FOLTB MEDFOHD (OREGON)
ar Blight Infestations
rious Here This Year
Jackson county fruit growers '
are still anticipating an average (
peat crop this year, but are faced i
with a mere serious blight prob-!
.Ico than they have had for about
15 years.
C. B. Cordy, county horticul
ture eent, said most of the .
blight wcurred during the second i
'Pretty Good' Crop,
Stock Outlook Seen
The crop and livestock situa
tion in Jackson county are look
ing "pretty good," according to
County Agent W. B. Tucker.
Tucker s.id yields this year
probably ill not exceed aver
age, but should come up to aver
age. A large amount of hay is
being harvested, but first cut
tiigs contained a considerable
amount of grass and weeds.
Plastic Film Shows
Promise in Saving
Silage Spoilage
Silage spoilage in trench and
bunfcer type silos is responsible
for considerable lost feed each
year, according to Earle Jossy,
county agriculture agent.
Plastic film shows consider
able promise as a cover for these
silos. Experimental evidence in
dicates that spoilage from ex
posure to air and water is large
ly eliminated.
Fill Silos
Silos should be filled so the
ensilage forms a mound above
the sides of the silo to facilitate
drainage, Jossy sad. Large sheets
of plastic are then placed over
the silo and secured.
Aiother emergency method of
saving feed has developed with
the introduction of large plastic
tubes. These tubes are rolled
like a stocking and laid in a ring
on the ground. A strip of snow
fence is set up inside this ring to
hold the silage. This builds a
layer about four feet high. Three
or four of these layers can be
built one on the other like a
large wedding cake. When the
stack is finished, the plastic film
is unrolled and fastened over
the top.
Use Car
Care must be used in handling
plastics to prevent puncturing,
as holes wilt admit air and cause
spoilage, Jossy stated.
Researchers have found that
black or colored plastics will
last much longer than clear
plastics. The clear material
breaks down when exposed to
the sun.
Vaccinaiion Urged
Against Blackleg
With the arrival of the black
leg season, a u t horities today
warned cattle raisers to be on
the alert for this disease, and to
employ protective vac cination
in danger areas.
The American Foundation for
Animal Health pointed out that
the threat of blackleg increases
with the arrival of the pasture
season. The disease is one of the
nation's greatest killers of cattle.
It most often strikes animals
under two year of age. The best
safeguard against it is vaccina
tion. Farmers who had their calves
vaccinated at one or two weeks
pi age should have them re
vaccinated again by the veterin
arian by the time they are four
months old.
Blackleg spores are very dif
ficult to kill. The organisms that
cause the disease live in the soil
and are resistant to heat, cold
drought or floods. In areas where
the disease has occurred before,
all calves should be vaccinated
by a veterinarian each year, the
foundation suggests.
Oregon Prices Fail To Keep
Pace With Gains Elsewhere
Corvallis The general level
of prices received by farmers
across the nation moved up a
bit in May and is now at the
highest point since last July.
However. Oregon farm prices
refused to follow the trend and
dropped to the lowest point so
far this year, according to Mrs.
Elvera Horrell. e x t ension ag
ricultural economist at Oregon
State college.
Rise Seen
While prices received by the
nation's farmers were averag
ing a rise of about one-half of
one per cent, Oregon farm prices
dropped for the second consecu
tive month and are now at the
same level as a year ago, Mrs.
Horrell said. Farm costs, mean
while, remained at a record high.
Out of 13 major Oregon farm
products that are checked
monthly by U.S. department of
agriculture, 11 were down in
price from last year, 4 were up,
MAIL TRIBUNE
bloom about a month ago. Bart
letts appear more extensively
infected than other varieties.
Although serious, Cordy explain
ed the problem is not a "dis
astrous" one and there have
been practically no new infec
tions in the last two weeks.
The county agent advises
which reduced the quality.
Paiture Grast
There is a good supply of pas
ture grass in the county and
more corn and sudan grass are
being raised now than in most
years, Tucker said. Increase in
corn and sudan grass plantings
is attributed to weather condi
tions earlier this year which
were unfavorable foe raising the
usual crops.
Spring seeded grain crops in
dry land areas are suffering
somewhat from absence of rain,
Tucker commented. He said un
less rain falls soon these crops
"will be pretty much of a fail
ure." The county agent also
stated the area this season has
not been affected as much as us
ual by pests and insects.
