Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 25, 1960, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text-CHIT -By JOE COWLEY ( Mail Tribune arm Editor . Farmers and ranchers should take advantage of the big ; arive lowara recreation, according to the Oct. 1 issue of the Oregon Cattleman. , , , This is true! We have thought for some time that Jack- . son .county farmers should take advantage of and get some credit for present recreation developments in the valley. r; The. editorial in the cattlemen's publication points out that iVthe basic producers receive only about 10 per cent of the ; largesse distributed by this lush outdoors trade-the remain . -Jng 90 per cent goes to the merchantmen." The editorial continues to point out how hardware and sporting goods store merchants stay open at. night and on . Sundays o they can get their "bucks" before the hunters i get theirs. There's nothing wrong with this. However, per il haps the farmers could get more direct benefit from these ! outdoorsmen by charging uniform hunting fees for use of ' their lands. This might even be carried over into fishing ' season, picnicking and camping season. Economists, chiefly the chamber of commerce kind, in sist that the recreation dollar eventually spreads out to all segments of the population. The farmer has been waiting for this to happen to the food dollar for some, time without much success. He can't seem to do anything about that, but he can get his bite in as soon as anybody else on the recre ation dollar through a little organization and planning. : As we said, the farmers should charge a uniform fee for use of their land. Farmer representatives should meet with the Jackson County Parks and Recreation commission so any basic facilities provided would be the kind designed to attract most sportsmen. Then, too, farm land recreation sites should be tied in with the overall county system in cluding Howard Prairie, Hyatt lake, Emigrant and Willow creek reservoir and the proposed Mt. Ashland winter and summer recreation spot. Through mutual development and promotion, both pri vate and public recreation sites would benefit. This might be something the Granges and Farm Bureaus could work on. In other areas, farmers have long realized some side profit from recreational use of their lands. A number of commercial bird hunting spots have been developed In the Klamath basin'. Farmers in other states have used their farm ponds for lease to hunting clubs and for. rental to fish ermen. For 'many years skiers, who could not afford the lush accommodations of Sun Valley in Idaho, stayed at near by farmhouses. This could happen in the Mt. Ashland area, too. Skating, ice-boating and tobogganing are possible in the Howard Prairie reservoir, area. Winter sport enthusiasts might make good boarders at outlying farms in this area, too. Call these ideas silly or Ed Sullivan's show on TV last a lot of silly dollars are being " Something we have never fore is that people of the Rogue Valley are Indebted to the ( farmers for creation or an major recreation lacwues ncre Howard Prairie; Hyatt and Emigrant reservoirs all werepon ; itructed primarily for irrigation. The public gets all this Prairie reservoir are planned a possible riding academy, cot fee shop and restaurant, piers for small boats with service -' facilities, trailer park with trailers for rent and the present '. swimming, fishing, picnicking and water-skiing area. Hyatt ' ' lake will, continue to be a spiny-ray fishery and Emigrant will serve afternoon and evening water-skiers and picnickers. Too often, it seems that when the farmers cither try to aid, their production or .protect it, some sportsmen's group becomes unhappy. Now the Hound Owners association i Is, baying. This group doesn't like the use of Compound 1080 poison stations. The Jackson County Stockmen's association last year requested erection of three poison bait stations In the Lake Creek area. They were sneeaea to protect live stock. Darticularlv sheen, against coyotes. This poison,' ac cording to the U. S. Fish and kill three or four times, it aoes not nave a cnain reaction. Land Is carefully posted In areas where poison is used and H is well advertised. Only one man, the supervisor of rodent and predatory animal control in southwestern Oregon, is-, aumor- ized to use this poison. The Is placed Is chained down. takes four hours to worK, nioe in caves or in me orusn, which makes it difficult, If not Impossible for anything to feed on their bodies. It could kill dogs. However, If farmers keep their dogs on their place as the county dog control ordinance requires, tncy nave The Jackson county sheep 23,500 to 31,000 