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TUESDAY. APRIL 4. 1961. MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE MARKET NEWS Rid Blaft UvMWek AueUon Btpart, Tuiidar. March II, 11(1 s " CATTLE: Salable 3C9- includlnl around 17S calvea. Slaughter clan ca scarce, Jew head slaughter cowl and bulla about ateady few head daughter colvea strong to slightly higher; itocker and feeder classes active, itrong to 50c higher, Increase mainly on calvea and yaarUnga under 600 pounds. Supply comprised of leas than 3 per cent alaughter suugnier cower aew individual mm.; t.- 17.10, Individual Canner and Cutter (11.7S-1S.70. Slauihter bulls: Tew head Utility isoo-1070 ina. io.(o-i.au. . Slauchter calves: Individual Choice 210 lbs. 130.00. few head oooa ' OK.A'IK Ih, .OA 9H Anon) hnri IltilitV SflO and 435 IDS. I1Q.2S. Stocker and feeder steers: Individual Choice 21S lb. calf 132.25 3 vbeaa J7 lbs. 429.50, am all lota and Individual Good and Choice 300 ' 478 lb calvea 128.00-29 23, 3 head 310 lba 29.26, Individual and amall i lota Medium and Good $24.50-27.75, few head Common and Medium $20 00-84.00. Individual and amall lota Good and Choice 700-780 lb. yearllnga 24.30-25.25 Individual Medium and Good 620-600 lba. $21.80 25 80, Individual Common and Medium 800-730 lbl. $18.23-22.25. Stocker and feeder helfen: Individual Good and Choice 280-478 : lb calves $24.25-27.10, few head Common $17.78-20.80. Few head Good and Choice 505-563 lb yearling! $21 .25-23 00, few head Common and Medium 525-815 lbl $17.20-19.25. - . ' , . ' Stock eow: Few small lota Medium and Good with young calves at aide $203.00-240.00 per pair, Common and Medium $160.00-187.50 per "Replacement bulla! raw Individual 2-3 year old, $117.50-175.00 per '""hogs: Salable 24. Supply mainly feeder plgil market about study. Feeder pigs: Few small lots Good and Choice 98-188 lba. $18.10- bHKef: saiaDie it. suppiy lniuiucwiu w Farm & Garden t aIIIIIIIHIiaaaaaaaBIBBBBBBsBaBBBBBBBaBBBBSSBBBBBsBsBSBSSBassBBSSBSSBaBBaaasaBBaeBssi Vegetation Problems Seen Along Irrigation Ditches Br EUGENE P. WINTERS ". County Agsnt Jackson county farmers ' with vegetation growth prob ' lems along ' Irrigation and drainage ditches can relimln- ate such growth without ster ilizing the soil by using Ami- trole, Amltrole 1, or dalapon, combined with 2,4-o These treatments are preferred where complete sterilization , leads to . erosion problems. Where it is desirable to main tain perennial grasses or other vegetation as ground cover, ihese treatments should not be used. Straight 2,4-D may . be used' to kill broadleaf weeds in the grass cover. Use 10 pounds of SO per cent commercial amltrole, or 4 pounds amltrole T, plus pounds of 2,4-D low. volatile ester or 10 pounds of 85 per cent commercial dalapon plus ; 2 pounds of 2,4-D in 20 to 100 gallons of water per acre. Where boom-type sprayer is used lor application, the chem icals: may be applied at the volume of 20 to 40 gallons of water per acre. Where hand nozzle type applicator is used, the rate may be used per 100 gallons of water and sprayed to thoroughly wet foliage to givea total volume ofii approximately 100 gallons per acre covered, .' ; ,. -.;. Apply in 8: ring ' These treatments should bo applied in the spring after most of the annual weeds have ' finished germinating, but prior to the time the weed growth is large enough to ser iously impede fthe flow of water from vegetation falling into the ditch. In some sea sons, or under some condi tions it may be necessary to make retreatment one or more times during the year. Precautions should be taken not to get drift of these chem ical combinations on suscep tible crops In fields adjacent to irrigation or drainage ditch es.. The. water from irrigation ditches should not be used for 24 hours after use of these chemicals, ' Where there is danger to susceptible crops from, appli cations using 2,4-D It it sug gested that dlnttro general in oil or weed oil be used, This, treatment will usually require three to six applica tions ! per year to keep the ares ree of vegetation. SollV sterilization materials to use on Irrigation or drain age ditches are Karmex diu- ron, Telvar monuron, atrazine and , slmazine. Early - spring treatment is ' necessary with at least one inch or rainfall needed to fix the chemical in the upper layer of soil, Use 40 pounds of the 