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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1961)
'O o TUESDAY. Market News Roil ft luff I.lvvstork Auction Reoort. CATTLE: Salable 1,115 Including around 525 calves. Slaughter iteers and he i fen acarce; slaughter cows in small supply, about steady; laughter bulls steady to rrong; slaughter calves steady; stocker and leeder clauea active, generally steady, quality considered. Supply com nriaftri nf 1bk than 10 ilaushter cows, around 25 stock cows, few slaughter calves and bulls, balance ana neiiera. tonuinmenu uniust SLAUGHTER COWS: Few sUndard $18.75-19.80. Commercial $17.60 18.40. Utility $16.00-17.50, Cutter $14,00-16.00; Canner $12.00-14.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Individual Commercial 1845 lbs. $22.20, several Utility and commercial biu-ibjo Bi AItrciiTUn r-Al.VPK- riii crnnri STOCKER and FEEDER STEERS: 18 calves $20.25. numerous lots 2U0-46B ids. s.7D-tf.ou, lew mcaium oau 535 lbs. $22.20-24.60 Penlots and Individual Good and Choice 550-720 lb. yearlings $25.00-26.50. few medium and good 550-770 lbs. $23.00-24.00. STOCKER and FEEDER HEIFERS: Penlou and individuals Good and Choice 205-510 lb, calves $22. 1026.00. Small lots Good and Choice 540-630 lb. yearlings f20.oo-zi.io. u-rnrtr rows Rmail 1Mb Moriinm Individual and few Iota Common. Medium and Good $13.50-17.00 per cwt. Few lots Medium and Good with young calves at side $212.50-232.- S0 per pair. HOGS: Salable 21. Supply insufficient to fully test market. SHEEP; Salable 3. Supply insufficient to test market. WFA Names Candidate at Salem -Cornelius Bateson, Salem, was nominated as di rector candidate who will rep resent Southern Oregon on Western Farmers' association policy making board of di rectors the next three years. Selection of the directors will be made by individual voting of members prior to the annual meeting on Feb. 9. WFA services to Pacific Northwest agriculture will be further broadened and inte grated during the 1860's to "shorten the gap between pro ducer and consumer" so mem bers can share in a larger por tion of all margins of pro ducing and marketing the products of their farms, WFA General Manager Harry J. Bcernink reported at the well attended nomination meeting at Marion hotel in Salem. In the feature address, ''Challenges and Opportuni ties of WFA in the Sixties," Bcernink reported that while figures are not complete for I960, the association's busi Central Point Tops By DHIA in County A Central Point area dairy herd owned by Walter and Helen Herzog was rated the top herd by the Jackson Coun ty Dairy Herd Improvement association for November, It was announced. A cow named Mallnda owned by R. L. Wy ant was the top cow for the month by a wide margin. The 33 cow Herzog herd produced a 976 pound milk ' average and butter fat aver age of 37 pounds; 12 per. cent of the herd was dry. Mallnda produced 2,640 pounds of milk and 180 pounds of butter fat for 41 days in milking 'Second top herd for the month was that of Glenn and Edna Chase, Gold Hill, 31 cows, 18.16 per cert dry, 986 pound milk average, 37 pounds buttcrfat average; third, Bob Burk, Eagle Point, 63 cows, 1.26 per cent dry cows, 944 pounds milk aver age, 37 pounds of buttcrfat; Jack Caldwell, Eagle Point, 47 cows, 2.03 per cent dry, 787 pound milk average, 36 pound buttcrfat average; and Gil man's dairy farm, Medford, 107 cows, 12.33 per cent dry, 937 pound milk average and 34 pound buttcrfat average. Others among the ten top cows In the DHIA were: Bee owned by Glenn and Edna Chase, Gold Hill, 2,383 pounds of milk, OS pounds of buttcr fat, 38 days of milking; Twlnk, owned by R. L. Wjr ant, 1,410 pounds of milk, 92 pounds of buttcrfat, 83 days In milk; Muffet, owned by the Hcrzogs, 2,261 pounds of milk, 90 pounds of butterfat, 47 days in milking; Cow No. 408, owned by Don Gercn, Eagle Point, 2,220 pounds of milk, Western Farmers There's ne secret about It! -throughout the Northwait more dairy firman are uilno. WFA dairy fedi. Why? tacaute WFA Faadt have proven thamialvai te produce More profit on the farm. Learn how you can make more profits with WFA dairy tatdi. A complete line of Animal Health Aids. Uddor Infuilont, Inlectlom and inlectlon initrumonti, Calf scour control. THERE'S A WFA DAIRY FIID SUITED TO EVERY FEED ING PROGRAM ... LET US SHOW YOU. Pipe line cleaners Tank cleanert and milklne parlor disinfectants and cleaners T Many Mere Items Atrlintrm aiMo ttir 17 W. 4th JANUARY 17. 1961 TueidlV. Jilt. 10. 