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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1963 Phone Call Starts Series Of Cattle Range Sessions BY JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Firm Editor One night last March the telephone rang at the home ot the stockmen's association secretary, "Hello, say we have a very serious problem on this range allotment business. I just heard the forest service is going to cut the Rancheria range allotment 66 per cent over a period of years. The fellows in the Big Butte (Cat tle and Horse Raisers) asso ciation are real mad about it. '"Get on the phone and tell everybody we arc going to have an association directors' meeting Thursday night to plan what we are going to do will yuh? Better put it on TV and radio, too!" That morning Forest Serv ice men preparing for a rou tine day heard the announce ment on radio. Within min utes after their arrival at the office of the Rogue River Na tional Forest, Supervisor Car rol Brown called a special meeting of some personnel. What was said at that meeting the cattlemen and their friends don't know. But it must have been straight to the point. Attends Meeting ' Ralph Wlese, range officer, of the Rogue River National forest, was at the directors' meeting with his home-made "fire extinguisher" of person. al charm and direct answers Soon the issue melted down to who said what, when and how? A good example of how the stockmen felt is the petition from the Big Butte Cattle and Horse Raisers association: "The Forest Service pro poses to cut the permits on the Rancheria allotment 66 per cent over a 10-year period 10 per cent per year for five years and 4 per cent for four years. "An analysis shows 6,000 acres of primary grazing land, 3,000 acres of secondary graz ing lands, and 52,000 acres unsuitable for grazing. Total is 63,000 acres. About 23,000 acres were deleted from the Farm & Garden Ashland Cattleman In New Program Donald Nichols, Ashland Hereford breeder, has report er entering five steer calves sired by DN Mark Donald 2 in the feedlot and carcass evaluation program sponsored by the American Hereford association. The calves, all about six months old, were taken to Beef City, Inc., Stanfield, Ore. There they joined other steers and heifers from throughout Oregon and Washington in a herd sire evaluation test which will produce records showing the animals' feedlot performance (rate of gain and efficiency of gain); and its carcass value. The steers will be slaughtered at a 1,000 pound weight by Armour and Company, Portland. Carcass value is based on: (1) dressing- per cent, (2) ribeye area and square inches, (3) ribeye area per cubic weight of carcass, (4) fat thickness per carcass cubic weight, (5) predicted carcass ratability, (6) USDA grade, (7) - marbling score, (8) per cent of trimmed round, (9) ' per cent kidney and (10) per cent cf hide. Sure-Fire Evaluation These records are aimed at giving the cattleman a sure fire system for singling out superior Hereford sires that will produce the red meat car cass desired by feedlot opera tors, packers and housewives. Nichols reports that DN Mark Donald 2 is the young est herd sire in use at his ranch at this time. The steers that went to Beef City, Inc. were from the bull's first calf crop. Another group of calves will go to Beef City for simi- liar testing next year. By the time Nichols has two-year-old range-ready bulls for sale from this herd sire he will also have the feedlot and carcass evaluation records to go with the bulls. The calves went on feed the first of November. Although regular progress reports are received, the final report won t come until after they arc slaughtered. AHA's B. C. Snidow who is in charge of the program, esti mated in October that over 150 breeders will participate this year and approximately 200 bulls will be represented by complete or partial pro geny groups in the first run of the testing program started this year. The program in volves 17 feedlots and 18 meat packing firms in the U. S. As a contributing breeder, Nichols had to agree to deliv er at least eight calves by a particular stre within a two- year period to the specified feedlot or to one of his choice. He had to surgically castrate steer calves while they were within 150 days of age, tattoo, and dehorn each calf unless naturally polled. He was re quired to deliver calves to the feedlot not less than 15 days prior to the official feeding test starting date. Calves must be between six and nine months of age. Nichols also had to agree to pay the feedlot operator on basis of total pounds gained while in his lot at the previously determined rate per pound or on the basis of yardage and cost per day, whichever is negotiated by the association. ' Panel Talks Set As ODA Feature Richard Westcrbcrg, - Ash land, manager of Coordinated Milk Sales, will speak at the Oregon Dairymen's associa tion meeting in the Hotel Marion at Salem Jan. 7-8. Weslerberg will speak on a panel, "What Oregon's Dairy Industry Should Do." Appearing on the same panel with him will be Gordon Coleman, district manager of the Medo-Land Creamery, Eugene. Informed observers expect this to be the most in teresting discussion during the two-day meeting. Also on the panel will be Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the