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6 A Pasture Operation Findings Reported Corvallis - For maximum forage production from peren nial grasses, proper manage ment of subclover planted in combination with the grass is a "must," says Dr. D. W. Hed- FROM THE GROUND UP y BART lARTLtTI Daily temperatures have risen some In the local area. Tomatoes still have to, as they have been doing, set 'fruit at temperatures of around 46 to 50 degrees Fab : renheit night temperatures. Local produce of many sorts is now available in the valley. Many families should take advantage of the oppor : tunity to enjoy the products of this area. Many of the items that are in plentiful suDDly now can be preserved. canned, frozen, or pickled for . later use this winter. A local family can be better fed for the next two months for less money than at any other time of the year. It is also good for the local economy when the local produce growers can sell the products of their farms. , This is a good time of year to make some decisions re garding the specimen or shade trees that are to be planted around homes. At this time, one can determine the amount of shade provided by a given species of tree. . It is also easy to determine certain other important facts about shade trees. A very im portant consideration should be whether or not the tree is susceptible to insects and dis eases. In the case of elms in certain' areas, most of the leaves may be gone now due to insect pests. Other trees may be dripping an undue amount of honey-dew all over lawns or anything else that Is beneath them. This is due to thA fnM that irh trM ore well infested by aphids and only expensive sprays will control the pest. Some shade trees are dirty in that they shed leaves, floral parts or bark most of the year. There are clean, disease and Insect free trees and they should be chosen for planting around Jiomes. One such species that should be considered is the horse chestnut or buckeye, Hay fields will often yield a good or better second cut ting of hay if some nitrogen fertilizer is used just after the 'first cutting has been made. Too many hay farmers are still trying to grow hay with water. Pears are somewhat small sized at this time. They may grow relatively fast between now and-harvest time. Pick ing pears t'.iis year will be a major chore. Bumper fruit crops are the easiest ones to harvest as pickers are more content and planning In gen eral is easier. ; , . Bart is especially pleased with the excellent quality of the crops being grown by the Jackson county court at the farm home. The quality claim for the area is all we are proud of however. If it's good to deprive local pro duce growers of this business in order to better feed and "happy up" the prisoners. let s take another look at how some of the same objectives could be met. Let's put some of these men on highway crews and parks maintenance crews. The air is Just as fresh The prisoners should be as busy as in growing farm pro duce. The country Is drown' ing in farm produce NOWI! 4 Pig Canes Coat Dressing Animal Brushes Show Halters & Fly Sprays & Sprayers Water Buckets Other Items! II wrier items: show Supplies J TUESDAY. AUGUST I. 1M3 rick, Oregon State university professor of range, manage ment. Five years of research 'just ended by OSU on manage ment of orchardgrass and sub clover mixtures on improved pastures in Western Oregon shows the need for maintain ing a proper balance between the grass and legume. Hed rick explained that subclover is valuable for two reasons: First, it supplies nitrogen to the grass wherever the legume makes up a substantial part of the stand, and second, it improves the nutritive value of the forage. Close to 80 per cent subclover seems desira ble, he reports. He pointed out that many farmers have been unable- to maintain good grass-legume mixtures because of failure to manage them properly. As a result of the OSU study, Hedrick makes the fol lowing recommendations for maintaining the proper amount of subclover in combi nation with orchardgrass: 1. Remove all material (both green and dry) from the area before fall rains start, 2. If nitrogen fertilizer is added, apply 40 pounds per acre in the spring. Remove heavy roughage at least once a year before Sept. 1 by clip ping or close grazing. 3. Although maximum y i e 1 d s of grass can be ob tained by two clippings or grazings per season, at least three should be used on sub clover. 4. Grazing management and addition of nitrogen ferti lizer have only a slight effect in shifting the proportion of production to an earlier or later part of the growing sea son. ' Therefore, in cases where the spring surplus cannot be used efficiently, carefully 1 m e d grazing or clipping sometime in May can improve quality and acceptability of forage stored on the ground for use later in the summer. For example: close grazing or clipping, from mid-to-late May prevents further grass seed production and Insures leafy regrowth for use in July and August. . 