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iMilk Protein :Tesling Starts In OSU Labs Corvallis - Oregon has started a new milk-testing program that could someday change the historical base for pricing milk primarily on its butterfat content. ' The program announced at ' Oregon State university will provide a milk protein test, first statewide program of its -kind in the country, designed to measure this key nutrition al ingredient of milk. While actual pricing of milk on its protein rating is still in the future, many leading dairymen want to screen their ? herds for protein-production ability in preparation for the expected change, report OSU dairy specialists. Preliminary tests show considerable varia tion between cows and with in breeds in ability to produce high protein milk. "Dairy industry leaders and researchers have recognized . for some time that heavy em phasis on butterfat as a price base for milk has beer unreal istic," explained J. Orville Young, OSU dairy technolo gist. Butterfat and other animal fats have slipped drastically in popularity among diet-conscious American food shop pers in recent years while protein value of milk is re ceiving more recognition. Milk protein is rated as the best natural protein and is 'used as the national standard for 'measuring other protein products. Commends Dairymen " Don E. Anderson, OSU ex tension dairy specialist, com mended Oregon dairymen for "this progressive step that gives our state a running start in shaping up local herds to meet the trend." - Anderson and Young will coordinate the testing pro gram that will be conducted through the Oregon Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion and official test herds in the state. Expected adoption of pro tein as a key factor in pricing milk, along with present but terfat ratings, should provide a more equitable pay-out to producers, the specialists pointed out. The change should also take pressure off butterfat in the milk price structure and per mit more realistic pricing of Abutter to meet competition, it . was explained. ' Groundwork for the Oregon "program began four years ago when OSU researchers began preliminary testing with four dairy herds in Tillamook county and at OSU. Methods developed in the preliu-.iary trials for testing protein and solids-not-fat served as the basis for the new statewide testing service. Tests also showed that cows Have lnnemea aouuy iu piu ..duce high protein milk, thus enabling dairymen to select and breed animals for this characteristic. Anderson said dairymen with herds enrolled in DHIA or official test herds may ob tain application forms and details of the service from county extension agents. Protein tests will be made only for cows also on test for butterfat and solids-not-fat. Total cost for the three tests would run about 55 cents per cow each month, although the cost will vary among counties. Herds can go on test as soon tis arrangements are made with local milk testers. Spray Supervisor From Libby Firm Salem - J. J. Rozar, formerly-aericultural research man ager for Libby, McNeil & Lib by at Sunnyvale, Calif., has been named as supervisor of the Oregon agricultural chem ical applicators program and is already on the job. This announcement came from the state department of agriculture, Salem. Rozar takes over the field work car ried on until earlier this year by Ray Kelso until he reached state retirement age. The 1961 legislature brought the commercial appli cation of all pesticides, includ ing farm sprays and dusts, un der state control. This broad ened previous controls on ap plicators of herbicides (chem ical weed killers) only. Americans have never been fed so well for so little, de spite the fact that there are more people in the U.S. and fewer farmers to feed them. CUTTER ft REPELLENT New cream formula is concentrated so that a little bit goes a long, long nay. Non-greasy, non-siicky. Pleasant-smelling, easy to use. Comes in a pocket size, unbreakable flask. Aquatic Weeds Bother, Control Measures Given By RAY HUBBELL Jackson County Weed Supervisor Of the various weed prob lems, water weeds, or aquatic weeds are some of the most troublesome. Cut Out Program On Public Affairs, Cattlemen Urge Spokane, Wash. IUPD - The Washington Cattlemen's asso ciation has adopted a resolu tion opposing the Kennedy ad ministration's farm bill, both in principle and in its specific provisions. In a set of resolutions, the association recently favored less government control and subsidy and encouraged sup port of marketing and trans portation facilities. The organization favored federal legislation requiring the secretary of agriculture to handle government-owned feed grain stocks