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Transplanted Midwesterner
Bear Creek Orchard Foreman
r JOE COWLEY
(toil Tribune Turn Editor
Fay Godciard, working
foreman (or Bear Creek'i
headquarter!' orchards, like
10 many Oregonian. la a tram
planted midwesterner.
Like so many former mid
westerners, here, he has (arm
ed all hia life. A atring-bean
of a man with an easy white
grin in il tan face, Goddard
looks like a former Nebras
kan should look.
He came to the Rogue val
ley In 1946 from Colorado
looking for work. He was
picking pears for Bear Creek
when the orchard superinten
dent asked him how he liked
the pear business. Then, how
would he like to work for
Bear Creek?
"I told him 'all right, but
I didn't know much about
the pear business. Somebody
would have to teach me,'"
Goddar! drawled. "He d I d
Louis Herron waa foreman
and Berty Lowry, superin
tendent then."
Supervises 400 Acres
Now Goddard has approxi
mately 400 acres of pear or
chard and 23 men under him.
He largely directs the entire
orchard operation, from prun
ing, spraying, thinning to ir
rigating and picking. Hia di
rections come from the super
intendent. The Jangle of the telephone
Interrupted the living room
interview and Goddard moved
quick as a cat for the phone.
This waa a thermometer read,
ing report. He knew he was
going to have to be out heat
ing at 1 o'clock the next
morning unless the cloud cov
er held. We had Just asked
him about how many hours
he averaged in dally orchard
work when the phone rang
again with somebody offer
ing their services for heating.
"Some of 'em are pretty
good. And some of 'em
aren't," Goddard replied to
our question on teenage heat
ing crews. "This is the first
year we have had any trouble.
For some reason this year,
you can't rely on them. They
say they will show up and
don't."
"So, we Just use tome of
bur reserves, try to always
keep a reserve crew, or we
use some of our regular men
who have to work during the
day," Goddard explained.
"Recently, he had to cat up
and flag for the crop dusting
plane at a o'clock In the morn.
ing after being up all night
nesting," Mrs. Goddard, a
pleasant, attractive little worn'
an interjected. "He put In 22
houra heating Friday night
ana Saturday."
"Oh In the winter it isn't
too hard work. Get down to
eight hours a day than," the
foreman remarked.
Bear Creek uses mostly
Laxy Flame heaters with the
tall stacks and return stack
heaters with the thick round
stack and attached elbow
Joint pipe.
When Goddard first came
to work for Bear Creek it Was
using a lot of square pots and
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big round open ones. Like a
lot of veterans in the busi
ness he feels these pots are
most efficient since the flame
burns low and horizontally,
down to where the frost is.
When Goddard first came to
Bear Creek it had four head
of draft horses, no rubber
tired tractors and two cater
pillar tractors. It now has 14
rubber - tired tractors and
eight orchard crawler tract
ors. He also ran the first
speed sprayer the campany
had. Then he was bundled up
in rain gear with a respirator
mask covering his nose and
mouth. Now the company
tractors have a space helmet
type of thing attached to the
tractor engine to supply the
operator pure air. Tractors
have cabs, too.
Although Goddard was
raised on dry wheat lands
of Nebraska, he Is known as
an efficient irrigator. He said
he had no trouble learning
how. He likes ditch Irrigation,
knows his soil and where his
high ground is. Often he
picks up the tail water of
three other men irrigating
for him and uses that again.
"We're Just liable to get
pear-plcklns machinery," the
FARM
Woodlot
Br DICK OLSON
Oregon Siaie Farm Forester
This week's article concerns
Itself with a simplified look
at the sustained yield concept
of tree fanning.
Thla concept is very com
plex because trees are a very
complex crop. The variables
of growing trees, because of
being a long range crop, are
perhaps more numerous than
any other crop.
Your managed forest or tree
farm Is Ilka a bank account.
When money la put into a sav
ings account, it Is called capi
tal and the banker pays the
owner interest on It. Trees
now standing are your forest
capital and the wood that
grows on them each year Is
the Interest on that capital.
