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12 - The Journal, Thursday, Nov. 20, 1975
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by Duan¢ McVey
County Extension Dlreetor
-Pecan Show--
The annual Payne Coun
ty Pecan Show is scheduled
for Dec 2 in the Payne
County Courthouse The
show is open to any Payne
County resident. Each
exhibitor can exhibit one
exhibit per named variety.
The named varieties are
Cowley, Mohawk, Schley,
Western, Wichita, Texas
60, Success, Stuart, Grak-
ing, Barton, Mahan, Peru-
que, Patrick, Hayes, and
Maramec.
from as many seedling
trees as desired.
An exhibit of pecans will
consist of one pound of nuts
all from the same tree and
must be from the current
year's crop. Exhibits will be
displayed in open paper
plates to be furnished by
the Fair Association.
There will also be
divisions for Black Walnut
Varieties--Thomas, Ogden,
Others, Carpathian, and
Seedling walnuts.
Entries will be taken
from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and
iudging will start at 10 a.m:
Any Payne County per-
son, rural or urban, may
exhibit pecan foods in any
of the thirteen classes, as
cakes, rolls, quick breads,
cookies, candies, or spiced
nuts. Recipes (on a card
about 4 x 6") should
accompany each dish.
Exhibitors may enter only
one entry per class.
Junior division is for boys
and girls nine years of age
through high schook, or
they may compete with the
adults.
-New Legislation--
A simple bit of legisla-
law came up in 1953," says
Dr. Billy Tucker, O.S.U.
Extension Agronomist.
"That was a good year
for farmers, But fertilizer
state farmers.
It's the soil amendment
law which makes it difficult
prices were high and
supplies were short. We
had a lot of materials for
sale that were of question-
able value."
Agent's
Notes
Promotion of some of the
materials reminded one of
the old "medicine show"
increase yields and elimi- teed amount of active
nate the needs for fertiliz- ingredient is.
er," he r~calis. "Some 3 - Tell what the active
promoters even hinted their ingredient does, and
products could eliminate
the threat of drouth and 4 - Furnish a reasonable
work other miracles." amount of research infor-
mation that shows the
Basically, the legislation product does what is
is a labeling or consumer claimed.
protection law. It stipulates
soil amendments, which are
any materials sold for soil
improvement, exclusive of
fertilizers and lime, must:
1 - Be registered with the
Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture.
Reports show the law has
been effective. Agrono-
mists at Oklahoma State
University say it essentially
has stopped the sale of
questionable materials in
the state.
says compared to surround-
ing states without such
legislation, few problems
exist in Oklahoma.
"Still, there will always
be people who try to evade
laws by various means,"
Tucker says. "Some now
are evading the law by
doing mail order business.
Some concerns have met
the requirements on the
written ta~bel, but are still
violating the law with
verbal claims."
Any suspected violations,
especially in the form of
verbal claims, should be
In the seedling division Exhibits will be released at ture which went into effect for questionable materials talk, Tucker says. OSU agronomist Billy reported directly to the
.... 4 m and must be July 1 of this year has to be sold in the state "The could make lan 2 S ....
each exhibitor may exhtb~t p .... Y p ts - tate actwe mgredv Tucker, who was mstru- Oklahoma Department of
: one exhibit per tree, but removed by 5 p.m. solved a lot of problems for "The real need for the grow bigger and better, ents and what the guaran- mental in seek~law, Agriculture, Tucker urges.
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