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4A MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon. Thursday, April 17, 1958
Serious Tree Damage
Results From Mice
Portland Attack by mice
and small rodents is causing
a heavy mortality in trees
from one to five years of age
in Oregon and Washington,
according to Walter G. Thom
son, division of state and pri
vate forestry, of the U.S. For
est Service.
"Our recent examinations
of plantations made by farm
ers and owners of small wood
lots in both Oregon and
Washington have revealed
the advisability of good
ground preparation and cul
tivation in new plantations of
trees in order to reduce the
mouse and small rodent pop
ulation as well as to retain
the moisture," he said.
Thomson urges those who
are planning to plant trees
under the Conservation Re
serve Program to consider
ground preparation this sum
mer even though it may now
be too late to plant trees this
spring. "By signing up be
for the April 15 deadline,"
he said, "it will be possible
to receive conservation re
serve assistance in preparing
the ground (as for summer
fallow) so that both rodents
and weed competition can be
reduced. A much better stand
o trees will result if this
practice is followed, even if
the trees are not planted un
til next fall or winter.
Thomson said, "Even in
northern Washington I ob
served so many mouse run
ways that I could not avoid
stepping on them while ex
amining plantations. One
planting crew reported so
many mice in one area that
two of the mice were killed
by just stepping on them
while the men were planting
the little trees. One of the
best ways to reduce this
mouse population is to re
move all herbaceous cover,
especially grass sod, by plow
ing before planting and culti
vating afterwards."
Thomson pointed out, "The
conservation reserve pay
ments are planned to share
in the cost of ground prepar
ation and also the cost of cul
tivation. The county ASC
committees have authority to
pay up to 80 per cent of these
costs as long as they do not
exceed $30 to $35 per acre
for ground preparation and
tree planting. They also can
pay $1.50 to $3.50 per acre
for each cultivation, up to
two cultivations for the first
two years, after planting.
This cost sharing is in addi
tion to the annual rentals
during the 10 years of the
contract period under the
conservation reserve program."
3,500 Herds Get
Brucellosis Test
During March
Salem During March,
2050 herds or a total of 36,246
cattle were blood tested for
brucellosis, according to the
state department of agricul
ture. In this type of testing
339 reactors were discovered
for a percentage of 0.93. In
addition, 1381 herds contain
ing an estimated 27,620 cat
tle were milk ring tested,
which disclosed 124 suspici
ous herds.
More than 6,000 cattle
were tested for the disease
at saleyards for movement
back to farms; among these
36 reactors were found.
Since the state meat in
spection program became
statewide recently, a system
of collecting blood samples at
the various slaughterhouses
for brucellosis testing has
been instituted. This'program
will be of material advantage
in locating infected herds as
well as for record purposes
in the recertificatiorr of coun
ties, according to Dr. A. G.
Beagle, who is in charge of
the federal program in Ore
gon. Testing for certification as
modified brucellosis-free
areas is completed or almost
completed in Baker, Union,
Grant, Benton, Lincoln, and
Polk counties, according to
Di Beagle. Tax rolls and all
other sources of information
are now being checked for
any possible missed herds, he
added. June 30, 1959 is the
date set as a goal for certifi
cation of the entire state.
Calf vaccination against
brucellosis was conducted in
903 herds containing 20,919
calves.
One tuberculosis reactor
was found in the 3,672 tests
administered. More than two
thirds of the cattle tested
were from Jackson county
farms and ranches.
Integration Set
For Discussion
At Poultry Meet
"Will integration and con
tract egg production take
over our industry?" is one of
the questions which will be
discussed during the 12th an
nual Western Poultry con
gress this June 17, 18, and 19
in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Other questions which will
be considered will be the ma
jor problems facing the turk
ey industry west of the
Rockies, sale of more eggs.
According to Frank Lang,
WPC president, the three-day
program will emphasize cur
r e n t marketing problems,
headlined by such well
known men such as Peter
Crafts, president, National
Turkey federation, and Lloyd
Geil, PENB. The turkey day
program will run concurrent
ly with other activities.
Social Events Listed
Some of the social events
designed to brighten leisure
hours will include the annual
PENB breakfast, the tradi
tional Western Poultry con
gress banquet, show and
dance; the chicken barbecue
and the California turkey
federation luncheon.
