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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
TUESDAY. JUNE 21, I960" -
Overemphasis on Disunity
Concerns U.S. Grange Head
Washington - (VPti-Herschel
D. Newsom, master of the
national Grange, is concern
ed over what he terms "an
over - emphasis on disunity
among farm organizations.
Newsom insists t h e re is
more agreement than dis
agreement among the four
major national farm organiza
lions - the Grange, American
Farm Bureau Federation, Na
tional Farmers Union, and
National Council of Farmer
Cooperatives,
A recent issue of the
Grange Farm Reporter, an of
ficial publication of the or
ganization, told of a series of
joint meetings of top officials
of the major farm groups
These officials "met for a full
day at a joint session
there was no publicity ... no
fanfare . . . just another of
three or four times a year
meetings that have been go
ing on for years."
"There was complete agree
ment on objectives, the
Farm Reporter said, "on bol
stering farm income, on ex
panding markets, on strength
ening agricultural research,
on building a better public
understanding of facts about
farmers and farming, and on
cooperation in working for
attainment of those objec
tives.
"There are differences, of
course, but these are chiefly
over methods and programs
for achieving goals on which
all are agreed. But even on
that there is far more agree
ment than is generally sup
posed - and more agreement
than there is disagreement.
In a letter to this column,
Newsom said there are some
"very vigorous" differences
among the farm groups in
matter of price support poli
cies and legislative structure.
Have Definite Differences
"Actually, there is no point
to disputing the fact that we
have some rather definite dif
ferences in whether govern
ment has a role to fill in this
Inspection History
Given in Booklet
Salcm-"Let' Look at the
Record . . . Again", a 38-year
review of the federal-state
shipping point inspection
service in Oregon, has just
been issued by the state de
partment of agriculture.
Much of the historical ma
terial was written by W. L.
Close, federal supervisor at
tached to the Oregon service
since July 1, 1926.
In the booklet, J. F. Short,
present director of agricul
ture, recounts raising pota
toes in the pre-SPI days and
his contacts as a buyer-shipper
when the service was inau
gurated here. He credits "The
great boost official inspection
gave to the industry" with
expanded markets which
'benefited the economy of the
entire state '.
The department at Salem
has a limited number of the
booklets for distribution.
Notify ASC Office
Of Farm Sales
The County A.S.C. office
should be notified whenever
farm land which involves an
acreage allotment or a conser
vation reserve contract is
bought or sold, Harry Martin
of that office said today.
There are certain regula
tions concerning the combina
tion and division of farms
which must be carried out
whenever land with acreage
allotments changes hands. No
tification of the county office
will enable the necessary
changes to be made on office
records.
In many cases, Martin said,
it is even better if the A.S.C.
office can be consulted before
the farm real estate deal is
closed. This may prevent later
misunderstandings as to how
allotments or conservation re
serve contracts may be affected.
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category," Newson said, "and
if so, how it should be filled.
"On the other hand, the ex
tent to which this fact has
been emphasized and the ex
tent to which the very sub
stantial areas of agreement,
which do exist, have gone un
noticed or at least unreported
from time to time, has given
me grave concern, because of
the fact that some people
seem to think there is no re
sponsibility on anybody's
shoulders for failing to im
prove the legislative struc-
Guernsey Cattle
Rate Top Sellers
In Six Auctions
Peterborough, N.1I. - The
results of six spring auction
sales indicate an excellent de
mand for registered Guernsey
dairy cattle, according to the
American Guernsey Cattle
club here.
Fresh on the heels of three
May sales - the Langwatcr,
Flying Horse and Ontario
Classic - where 246 head sold
for $351,300, an average of
$1,211 per head, have come
three established early-June
sales where another 122 head
of registered Guernseys sold
for $147,155, an average of
$1,206.
The latest three sales were
the 29th Eastern Guernsey
sale, June 3, at Woodacrcs
Farm, Princeton, N.J.; the
35th Guernsey sale, June 4,
also at Woodacrcs; and the
12th McDonald Farms sale, at
the farm, Cortland, N.Y.,
June 6.
At the Eastern, 42 Guern
seys sold for $30,920, an aver
age of $736.19 per head. Top
of the sale and high female
was the cow Glcngeran For
tune's Cecilia, consigned by
Ideal Guernsey Farms, Au
gusta, N.J., and purchased by
J. E. and J. G. Bowden, Horn
Lake, Miss., fur $2,100. Top
bull was Chcdco Sweetbriar's
King, consigned by C. E. Col
ting, Berlin, Mass., and pur
chased by Art Winters, Wa-
pato, Wash., for $725.
