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storage and hay shed. In center, the Angus calves are grown out on chopped Alfalfa
hay following weaning and then finished for market on ground grain and hay. Far
Farm Adviser Offers Suggestions
On General Combine Adjustments
TULELAKE It is impossible to
recommend specific combine
adjustments for threshing malting
barley which would apply to all
makes and models of machines
and would fit all harvesting con
ditions, according to Ken Baghott,
Tulelake farm adviser. However
on the basis of field studies and
available experimental data, the
following general suggestions can
be made: ,
Cylinder adjustmens Run the
cylinder as slow as possible to get
the grain out of the head. Excess
cylinder speed will damage grain
regardless of concave clearance.
Cylinders with considerable end
play in cylinder bearings, crooked
or bent cylinders or concave teelh
and damaged rasp bars will cause
damage to the grain.
Concave adjustment Concaves
should not be set to take off all
of (he awn or beard on kernels
to increase test weight. Relation
between concave clearance and
cylinder speed is definite; the low-,
cr the cylinder speed the closerl
can be the clearance. Set spikel
tooth concaves properly. Rasp bar
does the best job when cylinder!
and concave is set between and
inches.
Examine grain frequently as
moisture conditions during the
day change. Make necessary
adjustments. Varying the concave
clearance will usually take care
of these changes throughout the
harvest day.
Sieve adjustments Adjust the
sieves for the least possible re
turn. A great deal of damage oc
curs on machines that are run
ning heavy return. A heavy re
turn means that a lot of kernels
are going through the cylinder a
second time, thereby increasing
the number of skinned kernels. A
heavy return is often caused from
sieves becoming clogged with a
mat of beards.
Wind blast-Use plenty of wind
on the front of the sieves to keep1
a mat ot beards and chaff from
forming on the sieves; keeping
the sieves level or slightly high in;
(he rear will also help separation.
More barley is lost by using too
little wind than by using too1
much.
Conditions of straw and grain
Some farmers thresh barley when
Some Early Blight Found
Under Irrigated Fields
TULELAKE A survey of pota
to fields of the Tulelake Basin,
this week, by Dr. John G. McLean,
extension potato specialists and
Ken Baghott, Tulelake farm ad
viser, disclosed that there was
some early blight potato fields
under sprinkler irrigation. Where
potatoes were under sprinklers
and planted back on the same
land, the problem was more se
vere. The disease was also more
apparent on older, more mature
plants.
Under these conditions the spray
Ina with Maneb or Zineb may be
beneficial in delaying the develop
ment of early blight. A few spots
on the lower leaves of furrow ir
rieated potatoes does not const!
tute an epidemic, according to
McLean.
Spraying of fields where the
vines are upright is ineffective
since 90 per cent of the material
will lodge on the upper part of
the plant where the leaves are
not susceptible to early Diignt.
Early blight starts on the older,
more mature leaves and progress
es very slowly up the plant with
maturity. In the absence of driv
ing rain and humid conditions,
early blight should not be a prob
lem for several weeks under fur
row irrigated conditions. Spraying
will not be too effective for con
trol until the plants are opened
up and lodging. Continued warm
weather ann wind is usually el-
fective in preventing ; spid spread
of the disease.
If the weather conditions change
in the next few weeks to high hu
midity during the day, early
blight can advance more rapidly
on the mature plants. During a:
late growing season early blight
may actually help to mature the,
plants.
McLean and Baghott report that!
no late blight was found in the
area. However, any farmer who
discovers a potato problem and
suspects early or late blight should
check with the Tulelake farm ad
viser's office.
Verticillium and Blackleg both
will be more discernible as the
season advances, according to
Baghott. Neither of these diseases
can be controlled by spray.
they cannot thresh wheat or oats,
Harvesting barley when straw and
grain are too tough will result in
loss of grain or in a high per
centage of damaged kernels be
cause it is necessary to run the
cylinder speeds at higher revolu
lions to prevent clogging. Thresh'
ing good malting barlev when the
grain and straw are tough may
cause excess damage, thus chang
ing the malting barley to a feed
grade.
4-H NEWS
BONANZA SHEPI1ERDS
Our 4-H club had a swimming
party on Aug. 5 at Malin. After
swimming we had a potluck and
many friends and parents attended.
During the meeting we filled
out the entry blanks and found
out what class our lambs would
show in. We also discussed our
4-H uniforms.
Our next meeting will be at
the home of Greg and Diane
Williams.
