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Defense Secretary Wilson, asked
this morning about the truce sit
uation In Indo-chlna, answers:
"The wise thing at the moment
may be to draw a truce line
across the country at or near the
middle, but I'm not enthusiastic
about the idea."
Thank you, Mr. Wilson. That
about sizes up we situation.
When we stopped shooting on a
line drawn across the middle ol
Korea nobody was very enthusi
astic about the idea. But we were
all very, very happy indeed to get
rid of a Bhooting war that we
couldn't afford to win and couldn't
afford to lose.
It's about the same way, I sus
pect, in Indochina.
A thought lor today:
T llrA tViA ttnvnaH rhllri that
voids the fire and the wolf that
got caught in the trap and was
ever afterward cagey about traps
let's be EXTREMELY careful it
the future about getting into wars
that we can't afford to win and
can't afford to lose.
In n roflumnhlv hectic session
on the Chicago Board of Trade
this morning, soybeans shot up ten
cents a bushel and corn went up
eight cents.
Have you been reading the
weather reports lately? It has
v been HOT-T-T-T 1 1 I 1 (and dry)
back in the corn and soybean belt
tor davs and days and when it's
V Anr korV than ffir daVS
and days at this time of the year
It means less corn ana soyuauu
come harvest time,
.with ip-w corn and soybeans in
sight, buyers BID UP THE PRICE
But-
How about the huge surplus of
priee-supportea corn puea up u.
previous . years? Doesn't that
nxert a bearish influence on this
year's corn prices? If there Is a
drop in corn production this year,
due to heat and drouth, won't this
huge stored surplus come onto the
market and keep the price from
going up?
T.f'e not he childish.
rrt.1 Id an wlnt.lnn vear. Do VOU
think it would be likely that in an
election year (with corn belt votes
at stake) the stored-up SURPLUS
of corn would be permitted to come
... u- arbat otirt PRFVF.NT
CORN PRICES FROM! GOING UP
because of neat ana arouuir
At. nnv rata, the traders in Chi
cago this morning didn't seem to
V reduction in mis year s corn piu-
iiirHnn t.hov went richt ahead and
bid up the price.
But
If that's the case, how are we
nirmD Ik naf viri nf thn hllfTA lir
pluses that accumulate when
prices or certain oasic ciot c
guaranteed at a figure high
.n.nVi Ia Tttenlt 4n rnnttnued over-
production, regardless of supply
ana aemanar
Maybe the surpluses will ROT
someday ana inus soive ie pruu
lem for everybody but, the taxpay-
T hone vou'll pardon those cynl-
mi cracks. I must have got out
iof bed on the wrong foot this
morning. Let's turn to a more
hopeful side or the picture.
The census sharps say mat u.o.
population is Increasing at a
phenomenal rate. By 1975 (only
two decades in the future) rising
birth rates and declining death
rates, they tell us. are expected
to add from 40 million to eo mil
lion to our present population,
bringing the total up to 200 mil
lion or over.
That would be half of China's
present population.
China is NEVER troubled by
food surpluses.
Her troubles arise out of food
SHORTAGES.
So maybe we'll come out all
right in the end.
Ike Asked To
Dedicate Dam
WASHINGTON Wl President
Eisenhower got an invitation Mon
day to attend the dedication of
McNary Dam this summer, and
was reported hopeful of being able
to make it.
The invitation was presented by
a Washington and Oregon congres
sional delegation which talked with
the President personally. The
group even offered to fix the dedi
cation dates to suit Eisenhower's
convenience.
Afterward, Sen. Cordon (R-Orel
said the President showed Interest
and hoped to be present at the
dedication of the giant dam on the
Columbia River near Umatilla,
Ore. Cordon said Eisenhower
thought arrangements possibly
could be made while he is on
summer vacation in Denver.
Earlier Bertha S. Adkins, as
sistant to the chairman of the Re
publican National Committee, re
ported to the President on her re
cent seven-week tour of Western
states.
She told newsmen she was
'very much encouraged" about
GOP prospects tn the November
election. She said she believes the
Republicans have an excellent
chance of gaining a Senate seat
In Wyoming and of picking up a
House seat in Colorado,
Price Five Cents 14 Paxes
Heat Death
Toll Rises
In Midwest
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More blistering heat scorched
the central United States Tuesday.
