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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1957)
n d o GO fleMs Scheduled Tirf covlstarinj -H club mei.tjcrsd ftfont conomics will reciP CfHjij medalF for their wong gVFiffg the past five fo 10 years :& ,-H club work, cording to Glcfln Kain, Jcton county 4-H exr.ion lcnt. Catherir. Carroll, ffaufhtep of Mr. an Mr. Kermit Carroll, Eagle Point, ni Dona Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mra. I. L. Brown of A jplt g ate, will receive the girls' hom economies medals presented ft Montgomery Ward, j and Coifan totttieir all-around prograttvs in come economiea. Evelyti Neidermeyet. daughter of Mr. M. N. Neidermeyer, of Meitetl. fcas been awarded a county medal in canning by the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Cor poration. Catherine lias completed 10 years in 4-H and was recently name! aa 9t4. winner in the na tional awrde program and was Qwardefl a trip to National 4-H Club Congress itt Chicago. She leaves T ?Rksgiing day for Chi cago wiift Jnaft Dobrot of Central Point 9$ Carolyn Tiega of Tal ent as Jfie three Jackson County cmembers in tie Oregon delega tion to Chicago. Jn her 10 years No T6 Reactors Found In October Salem No tuberculosis re actors were discovered in Ore gon cattle tested under the federal-state program during Octo ber, says the monthly report from the state department of ag riculture. Tests were given to 1692 cattle in 172 herds. However, 192 brucellosis re actors were found last month. Brucellosis testing covered 26, 254 cattle in 2,725 herds. In ad dition, over 3700 calves were vaccinated. 8evn-tenths of 1 percent of th cattle tested for brucellosis throughout the state reacted. According to state veterinar ian Dr. K. J. Peterson, testing is now starting in range coun try since cattle are moving off the range into their winter feed ing areas. It is expected that large numbers of range cattle will be tested this winter. This Week's Town, Country . I rr 1 -pk- :ft II. J if LIVINS-OINIH IT o ... Li-Joia eL rcT-"T"B L s A r gP'fr' Id r O ipOl . J-lO( FAMILY X ,3,, y Ir-t :i.5 i Ir-ir1-"1 -A J ..1 .- .1 rtAW NO. 3531 2 0 31 SO- f r. By HIAWATHA ESTES The rough-hewn shake roof of this 2039 square foot home tilts wp at the gables and terra cotta tilea cap tlfe used brick chimney. A birdhouse lends a quaint agcent to the garage roof. Adding tfte exterior charm are diamond" janed windows, used 3rick plantera and veneer plus wide Overhanging eaves that shelter ta antry. The unusually large rooms are grouped on a center hall plan to separate the quiet sleeping ara from tfie activity zone. The living room, extended by a spacious dining ell, opens to a broad rear patio. The triple glass doors can be opened in summer and sealed tia;ht in winter to be come a giciura window. Corner tn Home Economics a 4-H membtr aha has taken clothing, cooking, knitting, can ning, twine, dairy, frering, and junior leademhip. Her recent achievements hve included champion dollar dinnr winner Dr, Peterson New Inspector Leader In Missouri Meet Salem Dr. K. J. Peterson of Salem, itate veterinarian with Oregon's department of agricul ture, was elected president of the National Assembly of Live stock Sanitary Officials in St. Louis, Mo., last week. This organization, which is particularly concerned with con tagious diseases of livestock that spread from state to state, is made up of state veterinarians from the entire United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. The nation-wide brucellosis eradication program was the ma jor discussion topic this year, the president-elect yported. An thrax, which this year has caused heavy losses in Oklahoma, was also discussed. Special empha sis was given to the control of this disease once it strikes. While in St. Louis, Dr. Peter son also attended the annual meeting of the U.S. Livestock Sanitary association. At this con ference, the latest research on livestock diseases was presented. Dr. Peterson commented that many states, including Oregon, are now conducting research programs in an effort to develop satisfactory control programs for anaplasmosis. He added that an aplasmosis is a serious disease in parts of Oregon at the present time. The U.S. Livestock Sanitary association functions as an ad visory body, and is composed of state veterinarians, federal regu latory officials, cattlemen, re search scientists who specialize in livestock diseases, and per sons who are connected by busi