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Farm & (garden Eagle Point 4-H'er Shares Dairy Honors Denise Smith, of Granti Pass and Ricky Anderson, of Eagle Point, shared top hon ors in the Rogue River Jersey Cattle Junior Dairy show held at the Medford fairgrounds Saturday. A member of the Roving Herdsmen club, Denise top ped a field of more than 75 judges as she scored 394 out of a possible 400 points to be the top judge of the show. Ricky Anderson, a member of the Antelope Dairy club of Eagle Point, showed a Guern sey cow to the championship in the showmanship contest. Competing against older club members he demonstrated the expert ability that Judge Ray Kliever, of Oregon State col lege, wanted in a- showman. These two 4-H'ers were pre sented trophies by the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club on which their names will be en graved. The Reese Creek Renegades won the pitch fork presented by Cliff Moore to the club which has the most club mem bers with animals competing in the show. Demonstrations were given by the following 4-H Club members: Joyce Rogers, Rus sell Ogle and Joe Storz of Jerome Prairie Snappy, Dairy ers, Josephine county, on clip ping a dairy animal; Jack Esp, Jerry Moore, Kay Steph enson of Reese Creek Rene gades, Jackson county, on controlling cattle grubs; Mari lyn Deckleman and Lanny Parsons, Rogue River Dairy fitting. Top Judges Listed Top ten judges in the judg ing contest were: Denise Smith of the Roving Herds men, Josephine county; Shar on Downing of Applegate Dairy-A-Teers, Jackson coun ty; Sandra Bird of Jerome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Jose phine county; David Calloway of Reese Creek Renegades, Jackson county; Sandy Brew ster of Applegate Dairy-A-Teers, Jackson county; Joyce Rogers of Jerome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Josephine county; Allen Jones 6f Rogue River dairy club, Jackson county; Tim Palm of Eagle Point dairy club, Jackson county; Julie Bird of Jerome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Josephine county; and Judy Nelson of Griffin Creek dairy club, Jackson county. Showmanship results were: SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP: First, Zane Strickland, Rogue River dairy club; second, Bill Hubbard, Antelope dairy club; third, Carolyn Tiegs, Talent Milk-Pail Wranglers; fourth, Marilyn Deckleman, Rogue River dairy club; fifth, Georgia Hubbard, Antelope dairy club; sixth, David Car ter, Rogue River dairy club; seventh, Ron Grub, Reese Creek Renegades, all of Jack son county. INTERMEDIATE SHOW-MANSHIP-First Class: First, Ricky Anderson, Antelope dairy club; second, Lanny Parsons, Rogue River dairy club; third, Jerry Moore, Reese Creek Renegades; four th, Bobby Hubbard, Antelope dairy club; fifth, Mary Ann Cantrall, Ruch dairy club; sixth, Allen Jones, Rogue River dairy club, all of Jack son county. INTERMEDIATE SHOW MANSHIP - Second Class: First, David Strickland, Rogue River dairy club, Jackson county; second, Marthanne Goodwin, Griffin Creek dairy club, Jackson county; third, Donna Law, Jerome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Josephine county; fourth, Susie Carroll, Eagle Point dairy club, Jack son county; fifth, Paul Simon- sen, Jerome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Josephine county; sixth, Diane Brewster, Apple gate Dairy-A-Teers, Jackson county; seventh, Bonnie Brantley, Griffin Creek dairy club, Jackson county. JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP - First Class: First place tied by Candy Gail of Rogue River dairy club and Richard Bottger, of Ruch dairy club, both of Jackson county; sec ond, Mike Mattheisen of Reese Creek Renegades, Jack son county; and third, Timmy Hoffman of Jerome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Josephine county. JUNIOR DAIRY SHOW MANSHIP: First, Laqueta Stephenson, of Reese Creek Renegades, Jackson county; second, Jo Ann Sweet of Jer ome Prairie Snappy Dairyers, Josephine county; third, Lu cile Burk of Eagle Point dairy club, Jackson county; fourth, David Calloway, of Reese Creek Renegades, Josephine county. Spray Directions Given Orchardisis The first cover spray for the control of codling moth, psylla, aphis and scab should be completed on May 27, ac cording to L. G. Gentner, Entomologist Southern Oregon experiment station, and C. B. Cordy, county extension agent. On pears, with air blast sprayers use 8 pounds DDT plus 6 pounds Malathion or three pounds Parathion per acre. Add 7 pounds Ziram if scab is present, they directed. With horse rigs use 1V2 pounds DDT plus 1 pound Malathion or one-half pound Parathion per 100 gallons