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MEDFORD MAIU TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON TUESDAY. AUGUST 28. 1962 VISIT PLOTS A group of Rogue valley farmers last week visited the various plots at the Southern Oregon Branch Experiment Station on Hanley rd. A group of the farmers Station Field Day Shows By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor About 45 agriculturists last week attended the field day at the Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station. There xney saw possioimies 01 long er productive pasture and new improved crop varieties to "give the farmer a higher yield in value per acre. Weed control and fertiliza tion experiments were pointed 'out, also. Rescue grass could be used for winter forage. This new -variety would be important to dairy and beef farmers who must kppn thnir fopH posts uuwii iu a iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iu iiiorvc profit. Another possible iry nere is a new ana im proved orchard grass which has a longer season of produc tivity than other grasses and will produce forage during hot weather when some other fe ui . ....... Tmnnvtan Tn fattlamart This latter variety would he liiipui idiiL iu lutoi itiuitiucii using government range lands. However, White pointed out that range experiments are costly and lime-consuming. There is no particular grass Building Plans, Milk Law Discussed by State Board Salem - Preliminary plans for the proposed new state de partment of agriculture build ing in the capitol mall were approved by the piale board l lire li up, The board immediately rec- ommcnHoH that tlm HnilHino carrying a price tag in the unn nnn ranpp hp included -in the 196365 capital con struction program. ' The next step in the build ing program is lo gain appro val 01 me siaie department of finance and administration for inclusion in the gover- gram to be presented to the 1963 legislature. Already, the capitol plan ning commission has approv ed space at North Winter and Union sta. in the capitol mall. This is two blocks tiorth of the recently occu pied Labor and Industries building. Plans drawn by Architect James L. Payne, Salem, call for a 120 by 160 fcol struc ture with full basement and two stories and about 40,000 feet of usable space. s re quired of any new stale con Ftruciion, the plans include a fallout shelter in the base Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan LAitLJ F. R. Brennan, C.I. A. MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE 773-7343 27 North Holly Street ; ' :. -iff;- f 4 ? s inspected an aifaifa ploi snown in the pic ture. Original plants of the Talent alfalfa variety are being maintained and a seed crop will be obtained this year. r mjL- which would be best for al soils, moisture conditions and uses, the experiment station superintendent emphas i z e d. However, local farmers use a lot of rye grass and this tends to become dormant during hot spells. Aim of forage grass ex periments is to even out the productivity curve so feed is available all summer. Double cropping was an other experiment showed the group. It, too. is aimed at helping the beef and dairy men. Agronomist John Yun gen used oats and vetch and oats and field peas which could be taken off as silage or hay. After the first crop removal Yungen worked the soil, irri gated it and seeded it to sev eral crops such as field and sweet corn, forage sorghum, and field corn seeded thickly with a grain drill. The latter method is a new one used mainly in the mid west. When the field corn is shoulder high or just before it starts to lassie, it is cut like grass. This is aimed at more feed on less acreage and high protein content. A possible new crop for Rogue valley farmers which ment. In another matter, the board heard Kenneth W. Sawyer,- milk audit and stabiliza tion division chief, declare that the milk stabilization program has resulted in a rea sonable degree of stability to the market, though all pro ducers and distributors may not be happy with it. He said no chaotic price breaks have occurred since the last legis lature authorized the stabili zation program, due to ex pire on Dec. 31, this year. Looking ahead. Sawyer said he could not be completely optimistic about the present moves to organize producers for bargaining purposes and for voluntary equalization purposes. He said a complete ly voluntary program is desir able but poses a big question mark because, to his knowl edge, no stale has been able to achieve one. He predicted that if a price break should come following the next legislature a federal milk marketing order would result for Oregon; on the oth er hand, if a price break should come during the legis lature, producers would im mediately ask the legislature for a slate order. FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS, SELECT A CERTIFIED INSURANCE AGENT. QUALIFIED There 't Two Qualified Insurance Agents at may give them a high dollar return per acre is bush beans for seed. The station team is experimenting with this so when the market should open it will be ready to give local farmers the required technical advice on growing it. Bush Bear. Possibilities Two factors might open the bush bean seed market to lo cal farmers: (1) the gradual switch from hand - picking bush beans lo machine-picking, and (2) gradual decline in bush bean seed production in Idaho. A greater quantity of bush bean seed will be needed to replace the