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MAIL TRIBUNE, Madferd, Or. Thursday, August 6, 1959 Champion Bread Bakers at HEC Contest Named Champion bread bakers at the 4-H home economics con test being held this week at the courthouse auditorium were Alice Woolfolk, senior, and Georgia Hubbard, junior, both of the Antelope 4-H cook ing club. t The bread baking Contests were held Monday and Tues day. Contests and demonstra tions will continue through Saturday and the public is in vited to attend. ; Janice Blank won the cham pion award in the blanket stitch contest and Jennifer Nevin was champion in button sewing. . In the home living contests Anita Pierce, Carol Myers, and Pat Striplin won red awards, Aletta Myers won a white award and Glenna Brown won the exhibitor award. . Other award winners were: CHAT--- " Senior bread baking S h'a rti Coffman. JoAnna Mailoroy, blue njvards; Linda Cornutt, Nyla Mur ray, red awards; nancy McKay, Pfetay Charley. Bonnie Smith, Elaine McKay, white awards. Pau line Denyer. exhibitor award. 'Junior bread baking Charlotte Bush. Karen Jossy, Marsha Wat son, blue awards; Doris Young, Georgia Mitchel. red awards; Su san Hall, Frances Huffman. Susie Carroll, white awards. -Blanket stitch Loreita Pierce, ft on a Mever. Marlene Nouguier, Hue awards; Shawn Caperna, Amy Jo Helm. Susan Hess, Duanis Millard. Jillinda Arthur, Margaret Carnegie. Susan Head, red awaras; Marcir Miller. Molly Ely. Carmen Parlow, Lynda Bradshaw. Sandra Hammonds. Diane Millard. Joyce Drennen, Sallie Eaton. Marcia Ber teau, Doreen Blumenfeld, Arlene Moore. Susan . whinihan, white awards. Button sewing Terry Calhoun, blue award: Marilyn Learning, Kathy Rempert, Mady Drennen, Jeanette Hoglen. Rose Trautman. Nancy Carroll. Elaine Meyer, Carol Roach. Terry McManama, juay Waltz, red awards: Donna Weit man. Rosemary Rempert, Cherylee Becker, Anita Bradshaw. Linda Moore. Donna Young Carol Mil lard. Jean Bailey. Linda Chisum, Judy Barnum, iSancy oay, ooyn flood rirh Theresa Keveomb, Dawn Oliver. Sandra Paulson, white awards; Ann AKins, exniDi tor" award. FARM NOTES Washigton IUPD The Agri culture Department has re ported that poultry used in canned and other processed foods totaled 20,319,000 pounds in June, 5 per cent less than in same month one year ago. Washington OJPD The Agri culture Department has named 37 wheat varieties as undesirable because of infe rior milling or baking quali ties. They will be discounted 20 cents a bushel in price sup port rates on the 1960 crop. Washington-(UPtt--The House has overwhelmingly approved over Agriculture Department opposition a hike in federal funds to subsidize milk-drink ing by school children. Washington -(UPD- Small Business Administrator Wen dell B. Barnes says his agency's loans to the poultry industry have " been only a "negligible" factor in the cur rent egg and chicken surplus, Washington -4UPD- The Agri cultural Department has pre dicted that retail food prices for the last half or 1959 would continue to average a little be low last year's level due to bigger supplies. By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Firm Editor Home country! This is both a sad and nostalgic name. As you read this we will be visiting many of the places where our "keel was layed." It wiH be good to smell the sharp, clean cutting salt air, watch the white sea gulls wheel in over the blue green waters of Puget Sound, see the Cas cades and Olympics in the distance pierce the blue sky with their snowy peaks-and the towering majesty of Mt. Rainier. It will be a sad trip because none of those who raised us, or drug us up, will be there to shout their welcomes. This includes the country schoolmaster type who dinned into our ears the remark, "It's not so much what you know but what you do with what you know." 'No, the spunky little Irish grandmother who once drove a farm team through wheat fields of North Dakota "as good as any man" won't be there, either. But there will be many other people to visit and places to see which have probably gone through many changes. Some we have noted in previous visits. The half-mile stretch of country road down which we used to walk to the store is now a smooth, black asphalt ribbon of connecting high way. The old white school-house which always seemed to have a hornets nest under one weathered board is now: a community club for this suburb of Seattle. And if that com munity club is like others we know the hornets, figuratively, still buzz at times. The lake in this same country spot where we used to catch bass anJ perch has probably long since been fished out. It was in this same spot where we gobbled up too much raspberry jam and got sick on it, got