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Mechanization Chief Topic wr norncultural Society Mechanization will be the i rii. .,,.... - . I MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOX '"pic in Dotn the apple and pear and stone fruit sections ui uie annual uregon Horticul uui iu oocieiy meeting Nov. 20 n ana a in torvallis. A large delegation of local pear growers usually attends me annual event. A few peach growers and vegetable growers from the valley may also attend una year. New trends in harvestine, processing and packaging will be discussed starting Wednes day ai uie apple and pear seS' biuns. New trends in packaging vaiuuiK mm, individual poly wraps, bulk pack) will be dis cussed at 2 p.m., Wednesday by a panel consistine of a. r. Cross-land, Apple Growers As sociation, Hood River, moder ator; R. A. Patterson, manager, uregon - wasnington - Califor nia Pear Bureau, Portland; and 0. W. Mann, Stadelman Fruit company, Hood River. Mechanical Harvesting A mechanical harvesting prog ress report will be given by Robert L. Stebbins, extension horticulture specialist, Oregon oiaie university, and C. King Benton Jr., Hood River grower. a panel on new trends in proc essing will include Moderator Roy E. Moser, extension Food Technologist, OSU; Charles Beardsley,. Apple Growers Asso ciation cannery, Hood River; Lois Sather, food technologist, OSU; Clyde Rasmussen, indus trialist specialist of the products and division stall, USDA West ern Regional laboratory, Alba ny, Calif. Quality has made Rogue Val ley pears famous. Harvesting and handling fruit to maintain quality will be discussed by John P. Hounsell, Hood River grower-packer; H. A. Schomer, tJSDA principal plant physiolo gist, tree fruit experiment sta tion, Wenatchee, Wash.; W. M. Mellenthin, horticulturist and su- FROM THE GROUND UP By BART BARTLCn There are always far more questions than answers in the field of plant nutrition . The answers are not entirely complete when only one crop on one soil type is all that is under consideration. Therefore, it is rather easy to see how complex the problem or prob lems become when many crops growing on dozens of soil types must be considered. The prob lem is complicated then by numerous nutrients, differing crop plants and varying soil types. Lots of experimental plots in volving fertilizers, plants and soils at best only tell the ex perimenter what happened in the instance of the plots. It does not indicate that the re sults can be applied across an adjacent road or ditch and give similar production. Such things as soil moisture supply, past cropping history, soil depth and many other fac tors tend to make each field different from every other field. Many fields even show differen ces every few yards. Light Soils Very light or sandy soils tend to be more uniform in their need for and responses to ap plications of supplemental plant nutrients than do heavy clay soils. This is largely because the lighter textured soils more Uniformly lose their mineral content by leaching than do less premeable clay soils. Nitrogen is usually the first major element of plant nutri tion to become lacking on agri cultural soils. The trace ele ments may be in excess sup ply or certain ones may be in short supply from the first year of cultivation of a virgin soil. The trace elements also are more often in good supply in the soil but are in a fixed con dition so that economic plants can not secure enough for their normal growth. This is a high ly specialized field and fortu nately does not normally limit production in a very large por tion of the agricultural soils of this area. Now that the nature and ex tent of the problem of plant nu trition has been considered, the best that can be done is to of fer a few guide lines for the use of plant nutrients once you have decided to make fertilizer applications. Potash, phosphorous and cal cium fertilizers can be and per haps should be applied during the fall or early winter in this area. This is true especially in case of deep rooted crops. Cer tain Dastures and meadows that have heavy surface runoff oL winter rain water probably should receive late spring ap plications of complete fertili zers. Cover crops in orchards or pasture crops can get fall applications of nitrogen. Fruit trees should not receive fall applications of nitrogen fertilizer. perintendent, Mid-Columhia F. penmcnt Station U.wl d;... Willard Jensen, Apple Growers "oouviauun, nooa Klver; and Lyle Kinney, Harry and David Bear Creek Orchards, Medford. Talks on orchard disease and insect problems at 3:45 p.m., Thursday, will include