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TUESDAY. MARCH 21, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. State Farm Prices Edge Down in Jan. But Top I960 Corvallis Oregon farm prices edged downward the first month of 1961 but still stand above the level of Jnn uary, 1060, reports Mrs. El vera Horrell. extension agrl cultural economist at Oregon State college. Farm prices in Oregon dip ped about one per cent in January, as gains in average prices on livestock were more than offset by losses in aver age prices on crops, Mrs. Hor rell found as she studied re ports from the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Livestock prices in the state moved up a little last month as higher prices on meat ani mals more than offset lower prices on dairy products, poultry, eggs, wool, and mo- hair, Mrs. Horrell said. Crop priccj dropped enough to more than offset this gain, however, as lower prices on corn, barley, and hay more than offset small gains on po tatoes, oats, wheat, and rye. In spite of the one per cent dip last month, livestock and crop prices still stand about 3 per cent higher than a year ago, Mrs. Horrell said. Nationally, the picture was about the same, as farm prices slipped a little last month but , still held at 4 per cent above those of January 1960, Seasonally lower prices on eggs, milk, and cotton were responsible for most of the drop in national farm prices last month, Mrs. Horrell found. Prices on meat animals, soybeans, and corn did move a little higher, but not enough to offset the drop in other prices. Meanwhile, prices farmers had to pay for goods and serv ices continued to climb, push ed up by higher prises last month on production of goods, taxes, interest, and wage rates. Higher prices on feed, feeder livestock, and trucks caused the increase in pro duction costs. With costs up slightly, and prices received by farmers down a little, the buying pow er of farm products came in for a slight squeeze, Mrs. Hor rell added. The parity ratio the government's measure of the relationship between prices received and prices paid by farmers dropped to 80 last month. This was one point below December, but still two 4 points above January 1060. ' tin ix wneai Keporis Due at A5C Now Wheat report cards have been mailed to all farmers with wheat allotments in Jackson' county. These should be completed, signed and returned ns soon as all wheat for the 1901 harvest Is seeded, according lo M. B. Caster, in charge of the local ASC office. W there is lo be no wheat in 1901,-farmers arc asked to write "none" across the face of the card and to sign it and mail it back at once. This will assist the county office in completing the 1961 wheat measuring work. Farmers without allotments and farmers with allotments under 15 acres may grow up to 19 acres of wheat without violating any provisions of the Wheat program for 1961. CHIT CHAT By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune riss Editor From one of the governmental agency men dealing with labor comes this encouraging note! The Agricultural Work ers Organizing committee will be in Oregon this summer. He predicts a long and bitter struggle here. This Is not a brand new idea. Indications are that the AWOC strategy here will be somewhat different from that used in California orchards and lettuce fields. Latest reports are that Republican Sen. L. W. Newbry's bill to restrict farm picketing during planting and harvesting has passed the senate and is headed for the house. One of the local legislative observers says the house is no longer dominated by elements favorable to labor. If this is true, the Ashland packinghouse man's bill will have clear sailing. This bjll alone will justify the scramble by Republican packinghouse row to get Newbry the senate appointment. In one way we are sorry. Depending on whether you were a county department head or taxpayer, Newbry was considered a highly effective county budget committee mem ber. In fact, the current sessions have been rather dull with out his caustic comments. Unfortunately, some of the more amusing ones couldn't be printed. Anyway, Newbry's bill is not designed to prohibit farm labor from using the picketing weapon where there is a real dispute, nor would it prevent organized labor from organizing farm laborers, Newbry stated. It would prohibit third party picketing for purely organizational purposes, ne added. The stale senator from Talent said it is in the public interest to provide legislation which will permit Oregon's second largest industry to carry on Its operations without third party interference. The question still remains whether the public really thinks so. This will be determined when the AWOC docs arrive here and how the public will react to calls of help from growers. As yet we haven't seen any big push by the local pear industry to determine what public opinion is and to draw it over to their side. We note with interest that the local pcarmen's chief unofficial lobbyist is now convinced that the AWOC will arrive here eventually. Before he was just as positive that it wouldn't. At least, he wouldn't take any bets on it. A local proponent of the tree tax measure said it looks as if this bill is dead in