during the that this growth be protected, dent and predatory animal control on farmlands. It's in teresting to note that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service was considered a boon to sportsmen when it insisted fish protection be considered in constructing dams on the Rogue river. Now that it wants to protect, the livestock In the county, due to some false and misleading Information, some sportsmen are apparently all One of these days (he farmers are going to climb down oft their tractors, - point at the. tractor seat and lay to the sportsman: "Here, you know so much about it, you take over. And nobody will blame 'eml ; . There are a few Black Angus ranchers In the valley, They have done such a good job in breeding and promoting this breed that we have often wondered why mqre farmers don t use the Angus. Anyway, ciation held a research conference on Oct. 4-5 In St. Joseph, MO. ; ..-. From this should come information which might help promote Angus development research men attended the meeting. They organized four com mittees: carcass evaluation, herd classification and Angus herd Improvement record, herd records and statistics and heredity In beef cattle. The will be made to the AAA approved, will be released. L. R. Bradford, 110 Tripp St., Medford, called Monday to say he has tomato vines growing 11 W feet high. They are Early. Annas. We have received so many reports about "the largest squash, biggest and tomatoes that we are going 14 is the deadline for all reports and pictures of the big gest, best and highest. Hoofs Angus Farm Except for top-most honors going to the Haystack Ranch in Colorado, the Hoots Angus farm of Grants Pass took all other honors among Pacific Coast Angus breeders, at the Pacific - International - Live stock Exposition show In Port land on pet. 11, it was re ported. - Competition centered on nine Angus breeding herds of Oregon, Washington, Califor nia.' and Colorado. " t ' Named reserve grand champion-was- Hoots - Bummers Maid 2, sired by Elleenmere . 1330th. This senior heifer calf is a full sister to the 1959 CHAT- ridiculous, but after watching Sunday night, we concluded made in this world. seen or heard mentioned be free! For Instance,-at Howard Wildlife Service, does not .. ; carcass In which the poison Coyotes eat It, then while It notning to worry aoom. population has Increased from last few years. It's important In fact, the law requires ro "agin it. the American Angus asso . v '.' here. Twenty-seven beef cattle committee recommendations board of directors and when , ... pumpkin, highest growing corn to have to call a halt. Nov. High at PIE Show Cow Palace Grand Champion female which also took sec ond in her class at the Inter national Livestock show in Chicago, 111. First place blue ribbon In the senior bull calf class went to : Hoots Bardollermere 4 sired by Hoots Bardoller mere. 1959 Grand chamnlnn bull of the west. Hoots Angus took second prize in both Senior Get-nf. Sire and the Junior Get-of- aire, standing immMiiatlv behind the Colorado entry, but Bt toD Of the flMri frnm all Pacific Coast states. GARDEN TIPS By JOHN McLOUGHLIN County Extension Agent TRAILING BERRIES Leaf and cane spot can be severe on the leaves and canes of trailing blackberry, youngberry, boysenberry and wild dewberry. At first the spots on the leaves and canes are about one eighth inch in diameter and purplish in color. Older spots have a whitish center with brown to red borders. Numer ous cane spots cause girdling and killing of the canes. ... In plantings where this dis ease has been severe prune out old fruiting canes as soon as possible. Fall, rains will wash the disease causing spores from the old canes down to the new canes result ing in a spread of the disease this fall, . After pruning spray with Bordeaux 8-8-100 or Copper A,' 2 tablespoons per gallon of water. A thorough spraying is necessary for control. TUBEROUS BEGONIAS Tuberous begonias should bo lifted before heavy frosts iniure them1. Vtnmnvo iho fo liage to within six Inches of me tuDers.' wnen the tubers have dried thnrnntrhlv r. move the rpmnlnincr tnMona and shake off excess dirt. Do not remove the roots. Place the tubers In a flat and cover with dry peat moss or sawdust. Store the tubers in a dark, humid location at 48 degrees.