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TUESDAY. I 1 TOP BULLS L. L. Shelley, of Montague, Ore Hereford Calif., is shown standing near a group of his sale topped the bulls. Beside him is his border collie, Ruff, arc President A Shelley bull consigned to the recent Cal- Gold Seal. Meat Quality Determination For Sheep Discussed at OSU Mont nnalilv of sheen mHV soon be determined by blood components. County E x t e n ion Agent Earle Jossy learn ed at the recent OSU sheep and wool day. Data from a study on serum enzyme activity indicate ma turation was retarded in lambs receiving coumestrol and die thylstibestrol (DES), These compounds had a tendency to delay normal aging and keep the animals physiologically younger for a longer period of time than those of fhe control group, according to A. F. Ang )emier, department of food Egg Producers Plan Local Egg Promotion Gold Hill - Southern Ore gon Egg Producers Council plans to kick off a local egg promotion just before Thanks giving, according to Elmer Korncr, Gold Hill egg pro ducer and chief organizer for the group. Detailed plans for the pro motion will be announced later, he said. Next meeting of the loral egg producers will be 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. IS In North's Chuck Wagon restau- Fall Weed Control Measures Related By Local Expert By RAY HUBBELL Wd Control Suptrriior November and December V are two months when control measures for next year's an nual grass and weeds should be taken. These applications ran be applied to several crops and past use have prov ed to be very beneficial. Chemicals applied are light rales of so-called sterilant ma terials and should only be used on crops tolerant to these chemicals and at their recom mended rates. Karmex diuron applied on established alfalfa stands at three pounds of the 80 per cent material per acre in twenty to thirty gallons of water has worked excellently for annual Rrass and weed control. Equipment must have dood mechanical agitation and be carefully calibrated Kar mex is cleared for use on al falfa used for forage if ap plied at the above rate. Simazine can also be used on established alfalfa at l'j pound per acre In 20 to 30 gal lons of water but has not been cleared for use except on Hands grown only for seed production. For Gran Control I PC. or C.I PC. at four pounds per acre in 10 to 20 gallons of water can be bene ficial for annual grass control in alfalfa if grass is the ma.inr problem. Cosls are about the same as when using Karex diuron. The above namrd chemicals ran also be used for weed and grass control in many of (he grasses grown for seed. Rates should be checked very care fully and only used on those crops for which they are rec ommended. I P C. applied at six pounds per acre In 20 callous of water on sugar beets grown for scrd can keep grasses from hemm ing a problem. Karmex diuron and Sima- zine has worked well hen nspH around Lirnnr; straw. berries and cane berries Rnsej and certain ornamentals have been kept free of weeds by llieir use, Check and read the label, This will assure you of where it can be used and what rates can be used safely. Good agitation is needed for these wettable powders. Remember thai Karmex diuron and Simazine are sterilanl ma terials. At high ratrs or if mis applied Ihe desired results will not be achived. Rrad and follow the label recommenda tions for good weed control. NOVEMBER 6. 1C52 science and technology Results obtained from two experiments and studies "of fer encouragement for contin uation of research and indi cate it might be wise to ex pand the research to include enzymatic studies on the mus cle tissue itself," Anglemicr reported. Loin roasts of lambs in the experiment were not evaluat ed hv a taste Danel. So. there is no knowledge on the rela- lionshin hetween the blond analysis and taste panel re sults, he added. Annimals implanted with rant in Medford. Korner noted that pressures from the two egg surplus states of California and Wash ington will force Oregon egg producers to promote Ihcir sales of local eggs if they are lo stay in business. Oregon is an egg deficit area and re ceives lots of eggs from the two neighboring stales, he said. Prices Steady Egg prices which dropped sharply in most markets around the country now are holding steady and may be up one or two cents from the last of September, then prices dropped suddenly three cenls on large sizes in one day, local egg men noted. Prices drop ped also on the mediums by two to three cenls. However, the large size arc still over seven cents above this year's early summer low. Prices now are 411 cenls for eggs sold by