into a large variety of mischief and got spanked for it, picked up slivers from an outhouse seat and learned to prime the old well pump. Once again we hope to feel the slosh-slosh of water under the bow of a sailboat as it spreads its white wings and heels into a breeze. We might even ride horseback along a road on which we once raced the old schoolbus with both horse and bus hitting a pretty good clip. . We will probably visit an old country weekly which hasn't been modernized much oven the years. We hope the veteran printer will be there with his passion for all kinds of pills and pinball machines and who "has "edikated" a good many apprentice printers. In the same little old country town we hope to renew acquaintance wtih the old hardware merchant who railed against human weakness from the pulpit on Sundays and took sharp, profitable advantage of those weaknesses during the week. This is the same town where a salty old Repub lican storekeeper threatened td shoot the tails off 'coonskin caps worn by the mayor and weekly newspaper publisher. This was when Estes Kefauver of the 'coonskin caD state was riding high as a presidential candidate. Democrats and Republicans often form sharp skirmish lines there, too. A two-weeks vacation won't be long enough to visit all old friends and relatives, but it will be fun trying. . Washington - (UPD Rep. Leonor Sullivan (D-Mo.) has told the House Agriculture Committee that if Congress is going to hand out food to people all over the world it should begin its , charity at home. Washington (UPD Demo cratic Sens. Stuart Symington ' (Mo.) and Eugene McCarthy (Minn.) have demanded that President Eisenhower tell Con gress exactly what he meant when he said he wanted a "de cent" farm program. Washington (UPD The Agri cultural Department has re ported that the spring lamb crop was .? per cent higher than last year and 10 per cent above the 1948-1957 average. The eee nieture looker! a little T-iriuhten .Tulw 9n 9Kn4. inZ to the OSC eSS and noultrv market review Snnnlv anrl demand more nearly balanced to raise the prices a little. iMauonauy, tne number ot egg-type chicks hatched dur- ine June was down 34 tier rent from -Tune laat vssr ipmrf. ing to Charles, M. Fischer, OSC poultry marketing specialist. The number of broiler-type chicks hatched was down 6 per cent compared to the same period a year ago. However, low prices on ice-pack imports weakened the fryer market. At Portland by July 20, producer prices on Grade Double A Large eggs advanced 3- cents during a two-week period. Grade A Lar?e advancer! 2 rents a tm&r ritVi CZmAa TlnnWo C, .w H HWHVU . . . 1 . .AUUV. JUtWUhA A Mediums up 3 cents. Grade Double A Smalls remained aooui sieaay. On' July 20. nrices nairl nrndiirers on TVmMo A T.aroe eggs, delivered and graded at Portland were from 38 to 40Vfc cents a dozen. Grade A Large sold at 30 to 32 cents. Double A Mediums were listed' at 30 to 32 cents with Double A Smalls quoted at 18 to 21Vz cents a dozen. As of July 20, fryers at the ranch were being quoted at 18 to 19 cents. Liffht hens were lister! at 7 with heavy hens at 9 cents. This meant a weakening of fi-trei- prices during the two weeks preceding July 20. We seem to be eettine renorts the Rerl -.ninff Huectt auction sales-nicely mimeographed reports. The first was dated July 21, but we were unable to' use it due to the usual squeeze-Dress the advertising rlenartment to it ue in Will try to sqeeze it in from time to time by putting it in smaner type, ao you wno nave been straining your eyes on baseball statistics all SlimmGT fat TtlYW strain vnnr avae n-n livestock sales reports. The other reportsr are, we hope, stack ing up on me xarm aesK. , According to the July 21 report, salable cattle ran 1,280 including about 200 calves. Ahmit - f v v. "ii- "uyyxj were of the stocker and feeder classes. The remainder were mainly slaughter cows. Auction was active. Slaughter steers cuia ueiiers were scarce, biaugnter cows were weak to 50 cents lower. Slaughter bulls, slaughter calves, stockers and iceuers unaer ou pounas, ail steady, .feeders over 800 pounds sieaay xo iirm. x our loads came from southern Oregon. Bulk of the supply sold to California accounts with a few feeder loads to Nebraska accounts. Just about a year ago we learned that OSC is experi menting with midget chickens. The idea is that smaller hens might eat less feed and produce more eggs per pound of feed consumed. With the current drop in the egg market the egg-feed ration is emphasized even more. Recently we learned that the flock of midget chickens is growing-now number 125. Dr. Paul Bernier, OSC poultry department, is now in the- middle of experiments comparing feed