MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961 '
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1
Loose Pen Sellers
usreu iur j die
i
4 Red Bluff. Calif. - Range
bull buyers who like thera in
J the rough will be able to
1 purchase loose pen lots of
IHerefords at the 20th annl
J versary Red Bluff, California
bull sale, Feb. 2, 3 and 4, ac-
cording to Donald M. Smith,
t manager.
J "This feature of America's
J largest sale of inspected and
'f graded service-age bulls
proved so successful at the
li 1960 event that the commit
tee in charge determined to
continue it," Smith said.
Already more than 200
head, out of a total of 400
Herefords, have been con
sidled in loose pens of three,
four and five, the manager
explained. Among those con
signing loose pens are the
Seven Oaks Hereford ranch,
and Fields Hereford (Xanch,
both of Central Point..
Other loose pen consignors
from Oregon are: Hudspeth
Land and Livestock company,
Prineville; Herbert Ekstrom,
lone; Lost River Ranch, Inc.,
Klamath Falls, Stearns Cattle
company, Prineville; Norman
dale Hereford ranch, Merriy.
Consignors Listed
California consigners are
H. Bar Hereford ranch,
Covelo; Hellman Hereford
ranch TTnnlanri Prirp Wprp-
' ford ranch, Cottonwood: Estes
and Estes, Burney; Hoy Here
ford ranch, Weed; Dudley
Parker ranch, Gazelle, Foley
Farms, Middletown, R. E.
Connolly, St. Helena; Ralph
and John Ahl, Santa Rosa;
San Felipe ranch, San Jose;
Mt. View ranch, Dixon; .Den
nis Welch, Millville, Four
ness Hereford's Pleasant
Grove.
From Washington consign
ors are, Schwisow brothers,
Ritzville; Alanna Polled Here
ford ranch, Lacey.
Other consignors are from
Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and
Montana.
The sale will be held s
the Tehama county, Calif.,
fairgrounds, Saturday, Feb. 4.
Lots will be shown separately
and will be judged the pre
vious Wednesday by a cow
man's committee of Roy Car
michael who has rangeland in
Plumus and Tehama counties;
Cameron Cliff., Bairns, Ore.,
and Abner McKenzie, Red
Bluff. All three judges are
considered successful cattle
men. Another feature of the sale
will be the appearance of des
cendants of pioneer , ranch
leaders. These living relatives
of men who have been placed
In the National Cfiwboy Hall
of Fame in Oklahoma City
will be honored at the Friday
nig'.'.t banquet on Feb. 3.
Jim Rogers, son of cowboy
humorist Will Rogers, will
auction a donated Hereford
bull for the benefit of the na
ttonal cowboy shrine.
Tips on Early Lambs (Given
Regarding Treatment
Early lambs have started to
arrive, marking the beginning
of a busy season' for sheep
cowners. Experienced sheep
men will save a high per
centage of Clambs.
Most lamb , losses result
from neglect. Prevention of
chills and 7f infection from
unsanitary quarters, and see
ing that the young lamb
nurses its mother, will cut
down losses. Heat lamps in
lsmtjing pens are a big help.
' The flocak is oftOn plagued
with diseases during the Ismib
lngi period, one Iff which is
pregnancy disease of ewes.
This most often occurs in
, sheep that have bOen undrjj
fed during tl-Te gpstgtion3 pe
riod. Loc of exercise seems
tospeed up the number of
cases.
Ewes which are affected
can be treated with one-half
cup of syrup in a pint of
water gven as a drench three
or four times a day.
Ruin Jfctdnct Dh:
Another problem of sheep
men durinft lambing) sis pulpy
gidney disease, or enterotox-
emia, in lambs. Tha heaviesti
lambs in th flocit; are af
fected, beginning tbout to
aees of age.
Use of bacterin to im
munize eises prior to lgmb
ing is recommended, but it
must be done between thG
fiOth 3hd 110th duy of preg
nancy. The vijEcine can be used to
immunize young lambs, al
though from 10 to Vi days
ere required to develop pro
tective immunity, LijmbS can
t vgeciifated t thrsft days
of age. but will requira re-
inoculation fit six weejjs of
f ge i) continue thO immunity.