ness with the livestock indus try, such as railroad representa tives and stockyard owners, at state fair and champion divi o-d windows brighten the dining area. Quick family meals may be served in the sunny breakfast nook in one end of the roomy kitchen. A half-bath opens to the service-laundry room. Only a step from the service area is the rear door to the attached double garage, for sheltered passage in bad weather. A half-wall and a cased open ing unite the family room and kitchen. Light and airy, the master bed room includes a large dressing room with "his" and "her" wardrobes, a bulit - in ' vanity table and a private three-quarter bath with tiled stall shower and pullman lavatory. Plenty of light, ventilation tiltiy, TTOe It, 1IBT For 4-H Members sion style review winner at the state fair. Donna his completed eight years in 4-H Club work and has completed projects in dairy, rab bits, clothing, knitting, cooking, and junior leadership. She has done outstanding work with her livestock, winning a dairy trophy for three consecutive years run ning, and has had outstanding exhibits in clothing and cooking and has been top stylist in the style show. Both Dona and Cath erine are now freshmen at Ore gon State college in Corvallis. Evelyn has completed five years in 4-H and has taken sheep, ducks, hobbies, clothing, freez ing, canning, homemaking, and knitting. Evelyn has done out standing work in helping provide the family with1 food with her canning and freezing. These club members will re ceive their medals in conjunction with their achievement pro grams. ui: r. i winner uiven In 4-H Poultry Two Medford 4-H club mem bers have been announced as winners in the national awards program for poultry in judging recently completed in the na tional awards program, accord ing to Glenn Klein, 4-H exten sion agent. Craig Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wright, and Jean ette Nouguier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Nouguier of Med ford, have been announced as winners of poultry medals to be presented by the Sears Roebuck Foundation. Jeanette has completed five years in 4-H C'ub work and has taken clothing, cooking, fores try, junior leadership, and poul try. She has maintained a farm flock at her home place on Kings highway to provide the family with meat and eggs. Craig has completed six years in 4-H and has his major em phasis in poultry. He has also taken forestry, cooking, sheep, vegetable gardening, horse, and outdoor cooking. The medals will be presented to these club members in the near future, Klein said. House Plan 20.20 hand closet room are happy fea tures of the two family bed rooms. The master bath con tains both a recessed tub and stall shower. Many closets, a pantry, a lin en closet and built-in cabinets provide an exceptional amount of storage space. A forced air furnace, centrally located, gives year-around temperature con trol. Complete working drawing of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of S7.50 for the first set and S3 for each additional set. when ordere 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 SI. Send all orders for either plans or books to: Hiawatha Estes. P.O. Box 404-T Northridge, Calif. CHIT By JOE COWLEY Farm Editor One of the general recommendations made by a subcommittee nn'der the Jackson County Water Resources committee is that a forester should be added to the Jackson county extension agent's staff. Such a forester is now operating out of the extension office in Roseburg, Douglas county. This operation has proved success ful, for the four or five years it has been functioning, according to our informant. A forester would advise the farmers operating tree farms on such things as harvesting, pruning, forest cruising. Acquiring this additional personnel would require a petition addressed to the county court. The county pays operating ex penses and remainder of the required funds are provided by the state and federal governments. The water shed management subcommittee is making the rec ommendation to improve practices in forest lands affecting the water shed of this area. In fact the recommendation of the subcommittee goes even farther "Should extend forest, agriculture and other research programs in southern Oregon to study and demonstrate desirable watershed management practices in forest management, timber and crop production, range use, mining, and construction operations." The Jackson County Water Resources committee