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S ' Ag Department Says 1962 ilk Sales WASHINGTON (UPD-The Ag. ricullure Department has esti mated cash receipts from farm marketings of milk and cream In 12 totaled $4,858,000,000. This is about 1 per cent less than the 1961 record. The department's Crop Report ing Board said milk production in the United States last year was 125,927,000,000 pounds. This is about one-half of 1 per cent more than the previous record of 125,- 442,000,000 pounds In 1961. The increase in total milk pro duction last year resulted from an advance in annual output per cow. Production per cow in 1962 was a record annual rate of 7,370 pounds. This is an increase of 147 pounds from the 1961 rate. Tlie annual average number of milk cows In 1982 was 17,086,000 head, down nearly 2 per cent from 1961. Last year's number was the lowest of record in the series of. estimates beginning in 1924. Ex cept for an upturn in 1953, the number of milk cows hat declined since 1944. After dropping 4 or 5 per cent annually from 1956 to 1959, the rale of decline in num ber of milk cows has slowed down in the past three years. From Unsighfly Stumps Call For Clean-up Activity , Spring clean-uptimo focuses at tention of many Oregon homeown ers on badly damaged trees and unsightly slumps in their yards. These reminders of last fall's Columbus Day storm can be killed Inexpensively with weed killers and then removed mora easily after the wood decays, reports Michael Newton, Oregon State University forester. Ho says that 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T are especially effective when used properly, but warned they can kill nearby plants and trees It not used carefully. Silvex and Animate also might be used. These chemicals are readily avail able at reasonable cost from farm supply stores. He suggests either of the fol lowing two ways to apply tile chemicals: I. Soak the lower foot of the Ford Trucks Last Longer FARM $ your tmtm Truck Hdquartrt BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Main al lip. Ph. 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This decline was caused mainly by the embargo placed on exports to Cuba. Mexico is the largest market for U.S. dairy cattle. In 1962 Mex ico bought 62 per cent of the dairy cattle exported by the United States. Assistant Secretary of Agricul lure John P. Duncan Jr. is sched uled to leave today for Bangalore, India, to represent Iho United States at a meeting of the Inter national Colton Advisory Commit tee. Duncan was elected chairman of the 38-nation committee at its session In Washington last year tree or stump with a solution of Vj pint of 2,4,5-T ester (or 2,4-D or Silvex) mixed with two gallons diescl fuel. One quart of this solution should be enought to kill tree 16 inches in diameter, Newton says. 2. Inject undiluted 2, 4, S-T am ine lor 2,4-D or Silvex) into con tinuous cuts around the tree as low as possible. For stumps, ap ply the concentrated amine in a line no more than a quarter of an inch wide around the perime ter of the cut surface of the wood and inner bark. Additional details are available in an OSU fact sheet called "How To Kill Hardwood Trees and Stumps." Free copies are avail able to Oregon residents irom county extension offices or from the OSU Bulletin Clerk, Corvalus. Timber Land Measure Okayed SALEM (UPD-Tho Senate Sat urday approved a measure allow ing counties to assess timber lands in Eastern Oregon. During tlie 1961 session, assess ment of both timber end timber lands in Eastern Oregon was transferred to the State Tax Commission. Billion The department has announced the fair and reasonable wage re quirements for the 1963 crop of sugar beets in all producing re gions. The department said the deter mination increases minimum time rates 10 cents per hour from 95 1 cents to $1.05 and increases piecework on the average about 10 per cent. Piecework rates range by wage districts from $10 to $10.50 per acre for hoeing; $12 to $12.50 per acre for hoe trimming $17 to $17.50 per acre for blocking and thinning; and $6 to $8 per acre for weeding. Department officials said the wage rales established are within the producers ability to pay un der prospective price and produc tion conditions for the 1963 crop. Payment of wages not less than those set by the department is a requirement that producers must meet to qualify for payments pro vided under the sugar act. Rice Builds 'Renovator' For Ranch ALTUIiAS Modoc County rancher, Jack Rice, has devel oped a meadow conditioner to al leviate the problems of "s o d bound" meadows on his ranch. Rice and Wilber Huntington re built a grain packer drum in tlie ranch shop this winter that will literally turn up portions of the meadow and allow the grasses to aerate. Rice welded 18-inch staggered steel spikes around the d r u m spaced two feet apart. Before the giant drum was put into use on the meadows it was filled with water bringing the weight to 4,500 pounds. The pasture condi tioner is pulled with a D-4 cat. 