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o o G O o o EIGHT-BEDFORD (CfcEGOff) AnnyiJ AP Meet Set for Yonight The annual meeting to seftct conservation practices for the Cl958 Agricultural Conservation program for Jackson county will be held at 8 p.m. today in the Jackson county; extension of O fice, according to Harold Martin, manager j the Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation of fice here. The meeting vrijl include rep resentatives of the Soil Conser vation Service, U. S. Forest Service, members of the soil con servation district board, ASC community committeemen tnd (7) Qnembers of th ASC county com w mittast! !'. B. Tucker.county ex tension agent, will attend as an (fX-officio member of the ASC county committee, Martin said. Conservation practices will be (selected from the national and statf Agricultural Conservation program booklets on the basis of what gttj do the most good for the county, the ASC man ex plained. Martin added that an election of ASC community committee men for 1958 will be held by mail from Nov. 15 to Nov. 26, 1957. Listed below fre thfi nominees for the community .committees and the delegates to the county convention, ""o Applegate Community Election Board. Ed Ramsey. Chairman. Rt. 1. Box 45. Jacksonville. Oregon, sub mitted the following list: 1. George Brown 2. Clarence Buck 3. Morris Byrne 4. James F. Corson 5. Edward H. Fossen 6. John Homer 7. W. H. R. NostranA, 8. Lance OffenbacheJ 9. Rolland Smith 10. Fred West. Ashland Community E 1 e a t i o n Board: R. R. Hein. Chairman, Rt. 1. Box 499. Ashland, Oregon, submit ted the following list: 1. Walter Cullop 2. Joe Dugsn 3. Martin Farnham 4. Don E. Grimes 5. Delbert Johnson 6. Jewell Lowe 7. Don Nichols . 8. D. A. Peterson 9. J. L. Taylor 10. Z. A. Zemerley Central Point Community Election Board: Bert Caster. Chairman. Rt. 1. Box 589B. Central Point. Oregon, submitted the following list: 1. Edwin Gebhard 2. Scott Hamilton 3. Lloyd Hammond ' 4. A. T. Lathrop 8. Ernie Lathrop i$4 W. H. Peninger T. Dixon Saltsgaver 8. Rick Savage 9. Norman Smith 10. Ray Vogel Eagle Point Community Election Board; W. E. Davies, Chairman. Rt. 1. Box 82, Eagle Point, Oregon, sub mitter the following list: 1. Merton Bradshaw 2. Victor Gardener 3. William Hubbard 4. Herman Huebner 5. George Jess 6. John Ousterhout Charles Stanley Roy Vaughn Bob W!ih ' 10. Dale Young Jacksonville - Medford Community Election Board: Mrs. Olin Poe. Chair man. 5127 S. Pac. Highway. Medford. This Week's Eft It fits a fairly narrow lot this 1317 square foot home yet it gives you an exceptional amount of happily livable space. After the fashion of early American Inns, the kitchen has been enlarged to a "keeping room" more open than the fami ly room. This is the gathering (-'place for family and friends, brightened by a bank of dia-mond-paned windows and made hospitable by a stone barecue fireplace. Work saving built-in appli ances, plenty of cupboards and a well lighted corner sink in crease the efficiency of the kit chen area. Out of sight in tha service area are the home laun dry appliances, with overhead cupboards. A broom closet offers additional storage. The covered entry at the serv ice area is actually a part of the partially roofed patio, where outdoor refreshments can be served only a few steps from the kitchen. A glass wall across the living room opens to the patio for warm - weather relaxation, or serves as a broad picture win dows in colder seasons. Back-to-back with the keeping room bar becue is the log-burning fire place of the living room. Orening directly off the liv ing room is the master bedroom sv -.lkc, with spacious ' dressing :Q:.i a::d three - quarter bath. ' 3 s .ort hall to the children's rc j 1 crclion can be closed to t c : t.3 home for early f...l:.. Ail bsdrocms are " "r-iiy th - - i--::.t:.:oii- AIL TRIBUNE Oregon, submitted the following list: 1. - Fav Carver 2. Archie Ferns 3. John W. Greene 4. Oscar Gysin 5. Lloyd Hamlin 6. Mervin Hixon 7. Charles Hockersmith 8 Claude Hutton 9. Melvin Lattie 10. Ralph Swingle Rogue River Community Election Board: Ed Martin. Chairman, Rt. 1, Box 397. Gold Hill, Oregon, submit ted the following list: 1. Glenn Birdseye 2. Tom Boone 3. Glenn Chase 4. Carl O. Christensen 5. Ken Damon , 6. D. Estremado 7. H. T. Frost 8. S C. Hitson 9. Walter Kasworm 10. Charles E. White Sams Valley Community Election Board. Elwood Abbott. Chairman, Rt. 2. Box 575. Central Point. Ore gon, submitted the following list: 1. Burle Burreson 2. R. E. Carley 3. C. W. Duggan 4. Fred Konschot 5. C. W. McDonough 6. R. E. Nealon 7. Earl Peffley 8. E. E. Robinson 9. Ray Ryan 10. Albert Straus Petitions signed by ten or more eligible voters favoring nominations of additional persons will be re ceived by the above community elec tion board chairman at any time be fore Nov. 12. 