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o O fga r-rririiiiiiimiiiii pif cC tf-'t tkc-V'-Tf-jl i 'N,H inn sW r-J- I -M. ; LARGEST STEER? This huge sleer which weighs 3,000 pounds and stands some six feet tall, is causing some sensation. He is believed to be the largest steer in the U.S. since 1910. The animal which is ll'i feet 1 long was brought at an auction in Belle Fourche, S.D. by the Endlich Packing com State Ag Department Tells Of Year's Salem - Bread, brucellosis bees, Bang's, beef and beetles were all part of the 1960 news year for the state de partment of agriculture. James Short, director of ag riculture, took his post in April from retiring Frank Mc Kennon. Short made news re cently with reorganization ,plans approved by both the state board of agriculture and Gov. Mark Hatfield. ! The well publicized pro posals will not, according to the director, add new respon sibilities or duties, "we have simply developed a realign ment of the staff to meet present day responsibilities," lie said. Short earlier separated vet erinarian services from under (the division of Animal Indus try, made veterinary work a division of its own, and put both divisions under his direct supervision. Dr. L. E. Boden weiser was named chief of the new division of veterinary services. Livestock leaders and pri vate veterinarians gave Short Red Bluff Bull Sale Expected as Red Bluff, Calif. - Red Bluff's 20th Anniversary Bull sale, scheduled for Feb. 2, 3 and 4, should be its biggest as well as its most impressive one, according to Sid Watson. Tehama county cattleman and 20 year member of the county cattlemen's bull sale commit tee in charge of the annual event. "Since 91 outstanding west ern breeders from eight slates consigning 519 head of "Red Bluff type ' bulls, the Febru ary anniversary sale should be our largest one from the standpoint of numbers," Wat son raid. "In this record consign- OSC Plans Filth Ornamental Course Corvallis-Oregon horticul turists will have a chance to review latest research and gain new ideas on production and management of nursery and greenhouse ornamentals 'at a special short course Feb ,7 and 8 at Oregon State col lege. The fifth annual Oregon ornamental short course will center on soil management for best plant growth, and problems caused by soil borne diseases and pests, according to A. N. Roberts, OSC horti culturist in charge of the course. There also will be sessions on weed control, use of chemicals, and business principles. Seven out-of-state speakers will help OSC scientists bring latest information on orna mentals to those attending. The short course is designed for landscape gardeners, nurs erymen, florists, bulb grow ers, turf managers, and holly growers. Roberts said. Spe cial afternoon sectional meet ings will be held (or each of these interest groups, wnn topics of general interest scheduled for the entire group during morning sessions Registration fee for the course will be 3. Registration Hill ocon feb. 7 at 8 am. nt the OSC Hour Economic -auditorium. The first SCSiMonjCd iniTiorn cni mrenirai (Will :att al 9 am. Angf.is udO Shorthorn. Vieso Pro8rar and mote5 rtiiuf.' tto i'e hcon cafci.iUy s'ii u a m tan b oiwincd ttora ctif.ae 8 iite ftad&ad foroeA (tjVo,l!ita'.i0. of t0i & conkttyn) f iBJSiatWffi pany and the Kroll Bar-B-Que shop of Green Bay, Wis. When ground up this beef should make 8,500 hamburgers, it was esti mated. The animal, pictured with Perry Nolan, Aniwa, Wis., is a cross breed of short horn and Holstein and is about seven years old. (UPI Telephoto) News Developments a vote of confidence on animal activities reorganization. Against Suspension In another action of 1960 the department went on rec ord as against suspension of reduced railroad grain freight rates. Other department news was created when the only pine stock in Oregon infected with the European pine shoot moth was destroyed. The Dutch Elm bark beetle was found in Klamath county. Officials said that in the spring another sur vey would be made though no Dutch Elm disease has yet been located. A round-the-clock watch was placed at the Portland-Klamath Falls air port for possible entry of the Japanese beetle (none got in alive). The last of the '59 crop of Willamette valley sugar beet seed was planted in West Germany. Other stales requested in formation from the Oregon department of agriculture on ragweed. Its control program was said to be "head and shoulders" above other slates. Largest menl," he added, Hereford breeders "are 65 with 432 bulls including range bulls in loose pens, tie pens, single range bulls and outstanding herd sire prospects. The total also includes 56 Angus bulls and 31 Shorthorns." "Then," he added, "our sale of a Hereford bull for the National Cowboy Hall of Fame should prove a highly popular sale addition." Watson said that Jim Rog ers, Caliente cattleman and youngest son of Will Rogers, one of the original four honor ees of Oklahoma City Cowboy shrine, will serve as guest auctioneer. "The auction of this bull," he said, "will be handled in the same manner in which bulls were sold for the Polio Foundation at previous Red Bluff sales. Every cattleman