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o 4 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, May 22, 1958 t . FcBrim cairacfl Garden Put All Clippings in Compost Pile For Better Flowers and Vegetables Corvallis Those lush clip pings you've been mowing off our lawn can help you grow better flowers and garden rops next year if you throw them on a compost pile now, dvises R. Ralph Clark, exten sion horticulturist at Oregon ftttte college. Garden and landscape plants thrive in soil contain inf lots of organic material, Clirk explains. The organic mttter helps hold moisture and plant food in the soil, and makes it easier for plant oots to develop naturally. In city or suburban gardens where large quantities of ma nure are difficult to obtain, a compost pile can supply much of this needed organic ma terial. Grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and even vegetable parings and fruit peels will all break down into -valuable or- " ganic matter when properly composted. To make a com post pile, you first spread a .five or six-inch layer of clip- . pings and other material on the ground, add a thin layer of manure or throw on a few handfuls of high-nitrogen fer tilizer, and then cover with one or two inches of soil, Clark says. Continue to build up additional layers, over a period of time until the pile is about three feet hgh, end ing with a layer of soil. Sides of the pile should be Jept vertical, with the top kept level or slightly dipped to catch and hold moisture. In dry seasons, it's wise to sprinkle the plie te keep it moist. This hastens decompo stion of the clipipngs and other materials. The compost pile you build this year will be ready for use next year, Clark says. To use the compost, spread and work into the garden soil, or . use as a side-dressing or mulch around plants. For a constant supply, many garden ers have two compost piles, using one while building the other for use next year. More information about This Week's : ' ' i .i ' f; plsT JJ! ,2'"''-6' h- SERVICE CJ J " 1 i LIVING ROOM , . ww LJJ 12-. ir " 10 I BEDROOM C EATING If. 13' PLAN NO-3608: 1139 SQUARE FEET By HIAWATHA ESTES Although it is planned for a 50 foot lot and covers only 1139 square feet, this enchant ing home is deceptively spa cious. Not a square foot of liv ing area has been wasted. Un necessary partitions have been omitted to create a feeling of expanded space, and halls have been kept to the essen tial minimum. From the covered porch you enter a small foyer off the liv ing room. Traffic channels easily from the front door to either the kitchen or bedroom hall without crossing the con versational areas of the room. Focal point of the living room is the big corner fireplace. A half-wall with wood lou making and using compost can be found in an OSC exten sion circular, "Composts for Garden Soil." Oregon resi Jersey Cattle Club Has Large Dairy Day 4-Her's from Jackson and Josephine counties turned out in, large numbers to partici pate in the Rogue River Jer sey Cattle club dairy day at the Josephine county fair grounds in Grants. John Hughes and Jerry Moore, Eagle Point; Richard Johnson and Nancy Johnson, Wimer, took first place rib bons in showmanship for Jackson county. Champion showman was Tom Case of Grants Pass. Other results were: Senior Showmanship 1st Tom Case, Josephine county 2nd Roberta Barnes, Jose phine county 3rd Sandy Bird, Josephine county 4th Joyce Rogers, Jose phine county 6th Marilyn Kelly, Jose phine county Intermediate Showmanship county 1st John Hughes, Jackson county. 2nd Lanny Parsons, Jack son county 3rd - Linda Ballow, Jose phine county 4th Diane Kelly, Jose phine county 5th Julie Bird, Josephine county v 6th Cheryl Bassinett, Jose phine county Intermediate Showmship .... 1st Richard Johnson, Jackson county. 2nd Z a n e Strickland, Jackson county 3rd Sherry Heckert, Jack son county 4th Carol Martin, Jose phine county Town, County House I ENTRY I r- t M ral i ro aay x& . 3 mm ' vers over, is located between the dining area and living room. This unites these areas with the open kitchen. Thus the housewife can join in fam ily conversation while she goes about the work of meal preparation and clean up. . Range, oven and refrigera tor are built in, and cup boards, ample counter tops and a broom closet assure step-saving efficiency. Wash er, dryer and water heater are out of the way in the service entry. A laundry tray may be substitute for the dryer, if de sired. A three-quarter bath opens to both the service area and master bedroom. With a sliding wall of glass dents can get a copy at their county extension office, or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis. , 5th Janne Calloway, Jack son county 6th James Morris, Jose phine county Junior Showmanship 1st Jerry Moore. Jackson county 2nd David Strickland, Jackson county 3rd Christine Moore, Jackson county 4th