bushes destroyed now in one season by machine picking in the Willamette val ley. Machine picking also re quires more acreage to make application of harvest ma chines profitable. With the ad vent of the Rogue basin proj ect this could be a profitable crop for newly irrigated acres. Idaho is specializing more in potatoes. Another comparative new comer lo the valley is Saf flower. This has assumed new importance due to recent pro motion of its use in low cal orie food products. A small plot of this thistle-like crop in front of the experiment sta tion building shows it can be grown here "quite satisfactor ily," Yungen said. It could produce a little better income per acre than barley, for in stance. While added. Safflower was examined about four years ago as a pos sible new crop for the valley However, the market price was too low to warrant ship ping lo the San Francisco area processing plants. Vegetable plols behind the small white, concrete block experiment station building showed new varieties. Charts showed results from eight top varieties led by the top-rated Colorado No. 6. This variety produced 144.6 per cent more onions than the standard Fies ta grown here, the records show. Hybrids Promising "This and several new hy brid onions show promising yield and keeping value after 120 days in storage," Yungen said. "It costs almost as much lo grow the old variety," White pointed out. Jackson county consumers have learned they can buy top quality sweet corn at local fruit and vegetable stands this time of year. Experiment sta tion records show the top va riety of five produced $238.80 more value per acre than the standard lo-Chicf. Again, pro duction costs are about the same. ' Several of the most promi ing new lines of tomatoes are being evaluated for commer cial and home garden use. One of the top varieties out pro duces the standard Ace vari ety and is ready before the early spring frost. Several strains of garden peas and nine new breeding lines of rhubarb are being evaluated. Several show com mercial possibilities. Fourteen varieties and lines of soybeans, comprising the two earliest maturing groups from the USDA soy bean la boratory are being grown. Lo cal farmers are interested since this crop. too. may pro duce a higher dollar per acre yield. New crop varieties are rec ommended from usually three years of experimentation and evaluation, the station super inlcndent explained. Confer ences of local farmers, county agents, experiment station people and college technician compare the weak and strong points of all recommended va rieties. Then after they have been proved reliable in exper imental plois throughout the valley and under a variety of conditions; then and only then are they recommended for farmer ue. While concluded. Farm i tnit Br JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor "Food is a bargain," according to a message carried on the back of a package of corn flakes. On the same back panel that furry philosopher Yogi Bear A total of 104 consignors is also quoted assaying, "Your food today takes less of your sold 39S cattle, 44 hogs and 1585 ' 51 sheep during the regular This colorfully illustrated message also says: The Amerl-' Friday- Aus' 24 auction sale at can consumer today is reaping the fruits of 170 years ofMldwav Auction yard on Ta progress in lowering costs for consumer goods measured in , rd. hours of work. We eat and live i Each farm worker grows 80 per cent more food. Today you work fewer hours to earn a month's supply of food; 50 hours in 1947-49 and 38 hours today. Today food costs a smaller percentage of your income: 26 per cent in 1947-49 and 20 per cent today. While U. S. citizens spend 20 per cent of their income for food, the English spend 30 per cent and the Russians 50 per cent or more. ! I And this illustrates a good point: While we may be ' behind in the missile or rocket lo moon race, we are way I ahead in the food race. This, we think, is far more im - portant and should be better Putting this message on the back of a corn flakes box doe i get it directly to the consumer. However, we wish anoi ler food medium had been used, some wise-acre could real'iy capitalize on this. Some critics might say President Kennedy's speeches could best be carried on a corn flakes box. And we have thought a corn flakes manufacturer would be a natural sponsor for Jack Benny. Don't expect any action from the county court on addi tional fair board appointments until after the elections in November. The two Republican members of the court prob ably consider this a hot potato politically and will toss it around quite a bit. County Commissioner Chester Wendt definitely stated the present three man fair board should be expanded to five. He just as definitely stated the addi tional appointments would not mean the court would favor an open class fair such as Josephine county now has. Incidentally, Josephine County Fair Manager Lee Pruitl reports last week's fair attendance shows a 2,500 lo 3,000 increase in paid admissions over last year. Daily attendance comparisons are: Wednesday, 1961 3,503, this year, 4.933; Thursday, 19614,624, this year, 5.873; Friday, 1961 5,433, this year, 5.229; Saturday, 19615,098, this year 5,374. A hot day kept the Friday all came at night, Pruitt said. "Were there any Jackson county people here? Hundreds of them,'' Pruitt said. "I know a number of them and talked to a lot. We also had a lot of tourists from all over