Headquarters for the three
day session will be the lux
urious Flamingo Garden Ho
tel in Santa Rosa. Business
meetings and exhibits will
take place in the spacious
convention hall at the Santa
Rosa fairgrounds. Those who
are planning to attend are
urged to send in their reser
vations now directly to
the Flamingo , Garden hotel.
The Western Poultry con
gress is a non-profit organiza
tion composed of men in all
segments of the , poultry in
dustry in the west. Anyone
who is in any way connected
with poultry in the 11 West
ern States is cordially invited
to attend. Admission is free.
DROPS PASSENGER RUN
Baltimore, Md. flfl The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
will discontinue passenger
service between New York,
Baltimore and Washington
effective April 27. The com
pany said it planned to main
tain present service from
Washington westward and
anticipated no change in
freight service to Wilming
ton, Del., Philadelpnia and
New York.
Fa and Qordemi
Various Solutions Given Government
On Agricultural Surplus Difficulty
Washington HP) When
"John Jones" of Chicago saw
his government wrestling with
a knotty problem, he decided
to help.
He wrote a letter to Wash
ington, telling a top admini
stration official how to elimi
nate U.S. farm surpluses and
population surpluses else
where in two easy steps:
Put a 10-year moratorium
on "creation" to take care of
the population problem.
Order every U.S. citizen
to buy one bushel of wheat,
Farm Forecast
Printed By OSC
Corvallis Oregon net
farm income has gained a lit
tle in each of the past three
years and has a good chance
of further improvement in
1958, says M. D. Thomas, Ore
gon State college agricultural
economist.
Oregon's farm economy is
reviewed in the current issue
of "Oregon Farm and Market
Outlook," prepared by OSC
economists and marketing
specialists. Copies of the 8
page outlook booklet may be
obtained on request from the
local county extension agents
or the OSC bulletin clerk,
Corvallis.
Discussed in the booklet
are the general farm picture,
livestock, seed and grain
crops, forestry, poultry and
eggs, horticultural crops,
dairy, and consumer trends.
Guernsey Bull Sold
By Medford Farmer
Peterborough, N. H. P. K.
Nelson, Medford, has sold the
registered Guernsey bull,
Wandamere Bonds Hero, ac
cording . to the American
Guernsey Cattle club.
The purchaser was Perle S.
Mesto, trustee of the Marguer
ite S. Tyson Trust, Reno, Nev.
This bull is out of the
Guernsey cow, Ivy Oak Peg
gy's Petal, that has an offi
cial production record of 16,
315 pounds of milk 'and 861
pounds of fat, made on three
times daily milking in 365
days. He was sired by Wanda
mere Anson's Bond.
one bushel of corn, and 10
pounds of tobacco. That would
help empty the government's
surplus warehouses.
Might Create Problems
You can see at a glance that
the "Jones" plan might create
some problems of its own. But
rest easy. The government is
taking the suggestion with re
markable calm.
"Jones" the name is fic
tional though the letter was
real received a polite, tact
ful reply from an agriculture
department official who
answers dozens of similar let
ters every week.
The official passed over the
population control suggestion
in silence. He thanked
"Jones" for his "thoughtful
ness in taking time to send
your suggestion." He noted
cautiously that the farm sur
plus plan would depend on
the government's ability to
get citizens to agree to stash
away wheat, corn, and to
bacco in the pantry.
Another suggestion for deal
ing with the surplus stockpiles
came from a man in Ohio.
Put the stuff in a sort of
outdoor icebox, he suggested
in a letter. Just stack it in
Three Animals
Said Missing
Salem Just three animals
were reported strayed or stol
en by Oregon farmers and
ranchers during March, accor
ding to the monthly estray
bulletin of the state depart
ment of agriculture.
However, the bulletin also
describes 171 fat spring lambs
missing from a ranch near
Corning, Calif., and a Shet
land pony reported lost by an
Oreana, Ida. rancher.
In Oregon, two whiteface
steers aare missing from a
Baker county ranch and one
black whiteface bull has
strayed or been stolen from a
farm in Benton county.
Descriptions of the missing
animals have been issued to
state police, county sheriffs,
and the department's live
stock officers and brand in
spectors, according to Henry
A. Matschiner, supervising
livestock officer.
Antarctica.
An elderly Kansas farmer
wrote to urge Agriculture Sec
retary Ezra Taft Benson to
sponsor a mass back-to-the-land
movement. With a farm
family on every 160 acres, he
argued, the farmers them
selves eat up the surplus.
