MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
TUESDAY, MARCH 12. 1S63
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WINTER FEEDING Bill Bigham, veteran
cattle rancher at Eagle Point, tosses some
baled hay into some feed racks on his
ranch. The Bigham ranch was one of those
visited on the recent Cal-Ore Hereford tour
to show various winter feeding practices.
Winter Wheat Weed Control Set By County Agent
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EATING HAY Some calves on the Bill
Bigham ranch. Eagle Point, eat some hay
during the early morning feeding. Bigham
figures he saves considerable hay by feed
ing in racks since it isn't trampled as it
would be on the ground. He feeds some
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FARM HELPER Mrs. Bill Bigham, Eagle Point, helps her
husband by driving the tractor which pulls the hay loaded
trailer around the ranch while Bill forks off hay into the
various feeding racks. She Is president of the Jackson County
CowBelles.
Chemical Action
Studied at OSU
C o r v a 1 1 1 s - Agriculture
chemicals needed to protect
looa supplies against pesti
plant diseases - without en
dangering human health -
may be even more effective in
the future as a result of re
search at Oregon State Uni
versity.
Food buyers are protected
through strict "chemical res
idue" tests set up by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture
and policed by the U. S. Food
and Drug Administration.
When plants or animals get
an overdose of certain chemi
cals, symptoms of their over
exposure are quite obvious.
However, Oregon State uni
versity research workers are
after a more sensitive meas
urement of what happens to
tissue when minute amounts
of pesticides are ingested.
grain hay and meadow hay. He believes in
using good bulls and feeding good hay to
produce good cattle. Some ranchers insist
that calves must be grain fed during the
winter.
Seedman To Speak
At SCS Meeting
Annual broadleaf weeds
such as mustards, vetch and
tarweed, can be controlled in
winter wheat, oats, barley
and rye with 24-D or MCPA,
according to Bert G. Wilcox,
county extension agent.
Use one - half to one pound
of 2, 4-D Amine, acid or ester
in five to twenty gallons of
water by ground application,
or two or three gallons of wa
ter by airplane. Use ester
forms on hard - to - kill an
nuals such as tarweed and
blue mustard. Oats are more
sensitive to 2,4D, so for
maximum safety use MCPA
Amine or sodium salt on the
same rate and volume basis
as recommended for 2,4-D.
Application should be made
after winter cereals have at
least five leaves and before
the heads start in to the boot.
It is desirable to wait until
all the annual weeds have
emerged, but before they
start to send out a flower
head.
Prevent Drift
Care should be exercised
in the application of 2,4-D
to prevent drift of spray to
sensitive crops. Small
amounts of drift can be injur
ious to most shade trees, orni-
mentals, and such crops as
tomatoes and similar succu
lent broadleaf type crops.
Consideration should be given
to wind velocity, wind direc
tion and spray pressure.
Where there is danger to sen
sitive crops, high volatile Es
ters should not be used. The
Amine or Acid form is safest
in such conditions.
Do not use oil as a carrier
for air application, as damage
may result. Since oats are
more sensitive to 2,4-D com
pared with other cereals, only
the Amine form at a rate no
greater than one - half pound
per acre, should be used.
Reter Requested For New Group On Trade Problem
Salem -William Shinn,
Salem, president of the
Cherry Growers and Indus
tries Foundation, was elected
chairman of the governor's
import-export committee at
the committee's organization
al meeting Monday in the
state department of agrlcul-
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Paul Howell, chief of the
agricultural development di
vision of the state department
of agriculture, was elected
secretary of the committee.
The committee sent a mes
sage to President Kennedy
recommending appointment
of Dr. George Mehren as agri
cultural adviser to Christian
Herter, chief U. S. negotiator
for trade relations. Mehren
has been director of the Gian
inni Foundation in California.
In addition to his agricultural
research background he is
familiar with import and ex
port activities and needs of
agriculture in the Pacific
coast area.
