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Training Session Set For Leaders In 4-H Programs Corvallis Oregon 4-H club leaders will receive training and help plan parts of the 4-H youth education program when they meet Jan. 22 to 24 at Oregon State college. .Nearly 300 volunteer adult 4-H leaders are expected to attend the conference, re ports Burton Hutton, state 4-H club extension leader at the college. The annual 4-H leaders banquet will open the confer ence Jan. 22 with Joe Rogers Jr., Independence dairy farm er and legislator, as featured speaker. Rogers, a national 4-H award winner for out standing service to club work as a 4-H alumnus, will tell why he believes in club work, and share the experiences of his trip to the national 4-H Club Congress in Chicago last month. Other banquet features will be presentation of achieve ment and leadership cups to outstanding 4-H club mem bers, inner of the county 4-H leaders association trophy will be announced. Four leadership areas of in terest to parents, youngsters, and leaders will be explored on Thursday, Jan. 23. Discus sion groups guided by county extension agents will be built around "Understanding Club Members," "The Club Mem ber and the Leader," "The Club Members Work Togeth er," and "The Club Leader and the Parents." Special tours, discussion of food processing and market ing and their application to youth education have been arranged for Thursday after noon when leaders visit the college food and dairy tech nology department. Last year, more than 9,000 Oregon 4-H youngsters enrolled in foods projects. On Friday, Jan. 24, older club members throughout the state have been invited to participate in an evaluation of the older youth club pro gram. Special program plan ning sessions will also be giv en by OSC extension special ists in livesiock, entomology, wildlife, conservation, fores try, community leadership, creative arts, food, clothing and horticulture. 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The rafters family room to the partially To conserve usable floor have been extended over the roofed patio. space, the forced air heating front porch to shelter the Corner windows make the unit is located in the attic. A entryway. A flower pot shelf breakfast nook a bright, sun- built-in ladder in the bed is used to unite the shuttered ny spot for family meals. Kit- room hall provides easy ac windows of the bedroom chen appliances are built in. cess for servicing, wing. Washer and dryer are located v Col"PIete ,workine dn ? . , , . ., . , , the above plan can be obtained at A bank of diamond-paned m the service area and an ad- a cost of S7.so for the first set and windows lights the spacious jacent half-bath is conveni- S5, fr. ec additional set, when L- i- j. it. , j ordered at the same time. This plan front living room, which is ent to the work area and will be available for a period of highlighted by a huge corner play yard. four months from this date. Please i k- - allow two weeks for deliverv If fireplace. Many noteworthy features the above, home does not entirely The informal gathering mark the three roomy bed- i x 1 1 . ., .,, . ,. nome pian oook. i u vv.v ana -w u .1 - place for all the family will rooms spacious sliding try homes may be purchased be the family room-kitchen panel wardrobes, windows on for si- Send 311 orders for either tu; 11 j " x j.-i plans or books to: Hiawatha Estes, area. This all-purpose activity two sides for cross ventila- . Q. Box 404-T, Northridge, Calif. Seed Industry Said Hurt By Insects and Low Market A low market price and de-1 per cent below normal, mand for forage crop seeds I Black aphids and lygus and heavy infestation of in- USS attacked sugar ,1 beet fields at blossom stage jurious insect pests marred with the same problems re the year for seed crops, ac-1 suiting. However, yields were cording to the annual report; turned out by the Jackson; , . . The low price and market demand covered such crops as alta fescue, alfalfa, vetch, ladino clover, lotus bent grass, Merion blue grass, rye grass. This, the report pointed out, caused the farmer to turn to other enterprises. Lygus bugs' were reported more widespread and difficult to control than in previous years. Dust and spray applica tions of DDT had little effect. Extension agents recommend- ToxaDhene. Heptachlor or Aldrin. A few growers applied Par athion before getting results from aDDlications of Toxa- phene, Heptachlor or Aldrin. Yields were generally expect ed to be reduced nearly 50 Stock Districts Get Consideration Salem The state depart ment of agriculture will re ceive testimony or evidence as to the existence of livestock districts in Jackson county at a hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 in Med ford. The hearing, which will take place in the county courthouse, will be conducted by Chester B. Liechty of the department's division of ani mal industry. All interested persons are urged to attend and present evidence. Under a 1957 amendment to the Oregon livestock dis trict laws, the department is required to hold hearings throughout Oregon before Aug. 20, 1958 to determine existing livestock districts and boundaries. The amended law makes the department headquarters at Salem a depository for in formation on location and boundaries of all livestock districts in the state. Each county will continue to main tain their own records but will file identical copies with the department at Salem as soon as boundaries are de- termined. Town, Country House 'ma reduced only about 10 per cent according to reports. Extremely wet winter and spring weather prevented spring seeding of such cereal crops