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SUNDAY. AUGUST 28. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIVE rt . --' w ft , THIS FAT SOUTHDOWN LAMB entered in the 1955 Junior Livestock Show that ended Aug ust 23 "took a bow" each time a new bid was made, helped "a little bit" by his exhibitor Sara West of Merrill. The lamb took grand champion honors in the 4-H division and brought $2.80 a pound, a total of $280. Sara is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale West, Merrill sheep club leaders. With Sara, left, and center are Bob Mest and George V. Dugan of Ougan and Mest, Chevrolet dealers, buyers of the animal. ' Potato Vote A reminder to potato growers In all Oregon counties, except Mal heur, and in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California that mid right, August 31, is tho deadline for mailing ballots in a referen- Harvest Of Barley In Basin Slow ' Hie barley harvest In the Klam ath Basin is getting off to a slow start. Some harvesting is being held up by moisture content be cause of the slow ripening second growth. Most farmers who have harvest ed have reported that the yield is under expectations and quality is running about half choice and the rest is grading 1 and 2. 'No price for malting barley has been established to date, however, the elevator men are hopeful of having a quotation, the first of next week. A grain market review for Au gust 19 issued by Oregon State College indicates that the nation's grain markets were mostly soft during the past week. Offerings of a new crop small grains were lib eral and prospects for corn con tinued favorable. Corn prices dropped 11 cents a bushel at Chica go to a six year low. Oats declined 1 to 2 cents at Chicago and Minnea polis but some types of malting barley advanced slightly at Minn eapolis. Portland shared in this week's easy tone on grain. Trading turned slower. Mill demand for wheat slackened and buying interest for foed grains continued quite scat tered in face of sharply lower corn prices and larger offerings of new crop barley and oats. No. 1 Soft White wheat closed at $2.13 to - S2.16 a bushel, down as much as 3 cents a bushel from last week. These prices were 2 to 5 cents under the currently effective sup port rate at Portland. The effective loan rate of $2.18 a bushel is the loan value of $2.28 less an allow ance of 10 cents for storage costs until next April 30 when the gov ernment takes possession if the grain is not redeemed. Feed barley prices declined around $1 a ton during tha week at Portland. Good feed barley test ing 45 pounds to the bushel and grading No. 2 Western was quoted at $44 to $44.50 a ton track basis at the week's close. This is 50 cents to $1 under the effective loan rate if $5 a ton is allowed for storage costs. Loan rates on 1955 crop barley in the Willamette Valley counties ranRC from $42.92 in Lane county to $45.42 a ton in Multnomah and Washington counties. In Columbia Basin counties, basic loan rates ranges from S41.25 in Umatilla to $45 in Wasco County. The loan rate in Klamath County is $39.17 aiton. Storage costs until next April 30 would have to be deducted to ap proximate current market equiva lents of these support rates: Buyers were showing interest in Willamette Valley in Hannchen bar ley but were mostly awaiting tests on early samples belore naming prices. Talk at the close of the week centered around $44 to $45 a ton to growers for No. 1 quality delivered at shipping points. A few lots reportedly changed hands at $45 to $4", mostly $45, during the week. POLICE GLAKD NICOSIA. Cyprus Police kppi watcmul guard Saturday lor signs of trouble as the time neared for three-power talks on the luture of diluted Cyprus. Turfcey has warned Britain that disturbances mirht brrrk out on the jittery isle Runriav eve of the London talks between the foreicn ministers of Britain. Turkey and Greece. Next Time Try The CANVAS SHOP TENTS COVERS TRUCK . " ,i i '".."