animal science department, Oregon State university; Sig Hurwaldt, manager of the McMinn v 1 1 1 e cooperative creamery; Frank Rood, presi dent of the Oregon Dairy association; Wendell Gross, president of Western Farms; and Robert Fish, Echo Spring Dairy, Eugene. Committee Meetings Committee meetings to be held Jan. 7 include resolution and legislation, herd health. Dairy Herd Improvement as sociation, and dairy market ing and promotion. Oregon Dairy Council re ports will be held Jan. 8, plus talks from representatives of the Oregon Dairy Products commission. Other talks include: "SNF Protein TNT," by Dr. G. A. Richardson, professor of food and science technology and chemistry. Oregon State university: "The Why and How of Selling." by Dr. H. F. Holland, professor of agricul ture economics: the Oregon Beef Council reported by Don Ostcnsoe. executive secretary; "Cooperating To Do A Job." hy the western regional di rector of the American Dairy association. Fruit Processing Firms Now Fewer Corvallis-Fruit and vegeta ble processing in Oregon-an $88 million annual business is caught up in the general business trend of bigger but fewer firms, according to a study reported by Oregon State university. Pacific Northwest fruit and vegetable canning plants, for example, increased their total packout by about 30 per cent from 1950 to 1960, even though the number of plants decreased by more than 40 per cent during the same time. Seven firms attempted to enter the canning business In the area from 1950 to 1960, but six of these failed and one converted its operation to freezing. Dr. Gerald E. Kor- zan, OSU Agricultural Ex periment Station economist, noted in the study. Dr. Korzan said Implica tions of the trend to Oregon's economy are emphasized by the fact that annual payrolls in Oregon processing plants alone total more than $25 I million. I Increased packout is tied ! directly to west coast popula tion increases, the study : shows, with sales decreasing I in eastern markets but in creasing sharply in the west, j During the past 10 years, the population of Oregon, Wash ington and California has in creased more than 40 per cent, 'contrasted with about 18 per cent increase in total U.S. j population. allotment without the knowl edge or approval of the asso ciation members. The 75,000 acres classified as unsuitable for grazing in cluded what should be pri mary grazing area, the peti tion said. "The proposed per cent cut or any part of it poses a seri ous economic problem to ev ery member of the association in a time when the net in come from each cow is less and less each year. No mem ber can afford to run less cat tle than at present and still stay in business." W i e a e emphasized that Thursday night that no cuts are definite yet since all allot ments must be reviewed. This may be ready by May, other wise this summer, he said. Although the range allotments will be prime subject for dis cussion at the mid-April stock men's meeting, the review will not be done by then, he said. Several Meetings Held Later that spring several district meetings were held. The cattlemen were told at each one that the allotment cuts were merely proposals, but something had to be done soon to preserve the range which showed signs of dete rioration. Members of the range ad visory board added some mem bers by appointment by As sociation President Leroy Of- fenbacher and met with Su pervisor Brown. They were told there, also that the range cuts would be made gradual ly. Final decisions were to be made last summer. Now, the stockmen have been informed that the plans would be ap proved later this year. Meanwhile, the Applcgate Stockmen's association met Nov. 28 to discuss their prob lems with the newly elected legislators and an embattled member of the forest service representing their area. Testi fying one by one, representa tives of each Applegate range area told of proposed cuts ranging in allotment per cent of cut (either AUM or head) from 34 to 75. One rancher was told he would have to take his cattle off the range starting next spring. Last spring the cattlemen had been urged to work out range improvement plans Rancher man-hours and mon ey for this would be matched by whatever government funds were available. The for est service contribution range from $400 to $19,100 and the expected rancher contribu tions from $400 to $9,955. Contribution offered in man- hours from the forest service was 64 to 203 hours and ex pected from the rancher 171 to 318 hours: Feel Strongly - The Applegate stockmen feel strongly that it is unfair to expect more money and man - hour contributions in range improvement when they are facing a severe range al lotment cut. Total cost to restore the range, based upon forest serv ice proposals is $66,495 for the forest service and $46, 879 for permittees or the cattlemen. Presenting its side the for est service stated in a pub lished statement: 'Over a period of years for est service personnel have be come concerned about ero sion, particularly in the Sis kiyou portion of the forest. The quartz-diorite and mica schist types of soils are very susceptible to erosion and are very thin soils. Irreparable damage can easily be done . . . The permittees are mostly small operators, running from 50 to 150 head of cattle. Many run