8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.,
FotrinrD
Brighten Winter Days
By Growing Bulbs Inside
(Editor! note: This U the first
in a series af article to be writ
ten by a local nurseryman in
association with Roxne Valley
Nurserymen and Grower! and
Oregon Association of Nursery
men. An article is scheduled to
appear on the farm pate once a
month providing tips on growing
plants, bulbs, trees and shrubs.
J. VERNON MARSHALL
For Rogue Valley Nurserymen
For November, and to
brighten your winter days,
why not grow bulbs on your
window sill?
If you have never grown
the hardier spring bulbs in
pots, start with a few. Bulbs
potted for the house must
spend a cool weather period
growing a set of roots to sup
port flowers later on.
The ideal temperature range
for such root growth is be
tween 34 and 40 degrees.
Freezing will not harm root
nor bulb, but bulbs should
spend from six to eight weeks
in a cool dark, protected
place. Cover over in your
garden or under sawdust.
There the roots can develop
while the top growth remains
dormant. Then, when the
bulbs are brought into
warmth and light, the tops
still start to grow.
These bulbs may be
brought in, starting from the
middle of November, all
through winter for house forc
ing. The change of tempera
ture, if it can be controlled,
should be gradual 50 to 60
degrees for two or three
weeks, after bringing them in
doors; 60 degrees or higher,
if necessary, to bring buds
into flower.
These bulbs will adjust
themselves to a wide range of
growing conditions indoors.
For best flowering they must
have at least three or four
hours of direct sun. Also re
member for indoor flowering,
always buy top-size bulbs for
This Week's
There's a romantic story
book tilt to the gables of this
three bedroom home. Color
ful used brick is used on the
chimney as veneer on the
garage and front bedroom
wall. Board and batten com
bine with horizontal siding
for exterior contrast.
The floor plan offers all
the basici elements for grac
ious family living and enter
taining. The huge .fireplace
in the living room is the focal
point for furniture arrange
ments. A partial wall, extend
ing from the fireplace, marks
the' division between the liv
ing area to include the gar
den. The separate dining room
is returning to favor with
many families today, keeping
the noisa and clutter of table
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Thursday, November 27, 1931
amid Gardeon
tulips, tacn will yield one
large blossom. The same is
true of hyacinths which can
be bought in jumbo sizes.
For good indoor culture,
use the garden types. In tu
lips they include Bartigon
(red). Aristocrat (pink), Gold
en Age (yellow), The Bishop
(purple), Fantasy (pink),
Orange Favorite (a good
orange parrot tulip, and there
are lots of good garden types
in white.
In hyacinths good colors are
La Victoria (red), City of Har
lem (yellow) Pink Pearl, and
Innocence, which is a beauti
ful creamy white.
Among daffodil varieties
King Alfred is "still one of
the favorite yellow trumpets.
Plant about three bulbs in
six-inch pots.
If you follow this proce
dure, you may have flowers
or green growing plants in the
house all winter. Use ordinary
garden soil, mix with peat
Special Program
Set at Local YMCA
A special program of activi
ties has been scheduled at the
Young Men's Christian associ
ation Friday, Nov. 28.
Junior high basketball will
be featured. Non-members and
members may participate with
one of the teams at the YMCA
for a basketball tournament,
which will begin at 9 a.m.
and end at noon.
Other gym activities will in
clude grade school girls, 1
pjn.; grade school boys, 2:30
pjn. and high school boys,
4 p.m.
Swim activities will include
grade school, 11 p.m.; junior
high, noon; grade school, 2
pjn. and high school, 3 p.m.
Home for Living
setting and clean-up away
from guests. Corner windows
catch both the side and gar
den view", and wall areas are
wide enough to accommodate
bulky dining room cabinets.
Double sliding doors can op
en this attractive room to the
living room or close it for pri
vacy. Family snacks can be serv
ed in the bright nook area of
the kitchen. The service area
includes' washer, dryer,
broom closet and space for
freezer or sewing machine. A
back door to the garage is lo
cated to the service entrance.
The center hall, which unit
es each area, is lined with
closets. High sliding windows
and large front and rear win
dows keep the bedrooms light
and airy. King-size wardrob
Two Hereford
Ranches Enter
National Show
Pendleton Two Medford
Polled Hereford Ranches are
among early entrants in the
Feb. 28 thru March 3, 1959,
Columbia Empire Polled
Hereford association's Show-
Sale Activity. The "National
Polled Hereford show and
sale event will be staged in
Walla Walla, Wash.
