TUESDAY.
Lamb Show Planned
For June in 1963
A 4-H and FFA lamb show
will be held June 21-22 at
the Jackson county fair
grounds, according to Jerry
Brog, Jackson county 4-H
agent.
This will cover all spring
market lamb classes.
Usually lambs reach choice
grades in the spring, and un
less their owners have a well
shaded and irrigated pasture
. the animals arc apt to drop
in grade by the lime the 4-H
and FFA fair rolls around.
The annual lamb barbecue
will be held at the fairgrounds
in June, also, Brog said.
There will be no market
classes in the fall show nor
sheep showmanship classes,
he added. This will make the
1963 event a shorter fair and
allow judges and fair officials
to devoti more time to what
is left, lie pointed out. All
livestock judging will be done
in the spring show.
Faster Fair
"This will make for a short
er, faster fair in the fall with
more participation and inter
est," the 4-H agent said. "We
expect more market lambs
than in the past wbicn win
make for better lambs and
meal when sold following the
spring show. Normally we ex
pect 100 to 110 head for the
fall show. This spring we ex
pect about 130 or more."
Some Oregon 4-H and FFA
shows have special carcass
classes, Brog noted. This may
be possible later in Jackson
county. The animals would be
judged on the hoof, slaughter
ed 24 hours later and chilled.
Carcass judging would be on
dressage percentage and rib
eye measurement for beef.
"It would be difficult lo
judge all animals on a carcass
basis, but perhaps part of
them could be," Brog said. "It
would help the buyers which
Four-Year Plan
Signed on Sheep
A new four-year agreement
hclwccn the American
Sheep Producers council and
the department of agriculture
has been signed, according lo
word received at the agricul
tural stabilization and con
servation service, Jackson
county olficc.
The agreement follows fi
nal tabulation of the recent
referendum in which produc
ers approved continuation ol
deductions from wool Incen
tive payments tor use in pro
moting wool and lamb.
Albert L. Straus, chairman,
Jackson ASC committee, said
loday final results in the Sep
tember referendum differed
little from the preliminary re
sults announced early in Oc
tober. The final tabulation
showed thai the agreement
was favored by producers
owning 17.516,075 sheep t!)l
per cent), and by 86,829 (B7.6
per ccnl) of the producers vot
ing. For approval, it was requir
ed that producers who owned
at least two-thirds of the
sheep represented in the ref
erendum cast a favorable vole,
wilh consideration to be giv
en also to the individual vote
of producers.
Under terms of the agree
ment, deductions will be made
from payments next summer
for the 11162 marketing year
(April 1. 11162, through March
31, 1963) at the rale of 1 cent
per pound of shorn wool mar
keted and 5 cents per hun
dred pounds of liveweighl of
unshorn lambs marketed. De
duction for the following three
yrars may not exceed the rales
provided for in the 1962 mar
keting year.
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are mainly the various grocer
ies and meat markets in the
area. On the carcass judging
basis we could sell them grad
ed meal."
He noted it would be possi
ble to obtain higher prices for
the animals by auctioning oft
halves of animals. The steers,
for instance, would be judged
on Tuesday, slaughtered on
Wednesday and the federally
graded meat would be avail
able for a Saturday sale.
Champion Careen
At the Siskiyou county fair,
an 830 pound Angus that
graded prime on the hoof
dressed out 61.20 per cent.
This 19B2 champion 4-H car
cass was entered by Kathy
Cook, Montague, Calif.
The carcass graded low
prime under the Siskiyou
standard system of judging
and P.ime -2 under dual
grading.
Marbling was slightly abun
dant. Fat thickness over the
rib was .42 inches. Kidney
and pelvic fat was 3 per cent
of the weight. The rib eye
measured 13.4 square inches.
Bunc maturity was A and the
yield score 2.1 which means
55.27 per cent of the carcass
will yield usable meal, accord
ing to Sedg Nelson. Siskiyou
farm advisor for livestock.
Dairy Studies
Now Directed
To State Act
Salem - The Oregon Dairy
Industry committee, which for
months has studied ways and
means to stabilize the milk in
dustry, early this month
turned its attention to a stale
stabilization act.
The committee voted unan
imously, at a meeting in Sa
lem Nov. 7, to consider the
slate approach. It directed ap
pointment of a committee, lo
include representatives of pro
ducer, dealer and farm organ
ization representatives, plus
legal advisor, lo draft pro
posals and suggested these
guidelines:
-Regulation of prices only
at the producer level.
-Creation of a niarketwidc
pool to minimize disruptive
actors which are upsetting lo
market stability.