1961 mainly stocker and feeder steers cmtoy ui iiuiuiuu - ids, ib.uu-zi.uu. anil rhnlra 2110-570 lbs. $23.50-28.25 head lot Good and Choice 356 1 lb. jbu - 7u jds. iu.uu-ju. mri Good 1132.30-170.00 oer head; Director Session ness volume is estimated to exceed $70 million; creating operating margins approxi mating $4,500,000 which have been or will be returned to members early in 1961. Few Commercial Farmers "Less than 1 per cent of our nation's population are true commercial farmers, but un der today's technological prog ress in agriculture they arc producing ample supplies of food and fiber for our nation's requirements, plus substan tial quantities for export. This is a most remarkable accom plishment. "The years immediately ahead are full of challenges, and probably the greatest of all is to develop leadership and know-how to take advan tage of the opportunities that are ever knocking at the door, "This requires initiative, courage, sound policies and aggressive action through strong organizations so farm people will obtain their full share of our nation's business Income," Beernlnk concluded. Herd Rates 89 pounds of butterfat, 41 days in milking; Wyant's Es tral, 1,548 pounds of milk, 87 pounds of butterfat, 39 days in milk; Cow No. 81B, owned by Oilman's Dairy farm, Central Point, 2,793 pounds of milk, 84 pounds of - butterfat, 38 days in milk; Burk's Heart, 2,246 pounds of milk, 83 pounds of butterfat, 36 days in milking; and Cow No. 40, owned by Victor Birdseye, Medford, 1,423 pounds of milk, 83 pounds of buttcrfat, 27 days in milk. Lamb, Wool Pool Members To Meet Art Jackson county's lamb and wool pools func tioning effectively? This is the main question which will be discussed dur ing Wednesday night's meet ing of the members oi the lamb and wool pools. Time li 8 p.m. Place is the Jack son count courthouse audi torium, The two pools brought higher than Portland mar ket prices here FOB last year. The wool pool has 25 members and the lamb pool, 45. A discussion will be held on strengths and weakness es of the pools and possible changes. AGE BRACKETS Washington - Persons over 65 years comprise about 9 per cent of the U.S. popula tion. More & More COWS ARE FED FEEDS ASSOCIAJIDN Phone SP 3-82X9 -CHIt By JOE COWLEY 1 . Mail Tribune arm Editor This is the time of year farmers, probably chiefly their wives, are going over their books to see where they stand financially just before making out their income taxes. And farm financing is an intricate operation all by itself. The good manager spends more time riding the swivel chair than the tractor. There are two extremes to farm fi nancing. There's the youngster who is entering agriculture and the small indpendent farmer trying to "stay In" during this age of large, specialized operations. The youngster wants to build up his herd, probably started while in 4-H or FFA. His loan needs start out small and gradually build ,up as he gets further into agriculture and his needs expand. The other extreme is this farmer has farmed almost a would seem out of character. small farm is purebred hogs. They are high quality hogs and with a little time and luck a good purebred business could be built up. However, ment and that means more farm loans. Although diversified crops a fairly steady income, local bankers point out that 69 is a little old to stay in farming actively. They hint that a rocking chair might be a more practical scat than a tractor. How ever, such inactivity would quickly kill the veteran farmer used to being busy from sunup to sun-down. These same bankers gasp in horror when they read newspaper stories of increasing government aid to the elderly. Old people should be financially independent as grandpa was, they snort. Yet, bound by standards of "good business" they re fuse to aid such independence. Perhaps in being responsible for other peoples money they need. The problem of the farmer is over-spending, keeping solvent and satisfying the repay ment schedule. The cost of poor management is seen too late when the farmer applies for credit. Banks make loans for 18 feed yards, orchards etc. Machinery loans usually cover two crop years and maybe three to 3V4 years. Bankers, we are told, must be careful to see that their loans do not over expand production of any one farm item. Some poultrymen claim for instance, that the reason the egg market dropped so low earlier was that too many would-be poultrymen were able to get loans and could jump into the business when eggs were high. Bankers say a loan should be economically feasible good for the lenders, borrower and community. The Southern Oregon Production Credit association here has probably loaned more money to fruitgrowers, other than packing house operated orchards, fruitgrowers say. A loan is like a piece of equipment, a use it Intelligently and wisely or doesn't, we were told. There is no limit to the size of these loans and the terms may run from one to five years. About 98 per cent of these loans are of the budgeted type which require planning first. The Form Home administration loans were originally designed for the family type farm with no more extra help than one hired man. Loan ceilings are $50,000. Most opera tional loans are for seven years, FHA doesn't do much busi ness in fruit. Main job of this lending agency is to take the smaller farms and build them loan risks for the other agencies who mostly lend money to the more substantial farms. One Oregon banker admitted that basically there are only two ways a young man it or Inherit it. However, he branch has five or six young fellows who have become suc cessful growers on a lease operation. Another