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c HIT By JOE Mail Tribun As June Dairy Month nears an end the dairy farmers hope they have put their message across-that they have start ed a few more on the "glass - a - After all it is the sale of milk which puts the money in the dairyman's pocket. Not the manufactured milk products such as cottage cheese, ice cream, cheese and sour cream These are merely the by-products. Milk has been called the most complete food in the mar ket and the biggest bargain. But the American consumer doesn't always eat what is best for him or use what is the biggest food bargain for his money, For instance, a conversation overheard recently "Looks like you lost some weight!" "Yeah, I eat less, just grab big thing is that I cut out that put on weight!" Naturally, he didn't mention high balls slugged down "for a quick one after work," during that fishing trip. Those Or this in a local tavern "Yeah, those dang farmers raised the price of milk down in Portland. Suppose they will be doing it here next. Gad! The Chomp, chomp. "Gimme some more of those, peanuts. And I'll have another beer, Mac. Yeah, as I wuz savin c'n hardly afford to give the kids milk these days-'specially when I'm drawin my rockin chair pay." Objectives of the 1959 milk promotion program are: To increase milk consumption-more specifically to increase milk drinking among adults and teenagers, to sell milk as a re freshing beverage, to create a tb direct major promotional ready drink some milk, to concentrate primarily on home consumption, secondarily on restaurant consumption, encour age increased orders for week riodic milk merchandising events with the grocer and dealer. But some people worry about milk making them fat. A dentist friend of ours suggests that those people try non-fat milk with powdered milk mixed in for the needed vitamins. It's good and it's non-weight producing. The 1-cent icrease per quart to consumers affects Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Hood River, The Dalles, Hermiston and Pendleton in Oregon and Vancouver and Walla Walla in Washington. This means, however, only a half cent increase a quart paid to Grade A dairy farmers. Other price raises from a half to a cent a quart are already in effect in Seattle. Spokane and Yakima, Wash. Ifs interesting to compare money paid, the farmers in various parts of the country for per pound of butter fat. The New England states' average for May was 61 cents per pound. In the Pacific states it was 58.5 cents per pound. In the east north central states which includes the dairy state .of Wisconsin the average is 53.0. Wisconsin is paid a 62 cents average per pound of butter fat compared to Oregon's 59 cents. The highest price average paid in the fluid milk mar ket during April, 1959 was $6.70 per hundred weight in Florida. The lowest average price paid was $3.40 in Minne sota. Oregon milk producers received an average price in April of $5.20 per hundredweight. Florida, with its fluid milk price paid farmers $1.50 higher than Oregon's, pays only 45 cents per 100 pounds more for an average price on all mixed dairy feed. Oregon farmers paid an average price of $3.57 for a pair of bib overalls in 1957 and $3.62, on an average, in 1958. The average price for 1957 in the New England states for the same type of overalls was $3.74 and $3.85 in 1958. Florida farmers jfcid an average price of $3.71 in 1957' and $3.83 in 1958. These are USDA figures. The Oregon dairy farmer and those in northern Califor nia and southwestern Washington have been plagued this year with dry pastures which meant earlier fall feeding than usual, higher feed prices and higher labor costs. And too oft en the dairyman has awakened in the morning, as the chick en rancher in this area did recently, and discovered his hired hand had left during the night. Coupled with these worries has been the dig dip I milk consumption. American dairy farmers in 1958 produced 126 billion pounds of milk, enough to form a river 40 feet wide and 3 feet deep from Portland to Miami. Yet consumption is dropping. OSC department of agriculture economics figures prob ably sum up the situation best. Total Oregon milk production in April 1959 was down about 1 per cent compared with April, 1958. U.S. average milk production during April was practically the same as a year ago. ' The estimated average cost of producing Grade A milk in the Willamette valley during May, 1959, was 8 per cent high er than