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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
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11959 to 1962 the decline has aver
laded 2 ner cent a vear.
The decline in total cash re
ceipts for milk and cream in 1962
was caused by a decline of
cents in the average price re
ceived in terms of hundredweight
of milk.
The United States exported $4.3
million worth of dairy cattle in
1962, compared with about $5.1
million in 1961. Exports of dairy
brooding cattle totaled 11,251 head.
a 16 per cent decline from the
record high of 13,356 head shipped
in 1961. 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. Rice s theory Is that a
deeper impregnation of the soil
has been the need and he hopes
(hut his new rennnvator will do,
the job.
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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.
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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
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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
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it was tlie smoothest
Tina Lanza.
News Reporter.
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shows, however, that the other
symptoms described are more
common in Oregon geranium
plantings.
McWhorter has this advice for
tlie home gardener.
Always buy healthy looking
plants and beware of those with
short internodes and with yellow
leaves on middle or upper stems.
Pull out geraniums which may
be infected being sure to get all
roots and let the soil rest a year
or so before replanting.
Avoid using sou from potato
fields, or other fields in which a
verticillium host has been grow,
ing, for geranium beds.
Future research is aimed at
discovering as much as possible
about the way verticillium affects
geraniums. Some evidence exists
which leads McWhorter to sus
pect that geraniums may be one
of the few plants where verticil'
hum is seed borne. 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.
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loffsetting prospective increases in
spring wheat stocks.
The right supply of free
wheat (as opposed lo that wheat
under price support) is primarily
responsible for the prevailing
price strength. The most pro
nounced price rise has been in
hard winter wheat. Free supplies
probably will continue tight be
cause of the heavy export de
mand and the reduction in the
support rate for new-crop wheat.
The 1963 wheat crop currently
is estimated at 1.17 billion bushels,
with winter wheat at 927 mil
lion bushels and spring wheat put
at 240 million. This total crop is
somewhat above the small 1962
crop, but below the 1957-61 average-
Emergency
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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,
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fice. Cory reminds farmers that he
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to meet domestic and export de.
mand. The difference will have to
come out of the surplus. The re
sult will be a smaller supply on
hand at the beginning of the 1964.
65 marketing year.
The department said that on
the basis of intentions as of
March 1, Canadian farmers plan
lo seed a total of 27.1 million
across to wheat, only 1 per cent
above (he 1962 seeding.
The department has estimated
that cash receipts from farm
marketings this year likely will
not be much different than the
estimated record high of $35.7 bil
lion in 1962.
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