the bulk or with out cartons, it was reported. II Pear Growers Attend Pear Day At California Eleven pear growers and County Extension Agents Don Berry and Clifford B. Cordy attended the Pear Day at the Universily of California at Davis Friday. Growers from throughout California's pear growing dis tricts heard talks on pear de cline and discussion of olher production and market log problems. Robert Lindner and Mix Williams of the Central Wash ington Experiment station dis cussed pear psylla as a prob able cause of decline. They slill believe lhal toxicily in jected into the trees by the psylla inserts causes decline. I). O. Jensen, VC cnlnmolo gisl, who also probed the role of pear psylla and olher in sects in the problem, and Thomas A. Shalla. WC plant pathologist, who heads the inter agency pear decline re search commitlee. told of their phase of the research. They believe thai decline Is spread by a virus transmitted by psylla. They spread de cline during experiments by inserting a bud from a decline infected tree in a healthy tree. Don Hoot, of Myron Root company, Medford. said the number of non-bearing pear trees in California which will he in competition with the Medford pear district in 'he next five or six years is awe some, according lo ollirial pear tire census figures given at the meeting. Hatfield Reminds j Of Veterans Day Salem -l PI Gov. Mark Hat field Monday called attention to Veterans Day Nov, II, ask ing Oregon citirns to pay tribute lo V S veterans of wars ranging I mm thr Span ish American war lo the Ko roan conflict "In this most recent period of world crisis, may Veterans Day serve as a reminder i( Ihe courage, sacrifice, and loyally of those who hae served or are serving In our armed forces," he said. association ranRC ready bull event at SI, 000. Blood lines Mischief, Leskan Tone and DES and fed the high coumes trol diet showed the highest rate of gain of any of the groups on test it was learned. Animals implanted with DES exhibited a faster rate of gain than those not implanted with DES. Effects On Growth "Effects of coumestrol and DES upon growth patterns of lambs were somewhat reflect ed by changes in the serum enzyme activity levels, Ang lemicr said. Lambs implanted with DES and receiving dietary coumes trol showed an increase In the alkaline phosphatase activity in contrast to a gradual de crease noted for the control lambs. Generally, the alka line phosphatase activity lev els of the lambs on the control ration showed a slow decline as they matured. Reduction of alkaline phos phatase with an increase in age was also noted in one ex periment. A m y 1 ase activity and total cholesterol levels de creased in Ihe implanted and coumestrol-fed animals during this test as contrasted to an increase In these two compon ents in the control lambs. Nor mally, these two elements tend to increase in sheep as they grow older and weigh more, the researcher noted. At least 22 different types of internal parasites have been identified from Oregon sheep, S. E. Knapp, OSU de partment of veterinary medi cine, told those attending the sheep and wool day. Six of these types are con sidered responsible for most livestock losses attributed to parasitism, he added. He in cluded liver fluke, thread lung worm and the bankrupt worm. Life Cycle Related Eggs deposited by the adult female of this group of para sites residing in the stomach or small intestine are passed with the droppings. Eggs may hatch in a few days or remain dormant depending on the weather. With abundant moisture and average daily tempera ture of 55 degrees or higher eggs will hatch two or throe days after they are passed. In western Oregon tnis would be from March until November. Animals confined to limited pastures with high carrying capacities would be more like ly to acquire heavier parasite burdens than range sheep or sheep moved from one pas ture to another. Knapp point ed out. This points to pasture rotation. Knapp recommends re placement animals ho kept I .separate from olher livestock and olf pasture until treated with anthelmintic. This drug should he administered lo adult sheep after they have lambed and preferably before the flock is turned to pasture. Spring lambs should be treat ed about two months before they go to market. A 1 I annimals should be drenched in Ihe late fall ar early winter. Treatment should be given also when changing to a different pas ture since a clean pasture helps treatment. "We have found dependence on internal drenches will not permit adequate control of parasitism regardless of the excellence of the drugs in volved," Knapp said. OSU research is aimed at the com