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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1958 Brucellosis Regulation Modification Outlined PAGE FOUR Vaccinates under 30 months of age in beef cattle', and vaccinates under 24 months of age in dairy cattle may now be removed from a herd quarantined for brucello sis in both range and dairy areas, according to an administrative or der of the State Department of Agriculture. This change in the department's regulations came as a result of conferences with cattlemen from the Klamath County area, who maintained that the former regu lation, which allowed vaccinated calves under 18 months of age to Property Tax Change Urged Gerald Delering, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau Feder ation, in a speech to the Linn County Farm Bureau membership meeting, said the Oregon Farm Bureau is strongly in favor of a broadened tax base to supplement the present properly tax in Ore gon. Said Detering, "At the time Oregon's property tax system was inaugurated it was reasonably fair. Today the property tax sys tem penalizes those who must own property to earn a living. The Oregon Farm Bureau leader said farm people in particular hear a disproportionate share of the county property lax. Compared to neighboring slates, Oregon ranks number one in lax revenue taken through property tax. Based on full valuation, Ore gon received $1.90 per $100 valua tion while Washington draws only 63 cents from property tax on Ihc same basis. Making a direct coniDarison, a Washington farmer with a farm valued at $50,000 would pay ap proximately $:I15 in properly taxes. The Oregon farmer, under the same conditions, would be charged $T.45. Detering pointed out that own ership of properly has long since failed to indicate ability to pay. Said the farm bureau president, "efforts Inward better enforce ment, fairer equalization of as sessments arc commendable: how ever, it should be emphasized that no amount of legislation and ad ministrative patch work will ever make the property tax an equit able tax. This is particularly true when it alone is the primary source of lax revenue in the county." The Oregon Farm Bureau Fed eration believes that the property tax must be replaced as the pri mary source of county revenue and that a broadened tax base should be adopted," Detering told (he l.inn County meeting. be removed, was too strict. After investigation, department experts decided that the rule could be changed without risking the effec tiveness of the program. Don Parker, assistant atlorney general with the Oregon State De partment of Agriculture, said that this order points up the advan tages of a flexible brucellosis law. The 1957 Legislature authorized the department to adopt and issue regulations necessary for enabling the slate and the various enmities to become modified certified bru cellosis free areas, and to main tain that status. The regulations adopted by Oregon's Department of Agriculture must be in line with minimum federal standards. If the regulations had been a part of the state law, Parker con tinued, it would have been impos sible to change them until the next time the Legislature meets. The attorney added that the depart ment welcomes talks with cattle men about their ideas for improv ing the program. Another important change con tained in the administrative order concerns brucellosis suspects ori ginating from brucellosis-infected herds that are moved to or sold through a stockyard or livestock auction market. Tiie new regula tion stipulates these animals must be sold only . for slaughter and moved directly to a slaughtering establishment that has federal, state or municipal meat inspection. This section was added to Ore gon's rules because the department naa received reports that some out-of-state sellers are bringing sffvH 'A At" J i J his A i i' THE ANNUAL meeting of the Klamath Basin Grade A Milk Producers Association was held at the fairgrounds Tuesday and reports were heard from subcommittees. Lester Adams, manager of the Oregon Milk Producers Association, reported on the activities of that group during the past year and R, Frank Tucker, manager of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce, spoke on recent expansion in this county and what it means to the dairy industry. Shown above, left to right, are Lawrence Geraghty, president, Tucker, Adams and George Reiling who was reelected to succeed himself as a member of the board of directors for a three year term. Truckers Haul Molasses Now Increased use of molusses in hit . .. y, n 111 1 111 J VJtJl a litis rtirnllncic cucnnnlc mln flroniii in 1 ... f o. . TVoi " " " lDeei! accompanied by chang, an attempt to sell them The administrative order, signed January 13. also declares that own ers of cattle herds must use the official veterinarian in their area for vaccination and testing for oru cellosis and tuberculosis. However, with the approval of the depart ment, the owner may use another official veterinarian of his choice, provided he pays the cost of the required testing and vaccinations. The order states that this re quirement is necessary in order to achieve the most efficient and eco nomical use of the tax funds whii'h have been appropriated to cany out the program in Oregon. DEVELOPED VACCINE One of the first effective vac cines for protection against whoop ing cough was developed and standardized in Michigan State Health Department laboratories. 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Previously, railway tank-car de liveries had necessitated shipments so large that farmers and small feed mixers usually could not af ford to buy in the large quanti ties shipped. Costs of transporting molasses are such that tank trucks can readily compete with railroads at distances under 250 miles, the re port says. The services that tank q Ius r n. fell ' . - , ' :. .-; w . .A;iw;ws,,ki. .L..,: - v .,...,. trucks can provide are particu larly important to livestock feed ers with less than 100 head of live stock and to mixed-feed mills producing less than 2,500 tons of feed a year. i Marketing researchers say that the molasses industry is con-i fronted with problems of finding! ways to service scattered users I and to overcome dissatisfaction of users with present methods of measuring both quantity and qual- j ity. Tank-truck carriers must ob- tain return loads to reduce the cost of "deadhead returns." 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