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A" MAIL TRIBUNE, Madford, Or. ' A Thursday. Aug. 20, 1959 Milk Supply Hits Downward Trend Corvallis - The supply of milk produced in Oregon is continuing its downward trend, reports Stephen C. Marks, extension agricultural economist at Oregon State college. As 1959 passed the half-way mark, milk production in Ore gon trailed the same months of last year by 2 per cent and was 7 per cent under the 10- year average, Marks found as he studied reports from the U.S. department of agriculture. Production of cheese and butter in the state dropped at an even faster rate, Marks noted. However, more than average amounts of ice cream made in April helped hold the total drop in ice cream at the 2 per cent level. Cost of producing milk in the state continued to rise, Marks said. The estimated average cost of producing Grade A milk in the Willam ette Valley during July was 9V2 per cent higher than last year. Farm wage rates in Oregon are now at a record high, Marks pointed out. Alfalfa hay now costs 50 per cent more than a year ago, and cost of concentrated feeds used by dairymen are also higher. Over the nation, the amount of milk produced the first half or 1959 fell slightly be low that of last year. This reflects a continued reduction in milk cow numbers during the present high level 4-H Club News Trail Blazers The Trail Blazers 4-H horse club held its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Tom Whit tle, Aug. 13. Bob Olsen called the meeting, and Steve Cot ton led the flag salute. While Karen Holley, secretary, was absent, Jo Wood took her place and collected the dues. Mrs. Whittle handed out booklets about light horses. There was a discussion about the fair. Gail Stone served re freshments. Barbara Beck, Reporter. Fan amid Goirdem) Home Economics J udging The -home economics sec tion of the annual Jackson county 4-H and FFA fair Tues day had its share of the cham pions and blue ribbon winners. Those named as champions in home economics were Glo ria Meyer, Eagle Point, Just So Girl; Nancy McKay, Cen tral Point, Dinner Club; Di ane Bolz, Medford, beginning knitting; Joyce Roach, Med ford, intermediate champion; Linda Johnson, Medford, Charmingly Yours; Salli Jo Eaton, Medford, and Sharon Prowell, Applegate, Mealtime Fun; Aletta Myers, Central Point, Home Living; and Mike Elmore, Applegate, Easy Meals. Other fair judging results: ROME ECONOMICS CLOTHING FOB GIRLS Just So Girls: Gloria Meyer. Eaele Point, champion; Lana Carpenter, aanara iai imonas, tagie romt, Amy Jo Hlm, Ashland, Duanis Millard. Meilford, Diane Millard, Medford. Arlene Moore. Eaele Point. Kathy Neal, Medford, Lorieta fierce, central romz, Diue; jiuinaa Arthur, kagle Point, Janice Blank, Eagle Point, Doreen Blumenfeld, Eaele Point. Lynda Bradshaw. Cen tral Point, Andrienne Brion, Grants Pass, Shawn Capema, Medford, Sara Chancier, Rogue River, (2), Joyce Drennen, Central Point, Joan Eslinger, Medford, Carmen Farlow, Eagle Point, Linnea Ford, Talent, Linda Hitson, Rogue River, Nanette Johnson, Talent, Joan Nelsm, Eagle Point, Marlen Isouguier, Medford. Linda Pittock, Applegate, Sharon proweu, Applegate, Kathenn Van daerift. Susan Whinihan. red: -Jean Baker, Rogue River, Judy Baker, xtogue Kiver, Marcia iserteau, Med ford, Anita Coulter, Rogue River, Debra Deroboan, Rogue River, Judy Drake, Grants Pass, Betsy Dun- levy, Medford, bam Jo Eaton, Med ford. Molly Ely. Medford, Kathleen Goldt. Roeue River. Susan Head. Applegate. Patsy Jo Hurley, Rogue River and Marcy Miller, Medford, white. Charmingly Yours: Linda John ion, Medford, champion; Joyce An derson, Central Point, Judy Bagley, Talent, Janet Burk, Eagle: Point, Mary Ann Carnegie. Medford. Paill ette Creel. Talent. Kathleen God dard, Ashland, Connie Goehring, Eagle Point, Carol Hale, Shady Cove, Ellen Hay, Eagle Point, Cecilia Kee, Shady Cove, Margaret Nelmes, Eagle Point, Anita Pierce, Central Point, Eileen Pullman, Medford, and Janis Torray, blue; Carolyn Bailey, Medford, Carolyn Barnes, Medford, Diane Bolz, Med ford, Diana Lee Buckles, Medford, Nancy Elmeren. Medford. Michelle Ely, Medford, Suzanne Flynn, Cen tral .Point, juay