- Deadline Is August 31 dum on proposed amendments to Federal Marketing Agreement and Order program No. 69 was issued this week by Walter Jendrzejewski, county extension agent. ' Ballots and voting instructions have been mailed to all potato growers of record. Any grower who failed to receive a ballot by mail may secure one by contact ing his county agricultural agent. Any producer who harvested and marketed potatoes In the 1954 crop year (July 1, 1954 to June 30, 1955) may participate in the referendum. Owner - operators, renters, and landlords who received potatoes as rent for their land on which the potatoes were grown are defined as producers for the referendum. Business units such as partner ships, father - son partnerships, corporations, estates, firms, etc., may cast but one vote, but each separate business entity Is entitled to a ballot. All potato growers are urged to cast their ballots so that the re sults of the .referendum will be truly representative. Under the provisions of the . Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, the sec retary of agriculture may issue West Seed Growers, Experts Plan Fighi Against Disease Oregon grass seed srowe'rs, along with Oregon Slate College research and extension workers, arc preparing defenses against sil ver Lop disease hat destroyed 2,000 acres of chewings fescue this year in Clackamas County and could become a statewide problem with other grass seed crops. Recommendations for burning of infested fields after harvest and a spring DDT sprnying or dusting program aimed at checking prob able insect carriers of the fungus disease have been formulated by the college as stop-gap measures. This is the first season the disease has been a serious problem in Oregon. F. E. Price, director of the OSC agricultuial experiment station, says research workers are focus ing attention on the problem as it has developed under local condi tions. In the meantime, control nipt hods that show most promise in other parts of the country will be applied here. Present recommendations were gathered and screened primarily by 3. R. Hardison. USDA plant pathologist stationed at the col lege; OSC Entomologist E. A. Dickason. and Plant Pathologist C. E. Horner. The collection of information made in advance of an outbreak in Oregon makes it possible for Oregon growers to "move immediately with the most satisfac'ory control methods from areas where Silvertop struck ear lier Price reports. The following control program Is recommended: 1. Burn all fields after harvest and - beiore fall rains. Thorough burning is desirable. Burning also helps control grass seed nematode and reduces some of the leaf and stem diseases that attach chew intrs fescue. 2. Apply three-fourths pound of DDT (actual) per acre in the sprint? when plants are , four to six inches high and before the first heads appear. This suzgestion Is based on work done in other states where it was successful. It has not been tested in Oregon. DDT should also help reduce populations of several injurious insects not di rectly associated with Silvertop. In addition to destroying about naif oi Clackamas County's chew ings fescue crop this year. Silver top has seriously damaged much of the remaining acreage of the crop tn that county. It has also been identified in other grass seed crops at spotted locations in Ore gon. Although it is known to af fect numerous grasses, the disease is most likely to cause serious damace to Merion and Kentucky uluecrass; chewmzs, red, and alta fescue-; and possibly bemcrasses. The disease rots off the seed stem just above the uppermost CUSHIONS 1 w the order If two-thirds of the grow ers, either by number of volume, voting in the referendum favor the program. The act is the basic authority under which federal marketing agreements and orders are Issued by the secretary. The major amendment would en large the present Oregon portion of the production area to include all the remaining counties in Ore gon not included at present. The proposed production area would in clude the Tulelake region of Cali fornia (Modoc and Siskiyou coun ties) and all counties in Oregon except Malheur County, which Is in the Idaho . Eastern Oregon pro duction area covered by Federal Marketing Order No. 57. Other amendments would provide for an enlargement of the administrative committee, to be composed of eight producers and four handlers. This committee Is now composed of seven producers and three hand lers. The proposed amendments would also authorize the establish ment of marketing research and development projects designed to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, and con sumption of potatoes. Joint. Since the fungus does not attack the seed and is not carried by seed, the disease is not