Medford mail tribune., March 10, 1960, Image 12

1 2 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or.
U A Thursday. March 10, 1960
FARM
NOTES
Wa shlngto n-UPD-Farm
prices inched upward almost
1 per cent in mid-February
under the impact of higher
prices for meat animals and
most fruits, the Agricultural
Department reported Monday.
Lower prices for dairy prod
ucts, cotton, most vegetables,
eggs, and turkeys were only
partially offsetting.
The overall increase left
farm prices about 4 per cent
below those of February,
1959.
and ranges on Jan. 1. This
was an increase of 5 per ceat
over Jan. 1, 1959.
The department Friday
placed the value of this year's
record number at $13,840,
860,000, compared with 14,
783,754,000 a year ago.
Hogs on Jan. 1 totaled 58,
464,000 head, and were val
ued at $1,084,239,000. The
total was up 3 per cent over a
a year ago.
Inventories of all sheep and
lambs were up 2 per cent to
33,621,000 head.
Washington- (UPD -James J.
Patton, President of the Na
tional Farmers Union, told
Congress Monday world food
needs are growing so rapidly
U.S. farm surpluses will not
be a problem very long.
He put his organization on
record in favor of a bill by
Rep. W. R. Poage (D-Tex.) and
15 other House Democrats.
Designed to cut government
farm costs while, boosting
farmers' income, it would au
thorize a wide range of mar
keting orders and stabiliza
tion plans to tailor supplies
to domestic and export needs.
It would forbid future pileups
of surpluses in government
ownership.
Washington-ftPD-T h e agri
culture department has adopt
ed a new official seal for pet
foods prepared under . gov
ernment supervision. The new
seal replaces separate inspec
tion seals used previously on
the two main types of pet
food.
Purpose of the new seal is
to indicate that the ingredi
ents and manufacturing pro
cess used to prepare the prod
uct have been supervised con
tinuously by meat inspectors
of the Agricultural Research
Service.
Washington-ftTO-The Agri
culture Department said that
a Jan. 20-25 cold spell in
Florida caused serious dam
age to tender vegetables.
It is too early, however, to
determine how much of the
winter vegetable crop was de
stroyed. The department esti
mated on Jan. 1 that the winter-season
harvest of 20 com
mercial fresh vegetables
would be about 9 per cent
larger than last winter and
7 per cent above the 1949-58
average.
Wtshington- IUPD -Agriculture
department production
reports today indicated the
supply of broiler-fryer chick
ens would go up this year
while the egg supply would
get smaller.
The production of broiler
type chicks by commercial
hatcheries during January to
taled 160,709,000, up 6 per
cent from January, 1959. Pro
duction of egg-type chicks to
taled 23,687,000 down 33 per
cent from a year ago.
Washington-tUPD-The Agri
cultural Marketing Service
said today farm groups spent
about 67 million dollars for
promotion of farm products
during fiscal year 1958.
An AMS survey showed
that ffiore than 1,000 organ
izations engaged in this pro
motion. The groups included
farmer cooperatives, commis
sions, associations, and state
departments o'f agriculture.
Individual growers, shippers,
and private firms processing
and marketing farm products
were not included.
Washington-, IUPD -A vege
table research and maketing
advisory committee said the
agricultural department must
increase its basic research ef
fort immediately if the nation
is to meet the food and fiber
requirements of the next gen
eration. The committee a i d the
fundamental studies must be
started right away because it
takes nearly a generation to
work out solutions to prac
tical production and market
ing problems.
Expanded research is need
ed to develop new and im
provefl methods and instru
ments for measuring the qual
ity factors used in setting
vegetable grade standards,
the committee said. The
methods should be non-destructive
and aimed at devel
oping improved automatic
sorting equipment, it said.
The committee also urged
revision of grade standards
so that they will reflect more
accurately the actual market
qualities that affect transac
tions between buyers and sellers.
. Washington- (UPD -Eggs and
pork top the list of foods due
to be plentiful in March, the
Agriculture Department said
today.
