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.c : O Gold Hill Dairy Herd Tops List According to DHIA April Records Cows owned bv filenn and Eana Chase, Gold Hill, topped the average butter fat produc tion for April with 46.2 pounds, according to the Jack on County Dairy Herd Im provement association. The 24 cow Chase herd had three dry cows when tested and produced 1,146 pound milk average for April. Other top herds were Rogue Val Holstein farm, Eagle Point, 14 cows, one dry cow, 1,197 average milk produc tion, and 45.0 average pounds of butlerfat; Gilmah's Dairy farm, Medford, 97 cows, 7 dry, 1.080, and 43.2; Agate Dairy, Central Point, 20 cows, none dry, 1,083, and 43.1; Straus Brothers, Gold Hill, 127 cows, 17 dry, 1,039, and 43.1. Biiterling Has Top Cow R. R. Bitterling, Eagle Point, had the top cow for the month and placed two others in the 10 top cows' list. Bit terling's Friskie produced 2. 046 pounds of milk. 126.9 pounds of butterfat for 77 days in milking. Bitterling'i Stale Farm Prices Reported Steady Compared To U.S. Corvallis - Oregon farm prices held steady in April, in contrast to national farm prices which moved up a notch. However, farm prices in the state still stand nearly 5 per cent above a year ago and the highest for any April since 1953, reported Mrs. El vera Horrell, Oregon State college economist. The farm price index in the state held unchanged. An up turn in prices farmers re ceived for their crops was off set by a downturn in prices they received for livestock and livestock products, Mrs. Horrell found as she studied reports from the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Across the nation, farm prices climbed as prices on eggs, potatoes, hogs, corn, and cotton turned upward. Only partially offsetting these in creases were lower prices on milk, strawberries, oranges, and some vegetables. As a re sult, national farm prices stand I per cent above April 1959. Farmers' Costs Climb Costs of things farmers use also moved up during the month to another new all time high, Mrs. Horrell said. The index of prices paid by farmers for commodities and services, including interest, taxes, and farm wage rates, rose nearly one per cent dur ing the month ending April 15 to a level 1 per cent above a year earlier. With prices received and prices paid by the nation's farmers up the same amount during April, farm product purchasing power held un changed last month. This left the parity ratio the government's yardstick for measuring the relation ship between prices received and prices paid by farmers at 80 last month, the same as a month earlier but 2 points below April of a year ago, Mrs. Horrell added. A patent has been awarded for a combination cigaret lighter and miniature camera. BOMB Inmvii Lm I QiamQ work to tv wirk BoWntolk, Aietnto'l "tit iMty tractor, "tig lrto,- fcamrM od "unA knetot" (Botncy and economy. Tops h pe.tim.imce, J ""I eeouok far a M to eotrote. Vene Mofk Omm mm mthmf Sp . mmm j, JS M-Seoeee AMuAeiiatl let I m r. Cweee end WWy Terfa Wf DiAtONSTILATt m yr lawn or gardtnl BIG Y FEED & SEED CO. 19 H. Poeific Highwoy - Phent SP 3-3160 Vi produced 1.749 pounds of milk, 96.2 pounds of butterfat for 56 days in milking. Bitter ling's Countess produced 2. 091 pounds of milk. 92 pounds butterfat for 29 days in milk ing. The Straus Brothers, Gold Hill, placed cows in second, third, fourth and fifth places. Cow No. 58 produced 2.325 pounds of milk. 107 pounds of butterfat for "0 days in milk ing. Cow No. 55 produced 2 - Soil Moisture Study Grant Given To OSC Corvallis -A new research tool that could help agricul tural scientists solve some of Oregon's irrigation and ferti lization problems is being de veloped at the Oregon State college agricultural experi ment station. 'the new project will try to work out ways to keep con stant amounts of moisture in soil being used in irrigation and plant-growth research, re ports Dr. John W. Wolfe. OSC agricultural engineer. The project is being supported by a S17.500 grant from the Na tional Science foundation. Agricultural scientists like to keep everything that can affect their experiments at a set level, Wolte explained. At present, however, experimen tal plants have to be watered at intervals, and the amount of water in the soil around the plants varies from day to day. Tries New Method Wolfe has been experiment ing with a method that uses a stream of air to carry water vapor into pots of soil. By carefully regulating the flow of air, temperature, and pres sure, he found it was possible to get the water vapor to con dense onto soil particles. The new research will try to develop