the average May cost during a three year period of 1947 through 1949. May's milk production cost average was also higher than the previous May by almost 10 per cent. Farm wages and protein concentrates were also somewhat higher than a year ago. Alfalfa hay prices for May were up 60 per cent over the same month a year ago in keeping with the general hay price increase. g The May price of all milk in Oregon increased on an av erage of 10 cents per hundred-weight over the Drevious Mav. However, the dealers' buying ly 6 per cent less than a year ago. The lowered price to pro ducers resulted from increased processing costs due to wage and fringe benefit increases. Hay is going up in price, according to the dire predictions of those who have visited eastern Oregon and California areas. We noticed driving through the valley a lot of haying activity. However, prolonged rains in other western Oregon areas have slowed down silage-making operations and have damaged a lot of cut hay, according to OSC reports. Observ ers who visited eastern Oregon benina schedule due to cold weather and lack of moisture. California has been hit by drought conditions as have large portions of central, southern tions, according to reports. Those farmers following Interested to know that the that a larger supply of feeder $27 to $30 on good and choice 500 to 700 pound steers, $23.50 to $29.60 on comparable grades of heifers and $31 to $34.50 on similar grades of steer calves. choice feeder steers of 600 to 700 pounds made $26 to $28. Medium to good 550 to 650 pound feeder heifers sold at $25 to $27. NAME EXPLAINS Mansfield, O. -UPD- Widow ville, on a country road east of here, received its name be cause so many women widowed by the Civil War settled there. Righr After Hay Cutting, Whan Ground it Firm, tea Ideal Tim to Apply Lima. Call Us for Quotation Dolivared and Spread oo Yoor Fiold. Phone UL 5-1245 Agricultural Lime Distributing Co. - Geld Hill, Oregon chat COWLEY Farm Editor milk - a - meal" habit. for him, drink what is best a sandwich for lunch. Another big glass of milk. Boy, did that or the case of beer taken along don't put on weight? cost of living these days. more favorable image of milk, efforts against people who al end consumption, to stage pe price of Grade A milk is near have reported the crops are and southeastern Oregon sec the local auction sales will be week ending June 11 showed cattle at Ontario met bids of At Klamath Falls, good and TIME MARCHES ON Holliston, Mass. (DPD Alex ander Macomber, 82, has re p aired 12,834 clocks and watches during the past 27 years. , Research Report With Beef Cattle Set For June 30 Corvallis - Beef cattle feed ing experiments designed to help Oregon ranchers get best results with locally-grown feeds will be reviewed at Mil-ton-Freewater June 30, it has been announced by the Ore; gon State college agricultural experiment station. The program will start at 1:30 pjn. with a tour of the Milton-Freewater beef feed ing yards just south of the Umatilla Canning company's silage pits, reports David C. England, OSC animal hus bandry scientist in charge of the research program. Beef animals on test at the yards for the past year are owped by local ranchers who provided feed and facilities. Norton Taylor, Umatilla coun ty extension agent, supervised the feeding trials. Research highlights slated for review include use of anti biotics and hormone gain boosters; comparisons of pea vine hay, peavine silage, and alfalfa hay for both winter ing and fattening steers: most profitable levels of grain feed in?; meat-quality studies; and use of new systemic materials for controlling cattle grubs and effects of the treatment on animals' ,feedlot perform ance. England, Taylor, and other DSC staff members will dis cuss findings during the tour of the feedlots. Further dis cussion of the college live stock experimental program is scheduled at 2:30 p.m., at the Milton - Freewater city park. Speakers will include F. E. Price, OSC dean of agricul ture; J. C. Miller, dairy and animal husbandry department head; Walter Kennick, meats researcher; and R. L. Gould- ing, research entomologist. New chemicals to help weaner calves adjust to feed lot conditions were included in feeds in various combina tions. Materials tested in cluded antibiotics, tranquil izers, and dynafac, a chemo biotic similar in action to anti biotics. ' . Grain feeding experiments compared several trial meth ods of regulating grain-intake to the animal's