MAIL TRItUNI, M.dford, Or.
Tywfir, April 26, 1e0
Caster Instructs
Vo-Ag Students
In Swine Raising
By DELMAH SMITH
t Crater FFA Reporter
. Central Point-John Caster,
president of the Crater Fu
ture Farmers of America
chapter is instructing Agri
culture 1 students in begin
ning swine production.
John is considering a col
lege course in agriculture edu
cation and hopes this course
will help him decide on his
career for college next fall.
, The fledgling instructor's
-swins production course will
be taught for two weeks. Fol
lowing established teaching
procedure in the Crater high
vo-ag calsses, John has mim
'eographed course outlines for
each student. He obtained his
'Information from the various
'agricultural reference books,
experiment station bulletins
and current agriculture pe
riodicals. He typed his own
stencils for the outlines later
presented to 25 students.
Caster will be master of
'ceremonies at the annual Cra
'ter parent and son banquet
'which will be held Thursday
evening, April 28. Approxi
' mately 3450 guests are expect.
' ed to attend the banquet.
Barnes Teaches Also
Caster isn't the only stu
dent teacher in Crater vo-ag
classes. Last year Allen
Barnes taught a class of Ag.
2 students a unit in agricul
ture mathematics. Allen is
currently enrolled at South
ern Oregon college. He holds
the state farmer degree and
was last year's chapter presi
dent. Former members of the
Crater FFA enrolled in agri
culture education at Oregon
State college in Corvallls are
Bob Eldon, Don Johnson,
Ralph Simon and Mike Red
mond. When they graduate
these young men will be eli
gible to accept positions as vo
cational agriculture instruct
ors In high school.
Haymaking can now be a
one-man operation, reports an
implement company. The
farm equipment maker says
mechanical loading of bales
in the field and moving them
into storage with a new kind
of elevator-conveyor system
make it possible.
Ha
DON'T GAMBLE
with your
fruit profits
: 'PEARS should bo protected from nttark by mites. This
; job can be turned over to Ivklthank the extra-safe,
; easy-to-use miticide. An idea! time to clean out a mite
. potential is in the first cover spray. To clean out the
tops of trees where spray rigs may not give good cover
age, a Kelthank 4 percent dust is effective. You'll
like tho safety and long-residual action of Kelthanb
J. . . plus it ability to control all species of mites which
attack pears with a minimum number of applications.
'Ask your supplier for Kelthanb now.
ksiriMNI is a truJinurk, Rtf. VS Pal. OS in pnimpjj ,H,r.j, mmirin.
KELTHANE
Farm
General Gardening Tips Outlined
By Rogue Valley Nurserymen's Group
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
For Rogue Valley Nurserymen
And Growers Association
April-Spring is here for
sure now, and us gardeners
have to step lively in, order
to keep up with things. With
Easter out of the way, the
orchard healing season about
to an end (we hope) I would
like to point out a few
plants, and some of the cul
ture, in the line of general
gardening.
It should be safe now to
start setting out your gerani
ums, providing you continue
to listen to the frost warning,
and cover if the key station
temperature will be 32 de
grees or less.
For geraniums, make use
of heavy soil. For best results
feed regularly every month
through growing season with
a good organic food, such
as liquinox. Feed leaves as
well as roots and your plants
will look better, and will
bloom better.
Now, is also the time to
set out salvias, ageratum,
Heliotrope, Lantanas, Abuti
lon and others, also keeping
the frost In mind. However,
you will not have to worry
about frost as far as petunias,
snap dragons, and of course
all the small perenials, are
concerned.
Now for some special fea
tures in the small home gar
den. Avoid having all sections
of your garden look alike.
Treat each section and plant
ing differently from the oth
ers. The result can be helped
along considerably by what
ever additional work has to
be done after the grading,
lawn, drive, walks and lot
line plantings.
Perenial and so-called naray
flower borders add a great
deal and I will take them
up separately in articles to
follow. A little formal gar
den that can be laid out in
almost endless variety of
designs is always attractive.