Sheep Raising Good
"Sheep raising here this year
represents an unusually bright
spot in agriculture," Tucker
commented. He said lambs are
developing well aid wool prices
are better than usual. Dairy cat
tle are also getting along well,
according to the county agent.
Tucker said cows are producing
heavily, which is resulting in
mlik surpluses for some dairy
men. This condition tends to re
duce milk prices, he explaned.
Strawberry Plants
Favorite Victims
For Root Disease
Strawberry plants appear to
be favorite victims for black
root rot, according to C. B.
Cordy, county horticulture
agent.
Black root rot is caused by
about 10 different organisms and
there is no known preventative
or control method. Roots of in
fected plants turn black and
leaves turn bronze-red in color.
Increases Problem
Application of manure ferti
lizer on infected strawberry pat
ches only increases the problem,
the county agent pointed out.
This is because manure usually
contains a large number of the
organisms which contribute to
black root rot.
Transplanting infected plants
in fumigated soil is also a use
less practice, he stated. Infected
plants will carry black root rot
to the new soil.
Young Plants Resistant
Most strawberry varieties are
susceptible to the disease, he
noted, but young plants are more
tolerant than one-year-old or
older plants Therefore, Cordy
r e c o mmends removing plants
after the crop has been harvest
ed and setting out new ones the
following spring. Eve rbearers
can be retained until the fall and
spring crops have been harvest
ed. Cordy said black root rot is a
serious problem in southern Ore
bon and this is one of few areas
in which the disease has pre
vented commercial production of
strawberries
HEN DENIED TV OFFER
Newbrunswick N. J. W A
leghorn named Meggi O'Day
won the Hunterdon county egg
laying contest with a 22-day egg
laying record and received a
television offer. Rutgers Univer
sity Agriculture Department of
ficials, who own the hen, re
fused to let her appear. They
explained she would probably
suffer stage fright and would
not lay an egg.
. and 3 were unchanged, Mrs. Hor
rell found. Oregon products lead-
I ing the price drop were potato
es, hay, turkeys, eggs and feed
grains.
. Living Costs Up
At the same time, farm family
I living costs across the country
I moved up to hit a new all-time
high, 3 per cent above a year
ago. A good-sized rise in food
prices along with smaller in
creases in building materials
and household furnishings led
the price rise. Mrs. Horrell re
ported. However, the farm production
costs index dropped a trifle dur
ing May, leaving the parity in
dex the government's yardstick
ior measuring national farm
costs unchanged at mid-M a y.
This leaves the parity ratio at 82,
Mrs. Horrell said, 2 points be
low a year ago and 18 points
below the level set by Congress
as a "fair'' exchange rate.
Thursday June 13. 1957
growers who have exercised cul
tural practices for growth stim
ulation in their orchards to spray
their trees with streptomycin.
He explained that streptomycin
is absorbed in tissues and is
more effective than copper,
which must be appiled in open
blossoms.
He pointed out that each in
fected tree has from 2 to 20
pieces of blight, and a d v ises
growers to cut out these areas
right away Since the bacteria
progresses before signs of blight
appear on the tree, Cordy advises
cutting well below the visibly
infected area. He emphasized im
portance of sterilizing both cut
ting tools and tree wounds to
avoid spreading the blight.
The sterilizing material should
consist of two 7V4 grain tablets
of mercuric chloride and two
7',i grain tablets of mercuric
cyanide in one pint of water.
The material should be applied
to the tools and wounds with
sponges.
Cordy also noted that growers
who are thinning their orchards
now are leaving 100 to several
hundred fresh scars. These scars
are especially subject to pear
blight for about three days after
cutting occurs and should be pro
tected. He suggests that grow
ers follow closely behind their
thinnning crews and apply cop
per or streptomycin on the
wounds.
If copper is used, the recom
mended consistency is one-fourth
to one-half pound in 100 gallons
of water.
"Successful pear crops in the
Rogue valley in recent years
have largely been due to home
owners keeping their individual
pear trees free of blight," Cordy
stated. He explained that blight
is easily spread through the air
to surrounding trees and em
phasized importance of control
ling the disease on all pear trees
in the valley.
Cordy commended homeown
ers for their cooperation in the
past in controlling blight and
urged their continued coopera
tion. Use of Preventive
Medicine Urged in
Mastitis Control
Rogue River Dr. James V.
