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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1961 Five Corn Types Recommended The top five varietiei of corn for silage grown on the Southern Oregon Experiment Station in 1960 were Western Hybrid Improved 101, Dekalb 409, Idahybrid 54-40, Western Hybrid 393, and Dekalb 487 according to summaries pre pared by H. H. White and J. A. Yungen, agronomists at the station. These are the top five out of a total of 40 varieties grown in 1960. The highest yield in the 40 varieties was 37.9 tons of silage per acre and the lowest was 24.4 tons. Average for the 40 varieties was 30.1 tons of silage per acre. In determining the top five, consideration was given not only to yields in tons per acre but also to grain content of the silage, leafiness of the varieties, and ability of the varieties to resist lodging. Factors Explained The importance of consider ing these various factors is demonstrated by the follow ing: A variety known as KW5 produced 37.9 tons per acre of silage but the yield of grain for KW5 was only 109.8 bush els per acre. In the case of Western Hybrid Improved 101 the yield of silage was 36.0 tons per acre but in that silage was corn in the form of grain equivalent to 146.4 bushels of shelled corn per acre. So "Western Hybrid 101 actually produced nearly 2 tons less silage per acre but the feed ing value was higher because the silage it did produce con tained about 37 bushels more grain per acre. Corn harvested as silage is one of the highest producing crops in terms of feeding val ue per acre according to the agronomists. A 38 ton yield of silage of average analysis contains 15,200 pounds of to tal digestible nutrients. To get the same amount of TDN from alfalfa hay would re- Large Feeder Sale Jet For Phoenix On March 14 Phoenix - A 1,000 head spring feeder sale is planned for the Rogue Valley Live stock auction yard in Phoenix, starting at 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 14, according to Henry Owens, White City, sale com mittee chairman. Those planning to consign cattle should contact Owens by telephoning TAlbot 6-4901 or Robert Bever, at Hlllcrest 6-3943, Eagle Point. "This sale will be open to members of the Jackson County Livestock associa tion,"" a spokesman said. "Anyon not a member may sell stock there by becoming a member at the time. A flat charge of $2 a head will be made. No dairy crosses or dairy cattle will be permitted in this sale. The sale will fea ture pens of not less than five. Singles will be sold near the end of the sale." This is the stockmen's first feeder sale for 1961. Bulk of the work will be handled in the yard. A sifting committee will grade the cattle, it was explained. "It's the intent of the live stock association to assist the rancher in being more selec tive in the animals he puts in these feeder sales. Our thought is to establish a top grade of cattle so buyers through the country will know Ihe feeder sale spon sored by this association can be guaranteed to have qual ity merchandise," a spokes man said. quire a yield of about 15 tons per acre. So far we do not have any variety of alfalfa that will produce anywhere near that yield. Do You Know These Answers? Ed Griggs, Crater High school vocational agriculture instructor, has published two paper-bound textbooks widely distributed to high schools throughout the country. His book on Livestock Dis ease Control has received widespread circulation as far away as Texas. His other book, a later edition, is "The Science and Practice of Live stock Feeding." These are some questions from Griggs' booklet on "An Approach to the Science and Practice of Livestock Feed ing." 1. Tell the purpose served by salt, iodine, calcium, phos phorous and iron in an ani mal's body. 2. Explain why a fattening hog fed barley in combination with oil meals would gain faster if its ration contained a small amount of tankage or milk. 3. List and describe the stomachs of a ruminant. 4. Explain what you would consider in purchasing feed from the standpoint of protein if: (a) You feed beef cattle, (b) you are purchasing feed for laying hens, (c) you are a dairyman, (d) you are pur chasing feed for three-months-old shoat being fattened for market. 5. Explain what is meant by an all-purpose poultry feed. 6. A cow requires 15 pounds of T. D. N. per day. She is being fed six pounds of dairy ration per day that is 76 per cent T. D. N. How many pounds of alfalfa hay should be fed to her each day if the hay is 50 per cent T. D. N.? The answers will be printed next week. 