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o SIX MEDFORD JOHEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Form camid Garden . JLocal Man Made A Milk Auditor . D. P. Shoup, 741 Jackson St., Medford, has been appointed revenue auditor to supervise field operations of the new milk usage audit, according to Rob ert J. Steward, director of the state department of agriculture. The audit law was passed by the last legislature as requested by grade A milk producers. At the same time Steward said he has placed responsibil ity for the milk usage audit in the hands of the department's business manager, E. A. Bam ford. This -move will disassoci ate the usage audit from the de partment's long-established dairy sanitation program. Three additional men with ac counting background and audit ing experience are needed for the program. The department will be interested In interview ing applicants for these posts. Steward said. Shoup was with the state PUC as a district auditor in southern Oregon and northern California before going into bus iness for himself early last May. He came to Oregon In 1947 after being stationed in the Pacific Northwest while in World War II Navy service. He is already on the job, and will work out of Salem, it was reported. He will move his wife and four children to Salem be fore school starts. The poundage fee which sup ports the audit program was ef fective as of Aug. 20, and ail auditing will be from that date. All milk plants in the state have been sent copies of the law and other information in getting the new program into operation. OtheVs interested may obtain a copy of the law from the department at Salem. New Swine Bulletin Ready For Issuing A study of economic factors that effect hog production in Oregon has been published by( the Oregon State college agri cultural experiment station. Titled, "Economics of Hog Production in Oregon," the new bulletin shows costs of produc ing market hogs in the state gives factors that affect these productions costs, and compares the swine-production operations used to produce market hogs. Feed and equipment needs, and the effect oL, Mid-West compe tition, are discussed also in the bulletin. The bulletin was written by Grant E. Blanch, OSC agricul tural economist. Blanch visited 76 swine-produclng farms over the state to gather information for his study. Oregon residents can get a copy of the new bulletin from their local county extension of fice, or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis. The greatest deposits of pot ash in the Uniteci States, near Carlsbad. N. M., were discovered during oil exploration. this Week's Town and Country House Plan For the couple panning to retire or those that prefer a large two-bedroom home to a small three bedroom, here is a dream home that has everything. With the kitchen facing the street, a housewife can see any one approaching either the front or service door. Broad windows brighten the sink and dining al cove and built in appliances make light work of meal prepar ation and clean-up. A pantry closet and plenty of cupboards provide a place for everything. There is ample space for home laundry equipment in the big service area and a convenient three-quarter bath has been lo cated off the service. The rear living-room faces the wide patio and garden. Glass doors slide open from the liv ing room and master bedroom to make this partly covered terrace a part of the recreational and relaxation area of this home. Dominating the living room is a broad corner fireplace with a raised hearth. Unbroken wall areas add to the ease of furni ture arrangement. Both bedrooms are unusually large allowing for extra dressers or twin beds. Both have wide sliding panel wardrobes with deep drawers below for extra storage. In the family bath the pull man lavatory has drawers and storage cabinets underneath. Te tub. with shower over, and water closet are separated by a one-half wall with opaque glass above. Off the hall are telephone desk and closets for linens, brooms, and the forced air heat ing unit. The 'simple, conservative lines of the exterior are enhanced by a combination of vertical and horizontal siding together with some stone veneer and a stone planter. Metal casement win dows have been used throughout. in - .i Study Required In Buying House Certain major pitfalls can be foreseen and, avoided when buy ing or building a house through careful study, according to Don McNeil, Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce manager. Among the important ques tions cited by the chamber man ager for consideration by future homeowners is the matter of price. He stated: "Three factors enter into this question. The first is the home owners annual income and his prospects for the years to come. The second is the amount of sav ings available to the homeowner at the time of purchase. The third is the extent of obligations and commitments in other areas which the homeowner may have, or may reasonaby expect in ad dition to the cost of carrying a home. "It has sometimes been sug gested that under normal circum stances, a family can buy a home priced at about 2V4 times its an nual income. For some families, Marketing Tour Planned For 4-H Oregon 4-H club members will learn how livestock is marketed from farm to con sumer on an educational live stock marketing tour Sept. 4 in Portland. Cal Monroe, state 4-H club extension agent