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MIDGET HENS These are some of the
midget hens with which OSC agricultural
research scientists are now working. Aim is
to develop an egg-layer which will produce
more eggs for less feed. Bod weight of the
midget hen is 2 pounds compared to the
State Awaits
Brucellosis
Salem Oregon's acceler
ated brucellosis testing pro
gram, aimed at statewide cer-
:tification for the first time in
history, ended late July 2,
Frank McKennon, state direc
tor of agriculture announced,
Certification for a state means
no county with more than one
per cent reactor cattle and
five per cent of the herds in
fected.
Last reports on the Oregon
program have been submitted
to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture in Washington,
D. C. for review.
"We will not know the
final outcome of the work
here until Washington studies
the records," McKennon said.
"If the federal decision is
as we hope, this will mark
the end of a battle begun
more than 30 years ago," he
added.
McKennon recalled that
Oregon pioneered in brucel
losis then termed Bang's dis
ease by which many still
:know it) testing back in 1928.
Varying degrees of testing,
first on a voluntary basis and
finally on a statewide compul
sory basis since 1957, have
been in effect since then.
Original work was In dairy
herds and dairy counties were
the first to go after the disease
in earnest.
Work Wrapped Up
The work was wrapped up
In Harney county Thursday
with percentage testing of a
600-cow herd. No reactors
were found, the field labora
tory reported early Friday
morning. (Percentage testing
requires the entire herd to be
tested if any reactors show on
the first 20 per cent from
which the blood sample ' Is
drawn.)
; .With exception of the one
herd in Harney county, test
ing was completed by the
June 30 deadline set more
than two years ago.
Twenty-eight of the 36 Ore
gon counties and the Warm
Springs Indian reservation
were certified by April 1. In
the last two months, state and
federal veterinarians assisted
by private veterinarians depu
ized by the state have con
ducted a heavy moppmg up
operation in Jackson, Crook,
Jefferson, Klamath, Lake,
Harney, Gilliam and Wallowa
counties.
. Dr. A. G. Beagle, In charge
of federal veterinarians in
Oregon, says "there is no ap
"parent question about any of
the county records with ex
ception of Lake county." He
anticipates Washington will
give this county careful study
before making a decision.
. "I believe Washington will
consider the Oregon work a
-remarkable record in view of
the obstacles placed in the
path of the program," Dr.
Beagle prophesied. He cited
the suit filed by a group of
"cattlemen, who attacked con
stitutionality of the 1957 com
pulsory test act, as a major
slowdown to the program.
The court earlier this year up
held the law.
The contesting cattlemen in
sisted that calf vaccination
alone was sufficient for con
; trol in beef operations. Calf
vaccination has been in use
-here since the early 1940's.
Dr. L. E. Bodenweiser, state
veterinarian, and Fred Pope,
animal division chief, both
with the state department of
agriculture, expressed satis
faction and relief at comple
tion of the testing. They said
the situation had been "nip
-and tuck" the last few weeks.
iThey said they would have
additional comments when
Washington renders its decis
ion. They do not know how
?soon this will be.
Reduced Fever Cases
. in the meantime, McKen-,
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body weight
normal hen.
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non pointed out that the
Bang's program, although
long and costly, has reduced
Oregon cases of undulant fe
ver the human aspect of
brucellosis - from 183 and
two deaths as recent as 1915
to- virtually no cases today,
Nationally, 802 undulant fe
ver cases were reported in
1958.
And Dr. Beagle said, " In
my opinion, control of brucel
losis through testing and vac
cination has raised the aver
age of our range country calf
crop from about 50 percent io
the present level of between
95 and 100 percent. This has
undoubtedly addedmillions of
dollars worth of cattle to the
Oregon economy and untold
tax dollars to the state."
