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Beef Cattle Day Set For Burns On March 22 Corvallls Eastern Ore gon cattlemen can take part , in a roundup of latest re- . tearch findings on winter feeding, March 22, at a spe cial beef cattle field day near I Bums. Sponsored by the Oregon State College Squaw Butte ' experiment station, the pro- , gram will start at 10 a.m. at the Poison Creek Grange Hall two miles east of Burns oh 'Highway 78, according to W, , A. Sawyer, station superhv ' tendent. More effective use of mea dow hay, feed supplements, cross-breeding, and control of livestock diseases are among ' topics slated for discussion. The program will also include an afternoon tour of the sta- - tlon's winter quarters seven miles southeast of Burns. Lunch will be served for a nominal charge at the Grange Hall by ladies of the Grange. Dean F. E. Price, director - of the OSC agricultural ex- periment station, will review ' research programs for Ore ' gon's range country at the - opening session. Other morn ' ing speakers will Include Joe D. Wallace and R. J. Raleigh, branch station animal hus ' bandmen, who will discuss -performance of calves as in fluenced by time of weaning and use of protein supplement for weaner calves. Reports on grazing crested rwheatgrass by D. N. Hyder, branch station range conser- vationist, and livestock sani tation and disease control, Dr. Jackson Minar, Burns veter inarian, will complete the morning program. J. E. Oldfield, OSC animal ii nutritionist, will moderate an afternoon panel discussion on ' production and use of mea 'dow hay. Highlights of the afternoon tour of research facilities at winter quarters include com parative feed trials of alfalfa meal versus cottonseed meal, effect of water and salt intake on utilization of protein, ef fects of trace elements, and Inspection of calves from a ' Charolais-Hereford cross. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1961 Garden Tips ; TREES '. Lawn and street trees should be fertilized every few years to keep them in good .' health and appearance. Octo . ber, March and April are the months recommended for fer tilizing. .' A 10-6-4 or similar fertilizer will supply a balanced diet for broad leaved trees. Use two to five pounds for each inch of trunk diameter. Thorough ly mix this with two to three times its volume of top soil. With a crowbar or other 'suitable instrument make holes one to 1V4 feet deep in the feeding zone (the area between the outer margin of 't the branches and one-half of the way to the tree trunk.) These holes should be spaced ; two to three feet apart. ; Fill these holes with the fer- " tilizing mixture, tamping ii as you do so with a small stick. The area should be well watered with a sprinkler after the fertilizer is applied. ' PRUNING ' Spring flowering shrubs , should be pruned immediately after the blossoms fade. This pruning will determine the 't quantity and quality of the , mooms in later years as wen as the general appearance of ' the bush. , If you are unfamiliar with the pruning practices follow ed with the flowering shrubs, 'fruit trees and bush fruits In .your yard write or call your county extension office for your free copy of the pruning bulletin. CHIT CHAT- By JOE COWLEY - , Mll Tribun "!rm Editor L,ast week we reminded people that the assessor doesn't raise their property taxes. This is done every time the peo pie themselves demand more public services. However, one of our farmer friends could retort Just Who is providing public services, anyway? The orchardists voluntarily are attempting to reduce orchard heating smoke by converting to less smoke-producing heaters. This is a public service. The same orchardists are careful in timing their sprays so their fruit will not go to the packing house with too much spray residue on the fruit. This is enforced by the foods and drug administration, but It is still a public service. And the farmers are financing such artificial lakes as Howard Prairie, Hiatt and Emigrant, which are used for fishing, boating and ice-skating. So, it kind of looks like the farmers are providing their share of public services-free-of-charge, too. Oregon often follows California's lead, so we hope Gov. Mark Hatfield follows the California governor's move to ward solving the agricultural chemical problem. Governor Brown has established a committee on nubile Dolicv reeard. ing agricultural chemicals. If this committee is as long on work as it is on title, it should be most effective. The committee was a direct outernwth nt th nrMn crackdown on a relatively small portion of the cranberry crop found contaminated in 1959 with leal that had not been used properly by some growers. Then came some further investigations in use of chemicals which hit other segments of our agricultural production. une or mese was me Banning of chickens treated with di ethylstibestrol. This same chemical was not considered dan gerous in fattening beef cattle. However, the FDA people are strict about the possible effect of antibiotics in dairy and beef feed. A.! Onn UrlfPI- nilf ft HTh fnActlaa!nnD (ha nlntmn n 1 counter-statements by interested parties, some of them called health faddists, stirred up a storm