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MEDKORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON FROM THE GROUND UP By (ART BARTLET! The harvest period for many this area's economic crops is over. There remains, however, in stances where some growers have certain late maturing crops of both fruits and vege tables that are and will be ready for consumers for sev eral days. This produce is of excellent quality and should be utilized by everyone as long as it is available. The county farm, no doubt, produced an abundant crop of the same items and in this in stance will reduce the market demand for the items that were produced by the tax-paying pri vate growers. This is a good time of year to make repairs that once made will make the winter season more comfortable, or in the case of rentals, less trouble some. A few dollars spent now on a leaky roof will probably save a ceiling repair to the house. In this regard, gutters, and down-spouts should be in spected and if necessary, re placed before the occurrence of winter rains. Check Equipment Where and when it is possible due to free time, form equip ment should be winterized. This operation' largely consists of draining certain items of equip ment such as pumps and pipe lines of water. In other in stances it means putting anti freeze into radiators to prevent damage from freezing. In cer tain cases, it is necessary to in sulate pipes and plumbing so fresh water supplies for domes tic use will not be jeopardized by freezing. This is a good time to either remove or mark trees that should be removed from orch ards. Once the leaves have fal len and pruning starts, it may Crater FFATo Lead Group Enroute To National Meeting Pat Neal, Oregon FFA presl dent from Crater High school, will lead the state delegation to Kansas City, Mo., to partici pate in the 35th anniversary convention of the National Fu ture Farmers of America, ac cording to Leonard Kunsman, supervisor of agricultural edu cation in the state department of education. The delegation represents 57 Oregon FFA chapters. be difficult to identify the non productive trees which should be pulled and replaced. The irrigation districts are closing off all water deliveries. There is some residual water in most of their canals. This is a good time to get everything well wetted as it may be a long dry fall and winter. State Election In regards to the coming election on the question of the state budget and the tax meas ure that is supposed to raise the funds to pay the bills it seems that as in the case of most of the items of human ex istance that fall into political hands, the issue is more politi cal and realistic. The present tax bill should be voted down for three sound reasons: The state can operate more economically if forced to do so. A tax-payer's revolt is in order to get the tax base broad ened. Once we submit to this bill and levy it will never be taken from the books. A check of tax measures that have once gone into effect and their later history will prove this. Taxes once collected as a law of the state or land are never re pealed. The only change that occurs is that additional andor new taxes may be levied. Our state is noted for its many services. We should get off this platform and provide only those services essential to the people's welfare. The politi cal bureaucracy is dedicated to the propagation and multipU. cation of its system. This tide must be stemmed or we will all be working for and serving the state. The national convention which runs from Oct. 9-11 is expected to attract 10,000 FFA members and guests from Puerto Rico and all states but Alaska. Bray To Compete Other Crater chapter mem bers attending are Ron Stith and Jim Caldwell. Jeff Keefe, Eagle Point FFA chapter presi dent, and Mike Charley, chap ter vice president, are also en route to the convention. Alan Bray, Crater FFA, will com pete in the national speech con test. Russ Bowman, state FFA vice president from La Grande will serve as Oregon's other official delegate. Two delegates from each state in the union from the convention's voting body. Randy Martinak, Albany, is listed as alternate delegate. Four of Oregon's students ex pect to receive the American Farmer degree, highest degree of achievement offred by the FFA. The degree, which is lim ited so that only one member in a thousand may attain it, is given for outstanding achieve ment in farming and rural lead ership. Oregon's candidates are Per ry M. Johnston, Wallowa; Rich ard and Thomas Cline, Milton Freewater; and Merl Allen Mil ler, Moro. Each American Farmer re ceives a gold key, a certificate, and a $100 check from the Na tional FFA Foundation. Four state Future Farmers will participate in the FFA's "mail order" national band. Chris Brown from Heppner and Frank Rutschman from Dayton will play third cornet. Richard Miller from Enterprise and John Zentner from Dayton will play baritone in the 118-piece nation al band. The FFA band, which will in clude boys from 37 states, got its "mail order" tag from the fact that membership is re cruited by correspondence, with the leader never hearing the boys play until they arrive in Kansas City for the practice sessions. They have Wi days to be molded into a smoothly mows WHIM THE ANION ISI mmrnnn Finest oftliB medium-price class! nllPrn tiff Stirring new style! Lavish new luxury! The eager action of UUI LI I UU a compression 330-h.p. Rocket V-8! Plus the easy ride and effortless handling that are Oldsmobile's stock-in-trade! Just try a new 1964 Super 88. You'll soon learn what makes it the best you can buy in the medium-price field! , nuunnmp oo This Backet Is geared for action! UYNnmlu UU Meet the all-time Olds favorite that's provir, nrnvinz O dsmoblle riWli wo oii-viuw ...... y . r n jomJaritv all over again! Its 394-cu.-in. 