STATE LEADERS Russ Bowman, La Grande, state vice-president
for Oregon Future Farmers of America, left, and Pat Neal,
Crater chapter, state president, posed recently under the Crater
chapter sign in front of the vocational agriculture building in
Central Point. The two boys had returned from the national FFA
convention in Kansas City. They are scheduled to tour all of the
FFA chapters in Oregon this year to help in leadership training.
When this picture was taken they had attended the combined
district leadership training session at Drain and visited all the
chapters within the district. Alan Bray, Crater FFA, placed third
in the 12 state western regional speech contest.
Stockmen
For Annual Meeting
The Jackson County Stock
men's Association will hold its
annual winter meeting at 10
a.m., Thursday, Dec. 12 in the
Central Point Grange hall.
The Grange ladies will pro
vide the lunch for the all day
meeting.
During last Thursday's di
rectors' meeting it was agreed
to have a speaker talk on a
subject important to the beef
industry. Besides committee re
ports, there will be committee
appointments for the new year
to be announced by President
Gorden Stanley. A committee
meeting on incorporating the
association into a non-profit or
ganization will be held before
the annual meeting, so there
should be a report on this de
velopment, also.
Written Policy
During the Thursday meeting,
it was agreed to draw up a
written policy on feeder sales.
This will be presented for as
sociation approval at the De
cember meeting. Feeder Com
mittee Chairman Leroy Offen
bacher explained some policy
has to be set controlling bring
ing in of cattle from outside
the county. One truckload of
unsifted cattle was sold at the
Rogue Livestock yard after the
sale. This could get out of
hand, he noted. Setting a policy
for dehorning cattle will have
to be worked out gradually, the
directors noted. The emphasis
will continue on good beef-type
cattle.
The feeder sale committee
will set dates for next year's
feeder sales this year to allow
more time for advertising and
promotion, it was agreed.
Theft Resolutions
Stanley noted that the Ore
gon Cattlemen's Association ap
proved two resolutions on cattle
theft during its recent meeting
in Baker. The local directors
approved a resolution to ask
law enforcement officials to
tighten up parole procedures so
a convicted cattle thief serves
at least one-third of his sen
tence. Closer inspection of cat
tle shipments, particularly those
going interstate, will be asked,
also, although the directors felt
that local livestock brand in
spection has been good.
The forestry committee plans
to meet with lumber company
representatives in the near fu
ture to work out grazing lease
problems, Chairman Martin
Grier said. The Forest Service
will work out some means of
more closely identifying cattle
in the near future, according
to OCA reports, it was noted.
The OCA .has suggested a
combined state and local mem
bership fee, an optional $15 or
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ing for more representation and
emphasizing membership num
bers over dues, it was explain
ed. Membership will be discuss
ed at the Dec. 2 OCA board
meeting in Portland.
Food Technologist
Honored at OSU
CORVALLIS - Prof. Ernest
H. Wiegand, Corvallis, founder
and former head of the Oregon
State University department of
food science and technology,
was honored for his outstanding
contributions to Oregon's horti
cultural industry Thursday night
by the Oregon Horticultural So
ciety. Prof. Wiegand, OSU professor
the 1963 recipient of the society's
Hartman Cup, awarded annual
ly for outstanding service to the
industry. Presented by James
Smart, Salem, the award high
lighted the banquet of the so
ciety's 78th annual meeting here
which concluded Friday, Nov.
22.
Prof. Wieand, OSU professor
emeritus of food technology
since his retirement in 1952,
came to Oregon State in 1919
and organized the first four
year curriculum in schools of
higher education to train stu
dents in food technology. He
served as head of the depart
ment 1919 to 1952.
During the years, he set up
research projects which have
meant thousands of dollars to
the Pacific Northwest fruit and
vegetable industry. His meth
od of brining has been adopted
by the maraschino industry in
both the U.S. and Europe and
brings several million dollars
to Oregon each year.
Prune growers saved thou
sands of dollars by the mechan
ical recirculating dryer devel
oped by him. Under his leader
ship, the department developed
a consumer size package of fro
zen fruit, better methods of
canning fruit, dehydration
studies on fruits and vegetables,
standardization of canned and
frozen foods, and pioneered work
on frozen fruits and vegetables.
CANDLELIGHT PARADE
LOS ANGELES (UPI) - A
group of about 100 teen-agers
from Hollywood High School
marched down Wilshire Boule
vard to the city hall Monday
night in a candlelight proces
sion as a tribute to President
Kennedy.
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On Tree Diseases
To Hort Society
CORVALLIS Increasing the
number of spray applications
can reduce mildew infection and
increase yields, reported Dr.