5. Close grazing or cupping periodically, together with adequate phosphate fertilizer, is essential for maintaining productive subclover -grass stands. The OSU study was made on unirrigated, improved hill pastures in the Willamette Valley. Although the study was with orchardgrass-sub- clover, the researcher says he feels that same principles ap ply to management of other perennial grass-subclover mix tures grown under similar conditions. Bakers Advised To Plan Labels Salem-Oregon bakery oper ators are being urged by the Oregon Department of Agri culture to start planning their new bread labels, required un der the bread label and adver tising requirements that be come effective Jan. 1, 1964. . Kenneth Carl, chief of the dairy and consumer services division of the department, has suggested that bakeries submit sketches or black and white label proofs for depart ment examination prior to printing to ascertain that the labels meet all requirements. The bakery law, designed to protect the consumer, re quires that the label give the minimum net weight and have the weight size, such . as "standard 1 o a f," "standard large loaf," "standard extra large loaf," "balloon," "bal loon loaf" or "balloon bread." - H & FFA SHOW SUPPLIES! r j Animal Shampoo II Curry Combs Show Canes Leads We give a 10V Discount to 4-H 4 FFA Members n purchases of Shew Supplies 6th A Bartlett South Fir 10th B Chift By JCE Mail Tribune To the average person Common Market and GATT (Gen eral Agreement on Tariffs little or nothing. However, the GATT negotiations recently, and pending results, mean a great deal to the U. S. fruit industry. If you have relatives back in Georgia or any of the other great southern poultry producing states you have probably heard that broiler prices have dropped seriously due to unfair dis crimination by the Common exports. Pacific Coast fruit shippers, in particular, are watching the U. S. negotiators' .treatment of the poultry discrimination as a trade weathervane. If the finger remains pointed at France and later West Germany, then the U. S. team of negotiators (the trade administrative agency headed by Chris tian Herter) should start retaliatory trade crackdown pro cedures against France. This means that the U. S. can set equally high tariffs against U. S. importation of French wines and cheeses, for example. Although somewhat skeptical when Herter was appointed to head these negotiations earlier, U. S. industry and agriculture now have complete faith in Herter, accord ing to reports. This is the one optimistic note in the current negotiations. That, and perhaps, the earlier settlement of U.S. textile and glass export, Under the new trade expansion act the agency headed by Herter has expanded powers. But, the fruit industry is pressing the negotiating team so fruit can be shipped into Europe in time for the Christmas trade. This means that the fruit must be in Europe or on its way at least by October 'to ripening time, much less time red tape at the overseas end. ' So, the negotiators have about 30 days in which to make their pressure felt, if they are going to do any good for the fruit industry this year. Working behind the scenes tions as he has worked consistently In all other trade mat ters affecting the U. S. fruit industry has been Ray Reter, of Reter Fruit company, Medford. His report to us was somewhat delayed due a flu a stak of mail on his desk which required action first. Ray was gone from May 11 ed a U. S. Export Council meeting in Washington, D. C. Then he went to New York City where he attended a board meet ing of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone company. He at tended a trade council meeting in Geneva,, Switzerland on GATT and Common Market problems, visited in Paris and the export markets of Homburg, Stockholm, London and Helsinki. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) departments of state, USDA, report on the conference is sprinkled with such names as Jack Behrman, assistant secretary of commerce for Inter national trade, Dr. Roland R. Renne, assistant secretary of agriculture, Leonard Weiss, director, office of international trade, state department, John treasury. . . At these meetings Reter detailed the problems of the fruit Industry on exports with emphasis on apples and pears. He stressed the "Kennedy Round" non-tariff barriers including minimum prices, grades and chemicals, the Article Twenty- Three action against France, ing fruit Into European countries, balance of payments and action under Section 292 of emphasized the lack of results Purpose of the ministerial was merely to establish procedures and agenda for the "Ken nedy round" of negotiations in 1964, it was explained. All officials, contacted in U. S. is committed to retaliating bi-laterly against French exports to the U. S. if the French do not lower their non- tariff barriers and tariff barriers. Restrictions on apples and opening dates may have to be phased out, it has been indi cated since the French also have a problem with their own growers. Other nations on the rim of watching to see how successful concessions with France. One has the equivalent of $1 a box duty oh pears to Dec. 31 and $1 a box duty on apples to Jan. 28. This effectively keeps out U. S. pears and apples. It has been the largest single country buying U. S. apples and pears except for the United Kingdom. A five year average ing 390,000 boxes of pears and Once Sweden knocks her other large importer of the U. same. West Germany also used to be a large importer of U. S. apples and pears before Since writing the above, invited representatives of the fruit and fruit products indus try to Washington, D. C, last week. Last Thursday he in formed the industry that the French counter offer is that the U. S. is entitled to compensation per annum for $28,300, 000 worth of products under Article 23. In effect, France has insulted the industry by offering to take $600,000 of canned fruit products