Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1963)
6 A TUESDAY, Stanley Reelected Head Of Jackson County Stockmen CENTRAL POINT - The Jackson County Stockmen's As sociation reelected Gordon Stan ley, Lake Creek, president dur ing the recent association meet ing in the Central Point Grange hall. Fred Offenbacher, Applegate, was reelected vice president and Richard Ireland, Ashland, was named treasurer for another year. The following resolutions were approved and will be taken to the annual convention of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association Thursday, Friday and Satur day: The Jackson County Live stock Association requests that the Oregon Cattleman's Associ ation go on record urging all district attorneys to stricter prosecution and judges to levy ing neavier lines ana imposing longer jail and prison sentences to stop the rise in livestock thefts. The association reaffirm ed its objection to dual grad ing. It also supports the Amer ican National Cattlemen's As sociation in seeking imposition of quotas and higher duties on imports. Range Course County Agent Earle Jossy an nounced that Millard Gates, Oregon State University range specialist, would conduct a short course on range manage ment here Dec. 17, 18 and 19. All cattlemen interested in tak ing the course should call the extension service, 773-8215, in FARM Woodlot By DICK OLSON State Farm Forester Act now!! Don't wait another year. Put that idle land, wheth er it be agriculture or woodland back into production. Growing brush will never be profitable. Tree farming is a long term program, and because of this, the government, through the Ag ricultural Conservation Pro gram will provide assistance. Following is a list of facts about the ACP and what it can do for you. 1. The Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation (ASC) Committee sees a bright out look for Oregon farmers who want to plant trees as a con servation practice on farmland under the 1964 Agricultural Con servation Program. 2. Jackson and Josephine Counties offer tree planting practices to farmers under me ACP. costs are snarea tor iana preparation, purchasing plant ing stock, and actual planting. The cost-share rates, and speci fications of the practice, are de termined by each ASC county committee, based on many local factors, such as total conserva tion needs of the county, the number of . requests , received from farmers for the practice, and other technical considera tions. 3. Tree seedlings of most species will be available for farm forest plantings under the 1964 ACP. Over 10,000,000 seed lings will be available through out the state from State, pri vate and industrial nurseries. 4. Stato and local foresters, extension foresters and county extension agents work closely with tho ASC folks to help farm ers plan and carry out forestry practices efficiently and with the best known methods. 5. Forests help protect the watersheds. They improve both the quantity and quality of water, and at the same time they protect the soil. 6. The average farmer has limited funds with which to op. erato. Unless he can see a crop benefit during his lifetime, he may not wish to or may not be financially able to invest his money in trees. Under the ACP other citizens share the costs with him, and encourage him to invest his own funds in INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE! Steel Products! Prices Good Until Saturday, Nov. 16 POSTS GATES FIELD FENCE BARBED WIRE -STOCK TANKS -ETC. All at REDUCED PRICES -for Example: 101 6-Ft. Tee Post....77c Ea. 101 6'i-Ft. Tee Post..82c Ea. 133 6-Ft. Tee Post..$1.02 Ea. 133 6V4-Ff. Teo Post $1.09Ea. Further Discounts in Lois of 100 or Mora NOVEMBER 5, 1963 Medford, as soon as possible. The Cal-Ore Hereford Asso ciation will combine its meet ing with a buyers' dinner Nov. 19 and will include buyers com ing to Ireland's production sale Wednesday, Nov. 20. Don Nichols, Ashland, sanita tion committee, urged the ranch ers to check their grub control and noted recent demonstrations showed good results. He noted Leptosporosis is present in the area. Jossy, chairman of the public relations committee, noted the cattlemen were doing a good job and the public is giving them credit for it. Dave Woolfolk, Eagle Point, chairman of the membership committee, said the association is starting out with a large number of members in 1964. Those knowing of ranches changing hands should tell the committee, he said. Mrs. Clayton Charley, Med ford, was elected new president of the Jackson County Cow Belles, Mrs. Leon Offenbacher, vice president, Mrs. Richard R. Hein, Jacksonville, secre tary and Mrs. Tessie Fisher, treasurer. Outgoing president, Mrs. Wil liflm Bigham, Eagle Point, re ported 200 persons attended the January cooking school on beef. The stockmen's auxiliary has 65 members, not all paid up Other activities included a picnic at the Double D Here ford ranch and a style show. Facts planting trees for the future. The benefits usually extend be yond the time of the present owner and contribute to future national prosperity. 