trol such factors as water ve locity and temperature, light, and nutrient levels to simu late various stream conditions, Dr. Warren explained. In the "streams," scientists produce a simple plant com munity consisting mainly of algae and then superimpose a "simplified'' animal commu nity on top of the plants. Early Treatment Needed (or Weeds Of Some Varieties By RAY HUBBELL Weed Control Supervisor Most weeds are more easily controlled when they are small. Some grow and ma ture so rapidly that one has to plan to put control meas ures in effect to take advan tage of this fact. If let go the problem increases as does the cost for control. There are several of these weeds in the valley which are easily controlled by this early treatment. One of these is poison hemlock, a biennial plant, mistakenly called wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace or wild parsnip. Poison hemlock, as the name implies, is a poi sonous plant. Mature plants will grow 10 feet tall, have fern-like leaves resembling carrot plants, as do t h e flow ers although somewhat larger. Purple spotted portions gen erally appear on the lower stems and are used as a mark of identification. Early Treatment Teasel, another biennial plant that will respond to this early treatment can be readi ly identified by the seed pods on last year's stalks. Although not paisonous its growth and not poisonous its growth and sirable. These two weeds at this date are small. Both are sus ceptible to sprays of 2,4-D. One and a half gallons per 100 gallons of water with a spreader sticker will kill all the plants that are present. Repeated sprays will be need ed for complete control. Seeds lying in the ground may exist until conditions are cor rect for germination. Ditch and creek banks or along fences, where the ground is not cultivated or worked to bring new seeds to the sur face, control can be achieved by preventing these plants from maturing and producing seeds. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1963 Moles, Gophers Big Problem To Area Gardens "Moles and Gopher Con trol" is the title of Extension Bulletin 804 recently releas ed by Oregon State universi ty, and is available at the County Agent's office, accord ing to Bert G. Wilcox, coun ty extension agent. Moles and gophers are mo bile weeds that cause major economic damage to pastures and hayfields in this area. Identifying the problem moles or gophers is the first step in their control. The key to identification is t h e mound. The mole mound is somewhat conical in shape and not much over a foot in diameter. The hole is not evi dent when you look at the mound. Push the soil aside and you will find it under the center of the mound. The go pher mound fans out from a hole near one edge of the mound. This hole remains plugged while the gopher is in his runway system. The gopher mound is relatively flat, compared to the mole mound, and varies from about one to three feet in diameter. Soil in a gopher mound is usually quite fine. Moles come to the surface occasionally, mainly at night, to search for food, water and nesting material. Migrations may occur overland also. A gopher may spend its en tire life within 100 to 200 yards of its birth place, or may travel as much as a mile. Effective Control Moles and gophers can be controled most effectively by poison baiting, trapping and shooting. Chemicals used in poison ing moles should be odorless and tasteless. Thallium sul fate, strychnine or arsenic compounds are some chemi cals that fulfill this require ment. Sixteen quarts of carrots, parsnips, or sweet potatoes cut into 'SxVax'i inch pieces and dusted with one ounce of strychnine (alkaloid) is an ef fective poisonous bait in con trolling the white toothed pocket gopher of this area. Pilot Inspection Set for Rabbits LAWN MOWER SHARPENING Small Engine Repairing Parts and Service for Briggs Strarton . . , Clinton . . . Lauson . . . and Other COME NOW! AVOID THE RUSH! BIG Y FEED & SEED CO. 1948 Pacific Hwy . North 773-3160 T Salem - To aid in keeping farmers and other interested informed of pending legisla tion relating to the state de partment of agriculture. Di rector J. F. Short lists this group of bills introduced dur ing the first two weeks of February: SB IS would repeal need to notarize inspection fee reports required of dealers in ferti lizers, limes and agricultural minerals. (Requested by the department.) S 103 would remove license requirements for mobile slaughter plants, prohibit sale of uninspected meat in retail markets and require non-processing slaughterers to sell only inspected meat. The first hearing on this developed con cern both for and against. SB 156 would establish a pilot inspection program on poultry and rabbit slaughter for the two years ending July 1, 1965, to determine neces sity and cost of statewide compulsory inspection. HB 1239 on agricultural marketing would prohibit any dealer in agricultural commo dities from specified unfair marketing practices and STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coane or unpalatable roughage will make a bate for a modern balanced ration that yeu can feed with little labor and no wattage. The Increased meat or milk pro duced will five you maxi mum returni en a amall cath investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Ross lane, Medford would be administered by SDA. HB 1303 would require the director of agriculture to sub mit a report to the 1965 Legis lature on a interstate compact providing for regulation of production and marketing of agricultural commodities. HB 1341 would amend the egg law to require licensing of chicken and turkey hatch eries and inspection to deter mine that eggs which have been Incubated do not enter market channels. (Aimed at incubator rejects and pro hibits entry into Oregon of egg meats unless processed in USDA-inspected plants or are from states that prohibit in cubator rejects.) HB 1346 would provide machinery for state marketing orders on agricultural com modities, with SDA to admin ister the act. HB 1376 is a milk stabiliza tion act which would license milk handlers, establish mini mum prices to be paid at the producer level, provide a method of equalization and establish quotas for Indi vidual dairymen. At MHIIUBia) ouppij QUALITY Chimneys BLOCKS (MR Preiffened PHONI 773-4575 Start? to ...mmi Now is the time to order your baby chicks. And to get them off to a fast, vigorous start, nothing will do the job like Purina Chick Startena. It's fortified with ten tiny but mighty boosters, to give your chicks all they're known to need for life and growth. Get your other starting needs Purina Disinfectant, Check-R-Tabs, Tylan, feeders and founts. So for top-quality baby chicks and all your starting needs, drop, by our Checkerboard Store real soon. . ' Farm Store 10th & S. Fir NOW YOU CAN TAKE YOUR INCOME TAX REFUND IN U. SAVINGS BOND For the first time, you can take your income tax refund in Series E United States Savings Bonds. All you have to do is check a box on your 1962 tax return. This is an easy convenient way to hold onto money you liave ahead saved. You won't get any cash which you'd be tempted to spend. Your refund comes as Bonds which will return you 4 dollars for every 3 at maturity. Tens of millions of Americans build their financial strength through U.S. Savings Bonds. And their strength is the strength of the nation so important in these crucial times to us and to free people everywhere. If you have a refund coming on your '62 tax, think it over before deciding how to take It. And when you decide to take it in Savings Bonds, see if you don't feel pretty good about it. Quick facts about U.S. Savings Bonds You get SX interest to ma turity You get your money anytime Your Bonds are replaced free if lost, destroyed, or stolen You can save automatically OB Payroll Savings ' j I 'C'jSS"! ' '''''' ' ' ' 1 The 1962 Tax Return gives you a choice of taking your refund in cash or U. S. Savings Bonds. Full details are in the instruction form. Keep freedom in your future with U.S. SAVINGS BONO! Tks V. S. GovcrHmrnt dart not pay for thi$ advtrtiting. The Treatury Department thanks Tht Advtrtiting Council and thi ntwipaptr or lhir patriotic tupport. 727 W. McAndrewt
