Indoor seed starting tips and early garden care
Indoor seed starting tips emphasize simplicity and cheap methods using containers like Dixie Cups and Jiffy pots. Use Captan to control damping off and ensure drainage. The Extension Office offers data. start broccoli, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and flowering plants indoors. Keep seeds moist, label with variety and date, and enjoy watching seedlings grow.
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Brocolli - Waltham
Northwest Waltham
Myrtle Point FFA Receives 12th Chain Saw Gift
Myrtle Point Future Farmers of America members this week received a Homelite XLII chain saw from local dealer L. E. Michaels. The gift marks Michaels twelfth donation to the chapter in as many years. The saw aids pruning and odd jobs to keep money for travel and other costs, with funds benefiting the group’s activities. Myrtle Point is the sole participating school in Oregon in the Homelite nationwide program.
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Myrtle Point
Future Farmers of America
L. E. Michaels
Michaels
Homelite
Liles Discusses Water Quality Act at Oregon Meeting
Liles, director of the Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Commission, spoke at the Cool Soil and Water Conservation District annual meeting on March 18 about the Federal Water Quality Act and related regulations. He described navigable waters and 404 permits, EPA pollution controls, and the shift toward regulating non point source pollution. he noted timelines for permit needs and enforcement. Bob Geaney reported Jersey cow Sun Valley Trademark Lottie entering the Jersey Hall of Fame for high milk and fat yields, and described tansy control efforts in Coos County including bio logical flea beetle release and funding to support coordinated state federal and county tansy programs.
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Chuck K. Liles
Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Cool Soil and Water Conservation District
Liles
U.S. Army Corps of Engieers
U.S.A
Sun Valley Trademark
Lottie
Sun Valley Farm
Myrtle Point
American Jersey Cattle Club
Columbus
Ohio
Oregon
Coos County
Geaney
Oregon Tax Changes Strain Pick Up Tax and Depreciation Rules
Oregon lawmakers approved HB 2608 to waive inheritance tax for estates under 300 000 keeping dollars in state by crediting surviving spouses and qualifying children. The measure interacts with a pre existing pick up tax and federal credit. HB 2665 adds federal income tax adjustments for depreciation or amortization on pollution control facilities and related capital gains rules. Oregon egg production in January reached 44 million with 2.46 million hens and pullets, similar to last year, while the rate of lay fell modestly and total layers declined.
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Oregon
Feds
Mel Durgan
Contact Corporation
Oc&lrs
Conference Day at Myrtle Crest Expands for Older Students
District 41 schedules Thursday April 1 Myrtle Crest Conference Day with a morning session for parents to meet house advisors and an afternoon to speak with individual teachers. The change, urged by the Staff Grading Committee and Parents Advisory Group, aims to boost home school communication.
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District 41
Myrtle Crest
Myrtle
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