RETIRED IN TIME - A pastured horse hauling a house to people and the horse
watches strange goings-on by a rival means probably thinks he didn't retire a minute
of transportation - a truck. The truck is too soon. (UPI)
Brand Inspection Helps Locate Stock
After Checking Six Auction Yards
Salem - Brands are helpful
in locating and identifying
cattle that have strayed or
been stolen.
But, with the aid of Ore
gon's brand inspection law,
the livestock officers of the
Oregon Department of Agri
culture frequently prove all is
not lost for lack of a brand.
Cattle, like people, have
traits and characteristics that
help these policemen of the
bovine kingdom in establish
ing identity.
Such was the case of an
eight .- month - old white
faced brindled bull with dis
tinctive rings around his eyes;
FROM
THE
GROUND
UP
By BART BARTLETI
The budding of trees and
shrubs can be continued for
several weeks or until the
bark of stock plants will no
longer slip.
The result will, of course,
be a dormant bud and should
not be forced into grow .un
til next spring. It mayetell
to break over the tops of
stock plants that are being
budded. If the tops are brok
en over properly they will
continue to live and will give
a considerable amout of shade
to the newly set bud.
The question often arises as
to how late during the grow
ing season should a plant
grower or farmer continue to
apply fertilizer. In the first
place fertilizers, as a term,
is an all encompassing mis
nomer. All materials that are
referred to as fertilizers do
not accomplish the same job
for plant growers. In the sec
ond place many plants should
not receive any supplemental
nutrition once they have
reached a given stage of de
velopment in their life cycle.
At this time of year in the
local area, very little fertiliz
er or plant nutrients should
be used on most economic
crop plants. There are certain
landscape plants, lawns, mead
ows and hay crops that may
benefit from supplemental nu
trients at this time. .
It is rather late now to
apply nitrogen fertilizer to
young fruit trees and get
some growth and have the
trees go dormant with wood
that will stand low winter
temperatures. The moderate
temperatures of this season
are causing most plants to
remain vegetative and grow
ing later than is normal for
this area.
Bart is greatly concerned
over reports that indicate that
our Oregon employment and
charity service must be cur
tailed somewhat because of a
lack of manpower. It seems
they are out of funds. Now
perhaps they know how we
taxpayers feel. We will miss
our Chick Sales Sniffer as
well as the Potable Water
pest. This may even free some
labor for farm use.
Inspect young pear plant
ings now for late fireblight
infections. The red bartlett
variety should receive special
attention as fireblight infec
tions are difficult to identify
in this variety at this time.
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little six - month - old black
heifer answering to the name
Officers Named
For WOE Group
Boulder, Colo.-The Western
Interstate Commission for
Higher Education (WICHE) ap
pointed new officers at the
commission's annual meeting
held recently in San Fran
cisco. Dr. D e r m o nt W. Melick,
Phoenix, Ariz., former com
mission vice chairman, was
appointed chairman and will
replace Dr. Charles J. Arm
strong, president of the Uni
versity of Nevada, who has
been WICHE chairman for the
past year.
Dr. WillarJ Wilson, secre
tary of the University of Ha
waii, was appointed to replace
Dr. Melick as vice chairman.
WICHE is active in inter
state programs for student ex
change. RATION
Hay represents 38 per cent
of the average milk cow ra
tion and 60 per cent of the
ration for beef and other cat
tle, according to an article in
the New Holland Grassland
News.
Of every $20 Americans
spend on groceries, $1.50 to
$2 goes for packaging, the
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,
of Susie; and their two Here
ford heifer companions, who
disappeared March 24 from
the Arthur Gering pasture at
rt. 2, box 145, Yamhill.
After searching for the an
imals the Gerings notified law
enforcement officers. Tlie de
partment's livestock officer,
E. L. (Doc) Wright, was called
in on the case March 30, when
evidence at hand indicated
that the quartet had not stray
ed, but had been stolen.
Check Marks
Doc asked the Gerings for
any markings or characteris
tics that would identify the
animals. Gering and his 14-
year-old son, Lee, put their
heads together and recalled
that the little bull had the
rings around his eyes and that
in addition to being brindled
with a white spot on his face
he had a little black spot in
the middle of the white and
that Susie, who was some
what of a pet, came atrotting
when Lee called her name.
On his check of livestock
auction markets in Portland,
Wright found the depart
ment's brand inspector recall
ed seeing the pair and that
the other animals had been
sold in the group.
A look at the inspection
records showed the four an
imals had gone through the
markets and the names of the
buyers were found. Each had
gone to a different place and
all but one had been resold by
the time Livestock Officer
Wright, 'vho has been with
s v H ' f , ' ". Jfrl A
MEDFORD. OREGON
Seed Research Work
Corvallis - Oregon's impor-1 rently is supported by $61,000 ,
tance to the nation's seed in
dustry was emphasized this
week with announcement that
by Sept. 1 the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture will move
its research project on har
vesting, cleaning and farm
handling of small seeds from
Clemson, S. C, to Corvallis
and consolidate it with the
one at Oregon State univer
sity.
The project at Corvallis cur-
Gardening Tips
By JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN
County Agent
Tomatoei
Many of our garden toma
toes have been affected by
various types of spotting. The
most common of these spots
come under the names of
cloudy spot, blossom-end rot
and sunscald.
Cloudy Spot
Tomatoes affected with
cloudy spot show irregular
white to light yellow spots in
the department in this capaci
ty 15 years and before that
spent 7V4 years with the Ore
gon State Police, caught up
with them. This was after
checking six auction yards,
one of them at Vancouver,
Wash., and sifting through
some 3,000 head of cattle sold
at these auctions.
