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Interim GroupState Hold Joint Ag. Meeting Salem -At joint meeting Friday afternoon in Salem of the legislative Interim com. mlttee on agriculture and the italu board of agriculture, J. F. Short, recently appoint ed director of agriculture, spelled out pollclei he will puraue In the state department of agriculture. The department, he said, will continue to be adminis tered on a non-partisan basis. Staff and Internal policies will be on the same non-partisan level. . He will, he said, expand use of the "very capable" state board of agriculture as much as the members will permit. It will be his aim, Short de clared, to maintain and In crease the stature of the de partment and to take steps to increase its Importance and benefits to the agriculture of Oregon. "But I don't want anyone to think my program will in any way conflict with the work of Oregon State col lege," he continued, "for Dean Price and I know from past experience that we can work together and that there is plenty of work for all of us." He told the Interim commit tee the department would of fer any legislation it seeks through that committee and that he does not believe it is the department's responsibili ty to seek new or major changes in laws, "It is our responsibility, I believe," Short said, "to keep the laws we administer in step with changed conditions." He said any amendments propos ed by the department would be offered only after consul tation with and advice of trade, commodity and consum er groups. He further said his first attention as director is to in ternal and personnel prob lems, certain areas of enforce ment and to public relations, and that next in order will be overall problems, possible needed legislation and budget preparation. Referring to 1959 legisla tion which gave the director power to reorganize the de partment, he said studies along this line will be a mat ter of mechanics and a study of a structure that will give the most adequate service. He said he will activate the one sentence in 1959 depart ment legislation "which has the greatest potential for good and possibly the greatest po tential for confusion." This is the authority to encourage and work toward Jong-range planning for the development and promotion of the agricul tural resources of the state. In this, he also said, he will work closely with the state college to avoid conflicts in activities. Livestock brand inspection, the brucellosis program and market development areas of the department's work were main items the Joint groups considered in a two-hour ses sion. Meeting alone for two hours more in the afternoon, the board heard further reports from the director, set July as EXTRA PROFITS IN YOUR POCKET- ACA CaaIc Mor Meat, Eggi, and Milk for Your Feed Dollar. WWrM rCcC15 Complete lines of Poultry, Dairy, Beef & Hog Feeds. FARM SUPPLIES tl.l CU. FT. UNICO Upright Freezer $35120 60' GARDEN HOSE Ys" Rubber $8.95 W Nylon Reinforced Plastic 2-4-D Rocket Electric Fence Controller Model 200 Thor (6 volt battery type) lamb Globe (purchase of $5.00 or more (purchase of case - 120 globes) Johnson 4 Johnson Milk Filler Disci (6 boxes 6'i" SF) PETROLEUM SUPPLIES Oasollne Diesel Fuels Furnace and Stove OH Motor Oils and Oreeses - Oil Filters Serving Northwest Agriculture line 1917 77 West 4th Street Its next meeting and adopted a live-point recommendation to encourage full continuance of the brucellosis control pro gram The brucellosis recommen dations embraced a more ade quate enforcement of the range testing program; the en couragement of a long-time calfhood vaccination program the initiation of an informa tional and educational pro gram Jointly by the depart ment and the college; and some arrangement to test one and two-cow dairy herds, In eluding family cows, not test ed under the milk ring test In the morning session, the board of agriculture adopted a resolution offered by Ward Spatz, Medford, commending Frank McKennon, who retir ed April 1 as director, for his long and efficient service to the department, Oregon agri culture, and cooperation with the board- Short, who succeeded Mc Kennon, also paid high tribute to McKennon s services. Otherwise the morning was occupied with Short's report of activities in the depart ment, He said that Dr. Roy H. Peterson, Tillamook, presi dent of the Oregon Veterin ary Medical association and the veterinarians' liaison com mittee has requested a meet ing with him next week to discuss the position of the state veterinarian in the animal di vision organization. Veterinarians Set Resolution At its annual meeting the veterinary association adopt ed a resolution aimed at di vorcing the state veterinarian from the division of animal in dustry and placing his opera tions directly under the direc tor of agriculture. Short said he would ap proach the discussions with the veterinary committee "with an open mind." He reported a transfer of shipping point Inspection su pervisors at Ontario and Mil-ton-Freewater will become ef fective June 1. With respect to' the division of animal industry, he said his preliminary reaction is favor able to reorganization which was started in March. He said he will continue with his study of internal organization in