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Better Understanding Now Between Growers, Officials By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Medford district fruit grow- ers feel today they have reached a better understand ing with state and federal officials on fruit harvest labor problems peculiar to this area. U.S. Department of Labor representatives during the meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club Saturday night with fruit industry leaders agreed local growers this year have done all "that is reason able" to obtain domestic pick ers for the critical winter pear harvest period from ap proximately Sept. 1 to Oct. 15. They Indicated lo the 10 fruit growers present that Mexican Nationals may be brought into this area when they are needed. But, they did not commit themselves as to Uie number and time. Further negotiations were in dicated. Labor Deparlment Representing the U.S. De partment of Labor Saturday night were Jack S. Dom nachie, deputy assistant direc tor, bureau of employment security, U.S. Labor Depart ment, Washington, D.C.; Clin ton Johnson, regional direc tor, U.S. Department of La bor, Seattle, Wash.; and Joe Bccson, farm field representa tive from the Seattle regional office. David Cameron, Ore gon commissioner, department of employment was present. Carl Saltveit, assistant slate labor commissioner, repre sented Norman Nilsen, Ore gon commissioner of labor. Cameron's office coordi nates labor recruitment ac tivities and farm labor place ment with the U.S. Depart ment of Labor offices and Clinton Johnson, of the labor department's regional office. Cameron stated he would. as he has in the past, do all in his power to assist local growers with their problems. He was complimented by the growers for his past services, His office has not been under criticism. Domnachle told the grow ers: "You have been treated no different from any other group of farmers. You may not get justice, but you will at least get equity." The labor officials agreed growers had done all they could towards hiring domes tic labor, after a number of shippers and growers testified thai less than half of the do mestics slay in the orchards longer than two or three days. Senator Morse declared that Medford orchards should not become the dumping ground for social welfare cases from Portland. Navajos Impractical The Oregon senator re marked, "All this talk on bringing Navajo Indians In here is a pipe drcaml This would involve lots of social problems. 1 have talked to the Indian bureau about this." The federal labor officials agreed. Cameron, Oregon em ployment commissioner, noted there have been conflicting reports on the efficiency of Navajos as orchard workers. His personal experience with A SAFE FAHIV3 is a PRODUCTIVE FARM This Is FARM SAFETY WEEK Farming it one nf the moll hatardoua oc cupation! in America today. This deei not mean that it ii qerting want, but it il improving at a very flow rate. More peo ple are killed on rhe farm than In any other industry; however, in deathl per 100,000 workrn it ranki third, only be hind mining and conitruction. Injury and delay can mean the difference between a good crop and no cropl Molt accident! are avoidable, lo gat in the habit ot "cul tivating" later,! Don't delay! Check your machinery, equipment, yard and building! today! Remove all haiardi and make alll necenary repair! and replacement!. . . AND WHEN YOU REPLACE YOUR EQUIPMENT SEE u us 1 n F,RSiULbx J ft You're Always ' Welcome at TUESDAY. JULY 24. 1962 a crew showed them to be good workers, Cameron add ed. Robert Norris, horticultur ist for Reter Fruit company, opened tl"e issue of whether Mexican Nationals should be authorized to pick peaches. He declared an arbitrary de cision was made by the fed eral labor officials two years ago not to allow the nationals to pick peaches In the Med ford district. "This was my decision be cause I wanted to open up job opportunities in other areas," Johnson said. "I will consider modifying that." "Every type and variety of fruit should be considered now," Ray Reter, owner of Reter Fruit company, urged. "I'm asking for a conference now on the Jobs the Mexicans can do!" Need Mexican! For Peachas Lyle Kinney, Bear Creek Orchards, replied his com pany has used Mexicans "to dig out of an emergency" when not enough pickers were available to pick peaches which are more perishable than pears. This problem has to be solved in three or four hours when it" occurs, he said, and cannot wall for a telephone call to start through Harold Clement Gets Promotion Salem - A Clackamas coun ty man, John Cramer of Mol alla, has been named assist ant personnel officer of the state department of agricul ture at Salem. He retired about a year ago from U. S. Army service, with his last assignment as person nel officer with the Sixth Army at San Francisco pre sidio. The department also an nounced the promotion of Harold Clement, Medford, to assistant supervisor of the district federal-state shipping point inspection office at Hood River. He has been