Norman Dobie, Oregon State
University plant pathologist,
who talked before the Oregon
Horticultural Society last week.
Tests conducted by Dobie over
the past three years at Corval
lis show that more frequent
spray applications are effective.
In his tests, apple trees were
sprayed every seven days from
the pre-pink stage through the
third cover with Karathane.
In all, IS applications were
made in comparison with the
five or six generally made, he
said. The tests show that only
about half as many spray appli
cations are being made as
should be, he added.
Karathane, although not per
fect, is still the best chemical
for control of mildew, Dobie
said, although many others have
been tested. One new chemical
does show promise, but it will
require at least one more year
of testing.
Ways in which growers can
fight the mildew problem out
lined by Dobie were:
Prune out infected terminal
twigs at the time of regular
pruning. This may not be prac
tical in a large orchard, al
though he urged that it be
adopted as a practice in small
orchards.
Apply a dormant or delayed
dormant spray.
Use a protectant fungicide
spray to keep a cover on the
trees and prevent the spread
of mildew infection to twigs,
etc. The standard protectant
spray schedule developed fol
lows the growth development of
the tree.
Pear Psylla
Pear psylla, the most damag
ing insect pest of pears in the
West, was discussed by Dr.
Everett C. Burts, assistant en
tomologist, Washington State
Tree Fruit Experiment Station,
Wenatchee.
Growers must rely on a sea
sonal program of insecticide
sprays for control of pear psylla,
he said, stressing important
points in a chemical control
program which may make the
job easier.
Infestations should be kept at
a low level throughout the year
as pear psylla is very destruc
tive and can reproduce rapidly .
Effective early season treatment
makes seasonal control easier.
Simultaneous treatment of
whole areas increases the ef
fectiveness of pre-bloom sprays
by minimizing re - infestation
from one orchard to another.
Effective sprays during the
pre-bloom period and again in
the early post-bloom period will
usually control the insect until
after harvest. An occasional fall
clean-up spray is necessary if
an infestation appears.
Poor application and improper
timing of sprays often have been
reasons for control failure, Burts
stated, but the real problem
comes from the psylla's ability
to become resistant to chemical
sprays, failure to detect this
soon enough and lack of effec
tive materials to substitute into
the program.
He cautioned growers they
must be quick to detect control
failures. This requires thorough
and frequent orchard examina
tions. Problems in controlling spider
mites are similar to those in
the control of pear psylla, Burts
continued. Control measures
must be applied thoroughly and
at the proper time.
The key to successful mite
control is an effective early sea
son program. Growers should
try to avoid having to treat
heavy populations late in the
season by applying the most ef
fective early season program
available, he stressed.
Westigard Speaks
Two trends in spider mite con
trol were cited by P. H. Westi
gard, entomologist at the South
ern Oregon Experiment Station.
These were trends in acaricidal
recommendations and trend in
the researcher's approach to
mite control.
Not many years ago, he point
ed out, researchers could pre
pare recommendations for con
trol of mites that would be suc
cessful over large areas. These
areas have become more con
stricted until "today individual
orchards have become a control
complex within themselves,
quite different, perhaps from
the adjoining orchard."
To compensate for this situa
tion, local extension agencies
have begun to issue their own
recommendations and pesticide
representatives are playing a
role in planning the acaricidal
schedule for the individual grow
er. Supervised Control
The next logical step in the
evolution of pesticide recom
mendations may be the super
vised control approach to mite
vuniroi, using a highly trained
specialist who can accurately
evaluate potential Insect threats
and advise the grower when to
treat and with what material
and when not to treat, Westigard
said.
Most all the grower's cultural
practices influence either direct
ly or indirectly populations of
pest species, he noted, Including
irrigation, pruning, fertilization
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The recent rains, frosts and
winds have now removed most
if not all of the leaves from the
deciduous trees of the area.
This fact, of course, makes it
desirable and even necessary
to accomplish certain tasks
that have to do with the foliar
residue. Storm drains and
drainage systems should be
cleared of accumulations of
leaves. The roofs, gutters and
down-spouts of buildings should
be freed of any deposits of
leaves that may tend to retard
the flow of rain water off of and
away from buildings.
In dry periods, deposits of
leaves on the roofs of homes
may become fire hazars. In oth
er instances, such leaves along
with other debris may cause
rapid deteriation of the roof it
self. Remove Leaves
Fallen leaves should be re
moved from lawns as soon as
possible as they will result in
discolored areas of lawn plants
in a very few days. Where the
lawn cover is kept covered by
piles of leaves for very long
periods of time they may be
killed.
