The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-25
Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
Page Interesting Articles Specially Written College for This Newspaper
Aim Of Is .

,gon, the Sole Aim Of Which Is to Aid
Icording to inquiries received by the
Plant Pathology department of the
Oregon Agricultural College. Chief
among the diseases is that commonly
called "black spot" trouble affect
ing tho foliage and well characterized
by the name.
Recommendations for control are
| W, to gather and burn all leaves
that have the spot, whether dead or
still on the bush. This should be done
sometime between late fall and the
time new growth starts in the spring.
This alone is not sufficient so it will
be necessary (2), to use some good
fungicide as a spray, applications to
be made at intervals of about ten days
or so that new foliage is kept covered,
commencing as soon as the disease
can be detected ON the older leaves.
Where only few plants are to be
treated potassium permanganate made
by adissolving crystals in cold water
and diluting until pale se-red solu-
tion is secured, may be used. Since
this is rather expensive to use on a
commercial scale copper spray may
be substituted. Bordeaux mixture has
the disadvantage Of leaving deposit;
the following ammonical solution of
copper carbonate is recommended:
Water, Is gallons; carbonate of cop
lper, ounces; strong ammonia, pint
Make thin paste Of the copper
carbonate in little water, then slow
ly add ammonia until deep blue solu-
ton is obtained. This should not be-
come clouded when diluted with the
water.
Sections Represented In Graduating
Glass.
GRADUATES of this years class
"a at the Agricultural College rep
resented 81 different counties in
Oregon with total Of 1877 students.
Next to Benton County, which fur
nished the largest number, comes Multi
nomah with 20 representatives. Marion
County is next with II. Then come
Clackamas, Linn and Umatilla with s
each; Hood River, Union and Yam
hill with four each; Douglas, Jackson
and Washington with each; Lake,
Lane, Polk, Wallowa and Wasco with
Q each, and Gatsop, Harvey and Lin
eoln with / each.
I There were also represented II states
other than Oregon with total of 3s
students. California led with 20, fol
lowed by Washington with 7. New
York and Idaho were each represent
ed by two students, and Delaware, In
diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi and Texas had one
representative each.
There were but two graduates who
are residents Of foreign countries, and
these both came from our neighborine
state, Canada.
Work of County Agents Brings Good
Results.
GenOOD results Of the work Of
W county demonstration agents
are beginning to APPEAR said
Professor Fl. T. French, state leader
fIof farm demonstration at the Oregon
Agricultural College. "While it il
impossible to measure the value Of
their most valuable accomplishments
in dollars and cents, reports of 15t
agents in the states of the northern
and western parts of the United States
, show the value to farmers to be more
than one and one tenth millions o1
dollars. The work they did in organ
ization, cooperation, maintaining sol
fertility, improving livestock herds anc
educational work is an investment fo
future benefits the value of whicl
time only will show.
"During the part of the year 19l;
in which they carried on their worl
, these agents visited 40,6S3 farmers o,
their own farms, cooperated in agri
. Icul+ural hafterment with one half tha