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CI CD KTOTOTO MAIL TR13UNE, MEDFOHD, o -CHIT By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor The political conventions are over and the two presi dential candidate are putting the finishing touches on their platforms. A proposed farm program will be an important issue in the campaign. Although there a fewer farmers now and make up a much smaller portion of the pppulation what affects them affects every man, womarpand child who eats their products. So every voter and particularly the farmer shbuld watch and analyze farmwograms put out by Sen. John t Kennedy, Democratic presidential candidate, and Richar&M. Nixon, Republican presidential candidate. Here are a feiv questions you should ask: (1) Would the program reduce'' production of wheat without increasing production of other agricultural products? (2) Would the program provide "reasonable" income to wheat producers and stability to United States GrVicullurc? (3) Would the program provide for governmcntally set prices, or for "fi" market prices? (4) Would the program encourage "free" agriculture and be administratively f,ible, both in opera tion and in cost? (5) Would the program be applicable to all phases of United States agriculture by making modifications for different commodities, areas, and times? The farm problem which both parties will attempt to sell in free markets at prices'which cover costs of produc tion. A successful program must reduce wheat (production. Complicating the problern is fact other agricultural pro ducts are experiencing t.O same cost-price squeeze. A gov ernment prograqjj should not operate to reduce production of some products by increasing production ,ef others already plentiful and competing for the same markets. The experts predict farm production will continue to icasc at least as fast as '(IJiled Slates population. And relatively little of our land is farmed intensively as it is in the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan. q I ii0 me should be "rcaOnnblc" for those conOiercijpy wneai proaiuers operating large cnougn units iu uuii.e efficiently the rOvanccO tcch.Oloim. machinery, and equip mont alreadv used in United In other words, is farm labor the operator would receive a similaiofarm business? 0 Price ar'Qthe basic guilding force for all business! in a competitive economy. Prices determine what consumers buy. Prices of one farm product affect prices ot' ot'Qr farm products because oPthc groat interdependence within United Slates agricultural. Algj, foods are competing severely with each other. O O Government action programs ieothe United States have been established more on basis of welfare objectives than on an economic basis. So, many of them have been rijjficull to administer and have delayed adjustment's whiih fanners would possibly make voluntarily if left alone. Siich a gov ernment program should be administratively feasible, also. A lot of red-tape, record keeping and a large staff would )')l make for an efficient program. A G Several conditions indwatc government actiottopiugi ams O should recognize U. S. agricu;ire is actually one, big lood- tyrodueing plant. These are: (1) Powerful forces, physical and oconomiS, vhich affect one part of this giant food plant atfect other parts. (2) Farmers all use the same resources land0 labor, and capital for whicjj they compute among thenuSlves and witli nonfarmcrs. (3) CaiOuity of the human stomach is definitely limited So, it a person eats nioijy of one food, he caQ less of other foods. (4) If a governinefjj. program prohibits or discourages production of one crop, farmers for their own individual preservation must grow the0Tesl allonative crop. Government restrictions have shifted production, but tolal outifiU has increased. (5) A government program for selected commodities helps 9ome farmers a great deal, helps tually hurls some farmers. Suggestions for positive aclion are: (1) Determine ob jectives as a basis for national agricultural Policy. (2) De velop action-programs to attain these objectives. (3) Reduce government help gradually. This can be oQnc by announcing Jhat by a certain date all price supports, allotments, quotas, purchase, and export programs would be