Miraflores ranch, owned
by Vaughn and Beulah Key
ser, have entered one Pen of
one and one Pen of Two bulls
in the pen bull show and
sale.
Ralph L. Cook ranches
have entered 11 head, includ
ing one for the national halt
er , show only; nine "classic
sale" entries; and one pen of
one bull entry.
Largest Polled Hereford
consignment sale ever staged
in America, and probably the
largest all polled Hereford
show to be held in 1959, the
Columbia Empire event is
Sponsored by Idaho, Oregon
and Washington Breeders.
More than 50 Breeder-Exhibitors
from the CEPHA
membership region are ex
pected to participate, as well
as numerous Polled Hereford
Ranchers from outside the
territory. The event will fea
ture an open halter class
show; a "Classic Sale" with
35 select females and 15 head
sire prospects; a pen bull
show; and a pen bull sale.
Over 150 bulls will be sold in
the pen bull Sale, combining
numbers and quality with the
commercial Rangeman-Buyer
in mind.
es offer plenty " of storage
space for clothing. In the mas
ter bedroom, double ward
robes reach wall-to-wall on ei
ther side of a built-in dressing
table.
The den-bedroom has
three-quarter bath with stall
shower, pullman lavatory and
separate linen closet. A door
to the service room makes
this bath accessible to the
work area and play yard.
Complete working drawing of
the above plan can be obtained at
a cost of S7 j0 for the first set and
$5 for each additional set, when
ordered at the sarhe time. This
plan will be available for a period
of tour months from this date
Please allow two weeks for deliv
ery. If the above home does not
entirely meet with your satisfaction,
a new home plan book. Homes
for Living, may be purchased for
SI. Send all orders for either plans
or doors to Hiawatha tstes, r.u.
Box 404-T. Northridge, Calif.
--CHIT CHAT--
By JOE G. COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
Approximately 30 persons from Jackson county attended
the annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural Society
on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21 at Oregon State college at Corvallis.
The great majority of these were pear growers. We
understand there would have been more if many of the
vegetable growers in the area had gone. Topics in the
vegetable crops section probably wouldn't draw much interest
from local vegetable growers, but if more would start at
tending they would have a hand in the program planning.
Estimates of the number of vegetable growers in this area
range from 35 ( or 50 to several hundred, all depending on
your classification of vegetable growers, we suppose.
The pear section was well represented. Some of the more
interesting topics included a panel on pear tree decline, a
progress report on controlled atmosphere storage research,
changing problems in pest control, and quality trees for
nursery planting.
The talk on changing problems in pest control, the part
presented by Louis Gentner, appears elsewhere on this page.
We will try to summarize some of the main points of the
other talks and have other of the more interesting talks pre
sented later on this page.
The problem of pear decline has been kept under wraps
for some time as the research people probed here and there.
Some of the finding which may help the pear growers and
which are not yet conclusive were published this fall in a
mimeographed sheet. Full attention was given to this problem
in the apple and pear section when a panel discussed the
problem. On the panel were C. B. Cordy, Jackson county hort
icultural agent; Henry Hartman, OSC horticulturist; and R. C.
Blake, USDA horticulturist, assigned to the Southern Oregon
Branch Experiment Station; and L. P. Batjer, USDA horti
culturist, Wena tehee, Wash.
Professor Hartman has been working on the problem and
investigating the orchards here. He said work in the field
is not yet finished for the year. He and the local horticultur
ists are attempting to gain time in the pear decline study by
pushing their field work until weather forces them into the
greenhouse.
As Cliff Cordy has reiterated, there is no one simple ex
planation for the problem. It consists of a complex of factors
of which use of fertilizer and irrigation may be the most im
portant. Other factors involved in this complex group may
be root rots and root stocks.
Some evidence indicates quick decline or collapse in pear
trees may be cause.d by certain soil toxins, Cordy wrote in
his published statement. A similar trouble has been found
in citrus, avocado, apricot and walnut trees in California and
has been attributed definitely to such toxic materials.
These toxins or poisons consist essentially of nitrites and
certain sulfur compounds. They are induced by soil organ
isms in the presence of excessively high nitrogen, organic
matter and lack of proper soil aeration caused by water
logging or flooding of the soil. Small amounts of these
poisons are known to cause sudden and Severe injury to
feeder roots, Cordy said.
, The county horticulturist listed four main recommenda
tions for slowing or halting the progress of quick decline.