who takes possession of this bull will be given credit for his donation to the Hall of Fame and the total purchases of the buyers from each state will be credited to that state's Cowboy Hall of Fame quota." Fred Dressier, first vice president of the Hall of Fame, and president of the National Cattlemen's association, Gar dnerville. Nev has donated the bull to be sold for the na tional shrine. California Cowboy Hall of Fame trustees, including Nel son Crow of Los Angeles; Gor don T. Davis, Templcton; Roger W. Jessup, Glcndalc and Harold J. Powers, Eaglc ville are aiding the Red Bluff committee in this new addition to the annual event. KF Cattlemen Sponsor Bull Sale A range ready bull sale is being sponsored by the Klam a t h Cattlcmin'i tsocition, starling at 1 p.m., Thursdy, Jan. 26 at the Klamath county fairgrounds. County Agent Ry O. Petersen announced. The consignmant includes ;U horned Hereford 18 ioll- After 35 years W. L. Close retired as the federal super visor of shipping point inspec tion, succeeded by Pat Mur phy from Michigan. umer long-time department officials retiring included W. E. Upshaw, manager of the branch office in Portland; and Ross Aubrey, shipping point district head at Klamath Falls. In fresh fruit and vegetable inspections, carlot equivalents dropped 15 per cent to 28,557 cars but platform inspection increased 40 per cent to 282.1 million pounds. The Depart ment checked out 30,100 bar rels for the government in federal cranberry disposal program. Bee inspectors reported an alarming increase in Ameri can foul brood disease in some localities. O. K. Beals, head of the foods and dairies, weights and measures division. Short an nounced, will be an assistant director under the reorganiza tion. Chemist James Launer topped the nation for the fifth year in work on chemical analysis of feeds. The state department, after public hear ings, refused petitions of a national dairy 'concern to add lactose to milk or milk prod ucts sold in Oregon and of an Idaho firm to add more vitamins to milk. Also stand ards of identity of fluid milk and milk products were estab lished. Pan Sizes Revised Sparked by appearance of the "balloon" loaf of bread, the department revised, fol lowing public hearing, sizes of bread pans Oregon bakers may use. Dr. M. L. Houston, super visor of meat inspection, told meat packers that state in spection for the first time ac counts for more than half of the total red meat slaughter poundage in Oregon. Greater emphasis, through new regu lations, was placed on sani tation of poultry and rabbit slaughter establishments. The department inaugurated an ef ficient back tagging system to be used in Bang's and tuber culosis traceback programs, thus lowering control costs. Reduction in Bang's infected herds continued and Bang's and TB due counties were re certified, or reaccreditcd, well within schedule. The new brand book was put out. It is released once every five years. This year the book holds brand records of almost 10,000 owners, for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats and poultry. Oregon's coastal fishermen turned down a proposal to create a Sea Food Commission and ryegrass growers rejected a self-help program. Aiding the Department in its efforts to obtain an adequate cane berry crop reporting service. Sen. Wayne Morse advised that he has been pushing for crop reporting program at the national level as an aid to Oregon growers. Srafe' Fertilizer Sales Show Increase Salem - Oregon farmers bought more fertilizer for their land in the third quarter of 1!)0 thin in cornponding 1959. Ovsr 33 thou."n tons of ffrtilitcr were sold Ui Oregon from July 1 to Sept. 30 ac cording to report from tee State Department of ARTicah lure. The total (ftp (this) tfiite Wcujtii pep.fjfi tfx vtim.iad tons xrc tr hD tot ie .faijv MEDFOHD MAQ, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. -CHIT By JOE COWLEY O Mill Tribune rm Editer The Oregon state legislature got under way Monday. Agri culture will probably present it with some of Its biggest problems to be solved through lawmaking or law recreating, if posible. A veteran observer of many sessions of the state legisla ture who recently departed from Medford to look out for his phase of the state's farm industry expects the threatened unionization of farm labor by the Agricultural Workers Organizing committee to be the hottest problem. "What we need is a decent labor law!" one pear grower here remarked Monday morning. We understand there is no labor law in this state except that which governs goods shipped through interstate commere. Generally the big agricultural problem discovered by the very able legislative interim committee on agriculture is agricultural marketing. Much of proposed farm legisla tion will be aimed in this direction. In its report, the interim committee defines agricultural marketing as the moving of commodities from the farm to the ultimate consumer and returning the income to the farm. The marketing process includes more than development and promotion of product markets. It also includes buying, grad ing, handling, processing, transporting, merchandising and market