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Newspaper Page Text6 ! 8 TUESDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1982 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON iiiia mm u jiMjpi i4A'l(1.'iiiltl l.mir., ,tHfMMvk:.!t M - ' i'filiiMi' I MMl '1 BLOOD TEST Dick Broseno, Hart's Hatclicry, Medford, pushes a hypodermic needle into a turkey's wing to with' draw a blood sample at the Morris Byrne turkey ranch on the Applegale. The small vial of blood will be sent with others to Oregon State university for laboratory examination Os-- hjf , S J" j I Vtf h . , . r - : T ' 4. j'- ,'.;) 1 3 . . ' . ! i.n iiiimwi ilnH iii,i,iiA.Y: it nm , iHltiM SADDLES TURKEYS Eddie Calhoun. Applrgale. tucks a turkey wing through a loop in tup saddle nt the Morns Byrne ranch on the Applcgate. The small lcalher Jackets are used to protect the hens from the torn turkry's claws during mating time. Looking on is Claudia Calhoun, sister-in-law. In the chute pushing the turkeys through Is Katherine LaMoreaux, Medford, Byrne's daughter. Ill tha checkered lliirl, back to the camera is Morris Byrne. Vegetable MarketiFarm & Garden Potential Here; Needs Promotion Corvallis-The . possibilities of expanding the fresh veg etable market in Oregon were explored Friday by Roland uroder, Oregon State univcr sity extension fruit and veg etable marketing specialist, in a talk before the vegetable crops section of the Oregon State Horticultural Society on the OSU campus. "A market potential "for some fresh vegetable does exist, for Oregon, but the economies of scale, length of growing season and high risk in relation to other crops and alternatives may hampe.' the development of a large Indus try in Oregon," the specialist said. However, he pointed out that the Oregon vegetable in dustry accounted fo. almost nine per cent of tha state's total agricultural income in 1961. That year, vegetables meant $36.1 million dollars to growers. Top Vegetables Leading the list was snap beans at $13.8 million, fol lowed by onions, $6.7 million; green peas, $4.4 million; sweet corn, $3.1 million, a- d broc coli and carrots, both just over $1 million. Of the $36.1 million total, some $10.1 million was in come received from fresh market sales. Damand for Vegetables If Oregon' growers are to satisfy the demand for fresh vegetables, they must adopt many of the same practices used by competitors In other areas, he stressed. Opportuni ties exist not only for expand ing the local market In Ore gon but throughout the grow ing West Coast region, 'he em phasized. The specialist pointed out that, by comparison, Ore gon's vegetable industry has changed but little over the years. Groder quoted A. G. Bouquet, former head of the OSU horticulture department, as saying in 1907: What Oregon's vegetable industry needs is stabilized acreage, crops grown in more favorable areas, belter farm ing methods, Increasing qual ity and uniformity, better grading and packing, proper inspection and efficient mar keting organization." The green color in hay and silage is associated with the carotene content, from which vitamin A Is formed In the animal's body. Chit Chat By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Christmas is like a magnet drawing people homeward, if not physically, then spiritually. We saw him In the bus depot Christmas eve. He had half reclined against the bench, his brown and battered som brero was pulled down over his eyes as he dozed. He was a big man. Broad, calloused hands gripped a parcel In wnnk led brown wrapping paper. He wore a faded blue Levi jacket with overalls to match, patched neatly In one knee. FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLETT His weather-roughened face was completely relaxed oblivious of people filing in and out of the bus depot with their suitcases and the loud rumble of buses pulling into the station and hissing of air-brakes. Gradually he became aware of us watching him. Almost cautiously he pushed up the brim of his western style hat and squinted at us out of pale blue eyes.. "Somethin' Interest you?" "Yes," we said. "You look as 1 you have come a long way, Going home for Christmas? "Yup, first time In a long time. Gonna to see my sister and her family, I guess you could call thai hoa-e. Must be about 16 years since I been here last." "She live In Medford?" we asked. "No, up in the hills there," he waved his hand in the general direction. She and Bill are like me, don t like to be crowded. Guess