-Establishment of two, and
possibly three, class prices.
(Under the temporary act
which expires Dec. 31, this
year, price is set on only class
I milk.)
-Set producer prices by
formula.
-Sel producer base or quota
initially on production and ad
just annually thereafter on
class 1 sales.
-Assess administrative costs
lo producers.
Rood Chairman
Frank Rood, North Bend
dairyman and president of the
Oregon Dairymen's Associa
tion, is chairman of the Ore
gon Dairy Industry Commit
tee, which earlier rejected a
ledcral marketing order ap
proach to study of which It
devoted considerable money
and lime.
In reaching its decision, the
committee recognized that ef
forts have been made in re
cent months to organize pro
ducers on a voluntary stabil
ization program in the Port
land market. While progress
has been marie, many produc
ers leel that a voluntary pro
gram cannot work successful
ly without participation of all
producer groups, the industry
committee concluded.
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During recent years spokesmen for agriculture
pointed out what a small voice agriculture now has.
People who first settled in
The stale still ranks agriculture as its number two in
dustry behind lumber. Yet, leafing through Oregon "Blue
Book" we note that the Oregon House has only 12 members
who are farmers or do work related to agriculture and the
senate has eight such members.
Jackson county which is supported by agriculture and
lumber also shows the dwindling representation agriculture
Is receiving in governmental affairs. Following the recent
elections it will have only one agricultural representative
in the state legislature Sen. L. W. (Lynn) Newbry.
The Oregon senate has only eight members who are
farmers or work in related fields.
The California "Blue Book" for 1001 shows a similar
trend, seven members from the agricultural field in the
California slate assembly and seven in the California senate.
And California is one of the top-ranking agricultural slates
in the union from the standpoint of income from farming.
These figures pose such questions as: Is agriculture pro
viding sufficient leadership? Are people too busy farming
lo assume leadership in governmental affairs? Are the laws
and the work of the legislature so complex that it requires
lawyers as slate representatives and senators? Does agricul
ture feel It is adequately represented by these men who
appear mainly to be lawyers?
The Jackson county court through the years has con
sisted mainly of men with farm background. Although these
men have usually been able leaders, few if any went on
to the state legislature.
A few local families seem to provide all the consistent
civic leadership which comes from the rapidly shrinking
agricultural segment of the county population. Others who
are equally well-known and prominent prefer project leader
ship the kind that starts a
completely to the farm.
An endorsement from the
to be a deciding political factor. But the political influence
and effective community activity of both, generally, seems to
be waning. But more on that
This waning influence of the farm population and lack
of farm leadership was also noticeable nationally during the
recent general election. Few candidates questioned on the
reasons they won or lost gave satisfaction or dissatisfaction
wilh the federal farm program, or the farm vole as reasons
for success or failure at the polls. This was true even in
the midwcslcrn farm slates.
A winning Iowa congressman remarked farmers dislike
the farm bill passed last session. A winning U. S. senator
from North Dakota noted that 85 per cent of the stale in
come comes from agriculture. He felt his close association
with farmers and (arm legislation proved important. A rep
resentative from the same state thought he won because farm
ers object to complexity of the farm programs. A winning
South Dakota U. S. Senator said his "positive, forward
looking sland on agriculture" won him a seat. And that
was all. . '
One voice the American farmer has always had is the
voice of indepedencc. we saw a good example or tuts
strong spirit of independence yesterday afternoon on Han-
ley rd.
Pulfs of smoke were rising from the rubble of what was
once a large barn and hog production facilities. A lone figure
was bent over smoking ruins shoveling some charred embers
into a pile of blazing debris.
Sixty-six-.vcar-old Dora Dorich was clearing up what was
left of 17 years of raising purebred Landracc hogs and
closing one chapter of a lifetime of farming.
Straightening up she brushed some ashes off her bib over
alls and squinted up at the sky from under her floppy
brimmed straw hat.
"If it doesn't storm I guess I shouldn't have much
trouble with these fires," she said.
"I dunno, it seems as if it has
er, she grinned, mere was
which burned down my house. And now this.
The wiry little woman, who has seldom been out of
overalls and boots, seemed to droop a little as she said she
would have to gel out of the hog business. She had never
made much money but had stayed out of debt by doing all
except the harvest work lierself. She hires that out on a
custom basis.
Not long ago someone suggested in a solicitious lone that
she should retire to a rocking chair on the front porch of her
daughter's home. "I'll tie that rocking chair to my tractor
seal! That's what I will do!" she retorted angrily.
