TUESDAY, JUNE 4. 19S3
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Over 300 Attend Beef Tour
Of Shasta Valley Ranches
B JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribun Farm Editor
Yreka A large caravan of
Jackson, Klamath and Jose
phine county ranchers with
the host Siskiyou county.
Calif, ranchers drove the
length of the Shasta valley
Sunday to see some "real cow
country."
Jackson county ranchers
discovered Shasta valley
ranchers follow similar breed
ing practices to their own, but
must winter ther cows long
er so feed more grain. The
.Tarksnn county itockmen
were Impressed with the roll
ing hill grass lana wnicn
varied from the dry land
runup nf the Jiscs Kuch ranch
in the Hornbrook area to the
lush Irrigated pastures on tne
Eldon Hoy place.
The Shasta valley ranch
ers graze their stock on a
natural pasture of blue grass,
white Dutch clover and tre
foil. Improved pastures are of
orchard grass, fescue, alsike
clover and trefoil. They like
pelleted hay because the cut
tle waste less of it and make
more gain for the amount
fed.
To Winter Calves
"This is one of Ihe best
ways to winter weaner calves
- on straight pellets," Siski
you County Farm Advisor
Sedg Nelson said. "They will
gain two pounds a day. Over
the winter they will gain 215
pounds on pelleted hay. On
long or bailed hay they will
gain a half pound a day."
There are about 350 ranch
es In Siskiyou county ranging
from 50 to 1,000 cattle per
Strawberry Crop
To Peak June 10
Gold Hill - The local straw
berry season will get under
way this week with the crop
to peak out heavy from about
June 10 to June 20, Waller
Kasworm, Rogue River, sec
retary of the Rogue River
Valley Strawberry Growers
association, has announced.
The crop this year is con
sidered fair, Kasworm added.
Because of the few extreme
ly warm days in May, the
strawberries bloomed heavy
at that time and will cause
a shorter season.
Those who want strawber
ries for canning purposes
should keep this in mind, he
added, as when this peak is
over few berries will be obtainable.
About 95 per cent of (he
strawberry crop comes from
patches In the Ashland, Phoe
nix, Talent and Rogue River
districts, the officer stated.
Only about a total of 25 to
30 acres in both Jackson and
Josephine county furnish the
local commercial strawberry
crops, ho added.
ranch. Most of these ranches
are at least two generation
outfits and some have sup
ported four generations.
These large, profitable ranch
es are full time operations
contrasted to the large num
ber of part time ranches in
Jackson county.
They are large enough in
the- Shasta valley to afford
hired men and often support
two generations at a time.
This accounts for the impres
sive number of young stock
men which attended a winter
stockmen's meeting to which
we were invited.
A fourth generation ranch
er is Kuch who operates 5.000
acres which extends to the
foot of the mountains. He
grazes about 250 cows. The
same family has been on this
ranch for 100 years. The elder
Kucha who homesteaded the
ranch started with a commer
cial herd which the fourth
generation has continued, but
has also branched out into
purebred bulls. Kuch the
elder rounded the Horn in a
clipper ship. The woman who
became his wife came in a
covered waeon train. The two
native Germans met in what
is now Siskiyou county. The
neat, well painted buildings
and well-kept fences reflect
the German passion for order
linens.
Leonard Shelley is one of
the few polled Hereford
breeders in Siskiyou county.
He feeds his bulls on pelleted
hay containing 15 per cent
barley. He had one of the
highest averages in last year's
Cnl-Orc bull sale at the Jack
son county fairgrounds.
Shelley, In displaying his
bulls, remarked he never has
had a foundered animal. His
heifers arc of good size and
condition and never lose a
pound when turned out on
grass after wintering on grain
and hay.
Frank and Margaret Day be
lieve In sharp culling, partic
ularly of older cows in favor
of heifers. Frank said he car
ries a cull list with him and
is constantly adding or sub
tracting as he works his herd.
They also believe strongly in
tne California Herd Improve
ment association and would
like to sell the visiting ranch
ers on the Oregon counter
part. They feel Ihese two pro
grams are much better than
similar testing programs.
