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Voluntary Feed Grain Bill Affects Both Wheat, Feed Corvallis - Oregon farmers who grow both wheat and feed grains will be affected by the voluntary feed grain bill now being considered by Congress, says R. E. Sche deen, chairman of the Oregon Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. If the feed grain bill Is passed, the so-called "substi . tution clause" will be in ef fect. This would allow farm ers with both wheat and feed grain allotments , to grow wheat on feed grain acres and feed grain on wheat acres. , However, to take advan tage of the substitution fea ture, the grower must par ticipate in both the 1964 wheat and feed grain pro grams, the chairman empha sized. The proposed feed grain program is similar to the one now in effect which provides supports to those farmers vol untarily reducing their feed grain acreage. Because growers must par ticipate in both programs to take advantage of the substi tution feature, it is urgent that growers with wheat allot ments of less than IS acres sign with their county ASCS office by May 13, Schedeen stressed. Deadline May 13 Growers with small allot ments who fail to sign by the May 13 deadline will not be able to utilize the substitu tion clause if the wheat and feed grain programs both go into effect, he pointed out. Also small growers who fail to sign will not be eligible to vote in the May 21 referen dum on proposed 1964 wheat marketing quotas. . FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLETT This is good weather for the completion of outdoor burning. Brush, slash or any other combustible materials can be burned now with very little danger of the,' fire spreading to buildings, fields or forest. New fruit tree grafts should be inspected regularly and re waxed as needed. Any suckers , that are beginning to grow from the grafted rootstock should be removed frequently as in some instances they will crowd and shade the new grafts to the extent that their growth rate will suffer. At this time such undesirable suckers can be easily rubbed off with the gloved hand. Weather Seems Favorable This weather seems to be . favorable for pastures and hay crops. Pastures look esoecially good where ' they had received an application of nitrogen fertilizer. Alfalfa and other hay crops' are mak ing good growth. The rains will have to stop soon or the quality of the hay will be, poor. The pear crop especially on the Bartlett variety will be quite small this year. It is somewhat difficult to deter mine with any great degree of accuracy at this time Just what the situation is relative to the size of the pear crop. There will be a further drop of small green fruits and in some areas there may be two more drops of the small green fruits. At any rate 'It is fair ly easy to see that the Bart lett pear crop will, be quite small even if no more pears drop. Those blocks of Bartlett trees that have light crops are showing lots of second or late bloom. This late bloom In wet weather presents quite a hazard as far as fireblight infections are concerned. It will be wise to dust or spray these Bartlett trees frequently with a copper containing ma terial. Cheaoer Operation In blocks of orchard that have no crop or at best very light crops, it may be desira- ble to operate them as inex- nensivelv as possible tnil sea. son. Spme expenses can be avoided by proper planning each orchard operation and timing its application so that the maximum effect can be obtained. For instance thorough cultivation timed at a later date might be made do for all season. Some money can he saved on fertilizers and soray chemicals if each of these operations can be prop er v claimed and executed The application of irriga lion water Is one practice that might be done in non-bearing orchards so that some money can be saved. There are other areas of orcharding in non- bearing blocks that can be done at a savings as compared to the same tasks in good bearing blocks of trees. The work can be spread out so that minimum amount of labor, equipment and mater lals need be used. If more than two-thirds of the nation's wheat producers vote against marketing quotas, the quotas will not be in effect and the substitution clause will not apply as there will be no diversion program for wheat, Schedeen ex plained. If the wheat vole is favor able and Congress passes the feed grain bill, a participating farmer who has been grow ing less than 15 acres of wheat and who also has a feed grain base may grow either wheat or feed grain. In addition to barley, oats and rye are considered feed grains under the proposal this year for the first time. . , . State Checking Garbage Feeders For Licensing Salem - Inspectors for the Oregon Department of Agri culture will start a check of public eating places and insti tutions early in May as its first step to. locate unlicensed persons feeding garbage to swine. The check is being made to learn what disposal these establishments