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TUESDAY. JUNE 12. 1962
MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Many Local Growers Oppose
Turkey Marketing Order
By JOE COWLEY
Farm Editor
Many of Jackson county's
turkey growers still seen op
posed to the turkey market
ing order.
(See story elsewhere on this
page for voting qualifications
etc.)
The election is June 18 to
22
However, 1 n d u s t r y-wise
growers say there is more sen'
timent for it now than ever
before. Turkey prices have
not been very good, not near
ly as good as growers hoped
they would be. They are now
18 cents a pound on toms and
21 cents for hens liveweight
on the farm. Growers had
thought they would be two
or three cents higher.
Generally, local growers
; against the order don t want
the government in their busi
ness and don't want to be
stuck with quotas.
Some market experts point
out that free markets really
do work for farmers. Recent
developments in the livestock
and poultry business show
that farmers will adjust pro
duction to their market when
they can make their own de
cisions and are not being en
couraged by price support in
centives. Nationally, the turkey poult
hatch is down about 12 per
cent from last season, accord
ing to reports. Prices next fall
may be 4 cents to 6 cents
above last fall, according to
some predictions. And the fall
is when the turkey man
makes it with the turkey
feasts on Thanksgiving and
Christmas in the offing.
An indication of the num
ber of turkeys on the market
are the numbers run through
testings for pullorum disease.
During March national test
ings snowed a drop of 4 per
cent from the previous March.
Heavy white breeds were
down 37 per cent. However,
broad-breasted bronze, which
are largely used in this area
were no 97 per cent compar
ed to March, 1961.
In April testings of heavy
breed turkeys In the U.S.
were up 62 per cent from the
previous April. However, test
ings of all heavy oreeos dur
ing July, 1961 through April,
1962 were down 8 per cent
from the same period a year
earlier.
The marketing order for
meat turkeys would be oper
ated by an industry-nominated
advisory board and would
provide for supply manage
ment measures when price
stabilization is needed by pro
ducers.
After a study of the excep
tions filed earlier, a final de
cision on the order was made
by the secretary of agricul
ture. The marketing order
can be issued by the secretary
if two-thirds of the producers
voting, by number or by vol
ume, vote in favor.
The order would authorize
supply management when
necessary by either one or a
combination of two methods.
The first method, available
after 1962, would allow han
dlers to acquire only the to
tal quantity of turkeys ap
portioned to producers by al
lotment in a given period.
The second, available dur
ing the current year, would
be set-aside regulations which
would reauire handlers to
hold back designated percent
ages of the turkeys they
slaughter. Surplus turkeys
would be pooled, disposed of
and the proceeds distributed
to nroducers.
If producer allotments In
1963 and 1064 are established
they would be based on the
average marketings of produc
ers in 1959. I960 and 1961.
Handlers subject to the order
would be those who acquire
for slaughtering more than
7,000 pounds live weight of
turkeys a year. Producers un
der the order would be those
who produce 3.600 pounds or
more live weight turkeys a
year.
Producers who slaughter
their own birds would be ex
cluded from volume regula
tions, providing they do not
handle more than 100.000
pounds live weight of turkey
during the marketing year
and do not buy or sell more
than 5,000 pounds of live tur-
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Jackson county has 16 tur
key breeders - people who
raise eggs for the hatcheries
to convert into poults. As the
poultry business goes, it I;
comparatively stable. It takes
skill to get into it so there are
not many people jumping in
and out of it as the market
fluctuates.
Also, people in the business
have indicated there is a good
future for this type of agri
cultural development in the
Rogue valley.
Everybody should be watch
ing the market referendum
very closely. The possibility
of a strong new agriculture
industry here may depend on
it .
Rogue Valley
Has Small Run,
Steady Market
Phoenix The Rogue Val
ley Auction reported a small
run of cattle on a steady mar
ket during Saturday's regular
sale In Phoenix. A total of
143 head of cattle were sold
Five head of whlteface cross
baby calves sold at $37 to $43
per head.
One Guernsey bull sold at
$17 per head.
Whlteface steer calves sold
at steady prices. One pen of
520 pound steers sold at $26
per hundredweight. Other
singles sold at $24.70 to $26.30
per hundredwight. A heifer
calf sold at $23.50 to $25.50
per hundredweight. Yearling
steers sold at $22.89 to $24.10
per hundredweight.
One pen of 620 pound steers
sold at $24.60. Whlteface cows
and calves sold at $180 to
$200 per pair. Eight head of
yearling registered Hereford
bulls sold at $257 to $280 per
head.