that's one reason I took to. the road." "Look, if you'd rather " "Sleep? No, I was just relaxing. Nothing else to do. Glad to have somebody to talk to. You kinda worry whether you will really be welcome. Ain't seen the folks for a long time. Don't write much. "Last lime I heard from sis, she had a little boy. This package is for him. A little toy I picked up. Hope he likes it. "Yup, been away a long time. Been In the war? Well, you know how you get shoved around from place to place. Pretty soon travelling gets to be a habit. I was one of the first ones over in Europe during World War II. Saw just about all the campaigns. "Then? Then I came home. Folks had died. The little farm had been sold. Sis had gone to work in the city. No real place to go. Things had changed so much. People had changed. Just kept wanderin'. "I go north In the summer. South In the winter. Ride the rods all the way. I've worked in lumber camps up north. The piney woods down south. Worked in the wheat in Kansas. Picked potatoes In North Dakota, apples in Wash ington, oranges in California. "Don't like the south much. Always careful to land In town there with money in my jeans. Otherwise get picked up as a vag. They have lousy jails, or you build a road in one of them work gangs. Some of them sheriffs are real mean! "But now I'm goin' home. Kinda feels good. Bin away loo long " Shufflin his scuffed brown high top work shoes he eyed the bus garage as it Impatient to get under way. The holiday season is at hand. We can expect great quantities of farm produce will be consumed during the coming two week period. In many instances the form in which it is consumed will have been greatly changed by processing and packaging so it may be difficult to iden tify it as a farm product. Even the Christmas tree, it self, is often from a tree farm so Is really an agricul tural product. At a time of year when we may be inclined to overstuff ourselves with special food and drink, it will relieve us somewhat if some thought is given to the welfare of oth ers. Almost everyone knows If someone who is less fortu nate than he or she Is and who no doubt could have a happier holiday season with a helping hand. Even the chil dren can get into the act by being encouraged to put out food for birds. Preparing Logs At this season of the year some persons may be inter ested in preparing either wood or Presto-Logs so they will burn with colored flames. This process is rather easy so almost anyone can do the job. In no case should any chemical which contains nitrate or chlorate be used on any fuel that is to be burned or even stored In the home. These materials are either likely to cause a home fire or explosion or both. The present weather is ideal for putting out some poison in areas where there is a large population of rats and mice. These pests are very apt to begin doing some damage to fruit and other economic plants if the weather remains clear, cold and frosty. We wish for everyone the Oregon Counties Top List Of U.S. Farm Commodities Corvallis - Oregon's highly diversified agriculture-a $400 million annual business - can claim top rankings for many of its counties in United States production of major farm products. Nearly three out of every four Oregon counties rank among the 100 leading agri cultural counties in the U.S. in at least one product, re ports Mrs. Elvera Horrell, Oregon State university ex tension agricultural economist. Two counties stand at the very top among the 3,072 counties in the United States, and one out of four rate among the lop 10 on the basis of the latest U.S. Census of Agriculture. Oregon counties ranking In top 10 for major farm pro ducts are: UMATILLA - top county in the nation in acres of green peas harvested for sale. Uma tilla also ranked fifth in quan tity of wheat harvested; and sixth in acreage of vegetables harvested for sale. MARION - top county !n the nation in acres of straw berries harvested and third in quantity sold. JACKSON - third in the nation in total number of pear trees and fifth in quantity of pears harvested. WASHINGTON - third in acres of strawberries harvest ed for sale and fourth in quantity of strawberries har vested. HOOD RIVER - fourth in total number of pear trees and fourth in quantity of pears harvested. MALHEUR - fifth In acres of dry onions harvested for sale; eighth in acres of sugar beets; tenth in quantity of sugar beets harvested. CLACKAMAS - sixth In both acres of strawberries and quantity