innx, central Point, Margaret Goodwin, . Med ford, Mary Kay Hochstatter, Med ford. Valerie. Knights. Medford, Alice Kuitert. Grants Pass. Mary Leavens, Medford, Aletta Meyers, Central Point. Linda Paulson, Shady Cove, Shirley Roach, Medford, Sarah Robinson, Medford,- Carol Straus. Central Point. Kathy Thompson, Barbara Wheeler, Cen tral Point. Paulette Anderson, Eagle Point, Diane Brewster, Grants Pass, and Diane Wheeler. Shady Cove, red; Barbara Aesch- Iiman. Medford," Patricia Ann Bowl ing. Central Point, Kathleen-Frederick. Central Point, Elaine Ruth Johnson, Central Point, Sharon Mace, Medford, Linda Romancbuck, Medford. Barbara Homing er. Cen tral Point, Judith Sanderson, Shady Cove, and Sherri Watson, Shady Cove, white. CHILD CARE Mary Ann Carnegie. Medford. champion; Dixie Duggan. Central Point, red; Mary Kay Hochstatter, Medford, red: Martha Merriman, Medford, white. . . FOOD PREPARATION Meal Time Fun: Salli Jo Eaton, Medford, and Sharon Provell, Ap plegate, both champions; Carol House, Medtord. Luana Loffer, Medford, Myrna Long Central Point. Daunis Millard. Medford, Diane Millard, Medford, Terry Stevens, Central Point, blue: Carolyn Bailey, Medford, Madge Barker, Jackson ville, Louie Barker, Jacksonville, Mary Ann Barker, Jacksonville, Marcia Berteau, Medford, James Carnegie, Medford. Diaim Debrick, Central Point, Judy Drake. Grants Pass, Molly Ely, Medford, Jeanette Hoglen, Medford, Randy Hvall, Applegate, Nanette Johnson. Tal ent, Mary Ellen Kurz, Central Point, Margaret Nelmes, Eagle Point, Tony Note, Medford, Tommy Piete, Applegate, Ramona Rausch, Medford, Dana Sorum, Medford, and Jonathan Rode, Medford, red; Terry Lee Campbell, Phoenix, Mary Anne Cantrall, Jacksonville, Randy Corliss, Medford, Susan Lee Cox, Central Point, Judy Curliss, Med ford, Michelle Curliss. Medford, Gayle Anne House, Medford. Nancy James, Ashland, Clyde Kennedy, Eagle Point, Judy Kieff. Medford, Nancy Luschen, Medford, Virginia Mace, Medford, Steve Nelson, Med ford, Robert Pullman, Medford, Shannyn Talley, Vicky Warrick, Lake Creek, Richard Bottger, Med ford and Linda Neel, Medford, white. KNITTING . Knitting, beginning: Diane Bolz, Medford, champion; Matha Bollard, Sally - Herriott, Applegate , Lynn Saunders, Grants Pass, and Bonnie Simmonds, Medford, blue; Patricia Ann Bowling, Central Point, Nelda Chapman, Talent, Judy Drake, Grants Pass, Carol Foote. Central Point, Kathy Rempert, Central .Point, red. Knitting, intermediate: Joyce Roach. Medford. champion; Patsy Charley, Eagle Point, Mary Herri ott, Medford, Carolee Kuest, Med ford. Marilyn Watson. . Medford. blue; Joyce Critten, Talent. Col lean Franek, Medford. Judy Prink, Central Point, Rosemary Rempert, Central Point. Carol Roach. Med ford, and Kathy Thompson, red. Easy Meals: Mike Elmore, Apple- gate, champion; Linda Pittock, Applegate. Terry Calhoun. Medford, Lanny Minor, Central Point, Bar bara Moore, central Point. Jennifer Nevin, Eagle Point. Linda Pickell, Medford, Billy Piete. Applegate, Linda Pittock. Applegate, Eileen Pullman, Medford, Donna Bailey, Central Point. Jean Bailey. Med. ford, Terry Calhoun, Medford, Jim mie Chrlstensen, Jacksonville, Ruth Daniels, Central - Point and . Julia Jones. Central- Point, blue; Shirley Romanchuck, Medford, Patsy Sut ton, Florence Woolfolk, Eagle Point, Deane Bailey, Cheryl Hast ings. Sharon Mace, Medford, Diane Maehren, Medford, Carol Millard, Medford, Theresa Newcomb, Med ford, Robert Earl Piete, Applegate, Gae Redding, Medford, Sheila But ler, Medford. Linda Chisum, Med ford,. Susan Cornutt, Central Point, Dianne Davy, Medford. Thomas Herriott, Applegate, ' Judy Hill, Eagle Point Valerie Knights, 'Med ford and Cathy . Legler, Central Point, red; Darlene Thompson, Cen tral Point,' Janice' Neel, Medford, Christine Mix, Phoenix, Virgil Prowell, Applegate, Cherylee Beck er, Medford, Linda' Lee Cox, Med ford, Mady Denney, Central Point, Izora Hayes, Eagle Point, Marcy Miller, Medford, Marlene Nouguier, Medford, Nancy Carroll. Eagle Point, Tefty Davis, Central Point, white. Senior loaf of whole wheat bread: Dinner, Nancy McKay, Central Point, champion; Patsy Charley, Eagle Point, Sharon Coffman, Cen tral Point, Karen Jossy, Eagle Point, and Elaine McKay, Central Point, Blue; Mary Herriott. Apple gate, JoAnna Malloroy , Eagle Point, Nyla Murray, Medford, Norma Noble, Eagle . Point,: - Alice.