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115 ME SACRAMENTO BEE Thursday July 7 1977 Page 'I California Canners Mobilize Bin Loss War Escalates Page Cattlemen Get Go-Ahead To Vote In Referendum Ellis believes the program has the potential of creating a more stable market for beef that would be less subject to wild price fluctuations that have plagued consumers in the past Although the assessment on cattle sales will be automatic the program itself will be voluntary meaning that producers who do not want to participate in the national effort can get their assessments refunded Toxic Weed List Grows Last year the annual bin hunt turned up some 30000 of the 120-pound containers stacked in orchards or at grading and inspection stations But these containers were simply left sitting after harvest and did not represent those "misappropriated" said Upholt Bins are used almost exclusively to haul peaches apricots and pears to canneries Tomatoes while in the process of switching over to bulk handling still depend on bins for nearly half its shipments Over the years canners have been advised by their legal departments that the cost of prosecuting bin thieves would be greater than the value of the bins But the replacement costs and number of missing bins has reached the point where some legal action is justified said Upholt The cost of searching for lost bins is also high To aid in the annual bin hunt normally conducted in January and February the processors have divided the state up into nine districts Those canneries operating within each district send out their field men to scan for bins and make reports Since names of processors are painted on the sides of the boxes it is easy to send location reports to owners who send trucks to recover their containers Growers are being asked to immediately notify processors or locations and numbers of bins lug boxes and pallets California canners are going to start getting tough with "unauthorized" users of their 535-each bins used to haul harvested commodities to processing plants More than 5 per cent of the 2 million bins used in the state last year are missing said Canners League of California spokesman Jerry Llpholt The loss represents a $35 million investment on the part of various canners who have lost track of the wooden containers Upholt added An annual cooperative search led by local canneries around the state to find and report locations of misplaced bins to owners has failed to turn up most of the containers so the canneries are thinking about hiring a private detective to track them down A special new subcommittee on bin recovery has been added to the CLC's raw products committee to see what can be done about the problem Part of the solution said Upholt may be to enforce a California Containers Brand Act provision which would impose stiff penalties on unauthorized bin users Such unauthorized users include fruit stands nurseries which sell large trees in the containers nut and dried fruit businesses which make private use of the canners' property and various industries which use the bins to hold scrap According to Upholt violators of the container act who make illegal use of bins could be fined up to three times the value of the boxes and be ordered to pay attorney's fees of the prosecution The search for lost bins is an annual project in which state canneries cooperate to find one another's bins in various districts through the league This week more than 4000 California cattlemen registered to vote in the national Beef Research and Information referendum were given the signal to cast their ballots The sign-up constituted what California Cattlemen's Association assistant manager Leo Johnson called a "light" registration for the state where more than 26000 were eligible to vote Nationally nearly 300000 ranchers are registered to vote in the balloting which began Tuesday and runs through July 15 More than 50 per cent of those registered must vote in the referendum and the program must be approved by no less than two-thirds of those voting for it to be become effective The registration and voting conducted through local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service offices is administered by the US Department of Agriculture parent agency of the ASCS Sacramento-Amador ASCS officials report 89 Sacramento and 44 Amador ranchers have registered to vote in the referendum Ballots can be cast at the ASCS office or returned by mail Voting for the beef program which would provide for assessment of about 835 million nationwide to conduct industry research and marketing programs is perhaps one of the most important choices cattlemen will ever make according to some industry leaders If the referendum passes one of the first major research efforts will be in the area of nutrition to determine the effects of beef in the diet said Ken Ellis University of California Cooperative Extension livestock specialist Grain Drying Device I I I Grain Drying Device I I1 a I 4 4 i i fr'zs': i 1 iit4P1' I i-' i1 '1 1 -T4- 41': 4 A A I 11:1 i I '4e''' LfV t' atit If I 411k IP 4116:2 I '''J 'S' t4S 1 ie 4' 31 '4 I 1 1 ''2' '''''''Z it 2 4 i I1 A 2 1b4' 1 I ''ii4 tf 4t' 1 I a Zp 1 ''-feti ik I ke "t7 1:::: It aA'V 0 0 I tIliZe If 14 I --I 1 I '4 0 i Meanwhile the league isconduct: ing an extensive public relations program aimed at alerting growers to the seriousness of bin losses "The push is on to recover what is ours" said Upholt "We're ready to take people to court if necessary" Fiddleneck and groundsel should be placed on stockmen's lists of "dangerous weeds" according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture Both are poisonous and can