Griggs1 Vo-Ag News
Favorably Praised
Eagle Point "Old Yeller,
Oregon Vocational Agricul
ture Teacher s association
newsletter, edited by Ed
Griggs, Crater high school VO'
cational agricultural teacher,
is one of the outstanding vo
ag teachers' newsletters in the
region, if not in the nation. It
was remarked at the recent
convention in Salt Lake City
of the National Vocational
Agriculture Teacher's associa
tion. Nat Etzel, Eagle Point vo
ag instructor and vice presi
dent of OVATA, returned
Sunday from Saturday's meet
ing of the national associa
tion. He said representatives
of western states said the
newsletter edited by Griggs
is possibly the outstanding
newsletter of the nation. They
wanted to know how it is
done, and how it is organized.
One of the big problems in
putting out such a newsletter
is getting other instructors to
contribute, they remarked.
Vo - ag instructors want to
hear what other instructors
are doing and learn new ideas
but the teacher-trainers and
supervisors in the vo-ag pro
gram are the only ones who
send anything in for publica
tion.
Etzel noted that presidents
and vice presidents from all
western states except Hawaii
were present at the meeting
held at the same time that
Sen. Lynn Johnson, Texas
Democrat and presidential
candidate was in town and
-while J. C. Penney was meet
ing with chamber of com
merce officials.
The association is planning
to raise annual dues for the
national organization from
$1.50 to $3. This will enable
the organization to hire a full
time executive secretary who
can keep a close liaison with
the various officers and state
organizations. The dues raise
was unanimously supported
by the officers but the 'gen
eral membership may decide
later.
Discusses Convention
The group also discussed
the national convention sched
uled this summer for Los An
geles, how to get publicity out
and public displays to be cre
ated by each of the states.
The delegates also discus
sed service awards for past
officers and what is done in
each state to improve the FFA
calendar. .Here the Grange
Co-ops buys the calendar
which is three times the qauli
ty of the commercial calendar
and gives each boy one.
The vo-ag instructors rec
ognized the general shift of
their graduates from farming
10 allied Jobs such as agri
cultural chemical salesmen,
extension agents and field
men for feed companies. Ore
gon has not altered its pro
gram since the vo-ag instruc
tors in this state feel what
the boys are getting now will
help them considerably. How
ever, the Instruction may be
altered slightly each year to
keep up with the new trend,
Ltzel explained.
Voag teachers are concern
ed over getting out good pub
licity for agriculture, Etzel
noted. The vo-ag men spent
considerable time discussing
ways to get articles Into the
more popular magazines
pointing out the good points
of today s agriculture.
An exchange visitor pro
gram for summer conferences
may be started soon, Etzel
noted. The delegates agreed
that at least one vo-ag Instruc
tor from each state should
visit the summer conference
of the other states.
Dairy Events Set
By jersey Club
By MARY MONGOLD
Club Reporter
Eagle Point - The annual
Spring Junior Dairy Show
was discussed in detail at the
April meeting of the Rogue
River Jersey Cattle club held
recently at the Russell Palm
er home west of Grants Pass.
This year the show, alter
nating between counties, will
take place at the Josephine
County fairgrounds on May
21. Ray Kleiwer from Oregon
State college will judge. There
will be showmanship, judg
ing and demonstration con
tests with awards for the win
ners in each category. The
Rogue River Jersey Cattle
club ladies will maintain a
food booth. The proceeds of
the booth is used for further
youth activities.
Plans were formulated for
the forthcoming annual pic
nic in July of the Oregon
Jersey Cattle Club which will
be held in southern Oregon
for the first time and spon
sored by the local club.
The next meeting will be
held at the W. D. Mongold
home near Eagle Point, May
7.
More than 50 per cent of
American families take vaca
tion trips each year, accord
ing to the California State
Automobile Association.
California Eases
Cattle Quarantine
Salcm-Conslderable relaxa
tion of regulations governing
movement of Oregon cattle
into California was announced
April 12 by the California
state department of agricul
ture. In a wire to the Oregon
department, Dr. J. E. Stuart,
chief of the California de
partment's animal division,
said treatment will no longer
be required on any dairy
cattle.
From all except five coun
ties, centering around Baker
county where scab was found
earlier this year on one ani
mal brought in from an ad
joining state, beef cattle may
be shipped to California with
out prior permit and scab
treatment. The five counties
are Baker, Wallowa, Malheur,
Grant and Union. No scab has
been found in any of the
buffer area this order estab
lishes around Baker county.
California still requires a
health inspection and official
health certificate certifyin
freedom from scabies for all
cattle now permitted to enter
that state. The health certifi.
cate must be signed by either
a federal or state veterinarian
or a private veterinarian depu
tized by the Oregon depart
ment of agriculture.
