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YOUNG DAIRYMAID Madeline Schnafk,
19. feeds a two weel old calf on the.
Schnack brothers dairy farm on Campbell
rd. near Phoenix. It won't be long before
this young calf joins the milking herd of
Jerseys on the farm owned and operated by
Madeline's father, Martin Schnack, nd
uncle, Henry Schnack. Madeline is the third
generation" on the Schnack farm founded
by her paternal grandfather, Detlaf
Schnack.
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ASI-Jersey
!E3 Feature ef
Schnack Farm
The Schnack brothers and
their dairy farm on Camp
bell rd. near Phonix are un
usual for two main reasons.
First, Martin D. and Henry
Schnack have an all-Jersey
heri of 38 milk cows and two
daymen have a variety of
what might be called intell
ectual interests. q
Many dairy farmers in
Jackson-county have a mix-
ture oft-Holsteins and Jerseys
in their herds. The Holsteins
produce the quantity of milk
needed for maintaining a
quota. (The Milk Producers
League allocates a quota to
each of the farmers in their
milk pool. The share of the
receipts from the milk poi3
is based on this qota or shareAboth of tnem in high school
courthouse. The other daugh
ter, Peggy Lou, has just grad
uated from St. Mary's- paro
chial school.
The two men are looking
forward to completion of the
Talent irrigation project.
They now come under the
Talent irrigation district.
Their 40 acres now under ir
rigation may be increased la
terethey figure then they can
Hfondle easily 50-60 cows.
The two brothers take an
intense interest in the stock
market. Widely read they fol
low such periodicals of the
business and financial world
as Fortune, Forbes and the
Wj)ll Street Journal.
This interest started with
a . i. i-T . I t l
of the pool. When a dairyman
over a pencm of time, falls
below the production fiJ3i
set him may lose this quo-
BultFat Pays Orj
However, the S c h ira c k
brothers say that with a sur
plus of milk now the high
test, rich in butter-fat milk
produced by their herd pays
them better. ButterfaT pays
off on a flat per hundred
weight.
The two dairymen feel trgsir
123 acre farm (40 acres in 'ir
rigation) is too small for beef
raising. The topogr?.r is too
hilly for root or row crops.
Therefore, they feel they can
best take advantage of the
marginal land the h i 1 1
sides by dairying. The Sch
nack brothers are enthusias
tic over southern Oregon be
ing good dairy country. Their
father Detlaf Schnack farmed
the place before them and
was just as enthusiastic al
though he carried on general
farming also.
"We just like Jerseys," the
Schnack brothers said inre-
ply to a question as to whw
they kept a straight Jersey
herd. "They're good keepers.
We have had plenty of bulls
not the slightest bit of
trouble with them."
"You handle a Jersey bull
with respect just like you do
. any bull," Martin said. "He
realizes his position as herd
sire. Just see to it you don't
; hurt his pride. Also don't give
him a chance to tackle you.
Like people, he has a certain
routine that can't be disturb
ed." "Lots of kids have grown
up here," Martin added. "They
all learngj that they stay out
of the bull pen." His brother
is a bachelor, but Martin is
married and has three chil
dren two girls and a boy.
The oldest daughter, Madel
ine, works in the
Their fathe was interested in
the dock market. They gain
ed a little, knowiedge from
table talk. Then, while still
in high schfibl, they invested
"a few hundred dollars."
"This operation didn't make
us much Aoney, but it didn't
lo; us any, either," Martin
said. "We learned by experience."
'O Th t t o men have also
made a othorough study ot
Ifcology. Thoy feel this is in
valuable to them as farmers
since they can more feadily
determine the structure of the
soil and its quality.
During the uranium rush,
Martin Schnack hopped in a
jeep anrd took off through
Colorado, Utah, New Mexico
and eastern Oregon. With the
two brothers running the
farm, one of them could take
off a few days to go prospec
ting. On his return the other
could go. They didn't get rich
but they had fun.
"Don't maffe us out like a
couple of geniuses out here,"
Martin Schnack said. "We
aren't. We just keep up with
the markets. Any farmer who
hopes to stay operating has
to do that. Any other inter
est we have are hobbies. We
just have fun."
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Dairy Advisory
Group Set Up
Salem Delton Russell,
McMinnville, was elected
chairman of the state depart
ment of agriculture's dairy
relations advisory committee
at its first 1958 meeting held
in Salem recently.
The unofficial advisory
group approved the depart
ment's recommendation that
the fluid milk act be amended
to permit the department to
license tank truck drivers to
sample farm tank milk for
bacterial analysis, and asked
that an amendment be pre
pared for consideration at its
next meeting, July 29.
11 the amendment is ap
proved, the members of the
advisory committee will re
fer the amendment to their
parent organizations Ore
gon Dairy Industries, Oregon
Dairy Producers, and North
west Retail Ice Cream Manu
facturers for their consid
eration. Recommend" T Incrcaie
The recommendation that
frozen dessert license fees be
increased was held for study
by the advisory group. Chair
man Russell appointed An-
tone Larsen, Portland, and H,
S. Dixon, Tillamook, to work
with department officials and
Oregon state college to study
possible revisions of defini
tions of fluid milk products.
