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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1948)
Brilliant Work of Club Member Shown At County 4-H Fair . 5k?V 'L ; V WrC- U '1 "1 - 3v Y "--y 1, ; ' m . i i i i t - -i i (lira r, v , v v W s'VA v - H Good Spuds Need Much Care, Work By C. A. IIKMIKKHON County Agrnt It tnko a lot ol work Rnd effort to have a potato men all market Krarte requirement by the time it Koe Into the hand of the final con mifner. Any mlMtep In the produc tion x:hedule tendn to decreane the quality of the final product. Good need and (tood soil are num. ber one "muu." Proper fertiliza tion, cultivation, dlwane control and Itrluatlon are alxo abnolutely necen iiary to get the denlred quality In the consumer packaKe. However, all of thene Mterm aval) little if Improper harvesting and marketing methods are followed. Potatoes are frequently given every care and attention throughout the planting and growing neawin ond then at harventlng time, due to the rufsh of the season or other work and shortage of labor, etc., all precautions are forgotten. Spuds are banged up by the dl gcr. receive rough treatment by the picker and hauler and get some more bruises when dumped into the bins In the cellar. This la only a star'er. More bruises are added In guiding, sacking, loading on the tiuck. loading Into the car, unload ing from the car onto the truck again, and to the retailer at the final market. Even so. this Is not all Further bruises occur when they are delivered: until finally anv potato that reaches the consumer with less than 4 or 5 blemishes Is lr.deed lucky. Potatoes are a fine food product, and much can be done to Improve thf quality of the article that the consumer purchases and after all. the consumer Is the one to be satis fied. A national program of educa tion In the handling of potatoes cculd well be undertaken by potato growers association and groups. Malin Farm Bureau Raps Control Of Farm Prices The Malln Farm Bureau held one of the most Interesting, as well as profitable meellngs of the year last Wednesday evening, with Jack Rnt- J llff, the president, In charge. . A number of resolutions were passed after a great deal of discus sion pro and con. The local bureau definitely favors as Utile governmental control of farm prices as possible . However, It was felt that a minimum of sup port prices would help stabilize farm production, and benefit both the consuming public and the farmer. As an economy measure all farm ers present favored the consolida tion of the Farm Labor offico with I he Oregon Slate Employment service. All present were opposed lo day light saving time. All opposed diverting slnle excise tax funds to the general fund as It would cause an Increase In state properly taxes. The group urged (implement deal ers to remain open all day Satur day as a service to farmers. A resolution was unanimously ap proved asking that existing regula tions be enforced governing Inter state movement of cattle cars and commercial trucks used to trans port cattle across slate lines. It has been suggested that shipping point corrals should be Included In this disinfection to further protect us from the spread of various diseases such as hoof and mouth disease, Hangs disease, tuberculosis, and so forth. The bureau also unanimously fa vored an Investigation of the Ore gon milk board however action was deferred until further Information Is forlhromtng. Last, but by no means least, all definitely favored the three-mill county road lax levy to be voled on In May. This levy will make It possible lo black lop our principle county roads. Good roads are cheaper than tires and repairs. VISIT Walt and Jack Klttrcdge, Silver Lake cattlemen, were In Klamath Falls this week on business. DANCE SATURDAY, MAY 1 KENO GYM Music by Bob Arrlngton'i Rhythm Makers Sponiorod by Keno Community Entorpritei Dancing 9 to 1 $1.00 par panon. Students Vi price. Farm Training Roster Grows SALEM. April 30 lifi Oregon has 1135 World War II veterans en gaged In on-the-farm training, the state department of veterans af fairs said today. This Is 38 per cent more than a yenr ago. But Oregon still has less than half of the number per mitted by the federal government. The veterans are training cither as employes of farmers or as self employed farmers. They are trained by the state division of vocational education, which does not have enough Instructors to expand the program. The trainees are engaged In the following types of farming: general farming, dairy, livestock, poultry, furs, cash grain and seed, fruit, nursery, truck, cranberry, mint, and bee fnrmlng. More than 400 veterans are on I he waiting list to get the farm training. Turn those no-longer-usea articles Into cash now! Herald and News Want Acl are Inexpensive and bring quick results. Hay Market Bubble Busts Some Oregon farmers had a good thing recently selling off their sur plus and not so surplus hay to ferment In the California drought areas. However, the cream has been skimmed off this market now. says M. D. Thomas. OSC extension economist. He says heavy rains that hi:ve fallen In California recently lu.ve materially strengthened pros pects for hay crops In that state. In fact. Thomas has received word from the U. S. department of agri culture that an easier tone began to develop In the San Francisco and I,os Angeles alfalfa markets by the end of March. Now. hay prices in 1'ntu.r Irft! Tlii-fr llltlf. maldi frnm Malln dub trv out furniture : those markets have fallen off from made by Cilrhrlit club. They are Brulah Eaken (seated), Lucile Weber their highs by as much as five to THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948 SEC. II PACE Islanding bv Ublel and Marie Kugers. Center: Another Malin clubber, lleverlv Srotl. 