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TUESDAY. MARCH IB. 19H
MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORB, OWE
MARKET NEWS
Red Bluff Llvcitock Auction Report, Tuesday, Mirch 21, 1961
CATTLE: Salable 400. including around 300 calvei. Slaughter claBsei
scarce, few head slaughter cowi steady to strong; few head
Siaugmer nuns ana caivc-a buuui icuim..-..
3.. ... ..,,,,,., i;iin.ci iin hiahur ntialitv considered.
Supply comprised' of less than 5 per cent slaughter cowi. remainder
mainiy sluCKer anu ii'cuci Lidsaiw, .uiib -
&ffii&M,l!HtaSa,'8nund.rt MSIbj. m few ind.vldu..
Utility nd Commercial sie.20-18.80, individual Canner and Cutter
ii..'.Vht h'nll., Cnuole head Cutter 1015 & 1320 lbs. $17.73 &
V.S2. . ..i. t...A r-.H 9M X, 420 I hi S23.80 & 24.23
Blocker and leeder steers: Couple pcnlota Good to low-Choice 378
4 410 lb calve, S27.75 4 $28 00. individual, and small lot, mixed
1 Medium and Good 275-440 Ilia. $23.75-27 00 few Common and
Medium $18.00-23.00. Individuals and small lota Good and Choice
600-700 lb. yearlings $23.50-24.50, individual meuium bju-wu u.
J??:"!?."?2-?.?.' ....j.. i..ir,....cmll IM. r.ond iind Choice 230-297 lb.
calve, $24.00-26.70, 11 hend lot 207 lbs at $20 70. Individuals and
.mail lots Medium 300-470 lbs. $21.00-24.10, Small lota Medium
and Good 550-725 lb. yearling, $20.00-22.00.
Stock cow,: Small lots Medium and Good with , M "'V"
irfn i2n5.00-230.00 per pair. Common and Medium $135.00-182.50
Eenlicement bulls: Individual purebred 2 year old Angus $245.00
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per neao: inaiviuuui i.e...."...
HOGS: Salable 14. Supply insufficient .to test market.
SUEEP: Salable 1. Supply Insufllclent to te,t market.
Farmers Have Back Pain
From Riding Tractors
Chicago (Science Service)-
Farmers are asking for im
proved design of tractors and
other farm machinery because
of vibration that produces
low-back pain.
Dr. Franklin H. Top, di
rector of the University of
Iowa's Institute of Agricul
tural Medicine, said farm ma
chinery is now beinfc improv
ed but much still needs to be
done and the institute is
working on the problem,
Dr. Top said farmers re
ported that on a tractor there
is not sufficient provision for
absorbing the vibration and
Jolts. To stay on a tractor,
the farmer stands up, and ap
p. rently his legs absorb the
vibration.
Farm accidents are some
times caused by lack of sim
ple equipment that manufac
turers are glad to provide
when informed, Dr. Top re
ported. The injuries of four vic
tims of cornpicker accidents
showed that , the same type
of machine was involved.
"The manufacturer of the
cornpicker was supplied with
our findings and photographs
of his tractor-mounted corn
picker with unshielded gears.
Six months later plans had
been made to equip all new
cornplckers of this manufac
turer with shields to protect
the operator from the hazard
uncovered in Iowa," Dr. Top
reported.
He said arrangements also
were made for every dealer
throughout the United Stales
and Canada to receive a sup
ply oMhe shields, which also
can be used on previous
models at low cost.
Only three institutes of ag
ricultural medicine exist in
the world. Poland was first
to establish one ten years ago.
Iowa was second, in 1955, and
a third was founded in 1958
in connection with the Uni
versity of Tours in France.
Recently the University of
Illinois established a Zoonoses
Center which is concrned
with animal parasites and dis
eases that can be transmitted
to man from animals.
Peach Growers
Discuss Program
A number of peach grow
ers met last week to, recom
mend program changes for
the annual Oregon State Hor
ticultural Society meeting.
One recommendation was to
have better speakers and loud
speaker facilities.