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MEYER & CO., San Francisco- Portland Seattle - Yakima Farm Information Needed By ASC On Feed Grains By GENE WINTERS County Extension Agent Farmers in Jackson county who may be interested in a possible feed grain production adjustment program in 1961 are urged to call at the Jack son County Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation office, according to Albert Straus, chairman of the ASC county committee. The request is made to farmers Ht this time because farm feed grain and other crop acreage information will be needed for any feed grain program that may be autho rized for the coming crop sea son. Farmers who supply feed grain and other acreage figur es at this time will not be obligated to participate in a feed grain program if one be comes available, but will be eligible to participate. How ever, Straus points out that a program can be quickly put into operation if the neces sary farm acreage information is on file at the county office He asks farmers' cooperatiun in providing information that will be needed before a pro gram can be put in effect. Interested farmers are ask ed io bring to the county ASC office their records of the acreage of cropland used for barley, oats, corn and grain sorghums and other crops for the two crop years of 1959 and 1960. The report should be on the basis of the acreage planted and the use made of the crop produced. Accurate information must be obtain ed immediately for possible establishments of farm feed grain base acreages. Since Jackson county is classed as a minor feed grain producing area, only interest ed farmers are being asked to make reports. In counties classed as major feed grain producing areas, acreage re ports are being obtained for ail farms. Livestock Diseases Reported in State Salem - Livestock .diseases reported during 1960 by pri vate practitioners and other agencies were released this week by the slate department of agriculture veterinary ser vice. This does not include brucellosis and tuberculosis, diseases covered in coopera tive programs with the feder al government. Catlle diseases reported in December are: anaplasmusis two cases in two herds with a year's total of 189 cases in 94 herds; blackleg, six cases in five herds, year's total, 295 cases in 65 herds -compared to 131 cases in 80 herds in 1959; many cases of shipping fever and pink eye; red wa ter, 11 cases in 11 herds with a year's total of 73 cases in 56 herds - little change over 1959; leptospirosis, 14 cases in seven herds with a year's to tal of 318 cases in 117 herds. ' Among sheep black disease held the top count at 2347 cases, nine herds for 1960 though no cases were report ed for the month of Decem ber. In 1959 there were 4 cases in 1 herd of this dis ease. Many cases of pink eye were reported and in sore mouth there were 31 cases in six herds, a considerable rise over the 1959 figure. In swine, erysipelas look the flead with 11 cases in three herds and a year's to tal of 200 cases In 25 herds, about the same as 1959 fig- No Place in Rogue Valley For Saf flower Production! Although some farm ex perls are recommending plain ing of safflower during 1961, 11. 11. While, Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station su perintendent, says there is no place for it here. "Farmers can make more money growing feed grains than they can in growing saf flower," he pointed out. "The safflower seed must be de livered to San Francisco and by the time the farmer pays the freight, they find they can make more money growing barley." : The safflower is a member j of the thistle family. Its high oil content seed is used in in dustrial work. If the interna tional problem becomes soj great that imports of tung oil are shut off, then the price i on safflower seed will in crease enough to make ils pro duction profitable in the Rogue valley. Oil from the safflower seeds is used as an oil base for paints and var nishes and for plastic mate rials. White explained. Those promoting the growth of safflower point out that new varieties have helped to overcome the old root rot dis ease problem. This is a prob lem Jackson county has never ures; enteritis, three cases in one herd, for the year, 108 cases and eight herds - a big drop from 1959 case load of 174 leptospirosis, five cases in two herds with a total of five cases ir two herds. had. Also, farmers now know how and where to grow the safflower, the experts said. Processors who crush the .seed for oil hope for 400,000 to 450.000 acres to be planted nationally to safflower. This would be a 33 1 3 per cent increase over the 1960 acre age. Such new varieties as U. S. 10, Gila from Arizona and others developed by oil