White muscle disease has
ejlso caused somO losses be
cause of deficiency of the
SIRment selenium in the diet
of tne eSe prior toambing.
FcSf-lin one-quarter pound
of linseed or soybean oil me
to the ewe for two-thirds of
the gestatio period is the best
Ajnown prevention
Lambs which are affected
can be inspected with selen
ium by a veterinarian to pre
vent pss.
3Docinsf. Catatirtf
Docluing of lambs should5ei
done at 7-14 days of age, and
ram lambs should je car ated
a the fume time. A good
disinfectant should be used
with these operations.
When the Ustrator method
iiw us'i foi'. docking, the rub-
- CHIT CHAT -
y JOE COWLEY
Mall Tribuns arni Editor
This is the time for predictions and studying the guesses
everybody else is making about the future of agriculture.
Some of the experts are expecting the new Secretary
of Agriculture Orville Freeman to move rapidly Into the
new administration s farm program. But it is a notorious
fact that neither Ezra Taft Benson, present secretary of
agriculture, or the man before him could move any faster
than Congress would let them. And Congress is more in
terested tight now with the international situation.
Mechanization Seen
On Rise in '60 s
: This emphasis on the international, problem will affect
U. S. farming somewhat. For instance, there will be an
early renewal of the sugar act which expires at the end of
March. This act controls the market for the large produc
tion of sugar beets in the U.S. Friendly foreign nations,
such as Brazil, will be seeking more of a share of Cuba's
slice of our sugar market. This is bound to be a diplomatic
headache. Indirectly, this affects the Rogue valley farmers
since some of them produce sugar beet seed.
Wr;tern congressmen will pr(ably seek a clarification
of federal and state water rights. This is fundamental to
the west's development. This group of laws seems too com
plex to many of the experts working in this complicated
fie'i- O 0 ,
Speaking of water rif)ts and such, many irrigationists
in the west hope the new administration will have the good
sense to keep Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Floyd E.
Dominy in his present position, fie has a thorough under
standing of the western water problems and makes frequent
field trips to find out. We have yet to hear anyone speak
ill of him. His outspoken diplomacy is a refreshing contrast
to the evasiveness and strictly political attitude so many high
government officials develop."
ber band should be removed
after several days, at which
time'Sthe tail should be cut
off and the stub disinfected
This method will prevent in
fection, which often causes
stiff lambs and slows the
lamb's growth. e -
Creep feeding of lambs
with a good quality of any
of the farm grains is .follovjjd
by most successful sheepmen.
Ewes should get a$ the good
quality hay they can eat and
in addition three-quarters to
a pound of grain a day until
the time they go onto pasture.
The aijn ofj the successful
shCepmAn" is to market a high
percentoge of milk-fat lambs
during May and early June
when prices are highest.
Further suggestions on care
of sheep are available in Ex
tension Bulletin 723, "Sheep
Management in O r e g o n,"
available at county extension
Now that the Talent division0of Vhe Rogue basin project
is rapidly nearing completion manyof the bureau of recla
mation people hfc.re are getting ready to pack their bags
and move out. 0 We will be sincerely sorry p see them go.
They have been fine people to know and have done an ex
cellent job-under sometimes trying circums&nces. It might
have been possible to have made a comparative easy shift
from the Talent division to the main Rogue basin project
if things had moved faster. Of course, now when the project
is finally started, everybody-fisherman and farmer will be
satisfied. But, we often wonder if the importance of a fish
ery isn't over-emphasized. e
offices.
e We could have kept these BR people who are now thor
oughly familiar with the country, (project and people in
volved. It would have been easier on them and their fam
ilies and on us. At a time when merchants are complaining
about tne numbers out of work, construction of the project
could have obsorbed many of these presently unemployed
l&'ore water would have been available sooner to meet the
population pressure Even in a democracy, apparently, it
isn't always the majority thav1 rules. Sometimes it is a very
loud minority. We hope no more unrjcessary obstacles will
be raised and the bitter experiences of the past will remain
well-learned lessons for the future.