of serious consequence to us all." This state's farmers are about to kill a bill which would provide for appraisal of farm land as farm land, yet would not give farmers an unfair advantage over other landholders ana taxpayers. House Bill 1030 would allow owners of farm land to petition county zoning boards (or planning commission) to zone their land exclusively for agricultural purposes. Land could be removed from this zone classification by the same process as it was zoned. This measure would pro vide for assessing such agriculturally zoned land as farm land. Unce it were removed from this zoning and sold for subdivisions, the farmer would have to' pay the difference between the old and on the new land value. This would cover the last seven years he has held the land. : Fertilizer Tops Record in Sales ' Salem - Fertilizer tonnage , sold in Oregon in 1960 topped the total sold in 19S9 and was ' the highest in the last nine 'years, according to iepot 'from the State Depar;m?nt of . Agriculture. Compilations made from n spectlon fee reports show a ' total sale of 197,250 tons in 1960 as compared to 188,194 In 1959, Sale of agricultural minerals was also ahead in 1960, at 14,847 tons sold com pared to 9,538 for 1959. How ever, sale of agricultural limes went way down with a report of 48,557 tons sold last year and 81,595 the previous year, Sales for 1960 hit their peak for fertilizer In the sec . ond quarter of the year when almost half of the total ton nage was sold. Sale of miner als hit Its peak in the first quarter of the year with 6.602 tons sold and limes reached a high In the third quarter when half the total tonnage was sold. During the final quarter from October to December, to tals included 18,584 tons of fertilizer. 1.819 tons of sgri. - cultural minerals and 8,137 tons of lime. The California governor met this problem In the number one farm state by appointing the committee of 15. It is headed by the eminent food technologist, Dr. Emil M. Mrak, chancellor of the University of California at Davis. He added to the committee a group of recognized experts in nutrition, public health, medicine, agriculture, and the food and chemical industries. After a six months' study and Investigation this com mittee found no cause of public alarm over widespread use of agricultural chemicals. It recognized these chemicals are essential to protect food crops from insects and weeds. The committee also recommended continued vigilant regulation and research in agricultural chemicals. They suggested that the public be kept fully Informed. March 31 Set As Deadline For Wool Plans V Wool and lamb producers must complete all details of marketing not later than March 31 in order for the sale to qualify for payment under the 1960 wool program, M. B. Caster, office manager, Jack son county agricultural stabil ization and conservation of fice pointed out today. Later marketings of wool and lambs would be eligible for pay ments under the 1961 pro gram. The office manager explain ed that, under program regu lations, wool which is "mar keted" means title has passed to the buyer. The wool has been delivered to the buyer either physically or through documents which transfer control to the buyer, and the last of the factors needed to determine the total purchase price payable by the buyer (price per pound, weight, yield, etc.) is available. Thus, wool will not be con sidered as "marketed" and so eligible for 1960-program pay ments unless all details of the sales are settled and all the information needed on the sales documents - including the net sales proceeds - is completed by March 31. Payments under the 1960 program will be made this summer when the payment rates can be determined, based on the average prices received by producers for shorn wool during the 1960 marketing , year. The 1960 wool program year runs from April 1, 1960 through March 31, 1961. Producers have 30 days after the close of the market ing year - that is, until April 30, 1960 under the 1960 wool program - in which to file ap plications for wool and lamb payments with the County ASC Office. One of several compounds may be added to table salt to make it flow freely during damp weather. They are taste less, odorless, finely ground, insoluble powders that keep the salt crystals from stick ing together when the humid ity shifts from high to low. Read Weedicide Label To Get Best Control By M. R. HUBBELL Jackson County Weed Supervisor Remember last summer that big patch of weeds that grew up and perhaps spoiled the looks of your place? They may have presented a fire hazard or just been a nuisance. Many of these prob lems can be corrected with weed control products that are on the market today, Read the label and be sure the product you purchase will answer your problems. It will Milk Dispenser Corvallis-Pros and cons of using restaurant - type bulk milk dispensers in the home are pointed out in a new Ore gon State college bulletin. The OSC agricultural ex periment station study of Portland households using such dispensers indicates that they're best adapted to large families in higher income lev els For one thing, families using dispensers started drinking more milk nearly one-fourth