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1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON lTN Am fry? 'ix Vw TUESDAY. JUNE 4. 1963 HORSE AND OWNER The late Calvin Briley, Medford, atop his "High Eagle." The registered Appaloosa stud is four years old and 15 hands high, and weighs 1,000 pounds. Briley was first place winner in the 1961 Medford Sports Fair for dress costume. He made the entire outfit over a five-year period. FARM Woodlot Facts By DICK OLSON State Farm Forester Climatic conditions in western Oregon contribute not only to a dense growth of large trees but also to an understory of shrubs and other plants which are com ing more and more into prom inence through demands of the florist trade. These include such vegeta tion as the evergreen huckle berry, western swordfern, sal al, Oregon grape, Scotch broom, and branches of Port Orford - cedar, Noble f i r, Myrtle, and Tanoak. . Few individuals undertake the collection of these minor forest products on a year-long basis since it is not only a physically demanding task, but one which requires con siderable knowledge of the location and harvesting of suitable greenery. The source and condition of this raw ma terial varies with the sea sons. While some may collect these products as their sole source of income, generally the work is done by those who wish to supplement other employment. The logger may utilize this opportunity when his seasonal occupation closes during the winter, or the farmer who lives near the forest and finds slack-time on hand. There are also times when a man (and his family) may turn to this occupation between regular jobs as a temporary sustainer. Brush Picking Here in Jackson and Jose phine Counties the areas suit able for brush picking are very limited. However on northern slopes good patches of brush do occur. Oregon grape and sword - fern are probably the most common species. Branches of Port-Of-ford cedar, Myrtle, Noble fir, and Tanoak are also avail able in this area. Although there aren't any large wholesale markets in this area for brush and boughes local retail markets could be developed for de pendable suppliers. Most of the florists in this area buy their greenery from . large wholesalers in Northern Ore gon or Washington. Most of the florists prefer buying this way because they can be assured of a continual supply the year round. Managing brush for harvest in itself is a real science. Proper cutting and fertilizing techniques can be developed FTl A.l AIJ m. LI Comes to Valley in 194 ROGUE VALLEY HORSES The Appa loosa suid, (lefw was ridden by Louisiana Gov. Jimmie H. Davis in the recent Ap paloosa show for champion performance horses at Baton Rouge, La. Howard Poor is the present ownef of Good Eagle. Cha- tawa, right, is owned by a Texas hors! ureefler. His Texas appearance called for exhibition in one Of the leading Dallas hotels. Both horses were foaled in the Rogue valley. Calvin Briley was breeder and former owner. The CREDIT BUREAU IS NOW AUDITING ACCOUNTS for the next REDBOOK! You make your own rating by the way you pay your bills. Pay promptly and make a good rating. A Slow Paid Bill looks better than a Slow Bill that's still owing. Pay them today! CREDIT BUREAU of Medford to much increase the yield from a given' area. Brush management can be undertaken by itself or in conjunction with other forest products. As with all manage ment pians fire control should be the number one concern. A good road and fire break system is important and also useful. A water hole, man made or natural, is very de sirable. Fire tools in a pre pared place could save many dollars worth of work and material. Don't do work only to see it destroyed by fire. Do all you can to protect your in vestment and your neighbors. Off-Farm Jobs For Farm Groups Told in Bulletin Corvallls More than one- third of Oregon's farm jobs were eliminated between 1930 and 1960 as farms became bigger, fewer, and more me chanized raising the ques tion of off-farm job opportuni ties for persons coming from farm backgrounds. A recent survey by Oreiion State university agricultural experiment station of employ ers in Oregon urban areas re veals both encouraging und discouraging news for peo ple no longer able to find full or profitable employment on the farm. More than 90 per cent of the employers interviewed in dicated they would hire per sons coming from a farm back ground as readily as they would those from other back grounds if other qualifications were equal. However, a majority were reluctant to hire part-time farmers. Part-time farming comparable to "moonlighting" or holding two jobs was con sidered an undesirable qual ity of applicants by more than half of the employers inter viewed. "Moonlighting" was most acceptable to employers in government and was disap proved most by employers in finance, insurance, and real estate. Off-Farm Work The OSU findings are re ported in a bulletin, "Off Farm Employment Opportuni ties for Oregon Farm Fam ines." Oregon residents may obtain free copies of the bul letin from local county exten sion agents or from the OSU Bulletin Clerk, Corvallis. Information was gathered by interviewing 390 employ ers in the Portland, Salem, and Eugene-Springfield areas. Employers also anticipate the following trends in types of job opportunities; increased percentage of skilled and professional-technical categories; clerical sales increasing but at a slower rate; and number of unskilled workers increasing least. Federal-state programs have i been authorized to train un employed and under-employed workers in skills to fit them for new job opportunities. FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLETT Broken Containers For Pesticides Bad Salem - Buy your pesti cides only in the original con tainers and be sure they have not been opened. This is the warning sound ed by J. D. Patterson, chief chemist