Washington, Dec. 3 0IPU -Mechanization
and increased
yields, the two dominant
forces which brought tremen
dous changes in agriculture in
the fifties, vSill do Vhore of
the same during the sixties,
in the opinion of a top agri
cultural economist. J
J. Carroll Bottum,' Purdiie
university professor, d I s
cussed agricultural changes
of the fifties before extension
workers at the recent annual
agricultural outlook confer
ence, and forecast the possi
bility of these further changes
.n thesixties:
-Cultivated land will con
tinue to move out of crop
production, perhaps 40 to 80
million (M) acres.
-Labor will continue to
flow out of farm production
into other occupations, per
haps three-fourths or more of
the youth born on farms.
-Capital needs will in
crease. -Capital inputs purchased
om'Jide of agriculture will in
crease. -The management level
will increase.
To this background, Bottum
added these assumptions:
-In the period ahr&d, we
will have reasonably full em
ployment and an active econ
omy except for the normal
moderate business recessions.
e -we will wave about 2 per
cent increase in the demand
for farm products to feed and
clothe the population in the
decade ahead, but we will
adopt new technology at
sufficiently rapid rate that
land and human resources
will neeJ to flow out of agri
culture to keep it in adjust
ment.
-il'nskilled and untrained
labor will find more difficulty
in finding employment in the
next decade to our highly de
veloped economy than during'
me past decade.
-The family commercial
farm will prevail in most
areas as the main produ'lsihg
unit purely on the basis of
economic; competition.
Suggeitioni Mad
With this framework and
background, Bottum suggested:
-Help for total agricul
ture, including the marketing
agencies, to expand the out
lets for farm products both
at home and abroad.
-Help for farmers and so
ciety to develop overall land
policies vo make ijj possible
for some cultivated land to
move out more easily into
other uses.
-Ways to improve the train-
tig and to facilitate $ie move
ment of farm youth infS
other occupations.
sAn improved education
program to help rural peo
ple and others allied with
agriculture to help make the
adjustments in all the institu
tions associated with agricul
ture. -Outlook information gear
ed to needs of different
groups in agriculture.
Bottum said farmers need
to be kept informed relative
to long-time trends so that
they are not over-extended in
such perils as appear to be
coming up in hogs and eef
cattle as early as 1962.
Mint Growers
Set Yearly Meet
In Corvallis
Corvallls - Latest research
Oregon Farm Prices Up
Slightly Above U.S.
Corvallls - Oregon farm
prices moved up a little last
month and now stand 4 per
cent above a year ago and at
the highest level since mid-
1053 rnnnWa Mn Flvprn Hnr.
to control disease and inseclWrell, ' extension agricultural
economist at Oregon State
11 1 lege .
Higubr prices on turkeys.
FARM
NOTES
Washington
Central Point- ft course in
livestock, production will be
taught as part of the adult
education program at the Cra
ter high school starting at8
p.m., Monday, Jan. 16, accord
in to Crater high school vo
cational agriculture instructor
Ed Griggs.
KThe coursa will include
three classes on lef cattle,
two classes on dairy, two on
sheep, one on swine anu&two
on general livestock- market
ing. s guestn insKJjctor, Bill
Bray, Midway Auction yard,
will te&'ih classes on market
ing. Earle Jossy, county ex
tension a2nt, will Instruct the
Som observers feel 5'iat the law under which Mexican
farm workers can be imported wilLbe extended under the
new administration. It will if Pacific Coast fruit and vege
table grower? unite to make their demands felt. So far we
have not seen any attempts at grouping together even though
this was recommended at the last hort society meeting in
Corvallis. Some observers feel if the Mexican national law
is extended, regulations will be ffiiade toughed
California people feel there will be an intensification of
the controversy over unionzing California farm woi-kers.
rnurte will be resorted to aeain this year by grower.", seek
ing to establish 'legal roadblocks fiigainst union organizing
methods. No wonder soe farmeij have become lawyers.
They ere almost fufrced into it.
One prominent grower-packer who ke.ps a close watch
on such things says California Gov. Pat Brown is changing
course ;J)little on his attitude on the farm labor hassle.Cali
fofiiia being a leading agricultural state and Brown's in
creasing unpopularity with the farmers has built up con
siderable political pressure. From what we have seen Gov
ernor Brown is a ver-ry stubborn man and stubborn men,
even those in politics, don't change their minds easily. How
ever, the California Farmer reports that the governor is
really shook up by the close vote 1 uamornia s iajj election.
