TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1980
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDF0HD, ORE.
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Irrigation
Systi
em of
One of the main problcmi
In Oregon's water resource
program Is "the growing need
for an established system of
financial Assistance In repay'
ment of projects costs allocat
ed to Irrigation," Harold T.
Nelson, regional director of
the bureau of reclamation,
told members of the Oregon
Reclamation Congress at Ba
ker last we"ek.
He listed The Dalles and
Rogue River as projects re
quiring assistance, also Ba
GARDENING TIPS
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
FALL PLANTING
Fall planting of trees and
shrubs has the advantage over
spring planting in that the
root syslcm has a better
chance of becoming establish
ed before leaf growth begins.
The same precautions should
be taken with both fall and
sarins' nlnnttne. Die each
plant carefully so as to dis
turb the root system as little
as possible. Evergreen shrubs
Country Editor
Lauds Modern
Trend in Farming
"It seems that in America
at this time we are more con
cerned about man leaving the
land than about land leaving
the man," Giles French, edi
tor of the Sherman County
Journal, Moro, Ore., told the
Oregon Reclamation Congress
meeting at Bilker last week.
French, editor of a weekly
In the heart of Oregon's wheat
country, is widely quoted
throughout the state as an ed
itorial writer.
"Men have been leaving
farms for nearly 200 years. It
is not a sign of failure, but of
success. It means that farming
is keeping pace in efficiency,
that one farmer can do the
work of a dozen. And it means
that we can still supply labor
for industry from our own
people," he added.
Mitt at Deinitlon
He called the family-size
farm "a shibboleth used by
practicing politicians that has
no meaning." ,
"A farm that will support a
family may vary from one
acre to 10 thousand acres," he
said, "and In any case it would
depend on the size of the fam
ily and of most importance on
the management and labor
and ingenuity of the family."
"Some families would wax
fut v.'hcre others would use up
their credit and go on wel
fare," the country editor not
ed. "I do not like monopolies.
There is a monopoly I am
afraid of; that is the monop
oly of government. There is
no handy government police
man to break that monopoly
The only way a government
monopoly can be broken Is by
revolution and people stand
for generations of abuse and
subjection before they revolt
. . . Government should be the
agent of the people, prevent
ing monopoly, not be the mo
nopoly Itself."
Turning to the topic of rec
lamation, French sulci that as
an advocate of profits he does
not believe land should be ir
rigated which will not pay the
cost of the Improvements.
Boysenberries
Require Pruning
By DAVE PASSON
County Extension Agent
Boysenberries and black
berries should be pruned now,
suggested Dave Passon, Jack
son county extension agent.
Old canes should be cut
out as near the crown as pos
sible in all cases. Once the
old cones are removed, grow
ers then have two choices.
The new canes may be left on
the ground through the win
ter or the stronger canes may
be selected and trained on
the trellis Immediately.
There are advantages to
both methods, but full train
ing Is preferred In most enscs,
according to Passon.
Training is easier In the
fall while the cunes are lim
ber and less damage is in
flicted to the buds, spurs and
the canes themselves. In ad
dition, application of the
necessary dormant sprays is
easier and more satisfactory
with the canes trained up.
Canes trained up through
the winter may, howevor, be
slightly more susceptible to
winter injury.
There are a number of
ways to train berry canes.
The method used depends on
the grower's trellis setup, the
variety, and the grower's per
sonal preference.
Further details may be ob
tained by calling or visiting
the extension offices.
: :
Projects Need
Financial
ker. Merline and Illinois Val'
ley divisions of the Rogue
River basin. He said the pro
posed basin account system
would approach assistance on
a regional rather than a proj-ect-by-project
basis.
A second problem facing
reclamation, Nelson said, is
the Inability within reclama
tion law to meet increasing
recreational use by providing
enough facilities to meet the
demand. Construction is now
based on congressional proj-
require a ball of earth around
the roots when moved. Do not
let the roots dry while trans
planting. HHve the planting
holes ready before you dig the
plant.
Dig the planting holes about
25 per cent wider and six
inches deeper than the root
spread. Enrich the bottom of
the hole with compost or fer
tilizer and cover with an inch
of soil. A well drained loca
tion Is desirable.
Place the tree or shrub as
near to the same depth as it
was previously planted. Care
fully spread the bare roots in
a natural position. Sever any
broken or bruised roots.