It boosted hog, poultry and crop
losses and ran the nation's heat
deaths in two weeks to 259.
The temperature was 100 de
grees or higher Monday from Tex
as to South Dakota.
However, local thundershowers
brought scattered relief In parts of
the swelterbelt and somewhat
cooler Canadian air began pushing
into the Midwest.
The combined effect of heat and
drought had farm advisers worried
in Illinois, a major com ana live
stock producing state.
J. A. Ewing, federal crop statis
tician, said corn is in only fair
condition in the southern half of Il
linois. Another week of heat and
drought, he said, could cause
serious damage.
County fair advisers reported
wholesale deaths of hogs and
chickens In central Illinois. Farm
ers near Staunton, in Macoupin
County, said so many hogs have
died they have been notified to
burn the carcasses because reduc
tion plants are swamped with
work.
Hiuh temperatures included: Wi
chita. Kan. 107: Kansas C lty 109;
St. Louis 102; Tulsa 106; Omaha.
Neb. 103; Vandalla, 111. 100, and
Huron, S.D. 100.
At Little Rock. Ark. thunder-
showers kept the temperature
down to a maximum of 82, com
pared with 108 the previous day.
A surge of cooler Canadian air
kept the mercury to 79 degrees
In Dickenson, N.D. compared with
100 on Sunday.
TTiundershowers sprinkled the
Rocky Mountains, central plains
and lower Mississippi Valley.
Some cooling occurred in the Pa
cific states but temperature
changes in most other sections of
the nation were minor.
Missouri has had the heaviest
heat toll this month with 94 deaths.
Oklahoma counted 50 deaths, Kan
sas 40. Illinois 15 and 18 other
states from one to eight deaths.
Klamath Hosts
Fly way Meet
KLAMATH FALLS W The Pa
cific Plyway Council met here Tues
day to discuss waterfowl regulations
for the Pacific flyway.
The council is made up of repre
sentatives of the U. 6. Fish and
Wildlife Service and of game de
partments of Oregon, Washington,
California. Idaho, Utah, Nevada,
Arizona, Montana and British Co
lumbia. They were expected to work out
recommendations to the lederal
wildlife service for 1954 waterfowl
regulations. These will be set in
August after a meeting of the Na
tional Waterfowl Council in Wash
ington, D. C.
The meeting, closed to the press,
was expected to last into late after
noon. Whether a resume 01 rec
ommendations would then be made
public was to be decided in the
course of the session, a spokesman
said.
United Fund
Meet Plained
A mass meeting of members oi
United Fund will be held Wednes
day night. July 21, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Little Theater at Klamath
Union High School.
Everyone who has donated one
dollar or more to United Fund is
a member, and is urged to attend
the meeting, subject of which will
be the proposed employment of
an executive secretary for the
Klamath County United Fund.
The mass meeting has been
called to give the specific donors
to the Fund an opportunity to pres
ent their views on the proposal.
Officials have emphasized that
only through attendance at a mass
meeting such as this tan public
opinion be learned.
At an executive board meeting
last Thursday evening to which
all directors were Invited, the
executive committee presented its
unanimous recommendation that
an executive secretary be hired.
Jim Shelton, currently with the
Oregon Chest, has been suggested
for the position at a salary of
S7.000 per year. This suggestion
met with unanimous approval by
board members present at last
week's meeting.
MEETINGS
KINGSTON, Jamaica Wl Ja
maica's Prime Minister William
A. Bustamante promised Monday
night to prevent future meetings
by "Communists and fellow trav
elers." He said he wuld take ac
tion against the Reds and their
associates witnm a few days.
KLAMATH
SEN. JOSEPH MCCARTHY IR-Wis), questions James W. Glatis of Boston, right, back to
camera, as he resumes one-man Senate Investigations subcommittee hearings into red infiltra
tion in the Boston area. At the committee table in the big Caucus room in Washington
scene of big production McCarthy-Army row hearings are,' from left, Donald F. O'Donnell,
assistant committee counsel; McCarthy; Francis Carr, committee staff director; and George
Anastos, assistant committee counsel. Others in background are not identified, except Mrs.
McCarthy, third from right. '
Small Mills Resume Work
Weyerhaeuser Springfield
PORTLAND W Two settle
ments at Medford, increased work
behind a picket line at Redmond
and a vote against local negotia
tions with Weyerhaeuser at Spring
field highlighted reports Tuesday
on the Northwest lumber strike,
now in Its fifth week.
