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MAIL TRIBUNE, M4for4, Or. S Thursday, Oct. 29, 1959 Weed Conference Meeting Planned Here Nov. 12-13 C.-.1 in yv ttt a Conference at Medford on Nov. 12 and 13 will offer air and g r o u n d . agricultural sprayers and dusters tbe only ' "refresher" opportunity be tween now and 1961. With this in mind, as many of Ore gon's licensed applicators as possible are urged to attend the full session. ; This urging comes from Ray Kelso, herbicide control su- pervisor with the" state depart ment of agriculture. He pointed out that the ap plicators short course, staged annually since 1951 by the state college and the depart ment, was recently cancelled for 1960. Of particular interest to ground applicators will be the discussion of the most effec tive use of soil sterilants by Dr. Dave Bayer, .extension weed specialist from Davis, California, Kelso said. New developments in re- search on farm chemicals, presented by Dr, Virgil Freed of Oregon State college and a talk on weed control and plantings on Oregon high ways by Mark H. Astrup of 'the state highway department .will be helpful to licensed operators, Kelso says. George Moose of the state department .of agriculture !wlll discuss ragweed controls ,and present slides to familiar ize those attending with this pjMic nuisance. . In other features In a Jam packed two days program, representatives of three chem ical companies will discuss 'their new chemicals which have a place in weed control. 1 8 This Week's By HIAWATHA ESTES !. Planned for gracious living at prices within your budget, this house will open your eyes to the possibility of a well designed home. Access is available to the Jiving room, den and bedroom hall from the roofed over en try. Halls have been kept at a minimum. J Although all bedrooms have p large, amount of wardrobe Space, an additional 3'-6 ' was gained in the master bedroom by placing it at the rear of the room rather than against the bath wall. Both the family bath - and three-quarter bath off the den or third bedroom have pull .man lavatories which js defi nitely a plus feature in a small home."" r;' - - : -' The living room-dining ell stretches across the rear of 4 , ,'''', J t"? tV V-"'"'' ? X ,s 4 4 4 t .. A TASTES TOMATO - Robert Straub, Lane county senator, and member of the state legislature's interim committee on agriculture, bites into an experimental tomato variety at the Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station. The picture was taken Monday afternoon as the committee toured the experiment station on Hanley rd. Soil Sampling Service Ready Jackson county farmers have a free soil sampling serv ice available to them this year according to . Gene Winters, County Extension agent. Through a cooperative agreement between the Fu ture Farmers of America chapters and the Northwest Plant Food association, chap ter members will take soil samples to be sent in to the Oregon State college soil test ing laboratory in Corvallis. The association will pay the FFA chapter one dollar for each sample taken. .... . .r?"...y nTiiii it" v :. . 0 v ; "7 UVIN9 ROOM - Mttttt -I : t . -' : w HOOK 0 01 ' DEN OH 8E0ROOM B "11? BEDROOM mi . '2 I f :JA' 1 - PLAN NOl 3729 (MME ' 5i 1276 SQUARE FEET 201,20 . . . Home For Living- the house for a total of 26 feet- 6 inches. This room is made to appear even larger due to the sliding doors which open onto the partially roofed patio. The door leading from the kitchen to the dining area has been located in such a position as to provide a maximum space in the nook and prevent any of the family from having to walk through the dining ell. The kitchen built-in appliances have" been carefully grouped to save a busy housewife many extra - steps each day. The large: pantry next to the re frigerator will offer as much storage space as is usually found in the entire kitchen of an average home of this size. The . service area contains .a . broom .closet washer, and drayer with overhead storage. The .rear entrance is 'only a few steps from the-garage back door. In areas which ex mmmmw 1111 1 ihwmh y, ' X'' j.", ' A "-" V K ' . - Farmers desiring this serv ice should make their re quests to the vocational agri cultural instructors of the school, having an FFA chap ter nearest his farm. Schools having chapters are Crater, Eagle Point high school and Phoenix high school. Soil ' testing fees are still $2.50 for the standard soil test which includes soil reac tion, lime requirement, phos phorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium tests. A boron test is available at extra cost for growers of vegetable and legume crops. perience cold weather during much of the year, the washer could be relocated in front of the rear door and a new door could then be opened directly from the service to the ga rage. . Wide overhanging eaves help protect the exterior of this home from-the weather, The bay window, used brick veneer and ' planter,' cedar shingle roof, vertical and hori zontal siding together with band saw corbels, make this a rustic home with very little left to desire. . Complete working drawing . of the above nlan can be obtained at a cost of $7.50 fox. the first set, when ordered at the same tune. This plan will be available for a period of fonr months from this date. Please allow two weeks for delivery. If the above borne does not entirely meet with your satisfaction, a new home plan book. .Homes for living, may be pur chased for. SK. Send all order