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? sm i rig i; z s't Femdnln, Calif.' Ai;-t;st IV lV-2 0. ?!.'.-,. in, Slipner Kit? (2nd) Vnvrior Pifln(?v!J 3. '"TV RACING QUARTERHORSE Terry Ricky Shay is shown coming down the final lap of this summer's race at the Jefferson Quarter horse futurity at the Humboldt county fair grounds. Below, the owner, Delbert Terry, Local Race Horse Sets Good Record Raising horses for racing mid showing is becoming an increasingly popular activity In the Rogue valley. One of the more prominent horse breeders is Dclhert Terry. FARM Woodlot Facts BY DICK OLSON Oregon S'att Farm Forester A. previous article dealt wilh thinning of young tim ber stands. In this article I will discuss pre-commereial thinnings close relative "pruning". These two prac tices usually go "hand-i n hand in forest improvement work. Clear lumber, as produced b.. American sawmills, comes principally from virgin tim ber 200 to 500 years of age or older. The clear wood portion li.s only in the outer layers of the lower part of the tree trunk. Many trees are sawlog size before they produce clear lumber, for Nature's method of producing clear wood is extremely slow. Nature is not much con cerned with producing clear lumber. For example, the following statement made by B. E. Fernow, one of America's earliest and most outstanding foresters: "Nature has taken no account of time or space, nor did she care whether the forest was composed of tim bers most useful to man; tree growth, whatever the kind, salifics her laws." Even in closely stocked stands, death of the side branches from lack of sunlight, (the first step in natural pruning) proceeds at n snail's pace. E. S. Kotok. Pacific Northwest Forest and Jlanqe Experiment station, has Mid, "The average Douglas fir is not clear to 17 feet until 77 years and to 33 feet until 107 years'' Perhaps if we lived as long as the people of Kunza we could afford to wait, hut I doubt it. Early pruning is the only way we can go about pro ducing clear wood in stands which will he 60-80 years old when final harvest time rolls round. Trees should he pruned at early an ace as possible to s'art clear growth. Trees over fi" to 8" in diameter are usual ly considered too larse for pruning. The branches will be lyrifr anH nrimin rnt will be higher. Also the tree will i I not grow a large enough per- ccniace of clear material be-! fore harvest asc. ! Only the better trees in the ; stand on fairly good sites should be pruned. These trees , should be selected because of good form and growth rate ' and should be suflv.icntly spaced to allow for future growth. This is usually about 'JO to 23 foot spacing through the area or about 60 to 120 trees prr acre. These trees will eventually be cut in thinning operations to pro mote growth in the pruned ; trees. The bri season for pruning l from the late summer until ! erly spring, while the fees are relatively dormant. The; brk is less likely to tear dur ing this period and the sub-1 sequent rapid spring growth Bullock rd., Medford who raises Quarterhorses for rac ing. One of his horses, Terry Ricky Shay, a two-year-old galloped 250 yards at :13.7 seconds fast lime during the Jefferson Quarlerhorse asso ciation futurity at Humboldt county fairgrounds, Ferndale, Calif. The racing record for the two-yes,r-old shows first for each of two starts. He was bred by Raymond Guthrie, Prineville, Ore. "Terry Ricky Shay came from behind in a brilliant stretch run and captured first place in the 134 mile race over a fast track," according to the report in the Novem ber Quarterhorse journal on Futurity race. The Terrys have 28 acres near the Medford airport where they have 19 head of horses, some Thoroughbreds. They have been raising Quar terhorses for approximately 16 years. For the last four or five years they have been rac ing their Quarterhorses at Portland, Crescent City, Calif., Bend, Grants Pass, Bay Meadows, Calif, and Los Alaniitos, Calif. Because of the increasing amount of horse activity in Jackson county a horse rack and arena should be . built here, these horse breeders assert. helps to cover the stubs more quickly. Pruning can be done with an axe, a club, or a hand pruning saw for the low dead branches. Pole pruning saws with eight to 12-foot handles should be used for the higher branches. All dead branches and stubs should be removed. Green branches can be cut to a point where at least two third of the live crown re mains on the tree. Cutting too many of the green branches will weaken the tree and slow down the growth rate. Young trees may have to be pruned several times so that not too much of the crown will be removed in one operation. Branches should he cut as close to the trunk as possible. It is desirable to prune to a height of 18 feet