6 A
TUESDAY,
$50,000 in Flood Repair
Work Now Half Completed
Farmland reDalr protects
rising out of the December
flood are about half com
pleted, according to report
from local farm agencies.
A total of $50,000 for re
habilitation work was alio
' cated earlier through the
Jackson county Agricultural,
Stabilisation and Conserva
tion committee.
Farm & Garden
Experiment Station
Research
- lorvmilS OJcia, i
search which has aided the
. 1.11 !.-- - A I
nsintpnince. stability a n
...k nf th Rnsiip River
valley pear industry while at
the same time increasing in
come from general farming in
the area is described in a spe
cial report Just published by
the OSU Agricultural experi
ment Station.
Thn reriart covers the de
velopment, program and c-
compllsnmenu oi me ouuu,
riraaann Rranch EXDeH
mit itation near ' Medford
during the yean 1911 to
1B62.
the booklet
copies of which are available
from the Btauon, are r . v.
mer, horticulturist emeritus;
u u white, former superin
tendent, and L. O. Gentner,
entomologist emeritus, South
forestry Skills,
Practices Seen
At 4-H Campout
' Forest management prac
tice highlighted the recent
"i-H Forestry camp-out held
Ton the Ashland District of the
Rogue River National Forest
according to Gerald Brog,
:countv extension agent. -
- George Wooden, Forester
,. h ni.trlct. showed the
4-H'ers how roaenis ana
.h... nnariotnra Kill VOUnK
trees planted as part of the
..froaitiillon nrolram of the
U. S. Forest Service. Wooden
also reviewed the cutting poi
nf the Forest Service as
uu si nointed out timber
crawth patterns in me
land District.
triioon 4-Hr and their
L.Jara nf tonrfpH thll forestry
education program, inciuaea
in the program were several
outdoor - skills contests with
the winners listed below:
IDENTIFICATION CONTEST
a J 1 1 ... Cm loiWAI
Talent; 2nd, Bill Bagley, TaW
cnt; 3rd, Dennis treei luiem;
atlh
Bill James, laieni; oui,
Jack Tuggle, Talent.
Beginners - isi,
rlman, Ashland; 2nd, Joe
" .' . ..Li . oj
, . . . 1,..u ,ln
scnwieuer, isnmuu,
Dan Merrlman, Ashland; 4th,
Teresa Bradshaw, Bill Ret-
ter, Ashland; Bth, uaroi wooa- i
n.f'f Ashland: 8th. Mitch Bur
rell, Talent, Frank Schwlet
zer, Ashland;' 7th, Mark
Wright, Medford.
FIRE BUILDING CONTEST
Advanced-lst, Sam James,
Talent; 2nd, Jack Tuggie, Tal
ent; 3rd, Bill James, Talent;
4th. Bill Bagley, Talent.
Rpslnnera - 1st. Teresa
Bradshaw, Ashland; 2nd, Dan
Morrlmon Aahland: 3rd. Nan
cy James, Ashland; 4th, Carol
Woodruff, Ashland; Bth, nam
Wright, Mediora, Bin ttetter
Ashland; 6th, Dennis Creel
Talent.
FIRE SPOTTING
1f Rum James. Talent
2nd. Bill Bagley, Talent: 3rd
Teresa Bradshaw, Carol
Woodruff. Ashland; 4th, Mark
Wriuht. Medford: 8th. Bill
Retter. Nancy James, Ash
land; 6th, Dennis Creel, Tal
ent.
PACING CONTEST
1t Bill Retter. Ashland
2nd Bill Banlev. Talent: 3rd
Sam James. Talent. Dan Mer
rlman, Ashland; 4th, Teresa
RrnHfthaw. Nancv Jamei. Ann
land; 5th, Dennis Creel. Tal
ent, Joe Schwietzer, Ashland;
Din, jacK j.UKKie, latent.
ALWAYS
RENT-A-CAR
$5
PER
DAY
s5
PER
MILE
SPECIAL
MONTHLY RATES
For Mere Information
CAU
773-1522
AimHiw lenric ef Valley Rtatal
i4
AUGUST 13, 1113
About 80 oer cent of these
funds went for work in the
Eagle Point area and mostly
for stream channel work, par
ticularly in the Little Butte
creek area. Approximately
100 farms were involved.
The program has been a
joint operation with ASC,
Rogue and Jackson soil con
servation districts, county ex-
Described
em Oregon station; H. H
o 1 '
Hartman, professor emeritus
kH.tUiltiiM anil TJ G
of horticulture, and R. S.
