Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 19, 1962, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextFarm & New Youth To Show Ag Opportunities Corvallis An extension youth program in marketing that Introduces young men and women to career oppor tunities in agricultural busi ness and industry is scheduled to be launched in at least six Oregon counties next fall after a successful trial run in Deschutes county this year. The Town and Country Business program uses local businessmen and resources to show high school students the Jobs available to trained per sonnel in agricultural business and industry, reports Ray H. Teal, an extension service marketing specialist at Ore gon State University and su pervisor of the program. Objectives of the Town and Country Business program are to provide greater understands ing of business as it operates in the agricultural marKeung field and to explore and dis cuss employment opportuni ties in business closely relat ed to agriculture. To Point To Neadi In addition, the program will point to needs and bene fits of training and education for those who seek employ ment with agricultural busi ness firms, teach basic eco nomic facts and give those who are going into farming a better appreciation of the problems and structure of ag ricultural marketing. Less than 10 per cent of today's youths will farm, Teal points out, but 40 per cent of the nation's workers are Involved with agriculture in some form. The program gives an opportunity to young peo ple to see how big agricul ture is and the career oppor tunities available in it, as well 292 Cattle Sold In Midway Sale; Market Active Eighty-four consignors sold 202 cattle, 65 hogs and 35 sheep at the Midway Auction yard's-regular Friday, June 15 sale. Owner-Manager Bill Bray reported the market active and steady. Seventeen dealer, packer and order buyers at. tended. Good choice steer calves brought $26 to $29. Most good calves sold above $27. Med ium calves sold for $22 to $25.50. Good to choice heifer calves sold for $24 to $29.50. Medium heifers sold for $21 to $23.50. Yearling steers sold for $22 to $25.60. Medium steers brought $20 to $23. Yearling heifers brought $22 to $23.25. Medium heifers sold for $19 to $21.50. Holstein Calves Holstein stoer calves sold for $20 to $22.75. Feeders weighing 600 pounds brought $20.90 to $21.40. Heavy feed ers sold for $19 to $20.50. Good cows and calves sold for $185 to $202.50. Medium pairs went out at $145 to $165. Registered Angus cows sold from Heather Angus ranch for $325 to $400 a head. Fat cows brought $15 to $16.70. Utility cows sold for $14 to $15.80. Cutters sold for $12 to $13.75. Slaughter bulls brought $19 to $19.70 Choice veal sold for $26 to $29. Fat hogs sold for $17.90 sows for $13 to $14.70, feeder pigs brought $20 to $22 per hundredweight, good weaners $9 to $12.50 and little pigs 54.25 to $8.50. Hardin Joins "I wish to announce that Slim Hardin has Joined our organization as field repre sentative," said Bray. "Slim will make a fine addition to our crew and will aid us a great deal in our effort to give better service and pro- vine a better market at Mid way." Bray also reported he and his wife are leaving tomorrow (Wednesday) for Rapid City, S.D., to attend the "Livestock Marketing Congress." Brav is district director for the Na tional Livestock Markets As sociation representing Wash ington and Oregon. They vr ill return Monday, June 25. A Board Meeting for JACKSON COUNTY STOCKMEN'S ASSN. Will Be Held it 8 P.M. THURSDAY in the County Extension Auditorium Purpou: To ttl the feeder salt date. All Interested eleeie at tend. 111 dutt and ether mail nr be addranad to: Box 386, Phoenia.) Support tour data end county cattlaman'i erganiiatient. TUESDAY. JUNE 19. 19E2 Garden Program Set as possibly sparking interest in obtaining the training past high school needed for the Job. Joining Deschutes county with plans to offer the pro gram next fall are Douglas, Curry, Jackson, Lincoln, Polk and Benton counties, Teal said. Other areas also may be involved by that time. In each case, Teal stressed, the program will be tailored to meet local needs and to make full utilization of local resources. Some counties are planning to incorporate the program in high school social studies classes. The program is set up to run 10 months. In all cases, the specialist added, the pro gram will be headed locally by a volunteer lay leader, with assistance available from county agents. Teal and C. L. Smith, state extension agent. Subjects which students will cover include what mar keting means to them, assem bly and storage, transporta tion, processing, packaging, sales and service, wholesaling, J retailing, financing, advertis ing and the food service in dustry. Plans call for local business men who best illustrate each section of the program to speak to the class on one of the topics. This would then be followed by a tour of a local plant or business where points covered in the lecture would be illustrated. Can Be Extended There is a possibility that