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Gardening Tips By JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN County Extension Agent Verticillium Wilt . Have you noticed the many maple trees around with dead limbs or with one side of the tree dead? There is a good possibility that these trees are infected with a wilt-producing fungus called verticillium Verticillium is one of the most widespread and destruc tive soil borne diseases of plants. The' fungus exists as microscopic black structures In contaminated soil. It is cap able of surviving in the soil for many years. Verticillium normally In fccts susceptible plants through the roots and invades and plugs the water conduct ing tissues. Some infection may occur from windblown spores that gain entrance to the plant through insect and pruning wounds. The disease does not spread rapidly irom tree to tree. Symptoms: The external symptom of the disease is the sudden wilt ing and dying of leaves on individual limbs, particularly on one side of the tree. The dead leaves usually fall, but may remain attached in some cases. The affected branches usually die. The other leaves ! on the tree are smaller In size and have a yellow-green color. In most cases the water conducting tissue (sapwood) of infected plants Is discolor ed. This discoloration will vary, but it is most commonly an olive green color. It is more likely to occur in the roots and trunk base rather than in the branches. Control! Trees showing a general and severe infection by the wilt fungus cannot be saved. Recently infected trees, ex hibiting wilt on a few branch es, can be saved by the lib eral application of a high nitrogen soluble fertilizer, preferably early in the grow ing season. The heavy fertiliz ation apparently stimulates leaf growth which in turn enables the rapid forma tion of a thick layer of sap wood which seals in the in fected parts beneath. Haying Brings Weed Problems By RAY HUBBELL Jackson County Weed Suptrvisor Hay cutting time is here and many farmers as well as custom hay cutters are mov ing from field to field over the valley. Equipment used and moved from a badly weed Infested field can and does carry weed seeds to the next field In line for cutting. Sweeping or cleaning equip ment before pulling out of a field can help reduce the spread of many of our weed problems. Custom hay cutting, raking and baling is usually done on the smaller acreages which as a rule don't receive the atten tion of larger acreages or farms. Therefore the custom equipment is exposed to more travel over roads and the pos sibility of spreading unwant ed weed seeds from field to field increases. State law forbids the trans fer of any harvesting equip ment from a field containing noxious weed seeds without first being cleaned, but an nual weeds can be just as costly to the lnndowner as many of our noxious weeds. The farmer can reduce his weed problems and therefore improve crop yields which means money in his pocket The custom worker by clean Ing his equipment and point ing out this fact to his cus tomers would surely have better public relations, mean Ing profit for all concerned. The CREDIT BUREAU IS NOW AUDITING ACCOUNTS for the next REDBOOK! You make your own rating by the way you pay your bills. Pay promptly and make good rating. A Slow Paid Bill looks better than a Slow Bill that's still owing. Pay them today! CREDIT BUREAU of Medford TUESDAY. JUNE 5. 1962 Flea Beetles are frequent and serious pests in seedbeds and newly transplanted veg etables, peppers and cucum bers. Injury to plant folidage may be sufficient to cause the death of these plants and cre ates possible disease infection areas. The beetle eats very small, round or irregular holes through or Into the leaf. The plant takes on the appearance that it was peppered with fine shot. Many types of flea beetles are found in the garden. In general, they are about 116 to '4 inch long with enlarged hind legs and Jump vigorously wnen disturbed. Spraying or dusting with DDT will give control of the flea beetles. 