Brilliant Work of Club Member Shown At County 4-H Fair
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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
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Complete
WEED CONTROL
of
LOWER COST
Dust or Spray as You Wish
with
ESTERON DUST
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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
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J.W. KERNS
734 South 6th Phone 4197
Local Application Available by
Farmers Air Service, Murel Long. Phone 8389