80 per cent product of any of these four materials in u to iuu gal lons of water per acre. Follow up annual maintenance after this area has been left weed free will require 10 to 20 pounds of materials per acre. Produce Dealer, Bee License Due By State Farmers Salem-A new license year for more than 1BB0 beekeepers in Oregon and 354 produce dealers began April 1, the state department of agricul ture advises. In an attempt to ou,t costs on license fee collections, the de partment has warned produce operators to remove their Ore gon produce license plates aft er March 31. Hugh Taylor, department plant division chief, says: "We have made many repeat calls in the past to, collect delin quent license fees and we sim ply cannot continue that un necessary expense." - - All license plates will be is sued from the department headquarters at Salem, Taylor also emphasizes the need for beekeepers to file their registrations ($1 for the first six hives and 15 cents per mis montn. v Application blanks have been mailed to all present bee and produce dealer licensees' Produce fees are: cash buyer, $50; wholesale dealer, $50 and a a,uu!. surety bona, pius $2.50 per vehicle: retail. ped dlers, $10 for each vehicle. Since, bones will sink arid chicken meat will float in brine, solutions of salt and water are used in some can neries . to separate the meat from bones. Sulphur, in the form of sul phurized stock salt blocks, Is fed to sheep to promote nor mal wool growth. 253 Cattle Sold From 63 Owners At Rogue Valley Phoenlx-A total of 253 cat tle was sold from 63 consign ors. The market was active at the .Rogue Valley Livestock yard Saturday., Baby calves, Hereford, sold from $23 to $60 per head. Holsteins brought $16 to $22 per head and Guernseys and Jerseys brought $4 to $11. . Hogs-Weaner pigs brought $7 to $13 per head and fat hogs $17.60 to $18.10 per hun dredweight. . 1 . Dairy cows-A few Holsteins brought $160 to $172.50 per head. Stock cattle -Light weight steer calves sold by the head from $72.50 to $87.50. Light weight heifer calves by the head sold from $67.50 to $77 each. ' One lot of "baby doll" short yearling Angus heifers sold at $135. a head. Angus and White Face steer calves per hundredweight brought $25.25 to $27.35. : Heifer, calves from $23.10 to $24.75 per hundredweight. One pen lot of 630 pound white face heifers brought $22, One pen lot of 670 pound white face heifers brought $22,10 per hundredweight.-' Stock cows-One lot of reg istered Angus cows .and calves sold at $262.50 a pair. One lot of common white face cows and calves brought $165 a pair, One let of older Dur ham cows and heifers sold at $182.50 a pair. , - Springer white face and Angus heifers brought from $165 to $187.60 per head. Three registered yearling white face bulls brought $155 to $165 per head- Light white face' breeding bulls brought $190 to $210 per head. , , , Slaughter cattle - Slaughter bulls brought from , $19 to $20.10 per hundredweight. Hereford and Angus cows brought from $15 to $18.70 per hundredweight. Holstein cows brought from $14.40 to $15,20 per hundredweight. Guernsey and Jersey cows brought from $12,60 to $15,90 per hundredweight, . , Canner and cutter cows sold from $10 to $12.50 per hundredweight. . . Water Forecast Meeting Slated I Jackion and Josephine counties' nip-and-iuck irri gation wilit' supplies for ,1981 are scheduled for final forecast next Monday night, April 10, at 8 In the Jackson county courthouse auditor ium. -W. T. Frost, water supply , forecaiiar for the Soil Con servation service and the Oregon State college exper iment station, will give the final water supply outlook at the meeting. , Irrigation water outlook is based on records of meas ured snow courses, present moisture condition of soil, stored water, stream-flow and expected precipitation. '-. Local water conditions will also be reported by Ir rigation district managers, county : extension agents, soil conservation district representatives. Southern Oregon branch experiment station staff members, and ethers. i. -CHIT CHAT--- Iv JOI COWLEY , . ! Mail Tribune 'area ta , Do Jackson county farmers try new farming methods recommended by experts or do they stick to the same old way of doing things? . They do, one local farm expert declared emphatically. You can't blame the farmers for sticking to methods which have proven successful over the year, a farmer replied. The crux of the matter seems to be that the Rogue valley could easily produce enough field corn to greatly enlarge the growing broiler enduatry, to boost substantially beef and pork enterprises. ".'