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TUESDAY. JULY 5. I960 MEUfOHP MAIL TBTBTJME. MEDFOHD, OWh. ; ; ... . """CZ I'M S ''4- n HEREFORDS l y.jjrk.".' ;" " j ". .'frit """'rTT""''""'?T ; ""I ' '. ',' .- bulls owned by two California businessmen who bought tho ranch were puraded in front of the visitors ut the burn, Co-owner Bun Smith Hold expcrlmcntntlon will be a keynote of tho ranch proiiram. MAIN BABN-Part of the estimated 100 per sons on the Ciil-Orcgon Hereford Breed ers' association tour Sunday, Juno 20, enn bo seen In front of thu main barn on the Lost Mlver ranch, which bus both commer cial and brccdinit stock. Some of tho best Milk Audi) Study Approaching End, Ag Dept. Reports Snlem - An approval "In principle" of suggostcd changes In the state Grade A milk audit luw was voiced by the special Milk Audit Ad visory committee nt conclu sion of Its mcetlnit Juno 28 in Snlem. Tho committee action enmo fter a third draft of proposed revisions drawn up, at tho committee's request, by tbo state depnrtment of agrlcul ture. The committee, with Frank Hood of North Bend as chair man, represents all phases of the dairy Industry and tho three general form organi zations. Since April it has been studying ways to moke tho 1957 milk audit law moro effective. The changes upon which tho . commttteo has reached general agreement entail a complete revision of the present law for submis sion to tho legislature ' The proposals establish a declaration of policy, and guide posts, and provide for circuit court appeal If a hand ler does not agree with find ings of the deportment of agriculture as reached In Iho original audit and a re-audit. Tho committee, after some discussion, approved raising the poundage fee celling from three-fourths to one cent. The current fee Li 710th of 1 cent. E. A. Bomford Jr., milk audit supervisor for the de portment, assured Iho commitr tee the department will con tinue to operate the program t the lowest possible cost, i Another change, proposed by a processor member, would u.rltn Into the regulotlons pro- v i nn for accounting for hrlnkaue. As opproved, 2 per rmt uncxolalncd plant loss would be paid at tho mnnu facturlnu price and additional lirlnkaee would take the fluid milk price. BATHING SUITS SHRINK . New York - (UPD - Five- ounce bathing suits for girls lo replace the standard 16- ounce models aro the toxlllo industry's newest. They aro made possible by a stretclv able synthetic mntcrial so light it looks transparent when hanging on a line to dry. But against the girl's akin It turns opaque. Farm Notes Washington -ttlPD- Tho Ag-l rlculturo Deportment said to day peach and sweet cherry production would rise this year, apples would hold steady but tho ovcrull de ciduous fruit crop would fall below 1030. In reviewing the fruit situa tion as of June 1, the depart ment said some fruit crops in the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rocky Mountain area, particularly, have been cut by spring freezes. Development and harvest of curly-season fruits in the southern states and California wcro Impaired by cold, wet wealhrr during the spring. Early season prices for such new-crop fruit as peaches, plums, and apricots were somewhat above year ear lier. Tile department said the demand of consumers was ex pected to continue strong. Washington - (UPD - Farm prices plunged 'two per cent In mid-June under tho impact of a general decline. Beef cattle, potatoes, eggs, and most vegetables showed the sharpest reductions, the Agrt culture Department reported Thursday. The decline left farm prices about 2.5 per cent lower than a year ago. Farm costs also declined nearly one per cent during tho month. The decline in farm costs was not as grant as in farm prices received. Consequently, the parity ratio dropped to 79 per cent. The department plentiful foods list for July Is topped by turkeys. Other plcntifuls for the hot-weather month include ice cream, peaches summer vegetables, water melons, lemons, limes, peanut butter, and vegetable fats and oils. The department's food dis tribution division offered this "menu of the month" for July: Breakfast - chilled citrus juice, eggs, broiled fresh peach half, sausage patties, hot but tered toast, peanut butter, butter-' or margnrinc, and milk; lunch - creamed turkey on parsley - buttered noodles gorden-fresh green peas, crisp ly tossed salad with oil and vinegar dressing, assorted bread, butter or margarine milk, and fresh peach sundae; dinner - tomato Juice, bar ccucd turkey, french fried po tatoes, butter green beans, watermelon salad, hot rolls. butler or ifiargarlnc, milk, SHORT ROUTE EAST via Crater Lake Leaves Medford al 9:45 a.m. Daily Seo Crator