Medford mail tribune., April 30, 1963, Image 9

COWBOY AND STAR Frank Wooldridge, a horse for the movie, "Canyon Passage."
Central Point, veteran horseman and cow- Wooldridge also met and hunted with Zane
boy, posed with Hollywood movie star Gale Grey, the late prolific western writer.
Storm some years ago as she was mounting
370 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard;
Dairy Sale Set
A total of 372 cattle were
sold at the Midway Auction
yard Friday, April 26, accord
ing to Bill Bray, owner-manager.
Good to choice steer calves
sold for $27.50 to $30. Med
ium grade calves brought $24
to S26. Good to choice heifer
calves went out at S20 to S23.
Good yeariing steers sold
for $22 to S24.50. Common
and medium steers sold for
$19 to $23.50.
Good yearling heifers went
out at $20 to $22.80 and med
ium grade heifers at $18 to
$20.
Holstein steer calves sold
for $23 to $26.50. Yearling
Holstein steers sold for $21.50
to $22.90. Good cows with
calves sold from $190 to $225
per pair.
Veal calves went from $24
to $26.50. Slaughter bulls sold
for $18 to $20.40.
Fat steers and heifers sold
for $20 to $23.50. Fat cotvs
went out at $15.50 to $17.50.
Utility cows sold for $14.50
to $16.50. Cutter cows sold
for $12.50 to $14.50 and can
ners brought $10 to $12.
"The next special event at
Midway will be another dairy
cow and heifer sale Monday,
May 6," Bray announced.
"This sale is open to consign
ment of good fresh or springer
cows and dairy heifers of nil
ages. Contact us right away to
Include yours in our adver
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Trains Rodeo Mule
By MARY ALICE BHUSHA
Central Point - Mamie, a
1 ,000 - pound, four - year - old
mule, belongs to Frank Wool
dridge, Central Point. Her
owner thinks she is the an
swer to all the roping events.
In less than a week Frank
taught Mamie to back up on
ar 88 foot piece of rawhide
rcpe. Last year she made her
debut in the Jacksonville Ju
bilee with her master in the
saddle.
According - '.'rank her
powers of endurance are re
markable and she travels
around the mountains like an
elk. A mule he says seems to
surpass both the jackass and
the horse in intelligence. They
have never been known to be
gluttons or founder them
selves. In all ways their
knowledge of how to take eare
of themselves far exceeds that
of a horse. The mule is also
superior in size, strength and
beauty to the hinny, the off
spring of the male horse and
the female jackass.
An Arabian AppaSoosa
mare and a Spanish Jack pro
duced Mamie. Frank thinks
maybe that is the reason Ma
mie is such a well-mannered
mule.
Stubbornness Explained
The stubbornness so com
monly associated with these
animals according to Frank
stems from two sources. Too
many horsemen complain of
the difficulty found trying to
bridle a mule. The easiest
method and the most reward
ing is to always bridle the
animal with an open hand.
Place the hand wide open on
the back side of the ear, and
push tiie ear forward under
the bridle. Secondly, but not
the least important is the
breeding. Many of the train
ing problems encountered by
Frank in his whole life time
with horses have been creat
ed solely by improper breed
ing and handling by the own
er or breeder, whichever the
case may be.
A well-qualified trainer,
breeder and rodeo rider is
Frank Wooldridge. He has
spent 60 years in the saddle.
and has traveled approximate
ly 100,000 miles on horse
back. At the age of six years.
his dad presented him with
his first horse, a one eyed sor-
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her with a willow switch, at
the old home place, on the
Appiegate. She served as his
sole transportation to and
from school. Since the age of
16, he has spent his entire
lifetime in all phases of horse
manship. Grants Pass in 1919 saw his
first rodeo. Later he purchas
ed his own string of bucking
horses and staged shows and
rodeos on his own through
out Oregon. In 192S, he won
the title of "Champion State
Rider of Bucking Horses" at
the "Alec Tecumeh Rodeo"
in Grants Pass Later that
same year he joined a cow
outfit with Love Chandler and
took off to search for wild
horses and worked on the "69
Ranch" in Modoc county, in
Calif.