make of their garbage and to determine whether any goes to un licensed feeders. Veterinarians with the .de partment point out that un cooked meat in garbage can be the source of infection for a disease that could reach epidemic proportions. It also can be the source of a disease that could be transmitted to humans. . ' , Uncooked -swine meat scraps fed to hogs in garbage has long been known as a major source of vesicular exanthema and a contributor to the spread of cholera in fection. Erysipelas, trichino sis, brucellosis, tuberculosis and diseases of lesser signifi cance can also be picked up from raw garbage with meat scraps. Among ' diseases listed by the Public Health Service as transmissible to human beings are trichinosis, brucell o s i s, tuberculosis and erysipelas. Exceptions Noted The Oregon law requires persons feeding . garbage or offal to swine to be licensed and , that their garbage be cooked. There are three excep tions to this: the feeding to swine of garbage or offal that has accumulated from that person's own domestic house hold; garbage consisting of waste from canneries and pro cessing plants for fruit and vegetables or sorting estab lishments for fruits and vege tables; garbage consisting only of waste from a bakery or a combination of any of the three. ' The law also stipulates that licensed garbage feeders shall heat the garbage to 212 de grees Fahrenheit for at least 30 minutes and gives the Ore gon Department of Agricul' ture the power to quarantine any swine being fed garbage or offal. This quarantine may be im posed on licensed or unli censed persons if the depart mer.t feels there is a disease threat.. Violations of the act are punishable by a fine or imprisonment in the county Jail or by both. The garbage feeding law is state act but the federal government steps into the picture if hogs fed uncooked garbage are sold to packing plants under federal inspec tion for interstate shipment and requires that the meat of the animals be cooked in pro cessing.' , Junior Vegetable Contest Announced Corvallis - Variety trials and production of crops for the fresh market pr for pro cessing will be emphasized in Oregon during the 1963 Na tional Junior Vegetable Growers Association .pro gram reports R. Ralph Clark, Oregon State University ex tension horticulturist and state program leader. Details of the national pro gram, now in its 29th year, have just been - received, Clark said. Any boy or girl, age 14 to 21, can participate in the projects and compete for state, regional and nation al awards. A key aim of the NJVGA program is to keep young men and women interested in the growing of fruits and veg etables and to provide a pool of young people trained to meet the expanding needs of Industry. Clark said. This year, for the first time, the program also includes orna mental horticulture. BLEACHERS COLLAPSE Corvallis - Kit - Mrs. Sam uel Pahl, 47. Salem, was hos pitalized with a injured back when a section of bleachers collapsed during a turtle der by at Oregon State University Saturday. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, A farmer who has been growing up to 30 acres of wheat under the "feed wheat" provisions of former programs will receive credit for feed grain acres on acreage above the 15 acre wheat base pro vided in the wheat program, Schedeen said, Schedeen explained that many Oregon wheat produc ers began raising barley, oats and rye on land formerly planted to wheat as', their acreage allotments were id justed under the former 55 million acre national allot ment. ' Can Dtcida Later . If producers approve 1964 marketing quotas for wheat and if Congress passes the feed grain bill, producers next year will be able to decide whether -or not to continue raising feed grains or to re turn some land to wheat. The. producer who decides to use the substitution clause, if it is in effect, must comply with the acreage diversion features of both programs, the . chairman added. Any wheat grown on feed grain acres would be in place of feed grains normally pro duced. Wheat produced on feed grain acres would be eligible for support at $1.30 a bushel, national average, if the na tion's wheat producers ap prove marketing quotas in the May 21 referendum. Schedeen encouraged , pro ducers to visit their county AS.CS or Extension offices to discuss individual questions about the programs. Seed Tag Rules Told By Agent Gaines- wheat and other small grain seed producers who plan Co produce seed un der the Oregon Certified Seed Standards should familiarize themselves with certification requirements, says Bert G. Wilcox, county . extension agent. ' The following are state ments from the Oregon small grain seed certification stand ards: Seed planted must be Oregon-tagged or from anoth- approved source. With wheat, oats, and barley varie ties, Blue Tag may be planted for further certification. Reg istered seed can be produced only from foundation stock. Land must not have grown an indistinguishable