Between six and seven mil
lion dollars have been spent
on brucellosis control in Ore
gon by county, state and fed
eral governments since 1934,
the year the federal govern
ment started paying indemni
ties. It was the all-out fed
eral drive commenced in 1954
which sparked the cleanup
program in Oregon and other
states. The 1957 Oregon legis
lature gave the final push
here in authorizing the com
pulsory, state - financed pro
gram.
Fruits, Produce
Listed By OSC
For Freezing
Corvallis Freeze recom
mended fruit and .vegetable
varieties, and you'll have bet
ter meals next winter, say
food technologists at Oregon
State college.
Last year, OSC tested more
than 300 varieties of fruits
and vegetables to learn how
they stand up under process
ing. Not all varieties freeze
well. Some get tough, lose
flavor, color and texture, and
others tend to develop unde
sirable flavors. Varieties suit
able for processing are sug
gested for Oregon use by Mrs.
Lois Sather, food technologist.
They include:
Apricots - Royal, Blenheim,
Tilton, Wenatchee, Moorpark.
Blueberries and huckleberries-Native
Wild Blue and
Red, Concord, Jersey, Dixi,
Stanley, Blue Crop, Blueray,
Earliblue. '
Cherries, sour-Montmoren-
cy, Earl Richmond, English
Morello.
Cherries, sweet - Lambert,
Bing, Deacon, Royal Ann, Re
publican, Van, Sam.
Figs-Mission, Kadota, Gil
lette, G r a n a t a, Lattarula,
Black Spanish.
Grapes-Thompson Seedless,
Worden, Campbell's Early,
Concord.
Peaches - Elberta, Halehav
en, Veteran, Triogem, J. H .
Hale, Redhaven, Dixigem,
Fairhaven, Coronet.
Strawberries-Marshall, Cor
vallis, Northwest, Brightmore,
Siletz, Puget Beauty. ;
Beans, green or wax-Blue
Lake strains, Tendergreen,
Stringless Gre?n Pod, Wade,
Processor, Columbia, Kentuc
ky Wonder, Puregold Wax.
Beets - Detroit Dark Red,
Early Model.
Corn, cut or on-the-cob-Car-
melcross, Seneca Golden, Ten-
dermost. Prosperity, Golden
Cross Bantam. Many other
popular varieties freeze with
good results.
Squash, summer-Zucchini,
Summer Crookneck.
More than 40 per cent of
the world supply of sulphur
is produced from wells on the
Gulf of Mexico coast, from
Texas to Louisiana.
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of pounds for a normal
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hen. Egg weight for the midget hens is 24
ounces per dozen, the same as that for a
Feed per dozen for the midget
hens is 3 pounds compared to 4Vi pounds
per dozen eggs from the normal hens.
More Stockmen
Are Relying
On Calf Shots
Salem-Oregon cattle own
ers are relying increasingly
upon calfhood vaccination to
eradicate brucellosis from
their herds, judging from the
jump from 151,807 vaccina
tions in fiscal 1958 to 161,117
in fiscal 1959.
The figures were released
this week by the federal and
state departments of agricul
ture, cooperators in the con
trol program.
The five top counties on
the past year's vaccination
lists are Malheur, ' Baker,
Lake, Harney and Crook
Calves vaccinated in these
counties ranged from 16,734
to 10,886. Every county but
one (Hood River) reported
some vaccmation.
On the blood testing and
milk ring testing phases of
the control program, totals
were lower than in fiscal
1958, but blood testing at sale-
yards and slaughterhouses
showed a gain.
Comparative figures for the
fiscal 1959 and fiscal 1958:
cattle blood tested, 271,365
and 297,557; number reactor
herds, 828 and 942; animals
in reactor herds, 60,892 and
76,356; herds milk ring test
ed, 19,080 and 19,268 (11
months in 1957-58).