Well, we will see.
Meanwhilp. fruit pickers we1 talked to recently wrote
us from Stockton, Calif., and enclosedSsome clippings. If
the Atiricultural Workers' Organizing Committee is losing
strength, according to some reports made in this state, then a
lot of pressure eis (cing built up by a weak organization.
According to two clippings our j?icker friends sent us,
muchraof the fuflUre California farift labor battle will be
fought in the state legislature. A story dalelined Dec. 24,
Sacramento, reports, "But though it's not clear whether the
skirmishes at the 1961 legislature will bring any great
classes on sheep. Geoie Gil-Ichanges, it is clea? that this year's harvest strife did."
man nUmon's Hnirv Ppntrnt I
Mn Deere Daf
Scheduled Here
Thursday, Jan. 5, Hubbard
Wray company, 909 South
Riverside ave. will hold its
annual John Deere Day.
It will be the' first local
public showing of the new
John Deere line of tractors.
Besides the demonstration
of films of the "New Genera
tion of Power" there will be
other films. The picture,
"Men, Ideas, and Tractors,"
tells the story behind the
story of the new line's design,
development and testing. The
third film shows the revelop
ment of the John Deere line
starting with 1837 and the
company's first successful
steel .plow.
Farmers will see also an
on the spot review of Deere
Day in Dallar.when dealers
previewed the New Genera
tion of Power at what is re
ported to bff one of the largest
meetings iif IU kind. Over
6.000 people, Including 4,500
agricultural and industrial
John cJ)eere dealers, were
flown To Dallas for the event,
man, Oilman s dairy, central
Point, will instruct the dairy
classes. Griggs will conduct
classes on beef and swine. .
The programs will cover
management, economics, feed
Jji and disease control. Fee
for the 10 week course will be
$5. Each class will start with
tea film and refresnments will
be served each evening. Those
interested in registering
should contact the Crater vo-
ag department Jit Crater high.
i&rhool, Central Point.
Two oth( csurses schedul
ed are parliamentary proce
dure and beginning welding.
Both will be held beginning
at 8 p.m., Wediftisday, Jan. 18.
The article report iat some individual growers were
hard hit and almost all who were struck made some con
cessions, &ut over-all crop losses &vgre slight. However,
State Employment Director Irving Perluss says thewscat
tered strikes have signaled "an economic hie and death
struggle" between the AifL-CIO and the California powerful
farm organizations.
to (have overcome any skepticism
5 to have helped add $11 million to
The ACbC claims
among labor and clms
fji:m workers' earnines in spite of a small membership-prob-
vablv about F.OOO. Farmers, however, have denied AWUU
naa any eiicci on uie wage lume. 0
. Hie California growers admit thapAWOC has created
a climate in which collective bargaining maybe established
some day. Now they have to win ttie rignt to act as Dar
gaining agfnt for the farm worker.
Court Records
4SHLAND MUNICIPAL COURTS
Charles Vernon Ruth, disobeyed
traffic signal,
Erwln L. Wilkinson, parked In
yellow zone. $5.
Donald EuRene Wilcox, exces
sive vehicle noise, $20.
Edna E. Harrt. disobeyed stop
sign, no operator's license, $10.
J. W. Kingsle,' improper park
inr. $5. .
rlonald John Norman,) expired
operator's license, $10.
Jane Kathryn Pollard, disobey
ed stop sign, $5.
Alfred Joseph Moran, expired
vehicle license, $5.
Bftrney Joseph Gwinn, following
too cloie, $25.
Richard Arlen Reigel, excesive
vehicle noise, $20.
Dorothy Maf Case, dlsoMed
atop lgn 5.
Thomfis Lee Ferte, double park
ed without driver in attendance. $5.
David I-Hoy Jackson, following
too close, i'2i.
Carol Ann ttohnsteln, disobeyed
stop sign, $5.
Howard Lester Fields, disobeyed
traffic signal, $5.
Claris Bernadlne Reynolds, dis
obeyed traffic nignal. $3.
Gertrude Emily Heltkamp, viola
tion of basic rule, 1 r (
Gordon Charles Scl.'imberg, fm
nrooer Daisinf. $5.
