November 5, 1964 (20 pages)

NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS SARI ER et OF ERE rs BILL LAMBERT of Nevada City, (left) shown above with Timberline Toastmaster's Club president Don Bradford, won the club's thirdannual Liar's Night contest held Monday night in the Grass Valley Elks Hall. Lambert took top liar honors for the second year in a row with a story of a visit to Paul Bunyon's camp. John Phillips of Grass Valley was second place winner and Don Matson of Grass Valley took third place honors. State Agriculture Exports Up California's agricultural exports totalled $511 million in 1963, nearly 16 percent above the 1962 exports of $443 million. California exports accounted for more than 9 percent of the total United States agricultural exports in 1963, fractionally higher than the previous year. These facts are included in a report made by State Director of Agriculture Charles Paul based on a special study completed by the California Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. W. Ward Henderson, Chief of the Reporting Service, said that there has been an increasing demand for estimates relating to California's actual share of the United States agricultural export trade by commodity. The report is the initial effort to fill this need. The service expects to continue to compile similar information on an annual basis. California's leading agricultural export commodity in 1963 was cotton, valued at $121 million. .Rice was second, with exports of $33 million, and fresh oranges third at $30 million. Canned peaches and fruit cocktail followed, both with exports of nearly $23 million. Raisins, safflower and fresh lemons were also important agricultural exports of about $19 million each. Dried prunes and fresh grapes followed with exports of about $17 million each. Other leading agricultural export commodities were canned asparagus, almonds and alfalfa pellets. Each of these commodities recorded ex ports of about $12 million in 1963. Field crops and products were the most important class of agricultural commodities e x ported from California in 1963, with a value of nearly $203 million. Fruits, nuts and preparations followed closely at $197 million, with vegetables and preparations recording $60 million in exports, and animal products, $42 million. Miscellaneous agricultural products accounted for another $9 million of exports. Forestry Uses ‘Spy Planes”’ To Detect Beetles And Other Insects Foresters from Califomia land managing agencies and industries have taken to the air to look for evidence of forest insect pests, according to Chas. A. Connaughtion, Regional Forester of the U.S. ‘Forest Service. It is like a U-2 project, but this Camp No. 54 In Foresthill Ends Season The California Conservation Camp No. 54, located on the Foresthill District of the Tahoe National Forest, has been closed for the season. The camp was a cooperative effort between the California Department of Corrections and the U.S. Forest Service. The camp consisted of 32 inmates, five California Department of Corrections officers and three forest service personnel. They were given prelim inary training at Susanville, in the care and use of tools and basic firefighting. The inmates applied herbicideto approximately 425 acres of plantations and cleared areas. Brush growth on these areas threatened to suppress the young trees which were planted on the areas. In addition to this release work,_the crews were subject to fire call at all times and fought seven fires on five different National Forests including the disastrous fire on the Shasta-Trinity Forest and onthe recent Los Padres fire near Santa Barbara. Placer-Sierra Alumni Hold Homecoming All alumni of Placer and Sierra College are invited to the annual Sierra College Homecoming dance at Recreation Hall, Aubum, thisSaturday, beginning at 10:30 p.m. The announcement was made jointly today by Dan Bequette, student body president, and Jim Parkinson, alumni secretary. The dance, which will be a student and alumni. mixer, will follow the homecoming day football game between Sierra and Yuba colleges atthe Auburn fairgrounds. A parade through Roseville will be led by Queen Mary Jorgensen, an Auburn Breshman. LEONARD F, CAREY.. Realtor Phone 273-4300---P,O, Box 944, Grass Valley, California Reel Estate Investments -Mortgage Loans time the planes spy on bark beetles 4nd defoliating insects. The is being conducted by the U.S. Forest Service and cooperating state and private foresters to locate potential trouble spots for insect outbreaks. The beetles girdle pine trees just under the bark while they chew their way along their egg galleries. Each female beetle lays about 30 eggs. The egg galleries cut the inner bark which is the life -line of thetree. This kills the tree. Theneedles promptly fade to a yellowish-red color, easily seen from the air. The forester then knows where the bugs are, so logging or treatment of the infested trees can be planned before spring emergence. Likewise the defoliator's work gives them away tothe flying foresters. LastJuly, clusters of hairless green caterpillars, each the size of a fir needle, ate most of the green needles off many: fir trees. This makes the Christmas tree growers very unhappy.’ Defoliation in two successive years will kill most trees. From the air, defoliated trees look grey and well plucked. The planes fly back and forth, 3,000 feet above the forested land and at intervals of three miles. Two observers sit in back of the pilot to map and count the off-color trees and areas. Then forest entomologists on the ground evaluate the larger outbreaks and determine if suppression measures are warranted. Where the land is owned by Christmas tree growers, even partial defoliation ruins their crop. Results from the survey will be summarized and presented to the California Forest Pest Action Council at their annual meeting scheduled for November 18 in the State Personnel Building, 801 Capitol Mall. Sacramento. Chairman John Callaghan of the California Forest Protective Association, San Francisco, will call the meeting to order at 9 a.m., in Room 150. Such meetings are essential for close cooperation among forest land managers to protect the forests from epidemic losses, The council has been operating since 1951 and is the official advisory group to the California State Board of Forestry for insect, disease, and animal problems, It was through the efforts of the council that the big bark beetle epidemic ot 1961-1963 in tne Mother Lode country was cooperatively attacked. Over 400 loggers and truckers removed the infested trees of merchantable size and got them out ofthe woods before more beetles poured out to infest new trees. The un-: merchantable infested pine trees hadto be felled and sprayed. On private land the California Division of Forestry was able to secure valuable help on this job from men in State Conservation Camps. The statewide outlook for 1965 appears to have low populations of bark beetles but high populations of defoliators. The aerial survey will give the answer on where and how much the tree losses may be. PENTEL SIGN PEN FINEST MARKER PEN Water Soluble COMBINES HARD TOUCH of BALL POINT WITHSOFT TOUCH of JAPANESE LET TERING BRUSH or MARKING INK only 49° 120 W. Main Street Grass Valley PHONE 273-4288 simplicity ... _ ready to serve you day or night The New BERGEMANN & SON Funeral Chapel BostAve. off Lower Grass Valley Rd, Nevada City call 265 2421 e-_ **1988nN Aluno5 epeAen’ P96I ‘G JAqUIOAON * November 5, 1964..Nevada County Nugget.. Ol

NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS SARI ER et OF ERE rs BILL LAMBERT of Nevada City, (left) shown above with Timberline Toastmaster's Club president Don Bradford, won the club's thirdannual Liar's Night contest held Monday night in the Grass Valley Elks Hall. Lambert took top liar honors for the second year in a row with a story of a visit to Paul Bunyon's camp. John Phillips of Grass Valley was second place winner and Don Matson of Grass Valley took third place honors. State Agriculture Exports Up California's agricultural exports totalled $511 million in 1963, nearly 16 percent above the 1962 exports of $443 million. California exports accounted for more than 9 percent of the total United States agricultural exports in 1963, fractionally higher than the previous year. These facts are included in a report made by State Director of Agriculture Charles Paul based on a special study completed by the California Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. W. Ward Henderson, Chief of the Reporting Service, said that there has been an increasing demand for estimates relating to California's actual share of the United States agricultural export trade by commodity. The report is the initial effort to fill this need. The service expects to continue to compile similar information on an annual basis. California's leading agricultural export commodity in 1963 was cotton, valued at $121 million. .Rice was second, with exports of $33 million, and fresh oranges third at $30 million. Canned peaches and fruit cocktail followed, both with exports of nearly $23 million. Raisins, safflower and fresh lemons were also important agricultural exports of about $19 million each. Dried prunes and fresh grapes followed with exports of about $17 million each. Other leading agricultural export commodities were canned asparagus, almonds and alfalfa pellets. Each of these commodities recorded ex ports of about $12 million in 1963. Field crops and products were the most important class of agricultural commodities e x ported from California in 1963, with a value of nearly $203 million. Fruits, nuts and preparations followed closely at $197 million, with vegetables and preparations recording $60 million in exports, and animal products, $42 million. Miscellaneous agricultural products accounted for another $9 million of exports. Forestry Uses ‘Spy Planes”’ To Detect Beetles And Other Insects Foresters from Califomia land managing agencies and industries have taken to