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HERALD AND. NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1953
MOST ARCHITECTS ARE AGREED that a fence is the finishing touch to a home. Here
is a stunning fence which is every bit as practical as it is beautiful. The handsome offset
pattern allows cooling breezes to pass through, yet looks as solid as a stockade fence.
At front of home, one section is compartmeVited decoratively for flower pots. Western
red cedar was used to match home's siding, and stained to duplicate and preserve nat
ural cedar's rich, ruddy coloring.
Fence Adds Privacy, Beauty To Home
Privacy is probably the most close the doors on the rest of the
sought-after and cherished element world is more than just a desirable
in American home life. Being able part of living; it is closer to being
to walk into one's own home and a necessity.
County Agent Reports
Farm News Briefed From The
County Agent Itadio Programs
The 1958 calf crop in the United
States is expected to be slightly
less than the 1957 crop according
to the USDA Crop & Livestock
Reporting Service. The reduction
Is only three-tenths of one per
cent but is the fourth year a re
duction in calf production has been
registered. This year's numbers
are estimated to be four per cent
less than the record crop of 42,
611,000 head raised in 1954. Num
bers in 1958 are estimated to be
40,872.000 head. This year's calf
crop will still be nearly eight per
cent above the 1947-56 average.
The reason the decline in calf
numbers was not greater in 1958
is due to a large percentage of
calves dropped per cow on hand.
The number of cows on farms on
January 1 this year was two per
cent lower than a year earlier.
The calving percentage in 1958 is
estimated at 87 per cent which was
one per cent above 1957. Of course
the 1958 figures are estimates be
cause some calves will be born
yet this year. Estimates of such
numbers have been included in the
figures based on trends in the
past.
Ily sections the north central and
eastern states show decrea .es in
calf numbers while the south cen
tral and western states indicate a
slight increase in numbers. The
trend in Oregon was the same as
other western states but Cantor'
nia showed a two per cent in
crease. This was accounted for by
an increase in calving percentage
from 86 in 1957 to 90 in 1958.
This last spring a number of
cattlemen suffered considerable
calf losses in this area from a
disease veterinarians call Entro
toxemia or overeating disease. Al
though the use of toxins and anti
toxins have helped some, losses
still occur. Veterinarians recognize
a need for more specific informa
tion about the disease and the ex
ecutive committee of the Klam
ath Cattlemen s Association re-
ciuested that the veterinary de
partment of Oregon State College
make some laboratory studies to
determine specific causes of the
disease.
The college has offered to work
with cattlemen and veterinarians
next spring when the disease is
most prevalent. The college will
want to secure specimens of af
fected animals. They would, there
fore, like to get immediate reports
of calves affected by the disease.
Potato Nematode Found In
Dahlia Tubers In Oregon
Plant survey pathologists for the
State Department of Agriculture
have discovered the potato rot ne
matode in dahlia tubers in three
commercial plantings in Oregon.
Frank McKennon, chief of the de
partment's division of plant indus
try, reports the first isolation was
made early this year and the last
in June.
McKennon says investigations so
far point to the fact that imported
tubers are involved in all cases.
He says the department has been
working on this problem and that
tubers from every commercial
grower in the state have been pro
cessed in the department's labora
tory in Salem. Oregon is one of
the lirst states to carry out an
extensive survey for the nematode.
The department is watching the
situation closely and believes that
all infestations have been found.
It has notified U.S. Plant Quaran
tine officials and has advised Ore
gon growers to examine especially
any imported tubers very closely.
The nematode has been consid
ered a threat to the potato indus
try since it was first found in the
United States at Aberdeen, Idaho.
More recently an infestation was
discovered h a limited area in Wis
consin.
It is now recognized that the po
tato rot nematode is the same spe
cies as found in bulbous iris for
many years. At least one western
state has been allowing a one per
cent tolerance in the iris without
causing apparent harm or concern
to the industry.
Department officials feel that
Oregon dahlia stock may be clean
er than that in other states which
have not carried out extensive sur
vey work for the nematode.
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COl'NTY EXTENSION NEWS
By Ruth Gustnvson
Student "taste testers" can serve
as convenient and reliable stand
ins for Oregon consumers in food
preference studies, Oregon State
College research shows.
Fourteen foods were tested by
students and by Oregon families
to compare food preference opin
ions. Foods tested were black
berry jam, cheddar cheese, barbe
cued potato chips, chocolate chips,
tomato juice, graham crackers,
sliced pickles, tomato soup, butter,
shelled filberts, canned peaches,
green beans, applesauce, and corn.
According to Mrs. Lois Satlier.
food technologist in charge of OSC
flavor studies, student opinions
In most cases reflected consumer
likes and both groups showed
strong preferences for the same
foods.
Between 120 and 180 students
tested the foods in the college
"(kvorium" laboratory. A total of
230 families in Portland, Astoria,
Corvollis, Albany, Salem, Mcdford
and Klamath Falls took part in
the home survey. All family mem
bers over 6 years of age tested
foods and recorded their opinions.
Nearly 700 responses were re
ceived from families on each food.
Families tested paired food
samples, such as Grade AA and C
butter, Iised their opinions, and
indicated which food they would
buy if the price were the same
for both samples.
Scientists and producers both
feel the need for consumer ac
ceptability of fond products, says
Mrs. Salher. If the consumer does
not like the food, he's not going
to buy it at the store.
OSC's flavor testing program in
cludes nearly 200 student testers
hired each year to determine pref
erences for certain foods.
The OSC study was conducted
by the departments of statistics
and food and dairy technology.
Privacy in the yard area is as
much a necessity these days as
privacy inside the home, for there s
hardly a family who doesn't take
to the fresh air for a good part
of their loafing and for casual
entertaining during warm weather.
When planning a yard or a patio,
the homeowner's first consideration
should be for its "walls," and un
less you truly enjoy trimmine
hedges, this means a fence. A
good fence is just the right finish
ing touch for a home.
There are several requirements
this fence should meet. In addi
tion' to being tall and opaque
enough to afford s e c 1 u s 1 n o
in your outdoor living area, it
should be constructed so that it
allows cooling breezes to pass
through the yard, and, perhaps
most important of all, it must be
designed to look friendly and hos
pitable to the neighbors.. It can be
beautiful as well as functional.
On top of all these, the fence
is also an important accessory to
the home. Ingenious landscape ar
chitects capitalize on fences as a
means of creating unity of house
and site, of tying them together.
This is easily accomplished by
simply sifnulating the house sid
ing in the fence pattern.
For example, if the house has
been sided with western red cedar
boards-and-battens, a fence of off
set cedar boards carries out the
three dimensional effect and the
theme of vertical shadow lines.
Woods and finishes should be
duplicated as much as possible.
The trend in both house siding
and fencing is towards the natural
look; homeowners these days take
pride in the woods they use and
finish them as naturally as pos
sible. Usually, when using a fine
wood like western red cedar, du
plicating the wood's original col
oring with stain is the best idea,
though many homeowners like to
stain it driftwood grey and use
rough-sawn cedar to achieve a
weathered look.
Any good fence should have a
touch of individuality, a bit of
caprice woven into its design. You
might, for instance, build one sec
tion of a box like frame and com
partmentize it. In the compart
ments, pots of bright flowers can
be placed for a splash of color.
This section caif be left open on
both sides for a peek a boo effect
if it doesn't impair privacy.
One good bit of advice don't
let your fence dominate your home
surroundings. Let it add beauty.
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rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night
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