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0 JUIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Thursday, Oet. 22, 1959 ieet Corn Yields 'Show Increase rf'hperiment : nicker stands of sweet torn nav resulted in m- yields of marketable ears compared to yields from fewer planting rates, accord Ing t John Yungen, agrono mist at the Southern Oregon Igrastch Experiment station on Hanley rd. A tritl in which the plant- pig rates of sweet corn were varied fom 12,000 to 24,000 plsnts per aqre was conducted et0 the Southern Oregon Experiment Station this year, rungen said. The Iochief va fiety was used.. The distances between plants were varied from approximately 6 inch es to 13 V inches with. 38 inch rows to obtain the de- Sired plant? populations. ' TiOe Iflhest planting rate resulted in an increase of 11 per cent in the number of marketable ears of corn over Jhe lowest planting rate. The increased amounted to an ex- Ira 17 dozen ears per acre Ibe agronomist said. Planting . ftates of 16 and 20,000 plants r:r cre eesulted in intermedi t yield increases. The yield 9 sweet corn in tons per acre, important consideration in iri where processing facili ties r available, was in- P?esed less. than the number rs pv acre. slight reduction in ear 9 iit resulted from the higher .planting rates. While the low- t planting rate resulted in jor ears of eight inches or lore in length, over 92 per tnt of the ears from the high- st rate exceeded 7 inches in fength. The distribution of ef ftjrs shorter than 7 inches was ebeut equal for all planting tes. Circumferences of the ars, measured at the maxi- anum point was not greatly af fected by planting rate. The water and fertilizer re quirements of sweet corn need more careful attention as flatting rates are increased, Bug gen concluded. feeder Sale Set eflexf Tuesday a . Th annual Jackson county feeder sale will be held Tues day,. Oct. 27, in the Midway "auction yard on Table Rock rd., it was announced. , Bill Bray, auction yard owner and auctioneer, urged all those cattlemen planning to consign livestock to phone in as soon as possible so all cattle can be sorted the Mon day before the sale. : Because of a number of country sales and the cur rent low beef prices, approxi- mately 1,500 head of cattle are exepected for consignment compared to last year's 1,853 animals. Bray said. The pro longed dry spell over much of Jhe country and particularly in - California has influenced OZhe cattle demand, he added. Gardening Tips STRAWBERRIES . Strawberries in the home "garden as well as commercial plantings should be cared for diligently in the fall. . v Next year's crop is depen dent upon the care given plants the previous fall since gie fruit buds are made, at that time. To have a good set f fruit buds, plants must jiave good growth with as 6 many leaves as possible. This "Comes by maintaining good grow ing conditions during September and as long as the Elan are actively growing in Qie fall. Yellow Jackets and other wasps are often a problem in e ttie fall of the year Where numerous these insects can be e&sily controlled with modern pesticides. Chlordane, Diel dTi or Aldrin dust applied Hear: the entrance to their enests is very effective. ' Z It should be remembered that chemicals are best ap- plied at night since there js less chance of being stung at tlaat time. Z Where nests cannot be 16- cated some control can be ob tained by baiting these pests. Ground meat or fish baited with lead arsenate, one ; tea spoon to one-half pound, will help reduce wasp populations. This bait is carried to the nest where both the young and adult wasps feed on it. How ever, since lead arsenate is a poison it should not be used where it would endanger children or pets. SLUGS ;. ' With the cool fall weather, tflug 'activity increases, and with the first fall rains these . pests begin their egg laying. Most home garden crops are e not particularly susceptible to slug activity at this time, however some perennial flow ers and fall garden crops may CHIT V. By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor "What are they trying to pull now?" Too often this is the attitude of farms and others toward their local government, if not their national government. We're picking on farmers and rural residents because, being many miles removed from the county seat, they may think of themselves as set apart until the tax bill pops them out of their complacency. . , Even though ' the tax statements are now in the mail, there is much more stirring in local government besides taxation. Possible county-wide interim zoning, proposed con struction of at least three east-west roads and air pollution