- "But they won't because they're afraid to do a lot of new and different planning, devote large sections of their land to a different type of crop and invest in some new machinery and methods," a local agricultural expert' said. Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station has raised field corn with average yields of 100 bushels to an acre. The corn state of Iowa couldn't do any better, one local farmer admitted. Jackson county is now1 producing about 80 bushels of corn to the acre. Calves sold alive -in 1959 totalled 730 and cattle sold alive in 1959, not including calves, totalled 900. A total of 279,000 broilers were sold from six farms in Jackson county in 1959, and 5,092 hogs. 'ii ..' . We drove-out through Sams Valley Friday afternoon and discovered . almost . all the farmers there started their spring plowing Thursday or thereabout. -One farm we visited was just under way with the plowing. The plows on tne two tractors were ripping easily through the bloc. loam soil. It has been too wet there to get in with a tractor) and a plow previously. This farm had once raised dalrij stock, but is now a beef operation exclusively. The calve! looked well-filled out for this early in the season. The riei, green pastures are carefully fertilized, - then .well-irrlgata uy .uie .nugue river, , .r . .well-irrlgatt We were . looking for some of the subdivisions lying peddled to California people at a high 'profit, but ddn't have much time to look thoroughly. Some of the farmed in that area will suddenly wake up to the fact that these fles have raised land , values way! out of proportion to jftctiial worth of the land through these sales when they geY their tax statements next year. The market value .of thenearby land :ia taken into account when the assessor's Qw ap praises your home-place, you know. " " Dr. Edwin R. Durno. Republican congressman torn Med- ford, toid a reception in his honor In Medford's Red Cross building that he doesn't know anything abou',; the farm problem: We feel the Congressman has been ding a good job within his limits as a freshman in. Congress A meeting of state Farm Bureau representatives Thursdy in Salem was busy Informing him of their views on theiarmer's self- help plan as proposed by Kennedy. We predip he won't be able to say the same thing next year at this tme. f or some reason local Republclan women feel compellfj to turn such a reception into a spring style show, and if course, - their husbands aren t given much of a chance to-tfess iniormauy, either. ( ' ' ' " We have often wondered why when tHs tends to drive off the people , who wduld ordinarily coie from work in tne mm or tne omce. two men wno cane in smn-sieeves nervously peeked in through. the door sjid decided the re ception was overloaded with women anrfashlon and wasn't tor them. They happened to be key representatives of the lumber industry so Dr. Durno was deprived of a vital interview. , .-.. .;.,y;: u-;'-- -I v, .The word Is that there will be fiwer acres planted to trimlr nrorta anrl amall fruits In thp .Vallev this .vear. Cali fornia can outproduce this valley in quantity and can ship in earlier. The experts feel that tils area could boost a substantial truck crops Industry Hit big but large enough to bring in a steady income. Hovever, the housewife is too price conscious to recognize quilfty produce and fruit on the grocery shelves when the Qllfornia stuff may be of lower quality and lower prlce.This valley produces top quality onions, spinach, melons, ind sweet corn, to mention a tew such crops. But the averagf, housewife doesn't recognize this. Some people feel that swert cherries cquia be a stabile crop once the virus problem ijlicked and some progress is being made in developing vlrrf resistant varieties. , , . , Protect Profits from Powdery Mildew and Mites Your local supplier has KARA THANE wet table powder, and the new Karathane liquid concentrate. Karathane is compat ible with other fungicides and insecticides in combination dusts or sprays. Spray end Save with KARATHANE ROHIN1 Karathane controls powdery mildew without harming