Danny Pedcrson,
News Reporter.
TRIPLE B BEEF
The triple "B" Beef Club had
picnic-swim, at Malin Park.
We ate and then had our meet
ing. President Paul Dearborn
called it to order. Cathy Angel
read the minutes. Then we dis
cussed whether or not to get our
shirts, for our new members, or
to wait until next year. It was
voted to wait until next year. Then
Paul showed us how to keep our
temporary and permanent rec
ords in order. Then the meeting
was adjourned and we all went
swimming.
Danice House,
News Reporter.
LAKEVIEW - Several thou-!
sand acres of sagebrush land
throughout Lake County are be
ing attacked by an insect known
tlie sagebrush moth reports
Bill Moser, Lake County exten
sion agent.
What does this mean in terms
of wildlife, livestock and range
mangement programs in the fu
ture? Right now no one knows
for sure because no one knows
how extensive the kill will be
Moser says. However, the insect'
MILLIONTH CARLOAD
SALINAS, Calif. (UPII - The
one-millionth carload of lettuce
shipped from the Salinas Valley
departed today for New York to
'be auctioned off, with the pro
ceeds going to the American Red
Cross.
The first shipment of iced let
tuce left the Salinas Valley in
1921.
About 98 per cent of the world's
insecticides are aDDhed on U.S.
Ilands.
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right, a closeup shows the feed conveyor pipe supported by two A-frames on wheels
that run on a concrete track. Countv Aaent Photos
Popes Try Unique Feeding Project
With Six Feed Lots In Circle Plan
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday, August 20, 1963
PAGE 1
Sagebrush Moth Attacking
Wide Area In Lake County
is certain to kill a lot of sage
brush. The fact that some areas
of sagebrush will be killed cer
tainly points out the need for
examining and evaluating the sit
uation. Phil Unless, OSU, who is do
ing wildlife habitat research at
Silver Lake, feels the damage
hay not be as great as some
may feel. Certainly since sage
brush is and always has been a
part of our native environment,
as has the sagebrush moth, it
More College Attendance
Urged For Rural Youth
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY;
-More young people from the ru
al areas of America should be
going to college.
And "individual genius" must
not be lost or submerged in the
large scale, team-type research
programs underway in America
today, the president ot the Amer
ican Society of Animal Science
emphaiszed this week at Oregon
State University.
Dr. L. E. Hanson of the Uni
versity of Minnesota noted that
only about half as many students
are graduated each year as are
needed to fill positions in agri
culture and industries related to
agriculture.
For many of these employment
opportunities, a rural background
is a distinct asset, he observed.
However, the percentage of stu
dents going on to college from
ural farm areas is about halt
that from metropolitan areas.
A 1961 Minnesota survey of high
school youths showed that only 23
per cent of rural farm youths
were intending to enroll in col
lege, compared to 43 per cent
for non-farm, non-metropolitan
youths, and 56 per cent for met
ropolitan youths, Hanson report
ed.
The net result is a terrible
loss to the individual and society,
Hanson insisted. He urged mem
bers of the society to help stim
ulate interest in higher education
Law Can Trace Stock Without Brand
Brands are helpful in locating
and identifying cattle that have
strayed or been stolen.
But, with the aid of Oregon's
brand inspection law. the live
stock officers of the Oregon De-
nartmcnt of Agriculture fre
quently prove all is not lost for
lack of a brand.
Cattle, like people, have traits
and characteristics that help
these policemen of the bovine
kingdom in establishing identity.
Such was the case of an cight-month-old
white faced brindled
bull with distinctive rings around
his eyes; a little six-month-old
black heifer answering to the
name of Susie; and their two
Hereford heifer companions, which
disappeared March 24 from the
Arthur Gering pasture at Rtc. 2.
Box 145-N. Yamhill.
After searching for the ani
mals the Gerings notified law en
forcement officers. Tlic depart
ment's livestock officer. E. L.
( Doc 1 Wright, was called in on
the case March 30. when evi
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dence at hand indicated that the
quartet had not strayed, but had
been stolen.
Doc asked the Gerings for any
markings or characteristics that
would identify the animals. Ger
ing and his 14-ycar-old son, Lee,
put their heads together and re
called that tlie little bull had the
rings around his eyes and that in
addition to being brindled with
a white Spot on his face he had
a little black spot in the middle
of the white, and that Susie,
who was somewhat of a pet
came atrotting when Lee called
her name.