less than 100. The cattle are turned loose in the spring and gathered in the fall. Very little riding or salting are done. In fact, there is not a hired rider operating in the entire forest. Consequently, permittee manage ment is poor. "This coupled with desult ory management activity by the forest service for many years presents a problem. The forest service is faced with the tradition of stockmen run ning cattle as they pleased and the fact that erosion of soil and range deterioration have become serious. In or der to protect the soil re source It is necessary to ad Just the numbers of permit ted cattle to the carrying ca pacity of the range. Summing Up "Summing up. the follow ing must be considered: "After many years use the range now suffers from erosion and deterioration. "The range analysis was made by a qualified range technician following the standards set up by the divi sion of research . . ." "The fact that cattle come off the range fat is no cri terion of range condition nor does it take into account dam age to the resource. "The Forest Service re alizes that this has a severe impact on the permittees but it cannot permit the contin ued destruction of a resource belonging to all the people." FROM THE GROUND UP By I ART BARTUTT From this point until spring there will be a gradual in crease in the tempo of most farm and ranch activities. This happens every season and is no doubt brought about by the desire of most farmers to be as ready as is possible for the onset of growing weather. It is a great experience and we shoulud feel fortunate to be permit ted to go through it once each year. It has a rejuvenating ef fect on farm and ranch folk that is different from that gained by taking vitamins or by treating tired blood. It can perhaps be best char acterized as being a state of feeling well physically and mentally, and at the same time experiencing an attitude of expectation that the com ing season will be marked with success. There is a cer tain amount of self confidence and quiet faith involved in this feeling that sometimes eludes precise definition. Faith Real Nevertheless it is real and is the something that enables most people of the soil to carry on year after year re gardless of just how bad cropwise or pricewise or both the most recent season had been. f Regardless of whether the past season has been bad or good, most farmers and ranchers can, by careful analysis find where there had been some errors made that proved costly. Such mistakes should be properly identified and eliminated from the op eration during the coining season. It is not likely that farming will ever be freed of some errors in practice as well as in judgment. We are making progress when the same mistakes are not re peated year after year. From now until spring It will be wise to use the brief periods of frozen soil to ac complish certain jobs that have to be done on areas of muddy ground. A great deal can be done during two or three hours each morning be fore the frost thaws. It is wise to disturb wet soil as little as possible. By working on fro zen ground equipment may escape lots of wear and tear. We have been following the controversy that has de veloped regarding Oregon deer herds. On the one hand certain hunters insist that the deer are practically gone from Oregon forests. This contention is being countered by others who insist that the deer ranges arc for the most part overpopulated. Since certain aspects of deer man agement have a bearing on the economic crops of farmers and ranchers, we plan to add an oar to the turbulent waters in the near future. Happy New Year everyone! 6 S Chit Chat By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor The year 1362 will go down as the year of crisis at least for Rogue valley agriculture, if not for the state's farmers. - - . .- Now comes the state's dairy industry which is faced with a possible wave of price cuts. However, Dick Wesler berg, manager of Coordinated Milk Sales, doesn't expect such price cuts to extend to this area if they do come. Questioned about Friday's story which appeared in at least two of the state's big city newspapers, Dick said, "That's exactly the kind of story I would write if I was a reporter hanging around the state capitol with nothing to do! Such price cuts would not be justified." We refer to the story which appeared in one paper with big black headlines: "State Faces Milk Price War As Tem porary Rule Expires." This story stated, "There Is a good possibility that the price of milk in Oregon stores may take a considerable drop next week." The writer noted that the temporary milk price stabilization law ends Monday night. This law was enacted by the 1961 legislature atter a drastic price break in the Portland milk market about 20 months ago. Saturday, the Salem bureau of United Press International wire service reported that one dairy plans to cut milk prices. This statement, too, is questionable. Probably the unnamed dealer figures by filing a price cut of two cents a quart, from the present 45.86 per 100 pounds to $4.90 he will protect his company in case of any price war. Under the state's milk audit law, each dealer is required to post his Jan. 1 price with the state along with contracts with milk producers. The strategy is obvious. By filing for a