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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1960
AWRIGHT, LINE 'EM UPI Bill Bigham, Eagle Point 4-H of Applegate. "Uncle BUI Bigham," a veteran 4-H leader,
leader, lined up some likely looking dairy animals during Imposes exacting standards for all classes he judges, but
the Applegate pre-fair recently. From left: Bigham, Alicia is both loved and respected by the youngsters.
Elmore, Susan Head, John Emery and Adrienne Brion, all
Oregon IFYE Student Tells
Of South-Central Germany
Editor's note: Misi Nancy
Shaver, Southern Oregon
college student and Ore
gon's International Term
Youth Exchange (IFYE)
student to Germany has
been writing of her experi
ences in that country this
summer. The following let
ter was written July 29.
Herzliche grusse aus
Deutschland (Hearty greetings
from Germany):
My second host family, the
Robert Schweikart family,
lives in the south-central part
of Germany very near the
French border.
This is the warmest section
of Germany and much wine
is produced here. The land
scape in all directions has a
continuous quilt of green
made up of small fields of
grape vines. Here and there
is a vegetable garden and a
cluster of fruit trees. The land
is Tolling, rocky hills. The
vines need the warmth held
by the stones.
The Schweikart farm con
sists of eight acres of grape
vines and seven acres of hay
and garden land. The house
and farm buildings are in a
village of nearly 2,000 people,
The fields are all very small
and scattered outside the vil
lage. The closest fields are
about ten minutes away if we
walk, so often we go by car
or tractor. We are usually fin
ished in one field in two hours
or less, then we must drive to
the next. This is very ineffi-
Animals Judged on How They Match Characteristics
As the 4-H and FFA young
sters line their animals up for
judging, parents and friends
of the participants probably
wonder what the judges look
for.
Each breed of cattle, chick
ens, hogs and rabbits has its
own particular characteris
tics. Livestock is judged in
the show ring on how close
ly they match up to those par
ticular characteristics. .
; Those who attend the Jack
ton county 4-H and FFA fair
Aug. 15-20 at the fairgrounds
south of Medford will see a
lot of Hereford beef animals.
The 4-H and FFA members
have already chosen their an
imals with care.
The modern Hereford calf
should have a wide short
head with an alert eye and
wide muzzle. The neck should
be short and thick and blend
ed smoothly with the shoul
ders. The shoulders should
be smooth with ample room
between the front legs for a
wide deep chest. The heart
girth should be full and deep,
as it encloses such organs as
heart and lungs. These need
plenty of room to operate
properly.
Straight, Wide
The back should be straight
and wide. The ribs should be
well sprung and deep. The
hip should be laid in smooth
ly and the coupling between
the hip and last rib should
be short. The flank should be
deep to make a straight un
derline. The loin should be
wide and flat and the rump
should be lond and level. The
tall head should be level with
the backbone. The pin bones
should be wide apart and
level with the hip bones. The
round should be wide and
bulging, coming down deep
in the twist.
The calf should stand on
four moderately short legs,
one set out under each cor
ner of the body. The bone in
the legs should be straight
flat, and medium to heavy
in size,
When the judge starts
the. items he considers will
Include the following points
on Hereford breeding cattle:
General Conformation
For general conformation
and type the body should be
wide, compact with ribs close
together and the last rib close
to the hip. Loin should be
deep, wide and thickly cov
ered. Flanks deep top and
under lines parallel. The
rump should be long, wide,
smooth and well covered,
carrying width In proportion
to width of body and hips.
Rear quarters should be deep,
wide, muscular, mcatcd close
to hocks and bulging as view
ed from the side. The twist
should be deep and full. The
animal should have a full
smooth and well covered
shoulder slightly sloping with
a good width on top. The
bulls should have a strong
shoulder which should be
neat in females.
The flesh should be deep,
smooth and firm, yet springy
to the touch with a uniform
covering.