This relaxation of quaran
tine requirements has come
sooner than anticipated, says
Drl A. G. Beagle, in charge
of federal veterinarians in
Oregon. He says it reflects
the confidence California of
ficials have in the prompt
action taken to control the
scab incident in Oregon.
President To Miss
Primary Election
Washington -(UPIU President
Eisenhower is not expected
to go to Gettysburg today to
vote in Pennsylvania's pri
mary election.
"I think it is extremely un
likely," White House news
secretary James C. Hagerty
said. "The President regrets
it very much but he has a lot
of work to do down here."
Eisenhower's schedule to
day included a farewell visit
from French President and
Mme. Charles de Gaulle, a
conference with Republican
congressional leaders, and a
meeting with Labor Secretary
James P. Mitchell and AFL-
CIO President George Meany.
-CHIT CHAT-
By JOI COWLEY
Mail Tribune farm Iditar
We have noticed that people of the West, particularly
Oregonians, tend to mistrust anything or anybody from the
east. Not so, Sen. John F. Kennedy, presidential candidate
from Massachusetts,
From what we saw and questions we asked response to
Kennedy was sincerely enthusiastic. The Democratic senator
has the kind of "sharp" personality which can strike sparks
of enthusiasm. When speaking here Kennedy only touched
briefly on the farm problem.
However, during our interview with him he touched on
two things which concern the Rogue Valley peargrowers, mi
grant labor and markets. His reply to our question about
the secretary of labor's recently announced policy was a
cautious one.
Migratory labor should be treated fairly, they should have
a fair wage scale and working conditions, the senator ans
wered. After reading the secretary of labor's proposal to set
migratory workers' minimum wages, a prominent Republican
peargrower said it was enough to make him a Democrat.
The lava pool resulting from
the recent eruptions oi k.1
lauea volcano in Hawaii may
take a century to cool.
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We had hoped that a delegation from the peargrowers
would have arranged to show Kennedy at least some of the
industry and its problems. Of course, the senator didn't have
much time here, but we have observed that when the pear
growers insist on attention from government officials they
usually get it.
As we drove back from Ashland Kennedy asked how the
pear industry is doing here. We quickly replied not too well.
He asked why? Everyone knows a newspaperman is no talk
ing competition to a lawyer. And here our lawyer friend In
the car jumped in and by the time he finished we were in
Medford. A peargrower might have been able to explain
It more forcefully, however.
Speaking of his farm program as a whole, briefly and
basically, Kennedy is for anything which will assure the
farmer a fair living. The basic plank In his farm platform is
a two-price plan for wheat. This, he reminded us, is a plan
supported by the national Grange. This consists of a lower
price for wheat going into feed rations than for the wheat
going into human food such as bread.
But what has been the senator's record in voting on farm
measures? He was one of the few early supporters of the
Brannan plan. He voted against limiting the maximum sup
port level for wool under direct payments program. He voted
to guarantee 80 per cent of parity support to small farmers.
In 1958 he voted for the farm price freeze bill which pre
vented any reduction in farm supports or acreage allotments
for basic commodities. He voted against the farm bill In which
price supports were not based on parity. In 1959, he support
ed an amendment to raise price supports on wheat from 75
per cent to 85 per cent of parity.
According to excerpts from his speeches, Kennedy takes !
a comprehensive, overall view of the farming problem.
"Any future farm program should assure our nation's
farms a fair share of the national net income. . . . We must
also consider the prices he pays.. We must consider, too, his
needs for power, water and small upstream projects ... his
dependence upon good roads and cheap freight rates. ... He
has made a tremendous capital Investment in his farm ,
and he wants a comparable return on that Investment. He
puts in a long, hard work-week ... he wants comparable
wages for his labor.
Oregon livestock men are concerned over the large num.
bers of sheep and beef being sent into Pacific coast ports
from New Zealand, both alive and packaged, Kennedy has
introduced legislation to give relief to producers injured by
imports and has voted for limiting imports of surplus agri
cultural commodities.. He has voted also to encourage agri
cultural research.
Kennedy has also been against limiting the terms farmers
can serve on county ag committees such as we have in Jack
son county. He believes this strengthens the committees. He
favors putting dairy farmers in charge of the federal dairy
stabilization program. He has voted also for a self-help milk
program.
The Massachusetts senator has continually boosted a co
operative movement and opposed placing additional taxes
UDon farm cooperatives. He favors and protects the Rural
Electrification Administration. If this means REA coming
into the Rogue Valley would lower our power rates we
would be all for it.