Beeie
associate director
emeritus
OSU Auricutural
Kxnprlment tatlon.
From 1911 to 1937, most of
th research done at the sta
tion was on horticultural prob
lems, wun researcn on gen
eral crop problems being
added in 1937 at the urgent
renueat of farmers in the area.
A research program on truck
crops was started in 1938.
Covers Blight
Thaa rennrt trover the ex
tensive and long continuing
research efforts on fireblight
In neara. including the work
done to find fireblight resist
ant root-stock and trunk
stocks. The station was the
pioneer and leader in the
western United States In
work on blight resistant
stocks.
Raajparnh rnnducted at the
station on the control of in
sects and diseases which ef
fect pears is also described.
Much of this work was done
in rnnneration with deDart-
ments of the central station
at Corvallls, the U. S. Depart
ment ol Agriculture ana pri
vate companies
ite companies.
It took 14 years of research
In unnnnrfttlnn with the 11SDA
before Talent alfalfa was de-
velnned and released to in
...lnn.il anal piiIduedH in in. I
crease hay yields and quality
in soutnern uregon ana iu
become the basis lor an ex-
tensive alfalfa seed industry.
TT 11 i , i waaaaiaraaK n lrt!I.
nn nur fertilizer recommen
datlons lor all crops grown
in the area nas ianen me
in me arc n lancn uis i
KUCHWUIJl UUv Ul i,aiaia,aiB 1
lu J11UUB mm atiiuuiivo
tllizers to use while lowering
t, In.aHalnft
unit costs and Increasing
yields.
Ravaaareh Canllnuaa
Research for new or better
amna la enntinuinff at the sta
tion. These testa have a two
fold importance: testing and
screening every crop that may
appear promising in the
Rogue River Valley might in
troduce one or more that
would have a potential far
exceeding any now in use and
such testing shows what not
to grow, saving iiriti.
ana oiners irum wasting
aiv nit linu im cmiu.
Research programs are ae-
r , ; -------- . ,.
veloped In close collaboration
with hnrtlriiltiiral and aoro-
- - .
nomlc advisory committees of
local fruit growers, general
iffenta.
in theae advisory commit
tee meetings, project priori
ties are considered ana a con
truptlvA research nrosram is
adopted. This joint euort Dy
leading growers, uou scien
tists and the branch station
staff gives assurance that re
search will be conducted on
the most vital problems In
the area as money and per
sonnel are avaliaDie.
Russian Author
Causes Hew Stir
Moscow tUPD Maverick So
viet writer Ilya Ehrcnburg,
severely criticized in March
by Premier Nikita Khrush
chev for unorthodox views,
caused a new stir in Mos
cow's literary world today
with a strong plea for experi
mentation In art.
He also called for "frendly
relations" with Western writ
ers to acquaint Soviet au
thors with works written and
published abroad.
He balanced these views
with a declaration that
"many wonderful books"
have been produced under
the Soviet Union's official
school of "socialist realism."
Ehrenburg's comments were
published in the newspaper
Literary Gazette, now under
the conservative editorship of
Alexander Chakovsky.
The remarks were made
originally In a speech to a
conference of Soviet and Eu
ropean writers in Leningrad.
Their publication especially
by Literary Gazette was
taken as an Indication that
the crackdown on Soviet In
tellectuals has not been as
severe as many Western ob
servers at first anticipated.
This was Ehrenburg's first
public statement since
Khrushchev accused him of
falling Into "a gross Ideologi
cal error." e
tension service cooperating.
The rehabilitation program
followed a joint study and
survey conducted for 2 Vi
days, almost around the
clock by C. C. Hoover, Greg
ory rd., County Agent Earle
Jossy, Clem Ault, Rogue soil
conservation district; and
Ben Mouchett, Jackson Soil
conservation district.
Projects Summarised
Projects include shaping
the field for 32 farms, 19
debris removal projects, irri
gation system repairs on 29
farms, plus considerable
stream channel and siphon
work.
Average payment through
ASC was $300. Three farm
ers received a maximum of
$2,800 through the state. Max
imum allowed through the
county office is $1,300 per
farmer.
The Jackson soil district
received 42 requests and
Rnsue district 54 reauests
for engineering assistance.
