4A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, ThunJay, May 8, 1958
Half-Billion Boost Given
Annually by
Corvallis More than one-
half billion dollars annual
"buying power" in Oregon's
economy has been cerdited
directly to the state's agricul
ture by an Oregon State col
lege agricultural economist.
Dr. Gerald E. Korzan has
completed a study of Oregon
agrfculture showing that gross
farm income plusvalue added
in the first step of marketing
contributed $571 million to
the state's economy in 1956.
The total does not include
important dollar payrolls pro
vided by such activities as
wholesaling, transportat ion,
and storage ofarm products
enroute to retail markets.
Tfet Income'
.The state's 55,000 farmers
about 30,000 of . them
classed as commercial farm
ers received only $94 mil
lion of the total as "net in
come." Farmers paid out $301
million to earn $395 million.
Of the $571 million, $176
million value was added in
what Korzan terms "the first
step beyond the farm gate.
The "first step" included $68
miUion in direect payroll for
canning, freezing, dairy man
ufacturing, and other methods
of processing or handling Ore
eon's farm output.
The economist estimated
that farm production itself
Deer Creek Ranch
Sold To Alaskans
San Francisco, Calif. -
Deer Creek ranch in Selma,
Ore., has just been sold to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert A. Reis, re
cently of Anchorage, Alaska,
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry L.
Craig, parents of Mrs. Reis,
according to Previews, Inc.,
national real estate clearing
house.
The $140,000 transaction
was handled by Del Rogue
realty of Grants Pass.
The ranch comprises 840
acres, 340 acres level bottom
land, fenced and cross-fenced
in 25 fields of permanent ir
rigated pastures of various
sizes, 355 acres in woodland,
140 in pasture and approxi
mately five acres in grounds
around the residence and
ranch headquarters. Deer and
Squaw creeks cut through the
property.
The house is New England
colonial in design. The eight
room ranch house, on a knoll
overlooking the valley, in
cludes five family and guest
bedrooms. A 25 foot by, 36
foot living-dining room ex
tends through the house and
opens to a terrace. A knotty-
pine modern kitchen opens to
a servant s bedroom and bath.
Also included is a two-car gar
age with bedroom and bath
above. The basement has a
game room.
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State Agriculture
generated $79 million of di
rect payroll $53 million
paid to hired farm labor andj
$26 . million to persons em
ployed by Oregon firms sell
ing farm supplies and equip
ment of all kinds.
Annual employment, not in
cluding farm operators and
their families, for production
and processing is estimated at
more than 40,000 jobs when
translated to a full-time basis.
This is the total hours of full-
time workers and part-time
seasonal workers figured in
terms of full annual employ
ment. Seasonal Payroll Helps
The seasonal labor payroll
carries many advantages for
the economy, Koran explains.
It provides summer work for
young people and opportunity
for homemakers who can
spare some time from home
duties to earn money for "ex
tras." Processors interviewed
in the survey said most sea
sonal workers employed in
their plants are Oregon resi
dents. Year around employment,
however, accounted for the
bulk of the total payroll for
jobs in such activities as dairy
plants, livestock slaughtering
and packing plants, and stores
handling farm supplies. Fruit
and vegetable processing
plants, alone, provide about
3,000 full-time jobs.
Beans An Example
Snap beans which require
considerable processing is an
outstanding example of the
economic activity generated
by a single crop, the econo
mist states. Buying powert of
Oregon's annual snap bean
crop in terms of local jobs
and supplies was estimated at
$29 million nearly tripling
the $10 million paid to grow
ers. Almost $4Vfc million of
the growers' receipts went for
Tulip Blight
Plagues Gardeners
Due to a wet spring season,
many home owners are
plagued with a tulip blight
disease, according to Don Ber
ry, county horticultural agent.
This fungus disease caused
the flowers, leaves and stems
of the plant to become spotted
and distorted as though they
had been hit by fire or frost
So the disease is sometimes
called "tulip fire."
When severe, plants die or
at least fail to flower, where
mild cases . simply spot the
leaves and stems. When rain
continues a gray mold some
times appears on the surface
of the plant.
Control measures consist of
first removing and destroying
all affected leaves, shoots and
flowers, followed by a' spray
using Ferbam at the rate of
two tablespoons per gallon of
water (add a spreader to the
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Economy
direct payroll in harvesting.
Not included in the $571
million buying power was em
ployment for production of
supplies used in processing
farm products. Oregon can
neries and freezing plants, for
example, spend millions of
dollars annually for cans and
packaging materials. Egg car
tons, paper milk cartons, and
wooden shipping cartons are
also among supplies, most of
which are manufactured in
Oregon.