proc essors have shown up well on irrigated land where soil is deep enough for fast drainage. "Pre-irrigatlon is the key to success with safflower until we have more varieties that completely answer the root rot problem," Milton D. Mil ler, University of California extension agronomist, ex plained. University of California sci entists at Davis find they can grow more than 2,500 pounds of seed per acre with only a pro-irrigation if they wet the soil down at least six or seven feet deep before planting. Saf flower roots will take water from a depth of 12 feet, the scientists say. In California, four compan ies are contracting safflower acreage witli farmers. Prices range from $75 to $78 a ton for seed. This Is no change over a year ago. The local experimentation superintendent had market facts to back up his argument this week. According to the grain and hay market review Rogue Soil Unit Plans Meeting Richard Bauin, state admin istrative officer of the soil j conservation state committee, will outline accomplishments o( the state committee and its relationship to soil conserva tion districts as main speaker at the annual meeting of the Rogue Soil Conservation dis trict, according to C. W. Jen sen, chairman ot the district's board of supervisors. During the meeting to be held Thursday, March 9, at the Central Point Grange hall, Jensen will discuss the reso lutions and progress made at the last state meeting of soil conservation district supervis ors. The meeting starts at 8 p.m. A plant specialist for west ern Oregon will talk on new forage plants for this area. Waller lloffbuhr. manager of the Talent Irrigation dis trict, will present iufnrmaiion on present status of the Tal-j cut project and the water situation for 1961. A brief report will be made, also, on the progress and problems in the district's drainage program, by Clem Ault, work unit conservation ist, and F. II. Latham, SCS drainage engineer. dated March 3, barley advanc ed 50 cents to $1 as export interest perked up. At the close, No. 2 Western and two rowed barley saw dealer bids at J44.50 a ton, delivered north coast points. A 9 Dairy cows will consume an average of from one to thre ounces of stock salt daily. BEEFEATER BEEFEATER the imported English Gin that doubles your martini pleasure ; r BEEFEATER GIN 94 PROOF 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS K06RAND CORPORATION NEW YORK 1, N. 1, fw UncqvaUtd 180 Cattle Sold In Phoenix Yard; Market Steady Phoenix-A total 180 cattle were sold at the Rogue Valley Livestock Auction company yard in Phoenix Saturday The market was about steady. Hereford calves sold from $21 to $30 per head, Holsteins from S9 to $19 and Guernsey and Jersey calves from $5 to $13 per head. Fat hogs weighing 197 pounds to 212 pounds sold from $18 to $19 per hundred weight. Ewes and lambs brought $12.50 to S15.50 per pair. Holsteins sold at $142.50 to $165 per head and Guern seys and Jerseys, also in the dairy cow class, sold from $120 to $155 per head. Lightweight Hereford steers sold from $72.50 to S85 a head and heifers from $59 to $81 a head. Hereford slecrs weighing in ai 250 pounds to 350 pounds sold from $23 to $26.10 per hundredweight. Hereford heif ers weighing from 400 pounds to 545 pounds sold from $20 to S22 per hundredweight. Holslein feeder steers, weighing from 550 to 750 pounds, sold at $16.75 to $19.25 per hundredweight. In Ihe slaughter cattle class Hereford heifers sold from $16.10 to $19.25 per hundred weight; Hereford cows from $14.50 to $16.90 per hundred weight; and slaughter bulls from $17.60 to $19.80 per hun dredweight. Slaughter dairy cows. Hol steins, sold from $14.50 to $15 50 per hundredweight, and Guernsey and Jerseys from $12.50 to $14.10 per hundredweight in the slaugh ter class. FOR CAR OR TRUCK LOT QUOTES WRITE OR PHONE US MID-COAST DISTRIBUTORS P.O. Box 1468 Medford, Oregon Phone SP 3-6370 Milk Processor's Fees Explained Salem - A state department of agriculture administrative order, effective February 20, permits milk producers to buy a non-processing distributor li cense fee at the same S5 fee that applies to licensed producer-distributors and distrib utors. The fee for any other non processing distributors Is $25 a year. The same license is available for $5 a year to people who arc licensed pro ducers, producer - distributors or distributors. Previously only licensed producer-distributor or dis tributors could buy thin li cense at the lower cost A producer Is a dairyman who produces but does not bottle fluid milk on his farm. A producer-distributor bottles the milk his dairy produces. 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