Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 17, 1963, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY. 1- W.i'l I hi' y y .; f r- ' . . ( '-. FOREST RANGE Tlicse came were ooservea The Brass in this Thursday during the tour of Kogue River Na- and the tattle in tional forest cattle ranges on the Dead Indian. Tour Made of Range Lands; Management Changes Likely . . ... .. :.: n- nillrl I i1tnr anH livpstoek. and a fin Kent 11 and 12 a tour of the Rogue River National forest Gates, Extension Range special on ilie Applegate and Ashland ist; Earle Jossy, Jackson Coun Ranger districts was made by i ty agent; Carroll Brown, forest local stockmen, Forest officials, I supervisor; and other Rogue and others. Purpose of the two- River National Forest officers, j-.. in nhcnrvn rannn Siskivnus Viewed conditions on the ground and' discuss ways and means of in creasing forage production, bet ter livestock distribution, and coordinating range use will) oth er intersts. In attendance were bureau ot assistant regional lorcster in , charge of range management; George Johnson, executive sec retary, Oregon Cattlemen's as sociation; members of public lands committee, Oregon Cat- Fall Weed Control By RAY HUBBELL Weed Control Supervisor October and November are two months when control meas ures for next year's annual grass and weeds should bo tak en. These applications can be applied to several crops and past use has proved to be very beneficial. Chemicals applied are light rales of so-called steri lant materials and should only be used on crops tolerant to these chemicals and at their recommended rates. Karmex diuron applied on es tablished alfalfa stands at three pounds of the 80 per cent mate rial per acre in twenty to thir ty gallons of water has worked excellently for annual grass and weed control. Equipment must have good mechanical agitation and be carefully calibrated. Karmex is cleared for use on al falfa used for forage if applied at the above rate. v.. ill aill'UUcHH-e IJHtli.,. ! ...v... land management personnel and olhrr areas. Treatment needs ot representatives of local stock-1 other areas were discussed, men associations; J. Herbert Some of the intensive manage Stone, regional forester, U. S. ment practices agreed as needed Forest Service; Avon Dcnham, ! were: fencing, grass seeding and -3 3vvC--'x,t ll pay! in the tnd lo plonl high-yield leedj in lh beginning! Bigger, better oops oei-ncie reiult in bigger ptofiis tor you Our seeds have been proved best ... by test! 13 utilllJ'liii VELVON BARLEY WOCUS BARLEY GAINES WHEAT FEDERATION WHEAT KANOTA OATS WINTER GRAY OATS COMMON VETCH SEFTE.MUtH 17, I'm 1 a I llemen's association; Dr. Dillard The first day was spent ob- serving range conditions in tne Siskiyous. Areas of good stands of grass showing little use were observed indicating an oppor tunity for changes in manage ment fo lighten grazing use in additional water acyeiupinem., Thn srennd rfnv was snont 00 ranges of the Dead Indian area. Forage use and growth was ob served in and around a fenced area which provided exclusion of Measure Due, Weed Expert Says Simazine can also be used on established alfalfa at V'z pounds per acre in twenty to thirty gal lons of water but has not been cleared for use except on stands grown only for seed pro duction. MM'. Itooniniciiilcil IPC. or C.I. PC. at four pounds per acre in ten to twen iy gallons of water can be bene ficial for annual grass control in alfalfa if grass is the major problem. Costs are about the same as when using Karmex diuron. The above named chemicals can al.'.o be used for weed and grass control in many of the grasses grown for seed. Rates should be checked very care fully and only used on those crops for which they are recom mended, I P C. applied at six pounds per acre in twenty gallons of water on sugar beets grown for , Wi i"fJ yv i ti,..V;WJi!(. f . 5 mm 7 1 . -.sty, -WW. . partn-Jl-r spot appeared good good condition, deer and livestock, and a plot which excluded only the live stock. Little Elk meadow, Big Elk meadow, and the Short Creek Burn were also observed. Discussions were held at each stop directed toward measures anri management needed to in crease production of the ranges and protect otner resource val ues. Tho tour was concluded with short talks by agency officials and representatives 01 muck men's organizations. All were in agreement as to the need for research in tne neia 01 range management and that specific problems could best be solved on the ground at the local level through mutual cooperation and effort. It was the consensus of the group that the field tour was of great value and should be re peated each year. seed can keep grasses from be- ! coming a problem. I Karmex diuron and Simazine has worked well when used around grapes, strawberries and canebcrries. Roses and certain ornamentals have been kept free of weeds by their use. Check and read the label. This mill assure vnu of where it can be used and what rates can be used safely. Good agitation is 'needed for these wetlaoie pow- ders. Remember that Karmex idiuron and Simazine are steri I lant materials. At high rates or if micannl inH the desired