11, admires clothlni made In the sewing clubs. Lower left: Forestry clubs' displays attract Lynette Lyoner of Malln. L'pper rliht: Anne K(an of Fairhaven puts ber "dollar" dinner in the oven. Lower left: Kathleen Wilton (leftl and Elizabeth Bunnell, members of the Malln Kooky Hookers club, eongratutate each other-on not being Judgea they look over the attractive display of doiena of cookies. Year Of Work Climaxed By 4-H Fair Held Here Last Week-End Br JOV BIGGS An enormous amount of work went into making the Klamath county 4-H spring fair which con cluded Saturday. Work by club members, their lead ers. Club Agent Francis Skinner and Assistant Agent Joan Howell, pro gressed throughout the year toward this event and culminated In exhi bits, demonstrations and contests well worth the attendance of every Wsltor. Racks of clothes made by mem bers were exhibited with pictures of the girls 111 their dresses and Spud Seed Rot ay Be Cut Potato seed-piece rot In cut seed can be decreased by providing proper conditions for formation of a cork layer on cut surfaces. Suber Izatlon or transformation of cell walls below the cut surface Into suberln or cork takes place best at temperatures around 60 to 65 de grees and high humidity. Cut seed stored for 24 to 48 hours under moist conditions and at tem peratures around 60 degrees corks over well. Hot. dry conditions dry cut sur faces but produce little cork. Cold temperatures result In little cork. Dried surfaces crack on handling and permit entry of rot organisms when seed la planted. Freshly cut seed Is often planted successfully. Soil conditions, how ever, must be favorablo to cork formation. Cold, wet or hot, dry soils planted with freshly cut or poorly suberized seed frequently show a heavy percentage of seed piece rot. snatch of material showing "In visible" patching. The Gilchrist club's furniture made an excellent showing, con structed as it was with wood from the mills around which the town of Gilchrist is built There has been some discussion on showing this ex hibit at the state fair later this year. The cooking sewing, leatherwork and paster exhibits showed unusual Ingenuity and initiative among club members and patient, capable in struction of the leaders, who empha size the importance of starting and finishing a project rather than awards and prizes. Several leaders indicated plans for their clubs to enter more exhibits next year, work out more elaborate displays and to put more time In booths and stands to show the work to best advantage. A 20-foot lookout tcwer as part of the forestry clubs' contribution to the show next year was discussed. A "dollar dinner" was cooked and served two evenings of the fair, to leaders and special visitors. A clu member did the cooking, set the teble attractively arranged with flowers, and served the meal. On Thursday night. Anne Egan of Fairhaven did the cooking. Her guests were Mrs. E. D. Hickman. , Vern Owens. Alfred Collier and Mrs. ! C-eraldlne Dnnzl. I On Friday night Joan Loosely of i Fort Klnmalh was the cook, her j mother, Mrs. Ray Loosley. Percy Murray, Mrs. Geraldine Danzl and i Earl Mack were the guests. ter dollars a ton From reports Thomas has re ceived, he says new crop alfalfa is now ready to cut In many California localities. However, cutting has been delayed by cool, showery weather. With favorable weather, this first cutting now promises to be of un usually good quality with about average yields. Thomas points out that this is much better than was anticipated. At the present time, only moderate quantities of the new hay crop In the central valleys have been sold. Some growers there report scattered contracts calling for thirty to thirty-five dollars a ton Meanwhile, most hay users are holding back until harvest before placing their orders. Pressure In Silo May Be Dangerous To farmers who are going to put their hay crop up as grass silage for the first time this year, here's an important question from M. G. Huber. agricultural engineer with the OSC extension service. Will your silo hold grass silage? ? It isn't a case of simply filling the silo and forgetting it until the fed is needed. Huber points out that grass silage produces just short of two times as much pressure on a silo as other silage, corn for example. Additional hoops can be placed around silos at reasonable cost. Nine-sixteenth Inch round rods with rolled thread sare suggested for this purpose J. Merton Stein, assistant secretary-treasurer with Klamath Pro duction Credit association, spent last week with his family In Grants Pass. HOTELS OSBORN HOLLAND EUGENE. ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Mr and Mrt. J R. Esrler nil Jo Carlfy Proprietor! Wherever Newcastle disease Is suspected In poultry flocks, Dr. Dickinson urges that county agents be contacted Immediately. Then three or four birds with typical symptoms can be brought to the college veterinary laboratory for examination. let "AutcU" cut and wrap your beef o and pork for your locker And we still cure your hams and bacon SMOKEHOUSE 11 Market A. O. "much" Zweliart Klamath falls Phone 7069 Minneapolis-Moline Farm Machinery JUST RECEIVED SMALL SHIPMENT 16-in. Moline Tumblebug Plows. 