287 Cattle Sold At Midway Yard At Friday Sale Seventy - seven consignors sold 287 cattle and' 87 hogs at the Friday, June 1 regular Miaway Auction. The market was active stronger than previously, Owner Manager Bill Bray said. Lots of buyers attended. Bulk of the run was slaughter and medium quality feeder cattle. - Steer calf consignments were mostly medium to good grade; Calves weighing 300 to 400 pounds sold for $24 to $28.10. Common calves sold for $20 to $24. Heifer calves, good, sold for $22 to $24.70. Medium brought $20 to $22 and the common kind sold for $17 to $20. Yearling steers, good, sold for $22 to $25.50., Medium sold for $19 to $22 and com mon steers sold for $17 to $19. Yearling Heifers Yearling heifers sold for $20 to $23.25. Medium heifers went out at $17 to $20. Good cows with calves sold for $216 to $222.50. Medium cows with calvti sold for $160 to $195. Grass heifers sold for $18 to $22.10. Grass steers went out at $21 to $23.60. Slaughter bulls sold for $19 to $21. Fat cows sold for $16.50 to $18.10. Utility and cutter cows sold for $12.50 to 1B. Fat hogs sold for $17.60. Sows sold for $13.50 to $14.90. Feeder pigs went out at $24 to $24.75. Weaners sold for $11 to $14 per head. Caneberry Report Service Started; Acreage Listed Corvallis-A new statistical service that gives growers and processors more and better information on caneberry pro duction has been started by the Urcgon Crop and Live stock Reporting Service in co operation with the U.S. De partment of Agriculture. The new service, inspired by members of the Oregon In dustry, will consist of a series of reports, the first of which has Just been Issued. The serv ice will give berry growers In formation about their crops that should prove "very help ful," notes R. Ralph Clark, Oregon State University ex tension horticulture specialist. lhe first report deals with acreage In Oregon as of April 1 for red and black raspber ries, Boysenberrics, Young- bcrries, Loganberries and tame blackberries. It also In cludes Washington acreage for raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and currants. A production forecast is set for late June for all berries except blackberries, which will be reported In July, re ports Stephen C. Marks, ex tension agricultural econo mist. A year-end summary is scheduled for early 1963 giv ing final production, utiliza tion, price and value of cane and bush berry production In Oregon-Washington. More Raspberry Acres Based on the first repo't, Oregon growers expect to have somewhat larger acrea ges of red raspberries, Boy senberrles and tame blackber ries than last year, but fewer acres of black raspberries and 17 per cent fewer acres of Loganberries. Washington In creased red raspberry ac reage, but made no change in black raspberries, tame black berries or blueberries. Cur rant acreage Is 18 per cent larger. Last year, Murks said, the two slates produced slightly more than 26 million pounds of red raspberries, over 3.5 million pounds of black rasp berries and 23.9 million ' pounds of tame blackberries. Oregon produced nearly 4.6 write to Agricultural Statls mllion pounds of Boysen anditiclan, 304 U. S. Courthouse, Youngberrics and about 2.5 'Portland 5, Oregon. Sudan Grass Recommended by Agent By GENE WINTERS County Extension Agent Dairymen, cattlemen and sheep producers shouldn't overlook the possibilities of Sudan grass as an annual pas ture or hay or silage crop. Sudan grass is one of the best annual pasture crops, es pecially In midsummer when permanent pastures tend to be short. When cut at first heading to early bloom and properly cured, it makes good hay. In feed value, Sudan hay compares favorably with oth er grasses, but is less palatable and lower in feed value than alfalfa hay, Sudan does best on deep. fertile soils. It is injured or killed by light frosts. It is grown on a wide variety of soils, ranging from heavy clay to light sands. On sandy soils Irrigation and fertilizer applications must be well managed to obtain yields. Good drainage is essential. When growing Sudan it pays to prepare a good seed bed. Even germination is de pendent upon this. A seedbed suitable for alfalfa should be the goal. Under irrigation it is best to apply water before the final seedbed preparation. This insures good surface moisture and prompt germin ation. The thick, quick grow- Wild Flower Regulations Involve Duty Salem - With spring at hand and Oregonlans increas ingly conscious of conserva tion of beauties of the state, the State Department of Ag riculture reports stepped up interest by citizens in the protection of wild flowers. Oregon has a law of long standing which says "it is the duty of all citizens of this state to protect the wild flow ers . . . from needess destruc tion and waste." To this end, several respon sibilities rest upon citizens. One prohibits the digging or gathering within 500 feet of any highway, public lands or private lands (without written permission of the owner) of a variety of native flowers and shrubs. These