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By JOE
Mail Tribune
AUO lUUUhJr WlUd lias uvvil
ministration this year it hasn't
air pollution progress report meeting.
The fact remains that the orchardists are still ahead in their
conversion rate of new heaters lor om. aome 01 me mmuer mmo
are lagging behind in their efforts to reduce air pollution. County
Judge Earl Miller said he had received reports that two mills
were burning lumper scrap in
It has been a bad year for both lumber and fruit industries.
Parhanc a tpmnorarv moratorium should be called. Fruit and
lumber are our main economic
apply the anti-air pollution screws too tignuy.
We saw the effect of the orchard heater conversion to the
less smoke-producing kind during the recent heating season. Out
in the northern part of tne valley, particularly, we noticed mere
was little smoke as we drove along in the wee hours of the morn
ing. Under former conditions there would have been a dense
layer of smokey tog.
Tulare county, Calif., has outlawed old methods of orchard
heating now. Only clean burning orchard heaters may be used
now. Forbidden is burning stacks of rubber tires and oil in open
containers except by special permission. Special permission is
granted only when evidence presentea snows attempts were maue
to purchase legal neaiers.
Their ordinance follows the
cent oi tne aury Burning nemem umoi uv icpiaicu jm,.
m..T A rti.lnnlhit.a1 PiiMmfiilnnor Hlvfn Mflnklnfi Rfliffr
luime vuumy nKiiwiHuw wnumi... -
"There is ample evidence that complying orchard heaters are
more economical and efficient. Many growers have been changing
OVer 10 newer type "U many
Deputy Agricultural Commissioner Bill Cunningham said less
efficient types of heaters burn one gallon of oil per hour. These
also collect sludge In tne pots ana soot ana carDon in me status.
Then a crew has to clean them.
"The return stacks will cost more but they are more efficient,
have less maintenance and a greater heat output," Cunningham
said.
This is a debatable point. The old fashioned square heaters
with slide lids would require little maintenance and burn over
a greater surface so spread the heat more horizontally than the
return stacks, orchardists point out. They do, however, produce
more smoke.
FARM
Woodlot
By DICK OLSON
State Farm Forester
October and November
usually mark the time when in
quiries regarding Christmas
tree buyers and sellers begin to
come in to your farm forester's
office.
This year the Christmas tree
nniiviiv thus far. has been
slow. 1 am DreDarlnc a list of
local and out-of-state buyers
and sellers to supplement the
lists prepared by the extension
service. Any Buyers or senem
are urged to contact me u as
sistance is desired.
Field Trip
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, a
field trip sponsored by the
Jackson County Farm Forestry
committee will be held. The
main topic of discussion will be
Chrismas tree farming and
tree planting. Natural Christ
mas tree sites and tree plan
tations will be visited and on
the ground discussions and
demonstrations will be the
order of the day. The tour will
begin from the Jackson county
extension office at 9:30 A.M.
Weather permitting, the tour
will be held in the Dead Indian
area. If snowed out of this area,
an alternate location will be
visited. Warm clothing should
be worn and a sack lunch
should be carried. A warm and
cozy spot for consumption of
lunch will be provided. For fur
ther information call your
county extension office or farm
forester. Interested landowners
and Christmas tree growers
from Josephine County are wel
comed to attend. Bring along
your experience and questions
and everyone will benefit from
them.
Quality Needed
It is my opinion that South'
ern Oregon has a great un-
taDDcd income resource in
Christmas tree growing. Most
land owners have good Christ
mas tree growing land that is
already, or could be put into,
erowing C h r i st m a s trees.
Another important item that is
in our favor is that we are rela
tively close to the large Call'
fornia markets.
Tho main problem at the
present time is quality. Each
year that I am associated with
Christmas tree production, I
see a greater stress and dc
mand put on quality. During
the past years much of our land
has been nighgraded lor Christ
mas trees. This leaves us with
many poor quality trees with
only a few premium ones. In
tensive Christmas tree culture
is the only way to overcome
this situation. Assistance both
on the field and written can be
obtained at Christmas tree
tours, such as the one being
held this week, and at local
extension and state forestry
on ices.
