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TUESDAY. MAY 28. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON
Northern California Scene
Of Annual Beef Cattle Tour
The Cal-Ore Hereford
Breeders association will hold
ll annual spring lour In
northern California for the
firt time Sunday.
Four Siskiyou county breed
ers who will show their neras
to Jackson county visitors
are Jiggs and Betty Kuck,
Leonard Shelley, Frank and
Margaret Day and Elden and
Betty Hoy.
The tour will leave Mcd
ford at 8 a.m. and take ap
proximately hours to
reach the Kuck ranch. The
tour atari there at 9:30 a.m.
and winds up at the Elden
and Betty Hoy ranch at
3:30 p.m.
The tour committee Is
planning on 350 California
and Oregon people. Cal-Ore is
providing the beef steaks for
the barbecue on Frank Day's
ranch. The women are asked
to provide salad or dessert
and their own table service.
Yearling bulls and heifers,
plus some cows and calves
will be shown at the Kuck
ranch.
Leonard Shelley's Shasta
Valley ranch will display
some yearling polled Here
ford bulls and Shelley will
Jacksonville Herd Tops
In DHIA Testing Program
Jack O'Brien, Jacksonville,
placed his herd among the
top three for two consecutive
months, according to the Feb
ruary and March reports oi
the Jackson County Dairy
Herd Improvement associa
tlon.
O'Brien ranked third with
his herd in February and first
in March.
In February, his 47 cows
produced an average of 849
pounds of milk with a 37
pound butterfat average. Dry
cows were 11.90 per cent of
the herd,
In March O'Brien came in
first with his 44 cows with
3.75 per cent dry, 1,087 pound
average of milk and 44 pound
butterfat.
Bill and Jo Hubbard's herd
of 31 cows from Eagle Point
was first in February with
2.18 per cent dry cows, 1,071
pound average of milk and
41 pounds butterfat average.
Second in February was an
other Jacksonville herd of SI
cows owned by Jake Vander
Stoel; 11.90 per cent dry, 934
pound milk average and 39
pound butterfat average.
John DeYoung, Applegate
had 35 cows producing an
average of 849 pounds of
milk, 37 pounds butterfat av
erage, 12.76 per cent dry.
B. M. Burreson, Gold Hill,
had 46 cows producing 993
pound average of milk, 36
pound average of butterfat
with 3.81 per cent dry.
Ten Top Cows
The ten top cows Included
that of B. M. Burreson, 2,686
pounds of milk, 89 pounds of
butterfat and 41 days in milk'
ing; Straus Brothers, 2,106
pounds of milk, 88 pounds of
butterfat and 30 days in milk
ing; O Brien, 1,778 pounds of
milk, 87 pounds of butterfat
and 37 days In milking.
Others were Gllman's Dairy
farm cow, 1,940 pounds of
milk, 83 pounds of butterfat
and 28 days in milking; Vic
tor Blrdseye's cow, 1,276
pounds milk, 80 pounds of
butterfat, 29 days in milk
ing; Vander Stoel cow, 1.840
pounds of milk, 78 pounds of
butterfat, 28 days In milking;
Gilman's Dairy farm cow,
1,624 pounds of milk, 78
pounds of butterfat, 44 days
in milking; Edgeoaks dairy,
2,550 pounds of milk, 76
pounds of butterfat, 44 days
in milking; Don Gcren's cow,
1,823 pounds of milk, 75
pounds of butterfat and 31
days in milking; Lewis and
Ruth Clark's cow, 1,562
pounds of milk, 75 pounds in
butterfat and 58 days In milk
ing. The 20 cow herd of Frank
Silva, Eagle Point, ranked
second with no dry cows, 816
pound average of milk and
43 pounds of butterfat aver
age for March.
Applegate Herd Second
John DeYoung, Applegate,
was second with 35 cows,
13.09 per cent dry, 1,168
pound average of milk, 42
pound butterfat average; and
C. C. and Sadie Williams,
Ashland, were fifth with 42
cows, 14.6 dry, 988 pound
milk average and 41 pound
butterfat average.