the air to look for evidence of forest insect pests, according to Chas. A. Connaughtion, Regional Forester of the U.S. ‘Forest Service. It is like a U-2 project, but this Camp No. 54 In Foresthill Ends Season The California Conservation Camp No. 54, located on the Foresthill District of the Tahoe National Forest, has been closed for the season. The camp was a cooperative effort between the California Department of Corrections and the U.S. Forest Service. The camp consisted of 32 inmates, five California Department of Corrections officers and three forest service personnel. They were given prelim inary training at Susanville, in the care and use of tools and basic firefighting. The inmates applied herbicideto approximately 425 acres of plantations and cleared areas. Brush growth on these areas threatened to suppress the young trees which were planted on the areas. In addition to this release work,_the crews were subject to fire call at all times and fought seven fires on five different National Forests including the disastrous fire on the Shasta-Trinity Forest and onthe recent Los Padres fire near Santa Barbara. Placer-Sierra Alumni Hold Homecoming All alumni of Placer and Sierra College are invited to the annual Sierra College Homecoming dance at Recreation Hall, Aubum, thisSaturday, beginning at 10:30 p.m. The announcement was made jointly today by Dan Bequette, student body president, and Jim Parkinson, alumni secretary. The dance, which will be a student and alumni. mixer, will follow the homecoming day football game between Sierra and Yuba colleges atthe Auburn fairgrounds. A parade through Roseville will

be led by Queen Mary Jorgensen, an Auburn Breshman. LEONARD F, CAREY... Realtor Phone 273-4300---P,O, Box 944, Grass Valley, California Reel Estate Investments -Mortgage Loans time the planes spy on bark beetles 4nd defoliating insects. The is being conducted by the U.S. Forest Service and cooperating state and private foresters to locate potential trouble spots for insect outbreaks. The beetles girdle pine trees just under the bark while they chew their way along their egg galleries. Each female beetle lays about 30 eggs. The egg galleries cut the inner bark which is the life -line of thetree. This kills the tree. Theneedles promptly fade to a yellowish-red color, easily seen from the air. The forester then knows where the bugs are, so logging or treatment of the infested trees can be planned before spring emergence. Likewise the defoliator's work gives them away tothe flying foresters. LastJuly, clusters of hairless green caterpillars, each the size of a fir needle, ate most of the green needles off many: fir trees. This makes the Christmas tree growers very unhappy.’ Defoliation in two successive years will kill most trees. From the air, defoliated trees look grey and well plucked. The planes fly back and forth, 3,000 feet above the forested land and at intervals of three miles. Two observers sit in back of the pilot to map and count the off-color trees and areas. Then forest entomologists on the ground evaluate the larger outbreaks and determine if suppression measures are warranted. Where the land is owned by Christmas tree growers, even partial defoliation ruins their crop. Results from the survey will be summarized and presented to the California Forest Pest Action Council at their annual meeting scheduled for November 18 in the State Personnel Building, 801 Capitol Mall. Sacramento. Chairman John Callaghan of the California Forest Protective Association, San Francisco, will call the meeting to order at 9 a.m., in Room 150. Such meetings are essential for close cooperation among forest land managers to protect the forests from epidemic losses, The council has been operating since 1951 and is the official advisory group to the California State Board of Forestry for insect, disease, and animal problems, It was through the efforts of the council that the big bark beetle epidemic ot 1961-1963 in tne Mother Lode country was cooperatively attacked. Over 400 loggers and truckers removed the infested trees of merchantable size and got them out ofthe woods before more beetles poured out to infest new trees. The un-: merchantable infested pine trees hadto be felled and sprayed. On private land the California Division of Forestry was able to secure valuable help on this job from men in State Conservation Camps. The statewide outlook for 1965 appears to have low populations of bark beetles but high populations of defoliators. The aerial survey will give the answer on where and how much the tree losses may be. PENTEL SIGN PEN FINEST MARKER PEN Water Soluble COMBINES HARD TOUCH of BALL POINT WITHSOFT TOUCH of JAPANESE LET TERING BRUSH or MARKING INK only 49° 120 W. Main Street Grass Valley PHONE 273-4288 simplicity ..... _ ready to serve you day or night The New BERGEMANN & SON Funeral Chapel BostAve. off Lower Grass Valley Rd, Nevada City call 265 2421 e-_ **1988nN Aluno5 epeAen’ P96I ‘G JAqUIOAON * November 5, 1964...Nevada County Nugget... Ol