consump tion, egg production, etc. with normal size chickens. His study results should be released in the near future. As you can see we are cleaning out our files before going on vacation. These consist of two larera nirAr.'A boxes kept in an unusued upstairs bedroom. (The baby can't ... i i . . . i.i dwx uiai lar yei so iney are sate-temporarily.) Lots of interesting information sometimes lies buried there. Glancing through the American Farm Bureau Federation letter we notice 200 Farm Bureau leaders of western states met in Salt Lake City, Sunday," July 19, to discuss major school problems. Wouldn't be a bit surprised if the recent Phoenix-Talent consolidation fuss was aired. Southern Oregon actions reverberate a lot .further than many people think. During a meeting this spring in Boise, Ida., of irrigation people, the Eagle Point irrigation district hassle was brought up by men from distant states. News of the local irrigation district's troubles will no doubt make it impossible to hire a good manager when the present capable manager resigns. He has tried to many times even before the current pesti ferous troubles, according to inside dope. For that matter how many people will want to serve on the district board? It would pay more farmers to attend the planning com mission meetings and perhaps to drop into county court once in a while to listen to what goes on. Every so often inter esting things happen-like proposing to regulate the size of roadside fruit stands and passing over irrigation rights for recreation sites. ' Washington -(UPD- The Agri cultural Department said to day mid-year prospects point to lower crop production this year than last, but a rising livestock farm output within 2 per cent of the 1958 peak. Washington (UPD The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said to day representatives of 19 coun tries will take part in a semi nar and study tour of water shed management programs and facilities in the United States. The program is sched uled to begin here Aug. 10 and will continue through Oct. 5. Washington -(UPD- The Agri cultural Department has offer ed to buy canned peaches, packed in 1959, for use in the national school lunch program. Anaplasmosis Sets High Rate Salem - More than a hun dred cases of anaplasmosis in cattle were reported during June to the state department of agriculture by practicing veterinarians The reports came from sev en counties, with the heaviest incidence in one Benton coun ty herd. Other counties report ing the disease: Jackson, Klamath, Malheur, Wallowa, Morrow and Umatilla. Brucellosis (Bang's) reactors found in June testing totaled 174.. ' The. monthly animal disease reports also show 41 cases of swine erysipelas " in Multno mah, Douglas and Wallowa counties and a single case of equine encephalomyelitis in Klamath county. The state animal diagnostic laboratory in Corvallis, test ing for leptospirosis, found 12 reactors in cattle and one in horses. The report shows 90, 262 animals from six states moved through the Portland and Ontario yards under su pervision of stockyard veteri narians. - . . The federal veterinarian's, office at Salem , reported ex port certificates were issued in June on 35,540 hatching eggs, ,44,869 poultry, 19 head of cattle and -three horses. Countries to which these ship ments were made included included Canada, Ceylon, Guam, Spain and Trinidad. The Indian ocean covers about 28,356,000 square miles. 'M -"332" n L : Erb i ntULT IIOOU ' C . Ln " ' L IS" ' gj6E PLAN NO. 3725 Ll . me SQUARE FEET -' iSM ' This Week's Home of Distinction Here is a home which re-room, fining and ; bedroom search has proven to be out standing in value. A practical home that can built on an economy budget, yet styled ac: cording to the latest concepts of good home planning. A workshop for the man of the house opens of fthe double garage. Access . to the rear yard is available from . the service area as well as to the garage. This feature assures that groceries and other pur chases will not have to be car ried any great distance when unloading the car and is also very practical on rainy days. The water closets in both of tne bedroom baths are semi concealed. They both have long pullman lavatories which, among other advantages, offer an unusual amount of storage area for bath items and linens, in the drawers and on the shelves. The half bath off the service 'could be enlarged to include a shower. The living room, family hallway open off the large front entry. If preferred, the dining room could be used as a fourth bedroom and the din ing table located in the family room. An eating bar for in formal family meals separates the kitchen from the family room. The