the Town and Country Busi ness program can develop into a two or three year program if the students involved ex press an interest in continu ing their studies in the field, Teal said. In Pennsylvania, where the the program was pioneered, this has happened and has resulted in part-time employment and, in some cases, college scholarships and promises of Jobs after gradua tion. The Town and Country Bus iness program was developed by Pennsylvania State Uni versity under a contract from the Federal Extension Serv ice. Teal served as one of the regional advisors on the proj ect. Control Hoppers Now, OSU Advises Oregon Farmers Corvallis - Now is the time to control grasshoppers, just as they start to hatch, R. W. Every, Oregon State univer sity extension entomology specialist, reminds Oregon farmers and ranchers. Insecticides can be most ef fective if used while the grass hoppers arc still small and near their hatching beds, and before they disperse over fields and ranges, he empha sized. A number of chemicals are effective nainsl grass hoppers. The choice of male- rial used will be determined by the insecticide residue which may remain on the crop, he stressed. County ex tension agents can advise those interested on the prop er insecticide to use. The fight against grasshop pers is already underway in Hnmey county. Every reports. The conlrol effort is spear headed by county extension agents. State Department of Agriculture and U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture represen tatives after a survey last fall Indicated a heavy infestation would occur this spri.ig. Juit Hatching The grasshoppers are Just beginning to hatch and the i-Kg bed areas are being spray ed. The hatch may continue for some time, the specialist said, because some land which Is now flooded for irrigation may later produce the insects. Similar work is also being considered for range land in Grant county, but it has been difficult to proper!.' assess the situation due to the inclement weather. Every raid Cool. wet weather at the time of the hatch Is fatal to the in sects. No other areas of Ore gon show signs of similar in festations. In the surveys conducted last fall by the Agricultural Research Service of the I'S DA, indications were that grasshoppers were likely to become a serious threat to more than 13 million acres of rangelands this sum icr, with the majority of the land in Montana. Signs of severe In festations were also found in places In Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. Grasshoppers thrive in dry weather and conditions' In the past two years in the West and Mid west have contributed to FROM THE nonnun UHVUilU IID ur By BART BARTLETT There are several nice specimen trees of Magnolia and Eastern Tulip growing in this area. The Magnolia trees are producing blossoms now. Some of the Tulip trees may have produced blossoms very early without notice by the writer. The good health of these trees and especially of Magnolia after the severe cold of this past February comes as a mild surprise. The Tulip trees have and commonly do survive some severe cold, but only after a suitable period of pre-conditioning. Neither of these trees are apt to produce viable seeds in this area. Tomatoes that have produc ed blossoms for the past 3V4 weeks have not set any fruits yet. The night-time tempera tures have been too low for effective fruit set by tomato plants. Manv late planted ramsn- es are going to seed without producing a large bulb root. This is due to the length of day as the radish is of the plant type that flowers and seeds during long days. Many plants that come up during early spring will grow to relatively great heights and produce a great quantity of seeds. However, if these same plants were to be kept from producing flowers and seeds by mowing, they would finally produce as few as one seed on a stalk or stem as short as one-half inch in height. In some instances the length of the dark period (night) controls the fruiting habit of plants. This short dark effect on plants is not well understood at the present time. Peaches Well Laden All peach varieties are well laden with fruit this year. The same seems to be true for all of the stone fruits. The winter pear varieties are going through a rather heavy June drop. Some time must elapse before the size of crop on winter pear varie ties will be apparent. As the weather warms up, increased attention should be given to the maintenance of growth on young fruit trees. Frequently such trees grow well until the hot wea ther arrives, then they set ter minal buds and grow no more the current season. The trick is to observe young trees care fully when growth is slowing up and either apply water or fertilizer or both and keep them growing. Having weather to dale has been very good. This sort of weather should start the officials inspecting the Butte Falls-Fish Lake road, as well as the others thai lead to cooler climates and good fishing. In past years these roads have been well and frequently inspected during the heat of summer. Fads