Before Christmas trees or
other miscellaneous forest prod'
ucts are harvested both from
your own land or other, Hap
vest Permit is required. This
permit is for the protection of
the landowners throughout Ore
gon. The harvest permit can be
picked up, free of charge, at
he state forestry headquarters
In Jackson and Josephine coun
ties. The Jackson County Head'
quarters is located at 5286 Table
Rock Road, Central Point and
NOVEMBER 12, 1963
Chat
COWLEY
Farm Editor
hncu with Hrf aII nf countv ad
in muj ...... -
had time to call the regular annual
open pus.
supporters so we can't afford to
Jackson county plan. Twenty per
mvio mo ill mic inww.
Facts
the Josephine County Head
quarters at 761 N.E. 12th Street,
Grants Pass.
Thought of the Week
Total Demand For Wood In
creases: "Although our annual
per capita consumption ot lum
ber nas declined slowly since
i960, markets lor other wood
and wood-based products have
increased greatly our total de
mand fnp uinn1 M(1A9 Arfrlrxti.
ture Yearbook)
Production Notes
Of Big Importance
To Quota Dairies
SALEM Production records
of dairy herds producing grade
A milk are of prime impor
tance 'o dairymen purchasing
cows for increased milk quotas
under the market pool estab
lished by uregon s new milk
stabilization law.
Kenneth W. Sawyer, chief of
the milk audit and stabilization
division of the Oregon Depart
ment of Agriculture, reminds
producers that quotas bought
with the cows can change when
the department reviews the quo
tas in March, 1964.
At that time the four low pro
duction months of the previous
lz-montn period win be used as
a base for computing quotas.
This means a drop in produc
tion in the herd from which the
producer seciirprl cows would
lower the share of that herd's
quota that he purchased.
Sawyer has been urging dairy'
men purchasing milk cows to be
sure the herd production is suf
ficient to support the herd s
quota and then to agree on the
percentage of the monthly pro
duction record they will acquire
with the quota. He advises all
producers purchasing additional
cattle from a herd with quota
to clear with tho milk audit
and stabilization division before
the sale is completed.
Some 1,400 grade A producers
in area 1, which includes all of
the state except Harney, Mai
heur and Curry counties, have
been operating under a market
pool with quotas set by the
state since Oct. 1. Dally class
1 quotas assigned producers in
this area total 1,628,944 pounds.
Curry, Harney and Malheur
counties petitioned to operate
under distributor pools with
dairymen's quotas set by the
distributor. These quotas are not
necessarily affected by produc
tion records.
All areas of the state have
minimum class 1 and class 2
prices set by the state regard-
less of the type of pool in effect.
These prices have been In ef'
feet since Aug. 1.
WESTERN WHITE WHEAT
SALEM National Associa
tion of Marketing Officials has
louowed the lead of the Nation
al Association of State Depart
ments of Agriculture in support
ing wheat growers of the North
west In their objection to the re
deslgnation of western white
wheat as mixed white wheat,
HENRY HARTMAN
New Man-of-the-Year
Hartman To Get
Man of Year
AgricultureAward
The Oregon Farm Bureau
Federation will honor their
Man of the Year" with their
special "Gold Medal" award for
distinguished service to uregon
agriculture in presentation cere
monies Tuesday evening at
their convention in Salem.
The award, presented annual
ly to the man who has contrib
uted the most to Oregon agri
culture, will be presented to
Henry Hartman, the man who
built the pear industry in Ore
gon.
Hartman was head of the hor
ticultural department at Oregon
Mate university from 1942 until
his retirement in 1955. He still
continues to work on rest arch
and has full time duties .o a
teacher.
Fruit Growers of Oregon hon
ored him in 1953 by presenting
him with the first trophy for
"outstanding H o r t i culturist"
and named the annual trophy
after Hartman.
Achievements
His research achievements
are highlighted by his contri
bution to the pear industry.
During 1929-30, Hartman work
ed out the pear handling prob
lems, which kept Oregon from
realizing its full market poten
tial, He recommended proper
harvest time for pear varieties
and ascertained the length of
time different varieties could be
kept in cold storage.