Vacationing there at the
ranch for a month was the fa
mous writer of western nov
els, Zane Gray. None of the
cow hands were too familiar
with the writer. Some had
never heard of him. Grey, a
lover of horses, asked the rid
ers to show him some of their
tricks. This request was read
ily granted as all the cowboys
were always glad of an oppor
tunity to display their talent
to an interested audience.
Frank rode an outlaw buck
ing horse at Grey's request
and later accompanied the
writer and other members of
his party on a hunting trip.
"Grey was a good shot, he
got his deer at the first try,"
said Frank. "He was a quiet
man. You know he didn't even
get riled up when he stuck his
own van in the pummey rock,
and we had to take eight rid
ing horses to pull him out of
the bog." According to Frank,
Grey cut short his vacation to
write his novel, "Forlorn Riv
er." It was then the cowhands
learned this man was the au
thor of many, many books,
most of them on life in the
west. To be exact Zane Grey
wrote more than 50 books
with sales of 11,000,000.)
Frank says he has no idea
of the exact number of wild
horses he has gathered, or the
number he has trained and
ridden. He says he has been
kicked, bitten, bucked off and
thrown so many times he has
forgotten.
He claims the only animal
he ever vetoed was a bull in
a Grants Pass rodeo. "Big
Bull Nero" was a 1,700 pound
character said Frank. "I nev
er tackled that critter, I'd seen
too many men get hurt. In
fact, it was almost suicide to
think about riding him, but I
did help hold him for the oth
er suckers."
Two Outlaws
The roughest and toughest
rides he took were on two out
law horses belonging to Bill
Sims, Klamath Falls, Sims was
staging his famous "Wild
Horse Rodeo" in Grants Pass.
These two cyclones of horse
flesh, "White Cloud" and!
"Snuffy Tom,'' were the chal
lengers and Frank Wuoidridge
was the rider. It was said a
man either had - to be an oc
topus, or be paralyzed with
fright to stay on these ani
mals. Their mannerisms and
characteristics were almost
identical to those of the fa
mous ail-time great bucking
horse, "War Paint.'
In 1948 and 1949 Frank was
at the John Day ranch and
still in the business of train
ing horses when the two mov
ies, "The Last of the Wild
Horses," and "Canyon Pas
sage" were filmed. He posed
for this picture with Gale
Storm.
Small changes in dairy rou
tine may lower milk produc
tion temporarily. Don't shift
the milking time or change
the position of the salt box
without good reason. The
cows may retaliate by giving
less milk
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MEDFORD
Gardening Tips
By JOHN McLOUSKUK
County Agent
More and more people In
Jackson county are building
homes on sites that previously
were open fields or wood
lands.
Many oi these new home
owners face the common haz
ard of rattlesnake invasion of
Small Wheat Men
Have Vital Stake
In Referendum
The position of the farmer
who plants less than IS acres
of wheat In 1864 will be con
siderably different than in
the past due to changes in the
law, reports Bert G. Wilcox,
Jackson c o u n ty extension
agent.
The 1962 Food and Agri
culture Act ended the "15
acre small farm" and "feed
wheat for home use" exemp
tions which small wheat
growers have had in the past.
This means that all wheat
growers as well as others
have a definite Interest In the
outcome of the May 21 nation
al referendum on proposed
marketing quotas, Wilcox
said.
For the first time, produc
ers with allotments of less
than 15 acres can qualify to
vote if they indicate their
desire to the Jackson Coun
ty Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service of
fice no later than May 13,
Producers with allotments
of less than 15 acres who in
dicate a desire to vote, will
also qualify for price sup
ports, marketing certificates
and diversion payments if the
proposed quotas are approved
by a two - thirds vote of pro
ducers. Small farmers participating
in the program will receive
a diversion payment on acre
age equal to 11 per cent of
their 1984 allotment. In ad
dition, they may divert all
their acreage and receive
payment on their entire acre
age at the rate of 50 per cent
of the county support rate
times the normal yield per
acre.
Grower Decides
The small grower may also
elect not to sign. This means
that he will not be qualified
to vote and, if quotas are ap
proved, will not be eligible
for price supports or diver
sion payments. He could, how
ever, sell his production with
out marketing penalties if he
plants within his farm allot
ment, but could be exposed to
penalties If the allotment is
exceeded.