body weight throughout the fattening pe riod. Purpose was to compare total grain-intake through the different methods with rate and cost of beef gains and net returns. Increase Noted in College Enrollment Ashland-A total af 596 stu dents, a 22 per cent increase over last summer, had en rolled at Southern Oregon col lege Tuesday, the second, day of registration for the summer session, Mrs. Mabel Winston, registrar, has an nounced. Of the total, 229 are male students and 367 are women. Last year on a comparable dat,e 496 had enrolled. Of last year's enrollment on the sec ond day, 183 men had regis tered and 313 women. Mrs. Winston said several classes have been added be- FRUIT GROWERS... Rogue River soils are acid! VIKING SHIP CALCIUM NITRATE helps combat soil acidity . . . supplies bene ficial nitrate nitrogen. Acid soils like those in the Rogue River 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 vitally important. ' Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate is the choice of experienced growers because it contains: " 20 water-soluble calcium that can help reduce excess acid ity and improve soil structure for better penetration of water and nutrients. . Viking ShipCalcium Nitrate Distributed by WILSON & Farm Washington - (UPD - The ag riculture department reported farm workers in late May totaled 8,112,000,. about 3 per cent less than a year ago. Washington - (UPD - Spring vegetable and melon produc tion is expected to be 5 per cent less than last year, ac cording to the Agriculture De partment's crop reporting board. - Excluding melons, the esti mated production of spring vegetables is only 1 per cent below 1958. Melon produc tion is 18 per. cent less. Spring crops with substantially less production than last year are tomatoes, cucumbers, snap beans, sweet corn, onions, and green peppers. Washington- (UPD -The 1959 wheat crop is likely to be well above average produc tion in spite of disease, in sects, and bad weather. The Agriculture Depart ment yesterday estimated the all wheat crop this year at 1,182,000,000 bushels - near ly 20 per cent less than the record 1958 production, but 10 per cent more than aver age. Washington-(UPD-The House agriculture committee is ex pected to announce soon that it will open hearings on new general farm bills. Rep. George S. McGovern (D-S.D.) said he hoped the committee could come up with a new farm bill this year. He is one of several committee members who have been pressing for this all year Washington (UPD Spokes men for rice growers have been conferring with Agricul ture Department officials in an effort to work out an agree ment on a proposed change in the federal rice program. Washington-(UPD-The Ameri can Farm Bureau says farm ers have a direct interest in the current wage negotiations in the steel industry. In a letter going to top spokesmen for both labor and industry, the bureau said ag riculture uses more steel than any other industry. It also said farmers are interested be cause of the effect a steel wage agreement may-have on inflation. Washington (UPD - The ag riculture department reported today that half of the counties in the United States and its, possessions are now modified -certified free of brucellosis. On June 4, Eagle county, Colo., was given that rating to bring to 1,576 the number of counties in this class. An other 546 counties are ex pected to be certified soon. Washington - (UPD - The ag riculture department has ac cused Swift & Co., one of the nation's top meat packers, of unfair trade practices in sales by a Swift subsidiary, Neu hoff Packing Co., -of Nash ville,. Tenn. The department said in a formal complaint Monday that Neuhoff violated the Federal cause of the increased enroll ment, and some classes have been sectioned. This year's en rolment is a summer session record for the second day beneficial nitrate nitrogen readily available to tree roots without conversion delay. Nitrate nitrogen is not held in upper soil layers' but. moves with water to the root zone. For the nitrate fertilizer that conditions call your dealer and order . . FROM NORWAY GEO. MEYER & CO., Portland . Notes Packers and Stockyards Act by selling smoked picnic pork shoulders at a retail grocery chain at rates lower than those charged to other chains in the same market area. Washington (UPD Despite agriculture's techno logical revolution with its many and varied labor-saving devices, the average farm workday has been shortened very little. The June 1 national aver age workday for farm opera tors was 10.6 hours, only a few minutes shorter than in any other year. On. June 1, 1958, the national average workday for a farm boss was 10.7 hours.