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2A MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, SFcamni Extensive Carried on Central Point - Jim Cum mings is only a freshman at Crater High school. Central Point, but has a good start toward farming and the Fu ture Farmers of America state fanner degree. Jim has 13 head of cattle and is raisins grain on ap proximately 22 acres of land. If he keeps up this steady progress and can answer all the technical farming ques tions put to him in a test much later, the young part time farmer may qualify for the state farmer degree given only 100 boys in the state or 2 per cent of the total state enrollment in FFA. Other qualifications are that he show outstanding lead ership and farm knowledge. Chapter adviser. Ed Griggs says this growth in farming activities at such an early stage is unusual, particularly since young Cummings has never been in 4-H work before enrolling in vocational agri culture and the FFA. Jim's father has four acres out by the Big Y and not enough for the future farmer's extensive projects. So Jim has leased land from neighbors on shares. He pays for his share of the baling and does the mowing and raking. He's planning to add 10 acres of hay hoping to obtain it from other neighbors on shares. Now he has 13 head of calves, both Herefords and Holstein cross. Jim has 12 acres of alfalfa, 10 acres of barley. The progressing young farmer also has two sows -Yorkshires. What financed all this He worked for his uncle and father until he had a thousand dollars, then "blew it." He had a few head of cattle be fore and sold them to improve his holdings. Takes Lots of Tim Naturally, all this takes plenty of time and work. To get that tune the youth used to rise at 4:30 a.m. each day to feed his cattle. Then he fed them powdered milk find has raised them from a day old to 9 months old. Now, This Week's By HIAWATHA ESTES With low, clean lines and the absence of excessive de tails, this modern contempo rary style home will retain a timeless beauty for years to come. Concrete block veneer and planters, vertical board on board siding and stucco com bine in a pleasing balance of texture and color beneath a crushed rock roof. Plywood panels have been used for the garage doors and large double doors are provided at the front entry. A bank of windows light the huge front living room and a corner fireplace adds a dramatic center of interest to this room. A delight to the woman Who takes pride in her home making is the efficient kitch en. Appliances are built in. A "storage pantry, ample cup 5 TT bewooh I, . . , . S- r I M 18 14 II PATIO i Jk. . r . '. 1 "cuL J I -H T , -. O O I JWm - 6AIUGE Oregon, Thursday. October 16, 1958 Gurnd Gcoirdlemi Farming Projects By Freshman he doesn't have to get up quite so early. A bale of hay each morning and water from the automatic watering trough satisfy their main needs. Jim likes the automatic trough since it doesn't get so dirty and require cleaning out often. The youth Irrigates at night using ditch irrigation. His system is all set up on later als. However, a few of his outlets are out of pipelines. Another labor - saver is letting his pigs eat with the cows. They take their grain right out of the manger. This sometimes creates a lot of racket out In the farm yard, Piping Hot Roast Pork Whets Fall Appetites By MARY PAT LUCY County Extension Agent For Home Economics There's nothing like a plat ter of piping hot roast pork to whet fall appetites, espe cially now when pork prices cater to consumer budgets. Oregon State College exten sion home economists say that part of the crop of pigs born in the spring, are already gracing local markets. A gen erous selection of cuts at rea sonable prices seems to be the pattern, home economists say. Consumers planning to freeze pork should do it in the next three months or next spring, April, May and June, when fall pigs come to mar ket. Fresh pork can be frozen and stored at zero degrees for three to six months. The price tag on a round of pork doesn't always tell the whole price story, shoppers are reminded. To buy pork wisely, learn to convert retail price per pound into cost per serving. For instance, versatile pork shoulder cuts, are high in lean, and less expensive than more popular spareribs, chops and loin roasts. The butt end shoulder roast is sometimes called the "Boston butt." It Home For Living '"'PLAN NO 36b"'d; C: f-n 2166 SQUARE FEET i&fc? "'PLAN NO. 3623 ZIS6 SQUARE FEET boards and under-counter cab inets provide plenty of stor age space. The large sunny eating nook offers a cheery spot for fam ily meals. Two closets, and a three-quarter bath open from the service