FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, October 24, 1957
Feeder Sale Rated
Most Successful
By Stockmen Here
The fall feeder sale sponsored
by the Jackson County Stock
men's association was rated as a
big success Tuesday by local
cattlemen and Bill Bray, manager-owner
of Mid-Way Auction
yard.
Top price Tuesday was 25
cents a 100 pounds. Average
price for 200 top steers was 22.70
a 100 pounds. Average on 846
steers was 21. Total number sold
were 1,236 head. Price on 113
head of top heifers was 19.70.
Average price on all tne heiler3
419 head was 13.23 per 100
pounds. Last year's average on
the steers amounted to 17.25 and
the heifer average was 15.20, ac
cording to Bill Eray.
Compares Sales
Sales total at Mid-Way auction
yard was $133,639 which
amounts to S33.000 compared
with the sale total the previous
year. Last year's total cattle sold
was 1,277 compared to the 1,236
head sold Tuesday.
"Cattle being not as plentiful
this year and greatly improved
feed conditions aided the sale,"
Bray said. "Costs of feed and hay
are much lower. Also, current
rains are expected to produce
good grass in California where
most of the feeder stock will go."
Some of the cattle will be
shipped as far as Bakersfield,
Calif. One California buyer
bought as much as $27,000 worth
of stock. Approximately 61 con
signors participated in the sale
compared to 55 the previous
year.
Some local buyers bought
some calves which they will car
ry over the winter and turn back
next fall as yearlings, according
to W. B. Tucker, county exten
sion agent.
Another such sale is planned
for Dec. 3, Tucker said. This is
the third year for feeder stock
sales here.
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PARTY PLANNED
All 4-H teenagers who. are
interested in the Junior 4-H
council activities are invited to
a Hallowe'en party at the YMCA
Monday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m., an
nounced Glenn Klein, 4-H ex
tension agent. Lots of fun, games
and food will be provided by
the committees in charge, he
said.
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for processing photographic film
in one solution.
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By HIAWATHA ESTES
Glass and open planning make
this 122 square foot home seem
much larger than its dimensions.
In combination, the living
room and dining alcove extend
to a spacious 26 feet with a
broad stone fireplace that can
be enjoyed from both rooms.
Glass doors merge the partially
roofed patio with this entertain
ing and relaxing area. Other
doors open to the patio from
the bedroom hall and the den.
Twin pullman lavatories and
recessed fixtures are custom fea
tures of the family bath that
separates the bedrooms. A king
size line closet opens onto the
hall.
The bedrooms are exceptional
ly large, with generous ward
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POSING POLLED STEER Earle Jossy, Jackson county extension
agent, left and polled Hereford rancher Ralph Cook, Hillcrest and
Phoenix rd. look onas Cook's foreman Frank Hunt lines up a
steer for posing. Cook is considered the largest breeder of polled
Herefords in Rogue valley and is active in the polled Hereford
association.
I Polled Conference
Will Start Sunday
Over 500 people are expected
to attend the two-day meeting of
t the Western Polled Hereford
i conference in Medford Sunday
i and Monday, according to Lyle
1 S. Hoyt, representative of the
American Polled Hereford asso
' ciation. Everyone is invited, he
emphasized.
; Hoyt announced Wednesday
that Walter Holt, manager of the
Pacific International Livestock
exposition at Portland will be
one of the main speakers at Sun
day night's banquet in the new
National Guard Armory.
A.nother main speaker will be
D. W. Chittenden, APHA execu
tive secretary.
Registration will be held at
the Medford hotel and the Med
ford National Guard armory at
1 p.m.
Opening session is slated for
the armory at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Following the welcoming ad
Jress by local officials plans for
the conference will be outlined.
First Speech Scheduled
First speech is scheduled for
2:30 p.m. "Looking Into the
History of A Herd With A
Planned Breeding Program," by
F. L. Robinson, Robinson's
Polled Herefords, Kearney, Neb.
This will be followed by a
PLAN NO. 3S24
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robes and banks of high-set win
dows for cross ventilation.
The den. accessible to the
three-quarter bath, could serve
as a third bedroom or guest
room.
Built-in modern appliances
and an abundance of cupboards
will lighten housework for the
homemaker. The corner break
fast nook saves steps when quick
family meals are to be served.
A pantry, broom closet, over
head cabinet, washing machine
and laundry trays make max
imum use of space in the service
area. The second bath is also
accessible to the work area of
the home.
The water heater and forced
air unit are housed in a closet
that opens to the outside, where
they can be serviced easily.
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speech at 3 p.m., "Looking
Ahead Into A Planned Breeding
Program for Better Polled Here
fords With Lessons from Carna
tion's Dairy Breeding Program,"
by Russell Pfieffer. Carnation
Milk farm, Duvall, Wash.