this division and that it any changes come from the study they will be toward improve ment of morale and efficiency. In another area. Short re ported some sentiment to move the Klamath district shipping point office from Klamath Falls to Merrill where the department already has a branch grain inspection office. Since the office was es tablished at Klamath Falls years ago the heavy potato production has shifted to the Merrill area. If such a change were made, it would cut in spection costs, The director Informed the board that the department will attend but will take no position in the meeting Sat urday afternoon of the agri cultural Interim committee with the Portland city milk Inspection service. The city 22" ROTARY Lawn Mowers $6195 $4.45 Group 1 '(Exchange) I S "X. X" i - ASSOCIATION Spring 3-4067 Dept. has proposed to the commit tee a legislative change to permit it to make Ice cream inspections the s a m e as it handles milk Inspections, Board chairman Ernest Jernstedt wanted to know about coordination of work between the department and Oregon State college, Both F. E. Price. OSC dean of agriculture and ex-officio member of the board, and snort stated any problem areas are Ironed out in con ferences "Basically, we stick to re search," Dean Price told the board In making particular reference to determinations in the agriculture chemical field which has drawn so much attention in recent months. Short said, and Price agreed, a gray area exists in which both agencies can do helpful work without overlap ping. Short reported the depart ment has recently received commendations from officials in other stales for its weights ana measures activity. College Guernsey Wins U.S. Award Corvallis - The Oregon State College agricultural ex periment station at Astoria has been named a Gold Star Guernsey Breeder for 1980 by the American Guernsey Cat tle club. The OSC Guernsey herd, managed by H. B. Howell, sta tion superintendent since 1934 met all requirements for the award during the past year. special certificate will be given OSC in recognition of the award. A production summary of the herd showed 26 cows with records averaging 11,239 pounds milk and 593 pounds butterfat when milked twice day during a 10-month test period. Herds competing for the award had to average more than 10,300 pounds milk or 800 pounds butterfat. The herd's bred type classification score, 84.4 per cent, was bet ter than average for Guern seys. For the past three years, the herd's average production has been 10,615 pounds milk and 572 pounds butterfat. Officials of the American Guernsey Cattle club have called the herd "one of the outstanding land-grant college herds in the U. S.," reports H. P. Ewalt, OSC extension dairy specialist. The herd also had to meet rigid health requirements to win the Gold Star Guernsey Breeder award, and the ap plicant had to be an active member of both a state Guern sey association and the Amer ican Guernsey Cattle club. In adition to the outstand ing dairy herd, a beef herd of Hereford! is maintained on the 150-acre John Jacob Astor experiment station farm about 4 miles east of Astoria. 20" SIMPLICITY Rotary Tillers $17500 24 Month Unlco BiHerf 11.60 FREE Battery Charting Service $23.75 12.75 . 20 off . 30 off $1.06 ea. Medford, Ore. MAIL TRISUNC, Msdfortf, Or. Tu.id.y, April It. 10 Ag Office Adds Egg Inspector, Drops Case Fee Salem-Dual announcement of the addition of a third egg inspector and the Impending one-half cent reduction in egg Inspection fees came today from the state department of agriculture. O. K. Beals, foods and dairies division chief, said George D. (Dan) Earle of Brookings is already on the job as egg inspector. Earle brings to the state work 33 years of experience in egg production, handling and mar keting. He was branch man ager at Eugene for the Oregon Egg Producers for 22 years, and then for 0 years Eugene banch manager for the for mer Northwest Poultry and Dairy Products company. Earle will work out of the department's Portland branch office, where the egg inspec tion activity is directed. The reduction in egg in spection fees, from 3 .cents to 2'At cents per case, will be retroactive to Jan. 1, I960, Case tax fees from Jan. 1 to July 1, this year, will be due July 15 at the new 2V4-cent rate. All permit holders have a 200-case exemption for the entire year. Legislative Paves Way The last legislature paved the way for both develop ments in amendments to the state egg law. The amend ments brought more of the larger producers under the state license and case fees and allow the department to ad just case fees as funds avail able permit. Previously the law established a 3-cent case tax. This tax is the major source of support for egg in spections. Beals says that the first six months case tax under the 1030 egg amendments .indi cates a $6000 annual increase to the program funds. He an ticipates some growth as more producers "get into line" un der the 1059 amendments. '. These Increases, even with the upcoming tax drop, and the alight surplus under the former program, should easily provide the approximately $7000 needed to maintain a third Inspector the year around. New Lab Device Speeds Up Work For Agriculture When the last legislature gave the state deparment