variety or an uncertified lot of the same variety for at least two years previous to planting time. Application for certification must be made by June 1 and inspection will be made after heading. Harvesting before inspection forfeits certifies tion. All or part of a field may be certified. Isolation to determine field boundaries and prevent mixture is requir ed. An extremely weedy field, regardless of type of weed, will be rejected. On request by the grower, a certificate of field inspec tion will be issued. Seed to be eligible for recertification must have purity and germi nation tests. Fees are 60 cents per acre with a minimum charge of ss.oo. r Fees must be paid at, the time application is made for certification. DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY? Prying eyes have driven the Kennedys out of Hyannis Port; ugly publicity has made the First lady dread the day Caroline learns to read; it's a situation that makes thoughtful Ameri cans wonder. ' Tie full implications of this problem . ore txplorei ntxt weekend in the MM Wh Ism of with your copy of the- MEDFORDtJIt&TRIBUNE MEDFORD. OREGON FARM Woodlot FARM WOODLOT FACTS . BY DICK OLSON Oregon Stete Farm Forester This Issue of Farm Wood lot Facts la devoted entirely to pre-commercial (or premer ch'antable) thinnings. In t dozen communities, ranging from north to south and east to west, far-sighted Jackson and Josephine county landowners are engaged In Improving their young stands of timber." Thinning should begin when trees are below head height. However, moil wood- lot owners will be starting in the older of sapling and small pole sized because they have them. These older pre- commercial stands should be thinned if they are over stocked. Usually, thinning in dense young stands amounts to re moving suppressed (over- topped) or spindling trees, diseased, poorly formed speci mens, and those competing with the future crop trees. The rule of thumb is "cut the worst and leave the best." Leave trees which will usu ally be of the largest diameter and the best vigor. Future crop trees may include domi nate or final chop trees,- or codominate and some inter mediate trees to be removed in future thinnings. ' Any amounts of suppressed trees may be removed with out harming the stand. Care should be used not to open up the crown of the crop trees in more than one side in a single thinning. This is particularly true of Douglas Fir which is easily shocked by too drastic a thinning. This results in delayed re sponse i n growth which should increase following thinning. Rule Given The following rule refers to the removal of trees of about the same height as the future crop trees whose crowns are in direct competi tion with the crown of the crop trees. Cut only one such competitor from three dif ferent angles: from above, from below, a combination of both. In thinning from above, leave enough trees so the crown canopy" will close in about five to eight years. Look at the distance between the whorls on the side bran ches, use a little imagination and take a good guess. A rule of thumb to use in thin ning from below is D-2. "D" stands for diameter of aver age leave . trees at breast height in inches, plus two inches, change to feet. This should be the . average dis tance between future crop trees. .. , For example: If the average diameter was eight inches, the average spacing should be 10 feet; Pfobably the best method is a combination of both. In all three methods of thin ning, the outside trees in the sunny side of the stand should be left alone to pre vent scald, especially if there is a large opening on the sun ny side. "Take it easy" on less sunny sides and proceed close to normal on the shady north side. The small woodlot owner should plan more than one pre commerical thinning if Family TVeeJcIy Facts possible. Lighter and more frequeni cuts are belter for development of a forest stand. The cost of early thinning will be more than repaid by shortening the time required to grow merchantable trees Diameter growth of crop trees can be increased from 30 to 150 per cent. Height growth is also accelerated, but to a lesser degree. Look for future article on "Hovr to Select Trees lor Pruning", plus details on how to do the Job. - Konwiser Heads Soil District; ' Projects Listed By BERT WILCOX J Jackson County Extension' Agent . ' . , . John Konwlser, from Eagle Point, was elected chairman of the Jackson Soil Conserva tion district at a recent regu lar monthly .meeting of .the board of suDervisors. ' . . John replaced. Elwbod Ab bott, from Sams Valley, who has served as chairman of the district for the past five years Ramsey Thomson, Beagle area, was reelected as treas urer for the district and Bert Wilpox, county extension agent, was reelected as secre tary. Other members of the board of supervisors are Char les Stanley, Lake Creek; Phil lip Nevin, Eagle Point; Vic tor Chapman, Prospect, and Dave Woolfolk,' Brownsboro. Flood Repair As a result of last