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California, Wash ington
and Oregon congressional
delegations hope for federal
supervision over the pear
decline research program
for the three states. Dr. Ed
win R. Durno, representa
tive of the fourth congres
sional district, wrote the
Mail Tribune today.
Spch federal supervision
would correlate the activity
of the state and the pear in
dustry, the congressman
from Medford explained.
The congressional delega
tion of the three states
plans to meet about the end
of this month to further con
sider plans for this proposed
program.
"I hope to have an histor
ical summation of the pear
decline as it affects our
state and particularly the
Rogue River valley," Dr.
Durno wrote.
"I have contacted State
Son. Lyndel Newbry. Tal
ent, and he will provide me
with information from the
Pear Growers association
(Medford Pear Shippers) as
to the amount of money
they have appropriated pri
vately for investigations and
the amount of money ap
propriated by the emergen
cy board of the Oregon slate
legislature. I am urging him
to include an appropriation
in the present (legislative)
session which might be used
as matching money for any
money that we are able to
got from the federal gov
ernment to continue this
study."
Pear decline first became
apparent in California in May,
1950, according to Thomas A.
Shalla, department of plant
Don Smith Tells
Oi Retirement
After Bull Sale
Red Bluff - Following 20
years of active participation
in the nationally known Red
BUiff Bull Sale, Donald M.
Smith today announced his
retirement.
According to C. F. Stover,
chairman ot the sale commit
tee, Smith's retirement will
follow the end of the forth
coming Bull Sale, Feb. 2-4.
This also will mark the
twentieth anniversary of the
bull sale.
The Red Bluff Bull Sale,
initiated in 1942 by a small
progressive group of Tehama
county, California beef pro
ducers as a means of improv
ing the quality of local beef
cattle through the use of bet
ter bulls, has skyrocketed into
the West's largest and most
successful sale of high quality
beef bulls, under Smith's man
agement, Stover said.
The coming February at
traction will feature the auc
4i ni snr, "Red Bluff Type
service age bulls. Included
arc 415 Hercfords, 34 Short
horns and 56 Angus. Two hun
dred range bulls will sell m
loose pen lots.
Stover said that Smith, a
former University of Cali
fornia cuunty agent in Te
hama county, had agreed to
aid the sale committee and
future management in an ad
visory capacity.
The event, which has fea
tured the use of University of
California Record of Perform
ance grades as a means of
establishing high quality
cintidnrds and careful sifting
t insure soundness, has dis
tributed more than 5.000 bulls
to breeders and commercial
cattlemen in all western
states. ,
Because ot the success of
the Red Bluff Sale, auctions
in England. Australia, New
Zealand. Canada and many
sections of the United States
have been patterned after it,
the sale chairman said.
Savings Bond Quota
Jackson county is one of
eight Oregon counties which
has exceeded its U. S. Savings
bonds sales quota for 19G0, ac
cording to the U. t. lrca.-uiy
department.
Sales of K and II Savings
bonds in the county for the
year were SflliiUlin and the
countv's sales quota for the
year came to Sil.iO.OllO, it was
reported.
B ren I wood . England -OT- A
burglar broke Into a shoe
tnr here and left several
pairs of shoes scattered
around. The manager said:
"We're checking to see if the
thief found his size."
pathology. University of Cat
lfornia, Davis. j
During litaij. an esiimaieo
10,000 trees, mostly Barllett
or Winter Nellis varieties on
oriental rootstoek, suddenly
wilted and died. Orchards in
all major pear-growing dis
tricts of the state, except Lake
and Mendocino counties, were
affected. Ill 1960. losses were
much greater. Over 150,000
frees died this year as a result
of cither quick or slow de
cline, Shalla reported.
This accounted for approx
imately three per cent of the
state's total pear acreage.
State-wide reduction in yield
of Barllett pears for 1960 was
estimated to have been about
10,000 tons, based on trees
lost before harvest. An addi
tional loss of approximately
5,000 tons could be attributed
to poor sizing of fruit. This
occurred mostly in orchards
where decline was prevalent.
Orchards in Lake and Mende-
cino counties remained rela
tively free of pear decline in
I960.
Loss May Continue I
"If, as in Washington, most
of the trees on oriental root
stocks are destined to be af
fected by decline, losses in
1961 and subsequent years
will probably continue to in
crease. Although exact figures
are not known, it is estimated
that 25 to 50 per cent of the
producing pear trees in Cali
fornia are on highly suscepti
ble rootstocks," the patholo
gist said.