equipment and techniques that will use this method to supply moisture to potted experimental plants at the same rate they use it, Wolfe said. This would give agricultural research scien tists a way to keep a constant amount of moisture spread uniformly through soil being used in their experiments. Such a method of supplying moisture to experimental plants could help agricultural scientists develop better meth ods of predicting and timing irrigation needs, as well as making possible expanded ba sic research on how plants use water to carry on their life processes. Governors Urged To Form Council Seatlle-OIPD - Western gov ernors were urged Monday to form an interstate council' to promote greater industrial de velopment. Washington Gov. Albert D. Roscllini called for a western council for economic develop ment during his welcoming remarks at the 1960 western governor's conference open ing session. "Perhaps of all the factors affecting the West, none binds us more closely together than our need for economic growth," said the host gov ernor. RIDE-A-MATIC TRACTOR TW SttanUi- F4w POST Year-round utility for only $rjnoo 542' Eeey ftnt puymum J 160 pounds of milk. 101 pounds of butterfat for 74 days of milking; Cow No. 15 produced 2.328 pounds of milk. 97 8 pounds of butterfat in 48 days of milking. Cow No. 57 produced 2.304 pounds of milk. 96 8 pounds of butter fat for 33 days in milking. Other top ranking cows and their owners are: Clover lawn Guernsey Farm, Med ford, Big Rose, 1,866 pounds of milk, 93.3 pounds of butter fat, for 34 days in milking; Harry Dunn and Sons, Cen tral Point. Holly Faye, 1.896 pounds of milk, 91.0 pounds of butterfat, for 32 days in milk ing. State's Hunting Grounds Draw Vet Salem-Oregon's attractions to hunters induced Dr. Rich ard W. Elliott to pull up roots from his home town, Ypsi lanti, Michigan, and come to work for the state. "I've been as far west as Montana and British Colum bia to hunt and have always wanted to be in Oregon so I could hunt here." he revealed upon arrival in Salem. Along with Dr. E. L. Reed of Pensacola, Fla., Dr. Elliott is a newcomer to the veteri nary staff of the state depart ment of agriculture. Dr. Elliott, in private prac tice 22 years in Ypsilanti af ter graduation from Ontario Veterinary College, will be assigned later to a district as assistant slate veterinarian in animal disease control. Dr. Reed, a Florida prac titioner for 10 years and a meat inspector during army service, will shortly be as signed as a district veterinary meat inspector. He received his DVM degree at the Au burn, Alabama, veterinary college. Families of both men (El liott's includes three children and Reed's four) will arrive in Oregon after schools close. Woodland Meeting Planned For Eugene The newly formed Oregon Small Woodland association will hold its first meeting at 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 18, in the courthouse annex in Eugene, according to Duane L. Hatoh, Lane county exten sion agent. Purpose of the newly form ed association is chiefly to study problems of manage ment and improvement of small forested tracts suitable for tree farming. Other purposes are dissem ination 'of information on establishment, growth, har vesting and marketing of for est crops produced, educating and informing the landowners and public regarding small woodland management prob lems and promoting protec tion of growing trees and de velopment of better forestry methods and practices, to serve as a forum in recom mending problem solutions and improving forest manage ment, harvesting and market ing, and to represent owners of small woodlands before legislative bo "-s and admin istrative agencies. "All owners of small wood lands, from one to 5,000 acres are invited to attend the first general meeting and are urged to become members," said Hatch. "A great need has. been felt for such an associ ation in which the smaller owners will have representa tion in legislative matters such as timber taxation, and for the general purpose of furthering knowledge of prop er forest management and practices for smaller owners.' The first meeting will be devoted to a study and discus sion of timber taxation, Hatch said. This is most important for those who will grow trees for the future. A panel will consist of Dean Ellis, chair man of the state tax commis sion, Paul Linlger, tax expert of the industrial forestry as sociation, and Verne Bron son, of the new Small Wood land association. Eligibility Explained Any owner of forest lands from one acre to 5.000 acres is eligible for voting mem bership in the association. Owners of more than 5,000 