Then there is the rose garden
and the water garden or pool
which can be made quite a
feature. The rear of your
residence can often be made
to look even better than the
front and often is used more
than any other part of the
grounds.
A few specimen conifers
are almost always in place
somewhere. Rustic or concrete
ChtnimU for Agritullurt
ROHM HAAS
COMPANY
WASHINGTON 10UARC, fHIUDHrHIA S, M,
and Garden
benches may be used. The
rockery can be made in end
less shapes to harmonize with
the surroundings. An attrac
tive garden from small plants
flowers and vegetables alike,
to large shrubs and trees
gives a great feeling of sat
isfaction. To keep your plants always
looking well and doing well,
start a fertilizing program,
using a good organic feed. As
1 mentioned at the first of
this article, feeding your
plants each month, will be
less costly, and the results
will be much greater. While
we are on the subject of plant
ing, let me remind you of
SOC Student
To Germany
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NANCY SHAVER Pn again.
SOC Student in IFYE
Program
April 15, 1960
Aboard the Seven Seas
Greentings from the Seven Seas:
Here we are aboard the German ship, the Seven Seas
bound for a seven months stay
Farm Youth Exchange delegates
of orientation in Washington, D.C. Now, we are on our way
to live with farm families in different countries. I have
been assigned to Germany and since this is a German ship,
I am getting help ir, studying German.
This year Oregon will have IFYE delegates. They are
Ron Andcregg, Vernonia, delegate to Italy in June; M.
Shirley Frakes, Bend, to Sweden in April; Jim McKinley,
Adrian, to Jordan in September; and myself, Nancy Shaver,
Molalla, to Germany.
IFYE delegates live at
ten host families in one foreign country. We each live as
family member. I will share a collection of slides of Oregon
people, scenery, animals, crops, and buildings such as my
church, school and home. My
busy recording my experiences which I will show through
out Oregon when I return In December.
How are IFYE delegates selected? Interested young people
who are single, aged 20 to 30,
application through the county
also be interested in people and
ing the language, geography, history, economics, and soci
ology of the assigned country and the United States. The
applications are studied by a committee of six persons at
Oregon State college. They
selected candidate's records are
Washington, D.C. whose job it
and assign the delegate a country.
Lives on Farm
I live on a farm in the Willamette Valley near Molalla.
I've had 4-H projects of sheep
years of cooking and sewing.
IFYE delegate I was attending Southern Oregon college maj
oring in elementary education.
The International Farm Youth Exchange is a program
involving delegates of countries on all continents. It is spon
sored and supervised by the National 4-H Foundation, U. S.
department of State, department of agriculture, and the
Cooperative Extension Service. It is financed by 4-H clubs,
young men and women's groups, rural organizations, service
clubs, foundations, individuals, and business and industrial
firms. In Oregon, the Bankers' association helps a great deal
with IFYE program.
This is a program to promote understanding between
people, so 1 will be glad to give names and addresses of
any clubs, families, or Individuals in the U.S. to similar
groups or indviduals In Germany. If there are any ques
tions that I might be able to answer, I would be glad to hear
them. I can't promise a personal reply, I'll be kept busy,
but I will try to put answers in my reports. You may write
me In care of Herr Karl H. Gebbers, Postfach BML, Bonn 12,
Germany.
Sincerely,
Nancy Shaver.
Ryegrass Grower
Salem - A referendum In
which ryegrass growers will
determine whether they want
to form the Oregon Ryegrass
Growers Seed Commission
will be held May 2 through
14.
The slate department of ag
riculture called the referen
dum and announces balloting
will be by mail. Only grow
ers who registered with the
department in the 20-dny pe
riod ending April 18 will be
eligible to vote.