Chris Eadley, 1 Josephine county 5th Eddie McPullium, Josephine county 6th Kathy Badcock, Jackson county Beginnrr Showmanship 1st Nancy Johnson, Jackson county 2nd Judy Suhr, Josephine coun ty 3rd Denise Smith, Josephine county 4th Dianne Lewis, Josephine county ty 5th Allen Jones, Josephine county 6th Jerry Donald, Josephine county Champion Showmanship: Tom Case, Richard Johnson. John Hughes. Jerry Moore and Nancy Johnson. Dairy Judging Dairy Judging Contest: 1st Ger ald Morgan, Josephine county 287.6 2nd Lanny Parsons, Jackson county 278.6 3rd Roberta Barnes, Josephine county 271.9 4th Denise Smith, Josephine county 263.3 5th Gwen Stowell, Josephine county 257.1 6th Richard Morgan Josephine county 236.3 Horticulturist Here To Study Problems Some of the current or chard problems are being studied here this week by C. O. Rawlings, Oregon State college extension horticul turist. Rawling and County Horti cultural Agent C. B. Cordy are dealing particularly with orchards where a few trees are not doing well for no ob vious reason, Cordy said. that opens to the patio, this bedroom could be converted into a den for a smaller family. Large sliding door ward robes have been provided in all bedrooms. The family bath has a pull man lavatory with a cabinet below for towels and accesso ries. A line closet opens onto the bedroom hall. Bandsaw rafters at the ga bles, trims the steeply pitched roof. Shutter-framed diamond paned windows add Old World paintness to the exter ior. The stone used in the fireplace and chimney is also used as veneer and extends to form two planters. State Farm Prices Dip Slightly For Month Of April Corvallis Oregon farm prices turned downward last month in contrast to national farm prices which continued to rise, according to Mrs. El vera Horrell, extenson agri cultural economist at Oregon State college. Lower livestock prices in the state during April more than offset a slight rise in crop prices paid farmers, Mrs. Hor rell said. Milk, beef cattle, hog, lamb, and wool prices slipped during the month and helped lower the price index. It marked the first drop in meat-animal prices in the state since October. However, crop prices inched up a little during April, large ly due to increases in prices paid farmers for corn and po tatoes. Ths helped Oregon farm prices stay about 3 per cent above those of a year earlier, although they stand about 1 per cent below last month. Fruits High On the national scene, rec ord high prices for fruits and vegetables, and a substantial increase in prices paid for cotton, gave the national farm price index another monthly boost. Prices received by the nation's farmers gained 1 per fent during last month and now stand 10 per cent above April, 1957 and at the high est level since January, 1953, Mrs. Horrell said. Prices of things farmers buy also moved up 1 per cent last month to a new record high, 6 per cent above a year earlier. Prices paid for farm production items were respon sible for the increase, as high er prices for feeder cattle, feed, baby chicks, and turkey poults more than offset slight ly lower prices for feeder lambs, building materials, and fertilizers. Farm family living items held unchanged from the pre vious record high in mid March as a rise in food prices was balanced by unchanged or lower prices on other items. With both prices received and prices paid by farmers ad vancing a like amount, farm product purchasing power held its own at mid-April, Mrs. Hoorrell said. The par ity ratio the government's yardstick for measuring the relationship between prices received and prices paid by farmers stood at 87 at mid April, unchanged from mid March but 5 points above mid April 1957. Bangs Testing Drops in State Salem Brucellosis testing in Oregon range areas drop ped in April as is normal at this time of year, the state de partment of agriculture re ports. However, the vaccina tion of calves continued norm ally during the month. During April 1798 herds containing 27,621 cattle were blood-tested for brucellosis. In this testing, 249 cattle reacted for a percentage of 0.902. Nearly 500 herds containing an estimated 9840 cattle were milk ring tested. Eight suspici ous herds were disclosed. Calf vaccination was con ducted in 1032 herds contain ing 23,406 calves. More than 6000 cattle were tested at salesyards for movement back to the farms; among these 30 reactors were found and sent for immediate slaughter. Most of the testing in April was concentrated in Douglas, Jackson, Lane, Malheur, Bak er, Grant and Umatilla coun ties. During the month, Baker, Lincoln and Polk coimties were submitted to the USDA in Washington, D.C., for certi fication as brucellosis-free areas, ine necessary papers were also submitted for re certification of Marion county. Three tuberculosis reactors were found in 2938 cattle test ed. The reactors were dis closed in cattle in