at Oregon State college, says the tour is planned for all 4-H club members who have market animals at the State Fair and for other club members who have animals ready to market. The Oregon Farm Bureau federation will truck State Fair animals from Salem to North Portland, Tuesday evening, Sept. 3. Other 4-H'ers are to take their livestock to the stock yards Tuesday afternoon or have them in the yards by 7 a.m. Wednesday. The day's pro gram will start with breakfast at the Red Steer cafe and end at the livestock exchange. Step-by-step processes of marketing sheep, hogs and cat tle will be shown in the day's program, Monroe reports. W. Y. Fowler, OSC's livestock market ing specialist, and officers of the stockyards company and live stock exchange will explain ap plication of marketing proced ures as youngsters watch their animals sorted, weighed and de livered to buyers. After animals are sold, club members will see how animals are slaughtered, processed and delivered to whosesale and re tail markets. The 4-H youths will visit Swift and company, Livestock Market News and the state brand inspection offices, and the Safeway meat ware house on the tour. Use M-T. Classified Ads- r ---. ' ?, ; i .2 i&,is 20.14 J-Q P r iCDr 'A 1 kkl 6-e. , fATlwa IjlHrJyA Rfcftl 13 II P I A N Na5f)3 '! f.) Thursday, August 29. 1957 i three times the annual income is not excessive, and, in other in stances, even 2Vi times the an nual income may prove to be too risky. Such risks can arise when other large expenditures loom such as medical outlays, or a new business being started by the head of the family." Regarding down payments and mortgages, the Chamber man ager noted that the larger the down payment the homeowner can make, the less will be his monthly carrying charges. Also, a mortgage carriedover a short er period of time will cost con siderably less in interest charges than a long term mortgage. These factors, however, must be weighed against certain other considerations. The Chamber manager pointed out: "It is not wise for a family to divest itself of all its savings in order to make the maximum pos sible down payment. Many ex tras can and will arise, for which cash must be available. For ex ample, the purchaser of anew home may find that he wishes to acquire storm windows, electri cal appliances and additional landscaping. The purchaser of a second-hand home may have all the necessary screen doors, ap pliances and landscaping, but may soon be faced with repairs to heating and plumbing instal lations and the roof. Both pur chasers can expect certain costs to attend the closing of the trans action." The Chamber manager also cited the following important factors to keep in mind in select ing a home most suited to the family's needs: accessibility, taxes, land values, zoning pro tections, characteristics of the neighborhood, availability o f public services and public util ities, and schools. ' The chamber man also cited five important elements that are present in the value of a home: lot or piece of property, the ap pearance and architecture of the home, the layout and floor plan of the home, the structural fea tures which have been included, and mechanical installations. These items should all be care fully checked, and the homeown er should take any deficiencies into consideration when making his decision. The 'manager strongly recom mended that prospective home owners retain an attorney's serv ices in making, the transaction for the purchase of the home. He also encouraged residents of Jackson county to seek infor mation from 'the chamber of commerce on persons or firms with whom the prospective homeowner is not personally fa miliar. "As in all other fields, a small minority of promoters in the home building industry have perpetrated schemes on the pub lic. Homeowners and the reputa ble building industry will both profit when the homeowner in vestigates before investing in a new home." Youth Regulated On Farm Labor With school ' days about to start again, the U.S. Department of Labor cautions that boys and girls under 16 may 'not work on farms during school hours. "The Wage-Hour law has often been called 'A ceiling on hours, a floor on wages and a break for kids,'" said John R. Dille, regional director of the Wage-Hour division which en forces the law in the West. "Child-labor provisions ofthe law ensure that our youngsters are given a chance to get their schooling." Dille said the Labor Depart ment and other Government agencies were now actively pro moting a national campaign to urge boys and girls to STAY IN SCHOOL AND GRADUATE. "Part-time or summer jobs are usually a rewarding and char acter-building experience for our youth," he said, "but in the economy of today and to morrow, a high-school education is the minimum credential for success in almost any field." t There is one exception to the rule prohibiting children under 16 from working in agriculture during school hours, Dille said. That's when the farmer's child is working on his parent's farm. "And of course," Dille added, "children may lawfully work on farms before and after school hours, and on week ends and other days when school is out." To make sure a youngster is "of age to work," farmers should require that the boy or girl has an age certificate show ing they are old enough. for the job. These can generally be ob tained from local school of ficials. The child-labor