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9 TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Consumer Services To Be Intensified Salem - Consumer services In the state department of agriculture will be intensified and expanded under the re organization program present ed to the slate board of agri culture by J. F. Short, direc tor of agriculture. The board, in session all day Thursday, approved Short's proposals in full. The plan will now go to Governor Mark Hatfield for his approval. If granted, it will be put into effect, and then only step by step, until early in 1861. In other reorganization plans, Short will: 1. Redesignate the present division of market develop ments as the division of agri cultural development and ex ' pand its activities. This is in line with the 1.159 legislature mandate to develop and pro mote the agricultural re sources of the stale for the greatest possible contribution to its future economy. A mar keting specialist and statis tician will be added to this division, which now includes the chief and his secretary. 2. Create two positions o assistant director, one for live stock industries including the veterinary services and the division of animal industry (to be renamed livestock serv ices) which was split last June in Short's first reorganization move. Assistant's Job The other assistant director will be over the consumer and trade activities of the de partment. These Include the new division of dairy r.nd consumer service; laboratory services which will serve the entire department; the weights and measures pro gram; and the present division of plant industry. O. K. Bcals, chief of the present division of foods and dairies which will be dissolved, will draw the second assistant director ship as well as serving in dual capacity as chief of dairy and consumer services. 3. Create a department audit service directly respon sible to the director. This will include milk usage audits, checks on grain storage lia bility under the grain ware house program and internal audits. 4. Elevate the business man agement services to division status, with E. A. Bamford Jr., chief, and Lloyd Griffiths, present personnel otllccr, as sistant chief. Bamford is pres ent business manager. Salary levels will remain unchanged. 3. Add an administrative as sistant to handle routine work of records, statistical work and program analysis for the stale veterinarian activities. Oilier minor changes are in cluded. "This program will have no material financial effect," Short told the board, point ing out that additions uid promotions will be balanced by discontinued positions and underfilling. General objectives of the reorganization are to unify the various divisions of the department into one closely integrated organization, with similar responsibilities group ed together for efficiency and economy, Short said. Under Civil Service . The post of assistant direc tor serving the livestock cate gories will not be filled for some little time. Both assist ant directors will be under civil service. If the plan meets the gover nor's approval, it will be cir culated in full to members of the legislature and com modity groups for their ap Draisal. In other actions the board by unanimous action; 1. Adopted a policy to re quest future legislatures to assign new agricultural pro grams, not clearly In research and extension fields, to the state department of agricul ture. 2. Adopted a resolution di rected by Gov. Mark Hatfield and Finance and Admlnistra tion Director Freeman Hoi mer asking for restoration of four items in the department's general fund 1061-03 budget: $10,081 for an assistant per sonnel director; $2,025 for an imal division administration $17,004 for retail package checking; and $29,015 for meat inspection. These items were eliminated from the do- nartmcnt's general appropria tion proposals submitted for the governor's budget going to the next legislature. 3. Asked a lump sum legis lative appropriation Instead of a divis onal appropriation lor the department in view of the reorganization plan which had not been completed nt the deadline for the budget Droposals. . 