bination approach. Recent studies show selection of for age types may help reduce the parasite numbers in sheep by providing a sub-optimal environment for infective lar ae which survive over win ter. Chemical sprays may help eliminate infective lar vae from pastures. Other talks consisted o( use of common ryegrass screen ings as sheep feed by 1). C. Church, department of animal science; feeding linear pro grammed rations to lamtvs. by H R Filer and ,1 A B Mr Arthur, Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment station, and synchronization of estrus in ewes, by Ralph Uncart, lluane Addlrman and Lloyd West cot I. Chit By now number of farmers are scratching their heads j Last wpek jn this co,umn over the new farm program and the regulations issuing I Forc5t Tree Sccdling Sup. 'rom I ply," was discussed. To follow However, if they think this la complicated they should up, this week's subject is con study the agricultural program as now conceived in the cerncd with tree care, before, EuroDcan Economic Community (the Common Market ooun- during and after planting. ripS i It includes such things as "indicator prices." "intervention prices," "basic price indicator," "derived price indicator," "frontier price" (no reference to President Kennedy's New Frontier), "minimum import price," and "restitution payment." These terms can be explained best by studying the basic ideas of the Common Market agricultural program. The final objective is generally understood. That is that there will be no barriers, brakes or other restraints to hamDer free movement of agricultural products through the six nations France, Belgium, and Germany. Since there will be no artificial stimulus provided this should be interesting to American agriculture. U. S. farmers can see how the program so staunchly advocated by former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra When Great Britain joins, as become seven nations then such a freedom to tarm program should receive a severe test. nations could be found. The second principle of this gradually from 1962 to 1972. lishment of prices. This shift through "indicator prices" and "intervention prices." This means that from 1970 on no price differences will exist throughout the EEC area except to compensate for trans portation costs. This later point of compensation for transportation costs should be interesting also. Will plain in one area because they have to pay higher prices for grain in one area than in differences? Six years from now a joint exterior tariff will be estab lished plus such restrictions as the central economic authority may think necessary. Getting back lo meanings of term .... "basic price indicator" means the wholesale price of a cereal, for in stance, in whichever EEC area which has the greatest short age of that cereal. A "derived price indicator" is the price ruling where there is the greatest supply of that cereal. An "intervention price" is that price which the special price-support office of the EEC decides lo buy any cereals offered from within the six nations by those who find they cannot get better price elsewhere. A "frontier price" is that at which any of the six nations is able to deliver a cereal lo the frontier of another member. A "minimum import price" is fixed for each cereal at any frontier point, regardless of whether the cereal is com ing from an EEC member or a non-member, by taking the "basic indicator price" in the importing country and adding the transport costs from the "shortage" area of that country to the frontier' point. A "restitution payment" is a repayment lo an exporter within the EEC for losses due to lower prices in the country to which he sells. However, any EEC country may suspend such regulations during the adjustment stage if it finds its agricultural economy "gravely" threatened. Earlier, we said that Britain is bound to join the EEC. This is reaffirmed by remarks by Lord Amory, British High Commissioner to Canada to Canadian business and labor lead ers on Oct. 12. Britain has no alternative lo joining the European Economic Community, he said. This would bolster and not weaken the Commonwealth (which includes Canada), he added. The old idea of the Commonwealth trade in which such countries as Canada shipped raw materials lo England and imported manufactured goods from her no longer applies, he exnlained. Britain now buys more than $5 worth of goods from Canada for each S3 Canada buys from her. Suoar and wool are two farm nroducls which will figure prominently in U. S. negotiations with the Common Market j because of their trade importance and special price treat ment received in this