MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Poultry Mousing
Talk Scheduled
Noel Bannion. OSU ex
ternum poultry specialist,
will diicuu new develop
ment! in poultry homing
and illustrate hii diicuision
with pictures in the exten
sion service auditorium at
8 p.m.. May 2D.
Noel has gathered ideas
from a wide area and will
have . an interesting mes
sage, according to County
Agent Earle Jossy,
TUESDAY. MAY U, 1963
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Markets and Chains
Feature of Meeting
For Pear Bureau
Many winter pear growers
and shippers from the Rogue
River area of the Oregon
Washington California Pear
Bureau are expected to at
tend the 32nd annual meet
ing in Portland's Multnomah
hotel, May 22-24.
Dick Patterson, Bureau gen
eral manager, said the first
day's meeting particularly
should prove interesting to
growers and allied interests
to the winter pear industry.
A full program of interest
ing speakers is scheduled. Two
prominent members of the bu
reau will report on observa
tions made on a market trip
to large winter-pear consum
ing areas during the recent
peak of the winter sales cam
paign. They are Jerry C.
Crossland, assistant to the
manager of the Apple Grow
ers association, of Hood Riv
er, and Floyd Baker, sales
manager of Reter Fruit Co.,
Medford.
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A talk that is expected to
draw much attention will be
that of John Louth, San Fran
cisco, of McKinsey and Co.,
Inc., management consultants.
He will discuss a study made
by his firm entitled "Oppor
tunities To Improve Relations
Between Chains and Manu
facturers." It was made some
time ago at the request of the
National Association of Food
Chains.
Other speakers will include
Donald R. Stokes, United
States Department of Agricul
ture, who will discuss pre
packaging; Dr. Elmer Hansen,
Oregon State university, on
experiments with CA storage
and scald control; Dr. Archie
Van Doran, Northwest region
al manager of Tectrol divi
sion of Whirlpool Corp., Wen-
atchee, Wash., on Tectrol Stor
age; Dr. Don Langmo and Ro
land H. Groder, both of Ore
gon State university, on pears
individually wrapped in poly
ethylene.
A four-part talk is slated
by Dr. Harold S c h o m e r,
U.S.D.A., experimental sta
tion, Wenatchee. He will dis
cuss the effects of waxing
pears, effects of using various
density polyethylene film, ef
fectiveness of various funi
cides and compatibility of a
stop-scald and stop-mold.
Annual reports also will be
made by Patterson and Dick
Glaspey, assistant manager of
the bureau.
Local Men Officers
Presiding over this 32nd an
nual session will be James E.
Klahre, president of the pear
bureau and general manager
of the Apple Growers associa
tion, Hood River. Other offi
cers are J. A. Hodapp, Placer
ville, Calif., first vice presi
dent; David B. Lowry, Med
ford, second vice president;
Ray Forman, Yakima, third
vice president, and Robert W.
Prince, Wenatchee, fourth
vice president.
Members of the executive
committee are Joe Naumes
and Howell B. Murphy, both
of Medford; Jerry C. Cross
land, Hood River, formerly of
Wenatchee; Winston Bray,
Wenatchee; Frank Freshwater,
John Bloxom and George Jo
seph, all of Yakima, and Ho.
dapp and Lee W. Veerkamp,
both of Placerville, California.
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it now," he said.
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Insecticides
Hold Cost Line
On Production
By RAY HUBBELL
Weed Control Supervisor
THIS IS A REPRINT
FROM "THE PACKER."
Most fruits and vegetables
would disappear from the
market except in meager
quantities at high prices if
insecticides were not used to
control the insects attacking
these crops.
This is what Dr. George C.
Decker, head of the section
on economic entomology at
the University of Illinois, told
a farm and home week audi
ence at the University of
Delaware's school of agri
culture recently.
Dr. Decker, speaking on
the pros and cons of Insecti
cides during Tuesday's gener
al session, said apples pro
duced without insecticide pro
tection will be 40 to 80 per
cent damaged by codling
moth and would suffer even
more damage from innumer
able other insects.
Reduced Crops
In addition, staple fibre,
cereal and forage crop yields
would drop 10 to 25 per cent
and cotton yields, based on
U. S. Department of Agri
culture studies would have
dropped 25.5 and 41.8 per
cent without insecticides.
It is the consumer who ben
efits most from the use of in
secticides Dr. Decker said,
adding: "With greater effic
iency attained through higher
production per acre, reduced
losses and reduced labor costs
in grading and sorting, the
cost of production has been
reduced and cumpetition has
forced the price of agricultu
ral products downward." .
He said only 20 per cent
of the worker's pay compared
with 60 to 70 per cent in the
past, goes for food. Also, the
housewife is spared the costs
of culling and trimming food
damaged by insects which
used to account for up to one
half of these losses in the
kitchen.
