SUNDAY, JANUARY 2ft 1958
-ifiRALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE THREE
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SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Ezra Taft Benson gives a
wave and a confident smile after defending his new farm
program which has the support of the administration. The
program, which is under fire on Capitol Hill, calls for lower
ing of minimum pxiceaupports on basic commodities.
Work Benches Easy To Build
County Agfent Reports
Farm News Driefed From The
County Agent Itadio Programs
If you're a "do-it-yourself" fan
who has thought about construct
ing your own work bench, this is
the right time of year to get
started.
The bench requires few materi
als and can be assembled and
finished quickly with one or two
power tools and several hand
tools.
Choose a spot in either your
basement or your garage, prefer
ably a corner in which you can
establish your do-it-yourself head
quarters. Check the lighting situation care
fully. Hook up a- light directly
above the spot where the table
will stand. This light should be
wired independently of the gener
al room wiring system. In case of
a fuse blow-out, you won't have
to grope around in the dark.
Plan on a power outlet on either
the right-hand side of the table
or on the wall at that side, Natu
rally, if you're left-handed place
these outlets on the left-hand side.
An old t a b 1 e converts readily
into the basic framework of a
work bench. Use one that has
sturdy legs. If the underpinning
is wobbly, brace the legs solidly.
You'll need plenty of work and
storage space for your projects
and your tools. This calls for a
table top at least 30 inches deep
and about 50 inches wide. A
inch sheet of plywood fills the
need well if no other top is avail
able. Position the new top on the ta
ble. Allow at least 2 inches of
overhang for clamp-on attach
ments like vises.
By J. D. VERTKEES
This time of the winter is one
of the best for applying soil steril
ants. Most of the recommended
materials can be used at various
times of the year, but these win
ter conditions seem to be Hie eas
iest and most effective, for good
soil sterilization. Soil sterilants
need moisture to take them down
to the root zone and with our
winter snows and the spring rains,
this job is done for us.
Weed control by killing the
soils permanently has several
good uses around the farm and
home, which cannot be done ef
fectively by other means. One
good use is for fire prevention
around buildings. A fire strip of
clean soil will safeguard much
property and also make the area
much neater in appearance. Fence
rows can be cleaned up and main
tained to cut down the spread of
weeds which often start in fence
rows and spread to crops in the
field. Many tunics, weedy irriga
tion ditches seriously cut the ef
fective flow of water, causing a
loss of water and irrigation time;
chemical cleaning and control of
ditchbank weeds can be effective
ly done. Roadways and driveways
can be permanently cleaned with
these chemical sterilants. Anoth
er popular use of these chemicals
has been the permanent control ot
spots of noxious weeds in crop
land. Treated areas usually come
back in productivity within a few
years as the chemicals leach out
of the sou.
Several good chemicals are on
the market and they each have
some advantages and disadvan
tages. Lets look at the character
istics and uses of some of them.
CMU, known as the Telvar com
pounds of which there are two, is
a nonvolatile, noncorrosive, non
flammable, relative insoluble pow
der. Although higher in cost per
pound, the rates per acre make
it economical to use. Rates in gen
eral vary from 20 to 80 pounds per
acre depending on the soil mois
ture and soil structure. CMU be
ing fairly insoluble remains most
ly in the top few inches of soils
and will not leach down to the
tan roots of the deep rooted weeds.
This makes it very valuable for
maintenance of weed free areas
where the annual weeds and
grasses are the problems. CMU
has been demonstrated to not be
the most effective for deeprooted
perennial weeds in most types of
soils. Periodic cleanup with this
sterilant is very effective.
Chlorate-Borate chemicals are
used either alone or in combina
tions. Chlorate as a straight
IMMIGRANT. A privileged character is this Aphidoletes
Thompsoni, who figuratively wears a "Don't Swat Me"
label. The slceoter is one of 1,800 imported from Czecho
slovakia and colonized in Oregon and Washington to com
bat the balsam wooly aphid which causes gout-like swell
ings in silver fir. This unusual close-up photo of one of the
mosquitoes in flight was taken by the Pacific Northwest
Forest and Ranger Experiment Station.
chemical Is a fire hazard under
some conditions. It is a soluble
material and effectively controls
deep rooted weeds as it leaches
into the root zone. Being fairly
low in price, the rates of three or
four pounds per square rod al
lows its wide usage. Borates also
are soluble and move into the root
zones deep in the soil, and
have the advantage of being non
poisonous and nonflammable.