results will not be achieved. Read and follow the label recommenda tions for good weed control. CONVENTION OPENS GEARI1ART -(UPI) - The Oregon Association of Independ ent Insurance Agents opened its ,15th annual convention here Monday. PAYOFF! M 1 . vi " r.nnn n DEAL! "iii,aiiw- I Your Seedsman Sinct 1910 r Chit By JCE Mail Tribune "Farm safety is something we want to keep telling the people so they get so sick and tired of it they want to throw us out,' a representative of the state industrial accident commission said to us the other day leaning over our desk near deadline time. He almost proved his point completely. Having already been through farm safety week sponsored nationally by various farm organizations we felt there was no need to go through the same song and dance all over again. But, after this man told us that farm accidents make one of the main factors for the increasing expenditures on accident settlements by the commission, we could see repetition brief repetition wouldn't hurt. We thumbed through the stack of signs, posters, safety slogans and various other material he deposited on our desk and set to work. One prediction is that farm nationally and stack up 11,500 business for the merry morticians, but not for the insurance com panics and SIAC, and certainly totals it is predicted 3,800 to directly from farming activities. As the SIAC man put it, farming is one of the major industries ot tne state, second only to lumber, but unlike the lumber industry does not have safety engineers always on hand to eliminate hazards. We are inclined to think a safe day starts at breakfast. Here plans should be made for the day's farm activities. This is when the farmer should think ahead to any hazardous operations which might involve a little extra planning and caution. A well planned day seldom results in accidents. From what we have observed, a good farm operator is a safe operator. Of course, with so many people in part-time farming too often it means hustling to get the chores done with little time to plan ahead, a hasty breakfast, to work in town, then back again for some other chores before dinner, a few last minute details, then back to bed to start the whole thing all over again. There is little time to check equipment. Too often a forgotten lit cigarette may dangle from the corner of the mouth or a pipe may still be smoul dering while the farmer refuels a tractor, then boom! So far, the fruit industry has had comparatively few accidents considering the machinery used in packing houses and the high ladders in constant use during the harvest season in the orchards. Constant supervision is probably the answer. But, as more inex perienced help enters the orchards due to the steady decrease of domestic migratory tabor accidents could increase. The well-planned and written safety program for farm organizations published by the Stale Industrial Accident commission has some good illustrations of how farm accidents occur. A portable elevator has the second-story barn window, otherwise too high. The blocking slips, uruises me anme oi one man near ine wneeis ana lilts and tosses the second man 10 feet in the air. He falls into the convevor scalping the right temple and uni.;nj u :ut i uciiiiiu me Usui uiu pci iiisiieimy aamaging a major nerve bundle in the neck. A farmer plowing the last round in a garden spot at dusk is close to an orchard fence. Two fence posts with a barbed wire top strand have cracked bases and lean toward the garden plot. Barbed wire whips over the left fenderette and onto the left thigh of the farmer. It prevents him from lifting a foot from the foot rest and onto the clutch. Thick mud on gloves from a recent cleaning of the moldboard hinder him from turning off the igni tion. The left trouser leg is torn and thigh sawed nearly to the bone by the barbed wire. The same farmer should have had anti-tetanus shots, we wonder if he did. In fact, since farmers work around materials where a scratch could mean lockjaw they should all have anti tetanus inoculations. So much for farm safety, except for one question: How many farmers can honestly say they never violate at least one safety rule each day? Cattle Outlook Greatly Improved CORVALLIS The competi tive position of Oregon's grain feeding cattle and hog indus tries has improved during the past year and present pros pects indicate the improved pos ition should continue during the coming year, reports M. D. Thomas, Oregon State univer sity extension agricultural economist. Thomas makes his comments in the new Oregon Farm and Market Outlook circular just published at OSU. Copies arc available from county extension offices or from the OSU Bulle tin clerk, Corvallis. Figures on prices received for grains and livestock in Oregon and the Great Plains area show that Oregon cattle feeders and hog raisers recently could buy more local barely with money received from their animals than their corn-feeding Midwest counterparts, Thomas said. A year ago, and frcqeuently in the past, corn and milo feed ers in the Midwest had a big price advantage over local pro ducers, the economist noted. The improvement in cattle and swine