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explain how the California Beef Cattle Im
Siskiyou County Cattleman
First To Use BCIA Prog ram
Montague-Frank and Mar
garet Day of the Day Here
ford Ranch in Little Shasta
near Montague are the first
registred breeders in Siskiyou
County to use the California
Beef Cattle Improvement as
sociation program and one of
the few in the state to use it
consistently.
Their operation comprises
320 acres, nearly all under
Irrigation. They credit their
start in greater Improvement
to the help given them by
Sedg Nelson, Siskiyou County
Farm advisor and Dan Peter
son, 1 Shasta County ' Farm
advisor. They helped cull out
about half of their herd from
100 to SO good ones.
Since' that beginning they
have constantly and consis
tently improved the quality,
not only of the cows but of
the herd bulls. Their blood
line is N. H. R. Donald Domi
noe 42nd Breeding.
They are very well satisfied
with the results and say .it
works fine if applied with
rtlllaenre Thev nri enthusi
astic about It and plan to con
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of their own breeding in
their heifers, with a complete
record on each one.
Frank Day, who was named
for his grandfather, remenv
bers from early childhood in
Lewistown, Montana that he
always wanted a ranch.
His grandlather homestead'
ed near Lewistown in 1859,
established the . first . post
office, the building still stands
and Is commemorated as such
Young Day got his start in
cattle In 1922, when as a high
school boy he cashed his war
bonds and saving stamps,
bought two registered calves.
He still has the small note
book in which he recorded
the transaction.
He recalls there was no
ready market in Montana for
the number of cattle in the
numbers in which they were
produced. The ranchers band
ed together contracted a train,
shipped their combined herds,
rode on the' same freight
trains, tended them on t h e
way and took them either to
Kansas City or Chicago. Upon
arrival they had to be fin
ished on corn and then sold
to market.
His father.
George Day,
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provement association! program worked for
him when he talks to the Jackson County
Stockmen's association Thursday night in
the Central Point Grange hall. County
Agent Earle Jossy . will explain how the
Oregon system works..
following in his father's- foot
steps, instilled in the young
boy a desire for good stock,
always getting the best he
could, afford. George would
often go to Iowa to purchase
his stock of cows and horses.
After a number of hard
years many of the Montana
ranchers went broke. Young
Day's father was among the
uniortunate, so the- bond'
purchased heifers had to be
sold, and he went to 'work
for wages, for a time as a
ranch baker. He still follows
this avocation as . hobby
wnen time permits.
Frank Day did considerable
traveling both before and aft
er his marriage. Finally.
down. They did so on two dif
ferent ranches on the Oregon
coast, there they began to ac
quire their herd which they
brought with them to Cali-
fornia in 1950. First settling
on a ranch between Gaulle
and Weed and In 1953 they
settled on their present hold
ings. ,
Day feels confident that
good cattle will always be in
demand. "People will always
eat meat, and will at all times
buy the best they can afford,"
he states..
Mrs. Day helps with every
phase of the enterprise.' She
enjoys the bookkeeping which
is 'an extensive effort, but
.can help In the corral, too,
whether day or night. , She
has been known to nurse a
weakened calf by the stove
in the dining room on more
than one occasion.. She isa
charter member of the Siski
you County Cowbelles, as
well as many other fraternal
and civic organizations. .
. Mrs. Day's affiliations are
with the . Montague Rotary,
which he serves as' member
ship chairman, the Elks Club
of Yreka, Masonic and Shrine
lodges Siskiyou County Cattle
men and the Farm Bureau.
Strawberry Plant
Storage Discussed
Corvallis - Freeze damage,
the ability to differentiate be
tween mature and young
plants and disease carrying
organisms within the plants
themselves are all problems
facing Oregon strawberry
growers who plant an esti
mated 45 million new plants
each year, reported Oregon
Slate university researchers.
Dr. Ralph Garren Jr. and
Harry Lagcrstcdt, both OSU
horticulturists, made their re
port to the small fruits sec
tion of the Oregon State Hor
ticultural Society recently
during the last day of its an
nual meeting at OSU
About a third of the state's
15,500 acres of strawberries
are re planted each year. Dr.
Garren said, at 9,000 plants
per acre.
Researchers some time ago
determined that strawberry
plants will store successfully
at temperatures between 28
and 30 degree F. They are
now working on other prob
lems or areas where problems
might arise, they reported.
One of the main problems
facing the Industry Is freeze
damage to plants which oc
cur before, they are dur. they
noted. Freezing weakens vital
plant tissues and the plant
breaks down at low storage
temperatures. Such plants
also have low survival rates
after planting
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The Dec. 2 flood did point
for better drainage systems.
