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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. JULY .MO. tfir.2
Willamette
Vetch Acreage
Skids Down
Oregon's certified Willamette
vetch acreage Is on the skids ac'
cording to late fiRiires compiled
by J. W. Ross, Oregon Slittc Vol
lege externum seed cerlillcation
specialist.
As recently as 1M6, about 57.000
seres were ceiimea. vcicn neia
inspections this year are now con
Dlcte and thev cover only 368 acres.
A year sro, 390 acres passed field
inspection.
Prior to 1951, Inspected acreage
had been averaging close to 3,000
acres annually.
Whv has the acrense dropped?
Lack ol a sulllciem premium for
certified Willamette vetch due u
the removal of the production ana
marketing administration payment
Is the cause, Ross believes. Crop
losses from winter Injury, and dis
ease and insect danuute also have
caused some decline in grower in
terest.
The Willamette variety ts s conv
mon vetch selection which at the
time of its release was cnaracter
ized bv winter hardiness a'l dis
ease resistance. In cases of con
tinuous vetch cropping, however,
diseases have become so destruc
tive that It is now difficult to grow
with much success.
?et of all common vetches test
ed at the OSC experiment station
near Corvallis. Willamette still
raiM mrwrior. Tnis is also true in
the south where much seed has
been sold In past years.
Ross believes, the solution to
vetch erower nroblems Is a Held
rotation system where vetch Is
grown only once in three or four
years on the same field. During
off years, volunteer plants must be
eliminated. Following a system of
this type, he adds would put com
mon vetch seed production on a
more sound oasis.
Despite the set-back, the certifi
cation specialist hopes growers will
continue to certify a limited acre
age of the improved common veicn
in order that a high quality seed
stock will be assurea
Flies Drink
Atomic Brew
' ISLINGTON. England (Jfl Some
radioactive flies . are buzzing
around here. They got that way
because they were given a drink
of brew distilled at the Harwell
Atomic Research Laboratories.
. : Scientists at the pest infestation
laboratory at Slough are responsi
ble for the condition of the flies.
and the idea is to determine bow
tar a fly lues.
The insects are released here
after the atomic brew snifter.
Then flies are captured at vary,
lnd distances, and a Ceiger count
er spots those with the tell-tale
atomic aroma on tneir Dreams.
Greatest distance covered so far
Is three miles.-But scientists are
still hoping for a real cross-country
champion.
Farmers Get
More. Money
WASHINGTON -tfl Prices re
ceived by farmers between June
IS and July 15 rose' one per cent,
mainly because of Increases they
got for hogs, milk, eggs snd com
mercial crops.
The Agriculture Department, an
nouncing this Tuesday said during
the same Deriod prices dropped
for beef cattle, potatoes, wheat
cotton, calves and several other
products.
The Department's price index
- went no three points to 295, well
below the record 313 of February
1951. The Index of prices paid by
farmers remained at 286.
OSC Grad Heads
X-Ray Concern
BALTIMORE, Md. Wl H. D.
Moreland, Oregon State College
graduate, was named manager of
the Westlnghouse Electric Corp
oration's X-ray division, Wednes
day. Sales, engineering, manufacture
and other functions will be under
his direction, F. W. Godsey, man
ager of the firm's Baltimore divi
sions, said.
Moreland. born at Philomath.
Ore.,, received his engineering de
gree from OSC in 1930 and his
science master in 1932. The follow
ing year he joined the Westing
house staff at Portland and has
been with the firm since.
. SCENES LIKE THIS ann'l ivu rnntmnn tkm Klamatk ftnnnt ,u l..-u..i L.!.. TL!. !. ..:! L:. ...i -t IJ.I:. I
. - - - , j vi.v, wwu.ii, 1 1 1 1 a a vgiui nvintiiu vui vi maim I
and Tulelalte. Machines are McCormickt.
Thai School
Gets OSC Aid
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
The scope of Oregon Slate college's
influence in shaping agricultural.
forestry and technical programs in
foreign nations may be extended
through a cooperative arrangement
with Kaesetsart university in Bang
kok. Thailand. President A. L.
Strand has announced.
More than two dozen OSC staff
members are now or have been
assisting with technical programs
in various countries on every con
tinent of the globe.
President Strand said E. L. Pot
ter, professor emeritus of agricul
tural economics, wut leave lor
Bangkok about the middle of July
to spend a month exploring the
possibilities of Oregon State couege
entering into a cooperative rela
tionship with the south Asia univer
sity. The program, including all
preliminary phases, is sponsored
and financed by the Mutual Se
curity agency.
Potter will prepare a report cov
ering the present situation at
Kaesetsart, make preliminary rec
ommendations on current needs,
assist to formulate a program that
will enable the university to serve
more adequately the people nf
Thailand, and suggest how OSC
may cooperate.
If his recommendations are fav
orable and are approved by OSC
and the Mutual Security agency.
the college would enter into a 30-
month contract with the MSA to
give technical assistance to Kaeset
sart s rehabilitation and expansion.
including advice and general as
sistance m teaching, research and
other general functions.
Oregon State college would be
expected, under the agreement, to
luraisn through the MSA a cruet
adviser and a number of specialists
who may or may not be present
members of the staff.
Kaesetsart university 1 s in
terested in most of the same fields
as OSC, President Strand pointed
out, with major schools In agri
culture. -forestry: fisheries and co
operative sciences, and supporting
work in engineering ana home
economics.
Thailand, a country nearly as
large as Texas with three times
the Lone Star state s population.
is about 90 percent dependent on
agriculture.
froi. rotter, a. memoer oi me
college staff since 1908, retired in
1950 alter being bead of agricul
tural economics since 1932. He
previously had been head of the
animal nusoanory department
since 1927.