Steere of Grants Pass spoke to
members of the Rogue River
Jersey Cattle club last week on
the problem of mastitis.
The meeting was held at the
Ed Parsons ranch on Foots creek.
Preventive Medicine
"Both dairymen and veterin
arians must turn to preventive
medicine if we are to succeed in
the fight against mastitis, most
costly of all diseases in dairy
cattle," Dr. Steere said He also
demonstrated the new California
mastitis test for members of the
club.
"Jersey of the Month" honors
went to Tristram Baronet Bell,
three-year-old cow bred and
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Loren
Knight of Grants Pass. Bell pro
duced a total of 1,560 pounds
of nilk, containing 100 pounds
of butterfat during the month of
May.
Tour Slated
The Jersey classification tour
has been scheduled for June 17
G. C. Anderson, Boise, Idaho,
will be the official classifier. Any
dairyman interested in partici
pating in the tour may contact
Delbert Mongold, Eagle Point,
or Ed Parsons, Rogue River, for
further details, it was an
nounced. Next regular meeting will be
held Friday, July 5, beginning
with a potluck lunch at noon at
the Frank Schutzwehl farm in
Grants Pass. The meetings are
open to anyone interested in
Jersey cattle, members ex
plained. Brand Inspectors
Examinations Due
Salem The Oregon State
Civil Service c o m m ission has
announced open-competitive ex
aminations for the position of
livestock brand inspectors with
the state department of agricul
ture. Any resident of the state of
Oregon who meets the necessary
requirements may apply. Applic
ants must have had two years
experience in the livestock in
dustry affording a knowledge of
branding of livestock, ranch
management procedures, or live
stock marketing procedures. A
high school diploma is required.
Application form may be ob
tained from the offices of the
State Civil Service Commission
at 102 Public Service Building,
Salem, or 304 State Office Build
ing, Portland. Application forms
are also tvailable from any of
fice of the Oregon State Em
ployment Service. Applications
must be received by the Civil
Service Commission or be post
marked before midnight June 22,
1957.
Form and Garden
bTEAK FRY Prime sirloin sleaks broiled
over charcoal were tne bin of fare at tne
annual Cal-Ore Hereford Breeders associa
tion picnic held at the W.H.R. Nostrand
ranch near McKee bridge last Sunday. Earle
Jossy, county extension agent, who cooked
the steaks, is shown above serving 9-year-old
Ward Conger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Sixty Participate in Cal-Ore Tour
Central Point Approximately
60 Rogue valley residents took
part in the a n n u al Cal-Ore
Hereford association tour Sun
day. The group first inspected
Hereford cattle at the E. N. Lip
pert ranch on Watergap rd. near
50 Local 4-H Club
Youths in Corvallis
Fifty Jackson County 4-H club
members left Monday for the an
nual 4-H club summtr school
session at Oregon State college,
which will extend through June
21.
The club members have morn
ing classes based on a variety
of interests in home economics,
agriculture, engineering, fores
try, electricity, junior leadership,
camp counselling, and others,
according to Miss Marjorie Hat
tan and Glenn Klein, county
4-H agents.
They will have a chance to
take part in assemblies so they
can become acquainted with
many phases of Oregon com
munity life, such as the fairs as
sociation, Keep Oregon Green
and Oregon Bankers association,
whose activities.
Sports programs in swimming,
soft ball, volley ball, and even
ing programs of music, movies
and talent shows will keep them
busy for the ten days' session
that they will be at Corvallis,
the county agents said.
Accompanying the delegation
will be Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum
and Mrs. H. B. Chapman, Ash-
Bee Disease Topic
Of New Circular
Corvallis How to recognize
and control diseases of bees is
explained in a new circular pub
lished by the Oregon State col
lege extension service.
When bees in an apiary be
come diseased, honey yields us
ually drop to the point where a
profit is impossible, the circular
points out. The major bee dis
eases are then described and
pictures and charts are used to
explain symptoms and control
measures.
Diseases covered include nose
ma, paralysis, dysentery, Ameri
can and European f o u lbrood,
and sacbrood.
The circular, titled "Diseases
of Bees How to Recognize and
Control," was written by W. P.
Stephen, OSC entomologist. Ore
gon residents can get a copy at
their county extension office or
from the OSC bulletin clerk,
Corvallis.