Jackson, Josephine and Wasco coun ties. Spray Now For Oak Leal Minor DON BERRY County Horticultural Agent Home owners who have had trouble with oak leaf minor should spray for the control of this pest. White oaks are particularly susceptible to at tack by leaf minor which causes leaves to turn brown and fall during the summer time. Trees which are severe ly affected by this pest take on an overall sickly appear ance and partially defoliate. A combination spray using Malathion plus DDT is used for controlling oak leaf minor, aphids and other pests on oaks at this time of year. Four pounds each of DDT and Mal athion per 100 gallon of water should be used and the trees sprayed thoroughly. CHIT CHAT By JOE G. COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor How many of you have had. this happen? The phone in the office jangles insistently insistently because the wife is calling. She has suddenly remembered at her office that perhaps the stove has been left on. Without thinking you pick up the phone again and call a neighbor. She goes over, turns off the stove and the incident is all but forgotten. Except that is, to thank her. This is neighborliness. And in this age of that fast dwindling spirit you are lucky if you have a neighbor like that to rely on. The time when neighbor helped neighbor build a barn, a house, cut his hay and a great number of other things seems almost vanished. Neighborliness takes the form of many things. It repre sents the borrowed cup of sugar. It means the special jar of preserves for a sick neighbor or a pot of stew. Also, it's the worn rut of a path between houses. It stands for the firm handshake between minister and his parishoners. An exchange of gossip over the back fence or at the store is yet another form. We mention all this in this column on this farm page because neighborliness grew End flowered in rural America, especially in the West. Now as the cities reach out' their long tentacles of paved streets and sidewalks thick with heavy traffic this spirit of neighborliness is vanishing. It's the little things like this which make life mean just a little bit more. That's one of the reasons we like a small town like the one we live in. It's a little town near Medford and we like it. It's part of rural America. No, it's not the sophisticated thing, the modern, high society thing. It's social all right, but as plain as the clothes hanging Cn the backyard lines or the home-baked apple pie. Maybe you, like others, think only "characters" believe in this sort of thing. But we like "characters." The people we have written about in this column might be called "characters." Yes they are real people. And we have a special liking for "characters." They are tlfe people who aren't afraid of getting their hands dirty, or getting them covered with callouses. It's not fashionable to help take care of a poor sick family. Only "characters" do it. Those people who advance a new idea artists, inventors, writers, scientists might all be called "characters."' They don't stick to the straight narrow lines of what "most people do." They don't want to. They want to be different. They get the idea of large parks, recreation centers which everyone can use. And it's the other people the .ones who are more conservative, who say "I think we are going too fast with this idea." Where would we be if it weren't for the "characters" or if they strictly conformed to the ideas of "the right kind of people?" Last week we were writing about one of our characters. He is one of the small independent farmers who most people don't think too much about when bills are passed to help the farmer supposedly. We think more attention should be paid this small farmer since and there's plenty of argument on this the irriga tion projects planned and now abuilding in this valley will mean more farms of the smaller type. We should get to know these fellows, study their problems and see what we can do to help them. Old Hans was such a farmer. He lived up in the hills of a neighboring state when we last saw him. Hans raises peas and goats. The goats are used for his milk and perhaps for sale to the local hospital for a few extra little luxuries like a small sack of tobacco, a newspaper or magazine. The peas are planted on land he leases. Hans is a rarity since he is one of the few blue-water sailors who do what most sailors dream and talk about getting a little farm. Hans had worked hard as a sailor before the mast in the coastwise lumber trade plus a couple of trips half way around the world. He made good money off his acreage for, peas at that time were bringing good money on the market. In fact, he made much more money than many of the more conventional type of farmer. And he knew how to save His credit was good in the local, small town inde pendent bank which was the only one he trusted. Hans looked like a typical