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TUESDAY, OCTOBER S. 196
Wool Incentive
Prices Told for
Marketing Year
A shorn wool Incentive price
of 62 cents per pound and a
mohair support price of 72 cents
per pound have been announced
for the 1964 marketing year,
Albert Straus, chairman, Jack
son County Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation com
mittee, said today.
The price of pulled wool will
continue to be supported at a
level comparable to the incen
tive price for shorn wool.
For 1964, the marketing year
will be the calendar year, as
announced last October. The
1963 marketing year is the 9
month period, April 1 through
Sec. 31, 1963.
The Chairman said that the
incentive price for shorn wool
continues the level in effect
since the beginning of the pro
gram in 1955. The mohair sup
port price is four cents lower
than for the 1963 marketing
year; as required by law, the
mohair support : Is within a
ranee of 15 per cent of the com'
parable percentage of parity at
wmcn wool is supported.
Continuation of Price
Continuation of the 62-cent
level for wool in 1964 was rec
ommended by most of the pro
ducer representatives whose
recommendations were sought
by letter and public press, the
Department of Agriculture has
stated. Many of them said this
would keep uie program on a
sound financial basis.
Payments for producers for
the 1964 marketing year will fol
low the same methods env
ployed for the current 1963
marketing year, and will be
made beginning in April, 1965,
Shorn wool payments will be
equal to a percentage of each
producer's cash returns from
sales. The percentage will be
that required to raise the na
tional average price received
by all producers for shorn wool
up to the announced incentive
price. Mohair payments will be
determined in a similar man
ner. Support for pulled wool is pro
vided by means of payments on
Iambs that have never been
shorn. The payments will be at
a rate per hundredweight of
live animals marketed to com
pensate for the wool on them
on a basis comparable to the
national average incentive pay
ment per pound of shorn wool.
Payments now being made
under the national wool pro
gram are for the 1962 market
ing year. Current marketings
of wool and lamb (from April 1,
1963 through Dec. 31, 1963) may
qualify for payments under the
wool program for the 1963 mar
keting year.
BEER KEGS 'READY
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UPI)
Four youths were under arrest
today on charges of assault with
deadly weapons two beer kegs.
California Highway Ptl. Joseph
J. Brennan who said the youths
threw the kegs from a car he
was chasing and one of them
just missed him.
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By JCE
Mail Tribune
We read with concern recently a small news item which an
nounced that a team of scientists were in the Rogue valley to
Investigate some disease affecting nuts.
Reading further we were somewhat relieved to learn they were
concerned over the kind that hangs from trees, not those with two
legs under them.
After attending a large variety of public meetings, hearings, in
formal gatherings and watching such developments as control of
air pollution, water pollution, distribution and planting of trees,
preservation of historic sites, we have become convinced that
this valley needs more "nuts" to get things done and to preserve
what natural assets we have already.
We seem to need our "nuts' to keep the teeter-totter of local
politics and bureaucracy in balance with the needs and desires of
the people. According to public reaction or lack of it, there seems
to be little concern that private citizens have demanded audits of
the books at Medford Irrigation district and those of the Howard
Prairie concessionaire. We are not intimating that anybody is be
ing dishonest, but you would think
insistent requests were made.
If some peculiar things started happening within the organ
which pumps blood through your arteries you naturally would
want to find out exactly what was happening. It's just as impor
tant that water flow smoothly through our valley's agricultural
arteries, but apparently few people are concerned over the "palpi
tations" at Medford Irrigation district office.
We have attended several meetings cf the MID board. Each
one had matters important to the district's water users. How
ever, the highest number attending these recent meetings have
been six. If Irrigation water should be cut otf trom these noa-
attenders suddenly in mid-season
But, this would be exactly what
Again, we are not saying there
are concerned over the lack of
tional trend ... to go along unquestioningly with the "common
practices" of such a public or semi-public office. It seems to be
the local custom, for instance, not to obtain written easements
for irrigation canals or ditches extending across private prop
erty. A verbal easement seems sufficient now, will it be adequate
in the future when this property is sold to somebody from outside
the valley who is not aware of such local customs? Of course it
takes a real "nut" to question such
There has been considerable discussion among private citizens
as to the Howard Prairie concession contract. But, have many
citizens, as individuals, taken the trouble to find out whether it
is adequate or inadequate for the county? Not even the severest
critics will deny that It is one of
the state. In fairness to the concessionaire they should get an
swers to their questions, then If
or shut up.