Leaves and other plant debris
can be added to a compost pile
or used to form one. The leaf
mold or organic matter that
can be obtained from such a
compost heap will be useful dur
ing the coming season.
Along with leaf fall the job
of pruning the hundreds of acres
of fruit trees can begin on a
large scale. There are jobs
available now for a large num
ber of persons in the orchards
of this area.
Meetings Disappointing
The meetings of the Oregon
State Horticultural Society that
were held last week in Corval
lis were a disappointment. Ses
sions that were devoted to in
formation of interest to grow
ers were practically devoid of
interest. The subjects covered
were old and had been covered
many times, or they were of
little interest at this time. We
hone a more substantial pro
gram can be provided for the
meetings of this coming year.
The holiday season is at hand
and as usual many home-makers
are busy doing the baking,
and making the decorations so
necessary for the proper cele
bration of we festive - season
by their families..
The past few days have been
tragic, solemn and sad for our
nation and all mankind. In has
proven beyond all doubt that
some men behave in such a
way that many families of ani
mals would be disgraced by
having sOch members among
their kind.
As a nation and a people we
must all suffer loss of stature
in the eyes of the remainder
of the world's nations. We are
not as sophisticated and ma
ture as we should hope to be
at a time when our nation tries
to be a leader in the human
affairs of this earth.
MILK OFFICERS
SALEM Milk sanitation ra
ting officers of the Oregon De
partment of Agriculture will
serve as hosts for a U. S. Pub
lic Health Service Area 9 meet
ing of milk sanitation rating of
ficers at Klamath Falls Nov.
19-21.
Purpose of the meeting is to
consider a program that will
facilitate free movement of in
terstate milk. Subjects consid
ered will be administration, co
ordination and standardization
of the milk sanitation program
and its enforcement and survey
procedures cs they relate to in
terstate milk shipments.
Included in the area besides
Oregon are California, Arizona,
Nevada, Washington, Alaska
and Hawaii.
and cultivation. Any of these
may reduce or increase the im
portance of spider mites, he
said.
Because of this interaction in
the orchard, we can no longer
consider the control of each pest
or the development of new cul
tural practices as a separate or
distinct entity; they have all
become inter-related in the or
chard ecology, Westigard stress
ed.
This type of approach now
existing in research either plan
ned or under way at the Med
ford station includes work on
the effect of rootstock type on
populations of the two-spot spi
der mite, the effect of chelates
on the fecundity of the two-spot
spider mite, the control of the
two-spot spider mite by a preda
tor mite, and the effect of post
harvest defoliation on the winter
carryover of the two-spot spider
mite.
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Developing as Competition
CORVALLIS Dr. John Ca
rew, chairman of the depart
ment of horticulture, Michigan
State University, stressed that
advances in the production
and marketing of fruits - and
vegetables in countries outside
our own are occurring with
blinding speed.
We shall-not be able to ig
nore them. We owe it to our
selves to anticipate them," he
told the Oregon Horticultural
Society recently.
Horticulture in the United
States is "unique," he pointed
out, as no other nation has de
veloped mass production, mass
marketing and mass merchan
dising to such a degree. Now,
however, other nations are be
ginning to affect similar
changes. This is occurring in
both the "underdeveloped"
countries as well as in Europe.
The changing world of horti
culture was underlined by Ca
rew when he described several
developments which he has ob
served in Nigeria, England, The
Netherlands and France.
Nigeria Promising
Nigeria must rate as one of
the most promising tropical
countries in the world, he said
"If you catalogue this country
for ambition, intelligence, sheer
desire to move ahead or agricul
tural potential." Large scale
agricultural training and re
search programs have already
started.
In England, the small land
owner will be rapidly replaced
by large farmers using many of
the same techniques as their
American counterparts, Carew
believes.
He cited the work of the
Dutch in growing more than
4,000 acres of tomatoes under
glass to deliver a product "that
is the envy of the world," as
part of the world wide drive.
Production costs have been
reduced, yields increased and
the Holland grown tomato is in
an even better competitive
situation."
South from Paris, in the low
er end of the Rhone valley, an
enormous irrigation project is
bringing water to land formerly
planted to grapes and which is
now being planted primarily to
fruit and vegetables. A large
processing facility, combining
American, French and Kalian
interests, is underway.
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431 Cattle Sold
At Midway Yard;
Feeder Sale Set
Midway Auction Yard report
ed 431 cattle were sold during
its regular Friday, Nov. 22 sale.
The market was active and
about steady on good quality
calves and yearlings, according
to Owner-Manager Bill Bray. It
was slow on slaughter cows and
low quality feeder.
