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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1955)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE SEVEN I ! - . . I : ' ( " . 72 , ' J J A'' " ,f)V! I FARMER OF THE WEEK SANTFORD JONES and his dog Bruce (together work a 1300 acre sheep ranch in Langell Valley. Jones, who says he cannot do without the dog, has developed the ranch by. constructing extensive- drainage djtehes and leveling about 700 acres. Bruce, a Border Collie, works the sheep without a sound, using his eyes and. sometimes his teeth to control the animals. Jones says that Bruce, now 12 years old, is not as fast as he used to be, but is still one of the best ' dogs in Klamath County. Jones has another dog who will soon be able to take over for Bruce, who in top picture is watching a flock, and, in the bottom photo, is enjoying a bit of rest with his master. Santford Jones Turns Bog Into Fine Sheep Pasturage BT DICK HUBBEI.I. ". Ably assisted by a dog named Bruce, Farmer of the Week Sant ford Jones operates a 1,300 Acre jheep ranch about five miles from Bonanza on the Lorella Road. Jones admits that he thinks Bruce, a fullbrcd Border Collie, is the finest in the county, and says that he could not operate the ranch without him. "There are lots of things that the do? can do that a man cannot," he said. "A man cannot run as fast as the dog. And the sheep will mind the dog when they won't a man. "And, besides, the sheep aren't es dumb as they look. No sheep ever heard of a man biting a sheep, but a dog can and will bile." The Jones ranch consists of about 700 acres of irrigated flat 'hid surrounded by another 600 acres of low hills. "Drainage is the secret of this place," he said. "There wouldn't be anything here at all if it weren't for the drainage." To prove his point, he shows off the approxlmalely 15 miles of drainage ditches which run through his property. He has' built them all. He said tnat the property was badly run down whon he took it over in 1934. and that, due to the lack of drainage, the lowlands were almost a swunip. "The average level of the (low land) is about six feet above the level of the Lost River, which runs right through the place," he said. "That makes-drainage high ly necessarv. Also, we're lucky to have the river so handy as It gives us a good outlet for the drainage." One of his main drain canals Is frequently mistaken bv visitors as part of a government project, he savs. Another phase of the Irrigation system Is the extensive leveling which . he has carried on. This year, he completed the leveling to grade of all of the 700 acres of Irrigated land on the property. Ke generally plants about 95, ecrcs of land In polatocs. 95 In! peas and 1J5 In alfalfa, with the I rest of the land as permanent 1 pasturage. The land in potatoes. 'p-as and alfalfa is routed, and1 the potato land Is re-leveled alter the spuds are dug to make sure thai there are no mounds created! by the dfeglng operation. The pasturage, when It Is fully: grown, will support about 2.000 i ewes, he said. He is no running: about 800 ewes of Suffolk sheep. This breed, he said, is still about! FARMER OF THE WEEK - Vl. - half wild. Originating on the Scotch-English border, the breed represents a cross breeding of several varieties of native wild sheep, Including some horned va rieties. One of the "leftovers" from the parent breeds Is the black face of the Suffolk breed. Occa sionally, one will be born all black. However, the more frequent throwback Is the occasional horned lamb which is born. He gets Irom four to five , of these each year, he said. Born and raised 'in Indiana, Jones went to Kansas at 16. In 1921. he set up a grocery store In Klamath Falls. This store grew to a chain of three, with the branches in Malm and Merrill. The grocery business, Santford and Company, was one of the first gro cers in Klamath Falls to advertise in the old Herald, a predecessor to the Herald and News, Jones said. When the depression hit in 1932, Jones folded the grocery chain and two years later purchased the ranch. At that time, he said the place was badly run down. The largest level area, he said, was about 120 acres. Since that time, he has built tip the property to what It Is now. and modernized the house, which now has all the latest facili ties Including a television set. Also, he has built two smaller houses for two of his four lull time employes. The other two, he said, live off the property. Bruce, the dog. is, like the sheep he herds, a product ol the English Scotch border. A mixture of sev eral breeds, the dogs are called Border Collies to distinguish them from the familiar English Collie. Hlehly