the country." The county court has said repeatedly, "if the public showed an interest in a general fair we would consider one." If the large number of Jackson county residents attending the Josephine county fair doesn't show an interest, we don't know what docs! The large number of tourists attending the Josephine county fair certainly indicates this is a top flight tourist attraction. If the Medford Chamber of Commerce is so intent on keeping the tourists here an extra day lo get a bigger slice of the tourist pay a county fair now, more than ever, seems a natural. If a stadium is to become a political issue then so should a fair. Leadership should come from farmer organizations. It s a chance for the Granges and Farm Bu reaus to prove they are more than lunch and picnic organizations. Pruitt said our neighbor's fair this year had the largest open class sheep and hog exhibits ever. A number of Jackson county people showed their sheep. This indicates exhibitor interest. The poultry and rabbit exhibits attracted the largest crowds, Pruitt said. Josephine county fair has long had the outstanding rabbit exhibit in the Pacific Northwest, he added. All exhibits were well attended, the fair manager said. There were new commercial exhibits, large rock, floral and household arts and crafts The headliner show of Dennis credited with drawing many the point made by the Oregon rair Boards association fair must be entertaining. Pruitt said the fair could be self-supporting If It did not make any building improvements. It is financed by slate money, admissions, building rentals, and an annual county budget appropriation. The Josephine county fair grounds have more off season activities every year, the manager noted. This includes banquets and conventions. While comparing the two counties fair-wise, a newcomer to the valley commented, "Well, Josephine county seems to have better leadership in the county government." Any body who has any pride in this county should hate to admit this. But, as we said, a fair is something everybody talks about and nobody does anything about. As for the fruit industry and its problems with exports -Under Secretary of State George W. Ball has promised to inform France that if non-tariff barriers are not dropped the United States will discontinue trade concessions to France. Fruit growers are lo be informed early in Seplember on what has been done. Talks on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are scheduled in October. The United States does not seem to be holding a hard line in its international relations. Whether this will be the exception remains to be seen. ' An article in the Aug 22 Christian Science Monitor points out the difficulty: "My feeling (that France will not permit Britain to enter the Common Market unless it can dump its surplus wheat and meal on Britain at a new high price) would be different if there had ever been much sign of the American administration understanding what was happening or even what is involved. No pressure has ever yet been put on France by the United Slates to do anything but that which she is doing. Nobody has even made a speech saying the door should be opened. Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) has been criticized sharply for her remarks during a meeting of representatives of the National Fruit Export Council with 18 senators in Washington, D C. in June. During a discussion on the threat to the fruit industry with the possible entry of Britain and her Commonwealth into the Common Market, the senator in sisted on pushing Japan into the serious, weighty talk, crs she is not for fruit growers. The fruit growers would Japan is important to the United States as part of our Pacific defenses, but she is not a vital issue in fruit export ing to the Common Market. Japan, like many other coun- j tries, knows it must tie itself into the Common Market as a ! safety belt precaution. It would like to have Britain, France, i Beligum, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg withdraw use of the escape clause of the General Agreement on Tariffs! and Trade against Japan. It wants to be an equal trading partner. Whereas Japan is a vital market for Oregon wheat grow ers she is not for fruit growers. The fruitg rowers would like the senator to bear this In mind. If she is to receive their support when she comes up for election later she will have to demonstrate a much, much better understanding of their problems. and Garden si , what better than ever before. recognized. I afternoon crowds away. They exhibits, to mention a few. Day and a magic show were of the tourists. This bears out I Market Active !A.MiA.v,ni ni i iiuiiui I uiu j ' 'For Friday Sale Owner-Manager Bill Bray ! reported the market was ac- live and strong, Good lo choice steer calves s'd 81 S-5 to $26 85. Eleven head averaging 4:i0 pounds sold for $25.90. Quite a few calves were sold from $26 lo $26.50. Bray noted. Heifer calves went out at S-3 u to $25 10. Yearling steers weighing 550 to 600 pounds sold for $24.20 to $25.60. Steers weigh ing 625 to 925 pounds sold from $23 50 to $24.60. A pen- I lot of Angus-Holstein cross steers weighing 5R;i pounds sold for $23.30. Yearlings Sell Yearling heifers sold from $22.50 to $23.60. A pen of 760 pound heifers went out at $20.30. Holstein feeder steers weighing 700 to 945 pounds went from $19.10 to $19.90. A few Holstein steer calves sold from $21 to $22.50. A pen of good