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TUESDAY. troublesome By Department of Agriculture Salem - Oregon farmers muit wage a never ending war against pests that attack their crops either through the soil or by direct assault on the plant. Spray and dusting pro grams have been found ef fective in controlling most of these enemies of Oregon agri cultural crops. But there are some that are harder to con quer. Farm & Timber Crop By Farm Bureau Group Br CHARLOTTE DAVIS Mail Trlbuna Correspondent Montague - Three Univers ity of California agricultural extension specialists shared In presenting a program to the 17th annual winter party of the Siskiyou County Farm Bureau members and guests Saturday evening, March 2 at the Montague auditorium, a pot-luck dinner served to some 800 people preceeded the program. "Wild Land Resources - A Sleeping Giant" was the sub ject of the talks given by James Gilligan and Ed Gild- Peach Varieties In New Bulletin Corvallis-A comprehensive review of peach varieties best suited for Oregon orchards is presented in a new Oregon State university bulletin en titled "Peach Varieties for Oregon." Published by the OSU Agri cultural Experiment Station, the bulletin is designed pri marily for the commercial grower. It does, however, con tain a handy listing of varie ties which are best for those one or two trees that many people want to plant in the backyard. To help growers find the right one, the publication re views standard commercial varieties, promising new va rieties and varieties for proc essing. Commercial growers will find all varieties listed in a handy guide for selection in cluded in the bulletin. The guide gives the average ripen- ing date and describes flesh color and the best use for the fruit. FREE CHICKS! TOMORROW ONLY 10 FREE Baby Chicks Given to each adult (Brine your ewn container) Wctti, nnRDru At Our New location: 4th and Fir Street Phono 773-8444 Want Dodder-free Alfalfa Crops? DACTHAL can help make it possible Dec thai U tht ntw pro-emergence herbicide, epprovod for use en alfalfa for seed purposes, thai givai xctllfrtt control of dodder, annual gratioi, green foxtail, yellow foxtail, purslane, Johnson trait (from teed), common chick weed, lembtquarters, barnyard gran, red root pigweed and nodding ipurgt. Odorltit and non-irritating? Recognised at ona of th aaf ttt commercial herbicides. Packaged ai 75 S v ttt bit powdar. Dacthal harbic.de It a product of Diamond Akall company, Dac thai li available at your local farm supply .tore and thould be applied now before dodder and ether weed teedt germinate. L. H. Butcher Co. 690 South Grape, Medford Phone 773-7585 MARCH 12. 1963 Pest List Released The Oregon department of agriculture's list of some nf the most troublesome pests in 1962 includes: Symphylans - A minute pearly white pest resembling a centipede that is found in the soil and attacks both the roots and tubors in the ground or any part of the plant touch ing the surface of the ground. This docs an estimated $2, 000,000 damage yearly and Garden Discussed en, extension toresiers irom Berkeley and James Street, extension range improvement specialist from Davis. The three speakers pointed out the possibilities of income on privately owned lands. They emphasized that, since a timber crop was cut only once or twice in a lifetime, extra cauti onshould be taken in harvesting it. Several esti mates should be made and the consulting of knowledgeable neocle in the field was a wise step to be taken. All dealings should be in writing Before operations are begun. Slides of Siskiyou County operations were shown and cxplaned. Tree Farming Christmas tree farming was discussed and again slides were shown of actual opera tions in existance here. Safe practices to be followed in this field of endcaver includ ed the selection of the most wanted trees and the time of growth periods for various varieties. In some areas, mar keting of Christmas trees is done by letting the custom ers cut their own trees in the fields. This means of harvest ing has been proven very pop ular in some areas where growing fields are accessible to public roads. Utilization o f marginal lands for recreation for hunt ing clubs, cabin sights and other multiple use projects was covered by the speakers. Presentation of "Outstand ing Young Farmer of Siski you County" was made by Dan Girdncr, Jr., State vice- president of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce to George Edwards of Fort Jones, who also acted as master of cere monies. Edwards won the honor over five other appli. cants. Communtly "'"glng