If quotas are not approved
in the referendum, those who
sign to vote will be in essen
tially the same position as if
they had not signed, Wilcox
said.
If tiie proposed national
marketing quota of 1,220, mil
lion bushels for 1984 is ap
proved by producers, certifi
cates covering about 80 per
cent of the quota will be is
sued, entitling the farmer to
a support price of $2 a bushel,
national average. The remain
ing wheat would not receive
certificates and would be sup
ported at $1.30 a bushel.
If quotas are not approved,
the law provides that the
1964 wheat support rate
would be 50 per cent of parity
for growers who plant within
their allotments. Growers ex
ceeding their allotments
would lose their eligibility
for price supports, but there
would be no marketing quota
penalty.
Jackson County ASCS and
extension offices have work
forms for wheat producers to
use in analyzing income ef
fects on individual farms and
other pertinent information to
help each grower decide for
himself how he wishes to vote
on May 21,
Big Potential
Seen For Feed
Corvailis - Oregon has the
potential to pick up an extra
$248 million jn annual state
income - if the cards fail
right.
That's the judgment of men
who have taken a hard look
at Oregon's capacity to boost
its grain feeding industries in
competition with other areas.
Livestock and poultry feed
ing in Oregon now generates
about $ioo million a year in
economic activity. Oregon's
grain resources, coupled with
west coast market for meat
products, offer the potential
for this to jump to $348 mil
lion, according to a report
published by Oregon State
university.
Much depends upon federally-managed
grain programs
that have helped create cir
cumstances now restricting
opportunity for poultry and
livestock feeding in the Pa
cific Northwest.
Motto of Rhode Island,
smallest state, is "Hope."
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
their property. This is a par
ticularly frightening thought
to most people, so let's con
sider some points appearing In
an article on rattlesnake con
trol by Maynard Cummings,
the Extension vertebrate pest
control specialist at Davis,
Calif.
Snakes cannot survive on
hot bare ground. By removing
all trash, lumber, brush rock
Biles, or anything which af
fords shade or a hiding place
we can reduce the snake pop
ulation in the area. This would
include keeping the lawn
around the home closely
mowed.
Also, keep the area free of
rodents as these are the pri
mary food of rattlesnakes.
Mice, gophers, ground squir
rels or other rodents should
be eliminated by poisoning or
trapping.
With these steps and others
to be mentioned you can re
duce the snake hazard. But
remember that it is almost im
possible to obtain total eradi
cation of snakes over a large
uninhabited area. Continued
vigilance must be maintained
as long as your residence ad
joins an undeveloped area.
Snakeproofing Buildings
Since rattlesnakes cannot
dig or climb vertical walls, it
is easy to snakeproof build
ings. Fill ail cracks or holes
that might exist in the foun
dation or floor. Be sure all
structural openings have tight
fitting doors or screens.
Snakeproofing Play Areas
It is rarely feasible to erect
a fence to protect a large out
door area from snakes, how
ever, fencing a play area for
small children is a practical
step to take.
A one-quarter men mesh
hardware cloth 38 inches wide
is used for this fencing. Bury
the lower edge of the cloth a
few inches in the ground.
Slant the fence outward from
the bottom to the top at a 30
degree angle with the sup
porting stakes inside the
fence. The gate must be tight
fitting and hinged to swing
inward.
Be sure to keep the bottom
of the fence tightly buried
and the top tightly stretched.
Do not allow vegetation to
grow next to the outside of
the fence or debris to accumu
late against it.
Killing Snakes
The best direct method of
controlling snakes is to club
or shoot them. Poisoning is
difficult since snakes prefer to
kill their own food.
In some situations, a pan of
water poisoned with one part
of 40 per cent nicotine sulfate
to 250 parts of water may kill
some snakes if the pan is plac
ed in a strategic location. The
pan should be shallow and
covered by a screen to prevent
accidental poisoning of pets,
birds or livestock. The screen
should be stapled to wooden
pegs and should be an inch
above the pan.
