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
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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
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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
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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.
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