However, it takes a much great
er rate of these chemicals to give
good control is most cases.
Manufacturers have combined
the two chemicals, chlorates and
borates for safe, efficient and eco
nomical soil sterilants. The addi
tion of the borate will minimize the
fire hazard of the chlorates while
they in turn will increase the ef
fectiveness of the borates. Kates oi
three to six pounds per square
rod give good sterilization in
most soil conditions. These ma
terials will leach down and get the
deep rooted weeds. However, with
the soil moisture leaching the
chemical downwards, it will soon
leave an unprotected area at the
surface where the annual weeds
will return.
Manufacturers have also gone
further and combined the chlor
ates, for deep rooted kill, the bor
ates for safqnoss from fire haz
ard, and the CMU compounds for
annual weed control on the sur
face of the soils. These three com
pounds are combined in mixed
trade name products. Various
combinations are produced by dif
ferent manufacturers and are rec
ommended at different rates for
different problems.
In general, chlorates, borates
and CMU compounds are not ef
fective in peat soils with high or
ganic content. Peat soils prevent
the .action of these sterilants.
Highly alkaline soils also cut down
the effectiveness of these chemicals-
and they must be used at
much higher rates.
Several new chemicals are on
the market which will, in some
cases, replace these older, but still
efficient sterilants. Such materials
as d a 1 a p o n, radapon and simi
zin have specific uses. Since they
are still new, all application pos
sibilities are not known yet and
the cost is high under some condi
tions. Willi increased usage, more
will be known regarding the ef
fectiveness and probably a reduc
tion in cost will result in the future
Materials, such as simizin, will
vary tremendously in results de
pending upon the soil types pres
ent.
Dry application of the chlorates.
borates, and CMU is the easiest
and -most rapid method ot appli
cation. Spread by hand or with a
mechanical spreader, effort should
be made to cover the area as
evenly as possible. These materi
als can also be mixed with water
for even application. Chlorates
borate mixtures will dissolve at the
rate of about three or four pounds
per gallon of water. CMU must
be mixed at the rate ot one pouna
in three or four gallons of water
since it is insoluble. Rates recom
mended for each chemical are
vsually found on the containers
for application in solution. Dry
application taking advantage of
rainfall and snow to send the
chemicals into the root zone is
still the easiest and most eco
nomical method.
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Stock District
Numbers Up
Robert J. Steward, director of
the State Department of Agricul
ture, signed orders this month
which officially name livestock dis
tricts existing in Morrow and Linn
counties.
Livestock districts are created
areas in which cattle, horses,
mules, asses, goats and swine can
not run at large.
All the area within the bounda
ries of Morrow County was de
clared a livestock district, or re
stricted zone. Four livestock dis
tricts previously created by local
option exist in Linn County, in
addition to two large open range
areas in which it is legal for ani
mals to run free.
Both orders point out that nt
livestock districts exist m public
roads passing through federal land
or in land subject to the laws of
Oregon which is entirely enclosed
by federal land, unless otherwise
provided by federal laws and regu
lations. In addition to a study of state
laws and county records, the de
partment held public hearings in
Albany and in Heppner before
reaching its decision as to the exis
tence of livestock districts in Linn
and Morrow counties.
USED
Farm Trucks
1954 GMC 2 ton chastii and cob. LWB with 5 C 3QC
peed main tram, and 2 ipecd axle. 8:25-20 tint.
1954 INTERNATIONAL LI 62 2 ton with 5 spaed CI JOE
and 2 speed oxle. 750-20 10 ply 1173
1954 CHEV. COE LWB Chassis & Cab with Fabco Dual Drive
Unit; 4 speed main; 3 speed Brown-Lipe; Good 8:25-20 10
ply tires. This truck is very cleon and an excellent 34sA
unit for form work ot all kinds, pV
1952 CHEVROLET 2 ton 157" wheel baia 4 speed (MftQC
trans, and 2 speed axle. 8:25-20 10 ply tires. IU73
1951 .INTERNATIONAL LI 85 3 ton with 5 speed $2495
main and 3 speed Brown-Lipe. 90 900-20 tires.
1950 INTERNATIONAL L162 LWB Choftil and cab with 5
speed main and 2 speed axle. 1001
8:25-20 10 ply tires. IVr
1950 DODGE 2 ton LWB Chassis and cab with 4 COOC
speed trans., and 2 speed axle. 8:25-20 tires. j0J
Also Pickups, Panels and Suburbans
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For a good used truck always
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