hopes as many farmers as possible will attend the public meeting sched uled for Monday, Dec. 2, in the county courthouse auditorium. Here the findings of the subcommittees will be summarized and opened for discussion by interested Jackson county citizens. Farmers should be interested in this meeting, as the overall report points out "Future economic development of the basin will probably be found in the field of agriculture with its asso ciated service industries." The preliminary meeting Monday is to give the overall find ings further scope. The summary and any further information gained at Monday's meeting will be presented representatives of the state water resources board here Dec. 11. This, too, is a pub lic hearing. Jack Mace, soil bank forester for this 10-county district, .re ports increased interest in this program. One farmer is planting eight acres to Douglas fir for timber production and has signed a 10-year contract under the soil bank program, Mace said. Quite a few farmers are interested in the Christmas tree pro gram, Mace added. However, many cannot qualify since the land in question must have been under a crop since 1953 and be classi fied as cropland at the time of seeding. Mace also said there is considerable demand for fence posts. Black locusts are ideal for this, he said. New shoots quickly spring up from the stump, he said. Something new in the line of Christmas trees is a lodge-pole pine. This variety is now being used for that in the Salem area. This area is hardly touched as far as farm forestry goes, Mace said. This particularly applies to the Evans Creek and Sams Val ley areas. Mace's territory extends from Curry county -east to Malheur county on' the Idaho line. Headquarters for his southern Oregon territory is Medford. Considerable discussion in the last Jackson county agriculture meeting centered around a recent recommendation for control of Brucellosis. A recommendation made to the state agriculture de partment is that disease status of all cattle passing through auc tion sale rings be announced by auctioneers. This proposal was made during a joint meeting recently of the livestock market board and the brucellosis advisory committee. Some auction yards have been announcing that, cattle are tested or not tested but the new recommendation goes a step further. It wants buyers to know whether an animal comes from a clean herd, an exposed herd or whether the status as to brucellosis is un known. This joint group has asked the department to work out a sys tem so cattle can be identified into which phase of the. brucellosis cleanup program they fit. A veterinarian told us that the state should soon be. accredited as brucellosis or Bangs-free. (For the non-farmer brucellosis is classified as a,i undulant fever. And undulant fever is a long persisting bacterial disease. It is marked by undulating or remit tent fever, profuse perspiration, pain and swelling in the joints. It is contracted from cattle, swine and goats and is transmitted through milk. Modern sanitary safeguards have cut this transmis sion to practically nil, however.) This veterinarian feels that a report on brucellosis testing is posted in the paper frequently anyway and the other announce ment is not necessary. Also, the two auction yards in southern Oregon are rated the top yards in Oregon for maintaining cattle in the easiest and most disease-free way, the veterinarian said. One of the so-called big city papers recently has devoted con siderable space to the. field mouse problem in Oregon. According to reports, this mouse plague seems to center around Klamath county, according to other newspaper accounts. However, local agricultural experts say the field mouse problem is spread through out Oregon, and is actually no worse in one area than in others. These mice are also recognized as a potential health problem as well as one for agricultural economics. Dr. William Jellison, in charge of the U.S. disease laboratory at Hamilton, Mont., is mak ing a study of mice caught in Klamath county. Latent word on the mouse menace is that nature is taking care of her own. As when the grasshoppers overran the Mormon crops the seagulls are once again coming to the aid of the hardpressed farmers. Thousands of seagulls have spread over Lake county pouncing on the scurrying little animals. Locally, too, the mouse picture is encouraging. The kill through special. control measures is reported high. However, a more ex acting report is not