Work the enriched topsoll
around the roots so no air
pockets are left. When the
hole is half full, tamp the soil
around the roots and fill the
hole with water to settle the
soil.
When the hole is complete
ly full again tamp and water
the soil for settlement. Leave
a slight depression or saucer
around the tree to facilitate
future watering.
GALANTHUS
Plant Galanthus (Snowdrop)
bulbs in your garden to usher
in next year's blooming sea
son. Galanthus have drooping
bell shaped white flowers
with greenish stripes on the
petals. Flower stalks are up
to one foot high.
The variety G. elwessli has
a large flower and blooms
earlier than the variety B
nivalis. These plants are har
dy and are planted outdoors
without protection In the ear
ly fall. Plant the bulbs three
or four inches deep In a per
manent location. Tney natur
alize readily and will bloom
each year without further at
tention, G. elwessli docs well
in a summer dry well drained
slope. G, nivalis prefers a cool
shaded moist location. Both
varieties resent disturbances.
LEAVES
Besides being a source of
fertilizer, leaves have the ad
ditional benefit of loosening
heavy soils. Leaves can be
added directly to the garden
bed or placed in the compost
pile.
Leaves are spread approxi
mately six Inches deep over
the garden area. Sprinkle
about a pound of fertilizer to
each ten feet to assist in the
decomposition process. Spade
the leaves into the garden soil
or cover with soil to prevent
them from blowing away.
To compost leaves stack
them In a pile. At each foot
layer spread an Inch of ma
nure or soil with V4 pound
fertilizer to each square yard.
Thoroughly soak each layer
as It is completed. Leave the
center of the compost pilo a
little lower than tho edges so
water, when added, will run
into the pile rather than off
of it.
Keep the pile moist and
turn the compost pile every
three months to provide aera
tion and to mix the materials
throughout the pile.
CLEAN-UP
The removal of frost killed
foliage will assist you in your
Insect and disease control pro
grams next season.
Insects and diseases live
over the winter on debris
from infected plants. There
fore, removed and dispose of
all debris Do not place infect
ed debrin on the compost pile.
Standards Changed
For Bee Colonies
Salem - Oregon's standards
for strength of colonics of
bees used In commercial pol
llnntlon of crops have been
amended by administrative
order, effective this month,
according to the state depart
ment of agriculture.
The amended regulations
correct two errors carried
through printings since the
standards were originally
adopted In 1051.
Current changes are in
grade A requirements. They
make the orchard colony re
quirement (1) 3,000 square In
ches of comb space of which
600 square Inches would be
live brood and (2) also In or
chard colonies puts the bee
coverage of brood at six
standard Hoffman frames of
comb.
In prior requirements bee
coverage of brood had been
the same, 10 frames, (or both
field and orchard colonics.
No change is made In B
grades.
Help
ect authorization and under
park service planning, he
pointed out, listing several
Oregon projects which are de
veloping into considerable re
creation centers.
Local Men Named
During the annual meeting
Walt Hoffbuhr, Talent irriga
tion district manager, was ap
pointed chairman of the proj
ect review committee for the
reclamation congress, and his
brother, Jack Hoffbuhr, Med
ford irrigation district man
ager, chairman of the public
relations committee. Also at
tending the meeting from
Jackson county were Harold
Sexton, manager of Rogue
River Valley Irrigation dist
rict, Albert Hellness, MID
board member and Homer
Moore, TID board member.
Multiple use of water does
not mean the end of agricul
ture's water problems, but
does mean agriculture can
live with them, said Dr. E. N.
Castle, associate professor of
agricultual economics, OSC.
Speaking on "What Is Wat
er Worth," Castle said in ab
sence of a market for water
it requires thorough economic
studies to provide the basis
for putting water to work to
its best use. He dismissed de
velopment costs, incremental
values, what people pay for
water and relative uses as
measures of water value.
The rise of non-farm popu
lation, the development of In
dustrial use of water, the In
crease of power development
and the advent of recreation
demand compels agriculture
to become concerned with and
support multiple use con
cepts, he declared.
Goals Given
In creasing efficiency of
production, increasing diets
and lowering food costs were
listed as goals of reclamation
even though the tag of sur
plus may be applied to agri
culture generally, he con
tinued. In concluding, he said
there is little agreement in
what is the best use of water,
but agriculture has a stake in
trying to find out.
