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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1963)
Alfalfa Weevil Feature of Talk To Farm Bureau By CHARLOTTE DAVIS Montague Correspondent Monlague - Dave West from the Yreka farm advisor, gave a demonstration on the alfalfa weevil to the Shasta Valley Farm Bureau when it met at the Montague clubroom on Tuesday, May 21. A potluck dinner preceded the meeting and while the la dies cleared the tables he men went to the Norman Shaw ranch north of Montague to observe the 152 test plots on a five-dire area. Samples were taken for the demonstra tion later. West pointed out the weevil menace has been prevalent in the county for some five years. The alfalfa crop here is valued at about S3 million and can be cut as much as half ' if the condition is not curbed. Utmost cooperation between the rancher and his office is urged. . West showed specimens of various stages of the insect, namely the adult, eggs, larvae and the cocoon. He also show ed charts of the life cycle and the action of the pest. He had samples of clear alfalfa, which had been treated with hepta chlor, and some that was un treated and had beon attacked. Also shown was a sample of alfalfa infested by a stem nematode, clearly illustrating the stunted results. Where this condition exists the only solu tion is to plow the crop under and replace it with Lahontan, a stem nematode resistant variety. If heavy infestation is noted at this lime of the year (which is three weeks before the normal harvest of forage) eith er early cutting is recommend ed, or in some instances, light pesticide application. West stated. The only natural enemy of the alfalfa weevil is the Bathyplectes Wasp which has been brought in from Oregon, but not enough can be ob tained to do any substantial good. The business portion was conducted by Gary Townley, the center vice-chairman, in the absence of John McMurry, chairman. Various legislative matters were read and dis cussed. Mrs. George Fiock gave a few highlights of the trip to Hawaii which she and Mr. Fiock and four other local people made. Mrs. Roy Town- ley gave a humorous reading, "The Gusher." It was noted that the bal loting for Wheat Marketing any way you slice it... nt n a 7n rn rn UJ UZAd U Ui VV Li protects it better for less Guards fruit finish and inferior quality from insect damage with unsurpassed effective ness -and now a new low price results in lower cost per acre. Outstanding broad spectrum control of most structions. One of the safer phosphate msec- maior insect pests on most fruit crops. Sim- ticides. Diazinon spray drift to forage crops phfies spray schedules, long residual action, presents no milk or meat residue problems. May be used dose to harvest-follow label in- THE BEST PROTECTION YOU CAN BUY-NOW COSTS LESS Now Diazinon offers you effective protection for less cost per acre. Order Diazinon today. Available in new more concentrated formulations-Diazinon 50W (50 wettable powder) ana MIST JSmcuiTUIUl CtMlULS Property Tax Farmer's Responsibility The farmer will have to take the initiative to get any property tax relief, Lou Nor ris, Salem, director of tax and legislation for the Oregon farm bureau, told Jackson County Farm Bureau mem bers recently. Another raise in property tax is anticipated next year, he predicted. Referring to ta bled bills, Norris pointed out it takes only five votes to get them on the floor. This longest session is his first session, he remarked. Working in the legislature is an interesting experience. Above all, he learned farm ers must stand together and this they have done well the past months. Lots of bills still need agriculture's attention and help. Seven of the nine dairy princess contestants were present with their chaperones, Mrs. Jack Boerma, Grants Pass; Mrs. Russell Johnson, Rogue River, and Mrs. Harry Kimball, Applcgate. Mrs. Kimball introduced the can didates and each gave a brief sketch of her background and future plans. Hereford Group Assists Juniors The Oregon Junior Here ford association will hold its field day at the Lost River ranch near Klamath Falls Sat urday. The judging contest will in clude 15 members from the newly formed Rogue Valley Junior Hereford association plus 4-H and FFA contestants. Purpose of the junior group sponsored by the American Hereford association is to start those interested in the cattle business with good cattle, Cal Ore Hereford Association President Eddie Meeker, Phoe nix, explained. The Rogue Valley juniors held their first meeting Sun day at Richard Ireland's Here ford ranch at Valley View near Ashland. A judging team was select ed for the Saturday event. New officers elected were Jary Hansen, 15, Eagle Point, president; Hugh Charley, 15, Central Point, vice president; Mant Hansen, 12, Eagle Point, secretary-treasurer, and Dar ren Dow, 15, Eagle Point, re porter. Howard Hansen, Eagle Point, is advisor. Quota Referendum netted 12 favorable votes and 80 "no" votes from the Shasta valley balloting area. Cline Soule, Larry Walters and Gary Townley served on the board. I Diazinon aijduu i io., gn. tmumimraj, erf