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Top Western Angus Beef Cattle
Displayed At Grand Exposition
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WIN SPEECH HONORS Winners of the Soil and Water Conservation District
1963 area speech contest were selected last week in a meeting at the Olene Com
munity Hall. Displaying their trophies are, left to right, Miss Lois Hobson, Merrill High
School senior and second place winner; Miss Barbara Reid, Bonanza High School
senior and first place winner, and Louis Glinkman, a KUHS senior and third place win
ner. Other contestants included Nondice McFall, Bonanza; Eric Haskins, Merrill, and
Jim Drew, KUHS. The first two place winners will compete in the semifinals in Ash
land. Lloyd Gift, chairman of the Langell Valley Soil and Water Conservation District,
was emcee at the speech contest.
Local Feed Prices Govern
Use Of High Concentrate
Beef cattle usually gain faster
on high concentrate rations, but
whether or not this type of ra
tion is economically practical
depends on local feed prices.
Two years of testing various
high concentrate rations have
shown that barley, milo and
corn all produce good gains, ac
cording to Oregon Stale Univer
sity Agricultural Experiment
Station researchers, E. N. Hoff
man, superintendent of the Mal
heur Experiment Station, and
Dr. J. E. Oldficld, animal nu
tritionist. In this particular test, steam
rolled barley produced faster
and cheaper gains than dry
Anti-Mice
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OPEGON STATE UNIVERSI
TY Douglas fir seeds can be
protected from mice with a two
per cent coating of a commer
cial chemical, Endrin, and this
may make it possible for wide
areas of Oregon to be reforested
economically by direct seeding,
according to Hugh Black and
Edward Hooven. mammalogists
at the Oregon State University
Forest Research Laboratory.
Seed protection from rodents
and birds is necessary in direct
seeding. Douglas fir seeds coat
ed with aluminum powder repel
birds, but a concentration of
one-half per cent active Endrin
in the coating has led to only
limited success in protection
against mice.
In tests from January to May
of this year, seeds were coated
with various adhesives and con
centrations of Endrin, a chlori
nated hydrocarbon frequently
used as an insecticide, and test
ed w ith deer mice.
The 1963 study showed that all
treated seeds were eaten freely
when first offered, but two per
cent or more of active Endrin
in the coating repelled mice that
survived after eating treated
seed. Lower concentrations
were not lethal to most mice
and were slightly repellent after
the first trial.
In the tests, a mouse would
be offered daily 50 seeds treat
ed with one-half, one, two or
five per cent active Endrin.
Type of adhesive and degree of
weathering were found not so
important as concentration of
Endrin.
Germination was not lessened
by increasing the concentration
of Endrin to two per cent. Tests
of germination with concentra
tions greater than two per cent
have not yet been conclusive,
the researchers report.
The study is continuing with
test of ponderosa pine seed ex
posed to chipmunks and golden-mantled
ground squirrels.
Possible effects of the treat
ments on germination of seeds
and growth of seedlings also are
being studied.
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rolled barley. However, Oldfield
points out that quality of
steam rolled and dry rolled bar
ley varies considerably accord
ing to local processing condi
tions. The researchers say the tests
demonstrate that high concen.
trate feeding is practical when
basic feeds and a simple pro
tein supplement are readily
available. Where grain is cheap,
feeders can take advantage of
rapid gains' produced on high
concentrate rations. Where hay
or other forages are cheap in
relation to grain, it may pay to
feed a conventional hay-grain
ration.
Four high concentrate rations
and a typical hay-grain ration
were fed in the test program.
Typical experiments used four
lots of 10 steers each. Each lot
was fed a different high con
centrate ration. The protein sup
plement in each ration was
fortified with 750 I. U. vitamin
A per pound of food eaten. Cat
tle were on feed for 145 days.
Cattle fed a ration consisting
of half barley and half beet
pulp gained an average 2.9
pounds per day at a cost of 9
cents per pound, and consumed
8.07 pounds feed per pound gain.
Another lot, fed 50 per cent
dry rolled barley, 25 per cent
beet pulp and 25 per cent
ground car corn, gained 2.92
pounds per day at a cost of 19 2
cents per pound. They took 8.05
Panic Is Biggest Enemy
In Disastrous Home Fire
By FRANCES C. HAI.L
County Extension Agrnt
Oregonians need to clear the
smoke from some of their ideas
about home fires. Last year,
fire cost $13 million on Oregon
homes and farms.
Charles Ross, Oregon Stale
University extension forester,
says that panic more often than
fire contributes to death. People
usually don't think rationally
when frightened.
To avoid panic, he suggests
getting rid of potential fire haz
ards and laying out some es
cape routes in the home in case
of fire. Practice drills are rec
ommended to be sure each fam
ily member is capable of taking
routes mapped out.
Recently nine members of a
family lost their lives in a
home fire. In their fright they
couldn't find an exit. Yet, af
ter the fire it was determined
that each could have gotten out.