He found the serious scald
problem in D'Anjou pears could
be controlled by an "oil wrap"
and the problem of gray mold
decay could be overcome with
a special copperized wrap that
today is known as the Hart
man wrap." Bofore Hartman
wrap, mold took a heavy toll of
pears shipped to eastern mar
kets. Another contribution was the
paraffin liners for pear boxes
that all but eliminated friction
bruises in shipment.
Other activities at the ban
quet will include the presenta
tion of 30-Year Service Awards
to Mrs. Frances Clinton Hall,
County Extension Agent, Klam
ath Falls, and Professor D.
Curtis Mumford, Agricultural
Economist, OSU.
The Farm Bureau Editorial
award will also be made during
the annual banquet.
Speaker for the banquet will
be Ernest L. Wilkinson, Presi
dent, Brigham Young Univer
sity, Provo, Utah.
Commodity leaders from
across the state will be on hand
for the Farm Bureau banquet
and greetings will be brought
from the President of the Fu
ture Farmers of America and
from the Oregon Dairy Prin
cess. Cattle Imports
Feature of Talk
YREKA A man who vis
ited Australia and New Zea
land with a committee to in
vestigate cattle imports will
talk at the Siskiyou County
Cattlemen's Association meet
ing Friday, Nov. 15.
Speaker is Harvey McDou
gal, Collinsville, Calif., who
will talk on the pressing prob
lem which affects local cattle
markets.
Cocktail hour is 7 to 8 p.m.
and dinner at 8 p.m. All Jack
son county stockmen planning
to attend should call the Farm
Advisor's office In Yreka, 842
3531, Extension 45. Dinner will
be prime rib or fish.
Hatfield Message
Available in Papers
SALEM, (UPD-Economy was
me oy-wora in the capitol build
ing Monday when Gov. Mark
Hatfield addressed a special
session of the legislature.
The following note was tacked
to the door of the office of Trav
is Cross, the governor's press
secretary:
"In the interests of economy
those wishing complete texts of
tne governor s message arc- di
reeled to a number of newspa
pers which are carrvine same
Representatives and senator
nave copies on their desks."
Farm &
Closer Surveillance
Set On Stock Disease
SALEM Closer surveillance
of cattle and hoe diseases and
eventual eradication of some of
these diseases in Oregon is the
aim of changes in Oregon's live
stock regulations being propos
ed by the Oregon Department of
Agriculture.
The proposed regulations will
be discussed at a hearing at the
agriculture building. Salem
Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m.
une ot tne proposed changes
revises the list of animal dis
eases to be reported by practic
ing veterinarians and designates
diseases mat are to be reported
to the veterinary division of the
Oregon Department of Agricul
ture immediately upon their be
ing diagnosed.
Report Immediately
in this list to be reported im
mediately are: Anthrax, blue
tongue, encephalomyelitis, hog
cholera, mucosal disease, New
castle disease, ornithosis, ra
bies, scabies, scrapie, vesicular
diseases and any kind of exotic
disease.
Other diseases on the revised
list are to be reported monthly
on forms provided by the de
partment.
Regulations affecting cattle
cover tuberculosis and epithe
lioma oi tne eye or cancer eye.
mi , ,.. j
iney inciuae:
Import Restrictions on Tuber
culosisWould eliminate the re
quirement of a negative tuber
culosis test within 30 days of
entry into uregon of dairy cattle
from those states west of the
eastern boundary of the states
of North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas. The 30-day require
ment would still be in effect on
dairy cattle and purebred beef
cattle coming from east of these
states; those cattle with tuber
culosis status unknown or of un
known origin; and those tiom
non-modified accredited tuber
culosis areas.
Tuberculosis Testing Proce
dureIf a tuberculosis test re
veals suspects in a herd with
no previous T.B. history the sus
pects will be quarantined and
retested in not less than 60 nor
more than 90 day intervals. If
Garden Tips
By JOHN W. McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
Tree Planting
Before you plant a tree on
the home grounds, consider the
purpose the tree is to serve,
Do you want the tree to frame
the house or to give shade to
some portion of the house. Pos
sibly you may want to screen
an objectionable view.