By practicing good sustained
yield management the inter
est can be spent without grow
ing poorer, because you still
have the capital.
Hare is an example of how
It works:
Tree Farmer Jones has 1,
000 acres of forest land. Each
tree in his forest adds a ring
of new wood growth each
year. This new growth may
amount to an interest of 300
board feet per acre. That
makes a total of 300,000 board
feet of wood added to his for
est each year. So Tree Farmer
Jones may harvest enough
trees to equal 300,000 board
feet of wood annually with
out reducing his forest capital.
The harvest plan of a large
lumber or paper company Is
much more complex than that
of Tree Farmer Jones, involv
ing perhaps hundreds of thou
sands of acres and different
species which require differ
ent harvest methods. Never
theless this simple formula Is
essentially the basis for the
calculations which enable a
company to supply its mills
with logs without damaging
or reducing Its forest capital.
Forestry Tour
On Saturday, May 4, there
will be an adult forestry tour
In Josephine county. One of
the tour stops will be on
Smith's tree farm. A good ex
ample of small ownership for
est management. The tour will
start from the Josephine coun
ty courthouse at 9:30 a.m.
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foreman said, commenting on
orchard labor. "Sure, they're
steady workers," he said re
ferring to Mexican Nationals.
"They can't leave because
they are under government
contract."
"We don't get the old type
of fruit tramp anymore," he
commented. "Most of the
transients are wlnos. No, too
many of the welfare workers
aren't much good. They just
don't want to work. And
pruners come and go."
"That's the whole prob
lem," his wife added. "Peo
ple don't want to work."
"Why should they when
they can draw welfare," God
dard added.
As a whole, the pear busi
ness has been good to the
Nebraska - raised farmer. He
has a comfortable home in
Medford and his oldest boy is
studying for the ministry at
Bob Jones university in
South Carolina.
The only thing is, he does
work long hours, but he
doesn't complain.
"I had to go to work for
the packing house so I could
see him during the summer,"
his wife smiled. "That way
we could eat lunch together.
Facts
The first tour stop will be
on Azalea drive, at E. D. Car
ter's Tree Farm. The main
subject to be discussed at Car
ter s will be Christmas tree
growing. At noon a sack lunch
will be eaten at Price's Log
Cabin in Sunny Valley. A
short motion picture film on
Christmas tree culture will be
shown.
The afternoon will be spent
on Smith s tree farm. Discus
sion will cover over all forest
management, tree farms and
several forest management
practices applicable to improv
ing growth and quality of
trees. For further information
concerning the tour, contact
the Josephine County's exten
tion office. Jackson and Jose
phine county residents are all
invited.
How does a woodland own
er go about practicing forest
management? A simpler term
"Tree Farming," has come in
to popular use as more and
more people have discovered
the close parallel between for
est management and farming
A farmer would soon be out
of business if he did not grow
crops over and over again. Un
der a forest management plan.
trees are grown as a crop like
wheat or corn. A wise farmer
would not let cattle graze in
his unripened corn or let fire
burn his wheat field. Neither
will the wise woodland owner
let cattle deitructlvelv Braze
his woods nor permit wild
fire to run through his forest.
As a farmer cultivates corn
to keep out weeds and thins
vegetables so that they will
grow faster and larger, so
docs the forester remove de
cayed, deformed and diseased
trees from the forest and thin
the young stands 'o give the
remaining trees more room
and sunlight. Young trees will
respond quickly to release
from competing hardwood
vegetation and other conifers.
While It takes only one year
to grow and harvest a wheat
crop, It takes many years to
grow a tree. This does not,
mean, however, that the own
er must wait until all the trees
in his forest have matured be
fore he can get some cash in
come from them. Today's de
mands for wood often pro
vides markets for the thin
nings of young stands as well
as tor ripe trees. Such items
as Christmas trees, fuel wood,
posts, piling, car stakes, and
crossties may be harvested as
thinnings and sold at a good
profit. This cutting, if done
properly, docs not harm the
remaining stand but Improves
it and speeds up Its growth.