of agriculture the green light to buy a recording spectrophoto meter, no one foresaw last November's cranberry furore -or the subsequent intense focus on chemicals and resi dues. J. D. Patterson, the depart ment's chief chemist, merely wanted the $10,000 instru ment as part of the long range program to keep the laboratories in line with chemical advances and usages. Installed recently, the in strument - which the chem ists will tell you finger-prints molecules - Is already receiv ing a big play in the labora tory. Some of the uses? To deter mine the quantity of vitamins In feeds, trace elements in fertilizers, spray residues on foods and the characteristics of insecticides and other ma terials offered for sale on the Oregon markets. "If we'd had this instru ment when the cranberry scare broke, we'd turned out laboratory reports much, much faster than we did," Pat terson says. Advantage Given That's one of the advan tages of the recording device -It'll do in minutes what took days before. And, because It writes Its own story on charts as It works, the Information Is not only permanent but accurate. The department has used an earlier model for years -a hand one, because the curve which told the story was plot ted from point to point by hand. The next major Investment for the chemical laboratories - also approved by the last legislature - is an infra red spectrophotometer. When this is added It will solve another barrier which has limited the department 'a laboratory work. Infra red has applica tion for determinations In food, feed and sprays which cannot be done by conven tional methods. Liquid fertilizers are be coming more popular and ere a good source of plant nutri ents, say soil experts. How ever, since both liquid and dry fertilizers generally do an equally good Job. cost and ease of handling are key fac tors In determining which t.vpe to use. Farm Information Given Eqqmen On Independent Organization A number of egg producer- distributors attended the in formal meeting in the Jackson county extension agent's of fice last week to discuss the new Independent Egg Distri butors, Inc. recently formed In Oregon. L. N. Surles, Medford area egg producer, and director for the new state organization Farm By GAYLORD P. GODWIN Washington - (UPD-The 1960 winter wheat crop has taken giant .strides in the direction followed by most of Its prede cessors in recent years - to ward a bigger wheat surplus The agriculture depart ments April crop suppary es timated the fall-planted crop will total 976,957,000 bushels. This Is 51,000,000 bushels above the Dec. 1 forecast, nearly 6 per cent more than the 1BS9 crop, and 17 per cent above average. If the esti mated crop materializes, it will be the fifth largest of record. The monthly report on farm labor shows 5,994,000 persons were at work on farms during the survey week of March 20- 26. This was 8 per cent less than In the 1959 survey week and marks a new low for March. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) reports the Guatemalan government has established new meat inspec tion regulations in order to export beef to the United States. Formal approval by the Agriculture Department is necessary before . shipments can begin. FAS said the wholesale price of carcass beef In Guat emala City has been averag ing 21 or 22 cents per pound. Apple pomace containing DDT or the residue of certain other pesticides is not suitable as feed for dairy animals and may not be suitable as feed for meat animals, according to the agriculture department. Investigations have shown that pesticides of long residual effect, when properly used to control apple pests, may leave residues which are within safe tolerances on fresh apples but are concentrated many times in the pomace. The use of such pomace in animal rations may result in the production of milk con taining small amounts of DDT or other pesticides. There is no tolerance for DDT or any other pesticide in milk. Meat animals fed pomace for ex tended periods may accumu late residues In their fat In excess of acceptable levels. Apple pomace is the by product of apple processing for cider or vinegar. U.S. farm exports In 1959 totaled $3,950,000,000, up 2 per cent from the $3,854,000,- 000 In 1958. Export volume was larger by 6 per cent. There were gains In exports of vegetable oils and oilseed feed grains, wheat and wheat flour, rice, animals and ani mal products, and vegetables. Declines were mostly in cot ton, but also occurred in to bacco and fruits. Instant sweet potatoes are on the way to the dinner table. Agricultural Research Service scientists already have made Instant sweet potatoes in the laboratory, but two major problems must be solved be fore packages of the vege tables reach food store shelves In bulk. These problems are process engineering and flavor stabilization. Washington (CPU A House Democrat has charged the Farmers Home Administra tion with "dragging its feet" at a time when hard-pressed farmers have the greatest need for federal loans. The Farmers Home Admin istration helps farmers fi nance homes, farm land pur chases and farm operations. Its overall loan program budget for next fiscal year, starting July 1, calls for $203, 349.000. compared with cur rent estimated spending