such as wheat, barley and oats. Many farmers were delayed in preparing seed beds until late April or May. This caused a number of farm ers to use corn and Sudan grass for roughage crops. Plantings of both sweet and field corn were reported as greatly increased. Approxi mately 2,100 acres was de voted to corn in 1957. Ensilage yields of slightly over 40 tons per acre were obtained through experimen tation with 10 different hy bird corn selections. Demon strations were given on the farms of Dixon Saltsgaver and Frank Hammond of Central Point, Burreson Brothers and the C. W. McDonough farms in Sams Valley. McDonough produced 100 acres of grain. He purchased a two-row, self propelled harvester-sheller. He also operated a portable propane gas burner dryer at the Med ford Sewage Disposal plant where the sewage gas was used for the commercial pro pane gas. Fishing Suggested To Aid Farm Ponds Farmers with farm ponds should do more fishing. That is the recommenda tion made in the annual re port produced by the Jackson county extension staff. "The most serious condition in farm ponds is overpopulation and it has become apparent that people should do more fishing in order to reduce the population and thus pro duce better fish." Owners of ponds as a whole appear poorly versed in their management, the re port continues. Considerable information has been spread by seining and catching a few fish from these ponds and . showing them to the operators and telling them how the pcnds should be managed, it was explained. eet wth our satisfaction, a new CHIT CHAT By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor During the summer the farmers, too, have what might be called the hot stove league. One of the frequent subjects of conversation at the recent meeting of farmers is the price support program and logically culture Ezra Taft Benson. There are two main philosophies those who want price supports and those who do not. Those who favor price surplus crops would be vital should suddenly break out. disappear then, they argue. times, they insist. Others believe that price supports on crops used in producing other agricultural commodities affect the econ omy of other farmers unfavorably. An example is corn used in feed for producing poultry products, beef, and pork. A hybrid view is one favoring keeping supports during periods of comparatively low prices and removing them as farm product income climbs. During the recent American Farm Bureau convention, support and adjustment programs were included as one of the key parts of the bureau's 1958 policy. "Price support programs can be made to facilitate orderly marketing of farm commodities," the bureau states. "It is equally appar ent that programs to fix prices and control production have not insured satisfactory farm incomes. The output of agri culture cannot be effectively controlled by legislation. The bureau recommends in its policy that "Price sup port levels should take account of competitive conditions, supply and demand, and market trends. They should not be based on arbitrary formulas nor left completely to the discretion of the secretary of agriculture." We take issue with the last sentence. That and a sen tence in a previous paragraph appear contradictory "With less interference from the government, the marketing sys tem will be free to operate effectively and efficiently." Strange as it may seem to some people, if the secretary of agriculture had his way the price support program would be a more realistic thing. A study of his speeches and press stories would indicate he favors as few controls as possible. For Benson s side of the story we recommend the article, The Miseries of Elder Benson by John Bird in the Dec. 21 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. We particularly like the simile he uses to describe how, from his viewpoint, Congressional interference with price supports caused the pot of porridge to boil over and escape its creator. Clifford -B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, and committee headed by Don Root, Medford packing house operator, are heading up efforts to conduct a testing unit in atmospheric storage of fruit. Aim is to see if the life of pears in commercial storage can be prolonged. Cordy saw it done successfully with apples on the east coast while attending the extension agents' national convention there early this fall. ' County 4-H Agent Glenn Christmas weighing calves being raised by 4-H club mem bers. He claims it requires considerable agility and lots of manpower to avoid being butted, kicked and tromped on Object of the weighing program of six months of feeding by of feed. He expects to cover The latest word on the Both the Tularemia disease and flooding of burrows by the recent rains should have wiped out a good share of the mouse population in the Rogue River valley, according to agri cultural authorities here. However, people should be careful in handling mice since humans can contact Tularemia, too In humans it produces an undulant fever, -we are informed Pole type shading structures and wire and wheel cor rals are included in the latest farm building trends, accord ing to C. F. Kelly, department of agriculture engineering, University of California. These structures used in the west help solve three main problems protection from heat and rain, sanitation and efficient use of farm labor, according to Kelly. The pole type structures valley since the 12 foot high protection against the sun's direct rays. This height also allows trucks and mounted workers to move beneath it and does not slow down breezes. Approximately 40 to 60 square feet should be allowed