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US IS) Vrtlt TOU IOCAI .UIMOIIH0 OUSKOIIU OUUITY MMH...WNIM TMI ACTIO III J.R.'s WHITMIT IMMOBILE, 413 South Riverside Ave. performing musical unit before their first public appearance. Two Oregon FFA 'chapters have entries in the National Chapter Award program, and will send representatives to Kan sas City to hear the results of their effort. The Enterprise chapter will send a delegation of five. They are: Chuck Wil cox, Jim Kooch, Terry Emmons, John Butner, and Kerry Searles. Central-Linn FFA chapter mem bers attending will be Jim Math eny and Lee Sawyer. Darrell Ward, supervisor of agriculture education in the State Department of Education, will head the delegation. Chap erones traveling with Oregon's students will be vocational agri culture instructors George Gen temann, Estaeada; Bill Sawyer, St. Helens; Charles Portfily, Redmond, and Leonard Kokes, Marshfield. Official Quotas Received by Dairymen mm In Market Area Number 1, State Notes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1963 253 Cattle Sold At Midway Yard; Market Active A total of 253 cattle were sold on a fairly active market and received much lower prices at the Midway Auction yard dur ing the regular Friday, Oct. 4 sale. Good to choice steer calves, 310 to 400 pounds, sold for $25 to $26. Calves weighing 400 to 475 pounds sold for $24 to $25.40. Steer calves weighing 500 to 550 pounds brought $22 to $23.60. Good heifer calves sold for $21 to $22.75. Heifers weighing 450 to 500 pounds brought $20 to $22.75. Yearling steers, 550 to 600 pounds, went out at $12.50 to $23. Steers weighing 625 to 700 pounds sold for $20 to $22.60. Those weighing 700 to 800 pounds went out at $18.50 to $21.50. Yearling heifers sold for $18 to $20.10. Holsteins Holstein steer calves earned $18 to $19.50. Yearling Holstein steers brought $17 to $18.10. Fat cows netted $15 to $16.10. Utility cows earned $13.50 to $14.75. Cutters brought $11 to $12.60. Canners went out at $8 to $10.50. "We are holding our next feeder sale on Oct. 25," Bill Bray, auction yard owner-man- aeer said. "Cooler weather and some rain will surely improve this market.. SALEM Approximately 1.400 milk producers selling in Mar ket Area No. 1 must now know their official quotas under the market pool provision of the milk stabilization law by this week. This area is the entire state except Malheur, Harney and Curry counties. Mailing of quotas will be com pleted Tuesday night or Wednes day morning. Issuance of quotas came on the heels of adoption late last week of regulations to guide the program enacted by the last legislature. About 240 of the producers just under 18 per cent assign ed quotas operate in Washing ton but sell on the Oregon mar ket. Less than half a dozen are Californians selling milk to Ore gon distributors. K. W. Sawyer, chief of the milk stabilization program for the State Department of Agri culture, said all handlers (dis tributors) will also be notified cf the quota allocation to each producer delivering milk to them. Quota Base Quotas are based on the in dividual producer production and sales during the four months of January through April, this year. They will prevail until next March 1 when quotas will be restudied and new allocations made where necessary. Quota represents the individ ual producers share of the fluid MURROW PROGRESSING WASHINGTON (UPI) Ed ward R. Murrow, director of the U.S. Information Agency and widely known radio and televi sion newscaster, was reported making a satisfactory recovery today from surgery for removal of a malignant lung tumor. milk market under the equallza tion program which becomes el fective Oct. 1 In Market Area No. 1. It says with the producer regardless of where he sells his milk. Just how many out-of-state producers actually come under the quota assigned to them is still undetermined. Under the regulations, out-of-state produc ers need to enter Into voluntary contract with their Oregon handlers before they may exer cise their quota. This arrangement, proposed by Sawyer when the hearing on regulations was held in August, was Introduced to avoid further controversy over whether or not milk coming across state lines is subject to the new Oregon stabilization law. Robert H. Ely, milk pool su pervisor, said total daily quotas allocated reach 1,628,944 pounds. He said average monthly pro duction in Market Area No. 1 was 58,825,034 pounds in each of the four months on which the initial pool is based. Sales in the same period averaged 42, 498,715 pounds per month, for a 72.25 per cent classification of production. Producer-distributors more often known as juggers accounted for slightly under eight per cent of the total sales, Ely reported. Under the regulations, han dlers must report all milk re ceived and utilization to the state department of agriculture by the 10th of each month, be ginning with November. On the basis of these reports, the department will advise han dlers whether they owe or will receive money from the pool. This equalizing process will then pass on to producers on the basis of their quota or share of the total market, with final Oc tober payout to producers due on or before Nov. 24. Producer prices in area No. 1 were set following June hear ings at $5.30 for 3.5 per cent class 1 milk and $2.90 for 3.5 per cent class 2 milk. Based on the butterfat differential of 7.3 and 6 cents set for the respec tive classes, the prices are $5.66 and $3.20 on four per cent milk. Besides the provision for vol untary contractural agreements on out of state milk, the regu lations adopted contain only one major change proposed during the public hearing. This pro hibits producers from withhold ing quota milk from their cus tomary handlers unless there is mutual agreement that the han dler does not need the milk to meet his class 1 requirements. This provision will prevent quo ta holders from keeping needed milk at home for diverted use and still drawing equalized pay out, a maneuver foreseen by Apply Spray Now For Peach Blight A 7 Home gardeners should apply a spray for peach blight be fore Oct. 20. This fungus disease, also called California Peach blight and coryneum blight, forms cankers on the twigs and branches during the wintertime, while summer infections make shot holes in the leaves and reddish brown spots on the fruits. When the disease gets out of control small branches and twigs are k"' jd, fruit production is severely reduced and of poor quality. Spraying with a fixed or neu tral copper . at the rate of Vi pound per three gallons of water not only controls peach blight, but also helps to control peach leaf curl the following season. Add a good spreader sticker those at the hearing who wanted this loophole closed. Sawyer said auditors will be in the field during the next two or three weeks to acquaint all handlers fully with details of the reporting forms required under the program. Copies of the regulations are available from the state depart ment of agriculture, Salem, Ore. LOG ENDS Quick Delivery MEDFORD FUEL CO. S & H Green Stamps PHONE 772-21 U and spray trees thoroughly. Re peating this spray in December or January insures good control of both peach, blight and leaf curl the following summer. MONGHIDORO. Italv M!Pn Dante Mazzini, 31, was working on top of the local church steeple Monday when a light ning bolt stripped off his clothes ana melted his wristwatch but left him uninjured. BUILDING TODAY- home TOMORROW! 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