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o O 4A MAIL TRIBUNE, Mgfere, f Joiisf Plan Slated On Dairy Program Thirty producer societies representatives from sij vet ern state at recent Spo kane meeting of th Wtstern States Milk Poducftrs so ciation, Wvt f greed to fextl op joirgy thrr ide on national dairy jrojram. A mmitte) ct nin ha& been fcrned to develop an! aDDroach to solution of th national djry problem from an entirely new direction, ac cording to RicheVS Wester berg, Ashlar3. Orego, presi dent of the -western states group and Orege$ Mil Pro ducers. "Western prSductr re cool to the idea of quotas on production, particularly when iiPmost areas they re in a deficit situation," Westerbgrg said. "We are more concern ed with increasing sales and usage of milk and dairy foods and w believe that increased emphasis on research and pro motion, and an effort to re move the lower grades of pro duct from the market will achieve the balance between supply and demand we seek." The committee, under the chairmanship of Lynn Bram kamp, California Milk Pro ducers federation, is compos ed of Westerberg; Robert Cowan, Seattle Milk Produc ers association; Rulon Beus, Upper Snake River Valley Dairymen's association, Idaho Falls; Dale deRuwe, Spokane Milk Producers association; Forest Wisdom, Arizona's Dairymen's League, Phoenix; Bill Lattin, Associated Nev ada Dairymen, Reno; Verne Bingham, Federated Milk Producers, Salt Lake City; and Bob Stallwood, Western Colorado Milk Producers as sociation. Grand Junction. Viewpoints of all eight western states will be repre sented by the committee. At a forthcoming meeting in Reno, a rough draft proposal This Week's o A T I O l OlflNG fk- J all JV J -"Of Pi soviet 5 1 iStS f"1 Ln Drmr V 1 Cll DEN-1EDR00M f , fe.."'' fH Q O O O PLAN NO. 3614 1197 SQUARE FEET O o i By HIAWATHA ESTES Witfcin 1200 square feet this three bedroom home incor to!9t the comfort and con- v$nience usually found only i much larger dwellings. Cls,ets are everywhere roomy wardrobes in the bed ocfis with drawers below for storage; a guest closet near the entranct; a linen closet opposite the bathroom door nd a broom storage in the servf?e. Tffie two baths have reces sed fixtures and pullman lav atories wiRh cabinets under neath. Tie three-quarter bath, opening to bsth the service and den-bedroom, has a stall shower the family bath, a tub with overhead shower. There's space in the service for water heater and home - laundry -a p p H a nc e s. The rege). Tiers?, i V, n be? 3 ubsUntielljr oa an ap- Kten fa research, promo tion, nd elimination of low er eJ product through . Jr.?ktina order will b de vlopa io submission to in tree8 fioiit-e, pramkemp aid. Present t the Spokane meeting mere the following directors: Dale deRuwe, Ed win Foisy. Walter Johnson, Martin Cadruvi. Howard Es velt, Millard Clark, M. W. Harleman, William Martin, R. D. Harland, end Manager George Johnson of the host ing Spokane Milk Producers Association; Rulon Beus and Ivan Miller, Upper Snake Rivr Valley Dairymen's as sociation: Jim Cooper, and Forrest Wisdom, manager of Arizona Deirymen's league: Bill Canepa, Bill Lattin, and Walter Christensen, manager, Associated Nevada Dairymen; Elmer Klein, and Merritt Nash, manager, Washington Milk Producers association; Wilber Haskins and Dick Wesierberg, Oregon Milk Producers: Beore Burri and Vic Sachtjen, Grade A Milk Producers association, Nam pa, Idaho; A. H. Jagels and W. L. Hendrix, Idaho Dairy men's association, Boise; Jim Maino and Lynn Bramkamp, manager, California Milk Producers federation. A complete explanation was made and discussion of the Oregon milk usage audit law was led by D. P. Shoup, chief of the milk audit divis ion, State Department of Ag riculture, Salem. Next meeting of the Asso ciation is scheduled for Jan. 22-24 at Phoenix, Ariz. The New York State Thru way Authority suggests that drivers stop regularly, at least every two hours as a safety measure. Home for Living Plan BEDROOM llxll LIVING Room KITCHEN . i4" I I- im GARAGE 20l20 forced air heating unit is out of the way in the garage, where it can be easily cleaned out and serviced. In the kitchen, corner win dows brighten the double sink, and stove, oven and re frigerator are built in and color matched to your decor. The eating nook is handy for serving quick meals and snacks. By combining the living room and dining room, each area becomes more open and spacious. Sliding glass doors across the dining room wall open to the roofed patio, pro viding an all-season outdoor view and a warm-weather spot for lounging and outdoor dining. The focal point of the liv ing room is the large corner fireplace, around which furn Brand Conference Set Aug. 6-10 At Pringle Falls Salem The state depart ment of agriculture will spon sor its third, annual Oregon brand inspector conference at Pringle Falls from Aug. 6-10. All department personnel con nected with its brand inspec tion program will attend. The "school" is divided into two sessions so that brand in spection services will be in operation through the state while the meeting is being held. The first session