Benlgrass Growers
Referendum Slated
Salem A Highland Bentgrass
growers referendum on the pro
posal to create a com modity
commission will be held June
24 to 28 according to the state
department of agriculture. The
referendum follows public hear
ings held during the month of
April.
Paul T. Rowell, chief of the
division of market development,
says under the 1957 amendments
to the commodity commission
act, any producer of Highland
Bentgrass seed who registered
with the department at least
twenty days prior to the referen
dum is eligible to vote.
Each properly registered owner-operator,
renter or share land
lord is entitled to vote,, includ
ing a single vote for a partner
ship, corporation or any other
business entity.
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Williams creek. Lippert showed
a polled bull which he recently
purchased at the Denver Live
stock show in Colorado.
Lunch Served
From there, the group went
to the W.H.R. Nostrand farm
on the Upper Applegate. After
land, Miss Hattan and Klein,
To Summer School
The club members attending
and the donors of the scholar
ships are as follows:
Julie Ashton, county fair
board; Ursula Bates, Groceteria;
Nelda Chapman, Ashland Elks;
Patsy Charley, Safeway; Sharon
Coffman, Rogue-Elk e x t ension
unit; Pat C r a nston, Safeway;
Mary Daniels, Westside Mother's
club; Ann Darland, Groceteria;
Joan Dobrot, county fair board;
Romelle Fossen, Applegate 4-H
club; Vernola Hutchinson, Cen
tral Point 4-H club; Karen Jossy,
Eagle Point grange; Mar ilyn
Martin, U.S. National Bank Med
ford Branch).
Virginia Martin, J. C. Penny;
Nyla Murray, Antelope 4-H club;
Carol Myers, Central Point 4-H
club; Evelyn Niedermeyer, Pho
enix grange; Jeanette Nouguier,
Groceteria; Susie Palm, J. C.
Penny; Alison Pinkham, County
Fair board; Roma Shafer, Red
Blanket L u m ber company;
Mavis Strom, U.S. National
Bank (Medford Branch); Marg
aret Taylor, Westside extension
unit; Daryl Zapell, Ashland
Elks; Bill Anhorn, county fair
board; Charles Babcock, county
fair board.
Others Listed
Earl Bowen, county fair board;
John Cox, Shady Cove grange;
Norman D i t s w orth, Monarch
Feed and Seed; Wayne Dits
worth, Sis-Q 4-H club; Truman
Elmore, Applegate 4-H club;
David Foote, county fair board;
James Frink, Central Point
grange; Russell Frink, county
fair board; Terry Gail, county
fair board; Steve Geren, Upper
Rogue grange.
Bobby Holt, Talent 4-H club;
Gene Holt, Sis-Q 4-H club; John
James, Bel lview grange; Bob
Kuest, county fair board; Larry
Meyer, Eagle Point grange; Ger
ald Reneau, Ashland Elks;
James Reneau, U.S. Nat ional
bank (Ashland Branch); Gary
Richardson, U.S. National bank
(Ashland Branch); Matt Rode,
Groceteria; Henry Scott, Pho
enix 4-H club; James Scott,
county fair board: Carl Skyr
man Applegate 4-H club; Dean
Sommer, Ashland Elks; and
Craig Wright, Groceteria.
Seven 4-H Groups
Participate in Trip
Seven 4-H clubs were rep
resented at the forestry over
night trip, last week to the Four-
Bit Creek forest camp at Butte
Falls.
They took part in the many
activities arranged for them with
the assistance of Doug Finch,
U.S. Forest Service, and Hank
Davies, Medford Corporation.
Over 50 4-Hers and leaders
took part in the treasure hunt,
pacing contest, hunting fire haz
ards, fire safety and extinguish
ing contesti.
The outstanding club in all
events was the Ant elops 4-H
club, followed closely by the
Southwest Medford Junior For
esters. Other clubs competing
were the Sis-Q Rangers, the Gold
Hill Timber Wolves, the Elk
Trail Forestry Squirrels, Butte
Falls Junior Foresters, and the
Phoenix Brush Busters.
Conger. The Congers own a Hereford ranch .
on Ross lane, Medford. Eill Bigham, as in .
past years, was in charge of the "cowboy"
style fried potato department. About 60
people were at the picnic, and the group
toured several ranches in the Applegate and
Central Point areas.
inspecting the cattle, they were
served lunch near the river.
Charcoal steaks, pot atoes and
soft drinks were supplied by
the Cal-Ore Hereford associa
tion. The tour participants furn
ished the remainder of the lunch.
