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.
Cows fed no supplemental
stock salt will produce signif
icantly less milk than those
given free access to salt, tests
at Cornell university have
shown.
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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.
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Dairy cows will consume an
average of from one to thre
ounces of stock salt daily.
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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.
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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.
A distributor sells milk pro
duced by others though ht
may pasteurize It betore sale.
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