i MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Thurtday, Jan. 7. 1960
Oregon Dairymen
Plan Jan. 11-13
Annual Meeting
Corvallis - The need for
Oregon milk producers to sta
bilize milk prices by forming
larger bargaining groups or
obtaining a federal milk mar
keting order will be discuss
ed at the 66th annual meeting
of the Oregon Dairymen's as
sociation, Jan: 11 to 13 at On
tario. Dr. S. Kent Christensen,
Oregon State agricultural
economist, will bring dairy
men up to date on marketing
changes in the dairy industry
affecting such things as the
stability of prices to milk pro
ducers. Secretary Harold Ewalt,
OSC extension dairy special
ist, says the meeting at the
Moore hotel will run the ga
mut of problems facing dairy
men including a talk on milk
sanitation and antibiotics by
Dr. Paul Elliker, head of the
OSC bacteriology depart
ment.
Elliker, who attended the
International Dairy congress
in London last summer and
who spent six weeks helping
set up a model milk plant in
Spain, also will tell about
milk products abroad.
To Give National View
The national dairy situa
tion will be reported by R. E.
Burleson, federal extension
dairyman, Washington, D.C.
Burleson also is scheduled to
talk at Dairy Herd Improve
ment association meetings in
Marion county, Jan. 15, and
Linn county, Jan. 16.
Dairy herd improvement
will be reviewed by Burleson
and Don Anderson, OSC ex
tension dairy specialist. Dick
Hammond, manager of Farm
ers Coop Creamery, Payette,
Idaho, will tell how a cooper
ative handles milk. Cecil
Griggs, milk producer in
southwestern Idaho, will
speak on milk pooling.
Don Thomas, Portland, exe
cutive secretary of the Ore
gon Dairy Products commis
sion, will tell about the com
mission's activities.
Dairy feeding and man
agement will be reported by
a panel of leading dairymen,
including Louis Wettstein,
Ontario; Bertil Nelson, Bend;
Stan Masten, Klamath Falls;
Earl Faw, Vale; and Dr. I. R.
Jones, OSC professor of dairy
husbandry. Moderator will be
Harry Sandquist, Malheur
county extension agent.
New System Used
By Ditch Users
Recently officials of the
Nye Ditch User, Inc., of Pros
pect turned water into a new
ly constructed concrete ditch
and pipeline system. The new
works eleminates an open
ditch which has not delivered
water because of excess, seep
age. The new ditch and pipe are
part of a revised system of
getting water into the group's
canal system. The ditch and
pipe takes an allotted flow
from Mill Creek and dis
charges it into COPCO's pow
er canal leading to the Rogue
river. At COPCO's , Prospect
dam, a siphon is being instal
led to take the allotted water
into a pipeline leading to the
group's canal. A suspended
pipeline crossing over the
Rogue river has been elim
inated. Began Project Study
The late Bruce Grieve of
Prospect began study of the
project several years ago.
Agreement on the plan was
signed this fall by COPCO
officials and users of the Nye
Group. Engineers of COPCO
and the U. S. Soil Conserva-
tion Service planned the de
tails of the project.
. Mr. V. L. Chapman is presi
dent of the group. Dave Ne
ville has been supervising the
work. A local contractor, Mr.
Robert O'Day, constructed the
850 ft. ditch, three structures,
and laid 800 ft. of pipe. The.
group is installing the siphon,
pipeline, and measuring weir.
The project provides domes
tic and irrigation water for
the farmland around Prospect.
The Ross Mill also gets water
for the mill pond and boiler.
Washington - (CPU - The
Agriculture department is
testing prefabricated sheets of
burlap coated witn asphalt as
a "practical and long-lasting
liner for irrigation canals
The bests are under way
near Logan, Utah. . Under
Under p r s e n t irrigation
practices, about two-thirds of
all irrigation water is lost.
About one-third of the water
seeps away during convey
ance, and another one-third
is lost through run-off and
deep absorption and into the
soil.
A department scientist said
preliminary results of the
Utah tests would not be
known until the burlap has
been tested a year or longer.
--- CHIT GHAT
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
(Editor's Note: This is a reprint of a column published
recently in the Walsh County Record of North Dakota.)
UNCLE DAN SEZ
The way things is working out it looks like we git more
and more bad seasons in this county every year. We got the
hurricane season, the tornado season, the polio season and
the hay fever season, just to name a few.
And one of our very bad seasons is gitting to be what
we might call the "Item 4 Minus 3" season. Them brass hats
in Washington figgers farmers
the farmers git their income
normal folks has to turn theirs
I always start on mine the
allow plenty of time fer prayer
ing on this new jig-saw puzzle
git a new answer ever time I
tion to wrap up my Sunday
in the bank, send it to em
holding and for them to work it out. I'll add a note advis
ing that if there's anything left over, I'd like to have my Sun
day pants back.