On his check of livestock auc
tion markets in Portland Wright
found the department's brand
inspector recalled seeing the pair
and that the other animals had
been sold in tlie group.
A look at the inspection rec
ords showed the four animals
had pone through the markets
and the names of the buyers
were found. Each had gone to a
different place and all but one
had been resold by the time Live
stock Officer Wright, who has
been with the department in this
capacity 15 years and before that
spent seven and a half years with
the Oregon Slate Police, caught
up with them. This was after
checking six auction yards, one
of them at Vancouver, Wash
and sifting through some 3,000!
head of cattle sold at these auctions.
Five days after Wright started
his search he had located all four
animals and identified them
The little brindled bull had gone
to Orchards, Wash.; Susie went
to La Centre, Wash.; one of the
Hereford heifers was located
south of Redmond. Ore., and the
other at Powell Butte.
Brand inspection records kept
by the Department of Agricul
ture had also given officers a
clue as to whom the rustlers were
that spirited the Gering cattle
away.
The next day after the cattle
were located and identified Ray
mond Robert Larson, 24, of Rte.
Carlton, and George Robert
Minor, 30, Rte. 2. Box 145, Yam
hill, were arrested in Utah on an
all points bulletin.
Convicted July 22 at McMinn
ville on the charge of stealing!
the animals, Larson was given
a three-year sentence by Judge
Arlie G. Walker, and Minor was
sentenced to five years in the
Oregon State Penitentiary.
All that remains now to close
the case is the homecoming of
the cattle. Only one has been re
turned, but the others will be re
turning to the Yamhill ranch, now
that Larson and Minor have been
convicted of the thelt.
among farm youths.
Hanson's address came at the
end of the society's 55th annual
meeting in Corvallis. It was the
first time that the society h a tl
met outside Chicago since 1920.
Dr. Clair Terrill, U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture research
worker at Bellsville, Md., was
elected to succeed Hanson
president.
Research in America has grown
tremendously in the past 10 years
but "germs of problems" exist
which could become serious "if
we are not alert to them," Han
son cautioned.
Scientists arc most concerned
about the possible loss of, or
failure to recognize and develop,
the individual genius in our large,
highly-organized research projects
that have sharply defined goals,
he said.
The system commonly used by
agencies in granting funds to in
dividual scientists instead of to
the institutions in which they are
staff members has had the effect
in some cases of "eroding uni
versity responsibility and shift
ing faculty loyalty away from
the institution and toward the
agency," he also noted.
Steps are being taken now
which can restore balance and
strengthen university responsibili
ty and control over its activi
ties, he indicated.
More than 700 scicntsts from
throughout the United States and
Canada attended the national
meeting. The Oregon Stale Unl
versily Department of Animal
Science was host. Dr. James Old
field of OSU is sccrctary-trcasu-
urcr of the 2.600-mcmber socie
ty-
would be unwise to think all the
sagebrush is going to be de
stroyed by the insect. Research
indicates that there will always
be sagebrush as part of the
desert flora.
However. Moser emphasizes,
the insect is affecting enough
acres of rangcland that the land
managers and livestock operator
will want to take a long and
hard look at future management
programs. The insect may be a
"pennies from Heaven" range
improvement machine which
should be taken advantage of
while the opportunity exists.
What management factors
should be considered? Since the
moth is killing sagebrush by dc-l
foliating it similar to spray pro
grams, the same management!
practices should prevail, lhe ac-
Uy RAY O. PETERSEN
The increase in feed barley pro
duction in the Klamath Basin due
to the constant decrease in the
demand for malting barley here is
stimulating interest m feeding
more cattle.
Randall Poe and his father, Le
land, of Merrill have built a
unique feed yard that further re
duces the labor of feeding.
Through a development of their
own they have eliminated the au
tomatic Iced wagon which a few
years ago took much of the back
breaking hand labor out of cattle
feeding operations.
When all features of the Pope
feed lot have boon completed ap
proximately 500 head of cattle can
be fed with a little over one day
of labor per week. At present the
Popes' feeding set up consists of
six lots in a three-quarter circle
around a feed mill, grainery and
hay shed. The mill where the grain
and hay is located is in the cen
ter of a 120 foot circle. The pro
cessed feed is blown through an
eight-inch pipe from the mill to
each self feeder. The pipe which
is pivoted over the mill is moved
from one pen to the next by wheels
which support the middle and op-
hay and grain built into tlie stur
dy plank fences so that cattle
from adjoining pens feed from a
common feeder. Water at 70 de
grees temperature is provided in
tanks located next to a self feed
er in every other fence so that
on tank provides water for two
lots.
