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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1958)
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 11 D , BUTYL FORM 24-D is being sprayed on the sage and rabbit brush on two 15-acre experi mental tracts on the Dave Campbell Ranc'i near Dairy Creek Road. Pilot Jack Mulkey sprayed the 30 acres early last Friday morning as a part of a rabbit brush control pro gram being conducted by the Klamath County Agent's Office. For complete details please see accompanying story. Rabbit Brush Control Experiment Conducted If a recently performed rabbit brush control measure goes as planned, a large number of Klam ath County ranchers will in the near future have a comparatively inexpensive means of reclaiming potential rangeland which has been taken over by the sage and rabbit brushes. County Agent J. D. Vertrees points out ttat ranchers and agri culturalists have in the past been able to knock out the sage brush by spraying at a reasonable cost. However, when the sage brush was killed the rabbit brushes con tinued to thrive and took over in a big way. Early during the morning of May 23 a plane piloted by Jack Mulkey sprayed a mixture of Butyl Form 24-D over two 15 acre experimental tracts of the Dave Campbell ranch. The new process is designed to knock out both the sage and rabbit brushes and permit the undergrowths of native grasses to flourish. On one 15-acre plot the Butyl was sprayed on at the rate of one and one-half pounds per acre after being mixed with five gal Ions of water and the required de tergents. On the other 15-acre tract the chemical was applied at the rate of three pounds per acre. County Agent Ray Peterson ox plains that green and gray rab bit brushes showed signs of degen eration a short time after the chemical application. "However,' he added, "the complete effective ness of the experiment will not be known until sometime next spring when the extent of brush regrowth can be noted." Agriculturists point out that the time element plays a vital role in Ihe Butyl application. It can only be effectively applied during twql or inree weeks in me spring wnen there is about three inches of new growth on the rabbit brush. If the application works as ex pected, the Basin ranchers will be able to seed the brush-ridden areas economically if no grass un dergrowth is present. In other cases the already present growths of Sandberg and Nevada blue grasses and Idaho Fescue will grow into excellent range stands after the brushes have been removed. Vertrees estimates that the cost of such treatment will be about $3 per acre for chemicals, in ad dition to the application costs. The agent is also experimenting with a half acre tract on the Ralph Cecil ranch. The Butyl was hand applied in the latter in stance. In the Campbell ranch experi ment the "tracts weremade avail able by Campbell, the chemicals were donated by the Chipman Chemical Company of Portland ind the plane and flying time were donated by Jack Mulkey of the Mulkey Flying service. Tree Damage Under Study An aerial survey started on the Rogue Kiver National rorest May 19, to determine the extent,,.ined1..'n the commission's Order of dwarf mistletoe damage to the Douglas fir stands, according to Supervisor C. E. Brown. A species of dwarf-mistletoe at tacks Douglas fir and in the last few years has caused severe. dam age to these stands in the Sis kiyou's and in the southern part of the Cascade unit of the forest. Last year the forest received an authorization for an emergency in crease of 14 million board feet per year in the allowable cut on the Applegale District, in order lo salvage some of this timber before it decayed. The aerial survey will determine the extent of the damaged areas, whether or not deadening has tak en place and will enable the forest personnel to more adequately plan their timber sale program to har vest the severest damaged tim ber first. Farm Real Estate j s Holding Own OH KG ON STATE COLLEGE The current business recession seems to have had little effect far, on the farm real estate market. Farm land values are still on the increase. Farm land values in Oregon went up one per cent in the past four months about the same as Ihe average increase for the rest of the nation. The current farm land values per acre in Oregon are now at record highs up tive per cent from a year ago. The national index, also at a record high, has increased six per cent over the past 12 months. All three types of land irrigated, dry farming, and grazing went up in all of the 11 Western states over the past year. Dry farming land was up the most, followed by grazing land, and irrigated land. D. Vertrees Photo Special Harvests Are Exempt From Wage-Hour Laws Labor Commissioner Norman 0 Niisen reports his office is receiv ing many calls from farmers and farm organizations, requesting clarification of a regulation of the Wage and Hour Commission which establishes a maximum eight-hour day, six-day and 44-hour work week for minors under 18 years of age. The commissioner said he is advising all persons that the Wage and Hour Commission has informed him that they had not intended to apply the regulation to agricultural harvesting of per ishable fruits and vegetables. The maximum work limitation is con- 10 which outlines general provi sions governing the employment of minors. Niisen said, as executive secre tary of the commission, he has brought the situation to the at tenlion of commission members who reaffirmed their understand ing that minors in seasonal har vesting jobs would not be sub ject to any fixed work tune re striction. He asserts the problems of farmers who are obliged to shift their workers into various hours in order to save ripening crops is given lull consideration by all officials administering child labor laws. He points out an act passed by the last Legislature spy- cilically exempts agriculture in prohibiting minors under 16 fro n employment before 7 a.m. or after 6 p.m. Ail other industries are bound by the law. Minors employed in the canning any processing operation