Irrigation projects have
come to provide important
flood control benefits, said
Neil Meadowcroft, chief of
the Army Corps of Engineers
report section, Walla Walla,
Wash.
Flood control in 1936 be
came a proper federal activ
ity on navigable waters by
legislation, amplified in 1058,
he remarked. But these also
fix local responsibility for
rights-of-way.
'The proposed projects
must be justified in that bene
fits will exceed the costs, be
the best means of accomplish
ing the job, and will not have
serious adverse effects," the
engineer said.
The congress public rela
tions committee approved a
report that there is definitely
a sales Job necessary to con
tinue to sell reclamation to
the public. Increasing compe
tition of other uses makes It
necessary to get the facts to
the public regarding the bene
fits of the reclamation pro
gram.
The discussion suggested
this could be accomplished by
local districts working
through newspapers and oth
er media and by local schools
and In attempting to work
with the recreation groups to
avoid conflicts In Issues. The
report feels there is room for
multiple-use of the resources
developed.
Department Hires
New Veterinarians
Salem - Three new veteri
narians are working for the
state department of agricul
ture now.
Dr. Robert John Day comes
to Oregon from New Jersey.
He is a graduate of the Uni-I
vorsity of Pennsylvania school
of veterinary medicine of
State Teacher's college In the
SRine state. Dr. Day had his
own practice In New Jersey
and in Pennsylvania and was
a poultry inspector for the
U. S. department of agricul
ture marketing service in
Washington, D. C. His wife
and family have recently mov
ed here with him.
Dr. Gerald Arthur is a na
tive of Ohio. Ho graduated
from Ohio State university
and has been in private prac
tice. His wife and child are
with him in Salem.
Dr. Henry Hayes left a pri
vate practice in his home state
of California to come to Ore
gon, with his wife and fam
ily. He is a graduate of a uni
versity in Auburn, Ala.
Dr. Philip D. Cazicr has re
cently taken over duties as
the assistant federal veterina
rian in charge of the animal
disease eradication division.
He served with the govern
ment in several states, the last
five years in Texas. A gradu
ate of Kansas State univer
sity, Dr. Cazier recently mov
ed to Salem with his wife and
four children.
CHIT CHAT-
By JOI COWLEY
Mall Tribune- 'arm Editor
Agriculture must be Identified as ruthless, cold-blooded
big-business exploitation of people and the land.
This statement was quoted from a manual of suggestions
from a labor union staff man to Norman Smith, CaUfornia
director of the AFL-CIO Agriculture Workers Organizing
committee. This is the group which has been organ z ng
arm help and picketing farm, i California this summer
arm word?',!he ,alm w' ' try the warm, famUy
farm idea and the Impression that the American farmer is
the sturdy, independent cornerstone of our citizenry.
Two naraffranhe ohnul IM. M 1
. :ra ' ' manual appeared in tne last
edition of the Farm Journal. It "shook up" two small or
chardists and farmers In the valley. After considerable
over the fence and fireside talk, they came up with a re
vised picker program. You may not agree. If you don't,
we would like to hear some other proposals.
Generally, these two fruitgrowers feel transient labor
should receive the same guarantees and as good, If not bet
ter, treatment than the Mexican Nationals which are brought
in here each season. These two men have worked as crew
foremen and on orchard "pick-up" trucks all over the val
ley. They say good transient pickers can pick Just as well
as Mexican Nationals. (Now that many large growers and
packing house operators are growling and gnashing their
teeth we will continue . . .)
.General points of the program are: (1) provide a modern
centrally located pickers' barracks, (2) higher and guaranteed
wages, (3) stop labor from shifting from orchard to orchard
(4) establish a large labor pool.
The two orchardists suggested establishing a modern bar
racks building on the county fairgrounds south of Medford.
The interior would be of concrete with large windows high
off the floor to provide plenty of light and ventilation with
out allowing breakage. A cafeteria would serve food to
single men. An adjacent trailer park and blocks of small
family houses of the same basic construction as the barracks
could serve transient families.
Pickers like to have their housing near town where they
can go for a beer or buy some of the things they need. Pres
ent labor camp in the White City area is too far out. A
sub-office of the employment service could be located in
the center of the housing at the fair grounds, or if the bar
racks would be in Medford, as part of the barracks.
