Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 20, 1962, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON Range Calf Research Findings In Bulletin TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1362 Corvallis - A long-range re search program aimed at im proving winter performance of Eastern Oregon range calves has been summarized In 10-year findings by Oregon Stale University Agricultural Experiment station. Improved feeding practices including use of feed supple ments along with meadow hay, value of antibiotics in the feed during the first few weeks following weaning, and best dates for weaning calves arc among key findings re ported by OSU researchers. Results of trials conducted from 1951 to 1961 at the Squaw Butte Experiment sta tion near Burns are reported in a new OSU bulletin. "Win ter Feeding and Management of Ratine Calves." Oregon res idents may obtain free copies Short Weights Top Food Checks Salem Short weights on foods figure in more than half the October seizures and court notions of the consumer and dairy services division of the state department of agricul ture. O. K. Beals, assistant direc tor, said the department seized two lots of ice cream, one in Portland and the other in Newberg, because they were short on weight. In both in stances, the ice cream was re leased for reprocessing and packaging. Two court eases, at Tigard and Corvallis, involved short weight bread. One case is pending and the other was dismissed for insufficient evi dence. A Seaside restaurant for feited a SV5 bail after the slate filed a complaint charg ing it with selling frozen des jscrt that contained more bac itcria than the law allows. In ,a similar case, a La Grande restaurant pleaded guilty and took a suspended S15 fine. Twenty bags of short weight 'wieners and nine unlabeled packages of stewing hens were seized at a Salem-area store and later released for proper labeling. ) Another Salem market re ceived a warning from the Marion county district attor ney alter department inspec tors picked up 29 packages of unlabeled cut - up poultry. These, too, were released for ;corrcct relabeling. Extra Work Made Easy! RENT Adding Machine Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S 8th & Grape 772-4100 of the bulletin from local county agents or the OSU bul letin clerk, Corvallis. The 24-page illustrated bul letin was prepared by the Squaw Butte station staff and has application to large areas of the intcrmountain west where ranches rely on native flood meadows for winter hay supplies and on sagebrush bunchgrass ranges for sum mer grazing. Good, sound calf-wintering programs are increasingly im portant to help offset general ly higher production costs of raising feeder cattle, the bul letin points out. The bulletin reports how use of phosphorus fertilizer on proper sites in native flood meadows increases yield and quality of hay and boosts calf gains. Use of protein supple ment with meadow hay for a wintering ration also has brought marked increase in gains. The place of pelleted hay in a winter program, compar isons of cottonseed meal and urea as feed supplements, and use of copper supplement with meadow hay are other topics discussed. Authors of the bulletin are Squaw Butte staff searchers Joe D. Wallace, R. J. Raleigh, Farris Hubbcrt Jr., and W. A. Sawyer, station superintendent. Garden Tips Ag Board Slates November Meet Salem The State Board of Agriculture will meet in Corvallis on Tuesday, Nov. 27, J. F. Short, director of agri culture, announces. This will be the first session in some years held away from Salem, and will be in Room 125, Ag riculture building on the Ore gon State university campus. The major item on the agenda will be adoption of final details of the promotion al program for the proposed building to house the state de partment of agriculture. The board has been working on this project since January, when it decided upon a crash program to gain from the 1963 legislature funds for immedi ate construction of an ade quate building for the depart ment. In addition, the Corvallis agenda includes features ar ranged by Dean F. E. Price to show the board members agricultural activities at the state university. As. director ol the agriculture extension service at Oregon State uni versity, Dean Price is ex-otfi-cio member of the state board of agriculture. i The Corvallis session is one I of two planned to be held j away from Salem. At a later date, the board will meet in Portland and at that time will include a tour of the depart ment's grain inspection oper ations at the Portland terminals. By JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN County Exteniion Agent Fall Care Continue mowing your lawn as long as there is grass to cut and keep the lawn free of leaves and mulches. They only encourage smothering and disease. After the grass stops grow ing, give your lawn mower a good cleaning before winter