Gilman's dairy farm had
six of the ten top cows in
March. Their milk production
ranged from 1,749 pounds to
2,318 pounds of milk and from
72 to 78 pound butterfat aver
age. C. C. and Sadie Williams
had the top March cow with
1,778 pounds of milk, 84
pounds of butterfat, for 28
days in milking. Another Wil
liams cow ranked eighth with
1,473 pounds of milk, 74
pound butterfat average, for
37 days In milking.
An O'Brien cow ranked
sixth with 1,823 pounds of
milk, 75 pounds of butterfat,
for 120 days in milking.
A Jake Vander Stoel cow
ranked second In March with
2,319 pounds of milk, 77
pounds of butterfat for 59
days in milking.
Portland - 0W - Bachelors
degrees will be awarded 627
Portland State seniors on
June 9.
tell how he feeds them on
pellets. He will also show a
few herd bulls. Shelley is
considered one of the leading
polled breeders in northern
California.
Betty and Elden Hoy will
display some of their breed
ing herd and younger bulls.
Hoy u one of the oldest Here
ford breeders on the west
coast.
The lunch stop will be at
the Frank Day Hereford
ranch where cattlemen will
see herd sires, cows and
calves and younger bulls.
Day will explain a little about
his breeding program. The
Day ranch is one of the old
est performance tested
ed ranches in the area. .
Jim Ellings, head of the
California Beef Improvement
association, is expected to be
at the Day ranch to give a
talk on performance testing.
Those planning to make
the tour should figure ap
proximately 48 miles from
the Jackson county fair
grounds to the Willow Creek
school. To reach the Kuck
ranch travel to the border
quarantine station, past Horn
brook, turn at the Klamath
river bridge, drive to Ager,
then follow the road to the
Kuck ranch, the assembly
point. The Shelley and Day
ranches are off the A12 rd.
The Hoy ranch is near Weed.
Bull Sale
The Cal-Ore association's
bull sale committee has set
Oct. 9, Wednesday, for the
1963 sale. Minimum age shall
be summer yearlings, as be
fore, with the maximum age
three years.
Ten heifers will be allowed
In the sale. Not more than
one of these shall be owned
by any one consignor of bulls.
These heifers must not have
calved at sale time and if they
are more than two years old
must be bred. They must be
heifers from clean pedigree
or progeny tested stock. Bred
heifers should be pregnancy
tested.
The first bull sold will be
determined by a ballot box
in the sale barn. Everyone
on the grounds will be eligi
ble to vote. This way both
the buyers and sellers will be
able to determine the first
bull in the sale.
Following the first bull, a
plan similar to the last two
years will be followed. Rota
tion will be determined by
drawing from the hat. Other
breeds should be sold in a
block rather than to scatter
them, the committee feels.
The sale committee will in
spect bulls In August and will
pick up registralton papers
then on all accepted bulls
Ranchers planning to enter
bulls should send their list to
the Cal-Ore Secretary Earlc
Jossy, In care of the extension
service office at the fair
grounds.
Farm & Garden
FARM
Woodlot Facts
"Do apples
and pears
need that much
protection?"
They sure do, for a big, healthy crop. And
this is only the first dose.
Seems like an expensive proposition.
Not compared to the terrific job it does. It's
insurance against trouble.
You mean by proleeting your eropt
That's right. Karathane protects against
powdery mildew. I apply it for prcbloom,
calyx and first cover sprays There's no
damage to blossoms, foliage or terminals
no russcting of fruit. Practically no winter
carryover of infection. And it helps con
trol mi tea.
Whataboutthsolherbag (iKelthaneAP?
Best miticide I ever used! Fast kill long
residual action. European red, two-spotter1,
McDaniel, clover. You name almost any
mite and Keltiiane controls it. I can use
it up to 7 days before harvest, too.
It sounds as if you've got what you need . . .
6il I'm sure glad mail is my problem and
not mitts.
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By DICK OLSON
Stale Farm Forester
Usually at this time of the
year, people are troubled to
see forest trees dying. Some
times it occurs singly but
more often it occurs in small
patches. Both of these cases
are noticed by the general
public as well as timber own
ers themselves. The individual
who is PH hard, perhaps the
harder! , is the city home own
er with a small lot, who loses
his Douglas fir or Pondcrosa
pine shade tree due to insects.