Mailed ballots must be post
marked not later than mid
night Saturday. May 14. Or
growers may deposit ballots
during the referendum period
with the county extension
agents at Eugene. Albany, Sa
lem, Corvallis, Dallas or Mc
Minnville. All ballots will be mailed
by May 2. Any registered
grower who fails to get one
should so advice Paul T. Row
ell, market development chief
for the state department of
agriculture at Salem.
Ryegrass growers petition-;
cd the department last Janu
ary to create a self-help com
mission to advance their in-
Hustrv. tlmirini! tullim-cd and;
on basis of favorable cntl- i
deciduous trees, shade, nut,
fruit etc. They must be plant
ed right away. They are now
coming out of the dormant
stages. To wait any longer
may result in the tree loss
Generally, the deadline for
moving these trees is April
1. However, this season being
cool and cloudy gives us
little more time. Most of the
nurseries now, are planting
these dorman trees in boxes
and cans, which will enable
you to move them out of sea.
son. However, for large shade
tree with large roots, it is
impractical to plant in con
tainers. They must be moved
while they are still dormant.
En Route
for IFYE
Editor's Note: This is the
first in a series of letters
from Nancy Shaver, educa
tion major at Southern Ore
gon college in Ashland. She
is visiting farm families in
West Germany for seven
months as part of the In
national Farm Youth Ex
change program. According
to a pamphlet issued by
IFY the program is a peo
ple to people program. It
grew from the desire of
young people after World
War II to make sure such
destruction could never hap-
in Europe. The International
have just finished two weeks
different times, with six and
new slide camera is already
with farm background make
extension office. They must
willing to spend time study
interview the applicants. The
studied by a committee in
is to make the final decision
and dairy animals and a few
Until I began preparing as an
Vole Set May 2
ment at four hearings the
department decided to put the
proposal to a grower vote.
Virtually all the nation's
ryegrass seed is produced in
Oregon.
Under the commission ap
proach to marketing and crop
position betterment, all grow
ers support the program
through a nominal lax levied
against sales.
The petition specified that
nine producer members and
2 handler members should
be appointed to the commis
sion, if created, including 4
producer members and one
handler member from Linn
county, where at least 80 per
cent ot the crop is produced.
WEEDY
Grain Fields?
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Education Plan
On Ag Chemicals
Backed by Dept.
By GAYLORD P. GODWIN
United Press International
Washington - Some months
ago, the Agriculture depart
ment called for "an intensi
fied education program" to
insure the proper use of
chemicals in foods.
This education program was
mentioned in Secretary of Ag
riculture Ezra Taft Benson's
"Chemicals and Food" state
ment Jan. 14 in which he
said the food supply in the
United States is the "safest,
cleanest, and most wholesome
in the world." He added that
the department "intends to
continue and Intensify its ef
forts to insure that American
consumers get the food they
need and want, in adequate
quantities at a reasonable
price, and that these foods
continue to meet the highest
standard of nutritional qual
ity and wholesomeness. It
strongly endorses the safe use
of carefully tested chemicals
as required to maintain the
excellence, variety, and econ
omy of the foods we eat."
The Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) promptly be
gan work on the education
program. Already ARS has
published three leaflets deal
ing with chemicals in foods.
Leaflets Have Theme
The central theme in each
leaflet is, "it pays to use chem
icals safely." This department
axion is followed by the ad
monition, "always read and
follow instructions on the
label."
Department Leaflet No. 470
was addressed to "Mr. Field
Crops Producer." No. 471 to
"Mr. Fruits and Vegetable
Producer." No. 472 bore the
salutation, "Mr. Livestock
Producer."
"As a modern farmer, you
count on pesticides and oth
er farm chemicals to aid in
your operations," the depart
ment said to the field crops
farmer. "These chemicals
benefit both you and your
customers by helping to as
sure the high quality-and
adequate quantity-of the na
tion's food and feed supplies.
Then followed the state
ment that "chemicals cut
costs by reducing losses and
by increasing production ef
ficiency." Without a protective spray
or dust, a growing crop can
be wiped out by insects or dis
ease, the department said.