living and family rooms and the outside patio flow to gether through the sliding doors to add rto the size of these areas. : The master bedroom has the luxury " of a dressing room with two wardrobes . and a vanity table while the other two bedrooms have ample wardrobe space. ; . A large closet housing both the .water heater and forced air furnace is centrally locate ed 'off the bedroom hallway for economy -of installation and efficiency in operation. Three other clothes closets, a linen closet plus an oversized Rare Trees Seen By 4-H Members While on an overnight trip v and southern Oregon. It grows broom closet also open onto the hallway. Complete working drawing of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of $7.50 for the first set and $5 for each additional' set. when ordered at the same time. This plan will be available for a period of four months from this date. Please allow two weeks for. de livery. If the above home does not entirely meet with-your satisfaction, a new home plan book. Homes for Living, may De purchased for si Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiwatha Estes, P. O. Box 404-T, Northridge, Calif. Care Needed for Electric 1 - . - ...... - - , . - ,- Pumping Systems To Be Safe By ANDREW H. SCHMIDT Copco Agricultural Field Man Though electric pumping systems are relatively trouble- free and easy to maintain a few precautions must be ob served for "safety's sake." These precautions have been well observed in the Rogue Valley since electrical "acci dents have been few in num ber. These few often result in serious burns or deaths, so a goal of no accidents is wor thy working toward. Awards Set at Banquet Armory An awards banquet to hon or 4-H club and Future Farm ers of America winners at the coming country fair will be held August 27 at 7 p.m. in the Medford armory. Over 1,000 4-H club and FFA members, parents and friends are expected to attend the event, which is being planned by Jackson County Young Farmers. Frank Hunt, Phoenix-Hill- crest rd., is banquet chairman. Tickets for the dinner may be purchased from members of Young Farmers or from the banquet booth at the fair Aug. n-22. Sales will be closed Saturday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m Don Bohnert, Central Point, is secretary; Robert Da mon, Little Butte star route, Eagle Point, banquet publicity chairman; and Ed Meeker, Phoenix-Hillcrest rd., presi dent. : The banquet will take the place of the annual awards night of the fair. A most important precau- pipes are tion is to ground the motor and switch boxes. The ground can consist of a three-fourths of an inch or larger pipe or rod driven 8 feet into the ground. Stray currents from the motor and switch -boxes are carried to the ground by the connecting wire. Proper fusing of the motor protects property as well as life. The large fuses protect the wiring from overheating which can cause a fire in case of short circuit. Equally important, however, is tne overload lusmg. mis protection will disconnect the motor before the motor's wind ings overheat. Heat in the motor destroys the insulation anc" can result in a short to the motor frame which, of course, is a dangerous situa tion. Observe Precaution A few precautions should be observed in managing an irri gation system. Probably most important is the caution against against bringing sprinkler pipe in contact with electric wires. Some system should be devised by each owner to alert him when he approaches electric wires. An exceptionally hazardous time is during the spring when lifted to shake out dust that has accumulated over the winter. Another point, young people who "are given the task of handling sprinkler pipe should be care fully supervised. Even though modern pumps and switches are enclosed, they can still be a hazard. Where installations cannot be observed or where people fre- . quently. pass near an installa tion, an enclosure will help in sure against an accident. The fence will also insure against tan pering with the pump "op eration. The precautions for "safe ty's sake" are not numerous nor complicated. Observe them - he life you save may be your own. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work - Stainless, Galvanised - -and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 L 3 Stress Converted to Color by New Plasfjc Phoenixville, Pa. - (Science Service) - Stress is converted into color by a doubly refrac tive plastic used to test stress and strain of parts of jet air liners and anti-missile mis siles. - The transparent plastic is placed over the part, of the plane under examination. When the part is deformed by strain the plastic ' is also de formed. When examined un der polarized light the plastic indicates the quantity and lo cations of strain. . MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE OUR ORGANIZATION IS DOMINATED BY PROFES SIONAL PRIDE. EVERY PHASE OF OUR BUSINESS FROM THE SELECTION OF THE SIRES TO THE FINAL DELIVERY TO YOUR PLACE IS CONDUCTED BY EXPERTS WHO DEMAND PERFECTION OF THEM SELVES. SP 2-4093 C C. William " ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE in the Miller lake area Jack son county . 