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" NEW FEEDERS CONSTRUCTED Dr. J. A. B. McArthur. right, and Ted Sidor in
1 spctt new construction at the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station at Union. Work
men at the station under Dr. MuArthur's supervision have built new feeders for re-
placement heifers at the station. The picture afcove is an inside view of the feeders.
(Observer Photo)
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"READY FOR OPERATION New feeders have been bui'.t at the Experiment Sta
tion at Union and are now being used for the "feeding jl'; replacement heifers. ;.
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October's
Prices Up
On Farms
Oiejun fann prices showed a
ovfra.i im.i rnr cent hiishrr tham p S
a mnnlh nun MttiiirtG Mrs Flv'iral t t' -" f
1 ' ' I .
Hcrri'il, rxtensiun agricultural
cci numist at Orcitun Mute C'oM
U Re. I
At the same time, reports from
the U. S. department of agricul
ture show prices received by
rarmcis over the nation dropped
sea-onaliy in October to a point
two per cent lower than last
nionth and the lowest in nearly
two years. National farm prices
jw stand syt per cent below
list year and the lowest since
November 1957.
In Oregon, October egg and
turkey prices moved up, and milk
land milk cows also carried high
er price tags. Feed grains and
wheat climbed, and hay and pota
to prices also rose.
These gains in state farm pric
es were partially offset by lower
prices on most meat animals and
wool, broiler prices dropped for
the second straight month, and
corn prices turned lower. How
ever, gains averaged more than
losses for the state's farmers
ind total farm prices averaged
two per cent higher than in Sep
tember and four per cent above
a year ato.
Meanwhile, prices received by
U.S. farmers fell to the lowest
ivcragc in nearly two years.
Cattle, hogs, corn, grapefruit.
alves, and eggs all moved down.
Higher prices on milk, fresh to-
' natoes, and wheat only partially
ffset the decline.
I Prices the nation's farmers pay
, ;'or goods and services also moved
lower in October, but at a much
' lower rate, Mrs. Horrell found.
l'arm wage latcs were down, as
jverc prices paid fcr farm pro
duction items. However, higher
: prices paid for things used (n
farm-family living offset these
iower costs to some extent.
With prices received by farm-
is dropping faster than prices
raid by farmers, the purchasing I good. Thus, the singlecross is also
rower of farm products slipped f being used experimentally. With
Observer, La Grand, Or., Frl., Nov. 13, 1959 pJ, 3
Valley Farm-Ranch-Home
Bill Bebout, Editor
M m
PRIZE BEEF First animal to go on the auction block at Srand National Livestock
Exposition at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, Calif- was "Tim Topp-," a 1000
pound Hereford, Grand Champion Fat Steer oUhe show. "Tim Topper was bought
at the phenomenal price of $5.50 per pound by the Hyatt House Hotel. Pictured
with "Tim Topper" are its raisers,-Mrs. Jolene Hardy and nusband (right rear) of
Bakersfield, Calif, and buyer for Hyatt House, Jack D. Crouch.
Among Valley Farmers
By County Agents Tad Sidor and Charles Cavln
. An alfalfa breeding method be
ing tried is called the doublecross.
It involves four parents and resem
bles hybrid corn production meth
ods. As with corn, the best combi
nations of four parents (double
cross have not been as good as
the best combinations of two par
ents singlecross'.
But with corn, doublecross seed
has bem largely used because of
the h'gher costs of singlecross seed.
With alfalfa, however, seed yields
from select"d parents have bon
averaged 76.5 pounds at weaning,
and traded high utility and low
good. The better lambs sold for 2
cents a pound more.
Weaning weight, conformation
and condition of the rams were
considered in selecting those for
the research project. Of the 16
rams studied to date, Bogart point
ed out that evon'the poorest were
rated average or better. Much
greater differences would be evi
dent in offspring if rams were se
lected randomly, he emphasized
Cattle on farms in Australia on
little last month. The parity
:.tic the government's yard-
-lick for measuring the relation-
-lip between prices received an!
; rices paid by fanners fell to
.nc point below September this
viar, six points below October
'33, and the lowest since Aug
..st 1940.
t ..oiiM be produced by, March 1, 1959, were estimated at
Plastic Tags
For Oregon's
Cattle In Use
Small plastic lags which Oregon
cattle w.ll carry from country
brtind inspection points or auction
markets to the slaughterhouse
whether it be in Oregon, Colorado,
California or some other western
state are now being applied by the
state's brand inspectors.