4. Questioned the trend to use more license and fee money to support the depart ment's administrative services which have expanded rapidly as result of general fund pro grams. The board endorses a study on these lines which finance and administration and the department will carry on in the next two years and said It Is "interested in follow ing the progress of this study." The third and fourth points were also resolutions going to the governor and finance di rector. Short told the board need ed salary adjustments recent ly granted In the veterinary services have permitted com plete veterinary staffing. This will permit the department to provide more effective gen eral service to the livestock and poultry industries out side the areas served by Ore gon Slate college and the pri vate veterinarians, he said. Turkey Grading Act Amendment Talked in Salem Saicm - Members of Ore gon's Turkey Growers associ ation and officials of the state department of agriculture mel recently at the Salem offices where they agreed to a pro posed amendment to the tur key grading act which will au thorize a turkey slaughtering establishment to grade its own turkeys. The 1059 legislature, at the request of the turkey pro ducer associations, enacted the turkey grading act which re quires that all turkeys sold in Oregon be graded either "A," "B," or "C," by either the federal or slate depart ments of agriculture. Certain turkey slaughtering establishments which can qualify for federal grading, receive turkey inspection without cost but pay for grad ing. Those which must obtain state Inspection and grading pay all ot the cost, iteporico ly, tills has created a severe hardship on a few small proc essing establishments. Due to the almost prohibitive costs, they woould soon be out of business. The proposed amendment would allow these people to grade their own turkeys. State standards would have to be met as to grading and the designation used for grade would not be like that of es tablished federal and slate designations. J. F. Short, director of the slate department of agricul ture, who conducted the meet ing, stated that lie felt the suggested amendment would protect the turkey Industry and still maintain the same high standards of grade des ignations and permit the con sumers to Know wnat mey are buying but would, at the same time, authorize an ex emption permitting the small processor to stay in business. The new proposals will be submitted to the 1961 legisla ture and would be effective only if approved by the law makers. Short stales that "in the interim, we will still be en forcing the present grade la beling law." Fifty-Three Boys Get First Degree In FFA Program By ALAN BRAY Crater FFA Reporter Central Point - Fifty-throe vocational-agriculture students at Crater high school in Cen tral Point received the Green hand degree of Future Farm ers of America last Tuesday night. The degree Is given each year to first year vo-ag stu dents. It's bused upon achieve ments througout the year. Guest speaker Alan Bray told the boys and their par ents that reliable chapter of ficers should be honest, re liable, punctual, never speak without thinking first, and are helpful. Don Denning, chapter presi dent, told the new members of their duties. He also re ported that parliamentary pro cedure is "coming along quite well. Here the boys learn how to properly conduct a meeting and practice public speaking. So far 23 members have turned out for the parliamen tary team, Denning said. Last years parliamentary team consisted of Alan Bray, sen tinel, Delmar Smith, reporter, Jim Frink, treasurer, Dave Redmond, secretary, John Caster, president, and Don Ryan, president. Last year's team placed third in the dis trict contest. Chapter farmer Initiation will be held next week. This degree Is presented second year vo-ag students who have a fair knowledge of parlia mentary procedure and can conduct a meeting efficiently for 15 minutes. Representatives of KMED radio station and the Crater FFA members held a banquet at North's Chuck Wagon re cently to honor the boys work ing on the Rogue Valley Tal ent show. -CHIT CHAT- By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune "Urn Editor We thought after the last column we could take a little vacation from the migratory labor issue and set our course for calmer waters during the Yuletide. But, the boss laid a clipping on the desk yesterday morning so we had to hit this well-beaten subject again. Joe Bianco, able agricultural editor of the Oregonian, writes that the Agricultural Workers Organizing committee is crumbling. Why? Because Louis Krainock, AWOC's public relations officer told him so. We hope he is right. But we can't help wondering if this isn't a smoke screen. Let's stop and think. Oregon's vegetable and fruit grow ers subscribe to California papers in the heart of the agri cultural strike area. They study the situation, write letters, quiz people from that area as to what is going on. The Oregon Farm Federation sends two of its leading men down to the area to see for