-For 1954-58, the national average was 11 hours. The hired hand on a farm works less than his boss. The national average workday for hired hands as of June 1 was 9.3 hours. It was unchanged from the 5-year average for the date. Washington -(UPD- Livestock offered on major markets in 1958 had a high degree of health, according to livestock and meat statistics published by the Agricultural Marketing Service. Records show that less than 1 per cent of all categories of meat animals offered at major markets in 1958 'were con demned after federal inspec tion. Washington (UPD Produc tion of milk on U. S. farms in May was estimated by the agriculture department at al most 12.6 billion pounds. This was one per cent be low production in May last year, but one per cent above the 1948-57 average for the month. Output per cow on June 1 averaged 24.59 pounds per cow, two per cent above last year's previous high for the date.- Production reached a record high for June 1 in all regions. Deadline Nears i On Century Farms Salem-It looked at mid- June like Marion county will again have more Century farms than any other county, according to the Oregon His torical society and the state department of .agriculture. Also it again appears it is yet too early to find any cen tennial farms in any counties east of the Cascades except Wasco. The sponsors remind all farmers that the deadline for 1959 applications is July 4. Application blanks are avail able from any county judges, who are again handling the work of verifying continuous ownership. Any family on a farm which has been in family ownership and operation or management continuously for 100 years or more is urged to make appli cation before the deadline. All 1959 Century Farmers will be honored at special ceremonies Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Oregon State Fair, when Gov. Mark Hatfield will present the coveted Century Farm certificates. The state fair is planning additional recognition. CALCIUM NITRATE NORSK HYDRO 42 Sit 1 acid soils," . v San Francisco MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforrf, Or. B Thursday, Juni 18, 1959 Lung Cancer Tie With Smoking Gets Challenge Rochester, Minn. (Science Service-The statistical studies that link smoking with event ual lung cancer 1 have been challenged by a doctor here. The question of the cause of cancer is biological, not statistical, he, charged. Two of the most famous of these studies, that of Doll and Hill in England and Ham mond and Horn in the United States, are the subject of his discussion of the validity of the conclusion that smoking causes lung cancer. Mors Said Revealed Dr. Joseph Berkson, section of biometry and medical sta tistics, Mayo Clinic, here, ex plained that the studies re vealed more than the alleged smoking-cancer link. For instance, the Hammond Horn studies supervised by the American Cancer Society, show that persons who smok ed died of other diseases too. In fact, only 13.5 per cent of the deaths were due to lung cancer, their second study showed. The remainder died of causes other than lung cancer. Another 13.5 per cent of the deaths were due to other types of cancer. The largest proportion of deaths was at tributed to coronary heart disease, Dr. Berkson pointed out. I The death rate from cancer of the lung among smokers was larger than among non smokers in the sample popu lation, but lower than the death rate from cancer of the lung among the general popu lation. The general and spe cific death rates in both groups' studies were low com pared with corresponding death rates for the general population. The theory that smoking causes lung cancer is derived from statistical studies, the researcher said. But the ques tion of the cause of cancer is basically a biologic, not a statistical problem. The re ports contained no substantial clinical, pathologic or other independent direct evidence that smoking was the cause of lung cancer, he emphasized. 