Add IV2 pounds Ziram if scab present. On Bartletts add one-fourth pound neutral copper per 100 gallons for blight control; on apples, use 12 pounds ' DDT plus 1 pound Parathion per acre. Add lVz to 2M ounces X-77 spreader per 100 gallons. In the apple spray, a spreader is essential at the higher dosage, In those orchards where blight has appeared in a quantity, this cover spray should be applied at once in order to reduce insect popu lations which are responsible for the spread of the blight. In home orchards, use one heaping tablespoon of 50 per cent DDT and one tablespoon of Malathion to one gallon water. In home orchards this should be repeated each three weeks until early August. Af ter the first cover sprays if aphis no longer are present, the Malathion can be omitted. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Thursday, May 21, 1959 Twenty-Four Cattle Reported As Strays Salem Twenty-four beef cattle, calves and one horse are wandering about in stranee nastures. either be cause they took French leave of their home grounds or be cause someone coveted tnem. Or maybe some of both. Anvway, that's the number nf missing animals reported in the May Livestock Stray ed or Stolen bulletin of the state "department of agricul Cal-Ore Tour Set For Ranches Here The Cal-Ore Hereford asso ciation's annual ranch tour will be held this Sunday, ac cording to Earle Jossy, asso ciation secretary. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. at the Earle Jossy ranch on Crater Lake high way and Antelope creek. The meal will include the usual thick barbecued steaks, po tatoes, coffee and ice cream. Ladies are asked to bring a cake or salad and dishes for their own groups. The tour will start at the J. W. Bigham ranch on Big ham rd. at 10 ajn.; second stop at E. M. Bigham ranch at 10:30 ajn.; third stop, Bill Wood ranch, Alta Vista rd., at 11 aon.; fourth stop, Don Anderson ranch, Meridian rd., 11:45 a.m.; fifth stop at the Jossy place; sixth stop at the Clinton Charley ranch at 2 p.m.; seventh stop at the Jess Brothers ranch on Agate rd., at 2:30 p.m.; and eighth stop at the Table Top Hereford ranch, Table Rock rd., at 3 pjn. Those persons unable to at tend the tour are asked to come to the barbecue, any way, Jossy said. State's Longest Lawsuit Dropped Portland -flJPD- One of 'the longest cases in local Federal Court history has been drop ped after more than seven years of litigation. The case involved a patent infringement suit brought by Moist Cold Refrigeration com pany. The firm sought S4 mil lion damages from makers of Admiral and Amana refriger ators. It claimed infringe ment of a patent for the new common home refrigerator which has a freezing compart ment separate from the regu lar cooling system. The Moist Cold firm thus dropped an appeal it had filed. Federal Judge William Mathes of Los Angeles, who presided at the latest trial, signed an order dismissing the suit. A jury in 1955 returned a $2,100,000 verdict for Moist Cold. Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon set aside the verdict. Moist Cold appealed and the case was set for a new trial, held in January. The jury this time found for Admiral Crop Land Put In Grass Cover Nearly 1,732 acres of land on 31 Jackson county farms have been retired from crop production under terms of soil bank contracts, accord ing to Don Nichols, Ashland rancher and chairman of the Jackson county agriculture stabilization and conservation committee. Almost three out of four acres are being established to permanent grass and legume cover for the period of the contract, usually five years, which cannot be grazed or harvested. Ninety-two acres are being planted to forest tree species under a 10-year contract. Eight acres have been estab lished in wildlife cover and one acre has been flooded to form a pond for aquatic birds. The total annual payment for the County is $22,205.95 with an average of $12.85 per acre being paid to keep out of production. Most of the participation in the County has been from farmers wishing to retire or farmers with outside jobs who have been unable to rent their lands satisfactorily. A few farm operators are placing land in the conservation re serve to insure some annual income while they are declar ing war with weed herbicides on troublesome annual and perennial weeds. Mole Trapping Gets Explanation A good mole is a dead mole this time of year especially if his pelt is tacked on a board, according to Andy S. Landforce, Oregon State col lege wildlife specialist. When properly set, a scis sor -type trap is one of the most effective for catching the western mole, he advised, This trap takes the