Musi Know Markets
Before a farmer's grain crop
ripens, he carefully explores
the market so he can get the
best price. The timber owner
has an advantage here for he
can delay the cutting of his
trees until the best time. But
he, too. should know the mar
kets for all the product his
woods can yield.
A farmer often looks to his
county agricultural agent for
advice in crowing farm crops.
A Jackson or Josephine coun
ty Irec grower can realize val
uable professional advice by
looking to our local industrial
forester, private consulting '
foresters. SCS Forester, and
State Farm Forester to show
him how to grow tree crops.
The start of the 1963 fire
taaaon has been rescinded by
Legislative action. A bill was
passed by the State Legisla
ture and signed by the Cover-;
nor, which makes it possible
ior each state fire district to
dec 1 d a, according to local
weather conditions, when the
fire season should begin. Now I
is the chance then, to do that
debris burning that you have
been thinking about doing. i
Don't put It off until it is nee- .
esear.v to obtain a permit. I
Farm &
Chit
By JOE
Mail Tribune
The orchard foremen and field superintendents are the
top sergeants of the pear industry.
We learned this during our current series of inter
views being printed on this page. So far they seem to have
a jew basic things in common. They have a strong loyalty
to their bosses, feel as responsible for the orchards as if
they were their own, are good family men, constantly look
for better ways of running the orchards, like the pear busi
ness and make a fair living at it.
They also point up what may become a critical shortage
in 10 or 15 years. Few younger men are being trained to
assume their responsibilities. And this also applies to pack
ing house supervisors.
This is a time for pessimistic rubbing of the fruit in
dustry's fortune telling glass ball. A time while they wait
for a day or two of warm weather to shower the minute
green pears on the ground so they can count their losses
before they pack their boxes.
"There is nothing we can do to continue the pear indus
try In the Rogue valley forever!" a packing house owner
forecast. He has been watching the pear acreage gradually
move north. Perhaps the Rogue basin project will bring
in more acreage in the Sams Valley area. This will increase
the problem of two few men and too little money spread
over scattered orchard chains. And this is a critical trend.
It used to toke five men to spray 20 acres a day, if they
were lucky. Now one man on a spray-rig is expected to cover
60 acres a day.
We have seen orchards which experienced orchard men
know have been pruned too heavy and the primings left in
heaps on the ground instead of chopped up and mulched in,
new ladderr left to rot against trees, and heaters too close
to young trees. These are the hazards and results of loose
supervision. It also shows up in packing houses with their
scatterings of pears around the packers' stations and under
the conveyor belts where a few years ego there were
hardly any.
A few years ago, too, 65 acres employed seven steady men
who did all the pruning and spraying and most of the thin
ning. Harvest labor was plentiful. The "fruit tramp" a
number of years ago walked down the road after the harvest
season and never returned. Packing houses and orchards
used to rely on these highly skilled but somewhat erratic
professional harvest hands.
Now local women, mainly housewives, go to packing
school and work season after season to buy that new refrig
erator, new stove, or to pay for a vacation. The help is
steady and the money is spent in the community.
It's a contrasting situation fn the orchards, however. The
professional picker is rapidly dwindling in numbers or has
eliminated Medford as a between seasons stopover for travel
expenses. The employment service has to dig harder to come
up with pickers before growers turn to the Mexican Na
tionals round out the season's work.
But the pear Industry needs an infusion of new blood.
Fruit men with the, capacity to look several years ahead
feci the industry should establish scholarships to find quali
fied people. Perhaps they could work in the fruit industry
during the p:ak season and go to college In the winter and
spring quarter or the first half of ttie summer quarter.
They could become trained horticulturists to supply the
rapidly dwindling supply of well experienced field men. Or,
perhaps local high schools could establish a one or two year
post-graduate course to train youngsters in mechanics, the
chemistry of growth, the rudiments of typing and book
keeping for supervisory positions.