Dr. Korzan's detailed study
is being puDiisnea ty jso
and is titled "Oregon Farms
Generate Buying Power."
Copies will be available soon
from county extension offices
or the OSC bulletin cleric,
Corvallis.
Trees Need Care
Same As Garden
Local Agent Says
A eood gardener raises
good trees, according to Clif
ford B. Cordy, county horti
cultural agent.
Trees should be carefully
raised the same as a garden,
Cordy explained. This means
proper cultivation, fertiliza
tion and application of mulch
Before planting the soil
should be worked up to elim
inate all weeds. A mulch saw
dust 4 to 6 inches deep can
be put in to extend a radius
of three feet out from the tree
trunk. This will keep down
the weeds and hold the mois
ture, Cordy said.
Common Mistake
A common mistake is made
in over-irrigation, the county
horticultural agent said. Many
soils in this area are so heavy
that when the young trees are
over - irrigated, the. water
drowns them out. Irrigation
should be withheld until the
first of June. The bulk of the
orchards are irrigated but by
thorough cultivation will tend
to hold much of the spring
moisture until June 1.
Young trees will be helped
by irrigation, Cordy said.
However, it should not be ap
plied too heavily or early.
If the young trees can be
kept growing after July 1 and
all summer the danger period
of losing them will be passed,
he explained. It is important
to maintain good - growing
conditions and maintain
good growth during the first
of the season, he said.
spray to help wet leaves).
. Home owners should plant
disease - free bulbs. Digging
and replanting bulbs in a new
location each year will pre
vent a buildup of this fungus
disease in the sou. Well-drain-
ed, airy spots also Show lower
incidence of this disease.
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Livestock Districts Explained;
Cow May Be
Salem Do you know that
if you hit a cow while driving
on some Oregon highways the
cow may.be in the right? If
the cow knows more about
the law than you do, it's time
to be educated about livestock
districts. The state depart
ment of agriculture offices at
Salem are now a central de
pository for official orders
and descritpions of every live
stock district in the state.
Livestock districts are re
gions where it is illegal for
horses, cattle, . mules, asses,
sheep, goats and swine, or
any of these animals to run
at large.
Boundaries have now been
established for livestock dis
tricts in all counties except
one. An election will be held
in May in Clackamas county
to determine whether the en
tire county will be closed. For
the other -35 counties the de
partment at Salem now has
on record what livestock dis
tricts exist, where the boun
daries of each are located, by
what name or number each
district is designated, and
what livestock or classes of
livestock cannot run at large
within a given, district.
Right Exists
The right to create, change
or dissolve a livestock district
by a county or an area within
a county has existed over 70
years. In the 1930's the legis
lature established about 30
districts in which livestock
or a type -of livestock were
not allowed to run at large.
The 1947 and 1949 sessions
repealed the districts created
by statute and then attempted
to continue their existence
by a savings clause. This stip
ulated that those districts al
ready created by . statute
should be continued as if they
had come i n t o existence
through a local vote.
Realizing the importance of
accurate knowledge for pur
poses of disease prevention,
theft and police laws and pri
vate rights, the 1957 legisla
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stucco combine for exterior
interest, and a stone planter
edges the covered porch.
Family activities was a ma
jor consideration in planning
the big kitchen-family room.
At one end of this area is the
step-saving work area, with
built-in appliances, corner
windows over a double sink,
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Only a half-wall marks the
separation between this and
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ture directed the state depart
ment of agriculture -to find
out what districts exist and
the exact boundaries. M. .
Knickerbocker, chief rof the
department's division of ani
mal industry was designated
to direct the study.' He ap
pointed Chester B. Liechty to
carry out the field work and
conduct the hearings.
Holds Hearings
Then, county by county,
Liechty held public hearings
to receive testimony or evi
dence bearing on the exist
ence of livestock districts.
State laws and county records
were also studied for evidence
on existing districts. t
These studies definitely had
complications. For example,
in Dechutes county, . fire had
destroyed all records in 1927.
However, C. L. Allen, Des
chutes county judge, who was
in office from approximately
that time, testified that to his
knowledge no districts had
been created by local option
before 1927. ,
Liechty praised the coop
eration he received from all
the county clerks, county
judges and district attorneys.
Mapmaking
Besides becoming adept at
deciphering the old elaborate
Farming Atlas Out,
Shows Sfo(e Resources
Corvallis. An "Atlas of
Oregon Agriculture" that out
lines state land and water re
sources, farm operations, live
stock and crops, and market
ing and processing - facilities
has been published by the
Oregon State college agricul
tural experiment station.