Egg production will be in
creasingly seasonally until
ApriL Quality will continue
high and prices to consumers
were expected to be favor
abe. Pork will be in heavy sup
ply next month. Pork from
the fall pig crop, third largest
on record, will start coming
to market in late February.
Storage supplies of pork al
ready are heavier than last
year.
Washington-dTlJ-The Agri
culture Department estimates
there were a record 101.520,
000 head of cattle on farms
3FOAOCASTER DIES
" ashington -itPD- Harold E.
I'c'o'.vs. 60. president of the
r.'r'icinal Association of Broad
er1 ers "'nd chairman of the
b" vd oL directors, died Tuesday.
Washington-(CPD -The farm
population declined in all reg
ions of the United States and
in all geographic divisions
during the 1950-59 decade, ac
cording to statistics compiled
by the census bureau and the
agricultural market service.
The total farm population
as of April 1, 1959, was . 21,
172,000, the census bureau
said. This was a drop of 15.5
per cent from the population
in April, 1950.
The 1,972,000 farm resi
dents in the West in 1959
were 8.8 per cent fewer than
the 1950 farm population in
that area.
' Changes in farm population
were the result of a natural
increase of about 347,000 per
sons annually excess births
over deaths and a net annual
loss through migration and
change of residence classifica
tion of 805,000.
Washington-ICPD-A research
advisory committee has told
the agriculture department
that improved equipment and
methods are needed in some
areas for applying pesticides
to farm, crops.
The committee said there
was evidence that failure of
some commonly recommend
ed pesticides to give satisfac
tory control might be due to
a lack of accurate knowledge
of the best methods of ar
plication.
The committee said studies
were needed of the influence
of environment on farm an
imals and poultry.
Washington -(UPD- The farm
er's share of each dollar groc
ery customers spent for beef
and pork declined last year,
the Agriculture Department
reported today.
National 4-H
Club Week Noted
For March 5-12
By GLENN KLEIN
County 4-H Agent
"Learn, live, serve, through
4-H" is the theme 4-H'ers
throughout the United States
will be ' striving for as they
observe National 4-H Club
Week, March 5 to 12. Jackson
County 4-H'ers are joining in
this observance with window
displays throughout the coun
ty of their 4-H activities.
Stores in Ashland, Medford,
Central Point, Talent, Phoe
nix, Eagle Point, Gold Hill
and Rogue River are making
window space available for
these displays.
Nationally, 4-H Club Week
will be highlighted in Wash
ington, D.C., by six selected
members who will present the
annual 4-H "Report to the Na
tion." The report will sum
marize in story and pictures
outstanding 4-H accomplish
ments and current projects.
The three girls and three boys,
while in the nation's capital,
expect to review the . report
with President Eisenhower at
the White House. They also
plan to visit Secretary of Ag
riculture Ezra Taft Benson,
C- M. Ferguson, administra
tor of the federal extension
service, and various senators
and congressmen on Capitol
"Hill.
Aduli Leaders Honored
The two and a quarter mil
lion 4-H'ers everywhere will
share honors with the 296,000
adult volunteer leaders who
guide 4-H work in local com
munities throughout the 40
states and Puerto Rico. The
main purposes of 4-H Club
Week are: to acquaint more
young people with opportuni
ties available to them through
joining or forming 4-H clubs,
to assist new members in
starting projects in farming,
homemaking, community serv
ice, and othe activities, and
to inform the public about
4-H aims and methods.
Jackson County 4-H'ers
reached new heights in their
program this past year. More
than $208,600 was invested in
4-H projects. Of this amount,
$62,500 was -a profit or. sav
ings to 4-H'ers and their fam
ilies. They raised 1,900 head
of beef, dairy, sheep, swine,
horses . and rabbits, 1,245
chickens, cooked 8,980 dishes
of food and 1,480 complete
meals, and made over 1,300
garments in sewing and knit
ting projects.
In his annual letter to
4-H'ers, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower said, "This chang
ing world places new de- j
Markets Open
To Area Produce
By DON BERRY
' Every spring there are a
number of farmers and part
tune farmers looking around
for new crops to grow on their
land.
Recent local surveys of the
vegetable markets indicate
there is some opportunity for
expansion of . local grown
vegetables for local markets.
