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BULLS READIED FOR SALE Herdsman E mer Thomas is shown ti far left as he
serves the daily supplementary feeding to ssme of the bulls on pasture at the Weber
Brothers Parker Creek Ranch. In second view, Fred Dressier, Yerington, Nev. (fore,
ground), past president of the American National Cattlemen's Association, who eon-
signed bulls for the first year to the Modoc County Range bull rate of gain sale, ex
amines some of the animals. In background is Frank Turner of Sattley, Calif., who had
unloaded and put down the chute for brand ng, inspection for age,' weighing and grad-
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ing for conformation. Far right, Dr. Larry McFarland, DVM at the University of Califor
nia at Davis, inspects a bull's teeth to verify its age at the time it is put on pestur
in May. The sale is set for Oct. 12 and 13 Ii Cedarville.
Buyers And Sellers Both Like Modoc Range Bull Sale
ALTURAS - The buyers like
Hie hulls and the sellers like the
results. This is the general opin
ion of results of the Modoc Coun
ty Range Rull Sale of 100 per cent
pain tested hulls.
The Modoc Cattlemen's Associa
tion in conjunction with the Mo
doc County farm adviser's office
was the first organization in Cali
fornia to back such a sale, and
it is the only California sale that
has sold bulls under the index
rating which is a formula estab
lished by the University of Cali
fornia at Davis. The performance
lor rate of pain of the bull is
Riven equal consideration to its
conformation.
The rate of pain bull sale which
is fast becoming the most sought
after bull on the market was in
stigated by Modoc farm adviser
Norman Nichols with the coopera
tion of the Modoc cattlemen in
11I39. Nichols had been working
on selling bulls on their rate of
pain as well as conformation for
12 years because of the proven
(act that heredity is one of the
tine measurements of a bull's
value.
Nichols emphasized. "There is
no question that calves from rap
id gaining hulls arc taster gain
ing calves. This of course means
more money in the rancher's
pocket."
This year the Murine range bull
sale. October 12 and V,
i'i Cedarville, will olfcr !H pain
tested bulls to buyers from all
over the Northwest. The sale for
the past throe years has been one
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of the lop ten sales on the Pa
cific Coast. In 1952 the bulls sold
averaged Jfi29 with the top bull
owned by Frank Turner of Salt-
ley. Calif., bringing $1,330.
The first year of the sale there
ere 52 bulls consigned for the
l ate of gain test. Where originally
the cattlemen .had to solicit con-
ncrs for the sale there is now
a waiting list. The committee has
determined that there will be a
maximum limit of 90 bulls put on
the rate of gain test.
The consignors ship the bulls
to Modoc County the first of May.
They are weighed, graded and
checked for age at that time
and then turned onto the pasture
at the Weber Bros. Parker
Creek ranch east of Alturas.
The bulls are maintained in a
range condition with a maximum
nl exercise. They range in large
fields that have both meadow
pasture and rocky hill side feed.
They receive a supplementary'
feeding each day of five pounds
of grain. The bulls are cared for,
checked, and led each day by
herdsman Klmer Thomas who is
hired by the bull sale commit
tee. Every four weeks they are
gathered and weighed. The gain
of each bull is recorded by the
farm adviser's office.
Buyers state that besides the
recognized benefits of the bull that
shows a large rale of gain and the
conformation desired by t h e
breeders, one of the great assets
of the bull sale is that the bulls
are in top-notch breeding condi
tion at the time of the sale. The
buyer is not paying lor the un
necessary expense of a fat show
type bull that must be put on a
diet before he can be put on the
range.
The cost of ecdin,; the bulls
the five months they are on the
rate of gain test is $125
per bull which includes feed, vet
erinary care, labor, and spray.
Forty five days before the sale
the bulls are brought into a feed
lot where thev are led meadow
hay and grain. Three weeks before
the sale the feet of each bull are
trimmed by a professional fool
trimmer. At all times any bull
showing any sign of illness or
loss of weight is checked by the
official veterinarian. Jl)r. Erwin
Swanson. He maintains a check
on the bull Ihe full time they
are on pasture and verifies their
good health at the lime of the
sale.