Apply no nitrogen fertilizers during the 1958-59 season,
he directed. Discontinue the practice of applying extra nitro
gen to trees that show symptoms of decline. Trees in decline
cannot utilize nitrogen or other kinds of fertilizer.
Do not plow under organic matter like cover crops, hay
or manure. Leave these materials to decompose on the ground
surface, Cordy suggested.
Stop using flood irrigation. Standing water around the
trees shuts off oxygen from the soil. Do not irrigate in early
spring. Apply water only when inspection of the soil at the
one to two foot level shows a need for it.
Trees in any state of decline have badly damaged roots so
should not be subjected to drought, Cordy pointed out. They
should receive light but frequent irrigation during the dry
season.
Do all you , can to remove excess water during the rainy
season. Put in ditches this fall to drain off surface water
and do all you can to avoid high water tables.
Dr. L. P. Batjer, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
experiment station at Wenatchee, Wash., approaches the
problem from a single angle. He blames mainly root stock.
Most of the 'decline was found on trees of Jap root stock with
some found on French root stock. The problem appeared in
Central Washington in 1950.
It was observed then that trees were losing their vigor
and not making growth, Dr. Batjer said. Research indicated
the decline was caused in the root stock. Experiments in
Washington has failed to uncover anything that will re
habilitate the dying trees, he noted.
Removal of the damaged trees and resetting the new ones
is necessary, he suggested. Considerable loss in pear tonnage
and tree loss had totalled about one million dollars in Wash
ington, he added. The loss in Oregon has been about the
same, it was reported.
Dr. Blake, of the Southern
.station, stated that a preliminary study of five orchards
showed that four out of five orchards which had a consider
able number of declining trees also had excessively high
water tables. This is not conclusive proof, he emphasized,
Further work is necessary.
The Hartman Cup was presented Leroy Childs, one of
the state's leading horticulturists and former superintendent
of the Hood' River Branch Experiment Station. Ward Spatz,
Medford, and member of the
advisory board, had won the
Pear growers who hear talks on atmosphere storage of
fruit appeared enthusiastic, it was reported. George Jones,
research horticulturist, Gerber Products company, Oakland,
Calif., told of the use of commercial controlled atmosphere
storage for California apples. He said the more California
apple growers see of it, the better they like it.
Local horticulturists say
type of storage would have to
The important thing to consider
for it to get a premium price
Jones said one California
mosphere storage capacity this
. Care in handling nursery stock was emphasized in the
talk given by- Paul-Stark Jr., Stark Brothers Nursery, of
Louisiana, Mo.
Production of quality nursery stock is first dependent
upon selection of superior parent trees of known performance,
he said.
Using apple trees as an example, he said, regular checks
are given to trees that produce apples of desired color, size,
form and quality. They are examined for production, free
dom from harmful viruses and other transmissible diseases.
Quality nursery stock is only produced on relatively fresh
soil, Stark emphasized. This is soil that has not been in a
nursery crop over two times during any 10-year period.
Such nursery stock must receive regular and thorough
spraying to keep a strong, vigorous foliage, the veteran
nurseryman said. This builds heavy caliper and good stored
food reserves which cushion the shock of transplanting to
the orchard.
Orchard planting should be dug carefully with special
mechanical equipment to get just as much of the root system
as is possible, he pointed out. These should be hauled to a
storage building under cover,
and held in storage under optimum conditions of humidity
and temperature.
I
Oregon Branch experiment
state department of agriculture
cup in previous years.
that any cost estimates on this
be based on a per box expense
is - is the fruit enough better
on the market?
concern is increasing its at
summer.
graded in a cool environment
Continual
For Effective Pest Control
Changing problems in pest
control should be of consid
erable value and interest, En
tomologist Louis G. Gentner
told those attending the 73rd
annual meeting of the Oregon
State Horticultural Society in
Corvallis Friday.
"More and more frequent
ly we find problems relating
to the control of a certain
pest have changed and estab
lished control practices no
longer are satisfactory," Gent
ner pointed out.
This, he explained, means
that control measures for a
certain pest cannot be worked
out and the project dropped.
An example of this is the
control of the two-spotted spi
der mite on pear trees in the
Medford area. In the early
1930's seasonal control of this
pest was obtained by one ap
plication df a spray containing
1 per cent of light-medium
summer oil during the first-
week in July. All stages of the
insect's life cycle, including
eggs, were controlled. How
ever, there was no residual
effect. Then the mite popula
tion In the Medford area was
low and little reinfestation oc
curred after the spray was ap
plied. Liitrr the mite population
ut'i'iune lurgcr and the mites
migrated to pear trees from
other hnoU over a longer
period during the summer.