intelligent, the dogs work the sheep without making a sound. According to Jones, they use their eyes, directing the sheep by star ing at them. Also they will occa sionally nip at their charges, bui Jones says that Bruce now more than 12 years old, hardly ever breaks the wool. Jones takes care of the dog. which, he says, is not aflowed to run wild. He attributes the dog's long, useful life to the care which he has siven the dog. , He said he was once olfered $500 for the dog, but turned It down because he "couldn't get along without him." ALLEGATIONS SYDNEY. Australia (UP) The suburban village ot Banksla was shocked today by allegations that children In the area have bcey riitllna the talis off cats to make "coomkin" Davy Crockelt hat. . -'j National Spud Estimate Made The national potato production fnt tha rii,iant nuin wdc acti mated at 383.7 million bushels' by me u.H. Department of Agricul ture in its November 10 crop re port, Walt Jendrzejewskl of the Klamath County agents office re ported today. The estimate is 3.6 million bushels under the estimate made In October. Production of the 29 late states iS estimated nt. SOS fi hnchale riA.,m 3.6 million from last month. The entire enrlv nmlnnMnn iD - (..-UU..1V1I ,o aiicauy in. which makes the total and late change figures the same. In the West. th optimal f- Oregon remained unchanged, al- uiuugn estimates for Idaho, Wash ington were both rnlsari Tha Tahn estimate is 50 million bushels, an uncase oi auu.uuo ousnels, while the Washington estimate was raised 365.000 bushels In in ikr nnn The estimate for Oregon is 14.3 million. The estimate for Maine was re duced 2.4 million bushels to' 65.8 mnuon. DEPOSIT ONLY PASADENA, Calif. OB Two gun men intercepted a loan company messenger enroute to a bank and escaped with a quarter of a million dollars in checks. But they can't cash them. James Farrell of the Pasadena Savings and Loan Co. said all the checks were marked "for 'deposit only." Karmex W Kills Quack Do You Want to Get Rid of this Pest? ... Apply Karmex W Now! i ii i ; y f:avXfr- ". ri ; J fli r V4 ' " $r7J?.j Karmex Applied Dec. 1953 a Pictur. token Sept, 1954 This Farmer Has Treated the Rest of this Ditch Already . . . the only sail sterllant that maintain, sterility below the water line In Irrigation ditches after water -has been turned in. See Us for Names of Places Where You Car) See The Results of Karmex W Put Karmex W on Now For Best Results ... Economical ... A Pound Covers 1000 Square Feet and Keeps Ground Clean The Spray Telephone Tuleloke 7-2391 fair-West Read and Main Tuleloke, Calif. Compulsory Meat Inspection Program Begins Monday A three-weeks program of com pulsory meat Inspection In Klam ath, Lake and part of Grant coun ty will get under way Monday, according to word from the slate department of agriculture in Sa lem. This operation Is the pilot meat program on compulsory meat in spection authorized by the 1955 legislature, according to M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the de partment's division of animal in dustry. In this section of the state, two packing plants in Lake County, four in Klamath County and one hi Grant County will be under continuous antemortem and post mortem inspection during the Flood Control Hearing Held DlPKTrt TTD A TToiika Trriffn- Hnn and Rpnlnmation Subcommit tee headed by Rep. Wayne Aspin- all (D-C010), neia a pumic near ing today on the $43,000,000 Washoe projest which calls for flnnH rtnntrnl nnwpr nnri irrigation development on the Little Truckee and Carson rivers. Among the subcommittee mem- Kara attnnriincr the hearinC is Ren. Clifton Young, Nevada Republican. Attending as an ODserver is nep. Clair Engle. California Democrat who Is chairman of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Com mittee. More than a score oi persons were scheduled to testify In favor nr tv,& nmlDpl nn hphnlf nf various organizations, water user groups, the cities ot Keno ana opui&s, Washoe County and the State of Nevada. rioiifnrMiine nnnnnrin? at the healing included Leslie C. John son, principal hydraulic engineer of the California Department of T3..Klin Wnl'lrc- ttnhprt. M. PaUl. counsel for the California Fish and Game Commission, ana vol. a. m. TJn pliairmnn nf the Lake Tahoe Interstate Conference Com mittee and spokesman for the California Reclamation Board. Subcommittee memoers w i 1 1 make a flight over the Western uavaria bivi Knrthprn California area embraced by the project if their scneauio permits ounuay morning. They are to hold a hear ing at Fresno, Calif., Monday. . OSC Sorority Chooses Malm Girl As Member nuirfinN RTATW COLLEGE Susan Schofield, Malin Junior at Oregon state uonege, im ueeii chosen