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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1948)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THUR5DAY, JAN. 22, 1948 SEC II PACE 4 County Agent Warns That Not All Certified Spud Seed Is Of Same Quality By WALT JENDRZEJEWSK1 ; Certified potato seed Is not all the , fame quality, the county agent's oi-1 flee warned today. Variation m ' quality of certified seed is puzzling to those not familiar with potato diseases and certification rules. Seed j buyers Bre beRinniug to study tirld ' Inspection and test planting reports. ' Field Inspection reports for all rus- j act seed In Klamath county are j available at the county agent's ot- : flee. Test planting reports will be j available after Uie Occanslde field , day, January 29. . Varying percentages oi disease spread occur In all potato fields. Certified fields are no exception. Amount of virus disease spread de pends on percentage of disease in seed used, on earlyness of roguing. on aphid populations and on disease in adjacent fields from which spread may occur. Oregon certified seed differs from uncertified potatoes in that it comes from fields planted with certified or foundation seed, on ahich grow ers have applied for certification and on which two field inspections and one bin inspection are made. The first field inspection may now show more than 4' total virus dis ease of which not more than 1 can be leafroll or rugose mosaic or i a combination of both. j The second field inspection may j not show over 3'e total virus dis- j ease, of which not more than l'i I can be leafroll or rugose mosaic ! and not over ?4V can be "tuber ! borne" leafroll as differentiated ; from "current season" leafroll. Oregon certified russet seed can not be tagged until test planted. Test planting is required because late season leafroll spreads fre quently do not produce "current season" plant symptoms. Field in spection can not determine such late season infection. Oregon rules for 1947 crop russets establish a 3 leafroll tolerance for ; test planting. Rules for 1948 will lower this tolerance. It is agreed ! among commercial growers thati necrosis troubles can be expected in fields planted with seed carrying over 1 leafroll. The importance of test planting can best be shown by citing in stances of 5 to 12 per cent leafroll spread In certified fields which had met field and bin inspection require ments. Further evidence of spread is shown by certification records which ahow that 90 of all certified fields planted with local certified seed have been rejected on field inspection in recent years. Records in recent years also show that about 40 of each year's cer tified acreage shows up with over I'; leafroll In test plots after having passed field Inspection requirements. In general it may be said that tile mam potato growing area is too congested with ordinary seed to tur nish best conduions for production of certified seed. But about one-hall of such acreage does meet field in spection requirements and coni.s through test planting as seed suit able for commercial planting. There fore, it seems advisable for growers in the main potato growing area who have secured exceptionally clean seed and have planted it on clean land to continue to apply for certi fication and subject such acreages to field Inspections and test plant ing. Growers in areas removed from the but1- of the potato acreage are not handicapped by adjacent plantings of ordinary seed. Best certified seed can ordinarily be expected from such areas. Some isolated areas' of fer excellent opportunity for pro duction of foundation seed. Commercial growers are develop ing a tendency to shy away from even traces of leafroll. The oppor tunity to shy away from traces ot leafroll Is very limited. It Is safe to say that not over $'v of the basin acreage in recent years has been planted with seed entirely free of leafroll. Leafroll free russet seed is available in such limited amounts that it practically does not exist. Commercial growers will have to settle for less than leafroll "free" seed. The success of those who rogued leafroll from commercial fields in 1947 may result in more of this quality improvement work this season. 'And the Cow Jumped Over the . . ." f But this row at Fairbury. Neb., didn't even make It over Farmer Robert Barber's barn. Barber was unloading a truckload of cattle when this one Jumped from the truck to the roof. The cow wouldn't Jump bark into the truck, so It was nerrssary to use a rope harness and lower the animal down by block and tackle. The picture was taken by the farmer's wife with a small box camera. Apwirr photo. . -i Wrong Station, But Bride OK Now GREAT FALLS. Mont.. Jan. 22 0P A church wedding at Charleston. W. Va., lay ahead for Leroy Flowers, former army private, and his high school swee'heart Laura Sloan. 