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- - i MAIL TtlBUNI, M4fra, Or. A Thursday, Jiiim 1 1, 1t59 This Week's Home of Distinction j i EFoirinn) (surudl FARM NOTES Washington -OD-Sen. Mil ton R. Young (R-N.D.) said it now is almost certain Con gress won't enact new wheat legislation this year. Young, a member of the Senate Agriculture Commit tee, said in a news-letter to constituents that wheat legis lation to cope with the mount ing surpluses is urgently needed. . Washington-UPD-The house rules committee Thursday set the stage for an expected bit ter floor fight by clearing for house action' a controversial Democratic wheat bill. The bill,' to be taken up next week, appeared certain to get a White House veto if it should win congressional approval. House, approval was doubtful, however. The measure, e drafted by House Agriculture subcom mittee headed by Democratic Whip Carl Albert (Okla.) would cut wheat pleating al lotments 25 per cant fer 160 and 1961 crops. To ease the impact . on growers it would hike sup port prices by 20 per cent, up to the 90 per cent of so- called "fair price" parity level of the Truman administration. Washington - (UPD - The N tional Farmers Union today prodded the Democratic con gressional leadership for ac tion on new farm laws. - Farmers Union President James Patton spelled out his disappointment in letters to House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.). Washington -OD- Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss.) said he hopes a House-Senate confer ence committee will accept something like his proposed version of a' limitation on price supports. The Senate Wednesday ap proved a 150,000 ceiling on supports for all crops raised by one farm operator. The House has okayed a $50,000 ceiling on supports for each crop raised by a single op erator. Laramie, Wyo. - (UPD - The president of the American Na tional Cattlemen's association has urged stockmen to cull their herds closely. G. R. Milburn, Grass Jange, Mont., said such' a move to cull out poor pro ducers would slow down the build-up in cattle numbers. Milburn, speaking at a meeting of the Wyoming Stock Growers association, warned that the beef cattle industry may be building up si severe break In cattle prices. Washington - (UPD - Surplus government stocks of dairy products have been reduced sharply in theelast year, Agri culture Department - reports showed today. The stock, total as of June 1 was 25 million pounds of butter' - less than half the amount on hand one year ago. Stocks of non-fat dry milk also were cut in -half, from nearly 109 million pounds one year ago to 57 million pounds at the beginning of June. Stocks of cheese were down from more than 65 million pounds one year ago to only seven million pounds June 1. Washington -(UPI)-Chairman Harold D. Cooley of the House Agriculture committee has recommended a three point program which he said would stabilize the egg mar ket and save thousands of farm families from bank ruptcy. He called upon Benson to: . (1) Buy enough laying hens to bring egg production into ''reasonable adjustment", with market requirements. (2) Purchase eggs from breeder flocks to slow down hatching of chicks. d) Appeal, to teed com panies, utilities, mortga g e QUACK WITH DOWPON Keep grass from . creeping into jrour best land. Simply sprinkle or spray DOWPON on your thickest grass and watch it wither away. Kills roots too! . , . rXaSAMPLX AVAXLABLS COVERS SSS SQ. FT. HEDFORD FEED & SEED GO. 330 North Fir Medford, Oregon DKALSBfc TOR DOW WBID, GKASI, AND BRUSH XXLLUS Commodity Groups Face Law (Note: This is fourth in a series prepared by the state . department of agriculture : on 19S9 legislation.) Salem Oregon's agricul tural commodity commissions grower-created and grower propelled vehicles to promote a particular product have more freedom of action as re sult of 1959 legislation. Until this year these self-help pro grams have operated tightly under the wing of Mother Ore gon. But the recent legisla ture, heeding advice of the interim committee on govern mental reorganization, made changes that actually : bring the commission work closer to the growers who support it. These changes are effective July 1. . The major ones in clude: 1. Public budget . hearings for the growers. (So far grow ers seem unaware of this change as few have appeared at the budget hearings held in June by the seven estab lished commissions.) " 2. An annual budget, instead of biennial as in the past when the legislature approved the budget and when it had to be projected two to three years in advance. 3. Deposit of commission funds in their own bank ac counts, in banks approved .as a state depository. Checks will require two bonded signatures and accounts and records will continue under periodic state audit. 4. A single emergency fund item in the budget to cover unforeseen emergencies. Here-. tofore, the commission could go to the state emergency board for unbudgeted pressing needs. 5. Certification of the bud get to the secretary of state through the director of agri culture who will ascertain' if it has been prepared and adopted as the law required. 