Last speech of the afternoon
session will be by Freeland
Farnsworth, Acehi Polled Here
fords, Porterville, Calif., "How
Records Can Assist In A Breed
ing Program For Better Polied
Herefords." The session will ad
journ at 4 p.m.
The banquet starts at 7 p.m.
Sunday in the armory preceded
by a social hour. Toastmaster is
Allyson Smith of Pacific Stock
man, Redwood City, Calif. The
welcoming address will be given
by Mayor John Snider. The re
sponse will be given by Dick
Hibberd, Hibberds Hornless
Herefords, Imbler, Ore.
Monday's session will convene
at the Armory at 8:15 p.m. First
talk of the morning session will
be given by Kenneth Vaughan,
Elm Lane ranch, Fresno, Calif.,
"Tips on Feeding and Care of
the Cow Herd and Herd Bulls."
Other Talks .
Other talks include: "Tips on
Feeding Polled Herefords for
Sales," by Jim Roan, Ellensburg,
House Plan
The extensive use of stone
gives the exterior a rustic air.
A cedar shake roof tops the
board and batten and horizontal
siding. Colorful shutters frame
the windows and a latticed trel
lis design at the entry repeats
the diamond panes of the win
dows. The wide planter beneath
the kitchen and dining room
windows provides a spot for
bright bulbs or foliage plants.
Complete working drawings of the
above plan can be obtained at a cost
of S7.5U ior the first set and So for
each additional set. when ordered at
the same time. This plan wiU be
available for a period of four months
from this date. Please allow two
weeks for delivery. If the above
home does not entirely meet with
vour satisfaction, a new home plan
book TOWN and COUNTRY HOMES
mav be purchased for SI. Send all
orders for either plans or books to:
Hiawatha Estes. I'. O. Box 404-T,
Northridge, Calif.
By JOE COWLEY
Farm Editor
Current fall rains have troubled the apple growers in the
valley as well as the seed-crop men. County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, possibly the largest apple grower of the some half dozen
growers in the valley, was just beginning to make some progress
in cleaning out his 30 acres when the rains came again yesterday.
He said he's seriously considering opening his orchards to anyone
who wants to pick for themselves and charge 50 cents a box.
"That's about all the profit there is now," he said. "I have about
50 tons on the ground and have 180 to 190 tons left."
"Maybe you can convert the
sioner Chester Wendt advised. At any rate, they are eating plenty
of baked apples on the Keating ranch.
A promoter of the polled Herefords observed at the Mid-Way
Auction Tuesday the polled animals brought a substantially higher
price than comparable horned animals.
There doesn't seem to be quite the interest in the current soils
class now being conducted at Crater High school as in the farm
welding class also being held there. The latter is reported to be
filled with more wanting to take the course. Incidentally, Eagle
Point High school is starting a course in farm accounting and in
come tax accounting. Since the farmer these days turns over as
much paper as he does ground, 'those two courses should prove
valuable.
Henry Conger and sons were some of the few lucky seed-raisers
this year. They got their seed crop under the roof the day before
it began to rain. They are now plowing and sowing a little fall
grain.
Ward Spatz, Medford, and member of the state board of agri
culture has been doing a little sampling of farmer opinion on the
beef commission in Jackson and Josephine counties . . . Going over
big, he says . . . "Since the cattle-owners are so scattered through
out the state there may be some trouble in getting it organized,
he remarked. Present voting system is too cumbersome . . . The
recent Gold Hil meeting consisted mainly of representatives of
various groups interested in the beef commission idea . . .
Current pear market is considered pretty good with average
price bringing S4.25 a box f.o.b. . . . only weak thing is the
cannery deal, a pear-raiser remarked. This year's cannery prices
are bringing $60 a ton compared to $90 a ton last year . . . Due to
too big a hold over . . .Also, too many peaches were canned last
year. The big price cut on these also hurt the canned pears . . .
A local apple-grower is reported to have received $50 a ton for
his orchard-run apples delivered at Sacramento . . . Thing about
apples, a pear-grower remarked, is you can pick 'em and forget
'em . . . A local apple-grower thought the cider business might be
his salvation one year . . . However, by the time he cleaned up
after the operation, he discovered he barely broke even.
A letter was received recently by Ward Spatz from County
Horticultural Agent Cliff Cordy, now in Boston attending a na
tional convention of county agents. After a tour of the fruit sec
tions which emphasized gas storage, he remarked, "I am glad we
grow pears and not apples. These fellows are getting progressive
and can sell their culls as well as their good apples. However,
there are still lots and lots of backward growers."
"It was interesting to watch the reactions of the agents from
different areas to the thoughts of the different speakers, such' as
the South's lack of enthusiasm for Benson contrasted to the other
wise general enthusiasm," Cordy continues.