The careful management
and culling has proven out
since the Days have bulls
grading B4 to 03, had the
highest selling horned animal
at the last Cal-Orc sale and
the top seller at the recent
Lakcvlcw sale.
Sal Backbone
"You can also quote me on
saying I think the Cal-Oic
sale is a practical one for com
mercial cattlemen In the way
it Is managed and run."
Jackson County Agent
Earle Jossy was Introduced as
the "backbone of the sale"
uuriiiK the tour of the Day
ranch. He was instrumental
in bringing the sale back to
the county after a lapse of a
few years.
The Eldon Hoy ranch is
one of the oldest continual
purebred Hereford outfits in
the valley. He showed his vis
itors a two year old bull
weighing a ton. He is breed
ing for size. Hoy used arti
ficial insemination for two
years while a bull was in
jured. He breeds 120 cows a
year. He feeds two pounds
of grain to his heifers.
Three hundred beef steaks
were served over an outdoor
barbeque as Bill Bigham,
Eagle Point rancher, and Jos
sy prepared fried potatoes.
Salads and desserts were pro
vided by ranchers' wives. A
cold, swift wind plagued most
of the tour.
Special guests present were
M. II. (Mac) McDonald, San
Jose, Calif., American Here
ford association field repre
sentative covering California,
Nevada, Arizona, Utah and
Hawaii; also AHA representa
tive Ralph Cook, Medford;
James Murphy, Walnut
Creek, Calif., field representa
tive for the Western Live
stock Journal and a repre
sentative of the Pacific
Stockman. Eddie Meeker,
Phoenix, Cal-Ore Hereford as
sociation president, acted as
master of ceremonies.
Mrs. Day, who is recover
ing from a recent heart at
tack, presented a Hereford
bull cake to Gary Beard, of
Phoenix, for his Saturday
birthday for coming the long
est distance. Frank Day was
chairman.
Farm & Garden
Chit Chat
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
The Mexican National pear picker problem it again on
the launching pad this spring.
However, this time local pear growers are upset with
Congress which recently refused to extend Public Law 78
which would authorize use of Mexican Nationals in U. S.
harvests in fields and orchards. The law expires this Sep
tember which should not affect the Medford district pear
narvest unless the season is unusually long. But it will hurt
the next year.
As we write this, the Jackson County Fruit Growers'
League is meeting in a closed-door session In the Medford
Pear Shippers' office on South Grape st. Since the pear
industry is a private industry, private discussion of what
growers should do about this problem seems logical on the
surface. However, industry spokesmen have declared repeat
edly whatever affects the pear industry also seriously af
fects the community, hence it is also a community problem.
So, we feel the news media should have been permitted
to listen to such a vital conference.
The Mexican National problem has been a continuing
one for pear growers. The Rogue valley is a long ways from
large metropolitan centers with plentiful labor supply. The
season is short and only one crop is harvested. This valley
is not like Hood River valley where labor finishes pear
picking and moves into apples thus providing a longer sea
son making it possible to attract more stabile labor. Tall
ladders and heavy pear buckets require people used to this
kind of work to keep the pears moving into the packing
houses In steady streams. A breakdown in this processing
chain means fewer packed pear boxes moving Into boxcars
and smaller earnings for the local house-wife-packers who
use this money for new stoves, refrigerators, etc.
New Smithies Graduate
From Farriers' Course
Cash Receipts Up
On Stock, Over '61
Corvallis - Oregon farmers
counted higher cash receipts
in 10112 with sulcs up on both
livestock and crop products
over 1981, reports Mrs. El
vera Horrell, Oregon State
university extension agricul
tural economist.
Preliminary estimates place
Oregon's 19B2 cash receipts
from farm marketings at ap
proximately $430 million, up
4 per cent from 1961 and '.he
second highest on record, she
said. The total figure does
not include direct govern
ment payments to farmers.
Last season's headlines illustrate the continual crisis the
industry seems to find itself in: Winter damage noted in
pears. Hail hits fruit in Talent area. Area fruit growers
seek domestic labor. Policy on Mexicans in area said same.
Hull storms may have hurt fruit. Candidates criticize ruling
on nationals. Growers would welcome meeting with labor.