- Wool folk, Eagle Point, "and- Evelyn Young. Medford, red; Linda Cor nutt, Central Point, and Carolyn Tiegs, Central Point, white. ; Sweet Cherry Bulletin Now Out Corvallis ,- New sweet cherry varieties under test in Oregon are described in a bul letin published by the Oregon State college agricultural ex periment station. .. The sweet cherry industry has been unique . in the re markable stability of varieties grown in the past, the new bulletin points out. Most va rieties now grown originated many . years ago. For in stance, Royal Anne, a well known and widely grown va riety, was popular in Europe in the early 18th century and was described as early as 1667. The last 25 years have seen a great deal of work to de velop new sweet cherry vari eties, however, the bulletin says. Better pollinizing, bet ter processing quality, hardi ness, resistance to virus di sease, firmer flesh, resistance to cracking, .; and more uni formity of ripening have been sought by horticultural scien tists. - . ' Several of the new varieties described in the bulletin are larger and. more uniform in size, firmer in ..texture, have smaller pits, and are less sub ject to bruising and discoloration GRANGE CO-OP The Place to Go for All Farm Steel Needs 3 A Galvanized Iron 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 ft. lengths, 27 Vi" wide (Cover a full 2 ft.) jBM Per Running Ft. DISCOUNT ON 50 and 100 PIECE LOTS 1 STEEL rosis 5 ft. to 7 ft. For All the Best in FEEDS Too! f 2 & 4 pt. Barb Wire AH Kinds of Steel Fencing and Poultry Netting . 1 (GaDvaiiDzed Steel Gates 5 & 6 Panel 10' to 16' 5 REMEMBER You don't have to be a MEMBER to trade here ' and SAVE! "fx--- I v , I- i A -' ,vrlkt,-9' & (5 I If M 'ASS0CI&TI0 UM HIGHWAY 99 IN CENTRAL POINT Phone NO 4-1261 or SP 3-4022 B AND WATER STS. IN ASHLAND Ashland MU 5-4021 CHIT CHAT By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor .v.-rWfcat's.fcoiniT (fo'athe county fair?..-. , . i Plenty goe on' "at the . annual " Jackson County 4-H and" FFA fair which the casual onlooker probably never sees. A man "with- a head full of questions can see consider able, however; Fair-goers might start with these questions Why aren't the:roads through the fairgrounds in better con dition and better lighted? What condition are the buildings in? .Is the over-all appearance of the fairgrounds good, fair or poor? Do' we have a fairgrounds and set of buildings which represents well a fast-growing agricultural community? Do the townsfolk get out to the fairior just the farmers and 4-H and FFA families?. ! . ,. ,'. . .. ,.,... . Other questions might be should we divorce the FFA from the 4-H and make a separate fair for them to simplify fair, organization? Is there enough general interest for a large -general county fair which . the Kiwanis . club faithful are. .striving " tavpromote? These are just .a few questions which, come to mind.' You probably have others. - An informed fair-goer also has lots of , questions on the' agricultural economy of the Rogue River, valley as he strolls through the exhibits or perches on the hard wooden benches above the : show- rings. Watching 4-H I and' FFA ' events Tis somewhat like -yvatchingr the jayveesin basketball and foot ball. Some of ihese junior farmers"will go on' to make the first team. Others through lack of ability, money; or the big desire may never get there. Some 800' 4-H club' members and 65 FFA boys are participating in the conuty fair. It's a cinch only a small percentage of them will go on to farm ing. , We were lucky enough to tour the fair with a man who is both farmer and member of a business which lends money to farmers. We watched youngsters haul large, blocky Herefords and black, bulky Angus into position in the show ring. Some of his observations may have been somewhat cynical and a little too cut and dried. "Why don't they teach those kids responsibility, sports manship and agricultural knowledge in that order?" he asked. "That's the way those things rank in importance. Few of the kids will use their agricultural knowledge, but all of them should get other things out of 4-H, FFA and the fair." 4-H and; FFA fair. EarEe.st authentic records on the origin of; the Hereford breelter! back- to .1742 in Herefordshire, England. TJhen, a nuieyear-oid bp,; Benjamin Tomkins was willed by his father .;avda,red 'cow with a mottled face named. 