Even a crop in storage often
is not safe without protective
chemicals.
"By using chemical weed
killers you can sometimes
eliminate the need for more
costly farming operations,
such as hand hoeing of cotton
or cultivation of corn," the
department advised.
The leaflet to the fruit and
vegetable producer was sim
ilar to that for field crop
farmers.
The message to the livestock
producer advised that "avoid
ing harmful residues in ani
mals you raise is your respon
sibility."
Restriction Off
On Vaccine
Salem - The state rUnart..
ment of agriculture has re
moved Its restrictions nn the
use by Oregon poultrymen of
live virus infectious bronchi
tis vaccine and has also
amended its regulation nn
dairy products plants. Both
orders Became effective April
13.
Under the vaccina nrHnr
written approval from the de
partment is no longer needed
for the use or sale of this
vaccine.
The reoeal was cupffestprl
by the department's poultry
advisory committee which
points out, among other
things, that policing of vac
cine Importations is Impossi
ble without burdensome and
wasteful exDense. It also
doubted the legality of pre
venting an owner from pro
tecting his flocks against so
universal a poultry disease, j
ine changes In dairy plant j
regulations are in line with l
recent amendments to the !
fluid milk code. Copies of
the orders are available from
the slate dcoartment of ecfri.
culture, Salem. :
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MARKET NEWS
Red Bluff Livestock Auction Report, Tuesday, April 19, I960
CATTLE: Salable 923. including 12u pair itock cows with calves at side.
Balance of supply chiefly slaughter cows and stocker and feeder
steers and calves. Compared last Tusday: stocker and feeder classes
fully steady slaughter cows steady to weak, easiness confined to
Canner and Cutter grades.
SlaughLr cows: Few head youthful Commercial and odd Standard
grade 118 60-19.10; Utility and low-Commercial 119 50-18 00; Cutter
to low-Utility S14. 10-16. 10. Canncrs 12 00-13.60, occasional "sheila"
and kinds in doubtful health $10.60-11.80.
SUuihter calves: Few head Good 270-370 lbs. S25.10-23.70, couple
Utility S14.23-1S.90.
Stocker and feeder steers: Good and Choice 360-930 lbs $29.00-30 00,
Including 33 head 930 lbs. at $29 .50: one head lot 587 lbs. $27 00.
and 10 head 808 lbs. $25.70; Medium to mostly Good 430-675 lbs.
$23.10-27.10; scattered head 780-1130 lbs. $23 80-24 40; Common
stockers and calves 18 23-20.73. Including 12 head 565 lb. Holsteins
at $18.90.
Stocker and feeder heifers: Few lots mostly Good 225-371 lbs. $26.10
27.10. 8 at $85.00 per head; few Medium $23.40-23.10, Common 490
685 lbs., $18.10-21.00.
Stock cows: Medium to mostly Good cows with calves at side
$107.00-236.00 per set, Medium $165.00-181.00 per set. Common
$137.50-159.00. One 11 head lot Medium and Good 800 lb. stock
cows $15.60 per cwt.
Veal calves: (Prices by head): scattered head in Cull and Utility
flesh S9.00-26.0O.
HOGS: Salable 8. Receipts too small to test trend. Six head Good 48
lbs. feeder pigs $18.60. 2 head 125 lbs. Sli.co.
SHEF.I'; Salable 13. Individual Choice spring slaughter lambs $2100;
12 head lot Utility and Good fresh shorn slaughter ewes $3.60.
Water Losses Eased
By Lining
By BOB LONZWAY
Work Unit Conservationist
Water losses from 20 per
cent to 80 per cent are com
mon in many irrigation
ditches and canals in this
area.
These losses have long been
a problem with farmers and
groups of farmers. The Sams
Valley-Beagle Soil Conserva
tion district with technical
help from the U. S. Soil Con
servation Service has suggest
ed lining ditches as a solu
tion. Lining with concrete has
given the best results. Con
crete lining has been applied
as either gunite, shotcrete, or
hand-placed, placed with ful
lerform or has taken the
shape of a pipe.
