Berry Breeding
Program Outlined
CORVALLIS - Work devoted
to breeding new varieties of
strawberries, red raspberries
and blackberries has ben out
lined by lieorge Waldo, U. S.
Department of Agriculture hor
ticulturist stationed at OSU
In strawberries, more empha-1
sis in recent years has been i
placed upon obtaining red stele
resistance as well as the pos-
sibility ot good commercial vari
eties not red stele resistant, he ;
5a'd-. . . ! at the North Willamette Ex-
Definite red stele resistance ; periment Station at Aurora and
in greenhouse tests has been some may be sent out or lrial
found in nine or 10 selections under growjng conditions dif
jn recent years, but, with one forert fr0m those of the Willam
possiblc exception, none will be i ette valley
commercially acceptable, Wal- i Presently there is no one rai
do noted.
One of the difficulties en
t.'ountered is obtaining good size,
he explained, since parent mate
rial giving red stele resistance
FROM
THE
GROUND
UP
By BART BARTLtn
' The pruning foreman of each
pear, peach or apple pruning
crew should be instructed to
search for and report instances
of crusted scale on the limbs
or twigs of fruit trees.
In many cases spraying can
be limited to the area that shows
scale and result in some sav
ings in labor, equipment and
materials.
The final statistics for the ag
riculture business of this coun
try for the current year indi
cates that farmers as a group
will receive about the same
amount of cash as total income
. this year as received in 1962.
However, the prices farmers
.. have had to pay in terms of
taxes for labor, materials and
. equipment are much higher
than during 1962. The net re
sult is that farm income is down
from one year ago.
Getting Less -Locally,
the fruitgrowers and
cattlemen are getting less mon
ey per unit for a product that
has cost more to produce in
1963 than in 1962. The farmer
is forced to mechanize as much
as possible. This only trans
fers the problems of unemploy
ed persons from farm to city.
The urban industries are also
caught in a price - cost squeeze
and are going to automation to
solve their problem. The net
result is that the cities have a
problem with unemployed per
sons before the displaced farm
laborer arrives.
Much can be said and will
be said about who is respon
sible for the welfare of uncm-
' ployed persons, At present,
loud noises arc being made
about more education and re
training of these economically
displaced people. Somehow
more education and retraining
of people for jobs that do not
now exist docs not make much
sense. Why retrain a person to
be a computer operator when
there is at present more com
puter operators than our civil-
' ization can absorb?
No Solution
- This is not a solution to the
problem under discussion
above, but a statement of facts.
There are too many people.
Many inquiries came in re
garding mistletoe in oak trees.
Mistletoe is
parasite of the
native oaks. When it grows on
most of the larger limbs of an
oak tree, it will cither kill the
tree or dismember it by killing
the limbs. There are no sprays
" that can be applied for con
trol of this pest. It can be re
moved by pruning in some
cases. In other cases it must
be removed by breaking off
as close to where it grows on
a limb as is possible.
Fred Brennan
RESOLVED FOR '64
We thank you sincerely for your patronage,
which has helped to make the past year so
pleasant for us, and we firmly resolve to
serv you even
25 West Main Street
usually gives small size in the
progeny
Highest yields have been ob
tained in selections where the
average size has been medium
or small, but, under the most
favorable growing conditions,
the size of some selections is
not objectionable, Waldo report-
ed. High flavor quality also has
been difficult to obtain.
Extensive testing of npw sp-
lections is now heins carried nn
raspberry variety grown that
is acceptable in all ways for
Pacific Northwest growers since
each lacks one or more essen
tial characteristics that makes
them unsuitable to grow under
certain conditions, Waldo point
ed out.
The breeding program's main
objective for the past few years
has been directed toward over
coming the problem of red rasp
berry plants dying out after
they are three or four years
old. This has been a particular
problem on heavy soils and also
occurs on some lighter soils.