harvested; seventh in turkey hens kept tor breed ing. WASCO - eighth in quan tity of cherries harvested. YAMHILL - eighth in num ber of turkey hens kept for breeding. Three Orcpon counties -Amatilla, Malheur and Mar ion - ranked among the top 100 of the nation in value of all farm products sold. Uma tilla ranked 68th, Malheur 83rd, and Marion 96th. Both Umatilla and Malheur had gained in ratings compared to the previous census in 1954, although Marion had slipped a little. happiest of holiday seasons. We can all help ourselves to a happier season by helping someone else have a pleasant holiday. Christmas Party Held in Montague Montague - Shasta Valley Center of the Farm Bureau had a potluck dinner and Christmas party at the Mon tague Club room December 18. Decorations were candle holders and tiny Santa Clauses fashioned of egg car tons used with greenery and bright red berries. An impromtu program was performed by people chosen at random from the crowd attending. All donned cos tumes and performed their parts with great enthusiasm to the amusement of the rest. Characters such as the "old drunk" a "baseball player", the "dapper gentleman" a "shy maiden" and a "haggard old woman" were portrayed. Mrs. Roy Townley, Mrs. George Fiock and Mrs. Mor ris Prather had charge of the entertainment. Mrs. Townley also accompanied the group singing of Christmas carols. Part of the decorations were given to the children attend ing as favors. Oregon counties would hold a greater number of tcp rank ings if more so-called "spec ially" crops were included, Mrs. Horrell explained. For example, no cranberries are listed, nor are filberts and many seed crops, some of which are grown almost ex clusively in Oregon. All of U.S. Ryegrass Oregon produces all of the nation's ryegrass and Chew ing fescue seed that are im portant segments of the state's giant seed industry that re turned $18 million lo Oregon farmers last year, plus adding more millions to local pay rolls in seed cleaning and sales. Oregon grows more than 90 per cent of the nation's bent grass seed, common vetch seed, and filbert nuts; 75 to 90 per cent of the red fescue seed and gooseberries; 50 to 75 per cent of the Mcrion bluegrass seed and loganber ries; 25 to 50 per cent of the alsike clover seed, crimson clover seed, hairy vetch seed, peppermint, sweet cherries, boysenberries, youngberries, and blackberries; 10 to 25 per cent of the nation's pears, prunes, hops, raspberries, and tall fescue seed, and snap beans, beets, and peas for pro cessing. Total production of live stock, field and orchard crops, poultry and dairy products, and the many specialty items places Oregon farms second only to forests as a source of primary income to the state, the economist explained. BLUEBERRY HUB ' Portland, Me. - Maine pro duces three - fourths of the blueberries in the U.S. and 90 per cent of tha canned ! blueberries. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coarse or unpalatablt 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 returm on a small cash investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Ron Lant, Medford Raising Breeding Turkeys Is Highly Technical Work By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor "I'm going out on the Ap plcgate and watch them sad dle turkeys." This casual annnunccini'nl provoked looks of riisbi'licf from fellow slaff members. Rut, that's what Morris Byrnes, owner nf a 3,8110 tur key breeding flock on his I GO acres home place calls the operation completed In two days last week. His well-trained crews of bulli young people and adults moved in s.vnclirnni.ert rhy thm as hens were driven down what luoked like small cal'.lc chutes, were grabbed by the legs, swung to the "operating tables" then had their wiii);s thrust through what appeared to be small leather Jackets, These jaekels filling snugly over the liens' backs prevent the loins from clawing them durinp mating season coining up in January unci February. Woll Trainod Crawi Earlier we had visited the any nf the birds for meat is strictly a by-product. Attention to Detail Attention In delail Is almost a trade-mark of his foundation flock of poults each year which he buys in Hie spring from Hart's Hatchery. Mor tality rate is about 5 per cent. Hp keeps this rate low by Isolation nf his poults in lots as they receive the various disease preventative treat ments. Well . maluiecl breeding stock of uniform age, plus high protein feeds puts the hens In production early .