Donald Eugene Ralls, following
too close. $25.
Walter Godfrey Biumi, violation
of basic rule.
Charles Wesley VanKoten, dis
obeyed traffio signal, ij.
Oregon Diirymeji
To View Work
At State Meet
Corvallis - National dairy
leaders will help Oregon
'farmers take a look at all
phases of the tlidustry-from
prorfjiction through pricing
and milk controls-at thfl Ore
gon Dairymen's AssoSation
67th annual meeting. Jan. 10
to 12 at Salem. 41
i Faster rise in irSlk produc
tion costs than in prices paid
to farmers for milk during
the past 10 years will focus
attention on pricirig, market
ing, and future outlook vor
'(the industry.
Proposed legislation on
milk marketing, milk audit
ing, and dairy inspection and
licensing is allso slated for
discussion, reports ODA sec
retary H. P. Ewalt, Oregon
State College extension dairy
specialist.
ODA president Eouis Wett-
steln, Milt'heur county dairy
man, will open the meeting
Jan. 10 at 3 p.'v). with special
committee session at the Mar-
n Hotel, conventAjn head
quarters.
Speaktrs Listfd
Main speakers Jfflr general
sessions starting Jan. 10 will
include William Hitz. Iowa
dairyman and i'lce-piesidcnt
of thi? American Dairy Asso
ciation, who will discuss dairy
production and dairy sales
and promotion.
Dr. David A. Clarke, Jr.,
University of California agri
cultural economist, will re
view milk pricing and milk
control programs.
Governor Mark Hatfield
will present needs in state
government reorganization at
a Jan. 11 luncheon sponsored
by the Oregon Dairy council.
Other speakers will include
F. IS. Prices Oregon State
College dean of agriculture,
speaKing on agricultural ao
Justmcnts; and W. A. Kessi
Scappoose, president of the
Oregon Dairy Herd Improve
ment associationP
(UPU A rcvieffv
of the agriculture depart
ment's utilization research
program has pointed up its
general excellence as well as
its deficiencies.
Dr. Roy Chester Newton,
former director of research
for Swift and company, said
the department's utilization
research program is "excel
lent," and "has contributed
substantially to the economic
welfare of the United States."iPathol8v department.
...... V rt 1 j: :
Mis praise inciuoeo tne
Washington staff, the staff at
the four regional laboratories
and their field stations, the
research projects chosen and
the method of selecting them,
and the facilities and equip
ment.
pests of Oregon's $4'" million
annual pepper-mint crop will
be reported Jan. 12 and 13 at
the Oregon Essei&ial Oil
Growers league's annual
n-Qeting at yegon State col.
lege.
Market outlook, specF,
committee riorts, and panel
discussions by growers and
OSC agricultural specialists
are also scheduled, reports
lain C. MacSwan, igSC ex
tension plant pathology spe
cialist and league secretary.
Main speakers will include
Dr. C. A. Thomas, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture plant
pathologist and a leading au
thority on mint research. Dan
Fig Jr., Salem, who operates
mint farms in Oregon and
Washington, will discuss pro
duction problems resulting
from serious insect and dis
ease outbreaks in recent
yegrs.
Research on.mint problems
was bolstered recently with a
$16,500 grant for 1961 from
major mint oil users and $3,
000 from the Oregon league.
Oil buyers making the grant
were William Wrigjpy, Jr.,
Beech-fi-it Lifesavers, .Amer
ican Chicle Co., Colgate-Pal
molive Co.,, and Pjoctor and
uamuie. 9
Industry Grants
Dr. Roy A. Young, OSC bot
any and plant pathology de
partment head, points out that
almost all OSC mint research
costs other than staff salaries
are financed with Industry
grants rather than state
funds,
Research underway at OSC
agricultural experiment sta
tion that will be reported at
the meeting includes mint
pest control by H. E. Morri
son, entomologist; mint nema
tode control, D. E. Konicek;
and mint wilt by C. E. Horner.
both of the botany and plant
wool, potatoes, hay, alfalfa
and and red clover seed, and
food grains led the way to a
onevier cent farm price in
crease in November. Mrs. Hor
rell found as she studied re
ports from the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. These
more than offset lower prices
received by the state's farmers
for chickens, milk, most meat
animals, corn, barley, and al
sikle clover, she said.