animal without damaging its pelt, and the set trap is safe from children and livestock. Directions for use of the scissor-jaw trap are given in extension bulletin' No. 629, titled "Controlling -Rodents and Other Small Animal Pests in Oregon." Copies are available at county extension offices. A mound of soil emerging from a lawn, garden, or pas ture is a sign that a mole is searching for food. The molg's main diet is worms and in sects. His normal home paths are in holes 8 to 10 inches underground. However, moles forage for their food in looser soil, especially in flower beds, gardens, or well-man aged pastures. The young usually are born m April and May, and this is the time when most dam age from moles appears. It's also the time when a mole trap can be most effective in preventing mole damage. Pelts can be sold to any major fur dealer. The dense black fur is used for various fur garments. Flowering Bulbs Need Good Care Spring flowering bulbs will bloom well again next year and in succeeding years if given good care now, exten sion agents report. After, blooming, the flowers should be cut off when they fade to prevent seed forma tion. Seed development takes stored food from the bulbs, it was explained. The leaves should never be cut. These green leaves build next year's bulbs. Removing any part of the leaves before they die down -naturally re duces the ability of the bulbs to produce good flowers next year, county agents said. It is best not to dig bulbs until the tops have died down. They should then be dug only if they become crowded and produce a few small flowers or need to be moved. Annual digging is not usually advis able. Further information on bulbs is contained in the U.S Department o f Agriculture leaflet, "Spring-Flowering Bulb s," or "Floriculture pamphlet for local gardeners, both available at the Jackson County . Extension office in the County Courthouse in Medford. By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor All men are created free and equal, according to the U.S. Constitution. Farmers would like to add that all men have a right to make a fair and honest profit. BRILL . 'METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 MIT CHAT Nobody will know you are hurt unless you yell, a doctor once told us. And the farmers have been yelling for some time how. Their voices have been megaphoned by various organizations they have formed through the years political parties, Granges, farm bureaus and lately, cooperatives. Recently the dairymen hit the news with a regional co operative which covers southwest Washington, Oregon and northern California. This is to ease the cost-price squeeze pressure on the dairy farmer. It is aimed chiefly at eliminat ing volume price discount abuse through under-the-table deal ings by some milk producers to some distributors. Dairymen hope this form of a self-help program will eliminate the need for possible future government regulations or controls. Generally, the dairyman is faced with three alternatives, means of stabilizing his price picture. These include a federal order, state order, and a bargaining cooperative. A federal order is a form of milk marketing regulation issued by the secretary of agriculture under the terms of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. A state order is a form of marketing regulation issued by a state milk control agency. A bargaining cooperative is an association of producers to negotiate prices for member producers. Federal milk orders set minimum prices to be paid farm ers. They developed from attempts by farmer cooperatives to establish "orderly marketing" of fluid milk. Classified pric ing under this program allows one price for bottled or car toned milk and a lower price for that which goes into manu factured dairy products. A federal milk order provides accurate statistical infor mation about supplies and demand for milk available. Pur chase terms for milk are spelled out. This helps provide a smoothly functioning marketing system to give both buyer and seller confidence. Milk handling must affect interstate commerce before milk sales in a certain area can come under a federal order. A federal milK order is issued only after a public hearing; a recommended decision, a -final decision approved by the secretary of agriculture; and the approval by producers of the order in the form proposed by the secretary," according to agricultural experts. Approval of the proposed order must be by a two-thirds majority or by dairy farmers who supply two-thirds of the milk sold in the designated marketmg area. Formula pricing plans are used to help level off the milk marketing. These