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o t 5 z'M - -a j. v j, W -t- Sairiiiiiii LOW WATER BRIDGE This bridge, built by LeRoy and Leon ffenbacher, Applegate, was designed to minimize dam age from debris carried by the stream during high water pe riods. It was built four feet above normal water stage. During high water, debris (usually carried near the water surface) will go over the bridge rather than against its supports. The bridge has three 37-foot spans and stands on six 18-inch stringers with cement abutments on each side. It is 111 feet long and 12 ieet wide. Downstream end is four inches higher JhanQthe upstream end. This will cause downstream flow of water to exert downward pressure on the bridge, preventing bouyancy of debris or force of the stream current from tear ing out beams. At the request of the Offenbachers. Bill Baus tion. Los Angeles engineer, designed the bridge. It took one month to complete the project. Construction cost was $2,400. According to the Offenbachers, cost of a less durable type high water bridge would be about S3.000. They expect to replace the wood surface in about 10 years. The foundation is ex pected to last considerably longer. Pomm ood Cacurdem Interstate Movement of Cattle Now Under Federal Control Interstate movement of all cattle steers, spayed heifers and calves under eight months old came under USDA control Jan. 1, Earie Jossy. county agricul ture agent, Reminded cattlemen today. j This federal control has been Invoked to curb the spread of brucellosis, he explained Most cattle, other than these excep tions, can not move interstate without either an official health certificate or a permit from a livestock sanitary official of the state of destination, or both. Violation of any part of this reg ulation is punishable under fed eral law. Reactor Cattl All previous regulations ap plying to reactors to the brucel losis test are still in effect, Jossy noted. Reactor cattle which are eartagged and branded may move under official certificate to slaughter at a plant under federal inspection or one spec- Handling, Marketing Short Course to Be Held Here Next Week Better hndling and market ing of tile Pacific Northwest's $25 million annual pear crop will be discussed Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 20 and 21, at a tri-state short course at Uie Jack son county court house aduitori um. About 100 handlers of pears from growers through retailers will hear research reports and pool experiences on ways to get pears to market in top condition, according to S. B. Apple, Oregon State college horticulture depart ment head and chairman of the eighth annual northwest perish able loss prevention short course. Hosts Mealing The course is sponsored by Oreftn State college. Washing ton State college, University of Idaho, and the American Rail way Development association. Oregon hosts the meeting every third ear. Main features of the two-day course include reports on stor ing and transporting pears and an afternoon tour of pear pack ing houses and storage plants in the Medford area. Possibilities of maintaining high fruit quality while length ening storage life through con trolled ratios of oxygen and carbon-dioxide in storage plants will be reviewed by Henry Hartman; OSC professor emer itus of horticulture. Pear storage tests with poly ethylene bags at Hood River and Mfford will be reported by W. y. Mellenthin, superin tendent of the OSC Mid-Columbia branch experiment station at Hood River, and Elmer Han (ijen. OSC horticulturist. Other research highlights in clude a forecast on prospects on prospects of preserving fruit and other perishable foods through irradiation. Loading and handling rail road cars, condition of pears in relation to time on the road, and car refrigeration schedules will be discussed by national author ities on freight problems. Pear loss and damage ratings for var ious regions will be reported by A. L. Batts. Chicago, Associa tion of American Railroads freight claims executive. Findings of Group To Be Reported Soon Corvallis What kind of gov ernment program can solve problems facing the wheat in dustry today? Thafs the question put to a 20-man Oregon committee last April and for nearly a year committee members have been struggling through mountains of red tape and wheat surpluses in search of an answer. Findings and recommendations of the committee on government programs will be presented at the Oregon Wheat Industry con ference. Feb. 19 and 20 in Port land. Seventeen other commit tees have studied other segments of the wheat industry and will also report at the conference. O Slaughter Plan) Survey Completed Salem About 20 per cent of the Oregon poultry and rab bit slaughtering plants ship their products out of the state, accord ing to a survey by the state de- parment of agriculture. Plants range in size from one man operations to those employ ing more than 100 persons. The monthly slaughter at poultry plants runs from 150 birds to around 6.000 birds, officials said. The survey was made in 49 processing plants, roughly about 80 per cent of those operating in Oregon at this time. The survey shows about one seventh of the rabbit and poultry plants do a complete custom kill business. Almost one-third of the plants surveyed devote half or more of their operations to cus tom kill. Also, one-third of the plants operate five or