on each tree to permit rutting two eight foot logs plus trim, above the stump level. When numerous green branches are cut. a concentra tion of slash accumulates. These branches should be scattered away from the tree to prevent accidental fires from building up extra heat around these highest value trees. Pruning of green limbs from the southwest side of the tree that is exposed to direct sun from 2 to 5 p m. is likely to expose the tree to sunscald. Only one whorl of live branches should be cut each year Irom such exposed trees. Pruning can increase the future value of your timber stand by improving the qual ity of the sawng. However, the work and Investment in pruning will be loit if the timber is not managed to pro tect and promote Browth In the selected tree" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. a v r-, ;v' -'. Vrv, 0m- Bullock i d., Medford, stands in the winner's circle with horse and jockey. Horse-raising is becoming increasingly popular in the Rogue valley meriting construction of an arena and race track, its supporters believe. New Machines Used For Harvest Of Many Berries Corvallis-Considerable ton nage of Oregon's strawberries and cranberries' were harv ested by machines this year and this is only the beginning of what's sure to come in the future. However, much more needs to be known about both ma chines and berries before me chanical harvesting of Ore gon berries becomes a com mon place thing, Dean Boost er, Oregon State university agricultural engineer, told the small fruits section of the Oregon State Horticultural Society Friday. Growers and processors In Oregon this year spent more time and manpower on ef forts aimed at mechanizing the berry harvest than ever before, he reported during the last day of the meeting on the OSU campus. Much of the work has been concentrated on caneberries with efforts directed toward automatic machines, which may be a possibility on cer tain varieties, Booster said. Saren Machines Used During the 1962 season, seven different machines were used in the harvest of thorn less evergreen blackberries and at least three of them are being closely watched, not only by Oregon growers and processors, but also by peo ple in other stales. Five dif ferent machines, one of which is being built on a commer cial basis, were used on black caps. In addition, machines were also used on Santiam and Marion blackberries, logan berries, boysenberries and red raspberries, he noted. All the equipment used on caneberries involves shaking the canes, which, he ex plained, results in selective harvesting of berries. The grower can select the matur ity of the berries to be harv ested by reuulating the inten sity of the shaking action. and . . . h mn NEW YEAR To our msny Friendi nd Policy Holders. Virgil R. Wilkes, Agent STATE FARM INSURANCE CO.'s MEDFORD. OREGON Lower 1962 Corvallis Prices for the 1963 wheat and barley crops grown in the Pacific North west probably will be lower as a result of the farm bill signed by the President, re ports Stephen C. Marks, Ore gon State University exten sion agricultural economist. The act lowers the national average basic wheat support price by 18 cents, to $1.82 a bushel, which will probably influence the market price. It also appears thai the basic support price for barley, main feed grain grown in the Pacific Northwest, may be re duced about $6 ton, al though it is not known exactly how barley support prices will be operated. This would bring lower prices unless export markets become heavy buyers New Feed Grain Program Outlined To Area Farmers The 1963 voluntary feed grain program will generally follow program provisions for 1961 and 1962 crops by giving feed grain producers an opportunity to participate in the program by reducing acreages and to receive pay ments, Albert Straus, chair man, Jackson county Agri cultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, has announced. As in 1962, the program will apply to corn, grain sor ghum, and barley. By participating, farmers will receive diversion pay ments for shifting acreage from production to a conser vation use and in addition they will receive price-support payments on the normal production of the 1963 feed grain acreage. They will also be eligible to obtain price- support loans and purchase agreements for the actual 1963 feed crain production. Rates for diversion payments are somewhat smaller than in previous years, but this de crease will be more than off set for most farmers by the price-support payments. Major Chang A major change from pre vious programs, Mr. Straus emphasized, is that to be eligible for any payments or price support on any of the three feed grains included In the program, the farmer must divert the total acreage for which he signs up. The chairman explained