cut the dealer has room to maneuver among January prices. One of the few dealers smart enough to do this is Gordon Coleman of Meadow-lane Creamery, Eugene. Kenneth Sawyer, chief of the milk audit and stabilization division of the state department of agriculture, merely described the firm filing the cut as "an average size Willamette valley dealer." What actually will happen to the prices paid producers will be determined in the milk pooling payout period from Feb. 5 to Feb. 25. This period covers the January milk production. In view of these late developments local dairymen will be missing a good show if they don't attend the Jan. 7-9 meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's association in Salem. Westerberg and Coleman meet on a panel discussion of, "What Should the Oregon Dairy Industry Do?" k, iir.. - - w. .-.-.-.win aw. ' l" is 1 - APPLEGATE SCENE Winter sunshine year today. Applcgate. ranchers are leading filtered through evergreen trees and high- the drive against range allotment cuts by lighted the rail fence on the Applcgate as the forest service, area residents prepared to greet the new Besides the entertainment value, dairymen might just happen to learn something. A majority report to answer the above question will be filed by a committee which re portedly has drafted a proposed marketing law. The com mittee has been working on a proposed voluntary agree ment for the industry, but apparently without much luck. When industry representatives went to the state legislature requesting what developed into the milk stabilization law they promised not to return soon with another request. What will the dairymen tell the legislators this time? There seems little connection between Japanese poultry producers and Oregon dairymen, but there could be. Jap anese ships have been seen loading pelleted hay al Long Beach, Calif. This will be used to strengthen Japan's posi tion as the second largest poultry exporter in the world. If enough hay is shipped to Japan for poultry feed mix, then naturally hay prices on the Pacific coast will go up. This will increase the cost of dairymen's hay and further tighten the Bcrews in the cost-price vice; particularly with the threatened milk price cuts in the offing. Informed observers see a close tie between milk prices and beef prices, also. When beef prices go up dairy fanners cull their herd more closely and put tne slower producers on the beef market. Fewer cows producing the less milk on the market results in slightly higher prices. And the beef men have problems also. Range problems. The forest service wants more grass on government ranges and fewer cows on that grass. The cattlemen want more range grass, also, but they want cows left on it. Tlicy feel the forest service system of evaluating range condition is haywire. They also feel controlled brush burning and a more extensive program of range reseeding and develop ment is needed. Other Oregon cattlemen who use govern ment range land face the same problem. Pear and Peach Programs Set For Jan. 28-29 The annual pear and peach programs, conducted by the Jackson county extension service will be held Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 28 and 29, according to C. B. Cordy. Jackson county horticultural agent and Don Berry, county extension agent. Starting time is 1:15 p.m. in the extension service audi torium. Cordy is chairman of the pear program and Berry of the peach program. Pear Program The pear program Includes talks by Pete Wcstlgard. ento mologist, Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station, on pear pest control - scales and mites; by Cordy on Im proving fruit size; by Dr. Kor zan, agricultural economist. Oregon State university, on pear acreage and production trends and the effect of new types of pears; by Virgil Freed, OSU agricultural chemist, on pesticide residues: by L. D. McNclly, Santa Clara county farm advisor on rehabilitation of declining pear trees; and by Berry on the 1963 spray program. Pitch Program The peach program will In clude talks by Mel Wcstwood, OSU horticulturist on predic tion of peach harvest sizes; by Dr. Korzan on planting trends of fresn peaches, West ern United States; by Bob Stcbbins. OSU extension hor ticulturist, on mechanical thinning and harvesting: by Art Rctan, Butte county farm advisor on concentrate spray ing; by Dr. Virgil Freed. OSU agricultural chemist on in sect resistance to chemicals; by Pete Wcstigard on peach insectpests (mites and twig borers); and by Berry on the 196"! spray program. Nationally, the ranchers are faced with dual grading. Here there is a split on whether this new beef evaluation system is good or bad. At least some feeders oppose the new system. They claim it tends to encourage production of more lower quality cattle and a trend away from the pure-brcds since conformity, and fat is not considered under the new dual grading. But, fat is needed to produce high quality meat flavor, the feeders argue. And then there Is the Common Market threat. If Eng land docs finally decide to join and France continues to object to admittance of the British Commonwealth nations with England, then we may see a lot of New Zealand and Australian beef here. The Commonwealth tariff barriers which would open to enclose England would tend to shut