information. "State agricultural agencies now work on many phases of marketing through programs of grading and inspection, marketing news and information and re search 0 the broad variety of marketing problems. Increased effort on each phase would benefit Oregon's agricultural and general economy," the interim group reported. To meet the marketing problems the state must expand. Such expansion may include regulation of marketing associa tions aid to commodity groups in making marketing de cisions, marketing service projects, transportation, relations with federal agencies and joint state programs. A big problem pinpointed when the interim commit tee met in Medford was duplication. Any expansion will involve further duplication. Now the state department of agriculture, the cooperative extension service and the agri culture experiment station are roles, the committee noted. The committee recommends that the state department continue to confine itself to regulation and action program specifically authorized by the legisla ture, the extension service to services, and the experiment station to research. None should try to perform functions best done by individuals, groups or industries. (We hope this isn't wishful thinking.) The committee recommends spend more than the 20 per marketing programs. The agricultural marketing No. 1031, is aimed at encouraging and protecting producer negotiating associations. Specifically, the bill provides guar antees for the right of collective negotiating for terms of trade between producer associations and dealers. The bill provides, also, protection for these associations from certain discriminatory practices. These by the stale department of agriculture. However, the depart ment cannot act until it receives a petition for a hearing on a complaint. After such a issue a cease and desist order All parties have the right of appeal to the courts and the negotiating association may also sue, under the bill's provisions, for damages. Also on the market problem, the committee recommends that the experiment station conduct research relating to uniform grading standards and sampling methods for com modities for processing. The committee would encourage the state department of agriculture to use research results to study the problems Involved and form and enforce uniform grading standards and sampling methods for commodities for processing throughout the industry. The committee also recommends that the experiment station expand research on factors influencing prices and marketing for principal Oregon commodities. This research should be made available to through cooperative extension proper terms of trade, the committee suggests. Zoning and taxation of farm land can always stir up a hornet's nest if not approached properly. The interim committee noted that farm land located near urban develop ment is subject to a higher assessment for purposes of ad valorem taxation than its value as farm land. This works a hardship on farmers who land, and brings intense pressure for sale of such land lor purposes other than farming, the committee noted. It proposes an amendment to the county zoning statute. House Bill No. 1030 would allow owners of farm land to petition county zoning boards to zone their land exclusively for agricultural purposes. Land so zoned would not be sub ject to other use of development. Land could be removed from this zone classification zoned. Final discretion would ment. The committee urges that by instructing county assessors to assess land zoned ex clusively agriculture on its farm use value only, rather than on its market value. This determination of value should apply only so long as the land assessed at farm use value remains under exclusive agriculture zoning. These are only a few of the recommendations and pro posed bills. We will deal with the others litter. As background for this proposed legislation, the interim committee points out that farmers are in trouble. in 1960 was lower than in report stated. Highly efficient, often do not yield decent returns on labor and investment, it was pointed out further. only a minor percentage of production and lack of grower Bargaining at me marxei place are prime causes for the economic threat to farming. The committee also points out that agriculture is Ore gon's second industry. About 75,000 persons work on 42,000 farms and produce $400 million a year in raw agricultural products. Another S200 million is added by processing and related industries. Farmers spent over $300 million to pro duce this. Over one-third of those employed in the slate are directly or indirectly involved in growing, handling and processing agricultural products. Taking the slate-wide value of things produced here on farms: Oregon cattle, including meat and dairy animals, have a farm inventory value of over $200 million. Sheep and lambs are worth $17 million, chickens and turkeys over $5 million, and hogs over $3 million. Sales for slaughter and feeder animals run over $75 million a year. Dairymen produce nearly $50 million In raw dairy products each year. Pears produce $11.5 million, but the pear decline Is threat ing the trees. Apples produce $3 million, and peaches $1.5 million. Vegetables were worth $27.5 million before processing. Earlier reports showed that cattle markets are firming! up. And how! If you look at the report on this page on Friday's Midway auction sale. This year's calf crop was up j P.