-1 ' , , CONE DECORATIONS The collection of cones for winter arranizements often presents a problem with the cone pitch. Pitch is controlled by the following measures: If a natural drv aDDearint rnn is desired, place the cones on a tray covered with aluminum foil. Put the tray in the oven for three hours at 150 degrees. Upon removal the cones. will be ready for use in arrange ments. , , A shellac-like finish may be obtained by immersing the cones in boiling water for a minute. Then lay the cones on paper until they arc thor- OUEhlV drv. Sineff thp mm. plete removal of the niteh from the container may be aiincuit, tnc use of an old pan or oucKet is suggested. ' GERANIUMS j Geraniums mav ha mor. Wintered In thn fnllnwlnn ways: Cut the main stem back to a height of six inches, dig and pot the plants and place the plants in a frost free, cool, moist location. Low light in tensity is desirable since we are trying to keep the plants In a semi-dormant condition through the winter months. Be sure to keep the soil moist throughout the storage period. ' Another method is to dig the plants and shake the loose soil from the roots. After the plants have dried, store them In boxes or hang them in a cool garage or basement. - Cuttings may be taken and rooted over the winter months In flats of sand, sawdust or peat. Pot the cuttings after they root and keep the plants growing vigorously. This method affords good plants for spring Dlantincs hut ri. quires more care and room man tne two previous meth ods. A fall spray for control of coryneum blight should be applied now. Leaf, symptoms of this disease are small tun to purplish spots that become raised and scurfy and ofte'n produce a shothole effect. ' The infection causes the bark to rupture in a ring on buds and twigs.- On current season and one year old wood, Infections consist of round reddish spots that are slightly sunken. Rough smoky appearing cankers up to two to throe Inches in length: appear on two to four year old wood. A Bordeaux 8-8-100 mixture MARKET NEWS Failn-al-SIatt Market Nrws Service B u" t-lveitock Auction Report, Tuesday, October IS, I960' CATTLK: Salable 1,719, Including around SOO calves. Trading on In creased supply active with all classes flndlna much ImDroved de- njand over recent weeks. Slaughter slcers and heifers scarce. iuii; ii.-hii.v ,u sirona, improved weighing condi tions considered Few slaughter calves steady. Stockcr and feeder 5. JS LBI1(1 nelfers Including calves, mostly 50c higher. Instances JI.00 higher. Market supply mainly of Northern California ori gin, but several lota from Southern Oregon Included. Run In cluded around 334 l-nwa .nil nnnrlu I lin nf I V, . .,n..l I feeder!,, around 13 slaughter bulla, 100 llaushter calves, remainder mainly stockcr and feeder steers and heifers and calves, with K.vp... ,.uii nciicrs uicrcnsrn over recently. RUugtiter hellers: Few Utility and Standard $15 00-18 00. Slauihter cows: Few Standard $16.30-17.40, Commercial $13.00 1660. Utility $14.00-13,35. Cutters $12.23-14.00. Cannari $10.00 12.30. few "mhellv" ra,i,ira tn im.in u Slaughter bulls: Few Utility 1.210-1,310 lbs. $17.70-20.10, 1,000 to Tv" i". vuncra lauu-i i.ou. Slaughter calves: Mostly Good 300-300 lbs. $19 00-21 23. Including 15 head lot 470 lbs. at $11180. few Choice $20 00-23.10. and few a.10 lb- Good vealers $23.00-24.23. Standard calves $17.00 to $1900. Utility down to $13.00 Stocker and feeder steers: Numerous lota Good and Choice 350 500 lb calves $23 30-25 20, few Choice 200-400 lbs $23 .20-23 70. '"'""ding 32 head 390 lbs. at $25.70. Few Medium calves $19.00 24.00. Good and Choice 300-700 lbi mostly yearlings. $2030-2300, 700-873 lbs $18 50-21.00, Including 13 head 790 lbs. at $19.90 26 873 lbs. at $19.30. Medium 350-800 lbs, $17.30-21.30, few Com mon $14.00-17.00. f !!ScJSf r ,,,1 '"d" hellers: Good and Choice -300-473 lb. calves' JJl.oo-aa 20. Including 31 head 380 lbs. at $22.10, 17 390 lbs. 2i-00, 18 360 lbs. $2133. few 500-550 lbs. $20 00-21.30. Good and Choice 475-675 lbs., mainly yearlings, $18 00-20.00. Including 46 head Choice 600 lbs. $18 90, 30 673 lbs. $18 83. 13 633 lbs fI,.90-.J1 507 lb" $!9 50, few lots 673-850 lb. fleshy feeders $18.00 1883. few Medium $13 30-1800 Stocker and feeder cows: Several lota Medium and Good 800-900 1 J J." '3-H00. few thin cowi below $11.73. Several Medium and Good with around 200-230 lb. calves at side $140.00-189.00 per pair. HOGS: Salable 38. Few Good and Choice 30-90 lb. ieder pigs $17.00 to S 19 40 fell SHEEP: Salabla Nona. MEDFOHD MAIL Meeting Airs Coyote Poisoning Most of the people and all of the stockmen present at Friday s meeting in the coun ty court hearing room seemed to favor the present "J.S. Fish and Wildlife services pro gram. A public meeting is set for Friday, 8 p.m. in the courthouse auditorium on the program. Farm Prices Hold For State Farmers This September Corvallis - Prices received by Oregon farmers held steady in September at a slightly higher level than a year ago. But the price-cost squeeze continues to be one of the thorniest farm