TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Three County FFA Chapters
Get State Farmer Awards
Only four candidates of the
14 FFA boys who applied for
the state farmer degree from
the Rogue -Umpqua district
will receive the honor. The
four FFA boys are all from
Jackson county chapters.
The local chapters learned
Monday that Elvin Hawkins
and Dale Vaughan, of Eagle
Point, Ernie Bolz, of Phoenix,
and Delmer Smith, of Crater
chapter, will all receive their
state farmer degrees during
the state FFA convntion in
Salem March 15-18.
Only 71 boys of the total
state FFA membership will
receive the degree, the highest
which can be awarded for
FFA work. The award is pre
sented on the basis of leader
shsip. parliamentary proce
dure, supervised farming ac
tivities, academic standing
and outside activities.
Ernie Bolz conducted
strong leadership program. He
was Phoenix chapter treasur
er last year and is president
this year. His school grade av
rage is over a 3.0 or higher
than a B." He is also a canal
date for state FFA office.
Bolz's father, Ernie Bolz,
Sr., has only seven acres on
the Colver rd., but on that
Ernie has kept two head of
beef, eight head of sheep and
about nine acres of pasture.
He helps his father with farm
custom work.
Chapter Delegate
Ernie was also chapter del
egate to the national FFA con
vention in Kansas city and
was named chapter public
speaker.
Elvin Hawkins, of the
Eagle Point chapter, owns
seven Hereford beef animals,
some registered, two acres of
corn and has made some of
his biggest achievements in
shop work.
During his sophomore year
in vo-ag, Elvin constructed a
portable hay elevator, last
year a cattle squeeze chute,
and this year an implement
trailer. He is applying for a
farm mechanics award.
Hawkins was chapter vice
president last year and presi
dent this year. He was on the
parliamentary procedure team
this year, on the livestock
judging team the last two
years and exhibited at the
county fair for the last three
years.
He is also on the football
team, belongs to the Oregon
Cattlemen's association, is a
member of the American
Hereford association and a
member of the Trail commun
ity church.
On Judging Team
Dale Vaughan, also of the
Eagle Point chapter, was on
the livestock judging team at
the state fair. He was recipi
ent of the Sears livestock
beef chain during his fresh
man year. He has been chap
ter secretary for two years.
His secretary's record book
placed first in the district FFA
contest last year.
Vaughan is president of the
junior class, a member of the
American Angus association.
Delmer Smith, Crater, the
fourth state farmer winner, is
a junior. He has been chapter
reporter and a member of the
chapter parliamentary proce
dure team. He has 50 sheep
and three dairy animals as his
supervised farming project.
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Broiler Industry
Sc.'iool Planned
Corvallis New develop
menls in broiler management
will be discussed Feb. 15 by
Oregon State college special
ists and field men represent
ing feed dealers and hatch
eries throughout the state.
The one-day broiler school
on management and disease
control is planned to show
field men how they can help
improve efficiency of broiler
production and control dis
eases to reduce condemna
tions in processing plants.
The school will be held in
the poultry building at OSC.
Starting time is 10 a.m., an
nounced Noel Benriion, OSC
extension poultry specialist.
New developments in feed
ing, breeding, management
and housing will be reported
by OSC poultrymcn, Dr. G. H.
Arscott, Dr. Paul Bernior,
W. H. McCluskey, and OSC
extension agricultural engi
neer M. G. Hubcr. Following
their comments, Dr. J. ,E.
Parker, head of the OSC
poultry department, will lead
a qucstion-and-answer period
Local Beefmen
In Blue Tag Sale
At Pendleton
The eighth annual Oregon
Hereford association Blue Tag
sale will be held at the Pend
leton Round-up grounds Wed
ncsday and Thursday, Feb. 15-
16, it was announced.
Seven Oaks ranch, Central
Point, and Norman and Lois
Jacob, Merrill, and Los River
ranch, Klamath Falls, are
three of the 18 consignors of
fering 50 bulls, nine heifers
and a few pens of bulls.
Wednesday, the show be
gins at B:30 a.m. A weight
guessing contest follows the
judging and the association's
annual meeting will be held
at 2 p.m. in the armory. Don
Bradshaw, Central Point,
one of the directors.
On Thursday the sale starts
at 11 a.m.