6. Commission adoption of uniform reasonable , rules on travel and similar expenses. Employees will still be under state civil service and retire ment. 7. Gubernatorial recogni tion under the law of recom mendations made by growers or grower .organizations for appointment of commission members. (Actually, all gover nors have done this on a vol untary basis.) The contribution the grow ers make to the. program henceforth becomes an assess ment rather than a tax. . The changes enumerated above apply to the general act under which commissions are now created and also the spe cific wheat and potato com mission laws. The state department of agriculture continues to per form the duties of receiving r holders and others for a rea sonable moratorium on pay ment of debts owed by poul trymen. Washington (DP& Four con gressmen have introduced leg islation to authorize federal marketing programs for chick ens, eggs and turkeys. The bill would permit each industry to set up a market ing program on approval of two-thirds of the producers. Purposes of the programs could include promotion of consumption, education, re search and marketing aid to "stabilize the industry. Each industry would finance its own program. Washington -(UPD- The Farm Bureau Federation has called on the Agriculture Depart ment to fight a proposed tur key marketing act. The bill, sponsored by the National Turkey Federations, is awaiting hearings by the House and Senate Agriculture committees." The measure WQuld authorize a national marketing order program for turkey producers. - Changes petitions, holding hearings and conducting the grower vote to deny or approve crea tion of a commission.' Also the director of agriculture and dean of the OSC school of agriculture or their respective representative continue as ex officio members of each com mission. Aside from the interim com mittee changes, the amended law also includes some house keeping changes recommend ed by the department of agri culture and the commissions. These relate mainly to the general commission act. These will permit more than one kind of type of a commo dity (as caneberries instead of a single berry) to come under a single program; allow two thirds of the original signers to withdraw a petition; per mit the department to submit a supplemental . budget, to cover hearings and ..referen dum costs; permit the commis sion to audit records of per sons required to pay or col lect the assessments; permit a write-off after 5 years of small or uncollectible assessments; closes reports of growers and handlers to public scrutiny; clarifies procedures to in crease or recrease the assess ment, to limit or expand pow ers or to continue or discon tinue a commission. Local Area Cattleman Tries Out Reforestation Deane Owens, a Rogue Riv er valley cattleman, owns 200 acres of cut over land near Moon Prairie, In the Dead In dian area. In 1947, the timber was cut, leaving a picture of devasta tion. Today, 12 years later, the land is covered with down logs and shows little evidence of young trees being established by nature. Owens purchased the property from a logger in 1950. This spring the owner decid ed nature was not going to reforest the acreage for many years, if ever. There are 120 acres of flat ground adjoining a beautiful stand of Douglas fir and white fir. The owner planted 20,000 Ponderosa pine seedlings ihis spring on an 8 foot by 8 foot spacing, cov ering an area of 30 acres. Next spring another planting will be completed. Ponderosa pine is being planted because of its ability to survive on exposed slopes. After the pines become established, creating a forest cover, it is expected that fir seeds will blow into the plant ed area and become establish ed. To Seed Plot Approximately, another 60 acres lies on a north slope. As In the other area, natural reproduction Is not becoming established. A sample plot, consisting of two acres will be seeded this fall, using white fir seedr The seed will be treated with endron to repel rodents. In addition a five acre sample plot will be planted, using 2 year old white ..fir seedlings. The procedure prov ing most successful - will be followed to reforest the bal ance of the 60 acres. The white fir trees will be grown pri marily for Christmas trees. By practicing stump culture, many trees will be cut from each stump. A percentage of the trees will be allowed to grow into saw timber. Reforesttation, as practiced by Deane Owens, qualifies for Federal cost share up to 50 of the cost. Other interested woodland owners are no doubt going to be reforesting their cut over land in the near fu ture. For information, they are asked to contact the service forester, Oregon State Board of Forestry, Phone NO 4-1213. In the past,. Jackson County woodland owners have not carried on forestry practices to the extent being followed in Josephine county and the counties to the north. Jackson county claims 2,779 forest owners with 387,000 acres. Of this total 2,006 own ers control from 10 to 99 acres each. Lately, county interest in forestry has increased rap idly. A forest demonstration plot has been established on the John Black property For est Creek. Throughout the State of Oregon, demonstra tion areas have contributed much to the forestry educa tion of school children and Trim Inches... while you Relax Sit back and relax... while Stauffer's "Magic Couch" the ' remove information on ': Plan of WM -'' Acreage