The Guernsey sale saw an
other 42 registered Guernseys
sell for $66,860, an average of
$1,591.90. High bull and anl
mal was Gayoso View Top
Command, consigned by J. E.
and J. G. Bowden, Horn Lake,
Miss., and purchased by Cur-
tlss Breeding Service, Gary,
III., for $10,000.
Bulls Top Sale
The next three tops of the
Guernsey Sale were all bulls
Dumar Farm Bonanza
Lucky, consigned by George
W. Snyder, St. Johns, Pa.,
and purchased by James Can
yon Ranch, Genoa, Nev., for
$6,000; Chedco Actor's Pre
mier, consigned by C. E. Cot
ting Berlin, Mass., and pur
chased by Carl Jenkins, Peru,
Ind., for $5,100, and Lake
Louise Patsy's Prince, con
signed by Raymond Gocring
er, Dallas, Pa., and purchased
by Evergreen Northwest
Breeders asociation, Burling
ton, Wash., for $3,900.
High female of the Guern
sey Sale was Ideal's Supe
rior's Betsy, consigned by Ja
cob Tunis, Augusta, N. J., and
purchased by Charles Bolton.
West Salem, Ohio, for $3,600.
At the McDonald Farm's
Sale, 38 head of registered
Guernseys sold for $49,375,
an average of $1,299.34 per
head.
Top bull and animal wus
McDonald Farm's Jolly Dic
tator, consigned by Cornell
University and purchased by
James Canyon Ranch, Genoa,
Nev., for $2,800. High female
was Hanover Hill Marlene,
consigned by Henry I. Cliris
tal, Yorktown Heights, N. Y.,
and purchased by Western
Glow Farms, Bow, Wash., for
$2,550.
In the six spring registered
Guernsey sales mentioned
above, 368 head sold for just
under half a million dollars,
an average of $1,354 per head.
8121
ture, agricultural income
wise, except on the part of
the farm organizations - all
of them simply because they
do not reach unanimous ac
cord. "This, of course, is plain
poppycock.
"I am sure that you agree
that the department of agri
culture must accept some re
sponsibility. I suspect that you
would agree that the members
of our agricultural commit
tees and the congress as a
whole are not completely ex
empt from some responsibili
ty." The Farm Reporter said
that "differences over meth
ods have been magnified in
the public mind out of all pro
portion, while little publicity
has been given to areas of
agreement and cooperation."
Shows Wide Interests
The Grange publication said
that the agenda of the recent
joint meeting was an example
of the wide field of common
interest covered by the farm
groups. The discussions were
harmonious and constructive,
the Farm Reporter said. It
added that progress toward a
greater understanding and co
operation was made in a free
exchange of views on each of
those nine topics: (1) How
can we stop or slow down the
uptrend in farm costs? (2)
Farmers' interests in grain
storage rates. (3) Develop
ment of a farm chemicals
regulation front. (4) Report of
farm organizations' public re
1 a 1 1 o n s subcommittee. (5)
Building better public under
standing of need for long
range farm land use adjust
ment. (6) Future trend and im
plications of part-time farm
ing. (7) Better federal statis
tics for different kinds of
farms within aggregates. (8)
Implications of European ec
onomic community (common
market) to future U.S. farm
exports to that area. (9) Tol
erance limits and inspection
of U.S. farm exports.
Sheep Losses 455
In First Quarter,
Reports Ag. Dept.
Salem - Farmers reported
predators took almost 500
head of livestock in the first
three months of this year.
These losses included 495
sheep, 2 goats and 21 calves
worth more than $8,000 on
basis of grade animals. They
should not be construed as
the total farm losses as they
are only those reported to of
ficial predator hunters.
In addition, predators in
vaded farms to destroy 103
chickens, turkeys, geese and
ducks,
Douglas county sheep grow
ers were victims of the heav
iest depredations, with 93
sheep and lambs lost in that
county. Dogs killed 71 of the
total and coyotes destroyed
17. Bobcats and raccoons were
other raiders in the Douglas
picture.
Second high farm animal
losses were posted in Coos
county, with 69 sheep lost,
chiefly to coyotes.
Hunters Report
These farm livestock losses
arc compiled from reports of
the field cooperative hunters
working under Melvin D.
Smith, Portland, district agent
of the federal predator and
rodent control program.