country. Douglas county to the north of us is a leading sheep center in Oregon so the trade is of particular importance to Under the National Wool Act. sheepmen are encouraged lo produce more high quality wool. This incentive price has j been 62 cents per pound, or more than 12 per rent above the j previous support price. Result has been that U.S. wool pro- unction lias increased somewnai aim wuui nniiun) uit vun tinned downward since this program was established. Since Ihe domestic price is not supported above the world price import restrictions to make the program work are not needed. Also, dumping of surpluses abroad and the elfecls of such dumping on foreign policy are avoided. Taxpayers provide the subsidy payments, but this avoids the cost of storage, handling, transportation and spoilacc of government-held surpluses under a price support program. Wool producers are paid the difference between the average price they receive in the free market and an incentive price established by the government. Payments are based on the percentage ol each grower s sales proceeds. This encourages growers to improve quality and obtain the best price possible. Higher wool prices resulting from a tariff increase would harm the competitive position of wool with other fibers, particularly synthetics. The earlier price-support pro gram meant more government held surpluses while domestic wool lost the market to imported wools and synthetics. So the U.S. government is not apt to seek high tariff protec tion for wool. And Ihe new Trade Expansion Act should not hurt U.S. wool. You may have heard local pear shippers stress the point that shipments of pears into the EEC countries docs not further complicate the balance ot payments problem for the U. S The reason is that they are paid in U.S. currency, not foreign currency subject lo dev aluation. Thr United States needs a large surplus on it.s balance of trade to avoid a deficit. In balance of payments. It has to earn enough surplus on its trade account to pay (or foreign military bases and troop transports. Also involved is private foreign investment, loreiiin economic assistance, and short term capital movements In other words the V S cannot have more money overseas than it is receiving in trade. It nuil make enough of a margin to pay (or economic aid to under developed countries, military aid, etc. LIVES RUN PARALLEL Frrdonia. N Y. H Pt' Mis Mary McKale and Mrs. Mali j anna Sable both celebrated their lOOtli birthday Mondav but that's not the end of the coincidences. Both left (",cr i many at the ase of 1 t to j settle in this community. Mrs ; McKalc's grandson married j Mrs. Sable's granddaughter Moth women are recuperating from simitar broken hip in Chat Luxemborg, Netherlands, Italy Taft Benson really worKs she is sure to do, and the six No more dissimilar group of program is to be established That is natural natural estab to natural prices will be the European stockmen com another due to freight rate program in relation 10 wool southern Oregonians. METAL WORKS BRILL Commtrciil Indu-trul Rl.cnhl Shtct Mtul Work Sfjinltn, Glinitd nd Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONI 772-4440 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON I FARM Woodlot Facts By DICK OLSON Apiham Cta. Farm rnrcir I Like humans, trees must have food, water, air, light, and warmth for survival. Of these factors, water is usual ly the critical one in survival of your trees. Drought is the most common cause of death of newly planted tree seed lings. Trees transpire water con tinually. If the root systems become so dry that they are not able to supply the neces- sary moisture for transpira tion, the plants will die. Fol lowing are the keys lo suc cessful tree planting. They are directed toward the number one thing needed for sur vival available water. The first two years after planting is the critical period for survival. The available moisture during this period will determine the success of your Iree planting. To help in crease the supply of available moisture, tree plantings need the same attention as other farm crops. Heavy Sod Planting Planting in heavy sod or dense weed patches is wasted effort. Dry land areas should be summer fallowed, and ir rigaLed areas should be fall plowed before planting trees. The ground should be disked or harrowed early in the spring so you will have a clean, firm, and moist seed bed at time of planting. Moderately grassy or weedy areas that cannot be plowed, or where plowing is inadvisable because of soil or slope, should be handled by one of the following methods: 1) Scalp or clean an area 18 inches to 24 