m M thriMcttl Iw m4m fftHi1 . i er r.i en"" w Relief The candidates' comments on how to promote dairy products were: Rita Lasater, Grants Pass, "Milk is Nature's most per fect food and there should be continued research on promo tion." Elizabeth Clark, Medford, "Play down the idea of strong and healthful, and play up the energy and attractiveness to get teen-age girls to drink milk!" Kay Stephenson, Eagle Point, "More emphasis should be placed on dairy products as dietary foods in the trend to diet." Barbara Burnett, Grants Pass, "No other food has so many healthful constituents and producers should be loyal to their products." Alice Kuitcrt, Grants Pass, "Dairies should be clean and attractive. Plaques should be given dairymen for maintain ing certain standards." Carol Webb, Grants Pass, "Have spent the past three years on a dairy farm. They have been the most enjoyable years of my life. Milk should be glamorized and the cow should be made a child's per sonal friend." Margaret Lewman, Grants Pass, "Producers should ad vertise by cartoons in all me dia keeping up with current events. Moon shots are noth ing new. We all know the cow jumped over the moon. June is dairy month, but milk is important all year. Georgia Hubbard, Eagle Point, and Carol Martin, Cave Junction, were attending col lege 4-H NEWS Snappy Cooks The Fun to Sew club met with the Snappy Cooks at the last meeting. A member of each club told what the mem bers were doing. Corinne Florey did a dem onstration of baked crispy ap ples and Jen Parrish did a demonstration of salads. The foods prepared were served as refreshments and a game was played. Corinne Florey, Reporter. Elephant Races Planned at Portland Portland - (UPD The Port land Rose Festival is going to have something different this year - elephant races, The races, according to an announcement made Monday, will be a feature of the Rose Festival Memorial Coliseum here June 11-16. (ft NSECTICIDE 'U ' i'. ' MEDFORD ATTEND PEAR MEETING A large dele gation of Rogue river valley winter pear growers and shippers attended the 32nd an nual meeting of the Oregon-Washington-California Pear bureau in Portland, May Lowry Gets Office In Pear Bureau Portland - David B. Low ry, Medford, was elected first vice president of the Oregon Washington - California Pear bureau, at the bureau's 32nd annual meeting in Portland May 22-24. He was among a large dele gation of pear growers and shippers from the Rogue Riv er valley who attended the sessions. Medford Area trustees of the bureau are R. W. Gray, Howell B. Murphy, Donald Root, Floyd Baker and J. J. Finegan. James E. Klahre, general manager of the Apple Grow ers association, Hood River, was reelected president. Rich ard A. Patterson, Portland, was renamed secretary-treasurer and general manager. The bureau is one of the na tion's oldest and largest vol untary marketing organiza tions. The bureau represents some 3,000 growers and ship pers on the west coast. Frank Coleman, Yakima was named second vice pres Residue Testing Set For Coming Salem - The weather is is getting the blame again! This time it is for the slow start on the testing for chem ical residues on raw truck garden products by the Ore gon department of agriculture laboratories. Chief Chemist J. D. Patter son says the problem is that weather conditions have de layed these commodities so much that there aren't many coming onto the market. Soil Conservation Week Observance Planned inOregon Corvallis - Supervisors of Oregon's 60 Soil Conservation districts are making final ar rangements for the observance of Soil Stewardship Week May 19 to 26, reported Arthur S. King, extension conserva tion specialist at Oregon State university. Sponsored by the Oregon Association of Soil Conserva tion Districts, this year's pro gram will follow the theme "We Turn Our Eyes to the Future." State chairman is Merritt "Bud" Parks, Fort Rock rancher and member of the State Soil Conservation committee which has held quarters Bt OSU. Observance of Rural Life Sunday or Rogation Sunday in Oregon churches on May 19 opened the week. These services traditionally empha size the spiritual values in rural living. Local Activities Local activities are bring planned by the individual dis tricts. Many hosted ministers of their communities at a spe cial breakfast or dinner and gave them an "on the spot" look at the work aimed at conserving the state's soil j and water resources. Special tours for school chil-; dren and other programs also are being planned. Many dis tricts will have special win dow or library displays built around the conservation theme. Noting the observance. Gov. Mark O. Hatfield urged all citizens to take part in the week-long observance, point ing out that "it is up to u as good stewards to develop the potential richness of our soil and water resources for we are placing greater dc rr?nds upon these resources than at any previous lime in history." MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOhD. ident; Harold E. Copple, We Calif., fourth vice president, and J. A. Hodapp, Placerville, Calif., four vice president. Richard