SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1956
HERALD AND NEWS. KbAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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THE CHAMP AND HIS CATTLE. Gene Tunney . tonner
world', heavyweight boxing P' 0""?? F'
of commercial Hereford. on his farm near Stamford Con
wSe- rrSed W
Former Heavy Weight
How Raises Herefords
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A cnu KALES MOKE OK LB9 wH in aiBvn wwu.w ,
mcTso A f E ? Wampler (left). . and neighbor John Sfrubel proceed to s .ck on
a few more The I ..000 ba!e Steele of oat h,y is located on the Wampler Ranch located
on the west side of the Upper Klamath Lake. Wampler pomfs to tn. fact that .t ha, bee.
. .i .i j x: - r..nn:nn tat fd this winter.
a good crop year ana tnai ne goesn t ngum i -
"The Golden Boy of the Golden
Aee" now presides as a gentleman
farmer over 50 head of commer
cial Hereford cattle on his 250-acrc
estate in the rolling nms oi i-uu-nect'eut.
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As the master of Star Meadow
Farm north of Stamford, James
Joseph (Gencl Tunney has added
new luster with age to the "Gold
en Boy" crown bestowed on him
three decades ago when he won
and defended the title of heavy
weight boxing champion of the
world in two 10-round decisions
over Jack Dempsey-
The handsome. 58-year-old Tun
neva successful financier and de
Toted farmer-today strides across
. iih the same self-
assurance and determination that
Horse Judging
Class Slated
Growing interest m pleasure
I horses has brought demand for a
horse judging short course at Ore
gon State College. November 12
and )3, wim co - "-.-wrtstanding
horse judges schtd
,led to conduct classes.
Joe B. Johnson of the Uil-
Bimal husbandry department
l : - AnmnA tar ouallfied
savs- a wg vjl .... --- i
horse judges prompted the course
that is co-sponsored by the college!
and the Oregon Horsemen s Asso
ciation. Oregon stages at least 30
horse st-tws annually and is ire
uently forced to can m out-of-atate
judges.
The course will be limited to
M0 persons. 18 years or older, to
permit individual attention during
afternoon workshops' on. judging.
Lectures are scheduled for morula-and
evening- The course pro
ram and -advance registration
blanks may be obUmed from
Johnson. Withycombe Hall, OSC.
- The college is giving the session
official short course aaius w:.
i t.9iwM and certificates
- pmiu , .
for persons who compieie me
course satisfactorily. Future plans
call for advanced courses to qual
ify judges for the American Horse
Shows association. -
M E. Ensmmger. bead of ani
mal husbandry at Washington
State College, will lecture on horse
judging and the feeding, care and
management of pleasure bones.
he displayed when he toppled the
j Between his financial operations
in Iew otk cuy ana ms ieimu-
,ic travels abroad, the former
champ has sandwiched in enough
.time with his Herefords to spark
the incentive to someday own a
quality herd ot regisiereu wniie-
laces. . 1
The commercial Herefords have
been thriving on bis lush pastures
since 1946. It was that year he sold
1 fnnn nn 11m. MdnPII fthnrP
of Maryland and marketed his cat
tle of another breed Decause. ne
. "tiu." wm hist too wild
"My main reason for changing
to Herefords, lunney says. u.
because they're such good natured
cattle and gentle to handle both
in the pas.ure and in the feedloL"
1 I. nMnonnff far thl HV hit Will
Sli yn - " '--rt j
I.,.!, r.nni pnmmtwial to OUTe-
bred Hereioras, lunney aim "
farm ma'naser. Herman Zuern,
have put a crew to work removing
. rrt nt Ach M mU ' nnd Oak
trees from several acres for future
pasture land.
,'... 1 TiinnAD nt -line fow
head of calves each year for his
own feerHot ana nome consump
tion. He learned a long time ago
the value oi good beefsteak as a
body builder as well as maintain
or Anri he has mainiaineu nun-
If uiaII as nmi'nn hv his 910
pounds, roughly TO more than he
earned against Uempsey for mar
second fight m 13z.