discontinued. (4) In crease and improve vocational training for farmers and farm youth, and expand the cmplo;Oient services to help find 'suitable employment for those who want to leave agricul ture. (5) Streiiglhei0.h'-schi.l hujeh program. (B) Strengthen educational facilities so the mffion may gain as much as possible from the latent productiveness of rural youth. (7) Eliminate legislation which fosters and encourages monopoly practices (Fair Trade Lawsp and enforce anti-trust laws migh more effectively than in the past. (8) Expand the con servation reserve portion of the soil bank progi'Qi qii po litically and economically acceptable bases to remove Quid from 9'i'odiiclion (preferably entire farms). (9) Establish a .syslein of foneflS! pC'ing not to raise prices or incomes but loP.tablilizc them and give added wcurOy O, agriculture. (10) Continue and improve state and federal marketing orders where they function satisfactorily. Here are some additional aspects of the problem: The farm business and the home are so closrly related O that farm business decisions are difficult to nurSe because thev affect family living. In other words, it involves a way of life. Large numbers of relatively unorganized, independent Individuals, producing f i (including some for their fam ilies) and able to get along on their own for some lime if necessary. Many of these farmers will continue to farm and sell their products below cost of production for awhile if they iQjy to rather than move off their farms for higher city income. Meanwhile, the products they W'odiue, consume and sell weaken markets. O Also, it is questionable how long city-dwellers will allow Olhe government to spend money to raise incomes of those who produce without relalingQutput to their markO August is tile time to build at leasl i chore-saver for next win'Q . . . Get out the paint brush . . . Keep an eye on the feeder cattle market . . . Build new grain storage if youijeed it. O ANS REMEMBER Farm production will have to double over the next 50 years, according to government economists. By the year 2010 population is expected to hit 370 million and cities d roads will take over 25 million acres of the 478 million now devoted to crop land. Prize Annguncl For Best Name Yrcka, Calif.-Polaroid pho tography equipment will be awarded as a prize for the person furnishing whit judnes consider the best name for the new Siskiyou county (air building, according to Edward B. Mathews, secretary - man ager. The fair board will award a Polaroid Land Camera Mod el 800 plus Polaroid B-C flash gun and bounce flash bracket for the new community build ing on the fair grounds. Those entering the contest should write the name they think best on a piece of paper, or a post-card, sign their name plainly and mail to name eon test, fairgrounds, Yrcka, Calif. As many names as you wish may be entered but each must be on a separate piece of pa per. In case of duplication the CHAT--- o Stall's wheat nrndurin- areas. income equal loOic wage as a hired manager o.Or.Umg -0 others only slightly, and ac winner will be chosen by a drawing. Contest deadline is Ai 14. The winner will be announced Aug. 15. The contest is open to all except employees of tile Tenth District Agricultural associa tion and their families. The new community build ing is equipped forveetings, receptions, dinners, nances or any large gathering. Mathews explained. Q Vote on Seafoods Commission Set Salem-A producer referen dum on the proposed Seafoods Commission of Oregon will be conducted from July 11 to July 23, inclusive, announces J. F. Short, director o( agriculture. This will be a mail voU. Looi Florence, Coqi with ballots to be mailed SftrGold Beach county e the state department of agri-1 agents offices. Cartons Beat Bag Shipments 01 Stale Onions Corvallis - Two Northwest farm and forest products-high quality onions and corrugated fiber cartons-may soon get to gether on the marketing scene as a result of research by Oregon State College agricul tural experiment station. Trial shipments of onions in corrugated cartons, rather than the traditional mesh bags, reached market in bet ter shape and at lower cost to the shipper, reported George B. Davis Qind Fik H. Dickmann, OSC agricul tural eeoiuisls. u Net cost to IhcQOregorf packer was less because cars could be (iyad heavily enough to J.akOacintage of lower friAa-ih rates. Onions protected by the cartons suf-fcrciQJ-acjy.rally no damage from heavy car-loading. Tests were made with two carloads of U.S. No. I "Jum- jti" onions .