Lake at no extra farel lowest but fares to many polnlil Save up to a day on Air Ride Trail ways Thru Buses toi BOISE, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, DENVER, DALLAS. BUS DEPOT FIFTH AND FRONT STREETS Phone SP 3-1853 ,B" -"u"'v and lemon-llmc meringue pic, The department has an nounced resumption of the egg purchase program as a means of stabilizing egg prices to producers. The purchase program was suspended in mid-May when it appeared prices had stabi lized at reasonable levels. Prices recently dropped sub stantially below the levels prevailing at the time the pro gram was suspended. Tho purchases will be of dried whole egg solids. They will be used for the school lunch program and for wel fare of needy persons and charltablo institutions. Oregon Studying Washington Idea On Self-Help Salcm-The Oregon Depart ment of Agriculture is mak ing a close study of the June 7 opinion of Judge George H. Frcesc of the Washington Superior court at Walla Walla which held the Washington agricultural enabling act to be unconstitutional. The liti gation concerned action against tho Washington Wheat commission. Tho Oregon department has been informed that the deci sion of the superior court, which comoares with the cir cuit court in Oregon, will be appealed to the Washington Supereme court. The opinion Is of interest to agricultural leaders and farmers here because some of the language of the Washing ton act parallels that of the Oregon commodity commis sion enabling act. Under the Washington act, passed In 1S55, commodity commissions or self-help farmer and grow er programs are established. Alerts Commiiiee Tho Oregon Deportment of Agriculture has alerted the legislative interim committee studying agricultural market ing agencies In Oregon to the Washington lower court s opinion and the probability of appeal. If appealed, Oregon officials are guessing, tho de cision might come during the legislative session at Salem, if not before. The Washington judge, In declaring the act unconstitu tional, held that; 1. the assess ment or levy of the commis sion is a second tax on prop erty; 2. the depositing and handling of money collected was not paid Into the stale treasury as the constitution provides; 3. the act unlawful ly delegates legislative pow er; 4. the act deals with two subject matters which are not properly expressed in tnc title (creation of commissions and delegation of Judicial powers lo tho director of ngrl ettlturo); B. tho act grants cor porate power to Hie commod ity commission; 6. as admin istered, It excludes from the tax wheat producers of less than 800 bushels; 7. it pro vides for special privileges and immunities for members of the commission; 8. it is contrary to the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution. Tho Oregon department of agriculture at Salem has a limited number of copies of tho opinion available for in terested parties. AIH NETWORK Melbourne - Australia has airline service to about 400 cities, towns and ranch Swine Field Day Slated July 12 At Oregon State Corvallls - Better use of Oregon-grown feeds and Im proved swlnc breeding and marketing systems will be key topics for the annual swlnc field day, July 12, at Oregon Stato college. Sir John Hammond, world authority on animal breeding and professor of animal hus bandry at Cambridge Univer sity, England, will be main speaker. He will discuss repro duction, growth, and carcass quality in swlnc. Sponsored by the Western Oregon Livestock association and tho OSC dairy and ani mal husbandry department, the program will open at 8:30 a.m. In Wlthycombc Hall. James B. Nance, president of the Nutlonal Swine Grow ers Council, Alamo, Tcnn., will speak on "Challenges Facing Swlnc Producers" at a noon banquet featuring bar becued pork at the Benton County Fairgrounds near Cor vallls. Tost Results Swlnc breeding systems and performance test results from experiments at Oregon's new swine testing station near Her mlston will be reported by Dr. David England, OSC ani mal husbandry scientist and general chairman for the field day program. Other OSC research reports will include a comparison of barley, corn, and milo rations for feed efficiency by Dr. J E. Oldflcld; and influence of production practices on car cass quality by Dr. W. H. Ken nick, both of the OSC dairy and animal husbandry depart ment. Enzyme treatment to improve digestibility of bar ley for swine will be discussed by L. M. Larson, OSC research fellow. Buying swine on a "live hog" basis as compared with buying on carcass grade and yield basis will be reviewed by W. C. He-.se, swine special ist for Swift and company, Chicago; and Douglas Cham bers, president of Cascade Meat