themselves. These two rep resentatives of a segment of the most powerful lobby group in Washington, D.C. (according to the secretary of labor) spread their findings over the official AFBF newspaper. A committee is formed and meetings of growers are held. Oregon has already passed some powerful legislation to pre vent any further abuses of migratory labor and to prevent future abuses, and it looks as if this legislative program will continue. Unobtrusively growers start to push their rep resentatives into the state legislature. It looks as if all of Oregon is alert and ready to meet any organizing attempt among farm labor. Even the Oregon seed growers passed a resolution severely criticizing "Harvest of Shame" recent TV picture on the migrant labor problem. One thing about union men, they are not dumb. They won't lower their heads and run into a concrete wall. So, perhaps the next best thing to do is to set up a smoke screen so they can climb over or run around it. We know of a successful high school football coach who used to encourage a green young sportswriter to point out weaknesses in his learn which really didn't exist. Rival coaches were avid newspaper readers, and at first suffered serious losses while basing their strategy on newspaper clippings. According to the Oregonian article, the AWOC failed to organize workers in California's Imperial valley during a harvest now in full swing. Also, Franz Daniel, assistant to the director of AFL-CIO organization, indicated he is un happy with the slow progress bases its Information on Krainock and "other sources." In California the union cultural workers, the article points out. This was brought out at the recent Hort Society meeting in Corvallis. The Oregonian article said not one growers this year which would give AWOC status of a bargaining agent. However, a fornia growers at the Hort Society meeting reported one contract had been signed with an elderly farmer with small acreage. The Oregonian article indicates that the AFL-CIO has spent more than $300,000 from its special project fund to support AWOC and has few results to show for it. All this may be true, but AWOC really expected a successful effort this first year when a similar union organization had failed previously. Reports come from the state of Washington that labor prob lems have suddenly cropped up in the fruit-producing area. Perhaps Oregon is being encircled. This article leaves a few of any ultimatums issued by Yet, it reports what would be highly confidential figures how much money has been expended on AWOC. It doesn't say what AWOC's budget is, and unions must have budgets, too. And AWOC hasn't taken advantage so far of the tre mendous barrage of propaganda laid down by television and some magazine and newspaper articles. Union leaders usually are excellent generals. They certainly wouldn't quit or fail to take advantage of such a ripe situation. The Oregonian article claims made wage gains but has failed to establish a union struc ture. Underground organizations during World War II clearly showed that what appeared to be small, ineffective, poorly organized groups could move quickly and powerfully when the time came. We hope we are all wet. early to smell the pear blossoms and dream of a bountiful harvest free of labor organizing problems. So, we 11 con tinue to chew on the stem of listen and wait and see. Meanwhile, everybody but get into the act. Growers, union men, lawyers, social workers, teachers, churchmen and society editors all have something to say about this migrant labor problem, and rightfully so, because directly or indirectly if affects all of us. But, we have yet to hear from a migrant laborer or from an ex-picker. A case in point, Is the meeting called by the Oregon Conference on Migrant Labor at the Salem YMCA on Dec. 15. "Representatives of farm and labor groups, civic and service groups, and legislators have been invited to the con ference to help assess progress being made in programs currently under way. "State agencies which serve migrant laborers will ex plain their duties and responsibilities as defined by the 1959 Oregon legislature. Five measures were passed during the session to Improve the status of migrant families." So reads the announcement. Topics Tin the agenda include federal migrant legislation and also the possibility of extending industrial accident coverage to certain agriculture occupations. So far the legislature started a pilot educational program for the migrant children, required licensing of labor con tractors, set transportation safety codes and set health and