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fj TUESDAY. APRIL 23, 11M rend To Meat Type Animal, Siskiyou Farm Agent Says MbUr'OHD MAIL 1HIBUNL, MfcDFOHD. OHLGON It'i important for the cat tlemen to know more about the tad product and to know that he la producing for the consumer and not for his own likes and dislikes, Siskiyou County Farm Advisor Sedg Nelson told Thursday night's meeting of the Jackson Coun ty Stockmen's association. The trend is toward meat type beef production with more red meat, he noted. The USDA dual grading is a sug geited method of evaluating the meat-type carcass and has been on trial since July. Such organizations as the Califor nia Cattlemen s association, the National Feedlot associa tion and packer! are request ing Its discontinuance, he (aid Expreaa Opinion "If stockmen don't want this system they should ex preaa their opinion," Nelson said. "The producer, feeder, packer, retailer and consumer etch has his own idea. All tegmenta mutt get together to their goals mutt be feasible, economical and workable." Nelson said he criticizes both methods, Cutabllity at a basis of the dual grading pro gram la a good tool. It can be used In the breeding pro gram although It poses a long term problem. But, It alto createt prob lem end confusion in fitting the dutl economlci of the program to buying and telling cattle. The new program would mean the producer cattleman and feeder would bear mott of the financial burden. The cattle would have to be told on consignment and the price determined when the carcase hangi in the cool er. Marbling would control the grade and cutabllity which de termine the yield icore. Thii LAWN MOWERS For RENT at A to Z Rental 111 N. Mveitlee 77M474 would not be under breeder control. Such factors could not be determined in the live animal. The consumer, packer, butcher and retailer each has different ideas on the ideal type of beef animal. To make a grading program workable they muit unify their Ideas Trend to Meet Type The trend to the meat type of beef animal is good, but other important factors for Judging cattle are size for age, milk ability of the fe males, high weaning rates, high feed conversion gain on grass and feed lot, Marbling still is the key to both grading systems, Nelson pointed out. Under the present system 80 per cent of the carcass grade is determined by mar bling along with tenderness, flavor and juiciness. Present grading is also based on whe ther the meat texture is coarse or velvety and what the age of the carcass is. Color also figures In, whether it is dark or bright red. Whether the meat Is watery or firm is also a point. Flavor It not entirely de pendent on marbling, the Sis kiyou county farm advisor said. The red meat, itself, in fluences flavoring. Juiciness Is not dependent on flavor, Nelson said. The fat cover may be l'i or three-tenths Inches thick, but makes no difference on the grade. The fat cover is only influential In the show ring. The agreement between Judging of live grade and car cass grade is only 30 per cent with such good judges aa Jack- ton County Extension Agent Earle Jotsy, Nelson pointed out. The fact a steer is fat on the outside does not mean it is fat on the Inside, he add ed. Dual Factors Under the dual system two main factors are important: quality and cutabllity. Quali ty is prime, choice, good and standard. Cutabllity has four differ ent factors and a yield score of one to six. The area of the rib eye Is measured by a spe cial grid put over the rib eye to indicate the number of square inches of rib eye. The fat covering Is measured two thirds of the way up from the bone. This includes the per centage of kidney fat. Three per cent of the normal car cass weight is considered also. "The crux of the matter Is that conformation is not con sidered under dual grading," the farm advisor said. "Since conformation is not consider ed the dairy and 'Okie' type of cattle often go into choice grade." "Under the dual system you can have a difference of $75 for two carcasses in the same grade," Nelson said. "There are six different yield scores and four differene grades which result In 24 grades on a carcass. Chit Chat By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor Bang's Wipe-Out Said Possible At Stock Meeting , Keep a bag of coarse salt in the car during winter months. ; I Salt spread in the path of rear I wheels produces traction and J also bores through the ice to j the pavement so that tires can grip a roughened surface. Farm & Garden McMlnnville-Eradication of Mechanical devices miy h:p pruning and thinning of P"" m.yn pears, but the experts predict mechanical harvesting equip-1 cf"'e ncras Potsibilty it ment Is