National farm prices also
went up a little last month,
Milk Production
Shows Big Drop
For November
Coruollis
So, this is how things shape up onCCalifornia's political
and economic chessboard: The AWPC is pressing lcgisla
ture for a "Little NLRB" to extend collective bargaining
to farming. The growers are moving to block the committee
from getting into position to put on a tight economic squeeze
that would force them to bargain with a union
O
The erowers are seeking laws to ban harvest-time strikes
and cancellation' of the government jftrig whic&i forbids
use o.' imported Mexican natlanals or state-referrcfA domestic
Dickers on farms which have picKel lirs around inem,,
Perhaps State Grangemaster J. B, Quinnas come up
with a workable compromise: Allow workers to orgartiWe,
but ban harvest strikes and csite a state arbitration com
mission to force settlement on both; sides whenever a dis
pute arises. 'a s
However. California authorities are dubious afio whether
such" a proposal could be fairced through the two lbies
which represent both sides. .
Anyway, Rogue valley fruit growers will learn the latest
in the farm labof situation as it affects Oregon when they
attend the annual meeting of the Fruit Growers League
scheduled tentatively for some time in January.- "if you
have any gripes come to this meeting and get them off your
chest," one of the big pushes in this organization suggests
to all growent. However, the gripes usually go with the
coffee and doughnulu served after the mectlnS One report
wHI be on pear industry public relations. The California
growers bnye hired a firm to make a survey of how the
public feels toward them. It would be interesting if such
a survey were made here. r
Total meat production un
der federal inspection for the
week ending Dec. 10 was estit-
rmated at 474 million pounds.
This was 4 per cent above
the 454 million pounds of a
week earlier, but 4 per ceriit
below the 492 million pounds
of a year ago.
The weekly meat produc
tion was the greatest for any
week since mio-january, dui
still was 18"million pounds
short of the liberal output
the corresponding week a
year ago.
Production of winter vege
tables was expected to be less
than last winder. Forecasts
for 10 citops, which usually
account for more than half
of the winter production, in
dicated a 3 per cent decline.
The largest tonnage decrease
from last year wassin cciery
production.
Substantially less produc
tion of artichokes and beets
was expected. Partially off
setting these decreases were
small increases in lettuce,
cauliflower, n d broccoli.
Acreage estimates for three
other winter crops indicated
cEfcbage acreage was up 7
per cent but carrots were
down 22 per cent and es
carole down 6 per cent.
Panel discussion reports on
use of disease-free plantinS
stock jjdll be made byjHorner;
uanas Klcnards and Paul
Jasa, Madras growers; H. E.
Finnell, OSC extension plant
certification? specialist; jnd
Amos Bicrly, Madras, Jeffer
son county extension agent.
ur. w. r . Unsoeia. OSC,
professor'of philosophy and
one of the world's foremost
mountain climbers, will speak
at the Jan. 12 banquet on
climbing experiences Last
summer, Dr. Unsocld was a
member of the expeditionthat
made the first successful as
sault on Masherbrum. 25.880-
foot Himalayan peak, highest
unclimbed mountain at that
iHime.
Plane Runs Into
Flock of Geese
Topeka,,Kan. -$?!)-A Conti
ncntal Airlines DC3 bound
from Denver to Kansas City
ran into a f.'ock of geese Mon
day night C'.er the small com
munity of Silver Lake in east
ern Kansas.
Three dead geese were
found In the cockpit after tlii:
plane made a normal landing
at Topeka.
The pilot, A. M. Rlppey,
Aurora, Colo.'Tivas treated for
facial lacerations at a Topeka
hospital. Several sutures were
required.
, Only four passengers, all
bound for Kansas City, were
aboard. i)
Three of the four continued
their trip to Kansas City by
bus. , .
