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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.
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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
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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.
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