'We will have to wait until haying and check this year's tonnage to tell the real value of the aeration to the soil," Rice 'But we can see now on one oi our worst meadows that the wa ter is staying in the soil rather than running off as it has done In tlie past. Tlie problem of sod packed ground has long been a headache to the Modoc rancher. Years of feeding cattle during the winter on hay meadows and re-use of the meadows without reseedings have compounded the impact ment. Ranchers have been fertiliz Ing the soils over the past years to help increase the tonnage along with the yearly spring drag glng of the meadows to spread Die manure left bv the cattle. Some ranchers have tried harrow ing the meadows but with little success. 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Al can bo finoncod thru tool ASC ottico. 7 DEVELOPS CONDITIONER A new meadow conditioner has been developed by Modoc County rancher Jack Rica to alleviate "sod bound'' conditions on his ranch Here, Wilbur Huntington is shown running the new pasture renovator on the Rica ranch near Alturas . ' PAGE 8 HERALD AND Research Shows Verticillium Wilt May Be Common In Geranium Plants Better take a close look at that geranium in your garden. fiecent research at Orenn State University shows that the bane of mint and potato growers vcr- liciliium wilt may be fairly com mon in geranium plantings. Frank P. McWhorter, OSU plant pathologist, has recently pinpoint ed the disease in geraniums and has alerted florists and home gar deners that verticillium infection can be confused with a common bacterial infection found in tliesc usually dependable plants. Typical symptoms of gerani ums infected witli verticillium arc tlie same as those for geraniums suffering from the bacterial dis ease. One prime difference exists be tween the two. Bacterial infection till now thought to be the only serious disease ot geraniums does little or no harm to other plants in the home garden and does not infest the soil. Verticillium does infest the soil and can damage and eventually destroy other plantings later placed in the same location. Ver ticillim is a soil fungus which enters plants through their roots, and is widely known as the cause iif wilt in potato, tomato, cotton, mint and berry crops. Trees. many kinds of nursery stock, her baceous and most ornamental composils especially dahlias also are hosts for verticillium. McWhorter points out that the fungus disease is hard to spot in tlie early stages because it has a long incubation period and defin ite symptoms may not show up (or several months. Nurserymen oltcn do not know that gerani ums are infected until the plant Is sold and planted in the home garden. Young geraniums started in OSU greenhouses the previous September were thriving and healthy till early May last year when they developed typical ver ticillium symptoms. Home gardeners should watch for: Dwarfing. This is the most like ly symptom to look for before buying plants. Nurserymen and buyers should be wary of plants Weed Plan Set LKEVIEV Lake County will again have a weed control prac tice under tlie Agricultural Con servation Program, announces Walt Cory, ASCS oflice manager For a short time this spring, the weed control practice was left out of the handbook from tlie ledcral level. However, a recent amendment of tlie At'P hand book puts the weed control prac tice hack into this year's program. This means that farmers may re ceive 50 per cent of the cost of controlling certain noxious weeds from the ASCS oflice. Buv Best! ...at your 'SPRAY CENTER" Guaranteed COMPETITIVE PRICES Cm ly NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon which are making slow growth and which have smaller than nor mal leaves. Yellow spotting and yellow leaves. Plants with yellow leaves on mid and upper stems may have verticillium. Yellow leave: on bottom stems ot geranium plants are usual. If leaves de velop bright yellow spots before they yellow all over, McWhorter says verticillium is most probable. These yellow leaves will drop pre maturely and the affected branch es will become short, pointed tubs. Dieback. If yellow spotting of leaves is followed by gradual withering and disintegration three to six inches down the stem, tlie plant may be infected with ver ticillium. Infected stems will be killed and form no more foliage. (in geraniums infected with bac terial blight, stems frequently re cover and continue to growl. Wilt. Wilting generally Is a prominent symptom in plants" in fected with verticillium. Leaves fold down during the warmer part of the day and plants grow slowly. McWhorter's research 4-H COOKING CRUMBS On April 17 five members were present for the meeting, with one member absent. Monica Moore and Vicky Ha&kins made custard. While the custard was baking, we shelled walnuts for a future bak ing project. We answered mil call by telling something we learned about baking custard. We also talked about table manners. We experimented cooking the custard with water around it and with out water around it. We ate the custard and decided the cus tard baked with the water around it was tlie smoothest Tina Lanza. News Reporter. MUSICAL MACHINES The eighth meeting of the Musi FARM The PRUDENTIAL Way IJ W SO year amortization plan with more liberal appraisals and lower annual pay ment! on forms or ranches with grovity, sprink ler or well irrigation in Klamath, Lake, Modoc and Siskiyou Countiei. SVilo interest. Very prompt service. No appraisal fee. BARNHISEL AGENCY 112 So. 8th St. Ph. 