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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1955 PAGE SIX '-v T ' ' p ml jm- m i !'ft'::WtbW-St FARMER OF THE WEEK L.i. kt g jf,w1M ii i'JL fa iim.i 'V-aiiiitii'J 'tome of the operational ad justments of a lend plane to Ernie Oayley, tractor driver who will be pulling it during the final stages of land level ing on the Porterfield ranch. The land plane functions in much the same way as a car penter's plane as it puts the finishing touches on the level ing, clipping off small humps and dumping the dirt into small hollows. Before the land plane is used, the land is rough - leveled with other equipment, Porterfield hes employed the engineering services of the U.S. Soil Con servation Service and equip ment of the Poe Valley Soil District as well as his own equipment in his leveling op erations. In the photo at the side, Porterfield is checking' the wiring on a tractor. He has a maintenance shop on his ranch which is capable of performing all light and routine work, but he sends the equipment to Klamath Falls shops for heavy work. Included in the shop equip ment are both arc and gas welding equipment. Porter field performs mostly emer gency repairs during the working season, and works over the equipment during the winter for the coming season. Agronomist Warns Against Putting Lawn Mower Away Don't put that lawn mower away too soon. A lawn needs mowing Just as long as It continues to grow In the fall and winter, says Oregon State College agronomist li. L. Schudel. Schudel cautions 'against contin uous clipping but explains that It's Important to keep grass from growing In large rank masses. Ideally, a lawn should be kept o that no more than an Inch of top growth Is ever cut off at one time. The lawn specialist also cau tions against letting lenve.i or hea vy grass clippings, especially If they are wot, remain too long on lawns. When the lawn is mowed olten enough, however, so that clippings average between a hnll Inch and an Inch, it Is generally benellclal to let clippings remain where they fall. Homeowners troubled with sick lawns may hnvo either a fertility or lawn disease problem. If the lawn Is run-down In general, Schu del suggests a soil test this win ter to determine fertilizer needs next spring and summer. Patches ol poor lawn may Indicate n dis ease problem and his advice Is to send sod Ramples for free diagnos is to the plant clinic, Oregon State uonege, corvaius. Of special concern In the Wil lamette Valley this year. Schudel reports, la increasing evidence of pink patch fungus disease, partic ularly In red fescue lawns. Cool, wet weather favors Increase of the disease. Symptoms are Irregular, circular patches In Uie lawn that turn brownish-while and dead look ing. Coral pink fruiting bodies cf the fungus may also appear on glass blades. Control recommendnllons Include application of any standard mer cury turf fungicide used accord ing to manufacturer's directions. Also eflcctlve Is a mercuric mixture of two parts calomel with one part corrosive sublimate at the rate of three to four ounces per thousand square feet of lawn. The mix can be sprayed on In enough water to cover the area or be broadcast in dry form with sanci as tne carrier. Schudel has one Important cau tion. Mercury compounds are deadly poison and should be han- Police Report Two Burglaries Two burglaries on Thursday eve ning and night were reported to day by Klamath Falls police. Bob and Polly's Multi-Flavored Ice cream store was entered some time between 11 p.m. Thursday and 7:55 a.m. Friday by a thief who broke a glpss door and un locked It from the inside. Accord ing to Robert L. Cox, 3200 Ander son, who reported the taeft, said four boxes of chewing gum and one carton of cigarettes were missing. The thclt was discovered by Olive Grimm, a clerk at the siore. The olhcr burglary occurred! be tween 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the residence of Mrs. L. E. Pardls, 3239 South Sixth Street. The thlcl cut a screen and opened an un locked door to gain entry, police said. Mrs. Pardls, who did not discover the loss until Friday alt ernoon, said a child's piggy bank, a blanket, some cigarettes and pipe tohacco were taken. She said the thclt occurred while she was taking her children to a motion picture show. Porterfield Experiments With New Zealand Grass Br DICK HL'BBELL i, a it. .I. A( vrv!hine" is the way Farmer of the Week Les For- terlleld, Pine Flat rancner, scribed his production the other day. However, he admits that he has three main specialties cattle, seed potatoes and grass and clover. Among his grass acreage are an experimental planting of 34 acres of New Zealand White Dutch. ha .o!H h hMtPVPX lS the only planting of New Zealand grass In the Klamath Basin. The grass t Hnfn njii nnv he said, but this will be its first winter here. And winter In the Basm is au ferent from winter in New Zea inn th riimate is similar to that found on the Coast. He said that seed salesmen narnaH tiim acralnst ntflnting the New Zealand grass, but that the county agent's office told him they thiah u ehmilH vrnw here. There are several plantings of this grass In the Oregon coasiai area. Tn oHrfit nn n trrnws some ciov- n- V.....I., -Wolfa onri nther tvnes 01 grass, nv aiau imo w.