1957. and will be in cluded in slate of nominees if found willing to serve and eligible under the regulations of the secretary of agriculture. High Tribute Paid 4-H Club Leaders The Siskiyou 4-H clubi paid special tribute to Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols and Don Nich ols at their recent achievement program held in conjunction with the Bellview Grange booster night in Ashjand. They were presented two en graved plaques for "merito rious service" by Vic Stewart, community chairman. Emmett Whitham, of the Ashland branch of the First Na tional Bank of Portland pre sented achievement pins to the club members for their project work. Those receiving pins were Annett Drager and Robert Ros enbaum, seventh year; Nelda Chapman, sixth year; Joan Dra ger, fifth year; Charlene Peter son, Joyce Kerr, Connie Fe hige ,Bill Herniein, Leon Small and Betty Kerr, fourth year; Edith Williamson, Anne Carter, Nancy Lusk, Ken Stewart, Steve Stewart, Patricia- Gil lette, Faye Chapman and Cyn thia Holtgrave, third year; Karen Felter, second year; Clif ford Bradshaw, Steve Chap man, Kathy Herniein, John Lybrand, Joyce Gunther, Gor don Loegel, Jim Waddell, San dra Waddell, Lynn Merriman, Janis Torrey, and Kathleen Goddard, first year. I Town, Country ed. An exceptionally large linen closet, the forced air heater and the water heater open onto the bedroom hallway. The guest closet is conveniently located in the entry hall. Rafters . extend from the shingled roof to make an egg crate lattice over the stone planter at the kitchen window. Vertical and horizontal siding n um-itm ;j tltlljrT i I L brl i 2 j ,, Xr y to.iz V PLAN Na 3513 : 1317 SQ.FT. grj It Thursday, November 7, 1957 Soil Conservation Will Be Featured At State Meeting Corvallis Delegates from 55 soil conservation districts in 31 Oregon counties will meet Nov. 21 and 22 at Tillamook" for the annual convention of the Oregon Association of Soil Con servation Districts. Soil, water, forests, and wild life conservation will be dis cussed by farmers and profes sional conservationists from dis tricts that now embrace 80 per cent of Oregon's farm acreage, reports association president Ralph Wilson, Salem farmer. Leaders in agriculture, indus try, and education are among main speakers for the OASCD meet that this year features a statewide speaking contest for high school students and a soil judging contest for district sup ervisors. Dr. Strand To Speak Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, will ad dress the Nov. 21 evening ban quet. Luncheon speakers are Mrs. Armas Jakku, Hood River, president of the Oregon Home Economics Extension council; and H. S. Dixon, general man ager of the Tillamook County Creamery association. Mrs. Jakku has visited Europe and Asia during the past year. Last summer, she was an official delegate to the triennial meet ing of the Associated Country Women of the World at Ceylon. Dixon will speak on the role of advertising in agriculture, an approach to marketing farm goods that has gained momentum in Oregon with formation of commodity commissions. Other key speakers are Don Fredericksen, Gooding, Ida., vice president of the national associa tion of soil conservation dis tricts, who will speak on legis lation and policy activities of the association; and Robert Mc Clelland, Duncan, Okla., pro gram adviser for the national as sociation. Final found for the first OASCD statewide speaking con test for high school students is scheduled Nov. 21. Contestants will discuss water conservation. Antelope 4-H Club, To Meet Saturday Plans were made to attend the 4-H dtmonstration day Nov. 23 at the Jackson county court house, during the meeting of the Antelope sewing club Saturday at Paulette Anderson's home at Eagle Point. As part of the meeting pro gram, JoAnna" Malloroy gave a demonstration on "Let's Make Collars Easy." The next meeting will consist of a workshop at Karen Jossy's home this Satur day. House Plan are combined for design effect. Complete working drawings of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of $7.50 for the first set and $5 for each additional set, when ordered at the same time. This plan will 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 your satisfaction, a new home plan book, TOWN and COUNTRY HOMES may be purchased for $1. Send all orders for either plans or books to: Hiawatha Estes. P.O. Box 404-1, Xortnridge, Calif. i -OMIT CHAT By JOE COWLEY Farm Editor During a drive in the country last Sunday wee-noticed many signs of fall bright colored leaves on the roadside trees, crisp autumn air and some fall farm activity. A part of this activity was brought forcefully to my attention when a flood of Herefords suddenly came into view blocking the road. This was near the Klamath junction. The beef animals flooded the road making small islands of the few cars which happened to be on the highway at that time. Floyd Gilmore, who appeared to be supervising the operation, told me there were 250 head being brought down out of the hills and into the valley for the winter for owner Jim Stewart. The crack of whips and the swift maneuvering of the cow-ponies produced all the atmosphere of an old-fashioned trail drive. Speaking of beef, Ward