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I SUNDAY, DRCEMBER 28, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIVE THE LOWER SALMON RIVER is one of the many streams that offer interesting touring to those who spend their vacations at the Oregon beaches. This picture was taken from the county road on that river just beyond the Neskowin junction. A pleasant country full of lush greens and yellows and the ever present ocean sounds and smells. Wide Variety By ORIS RUDD and MIKE HILL Grasses and legumes for irri gated pastures cover a wide and varied field. With the rising costs in range operations, irrigated pas tures, especially on a rotated basis, are steadily gaining in prominence. Under good manage ment, an irrigated pasture pro vides cheaper, ' more nutritious feed for livestock, better gains, and lower costs. Under good man agement within the Lakeview Soil Conservation District, an Snnual gain of about 500 pounds of beef to the acre should be expected. A misconception often times arises concerning the connection between certain grasses and le gumes and the rate of gain of live stock. It should be noted that this relationship stems from the dif ference in palatability of the vari ous plants. The more palatable a certain plant the more the live stock consume in a shorter time, and thus a greater increase in weight. Within the Lakeview Soil Conser vation District, a wide variety of irrigated pasture plants may be found. Because of limited space, not all of them will be covered. This grass is fast becoming one of the reliable grasses for top production. It is mildly sod-form ing and late maturing. Its seed ling vigor is good making it rath- er easy to establish. Because it is late maturing grass, it manes good mixture with alfalfa since it is not fully headed out and coarse and stemmy before the al falfa is ready to cut for graze. Brief Lesson In Geography WASHINGTON (UPD The coun tries that make up South America are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Brit ish Guiana, Chile, Colombia, Dutch Guiana, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Ven- The largest of these is Brazil with 61 million people living in 3,288,050 square, miles. The small est is Dutch Guiana with a popu lation of 250,000 and an area of 55,400 square miles. Central America consists of Brit ish Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvi dore, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexi co, Nicaragua and Panama. The largest of these, Mexico, has a pop-' ulation of almost 31 million and an area of 760.373 square miles. Ri-itkh Honduras is the smallest . in population, with about 81,000, but El Salvador IS tne smauesi in area, 8,259 square miles. POLITICAL VETERAN RW ANTON. VI. (UPI) At 92, Mild Barney looks back on a polit ical career during which he held half a dozen different offices over a period of 65 years. Of Legumes Available Results from Pullman, Washing ton, over a four year "period, showed that intermediate wheat- grass consistently out produced smooth brome, on mineral soils. Roy Griffin, rancher from Crooked Creek, produced 3V' tons per acre of hay from a first cut ting this year; intermediate wheat grass and alfalfa on an irrigated 39 acre piece of land. SMOOTH BROME This is probably one of the most cussed and discussed pasture grass in this area. It is a peren nial, tall-growing, leafy grass and a rather vigorous sod-former. Gen erally speaking, it is adapted al most anywhere alfalfa is under irrigation, but is best adapted on high organic matter soils with good water supply. Judicious use of nitrogen will hold up produc tion when brome grass begins to get sod bound. ORCHARD GRASS Here is a grass that is practically synonymous with irrigated pas tures. It is one of the most pal atable grasses, but becomes woody and tough if allowed to get ma ture. It is shade tolerant and thus ideal for use in mixtures. There are several different varieties of orchard grass; differences being in leanness, height, cold tolerance, production, and date of ma turity. Some of the most tamiliar varieties are Potomac, Akaroa, S-143, Commercial, and Latar. At the present, however, Potomac seems to be the best adapted variety for this area. Orchard is a bunch grass and will not tolerate consistent close grazing. A trial plot was seeded this past spring on the Harry Crowl farm on the Westside. lt features Latar S-143 and Potomac, all with alfal fa' on a comparative basis. ALFALFA Often referred to as the "queen of the forage plants," it would be impossible to cover ; each and every variety. Suffice to say, there is a variety of alfalfa lor practi cally any situation. A couple of the best adapted varieties are: 1. Ranger a heavy producer which is disease resistant, ranger gets a little rank for hay but no more so than Ladak. It has fast recovery after clipping which makes it a good one for use In pastures as well as hay. 2. Vernal very similar to Rang er except is finer stemmed and leafier. Resistant to disease ana cold weather. Top producer in Klamath Experiment Station tri als. An excellent hay or pasture alfalfa for good irrigated soils, ALSIKE CLOVER Alsike clover is best suited for heavy soils and for sites where secDoee or irrigation waier coiieu in too great amounts for Ladino clover. It is able to withstand wet, cold, heavy soils better than most other legumes. Alsike clover it a short-lived perennial and will persist well under good manage ment in this area. It is palatable and nutritious. Roy Perry of the New Idaho District has a stand of alsike clo ver. A good seed yield is ex pected. ALTA FESCUE Here is a grass which is very well suited to this area. Adapted for use on irrigated, sub-irrigated. and wet, salty land, - it remains green during the summer months but may hot make much, growth when the temperatures are high. It survives long periods of flood ing in the winter. In trials con ducted at Union, Oregon, on sub irrigated alkaline soils, Alta Fes cue produced twice as much as smooth brome. Only tall wheat- grass and Canada wild rye ex ceeded Alta Fescue. This is worth noting because of the large amount 01 sub-irrigated alkaline land with in the Lakeview Soil Conservation District. Alta Fescue is rather un palatable and should not be seed ed in mixture with other grasses. WHITE CLOVER There are several varieties of white clover, the two most com mon being White Dutch and La dino. The former is adapted in high elevation areas. It wul sur vive with less moisture and fer tility than Ladino. Ladino, on the other hand, fairly particular about itssite. It is not adapted to poorly drained lands, or to strongly acid or high ly alkaline soils, or oh soils with limited water-holding capacity, Also It is not as winter hardy as White Dutch. Bloat is the big hazard associated with clovers. Because Ladino seed looks the same as white clover seed, certi fied Ladino seed should be used. BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL Narrow leaf birdsfoot trefoil is the species best suited to this area. It closely resembles a fine stemmed alfalfa. The trefoil does well on soils not suited to alfalfa Another tremendous advantage, besides its highly palatability, is its non-bloating characteristic, However, it does have poor seed ling vigor and thus is difficult to establish. Because of its lower 'and shorter growth, it is best suited for pasture rather than hay. It Is very salt tolerant. Both -Clyde f enimore and Ray Kerr have es tablished pastures with narrow leaf trefoil in them. This grass rates about tops as far as palatability. It is tolerant of long submergence in winter and early spring, but will not stand long summer flooding. It thrives well at high altitudes under prolonged snow cover, making It well suited for moist, mountain-meadow plant ings. It is adapted on both strong ly acid and highly alkaline soils Its big drawback is high cost of seed. It is an early maturing grass and should be used accord- Space Man Age Nearing WASHINGTON (UPI)-Both Rus sia and the United States are work ing ora manned space vehicles. The Soviet Union is rumored to be approaching the flight-test stage with a vehicle capable ot placing a human crew in orbited flight around the earth. The satellite is supposed to be designed to return to earth safely. On June 16, the U.S. Air Froce awarded a contract to three major aviation firms Bell, Martin and Boekig to develop a "Dyna-Soar" vehicle large enough to carry one or two men. it would be placed in orbit by rockets, and would be capable of gliding back to earth. 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