committee. So orchardists won't have to worry about the tax ante being raised on orchard lands. There were good arguments on both sides. But, the question still remains how far we should -go in granting exemptions. However, public apathy in this case shouldn't be taken for public approval. The public seems lo have a growing fondness for highly processed politics like highly processed foods. Do-it-yourself definitely is not the trend here. An indication of what's to come may be seen In Florida, according to a New 'ork Times report earlier this month. There employment rcgulailo-i promulgated by former Sec retary of Labor James P. Mitchell are in effect in some areas for the first time this season for migratory workers. These provided for slate surveys to determine the prevailing wage rates for farm workers on various crops. These rates then become a guaranteed minimum standard for workers brought in through the public employment service from other stales. For Instance, Florida tomato growers had lo raise their pickers' pay from 60 cents an hour to 75 cents. Good Florida citrous pickers were averaging $9 to $12 a day. A labor chief for. southern Florida said no real evaluation of the rules' effectiveness can be made until they , have been enforced at least a year. In the past, Ihe growers have successfully blocked all proposals lo bring migrants under federal minimum-wage control. However, experience with Ihe present prcvaling rate rules may abate some of this resistance. It was reported that only one grower out of more than 1,000 refused lo supply wage data for surveys. Louis F. Westbrook, director of sanitation for the Dade county, Fla. health department, said what many local pear growers have said for some time. Much education would be needed before a lasting Improvement could be achieved In. labor housing condition. "The camps' (labor camps) operators are anxious to com ply with our requests. However, when they put covers on mattresses; the occupants often tear them off and' use them for rags, Toilets overflow because people neglect lo flush them. Beer cans are tossed out of windows." A close observer of the AWOC activities In California says thai as long as the union has its toe in the door it has a good chance of completing its organizational work in California and moving its efforts to Oregon. One reporter notes that the formers there have not been able lo come up with a truly unified program outside of opposition to unionization and a demand that harvest strikes be outlawed. . California farmers are definitely uneasy over their farm labor future. This shows up In the difficulty canning com- rfwffT(1wvnirws'.-?f war '7! JERSEY PROMOTERS These men were photographed at the recent meeting of the Oregon Jerseymen in Eugene. Seated from left: Eugene Fisher, Linn county; Eugene Cox, Gresham Jersey man, and state coordinator of the heifer project; and A. W. (Bill) Sweet, western director of the American Jersey Cattle club who gave the keynote address. Seated: Fred Knox, Washington county, and Delbert Mon- gold, Rogue River Jersey Cattle club president from Eagle Point. Spring Feeder Sale Brings 561,619.83 Phoenix-The Jackson Court-; ty Livestock association s spring feeder sale last Tues-. day sold 549 head of . cattle from 21 consigners at $81,-. 619.83 for total' sales receipts. Average sale price for the 243,420 pounds of beef was $25.31 per hundredweight. Steer calves averaging 411. pounds sold at $27.46 per hundredweight. Hereford calves, overweight at 402 pounds, averaged $24.79 per hundredweight. . Yearling steers, at an aver age weight of 539 pounds brought $25.10 per hundred weight, and yearling Here-. fords, overweight at 40L pounds brought $23.75 per hundredweight. The 549 cattle moved through the feeder sale in 1 hour,. 35 minutes. Bidding was active on all cattle. Speed of the sale resulted from sort ing the cattle as to quality and size. Only one head was sort ed off during the sale.. The sales yard directors thanked the sifting committee of Henry Owens, Eddie Meek er, Merton Bradshaw and Gor don Stanley. "Selling this many cattle record time was made pos sible by assistance from local stockmen before, during and after the sale. Construction of 25 new pens, a loading chute, arid new staging chute by local stockmen also helped speed the handling of cattle," the auction yard directors re ported. They invited all stockmen to visit the imprpved sales yard and the sales held every Saturday in Phoenix. .If you suspect that your dog has been poisoned, here is an emergency treatment to use until you can get him to a veterinary: Mix half a tea spoon of salt with a little warm water and force it down his throat to make him regur gitate. Then feed him plenty of milk and egg whites. ponies are having in signing up growers to raise tomatoes under contract. And the price, has been boosted substantially, but takers are few, it was reported. Why sign up if labor problems might make ' the- harvest difficult if not impos sible, growers there feel. This feeling is strengthened by Imperial valley.