sanitation standards for migrant camps. We have been following articles on the farm labor situa tion In the California Farmer, a twice monthly farm pub lication, with some interest. The editor is strongly partisan for the grower. We assumed, then, he would be popular with every California farmer. However, tain't so. One farm er, who claims to own 3,900 acres, in a recent letter to the editor (he gets 'em, too) severely takes him to task for being one sided. We think Rudyard Kipling had some apt words for a situation an editor or reporter too often finds himself in "How can I answer which is best of all the fires that burn? I have been too often host or guest at every fire in turn." And finally, after coming to this valley and watching all the troubles peargrowcrs have, we wonder if that bit of fruit which caused all the trouble In the Garden of Eden really wasn't a lop-sided over-sensitive thing called a pear? Shipping Indicates State Salem - Number of fruit and vegetable carlots Inspect ed In October by the state de partment of agriculture total ed a little more than the pre vious month and n lot less than last year. This October over 3.000 car- lots were inspected. In Sep tember over 2,000 were in spected. In October, 1959, over 6,000 carlots were in spected. Platform inspections (com modities for processing) of on ions, potatoes and filberts come to over lou million of unionization. The article has organized only 3,500 agri contract has been signed with representative of the Call we wonder if those backing things unsaid. It doesn't tell the union high command. that the AWOC may have But, we don't think it is too our "patience pipe and watch, the migrant laborer seems to Crops Good pounds in October and Sep tember. October commodities in cluded apples, onions, pota toes, pears, brine cherries, filberts and peaches. Most apple orchards have been har vested. Walnuts have just be gun to move with the smallest crop since 1936. though the quality is said to be very good. Filbert tonnage is also reported down compared to previous years with quality above normal. The onion crop is 20 per cent under that of 1959. Harvesting of potatoes is reported finished. Subclover Rated Excel lent As Forage, Soil Builder Corvallis - A low-growing legume has developed a tall reputation with farmers in western Oregon, but it still GARDEN TIPS By JOHN McLOUGHLIN County Extension Agent CALIFORNIA RESTRICTIONS Many of us will be visiting relatives and friends in Cali fornia during the Christmas holidays. This brings up the question of what plants and plant products are permitted through the California inspec tion stations. Apples, pears, peaches and most of the rest of the fruit grown in this area have free access into California in small lots. Walnuts must have the soft outer husk removed. Bare nuts can be taken in without question. Cherries are the ex ception to free access and can not be taken across the state line. Most of the house plants Christmas trees and cut foli age of holly and Oregon grape are allowed. However, indi vidual holly plants must be certified before being admit ted. This certification may be obtained at the county exten sion office. Melons, squash and other produce in small quantities are allowed. Plants of pepper. tomato and egg plants must be certified. FLAME COLORING The holiday decor of your home may be effectively sup plemented by coloring the flame of your fireplace. Vari ous methods are used to color flame but they all center on the use of chemical com pounds such as copper sul phate (blue vitreol) or sodium chloride (salt). These com pounds may be purchased in dividually or in a packaged mixture. One method is to dip cones into a solution containing one pound of the chemical in a gallon of water for 15 min utes. The cones should be dried thoroughly. For a deeper flame color dip the cones a second time or make the solution stronger. A gallon of the solution will be suffi cient for approximately three- fourths of a bushel of cones. Firewood painted with the chemicals or bark chips and sawdust saturated in a mix lure of the chemicals and shel lac or varnish is also used. The mixtures should be stirred frequently while being used. These mixtures are cor rosive. Containers of glass, crockery or wood rather than metal should be used. The packaged mixture is sprinkled directly on the fireplace logs or on sheets ot newspaper. The newspaper is then tightly rolled and twisted and placed with the logs in the fireplace. Caution should be used with these chemicals. They are safe to use for the desired purpose, but they are chemicals and