Few people bother to attend school board meetings, school
budget meetings or similar gatherings. They seem to rely on the
officials knowing what they are doing. In fact, it doesn't seem to
bother people there are no budget meetings or hearings where
there should be. Why shouldn't irrigation districts?
The Jackson county home rule
cations and inefficiencies in county government operation to light,
but apparently few of the general public took notes and bothered
to follow them up. Once in awhile a member of the county budget
committee will mention these ideas as something new. Perhaps
one or two of these ideas will be adopted, such as the county pur
chasing coordinator who in effect is now an administrative assist
ant to the county court (another home rule idea.)
State officials now tell us that
bill the people will lose many of the services they have demanded.
Actually how many of these services have the people demanded?
Climbing to the national government level, we commented to
a local businessman the other day
department couldn't be "cleaned out" to make it more respon
sive to demands from the people for changes in international rela
tions. In other words, why can't the state department and related
agencies be made to take a tougher stand on trade discrimination
against U.S. imports?
Our businessman who has tilted with Washington windmills
many times, by letter and in person,
is too firmly entrenched.
How many times have you gone
asked what group you represent?
group?
It's also getting to the point that people who have something at
slake in dealing even with a local governmental agency have to
hire a lawyer to represent them. In fact, one local lawyer makes
a very nice piece of change appearing at zoning meetings and
similar official gatherings. Can't the people speak for themselves
anymore?
Some observers say the group
hope so. Then the "nuts" will
citizens with a public conscience.
There's a book in the public library written by a noted his
torian, Jop Truslow Adams, and called the "March of Democ
racy." After attending meetings of public bodies with few citizens
there to watch, we have often wondered of late if Democracy
Isn't stumbling i little while it marches.
We like the New England town meeting idea. The town meeting
is not over the people or above them, it is the people.
We are encouraged by a meeting in the South Talent area.
Some people there have taken the time to study the protective
benefits of zoning and are earnestly trying to do something about
it. They will work with the county planning commission, but they
are not willing "just to take somebody's word for it."
Tours, Contest Set
For Soils Meeting
By it. g. Mccarty
Josephine County Agent
The planning committee for
the state convention of the Ore
gon Association of Soil Conser
vation districts met Friday with
the officers of the Oregon Asso
ciation of Soil and Water Conser
vation districts, under the lead
ership of their president, Elmer
Peterson. Conrad Nystrom,
chairman of the local planning
committee, served as chairman
for the meeting.
Plans were made to hold the
state meeting at Grants Pass on
Nov. 13 through Nov. 15 at the
Josephine County Fairgrounds
pavilion. The meeting will start
out at 10:45 a m. on Nov. 13 with
a soils judging contest. Head
quarters for the contest will be
the Jerome Prairie Community
hall. Art King, Oregon State uni
versity, and William Hill, Soil
Conservation Service, will give
the instructions for the soil Judg
ing contest at 10:45 a.m.
The actual contest will start at
1 p.m., and will be open to
adults, 411 club members and
vocational agriculture students.
Chat
COWLEY
Farm Editor
people would wonder why these
there would be angry protests.
they deserve.
is anything dishonest here. We
interest. This seems to be a m-
things.
the best run recreation areas in
necessary do something about it
committee brought some dupli
if the people vote down the tax
that it's too bad that the state
replied that such bureaucracy
to a public meeting and were
Why do you have to be in any
of active critics is growing. We
no longer be called "nuts," but
There will be a special division
for both men and women.
Awards for the contest will be
furnished by the Pacific Supply
Cooperative Portland, and Jo
sephine Growers Cooperative,
Grants Pass.
Special speakers for the con
vention include Gordon Zimmer
man, executive secretary of the
National Association of Soil Con
servation districts; Mrs. Marion
Weatherford, past national con
servation chairman of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's
clubs; and Dr. Elmo Stevenson,
President of Southern Oregon
college. A feature of the conven-1
(ion will be a panel discussion of
Oregon's responsibility In soil ,
and water conservation, with j
panel members made up of four i
representatives of our state gov-1
ernment. Dan Allen, executive
secretary of the governor's com- j
mlttee on natural resources, will
serve as moderator of the panel.