The tags will be glued on the
left shoudler of all dry and cull
cows. They tell where the animals
originated unii are the key to the
new simplified method of re-certifying
counties and state for bru
cellosis. Fred Pope, animal division chief
for the state department of agri
culture, sayl this is how the new
program works:
Presenc? of the tag is a signal
to blood test for brucellosis wher
ever the animal is slaughtered.
Blood samples will be sent to the
State-Federal Bruccllos-is Labora
tory at Salem and submitted the
the agglutination test. If the test
is clean, the herd of origin and the
county will be given credit towards
recertification. If it shows a reac
tor, it will also be credited to the
herd and the rest of the eligible
cattle blood tested
Department representatives will
place tags only on dry and cull
cows. In saleyards. tags will be
placed as the cows first come Into
the yard and this be done
quickly o it will not slow the fast
moving operations.
Pope points out that this is an
important innovation for the cattle
man as it greatly reduces the on-the-ranch
testing which has been
.going on for years. At the same
time, the tagging system will bring
to light any reactors and pinpont
hlood tests.
WhUc the tags arc a "rr.ust" for
blood tests in whatever state they
appear. Oregon will continue to
tet all eligible cattle sent to
slaughter here.
The tagging plan has been under,
study by federal and state officials
for more than two years. It ha.
tone through field lists, both her
and in other states, a-.d is now
starting full-stvlp oper-ilion. Sev
enteen western states h.ne receiv
ed the "go ahead" sig-ial for the
tagging system and other sta'e.
are exiiec'.ed to adort it. niakir.c
the program nation ide.
In addition to being a new tool
fnr rff--rt;fie.itt.-n the ta'-gl"8l
system has been apr,rovc(' n' "ll
federal Agricultural Research Ser
vice for use in brucellosis pro
rims in .states which hae not
yet reached original modified cert
jeXn wick congratulated
4-H Achievement Party Is
Saturday At Island City
By JIM HUBER
Union County Agint
The Union County 4-H Achieve
ment Party will be held at the Is
land City Farm Bureau Hall Sat
urday at 7:30 p.m. Purncse of this
event is to give recognition to clu'5
members who have won outstand
enkanips on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
The money earned at this event
will be used to sponsor club activi
ties and to enlarge their club
treasury.
Cur compliments to Jean Wick
for being named sectional winner
I IJ , . .. nnrt A t-. v ..
ing awards during the past vear ," "
a-.d to locus attention on c ub mem-1 "' ..
bers that have just completed
their first year of club work.
A representative from the First
National Bank of La Grande will
be on hand to present 4-H pins to
youngsters in the La Grande, Ladd
Canyon, Fruitdale and Aliccl areas.
Many businessmen will be on
hand to present 4-H awards that
they have donated to 4-H'crs dur
ing the past year.
All clubs attending are request
ed to bring cookies and the 4-H
Leaders' Association will serve
punch.
Union County Junior. Leaders un
der the direction of their new presi
dent, Kuth Hoxie, will present a
program and serve the refresh
ments. Achievement programs will be
completed this week with events
being scheduled at Union, Cove
and Imbler. PTA's at Union and
Imbler will sponsor these events
and at Cove we have a joint spon
sor, the PTA and Cove Farm Bur
eau. The Mt. Glenn Homemakers 4-H
club re planning a busy Thanks
giving weekend as all of the girls
in the club along with the. leaders,
are planning to bake sweet breads
on Thursday and Friday and will
stage a cor,ktfd food sale at Bohn-
Jean will join the Oregon dele
gation oi Thanksgiving day and
travel to Chicago, stay in the Con
rad Hilton Hotel and participate in
ih? National 4-H Club Congress
November 29 to December 3.
This is the first time in Union
County 4-H history htat a club
member has won state honors in
forestry, not to mention sectional
ho '.ors that Jean has won.
We can't think of a more deserv
ing girl, nor one who has worked
harder in scoring successes in for
estry, clothing and cookery.
We are pleased to have Mrs.
Edwin Lampkins Jonn our 4-H
leader ranks and wc think that
she w iil be a real community lead
er and help us establish several
clubs in the Imbler-Summerville
community.