per animal, Kelly recommends. Modern farming methods involve use of a lot of ex pensive machinery. It only makes good sense to take care of it. Now that a lot of machinery and implements are standing idle, this is the time to if that hasn't been done already. Farm machinery repairmen machines thoroughly. Crop residue and dirt should be wiped away from all harvesting equipment. Rating particular at tention are baler knotters, mower cutter bars and harvester knives. The blower and bunk feeder should be included also. A paint brush is recommended for hard to get at places. Also, demanding a thorough cleaning is the fertilizer distributor. Since moisture will form strong acids with the fertilizer chemicals corrosion will get a head start if this residue is not cleaned off. Sanding and painting also helps. All shiny and moving parts out moisture. Special compounds are available that water proof equipment. A plastic spray is available at local farm implement dealers, also. This covering exposed wires. Also, don't forget to check hours to 200 hours, a shop foreman advises. Filling a gas tank on a tractor at night will ing during the night. Batteries should be checked chanics suggest. While checking the battery inspect the cable connections to see if they are ground properly and a film of vaseline is properly applied. Ethyl and glycol base anti-freeze is recommended. Methane and alcohol is okay if not used with too high a thermostat. However, mechanics recommend a fairly high thermostat be installed during the winter so the engine will operate more efficiently. Carburetors are not affected particularly by the cold weather. However, if they are suffers. How often they are cleaned depends on operating conditions. Some run their tractors for three to four years and never touch them. Others clean them out every year. The extreme damp weather is a major factor in hard start ing of equipment. Some authorities state that storage of machines under cover can increase their lives by 30 to 40 per cent. Finally, it's comparatively inexpensive to have an implement dealer's shop crew check over the equipment to make sure it is in proper running order. Figures recently released service for Oregon back up the contention of many area authorities that the future of the Rogue River valley lies in agriculture. Cash farm income registered the lumber industry was hurt by a soft market. Oregon's cash farm income for the year totaled S425 million, ac cording to Ray B. Hile, head of the reporting service. 'Farm income from livestock was up 4 per cent and nearly 1 per cent from crops. Farm cash income is defined by the experts as pertaining only to those commodities actually sold not those used by the farm family or fed out. Agricultural authorities here figure farm cash income from Jackson county is much the same as the previous year. Principal agricultural land is found in the river and stream valleys, according to the report made by the 1957 Jackson county program planning conference. This is grad- with that, Secretary of Agri supports point out that storing to the nation's economy if war Such surpluses would rapidly Supports are needed in hard Klein has been busy since is to measure the efficiency checking the gam per pound over 100 steers. mouse menace is encouraging, should be effective in the shelters provide coolness and prepare it for another season recommend farmers clean should be greased to keep spray is especially good for spark plugs from every 100 prevent condensation form at least once a week, me not in good shape the engine by the U.S. crop reporting a two per cent gam while Advice Ready on Management of Private Forests Forest management now be ing practiced on private land of Jackson and Josephine counties is made possible through the coordinated ef fort of three agencies, accord ing to Jack C. Mace, forester working under the soil bank program. These are the Agricultural stabilization and Conserva tion committees, Soil Con servation committees, Soil Conservation Service and the Oregon State Board of For estry represented by Curtis Nesheim, district warden of the southwest district. Farmers signing up for ASC practices are contacted by Jim Fisher, a qualified technical forester, who ad vises the landowner or rent er of the proper procedure to be followed in planting forest tree seedlings. Through his work the farmer is assist ed in formulating a program for natural reseeding, Mace said. On forests already estab - lished, the farmer is advised of cheapest, most effective method of ridding the stand of undesirable vegetation. This vegetation may include oaks, laurel, and manzanita. Advice Required Advice from the technical forester is also required to prevent indiscriminate thin ning, Mace said. Carelessness in this operation could easily result in sun scald and wind throw to residual stand of growing timber, the forester explained. However, such thinning is necessary to pro vide needed sunlight and to lessen root competition. The technical forester's knowledge of proper pruning procedure is also beneficial to the tree farmer, Mace said. Trees pruned at the proper time will produce clear lum ber. This practice alone will bring many added dollars to the producer which he would not otherwise receive. "Farmers of both Jackson and Josephine counties, not presently growing forest pro ducts, may be interested in the opportunities being offer ed in tree planting section of the soil bank program," Mace said. "The land entered under contract must be crop land A producer is eligible to re ceive a cost share payment amounting to 80 per cent of the cost of trees and plant ing, not to exceed $30 