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
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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
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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