hermit, which he was most of the time. Early in the morning he could be seen out bending his six-foot rawboned frame over the small garden plot. His long, rough cut white hair was almost down' to his shoulders. His large, thickly caloused fingers which had once hauled on the lines of heavy canvass sails were almost tender with the small green plants. His cabin was made of logs chinked with clay. It could be 110 degrees outside and as cool as an early spring morn ing inside the cabin. The logs provided their own insulation old Hans was always saying. He invited us in one day for a large tin cup of sweetened goat milk. With the goats wandering in and out, bells clanking and parts of farm imple ments scattered around, the cabin looked half cabin and half barn. Old Hans didn't have much more than a grade school or part of a high school education but he read thoroughly, every old newspaper and magazine he could get his hands on. His lease money was kept in the bank, untouched. He didn't believe in too many luxuries. He liked to talk with someone who would discuss world and national news. Lots going on and old Hans liked to keep up on all of it, although he didn't like to get too close to the people who might make that news, not even the small town news. Marketing Survey Salem- A national sur vey of marketing promotional activities under state legisla tion is being headed by Mar ket Development Chief Paul T. Rowell of the Oregon de partment of agriculture it was announced. As chairman of the Nation al Association of Marketing officials' committee on mark eting services and promotion of agricultural products, Row ell has mailed a questionnaire to all NAMO memb.ers throughout the country. In addition to promotional activities under state legisla tion, the survey will seek in formation ' on voluntary pro grams with which state agen cies cooperate. Rowell stated that over the years considerable informa tion and data have been de veloped on types of state and federal regulatory legislation affecting marketing. He said, however, little in formation is available on mar ket promotional activities un der state legislation. Many states have developed these programs, he continued, and some overall information on them and their coordination or differences in the various states would be valuable. The. results of this survey will be compiled and summar ized by Rowell's office . for Led By Oregonian submission to the NAMO at its annual meeting in Phoe nix, Ariz., in October. This report is scheduled as a pro gram feature to be led by Rowell with a panel of com mittee members. ' Results of the survey will be available for distribution following re lease at the Arizona meeting. White Top Reported In Orchards, Fields A number of patches of the noxious weed white top have been reported in orchards and other fields in the valley, ac cording to County Horticul tural Agent C. B. Cordy. The weed, a serious menace to all crops, is about ready to go to seed, Cordy said, and should be cultivated down im mediately. Some sprays have been found to 1 effective against white top, but might possibly be damaging to other crops if used continuingly, he added. Some pear blight has been noted in orchards in the sec ond bloom and should be cut out at least one foot below the visible infection. Any sizable amount, such as several spots per tree, should be sprayed, Cordy advised. Hail Official's Suggestion Jo Wipe Out Lower Rates On Midwest Meats Into State Oregon's cattle raising packing industry and related enterprises will not be held to a "cow-and-calf" operation if the Interstate Commerce commission accepts the rec ommendation of its examiner, Otto A. Hanson, according to Public Utility Commissioner Howard Morgan and Robert J'. Steward, state director of agriculture. Hanson recommends wip ing out the recently reduced Set Out Late Now, Advises Agent Late vegetables should be planted now, advised Don Berry, county horticultural agent. "Now is a good time to set out frost sensitive plants such as peppers, tomatoes, and egg plants," Berry suggested. There are several varieties of tomatoes which are good, he said. However, the Ace va riety seems to do better in the Rogue valley area. This is the favored variety of commercial vegetable growers, the agent added. It is well-flavored, firm, has good color and good quality. The California Won der variety is considered best of tomatoes, and Black Beauty for egg-plants. Tomatoes should be set out five by. five feet but can be grown closer if space is limit ed three by three feet, Berry said. Peppers, tomatoes and egg-plants can be set out in borders around the yard, also, if the gardener desires. Also, they can be staked out or placed on walls and trellis. . Many times a transplanting solution helps when setting the plants out. This booster solution consists of two heap ing tablespoons of complete