'Sflverl!-rHe?-et-terteff ' a breeding program with two. cows named :"Pigeonand. ''Mottle," plus a bull .de scendant: of -xne, old iuver-cowr: - - . ; ' The early day Fysh ; variety ;:.Were -much larger; ma- turehimals spmeaesjweif hing over 3,000 pounds. Grad- uallyr-jnis;reed; changed ;to Jess rweignt with more quality, smoothness and early ''-ni$tiri;-A British Admiral and Henry Clay,- were 'prominent figurte.in bringing - Herefords to America.' -Hen.-CIayXitQPo'rteda- youns.-biilL-tt' cow and a heifer to his Iwmein -exihgtoh, Ky. About 1825 Admiral Coffm'-seht.;-tbje"bu cow to the Massa- chusettts vsocietyfoomoft .-' The.egg.- -andiilwiniartrilboks a .little better. Egg producers of', the v Rogire -valley" either were too busy., or aren't too worried about the' general situation. Only a hand ful attended last Thursday's meeting for organization of an .egg-producers' group. Main idea was to start an egg . pro motional program. Tentative plan is to let jail interested join a state organization and possibly organize a local group later. Bright 6pots in the poultry picture area are sharp cut in potential layers, hatchings continue lighter, some egg prices improved, more eggs in storage. July hatchings of egg-type chicks were down 21 per cent. Large egg sizes ad vances a penny a dozen of Aug. 17. . :, T. . This expert also pointed to the signs of how well the various segments of the valley's farm economy were doing. The smaller exhibits of beef, sheep and hogs showed these sections of the local farm industry- are prospering. Last year the barn pens were full of livestock. This year we saw several empty pens in the barns. It's too expensive to buy the animals and not practical to keep them long enough for the fair when they could be sold sooner. Look in the FFA stock pens and under your feet in the FFA barn and you will see signs of cooperation between agriculture and the lumber industry. Kogap lumber com pany donated some shredded bark to see how it would work as bedding and for walk-ways. It should be good for hog pens, especially. It mats down and does not stick to shoes so should be good for the walk-ways. This is Kogap's ex perimental answer to how to utilize lumber waste. This waste . would ordinarily have to be burned. This farm loan expert of ours also remarked that loans were way up in volume because farmers' costs had in creased so much. A story on this page from the Southern Oregon rPoduction Credit association office here bear this out. Secretary-treasurer Irvin Patton notes an increase of $338,919.57 in loan volume for the association compared to the previous year. The fiscal year he reports on ended June 30 We wondered out loud if it doesn't take a good sum of dad's coin to buy and 'maintain the various livestock. Yes, our friend said, too many people clutch the picture of an independently prosperous farmer which the farmer him self gave them. He snorted and suggested that the rising vol ume of farm costs should be mentioned in every news story of the rise in farm production and prices. He included taxes in the costs category. "I visited the tax department in the county courthouse the other day and a clerk there was griping about a farmer who constantly complained about his taxes," our friend related. "Maybe he has a right to," I said. I happen to know that the farmer who say owns half of the valley and a sea of cattle is mortgaged to the hilt on his farm buildings, cattle, land, and equipment. What he earns from his farm goes into both interest on his loans and taxes." Our friend remarked that his loan outfit probably owns 92 per cent of the valley's livestock. In short, the farmer is farming on borrowed money. He's doing something his pay-as-you-go grandfather or even father would never think of doing. Corporation