winter's floods, 16 different farmers worked on flood damage re pair, last month, according to Ben Mouchett, work unit con servationist. Other projects tn- eluded 18 different irrigation and drainage systems on indi vidual farms in the Jackson Soil Conservation district. , At the district's recent an nual meeting, Wallace Rice, of Josephine Growers Coop erative association, reported on his tour of Greece where he, with others, .evaluated the market for Talant alfalfa seed. From ' Wallace's observation there will continue to be market for good quality alfal fa seed in that country where It is a favorite hay crop. In Greece the cattlemen are In tensifying their efforts to im prove the quality of their cat- tie and find that high quality foo dia very important. . -. BEAVER IIICTRIC ft PIUMBINO SUPPLY BROOKS IIICTRIC COURT STRUT ELECTRIC . ELECTRONIC SIRVICI INLOE ELECTRIC FILDMAN ft OLSON IIICTRIC HARRISON IIICTRIC : MODERN PIUMBINO (Heat Pump) NORPAC SUPPLY ROGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY RUSH ELECTRIC COMANY TROWBRIDOI IIICTRIC State Farm Labor Wage Rate Third Hiqhest in U S. Corvallis - Oregon hired farm workers in 1962 receiv ed the third highest wages in the country, exceeded only by wages paid In Washington and California, reported Mrs. Elvera Horrell, Oregon State university extension agricul tural economist. The Pacific Coast region toDS all others in the nat'on for farm wage rates. Washing- California and Oregon, in that order, led the nation, followed by Connecticut. Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island tied for fifth and Idaho was seventh. Last year, Oregon's com posite wage rate, simmered down to an hourly basis, aver aged $1.22, up two cents from 1961. Oregon's Jan. 1, 1963, wage rate was $1.24, two cents above the 1 362 average. National rates at the start of this year were 94.8 cents, an average of two cents higher than a year earlier, she said. New England Second " The ' New England states, ranking second to the Pacific Coast on the wage rate scale, recorded the biggest precent age increase in wages in 1962. The Pacifiic Coast increased the Jeast while the East South Central states, lowest on the wage scale, Increased at about the same rate as the national average, Mrs. Horrell report ed, . Family - labor made up about 70 per cent of Oregon's total farm labor force last year and composed, an even larger percentage of the farm labor force on a national bas- sls. Farm labor along' the Pa cific. Coast was most in. de mand in September, due to the harvest of many Californ ia crops. , Between 1945 and 1961, the number of farm workers dropped one-third while farm production' Increased one- third, Mrs. Horrell pointed out. The number of persons supplied with farm products by one farm worker nearly doubled during the same pe riod. ' . C :. . .... THE FLYING AGE Los Angeles. - (WD - Pro grams' were passed out to 6,500 grade school pupils Mon day after, rather than before a student performance of Mo zart's opera, "The Magic Flute .The reason, said Dr. William C. Hartshorn, w a "because In previous years we often had 6.000. airplanes flying on stage at. the begin Inlng o program.';. - t ; : - c Why clutter up your modern home with furnaces, flues; vents, fuel, tanks, pipes ' , " " , ' 7 -! . ' ' ' '- -4 If cltan-as-light electric energy provides per-' feet, draft free comfort . . . why bring fire inside your home and with it fumes, odors, and messy flame by-products? If you an install an electric heating -system jor less money , . . if an .electric system, requires almost no cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. . . . why add these costs to your annual heating bill? Before Yon Build or Remodel ... I Corn Planting Yields Summarized Corvallis - Corn silage tri als at Oregon State univer sity last summer Indicate that western Oregon farmers might find it profitable to plant as many as 60,000 to 80.000 plants per acre - depending upon cost of extra seed, fer tilizer, and irrigation requir ed for such thick plantings. However, until more thor ough studies have been made on the economics of heavier plantings, farmers may want to stick with the previously recommended rate of about 30.000 plants per acre, sug gests Dr. R. E. Fore, OSU agronomist. In last summer's trials, prof its were about $14 per acre higher in plots where 83,600 plants per acre were sown than where 31,300 were sown. Fore plans to do more work this summer comparing net profits of different planting rates. Although corn isn't a ma jor crop i in western Oregon because summers are just barely hot enough and long enough to grow it successful ly. Fore says there is a mar ket for all that's grown. The Pacific Northwest uses twice as much corn as it produces. Acreage devoted to corn ha held fairly steady for a long time, but agricultural re- search has shown how to dou - Oregon Praised For Milk Checks Salem - The high regard other states have for Oregon's milk inspection program was