Several of the fruit grow
ers attending the meeting sug
gested that the program be re
arranged so they could visit
the various sections when im
portant topics are being dis
cussed. It was suggested, also,
that the more important top
ics be scheduled for one day
so those who had to return
home early could.
Growers requested, also,
that a topic in the next session
cover development of an al
bino resistant strain of cherry
tree. Many feel there would
be a good sweet cherry pro
duced in the Rogue valley if
this problem could be over
come. Local interest In strawber-
1 V J,Ann!nn rnnU.
ly with the prices since the
Farm and Garden
96 Consignors
Sell 329 Cattle
Ninety six consignors sold
329 cattle, 74 sheep and 20
hogs during the regular Fri
day sale at Midway auction
yard on Table Rock rd.
The market continues ae
tlve on all classes. Stockcrs,
feeders and slaughter cattle
were a little higher than' the
previous week.
Good to choice Hereford
steer calves weighing 375 to
420 pounds sold from $27 to
$27.70 with a few individuals
going to $28.50. Medium
calves In the same weight at
$22 to $26. Choice calves
weighing 450 to 500 pounds
sold from $25 to $28.80. A
load of Angus Holstein cross
bred steers weighing 535
pounds sold at $22.80 with the
heiier ena oi some cattle
weighing 385 pounds selling
at $20.10.
Holstein steers brought
$19.50 to $20.00 in 350 to 520
pound classes and a pen of
790 pound feeders brought
$18.60.
Heifer Calves
Good to choice Hereford
and Angus heifer calves sold
from $24 to $25.50. Medium
heifer calves sold at $20 to
$23. Good yearling heifers
went out at $21 to $22.40.
Common to medium heifers,
mostly dairy cross, brought
$17.50 to $19.10.
A pen of first calf Hereford
heifers with small calves sold
for $211 per pair and several
lots of slock cows with calves
brought from $205 to $275 per
pair. Springers and ' stock
cows brought from $150 to
$175 per head.
Slaughter cows, ulilily
white faces brought $15.50 to
$17.10. ' Utility Holsteins
brought $15 to $16.40. One
cow weighed 1,780 pounds.
Cutters brought $13.50 to $15,
canners $10 to $13. Slaughter
bulls brought $19 to $20.50.
1940s, It was pointed out. Cal
ifornia can produce in quan
tity to overcome the low price
handicap, directly competing
with local growers.
Other growers requested a
discussion of planting and re
planting of peach trees. A dis
cussion of thinning practices
was also requested.
Spraying, Feeding Tips
Given to Local Gardeners
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
For Rogue Valley '
Nurserymen and Growers
Association
March-Spring is here. Now
we can plant our early veg-
etable and flower garden. For
vegetables, cabbage, Swiss
chard, lettuce, onions, beets,
carrots. For early blooming
flowers, that may be used as
a border, primroses and
pansics. However, primroses
should be planted on the
shady side.
All this gardening means a
lot of work, so, let me sug
gest that we protect our in
vestment, by turning our at
tention to the common plant
enemies and their control.
With each succeeding year we
have to make greater efforts
in combating the ever
creasing army of vegetable
and flower pests. We must not
only everlastingly keep on
fighting, but also know how
and what best to use for wea
pons. I think it well to dwell
briefly on some of the more
common plant enemies such
as the aphis, leaf tyer, mil
dew, red spider, rust, stem
rot, midge, thrlps, mealy bug,
mite, black spot, leaf roller,
sowbug, eelworms, root lice,
cutworms, millipedes and
centipedes. .
Many Insecticides
There are today a hundred
or more insecticides and fun
gicides and about ten times
as many varieties of insects
and fungi that may result in
ailments and oftimes ruina
tion of our crops. The steri
zatlon of the soil is most ef
fective in sweetening the soil
and freeing it of injurious
pests.