a talk on trends in psylla control by Everett Burts, entomologist, cc iruii experiment station ncuaicnee, wasn. Burts was one of the Washington scientists who blamed pear decline on the injection ot toxin into the trees oy psyua. Outstanding Talk Possibly the outstanding talk in the stone fruits section Thurs day will be a talk on mwha. ing the Michigan stone fruit in dustry by John Carew, chair man of the deDartment of hnrti. culture, Michigan State Univer sity, at 3:45 p.m. Orchard intercroDnirm will ho discussed by a panel of Willam ette valley and Hood river coun ty agents. A talk on what California growers are doing to meet the changing labor supply situation in the small fruits section Thurs day, at 4:30 p.m., will be of interest to all growers. Speaker is Malcolm B. Douglas, man ager, California Strawberry Ad visory Board, Santa Clara, Calif. "Vegetable Harvesters on the March," a panel discussion, will probably be the outstanding talk in the vegetable section Thurs day, 9 a.m. Participants are A. A. Duncan, extension vege table specialist, OSU; C. K. Murphy, vice president, James Q. Leavitt company, Salem Gerald Meyer, Boring grower; John Carew, Michigan State University horticulture depart ment. "Big Horticulture in a Small World," is the topic of a talk by Dr. John Carew, to be given at the general session at 11 a.m. Thursday. Tree Survey During the joint session on stone fruits and apples and pears, Raymond B. Hile. USDA agricultural statistician, will report on tno truit tree survey and its implications. Jackson county completed its surveys this summer and mailed the cards into OSU. G. Burton Wood, head of the department of agriculture eco nomics, OSU, will speak on ag ricultural policies and their im plication. Robert W. Every, extension entomologist, OSU, will speak on pesticide drift and related problems. During the joint session on small fruits and vegetables John Cavalero, Everett, Wash., will speak on a tour of small fruit and vegetable areas in the Unit ed States and Mexico at 11 a.m. Friday. James S. Smart, Salem, will present the Hartman cup at the climax of the annual Horticul tural Society banquet Thursday night. Medford. men have won the cup three times in the eight- year history of the trophy. Lo cal winners were Ward Spatz, Medford, 1955; F. C. Reimer, 1959 and Raymond R. Reter, 1961. 401 Cattle Sold; New Sale Nov. 15 A total of 401 cattle was sold Friday, Nov. 1 at the Midway Auction, Table Rock Road, ac cording to Owner-Manager Wil liam Bray. Prices generally were lower than the previous week's feeder sale," Bray noted. Good steer calves brought $23 to $25.50. Medium steer calves earned $20 to $23. Dairy cross bred calves banged the gate at $16 to $19. Good heifer calves sold at $20 to $22. Medium heif er calves sold for $18 to $20 and plain quality calves went out at $15 to $17.50. Heavy Feeders Sell Low Good yearling steers, 575 to 625 pounds, sold for $21 to $23.10. Medium yearling steers went out at $18 to $20 and Okey type yearlings sold for $16 to $18. The heavier feeder market was very dull. Good 800 to 900 pound steers sold for $18 to $20. Good yearling heifers brought $18 to $19. Medium heifers sold for $16 to $18. Holstein steer calves went out at $17 to $18. Yearling Holstein steers sold for $15 to $16.75. Utility cows went out at $13 to $15.75. Cutters sold for $11.50 to $12.50. Our new feeder sale will be on Friday, Nov. 15," Bray an nounced. "We expect another large sale." So far, our two previous sales have been highly success ful, especially compared to sim ilar sales held at other yards. We are able to attract more buyers who are willing to bid Senior Citizens Now Eligible For House Loans GRANTS PASS Rural hous ing loans are now available for senior citizens, those of 62 years or over, according to Eugene M. Denney, of the local Farm ers Home Administration office. These loans may be made to eligible individuals or to groups to provide rental housing for senior citizens. They apply to dwellings in rural areas or in small communities of under 2,500 population. Funds may be used for re modeling or for construction of a new dwelling, for purchase of a building site and, in some cases for purchase of a pre viously occupied dwelling. Terms are favorable since the interest rate runs at 4 per cent a year with a long term repay ment period, Denney said. If an applicant family is short on re payment ability they may have to provide a co-signer. Individuals, groups and corp orate agencies of a state or local government may borrow to provide rental housing for senior citizens who have lived recently