should be kept out of the reach of children and pets. Mergers Could Aid Farm Cooperatives Corvallis-Many of Oregon's financcially sound coopera tives could increase operating efficiency and quality of serv ice through merging, accord ing to an Oregon State col lege agricultural experiment station study. Gerald E. Korzan, OSC ag ricultural economist, studied operations and financial struc ture of typical farm coopera tives engaged in supplying farmers and marketing farm products. "All cooperatives included in the study were financially sound but could become even more successful through mergers," Korzan stated. Interest in mergers in re cent years is a result of eco nomic necessity for increased business size to meet compe tition and operate on smaller net margin, the economist ex plained. Findings have been publish ed in an OSC agricultural experiment station circular of information, "Farm Coopera tives Can Merge." Oregon residents may obtain ' copies from their local county extension office or from the OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvaniied and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 isn't used as much as it should be, believe agronomists at Oreeon State college. The legume, subclover, has built a reputation as an out standing forage producer and soil builder on the hill lands, cut-over areas. rirvland nac. tures, and worn-out crop lands oi me Willamette valley southern, and coast reeinns the agronomists sav. Tn manv places, for instance, use of suociover has increased the animal-carrying capacitiy of land up to nine times Subclover, named for its naoit oi burying its seed heads in the soil or vegetative mat in the soil's snrfnno le naturally adapted to western Oregon's climate of relatively warm, moist winters and dry summers. -rnnmrht. tn ha Q ... tive of the Mediterranean area, subclover was first grown in Oregon in 1922 from suea lmporiea irom Australia Easy To Grow The crop is easy to grow, agree William S. Miin OSC agronomist Hn..v Schoth, USD agronomist at utu, and Frank Crofts, Aus tralian agronomist doing grad uate work in the college's farm crops department. It will establish itself under a wide variety of conditions, even under constant irrazino n sod. And once established, it can produce up to three tons of dry matter per acre each year. Fields of subclover planted near corvallis in 1944 are still producing well although they've been hpavilv m-D.ni by both sheep and cattle, ocnoin said. And Crofts add ed that subclover stands in Australia are still nc annj aa ever after more than 50 years oi grazing by sheep. Subclover is naturally suit ed for Use with fnraffp pi-ace es, since it makes most of its growth from March tn mid. July. Since it matures and dies in earlv summpr It shouldn't be used in irrigated pastures, the agronomists noted. And. since suhclnvpr nmrle good drainage, it shouldn't be used on wet lands. There are thrpp of subclover in general use in the state at this time-Mt. Barker, Tallarock, and Nan geela. All three havr the same general characteristics and are recommended for western Oregon, the agronomists not ed, but farmers in certain areas often develop a prefer ence for one variety that seems to do best for them. Seed of Mt. Barker and Tallarock is usiiallv nuoiinkip in adequate amounts. There is also more seed of Nan la available this year, the agron omists reDorted. fVrtifipH seed is the most reliable, and should be used if available, tney said. Since the le?ump is an an nual that reproduces itself from buried seeH each vnnr it is natlirnllv aHantorl tn early-fall planting times and mis is recommended. Seedings should be done in September or before mid-Oetnhpr if ri sible. However, early spring plantings on well-prepared seed beds can be made. Should Be Inoculated When DlantpH in nmnnK, seed beds, the seed should be inoculated with the correct nodule-Droducintf hantpria if planted on land where neither sub nor crimson clover has been satisfactorily grown be fore. Seed should be sown and covered, preferably in moist soil, as soon after inoc ulation as possible. Subclover also can hp nlnnt. ed with little or no seed bed preparation. Burned over areas form excellent natural seed beds for subclover. An other method is to scatter threshed subclover straw or seed heads over the area, and let livestock tramnle it inin the ground. ProDer management nnH correct fertilization are im Dnrtant in hplnincr snhplovpr produce maximum yields, the agronomists emphasized. They suggested local county exten sion agents be consulted as to sources of seed, best time and method of