-ked inO!J i:Onil), Cartons and ship;Od fr0. On- (.,,! I- Mn... Vnrlf rinH A I. Quia markets. In Good SO? q Thr. Mpu York rj-TnaH ar- riveaQn "practically per feet shape, reported U.S. e;ffrt- Oment ofjagriculture special' wl exainiiQ:! tne gj:id. ilie floor 6'yiOof the Atlanta car load showed slight bruising but not cnoutti to affect grade or a'aiocc. Mesh bug shipment? have usually been mode in HO, 000 pound carloads and may su- f$ t some bruSing when load ed more heavily. The undam aged carton shipments weigh ed more than 43,000 pounds 10- each car. Davis pointed out Hot orig inal packing costs were 11 cents per hundredweight high er for boxes than for bags, but this higher cost was more than offset by lower ofreighl rates and low damagc in transit. New freight rates effcclfW last November range from SI. 85 per Hundredweight jor 40,000-pound loads from On tario to 'jew York to $2.05 per hunciredweighl fi 30,000 pound loads. - Oregon ships out more than 100 million pounds of onions a year with the sweet Spanish onions of Malheur counl.P the major variny. Cherry-Picking Machines Eyed As Cash Savers Corvallis - Tree-shaking machines simWir to those used in Oregon for a number of years for harvesting filberts and walnuts are coming on the cherry-picking scene. Four yeaiQof research witli mechanical harvesting equip ment shows cherries now picked by hand can be har viQecl mechanically half the cost and without any sac rifice in quality. The siu(ii."s (jjwerc made by U. S. Depart ment ot Agriculture anrt Michigan State university sci entists. Although results reported refer only to red tart cher- nes, lite mecuaiucw. equip ment also can be used to har- t plums, prunes, and sweet cherries, suggested A B. Rod geis. head of agricultural en gineering at 0'cgon Slate col. lege. O Michigan research workers estimate mechanical cherry harvest i' equipment and special hi iiOllina. methods may pei-mitOOn men to do the work of 33 hnndpickcrs. used in the studies included Mechanical e q u i p incut tree shakers (long booms with crab-like claws) mount ed on tractors. The claws grasp the main limbs of a tree and shake it lightly but rapidly from three to five seconds, allowing the cher ries to full into collecting can vases. The larger (lie orchard and the more ((Jjerrics per tree, the larger the savings realized jby mechanical harvesting. Mechanical shakers work fjjst on trees more titan iu years old, in which the lower patC of the jrec tre relatively open1"' The ground should be fair ly even;i factor which may hinder We of the mechanical pickers in some parts of Ore gon, Rodgers noted. - culture, Salem, not later than midnight, July 23. Two hundred commercial fishermen registered recently to vote in the referendum. The proposed commission and voting do not include Colum bia river fishermen. Any registered fisherman who docs not receive a ballot by July 11 should apply to the department at Salem or the Astoria, TillamookjpALaw- umt-Air extension Crater High Member To Attend5 Salem-Dwight James, Cra ter high school FFA chapter member, is a member of the Oregon Youth Delegation to the summer session of the American Initsitute of Coop peration at the University of California, Aug. 7 throuh 10th. The delegation- sps-R-spigJ by the AgriculauWl CwperS tive Council of Oregon, of which the Grange Co-Op here is a member, and the Oregon Vocational Agriculture Teach- State Rejects .Vitamin Request Fffim Dairy Firm Salem - The stale depart ment of agriculture has turn ed down the quest of Home Dairies comply, N a m p a, Ida., to add three more vita mins to milk sold in Oregon. The Ida;iu concern wanted vitamins 10, E and pantothe nol Op proved for Oregon sales. This company promotes a Nutri-Seal milk Qie fcaQr ing nine vitamins, six of which are legal in Oregon. Home Dairies markets i t s milk in several Oregon areas, including Ontario, Nyssa and Burns. Findings of 11' June 28 public hearing and the co elusions are contained iiothe order of the hearings officer, W. E. UpLDaw, manager of t h e department's Portland branch office. His conclusions in part: 1. Claims of th9 petitioners that the three vitamins are needed in lite diet of milk users arc far overshadowed by contradictory evidence and testimony of a long list of nutrition;!? and dairy authori ties and officials. 