Then it became necessary to
make two and three applica
tions of oil and even then
control was not satisfactory.
About 1944 a dinitro spray
called DN-111 was put into
use. This material had a resi
dual life of about a week.
After two or three applica
tions it was possible to obtain
good control at first, but by
1947 or 1948 some growers
failed to get satisfactory con
trol even after five applica
Phoenix FFA Group
Young, Progressive
The youngest Future Farm
ers of America chapter in
Jackson county is in Phoenix
high school.
Of the 41 members, 29 of
them have projects. Eventual
aim is for 100 per cent of the
chapter to have supervised
farming project, according to
Jack Dube, vocational agri
culture instructor and chap
ter adviser.
Within the chapter there
are six beef projects, three
sheep projects, nine swine
projects, five crop projects,
three poultry projects, three
rabbit projects, one with
bees, two dairy projects and
one orchard project.
The chapter is gradually
building up the livestock it
owns. These include 14 head
of registered Suffolk sheep,
one registered Hereford Heif
er, and one registered Berk
shire gilt. This represents an
investment of $10,000 for the
chapter.
Chapter members own 16
beef, 30 sheep, 16 swine, 63
acres of crop land, 40 chick
ens, 17 rabbits, seven hives
of bees, four dairy animals
and seven pear trees.
The c o m p a ratively new
chapter has a full slate of
activities scheduled for this
year. These are headed by the
Rogue Umpqua District FFA
parliamentary procedure and
public speaking contest to be
held in Phoenix high school
on Jan. 15. Phoenix FFA will
host the nine schools in the
district which includes such
schools as Roseburg, Marsh
field, Illinois Valley, Myrtle
Point, Pacific, Grants Pass,
Eagle Point, Crater and
Phoenix.
Future Plans Listed
Future plans' include mak
ing a food baskets to be dis
tributed to needy families on
Thanksgiving and Christmas,
participation in the public
speaking and parliamentary
contest in Phoenix Jan. 15,
entrance in the district skills
contest at Marshf ield high
school, Coos Bay, on Feb. 7,
woodcutting and Christmas
tree sales as chapter money
raising projects.
Farm Bureau Sets
Membership Drive
A series of meetings are to
be held in Jackson, Josephine
and Douglas counties in pre
paration for the annual Farm
Bureau membership drive, a
Farm Bureau spokesman said.
The drive is scheduled to
start in January. The first of
these meetings was held Nov.
21 at the Oregon Inn in Grants
Pass. Dates, times and places
of future meetings will be an
nounced later, it was reported.
Attending the meetings
from Jackson county was Or
ganization Director Maurice
E. Davies, Eagle Point; Archie
Ferns, Ashland; and David
Blair, Rogue River. They met
with the directors of Jose
phine and Douglas county and
Etate Organization Director
Cliff Wright, Salem.
Research Needed
tions.
In 1948 parathion was first
used. This had a residual life
of about three weeks and was
considered excellent in con
trol. At the same time non
phosphate materials like Di
mite and K1875 (Ovtran) were
being tested. Each year more
materials became available,
such as EPN 300 and Diazin
on, organic material with
long-lasting residual, effect,
and a non-phosphate material
later known as Aramite.
Research workers and
growers were pleased with
the control obtained with the
many materials then avail
able. However, ' in 1954, six
years after parathion was
first used, the two-spotted
mites in the experiment sta
tion plots could no be con
trolled by parathion or by
any other of the organic phos
phate materials used.
Since these materials could
not be relied on, it was ne
cessary to use only non-phosphate
materials for mite con
trol. During recent years Oro
tran has failed to give satis
factory control. Dimite has
permitted the build-up of Eu
ropean red mites late in the
season.
'Aramite and Chlorobenzi
Iate have given good control
but both have produced con
siderable fruit injury at
times," the entmologist said
Kelthane, which was re
leased for use this year, and
Tedion which may be avail
able commercially next year
have given excellent control
with long-lasting effect."