The home gardner, not
equipped with proper facili
ties for sterilization, should
not fail to apply a good dose
of Botano, and work it into
the soil according to the di
rections on the package be
fore planting. This is a good
fungicide as well as insecti
cide, and will destroy sow
bugs, worms and practically
all other insects usually pres
ent, in the soil, and the same
results follow when It is ap
plied to growing crops either
indoors or outdoors on the
surface of the soil between
"CYPREX MEANS
A BETTER 'PAY OFF'
AT HARVEST TIME"
say Hood River, Oregon growers who will use "a full
CYPREX program in 1961 on both apples and pears"
Scab hit apples and pears hard
In the Hood River Valley in 1960,
because weather was favorable
to scab build-up all season. As
one grower put it, "1960 was an
epidemic scab year in the Hood
River Valley!' Many growers
found that treatment with old
formulas couldn't keep scab
controlled.
But George and Cliff Naka
mura weren't faced with the
problem. They had used CYPREX
65-W, the remarkable new apple
and pear fungicide and knew
what it could do.
"It sure stopped the bad leaf
scab and kept it off fruit that
year" says George Nakamura.
"This convinced us that CYPREX
was a good deal for us to use in a
full program on our 63 acres of
apples and pears!'
Their decision paid off hand
somely. "The 1960 apple crop,
including Newtowns, had less
than 1 scab, except there was
more scab where the pink spray
was not cyprex. Now we know
that those early CYPREX sprays
are very important, in order to
get ahead and stay ahead of
scab" says George.
Cliff says, "Nothing is more
expensive than a 'cheap"" pro
gram that does not get results.
CYPREX results 'pay off' at har
vest time. CYPREX is the best scab
control available. So, we will be
on a full CYPREX program in 1961
on both apples and pears!'
Why cyprex can stop scab
even under conditions
that favor the disease
Authorities hnvo called cvphex the
most important fungicide dovelopcd In
its Acid in the past 60 years.
It it n now and unique fungicide
that actually combines both of tho
important properties a scab control
matorinl can havo. It is an outstanding
protectant. ..with eradicant action
even at M pound per 100 gallons. At
LJ1 -JUs.
m
ism
Cliff and Georgt Nakamura. "CYVREX is tht best tcab control available " say Cliff.
NewL..DUST formulations of CYPREX now available
CYANAMW SERVES THE MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE
94 of a pound, the dosage used In the
Northwest, cyprex is a full-fledged
eradicant with a back action (or kick
back) of from SG 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
spreador-sticker action, it disperses
and covers and sticks.
A rather remarkable feature of
cyprkx is its property of redistribu
tion. Without leaving the original foli
age unprotected, some cyprex will
splash from leaf to leaf during a rain,
extending control to new growth.
Because of its local-systemic action,
cyprex protects the entire leaf.
Sprayed on an under surface, it pene
trates the leaf, goes through and pro
tects the upper surface as 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
havo germinated and started Into the
leaf.
CYntEX is a remarkable scab control
material, and its combination of
advantages made the difference
between a fair crop and a good one for
many growers Inst season, cyprex can
not, however, perform miracles. It does
not eliminate, tho need for reasonable
timing, good coverage and sound
orchard practice
Consult your local agricultural
authorities for further information.
Or write for leaflet PE 5061, American
Cyanamid Company, Agricultural
Division, Los Angeles 54.
CYPREX is Imttrt'can Cyanamid
Company1! trade-mark for dadint
fungicide.
Tht label instruction! on Cyanamid
product, and on product containing
Cyanamid ingredients, are tht result
of years of research and have been
accepted by Federal andor State Gov
ernments. Always read the labels and
carefully follow directions for use.
the plants. If you would rath
er use liquid sprays, Mala
thion, Vapor-tone or Isotox,
are good all around sprays,
or, you can use 50 per cent
D.D.T. which is a wettable
powder, and may be used
either as wet spray or dust.
Feed Garden. Too
Any amount of sprays and
fungicides may be purchased
at your garden store or nur
series. Now, let's don't stop
here. Let's start feeding our
early garden every other
week, or every 10 days is not
too much during early plant
growth. Use a good organic
fertilizer, such as Liquinox
10-10-5 or, Liquinox 0-10-10 if
you wish to force more fruit
or blossoms and less folliage.
You will do a better job and
do It much faster, if you will
purchase a garden gun from
your nursery or garden store.