could spread a year from now to include poultrymen and other potential wheat feed ers in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest if the price spread between Pacific Northwest wheat and Midwest grains closes as much as now seems likely. Thomas observed. Changes Changes tn competitive posi tions stem primarily from high er corn and milo prices cast of the Rockies and lower wheat and barley prices in the North west during the past year, he explained. These lower prices have ad versely affected incomes of the region's cash grain growers. Thomas said, but added that these adverse effects have been partially or entirely offset by payments lo those who partici pated in 19S3 diversion pro grams. For 19M, income - reducing effects of prospective lower wheat prices could b alleviated Chat COWLEY Farm Editor accidents will continue to occur to 12,000 fatalities. This is good not for farm families. Of these 4,300 fatal accidents will come booklet on a suezested farm wheels blocked un to reach a cheek, exposing the optic nerve j . in part or entirely through the voluntary certificate plan re cently introduced in the Senate or through some other version of the direct payment plan, Thomas added. Other proposed federal grain legislation introduced since the May 21 national wheat referen dum would tend to price wheat away from grain - feeders and aims to limit wheat production to domestic food uses and sub sidized exports, he reported. Recent and prospective chang es in grain price relationships reflect, to a considerable extent, changes in federal grain pro grams during the past 18 months, Thomas continued. Re cent federal grain legislation, administrative action and the May 21 vote have combined to improve the current situation and outlook for Pacific North west grain feeding industries. Developments Important These developments are im portant to the region's grain growers, the economist said, be cause they Improve chances for the Northwest to maintain and develop feeding outlets for local grains. Continued over time, this would favor use of much of the region's good grain lands and related resources to produce more of the meat wanted by the Pacific Coast's growing popula tion, he pointed out. Whether recent regional gams in competitive position and pros pects are retained will detvnd considerably on three factors. Thomas believes. These are: 1. Pacific Northwest grain producers, feeders and allied in dustry leaders recognizing their common interests in relation ships between grain prices here and in the Great Plains. 2. Making their problems and preferences known to federal legislators and program admin istrators, and 3. On congressional and ad ministrative action, as long as grain price levels and relation ships are largely manageable under federal grain programs MEDFORD MAIL TKIBL'.N'E. MEDFORD, OREGON Activities By Local Dorv Hart, nationally known trainer of horses, was guest speaker at the September meet ing of the Jackson County Horseman's association. Hart, who spent most of his life time in the circus also answered questions on the many years he devoted to "Training Horses Under The Big Top." Claude Sigman, Big Y Shop ping center operator, who re cently added his string of not able Arabian horses to the val ley's horse population told the memoers ana guests oi tne transportation of the animals from Yakima, Wash., to Med ford with the Shrine Patrol as escort. Mr. and Mrs. John Bel knap were on hand at the Big Y Market to welcome the new comers. "Cowboy Polo," the newest Same to be cnndnrtpH hu the JCHA has created such a wide spread interest, tnat Mr. and Mrs. Grady Mankin, proprietors of the Westerner, Medford, have offered to fur nish all equipment needed for the sport. It will be available to anv and all nrrani7nH hnrco groups in the valley, with no cost. Arrangements to use the equipment can be made by cal ling The Westerner at 772-6436. raraoc t'lanned Jack Brown, chairman fnr the trail committee, asks all Dersons nlanninE in riHn in tha Southern Oregon college Home coming paraae, Nov. 2 to please call him for information regard ing riding habit, and other de tails. John Belknao. president rnp. ommended that Rrnwn Hi the needs and plans of the JCHA wnn uoD nayworth, Medford parks and recreation director. Belknao. also thantoH all mem bers, who participated as judges tor me recent 4-H Horse Show, j Slim Hardin, Phoenix, reported ; on his recent trip to eastern Oregon for purchase of 4-H beef I 5iock. sum said some beef were ! bought for the projects next year. The Sept. 8 trail ride was a 1 success. Fifteen memlwrs nf I the JCHA under the leadership of Georee Mrllnn .larlfsnmnlln Frontier Villiagc, made the trip, ronowing tne ride the group lunched at the Frontier Villiage. The htllletin "Kpnno Tallr" edited and published by Ted Lnr stensen. ena'rman nf hp activities and membership com mittee has been well received j by the membership. The club voicn unanimously lor me Tisane f A complete stock of all seed grains: Wheat, Oats, Barleys, Also Rye, Vetch, Peas, Clovers, Alfalfas, Grasses and Pasture Mixes All the recommended fertilizers: Gypsum, Superphosphate, Sulphate of Ammonia and the Nitrogen Mixes Lawns: Fall is the best time to plant a new lawn or reseed an old one. We have everything you need to plant a lawn including the best of lawn grass seeds, fertilizers, rollers, spreaders, and all garden tools. r J,a : : central po.ni n,.v 'i t '3. - 1 : -s . f4--- 'r.'