with the department since 1949, with Medford his base sta tion. In another promotion. Charles Stewart has become assistant supervisor of the Klamath district shipping point office at Merrill. He joined the department in October 1945, working first at Ontario. About a year ago he was assigned to the Kla math district. In a third promotion, O. E. Heman, of the grain division at Portland, was advanced to grain weigher-sampler fore man, succeeding Frank Strell- man who retired under state service several months ago. Two resignations in the veterinary division will be effective shortly. Dr. James S. Locke will leave after a year with the department to be associated with a private practice In Redmond. Dr. Hans P. Vinkel-Jenscn, vet erinary meat inspector for the Salem district, will enter federal meat Inspection serv ice. NASH r- 1 mm 1 f .r . 1 km FORD TRACTOR IMPLEMENT CO. 3005 Cr.l.r lake Hiway - 773-6425 government channels lo ob tain the needed permission. Senator Morse suggested labor department officials al low the fruit growers to act to meet emergencies, but in vestigate any violation of the agreement. The Oregon senator assured the group he has made a thorough study of the Mexi can National problem. The Medford pear district deserves an assured labor supply and should know in advance how many Mexican Nationals they are allowed. Norris and Medford fruit grower Howard Bush assured the labor department officials use of Mexican Nationals only when qualified domestic workers are unavailable. It costs $85 a man to bring them to this area, he said. (Last year only 15 per cent of the daily crew were Mexicans, growers said.) "Because of the cost, we hire less Nationals than we require and it means drag ging out the picking at the end of the season because we do not have enough help," Bush added. Bush agreed with Reter that the number of unem ployed given in federal sta tistics does not mean that a certain number of people is able and willing to pick pears. Growers already have a labor shortage In current thinning operations, Bush noted. Regarding the tentative la bor department ruling on a $1 an hour minimum wage for pickers, Morse repeated that the question should be -is the piece rale now paid a fair one? He suggested some supervision at the time the piece rate is established at the beginning of the picking season. The community has a right lo be assured that a picker will receive a fair wage for a fair piece of work, Morse added. Cameron assured local fruit growers Monday of his 100 per cent cooperation. Grow ers praised him for his coop eration and noted he has a difficult job as liaison man between federal labor offi cials and growers. Local Soldier Gets Congratulations Warren B. Heinbach of Med ford and five oilier soldiers stationed at Greenland have been congratulated by U. S. Army officials for making a nigged trip through the snow and ice in record time. The six drove a huge trac tor from Thule to Camp Cen tury, a trip that normally takes 10 days. Using special new equipment, they made it in 22 hours. Word of the expedition and subsequent congratula tions was received here by Heinbach's mother, Mrs. C. O. Lack, 2i;)0 Harrison ave. Of the six-man party that made the trip, five were from Oregon, prompting the colo nel In charge lo remark that the Thule lo Camp Century route should he named "The Oregon Trail." i FAMILY SAFETY at Work Dud Sales and Service J Replacement Parts f Industrial Machinery j Farm Machinery r Earth Bird Rote-tillers New and Used Tractors and Equipment for very job. I SEE OUR REDIRAIN Sprinkler Irrigation Syttam A Equipment ASK ANY FARMER OR ORCHARDIST WHO OWNS ONE Farm & Chit Chat By JOE COWLEY ' Mail Tribune Farm Editor There have been a number of zoning meetings in rural areas recently. Much of the opposition has come from people who don't understand the purpose and benefits of zoning. So, we feel a pamphlet issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture on zoning for rural areas is appropriate. These are some of the questions which rural area residents should ask themselves when considering zoning the pamphlet suggests: Is your rural neighborhood changing? What kind of place will it be in next year? In five years? after that? Will it develop into the kind of community you and your neighbors want? Or will it become such a haphazard mixture of conflicting land uses? Such a mixture often depresses property values and causes friction among neighbors. "The principal public way available to citizens for guid ing the growth of their community toward desired ends is to use the planning zoning process. More and more rural people are doing this through their local government bodies aided by community planning and zoning boards. "Planning and zoning boards are local public agencies established to serve their counties, towns, or townships. The boards are usually appointed by the elected local governing body. Public hearings at which all interested citizens may appear and be heard are required before proposed plans and zoning regulations, or changes