Research in California is
being directed primarily to
ward determining whether vi
ruses or soil fungi cause pear
decline, and the development
of suitable resistant replant
rootstocks. Grafting and insect
inoculation trials have been
started but no transmission
evidence nas been obtained
yet. Shalla said.
Stale Program Set
To support state-wide sur
veys and transmission experi
ments, facilities and trained
personnel have been estab
lished in several laboratories
to Dorform microscopic diag
nosis oi pear Dare
This method of diagnosis,
which reveals the presence of
"brownline" at the graft un
ion, is currently the only re
liable means of identifying
pear decline, me paiMuiusv
explained.
Pear decline research is co
ordinated through the Univer
sity of California research
committee on pear decline ap
pointed by experiment sta
tion director Paul F. Sharp on
Sept. 2, 1960. This committee
ie'enmnnsed of University of
California, California state do
virhnent of agriculture, Unit
ed State Department of Agri
culture, and industry person
nel who arc working together
nn hiahlv integrated research
to establish Ihc
the disease, factors
affecting its development, and
suitable control measures.
True Cash Value
01 Livestock
Listed For State
Fertilization Plots
Double Hay Yields
True cash value for live
stock in Oregon for the 1961
tax assessment roll will be
about the same as last year's
values. County Assessor Ray
Schumacher said today.
Lambs and turkeys will be
valued less than for the 1960
tax rolls, tile county assessor
said. Lambs under one-year-
old now have a true cash
value of SI: Bronz turkeys
at $3. 50 and Beltsville turkeys
at $2. The assessed valuation,
figured according to a stand
ard formula, is a portion of
the true cash value. Taxes
are based on the assessed val
uation, Schumacher said.
Schumacher learned of the
new schedule while attending
the annual meeting of the
Western Appraisers' associa
tion meeting in Eugene Mon
day and Tuesday.
Values Listed
Some other livestock val
ues which will remain the
same are calves, under six
months, S35; calves, six
months to one year, S80;
steers, one to two years, S130;
steers, two years and over,
$100; beef cows, two years
and over, $120; bulls, one
year and over, $240.
Dairy cattle values of I960
will remain about the same
next year. They are calves,
under six months, $20; calves,
six months to one year, Sail;
steers, one year and over, $90;
heifers, one to two years,
$100. Good producing cows
are valued at $160 and mar
ginal animals at $110. Dairy
hulls, one to two years old,
are valued at $110, and those
two years or older, $200.
By GENE WINTERS
County Extension Agent
Fertilizer demonstration
plots in I960 showed three
Jackson county alfalfa hay
growers that yields can be
increased up to double that of
the unfertilized plots through
the application of fertilizer
materials at rales suggested
by a soil test report.
These "testing tells" plots
were established on the Clar
ence Buck ranch on the upper
Applegale, the John Horner
ranch near Applegate, and the
farm of II. O. Parmalee on
West Evans creek near Rogue
River with the help of the
Southern Oregon Experiment
station, the Jackson county
extension office, the North
west plant food association
and local fertilizer dealers.
The first step in the pro
gram was to take soil samples
and have them sent to the
Oregon Stale college soil test
ing laboratory. The soils test
reports showed the levels of
phosphorus, potassium, mag
nesium, calcium and boron.
The p.H. test revealed the
reaction of the soil and was
helpful in determining the
need for lime.
Fertilizer materials were
then applied at recommended
rales based upon soil tests.
Sulfur was included in the
program to bring the total
application of this clement to
40 pounds per acre.
Plots Harvested
The plots were harvested
by John Yungen, station ag
ronomist, and Gene Winters,
county agent.
On the Buck ranch, the fer
tilizer application of 80
pounds of phosphorus, 80
pounds of potassium, 40
pounds sulfur and 4 pounds
Plan for Planting Indoors
During CoSd Weather Days
4-H Club Leaders
To Visit College
Leaders of 4-H clubs from
Jackson county will attend the
annual State 4-H Leaders' con
ference Jan. 25-27 at Oregon
stale college. Also attending
will be Jerry Brog and Miss
Phyllis Kirkland, Jackson
County 4-H Agents.