include all wild lilies; mariposa tulip or butter fly lily; mission bells or snake lily; adder's tongue, dogtooth violet or avalanch lily, lady's slipper; bitter root; purple lady's slipper; and native rho dodendrons or azalea. Sal Illegal Besides the actual harvest of the native plants or shrubs, transport, sale or offering for sale of bulbs, corms, rhizomes, roots or parts of plants or shrubs is illegal. This law covers a lot of ground. Under It, it is unlaw ful "to wilfully or negligently cut, dig up, trim, pick, re move, mutilate or in any man ner injure or mar -any plant, flower, shrub, fruit or other vegetation" growing in pre scribed areas. These areas In clude right of way of any pub lic highways in Oregon, any public lands or upon the land of another, within 500 feet of the highway center, with out the signed written permis sion ot the owner. Excepted is what the pri vate land owner docs on his own lands - also any shrub, plant or other vegetation which is declared by law to be a public nuisance - for ex ample, ragweed In western Oregon. Another provision requires State Department of Agricu ture approval in advance of the "digging, pulling, gather ing or sending out of the slate" of any commercially propagated plants or shrubs coming under the wild flower law. The department does not it self have enough Inspectors to police actively the gaining of wild flowers. But Harold Fos ter, nursery supervisor, urges any citizens who know of vi olations to help slop them or to notify the department's devislon at Salem. Milk Hearing Set June 15 A htaring on milk prices will ba hold at 10 a.m., June 15 In the batomanl hearing room of the state capitol in Salem, the stale department of agriculture announced. Purpose is to consider whether any adjustment should be made in lhe Clan I price for producers in Market Area 1A covering 25 counties including Jack son county. Current price is $5.92 per 100 pounds. million berries. pounds of Logan- Growers who are Interested in receiving a copy of the acreage figures and other 'scheduled reports should Pasture ing Sudan produced by pre-ir- rigation will crowd out many weeds which might develop. Needs Warm Soil Sudan requires a warm soil for good germination and growth. Seeding may normal- 'y be done in Jackson county from mid-May to July. De layed seeding until late June or July reduces yield Shallow seeding is best on heavy soil; deeper seeding may be required on sandy soil. Seed should be placed by a drill three to four inches below the surface and at least one inch into moist soil Broadcasting and harrowing to cover the seed Is less satsi factory. Seeding rates may vary widely without influencing forage yields. General prac tice has shown that rates of 15 to 20 pounds per acre pro vide satisfactory stands on ir rigated land. Light seedings tend to produce coarser plants. Fertilizing irrigated Sudan grass with nitrogen is usually profitable. It is especially necessary on newly leveled fields, but may not be needed in rotation with alfalfa or irrigated pasture. Applica tions up to 60 pounds actual nitrogen per acre may be made before planting. Where the crop may be sown two or more years in succession, fer tilization rates should be stepped up. Most of the annual weeds encountered in Sudan produc tion can be eliminated during seedbed preparation. The broadleafed weeds such as star thistle, pigweed and lambs quarter can be con trolled with 2,4-D weed spray. The spray should be applied when the grass Is 8 to 14 inches high. Weedy grasses are usually crowded out of Sudan and seldom become a problem ex cept in poor stands. Irrigation should be fre quent enough to keep the plants in a healthy, vigorous condition. On deep permeable soil once the crop is estab lished an application of five to six inches of irrigation water every three or four weeks is usually sufficient. On less permeable soils or on sandy types it may have to be irrigated as frequently as every 10 days. Grazing Practice Heavy stocking to graze the stand down quickly, followed by a long recovery period will yield a maximum of nutritious forage. Grazing can be start ed when the first seed heads begin to appear. Subsequent grazing should wait until the grass has regained a height of 18 to 24 inches. Haying can be started at any time from the beginning of heading until fully headed out. If cut when heading out or in early bloom the hay Is richer in protein and of higher feed value. Sudan cures readily during warm days. It should be left In windrows until the juicy