this year of $251,385,000. Congress gave the agency $279,044,615 last fiscal year. Washington - (ITP-The agri culture department will ask hog producers - probably this week - to vaccinate their anl- male against cholera. The department will recom mend a high rate of vaccina tion, control over movement of diseased hogs, cooking of garbage fed to swine, and dis infecting of Vehicles and premises used by infected ani mals. Goods to be plentiful in May include milk and dairy products, canned freestone peaches, cranberry products, vegetables fats and oils, and scallops. and Garden explained Thursday night that this is a non-profit, voluntary, workable association designed tor all of Oregon's independ ent egg producers, distribu tors. He said he is primarily concentrating on the larger producer - distributors now, but that the oganization would include all independ ent egg producers in the state. All those desiring further in- Notes Washington - (UPD-The agri culture department estimates about two-thirds of the non farm population now gets its milk supply from farmers who operate In areas covered by federal milk marketing or ders. The orders assure dairy farmers of a minimum price for their product. The federal orders do not regulate retail prices of milk, but they do assure consumers who live In the regulated areas a steady, dependable milk supply which minimizes the possibility of wide swings in prices. As of March I, federal milk marketing orders were operat ing in 79 marketing areas. Four years ago, there were 64 marketing orders covering a little more than 40 per cent of the nonfarm population. Farmers tnemselves Initiate the orders through public hearings. The orders set up minimum prices, based on sup ply and demand and other ec onomic conditions. These minimum prices must be paid by handlers to the dairy farm ers. Washington - (UPD-The isola tion of certain meat' flavors by Agricultural Research Service scientists may have an important bearing on space travel. Aroma-bearing materials in beef and pork recently were isolated by ARS scientists. Eventually the materials may be used to enhance the flavor or certain meat cuts or to im part flavor to food concen trates being developed for space travelers. The chairman of the Re publican National committee predicts his party will make a comeback in mldwestern farm areas this year. Sen. Thurston B. Morton (R- Ky.) attacked the Democratic farm record. He declared that Democrats this year were re viving the Brannan "subsidy" plan and he charged that a farm bill sponsored by many House Democrats would make virtual serfs of American farmers. The Agriculture Depart ment reported Wednesday that butter consumption drop ped to a new all-time low of eight pounds per person in 1959. Margarine consumption, on the other hand, rose to an all-time high of more than nine pounds per person last year. Washington - (UPD - The Ag riculture ' Department said to day net farm income - a po tent election-year issue-was more than seven per cent be low the 1959 level In January and February. The drop in cash receipts was due mainly to lower farm prices. The department re ported that farm prices rose about one per cent in Janu ary and February. But In mid-February they still were about four per cent below a year earlier. Congress is preparing to reonen the old fight to break down local regulations which have the effect of keeping midwestcm milk out of major markets in some other sec tions of the country. A House Commerce Sub committee has scheduled a three-dav hearing on the issue beginning April 26. The sub- committee will consider a na tional milk sanitation bill sponsored by tiep. Lester R. Johnson (D-Wls.). Former Rep. Clifford Hope (R-Kan.), one-time chairman i of the House agriculture com mittee said he might confer with Vice President Richard M. Nixon about farm policy, j But he said he did not plan to Ret Involved in partisan politics. There have been reports re cently that Nixon was asking Hope's advice on the develop ment of a new Republican farm policy for the 1960 cam paign. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell apparently has aban doned his plans to ask Con gress this year for a minimum wage law for farm workers. United Press International has learned this decision ap parently was the result of a trade between the lobor and agriculture departments. formation or wishing to join may send a card or letter to the Mall Tribune farm editor and It will be redirected to the proper channels. Independent Egg Distribu tors is completely controlled by a board of directors elec ted from the general member ship and is administered by a general manager having centralized office to serve its members. Present manager is Ivan C. Hoyer, with offices at 252 Sixth St., Cottage Grove, Oregon. Will Assist Producers The new statewide organ ization will assist the pro ducer, or producer-distributor with marketing problems, carry on an intensive, year around, consumer informa tion, education and promo tion campaign with service rendered to the participating member. This will be scaled in direct proportion to the investment made by each in the association's operating program, Surles explained One big, vital service this new Organization will per