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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FROM
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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