19. who staged a reunion here after quite a few difficulties. Miss Sloan, in changing trains at Ft. Paul. Minn., asked for a ticket to Great Falls, "the closest one to Alaska." because Alaska Is where Flowers spent 18 months in the army. The station agent sold her a ticket to Great Falls. Manitoba, while Flowers meanwhile had come here. The two towns are 900 miles apart. Miss Sloan went from the Mani toba town to Winnipeg before final ly winding up here in her impatient fiance's arms. Ginger was introduced into the western hemisphere by Spanish col onists in Mexico and Jamaica. Italian Speaks For Red Control ROME. Jan. 22 iPv Pietro Kenm. leader of the Italian socialists, told the party's 26th annual congress Wednesday Italy's future lies wltn the Soviet Union. Nenni spoke in debate on the main issue before the congress I whether to droD or to modifv the ' year-old pact with the communist party for joint action, i'enni urged 100 per cent collaboration with the communists in and after the April parliamentary elections. Retired Officers j "Doing Very Well" i WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 UPl. I Chairman FJston (R-Ohioi said I Wednesday a house armed services i subcommittee has found "quite a few" officers retired as disabled "doing very well" In civilian Jobs. ; The committee, investigating fair ness of disability retirements, has collected information through ques- tionnaires sent to more than 2000 1 jPW Pants Go ;On Market ! LOS ANGELES. Jan. 32 i.4" Any body want to buy 10.000 pairs of Uncle Sam's pants? The war asset administration has 'em. cotton and wool. They have identifying marking that'll never come off "PW" for prisoner of war. on the seats. Seems the wartime chemists doped out a paint for cloth that couldn't be removed, even by the peacetime chemists. So WAA is putting the pants un for sale January 29. and advertising that they make very fine wiping I rags. j retired officers with army rank ot I colonel and above, and navy rank of captain and above. Recreation Set-Up In City Talked Wllltird II slutiniittl. Held n-pic-scntiilite ot tl. Nil loniil llicrvu tlon assix-milon, met with the city recreation committer last nluhl and dlH'uvird ihr comtntttr's present and future leei'e.itien ri-ui. Slv.imurd Mini lu- was well pleaded wltli the eity's itmi:-riinic ircreti Hon phui 'lealne; with playgrounds ami special pnwiiins. He told otll eials Hint the national association considers the minimum amount of money on whloh a city can operate a recreational plan Is SIM) per capita, which covers only operation and maintenance nnd decs not In clude const run Inn oi pui iiin.se of property. H the additional mill leeiea Hon levy, slnierl to be on Hie May election ballot. Is passed by voters. Hie city will have sua per capita. Sam Smith, cltv recreation di rector, said thai If the levy passes, the city should have sufficient funds to develop ihe prowrty It now owns so that It Is usable and to keep six or seven plnygmuiuts opei-tlng In the summer. The protect would cover about It) years. Smith said that at present oiieratlonul costs are low. but alter more property Is developed, the money will be almost absorbed In maintenance exnensca. I The olan does not include sufficient I funds for Immedi'ite construction j ol a swimming pool. ! The cltv Is now opera tins on only 0 '.- mill levy Smith said, which ' amounts to about Xi cents per capita. I Also scheduled to lie on the May ; ballot is a l mill continuing levy for ; park purposes. The nark board now I has 1 mill to use tor upkeep and i operation of Monro park. Any addl j tionnl funds, should the levy pass. ; will be used for development of property v.-hleh lies between Link river and the Copeland lumber i yards, o.'f Main street, and has been . set aside for park use. Pocket Gophers Are Real Menace To Cultivated Land Pocket K")lieis, ol alileh there are nuiiiy species, are found In prac urnlly etcrv part of Oregon but are most abundant and destructive in Ihe cultivated valleys of the stale. lacll Individual pocket gopher IimiI a solitary hie except tluiiici the Inmiliios mm.uii when .-coking a iiiule. I-mu in six young aie usually bom to n Inter. When about halt mown Hie young gopher strikes out on his own and may spend Its entire life within one or two hull uivd yards of its uirili place or may travel a- much us a mile. They aie equipped with heavy shoulucis anil stum toielegs, annul with strong claws lor dinunitf. The gnawing tcelll aie latge and power ml ami so set us to be an aid In dlumnt. The burrows ol pocket gophers alien honeycomb allalla I aids causing Injury to stamis a ho their burrows olten cause breaks in Irrigation ditches or make It ilil lieult to Irrigate a field. Tliey may also cause damage to clover, grain and various root crops. The loose moumis of cuili which the gopher throws up mark the