for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P.O. Box 404-T, Korthridge, Calif. Wfieof Utilization----Conference Scheduled Corvallis Research aimed at finding new agricultural and industrial uses for wheat will be spotlighted at a three- state meeting Oct. 27 and 28 in Walla Walla, Wash. The first Tri-State Wheat Utilization Conference will bring wheat growers and in dustry representatives up-to-date on latest findings in wheat utilization research, re ports Dr. Paul Weswig, Ore gon State College agricultur al chemist, who is on the con ference program committee. All meetings will be held in the 'Marcus Whitman 'hotel. - Und e r. Canadian govern ment regulations eggs graded 'fA, large" must weigh-at least 24 ounces a dozen. CHIT CEMI ' By JOE COWLEY - ;. Mail Tribune Farm Editor ' . Let's combine FFA and 4-H farm youth organizations and eliminate the home extension service. Those are two propositions tossed out to the some 60 farmers and others interested persons attending the state legislature s interim committee on agriculture hearing Mon day night. So how do you feel about it? Bob Duncan, house speaker, was chief questioner, so you might send your writ ten opinions to him. Although not a member of the commit tee, as a member of this county's legislative delegation he is naturally interested. Sixty is not a good number. There are many, many more farmers than that in the Rogue valley who should have attended. Next time the committee should follow OMP Man ager Lester Adams' advice and send out a "birddog" to snuffle out the smaller farmers and their complaints. ' Duncan did an excellent job in his questioning. He seemed informed on area farm problems and he remembered ones brought up in the past. However, we disagree with him that the committee's work is done after hitting radio, TV and newspapers with announcements of the meeting. In the days of the personal political touch seeking out all the. small farmers and rural residents was called "stumping the coun try." If members of the state legislative delegation do -their own "bird-dogging" and "stump it," they might do them selves some political good besides getting some direct and valuable information. Minnesota made a similar survey-and had data on even the small farmer when the survey was completed. Even though a main aim of the interim committee study is possi ble elimination of duplicated agricultural service agencies the small farmer should be contacted, too. It's true that the larger and more successful farmers, like most of those who testified Monday night, use more of the agencies. Their testi mony on general problems was interesting, but all except a very few were unwitting to commit themselves on the du plication question. , , The small farmer might be more outspoken as he Is not like to be in as fat and happy mood as the big farmer. Inci dentally, we heard many more gripes from the pear-growers in private, discussions than we ever heard Monday night We didn't realize they had become so suddenly satisfied. This question of combining FFA and 4-H is an Interesting one. Each was authorized by a separate congressional act. FFA is a classroom plus extra-curricular program. The other is strictly a spare-time activity. FFA is a high school age or ganization and 4-H takes in the vouneer children as well We have often wondered at the pete ior tne spare time attentions of farm and rural young sters. (There are a few city youngsters in both nronams. ton.1 .This question of combination ous smay. Then, there's the question nate home extension work. legislators know what home its past nistory of achievements. More annears on that 1sp- where in this paper. The budgetary ax has to be used skill fully as well as vigorously. our own legislative delegation seemed confused between the functions of the experiment station and the extension service; even some of the testifying farmers. ; From remarks made at Monday's session, anv hearing hv an interim committee on taxation is bound to be a hot nn The problem as presented farmer," is a tough one. He ao nis sons, iney do their own left after taxes he complains. Conger urged a sales tax be relieved dollar for dollar by saies tax. lie thought only property owners should be al lowed to vote on bond issues. A member of the interim com mittee .reminded him this law election. However, the problem remains. Oregon's property taxes are burdensome to the farmer,, according to what we have heard. So, something has to be done about them. The question is what? Earl Price, OSC experiment station head, posed another problem. Where do you spend ette valley has a virus problem which has wiped out the Dariey crop mere. JacKson pear decline problem which trees in this second most should receive the most funds, the people who scream the loudest? Meanwhile other major agricultural problems de serve research work, plus some minor ones. Should these be neglected for two major problems? These OSC research men They can't afford to. Too many in their hands to knock them not only have to keep up with but they have to anticipate from becoming big ones. Who are these guys on W. Ziegler, Republican senator from Benton county and committee chairman is a processor, manufacturer, distribu tor of dairy products.! He was' born and raised in Nebraska, Robert W. Straub, senator contender for state Democratic is an ex-Lane county commissioner. He was apparently born and raised in San Francisco. Lloyd M. Key, Democratic sen ator from Umatilla county is a farmer and was born and