quite far off, even past 1968. I a" owners w'u vaccinate their calves and will get a According to a report from the University of California "ul" b "ri' ripor-.h- mlnnini i n.iai i of AtTt-irnitiirai mnnmi "on of tne breeding herd. "It appears that mechanical harvesting of pears will require considerably more research work on equipment and shap ing of tree. Mechanical harvesting of pears will not become a general practice If processors as a group do not give their approval and support." "Developing mechanical means for harvesting pears is more difficult than developing new methods for cultural operations. Pears do not mature uniformly within a given orchard and even a single tree. Two pickings of the orchard is common practice. In some years and some orchards, grow ers obtain satisfactory results with one picking. In other years, many orchards are gone over three times to obtain a uniform quality of fruit for both processing plants and fresh shipments," the report explained further. So far, mechanical shakers and catching frames arc the latest means of mechanical harvesting of fruit. However, Injury to fruit from this equipment would be damaging for the fresh market and the cannery market where pear halves are used. It would work for fruit cocktail, nectar or sliced "I can't see any effect of I fruit markets, however dual grading on the consum some growers nere reterrea to in tne report as eariy adopters" are already using self-propelled mechanical hoists er, Nelson said. They will still have to trim the fat off at the retail butcher's. I have questioned some big chain store buyers. They don't par ticularly want it." Weed Control fact Now in Sheet Form Corvallis - Descriptions of and control measures for 24 Oregon weeds are contained In a new series of fact sheets Just published by Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service. 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No muss or fus- 0 Ordtr JET MAGIC ROOT WRAP 1 BY MAIL Send This Clipping s to MONARCH SIID t HID CO., P.O. BOX 1 468 Medford, Oregon ! Please tend mo Pkgt. of JIT S MAGIC ROOT WRAP for which I on- close tho sum of $ NOTtt Pet alt re'ln to k iMe4 gt sM MtotoH pi.i. ,44 10c mi UlkHl I, klkJliKl .J NAME ADDRSSS. mm 9 tiling m ft" aaTH aa cuttings from ono J package of JET MAGIC I ROOT WRAP ? Complctt Inttrucrlent Included (Phase PriMI locations 6th and Bartlett Form Store, 10th and Fir Sts. to get primers and thinners up into the trees. But, as mem tloned earlier, this type of hoist is so far not very economical for harvesting pears. At least, not with a field lug operation The Ideal operation would be a lype of conveyor belt to carry the pears down into a bin. Otherwise, it requires a man on the ground just to move the boxes The report also points out that pruning innovations prob ably will not greatly reduce the number of workers prun ing. However, it will reduce the manhours per acre and will cut the length of pruning season. Reducing the num ber of workers pruning is an asset since often weather nar rows the pruning season so every grower wants his or chard pruned the same time. There are just so many people to go around. In California they estimate it takes 100 to 150 man hours per acre for pruning and picking requires 125 to 130 man-hours. Lake county Calif, estimates it takes a total of 54.5 man-hours of full-time help and 179.5 man-hours per acre of seasonal labor for production and harvest. They figure there It takes a total of 110 man-hours of harvest labor. Peak harvest labor requirements there apparently are in August when it requires 10 hours of regular labor and 70 for seasonal labor. In September this tapers off to five hours of full time or regular labor and 25 hours of seasonal labor. Per acre harvest supervision runs from seven hours in August to two hours in September. In other words, the ratio of supervision to total harvest labor per acre drops slightly as the peak harvest operation is past seven hours to 70 hours in August, to two hours for 25 hours in September. Orchard heating requires nine hours per acre in Lake county. Less than half of this labor is performed by full time men. As in pruning and harvesting the orchardist has to depend on seasonal labor. These statistics bring to mind a question we have often puzzled over. Why don't local school officials make allow ance for the harvest and orchard heating seasons? Why couldn't the schools open later so more students husky enough to man ladders and picking buckets can pick? High school students are particularly needed during the heating season, but apparently, from reports we receive, no allow ance is made in classrooms for youngsters sleepy-headed from