Retail people in the stores
indicate that fresh produce
sales in this area varies from
S3,000 to $10,000 a week.
Nearly all of these vegetables
are imported.
These merchants further in
dicate they would prefer to
buy locally grown produce if
they could get high quality
produce in sufficient quantity
and in uniform packages to
meet their market demands.
This area produces excel
lent root crops, crucifers, to
matoes and squash. Therefore
crops like onions, turnips,
rutabagas, could be expanded
locally. Growers looking for
new crops might consider
growing these if they are in
terested in horticultural crops
for local markets.
Brand Inspector
Is Advanced
Salem Advancement of
Gene Kunkle to the position
of state brand inspector, ef
fective March 1, was announc
ed last week by Fred Pope,
animal division chief, state
department of agriculture. He
will be in charge of the brand
inspection program and field
personnel.
Kunkle has been on the de
partment staff since August,
1950, and in the latest promo
tion comes to the Salem office
as livestock officer in the On
tario district.-He served as a
brand inspector at Grants
Pass and Redmond; and in
1957 was advanced to live
stock officer and spent six
months in charge of the Salem
district before going to On
tario. He is a Marine Corps veter
an of World War II, entering
the service after graduation
from Benson Polytechnic
school in Portland. He was
born in Woodburn.
mands upon the spirit and
abilities of our people. There
fore, the opportunities offer
ed to 4-H Club members to
grow in citizenship and in
practical skills are especially
valuable to them and to the
nation."
"Learn, live, serve, through
4-H" is the aim of every Jack
son County 4-H'er.
Broiler Growers
To Vote March 14
Salem Registered broiler
growers throughout the state
will vote between March 14
and 26, inclusive, on whether
to eliminate the assessment of
the Oregon Fryer commission.
The . referendum results
from a petition of growers to
remove the 17100th of a cent
per pound assessment which
has been in effect since grow
ers formed the commission
two years ago.
Frank McKennon, director
of agriculture, said the voting
will be by mail ballot.
He said 196 producers rep
resenting more than 80 per
cent of the Oregon fryer pro
duction registered for the ref
erendum between Feb. 1 to
23. Only growers registering
in that period are entitled to
vote. .
McKennon said any regis
tered grower who fails to re
ceive a ballot in .the mail be
fore March 14 should contact
the division of market devel
opment, state department of
agriculture, Salem. Or ballots
may be obtained from county
extension agents' offices in
Engene, Albany, Salem, Mc
Minnville, Oregon City or
Hillsboro between March 14
and 26.
Growers may return their
ballot by mail or deposit them
in ballot boxes iii one of the
named extension offices. If
mailed, they must be post
marked not later than mid
night Saturday, March 26.
Vegetable Growers
To Hold Meeting
All vegetable growers are
invited to attend a meeting
Friday afternoon at 1:15 p.m.
in the court house auditorium,
March 11, according to Don
Berry, county agent.
The topics to be discussed
will include chemical weed
control in vegetables by Gar
vin Crabtree, horticulturist at
Oregon State college; control
of onion maggot and other
vegetable insects by Dr. Gent
ner, Southern Oregon Branch
Experiment Station; fertilizer
and variety trials at the
Southern Oregon Experiment
Station by John Yungen; and
new developments for vege
table growing in Oregon by
Andy Duncan, OSC vegetable
production specialist at Ore
gon State college, Berry said.
, The meeting will be open
ed up to discussion of ques
tions and problems from local
people. Anyone interested in
vegetable growing is invited.
OREGON GROWERS
REPORT
RESULTS WITH CYPREX
V
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"Couldn't find a scabby
apple at thinning time'
"One block of my 1958,
Newton crop had a
high percentage of
pin point scab, so it
all went to the can
nery none to the
fresh market This, in spite of the fact
that I had applied a delayed dormant
plus three other scab sprays to this
crop. In 1959 I applied one Cyprex
spray and followed it with another
Cyprex spray ten days later. Cyprex
sure took care of the scab. It stopped
the scab on the fruit and on the leaves.