. The department's suggest
ion that surveys of municipal
milk inspection services occur
not less than once every two
years was approved by the
committee, Committee mem
bers recommended that the
purebred breed association be
contacted regarding amend
ing the present sections of law
governing the use of breed
name m advertising and la
bels of fluid milk.
Br JOE C. COWtCY
Mail Tnbtme farm t4v
tHoo Proftls Hiah L.
rumian nme,
A dut-cover4, plain black ledaa bounceg down rutty
county road and turni through a farm gate. A bespectacled,
tolidly built gray-haired man eases out from behind the
wheel. A farmer hangs up the phon and curries to the
door to greet the visitor.
So another few hours are added to the busy county
agent's schedule as Ben Tucker, now retired, answers an
other urgent inquiry regarding some crop or livestock prob
lem.
The farmer probably is impatient to learn an immediate
solution to a perplexing problem. Tucker on the other hand
must be ready" to give the right, carefully thought out
answers. If his advice is mishandled, like as not, poor results,
it will be blamed on him. If his advice is carefully followed
to the letter, then the farmer is tempted to pull on his
galluses, stick out his chest and expand a little on what a
good crop he has raised.
An airplane pilot may carefully count up his hours of
flight time and awe his listeners with tales of his compara
tively glamorous life. A large proportion, of the -county
agent's hours are never counted. They are shrugged off
as part of the day's work one of the many small pieces
which fit into and help solve the eternal puzzle of agriculture.
A newspaperman, a writer or an artist may affix his
signature in bold letters to his work for all the world to see.
Rarely is a county agent given widespread public credit for
his work. It's just part of a continuous flow.
A lawyer, real estate man. and even a doctor mav make
good use of his professional and business acquaintances
to launch himself on a political career. A county agent is
sternly forbidden by sharply drawn rules to do so.
Like the now almost extinct species of selfless country
doctor the county agent works on a 24-hour basis of availa
bility to those he serves. He spends hundreds of hours at
meetings but never reaohes for any office higher than that
of secretary.
As mentioned before, a county agent must remain aloof
from politics. However, he knows it is to his advantage
to know of the politics in his community and area. He
must know who makes the emery wheels of politics go around
so he can carefully sidestep "hot issues" and avoid being
ground down with political opponents.
These are just a few of the duties, responsibilities and
lookouts of the county agent. We tried to find something
which would officially list those duties, but without success.
His influence may be indicated by figures in a fairly
recent report of extension activities and accomplishments.
Such agents in the United States actively assisted 3.377.762
farm . families, according to 1955 "statistics (hcmemaking
practices, too; a total of 4,085,397 were assisted.
An official communication recently stated that "Ben
Tucker, Jackson county extension agent since 1947,. will
retire June 30. This terse announcement along with details
of his service and background, even though concise and
accurate, hardly expresses the feelings of those who worked
with Ben. It doesn't begin to reveal the appreciation of
those who benefited from and took advantage of his
patience, wisdom and cheerful outlook.
"I have known Ben for 25 to 30 years and have always
known him to be a conscientious, devoted worker. His
personal interests and pleasures were always placed second
ary to the -welfare of the people."
"What more can you say for a man? He was capable
He made a special effort to keep informed on the newest
and latest techniques. Furthermore, he was always available
to pass that information on."
This brief comment by one of his fellow workers prob
ably best sums up the way people feel about the veteran
county agent. To this we merely add, "We hate to see you
leave the work you were so long devoted to and we wish
you the best of luck in your retirement, Ben."
We hope everybody will attend the picnic in . honor of
Ben Tucker in TouVelle state park on the Table Rock rd.
on Aug. 20, starting at 1 p.m. The affair is sponsored jointly
by the Medford Rotary club and the Jackson County Agri
cultural committee. Rotarians and members of various farm
organizations are expected to attend. ,
Predictions Say
Corvallis Hog profits
have been too food t last
through next year, but long-
term prospects for Oregon
producers are still promising,
Oregon State college agricul
tural economists believe. .
Highest hog prices in four
years and indications that
they will continue favorable
for the rest of '1958 are
spurring farmers into increas
ing farrowings in the months
ahead, says M. D. Thomas,
OSC economist.
The 1958 fall pig crop is
expected to be about 13 per
cent larger nationally than in
1957, according to a recent
USDA report. Oregon's fall
crop is estimated even higher
20 per cent above 1957.
Recent prices of $25 to $26
hundredweight at Portland
are the highest since 1954.
Thomas says this partly be
cause farmers sold potential
breeding stock during the past
winter, resulting in a smaller
than expected 1958 spring pig
crop.