storage. This will extend the mower's life and the mower will give better performance. Remove all grass, leaves, and dirt from the mower. Check the blade or cutler bar for sharpness. A sharp blade is important for good lawn appearance and makes mow ing a lot easier. Sharpen Ihe blade now so it will be ready next spring. Adjust the cutting units for rotary and reel type mowers. To check the reel type hold a piece of paper between the knife blade and reel and slow ly turn the reel by hand. Each reel blade should cut the paper along the entire knife blade. Before storing gasoline en gines, drain the tank, carbu retor and gas lines. Sometimes gasoline in storage develops a gummy substance and forms a varnish-like coating. If 'his happens it may be necessary to remove the carburetor and clean it with a solvent. Squirt some oil into the spark plug openings and give the cylin der walls and pistons a good coating of oil. Asparagus Cart Resist the urge to make your asparagus bed look neat for the winter. The tops or brush is better left on. This will protect the soil from erosion and allow the plant to overwinter in a natural, undamaged condition. Decorative Cones Fresh cones collected in the fall rapidly lose their pleas ing appearance if they are covered with pitch. This pitch can be easily removed from the cone by heating. First, clean Ihe cones of any foreign materials by the use of a blow er. The blower and crevice attachment on your vacuum cleaner is very effective for this cleaning. Put the cones on a foil covered tray and place the tray in a warm oven. A temperature of 200 degrees for 15 minutes should melt the pitch. A longer time may be required in some cases. The cones may also be plac ed in boiling water for a minute to remove the pitch. This frequently gives the cones a shellac-like finish. After the pitch is removed you may want to apply a clear finish to enhance the cones. Lacquer, shellac, varnish or liquid floor wax may be used tor this. SPEAKER D. E. Alexander, Napa, Calif, feedlot operator, and California's livestockman of the year for 1962 is shown with his wife at the banquet table at the recent Siskiyou County Cattlemen's association annual dinner meeting in Yroka. He spoke on "dual grading." (300 Cattle Sold, Market Active Other Sales Set FARM Woodlot Facts By DICK OLSON Oregon Stale Farm Forester Christmas tree shortages, fifty-dollar stumpage and pro spects of profitable tree crop- j Phoenix - The Rogue Val- Dinc on a 20-vear rotation to i ly Auction sold Jul) cuttle at meet the demands of pulp, its regular Saturday, Nov. 17 I ami: Ill nillL'ttlA, HLLUI Ul!! U paper anu naiuuuo.u F""" i Manager Bob Dover, for a supply of wood chips is j Tne markct was active on making woodland tree farm- j all classes of cattle. Steer ing an attractive business. I calves sold at $27.50 to S28.70. Seedlings arc in Demand. IIcifcr calves sold at $23.50 lo ., . , , S24.80. Yearling steers sold The woodland owner is plai.t- a( $24 g0 tQ $,5 1Q Ycarli ing trees. In order lo nice' heifers sold at S21.50 to this demand, the state of Ore-1 S22.70. Holstein steers weigh-' eon through its board of I "'" 550 pounds sold at i forestry, maintains two tree , I nurseries with an annual ca-1 c, , , , , Stock cows and cows and, pacity of over 30,000,000 seed- j calvcs wc.e ,very aclive Cows lings. At present 25.O0O.0UO with small calvcs sold at $193 trees are distributed eachto $215 per pair. Springer i itnm L-.-tli ni ti in ft ion nn Ahmit 17 nnn.nnn are Cherry Industry Receives Boost In New Trees By DON BERRY County Exteniion Agent Recent developments have stimulated grower interest in reviving a local sweet cherry industry. High quality sweet cherries wore once grown and ship ped in carload lots from the Rogue River valley. The Al bino cherry virus disease swept through the valley kill ing most of the sweet cher ries during the 1940's and early 1950 s. This combined with a trunk and limb disease called bacterial gummosis and the appearance of the cherry fruit fly in the early 1950 s practically annihilated our sweet cherry industry. Oregon State university sci entists working through the local experiment station and the extension service have re cently come up with answers to these problems. Two new varieties of good quality al bino resistant sweet cherries, the MacMar and Lamida, may be planted locally. MacMar is a Royal Anne type sweet clur ry and Lamida was devel oped to replace our Bing va riety. Scion wood of these varieties is being increased at both OSU and Southern Ore gon Experiment Station and is expected lo be available in small quantities next Spring. Order Now Meanwhile, growers who plan to set out sweet cherries next year should order Maz- Stale Horl Group Plans 77fh Meel Nov. 28-30 A 7 Corvallis - The 1962 trade expansion act and the coming session of the Oregon Legis lature will be two of the topics considered during the 77th annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural Society, Nov. 28 to 30, on the Oregon Slate university cam pus. More than 1,000 growers, processors, fieldmen and rep resentatives from related in dustries are expected lo at tend the session, the largest agricultural commodity meet ing in the rlate. James Smart, Salem, is society presidenl. Sen. Wayne L. Morse will j speak on the trade expansion act and is expected to explain its prov'sions as they relate to Oregon's multi-million dol lar horticultural industry dur ing a general session of the society. A panel discussion dealing with the topic, "A Legislative Program for Horticulture" has been scheduled for an other general session. Mem bers of the panel will include State Sen. Waller L e I h. Salem: A. A. Duncan, OSU extension vegetable produc tion specialist; F. E. Price, OSU dean and director of ag riculture: and Robert L. Con roy of Conroy Packing Co., Woolburn. Special Events Other special events plan ned during the meeting in clude the annual "5-50 Straw berry Luncheon," honoring outstanding growers who have produced at least 50 tons of strawberries in the last year with a minimum yield of 5 tons to the acre. Guest speaker at the' luncheon will be Manuel Moran, berry pro cessor from Mexico City, Mexico, who will outline the development of the straw berry industry in Mexico. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr.. will be the speak er at the society's annual ban quet. His topic will be "The Rumble of the Storm." Also at the banquet, the winner of the Hartnian Cup, presett ed annually to an individual for outstanding service to horticulture, will be revealed. The society's meeting is ' open to all persons with a professional interest in the horticultural industry, Smart said. Though the U.S. farmer makes up 9 per cent of the nation's labor force, only 2 per cent of the boys who plan to attend college plan to ma jor in agriculture. Thousands of good agriculture-related jobs go unfilled each year. zard root stocks through their nurserymen now. Although F12-1 Mazzard stock and Maz zard seedlings are recom mended for use In Oregon be cause of their high tolerance lo the bacterial canker di sease, the F12-1 slock is fa vored because it is more tol erant to the disease than Maz zard seedlings. The albino resistant sweet cherry varieties should then be grafted or budded on the Mazzard trunk after field growing them for a year or more. Sprays for control of cherry fruit flies will be nec essary to keep sweet cherries free from worms as soon as the trees are old enough lo bear fruit. TURKEY DAY IS A GOOD PICTURE DAY Since 1950. the number of milk cows in the United States has declined 4'i mil lion, but the milk supply con tinues at a record rate. Aver age milk production per cow has increased from 5.134 pounds a year to 7.004 pounds. THE DEPEKDABUS FROM DODGE! I DON'T LET THE NAMEPLATE FOOL YOU. &?c& THIS BIG ONE'S IN THE LOW-PRICE FIELD . i CHBYSLEB The low-price field is about the last place a tradi tionalist would expect lo find Dodge. The Dodge name has been associated with Ihe medium-price boys since Hector was a pup But the fact remains; the '63 Dodge is priced down with good old cars "F" and "C". Now, you can stay with a low price and get a lot more car. The name proves it: Dodge! You get Ihe comfort Dodge is famous for. You gel a smooli. torsion-bar ride, epcrts call it best in Ihe business. You get a V8 loaded lor bear. (Or. the famous gas-saving 6 with the muscle of conventional V8's.) If that isn't enough to turn the other two green with envy, how's this for a clincher? Every 1963 Dodge is backed by a revolutionary new 5-year 50.000 mile warranty. INTRODUCING THE 1B83 DODGE year, used to rehabilitate staie forest and other public lands. The balance is made available to private land owners. Limitations There are definale limita tion of forest tree seedlings. The United Stales Forest service co-operates financially in the administration of the nurseries and under the terms of the agreement trees can go only into some form of farm or forest planting which will come under the classification of woodlands, shelterbclls or windbreaks. Furthermore, the state board of forestry has adopted a policy that trees will not go into competition with the commercial nursery men of the state. One step re quired to meet these condi tions has been to eliminate any tree which is primarily of an ornamental nature from the nurseries. Another, and most important, is to require the purchaser to sign a cer tificate to the effect that trees are to be planted outside the boundaries of any incorpor ated city. Trees purchased from the Stale Nurseries can not be resold with the roots attached. The supply of forest tree seedlings carried at Ihe nurs ery include both conifers and hardwoods. The former are usually all two-year-old trees and will range in height from 4 to 12 inches, depending on the species. 