4-H forestry club members viewed two rare trees. : 1 Growing in the area, at the head of Sturges creek on the Applegate they found the' Mo Nab cypress and the weeping spruce or Brewer's spruce. The cypress is a rare tree growing in small groves in northern California and south ern Oregon. It is found on dry rock ridges at the 5,000 foot level, according to Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent. Oc casionally it is a cultivated tree in western and, southern Europe. In Oregon" it , will grow 80 feet high. It grows much smaller in California and is rarely over 30 feet high there. The other tree is the weep ing sprue also found in small groves in northern California Century Farmers To Be Honored ; Descendants of Oregon farm ers who established farms at least a century ago will be honored at the Oregon- State Fair on Sept." 8, during the second annual century farm day ceremonies. . - This year, 44 more century farms will be recognized, to join the 354 farms discovered last year. The new century farmers will receive an Ore gon Historical society parch ment from Gov. Mark Hat field. Last year's century farmers are invited to attend the ceremonies. , The program is sponsored by the State Department of Agriculture and the historical society, in cooperations with the fair. ' : ' .. - ;- at 7,000 feet elevations arid some are. found at 4,000 to 5,000 feet in Oregon. It pre fers high small hollows or north slopes. It grows from 20 to 95 feet tall. : The branches running from the trunk to the ground are ornamented with cord - like branchlets hanging straight down. This is considered the rarest American spruce tree, horticultural experts say. .' Best all-around forestry, 'club member on the overnight: 1, Mar garet Hanson, Elk-Trail; 2, - Roy Myers. Elk-Trail; Leonard Han son, Elk-Trail; m, Jeff Fowler, Phoenix: ""5. Steve Chapman". Talent;-6, Roger Fowler, Phoenix; and 7, Glenda Albert. Elk-Trail, v - Observation test or fires,-potting: 1, Roy Myers, Elk-Trail; 2, Jeff Fowler. Phoenix; 3, Leonard Han son. Elk-Trail; 4. Glenda Albert, Elk-Trail; 5, (tie) Billy Bagley, Tal ent, Steve Chapman, Talent; 6, Roger Fowler. Pacing contest: 1. Margaret Han son, Elk-Trail; 2, Lois Rogers. Elk Trail, Steve Chapman. Talent; 3, Glenda Albert. Elk-Trail; 4. Roy Myers. Elk-Trail; 5. Lorna Fowler, Phoenix; 6, Leonard Hanson, -Elk-Trail. Water boiling contest: 1. Roy Myers, Elk-Traii; 2. Roger Fowler, Phoenix; 3. Jeff Fowler. Phoenix; 4. Margaret Hanson. Elk-Trail; 5. Steve Chapman, Talent; 6, Leonard Hanson. Elk-Trail. Forestry tree and shrub treasure hunt: 1, Margaret Hanson, Elk Trail; 2. Sam James, Talent; 3, Glenda Albert, Elk-Trail; 4, Leo nard -Hanson. Elk-Trail; 5. Steve Chapman.' Talent; 6 (tie) Roy Myers.- .Elk-Trail,. Jeff Fowler, Phoenix- Camp fire building contest: 1. Glenda Albert. Elk-Trail; 2. Jeff Fowler, Phoenix; 3. Lorna. Fowler, Phoenix: 4. Lois Roger, Elk-Trail; 5, Roger Fowler, Phoenix; 6, Sam James. Talent. Camp fire extinguishing contest: 1, Margaret Hanson: 2. Leonard Hanson; 3, Glenda Albert; 4th. Jeff Fowler; 5, Billy Bagley; 6, Steve Chapman. " An average engagement ring sold in the U.S. has a diamond about one-fifth of a carat. ' Some . diamonds are brown, pink; or canary yel low. - - DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and . finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone . SP 2-2395 , U YIT3 ... But, So Far, We've Bought a Train of Grain 50 Cars Long! THAT'S 2,000 TONS. Our new storage tanks completed in June saved the day! As it stands now we are just about full up but we are shipping wheat to Portland in order to accommodate the growers of other, grains. We want to thank the growers for . the fine job they did this year in raising a bumper crop. Quality has been excellent and most growers have "earned a premium price.- There always is a quality feed - for every need at ' your Grange Co-op. J it - r4 A Will". - hSs.- Feeders this year are going to be assured of the finest quality feeds from premium grains. Remember You don't have to be a MEMBER to trade at the Grange Co-op and SAVE! ' T t ft HIGHWAY 99 IN CENTRAL POINT Phone NO 4-1261 or SP 3-4022 (Ml B AND WATER STS. IN ASHLAND Ashland MU 5-4021