Decision on Mexican labor reviewed. Labor situation hope
ful. Statement prohibiting nationals as pickers said to be
erroneous. Reter, Morse to confer on fruit labor. Pear of
ficials discuss labor problems.
One hot Saturday night in July we attended a special
meeting In the Rogue Valley Country club when the outside
temperature was slowly cooling off from a torrid 100 de
grees and the temper temperature at the meeting was rising
considerably higher. Growers and shippers in their snug
suits and tight shoes had even tighter reins on their emotions
as they listened to Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) slowly and
skillfully beat the labor officials down to a reasonable rule
level.
As we turned to leave the prickly atmosphere a prominent
shipper called us over and in thunderous tones declared:
"If you reveal any of the confidences given tonight (re
ferring to federal labor officials) in your story you will
never be invited to one of these meetings again." We never
am, out we never were.
Lights Lure Insects
Into Special Traps
Salem - Insects like humuns
arc lured by lights.
This fascination for lights
is lending many of them into
light traps set by the Oregon
department of agriculture.
Entomologists with the
plant Industry division of the
department started placing
the traps in March. They will
be led out until late fall.
We asked him if this would settle the Mexican National
problem. Only for this season, he replied prophetically. Now
growers are dealing with the agency which sets the law
Congress, not the Labor department which administers it.
Both are subject to political pressure. How effective the pear
growers' pressure will be will soon be learned.
Corvallis - (Special) - Nine
new, modern day "smithies,"
graduates of a special far
riers' short course at Ore
gon State university, recent
ly received their certificates
to join the under - staffed sup
Dly of horseshoers throughout
the country.
This was the second gradu
ating class in a series of short
courses started last tail by
OSU under sponsorship of
the Oregon Horsemen's as
sociation. Classes run for 12
weeks and are limited to
about 12 students - too few
to make a dent in the demand
for farriers but a step in the
right direction.
Oregon, alone needs an esti
mated 500 farriers, says A. W.
Oliver, OSU animal scientist
in charge of the course. Faced
with such a shortage, the
horsemen's association raised
$1,600 to remodel the old
OSU horse barn for instruc
tion and to buy such perma
nent equipment as anvils and
forges.
Not Limited To State
Obviously, the need for far
riers is not limited to Ore
gon with its more than 100,
000 horses. A big percentage
of students represented the
states of California, Colorado,
Texas, Washington, and Ore
gon with only two enrolled
from the host state.
Short - course enrollment is
full for next fall's session,
starting Sept. 30, and is also
filled for another course next
winter. The waiting list in
cludes persons from as far
away as North Carolina, and
Oliver says he will build the
list as long as interest con
tinues. Tuition doesn't come cheap
- $200 registration fee pi, is
living costs for 12 weeks -but
rewards may also be high
for this once lowly trade now
turned into a semi-profession.'
"Good-farriers can equal in
comes of many college grad
uates trained in the better
known professions," Oliver
points out.
Instructor for the course is
a Springfield, Oregon farrier,
C. A. Dickinson, who instruct
ed in horseshoeing for the
cavalry during World War II
and who is an authority on
corrective or pathological
shoeing. He is assisted by staff
members of OSU departments
of animal science and veter
inary medicine. Course work
includes study in the anatomy
and physiology of the horse's
feet and legs.
State Consumes
Large Quantity
Of Raw Milk
Corvallis - Oregonians pur-
I cnasea an average oi .it
pints of milk per day for
consumption in 1962 and 5.23
per cent of that milk was raw
milk.
These are some of the sta
tistics compiled by the Oregon
depart ment of agriculture
from figures gathered the past
year from licensed producer
distributors and distributors.
The consumpsion figure does
not include the milk used
on the farm where it is pro
duced. The latest national figures
available on non-farm milk
consumption were for 1961
when the estimated per capita
consumption per day was set
at .78 pints.
The state exported more
pasteurized milk than it im
ported last year but these fig
ures were reversed in the raw
milk for pasteurization.
Export figures for the year
were 41,080,033 pounds pas
teurized milk and 21,988,326
of raw milk for pasteuriza
tion. Imports Large Amount
The state imported 110,272,
189 pounds of raw milk for
pasteurization and 20,749,494
pounds of pasteurized milk.