- at seven months. About 80 eg,-;s per hen is considered average, but Morris hit I1H last year and one year )( per hen. Artificial insemination helps to insure a high fertility rule among the cegs produced. The producer will guniantee 75 per cent fertility. The hatch, erv charges him for ecus which are under that require-incni. Plentiful supplies of whey Turkey -egg producing Is one of the few farm Industries in the state and particularly in the Rogue Valley which has plenty of room for expert newcomers. But it is a highly skilled, technical business with no room for amateurs. Byrnes was one of the first turkey breeders in Southern Oregon. He started with three turkeys, Increased his flock to 50, saved his eggs, Incubated them and built up to 500 birds which he1 sold for meat birds. And there are always new developments. - The bronze, broad-breasted turkey which provides plenty of meat for our holiday tables may some day soon give ground lo tha new strain of white turkey. The while pin feathers make it a cleaner looking bird when plucked. But it takes four years to develop a white tur key. Many breeding flocks now include some whites. "Yup, be good to get these feet under sis' table and eat. some real home, cookin'-hsd 'nuff hobo stew to last me for quite a spell. Might even settle down for a spell-untll I get fiddle-footed again." "Wull, there'a my bus. Good to have talked to you. Be seen' yuh." Then he rose to his feet, stretched, look a firm grip on his parcel and strode to the door leading to his bus. He was going home for Christmas. Everybody goes home for Christ mas somehow. Alan Bray Winner In Speech Contest ! blocks and ereen feed from same well-lramed crew dip ; tnP urRP alfalfa fields helns .. .... .... ,.,,, , icming rosiji, one or t he inn n nan'd,eHCn,' ' n"ly,n"" "'"" ' l'""t ' handled by r)u k Brisenn nf p,,)(j, or )ns, pPvoloprr Hart s Hatchery, who slipped I foed is $nn , ton. M a ton n-iM,rfl- V 1 "" dieaper when purchased w ithdrew a small vial of bulk as Byrnes does. imsr ninon samples tested al Hart's Hatchery lust south nf Medford iudlrate pus- mie presence nt fowl pox. j College Receives Institute Grant In Portland - Portland Stale college has received its first summer mathematics institute giant from the National Sci ence foundation. niaihlirad rholcra. fowl-U phold and oilier diseases. All of the turkeys are rare, fully inoculated and given nli-hiolics In their feed to help prevent disease out breaks. The comparative iso lation on the (hlnly-pnpulatrd The $.l!i.lisl giant is under I Turkeys are finicky, or lust ! plain stupid, growers sav. The poults not only have to be led .In water, but their lulls have I to lie dipped in m they will i direction of llr. J, Du ll start drinking Food should HVrn'- associate professor lie placed before them right!0' mathematics al PSC. The after they come out of the ; "'hl-week institute will l,e ! hatchery so thev will stall ; Rm Jllne '7 '"r some 30 leach eating immediately. era of high school mathe- Heavy litter on 'the floor or ; m"U"' Annleiiaie lirln. .!. n... . i. w ire me.sh on the floor helns ! is the eighth NSK testing Is -in added precaution. I kfrp 11,0 P"l from eating : "alhematics institute R,-ant to By ERBEE MULKEY Farm Bureau Reporter Alan Bray, Crater FFA sen ior, was chosen winner of the chapter public speaking con test held al the recent F'arm Bureau meeting, It was re ported. Pat Neal, Crater FFA sen ior, was chosen runner up by Judges Don F'aber and George Johns, both of Central Point, and Ben Muuchrtt, Medford. Homer A. Conger, vire pres ident of the Jackson County Farm Bureau, opened the De cember meeting by introduc ing Dale Shepherd, vocation al agricultural instructor from Crater High school. Shepherd explained briefly that public .speaking is a phase of leadership training in the FFA chapters and five boys would speak before the Farm Bureau. The winner is to compete In a district con test Jan. 19. The district is marie up of 11 chapters. First speaker was Errol Coffman, a Junior, who listed reasons of "Why We Are Ahead of Russia in Agriculture." lie said one reason was collective farms and the farmers are not aide to own land. Another is giving little attention to soils and seeds. He concluded that American farmers could only j catch up with Russian farm ers by going in reverse. Talki on Bro Larry Ford, sophomore, talked on the honey bee and Hie solitary bee in relation lo the polleniaiion of alfalfa. There is trouble