Special tours of southern Ore
gon have been arranged for the
guests. This year's program
promises to be one of the best
to promote soil and water con-1
servation, according to Peterson. I
709,146 Packed Boxes Set
As Pear Season Pack Out
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
End of the season pear pack
out estimate for the Rogue val
ley is now 709,146 boxes, it was
reported today.
Average crop is 3 million
boxes.
This compares with the May
8 Jackson County Fruit Grow
ers' League estimate of l'-i
FARM
Woodlot
By DICK OLSON
. Oregon State Farm Forester
During the next month, the
woods will not only be blooming
with multicolored leaves but
also with school children.
Approximately 50,000 students
and 3,500 teachers throughout
Oregon will participate this year
In school conservation tours.
Some counties hold their tour in
the spring and some in the fall,
depending on the wishes of the
local school administration. In
southwest Oregon, Jackson
county will hold their tour this
coming spring and Josephine
county, this week.
School conservation tours use
"outdoor classrooms" for con
servation. The Josephine coun
ty tour will bring approximately
700 sixth grade students to the
Ed Grosh tree farm, where per
sons trained in natural resources
management discuss and dem
onstrate a variety of topics.
These topics are: (1) fire con
trol, (2) seeds and cones, (3)
precommercial thinning and
pruning, (4) timber manage
ment, (5) Christmas Trees, (6)
Forest Soils and (7) Tree Identi
faction. A permanently located forest
demonstration area is set up for
realistic presentations. Groups
of students and teachers are
conducted to seven stations.
Each one has a separate phase
of conservation or forest land
management. Fifteen minutes a
station is usually allowed. Two
men per station instruct contin
Gardening Tips
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Agent
WALNUTS
Gather walnuts at frequent
intervals. Those allowed on the
ground will absorb moisture.
This increases the likelihood of
mold, rot and blemishes. You
can increase your efficiency by
shaking the branches with long
poles to fall loose nuts.
After gathering, clean t n e
walnuts with a brush and water.
Remove all adhering particles
as they tend to stain the shell
permanently.
Sticktight walnuts, those fall
ing with the dried husks attach
ed to the shell, have a higher
per cent of bad kernels. If you
have an abundant supply of
walnuts, you might consider dis
carding these sticktights imme
diately. when removing green husks,
wear gloves as the husk juice
will dye your" hands brown.
Drying
Walnuts may be dried in a
variety of ways. You can place
them in the sun on a dry surface
if the weather is cool. If the
days are quite warm, put the
nuts in airy shade. One layer
of nuts is best. One to two weeks
are required to dry the nuts
this way. If you stack the nuts
two or three deep you should
turn them daily.
You can also place the nuts
in the oven or near an air regis
ter or other heating device. A
temperature of 90 degrees should
dry the nuts in a day or two.
Circulate the air with a fan to
improve the drying process. Do
not expose nuts to a temperature
over 110 degrees as this will
cause rancidity. The nuts are
sufficiently dry when sample
kernels are brittle enough to
snap rather than bend.
Bleaching
A chlorinated household bleach
is used to give the walnuts a
uniform clear light tan appear
ance. Two methods are used:
(1) immerse the nuts and stir
them vigorously for 30 seconds
in a solution of four to six parts
water to one part bleach. (2)
Soak the nuts for 15 to 20 min
utes in a solution of one part
bleach to 30 parts water. Be
sure to use only clean-surfaced
nuts that are thoroughly dry.
After bleaching rinse the nuts
in. clear water, drain and dry.
Storing
Place whole walnuts in an
open mesh potato bag or old
nylon stocking and store in a
cool, dry, well ventilated place.
They should last for about a
year under such storage.
STOCKMEN
FEED PELLETS
Your coint or unpalatable
roughage will make base
for modern balanced ration
that you can food with lit tit
labor and no wattage. Th
increased meat or milk pro
duced will give you maii
mtm returns on a imall cash
investment.