a prob lem in lawns or turf. OSC re searcher? say the fungus is prob ably carried by mites or insects to the point of infection beneath the leaf sheath. Studies are underway to identify the carrier of the di .sease in Oregon. Silvertop first becomes evident after grass begins to head. In fected heads appear to mature early and become bleached and silver-colored. Seeds do not form in affected heads which are easily pulled out. Although other types of plant In jury may give indications of pre mature head ripening, Silvertop can usually be distinguished by careful examination of the stem to see if it is shriveled and rotted just above the upper Joint. OSC researchers have asked all county extension agents to watch closely for Silvertop next spring and to 5end suspected plants to the OSC Plant Clinic for diagnosis. Potato Shipments Up, Prices Down Potato shipments increased dur ing the past week and prices de clined. The Northwest supplied al most nait of the nation s carlot ship ments last ween, uregon aione sup plied nearly one-fourth of the total. Most of these came from Malheur County. In that area last week, prices to growers were around 25 cents below the previous week. The range was generally 85 cents to 11 a hundred for Long-Whites de livered bulk at warehouses bask; i packout of U. S. Number 1A with two incn or lour ounce minimums. These prices were afull dollar under quotations at the same time last year. Most terminal makrkets contin ued dull on potatoes during the week. Heavy supplies rolling and on track left little hope for much improvement this week. Track holdings at 16 cities, as the week started, amounted to 888 cars. ' wm 54 more than the pre . . ; Monday. GERM AM WORKERS FRANKFURT. Germany "fl A wildcat strike of 7.500 workers at the Bujr Heaschel locomotive works in Kassel was called off Saturday after a four-day walkout for hierier wanes. Strike leaders old the workers to rpport back on the Job Monday and said they hoped to start negotiations soon !or pay boosts. "IF IT'S CANVAS - WE MAKE IT OR REPAIR IT!" Located Neit to tht Merchandise Mart Phone 6660 Sheepmen In Favor Of Ad Campaign WASHINGTON Owners of more than 72 per cent of the sheep in this country favor a campaign to spur lamb and wool sales. Sec retary of Agriculture Benson said Friday. Benson said this is shown bv the preliminary results of a poll of the sheepmen. The campaign would be financed through reductions trom incentive payments to wool and lamb grow ers. Benson disclosed the trend of the referendum as representatives of the sheep industry met with Com modity Credit Corp. officials to dis cuss price support levels for the 1956 wool clip. Officials of the National Wool growers Assn. and the National Wool Marketing Corp. recommend ed at this meeting a price support level of 63 cents a pound for shorn wool. , This would amount to 110 per cent of parity, and fs the same recommendation made by these groups last year. The support price now is 62 cents a pound. Representatives of the National Grange, the Farm Bureau Federa tion and the National Livestock Producers Assn. made no recom mendations Friday. They asked permission to file statements later with the secretary of agriculture. Supports at 110 per cent of par ity are the maximum that may be set under law. Department of Agri culture officials did not indicate how soon the 1956 supports will be announced. In announcing results so far on the referendum concerning a wool and land production campaign, Benson said producers owning 9, 127,050 sheep voted in favor of the program and owners of 3,517,000 sheep voted against It. "If the final results of the refer endum also show more than two thirds approval the program will be placed In effect," Benson said. Government Explains Dairy Laws The State Department of Agri culture has Issued a review of amended laws on grading of milk and cream, price differentials and grade records, to licensed milk and cream graders and dairy pro ducts plants. This holds interest to milk producers, and will help them understand the grade as signed to their manufacturing milk, says Kenneth E. Carl, In charge of dairy law enforcement for the department. All milk and cream from each individual producer must be graded before it is mixed with other milk or cream and grading records must be held for 30 days. These must be available for