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If additional study shows this to be so, propa gation and cultivation of verticil-lium-free plants will be addition ally difficult and complicated for both the nurserymen and the home gardener. NEWS cal Machines 4-H sewing club was called to order by the president on April 8. We did no sewing at this meeting but instead looked over the sewing books. We also discussed our practice garments and decided that the ones who could get their pattern and mate rial should do so for their prac tice garments. We had refreshments and the meeting was adjourned by presi dent Judy Hayes. Tlie ninth meeting of the Musi cal Machines was called to order on April 15. While two girls cut out their material from their pat terns, three girls set in a sleeve. We had refreshments and the meeting was adjourned. Marlene Moore, News Reporter. LOAN: CHEMICALS Klomoth Falls TU 4-6075 Estimate Shows Sharp Drop WASHINGTON (UPD-The A; riculture Department today esti mated the wheat carryover, or surplus, on July 1, 1964, will be 1.13 billion bushels, down 55 mil lion bushels from the carryover! of July 1, 1963. If .(lie projected carryover for July 1, 1964, becomes reality, the wheat supply situation will show a reduction for the third succes sive year. In a review of the wheat situa tion, the department said the 1962- 63 wheat marketing year, ending June 30, has been highlighted by ill a small wheat crop 1.09 bil lion bushels; (21 a high level of exports, now estimated at 615 million bushels; (31 high prices (4) domestic consumption of 607 million bushels; and (51 the pros pect of a lurther reduction in the carryover. The ending carryover as of June 30 is expected to total 1.18 billion bushels, with decreases in winter wheat slocks more than 5 Counties Join Forest Tour Plans Oregon school children will start their 1963 forest conserva tion tours this month, with five more counties scheduled this year to join the 23 which already offer the program, reports C. R. Ross, Oregon State University extension tarm forestry specialist. Several counties hold tours in April and May. with the remaind er scheduled for September and October. Last year, 13,510 stu dents from 280 schools went to outdoor classrooms to learn about such subjects as fire con trol, soils, tree identification, wild life, reforestation, forest manage ment and other topics. A record number of counties and students participated in the 1962 programs, despite the fact that two counties were rained out. Since tlie tours started in 1956, a total of 53.117 students and 4,491 adult have learned about conservation in this way, Ross said. The tours are notable examples of cooperation by conservation agencies, the forest industry, tree farmers and individuals, Ross stressed. These groups, contribut ed 553 man-days last year to make tlie programs possible. County extension agents act as coordinating officers. Hood River and Lake counties are joining the list of partici pants this year, Ross said, and Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties plan a tri-county event for the first time. Lane and Douglas counties are both plan ning a third tour site for schools not already participating in their programs. The Portland Area Resources Education Tour, available lo more than B.UOO sixth graders in Port land and Multnomah County, is lield in Portland's Forest Park. Teachers are trained by natural resource workers at the site and later take their own classes on the tour. About 1.300 students took the lour in 1962. SAVE THE TINE USE BULK FERTILIZER SIMPLOT S0ILBUILDERS For Your Tulelake, Calif. 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This total crop is somewhat above the small 1962 crop, but below the 1957-61 average- Emergency Available At LAKEVIEW-Emerecncy flood damage restoration money is now available at the Lake County Ag ricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service office, reports Walt Cory, ASCS office manager. Lake and Malheur counties re ceived $147,000 jointly to aid in restoring flood damage during January and February storms. Lake County's share of the spe cial federal appropriation is $27, 000. This money w ill be adminis tered through' the local ASCS of fice. Cory reminds farmers that he is now taking sign-up for the flood practice, and all sign - up must be completed by May 8 COMBINATION Fuel Tank & Too! Box For Pickup Truck TOKHEIM HAND PUMPS Weosr Service & Equip. m E. Mi in Ph. TU 4-hMH BUSSMAN'S SEED 904 Klamath Open AT STUD TOM BRIER P-50,797 ) Silver Diamond Tom P-38,279 P-183 ! Yellow Soy P-18 Mousy S. 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