The largest per cent of the
imports of raw milk for pas
teurization went into the Port
land area and the largest per
cent of pasteurized milk for
export was from the Portland
area. The import figure was
99,313,653 pounds and the pas
teurized export 33,196,5251
pounds.
Washington received the
biggest share of both the raw
milk for pasteurization and
the pasteurized milk that was
exported from Oregon. The
raw milk for pasteurization
figure was 13,230,520 pounds
and the pasteurized figure 38,
097,625. Exports to other states
were: Idaho, 8,757,806 pounds
of raw milk for pasteuriza
tion and 1,520,225 pounds of
pasteurized milk; and Cali-
GARDENING TIPS
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
Spray cherry trees now for
the control of the cherry fruit
fly. This is the insect that pro
duces the white worms that
are found in cherries when
picked later in the season.
The adult fly is a little
smaller than the common
house fly and has brownish
black wings. It feeds on the
surface of the leaves and fruit.
The female fly cuts small slits
in the cherry fruit and depos
its eggs in these slits
Use one heaping tablespoon
of methoxychlor to a gallon
of water. Add one tablespoon
of malathion to a gallon of
water when aphids are a prob
lem. Repeat this spray every
ten days until seven days
prior to harvest.
Diazinon may be substitut
ed for the methoxychlor-mal-athion
combination a the rate
of one heaping tablespoon to
a gallon of water. Do nut
apply diazinon closer than ten
days before harvest.
Tuberose Begonias
When planting tuberose be
gonias, remember that they
are one - way facing plants
and should be set with the
leaves pointing towards the
observation area.
Tuberose begonias are
very showy plants and often
make other flowering plants
look dull when used in a com
bination planting. They are
most effective against a back
ground of shrubs, in combina
tion with ferns or in wooden
containers and brick faced
raised beds.
Since begonias like a well
drained moist soil, mix peat
moss, leaf mold, manure, bark
or other forms of organic mat
ter into the bod. Keep the soil
moist, but not soggy.
Overfertilization will pro
duce leggy plant growth. Hold
fertilization until the plants
are mature or until hunger
signs are seen (leaves will ba
pale green and cup upwards).
Protect the begonias from
slugs with metalehyde baits
and keep the planting free of
debris.
Flea Beetles
Flea beetles are frequent
and se rious pests in see dbeds
and newly transplanted vege
tables such as tomatoes, pep-
pers and cucumbers. Injury
to plant foliage may be suf
ficient to cause the death of
these plants and creates pus
si ble disease infection areas.
The beetle eats very small,
round or irregular holes
through or into the leaf. The
plant takes on the appearanca
that it was peppered with fina
shot.
Many types of flea beetles
are found in the garden. In
general, they are about 116
inh to one eighth inch long
with enlarged hind legs and
jump vigorously when dis
turbed. Spraying or dusting with
DDT will give control of the
flea beetles.
fornia 1,462,183 pounds pas
teurized milk.
Washington also imported
more raw milk for pasteuri
zation to Oregon in 1962 than
any other state, with their
imports at 107,368,157 pounds.
Other states importing raw
milk for pasteurization were:
Idaho, 1,300,495 pounds and
California 1,603,537.
Idaho topped other states
in volume of pasteurized milk
imported into Oregon. That
state imported 9,372,284
pounds. Washington imported
8,515,841 pounds and Califor
nia 2,861,369 pounds.
Pine Shoot Moih
Hunt Completed
Salem - The annual hunt
for pines infested with tha
European Pine Shoot Moth
has been made by crews (rom
the Oregon department of ag
riculture and the Oregon state
forestry department.
All nurseries in the slata
will be checked by depart
ment of agriculture nursery
inspectors and entomologists,
who will have the assistance
of the U.S. Department of Ag
riculture. State forestry department
men made door to door checks
of the residential areas in
Portland and the surround
ing area. This is the only
place in the state where tha
moth has been found in or
namental pines in residential
areas. They also made checks
in the Salem area.
The moth was first found
in the state in September,
1960, when it was located in
nursery stock in a nursery in
the Portland area. All of the
stock was destroyed.