Two small boys crawled into a
closet thinking it was a door
way to freedom.
It is advisable that drills be
ended at the same pre-arranged
plave so everyone can easily be
accounted for. At the assembly
point, the rule is "once out
stay out."
Last year. Oregon had more
than 12.000 fires that damaged
dwellings. This really is a con
servative estimate because the
12.000 fires were only those
reported on insured properties.
The OSU specialist lists two
rules for controlling home fires.
pounds of feed per pound gain.
Cattle receiving a ration
made up of 50 per cent steam
rolled barley, 25 per cent beet
pulp and 25 per cent ground ear
corn topped the test with an av
erage daily gain of 3.18 pounds
at a cost of 18 cents per pound.
It took 7.51 pounds of feed to
put on each pound of gain.
The ration for the fourth lot
consisted of 25 per cent beet
pulp, 25 per cent ground ear
corn, and 50 per cent milo.
They gained 2.92 pounds per day
at a cost of 20.7 cents per
pound, on 8.46 pounds of feed
per pound of gain.
A check lot of cattle fed an
alfalfa hay and grain ration
gained an average 2.76 pounds
per day and required 9.39
pounds of feed to make a pound
of gain, but Die gains cost only
17.4 cents per pound.
Hoffman and Oldfield report
two of the animals were affect
ed by urinary calculi after eight
weeks on feed. Salt was added
as two per cent of the ration
for all cattle on high concen
trate diets, and no further cal
culi was noted.
Carcass grades on the test
cattle were not as high as the
live grades seemed to indicate.
OSU researchers tentatively con
cluded that lack of marbling
might be due to the cattle put
ting on rapid gains at a young
age. Further studies are
planned.
Know the high potential risks
then eliminate them. Causes are
shown through accident statis
tics: small children left unat
tended near open fires, a con
tainer of gasoline brought in
doors, (triple the hazard if the
container is glass i. spark-producing
equipment operated near
paint thinners, use of flammable
hair sprays near flames, chil
dren playing with matches, ov
erheated or defective chimneys
or flues, and electricity and de
fective wiring.
The careless smoker and user
of matches just about always
tops the fire causing list. One in
four Oregon home fires last year
was started in this way. Anoth
er one-fourth resulted from igni
tion of hot grease, oil, tar and
petroleum products. The kitchen
the soucc of many fat fires
is the most dangerous room in
the house.
Healing systems stoves, fur
naces, chimneys, and flues do
not cause as many fires as they
once did. Newer homes have
chimney.' :;h flue liners, and
many new homes are heated
with electricity. Nevertheless,
heating systems, as mentioned,
ranked third as cause of home
fires in Oregon last year.
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-More than 20 leading Western
herds of purebred Angus beef
cattle exhibited some of their
best animals at the recent
Grand National Livestock Ex
position in San Francisco. They
paraded a total of 58 bulls and
54 heifers before tlie judge. Joe
Keefauver of Joncsboro, Tonn.,
in a show dedicated to Frank
Richards, of the American An
gus Association, St. Joseph,
Mo., who is retiring next month
after 17 years of beef indus
try leadership as secretary of
the national Angus organization.
Selected as senior and grand
champion bull was Hoots Bar
doliermere 30. shown by Hoots
Angus Ranch at Grants Pass,
Ore. The same herd won the
reserve bull calf championship
with Hoots Bardoliermere 70.
and they captured first place
in the gct-of-sire class on en
tries sired by Hoots Bardolier
mere. Gwerdcr Angus Ranch of
Walnut Grove, Calif., won the
calf championship and reserve
grand championship of the bull
show with GGO Bardoliermere
2, and Mr. George 27 CN was
picked as the Junior champion
bull. He was shown by Carl
Nielsen of Middletown, Calif.
'Picked as the champion heif
er calf was Pround Double Dia
mond, an entry of Double Dia
mond Ranch, Reno, .Nev., and
Duncraggan Ranch, Sonoma.
FB Studies
Policy Meet
Farm Bureau policy for the
coming year will be decided at
the annual convention of the
general farm organization, Nov.
10-13 in Salem, according to
Harold Beach, Oregon Farm Bu
reau Federation president.
Beach said over- 100 resolu
tions have been presented by
county Farm Bureau members
for consideration by the voting
delegates.
Each resolution submitted by
an individual must be sent to
all county Farm Bureaus where
it is voted on by the members
in their regular meetings, Beach
explained. The members then
instruct their elected voting del
egate how to vote on the con
vention floor.
Topics such as beer bottles J
thrown into fields by passing
motorists have brought on a
resolution for more stringent lit
ter laws.
On wider subjects, taxes bring
out the greatest array of ideas
in resolution form. From Gil
liam County comes one calling
for tax appraisals to be made
on the tine earning power of
the property, such as deter
mined by a loaning agency and
the appraisal be made on a six
year average.