company, Salem. The program will close with a 5 p.m. tour of OSC livestock research facilities and reports by staff members on current experiments. The Western Oregon Livestock as sociation also co-sponsors sheep and wool and beef cat tle days with OSC, reported Dean Frischknecht, OSC ex tension livestock specialist and association secretary. A LOT OF BULLI-This hefty Hereford was displayed at the Lost River ranch in Kla math county during the recent Cal-Oregon Hereford Breeders' association tour. Ben Smith and Eddie Bigger, both of Pasadena, Calif., bought the well-known ranch near the Lost river recently. Their main herd bull is 88 Silver Zato. Howard Miller, ranch manager for the partners, can be seen in the background to the left. Shipping Point Annual Meeting Slated July 6-7 Salcm-The annual confer ence in Klamath Falls July 6-7 of the cooperative ship ping point Inspection service will mark the end of an era In this activity of the state deportment of agriculture. Sessions will be held at the Willard hotel. It will be the last confer ence presided over by W. L. Close, federal supervisor for Oregon, whose retirement will come a few days later. Close says the annual ban quet honor the last man in the first generation of district su pervisors in Oregon, Ross Aubrey of Klamath Falls, who retired two months ago. Close has been federal-state supervisor In Oregon since July 1, 1026, and has wit nessed broad changes and great expansion In the row crop Industry of the state. Aubrey was one of the first district supervisors lo "Join up" when Close arrived to take over the young opera tion in Oregon. Officials who will partici pate in the program are J. F. Short, director of agricul ture; M. C. Erlckson, San Francisco, regional supervi sor for the federal arm of the service; and Marian D. Mur phy, who comes to Oregon from Michigan to succeed Close; and Hugh Taylor, chief of SDA's plant division. An annual highlight of the conference Is the reports of the eight district supervisors. These will cover a wide range of Items, Including crop con ditions, water supplies, new storage, new businesses in Farm Safety Week Set July 24-30; Hazards Stressed Corvallls - Stale agricul tural and educational organi zations are cooperating this year to focus attention on Na tional Farm Safety Week in Oregon, July 24 to 30, with the theme "Enjoy Farm Life Practice Safety." Safe use and handling of farm chemicals and safety in recreational and water activi ties on the farm will be stressed, reported state chair man Keith Sime, Portland, representing the Agricultural Chemicals Association. Mrs. Mabel Mack, assistant director of Oregon State Col- leee extension service and secretary for Safety Week, said information and educa tional materials have been sent to all Oregon counties to helD stress farm safety not only for the special week but for tho entire year. Accidents Expensive Accidents to farm people cost the nation an estimated $1 billion yearly, according to the National Safely council which points out that there are four times as many acci dental deaths in farming than in manufacturing. Oregon 4-H youths will take an active part in this year's program, calling attention to safety in use of chemical pes ticides through demonstra tions at county fairs and State Fair. Demonstration contests with prize money are spon sored by the Western Agricul tural Chemical association. Safety week committee members appointed by the Governor's committee on farm safety represent Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, Ore gon State Grange, State In dustrial Accident Commis sion, Pacific Northwest Hard ware and Implement associa tion, State Department of Education, Portland Imple ment and Tractor association, Oregon Association of Coop eratives, and Agricultural Chemicals association, and Oregon State College exten sion service. GARDENING TIPS By DON BERRY County Agent YELLOW-JACKET AND WASP CONTROL Yellow jackets and wasps are sometimes troublesome in the spring and summer. In spite of the fact that these insects are beneficial in that they kill and eat such pests as flics, cutworms and grubs, they are also dangerous be cause of their serious stings. The easiest way for a home owner to eliminate this dan ger is to treat the nests with an insecticide. Night is the best time to destroy a wasp nest because they are less ac tive then. Applying a Chlor- dane dust into the opening of the yellow jacket nest, or dust ing the umbrella shaped paper wasps nests found in the raft ers of the attic or the garage with a household or garden type duster generally kills the insects within 24 hours. Individual wasps entering the home can be killed with a flyswatter