On the other side of the
picture, destruction of wild
animals in the predator con
trol operations during April
alone were greater than farm
losses in the first quarter.
says the state department of
agriculture. In April, hunters
accounted for a kill of 838
predators, including 608 coy
otes, 126 bobcats, 9 bears,
and 95 foxes. Nuisance ani-
mals taken added 198 more.
including 94 porcupines, 19
badgers, 38 skunks and 47
raccoons.
Harney topped the list In
the April catches with 47
coyotes and 23 bobcats turned
in by John W. Wharton and
Russell L. Zink, the hunters
serving that county.
Grain Export Said
Near Record for May
Salem-With May export of
grain from Oregon reaching
25 cargoes, overseas ship
ments for the first five
months- of 1960 totaled 108
shiploads or 43 full cargoes
ahead of the same 1959 pe
riod. Each cargo represents
about one-third million
bushels.
T. Ralph Harry, state de
partment of agriculture grain '
division chief, snya the May
export movement ii not far j
from the record for a single
month. It bests the January, I
I960, near-record monthly i
movement by two cargoes. '
While the May outflow of j
wheat from Oregon was about :
a million pounds more than j
in April, the wheat movement j
Into the Portland terminal!;
was down to 8.8 million
bushels from April'! 9.3 mil- j
lion bushels. I
CHIT CHAT
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
As the cities push their tentacles out into the county in
the form of suburbs, the city people grab some of the help
the country people have been getting.
Such a helper is the county agent. Recently we. spent
two hours traveling around with one of the local county
agents as he checked some tree troubles in Medford. Such
work takes a lot of time-time that could be spent with
vegetable growers or fruit growers. However, the city
residents also pay the taxes which pay the county agent's
salaries and naturally feel they have a claim on some of
his time. The question is how much?
One stop we made showed some stately elms, some with
the limbs bare of foliage. A careful examination showed
the one in the worst condition was on the edge ot a drive
way. This, the county agent explained, would cut nourish
ment off from one side of the tree. Futher examination
showed the ground dry with a large crop of weeds. A
white patch showed under one limb. The county agent
recommended fertilizing and watering and digging holes 18
inches deep some distance from one trunk. By digging the
holes deep the fertilizer could be applied without burning
the lawn, he suggested.
We made another stop at a home dwarfed by two large
oak trees at its entrance. The woman of the house com
plained that the tree seemed dead. Careful carving on the
trunk next to the ground showed a felty white layer of fun
gus. The agent explained nothing could be done for the
tree since this was an advance stage of oak root fungus. He
advised cutting it down.
It would seem that a large oak tree might leave a big
empty space in front of this home, but the county agent
advised the woman she wouldn't miss it in a few weeks.
In an aside, we were told that too many people want to
plant big trees around their homes. Trouble is so many
of these larger trees like elms are susceptible to various
diseases and bug infestations. The new landscaping trend
is to the smaller tree.
We were interested to learn that the big, old apple, or
pear trees are not considered suitable for backyard gardens
now. These trees like the commercial ones require numer
ous sprays to keep them healthy. The dwarf varieties have
been found much easier for homeowner to spray or prune
and also produce all the fruit one family can use when
planted in sufficient numbers.
Another stop was to examine some evergreen bushes and
fruit trees. A line of fruit trees ran along the edge of a
gravelled driveway. Right away the county agent asked
if soil stcrilant had been used to kill weeds on the driveway.
This could have affected the
mending fertilizer for the trees, the agent turned to the
evergreens. Careful examination showed the shrubs were
brown in the center. Further examination showed small
crystals of fertilizer on the leaves. The housewife was cau
tioned against throwing the chemical directly on the shrub.
"We spend a lot of time on this sort of thing," the county
agent said. "We don't always have time to run out and
examine the trees. Most of the time we can give directions
by phone to take care of the problem."
This is a big problem to the county agents. Primarily
they are supposed to be the farmers' advisors, but they are
getting more and more calls from the backyard gardeners.
And what do you do? Can you say sorry, but we only help
the farmers?
On another subject what with all the shifting around
the last few months In the state department of agriculture,
somebody there is bound to
called the Salem Shuffle.
Not long ago districts covered by different state brand
inspectors were rearranged. Now J. F. Short, director for
the state department of agriculture, has arranged for the
state veterinarian to report
more to come, apparently. According to the official release,
This will place the state meat inspection and livestock
disease control programs close to the director pending
completion of Short's general
the entire department."
This removes the veterinary services section from su
pervision of the division of animal industry. And at the
same time it eliminates the position of assistant chief of the
animal division. Apparently it is merely an elimination of
a position and not aimed at eliminating a person, according
to the communique. Seeing as how this is in the animal in
dustry section we can say aptly this is cutting some of the
fat off the hog.