And while these events became
known, the top AFL Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union policy
committee met here with discus
sion of whether to spread the strike
into pine operations one of the
principal topics.
At Medford the Medford Veneer
and Plywood Corp. and Medford
Door Corp. prepared to get back
into operation. Agreement was
reached Friday between tr oper
ators and 1440 striking members of
the AFL union. Neither would re
veal settlement terms, but Kenneth
Davis, executive secretary of the
Northwestern Council, AFL-LSWU,
said here that it was for an in
crease of 5 cents and 7 'A cents an
hour some workers getting one
figure and some the other.
The strike, by both AFL and the
CIO Woodworkers, was to get an
Increase of 12 & cents. There have
been a number of settlements.
ranging all the way from renewal
of the old contract without change,
to the full 12 Vi cents. These,
though, have been chiefly in the
smaller operations.
At Redmond, where CIO Wood
workers went through their local's
picket line Monday to resume work
at the Ponderosa Lumber Sales
plant, a moulding mill, there were
more pickets and more returning
workers Tuesday. A company
spokesman estimated 30 to 35 pick
ets and about 75 employes who
went past them without incident.
Some of the pickets are com
pany employes, the spokesman
Union Leaders
Eye Pine Belt
PORTLAND Wl The strategy
committee of the striking AFL
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Un
ion was to meet here Tuesday
and there was speculation that the
strike might spread to the Pacific
Northwest pine belt.
So far the five-week-old strike
by the AFL union and the CIO
Woodworkers has been mostly con
fined to the region's Douglas fir
bell.
But Kenneth Davis, secretary of
the AFL union's Northwest Coun
cil, said several days ago that ex
tension of the strike to the pine
industry was being considered.
The unions are asking a 12 '2
cent hourly pay increase. Manage
ment generally has contended it
cannot afford any increases and
has offered to renew the old con
tract. '
Meanwhile a hearing on an in
junction suit to halt picketing,
brought by the M&M Wood Work
ing Co. of Portland, was to resume
in Circuit court here Tuesday.
The hearing opened Monday with
arguments by the company that
four AFL locals were picketing the
firm's plywood plants at Portland,
Albany and Lyons, Ore., and Eu
reka, Calif., although these plants
are not Involved In the strike. The
union is striking the firm's two
door manufacturing plants.
The union contends it has a
right to picket the employer at all
locations during a strike.
CONFERENCE
TOKYO Wl Gen. John Hull.
U.S. Far East commander, flew
to the United States Tuesday night
for conferences on Asian prob
lems. Hull's flight precede that of
South Korean President Syngman
Rhee, who is scheduled to reach
Washington on July 26 for confer
ence with President Eisenhower.
FALLS, OREUON, TUESDAY. JULY
said, and some are from the local
at Bend or Prinevllle. All of those
going through the line and they
marched through in a body were
on the payroll when the strike was
called June 21, the company said.
At Springfield Monday night at
Gas Dealer
Meet Planned
Around 100 people from all over
the state have been invited to the
Oregon Gasoline Dealer Associa
tion, Inc.,. which will hold Ija state
board" 'meeting' in Klamath' Falls
for the first time this weekend,
July 24 and 25.
The organization, only about one
year old in Oregon, already has a
total membership of 1200 in 52
chapters over the state. The as
sociation is affiliated with the Na
tional Congress of Petroleum Re
tailers. Headquarters for the state meet
will be the WUiema Hotel,
Local officers in charge of ar
rangements include Ray Reeves,
president: F. O. (Red) Reynolds,
vice president; P. J. Coleman, secretary-treasurer
of the local organi
zation and second vice president of
the state group. i
KF Jet Base Funds Approved
Final 'approval on appropriations for the jet inter
ceptor base at the Klamath Falls Municipal Airport was
made public this morning by George P. Davis, president
of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce.
Delegates fo the Pacific Northwest Plant Food Asso
ciation now In session here were the sounding board for
Davis' announcement, included in his welcome address.
"The last 't' was crossed and the last 'V dotted yes
terday," Davis said, and mentioned that initial requests
had been cut $6,000 to the $4,127,000 finally approved.
'The jet base will provide a new impetus to industry
and home building in the Klamath Basin," the chamber
president remarked.