One of the two growers, who was a picking crew fore
man last season, said transients come in on Front st. and
have no way to get to the fairgrounds. It's too far to walk,
he pointed out. During last season, orchardists and packing
houses agreed not to hire off Front st. However, this proved
impractical, so some began hiring off Front st. near the
end of the season when the labor was harder to get.
Construction of a centrally located labor camp near
town might be financed with some of the money paid into
the pear promotion program, the two growers suggested.
"No sense in spending a lot of money for promoting pears
you don't have," they pointed out. (Screams of anguish
now irom omciais of tne fear
"The fairgrounds is being
as well finish the Job and do
ana piciter, one ot tne growers said.
Before picking starts, a packing shed superintendent,
orchard owner and picking crew leader could survey the
fruit crop and set a price, the two orchardists suggested.
Orchards with a full crop would not require as high a pick
ing price as one with a partial crop. An orchard with a
partial crop is much harder to pick, the two men explained.
Picking prices, depending on the crop, would be uniform
to prevent playing one orchard or packing house against
another. Current rates vary from 14 to 17 cents a box.
This is not enough to support a family on, these farmers
Insisted.
Common practice among orchardists and packing houses
Is to pay as little as possible for pickers, the two local or
chardists pointed out The standard agreed price was dropped
at the first of last season when growers saw they ' had a
labor surplus. This was not fair, one of the orohardists re
marked. Also, It doesn't really pay to undercut the picker,
he pointed out. One or two ruined boxes of fruit here and
there due to careless picking more than makes up for the
low wages. Fair wages attract good pickers who more than
justify the additional expenditure, one of the grower! said.
Wages should be paid at the
orchardists said. Pickers would prefer It. And many of
them come In the first day hungry without any money to
buy food. Central California pays off its labor dally so it
must be workable even If it means more constant paper
work, a grower pointed out. A daily pay schedule could
be worked out easily, he added.
Good transient pickers are
ican crew on one point particularly, It was pointed out. The
average Mexican crew tends
Local orchardists who pay a
same good crews back every
"This farm labor committee In California is bound to
work Its way up here next season or the season after," one
of the two orchardists pointed out. "We'd better be ready
for them by guaranteeing the picker better living condi
tions and wages. A large pool of good pickers would be
worth the extra money it takes. (Remember the pears which
dropped off the trees the season before because not enough
pickers could be obtained when they were vitally needed?)
One of the two small orchardists we quoted has two
acres in pears out of a total of 10 acres and three dairy
cows. The other has 40 acres of orchard and operates on
300 to 400 acres of farm land, runs 100 head of cattle and
owns two crawler tractors and three wheel tractors.
These two farmers also believe the county should turn
the 425 acres to be added at Howard Prairie recreation
area into a youth camp. Here the youth from four or five
southern Oregon counties might be taught a trade in me
chanics or machinery. Part of their time could be spent
on Improvement and repair work around the Howard Prai
rie recreation area. A large farmhouse and barn and stables
already In good condition on the property would provide
plenty room. School teachers could be hired In the summer
to supervise these youngsters.
One of the two farmers has had some of the local Ju
venile wards paroled to him. He said they have a natural
mechanical bent, are hard workers and have turned out
well.
We attended the Democratic Farmers for Kennedy lunch
eon meeting last week when Harold Edwards, treas
urer of the .Western Wheat Growers Federation, spoke. It
is the same kind of talk you will hear at any political meet
ing when there are a number of farmers present. Facts pre
sented were interesting, but not new-costs of the govern
ment wheat surplus program, the effects of the soil bank
on farm town merchants, etc.
One thing, was interesting, though. We asked htm if the
Democrats could give wholehearted support to both farmers
and organized labor In view of the recent drive in Cali
fornia to organize orchard labor.
"The time Is soon coming when organized labor must
be under the same type of controls as corporations," Edwards
said. "But, there is no reason why labor and the farmer
cannot walk down the same street side by side, both pros
perous through adequate labor and farm programs."
Bureau.)
cut up anywav. We misht
some good for the fruit grower
end of each day, one of the
better than the average Mex
to skimp on filling the boxes.
little more find they get the
year, it was pointed out.
