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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
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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
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Kten fa research, promo
tion, nd elimination of low
er eJ product through
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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