Sevan Billion Dollars
Farm Goods Said 'Stored
WASHINGTON m Farm goods
store1', under the price support pro
gram now total nearly, seven bil
lion dollars, a record high.
Reporting this record, the Ag
riculture Department said federal
investment in the surpluses as of
Oct. 31 was $6,634,107,000 and
more commitments since then have
pushed the figure close to the seven-billion
mark. The amount was
$4,544,897,000 a year ago.
The Oct. 3.1 figure included $2.
525,834,000 in loans advanced to
farmers for products stored under
support programs and $4,108,273,
000 in farm goods owned outright
by the government. -
Biggest item in the Oct. 31 In
ventory was wheat worth $2,698.
700,000, followed by $1,231,942,000
In cotton and $1,167,471,000 in corn.
Receives Top Honor
Mon., Dec. 13, 19S4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore.' 3
Canyonville Man Wins New
Honor For .'4-H Club Work
By LAURA OLSON '
Staff Writer, News-Review ,
Ten rliliffenr. vearn working in 4-H cluhs in Douclas
County has brought an added honor to Wade Worthington I P Jf
of Canyonville. He is believed to be the only person in
the county eligible to receive the new 4-H pin awarded for
Revision Of Income Tax Law Aids Oregon Farmers
Oregon farmers will likely bene
fit in several ways from revisions
of income tax laws made by con
gress during 1954, according to
Manning Becker, extension farm
management specialist at-Oregon
State College.
Included in the many changes
that should help ease the strain
for the farmer are tax rates about
Cowt which have free and easy
access to water, drink about 10
times a day and consume a third
of their water at night.
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10 years of service.
The 19-year-old farmer is now
in partnership with his father on
the Worthington's big livestock
and crops farm between Canyon
ville and Days Creek.
Wade started out in 4-H work
in 1945. Just about 10 years old
at the time, he joined a cooking
club in Days Creek. He went on
to take honors in cooking at the
Douglas County Fair and, later, at
the Oregon State Fair.
In 1948 Wade joined a beef club.
Since then he's acquired a small
herd of registered Herefords, ac
cording to county 4-H agent Frank
von Borstel.
He worked in the beef club for
seven years, as a member of the
Days Creek Stockmen. While he
raised beef, Wade found time for
four years, to raise corn. One year
he had a champion corn exhibit at
the Oregon Slate Fair.
Von Borstel said that Wade
didn't enter any of his cattle at
the state fair. Transportation of
beef presents quite a problem to
boys living a considerable dis
tance from the exhibiting place.
The agent was proud of Wade.
He said it wasn't often boys con
tinue in 4-H work for 10 years.
'No set time has been named
when Wade will receive his 10
year pin. Von Borstel says some
kind of ceremony will probably go
along with the presentation.
Anyway the extension office
hasn't received any pins yet.
extensions on deadlines for filing
.inal returns. The date for tax es
timates is still Jan. IS, but if the
final return is filed by Feb. 15, no
estimate will be required. If farm
ers file an estimate by Jan 15,
they have until April 15 to file their
final return.
Another important change con
cerns how expenses for soil and
water conservation can be handl-
H e?r&.W&Tv. Tears ginning aft7rfac
Burtoln sfafe " Hclub , j" 1 P"
leader, announced they will re- lze tr c"ently deduct these ex-
ceive a gold key, mounted in
Special Pin Designed
For 10-Year 4-H'ers
A new award now awaits Ore-
,i. , f..ir "writMff" than ih. ecner suggests inai ior more ...
Ui uL 7, h",,ihiPc information on the income . """need hi, res.gnaUon,
tax revisions, farmers should
check with their county extension! no later than Feb. 1
agent or a tax attorney.,. I return to ranching.
penses. Once the choice has been i of three years or more is new, The farmer, of course, must still
made, it is binding for future the "Declining-balance" method I furnish over half of the depend
years, Becker warns. 'at double the straight - line ratejent'a support. ,
,?"c.n .J""", ;, wH,Af Becker suggest. that for more
up to 25 per cent of the farmer's
gross income from farming during
the current taxable year. Any cost
above 25 per cent may be deduct
ed in the following years but
not over 25 per cent of the gross
in any year.