"All too often the lay public
and some scientists condemn
the use of insecticides as an
unwarranted practice imposed
upon society by selfish indus
trialists and farmers who
seek only personal gains and
larger profits. This is not the
case," Dr. Decker emphasized
as he pointed to benefits to
consumers.
Turning to precautions
used to protect the public, he
said a manufacturer must
spend $1 million on research
to establish a product's "prac
tical value and safety." In ad
dition, it must clear appropri
ate government regulatory
agencies.
The real hazards involve
mental reactions and human
judgments and are not toxico-
logical in nature, he said.
suggesting education rather
than "unrealistic legislation
and regulation" might re
solve the problems.
Careless in Storage
Carelessnes in storage poses
the greatest hazard, the
speaker said. Of the 152 acci
dental deaths attributed to
pesticides in 1956, 94 or 62
per cent involved children
under ten years old, and 78
of these were children under
four. The principal cause of
serious illness and deaths due
to food contamination in
volved no n-recommended
storage of household insecti
cides in pantries and cup
boards, he said.
Dr. Decker said early ento
mologists were naturalists
who "preached the gospel of
biological and cultural pest
control methods." As natural
controls became "grossly in
adequate," the farmers and
entomologists "in desperation
turned to chemicals. .
Though science may even
tually develop new procedures
for non-chemical control of
pests, "man has no choice but
to continue the use of insecti
cides" until such significant
breakthroughs "become pro
ven and practical substl-
tutes," he said.
Rainy Weather
Slows Inspection
Salem - Continued spring
rains that have kept garden
ers indoors and driven farm
ers from their fields have
also driven Oregon Depart
ment of Agriculture nursery
inspectors away from much of
their work.
Department officials esti
mated that inspectors were
two weeks behind in their
nursery inspection work the
first of May.
However, there has been
one bright side. Driven in
from the fields the inspectors
have concentrated on green
house work and are ahead of
schedule there. But green
house people have been af
fected by the weather be
cause they cannot move their
stock out to retailers. Gar
deners are the stumbling
block here for they haven't
been able to start working
their gardens.
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Goal For Brucellosis
Salem - Complete eradica
tion of brucellosis in the Uni
ted States --
This was listed as a goal of
the state-federal disease con
trol program by Dr. A. J.
Hummon, head of the U. S,
Department of Agriculture's
laboratory services for am.
mal disease eradication dur
ing an early May stop in
Salem.
Dr. Hummon, who was In
Oregon for a two-day visit
at the Salem state-federal dis
ease control laboratory, said
he thought this goal could be
realized but he did not know
when.
Woodlot Facts
By DICK OLSON
Oregon State Farm Forester
The following is a quote by
Edward P. Cliff, Chief of the
U.S. Forest Service, at the an
nual meeting of the Society
of American Foresters, in At
lanta, Georgia, recently.
"Any program proposed by
the Forest Service whether
for timber or other uses of
forest land will reflect my
deep conviction that no na
tion can afford to let its po
tentially productive ' forest
land lie fallow or unused.
Nonproductive, misused, and
idle woodlands will add noth
ing to the econmlc and' cul
tural foundation upon which
our future as a nation and a
civilization will depend. Nor
will they reflect well on our
profession. I am convinced
that in the long pull, well
managed, productive forest
land will be needed through
out our nation for industrial
value, watershed protection,
outdoor recreatiop, and other
purposes."
This statement by Mr. Cliff
pertains to all forest land but
directed primarily, in this
case, towards the small wood
lot owners. Through their co
operative forest management
program, the Forest Service
and the State of Oregon oiler
technical forestry assistance to
small timberland owners. The
state's farm forestry pro
gram's principal objective is
to maintain and improve the
productivity of privately
owned timberlands: to lnte
erate the management of
these lands with other farm
croplands; to increase owner
income and to maintain a
continuous flow of raw for
est products to stabilize local
Industries.
Other Agencies
Other agencies of the de
partment of agriculture are
also increasing their efforts
to assist owners of small for
est tracts. The Agricultural
Stabilization and Conserva
tion Service provides cost
sharing assistance to such
landowners for reforestation,
timber stand Improvement,
and other practices. The Soil
Conservation Service and dis
tricts are organized to help
woodland owners by prepar
ing farm plans. The Farmers
Home admtnlstatlon launched
new forestry credit pro
gram a few monms ago mm
is expected to benefit many
owners of small woodlands.
Forest landowners in jacK-
son and josepnine counueo
may obtain information and
Instruction of lorest manage
ment practices from the state
forestry department farm for
ester. There are appoximaieiy
4000 landownes in these coun
ties owning from 10 to 5,000
acres of forest land tnat coura
profit from this service.