Mrs. Dorich was awakened about 2 a.m. Sunday by a
neighbor. She was just in lime to see her barn a mass of
flames and hear the squealing of pigs inside. The same
neighbor kept a stream of water from a garden hose on the
roofs of other buildings while awaiting the Central Point
rural fire department.
By Hie time the flames reduced the barn to a smoulder
ing ruin Mrs. Dorich had lost 50 little pigs, seven sows and
a boar. Some miscellaneous farm equipment, feed and a
pickup truck also were destroyed by flames. The tractors
had been left oulsirie. The fire somehow started in the
farrowing pens, but Mrs. Dorich doesn't know how.
In spite of this loss, Mrs.
go on farming. All she needs
what remains of the litters of pigs. These are the meat type
animal which produces the lean meat Ihc American consumer i
now demands. Perhaps from what she receives from the re-
mauling Landrace hogs she can rebuild again.
"Well. I did have all my crops in. That is one good j
tiling," the woman farmer noted.
Farming has always been In this spunky little woman's j
blood, even when cooking in the logging camps in Washing- '
ton. Reminiscing. Mrs. Dorich added almost apologetically j
she had farmed 300 acres when she first leased the (arm !
on llanley rd. Now she farms 92 acres, she said. But nib-1
divisions moved in
But one tiling sure, Mrs. Dorich will continue tanning:
as long as she has the strength in her body. It s something i
she just has to do.
Committees Named
Committees for the Eleanor
Roosevelt Memorial dinner
Friday, Nov. 30, at North's
Churk Wagon banquet room
at 6 :10 p.m.. have been an
nounced by Mrs. Frank Chris
tian. Eleanor Roosevelt league
president.
Proceeds from the dinner,
lo be addressed by Congress
man Elect Hubert It. Duncan,
will be donated to the United
Nations as a memorial lo Mrs
Roocvclt
Stale Rrpresenuth e Elect
James A Redden will act as
master of ceremonies.
Mrs Lewis Ulilch will
sfie as decorations chairman
and Mrs Mark Norton as ar
Chat
have
Oregon came mainly to farm.
Job, completes it and retires
Grange and Farm Bureau used
in a future article.
just been one thing or anoth
mat oiner lire last January
Dorich maintained she would
is help in selling her hogs and
For Annual Dinner
rangements chairman Mrs.
Larry Sheehan and Mrs. lex
Phillips will be co-chairmen
of tickets, assisted by Mrs.
Ralph Puston. Mis. Jean Mills.
Mrs. Hugh Frirl and Mrs. Dee
Newton. Mis Moore Hamil
ton, Mrs. Thomas Ruttcr, Mrs.
j William Drathriage and Mis.
Albert Straus were named to
ithe reception committee
I Tickets for the dinner are
available at Nuich Jeweler.
'231 East Main si . Medlnrd.
I from Arnold Eugene Jenny,
I Rogue Valley Manor, or from
j members of the committee.
I Reservation must be made no
j later than W ednesday. Nov.
128. Mrs. Christian said
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
FROM
THE
GROUND
UP
By BART BARTLETT
The fuss and furor of the
recent political wars are not
completely over as the fuzz
and feathers of the campaign
are as yet in evidence in the
governmental atmosphere.
It may as well be recogniz
ed now, that as far as lay citi
zens are concerned, there will
always be an air of mystery
surrounding certain or many
of the actions of our govern
ment. . small portion of the se
crecy is necessary as in the
case of national defense and
the remainder is necessary for
the defense of the politicians
involved. Well, it's a thought
friends and it's well to re
member the Billie Sol Estcs
and Goldfinc cases. True these
instances of political misbeha
vior were in different areas
of government, but this is
added evidence that our en
tire government must be kept
under observation by the pri
vate citizenry lest internal de
cay cause the demise of this
country.
Clear Leaves
Most of the leaves of shade
trees have fallen by this time
or will fall in the near future.
Many of the leaves will be
found on the roofs of build
ings. In this instance, they are
a fire hazard and will con
tinue to plug gutters and
down spouts for as long as
they are permitted to remain
on the roof. It is wise to clear
leaves from roofs and lawns
as soon as possible. This chore
is easier done before the
leaves become packed and
matted. Furthermore, they
can cause large areas of your
lawn to turn yellow from a
lack of light.
Now lo return to the men
ace of hunters in our agricul
tural areas. It would seem
wise to declare a closed sea
son on the taking by any
method of digger squirrels,
gophers, moles, mice and por
cupines, mis snouid encour
age the trespassers and poach
ers lo go after these "gair"
animals" and not molest such
"pests" as pheasant, quail and
deer.