"Even Kelthane has caused
some fruit spotting this year
under the slow drying condi
tions," Gentner said. "With
rumors of resistance to some
of those newer materials, we
are wondering what our next
step will be." '
Phoenix chapter has had a
busy schedule already this
year. The chapter was active
m the county fair in August,
participated in the officer
leadership meeting at Crater
high school, Central Point, on
Sept. 13 picked corn for a
money-making project, held
a Greenhand initiation on
Oct. 30 for initiation of new
members, cut wood at Ander
son creek for raising money,
and held a skating party on
Nov. 6
Leon Small, chapter rep
resentative, won second place
in the soil conservation
speech contest on Nov. 6 at
Crater high school. He and
Bill Rasmussen were chapter
delegates to the national con
vention in Kansas 'City on
Oct. 11 to 19.
Chapter officers for 1958-
59 are Leon Small, president;
Jack Hoffbuhr, vice presi
dent; Bill Rasmussen, secre
tary; Roger Kelso, treasurer;
Gerald Sloper, reporter, and
Dean Sommer, sentinal
Bangs' Control
Program Said
On Schedule
Salem Oregon's brucellosis
(Bang's) eradication program
is "on schedule" toward the
statewide accreditation date of
June, 1959, Dr. A. G. Beagle,
in charge of federal veterin
arians, reported this week.
A total of 27 counties and
the Warm Springs Indian res
ervation have met the re
quired tests to date while one
county is within one herd of
clearing the disease-free hur
dle and eight counties remain
to be completed, state depart
ment of agriculture records
show.
"In order to prevent the
spread of disease from infect
ed herds, quarantines are be
ing placed upon such herds
with special limitations on
the sale of animals from that
herd into other herds", Dr.
Beagle said.
Quarantines Enforced
Steers, spayed heifers, and
calf vaccinates under 30
months of age are not limited
by the quarantine. Other ani
mals may be sold direct to
slaughter and records kept
available of such sales. Quar
antines will be strictly en
forced for th protection of the
clean herds.
One hundred per cent vac
cination of all calves is urged,
Dr. Beagle emphasized, ad
ding, "Buyers are preferring
vaccinated calves because of
the facility with which they
may be moved to other areas."
Brucellosis of animals is
transmittable to humans as
undulant fever and causes ser
ious, long-lasting illness in
most humans affected; while
the human death rate is low,
the incidence of physical in
capacitation of a chronic na
ture is highland often remains
with the affected person for
life.
Codling moth control is vet
another example, the entomo
logist illustrated. Arsenate of
lead was used to control this
pest in the experiment station
Bartlett pears in 1946. A
Calyx and five 'cover sprays
were used, he said. Experi
ment station personnel har
vested 35.3 per cent wormy
fruit. In the adjoining rows
which received four cover
sprays of DDT onlv 0.2 tier
cent wormy fruit was found.
Many growers will remem
ber the arsenate of lead days
when codline moth became
more and more resistant The
material had to be fortified
with spreaders and stickers
and even stove oil and other
materials had to be added,"
the entomologist said. "Even
then the codling moth larvae
seemed to enter the fruit rieht
through the lead arsenate
spots just before harvest. This
was when the fruit skin was
becoming tender." j
Spraying with some brands
of lead arsenate resulted in 30
per cent wormy fruit, Cent
ner reported. With other
brands only 3 per cent and
per cent wormv fruit wa
harvested. This informati on
could not be published by the
experiment station because
station personnel are not tier-
mitted to use trade names.
Gentner explained.
Some progress was beine
made with substitute mater
ials such as cryolite and mi
cronized phenothiazine when
DDT became available. This
material far excelled anv
other materials tested and has
been used for 10 years.
Develops DDT Resistance
However, in some areas
codling moth ' has developed
resistance to DDT already.
Now testing of new substitut
es has already beeun to be
prepared for any moth out
break in this area, Gentner
said. Of the newer materials
tested, Sevin, Guthion, Eth
ion (Nialate) and Trithion
gave control ranging from
better than 99 ner cent to 100
per cent. Control with Diazin-
on was somewhat poorer than
this. Gentner said. In the
Medford area DDT is giving
excellent control yet, he
said, but no guarantee is
made on how long this will
continue.
Pear psylla has shown re
sistance to organic phosphate
materials like malathion and
parathion but not yet in the
Medford area, Gentner report
ed. Other phosphate materials
like Delnav, Diazinon, Guth
ion and Trithion also show
good control. Non-phosphate
materials such as Sevin, Di
eldrin and ToxaDhene rive ex
cellent control and Endrin has
promise.. These materials are
effective over a longer period
than the organic phosphates,
Gentner pointed out.
Control failure may be due
to factors other than material
effectiveness, spray pattern or
timing the entomoiogst indi
cated. In one experimental tract
at the station pear trees on
oriental roots stocks revealed
considerable chlorosis last
year. Most of the trees showed
a decline condition this year.