I couldn't find a scabby apple at thin
ning time. My Newtons in 1959 were
the nicest I've ever grown good fin
ish, foliage slick and healthy. I'll use
Cyprex to control my scab in 1960."
Wilfred Walter .
Box 99, Route 2, Hood River
'Only 3 scabby apples out
of 600 boxes picked" ,T3
"In 1958 1 snraved 10i' .JW"
times with other ma- V
'It !.!'
teriais ior scaD con-,
trol and ended up with (
25 scabby fruit'
and another 25 rus-
setted fruit from the use of these ma
terials. This past season I sprayed four
times with Cyprex and found 3 scabby
apples out of 600 boxes picked so far.
Cyprex has made it possible for me to
continue raising apples in this area."
Alfred Hopper
Box lit, Route 1, Freewater-Milton
'Cyprex is our most N
economical fungicide"
"In 1959 we used
three Cyprex sprays
in one block of trees
and three sprays of
other fungicides on
the other block. Tim
ing was at pink, about 30 bloom and
calyx. On May 4th, the non-Cyprex
trees had leaf scab so we put Cyprex
on them. This stopped the scab. At
picking time there was less than Yz of
1 scab in the straight Cyprex com
pared to about V2 in the rest of the
block. Fruit finish was better on the
straight Cyprex and the trees had a
better appearance. There was no dif
ference in fruit set. Just before pick
ing time there was enough scab in all
except our straight Cyprex block to
require another treatment Even under
weather conditions last spring favor
able to scab development Cyprex did
the job. In view of better control, less
cullage and less down-grading, Cyprex
is our most economical scab fungicide.
It gets the job done. Cyprex is nicer to
handle, does not irritate your skin like
some fungicides do. In 1930 we will
use Cyprex for scab control on all our
pears."
Gilkerson & Fletcher
Box 79, Route S, Hood River
MRP
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3
We beat scab...
with Cyprex"
"We have always had
to battle to control y
1- 1 - j? i.i
scao uecause ox me
location of our or-
o hi r riH c l.oor CTiriTlo v
was especially warm
and humid. Like a hot house, really
good weather for scab. Cyprex was a
big help in our scab control program
In past years we have used up to five
scab sprays on Seckles. This year we
used only three sprays. The first two
were non-Cyprex sprays one at 90
bud separation and one at advanced
popcorn. The two sprays were about
five to seven days apart. This standard
program was not holding so we put
on Cyprex at advanced calyx. That
stopped the infection. Some fungicides
give our pears a rough finish, but
Cyprex does not It goes into solu
tion easily. Cyprex is a "must" for us
in 1960."
Hob Deuel, Jr.
Del Rio Orchards, Gold Hill
"Cyprex is our wab
fungicide for 1330"
"In 1958 we did not
pick the north half of
our interplanted block
of d'Anjou and Bart
letts because it was
almost 100 scab. .
The south half was not as bad15 to'
20 scab. This even though we put on
a delayed dormant of lime-sulphur and
oil, a pre-pink and a calyx spray. We
tried Cyprex for the first time in 1.959.
-It was applied in the worst scab spot,
the north half of the pear block, at
pre-pink and calyx. Two non-Cyprex
sprays were used on the south half at
the same timings. The control was not
holding on the south half so we ap
plied one Cyprex spray. Later, a Cy
prex spray was applied on the whole
block. Our Bartletts had the smooth
est most shiny finish that they have
ever had. Some fungicides curl our
young leaves, making insect control
more difficult, but Cyprex does not. On
apples we used a dormant and pink 0$
non-Cyprex fungicides. Then we put
on two Cyprex sprays. Before our first
Cyprex there was a scab spot on every
leaf, even the small ones. The Cyprex
stopped it The scab was dead three to
four days after spraying. We are con
vinced that without Cyprex we would
not have harvested half our pear crop (
or held our apple scab in 1959. Cyprex
is our scab fungicide for 1960."
R.W. Perry & Son
Box i30, Route 1, Hood River
Consult your local agricultural au
thorities for further information. Or
-write for leaflet PE 5061, American
Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Di
vision, Los Angeles 54, California.
Cyprex is American Cyanamid Com
pany's trade-mark for dodine fungicide.
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