Good steer calves brought $24
to $25.40. Several penlots of
good 400 to 430 pound calves
brought $24.60 to $25.20. Medium
steer calves earned $20 to $23.50.
Good heifer calves banged the
gate at $20 to $22.60. Medium
heifers brought $18 to $20.75.
Good yearling steers earned
$21 to $22.75. Medium quality
yearlings brought $18 to $20.
Low quality yearling steers
earned $16 to $18.
Yearling Heifers
Good yearling heifers sold for
$17 to $19.50. Medium yearling
heifers sold for $16 to $17.50.
No penlots of good yearling
heifers were offered.
Springer cows brought $140 to
$166 per head. A few cows with
calves earned $150 to $200 per
pair.
Holstein steer calves earned
$17 to $18.40. Yearling Holstein
steers sold for $15 to $16.50.
Fat cows sold for $14 to $16.
Aged utility cows brought $12
to $13.50. Cutters earned $10 to
$12.50 and canners brought $7 to
$10.50.
"It is very difficult to com
pare any weekly sale with a
previous week's feeder sale as
you just can't get the buying
power for the smaller sales.
Bray noted.
"There will not be a sale at
Midway this week, Nov. 29,
since it would come after
Thanksgiving. But, another
feeder sale will be held Friday,
Dec. 6. We Invite your consign'
ments," he said.
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Some of the finest foods and delicacies grown and proc
essed in th great Northwest are packed In glan or
metal or frozen for your convenience. And, many ol them
are (hipped via Union Pacific Railroad. No matter where
you art, chances are the next canned product you buy,
somewhere along the line wai shipped the automated
rtll way.
Throughout th West, on the Union Pacific, automatic
traffic controls and electronic communications, super
vised by (killed personnel, help tpeed your shipments
efficiently, swiftly and dependably. So whenever you
hip, or travel, be specific ... say "Union Pacific."
perous educated nations. She
knows the competitive strength
of a mechanized modern horti
culture. She is confident of her
role in Europe and looks hope
fully to markets outside of Eu
rope," Carew stated.
Developments in all these na
tions is bringing increasing si
milarity with the United tSates,
he continued. Already, many
European growers use the same
varieties, insecticides, fruit
thinners and fertilizers as the
U.S.
Important Competitors
"Sooner than you think they
will be as important competi
tors as your neighbors in New
York or Wisconsin," he cau
tioned, as barriers between na
tions continued to break down.
"We must recognize that these
developments abroad, especial
ly in agriculture, will most cer
tainly affect us."
The competitive aDiuty oi pro
ducing areas will increasingly
be decided by climate and water
and decreasingly influenced by
nearness to market or lauor
cost and availability, he
stressed.
"Thus, I see little hope for
home of our U.S. production
areas where climate is a con
stant source of trouble. Here
in Oregon, however, where
Blue Lakes reach their finest
flavor and where your fruit is
a joy to behold, you have the
opportunity not only to survive,
but to thrive," he said.
Carew suggested that Ameri
can horticulture must continue
tn seek out new ideas for im
proving efficiency in producing
and marketing its products and
not "foolishly discontinue" in
vestment in research, educa
tion and extension.
American horticulture must
become more unified with
skilled executives to represent
its interest in legislatures and
international conferences.
American horticulture must
continually be on guard
"against well-meaning indivi
duals who would lead us into
the blind alley of government
regulated agriculture." .
Expressing an optimistic atti
tude about the future of Ameri
can horticulture, carew said
"I am confident that our cli
matic advantages coupled with
American ingenuity, coopera
tive spirit and freedom will
keep us in front."
Many Northwest food products
go to market on Union Pacific . . . the
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963
Sterilized Milk -Hearing
Held
The Oregon Department of
Agriculture will consider revis
ing its proposed standard of
identity for sterilized milk in
light of testimony presented at
hearing Oct. 31 in Salem.
The proposed standard defines
it as milk containing no viable
microorganisms and with a but
terfat content of not less than
3.5 per cent and a minimum
content of solids not fat of 8.5
per cent.
Foremost Dairies Inc., San
Francisco, Calif., proposed sub
stitution of "processed by heat
to prevent spoilage" for "con
taining no viable micro-organ
isms, pointing out the "no
viable micro-organisms" pro
vision was almost impossible to
meet. This was confirmed by
Prof. Roy Stein, superintendent
of dairy products laboratory.
Oregon State University. Wil
liam Bentley, Pacific Milk
Corp., San Francisco, said his
firm could live with either stand
ard. Hearings officer Kenneth Carl
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