inches square and plant in the center of cleaned area, 2) Plow shallow furrows to scalp off the grass if it is possible to get equipment on the planting area. Plant in the furrows. The plowed furrows should follow the contour as nearly as possible to lessen erosion damage, and 3) Plant with a machine thai has a scalping attachment. Cut - over or burned - over forest lands that have not grown up in dense ground cover may need no site prep aration before planting. A tree out of the ground is like a fish out of wa'er; the longer it is out the less chance it has of living. Be sure the tree roots arc not allowed to dry out or be exposed to warm tempera tures from the time the trees arrive to the time they arc planted. Exposure of root sys tems to drying conditions is the cause of many planting failures. If planting is possi ble within a week after you receive your trees from the nursery, they may be left in the original package for trans porting to the planting area. Pour a bucket of water in the end of the package to keep roots moist and store the pack age in a cool place. If planting is to be delayed, the trees should be unpacked and "hcel- cd-in t00i, and Methods There arc a number of mciH)fi, an( tools used to ))lant trccs low vou ,,lant js lor you to decide. Whatever method you use, these instruc tions should be followed close ly: 1) Keep the root moist, and 2) Plant at the right depth. If trccs arc going lo be cul tivated they should be plant ed at their former depth Mr. Farmer . . . QUALITY SEEDS and PROPER FERTILIZING Defermine Your FUTURE PROFIT! We carry a full line of fertilizer and seed in stock. See Western Farmers for all your farming needs. DON'T GUESS-SOIL TEST SP 3-8239 Farm & More, Better Graze Aim of New Study Corvallls - High-producing pastures on much of Western Oregon's unimproved lands burned and cutover areas and poorer soils is the goal of a research project under way at Oregon State University. The program aimed at more and better grazing lands to boost Oregon's deficit live stock production was an nounced this week by the George R. Hyslop Agricul tural Research Memorial board of trustees which awarded a research fellowship for the project. John C. Radcliffe, OSU farm crops graduate student, received the S1200 fellowship for the second straight year to investigate ways of getting better establishment of sub terranean clover on these poorer soils. Radcliffe is an agronomy graduate of Adelaide university in South Aus tralia where he specialized in pasture studies for the Aus tralian department of agricul ture before coming to Oregon last spring. Subterranean clov er was introduced to the Unit ed States from Australia in 1922. Agronomists estimate that one million acres in western Oregon might profitably be seeded to subterranean clover, a high-quality livestock for age, if research unlocks the secret of getting better stands. Key lo Good Stands A key to good stands of clover is the formation and nitrogen-producing root no dules to feed the plants. No dules form on seed that has been inoculated with bacteria prior to seeding. In the case of subterranean clover, diffi culties of getting effective no dules to form under certain conditions have resulted in partial or complete failure of many seedings in all parts of Western Oregon. However, some hill pastures in Western Oregon appear capable of producing about 500 pounds of lamb or beef per acre when established in subterranean clover and grass,' reports OSU agronomist W. S. McGuire who will supervise the research project. Studies will center on ways lo get more consistent per- while in the nursery but oth erwise they should be plant ed one-half inch deeper than they formerly grew. Get the roots in a natural position. Firm the soil around each plant. Select natural protec tion on wildland plantings. Plant if possible on the north or east side of brush, stumps or logs. Select right spacing for desired purpose. The first summer after planting is a critical period for young trccs. If planting is on irrigated land, keep the weeds down and water as you do for other row crops. Keep dry land plantings clean cul tivated as long as the equip ment can get through the trees. The spring following plant- I inc.. replace all trees that have died during the year. Usually, very lew trccs are lost after the second year. Do not allow livesock or poultry in small farm plant ings. Examine your trees of ten for damage by disease, in sects, or rodents. Your county agent or local farm forester will give you advice on con trol measures and on planting problems. W. 4th ASSOCIATION ( Garden formanccs of this valuable forage crop