The day before the sale the bulls
are again graded for conformation
and condiiton by the sifting com
mittee. Sam Thurber. Shasta-Lassen
counties farm adviser; Reuben
Mbaugh, extension animal hus
bandman from the University of
California at Davis, and Surprise
Vallev rancher William Lockrcll
The bulls are then set into
their sale order on the index rating
giving equal consideration of their
conformation and the rate of gain
established over the five-month
feed period.
One thing noted by A. H. Bur
mister, sale manager is the in
creased buyer interest from out
side the Modoc County area. Three
years ago, Rurmisler reports, five
ier cent of the buyers were
from outside the area; two years
ago 35 per cent, and last year 50
per cent of the buyers came from
outside the county. "They tell
me they're coming back this year
to."
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Kalis, Oregon
Tuesday, August 27, 1963
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ment of Agriculture from the Ag
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1 blocks from the Agriculture Build
ing. -
Crowded conditions in Agricul
ture Building necessitated moving
this division, which will be con
siderably enlarged because of the
1903 Milk Stabilization Program.
When the department s new
building is constructed the milk
audit and stabilization division
will again be housed with other
divisions.
K. W. Sawyer, department chief,
and seven other staff members
are affected by the move.
Aug. t is the date set for milk
marketing areas and prices an
nounced last week by Sawyer to
go into effect. The administrative
order setting the prices and es
tablishing the marketing areas fol
lowed a series of four hearings.
Producers who do not want to
operate under market pooling
may petition for a referendum to
establisih a distributor pool. The
petition must be filed within 45
davs after market areas are es
tablished. Two-thirds of the pro
ducers in the market area must
approve a switch to a distributor
pool for it to become .effective
Market pooling establishes an
equalization program with all pro
ducers sharing and sharing alike
in payouts on quota milk. The
producer quotas will be set by
the Department of Agriculture.
Under a distributor pool the
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LAKEVIEW - In response to
questions raised by farmers re
garding stored "excess" wheat
and other wheat program provi
sions, Erwin Abramson, chairman
of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation County Commit
tee, recently gave the following
brief explanation:
1. Since marketing quotas will
not be in effect for the I9M wheat
crop, wheat that was grown in
excess of marketing quotas in
19S3 or previous years will be
subject to the original penalty
provisions until July 1. 19fi4. Aft
er that dale, stored excess wheat
may be released without penalty
and with no loss of acreage his
tory on the farm wncre the wheat
was produced.
2. If the 19M wheat crop from a
farm is small enough, because of
underplanting or underproduction,
arrangements may be made for
the early release or part or all!
ol the farm s stored excess wheat
from previous crop-, without pay
ment of penalty and with no loss
of wheat acreage history.
3. Loss of wheat acreage history
results where a marketing quota
penalty is paid or becomes due
on excess wheat. Therefore, if the
producer pays the penally on
stored excess wheat in order to
release it before July I, 19fi4. his
farm's wheat acreage history w ill
be affected.
4. There will be no marketing
quota penalties for planting in
excess of acreage allotments for
Ihe 1904 wheal crop. However,
producers who overplant their
1964 allotments will receive his
tory credit only in the amount of
their allotments.
5. Price support averaging 50
per cent of parity nationally will
be available only to producers
who plant within the farm acre
age allotments established lor
the 19fi4 wheat crop. (The pres
ent parity price is $2.51 per bushel.)
OMAHA, Neb. Diane and
Maralea Dehlinger of Klamath
Falls have been named junior
members of the American Short
horn Association, nation-wide reg
istry for Shorthorn and Polled j
Shorthorn heef cattle. Accep-i
lance of full stains membership
was announced here by C. D.I
Swalfar, executive secretary.
Their membership carries member-breeder
registration privileg
es and names them cooperative
participants in nation - wide pro
motion of the breed.
Universally known as the
"Great Improvers," Shorthorn
and Polled Shorthorn (polled
meaning naturally hornless) bulls
arc used extensively for crossing
on other beef breeds.
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