out Commonwealth beef. Thi would force the more cheaply produced beef into our markets to compete with U.S. beef. The Independent Egg Producers' council is trying to do something about the low price on eggs by promoting local consumption of local eggs. Local egg prices have remained about normal, perhaps a little lower throughout 1062. And Rogue valley producers have had to compete with eggs shipped in mainly from California, too, which can be pro duced less expensively on the large California poultry farms and thus sell at lower prices. Price-wise the Rogue valley pear producers have their problems, too. Cornice, Bosc and Bartlotts all took I beating price-wise this year. Growers are relying heavily on getting their pears under the federal school lunch program. Bartletts arc there already. In fairness to the pear Industry we feel the county court should call for a moratorium on the heater conversion program which comes under the country's overall air pollution control plan. The growcra can't stand that added expense. Pear shippers arc faced with trade restraints from Euro pean countries, too. A fairly recent meeting of the GATT council (General Agreement on Trade and Tari(fs) found France guilty of un fair trade restrictions on U. S. exports under GATT Article 23. The U. S. then would be able to retaliate by restricting Imports of French goods. However, France has requested time in which to work on this problem "due to Internal political reasons." The U. S. stale depaftment has also sug gested no Immediate retaliation. Pacific Coast fruit grow ers faced with unfair restrictions on apples and pears arc pointedly suggesting to their Congressional delegations that the state department officials prepare soon "to get off the dime!" And it has to be heads not tails. The local pear industry leaders are making an honest attempt to improve their public relations. They seem to be having some success in solving one knotty problem. We still have our fingers crossed, however. What few vegetable and small fruit producers there arc in the valley are holding their own. More intensive pro motion is needed here. Advent of Rogue basin water from the Congress-approved project and the possibility of a large processing plant locating here would be a big boost. Meanwhile, gardeners have their noses In the brightly colored seed catalogues. More garden soil is probably turn ed over this time of year than any other at least mentally. Pesticides Rated Both Good, Bad Speaker States Salem Public relationwise, Rachel Carson's book on pes ticides has dealt agricullurc and pesticide applicators a blow which will linger on for the next few years. The impact can only be overcome by factual, not nar row or biased, information to the public information that admits dangers and possibili ties of damage but accents the choice between possible ef fects from untrained use and what life would be without benefit of pesticides. These are some of the com ments J. F. Short, director, slate department of agricul ture, made to Oregon pesti cide applicators in the closing talk before their three-day short course sponsored by the department and Oregon Stutc university Dec. 17-19. Examples of good effects of pesticide usage can be as sen sational as the opposite pic lure, he emphasized. Manufacturers, lie said, should continue to develop l.iaximum safety 'with effec tiveness, should not soft pedal the unavoidable and in herent dangers and everyone concerned should, above all, constantly emphasize the need for safe and proper han dling. The least slip now, he declared, will be sensationa lized even though caused by carelessness by one indivi dual. Short suggested schools for careful training and educa tion of the farmer, so he may protect his workman, animals and crops training as care ful as commercial applicators undergo. Predicts Restrictions Short predicted the current public uneasiness will result In tendency of lawmakers, on both the state and federal level, to impose tighter and tighter restrictions on the In dustry unless those who are closest to use of the prod ucts "keep the public away from the panic button". lie further predicted the 1903 Oregon legislature will rcsludy the entire field of herbicide (chemical weed killers) control and urged a crash program fur research on drift damage. He expressed hope that the legislature will give adequate financial support to Oregon State university for continued effective research in the field of livestock, plant pest and disease control, weed control, range Improvement and soil sterilization. Most of these problems In volve In one way or another the agricultural sprays and dusts. State Livestock Prospects Promising for New Year Pesticide Safety Talks Scheduled Saftly of application and Oregon laws pertaining to pesticides will bt ilrtntd in Iht short courta iched ulad for the Jackion county extenilon lervice auditori um, Monday, at 1:15 p.m. J. D. Patterion, state de partmenf of agriculture-, is scheduled to discuss laws affecting the u of ptili cidei. Pesticide residua in food In relation to human health will be Itaturtd by Robert W. Every, entomologist, Oregon State university Peilicides and the opera tor's well being will b' out lined by Dr. A. Erin Mer kel, Jackion county public health oliicer. Corvallis - Oregon