The lowered milk ring test
ing is more statistical than
factual; cream testing was dis
continued in fiscal 1959 in
some herds as unsatisfactory
because it proved impossible
to, test. cream on a consistent
repeat basis. For this reason,
some of the "cream" herds
were switched to blood test
ing. On July 2, this year, Ore
gon completed testing for
brucellosis certification and
at this writing (July 17) of
ficials are awaiting antici
pated final approval from
Washington, D. C.
Sudan Pastures
Need Different
Grazing Rules
By EUGENE P. WINTERS
Jackson County Extension
Agent
- Sudan grass pastures re
quire different grazing and
management practices. The
time of grazing, frequency of
grazing and irrigation will
help reduce the danger of
prussic acid poisoning to live
stock.
While it Is well-known there
is a definite poisoning possi
bility from pasturing in Sudan
after frost, there is also this
same threat following clip
ping, or grazing or if the plant
is growing slowly because of
drought.
Irrigation should be fre
quent enough to keep the
plants in a healthy, vigorous
condition.
Grazing can be started when
the first seed heads appear.
The stand should be grazed
down quickly followed by a
long recovery period for maxi
mum yield of quality forage.
Subsequent grazings should
wait until the grass is 18 to
24 inches high.
Precautions for avoiding in
jury are:
1. Use only pure Sudan
seed. Use low prussic acid po
tential varieties like Piper for
dryland plantings.
2. Allow 18-24 inches
growth before grazing.
3. Graze 'drought or frost
injured Sudan cautiously.
4. Do not allow excessively
hungry cattle to feed on Su
dan pasture which is just re
covering from drought or
frost. ,
5. If you suspect poisoning
troubles call your veterinarian
promptly.
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By DON BERRY
County Extension Agent
Cucumber Set: Cucumbers
have separate male and fe
male flowers in the ratio of
about four to one. Since bees
do most of the pollinating,
wnen insecticides are neces
sary for spider mite or other
pest control these should be
applied late in the evening
when there is no bee activity
in the garden.
Cross-Pollination: Squash,
cucumbers, melons and gourds
often cross when planted
close together. This however
will make little difference to
the home gardener unless he
is saving seed for future use.
The fruits themselves will
come true to type unless cross
pollinated seed is planted.
When squash and. melons do
not come true to type it is
probably due to the seed. It
if perfectly permissible then
for home gardeners to plant
melons, cucumbers and
gourds side bv side if usine
them only for food.
After harvest care of cane
berries: Removing the old
fruited canes and spindly new
growth as soon as harvest is
completed on cane berries is
a good practice. Cut off as
close to the ground as possi
ble. Burn the prunings. Water
to develop sturdier canes for
next years crop and control
weeds with shallow . cultiva
tion. ' '
How much water for toma
toes: Irrigate very little until
plants start to set fruit and
normal rainfall slackens. Then
water to keep soil plenty
moist at all times.- Tomatoes
require a considerable amount
of moisture. Adequate water
ing helps prevent blossom
end rot. Excessive watering
early does encourage vigor
ous foliage growth which re
tards fruit set.
How to water tomatoes:
Most tomato plants are irri
gated with a furrow or open
ditch near the plant, though
overhead sprinkling is often
used. Sprinkling usually does
not interef ere with pollination
or fruit set.
TURF DISEASES are often
a problem during the hot part
of the summer. Brown patch
and mushroom fairy ring are
some of the common ones in
this area which require treat
ment for control. Where the
problem is serious, one of the
mercury compounds obtain
able at the seed and feed
stores may be used. Several
trade name compounds con
taining mercury are available
and should be applied accord
ing to directions on the pack
ages. A mixture of calomel (mer-
curous chloride) and corrosive
sublimate (mercuric chloride)
are two widely used non-or-
g a n i c mercury compounds
which can be obtained at the
local drugstores. By mixing
one ounce of each material in
ten gallons of water to cover
five hundred square feet, the
corrosive sublimate calomel
mixture can be applied with a
garden sprayer or sprinkling
can. Corrosive sublimate dis
solves readily in warm water
while calomel does not dis
solve in water, so the spray
solution should be stirred fre
quently to keep the mixture
uniform.