in 1965, but not before the Christmas shipping season amount of asparagus, no pineapple or prunes. And, by the fall of 1963 would take 600 tons of apples and pears. The 1963 shipment of apples and pears must grade extra quality and only a limited amount of this will be allowed to enter France in November and December. France will take an equal amount of apples and pears In 1964 and lower the quality required to Class I or U. S. I grade. "The fruit industry considers this a sharp insult after negotiating all these years and is requesting Herter to reject the offer and immediately retaliate sgainst France by restrict ing the U.S. importation of significant and prominent agri culture products from France into the U. S. such as wines and cheeses," Reter said. The fruit Industry In Oregon knows it will have the continued support of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) and congrcs- j sional leaders from other agricultural states whose products have been discriminated against CRATER LAKE MOTORS D. E. GILKSORE SPECIAL Buy At Wholesale! '61 CHEV Impsla 4-Dr., H T., Auto., R. & H., P.S., $1017 P.B., Wn $2099 NOW I Owf lut. Ph. 773-7594 8th A Fir Rat. Ph. 582-3944 Chert COWLEY Farm Editor and Trade) negotiations mean Market against U. S. poultry .. problems. to exert these powers NOW allow for shipping time and for untangling all, the trade in the recent GATT negotia bug picked up in France and to June 26. He first attend arranged meetings with the commerce and treasury. The C. Bulllt, assistant secretary of earlier opening dates for bring the Trade Expansion act. He to date for apples and pears. meeting in Geneva May 16-21 Washington, D. C. agreed the pears based on progressive the Common Market will be the U. S. Is In getting trade of these is Sweden which now ligure shows Sweden import a half million boxes of apples. high tariff down, Norway, an S. fruit, is expected to do the its high tariffs. we have learned that Herter of 1965. This includes a minor by France. National Marketing Education Program Developed by Oregon State Specialists Corvallis - An educational program which will be used throughout the United States to assist directors of agricul tural marketing firms in their roles as company decision makers has been developed by two specialists of the Oregon State University Cooperative Extension service. . Leon Garoian and Arnold Haseley, extension marketing management specialists, have worked for the past two years on the project. The work was done under contract between the Oregon extension service and federal extension service, U. S. Department of Agricul ture. The program marks the first national effort of exten sion to create an educational program for boards of direc tors. It will supplement two e a r 1 ier programs developed Farm & Most Crops Down In Production Corvallis - When the 1963 harvest is over and final counts made, Oregon growers expect to find smaller fruit, nut, vegetable and feed grain crops, but more wheat and hay, reports Mrs. Elvera Hor rell, Oregon State university extension agricultural econo mist. " Apples and walnuts appear to be the only tree crops in the state with prospects for a larger harvest this year, she noted from U. S. Department of Agriculture reports and other' information. Oregon's apple crop may top 1962 by 9 per cent and there may be 17 per cent more walnuts than last year's short crops. This would result in an above-average crop for apples, but still much below average for walnuts, she pointed out. Oregon's peach production looks to be the smallest since 1950. Bartlett pears are only half of last year's record and winter pears may have been cut by nearly a third. Western Oregon's prune crop was practically wiped out by April's poor pollinating weath er. Young orchards in Milton- Freewater will account for the state's .prune crop this year. Poor Pollinating Poor pollinating weather reduced sweet cherries to only about half of 1962's output and sour cherries amounted to only little more than a fourth of last year's record high, Mrs. Horrell noted. Filberts, hard hit by wind last fall, ap pear to be down some 15 per cent, the lowest since 1956. Unfavorable growing weather cut strawberry pro d u c t i o n 11 per cent under 1962 and three per cent below average. Fewer boysen, young and loganberries are expected this year, but more black raspberries and about the same volume of red rasp berries. Snap beans and green peas, two of Oregon's major vege table crops for processing, may also be lower. However, the expected one per cent drop in snap beans would still leave this crop the third larg est of record and a fifth above average, she continued. Green peas may turn out as much as six per cent below last year's near average crop. No estimates are yet available on beets and sweet corn for processing, but beet average is up this year and sweet corn is in better condition than this time last year, Mrs. Hor rell observed. Oregon's late summer po tato crop looks to be six per cent below last year and 11 per cent below average. Fall acreage is down 1000 acres or four per cent from last year. Prospects are for fewer sugar beets in the state. Oregon feed grain produc tion is expected to be down 12 per cent this year, as less oats and barley more than off-set gains in corn. Food grains may be up four per cent, with both wheat and rye topping last year. Oregon's hay crop is placed eight per cent higher o FRANKLIN o CUTTER 4-H FFA MeMkeW Your Ameses' HaeJt t A