Wayne Bartron, principal at Im
bler, is leading a 4-H health club
and Mrs. Virgil Yarington has in
dicated an interest in teaching a
4-H health club in the lgm area.
specialized growers, much as corn
ii. u u seea is produced. But un
like corn, where the parents are
nropngated hy seed the parents of
an alfalfa singlecross are propa
gated vegetatvely.
Rooted stem cuttings, made by
cutting of alfalfa stems much as
we slip geraniums, are transplaiil
eJ uy iiidc.iinery in isolated fields
resembling vineyards. Because al
falfa is a long-lived perennial,
fields should persist for a long
time. After the first year, seed
production could be as high as
from row seedings, because plants
increase in size with age. As with
corn, the farmer would buy seed
for each planting to get the bene
fit of the first-generation cross.
He could not harvest seed from
his fields and retain the initial hy
brid vigor.
Top quality purebred bred ewes
lambs will be offered at the sec
ond annual Bred Ewe Sale at the
Polk county fairgrounds located at
Rickerall, Oregon, tomorrow. The
sale will get underway promptly
at 10:00 a.m.
An outstanding ram will pay for
itself within a year by producing
abeve average lambs, reports Dr.
Ralph Bogart, animal husbandman
at the Oregon State College agri
cultural experiment station.
OSC researchers compared
grade, weight and selling price of
Bulls Net Top
Prices At Sale
In Enterprise
Calf voted grand champion at the
Wallowa County Bull Calf Sale
was a polled bull consigned by
Wolfe Hereford Ranch and sold to
Emmctt Weatherman for $325.00.
The ballots gave reserve cham
pion to a calf consigned by Walt
Stein, but buyers liked him well
enough to run the bidding up to
$540.00 paid by Barton Wade.
Average for all calves sold was
$267.00 per head.
High quality bulls were consign
ed, according to Elgin Cornett.
county agent. The show and sale
were attended by Darrel Brown
of the American Hereford Associa
tion and Sherm Outtridge of the
Western Livestock Journal.
Auctioneer was Clayton Tschirgi
of Fruitland. Idaho.
Wallowa county ranchers w ho ' of fspring from outstanding rami
sold bulls were: Daggett Hereford ! ith offspring of averase ram Th
found the difference is enough
that one lamb crop will cover cost
ol the better ram.
Lambs sired by the best rams
everaged 90 pounds at weaning, an
graded good and choice. Lambs
from the two least desirable rams
16,277,000 head, about 4 per cent
below the same date iin 1958. This
marked the second consecutive
year that Australian cattle num
bers have declined. The reduction
is the result of unusually heavy
slaughter
There is some concern that this
heavy slaughter will Imperil the a
bility of Australia's cattle indus
try to maintain Us breeding herd
However,- the. general - opinion is
that most of the slaughter repre
sents earlier marketing of cattle
normally destined for slaughter.
and heavy culling of inferior breed
ing stock.. In any case; the heavy
slaughter and large exports of re
cent months can hardly be main
tained beyond the, end of 1959 with
out depleting the breeding herd.
Sheep numbers rose to 152,686,-
000 head, about 2 per cent above
1958. Improved pasture conditions
and strengthening wool prices point
to a further increase. Australia!
mutton and wool exports during
1959-60 are expected to be high
Exports to the United States wil
probably remain an important pari
of Australia's total exports.
ificd status. Oregon reached that
status last July and all work done
now Is to maintain that status.
FARM CALENDAR
13-14 Pacific Coast Turkey
Exhibit, McMinnville.
13-14 Sheep and Wool School
at Orison State College, ending
at noon. Saturday. Nov. 14.
14 Oregon Purebred Sheep
Breeders Bred Ewe Sale, 10 a m.,
Pclk county fairgrounds, Rickreall.
IB Area workshop for soil
Ranch, Amos F. Evans, Hays Here
ford Ranch, Kenneth and Roger
Kooch, Tappan and Gardner Locke,
James McCrae. MR. McCrae,
Norman McCrae, M.C. Oveson,
Herbert and Rita Reavis, Walt and
Herman Stein, Van Blokland Here
ford Ranch, F H. Weinhard and
Wolfe Hereford Ranch.