The hay is conveyed by a chain
drag and the grain by auger to
the Iced mill. A bank of electric
switches in the mill controls all
the operations of the feeding set
up.
The Popes' put tlieir Angus wea
ner calves on chopped hay in No
vember and bring them along as
fast as possible on this feed un
til March when they are placed
on a finishing ration of barley,
almond hulls and alfafa. When
the feeding set up is completed
there will be eight pens which will
nearly complete the circle around
the feed lot and feed storage. A
scale soon will be installed which
will be used to keep accurate rec
ords on the progress of the cattle.
State Vet Gives Okay
To Horse Show At Fair
There will bo a 4-H Club Horse
Show at the 1963 Oregon State
Fair.
That's the word from Glenn
Klein, Oregon State University
state 4-11 agent, after receiving
clearance from tlie stale veteri
narian. The show had been in
doubt until a few days ago because
of the recent outbreak ot equine
influenza in the state.
tion of the moth in a sense is
a free spray job. If plenty of do- nnsi,. .n(1 nf (hB ,rHHl nin This
sirable grasses are present in device is mounted on two sets of
areas wnere sagcDiusn is Deing wheels an(i mmcs in fi0 ,ool
killed, the operator or land man- radius around tnc mill Thc ced
ager may want 10 consider oe- is AroppeA rom lhe auger, into
ueiui my iaMj (Hi iiiu muffs m seJf fcedci's
allow desirable plants to fill in ', , , ,. , .
the stand. On the other land, if, ',c, . ".V" Z TZ
miuquaie perennial gi awscs are
tests and tlie "Dad Potter" horse
manship tryouts, Klein noted. 'A
special trail horse class exhibi
tion to increase the public's
knowledge of these horses
is planned, he added. Other spec
ial events may be added later.
Boys and girls participating In
the 4-H horse events can bring
their animals on the Salem fair
grounds, Sept. 6 between 10 a.m.
not present then a seeding pro
gram using desirable improved
grasses such as crested wheat
grass may need to be considered
Unless the areas affected by
lhe moth are properly managed,
the moth may be a serious detri
ment to Lake County 8 range
lands rather than a benefit
Hearing Slated
On Milk Rules
Regulations proposed by the
Oregon Department of Agricul
ture to implement the Milk Sta
bilization and Audit laws, will be
considered at a hearing Wednes
day, Aug. 28.
The hearing is slated for 10 a.m,
thc Conference Room of the
Agriculture Building, Salem.
Proposed regulations are con
corned with auditing, market pool
ing and equalization, distributor
pooling, quotas, cooperative mar
keting and fair trade practices.
Copies of the proposed regula
tions will be available from tlie
Milk Audit and Stabilization Divi
sion, Oregon Department of Agri
culture, Salem, Oregon. Persons
interested in submitting their
views or testifying can write the
department prior to the hearing or
or appear at the hearing.
nccs arc laid out in a square
tiie length of each pen varies from
144 to 240 feet.
There is a self feeder for both
r
FHA Members
Hold Camp-out
The Future Homemakers of
America held a camp-out for all
of the members July 30, 31, and
Aug. 1 at Medicine Lake.
The camp-out was planned at
ii watermelon feed which was
held on June 20, ut Malin Park.
Those who attended had lots of
fun cooking, sitting around thc
campfirc singing, going on a scav
enger hunt and swimming.
Mrs. Frankic Workman and Mrs.
Esther O'Kecfe chaperoned thc
camp-out.
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However, the number of cases and 1 p.m. No horses will be
is declining and state officials accepted before 10 a.m. that day.
feel that the show can now be Klein stressed.
held, Klein said.
It is hoped that all counties
will be represented, even though
several county 4-H noise shows
were cancelled. Counties are being
encouraged to reschedule their
horse shows or to make some
other arrangements by which
their young men and women can
be represented in the event, the
state agent said.
For tlie first time this year,
the state 4-H Horse Show will be
a regular part of the Oregon State
Fair program. Horse shows are
planned for bolh Friday and Sat
urday nights, Sept. 6 and 7. Last
year, 4-H horsemen held their
statewide event the day before
the fair opened.
The two evening shows will be
in addition to thc regular horse
demonstrations, showmanship cnn-
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