Weed Conference
Slated (or Salem;
Growers Invited
Corvallis-New ways to con
trol costly weeds In vegetable
and small fruit crops will be
spotlighted at this year's an
nual Oregon Weed conference,
reports Rex Warren, exten
sion crops specialist at Oregon
State college.
The ninth annual confer,
ence will be held Nov. 15 and
16 In the Veterans of Foreign
Wars building in Salem, War
ren said. The meeting will
start at 10 a.m., and all grow
ers, industry people, and oth
ers Interested In new ways to
control weeds are welcome to
attend, he added. Phil Belike,
Brooks, is president of the
conference.
First speaker will be J. D.
Patterson, chemist for the
state department of agricul
ture. He will discuss chemical
residues on crops, and tell
how his office cooperates In
the national program on resi
dues. Other speakers will be Vir
gil Freed, OSC agricutural
chemist, who will outline
ways farmers can make agri
cultural chemicals their
"cheapest hired hand;" and
Claron Hesp, spray and equip
ment dealer from Athena, who
will tell how to save money
by buying equipment that can
be used in a variety of ways.
Two panel presentations
will discuss weed control in
strawberries and small fruits,
and in vegetable crops. A
special report on new weed
control chemicals and how to
use them will also be pre
sented at the conference. Rep
resentatives from at least 10
major chemical companies
will take turns discussing
their newest herbicides.
Other program topics in
clude a progress report on
ragweed , control by George
Moose, state department of
agriculture; how to control
brush in forest areas by P. G.
Lauterbach, W e y e rhaeuser
company; weed control In fish
ponds by Carl Bond, OSC; and
a series of research reports
by OSC scientists.
Business meeting ot the
conference will be held Wov.
16. More Information on the
conference is available at
local county extension offices,
Warren said.
Shipping Men
Give Statistics
Salem - During platform
inspection at processing plants
over 108,000,000 pounds of
potatoes, onions and pears
were inspected by the state
department of agriculture in
September.
Ftdcrel-state grade inspec
tions took care of 2129.7 car
lots which contained apples,
prunes, plums, filberts, garlic,
parsnips, strawberries, corn,
walnuts, and nectarines.
About 20.5 enrs of brine-cherries
were inspected.
All districts reported favor
able weather conditions dur
ing the harvesting period.
Apple producing areas need
more cool weather for color.
In the Hood River area, red
varieties of apples are not
coloring well but size Is about
normal. Most orchards have
been hit very hard by scab
and more misshapen fruit has
been noted than in former
years. In the Milton - Free
water area quality Is up to
normal and a yield of about
30,000 boxes (some from Day
ton, Wash.) will be processed
In this district.
The crop in the Willamette
valley consists of the Danver
variety and yield will be down
about 30 percent from last
year with an estimated 1500
cars compared to 2200 in 1959.
Quality ranges from poor to
average.
All pears in the Medford
area should have been packed
by Oct. 8. The Cornice variety
is showing fair quality and
much better than other varie
ties. Approximately 28,000,
000 pounds were inspected for
processors. Bartletts have
moved out fast and there Is
some increased movement of
Bosc and D'Anjou.
In the Hood River area
yield Is 15 per cent below esti
mates and 20 per cent below
last year. Quality is reported
as the poorest ever noted in
this area.
Re-elect
ROBERT
LaViMI
Pear Decline, Labor
Society Features
Pear decline and the labor
problem will be two main
topics which will draw a large
number of fruit growers from
Jackson county to the annual
Oregon State Horticultural
Society meeting Nov. 17 and
18 at the OSC campus in Cor
vallls. Clifford B. Cordy. county
horticultural agent, and Prof.
Henry Hartman, OSC horti
culturist, and nationally rec
ognized authority on pear de
cline, are scheduled to speak
Ralph Cook Named
Show Official
Ralph Cook, Medford area
stockman and cattle breeder,
will be judge of a special beef
cattle show scheduled with a
sale Dec. 17 in the Pacific In
ternational Livestock area in
Portland, according to Don
Robinson, president of the
Oregon Polled Hereford
Breeders' association.
Forty selected bulls and
heifers have been entered and
will be displayed several days
before the official show. This
will be the first association
sponsored event in Portland,
Robinson said. The regular
annual show is held at Red
mond each February.
Plant Industry
Chief Honored
Salem-Hugh Taylor, chief
of the plant industry division
of the state department of ag
riculture, has been named to
a special sub-committee to the
uniform quarantine commit
tee of the western plant board.