Information avauanie cov
ers planting, thinning, prun
ing, brush removal, unrisi
mas Tree growing, markets,
and many other subjects. Op
portunities available in fed
eral cost-share programs can
also be obtained from your
farm forester.
The farm forester's office is
located on Table Rock rd. lust
north of the Midway Auction
vard at the southwest Oregon
fire protection district head
quarters. He may be contact
ed there each Wednesday or
by writing Post Office Box 71,
Medford, or by phoning
Central Point 664-1213.
Corvallis - How much gold
is there in California for Ore
gon cattlemen? ;
A west Coast livestock
authority at University of Cal
ifornia will attempt to answer
the question May 22 at Ore
gon State university's annual
Beef Cattle Day.
Reuben Albaugh, an OSU
graduate and now extension
animal husbandman at U. of
C, will discuss the future of
Oregon beet production from
California viewpoint: Can
Oregon meet California's de
mand for feeder stock or com
pete with them for the fin
ished market?
Beef cattle feeding in Ore
gon now generates about $53
million annually in local eco
nomic activity. However, re
cent OSU studies estimate it
would be $250 million if all
beef cattle produced in Ore
gon were kept here for fin
ishing, with a large per cent
of the finished carcasses go
ing to the expanding Cali
fornia retail market.
Large numbers of Oregon
feeder cattle 'now go out of
state for finishing in other
areas that have developed
grain feeding industries.
Common Market Talk
Another key speaker, Dr.
G, Burton Wood, OSU agri
cultural economics depart
ment head, will discuss the ef
fect of the European Common
Market on the beef industry
in Oregon and the nation. A.
T. Ralston,: animal scientist
and chairman of the event,
said sessions will begin at
8:30 a.m. in Withycombe au
ditorium on the OSU campus.
Beef marketing coopera
tives - their advantages and
disadvantages will .be re
viewed, by LeRoy Wright,
Baker county - extension
agent. Irwin M. Kampfer, At.
bany rancher, will relate his
experiences producing beef
without hay on western Ore
gon's long-season pastures.
OSU animal science depart
ment staff members will re
port on such varied topics as
steps being taken to insure
continued popularity of beef;
livestock feeding, manage
ment, and breeding experi
ments; and performance of
Beefmaster cattle under west
ern Oregon conditions. W. A.
Sawyer, superintendent of
OSU's Squaw Butte branch
experiment station near
Burns will tell how range im
provement in the high desert
country Is helping stabilize
livestock enterprises in the
area.
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Research Related
Corvallis The need for
research in Oregon on me
chanical harvesting of tree
fruits has been sounded by
Robert Stebbins, .Oregon State
university extension hortlcul;
turlst.'; v
Such work Is needed to
keep the state's orchards in
a competitive position with
neighboring states and to ease
the cost-price squeeze facing
growers, he stressed, Hand la
bor is almost always the big
gest production cost to
chardlsts and is not always
available when needed.
It is time Oregon started
working to meet its needs in
this field, Stebbins emphasiz
ed. Other states, such as Cali
fornia and Washington, the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, and private enterprise
are all making substantial
contributions, but .the ma
chines they create are often
not economically feasible for
the small orchard.
Mechanical harvesting can
mean complete mechanization
where the fruit is never touch
ed by man, or aids to hand
harvesting, the specialist said.
California has fully mechan
ized the harvest of prunes,
peaches and apricots for proc
essing as well as tree nuts.
PerthaNE is an insecticide of particu
larly low mammalian toxicity now avail
able for use against pear psylla. It may
be applied during pre-bloom or very -
early post-bloom periods to control .
immature or adult stages of this insect.
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.'
Perthane is safe for operators and safe
on foliage when used as recommended
and compatible with the commonly used
- orchard pesticides. See your dealer for
more information on how to use
Perthane EC for effective, economical
. and safe control of pear psylla.
ROHIVl
Forage Variety List
Based On Many Tests
Corvallis - The notion that
grass is greener on the other
side of the fence can be a
costly illusion to men who
actually grow grass for a livelihood.
Oregon farmers and ranch
ers are sometimes tempted
with reports of "superior" for
age crops - many of which
might perform poorly under
Oregon growing conditions.
To help farmers remove
the high risk of planting un
sultcd grass and legume
crops, Oregon State univer
sity Agricultural Experiment
Station has published a new
listing of recommended var
ieties for various areas of the
state,
OSU agronomists tested
more than 750 established and
potential varieties from all
over the world In selecting
top performers listed in a
circular of information titled,
"Forage Varieties Recom
mended for Oregon."
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Congolese army, will go to the
United States next Thursday,
Informed sources said Monday.
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