Rlppey said the plane was
flying at 3,500 feet In clear
weather and was about 15
miles northwest of Topeka
when the accident happened
He said he had no idea how
many geese were in the flock
Washington- IUP1I -The com
mercial apple crop this year
iij down considerably fro a
year ago and well below av
The Agricultural MarKeting
Service (AMS) said 1980 com
mercial production of all va
rieties now is cestimated at
U6.4 million bushels, 13 per
cent under average. Compar
isons with last yiSur by areas:
Eastern, down 15 per cent;
Central, down 8 per cent; and
Western, down 11 per cenv
i'he USDAoannounced that
on imnortant aaln in mans
fliiht aeainst insect peres nns
been made with the first rc-
norted combination, (IV syn
thesis, of an insect attractant
ihnt occurs naturally In the
fpmnlp IfVDSV moth.
Thi rdiscovery also has
made possible, for the-, first
(imr the svnthesis of unlimit
oH nnantitles of a related
,-homical. which can be munu
-.'ncturpd at low cost. It win
be used fir large-ale siuaies
tC,detcrmine the best way to
pmnlov such an attractant in
controlling gypsv moths.
Washington-Mru-The Agri
culture Denartmcnt said to
day poultrymcn were not
likely to have as good a year
in' '1061 a they have hed In
loan.
In 1961, the department
said, egg, broiler, and turkey
prices wenS1 likely to move
wir Inward 1058 levels. The
noonrv noted that 1980 prices
for eggs, farm chickens, brolfcj
ers, and turkeys wouiq av
erage higher than last year
even though broiler and tur
key prices at the end of this
year may be lower man uur-
ing December oi man.
Jersey Cows Get
Merit Awards .
Three registered Jersey
cows owned by W. D. Mon
gold, La Pine Jersey farm,
Route 1," Eagle Point, have
taken recent honors from the
American Jersey Cattle club,
a club 'spokesman announced.
Two of his cows recently
completed official production
records giwing them cow pow
er Index ratings. This rating
indicate how many times
their body weight in milk
have produced during recent
lactation.
The cows and their produc
tion records are: La Pine
Standard Gleam, 11,701
pounds of milk, 878 pounds
of butter fat. 305 days, for
an Index rating of 13.5; and
La Pine Standard Garland,
11,050 pounds of milk, 652
pounds of fat, during ?J)5 days
test, for index rating of 12.6.
Gleam is 3 years, 5 months
old, and Garland 2 years, 11
months old.
La Pine Sparkling Sheba
earned the gold medal gjward
for having completed a pro
duction record of 11,833
pounds of milk and 701
pounds of butter fat In 305
days at 6 years, 6 months.
The official record was su
pervised by Oregon State col
lege Brill verified by the
American Jersey Cattle club
Production
milk turned downward in
Oregon last month, in contrast
to national production which
continued to lead that of a
year earlier, reports Stephen
C. Marks, extension agricul
tural economist at Oregon
State college.
Dairy farmers in the state
produced 75 million pounds of
milk in Nov., 9 million pounds
less than in October of this
year and one million pounds
less than a year earlier,
Marks found as he studied re
ports from the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. This was
l')the first time since June of
1959 Hint milk production in
Oregon dropped below that
of the preceding moffth, he
pointed out.
With supplies a littlejower,
Jbrices received by Oregon
dairymen for all milk, whole
sale, moved up about 10 cents
per hundred pounds above
that received in October, but
still stand 15 cents below last
yew's November average,
Marks said.
Prices paid by Portland
dealers last month for 3.5 per
cent fat milk used in the
bottle and can trade averaged
higher than in October, but
were unchanged from a year
earlier, Marks also found
Retail prices for milk in Port
land, however, averaged
about 2 per cent higher than
a year ago.
Cost of producing milkalso
moved up a little last month
boosted by a slight increase in
the price of alfalfa hay. Pro
duction costs still remained
about 2'i per cent under a
year ago, however, as wages,
alfalfa hay, and dairy feed
prices were all lower than in
November, 1959.
Averaging it out, the lower
average prices for milk com
pared to a year ago were only
partially canceled out by
lower average costs of pro
duction. This left the ratio
of milk and butterfat prices
to feed prices less favorable
to dairymen than last year at
this time.-
On the national scene, un
usually mild November
weather over the main dairy
region helped keep milk pro
duction at a high level. While
production did drop some, as
it usually does this time of
year? November's production
still topped that of November
1959 by 2 per cent, Marks
said.
but the increase averaged less
than a fraction of one per
cent, Mrs. Horreli found.