per acre. In addition, the farmer will receive a yearly annual payment of 11 per acre for land entered under contract if it qualifies for the regular annual rate. Technical forest ry assistance is available in assisting the farmer when needed by the Oregon S t a t e Board of Forestry. For fur ther information farmers should contact their county ASC offices," Mace con cluded. Producers Approve Fryer Commission Salem Fryer and broil er producers throughout the state approved formation of an Oregon fryer commission by an overwhelming majori ty, Director Robert J. Stew ard, of the state department of agriculture, anounced. During the two-weeks bal loting period, which closed Dec. 21, 146 registered pro ducers voted 127 favored the commission and 19 cast negative votes. Over 56 per cent of Oregon's 1956 produc tion of fryers and broilers were represented by those who voted on the proposal. A two-thirds' majority of those voting is required for formation of a commission, and all votes cast must repre sent at least one-third of the state's fryer and broiler production. ually being cut down as population spreads out in the Rogue River valley area. So a report of seven years of research in the mountain meadowlands of Colorado may be welcome news to the farmers who feel they may have to take to the hills. According to the report cation all it takes to make the trolled irrigation, timed harvests and fertilization. Under ordinary ranch practice, It takes about four acres to pro duce a 400-pound weaner calf. Through water control meas ures ranchers can produce a 570-pound weaner calf on just 1.56 acres of mountain meadow. Water control plus nitro gen will enable the same 570-pound animal to be produced on only .87 acre, according to the reasearch report. Im portance of this report is emphasized by statistics which reveal that 11 principal meadowland states in the west, including Oregon, have 3V2 million usable acres of this kind i of terrain. CI January 2-3-4 for INVENTORY SMS 23 North Fir Thursday, January 2. 1958 Farm and Garden State Reports On Country Checks Of Stock Brands Salem Almost 70,000 head of cattle were inspected by Oregon brand inspectors in routine country checks during the first six months of 1957, the state department of ag riculture reported. Country inspections are the resul of an Oregon law which establishes that all livestock moved in any manner to any place must be accompanied by a brand inspection certifi cate or a transportation cer tificate unless the movement is in the course of regular ranch operations within the state. Another exception is move ment of horses for handling, herding, or trailing livestock or for racing, showing, dis- 1 playing or exhibiting within the state. I f animals are being moved out of Oregon, they must be inspected before leaving the state and a brand inspection certificate must accompany them. If no inspector is avail able at point of origin, move ment may be made on a transportation certificate to the nearest inspector, where this certificate is exchanged for the brand inspection cer tificate upon inspection. During the last sixmonths of the year, many Oregon cat tle are moving to summer ranges out of the state so the number of country inspec tions picks up. The distance that must be covered presents the biggest problem in . this field work. One southern Ore gon brand inspector called for help when he had eight- trucks at four different cor rals all scheduled to leave at 8:30 ajn. one day. The points at which they were to be in spected were about 250 miles apart! Brand inspectors work right along with the cattle men in adverse weather con ditions and long hours. Dur ing moving time, most of these men check between 15 and 30 trucks a day and drive over 200 miles to get to them. Portable electric converters are a fairly new addition to a brand inpector's equipment, and particularly aid this country work. In eastern Ore gon areas lacking electricity, state inspectors formerly had to rely on the slow process of hand clipping to remove hair from the livestock brand Now aided by the depart ment's new portable convert ers, these men can use the faster system of electrical shearing in non-electrical areas. The converter plugs into the cigarette lighter of an automobile and has an out let for the electric shears. Each brand inspector is also equipped with the Ore gon livestock brand book. This publication is compiled from typed cards showing the brand owner's name, the counties in which he operates, the position of the brand, the earmark and the fleshmark used. The picture of the brand is a photographic reduction of the actual burned imprint on a 5 by 8 inch blotter. Oregon has adopted a loose leaf notebook type of brand book, which allows for addi tion . of newly - registered brands. Experienced inspectors know Oregon stock brands backward and forward (one Klamath Falls inspector even has the reputation of never forgetting a brand he has seen just once) and many times their suspicion of a brand on an animal has prevented loss to a rightful owner. No appropriation is made for livestock brand inspection work; the service is main tained through fees paid by the livestock industry. published in a farming publi highlands productive is con CYCLE AND HOBBY SHOP Phone SP 2-2472 1 SEP MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIB ITNE THREE Three Factors Given On Vegetable Aid Three factors in Jackson county make some expansion in vegetable production fav orable in spite of growing surpluses in other parts of the state, according to the annual report of the Jackson county extension staff. Local vegetable production doesn't meet