2. The three vitamins are in abundance in many other foQ'ls consumed by the aver age person. Moreover, "with reasonable certainty" there is a serious question that exter nal introduction of vitamins iOi.v establish an imbalance in the natural relationships of vitamins. 3. In a few special cases the need may. exist for infant feeding of vitamin B8, but this is a matter for medical advice and does not justify the department opening the gates lo use of even this vita min. 4. EQdence submitted, and particularly that of James A. Tobey, milk authority with degrees in medicine and law. homed pure milk is recog nized ... as "undeniably our most nearly perfect food" . . . tnd possesses all of the known vitamins . . . 5. FOally, the introduction of the three vitamins or any other similar ingredient, could and would seriously af fect the economic welfare of the Oregon producers and handlers of milk. On the last point, Upshaw said Oregon milk producers are "digging civep into their pockiQ" to raise $200,000 to promote milk as nature's mo; perfefff food. The petitioners, on the other hand, indirectly indicate otherwise lo the pub lic. Q n se cts RlDMALAT U . for I DUSTS LIQUIDS 0 POWdERS VEGETABLES-Any season-even within hours of harvest COTTON & TOBACCO -For insects and mites seedlinR to maturity LIVESTOCK -Flies, lice, mites -safe foSJdairy cattle STORED GRAINS-Safe for food or feed grains " FRUITS & ORNAMENTALS-For those ?? problems ' "dust only AVAILABLE AT J. JJ WJ i fi in r.nifcuim in KfiiMinmiU'i iwni Sirvin Noilhwctl Afritwllwr Sinct 191? Phone SP 17 W. 4th St. AIC Meet ers' association. James is an alternate to Dave Foote, of Crater FFA chapter, and state reporter. Other FFA youth delegates named to attend the Bergeley AIC session are Dennis Wood, M o 1 1 a 1 1 a, state president; Keith Simmons, Enterprise, vice j;sident; Loren Calkins, Scio, secrtary; Stewart Holmes, Redmond, treasurer; Steve Coleman, Gervais. Cole man was an alternate for Dave Leuthol, Tillamook, stale sentinel. About 2,000 adults and 1, 000 youth delegates from all parts of the United States and Canada are expected to attend the AIC California session chartered as a university to carry on educational work on cooperatives. This is the 32nd annual conference. q Endorsenit of a coopera tive y,guth education and ac tivities program feme last fill when Irnard J. Kirsch, Mount Angel, newly elected Oregon Council president an nounced that Dick Wilcox, Gresham, had been appointed the counc(tjs youth commits tee chairman. (.Quncil Secre tary Lee Garoian, Oregon State college, was authorized lo prepare advance plans for join aclion on the part of both youth and adult groups. Pacific Supply Cooperative, regional C o-o p wholesale, then hosled a dinner meeting of interested delegates in Port land on April 23 to meet with Howard McClarren, youth ed ucation director for the Amer ican Institute of Cooperation, Washington, D.C. A further meeting of delegates and com mittee workers followed, sponsored by Pacific in Salem on .nine 14. Allan Lee, new state head of voogUioftal nduQition oiO Oregon, handled arrange ments for the final meeting hold in the state library con ference room. Crater FFA Hits Activity Peak Central Point-Crater FSA chapter is hitting the peak in summer activities, according lo Ed Gpiggs, chapter advisor. Three livestock judging practices are being held. Fol lowing these three sessions the boys will compete in both Josephine and Jackson coun ty fairs. The three boys with the0highcsl scores at the two fairs will represent $ic chap ter at the state fair in Salem. A dairy judging contest is being held for the first time this summer, Griggs said. Fol lowing ihfpc practices partici pating chapter members will judge at the Josephine and Jackson county fairs. The three lop boys will represent the chaptci at the stale fair. Evening showmanship prac tice consists of beef, dairy, swine and sheep. The