formulas may be based on feed and labor costs, changes in per capita purchasing incomes and changes in the general level of wholesale prices of communities in a certain area. Federal orders do not substitute for producer cooperatives. Cooperatives send representatives to hearings. Program costs are financed by so much per hundredweight according to the volume of milk in the market and services provided by the milk market administrator's office. "Do nots" for these programs are: They do not guarantee a given price level, do not set resale prices, do not guarantee farmers a buyer, do not control production or prohibit the marketing of milk from any pro duction area and do not establish or enforce sanitary standards. State milk control laws were developed for the same reason as the federal orders. Forty-two states including neigh boring California now have them. How the laws are adminis tered and programs are financed varies from state to state, General powers given state milk control programs are: Fixing the minimum producer prices, fixing of resale prices, regulation of milk weighing and testing, licensing of dealers, bonding of dealers to protect producer payments, requiring records and periodic reports from handlers, and auditing or inspecting dealers records. Department Tells Of Seven Dairy Acts (Editors' note: Consumers, farmers and industry allied to agriculture all have vary ing interests in the numer ous 1959 legislative changes in laws administered by the state department of agricul ture. This article on dairy legislation is the first of a series by the state depart ment of agriculture brief ing these changes.) Salem-Most of the changes contained in seven 1959 laws relating to the dairy sanita tion program of the state de partment of agriculture are of a "housekeeping" nature, designed to clarify or strength en the dairy code. While the old dairy breed labeling law affecting All Jersey, All-Guernsey or other breed names was repealed, consumers may be assured they still have protection for straight breed milk if so labeled. The department will handle infringements under misbranding provisions of the Oregon food law. An amendment to the fluid milk law tightens the defi nition of milk to prevent sub stitutions which could have crawled in under the old one; Ballots Mailed Out For Bent Seed Vote Salem -Ballot forms were mailed May 18 to 269 pro ducers who registered bv April 30 for the Hiehland bentgrass seed growers' com modity commission referen dum, according to Paul T. Rowell of the state depart ment of agriculture. The grower vote will be conducted by mail between May 20 and June 1. Trail Student Named To Honor Society Corvallis - Stephen E. Hoag of Trail has been selected for membership in the Oregon State college chapter of Thanes, service honor society for sophomore men. Fifty-three freshmen have been named to the honorary for next year. Hoag is major ing in engineering. Selection is based on scholarship and leadership in campus affairs Only one student is named from each living group. AEC Granls College Funds for Testing it also makes legal, for sale in Oregon only fluid milk products for which the de partment establishes a stand ard of identity following pub- he hearing. A companion act removed the definition of milk from the Oregon food law, as the definition in the fluid milk law accomplishes the same purpose. Costs of taking samples to determine butterfat and bac terial compliance will be re duced under two companion laws. One permits the depart ment to license (after state examination) drivers of farm milk tanks to draw official samples for laboratory analy ses. The other law m this duo will permit the depart ment to regulate the fre quency of farm sampling for butterfat. Will Reduce Inspections The sampling changes will reduce dairy inspection travel about 35,000 miles annually. Before advent of the bulk milk tank on farms, the de partment sampled milkv in the 10-gallon cans as they were delivered to processing plants. The bulk tank, however, made it necessary for the inspector to travel to the farm to draw the sample. Another change in milk leg islation permits the depart ment to check city milk in spection services every two years instead of annually. Also in the dairy field are changes to the ice cream (frozen desserts) law. These raise fees to meet the in creased costs of sampling, weighing, checking labels and laboratory controls. A whole sale, or combined wholesale and retail, operation will pay $20 for the first freezer head and $10 for additional ones used; retailers only will pay $10 for the first and $2.50 for each additional freezer head The