Five days after Wright
started his search he had lo
cated all four animals and
identified them. The little
brindled bull had gone to Or
chards, Wash.; Susie went to
La Centre, Wash; one of the
Hereford heifers was located
south of Redmond, Ore., and
the other at Powell Butte.
Records Give Clue
Brand inspection records
kept by the department of ag
riculture had also given offi
cers a clue as to whom the
rustlers were that spirited the
Gering cattle away.
The next day after the cat
tle were located and identi
fied, Raymond Robert Larson,
24, of Route 2, Carlton, and
George Robert Minor, 30,
Route 2, Box 145, Yamhill,
were arrested in Utah on an
all points bulletin.
Convicted July 22 at Mc-
Minnville on the charge of
stealing the animals, Larson
was given a three - year sen
tence by Judge Arlie G. Walk
er, and Minor was sentenced
to five years in the Oregon
State penitentiary.
All that remains now to
close the case is the home
coming of the cattle. Only one
has been returned, but the
others will be returning to
the Yamhill ranch, now that
Larson and Minor have been
convicted of the theft.
Entertaining
rently is supported by $61,000
annually from the USDA's ag
ricultural research service.
Consolidation of the work
at Clemson with that at Cor
vallis will strengthen seed re
search in Oregon by adding
about $23,000 annually to
studies at OSU on small grass
and legume seed harvesting
and handling, reports Jesse
E. Harmond, agricultural en
gineer and investigations lead
er for the USDA projects.
the skin. The spots may be up
to one-half inch in diameter
and may be so numerous as to
cover a considerable part of
the fruit surface. When the
tomato skin is peeled, glisten
ing white masses of cells with
a spongy texture are seen.
The feeding punctures of
stinkbugs cause cloudy spot.
If the amount of injury war
rants control, spray or dust
with DDT on the foliage at
regular intervals. Wait five
days after spraying or dusting
with DDT before harvesting
any tomatoes.
Blossom-End Rot
Shrunken tissue at the blos
som end of the tomato with a
black leathery appearance
indicates blossom-end rot. This
condition appears most fre
quently where the plants have
grown under favorable condi
tions in the early part of the
season and then are allowed
to dry out when the fruit is
developing.
Blossom-end rot may also
develop when the small root
lets are killed by a lack of
aeration due to overwatering.
The root system is so damaged
that sufficient water cannot
then be absorbed. This situ
ation is common on the heavy
soil in the valley.
Even, regular watering and
proper fertilization are neces
sary to prevent injury from
blossom-end rot.
Sunscald
Another common spot on
tomatoes is caused by sun
scald. This first appears as a
yellow or white patch on the
side of the fruit and later
forms a large flattened gray
ish white patch with a dry
paperlike surface. This is most
common when the tomatoes
are exposed to the sun due to
premature loss of foliage.
A light covering over the
plants during extremely hot
weather will reduce the
amount of injury-due to sun
scald.
Raspberries
Spray the lower half of
blackberry, loganberry and
raspberry canes for control of
the root borer with one quar
ter pound of 50 per cent DDT
to three gallons of water. Ap-
idea: A bedroom extension phone
Expanded At Oregon
Moving to Corvallis Iromi ative state anrl federal
Moving to Corvallis from
Clemson will be J. K. Park,
agricultural engineer, who has
headed up studies there for
17 years. One of his notable
achievements at Clemson was
development of an inexpen
sive combine attachment en
abling farmers to harvest corn
with a combine.
Park will join USDA agri
cultural engineers Leonard J.
Klein and Norman R. Brand
enburg in carrying on cooper-
ply this spray now and around
Sept. 10.
The root borers appear in
August and September as a
beautiful thick bodied clear
winged moth with a wing
spread of about one inch and
with four bright yellow bands
across the abdomen. The
females are often seen resting
on the leaves where they de
posit up to 150 reddish brown
eggs on the under surface
close to the edge.
The larva hatch and move
to the base of the cane where
it hibernates in a cavity or
crevice in the bark. In the
spring the larva enter the
crown and actively feed on
the roots and canes. The sec
ond winter is spent in the
roots. Pupation is completed
the following August and the
adults emerge.
The wilting and dying of
the foliage is frequently the
first indication of this moth.
Preventive measures such as
the destruction of dying canes
and those showing evidence
of borings and the eradication
of wild brambles which may
harbor the pest are also im
portant in the control of this
moth.
$ $ $ $ $ $
$ $ $ $ $
ative state and federal re
search under the direction of
Harmond.
International Reputation
The unit at OSU has gained
an international reputation
for work in the field of small
seed handling and harvesting.
Harmond reports many of the
700 visitors to the OSU lab
oratory last year were from
foreign countries.
Much of the research at
OSU in this area has been in
developing of machines and
methods to reduce seed har
vesting and processing losses.
For example, agricultural en
gineers discovered that farm
ers could increase their yield
of crimson clover seed 75 per
cent merely by harvesting at
an earlier date.
Similarly, an earlier har
vest date plus use of a USDA
OSU developed suction re
claimer for shattered seed in
creases yields of subclover
seed about 60 per cent.
Other noteworthy contribu
tions of USDA researchers in
this field include development
of an electrostatic seed sep
arator which separates seed
from its contaminants; devel
opment of a fluidized method
of seed conveying and han
dling in the processing plant
without mixing and damage;
and development of a method
of microscopically measuring
seed to 11000 of an inch at
the rate of 12 seeds in 15 min
utes for length, width and
thickness.
Among current projects are:
development of a centrifugal
pneumatic seed separator, dis
covery of optimum moisture
content for seed harvesting.
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feeders for use in studying
seed cleaning and handllne
machines; and development of
cutting and feeding mechan
isms for legume and grass
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