farming will soon be the rule rather than the exception, our friend noted. Financial boards which control farm financing state flatly there is only one answer to the farm price dilemma curtail production. It's not foreign markets -or price raises. Just curtail production. Like the man in the fairytale whose mill continued to pour salt into the sea, the farmer asks how do I stop it? In farm production quantity and quality seem to go hand in hand. And just as we were digesting all these big thoughts the boss tossed the state department of agriculture's in teresting little magazine, "Oregon's Agricultural Progress" onto the desk. It has an interesting article, "Corporation Farming Is It For You?" Farming has long been a fam ily affair and this article discusses incorporation by family farmers. It outlines questions to ask if you are thinking of taking this big step. Grant Blanch, OSC agricultural econ omist points out that most businesses are organized as in dividual proprietorships, as partnerships or as corporations. And farming is a business as well as a way of life. - Blanch urges every farmer considering incorporation to get a good lawyer. An attorney with a farm background would be the best and Jackson county has a few of these valuable men. ' SCS Districts Get U. S. Stamp On Sale Aug. 26 The Sams Valley-Beagle soil conservation district is one of more than 2,800 such dis tricts throughout the country. being . honored by; .isance of. a commemorative soil conseiv vatioit .stamp by the. post of fice department, according to Elwood Abbott, district' chair man of the' board of 'siiger-. sors. ' '. :.-! ''s'j-rii'J. ."'. i' The stamp te31 'be uisued Aug. 26 at Rapid City, S. D., at the annual meeting of the Soil Conservation Society of America, and will go on sale hat-local post offices the fol lowing" day," Mrs. Abbott said. The stamp, in Sthree colors, depicts a modern "conservation "farm;- and is ,-of 4-cent denomi nation. ; . '-.- . - . - .i"Bie Sams Valley-Beagle soil conservation district was or- As a footnote to our fair observations it's interesting that a boy played a prominent part in development of the Here ford beef animal. This and the black Angus are, two main breeds of beef stock being exhibited at the Jackson county r MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE SERVICE IS OUR SURNAME! From the proftssional operators, capable of handling the gravest emergency, who monitor our telephone day ' and night, to the technician in the field we constant ly seek to improve our service. JjjMMjlS SP 2-4093 C. C. Williams ' ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE ganized by local farmers in 1952. The district now has 350 cooperators, of whom 96 have basic conservation plans. Governed " The district is governed by a board consisting of Elwood Abbott'rbute 2. box 566, Cen tral Point; A. T. Wattenberg, route 1, box 104, Eagle Point; Ramsey Thomson, route 2, box 578, Central Point; Charles Stanley, i,. B. Star route, box 177, Eagle Point; William Jess, route 1, box 132, Eagle Point; Burdette L. Dodge, route 3, box 171, Medford; Victor E. Gardner, route 1, box 56, Ea gle Point. Technical assistance is provided by the Soil Con servation Service. Robert Lonzway is in charge. Other SCS men working with the district include Keith Allen, Resident Engineer; Oscar Mueller, Soil Scientist; Ira Spires and George Boyce, En gineering Aides. " Here are some of the ac complishments made by the district and its cooperators: 21,141 acres of conservation crop rotation, 18,705 acres planted, to pasture, 41 irrigation- reservoirs storing 5645 acre feet, 62,658 feet of drain tile, and 1,688 acres of land leveled for surface irrigation. The soil conservation stamp, Abbott said, is a salute to progress in our own district and other such districts across the country. 30 K1 . it 'MAN WITH -' .A PLAN L j: :vSla :;;;:':': -.v-.- 3 rx ?-x - v I full i XL - . niisranf-oo mi lamrn I w a mm tjww iiiy im uu is Scott crazy?" Frankly, we're amazed ourselves. But there it is big as LIFE. The most astonishing offer for lawn owners we've seen in all our years. 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