so process ing would be equitable for various feeding areas. In other action, the associa tion suggested that the agri cultural extension service "keep out of public affairs education." Resolution on WSU The resolution urged the WSU extension service con fine its work to collecting and disseminating factual infor mation. The resolution said, "entrance into public affairs will defy its best efforts to remain impartial and will re sult in deterioration of the ex tension service." Jay A g n e w, Centralia, Wash., was re-elected presi dent and Robert Hensel, Wat erville, was re-elected first vice president. Four regional vice presi dents elected were John Woodward, Loomis, Henry Schnebly, Ellensburg, Wash.; Dale Bly, Harrington, and Bill Bennett, Oakville, Wash. Mrs. Roland S a c k m a n, Omak, Wash., was elected president of the Cowbelles, women's auxiliary of the cat tlemen. Bellingham, Wash., was se lected as the site of the 1963 convention. Strawberry Aphid Control Urged Corvallis - May is one of the crucial months for con trol of the strawberry aphid, the insect that comes both with and without wings and that is responsible for the spread of virus diseases in Or egon strawberry fields. Only the aphid spreads vi rus diseases 10 Doin new plants and fields as well as to established plantings, point out R. W. Every, extension en tomologist, and I. C. Mac- Swan, extension plant path ologist at Oregon State uni versity. Aphid control is an impor tant factor in maintaining a high level of production and prolonging the life of straw berry plants, the specialists note, and a community - con trol approach is the best meth od. While an individual grow er will benefit from control measures in his own fields, winged aphids are often air borne to neighboring fields, spreading disease as they go. Dust Old and New Plants The best way to fight aphids is to spray or dust both old and new plantings of all strawberry varieties in the spring when aphids begin to reproduce, usually in early May. Recommended chemical applications for aphids will also control other pests of strawberries. Critical periods for con trol are May and June and again in September and Octo ber. The small, pale green wingless adults winter in leaf buds between the folds of small leaves, reproducing both winged and wingless young In the spring. Since aphids some, times build uo in the fall plants should be examined in September and October and if aphids are found, a plant pro tectant should be applied. Beef cattle prefer loose salt to block salt and so do many ranchers. It takes energy and calorics to stand and lick salt blocks, energy and calories that might better be used for extra weight gains. INSECT ( Most often nothing is done to control this growth or only limited control by removal of the grown plants. Neither of these methods will render the growth conditions one likes to see around- ponds, ditch or stream banks. Chemical con trol is, the only really satis factory method of dealing with such plants. There are three major classes of aquatic weed prob lems, the first being the so- called emergent plants or wat erside vegetation such as the various types of rushes and cattails. Another class1 is one that' grows on the surface of the water, such as the water lily or water cress, and filially those that are submerged or grow right In the water such as parrot feather or elodea. Control of cattails and many of the other emergent plants can be achieved by us ing Amitrol T (a liquid) or Amino Triazole (a wettable powder) at the rate of ten pounds plus one or two quarts of 2,4-D L.V. Ester to 100 gal lons of water. A spreader sticker will increase the con trol even further. Dalapon at the rate of 20 pounds plus two quarts of 2,4-D L.V. Ester with a sticker will also give good control. Both of the above mixtures must be ap plied to thoroughly wet the plants. For the water plant, parrot feather, 2,4-D L.V. Ester used at two pounds per 100 gallons of water with six to eight ounces of spreader sticker will prove highly effective. Apply Control Soon For many of the submerged water plants control can be achieved if the specie is known and the correct control method used. Like all control measures, they should be ap plied before the problem gets out of hand. Plants that emerge from the bottom of a pond naturally would require different control measures than one which germinates only in the water. Depending upon the situa tion, herbicides may be placed in the water by surface or subsurface sprays from the bank or boat, by broadcasting crystals, granules, or pellets from bank or boat, or by dragging sacks of chemicals behind boats. When ponds or waterways have been treated for weed control, it is important to al low time for the chemical to dissipate before the water is used either for irrigation or as a source of water for farm animals. In running streams the chemical will usually dis sipate within 24 to 48 hours, but in ponds a longer period will be required. The rate of application must also be con sidered. The label on the con tainer will give explicit in structions, both on the use of the chemical and the precau tions to observe while using it. Follow these for results you wish to obtain, you II find it costs less for better control. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has full manag erial responsibility for 186 million acres of forest and grassland now nationally owned. The largest single category of land in the U.S. is forest land. About 773 million acres, or 34 per cent of the total area of the 50 states, is forest. Most of the boys and girls in Medford and the Rogue River Valley vill be out this week to enjoy a summer of fun. PLEASE help them to keep enjoying it! Youngsters will still be going to school playgrounds and playing at home . . . they are apt to dash into the street anytime . . . into the path of YOUR car. The Medford Traffic MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON OSU Specialist To Study Markets In Caribbean Corvallis - Roland Groder, Oregon State university ex tension fruit and vegetable marketing specialist, has been named to a six-man team of federal and state cooperative extension workers that will study market possibilities in the Caribbean area for the U.S. Department of Agricul ture. The team will conduct a first hand study of the possi bilities of expanding the mar ket for U.S. farm products in the area and will develop dis cussion material for urban and rural people and profes sional agricultural workers throughout the nation upon return. The team will leave about June 15 and return in late July. It hopes to gain informa tion to help U.S. farmers and professional agricultural workers improve their under standing of foreign food and fiber neds, problems of ex port marketing, and basic facts underlying a successful U.S. foreign trade policy. Visits are scheduled to Bra zil, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Trini dad. Primary emphasis will be placed on cash market po tentials for U.S. agricultural commodities in such develop ing countries as Haiti, Vene zuela, Brazil and Mexico. One of Four Groups Groder's team is one of four extension groups which will visit major world areas to conduct marketing studies for the USDA. The other .teams will visit countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe and South Asia. The studies are carried on by the USDA with U.S. agricultural inter ests to maintain and expand foreign markets for ' farm products. Information gained from the study tours will be used to help meet the need of far mers and others to be fully informed regarding the im portance of foreign agricul tural markets which last year took the production of one out of every six harvested Amer ican acres. Observations made abroad will enable the groups to sup ply information farmers and agricultural exporters need regarding products foreign consumers want most, the varieties that best meet those desires, and harvesting, pack aging and marketing methods that best facilitate foreign sales. Other members of the group include George M. Beal, ex tension economist, New Mex ico State university; W. Y. Fowler, extension economist, New Mexico State university; H. W. Herbison, marketing economist, North Dakota State university; Verle R. Houghaboom, extension econ omist in farm management. University of Vermont; and A. G. Kevorkian, agricultural economist, sugar and tropical products division, Foreign Ag ricultural Service. A staff member of the For eign Agricultural Service fa miliar with the area and its agricultural trade problems will accompany them. faeeaeaeananrJaiiswer--i r i i mi COMPOSER MARRIES New York -WPD- Composer producer Julel Styne and ac tress Margaret Brown were married by Rabbi Julius Mark. Styne composed such stage and screen successes as "Gypsy," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Bells Are Ringing" and "High Button Shoes." A previous marriage ended in divorce. OSU Researchers To Measure Flavor On Dried Milk Corvallis - Oregon State university scientists have re ceived a $23,100 grant to de sign a method for measuring flavor in whole dried milk a new creamy product that re. sembles fresh whole milk. Only water is removed from this new milk powder; all sol id milkfat, proteins and non fat solids remain, explains Mrs. Lois Sather, food tech nologist who heads up the study. Eight OSU experts will