more. Homemakers who have dis pensers seem to like them. They name the following main advantages: conveni ence, saves refrigerator space, and milk is colder. Disadvantages: takes up kitchen space, cost of dispen ser and increased consump tion, milk spillage, and spout drippage. From the dairy's point of view processing, packaging, and distributing milk in bulk cans costs about the same as in paper containers. Dairy ad vantages would have to come from increased sales of milk per household, from new cus tomers, and increased sales of other dairy products resulting from the delivery man s per sonal contact with the cus tomer. The bulletin, "Economics of Bulk Milk Dispensers for Home Use" is available with out charge to Oregon resi dents. Copies may be obtained from local county extension offices or from OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis. be found some are recom mended for use around cer tain desireable shrubs while others are limited to their use. It's all on the label. Many of these products, like the brush-killers, can be used on various problems. Light quantities can be used for selective weeding in many cases while heavier rates prove to be non-selective. Some of these products can be purchased as liquids for spraying on while others are in the powder or granular forms. Some are packaged in any of three above mentioned forms, all for your conven ience and all requiring differ ent methods and rates of ap plication. All this vital information Is on the label. Read the label and apply only as this prod uct is recommended. It will save you time and money and result In a better understand ing of how some of these pro ducts give the results they do. Timing is all important in applications o f herbicides. Probably more so in the above mentioned materials than most. Applications are requir ed in some cases in the fall. Others are to be applied in the spring prior to weed growth. All this information is on the label. Read the label, all of it. Fruits, Vegetables Show Good Future For New Season Corvallls One of the brighter spots for Oregon ag riculture in 1961 is the mar ket outlook for local fruits and vegetables, reports Ore gon State college extension service. Good sales of fresh, canned, and frozen fruit and vegetable products during the past year have sparked optimism in the packing and processing trade for the year ahead, said R.H. Groder, OSC fruit and vege table marketing specialist. Lighter carryover stocks, particularly tree fruits, re sulting from poor weather conditions last year have helped strengthen this year's outlook. Trade reports indi cate that prices for all major Northwest fruits and vegeta bles have held firm or ad vanced on better quality packs, the specialist noted. A few clouds on the hori zon could dim the picture, he added. Labor contracts in many processing plants come in for renewal this year. Also, higher costs for transporta tion, packaging materials, and equipment have been announ ced. These and other economic considerations could change this area's competitive place for national markets, Groder explained. Strawberries, raspberries and other small fruits appear headed for good balance be tween supply and demand with no burdensome carry overs from a year ago. The strawberry Industry, in seri ous trouble a few years ago with over-production, has been trimming back to sta bilize prices. Oregon straw berry acreage for 1981 is es timated 1,000 acres less than the previous year. As a result, carryover stocks o f canned and frozen fruits next July will likely be smaller than a year earlier and should strengthen market prospects, Groder stated. The outlook is also good for Oregon's important crops of snap beans, peas, and sweet corn. Some bean processors have offered higher prices ior the 1961 crop than in 1!)10 and have Indicated a d03ire for increased acreage and pro duction, the specialist said. Battle Shows Gain On Brucellosis Salem Work on several per cent to 1721000s of 1 per While the farmers are watching the state legislature they should fight a bill which proposes to abolish bounties on predatory animals. This bill has passed the house and is now before the senate, according to week end reports. Counties pay half of the bounty and the state the other half. Earlier this year some farmers complained of a danger ously increased coyote population in Jackson county. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed setting out poison bait stations using the deadly 1080. But, sportsmen and dog owners protested so strongly that continuation of this program was abandoned. One solution proposed was in creasing the county portion of the bounty. Now it looks as if this, on all predators, will be abandoned. Some counties do not have a predatory animal problem. This county does. Jackson county should be allowed to keep its bounty schedule to meet its own problem. This would be a good argument for home rule. Home rule allows a county to solve its own problems without requiring per missive legislation from Salem. This should give the far mer a big stake in the home rule proposal being worked on by a local committee. House Joint Resolution 24 approved by the last session of state legislature urged