emphasized to the Oregon De partment of Agricul lures Dairy and Consumer Services Division Chief Kenneth E. Carl, recently when he attend ed the Ninth National Confer ence on Interstate Milk Ship ments held at Memphis, Ten nessee. Carl, who served as one of the consultants for a task force group on rating and cer tification, reports that many state administrators view the Oregon fluid Milk Act as a model in establishing author ity of a state milk regulatory agency and supervisory coun cil over municipal miiK in spection services. They are Darticularly impressed wun the uniformity of the service throughout the Btate. It was the first time' that Oregon has been represented at the conference, because - is only in recent years the I state has had dairies certmea TUESDAY. MAY 7. ble - or even triple - yields. 1962 Plantings OSU's 1962 plantings for silage ranged from 31,300 to 500,800 plants per acre. Sep tember harvest yielded 28 tons green silage per acre for the lightest planting rates (31,300 plants); 34 tons for 62,600 plants; and 37 tons for 83,600 plants. Tonnage har vested leveled off and began to drop after that. In western Oregon corn tri als last summer for grain yields, irrigated plots produc ed nearly times as much corn as non-irrigated plots. Average bushels per acre har vested from irrigated plots was 113.9. Non-irrigated was 48.2. Top yields per acre at test plots around the state Includ ed: Corvallis, 148.1 bushels; Springfield, 133.4; Aurora, 141.4; Ontario, 178.7; Med ford, 178.2. Corn variety trials showed Oregon 353, standard variety for many years, superior for grain yields In western Ore gon. Oregon 150 the recom mended silage variety. Trials included nearly all varieties now grown in western Ore gon. Growers may obtain de- tailed results of all trials from their local county extension 1 agents. as Interstate Milk Shippers under the cooperative stale- U.S. Public Health Service procedures and rules for cer tification of sanitary quality of milk for interstate ship ment. Those in Oregon now certi fied are Arden Farms Com p a n y, Carnation Company, Cleary's Dairy, Cover Lawn Da-iry, Mayflower Farms, Mayflower Milk Distributors and Safeway Stores. Listing Required This certification eliminates overlapping and duplication of Inspection by states when the milk crosses state lines. Oregon now requires that all dairies shipping milk Into Oregon from Washington and Idaho have an Interstate Milk Shipper listing. Oregon's Department of Ag riculture has three . inspectors certified by the United States Public Health Service as of ficial milk sanitation rating it officers. They are Vergil Sim mons, Joe Gray and Al Tes- dal. Safest, cleanest, most worry-free thing-considered . .the most EITM!) KIT SMIGITE . 773-4349 . 772-5209 .535.4133 .773-1971 .533-1269 .773-7751 664-2091 .773-5368 . 773-4643 . 772-6603 . 772-4960 773-6241 1963 A 7 Licensing Needed For Horse Sales1 Salem - Five bills Intro duced in the 1963 session of the Oregon Legislature dur ing March will have a bear lng on the services performed by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and functions of the department. , None of the bills was in troduced at the request of the department. The bills are: ' HB-1777 - Would amend present temporary horse sales law to require licensing of temporary horse sales by non profit breed or livestock as sociations or clubs. HB-1795 - Would add Hood River County to the ragweed control area and appropriate $20,000 for work In Hood River County through June 30, 1965. Has emergency clause, ',.-'.:'';.'-.'- HB-17971- Would amend brand inspection law by in creasing from $5 to $10 the sale price or value of animal on which no inspection- fee would be collected by the State Department of Agri culture at a livestock auction market or stock yard. SB-389 - Would prohibit, with certain exceptions, herd ing or pasturing of livestock on certain national. Interstate and defense highways. SB-395 - Would authorize county commissions, after a public hearing, to designate any public road of the county a livestock driveway for use of persons driving live stock In any extended move ment to or from summer and winter range or to and from market. Broiler Growth Tied fo Wheat ' Corvallis - Oregon's broil er Industry could expand, but only if Oregon and the Pacific ' Northwest can obtain feed wheat at prices comparable to those for corn tn the Mid west, points out N. L. Ben nion, Oregon State university extension poultry specialist. Oregonlans are consuming far more broilers than the state's producers are raising. which leads Bennion to note thtt broilers ere the one seg ment of Oregon's poultry In- dustry where there is room for expansion. In 1981, Oregonlans con sumed 35 per cent more broil ers - fryers than tne state produced. In 1962, producers cut their production by 17 per cent, with the result that the state used 50 per cent more birds than were raised here, Bennion said. - ... and every, economical.. - t