Applications to diseased ar
eas snould be repeated at
about two week intervals.
Where dead areas are not too
large, grass will generally re
cover after several treatments
and fill in. Reseeding is nec
essary on large spots.
ALL MERCURIAL COM
POUNDS ARE POISONOUS
and should be kept away from
cmldren and, pets. Some of
these materials will corrode
metal, so rinse equipment
thoroughly after application.
WATERING is important on
both the lawns and the gar
dens. A thorough watering at
least once a week is necessary
during the summer. An easy
way to tell if sufficient water
is being applied is to set a
gallon can in the middle of the
sprinkler area and allow the
sprinkler to run in that spot
until three inches of water
have collected in the can. This
amount of time then should be
required at every setting.
Many of the brown spots oc
curring in the lawns are due
to lack of water.
ARBOR VITAE showing
dead limbs or severe twig and
needle die-back are probably
affected with Berckmann's
blight. This is a fungus dis
ease which occurred during
the previous fall rains.
During the summer the on
ly treatment is the removal
of dead and weakened infect
ed twigs and branches and
good cultural conditions in
the way of fertilizers and wat
er to stimulate new growth.
No sprays are recommend
ed at this time of year. Fixed
copper sprays applied just pri
or to the fall rains in early
October are suggested. .
ROOT-BORER
Home-owners who are hav
ing trouble with root-borers
on their ornamental peaches,
plums, cherries or laurel hedg
es should spray or dust as
mm TIPS
soon as possible for their con
trol. .
These insects are noticed
when masses of gum appear
on the trunk of the tree near
the ground in the case of or
namental fruit trees and will
kill individual bushes in a
laurel hedge.
By spraying or painting the
trunks of the trees or hedge
with a DDT solution made up
by mixing one cup of 50 per
cent DDT in one gallon of
water, borers can be con
trolled. This should be applied
as soon as possible and a sec
ond application should be
made in about three weeks.
Field Man Cut
From State Dept.
Dairies Division
Salem - A small change
which the -1959 legislature
made in the Oregon dairy
code is largely responsible for
the reduction by one full man
of field representatives of the
division of foods and dairies,
state department of agricul
ture.
O. K. Beals, division chief,
says he will not replace Jacob
de Young, dairy inspector in
the Salem area, who has tak
en a post in private industry
in southern California. This
leaves 10 dairy, fieldmen on
the payroll. '
On joint proposal of the de
partment and the dairy indus
try, the last legislature put its
blessing on permitting milk
tank drivers to draw official
samples fron farm milk
tanks. The department cannot
license drivers for this work
until after August 5, but this
economy measure will be put
into effect as soon as drivers
are trained and licensed. It
will relieve the department's
field representatives of con
siderable workr and many
miles of travel each year, thus
permitting the eliminating of
one inspector.
Other Factors Responsible
Beals says other factors,
too, have worked to permit
reduction In the field person
nel. One, of course, is fewer
though larger dairies. Another
is a switch within the depart
ment of refrigerated locker
inspection from Beal's divi
sion to the animal division be
cause much meat is stored in
these lockers.
A final reason the dairy
workload of the 10 remaining
fieldmen can be increased is
that gradually through recent
years they have been relieved
of scale checking and gas
pump checking as this work
was turned almost completely
to weights and measures in
spectors. The division's dairy field-
men are now stationed as fol
lows:
Albany, Rex Palmer; Baker,
R. M. Smith; Bend, Robert A.
Herwick; Coquille, Elvon Hol
man; Grants Pass, E. P. Black;
Klamath Falls, Thomas Bai
ley; La Grande, Clarence Kil
lingbeck; Portland, Wilbur
Maltby; Salem, James Mor
gan; Tillamook, John A. Irv
ing. Farm Prices Dip
One Per Cent
Corvallis Following a sea
sonal pattern, Oregon farm
prices dipped one per cent
last month, reports Mrs. El
vera Hofrell, extension agri
cultural economist at Oregon
State college. However, farm
prices In the state still ended
up the highest for the month
of June since 1953.