available until a thorough survey is made. Don't forget the annual horticulture society meeting at Oregon State college Dec. 5 and 6. Also the annual meeting of the Oregon Seed Growers league is scheduled for the Multnomah hotel in Portland Dec. 5-7. Fertilizer Sales Drop In Salem Sale of fertilizers in Oregon dropped substantially during the summer months, re ported J. D. Patterson, chief chemist for the state department of agriculture. Only 27,653 tons of fertilizers were sold during the third quarter of 1957, as compared with 45,024 tons sold during the same time in 1956. However, record-breaking fer tilizer sales during the first six months of this year kept the 1957 total for the first nine months higher than the figure recorded at the same time in 1956. Tonnage reported on liming materials sold at the end of the first nine months in 1957 was 42,123, slightly higher than the nine-months total last year. Again, however, the total for the third quarter was low only 24,563 tons were sold, which is about 2,500 tons less than dur ing the summer of 1956. A definite decrease was noted in the sale of agriculture miner als. At the end of the third quar ter in 1956 a total of 16,715 tons of gypsum, soil sulfur and other minerals had been sold. The coal reserves of Alberta province in Canada are estimat ed to extend about 25,000 square miles. They comprise about 15 per cent of the world's known coal supply. Four-fifths of the world's dates are grown in Iran. CHAT. Summer The total for the same period this year was 13,789 tons. WE'RE BEHIND Retired Lt. Gen. James Doolittle, scientist and World War II hero, testifying before the Senate preparedness sub committee said that Rus sia "is certainly ahead" of the U. S. in both interme diate and long-range ballis tic missiles. The subcommit tee is conducting hearings into the nation's missile and satellite programs. . 'do fe Xros .:ys h'V'j ;fc vV.V:r w - PRIZE BULL A half interest in this senior bull calf from the Field Hereford ranch of Central Point was recently sold to Ralph L. Cook ranches, of Medford and David H. Holmes of the Arrowhead ranch of Medford for S5.000. Name of the bull is Fields Zato Royal. Sire is FRC Zato Heir, 27 and the dam 24 Projects Open This Fall In 4-H Members pf State Corvallis Oregon boys and girls who enroll in a 4-H club this fall can participate in a rec ord 24 different projects, accord ing to a new 4-H club project handbook recently revised at Oregon State college. Projects are in agriculture, home economics, creative arts and leadership. They include bee keeping, electricity, entomology, field crops, food preservation, foods, forestry, horticulture, live stock, marketing, knitting, trac tor, poultry, wildlife and wood working. Others listed in "Ore gon 4-H Club Project Handbook" are child care, clothing for boys, clothing for girls, health, home living, outdoor cooking, photog raphy, junior leadership and cre ative arts. To Instruct Leaders Purpose of the handbook is to help parents and leaders of club members learn more about the 4-H club program, says Burton Top Corn Producers Will Be Named At Canby Contests Corvallis Top corn producers in the state will be named this week at the annual Oregon State Corn show, reports Dr. R. E. Fore, Oregon .State col lege agronomist. The show will be held at the Clackamas county fairgrounds, Canby, Nov. 29 and 30. Fore says the show will fea ture competition for adults, and for FFA and 4-H club members: Cash awards, ribbons, and tro phies will be given each group in the 10-ear exhibit event, hy-: brid-yield contest, and corn judging contest. In addition, a special plowing contest for FFA groups, will be sponsored by the Canby Junior Chamber of Com merce. Entries in the hybrid-yield contest will be aiming at a 204 bushel per acre record set .in 1953 by Roinnie Larson, Herm iston. Fore reports some out standing yields over the state this year, and says there's a good chance the record may topple. The event was" won last year by C. J. Cooper, Stanfield, with a yield of 191.5 bushels. The corn judging contest, scheduled to start Nov. 30 at 10:30 a.m. will be open to any adult who wishes to take part. Special sections in the contest are also set for FFA and 4-H members during the morning. Doors to the show will be open Friday noon, so visitors may inspect the winning entries. The plowing contest will be held Saturday afternoon. Exhibits of corn silage will be a new feature of the show this year. Fore said, to