The show judge is Wayne
Nauglo, Nampa, Idaho, and
the auctioneer is Col. H. B.
Sager, Bozeman, Mont.
Consignors include Grover
Jelden, Harrlsburg; J. Nor
man Massey, Silverton; Ben L.
Robinson, Imbler; V. H.
Squires, McMinnville; Gene
and June VanBlokland, Jo
seph; Marion Weathcrford,
Arlington, and William E.
Wiclman, Baker.
Others are: Bernard Here
ford ranch, Estacada; Chand
ler Herefords, Baker; Double
M Hereford ranch, Adams,
Harold and Cecil Eakin, Grass
Valley; Francis and Powers,
Baker; Hilmer Iiorn and Sons,
Pilot Rock;. Walter P. Hub
bard and Son, Junction City;
Hudspeth Land and Livestock
company, Prineville.
Officers of the Oregon Here
ford association are Norman
Jacob, Merrill, president; Bill
Wolfe, wallowa, vice presi
dent; and Mrs. Ruth Adams,
Box 131, Enterprise, Ore.,
secretary-treasurer.
-CHIT CHAT-
By JOE COWLEY
. Mail Tribune arm Editor
Well, you read it! The water supply forecast for the
new irrigation season doesn't look too promising does it?
That applies to the Rogue valley, state and nation.
L The population pressure here and elsewhere makes this
water shortage a major issue. Remember, it takes 20 to
30 gallons of water to wash your clothes or take a shower
Industry needs 25 gallons of water to turn out a pound of
paper, ua.uuu gallons cor a ton of steel.
Some experts believe the additional water will come
from eliminating or cutting pollution of streams and rivers,
from better methods of re-using water and even from rain
making.
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National legislation has been proposed by Rep. Edith
Green (Dem.-Ore.) This would expand pollution control ac
tivities and would include establishment of a federal water
pollution laboratory in the Pacific Northwest. One of a
series of such laboratories might be set up at Oregon State
college.
The Green bill would establish a pollution control ad
ministration in the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare. It would increase present sewage treatment con
struction grants from ?5 million to $125 million a year.
Speaking of stream pollution, we have yet to hear from
the state sanitation authority on the Bear Creek report re
ferred to it last year. Perhaps the authority wishes to make
its own investigation, which would be a good idea. The
fruit industry was particularly critical of the report, saying
it was too cursory. The report charged that spray chemicals
were polluting the creek and waste water from canneries
was poured into the creek without proper filtering.
A bill affecting another type of pollution, air pollution,
is before the state legislature. This is supposed to put teeth
into existing state regulations. The pear growers here so
far are ahead of schedule in replacing their open-burning
orchard heaters with the newer types.
It would be a kick in the teeth if growers suddenly were
forced to replace all of their open type heaters. County
Judge Earl Miller emphasized during his speech before the
lumber industry Friday that the growers are replacing their
heaters as rapidly as economically feasible. They should
not be forced to do so if they can't afford it, he said. What
with pear decline and other pressing problems, they can't,
but they are still doing it.
The fruit industry here Is also watching carefully the
attempted unionizing of fruit and vegetable pickers in Cali
fornia. Until Feb. 9 there was no violence. Both labor
and growers were careful to avoid it. However, accord
ing to reports, on Feb. 9 striking domestic workers invaded
an Imperial valley labor camp for Mexicans and started a
brawl that injured four persons and led to the arrest of 38
demonstrators. This was in the lettuce fields,
The arrest part of this Is what interested us. The sheriff
there said about 50 domestic workers invaded a Mexican
National labor camp. A lettuce grower's son, a camp cook
and two braceros were cut and bruised in the fight. The
invaders overturned beds and scattered the Mexicans' be
longings, the report stated.
Apparently, the sheriff and his men acted quickly and
efficiently to jail this group and halt any further violence.
If the same thing were to occur at the labor camp out by
the airport, could Sheriff Joe Walsh and his men do the same
thing? Not with the present number of deputies. As effi
cient as the deputies are, there are only enough to maintain
minimum patrols in this county.
Even the sheriff's reserves lack sufficient numbers. Hand
ling labor riots involves special techniques requiring lots
and lots of men. They must be trained so they know when
not to use their guns.
