Medford mail tribune., May 02, 1957, Image 20

rOXJB MEDFORD (OREGON)
MILE OF PORK CHOPS A large share of
the population at Hoover's Pigaro is shown
above dining on supplementary pellets served
on a cement pavement "table." C. C. Hoover
and his sons, Claude and Bud, have about
600 pigs and expect to have 1,000 within a
Local Farmers Conducting
Experiment in Pig Raising
"Operation Pork Chops" might
be an appropriate title for an ex
periment being conducted by C.
C. Hoover and his two sons on
a site near Antelope rd.
The experiment is to deter
mine whether or not pigs can be
profitably raised in this area on
dried cull pears, pasture grass
and pellet supplement. '
'Hoovers' Pigaro
Hoover and his sons, Bud and
Claude, have been raising pigs
on the old Camp White site east
of the Crater Lake highway for
the past four months. They call
the place "Hoovers' Pigaro."
(And for goodness sake, don't
call it a "pig ranch" if C. C. Ho
over is within hearing range!)
They now have about 600 pigs
and expect to have 1,000 with
in a few days. They have sold
100 head since the experiment
started, and Hoover is confident
that pig raising will become a
major livestock enterprise here
In the relatively near future.
He pointed out that Jackson
county farmers have never
raised as much pork as is con
sumed here and large amounts
must be shipped in from the mid
west. Pigs with lean bacon and
tender chops are more in de
mand than those with excess
lard.
Fd Peart
It has been theorized that
dried cull pears, pasture grass
8nd supplementary pellets will
produce true, Jackson county
pig raisers would appear to be in
a favorable position. After all,
where are pears more plentiful
than in the Rogue River valley?
Cull pears can be obtained
here at low cost. Conditions in
southern Oregon are also favor
able . for pasture growth. The
largest expense would be pur
chase of the pellets. But pellets
represent only a small part of
the overall feed consumption.
Balance Diet
Pellets are intended to bal
ance the pig's diet and com
pounds are changed as the re
mainder of he diet changes.
Hoovers' pigs have been using
pellets containing ground barley,
alfalfa,- molasses and aureomy
cin. This week, the pigs started
feeding on pasture grass, which
will necessitate a change in the
, pellet compound.
The pigs each eat two pounds
of pellets daily and all the dried
pears they want.
Hoovers' Pigaro is a unique
set-up and is especially well
adapted to sanitary raising of
pigs. In fact, pigs there are
cleaner than many domestic ani
mals. The Hoovers have seven
miles of pavement, installed
when Camp White was an active
military post, running lake wa
ter- and pens built over aban
doned cement building founda
tions.
Clean Pavement
The pigs are fed on the clean
pavemerft. Sawdust is acquired
from the mills and spread in
pens for beds. Hoover empha
sized that pigs should not be
kept in tight pens. At Hoovers'
Pigaro, boards are placed against
the cement installations, form
ing triangular sleeping quarters.
Both ends of the pens are open
to allow free circulation of air.
The pigs also receive expert
medical attention and are
checked each week by a veterin
arian. The experiment at Hoovers'
Pigaro is being observed with
Extension Officials
Due in County Today
Three extension service ' of
ficials from Oregon State college
were to be in Jackson county to
day to inspect local farm and
animal conditions.
Dean W. Frischknecht, exten
sion animal husbandry -specialist,
and Harry Lindgren. professor
emeritis in animal husbandry,
were to check on the condition
of hogs being raised on an exper
imental basis by C. C. Hoover
and Sons.
M. G. Huber, extension spe
cialist in agricultural engineer
ing, was to observe silo installa
tions and farm buildings in the
county. Accompanying them on
their tours will be Earle Jossy,
county agriculture agent.
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interest by national, state and
local livestock exDerts. Hoover
has also received regular calls
concerning the project from rep
resentatives of various farm and
livestock publications.
