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.
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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
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The living room-dining ell
stretches across the rear of
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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