List Trade Barriers
Apple and pear industry
representatives listed a num
ber of barriers in foreign mar
kets. These included grades
not corresponding with those
in the U. S.; a new can in use
in Europe; seasonal quotas;
tariffs and variable import
levies. Committee members
reported Canada had been ap
proached on the possibility of
investigating a cooperative
marketing order effort with
the United States for fine
fescue.
Touching on the strawberry
import situation, the commit
tee reported an informal un
derstanding had been reached
with Mexican processors, but
imports last year exceeded
the 23 million pounds agreed
upon by 10 million pounds,
perhaps through a misunderstanding.
Committee members voted
to ask Gov. Hatfield to ap
point Ray Reter, Medford
pear grower and snipper, 10
the committee because of his
close association with import
and export activities and also
that one member each be
named to the committee from
the wheat growers and poul
try industries.
Committee members be
sides Shinn are Tom Ruck
man, Imbler; George Johnson,
Prineville; J. A. Klahre, Hood
River; Roy Ward, Portland;
Ray Glatt, Woodburn; Cecil
Tulley, Portland; and Frank
Rood, North Bend.
FARM
Woodlot Facts
By DICK OLSON
State Farm Forester
On Feb. 27, 28, and March
1, your farm forester attended
a management conference for
small woodlot owners in Cor-
vallis.
Represented at the confer
ence were tree farmers from
all over Western Oregon.
Qualified discussion leaders
lead program topics and ade
quate time was provided for
group discussion ana auaience
participation.
The conference openea
with a discussion of present
and future markets. Chuck
Sutherland from Oregon State
university said the main rea
sons for the lag in the lum
ber market were: over build
ing of new homes in past
years, and the Canadian lum
ber competition. No immedi
ate, relief from these problems
is in sight but the market
should hold steady with
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slow improvement anticipa
ted. Inventories Purpose
The purpose of woodland
inventory and the method of
inventory were the topics of
discussion during the morn-
Ine of the second day. Walt
Fergerson, Soil Conservation
Service forester, said the
main purpose of a woodland
inventory is to be able to de
velop long range plans. These
long range plans should: 1.
decide land use, 2. determine
soil - water management, 3.
decide on tree crop, 4. deter
mine when - where cultural
treatments should be applied
and 5. decide management for
the crop. Following Ferger
son, John Bell, instructor at
OSU explained Inventory
methods and tools.
Discussion topics during
afternoon of the second day
was tree farming. A panel
consisting of a small private
owner, Clyde Ramsey, a for
ester from a large private
owner, Bob Linsey, and a
logger from the OSU McDon
ald Forest, Marvin Rowley.
Mr. Ramsey spoke on man
agement of his tree farm. He
explained how he thins ac
cording to markets, grows
Christmas, trees, and utilizes
his small saw mill. Bob Lin
sey from Crown Zellerbach
explained how his company
manages second growth tim
ber. They use the frequent
light thinning approach and
contract all their logging to
small loggers. Rowley told the
group how he is operating on
the OSU 11.000 Acre Forest.
It was interesting to note the
similarity in the approaches
by all three of these success
ful operations.
Topics
The topics of discussion for
the last day were: 1. Docs
pre - commercinl thinning
pay? 2. commercial thinning
and 3. incorporation of farm
woodland properties. Allen
Berg, Oregon State Research
station, said no one can af
ford not to thin, especially on
low sites. Paul Goodmanson,
consulting forester, explain
ed commercial thinning tech
niques. Dr. Brant Blanch
(OSU) explained the advan
tages and disadvantages of a
corporate form of ownership
This was interesting and
something anyone Interested
in tree farming, Christmas
trees or other, should look
into.
It was the opinion of your
farm forester this was a
worth while conference. I
hope the next one that is of
fered will be better attended
by landowners from Southern
Oregon.
Some of the agricultural
soils of this area are in good
physical condition for some
cultivation.
These soils are those that
are sandy, gravely or loamy
and in any case are those that
are well drained. Where tnese
soils are in tree fruit crops,
some cultivation now will
tend to ease the frost hazzard.