Dr. Richard M. Highsmith
Jr., of the department of na
tural resources prepared the
Atlas, assisted by an advisory
committee drawn fromvan
ous departments in the school
of agriculture.;
Town, Country House
tain informally. Thus the liv
ing room, with its huge stone
fireplace, is kept free of toys
and clutter for adult gather
ings. Wide glass doors open from
both the family and living
rooms to the sheltered rear
patio for summer air and re
laxation. If desired, a sliding
wooden door or doors could
be installed between the liv
ing room and family room
during construction.
Home laundry appliances
find space in the service area.
The three-quarter bath is ac
cessible from both the service
area and the master bedroom.
Secluded for quiet and pri
vacy, three bedrooms are
lighted by banks of high set
windows, leaving room for
furniture below. Roomy ward
robes and closets provide
plenty of storage space. There
are two linen closets one in
script used to record official
documents in the early 1900's,
Liechty had considerable ex
ercise in mapmaking while
weeding out overlapping in
formation and hazy bound
aries. In Josephine and Jackson
counties, mass confusion exist
ed. Not only had livestock
districts been created and
then parts withdrawn and
made into open range areas,
but the voting precincts them
selves had changed names
and boundaries through the
years. And certain roads pass
ing through school districts
had been designated as closed
to livestock; now the school
districts are changed. This
made it necessary to deter
mine school district bound
aries as of the date the dis
tricts were created.
Unfortunately, no electric
computer is yet available to
crank out the accurate infor
mation needed in these cases.
So Liechty, with the records
in one hand, colored pencils
in the other, and a county
map on his desk, had to start
from the beginning and draw
in the first districts, then
mark out all tke changes.
Following this procedure, he
finally arrived at the now
existing official information.
Local Opinion
.Both Polk and Washington
counties had districts created
by local option in 1908. This
necessitated a search to see
if the counties had the power,
at that time, to create live
stock districts by the optional
method. Don Parker, assistant
attorney general with the de
partment searched the law
books and found the author
ity in an 1893 law.
ine aoove examples are
only some of the problems en
countered in finding the exist
ing boundaries; But the . ob
jective of having one unit of
state government with com
plete records on Oregon live
stock districts has been
reached,
the hall, one in the family
bath.
Fixtures in bath, are semi
partitioned.. The dressing
table pullman lavatory has a
mirrored medicine chest
above and storage cabinets
underneath.
The forced air heating unit
is centrally installed in a
closet off the hall. Two pas
sage doors open from the
double garage one to the
back yard, the second to the
covered front porch.
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Town and Country- Homes, may be
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Norumdge, Calii.
Pear Trees Are
Planted on New
Experiment Land
By HAROLD H. WHITE
Superintendent, Southern
Oregon Branch Experiment
Station
Eight sets of plans have
been released to contractors
who have indicated a desire
to bid on construction of the
three buildings on the Han
ley farm.
These t are an office build
ing, caretaker's residence and
an implement shed. ' Sealed
bids will be opened May 19.
A total of 3395 pear trees
(2480 hybrids plus 915 root
stocks) were planted. These
trees came from nurseries the
station has located on Gor
don Kershaw's farm in Sams
Valley. The hybrids are from
crosses made, in recent years
that have not yet fruited.
Those labeled as rootstock
will be used for transfer of
the large collection of pear
varieties assembled by Prof.
F. C. Reimer. .
The group was originally
collected and maintained by
the Southern Oregon Experi
ment Station but since July
1, 1955, has been perpetuated
under Federal financing. This
is the largest collection of
pear varieties in, the United
States and is being main
tained as a source of material
for pear breeding. Owing to
the purpose and nature of this
material the trees are planted
on a spacing of 12 feet be
tween rows with trees two
feet apart within the row.
Cut Alfalfa Early
With the first cutting of
alfalfa hay near agronomists
at the station are calling at
tention to the importance of
cutting when the alfalfa is
showing not over 10 per cent
bloom. Research has shown
that the stage of maturity at
which alfalfa is cut has con
siderable influence upon'
yield, quality of hay, and
longevity of the stand of. al
falfa. The researchers have
found that alfalfa cut in the
bud stage contains over 19 per
cent protein and about 13 per
cent crude fiber: However,
when cutting is delayed until
the field is in full bloom, the
protein content is less than
16 per cent but the,- crude
fiber has increased to over
33 per cent. Since crude fiber
is undigestible while protein
puts milk in the pail or meat
on the animal, it is the pro-
ten that determines the value
of the hay. For maximum
yield of protein per acre, cut
when not over 10 per cent of
the plants are in bloom,
Codling Moth
Dr. L. G. Gentner, ento
mologist, Southern Oregon
Experiment station, reports
that the first codling moth of
the season was caught in the
bait traps on May 3 but as
yet no eggs have been found.