"Subtract item 4 from item
4 Line 9" or somepun, it says.
much less Line 9. Ever year
old motto I won at the county
over my bed: "I will lay me down and bleed awhile and rise
to fight again."
Taxes is gitting to be a religion "amongst them folks we
elect to public office. I see where the U.S. Tax Foundation
says there's 151 difference taxes on a loaf of bread, 92 on a
egg, 116 on a man's suit, and around 600 on a house. And
when they run out of regular taxes they come up with a
"temporary" tax fer some emergency. When the emergency
is over they just make the tax permanent and hike it a little.
It's got so I never ask the
ask about the tax. I figger that if I can pay the tax they'll
credit me for the balance. A feller that runs a grocery store
over in town told me the other day he had to hire three
clerks, two to wait on the trade and one to keep books for
the Guvernment. From the looks of things right now, Mister
Editor, I figger ulcers is in fer a good, long run in tiiis country.
A feller said onct that whenever three business men git
together in this country, sooner
and one is president, one is vice-president and one is treas
urer. And it looks to me like ever time we elect three candi
dates to office, one turns out to be the tax collector, one as
sistant tax collector, and one
Well. I got to. quit now
Item 3. It's a funny thing to me that when we owe Uncle
Sam money he's got to have it right away, but he'll wait 30
year for England to pay him.
Nurseryman Tells
Care of Fuchsias
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
For.. Rogue Valley Nursery
men and Growers Association
Tips on growing fuchsias
I am now starting fuchsias in
our greenhounse, by cuttings,
and would like to pass on a
few tips to my readers, that
enjoy growing Fuchsias from
the beginning.
New introductions are cre
ated by cross pollinations.
This painstaking task .some
times takes years of work to
find the new variety the orig
inator is looking for.
After the new introductions
are found they are increased
by cuttings. Tip cuttings are
the best. Take a cutting about
3 or 4 inches long, cutting
just under the leaf joint. Cut
off the bottom set of leaves
near their base. Insert the cut
tings about 1-inch in good
coarse sand. Keen it moist
and warm.
In about 10 days to two
weeks the cuttings should be
rooted. Some varieties root
very easily, while others are
extremely difficult to root.
After the cutting is rooted it
should be placed in a small
pot, 2Vi inch size, planted in
mild light humus soil. Again
it should be kept moist and
warm for fast growth.
In a month or so, this cut
ting should be placed in a 4-
inch pot. The soil for this
should be V peat moss, k
leaf mold, Vi. compost with a
little sand, and Vi garden
loam. After a month or so
these can be fertilized with
a good well balanced fertilizer
according to the directions,
such as Liquinox or Rapid
Gro, which should be followed
ed most carefully. Feed often,
as the weather warms. The
fuchsias should be fertilized
every week to 10 days, using
fertilizer as I mentioned
above. As too strong a solu
tion can cause burn.
Protect From Insects
Like anything really lovely
put in the garden. Fuchsias
must have a pest or two.
Aphids, white fly, strawberry
root weevil and red spider are
a few that like to bother
them. A good soil insecticide
fungicide dust should be used
when preparing the soil to
prevent the strawberry root
is a little dumb, so they make
tax reports in a month afore
in.
first week in January so's to
and meditation. I been work
for three straight days and I
figger it out. I got a good no
suit and that nine dollars I got
and tell 'em this is what I m
3, then carry it to Schedule
I can't even find Schedule A,
about this time I git out that
fair, dust it off and hang it
price of nothing no more, just
or later they form a company
tax inspector.
and git back to Item 4 Minus
weevil. We find Botano, a
very good control, also insects
on the leaves may be con
trolled by this same dust. If
you prefer wet sprays, use
Malathion.
One disease that has plag
ued the fuchsias in late years
has been called "blight" by
most of the growers. This dis
ease travels fast during warm
weather. Sometimes it strikes
only one limb and other times
it will kill the entire plant.
The best way to avert this is
to keep the plants well ven
tilated, not too wet, well
spaced, and' clean of dead
leaves and blooms.
Dusting with an all-purpose
insecticide-fungcide dust will
prevent the so-called "Blight".
Water carefully during the
warmer days of summer.
Fuchsias will need much more
water than they did earlier in
the season. However, they
should be watered only when
they need it and not at any
regular time.
Some plants, those with the
most foliage, require more
water than others. Occasion
ally a plant will "drown".