This is an inexpensive item
and will take out much of
the hard work and put much
more pleasure in gardening as
well as doing a much better
job. With a garden gun you
can then feed your garden
spray your garden and kill
can then feed your garden,
hose will do the mixing for
you. To sum this all up, don't
you think it is foolish to do
all this work if you are going
to starve your garden or hand
It over to the bugs?
Garden Tips
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Agent
PARSLEY
You should consider plant
ing some paisley seed in the
llower garden if you don't
have a vegetable garden. This
will give you a good leaf
textured garden plant and a
good source of parsley for
summer salads. The plants
will produce leaves for sev
eral weeks.
Best results are obtained
when the parsley is started
indoors and transplanted to
open ground after danger of
frost is past. It may also be
seeded outdoors as soon as
the soil can be worked.
Plant seeds at the rate of
20 per foot of row. Cover
seeds very lightly (about one-
eighth inch). Place seedlings
six to eight inches apart for
best growth. Be careful when
cultivating.
injured.
Parsley is easily
PLASTIC GREENHOUSES
You will notice with plas
tic greenhouses the plastic al
ways seems to deteriorate
along the rafters and ridge-
board first. This rapid break
down is attributed to the in
creased rate of oxidation of
the plastic at these points.
This is brought at- ut by the
combined effects of higher
temperatures and ultraviolet
rays.
This condition is corrected
by using covering lath that is
one-half to one inch wider
than the rafters. This places
the point of attachment in
shade and prevents the high
temperatures. Painting these
covering lath white will help
reflect the heat and will pre
serve them for many years.
CYPREX65-W
FUNGICIDE
DAHLIAS
If you are Interested In In
creasing the tuber production
of dahlias, the following will
be of interest. Dr. L. T. Blan-
cy, of O.S.C., found tuber
production on "Victory Maid,"
a slow-to-tuber variety, good
when grown under a short
day-length of 8V4 hours dur
ing August
This short daylength was
obtained by covering the
plants with a light-tight chry
santhemum shading cloth from
4:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. In dahlias,
days longer than 12 to 13
hours stimulate above ground
growth and suppress tuber
formation. Days shorter than
12 to 13 hours stimulate tuber
formation and suppress above
ground growth.
REMINDER
The home landscape pro
gram will begin at 1 p.m. to
morrow afternoon at the Jack
son county courthouse audi
torium. Mrs. Fred Lorish, a
landscape architect, is the in
structor for this program. This
is an excellent opportunity
for you to pick up good point
ers in landscaping.
State Planning
Director Selected
Salem-IUFD-Gov. Mark Hat
field Monday appointed Samu
el II. Mallicoat as director of
the State Department of Plan
ning and Development.
Mallicoat has been serving
as acting director since the
resignation of Robert Tarr.
Both are Portlandcrs.
FARM BUREAUS MEET
Williams A film entitled
"Communism on the Map"
was shown at a meeting of
Williams and Applcgato Kami
Bureau members last week at
the Williams school. Potluck
refreshments were served fol
lowing the film.
44 Consignors
Sell 167 Cattle.
Phoenix Forty-four con
signors sold 167 cattle Satur
day at the weekly auction at
the Rogue Valley Livestock
Auction, Inc.
Day old calves. White Face,
brought $21 to $28 per head.
Holstein calves brought from
$11 to $21 per head and
Guernsey and Jersey calves
brought $5 to $8 per head.
Weaner pigs, small wean
ers, one lot of 94 head
brought $11 each. Larger
weaners from $12 to $17 a
head. One lot of fat hogs sold
at $18.75 per hundredweight.
Under the Hereford weaner
calves class, one lot of seven
of good quality lightweight
White Face heifer calves
brought $85 per head. One lot
of six white face Herefords
brought $87 per head and one
lot of five small white face
Herefords brought $79 per
head.
There were not enough top
quality Hereford weaner
calves to test the market.
Steer calves from 400 to 500
pounds sold from $23 to
$25.75 per hundredweight.
Hereford calves from 380 to
520 pounds sold from $22 to
$23.90 per hundredweight.