involved, he said, in (he honey bees' ef- lo Hart's Hatchery, so selling : 0,1 ,lle P0'"s- down and cause I ",e "rst der Portland State T.otlicr poults to pick at each ; Brands' Talks Slated For Television Show Brands old and modarn will b shown on KMtD TV Wtdnaiday. Dtc. 26. at 4:15 p.m. along with a dis cussion on branding by Eldon Backntr. Gold till. lata livestock impaction officer, and Boy Nalion. Ralem. chief of tha brand Inspection diviilon. Tha two mon will appaar en 'Tocui on Farmine." a I'jment ef "Focal Toinl." . M.evrm ,oe pick m g. ,. " ' """" auspices of le honfv bff , 1 and water ha, to be I Ocner.l txtcnsion di-1 producer of one of i'nT1,,.,.:',." "T: - I.ics, food,, dating. pices. Former NSF cranis other. Deep litter and lanie whllp held on the PSi" ram. runs prevent toe picking. I "" wrr under the auspices rood switc pans oi tne nroodcr house in ha institute will ....... keep the young turkey, busv high school mathematics and prevent development of teachers with correct matlie bad habits And these are : matical knowledge in order Just a few of Hie things mow- to undate their iri-m. nr nave in watrn out for Going Buiinan Iwn-lesced predator, loose Ilirkrv, ari ra ' "i"lM'inns. IMIPV IllllK - "in iu nir r ,ic a f. lrt. u -I. Il.eir eggs which are .'hipped! ' f -'t gel j JV,' td'V,,,,1Sn,. , b"J !' ' I 'alt. and the solitary bee, might be able to do a hotter job. He hopes something can be done to si mi the decline of tlie honey bee as it was a man's far- back to the caveman era. Abe Lincoln was (lip first ernm to subsidize the honey bee. ; Terry Beoff, senior, said Hyrn" ",,d' is largest industry and ex- Tlie PSC nr,lfrsst.p ,s.si.!.-l ' lnrla mil, .,,, i- ..til.- 1,1.4, ..i. . s,,,n aim an toe nm mat the field of ma'he. j tries, such a, shipping bv w a the young bird, are likely to inatic, ha, grown tn fs.t ter. rail, truck, and air. He pile up under shelter and the pat M years that there said that farming contribute, smother each other Then . n significant lag between : hcavilv to machinery nmi Iheie aie hnlh the four and what is taiiilit nrt what ii.drinnn. j m.rh.m..! i. currently being applied. .pair. All branches el the fond industry begin with agricul ture and food Is so well proc- seed and protected the public buys with confidence. Bray .poke on FFA mem bership. He said there are now 300,000 members in the 50 states. He stressed that the American farmer works be cause he love, the land and not because he is forced to do the work. He said the FFA was formed in 1928 to train young men in competent, ag gressive leadership in agricul ture, and to educate them to see beyond local problems, to be interested In state, national and international issues. Bray said each year the National FFA adopts a work program and establishes a set of rules. Pat Neal spoke on the com mon market. To the people of Europe this move Is a ray of hope for a unified Europe. jV lie sain 11 nisi, mi-ails iiimii crises and threats around the world. He pointed out that Secretary of Agriculture Or ville Freeman stated that the future of our agriculture de pends on exports. It is possi ble that the common market rountries can become self suf ficient, especially if England becomes a member. Tall, of Trip !,l f.rnesi Kaflomsxe, iioin Hill, told of his recent trip lo Chicago by Jet and his visit lo the American Farm Bureau headquarter located there in the Merchandise Mart. He said the Mart is controlled by the Joseph Kennedy family. C. Norman Gail, insurance agent, attended a session on j insurance and taxes the past week in Salem. He expects lo bring information on each type of insurance policy to meeting, beginning in 1963. SPECIAL HO T CATIRPIILA Ceif.lttff w.rh Winch 4 Onppy 4 GOOO UStO fOftD TgACTOM NAJH FOSO Tg ACTOR t IMPllMlNT CO. 1001 C-llir Likt H-. MwmM in lillstl Christmas commemorates the most Wonderful raWiMl Jj Happening that ever befell the human race. Let IIP N' j us, in our joy, help to celebrate the birth of BrlM ' i , fl Jesus by passing on to others the happiness ! S&IfiII'! lMP iyNW that dwells within our own hearts. ffEwSiMi. 1 THE GRANGE CO-OP STAFF AND MANAGEMENT fffl DIRECTORS; ElEVATOR STAFF: S Arnold Bohnert Walter Waber MmM'MMA EvM Geor98 Ouslerhoul Joseph Thomas WmMWMM w charl" Elniore Robert An9e" wWWWimrMimm Clarence Williams Ben Ashton $XM -'J WMt Hfl M. B. Caster Jack Dul.ney iiWKlf IS i Le. Surles William Harper SWljSlI&ISOT isWP-ll John R. 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