through experi ments on inoculation tech niques and methods of seed ing. McGuire said the region has several hundred thousands acres that can be seeded with ground equipment. Much of this includes some of the poor er soils, now used mainly for production of so-called surplus crops of small grains and cer tain grass seed crops. An even greater land area might be seeded by airplane. This includes lands covered with stumps or logs, or hill sides too steep for seeding with ground equipment. Aeri al seeding has greatest poten tial in Coos, Curry, and Doug las counties but might be used throughout Western Oregon. Aerial seeding attempts to date by Western Oregon ranchers have been disap pointing, researchers explain ed. They suspect that bacteria used to inoculate the seed may have been lost as the seed falls through the air or is destroyed by sun or soil acids before the seed germinates. Plans To Make Test Radcliffe tentatively plans lo test both ground and aerial seeding. Trials on aerial seed ing might include use of pel leted seed, protected by a cov ering that would keep bac teria alive for as long as two weeks while waiting for rains lo germinate the seed. Trustees of the memorial fund who awarded one re search fellowship are Wade Newbegin, Portland, presi dent; F. E. Price, OSU dean of agriculture, vice president; H. D. Proudfool, Portland: Tom DcArmand, Hubbard: and J. Ritchie Cowan, OSU farm crops department head, secretary-treasurer. The memorial was created with gifts donated by friends of Professor Hyslop, former OSU farm crops department head, following his death in 1943. The Foundation is still receiving gitfs which now total over $40,000, Cowan said. Donations are cither ad ded to the trust fund with the income used for research proj ects by graduate students, or donations can be made for specific research projects with both principal and income used to solve some farm crops problem. "TEST SHOWED 23 Turn life mm ?umm steer fateha" &StM FATINA I fCA Wl SINGLE-SOURCE Av - ' Ft y fcZfl PROTEIN f "'ifr'V "vr." f NO SUPPLEMENT - I 5 k ft. F. Sponpftr, Assistant Manager DffDfMA Drrrft-ti I 4 -jfrn "In one of our tests with 160 steers, the lot on Steer Tstena returned 28 times more profit than those fed no supplement. The Steer Fatena lot made 6 times more profit than a group fed a single-source protein. All steers in this 195-day test got the same quality hay and were fed Livestock Mineral free-choice. "Purina Steer Fatena did a better job, because it stimulated bacterial activity in the rumen . . . used grain and roughage to better advantage. The Steer Fatena steers carried more weight, better finish.. . .) brought more money." Whether you feed light cattle or heavy catllt, whether your roughage it of good or poor quality, Ihert'i a Sleer Falena Is help you get the motf beef from your grain and roughoge. Come in. Let ut help you work out a profitable feeding program. Your Store with fhe Checkerboard Sign... Jif- 10th & l.'.M.'MrN.M J.F. Short Named to Board Of Hall ol Fame Salem- Oregon's director ol agriculture, J. F. Short, has been elected to the board ot governors of the Agricultural Hall of Fame for a five-year term ending Aug. 31, 1967. This information was re ceived in Salem this month from Oliver S. Willham. Kan sas City, Missouri, who is president and chairman of tha board of governors. Willham said Short's selec tion is in line with the ob jective "to give true national significance to the Agricultur al Hall of Fame and the Na tional Center through enlarg ing the board ol governors with key agricultural leaders from slates throughout the country . . ." The Agricultural Hall ot Fame is a living memorial de signed to focus national atten tion on the role of agriculture in America's past, present and future. It has received en dorsements from all areas ot agriculture as well as former presidents Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. The Hall of Fame and a National Agricultural Center will be constructed on a site of 695 acres near Kansas City, Missouri. The initial 275 ac res, paid for by Agricultural Hall of Fame through volun tary contributions, has since been added lo by a 350-acrn adjoining park purchased and developed by the Wyandotte County, Kansas park board and another 70 acres acquired by the state of Kansas. Ultimately the Hal! of Kama itself will be part of a com plex which will include an agricultural museum, histori cal library, exhibit hall, dis play and research halls, audi torium, international shrine, demonstration areas, a chil dren's farm and numerous other features. SB!? 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