Red Raspberry
The Fairview red raspberry,
released two years ago, is very
satisfactory in its productivity
and apparently fairly well adap
ted to hea.7 soil. Use of it is
being made in breeding and a
number of selections from a cross
between Fairview and Cuthbert
may be available for future test
ing. The OSU Agricultural Experi
ment Station now has many
blackberry selections for consid
eration as possible varieties
that may have economic value
and which can be used for fur
ther breeding research, Waldo
reported.
However, the rapid increase
in Thornless Evergreen acreage
and its widespread use by con
sumers lead to the conclusion
that selections under considera
tion may never reach economic
value, at least not in the near
future, he said.
One principal objection to the
Evergreen is its late harvest
season. A thornless type, with
an earlier harvest season and
better qualities has been the
ideal toward which much of tne
breeding work is now oriented.
More Birds, Eggs
Forseen in 1964
CORVALLIS More poultry
and eggs are in prospect for
1964, with the gains probably
equaling or exceeding population
growth. This should keep Ore
gon prices near or below 1963
levels.
This is the outlook as seen
by Charles M. Fischer, Oregon
State University extension poul
try marketing specialist. Fischer
makes his observations in the
new Oregon Farm and Market
Outlook circular just published
by OSU and available from the
county extension offices.
The increase in national egg
production is expected to be rel
atively small and moderate ex
pansion is foreseen for broilers
and turkeys, Fischer said.
Egg production level for the
first half of 1964 is largely fixed
by the number of layers and po
tential layers currently on hand,
On Oct. 1, the number was the
same as a year earlier, he said
suggesting that the national
flock will be about the same size
as the laying flock on Jan. 1
1963.
As the year progresses, how
ever, new layers will be added
and, by the second quarter,
I layer numbers may exceed the
1963 level by about one per cent.
Much of the expected increase
in egg production will likely
stem from an increase in eggs
per layer, particularly in the
first quarter, Fischer said.
Lowell Iverton
JMford
Chit
By JCE
Mail Tribune
"People sa you've heard
beef that is ruining our prices.
many animals in the feed lots.
"Just where do they expect us to send them? And if the prices
were better they would be moving this beef into the butcher shops
faster. These feedlot operators have a big investment, too. You
can't blame 'em for holding back hoping the market will im
prove." This was a local part-time farmer talking. He hopes to build
up his small herd into a full time job. It takes money to buy
good bulls and even more m8ney to feed 'em. He knows that
if the commercial caHleman is hurt the purebred man is, too.
It's tke commercial me who lesys his bulls.
People in the caitle businoss Utreughout the cattle raising
states are i sling the pinch of competition from the heef imports
of Australia and New Zealand. They want something done about
it. They know that to get something done they will have to write
many letters to their Congressmen. The governors of the seven
cattle-raising states already are planning a joint campaign to
help the cattleman with tkis problem.
Bill Marshall, first vice president of the Oregon Cattleman's
Association, told the Jackson County Stockmen's Association at
its last general meeting that "we need to re-educate the executive
branch, too. Considerable progress is being made."
Although the cattlemen, like the general public, deeply regret
Kennedy's assassination, they teel optimistic over getting federal
help with their problems now that a cattleman is president.
The New York Times summed up this optimistic outlook re
cently by stating that the Texan's background and legislative
skills learned as a senator could ease the way for farm bills.
Many lawmakers feel there may be more White House interest
in farm legislation and increased administration willingness to
make careful compromises.
We never have felt Ihe late president had a very clear insight
into farm problems. He depended heavily on Secretary of Agri
culture Freeman.
Although we feel generally that Freeman is a sharp politician
and capable administrator of his department, he seems to lack
sufficient understanding of specific agriculture problems. The
western range problem is one of these. We interviewed him when
he was in Portland to kick off the national rural area development
program. When we asked him how he proposed to solve the prob
lem of cutbacks on government range land grazing he replied
that under his program surplus wheat lands would be planted to
gra ). This would provide more grazing, he explained.