stems have dried out. To make good silage, Sudan grass should be cut at the full heading stage of growth. An ensiling additive such as molasses should be mixed thoroughly with the green chopped Sudan as it goes into the silo. Llvestockmen have been concerned because of exces sive prussic (hydrocyanic) acid content in Sudan grass which poisons animals. High concentrations of prussic acid are more likely to occur in Sudan that is growing slowly because of drought or frost. For this reason early spring or late fall growth is more likely to cause trouble. Al low 18 to 24 inches of growth before pasturing. Graze drought or frost Injured Su dan cautiously. Do not allow excessively hungry cattle or sheep to feed on Sudan pas ture which is just recovering from drought or frost. Recommended varieties of Sudan grass for Jackson County are riper, Greenlcaf and Sweet. Piper and Green leaf have low prussic acid forming properties. Locally growers have reported good yields with Sweet and Com mon Sudan grass. Starling Funds Receive Boost Snlem-Both the state de partment of agriculture and Mrs. Arnold Leader of the Oregon Holly Growers associ ation have been advised by Congressman Edwin Durno of senate appropriation commit tee approval of an additional SI00.000 for starling and blackbird research. Oregon and other western states requested $200,000 for starling control in addition to a like sum requested by south ern states for blackbird con trol. These requests ($400,000 total) were In addition to the regular federal appropriation for starling control. Mrs. Leader and other holly growers sparkplugged legisla tion in Oregon to control star lings at the state level. She is currently chairman of the association's starling legisla tive committee. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Turkey Market Order To Get June 18 Vote The national turkey mar keting order, which will come before turkey growers June 18, is stirring considerable controversy across the land, reported the Oregon Farm Bureau. The main objection centers on the philosophy embodied in the nationwide plan to con trol the hatching and raising of the Thanksgiving bird and consequently to control prices and profit to the turkey grow ers. The proposed order sets the boundaries on voter eligibil ity and has raised a storm of protest on the alignment of eligible voters who may ballot to see the controls on the industry. Bill Jasper, American Farm Bureau poul try specialist, points out that more than 85 per cent of the nation's turkey growers will not be eligible to vote be cause they produce fewer than 3600 pounds of turkey per year. This amounts to elim inating all producers who raise fewer than 200 turkeys per year. Large growers will have the opportunity to vote the order in and maintain their flocks on a profitable basis while the little man would be de nied the right to increase his flock. Amazing Thing Perhaps the most amazing thing about the national or ders being promoted in Wash ington is that farmers could not legally do the same thing on a voluntary basis. If the marketing order should pass, it would In effect give the large growers the right to set up and maintain a turkey monopoly sanctioned by the government, the bureau stat ed. The turkey order is a pion eering order and if success ful, it could set the stage for more orders on most agricul tural commodities. Under marketing order programs, the freedom to farm would be lost to all farmers and crops would be grown from Washington via government agents holding the key to plantings of all kinds. Speedy Disposal Urged for Carcass Salem - Dead animals, in cluding poultry, could be a source of disease and for this reason owners should be care ful to destroy them in a safe manner, cautions Dr. M. R. Woulfe, Oregon s department of agriculture livestock dis ease control supervisor. Unless properly disposed of soon after death, diseased livestock or poultry could spread disease to other ani mals on the same premises, to neighboring animals or prem ises, he explains. From now on, the problem of flies as carriers is accentuated. Owners who do not know the case of death should call in a practicing veterinarian in event of undue mortality. Regardless of whether death is due to normal causes or a serious disease, dead ani mals should be destroyed within a reasonable time. Ore gon Revised Statutes 601.140 places this definite responsi bility upon owners; "No per son shall knowingly leave the carcass of any domestic ani mal, which he has owned or had in