empha size the increasing use of corn for silage in the state. Britain's pre-war colonial pos sessions comprised a combined total of 12,230,457 square miles. The dominion of Canada accoun ted for about one-fourth of the total. r Ti Builders Supply OTJALITI BLOCKS Bricks, Fines, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 omxd Hutton, state 4-H club extension leader. More than 2,000 adult volunteer leaders now lead the 29,600 youngsters enrolled in Oregon clubs. Requirements for youngsters who want to belong to clubs are listed in the handbook. Any boy Leadership Ability Brings 4-H Awards Leadership ability with 4-H cluSs in their Communities has won county medals in the nation al awards program for two of Jackson county's outstanding 4-H club members, announced Glenn Klein, 4-H extension agent. Suzanne Palm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Palm of Eagle Point, and Carl Skyrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Skyrman of Central Point, have been named winners of the' leadership medals presented by Edward Foss Wil son of Chicago. Both club mem bers have completed eight years in 4-H club work. Suzanne has served as junior leader the past two years in home economics clubs in the Eagle Point community. Her work with younger club mem bers has contributed greatly to the success of the 4-H project clubs in the Eagle Point com munity. In addition to her junior leader work, she has carried projects in canning, homemak ing, dairy, and clothing. Carl has served as junior leader in the 4-H forestry club at Central Point for the .past three years, working with from 15 to 20 4-Hers in forestry identi fication. A freshman at Oregon State college, Carl was named to represent the state in the Home lite chain saw scholarship con test. His other projects have in cluded electricity, dairy, poul try, sheep, and outdoor cookery. An expert in forestry identifica tion he has won top honors in the county and one year was on the state forestry winning judg ing team. Ask For - - "AGUA CALIENTE" Concrete (If Means HOT WATER, We Theenk) Always Batchin' Le'el Ole Senor Smeeth Senor Jaime Estaban Smeeth (Imported from Baja Ashland ... A Real Latin Loader) But Hot or Chili Weather, Be Sure Ifi READY LUX by LINiNGER'S BEST BY TEST Listen To Our Rewashed News 7:30 A.M.-KBOY Ooraeei) is Fields Royalette 5. This bull calf recently placed third in his class at the Grand Nation al Livestock Exposition at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. He was considered one of the top herd bull prospects in the show. The calf was bred and raised by R. H. and Nettie Fields. or girl who is at least nine years old but under 21 may be come a 4-H club member. Agri cultural extension offices in all counties and the City of Portland 4-H office are centers for 4H club information. Club members enroll in one or more 4-H projects, attend regular meetings where they demonstrate skills learned, and keep records of their projects. They are also encouraged to exhibit accomp lishments at public shows, fairs and achievement days. The 4-H clubs provide oppor tunities for boys and girls in rural, suburban and urban areas to join together under the 4-H standards head, heart, hands and health to develop skills of the mind and hand, the bulletin points out. Meat Inspectors In East Oregon Salem Compulsory meat in spection will begin in Malheur county this week the first region east of the Cascades to be covered by the new program. At the same time, inspection will begin in the Gresham area, ac cording to Robert J. Steward, director of the state department of agriculture. Under the compulsory meat inspection program, all animals are inspected before and after slaughter to determine whole someness for human consump tion. Dr. William Searles is the veterinarian in charge of inspec tion in the Malheur county dis trict. He will be assisted by four lay meat inspectors. Three plants in Ontario, two in Nyssa and one each in Vale and Adrian will be covered under the program. Four local men, Dr; Don Haltz- heimer, Dr. Robert Brimble, Dr. S. J. Carter and Dr. Thomas B. Carter will be the inspecting veterinarians in the Gresham region. Full-time meat inspec tion in this area includes one plant in Gresham, two in Sandy and one in East Portland. It's Cool, Man, Cool . . . But You Can Still Pour . . . READY MIX (Si For Yourself) It's Scientifically Batched By Phone: MUrdock 5-8121 SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897