The conversion of eastern Oregon wheallands would not help
western Oregon cattlemen. Transportation of cattle herds from
here to there, for instance, would be entirely impractical.
Observers are predicting that President Johnson will forego
the more daring farm policy departures that led the Kennedy
Administration up so many blind legislative alleys. Being a
rancher he will probably rely more on his own instincts. Further
more, he understands the traditional policies of farm legislation.
He knows the key people well and can talk their language.
President Lyndon B. Johnson's help was expected to help push
through the long-delayed cotton subsidy bill initiated by his
predecessor's administration. So far it has met some serious
rebuffs from Republican and big city congressmen. Our own
Congressman Robert Duncan has vigorously opposed it. And we
think he is right in wanting a simpler, more direct subsidy bill
as an alternative. As long as Ihe people's money is being used
for such supports let them see exactly what the picture is and
how the money is being spent.
The cotton bill and some major wheat legislation is expected
to receive new impetus with the start of the new year. Johnson's
home state also relies heavily on Mexican National labor to har
vest its crops, particularly the citrus. His interest should help
further extension of the Mexican farm labor program. We also
hope he will take an active interest in negotiating with the Com
mon Market countries in easing non-tariff restrictions on such
West Coast specialty crops as pears.
Since Oregon's Duncan has involved himself in the cotton
bill as a member of the House agriculture committee, an explana
tion of what this is all about might be helpful.
The government pays cotton growers a price-support subsidy
that allows them a fatter return than they'd get on a free market.
But domestic cotton can't compete with foreign-grown fiber sell
ing in the world market at about 24 cents a pound when it receives
a support price ot 32'i a pound for a key grade. The government,
to meet this problem, also subsidizes cotton exports.
It currently pays exporters the
domestic and world price. But,
ing manufacturers are hurt because foreign firms arc buying
U. S. grown cotton at 24 cents and turning it into yarn, shirts and
sheets and can resell it here cheaper than U. S. goods. This
has resulted in the new demand, covered by the proposed cotton
law, for a third subsidy which would cut the mills' cost for domes
tic cotton to the same price the
So, in effect the bill proposes
effects of the first two subsidies.
would cost the U. S. taxpayers
years, those opposing it say it
On the face of il, the proposed cotton bill seems somewhat
ridiculous, but then we are not living in a textile producing state
or in an area where cotton is being grown.
We do think in comparison
industry the help being asked by
much less expensive and certainly
try wants tariffs to more tightly control beef imports. The fruit
industry wants non-tariff barriers lifted on its overseas markets,
particularly since U. S. fruit seldom competes wilh European
fruit in its own markets due to different seasons of production
and buropcan truit shortages in
If LBJ plans to keep his vow to
ing then it is obvious where his
be directed. The fruit export problem we will discuss separately
The beef import problem is a
vice president here. In 12, 11
consisted of imported beef. During the first six months of 1963
this was increased 14 per cent
oi 1962. Those cattlemen who have travelled Australia and New
Zealand during recent cattle tours emphasize that Australia alone
has the potential to put U. S. beef producers out of business
This should be Johnson's big beef now.
The true dimensions of the imported beef threat are revealed
when you take a close look at Australia's geography. The world's
largest beef station, "Alexandria Downs," has 70.000 shorthorn
beef cattle ranging over 11,000 square miles, an area almost
as large as Belgium.
The farmer is still the backbone of Australia and the govern
ment knows it. Australia's state and federal governments help
with capital, equipment, irrigation works and mass-development
methods which in many esses put a young man on a fenced,
partly-devr.loped farm, complete with farmhouse and sheds. But
this doesn't take all the hardship out of Australian farming. Since
the best land was taken over 100 years ag, a young would-be
farmer often must hack his land out of bush, coax it into pro-
p activity with water, fertilizers
TSiis combination of government assistance and farmers will
s' inc lo bend their backs i-i going
asmosl. furthermore, Australia
Australian funds allocated for
top $1 million in the coming year.