This is caused from over wa
tering or poor drainage. If
a plant is wilted, when the
temperature is below 80 de
grees, and the soil is extreme
ly 'moist, you are probably
over-watering. If this condi
tion continues over a 3 or 4
day period the plant will
probably die. If the "drown
ed" fuchsias are caught the
first day or so and water stop
ped for several days to give
the soil a chance to dry out,
the plant has a good chance
to survive.
Washington (UPD The
agriculture research service
has begun a full-scale insect
attack against -tansy rag
wort, a toxic weed that has
invaded California, Oregon,
and Washington coastal areas.
Larvae of the cinnabar
moth tyria jacobaeae were
released last June in four
West Coast areas heavily in
fested with the weed. '
Scientists believe the moth
will emerge next spring at
the time the tansy ragwort
weeds are starting to form
flower buds.
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INSPECT STRUCTURE - T. C. Cunning- trict, stand at
ham and Dave Neville of the Nye Ditch, new concrete
Users, Inc.; and Robert Lonzway, of the creek.
Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Conservation dis-
State Livestock
Prospects Bright
Corvallis Oregon's live
stock market prospects for
1960 have been brightened
considerably by the USDA pig
crop report released this
week, according to Marion D.
Thomas, Oregon State college
extension agricultural econo
mist. Prices of cattle, sheep and
hogs all now seem likely to
be higher than expected ear
lier. This latest survey of farm
ers' intentions reveals plans
for a sharp cut in the number
of sows to be farrowed dur
ing the next five months. The
national total will be down 12
per cent from last spring if
farmers stay by their present
plans.
The prospective cut appar
ently stems from low hog
prices in 1959 plus an oppor
tunity to secure price-support
ing loans on corn and other
feed grains.
Any decrease in farrowing
during the next six months
will be reflected in the supply
of pork reaching the nation's
markets during the last half
of. 1960. For the next few
months supplies of pork are
expected to continue large as
the number of hogs now on
farms is about the same as a
year ago. Many of these may
be fed to heavier weights in
view of the prospect for re
duced supplies and higher
prices later in the year.
Higher hog and pork prices
should bolster 1960 cattle and
sheep prices too, although
some decline in cattle may
occur anyway as marketings
increase from expansion in
herds that has taken place in
the past two years.
Grange News
Gold Hill Grange
The annual Christmas party
of the Gold Hill Grange was
held, recently at the Grange
hall. Thirty-four members at
tended. Gifts were exchnged
by members. The exchange
was under the direction of
the lecturer's committee.
In addition to the gift ex
change, the program also in
cluded singing carols, a Bible
reading by Chaplain Nona
Waite, . a musical number by
Evelyn Jones and her son,
Billie, games conducted by
Leona Jinks, and a quiz game
conducted by Dorothy Eskew.
Refreshments were served
following the program. Birth
days occuring in December
were recognized, including
Bob Cook's 82nd birthday.
Portland-dlPD- Stockholders
of Howard-Cooper Corpora
tion of Oregon and Howard
Cooper Corporation have au
thorized a merger, according
to R. F. Cooper, president.
MODERN ARTIFICIAL BREEDING WITH
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FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE
Competition fer the
market is very real
among livestock.
Offspring from our
proved bulls face this
competition bestl
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Farm Crops
To Work in
Corvallis-Dr. D. D. Hill, re
tired head of the Oregon State
college farm crops depart
ment, will leave early in Jan
uary to take charge of the
New Delhi, India, office of
Western Wheat associates,
formed by wheat commissions
and wheat growers associa
tions in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho for market promo
tion and development.
Hill will be in India for two
years directing wheat market
ing and development for the
Northwest organization. Mrs.
Hill will accompany him.
Western Wheat associates is
carrying on a vigorous mar
ket development program
that began in 1949 in the Far
East and Middle East. In ad
dition to New Delhi, offices
are maintained in Japan and
Pakistan. Cooperating with
the Northwest group is the
Great Plains Wheat Market
Development association.
A 1952 OSC graduate, Joe
Spiruta, formerly of Albany,
is now in charge of the New
Delhi office. He will work in
Ceylon, Indonesia, Burma and
Thailand after Hill's arrival
in India. The U.S. Miller's Na
tional federation will cooper
ate in work in those coun
tries. Activities Listed
Various promotion and mar
keting activities are conduct
ed by the organization. It has
coop erated in sponsoring
trade fairs in New Delhi, Cal
cutta, and Madras, India, with
another fair scheduled to be
gin in February in Bombay.
It also conducts baker's
training schools; prints and
distributes recipes using
wheat; samples and tests all
wheat shipments into India;
promotes exchange of agricul
tural missions; and currently
is developing a kitchen -bus
demonstration project with
wheat and assisting in train
ing grain storage specialists
for the government of India.
Western Wheat associates is
contracting with the Foreign
Agricultural service, U.S. de
partment of agriculture, to
obtain foreign currencies to
finance the market develop
ment activities.