Holstein steers sold at
$22.75 to $23.50 for the light
400 to 500 pound kind and
heavy Holstcins sold at $19
to $20 per hundredweight in
the 750 to 900 pound class.
Veal calves sold strong
Heavy veal sold at $24.50 to
$26.50 per hundredweight,
with the 300 pound light
calves selling at $27.25 to
top of $28.75.
Slaughter cows sold at
steady prices with utility
Rrades selling at $18.20 to
$17.80 per hundred weight
Canner and cutter cows sold
at $11.50 to $13.70 per hun
dredweight. A few shelly
cows sold down to $10 per
hundredweight.
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APHIDS, SCALES
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Staull'cr Flowablcs, gives the fruit grower control of most de
structive pcsls. Triihion is one of the best miticides available; it
also controls scale insects and most aphids.
The fkmable formulution of Triihion is a superfine emulsion
of technical Triihion in water. Because it is water-based, it is as
easy on fruit and foliage as any dust or wcttahle powder, yd its
fluid form enables it to be measured, handled and applied as a
liquid. It is persistent; its control lasts for many weeks.
Use Triihion with these
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in cover and summer sprays:
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and brown rot.
TEDION 4 FLOWABLE for control of mites.
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Alfalfa Weevil
Hinders Alfalfa
Second Cutting
By GENE WINTERS
County Extension Agent
Alfalfa fields having a
whitish or dull gray appear
ance are showing the effects
of a heavy infestation of al
falfa weevil larvae says Gene
Winters, Jackson County ex
tension agent.
When the first cutting is
made in the bud stage, many
of the larvae are destroyed.
In some seasons this is all
the control needed.
Continued feeding of the
larvae on stubble after the
first cutting is -removed de
lays the second crop. This de
lay is most serious if the
water supply is short or the
second crop is grown for
seed.
Alfalfa weevil larvae are
nearly white when first hatch
ed, but soon turn to a dirty
yellow and have a black head.
As they grow their color
changes to a bright green.
There is a distinct white line
down the middle of the back.
At maturity they are about a
quarter of an inch long. Gen
erally they feed for several
days in the stem or on the
branch bud before migrating
to the terminal buds or leaves.
Here they strip the leaves
leaving only the veins and
weedy fibers.
Wasp Preys
As true of most insects, the
alfala weevil is preyed on by
another insect. In about 1938
Dr. L. G. Gentner, Entomolo
gist, Southern Oregon Branch
Experiment station in cooper
ation with the U.S.D.A. in
troduced from Europe a small
black wasp. The wasp emerges
from its overwintering pupa
in late spring after the weevil
larvae are feeding on the al
falfa leaves. The female wasp
lays an egg inside the weevil
larvae and on hatching the
wasp larva lives inside the
weevil larva.
Adult alfalfa weevils may
be killed in early spring be
fore the females have laid
their eggs. This is a dormant
season application made prior
to new growth. Dieldrin or
Heptachlor are the insecti
cides suggested for this ap
plication. '
More timely for controlline
larvae now retarding new
growtn are applications of
one of the following Para-
thion, rhosdrin, Methoxv-
chlor, Sevin and Diazinon.
Parthlon and Phosdrin should
be applied only by experi
enced operators. Intervals to
be observed between applica
tion and cutting are seven
days for Methoxychlor and
Diazinon, 15 days for Para-
thion, one day for Phosdrin
and 0 days for Sevln.
Protect pollinating insects
do not apply Sevin within
one week of bloom. Do not
apply Diazinon when the field
is in bloom. Apply Parathion
In late evening only. Apply
Methoxychlor during early
morning or late evening.
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PRINCESS AND COACH Miss Connie McDonough, Sams
Valley, alighted from a replica of a Wells Fargo stage coach
at the opening of the C. C. Beekman home in Jacksonville
recently. Handing her down is George Mcllne, owner and
operator of the stage line tourist attraction in Jacksonville
and Pioneer Village on its outskirts. Friday, Miss McDonough
was named Jackson County Dairy Princess. She and other
dairy princess contestants dressed in old-fashioned costume
for the opening of the pioneer banker's home.
lower but
the price."
Bill Bray
Feeder Cattle
Rated Steady
In Weekly Sale '
Ninty consignors sold 257
cattle. 75 sheep and 22 hogs
during the regular Friday,
June 8 sale at Midway auc
tion yard.
'The market was verv
active. Feeder cattle and
stockers were steady. Utility
and commercial cows were
about a dollar
moved well at
Owner - Manager
said.