He credited Sen. Guy Cordon and Rep. Sam Coon
for their part in finalizing plans for the base.
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EXHIBITING THEIR PET DUCKS, Donald, Daisy and Gladstone
this morning as the early morning photographer came by were
Linda Smith and Danny Robbin, (front) with Robert Phillips
and sister Shirley, aH of .California Avenue.
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In Medford;
Meet Held
a closed meeting of CIO sawmill
division employes of Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co., it was reported that
negotiations through a local com
mittee were turned down by a 3-1
margin. The union spokesman, who
said 600 of 800 affected employes
attended, reported that the region,
al committee will continue to
speak for local workers. Weyer
haeuser recently told its employes
it will no longer negotiate company-wide
and the first meeting
since that time is set for Wednes
day at Longview. The regional
committee win meet there with
company officials as it has in the
past, A. F. Hartung, international
iwa president, said.
,yTho Medford settlements ended
mill closures In that Immediate
area, although the Red Blanket
Lumber Co. remains struck. It has
been operating without trouble be
hind a picket line of the CIO-IWA.
One effect of the summer strike
Is to cut into the stockpkiling of
logs for winter.- The Pacific North
west Loggers Assn. reported Tues
day that its July 1 figures show
Columbia River log booms with
387,911,000 feet compared with 462,
911,000 at this time last year and
Puget Sound booms with 366.187,
000 compared with 478,744,000 on
July 1 last year.
Operators said Inability to build
log inventories now hinted at win
ter shutdowns.
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Telephone 8111 No. 2897
McCarthy's
Chief Aide
Resigns
WASHINGTON (fl Rov M.
Conn resigned Tuesday as chief
counsel of the McCarthy investiga
tions subcommittee, and Sen. Mc
Carthy shifted assistant counsel
Donald A. Surlne to his own staff
pending official word on why Su
rlne has been denied clearance to
handle defense secrets.
Under pressure from a majority
of his subcommittee for a staff
"housecleaning." McCarthy an
nounced the Cohn resignation and
Surlne shift shortly before a closed
door meeting called fat a ahnw-
down on the issue of a shakeup.
STATEMENT
In a statement. McCarthy said
he has demanded that Secretary of
Defense Wilson state why Surlne
was denied clearance. He added:
"When a reply is received from
the secretary of defense I shall
move that Mr. Surlne be returned
to the subcommittee staff."
McCarthy's statement said an
FBI file check "has failed to dis
close a single word or action of
Mr. Surine's which can in any way
be distorted into a charge of dis
loyalty or violations of security."
McCarthy added:
"Instead, one of my committee
Democrat colleagues clutched In
his hands the affidavit of a Jailed
white slaver in an attempt to
discredit Mr. Surine.
"This white slaver's affidavit
was obtained from him behind
prison bars where he sits convict
ed on evidence Mr. Surlne secured
against him evidence which led
him to admit his guilt."
nPSIONATTON
Earlier, in a separate statement,
he had announced the resignation
of Cohn who was the No. 1 target
of the members demanding a staff
shake up.
"The resignation of Roy Cohn
must bring great satisfaction to
the Communists and fellow travel--ers.".
McCarthy said. - -
"The smears and pressures to
which he has been subjected make
It clear that an effective anti
Communist cannot long survive on
the Washington scene."
McCarthy said also that he be
lieves the American people who
saw Cohn as one of the principals
in the televised McCarthy-Army
hearings "will resent as I do the
treatment to which he has been
subjected."
New Judicial
Area Urged
WASHINGTON W The Judicial
conference of the United States
Tuesday recommended that Con
gress divide the Ninth Federal
Judicial Circuit which embraces
the Far Western states and cer
tain territories.
The proposal would mean the
creation of a separate new circuit
to be known as the Eleventh
and would mean the appointment
of three additional Judges.
The conference is made up of
the chief Judges of the present 10
circuit courts and the court of the
District of Columbia.
Pacific Northwest Plant Food Group
Greeted By Klamath Falls Officials
Eight speakers, authorities In
their field, addressed delegates to
the Pacific Northwest PlBiit Food
Association In the first session of
the Fifth Annual Fertilizer Confer
ence held this morning at Fremont
School,
Delegates from Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and British Colum
bia were welcomed by Mayor Pro-
Tern Don Kenyon; George Davis,
president of the Klamath County
Chamber of Commerce: F. E.