-w ui 200 acres of irrigated pasture for hi- .otn He says that he plans to shift his emphasis irom Clover 10 grass as he feels that this will do bet ter now that his land has been built up from the poor condition he found when he took it over In 10AR Th- ...J nnl.lnai a fa nrlmarllv raised oy nis iwu sums, ijm uiiu '' m . !; THE SKETCH i v J died with extreme caution. After applied to the lawn in diluted form, they present no hajard. i: -n v::'.!"T'N5 WANTED DEAD NOT ALIVE LOUIE THE LOUSE (Th Modtra Cattli RuitUr) DESCRIPTION 1'32-lneh Lonq Bluish Complexion: (Uqlyi Blood Sucker Type LAST SEEN Inhobitinq Brisket, Flanks, Back of Head of Any Ol' Cow LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF BLOOD SUCKER ON EVERY COW ... 500 TO 5000 ON SINGLE ANIMAL. ft ft IF SEEN. DON'T Contact This NewsDopar Call ... "2-GUN" GREENE "ACE" LOEWEN "SHOOT 'EM UP" JONES AT THE SPRAY CENTER They'll Fix Yeu Uo Wh TULELAKE, CALIFORNIA DUPONT SPRAY AND DIP NO. 30 The Tw.-W.r, $,, 'N' J... c.l. MS For 1Mb. Bag - Makes 100 Gals. Knocks 'Em Dead! i-,HW. MRS. PAT (FERN) SHORT By BAltBARA KKNSLKB The artist exhibiting this week at the Klamath County Library Is Fern Short and she Is showing two pencil drawings. The Klamath Art Association Is proud to present this relatively new artist's work to the public. Tne an association held their first Christmas workshop last Thursday night and many Ideas for Christmas greens and decora tions were exchanged and demon st rated. The meeting was held at the new Klamath Art Center on RadcllIIe between East Main and South Sixth. From now until Thanksgiving memders will be working at the art center on these projects and anyone Interested in joining this group may do so by calling 8573 for information. After Thanksgiving the many and varied decorations will be ottered for sale to the public. All of the work will be handmade and will be quite different from the usual Christmas decor. Plans have been completed for the Klamatn. Art Association Tea and Exhibit on November 30 in the conference room of the Klam ath County Library. On display, along with the exhibit by the members of the Klamath Art As sociation, will be the Christmas decorations and ornaments and ad vance orders will be taken at this time. Rex, Bonanza High students who, he says, can take care of the en tire operation. The potato acreage, totalling about 50, is In seed po tatoes which are primarily sold to Basin growers, he said. Both boys are participating In the 4-K program with Rex having won a trip to Washington, D.C., two years ago. Their father is also active In 4-H work, serving as a leader in the Bonanza area. "The potatoes are the boys' deal," Porterfield said. "They su pervise the Irrigation and do most of the work, except at narvest, when they are in school. If you n.ention the potatoes, mention the boys." Porterfield, who began In 1948 with 678 acres in the Pine Flat area near Dairy, has built his hold ings to about 2.800 acres with wa ter rights on 725 acres. Most of the land, which had Deen dry farmed before he took it over, was badly run down, but he has built it up with clover and legumes. A large portion of the area was "Jungle thick" with pine at the time Porterfield took over, but he has cleared most of the land except In the Immediate vicinity of his home, and has, In cooper ation with the U.S. Soli Conserva tion service, conducted extensive leveling operations. None of his land was particu larly steep at the start, he said, but he has a large part of his land leveled to where there is about one half of one tenth fall per 100 feet. He says that this en ables him to run water In either direction through his ditches. Since he has operated the ranch, he has built about two and one half miles of drainage ditches and two reservoirs. He drilled two wells, the first year he had the ranch, and since then has driled a third to insure his water supply. When queried about his future plans, he said he would probably shift his seed crop emphasis from clover to grass to supplement his Marion Bluegrass, and. if it works, his New Zealand White Dutch. He also said that he hopes to com plete the leveling of his property within the near future. Cattle an important part of his ranch graze on the pasture land and also on the stubble from the alfalfa and grass crops. He runs about 100 head of cattle, and is also feeding about 150 head of steers. In addition to his ranching and 4-H activities, Porterfield is active In soil conservation work, and serves as a member of board of supervisors of the Poe Valley Soil Conservation district. Potato Shipments SEASONS 5-' H-M Dally Truck Ore. Dally Rail Ore. 11 Pally Truck Calif. lz 5 Dally Rail Calif. 