or a direct spray from an aerosol bomb. Treatment for wasp stings include applying an ice pack and following with a paste made of water and baking soda. People who react severe ly to wasp stings should get medical attention immediately. Washington -flJPD - An Agri culture department survey shows that average prices re ceived by farmers for feed grains have risen about 8 per cent since Deccmber-but May prices still were about 5 per cent lower than May, 1959. Corn accounted for most of the rise on an advance of 11 cents a bushel from Decem ber to May. However, the May average of $1.07 per bushel was 8 cents lower than a year ago, and 5 cents below the 1959 national average support level. BERRY PESTS One of the pests of interest to our berry growers, both commercial and backyard gar deners, are thrips. Each year we get a lot of inquiries about controlling the tiny, thread like black bugs about one sixteenth of an inch long pres ent on raspberries and boy senberries. It is not difficult to control the thrips present on the ber ries, but since they are gen erally present on many weeds, flowers, grasses and other plants, keeping a patch clean is hard because of the con stant reinfestation. Repeated sprays of Mala thion between pickings will materially reduce the thrips in a berry patch. Berries shou.J not be picked for three days after spraying, and should be washed before eat ing. WATER LAWNS With the very hot, dry weather, lawns are beginning to show the need for water. down aeep in some sous, oui surface moisture is being rap idly depleted by the grass. The need for water is indi cated by a dry, green, and often wilted, appearance of the grass where severe brown patches develop. Lawns should be watered before they become too dry. As the soil becomes drier, it becomes increasingly difficult to get it to absorb water. - Apply the water slowly to permit good absorption. Apply enough to allow moisture pen- etration to a depth of six inches or more. Test it and be sure you are getting the lawn well soaked. ncentivePaymenf! Schedule Given By EUGENE WINTERS County Agent Growers will receive wool Incentive payments of $43.20 for every $100 they received from the sale of shorn wool during the 1959 marketing year, according to Albert Straus, agricultural stabiliza tion and conservation chair man of Jackson county. The rate of 43.2 per cent, just announced by the De partment of Agriculture, rep resents the amount needed to bring average wool prices up to the previously announced incentive level of 62 cents per pound under the National Wool act. The payment rate on sales of lambs that have never been shorn to compensate for the wool on them will be 75 cents per hundredweight of live an imals sold. This payment is designed to discourage unusu al shearing of lambs before marketing. The chaiman said the coun ty ASC offices will begin mak ing payments soon after July 1. Applications for the pay ments had to be filed by April 30, and covered marketings from April 1, 1959, through March 31, 1360. To determine the wool in centive payment for an indi vidual producer, Mr. Straus explained, the rate of 43.2 per cent is applied to the dollar return the producer received for wool after paying market ing charges. This method of payment is designed to en courage producers to do a good job of marketing their wool, for the producer who gets the best possible price for his wool also gets a higher incentive payment. As approved by producers in a referendum last Septem ber, deductions of ,1 cent per B 3 Texas Woman Seeks New Maid : Dallas, Tcx.-IUPD-The lady from a fashionable section of Dallas wanted to got her maid out of jail, Sho called Detective W. S. Blggio of the Police Deport ment's special services section Monday. "I want to get her out. She has worked for me for three years," the woman told Blg gio. "Lady, we have arrested your mold," the dotectlve re plied. "But 'she' turned out to be a man dressed in wom an's clothing." : The woman Is advertising for a new maid. . COLUMNIST DIES Ne wYork - (UPD - Mrs. Martha Scery Brunjes, 61, who directed the Friend In Need Department of the New York News and wrote the News' column on collections to aid needy persons under the pen-name Sally Joy Brown, died Monday, pound from shorn wool pay ments and five cents per 100 pounds of liveweight from lamb payments will continue to be made for advertising, promotion, and related mar ket development activities on wool and lamb. ROAD OILING Hughes & Dodd Co. SP 3-4221 BUILT-IN HEAT Readsville, N.C.- OJPD-Rock- ingham Cannery Enterprises has developed a food can with a built-in heater costing only a nickel. 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