course ol the tunnels. The cnuanco are kept plugged except when Hie occupant Is actually working. II an oiienliiK Is made In the burrow the gopher soon ventures to this point ami plugs It again. In trap ping, advantage Is taken of til.. habit. Control Any ol Ihe special gopher traps on Hie market are good, as they practically alb work on Hie same principle. To set these traps It Is only necessary to locate the main tunnel by probing with an Iron bar. This can usually be found about midway uf the mounds i Sometimes traps set In the tunnel near a fresh mound will catch the culprit). When I Hie tunnel is located by probing, en large Hie opening (o aicoiiiiiiodnlc I the trap which l set In the open ing leaving Hie hole open. As the lamina! comes ntoug pushing earth j ahead ol him to plug I lie hole the I tngiier Is Hipped by Hie load of i earth and its the Jaws set back of j tho liiKI'.er the gopher l caught i around the body. An excellent probe can be made . by taking a piece id or , Inch round milk steel about H'ii leot long and sharpening one eml for u pi oho, I I'. Inches of Ihe other end to be I bent into Hie shape ol u hook. The I loot will resemble Hie letter J, use I Hie pointed end for a probe and Hie I hook to open Hie burrow. A few naps persistently ueil will usually give the besl results, how i ever, poison Inm been used with : varying degrees o success nut! should be tried If trapping does not i clean them out. ! roihouihg j Hweet potatoes, cntrots, or par jsuip should be prepnred by culling lilt u pieces ',N''jXlS Indies ami ! thoroughly dusting with strychnine. Willi Hie help of Hie probe run wnva me located, the balls sit dtopped through the opening and the probe hole closed by Ut of clods or grass covered with eaiili. Avoid caving in Ilia tunnel If pos sible. A sharp, probing Implement will aid in this. One (planer ounce puckagoa of strychnine muiiire suitable lor dusting i quarts of Urn nliova bull material Is obtainable at Iho conn ly agents ofllce, room U 1 it, In Un federal building. Oregon lias Ihe shortest river In Hie win Id; only 400 feet long. Terri torial centennial year visitors can see this imltpic stream along the Northern Oregon coast highway near Oeeanlake. Imiileutiilly, It also lias Ihe shortest name. The I) river flows from Devil's lake Into Ihe I'aelllc ocean More Hum I0.UO0 lakes have been charted In the Minnesota lake region. The St Hue of Liberty In New York harbor is marie of 300 separate pieces of copper riveted togeUier. weighing 25 tons. Steak Chicken and Kcafood Dinners Lounge and llaiiiiiig Open 6 p. m. till 1 a. m. Phone HMO The Leyeite Beautiful f 1 0111 ynui1 fnvoj'tir Headquarters of Baby Niceties Cuiiiptcit Lttyt'tir ttf M'ltvt quality nntitul h known mrn hiuuilsr tint Hiding l)it.rri SPENCER'S FINK 1. 1 N F N H TOT'S A PI" A KM. 019 Main Ml. Phone $191 mm? Vftl WiX wit. ilti fn 0 "wo i ii 1 . n MUSIC CO. 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In Total Number of Cars and Trucks on the road today according to official nation-wide registrations. Ui, YOUK lOOl CHeVROttT DEAtEg and every other Chevrolet dealer In America are both proud and happy to moke the following report to buyers and prospective buyers of Chevrolet produclu Again In 1947, Chevrolet built and sold more cor and more trucks than any other maker in the industry, just as Chevrolet has built and sold more cars and mere truckt than any other maker for the tola! seven fffen'Vear period, dating from January, 1931 to January, 1948 tha modern period of motor car historyl Naturally, we as well as the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors are deeply grateful for America's outspoken preference for Chevrolet possenger cars and trucks) and we are determined to do everything in our power to continue to deserve this preference in the future as in " the past. We want to thank each and every person In this community for his friendship ond goodwill for this organliation. We solicit and appreciate your patronage. We are doing our level best to prove thot, by fill ing orders for newChevrolels just as promptly as we can even under today's trying con ditions and we are deeply and doubly appreciative of the patience and under-; standing of all our customers who are awaiting deliveries of new Chevrolets. Needless to say, you buy wisely when you buy the product of the world's forges) producers of cars and trucks, for that it the way to maximum dollar valuel Rest assured that we'll fill your order for a new Chev rolet just as soon as It Is humanly possible t6 do to. Meanwhile, please let us help to Steep your present car or truck In good running condition by bringing It to us for skilled service now and at regular Intervals. ASHLEY CHEVROLET 410 So. 6th Phone 4113 f T.T7T' TuiuwisU: Dr. Eugene V. Broughton, Registered Optometrist in Charge 715 MAIN STREET IN KLAMATH FALLS