With the deluge of water which streamed over some areas,
drainage systems could not have carried It all off, but they
would have helped, in the opinion of some observers. Those
who worked that long, dark day to stem and rechannel flood
waters noticed they followed their natural drainage channels
In. spite of asphalt streets and houses which stood in their
way. ' . . '
Harold Sexton, Rogue River Valley irrigation district
manager, Is among the most Insistent backers that something
be done about drainage. He introduced Resolution No. 17 at
the recent annual meeting of the Oregon Reclamation Con
gress here. ' ) 1 .'.:.,.", i ': ,
' In Its modified form it points out that Industrial and resi
dential development in the more populace Oregon counties
has resulted in material changes in the run-off pattern of
small natural drainages in certain areas. Interference with
the natural pattern has had a "serious adverse effect ' on ad
jacent properties, the resolution stated. . - '
'. Since such Industrial and residential developments in Ore
gon will, continue to expand and compound drainage and
flood problems,, the- Congress recommended that the 196J
Oregon Legislature, adopt a resolution to appoint an interim
legislative committee to study and- make recommendations.
Such a committee would make
cedures to be followed by various counties and agencies af
fected to deal with drainage problems. .,
The new Interstate freeway
setting their drainage systems. Often this was not considered
by the courts as a factor for consideration in reaching settle
ments in condemnation suits. The storm' did point up the Im
portance of these drainage patterns, It even showed that in
one case, at. l?ast the, highway engineers had not provided
sufficient drainage for the new freeway.
The question arises whether or not houses should be built
in a natural drainage channel. Perhaps drainage patterns
should be charted much as 'you would chart the course of a
stream. Certainly adequate underground drainage systems-tiling-
should be legally required in every subdivision.
-I If the drainage problem wasn't discussed at the Eagle
Point meeting on the recent flood damage it should have
been. We mention- it here because this important phase of
water development was overshadowed what with all the dis
cussion on recreation and Irrigation at the. recent Congress.
One of the things which
the lack of attendance at .the. Congress meeting. If a business
man should be offered a free course on how to display his
goods more attractively to draw more1 people, into his store,
new business trends and how he could adopt- a major new
sideline to make more profit,
tunity. Here was a.major discussion, or series of dtrcussions
on irrigation, the lifeblood of
lated to reclamation projects and one of the best panel dis
cussions of recreation vs. irrigation we have heard for a long
time. Yet, very few people attended from the local area.
Recreation is fast becoming
and those farmers with land In
begun to realize their potential.
tion is detailed in a special USDA pamphlet. A western uni
versity gives a short course on dude rancning ana more ana
more meetings on natural resources include several discus
sions on rural recreation. .
The most recent of these
of the National Association of
districts. ! .
The three day program
recreational planning in the soil conservation program and
movies and slides of local projects.
The local cattlemen are putting on the pressure for better
range Improvement projects, more of them and a more realis
tic program of range allotments than the proposed cuts. They
sent County Commissioner Ed Taylor to Las Vegas to repre
sent them at the public lands conference there. They plan
to send two cattlemen to the Portland meeting on the same
subject sponsored by the Oregon Cattlemen'a association.
Cherry, Prune Trees
Corvallis . (Special) - The
windstorm of Oct. 12 caused
tremendous damage to exist
ing Oregon prune, ' walnut,
filbert and cherry orchards,
but it also created an oppor
tunity for the prune industry
to rebuild on a sound basis
with young orchards.
. However, the planting of
too many young prune or
chards could lead to more
years of poor prices, com
mented R. L. Stebbins, Ore
gon State University exten
sion tree fruits specia1' t, as
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recommendations as to pro
cut through many farms up
disappointed us the most was
he would jump at the oppor
local farming, of recreavlon re
a major business in this area
reservoir areas haven't yet
The farmer's part In recrea
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Soil and Water. Conservation
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included workshop sessions on
Storm Hit
he reviewed storm damage
Friday for the stone fruits
section of the Oregon Horti
cultural Society meeting at
OSU.
Storm damage was. expe
rienced all the way from Cali
fornia to Washington, but the
Willamette valley was the
hardest hit, with walnut,
prune and filbert orchards
devastated. Pie cherry grow
ers also suffered serious
losses, but sweet cher.-y, pear
and peach trees survived with
relatively little damage.
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ABiaCIATIOM(
Serious Disease
Hits Cherry Trees
In Three States
Corvallis-First report on
what appears to be a serious
new disease in Oregon com
mercial cherry orchards was
made recently to the stone
fruit section of the Oregon
State ' Horticultural Society
meeting at Oregon State uni
versity. Dr. J. A.. Milbrath, OSU
plant pathologist, reported the
disease appeared in 16 or
chards in three different areas
during the 1962 season. It
was first reported in one or
chard In 1961. -.
The mysterious ailment
shows up suddenly in or-
chards and stricken trees bear
little, if any, fruit after pro
ducing apparently .. normal
crops the year before, the re
searcher said. The disease hits
only certain trees in an or
chard, with a "sick" tree hav
ing perfectly healthy neigh
bors as yet unaffected. '
Washington Hit '
There have been reports on
a similar disease hitting
cherry trees in Washington
and Montana, he told the
group. Claims have . been
made of stopping the disease
by adding boron to the soil
around the affected tree, but
Dr. Milbrath. believes that the
"pattern and development
does not follow that of a de
ficiency disease,"
Dr. Milbrath expresied con
cern that the disease may also
infect other tree fruits and
even nut trees, as such trees
next to affected orchards have
similar symptoms.