M u t & Wa Main PHamMc Rtiall V oaTeiNl ImMPd MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON for the management level by North Carolina State College and Purdue University. The major result of the Ore gon project has been the pub lication 6? a manu..l entitled "The Board of Directors in Agricultural Marketing Busi nesses." The manual, to help directors understand the board's role in managing busi ness corporations, will be dis tributed nationally through extension specialists in mar keting and firm management, Material Tested Before the manual was pub lished, the educational ma terial was thoroughly tested by the specialists. Seven dif ferent tests of the subject mat ter were made with different industries and types of boards, both proprietary and coopera tive. The overall objectives of Garden than 1962's slightly above average output. Nationally, as in O r e g o n the weather holds the key to the season's final production even more than usual. Total crop a c r e a g e in the United States is up slightly from last year s record low. The July 1 U. S. forecast called, for more grains, but less hay; a record sugar beet crop and more dry beans and peas, and fewer fruits and vegetables but more nuts. Livestock Market Slow on Feeders Over 800 Pounds Midway Auction yard Fri day, Aug. 2 sold a total of 446 cattle, according to Bill Bray, owner-manager. i "The market was slow on stockers and feeders over 800 pound s," Bray commented. "It was about steady on cows, veal and 600 to 700 pound yearlings. There' was lower interest in low quality stock ers and feeders." "This condition Is a direct r e a c t i o n to the weakening price on cnolce fed cattle," Bray said. Good steer calves sold at $24 to $36.50. Medium steer calves sold at $21 to $24 and common dairy cross steer calves brought $18 to $21. Good to choice heifer calves went out at $22.50 to $25. Medium heifer calves sold for $20 to $22. Good yearling steers, weighing 500 to 600 pounds, sold for $23 to $24.40. Good steers, at 650 to 740 pounds, went for $23 to $23.60. Good steers weighing 750 to 900 pounds sold for $20 to $22.90. Medium grade steers, at 600 to 900 pounds, sold for $18 to $22. Good yearling heifers, sold mostly at $19 to $21.50. The lower quality heifers went out at $16 to $19. Holstein steer calves sold for $21 to $22.80. Yearling Holstein steers went out at $20 to $21.80. Choice veal calves, 300 to 400 pounds, sold for $24 to $25. Far calves, 450 to 600 pounds, went for $23 to $24.50. Young, fat cows sold for $15.50 to $16.50. Heavy util ity cows brought $13.50 to $15.25. Cutters sold for $12 to $13 and canners at $8 to $12.10. "We are expecting a heavier run of cattle from now on," Bray said. "It is now more important than ever to notify us in advance If you are sending your cattle to us so we can contact the proper buyers for your class of cattle. Help us to help you." ILLEGAL TO ESCAPE Vandalia, Ohio -IUPD- The city council Monday night passed an ordinance making it illegal to escape from the city jail. VACCINES! MEDICINALS! INSTRUMENTS! And thtr luppliti e litep your livttfock tnt pttt htjlthy and well ireomtd! Cheek we mUsI Greening ieeelM the training program include helping the director to under stand the board's role in man agement, improve board ef- fectivenes, understand board executive relationships, estab lish effective objectives, goals and policies, appraise plans, establish adequate control and to achieve company growth through long range planning. While the directorate train ing program was developed primarily for boards of direc tors and executive manage ment of farmer cooperative marketing corporations, it has been tailored to meet the needs of boards of other cor porations not organized as co operatives. The specialists believe the subject matter is adaptable to boards of directors in such in dustries as retail and whole sale food distributions, bank ing and credit institutions serving agricultural busineses and other firms in the mar keting and supply channels and service corporations. A companion publication to be used by extension special ists and corporate training directors who work directly with boards of directors was also developed by Garoian and Haseley. Working with the Oregon specialists on the program was Paul Mohn, economist in marketing firm management with federal extension serv ice, who served as contract officer for the project Serving on the consulting committee were George Abshier, Oklahoma State Uni versity; Wendell C. Binkley, University of Kentucky; Ken neth Naden, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Hom er J. Presto n, Farmer Co operative Service; and Ken neth Stern, American Insti tute of Cooperation. Programs Listed The program will be pre sented to national groups for the first time at two meetings scheduled at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Garoian, Haseley and Mohn are all scheduled to present the pro gram at the Land Grant Uni versity Conference on Farmer Cooperatives in August and at a general session of the Amer ican Institute of Cooperation's summer conference on farm business Aug. 4 to 7. The directorate training program will also be the sub ject of four regional training conferences for extension per sonnel and agricultural lead ers. Garoian, Haseley and Mohn will introduce the pro gram at metings built around the theme "The Role of the Board of Directors in Business Management." The first conference is set for Aug. 8 to 10 at the Uni