DDT and other chlorinated
hydrocarbons are poisonous to
reptiles. An application oi a
50 per cent DDT dust to an
area may afford some measure
of protection to that area. Re
member the hazards involved
in its use. Avoid inhaling the
dust or letting it come in con
tact with the skin, and prevcut ;
the contamination of feed and;
foodstuff, streams, lakes and
ponds.
Tiie use of cayenne pepper.
slaked lime or powdered sul
fur failed to show any repel-;
lent effect in the investiga-:
tions conducted by Cummings,
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THE
BABOtf
KENNEDY
JIMMY HOFFA
FEUD
Quentirt Reynolds, one of Amer
ica's great reporters, has dog
deepiy into the Bobby Kennedy
Jimmy Hofla feud and has come
up with a fascinating analysis
that only a Washington insider
could write.
Read this veteran reporter's pro
file of the two tough men engaged
in a knock-down, drag-out fight
in which one of them is bound to
get hurt in the
MAY 5th Weekend Istue of
with your copy of the
Medford Mail Tribune
OREGON
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THE
GROUND
UP
l SART SARTLETS
Today is about the third
consecutive day that the local
area has enjoyed weather oi
a type that may be somewhat
related to spring weather.
The sun has shown a bit,
the temperature is above
freezing both night and day
and the plant world is begin
ning to show responses to a
favorable environment. The
native flowering plants are at
the height of their season ss
far as their floral beauty is
concerned. There will be wild
plants with blossoms all sum
mer long, but the greater
number are in full flower at
this time. The desert area is
especially attractive now from
the show of wild flowers.
It is a bit early to determ
ine the probable size of fruit
crops. The situation with
pears and peaches is compli
cated this year by the fact
that there has been frost In
jury in many orchards as well
as the fact that fruit set may
have bees relatively poor due
to unfavorable weather at the
time of pollination.
Pears often set fruit after
the flowers have been poiiin-
ated, even though fertilization
of the ovules or embryo seeds
did not occur. In this Instance
fruits will be produced that
are seediess but show no in
juries due to freezing. Seed
less pears can be caused by
freezing but will show injur
ies in addition to being seed
less. Peaches are not known
to produce useable fruits un
less both pollination and fer
tilization of the flowers has
taken place.
Delay en Fertiliser
It may be wise to delay the
fertilizer application in or
chards until the amount of
crop can be determined. In
some instances some money
can be saved if the crop has
been lost.
Now is about as late
foliar applications of plant
nutrients can be made and re
suit in any response by the
treated leaves.
Insecticides are more effec
tive when used when the at
mosphere is humid. This will
be a good time to apply pesti
cides to clean up troublesome
populations of insects such as
pear psyila, spider mites and
plant aphids. When the air is
very dry and the plants nave
heavy foliage as wlil be the
case In this area in about a
month, the pesticides are not
as effective nor is the proper
spray coverage as easiiy ac
complished. Then the pests
are more difficult to control.
It you have colonies of ants
around the home, a spray or
dust of Chiordone will elim
inate them very easily. Tour
chemical or seed dealer can
supply materials.
Some more gardening can
be done at this time. Beets
and corn can be planted in
the garden. It is a bit early
for cucumbers and beans in
all but the warmest of soils.
Tomatoes, peppers and egg
plant can be set a few days
later as good strong plants
that are ready for Use field
will be available from seed
and nursery dealers.
Queniin Reynolds Reports
THE BATTLE
OF THE
CENTURA
DvDD I jg
T
Farm Surplus Disposal Law
Aids Farmers, Many Countries
Washington - fflK - When
the government - owned sur
plus of farm commodities
reached almost $4 billion In
value in 1954, Congress got
concerned about the buildup
and authorized a taw to Jteip
get rid of it.
This disposal law was the
Agricultural Trade Develop-;
roent and Assistance Act ofi
1954. It was listed by Con
gress as "Public Law 480,"
and now is known by the
shortened version, "P.L. 480,"
It is known worldwide. It
provides for disposal of sur
pluses for foreign countries,
through donations to friendly
peoples, through emergency
grants, by barter and by use
ot long-term credit.