4 Speed! Op &wt FEED COST! and You don't have to be a MEMBER to trade here and SAVE! . X r ' miieMMumm ' BRAH6E IIPRVA HIGHWAY 99 Phone NO 4 - Irrigation Tips Given By Horticultural Agent By C. B. CORDY Jackson County Horticultural Agent With the coming of hot weather it is going to be very important to maintain the soil moisture in our orchard soils at very desirable levels. : This can not be determined by digging at the surface of the soil with the toe or even with a shovel. It's necessary to get down at least a foot deep and preferably two feet deep and several holes should be dug as the soif moisture will vary from one. place to another. For large orchard ists this can best be done with a power driven auger. Small orchardists may wish to use a IV2 inch soil auger. Approximately one-half of the moisture that a soil will hold cannot be used by the tree as the soil holds it tight er than the pull the tree can exert on it. The half that the tree can use is called the available moisture. It must also be remembered ' that in hot weather trees will suffer and the rate of fruit growth will slow down when the soil moisture falls below 50 per cent of the part which is available. This makes it par ticularly important in late sea son when we have hot weath er and the fruit is growing rapidly to maintain good soil moisture conditions. Warns Against Excess It is equally important not to apply an excess of water. If more water is applied than the soil can permanently hold it replaces all of the oxygen in the soil and the tree roots Livestock Brands Must Be Re-recorded Salem - Owners of about 14,000 livestock brands re-j corded in Oregon will be called upon to renew their rights to the brand beginning July 1. Each five years brands must be re-recorded with the state department of agricul ture at Salem to keep them current. The re-recording period now coming up will last for six months and applications filed now will continue legal ownership through Dec. 31, 1964. - Virginia extends farther to the west than parts of West Virginia. With LESS TIME For BALER TWINE 1 IN CENTRAL POINT 1261 or SP 3-4022 will drown. This is best ob served by maintaining some observation wells in the or chard. A few holes dug three feet deep with a posthole dig ger will serve this purpose very well. Where the rows are long and the water is left in for several days parts of the orchard will be excessive ly wetted. This can be correct ed by cutting the length pf the ditches in half and irri gating the rows half at a time. The water should be kept in rills so that the entire surface is not flooded, being partic ularly careful to avoid the formation of ponds near the base of the trees. For trees which are low in vigor, showing the first stages of decline, the soil should be well cultivated to kill all of the cover crop. Irrigation shoud be frequent enough to keep the top IV2 feet of soil moist but not too wet. These weak trees probably have their deep roots killed off so it is pointless to irrigate deep er than the area penetrated by live roots. This will prob ably be about IV2 feet. The surface will dry out rather quickly as the water will be lost both by evaporation and by being removed by the tree and weeds. This is the reason it is important to remove all competing vegetation. MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE I 1 J ' LL 1 Higher Faster Greater Best Holland and Portuguese Twines THE BEST QUALITY at the LOWEST PRICES . . and Don't Forget HAY SALT GO-OP SSOCIAT B AND WATER STS. Ashland MU 5 Pooled Shipment Of Lambs Set A pooled shipment of lamb is planned for June 27 or June 28 if enough lambs are available, according to Earl Jossy, Jackson county exten sion agent. lossy said 300 lambs are needed to make a truckload. If the lamb pool receives less than 300 lambs they will be hauled by truck to Klamath Falls. Jackson county lamb grow ers shipped out 236 head of lambs Wednesday, June 17, Jossy reported. A total of 120 from Klamath JTalls were ad ded to the shipment. The lambs brought an average price of $21.50 per hundred weight. A charge of 25 cents per hundredweight was made for yardage and shipping. Th, lambs were shipped out UJider auspices of the Jackson Coun ty Farm Bureau Shipping committee. Those shipping lambs wer J. S. Lydiard, Medford; A. E, Mallroy, Eagle Point; Lloyd Livingston, Central Point; Don Niedermeyer and John Niedermeyer, both of Med ford; Don Bohnert, Central Point; Ray Vogel, Central Point; Don Nichols, Ashland. The lambs were purchased by the Dixson, California Val ley Livestock company. BREEDERS' SERVICg a Get the Most Proa Your Family CoV For High Producing Replacement HaifaA Use Our Proved Dairy Bulls For Fast Gaining o Beef Animals Us Our Performance Tested Beef Bulls SP 2-4093 C. C. Williams Quality Servico Supply rvn IN ASHLAND - 4021 Q O