Kennedy has also voted for increased use of agricultural
products for industrial purposes. However, the experts point
out this proposal is ineffective. Usually prices paid for indus
trial uses of food products are too low to help the termers.
Also, Often a synthetic product can be used at lower prices
than the food product.
The senator has plugged consistently for the govern
ment buying of surplus foods and using them in school lunch
programs. The experts say if current surpluses cannot be
removed by realistic increases in Incomes, lower prices or
improved diets, such as school lunch programs, food stamps
and food donations will not solve the surplus problem.
County Sheepmen
Vote Wool Pool
Area Shipments
Jackson county sheepmen
at a recent meeting in the
county courthouse auditorium
voted for a wool pool pro
gram this summer, besides the
present, lamb pool.
During the meeting attend
ed by a large number of sheep
growers, 1,400 fleeces were
tentatively listed for the pool.
The growers agreed to sell
the fleeces through the pool
at an open rate. Buyers will
be contacted and will submit
bids to the pool. Bids will be
opened on June 1.
A number of growers re
marked that youngsters rais
ing sheep in the 4-H program
do not have enough to con
tribute wool to the large pool.
It was agreed that they should
bring the wool to a centrally
located place. There the com
paratively small amount of
wool will be weighed and
sacked and each owner will be
credited for the wool he or
she ships. Earle Jossy, county
extension agent, noted that it
takes 25 fleeces to fill a sack.
Those who have wool to
ship should contact Earle Jos
sy or one of the directors. Di
rectors elected were Ray Vo
gcl, Central Point; Don Boh
nert, Central Point, John Dun
lap, Delta Waters rd., Ben
Dawson, Ashland and Archie
Ferns, Fern Valley.
Grange Notes
Sams Valley Grange
A special vocal and instru
mental musical program was
presented at the last meeting
of the Sams Valley Grange.
Victor Croxton was in charge
of entertainment arrange
ments for the program.
Vocal numbers were sung
by a chorus of Sams Valley
school youngsters and accor
dion selections were provided
by Frank and Walter Fitz
gerald. The Sams Valley Grange
celebrated Its 35th annivers
ary. At this time charter
members w e'r e honored as
well as past masters of the
Grange. Emmett Nealon, Mrs.
Margret Wilson, Albert
Straus, and Elwood Abbott
were the four charter mem
bers present. S. S. Abbott was
not present.
Past masters included Al
bert Straus, Jerry Fitzgerald,
Bill Duggan, Herman Priem,
Ralph James, Charles Hocker-
smith.
Masters from other Granges
were present. They were Ben
ton Boyce of Central Point,
Orrie Moore, of Roxy Ann,
Ben Fulton of Butte Falls,
and Bob Bitterling of Eagle
Point, who is also master of
Pomona.
Tentative plans to hold a
public meeting to discuss zon
ing in the valley area are
slated for May 6 at the Grange
hall.
The next regular meeting
of the Sams Valley Grange
will be held May 14 at 8 p.m.
Parity Is a standard estab
lished by congress for deter
mining a fair balance be
tween prices farmers receive
for products they sell and fair
prices they pay tor tnings
they buy.
r.lll in shaded feedlots
gain faster than animals fed
in unshaded lots, reports the
United States department of
ntrrlpiilfur Cnnlintf hreezes
also benefit cattle, says the
USDA.
UMC Plans Tour of
Child Care Agencies
The United Medford Cm-
side campaign organization is
planning a tour of child care
agencies located in or near
Portland, according to Omar
A. Bacon, UMC public rela
tions committee chairman.
Bacon explained that ten
child care agencies receive
children from every county in
the state. They are supported
mostly through contributions
given through united funds.
The United Medford Crusade
raised $18,000 for these agen
cies. Many of the citizens here
know little or nothing about
these agencies, and questions
are often asked as to why we
should support them. Bacon
said that many children, as
well as unwed mothers, from
Jackson county are cared for
each year by these agencies.
A goal of 30 persons has
been set for the tour. If 30
make reservations, a bus will
be chartered for a trip begin
ning early Thursday, May 12
and ending Friday, May 13.
Private automobiles will be
used if fewer than 30 people
go.
Some of the firms having
large employee groups are ex
pected to authorize one or two
employees to take the tour
and underwrite their ex
penses. Any citizen who has the
time and Is interested in mak
ing the trip is welcome, Ba
con said. The approximate
cost for the trip will be $30
including transportation.
United Medford Crusade cam
paign contributions are not
used to underwrite the ex
pense of the trip for anyone.
Two years ago, a similar
tour was taken by 15 Med
ford business ben.