representative of a loan institution told of a 17-year-old youth with a wife and child who raised 13V tons of graded strawberries on two acres. After paying all the rent and the lease of his ma chinery, he cleared $5,000. So much for farm financing, a painful subject for many farmers. Farmers who are members are busily sizing up the' new ticularly those appointees who directly affect agriculture. They want to know, for instance, will Orville L. Freeman, U. S. secretary of agriculture, be another Henry A- Wallace, a Charles F. Brannon, or an Farm Bureau spokesmen be more of an administrator his predecessors, not that it did them any good. These people believe that once President Kennedy has outlined his agri cultural policy views to Congress, the Congress should de termine the exact policy after hearing from representative groups. The ag secretary should merely carry out the de termined policy, it was pointed out. Wallace, perhaps started that role of part-time legislator when he served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Most of the New Deal farm legislation was drafted under Wal lace's supervision. Brannnn under President Harry S. Truman carried this further. His proposal would have raised farm price supports and would have Treasury to supplement farm gtirantocd levels. The Brannan proposal flopped. Benson was just as active in this sphere. He stubbornly insisted Congress emtet legislation reducing government ac tivity in agriculture. This aroused strong opposition in Con gress and from some farm groups. Some observers feel there will be little change. The farm problem Is still unsettled and Issue. Freeman, as governor islatively by recommending grams. While the California growers are battling the Agri cultural Workers Organizing committee which wants to organize all pickers they are of mirgrant workers, too. As its new session a bill will aid in bringing medical help to the agricultural workers and in revising residence requirements to fit the needs of these shifting workers. A report on medical conditions among migrant laborers was prepared earlier by a group of medical men and was issued recently by the state fornia. The report was significant since it is backed by the powerful California Farm Bureau Federation. What happens to this bill when it reaches be Interesting. Migrants here but not free medical care when they need it. This general problem of the migrant worker will be discussed here on Jan. 20 in the Medford National Guard armory when the Fruit Growers League holds Its annual meeting. Housing for farm workers in California has long been a headache. It Is no different here. There's plenty to be said on both sides. One local grower complained to us recently of the condition his foreman left his neat little cottage In when ho left. After spending lots of money In redecorating, plumbing and proper lighting fixtures, this grower had plenty of reason to be bitter after seeing his cottage literally "gutted." Such people naturally wonder what good It docs to keep housing up to standnrd when the occupants don't treat it that way. Perhaps one of the local orchards has the solution In building nil concrete cabins which arc easily cleaned and not so easily destroyed inside. Construction costs arc high, even when it comes to moving in complete housing units. Californlans term the most hopeful development the growtli of camping spaces and trailer parks for migrants. Such spaces have running water, showers and toilets. This has been suggested here, but growers are afraid any great centralization of living quarters will make it much easier for labor organizers to work on the migrants. The reasons for lack of adequate housing are still many and complex. Editor of College Newspaper Named Ashland Larry Bnrlecn, Southern Oregon college sen ior from Klamath Falls, has assumed the editorship of the Southern Oregon college newspaper, "The Siskiyou." Wallace Gobef, former edi tor, resigned last week be- causieof other responsibilities, according to Hugh G. Simp CHAT-- real life problem. This small lifetime. To do anything else The growing specialty on this this requires more farm equip on the farm have brought in can't. Yet there is still a great like that of anybody else to 24 months for establishing grower either knows how to up so they become good loan can get his farm: marry into did say that his particular of the hot stove league now presidential cabinet; par Ezra Taft BenscVi? . say they hope Freeman will not a legislator as some of used payments from the U. S. returns when prices fell below a major political and economic of Minnesota, was active leg and working for his state pro also working for better health the California legislature starts be introduced to provide state department of health in Cali the state legislature will also report they can obtain shots son, director of Information, who serves as adviser to the paper. Unrlccn, a major In social studies in the field of second ary education, is well quali fied for his new post, Simp son said, saying that he has served in various