Stocker steer calves sold at
$24 to $28.60. Heifer calves
sold for $22 to $24.60. Year
ling steers brought $22 to
$25.10. Most 550 to 650 pound
steers sold for $23.50 to
$24.70. Yearling heifers
brought $21 to $23.85
Holstein steer calves sold
for $22 to $23.75. Holsteins
weighing 500 to 700 pounds
sold for $20 to $21.80, and
800 pound steers sold for $19
to $20.20.
Faadtr Cows
Feeder cows sold for $14
to $17.50. Most sold for
around $15. Cows with calves
brought $175 to $195 a pair
Veals went out at $24 to
$27.75. All choice calves
brought more than $26.
Bulls sold for $19 to $20. SQ.
Most heavy bulls Were above
$20.
One outstanding five-year-old
Angus bull sold for $520.
Commercial to standard
cows sold for $16 50 to
$18.50 Utility cows sold for
$15 to $16.20.
Cutters sold for $13 to $15
and rannera brought $10 to
$12 50.
Fat hogs sold for $17.50.
Feeder hogs brought $20.25
(o $22.75. Weaners told for
$10 to $13.50 per head.
Farm & Garden
Weedy Farm Loss
To Farmer, Area
"The banker who has look
ed into the problem at all
appreciates the fact that a
weedy farm is not profitable,"
Wesley R. Dickerson, vice
president, First Security
Bank of Utah, wrote for the
Oregon Farmer.
"He knows that the farm
ers' main collateral, produc
tive land, declines in value
when the soil washes or blows
away, or the land s produc
tivity goes down as a result
of weed infestation or tor
some other reason, tnis
means a loss of reserves that
are so important to the secur
ity of a farm loan," the bank
er continued.
Low producing farms re
flect their condition through
out a community-in less busi
ness of all kinds, in reduced
tax revenue, and in curtailed
community essentials such as
roads, schools, churches and
recreational facilities.
These are the banker's
bread and butter, too, so he
is very much concerned with
productive, prosperous lands
Dr. Beagle Gives
Cholera Report
Salem - Oregon and other
western states with a low in
cidence of hog cholera, and
therefore no vaccination pro
gram, will not be penalized
under indemnity provisions
of the national hog cholera
eradication program.
This is the impression of
Dr. A. G. Beagle, federal vet
erinarian in charge in Oregon,
gained at a recent meeting in
Chicago to review regulations
now up for adoption under
this program. He was the only
representative from the west
ern slates and participated as
a member of the U.S. Live
stock Sanitary association's
eradication committee.
The regulation, published
In the federal register May
10, is under review for a 40
day period prior to adoption.
Because of Oregon's low in
cidence of this disease, swine
growers here are not immedi
ately concerned - except from
the information angle - with
the federal program. Oregon
will not become a cooperator
until the federal program
achieves the progress already
made in Oregon, and then
only if the Oregon industry
so urges.
A properly installed farm
drainage system can increase
crop yields considerably. Ohio
State university extension ag
ricultural engineers point out.
Soil testing is the first step
toward a sound fertility program.
which contribute to the pros
perity of all the business and
Drofessional interest of the
community and to the main
tenance of public revenues at
a neaitny level, tne Utah
banker pointed out.
Key to Value
Key to the value of anv
land is its productivity. And
proauciivuy is tne basis of
any successful business, Dick
erson said.
"The quality of the land
and caliber of its manage
ment are the two sides of the
square with which we can
measure a farm's productive
ness accurately-and best de
termine whether monev ad
vanced for its purchase or
improvement or for produc
tion purposes is a sound in
vestment; and to the best in
terests of the owner or op
erator. "It is the ability of farm
or ranch land to produce in
come year after vear rpaarH.
less of such fluctuating val
ues mat determines its real
value and investment safety,"
Dickerson stated.
"We have come to the point
where we can't afford to let
any of our farm land de
preciate further through weed
infestation," he said. "One
hundred, 50 or ever 25 to 30
years ago, there still was new
land that could be cleared
and developed to take the
place of that which we wore
out; or which had become
infested with noxious weeds,
and easily take care of the
country's expanding needs.
We are going to have depend
from here on upon what good
productive land we now have
left."
Time to Worry
"The time to worry about
our soil account is while it
is still in the black - not to
wait until we whittle reserves
-nationwide, watershed by
watershed, and farm by
farm," he added.
"Poor people on poor land
aren't good credit risks for
the bank, and they aren't the
best customers for merchant,:
Neither can they be expected
to produce adequate tax rev
enues for srhnnlo and hiph.
ways, state services, national
aeiense, and other public
needs," he emphasized.
