Rural Roads
Farm Safety
By SCOTT LAMB i
Oregon Farm Bureau I safety-mindedness which will
Salem-This is National be of benefit to them per
Farm Safety Week, the time sonally. So many farm acci
when emphasis should be put dents are caused by carelcss
on farm safety programs ! ness and fatigue. The only
throughout the slate of Ore- j cure for such accident-indi-80n-
cators is for the individual
Purpose of the week, set to keep in mind that acci
up by the National Farm dents can happen under such
Safety Council is to encourage I conditions.
Troubles Seen
In Poultry Program
Salem - Crossbred chick-: This is the general trend
ens continue to hold the spot- j in the Oregon poultry indus-
hght in broiler production in
Oregon while the white leg
horn, historically the eating
egg producer, sits at the bot
tom of a five-year slide.
These trends are evident in
the 1961-62 operation of the
Oregon Poultry Improvement
program in which 36 dealers
and hatcheries. 267 breeding
flocks and about 320.000
breeding hens participated.
Combined capacity of the par
ticipating hatcheries held
about even with the prior
year but flocks and birds
were down slightly.
318 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard
At Friday Sale
One hundred consignors
sold 318 cattle, 17 hogs and
30 sheep during the regular
Friday sale at Midway Auc
tion yard.
Owner-Manager Bill Bray
reported the market active.
It was stronger on good qual
ity fcpdcrs and slaughter
cows. It was uneven to weak
on poor quality and mixed
breed stockers and feeders.
Not many choice quality
weaners were sold at this
time. A few penlots of good
400 to 475 pound steer calves
were sold from S24 to $25.10.
Others sold from $23 to
$24.50.
"Heifer calves went from
$22 to $23.90. We are now
sorting all fat heifer' calves
off for veal and they bring
$24 to $25," Bray commented.
Yearling steers were higher
this week. A good number of
600 to 675 pound steers sold
from S23 to $23.90. Medium
grade steers sold for $20 to
$22.50 and steers with dairy
cross were selling from $17
to $19.50.
Yearling Heifers
Yearling heifers were very
strong this week. Good qual
ity heifers weighing from
500 to 650 pounds sold from
$21 to $22.90. Medium qual
ity heifers sold for $20 to
$21.50 and dairy cross white
face heifers sold from $16 to
SIS. 50.
"Our better cows with
calves sold from $190 to
$202.50 per pair and the
medium kind went from $161
to $181 per pair," Bray add
ed. "The bull market was
steady to strong with 12
slaughter hulls to sell," Bray
reported. "We got from $20.10
to $21.20 for the heavy, lean
bulls and from $18.10 to
$19.80 for light bulls. One big
fat bull sold for $18.10."
The veal market was
steady. Choice calves sold for
$24 to $26.30. Medium calves
brought $22 to $23.90.
Young, fat cows sold for
$15.50 to $16.90. Utility cows
brought $14.10 to $15.40 and
cutters. $12 to S13.90.
A few plain quality grass
fat steers sold from $18.50
to $21 and several good grass
fat heifers went from $18 to
$22.40.
Fat Lambs
Fat lambs sold for $18.10.
Feeder lambs brought $15.50.
Fat hoes sold for $18.10 to
$19.10. Sows sold for $14.20.
60 to 70 pound feeder pigs
brought $11 to $14 per head
and weaner pigs
brought $7
to SI 1 per head
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try and one that says in pret
ty plain words, according to
Earl Reitsma. the program
supervisor, that the poultry
industry here is shrinking.
He says the decreased
number of leghorns (42.125
last year compared with 102,-
153 five years ago.) reflects
the slow export demand for
egg-type chicks and hatching
eggs. On the other hand, the
hatcheryman is getting more
mileage from breeder hens
by using their egg production
over a 12-month period rath
er than during a three-months
run as in years past.
The majority of flocks sup
plying hatcheries in Oregon
are enrolled in this voluntary
program, which aims at con
trol of pullorum and typhoid
and also the improvement of
meat and egg quality. The
past year saw 10 pullorum
breaks involving five Oregon
and two out-of-state hatcher
ies, which accounted for the
highest percentage of reactors
in 15 years but still well
under two-tenths of one per
cent. Flocks in which blood
testing reveals pullorum dis
ease are re-tested or sent to
market.
The Oregon program, with
a similar one for turkeys, is
operated under the National
Plans with like objectives.
Reitsma, who was poultry
delegate to the National
Plans conference in Minnea
polis last month, says a num
ber of program changes -some
used in Oregon for
years - were recommended.
One, effective July 1. 1963,
will prohibit use of common
feeders or waterers for tested
and untested flocks. Another
would require a three-weeks
interval between the use of
some drugs and a blood test
or autopsy which could affect
a pullorum or typhoid class
ification. Beef Roasts
In Late July,
Corvallis-Becf roasts, lamb.
turkey and eggs are likely to
be bargain-priced in Oregon
markets in late July and Au
gust, advise Oregon State Uni
versity extension food mar
keting specialists.
Barbara McCandless and
Jean Shipman, OSU market
ing specialists, say beef steaks
and chops for broiling com
mand highest summer prices,
but real savings are apparent
in roasts and boiling beef.
Lamb prices tend to lower
seasonally during July-November,
they say, with August
being a better time to buy
leg of lamb than this month.
All sizes of turkey are in
good supply, say the special
ists. Produce in Season
Oregon-grown produce in
season in July includes green
cattlemen to sell good qual
ity feeders weighing over 600
pounds as soon as possible,"
Bray advised. "This market
is very hungry for them at
this time and there is a very
strong possibility that they
will be considerably lower
this fall when a large supply
of cattle hit the market.