A. Glaspey, Portland, was reelected assistant-secretary and assistant general manager. Mrs. Helen Kjome, Portland, was renamed assist ant treasurer. Crop Forecast A winter pear crop fore cast for the 1963 season show ed that, despite rugged early spring weather In the grow ing areas, a pack out of 4, 179,662 boxes can be expect ed. This is considerably less than the pack-out of 4,835,040 in the marketing season just ended. This year's forecast is almost similar to the 1961-62 pack-out of 4,123,853 boxes. . Of the winter pear varie ties, 3,243,320 boxes of D' An ions are forecast, compared with 3,754,817 last year. The Rogue valley expects to pro duce 500,000 boxes of D'An jous and 400,000 boxes of Bosc. This year's total pack out of Bosc is expected to be 648,230. Season However, the department Inspectors have been sampling those few moving into market channels, catching most of them in the fields as they are prepared for market. And, there is a bright side to the gloomy picture none of the products tested have shown actionable residues. The testing equipment, a new gas chromatography and the standard paper chroma tographic process, are being used on raw truck garden pro ducts for the first time this year. The sensitive testing instru ments are ready to operate but to date minor amounts of rhubarb, spinach, asparagus and radishes are all that have been available for testing. In preparation for the strawberry season the labor atory is now tooling up for testing of the berries for cap Han residues. This chemical is used as a mold and rot pre ventive. The new residue testing equipment was acquired last year, but too late in the sea son to test the truck garden products. It has not been sitting in the laboratory idle, however. Instead the department has concentrated on residues in dairy products. In April the dairy tpsling resulted in the finding of one milk sample that contained methoxychlor. A repeat sam ple showed the milk free of any actionable material. Pat terson said a check of the cause had revealed the pres ence of methoxychlor to be temporary and to have rcnull cd from an extra heavy dust ing of the cattle. Besf Vegetables In OSU Publication Corvallis - Vegetable vari eties best suited for Oregon home gardens arc listed in a new Oregon Stale universi ty circular. The recommendations are made by OSU extension spe cialists in horticulture, bot any, plant pathology, food sci ence and home economics and are based upon research, prac tical experience and nberva tion. Most varieties are rec ommended for all of Oregon, but some exceptions are made for high altitude and other specialized conditions. PAINT SPRAYERS for RENT it A io Z Rental U11 N. R...n,d. 77 1474 OREGON 22-24. From left: Howell B. Murphy, Joe Naumes, past president; David B. Lowry, elected first vice president: Floyd Baker, Paul Culbertson, Harold Holmes, Wallace M. Hamilin and Dunbar Carpenter. fjjjjjjjijjjB FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLETT A recent news release from Washington, D.C., indicated that Interior Secretary Stuart L. Udall told Congress that pesticides are threatening both nature and man. This one statement should be sufficient to have Mr. Udall removed from office. In the first place it is rather difficult lo see what Mr. Udall has to do with pesticides in any direct way that would have an immediate bearing on either man or nature. In the second place It is rather difficult for the think ing taxpayer to justify Mr. Udall's department at all, let alone his opinions regarding matters that properly belong in other cabinet departments. The Department of Agricul ture should have the opinions and be the final authority in regard lo the pesticide prob lem. While we are on the subject of government it may be well to recognize that the number of government employees has increased at about four times the rate of the population of the country. In Oregon, for instance, the number of slate employees has increased by 55 per cent during recent years while the population has only shown an increase of from five to 15 per cent. School Districts Locally the school districts are freely voting for bond is sues that are bound to in crease property taxes, The excuse for such bond issues take several forms. The one that is questionable is the one that indicates that all of the able teachers are going to leave the district. 11 is true that a few teachers will leave a given district. They do each year regardless of pay sched ules. Most thinking people would not be against a pay raise if we could get em ployees or teachers who were worth Ihe increase. The facts are that the same old teachers andor employees that you could not force to go someplace else are the ones who get the Increases In pay. Incidentally this statement ap plies to the entire state. The legislature habitually cuts the governor's budget. They then submit lo the irate state em ployees and restore the cuts The legislature is not group of politicians or states men. They are largely a bunch of small town lawyers who see immediate fees from law dis putes rather than any long range consideration as lo the welfare of the entire state. Finally, the wneat growers want the government out of their portion of agriculture. When more of the farm com modity groups are willing to make such a decision, we will all benefit. Death Penalty Bills Near Final Approval Salem - H'PH - A pair of mr-a sures asking voters to abolish the death penalty In Oregon nearcd final legislative ap proval today. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coart or unpalatable rougha. will mate a bat for t modern balanced ration that you can faad with little labor and no wattage. The increased meet or milk pro duced will five you mail mum returm en imell ceth Investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Ron lent, Medford GARDENING TIPS By JOHN McLOUGHLIN County Agent Elm Leaf Betlt Now is the time to apply a spray for the control of the elm leaf beetle. This beetle feeds on the elm leaves and skeletonizes them. This causes a premature leaf fall which weakens the tree and makes it more susceptible to attack by other insects and disease. The adult beetle can now be seen flying around wher ever elm trees are planted. This beetle is about U inch long, yellow to olive green in color, with a black stripe along the margin of each wing. The eyes are black and the antennae and legs are yel low. Spraying with a high pres sure sprayer will give the best control of this beetle. Two pounds of DDT 50 per cent wcttable powder and one and one-half quarts of mala thion 57 per cent emulsion concentrate to 100 gallons of water will give good control. For the home garden type sprayer use two tablespoons of DDT 50 per cent wettable powder or four teaspoons of DDT 25 per cent emulsion concentrate and one table spoon of malathion 57 per cent emulsion concentrate. Ordinarily one spray con taining the above materials will prevent serious damage to elm trees for the remainder of the season. Where severe infestation is noted a second spray should be applied when a buildup of the beetles is noted. Applet and Pears Spray now for the control of fruit worms and aphids on apple and pear trees. Use one heaping tablespoon DDT 51) per cent wettable powder plus one tablespoon of Malathion 57 per cent emulsion concen trate to a gallon of water. This spray should be applied again on June 5, June 25, July 25 and Aug. 15. If you have not already done so, begin to thin your apples and pears. Thinning will increase the size of the fruit and improve its quality. Apples and pears may be thin ncd to a single fruit per spur, If you have a lawn that's . . . , like most . We suggest a Sunbeam electric rotary mower with all the con venience and dependability of electricity it starts at the flip of a switch, it's powerful, yet lightweight. Hangs flat for con venient storage. $7095 Cat. No. RE184 '9 rut l -iU5rri?2a? Cat. No. G750B Self Cat. No. G850B Free your pride we have a Sunbeam power mower just right for you! HUBBARD BROS., Inc. Main and Riverside TUESDAY, MAY 28. spacing them six lo eight inch es apart. The disease causing the death of Lawson Cypress is a soil borne disease called Phylophlhora root rot. This disease spreads from one plant to another through the soil. Some camellias, spruces, rho dodendrons and pines are also affected by this disease. The fungus Invades the roots of the plant and spreads into the lower part of the main trunk. It kills all the plant tissue as it advances. The first foliar symptom In the blue cypress varieties is the gradual disappearance of the blue color until only the green color remains. Then the foliage begins to fade to a tan or light brown and il becomes crisp and dry. The only foliar symptom in the green varie ties is a gradual fading of col 'Not-a Weei n i YrrAll!. fA BERMUDA JIBGMISI . . ''I:.. i ,' ,r .ii j Propelled Wheeling $11995 and joy.. Our 79th Year I9S3 or until the plants are tan or light brown and dead. When the weather is cool and damp, these color change may develop over a period oC several months, but if the weather is hot and dry the entire sequence may occur in two to Ihree weeks. There is no known cure for this disease. The only control is to use plants that arc re sistant to this root rot. A list of the resistant plants and more information on the dis east is in a bulletin available from the County Extension office. Subscribers To report improper r non delivery of the Mall Tribune in Medford, phone 772-l41; Aah Und call at 416 Bridge at., or phone 482-3002; Yreka, phone) Victory 2-2898 before 6:43 pnt daily and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive ahortly after you call plcnne notify office, thua eliminating penal meatenger service. m K. . JL. i-tk . aft , T . 1 . . T than most . . . We suggest a Sunbeam gas ro- tary mower that cuts through the thickest grass easily, mows big, sprawling lawns in a hurry. It's self-propelled all you do is steer it while its blade cuts a wide, 20-inch path. ComploU with grassbag. Then we suggest keeping it in trim with a new Sunbeam gas reel mower. The truly automatic reel mower raise the handle to go, lower it for free wheeling. 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