more days a week. Sanitation conditions in plants were also included in the study. M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the department's animal industry says the information will be av ailable to the legislature when it comes to a study of the bill which was introduced last week to provide for a system of vol untary poultry and rabbit inspec tion in Oregon. He adds about three fourths of the plant oper ators contacted in the survey in dicated their interest in some type of poultry and rabbit inspec tion for Oregon. NO COOPERATION Sioux Falls. S. D. (U.R The traffic department finished pauiting crosswalk and lane stripes on Phillips and Main Avenues in the business district. The next day, the street depart ment applied a fresh coat of as phalt and gravel as a seal coat for winter. ifically approved by USDA, or to an approved public stockyard for sale to such a slaughtering plant. Under the new regulation, untested cattle also can be ship ped to such plants for immediate slaughter. They require a weigh bill or similar document signed by the owner or shipper describ ing the animals shipped. Two classes of cattle can move into any slate with comparative ease, Jossy said. Cattle from brucellosis-free herds and areas need only an official certificate. Officially vaccinated animals under 30 months old can move with only an official certificate, except those moved into a mod-ified-ccrtified brucellosis - free area. These must have, in addi-1 tion, a permit from the live stock sanitary official of the state of destination authorizing entry, the county agent stated. Quarantine Needed Animals which are officially vaccinated but are over 30 months old can be shipped to non-certified areas under an of ficial certificate and a permit from the state of destination if they have been blood tested within 30 days of shipment and have reacted no higher than in complete agglutination at the 1:100 dilution. If they are moved into a modified-certified brucellosis-free area, they must be quarantined until they test nega tive or they must be slaughtered, Jossy explained. Unvaccinated animals over eight months old can officially be moved under official certific ate if they have tested negative within 30 days of shipment. The exception again, Jossy said, are those going into modified-certified brucellosis-free areas. These must also have a permit from the state of destination and are then quarantined and tested again after 30 days. Must be Slaughtered Any animals which test posi tive after 30 days must be slaughtered, he stated. Animals from a federal-state supervised herd that has tested reactor free within 90 days before shipment can be shipped anywhere under official certificate. Each animal from such a herd, however, must be tested brucellosis-free ; at least 30 days after the herd j test but within 30 days of ship I ment of the animal. Beef bulls and females ship- ped for feeding or grazing only ! can move under official certif icate and permit from the state of destination. Further v details or copies of the regulation can be obtained from the state and federal Live stock sanitary officials or by writing to the Animal Disease Eradication branch, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Washing ton 25, D.C. x Stockmen Favor Three Per Cent State Sales Tax The Jackson County Stock men's association, at their 10th annual meeting Monday, passed a resolution approving a 3 per cent Oregon sales tax to offset property taxes in the. stale. The group recommended that schools and relief receive bene fit from the proposed sales tax. 90 Attend Meeting About 90 people attended the all-day meeting, which was held in the Central Point grange hall. Women of the grange served a luncheon at noon. Speakers during the day in cluded Ted Hyde, Bly. vice "pres ident of the Oregon Cattlemen's association: Herb Pollock, field representative of the First Na tional Bank of Portland; and M. E. Knickerbocker, animal husbandry specialist for the state department of agriculture. Features Reviewed Hyde reviewed ieatures of the association program and report ed on a national association meeting which he recently at tended. Pollock, speaking on market ing of cattle, emphasized the im portance of feeding, condition ing and sorting of cattle before they are taken to market. He said animals should be dehorn ed at an early age before they are sent to market and should be separated into groups on the farm. Knickerbocker reviewed the tuberculosis and brucellosis test ing program now under way in the state. Fertilier Sales Af All-Time High Salem Oregon farmers used more fertilizers in 1956 than in any year in which inspection fee reports, showing sales, have been made to the state, accord ing to the state department of agriculture. Sale reports made to the state department of agri culture show 183,018 tons, or 45,600 tons more than in 1955 the previous hfgh year. Lime sales reported for 1956 were see on highest, or 53,774 compared with 54,043 tons in 1952. The inspection fee reports also showa record usage of agricul tural minerals, with 28,889 tons sold. This is 1,672 tons more than in 1955, the prior record year. Agricultural minerals include such products as soil sulphur. gypsum, boron, ground rock phosphate and metallic salts, the department reported. NO SEAT Owingsville, Ky. (U.R) A Davenport, Ky., man had to bor row a pair of pants from his jailer to appear in court here to answer a drunken driving charge after his car struck a police cruiser. The collision threw the man from his cap; and he skidded along the .pavement in a sitting position. . Farm Bureau Tops Membership Goal The Jackson County Farm bureau has exceeded the 227 member goal established in the organization's recent member ship campaign, and new mem bers are still coming in, officials said this week. They added, "This is the most successful membership drive we have ever had." The Farm Bureau is now con centrating on the year's pro gram. 