charge, within one-half miles of any dwelling or with in one-fourth mile of any run ning stream of water for lon ger than 15 hours without burying or burning it." Dr. Woulfe suggests the best method of disposal by owners is deep burial la an isolated part of the farm and away from neighboring prem ises. Care should be taken to bury deep enough that other animals cannot unearth the carcass and that there is no chance of contamination of water supplies. Meat Tampering Brings Large Fine Salem - A $50 fine levied against a Portland market manager who pleaded guilty to putting sulfite in ham burger brought a reminder from the state department of agriculture that it will seek court action wherever it finds illegal hamburger. Dr. M. L. Houston, super visor of meat inspection, said use of preservatives in meat is "taboo". They are used to lengthen shelf life of meat or to mask a deteriorating prod uct. Industrial and Farm Equipment SPECIAL THIS WEEK 9N FORD 7035 FERGUSON 2 NAA Jubilt Modal Fordl NASH KORH TRACTOR IMPLEMENT CO. J005 Crater Lake Hwy. 4rr 6425 Farm Labor May Hurt Farmers Salem - The proponents of farm labor laws have taken their case to Washington, D. C, this year to attempt to legislate a better life for farm workers, according to Oregon Farm Bureau Federation. A host of proposed laws have been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Harrison Wil liams of New Jersey which would give the secretary of labor control over recruiting and transporting workers, provide expanded welfare programs for farm workers and curtail young people working in agriculture. The casual citizen would say such legislation is com mendable and that more pro tection under the law is due farm workers. On the other hand, it must be remembered that a good many of the farm workers are unskilled work ers. Their pursuit of employ ment in agriculture represents their only chance for employ ment, a newsletter stated. Most of them are fiercely in dependent and shun opportun ity for self-betterman through government programs. Some of the proposed national leg islation is aimed at helping the children of migrants. However, it is now the law in most states that children must attend school when it is in session. Much of the legislation seems to be aimed at paying people who cannot or do not work. Minimum hourly wages for people on piecework, pay for reporting to work and pay for transportation to work will be burdensome to farm ers who are often not able to meet expenses at the pres ent time. If this is an acceptable trend of the times, then farm Chit Chat By JOt COWLEY Mail Tribuno Farm Editor Excerpts from a letter by Ross Morris, Zilla, Wash, as published in the Reclamation News shows the wide variety of products used by the farmer from all over the country. This shows the farmer is well within his rights to ask for support from industry which he supports so well. "Wakened at 5 o'clock by cut, I take the milk pails (Pennsylvania tin) and wend my way to the barn, while the wife prepares breakfast on a range from Kalamazoo, Mich. will consist of grapefruit from Minneapolis, bacon from Omaha or Cedar Rapids, Iowa, serv ed on table china from Ohio or New York and sugar from Louisiana. "I go out to spray the orchard, using lead arsenate from Missouri, sulphur from Texas or Louisiana, nicotine from West Virginia (my smoke Is a blend from North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia). My spray rig is made in Michi gan, the tractor in Wisconsin. When I go to town it is in a car from Indiana or Detroit, with tires from Ohio, bakelite for accessories from New Hampshire. "My car Insurance goes to Dcs Moines and Omaha, fire myself and family come from from New York or Chicago, South Carolina or Mississippi. and oranges, early fruits and Texas. "We ride over roads graded or Iowa and paved by pavers plow comes from Moline, 111., other appliances from New furniture from Grand Rapids, bed springs from St. Louis, rugs from Philadelphia, my watch from Illinois, books and magazines from a dozen eastern cities. An occasional bottle of snake bite preventative tucky,- from Tennessee or Florida the ore that went into making the aluminum kitchenware, from Maine, codfish and sardines, from Delaware, dyes, in numerous articles of daily "The wife and daughter are strictly modern. Their cos metics from New York, Pittsburgh or St. Louis amount to several ducats during the year. "School books, toys, bicycles for the youngsters, like al most everything else, come the long trail from the eastern