versity of Nebraska. , Other sessions are scheduled for New York City, Sept. 11 to 13; Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 16 to 18, and at Oregon State university, Sept. 24 to 26. "Never saw so few mites in our apple crop" Gardening Tips By JOHN McLOUGHLIN County Extension Agent Caterpillars Inspect your trees for the yellow necke.. and red hump ed caterpillars. These cater pillers are black and yellow striped and may be up to two inches in length. They feed in colonies on the leaves of plants and frequently defoli ate small trees or the branch es of large trees. Protein Content Down In Wheal, OSU Tests Reveal Corvallis - Preliminary ob servations point toward a low-er-than-normal protein content in Oregon's 1963 soft white wheat crop, thanks to cool growing conditions, reports Norman Goetze, Oregon State University extension farm crops specialist. Protein level of Pacific Northwest soft white wheat was recently spotlighted. Buy ers for the big Japanese mar ket expressed concern about prospective 1963-64 shipments of Western. White Wheat blend, because of high protein content which presents prob lems in its use for biscuit and pastry purposes in that coun try. , Extended cool temperatures during maturation for the 1963 crop has allowed deposits of carbohydrates in the wheat kernels up to maturity, giving a generally lower protein level, Goetze explained. Nitrates picked up by the wheat plant are deposited in the young kernel in the form of protein after flowering and through the soft dough stage. Carbohydrates are deposited in the soft kernel and through maturation unless something, such as drought or high temp eratures, interferes with late carbohydrate deposits. At the same time, Goetze revealed that protein tests run on the 1962 Gaines seed wheat production showed an average protein content of 9.2 per cent on a 14 per ceut moisture basis. Protein ranged from a low of 6.0 per cent to a high of 14.1 per cent. The survey, conducted jointly by the OSU Extension Service and the Oregon Wheat Commission, was the f i r s t such test made on commercial production of the new variety which is widely planted in the Pacific Northwest for the first time this year. Goetze emphasized that the test results are not exactly what could be expected under normal cropping operations. He pointed out that many of the 206 growers last year fertilized heavily with nitro gen in order to get high seed yields. This may have made the protein level higher than could be expected under nor mal operations. The answer's right in our spray tank. Kelthane AP. Must be. Miles were quite a problem last year. They sure hurt our crop pears as well as apples. But not this season. Kelthane AP is controlling all the mites that give us trouble European red, 2-spotted, MeDaniel, Willamette, apple rust, clover. Mention just about any mite Kelthane controls it. What made you decide lo switch miticides? For one thing, I get more action per pound of Kelthane AP. It gives me high initial kill and long residual action, and it can be used with most other pesticides. , You're really sold on KELTHANE AP, aren't you? Why not? It's the best miticide I ever used. The yellow necked caterpiN ler has yellow rings around its neck. It passes the winter as a brown pupa two or three inches below the ground. Tha red humped caterpiller has a pronounced red hump with a row of spines projecting; from it just back of the head. It passes the winter as a full grown larva in a cocoon on the ground. Both emerge as brown moths about two inches across the wings. The female moth lays 50 to 100 eggs on tha underside of the leaf. Tha young caterpillars feed at first on a single leaf with their heads all pointing to wards the leaf's outer edge. They increase their feeding area as they grow larger. In about three weeks the cater pillars are full grown at which time they return : to the ground. If the infestation is noticed when the feeding area is) small, the leaf or twig may be removed and burned. A DDT malathion spray will control infestations of larger areas. Tomato Hornworm The tomato hornworm is a very common pest in tomato, pepper and eggpant plant ings. It is a green worm three or four inches long: with a tail-like horn project ing from the rear of tha body. This horn cannot sting. The insect is frequently no ticed in the garden as a brown, hard shelled pupa two inches long when tha garden is plowed in tha spring. A swift flying hawk moth gray or brown in color with a wing-spread of four or five inches develops in May or June from this case. The moth flies at dusk and feeds upon the nectar of petunias and other flowers with tubu lar corollas. The moth deposits single spherical greenish-y e 1 1 o w eggs on the lower side of tha leaves of the host plant. In about a week the small lar vae hatch from the eggs and feed ravenously for three or four weeks. When full grown the larvae dig with their mouths and legs about four inches into the soil and pu pate. A second generation may occur or the winter may be passed in this pupal state. Hand picking of these worms is the most common method of control in tha home garden. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coarse or unpalatable roughage will make a bate for a modern balanced ration that you can feed with little labor and no wattage. The increased meat or milk pro duced will give you maii mum returns on a small cash investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Rest line, Medford ROHM