Leaders attending from this
area are: Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Krouse. Applegate; Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Harris, rnocnix;
Mrs. Edylh Bohnert and Bill
Bigham, Antelope, Mrs. Jessie
Stevens. Mrs. Dorothy Hedge-1
peth, Mrs. Alice Drennen and
Mrs. Jerome Maehren, Central
Point :and Sam James. Talent.
Purpose of the two-day pro
gram is to offer 4-H leaders
from all parts of the state a
chance to exchange ideas, get
latest subject matter infor
mation in some of the II 4-n
project areas
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
Rogue Valley Nurseryman
, and Grower
January-Too cold for out
side gardening, so let's enjoy
some inside gardening, such
as raising pot plants indoors.
They bring beauty into
your home, require less care
than you think, in actual time
and effort, they require very
little, perhaps, only minutes
a week. What they dp re
quire, is regular care, plus a
fairlv congenial environment,
particularly as regards light.
Before I get into the prop
er environment for the va
rious plants I would like to
touch slightly on "watering
plants indoors." 'This is the
general cause for failing to
successfully grow pot plants
in the home.
Watering plants in pots re
quires careful attention. The
plants are entirely dependent
upon you for the right amount
of water necessary to encour
age healthy growth. The soil
should be kept fairly moist
at all limes, with most house
plants, and when applying
water, do not disturb the
plants any more than neces
sary. You can tell when plants
grown in pots arc in want of
water by examining them.
Gel your fingers down into
the soil and find out its exact
conditions, you cannot tell by
surface appearance. Don't
water soil that is wet nor
ever let a plant suffer in soil
that is dry. To let soil in pots
dry out is wrong. The plants
suffer every time you do it.
You stunt their growth.
On the other hand, if you
have poor drainage and the
water you apply remains in
the soil too long, you will get
(he same bad effects, as al
lowing a plant to suffer for
water. Plants will not grow
in sour soil
A word about feeding and
insect control. Plants have a
few enemies like aphids, white
fly and red spider but they
can be controlled by spraying
with a good insecticide that
contains malathion, lindane or
both. Liquinox 10-10-5 should
he added to your spray as
the yucca in the Liquinox acts
as a sticker for the insecti
cide besides giving the plants
a perfect leaf feeding. Misting
your plants regularly with
water on hot days will also aid
in the control of insects.
Avoid spraying or misting in
the sun as you may burn the
foilagc. Do not spray insecti
cide or fertilizer on a dry
plant as it will burn the hair
roots and foilage, so dampen
the soil first.
of boron plus one ton of lime
increased the dry hay yield
nearly 50 per cent In the first
cutting. Fertilizer alone caus
ed an increase of nearly one-
fourth. The increase from
lime alone was small, but a
greater increase could be ex
pected in subsequent years.
Yields from the plots were:
Non-fertilized 3,692 pounds,
fertilized alone 4,542 pounds,
lime alone 3,819 pounds and
5,364 pounds for the fertilizer
and lime application. The hay
was mowed June 4, 1960.
The Parmalee alfalfa field,
like the Buck field, was irri
gated. Fertilizer application
rates were practically identi
cal with the exception of po
tassium where 60 pounds was
applied. One ton of lime also
was needed. Yields on a per
acre basis were increased
from 1,306 pounds of hay on
the unfertilized plot to 2,578
pounds on the fertilized plot
to 2,971 pounds of hay on the
fertilizer plot where lime had
been applied.
Yields on the Horner irri
gated field with the same fer
tilizer and lime treatment as
on the plots at Bucks were
increased from 3,948 pounds
not treated to 4,835 pounds of
hay per acre on the lime plot.
The lime plot fertilizer yield
was slightly less than the
lime yield. These yields of
this plot were from a second
cutting. The first cutting was
hayed by the owner with the
rest of the field
Additional demonstrations
will be established in the next
few weeks. A few of the 1960
plots will' be observed for re
sidual effects.
Phosphorus fertilizer for
best results should be applied
to alfalfa stands in the late
fall or very early spring. Soil
tests are the only reliable way
to determine the need for
phosphorus, potassium, boron
and lime. Soil samples should
be sent to the Oregon State
college soil testing laboratory
at least four weeks prior to
the need for the report.