industrial centers and on all these, as on the apples I have shipped East, we pay freight that helps maintain railroad service and dividends for eastern stockholders. "The hardware and plumbing and heating plant in my home are all eastern products. The saw mill machinery that sawed and milled the lumber, the freight cars on which it was hauled and the rails over which they traveled all are eastern products - part of our annual cost of living bill. "And when I make my last move to the little 3x6 plot on the hillside, I will doubtless be carried there in an eastern made casket, carried by an eastern made hearse. The kindly Yakima earth will be shovelled back over me with an east ern made shovel, and at the head of the little mound will be set a stone of Vermont granite." Morris forgot to mention he can take local pride in the paper which comes from Pacific Northwest mills which is used in the endlesa government forms which he must fill out and which include his income tax statement. We also liked this item quoted in the Fryer Crier: "An American is a fellow who sips Brazilian ct"ee from an English cup while sitting on Danish furniture after com ing home in a German car from an Italian movie . . . and writes his Congressman with a Japanese ballpoint pen de manding that he do something about all the gold that is leaving this the country. . . . FRANKLIN CUTTER 6 OPJiLl West Main Pharmacy (Formerly Caih Davit Pharmacy) "Whare Pratcriptieni are Filled Up to Standard. Not Down to Price." 135 West Main Ph. 772-2330 m Bills ers, like others, will have to go along with the plan or take a job in the city. The end result will be larger com mercial farms, the very thing the proponents of such legis lation claim to despise. Fleet Reserve To Meet Thursday Crater Lake branch, Fleet Reserve association, will elect officers at their meet ing Thursday, June 7. The session will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the county courthouse auditorium in Medford. Operation "red, white, and white" will be discussed. This national project is the promo tion of displaying United States flags. The branch has three by five foot cotton flags for sale in connection with this program. They are on dis play at the U. S. Navy re cruiting office in the Medford post office. Refreshments will be serv ed and a colored film on sub marines will be shown by the Navy recruiters. CPAs to Meet Friday For Golf and Dinner The Southern Oregon chap ter, Certified Public Account ants, will meet Friday, June 8, at the Rogue Valley Coun try club. The day's activities will be gin with golf at 1 p.m. fol lowed by a social hour and dinner at 7 p.m. Hugh Simp son, Southern Oregon college, will speak. During a business meeting officers will be elected. an alarm clock from Connecti The breakfast, as likely as not. Florida, breakfast food from New Jersey, silverware from Baltimore, life insurance to to Hartford, Conn. Shoes for Boston and St. Louis, clothing cotton goods from Georgia, In season, we buy grapefruit vegetables from Florida and with machinery from Illinois from Wisconsin or Ohio. My electric refrigerator, radio and York, Pennsylvania or Detroit, comes from Maryland or Ken paint, rayon and cellophane use. VACCINES! MEDICINALS! INSTRUMIMTS! And Othf Supplies hi Ktp Year Livestock and Pttt Healthy and W Groomtd! Farm & Garden FROM THE GROUND UP. By BART BARTLETT iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii In this column last week was an abridged discussion of wetting agents. It would be possible to go on at greater length on the same subject, but it would not be feasible without specific requests for further treatment of the sub ject. It may be added at this time that home owners who may wish to use a wetting agent in spraying a few plants, may use a teaspoon full of Dreft or Tide for each 5-10 gallons of spray mix and ac complish the desired wetting results as if the higher priced name brand wetting agent were used. This subject naturally leads to the domestic or household use of washing soaps or de tergents. The ordinary home may use from 25 to 100 pounds of such materials each year. In many instances they go through a municipal type sewer system. In other in stances they go into a home disposal system such as a sep tic tank. In neither case are these detergents destroyed. They can go from both sys tems to either contaminate streams or soils in which wells are dug that supply house hold water. In the case of the stream pollution they can be a detriment to fish and perhaps other forms of