"We were hard at it from 7 a.m. till midnight and no one
seemed to take time out to eat. Bet I lost five pounds," Cordy re
marked. Speakers the agents heard included Governor Furculo,
Senator Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Benson, the president
of the University of Massachusetts and the president of the Farm
Bureau.
All interested farmers are definitely Invited to the Western
Polled Hereford Breeders Conference scheduld for Medford Sun
day and Monday, Lyle S. Hoyt, of the American Polled Hereford
association, reminded. Some farmers apparently have thought
that this is restricted to breeders of polled Herefords . . . Latest
speaker to be added to the two-day convention agenda is Walter
Holt, manager of the Pacific International Exposition in Portland.
He is scheduled to talk during the banquet Sunday night in the
new National Guard armory. His topic will be how exhibitors can
benefit from showing their livestock.
Comparatively low price of hay and feed grains is attributed
in part to the success of the feeder sale held at the Mid-Way auc
tion yards Tuesday. Another help was the considerably improved
feed conditions in California. Current rains are expected to pro
duce "real good grass" for Tuesday's California buyer.
The beef market is considered just a little under pressure right
now, according to those in the cattle business. Fat cattle are off
a little.
Wash.; "How Production Testing
Works In Our Polled Hereford
Herd," by Otho Grimes, Ogee
chee farms, Fairland, Okla.; "A
Profitable Plan for Selling
Polled Herefords," by Joe
O'Bryan, O'Bryan ranch, Hiatt
ville, Kans.; "Some Tips From
Behind The Nations Top Polled
Hereford Sales," M. F. Moore,
Circle M. Ranch, Senatobia,
Miss.; "Some Practical Sugges
tions on Advertising Your Polled
Herefords," Sherm Guttridge,
Western Livestock Journal; Bob
McKellar, Pacific Stockman; and
Chuck Eggleston, Polled Here
ford World.
The afternoon session will
convene at the judging pavilion
at the county fair grounds, to
view some local polled Here
fords. At 1:30 p.m. a panel discussion
will start. Subjects and speakers
include: Breeding F. L. Robin
son, Russell Pfiefer, Freeland
Farnsworth; feeding Kenneth
Vaughan, Jim Roan; testing
Otho Grimes; selling Joe
O'Bryan and M. P. Moore. Cattle
demonstrations will follow at
2:30 p.m. A summary of the con
ference will be given at 3:45
p.m. The two-day conference
adjourns at 4 p.m.
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Five Youths Return
From Kansas City
Three Crater high school vo
cational agriculture students and
two students from Eagle Point
high school have returned from
the national convention of Fu
ture Farmers of America at
Kansas City, Mo., it was report
ed today.
Those who returned Sunday
were Dave Mack, Bob Lichti and
Lyle Bigham, all of Crater high
school FFA chapter and Bill
Bradshaw and Howard Wilde,
both of the Eagle Point FFA
chapter.
All of the delegates were se
lected by the vote of their re
spective chapter members, chap
ter advisors said.
At the convention they par
ticipated in numerous activities
including committee work with
national officers and election of
officers for next year. Other ac
tivities include public speaking,
talent night and sight-seeing.
A LOT OF WEATHER
Hadley, Mass. OP! The
weathervane atop the spire of
the First Congregational church
was imported from England
more than 200 years ago.
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TO TAKE TRIP These three Jackson county
4-H club members will leave Portland by train
Thanksgiving day for the national 4-H con
gress in Chicago. From left: Cathie Carroll,
18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Carroll,
Eagle Point; Carolyn Tiegs, 16, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Tiegs, Talent; and Joan
Three Jackson County 4-H
club members were named win
ners of trips to National 4-H
club Congress in Chicago at the
recent judging in Corvallis.
Joan Dobrot, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Dobrot, Central
Point; Catherine Carroll, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Car
roll, Eagle Point; and Carolyn
Tiegs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. S. Tiegs, Talent, all have been
awarded trips to participate in
the activities held annually at
the Conrad Hilton hotel in Chi
cago in November.
In addition, Carl Skyrman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Skyt
man, Central Point, was picked
to represent Oregon in the
Homelite forestry scholarship
competition and Bernard Joy,
former 4-H club member of
Jackson County from Ashland
now working with the United
States Department of Agricul
ture in Washington, D.C., was
selected as the state winner in
alumnae recognition. Records of
the last two are to be judged
in Chicago with the possibility
of them also winning a trip to
Club Congress.
Completes Eight Years
Miss Dobrot has completed
eight years of club work and
she was selected for her out
standing work in bread demon
stration and her over-all home-
4-H Achievement
Awards Presented
Fifteen 4-H members were pre
sented achievement awards dur
ing the Shady Cove-Elk Trail
program held in conjunction
with the Shady Cove Grange
booster night.
The fifteen who received the
awards in Shady Cove school
Saturday night were: Velma
Peile, ninth year; Robert Peile,
seventh year; Ira Conner, fifth
year and John Cox, third year.
