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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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