Eight new chemicals for con
trol of codling moth are being
tested by Dr. Gentner in. Ex
periment Station plots. These
materials are being expored
because the codling moth like
some other insects may be
come resistant to DDT. Re
sults of these tests will be
available in the fall of ' 1958.
On May 6 the first brood
adults of pear psylla appear
ed. For control measures on
these insects watch for . an
nouncements in the paper
from your county agents'
office. -
Remember: . Research is
the process of finding out
what we are going to do
when we can't profitably
continue doing what we
are doing now.
Beekeeping Meet
Set For Friday
Beginners in beekeeping, as
well as amateur apiarist, are
invited to attend the regular
meeting of the Rogue River
Valley Beekeeper's association
in Bigham hall, county fair
grounds, Medford, Friday,
May 9, at 8 p.m., according
to W. B. Tucker, county
agent. .."" -' '
Deimar Smith,- president,
said that a door prize will
be awarded which will enable
the winner to start yi business
producing honey.
- Dr. W. P.' Stephen! assistant
professor of entomology at
.Oregon State college will lead
the discussion on "important
steps for successful bee cul
ture." A motion- picture en
titled "Bees and Honey" in
color has been ordered to sup
plement the discussions.
The insecticide spray pro
grams are increasing as crop
blossom time approaches
methods of protecting the
honeybee will be presented.
There is no enrollment fee
and any person interested in
apiculture, either commercial
ly or as a hobby is invited to
attend, Tucker said.
Milk can supply more than
half of your daily nutritional
requirements. Milk is nature's
most perfect food. w '
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- By JOE G. COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
Sunday is Mother's Day. The typical farm scene in the
spring is an expression of the maternal instinct.
The cow suckling a calf. A
across the pond by their mother, their little webbed feet
all paddling in rhythm. Downy yellow chicks crowding under
their mother's wing at nightfall. This is farm life and an
expression 'of the maternal instinct.
Although nobody seems to pay as much attention to her
as far as marking a special day Mother's Day also should
be considered Grandmother's
somewhat of a past-master" mother. We have m mind,
especially, a pert little Irish grandmother who raised six big,
strapping sons and three daughters on a farm in the Dakotas,
then without a cross word raised a granddaughter.
She served her day on the farm when time was not
measured by the swing of a clock's pendulum as much as
by the rise and sinking of the sun. She worked in the fields
during harvest time, handling a team of horses while the men
did the heavier work. Even now it isn't hard to imagine
her small, wiry figure perched on the edge of a high wooden
seat, her small hands tugging on the reins as she wheels the
large draft horses around the field pulling the heavy reeper.
Although 93 years old now, her faded blue eyes snap and her
jutting Irish chin sticks out further as she tells how "thim
wimmen is spoiled nowadays! Thim with their own office
jobs makes 'em too independent like. I worked, too, worked
real har-r-rd, but didn't get paid for it." . ",
Her eyes sparkle as she shows visitors faded old photo
graphs of a grain harvest on the farm under the burning hot
Dakota sun. She tells about how as a girl and later as a
wife in her own farm kitchen she bustled around preparing
the huge mid-day harvest meal. There would be large enamel
coffee pots with steaming, black liquid, large loafs of bread
right out of the oven, small plates of butter freshly churned
that morning, and chunks of meat and large bowls of
potatoes and other vegetables - grown in the garden plot.
The long plank table set on saw-horses in. the shade of the
house practically sagged in the middle with all this and
the large pies and cakes.
"Ol' Mis Callahan sets the best table 'roun," the farmers
would say so it wasn't hard to get harvest hands when the
grain was ripe for the cutting. Those were the days' when
it wasn't hard to get a good hired man. It was a time, too,
when come harvest time neighbors from miles around would
come to help with the harvest and the harvest equipment
would be rented for the number of days it required to
harvest grain. '
This peppery little Irish woman has seen a complete
evolution or cycle in farming. While she was still on the
farm the horse drawn equipment gave way to the snorting,
panting, steam belching monsters which rolled up and down
the fields. Sounded more like a railroad had invaded the
farm. These were soon replaced with the modern sleek, gas
and diesel powered equipment which now must be owned
by each farmer and causing the farms to grow bigger and
gradually squeezing' out the small family farm.
Perched next to the window of her small front room
many thousands of miles from her farm, the little Irish
grandmother shakes her head in wonder over the goings on
of the younger folks. Cards and letters from friends -keep
her up with the news along with the local paper which she
practically devours each night. She keeps her mental powers
tuned up by trading Irish wit with the local priest who
drops in occasionally to check on the well-being of "th' ol
miracle."
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