are some of the main items. It would pay the farmer to personally drop into the courthouse and find out how this may affect him -before a brand new set of regulations sud denly confront him Zoning has been reported on thoroughly and recently in this paper. However, it's interesting to note that some of the leading farm magazines are urging zoning. Zoning of land for agricultural-residential use, for' instance is a pro tection for the-farm., "A good road never hurt a farmer," we heard at the recent county agricultural committee meet ing. Some more east-west roads are badly needed. One of these days when the farmer steps out into his field td burn brush or trash he may find himself smack dab up against a county ordinance which ' says, "no!" An orchardist may find his open pots are definitely outlawed. New regulations may mean quicker replacement than he figured on financially. He had his chance during the volun tary cooperation period and now a new law says he must comply. During the Monday night meeting of the Rogue Valley section of the Professional Engineers of Oregon it-was in terest ig to hear. that the state sanitary authority people are well aware of the orchardist's problems. But they are also aware of what an aroused mass of public opinion can mean. Ted Gerow, of the state sanitary authority, pointed out that actually the most efficient orchard heater is the open pot since its wider, open surface of flame spreads more heat around the fruit trees. Some orchardists using the return-stack heater found they, lost fruit since they needed more of these heaters in ratio to the replaced open pots. He also told the engineers another severe fruit frost season like the last one will mean just as much orchard heater smoke. Replacement of the old style open heaters may turn the smoke to brown instead of black, he said. I Always boosting his profession, regardless of branch, one member said a good agricultural engineer on the job 30 to 35 years ago would have prevented planting so much of the area to pear trees and thus would have stopped the smudging problem. Monday night we saw some of the best poker-faced hum orists and "straight men" outside the professional entertain ment business. One engineer remarked that he didn't feel a bit sorry for the orchardists because while he was groping his way down a street through the smudge smoke and his wife was cleaning sooty deposits from their home some of the more prominent orchardists were sunning themselves at Palm Springs and Waikiki. In the same vein, we might suggest that all pear growers who were at these resort spots during heating season appear at the air pollution meeting at the courthouse 'Oct. 27 in grass skirts or Bermuda shorts. Even if all peargrowers showed up we doubt if there would be enough winter vacationers for a good chorus line. But if there should be, maybe somebody could sell tickets at the door to pay for the paper work bound to come out of all these meetings. Again, we repeat the air pollution problem will be work ed out by the lumber and fruit industries as rapidly as they can do so profitably- After all, they are in business to make money. A lot of smoke does not produce much orchard heat. Burning waste materials instead of utilizing them in by products does not make a more profitable lumber mill oper ation. A more efficient orchard heater means more fruit saved, less expensive on oil burned. Use of all parts from a log means a solid operation now and in the future. A report on the Oct. 13 Red Bluff, Calif, livestock auction sale might give home indication of how . the Jackson county feeder sale will shape up Tuesday, Oct. 27. Salable were 1,615 head including around 600 calves. Around 85 per cent of the supply was stockers and feeders with the remainder mainly slaughter cows. Stocker and feeder classes were steady to strong, most strength showed on steers over 750 pounds. About 15 per cent of the supply came from out of state shipments from Oregon, Nevada and Idaho. The remainder came from California: - In stocker and feeder steers individuals and part loads good and choice, 290-525-pound calves sold for $27.50 to $31.10, including 16 head weighing 294 pounds $31.10 each and nine head of 525 pounds for $29.50 each. Individual common and medium calves of good choice 550 to 600 pound yearlings sold for $26 to $29.10. , Egg prices generally looked downward the past two weeks, according to an Oct. 12 OSC egg and poultry market review. Egg production is increasing seasonally and outlets under federally aided egg diverson programs have dried up, the OSC economists noted. This is the time of year, also, when eggs move out of storage and hatchery