The committee will investi
gate and study possible quar
antine action on the European
pine shoot moth, a serious pest
to ornamental pines and for
est pines. The U. S. depart
ment of agriculture has been
requested to investigate the
possibilities of a federal quar
antine. In a letter to the deputy
administrator of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, ARS,
Taylor expressed the opinion
that federal, domestic and for
eign quarantines be instigated.
Taylor also suggested that,
since the Northwest states are
primarily interested, hearings
on such quarantines should be
held in Portland.
Oregon has issued an order
for complete destruction of
all host material of the Eu
ropean pine shoot moth which
was discovered in one Port
land nursery. Adjacent prop
erty has been surveyed with
negative results.
Information and recommen
dations about the pine shoot
moth problem have been sent
by Taylor to meetings this
month of the National Plant
Board and the National Asso
ciation of Nurserymen.
Bangs Tags Given.
By State Ag Dept.
Oregon c a t tl e owners
should become familiar with
two tags. Both are used in
the Bang's trace-back pro
gram to give the county of or
igin credit on brucellosis re
certificatlon when cattle are
slaughtered here or in anoth
er state.
The oval or upper tag is
needed for all cows three
years or over shipped out of
Oregon to slaughter. Farm
ers and ranchers should get
this tag from brand inspect
ors, department area veter
inarians, or the federal or
state veterinarian office In
the state department of agri
culture headquarters, Salem.
The tags are free, with glue
supplied. The upper tag
should be placed on animals
Just behind the shoulder by
the owner when animals are
shipped direct to another
state.
The lower tag is the Ore
gon tag used in the market
cattle slaughter program and
is applied at auction yards In
Oregon.
The upper or interstate tag
is white with red and black
printing. The lower tag is or
ange with black lettering. On
both tags the key number 92
indicates Oregon. On the low
er tag, the two key letters,
as PN, identify the auction
yard and the big numbers, as
999, identify the animal
through brand inspection.
DUNCAN
(Democrat)
Slate Representative
"Mr. Economy"
of our
State Legislature
Duncan for Lee. Comm.
W. Spare, Chm.,
1036 Reddy Are., Medford, On
on a pear decline panel, on
Thursday, Nov. 17. Also
scheduled to participate are
one or two speakers from Cali
fornia and one or two speak
ers from Washington, not yet
named. '
Speakers are yet to be ar
ranged for'Thursday's panel
on farm labor. However, they
may be similar to those speak
ing on a panel scheduled for
the small fruits section on
Thursday. This panel in
cludes Joe Bianco, agricul
tural editor, the Oregonian,
moderator; John Zuckerman,
Council of California Grow
ers, Stockton, Calif.; Louis
Kralnock, Agricultural Work
ers Organizing committee,
Stockton, Calif.
Oihtr Talks
Also scheduled for the
apples and pears section are,
tentatively; pear scald experi
ments, Elmer Hansen, OSC
horticulturist; pear nectar re
search, W. A. Sistrunk, OSC
food technology department;
Bartlett pears, report on in
creased plantings In Willam
ette valley, Don Rasmussen,
county agent, Salem; pesticide
residues and regulations, Jus
tus C. Ward, chief, pesticides
regulation branch, plant pest
control division, Washington,
D.C.
Bulk handling of stone
fruits, a panel, Is expected
to be one of the main features
of Thursday's stone fruits sec
tion. Moderator Is Mike
Huber, OSC agricultural en
gineer; Don Langmo, OSC
agricultural economist;
George Jones, Gerber Pro
ducts horticulturist; Al Ran
dall, United Growers man
ager; and Jack Stiles, Polk
county grower.
Other Thursday talks are:
horticultural practices as af
fected by mechanical harvest
ing, by George Jones; Brown
rot in 1960 by Norman Dobie,
OSC plant pathologist; me
chanical harvest of sour cher
ries, movie narrated by
Wayne Roberts, Yamhill coun
ty agent; and marketing of
fresh stove fruits, by Roland
Groder, OSC marketing spe
cialist. Financial Panel
A panel on financial aids
and programs for the grower
at Thursday's general session,
and before the sectional meet
ings is also expected to be a
feature of the meeting. Erwin
Patton, Production Credit
association, Medford, Is one
of the speakers. Other speak
ers are Louis C. Chestnut,
vice president, federal land
bank, Spokane, Wash.; Rex
Gibson, vice president, U.S.