Two highly respected representatives of the fruit industry
recently told a touring group of high school students that
above all they should take typing. The wouldn't hire any of
fice personnel who don't know how to type. One of the two
men insisted the boys should learn shorthand also.
Two qualities the pear men
and foremen, however, is a
sistence that the people under
of work. Too many foremen
people working for them," a
course, we have to draw a thin hard line between foremen s
decisions and those which should be left to the top brass,"
he added.
This varies with each operation, of course. Some orchard
operators let their foremen and superintendents decide when
to heat or not to heat, other do not. This could make or
lose an orchardist money depending on the quality of
foreman he has.
But, It's plain that the orchard business is a business
and a science. It is going to require technically trained
young people to hold the green line in the foothills and on
the valley floor. Even this may not be enough. Perhaps
pear acreage will dwindle gradually to comparatively few
acres as subdivisions move in. Perhaps o large industry
will move In to take what skilled help there is and set a
fuse to the "population explosion."
This possibility stresses further the urgent need for over
all county planning, economic included. It also points up a
sharp need for functioning industrial development and
agricultural committees sponsored by the chamber of com
merce or the community at large. Above all, it shows a
dire need for more workers and fewer government-spon
sored planners.
Oregon's Poutrymen Given Recognition
Corvallls - Oregon was one
of 12 states receiving special
recognition this week (April
24) at the annual convention
of the Poultry and Egg Na
tional board in Tampa, Fla.,
reports N. L. Bennion, Ore
gon State university exten
sion poultry specialist.
Oregon's poultry industry
is one of the leaders in its
financial support of the na
tional board which is concern
ed with consumer education,
research and promotion of
poultry products. Bennion
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HORSE HAZARD The driver of the pick
truck at the far left of the picture was cited
by Medford police for disregarding the traf
fic escort for the Roguc-Saddelites 4-H
horse club. The truck almost hit a horse
and rider. The picture was token as the
horse group traveled along the freeway
Fairgrounds Need
Told Sportsmen
Ted Christensen. chairman
of the Jackson County Horse
man's association membership
and activities committee, and
John Belknap, president of
the organization were guest
speakers at the April meeting
of the Central Point Sports
man's Club, at the club house
in Central Point.
"The primary aim of the
horseman's jrganizaliofi is to
promote all activities of the
horse and pony groups
throughout Jackson county,
with the emphasis on 4-H
clubs," Christensen said.
"Such groups are made up of
our youth, and it is these boys
and girls we are so concerned
about. They are the future
leaders of the community.
Their interests, hobbies and
problems are ours also, and
their major problem at this
time is adequate fair grounds.
A place to tend, groom and
ride their animals.
"The existing fair grounds
when they were first built
could in a way and did partly
serve the community. This
project that we are now en
deavoring to help make into
a reality will afford the re-i
quired facilities needed by
every club in the entire coun
ty, not just horse and pony
groups. It would be a place
for all organizations from the
knitting circles, garden clubs,
home projects, livestock, bi
cycles, skates, gun clubs,
aquariums and all the many
other different hobby groups
now being conducted in south
ern Oregon, including the
Southern Oregon Kennel
Club," he said.
Population Up
The ever increasing popula
tion to this area and thP rapid
ly growing interest of the city
dweller as well as the rural
neighbors has made nec
essary more adequate fair
grounds, a real problem for
concern of all parents."
Christensen continued, "At
the last count, the report re
vealed there are 100.0U0
horses in the state. At least
one-fourth of that number is
here in our area. There is no
designated place in the whole
county for our youngsters to
ride their bicycles or horses
without the everelasling pres
ence of the careless motorist.
Maybe the days of the horse
and buggy are over, and the
manner in which some of the
drivers of automobiles drive,
it really makes a fellow won
der just how much longer
cars will be in style."