A regular meeting of the
called for Friday, June 24, 1960
imagine a few other changes
Another possible change
two livestock officers on full
ease control, respectively, to
the division chief. This would bring another change. It
would mean redistricting the
districts instead of the four, as we see it. Apparently the
state vet and the division chief would set up the law en
forcement program and assign portions of that program to
the livestock officers in the various districts affected. This
would eliminate statewide travel of the two livestock offi
cers mentioned.
Regardless of whether this temporary status of the vet
erinarian section is permanent or temporary or is changed
back to the way it used to was, the state's veterinarians will
have taken yet another step
professional status. The vets apparently feel they should
have a state organization like the medical profession along
with similiar status and recognition. We have outstanding
vets in the Rogue valley who
tion they can get. We don t know the other vets in the state
but we imagine the same thing applies to them.
There has been considerable
agricultural committee about
here. So an article In the June
ing dumped on this country
should be interesting to many
San Mateo county officials
Australian ship SS Delfino
beaches of 50 dead sheep that
ous two days. The supervising sanitarian for the county
health department said SO carcasses had floated ashore and
more could be seen in the ocean.
The Delfino brought a
Francisco last Tuesday from
5,800 sheep died on the voyage
Well that's one problem the
don't have. However, County
being a veteran sheepman should be able to cope with such
a problem.
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trees he said. After recom
come out with a new dance
directly to him. And there is
study on the organization "of
state board of agriculture Is
in the director's office. We
of policy will be announced.
may be reassignment of the
time meat inspection and dis
districts under supervision of
state into six livestock officer
toward recognition of their
deserve every bit of recogni
talk at meetings of the county
imported Australian sheep be-
14 San Francisco Chronicle
and possible effects on prices
valley farmers.
planned on June 13 to bill the
for the cost of clearing the
have washed ashore tiie previ
load of 25.000 sheep to San
Australia. Her officers said
and were thrown overoard
country court and sanitarian
Commissioner Chet Wendt
Prunes Show Gain
As State Industry;
Varieties Tested
Corvallis-Prunes (or plums,
if you prefer the term), al
ready a-52,000-ton industry in
Oregon, are becoming more
popular and new varieties be
ing tested at Oregon State col
lege will bring more profits
for growers and better tasting
fruit for consumers, reports
Dr. Quentin Zielinski, Oregon
Mate college horticulturist
The Italian variety has long
Deen a mainstay of the Ore
gon prune industry. But it
has certain disadvantages,
Zielinski says. To overcome
these, OSC scientists have
been looking for sweet prunes
that ripen early, are fungus
resistant, with firm flesh eas
ily freed from the stone, and
containing lots of suger and
little water.
In the current issue of the
OSC agricultural experiment
station s research magazine
"Oregon's Agricultural Prog
ress," Zielinski reports that
many of the 75 varieties test
ed produce delicious prunes
Some of the more outstand
ing ones probably will grow
in popularity.
Names to watch for
elude: Merton, Parson, Stan
ley, Miller Sweet, Milton Ear
ly Italian, Richard Early Hal
ian, Brooks, Noble, Moyer
Perfecto, Imperial, and Ed
wards. Different characteris
tics of these prunes mean
some of them are better for
canning than drying or eating
fresh, and vice versa. Dr. Wil
liam Sistrunk, OSC food tech
nologist, is in charge of eval
uating the new varieties for
processing characteristics.
OSC test orchards are in
Benton, Hood River, Wasco,
Umatilla and Malheur coun
ties. Prune varieties also are
being tested by cooperating
growers in all prune growing
areas of the state.
Copies of "Oregon's Agri
cultural Progress" are free on
request to Oregonians. Re
quests for the current issue
or to be placed on the regular
mailing list should be sent to
the bulletin clerk at OSC,
Corvallis.
WATERED DOWN VERSION
London ' (UPU - Actress Adri
enne Corri, asked to describe
the difference between Brit
ish and continental version of
a movie bubble bath scene,
gave this explanatoin; "For
the continental version they
just took some water out of
the bath."
BLAMES READING
Columbia, S. C. - IUPII - Dr.
Robert L. Sumwalt, president
of the University of South
Carolina, told an education
conference Monday that many
college students fail in their
studies because of "underde
veloped" reading ability.
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Lots of Strawberries
For the Table Now
Housewives will have plen
ty of strawberries for the
table this season, but they
may be smaller than usual,
according to the few local
strawberry growers in the
valley.