Unfortunately, Ray Reter, the fruit industry's straight
shooting peacemaker is now in Europe dealing with fruit
export problems, another big thorn in the industry's side.
From what we have seen nobody can excel him in hard
line negotiating.
Get rid of livestock parasites
See me for
Eileen Stock
Spray or Dip
Here's the sure way o get rid of the pests that bothor your livestocks
ORTHO Kleen Stock. Use it to control lice, ticks, horn flies, stable flies
and mosquitoes.
You can use Kleen Stock as either a spray or a dip, depending on your
needs. We recommend it for use on cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and
horses. It leaves an even deposit on the hide for protection, and if
you're using it as a dip, every animal entering the tank gets the same
effective treatment. Kleen Stock won't break or settle out on standing
In the water.
Kleen Stock is also a good, effective spray for barns, poultry houses
and other outbuildings.
No mixing just dilute with water to use.
See me today for ORTHO Kleen Stock Spray
or Dip.
Elton's Farm & Garden Store
4ih I Fir, Mtdlerd
Grange Co-Op Supply Ass'n.
Hoy 99, C.ntnl Point 421 A St., AtMind
Monarch Seed & Feed Go.
10th t S. Fit, M.dtord 6th B.rtl.ri, M.dt.rd
Putman Bros., Locker & Feed Store
(gl Point, Or.
T.M. Reg U S. P.I Off : Onho on All Chmic.l,
Red Direction. nd Caution. Btlo't Um
lOHTHOJ
wcy or vif4
Thai opponents would seek to kick out the Bracero law
could be seen last August. Then the house of representatives
voted $1,540 million for carrying out compliance of the law
but the senate cut It back to $1,049 million. Finally a com
promise set it at $1,344 million. j
The Mexican labor program was developed during World
Wur II to assure planting and harvesting of vital food and
fiber. It has been controversial ever since. It is ironical that
two war-originated programs, this and the wheat support
program, should be voted down within days of each other.
But, as we said, the handwriting was on the wall, and in
dications are that the local fruit industry knew it.
Congress from slates using the Bracero program say do
mestic farm workers who really want to work are not de
prived of Jobs. Not enough people want to do the stoop and
tree picking labor.
Opponents say the program depresses the wage scale for
domestics.
Last August, too, the hassle was over the labor depart
ment ruling that Braccros should be limited to 210 days a
year in U.S. harvests. Exceptions were made for growers
who might face hardships by losing their nationals, it was
stated.
The fact remains that growers would prefer not to use
, Mexican Nationals if they could get by without it. Detailed
I records have lo be kept. Transportation to and from Mexico
must be paid. We still feci that teams of high school boys
! could be employed with teachers or other trained youth
directors as leaders. This, however, would not solve the
problem when school opens in the fall and the winter pears
remain to be picked.
HAYING TIME
We have the best in high qua
lity HOLLAND TWINES. A
large stock of hay salt always
on hand.
Beef Pulp for Making a
Superior Silage
GRANGE CO-OP
Locally Owned
Locally Controlled
and operated sole
ly for the benefit
of local ranchers
and farmers. Al
ways quality prod
ucts and reason
able prices.
Mobile Slaughter
Plants On Increase
Salem - Mobile slaughter
units licensed by the Oregon
department of agriculture did
almost four times as much
business in 1SUI2 as in I960,
the first year they were li
censed by the department.
The seven units licensed In
IfltiO slaughtered 824 head of
cuttle. The following year
nine units were licensed to
operate and the slaughter fig
ure whs 1.787 head. In 1C62
Ihe department licensed 12
units. The total slaughter fig
ure for that year was 3.246
head.
Strawberry W evils
Hurt Berry Industry
Corvallis - Controls for
strawberry root weevils,
which annually cause thou
sands of dollars damage to
Oregon strawberry plantings,
are told in a new Oregon state
university bulletin.
The extension service cir
cular was prepared by R. G.
Rosenstiel, entomologist whit
the OSU agricultural experi
ment station, and R. V. tv
ery. OSU extension service
entomologist. Copies may be
obtained from county exten
sion offices or from the OSU
Bulletin Clerk. Corvallis.
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