Purchasers were: Emmett
Weatherman, Joe McClaran, Mrs.
Estella Morton, Darrel Gelsinger,
Spencer Bacon, Kenneth Craig,
Barton Wade, Truman Poulson,
Bob Willis, Vernon Hays. J.F.
Ranch, Paul Green, Verne Colvin,
Jack Read, Vernon Britton, Amos
Evans, Donald Smith. R.L. Gorbett
Mack Birkmaier. and John Baxter.
Straw for bedding was donated
by the Enterprise FFA Chapter.
Horticulture
Society Sets
Annual Session
Two hationally-known speakers
will keynote the Oreu on State llnr.
ticultural Society's 741 h nnnu.V
meeting, Nov. 19 and 20. at Orego
State College.
A former Oregonian, Ervin L
Peterson, assistant secretary o'
the U.S. department of agricul
ture, will speak at the Friday
morning general assembly. Hi
talk, titled ,'JYesterdw, Today oi
Tomorrow; -will follow the therm
of the meeting which is to reviev
the past 100-years and explore the
future ol Ujcstate i fruit and vese
table industry.
J. Roger TJeas, a', the American
Can tompaiy in New York City
will talk on "America's Secre
Weapon" at the Thursday evening
banquet. Deas also is a fnrmei
West Coast resident, having live:
in California much of his life.
Thursday afternoon's general a
ssembly will feature a discussio:
on marketing by OSC agricultural
cconqmlsts, H. F. Hollands, G. E.
Korzan and G. B. Wood.
Most of the meeting is divided in
to four sections of growers of vege
table crops, apples and pears,
stone fruits, and small fruits to dis
cuss their special interests.
' About 1000 growers, fieldmen.
scientists and other agricultural
'eaders arc expected to attend the
two-day titrating to study new de
velopments m production ana mar-
Production
Of Meat To
Climb High
Farm News Roundup
WASHINGTON 'I'PIi - The',
Agriculture Department predicts
hat meat production will go up
in I960 to an all time high of more
than 23 billion pounds.
Production for this year is ex
pocu?d to total about 27,200.000,.
)00 pounds.
There will be no new record
ext year in per capita supply,
however. The population if big
ger. The 19K0 supply is expected to
give the average American about
61 pounds of meat during the
year, six pounds less than the
eeord year uf l'.i56.
The department said the house
wife also can expect lower meat
prices, first on nigher-cost cuts
m the winter und spring, and
hen on lower-cost cuts like ham
urger next summer and fall.
Meanwhile, the department re
x! led that net imports of meat
vill see a new record this year,
ioing over one billion pounds for
ihe first time in history. .
WASHINGTON 'I'PII Scien
ists working for the Agriculture
department and the California
Experiment Station have devel-H-d
a new variety of oats. -
The new plant is a red cat with
ihort straw and is resistant U
lodging and shattering. It is called
'curt" and is adaptable for past
ire and hay production.
WASHINGTON H'PIl Egg
traduction has dropped faster
nan government experts expect-
d.
The Agriculture Department had
een predicting that production
hrough the end of 1959 would
oil nine above 1958 levels.
A rei ort shows, however, that
reduction during October cams
j 4,784.000.000 eggs, down 1 per
e.t from the same month in
.958.
The drop apparently was the
csult of low egg prices through
lost of litis year, the department
aid.
WASHINGTON H'PII The
lumber o. workers on the na
on's farms is getting smaller.
t tal of 8,600.000 persons were
: work o l farms in late October,
iais uas 1 per cent less than a
ar ago and 6 per cent below the
i cruiic lor the same month in
ie pabt five years.
keting. Sectional meetings will be-
4in Ihuisduy at 0.30 a.m. . ' 1
October Precipitation
At Wallowa 1.88 Inches
WALLOWA (Special October
weather observations show a pro
cipltation during the month of
188 Inches.
Thursday evening the Mary
Alice Circle met at the home of
Mrs. . Verdo Baird. Twelve were
present. Mrs. Kenneth Running
was assistant hostess. There was
a business meeting and refresh
ments. ;
Nov. a, a Simplicity style review
was to be held at the Wallowa
gymnasium.
conservation district supervisors.
Klamath Falls.
19-20 Oregon State Horticul
tural Society annual meeting, OSC.
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