-exporience where some Mexican Nationals were pulled out after union ' sympathizers blocked roads leading from camps where they were housed and in one case actually invaded a camp. . I : 1 "Even though the lettuce harvest lolled on with less loss than the headlines would have indicated, a prospective tomato grower's spine is chilled by the mere suggestion that Mexican nationals might not be available, or might be pulled out after the harvest has started," according to one report. ' Able young county agent Dave Passon says the outlook isn't so good for the wee vegetable industry here, either. Some prominent onion growers are getting out of his high quality local crop raising. Others are leaving tomatoes and strawberries. One thing for sure, the druggists are bound to make money selling aspirin and stomach remedies to pear growers and truck crop farmers this upcoming season. San Francisco is soon lo have an 18-story co-operative apartment house with 100 built-in barbecue pils on the bal ronins As snmphndv rnmnrkpH this is hnmiH In "nrocnnl a novel, smoke-filled sight!" Wonder if the Rogue Valley manor migni try tne same tiling.' bcreams trom the air-pollution conscious people would surely follow. Anyway, the smudge would be mouth-watering. Perhaps that is Ihe solu tion for orchardists if their orchard healers could only produce a smell like barbecued sleak! You may have noticed that local supermarkets celebrated national egg week early a couple of weeks ago by selling Ihe cackle-berries at 38 cents a dozen for large sizes. These eggs were not shipped in from mass outside producers, they came from local egg producers. At a time when Oregon's independent egg producers are trying to boost both quality and price figure that one out! Protect Profits from Powdery Mildew and Mites Your loeal supplier has Kakatiiank wot table powilor, and the now KAKATIIANK liquid coneeiitrale. Kakatiiank is compat-! ible with other fungicides and insecticides in onmhimilinn dusts or spravs. I Spray and Save with KARATHANE Kakathane controls powdery mildew without harming crops, blossoms or foliage when used as directed. This highly effective pe.sticidohasexcollentanti-mitoactivity.too. Kakatiiank gives you double help in pro tecting your fruit for higher yields and increased profits. Kara thane as a powdery mildew fungicide is both a protectant and an eradicant. Easily mixed and applied, it can be used all season and has a high temperature limit. The built-in safety factor of Karatiianb allows you to raise sulfur-sensitive varieties. ROHIV1 a.. PHILADELPHIA 9, PA, KARATHANE KEYS TO TOP PRODUCTION WFA WFA High Quality High Density Seeds Fertilizer E l .... .. n.,,k.. r illfL'JJ ri i.i.i.. smi. m; tf r P 17 W. 4th ASSOCIATION ( Phone SP 3-8329 Rogue Valley Birds Featured in Dinner The proof is in the eating. This is the theory of the Rogue Valley-Oregon Fresh Fryer dinner scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Thursday at the North's Chuck Wagon. Then the local broiler grow ers will attempt to prove that for all - around crisp - golden goodness a local fryer full of plump tenderness can beat any imports all hollow. Rogue Valley Broiler Grow ers report they have a $750, 000 industry here and have close to a million birds. This, they say, shows the industry is growing all the time. Here Thursday night to re port on the operation and gains of the industry will be Dal Ferry, Oregon Fryer com mission chairman; Charles Fischer, Oregon Stale college market specialist; Burt Searles, state president, Ore gon Broiler Growers associa tion; and Steve Brody, man ager of the Oregon Fryer com mission. Theme of Thursday night's'dinner will be "Promo tion for Profits." Buyers for various wholesale and retail outlets have been invited to attend the dinner to taste and hear the difference between Oregon grown fryers and the "foreign" birds. Recipes Issued Last week we saw a mouth watering, colorful recipe booklet of turkey recipes printed on high-grade slick pa per - a booklet which any chef, professional and ama teur, would be proud to have in his or her library. Now the local broiler growers have produced some tasty-sounding recipe booklets, also. ' Realizing that the outdoor barbecue season is coming up fast, broiler growers have pre pared a "Tips on Barbecuing." None of these recipes are a bit of good unless Oregon grown fryers are used, Ernie Briscoe, prominent Ashland broiler grower, says. These are the tips: Pieces should be basted and turned frequently. Marinating adds flavor. It insures the deep pen etration of spices and flavors and also helps tenderize the meat. Just cover the meat in a bowl or pan with sauce and let stand several hours or overnight. A good tart French dressing is often used as a marinade. Any good barbecue sauce is fine. For the diet-minded, skim milk' can be used instead of whole milk, according to the booklet on "101 Glorious Ways To Cook Chicken." Some of the recipes men tioned are the old standby of southern fried chicken, spicy chicken with gingersnap gra vy, Wesson Chicken Riviera, Shenandoah spaghetti, chick en and apple rings, chicken pancakes, skillet pies, chick en scrapple, chicken logs, chop suey and Mexican chicken, just to mention a few. A relative of ours refuses to carve meat at the dinner table. He insists that when he does everybody else gets two helpings before he has eaten through on. Another