Usual local price is 30 cents
a box, however, some of the
local fruit stands are selling
them at four boxes for $1. The
berries are sweet, perhaps
sweeter than the usually larg
er berries produced here, and
have a good color. A cool,
moist weather early in the
growing season held the ber
ries down on size. However,
local growers estimate they
will average 5 tons an acre
compared to last year's bump
er crop of 7 tons an acre.
One grower remarked with
a grin that local berries came
on the market before those
in the Lebanon area. A Leba
non delegation was in the
Expiration Noted
On Some Contracts
, Chairman Albert Straus of
the Jackson County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Con
servation committee announc
ed that conservation reserve
contracts which expire in
1960 or later years are no
longer eligible to be extended
for an additional period of
years.
Previously, contracts enter
ed into for five years or less
have been eligible for exten
sion up to the maximum of
10 years upon application
filed with the county A.S.C.
committee at any time before
the original expiration date.
Straus said the extension of
contracts is being stopped at
this time because of the fact
that extension of a contract
has the same effect as a new
contract and would require
the expenditure of additional
conservation reserve funds.
Under present legislation, no
new conservation reserve con
tracts may be entered into.
The only exception to the
cut-off on extensions is in the
case of contracts calling for
tree-planting for which seed
lings are not available. Such
contracts must be extended
one year for each year seed
lings are unavailable.
Straus said the present rul
ing has no effect on the per
iod of existing contracts.
These will continue in ac
cordance with contract terms.
Only 10 per cent of U. S.
milk production was sold as
cream in 1959, the USDA re
ports. The other 90 per cent
was sold as whole milk.
Milk output per cow is up
again. April 1 reports from
the USDA show a nationwide
increase of 2 per cent per cow
over April 1 of last year.
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Rogue valley not long ago
buying berries for their an
nual strawberry festival.
Growers in the Willamette
valley area were hoping for
good harvest weather to get
off a possible bumper crop
quickly. Now, according to
OSC reports, they have had
nearly ideal - weather condi
tions. Whether they have had
sufficient pickers is some
thing else.
Opening growers prices
have been posted by several
large processors at the same
figure as last year's season
average. A few Oregon proc
essors have posted a 13 cent
grower price. This is for
stemmed berries delivered to
processor or receiving station.
One large processor is offer
ing a completely new deal to
growers this year. A 13 cent
cash price on a delivered day
to day basis was given, but
growers have a choice be-
tween taking the daily cash
price or the California 1960
season average price for proc
essing strawberries, to be an
nounced by USDA next De
cember, less 1 cent a pound.
Growers can start on either
basis, but they can change
from one basis to the other
only once during the season, j
If growers choose to gamble
on the California season aver-!
age price basis, the processor
will advance 12 cents a pound. !
The balance, if any, will be
paid after the California sea
son average price is deter
mined by USDA next Decem
ber. California's season aver
age for processing strawber
ries last year was 14 cents a
pound.
Current processor prices to
California growers are mostly
14 to 15 cents a pound. The
bulk of the 16 million pounds
processed through June 4 of
the current season processing
season usually extends into
December. Freezer receipts
this season through last Sat
urday were still trailing a
year earlier by more than Vi
million pounds.
Harvesting of Oregon's 1960
strawberry crop started in a
small way late two weeks
ago mainly for fresh market
delivery. Picking for process
ing also began in a light way.
If weather remains favorable,
processing volume is expect
ed to increase rapidly. Initial
pickings showed small size,
poor color and misshapen
berries. This is not unusual
considering the cold, wet
spring. Better size and qual
ity is expected as the season
progresses.
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priies galore
reportedly do not look too
vigorous. Foliage has failed to"
develop very well due to red
stele and virus damage. Other
varieties, Northwest, which
mature later than the Mar
shall, - Siletx and Shastas
appear more viforous in most
areas. The Northwest variety
has a heavy bloom and a good
fruit set is expected with fa-'
vorable weather. Yields de
pend on how well berries size
up.
Receipts of around 1,500
crates of strawberries on the'
Portland wholesale produce
market the morning of June.
8 sold from $2.75 to $3.50
per 12 pint crates. Fair qual
ity Marshalls, Shastas and.
Lassens sold at $2.75 to $3, .
while Puget Beautys cashed
at $3 to S3. 50. These prices,
are about 25 cents higher than
a year ago. California best
quality berries sold from
S3.75 to $3.85 a 12 pint bas
ket, or 85 cents to $1 higher
than a year ago.
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