Because the course of the
disease suggests a virus in
fection problem, inoculation
trials have been started by
OSU on an Isolation plot at
The Dalles and in campus
greenhouses, with Dr. O. C.
Compton, OSU horticulturist,
and J. F. Reynolds, OSU plant
pathologist, cooperating in
making soil and virus tests.
Other work being done in
the Willamette valley in
cludes the addition of boron
to the soil as well as zinc in
a few cases.
"Unless a satisfactory con
trol, such as boron, is found
immediately, this could be
the most devastating disease
ever to affect a tree- fruit
crop," he warned.
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Horticultural Men
Adopt Resolutions
Corvallis - The Oregon Hor
ticultural Society during Its re
cent meeting in Corvallis
adopted nine resolutions.
three of them dealing with ex
port markets.
The society ' went on rec
ord opposing reduction of all
protective measures now in
effect which safeguard Ore
gon's apple and pear industry
and other horticultural prod
ucts from imports of like prod
ucts grown at lower costs in
foreign countries. .
The society also urged U.S.
officials to utilize all their
power and authority to over
come "unjustifiable" restric
tions imposed by certain Eu
ropean nations on the import
ing of American fruits and
fruit products. They urged
that all appropriate and feas
ible steps be taken to obtain
reasonable opportunities for
the U.S. to export fruit and
fruit products.
The society also suggested
the government take steps
to assure the continuance of
the historical apple and pear
market in the United King
dom, even If that nation joins
the European Common Mar
ket. '
Negotiations should be di
rected toward assuring the
common tarriff of the Euro
pean Economic Community
reflect the . traditional U.K.
low tarriff history if the Unit
ed Kingdom . joins the Com
mon Market, the society rec
ommended. . ,
The society went on rec
ord to assist in establishing
an agricultural wing of the
Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry in Portland. The
society also went on record
favoring a new building for
the State Department of Ag
riculture and urging that mon
ey be allocated for it as soon
as the necessary funds are
available.
A resolution addressed to
the Columbia Broadcasting
System and members of the
Federal Communications Com
mission asking that the up
coming CBS documentary be
factual and not "sensational"
about the use of agricultural
chemicals was approved.
The society also asked the
Portland offices of the Crop
Reporting Service to make a
complete survey of all West
ern Oregon counties and Hnod
River and Wasco counties to
determine the number of new
fruit and nut tree plantings
Best Place for Farmers
ami Ranchers To Trade
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made' in the last five years.
Featured speaker during a
morning session was Sen.
Wayne L. Morse, who spoke
on the implications of the
1962 trade expansion act in
relation to Pacific Northwest
horticultural products.
Passed primarily to meet
the competition presented by
the European Common Mar
ket, the act gives the Presi
dent the power to negotiate
the reduction of tariffs by as
much as 50 per cent in ex
change for lowering reduc
tions by other countries.
Together, the United States
and Common Market coun
tries account for over half of
the combined total of world
export and import trade and
for 45 per cent of the world
agricultural trade.
The U. S. is the world's
largest exporter of agricultur
al products and second only to
the United Kingdom as an
importer, he noted.
Agriculture amounts for
about one-fourth of the total
U.S. exports and he continued,
"it is needless . to say that
American farmers require
these outlets for their abun
dant production and as one
element of income. For peo
ple in other lands, our agri
culture provides a significant
source for food and clothing.','
The Pacific Northwest ex
ported agricultural products
valued at $181 million in fis
cal year 1961, with $68.1
million from Oregon and the
rest from Washington. Ex
ports showed $136.3 million
in field crops; $25.3 million in
fruits and nuts; $4.9 million in
vegetables and $14.5 million
in livestock and livestock
products.
Horticultural products of
the Pacific Northwest may
face serious problems because
of the rise of the Common
Market. For a number of
products, including some
fruits and vegetables such as
produced in this area, the out
look is reasonably good.
But, he explained, as the
Common Market tariffs
against outside nations be
come effective, ' "our fruit
growers will face more seri
ous threats, primarily from
Italian fruits."
Many European nations
maintain seasonal embargoes
and restrictions on apples and
pears which, in recent years,
have limited U.S. shipments.
"Conceivably," he stated,
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tural policy could shelter ait
agricultural industry of some
nine million small farms
which would be sub-divided
into inefficient, scattered lo
cations. While advantageous
to welding an agricultural un
ion, such a policy could be a
definite disadvantage if main
tained after such an econom
ic union is achieved.
"Consumers in Common
Market countries could thus
be required to pay higher
prices and U.S. producers
would suffer from reduced exports."
Pesticide Course
Planned For OSU
Salem - Some 360 Oregon
licensed chemical applicators
will have an opportunity soon
to do some cramming for
their 1963 state examinations,
which will cover the wide
field of pesticides.
While attendance is not
compulsory, an i n t e n sive
school for pesticide applica
tors will be held Dec. 17-19
in Withycombe hall on the
Oregon State university camt
pus, announced J. D. Patter
son who is in charge of pesti
cide programs for the state
department of agriculture.
Keynoting the three-day
course will be the address
of Dr. G. F. MacLeod, Fresnoi
California, Niagara Chemical
Division, on "What's Ahead
in the Chemical Industry."
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