If you want to frame your
house, the ideal location is usu
ally somewhere along a line
extending from each corner of
the house. The distance the tree
is planted from the house will
depend upon the average diam
eter of a full grown tree of the
species selected. Locate the tree
at a distance equal to one-half
the diameter of the tree when
mature. This will assure you
against damage to the house by
the movement of the branches,
Should this location fall on a
drive, walk or the neighbor's
property, move the tree location
to the nearest unpaved area on
your property. If this location
is too near a building, use a
smaller tree.
Remember when locating a
tree to shade some portion of
the house that the angle at
which the sun's rays strike the
house diners in winter and sum
mer. If the tree is to shade an
outdoor patio, determine what
time of day the paho will be
used to the greatest extent. It
will then be a simple matter to
decide upon the best location
for the tree.
When screening an objection
able view, it is usually desirable
to locate the trees as close to
the property line as possible.
This will avoid the barrier of
trees dividing the lawn into two
sections.
It you plan on planting a
street tree and live within the
Medford city limits, consult the
Medford Street Tree Planting
Commission at the Medford City
Hall. This way you can find out
the selected tree species for
your street.
Tree Spacing
Trees should seldom be plant
ed so close together that the
branches ot one tree touch the
branches of another when both
trees are full grown. Such close
spacing would give too much
of a shut-in effect to the land
scape design.
One good "rule of thumb" to
use is that one large tree such
as (hornless Honcylocust for ev
ery 100 feet square (10.000
square feet) is adequate. Small
trees such a flowering Dogwood
may be used in addition to the
large trees.
An exception to the above
suggestions concerning the spac
ing of trees is where the trees
are to be used as screens. In
this case, it is easily seen that
they should be planted close
enough together so that their
branches will intermingle. This
will create a dense screen ot
continuous effect for as great
a distance as the screen is de
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDt-ORD, OREGON
Garden
there is a history of T.B. Infeo
tion the herd will be quaran
tined when one or more sus
pects are found and all cattle
over six months of age will be
retested at not less than 60 nor
more than 90 day intervals.
Epithelioma of the Eye
Would designate which animals
with epithelioma of the eye
could be sold through tne auc
tion market ring and which
must be sold from the market's
quarantine pen.
Regulation proposals pertain
ing to swine are designed to
control hog cholera, brucellosis
swine erysipelas and leptospi
rosis. Swine Quarantine
Swine entering Oregon for
breeding or feeding or any pur
pose other than slaughter would
be quarantined to the premises
of the first destination for 21
days after date of entry. When
tne auction market is the first
premise the quarantine would
be imposed on the first premise
after leaving the auction mar
ket. The swine must also have
been vaccinated for hog cholera
by one of the following approved
methods: Modified live virus
vaccine with or without anti
hog cholera serum or killed or
inactive hog cholera virus vac
cine. The vaccination would
have to be not less than 21 days
prior to date of entry Into Ore
gon.
Those swine arriving at an
Oregon public stockyard without
vaccination tor nog cnoiera
would have to be vaccinated be
fore removal by one of the
above methods and quarantined
at the buyer's ranch.
Baby pigs under six weeks of
age would be permitted to move
into Oregon without vaccination
if they are nursing a vaccinated
sow.
All breeding swine, except
baby pigs, would be required to
be vaccinated within four
month prior to entry into Ore
gon for swine erysipelas and
eptospirosis. They also would
have to have their vaccination
history on the health certificate.
Pesticide Loss
Shows Big Drop
Research Shows
SALEM Reports of losses
from application of pesticides
investigated this year by the
uregon Department of Agricul
ture dropped to 33 from a total
of 71 in 1902.
Twenty-seven of those losses
reported were valid with dam
age varying from slight to
heavy.
three reports of losses were
not investigated by the depart
ment. Reasons for non-investigations
were: Harvest of crop
prior to investigation; no reply
was received to a letter for
warded to claimant regarding
tne payment of expense in event
applicator was not licensed; the
other report was received from
an area where several other in
vestigations previously had
shown the problem was from a
blight situation and 2,4-D.
The reports, which came from
13 separate counties, involved
21 air applications and six
ground applications. The latter
involved two farmer applica
tions, two railroad, one state
highway and one county high
way. Fifteen of the claims investi
gated were from the use of
2,4-D and on three occasions it
was applied to the wrong field.