1, th ralirMl .hnmn mitlifiefi his
plans for his future in the cattle
business, ne convinces yon mat ne
.11 K cam tvrw ei nerfee-
tionism in his herd as he dis
played in the ring, in his mastery
of Shakespeare and Shaw, and in
bis life that Has maoe mm a pu
lar of manhood in both the athletic
and business worm.
lie Law 506 in addition to two pilot
watershed projects and two older
flood prevention projects already ..
i under way. More than 24 local
organizations in the state have
applied lor waiersneu assistance
and planning is under way on five
of these, Barnes said. ,
j also cummins ih K'U""L
Farmers in California s 117 sou eluded nu mues oi lerravuiB- , tecnmcai assistance on tni
conservation districts ls-t year con- j tour farming was applied on nearly i permanent-type practices for which
verted more than 11,400 acres of Lj ,M acres antl gtrip cropping on.Uw Agricultural Cxiscnatwm Pro-
cropianu 10 gras unu i nearly 2.375 acres oi cropianu last ,5'
California SCS
Reports Progress
vation accomplishments released
year. Plantings and other prac-
1 . i i. iiL....- , .- u.nr. Man Tcnra 1 11 uiiiviuvc
todav bv John S. Barnes, state a,;w,r tnnA anrl rnvw mi more
r .u IIC CI!
conservaiiomst ioi c '
ing payments to farmers.
ine .sniiung oi puuier aci iu
grass and trees is a move that
...ill !. nit-a Iramamie qiIiIm!
stimulus by the Conservation Re
serve of the boil Bank, Barnes
said.
AKn.if TIA mlLi. nf Miiflilhraolrc
have been planted to date in dis-'
than 42,321 acres last year, bring
ing the total of sucn wore in ois
tricts to 326,616 acres.
These and many other interrelat
ed practices are carried out.
Barnes explained, as part of SCS
assistance to individual farmers
through soil conservation districts.
As of Julv 1. 1D56. there were
24,540 district cooperators in Cali
UiiClfL.0i 1 , , r fornia who operate 7.483,854 acres
Planted durmg the last year alone .,. Unis in 7
districts carried out enervation districU. There
of pasture planting ai ll0 soil conservation 1
an 61.820 acres of J. u including
Farmers in districts carried out!
55.357 acres
and more than
range seeding in the last two
years, the summary indicated. i
Pointing to another major ac
complishment revealed by the re
cently compiled figures. Barnes
said that 1956 was a high year
in the construction of farm ponds.
Last year 63Z sucn ponos were
,...:n ....... t h t i.t :i1 in rlati
to 4618 constructed with SCS help
i districts.
Cnma 7inrui farm oonds have
lMn hunt in dLirirlft throuehout
the nation, serving the multiple
purposes of water conservation,
h4t0r liwjkctnrlr mnnrwrnral. And
improvement of wildlife and wa
terfowl habitat. Since tney average
from 1 to 2 acres each, these
ponds have added a total surface
water area ot more man one
million acres. Barnes said.
Other items noted as conserva
tion progress in the past year in-
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GENUINE
Star Brand Work
SHOES
Exclusively Year At
Van Oman's
527 Main
rlilriu in the nation, including
91 per cent of all farms and 86
per cent of all farm lands.
Soil surveys, upon which con
servation plans are based have
Mo. hMt rnmnUMi on 0 million
acres. This work, done by SCS in
cooperation with the Male experi
ment Station, is being stepped up
this year to meet the growing
needs for basic soil data in the
various soil and water programs.
Barnes reported.
In AitHilinn tn its assistance to
farmers and ranchers in soil eon
un.im rfiidrirts. Rarees ex-
, - 1 .1 1 .k- C.:i rHMnnliM
piaineu " "-- ..wwni
Service is now providing rxKn iecn-i
mrnl and tinnnciai assistance IV
i i w -r w r i s i
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local organizations in a rapidly
growing number of watershed pro
tection ana uooa preveauon pror
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