acres of forest land whose In terests and problems are pri marily those of concern to Wakefield Drapery Recemmend Your Attendance at . . MtDFOKD ACTIVt CLUI'S "ACTIVE VARIETIES'7 Saturday, Day 21 Search Still On For Historical Century Farms Salem - The Oregon Histor ical Society and the state de partment of agriculture are conducting their third annual Century Farm program this year. This will honor a new crop of families whose contin uous Oregon farming activity extends back to 1860 or ear lier. The program will climax with an assist from the Ore gon State fair and the award ceremonies on the fairgrounds Tuesday, Sept. 6. Plans for the final celebration were made recently at a conference of leaders of the three organ izations. Two years ago, the program found 354 Oregon families with century or better farm ing records; last year, 44 Cen tury Farmers were enrolled. Of the 398 so far. only three farms are east of the Cascades. The sponsors are hopeful that this year will see some entries from other eastern Oregon counties. The lag in representation from east of the mountains is natural for, as every school child will recount, the early migrations to Oregon concen trated in the western part of the state - particularly in the Willamette valley. Blank Available Application blanks for Cen tury Farm honors are avail able in the offices of county judges who again are being in vited to make the final deter mination of eligibility. Their cooperation has been a decid ed asset to the program, inas much as the county judges have at their command the records of farm ownerships from the beginning. All applications will be sub mitted to the state department of agriculture for preliminary screening and then relayed to the county judges. All 1960 applications for Century Farm honors must be in the hands of the department at Salem on or before July 5. small owners may be admit ted to vot'ng membership upon special application and approval by the board of di rectors. Any persons not owning forest land but interested in the objectives of the associ ation may become a support ing member by making appli cation and payment of such dues as the board may estab lish. Any person, firm, or cor poration not eligible for vot ing membership but owning forest land or interested in furthering the objectives of the association may become a supporting member upon ap proval of the board and pay ment of dues or contributions to further the aims and ob jectives of the association, Hatch explained. Grain Export Continues Heavy Salem - Slightly more' than 600 carloads of wheat and bar ley from Montana rolled into Portland terminals in April to swell Oregon grain receipts to 9.5 million bushels. A short hundred cars of other grains from states east of the Rocky mountains also moved in by rail. Truck and barge movement of grain, respectively one and two millionbushels, were at about the same levels as in March. Export shipments for April surpassed 7.5 million bushels, or roughly 80 per cent of the arrivals, according to the rec ords of T. Ralph Harry, grain inspection division chief for the state department of agri culture. On a ship basis, the export loadings accounted for about full cargoes. This brings the total export from Oregon since the first of the year to 83 cargoes. Inspections at branch points -Pendleton, Astoria and Merrill-were mixed, with Astoria movement down and in creases in the other two. Modern gasoline has suf ficient energy to propel an automobile 450 miles to the gallon it power losses by friction and wind resistance could somehow be eliminated. 7:20 pm. Medford High School Aadltorium Farm Washington - L PI. - An Ag ricultur?.! Research or vice study shows that life insur ance companies hold a larger share of farm mortgages than any institutional lender. ARS faid that as of Jan. 1. 1959. farm mortgages owned by life insurance companies amounted $2,661,00U,OOU. This represented 23 6 per cent of the outstanding farm mortgage debt. Agriculture Secretary Era T. Benson has called atten tion to National Soil Steward ship Week, May 22 to 2(1. and urged participation of all cit izens because of th import ance of soil and water re sources to the nation s wel fare. Soil Stewardship Week, sponsored by the National As sociation of Soil Conservation Districts and various national church organizations, begins on Rural Life Sunday, May 22, and continues through the next Sunday. Washington -il'Pli-The Rural Electrification Administration is in the midst of a week-long observance of its silver anni versary. Exhibits denoting the suc cess of this 25-, ear-old gov ernment lending agency fill the