Others were: Drift of Dibrom
three; use of Swin, two; drift
of Sodium Arscnitc, one; and
use of D I q u a t and Des-I
Catc, six. One of the latter was
from application to the wrong
field and one pointed toward
failure to shut off the spray or
leaking nozzles on aircraft.
The department is charged
with licensing commercial spray
applicators this year there
were 129 air applicators and 242
ground and may Investigate
examine and determine the ex
tent and nature of alleged dam
age to property or crops from
use or application of pesticides.
However, the department cannot
determine the source of the
damage, the person who may
have caused the damage or the
financial extent of the loss or
damage.
On request the department
may also serve as a mediator
for an equitable settlement in
the event of a controversy over
damage from pesticides.
National Airlines
To Buy Boeing Jets
SEATTLE (UPI) - National
Airlines has signed an agree
ment lo buy seven Boeing 727
jet airliners with an option tor
three additional 727s, J. 0.
Yeasling, vice president and
general manager of Boeing's
airplane division, announced
Monday.
Purchase price of the seven
planes is $30 million. Boeing
?27s will become operational
with National's fleet in the fall
of 1964.
FROM
THE
GROUND
UP
iy BART BARTLCfl
The application of supplemen
tal plant nutrients to agricul
tural soils in the form of ferti
lizers may and often does in
fluence crop production in sev
eral ways.
The simple concept that an
applied nutritional element di
rectly supplies a given need
for the economic plants con
cerned may be true, then again
the response noted may in no
way reflect direct vsage by
the plant of the nuti -jat in ques
tion. The nutritional elements that
are contained in a complete for
mulation of nitrogen, phosphorus
and potash (N-P-K) fertilizer
may individually or collectively
influence crop yields in several
ways besides providing nutri
ents to the soil that are directly
used by the plant in its growth
and development.
The calcium, sulfate and some
other chemical that is carried
by the fertilizer may be impor
tant in the nutrition of green
plants. The calcium may act as
a soil conditioner and so im
prove the structure of the soil
that its aeration ana drainage
character is made more favor
able as an invironment for plant
roots.
Root System
The mere fact that the root
system is larger and has an
abundant supply of oxygen will
often improve crop yields. The
same good soil conditions tend
to favor large populations of
beneficial soil bacteria that are
necessary to supply green plants
with nitrogen and phosphorus.
Therefore, the nitrogen and
phosphorus nutritional status of
of crop plants may be improved
with improvement of soil struc
ture without the application of
any nitrogen or phosphorus fer
talizer. The same fact may be
true for several of the other sou
supplied plant nutrients.
It is also very possible that
some chemical that is contained
in a fertilizer mixture can have
harmful effects on the nutri
tional status of plants.
It is possible to do great dam
age to some soils by applying
sulfates, chlorides or sodium.
Sulfates in moderate quantities
may be a good source of suiter
for both the soil bacteria and
economic plants. Further appli
cations tends to make the sous
too acid for best crop produc
tion. Sodium in even very small
quantities destroys the struc
ture of clay soils. Chlorides are
beneficial to some crops and
very detrimental to others. The
plant species that have long
existed near bodies of salt water
are often very tolerant of soil
chlorides.
Soil tests for determining the
level of plant nutrients is never
reliable indicator of what fer
tilizers to apply for best crop
production. It is at best only a
guide as to what the soil needs.
The soil test should always be
followed by plots that have re
ceived a great many different
fertilizer treatments, before
large amounts of labor and
and money are expended in the
extensive use of fertilizers.
Grange Master
Warns on Unify
PORTLAND (UPI) -National
Grange Master Herschel D.
Newsom Monday warned that
overemphasis of political unity
by the European economic com
munity could be detrimental to
the economic unity oi the free
world.
He spoke at the opening ses
sion of tlie 97th annual conven
tion of the National Grange
here. The convention runs nine
days.
Newsom laid out a middle of
the road course for the relief
of the international and domes
tic programs.
He said that the European
economic community's policies
of sociological considerations
rather than economic considera
tions had done serious damage
to the competitive position of
American agricultural pro
ducers. He cited the recent increase
of tariffs against American
poultry, fruits, free grains and
lard.