Deadline Set for July I A farmer on land on which no wheat was seeded for any of the years of 1957, 1958 and 1959, may apply on or before wheat acreage allotment for the 1960 winter wheat crop, Said Donald Nichols, chair man of the Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. Even if wheat was produc ed on the farm in. 1959, the farm is still, considered a new wheat farm if it did not have a 1959 allotment, and the1 farmer must apply at the County Office as a new pro duce; Mr. Nichols said. An important requirement for obtaining a new allotment is to file a written application before ' the July 1 deadline. This application may be made out on forms which can be obtained in person or by mail from the County ASC office. The chairman pointed out that factors considered in de termining whether a farmer is eligible for a new farm al lotment will include the till able acreage, type of soil, and topography of the farm. The operator's farming system is studied and the . extent to which his livelihood depends on his farming operations. He is also asked the reason wheat was not planted on his farm1 in past years. interested woodland owners, Plots in the Jackson county demonstration area include Christmas tree culture, pre commercial thinning, pruning, commercial thinning, tree identification, fire control, and a soils pit. . In Josephine county, each 6th grader in the county visits the county's, demonstration area. The interest is high. In structors for demonstrations come from private industry, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Industrial Forestry Associa tion, SoU) Conservation Serv ice, Extension Service, and the Oregon State Board ' of Forestry. ; Atiend Meeting Of Credit Men , Officers and directors of the Southern Oregon Production Credit association were among the 50 or more credit officials attending a state agri cultural credit conference at the Imperial hotel June 4-5 in Portland, Ore.., Irvin Pat ten, secretary-treaasurer, an nounced this week. Patten said administrative and operating problems will be aired during the two-day workshop session which is at tracting the farmer and rancher directors of 8 produc tion credit associations, one or two members of the 12th dis trict farm credit board, and officials of the Federal Inter mediate Credit Bank of Spo kane. The association secretary-treasurer and Directors Lester Adams, Lawrence Mi chaels, Lawrence Luy, Wesley Chappell and Gordon Ker shaw will represent the South ern Oregon Production Credit assosciation. Lawn Booklets Issued by OSC Corvallis-If the grass is al ways' greener on the other side of the fence, you may find the reasons in a set of new booklets just published by Oregon State college exten sion service. Tips for healthy, beautiful lawns are included in three pocket-size booklets: "Start ing a New Lawn," "Lawn Care and Maintenance," and "Lawn Pests and Problems." The brief, illustrated, easy-to-use booklets were prepared by Wilbur Bluhm, Marion county extension, agent, in co operation with the OSC exten sion staff.. . Oregon residents may ob tain free copies from their lo cal county extension office or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis.. famous Posture-Rest, helps. unwanted inches. For further' the Scanner Home Reducing effortless exercise and calorie reduction, call SP 2-9260 SP 3-2366 y JOI COWLEY Mail Tribune Far Editor Remember such expressions as the "boarding house reach," and such songs as "Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" What's happened to the grand old institution which spawned them? During this, Oregon's Centennial year we think it is only fitting we talk a little about the old-fashioned boardinghouse. A few Still exist. Hnwovor thev aro nnnfinert mninlw tn iYia small towns - small farming larger towns ana cities tney nave given way to tne glamour of bachelor apartments and young men's and women's clubs. Like the old washer woman on "suds row" that staunch, re liable "home away from home" did its duty plainly but well. . The women in charge of the boardinghouses where we rounded out our stomachs were as interesting as' their homes. One such woman in a southwestern Washington logging town was famous throughout that area for her wedding cakes and pies. When heavy construction crews for the-new highway moved into town she fed three shifts of a dozen men each. Mrs. B's back was permanently hunched from bending over the cook stove from early in the morning to late at night. Her thick black hair was wrapped into a tight bun. She was too busy to fix it otherwise. She enjoyed the rough and ready humor of the men. And her swift Irish wit was a match for anyone. She was both judge and counselor in many argu ments and personal difficulties. j Many of her boys would return on visits. The high mould ing along her walls were lined with souvenir dishes sent her from all over the United States - or wherever a footloose ex boarder may wander. Cups and saucers of varied designs were another part of her collection. Wooden planters hung from wires near the porch steps. A boarder entered the weathered brow wood frame house through the front parlor. There the boarders would gather until Mrs. B. called, "All right, come and get it." Breakfast consisted of eggs, fried or boiled, pancakes piled