Price, dean and director of Agri
cultural Experiment Station, Ore
gon State College; Ernie Hanson,
associate president of the associa
tion.
Startling announcements of re
search on frozen food plant po
tentials here, and of final ap
roval on the Jet Interceptor base
for Klamath were made by Davis,
who emphasized the value of ag
riculture to the economy of the
Basin.
"This hour has marked a defi
nite and specific turning point In
the economy of the Klamath Ba
sin." he said.
Dean Price briefly pinpointed
speclfio work experiment stations
have done throughout the state to
Increase agricultural yields and
the cooperative research work
done among states with federal
and state government funds.
HISTORY
C. A. Henderson, county stent.
discussed the history and back
ground of agriculture In the Klam
ath Basin.
'Early history waa one of live
stock with some grain and alfalfa.
In 1933 the production of crops
surpassed that of livestock for the
first time; potato value reached
1460,000 compared with 0,000 m
US Stands Aside
From Final Act
Br EDDIE GILMORE
GENEVA ift East aud West,
with the United States standing
aside, agreed late Tuesday to
partition Viet Nam roughly along
the 17th parallel, a French source
said. He reported only technical
diificulttes remained to be settled
before signing of a cease-fire
agreement for Indochina.
The partition line, It was said,
will run about 12 miles north of
the Important highway No. 9,
leading from Quang Tri on the
coastal road to Savannakhet in
Laos.
The French source said the is
sues involving Viet Nam were all
settled with fixing of the partition
line. Only a few language diffi
culties remained in the peace pro
visions concerning Laos and Cam
bodia.
FINAL DETAILS
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
of Britain and Soviet Foreign Min
ister V. M. Molotov loft the meet
ing where final details of the peace
were being completed late in the
afternoon for an hour's recess.
They were scheduled to return
later for another meeting with
French Premier Pierre Mendes-
France and Pham Van Dong, the
Viet Minh foreign minister.
Mendes-France was reported by
French sources to be cautious, but
very optimistic." He has pieagea
to resign as premier unless a
cease-fire agreement is reached by
midnight (3 p.m. PST).
The two major obstacles to ine
signing of an armistice appeared
surmounted and conference quar
ters said an agreement before mia-
night appeared certain.
AGREEMENT
A highly reliable source, wno ae-
cllned to be Identified, said the
Communists have agreed the
United States would not be listed
among the powers approving uie
multilateral general declaration to
be Issued at the close oi tne ses
sion.
It was learned that the Chinese
Communists, who originally asked
that the United States be included
in the list, were now not inclined
to Insist on this point. This block,
thrown into the negotiations at the
11th hour, had dampened optimism
for a while.
The United States position has
not changed, a spokesman said.
Smith told a session of the con
ference Sunday that the United
States would assist in reaching an
armistice, but would not sign the
final act. Instead, the United
States will Issue a unilateral dec
laration pledging support of the
agreement under the terms of the
United Nations charter.
URGENT SESSION
The issue was one of several
still unsettled which brought So
viet Foreign Minister V.M. Molo
tov, British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden, Vletminh Foreign
Minister Pham Van Dong and
French Premier lerre Mendes -France
Into urgent session Tues
day. French sources were uncertain
how much Importance should be
attached to the new Chinese de
mand. A French spokesman said
he expected many other snags
Thornton Issues
Press Ruling
SALEM Uft Press released pre
pared by or tor political candidates
can't be anonymous, Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton ruled Tuesday.
The name and address of the
author and of the printer and pub
lisher of each such press release
must be written on the release.
The opinion was asked by State
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, Port
land Democrat, who is running for
United States senator.
1023 and commercial fertilizer
was coming Into general use."
The steady growth of agriculture
by 1053 listed livestock at an all
time high in numbers and dairy
decreasing. Hannchen barley for
malting purposes is the major
grain crop and at times the Basin
has provided 50 per cent of the
nation's alslke clover. Potato in
come dropped tremendously In
1953, according to Henderson.
Through the topic, "Industry
Takes a Look at Experiment Sta
tion Work," Karl Baur, Pacific
Supply Coop., Portland, listed some
constructive criticism on how sta
tions can better Improve their
services.