Higher egg, beef cattle, toma
to, milk, and potato prices
were only partially offset by
a sharp drop In corn prices,
along with more moderate
drops in prices received by
farmers for cotton, oranges,
and hogs.
Artragt Up
With this slight rise, na
tional farm prices also aver
aged 4 per cent above a year
ago, and within one point of
the 1960 high reached last
April. O
Meanwhile, prices paid by
farmers for things used in
farm operation held steady, at
a level about 2 per cent be
low last April's record high,
Mrs. Horreli added. Higher
prices paid by farmers for
feeder and replacement live
stock, as well as used automo
biles and trucks, exactly off
set lower prices on feed and
farm supplies. Interest, taxes,
and wagCj rates held un
changed. However, prices oPaid for
farm-family living items crept
up a trifle and now equal tha
Record high first reached in
November 1959, Mrs. Horreli
reported. Higher prices on
food, clothing, and used auto
mobiles more than offset
loTver prices on household
furnishings, she said?
With prices received by
farmers up only a shade, and
prices paid unchanged, farm
product purchasing power
held unchanged. The national
parity ratlo-the relationship
between what farmers get for
their products and what they
pay for things they need-
stood at 81 in November, tha
same as October but three
points higher than a year ago,
Mrs. Horreli said.
Guide Published
On Machinery
Corvallls - When does it pay
a farmer to own special farm
machinery - and when is it
more profitable to hire custom
work?
A recent study bj' Qregon
State College agricultural ex
periment station examines the
'break even" point for vari
ous methods of equipment-use
to help farmers compete in the ?
highly-mechanized, high-capi
tal investment trends of to
day's agriculture. e
Frank Conklin, OSC exten
sion farm management spe
cialist, and Emery Castle, ag
ricultural economist, develop
ed charts and tables to guide
farmers in figuring most eco
nomical machinery costs for
various conditions.
Alternatives discussed in
clude ownership of equip
ment, rental, custom work, or
pooling equipment costs with
neighbors?
Details of the study are re
ported in the current issue of
"Oregon s Agricultural Prog
ress, quarterly publication or.
the OSC agricultural experi
ment station.
Oregon residents may obtain
free copies of the publication
from local county extension
iy?ents by writing the OSC
etln Clerk, corvallis.
Investigation of
Plane Crash Ends
o
Portland - IUPU - An investi
gation by federal authorities
Into Saturday s plflnc crash
near Molplla which claimed
the lives of four persons was
completed heriy Monday.
David Engcr, 28, and his
wife, Sharon, 23, both p(
Troutdale, and Everett Wayne
Boid, 26, '.nu his wife Dianne,
22, Portland, wer-j. killed
when ce aingle-engine plane
crashed into the snoyV Mt,
Hood National forest 20 miles
from Molalla.
The Investigation was con
ducted by Herbert H. Thitst
burn, the Federal Aviation
Agency general operations In
spector, and A. L. Crawford
Civil Aeronautics Investigator
from Seattle.
Their findings will be sub
mitted to Washington, D. C.
,jr
Oregon Banks
Receive Award
J. A. Moore, vice president
and manager of the Medford
branch of the First: National
Bank of Oregon, has been
informed ' that the Oregon
Bankers association has re
ceived the agricultural award.
Moore Is county key banker
of the Oregon Bankers asso
ciation for Jackson county.
This award is presented
each year to the association
whose banks 'have been of
notable service in agriculture
through the previous year.
This is the 31st consecutive
year that Oregon's banks have
received award making it the
only state to qualify for the
award for so mary consecu
tive years. J0
The awards are presented
for a wide range of piojects
which bankers carry on as a
means of bringing greater un
derstanding and co-opcratlon
between farm and financial
communities. i
Portland Home
Damaged by Fire
Portland-IUPD-FIre damaged
a two-story frame house here
Monday night, but all eight
members of the family es
caped without injury.
The blaze was confined to
the bedroom of one of the
children.
Home owner Santiago Ta
blno said one of his sons was
asleep when the fire broke
out but otheit members of the
family were able to gelj hlm
out without troulSe.
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