compare various whole milk powders with whole fluid milk particularly for. flavor. Their reactions will be com pared with those of a least 120 OSU student milk drink ers who will be asked to score their preferences for various whole milk powders. Encouraged by the success of instant nonfat dry milk de veloped during the war, work was started on a dry whole milk that reconstitutes in stantly and can be stored two to three months on the kitch en shelf. As soon as certain problems are overcome in in manufacture and storage, whole dried milk will prob ably be available to consum ers, says Mrs. Sather. Flavor Changes One of the problems noted by USDA scientists is that whole milk flavor changes during storage. When fresh, dried whole milk is as tasty as fluid milk. But the fresh taste doesn't last. Milk devel. ops off-flavors and begins to stale 9 to 12 weeks at room temperature. It retains fresh flavor somewhat longer, how ever, when stored in the re frigerator, says Mrs. Sather. Development of whole dried milk could supplement fluid milk and enrich diets of many families here and abroad. OSU dairy- specialists say it could also provide a new put- let for surplus supplies of whole fluid milk particularly in major midwest dairying states. As a side project, OSU workers will also run some flavor studies on canned con densed milk. Lyle Calvin, OSU statistician, will assist Mrs. Sather in the two-year study. KllTT? OlfUT 1V1W V Hi tVlljll 1 appliances. Eatt 10th Street at Sukiyou New Barley Type Has Still Straw High Grain Yield Corvallis - A new high yielding, stiff strawed spring barley has been released by Oregon State university for ir rigated areas of the Snake River valley of Oregon. Named "Vale" after the Malheur county seat, the new variety has out-yielded other leading feed barleys over the past six years at OSU's Mal heur Branch Experiment Sta tion. However, its major ad vantage is improved straw strength to stand up under heavy yields on the higher producing irrigated lands in the area. Vale will be recommended to replace Bonneville, present leader on irrigated soils in the area, stated F. E. Price, direc tor of OSU Agricultural Ex periment station. The new variety is a six row, white, smooth awned barley with a semi club head. It was developed at the Utah State Agricultural Ex periment Station by R. W. Woodward, USDA Agricultur al Research Service, from a cross of a Glossy field hybrid with a Velvon - Wisconsin cross. The selection was then sent to experiment stations in the Rocky Mountain region for testing and has been on trial at the Malheur station since 1955. E. N. Hoffman, Malheur branch station superintendent, said 4,000 pounds of seed enough to seed about 35 acres was distributed this spring for further increase. Average yield of Vale at the branch station from 1955 through 1961 was 109 bushels per acre compared to 102 for Bonneville and 95 for Trebi. Test weight of Vale is com parable to Trebl and slightly better than Bonneville. It is similar to Bonneville in threshing characteristics. Superior straw strength of Vale gave it marked advan tage over other varieties in standing up under heavy yields, winds, wet soils and combinations of conditions that cause lodging. Vale did not lodge during five of the seven test years and averaged only 3 per cent lodging for all years compar ed to more than 14 per cent for Bonneville and nearly 33 per cent for Trebi. Average neaaing date for Vale was May 31, a few days earlier than the average for Bonne ville and abouth three days later than Trebi. If a calf is old enough to eat hay or grain, he's old enough to need additional salt - either mixed in feed or offered separately. 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It ' also lists new varieties which are being introduced on the market as well as includ ing notations on altitude and the length of the growing sea son. Too often, the home garden er is not taking advantage of the new varieties which have been developed through re search to give more satisfac tory yields and quality, Dun can noted. The result is dis- ppointment with the garden. mm More and more people J. R.'s WHITNEY n Safety Council urges YOU to make SAFE DRIVING a very person al responsibility. Have your car thoroughly checked for safety . . . be doubly careful to observe traffic signs and regulations . . . watch out for children everywhere and give them the right of TUESDAY, JUNE PREPARE YOURSELF TO LIVE BETTER SUMMER SCHOOL Practical Office Skills Can Raise Your Payl Put your Summer months to good ute. Prepare for a buiineu poiition. Or, leirn typing or shorthand for uie in high school or college. 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