"We have lots of confidence in
the results of this test," HooVer
DRIED PEARS C. C. Hoover
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dried pears from a storage pile at Hoover's Pigaro. The pears
were purchased as culls from local fruit packing companies, dried
on pavement and are fed to the pigs. The pigs are allowed to eat
as many pears as they want. They also eat pasture grass and two
pounds of supplementary pellets
EAST EVANS CREEK-MEADOWS
Large Rattlesnake Killed
BY NELLIE BERGMAN
East Evans Creek Murl Mit
chell kill a large rattlesnake on
the Emery . Stingly ranch. The
snake had 11 rattles.
Paul Mattison and his father
of Canby, who has been here
on a visit, went to Fish lake
Saturday and spent the day fish
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bishop visit
ed the Ralphe Pittams at Wimer
Sunday. The Pittams formely.
lived in the meadows, they also
visited Pittams parents, who are
looking for a home in this area.
The Byron Peffley family of
the star Ranger Sation on the
Applegate were Sunday visiters
at the home of Mrs. Peffley par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mat
tison Mr. and
visited Mr.
week.
Mrs. Carl Bergman
and Mrs. Mecer last
Guy Bishop Jr. and family
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Bishop Sr. for awhile also Mrs.
Bishop's parents, the Ben
Dausons.
Bishop jr. recently accepted a
job as assistant Entomologist at
At the Grange
Upper Applegate Grang
An account of their three
month tour of Europe was pre
sented to members and friends
of Upper Applegate Grange by
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Haskins
of Medford, charter members, at
a social meeting in Ruch school
last Friday night, with Mrs. Has
kins as narrator while her hus
band showed a part of the col
lection of slides he took on their
trip.
The travelers, who left Medr
ford last June 23, drove to Il
linois for a visit with relatives
before continuing their journey
by train to New York. There
they toured the city, spent one
day at United Nations headquar
ters, and Southampton on the
Queen Mary.
Something of the thrill and
color of sailing were described
by Mrs. Haskins, who stated that
life on board the liner, which
was equal in size to a 15-story
building, was much like that in
a small city, with 1,000 em
ployees performing the neces
sary work and services for pas
sengers. A week was spent in London
while visiting Windsor Castle,
Eton, Oxford, Stratford-on-Avon,
and other points of interest in
the area, following which they
toured Holland, Belgium, Lux
embourg, Germany, S w i t zer
land, and Italy. During the first
48 days of their sojourn aboard,
they were members of a party of
28 on a guided tour under the
Thursday, May 2. 19S7
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few days. They are conducting an experiment
to determine whether or not pigs can be prof
itably raised on dried pears, supplementary
pellets and pasture grass. Hoover's Pigaro is
located at the old Camp. White site.
said. "And we've put a lot of
money into the operation."
Hoover is enthusiastic enough
that he is already thinking about
possibilities of sometime moving
into the Portland pork market,
considered one of the highest
paying in the nation.
is shown above lifting a load of
a day.
the Aberdeen branch Experi
ment Station Aberdeen, Idaho,
where ha will be working on
potato virus diseases. He recent
ly completed work for his doc
tor's degree.
Mutt Holtsclow has -returned
home from Portland where he
spent some time with his fam
ily. Miss Gloria Jean Holms has
returned to her home in Los
Angeles, Calif., after a two
week vacation with her aunt,
Mrs. Paul Mattison,and family.
Miss Carolyn Mattison has re
turned to school after having
3-day measles.
Mrs. Bergman spent Sat. at
the home of her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. James
R. W. Gregg, of Central Point.
Tom Thomason of the Mead
ows left last week for his job
wit't the U.S. forest service for
the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergman
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Moore of Medford
last week.
leadership of a conductor from
Chicago. At its conclusion, they
continued their travels on their
own, visiting Paris, the Scandan
avian countries, Scotland, and
Ireland, until homesickness over
whelmed them and they return
ed to Cherbourg in October to
embark for home on the Queen
Elizabeth.
Of all the countries they visit
ed, Mr. and Mrs. Haskins said
Switzerland was their favorite.
The display table for the meet
ing featured a variety of things
collected aboard.
