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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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