booklet published by the broiler grow ers explains how to carve chicken and turkey quickly and efficiently so this won't happen to you. Want a recipe booklet? See your butcher. More Farm Loan Funds Are Made Available An additional $50 million has been made available to the Farmers Home adminis tration for farm housing loans, Eugene Denney, FHA super visor for Jackson and Jose phine counties, has an nounced. Farm housing loans are made throughout the rural areas of the United States to provide farm families with an adequate house and effi cient service buildings. Applications for loans may be made at the FHA office in the Manchel building, Grants Pass, Denney said. Loans bear 4 per cent interest and are repayable over periods up to 33 years. The major demand in this area is for loans to construct and modernize farm houses and most are for new con struction. Many farmers also use loans to adjust service buildings to changing require ments of agriculture. To be eligible, a farmer must own a farm that will annually produce for sale or home use at least 5400 worth of commodities and be of suf ficient value to .secure the loan. He must also lack re sources needed to obtain cred it elsewhere and have suffi cient income to pay farm op erating and family living ex penses and meet payments on his debts. Farm & Garden Jossy Attends Safety Meeting f-nnntv Aeent Earle Jossy left yesterday to attend the western regional conference by state farm sateiy commit tees In Portland today and to morrow. , . Main speakers for today s u.dnn ira James Short, direc tor of the state department of agriculture, speaking on, "Farm Saiety-ioaay; muy nard Coe, director of farm safety, National Safety Coun cil, "Let s Get on wun ine .Tniv" and Ed Adams, director of safety, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, "saievy roaay anu Always." Afternoon reports are scheduled by chairmen of var ious state farm safety com mittees, including that of Gene McNulty, chairman of the governor's committee on farm safety. Most of Wednesday's events are covered by various com mittee reports, a general dis cussion and a tour of the John Deere and Company featuring "Built-in Farm Safety." Chicks fed a cereal diet with no added stock salt show ed retarded growth, an early study of poultry nutrition revealed. I A Ywmk J . MFW AUTOMATIC IMPULSE STARTING! As easy as winding your watch! SAFEST ROTARY MOWER! Completely enclosed cutting chamber, downward discharge, toe guards front and rear. FINGERTIP CONTROLS! For cutting Height, throttle, clutcu. $10495 ' sy in terms 1 (Deluxe Model) W' You'll never need to rake again! Sensational Orbit-Air Mower utilizes triple-pitch blade and aerodynamic design to cut and rccut grass clip pings until superfine. Airblast puts them out of sight near the grass roots. No clumping, no windrowing and more humus-producing plant food for lush, green lawns. See Orbit-Air perform beside any ordinary mower and you'll go for the greatest idea in lawn mowing since they put an engine on the topi Y FEED & SEED GO. 1 943 No. Pacific Hwy. SP 3-31 60 il.liif-MIJiltfW-Mj.l ONLY ONE SCAB LESION IN 1000 BOXES OF APPLES Oregon grower says, "CYPREX fungicide is the only thing that ivill clean up scab in severe infection years" Scab infection was unusually bad last year in the rich apple district around Milton Freewater, Oregon. Growers were highly concerned when weather favorable to scab devel opment continued through the season. But a remarkable new fungi cide, CYPREX 65-W soon proved that any fears were groundless. One of the growers was Mr. Walter RolofT. '.Here is what Mr. Roloff says about the results he obtained by using a full CYPREX spray pro gram: "Personally, I think CYPREX is the best scab fungi cide. We'd all be out of business in the Milton-Freewater area if ll' SCU .1 ANMWMfEWSip i r van. 4juw -i-'.Vii jXwik Mr. IVnflrr Roloff who has io acre in apptrs says, "ll'c'tf all be out of the apple business in the Milton-F reeirater area if it weren't for OTStsT it weren't for CYPREX. . "cyprex is the only thing that will clean up scab in severe in fection years. I used to have to spray 7 to 8 times. Now I only have to spray 4 times to control scab with cyprex. "Last year was a bad scab year, yet I only got one scab lesion in 1,000 boxes of apples checked, thanks to CYPREX" Mr. Roloff says. 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 50 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 Vi 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 36 to 48 hours from the beginning of a scab rain. 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 as well. cyprex as an eradicant appli cation utilizes all the above prop erties. It spreads and sticks and penetrates to burn out estab lished scab before it gets a foot hold . . . 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 grow ers 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 fordodine fungicide. Tht labil instructions on Cyimmid products, jnd on products eontiinini Crinsmid ngrtdi.ntt. sr. IH result ol gnirs ol r.s.srch ind hivi bn seeitttd ty Ftdsril nd0f Sim Gontnmmts. lirs rud tin llbtli ind cirilullr lollo direction! lor us. New! . . . 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