During the business session,
which preceded the social pro
gram, plans were completed for
a work day April 28, to remove
sawdust from the new Grange
hall which was used to protect
the floors while the interior of
the building was being plastered;
and to make preparations for in
stalling the septic tank which
was in use at the former site
near McKee bridge.
A sum of $225 was voted for
the Home Economics committee
with which to purchase kitchen
equipment:and an additional $75
was voted for purchase of a used
piano for the new hall.
Refreshments of ice cream,
cakes, and coffee were served
by Jim and Mamie Winningham
and Fred and Ethel West. The
serving committee for the next
meeting on May 10 will consist
of George and Mildred Redhead
and Wilfred and Grace Pearson.
Weeds
and
Herbicides
Br RAY HUBBELL
Jackson County Weed Control
Supervisor
One of the weeds with which
Jackson county is most infect
ed is White Top.
Sometimes known as Hoary
Cress or Perennial Pepper grass,
there are three distinct plants
called White Top. Though sim
ilar in general appearance, they
differ slightly in the, shape of
the seed pod. The plant is a per
ennial, has grayish white 'fol
iage and grows erect from ' 10
to 18 inches ong. It has toothed
or almost unbroken edges: -The
weed produces numerous white
flowers, which are about one
fourth inch broad, borne at the
tops of the stems. A field in
bloom has a solid snowy-white
appearance, hence the name
White Top. Young plants have
a rosette appearance before
blooming and closely resemble
fan weed.
Reddish-Brown Seed
Seed of White Top is reddish
brown and about the same size
as alfalfa seed. It is difficult to
clean from alfalfa or" clover
seed and is often carried in
these 'seeds as an impurity.
White Top roots have been
found as deep as 30 feet under
ground. They have numerous
lateral roots, which send up
shoots at frequent intervals.
Each of these shoots can develop
into a plant. Any small piece
of root if broken off may start
a new patch. Unlike morning
glory, White Top increases the
size of its patches in alfalfa-but
increases only slowly in sod
forming grasses. In time, it will
choke out a field of alfalfa.
Thrives Anywhere
White Top will thrive in al
most any kind of soil. It finds
its real home on irrigated lands,
but will grow on land much too
dry for alfalfa. Most of the
patches in the state were orig
inally started by sowing alfalfa
or clover seed that contained
White Top seed, or by using
hay with mature White Top. It
is one of the few - perennial
weeds that ripen before the
first cutting of alfalfa for hay.
First cutting alfalfa as well as
second is likely to carry White
Top seed.
2, 4-D and Cultivation
. Control and eradication can be
obtained more quickly by spray
ing White Top with 2, 4-D prior
to plowing. Best results have
been obtained by using 2 to 3
pounds of 2, 4-D acid per acre.
The field should not be plowed
for at least 10 days after spray
ing. Over, 90 per cent control
has been obtained by spraying
and spring cropping in a two
year period.
The combination of 2, 4-D
sprays and cultivation can be
used successfully when winter
cereals are produced. For win
ter grains, the infested area
should be sprayed, followed in
two weeks by plowing. The
field should be cultivated the re
mainder of the summer and
seeded to grain the following
fall. The grain should be select
ively sprayed with about one
pound of 2, 4-D per acre the
following spring.
Susceptible to 2, 4-D
White Top is more susceptible
to the 2, 4-D sprays than some
of the other perennial weeds,
such as Russian Knapwood or
leafy sponge. When White Top
is growing in crop land it is
more practical to utilize crop
ping and 2, 4-D sprays as previ
ously described. When White
Top is growing on grass land or
pasture land, 2, 4-D can be used
with success without cultivation.
For best control, White Top
should be sprayed' in early bud
stage. Spraying should be done
with '2 to 3 pounds of 2, 4-D
acid per acre with a-minimum
of 25 gallons of spray per acre.
Several new materials are be
ing tested for White Top control
in the county as well as on the
other noxious weeds. Anyone
knowing of any White top patch
es which are not being worked
on are asked to call the county
agent's office.