raised in Iowa. Arthur R. Ireland, Republican representative from Washington county, is a gonian, born in Forest Grove. publican representative, is a in Independence, Ore. Don McKinnis, Democratic representa tive from Union county was farmer. Roy Fitzwater, Democratic representative from Linn county is. a farmer and fruit appeared during the hearing ; What comes of the series be solved, what agricultural cut out and other questions, will be answered in time. A similar study was made in Minnesota. It showed a large num ber of marginal farmers were losing money' and should get out of farming. Whether this study will reach as definite a conclusion will depend on some thorough "bird-dogging." - - . The most encouraging thing about the hearing here is that it was the first of a series in the field. They should get better as they- go- along. Wer and others we talked to, felt that Monday's hearing touched on the fringe of the farmers' prob lems and didn't hit the heart of the matter. Home Extension Gives Boost To Family Life Security Br MARY PAT LUCY County Extension Agent, Home Economics The family is the basis of our society and the success of our country and future gener ation depends upon the secur ity of the family life of to day. I believe that there is a greater need for home eco nomics information and edu cation than ever before. Fifty-five per cenlf of the brides in Oregon last year were 15 to 19 years old. Of this 55 per cent, 30 per cent were 15-17 years of age: 40 per cent 18 years of age and way both organizations com deserves a lot of careful, seri ........ of "cut-to-the-bone" or elimi This can't be done until the extension is. what it does and Generally, the committee and by 'Henry Conger, "plain dirt owes nothing on his land, nor farm work. But, here's little be levied and the nronertv tax what is collected through the was voted in during a general your research dollars? Willam county or Kogue vauey nas a threatens to wipe out the pear valuable industry here. Which don't dwell in ivory towers. people are poised with bricks down to ground level. They current agricultural problems, new ones to keep little . ones the interim committee? Francis from .Lane county and leading Central committee chairman, dairyman. He's a native Ore- Joe Rogers, Polk county Re farmer - dairyman, and was born born in Milton, Ore. and is a buyer. These are the men who here. of hearings, what problems will services will be combined or 30 per cent 19 years of age, These brides are very poorly prepared for the marriage re sponsibilities. : Many of them do not know, how to cook, how to manage their money. To them the home and the responsibilities are tremendous-. Brides under 20 have a three times greater chance for divorce than the bride of 22 to 24, according to statistics. A poorly run home may not be the reason for the break ing up of a family but it very often contributes to unhappi- ness. - Approximately 12 per cent of the sickness in the United States is caused from worry- much of this is from financial problems. Many people think that if they had more money they wouldn't have any prob lems. This is not true. Real happiness does not depend upon how much money you have but upon what you do with it. We learn how to make money but not how to manage it. ; Could Save Money The average homemaker could save at least 5 per cent on her food bill with very little effort and sometimes as much as 20 per cent. A great deal of money is saved through economical home making practices. Dresses can be made for approximately one-third the price tag in the store. Last year $60,000 was spent in Oregon on household appliances. Education is need ed in selection of these ap pliances. The average woman does not have a source of in formation that is not trying to sell her something. The Home economics extension service is not trying to sell anything. We do not use brand names and our opinions are un biased. We give information in bulletin form or through telephone calls or home visits to help make the homemaker an informed buyer. Our projects include study of consumer,, credit, time management, nutrition, inte rior decoration: (a tastefully decorated home is important not Only for the mental well- being of a family, but can also, affect the physical well- being of a family), home management and do-it-your self projects such as reuphol sterihg and refinishing of fur niture - here, there is a huge saving of money for the fami ly. The home economics exten sion program is an education al organization and its aims are to develop leadership amongst the county's women and to help a homemaker feel that homemaking is a wom an's most important project. Many times we wonder. if we should teach basic home- making including nutrition, meal preparation, clothing construction, etc. In the field of nutrition any publication more than five years old is obsolete. The poorest fed seg ment in our nation is the teenage girl and mothers of child bearing age. Do Not Have Time Girls should take this in high school but many high school students do not find time in their schedule for these courses. They never learn how to plan a complete meal. We find girls in high school are so involved in class work and high school projects that they do not have time to learn homemaking from their mothers and their mothers are working (40 per cent of the mothers with school age children or the child rearing stage of their life are working outside the home). As a result, mothers do not provide this