Bare soils, especially mineral
soils such as those mentioned
above will store considerable
of the sun's heat and re-
radiate it during the night.
This tends to raise the atmos-
Dherlc temperature above
such soils so that some of the
frost hazzard is eliminated
Usually such areas are
growing only a crop of winter
annual weed plants as a cover
crop. These plants are of little
value as soil improving crops
so there is no point in letting
them grow any longer than
necessary. These plants are
ready to flower and produce
seeds at this time and it may
be desirable to destroy them
before any visable seeds are
produced.
Need Cover
Weeds can be kept out of
fence rows and from along
road and ditch banks. This is
something that is questionable
for the simple reason our wild
life is finding cover and food
more difficult to find every
year. However, a neat farm
is one that does noi nave
patches of brush and weeds.
The farmer may question
whether or not it is his re-
iponsibility to provide cover
for game that the average
hunter will either shoot from
the roadside or tear down
fences to get.
A recent speaker to an au
dience composed largely or
city folks did his home work
well. He was very informa
tive regarding statistics or.
farming and its import on
the nation's economy. We
could agree this message was
one merchants and business
men should heed. We do not,
however, concur In his opin
ion it is right for farmers to
take government subsidies
lust hecause other lines of
business in this county ac
cepts them.
Must Sustain Itself
Agriculture is a necessity
and should be able to extract
sufficient income from its
consumers to sustain itself as
a business.
Gardens in certain areas
may be plowed or tilled now.
The planting of some crops
should be safe at tnis lime
far as frost is concerned. Con
sul" your seed packets for advice.
It's time to get polllnizers
ready for peach varieties re
quiring cross pollination.
Home Furnishings
Series Planned
Siskiyou county-Miss Jane
Schoppe, extension home fur
nishing specialist for the Uni
versity of California, will
conduct a series of 4 - H
home furnishing workshops
throughout northern Califor
nia from March 11 to 16 with
the assistance of Miss Doris
Frazier, area home advisor
The Siskiyou county meet
ing will be held in the fair
grounds director's office on
March 16 from 9:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. .
The purpose of these meet
ings is to aquaint all interest
ed 4-H leaders and members
with the objectives and activi
ties in the second year 4-H
home furnishings project, and
to demonstrate many skills
for new learning opportuni
ties. Leaders, parents and
members planning to attend
should bring back sack lunch
es and aprons, or should wear
old clothes.
Miss Schoppe has served
previously as a state special
ist with the University of
Ohio and is a former home
advisor in New York state,
She completed her graduate
studies at Cornell University
in the department of housing
and design.
R. Wallace Rice, of the
Josephine Growers Coopera
tive, Grants Pass, will report
on his trip to Greece last year
for the Talent Alfalfa grow
ers of southern Oregon when
the Jackson Soil Conservation
districts holds Its 12th annual
meeting Monday, March 18,
at 8 p m. in the Eagle Point
Grange hall, according to El-
wood Abbott, chairman of tne
board of supervisors.
The trip's purpose was to
evaluate the performance and
potential of the Talent alfalfa
seed shipped to Greece from
Oregon.
Rice reported that Jackson
county has about 1,600 acres
of Talent alfalfa eligible for
seed production and this
makes it the largest acreage
seed crop In the county. He
will use colored slides to illus
trate his talk.
Trip Highlights
John Patrick, Eagle Point
High school graduate, will
give highlights of his "People
to People" goodwill tour In
Europe last year. Future
Farmers of America members
from Oregon high schools
took the tour.
Following a short business
meeting and a report of dis
trict activities for the past
year, a supervisor will be
elected to fill the position of
Charle8 Stanley, Eagle Point,
whose term expires.
' Progress on the Rogue ba
sin development plan will be
reported by Director Francis
Krouse, Applegate.
Abbott said everyone la in
vited to the meeting.
During the last 25 years,
the cost of food has increased
less than the cost of housing,
transportation and rent.
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