Earle Jossy, county extention
agent, presided over the charcoal
broiling of the steaks. This was
his third year as chef.
After the dinner, the group
drove to the R. H. Fields farm
at Central Point. Assisting Fields
in showing the cattle was his
son-in-law, Norman Jacob, who
with Mrs. -Jacob and their sons
drove from Malin for the show
The main feature at the Fields'
cattle inspection was "Zato
Heir," a recently purchased bull.
Final Stop
Final stop of the tour was the
John .Bohnert ranch. The Boh
nert's son-in-law, Don Brad-
shaw did the showing at their
farm. Featured were two bulls
8-y e a r-old "Domino Dream
Duke" from the Bohnerts' own
herd, and 2-year-old "88 Zato
Heir 71," purchased from the
Straus Medina Hereford ranch
in Texas.
Deadly Fungus
Reported on Oak
A deadly fungus has been re
ported developng on oak trees
in many parts of the nation.
Local h o r t i culture experts
state the disease, known as oak
wilt, has not been reported any
where in the Rogue river valley.
The fungus has been found
to enter through the roots or
wounds in the tree, then spread
in the sapwood under the bark.
Oak wilt finally kills by clogging
water-conducting c a p i llaries.
Trees cannot be immunized by
inoculation and once infected,
cannot be cured.
No species or variety of oak
is immune to the deadly fungus,
which is reported spreading from
its midwestern focal point. In
30 years, the disease has spread
from a few isolated stands in
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa
to 18 states.
A search is reportedly being
made for a water-soluble system
ic that can be assimilated by the
tree and fight off infection at
its source.
Francis Scott Key was not id
entified as the author of the
Star Spangled Banner until sev
eral months after the anthem
first appeared.
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Growers To Decide
Wheat Market Plan
Wheat farmers themselves will
decide whether they want to
use marketing quotas for their
1958 wheat crop when they vote
in the referendum on June 20,
according to Albert L. Straus,
chairman of the Jackson County
Agricultural S t a bilization and
Conservation committee.
Recent proclamation of mark
eting quota's for the 1958 crop
of wheat conforms with legis
lative directives, the chairman
explained. Under the govern
ing legislation, the secretary of
agriculture must proclaim mark
eting quotas for the next wheat
crop when the available supply
is 20 per cent or more above
normal.
Over Normal Supply
The estimated supply of 1,825
million bushels available for the
Highest Producing
Dairy Herds Named
For Jackson County
The Dairy Herd Improvement
association has selected the five
highest producing dairy herds
in Jackson county for the month
of May.
Owners of the top herds are
Cloverlawn Guernsey farm,
Fritz and Helen Carlson, Rich
ard and Elizabeth Westerberg,
Ed Ramsay and Hubbard and
Vaughn.
Cloverlawn Herd
. The Cloverlawn herd consisted
of 11 cow, no dry cows, produc
ing an average of 1,159 pounds
of milk and 60.1 pounds of but
terfat; Carlson, 32 cows, no dry
cows, producing 1,316 pounds
milk, 47.2 pounds butterfat;
Westerberg, 28 cows, no dry
cows, producing 931 pounds
milk, 44.8 pounds butterfat;
Ramsey, 37 cows, two dry cows,
producing 960 pounds milk, 43.2
pounds butterfat; and Hubbard
and Vaughn. 60 cows, six dry
cows, producing 1,111 pounds
milk, 43.1 pounds butterfat.
The ten top cows in the county
are as follows:
Other Cows
Myrth, owned by Richard and
Elizabeth Westerberg. 1,907
pounds milk, 103 pounds butter
fat, 63 days in milk; Peggie,
owned by Cloverlawn Guernsey
farm, 1,497 pounds milk, 97.3
pounds butterfat, 66 days in
milk; Jewel, owned by J. E.
Parsons, 1,665 pounds milk, 96.6
pounds butterfat, 72 days in
milk; Nina, owned by James
A. Carlson, 2,269 pounds milk,
90.8 pounds butterfat, 31 days in
milk.