It may yet be a wet winter
and the recent rains may in
dicate that more surface
drainage ditches are neces
sary. It will be well to put
these drainage ditches in at
the first opportunity.
Where lawns or grassed
areas will be heavily trampled
by children and pets during
the winter months, it is wise
lo allow the grasses to grow
lo longer lengths prior to be
ing clipped. The lawn mower
should be adjusted so that the
blades are about one inch
higher than they were for the
summer mowings. The longer
topped grasses resist being
trampled into the mud of the
wet lawn far better than do
the closclv clipped grasses.
Mother will thank you and a
better lawn will be the result
next season.
Fin Btel
One cannot help but notice
during a tour of this area that
there are many fine head of
beef cattle grazing on excel
lent pastures.
The occupants of the rural
arra southwest of Phoenix
voted down zoning. This is a
backward step and is to be
expected only of backward
areas. It was hoped that this
area, being given the oppor
tunity, would present the re
mainder of Jackson county
with an example of what for
ward looking people would do
for themselves. The opportu
nity for community progress
was passed up in this instance
and it is predictable that the
people of the area will large
ly live to regret their collec
tive decision.
Many persons from this
area will attend one or several
winter meetings that concern
Ihc production of agricultural
crops. We predict that the
crops lh.it are grown at these
meetings this winter will far
exceed in quality and quan
tity any that are produced
during the coming growing
season.
A 3'j ounce serving of
cooked meat will pro-ide 40
per cent of the daily required
protein intake of a grown
man (and a higher percentage
fur wumcnl while supplying
only 8 per cent cf the daily
calorie intake.
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Feed Grain
To Learn of
Feed grain producers in
Jackson county will be noti
fied this fall about general
provisions of .the 1963 feed
grain program, according to
Albert Straus, Chairman,
Jackson Agricultural Stabil
ization and Conservation com
mittee. Unlike the 1962 program,
only one signup will be held
for the 1963 feed grain pro
gram, and that will be early
next year. Additional informa
tion, including the base acre
ages, yields, and payment
rales established for farms,
will be mailed to growers
prior to the signup period.
Farmers who have already
planted their 1963 barley will
be able to participate in the
program provided they reduce
their 1963 feed grain acreage
by at least the minimum.
Voluntary Program
The chairman explained
that the 1963 program will be
a voluntary program, under
which a farmer may divert an
acreage of barley, corn, or
grain sorghums to a conserva
tion use and receive a diver
sion payment and a price-support
payment. He will also
qualify . for a price-support
loan on his crop.
Parsley Dumplings Tasty
With Oxtail Stew Dish
Oxtails often pile up in the
meat packing plants, but
could provide a tasty meal if
the housewife only knew how.
This is a recipe from the
California Beef Council pro
vided by Mrs. Orlo Davis,
Montague, Calif.:
2 oxtails-, disjointed
1 T. oil
2'i c. water
l'.-i t. salt
8 small boiling onions
4 large carrots
1 c. thickly sliced celery
1 T. flour
2 t. cold water
PARSLEY DUMPLINGS:
2 c. biscuit mix
3 t. chopped parsley
2 3 c. milk
DIRECTIONS:
Brown oxtails slowly in
heated oil. Add water and
salt, cover and cook slowly
until meat is tender: about
1 i hours. Meanwhile peel on
ions and carrots, cul carrots
into large chunks. Add onions
and carrots to oxtails and
For a
Special Note
To California
Ranchers
All our facilities are available to you. As
agricultural producers you are invited to in
vestigate the advantages of a membership.
Come in and get acquainted .with the sav
ings and services available to you. Contact
our Ashland tlora at 421 A Street in Ashland.
Also a full line of seeds and grain for fall
planting. Everything in fertilizers, tool
- co-op M
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Highway 99
CENTRAL POINT
Phone 664-1261 or 773-4022
Producers
Program
Base acreages for each of
the three grains will be com
bined into a total feed grain
base for the farm, and the
fanner may divert from one
or more of the feed grains
represented in his total base.
The minimum diversion will
be 20 per cent of the farm's
total feed grain base, and the
maximum will be 50 per cent
or up to a total of 25 acres,
whichever is higher, but not
in excess of the total base for
the farm.
As under the 1963 wheat
stabilization program, a farm
er will have to comply with
the intentions shown on his
agreement; if he does not com
ply fully with provisions of
the program, he will not be
eligible for any payments or
price support on any of the
three feed grains. Also, to be
eligible for a diversion
payment and price support
on one farm, a growing taking
part in the 1963 feed grain
program must not exceed the
total feed grain base acreage
on any other farm in which
he has an interest.