7. We are living in a period of tremendous growth and ex pansion. Greater demand and production, and an exploding population growth, mean we need to take care of, Improve and increase our forest re sources of the future, so those who come after us will have the same necessities and enjoy me same aoundance we have today. 8. Here are some of the farm- produced, cash crop timber products we use: Saw-logs for timber, pulpwood for paper, fuel wood, piling, poles, posts, and narawooas lor veneer, cooper age and charcoal production. 9. Big timber holdings in the norm and W03t are Important, But the future of American for est products appears to be in good stands of rapidly growing timber in small holdings, the same holdings that furnished the timber used to build homes, factories and feed industries in an earlier period of our history. 10. Small woodlands on farms, although now mostly neglected. offer opportunity to landowners and farm operators. Through federal cost-sharing, such as the ACP, these forest acres can be brought back into production wnlle they are conserving soil and water. Persons owning land in Jack son and Josephine counties in need of reforestation havo an excellent opportunity to plant mcir lands uus lull, winter and spring by ordering seedlings from the Oregon State Forestry Department nurseries. Douglas Fir seedlings are priced at $12 to $13 per thousand depending on variety. Ponderosa Pine is selling at $12 per thousand. Oth er conifer species are selling from $12 per thousand to $15 per thousand with varying max imum limits on species. Hard woods arc selling from $10 to $12 per thousand with set limits. Tree order blanks may bo ob tained irom the extension serv ice office on Maple Park Drive in Medford and at the Josephine County Courthouse in Grants Pass, or from your Stato For estry Department office in eith er Grants Pass or Medford. Import BARBED WIRE $6.65 per Roll Rd Brand FIELD FENCE 26" ft" Spacing $18.50 per Roll ' Other Field Fences at a BIG SAVINGS to Youl ALBERS Feed & Farm Supply 330 No. Fir Ph. 773-4503 The Cow Belles have $560 In their treasury and made $189.50 from a cake sale at the Midway Auction, Table Rock Road. They plan another at the Rogue Valley Auction in November. Explains Tax In explaining the property tax, County Assessor Thad Hat ten noted that 51 per cent of the county land is federally or state owned and of the total assessed valuation, 50 per cent j is tax exempt. This includes schools and churches, he point ed out. He suggested the state legislature take a closer look at tax exempt properties, The Green Belt zone tax law has both advantages and dis advantages, Hatten said. Land can be appraised as farm land, but if it is used for some other purposes such as subdivision property then the farmer or property owner has 90 days in which to pay the accumulated difference in taxes between ag ricultural and subdivision prop erty, Hatten said. Such a law forces the assessor's office to to keep two sets of books on land values in a Green Belt zone, he explained. Hatten said his office is aware that the value of a ranch which holds substantial grazing per mits has a distinct advantage for sale. However, the courts have ruled that assessors may not consider grazing leases in making assessments since such leases can be revised or re voked by the U. S. Forest Serv ice. The assessor is charged' only with establishing equitable values on all properties and has no voice in determining the amount of revenue to be raised, Hatten explained. This is governed solely by the amounts determined by the budget committees of the var ious taxing districts, subject to ,the approval of the people. Garden Tips By JOHN W. MCLOUGIILIN County Extension Agent Crocus Culture There are many gardsning ac tivities that arc done in the fall besides raking leaves off the lawn. One of these is the plant ing of spring flowering crocuses. If you are buying new crocus corms, buy only those that are hard and plump. If you arc planting corms dug from your garden this summer, discard those with soft spots in them. Crocuses will grow well in either full sun or partial shade. They flourish in just about any garden soil, provided the soil is well drained. If you have a drainage problem, raise t h e level of the planting bed. Fertilize the bed with approxi mately a tablespoon of a S-5-S analysis fertilizer or equivalent to each square foot (3 tea spoons equal 1 tablespoon). Mix the fertilizer into the soil before planting. Plant the corms two to throe inches deep and two to three inches