planting, and management practices. SERVES ALL THE WEST I MARKET Federal-State Market News Service Red Bluff Livestock Auction Report, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1960 CATTLE: Salable BIS, Including around 330 calves. Slaughter teer and hellers scarce: slaughter cows acUve, strong to 30c higher, pots SI -00 higher; slaughter bulla scarce: slaughter calves steady to 50c higher; stocker and feeder calves and yearlings generally active, steady to 50c higher, except instances easier on heiter calves which found an increased outlet on slaughter accounts. Supply mainly ot northern California origin. Around 83 percent ot supply stockers and feeders, the remainder mainly slaughter cows. Slaughter cows: lew Standard 900-J020 lbs. $17.25-19.40, Com mercial $15.50-17.00, Utility $14.50-1600. Cutters $13.50-14.00, Canners $11.00-13.00. few "shelly" Canners down to around $9.70. Slaughter bulls: Individual Commercial 1393 lbs. $19.00. Slaughter calves: Several Good and Choice 300-500 lbs. $20.00 24.00 Stocker and feeder steers: S head lot Good and Choice 273 lb. calves $28.50. 6 head lot 360 lbs. $28.35, several lots and individual 300-520 lbs. $23.30-28.00. few individual and small lots Medium and Good calves $20.00-25.00. Small lots and Individual Good and Choice 550-650 lb. yearlings $23.00-26.25. 690-785 lbs. $2 1.00-2-.. 25. 800-900 lbs. $18.50-20.25; few Medium 710-830 lb. Holsteins $17.00 17.80. Stocker and feeder heifers: 9 head lot Good and Choice 265 lb. calves 524,40. small lots and Individual 300-500 lbs. $20.30-22.50. Individual Medium and Good calves $18.00-21.00. Small lots Medium and Good 550-675 lbs. $18.00-20.50. lnn..t anH ntu... Dnnlnl. anri InHiviHnnl Medium and GOOd 700-1070 lbs. $14.00-16.25. Small side $187.50 per pair. HOGS: Salable 24. Supply insufficient to fully test the market. Feeder pigs: Small lot Good and Choice 61 lbs. $20.50, couple 128 lbs. $17.00; small lot under 50 lbs. $5.00 per head. SHEEP: Salable 73. Supply insufficient to fully test the market. Slaughter lambs: Small lot Good 103 lbs. $15.10. Slaughter ewes: Couple small lots Cull 92 & 134 lbs. $1.00 & $2.60. Feeder lambs: Small got Good and Choice 99 lbs. $14.60. Replacement ewes: Small lot Medium and Good 2 year old to full mouth $9.00 per head DHIA Rankings Reported For September and August Glenn and Edna Chase Gold Hill, had the top herd for September according to the average butterfat pro duced, 43 pounds. Jack Caldwell, Eagle Point, took second place honors with his herd with 37 pounds. Swine Disease Costly, in State And Other Areas Editor's nota:-Ths follow ing information on animal health has been prepared as a public service by the Oregon Veterinary Medical association. One of the most widespread and costliest of all known diseases of swine, in Oregon and in other states, too, is swine erysipelas. National livestock- loss nrp. vention officials estimate that this highly infectious disease, most serious in young and growing Dies, causes an an. nual production loss of $25,- uuu.uuu. Swine ervsioelas is knnwn in a variety of different forms and may be easily confused with other hog diseases. It also affects manv nthpr an. imals, turkeys and ducks and is one 01 tne over 80 dis eases of animals which are transmissible to human be ings. Farmers, butchers and fish handlers are occupations which mav be most snsppn. tible to infection from swine erysipelas. The acute form of the dis ease is most commonlv seen in young pigs. The animals may be found dead without any previous warning nf symptoms. When the symp toms do appear, they may in clude a stiffened gait, vomit ing or diarrhea and the de velopment of red patches which may turn to dark red or purple. Chronic Type Described The chronic tvnr nf prv. sipelas has been described as tne artnntic form. There may be enlargement of ioints. In extreme cases the hog will be unable to walk at all. The heart may also bp involved Swine erysipelas can be treat ed successfully if a veterinar ian is called soon enough. In most cases that means nnt later than 12 hours after the start of symptoms. Vaccination is another part of a program for preventing swine erysipelas. Animal vac cination is necessary for breeding stock and it is rec ommended that gilts be vac cinated after they have been selected for breeding. New animals brought to the, farm should be isolated for up to 30 days and ob served for symptoms. (Questions of general in terest pertaining to animal health will be answered in this column. Inquiries may be addressed to Oregon Veteri nary Medical assiciation, 1S00 S.W. Taylor st., Portland 