Pear Inspections
Set New Record
Salem A new record for in
spection of pears has been an
nounced by the Oregon state de
partment of agriculture, along
with a surprisingly large figure
in the number of cars of potatoes
certified and inspected for ship
ment. A total of 570 cars of fresh
pears were inspected during the
month of March, bringing the
season total to 7,033 cars.
Potato diversion contributed
to the unusually large total of
2,818 cars of this commodity
which were inspected during
March. This total boosted the
season number of inspections of
potatoes to 19,075 cars.
In addition, the number of
inspections of potatoes during
the month just passed is the larg
est monthly total recorded so
far this year.
Total potato inspections dur
ing March reached the 3,930 car
level, which is 964 cars more
than during the same month one
year ago.
Oregon Cattlemen Plan Annual Meeting
Corvallis The Oregon Cat
tlemen's association and their
Cow-Belles auxiliary will take a
hopeful look at 1957-58 when
they stage their annual conven
tion, May 6-8, at Eugene. Agri
cultural economists say seven
years of buildup in cattle num
Farm Owners May
Benefit From New
FHA Provision
A line of credit now available
from Farmers Home adminis
tration should help many farm
owners in this 'area improve or
build new farm buildings such
as barns, milk houses, loafing
sheds and dwellings, according
to E. M. Denney, local super
visor of the agency.
' Denney said many farm own
ers by improving their farm
buildings, could increase the po
tential earnings of their farms.
The importance of getting max
imum production to meet oper
ating costs cannot be over em
phasized, he pointed out.
To be eligible for a farm hous
ing loan, the applicant must be
a farm owner and receive sub
stantial gross income from the
farm. The' place must be recog
nized in the community as a
farm rather than a rural resi
dence. FHA does not compete
with private or cooperative lend
ers. But if an applicant is un
able to secure the necessary
credit from other sources under
rates and terms which will per
mit him to succeed, he should
be eligible for FHA assistance,
Denney said.
Farm housing loans are re
payable over periods up to 33
years, at 4 per cent interest and
are secured by a mortgage on
the farm. A junior mortgage
may be taken as security for
the loan provided certain re
quirements can be met.
Farm owners and families op
erating part-time farms may ob
tain additional information by
calling at the Grants Pass of
fice, which is located in room
9 of the Manchel building, or
by mail addressed to Post Of
fice Box 311, Grants Pass. '
Fruit Fumigation
Order Probable
Salem Frank McKennon,
acting director of the Oregon
state department of agriculture,
states that while the order is not
as yet definite, it is probable
that all shipments of host fruits
of the oriental fruit moth into
British Columbia in the future
will require fumigation.
The recent introduction of the
oriental fruit moth to Canada
through shipments of fruit from
the United States has prompted
officials of that country's de
partment of agriculture to advo
cate fumigation of all future im
ports of host fruits and nursery
stock of host fruits. "
In the past, Oregon has ship
ped fruits into Canada on the
department of agriculture certi
fication, that they were from
districts free of the pest.
While all requirements for fu
ture shipments are as yet not
definite, they will include gas
analysis during fumigation by
means of chemical analyser.
Canadian officials estimate the
cost of eradication, of the pest
in Canada will approximate
$75,000.'
4,
CLUB
HEWS
Phoenix Dairy Club
- The meeting of the Phoenix
Dairy club was held Sunday,
April 28, at 243 South Stage rd.
A new member, Fred Tyksen,
was welcomed into the club. It
was discussed about having a
sign to identify the club at the
fair this fall. The members are
going to bring their ideas as to
the style of sign to be used to
the next meeting.
The business part of the meet
ing was adjourned so the mem
bers could take up with some
practice work outdoors. All the
members present practiced dairy
animal showmanship. This was
a little difficult as one of the
two animals used was a Herford
steer. Norman Ditsworth and
Gail Glidden took alternate
turns with the leader acting as
arena judge.
The next meeting will be held
at Bob and Gene Holt's home
on May 19 at 1:30 p.m.
Gail Glidden, Reporter.
Clark Named Member
Of Angus Association
Michael Clark of Medford has
been elected to membership in
the American Angus association
at St. Josph, Mo., according to
Frank Richards, secretary.