previous maximum of $50 for wholesale frozen des sert manufacturers and $25 for retailers is removed. Li censes will be on a straight count basis. The department had 59 wholesale and 370 retail froz en dessert operations licensed at the. beginning of the year All laws mentioned in this article will become effective Aug. 5 Corvallis - The Atomic En ergy commission has granted Oregon State college $13,550 for testing and instrumenta tion of the college cyclotron in preparation for fundamen tal research programs. The OSC cyclotron was built by staff members and students in the physics de partment for campus research and teaching purposes. It and one at University of Washing ton are the only two such in struments in the Northwest. The $13,550 will be used to ready the cyclotron for, and support, basic research in nu clear physics and such re lated science fields as chem istry, medicine, and biology, according to Dr. E. A. Yunker, chairman of the physics department. FOR RAtlCIIEnS and STOCKMEN See our complete line of merchan dise made of the very finest mate rial by quality manufacturers and telling at the lowest possible prices. Bridles, Halters (leather & rope) Bits, Curb or Straight - Saddle Blankets Lariats (hemp or nylon) Calf Muzzles (all types) Saddle Girths and Straps Saddle Bags Spurs and Boots (large or small rowels) Stake Chains Cow Hobbles Curry Combs and Brushes Stirrups During this Centennial year, these items will become scarce and prices will be raised on many. BUY NOW while prices are low y Vaw ........ W A X UU IHA .r5 ""VD. OUSO V DUNHAM'S N C. A bargaining cooperative is similar to the organization recently formed for the southwest Washington, Oregon and northern California area. Actually, dairymen do not want the government in their business. They feel, by themselves, they can best maintain a more flexible progam to keep up with the changing economic picture and can do it at no cost to the taxpayer. ' - The attitude of the dairymen as a national group is best expressed by resolutions adopted during the annual conven tion of the National Milk Producers Federation in Boston on Nov. 19, 1958. Main planks of policy are - a producer-financed operated stabilization program for dairying to be paid for by each dairyman according to his production, cooperation with the National Grange committee, price butter at terminal markets, maintain high butter standards, dispose of butter scoring less than 90 on a bid and acceptance basis for butter oil, use loans and purchases to support dairy prices, compute manufactur ing milk parity equivalent formula upon prices paid fariners for manufacturing milk and prices paid for all wholesale milk for any year since July 1, and enforcement of reason able and realistic standards for milk and dairy products. What happens to the dairy industry is important to the consumer since the average consumer spends 17 cents of every dollar for dairy products. The dairy industry is important also to the state since Oregon farmers received $46,262,000 income to rank second, next to meat animals and wool re ceipts. Payroll dollars for dairy products places the industry at the top of the list with $17,089,000 received in 1956. Odds and ends department The Jackson county 4-H clubs still need three teams to round out their wagon train. This unique covered wagon trip to 4-H summer school in Corvallis will leave the county in June. This worthwhile project will give the young people actual experience w;th pioneer lure and deserves the support of everyone. The Cow Belles grossed $94 from their recent cake sale at the Midway auction. The funds are earmarked for beef promotion work. Don't forget the Cal-Ore Hereford ranch tour Sunday. It starts at the J. W. Bigham ranch on Bigham rd. at 10 a.m. WIPE OUT QUACK GRASS WITH DOWPON Keep grass from creeping into your best land. Simply sprinkle or spray DOWPON on your thickest grass and watch it wither away. Kills roots tool nudum crimm amen, nmmn FREE SAMPLE AVAILABLE COVERS 398 SQ. FT. ELTON'S FARM & GARDEN STORE 217 West 6th Street ' Medford, Oregon I DEALERS FOR DOW WEED, GRASS, AND BRUSH KILLERS M ill .Mrjrii rm .sssss nrmm inn iti tt ti amah. u. . m..m m 11 m 1 n n 1 1 w x m m. We'll be seeing you at the Farm Festival Days at Crater High School Grounds FRIDAY, May 22 -SAT, May 23 - ' COME TO OUR BOOTH AND TRY YOUR LUCK FOR A MERCHANDISE COUPON 1 5 i t i - i "V 11" kr- 1 I ... and IHIear (DJur Story Reminding you that You don't have to be a MEMBER to trade here and SAVE! UPP! .7 A orange co-op ssociat on HIGHWAY 99 IN CENTRAL POINT Phone. NO 4-1261 or SP 3-4022 B AND WATER STS. IN ASHLAND Ashland MU 5-4021 ture.