Hereford springer heifers sold for $175 per head and some cows with calves sold from $180 lo $210 per pair. About 50 head of fat 375 to 500 pounds calves were sold from $23.50 to $25.10. Bulls brought from $18 10 to $20.10. There were three truck loads of grass steers in the sale. One man's load, weigh ing from 700 to 925 pounds sold from $23.50 to $24.25. Another load weighing from 885 pounds to 1,140 pounds sold from $23.30 to $24.60. Yet another load, weighing 830 pounds sold in a pcnlot for $24.30. Fal cows sold from $15.2U to $16.90. Utility cows went from $14 to $15 and cutlers sold from $11.50 to $13.75. Feeder Lambs Feeder lambs sold from $16 to $17.40 per hundredweight. Breeding ewes sold from $4 to $9 per head. Fat hogs went oul at $18.10, weaner pigs at $7 per head to $11 per head. Feeder pigs sold for $17 to $20 per hundredweight. "We want to remind our readers of the special 'Black and White Sale1 at Midway Friday, Sept. 7," Bray added. "This sale will include Hol stein spring heifers, stocker heifers, Holstein slooker steers and Holstein ftacder steers. We invite consignments to this special sale." Bear Creek Man To Read Paper Al Science Meet Dr. John HiRdon, Phoenix, resarch horticulturist for Bear Creek Orchards will read a paper today during the meeting of the American In stitute of Biological Sciences and the Pacific division, American Association for the Advancement of Science at Oregon Stale university. Migdon's paper on propaga tion will be presented to the more than 4,000 biological scientists from all 50 states, eight Canadian provinces and 18 foreign counlries. It will be among the 2,100 papers read during the concurrent meetings of 37 different scien tific societies. This is the largest scientific meeting in Northwest history and the largest in the history of AIBS. OSU is the second western school selected to host the giant conference. Stanford university was an earlier host, lligdon's trip is sponsored by Bear Creek Orchards. Helps Self "This shows how private industry helps itself through research." a local frUt grow er remarked. Dr. fligdon founded the Bear Creek research depart ment four years ago when he was hired by the local fruit packing firm. He first came to the valley as a USD hor ticulturist In 1853 and work ed at the experiment station in a cooperative research program with Oregon State university. The local horticulturist re ceived his bachelor of science degree at Clemson AAtM, South Carolina, his master's and doctor's degrees at Mich igan State university in 1040 and 1053, respectively. During lligdon's work at Bear Creek he has studied projects on pear decline, nu trition, peach pollination, dwarf fruit tree varieties and Garden Tips By DON BERRY County Extension Agent When should apples and pears be picked? This ques tion confronts many home growers each year. Proper picking times is especially im portant when the fruit is lo be stored. The commercial grower can draw upon his experience and press u re tests available to him. The home gardener often doesn't have these resources to answer the question for him. Several indications, rather than any one, should be used to determine proper time to pick apples and pears. Color of fruit, both outside and un der the skin, is a good indica tor if you're acquainted with the color characteristics of the variety. i Firmness of flesh and seed color can be used as indica-j tors. The fuesh should be firm,1 but not loo hard. The seeds should be brown although un ripe fruit often has brown seeds, too. Green seeds do in-: dicate unripe fruit, however, ! Picking Indicator Ease of separating the fruit stem from the spur is slill an other indicator. The stem should remain attached lo the fruit and the spur to the tree when apples or pears are picked. Ripe pears will usual ly detach when "tilled" lo a horizontal position from their usual hanging position. One of the most reliable in dications is to watch the fruit fall. When the first unblem ished, worm free, healthy fruit falls from the tree, the apples or pears are usually ripe for picking. On apples the best index is to pick one and cat it. If it is ready, you'll know. Borer In Ornamentals Home owners who have any of the flowering stone fruits such as peaches, cherries, plums or laurel hedges should treat now to control the peach root borer. This insect is a clear winged moth which lays its eggs on the bark of the tree during late summer and early fall. The young larvae which hatches works its way down the trunk to ground level and bores into the tree under the bark. It spends the rest of the winter and early part of the summer feeding between the bark and the wood of the plant. When severe these bugs can girdle and kill the flower ing stone fruit trees or laurel hedges. Two applications of DDT starting in mid-July will gen erally control this pest. The second application is due now. Use eight pounds 50 per cent DDT per 100 gallons of water, or one-fourth pound In three gallons. Soak the trunks and allow some of Ihe spray to run into the soil and puddle at the base or the tree. For dusting, use 50 per cent DDT either in a small duster or in a gunny sack. The sack containing the DDT can be slapped against all sides of the tree trunk and a Utile shaken around Ihe base of ihe trunk. Can Care Care and training of trail ing berries such as boysenber ries, blackberries and logan berries should be continued even afler harvest. Training the canes during August will give a six to eight week period for the new canes to "harden off on the wires ; before cold weather occurs. 