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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OTtKGON
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88,000 Acres Certified
Seed in Oregon Last Year
Br The Const Ant
Survey recently completed by
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics shows that producers In
the Pacific Coast states expect to
reduce baby chick purchases by
at least 16 per cent for flock re
placements this year as compared
with 1951. In the nation as a whole,
the decrease was 10 per cent. High
cost of feed, labor, and low sell
ing price of poultry products are
given as the reasons for this - de
crease.
A reDort received from the VS.
Fish and Wildlife service indicates
that the two Klamath county co
operative hunters, Bob Flank and
Francis Shaver took a total of
eight coyotes and T bobcats during
the month- In addition, 16 wild
housecats and 25 porcupines were
taken. Bobcats have been hanging
around ranches- and farms doing
considerable damage to domestic
birds and animals.
Certified seed in Oregon last
year totaled nearly 88,000 acres,
This was an increase of 11,000
acres above 1950, The certified alf
alfa seed acreage dVbled with
Talent belne first. Ladak second.
and Ranger third in total acreage
were .Nomad, Grimm, and Ore
stan. Clover acreage Increased
greatly with Ladlno leading the
field with 35.000 acres certified,
This was 5,000 acres above 1950.
Among1 the grasses, alta fescue
topped all varieties with nearly
12000 -acres, A 50 per cent Jump
above 1950. Certification Specialist
' H. E. Finnelfs reports showed that
4.600 acres of certified grain near
ly doubled that of the year, be
fore.
A bulletin on now to reduce me-
enanicai injury to potatoes has
been received at the county acents
office from the state of Idaho. This
is an excellent bulletin showing
uie various steps mat can De tak
en to greatly reduce mechanical
injury in growing, digging, haul
ing, paczmg, snipping and display
ing potatoes. Any potato grower
wishing one could call at room
313, Federal Bldg., or merely drop
a card to the County Agent's. Of
fice. E. R. Jackman. farm crooa roe-
eialist, and H. H. Rampton, As
sociation Agronomist, at Oregon
State College have assembled some
general information on alfalfa va
rieties that Is of considerable' in
terest. Much of this information
has a bearing on Alfalfa growing
here:
LADAK
A superior- variety from Maine
to Washington. More hardy than
Ranger and will stand tougher con
ditions. The advantages: vigorous,
frost resistant, can go' dormant,
making it advisable for dryland
or areas where water may be
short, has some wilt resistance,
has a large first cutting, excellent
lor high elevations and it has re
sistance to leaf spot.
RANGER
Ranger Is made from Cossack.
ladak and Orestan. It is variegat
ed, leafy, dark color, good yields,
wilt resistant and winter hardy.
Good demand for seed. Not as ag
resslve as other varieties in re
sisting weeds.. .
GRIMM - . .
An old standbv under lrrlfratlnn
but has little if any ' wilt resis
tance, is naray. leafy, dark color.
vigorous and high yielding. Lack
of. wilt resistance Its biggest draw-
oacc f or. long time stands, La
dak, Ranger and Orestan would
be better, Grimm if plowed up In
three years in a crop rotation plan
may be as good as any.
ORESTAN
Leafy no leaf spot damage, good
yield, and high wilt resistance.
Good for long time stands.
BUFFALO -
Wilt resistant, moderately leafy,
rapid recovery after cutting.
NOMAD
The newly named creeping va
riety iouna in Kiamaui county. A
prominent Oregon seed comDanv
is now selecting the various types
oi una piant ana testing tnem lor
vigor. The first one is now on
the market. It seems to be better
than any other dryland alfalfa for
pasture. It is not a hay alfalfa.
It looks to be well adapted to East
ern Oregon. Real resistant to dry
seasons. It is known as a creeper.
TALENT
It was developed at Talent, Ore.
Gives excellent yields and is nem
atode resistant. Quick recovery af
ter cutting, prevents grass and
weed enroachment. Superior in
So. Oregon and worth trying in
long season areas. May not be too
well adapted to tuamain county
conditions.
Honey bees for pollination are
coming into greater use each
year. USDA entomologists have
found that honey bees are needed
to pollinate cantaloupes. Where all
bees were kept out only 4 market
able melons were secured from 160
plants, but where bees were kept
in. 180 marketable melons were
secured- Experiments in the Ohio
valley witn noney Dees on red
clover showed a need for honey
bees for increased pollination.