'Ilie hardwoods are one-year-old trees and will vary from 6 to 12 inches in height. Prior to each planting sea son the stale prepares an order blank which indicates the trees available and the costs On the reverse side is a certificate that must be lillcd out and signed before the trees will be shipped. The costs may change from season to season since the nursery is operated on a cost basis. Last year the price per thousand trees ranged from 12 to 15 dollars, depending on open species. Copies of order blanks can be obtained around the first of Novem ber Irom your Farm Forester, P. O. Box 71, Mrdlord, Ore., or from your county exten sion office. Trees Bundled The trees are packed in bundles of not less than 50 trees of an individual species. Bundles will not be broken and no order will be accepted for less than one dollar. Ship ments will be made by parcel post except where weight ex ceeds the maximum amount allowed under postal regula tions. Orders of this size are j usually shipped via auto I freight. The price quoted on I the order blank will be I F.O.B. the nursery. The pur- head. Slaughter cows were higher than the week before. Young cows sold at $17.80 lo S20.10. Ulilitv cows sold at S16.20 to S17.40. Yellow cows sold at S12.50 to S14 and shelly cows sold down to S8.50. Special Sale "There will be a special all breed sale here on Saturday, Nov. 24," Bever reported. "Many cattle arc consigned al ready. Feed cattle are high. We will have good buyers here for this sale." "If you have cattle lo sell bring them in Saturday. Also, the next Jackson Counly stockmen s association feeder sale will be held at this yard on Dec. 4. We already have over 500 cattle consigned for the sale," the yard manager said. A special pony sale will be held at Ihe auction yard on Wednesday, Nov. 28. at 7 a.m. Ten head of Shetland ponies trom Kay r rost, Cave Junc tion, and 25 head from other Welch and Shetland breeders of southern Oregon will be sold. If s Time To Order! Your Personalized Name Imprinted CHRISTMAS CARDS Over 40 Albums To Chooit From on the Balcony at BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS Thanksgiving Day gives you a wonderful chance to snap the whole family around the dinner table. Be sure to see us for Ihe Kodak f ilm you'll need. And leave your exposed rolls here for prompt finishing. Kodacolor in by 10 A.M. Back by 5, Same Day Lower Prices, Including Quality S&H Green Stamps 232 E. Main A LIM!nC PHOTO 772-5646 A IS U t Kb "OP ii n rtifc Tfc, rf-fc 1 i. w m - - 1 1 mfmwmamfmmam mm 'm lw Oregon Group Hears Reporl On Mastitis Salem The time may not be far distant when regula tory action will be necessary 10 elenn up the lingering mas titis situation in Oregon dairy callle. This conclusion enne the past week after the Oregon mastitis control commillee heard Dr. Calvin Sevy. of the U.S. Public Health Service. Washington. D. C. report mastitis control developments in other slates. In Oregon, the program thus far has been primarily one of education. The commit tee is now al (he point where 11 agrees It has exhausted ef forts in this direction to for ward prevention and control of mastitis. At the conference with Dr. Sevy, the Oregon committee indicated the need lo coordi nate the program here with that of the adjoining slates and the U. S. Public Health Service. Revising Ordinance The U. S. Public Health Service is now revising its milk ordinance and code and probably will include stand ards calling for the exclusion of mastitis infected milk from fluid milk supplies, Dr. Sevy related He also revealed that new test standards are being de. The Christmas Season is Coming to Bedford Friday. Saturday! Shop EARLY... This WEEK-END Make Up Your Gift List Now Lots of GOOD IDEAS In Next Thursday's m. :' i trt De4 Ctrl -H Ct' C'i kM Hit' 4 vkitf-B A FULL LINE OF CARS IN THE LOW-PRICE FIELD I PARSONS MOTOR CO., 315 E. 5th, Medford IT'S 1963 AT YOUR DODGE DEALER! THE DEPENDABLES ARE HEREI , , tvmu uiKlnllf yi UllMfcl Tf ! chaser must either pick up the : whosP df)irirs shnw abnormal trees al tne nursery or pay ' the shipping costs. If vou have idle lands or cutover lands thai do nol seem to be coming back lo trees, tree planting is a way to bring these areas back into production. For more information about trees available this year and methods of planting keep watching this weekly col umn. Next week article will discuss seedling care before and after planting. milk conditions due to mas titis Kenneth E. Carl, chief of the Oregon Department of Agriculture dairy and consu mer services division was chairman of the November conference. Besides the de partment, also represented on the Oregon committee are Oregon State university, Ihe Oregon Veterinary Medical association, the Eugene and Portland city health departments. Medford Tribune Watch for the Thanksgiving Day Edition... Then SHOP EARLY and SAVE In GREATER MEDFORD!