1 Although canes which are left I on the ground are not as ex- j posed and therefore are less subject lo winter injury than the canes put up on the wires, many growers prefer to put ' the canes up afler harvest. Cleaning out all of the old j canes and burning them will ' help to reduce the amount of leaf and cane spot disease in the field next year. Canes , which have been put up on i wires In the fall may be ; sprayed with n bordeaux or j fixed copper spray In the fall lo help prevent disease. Also, chemical weed control is eas ier to apply on canes which are already on wires. done considerable work on propagation. Continuing fu ture project!! will be on pear decline and pear varieties. The company has also spent considerable time and money in researching sprays which would control diseases and insects yet not impair fruit finish. r HURRY! ask about our r..ui, time is running short! Call Jim McBee at MYRON CORCORAN CONST. CO. 773-4707 or 1511 N. Riverside 664-1101 I FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLETT Autumn type weather has been prevalent in the local area for several days now. We can feel this condition by abnormally low night tem peratures and by very brief periods of warm weather dur ing the daylight hours. Many common plants are respond ing lo these conditions. There fore, flowering and seed set is seen on many plants when they are only a few inches tall. Such plants germinated' late and without having made one or two feet of growth as is customary or normal for them, have gone into their reproductive phase while yet a dwarf plant. Government Inspectors The harvest season is in full swing. The area has many new faces representing many nationalities and races. These people are mostly welcome and have an economic pur pose in being here. There will be or has been an influx of Americans who generally de scend upon the area like grasshoppers. These persons represent many levels of gov ernment. Their duties, as we see H, are to create as much havoc as possible and remain within very liberal intrcpre talions of laws, regulations and what have you. They sup posedly count toilets, houses or cabins, inspect buses and bus drivers, water cans, wells, drinking cups and any other items that may have lo be in cluded in order to harass the farmer. Last season's inspection re ports show many of these in spectors do not know one sex of the human race from another. Also, they cannot count accurately. Enough said, but Is an ex cellent example of what hap pens when Ihe government at tempts to aid an industry. It I t.m I v I rt, f TTt , (I ' K ' 1 vV-' i lie, . at '1 ' . V ,', S 1 b New RUELENE 25E Just POUR ON! Kills cattle grubs, lice, hornflies, for 7t cwt! Now kill both common tnJ northern grubs, lice and hornflies Ihe e5y way. wilh ruliink 25E Pour-On Cattle Insecticide. A product of Ihe Dow Chemical Company, it' prosed most effective used on half-million head in 1961 alone! lew oit Only 7$ a hundred bodyweipht; no run-off or waste. Fait Treats more animals per hour than spraying; simpler. Sur A single application kills grubs, lice, homilies. Atcwroii l-.ach animal gels exact dose: one ounce per cwl. faty Just mix with water, apply. No unusual handling prob lems, no marking treated animals, no cold-weaiher hazards. SERVICE PLUS SAVINGS! ;t.' n 4 Pi m iC GRANGE CO-OP SUPPLY ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY 99 IN CENTRAL POINT Phone 664-1261 or 773-4022 421 "A" STREET IN ASHLAND Phone 482-2143 Fourth Cover Spray The fourth cover spray on ! apples should be completed immediately, according to County Agent Don Berry. Growers should use eight pounds of Gulhion, or 12 pounds of DDT per acre. In hose rigs use 1 '.2 pounds of Gulhion, or two pounds DDT per 100 gallons. Where wormes have been a problem, Guthion should be used. Do not apply Guthion with in 15 days of harvest, or DDT within 30 days of harvest, the county agent cautioned. all started when the govern ment stepped in lo get em ployee and employer together for their mutual welfare. The bureaucrats however, have read some far fetched regu lations into the original in tent of the program so that now they attempt to run the entire show. Plenty of advice is available on growing, har vesting and harvest labor of any perishable crop. The gov ernment only steps out during the marketing of such crons and then grower or packer V, largely on his own, win, lose or draw. It is well to irrigate hay fields after the last cutting to insure better growing and to preserve a superior turf con dition for next year. It is also wise to consider irrigat ing some blocks of peaches and Bartletl pears after har vest. The October rains may not come and the long drouth period from harvest until later in the year can be detrimental for these fruit crops. Governmental aid must be paid for in many ways many times over. Industrial and Farm Equipment SPECIAL THIS WEEK II TRACTORS LEFT. Differ ent Makes Bargains. Crawlers and wheols. Some with loaders. NASH FORD TRACTOR 4 IMPLEMENT CO. 300S Crater Lake Hwy. Xjg355223fes Phone (QjO) 772- BHifill-ltl M" V jlalUV.-V !itMiit tt mi torn CMIHIC1L COBMaV 1-RKE D1PP!:R! Buy handy half, gallon of RUF.LKNF. 25E now; gel a .specially calibrated Pour-On dipper at no extra cost! K Remember , . , You Do Not Have to be Member to Shop Here and Save! i