Following national trends,
both crop and livestock prod
ucts in Oregon turned down
at mid -June, Mrs! Horrell
found as she studied reports
from the U.S. department of
agriculture.- While livestock
fell to about 4 per cent under
a year ago, crop prices re
mained some 6 per cent above
a year earlier.
Lower price tags on beef
cattle, calves, sheep, and fresh
vegetables contributed most
to the drop in Oregon farm
prices, Mrs. Horrell said.
Grain prices showed little
change, while hogs, lambs,
broilers, and turkeys went up
a trifle.
Meanwhile, prices paid by
farmers over the nation
moved down a shade from
May to June, but still average
about one per cent higher
than a year ago. As a result,
the ratio between prices re
ceived and prices paid by
farmers, including interest,
taxes, and wage rates, now
stands at 81 - a loss of one
point for the month and 4
points below a year ago, Mrs.
Horrell said.
REPAIRMAN TOO LATE
Raeford, N.C. -(CPD A de
fective television set that al
ready " had given shocks to
several members of a family
Wednesday electrocuted nine-
year-old Linda Furmage. A
repairman was to have picked
up the set to fix it today.
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By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune firm Editor
A new wrinkle in the livestock and poultry picture is
seen by John Strohm, editor of "High Dollar Farming." This
Ford Motor company publication foresees that with the large
increase of livestock and poultry seen, a 4 billion bushel
corn crop may be a necessity rather than a surplus burden.
A University of Illinois agricultural economist thinks corn
production and use will be brought into balance during the
next two years. Corn stocks reports show corn use is at a
record high.
Last year's 3.8 billion bushel crop will be used up before
the corn pickers head down the row next fall, this publica
tion predicts. Enough acreage was planted to produce a 4
billion bushel crop in 1959 but the weather may balk at
turning that into another bumper crop. So, anyone for wheat?
This is the surplus worrying this state.
"High Dollar Farming" also advises the farmer to lay in
all his fertilizer now if he can find a good price. Compared
to a year ago, prices for ammonium nitrate fertilizer will
be up $3 per ton in August, $4 in September, at last year's
price in October, up $1 in November and $2 In December.
As we were "gallivanting around the experiment station"
as Little Diminity, the wife, calls it, we noticed the almost
daisy-picking deftness with which the . station's "harvest
hands" cut. only certain sections of a grain plot. The field
crews at the experiment station also make their contribu
tion to agricultural science. One slip on their part and a
year's work may be ruined. '
Keep an eye on your local grocery store advertisements.
According to the OSC truck crop market review for July 21,
the nation's frozen vegetable supply as of July 1 was 6 per
cent larger than a year ago. This should mean some good
sales of frozen vegetables. Johnny, eat your spinach! There
is 74.2 million pounds of it now in cold storage and this
represents a 58 per cent increase over last year's hold-over
supply! Other percentage increases are: asparagus 5 per cent;
cauliflower, 18 per cent; green beans, 25 per cent; French
fried potatoes, 31 per cent, and broccoli, 48 per cent. Sweet
corn supplies are down 22 per cent.
If you are planning some berry jam and perhaps laying
away some frozen berry pies, you may be disappointed in
the prices. Lack of pickers have caused many raspberries,
blackcaps, boysenberries and loganberries to be scorched on
the.canes in this state. Of course the harvest peaks vary from
area to area and from farm to farm.
Like Grandfather
Like Grandson-
Salem - If you have an idea
that all Oregon farmers have
cast' aside the ways of the
early settlers, here's a jolt
straight from the applica
tions for Oregon's 1959 Cen
tury Farm honors.