-Alfalfa fields in California se
cured ' yields of 1800 lbs of seed
with a rate of 3 colonies of honey
bees per acre.
Seed Stocks
Hashed Brown
A good share of this spring's cer
tified seed potato stocks have end
ed up as French fries and hashed
browns. That's the word today from
Elmer Johnson of Oregon State col
lege. The seed certification special
ist says Oregon's 1951 certified po
tato acreage was the lowest since
1943. And recent potato market ad
vances channeled some certified po
tatoes into taoie use.
As a consequence, Johnson says
potato growers will have trouble
this spring finding good certified
seed to plant. Last year, the state's
total certified potato acreage was
1-? as compared' with 1950.
compared with 1950 when 18 var
ices passed certification, 15 varie
ties were passed last year- They
were grown in 13 counties. Klam
ath with 999 acres was the rank
ing producer. Robert Cheyne of
Klamath Falls was the state's lead
ing grower with 35 acres of netted j
gems, 109 acres of white rose.
Again last year, the erower with
the most certified varieties was
Ernest Hamback of Tigard. He had
11.
34 Gilts
Bring In
$2847
Thirty-four purebred gilts sold
for an average of S83.35 Friday In
the third annual Oregon Purebred
Swine Orowrrs bred gill sale at
ins loumy f airgrounds.
Total for the sale was 82847, Sale
mgr. lien Newell has announced,
About 85 persons participated.
Top gilt was Laddie Tofell con
signed by Richard West, Malln,
wnicn soia lor siuj.oo.
The Berk farrowed before the
sale, and seven olslets were at her
siae wnen soia.
Newell said this was the second
highest sale In the state so far
this year, though its total Income
was oeiow previous sales nere. De
mand tor the animals was suffi
cient so that all consigned were
soia.
Woods Orders
Due Soon
Klamath county farmers who are
planning to plant forest tree seed
lings this spring for the purpose
of establishing woodlands, shelter-
belts or windbreaks should get their
orders Into the hands of the state
forester in Salem by March 15, ac
cording to County Agent C. A. Henderson.
This early date has been set be
cause the trees must oe luted from
the nursery before the growing sea
son starts In the Willamette valley
where the Oregon forest nursery is
located, according to Henderson.
However, this does not mean that
the farmer must accept shipment
at that time since the state main
tains a refrigerating plant where
the trees can be stored and kept
in a dormant condition Indefinitely
and shipment will be made when
planting conditions In this area are
suitable.
"Trees available which are adapt,
able to planting In this climate in
clude the white fir, ponderosa pine,
Scotch pine, Chinese arborvitate.
Black locust, Russian mulberry,
Russian Olive, caragana and Chi
nese elm," Henderson said. This
gives a selection that will meet
most of the needs of the farmer
in his tree planting project whether
It is for shade, protection from the
winds, or growing forest products
such as posts, poles, or fuel."
The county agent states that the
list of species available order
oianks ana planting bulletins are
available at his office.
NO CONFAB
WASHINGTON UP) President
Truman will forego his usual
Thursday news conference this
week, the White House said Tues
day.
Press Secretary Joseph Short ex
plained the President wants full
opportunity that day to work on
his foreign aid address which will
be broadcast and televised that
night.
JUNIOR FARMERS
Klamath County Junior Farmers
will hold their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday evening at the
Winema Hotel, Pres. Halt Wilson
announced today.
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Ag Program
Gets Added
Feature
A continuing feature has been
added to the state Herlculttirnl con
servation program Suite Production
and MurkPlIng Committee Chair
man E. HufVey Miller, Portland,
says provisions were added late
last year making It possible for
county PMA committees to start
their program year In October tr
certain practices. Uri to now, I lie
program yenr has been carried out
on a calendar year basis.
With Iho change, (minors may
now start permanent type prac
tices In Uie lull and carry them
through to conclusion without dan
ger of losing assistance. Only pro
vision Is this, prior approval must
be received from Iho county PMA
office.
Heretofore, savs Miller, fall prac
tices suffered. County fund alloca
tions were frequently gone early
In the program year. Thus It was
Impossible for county committees
to offer assistance on practices nor
mally started during (nil months.
And the fact that county books had
to be closed at year end made
carry over provisions Impossible.