5, Ore.) wot NEWS lot Medium with young calves at The Chase herd has 29 cows. 7.78 per cent dry and averaged 1,156 pounds of milk. The Caldwell herd has 49 cows, 10.88 per cent were dry and averaged 848 pounds of milk. Others according to rank ings were Chester Jensen, Rogue River, 25 cows, 10.93 per cent dry, and averaged 660 pounds of milk and 35 pounds of butterfat; Edgeoaks dairy, Eagle Point, has 64 cows, 8.06 were dry, aver aged 968 pounds of milk and 34 pounds of butterfat; R. R. Bitterling, Eagle Point, has 73 cows, 23.61 per cent dry, averaged 911 pounds of milk and 34 pounds of butterfat. M. Jane, a cow owned by Bill and Ho Hubbard, Eagle Point, was top cow for Au gust, according to IBM calcu lation, with 2,034 pounds of milk, 106 pounds of butterfat for 60 days of milking. The Hubbard s Winnie was second with 1,876 pounds of milk, 98 pounds of butterfat for 70 days in milking. "Other cows and their rank ings were Little It, R. R. Bit terling, Eagle Point, 2,691 pounds of milk, 97 pounds of butterfat for 31 days in milk ing; Sally, also owned by Bit terling, 1,829 pounds of milk, 88 pounds of butterfat, for 31 days in milking. Lark, owned by R. W. Wyant, 1,500 pounds of milk, 87 pounds of butter fat, for 35 days in milking; Hilda, owned by the Hub- bards, 1,808 pounds of milk, 85 pounds of butterfat, for 32 days in milking; Zoe, own ed by Glenn and Edna Chase, Gold Hill, 1,835 pounds of milk, 84 pounds of butterfat, for 31 days in milking; Gil man's Dairy farm, Central Point, 2,148 pounds of milk, 82 pounds of butterfat, for 46 days in milking; No. 51, own ed by Straus Brothers, Cen tral Point, 2,099 pounds of milk, 82 pounds of butterfat, for 456 days in milking; Petu nia, owned by R. R. Bitter ling, Eagle Point, 2,354 pounds of milk, 80 pounds of butter fat, for 31 days in milking. County Herds High in Cal Show Representative animals from two Jackson county herds placed high at the re cent Pollarama in Sacramen to last week end. The Dick Ireland Hereford ranch, Ashland, took a fifth place with one bull and two third places with its heifers. E. N. Lippert, of Lippert's Furniture store; Medford, took third place with two bulls from the Williams, Ore., ranch. Both herds stood above the top half in all classes, observ ers reported. Ralph Cook, Medford, who recently re turned from the International Livestock show in Chicago, 111., said this was a better class of animals than he saw at Chicago. Dan Meeker, Cook's new herdsman, was in charge while Cook was gone. He has been working here for the past six months. be specific... say IIIVflSMYI tr ci N For Freight and Paitenger Information CALL . Jv ,J.', zie'mr- Gen. Traf. Agl. 1307 W. Main, Medford SP 3 5383 Eagle Point Man Attending Meet Of Ag Teachers Nat Etzel, Eagle Point voca tional Agriculture instructor, and vice president of the Ore gon Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers this week is attending the Nation al Vocational Agricultural Teachers' association, accord ing to an official release from the association. Etzel is one of the official Oregon delegates at the Los Angeles convention which got underway Saturday and will end Friday. The Eagle Point man presented the Oregon as sociation's accomplishm e n t s for the past year at the first regional meeting on Dec. 4. The NVATA consists of over 10,000 teachers of voca tional agriculture with mem bers from all the states. There are 104 members in the Ore gon association. Julian Carter of New York is president, James Wall, Nebraska, execu tive secretary, and Luther Hardin, Arkansas, immediate past president. Byron of St. David, Ariz., is vice-president for region 1 of which Oregon is one of the 10 states. "Agricultural education in the golden sixties" is the theme. One of the highlights will be a talk by Mark Nich ols. Utah state director of: vocaticnal education, on voca tional education in Russia. During general sessions there will be several business meetings, special committeo meetings, a state president's dinner and a special session when President Carter will speak on his South American tour. FOR SWIMMERS ONLY Shrewsbury, England-IUPI)-Floodwaters of the River Sev ern have put several front rows of a movie theater here under water, but the show went on. A sign outside the theater Monday said; "Non swimmers can not be ad mitted in the 30 cent seats." You may confidently expect MORE MILK MORE MEAT FASTER! FROM THE OFFSPRING OF OUR GREAT PROVED SIRES Modern Artificial Breeding with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE C. C. 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