high on platters, dry or cooked cereal, toast with home-made jam or jelly, large white-enamel pitchers of scalding black coffee, or milk, and bowls' of fruit. Dinner consisted of the same hearty type of meal, but based on meat and potatoes and other vegetables, when in season, from Mrs. B's garden. This spunky little Irish woman paid off the mortgage on her home through her cooking and baking after her hus band's, health failed him under the pressure of the depres sion. She was typical of the boardinghouse landladies we knew. She like others we knew raised her family while supporting them on her meager earnings. Often these women assumed the role of cupid and resulted.; Their accomplishments in the culinary arts were well-known from the banker to the youngest logger, farm hand or clerk. They were important personages in their own right. You can either wade into into it. We're jumping into Sorghum grass? All we know is what the experts tell us and most of that is in negative comments. There has even been some talk in this state of ' outlawing the grass as it has been in other states. OSC researchers and their co workers in the field say there is nothing conclusive yet from their experiments and studies. To see what it will do in experimental plot of this kin been established at the Southern Oregon Branch Experi ment. Station on Hanley rd. However, the local agricultural experts are also keeping an what is going on with this the country. . . Some reports from OSC state that" Sorghum grass there produces faily well and lives through reasonably success fully. Under Corvallis climactic conditions it doesn't look as if it would become a weed pest. However, in the Rogue River valley Johnson grass, Bermuda grass and other hot weather grasses do all right and sorghum grass might flour ish also, experts say. , One agricultural expert suggests that stockmen con sider perennial Sudan grass. -This is reported to do well in several localities and considerably outyields the ordinary Sudan grass. It rates good for general forage. However, nobody knows definitely whether it will winter over year after year. . Sorghum grass was first noted in 1943 by an Argen tine scientist. It is considered a cross between Johnson grass and a sorghum. This grass variety came to the United States from Argentina, South Africa.ANew Zealand and Australia. It is a perennial and looks like Johnsongrass only coarser and taller. The rhizome or root mass is short, thick and turns up close to the crown. Stalks are non-sweet and pithy. Rpprfe rpspmhle .Tohnsonerass in color, and shape but are longer generally. The seed and is quickly and widely spreaa. The grass is more drought resistant than Sudan or John songrass. There is slight difference in yields of Sorghum grass and Johnsongrass in other states. It is not as good for forage as Sudan since it is coarser, drier and not as sweet. It does not recover as quickly as Sudan after mow ing or grazing. It has winter-killed in many tests in Okla homa, Texas and Colorado. It seems to have only one po tential advantage. Sorghum is a perennial in areas where it does not winter-kill. This grass is prohibited as a noxious weed in Arizona, California, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Washing ton and Virginia, as of Oct. 1, 1959. Prior to this date it had been banned in several other states. fmm othpr areas show: It has winter-killed sev- llVUt vu -fe- viu w eral years at Lubbock, Tex. Oklahoma. No advantage over winter harViv in Colorado UUb "i- as Sudangrass there. Inferior -coarser, drier and not as sweex. -iacea on me uuxwus weed list in Washington and is no better than recommend ed forage crops. . - MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING ' with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN IREEDER'S SERVICE rCrs : ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE and logging communities. In a few marriages of boarders a controversy or you can jump it. What do you know about the Rogue River valley an to the Johnson grass has eye on what has gone on and grass variety in other parts of .. --1.' easily shatters when mature Recovers slowly after use in i&uaangrass in iNeorasKi. is and not considered as good . to Sudangrass in New Mexico It doesn't cost it pays to use Performance Tested Beef Bulls. We have them in your favorite breed. 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Broilers-prices are likely to rise in late July under impact of strong seasonal demand and fewer birds resulting from lower weekly settings since mid-April. See Record Exports Soybeans-a heavy domestic crush and record exports are likely to leave smaller carry over than had been expected. Wheat -the seasonal price decline this year is expected to be about normal. Seasonal low for hard red winter pric- FRUIT GROWERS . . . Rogue River soils are acid! VIKING SHIP CALCIUM NITRATE helpt combat soil acidity . . . supplies bene ficial nitrate nitrogen. Acid ' soils , like those Valley are low in calcium and subject to water saturation that can cause serious damage to fruit tree roots. When it comes to protecting trees from the harmful effects of excess acidity, the kind of nitrogen fertilizer you choose can be vifelly important. . 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