big patio of the agricul ture department's administra tion building. There is the model of an all electric home, in which heat is supplied by electricity. Also, there is the model of the first atomic power plant to be built on an REA-financed system. And there is ample evidence showing how electricity has been brought to rural com munities since the REA was established by executive or der on May 11, 1935. The agriculture department said in response to questions about the status of 2.4-D for the control of weeds, there has been no withdrawl of its registrations for uses of this chemical. The chemical has been used widely for weed control for many years. Registrations given under provisions of the federal insecticide, fungicide., and rodenticide for the use of 2,4-D are supported by broad experience and research con ducted by public and private institutions, the department said. It added that the labels for registered products contain instructions and adequate pre cautions for use to protect the public. As in the case of other agricultural chemicals, the de partment said, studies are be ing continued on the use of 2,4-D for the control of weeds in pastures, forage, and field crops. Washington-(UPIl-The Agri culture Department said to day the farm share of the consumer's dollar rose one cent lo a total of 38 cenls in the first quarter of 1960. This was the first increase in the quarterly average since the January - March, 1958. Even with the increase, the farm share of the food dollar in the first quarter still was one cent below a year ago. From the first quarter of 1958 to the fourth quarter of 1959, the farm share dropped from 42 cents to 37 cents, de clining in nearly every quar ter. The farm share of the food dollar is based on the money spent for domestic farm foods. Washington-IUPD-The Ag riculture Department predict ed today retail food prices will rise seasonally in the near future, but probably will av erage close to those of a year ae. Toiil supplies of fond will be about as large this spring as they were a year ago, the department said in its pub lication. The National Food Situation." The demand for food will continue strong. The department predicted BIG EXPENSES AHEAD? Places to go, things to buy! When there just isnl enough money to go around, arrange an instal ment loan at HFC. America's oldest and largest company specializing in instalment cash loans has the experience to help you with any money prob-lem-quickly and courteously. You can borrow up to $1500 and take up to 24 months to repay, Visit I1RT OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd few It U 7 U00.-I) tsS.30Titei.iars Fri-Obue Sal o Notes consumers will have a little rr.rc1 r.:r r. the fev months than in mid-1959, in cluding more beef and lamb, hut less pork. Last summer pork supplies were unusually large for the time of year. Washington-ilPt- The Agri culture Department said to day U.S. farm exports moved overseas at a record rate in quantity and at a near-record rale in value during the first nine months of fiscal year liltiO. Agricultural exports for the July-March period totaled S3, 40tl.0llo.0ti0 in the current fis cal year. This was 21 per cent above the $2,800,000,000 val-! ne in the corresponding per iod a year earlier and only 6 per cent short of the record S3.60(l,0(HI.0OO in the July March. 195(1-57. Quantity of exports was 25 per cent larger in the period this year over a year earlier. Precipitation April precipitation and run off failed to improve material ly the I960 water outlook in me rann siaies, accornmg to Floyd E. Dominy, commis - sioner of the bureau of recla- mation. He said many recla mation projects will be forced to draw on cyclical or hold over water stored from previ ous years to bring crops to maturity. "Very heavy depletions of holdover storage are in pros pect in the Pacific Northwest region, where the May 1 field reports describe the outlook as only fair," Dummy said. "Precipitation duripg the last third of April consider ably reduced irrigation re quirements in California Cen tral Valley, but the regional director continues to predict a second dry season and ad ditional drawdown of cyclical storage in that area." For other regions of the West, Dominy said, the water outlook ranged from good, good to fair, poor, and excel lent. More Producers Need Egg Permit Salem - Producer compli ance with the new egg dealer permit feature of the Oregon egg law is falling short of field findings which in spectors continue to uncover The slate department of agriculture once again urges producers who sell eggs to re tailers, eating houses or food manufacturers