Broad,. Prominent
The animal's fore head
should be broad and promi
nent. Face should be short,
muzzle full and flaring, head
wide. The eyes should be
prominent, large and expres
sive. Horns of medium size,
even colored and coming from
the head at right angle, then
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curving downward and for
ward. The bull's head should
be masculine and show vigor
and strength. The female's
head should be feminine yet
short and broad.
The throat should be neat
without excessive flesh or fat
underneath. The neck should
be short, thick and blending
smoothly into the shoulder.
The neck vein should be full
and thick.
The bull's neck should be
muscular.
The overall appearance
should show constitution and
ruggedness with a full chest,
back of shoulders and deep
foreflanks. The beef animal
should have a flaring muzzle.
Quality Smothness
In makeup and fleshing the
animal should have an over
appearance of quality and
smoothness. The hide should
be moderately thick, mellow
and pliable. The hair should
be thick and silky and the
boney heavy yet clean.
Age and condition should
be considered in the size.
The Hereford breeding cat
tle should have short, straight
leg squarely placed and per
pendicular. The forearm
should be muscular and the
bone heavy but neat. From
knees and hocks to the ground
there should be short joints.
The feet should be large,
sound and attached to strong
pasterns.
The Heeford should show
a balance and blending of all
parts.
Color and markings should
be medium deep, rich red with
white head, breast, Belly,
crest, switch and ankles. Ob
jections to coloring would be
white back of crops, high on
flanks or too high on legs.
Most number of points are
cient as Frau Schweikart told
me. The farmers are working
to consolidate their land but,
this is a very slow process.
Main Income
On this farm, there are also
two cows, two pigs, and 100
chickens. The main income is
from the wine which is grown
and pressed on the farm. This
farm has been producing wine
for many centuries. The pres
ent wine cellar was built in
1721.
My first host family sold
milk, eggs, and potatoes to
people who came to the door.
This family sells wine. Usu
ally the purchaser brings his
own bottle to be filled from
one of the huge wine casks in
the cellar. The wine producer
must always put his own label
on the bottle. This must give
the type of grapes used, where
they were grown, and the
name of the producer.
The wine growers and their
neighbors In the village seem
to be the best customers. At
noon and at supper there Is
always a pitcher of wine on
the table. When they go to
work in the fields, a bottle
of diluted wine goes along to
quench the thirst. The women
don't always take wine to the
fields. Often, they take cold
peppermint tea.
Women Work
The women do work in the
fields. With this family, I
help Frau Schweikart and her
mothai:, who also lives on the
farm. I have worked in the
fields much more often than
in the house. We turned hay
by pitchfork so that it would
dry, picked strawberries, cur
rants, cherries, and worked
in the gardens and vineyards.
The cooking for the family
is done by the mother of Frau
Schweikart, Frau Muller. You
might be interested in the
food that we eat each day. I
know I am.
Most German farm families
eat five times a day. In addi
tion to the three meals-break
fast, dinner, and supper-there
is a time both morning and
afternoon for a snack of usu
ally coffee and a sandwich.
Sometimes in the afternoon
we will have something sweet
instead of sandwiches.
Average Breakfast
An average breakfast con
sists of bread, butter, jam, and
coffee with cocoa for the chil
dren. At noon the main meal
of the day is served. In some
families it is the only warm
meal in the summer. For this
meal, there are always many
potatoes, usually boiled; a let
tuce salad, some type of meat
or sausage; and perhaps, but
not always, a beverage com
pletes the meal.
Most German families have
the last meal of the day quite
late because of the break for
coffee at 3:30 or 4 p.m. About
7:30 or 8 p.m. the families
have bread, butter, wurst or
cheese, and coffee.
Really, I find the food quite
delicious. We eat the same
things here that I eat at home.
The preparation and serving
is at times different, of course.
Sometimes, I don't recognize
a vegetable or other food un
til I taste it.