This is county budget time-the time when the countv
budget committee reduces or adds personnel per depart
mental requests. Local fruitgrowers may wish they had
Lyn Newbry still on the county budget committee instead
of in the state senate. Jf fruitgrowers feel they need possible
future additional protection for their labor camp and orch
ards, they had better make their wants known soon.
As the editor of the California Farmer wrote us. this
is not the time to be complacent about the activities of the
Agricultural Workers Organizing committee. If AWOC is
able to got organized in California, it will be in Oregon
next, lie wrote. And he didn t say it is unlikely. As for the
Teamsters denying plans for a joint operation in Oregon.
mey nave denied many, many things in the past, but that '
awn t make them untrue. It might be much more satis
factory for both pickers and the fruit industry to have an
open mass meeting. It would at least give the growers a
propaganda advantage. ,
Incidentally, 526 braceros were requested removed from
the camp at which the brawl occurred. Also federal labor
officials ordered 600 braceros removed from 17 lettuce
ranches which have been struck. Lettuce is a highly per
ishable crop sold on a rapidly changing market. So this
must have really hurt. This labor hassle threatens a large
proportion of a $21 million lettuce crop, California observers
report.
Lambing Determines
Profit or Loss
This is the lambing season
and sheep specialists stress the
importance of high lambing
percentages for financial suc
cess with farm flocks.
Usually the lamb arrives
head first with his two fore
feet stretched along side his
nose.
When the ewe flock re
ceives no attention the lamb
crop is usually about 85 per
cent. Many western Oregon
sheepmen report saving 130 to
150 per cent of the lambs an
nually. Flockmasters in Eng
land reportedly are lambing
up to 190 per cent.
Utah State University sug
gests selecting breeding stock
that produces a higher per
centage of twin lambs, being
on hand at lambing time to
save as many as possible and
prevent death loss during the
suckling period.
The Utah State experts also
suggest using foster mothers
to save every twin. They rec
ommend a creep ration for
early marketing.
Nourishment Important
Proper nourishment of the
ewes before breeding and
through the gestation period
is necessary. Exercise is also
important, particularly late in
the period. Lamb-carrying
ewes should be handled gent
ly. Lambing pens are often
placed in sheep barns. These
should be kept clean and fill
ed with fresh straw or shav
ings. The ewe and lamb should
be kept in the pen until they
become acquainted. Some ex
perts recommend putting the
ewe in the lambing pen before
she lambs. Some suggest let
ting her lamb with the flock
and then putting her in a pen.
Each ewe has her own way
of preparing for lambing.
Some spend as much as 24
hours in systematic relaxa
tion. Lambs usually live if they
are born five to seven days
early if there is no disease,
the experts report. Sometimes
they are carried four or five
days overtime, but should not
be carried any longer.
There is no one way to
judge the exact time of lamb
arrival. Ewes usually become
hollow in the rear flanks and
the teats become extended
about a day before lambing.
As the time nears they drift
away from the flock and eat
little. Some even paw the
ground as If to make a bed,
sheepmen say.
Birth should occur about
one half hour after the fluid
filled membranes are broken.
Sometimes this lasts two
hours, however. The whole
lambing process should be
continuous.
The sheep breaks the navel
cord by getting to her feet,
licks ,the lamb, and it soon
clumsily gets to its feet and
starts nursing.
Sheepmen say a lamb is
probably in an abnormal posi
tion within the sheep if the
ewe strainly only moderately
then is listless for several
hours or when they strain
hard and are unable to deliver
the lamb.
How To Help
To help the lamb, the far
mer should carefully wash his
hands and be sure his finger
nails are closely cut. Light oil
rubbed over the hands helps.
To remove an unusually
large lamb the farmer should
seize the feet one at a time
and pull the legs straight.
Then, by holding both feet
with one hand, the first two
fingers of the other hand can
be slipped up the lamb's fore
head and back of the ears to
slide the lamb out. This is
merely to help the lamb out
as the ewe strains. Then place
the lamb by the ewe's head
to be licked, the experts in
struct. Many lambs are born with
one leg forward and one back,
but birth is rarely possible if
both logs are back. If only the
head protrudes, it must be
pushed back and the farmer
must slip his hand in to bring
one or both legs forward, the
experts continued. However,
the farmer must be careful not
to push the head back so far
that it drops out of the pelvic
girdle. The palm of the hatid
should be kept under the head
as the legs are being drawn
out.