MORTON
MULING CO.
S0O Ross lane:, Medford
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
million packed boxes and the
July 2 estimate of 778,000 boxes
made by a local pear grower.
The new total includes 140,000
boxes of Bartletts, 8,146 boxes
of red Bartletts, 200,000 boxes
of Bosc, 335,000 boxes of D'An
jous, 1;500 boxes of Winter Nel
lis, 12,000 boxes of Cornice, 10,
000 boxes of Seckels and 2,500
boxes of Packham Triumphs.
Facts
uously from about 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m.
The school conservation tour
is a cooperative undertaking by
public and private agencies and
individuals who want Oregon
citizens to be better informed
regarding the wise use of nat
ural resources. The enthustias
tic support of conservation ag
encies, tree farmers and in
dividuals is responsible for the
success of the program through
out Oregon, this program is
coordinated through the local
County Extension Agent.
All over Oregon, these school
conservation tours have been
well accepted by the school ad
ministrations as well as the
children. A letter from a Jose
phine county sixth grade teacher
said, "I wish you could have
heard the students talking about
Forestry on the way back to
town." A letter from an eight
grade class in Jackson County
said, "We would like to express
our gratitude for the conserva
tion demonstration through this
letter ... We hope that in fu
ture years other weight grade
classes will be able to attend a
similar tour."
Interested individuals, parents
or otherwise, are invited to visit
the school conservation tour
area on the days of the tour.
For further information about
the place and time, contact your
county agent or your farm for
ester. As adults let us conserve our
God-given natural resources and
teach our children to do the
Shelled nut meats will begin
to turn rancid in six to eight
weeks at room temperature and
three to four months in the re
frigerator. Storage life will be
extended in a freezer, but oil
in the kernels will become ran
cid in time.
Dry Ice Method
By putting dry ice in a con
tainer of walnut kernels, you
will force the air out and rcpalce
it with carbon dioxide. This cre
ates an airless storage and
avoids rancidity and storage in
sect damage. The nuts are per
fectly sate to eat because carbon
dioxide is harmless. Be sure the
walnut meat is dry before put
ting them into the jar.
You would follow these steps
when using the dry ice method:
Place a layer of nut meats in
the bottom of a quart jar. With
the use of tongs, place a one
inch cube of dry ice near the
inside of the jar, but not touch
ing the glass. Fill the remainder
of the jar with the walnut meats
and screw lid on loosely. Leave
the jar undisturbed until the dry
ice disappears. Then screw the
lids down tight and store in a
cool place.
Do not seal the jars until all
the dry ice has disappeared. The
carbon dioxide could build up
enough pressure to explode the
jar if the jar is sealed before
the dry ice disapp"":3.
ECO Homecoming
Set for Nov. I and 2
LA GRANDE - Plans for the
Eastern Oregon college home
coming week end, scheduled for
Nov. 1 and 2, are under way,
according to Denise Murata and
John Gibson, student co-chairmen.
In addition, an effort is being
made to notify all EOC alums
of the dates, the co-chairmen in
dicated. Highlight of the week end's
festivities will be the football
game between EOC and Oregon
Technical institute at 1:30 p.m.
YOUR NAME
IS THERE!
Yes, the cdHs are 10 to 1 that
YOUR NAME IS THERE.
You get fast service, when you
ant to charge.
You have difficulty buying on
credit.
NOW IS THE TIME to do some
thing about it. Pay promptly
so the Redboek show you
with a record of prompt pay
ment. CREDIT BUREAU
of MEDFORD
OREGON
The July 2 estimate was 195,
000 packed boxes of Bartletts,
or 15 per cent of average. Red
Bartletts were estimated at 3,
000 packed boxes or 5 per cent
of average. The D'Anjou esti
mate was 300,000 packed boxes,
or 30 per cent of ay-age. Bosc
were predicted at 180,000 packed
boxes or 30 per cent.
Cornice, Winter Nellis and
miscellaneous varieties includ
ing Seckles were estimated at
100,000 boxes.
League Report
In May the League reported,
"Fruit crops in Jackson county
have been materially reduced
by the spring frosts and by the
long spells of cool weather dur
ing bloom and the long period
of adverse weather following
Operations along pear row
followed the July indications.