form will be to distribute up- to-date information on egg markets to all producers or producer-distributors, Surles emphasized. The general manager will use the results of PENB re search and existing promo tional materials for regional and local situations and will also help individual produc ers with their promotion pro grams. A weekly exchange on markets will coordinate sur plus and egg shortages on a regional basis. Organization of pool cars and unloading in transit arrangements will secure freight savings for members on carton purchases. Use of printed cartons will be encouraged. The seal of quality will be the focal point for association promotions, Surles said. The seal will be used by members agreeing to rigid production standards. Other objects of the pro gram will be inception of a voluntary, sound, egg price controls and safeguards and protection of member inter ests through a sound legis lative program. Also, better relationships between eggmen through a mutual exchange of information, ideas and de velopments in markets, in meetings and by official pub lications will be fostered. Matk I " g kf gives excellent control of major insects jfc V I IN DU. YY "d ms not harm fruit. Use SEVIN yourself to get fine finish and more top quality fruit. The Scab Spray. The Combination VKn C V A C A of Protection and Eradication has IIXCA 09B YY provided superior control of Pear Scab. 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Etzel will leave Eagle Point Thursday and fly from Med-fni-rl in nnitip Irinhn where he will meet Norm Koopman, La Grande vo-ag teacher, and president of the ovata. to oothpr the turn men will drive to Salt Lake city for the re gional executive meeting of the 11 western states. The miwflni? in Salt Lake is being held primarily to plan for the national convention scheduled in Los Angeles in naKemhni. Tn fffppt. this Will be an all-vocational associa tion meeting. It will be com posed of ag teachers, trade nH industrial educators home-economics teachers and Griggs Attends Symbiot Meeting fontml Point - EH Grieas. vocational agriculture lnstruc Inr at Prntfr hieh school, at tended the seventh annual Symbiot banquet at Oregon Technical Institute, Klamath Falls, Saturday, April 9. Svmbiots are those who have taken agriculture at OTI. Griggs was initiated as an honorary Symbiot during th afternoon meeting and received a cane bearing the Symbiot insignia at tne Dan quet that evening. PrinciDal sneaker at the hnnmiet was Tir M E. Ens- minger, head of animal hus bandry, Washington State university. Dr. .Ensmlnger Is a noted livestock authority and has written many agri culture books. The various vo-ag departments in the county have some of Dr. Ens minger's books In their , li braries. Dr. Ensmlnger with Griggs and 19 other men were named hnnorarv members of Svm biots. Almond Gelss it head of the agriculture department at OTI. Minnesota researchers have been successful in eliminating silage mold by burning sulfur candles inside an air-tight plastic film covering baled hay. The candles use, up mold producing oxygen and the leftover gas acts as a- pre servatlve. ATTENTION! FRUIT GROWERS look over this list of the most com plete selection of new insecticides designed for you. Norkem Corpora tion also offers you experienced field service. The Single Insecticide that controls all major fruit peits all season long! apple maggots, cherry fruit flies. Ability to kill residual action mite control. ANTIBIOTICS ED SMITH SP 2-6151 distributive education instruc tors. Each will have their own separate group meetings, Etzel said. Discussion Items for discussion at the Salt Lake meeting in plan ning for the Los Angeles con vention will be publicity and regional displays, member ship (Oregon has 100 per cent membership), dues, with somo talk of raising dues, calendar events such as conferences and dates, exchange of ideas from state news editors, pro grams of work and the state constitution of each state, state officer orientation and duties, officer's handbook and feasibility of re-editing it and bringing It up to date. To Introduce Paper Etzel said he would also take with him a copy of "Yel low Dog" OVATA publica tion edited by Ed Griggs, Crater high school vocational agriculture teacher. This pub lication has received consider able favorable comment from vo-ag teachers of this and other states. - Meanwhile, the Eagle Point FFA chapter is planning an annual parent-son banquet for 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 10, in the Eagle Point grade school gymnasium. The pro gram will Include awards and foundation awards plus the . Safeway ' initial Greenhand award. Honorary chapter farmer degrees will be con ferred on several adults in the community, Dennti Wood, state FFA pesident, will be guest speaker. Wood was state FFA Pub lic speech contest winner and will give a speech in Salt Lake City Monday when the western regional FFA speak er will be selected to compete in the national FFA conven- . tion in Kansas City. Oregon has always placed first or sec ond in the regional. Last year ; it placed second and the pre vious year was first in the western regional contest and . won the national public st. 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