Newsom said the Grange will
not ignore the economic aspects
of international trade because
this would invite economic stag
nation. Agriculture Secretary Orville
Freeman is scheduled to speak
tonight. About 1,500 delegates
are attending.
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invoitmtnt.
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State Farm Department Adjusts
To Curtailed
SALEM Members of the
State Board of Agriculture have
given their approval last week
to adjustments in services
planned by the Oregon Depart
ment of Agriculture to meet its
reduced budget.
The action was taken Oct. 24
at a board meeting in Salem
after Director James F. Short
and E. A. Bamford, chief of
the department's business ad
ministration division, had re
viewed cuts that would have to
be made as a result of the loss
of funds through defeat by the
Oct. 15 referendum of the in
come tax passed by the 1963
legislature.
General fund reductions to
the department as proposed by
Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield total
$258,000. In addition to this the
department's budget, which was
roughly $10,000 below that for
1961-63, will have to absorb
$19,054 not included in the
budget originally because two
meft plants had been expected
to transter irom state to teaerai
meat inspection but have re
mained under state inspection,
and some $60,000 for salary in
creases approved for civil serv
ice positions. This -makes the
total tab $338,000.
Adjustments as listed by Short
and Bamford included:
U. S. Trade Talks
Could Hurt Fruit
CORVALLIS - The coming
tariff negotiations between the
United States and the European
Economic Community could
have a serious effect on the
pocketbooks of cherry producers
in this country, according to
Oregon State University agri
cultural economist John A. Ed
wards. Under the Trade Expansion
Act of 1962, present tariff rates
could be cut a maximum of 50
per cent. The extent of actual
tariff cuts depends on the re
sults of the negotiations, which
Market Increases
At Midway Sale,
Up $1 to $2
The market was stronger at
the Midway Auction yard Fri
day, Nov. 8, acocrding to Bill
Bray, owner-manager. Prices
were $1 to $2 higher. He noted
he is now receiving inquiry
calls from buyers which is a
good sign.
A total of 390 cattle were sold
Friday. Good to choice steer
calves sold at $25 to $26.10. Me
dium steer calves sold for $22
to $24.50. Common calves went
out at $19 to $21.50.
Good heifer calves sold for
$21.50 to $24. Medium heifer
calves went out at $19 to $21.
Medium to good yearling
heifers sold for $19 to $20.40.
Several penlots of these heifers
went out abov $20.
Holstcln steer calves sold for
$18 to $19.10. Yearling Holstein
steers sold for $16 to $17.50.
Utility Cows
Smooth utility cows sold for
$14 to $15.50. Cutters sold for
$11.50 to $13.50 and canners
for $8 to $11.
Good young cows and heifcr-
ettes sold for $16 to $17.50.
We are pleased to report a
brighter market outlook," Bray
commented.
"There was a large buver at
tendance at last Friday's sale
and it was obvious from the
start that they came to buv.
ine mam interest is on light
weight cattle. We expect to get
real strong prices for our wean
ers and light yearlings this
coming Friday. Cattle weighing
over $650 pounds are still slow
because of the low fat market,
"We will have the grandstand
full of buyers this week. Bring
your calves and light yearlings
to tne leeaer sale Nov. 15
Bray said.
SPRAY TOLERANCES
SALEM Tolerances would
be established on all agricultur
al chemicals if the U.S. Depart
ment of Aericulture anri IT K
Food and Drug Administration
follow proposals made by J. D.
Patterson, chief chemist with
tne Uregon Department of Ag
riculture.
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Operating Expenses
Tightening tne nours oi mem
inspection to a minimum pro
gram that still offers complete
inspection of meat, but means
plants will have to fit their kill
into a tighter schedule. This
also means a reduction in sani
tary inspections of meat proc
essing kitchens.
A nine per cent reduction m
the state's portion of funds for
the animal diagnostic labora
tory. Elimination of part of the
state's contribution to the pre
datory animal control program,
a joint program participated in
by the State Department of
Agriculture, federal govern
ment, counties and the State
Game Commission. (Jackson
county last budget session
eliminated its contribution to
the government hunter program
for one year.)