'Primary issue of the pro gram is economy in county gov ernment, with special emphasis on determining how efficiently the tax dollar is being spent. The Farm Bureau has taken the stand that no more taxes are needed, but more efficient man agement is needed. "The combination of low farm prices, high production costs and crushing property taxes has put a large portion of our farmers with their backs to the wall," officials of the organization said. "We must broaden our tax base for the support of education. As a means of doing this, the Jack son County Farm Bureau sup ports the adoption of a retail sales tax, providing a major por tion of the funds be used for education and a corresponding property tax offset." Seed Sampling Fee Boosted By State Salem A new schedule of fees, with some increases in charges over those adopted in August, 1954, is now in force for seed sampling and inspection services performed by the state, according to the state depart ment of agriculture. Minimum car sampling costs were raised from $6 to $7.20 and the overtime hourly rate was in creased from $3 to $3.60 per hour. t Charges for supervision of fumigation and fumigation certification were also upped to $7.20. Costs of inspection and sam pling necessitated the revisions, it was explained. The new order is in- line with other hourly charges for similar inspection activity. Other revisions are con tained in the complete schedule, a copy of which may be obtained from the state department of agriculture, Salem. Local Men Attending Portland Meetings Several local pear industry representatives planned to at tend meetings in Portland today and tomorrow. Attending a meeting of the board of trustees of the Winter Pear Control committee will be Dave Lowry, growers represent ative from the Medford district, and Joe Naumes, handlers rep resentative. Also attending will be Howell Murphy. The meet ing is being held today Naumes and Murphy also will attend a board metting of the Oregon-Washington - California Pear bureau on behalf of the Medford district. The merchan dising program of the bureau for promotion of D'Anjou crop pears will be discussed. Safeway to Sponsor 4-H Club Programs Safeway Stores, Inc., has an nounced it will continue to sponsor three phases of the Ore gon 4-H club program in 1957. The agricultural enterprise is a Livestock Breeding program in which the state winner re ceives a $100 college scholar ship. Each county winner re ceives a $25 summer school scholarship to the annual- 4-H club summer school in Corvallis. The two home economics pro grams sponsored again in 1957 are the awards for the Dollar Dinner competition at the Ore gon state fair and the food prep aration or food preservation demonstration program in the counties and also at the state fair. ADOPTION Newton, Mass. 4U.R) Dr. and Mrs. William J. Egan, who have 11 children of their own, have "adopted" a Hungarian refugee family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Nador Mangyk and their five children. GROWTH Gold Beach, Ore (U.R) A state census count shows this town to be the fastest growing community in Oregon. Since 1950 the population has jumped 143 per cent. Central Point Men Top Cheese Makers Central Point was represented twice among winners in cheese making" competition at the Ore gon Dairy Industries 46th an nual conference this week at Oregon State college. Milton Gordon, representing the Borden company, placed second and James La Via, repre senting the Rogue River Valley cieamery. placed fourth in the cottage cheese jnaking contest. Winners in this contest were an nounced on Monday, opening day ot the coference. The conference was to end Wednesday night. An average farm in Nebraska has about 1,000 acres 1 BARGAIN GRADE 2x4-8' $15.00 Per M' CHENEY STUD MILL CENTRAL POINT Thursday, February 14, 195T MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SETT Medford Dairies Among Winners in Contest - Corvallis Two Medford men were among winners this week in the Oregon Dairy Industries annual dairy products contest for ice cream divisions. David Kurtz, entering sam ples of ice cream from the Sni der Dairy Products company placed second in the strawberry division. Herman L. Duncan, en tering ice cream, from Jorgen sen's Dairy, was third in the vanilla division. SAWDUST! . BLOWER DUMP PUSH-OUT EAGLE WOOD Co. DIAL TA-6-4081 Read and Us Classified Ads USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS 'MAKE THAT SPAREI ...then make yourself a memorable drink. Ot-B assl fell wmM you know great straight SSenluchy bourbon! 6 years old 80 I PT. $A35 45 QT. OLD HERMITAGE BRAN.D J KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 111 as' Til Oil Hikiugi Cw"J , uacmu.it. Hunan OLD HERMITAGE COMPANY. 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