information. We expect a girl to train to be a nurse, secretary or in any other field of business, but for our most important proj ect that of homemaking -they often receive absolutely no training. Also, girls who do take homemaking in high school are not as interested as the woman who is actually facing the problem of home making as a married woman. Demands upon a homemak ers' time are as great today as they were in grandmother's day. Statistics prove that a homemaker of today spends as much time on her job as her grandmother. There is a great change in the kind of work she is doing and energy requirements. The homemak ing field changes as rapidly as Polled Hereford Production Sale November 9th at the Ranch East of Medford 13 BREEDING AGE BULLS 6 BULL CALVES 20 BRED AND OPEN HEIFERS 14 COWS, mostly with, heifer calves Here is a chance to obtain some of the finest breeding stock we have ever offered fpr sale. BE WITH US SALE DAY 12 NOON Lunch available ' RALPH L. COOK RANCHES any other field of interest. The program of the home economics extension units is planned in a series of two or three meetings by representa tives of each of the 29 units in the county. These women study the situation concern ing the homes and plan a pro gram which they feel will fit the needs of this community. FARM NOTES Washington -(LTD- The Agri culture Department proposes to change federal grading standards for lamb and mut ton in an effort to reduce the amount of fat in prime and choice grades. Officials said the proposal would mean a substantial in crease in the number of lambs qualifying as prime, the high estg rade. This would provide enough prime and choice grades for effective merchan dising, they said. Lamb producers have com plained that present stand ards require too much fat on lamb and mutton in the high er federal grades. The pro posed changes were developed after the Agriculture Depart ment - discarded an . earlier plan to suspend lamb grading entirely. . Washington-IUPD-The House Agriculture committee will conduct an on-the-spot study of why Western Europe has cut imports of U.' S. farm products whole . buying more from. Soviet bloc countries. The study will be, under taken by a three-man team consisting of Rep. Carl Albert (D-Okla.), Dr. Walter W. Wil cox, senior agriculture econo mist of the Library of Con gress, and committee counsel John J. Heinburger. The three will visit Britain, West Germany, The Nether lands, Italy and Belgium and attend the conferences of United Nations' Food and Ag- riculture Organization at Rome, Nov. 2-5. .Washington -flPD . A five- nation "Food for -Peace" wheat' committee has recom mended a joint plan for using surplus wheat to promote bet ter health and economic de velopment in needy countries. No details of the plan were revealed in the announcement issued as the committee wound up a three-day meet ing. A spokesman for the U.S delegation, said committee members agreed to withhold details until they had been studied by the governments concerned. Washington -(DPI)-The Agri culture department has signed a new checkoff-promotion agreement with the American Sheep Producers council.-' Under this agreement, the department: will make deduc tions of about three million dollars a year from price sup port payments, to wool and lamb producers and turn over the money to the sheep coun cil for research and promotion activities. - ' The agreement -covers the 1959, 1960 and 1961 market ing years. A similar agree ment has been in effect for the past three seasons.1 Washington-IUPD-The Agri culture Department stated the combined crop of all decidu ous fruits in 1960 might be down slightly from last year But. production of citrus fruit was expected to be up. Exports of most fresh and processed fruits may go up, the department said, because European demand is good while European supplies are smaller than they were last season. Washington-UPD-An agricul ture department report showed today that farmers are using feed grains at record rates this year. The department said Oct. 1 stocks of old-crop corn, sor ghum grain and old soybeans were at record levels for that date. -. : . Washington 0IPD The agri culture department reports a decline in the volume of grain placed under " price support through the end of September. Tractor Foreman's Jobs Outlined for Chapter By DELMER SMITH Crater Chapter Reporter LeeRoy Chastain, . tractor foreman for the Crater Future Farmers of America has a multitude of jobs under his jurisdiction. They include seeing that members have a tractor's drivers license and properly acquainting the members with the chapter tractor, its main tenance and operation before using it. To receive a Crater FFA tractor driver's license a mem ber must receive a score of 100 on a written test on main taining and operating the Ask Bang's Fund Be Kepi, Not Cut Salem - With the nation wide brucellosis program fac ing, the Western Interstate year over 1959 federal financ ing ,the Western Interstate Committee on Agriculture has favored a direct appeal to congress to provide adequate funds to finish the eradication work. Frank McKennon, Oregon director of agriculture, brought this word back from the October 6 WICA meeting in Denver. Earlier at St, Louis, the Western Associa tion of State Departments -of Agriculture went on record urging adequate financing of the nationwide brucellosis program, but their action called for USDA to request additional funds of congress, a slower process than the di rect appeal. . McKennon says both these j groups are on record as urg ing adequate funds because less than half the states are certified. In many states with heavy cattle populations the work is just , betting under way and will not be complet ed for several years even with an increase in funds. He said both groups urging more funds say the drastic re duction in federal funds bud geted for fiscal 1960 will se riously, cripple the program nationwide and will stop work in some counties now under way causing a loss of ground in areas already cleaned up. Oregon gained modified certified brucellosis free . sta tus last July 2. I : Fewer Pear Cars Given Inspection .