MEDFOHD 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.
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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
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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
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(Or. the famous gas-saving 6 with the muscle of conventional V8's.) If that isn't
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INTRODUCING
THE
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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.
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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.
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, , 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.
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