livestock prospects are promising for 1963, but cattle and hog prices are likely to average slightly lower than in 1962. Lamb producers may experience their best market year since 1957, OSU economists report ed. Oregon cattle prices have been improving the past 18 months mainly because the expected increase in national beef production failed to ma terialize. Beef output in 19U2 was nearly the same as in 1961, while population gained almost two per cent. At the same time, cattle feeding slowed down in the Cornbell and average slaugh ter weights of cattle were lighter than in other recent years, it was noted. Smaller marketings in the midwest helped bolster prices in the West, despite record feedlot activity in California, Arizona and Texas. In the next two or three years, -HUle feeding is expect ed to increase some more in the midwest as well as the west, suggesting greater mar ket competition for western fed beet than in the past year. economists reported. As beef marketings increase generally, prices on Oregon slaughter cattle probably will adjust to lower levels, espec ially if the increase rate is much in excess of population growth. Such an increase now seems to be in prospect, Ste phen C. Marks, Oregon State university extension agricul tural economist, said. More cattle are sure to be available for feeding in 1963 and larger supplies for slaugh ter also will be coming from winter wheat pastures and ranges because beef cattle herd sizes have been increas ing. Favorable range conditions and rising prices in 1062 en couraged ranchers to expand their herds. Preliminary esti mates suggest that on Jan. 1, 1963, the nation had a record cattle Inventory of 102 mil lion head, Marks states. Gopher Control Pamphlet Issued Corvallis-Ways to control moles - ' goph-r so-called "mobile weeds" that cause major economic damage to pastures and hayficlds in sev eral areas of Oregon, are out lined in a new Oregon State university (tension bulletin now available from county ex tension offices. Written by William Q. Wick, Tillamook county ex tension agent, and Andrew S. Landforcc, OSU extension wlldlif" management special ist, the new bulletin Includes pictures showing the differ ences between moles and go phers and illustrating various control methods. The bulletin also outlines habits and life cycle of the mole. Much of this informa tion has been learned since the spring of 1960 when a re search project wan initiated in Tillamook county by the OSU Agricultural Experiment sta tion. Wick cooperates In the project. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coario or unpalatable roughage will make buo -for a modtrn balanced ration that you can fttd with little labor and no wattage. Tho incroaied moat or milk pro ducad will give you mail mum roturnt on imill caih Investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 300 Ron Line. Mtdtmd Further expansion is the 1963 prospect, providing ransa conditions continue favor. able. Range feed conditions will continue to be an impor tant key to the turning point in the current production and price cycle. So long as range conditions remain favorable, there is little danger of a prico bust resulting from the recent; build-up rate in cattle num bers, Marks believes. U.S. supplies of feed grains arc still abundant, though the supply has declined over the past two years, it was noted. The barley supply is a little larger than last year, both in the northwest and nationally. Despite smaller over - all supplies, feed grain prices may average about the same as during the 1961-62 feeding year, it was noted. The supply of high protein feeds is slight ly larger per animal unit than last year, but these feeds cost more this year due to gen erally good demand from do mestic as well as foreign users. Domestic red meat produc tion will continue to be sup plemented by large imports, Marks ttatea. U.S. cow saugli tcr is expected to increase some, but not enough to cause a large reduction in imports of processing beef. ' , Foreign suppliers, namely Australia and New Zealand, probably will increase their exports to broaden their mar ket outlets in the United States, especially if Great Britain, world's largest meat Importer, joins the European Common Market, economists observed. The direct effect of the Common Market on U.S. live stock product exports will bo relatively minor because the U.S. is a net importer of beef, Marks continues. U.S. exports of hides, skins and beef cas ings are not affected and still continue to enter the market duty free. However, U.S. exports of variety meats and tallow may be seriously affected, they warned. Under present or rangemcnts, these products will be Imported by the Com mon Market by a. system of Import certificates which can be suspended whenever Com mon Market prices come un der too much pressure. Oregon hog prices in 1913 probably will average a littlo lower than in 1962, Marks notes. Some price recovery from the 1962 fall low is in prospect for early 1963, but not as much as a year earlier. It v r Th CREDIT BUREAU IS NOW AUDITING ACCOUNTS for the next REDBOOK! You make your own rating by the way you pay your bills. Pay promptly and mak a good rating. . A Slew Paid Bill looks better than a Slow Bill that's still owing. Pay them today! CREDIT BUREAU of Medford