NEW METHODS
Rep. E. A. Geary, Klamath
County lancher, "took a look" at
experiment station work and told
delegates that stations should be
in a position to counteract over
advertised new materials , and
methods; maintain close connec
tion with the college experiment
station and other stations; work
closely with the Extension Service
as a clearing bouse for new ideas
and methods,
"The station working through the
Extension Service should be able
to Inform the farmer of the mer
its of these Ideas or even more
Important to perhaps prove that
they do not apply to his territory
or particular conditions," Geary
said.
H. P. Singleton, superintendent,
Irrigation Experiment Station,
Prosser, Washington, discussed
the new outlying testing program
In Washington, where testing on
outlying farmers' fields la carried
out to confirm the recommenda
would appear during the day re
quiring feverish consultation.
The U.S. delegation waa under
the impressions that the request
for United States signature to the
conference agreement came from
the Russians.
"Of course they want us to sign
a declaration,'1 this source said.
'They've wanted it all along."
The official Red Chinese spokes
man said: "I know nothing about
it. - ,
Patterson,
Latourette
Discuss KF
Definite steps to end the current
Klamath county courthouse row
are expected to be - taken next
Thursday after a conference be
tween Governor Paul Patterson,
Chief Justice Earl Latourette of
the state supreme court, Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton and
Glenn Jack, president of the Ore
gon Bar. The meeting will be held
in Salem.
This was announced Tuesday bv
Chief Justice Latourette, who told
the Herald and News that he dis
cussed the Klamath county law en
forecement crisis with Governor
Patterson Tuesday morning.
"We win not make any publlo
statement until after the confer
ence next Thursday," the chief
Justice said. "At that time the
problem in Klamath county will be
thoroughly surveyed. Then we will
be ready to take action."
Judge Latourette also Issued a
statement in Salem Tuesday in
which he said be believes the
state legislature should require
lawyers to show cause when they
file affidavits seeking a change of
Judges.
It was the filing of five motions
for a change of Judges in criminal
cases here that brought the long
standing feud between C 1 r e u 1 1
Judge David R. Vandenberg and
District Attorney Frank Alderson
Into the open. Subsequently, Judge
Ralph M. Holman of Oregon City
was givena general assignment to
preside in circuit court here. De
fense attorneys 3ien filed applies
llnna fni annta0 iiiriirn tA rnllll-lft
Holman.
In his statement on the change of
Judge statute. Judge Latourette
said:
"At present the attorneys are not
required to show cause when they
request a change of Judges. It
should not be up to the whim of art
.attorney as to the Judge who hears
his case. If there is good cause for
removal of the Judge in any par
ticular case, the attorney should b
forced to detail just cause in an
affidavit. 4
"If attorneys were required to
show cause why judges should not
hear their case," Judge Latourette
concluded, "It would prevent such
situations as the one in Klamath
county.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Fair through Wednesday.
High Wednesday 80; low Tuesday
night 43.
High yesterday 89
Low last night . 45
Preclp. last 24 hours
Since Oct. 1 14.15-
Same period last year ..w.14.87
Normal for period ....12.83
tions based upon research work at
the Experiment Station.
H. B. Cheney, head of the De
partment of Soils, Oregon State
College, spoke on soli fertility re
search in Oregon,
EXPERIMENTS
"In 1953, 168 field fertilizer ex
perlments were conducted
on experimental farms and on
farmer fields throughout the state
to adequately sample the varia
tions in soils, crops, climatic con
dltlons and management practices.
"A variety of techniques must
be properly integrated if we are
to achieve the information needed
to help farmers decide how to use
fertilizers most efficiently," Chen
ey remarked.
The fertilizer testing program In
Idaho waa discussed by G. O.
Baker, Department of Agronomy,
University of Idaho, Moscow.
K. G. Baghott, farm adviser,
Tulelake, California, outlined fer
tility research on grain In the
Tulelake area, which has shown
that excessive nitrogen fertilisa
tion may cause increased lodging,
high protein, low extract, low
kernel weight at very little in
orease in yield.
A. R. Halvorson, Klamath Exper
imental Area, spoke on the topic,
"Fertility Problems of the Klam
ath Basin," and discussed the spe
cific fertilizers needed on the five
distinct kinds of soil dryland
soils (mineral), irrigated mineral
soils, alkaline muck soils, acid
muck soils, alkali mineral soils.
At luncheon at Jen-Ed's, Elmo
Stevenson, president of Southern
Oregon College, discussed the
geological backgrounds for South
era Oregon soils.