TUESDAY. JULY 5. I960
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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. The can has an extra
bottom which unfolds, form
ing a tiny stove and a heat
generating tablet.
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your Savings Account
by JULY 9
Earn Interest from
JULY 1
HOMl-OWNIO STATIWID
THE UNITED STATES,A)OAl 8A Of POKTUNO Mimbir Ftdtrol 0pot Inwroflc
field and new equipment
used.
Shipping point inspections
for grade and conditions of
fresh fruits and vegetables to
June 1 this year stood at 36,
000 cars. This is 4000 under
the comparable period a year
ago, The Inspection year ends
July 1.
NEED 220-100 AMP SERVICE
LET SEARS ARRANGE INSTALLATION
AS LOW AS
$85
Nothing Down, 3 Years
To Pay On Sears
Modernizing Credit Plan
tneliidttt Service for Range, Dryer ind Hot Water Tank
Up to 30 Feet lack. Plul S Circuits.
PHONE SP 3-6661 FOR FREE ESTIMATES
and stay
healthy
AIR CONDITION !
Modern air conditioners not only keep you cool and de
humidified in summer . . . they remove nearly all outside
dust, pollen, and other irritants from the air before it gets
inside the house. An air conditioner is a real blessing for
people suffering from allergies ... makes everyone in
the family feel betterl
Sleepeat live better. . . in cool, clean air this summer
t ...AIR CONDITION I
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