Numerous requests for infor
mation about how insects kill
trees are received by the
Farm Foresters office. The
county agent and the U.S. For
est Service also receive many
calls about this matter. For
this reason, this week's "Farm
Forest Facts" is about one of
this areas worst insect tree
killers and its control.
This years most dreaded in
sect tree killer is the Western
pine beetle (Dendroctonus
Brevicomis). The Western
pine beetle attacks and breeds
primarily in Pondcrosa pine.
In an examination of a dy
ing Ponderosa pine tree, the
real killers, the Western pine
beetles, often escape detection
because they are concealed
within the outer corky bark
or have completed their devel
opment and emerged. The
large grubs or beetles com
monly found between the
bark and wood of these trees
are of other species and of
only secondary importance.
The Western pine beetle at
tacks only the main trunks of
trees with bark sufficiently
thick to protect its various
stages through its develop
ment. It does not breed in
limbs or small tops, and sel
dom attacks trees under six
inches in diameter. The nee
dles of infested trees fade
rapidly and progressivelly
from green through the yel
lows to a red and then to
reddish brown. They die from
the center of the needle clus
ter outward and usually from
the top of the tree downward.
The third year after attack,
about 80 per cent of the
needles drop from the trees,
and alter the fifth year prac
tically all the needles have
been lost.
Whether a tree has been at
tacked by the Western pine
beetles can best be determined
by examining the bark of a
suspected tree. If the tree has
been attacked, small amounts
of fine yellow reddish borings
will be lodged in the crevices
of the bark or deposited on
the ground around the base of
the tree. Around, or closing
the point of entrance of a pair
of beetles, will usually be
found pink or red pitch in the
form of a small tube, about
the size of a quarter. Trees
lacking in vigor will have in
conspicuous '"pitch tubes" or
none at all. The real evidence
of a devastating attack by this
insect can be found by re
moving a section of bark. If
a maze of criss-crossed tun
nels, tightly packed with red
dish borings, is found winding
through the cambium layer
and bark, the tree is doomed.
These are the egg gallaries
constructed by the adult beetle.
A Few Can't Kill
A few beetles cannot kill a
tree. It has been estimated
that a concentration of 12
pairs of beetles per square
foot of bark surface, or about
6.100 beetles, arc required to
kill an average sized Ponde
rosa pine. It has been esti
mated further, that enough
new beetles are produced in a
single infested tree to kill five
other trees of the same size.
When the beetles alight on
the trunk of a tree, they seek
crevices in the bark and bore
small holes directly into the
cambium layer. If they en
counter too copious a flow of
sap or pitch, they may be
drowned or "pitched out."
However, if the flow of sap
is weak, the beetles are able
to continue their boring
through the cambium or vital
growing layer of the tree.
During the summer nvjnths, it
takes only 14 days for the
beetle to kill an acr,ige-sizcd
I'ondorosa pine tree.
The adult Western pine
beetle is brown to black,
cylindrical, rather stout, and
is from one-ciRhtii to one
fourth of an inch lone. In
Pondcrosa pine trees of this
area, rsm laid in trees attack
ed during June and July de
velop imo beetles by August
and September. During Sep
tember and October, these
new adults altaik and kill
other trees, in which they and
their progeny pass the winter
in the egg, larval, or beetle
stage .Thus, two sets of trees
arc killed annually in this
area.
Control of this pest has been
and still is very difficult. Once
a Pondcrosa pine tree has
been successfully attacked by
the Insect, there Is no known
method by which it can be
saved. The best natural con
trol - birds - especially wood
peckers, devour vast Quanti
ties of Immature beetles.
These birds in seyrch of food,
may nearly strip an infested
tree of its bark.
The best direct method of
control is to fall and burn in
fected trees and spray the sur
rounding trees with Thiodan,
This is a chemical that is still
being tested, but looks very
promising.
Trunks of the trees should
be sprayed heavily as far up
as a power sprayer will reach.
In cases of acreage greater
than five or ten, aerial spray
ing may be tile only answer.
Spraying should be dune in
early June and again in Sep
tember.
The most promising method
of combating the Western pine
beetle is improved forest man
agement practices. Thinning
of -stagnated stands and sani
tation logging are two of these
practices. A healthy fast grow
ing tree or stand of trees is
the best insurance against
beetle attack.