that farmers may take part In the program by reducing the total of their 1963 feed grain acreage (corn, grain sorghum, and barley) by at least 20 per cent. The maxi mum diversion Is the higher of 40 per cent of the base acreage or 25 acres, provided this is not more than the bast acreage. The acreage of the three crops (1959-60 average acreage, as adjusted) will be combined into one total feed grain base for each farm, and the farmer may choose to di vert one or more of the feed grains, with the diversion payment being made at the per-acre rate applicable to the particular grain or grains di verted. Farmers who have planted their 1963 barley crop this fall will be able to take pari in the 1963 program by re ducing their total feed grain acreage by at least 20 per cent. Farmers may receive part of their acreage diversion payment at the time they sign up to participate in the pro gram. The signup period for the 1963 feed grain program will be early next year and it will be announced later, Chairman Straus said. L.D. DIALING Chicago - llIPli - Direct Dis tance Dialing is progressing rapidly. Last year, about half of the 214 million long dis tace telephone calls made in the territory of the Illinois Bell Telephone company were dialed, B. R. DeMaeyer, a company spokesman, told a recent meeting of the Ameri can Institute of Electrical Engineers. Prices Seen For Wheat, Barley Crops as they were last year, Marks notes. Under the provisions of the bill, growers who reduce wheat plantings at least 20 per cent below allotments will receive two types of payments from the government. One will be 18 cents a bushel for the normal produc tion of acreage devoted to wheat. The other will be pay ment for the acreage reduc tion, based on 50 per ceni of the value of normal produc tion on acreage diverted to conservation uses. Neither of these payments will affect the cash market, the economist stressed. Barley Grower! Barley growers in 1963 who make a minimum reduction of 20 per cent of their com bined 1959-60 base acreage of barley, corn and grain sor ghum will receive two types of direct government payments. PRE-INVENTORY STOCK REDUCTION SALE NEW AND USEO TYPEWRITERS Undcrwaod OliviMl Keys! Smith-Corona Rtmington NEW ADDING MACHINES HAND 79.50 plus tax ELECTRIC 83.73 to 159.50 Mjnufjcturfd in USA SII THEM & TRY THEM AT VOIGHT'S A message from the Treasury of a free people fIJt .co,,ect if M J pictures If ; of Presidents WL Jt X forfiin...and freedom S" Keep freedom in your future with One will be a payment-in- kind on all barley produced on the base acreage of these three crops, Marks said. The other payment will be based on acreage diverted to conser vation uses times normal yield on diverted acreage times 50 per cent of the support price. Those who do not comply with the act will receive only the income from the sale of their barley on the open mar ket, he added. If the new law remains in operation for the 1964 crop, barley supports may be re duced still further, Marks warns. Beginning in 1964, the law directs the Secretary of Agriculture to set supports for feed grains at a point between 50 and 90 per cent of parity that will not result in addition to stocks. Estimates for the 1962 bar ley production In the Pacific Northwest have been revised 8TH t GRAPE Each of the seven denominations of Series E Savinps Bonds shows a different Presi dent of the United States. If you're in terested in this kind of art, the seven make a nice collection. Along with the hobby. Savings Bonds offer such extras as riskless investing, 3313 more money at maturity, and financial freedom for your future. But there are other kinds of freedom tied in with your purchase of Savings Bonds. upward, with Oregon's crop now estimated at 17.261.000 bushels, 6 per cent larger than last year and 2 per cent above everage. Vf r trowbridge fiw hj ' electric l ' or on i'ayroll savings where you work. U.S. SSVISIgS BOildS Tk4 U. g. Gavrnmml dot tut pay for thit udcrtUirf. Th Treatury JWtmt tkMmkt TU Aivtrtvmg Coined and thit newspaper or thtir patrutit Vuppert. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2S, 1962 BIGGEST PARK Yellowstone Park - This Is the largest national park in the United Slates. It rovers i tn ut v cu nj JC more than two million acres; long to Baguio in the Philip in Montana, Idaho and Wyo-j pines. The day's total was ming. ' 1 45.99 Inches. Freedom to speak your piece, choose your job, and own your property, to name a few. Every Bond you buy helps our gov ernment further the cause of freedom everywhere in the world today. Why not start collecting U.S. Savings Bonds now? Only $18.75 each for the George Washington variety, at your bank D 7 1 I RECORD RAINFALL Miami - The world record for the most rainfall in i ini.t i. k.k.,.j 4- 1.-