However, those on French
stock developed normally. A
row on French stock and the
adjoining one ' on oriental
stock both received an appli
cation of a combination of Se
vin and Kelthane in the last
two cover sprays and at the
same time.
"At harvest time the
D'Anjou trees on French stock
had a low. mite population
and very little blackening of
foliage. While the trees in the
adjoining row on oriental
stock all carried heavy mite
populations, had much black
ening of the foliage and con
siderable defoliation," Gent
ner said. "Some time after the
harvest some of the heavily
infested trees were completely
without leaves and those on
the French stock showed prac
tically no defoliation. Here we
have an example of decline
condition in trees apparently
causing a lack of control."
Another factor may be be
cause the nitro'gen factor frac
tion of available food is
latered thus allowing an in
crease in reproduction rate.
Drift from 2,4-D sprays for
killing roadside weeds has
distorted pear tree foliage.
This resulted also in a much
heavier build-up of two-spotted
mite and much heavier
defoliation on -the 2,4-D af
fected trees even several
rows distant. This would in
dicate that a similar reaction
occurs with mites ' as with
other insects, Gentner point
ed out.
Mr.
Staffer's
"Magic Couch"
with the
Stauffer Hem
Reducing Plan
is available to you
Phone SP 2-9260, ask for
Virginia Wickersham
Milk Sanitarians
Slate Refresher
Course af OSC
Salem - With 500 of Ore
gon's state inspected grade
"A" milk producers now stor
ing milk in bulk on the farms
in lieu of shipping directly to
market in the familiar 10-gal-lon
tanks, new problems have
arisen for the state depart
ment of agriculture which
keeps a protective eye on the
milk flow.
These problems of regula
tion and inspection, together
with other phases of the in
dustry, will be discussed at
the seventh armual milk sani- .
tarians short course which
will.be held Dec. 1-2 at Ore
gon State college, Corvallis.
The two-day program will
be conducted by the state de
partment of agriculture and
Oregon State college with the
cooperation of the Oregon As
sociation of Milk Sanitarians.
O. K. Beals, agricultural de
partment foods and dairies
division chief, will chairman
the session.
Pipeline Milkers Talked
The construction and instal
lation of pipeline milkers will
aso draw attention during the
short course which is expect
ed to attract milk plant field-
men, dairy equipment suppli
ers, government officials and
interested public.
Department and college of
ficials who will discuss repec-
tive phases of the program in
clude: Dr. E. A. Day, irradia
tion sterilization of dairy pro
ducts; A. E. TesdaL farm tank
sediment committee report;
V. N. Simmons, 3A standards
committee report; Dr. Gerald
E. Korzan, featured speaker
of the Oregon Association of
Milk Sanitarians.
. J. Orville Young will chair
man the Tuesday sessions at
which K. E. Carl will discuss
department of agriculture en
forcement policy, and Roy
Stein will give the committee
report on farm tanking samp
ling. Guest speakers will be Rob
ert Mather, Babson Bros, sale
manager, Chicago; C. E.
Laughlin, Western Dairy
Equipment, . Portland; Law
rence J. 'Christensen, Dairy
Co-op. Assn., Portland and
Donald B. Patton, Oregon
State Board of Health.
California Couple
Buys Huge Ranch
Kerby-The Q-Bar-X ranch,
owned by L. A. Johnson, has
been sold to Mr. and Mrs.
Warrne Ridinger of Lincoln,
Calif., it was reported here.
The price was said to have
been in excess of $200,000,
making it one of the largest
rural real estate transactions
in this area for many years.
The Ridingers plan to re
side on the ranch, which has
1,500 acres along the Illinois
river. The transaction was
handled by the Herried Real
Estate firm in Medford, and
the Ridingers were represent
ed by the legal firm of Van
Dyke, Dellenback and Mc
Goodwin, also of Medford.
The 2,000 acre ranch in
cludes an owner's residence
of 10 rooms (seven family bed
rooms, four baths), ranch
buildings such as the fore
man's house, tenant cottage,
shingle cottage, garage, ma
chine shed, petroleum supply
building, hay and feed barn.
The Illinois river forms the
eastern boundary for approxi
mately 4V4 miles, three year
around creeks cross the ranch
and a large spring gives an
abundant supply of superior
water.
The river bottom land pro
duces enough feed to carry
1,000 head of cattle the year
around without outside feed
ing. It supports two animals
per acre. .
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