of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat oi fish are allowed to work a 10 hour day under the Commission s cannery order. A minimum age of 10 has been established for work in the processing plants. Merrill Man Named New Brand Inspector 1 C. V. Shuck Jr., Merrill, is now; doing full-time brand inspection work in Klamath County for the Slate Department of Agriculture. He takes the place of Elmer Stu kel who died May 9. Slukel was brand inspector at Merrill since 1144, when he took over for his father. Born and raised in the Merrill area. Shuck attended local schools and has farmed in the area. In August, 10"5, he came to work for the department as a part time brand inspector. He also did lay meat inspection work before filling Stukel's position. Leave Fawns In The Woods The time of year has arrived when many persons roving the fields and forests of Oregon will be taken in by the pleading, limpid-eyed look of one of mother na ture's most beautiful residents baby deer. Other baby wildlife will also be picked up and taken home by the would-be benefactors. The first reaction isf to pick up the poor little deserted creature and thus be a champion of wild life. However, that is the beginning of a sad life for a wild animal and often tragedy for the wild' life-napper. All young wildlife are provided with adequate camouflage for pro tection. The spotted coat of fawns is a classic example of the pro tection nature has provided. Fe male deer often leave their young while they forage, pawns, depen dent upon their camouflage, will allow persons to come near and even pet them. Often the mother' is frightened away from her fawn by the interloper but will return promptly when danger is past. Only close observation should be the extent of the visitor's relation with fawns or other wildlife young Oregon laws state that it is illegal for anyone to hold in captivity any wild bird or animal in the state without a Derm it from the game commission. Permits are not issued for the keeping of fawns. This ruling is to protect both the fawns and the people involved Farm Employment Up In California An agricultural report showed that agricultural employment California increased by 73,700 workers from last month to this. The increase - was accomplished mostly with domestic labor. Only about 10,000 additional Mexican Nationals were brought in. As of May 10, California farm employment was 457,000, still 21, 000 below the May level last year. Despite the heavy hiring, there still is a shortage of 6.600 work ers, mosi oi mem needed in inc v - j central coast and northern Sanirarm TOUthS Invited Joaquin Valley. Most of the worker shortages are in harvests of strawberries and cherries, peach thinning, desert area cotton chopping, San Joa quin tomato and sugar beet thin ning and in south coast vegetable work. Niels I. Nielsen Plans Retirement Niels I. Nielsen nf Sacramento the man who runs the state crop and livestock reporting serv iceis retiring after 3(i years of public service. Nielsen says he will retire on July 31. He is a nalive of Fresno and joined the stale Department of Agriculture in 1022 as agricul tural statistician for fruit and nut crons. Nielsen will be succeeded by Ward Henderson, who has been associated with the crop reporting service since H)42 and has been assistant to Nielsen for the past 1'J months BUSINESS FORMS Designed Especially to Fit Your Heeds Letterheads Envelope! Cordj Invoices Statements Checks All types of Snap Out Forms GUIDE PRINTING CO. 1205 Klamath Ave. Farm Volume About Same; Receipts Up WASHINGTON un The Agri culture Department reported Fri day that farmers received approx imately $9,100,0(10.000 from sale of their products during the lirst lour months of this year, up 8 per cent from the like period last year. This increase was due entirely to higher prices inasmuch as the volume sold was about the same. The department said receipts from livestock and livestock prod ucts of $5,900,000,000 were 12 per cent above a year ago because of higher prices for cattle, hogs, chickens and eggs. Receipts from crops were re ported at $3,200,000,000, up 2 per cent from a year ago. neiurns from wheat, tobacco and soybeans were below 1057 levels, but those for vegetables were up substantially- In analyzing recent upturns in the farm economy, the department said they were due largely to re duced supplies of some important farm products, notably meat ani mals due 'o delayed marketings, and fruits and vegetables which have been aflected adversely by bad weather. "The demand for farm products has been well maintained, even though general business activity has declined since the late sum mer of 1057," the agency said. The department said the tem porary delay in marketings of meat animals will soon end, and as supplies turn up, prices will edge down. It said prices of fed steers are expected to decline moderately until summer and then level out near those of last sum mer. It predie'ed that hog prices will remain steady until mid-summer and then decline in the fall to a level probaoly close to last fall. That would put them around $11) a IlllIUIUU JUUIIUS 1U1 llilUMIKH (IVl-l- age farm prices compared with $20 in April. To Attend Classes SALEM Both 4-H and FFA youngsters from throughout Klam ath County, are being ottered free admission to breeding classes dur ing the first day of the 12th an nual All-Arabian Horse Show June 21-22 t the state fairgrounds here. Manager Ward W. Wells said the show will be especially inter esting to youngsters who raise and show livestock as a hobby. Guest 4-H clubbers and FFA members will be able to See some of the best Arabian horses in the coun try shown and judged under the highest of professional standards, Wells said. Governed by rules of both the American Horse Shows Association and the Oregon Hor se mens Associalion, this year's Ara bian show will be judged by Frank Evans of El Cajon, California. FIItST MEASl'ItK.MENT The cubit was the first known measurement. It was based on the length of the forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the el bow. Phone TU 4-5373