Hill, who retired from the
college staff in July follow
ing 32 years service, is inter
nationally known as a seed
and farm crops specialist and
is credited with helping de
velop Oregon into one of the
world's leading seed produc
tion areas. He has worked
closely with the Oregon
Wheat commission since it
was formed in 1947, serving
as the OSC representative to
the group.
Last year, Hill was techni
cal leader for a Middle East
country seed conference at
Ankara, Turkey. It was one
of three such meetings held
in various parts of the world
under sponsorship of the state
department's Inter national
Cooperation administration.
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the intake structure where a
ditch takes water from Mill
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Specialist
New Delhi
Following the meeting in
Turkey, he conferred with
seed leaders and agricultural
officials in Greece, Turkey,
Jordan, Pakistan, India, Iran
and Ceylon at the invitation
of these nations.
A year ago, Hill accepted a
similar four -month ICA as
signment to South Central
American countries arid was
instrumental in helping form
a perment seed development
organization for that area.
Hill is co-author of a book
on "Grassland Seeds" that is
used around the world as a
reference on seed production,
processing, and certification.
Washingon (DPI) The Agri
culture department reports
that all but 10 million dol
lars of the 88 million dollars
loaned to western stockmen
for drought relief has been
repaid.
The special livestock loan
program was authorized back
in 1953 when drought had
thousands of western stock
men on the ropes.
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Old Year
For Soil District
Planning and applying con
servation practices were
strong points- in the 1959 op-
ertion, according to Elwood
Abbott, board chairman for
the Sams Valley-Beagle Soil
Conservation district.
The board was active in
directing the conservation
program and had a well-attended
annual meeting at the
start of the year, 12 monthly
meetings and two special
meetings; one in Grants Pass
and the other in Salem, Ab
bott noted.
Noted during the conserva
tion operation ' were two
group jobs; Table Rock and
Nye water users. These
groups planned and applied
over $40,000 worth of con
servation practices benefitting
about 60 landowners and af
fecting over 10,000 acres of
land.
The Table Rock group was
headed by E. H. Taylor, Table
Rock rd. and the Nye water
users by V. E. Chapman, Pros-
pect. Cooperating with the
groups were California Ore
gon Power company, Jackson
county court and the county
roads department. The U.S.
Soil Conservation Service
was responsible for the tech-1
nical share of the operation !
and the Jackson county Agri- j
cultural and Stabilization
committee the cost - sharing
available to the groups. In
planning the function with
individual farmers and ranch
ers, 20 basic plans and five
revised basic plans were de
veloped. This brought the to
tal to 100 basic plans for the
year with nearly 400 coopera
tors in the district for the
year, Abbott stated.
Practices Given
Included in the year's ap
plied practices were conserva
tion cropping systems on 12,
000 acres, pasture planting on
1,100 acres, land leveling on
900 acres and five irrigation
reservoirs with storage of
450 acre feet of water. Over
300 farmers and ranchers
were assisted during the year
with their individual conser
vation programs.
In the relations phase of the
operations, George Loftin, of
Beagle and Ed Hays of Eagle
Point, were recognized as
men of the year. An all-day
tour in July was arranged for
by Jim Gates and Bill Jess,
both of Eagle Point, and
better than barley. Give
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Lester James, of Sams Valley.
The Southern Oregon Area
SCS meeting was attended by
six supervisors and the state
SCD meeting by two super
visors. Field planting trials were
recognized by the board in
1959. The International Har
vester company cooperating
with : the SCD provided a
range drill for field trials at
the Curtis McRae, George
Loftin ranches. Work on new
dry-land grasses and legumes
was started. The project's aim
was to extend the season for
use and to increase the pro
ductivity on the range land
in the soil conservation dis
trict. "The outlook for 1960 is
excellent," "Abbott forecast.
"The district can progress
from the foundation set in
previous.years."
Washington -(UPD- The Ag
riculture department says
that construction began on
more than 100 small water
shed projects during 1959.
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High School Students
Set Library Buzzing
Marion, O. The library in
downtown Marion was buzz
ing recently.
Six high school students
took a hive from a nearby.'
bee farm and, under cover
of darkness, threw it in the
open window of the library
The six were caught the
next morning by policemen,
three of whom had angry red
welts which gave them a per
sonal interest in the case.
Student Firemen
Extinguish Blaze
Durant, Okla. - Volunteer
firemen took advantage of an
early opportunity to impress
their teacher with what they
had learned in a special
course in firefighting.
They were listening to a
lecture by Lt. George Myers,
when the alarm sounded.
After the blaze at a restau
rant was extinguished, Myers
said his "students'' did an ex
cellent job.
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