Incident Cited
At this point. Chief Naval
Recruiting Officer Ed Haw
kins cited the recent incident
of April 13. A group of hors
riders were being escorted
across the freeway, by Med
ford police. The driver of a
' PEB geaaanMen?r9 t
pickup truck showed no care
for the riders and no danger
in his disregard for the riders
or the horses. He was stopoed
and given a citation by the
police. Hawkins and other on
lookers witnessed the whole
affair.
"The neighboring counties
do maintain adequate facili
ties, and it is to these areas
many of our own groups, such
as the Southern Oregon Ken
nel Club, roping activities
clubs, are forced to go in
order to continue practicing
in the winter-these animals
need stalls and a place that
is covered and enclosed. Com
paring our own fair grounds
with the others throughout
the state, we don't even come
in for a good second", said
Christensen. "Why do we have
to leave our own home
grounds? All we are doing is
helping build up the prestige
and boost the economy of
areas that are already further
advanced that we are. It is
only human nature to culti
vate hobbies and outside inter
ests and it is an expensive
project for adults as well as
children. All we are asking
for is adequate facilities. That
naturally means the required
room. We need a place that
is safe, that will afford proper
stalls, riding area and a place
that will give booths for all
kinds of hobbies Such an
area would be an asset to Ihe
community, and would bring
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seed won't come back a second time for seed treated with ORTHO Bird
Repellent. They spit it out and fly away. It's easy to get this kind of
protection for your seed. All you do is pour this repellent right in with
the seed in your planter box.
Actually, you're getting more than bird protection with this product.
The full name is ORTHO Bird Repellent and Seed Protectant. It also
contains an insecticide to control soil insects such as wireworms, seed
corn maggots and corn rootworm. And a fungicide for extra protection
against diseases like seedling blight, damp-off, and seed decay.
This is the only bird repellent that combines all these protections.
So this year, don't plant for the birds. When you
get your seed, ask me for ORTHO Bird Repellent.
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Monarch Seed & Feed Go.
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Putman Bros., Looker & Feed Store
lay l Point, Ore.
T. M. Reg. U.S. Par. Off.:
viaduct to attend a play day on the Jackson
County fairgrounds. The freeway traffic is
expected to be a much worse hazard during
fair time as youngsters bring their livestock
and horses to th. fairgrounds south of Medford.
to this locality the same kind
of civic minded people that
are now being forced to go
to the outlying districts for
the facilities we so badly
need. Instead of money leav
ing our city it would be com
ing in," said'Christensen.
Industrial Air Products Go.
Joins With
Miller Electric Manufacturing Go.
to Present the
MILLER WELDING
SHOW
Wednesday - May 1, 1963 - 4:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.
To Be Held at Industrial Air Products Co.
North Pacific Hiway
MEDFORD, OREGON
Factory representatives will be present for discussion and ft
demonstrations on the Miller welders as well as Victor cqui
ment. Tec Torch products and Bay State abrasives.
Plant for the
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Bayliss Joins
First National
Warren Bayliss, formerly
assistant manager for Myron
I Root & Co., has joined the
Medford branch of U. S. Na
tional Bank as agriculture
j field man. according to E. J,
i K ar, bank president.
In his ,. .v position. Bayliss
will be the bank's agricultur
al representative for Jackson
and Josephine counties.
Bayliss started witli Myron
Root & Co. in 1950, after
working for five years as
ranch manager for Mount
Crest Ranch at Hilt, Calif. Hs
was on the board of directors
for the California Hereford
Assoc. while he lived at Hilt.
A ;937 Medford High
school graduate, Bayliss at
tended the University of
Washington before serving
with the U. S. Marines from
1941 to 1945. He was with
the Marine Air Corps.
Bayliss was a director of the
Jackson County Stockmen's
Association and is a past pres
ident of the ""ear Shippers
Association. He has served as
a member of a Jackson Coun
ty school boaH and is cur
rently a director of the Rogue
Valley Country club. He ia
also a Boy Scout Troop com
mitteeman. Bayliss and his wife. Dor
othy, reside with their two
children at 1809 Oregon Ave.,
Medford.
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