opens Wednesday afternoon and closes Friday noon; the second session ends Sunday noon. Be tween sessions, the state live stock advisory committee will be in session. The program will feature discussions by department per sonnel on brand inspection, livestock ' licensing and herd law, the disease control and meat inspection programs, estrays, road checks, brand recording and forms, livestock weighing, evidence for court cases and public relations. Conference Purpose Given These topics are in line with the purpose of the con ference to keep personnel informed of new develop ments in their field and to promote uniformity and ef ficiency in the various phases of brand inspection work. Guy Woodworth, livestock officer from Beaverton, heads the program committee for the conference. Robert J. Steward, director of agriculture, and M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the department's division of ani mal industry, will speak at the conference, as will Jerry Mul cahy of Olympia, Wash., brand supervisor, and Charlie McCracken of Boise, Ida., state brand inspector. In ad dition, the department's per sonnel officer and property control officer will participate in the program. , iture can be arranged in con versational groupings. Bandsaw work trims the gables of the stained shake roof. Vertical and horizontal siding combine for a pleasing design effect and shutters on diamond paned windows lend an air of quaintness. A paddock-gate motif adds interest to the door of the double gar age, and a side door, opening to the porch, provides cov ered passage from the garage to the house in bad weather. Complete working drawings of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of ST30 for the first set and So for each additional set, when ordered at the same time. This plan will be available for a period of four months from this date. Please allow two weeks for deliv erv. If the above home does not entirely meet with your satisfac tion a new home plan book. Homes for laving, may be purchased for SI. Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P. O. Box 404-7, Northridge, Calif. BATH lam --CHIT GHAT By JOE G. COWLEY Miil Tribune Farm Editor A number of recreational developments are occurring in this county which should be of interest to the farmers. The county court yesterday formally agreed to accept a contract for administration of recreation sites in the Talent project. Also, Cole M. Rivers, fishery agent for the Rogue River district, Oregon state game commission has warned that the public may lose the use of Squaw lakes unless some public agency or group of agencies make necessary arrange ments with the present property owners to maintain it as a recreation area. As Ross Youngblood of the Bureau of Land Manage ment said, the county court is to be commended for its aggressive attitude in seeking to develop the recreation potential in the Talent project. However, other people seem to be dragging their feet. Perhaps if the farm organizations got behind and shoved a little the whole development of recreation in this county could move faster. ' Improvement of the Lake of the Woods road connection is important since it will open a large recreation area for year around use. Farmers in other areas have earned good money in catering to sportsmen and tourists. Why not here? Those with large farmhouses near these recreation areas can make some good pocket change during the spring and summer months by putting up tourists. Or, an old barn could be fixed up for tourists accommodations. They do it in other places. Then, too,, a good many farmers like to fish, too. ' Fanchers in the Applegate area have been pestered for some time by "the city folks" picnicking and dumping trash on their properties. Development of the Squaw lakes for public recreation would give these farmers a place to shoo all picnickers and those just wanting to be out in the country. Plenty has been written about recreation in the Talent project and development of the Lake of the Woods road connection. The Squaw lakes proposal is new. v These lakes are located eight miles east of the upper Applegate rd. near Copper. Fishermen have used them for about 40 years. The lower lake covers about 48.4 acres. The upper lake has 20.2 acres. Although the lower lake is used as an irrigation reservoir, the drawdown rarely ex ceeds 11 feet, ,Rivers says. . Now here is-' the problem All access to these lakes is controlled by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harr and A. C. Pierce. Pierce has posted his property, fenced it and locked the gates. The Harrs use their property for commercial recrea tional use. Since they are .getting along in years the couple finds , the enterprise is weighing pretty heavy. Also, ex penses Icve little profit. . . The game commission and the Harrs have a legal agree ment by which the Harrs will provide free access, parking and boat launching facilities. They charge only for the public's camp grounds and picnic facilities. The commission plants fish and manages the fishery. The couple receive $100 a year for the maintenance and upkeep of