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 . . ."
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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.
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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.
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FIRST in PRODUCTION, in SALES and
in REGISTRATIONS of cars and of trucks
FIRST
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in Passenger Car Production in 1 947 according to published
production figures.
in Truck Production in 1947 according to published produc
tion figures.
in Passenger Car Sales in 1947 according to incomplete
but conclusive sales records.
in Truck Sales in 1947 according to incomplete but con
clusive sales records.
to Produce ever a Million Cars and Trucks in a postwar
year, 1947 according to published production figures.
in Total Passenger Car Production and Sales for the total
17-year period, January, 1931 to January, 1948 according
to published nation-wide figures.
in Total Truck Production and Sales for the total 17-year
period, January, 1931 to January, 1948 according to
published nation-wide figures.
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
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TuiuwisU:
Dr. Eugene V. Broughton, Registered Optometrist in Charge
715 MAIN STREET IN KLAMATH FALLS