with the Oregon de partment of agriculture, who points out that it is not only unlawful but dangerous to sell bro'.ien packages of pesticides. NEW STANDARDS Salem - An addition to the Oregon State department of agriculture regulations setting standards for manufacture of frozen desserts will permit the manufacture of a r.uw non-fat frozen dessert to be nown as Nonfat Frozen Dairy Dessert. New Jewelry Fad Hit By Plant Inspectors It is now too late to do much about the control of foxtails in order to protect do mestic pets. The seed production stage of this pest plant has now reached the stage so that if your dogs and cats are ex posed to it, they should be put on leashes or in pens until this hazard to their health has passed. Walnut and chestnut trees have appeared to many ob servers to be unhealthy this year. This is due to the fact that these trees do not neces sarily come into full leaf very early in the season. Indica tions are that the crop of nuts on both of these species of trees should be good. Their potential for pollen produc tion appears to be normal and the pollen production is re lated to their production of female blossoms. The pollen in the case of these plants is airborne and therefore is spread by wind or air cur rents. It seems that there is an abundance of this sort of motivation about in this area now. Thin Seedlings When seedlings, such as corn and beans come up in your plantings, thin to a pro ductive stand as soon as pos sible. This will result in in creased growth and produc tion for the remaining plants. Where cutworms, budworms and other pests are present, it is wise to take this into ac count and allow for their damage. It is best to poison these pests and your seed dealer can supply materials for this purpose. This season has been marked by the absence of remedies that are designed to cure all of the pest and nutri tional ills of agricultural plants. I enjoy the people who peddle the "natural product" that will cure decline or the fellow who has a seaweed remedy for all that ails man, his animals and plants. It is sort of a replacement for be ing taken in by the sideshows that were prevalent during the thirties. Everyone who spent his money on the circus side shows of this period was gypped in a way, yet he or she was completely taken. There was the moment of ex pectation that reached great heights. The downfall was not serious due to the fact that the atmosphere of the entire affair was planned and pro moted in that vein. This is the way farmers are approached by cure all remedies by some little men who usually have found an old Indian formula for success. I will agree to the Indians' success, but not on the white man's interpreta tion of it. Hunio sprayers can be used for both weed spraying and pesticide spraying. Where the sprayer has been used for herbicide or weed killing sprays, fill it with water and add one quart of household ammonia for each hundred gallons of tank capacity and allow to sit for an hour or so Following this drain the tank refill with water und pesti cides and spray any plant or planting with safety. Remem ber when the experts recom mended two sprayers-one for weedicides and one for pesti cides. The above mentioned program of one sprayer and the ammonia treatment can eliminate one spray rig. Population Solution One solution to the popu lation explosion problem could be the natural food's method. We can run out of ac ceptable foods rather fast by following the methods of food production that are accept able to the food faddist. If the old man and woman are so worn out producing the neces sary foods for thiir own sur vival by the natural method human procreation will- be limited. Hanging around the house and being relatively well fed by society is a prime cause of the over production of human beings. The fact that industry de liberations are closed to the normal channels of news dis semination in this area is suf ficient reason to suspect the entire braccro program. Farmers, ranchers, and or chardists should welcome the opportunity to tell their side of the labor story of the pub lic. Many of their criticisms come from public ignorance of their labor problems. Salem - Milady's latest cos tume jewelry fad is a live decoration and one that is causing concern to the U. S. Department of Agriculture plant 'protection division and the state department of agri culture. Live beetles are being dec orated with jewels and sold as curios in Mexico. The U.S. Department of Ag riculture said movement of these insects to new geo graphical areas could result in great losses to farmers and consumers alike. They noted that other introduced insects are now costing U.S. farmers and consumers billions of dol lars yearly. STABILIZERS Salem - The Oregon de partment of agriculture has specified those edible stabil izers that may be used as ad ditives to fluid milk products in an order issued recently. By MARY ALICE BRUSHA Appaloosa" is the oldest identifiable breed of horse known to history. According to Mrs. B. G. Howard, Antelope rd. , the first of the registered Appa loosas were brought to the Rogue valley by Calvin Briley in 1S4B. Briley, a former jockey, spent his life as breed er, trainer and rider of this spotted horse, and equal time on studying it. The first evidence of the spotted horse was in cave paintings found in France . . . Then in Austria where invad ing horsemen from the Step pes of Asia about 1,000 B.C., left relics on which were painted the Asiatic warriors mounted on spotted horses. Three hundreds years later the Chinese Emperor, Wi Fi acquired some of the spotted horses, and they became known as the "Heavenly Horses" of Chinese legend and history. ' Some of the Appaloosa mares and stallions were ship ped from Trieste, or the Span- lsh Netherlands to Mexico about 1700 . , . From here they spread northward to the ranges of the Nez Perce In