heating all night. Why not when the fruit industry is vital to the local economy -a $4,759,534 product per year? Complete support of these steps will cut a tremendous cost that still amounts to at least $200,000 annually in state and federal monies. This is what J. W. South worth, assistant director of the slate department of agricul ture in charge of livestock industries, told the Western Oregon Livestock association at its annual meeting in McMin'.vilIe recently. Out! ok Good On another subject, he de clared the economic outlook of the livestock industtry here is "better or at least as good" as last year. He said cattle are holding at a relatively high price level in the face of high imports, which actually are proving a stabilizing influ ence. He foresees no dramatic drop in cattle prices, "since before this would occur im ports would decrease with prices, thereby reducing the amount of beef on the mar ket." He also pointed out that the total economy is very strong, indicating continued high con sumption of beef. Sheep and hogs, too, continue to be in appreciably better position than last year. Poultry, al though showing some im provement, is still not as good as desirable, he said. Turning to the cost of pro duction, Southworth declar ed the Pacific Northwest con tinues to be plagued with the feed grain problem which hampers development of the livestock feeding industry. "This is partially a political problem in that feed grains are priced largely by govern m e nt edict", he declared. Organized action, he added. by livestock producers and feeders will be required to bring about any solution satis factory to the Pacific North west industry. Control Pear Psylla with' EC ' Any shortage of salt, even for a short period of time, will reduce the efficiency of weight gains in beef cattle. Perthane is an insecticide of particu larly low mammalian toxicity now avail able for use against pear psylla. It may be applied during pre-bloom or very early post-bloom periods to control immature or adult stages of this insect. PEBTHANE EC is recommended at 1 to 2 quarts per 100 gallons for standard dilution sprays or the equivalent in con centrate sprays. For best results use 8 to 16 lb. of active ingredient per acre. Apply in full coverage sprays. Perthane is safe for operators and safa on foliage when used as recommended and compatible with the commonly used orchard pesticides. See your dealer for more information on how to usa Perthane EC for effective, economical and safe control of pear psylla. ROHM I L A D I L P t I A S . P A . A wind machine, other than the human kind found in the county courthouse, is being tried for harvesting grape fruit. A power drill has been designed for picking blue berries. An elcctronclally controlled asparagus cutter is working experimentally on that vegetable. Of course, the motivating force behind this new equip ment Is the constant threat of harvest labor scarcity. Per haps development of an economical and efficient pear harvester is not so far behind. Growers are concerned over the law which allows thou sands of Mexican braceros into the U. S. each harvest season for comparatively low cost labor. Most fruit and vegetable growers expect the law which expires Dec. 31, to be ex tended. But they fear it la likely to be killed eventually, or amended to make such labor more costly. California Governor Pat Brown's proclamation recently that he wants the bracero authorizing law ."phased out" hasn't helped any, either. Brown represents a new politically powerful state which is also the leading agricultural state in value of gross farm product. National Democratic figures who are hoping for some support from him may lend too willing an car to such aasininc brayings. But, enough on politics. The vegetable crop is being more rapidly mechanized than many people think. Libby, McNeill and Libby estimates that 75 per cent of the peas It cans and freezes will be harvested by machine this year compared to less than 10 per cent five years ago. Fruit Tree Count Now Under Way Questionnaires as part of a Cordy noted that many state wide fruit tree survey i young trees have been plant are now being mailed out to ed in the Willamette valley Jackson county orchardists. , and in Jackson county. Lasi according to County Horticul- fall's wind damage affected I tural Agent Clifford B. Lordy. ! many Willamette valley fruit Growers are urged to fill : trees. Because of these fac out lite questionnaires as tors the 1959 USDA agricul promptly as they can and tural census on fruit trees is return to the extension serv-jno longer valid, he pointed ice. These will be sent to ' out. 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