local demand ac cording to the report. Labor supply is considered more plentiful than in past years due to cutbacks in the lum ber industry. Also, new irri gation projects in the area promise more irrigated acre age as well as supplemental water for land already under irrigation. Local vegetables are report ed to be of high quality and well received on outside mar kets. Low returns from Ather field crops make vegetable production more enticing Most promise for local and ex port markets are shown by onions, tomatoes and sweet corn, the annual report indic ates. All of these products are raised successfully, according to the annual report, but mar kets must be expanded to ab sorb substantial increases. Conferences Held A forward step in vege table industry here was a series of conferences under the chairmanship of Clarence Holdridge when the future of Jackson county's vegetable in dustry was planned. Planning included recommendations on all phases of the industy, in cluding types and varieties of vegetables, use of the land, labor and water, as well as suggestions 011 marketing, packaging and education. A committee of prominent growers was also selected to study the feasibility of estab lishing a local grower co-op for marketing their products. The vegetable growers also visited the California Quaran tine station to and the Lake Labis onion growers. An experimental station committee was appointed this year by theg rowers to help the Southern Oregon Experi ment station personnel outline a program on vegetable re search Packaging and marketing appear to be the most serious drawbacks to profitable vege table growing in the area, according to discussions with growers on their farms. As a result of the series of meetings, r e c o mmendations were made by the growers and the J."cKson county ex tension office to organize a fair grower participation in the canned tomato produc tion. This was turned down by the cannery in favor of a straight cost per ton contract, extension agents reported. Many growers were unhappy later in the season with can nery contracts because of low prices and high rate ot cullage at the receiving dock, it was reported. Fresh market tomatoes, j both local and shipping, con tinue to improve, however. Fresh market production of tomatoes may be expanded. Local onions still rate high on the export market. Ex tension agents recommend some acreage expansion to capitalize on this well estab lished market. Markets on sweet corn vary each year. This could be ex panded but acreage would have to be stabilized to main tain exporting markets. More processing facilities would be required, agents say. Establishment of a canta loupe marketing arrangement in California prevented many J California culls from being 1 sold on the local market and I improved the marketing con-1 ditions here, according to the report. Other vegetables in- j eluding squash, peppers, egg-J plant and lettuce are sold j here through local stores and 1 produce stands on Highway j 99, the annual report stated. 1 Hubbard WILL CLOS For Today and Tomorrow January 2 and 3 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL SP 2-6189 Main and Riverside Medford Roadside stands have steadily increased are becoming a ma jor outlet for vegetable crops. Both the growers and the ex tension service are encourag ing growth of this markef-" More grower demonstra tions were held on new vege table varieties. Tomato var iety trials, under the super vision of the extension serv ice and the experiment sta tion showed three early var ieties which appear promis ing "The Queens Back' Cross," "386," and "314." All of these, however, are report ed to lack the -quality of the "Ace" but may be used along with "Fireball" for early to matoes, according to the an nual report. Weed Control Boosted Randox, IPC and Simazin have boosted weed control, the report states. Randox, used extensively on onions this year, showed excellent grass control, according to re ports, but reduced onion stands in other cases. Chloro IPC and Simazin are showing the way for control of Pur slane on onions, according to the report. Cantaloupe dis eases are still preventing any local industry there, it was re ported. The virus problem still remains an unsolved problem, extension agents re port. Sprays of fixed or neutral copper effectively controlled sweet corn soft rot disease, the agents report. Repeated DDT treatments solved the insect problem of onion maggots. Leafhopper burn on tomatoei was controled by treating the flats with Malathion before the plants were set, agents . stated. Parathion soil treat ments for symphilids were also said successful in the area. '. . Polyethlene mulches have not shown the expected re sults in increasing quantity or qaulity of vegetables, the extension agents stated. Livestock Districts Set For 2 Counties Salem ' Robert J. Stew ard, director of the slate de partment of agriculture, sign ed orders this month which officially name livestock dis tricts existing in Morrow and Linn counties. Livestock districts' are created areas in which cattle, horses, mules, asses, goats and swine cannot run at large. " All the area within the boundaries of Morrow county was declared a livestock dis trict, or restricted zone. Four livestock districts previously created by local option exist in Linn county, in addition to two large open range areas in which it is legal for ani mals to run free. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2237 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Buy At Builders Supply Bricks, Flue, Drain Til 727 W. McAndrewt Ph. SP 2-4107 Bros., Inc. BE mWi quality I f flrJ BLOCKS IP Inventory V