area, which is roomy enough for home laundry appliances and a home freezer. A wide roof overhang provides sheltered passage between the service area and the rear door to the double garage. The "view-through" open ing, linking the kitchen and big family room, lets mothers supervise indoor and outdoor play from her work center. With its corner fireplace and sliding glass wall, the big, informal family room will be the center of family activities. The bedrooms are light and airy. An outstanding feature but lost Jim says he has never a pig to kicks from the cattle. The hogs are raised on la dino clover and fattened on the grain. They have gained 100 pounds during the eight months he has .had them. Jim plans to go into cattle tie and hogs when he gets out of the service. More money in that field, he figures. "Dad said as soon as I graduate he is getting out of farming and is going to move into the city," the stocky fu ture farmer said with a grin. "Since he works, full time farming is too much for him." is sold with the bone In, or rolled with the bone removed. Blade and arm cuts come from the shoulder. Ground pork, another economical choice, may come from the shoulder, too. Prices on most pork cuts change according to supply and demand, say Oregon State College extension workers Prices on hams and other cured cuts are usually more stable than fresh pork prices. Because curing extends stor age life, packers can more easily control the supply and price of cured pork cuts the year 'round. Heppner Man Found Dead in Automobile Heppner (UPD State police reported Wednesday night that Matthew R. Ball, 74 Heppner, was found dead in his car after the vehicle ap parently went out of control on Gooseberry county read here Tuesday night. Ball's car careened across the highway and smashed into the parked car of Berl Akins of lone. Police said they could not determine if Ball died of a heart attack or from the col lision. of this home is the master bedroom suite. Double glass doors open to the patio for sunbathing or easy access to the pool. Three wardrobes provides ample storage. A dressing table has been locat ed between two of the ward robes. The private three-quarter bath has a pullman lava tory, tiled stall shower and adjacent linen closet. The family bath has a dou ble pullman lavatory and re cessed fixtures. Complete working drawing of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of $7.50 for the first set and S5 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 delivery. If the above home does not entirely meet with your satis faction, a new home plan book, Homes for Living, may be pur chased for $1. Send all orders rfor either plans or books to Hiawatha EMes. P.O. Box 404-7, Northndge, Calif. . CHIT CHAT By JOE G. COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Fair time is over but they are already planning for a bigger and better county fair. By that we mean a committee of seven people who will be making a Study soon to determine how Jackson county can best get more adequate space for the already over flowing 4-H and FFA fair plus a good old fashioned county fair. The beginnings of the latter were made this year by the Medford Kiwanis club when they held the Kiwanis fair in the armory. By a seven-member committee we don't mean this is all that will be working actively for a bigger and better county fair. Approximately 30 persons attended the special public meeting " at the fairgrounds Tuesday night. They represented all sections of Jackson county. These people, too, will be working hard to either improve the present fair grounds or. obtain some new property which will eive the county a chance to display samples of its varied and wide spread agricultural and Industrial accomplishments. The county court has told us repeatedly that if more people would show interest they might support creation of better fairgrounds. The Granges and Farm Bureau jujst aren't interested they say. What do YOU say? Those people who met Tuesday night say if the county court learns that many people in the county are interested in a county fair they will do something about the fairgrounds. Of course development of fairgrounds cost plenty of money. The paint bill for the present grounds this year was $3,500. However, one encouraging thing is that the county receives an average of $14,000 a year for its share of parimutuel betting receipts from the state. Something, however, must be done regardless of whether Or not the people of Jackson county want an ' old-fashioned county fair. Present 4-H and FFA quarters were overflow ing this year. The home-economics building was particularly overcrowded. There is a little room