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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
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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
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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.
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-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
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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.
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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
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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-'
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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.
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