FROM
THE
GnounD
UP
l IART lARTLETI
All nrchardists who have
niantins nf vminff fruit trees
should make every effort to
nranir. them for the rather
long period of neglect that
normally occurs each year
during the fruit harvest peri
od. Usually all of a given
grower's equipment and la
Knr la involved in fruit har
vest for periods that are often
lnna um m months. Young
Iintin. nf trees can and
often do suHer from neglect
' - iv. ! 1 , nnplnr4
I niirinK LUIH IIUI VCBl a.aaw.
am,. iOMe. in amount of
..
trrnwth ran he held to a mln
lmum if the young trees enter
this period free of weeds, dla-
eases. inlects and are
insects ana are weii
Uertuized and Irrigated
I ... J ,
All srnuiera of farm crops
should make an effort to des
rnv inv prnn residue that re
mains alter me normal nar-
mains after the normal nar-
VCSt periOO, mat tena W 11111-
Qer mseClS or aisettse ifcoto.
Therefore, cut-over cabbage
.. . 1 a 1 l.tl
fields should not be left as
hmt nlants of the cabbage
worm. The same is true of
corn fields and of many otner
types of farm crops.
Blackberries Plentiful
niarkherrlea of the semi-
iiift vnrletv are now abun
dant. Persons who pick black
berries should check with the
nrnnertv owner to determine
whether nr not the berries are
free of harmful spray chemi
cal residues.
Where lawns have been
heavily Irrigated, they may
hA ahnuilns a Dale sreen col
or and lack of growth at this
time of year. Tnis la aue oiten
to excessive leaching of the
nifrnoen from the root zone
of the lawn plants. This con
dition is most easily correct
ed by the application of a
nitrogen fertilizer. If there
Is a desire to encourage some
clover In the lawn grass, It
is best to use calcium nitrate.
Where grasses alone are
wanted, it is best to use am
monia sulfate as a nitrogen
source. Consult your seed
dealer for materials and ad
vice.
Crab grass and certain
other nost wpeda nf lawns are
now in evidence. These prob
lems are also controuaDie
See your seed dealer for ad
vlre.
It is important, and Is the
responsibility as well, thnt
everv urower of any farm
crop make sure that at harvest
time the marketable portion
of the economic plant does
not carry excessive resinuc
nf nnv nLTrirultiiral chemical
In some instances this can In
clude sprays that were used
for Insect, disease and weed
control. In other Instances
nil nnnllpntlnn of aurlrtll
tural chemicals must be given
consideration. Be sure your
rrnn are mire before annly.
Ing cnemicai pesticiae con-
trnl near harvest time.
The loral rrons of star this
tle, pink pigweed, morning
glory, lamDs quarter, sour
dock, wild lettuce and wild
carrot are very good In the
local area this year. Let's
hope this event passes with
out the government getting
Into the act with acreage con
trols and support prices.
STOCKMEN
FEED PELLETS
Your caana or uapalMibla
rauahaa "HI "
far a madam kalancad ratiaa
hat you caa t with liMla
lakar n4 a waitat- Tha
incraaica maar of milk Bra
auctd will ivs you mail
mum rarurni an a imill cash
InvMtmant.
MORTON
MILLING CO.
500 Ross lane, Medford
MEDFOHD
Chit
By JCE
Mail Tribune
Water, sewage and farming seem to be in conflict in
this county these days. The recent hearing on the proposed
West Side water district brought it out sharply.
Farmers and those with large acreages don't want to
be assessed per front foot for water lines, and, possibly
later, sewage lines stretching across the front of their prop
erty. Tills is only natural because nobody likes to pay assess
ments, even on comparatively small lots.
This could have been prevented years ago, this conflict
between suburban dwellers and agriculture, if we had had
a county zoning ordinance. Residents of the West Side area
could have prevented the current problem if they had ap
proved an interim zoning ordinance as proposed two or
three years ago. If those who so angrily protested the pro
posed zoning then had done a little constructive thinking
they would have been able to come up with a zoning pro
posal which might have more closely met their needs with
out scaring anybody to death. Unfortunately, too, the plan
ning commission of those days made a poor presentation.
One ironical part of those earlier zoning hearings was
that mainly the suburban residents had petitioned the coun
ty planning commission for an ordinance which really was
supposed to protect agriculture more than anybody else. The
proposed ordinance should have been amended to establish
a "green belt" or farming zone within the interim zone.
It should have been amended further to state that farms
would not be liable for assessments for future water and
sewage lines. Even if this would fall to solve the problems
of adjoining subdivision at least it would stop the planting
of houses on land best suited for planting of crops. Other
areas in this county should take note of the West Side
problem because it could happen elsewhere, too, as the popu
lation spreads out over the valley.