and Fats, Fallout on Diet For SDA Session . Salem - Dairy and Con sumer Services and Plant In dustry personnel of the state department of agriculture will gather in Salem June 26-27 for their annual spring con ference and workshop. Setting the pace for the va ried program will be Director 3. F. Short s opening talk on "Building Agriculture." Lat est developments in two much discussed fields will conic from Dr. Margaret L. Fincke, home economics staff, and Dr. John R. Prince, radiation safe ty control officer, both of OSU. Their respective sub jects: "Fads and Fats" and "Facts on Fallout." Dr. Har old F. Hollands, also of OSU. will appear to field any ques tions posed in the agricultur al economics realm. Food Sanitation Within the regulatory field of department work, special attention will center on the balloon bread decision, food j sanitation problems and the, new integrated program in ' several official fields of pes-! ticide and residue work. Considerable discussion and study will evolve around en forcement of labeling laws in such consumer fields as meat ' products, processed foods, bak-1 cry. dairy and produce prod-1 nets and eggs. Business, prop-, erty control and personnel matters relating to staff pco-! pile are also on t lie agenda. Problems in internal and external communications will wind up the two-day session, with dairy inspectors to hold over for an additional day s meeting. Heading the conference are -Assistant Director O. K. Bonis and Division Chiefs Kenneth . tail and lluajli Taylor Chit Chat By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor The status of the European Common Market in relation to the United States and Britain still seems to be "if, and, or, but." Nobody seems to know, handle President Kennedy's Also, no definite reports are out yet on the talks be tween French President de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Macmillan on the Common Market. A fruit industry man here who is a recognized authority on import-export mat ters says he doesn't expect any immediate results. "It's a long row to hoe," he commented. No reports are forthcoming from his overseas contacts except de Gaulle has modified his stand somewhat on Britain entering the European Com mon Market. The big problem there is still the British Commonwealth and its agricultural products. England wants to bring the Commonwealth into the Common Market with it and the French so far oppose it. France is an agricultural exporter and Germany, another partner in the Common Market, is an agricultural importer. France wants to absorb the German market. Britain wants to keep the ECM markets open for her commonwealth. Members of the British Commonwealth such as New Zealand, Australia and Canada which form a sort of "common market" with England. De Gaulle seems determined to make France a major power as part of the Common Market. Or, the Common Market may be developed as a "fifth power." Even Euro pean liberals would like to see Europe assumes its "rightful position." So, in this international States on one hand trying to good will and peace toward administration is trying to couraging development of the is economic nationalism. Excluding non-Europeans is nation alism. The undeclared purpose to offset this trend. There is nothing new under the sun. The common market idea is not new. Bismark's Germany, 90 years ago also started with a common market. Liberals also boosted it. After the unification the liberals dropped or were smothered by the nationals. So, again we look to history to foresee the dangers of the future. As we reported earlier, definite deadlines for each stage of Common Market development were set earlier. The final stage is political unification. This is what de Gaulle has been pushing for rapidly. Now, according to observers, de Gaulle has drawn back. This is based on interpretation of comments from French leaders, including de Gaulle and the ECM partners: Italy, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. France seems to be waiting plication. Perhaps this is what is meant by the over-seas source in referring to modification of de Gaulle's stand. It now seems unlikely that government leaders or their in Rome in July to discuss a report. Waiting on the outside to see what Great Britain will do is Norway. About 70 to 80 per cent of its trade is tied in with the Common Market. Greece, an associate member, also is watching this development, according to the Ore gonians on the recent Greek seed mission. There is no uncertainty over the Common Market for Russia. Last week Russia suddenly suspended trade talks with the French. This was interpreted as a beginning offensive against the Common Market. The USSR possibly considers the ECM a threat to Soviet bloc economies. Earlier Soviet Premier Nikila S. Khrushchev was outspoken against the Common Market. Russia wants the same "most favored nation status" which France gives its ECM partners. France sells Russia heavy machinery in exchange for paper pulp, furs, coal, gasoline and ores. This is important