inspection by the producer as well as by the department of agriculture. The law requires this grading record to show the grade assigned to each lot of milk or cream re ceived. A lower grade may be assigned to all or part of any producer's lot if the milk or cream fails to meet one or more of these grade factors: methylene blue re duction test, sediment content, acid content, flavor, odor, cleanli ness and wholesomeness. For ex ample, milk which does not meet the first grade odor or flavor re quirements will become second grade or unlawful grade, as the case may be. The same pattern applies on cream standards. If the grading record shows a particular day's shipment to be No. 2 milk or first or second grade cream, and the record of subse quent shipments ot mat proaucer to now show a grade, the lower grade will apply for all dally ship ments of that producer for the remainder of that pay or test per iod. The methylene blue reduction test of milk and sediment tests must be made every 30 days; act ually the department encourages these tests at least twice monthly. In case of downgrading, the grade sheet should show the cause. A new price differential for milk and cream, enacted to stimulate quality production, requires all plants to pay 5 percent more for first grade milk than second grade. For cream, the price spread must be at least 3 cents between pre mium and first grades and 6 cents between' iirst and second grade. Each plant must post, in a con spicuous place where milk and cream Is received, the current prices for the various grades of milk and cream. WE NEED USED PICK-UPS ! and we're TRADING HIGH ON THE NEW INTERNATIONAL JUCKELAND TRUCK 11th and Klamath, THIS BIG LOAD OF GRAIN, choice Hennchen malting barley was tha first to be spilled at the new Winema Elevator at Henley which has just bean completed. Tha grain was grown by Walter Enman, well-known farmer of tho Henley district. The grain goes through a slotted floor and is elevated into the big cylinder bins. Ivan Kandra is general manager of Winema Elevators, Inc.; Uel Dillard is local representative; and operator of the electric power that moves the grain is Ralph Daniels, right. US Restricts The State Department of Agrl- culture has put a clamp on the un regulated and Indiscriminate use of seven biological products used to treat livestock diseases. This order prohibits the sale of these products by individuals, cor porations, associations, firms, part nerships and Joint stock compan ies. This means these seven pro- Man To Sell Tulelake Ranch ' Louis Mathisen. Wichita Falls, Texas Is spending a couple of weeks in the Kiamam Basin in an attempt to dispose of his ranch holdings southeast of Tulelake. The ranch lies 35 miles south of Tulelake and is known as the Lost Vallev Meadows. The malor por tion of it has been reclaimed from inmn land. It is owned by the Lost Valley Ranch corporation oi which Mathisen Is the sole owner. Mathisen had planned on raising irrass seed on the ranch and oper ating It in conjunction with the ranches that he owns in' Texas and Las Vegas, New Mexico, but In the development ot his Texas Mtnnh he struck oil while drilling an Irrigation well. Development of his oil Interests along wun nis cat tle and sheep business has forced him to abandon his interests In this area. AT YOUR HOME... AT YOUR CONVENIENCE WITHOUT OBLIGATION Sit ni conpan an kiim H Htionl Enjoy, without any obligation whatever, a complete operating demonstration of a modern Advance Hi-Pretsure Water System. Phone or write us today for your home-demonstration or stop in at our store, if more convenient. But act now! h WVl VMM S!! S rl. ' AUTOMATIC HI.PJtltiUl I WATER SYSTEMS HmnmUtlund hy tht "Pitmttrt ftt Wtrld'i itmndttd hydrw-tjitfr if fit Pump" J.W. K 734 So. 6th See Us NOW! Klamath Falls Medicine For ducts cannot be sold legally to farmers or ranchers by drug stores, feed stores or any other concern or Individual, It also means they cannot be used legally by anyone except vet erinarians and even use by vet erinarians holds some restrictions. The products are: Anthrax spore vaccine. Blue tongue vaccine, Ery sipelas rhuslopathlae vaccine (live culture), Erysipelas rnusiopauuae vaccine (avirulent or attenuated!, Hoa- cholera vaccine, live virus. Hog cholera vaccine, modified or attenuated live virus ana Brucella abortus vaccine. "This order, signed