SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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Sales end Help from the Friendly
House of Chemical Service
Center
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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
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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."
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Henley Siding Klamath Falls
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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.
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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
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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
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Phone 9493 or 8906
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shown some of the techniaues
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