was led by Warren 'Pop" Behnkc, with accoompa.ument by Mrs. Ray Townley. Norman Bagu lcy gave a humorous rending in dialect on "How About This Now?" concerning how much he would be paid for not raising pigs. To empha size his point he brought live piglets on the stage. In Program Roger Zwanzlgcr, the coun ty president of Farm Bureau took part in the program as did Joe Allen. "Food for Youth" winners, Ronda El- Icr and Linda Klinglcr were recognized, though Linda was not able to be present. Virgil Tuman, a soophomore at the College of the Slsklyous, was also present. He attended a young leaders' conference at Asilcmar. Mrs. George Flock was general chairman for the din ner. Her chief assistants were Mrs. John McMurry, Mrs. John Archibald, Mrs. Chnrlcs Peekham and Mrs. Klcth Whipple. Dancing to the music of the Yreka high school orchestra concluded the evening's fun. has infested over 30,000 acres of prime agricultural land. Control measures are expen sive and are not always ef fective. Fruit Fly Cherry fruit fly - This in sect is responsible for wormy cherries but can be controlled by a spray or dusting pro gram timed to start with the emergence of the fly and con tinued until harvest time. Be cause of the control, losses are at a near zero level in this crop which was valued at 7,877,000 in 1962. Codling Moth - Effective control methods have been found for this moth which is probably the most trouble some pest in apples and pears in this century. The depart ment of agriculture estimates that over 50 per cent of the apple and pear crop, valued at $37,178,000 in 1962, would be unmarketable without ef fective controls. Filbert worm - This is a pest almost restricted to this state, as it is the major com mercial filbert area, with the state crop valued at $3,256, 000. Sprays and dusts applied before the worm enters the nut can control this pest. Without control the loss would be at least 25 per cent. Damages Pears Pear psylla-This is a rel atively new pest in Oregon pear acreages and a serious threat. It must be controlled each year to protect the fruit quality. Two-spotted spider mites- An increasingly ' important pest on a variety of crops from fruit trees, alfalfa and berries to specialty crops like mint and hops, this mite is more closely related to spi ders than insects. The damage from this pest is difficult to assess, but the control costs run into the thousands of dol lars yearly. An insecticide that does not leave a residue must be used. Grey garden slug - This slug, familiar to many garden ers, finds wet weather to its liking. It docs its eating at night and is a serious threat to vegetables, strawberries and seedling legumes in the Wil- lamotte valley. It also invades home vegetable gardens and flower gardens. Cabbage maggot - Chemi cals placed in the soil wcte once very effective in the con trol of this maggot, but it has become resistant to those cncmicais mat once Have such good control. This is par ticular true In the north Wil lamette valley area. The cab bage maggot does not confine Its attack to cabbage but it is also a threat to such crops as cauliflower, brusscl sprouts and broccoli, whose values total over $1.5 million dol lars. Corn carworm - A bane to corn production that last year was valued at $4,000,000, this worm can be controlled, but the most effective Insecticide Is very destructive to honey bees. The only good means of control is getting the insect icide on the tasslcs. And, the time when the control should be undertaken is the time when bees arc gathering corn pollen. Alfalfa lnoper - This tiny green pea-sized catcrpillcr is plaguing the green pea in dustry. It creates havoc when it appears in the processing operations. The size, weight and color so closely approxi mates peas that it defies sep. aration. Control is expensive, for constant care is necessary 10 Keep incse animal contam Incnts out of the $5,000,000 pea crop and an insecticide must be used that leaves no residue. American farmers now use about the same acreage as in 1920, but only half as many man-hours of labor. Proper Labels Help Insure Protection By RAY HUBBELL Wood Control Supervisor The season will soon be here when the use of pesti cides for weed, insects and other pest control will be con sidered. A word of caution regard ing the purchase and use of i these many pesticides. For ! your protection, all govcrn I mcnt agencies, chemical com ! panics and we who are con I cerned In the safe use of these chemicals urge that you read the label. Oregon law requires manu ! facturers of pesticides to la i bel their products with ade