Rolay Faye, owned by Lewis
and Ruth Clark, 1,609 pounds
milk, 85.3 pounds butterfat, 116
days in milk; Pet, owned by
R. R. Bitterling, 1,544 pounds
milk, 81.8 pounds butterfat, 86
days in milk; Cindy No. 2, owned
by Lewis and Ruth Clark, 2,466
pounds milk, 81.4 pounds butter
fat, 32 days in mlik; Naomi,
owned by Hubbard and Vaughn,
2,511 pounds milk, 80.4 pounds
butterfat, 61 days in milk; Tinka,
owned by James and Neola Edge,
2,161 pounds milk, 80 pounds
butterfat, 60 days in milk; and
Beverly, owned by Hubbard and
Vaughn, 1,420 pounds milk, 78.1
pounds butterfat, 90 days in
milk.
Temporary Bridge Put
Over Illinois River
Cave Junction Residents of
the West Side road, cut off from
Kerby when the 1955 floods tore
away the old swinging bridge,
will not need to take the "Long
way around" any more.
A temporary bridge over the
Illinois river downstream from
the side of the former suspen
sion bridge has been completed
by volunteer workers. Previous
ly a rickety span crossed the
water at this point but most res
idents preferred to drive the
some 10 miles to Kerby, just
two miles from, their homes,
over a narrow dirt road which
joins the Redwood highway
south of Cave Junction.
This year feed for Extra Profit. Even though the season is late
your Triangle dealer can show you how you can speed up the
growth of your chicks . . in plenty of time for a good start in
the laying house this Fall. He'll be glad to explain the improved
formula of Triangle Chick Starter which now contains TMC-37
and Bifuran, plus a perfect balance of proteins, vitamins aai
minerals ... a combination which gives you added life pretecvita
and amazingly rapid development for your Ihicks. Ask ur
dealer about it today. Mash or Pellet form.
1957-58 marketing year is actual
ly 56 per cent above the normal
supply of 1,170 million bushels,
thus requiring a marketing quta
proclamation for the 1958 wheat
crop. (Trie normal supply is
based on estimated domestic con
sumpton and exports, plus a 20
per cent carry-over allowance.)
The quotas do not become ef
fective, however, unless at least
two-thirds of the producers vot
ing in the referendum favor the
use of the quotas. Straus explain
ed. The outcome of the referen
dum will decide the level of the
available price support for the
1958 crop, as well as whether
quotas and penalties on "excess"
wheat are used for the crop.
Subject to Plenty
If approved by a two-thirds
vote, farmers who exceed the
farm allotment will be subject to
a penalty of 45 per cent of the
parity price on their e x c e ss
wheat, and the support price for
the 1958 wheat crop will be
available for farmers who comp
ly with their wheat allotments
at a National average of $1.78
per bushel. This represents 75
per cent of parity. If more than
one-third of the wheat growers
disapprove quotas, the quotas
will not be in effect. However
allotments will remain in effect,
and farmers who comply with
their wheat allotments will be
eligible for support at 50 per
cent of parity as directed by
law, Straus pointed out.
All wheat growers are eligible
to vote in the Jur5e 20 referen
dum who will share in the 1958
wheat crop from a farm in the
commercial wheat area on which
the wheat acreage to be harvest
ed, plus any acreage to be placed
in the soil bank's wheat acreage
reserve, - will be more than 15
acres. Eligible farmers in Jack
son county may cast their bal
lot at the agricultural stabliza
tion office in the court house
between the hours of 8 a.m. and
7 p.m., Straus said.
Douglas County
Bangs-Free Area
Salem Douglas county is the
13th county in the state of Ore
gon to be certified as a Brucellosis-free
area, according to the
state department of agriculture.
Following completion of test
ing of 18,278 cattle in 2646 herds
in the county by federal and
state veterinarians, the area was
certified May 24 as Brucellosis
free. Presentation of the certific
ate will be made at a later date
by officials of the federal and
state veterinarians' offices. Of
ficials found 52 reactors among
the cattle tested in the county
for a very low 21100ths of 1
per cent and 11 herds infected or
41100ths of 1 per cent.
A 14th county, Umatilla, has
been completely tested and is
now awaiting certification.
Officials have set a tentative
target date for completon of the
entire Brucellosis testing pro
gram in Oregon of June 30,
1959. However this date is con
tingent upon several factors fore
most of which is the speed with
which the bordering states of
Nevada- and Call fornia com
lete ther programs in bordering
counties where there is a heavy
traffic in cattle b e t w een the
states.
If the programs in these two
states progress at the same rate
as that in Oregon, officials feel
this completion date could be
reached.
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at lozier Lane
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