apart. It is easier to dig out an area for a dozen or more corms than it is to plant each corm Indlvidualy. Plant the flat side of the corm down. Spring lowering crocuses can be planted from mid-October to mid-November. Water the area thoroughly after planting. Care Add a tablespoon of a 5-5-5 analysis fertilizer or equivalent to each square foot of the bed every year just after blooming. Remove the flower stalks after the blooms have died. Remove the leaves after they die in late spring. If the flowers become smaller and fewer in number or if you want to increase your stock, dig up, divide and replant every few years. Dig the cro cuses alter the leaves die in late spring. Store them in a single layer in a cool, shady, airy, dry place during the sum mer. Replant them the follow- j ing fall. I Arlmrvilnc Illicit Spray Oriental arborvitoe now for the control of Berckman's blight. This is a very common disease in this area on Oriental arborvitae. Berckman's arborvi tae is particularly susceptible to this disease. Most of the oriental species, including golden arbor : vitao and several green forms ! of globular or pyramidal habits, are also susceptible. The Ameri can and European species seem to be immune to this disease. This blight infects the young tender foiliage nt the tips of the branches. As the blight moves down the small brnni'hlcts to the larger branchlets, the foliage , changes from the normal green j to a reddish brown. Much of this infected foliage falls and ex poses unsightly masses of gray stems. ! To control Berckman's blight i cut out and burn all dead and dying twiRs and branches. Spray the arborvitaes with tribnsic copper sulfate at the rate of 3 tablespoons to a gallon of wa- iter. Add a spreader sticker to all sprays. All Oriental arborvi- ' taes, Including those that appear healthy should be sprayed. It rain occurs Before the spray I dries on the shrubs, apply the 1 spray again. , County Sprayers Exchange Ideas At Weed Meeting By RAV HUBBELL County Weed Supervisor Fall is fast approaching. Work loads are generally lightened with bad weather or prospects of bad weather. It is a good time for evaluating work done and to attend such meetings held to enlighten you of findings from other areas of our state. One such meeting held annu ally is the Oregon State Weed Conference. This year it will be held in Klamath Falls, Ore., Nov. 7 and 8, at the Willard Hotel. A few of the topics to be cov ered are as follows: "National Weed Problems," "Pesticide Ap plication," "Plant Responses to Chemical Use," "Selecting Chemicals for Plant Control," "Perennial Weed C o n t r o 1," "Weed Control in Irrigation, "Progress in Biological Weed Control,'- "Rangeland Weeds," "Industrial Weed Control. If you plan to attend, further information on the time of a given subject can be had by calling the Extension office, 773- 8215. Speakers will be from Cali fornia, Washington, and Oregon, not to mention J. E. Jernigan, agronomist, from tho Federal Extension Service, Washington, D. C. County Sprayers Another meeting, held in con junction with the weed confer ence each year, is the State As sociation of County Sprayers. This association's purpose is to make available to all county weed control supervisors and road department crews the ex periences with chemicals and equipment from other areas of the state. This being only the second meeting, a great deal has been accomplished during this first year. We look forward to a greater economy in all county spray programs because of this exchange of ideas and findings. Dec. 18-19-20 has been sched uled for the annual applicators short course at Corvallis in Withycombe Hall. Primarily this course is for commercial appli cators of both ground and air groups, but anyone interested in the application of chemicals can receive valuable information from a course such as this. Farmers, ranchers, and peo nle from all staecs of industrv keep up on the new methods of weed control by attending meet ings such as these. Plan to at tend. Good Planning In Woodlands Set As Speech Topics By BEN MOUCIIETT Jackson Soil District Woodland management in an Oregon soil conservation district was the topic for the annual speech contest sponsored by the Jackson Soil Conservation dis trict in Eagle Point last week. Contestants were Chailel Jen sen, Jeffrey Keefe and Mike Charley, all of Eagle Point. Recreation in the woodland management program was em phasized by Mike in his talk which won first place. He pointed out in many cases the small woodland owner can re ceive a good return on his in vestment in woodland recrea tion. The possibilities range from hunting, fishing and horse back riding to summer cabins. Many times a pond or reservoir can extend tiic recreation pos sibilities to include swimming, boating and other water sports. Runner-up Charlet