restrictions apply to farmers who engage in produce in interstate commerce or to dealers in the same State who ship the produce in inter state commerce. v ' Listings Received For Feeder Auction Listings of feeder cattle to be sold in public auction sponsored by the Jackson County Stock man's association are being re ceived at county agent W. B. Tucker's office at the courthouse. Two feeder stock sales are scheduled, one Oct. 23 and one Dec. 3. So far, 218 head of cattle have been listed for sale the first date, and 82 for the December sale. This is the second annual feeder, cattle sale sponsored by the association, according to Tucker. Last year about 1,200 head were sold. Buyers come from northern California, eastern Oregon, Ida ho, this valley and other areas. Anyone owning feeder stock, calves or yearlings, may list stock for the auction. They must pay the 3 per cent sales charge for the-auctioneer, feeding fees.a and a $2.50 fee which entitles them to membership in the stockman's group. Merton Bradshaw, Lake Creek, is in charge of the sale this year. President of the stockman's as sociation is Charles Stanley, also of Lake Creek. Dead Line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m. for following day. except 10 a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon Saturday. Blackberry Bulletin Recently Published How to grow blackberries in Oregon from selection of a planting site through harvesting is outlined in a new bulletin published by the Oregon State college extension serivce. Choice of varieties, training of canes, and effects of the new growth regulators on yields and size of berries are a few of the topics in the 21-page bulletin, "Blackberry Growing in Ore gon.. Copies may be obtained from county extension offices or the OSC bulletin clerk, Cor vallis. This is a companion booklet to a . recent OSC bulletin, "Blackberry Growing," also available from county extension offices. Soil Study Set For Hill Farming Oregon State College A long range economic study of soil fer tility problems and forage crop production potential of Willam ette Valley hill soils has been started by Oregon State college under a cooperative agreement with the Tennessee Valley Au thority. TV A will contribute $33,500 toward the study during the next five years. Findings will help the college pinpoint the economics of fer tilizer recommendations for the hill soils and help lead to ex pansion of forage crop produc tion in western Oregon, soil sci entists point out. More and more hill soils will have to be and can profitably be utilized in the future for for age crop production as the popu lation continues to grow in the valley, they explained. Inade quate information on soil fer tility is one of the drawbacks at present. The need fdr lime, phos phorus, sulfur and boron on hill soils has been demonstrated. More facts are needed, however, on best rates of application of these and other nutrients from the standpoints of yields and dol lar return, taking fertilizer costs, crop prices and other factors into consideration. Alfalfa will be the test crop and trials will be conducted in cooperation with farmers in va rious locations. Soil samples will be moved into OSC greenhouses to help speed up screening work on soil deficiencies and fertilizer needs. Greenhouse experiments will be followed by field expert ments. Fundamental lab studies and relationships of yield to soil tests are aso planned. Soil tests will be made in the college's soil testing laboratory. Tte study will involve the com bined efforts of several research workers in soils and agricultural economics. Soils departmtment staff members are Moyle E. Har ward, Tom Jackson, Lawrence A. Alban, Ellis G. Knox, and David James. Roger G. Petersen, ex periment station statistician, will direct the mathematical analyses and William C Brown, agricul tural economist, will handle the cost-return phase of work. Work Increases In Modern medicines and disease treatment techniques are keep ing animal disease low in Ore gon, but they are also creating new problems and demands in diagnosing animals ills, accord ing to a report from the animal diagnostic laboratory at Oregon State college. Oregon farmers and veteri narians are asking for more thorough and detailed examina tions of diseased animals so that correct materials and methods can be used, says Dr. L. R. Vawter,' veterinarian in charge of the laboratory. One illustra tion of this, he said, is an in creased demand for mastitis ex aminations since . the disease now can be treated with anti biotics. - Howeyer, extensive use of antibiotics has apparently re sulted in the development of mastitis-causing microorganisms that are resistant to penicillin, streptomycin, or aureomycin, Vawter added. As a result, there is an increasing number of re quests at the laboratory for ex aminations that will determine which antibiotic will be . effec tive in a particular case. Recent development of blood test leptospirosis, a disease caus ing trouble in some herds in the state, also has kept the labora tory busy, Vawter reported. Dur ing the last five years, the labo ratory has received blood sam ples from every county of the state, checking nearly 27,000 cat tle in around 2,000 herds. Of these, only slightly more than 2Vi per cent gave a positive re action to ' the . test, the report said, indicating the disease ex ists in only scattered herds in Oregon