Common Steers
Common steers, from 500 to
600 pounds, sold from $22 to
$23.50 per hundredweight and
more common Herefords liom
520 to 620 pounds sold from
$19.60 to $23.30 per hundred
weight. Holstein feeder steers, one
lot of three steers at 400
pounds sold at $21.75 per hun
dredweight. Single Holstein
feeder steers from 460 pounds
to 590 pounds, sold from
$20.90 to $22.50 per hundred
weight. Holstein feeder heif
ers from 690 to 750 pounds
sold from $17.10 to $18.50 per
hundredweight.
A few feeder bulls brought
$16.90 to $17.75 per hundred
weight. Slaughter bulls
brought from $19.50 to $21.20
per hundredweight.
Slaughter cows, Hereford
cows, brought $14.20 to $15.30
per hundredweight; Holstein
cows $14.40 to $16.60 per hun
dredweight; Guernsey and
Jersey cows, from $12.60 to
$13.20 per hundredweight;
canner and cutter cows,
$11.10 to $12.10 per hundred
weight.
Farm Fish Ponds Good
If Well Managed, Planned
Corvallis-A farm pond can
provide a lot of fun and re
laxation, and even bring in
some extra cash, when it is
stocked with fish, believes An
drew S. Landforce, extension
wildlife conservation special
ist at Oregon State College.
Good management of a
pond is the key to these bene
f i t s, Landforce explained.
With good management, as
many as 500 medium-sized
fish can be grown in a one
acre pond stocked with large
mouth bass and bluegill sun
fish. This size game fish pond
can provide a lot of good
fishing for family and friends,
as well as visitors who are
willing to pay a fee for the
right to fish.
Trout can also be grown In
farm ponds, but are much
more sensitive to local condi
tions, Landforce noted. To
grow trout year after year,
a pond should have steep
sides, a good supply of clean
water, minimum depth of 10
feet, and water temperature
of 56 to 65 degrees.
Two bulletins published by
Yef Makes Appeal
To Pet Owners
Salem - State Veterinarian
Dr. L.- E. Bodenweiser of the
State Department of Agricul
ture has issued a statement
recommending vaccination of
all pets against rabies.
Said Bodenweiser, "Due to
the sudden appearance of
rabies in wildlife in Oregon
it is recommended by all au
thorities that owners of pets
consult their veterinarian re
garding anti-rabies vaccina
tion for their pets. Oregon has
been singularly free of rabies
for many years but it is ap
parent that the disease has
now established itself in wild
life populations. As pets are
prone to run at large they
would more readily come in
contact with rabid wildlife,
as those animals affected do
not make attempts to escape
from dogs."
The statement was made as
a result of a recently con
firmed case of rabies found
in a dead fox in the Creswell
area of Lane county. There
is now a quarantine on move
ment of unvaccinated dogs
and cats from that county. '
the OSC cooperative exten
sion service eive management
suggestions for both types of
ponds.
One bulletin, titled "Man
aging Oregon Warm Water
Game Fish Ponds," suggests
best combinations of bass and
bluegills for various parts of
the state, tells where to buy
fish for stocking ponds, lists
three ways to catch bass and
bluegills, and comments on
pond size, and plants and fer
tilizers needed in this type of
pond.
The other bulletin, titled
"Managing Oregon Trout
I onds," tells what size and
type of ponds are best for
trout, lists sources of trout
for stocking, and answers
questions about number of
trout to stock, fertilizers
needed in the pond, and cov
ers legal points to keep in
mind when operating a pond.
Record Number
Animals Stolen
Salem - A record number
of animals for 1960-61 has
been reported missing to the
State Department of Agricul
ture in February.
A total of 196 animals was
reported lost, strayed or stol.
en last month though the ani
mals have been missing for a
period of time between July
and February.
Highest loss reported was
in calves with 106 missing.
About 70 cows are also on the
estray list, 19 steers, and one
horse.
Reports of missing animals
came from Harney, Malheur,
Benton, Baker, Polk and
Grant counties.
Single copies of both bulle
tins are available free to Ore
gon residents at county ex
tension offices, or from the
OSC bulletin clerk, Corvallis.
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