was a runner-up with her talk on "long crop," or saw timber management as opposed to "short crop" management in cluding Christmas trees. She pointed out that the small tim ber owner might want to con sider the "short crop" program because of the shorter repay ment period. Jeff stressed protection in his runner-up talk. He said that protection from fire, insects, disease and parasites is a ma jor factor in a sound manage ment program. The contests are annual af fairs for most of Oregon's 60 soil conservation districts. Local, or district, area and semi-final contests arc held throughout the state each fall to pick finalists who compete at the annual meeting ot tne Ore gon Association of Soil Con servation districts. This year the OASCD'S annual meeting will be Nov. 13 in Grants Pass. ACCUSED OK TORTURE OLDENBURG, Germany (UPD The stale accused a for mer police official Monday of torturing French prisoners to death while administrator of a concentration camp in occupied France during world War II. The prosecution said Gcorg Hempen, 58, was guilty in the deaths of at least six inmates of the Fort Queulcu Gestapo camp near Metz. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON mm": ?Rg mm, - -r.-wm . Sailed ALPINE APPLES Heavily laden limbs of bright red apples frame the blue artificial lake and green trees on the distant shore at the Casper Meyer farm high up Ramsey Canyon Road. The bright, red, tart Spitzenbergs are High Mountain Air In Tart, Bright Red By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor RAMSEY CANYON - Drive down Sams Valley highway past green fields and rows of trees in their gold and red Autumn colors, turn to the right onto Ramsey Canyon Road. Then drive up a .winding foothills road until you see a sign with a bright red Spitzenberg apple atop it and the name C. Meyer. Turn into the usual cluttered farmyard and walk up to ' a small wooden house. Look around the corner of the house and over the rustic root cellar and up the sloping ground to the high hills and mountain. This will almost convince you this is a small bit of southern Switzerland. Climb past the long rows of green strawberry plants and up to the apple trees crowning tne hill. The trees with bright red apples extend along the artifi cial lake. This, the clear moun tain air and two blonde, blue eyed little girls make the set ting more authentic than ever. Hard Worker Casper Meyer, a thin, work worn man, called to us from high up a ladder hidden by the green, leaves and red apples. Quickly he clambered down the ladder and poured the red fruit from his canvass bucket into a box. ' "The frost came late this year, the apples didn't color up as soon as I hoped," Meyer ex plained in his thick Swiss ac cent. Pointing to some on the ground, he said these would go through his apple-cider press into glass jugs. Spitzenbergs produce a tart cider such as New Englanders are fond of. The Spitz is also a good all- around apple, especially good for baking in a golden brown, juicy pie, as a baited apple with a mnrshmallow and cream, or in apple cobbler with thick country cream over it. Meyer was busy trying to har vest all of the tree-ripened fruit from the heavily laden trees. He has 177 trees, some with yellow Ncwtowns, another delicious apple. Soon the schoolbus would bring his two husky sons home to help him. The two daughters did women's work in the house. Meyer seemed generally pleased with his crop. He esti mated he would get 9 to lo boxes per tree. Many of these would go to local markets. Others would be sold at the Hereford Juniors Plan New Program DARREL DOWELL Association Reporter The Rogue V a 1 1 cy Junior Hereford Association held its monthly meeting Sunday at the Seven Oaks Hereford ranch, Central Point. The meeting started at 1 p. m. with the judging of a class of young heifers and bulls. Don Bradshaw, Seven Oaks, was judge. During the meeting the asso ciation members discussed the program for the coming year. A committee was appointed to obtain transportation to field days at various ranches. A com mittee will also arrange de tails for the Rogue Valley Junior Hereford Association tour, possibly to be sponsored by the Cal-Ore Hereford Asso ciation. Don Bradshaw and Howard Hansen answered questions. Bradshaw gave t h e members some of his extra equipment for fitting. The next meeting will be held at the home of Dick Field. Cen tral Poinl, an association mem ber. A demonstration will be given on feed mixing or hoof trimming, if possible. I I farm along with the golden apple cider in glass jugs. ' When the Swiss family first came to the farm in 1959, Meyer felt he was lucky to get one box of apples per trees. Severe, but careful pruning, application of a balance fertilizer plus a mulch of straw and manure from the family cow brought the trees back to full