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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1956)
MIND AY, JANUARY 22, 1956 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN 1 i I " -Tl FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS in a variety of different frame give a charming and personal feeling to the wall of ths delightful Victorian sitting room. In planning an arrangement such as this, cut out sheets of paper the same size at your framed photographs and stick on wall with masking tape, thus you can rearrange until you've achieved a balance that pleases before you hammer a sing nail. If postibe select posts so that faces turn toward the center of your grouping. Chemicals Aid Farmers Rid Land Of Tough Weed Pests By HAROLD SCHIEFERSTEIN COUNTY AGENT Within recent years, great strides have been made in the development of chemicals that kill weeds. Such chemicals are called herbi cides and are of several kinds Some of these herbicides have been developed for a specified pur pose, others have a wider range of usefulness. As yet, there is no one universal weed killer or ma terial that satisfactorily kills all weeds in all situations, but we do have a group of herbicides that with proper use enables us to cope with a good many of the weed problems that now exist. Herbicides are used in two ways: foliage application, and soil applications, and may be grouped into three classes as: contact ma terials, translocated materials and soil stcrilants. Contact materials Savape Named To 4-H Post ALTURAS Robert Savage has been assigned as an additional ex tension service man to the Modoc Counly stnff. Announcement of the appointment was made last week by Wayne Weeks, director of the agricultural extension service, in a letter to Supervisor Brunei Christensen. Savage will be responsible for the 4-H Club program' in the coun ty, relieving Carl Rimbey of those duties. Rimbey will devote the extra time to stepping up his for age crop work designed to Aid in increasing production through more efficient use of land and waier resources Modoc County, with three farm advisers, will be in a position to give more individual attention to the major farm problems of the area. Weeks stated. Savage was transferred bv the University of California to the Modoc County office from Shasta County where he has been for three years in 4-H Club work, for age crops and animal husbandry A graduate of the Utah state Ag ricultural College in 1951, he re ceived his early schooling in Cali fornia and is an Army veteran. His wife and two children have moved to Alturas with him. include the clinitros and oils that are used as foliage sprays usually on the simple annuals and easier to kill weeds. They are often used selectively to weed certain vegetable crops and to some extent to clean out irrigation ditches. Trans-located materials Include such materials as 2.4-D. 2.4.5-T, MCP. etc. These are used as oil or water solutions and are sprayed on the foliage and carried by the plant to the roots. They are more effective on broad leaved plants and because of this may be used to control weeds in grain. Heavier rates of 2,4-D and MCP work well on a number of our hard to kill perennial weeds when applications are properly timed. Two. 4,5-T Is designed to kill brush and woody plants and Is much used for this purpose as well as to kill stumps. It is some times used In combination with 2,4-D on certain types of brush. Soil slerilnnts are the kind of materials that are usually applied to the soil and allowed to leach Into the root zones of the plant. Their use is limited to arers where a bare spot will not be objectional. The residual effect of these ma terials varies with the kind, the amount and the type of soil they were used on and are dependent upon moisture to carry them to the roots. The list of soil sterilants includes such mater'als as socium chlorate, borate chlorate mixtures, CMU and others and are a very useful group of chemicals. Another chemical that aids in killing weeds is called a wetting agent. Nearly all plants have a waxy leaf surface some to a greater degree than others weed killers must penetrate this wax to become effective. Wetting agents aid in penetration. All herbicides do not need a wetting agent. It is well to use one with most water solutions of the trans-located materials, hew ever. Also, it is always well to read the labels of any materials one plans to use. Mistakes can often be avoided in this way. DRESSING UP THE KITCHEN is in fashion and rightfully so. for it's here that the homemaker spends her time while the man of the house is at the office. Note how efficiently the working centers are arranged in this home, and the abundance of daylight coming in through the huge Thermopane window over the sink. The counter at the right has a convenient pass-through to the dining area." Cabinets are natural birch and the floor is slate. Pasture Pest Advice Given A method of eradicating wild Iris or flags has been developed by the Klamath County Agent's office. This method is being used suc cessfully in the Fort Klamath area to rid pastures of this pest, accord ing to Harold Schieferstein, weed specialist. when wild iris becomes estab lished in an Irrigated pasture, it continues to spread, crowding out all other plants until in time the patches become large enough that the carrying capacity of a pasture is materially decreased. Stock do not eat the iris and grasses. can hardly compete with it. Due to the stiff, erect and nar row waxy leaf of the plant It is difficult to wet with ordinary 2, 4-D sprays. However, when oil was added to the solutions, the results were better, schieferstein said. The following formula has been giving good results: Into 50 gal lons of water, mix one-half pint dry household detergent to this add five pints of 2,4-D amine con centrate and two and one-half gal lons of Diesel oil, agitate the mix ture well and spray to wet, at about 126 poulnds pressure. The 50 gallons should spray about 80 square reds of iris. FLOORS Rave money when building that new home by using low-cost utility grades of flat-grained hemlock or fir flooring where linoleum, asphalt tile, cork or wall-to-wall carpeting will cover the entire floor surface, Wood Floors Said Easier On Feet f When your feet get tired, you get tired all over, a leading chir opodist reports. Dr. W. J. Stick el, executive sec retary of the national association of chiropodists, says housewives can prevent much of their fool trouble by having their homes floored with wood. Wood floors have give and resi lience, so result in great foot com fort all the year around, he says, but especially m the hot stimivmr months. Walking on wood cuts down the danger of hypcrhidrosis excessive perspiration often a forerunner of athletes foot. Popular-easy-on-the-feet softwood flooring, like fir or west coast hemlock, can be used under linol eum, cork or tile or wall-to-wall carpeting. TREE TOPPING Call LAKESHORE GARDENS NURSERY tmt teppinr. Irlmmlnf and taking lree. kheerlnc evergreens and land waplnr. Frail and flowering tree, thrabi and evergreen. Phone 45M. Drain Rock Large or Small Loads Cinders For Slippery Driveways Graham Bros. Phone 5541 wish i wj.iua i The Qms fhase Has been serving the Klamath Basin Since 1918! There's no substitute for the experience and skill of a trained craftsman! Sure, times hove changed since the eorly settlers hewed door jambs ond window fromes from massive logs for their crude cobins . . . ond the Gloss House hos kept poce with the chonging times. The pioneer's chief toots were the broad oxe ond a pocket knife. The croftsmen ot the Glass House use the latest in power tools to turn out your orders quickly ond occurately. But even modern equipment will not re ploce the old fashioned skill ond pride in work that is needed to give you the best job possible. John S. Rondoll ond Loyal Lust, owners of The Gloss House, hove many years experience in their trode ond toke an individ ual interest in eoch job they turn out. For screen, storm doors, storm sash, doors, window frames, furniture tops, sash of all types, plote, crystol ond window glos:, mill work or cabinet work, be sure to see John S. Randoll or Loyal Lust ot The Glass House . serving Klomoih since 1918! ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN The (Glass G-Oooase 215 North 11th Phone 7477