FOLLOWS ADVICE Pepo Book, 5, of Austin Tex., did
as his mother said and took an umbrella when he went out
side to play. Even though completely protected from the)
rain, the umbrella did very little to keep the water from
a mud puddle off Pepo as he smiles at finding a solution
to this bit of motherly advice. ' (UPI Telephoto)
given for body characteris
tics - 19, followed by rump
and rear quarters - 12, and
constitution and ruggedness
and substance and legs - 10
each.
Fat steers are scored simi
larly.
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III YOUR STOCK PENS?
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quality, does not compact or intertwine like straw. And, the resultant
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for the land.
Special Offer . . .
The first three (3) pickups, driven by 4-H or
FFA members to present this ad at our mill on
Saturday, August 13 after 8:00 a.m. will receive
a FREE pick up load of Multi Bark.
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1 Unit (200 cu. ft.) $12.00
ViUnit (100 eu. ft.) $7.00
We load your pickup or trailer,
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. MEDFORD PRICES
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cover 2,400 iq. ft. 1 inch
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FEEDS PIGS-Curt Hnrris, Phoenix FFA Junior, leans over
one of the pens In his back yard to feed his Landracc pigs.
Some of these pigs may be seen In the Jackson County 4-H
and FFA fair next week at the fair grounds south of Med-
checklng off his score card I ford. Curt'a father, J. Allen Harris, is an active 4-H leader.
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BIG GIRLS. TOOI The older girls like
horses, too, as Susan Wright, Medford, and
Sharon O'Connors, Phoenix, both senior
4-H club members, prove. The two girls pose
with their mounts near the two-horse trailer
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which brought them to the 4-H activity.
The 4-H members are so good at their horse
manship that they attract considerable at
tention from the old calvary veterans in
the area who never miss horse show.
Let's All -Go
To
The Fair! im
PARK FRE
III DOWNTOWN MEDFORD
Park & Shop invites our Farm
Jj rf Youth to Park and Shop in
VlSr Downtown Medford. "Our City
N Welcomes You to the Fair. May
Your Year's Labor Be Crowned
with Success and Many Blue
Ribbons."
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PATRONIZE THESE PARK & SHOP MERCHANTS
Acme Hardware
Alexander & Brown
Andy's Jewelry
Anders Photo Shop
Barker's
Bell's Gifts &
Homewares
Br.iincrd's
Brophy Jewelers
Burelson'i
Burelson's Hairfashions
Burk's Awnings
Buster Brown Shoe
Store
Central Rcxall Drug
Dempster Furniture Leonard Electric Co.
Fashicmerte
First National Bank
Fosters Medical
Pharmacy
Frake & Smith
Dr. Freeburger,
Optometrist
Ginn's Flowers
Goldy & Henselman
Hadley's Medford Inc.
Home Appliance Co.
Hubbard Brothers
Jewett Office Supply
Johnston & Stewart
Karl's Shoe Stores Ltd.
Century Sporting Goods LmP' Sporting
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Chapman Jewelers
Chris The Tailor
Larson Appliance Co.
Lawrence's Jewelry
Leon's
McLain Drug Centre
Mann's Department
Store
Medford Flower Shop
Medford Pharmacy,
Inc.
Medford Plate Glass
tt Mirror Co.
Merle Norman Cos
metic Studio
Mode O'Day Shop
Montgomery Ward
Morrison's Men's Wear
J. J. Newberry Co.
Norfield Shoe Co.
John Nuich, Jewelers
Pick's Apparel
Purucker's Music
House Inc.
Rath's
Robinson Brothers
Scarlett Auto Supplies
Sewing Machine Center
Sims Cycle
& Hobby Shop
Swem's Gifts
The Toy House
Trowbridge & Flynn
U.S. Nat'l Bank
Van Lee's
Wainscott's Pharmacy
Weeks & Orr Furniture
Weisfield's Inc.
Western Auto Supply
Western Thrift
Woolworth's
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