.inKV,,'''':.:'''.",.'', ' tMrffni 1 1 ,Mmm-u rti.,t .r,.f...,,, mm i ,i i, ...i. i n . ' i rt u;,-' r..--.. Hiway 99 CENTRAL POINT Ph. 664-1261 or 773-4022 Planned Horsemen monthly issue to be continued. All members are reminded to send their notices on for sale items, and local club activities to the editor. Sept. 29, the JCHA will con duct a play-day at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. Activities will begin at 10 a.m., and will continue throughout the day. All members are invited to at tend and may bring a guest. Don't forget table service, and a covered dish. A film to be shown at the Oc tober meeting is on Arabian horses by Roy Johnson, of the Gizzi Arabian ranch, Eagle Point. These pictures were film ed and edited by the Internation al Arabian association, Bur bank, Calif. In November, films will be shown on Morgan horses, December, on Tennessee Walk ers, and in January the Appa loosas. Produce Veteran In Pear Bureau O. B. "Bill" Williamson, vet eran produce man, has been named California Bay area and Pacific Northwest merchandis ing representative for the Ore gon - Washington - California Pear bureau, it was announced by Dick Patterson, general man ager, at Portland headquarters this week. Williamson replaces James Webb, who resigned to accept a position with the Apple Grow ers association of Hood River, Oregon. The Pear bureau representa tive had been employed by W. M. Dickerson, San Francisco producer brokers, and prior to that by T. A. Burns, another San Francisco firm. For five years, he was produce manager of the Uptown Market in Oak land. Prior to moving to the west coast a few years ago, William son was in the produce business at Houston, Tex., from 1935 to 1956. He was in business for himself and managed produce departments for Safeway and Minyard chains in the Texas city. He started in the produce business 32 years ago. Williamson, a native of Lime stone county, Tex., is busy in the Bay Area and is scheduled to make his first trip to the Pacific Northwest in his new capacity later this fall. Fall Plasrtiug mvl Gr&ssS p Has Eves'ytlaisag Yen reedi A Vrv rrrn $T''" T natiiWi.-t iiVi i riT7V-i t"i;if BEEF SHOWMANSHIP Ncal Brown. Sauvies Island, left, and Kay Bever, Eagle Point, are shown as they received their awards for 4-H beef showmanship at the Oregon State fair in Salem. They were presented by Umatilla County Rancher Art Shumway repre senting the Oregon Cattlemen's association. Livestock Have Varied CORVALLIS Some improve ment in prices from the August level is in prospect for Oregon slaughter steers later this year, but odds are against sustained price strength into 19;H, reports Stephen C. Marks, Oregon State University extension agricultu ral economist. Marks gives his views in the new Oregon Farm and Market Outlook circular. Copies of the circular are available from countv extension offices or from the OSU bulletin clerk. In the next five years, there is no indication of a price bust, assuming no widespread severe drouth, but prices are more likely to work gradually lower than" higher as cattle numbers continue to increase, Marks notes. Although consumers are ex pected to have greater ability and willingness to spend for meat in the year ahead, pros pects are that meat supplies will remain large enough to off set these price bolstering fac tors, the economist added. In both the short and long term outlook, national market supply of slaughter cattle and beef will be the most influential direct force on any change in fed cattle prices. Changes in supplies of competing meats will exert a less direct influ ence. Marks writes. CTth m ci REMEMBER . . . You don't have to be a MEMSE to trade here and SAVE. . e GRANGE CO-OP CENTRAL POINT . STf sgcsfflftflnn 421 A Street ASHLAND Phone 482-2143 .( A V -i f. f - ' Price While tolnl V. S. beef output the rest of this year is expected to stay above the last half of 19S2. some decline from the cur rent large national supplies of grain-fed beef is indicated lor the lalter part of the fourth quarter. Thus, a moderate up-tiini in prices for Oregon choir? s'a'.r'h ler steers ar-p?ars lively, Marks bcli"ves. Partly off-setting the decline in beef supplies are prospects for larger quantities oi pork and poultry meat. .Market prospects for tile fint haif of 194 don't look so bricht, Marks said, because an earlier lag in western feediot place ments was more than oif-srt hv sharp increases in placemen's in California. Arizona and Colo rado durina July. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your course or unpalatable roughage will make a base for a moden balanced ration th.it you can feed with little labor and no wastaac. The increased meat or mrik pro duced will give you maxi mum returns on a small cash investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Ross Lane, Medford IS A A l!.l id. A JUL HI 10)