Some multi-packing house com
panies did close one packing
house and alternate crews. Oth
er fruit companies were work
ing short shifts. Generally, all
packinghouse crews did work at
least part-time. '
Some observers felt earlier
that it would have been more
economical to close all but three
packing houses and all pears be
pooled through the trio. How
ever, operators felt they still
had overhead expenses to pay
off so they might as well work
at least part-time crews.
High Quality Fruit
The fruit that was produced
was ot generally high quality;
Bartletts unusually so. Many
packing houses were sending
special letters to customers urs
ing them to order early for the
Christmas gift pack season and
informing them that gift pack
ages would De snipped out on a
first come first served basis.
others were pro-rating their
pear shipments.
Pear growers generally
agreed earlier that this is one
of the worst seasons on record.
Some were reducing the amount
of fall sprays applied to their
trees, others were skipping the
sprays altogether and a few
were applying the usual fall
cover spray and figuring that
they would come out ahead on
the long run.
It is clear today that if this
area is to stay in the pear busi
ness the industry will have to
make fuller use of the lower
grade pears and culls. Some
developments along this line
possibly are being studied already.
WIEffiHD A HBUJILIL?
ATTEND THE CAL-ORE RANGE
READY BULL SALE!
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 9-1 P.M.
60 HEREFORD BULLS
olO ANGUS BULLS
FAIRGROUNDS
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SEVEN OAKS BULLS These three bulls are Ready Bull sale. The sale, set for the Jackson
oart of the contineent that Seven Oaks Hereford County fairgrounds Wednesday, will include"
ranch, Central Point, has consigned to the third both Herefords and Angus and Siskiyou and'
annual Cal-Ore Hereford association's Range Lane county animals.
60 Range Ready Bulls Set
For Annual Cal-Ore Sale
About 60 range - ready bulls
will be sifted Wednesday morn
ing at the Jackson county fair
grounds to lead off the third an
nual Cal-Ore Hereford associa
tion's bull sale.
The bull sale committee is
hoping for sunny, clear skies
that day in contrast to last
year's sale which sent a swift
stream of water through the
center of the fairgrounds and
forced many would-be buyers to
return home early to take care
of their stock.
Last year most of the animals
went to valley rancers. This
may be true this year, too, but
a number of consignors are
from out of this county which
also attract many outside buy
ers. Some top bulls will be com
ing from the Eugene area and
Siskiyou county, Calif.
Local cattlemen feel the bull
sale has helped their on-the-ranch
sales by attracting buy
ers to the valley. The top 80
per cent of the bull crop for the
past two years have averaged
$650 at the sale. An even stric
ter culling this year is aimed
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at raising the overall average.
The Cal-Ore Bull sale is ac
tually older than the well-known
Red Bluff bull sale in Califor
nia. It lapsed for several years
and was renewed two years ago
through the efforts of Eddie
Meeker, manager of David
Holmes Arrowhead ranch, Phoe
nix, and County Agent Earle
Jossy. This ranch has a num
ber of it well-known top grade
bulls in the sale, also.
Farm &
No Special Drive By
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Com
missioner Mortimer M. Caplin
of the Internal Revenue Service
says that the IRS is not con
ducting any special campaign
against expense account spend
ing, even though armed with
new legal authority.
Caplin told a convention of
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ASHLAND
Phone 482-2143
This year's consignors in
elude: Arrowhead ranch, Phoei
nix; Hoots Angus ranch, Grants'
Pass; Ireland Hereford Ranch,
Ashland; C. A. Miller, Grants
Pass; George Z. and Olive E.'
Newman, Glendale; Donald K,
Nichols, Ashland: Mike Owen,
Eugene; Seven Oaks Hereford
ranch, Central Point; L.' L. SheW
ley, Montague, Calif.; Leota
Small, Phoenix; Spear Point
Hereford ranch, Medford; and
Waldo Hill farm, Salem:
Garden
IRS on Spending
the American Banners associa
tion Monday, "Nobody is second-guessing
you as to what
room you should take or wheth
er you should take that second
drink ... We do not want to
interfere with legitimate busi
ness expenditures."
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