be found growing in many areas around the state reported the department The plants are toxic to cattle and sheep and particularly deadly to horses Fiddleneck commonly known as fireweed or tarweed is a seed-producing annual that has a small delicate yellow or orange flower prickly nettles one to three foot hairy stems and long graceful leaves Common is an annual garden weed that has one to three foot leafy stems leaves that are coursely toothed and many yellow disk flower heads It is also known as grimsel ragwort and Old Man in the Spring The weeds contain poisonous pyrrolizidine alkaloids which cause liver damage Initial symptoms are mild such as loss of appetite Later symptoms include jaundice and bloodied urine Bureau of Agricultural Chemicals and Feed chief John Hillis said the current high price of alfalfa hay increases the likelihood that volunteer hay which seeds naturally every year will be fed to horses "This feed can be purchased for about half the pre of alfalfa" said Hillis "and may contain such weeds as fiddleneck and common groundsel The weeds can show up in the first cutting of alfalfa" Before allowing livestock to graze owners are urged to check volunteer hay and first-cutting alfalfa on their land for the deadly weeds Recommending livestockmen to purchase hay only from reputable dealers Hillis said "If hay contains more than 10 per cent of any toxic weed it is potentially dangerous However by taking a few precautions owners can avoid unnecessary livestock deaths due to menacing weeds" Selling feed containing injurious materials is prohibited by state law If fiddleneck or common groundsel is suspected either the county or state agricultural authorities should be contacted Evapotranspiration Potential (ETP)-1 Inches of Water I Farm Calendar 192 31 32 131 Total for 7 days ending Tuesday Wednesday's Estimated Today's Forecast Four-day Forecast (including today) I Russ Fletcher a representative of UK Industries Inc checks out a model of a multiple-auger grain drying device marketed by his firm in Orland The scaled-down unit demonstrated at a farm equipment show indicates how aDgers churn grain as a crane slowly revolves around the circular bin The top has been removed from the model for the display UP information is provided by the US Bureau of Reclamation weather station at Folsom Dam to show the amount of water lost each day in inches from a standard crop due to plant growth and surface evaporation Growers may contact their county University of California Cooperative Extension Service farm advisers for local crop requirements UgleiltH110111111111111M 00000 IHIMMIIIIIIHMIMMIM 000000000 It 000000 11111111111111 00000000000000000000 tilinturinasosesum 0000 Li July 7 California Tomato Growers Association annual district meeting El Macero Country Club Davis 7:30 pm July 8 Cling Peach Advisory Producer Board meeting Stockton Inn Stockton 9:30 am July 12 Canning Tomato Advisory Committee meeting California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 Street Sacramento 10 am July 12 Ad Hoc Consumer Advisory Group meeting California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 Street Sacramento 1:30 pm July 13 Yolo County Farm Bureau safety meeting Agricultural Extension Building 70 Cottonwood Street Woodland 8 pm July 19 Pesticide Advisory Committee meeting California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 Street Sacramento 10 am SACRAMENTO COUNTY PROJECT AND POLICY PLANNING COMMISSIONS FGRAPE HARVESTING WANTED MACHINE and HAND 9 MACHINES ($110 per Acre) CALL (805) 393-2550 NOTICE TOMATO HARVESTING WANTED 8 BLUNDERS ELECTRONIC ($11 per ton) MANUAL per ton) CALL (805)393-2550 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Project and Policy Planning Commissions in joint session shall hold a public hearing pursuant to Sections 65500 and 65854 of the Government Code to consider the following plans: The State Plan DELTA MASTER RECREATION PLAN AND WATERWAYS USE PROGRAM 1976 prepared by the State Resources Agency The Regional Plan DELTA ACTION PLAN AND WATERWAYS USE PROGRAM 1976 prepared by the Delta Advisory Planning Council (DAPC) The County Plan WATERWAYS USE PROGRAM FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY prepared by the County Staff Level Task Force for Water Oriented Studies r----------1- f-- l' I r) 5---- ti A fdr I i' Olor 4-)-' k-- i SEMI-ANNUAL WilliaMSSHOE FASHIONS 5z)ze37 CLEARAIICE STILL GOING ON! LOTS OF SIZES STYLES AVAILABLE 11f HEARING DATE: JULY 18 1977 at 6:30 PM The hearing will be held in Room 427 of the County Administration Building 827 7th Street Sacramento California All interested persons are invited to attend For additional information regarding this notice please call: Don Terrell at 440-6222 Copies of the plans are available at the Current Planning Department Room 327 of the County Administration Building The County Plan described herein is in two parts The first part relates to policies regulations and procedures and constitutes the text of a proposed specific plan in the Waterways and nearby land area of the unincorporated area of the County The hearing will be limited to presentation testimony and dis( JSSIOn of Pao of the County Plan Port II applies the policies and regulations to various land and water areas which will be the subject of a subsequent notice public hearing lazzzzzazz '1 000 IN FREE GROCERIES First prize will be $350 in free groceries In addition there will be three second prizes each worth $50 in free groceries and twenty-five third prizes each worth $20 in free groceries Enclose as many entries in each envelope as you wish Entries may be mailed or dropped off at The Bee building Hundreds