MEDFORD
Chat
COWLEY
Farm Editor
'em that it isn't the imported
The ranchers are keeping too
8'4 cent difference between the
now U.S. textile mills and cloth
foreigners pay.
a third subsidy to offset the
Those boosting the bill say it
$200 million during the next three
would be closer to $635 million.
with the demands of Ihe cotton
the beef and fruit industries is
not as selfish. Ihe beef indus
recent years.
cut down on government spend
major agriculture efforts should
serious one, as noted by the OCA
per cent of the beef in the U.S.
over the same six months period
and perhaps some minerals.
to be a tou,sh thing to compete
s farmers must export to live.
Vattle anr? beef research may.
This research Is administered
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD,
FFA AND FIIA PROJECT Girls of the
Phoenix hign school chapters of Future
Homemakers of America and Future Farm
ers of America made holiday decorations for
the Phoenix high school in the new voca
Washington Fruit Growers
Watching
The Central Washington fruit
growing area completed a fruit
tree census and resulting report
in 1961. This is something which
Oregon is doing now.
Porter Lombard, Southern
Oregon Branch Experiment Sta
tion superintendent, learned this
when he attended Ihe recent
Washington Stale Horticultural
Society meeting in Wenatchee,
Wash, recently. The Washington
fruit growers are concerned
with the large number of trees
which '.-ill come into bearing
the next few years as is Ore
gon and California. This could
dump a surplus of fruit on the
market and depress the prices,
growers feel.
Ihe Central Washington grow
ers are concerned particularly
with apples since this is their
main product. This past season
they shipped 35,000 carloads of
29 million boxes. A normal year
ships 30.000 carloads. When
picking they had estimated a
crop of 20 million boxes.
Watching Trend
The growers are watching this
production trend and are study
Seed Catalogues Brighten Winter
With New Flower, Vegetable Varieties
Brightly colored seed cata
logues are providing the bridge
from winter to spring as gar
deners sit by the fire and men
tally start planting flowers and
vegetables.
W. Alice Burpee Company of
Philadelphia, Pa., Clinton, Iowa
and Riverside, Calif., has just
mailed out its catalogues with
brightly colored zinnias on the
cover and luscious red straw
berries spilling out of a box
printed on the mailing enve
lope. In flowers this year Burpee
is featuring their new Zenith
Zinnias for 1964. The company
claims these are mildew resis
tant plants which will bear
flowers for a longer time. These
flowers grow two feet tall and
measure 5',-i to six inches
across. i
The new varieties include Bo
nanza, the 1904 All - American
Silver Medal winner, large flow
ers of light golden orange; the
Princess, a light salmon pink
and the Firecracker, the 1963
All- American Silver Medal
winner of bright red.
Other Flowers
Otner new flowers for 1964 arc
the Bijou Sweet Peas in five
separate colors which can be
planted in borders, beds and
window boxes for the flowers
are only 12 inches tall. Colors
range from white to scarlet
cerise. The Fireglo sweet pea is
in the New Galaxy group, long
stemmed sprays with live to
seven clear scarlet fragrant
flowers from midsummer on.
The new American Marigold,
Geraldine named alter Mrs. Wil
lard S. Curtin, wife of the Penn
sylvania congressman, is a
large fluffy mum-type flower in
deep orange which grows from
mid-summer on.
Texas, a clear yellow mum
type flower, also a new Ameri
can Marigold, measures 4'6 in
ches across.