But before Benson could do
anything about that, he got a
letter from a lady in Michigan
who reported the solution to
the farm problem came to her
suddenly as she mused at the
beauty of the countryside.
The lady told Benson to
find some potential Henry
Fords to build agriculture into
big business like the auto industry.
Top Herd Sire
Brings $1,500
A sale price of $1,500 was
brought by.Homeplace Eileen
mere, top herd sire, during
John Cupp's Homestead An
gus farm dispersal sale at the
Midway Auction Yard Tues
day. Over 200" people attended
the sale which saw the top
herd sire go to Charles El
more Applegate. The second
herd sire, Eileenmere 1353
sold to Fenton O'Connell, Gil
roy, Calif., for $975.
A yearling bull sold at
$650. Two cows sold at $600 j
eacn. Average saie price iur
26 cows was $393. '
The top 10 heifers averaged
$377.50 and 26 heifers aver
aged $273 including small
calves.
The sale of the nationally
known Angus attracted buy
ers from Washington, Idaho
and California plus buyers
from this state, it was reported.
U. S. farm exports in fiscal
1957 totaled $4,700,000,000,
an increase of 68 per cent
from the $2,800,000,000 value
of exports in 1953. They
were the equivalent of more
than, half the wheat, cotton,
and rice crops; more than
one-third of the soybean pro
duction; one-fourth of the to
bacco; one-half of the tallow;
and one-fifth of the lard production.
Ag Council Asks
More Research
For State Farmers
Corvallis An expanded
program of basic research in
agriculture at Oregon State
college has been requested by
the Oregon Agricultural Re
search and Advisory council,
composed ox representatives
of 25 state farm organizations.
The need for a broadened
program to help farmers of
the state was stressed at the
annual meeting of the council
this week with members of
the OSC agricultural experi
ment station staff and Presi
dent A. L. Strand.
Robert J. Steward, director
of the state department of
agriculture, and Ralph G.
Witcher, state board of agri
culture member from Junc
tion City, also participated in
the meeting.
Money spent for agricultu
ral research must be consid
ered "an investment . rather
than an expense because it re
turns three-or-four-fold pro
fits in increased farm in
comes and producer benefits,"
Larry Williams of Canyon
City, retiring council presi
dent noted.
Basic Research Necessary
Basic research is necessary
in plant and insect physiology
as the basis for developing
disease-resistant plants and
more effective pest controls,
James Doty of Portland, Ore
gon Association of Nursery
men, and Gordon Walker, In
dependence, State Horticul
tural society, pointed out.
Walker was elected new
president of the council. Oth
er officers include Carey
Strome, Junction City, Ore
gon Seed Growers League,
vice president; and Lyle Ham
mack, Portland, Oregon Dairy
Industries association, secre
tary. Named to the executive
committee of the council with
them were Williams, Oregon
Cattlemen's association;
Frank Anderson, Heppner,
Oregon Wheat Growers
League; Leon Funke, Eugene,
Oregon Essential Oil Growers
League; C. R. Tulley, Port
land, Northwest Canners and
Freezers association; Charles
Swango, Eugene, Western
Oregon livestock association;
and Doty, Oregon Association
of Nurserymen.
Seamless aluminum cans,
for use as food containers,
are being made by impact extrusion.
Latest Weed Data
Given By OSC
Corvallis Latest weed
control recommendations for
Oregon are presented in a
handy booklet just published
by Oregon ' State college exr
tension service. Oregon resi
dents may obtain copies of
the booklet from local county
extension agents or the OSC
bulletin clerk, Corvallis.
Titled "1958 Recommenda
tions for Weed Control in
Oregon," the 10-page booklet
is prepared in chart form
with brief easy-to-follow di
rections for controlling all
major weeds.
Specific weed control pro
grams are also, charted for
Oregon farm crops, lawns,
and small fruits and vege
tables plus controls for weeds
in ditches and ponds. Includ
ed in the booklet are spray
precautions to protect nearby
susceptible crops or plants.
RETAIL PRICES RISE
New York (IP) Retail
prices in New York Citv went
up .5 per cent in March, the
National Industrial Confer
ence Board reported Wednes
day. Food tirices rose 1 ner
cent, while apparel and hous
ing each rose .2 per cent.
Mobile, Ala. HP) The air
craft carrier Corregidor i
scheduled to arrive here next
Wednesday to have a crack in
her hull repaired. The carrier,,
now attached to the Military
Sea Transport Service, suffer
ed the damage last month in
a North Atlantic storm.
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