parking and boat launching areas. The Harrs want to withdraw from this agreement. Possibly by April, 1961, they can, accord ing to Rivers end the agreement. As we said, too many people and public agencies seem to be dragging their feet on recreation development. We have noticed that when the farmers of Jackson county decide to do something it gets done. We hope this will be the case in recreation, also. Agricultural economists predict the trend toward fewer and larger farms will continue. This means fewer farmers. It also means that farmers will be less important politically, one such economist stated. However, we believe that a way to a man's heart will continue to be through his stomach. That means then the farmer must and probably will educate the public so they realize how important the food producers are to a well-loaded dinner table. It means the consumer will have to be made increasingly aware of how and where his food is produced. Promotion and education are the twin answers. One of the local agricultural authorities tells of an amusing experience when a boy. Two youngsters of a travelling preacher had stopped to watch him and his brother crank the milk through the seperator. It was done in a small sawmill on the farm. It seemed only logical that the youngsters ran to their father and asked him to get a sawmill which, gives milk. Then, too, there's the story about the city girl newly married to a farmer. She was so happy that she thought everybody and everything should have a mate. So she went out and bought a rooster for each hen in her husband's flock. Result: more feathers in the chicken yard than in a pillow factory. The fruit situation looks pretty good in the state this week, according to a fruit and nut crop review published by Elvera Horrell, extension agricultural economist. Many housewives in this area are still moaning because they didn't hurry to grab the comparatively few boxes of apricots on the market recently. The review states that apricots are mostly picked at The Dalles. However, the cot crop is never a substantial one there because of the diminishing profits. Yakima, Wash., and some other areas produce many more. Plenty of irrigation water has helped the Hood River Valley fruit crops to develop well in spite of high temperatures. The pear crop there is considered good, according to reports received here. Housewives are warned that red and black raspberries are almost off the market, according to the fruit review. Boysenberries and early varieties of blackberries have passed their peak. Himalayas and Evergreen varieties of blackberries were well started by the third week of July. Those children who love blackberries will be happy to know that about 100,000 cases of blackberries will be canned in No. 10 cans for the northwest school lunch pro gram, the extension agricultural economist advises. Pear growers who are now beset with the picker prob lem here may see a little hope in the announcement that machines have been developed to harvest prunes and cherries. Agricultural engineers at Davis, Calif., have successfully tested a mechanical harvester for prunes, according to the review. They estimate this one-man harvester will replace four hand laborers. The experiment station in ier and less-bruising method of cherry picking. The cherries are loosened with the fingers or shaken down into a minnow net. Trials show this harvesting method speeds picking by nearly 40 per cent. Washington Log Restrictions Eased Olympia (UPD Restric tions on logging operations have been relaxed in the Beaver, Montesano, Raymond and Cathlamet districts of western Washington. The department of natural resources said logging opera Michigan has developed speed tions in the four districts could be resumed on a 1 p.m. "hoot owl" basis effective through midnight Wednesday. Shutdowns of logging oper ations elsewhere in western Washington remained in effect. FarinrD pond Garden. Higher Incomes Seen for State Farmers According to Corvallis Higher incomes are in the making for Oregon farmers this year, reports an Oregon State college agricul tural economist. Larger marketings of farm products, plus a 2 per cent average increase in farm prices in Oregon, are boosting incomes well above 1957, says Mrs. Elvera Horrell, OSC ex tension economist. . Receipts from sales of Ore EXPERIMENTAL WHEAT A member of the Oregon State college agricultural department points to a new variety of wheat. The youth from India is one of the farm scientists at the college who have been experimenting with a type of wheat of Japanese origin. It is shorter with a stronger stock to stand up better against the wind. This variety is also expected to harvest better. Shown in the picture taken at the college are western varieties of wheat. Chemical Discovered For 'White Muscle' Corvallis A breakthrough in the fight against "white muscle" disease widespread killer of calves and lambs in the state has been reported by the Oregon State college agricultural experiment sta tion. OSC researchers, O. H. Muth, veterinarian; J. E. Old field, animal husbandman; and L. F. Remmert and