in rural areas. Loan terms vary, depending on whether the loans are made to profit or non profit groups. The loans pro vide for remodeling and con struction of dwelling units with all related facilities. The units may be apartment buildings, duplexes or detached houses. Further information and ap plication blanks may be ob tained by contacting the Farm ers Home Administration of fices in the Southern Oregon Bank Building or by mail ad dressed to P. O. Box 311, Grants Pass, Denney said. to the top of their orders be cause they have confidence in us and know that we are selling the cattle, not buying them. . Market Lower "However, we must face the fact that the market is lower and that we cannot get more than the market. We are not claiming we can accomplish any miracles and get last summer's prices. We do guarantee to have plenty of buyers present at ev ery feeder sale. We guarantee we will get every cent your animals are worth on that day. We can do no more than that. "We hope the present storm will extend over California and bring their grass. That would create a new market for thou sands of calves and light year lings," Bray concluded. Purebred Sheep Go On Sale Nov. 9 One hundred seventy - five purebred ewes and ewe lambs of 11 different breeds will be of fered at the Sixth Annual Pure bred Sheep Breeders Associatian sale scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9. The sale will be held at the Polk county fairgrounds located one-fourth mile south of Rickreall on highway 99W and 10 miles west of Salem on high way 22, reports Don Kessi, Har lan, chairman of the committee. The sale will start at 10 a.m. and will run continuously until completed. Lunch will be served on the grounds. The purebred sheep breeders offering the ewes and lambs come principally from the Wil lamette Valley, one of the high est producing areas of quality sheep in the world. Breeds to be offered in the order of sale are Romney, North Country Cheviot, Dorset, Lincoln, Corrie dale, Columbia, Cheviot, Hamp shire, Southdown, Sufflok and Shropshire. In past years the sale has at tracted 4-H and FFA buyers in terested in getting started with purebred flocks, Kessi reports. Sales catalogues are available from John Leffel, Secretary Bred Ewe Sale, Box 348, Dallas, Ore. ifzJi The CREDIT BUREAU IS NOW AUDITING ACCOUNTS for the next REDBOOK! You make your own rating by the way you pay your bills. Pay promptly and make good rating. A Slow Paid Bill looks better than a Slow Bill that's still owing. Pay them today! CREDIT BUREAU of Medford 1200 Cattlemen Expected To Go To Convention BAKER Some 1,200 Oregon cattlemen are expected to at tend the 50th annual convention of the Oregon Cattlemen's Asso ciation scheduled Nov. 6-8 at the Baker Hotel. While the cnnvpnlinn Hnoc nnt officially open until Wednesday, attention will be focused on 'a cattle sale Monday and a beef cooking school Tuesday. The "Black Sale" Monday will be one of the largest Black Angus auctions in the country. More than 4,000 Black Angus including some 1,200 Angus steer calves, 1,500 light heifer calves, 500 fancy bred Angus Herefords and an outstanding consignment of four-year-old Angus cows will be placed for sale. Sponsored by the Baker Coun ty Livestock Association, the sale will take place at the Baker livestock auction yards at noon Monday. Cooking School Tuesday's Repf.O.Rama pnnlr. ing school will feature the vari ety oi metnoos in preparing low cost, economy cuts of Ore gon beef. An estimated 1,500 women are expected to attend. Beef-O-Rama, sponsored by the Oregon Rppf rniinril ic a salute to the 50th anniversary oi me uregon cattlemen's Asso ciation. Hplpnp Krfllnupp wpll lrnnwn beef cooking authority from Portland, will conduct the pro gram whirh hptrins at 1 n m . Tuesday at the Baker Commu nity center. The convention, which marks the. Fnlinrlinrf nf Iho flPA Rn years ago at Baker,' formally opens Wednesday morning. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1963 U. S. Campaign Set For Pears The first national advertising sales promotion campaign in behalf of West Coast Anjou, Bosc and Cornice pears for the 1963-64 season, including those from the Medford area, will start about Nov. 7. Sixty-five radio stations are New Trade Act Results Pondered By State Group SALEM Members of the Governor's Import-Export Com mittee expressed concern at their recent meeting in Salem over the lack of beneficial re sults to U. S. agriculture from the Trade Expansion Act. The committee, representing all segments of Oregon Agricul ture,, expressed dissatisfaction over the failure to gain fair access for U. S. agricultural products in European markets while the federal government is considering possible 50 per cent tariff reductions on over 99 per cent of all argicultural commo dities. The group agreed to make a coordinate effort to secure reasonable protection for agri cultural interests of this country and fair, access for this coun try's products to other world markets. It was noted at the meeting that U.S. agricultural tariffs are already very low and that the U.S. does not make use of non tariff absolute restrictions as practiced by most other coun tries. Committee members also pointed out that the specialty crops federal government sourc es had said might be hurt by tne trade act would include being used in 31 cities located in the nation's largest populat ed areas, reports Richard A. Patterson, general manager of the Oregon-Washington-California Pear Bureau in Portland, Ore. He said the campaign this year again will use the "The Fruit of the Gods" theme, with the slogan "Great Zeus, What Juice." Some of the promotion this year is devoted to the larger sizes. In the merchandising kits and promotional material the larger pears are referred to as "Economy Size," "Pears for Pairs," "Extra Value Size" or "King Size." The bureau also again is put ting great emphasis on the im portance of retailing pears "Ripe and Ready-To-Eat." There is a historical basis for using the "Gift of the Gods theme to sell pears. The Greeks cultivated pears even as early as 850 B.C. and Homer referred to pears as "Gift of the Gods." Roman conquerors had carried pears to all parts of the Old World by 350 B. C. many of those grown in the Northwest. Attending the meeting were: William Shinn of the Cherry Growers and Industries Founda tion, Salem, committee chair man; Tom Ruckman of the Fes cue Commission, Imbler; Frank Rood of the Oregon Dairymen's Association and chairman of the State Board of Agriculture, North Bend; J. E. Klahre, Ap ple Growers Association, Hood River; Allen Tom, The Dalles, National Wheat Growers Asso ciation; Roy Ward, Oregon Fil bert Commission, and Cecil Tuller, Northwest Canners and Freezers Association, both Port land; Ray Reter, Medford pear grower and shipper; and Wil liam T. Geurts, Oregon Turkey Growers Association, Salem. Research Team Uses Defoliant On Pear Trees The Southern Oregon Branch Experiment Station's research team has found a material for defoliating pear trees which will aid in their post-harvest care, it was reported today. It is the same material used to defoliate cotton. After the chemical was applied by a hand gun sprayer to D'Anjou and Bartlett pear trees immediately after harvest this year it caused the leaves to drop off the trees in about two weeks. This material could help con trol certain pests as mites and scale, Dr. Peter Westigard, sta tion entomologist, explained. The early defoliation would de prive mites of a food source, green leaves. This would result possibly in reduced numbers overwintering. It would also get the mites off the trees and onto the ground where their death would be greater. Early defoliation would make better tree coverage from post harvest sprays due to no inter ference from the leaves, Dr. Westigard explained. Station Horticulturist and Su perintendent Dr. Porter Lom bard said the early defoliation of the pear trees would let the growers begin pruning before the fall rains and cold weather. He said defoliation would ben efit tree nurseries by defoliating their small trees earlv enoueh to dig before the winter months. However, further studies will be required before any recommen dation of the material can be given orchardists, he said. Early pruning due to post-harvest defoliation makes it possi ble to avoid wet winter weather Water Report Due For Shasta Valley A 7 YREKA A meeting will be held at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6 for all Shasta Valley ranchers Interested in the forthcoming water study for the nine north ern California counties, accord ing to Farm Advisor David L. West. The study was requested by the Nine Northern California when it is harder for crews to move ladders through the or chards, especially in the "Big Sticky" country. SUDervisors' Assnniallnn Thi farm advisor offices of ' these counties were asked to make the study, West explained, "We have just finished com piling the report for the Shasta Valley portion of Siskiyou coun ty," the farm advisor said. "In line with our policy, we. want to be sure our figures are sound and acceptable by you ranchers before turning in tin) report." 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