crops, blossoms or foliage when used as directed, This highly effective pesticide has excellent anti-mite activity, too. Karathane gives you double help in pro tecting your fruit for higher yields and Increased profits, '- , v Karathane 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-uQafety factor of Karathane allows you to raise sulfur-sensitive varieties. aHILAOIb'HIA , A . KARATHANE "While conducting a proudinspectlon of our large, golden daffodils we were dismayed .to notice that the trumpet like bells on some of the blossons had been cleanly sheared off. County Extension Agent Jojn McLoughlln informs us that birds often do this. So weKe laying xor ine airiy mro wot done it, 1 l The county court set ' new first the other 'day, A local agricultural expert droppjd in, then one of the more verbal county officials. We'll bit this is the first time a fertilizer expert and fertilizer sp-eader were ever corralled in that room. . . J! ' ' ' We were amused U 'learn the other day that ono of the veteran Sams Valley farmers had his first go at milking. He and his brother hid to milk a range cow and we hear they put on quite a Htje Impromptu rodeo for the home folks, . They also had a problem with a calf which was not yet properly orientated .to its mother. A newborn calf has two primary impulses: b butt and suck. It was real good in the butting department' bat It couldn't quite get its sucker on the spigot properlf) Result: two farmers had a regular early morning feeding jbr-awhile. In fact, the calf associated the two farmers so dosely with its milk supply that it would forsake its motor to amble after them. We understand its "butterer" was working properly, too. Maybe this explains why one of the two farmers was driving his tractor standing up last week, j . ; ', . . - : We have noticed several articles about the farm labor problem recihtly. and felt like commenting on them, but one of our reader tells us he would like, to read about something else in this column for a change. Easter A. when little children hopefully wait for what is blologlwily impossllbe: for the Easter Bunny to lay Easter eggs on their doorsteap. This, we understand, is all tied In with 'fit. Francis of Assist, the priest who fostered brother love among the birds and animals. He reportedly started this legend. Net1 long ago we took our first milking lesson. The wife who frequently claims she is THE FARM GIRL when such opportunities arise urged u- into our oldest paint-bespattered cloties, then chortled with glee all day until the appointed hour. She was disappointed when we came home clean since the host-farmer had kindly tied down the cow's tall. And w did manage to cover the bottom of the milk pall with the foamy white stuff. After a little experimenting we were able to apply a two-handed squeeze to the cow's economy and eject some fairly steady streams. Oner ih&: days soon we will have to go back again so we can be the pig squirt in the milking parlor. ' I' ! The Cal-Ore Hereford association is planning to pump pome lifeblood into the cattle industry in the Rogue valley. President Eddie Meeker, of Arrow Head ranch at Phoenix, tells us. The cattle Industry here Is building up much faster than people realize. The cattlemen must get out and promote their beef industry and Cal-Ore hopes to have a series, of field days and tours for the information of the general pub lic, cattlemen and new farmers in the valley. This Increased interest and activity in cattle circles is evident when you consider both Midway auction yard on Table Rock rd. and the Rogue Valley Livestock Auction Yard, Inc., are keening up their sales volumes. 371 Cattle Sold. M..r 1MUw.r7 nil) i Wat i ivy) At Midway d 5 During Friday's saf'at the Midway Auction ard on Table Rock rd. til cattle were sold, 102 hs and 101 sheep from 91 consignors. - The market vis active and strong. Prices were ' Good to chiice steer calves at 250 pounds to 350 pounds sold from to $29.25; 350 to 465 poupi steer calves, S28 to $28.75 and 500 to 800 pound steir calves $24.30 to $25.30. ;. ; : ; ' Mediun : to good steer calves, 250 ,to 400 pounds brough$22.50 to $24.50, 400 to 500 pounds, $21 to $23.50 and 9u to ouu jkjuiius, i to 2f. Hoiteln steers weighing asnio 500 Dounds sold from -$iafo $20.50 and 500 to 800 popias io.ou iu fiB.au. , iood to choice heifer calves wighlng 