to the fruit shipped to Europe goes hard silver dollars for everything sold there. Also, Europeans will buy fruit sizes the U.S. important to fruitgrowers who market when their fruit does requirements of the comparatively few super-market buyers. Altogether, the six Common Market countries spend over a billion dollars more on American products than Americans spend on ECM purchases. The potential market there is terrific! As the standard of living rises, Europeans can afford more fruit. Europeans consider fresh fruit and vegetables more of a luxury than do native-born Americans. Canada remains the most fruits and vegetables so fruit Canada will he brought into land since Canada is a Commonwealth country. I ! France is not concerned over her former African colonies since she has obtained permission from her ECM partners to give preferential treatment to products coming from former French Africa. I In this time of "brush fire wars" it is important for the United States to maintain the economic strength of areas in which it has key military and naval bases such as Japan and the South American countries. Preferential treatment for products coming into the Com mon Market from Ihe tropical former French Africa will seriously compete with products from Brazil, for instance. Even Zona Libra, the proposed Soulh American common market, would not offset any serious loss of European trade. And no other country except Great Britain is more de pendent than Japan on international trade. President Kennedy wants to force Britain into the Com mon Market so competition will stimulate the Old World country's economic enterprises and reduce the drain on world economy. Britain s ties with non-European countries, particularly her Commonwealth would offset a European nationalism. I . On the oilier hand. Kennedy's big stick could be easy access to Ihe U S. market if similar terms are extended from overseas. This includes the threat that all presently unattached countries, economically, could form a trade bloc around the U. S. Fruitgrowers, particularly, want a clause In the pro posed Trade Expansion act which would allow the United Slates to retaliate if undue discrimination is applied to U. S. goods. They feel this must be done now while the U. S. still has the big slick. Building Starts Set Washington - I'PI' - H o m e i building starts forged ahead1 to a record pace in May. ac- cording to the Commerce de- partment ; But in hard goods nianu-! factoring, business was not so ' snappy. Sales and new orders held steady at April levels and Ihe backlog of unfilled I olden declined for the thud, MEDFORD of course, how Congress will Trade Expansion act. taffy - pull we have the United foster an international spirit of man. On the other, the present set Europe on its feet by en Common Market. The ECA of the trade expansion act is for a decision on Britain s ap either the six Common Market foreign ministers will meet political unification, observers Medford pear district because in on the dollar market good housewife doesn't use. This is lose money in the domestic not meet the high uniform size import single market for U. S growers are watching to see if the Common Market with Eng-1 Record Pace consecutive month, Continuing an upsurge which began in March, starts on privately owned houses rose 3 per cent last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, This lifted starts on such homes to an early rate of 1.587.000, a new high. The previous record of 1.588.000 was tet in July, 1939. I MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. Climate Checks Root Rot From Spreading in Fir Corvallis - Climatic condi tions would seem to stop the spread of a killing root rot fungus in Oregon's valuable Douglas fir forests, despite the fact that the fungus is dam aging ornamental shrubs in adiseent areas, according to preliminary research findings at Oregon State university. Even though the fungus ap parently won't live in the state's forest soils, scientists still haven't ruled out the pos sibility that the disease could be transmitted from tree to tree via root systems if it were ever to become established. Tree Fruit Man Appointed by OSU Oregon Slate University -Appointment of an Oregon State University extension specialist in the production of tree fruits and nuts was an nounced this week. The posi tion has been vacant for the past 18 months. Robert L. Stebbins comes to Oregon State from Colo rado State university. He was named to the post which was vacated with the retirement of C. O. Rawlings, tree fruits specialists for many years. The new specialist will be responsible for e x t e nsion teaching programs in the pro duction of tree fruits and nuts, an important part of the state's agricultural economy. In 1961, tree fruit and nut crops in Oregon were valued at an estimated $32Vi mil lion. Stebbins was born in Mary land and raised in California. He received his bachelor's de gree in horticulture from Col orado State and his master's degree in pomology from the University of California at Davis. For the past three years he has been engaged in tree fruit research, concen trating on apples and peaches, at the Western Slope branch experiment station of Colo rado. Shrewsbury, Engand IUPII A crane landed on the main runway of Shrewsbury Air Force Base Monday and de layed all flying for almost an hour while airmen chased it. They finally captured the bird and sent it to the Chester zoo. 