If the head drops to one
side and only the feet stick
out, a stout cord should be
fastened to each front ankle
with a slip noose and the legs
pushed back into the womb.
Sheepmen suggest that the
head should be drawn up into
the pelvis by the palm of the
hand. Pull carefully on the
strings and. draw the front
legs into position.
When emerging toes point
down, indicating a backwards
delivery, the ewe should be
Many Activities Set by FFA Boys
Jackson county FFA chap
ters plan a full list of activi
ties for the rest of February.
Tonight, the Phoenix FFA
chapter is sponsoring an all
school skating party at the
new Rollarena, just north of
Phoenix.
Saturday all Rogue-Umpqua
district FFA chapters will
hold an agricultural skills
contest at Crater high school.
The contest starts at 10:30
a.m. and includes arc and gas
welding and cutting, rope
work, agricultural math and
spelling, rafter cutting and
general agricultural skills.
The morning contest will be
held in the Crater vo-ag de
partment and shop. In the af
ternoon a talent show will be
held in the auditorium in the
high school. The public is in
vited. , On Feb. 23 the Eagle Point
and Crater FFA chapters will
participate in the sectional
public speaking and parlia
mentary contests at Eagle
Point.
Eagle Point was first in the
district parliamentary contest
and Crater second. Alan Bray,
Crater FFA chapter, was first
in public speaking, and Steve
Geren, Eagle Point, second.
The two top chapters in the
various district contests are
eligible to compete in the sec
tional contest.
helped and the lamb with
drawn immediately.
Phlegm and mucus should
be cleared from the lamb's
nose and mouth. Breathing
down the open mouth may
save a seemingly lifeless lamb.
One Salem veterinarian push
es a lamb's chest in and out
with his hands while blowing
in the mouth as the lungs
expand.
Those traditional sheep ex
perts, the basque sheepmen,
jerk lambs up and down by
the hind legs to start breath
ing. Some shepherds whirl the
lamb at arm's length to clear
the breathing passages.
An early feeding of colos
trum milk is vital and lambs
should nurse in 15 minutes of
birth. A slight squeeze or two
of the ewe's teats may remove
wax. Some .sheepmen freeze
surplus colostrum to feed
lambs whose mothers do not
have enough.
Lambs should be shifted be
tween old ewes or poor milk
ing ewes with twins and those
which can easily rear more
than one lamb or may have
lost a lamb at birth.
One sure fire way to insure
adoption is to apply birth
fluid liberally over the body
and head of a lamb at the
time of birth and before the
foster mother has seen her
lamb. This requires careful
timing.
California rangemen suc
cessfully use the scent meth
od. This consists of applying
kerosene to the nose of the
ewe and to the head and rear
of an ewe's own lamb and
one to be grafted.
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Not long ago, one of the big voices in the pear industry
commented on the ever-critical picker problem and dissatis
faction voiced by pickers and asked. Just what more can
we do?"
California farmers seem to be actively answering that
question. They are considering improving both on and off
farm housing, providing special educational opportunities for
farm workers and their children and will try to provide
voluntary medical and hospitalization insurance for their
workers. Health, accident and life Insurance programs are
planned. Some commodity groups are setting up new in
centive pay plans to regard the better workers.
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"If agriculture can eliminate the winos and bums that
never have done a good day's work in their lives, if they
can set up incentive pay systems that insure the maximum
amount of work done with the minimum number of work
ers, if they can provide a few extras for the health and
comfort of all workers, then these workers will not cost
as much in the long run as it costs to constantly hire and
fire a bunch of misfits," according to an editorial in the
California Farmer. And this from a publication which has
militanlly supported the grower!
where have we heard these words before?
Timber is rapidly becoming an indispensable crop to
this county. It pays 50 per cent of the costs of our county
government and much of our local schools' costs. Now
tile various lumber firms here are reported to be in serious
economic straits. So, why not a scries of local clinics in
which lumber manufacturers could pool their problems and
possible solutions?
We have heard it said that the county court doesn't rep
resent the rural people enough. Tain't so. The piior ad
ministration was so rural-minded that the only way it could
be sold computers and liRc equipment was for the salesman
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