335 to 465 pounds sid from $24 to $26, 500 to 0 pound belters brought f il $22.90 with a few outstand- g heifers going to $24. Medium to good heifers rought $19 to $22. Two pens of Hereford - heifers with calves at side sold for $200 to $208 per pair. Cows with calves soldfor $190 to $205 a pair. ' . ' , Slaughter cows-good utility cows, $15 to" $16.70; cutters $12.50.to $14.70, canners, $10 to $12. ' Veal, choice $24 to $26.40, good $23 to' $24. Bulls brought $18.50 to $19.40. Baby white face calves First nine calves brought from $30 to $37.50. One outstand ing Angus calf brought $51. The next 15 calves sold from $20 to $29. . :'" Weaner pigs sold 'from $7 to ' $10.50. Light feeders brought $11 to 13.50; 75 to 100 pound feeders $19.50 to $21.10. Sows brought $13.70 to $14.80. Fat hogs sold from $18.10 to $18.60. ' J A pen of good middle-aged ewes with big lambs went out at $21 and several pens of aged ewes with lambs sold for $12 to $13. No fat or feeder lambs were offered. 1 If you are in the market for any class of livestock, be sure to attend this week's sale as there -will -be several hun dred head of top quality feed ers and cows and Calves of fered in addition to the usual run of livestock. : Hay, Corn Acres To Be Reduced Corvallls - Oregon farmers plan to plant about the same total acreage of spring crops as a year ago, but will prob ably shift the amount of land put in individual crops a lit tle, reports Mrs. Elvera Hor- rell, extension agricultural economist at . Oregon State collsge. . ,: For instance, the . state's farmers plan to. plant S per cent more ipring wheat and oats than last spring, but will cut their corn acreage 7 per cent and harvest 1 per cent fewer, acres of hay, Mrs. Hor- rell found as she studied re ports from the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Looking at other crops, Mrs. Horrell noted that farm ers in the state intend to plant 3 per cent more potatoes, 10 per cent -more sugar beets, and 42 per cent more dry peas. No change from last spring was Indicated for spring barley acreages, and last fall the farmers indicated they planned no change i in either winter wheat or rye acreages. Result of Questions These farmers intentions came from questions asked of some 100,000 farmers over the nation by the USDA crop reporting board, Mrs. Horrell explained. The, board asked these farmers what hey in tend to plant, and how many acres of each crop. These in tentions were then compared to what farmers planted last spring. . ' , , . Nationally, farmers also in dicated they intend to keep total acreage In spring crops about the same as last year, but will plant fewer acres of feed grains and more land to food grains. The smaller feed grain acreage would come from cuts in sorghums and barley, leaving corn and oats acreages unchanged.-; Food grain acreages would be upped a trifle, with higher plantings of winter and: durum wheat more than offsetting a cut in spring wheat other than durum. : . - Since the farmers inten tions were collected before much was known about the proposed feed grain program, these plans reported by the nation's farmers . could be changed; considerably, Mrs. Horrell pointed out. Unusual weather conditions and prices the next month or so could also change farmers . plans, she said. Trichinosis Seen In Connecticut Salem-A recent trichinosis outbreak in Connecticut, with one death and 17 illnesses traced to pork, focuses atten tion on the need to feed only cooked garbage to swine. The pork products Involved in the Connecticut case were from animals fed uncooked garbage. Trichinosis is caused by tri chinae larvae, sometimes fatal to humans who eat uncooked pork or pork products. Under Oregon law all' gar bage feeders must cook gar bage and off a fed to swine at a' temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 30 min utes. This process destroys trichinae. All persons engaged in gar bage feeding business in Ore gon must be licensed. One re quirement to holding a state license is the installation and proper use of an accurate re cording thermometer. . . New Conservation ; Man Takes Office ' The new work urii conser vationist for the Jackson Soil Conservation' dlstricr.is gen Mouchett, according to El wood Abbott chairman of the district board. ' Mouchett replaces Robert Lonzway recently transferred by the Soil Conservation serv ice' to the newly formed East Umatilla SCD in the Milton Freewater ares. Lonzway served as work unit conserva tionist for the past four years with the Jackson'-SCD -after serving in a similar' capacity in the Columbia bairn region of Washington. .yi ... Mouchett is a Fnative . ot southern Oregon having re sided in the Glpdale area. Since graduation Jqm Oregon State college he has worked for the Soli Conservation. Service in the linn-Lane soil conservation . islTict with headquarters ifl' Sarrlsburg. You Got Weeds? We've ''kJ Got q1 Weed 1 (plf ? 