prob lems, reports Mrs. Elvera Hor rell, extension agricultural economist at - Oregon State college. Prices received by the state's farmers showed no change from mid-August to mid-September ; as,- higher livestock prices made up for a drop in crop prices, Mrs. Horrell found as she studied reports from the U. S. depart ment of agriculture. Livestock prices moved up two per cent during Septem ber, but are still below prices of a year ago by as much as five per cent, Mrs. Horrell said. Crop prices fell about one per cent last month, but still stand about 11 per cent higher than in September, 1959. All combined, prices receiv ed by Oregon farmers for their farm products now stand about three per cent above a I year ago, Mrs. Hor rell indicated. Meanwhile, prices paid by farmers over the nation held steady last month, as in creases on farm machinery, feeder livestock, and fertilizer were at least partially offset by lower prices on used cars and trucks, new tractors, and field seeds. Most feeds used by Oregon farmers also rose during the past month, but with minor exceptions, were the same or. lower when com pared to a year ago, Mrs. Horrell said. The prices farmers get for their products have a lot to do with the amount of in come they receive, she ex plained. But the prices they have to pay for the things they need for their families and farm operations have Just as much to do with where they stand in the price cost squeeze, Mrs. Horrell pointed out. And last month, the na tional parity ratio-the rela tionship between what farm ers get for their products and what they have to pay for the things they need-stood at 80. This was one point about Au gust, but one point below September 1959 and 20 points below what congress has es tablished as a' "fair" ratio be tween what farmers receive for their products and what they pay in production and living expenses. or a neutral copper spray with a spreader sticker at the rate of two heaping tablespoons per gallon of water should be used. Thoroiiffhnpss nf ampli cation is most important. ; TUBEROUS BEGONIAS Tuberous begonias should be lifted before heavy frost occurs. Remove the plant tops to lour incurs nhnup thn lnlw . Wash the tubers and dry throuEhlv in a warm rnnm for several nays. The remaining Stem Will sllD from thn illhpr when dry. Be sure to remove an tne stem to prevent possi ble spread of rot. Dust the tubers with an In. sccticide such, as DDT and 3tore in a cool dry place. The tubers may be stowed in an open flat filled with dry saw dust, sand or peatmoss. Clyde A Whined. Actg. In Chg. Ftderal-StaU Market Newi Svca. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Program G. M. Patterson, supervisor of rodent and predatory ani mal control for southwest Oregon, was called in to ex plain the program after the county court received a num ber of complaints on the pres ent and proposed program of putting' out poison bait sta tions for coyotes in the coun ty. ... From 8 to 12. poison bait stations are planned for this year and will include the Sis kiyou area, Patterson said. Three stations were put out in the Lake Creek area last year. Citizens have complain ed that , the baits are danger ous to humans, domestic dogs and removes all game from the area. One sportsman said he saw bodies of bear, badger, bob cat and fox around a poison station at Kecno, but did not see any coyotes. He was not sure it was 1080 poison used such as the state game com mission uses here Answering a question, Pat terson said a. child could not eat enough to kill him. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt said the 1080 poi son station . program was started last year here after the Jackson County Stock men s association requested it. Jack Reid, Lake Creek, as sociation president, said he saw a lot of coyote signs around a poison station, but did not see anything dead. He said he and his organiza tion favored the program. It takes the poison three to four hours to kill a coyote, he said he understood He added that coyotes will hide when they are dying and some ranchers in the area did find dead coyotes between rocks and in caves. ' It's also effective on dogs, the predatory control officer said. However, if poison is used in an area it is well pub licized and the area is posted. He explained he prefers 1080 to strychnine. Common prac tice is to lay out a carcass and bury the strychnine baits around . it. It's too easy to overlook some of the baits after the operation is com pleted, he said. The poison station opera tion lis shifted from area "to area each year so the coyotes won't build up an immunity to the poison, Patterson ex plained. "I'm all for it!" one rancher exclaimed. "It's cheap and ef fective - much cheaper than hiring a second government trapper. I would like to see it used in the Jacksonville area where the coyotes are chasing the dogs!" "The poison bait program is no panacea for all predatory animal problems," Patterson reminded the stockmen. Another rancher- remarked t h a t a government trapper has not been too effective in controllng coyotes in the cen tral part of the valley where it is hard to get in and set traps. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service man noted that it costs the county $6,349 for OF COURSE WE HAVE CHAR0LA1S! C. C. Williams ' Modern Artificial Breeding with - FROZEN ; SEMEN 1 FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE , Every sir proved great . . . In the beef breed or the dairy breed of your choice. ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE SP 2-4093 ' i Orchardists Invited To Surface Wafer Meeting Wednesday All orchardists are invit ed to attend a demonstra tion of gathering and run ning off $urface water in an orchard Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. in the Don Clark orchard, County Horticul tural Agent Clifford B. Cordy announced. The orchard is reached by driving four miles out on the Crater Lake highway to Four Corners, and by turn ing east on Vilas rd. for one mile. - . "Wet feet" is a major con tribution to pear decline, Cordy explained. The water can be drained off by sur face drainage ditches or by putting in tile after it has soaked into the ground. The demonstration will be given by Cordy and County Agent Gene Winters. a government trapper. Fringe benefits total $3,565. The county, state department of agriculture, the state game commission and the federal government all contribute to the program, he explained. Patterson remarked that a lot of erroneous information has been spread about Com pound 1080. This poison is a very effective means of coy ote control, he said. Last year the program used 75 pounds of meat. About 7 per cent of this was eaten. However, the kill is not known. It takes a minimum of 1 610 ounces to kill a coyote, he added. State law requires rodent and predatory animal control, Patterson said. The sheep population Increase in Jack son county from 23,500 to 31,000- the last few years makes this program vital, he indicated. . , ,, , If the poison bait program is not used a second govern ment hunter would be needed by July, Patterson emphasiz ed. Regulations issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service require that permission for placing poison stations must be obtained from the land owners, "Including state game authorities when applicable." "They are not to be em ployed in or near irrigated farming areas nor in loca tions commonly frequented by campers, lumberers, fish ermen or hikers," the regula tions stated. : . . . (Eirsiinig (CaDdDjD The Place To Go for All ... ' FARM STEEL NEEDS Galvanized Iron 6, 7, 8, 9, 1 0 and 1 2 foot lengths, 27'j" wide (Covers a full 2'). 29c per running foot. Discount on 50 and 100 piece lots. Complete selection farm fences and gates. 2 and 4 point barb wire. All kinds of steel fencing and poultry netting. Steel Posts 5' to 7'. Galvanized Steel Gates 5 and 6 panel 10' to 16'. FOR ALL THE BEST IN FEEDS TOO ' if 'Xai Hi way 99 CENTRAL POINT . Phone N04-1261 or SP3-4022 Irrigation May Be N How much irrigation water farmers will have for the coming year is anybody's guess, according to a local irrigation district spokesman. "We will be in no position until March 1 to make any estimates," this official said. "We will have to have consid erably more rain than we have had. We rely on stream flow and use stored water to back that up. For next season we will have to have enough stream flow to compensate for the drop in stream flow last season plus additional flow to meet current needs." Official figures on stream flow show that it dropped steadily from 23,643 acre feet of water in 1958, to 11,103 acre feet in 1959, to 3,886 acre feet in 1960. Both Hyatt and Emigrant reservoirs are dry now due to construction. Howard Prairie reservoir has 13,000 acre feet of available water. A spokesman for one of the local irrigation districts sum med up the situation by point ing to the 1960 fall water sup ply summary for 1960 issued by the U.S. Soil Conservation service. This also sums up the local situation, she said. . One paragraph states: "Wa ter sheds where snow will fall are extremely dry, Un less' fall precipitation improv es, much of next winter's snowpack will be used to re place mountain soil moisture before it is available for run off. Water users should watch snow condition repbrts close ly this winter." What