First year award winners
were: Linda Naumann, Earl
Naumann, Cheryl Miller, Leon
ard Hansen, Margaret Hansen,
Lois Rogers, Lloyd Walkup,
Carol Ann Hale, Cecilia Kee,
Linda Fay Paulson, and Dianne
Stelle.
J. W. Bigham, fair board chair
man and long-time 4-H club
leader, gave an inspirational talk
to Grange and 4-H members and
parents. Gene McCurley, agri
cultural field representative of
the Medford Branch of the First
National bank of Portland, pre
sented the pins and awards to
the 4-H'ers.
Cecil Kee, Grange master,
served as host to the 4-H clubs,
parents and leaders during the
program. A pot-luck dinner was
served by the Grangers.
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economics program. Her top
achievement was becoming this
year's champion home econom
ics demonstrator at the recent
state fair. This, along with a
Stock Districts
Determined For
Five Counties
The first five orders under the
new livestock district law have
been issued by the state depart
ment of agriculture, it was re
ported.
The legislation makes the de
partment headquarters at Salem
the depository for official orders
and descriptions of every live
stock district in the state.
The new law directed the de
partment to make specific de
terminations in four counties
These are covered in the first
four official orders:
Hood River all the county
except for federal land is a live
stock district.
Umatilla no livestock district
exists.
Wasco all public roads and
an area irr the northwest section
of the county are livestock dis
tricts.
Multnomah all the county is
a livestock district.
Also, the department has de
termined that no livestock dis
tricts exist in Polk county. How
ever," in the county the depart
ment says, for informational pur
poses, that the part of the Salm
on River highway, State High
way No. 39, from Valley Junc
tion, in Polk county, to a con
nection with the Oregon Coast
highway at or near Otis in Lin
coln county, is an area establish
ed by Oregon law as livestock
district.
Livestock districts are created
areas in which cattle, horses,
mules, asses, sheep, goats and
swine cannot legally run at
large.
Hearings will be held in other
counties to establish what dis
tricts exist and the boundaries.
Chest B. Leichty, Salem, will
carry out the field work and con
duct the hearings. In addition,
the department will study state
laws, county records and other
evidence bearing on exisiting
districts. The deadline set for
these determinations is Aug. 20,
1958.
INDIANA BANANAS
Hammond, Ind. OPI Chester
Ciastko has been growing ba
nanas here for three years. He
has three large trees, six smalli
ones, and a dozen ready to plant
for next year. One tree is 18 feet
tall and has 16 bunches of ba
nanas under its leaves.
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MASH OR PEWT FORM
Dobrot, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius'
Dobrot, Central Point. They are among 22
state winners of trips to Chicago. Selection
was based on project work and activities,
4-H leadership exhibited and gains made in
personal development.
rs of
well rounded program, won her
the trip to Chicago..
Miss Carroll has completed 10
years as an outstanding club
member in home-economics and
was awarded her trip on food
preparation achievement. High
light of her career was winning
the champion dollar dinner con
test at the 1957 state fair.
Miss Tiegs has carried a var
iety of projects with major em
phasis on poultry. She has com
pleted a six-year record that
was the top in the state among
4-Hers. She also has handled
approximately 650 chickens this
year as her major enterprise in
4-H club work. She was named
grand champion showman at the
County Fair and has had the
outstanding poultry exhibit on
several occasions at the county
fair.
These 4-Hers will join 19 oth
er club members from the state
the last part of November .for
their trip to Chicago.
Selection Explained
Selection of the winners was
based on project work arid ac
tivities, 4-H leadership exhibited
and gains made in personal de
velopment during the years serv
ed in club work.
To be eligible for trips, club
members had to be between 14
and 21 years of age, have com
pleted at least three years of
4-H club work, be picked as
county award winner, and sub
mit a record book of their ac
complishments for statewide
competition.
The Oregon delegation will
leave Portland by train, Thanks
giving day, Nov. 28, for Chica
go. Accompanying them will be
Cal Monroe and Winnifred Gil
len, state 4-H extension agents;
Miss Jane Gates, Douglas coun
ty extension agent; and Scott
Clevenger, Lincoln county agent.
Achievement Night
Slated For Talent
Achievement night for the
Talent 4-H club will be held
Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Talent
city hall, it was announced to
day. Pins and cards as awards for
work in 4-H activities and pro
grams will be presented by Gene
McCurley, agricultural field
man for the Medford branch
of the First National Bank of
Portland.
Glenn Klein, 4-H extension
agent, will lead a discussion of
4-H programs and activities.
The meeting will start with a
potluck supper. All members of
the Talent 4-H club, their fam
ilies, and those interested in
joining are invited to come.
Each guest is asked to bring his
own table-service. Coffee, and a
soft drink will be furnished.
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