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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.
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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."
The figures in this report may
have far reaching effects on
future agricultural planning, he
added.
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