-' Salem - Potato harvest in both central Oregon and Klamath growing areas is well past the peak with qual ity holding up as "the best in years," reported the state department - of agriculture. Yields in these districts are down slightly due to smaller size but the percentage of No. l's grade-outs is fully 20 points higher than last year. Malheur county potato har vest is virtually finished ex cept for tonnage going into the large quick- freeze plant at Ontario. The plant has been one of the largest users in the state this year of the third party platform inspections on grower deliveries. Experimental runs this fall of early gems (russets) for quick freeze have proved quite satisfactory and .if con tinued on a larger scale in fu ture years will extend the op eration for about six weeks. This is the prediction of W. L. Close, federal supervisor in Oregon for the cooperative services. Winter pear harvest at both Hood River and Medford is completed, with inspections at this point on slightly fewer cars than last year. Close says the attractive late market sparked a good movement of Bartletts, with the result that few cars are left in Oregon. East Pakistan's monsoon cli mate and rich soil produce about two-thirds of the world's supply of jute. MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING with . FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN Offspring from our great PROVED SIRES . are. tops in efficiency of feed conversion. You can have this "INHERITANCE FOR . PROFIT" in your next generation of livestock by Calling SP 2-4093 C.C.William. ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE tractor. LeeRoy checks the tractor for maintenance needs before and after each member, uses it. Members using the tractor perform daily a 10-hour use maintenance check. The. trac tor loreman is in charge pi 100, 200 and 600 hour tractor checks, also. A main part of the - Crater FFA chapter's revenue is from custom work with tractor and implements. LeeRoy plans and schedules the tractor for custam work, for members of the commun ity and for the school district. Work Completed Recent work completed for the school district included leveling 60 dump-truck loads of dirt at the Sams Valley school. This created a much larger play area. The chapter used a land-plane on a piece of land at the Central Point junior high school. Tested the soil and Chastain found it was deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus. He appliad am-mo-phos fertilizer to the soil and then seeded the area to a lawn mix containing red creeping fescue, chewings fescue and marion blue grass. The chapter, also used a land plane to extend the athletic field at Crater high school and the playground area at the Jewett elementary school. . Tractor foreman Chastain has fallen heir also to the job of chapter farm manager, 11 acres of land which will be cultivated and seeded to bar ley, as soon as the soil ic moist enough for working. LeeRoy uses some school time to carry out his duties. Much of his work falls after school hours and the chapter feels fortun ate to have such a capable member in charge of their farm, equipment and custom work jobs. Forage Work Set During Meeting, Northwest Plant Food, asso ciation representatives me t recently with local fertilizer dealers, vocational agrwrul ture instructors and work unit conservationists to plan for forage fetilization demon strations. Trevor Steele and Glen Holt, U.S. Borax company representatives, and Grant Braun, American . Potash In stitute, are cooperating with County Agent Gene Winters and Experiment Station Agronomist John Yungen ii planning the demonstrations. Farm operators who mar ket a sizeable share of their production through livestock either as milk or meat are be ing sought for demonstrating plots according to Winters. f The Plant Food association will cover costs of soil tests on the farms selected and will furnish the fertilizer for 130 acre plots that will be dupli cated on each farm. Fertilizer application will be based vg on the soil test, report. Soil Conservation Specialist, Art King at Oregon State college, is coordinating the forage demonstration work in six counties west of the Cascade range. ' , 9 Bread Pan Sizes Set In State Regulations Salem - Primarily to ward Off introduction oi me decep tive "balloon" bread loaf in Oregon, maximum pan sizes in which the standard Oregon loaves may be baked were es tablished Oct. Iff by the state department of agriculture. The legal sizes for pans will become effective Nov. 12. , O. K. Beals, department foods and dairies chief, said the -balloon loaf, sold in a neighboring state and which has been found on at least one occasion in , a southwestern Oregon market, looks like a IVi-pound loaf but actually weighs only one pound. It's labeled at the correct weight but deceives the eye by the size. BREEDERS' SERVICE