, Ever since the days of the Oregon Trail this state has
meant wide open spaces and plenty of land for everyone
who had the initiative to go after it. Now that no longer
is true. Houses are jammed together in subdivisions south
ern California style. If you don't believe it just look around
Jackson county.
So far most small towns in Jackson county haven't suf
fered .too much from this lack of planning and growth con
trol. But, how well versed are small town planning com
missions on land use studies, traffic counts and zoning, all
designed to help channel growth and ease growing pains?
What's even more Important, how many small towns have
a definite set of clear building regulations which are ap
plied impartially?
We are living in a rocket
public understanding and attitude toward planning are still
in the horse and buggy age.
planning as it applies to individual property owners now,
today and not in terms of communities, counties, areas and
states and tomorrow and a
If you feel your town, your county, your area and your
state is not making adequate planning studies and not ap
plying the results of those studies as rapidly and accurately
as possible then it is your fault and your neighbor's fault.
Do you understand planning techniques? When was the last
time you attended a planning commission meeting? If the
country is going to hell in a handbasket you are going with
it, not just the country court, city council or planning commission.
"This land is increasingly defiled by badly located free
ways and housing subdivisions and industries which need
lessly destroy beautiful scenery and entomb agricultural
land: by reservoirs and water courses which unwittingly en
courage the growth of mislocated communities; by waste
products; by cars and jeeps and cycles which pre-empt our
very living and breathing space. Already, the state's nose
is bloody. How long before its whole magnificent body is
beaten to deformity? Hwo long
dead lands?" -
This was written about
to Oregon. Many Californians
state line into southern Oregon.
this population explosion? Almost nothing!
A report by the Erie county, " N.Y. county executive
shows what can be done through comprehensive planning
and ACTION. This was part
the National Association of
Judge Earl M. and Mrs. Miller.
These included a countrywide water service under a
water authority supported entirely by revenues. Since New
York state then had no authorizing legislation for water
districts Erie county had to
county sewer agency followed. This aids local districts, puts
the county's credit behind financing of districts and permits
sewers to be built on an area basis.
The county has a fire coordinator, and it will soon con
struct two fire training centers. The county is the basic
civil defense unit, the basic health unit, the basic welfare
unit. It operates a park, recreation and cultural system, plus
a library.
Its planning unit spent three years on a comprehensive
county plan in partnership with neighboring Niagara. This
regional development is under way.
Jackson county under Judge Miller's leadership has
started work on a regional planning advisory group. How
ever, it does not have one of the things It needs most an
overall county fire-fighting unit. A prominent county citizen
who has fought many rural fires first suggested it to us. This
would mean establishing a central fire station with sub
stations. A 10 to 12 passenger helicopter such as the Bell
Helicopters' model 204-B which landed at the Medford air-
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COWLEY
Farm Editor
propelled age, but general
Too many people still tnink of
million tomorrows away.
before the bright lands are
California, but it could apply
are pouring over the nearby
What is being done to meet
of the Denver convention of
Counties attended by County
invent a county-wide unit. A
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INSTRUMENTS!
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yaur llvattack tn4 aaft
haarlhy and wall fraamta1!
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TESTIFIES Edward Teller,
Stennis (D-Miss.) prior to appearing before a Senate Armed
Services Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee in Wash
ington. Teller, an outspoken critic pf the nuclear test ban
treaty, testified on the security implications of the treaty.
Stennis is chairman of the group. (UPI)
port recently could reach even
with crew and equipment.
Such an aircraft Is capable of taking off from a cold
start and being a mile away in 30 seconds. Cost of such a
craft would soon be compensated by the value of property
saved from fire. It's not impossible and some day somebody
in county government will
necessity.
BUT, getting back to the
cultural and suburban use of local land. . . , The two uses
plus industrial use can develop parallel to each other. In
New Jersey, for instance, the farms average the highest
gross cash receipts per acre
pared to the national average of $32. Also, New Jersey has
the highest per acre farm real estate tax in the nation, $10.16
per acre in 1961. The state doesn't have a sales tax or income
tax.
Farmers are holding their own despite urban and indus
trial demands for land. New Jersey ranks 46th in size and
seventh in value of manufactured products. Of the SO states,
it has the greatest percentage
areas.
Parallel growth of industry, suburbia and farming is also
true in Monterey county, Calif., which is known as "the
world's salad bowl," and also has provided sites for such
industrial firms as Kaiser
pany, the Nestle company, Aerojet General corporation and
Peter Paul, Inc.