Producers Confident
Present confidence in the
price level has producers in
an expansion mood. Indica
tions are that national supply
Inquiries ReceVec On Milk Audit law
Salem Cross-country inter
est has been shown in Ore
gon's grade A milk usage au
dit law, according to field su
pervisor D- P. Shoup of the
state department of agriculture.
He reports letters asking
for copies of the law and reg
ulations have been received
from private organizations
and state and federal agen
cies in South Dakota, Nevada,
Washington, D.C., Colorado,
Indiana and Kentucky.
Set on Grade
A, freight rate program has
been worked oot to savt try
farmer thousands of delltrg
iu gradsg nd aerttf ied
weighed hay purchis, ic
corduag to Letar Adam, man
ager ol O?egon Mils) rojus
ers. The Htw rrtn$ment tgs
worked out after month of
negotiation and pleadings i
fort Oregon Public Utyitiet
commission, he explained.
Adams said his organiza
tion had succeeded in obtain
ing .a stabilized rate structure
which will permit ewery day
man in the state to k&frv in
advance his eaact Jted costs
and provide high qualitjaha
regardless at the ara in itiicn
it is purchased.
"Seeking means To cut op
erating cdsts we appealed to
a disinterested common car
rier company to deliver grad
ed hay any place in Oregon
at any time in any amounts
compatible with each indi
vidual dairyman's storage
space at a reasonable tariff
approved by the P. U. C",
Adams said.
Make Arrangements
"We finally concluded ar
rangements with Consolidated
Freight lines official who
agreed to provide us graded
hay with certified weight
of pigs for marketing during tickets, the -hay to be hauled
1959 may equal the 100 mil
lion pigs in 1951. A danger
signal for farmers, Thomas
believes, is that the new peak
in pork production will come
at a time when beef and poul
try supplies will be greater
than in 1951 and when over
seas needs may be less.
The economist also points
out that the 1959 numbers
are likely to be at least 10
per cent over 1955 national
marketings that helped force
prices down to $12 a hundred
weight at Portland.
Recently, a pound of hog
on Oregon farms would pay
in covered carriers
"Many more weeks were
spent presenting arguments
for lower freight rates, now
m -
succssfcill? concluded. Ince
focth, no tiry tfarratr sjhouls
mtrg thgn Vi ly cry
sW lover rats p cicr
ted c-i mileofe, gad sfral
cents -heye thfn rte that
btgineft efort ou l4io
tha J. U. C."
tich rsilfrr of Orm
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fcalemi-'Sha tftte deart-
meat of ajrisulture'sroposed
proteenve tdd sargtgtigp re
quirement Ar beed warehouses-
ill OregonQmet with
prottst fJom the 2& ware
housemen SeXending the de
partment's public hearing in
Salem rtcently.
Representatives of the in
dustry contended thatdhe pro
posed regulations which' in
clude permanent screening of
windows, tight-fitting doors
and exterior walls, and rodent-proof
coverings for ex
terior hoppers and unloading
pits, were repetition of the
federal Pure Food and Drug
act. They said the fact that
grain is inspected andj) passed
by federal officials should be
proof of the housekeeping
conditions under which it is
stored. O
Prodecgrs will be sent
haulingate schedule as ap-
prqg-ed by the P. U. C, Adams
si. Jrom this authorized
Sthedi dftirmen will know
exact spsts g hay regardless
of tUt rea from which it is
hauled. .
SigShci arrangements for
t(6te purches of thousands of
tons of graded hay in the Red
monand Klamath areas have
alrsjpdy Igen concluded, Ad
ams said.
6 pounds of barley, Thomas
states.
While the present hog prof
it boom appears on the way
out, the longer-term out-look
is still good for efficient Ore
gon producers, Thomas says.
Pacific Coast states use much
more pork than they produce,
resulting in the highest hog
prices in the country. Also,
the Northwest new has a big
Daily consumption of fish
per capita in Japan is 102
grams, compared with 14
grams for the United States
and 36 for England.
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for 10 pounds of barley. By'ly .competitively witho feed
the fall of 1959, the same (grains in other parte of th
pound may buy no more than country.
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Medford Ships Out
200 Cars of Pears
Salem Approximately 1390
cars of fresh fruits and veg
etables were shipped from
Oregon inspection centers in
May, according to the month
ly report of W. L. Close, mar- j
keting specialist, with offices
in the Oregon department of
agriculture. '
Potatoes topped the list,
with more than 670 cars in
spected at Klamath Falls and
423 cars shipped out of Red
mond. Over 200 cars of. pears
were shipped from the in-
eounty spection center at Medford.
The Following ESgle Poinl Uerc&aits
Wijl Be Closed July 4th, 5th, and 8th
BROWN'S MARKET
BROOK'S CAFB 0
eaSle POINT HARDWARE
OLSEN'S COWFKfTIONERY
TOVVN & COUNTRY LOGGERS
VAN'S SHOP o
TOWN & COUNTRY SHOP
EAGLE POINT GARAGE
LITTLE BUTTE. GROCiyiY
EAGLE POINT LUMBER CO.
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