Ihe Topper snapdragons arc
new rust - resistant Fl hybrids tinue vaccination statewide,
which grow vigorously and defyi After the Oct. 15 cuts in state
Ihe heat Three new colors arc ' department of agriculture burlg
flaming orange - scarlet, clear jet. the state had lo cut off pay
lavender and rose - pink. These! ments for vaccination on Nov.
grow three feel tall. I 15 and al that time a December
The mahogany and gold Pin-! IS cu,0,( 'ederal payments
wheel Gloriosa daisies are vig- j was announced,
orous plants that last for years i The stale-federal program
since they stand heat and sub-1 will continue to supply Brucella
zero winters. Ideftl for this cli-j
mate. '
Other new flowers for 1964 in
clude the 1964 All - America
by the Australian Cattle and Beef Research Committee. Grants
lor research cover pastures and fodders, beef cattle husbandry,
diseases and pests, economic and marketing and survey and ex
tension. The committee also supports studies on Ihe costs of
more intensive land development for beef eatlle production and
nfkes a critical appraisal of the ryuirns obtained from several
current management procedures.
OREGON
Tree Plantings
ing their markets and develop
ment of various by-products and
marketing aids.
Some growers feel controlled
atmosphere storage such as was
experimented with here on
pears can save them, Lombard
commented. This would spread
out the market so apples could
hit the higher prices brought in
April, for instance.
The Central Washington apple
industry has developed an ap
ple juice concentrate similar to
the citrus concentrates purchas
ed in our local markets. A Che
lan, Wash, plant uses 300 tons
of apples a day for this process.
Another plant is located at Sc
lah, Wash. This product will go
to Denver and Texas when mar
kets develop there and is now
being shipped to Southern Cali
fornia and Washington state
markets. This may indicate that
pear nectar or juice can be pro
cessed in similar fashion.
The tree census study shows
that Central Washington, in
1961 had 5,132,100 apple trees
representing 57.4 per cent of all
Bronze Medal winners, Fireglow
eclosia, Evening Glow salvia
and Pink Buttons Zinnia, the
Tom Thumb Zinnias which grow
10 inches high.
New Vegetables
The 1964 vcgclnhlc inlrodue-
lions Include the Prizclakcr pole
lima which produces beans two
or three times larger than other
varieties, according to the cata
logue, the Big Max pumpkin
measuring 60 inches around
and averaging 100 pounds and:elll'lv scason "ibhagc, Brussels
the Delicious tomato which
weighs a pound.
Leafing through the catalogue
the huge round yellow blossoms
of marigolds make our green
thumbs itch. These arc the kind
of plants the most amateur of
gardeners can plant successful
ly. Burpee has been seeking a
pure white marigold for a long
time and is still offering $10,000
for seeds of a while marigold of
Bangs Program
Stopped in State
SALEM The federal-stale
payments for brucellosis
alf-
vaccinations halted throughout
Oregon on Dec. 31. Cattlemen
have to foot the bill for vacci
nation. Dr. Glenn B. Ilea, state vet
erinarian, said he had been ad
vised by Dr. A. G. Beagle, fed
eral veterinarian in charge in
Oregon, of word from Washing
lion of a $30,000 cut in federal
funds for fee services in Ore
gon. This put the axe in plans lo
continue vaccinal ion on a fee
basis. On Dec. fl, Dr. Beagle had
advised a joint meeting of the
State Brucellosis Advisory Corn
mitlce and Stale Board of Live
stock Auction Markets that the
federal government could
con-
vaccine, as previously, under
agreement between practicing
veterinarians and the folerai
stale program officials.
tional agriculture and shop building recent
ly. The girls are from left: Margaret Gro
chocki, Mary Sue Emerson, Claudia Adams
and Sally Dyer.
fruit trees. Barllelt pear trees
ranked second in numbers, 1,-
710,900, or 19.1 per cent. Other
fruit tree percentages are 7.2
for peaches, 5.1 for cherries, 5.3
for winter pears, 3.9 for prunes,
1.7 for apricots and .3 for plums.
Winter pear trees numbered
476,300.
Notes Big Increase
Lombard noted "a tcriffic in
crease in Bartletts" in Central
Washington the last few years.