J. R. Schubert, agricultural chem ists, report that studies just completed at the station indi cate that selenium, an ele ment resembling sulfur, may be able to protect livestock against the disease. Last year the research team found they could produce the white muscle disease experi mentally in lambs whose dams had been fed legume hay during the last two months of pregnancy. The hay was harvested in areas of Ore gon where the disease often occurs. Armed with this technique, the researchers decided to try feeding ewes vitamin E and selenium to see if either of these substances would protect lambs from the dis ease. Five groups of 12 ewes each were used in the experi ment. One lot used as the con trol, was fecLhay from west ern Oregon, an area normal ly free of white muscle dis ease. The other lots all re ceived the legume hay from white muscle areas. Two of the groups fed hay from white-muscle area's re ceived vitamin E, either by injection or in oats fed to the ewes with their hay. One other group received selen ium in their oats, and the fi nal group received oats with nothing added. Result only lambs from the control group, fed West ern Oregon hay, and from the group fed selenium in their oats remained substantially free of white muscle disease. This seems to indicate that selenium fed to their mothers tends to protect lambs and calves from the disease, or that lack of selenium in the dam's diet causes the disease, the researchers say. They plan more experiments next year No recommendations for using selenium to control the white muscle disease are be ing made yet, the researchers hastened to add. Selenium in infinitely small concentra tions can be dangerous, they said. Selenium poisoning from plants taking up too much of the substance from the soil I OPENING AUGUST 2 KRUGGEL'S TEXACO 4th and Central Crackerjacks Candy Balloons FREE GAS TO ALL CUSTOMERS Full Details in Tribune Friday OSC Farr. gon farm products sc ar this year are running as much as 11 per cent ahead of the same months in 1957v Better live stock prices and larger mar ketings of farm products are credited with most of the gain. Oregon's mid-y ear crop prospects are reported gener ally favorable with yields of main field crops likely to run well above average. Growers are looking for record crops of 'V , (UA 64 rxW ' has killed many animals in some areas of the nation. Ways to feed the material, if it does prove to be the an swer to white muscle disease, will have to be worked out before it will be safe for far mers to use,it was empha sized. Concentrations of selen ium equal to a kernel-and-a-half of wheat in a ton of hay were used in the experiment. White muscle disease has baffled science for over a quarter of a century, research records show. It was first rec ognized in Oregon in lambs in the early 1920's. The disease has been cost ing the livestock industry over the nation millions of dollars each year. Some Ore gon ranchers have reported losing more than half their lamb or calf crop from white muscle in recent years. In a few cases, ranchers have been forced out of business. Deaths from the disease us ually occur -from time of birth until the animal is about three months old. The disease attacks skeletal muscles or muscles in the heart. Muscle tissue from -affected animals usually contains twice as much mineral as muscle from normal animals, and appears streaked with white. Vaccine Sale Needs Permission Salem The state depart ment of agriculture reminded Oregon poultrymen that the sale, distribution and use of any live virus vaccines for in fectious bronchitis, laryngo tracheitis or Newcastle are il legal acts without written per mission from the department. Dr. K. J. Peterson, state veterinarian, points out that these are live vaccines arid can cause rapid spread of the disease if not handled proper ly. The restriction against the vaccines has been approved by the poultry industry and is helpful in protecting Ore gon poultry, he added. The law states that without department permission no one can sell, offer for sale, dis pose of or distribute the three vaccines. It also stipulates that without permission it is illegal to use, vaccinate with or inject these live virus vac cines into any livestock. Permission is conditioned upon the agreement of. the A Economist corn, barley, and snap beans. Better than average harvest is expected for wheat, oats, peaches, fresh market sweet corn, watermelons, and wal nuts. But marketings may be down for apples, pears, grapes, filberts, and green peas for processing. Oregon farmers harvested more sweet cherries than last year, but fewer strawberries. Acreage of late summer po tatoes is up, but fall potato acreage was cut back, leaving the total only slightly above last year, Mrs. Horrell re ports. Nationally, the farm picture is also bright. Large crops and improved prices may push net farm income to the highest level since 1953. Winter wheat is setting new production rec ords, soybean acreage is at a record high, and barley, oats, rye, and dry bean crops may be near-average. The national corn crop may be smaller than last year but