chapter has held two executive meetings this sum mer presided over by th new officers. Also, this slimmer the chap ter constructed a concession stand which it is running at the Sears and Roebuck store at the new Medford shopping center. The chapter also has a radio program over station KM ED at 4:30 p.m. every Saturday. and Mites O . I J.KJ ASSOCIATION ( 3-4061 Medford, Ore. Recordtorn Crop Due in Oregon; Other Grains Drop Corvallis - A larger corn crop, but smaller crops of other grains are forecast for Oregon this year, reports Mrs. Elvera Horrell, extension agri cultural economist at Oregon StateOCollege. The largest corn crop ever produced in the state is due for harvest this fall, Mrs. Hor rell found as she studied re ports from the U.S. depart ment of agriculture. A crop of more than 4 (million bushels is forecast, which would be 8 per cent above last year's record high and nearly 2'i times the average of the past 10 years. However, Qheat, Oregon's largest cash crop, may show a ciD of about 3 per cent compared to last year, Mrs. Horrell also found. This year's crops is forecast at about 27 million bushels. This would still be about 2$er cent above average. The state's oats 'op, ex pected to total about 7.1 mil lion bushels after rvest is over, wjll be 8 per cent be low last year and 29 per cent less than averag?. Barley pro duction is predicted to total 16 million bushels. 18 per cent less than last year but 5 per cent above average. Estimates of possible horti cultural crop output in the state are also varied, Mrs. Horrell said. Oregon's late summer potato crop is ex pcclQ! to turn out a shade be low last year, but 32 per cent above average. A0 snap beSn production second oiSV to 1058's record is in the making! The 87,600 tons expected this ye; would be up 5 per gent over last year and 29 per cent above average. Coegon leads all oth er states in sn:! bean produc tion. Unfavorable weather dur ing and foll(.ving pollination left its mark on the state's tree fruit and nut crops. Only the apple crop looks heavier this year, Mrs. Horrell said, with cherries, peaches .pears, prunes, filberts, and walnuts all expected to jjrop below la year. Nationally, crop production is expected to match lire all time high of the past two years. Acreages are down a trifle, but yields are up. Beirut-IUPh-Lebanesc PrinPj Minister - designatcSaeb Sa ain Monday night announced the formation of an 18-mcm-ber cabinet, l;,9gcst in the re public's history. A New Farm Service Compjtt Uilisfrin of Beed Crops. No Hauling Grain and Roughigts. KeWtr, More Uniform Feeds. Molasses Blending Withegt LumpaT. Frsher oFeed Right to Your Bins. You Gf All This . . . and More! Wfien Oug) New t) O Comes to TRY 1 .Oaves labor no scooping. Feed is air unloaded. 2. Eliminates long, expensiveQrips to towj 3. Saves time. Will grind and mix up to 10 tons per hour. 4. You see your feed ground and mixed right on your farm. 5. Liquid molasses "hot" blended into feed ac curately metered in any amount. 6. Uniform grinding and mixing guaranteed. 7. Grinds cobs, hay, fodder, grain, and mixes for greater feeding economy and more profit able production. 8. Scientific formulas furnished for utilizing your own grain and roughage. rj Nevada Requires Drug-Free Bees Salem - Oregon beekeepers who may move bees into Ne vada will face different re strictions this season. Thisgjif fects only bees to which drugs have been fed for prevention and control of disease. A new Nevada law requires all bees coming in from other states to be inspected and cer tified that no drugs have been fed at least six months prior to shipment to Nevada. Full details are available through the state department of agriculture at Salem. Crater Chapter Installs Officers At Melon Feed Central Point-New Crater FFA chapter officers were in iQUed at the annual chapter summer meeting and water melon feed at TouVelle Slate Park last Thursday. New officers are Don Den ning, president; Larry Ryer son, vice president; Tom White, secretary; Jim Frink, treasurer; Delmer Smith, re porter; and Tod Ca.'r, senti nel. Retiring officers are John Caster, president; Don Den ning, vice president: Don Ryan, secretary; Pete Melstad, treasurer; and Larry Ryerson, sentinel. O Alan Bray, sou of Mr. and