SUNDAY. AUGUST 28. 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE FIVE
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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If in ttock sne the know-how to help you GET RESULTS.
Chemicals Are An Investment
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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.
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