Seventy per cent of the Bart
letts raised in Washington arc
from Yakima county, he noted
A lot of Bartlctt trees have been
planted in the lower Yakima
Valley, he added. Washington
growers are decmphasizing
pear decline because the sus
ceptible trees have either died
or have been removed. I lie
earliest signs of pear decline
were noted in Washington.
The Washington tree survey
breaks down to varieties and
counties, Lombard explained.
He hopes the Oregon survey
now being compiled at Oregon
Slate University will follow the
same lines.
i 2Mi inches across. Deadline for
the current contest is Dec. 31,
1964. Burpee now has an al
most while marigold called
Whitey. And there are phlox,
r ST. . Vi
kinds of dwarf flowers from
,,,-f f u,n,- f,m
gypsy marigolds to portulacas.
Nothing tastes belter than
vegetables fresh from the gar
den. The catalogue shows large
sprouts, cantaloupes, carrots
celery, sweet corn, encumbers,
eggplant, tomatoes, all kinds of
herbs, onions, peas, beets and
spinach.
Early varieties are important
to backyard vegetable growers
who want to beat the high cost
of early market vegetables.
Green Pod bush snap beans can
be harvcsled in less than two
months. Grecnharl Ictluce is
ready for salads in 45 days. The
Red Ball beet is ready in 60
days. Other such vegetable va
rieties include the Earliana cab
bage, hybrid cantaloupes, Gold
inhart carrots, Burpeeana cauli
flower, Golden bantam corn,
Burpeeana hybrid cucumber,
hybrid eggplanl, Glohemastcr
tomato. Fordhnok hvhrid wiitnr.
i melon. There are manv others.
Serious Losses
Due To Scours
"I wish I hHd 10 per cent ol
the money cattlemen have lost
from calves dying from scours,"
a veterinarian said Ihe other
day,
In discussing this vital disease
problem he pointed out there is
no quick remedy. Half the time
such a loss is due to poor
management, he said.
The Jackson County Stock-
men's Association recommends
(hat all cattlemen start planning
their winter and spring calving
programs by including innocu
lations against scour s. Those
with a history of calf losses in
Ihcir herds due lo scours should
consult their local veterinarian.
Scours ir a bacteria caused
infection of the intestines which
causes diahrrca. This loss of
body fluid often kills calves, il
was explained. This problem is
particularly acute durigg wet
weather.
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Farm &
New Dried Pear
Products Developed
Jackson County pear shippers
have been shipping 3.500 tons of
cull pears in normal years to
California processors for pear
nectar or concentrate.
lno University of California
has developed new dried pear
products which are translucent
and chewy in the form of dried
halves or pears with a taffy con
sistence in sheets ot dried
puree.
Artificial dohvdration is the
key to the new process and re
places traditional and tedious
sun drying. A hot air tunnel
causes fresh pear halves and
puree to give up their excess
moisture in a few hours, retain
ing color and flavor that might
be lost otherwise.
Martin W. Miller, University
Records Needed
For New Census
01 Agriculture
Every farmer and rancher
will have need (or records on
his business in 1964 in order to
provide accurate answers for
the dn-il-yoursclf questionnaire
he will receive near the end of
the year as part of the 1964
Census of Agriculture, accord
ing to the Bureau of the Census,
U. S. Department of Commerce.
Each farmer or rancher will
receive a census form by mail
in October or earlier, and will
be asked to fill it out. A
census taker will visit Ihe farm
during November or early De
cember to review the fillcd-out
form, make sure that all ques
tions are answered, and send
the form to Census headquar
ters. The "do-il-yourscif' plan is
expected to save several mil
lion dollars compared with the
method used in earlier (arm
censuses in which a census
taker asked all the questions
and wrote the answers on the
census form.