Little Change
In 1961 Prices
For Meat, Stock
Dairies Produce
Medicinal Plant
Research Helps
Corvallis - Use of plant
growth stimulators, such as
gibbcrcllic acid, will increase
the vield of medicinal plants.
and inspiration j an Oregon State college phar-
lo better understand boys and! macisi nas tounn, oui
ei , important may help provide
hVcdciiition of 4-H leaders
who have voluntarily led
4-H chilis twenty years will
he special guests at the con
ference. Bigham, a Jackson
County leader for 23 years,
will be honored.
A special feature for this
venr's program will be a visit
to the school of science where
leaders will learn about career
possibilities in the many
fields of science.
Speakers at the conference
arc Mrs. Roberta Frasier. Ore
gon State college family life
specialist, and Anthony Brand-
enthalcr. former manager oi
the centennial commission and
trustee on the Oregon 4-H
Club foundation.
an insight into exacuy now
medically-valuable compounds
are formed within plants.
By knowing exactly how
these compounds arc formed
in the living plant, it might
be possible to increase yields
tremendously hy giving the
plants a special "fortified
fertilizer diet," says Dr. Leo
A. Sciuchetti.
Sciuchetti is one of the pio
neer workers in the U.S. on
the influence of plant growth
s t i m u I a tors on medicinal
plants. He is concentrating nn
plants that contain alk
especially those prod
atropine and hyoscine. Atro
pine is used in eye drops, for
treating ulcers, diarrhea and
other stomach conditions.
Hyoscine is closely related
but also has a "tranquilizing
effect."
Three student assistants
working under Sciuchetti on
the project have won top na
tional awards for their re
search during the past two
years. Two special National
Science foundation grants
have been received to provide
Salem-Oregon producer-distributor
dairies produced
1,717 gallons more raw milk
a day in I960 than in 1958,
according to the State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Two years ago, said Ken
neth E. Carl of the Foods and
Dairies division, 172 raw milk
dairies operated under state
license and in I960, there were
11)9. Of this last number, 92
are grade A and 97 are grade
B operations.
The number of producer-
distributors increased from
112 in l!).r)6 to 189 in 1960.
The total amount of daily
gallonago of grade A milk
produced by these dairies in
the slate ill 1960 came to
8.390 gallons. Of this total,
5.867 gallons were raw milk
and 2.523 gallons were pas
teurized milk. There were
2.811 gallons of grade B raw
milk. The total A and B raw
milk comes to 8.678 gallons.
The total raw and pasteurized
milk comes to 11,201 gallons.
Floyd Smith
Tankers' Head;
Hayes Secretary
Floyd Smith, Provolt, was
reelected president of the
Southern Oregon Farm Tank
association during its recent
meeting in Grants Pass.
Other officers reelected
were Ed Hayes, Eagle Point,
secretary-treasurer; Paul Sa
kraida. vice president; Donald
Geren, Eagle Point, Bob Mar
tin, Illinois Valley, Louis
Straub, Lower Applegate, and
Glenn Smith, Ruch, all elect
ed as directors.
Gordon Coleman, plant man
ager for Beatrice Foods, dis
tributor for the association,
said his company sold about
$450 million worth of foods
and the biggest percentage
was dairy products. Of the
dairy products sold, 15 per
cent was ice cream, 17 per
cent such dairy products as
cheeses and the remaining to
fluid milk.
A motion picture was shown
illustrating the different Ice
creams and flavors which will
be featured in a promotion
program from month to
month. A outboard motor and
speedboat were given as
among the consumer prizes to
be featured during the promo
tion. A lecture followed by a
field representative for the
association on proper use of
pesticides and prevention of
residues in milk. This problem
has occurred in other states
leaving Oregon relatively safe
so far.
Corvallis-Oregon livestock
and retail meal prices for
1961 are likely to average
close to 1960 levels, reports
an Oregon Stale college agri
cultural economist.
Local cattle prices are ex
pected to slip a little from
last year's average, hog prices
should average slightly high
er, and lamb is likely to hold
near the 1960 average, be
lieves Stephen C. Marks, OSC
extension economist.
Food buyers can look to a
good supply of all red meats
-165 pounds per capita, only
two pounds below the luou
record - with little price
change.
Increasing national beef
production is putting pressure
on cattle prices but any de
cline will probably be too
slight to be felt at retail meat
counters, at least during the
first half of 1961, Marks said.