in the dairy and sheep barns, but that's all. Both 4-H -and FFA programs have greatly expanded during the last few years. Approximately five to seven years ago there were no FFA chapters. Now we have five. In this age when the public is so concerned with juvenile delinquency we think those youngsters who are trying to do something productive such as raising crops and livestock should be encouraged. .They deserve room to display their work to the public. Another thing, the teenagers desperately need a recrea tion center between the two main population centers of Medford and Ashland. This should include-places for danc ing, roller-skating,' maybe ice-skating and just generally a place to have a wholesome-good time. That way you might eliminate a lot of this aimless hot-rodding around looking for excitement. It's true that fair interest dwindled for awhile. There was World War II and later the question of where the freeway is supposed to go held things in the air. People thought part of it would go right through the fairgrounds. Now there seems to be nothing holding up development of a bigger and better fairgrounds. So let's put some steam in the old calliope and go ahead with it. We just heard some sad news yesterday. A fine old lady died the night before. We mentioned her before in this column. She died at the age of 93 longing to spend her last few daysin the farm country of North Dakota. She is the "auld miracle" we referred to earlier. And an "auld miracle" she was. Keen, razor-sharp was her humor whetted on Irish wit. - ' She was the one we told the fields to help her husband with the harvest. Living on a remote farm she gave birth to all her children without A doctor's aid. Then, that wasn't enough, the frail, blue-eyed little Irish woman also raised a granddaughter. She was always ready to help her family out of their troubles. In her blazed the fierce, stubborn independence which once made the American farmer famous the world over. Nobody told her what to plant. Trouble is, that fierce, just a little .and her family managed to shunt her off into a convalescent home. And so ended a fierce, Irish fighting spirit which has been carried and judging by the angry yells in the middle of the night -by her granddaughter which she had never seen. Things will be quite lively up there when OF Miz Callahan arrives!" The Oregon Farm Bureau Federation recently announced again plans for presentation of a "Distinguished Service Award for Agriculture." It will be presented during a meet ing of the federation on Nov. 10-13 in Salem. For the first time newspaper, radio and televisipn people have been asked for their nominations. However, a special committee of Farm Bureau board of director members will be appointed by the president, Gerald Detering, to make the final selection from the nominations. Many of you people who read this are farmers or are familiar with men who have made good, solid contributions to Oregon agriculture. What would be your nominations? Let's have 'ent. If we get enough of them we can be sure nobody in Jackson county was overlooked. x The 1954 award was given Walter Holt, general man ager of the Pacific International, mainly for his work in the 'Grass is Gold" program. Professor Ernest Wiegand. was given the award in 1955 for his contribution to the food processing industry. Herman Oliver, dean of the Oregon cattlemen, was the 1956 winner. E. R. Jackman, range specialist, Oregon State college, got last year's award. Prices of apples, peaches, pears and prunes may be slightly lower this winter. The October crop report shows the national harvests of these commodities are bigger than last year's and -the average for the last 10 years. The harvests are not as large as forecast a month ago, however. Housewives will be paying slightly lower prices, too, for cranberries to go with that Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey. The national crop is estimated at 6 per cent over 1957 and 16 per cent above the 10-year average. Like frozen strawberries? SO do we. However, you may be paying higher prices for this year's product. Florida growers plan to harvest 10 per cent less this winter. The states which harvest in the mid-spring, including Cali fornia, also plan on a tenth smaller acreage. Oregon growers, as of Oct. 1, had planned no reduction. You backyard' gardeners will be glad to know that gladiolus bulb harvest has started in several Josephine county fields with quality and size good. Both the dairyman and cattleman are still troubled with brown pastures in spite of some turning green for awhile after recent rains. Cattle are being held on summer range to take advantage of the good