to apply for the stale permit or license. It is available either through the Salem headquarters or Portland brnach office. "Our egg inspectors are still finding eggs in retail stores that have on the cartons names of producers who do not have a stale egg dealer permit," reports W. E. Up shaw, Portland branch man ager in charge of the egg en forcement program. The producer is exempt from the license if his sales are lal made to consumers or to licensed dealers. Some re tailers are so licensed; if a licensed retailer buys from producers upgraded eggs and grades and labels them, the producer is exempt from the license. So far, the department has simply notified producers of violations to gain cooperation. "The idea of going to court to gain compliance with this law is unpleasant and it is our hope that producers who have not done so will apply for the permit," Upshaw says. Man Found Guilty By Klamath Jury I cuit Court Jury has convicted J Michael Joseph of manslaugh ter in connection with the fa-! tal shooting Sept. 20 of Okicj Richards on a ranch near Chilnquin. or phone HFC today. . . where 2 million folks a year borrow confidently. Life tnturnnce at group rale it available on all loan Floor-SPrlng 3-5301 Garden Notes ELM LEAF BEETLES Home gardeners who have had trouble in past years with soon. These pests first become noticeable lo the home gard - oner when the leaves start turning brown and the tree takes on a sickly appearance. Trouble starts when the black and yellow striped emerge from the ground in the spring and start feeding on the leaves. Soon clusters of bright yellow eggs appear on the undersides of the leaves and hatch into greenish yel low worms which cat the green portion off the leaf leaving only a clear iilainent. Later in the summer the home owner may notice the adult beetles crawling down the tree trunk and gathering in clusters at the base of the tree. Since there are several broods a year, damage starts early and continues until fail frost. Control for elm leaf beellcs consists of spraying the tree with two pounds DDT and two pounds of Malathinn per 100 gallons of water. Orriin- : anly one spray containing i these materials annliert riur j ing the first part of May will prevent serious beetle dam- age to elms for the remainder of the season. Occasionally where infestations are severe a second spray is needed. This should be applied only if a buildup of beetles is noted. OAK LEAF MINOR Home owners who have had trouble with oak leaf minor should spray for the control of this pest as soon as possible. While oaks are particularly susceptible to attack by leaf minor which causes leaves to turn brown and fall during the summertime. Trees which are severely affected by this pest take on an overall sickly i appearance and partially de foliate, i A combination spray using Malathion plus DDT is used for controlling oak leaf minor, i aphids and other pesls on oaks at this time of year. Four i pounds each of DDT and Mal athion per 100 gallons of wa ter should be used and the trees sprayed thoroughly. NIXON APPOINTS AIDE Washington-luril-Vice Prcs-1 ident Richard M. Nixon has appointed Stanley E. McCnf- frye, Berkeley, Calif., as his executive assistant. McCaf frey, vice president of the University of California, is a boyhood friend of Nixon. One woman out of six over the age of 25 will have enter ed college classrooms by 1980, against only one in eight In 1850. Rocket Fenc Controller Weed Cutter $21.45 Guaranteed Five Years Thor 200 Battery Type HI. 45 UNICO FREEZERS 21.5 Cu. 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He is awaiting credentials beetles'10 leave June 7 for his two- month assignment in the So viet Union. At least one member has health insurance in about 73 per cent of all American families. Thanks, To all the many friends of the Medford Y.M.C.A., who gave so generously of their time and possessions for the 1960 "Y" Auction. The use of these funds will be directed towards extending our youth programs. Due to your enthusiastic sup port the 1960 Auction was the most successful of the 10 year history. Sincere Appreciation, A. L. "Tex" NASH Y.M.C.A. Auction Chairman An Arrow Keeps the (see page lousey look SPECIALS OF THE MONTH Special A V SP 3-4081 MAIL TlUVt MteYord, Or. Tu.U.r, My 17, 140 Court Refuse To Reconsider Spy Cos Washington -Wti- The Su preme Court refused Monday to reconsider its decision up. holding the espionage convic tion of Col. Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, Soviet spy who cloaked his activities by posing as a Brooklyn photographer. 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