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OSU scientists have ana lyzed some 1,800 forest soil samples from western and southern Oregon. They have not found a trace of the dis ease in trying to see If it can duplicate the forest destruc tion caused by Phytophthora lateralis, the root rot which is attacking the cedar. Other parts of the forest region are considered even less climatic ally suited and presumed fun gus free. Weather Pattern Field tests over the past five years indicate that the weath er pattern in the forest area seems to work against the establishment of the fungus in the soil, according to Dr. Lewis F. Roth, OSU professor of plant pathology. He is head ing up the research work with E. George Kuhlman, plant pathologist with the South eastern Forest Experiment station. Findings thus far indicate that for successful survival in the soil, the disease needs a high soil temperature coupled with high soil moisture. Dr. Roth said. In Oregon's forest regions, in most years, soil temperature is cool when moisture is high and the soil is dry when it is warmest. Thus, while both conditions are here, they are usually not found in combination, he points out. Dr. Roth warns that It is probably too early to assume that no precautionary meas ures against the fungus dis ease will be necessary. How ever, he points out, that de cision can be made with greater confidence after studies of specific tempera ture, moisture and soil micro biological relationships of the disease are completed. Tests now being made on the OSU campus seem to bear out the temperature-moisture relationship necessary for the disease to survive, he con tinued. Some tree kill is being recorded on test plots that are both artificially heated and ir rigated during the dry season. Check plots where trees are - co-Mi IN CENTRAL POINT - 1261 or 773-4022 growing under normal condi tions, have not shown the same symptoms. In the field tests, made in a logged over narrow east-west valley near the eastern edge of the coast range in coopera tion with the bureau of land management, the fungus was injected into the soil three times in five years. It failed to survive later than June of the same year in all cases except two, when traces were recovered in October, Dr. Roth said. Inoculated Loam Helps The fungus survived best when innoculated Amity loam was introduced into the area, he noted. During the moist spring months, the disease was found to have spread up to two inches into the adja cent forest soils, but again no trace was found after June. In both cases of survival into October, the fungus was re covered from the "foreign" Amity soil . During the trials, two trees showed symptoms of the root rot disease, but both died of drought before the disease could become fully establish ed. However, the results sug gest that under slightly dif ferent conditions the disease agent could well have become established in the root sys tems of the two trees and then could have spread to other trees through the root sys tems. A general infection of root systems would allow the dis ease to sustain itself, even though it could not spread via the soil itself, Dr. Roth points out. In the two cases where survival was found in Octob er, Dr. Roth notes that in many seasons it could have lived long enough to reach FRANKLIN CUTTER West Main Pharmacy (Formerly Cash Davis Pharmacy) "Where Prescriptions are Filled Up to Standard, Not Down to Price' 135 West Main Ph. 772-2330 m Reg. Retail $ 79.95 94.95 99.95 174.50 89.50 54.95 64.50 149.95 119.00 119.50 Another reason why GRANGE CO-OP is the leader in So. Oregon farming needs REMEMBER... You Don't Have to be CtlH a MEMBER to trade! here and 421 A STREET IN ASHLAND I Phone 482-2143 the fall rainy period which Is more favorable for fungus growth. However, he adds, no one can say if the disease would have survived in the soils, which appear less fav orable to the fungus than the soil types found in the floor of the Willamette valley. Generalization of the test results to more moderate sites of the Douglas fir subregion as a whole should be done with caution. Dr. Roth stres sed, because the test area featured both extreme north ern and southern exposures with little or no shade protection. Feeder Sale Plans On Thursday Agenda A board of directors meeting for the Jackson County Livestock associa tion will be held Thursday. June 21. at 3 p.m. in the ex tension auditorium an nounced President Liroy Offenbacher. Purpose will be to set the feeder sale date for this fall, he said. All interested cat tlemen are invited to at tend, Offenbacher added. 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