Spatz, state board of agriculture representative from Medford, said yesterday approximately 75 per cent of the beef and dairymen are for the proposed state beef commission, according to what state department of agriculture officials told him. Spatz returned the first of the week from the board meeting. Although news stories on the meeting at The Dalles gave adverse reports on reception of the proposal there, Spatz said this is only a vocal minority. It seems beef men of eastern Oregon want to maintain their own independent course of action. It seems to reflect some bitterness over price-supported feed grains. We used to live in that area we know. Spatz also said the fryer commission proposal is "still a very live duck!" As can be seen by reading the recent release from Salem which appears elsewhere in the paper, the fryer people are going ahead with it. Big obstacle seems to have been the scattered membership of that group, Spatz explained. As explained in another news story today; the voting procedure is up for change which may make it easier. The pear business seems to be the top bright spot in the cur rent market reports, according to what Spatz heard in Salem. Wheat is up there, too, ranking second to pears in the price pic ture. Wheat growers had a bountiful crop this year and a lot of it is being shipped out. Spatz observed three ships loading with wheat. ' The hay picture looks pretty sick, Spatz reported, according to what he heard. Use of alfalfa in feed pellets might be the solution after all, as suggested by Charlie Hoover. Good operators are making money in beef, but there are a lot of the other kind which aren't, Spatz reported. A national farm magazine predicted that feeder cattle prices would move up. The same authority also boosted use of feeders on wheat pasture. This authority predicted slowly rising prices through the winter due to cattle being on short supply. State egg grading is being lot of eggs are being shipped receive inspection and compete who are keeping their grades from Salem. Henry Conger reported he isn't doing much farming now. His fall grain is all planted. Sheep are now on pasture at his place on Ross rd. This is the sudan grass stuble. Conger also reported that he has about 15,000 pounds of sudan grass seed in his granary now waiting for the Grants Pass Seed Co-Op to take it and certify it. Conger added that he has a '"cat" doing some road work on his subdivision east of Medford. He's sure the county court won't accept the subdivision ordinance. It would absolutely spoil property sales, Conger insisted. Tried to get some tips on winterizing farm equipment but was informed by one farmer that the "old saw" still applies. The farmer who was so busy shining up his buggy and slicking down his team never had time for anything else, we were reminded. Another told us that many people take their equipment to the ag shop at Crater high school to have it fixed. The state department of agriculture is still working on the British Columbia refusal to accept unsprayed fruit. It doesn't look as if that ruling will be changed at all this year, Spatz said. However, state department of agriculture officials think the Canadian ruling may be changed not long after that. Wallace Rice of the Josephine Growers co-operative at Grants Pass, reported that the poor harvest weather spoiled quite a bit of Talent alfalfa seed. He says he doesn't know how much seed he will have to ship to Greece per annual agreement with that country. Could use 60 metric tons, he said. Rice hopes now to deliver 60 to 65 per cent of that order. All of the Talent alfalfa seed comes from Jackson county farmers, Rice said. Main producing areas are Sam's Valley, and the Central Point-Jacksonville district. The agreement runs on a year, to year basis. It was started about five years ago. Through the Marshall plan, Talent alfalfa seed was sent to Greece. Farmers there liked its adaptability to their climate and land so started ordering it from this country. As a footnote the pear people inform us that pear con sumption is greatest in areas with a high percentage of first and second generation Americans who bring their-love of fresh fruit from other lands. The annual meeting of the Oregon Farm Bureau is scheduled for today, tomorrow and Saturday in Eugene. Dr. Von T. Ells worth, director of research, California Farm Bureau federation, will speak at the Friday morning session on "Zoning and Taxa tion of Agricultural Lands." Brig. Gen. Louis H. Foote, north pacific division engineer, will speak on "Water Resource Develop ment of the Columbia River Basin," during the Friday session, also. Scale Buyers Told To Salem "In purchasing a scale for commercial use, never buy unless it is guaranteed to pass state inspection," warned Walter B. Steele, deputy state sealer in charge- of weights and measures for the state depart ment of agriculture. He urged buyers to contaqt the weights and measures division of the de partment or their county agent before making a purchase to find