dians wnere they became the famous war fighting, and buf falo horses of this plateau tribe. It seems in Spanish Ameri ca there was a law prohibiting Indians from riding horses. Although at that time (1750- 1800) countless Indians were slaves to the Spaniards and were forced tc .vork and care for large herds of these horses. As the herds Increased It became necessary to augment tne limited bpanish manpow er available, as mounted herders, with Indians. Thus the redman was exposed to top horsemanship. Over the years many of the Indian slaves fled their Spanish mas ters and n ade their way north taking one or more of these spotted horses with them In Argentina The spotted horse was not introduced into Argentina un til 1920, but they were al ready here In the western part of the United Stales. In fact when Joscph.the renown ed war leader of the Nez Perce Indians surrendered in 1887, the Nez Perce herds of Appaloosas were taken from them and scattered across the ranges of the west, The Nez Perce had four fundamental and specific uses for horses: war, hunting, trav eling and racing. They cover ed a great expanse of terri- bined. tory year after vesr, con stantly always on the move. generation after generation, always on horseback. For more than a quarter of century the horses were trained to follow the stamped ing buffalo. These would en ter the plunging herd, and place the hunter close to his selected victim. This required a toucher. snpHinr uumor horse than those handling cat-1 ,,orses n ,c u'.. ...., from Only the best could be called buffalo runners. And so it was with the Nez Perce Indians, who made their living west of the Rock ies. This tribe was quick to learn the details of horse manship and horse brcedins. Gradually they became more adept at selective breeding than any other tribe in North America. Dr. Francis Haines, fore most historian of the Appa loosa, shows Immense amount research in his works deal ing with this breed. In several thousand years the spotted horse has spread to many countries and was known by aiuereiu name In each. Without making a study it would be hard to associate the Sacred horses of Nisaca" as Xcrscs spotted war horses of war were called with the Heavenly Horses" of the Chinese ... yet they were one and the same. Source of Name? There has been much con jecture about the origin of the word Appaloosa. Some have tried to link it with one the southeastern Indian dl- lects, others with an Indian language from the Lousianna country, but there seems to little doubt now that it stems from the Nez Perce country. A direct influence from the name of the small river that flows into the Snake, the Palousc river. There was a Nez Perce tribe with a large herd of the spotted horses who lived along this stream. Someone told the white man to call all such spotted horses Palousc, or Palouscy horses. It is be lieved somewhere along the line an Inquirer was told that's "A . . Palousey". and the stranger thinking it was all one word, spread the word about the "Appnlouscy" horses in Oregon and Idaho. The old time cowboy knew the horses by this name. Al though the spelling has var ied through the years, the present form "Appaloosa' now the accepted and prefer red spelling. And so the great spotted horse so well known now as a true native of the west was once the same horse so high ly prized by kings and emper ors throughout the world. They have boon immortalized in bronze, marble and jade by the court sculptors, painicd by the famous artists. Many wars were staged by the an cient war lords, for their pos- A 7 livestock Value Up 4 Per Cent, But Fewer Chicks Corvallis - The value of livestock counted on Oregon farms and ranches as 1963 started totaled $216 million v.ith more beef cattle and tur keys than at the same time a session. They were the sacred 1 year ago, reports Mrs Elvera the heavenly ones. Horrcll, Oregon State univer the country of Fer-'sity extension aeririilturo 8'inna. I economist. It is of Interest, too, that j The value of Oregon live, the Appaloosa lias wen more sock was up nearly 4 per win, place and show monies ! eent from a year earlier How competing m open endurance i uver. the state eonntnH fnu,- nuui mi uuit-r Ulceus CO.Vl- ; m llr nnu,. No Tax Monies In Ag Building sheep, hogs and chickens than at the same time in 1962, according to U.S. department of agricul ture reports and other infor mation. Tho increase In beef cows off-set the drop in milk cows, Mrs. Horrcll noted, with to- i tal cattle and calf numbers holding unchanged at 1.435. 0U0 head. Beef cows two years or older number 595,000, the Salem - Tax money is not involved in the proposal to construct a new building for Dir. vtM'i rl..n-irlm,in, n! culture, said Frank Rood,' Jr., I !,iK'u'st on eord Milk cows chairman of the state hoard of agriculture and Coos coun ty dairyman. Rood said he is "suddenly finding some farmers and citi zens think the hoard of agri culture wants the legislature to appropriate new money for the Agriculture Building." This is not the case, he said. The move for a suitable agriculture huiltlim! was sparked by the seven - man Board of agriculture compos ed of "hard-headed farmers two years or older totaled only 162.000 head on Jan. 1, lowest for that date since 1910. Turkeys Counted Oregon counted 271,000 turkeys on Jan. 1, a seven per cent increase from a year earlier. Chicken numbers, not including broilers, wero down two per cent to approxi mately 3.056,000, the fewest since annual records started in 1924. Sheep and lambs, numbered who can match any citizen in i al 777,000, were down eight the siate on sensitivity to gov ernmental cost; WEED CONTROL Corvallis - Weed control recommendations for 1983 per cent to the lowest sinca 1953, while hogs, at 158,000, were down six per cent, the lowest since 1958, Mrs. Hor rcll said. 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