of dollars of additional freegroceries will be giver away by participating grocers in their own prize drawings i 0 VIER Iii ii 1 00 0 Isl zzrtzz' LI )1 i fit 4111041111 INFREE GROCERIES i First prize will be $350 in free groceries In addition there will be three second prizes each worth $50 in free groceries and twenty-five third 11 I NA prizes each worth $20 in free groceries Enclose as many entries in 9 each envelope as you wish Entries may be mailed or dropped off at The Bee building Hundreds of dollars of additional freegroceries will I be giver away by participating grocers in their own prize drawings These plans are briefly described as follows: STATE PLAN The purpose of this plan is to update the State Resources Agency's pqlicy for the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta and to provide a comprehensive guide to State federal and local agencies and the public for the pro tection and development of the Deltas scenic wildlife and recreation resources Included in this plan is an updated Delta Waterways Use Program which classifies the Delta Waterways into either natural scenic or multiple-use catagories and provides waterway use and development standards needed to protect the en vkranmental values of the Delta REGIONAL PLAN On July 16: 1976 the Delta Advisory Planning Council (comprised of representatives from the five Delta Counties and the nine Delta Cities) adopted the Delta Action Plan and submitted it to the Board of Supervisors for adoption or endorsement and use as guidelines in all future Delta related decisions The DELTA ACTION PLAN is a comprehensive resources plan which makes recommendations for giorctinattd local state or federal action in the areas of: agriculture and soils historic natural and recreational resources resource development relative to industry commerce and transportation and resource management This plan incorporates the Delta Waterways Use Program from the state plan which is intended to recognize and protect current patterns of landside and waterway use provide for potential future patterns of use preserve open space identify and preserve significant natural areas minimize the adverse effects of shoreside facilities on the use of the waterways maintain through navigatin provide guidelines and minimum standards for developers involved in wateroriented construction strive for practicable trade offs between land use and waterway activities improve boating safety and resolve conflicting waterway activities by instituting special-use zones air step NOW slOtos16 bAps )w 6 cli: steps sboes NOW PANTRY RALEY'S ALBERTSON'S SAFE WAY MAXI-MARKET PANTRY BIG MARKET FARMERS BEL AIR QUALITY COMPTON'S BIG MARKET WIRE '18" to '26" RALPHS JUMBO VAN'S CORTI BROS LUCKY AND OTHER FiNE FOOD STORES RALPHS CLIP AND MAIL COUPON TODAY LAST 2 DAYS FOOTWORKS REGs2V NOW $6 )RKs CONNIE WERE '25' NOW 1 0 (t (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( 11( i ut (( 't ((((((((( 1st Pnie S350 in aroce-es I Th'ee 2n1 HO- vi-----1 650 in wocerles 25 Third PrIzes eactl S20 in Tocries SUM ER Pius ntindredS of additional doliars in groceries gAien by patticioating grocers OOD Mail to: Surnmer Food Festival The Sacramento Bee i FESTIVAL i PO Box 13771 Sacramento CA 95801 P-''' 1- IFFSUMMER OOD gFE81113119 COUNTY PLAN This program consists of a Waterways Use Mop and standards and regulations Generally the program is intended to implement the goals objectives and policies of the Sacramento County General Plan the DAPC Action Plan and Waterways Use Program and the 1976 Stile Delta Master Recreation Plan While recogniz ing the practical realities of established development trends there is also a strong emphosis on im plementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The specific areas of concern addressed in the program are: administration safety in the waterways pollution obstructions encroachments and alteration of the waterway water-side projects regulations and waterway standards development standards along natural streams and Special Planning Districts ore established for the Garden Highway Delta Communities Simpson Tract Long Island Island and Andrus Island At the close of the hearing the Commission may: I BARETRAPS I DARE WERE $23 NOW s14 LE 23 WERE '20 to '34 NOW 14 to' DL Armour 11177 Warn Ciao Frozen Peet Sptil Mate Towers Mrs Crass Soups Armour Lunch Meat Avocado Cpunen Favat Toni leofbest Turkey PVtit A MOW 'henna Sausage I Frozen Vegetable Brun Coffee Johnson Red Armour Treat FAB Detergent Ken Foods Nectars Blue Bonny Margarine Blue Diamond Almonde Country Pixie Melons Made Rite Hot Bog Taoby Cat food eo (1) Tentatively approve the text of the specific plan (2) Initiate further public hearing for September or October to discuss the second part of the County Plan as it relates to specific land and water areas (3) Initiate public hearings to discuss staff recommendations to adopt special planning district regulations for selected land and water areas of the County Alare-sS FLORSHEIM WERE '39 tos44 NOW '25 IEIM ios46 State INnone LIFE STRIDES LEG 119 to '23 NOW '8 011et eeres Jah 8 1911 Veners et be eoetve Juti 18 1871 Pnes to ore er 1rney DA -h et 'nee mmomiate tame re rot rove lot atwatis rALCatzry mrerrtlefs of tow medate tafnrv re rot esqve to a08OS froovees 5i11)11)11)1)11)1Mil )11111177 A Negative Declaration has been prepared for the County Waterways Use Program indicating no significant adverse environmental effects Williams SHOE FASHIONS SHIONS BETTY O'LEARY Secretary Planning Commissions The Sacramento Bee atSPIEW CINTtR BTU 9102 MALL moKal 10 619 SAT 10-6 SUN 1 25 7 mONf10 10 til 9 SAT 10-6 SUN 12-5 481-1605 0 fil 9 12-5 4 961-4223.