capacities in the past. MEDFORD Old Home From Station To Hanley Farm A 45-year-old pear tree, which may be the answer to the pear decline problem here, was moved recently from the former Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station near Talent to the Hanley farm property near Jackson ville. This Old Home tree is the only known surviving direct descendent of the original Old Home trees found growing on a Farmingdale, 111. farm. This French variety is blight re sistant and may be pear de cline resistant, according to findings made by County Hor ticultural Agent Clifford B. Cordy and OSC Horticulturist Henry Hartman. The budwood of this tree was obtained and brought to the Rogue River ' valley and propagated by Prof. F. C. Rei mcr in 1915, reported H. H. White, experiment station su perintendent. Professor Rei- mer then was searcing for blight resistant pear material. He discovered a tree of this variety growing on the farm of Benjamin Buckman at Farmingdale, III. It was called 'Old Home because the tree grew on the home place of the Buckman family. Buckman died in 1925 and soon after that his family orchard was destroyed. Also destroyed was the tree from which Profes sor Reimer collected the bud wood. "Several young Old Home trees have been propagated and are growing nicely at the Hanley. research farm of the Southern Oregon Branch Ex periment station, but they are not mature enough to yield much propagation material," White said. Most Important Tree "The Old Home tree at the experiment station, together with Its descendants, prob ably constitutes the most im portant and valuable pear germ plasm in the world to day and Professor Reimer de serves Immeasurable creait for its discovery, introduction, and preservation," the experi ment station superintendant said. "While the fruit of the Old Home is of little value, the variety has no equal or superior as a root and trunk stock for commerical pear trees. Budwood from the tree at the station has been sent to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries and in no case did the variety fail to prove its worth. Some of the finest pear orchards in the Rogue valley and elsewhere were propagat ed on Old Home trunks be ginning as early as 1922. Pear trees with Old Home may get blight In the grafted tops, but the Old Home when used for trunk stock prevents the blight organism from spreading to the roots, trunks, and framework branches where it may do irreparable damage, White explained. Another remarkable attrib ute of Old Home is its ability to root from cuttings and to develop roots of its own when ever the trunks contact the soil. White pointed out. This makes it. possible to propagate trees which have blight re sistant roots and blight resist ant trunks and framework branches. Of the hundreds of pear varieties tested at the station over the past 45 years, no variety but Old Home has been found to possess this characteristic to any depend able degree, White said. What's even more important now Is that no pear decline has appeared among trees with Old Home trunks and roots. This makes its budwood priceless not only in the Rogue valley but in other Pa cific coast areas where pear decline is a serious problem Carefully Moved The personnel who moved this 12 foot high priceless tree did everything but pack it in cotton. The problem was re moving a tree with a trunk 52 inches in circumference, with a large top and a cor respondingly large root sys tem. This required consider able study. White noted. The OSC horticultural department supplied technical assistance and Jackson County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen supplied the heavy equipment needed. The actual transfer was made by experiment station person nel. "Soil was first removed from a circle 20 feet in diame ter around the tree trunk with shovels and wide-tined forks," White related. "All possible roots within the 20 foot circle were traced out and uncovered. One of the county's large cranes support ted the tree while this was being done. When all roots wcu freed from the soil, the tree was placed horizontally in a cradle constructed on a large trailer and transported the 12 miles to its new loca tion. Wet straw, canvas and soil was used to protect the roots from drying winds and freezing temperatures during the moving process. At the new site a hole 21 foot In diameter and 3Va feet deep was dug. Loose top soil to a depth of six inches was put back in the bole to pro vide a proper bed for the roots. The crane then lowered MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Pear Tree READY TO MOVE The Old Home variety pear tree is shown still in place at the old Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station near Talent just before it was moved to the Hanley experimental farm near Jacksonville recently. This 45-year-old tree which may be the answer to the pear decline problem i 5 f i,. s.-v , 1 1 . 