Clark was one of two pure
bred Aberdeen-Angus breeders
in Oregon elected to membership
during the past month.
Form m-id Sao-dei-a
bers and lowering prices appear
to be ending.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes and
national cattle industry leaders
head a list of speakers for the
scheduled mixture of business
and pleasure ranging from a 6
a.m. Buckaroo Breakfast to re
ports on the cattle outlook. -
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Ira Halls Plan To Move
By HELEN BOTTLE
Cave Junction Mrs. Alta
Amelia Dick, who has a book
keeping service in Grants Pass,
has purchased Hall's Account
ing Service in Cave Junction
from Mr. and Mrs. Ira S. Hall,
and has assumed the business.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall have lived
in the Illinois Valley 13 years,
and have been active in several
civic enterprises.
After a visit in Spokane with
their son and family, Lt. and
Mrs. Bill Kester, the Halls plan
to move to southern California
or Arizona, where Hall will en
ter a broader field of account
ing service.
Tentative plans to purchase a
plane were made at the first
meeting of the newly formed
flying club here Monday at the
Robert Steimer home in Cave
Junction.
Temporary officers are Rob
ert Steimer, president; Virginia
Steimer, secretary; Loyd Bur
nett, treasurer.
It was decided that an initial
fee of $100 or less per member
would be asked, this to cover the
cost of the plane and its hangar.
Small monthly dues will go to
ward hiring an instructor.
The high school band and
chorus received excellent rat
ings at the annual Music Festi
val in Medford. Also receiving a
"2" rating was the County grade
school honor band.
Plans for the annual Future
Farmers of America awards ban
quet were : made at the FFA
meeting Monday in the vocation
al agriculture building.
Adin Hester of Canby, the
principal speaker at the affair,
is regional winner .in the FFA
public speaking contest as well
as state president.
A -bouffet style banquet, fea
turing barbequed steaks, will be
served in the high school gym
nasium beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 4.
Visiting this week at the Loyd
Burnett home is their daughter,
Mrs. Don Hanson of Corvallis.
Hanson, now attending Oregon
State college, will enter the for
est service in Bend following
his graduation in June.-
A planned bridge burning oc
curred on' the Lone Mountain
road last week when the County
road department tore out a nar
row wooden span and replaced
it with a wide culvert, making
the road a uniform width. Work
on the new cement bridge on the
road near O'Brien is well under
way, and the road has been grad
ed and gravelled preparatory to
paving;'
Mothers of pre-schoolers who
will enter Kerby grade school
next September have been in
vited to attend the "pre-school
round-up" at Kerby Friday, May
3, at 2 p.m.
Evergreen school's pre-school
day is set for Monday, May 13 at
2 p.m. A film will be shown at
the meeting.
The Rev. Meredith Groves,
district superintendent of Meth
odist churches, 'will be guest
minister at the morning services
at Immanuel Methodist church
May 5.
A potluck dinner and business
meeting will follow at noon. All
members and friends of the
church have been invited.
Running for office of student
body president at Illinois Valley
high school are three high rank
ing Scouts of Troop 20. They are
Stan Love and Gary Meredith,
Eagles, and Rick Rauber, who
will probably attain the Eagle
rank this year. t ."'
Primary elections will be
held Thursday, May 2, and the
general election is set for May 9.
Nominees for the various oth
er offices are, vice president:
Pat Kellogg, Dick Strohkirch,
Mike Whiteley, Jackie Williams;
secretary: Donna - Frost, Norma
martin, Delores Reinoehl; treas
urer; Ruth Hulsey, Karen Kuil,
Mike MeDermott; sergeant-at-arms:
Russ Beem, Clark Eng
land, John Goodwin and Les
Frost.
Trying out for cheerleaders
this week at assembly are group
1, Donna Frost, Carmel White,
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Garland Meador, Prairie City,
association president,' has an
nounced a starting program of
special committee sessions at 1
p.m., May 6, at the Eugene ho
tel, convention headquarters.