Mrs. QVilliam (jiray, Central Point, was named outstanding frosh clQpter member and presented a bronze plaque. TQs was (t)he first time such an award was presentecP Dot Denning and Jim Frink, named the two outstanding chapter mOibcrs, recQvod plaques and will be given i exo-nse-paid trip . the na tional FFA convenlion in Kan sas City this fall. Denning was also named outstanding chap ter member for his leadership and varied FFA activities. Ted Porter, new chapter ad visor, was introduced. Porter will work with the other chap ter advisor, Ed Griggs. He was grQiuati from Oregon State college in d;yry hus bandry and recently received his master's degree in agri cultural education. Before coming to Crater bjgh school he w a herdsman at a Philo math, Ore., cattle ranch and ran an independent logging operation. After the picnic Ryan and Caster were honored at a small banquet at Kim's res taurant with the new officers and their dates and Mr. and Mrs. Porter participating. Of Your Fa,m OUR NEW BIN - 6 o Gall Sickness on Increase; Red Blood Cell Parasite (Prepared as a public service by the Oregon Vet erinary Medical Assn.) The warmer months of the year in Oregoo-from June to September-brVig with tnem the threat of a cattle and sheen disease which once af fected only a limited number of. farming areas but now seems to be growi0 into a national problem. The disease is anaplasmosis, somet-mes called gall sickness. It's marked my anemia and fever and microscopic para sites in the red blood cells. It's infectious and transmissi ble and is most severe in mature cattle. As many as 50 per cent of the affected ani mals have died in some out breaks. Symptoms vary greatly in severity and duration. A type of anaplasmosis most com mon in milk cC);es depression, high fever, dry muzzle, excessive drooling and a halt in the flow of milk. The acute form causes gen eral weakness, labored breath ing, muscular tremors 0and anemia. A clffViic form is characterized tr low-grade fever, lack of appetil thirst, and emaciation, Because these sjnfiptoms are remarkably similar to those of several other diseases, the i first step is to have animals ' checked by a veterinarian to obtain a correct diagnosis. A complement fi:'ion test has been developed by veter inary medical science which can detect carrier animals which are suspected of being the reservoir and source of infective material responsible for new outbreaks of the dis ease. 9 In some counties, the test survey recently revealed an incirynce of about 65 per cent ' reactors and suspects. Some . individual herds exceeded 90 per cent. While an effective vaccine for anaphomosis remains to be developed, the outlook for control remains encouraging, j The judicious use of blood transfusions sometimes irQ complishes dramatic improve ment. Use of antibiotics can suppress the multiplication of the parasites, save animals : and can rid carrier animals of infection. Tranquilizers arc also found effective in reduc ing stress. Sic'g animals should be iso lated Pom uninfected ani- j mals, protected from biting ; insects bythe use of sprays j an9 kept in the shade. All j handling should be with care i o as not to exert sick ani- j mals. j (Questions !)i livestock ani-i t I 3l i . .v DOOR FEED SERVICE NOTE! We Can Air-Lift Your Feed Directly to Your Bulk Bins . . . And . . , Our Daffin Mobile Unit is equipped with a powerful Mag net trPkecp metal anSnails from going into feeds. AL GRAI MOBIL FEED SERVICE TALENT, OREGON mal health topics of general interest will be answered bv the Oregon Veterinary Mfldi, cal association. QuestionsSffay be addressed to Livestock Health, Oregon Veterinary Medical Assn., care of 1500 S.W. Taylor St., Po0ind, Ore.) Toledo, Ore.-lUPll-The Georgia-Pacific Paper Co., a sub sidiary of the Georgia-Pacific Corp.. Monday formally dedi cated the newly-completed second half of its S25 million kraft paper mill here. Modern Artificial Breeding with FROZEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE Every sire proved great , . . Their daughters con sistent!) high producers with stamina for long life. 7 Beef Breeds, proved on "Rate of Gain." CALL..: P 2-4093 O- C. C. Williams ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE O f ' mm -ssiaieBif',a( r BHERS