the interim committee on agri culture to direct its attention to conflicting usage of funds or . duplication and recommend to the present legislature a more effective use or distribution pattern of expenditures on a priority basis. The result of this seems to be that some state legislators are demanding that a half-million dollars be lopped from the proposed $2,730,000 general fund expenditure of the state department of agriculture. Justifiably It created one of the greatest hubbubs in the Oregon legislature. Gov. Mark Hatfield's budget called for expenditure of $2,730,468 of general fund money by the agriculture depart ment in the 1961-63 biennium. Jim Short, director of the agriculture department, said the state department of finance and administration trimmed $181,000 from his request be fore the ways and means committee saw it. This compares with $2,510,491 which is the estimated expenditure for the two-year period ending this June 30, and $2,087,572 spent In the 1957-59 biennium. Short said his department was budgeted for an expen diture of $2,574,409 in the current biennium, but was under staffed part of the time. One cause for the budget rise was the increased demand ijr meat Inspection service and the resulting rise with the expansion of this service. Meat Inspection cost $678,582 in the 1957-59 biennium; an esiimatea ssa.vdo in me ma il biennium and the budgeted $816,478 In the 1961-63 biennium. schedules, particularly for key personnel and specialists "The level of these schedules should be raised so as to secure and keep capable staff and thus eliminate costly turnover," the report recommends. . fronts made gains in 1960 in the battle against brucellosis infection in Oregon cattle, ac cording to the annual resume from the state department of agriculture at Salem. The past year's work of the federal-state cooperative test ing teams working on this dis ease is reflected in this brief summary on the various phases of testing: Farm testing-Reduced from 11,742 herds in 1959 to 7,378 herds in 1960. A correspond ing reduction occurred in the number of cattle tested on farms. Saleyard and slaughter house testing-There was an increase in the number of herd tests from 5,183 in 1959 to 7,733 in 1960 though the actual number of cattle tested in this program phase dropped from 53,276 in 1959 to 48,009 last year. Reactors - The herds In which reactors were found dropped from 5891000s of 1 It seems silly to appoint an Interim committee to come up with recommendations on this state s agricultural prob lems, pay good taxpayers' money to finance its investigations then oppose suggestions made by well-qualified people. And these recommendations were made after considerable field study and searching questioning during hearings. The various programs Instituted by the state department of agriculture were approved originally by the state legisla ture. Most of the programs are for the protection of the consumer. Any reduction in the requested budget alloca tion would greatly reduce this consumer protection, accord ing to Ward Spatz, Mcdford fruitgrower and member of the state board of agriculture, the advisory group to the state department of agriculture. One of the more controversial bills before the senate agricultural committee is a proposal to prohibit the sale of raw milk in Oregon. We sympathize with the Grade A milk producers who must maintain expensive equipment for pasteurization and meet stringent sanitation rules, then are consistently undercut price-wise by the raw milk pro ducers. However, the fiercely competitive and tight Grade-A mar ket has forced a number of dairymen to go into the raw milk business. A number of them have as sanitary and healthful facilities as the Grade A producers. Unfortunately there are a few of the very small operations which don't. The House has sent the state senate a bill which would allow shooting of firecrackers under roosting starlings (small birds resembling blackbirds) to protect holly growers In the north end of the state. We understand these birds also cause widespread damage by blanketing feed yards with their excrement. Anyway, we'll bet many people will suddenly find large flocks of starlings In their backyards come Fourth of July, This might even make sale of fire works legal again in this state. t . 1 U (..,- I . -..-I W nAmw.tlfAn's rnrl in View OI IMC lliiciini agiiiunuia wutiiiiitcc a i'.ij this proposed cut in the ag department's total budget is! interesting. The committee report notes that 50 per centj of the red meat animals siaugnterea lor numan consump tion are Inspected by the department. "If it were not for this compulsory state Inspection, much of this slaughter would go uninspected," the report reads. "The state Is some what more lenient on physical plant requirements and does not have the personnel to make adequate Inspection of pro cessed meat." "The cost of Inspection will rise as slaughter numbers rise. The cost of inspection for each animal Inspected Is higher than that of the federal Inspection as the state must Inspect a large number of small volume plants," the report continues. Another agricultural committee recommended that the Oregon livestock Industry be expanded