Politics may create strange
planning makes it possible for
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You'll have FUN at this year's fairl Exhibits,
contests, demonstrations and much more.
Take Your Family
To The Fair
37 Ash Street
CENTRAL POINT
Prion 664-1261 or 773-4022
right, chats with Sen. John
the remotest rural fire quickly
have the foresight to see its
current conflict between agri
in the U.S., $205 in 1962 -com.
of population living in urban
Aluminum and Chemical com
bedfellows but comprehensive
them to remain side by side.
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(Eii'cmimge (Cn(0)p
Gardening Tips
Br JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Agent
Black Widow Spider
The black widow spider
seeks shelter in dimly lit areas
of garages and basements, and
in trash and dense vegetation
during periods of cold and
drought. It is a shy and re
tiring spider.
The food habit is similar
to other spiders but it relies
more than other spiders on
it venom to paralyze its prey.
This accounts for one of the
most frequent circumstances
in which the black widow
bites a human, that is, when
the web is accidentally dis
turbed. The other circum
stance is when the spider is
Resistant Peas
Found by OSU
Corvallis - Recent develop
ments of virus - resistant pe-
varieties by Oregon State uni
versity researchers should
provide Pacific Northwest
growers with a valuable safe
guard against serious crop
losses from pea enation mo
saic. Dr. J. R. Baggett, OSU hor
ticulturist, reports that fin
ishing touches are being put
on varieties with good proces
sing qualities and strong res
istance to this most damaging
virus disease of peas.
This particular virus now
costs Pacific Northwest farm
ers an estimated 10 per cent
of their crop each year. Even
at that, one - third of the can
ned and frozen pea pack in
the U. S. is grown in the
Northwest - bringing an an
nual income of about $15 mil
lion to farmers.
Even more important, the
Pacific Jlorthwest produces
95 per cent of the nation s
pea seed. Thus, the entire pea
industry depends on success
or failure of the Northwest's
pea crop.
PATIENT RECOVERING
Blackpool, England - IUPI)
A veterinary surgeon, using
enough anaesthetic to knock
out 50 persons, has saved the
life of Frances the elephant
with a four-hour stomach op
eration. The 5-year-old ele
phant was reported "just
fine" Monday night and re
covering on a daily invalid's
diet of 48 bananas, 15 pounds
of carrots, 36 pints of milk
and 40 loaves of brown bread
Don't Miss The
4-H-FFA FAIR
August 13th thru 17th
Jackson County Fairgrounds
421 A Street
ASHLAND
Phono 482-2143
accidentally squeezed when
putting on a shoe or other
piece of clothing.
Although the black widow
is the most venomous spider
native to North America,
death from its bite results in
very few cases. The bite is
usually a mere pinprick, but
its venom creates pain from
the area of the bite through
out the body in a short time.
Chills, perspiration, abnomi
nal cramps and vomiting may
develop in a few hours.
Description
The female black spider
has a rounded, coal black;
body about one-half inch long.
With legs extended it meas
ures up to two inches in
length. An orange to red hour
glass shaped spot on the un
derside of the body is com
mon. The shape of this mark
ing is not constant and there
may be more than one redi
marking or it may be absent.
The male is a mucn small
spider, about one-fourth,
inch in length, and has sev
eral pairs of whitish stripes
with pale brown intervals
along the sides of the abdo
men on the top side of tne
body.
The nest is an irregular
tangled web of tough, coarse
silk with a funnel shape re
treat extending toward the
ground. It serves as a trap
to catch other insects and as
a nursery for rearing the
young. -
The black widow spider
constructs four to nine gray
silky cocoons that contain ap
proximately 300 eggs in the
spring and summer. These co
coons hang balloon - like in
the web. In 30 days the young!
spiders emerge, but few sur
vive because of their canni
balistic habit. The young spi
ders grow rapidly, but do not
reach full maturity until next
spring. The old spiders die in
the autumn.
CONTROL:
For control use chlordane or
dieldrin spray around the en
trances to home and in areas
where cobwebs are prevalent
or spider eggs are observed.
Remove boards, cardboard,
loose rocks from basements
and yards (wear gloves).
Fill small holes, cracks,
crevises which might conceal
these animals.
Sweep spider webs from
porches, etc. weekly.
Teach children to avoid the
spiders and webs.
IF BITTEN, PACK IN ICE
AND CALL A DOCTOR.
SAVE THE SPIDER THAT
DID THE BITING.