SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1959
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
Farm Legislation In Oregon Listed By Head Of State f arm Department
Highlights of proposed legisla
tion affecting laws administered
by the state department of agri
culture were today released by Di
rector Frank McKennon.
Without discussing the merits of
each, McKennon noted that the fol
lowing bills to be entertained by
the 1958 Legislature are principal
ly from three sources: (1) those
the department has suggested as
"housekeeping amendments" to
make laws more workable or to
modernize existing statutes; (21
proposal resulting from confer
ences of the department's advisory
group and officials; (3) and
changes affecting the department
which originate from independent
sources.
Seed law Would establish funds
for control work by budget rather
than by continuing appropriation.
Produce act Remove walnuts
and filberts from the law.
Control area law Authorize de
partment to receive and expend
funds to enforce control areas. Al
low publication of control area
orders in a local newspaper where
applicable.
Insecticide application Control
application of insecticides to pro
tect polinizing insects. (Move for
this legislation originates from
Malheur County alfalfa growers.)
Hay dealers act Establish a flat
$1,000 bond requirement; provide
more adequate funds for enforce
ment. Livestock brands Authority : to
use simplified procedures in re
recording. Amendments to im
prove brand procedures upon
death of recorded owner, and to
correct conflicting statutes with re
spect to estrays.
Predatory animal and rodent
laws Revisions to bring both pro
grams under a single law admin
istered by the state department
of agriculture; provision for an ad
visory board composed of rep
resentatives from O.S.C., State
Game Commission and other in
terested agencies.
Auction markets Special provi
sion for the holding of one-day
horse sales and providing ade
quate supervision by the depart
ment. Meat inspection Require opera
tors to pay full costs of overtime
inspection. Permit department to'
establish - exempt areas for farm
slaughter, with farm slaughterers
to sell, output within the area.
Eliminate hearing requirement in
designating slaughter time between
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given plants.
Confine slaughtering of exempt
custom plants to their own estab
lishment. Require retail meat mar
kets and locker plants not licensed
to slaughter to have carcasses of
animals they handle slaughtered at
an officially inspected plant or to
identify as uninspected farm
slaughtered meats received for
custom processing.
Permit farmers to sell farm-
slaughtered animals direct to a
home consumer and give the de
partment the option of requiring
an inspected or uninspected tag on
such products.
Fluid milk License milk truck
driver to take samples for bac
teria tests. Authorize deportment
to set frequency of butterfat sam
pling of producer milk by regu
lation (now established by law).
Change frequency of department's
city milk inspection surveys to
every two years instead of annual
ly. Amendments defining milk and
establishing standards of identity
for various milk products.
frozen desserts Raise license
fee for retail freezers from $5 to
$10 plus $2.50 for each freezer head
and fee for wholesalers from $15
to $25 plus $5 for each freezer
head. Also eliminate present maxi
mum licenses of $20 for retail and
$50 for wholesale; and license each
business establishment.
Eggs Make standards of qual
ity (no change in sizes) same as
federal grades. Set annual $5 li
cense fee at wholesale and pro'
ducer levels, exempting producers
wno sell tneir eggs only on their
TAB add farm Legis on gal X
own premises. Apply case tax fee
to producers as well as wholesal
ers. Give director of agriculture
authority to lower case fee tax
below legal maximum.
Producers selling to wholesalers
would not be subject to license
or case tax.
Warehouse law Require non-li
censed warehouses to post approp
riate sign and let department
check their business records to
make sure they are not subject
to this law. Adopt compulsory in
surance for warehouses.
Storage of grain as basis for
form credit Repeal proposed by
department.
Fryer and broiler labeling To
require container or tag to show
state where grown and name of
any chemical preservative used.
(Sponsored by fryer industry com
mittee.)
Produce dealer bonding To re
quire bonding of all dealers in ag
ricultural produce; probably will
be submitted as amendment to
Oregon produce dealers' act. (Orig
inates from Klamath potato grow
ing region.)
Breed milk Proposal to repeal
existing law.
Financial Authorize department
to regular extension of credit;
authorize bad debt charge-oil; in
crease department revolving fund
to $2,500.
Commodity Commissions Pro
posals as a result of legislative
interim reorganization study wouiu
il) relieve the legislature of com
mission budget approval put them
on an annual basis and require a
public meeting before commission
adoption, certification and filing
through the director of agricul
ture; (2) give commission direct
control of their banking; (3) re
quire consideration by governor of
producers' recommendations on
commission appointments, and (4)
make state services by Depart
ment of Finance and Administra
tion optional on cost basis to commissions.
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