demand drops to a seasonal low. Although egg prices are low-double A extra large eggs, delivered and graded bringing from 41-43 cents a dozen, demand for this cheap agricultural product has not increased. In fact fewer housewives are buying eggs. As beef prices hold at low levels cattlemen are watch ing to see how many feedlot operators and farmers are holding back on their stock USDA's quarterly survey of feedlot operators and farmers in 21 feeding states, as of Oct. 15, shows 20 per cent more cattle -and calves on feed than a year ago. The nine cornbelt states show a 15 per cent increase over a year ago and the four western states reported a whopping 34 per cent more cattle on feed. Many of these feeders plan to go to market about Oct. 1. This may mean 24 per cent larger marketings than a year ago. Good and choice steer calves ranged from $28.20 to $32.80 at Ontario and $27.50 to $31.75, at Klamath Falls, according to the Oct. 15 OSC meat animal .review. . -For . the housewif e the Oregon crop and livestock re porting service indicates more sweet corn, will be canned and on the market shelves this year at more than reasonable prices. This year's production is 44 per cent above the nine year average of 1948-57. This is a record sweet corn crop. The more plentiful canning beets should be more plentiful, too, and cheaper, carrots should be . slightly cheaper and broccoli and cauliflower, too. Asparagus had a bumper cf dp, too, which will mean cheaper processed asparagus prices for the housewife. . ,' Dairy farmers in Oregon are still in the old cost-price squeeze Cost of Grade A milk production in the Willam ette valley, for instance, climbed to an all-time September high. However prices to Oregon dairy- farmers averaged slightly less than a year ago. Farm price of alfalfa hay alone is up 54 per cent from a year ago September. Increasing farm wages and high price of dairy concentrates also added to the problem. v; ; ; ; be attacked by these pests. Metaldahyde baits or dusts are recommended for control. These will be obtained : t the local . garden , supply stores. Slug control is a continuing process around the home and CHAT went for $20 to $27. Part loads garden. Now is a good time to reduce slug populations. On the average, homemak ers paid some $11 more for fruits and vegetables and $3 more for baked goods and bread in 1958 than in 1957. TOP SELLING COW LaPine Basil Sprite, " auctioneer in the box. "Sprite" sold as consinged byW. D. Mongold, Eagle Point, junior four-year-old, 290 days in milk with was top selling cow at the Oregon Select V 608 pounds of butterfat "to date. She is Jersey sale at 51,375. Shown with the "Sprite" are (right to left) W. D. Mongold, breeder, and consignor, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Olson, Kopplin Jersey.' Farm managers, the buyer; James Cosner and Russel Palmer, contending bidders and Emery Alderman, All the Bird but the Cluck Goes to Market in South Salem In at least one big southern broiler operation, about all the bird but the noise goes to market. In this plant, the head, legs, feet and feathers are ground, cooked, and put in concentrate for poultry feed as they are high in protein. ' This report comes from Paul T. . Rowell, chief of the division of market develop ment, Oregon department of agriculture. He toured ' the northern Georgia broiler area Oct. 7 as a feature of the an nual meeting of the National Association of Marketing Of ficials. Rowell carried back to Ore gon with him an Atlanta daily newspaper containing an edi torial headed,' "Now Is An Excellent Time To Buy Geor gia Fryers." This editorial said in part: "The price . at Georgia farms for top-quality frying chickens . has hit the lowest point ever recorded in the many years the USDA has kept track of such matters." That price was 13Jic per pound and, at the same time, fryers in Arkansas were bringing growers as low as 12c a pound. The Atlanta paper's retail market ads quoted USDA inspected fry ers at 23 to 25c per pound, and breasts and legs in quar ters at 29c per pound. Story of Expansion Behind these prices is a story of the gigantic expans ion of fryer production in the Georgia broiler area. Rowell visited three of the big broiler producers' operations. At a large processing plant in Gainesville he witnessed three-pound live birds being slaughtered and processed at the rate of 100 birds per min ute or 6,000 per hour. At this plant (Jesse Jewell Co.) Row ell says the manager told the NAMO group that they ice pack only 30 per cent of their output compared vwith 98 per cent for the Georgia plants as a whole. The other 70 per cent of the Jewell output is in frozen and