at this time. The report also noted that most cases of tetanus found in lambs brought to the laboratory resulted from keeping lambs in dirty, old barns following elas tration, castration, or docking. Old barns that have been used to house horses or hogs are espe cially likely to carry tetanus in fection, Dr. Vawter pointed out Cooperation of the laboratory Program Continues n Spite Of Suit The' state will go ahead with the brucellosis control program as established by the 1957 legis lature pending outcome of the suit filed in Marion county cir cuit court August 23, according to Director Robert J. Steward of the state department of agri culture. Steward made this statement after a copy of the complaint was served upon Jbim Monday. The suit attacks the constitu tionality of the 1957 law which places the control of brucellosis (Bang's disease), tuberculosis and paratuberculosis in the hands of the state. Plaintiffs are the Wallowa County Stockmen's association and 32 cattlemen. "The courts will, of course, decide the merits of this case. But I want to assure the dairy people of Oregon and the great number of beef owners who Farmers Here On Bureau Groups Two Eagle Point farmers and one from Talent have been in vited to attend a meeting in Salem next week as members of the Oregon Farm Bureau Feder ation commodity advisory com mittees, it was announced today. Merton Bradshaw and Mau rice Davies, Eagle Point, and David Lowry, Talent are listed as members of committees which will consider means for improv ing marketing of agricultural products during a series of meet ings. Bradshaw is on the live stock committee, Davies on the field crops committee and Low ry on the committee for fruit and vegetables. The series of meetings starting with the livestock committee meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, the dairy meeting will meet Wednes day, Sept. 4, the field crops com mittee on Thursday, Sept. 5, the fruit and vegetable commit tee on Friday, Sept. 6, and the poultry committee on Monday, Sept. 9. The meetings are called for 9:30 a.m. on each of desig nated dates. Besides a study of marketing methods the committees will con sider promotion programs, pro duction problems, and agricul tural prices to develop recom mendations for action by the state and national Farm Bureau organizations. Each committee will also de velop a program for 1958. This will include activities of both state and county committees for each of the commodities. Chairmen of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation committees are: Tom McElroy, Vale, live stock; Frank Setniker, Hillsboro, dairy; Sidney Newton, Corvallis, field crops; Jim Jackson, Brooks, fruit and vegetable; and Cyril Chambers, Oregon City, poultry. Members of the committees represent the 12 Farm Bureau regions in Oregon. Selection of regional representajives to the state committee are made locally from County Farm Bureau com modity committee chairmen within each region. Diagnostic Lab At Oregon State in a long-term research project on anaplasmosis in cattle was also reported. This disease of cat tle destroys the red blood cells, Dr. Vawter said, and is becoming fairly serious in Oregon and across the nation. Animals that do survive the disease are able to transmit it to other cattle through insects, ticks, or instru ments used to dehorn or perform other operations on cattle. The agricultural experiment station research project, to be carried on cooperatively with the agricultural reseach service of USDA and other OSC agricul ture departments, will try to de termine how long animals which have recovered from the disease can transmit it to other cattle. How insect and tick numbers in the state affect the number of animals with the disease from CO Emm' vo aa9Sj 1 TRIANGLE'S 4 A are going along with the Bang's disease cleanup that we will continue the program until the court reaches its decision," Steward said. "Right now, we estimate the Bang's disease battle is 70 per cent won," he added. "The tax payers of Oregon, through their counties and through the state's general appropriations as well as federal funds spent here, have poured more than $2.3 mil lion into this program in the last five years. Our department does not intend to stand idly by and see this money .lost if we can avoid it. We believe we owe this to the health and welfare of our live stock industry as well as to the health and welfare of state citizens who without this pro gram would certainly not have the present protection from un dulant fever." Steward said that 14 counties are now certified as brucellosis free and that so far as the de partment knows, only two coun ties, as expressed through their livestock associations are un willing to go along with the con trol program. These two coun ties are in eastern Orogon. The 14 counties with modified certified brucellosis-free status now are Curry, Coos, Clatsop, Columbia, Doughlas, Josephine, Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Sherman, Tilamook, Umaptilla, Washington and Yamhill. Counties rapidly approaching certification are Lane, Linn, Lincoln, Clackamas, Polk, Bent on, Hood River, Baker and Des chutes. Counties near or over the half-way mark are Grant, Un ion, Wheeler, Jackson, and Mal heur. Klamath, Lakeview and Harney have indicated interest in going ahad with a cleanup program, and part of Wasco has been under -the program. Steward