in them, can be officially adopted. Appeal procedures and other safeguards are pro vided by law. "Zoning is most successful in a community that has worked out a masterplan of development. Such a plan out lines what the community wants in the future and suggests how present and future improvements and land uses should be related. "The master plan should be based on a study of re sources, problems, needs and potentials of the community," according to the pamphlet. Jackson county is making such a study now. Zoning is a two-parl process. First, the community is divided by means of a local zoning ordinance into suitable kinds of districts (or zones) for different general uses. Most county ordiances establish industrial, business, resi dential, and agricultural zones as a minimum. Some forested counties have created only three kinds of zones forestry, recreational, and unrestricted. Fast-growing counties near a big city may need two or three kinds of zones each for residences, for business, and for industry, in addition to one or more kinds of farming districts. Regulations within each zone are applied to limit: (1) dimensions of buildings and other structures. Farm buildings are usually exempted. (2) Size of the building lot or tract used for non-farm purposes and the part of the tract that can be covered by buildings. (3) Density of population, especially In residential area, (4) The broad purposes for which the buildings and land may be used. "Most of these regulations are used in nonfarm zones. Those used in farm zones are designed to protect agriculture, not to regulate it," the pamphlet stated. Although regulations vary by zones, within each zone all properties of the same kind or class must be treated alike. FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLETT This period of hot dry wea ther is exceliont for many tasks that have to be done on local farms and ranches. Haying during (his weather should be accomplished in a minimum of time as it is good curing or drying weather. II is also a fine time for killing weeds by mechanical means such as tillage tools and even by the use of hoes. The growers of many crops especially garden and fruit crops will want to he especial ly careful now and keep the spider mites and leaf hoppers under control. Either of these pests can cause the loss of great quantities of the leaves from a large variety of eco nomic plants. Any pear trees that have brown leaves from mile damage have already been neglected too long and it will be very difficult to control their mite population. If the leaf loss is very great on pear trees the resulting crop will be of small size and poor quality. The same is Irue of peach trees and more so on older aged trees than on young trees that are growing very vigorously. Consult your spray ehemu-al salesman for malerials and advise if you 4-Hcrs & Future Farmers! Will your animals be well groomed for the fair? Drop in and check our grooming aids and small pat supplies! Franklin Shampoo l Coat Drilling Shear! Wool Cards Bruinei Electric Clipper Groomino. Comb. Turf Hone Groomino. Supplies S I H Orten Stamps, Tas. West Main 135 West Main MEDFORD MAIL Garden have a mile or leaf hopper problem. Farmers and ranchers should disc or otherwise pro vide a fire lane between dry grass and stubble fields and any public roads. Even after this has been done, additional fire lanes should be separate such fields or fire hazard areas from their buildings and such other valuable items as equipment and stacks of hay. The fire danger is great now and such simple precautions as fire lanes may prevent heavy losses to fire that start ed in a dry field. A recent inspection of some fertilizer plots that were established in a hay field last spring and in accordance with the results of soil tests show that no benefit was gained from the use of potash or phosphate fertilizer. The grass plots that received nitrogen fertilizer however, were far superior to no fertilizer in the amount of hay produced. Many teen aged boys from I he area have been employed on farms and ranches this season. Some of these boys have made good hired hands and have benefited from the experience. A far larger num ber are not employable for a number of reasons. Most are lazy or have led such a soft, protected life that work makes them unhappy. Their parents often agree that they are being misused and allow Ihem to resume a life of loaf ing. Teen-aged boys have a need for moncv if for no . other reason than because I other boys have it. Therefore, il follows that boys who have ' earned Iheir money will not i have to steal gas for their ve ! hides or olher property for sale in order lo ride, have money and be socially accept able. Pharmacy Phone) 772-2330 TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Sawyer Gives Plans On State Milk Audit Salem - General policies which Kenneth W. Sawyer expects to follow in adminis tration of the state milk audit Grain Price Gain Likely To Hold; Seed Prices Mixed Corvallis-Most of the past season's gains in Oregon grain prices