feed,-according to market reports. Livestock markets are active and trading in stocker and feeder types remain brisk. ' The directions given by the federation are: (1) Choose individuals who have given to furthering Oregon agriculture above and beyond thfiir normal every day activities, (2) The award recipient must have shown an unselfish desire to advance agriculture and farm progress in the state, (3) The individual need not be a member of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, (4) The candidate need not even be engaged in actual farming operations. However, he must have done something definite to further agriculture in Oregon. , you of who drove a team in independent spirit weakened on in her granddaughter- Pointers Given For Identifying Poultry Killings Salem Can you identify predators that may kill your poultry? The state depart ment of agriculture calls at tention to these identification aids in a bulletin from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which cooperates in the Ore gon predator program. Here are the pointers: 1. The predator is probably an owl if one or two birds are killed every night and their heads and necks are missing. 2. It's probably a fox when several birds are killed every night and partly buried. 3. The predator is probably a racoon when several birds are killed every fourth or fifth night and found with their crops partly eaten and frequently with their heads missing. May Be Minks 4. The predators are prob ably minks or weasels when many birds are killed occa sionally and found with small bites about the head or neck. 5. Likely it's a dog that is getting, onto the range or into the pens when, on occasion, many birds are found badly mauled. 6. When birds are found missing without any sign left behind, the predator is in all probability a man The two agencies also re port 1,623 predatory animals killed by federal-state hunters in Oregon during a four-weeks period, Aug. 24 to Sept. 20. This figure includes 607 coyotes, 267 bobcats, 260 por cupines, 252 badgers, 83 bears, 76 racoons, 42 skunks, 31 foxes, four mountain lions and one opossum. 1 About 12 percent of the coy otes taken were in Lane coun ty. Malheur county hunters killed the most bobcats 43; Washington and Clatsop coun ties tied for the most bears taken with 13 a piece. Doug las county hunters were re sponsible for three of the four mountain lions killed; and the 11 foxes taken in Washington county were high for that predator. Grain Analyses Breaks Record Salem O v e r 1800 chemi cal determinations on grains were made last month by the state department of agricul ture's grain division labora tory the largest volume ever handled in a single month. . This figure included 1,737 protein determinations, 40 ash determinations, 40 mois ture determinations on flour and two moisture determina tions on grain. In August, the division's chemist made 1,067 such chemical analyses. Grain coming in to Port land declined from 11.1 mil lion bushels in August to 9.6 million bushels in September. Approximately 16 cargoes of grain were exported, ,a very slight drop from last month. Again this month more barley than wheat was shipped out of Portland. The volume of inspections made at the Merrill branch office last month nearly doubled the August total due to the barley harvest in that area. More than 800 track, sample, car and truck inspec tions were made there in Sep tember. In other branch office activity, 772,438 bushels of in coming wheat were inspected at Astoria and 58,700 bushels at Pendleton. No Pullorum Seen In State Turkeys Salem Not a single pul lorum reactor was found in the birds tested under the 1957-58 turkey improvement program. This is the second time in three years that all birds have been free of this disease. During the year 231,000 birds tepresenting 173 flocks participated in the program, The 21 hatcheries under the plan had a combined capacity of 2.5 million birds. Forty-nine fewer flocks and 30,000 fewer birds were un der the program than in the previous year. Although one hatchery dropped out, the overall capacity was up 9,100 poults. The Broad Breasted Bronze, developed in Oregon a num ber of years ago, is still un challenged at the top choice of Oregon breeders. 