i quale Instruction for their ! safe and effective use. To in sure your having this vital ; Information the law states: "No person shall sell a pesti cide except In the manufar turcr's original unbroken J package." ! For safety's sake, your own j and your neighbor's protec tion, use only those materials that arc properly labeled. La- bels have been referred to as the costliest literature ever written. One can appreciate . ; this fact knowing the years of ! ! research and the thousands of , dollars spent evaluating these i pesticides before the labels MEDFO'.D Chit By JOE Mail Tribune Through vales of grass and their furrows made. John Such poetical lines as these made city folks think of farming as an idyllic past-time. They think of plows rip ping through rich, black soil. Of downy, yellow ducklings waddling down to a picture glass pond behind their mother. Of waking to the thrill of meadow lark or raucous crow of rooster on barnyard fence. mounds of hay. All these things do they imagine without realizing that American agriculture and the American farmer are pre cariously balanced on the sharp horns of dilemma. It was farming which drew the wagon-train pioneers to this country and which built the Oregon country later to be split into the states of Washington and Oregon. Yet when the state's leaders talk of economic growth and advancement they think space metals etc. Rarely, unless sight, do they see the needs here agricultural industry. agriculture is still one of the What is the dilemma? out of line. Marketing problems are serious. We have heard local farmers say they could really receive much higher return per dollar from the stock market or from investment in industry than from what buildings and machinery. Often we hear: "I made a profit if you don t figure my labor Not long ago we heard a state legislator and man returned to the soil remark, "Reno? Las Vegas? Balls of fire, man, in the world right here on the statistics bear him out. In $412.6 million worth of cash Oregon s farmers gambled three dollars for every dollar received. The average salary $2,650. The average cost of now figured at $7,000. Food costs a factory worker ago. But, while reducing food the farmer must pay more 13 minutes for a loaf of bread five minutes; 16 minutes for 6 minutes for the factory worker; 52 hours for a man's suit compared to 20 hours by the Yet, farm land values are subdivisions and from purchase ers. A 1960 survey in Benton county on 42 farm sales revealed only eight were purchased by county 16 farm operations were acres each and were rated by from a tax standpoint, as above average operations. Total taxable cash value was $1,546,948. They included horti culture, row crops, livestock, dairy and general farming. This sizeable investment provided 19 jobs of which 16 were of the managerial class with average pay of $1.48 an hour. Combined operating loss was Money for land, buildings of the cash outlay. As local bankers will tell you, too many farmers do not allow sufficient operating capital. This is a mistake frequently made by valley newcomers. They are forced to sell out and leave, farm real estate goes up and are faced with this problem. Frequently we have heard a local educator say the schools are going to have to rely on some other means of support than the property tax. You can bet the farmers will be leading the revolt against increased property taxes if and when such a .revolt occurs, i , . . As population Increases in the state more school facili ties must be provided. Yet this population increase in Ore gon is not in the cities. Most of it is outside central cities, according to the 1960 preliminary census. One-third of Ore gon's population lives outside rural areas. And only 43,000 farmers 944 rural people. But the farmer pays more local taxes since he owns more property to be taxed. The non-farm country resident pays most of his income through income taxes to support state and federal governments. Think on this. The property 1844 when nearly everyone was a farmer. And now only a small percentage of the state's population are farmers. County assessors don't like the Green Belt zone law. Marion county has lost considerable tax revenue where land In farming zones was devalued tax wise, they point out. It involves too much book keeping. It is unfair since it allows a speculator to lease land for grazing while the land values rise and he can sell and make a killing. There is a proposed amendment to the Grcn Belt zon ing law now before the legislature. It would more closely define farm uses and set up tax recapture provisions