Paint Blast
Injures Man
GRANTS Pass I An explo,
sion in a paint shop here Tuesday
critically Dtirnea can renry, 66, a
janitor.
His clothing was set ablaze by
the blast which blew out most of
the building's windows and set fire
to the roof.
He was scraping paint from the
floor of the shop when the mishap
occurred.
Experiment Station Field Days Set
Klamath's
On Aug. 4
A tour of the Klamath Experi
mental Station's test areas is slat
ed for the annual field day set
Aug. 4 by Sunt. Gene Gross, with
three top agriculturalists due here
from Corvallis to participate.
Dean F. E. Price of the OSC's
School of Agriculture, is to be here
along with Dr. D. D. Hill, Farm
Crops' Dept., and H. H. Rampton,
USDA Man in charge of forage ex
periments, Corvallis.
The tour. Gross has announced,
is to be entirely Informal, starting
from the Experimental area west
of the Klamath Falls airport at
1 p.m. Monday.
The tour is to cover forage plot
experiments including the us of
lotus (Lotus cornlculatus.) a forage
very similar to alfalfa and appar
ently a good forage in this coun
try. Strains of it have been under
test for some time at the- "X"
station here.
Fertilizer treatment on barley
and Overland Oats and other va
rieties have been conducted by
Dr. Al Halvorsen on muck trials
near Worden. The tour will cover
that portion of the experimental
area also.
The Field Day. held almost an
nually since 1940, is open not only
to farmers, but also to interested
suburban residents and others.
A drainage project on the station
may prove of interest to suburban
dwellers.
Lodging experiments showing
which varieties of cereals can,
withstand wind and other lodging
factors are to be exposed by Gross,
who has noted resistance to lodging
In certain cross-varieties of oats.
Experiments on some 30 varieties
of barley and 28 varieties of oats
are being conducted at the Klam
ath station, which gathers tip all
varieties oiierea ana available and
teats them for use in the Klamath
country. Plots of experiments are
scattered throughout the Klamath
Basin, but this year s tour is to
be held to the experimental areas
at the airport and Worden.
9.
MALCOLM EPLET, Jr.
Farm Editor
RAIN KILLS 1 ' -TOKYO
I One person is dead
and 10 are missing as a result of
heavy rains Tuesday night on
Southern Honshu, largest of the
Japanese Islands.
Kyodo News Agency said about
3,000 homes and 1,087 acres of
farmland were flooded.
Guernseys
Make Records
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. L. L.
Lombard, Retedale Guernseys,
Klamath Falls, Oregon, is the own
er of three registered Guernseys
that have recently compiled Herd
Improvement Registry production
records according to a report from
The American Guernsey Cattle
Club.
Having been milked for 311 days,
Kingmere Marian, a junior 3 year
old, produced 9.831 pounds of milk
and 545 pounds of butterfat.
Land o' Dreams Melba, a junior
4-year-old. produced 10.221 pounds
of milk and 510 pounds of butter
fat, having been milked for 305
days.
Having been milked for 277 days,
Skyloft Victory Belle, a 6 year-old,
produced 9,755 pounds of milk and
487 pounds of butterfat.
"Marian" was sired by Cloverhlll
Katy's Master, that has 2 daugh
ters in the Performance Register,
while "Melba" was sired by Mc
Donald Farms May King, that has
37 sons and daughters in the Per
formance Register. "Victory Belle"
was sired by Western Glow Gover
nor, that has 19 sons and daugh
ters In the Performance Register
of The American Guernsey Cattle
Club.
' These records were supervised
by the Oregon State College.
Farm Reports
On Disease.
Pests Needed
Because the nation's welfare de
pends upon farm produce, farmers
must be constantly alert to signs
oi piant ana animal disease ana
insect damage, warns J. R. Beck,
assistant director of extension at
Oregon State college.
This Is an Important part of the
agricultural mobilization program
directed by Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan, he points out.
"If you spot disease or insect
damage among your crops, report
it immediately to your county
agent," urges Beck. "Give him a
sample of the Insect or diseased or
Injured plant as soon as possible.
Do not send ' these samples to
anyone other than the agent. Car
rying or shipping them around the
country may spread the trouble."
"Report suspicious symptoms of
any livestock or poultry disease Im
mediately to the nearest veteri
narian. Samples of material from
diseased animals should not be re
moved. Bring the vet to the animal
rather than take the animal to the
vet to lessen danger of spreading
the disease." '
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This Friday
Tile Tulclake Farm Advbors
field tour will be held Frtdav, Aug
ust 1, at a.m., according to Ken
Bachott, Tulelake Farm Advisor.
Interested farmers should meet at
the Farm Advisor's office at a.m.
where thev will visit various exper
imental plots throughout the Tule
lake basin.
Farmers will have the oonorlunl-
ty to see soil sterilisation plots
where various chemicals have been
applied to dltchbanks for weed con
trol: barley fertilization, compar
ing NHS DBS anri immnni biiWaIj.'
the use of aulfarlc acid to reclaim
alkali soil; various cultivation prac
tices of barlev fields. If time al
lows, an alfalfa seed production
plot will be observed: barley fer
tilisation trials on alkali soil will
oe ooserved comparlnit various
kinds and rale of fertilizer.
MARGAKKT IS GENEVA
GENEVA. Switzerland 11 Mar
aaret Truman arrived In Geneva
Irom Parln Tuesday for a three
dav vlmi to Switzerland and tiny,
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M1I.WAUK1K W'l- KlKhly em.
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