through more exten- i slve use of feed grains raised in the state. Two or three weeks ago we read another recommendation that hog rals-j ing could be increased in western Oregon. If both of these suggestions are carried out the Inspection service would have to be lncreasea. inis woum mean intri-4u imu. j Agriculture and lumber are this state's two leading Indus-1 tries State services should not be trimmed if they help; promote and protect Oregon's sericulture. j mmiiiBt rnnrt sign nointed out that the , UU as deDaxtmenl is severely hamsertd by low salary if KEYS TO TOP PRODUCTION WFA WFA High Quality High Density Seeds Fertilizer .h.,. . ,.u ymjA 5 50 CI ATI ON ( 17 W. 4th Phone SP 3-8329 cent. In a few counties the percentage of reactors was greater than for the previous year but only because testing was virtually all done in re actor herds. Calf vaccination-Statewide calfhood vaccination dropped from 161,808 In 1959 to 158, 548 in 1960 with the decline largely in vaccinations at salcyards. However, calf vac cination in western Oregon dairy counties Increased 13 per cent from 16,124 calves in 1959 to 18,178 in I960. Hie drop in beef calf vaccination, cattlemen report, is due to heavier sales of calves in 1960 than the previous year. Milk ring testlng-Thls test ing was stepped up to four times around (instead of three) on most of the dairy under this screening test. Sus picious herds on the milk ring test are blood tested with these results reflected In the farm testing. H . n 1 1 IM'VI Villi 12 Discount On All Equipment During Our 12th Anniversary Week of March 13th-18th o Allis-Chalmers Orchard Master Sprayers Henry Back Hoe & Equip. SEE THE TWO NEW MODELS D-15 Wheel Tractor HD-3 Small Crawler Visit Us This Week 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For Best Buys During Our 12th Anniversary Celebration H-B EQUIPMENT & HARDWARE EAGLE Point HI 6-3341 HOOD RIVER GROWERS BEAT SCAB, FIND "BEST FUNGICIDE YET" No scab problem at all on CYPREX-protected Newtowns . . . even though 1960 was a bad scab year Scab got tough last year in Hood River. . . perhaps the worst scab season in 40 years and especially bad on Newtowns. Growers were faced with a very real battle to keep fruit clean and sometimes they lost. But not Fred Flog and his father, Harry. They won. Using the remarkable new fungicide, cyprex 65-w . . .they really did a job on scab. "We just didn't have scab on the Newtowns that got CYPREX at pink, petal fall and first cover',' says Fred Plog. "The four sprays on our Delicious trees, at pink, bloom, and second cover and pre harvest, gave us further proof that cyprex is the best yet. "We'll use cyprex again this year with the same special atten tion to the early sprays" Why cyprex can stop scab even under conditions that favor the disease Authorities have called CYPREX the most important fungicide developed in its field in the past 60 years. It is a new and unique fungi cide that actually combines both of the important properties a scab control material can have. It is an outstanding protectant... with eradicant action even at V pound per 100 gallons. At of a pound, the dosage used in the Northwest, cyprex is a full fledged eradicant with a back action (or kickback) of from 86 to 48 hours from the beginning of a scab rain. . miiuji i ma nwwi u vaa mKsnizr wir-A. i. vflf, strict , t' in i Harry and Fred Plon. "Scabby fruit costs thi growtr lott of monty',' says Fred.., "we uee cyprex to do the beat job we know how to control it'.' Used as a protectant, CYPREX puts a tough fungicide barrier on the surface of the leaf. Because of built-in spreader-sticker action, it disperses and covers and sticks. A rather remarkable feature of cyprex is its property of redistribution. Without leaving the original foliage unprotected, some cyprex will splash from leaf to leaf during a rain, extend ing control to new growth. Because of its local-systemic action, cyprex protects the entire leaf. Sprayed on an under surface, it penetrates the leaf, goes through and protects the upper surface bs well. cyprex as an eradicant application utilizes all the above properties. It spreads and sticks and penetrates to burn out established scab before it gets a foothold... killing spores that have germinated and started into the leaf. cyprex is a remarkable scab control material, and its com bination of advantages made the difference between a fair crop and a good one for many growers last season. CYPREX cannot, however, perform miracles. It does not eliminate the need for reasonable timing, good coverage and sound orchard practice. Consult your local agricultural authorities for further informa tion. Or write for leaflet PE 5061, American Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Division, Los Angeles 54. CYPREX is American Cyanamid Company's trade-mark for dodint fungicide. The label inetructione on Cyanamid producte, and on produett eontainint Cyanamid ingredients, are the reevXt of yearn of research and have been accepted by Federal andor State Cow ernmenti. Always read the labels and carefully follow directions for us. CYANAMID SSnVBB TUB MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AOMCVLTURt C VAN El CYPREX'65-W FUNGICIDE