One farmer says he still
weans young animals and
docks tails, too, by the signs
of the zodiac, as well as kills
weeds and brush when the
signs are right.
Modern fertilizers don't get
much of - a - boost from this
farmer But he' as up-to-date
as next year's station wagon
in use of large quantities of
drain tile, crop dusting and
all the new medicmes - in
cluding tranquilizers - the
veterinarian has to offer.
The Oregon Historial So
ciety and the state department
of agriculture, sponsors of the
program, say county judges
are still verifying Century
Farm claims. The list of farm
ers, who will be honored at a
climaxing program on Sept. 8
at the Oregon State Fair, will
be released later this month
Early History Rides
Obviously early history
Century Farm applications,
rides through the pages of the
Farmers in Linn and Yamhill
counties mention graves on
their farms - the first white
woman buried in Linn coun
ty and in the center of a
Yamhill county field is the
grave of a' child buried in
1854.
Another 195? claim was
the honeymoon home of the
first couple married in Jack
son county. Near Newberg is
a Centennial farm on .which
was built the, first sawmill in
Yamnui county.
Few of the original build
ings on early farms still stand,
but in Douglas county the
present owner lives in the
home built out of hand hewn
lumber in 1853 and in Ben
ton, Linn and Washington
counties original barns are
landmarks.
And" then there's the part
of the old house in Washing
ton county with a large hole
in the ceiling upstairs through
which the children used to
r
In Some-of Ways
MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING
with
FROZEN SEMEN
FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE
ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE
Pest Control
Area Proposed
Salem - Whether the first
insecticide control area will
be established in a 16-square-mile
district in Malheur coun
ty under a 1959 law remains
to be decided.
The state department of ag
riculture held the second hear
ing on the matter at Adrian
July 14 and after studying
the testimony will announce
its determination, reports
Plant Division Chief Hugh
Taylor.
Considerable opposition to
creation of an area in which
the use of insecticides would
be regulated was expressed at
the hearings.
The amendment to the law
was originally proposed by
Malheur county alfalfa seed
growers who wanted protec
tion for the native alkali bee,
chief pollinator of their al
falfa seed crops.
Growers oi other crops,
particularly onions, asserted
a protective or restricted area
would not be to their benefit,
Grain Movements
Set New Record
Salem-Movement of grains
in and out of Oregon in the
year ending June 30 establish
ed a record second only to the
1956-57 shipping year, reports
Frank McKennon, director of
the state department of agri
culture.
In 1958-59, the department's
grain division inspected 104.5
million bushels of grain ar
riving at Portland, Astoria and
Pendleton from Oregon, other
Northwest states and points
east of the Rockies. This comes
close to the record of 105.7
million bushels shipped Into
inspection points in 1956-57
and compares with 81.9 mil
lion bushels In 1957-58.
On the export side, the 81.6-
million-bushel record of two
years ago still holds, but last
year's 59.9 million bushels
topped the 1957-58 movement
of 53.6 million bushels. Most
of last year's export shipments
were from Portland but 1.9
bushels of wheat moved over
seas from Astoria.
scramble to hide from the In
dians when the folks were
gone!
Good herd management
requires a Dependable
Effective Breeding
Program.
WE PROUDLY OFFER
A BALANCED
SERVICE TO MATCH
THE BEST HERD
MANAGEMENT.
SP 2-4093
C. C. Williams
Farm
Monroe, La. -(DPD- Chairman
Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) of
the senate agriculture com
mittee has called for an end
to a "cold war" in agriculture.
He said the cold war is
among farm organizations, be
tween Congress and the Eisen
hower administration, and be
tween farmers and consumers.
Ellender's appeal for an end
to the bickering came in a re
cent speech here to the Louisi
ana Farm Bureau convention.
Washington fUPD The Farm
Bureau Federation has urged
Congress to reject one of the
administration's f ood-f or
peace proposals.