Oregon hog prices which
follow midwest trends should
average slightly higher in the
year ahead due to a reduction
in hog marketings compared
to 1960. Present strong prices
are expected to hit a peak
by early summer and decline
for the second half of the
year.
Decline Next Fall
Most noticeable declines in
both beef and pork prices
will likely come next fall
with increased seasonal mar
keting of grass-fed cattle and
hogs.
The generally well-balanced
livestock picture for 1961 was
further smoothed out when
hog farmers recently report
ed intentions to increase the
size of their spring pig crop
by no more than 5 per cent
over last spring. Total beef
marketings in 1961 are ex
pected to be up about 7 per
cent from 1960.
Lamb prices will probably
hold near the 1960 average
with domestic production lit
tle changed from last year.
Large imports of lamb and
mutton will likely continue
but are expected to be less
than in 1960, the economist
said.
Oregon lamb prices have
been bolstered recently by de
mands from California meat
packers for Oregon slaughter
lambs. Good grazing condi
tions in California have en
couraged their sheepmen to
hold animals on the range
longer than usual, reducing
local supplies of slaughter
lambs for California packers,
Marks explained.
Market Steady on
Feeders, Stockers
The market was steady on
calves, feeders and slock cows
and about SI to S2 lower on
slaughter cows, according to
a Midway Auction yard mar
ket report for Friday.
Good steer calves brought
$24 to $25.50 per hundred
weight. Good heifer calves
brought $22 to $23.80. Good
yearling steers brought $23
to $25.10. Yearling heifers
brought $21.50 to $22.60.
Fat Hereford cows brought
$15 to S15.80. A few young
cows sold at $16.50, cutter
cows $12 to $14, canncrs $10
to $12.
Bulls sold at $19 to $20.10
per hundredweight. Veal sold
at $24 to $26.50. Common
calves sold at $20 to $23.
Fat steers and heifers most
ly standard grade sold at $19
to $22. No choice fed cattle
were offered.
Slowness in slaughter cattle
may be trouble to the heavy
run and high prices of the
first week of the year. As
this supply is used up the
market will improve, Bill
Bray, yard owner, said.
Medford Youth Held
In Jail (or Speeding
An 18 -year -old Medford
driver was sentenced lo the
county jail for two days Fri
day when he failed to appear
in district court on a speed
ing charge when directed.
Raymond Lee Murphy, 18,
of 235 South Oakdale ave.,
was directed to appear in dis
trict court Jan. 9 on charges
of violation of the basic rule.
He was charged with driving
70 miles an hour in a 50-milc-
an-hour zone. When he failed
to appear. D i s t r ic t Court
Judge L. L. Sawyer had him
brought in on a warrant Friday.
DEJECTED INMATE
Angola, La. - (UPD - InmaU
Ernie Richards at the state
penitentiary here got word
that his sentence was com
muled to 15 years and wai
he dejected: His original sen"
tence was three years. The
governor's office says tho
notice probably meant to say
15 months instead of 15 years,
and is checking into the case.
"With a lawyer I could hava
gotten lifo," Richards said.
Huntsvillc, Ala. -IUPD- John
Frame, 50, drove his gasoline
tank truck off a steep hill
Monday to avoid hitting a
school bus which had stopped
on the crest of the hill to pick
up a group of children. The
truck burst into flames, and
Frame was burned to death.
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Frozen Food Care
Rules Outlined
Corvallis-Assure your fam
ily of fresh, flavorful foods
from the freezer with these
three rules of frozen food
care from Oregon State col
lege home economists.
Keep freezer at zero dc
glees, follow recommended
storage times, and get frozen
food from store to freezer as
rapidly as possible.
The OSC home economists
say that the most common
cause of loss of quality in
frozen foods is storage at too
high temperatures. Foods
should be stored at zero de
grees F., or lower, to maintain
best quality. At temperatures
above freezing, foods under
go chemical changes which
causes loss of color, flavor
texture, and nutrients.
Turnover In foods in the
freezer varies anyhcre from
one to 12 months depending
on the food. In a new U.S
department of agriculture bul
letin, "Home Care of Pu
chased Frozen Food," time
tables are offered for about
75 purchased frozen foods
Copies of the bulletin, Home
and Garden Bulletin No. 60
are free on request from the
Office of Information, U.l
Department of Agriculture,
Washington 25, D.C.
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