was the overall situ ation, for Oregon in 1960? Irrigation water supplies for the 1960 season were better than for 1959 where adequate storage was available to hold high early spring runoff, ac cording to a report issued by the Soil Conservation service. Central Oregon, which de pends largely on stream flow, had extreme shortages, ac cording to the report, even when compared to the poor season of a year ago. Crop re ports indicate a substantial decrease in total yields. Soils on mountain water sheds are generally dry over the state as a result of a de ficiency in late summer pre cipitation. Carryover storage is only 67 per cent of aver- r- -if"T! CD-OP . "2 u , "thrill' (GiamigB Outlook ip and Tuck Here ..." i OAcAirrtir parrvove age for al principal ica voirs. An above average snow pack will be necessary to pro vide normal water - supplies next year. Other States' Outlook The California Department of Water Resources reports that the water year ending Sept. 30, 1960, was among the driest of record throughout much of California. " "Only through systematic 'development of additional res ervoir storage and judicious use of existing storage facili ties can the increased demand for water be met in Califor nia," according to the SCS report. Chapter Sweetheart Crowned at Crater By ALAN BRAY Crater Chapter Reporter Central Point - Sue Higin botham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Higinbotham, was crowned Crater FFA chapter sweetheart at the chapter's annual barn dance held last week. Named princesses were Jeri Wick, Sharon Trautman and Bernadine Sharp. Dance mu sic was provided by the Bill Hannaford trio and the Shadows. Alan Bray, son of .Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bray, auctioned off the box lunches. Couples attending the dance bid high for each box lunch. Red Eye's bar, manned by chapter members dressed as desperadoes featured soft drinks and other refresh ments. It and the vocational agriculture shop were decor ated in western style. Couples were also dressed in western clothes. GET DEATH SENTENCE Saigon, Viet Nam - (DPI) - A special military tribunal has convicted and sentenced three Communist insurgents to death in the Mekong river delta town of Vinh Long, the Viet Nam press agency re ported Monday. The three were accused of assassinating a local villager. About 80 per cent of the rye produced comes from Rus sia and other European coun tries. ; ' '' REMEMBER... You don't have to be a MEMBER trade here and SAVE. 1 s t'l - If . 'mi'mmm. INS-- iil ii iia ir . ."--VssmS s I -syeWgj nam. (C(Dp 421 A Street ASHLAND Phone MU 9-6281 TUESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1960 Noted, ijncorvnir carryover as oi Oct. 1 in the five Yakima, Wash., reservoirs was report ed not as good as last year, but considerably better than in the fall of 1957 and 1958. (Yakima is a competing fruit area with the Medford pear district.) What's the situation in the big livestock states? In Colo rado heavy snows are needed this winter to insure adequate irrigation water next year. In Kansas summer .precipitation was less than normal and soil moisture conditions fair. In Nebraska a heavy snowpack in the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado will be essential this winter for adequate wa ter supplies in 1961. Nevada has ended the 1961 water year with extremely dry mountain and valley soils and dry or near dry reser voirs, according to the SCS report. Unless fall rainfall is normal or better and is fol lowed by heavy mountain snowfall, Nevada will have another drouth year. In South Dakota, water outlook for the next year is not too favorable. Texas is generally poor, the report indicates. In North Da kota water storage is below capacity in its reservoirs but well above the average for 1943-57. Oklahoma is in good shape. Overall Picture in U.S. The overall water picture is not good, according to the SCS report. Reservoir storage ' is generally down, even in large reservoirs on the upper reaches of major streams Water Importance : . How important is water? A University of Nevada agricul ture expert has figured that ijt takes 7,721 gallons of water to raise the beef or one meal for a family of four. ' ' .; He figures it this way, 1, 140,478 gallons of water are needed to produce five tons of alfalfa hay, or 114 gallons per A beef steer eats about 12 pounds of hay to gain one pound of weight. Live gain on a steer is only 62 per cent marketable beef. This means that 2,206 gallons of water is needed to produce one pound of butcher shop beef. A beef roast for a family of four is figured at 3'2 pounds which figures out at 7,721 gallons of water to produce the roast. to