1 Dally Total ORE. CALIF. 7 29 Monthly Total lit 119 Seaun'a Total 851 579 Lake Trash Fish Killed ALTURAS The water In the West Valley Reservoir last week was treated with rotenone to kill trash fish, the first operation of this type undertaken in Northern California. At present, the reservoir con tains approximately '6.200 acre feet of water with a maximum depth of 30 feet in some places. The project was planned by Richard Haley Jr., aquatic biolo gist of the area and was carried out under the supervision of Leo Mongold, starting at daybreak on November 3. Twelve thousand gallons of ro tenone was used, distributed by means of a specially contructed basal wood raft. Haley estimated that It would probably take seven days for all the fish to be killed because of the extreme coldness of .the water. Low temperature the night before the treatment started was 16 agrees at. Alturas. After completion of the treat ment, plans call for treatment of Parsnip Creek from the mouth of the canyon through West Valley meadows to the reservoir. One hundred thousand Inland cut throat trout, smaller than legal size, have been designated for planting when West Valley Is no longer contaminated, which should be next spring, Haley said. Meat Pilot Plan Studied An exhaustive study of facts and figures gathered in Oregon's pilot program of compulsory meat in spection is assured, announces J F. Short, director of agriculture. This comes with approval of a match ing fund project by the Agricultur al Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Short said the Intensive compila tion and analysis of pilot work on compulsory meat inspection will not start until January 1, although the pilot program has been under way since September 26. The co operative compilation and analysis of findings will then continue along with the Inspections until June 30, 1957. This la the first matching funds program developed by the Oregon department of agriculture under the federal agricultural marketing act of 1946. This act provides for cooperative work in market re search with state departments of agriculture. Authority for use of was granted the Oregon depart ment of agriculture by the 1955 law establishing the new division of market development. The actual study will be direct ed by Paul T. Rowell, chief of the new division of market develop ment, Short said. As project lead er, Rowell plans to set up the reporting and analysis so the pilot program results will be translat ed Into a readily understandable picture. The Joint project to Interpret the pilot program will permit a more complete and detailed report and analysis of the result than would have been possible using only funds available from the pilot pro gram itself. This, the department officials say. Is desirable to pro vide a proper appraisal of the compulsory meat Inspection aur vey. The pilot program is being con ducted on an area basis, with In spectors working for three-week periods In one section of the state, then quitting that area entirely to move into a new district. Hammond Orson Chord Organ Largest ftock Irad fna make piano, in Ulia part of the west Rent a Spinet olano. Rental pux :bai plan. LOUIS It MANN PIANO CO. 120 No. 7tfc MOEB PROFITS with CO-OP PACIFIC SUPPLY GRtfIN FERTILIZER SEED J. FtfTD KGRM 0 State College Prints Bulletin Oregon farmer battles against Insects that attack clover, alfalfa, and other legume hay and seed crops have received a boost with publication of a new Insect-control bulletin by Oregon State College. Illustrations and descriptions of 31 injurious insects, parts of le gume plants attacked by certain Insects, and control recommenda tions are Included in the 40-pnKe booklet prepared by entomologists E. A. DIckason and R. W. Every. The bulletin Includes a section on mixing and applying insecti cides and tells how to Identify and protect insects that are ben ellcial to legumes. Copies of ex tension bulletin 749, "Legume In sects of Oregon," can be obtained from local county extension agents or from the OSO bulletin clerk. PAYMENT SAPPORO, Hokkaido, Japan Ui The United States Saturday com pleted payment to tour Japanese farmers ot 1.949.874 yen ($5,4161 lor damages incurred when a U.S. reconnaissance bomber shot down by Soviet MIO fighters crashed into their farmland on this north ern Island last year. PACIFIC SUPPLY CO-OP 1537 So. 6th Ph. 4411 WIRE ond WIRE FENCING AZ O STEEL U POSTS Z O STEEL T POSTS 2x4 Mesh Fencing 2 Point and 4 Point Barbed Wire DEERING STOCK GATES-BALING WIRE HEAT0N STEEL AND SUPPLY 428 Spring Phon. 2-3427 Nio.hu Phone 4012 or 2-1841 The (irmi lilted in thit directory recognize that even along with observance et the Sebbath there it a community need for the commercial tervicet they Her. 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