productive life. A thorough spray program helped, too. "You know you have to be careful about mentioning spray. That Rachael Carson in her book cause us an awful lot of nuisance," he remarked grimac ing. "I wonder, is she married? Is it Miss or Mrs. Carson?" As related before, Casper Meyer and his family have done with sweat and determina tion what most people only dream about. They have found a farm with a beautiful setting and have made it pay by pro ducing top quality farm prod ucts such as the huge, red, sweet strawberries this summer and the choice apples now corn- We offer a complete feed service to meet any of your requirement. Custom mixifiig of your own grains, Medicated feeds to assist in health problems of poultry and I We have on hand a full line of formula feeds for every need: ' ' . A 6 Poutry Feeds ' ..;-v'"" g I ' 7 Dairy Feeds !"""""!! . I 3 Rabbit Feeds ! P 3 Beef Feeds j ; i . Plus formula feeds for horses, rabbits, goats, pigs, i " S calves and dogs. ! jj : In addition a full line of whole, ground, and rolled V , grains. 1 Molasses in bulk, barrels, and 5 gallon cans. There is a difference when you buy at Grange Co-op ,i!x'Sf . because we use only top quality ingredients. QjJQE iwfeL - co-op .Ik . i riff i ! L : tpyii I t - f- I ikii , -IV'' Iw-"iS!''' -v- ' w '. - i ; ' " i 'I : V4ip8Sii r Ml. , ; , if 44 Highway 99 CENTRAL POINT Ph. 664-1261 or 773-4022 now coming off the trees to be sold locally. Some of it will be run through a cider press for the golden cider, a favorite with New Eng landers this time of year. Results Apples mg off the trees. They know quality is the answer. Meyer is not a farmer, by back ground. He is a former Swiss tax official. But he was determined to farm and felt this country would give him the opportunity. Upon arriving in the U. S., he worked in sawmills at night and did farm work during the day to save up the money to bring his family over. Then, the whole family worked and saved until they could pay money down on the small alpine farm. And the family continues to work and save. The two boys, Walter, 16 and Bruno, 17, work before and after school in the fields. The daughters work in the house with their mother. The farm is almost paid for, the father an nounced proudly. One thin, Meyer is adamant about, this state should not have a sales tax. It doesn't help the people by adding another tax, he said. Meyer should know for the Swiss sales tax was his de partment, Farm & FOR CIDER These apples did not color before they dropped to the ground so will be used for cider. These Spitzenbergs make a good, tart cider which is a favorite with people who have once tried it. 'Medic AlertMalkGiven Farm Group By CHARLOTTE DAVIS Mail Tribune Correspondent ' SISKIYOU. COUNTY -The message . of "Medic-Alert" by Robert S. King, California Farm Bureau Health Specialist, and a speech on tetanus immuniza tion, by Dr. G. R. Ashcraft, were given to the rural health members of the Siskiyou Coun ty Farm Bureau at their annual meeting, held at the Tase-T Cafe in Yreka on Oct. 17. A A chuck-wagon dinner proceed ed the meeting. King led community singing for the group, then spoke brief ly on a number of changes to be made in the health insurance program, the non-profit Medic Alert program, which is endors ed by the AMA and the Farm Bureau. A concentrated state drive is to be held in February of 1964. King said, "After almost los-1 ing his own daughter because nobody knew that she was al lergic to a certain serum, Dr. Marion C. Collins devised a sil ver bracelet with a protective warning engraved on the back." Bracelet Recommended ' The Turlock physician and surgeon was convinced the bracelet or necklace with its vital message would help avoid fatal delays in summoning aid for countless other people of all ages, diabetics, epileptics, hemophiliacs, people with oth n a vs. 421 A Street ASHLAND Phone 482-2143 Garden er drug allergies or peculiar blood types, and those who have Myasthenia grasic or multiple sclerosis. Dr. G. R. Ashcraft, Yreka physician, spoke on the impor tance of tetanus immunization; though not a common disease, it has a fatality rate of 50 per cent. He said, "It is a disease not to be taken lightly, particularly among ranchers and outdoor people. MOOSE CHAIRMAN SALEM George Moose, as sistant chief of the plant divi sion, Oregon Department of Ag riculture, was chairman of the Western States Standardization meeting held in Klamath Falls Thursday, November 7. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coarse or unpalatable roughage will make a base for a modern balanced ration that you can feed with little labor and no wastage. The increased meat or milk pro duced will give you maxi mum returns on a small cash investment. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Ross Lane, Medford livestock. 4