"We can be sure of getting
prices as good or better than
those quoted above. If we had
i a lot of them in one sale we
could get more,'' he con-
; eluded.
Public
It may come as a surprise
to many people to know that
more automobile accidents of
a fatal nature happen on
rural roads rather than on
our better highways which
are equipped to handle traf
fic. Blind corners, sharp
curves in the road and loose
gravel are primary causes of
such accidents.
It behooves all people driv
ing on rural highways to use
extra caution in their driving
habits. Automobile accidents
alone are one of our most
expensive pursuits of our
everyday life. If we were to
pay for our highway accidents
on a cash basis, along with
our purchase of gasoline, the
cost would amount to 13 cents
with each gallon of gas. Since
the cost is somewhat hidden
by annual insurance prem
iums, we often forget it is a
cash outlay to take care of
our carelessness on the high
ways. Safety Personal Matter
Farm safety is a difficult
problem for the Farm Bureau
or any other group to work
with-since it is a personal
matter and not one of organ
ization. The best that can be
done is to remind people of
accident hazards and the bal
ance is up to each individ
ual to carry out.
Wiley Clowers, Oregon
Farm Bureau president, in
speaking of rural safety,
stated: "Farm accidents are
one of our most costly op
erating expenses in the state
of Oregon. While they are
seemingly rare and do not
occur with excessive rapidity
in individual communities,
the overall picture of farm
accidents is alarming in the
state of Oregon. Accidents are
very costly and thousands of
dollars may be spent as a
result of one seemingly small
accident.
"The economics of accidents
is perhaps the smallest and
most insignificant part of ac
cidents. The heartbreak, the
pain and suffering that go
with accidents cannot be re
compensed by any amount of
money. For this reason I
would like to call on all the
farm families of Oregon to
make National Farm Safety
week, July 22-28, a week in
which they will begin to think
of safety as the number one
factor in their farm operation.
I know of no greater area of
farming which will pay great
er dividends to the farm fam
ily. Farm safety at work and
play should be remembered
the year around.'
Good Buy
August
and yellow wax beans, beets,
lettuce, green onions, romaine
and tomatoes. Shipped in veg
etables are corn, cucumbers,
endive-escarole, peas and rad
ishes. Watch for bonus buys
on frozen green beans, broc
coli, potato products and spin
ach, advise home economists.
Fresh fruits in season are
apricots, bananas, blackber
ries, boysenberries, loganber
ries, raspberriesv cantaloupes,
cherries, grapes, honeydew
melons, lemons, nectarines,
peaches, plums-prunes, and
watermelons.
A record pack of more than
100 million gallons of frozen
orange concentrate makes or
ange juice a good buy during
these months, they continue.
A large U.S. peach crop is
also expected, about 18 per
cent above average.
Fishery products that will
furnish most for the money
include cod, fish sticks, floun
der, halibut, rockfish, salmon,
scallops and shrimp.
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Grasshoppers Hit
Local Range Lands
A grasshopper survey is
now being made of range
lands in Jackson county to
Market Steady
At Rogue Yard
On Saturday
Phoenix - The market was
steady to active on all classes
of cattle with 228 head sold,
according to Manager Bob
Rever.
Common cattle sold for a
dollar h i g h e r., While - face
baby calves sold at $35 to $43
per head. Holstcin calves sold
at $29 to $35 per head. Jersey
and Guernsey calves sold at
$10 to $17 per head. Good
quality steer calves sold at $24
to $25.10 per hundredweight.
Light good quality heifer
calves sold at $22.50 to $23.70
per hundredweight.
Yearling steers sold at $22
to $23.70 per hundredweight.
Yearling heifers sold at $21
to $22.60 per hundredweight.
Holstein light steers at 300
to 500 pounds sold at $21 to
$22. Heavy Holstcin steers in
the 700 to 900 pound class
sold at $17.50 to $20 per hun
dredweight. Light, common cross dairy
type steers in the 400 to 600
pound class sold at $16.50 to
$19 per hundredweight.
Slaughter cows were steady
with the young cows selling at
$17.10 to $19.30. Utility cows
sold at $14 50 to $15.40 and
canncrs and cutters sold at
$13.50 to $14.70. A few yel
low cows sold down to
per hundredweight.
"Cattle numbers are
ting short in California
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get
and We
their run is almost over
have had many calls
from
buyers there and look for a
strong market on all classes
of cattle. If you are going to
send cattle to the sale, please
call and let me know so I can
tell the buyers when they
call." Bever advised.
Very little feed is wasted
when salt - in the form of a
high salt, protein supplement
-is given the job of doling
out rations.
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determine how serious is the
infestation reported by a
number of ranchers. Gene
Winters, county agent re
ported. Early surveys show grass
hoppers averaging eight to 10
per square yard. Winters said.
Over five per square yard is
considered serious, Winters
explained.
Most of the survey work is
being done on public domain
and bureau of land manage
ment lands, Winters said, and
in the Lake creek area.
"It may be possible to work
out a cooperative agreement
I on a control program with the
federal, state and county gov
ernment participating," t h e
county agent said. "However,
such a cooperative program
requires a block of at least
10,000 acres."
Agreement Possible
If an agreement is reached,
a survey will bp made next
spring to cherk the hatchout.
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be picked up such as dysentery and perhaps
even typhoid.
In some cases the weather
will take care of it, Winters
noted. If not the land will
have to be treated for grass
hopper control. Either insect!'
cides are applied by airplane
or baits are used if there are
lots of trees.
"If we can knock the grass
hoppers in one year down to
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chances are we won't have
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years." the county agent said
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vv inters observed some
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