wild life. In the case of soil pol lution the detergents may re appear in well water. There are no facts or figures as to what amounts are allowable in either of the above in stances. Well, its a thought anyway. Ox-Eeye Daisy There is a relatively small patch of ox-eye daisy in the valley. If left alone, it will spread rapidly. It does not appear to be identical with the same species that is pre valent in the eastern states. However, it is of the same family and can become a men ace if left uncontrolled. Some lawns may be ready for an additional application of fertilizer. The rains came and caught some hay on the ground. It may go unnoticed but plants respond very favorably to rain water as compared to irrigation. There are reasons for this, but man has not been able to duplicate the results. The decline of valley pear orchards not only has not been explained, but appears to be worse than in any previous year. Where roses are growing on lawns that are shady and re ceive sprinkler irrigation, aphids and mildew will be a continuing problem. Applica tions of dusting sulfur is the best control for mildew. Sprays of Malathion or Black Leaf 40 are the best aphid controls. The new freeway is neces sary for the movement of gov ernment, state and county owned automobiles. Mature grass or hay may lack sulphur. Be sure sheep get the sulphur they need by setting out sulphur salt blocks on the range. BIG 33 MPO BIG TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSION BIG 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION BIG 28.5 SQ. FT. -LOAD SPACE BIG 60 HP U EBAYS OKI S: y2 ton tick-up Small on cost big on value. For town or country, big or sitatt busi ness, this low maintenance hustler works hard... drives "sports car" easy. Delivers with 7 built-in extras, including 12-12 warranty. And it 's ready now. Put it to work tomorrow I tht STEVENS 236 Cattle Sold By Rogue Yard In Saturday Sale Phoenix - The Rogue Val. ley Auction, Inc., sold 239 head of cattle during its regu lar Saturday, June 2 sale. Manager Bob Bever reported the market was active. Whiteface calves were high with only 15 head in the offer ing. Hereford baby calves sold at $47.50 to $61 per head. Mixed calves sold at $27.50 to $41 per head. Holsteins sold at $31 to $36 per head. Guernsey and Jersey calves sold at $6 to $15 per head. Good quality light weaner calves sold well with very few in the offering. Steers in the 350 to 450 pound class sold at $26.50 to $28 per hun dredweight. Light heifer calves sold at $23.75 to $25 per hundred weight, with one set of 300 pound heifers selling at $87.50 per head. Yearling Steers Yearling steers In the 600 to 800 pound class sold at $22.50 to $23.50 per hundred weight. Yearling heifers sold well with one pen of 640 pound heifers consigned by L. L. Taylor, of Ashland, sell ing at $22.80 per hundred. Once again grass fat cattle sold at strong prices with most of the cattle going to local slaughter. Heavy steers in the 1,000 to 1,200 pound class sold at $22 to - $23.20. Heifers sold at $21.70 to $22.60. Holstein steers sold at $21 to $23.10. These cattle weigh ed 400 to 525 pounds. Heavy Holstein steers sold at $19 to $21 per hundred. Slaughter cows sold well with young grass fat cows selling at $17 and $18.80 per hundred. Util ity cows sold at $15.30 to $16.10. Canner and cutter ' cows sold at $12.50 to $15. Gerfrudis Cattle Sell for $131,925 Morrilton, Ark. (UPD - Win throp Rockefeller, Arkansas' foremost producer of Santa Gertrudis cattle, sold 40 head of his prize stock last month, for $131,025, making it the largest of 22 Santa Ger trudis sales in the country this spring. The total was down from last year's figure when the same amount of cattle brought $229,100, including a record price of $59,000 for one bull. Two heifers also sold for $15,000 each at that auction. The highest price was $17, 500 j for a bull, still $3,000 more than the previous top price this season. It was pur chased by the 7-11 ranch of San Antonio, Tex. The top heifer, purchased by R. D. Keene of Orlando, Fla., brought $8,250. Heifers averaged $10 a head less than bulls, which is the most nar row margin since the auctions started here five years ago. Economists predict that by 1975 our nation will need 47 per cent more red meat than we now produce. Modern methods of produc tion, harvesting, processing, storage, and transportation now provide farm fresh food! at all times. ONLY SMALL FEATURE IS WE PRICE! 0ftlv tlMf! $1679 c live red in Medford AUTO SALES 505 N. Central F. 773-3655 o