Woodland owners having
one thousand acres or less of
timberlands in Western Ore
gon, may apply, until Aug.,
1963, to the State Forester
for classification under the
small woodland option timber
tax law.
Timber and land classified
under the act is exempt from
further ad valorem taxation
until it is over 90 years of
age.
Land supporting timber
over 60 years old cannot be
classified under this act.
The optional tax is based
upon the productivity of the
land and to get the most ben
efit from placing timberlands
under this act, intensive man
agement practices should be
followed.
Interested landowners in
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties can obtain further infor
mation from your farm for
ester. I can be contacted at
the Medford state forestry de
partment office on Wednes
days. In Grants Pass I can be
reached at the state forestry
department's office on Fridays
between 10 a.m. and noon.
Small timberland . owners'
problems are numerous and
various. You are Invited to
contact me concerning any
matter pertaining to your
woodland. My services are
free to the landowners of the
counties I service.
The best possible manage
ment of woodlands is my
number one concern. Drop in
and see me in my office or
call 664-1213 in Central Point
or 476-7781 in Grants Pass.
The address of the Medford
office is 5286 Table Rock rd.,
mailing address - Post Office
Box 71, Medford, Oregon. The
Grants Pass office address is
761 N.E. 12th street in Grants
Pass.
Stripe Rust Found
In Local Wheat
Stripe Rust of wheat has
been found in the Bear creek
basin and in Sams Valley.
Lemhi 53 has more rust than
White Federation, and the
new Gaines wheat has the
least amount of rust of the
three varieties, according to
Bert Wilcox, county exten
sion agent.
oinpe kusi is caused bv a
iungus, wnicn may overwin
ter in the red spore stage on
volunteer or fall-s e e d e d
wheat and certain wild
grasses. The alternate host for
this rust is unknown.
Stripe Rust has been known
as yellow rust because of the
yellow or orange-yellow pos-
tuies of the summer stage.
Stripe rust seems a better
name, however, because one
of its main features is the ar
rangement of the postules in
long stripes on the leaves and
rarely on the stems and
heads. As the crop matures,
black spores are produced in
stripes which are covered by
tne epidermis. On seedling
plants, and sometimes on
oilier pianis, tne stripes are
not distinct hut the yellow
color distinguishes the rust
from other cereal rusts, Wil
cox says.
Stripe rust thrives with
cool summers, mild winters,
and prolonged cool, wet
springs. Hot, dry weather
will check the development of
the disease.
The controls arc to plant
tolerant varieties and delay
fall seeding in years of high
infestation.
210 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard;
Prices Steady
A total of 210 cattle were
sold at the Midway auction
yard Friday, May 24.
Owner-Manager Bill Bray
said prices were holding
steady on stock calves, but
weaker on heavy feeders and
slaughter cows.
A pen of good 375 pound
steer calves topped the sale
at $30. Other penlota weigh
ing 350 to 400 pounds sold
from $28.50 to $29.90.
Weaner heifers were In
light supply. A few head sold
from $24 to $26.70. Good
yearling steers, at 550 to 600
pounds, moved at $24 to
$26.30. Medium steers sold at
$21 to $23 and common cross
breds went from $19 to $21.
Good yearling heifers sold
from $21 to $23. Medium year
ling heifers went out at $19
to $21.
Holstein steer calves sold
for $23 to $25.20.
Yearling Holstein steers
sold for $21 to $22.50.
Good Cows
Good cows with calves sold
from $180 to $205 per pair
with common kinds going
from $150 to $175 per pair.
Fat cows sold for $14.50 to
$15.50. Cutter and utility cows
sold for $13 to $15 and can
ners went out at $10 to $12.90.
"Although the stocker mar
ket is still good, we can look
for somewhat lower demand
in the near future. Many pas
tures are now filled and there
are not as many buyers in the
market now as there were a
week or two ago. The slaugh
ter cow market is weak due
to a heavy run of grass-fat
cattle on California," Bray
said.
Insemination Increase Noted
By Siskiyou Farm Advisor
Swine Committee Set
By State Department
Salem - Three swine breed
ers, a commercial hog feeder
and a veterinarian have been
asked by the Oregon depart
ment of agriculture to serve
on a swine advisory commit
tee. The committee will advise
the department on the neces
sary policies and practices in
control and regulation of
swine and swine diseases.