National bank. Salem; and
Walter L. White, loan officer,
Farmers Home Administra
tion. Thursday's vegetable sec
tion will include: soil and leaf
analysis, movement of mois
ture in soils, a film; varieties
and strains of bush and pole
snap beans, mechanical har
vesting of snap beans, a
panel; new ideas about sprink
ler Irrigation; new vegetable
crops processing; problems In
insect control, a panel.
Stolen. Strayed
Animals Listed
Salem - Reported lost,
strayed or stolen to the divi
sion of animal industry of the
state department of agricul
ture this month were three
bulls, eight steers, and two
quarter horses.
Missing from the Rogue
River range is a two year
Shorthorn bull with no horns,
blackish with a redish strip
on his back and no brand.
But his ear is marked.
Portland owners report the
loss of a four to five year old
bull with a branded left hip,
between Spring dale and
Ames.
From Enterprise comes re
port of the loss of six steers,
some possibly Holsteln, brand
ed on the right hip and, near
Wallowa, the loss of two
steers is reported. The last
have a left hip brand.
3rd Annual
Purebred Ewe Sale
Sponsors Oregon Purebred Sheep
Breeders Ass'n
SATURDAY, NOV. 5
Polk County Fairgrounds
Va Mile S. Rickreall, Ore., on Highway 99W
160 Head Bred Yearling and 30 Head
Open Ewe Lambs
Continuous Sale Starting 10 A.M.
ORDER OF SALE
Dorset, Romney, Lincoln, Corriadale, Columbia,
Cheviot, Hampshire, Southdown, Suffolk, Shropshir
AUCTIONEER Howard Brown, Woodland, Calif.
For further information contact N. John Hansen,
County Extension Agent, Box 348, Dallas, Oregon
Bulletin Analyzes
Production Costs
Corvallls - Results of a 10
year study on the cost of pro
ducing apples and pears in
Oregon's Hood River valley
are reported In a new bulletin
published by the Oregon Stata
college agricultural experi.
ment station.
The new bulletin Is based
on a study of records kept by
about 20 Hood River orchard
ists each year over a 10-year
period. For this information,
OSC agricultural economists
analyzed the costs involved in
apple, winter pear, and Bart
lett pear production to the
point of delivery to the pack
ing house door.
Titled, "Cost of Producing
Apples and Pears In the Hood
River Valley," the new bulle
tin uses tables, graphs, and
charts to analyze the factors
affecting costs of production.
Sections in the bulletin also
examine the more important
factors responsible for eco
nomical production of apples
and pears in the area, and de
termine the relative profit
ableness of apples, winter
pears, and Bartletts produced
by the growers in the study.
Another section of the bulle
tin helps readers estimata
yearly cost of producing ap
ples, winter pears, or Bartletts
under present production con
ditions and practices.
The bulletin was written by
OSC agricultural economists
D. Curtis Mumford, Arthur E.
Irish, and Warren J. Green,
Oregon residents can obtain a
free copy at their county ex
tension office, or from tha
OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis.
Cost of the publication will ba
20 cents per copy to out-of-state
requests.
Fall Grain Export
From Portland Down
Salem - Grains broughl n
to Portland in September Ho
not measure up to the amr it
of grain brought in Aug"it,
according to report from "'e
division of grain inspectior of
the state department of ag
riculture. Total bushels brought in
;came to 5.5 million for Sep
tember. Truck receipts show
ed a large drop and there wis
a somewhat smaller drop in
barge movement. Expnrt
shipments increased to ap
proximately 17 full cargoes.
About 4.3 million bushels of
wheat were brought in and
over 1.000,000 bushels of bar
ley . Corn and milo ran
around 66,000 bushels, oats,
23,000 and rye, 6,000.
ELECT
GERALD J.
SCANNELL
DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY
Present Chief Deputy District
Attorney
Former Wasco County
Deputy District Attorney
Member Oregon State Bar,
Jackson County Bar
Association
Medford Lionl Club
YMCA Board of Director!
Scannall for Dist. Attorney
Comm., Mary Margaret Mullen,
Sec, Campbell Rd Medford,
Ore.
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