once the land reverts to non-farm use. But, fair or unfair, practical or impractical every farmer, rancher and fruit grower in Jackson county should make a thorough study of current proposed legislation affecting Green Belt zoning. They should study other areas where such a law is in effect and other states. They should decide what to do and go ahead and do it. The state legislative interim committee on agriculture recognizes that each county has its particular condition as to its property tax base in relation to demands for services at county level and must be studied separately to see wheth er a Green Belt zone would fit. are accepted and approved by government departments for public use. Label instructions, if care fully followed, will prevent any illegal or harmful residue to food crops it many be used on. and result in a satisfactory control of the pest it was in tended to control. So, again we say READ THE LABEL and follow these important instructions. FRANKLIN CUTTER mm W IT f m West Main Pharmacy Retail Store "Whtre Prescriptions Are filled Up to Standard Not Down to Price" 13S W. Main, Corner MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Chat COWLEY Farm Editor meads of flowers, Our ploughs Greenleaf Whittier. Of children jumping into huge of rocket plants of electronics, they are men of great fore of fostering what is already But such is the dire need since two top industries in the state. Costs of production are way they now have tied up in land and management. former county commissioner, I make the biggest gamble farm! And state agricultural 1961 Oregon farmers produced crops which cost $341.7 million. of 45,000 farm operators was living for a family of four is half of what it did 30 years costs to the factory worker for his food. A farmer works and a factory worker works a quart of milk compared to factory hand. going up from encroaching by out-of-state hobby farm real farmers. In the same studied. They averaged 428 the Benton county assessor, $25,069. and equipment is just part but meanwhile the price of up. And even good farmers are Included among these 593,- tax originated in Oregon in New England Chosen For Film Background Boston -IUPD- New England cities, including Boston, were chosen by producer-director Otto Prominger as starting lo cations for filming of "The Cardinal " starring Curt Jur gens and Romy Schneider. Vienna and Rome also will be used in the picture, based on the best seller about the career of a young priest who rises to a Cardinalship in the period between two world wars. VACCINES! MEDICINALS! INSTRUMENTS! And other supplies to keep your livestock and pets healthy- and wall groomed! of Grape Ph. 772-2330 363 Cattle Sold At Midway Sale; Market Steady A total of 363 cattle were sold at the Midway Auction yard on Friday, March 8. Owner Manager Bill Bray reported the market was steady on stockers and feed ers, but a little higher on slaughter cows. Good to choice steer calves, weighing 350 to 400 pounds brought $27 to $29.90. Calves weighing 400 to 500 pounds sold for $25 to $27.40. Medi um grade calves, 300 to 450 pounds, sold for $23 to $25. Good to choice heifer calv es at 325 to 380 pounds sold for $24 to $26.40. Medium heifer calves brought $22 to $23.50. Good yearling steers sold for $23 to $25.90. Med ium quality yearlings sold for $21 to $22.50. Poor quali ty steers, including some Mex icans, sold for $18 to $20. Good yearling heifers $21 to $23.80. Medium yearling heifers sold for $19 to $21. Holsiein Calves Holstein steer calves sold for $22 to $23.60. Yearling Holstein steers sold for $20 to $21.50. A pen of extra good Here ford springer cows from the Wendt ranch sold for $252.50 each and another pen of heif ers from the same place sold for $235 per head. Good cows with calves sold from $210 to $257.50 per pair. Others sold from $180 to $200. Fat young cows sold for $17 to $18.40. Heavy utility cows sold for $15 to $17.50. Cutters brought $13 to $14.75 and canners $10 to $13. "There will be a special dairy sale at the yard Mon day, March 25 featuring the Mcl Anhorn herd of 56 Guernsey cows and heifers," cray announced. SENTENCED TO DEATH Moscow - IUPD - A city court in Tselinograd sentenced two men to death for producing faulty goods and embezzling factory funds at a city chemi cal plant. The provincial newspaper Kazakhstan Prav da said Monday the condemn ed men were responsible for the production of more than $250,000 worth of faulty goods and embezzled more than $150,000 through phony contracts. For a s SPECIAL NOTE TO CALIFORNIA RANCHERS All our facilities are available