said all counties are now accredited under the tuber culosis program. On another front, Dr. A. G. Beagle, in cha; ge of federal vet erinarians in Oregon, today pointed out that the suit against the program jeopardizes federal money allocated to Oregon in the accelerated brucellosis con trol program. Dr. Beagle said that the fed eral government is unwilling to continue its co-operative brucel losis and tuberculosis control programs unless the state, rather than the counties, has di rect charge. "We did go along with Oregon for several years cn the old county basis only be cause it was evident the state was moving toward the new program, Dr. Beagle indicated. He said in his opinion all fed eral payments will stop if the 1957 program is discontinued. Currently, the federal govern ment is spending approximately $500,000 in Oregon in the stepped up brucellosis control program. This increased amount is provided to help the state reach its goal of statewide certification within the next two years. year to year also will be investi gated. The laboratory performs diag nostic services for livestock men and veterinarians over the state. A small fee is charged. However, the laboratory does not treat sick animals, Dr. Vawter empha sized, but merely determines what disease the animal has and then refers the case back to the local livestock man, veterinar ian, . or livestock-disease control authority for treatment or other handling. Dr. Vawter also cautioned livestock men against bringing sick animals to the laboratory without first consulting their local veterinarian. Hauling sick livestock any distance may spread the disease, he explained, and livestock brought into the laboratory cannot be returned to the owner but are destroyed. DmiliirilAii in ih UfaaLr uiUk wawwiiwai w iibrw itiiii Pullet Growing PROGRAM M !U . aVt Ti t; C.J A receiK field test on New Hampshire pullets, fed proeram of Triangle's Chick Starter, Developing Feed and 16 Egg Layer, produced this economy record: t 11 weeks feed east was 42c per bird, with only 1 mortality ' at 20 tteeks ibast birds were laying at 61 production. HERE'S PROOF that yon can have your flock at high production with very low mortality in record tune with Triangle's economy program of "famous formula" growing and laying feeds. Ask us tor your copy of Triangle's helpful Poultry man's Handbook. Advice Presented On Proper Seeding ROBERT W. SHERY Director Better Lawn & Turf Institute A prepared seedbed, tilled and fertilized, is essential for a cod lawn start. But a good seedbed will be in vain unless Quality seed is properly sown. It's not difficult to choose the right seed mixture, for most of the nation north of Atlanta and Albuqueque. Just read the fine print on the seed box, to make certain it predominates in the so-called basic grasses, bluegrass and its cohorts. On a percentage basis Kentucky bluegrass and the red fescue group should ac count for most of the mixture, perhaps with lesser quantities of bentgrass and little or no coarse "nursegrasses" the likes of rye grass. There are over two million bluegrass seeds to the pound. The problem is to distribute these uniformly, certainly not easy by hand methods. Well made seeder-spreaders can dis tribute as little as two pounds over an area 30' by 30'. Or hand-cranked whirlwind seed ers can help sow larger areas. When sowing must, be by hand uniform distribution at light rates becomes more difficult. Thee is no advantage in sow ing too heavily. More than about four pounds, to the 1000 square foot of a seed mixture with seeds mostly the size of Ken tucky bluegrass can crowd the grass to its detriment. For an inexperienced lawns man it might prove helpful to dilute the seed 50-50 with some inert, such as sand, screened soil, cornmeal or even fertiliz er. This gives greater bulk, that can be distributed half in one direction, the other half at right ' angles to assure against missed spots. - After sowing, application of a mulch will prove helpful. This is frequently clean straw, a few straws deep. Mulches keep seed and soil from washing, and help retain moisture after sprinkling. The combination of moisture with warmth, a combination fa vored in autumn, should get the new seeding off to a iast start. Beemen Plan Booths For This Year's Fair Rogue River Valley Beekeep ers assiciation will sponsor a bee and honey exhibit in the county booth at the state fair this year. Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Smith left Medford to set up the exhibit at the fair this week after ar rangements were worked out at a beekeepers meeting in the county agent's office Tuesday night. - Smith is to be in charge of the county booth. Fighters Holding Fire Near Coos Bay Coos Bay HP) Fire fightert fought today to hold a "four mile fire" within the 160 acres of forest already burned. Ivan Young, district warden, said that 35 men were at the scene of the fire with a tanker and the fire was reported trail ed with the men "holding their own" and the fire virtually un der control. Another fire, believed to have been started by a careless smok- er was reported Wednesday about 15 miles east of here. But the fire was brought under con trol before it could get much of a start. METAL WORKS NEW LOCATION 2287 WEST MAIN at Loiier Lone Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work PHONE SP 2-4440 SOU) tOCAUY IT BRILL MORTON Milling Co. Medford, Oregon