The county voting delegates
will meet for two days during
the OFBF convention to thresh
out differences in the resolu
tions. The end result w ill be bal
loting to determine the policy
of the Oregon Farm Bureau for
1964. The meeting is open to all
Interested parties. However,
only voting delegates arc al
lowed to vole on the resolutions.
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Calif., which later was selected
as the grand champion of the
show. Double Diamond Ranch
also showed the reserve junior
champion bull. Diamond Bar
doliermere 114, and they won
the junior got-of-sire class blue
ribbon with entries sired by
Dor-Mac's Bardoliermere 150.
Junior and reserve grand
champion heifer was Haystack
Queen Mother 67, exhibited by
Haystack Angus Ranch of Long
mont, Colo.
Js'usbaum Angus Ranch of
Fairfield, Calif., showed t h e
senior champion heifer, N u s
baum's Queen -Motlier, and Ha
cienda de los Reyes, Sclma,
Calif., won the reserve senior
championship with Hacienda
Fall River
Sale Ready
The Fall River Big Valley
Cattlemen's Association Is get
ting all set for the Nov. 6 feed
er sale and the Nov. 7 bull sale.
These two sales will be held
at the Inter Mountain Fair
grounds. MeArthur. Calif., start
ing at 1 p.m. on each day.
The feeder sale to be held
Wednesday. Nov. 6, will feature
more than 2.600 head of feeder
cattle consisting of 1.800 head of
light calves. 300 head of re
placement heifers and 400 head
of light yearlings. The replace
ment heifers will be both bred
and open and of the highest
quality.
All the cattle in the sale will
be sorted and sifted by Harvey
McDougal, Collinsvillc. Calif.,
assisted by Jim Eliings from
the University of California at
Davis. A committee of cattle
men will assist them. All crip
pled cattle, lame cattle, lump-
jaws, stags, etc., are sorted out
and not sold. Cattle are sorted
into uniform lots for their buy
ers. These are the top quality cat
tle of the Inter Mountain area.
Cattlemen of the area are proud
of these cattle for they arc the
very best that are sold in the
stale. George Brown Jr., chair
man of the feeder sale com
mittee, says that this is the big
gest and best sale offered to
date.
A bull sale is to be held on
Thursday. Nov. 7, featuring 63
head of bulls from the Inter
Mountain area. The bulls will
be on tlie fairgrounds four days
ahead of sale time for prospec
tive buyers to look over, and
sec if they will fit the bill for
their herds.
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Bandy Burgess 151. The Haci
enda herd also exhibited Elite
of Hacienda 151 as live reserve
senior champion bull and tliey
were awarded the trophy f o r
the best 10 head of Angus at
the show.
The reserve heifer calf cham
pionship went to Island Acres
Farm, Klamath Falls, on 1A
Blackcap 2132, and the reserve
junior championship of the heif
er show went to Marden and
Kcndra Wilbur of Davis, Calif.,
on Georgiana 51 CN.
Cattlemen
Meet Set
Walt Schrock, president of the
Oregon Cattlemen's Associa
tion, has announced that Cush
man Radebaugh will be t h e
speaker at tlie opening session
of 4he Oregon Caltelmen's As
sociation's annual convention in
Baker, Nov. 6.
Radebaugh. who recently re
turned from Australia, will open
up the discussion on imports of
foreign beef into this country
which w ill be one of the hottest
issues discussed at this annual
meeting.
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville Freeman will come in for
a great deal of criticism for his
statements to the press and for
his discussion at Walla Walla
to tlie effect that foreign im
ports of beef have had no ef
fect on cattle prices in this
country.
Cattlemen of Oregon are op
posed to Secretary Freeman's
statements for foreign imports
have materially affected t h e
cattle prices here this year. A
determined effort will be made
to curtail imports when they
nave a detrimental cllcct on
cattle prices paid to the Ameri
can producers.
Schrock announced also that
Dr. Grant Blanch, tax expert
from Oregon State University,
will speak on taxes in Oregon,
another subject of great inter
est at this time.
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manager of Island Acres.
Assets Of U.S. Farmers
Increase To Record High
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Agri
culture Department economists
report today that the total assets
of American farmers rose to a
record high of $216.5 billion this
year.
The assets figure is estimated
for Jan. 1, 1963. It represents an
increase of $8.5 billion over the
assets of American agriculture
on the same date in 1962.
This was the ninth consecutive
year in which farm assets have
risen. The Agriculture Depart
ment says most of the increase
has been accounted for by the
steadily rising value of farm land
Between 1954 and 1963, the val
uc of all farm assets, including
land, rose more than one-third.
Government economists point out
that the increase came in spite i
of the fact that net farm income
last year was only 3 per cent
above the 1954 figure.
The Agriculture Department's
report on the balance sheet of
American agriculture for 19631
also points out that farm debts
rose sharply last year.
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farmers' total assets rose faster
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another increase in the total equi
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