Working with them will be
representatives from Oregon
State university, the extension
service, Oregon department
of agriculture and the federal
animal disease eradication di
vision of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
By SEDG NELSON
Siskiyou Farm Advisor
Yreka - Artificial inseml'
nation of beef cattle has been
used throughout California
for some time with varying
success.
Various hormones have
been tried in order to bring
cowa uniformly into heat and
to increase the efficiency of
A. I., but so far none can be
recommended for use.
Picture Changing
A. I. has been used on beef
cattle in Siskiyou county also.
Elden Hoy, a Hereford breed
er, used A. I. for two calf
crops to get the greatest use
from an outstanding herd bull
he owned. Joe Smith, an An
gus breeder, has been using
A. I. for many years with good
success. So far, A. I. hasn't
been used in commercial herds
to any extent. Only one small
commercial herd has tried A.
I. as far as I know.
The picture now appears to
Oflenbachers Win
Guesing Contest
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Often
bacher, Applegate, came the
closest to guessing the top
price at the first two feeder
sales held in the Rogue val
ley last October.
For the guess of $28 per
hundred pounds, the Apple
gate area rancher and his wife
were treated to a steak dinner
as guests of Arnold Harrang,
farm field represen t a 1 1 v e,
Medford branch, First Nation
al Bank of Oregon. Actual top
price was $27.70.
At that time, at a feeder
sale by Rogue Valley Auction,
Inc. on Oct. 7, 1961 white face
steer calves brought $24 to
$25.70 per hundredweignt. At
an Oct. 9 feeder sale at Mid
way Auction yard choice steer
calves sold over $26.
Midway sold choice steer
calves for over $26 again on
Oct. 16. At the Jackson Coun
ty Stockmen's associ a t i o n
feeder sale Oct. 26 at Phoenix,
heavy calves at 497 pounds
sold for $27.40.
How did the Cal-Ore cattle
mtn guess? From $23.70 to
$29.10 per hundred weight.
These were the guesses:
$23.70, $24.60, $25.50, $25.70,
$25.80. $26.75, $27.35, $28,
$28.10, $28.20, $28.70, $29 and
$29.10.
FATHER OF YEAR
Portland - IUP1I - Neil T.
Smith Jr., of Burns, Monday
was selected Oregon Father
of The Year by the Oregon
Cow Belles.
be changing here somewhat
Our office is receiving more
and more requests for infor
mation on A. I. Dan Sabio,
representing Curtiss (George
Holt, Jackson county repre
sentative) has been offering
his service for many years in
Siskiyou county. A new in
seminator, Aagc Hansen, Mo
desto, is now living with
Barnes at Etan and is offering
semen from Armour's BCI
bulls.
Two commercial herds,
Glenn Barnes and Charles
Peckham, are having 220 cows
artificially bred by Armour
bulls now. Stuart Higgs also
plans to use A. I. on his cows.
The principle of A. I. is
good because proven bulls are
used which can transmit de
sired carcass characteristics
as well as gaining ability and
conformation. There is better
control of disease. More uni
formity is possible. The big
problem in beef is to be able
to identify the cows in heat
and get them serviced so a
high per cent calf crop is ob
tained. Many beef herds have their
cows serviced only once by
an experienced inseminator.
This entails keeping the cows
with newborn calves (at least
40 days old) in a handy field
for 24 days. The owner rides
the herd early in the morning
and in the evening and cuts
out cows that are bulling.
They are serviced 12 to IS
hours later and given a paint
mark for identification. The
inseminator comes by twice
a day to do this job.
Takes Two Hours
It takes about two hours
a day to locate the cows to
service. They are then turned
out witli a pick up bull to
catch those who were not
bred.
From 50 to 70 per cent of!
the cows should be bred from
this service. The balance ot
the cows returning to heat
are caught by the pick up
bull. Possibly one bull per
100 cows is sufficient. First
calf heifers have a lower con
ception rate with the one
service, possibly 70 to 65 per
cent, therefore, about two
pick up bulls are needed per
100 heifers.
I n s e m i n a tor costs ran
around $7 per cow for the
one service. Additional costs)
include pick up bulls, extra
labor for riding, etc. Over-all
costs, however, are not much
greater than breeding under
natural conditions.
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