4 1 1 I f Killer! VU " ' FERTILIZER TOO! Make Your Crops and Profits Grow! SaiviKf N.rlkwatl rjS' ' I 17 W. 4th - ; Phona SP 3-832 l "WE COULDN'T GROW APPLES WITH0I CYPREX" - says Oregon grower who used this fungic exclusively for controlling scab during lwO Scab infection built up to epi demic proportions in the rich apple growing district around Milton-Freewater in 1960. ,,But orchard owners were ready for trouble. In past years they had suffered heavy losses t from scab. For example, in 1957 68 about 80 of fruit grown in this area had scab lesions, according to County Agent Earl E. Brown. , Right after the '58 disaster, the Milton-Freewater growers started using CYPREX 65-W, the ; remarkable new scab fungicide. , They found but the first season that cyfrex could lick scab at its . worst. , .. -.. . One of these growers, Mr. Alfred L. Hopper, first sprayed with CYPREX in 1959 and found only three scabby apples out of , " the first 600 boxes picked. ' Harvested 18,000 boxes In 1960 Mr. Hopper again applied cyprex at pre-pink, pink, calyx and first cover and :, harvested 18,000 boxes of apples. : He says he used no other fungi-; cide and "completely controlled ' scab during one of the severest infection years!' t. "Without this new fungicide ; we would have had a real loss in scabby apples" Mr. Hopper says. : "Before cyprex there was no fungicide on the market that would do the job in controlling scab in severe infection years. "We couldn't grow apple's without cyprex and frankly if it had not been for the results from cyprex I wouldn't have a new car this year; Mr. Hopper says. fylm' fit -? , 4M s. haO-i i fin ""jVff Alfred L. Hopper has 100 aeret A'ojJpJss. H says, "Without CYPRSX we would have had a real toss in scabby axles'.' , Why cyprex can stop scan even under conditions that favor the disease Authorities have called CYFRK the most important fungicide deve'ied in its field in the past SO years. . It is a new and unique furgicide . that actually combines botHof the important properties a scatontrol material can have. It is an rutitanding protectant... with eradimut action even at M pound per 100 gallons. At of a pound, the dosagi Used in the Northwest, cyfrex is afull-fledged eradicant with a back aiion (or kick back)' of from 36 to 48 fours from the beginning of a scab ral..' Used as a protectant cyfrex puts a tough fungicide barrif on the surface of the leaf. Becaiie of built-in, spreader-sticker actln, it disperses and covers and sticks! A vather remarkable feature of cyprex is its propery of redistribu tion. Without leavinrthe original foli age unprotected, ime cyprex will . splash from leaf to af during a rain, extending control tt new growth. Because of its lohl-systemic action, cyprex protects the entire leaf. Sprayed on an undr surface, it pene trates tt.. leaf, gos through and pro tects the upper syface as well. cyfrex as an adicant 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. cyfrex 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 last season, cyfrex can- -not, however, perform miracles. It does ' not eliminate the need for reasonable timing, good coverage and sound -orchard practice. Consult your local agricultural anthorities for further information. Or write for leaflet PE 5061, American . Cyanamid Company, Agricultural Division, Los Angeles 64. CYPREX is American Cyanamid Company's trade-mark for dodine fungicide The label instructions on Cyanamid products, and on products containing Cyanamid ingredients, are the result of years of research and have been accepted by Federal andor State Gov ' ernmtnts. Always read the labels and carefully follow directions for use. CCA1VAMIO New!... DUST formulations of CYPREX W available CYANAMID SBKVES THE MAN WHO MAKtS A BV&CSS OF AORtCVLTVRB CYPREX65-W ' FUNGICIDE