The success of any lining
has been and will be the base
preparation and construction
control. Each job should be
evaluated as to the type of
lining to use for a conserva
tion practice of quality for
successful performance. Each
method of lining has definite
merits depending upon the
site problems encountered.
Cast Important
The initial cast is very im
portant in determining a sys
tem of lining to install equal
ly important and more so,
over a period of time in the
maintenance required and the
expected life span of the job.
Conservation practices are
eligible for federal cost share
from the ASC. In general, a
cost share of 50 per cent of
the cost is made on eligible
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practices to farmers and
ranchers.
The Sams Valley - Beagle
Soil Conservation district or
ganized in 1951. It covers,
roughly, the northern half of
Jackson county. The primary
goals of the district are soil,
water and plant conservation
practices with farmers, ranch
ers and woodland owners in
the district.
The annual district report
for 1959 points out help on
375 individual conservation
practices and six operation
plans with groups was ap
plied with help from the Soil
Conservation Service.
Medusa-Head Rye
Threatening Range
Salem - Medusa-head rye
grass, a weed of range lands,
poses an increasing threat to
eastern Oregon range lands,
reports George Moose, assist
ant plant chief, state depart
ment of agriculture.
He says the history of this
weed pest in neighboring Ida-ho-where
it spread from one
acre to nearly a million acres
of land in 16 years-should
serve as an impetus for con
trol studies in Oregon.
Moose says several agen
cies and groups, including the
Bureau of Land Manage
ment, the county extension
agents, and county weed con
trol supervisors have report
ed increasing infestations in
Oregon's range country.
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Dairy Industry
Rebounds After
5-Year Decline
Corvallis-Oregon's dairy in
dustry appears to be on the
rebound after five years of
declining milk production, re
ports Stephen C. Marks, ex
tension agricultural economist
at Oregon State College.
Milk production in the state
turned upward the second hakf
of 1959, but not enough to
keep the annual total from
falling slightly behind that
of the previous year, Marks
found as he studied reports
from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. As a result, last
year's output of milk ended
6 million pounds below that
of 1958.
This year, however, Ore
gon's milk flow is running 4
per cent above that produced
during the first quarter of
1959, Marks said. And last
month's output increased at
a faster rate than last year
and topped that of March,
1959, by fully 4 per cent.
This change in milk produc
tion apparently reflects the
increase in number of milk
cows reported in the state last
year, Marks added.
Production of manufactur
ed dairy products is also on
the upswing in the state,
Marks found. During January,
the latest month for which
information is available, out
puts of creamery butter,
cheese, ar.d ice cream were
ail larger than a year earlier.
Oregon's dairy factories pro
duced 13 per cent more Amer
ican cheese, churned 7 per
cent more butter, and turned
out 2 per cent more ice cream.
Meanwhile, prices received
by Oregon dairymen for all
milk sold wholesale last
month went down about a
nickel from that of February
-but farmers still received 20
cents more per hundred
pounds than in March of last
year. This price advantage
was partially offset in the Wil
lamette Valley, and perhaps
in other areas, by higher costs
for alfalfa hay.
National milk production
was also reported on the up
swing. Total March produc
tion was up 1 per cent over
that of February, and only
unfavorable weather in the
major dairy regions prevented
a more pronounced gain,
Marks said.
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...Including alfalfa, red clover, birdsfoot trefoil, aliike and ladino clover)
also poai. Butoxono hoi boon widoly feil.d and proved highly effective.
Butoxono Is applied as a ipray in seedling or establiihed crops. Chock
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Albany Plant To
Cur Down Odor
Albany-ltlPD-Western Kraft
Corp. said today It would in
stall new equipment at its
Albany pulp and paper mill
to cut down the odor.
Officials said the new
equipment should be In full
operation in early July. It will
bring Western Kraft's odor
control investment at the Al
bany plant to $250,000.
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