24 Killed in Crash Of Venezuelan Plane Caracas, Venezuela-OJPIt-All 24 passengers and crewmen of the Venezuelan airliner which crashed near Maracaibo Tues day night were killed, the air line LAV announced Wednes day night. So far as is known, there were no Americans on the plane, Farm Building SHort Course Slated For Oregon State College Corvallis New trends in farm' buildings, financing building construction, and building costs will be high lights of a two-day short course scheduled at Oregon State colege, Oct. 21 and 22. Sponsored by the OSC ag ricultural engineering depart ment, the farm building short course will be offered free to building materials salesmen, carpenters, organization field men, and others interested in farm service buildings. Sessions will start Oct. 21, at 1:30 p. m. in the OSC Mem orial Union building, accord ing to co-chairmen M. G. Hu ber, extension agricultural en gineer, and L. W. Bonnick sen, assistant professor of ag ricultural engineering. Competition in modern ag riculture demands that new buildings reduce labor, be low in cost, and meet future as well as present needs, Hu- ber says. He adds that farm buildings should be consid ered tools of production and be designed to make money from the same investment standpoint at tractors, fertil izers, and other equipment and materials. To Talk Financing Financing of farm ! build ings will be discussed by J. E. Blinkhorn, Oregon City field representative of the First National Bank of Oregon, and Walter White, Portland FHA loan officer. Manning Beck er, OSC farm management specialist, will review "how much should a building cost" to fit into the long-range farm management program. Dale Kirk, OSC agricultur al engineer, will report on Central Point 4-H Member Gets Scholarship Winners were selected for awards on the basis of their 4-H achievement and leader ship in projects; service to community, school and church, personal development and scholarship. All had to be at least high school seniors. Scholarships are available to youths after they have com pleted one college term. Miss Dobrot, an eight-year club member, has excelled in state fair competition in bread demopstrations, clothing style revue,- and home economics judging. Dale Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Anderson, is a senior at Scappoose Union high school, and a straight "A" student. Livestock is his leading project. Miss Granville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gran ville, attends Jefferson high scnooi. &ne is . a seven-year club member. Last year, she was vice president of Senior club, a 4-H club for high school students. Don Anderson won a trip last year to national 4-H club congress in Chicago as state field crops winner. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roenar Anderson, who operate a 160- acre dairy farm near Colton. Miss Hutton's 4-H projects include cooking, food preser vation, clothing, and junior leadership. She is an officer in Rainbow girls, serves on the Methodist Youth council, and ranks in the upper tenth of her class at Corvallis high school. Standard Oil company of California provides" the schol arships. Corvallis Joan Dobrot, Central Point, is one of five Oregon 4-H club members to receive a S300 scholarship in 4-H, according to the state 4-H club office in Corvallis. The ' scholarships totaling $1,500 are awarded to en courage scholastic achieve ment and to provide financial aid for college. The other winners are Dale Anderson and Kristine Gran ville, both 16, of Portland; Don Anderson, 18, Colton; and Kathy Hutton, 16, Cor vallis. CHECK FORM LETTER Cleveland, Ohio - (UPD -Postal authorities are looking into a form letter found in West Side mail boxes asking donations of $1 to be sent to a branch post office box. The unsigned letter said: "Dear friends and neighbors: Please send $1 today and if we may we pray the Lord will bless your family in his own hum ble way. Our sincere thanks." Ship Your Wool Freight Collect ' For Our Fall Sealed Bid Sales Advancing 36c year's growth 32c lamb PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS 734 N. W. 14 Ave. ; Portland, Oregon.. materials handling in and around buildings, based on findings advanced at a re cent national conference at Iowa State college. Bonnick sen will discuss trends in building materials and con struction, and OSC livestock and dairy specialists will pre sent good layouts of build ings and corrals as affected Farm Bureau Meet Over 600 farmers and ranchers are expected to at tend this year's policy-making meeting of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, according to Gerald Detering, federation president. . : "As our organization grows in numbers, likewise do our responsibilities m u 1 1 i p 1 y," Detering said. "This year we Phoenix Chapter Starts Beef Chain With Hereford By Gerald Sloper The Phoenix Chapter Fu ture Farmers of America re cently acquired a registered Hereford Heifer selected from the Cloe E. Small, El Cresto Hereford Ranch. . Funds were provided for this purchase by the Sears Roebuck Foundation, which each year makes available