seem likely to be main tained this fall, reports Ray Teal, Oregon State Univer sity extension seed marketing specialist. Hay supplies are shorter than expected and seed price prospects are mix ed. Writing in the new Oregon Farm and Market Outlook circular, Teal notes that prices of some feed grains this summer and fall are ex pected to be somewhat higher than a year ago. Supplies of Northwest feed grains are smaller than last year as harvest approaches, feeding has been heavy, and there are some indications exports may improve. Prospects now are that Oregon barley yields will be better than last year, off-set in part by acreage cuts under the feed grain program. New barley and corn prices may be a little above last year, Teal said. Based on feeding value, oats have been over priced and other feed grains are being substituted. Northwest white wheat prices have been adjusting up ward toward the new support price levels for the 1962 crop, but whether prices will con tinue above loan value equiv alents as in 1961 remains to be seen, he points out. This price level could con tinue if export markets are maintained or increased be cause Northwest white wheat carryover is the smallest in years and the 1962 crop is expected to be about the same as 1961, the specialist writes. Hay Outlet Changed The hay market outlook was changed by the cold wet spring weather with the re sult that prices for the 1962 63 season could move above this past season's levels, Teal states. Stocks of hay in Ore gon and Washington are f This Message Another Public Service of YOUR GRANGE CO-OP 1 - - r I r- Ta ; i m U . ! it V;vl : . ninw , . ,m .iln lii.M.Nli f .n,..,., if l,liili,v- iVt:. UPPLY ASS HIGHWAY 99 IN CENTRAL POINT Phone 664-1261 or 773-4022 program were outlined in a letter he sent July 11 to all Oregon milk dealers and pro ducer marketing agents. Following resignation of Audit Supervisor D. P. Shoup, now manager of Ore gon Milk Producers, Director of Agriculture J. F. Short combined the milk audit and producer milk stabilization programs into a new division, with Sawyer as chief. Ken neth Hickok, vetern on the auditing staff, was advanced to audit supervisor undef Sawyer. Sawyer wrote dealers and agents that he does not antici pate any basic changes in the milk audit activity but that he hopes to clarify policy and understanding in several areas, including possible re visions and simplification of report forms. "Every effort will be made to cooperate with the in dustry," he promised, "and still carry out department re sponsibilities in seeing that producers are properly paid under their contracts and agreements." (This means dealer pay ment to the producer of the smaller than a year ago, feed ing was heavy, and prospec tive higher alfalfa and red clover seed prices could di vert some acres from hay to seed harvest. As far as seed prices are concerned, Teal makes the following observations in the Outlook: Ryegrass seed-hard to pre dict because supply manage ment programs being consid ered and final size of the 1962 crop are unknown. Com mon ryegrass supplies are about in line, but supplies of perennial seed are considered much larger than recent dis appearance. The combined supply of these two crops may have effects on each other that are difficult to ap praise now. Bentgrass seed prices this year should hold around last year's levels. The supply on hand is small now, but the 1962 crop may be larger than a year ago. Fine fescue seed is still in trouble with large carryovers of seed in Canada which may be dumped in the United Stales this year. Prices to growers may be lower this ' year than last. 9H mm established stabilization price on class 1 milk and for class 2 milk on basis of the indi vidual pool contract or agree ment price.) Plans Mora Help He said his office hopes to give more assistance, especial ly to smaller dealers where needed, in pooling proce dures, records and reports. He said immediate attention will be given, in person or by mail, to some matters of this nature. 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Accidents are costly; and injury involves loss of time from doing the job, loss of efficiency for the individual and the family, loss of ma terial value, and lastly and most important, loss for the entire nation. s 2 GRANGE co-op ..r-uTOii POINT OCBATSOtM 421 A STREET IN ASHLAND Phone 482-2143 the fees which support the audit program. He point: out confusion exists as to who makes the fee payment on milk purchased from pro ducer marketing agents. Thu confusion in records may be avoided if dealers and mar ket agents will remember this simple rule: the person who issues the check to the individual producer should deduct and pay the aduit fee to Sawyer's office. Can be used for e Hog house a Cattle barn a Poultry house a Machinery storage e Grain storage a All-purpose I If- Yet, Mr. Firmer, It'i up to you. Safety check yourhouse, barn and equipment for continuous safe op eration. Don't reap ac cidents; make evary week . . . FARM SAFETY WEEK! it. -' vy 1 " UK1 A - 4 ,i ,:lrl