It opposed an agriculture
department - request to Con
gress for an amendment to the
law which authorizes exports
of farm surpluses in return
for foreign currency. The
amendment would allow this
country to donate surpluses
for use in building national
food reserves in other coun
tries.. Washington (CPD The agri
culture department has re
ported the volume of futures
trading in farm commodities
declined in the year ending
last June 30.
But the department said the
futures trading continued to
provide substantial hedging
markets:
Market prices for commodi
ties like wheat, corn and soy
beans held in relatively nar
row ranges through the year.
But merchandizers and proces
sors continued to depend on
hedges to reduce their price
risks.
Washington -(DPD- A House
subcommittee has opened
hearings on a bill designed to
give priority to state laws on
water rights.
The proposal, which would
make the states' rights in this
field supreme over federal
claims has wide support
among farm groups and West
ern state legislatures.
Washington (DPD An Agri
cultural Department study on
integration in the egg indus
try has predicted that many
farmers may be driven out of
business.
The study indicated the In
tegration would bring down
the cost of producing eggs,
but that total egg production
might increase faster than the
nation's population.
Washigton (UPD The Agri
culture department reported
today that net profits of milk
distributors rose 11 per cent
between the last quarter of
1958 and the first quarter of
1959.
The profits were before in;
come taxes.
The distributor's costs for
milk and cream purchased
from farmers in the first quar
ter of 1959 were down, drop
ing to the lowest for any first
quarter since the department
began keeping records in
1952.
Washington-UPD-The House
Monday approved a bill to
give the interior department
permanent authority to use
surplus grains to feed nugra
tory waterfowl and thus lure
them away from crops.
The three-year-old program,
designed to reduce crop dam
age from birds, technically
expired July 3. The bill to re
peal the expiration date now
goes to the Senate.
Washington-DPD-An agricul
ture department survey has
shown 11 crops brought cash
receipts of more than one bil
lion dollars each last year.
The survey also showed
that 11 states collected more
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than one billion dollars each
in gross farm income.
Five of the billion-dollar
crops were either livestock or
livestock products, five were
individual field crops, and one
was the total of all vegetables
except potatoes.
The leading money produc
ers in the livestock and prod
ucts category were: Cattle and
calves $7,596,186,000; " Dairy
products, $4,988,372,000;
Hogs $3,774,485,000; Eggs
$1,934,885,000; and Broilers,
$1,002186,000.
Washington (DPD The agri
culture department has report
ed the chicken population is
going down.
Commercial hatcheries pro
duced 992,840,000 chicks in
June, 12 per cent below the
production of a year earlier
but .28 per cent above the
1953-57 average for the
month.
Washington (CPU Louis
Bean, a Washington consult
ing economist has suggested
that the corn surplus could be
cut by raising the support
price for soybeans.
Washington (UPD-Agricul-ture
Department scientists re
port they are working with
two state experimental sta
tions to find improved meth
ods of wiping out tuberculosis
in cattle.
Research work is under way
at Michigan State University
and the University of Wiscon
sin. The projects were begun
because the number of cattle
reacting to the tuberculin test
has gradually increased in rec
ent years.
The infection rate was re
duced to a low point of .11 per
cet in 1952. In 1958, t .17 per
cent of all animals tested were
found to respond to the test.
This still is far Delow the
5 per cent infection rate
found in 1917 when the United
States first began an eradica
tion campaign.
Washington-(DPD - The Ag
riculture department is ex
pected to announce Its final de
cision on lamb grading some
time this week.
At issue was whether to
eliminate the federal lamb
grading service.
Elimination of the service
is urged by some producer
groups and big meat packers.
Opposition came from con
sumers, a number of state
governments, and from small
meat packers and retailers.
If the department decides
to-drop the service, the move
will be effective Sept. 1.
French coal fields are only
about one-twentieth of the
area of those in Illinois, and
in normal times they produce
40 million tons annually.
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