Private hankere in inrrpat.
ing numbers have developed
sympathetic attitudes on farm
iniDrovempnt credit npnri- nf
customers. Some have taken
the Initiative in developing
weed eradication nrnirrams
More banks should realize the
opportunity to step into this
type of credit with profit to
themselves and at the same
time doing a real service for
tne customers and public
banker said.
Modern farming equipment
like hay balers and bale
throwers enable today's far
mer to do the work of a two
or three-man team - and do
It faster.
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Federal Reclamation Act
Major Water Program Step
Washington -0,'PD- The Fed
eral Reclamation Act is now
60 years old. The signing of
the act marked one of the
most significant milestones in
the history of water development.
The legislation started an
orderly program of water-re
source development In the
western United States. It was
the first truly national ex
pression of concern with
water, along with land, as the
most basic of all resources
The act was signed into
law by President Theodore
Roosevelt. It covered 16 west
ern states. Later Texas was
added to the original list. To
day, the bureau of reclama
tion also is authorized to
function in Hawaii and Alas
ka.
Created in 1902
This year on Us anniver
sary, the Bureau, created as
the reclamation service under
the act of 1902 counts among
its accomplishments the con
struction of dams and reser
voirs providing dependable
water supplies for more than
eight million acres of fer
tile land producing a variety
of high-demand crops valued
at more than $1 billion an
nually; 42 power plants with
an installed capacity oi o.
million kilowatts-sufficient to
Hatchery Group
Meets Friday
Corvallis-Feed grain prices
and federal marketing orders
-two major concerns of Ore
gon's poultry industry - are
among main topic for the
Oregon Poultry and Hatchery
association's annual meeting,
June 15 at Oregon State uni
versity. The program will begin at
9:30 a.m. (Daylight Saving
Time) in Withycombe Hall.
M. D. Thomas, OSU exten
sion agricultural economist,
will review the feed grain
situation and outlook for the
Pacific Northwest, including
status of the feed wheat pro
gram and the 1962 farm bill.
Marketing orders will be
treated in a panel discussion
led by Clayton Wills, Clacka
mas county extension agent.
Panel members are Cornelius
Bateson Sr., Salem member
of the USDA Broiler Advisory
Committee; Ben Mitchell,
Newberg, USDA Market Egg
Advisory Committee member;
Robert Gray, Oregon City egg
handler; and Barry Brownell,
Oregon City hatcheryman.
The panel will discuss pros
and cons of the controversial
marketing orders and will
conduct a question and an
swer session with the audience.
serve the normal needs oi
about seven million persons:
municipal and industrial
water suplies to 200 communi
ties; and 25 million days per
year of recreational use at re
servoirs; plus flood control,
river regulation, and other
continuing services.
Irrigation water supplied
by reclamation projects has
helped make small farms in
arid areas efficient and pro
ductive. In many parts of the
west, without a dependable
water supply, only large-scale
operations would be feasible,
and often in crops not respon
sive to market demand.
Cover 128,000 Farms
There are now more than
128.000 farms on reclamation
projects, according to reports
received from farmers ana
water user organizations. The
area in these project tarms
amounted to about 21 per
cent of the irrigated land in
the reclamation states. These
farms provided a full or part-
time occupation sustaining
about 525,000 persons living
on them in 1960.
The 1960 value of crops
grown on irrigated farms to
taled $1.15 billion. The aver
age gross crop return per ir
rigated acre was $167. From
1906 to 1960, the cumulative
value of all reclamation har
vests amounted to $16.5 bil
lion. (The first reclamation
project was completed in
1906).
Vegetable crops and fruits
and nuts amounted to 37 per
cent of the value of the recla
mation harvest in 1960, pro
duced on only about 14 per
Farmers spend more than
$530 million annually for
seed.
cent of the irrigated crop
land. About 1.9 million tons
of fruits and nuts were grown
on reclamation farms in 1960.
All these crops, some of them
produced during the winter
in the southwest, add variety
to dinner tables all over the
nation and are necessary to a
healthy diet.
The bureau of reclamation
often has been recognized for
its technical achievements
over the past 60 years. Two
of its undertakings, Hoover
Dam, on the Colorado river
between Nevada and Arizona,
and the Columbia Basin proj
ect which includes Grand
Coulee Dam on the Columbia
river, were chosen by the
American Society of Civil En
gineers as two of the seven
modern engineering wonders.
Among the Bureau's many
major projects are the Cen
tral Valley, California; Colorado-Big
Thompson, Colorado;
Colorado river storage, Ariz
ona - New Mexico - Utah-Colo-rado-Wyoming;
Columbia Ba
sin, Washington; and the 10
state Missouri River basin.
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