pre-cooked products, as he is an industry pioneer. This plant is marketing a new product featuring frozen fil lets. This boned meat pressed - not ground .into round portions about 2Vz inches in diameter and Vz inch thick, and. ' weighing- 2Vz ounces. These are ,packed four to a consumer carton. Jewell raises his own fry MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING with - - FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE MORE MILK MORE MEAT FASTER - Proved Dairy Bulls Performance Tested Beef Bulls 6 DAIRY BREEDS 7 BEEF BREEDS - Every Size Proved Great SP 2-4093 C. C. Williams ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE ers, Rowell found, at an aver age production cost of i5c per pound for a 3-pound bird at 8 weeks and 4 days. He pays ' 2c per pound for labor plus bonuses for increased ef ficiency in feeding and qual ity. This is-the plant that uti lizes everything but the cluck and the crow. At the A. C- Smith farms at Gainesville, Rowell .visited a feed dealer who buys from feed manufacturers and sells to other fryer producers as well as using his own produc tion. Rowell learned that Georgia has about 300 other feed dealers like Smith and that there is no financing by the larger feed mills direct to the producer who is not also a feed dealer. The Smith farm produces three -pound fryers in eight weeks and three days Ashland Farmer Now Active On State Beef Council The new Oregon Beef coun cil has delayed' start of col lections of voluntary contri butions for its support until Dec. 1. The seven-member council announced the one-month de-1 lay following its second meet ing, held in Salem Oct. 15. Ted Hyde of Bly, newly elected chairman, said the council does not want to start collections until it feels cat tle owners throughout Ore gon are familiar with the new program, which was authoriz ed by the 1959 legislature. In , the interim, the council members will carry informa tion to all county and state cattle and farm associations it can reach before Dec. 1. All auction markets,, one of the points of collections, will al so be reached to explain the program and - seek full co operation. '-, -r. -V : The Council activity in promoting Oregon beef will be supported by 10-cent per head contributions authorized by cattle owners as animals go -through any brand inspec tion points in the state. The mid -October meeting was attended by '.the full council, which also includes Jack Wilson, North Powder; Richard . Westerberg, Ash land; and Mrs. Carolyn Ma gruder, Clatskanie. classified excellent as was her sire and dam. Her danv also bred by the Mongolds was sired by an excellent classified, senior, su perior sire and the grand-dam was the ex cellent classified, silver, gold and medal of merit cow, Design Golden Shirley. for 13 Vzc per pound in the summer, ' counting all costs and depreciation. Production costs are slightly higher when heat is needed: - At Duluth, Georgia, Rowell witnessed the enormous oper ation at "the Chas. Vantress experimental and. breeding farm where fryer production is an incidental operation. Rowell found that the Van tress cross male chicks are sold at $1.05 each, and sire 70 per cent to 80 per cent of all broilers grown in America. One of the Vantress men claimed that this operator is producing 33i pound birds in eight weeks and four days with his own stock. A complete pelleted ration for your dog at a BIG savings in price. The cereals have been carefully selected and mixed with high quality protein sources to assure the correct balance for your dog. The vitamin .fortification adds to the complete ration to make a healthier, happier dog. ' ALSO We have a few Reo mowers and Springfield tillers that we would like to move this fall at a $avings to you of 20. We consider both of these the best products of their kind. I3P fTS ?M U ! vk9 -dill HIGHWAY 99 Phone NO Directors Stale V Ag Labor Office Farm Bureau Aim Salem - The board of direc tors of the Oregon Farm Bu reau federation meeting - in Salem Wednesday unanimous ly recommended county Farm Bureaus establish farm labor offices in county Farm Bu reaus across the state. Gerald Detering, the fed eration president, said the ex panded program for county Farm Bureaus is brought on by new regulations fostered by. state and federal agencies which are posing a threat to the farmers rights. Many of the regulations are tied to the use of the U. S. Employment Service offices in the state and the new -requirements are adding to" the cost price squeeze on farmers, Detering stated. Detering cit ed the transportation of mi grant farm workers from their permanent homes and back as one example of boost ing the cost of farm labor