1-1 nun t- V ryg- v. a :,-. t - - READY TO GO The extensive root sys- new location on the Hanley Experiment tern of the valuable Old Home tree former- farm near Jacksonville. Wet straw, canvas ly located at the Southern Oregon Branch and soil was used to protect the roots from Experiment station near Talent, lays ex-' drying winds and the freezing temperatures posed as the 12-foot high tree was placed on ' during the moving process, a trailer ready for the 12 mile trip to its the tree into position and more topsoil was firmed around the roots. When the back-filling was nearly com plete, water was applied to eliminate harmful air pockets adjacent to the roots. Posts were set around the tree and guy-wires attached to hold the tree firmly in position until the root system became fully rejuvenated. The crew then pruned the top to bring it into balance with the root system. OLDER PEOPLE Washington The percent age of Americans 65 years old or older has more than doub led within the last 50 years. Modern Artificial Breeding with FROZEN SEMEN FROM AMERICAN BREEDERS' SERVICE Be it family cow or dairy herd . . . use our Service for the INHERITANCE FOR PROFIT! The dollars you make may be your ownl Williams ROGUE VALLEY PROVED SIRE SERVICE SP 2-4093 c. c. OREGON Moved ,' on ihe Pacific Coast was meticulously up rooted with the experiment station workers ' instructed to use their bare hands if neces sary to avoid damaging the roots. Standing beside it is one of the county's large cranes used for hoisting It up and onto a special trailer. tfXlv.. - . .v.:..--:;- 14 GROW BIG $mm mVMN IN ACID You can do it Acid soil can rob you of fruit tree profits three ways. 1. It can slow the conversion of am nionic nitrogen to usable nitrate, forms. Even with heavy applications of am nionic nitrogen fertilizer, fruit trees can actually starve. 2. Because of low calcium, acid soil is susceptible to compaction and puddling. Feeder roots may become water-logged and die. 3. Excess acidity can cause the forma tion of toxic chemicals highly dangerous to living tree roots. Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate can help you fight these acid-soil dangers. The fast-acting nitrate nitrogen in Viking Ship is available without conver Viking, Ship Calcium Nitrate Distributed by WILSON & GEO. FIRE LOSSES Hartford, Conn. Fire loss es In the U.S. for the past three years have exceeded $1 billion for1 all-time highs. ii y "s.A . FRUIT TREE PROFITS with Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate Use the fertilizer that fights soil acidity! MEYER & CO., San Francisco GARDEN TIPS By JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN County Extension Agent PEACH LEAF CURL The second spray applica tion for control of peach leaf curl should be applied now before the buds begin to swell. This disease is caused by a fungus which over winters in the bark and twigs and on old infected leaves. Spores enter through the bud scales in late winter just as the buds begin to swell. Con trol measures require tha presence of a protective fungi cide covering the buds prior to early spring swelling. . Furatized agricultural spray and TAG are the fungicides recommended for use. Both are liquid fungicides and are easier to handle than a Bor deaux mixture. Spray at tha rate of three gallons per tree when a hand sprayer is used and a minimum of five gal lons per tree when a power sprayer is used. Spray Thoroughly Thorough spraying is a nec essity. Cover every bud. It rain follows before the spray material dries on the tree, re peat the application. Flower ing peaches are also suscepti ble to peach leaf curl and should be sprayed at the same time as the other peach trees. To prepare three gallons ot spray add three tablespoons of Puratized Agricultural Spray or Wi tablespoons o TAG to three gallons of water. A spreader sticker should bs added to the spray. A word of caution - both. Puratized Agricultural Spray and TAG contain mercury and are deadly poisonous if taken orally. Store these materials away from children and pets. These fungicides may cause a mild skin burn on some people. The home garden peach spray schedule differs from the commercial spray sched ule because the home garden er is troubled more by leaf curl while the orchardist is troubled more by aphids. Tho commercial spray schedule is prepared with this in mind. INDIAN TRIBES Washington There are more than 150. tribes of Amer ican Indians represented on the various U.S. reservations. SOIL sion. Unlike amnionic forms, nitrate ni trogen is not trapped in upper soil layers. It moves with water to the root zona where it can go to work immediately to give trees a vigorous start, help them set big crops. Viking Ship also provides 30 water soluble calcium that helps counteract soil acidity. By improving soil structure, it helps prevent compaction, so that tree roots can forage easily for nourishment. And Viking Ship is easy to apply. It can be spread evenly or metered accu rately in irrigation water; it dissolves quickly; it leaves no residue. Ask your fertilizer dealer for complete informa tion about Viking Ship Calcium Nitrate. Equivalent to 28 limcexprcssed as calcium oxide. Gil - Portland Seattle - Yakima O i 0 6 O
