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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.
Nationally, livestock trends
Jan. 1 were only a little dit-
commctcial vegetable crops ; fercnt, tho economist noted,
are outlined in a new Ore- j The nation counted more beef
Ron state university exten-j catte, hogs and turkeys and
sion service fact sheet avail- fewer milk cows, sheep and
able from county extension ' checkens. The combined valua
ofiices or the OSU bulletin of all livestock wan up fiva
clerk. I per cent over the 1962 total.
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