supply. The establishment of a minimum wage for farm workers hired '. through the employment service is another point of contention, he said. Federal and state regula tions are also factors in the decision of the OFBF to inaug erate a farm employment pro gram through its county units. This does not mean that farmers discontinue use of the U. S. Employment Service, Detering stated, it does mean that farmers are not satisfied with restrictive policies of the secretary of labor in the past year and that the effective ness of the employment serv ice will be badly dented by proposed controls over the people they are : supposed to be serving. o :v:- ' Paying Good Wages ! , Farmers are presently pay ing god wages to farm work ers, said the Farm Bureau president, and working condi tions are being constantly' im proved through : mechaniza tion and modernization. The efficiency of farming is di rectly related to the prices paid by consumers for food and fibre and it is1 time we began to look at the quality of our labor supply, he said. Bark on California's giant sequoia trees sometimes grows to two feet, thick. Two mm We Are Now Formulating ROGUE DOG FOOD s IN CENTRAL POINT 4-1261 or SP 3-4022 Farm Washington - (UN) - Seasonal farm wage rates have hit new record highs in every region of the country, an Agriculture Department report showed to day. For the nation as a whole, the average hourly wage for farm workers was 80.6 cents an hour, up one per cent from last year. Washington - (UPD - An Ag riculture Department econo mist says farm price support programs can't solve the in come problems of families in low-income rural areas. Buis T. Inman said this was one of the findings in a fed eral-state study of the prob lems of low income areas. The study was done under the ad ministration's rural develop ment program. Washington - (UPD - The Ag riculture Department has an nounced the purchase of 147,- UUU pounds of frozen ground lamb for donations to school lunchrooms. The cost was $88,000. Officials said the lamb pur chasing program will continue next week.. So far, 189 thous and pounds have been bought at a total price of $113,000. Rockton, 111. - (UPD - A group of leading farm editors pre dict that all farm surpluses will vanish in the next 20 years. The forecast came in a sur vey of editors attending the Marsteller-Rickard Farm Edi tors Forum here. It also showed the- editors believe that farmer-controlled marketing organizations will take over the government's role in agriculture by 1980. v Washington (UPD A gov ernment survey shows a big percentage of firms in major food marketing industries have taken over other com panies in recent years. The Agriculture Depart ment said 19 per cent of the 2,4Z7 companies answering the survey reported they had acquired other firms during the period from 1952 through 1958. Miami Beach, Fla. (UPD A dairy expert reports many farmers have not found so called "cow pools" as profit able as they had hoped. Dr. V. H. Nielsen, chairman RIG New Products 1 tM II everything are adding quality feeds. 'WflHm:-..' Here again for you on Give it a try convinced.' B AND WATER.STS. IN ASHLAND Ashland MU 5-4021 Notes of Iowa State University's dairy department, also told a meeting of the milk industry foundation Thursday that some farmers fear non-farmers will take over the dairy business by investing in cow pools. Washington - (UPD - The Ag riculture Department has fin ished its current' program of buying frozen pork for do nation to school lunchrooms. The operation took 18,459,- 000 pounds of pork off normal markets at a cost of $7,619, 000. Washington - (UPD - Visitors to the World Agriculture Fair at New Delhi, India, this win ter will see one of the world's biggest scale models at the U.S. exhibit. The model will reproduce a typical American farming community, complete with crops, livestock, a wooded area, a poultry farm and a miniature railroad. Washington - (UPD The Ag riculture Department pre dicted today that production of chicks this month would be' smaller than in October, 1958. Washington - The National Grange has announced it will hold its 93rd annual conven-1 tion in Long Beach, Califor nia Nov. 9-17. The highest drying-air tem perature of a crop' intended for seeding purposes shovftd never exceed 110 degrees. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD' SERVICE MeAndrewt at Court Phone SP 3-9068 1 ROGUE MILK REPLACER We made some of this product on a custom basis and tried it out with several dairymen since last spring. They, tell us they prefer it over they have used. So we it to our line of best there is a real $avings a fine proven product. and you, too, will be