fertilizer in a gallon of water, Berry recommended. A cupful Correct Labels Meeting Topic For Staff Men Salem Correct and infor mative labeling of packaged food products will be one of the principal subjects dis cussed at the semi-annual staff conference May 26-28 of the state department of agri culture's division of foods and dairies, weights and measures. O. K. Beals, division chief, said another important prob lem to be studied is effective public relations in the enforce ment field. One day will be devoted to facets of the dairy inspection program; at the same time weights and meas ures inspectors will discuss problems in their field. Robert J. Steward, depart ment director, will address the group on May 27. Also scheduled to participate are Dorothy Sherrill and Zelma Reigle, Oregon state college consumer marketing special ists, who will lead a discus sion on consumer reaction to labels and advertising. Don Chapman, vice president of the Equitable Savings and Loan association in Portland, will speak on public relations. Personnel of the division of foods and dairies, weights and measures, are actively en gaged in the enforcement of state laws dealing with dairy and food products, feeds, fer tilizers and economic poisons, and testing of weighing and measuring devices throughout the state. Fifteen members of the di vision's 43-man staff are locat ed in areas outside Salem. . Poultry School Planned Here A 4-H poultry school for southern Oregon will be con ducted by Oregon State col lege poultry specialists Satur day, May 24 at the Jackson County fairgrounds in Med ford. Charles Fischer, 'poultry marketing specialist and Noel Bennion, poultry speciaRst, will conduct the school. Start ing at 10 a.m., the program will include brooding and rearing chicks, poultry judg ing, candling and grading eggs, and preparing poultry for exhibits. The program will end with, a question and an swer session at 3 p.m. The school is designed for 4-H poultry project members but is open to the public. m Farmers To Plant . Fewer Vegetables Corvallis Oregon farm ers plan to follow a national trend and plant fewer acres of most vegetable crops for processing this year, accord ing to Mrs. Elvera Horrell, ex tension agricultural econo mist at Oregon State college. rail freight rates on fresh meat shipments from the mid west to Portland and the Pacific Northwest by as much as 40 per cent. The state officials hailed Examiner Hanson's report as a "signal victory" for the re gion's livestock and packing industries, which employ more than 3,000 workers in 130 Oregon slaughtering plants alone." "The new rate reduction is Vegetables of this mix should be used for each plant. Tops of tomatoes should be dipped in a DDT solution be fore planting them, the county agent added. This controls the flea beetle. Use a heaping tablespoon of 50 per cent DDT. The plants should be dipped in upside down. Gardeners should not be un duly concerned if early, blos soms break off. This is a nat ural shedding of the bloom, Berry said.: These blossoms won't stay on until night tem peratures reach above 50 de grees. Sometimes spraying with a hormone solution will help to offset this, he added. Hearing Planned On Meat Labels In Salem Friday Salem The state depart ment of agriculture will hold a public hearing Friday, May 23, at 1:30 p.m. in room 372, state office building in Port land, to consider minor changes in the administrative order establishing standards of identity for hamburger and ground beef. According to O. K.. Beals, chief of the department's divi sion of foods and dairies, a few changes appear necessary in "order that the regulation be uniform with those of the federal meat inspection divi sion. At the hearing, discussion will center on the labeling of specialty . products such as "steakettes," "chopped steak and "choppettes," Beals said. Federal regulations allow these specialty products to be labeled by name when further information appears on the label describing the process or processes used in their prepar ation. Under the state depart ment's administrative order, signed Jan. 13, products con sisting of ground beef are to be labeled either "ground beef" or "hamburger". No other problems have de veloped in the enforcement of this regulation, Beals contin ued, and no other changes are contemplated. The standard of identity Drovides that hamburger, or ground beef sold in Oregon shall contain no more than 30 per cent analyzable beef fat and the optional addition of ascorbic acid and monoso dium glutamate if declared on the label. Hereford Tour Set for June 1 The Annual Cal-Ore Here for association tour for mem bers and friends will be held une 1. The tour will start at 9 a.m. at the Ralph L. Cook ranch, Hillcrest-Phoenix rd, three miles east of Medford at the end of Barnett rd. 10 a.m. Arrowhead Ranch Hillcrest-Phoenix rd. 11 a.m. Cloe Small 22 mi. east of Phoenix on Fern Valley rd. 12 noon Charcoal broiled steaks at upper end of Lithia park Cal-Ore furnishes steak, potatoes, coffee and soft drinks. Bring salad or des sert and dishes. 