-2 per cent. This is just enough to keep up with the population increase. Slaughter rate has been up about 9 prr cent this year, cutting the steep rise In cattle numbers, i The sharp reduction in 4'orr supplies is making room for i more beef on dinner tables. The long-range outlook Is good jith no beef surplus expected, according to the experts. l.m growers did well w?th their lambs shipped through! the lmb pool this year. The time may come when the tnen. Sf(;onal prlcP swing on lamb disappears, accord ing to scientists. An artificial hormone to induce heal periods . eB may be the solution. Main problem so far has been Ir-efv coifteption ile. New compounds being tested At South D)Tfi) State college may solve this p(9))lem. CHAT- working within their assigned educational and information that the extension service cent alloted in budgets for practices bill, House Bill provisions are to be enforced hearing, the department may to the dealer involved. the growers and industries to aid them in determining wish to continue to farm their by the same process as it was be with the county govern Oregon tax laws be amended Net farm income in Oregon six of the past 10 years, the heavily financed Oregon farms Federal support programs aid Oregon farm production. Over Ag Department Lists Proposals Salem - The state depart icnt of agriculture will sub mit to this legislature a num. ber of proposals for legisla tion aimed to cover loopholes or inconsistencies in present law. Compatible with the policy of Director James Short, none of the proposals embraces a new field. The entire packet deals with laws now effective and is designed to protect farmer and consumer inter ests or to recognize new de velopments. These proposals are the re sult of conferences and studies with department officials and recommendations of affected groups. The department is asking for more authority on audit ing of warehouses. This came as a result of two warehouses defaulting in obligations to farmer depositors. The department will pro pose that certification of an individual's report on claimed crop loss due to spray appli cation be waived. The department seeks to strengthen its present super vision of egg breaking plants through a proposal for full time inspection. Produce Law Amendment A suggested amendment to the produce dealer's act will be offered. The department suggests it settle any claims of producers, directly with the bonding company. This, say authorities, would save time and costly court pro cedure now required. Two proposed amendments will be sought for livestock auction market laws. One would eliminate duplication of bonds required by a yard posted under the federal stock yard and packers act and un der Oregon law. The other would authorize the depart ment to provide free service to livestock sellers who have money coming to them from the bonding company if an auction market defaults. More effective control and eradication of the common barberry plant will be asked. The department will suggest that frozen meat food prod ucts be put under the state meat inspection program. The department will also ask re peal of the present "cold" in spection under which farmers may submit carcasses not killed under ante-mortem in - spection for post-mortem in - TDMILY ITEM THAT SHOULD BE USED NOW! CONCENTRATED BORASCU Concentrated Borascu A soil sterilant for weed control on ditch banks and fence rows. A dry granular material. Now is the ideal time to clean up those weedy ditch banks and fence rows. PAX CRABGRASS KILLER h Pax crabgrass killer. Easy to apply with a spreader, a 20-lb. bag covers 1,000 sq. ft. Don't waitl Timing is the most important factor in con trolling this pest. And now is the timel T Remember . , , You Don't Have To Be a Member To Trade Here and SAVEI v - " riv. il.t-r ml iliimlarUiM ill i'liUtndt GRANGE CO-OP SUPPLY ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY 99 Phone NO spection are still if head and viscera attached. More inspection of walnuts i8l""s'"l'r calves fully SI. 110-1 sn higher, spots s'2.00 up. Supply con'i J fillinrlc l,!,i ri. I1, .. . ha" "'. slaughter cows, around Vr stock cows, few and filberts, higher first month interest charge on overdue bills, permission to reduce cost of publication on quarantines, will also be on the legislative agenda. Audit Revision A revision of the Grade A milk usage audit, clarifying what the producer and dis tributor can and cannot do, is an important proposal and will, according to officials, help to wipe out the question of constitutionality of the present act. Amendments perm i 1 1 1 n g belter enforcement of and more effective service under the 50 or more laws under department jurisdiction, will he asked. A complete rewrite of the present law on com mercial feeds, will be asked to put Oregon on a more co operative basis with other stales. Changes will be proposed ill