through the Oregon State As sociation of F.F.A. money to establish livestock chains in qualified F.F.A. chapters. The heifer purchased will be the foundation animal- to start a perpetuating chapter beef chain. Gerald Sloper, chapter re norter. was awarded the beef chain heifer, on 'the basis of interest in beef production, participation, and leadership in school and F.F.A. chapter activities. , The first heifer calf pro duced by the chain heifer will be returned to the chapter to be awarded to another quali fied member. The chapter is also in pos session of two additional livestock chains. A registered Suffolk sheep chain- of 13 ewes and one . buck was awarded to John Whiteside last October. Also a swine chain held by Gary Neel is in operation. , ' The Phoenix F.F.A. chapter is busy currently selecting suitable animal or crop proj ects for all members and is looking forward to a very suc cessful year. Some Money Not Good To Faubus Little Rock, Ark.-(UPI)-Gov. Orval Faubus appreciates all contributions to the Little Rock Private School Corp. in its plan to circumvent inte gration, but some of the mon ey won't be. of much use. Some of the letters that are arriving daily at the guberna torial mansion and the gov ernor's office contain Confed erate bills-in denominations of from $100 to $1,000. Enclosed with a Japanese yen was this note: "I suggest you go to the land of the rising sun and spend this." , MEET YOUR ... ' REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17th 1 at. 8 p.rrk Hedrick Junior High' Gym - at the League of Women Voters CANDIDATES' FAIR Paul Gcddet . Edwin Dumo Eve Nye . . Mcl Lattie .. '. Carlos Morris Bereth Hopkins ... Joe Walsh Earl Miller Chester Wendt . These Republican Candidates will be happy to meet you and talk to you at the Candidates Fair Pd. Adv. Jackson Co. Republican Central Committee, Medford, Don Srathos. 1835 Sundial Road, Chairman Oct. 21 by changing management pro grams. Persons ' enrolled i n the short course may also attend -the annual meeting Of the Northwest section of the American Society 0 f Agri-1 cultural Engineering, Oct. 23 ' and 24, on the OSC campus. A small registration fee will be charged for this meeting. - For 600 have had more participation from county Farm Bureaus than ever before." Several prominent' topics will be considered for resolu tions, said the Harfisburg -farm leader. Among them are taxes, migratory labor, public power, hunter tresspass laws, brucellosis control and school reorganization. Each county will instruct its voting dele gates" on how to vote. The final- policy will be determined by a majority vote from the delegates. . Speakers for this year'g convention will include Roger Fleming, secretary of " the American Farm Bureau Fed eration and Herman Aaberg, assistant commodity director, American Farm Bureau, both from the Washington, D.C. office. Stale Talk Meet The state Talk Meet con testants will be judged by. the Oregon Farm Bureau Women when they meet at the same time. Each county is eligible to name a Talk Meet contest ant to compete in the state judging. The winner will re ceive an all-expense trip to Boston for the national meet. The special "Distinguished Service Award" to agriculture will again be presented a se lected agriculturist. Last year's winner was E. R. Jack man, range specialist from Oregon State college. Other awards ,will be pre sented to the county Farm Bu reau conducting the best overf all citizenship program, win ner of the essay contest 6A "How I Helped Elect Fighters for Freedom" and the county scrapbook contest. .'. Dedication of the new Farm Bureau building, in Salem is scheduled also. Texas Quarantines Oregon Camellias Salem No balled or potted camellia plants with soil attached,-, cut camellia flowers or plants with flower buds showing any trace of color can be shipped from Oregon into the state of Texas. This information was just received by Frank McKennon, chief of the state department of agri culture's division of plant in dustryr Texas has placed a quaran tine against all states and areas in which the camellia flower blight is present. For Oregon this quarantine affects the entire state. , The only camellia nursery stock from Oregon which will be accepted in Texas is bare rooted camellia plants with buds showing no trace . of color. Such plants going to Texas must carry proper cer tification from a nursery in spector of the Oregon depart ment of agriculture. Texas of ficials will destroy any camel lia plants or flowers from quarantined states which do not meet the requirements of their entry program. U. S. Congressman State Senator -r . 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