The Cow-Belles will open with
a luncheon and business meet
ing with talks by Mrs. Mose Tre-
Kathy Tycer; group 2, Linda
Deaton, Connie Jones, Wanda
Hodge; group 3, Ardith Hilger,
Melba Jordan and Lynda Zim
merman. Candidates for the rally squad
are group 1, Susan Lemmon, Za-
da Smith, Judy Hansen, Ruth
Tibbs and Myrna Kellogg; group
2, Karen Kuil, Ruby Vaughn,
Jean Knight and Ruth Hulsey.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Boyd last Wednesday were Mr.
and Mrs. Waltar of Centralia,
Wash, and Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Leeds from Brookings, Ore.
Both men are former employees
of Boyd.
A new subdivision is being
cleared in Cave Junction. Ex
mayor Elwood Hussey has been
burning brush and removing
stumps on his property facing
Lister st, and will soon lay out
the lots. - '
Allan Markley caught the
first steelhead of his fishing car
eer Sunday when he snagged an
eight-pounder at the mouth of
Sucker creek.
Fishing luck as a whole, how
ever, was "not too good," in the
Illinois valley.
The Illinois Valley High school
seniors spent April 26, 27 and
28 at Oregon State college
where they visited various pro
fessional schools, were hosted at
fraternities and attended stud
ent activities during the annual
senior visitation week end.
The boys, who hope to attend
college at Corvallis next year,
are Ron Cherry, Eldo Swift and
Kenny Krauss. They are taking
up engineering, forestry and in
dustrial arts, respectively.
Members of the Civic Wom
en's league gave a luncheon for
senior girls Tuesday at the high
school. During the affair the
girls were informally interview
ed on their college aspirations.
The league is to present a $50
scholarship to the senior girl of
their choice at the annual
awards assembly, May 23.
Salt-Spreader Made
By Maintenance Man
A simple and inexpensive salt
spreader designed and construc
ted by Earl Bridgman of the
state highway department s Sis
kiyou maintenance section has
been adopted for use by the
highway department.
Salt is frequently spread on
the highways by maintenance
crews to clear icy or frosty pave
ment. The spreader which can be
built at a fraction of the cost of
commercial spreaders, attaches
to the tailgate of a standard
dump truck. It consists "of a
wooden hopper with a slide-gate
at the bottom which is operated
from the cab by means of a
control cord. ' 1
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4th and Central
go, national cow-Beues presi
dent from Sutherland, Neb., and
Joy Hillisgubser, Salem, assist
ant superintendent of public
schools.
The program moves to the
Lane county fairgrounds audi
torium, May 7, starting with the
Buckaroo Breakfast. Main
speakers for the day in addition
to Governor Holmes will be Don
Collins, Denver, president of
the American National Cattle
men's association; Carl ' New
man, Chicago, National Meat
Board general manager; and Dr.
Victor Morris, University of Ore
gon dean of business adminis
tration. Ed Coles, Prineville, associa
tion secretary, says other out-of-
state guests will include Rad
Hall, executive-secretary, Amer
ican National Cattlemen's asso
ciation; and John McMinimee
and Milford Vaught, presidents
of the Washington and Idaho
Cattlemen's associations, respec
tively. : ,
Afternoon events include a
range conservation demonstra
tion by Bill Farrell, Grant coun
ty extension agent, and a tour
for the Cow-Belles at the Chase
Gardens where more than 50,000
orchids and other flowers will
be blooming in 12 acres of
greenhouses. Closing out the
day's program will be a 6:30 p.m.
banquet followed by the annual
Buckaroo Dance at the fair
grounds auditorium.
Election Planned
The convention ends at noon,
May 8, following committee re
ports and election of officers?
Special breakfasts are scheduled
May 8 for alumni of the Oregon
State college Withycombe club
animal husbandry, students and
county presidents of the Cow-
Belles.
Other special meetings during
the convention include May 6
evening sessions for officers and
directors of the Oregon Here
ford association and a banquet
for the Oregon Polled Hereford
association. - '
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