the pesticides law to bring state statutes in line with fed eral statutes. The department proposes updating the Oregon Food law, also in line with federal procedures, and a change of fat standards on frozen desserts. Director Short urges inter ested persons to follow legis lative progress of the depart ment proposals and to make their opinions known to their legislators. California Tells Of Import Rules Salem - Fifteen years ago Oregon shipped more than 4, 000 dairy cows into Califor nia. That number dwindled to less than a thousand in 1950. Oregon farmers are remind ed that after Jan. 1, all dairy breed cows shipped into Cal ifornia must have been vac cinated against brucellosis be tween ages four and 12 months. Certificates to this effect must accompany dairy cow shipments. (Oregon vaccin ation requirements are be tween four and eight months old. The California department j of agriculture has advised the l Oregon department of agricul- f I: 'I i-1 s, .I in ii .air irrtt t? fi if IN CENTRAL POINT 4-1261 or 3-4022 TUESDAY, JANUARY -H Market News Itrd nitlfr l.lvrslnrk CATTI.h; Salahlu 4'2 market fairly acme on (laugh U-r .lie y acuvr. Compared with lasl week's auclioa- Slaughter steers and hcileis scarce; slaughter cows SI. on higher sin.-kT.r nH ,ri.- c.-.ves aim nuns wim naiance almost entirely stocker and feeder steers and heifers. Consignment almost entirely of northern California origin, few from Southern Oregon Slangliler Steers: Individual Utility around 9(10 Ins $19 10 Maiithter Heifers: Several Utility 775-1 175 lbs. S 16.75-10.00, In dividual Standard S10.B.V Slaughter Cows: Couple Commercial SI 7,00-18.10; Utility $16.10 17,70. mostly $10 50-17 30. Cullers SU. 10-16.00; Canners $12 23-14 10. seveml "shelly" fanners $0.00-11.10. Slaughter Mulls: Small number Utility around 1.150-1.495 Ibc. $17.75 1985. mostly SIHR5-I9.B5 Slaughter Calves: Good and Choice around 200-485 lbs. $25 00 2R.75. couple Choice venters 235 lbs. S3B.7.1: few Good around 500-640 lbs. $24. 75-25. 73, several Standard S 10 H0-22 50: Utilitv Sir, 70.10 00 Stacker and Feeder Strcrs: Mostly Good around 550-000 Ills. $25.00 In S2H.25. Including 13 head lot 604 lbs $23 20. Few Good and Choice"' lbs. S25 00. 756 lbs. S23 25; Medium 500-640 lbs. S22 00-23.90; Common, mostly dairy type steers 500-650 lbs. $16 40-18.40 Stock Steer Calves: Good and Choice, mostly Good around 315-525 '5 00S25 5""8 4' bUlk Good $-t' 00-27.00; Medium 425-545 lbs. $23.75- Slorkrr and Feeder Heifers: Good and Choice around 500-635 lbs. $10.20-24.50. including 20 head lol 634 lbs. S22.60. 54 head 519 lbs. $24.50: Medium 305-640 lbs. $17.50-10 00. STOCKKll IIIMI Kit CAI.VKS: Good and Choice around 300-300 lhi. $22.25 to $25 to. one 12 head lot mostly Choice 387 lb. Angus calves; $26,110: Medium 250-450 lbs. $19 20-22.00; few Common $18.i0-18.80. Stock Cows: Medium-Good calvy cows mostly pregnancy tested, $1112.50-170 each: lew Common and Medium cows'around 775-850 lbs. $130-140 each Couple Good Cows with small calves at side $202.50 to $210 per pair; 4 pair aged. Medium cows with calves around 100 to 150 lbs. $102.30 per pair Migrant Labor Meeting Topic Joe Bianco, Oregonian ag riculture editor, will speak on the threatened union organiza tion of migratory labor in Oregon during the annual meeting of the Fruit Growers league in the Medford Nation al Guard armory, at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 20. "Bianco lias covered the California agricultural labor problems in a series of articles ture of these exemptions to the vaccination requirement: (1) dairy calves under four months; (2) dairy cows con signed for immediate slaugh ter in an approved slaughter house; (3) dairy cows and calves taken into California for exhibition or theatrical purposes. MG DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. 6th and Grapa - Call SP 3-7421 BORDEAUX MIXTURE Bordeaux Mixture with spreader sticker for dor mant spraying of peaches, apricots, rose bushes and shrubs. Use now, this will prevent a lot of troublesome problems next spring and summer. T 11 - fts - 'fn -1 ! co-op f41 y'.t.y;..Meai.,. L j 421 cA STREET Phone fill 10, 1961 9 11 Aurtliin Krpnrt, Tnrutey, Jan. 3, !!6l including around ISO calves Holiday week classes. Mockera and feeders moder. for his paper," said Charles E. Henry, league presidant. "He moderated a discussion between AFI-CIO's Norman Smith and a representative of! the California Growers. He conies to us well informed and will give us an informa tive and enlightened talk. What you learn at this meet ing may well save you trouble and money during next year's harvest." Also scheduled for the pro gram are a pear decline er port by Prof. Henry Hart man, OSC horticulturist, an nual committee reports and the election of six directors. Tentatively scheduled is the English film, "Pillar Method of Pruning." This film will be shown after the business meeting, Henry said. Roadster 956 model with radio, heater, wire wheels, black color, good topi Hurryl "We Cannot Afford a Singtt imiamtied Customer ' GRANGE CO-OP Thi place ta 90 for ill your farm steel needs. 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