to you. As agricultural producers you are invited to in vestigate the advantages of a membership. Come in and get acquainted with the savings and services available to you. Contact our Ashland store at 421 A street in Ashland. Also a full line of seeds and grain for fall planting. Everything in fertilizers, tool SimppHy Assciaitiim Highway 99 CENTRAL POINT Phone 664-1261 or 773-4022 GARDENING TIPS Br JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN Jackson County Extension Agtnt Tuboroio Begonias Now would be a good tune to start your tuberose be gonias indoors for planting outdoors later on. Plant the tubers about one inch apart in slight pockets in container filled with peat moss. Be sure the hollow side of the tuber is facing up when you plant them. A temperature of 70 degrees is good at this early sprouting stage. Keep the peat moss moist, but not soggy. As soon as the sprouts ap pear, place the tubers in light, but not direct sunlight. Too little light and over fertiliza tion at this stage of develop ment will result in leggy plants. Transplanting When the sprouts are about two inches high, transplant the tubers to individual con tainers. A cool temperature of 50 to 55 degrees will help keep the plants compact. Mix a good amount of or ganic matter in the soil to be used. Frequent light fertiliz ing aids in the successful pro duction of quality plants. If the leaves begin to turn light green, the plant needs more fertilizer. Planting Outdoors Set the plants outdoors in a partial shaded or shaded area when all danger of frost has passed. Tuberose begonias can be planted in a position where they will receive some full sunlight. The amount of full sunlight that they will take will have to be determined by trial and error. Remember begonias are one-way facing plants, so plant them with their leaves facing the direction from which you wish to observe the bloom. Since tuberose be gonias make other flowers look pale and insignificant, it is a good idea to plant them by themselves and not in a mixed planting with other flowery plants. House Plants Don't turn all your fancy to the outdoor garden in the spring and neglect your house plants. The leaves of house plants should be cleaned top and bottom once or twice a month with a damp cloth or sponge, or by carefully syring ing the foliage at the sink with water of room temperature. Routine washing of the Complete Feed grange (Giraimge plant will permit the normal functioning of the plant ton- age and will also aid in keep ing plants free from insect pests. Do not syringe the foli age of African violets, glox inias and other hairy-leaved plants. Shaping Many house plants become spindly, weak and unsightly during the winter months. Geraniums, coleus and fuchsias are common exam ples of this. These plants will respond favorably to frequent pinching or cutting back. This will stimulate new shoot growth and result in more symmetrical plants. Wilted flowers and foliage and seed pods should be removed. ORBIT-AIR In both push-type and self-propelled Orbit-Air models, an exclusive feature circulates. grass clippings in an orbit chamber until they're cut to tiny particles. These fine particles are then blown down close to the ground to give nourishment to growing grass. When you use an Orbit-Air, your lawn is beautifully mowed . . . and as clean as a carpet. The Orbit-Air is an excellent leaf-mulcher. too. Safest Mower Mad ORBIT-Alt'S orbit chambor ii complololy rxlotod eliminates danger from objects hurltd by the blade. Choote tht 3-hp Deluxe (puih-lype) ORBIT-AIR, or the 3'i-hp Power-Propelled ORBIT-AIR. We have them... See us today. BIG Y FEED 1948 N. Pacific Hwy. 1 00 Wo manufacture a complete lino of foods for all kinds of folding. Dairy cows and boof hogs rabbits chickens turkeys calm and horses. Alio special mixes and medicated foods. Largo users aro urged to investigate the real savings in using bulk feeds. "grange"" " 4 rf-n co-op -fa '''J CotfDp 421 A Street ASHLAND Phone 482-2143 IRISH LUCK Long Beach, Calif. - (UPD Some local sons of Erin de cided to celebrate St. Pat rick's Day by flying in live shamrocks from Ireland ' to plant in a- park here. Then Monday, it was 'pointed out that the city-owned park lies, saints preserve us, in Orange county. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coarse or unpalatable 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 giv you maxi mum returns on a small cash investment. MORTON MULING CO. 500 Ross lane, Medford the power mowir that mew, titans and mulches in en operation & SEED CO. Phone 773-3160 T Service OP