Sharp curtailment of the bru
cellosis and tuberculosis testing
program, the rancher and dairy
man picking up the tab for all
testing performed to permit the
sale or transfer of livestock or
livestock products.
A reduction in the dairy in
spection staff by one position.
A reduction in the work done
in weight checking of packages
in retail stores.
are scheduled to start in the
near future..
According to Edwards, a 50
per cent cut in tariffs on im
ported cherries could mean a
drop of $1,457,330 in the gross
income of domestic cherry
growers. The OSU economist
points out that Oregon is a
major producer of cherries for
brining. Oregon cherry grow
ers marketed some $7,554,000
worth of fruit in 1962.
According to a special report
released by Edwards, a 50 per
cent reduction in U. S. tariffs
on brined and finished cherries
would increase imports by an
estimated 2,261 tons (fresh
weight equivalent) over the
1946-61 average, within the five
years following the tariff re
duction. Drop Expected
Gross receipts to the domestic
cherry processing industi-y would
drop by 8.3 per cent, if the in
dustry met increased foreign
competition through lower out
put; to as much as 15.4 per
cent, if price drops were the
cherry industry's answer to the
problem.
Under the protection afforded
by the tariff act of 1930, Ed
wards points out, the produc
tion of brined cherries increased
from 5,000,000 pounds in 1929 to
82,209,250 pounds in 1962. De
spite the tariff, though, imports
of cherry products have risen
almost continuously since 1946.
Italy is the primary source of
U. S. imports of cherries in
brine, while France supplies
the major portion of glace'
cherries to the U. S. Both coun
tries are members of the E.E.C.
If domestic processors low
ered their output because of
import competition, some of the
growers who are producing
cherries for brining would be
forced to switch their sales to
fresh markets. Eventually, this
would mean a drop in produc
tion, since some varieties ,of
cherries are not as acceptable
in the fresh market, and there
is a limit to the amount of
cherries that can be sold
through fresh outlets.
If the cherry processing in
dustry adjusted to the increased
competition promised by a 50
per cent tariff cut by lowering
output, their income would prob
ably drop about 8.3 per cent
irom tne 1946-61 average. How
ever, if prices were lowered
enough to meet the competition,
total cherry processing industry
receipts would drop about 15.4
per cent, according to Edwards.
From his analysis of availa
ble data on cherry demand and
marketings, Edwards estimates
a permanent reduction of about
7.5 per cent in grower income
from cherries as the end result
of a 50 per cent reduction in
cherry import tariffs under
present conditions.
Edwards points out that his
study makes no attempt to
evaluate the overall gains or
losses resulting from greater
freedom of trade between the
U. S. and the E.E.C.
Reduction in the ragweed rnn
trol program.
Restriction of out of stats
travel to bare minimums.
Restriction of out of stats
travel to bare minimums.
- Transfer of a statistician from
agricultural development riivi.
sion to the milk audit and sta
bilization division, which is fee
supported and has been actively
recruiting for a statistician, plus
uie reuuuuuu in clerical help
in agricultural development.
Shift Attorney
An administrative shift of an
assistant attorney general from
the general fund to the milk
stabilization division w h e r a
there is need of a full time at
torney. A probable reduction in elerf.
cal- help in business adminis.
tration.
And, in reserve, is a possible
cutback in the brucellosis vac
cination program, which Short
and the state veterinarian, Dr.
Glenn B. Rea, both said they
hoped would not be necessary.
lommenung on tne service
reductions, Short said it was
not possible to cut the budget
without a corresponding reduc
tion in services because the de
partment had made a very tight
budget for 1963-65.
He noted that cuts had been
made with consideration of
those services affecting public
health and welfare and with
consideration of the long range
impact on agriculture and on
the department's organization.
Bamford said the reduction in
personnel was being largely ab
sorbed by the department's not
filling positions that have be
come vacant since the referen
dum petitions were filed.
Reportin to the board on the
status of the new building for
the department, Director Short
said the building would be un
affected by the change in the
tax picture because it would be
self liquidating. However, it has
been delayed because two smai!
lots still remain to be purchased
at the location selected for the
building and funds for the pur
chase are presently frozen.
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