It is not certain just how
many of the child care agen
cies will be visited. It will
probably include Christy
school, Villa St. Rose, the Al
bertina Kerr Homes, the Wav
crly Baby Home, the Provi
dence Nursery, and the Chil
dren's Farm home.
Those interested In making
the tour are requested to call
the United Medford Crusade
office, SPring 3-4287 by Fri
day, April 29.
Actor Plans Fifth
Try at Marriage
Hollywood tUPD- Actor Her
bert Marshall, 69, took out
a marriage license Monday
for a fifth try at marriage.
Marshall and Mrs. Dee
Anne Kahmann, 38, a depart
ment store buyer, went to
the county courthouse to ob
tain the license. But they re
fused to tell reporters how
they met or when they
planned to marry.
Miss Kahmann has been
divorced twice. Marshall was
divorced three times. His
fourth wife, Boots Mallory,
died in December, 1958.
Don't expect too much im
provement when using nitro
gen fertilizer on grass, be
cause moisture conditions are
uncertain during the growing
period of the grass.
The "double-four" herring
bone milking parlor is the
best arrangement for the av
erage one-man dairy opera
tion, a recent study shows.
Feed your dairy cows in
dividually, dairy scientists
suggest.
MAIL TRIBUN1, Mtdftre. O. J
Tutid.y. April 26, 1960 A
Band Boosters to
Sell Memberships
To Raise Money
Ashland -A campaign to
raise $3,300 has been launch
ed by the Ashland High
School Band Boosters to send
the school band and a float
to this summer's Portland
Rose Festival.
Of the total, $1,800 Is need
ed to send the band and $1,
500 is required to secure a
float.
The band last year was re
stricted to performance only
in the Junior Rose Parade
since it did not have a float.
To march in the Grand Floral
Parade, the Rose Festival as
sociation requires that a band
must be accompanied by a
float.
To raise the funds, Boosters
are selling memberships at a
minimum price of $1 each.
Purchasers are entitled to at
tend all band concerts and are
allowed one vote each on se
lection of a float theme for
each dollar invested.
A statement issued by the
Boosters said they will have
"several possibilities" as
sponsors for the float.
Float themes on which
Booster members may vote
are "City of Education," "City
of Recreation," "City of Em
pire Builders," City of Hospi
tality" and City of Culture."
Voters also may suggest their
own themes.
The Boosters stressed that
the band and float could ap
pear in the Grand Floral Pa
rade of each parent of each
Ashland school student would
purchase one membership
each.
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AGIKICgj JIMS VUICU, 1U GA(.I,U ,v. .ujn,, . f " 1
chases to livestock products. However, the stockmen have
opposed this. They want to remain Independent of any gov-
ma.lA. - i A Tk.w fn.l alan that tka Anlv uav trt
sell more beef is to get out and promote it. This is something
wnicn iney are iiariing 10 uu.
Apparently farmers who voted In the Wisconsin primary
April 5 weren't too Impressed with Kennedy's farm program
and voting on farm issues. He ran far behind Humphrey's
10,218 with his 6,479 votes according to spot checks of vot
ing in 141 farm townships in 12 Wisconsin counties.
In the 31 townships with good dairy farming Kennedy
received 1,768 votes to Humphrey's 2,403 votes. In south
western Wisconsin with corn-hog and dairy, in 44 farm town
ships Kennedy received 1,932 votes compared to Humphrey's
2,595. In western Wisconsin, with good dairy farming, in 44
farm townships Kennedy received 2,239 votes, still running
behind Humphrey's 3,795. And In northern Wisconsin with
a marginal farming area, 22 farm townships checked showed
540 votes to Kennedy and 1,425 votes for Humphrey.
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However, Kennedy is all for ousting Ezra Taft Benson,
secretary of agriculture, who many of the farmers blame
for their comparatively low earnings. Both Humphrey and
Kennedy got 66 per cent of the vote northwestern Wisconsin
where 33 13 per cent of the people live on farms. Even
those areas traditionally Republican gave a wide margin to
the Democratic candidates. This may Indicate that the Grand
Old Party will be in trouble in the mldweslern farm belt.
Those people who observed the Dec. 15 election of a Re
publican congressman In Iowa's fourth district think this in
ji. .... ainiiant tmiinff irnH Thi. incidentally, might
better be called "voting tides." They change about as often
as the see tines, reace may overcome me unn promem
an issue, according to what was observed in Iowa's fourth
district. Small town businessmen are conservative. War
hurU their businesses rather than helps them - cutback on
civilian goods, etc. All four counties in the fourth district
went Republican. Three went Democratic last year.
And to answer a question by a Jackson county female Re
publican leader - We can write on politics and farm newt,
too, because there days they teem almost part and parcel.
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