out if the scale will pass state inspection. Steele's statement was promt ed by a weights and measures in spector's report that he had been approached several times recent ly regarding the advisability of purchasing used scales. Oregon law requires a license for all scales used for commer cial purposes. These scales must be tested annually, using various combinations of known weights. Testing and licensing is done by the division of weights and measures, state department of agriculture. Scales that meet le gal requirements are given a MID METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Capper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 recommended, Spatz reported. A in from Minnesota which do not directly with state egg producers up, according to complaints heard Get Guarantee round "approved" seal. Those that do not meet requirements are tagged with a red "condemn ed for repair" tag. This tag can not be removed until repairs are made, and must be signed by the repairman and returned to the department of agriculture. Legal tolerance for heavy-duty scales is only one pound per thousand when new or recently repaired, and two pounds per thousand for scales that have been in use 90 days or more. BOOKIES Boston (IP) Under a new Massachusetts law, bookies con victed of registering bets for the second time in five years face a mandatory jail sentence of three months to one year. BARGAIN GRADE 2x4.-8' $12.50 Per M' CHENEY STUD MILL CENTRAL Form qmc3 Qairdepii Lambs Will For Pear C Approxicately a year has pas sed since Charlie Hoover started using pear culls as part of his hog feed ration on part of his 3 thousand acre ranch at Camp White. He's more convinced than ever that pear culls can ve utilized as a vital part of hog feed and plans to use lambs on it, too. By the end' of 1957 he ex pects to have turned out a thou sand head of hogs all of them chunky with good sweet lean meat. He is now raising 500 head of feeder pigs on 40 acres of his ranch. Their ration has been held at iVi pounds of grain a day each compared to the 2Vfe pounds of grain a day fed when the experiment first start ed. And it's not perfected yet, he said. For his winter hog feed he uses pellets obtained in Klamath Falls. The pellets look like min iature Presto-Logs and contain barley, molasses, some meat meal, 10 to 15 per cent alfalfa an aureomycin. During the feeding operation the pear culls are dumped in a big pile in the center of one of the large concrete runways for merly used by the government at the ex-military base. Special hyster adapted by Hoover's son, Claude, scoops the pears from the storage place to the hogs. Feeding time at.' the Hoover ranch . sounds and , looks like, something which might occur in a game preserve. Charlie or one of his two sons,, Claude or Bud, drives the large farm truck down a concrete strip yelling and honking the horn. Hund reds of huge porkers come run ning from all directions. Some body stands in the back of the truck and slits the ends of the pellet bags as they hang over the tail gate. Pellets pour out in a steady stream as the two farm dogs, Kip and Lady small border collie and McCab shepherd capably bunch the hogs up. After the pavement is lick ed clean the hogs start to work on the heaped up pear culls, which resemble small chunks of bark. Then they move on to the third course of the three-course meal the pasture. This consists of winter blue grass, alta fescue, lotus,- ladina, clover, sub-clover and hop clover. This particular mixture was chosen on the advice of pasture specialists and adapted to the re clamation of the once arid land. During the summer the hogs are pastured 14 to 15 to an acre. Saves On Feed Costs Through this revolutionary method Charlie estimates he saves about a half to two-thirds of his feed cost. Two other ad vantages are that he can feed as high as a thousand hogs in 15 minutes with only one helper, and the smaller pigs can scoot in and get their share on the broad concrete strip. A few hogs have been run over but very few Hoover emphasizes. Hoover estimates that pound for pound his dried pear culls are the equivalent to barley in nutritional value. He also fig ures that it would take a thou sand'acres of barley to produce what food he now has stored in culled pears. He plans to follow up the ex periment by using lambs and beef animals on the ration too. The large number of birds which swoop down to peck at the dried fruit indicate some day it might be used for a bird feed. There are no limits to its use in feed, Hoover insists. Fat phea sants and other game birds are among those who find the dried pears enticing food. Although Hoover claims to have never fired a gun against- the birds in 50 years, he does allow some hunters on his land by special permission. The whole scheme started at a time when there was a short age of feed in the valley, Hoover explained. He had worked in orchards and at packing houses and through his close associa tion with the Southern Oregon Experiment station and exten sion