Even the most hopeful of
prophets could not nave en
visioned the list of positive
accomplishments of Pi, 480
almost a decade after it be
gan. When the figures are added
up, P.L. 480 s record for the
eight years oi its existence,
July 1, 1954, through June
30, 1962, is impressive. Here
are some of the accomplish
ments.
-$9.6 billion worth of VS.
farm products were shipped
to underdeveloped countries;
to be paid for in their own;
currencies;
-$800 million worth went:
abroad as emergency food
grants and tor economic de
velopment. $1,2 billion worth of farm
commodities were accounted
tor by donations.
$1.5 billion worth moved
under the barter program.
-sm million worth of farm
products have been sold on
long-term credit.
Major AeeampiUhment
The major overall accom
plishment was the opening in
eight years of an export out
let for $8.1 billion worth of
surplus farm products. This
was a boon to American farm
ers producing amounts of food
far too great for the United
States to consume and to this
country's food industries.
Here are other accomplish
ments:
-To nations trying to Im
prove their economies, P L.
480 has represented a stable
food supply plus the avail
ability of $3,8 billion tor long-
term loans.
-To disaster areas it has
meant emergency relief
-To more than 35 million
Poultry Bitiry Sold
Now Unrestricted
Salem - Poultry and pet
fowl wiii continue to ester
Oregon without restrictions.
The Oregon Department of
Agriculture has announced it
will not promulgate the reg
ulations the department had
proposed on importation of
poultry.
Pear Psyila
PERTHANE
Perthane is an insecticide
larly low mammalian toxicity
able for use against pear psySla. It may
be applied during pre-bloom or very
early post-bloom periods to control
immature or adult stages of this insect,
Perthane 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.
TUESDAY, ATML
children around the world the
program has meant good
meals where before there was
hunger.
P L. 480 now is the major
vehicle tor the food tor Peace
program, even though the
phrase "Food for Peace" was
coined considerably after P.L.
488 came into being. Under
Food for Peace, the United
States, through snaring its
abundant food and fiber, dem
onstrates its willingness to
help strengthen the newly
developing countries.
The United States has
moved millions of tons of food
each year from its farms to
foreign ports under P.L, 480,
In eight years, 17 per cent of
what U.S. farmers have sold
abroad was shipped under
OSU Range Man
Here Thursday
DiSUrd Gales, OSU rang
management tpediUit, wiii
conduct a range manage
ment discussion in the ex
tension service auditorium
at t p.m,, Thursday, Hay
2,
Stockmen will be able to
discuss the eat Ira subject Of
sans with Qatss.
Wednesday, May L ai t
p.m., th Csl-Ore Hereford
etiecitlion will sponsor a
junior Hereford assecia
iion meeting. Membership
is spas to all boys sad
girls whs ere interested is
ratting Hereford ceitle.
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Control
of particu
now avail- -
SO. I HI
A t
P.L. 4S authorisation. Every
major commodity is repre
sented to these sales - wheat,
teed grains, rice, cotton, to
bacco, dried milk, fruits, meat
and many mere.
Since 1354, there have sees
44 dollar-short countries with
a tots! population of 1,4 bil
lion persona that have re
ceived $5.6 billion worth of
food and fiber in exchasga
for their own currencies. The
biggest participant to date to
India, which has entered into
agreements to purchase com
modities valued at mere than
ii billion. Other large pur
chasers, to order, have been
Pakistan, Yugoslavia, Spate,
Poland, United Arab Repub
lic. Turkey. Brazil and Indo-
AI though foreign currency
agreements are made between
governments, the actual ex
pt rt sale are made by U.S.
business firms through normal
trade channels Over tha
years the program has en
abled countries to purchase
with their own currency far
more than would have been
possible if dollars had been
required. These currencies
have been put to use is a
variety of beneficial ways by
both the United States and it
trading partners.
The United States has used
a portion of the toads to fi
nance its expenses to these
countries, such as defense
support, educational ex
changes, and research. A ma
jor part has been used to de
velop and expand markets for
VS. farm products.
SEED CD.
N. - 773-3160
Perthane ts safe for operators and safe
on foliage when used as recommended
and compatible wife the commonly used
orchard pesticides, See your deafer for
more information on how to use)
Perthane EC for effective, economical
and safe control of pear psyila.
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