for membership In the OSC chapter of Phi Chi Theta, national honor society for women In hiicinpsc: The honorary is a service club to the school of business and spon sors weekly radio shorthand con tests for high school students. Miss Schofield is majoring in business and technology at OSC, Grass! ''? . . w .ppiiph on ' , of ..... ,r... .1 JW ibL pe, .cm. Sales end Help from the Friendly House of Chemical Service Center Airlc.ll.r.1 three-weeks pilot study. All ani mals slaughtered which are passed as fit for human consumption will be stamped in purple with the state "inspected and passed" shield stamp. Two inspection teams, each head ed by a veterinary meat Inspector and including three lay inspectors, will be in this ares. The legislature asked the depart ment to establish 'the pilot pro gram to provide the 1957 session with answers to two main ques tions about statewide compulsory meat' inspection. These questions are: Is compulsory meat Inspec tion needed in Oregon? and, if compulsory meat Inspection Is needed, what will it cost on a slate-wide basis? The legislature appropriated the $75,000 outright for the pilot program and doubled some meat Industry licenses to provide another, $50,000 to $75,000 to carry on this survey work. Under the pilot program, the department of agriculture goes into a different area of the state every three weeks and conducts a pro gram of inspection of animals both before and after they are killed. This area Is the third one entered since the program got under way in the Salem, district last Septem ber 26. From Salem, the inspec tion teams moved into the Port land area. . Under the law setting up this operation, all slaughter plants and meat processing plants are noti fied one week In advance that the inspection teams will enter the area. Wool Growers Hold Meeting POR.TLANT1 11 . Tho i-iw, Wool Growers 'Assn., holding its annual meeting here, was told Fri day that government subsidies for the WOOl inrillKt.ru ntMvirniitl,, cr J J ' L here to stay. John Withers of PbIsIcv, presi. dent of the organization, said that subsidized agriculture was inevit able unless "we can get adequate protection (through tariffs) for our Muuieaiiu inariseis. t SnmP nf tha fantnra ,nkUk made subsidies necessary, accord ing io wuners, are: cheaper ways of producing meat,' competition frOin RVnlhptlP flhure a tn warri "hifmpsc'i In all' aOMnnni. nr mi- economy ana iree traae ' pol-( John VT Rl'PP.lrnnririo'A nt Turin Flls, Idaho, president of the Na- uuiiHi wuoi uiowers Assn., report ed that wool . and lamb use had hann nrnmnlarl h 11,- t,,n .-.iliinn riollnr fimri rnlupri Ihrmitrh riariitn- tions irom government incentive payments. The convention continued Satur day, i ... Purina Dealer, Harold Dixon, at right, talking with his Purina outside serviceman, Buddy Byers, says, "With our new Purina Store, we plan to give the best feed and farm supply service in Klamath County. That's why we've joined forces with Purina to offer you the world's best-known feeds, farm supplies and health aids. Buddy Byers is attending Purina schools so he'll be able to give you the friend ly, helpful information we think you'll like to have. Come in toon. Let us show you our many services to help you keep feeding costs down and produce profitable results. If you haven't time to stop in, call us and we'll deliver what you need." DIXON SEED Henley Siding Klamath Falls d nnn I A. , . V LL' " SEVERAL. MEMBERS of the Lake County Stock Growers Association are shown with th car. ' cass which was later converted into the barbecue that they ate at the recent Stockgrowert Day at Oregon Technical Institute. In the front row are Lee Hansen (left), Lake view 4-H Club agent: Perry Ashcraft, Lakeview rancher; Dorman Turner, agricultural field representa tive of the First National Bank in Lakeview; A, B. Claggett of the state game commission and Cecil Lake, agriculture instructor at OTI. K J,"llll,l,,ll,,,,l"l .'rie'!"-"---" : x , Ml 'mm M . B AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS at of butchering during the recent Stockgrowers' Day at OTI by Al Geiss, chairman of the school of Agricultural Technology. In the front row are Kenneth Walker (left) of.Oroville, Califor nia, Art Decker of Kent, Charles Mead of Washougal, Washington, Cornelius Jassen of Swan Lake and Geiss. ' V . a a . i , n fj . t cf. - Our Purina Store h located at the Dixon Seed Cleaning Plant, Vi mile west of Henley Siding. Just look for the building with the Red and White Checkers. come in and see our new PURINA FEED SERVICE . 1 Oreaon Technical Institute are a c & FEED Phone 9493 or 8906 1$ ' T I shown some of the techniaues an Honley Store, at f chowsKI