6-ft. Wheatland One Way Plows. Campbell Bros. IMPLEMENT CO. Mrrrlll-Lakevlew JcL Phone 6594 Nation's Crop Outlook Good L. R. Brelthaupt, OSC extension economist, describes the nation's outlook for principal crops as "fa vorable." After studying current crop and weather reports, he says the coun try's grain production Is expected to be a good deal greater than last year. The harvest of corn, oats and other feed grains might go as much as 16 or 20 per cent higher. How ever, on the down side, wheat Is not expected to equal last year's har vest by about 20 per cent. The wheat crop may still go over a bil lion bushels. Here on the Pacific coast, the Oregon, Washington and Idaho wheat crop is expected to be ex ceptionally large. Though In Cali fornia grain prospects are described as "poor." Meanwhile, Brelthaupt points out that California Is a prin cipal domestic market for Oregon wheat. In the export picture, all Indica tions point toward continuing large exports of wheat for foreign relief after the 1048 harvest. With a de crease in wheat production, wheat supplies for export are expected to be somewhat smaller. Brelthaupt says wheat exports likely will still be much greater than the United States quota under the proposed international wheat agreement. This . international agreement as proposed will become effective on August 1 this year. That is. if It agreed to by enough na tions in the meantime. 2.4-D Kills White Top One of the first weeds requiring attention In the spring Is white top. 2.4-D Is effective In controlling top growth c! whllo top under prac tically all conditions, but best re sults are obtained when soils art moist and plants are relatively young i when In full rosette stage to first blossoms). Frequently a high percentage of roots are destroyed but no single treatment has been reported to give a perfect 100 kill. Two spraylngl may be needed to keep down all growth for the season as all plants may not be emerged at the first spraying. Dosage: l'-j to 3 pounds active Ingredient, (parent acid) per acre In sufficient water (10 to 100 gal.i to obtain complete coverage of the weed. The label on the container will give directions for mixing and state the amount of acid In the package. Hans Norland Fire Insurance. 133 N. 6th Bt. Furniture Care Tips Homemakers. with Imagination and effort, can improve the ap pearance of their furniture and add to its life through care, repair, and refinishlng. the home demonstra tion office advises. Many pieces should have the original finish removed, .then a new finish applied. Others need to be only touched up and the result Is satisfactory. Deep scratches on walnut or ma hogany furniture may be made less aparent by touching up with Iodine or If the scratch Is very light, rub bing the spot with the cut end of a nut meat. White spots, caused by water or hot dishes, may sometimes be re moved by such a simple home- method as this. Cover the spot with salt and pour on as much olive oil as the salt will take up. Leave overnight. Remove salt by soaking again with oil. Rub spot briskly with soft cloth saturated with oiL Dents and dark spots may also be made less apparent by various methods described in mimeograph HE 1753 titled " Touch-Ups for Wood Furniture," which may be obtained free of charge at the of fice of the home demonstration agent, post office building. Kenss Kernels We have 4 and 6" steel Invasion pipe In stock which can be used for well casing or Irrigation. We also have some heavy 18" steel casinr for large Irrigation wells. Htout aluminum Irrigation sys tems are equipped with automatic couplers which can be coupled and uncoupled without touching the coupler. This means less labor In moving the pipe. Iron Age Potato Planters In two and four-row models are carried In stock. For faster, more economical planting and greater accuracy In spacing in the planting row, con sider the Iron Age High Speed Planter. The month of May Is a very good time to plant lawns. Clovers and grasses germinate quickly, and a fine, green lawn results. Under such conditions weed seeds In the soil remain in comparative dor mancy. In new plantings. Vigor lawn fertilizer should be used one week before planting or not until the lawn has been mowed twice. Vlgo ro promotes strong root growth and bright green leaves. In our housewear departmenC Lodge Cast Iron Cooking Ware it) featured this week. Strong, dur able cast iron skillets, dutch ovens, combinations and griddles are on display. J.W.Kerus 734 South 6th Street Klamath Falls, Oregon DEPENDABLE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS Complete WEED CONTROL of LOWER COST Dust or Spray as You Wish with ESTERON DUST Esteron 44 Don't let weeds rob you. Give your crops chance to yield that extra 10 to 30 by using Dow't Esteron 44 and Esteron Dust. Dow Weed Killers are quick-acting, efficient and economical. You can't afford not to use them. See your dealer or write list wiitiin aivision THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANT S.attt., WathlnftM SAN FRANCISCO Mhnk Distributed in the Klamath Basin by J.W. 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