The continuing program teature
will allow farmers to start such
permanent (nrm Improvements as
Uie Installations, and assistance
will be guaranteed by the county
committee (rom earmarked funds.
In western Oregon, uie teature
Is expected to encourage practices
where eBrth moving is required.
Two practices In eastern Oregon
normally carried out in the lato
fall arc land leveling and lrrlga
Uon system reorganisation. Both
should receive renewed attention
as a result of the PMA program
change.
Una Merkel On
Way To Recovery
SANTA MONICA, Calif. W Re
covering from an overdose of
sleeping pills, Actress Una Merkel
will leave St. John's hospital soon
for her home.
Her physician. Dr. Roy T. Mc
Reynolds. said the 48-year-old act
ress had been 111 with the flu. He
said he had not prescribed sleeping
pills for her but found an empty
Dottle of Seconal in ner apartment
Monday after her nurse found her
In a coma.
Ag Confab
Readied For
Mar. 27-29
Land-grant collego representa
tives from six slates as well as
U.S. Department of Agriculture ob
servers will be uresent Mar. in,
38 and M ai Oregon Slate collego
lor the statewide agricultural con
lerence, F. L. Ballard, associate
director of the extension snrvlri,
has announced.
All have asked to send repre
sentatives to observe procedures
wnicn win mark uie culmination
of mora than a year's work on
Uie part of 450 persons sorvlng on
conference committees. All have
shown particular Interest In the
rural life phase of Uie conference
program, Ballard said.
This committee, one of 11 mak
ing conference prenaraUons, Is
headed by L. E. Francis, Tilla
mook.
Five states have already asked
staff members of the Oregon ex
tension service to discuss program
making procedures before repre
senting groups. Director Ballard
appeared recently on extension con
ference programs In Utah and
Oklahoma.
Among Questions of vital im
portance to Oregon's production
patterns are the growing Califor
nia market for farm products, the
rapidly Increasing food processing
Industry, and adjustments to spe
cialty crops which tend to over
come the dlsadvantages'of Increas
ing freight rates. These are typical
Interest areas, Ballard says, which
are being given consideration by
farm people taking part In prepa
rations for the statewide confer
ence.
Not all thought Is being expend
ed on economics of agriculture.
Ballard says there is growing re
alization that Increased returns
from land should be used to sub
stantial degree In Improving rural
living conditions. The rural life
committee, for example, la con
sidering questions having to do with
community organisation, Imporved
health facilities, rural education,
roads and part-time farming. .
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OSC Trio
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Farmers
A trio of experts will face Klam
ath County farmers at the Winema
hotel Mar. 30 for a weed and bun
session, the County Agent's Office
nas announced,
Visiting experts will Include Ilex
Warren, extension specialist in
farm crops; 'Virgil Freed, weed spe
cialist; Hubert Every, entomology
specialist. All are from Oregon
State College.
Field representatives of Interested
chemical companies have been In
vited In report on the latest anil
cultural chemicals for weed and
bug control,
The meet Is slated for t a. in.
at tliu Winema. .
Subclover
Ideas Out
A new set of recommenHAtlnn
lor establishing, munaglng and util
izing Sllbclover for foraira mil M
In Oregon has been Issued by the
Oregon State college agricultural
experiment station.
Latest Information on this wide
ly used pasture legume for west
ern Oregon has been collected by
II. H. Rampton. United States de
partment of agriculture agronomist
.stationed at OKC. It has been pub
lished as a revised version of sta
tion, bulletin 433. now available at
county extension offices or from
OSO.
Included In the bulletin are facts
on adaptation, seedbed preparation
and planting, seed Inoculation, util
isation and management, harvest
ing, and problems of disease. In
sect and animal pests.
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ALFALFA Ladak, Grimm, Common ond Ronger.
CLOVER Alsike, Sweet ond White Dutch.
GRASSES Alta Fescue, Orchard, Smooth Brome, Burnet,
Reeds Canary, English Rye, Kentucky Blue Crass, Timo-
thy Meadow .Foxtail , etc.
Posiurd micos ore-a a specialty he,;e at your Co-cp. Bring in
your formula, or lot us recommend one suited to your soil
and water conditions.
SEED GRAINS Barley, Oats, Wheat and Rye. Recleoned
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