still large. Fruit and vegetable crops will also swell national mar ketings this year. The apple crop could be the largest since 1S50, peaches the largest since 1947, and pears slightly above average, economists report. Walnut harvest is expected to be above average. Filberts, grown mainly in Oregon, are likely to be down sharply from last year's exceptionally large crop, but still above average. Range Trip Taken By Local Stockmen On July 24 a cooperative range management trip was made on selected summer cat tle ranges on the Rogue River National Forest. The trip was arranged jointly by the Ap plegate Cattlemans associa tion, Jackson County Cattle mans Association, the Jackson County Agricultural Exten sion Agents office, the graz ing advisory board and offic ials of the Rogue River Na tional forest. Purpose of the trip was to discuss national forest range management problems which are common to the forest ser vice and to cattlemen ."who run stock on the range under permit. ' The tour left Star Ranger station on the Applegate Riv er at- 9 a.m. First stop was at i a fenced exclosure at Yellow- jacket spring. Here a discus sion was held regarding the relative condition of the for age on grazed and ungrazed plots. ' Next stop was at Silver Fork Basin where Forest Ser vice officials explained' a pro posed soil stabilization and near Jackson Gap. Lunch was eaten at Wrangle Camp after which the range analysis program of he Forest Service was ex plained, together witha pro posed system of range man agement for the Glade creek cattle allotment. Other topics which were discussed were the method by which range forage condition and trend is determined, and method of determining total forage production per acre and carrying capacity of the range. Members of the stockmen's association expressed interest in all discussions held. It was their feeling that more range management funds were need ed in order to sustain an in tensive program on public ranges. This program, stock men contend, needs to give proper emphasis to increasing productivity of the range through reseeding grass, re moval of brush and Other competitive growth and build ing management fences and poultryman to follow pre scribed practices of adminis tration of the vaccine SPECIAL PRICE . Bargain Grade at CHENEY STUD MILL Central Point & Ragweed Growth Farm Problem In This District Salem For the first time, a ragweed infestation in Or gon is a real agricultural prob lem, the state department of agriculture reports. ' Previously, ragweed vlss considered just a health prob lem; it causes hay fever, asthma and dermatitis. Proof of this statement was found in southern Oregon, where the standing crop in a 7-acre oat field was scid for ensilage .for $50, because it contained so much ragweqd it could not be combined. George Moose, supervisor of the state's ragweed control program, said that ragweed plats not only outnumbered the oats ten to one, ragweed also stood about three inches higher than the planted crop. Mose said if the department had been notified when the ragweed was first noticed, the crop could have been saved through spraying. The owner of the infested land said no ragweed was in evidence on the field last year. He said he sowed oats at the rate of 100 pounds per acre and got good germina tion. Last year the land was planted to corn with no rag weed. Prior to that it was in permanent pasture. Moose reports the depart ment has discovered a new in festation southwest of Grants Pass in the Jerome Prairie area. This region contains an estimated 400 acres of rag weed ranging from scattered to solid infestations. water developments. Those taking the all - day tour were: From Rogue River National Forest grazing ad visory board Lance Offen bacher and Rolland Smith; Applegate Stockmans associ ation Harlan CantreU, Mil ton Houstan, Armin Richter, Leon Offenbacher, John Hor ner; C. R. Shepard of the Ore gon State Game commission; Earl Jossy, Oregon state ex tension service; U. S. Forest Service Carroll Brown For est Supervisor, Verne Taylor District Ranger, Harold Thomas, district ranger, Ed Earshman, and S. T. Moore. It was the opinion of many cattlemen present that such joint trips on national forest ranges are not only desirable but essential tc a mutual un derstanding between stock men and national forest ad ministrators. Predatory Control Brings $714 Total Salem Jackson county will receive $714 of the $30, 000 of state money allocated by the state department of ag riculture for predatory ani mal control during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959. This report comes from M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the department's division of ani mal industry. Predatory animal control is a three.way program between the state and federal govern ment and the counties. Funds designated for each county are available to the extent that counties appropriate the matching funds for the pro gram, which is conducted by the state in cooperation with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal rVork Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 PER M O