service 'he was constantly experimenting. He found the packing houses were only too glad to have him haul their cull fruit away. It usually cost them $5 to $10 a POINT 31 Q Next ull Trial ton to have it disposed of. Hoover's neighbors cooperated by lending trucks as the pack ing houses poured out their culls. "When we first started all the , animals and birds on the place which ate the culls got drunk," Hoover laughed. "We sliced them before spreading them out on the concrete to dry and tried everything. Then we decided every ounce of juice had tc be Crushed out of them. We dumped them on the con crete then ran over them with the trucks several times. They were kept turned over by drag mg a windrower hitched to a tractor through them. " That seems to be the ticket." Hoover estimates that this summer he and his crew dried 5,000 tons of pears, averaging 200 tons a day spread for 2V2 miles along the concrete strips. Later this year, Hoover said, he plans to try the new type of feed on a thousand lambs as an experiment. He is now feed ing three thousand lambs' at Klamath Falls. , The Rogue valley now brings in most of the pork consumed here, Hoover said. By using this new system ol feeding he thinks more hogs can be raised to meet the consumer demand in this area. He hopes to sell his hogs to "special trade," accord ing to present plans. "The future of the valley lies in agriculture," Hoover insists. "The pear industry has shown ,the way by adopting modern methods of processing and promotion." Proper Storage Outlined For All Garden Products Proper storage of garden pro ducts will prolong their supply for table use through most of the winter, according to Dofi Berry, county horticulture agent. . While different vegetables re quire different temperatures and humidities, for best storage they can all be stored together with fair results providing proper storage conditions are used. The storage room must be dry and the temperature should be kept above freezing. Good ventilation will supply proper humidity. If vegetables become- frozen they should not be handled until com pletely thawed. Root crops such as carrots, beets, turnips and parsnips can be stored in the ground all win ter providing drainage is good. Cut the tops off and mound dirt over the rows for additional pro tection. If dug, these crops may be stored in boxes or barrels covered with slightly moist sand. Dig Onions ; Onions should be dug, crated and left in the field a week or two to cure. As soon as the tops are well dried they can be stor ed in mesh bags or bins at above freezing temperatures. Potatoes should be started off in storage with a few days of 60 to 65 degrees temperature, to permit drying and callousing of mechanical injuries, then storage temperatures of 34 to 38 degrees if possible are best. The storage room should be dark with good aeration and a fairly high hu midity. Cabbage heads are protected from earlv freeze damaee by1 heavy outer leaves. Cabbage and winter broccoli can be left -in the field and will not be injur-' The CLEANEST Rock and Sand Makes the STRONGEST CONCRETE And We Hflye Both! READY LUX bv BEST BY New Trends Slated For Big Discussion By State Stockmen Corvallis New trends in livestock production and mar keting that are revolutionizing the industry in some parts of the nation are slated for critical re view at the Western Oregon Livestock association's annual meeting, Nov. 13 to 15, at Rose burg. G. Burton Wood, Oregon State college agricultural economics department head, will examine "contract farming" in the indus try whereby certain phases of production, normally feeding animals to market grade, ar jobbed to specialized operators. Another main speaker at the general "assembly, Nov. 14, will be Robert Steward, director of the state department of agricul ture, who will report results of beef commission hearings under way throughout Oregon this fall. Harold Schultz, head of OSC's food and dairy technology de partment, will tell how new meat products can help the livestock industry. Lamb promotion, acti vities of the National Sheep Pro ducers Council are scheduled for review by Dorothy Sherrill, OSC consumer education specialist. Other second - day highlights include a panel discussion on production testing of livestock and reports by presidents of major livestock associations fli Oregon. The 22nd annual meeting at the Umpqua hotel gets under way with special committee ses sions the afternoon of Nov. 13 and closes with election of offi cers and committee reports the morning of Nov. 15. ed unless temperature falls be low 10 degrees F. They may be picked and stored at temps above freezing. Squash and pumpkins should be picked before any heavy frosts occur and stored in a dry, warm place. Near the furnace or in the attic may be ideal stor age places. FISHING . . . for a Place to Borrow Money? O Borrow the American Way . . . LOANS $25 to $1,500 Auto Salary Furniture American Finance Corp. Phone SPring 2-8886 123 W. 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