2 p.m. Don Nichols Ranch, 2785 East Main rd., Ashland. 3 p.m. Howell Cook Ranch, 325 Butler Creek rd., Ashland (Valleyview district. 4 p.m. Ireland Hereford Ranch (formerly Henry Owen's RanchJ, 1680 Butler Creek rd., Ashland. $35,000 Damage Suit Filed in Court Here Flossie Ellen Cook, Ash land, filed a suit in circuit court Tuesday seeking $35,000 general damages and $2,390 special damages from Lewis G. McLaren, Medford, for in juries allegedly suffered in a traffic accident. The collision, involving a car in which Mrs. Cook was riding, collided with a truck owned by McLaren March 21, 1957, at 10th and Front sts., Medford, according to the complaint. doing irreparable harm by pushing the structure between live animals and dressed meats out of balance and sub jecting northwest packer to unfair competition from Mid west dressed meats," Morgan explained. "Northwest live stock and meat packing in dustries require immediate return to the old rate struc ture, under which those in dustries were built, either by reducing rates on livestock or by suspending the reduc tion on dressed meats." Morgan said the I. C. C. al lowed the 40 per cent rate decrease on fresh meats to the northwest to become ef fective Aug. 15 without a public hearing, and that PUC representatives and industry interests "led the ficrht" fnr Washington, Oregon and Idaho last fall at an I. C. r.. hearing in Denver. Case Shows Damage This meat case rfemnn. strates the damage that can be done by percentage in. creases in freight rates and the manipulation of tariffs lor the benefit of favored in dustries or regions thhrough discriminatory reduction," he continued. "Not too many decades ago the east coast usd a thriving meat packing in dustry, .through rate manipu lation, that industry has been snuffed out and today the east coast is served by pack ers in the midwest. My office and the state department of agriculture are fighting to keep the same thing from happening here." "This case also demon strates the effectiveness and importance of unified action" Morgan continued. "In Ore gon every branch of state government from the Govern or on down took affirmative action,- backed by the meat packing industry, Chambers of Commerce and industrial freight rate organizations and we won our part of the case." "In California, which it more 1 adversely affected by these rates than Oregon, the Governor and state agencies remained silent, while the Los Angeles and San Fran cisco chambers of commerce disagreed on procedure. The examiner ruled that the .Cali fornia rates should remain in effect. The moral is pretty clear," he concluded. To Attend Meet Of PCA Group Lawrence Michaels, Can yonville, president, Lester Adams, of Provolt, vice pres ident, and three other direc tors of the Southern Oregon Production Credit association will attend the 1958 summer conference of P.C.A. directors and secretary-treasurers at Portland, June 19 and 20. I r v i n Patten, secretary treasurer of the Southern Ore gon Association, said the Port land meeting will bring to gether more than 40 farmer and rancher directors of P.C. A.'s; representatives of the federal (Oregon and Washing ton only) and district farm credit boards, and officials .of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane. Discussions of administra tive and operating problems of the associations and the bank will highlight the two day workshop session, accord ing to Patten. A special fea ture will be formulation of plans for observing the 25th anniversary of product ion credit service and the 35th an niversary of the credit bank. The anniversaries will be cele brated throughout a 12-month period, starting July 1, 1958. The credit bank, organized in 1923, is a wholesaler of credit and the chief source of P.C.A. loan funds, Patten ex plained. The P.CA.'s are now buying out the government's investment in the bank. Other directors of the South ern Oregon association at tending the Portland meeting will be Lawrence Luy, Med ford, Melvin J. Lattie, Med ford and Wesley Chappell, Bandon. Deschutes Rancher Suffers Estray Loss Salem Between 50 and 60 white face cows are missing from a range in Deschutes county. This loss is the heav iest reported on the state de partment or agriculture's April estray bulletin. Eight other Oregon farmers and ranchers in Deschutes, Wallow, Coos, Marion, Grant and Douglas counties reported 15 cows, ten calves, one steer and one bay mare strayed or stolen. Henry A. Matschiner, super vising livestock officer with the department has issued de scriptions of the missing ani mals to county sheriff's and state police, as well as to the department's district livestock officers and brand inspectors. y