For the first time, the 1964
census oi Agriculture will in-
ClUde questions about income
received from recreation scr-
vices, such as hunting or fishing
privileges, board and room
provided to sportsmen; and
questions about chemical sprays
or dusts used during the year
to control pcsls and diseases of
any kind. The bulk of questions
will deal wilh crops and live
stock produced and sold, use of
farm land and amounts of farm
expenditures.
"The most significant farm
census since 1940" is the des
cription by Ray Hurley, who
has directed the Censuses of
Agriculture at five-year inter-
i vls over Ihe past quarter con-
"mi.ii-i"i nguwiiiuii: Illin
been undergoing wide-spread
and massive changes and Ihe
Census provides the only ac
curate measures of those
duinges," Mr. Hurley said.
The 1964 Census of Agricul
ture will provide the first count
of the nation's farms since the
Census of Agriculture in 1959
and Ihe first count of people
living on farms since the Census
of Population in 1960. The num
ber of farms in the nalion de
creased from its high point of
6.8 million in 1935 to 3.7 million
in 11159. The number of people
living on farms dropped from
more than 30 million ni 1940 to
less than 14 million persons in
1960.
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Black," has just been released
for distribution by the American )
Angus Association ol hi. Joseph
Miss. The two-color, 411-page
booklet tells Ihe story of more
than 150 leading cattlemen who
raise Angus feeder calves and
who feed Angus for market.
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Garden
of California food scientist, de
veloped the new methods. He
said it is easier to maintain con
trolled conditions. The new pro
cess has reached the stage of
small scale commercial pro
duction. The dried puree seems to
have the most promise, Miller
said. It can be produced by ma
chine making it possible to con
centrate the fruit in a small
package. It also uses every bit
of the pear except stem, skin
and seeds. The taste is closer
to the fresh pear.
This season, a newly organ
ized processing company, Cal
Dri Fruits, Inc., of Colfax, Pla
cer county, started small scale
commercial production of dehy
drated pear halves and puree.
New Officers Set
For Dairy Council
On Dec. 0, Don Geron. Eanle
Point dairy producer, was se
lected as president of the Ore
gon Dairy Council's Board of
Directors.
Other new Board members
eleeted were Fred Patterson,
Vale; Rod Murray, Manager of
Klamath Falls Crcamerv: Dr.
Roy Stein, superintendent of
Dairy Manufacturing. Oregon
State University; and Ralph
Kirscher, Carnation Company.
speaKcr at the luncheon for
medical and he"alth leaders was
Dr. Robert W. McCammon. di
rector of the Child Research
Council of the University of
Colorado, School of Medicine.
He spoke on, "One View of Eat
ing and Infection in Early
Life."
At the business meeting was
M. F. Brink, National Dairy
Council's associate Director of
the Department of Nutrition Re
search. Dr. Brink discussed,
"Selling the Nutrients in Milk."
The Oregon Dairy Council is
a non-profit nutrition and health
education organization sponsor
ed by all of Oregon's dairy
i armors ana a numDer oi me
dairy processors. It is staffed
hv Ihrpp hnmn ponnnmisls nnil
one dietitian who provide help
to all leaders involved
wilh
health education.
Controls Given
For Meadow Mice
CORVALLIS - Now is the
lime lo look for and control
meadow mice, small rodents
that annually cost Oregon farm
ers thousands of dollars, report
ed Andrew S. Landforce, Ore
gon Slate University extension
wildlife management spcclulisl.
Mice do their damage to or
chards, l..wns, pastures, and
high-value agricultural crops
during fall and winter. Their
presence may be delected along
ditch hanks, fence rows and in
weed patches.
The rodents can he controlled
wilh one per cent zinc phosphide
treated grain, Landforce ex
plained. This is considered safe
to wildlife and other animals
when applied correctly at prop
er rates. It is available at most
feed and seed stores.
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Your coarse or unpalatable
roughage will make a base
for a modern balanced ration
that you can feed with little
labor and no wattage. The
increased meat or milk pro
duced will give you mail
mum returns on a small cash
investment.
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