Advance payments will
again be available at the time
of signup. Final payments will
be made after compliance has
been determined.
cook 20 minutes. Add celery
and parsley dumplings, cover
closely, and cook 15 minutes
longer without removing lid.
Stir flour into cold water for
a smooth paste, and stir into
liquid on slew.
Cook, stirring gently until
gravy clears and thickens
slightly:. Serve at once.
PARSLEY DUMPLINGS:
Combine biscuit mix and
parsley. Slir in milk to make
a soft dough. Drop by table
spoonfuls onto top of simmer
ing stew. Makes four to five
servings.
At present, there is little
proof that lowering cho
lesterol in the diet will lower
Ihc amount in the blood. The
body can manufacture cho
lesterol out of other food
products.
Before iodized salt came in
to common use, goiter was as
common among dogs as it was
among humans.
Complete Feed
Farm &
Home, Commercial Nut
Growers Told of Law
By DON BERRY
County Extension Agent
Home and commercial wal
nut growers are interested in
Oregon State laws and the
Federal Marketing Order No.
84 which regulates the sale of
walnuts.
The federal marketing or
der provides that anyone who
"handles" walnuts must have
them inspected to determine
thai they meet the minimum
standard established under the
marketing order, EXCEPT
growers can sell without in
spection up to 500 pounds of
unshelled or 200 pounds of
shelled walnuts direct to ac
t u a 1 consumers within the
area of production. These di
rect sales may not exceed 500
pounds of unshelled or 200
pounds of shelled in any one
market year while parcel post
or express shipments may not
exceed 10 pounds unshelled or
4 pounds shelled to any one
consumer in any one calendar
day.
Oregon laws require that
any sale of walnuts in lots of
250 pounds or more be in
spected. Further, it provides
any lot of unshelled walnuts
sold or offered for sale be la
beled properly. Labeling in
cludes State, grade, size, and
address of grower or packer.
Oregon law also regulates typ
es of containers carrying Ore
gon grade No. 1 or 2.
Most local growers with
small productions prefer to
sell their walnuts in small lots
directly to the consumer
through road side stands or so
liciting direct sales from their
own property in order to avoid
the cost and trouble of in
spection. But at the same time
in order for him to comply
with Oregon laws and avoid
inspection, he may hold each
walnut sale below 250 pounds
properly labeled and meeting
No. 3 grade or better in con
tainers marked "Oregon No. 3
Grade" in large green letters.
A walnut grower may also
sell without inspection to a
recognized "handler" of wal
nuts who complies with the
walnut control board regula
tion prior to resale.
No sales to retailers can be
made unless walnuts are in
spected. Inspections are made
by the Federal-State Shipping
Point Inspection Service, 092
We manufacture a complete line of feeds for all kinds of feeding.
Dairy cowi and beef hogi rabbits chickens turkeys
calves and hones. Also special miles and medicated feeds.
Large men are urged to inveitigate the real lavingi in using bulk
feed!.
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421 A Street
ASHLAND
Phone 482-2143
Garden
South Grape St., Medford, at a
cost of 6'ac per 100 pounds
of in-shell walnuts and or lae
per 100 pounds of shelled wal
nuts with a minimum charge
of $5.50.
For further information
grower should call the county
extension office, 773-8215. or
Mr. Walt Jensen at the Ore
gon Shipping Inspection ser
vice, 772-9104.
Mrs. Hessig Is
Siskiyou 'Mom'
Montague-Mrs. Louis (Alice)
Hessig is Siskiyou County's
"Mom" for the year.
Presentation was made at
the annual Cattlemen's Ban
quet at Winema hall, Siski
you county fair grounds,
Friday evening, Nov. 9. Fur
ther recognition and award
will be made at Stat Conven
tion of Cattlemen and Cow
belles in Sacramento Dec. 7
and 8.
Her husband received a gift
and a hearty round of ap
plause for his outstanding
service as president of Siski
you County Cattlemen. Other
awards given went to Jim
Taylor of Grenada for best
pen lot of feeder heifers-Herefords-and
to Stuart Ham
mond of Edgewood for the
same in the Angus breed,
judging having been done at
the Siskiyou county fair in
August.
D. E. Alexander of Napa,
feed lot operator and "Cali
fornia's Livestockman of the
Year 1962." spoke on "dual
grading." Full content of his
speech was carried in an ear
lier edition.
STOCKMEN
FEED PELLETS
Your coarse or unpalatable
roughage will make a base
for a modern balanced ration
that you can feed with little
labor and no wastage. The
increased meat or milk pro
duced will give you maxi
mum returns on a small cash
investment.
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