by the di rector of agriculture and effective August 20, was drawn oniy aner lawful stnriv." savs Dr. K. J. Peterson, state veterinarian with the department. The unrestricted use of these products is a poienuni hazard to the nealtn oi our uregon livf:tnflr. he added. County veterinarians or omciai veterinarians may use brucella abortus vaccine In official work; anthrax spore vaccine may be used in specific areas In Klamath County by official veterinarians or HnntltV Btntf. veterinarians: hog cholera modified or attenuated vi rtu and erysipelas avirulent or attenuated vaccines may be useri by official, deputy state on live stock auction market veterinarians. Official or acpuiy sime v I arlans may use any other of the T tha family lataraftea' In Navr ar attar Watar tfttmm . Phone 4197 Vi to Va Ton Models Sales and Service, Inc. Ph. 2-2581 ;A j i SSU Livestock restricted vaccines upon written application to the Department of Agriculture's division of animal in dustry at Salem. This application must state the name and address of the person owning the livestock to be vaccinated, the number and kind of animals and the approxi mate date oi vaccination. Official veterinarians, by the way, are those attached to the state and federal departments of agriculture and the state college A deputy state veterinarian holds this title under appointment by the state department of agriculture. aa do also county veterinarians, Prior to the 1055 basic livestock sanitary law, restricted blologlcals were written Into the law. Now they are established under official order of the department to keep the state abreast fast moving de velopments In this field. Clover Defoliation Much fntarair hat bean ihown tha fast waak fit ' killing clov.r. . Tha followln, point! will SAVE YOU . MONEY GET MORE SEED ' GET BETTER SEED 1. DON'T DEFOLIATE EARLY. When you sproy th seed is through growing! Be sure the stem is dry brown underneoth the heod. When you mow the seed can mature. When you spray the growth Is done. 2. DON'T DEFOLIATE TOO MUCH AHEAD! There It an optimum time to thrash defoliated clover. Not too dry not too green. Airlculture li the only phase of American Industry that worries only about production. Where would Lucky Strike, General Motors, I)u Pont, General Klectrlo and others be If they only made the "stuff" and walled for everyone to come and ret It? V-i 'tti &l ICPFT&i " " ,l",t Prices UP or DOWN!! How often we have heard the farmer make the remark, all prices are up THE CHEMICALS, weed killers and insecticides have all come down in price the last three years. DEFOLIATION PRICES ARE DOWN SAVE MONEY! The chemical to kill your clover only coiti $2.37 to $2.50 per acre. Plane application, $3.00 to $4.00 per acre. You furniih your own oil. Let us help vou with vour problems on defoliation. Plane or ground calibration on your own riq. at"""" the for Quack Gran, Tulet. Wt hsve If in ttock sne the know-how to help you GET RESULTS. Chemicals Are An Investment YOU SAVE MONEY When You Use Your "SPRAY CENTER SERVICE" become you get tht results you wont The Spray Center TULELAKE Livestock Ills Must Be Reported An official order designating it livestock diseases which veterin arians must report In writing to the state department of agricul ture within five days of diagnosis became effective August 19. Tha order was signed by J. F. Short, director of agriculture, and Is con fined to reportable disease recom mended by Or. K. J. Peterson, state veterinarian with the depart ment. The diseases are: anthrax, atro phic rhinitis, blue tongue, brucel losis, cattle scabies, dourlne, equine encephalomyelitis, foot and mouth disease, glanders, hog chol era, paratuberculosis, rabies, sal monellosis, sorapies, sheep scabies, tuberculosis, vesicular exanthema and vesicular stomatitis. Some of these diseases, all of which are communicable to other livestock and some to man, have not been reported In Oregon for years. Qlanders Is an example. Foot and mouth has never been found here. Other diseases, like scraples and blue tongue, are new comers to this country. A SIMPLE, ' ECONOMICAL, CONVENIENT, Method of Controlling HORNFLIES J on Dairy and Bef Cattle HORNFLY DUSTING POWDER Jutt Duit It On!, 9th and Main Ph. 2-3475 MOSTLY WOOF" aiTi: rz: An Infer l.rllr fl.mplix W.BI4 b. Dalapon new tyittmic grett killer PHONE 7-2391 I " - :teR-lW(glfl I