A further revision of the tax
laws allows farmers faster
"write-off" on eauinment and
farm improvements, nV specialist
continues, inc old "straight-line"
method total cost divided by
the years of useful life has been
used by most farmers and may
still oe used. But, if the item be-
RESIGNS POSITION '
PORTLAND Walter John
son, Connell, Wash., wheat rancher
who became director of the federal
regional Commodity Stabilization
Service here last spring, has an-
solid gold necklace for girls and
on a tie chain for boys.
Until now, the 10-year member
award was a pin similar to the
ones given to first, third and fifth
year 4-H club members.
.The key has an outline of the
state of Oregon in white enamel.
In the center is the green four
Eight Colorado Buffaloes
On Way East To ,lowa
DENVER (fl Eight Colorado
buffalo are on their way east to
Iowa. '
Harry Stewart of Lamont,. Iowa,
bought two young bulls and six
neuers nere lor $850, loaded Uiem
leaf clover, symbolic of 4-H club I into a big cattle truck and started
work. The words "ten years" are j back home. i
at the top and "Oregon 4-H clubs" Stewart told reporters he plans
at the bottom. I to breed the buffalo with Here-
The new design is the result of i ford-Brahma stock on his 172-acre
a survey by the Oregon 4-H Club j farm and produce animals known
headers' Assn. in cooperation with as Callalo.
the state 4-H club office. It asked Also, he said, he likes to look at
older 4-H club members in various I buffalo and some time he'd like
parts of the state what they would i to eat a buffalo steak,
prefer as an award. The survev
.resulted in leaders recommenda
tion for a specially designed key.
The design was perfected by the
National Committee on Boys and
Girls Club Work in Chicago.
Cost of the preliminary design
was financed by the state 4-H lead
ers' association. Distribution costs
are donated by the First National
Bank of Portland, which supplies
all 4-H club member pins.
straight line, is the "sum-of-the-
digits. It is more complex.
The farmer taxpayer may also
elect to "write-off" the cost of
grain storage facility in 60 months
instead of the normal life of the
structure. It must have been or
will be built in the calendar years
lUM-iaw, nowever. .
Under the newly revised law,
the farmer need not lose the ex-;
emption if he has a dependent !
who earns S600 or more, if the
dependent is under 19 or if 19
or over but is a full-time student
or is pursuing an approved full-
He said It would become effective
so he could
ing depreciated has a useful life 1 time course of on-farm training.
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' .By ED GILDEN i they do each year. In fact, he has
county Extension Forester ' made this statement, "without
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REMEMBER:
for a year but it's true. Way
Dack in December 1954 I came
forth with the first "master
piece." It was crude and they
still are; but I am getting to the
stage where I sort of look for
ward to writing one each week.
I hope you get some enjoyment
out of reading them.
EVEN HARDER to believe Is
that the Roseburg News-Review
has used it every time that I get
it over to them. From this meager
beginning the column has spread
far but not so .wide.
Hal Schiltz down at the Mvrtle
Creek Mail makes use of it, when-
over he has a little extra space.
Dewey Rand, editor of the Capitol
Press up at Salem says his circu
lation isn't too . large in Douglas
County but he likes the subject
matter and it is of interest to his
readers farther north. He uses it
quite regular.
The Oregon Farmer makes use
of a column or two once in a while.
Gene McNulty, field, editor, usual
ly polishes them up a .little and
maybe uses a couple of columns
to make a story but they are
being used. That's the important
thing.
A few trades with county agents
and foresters in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho who are writing
columns about completes the cir
cuit. REMEMBER ALL the "mular-
key" I have been giving you about
what a big business Christmas
tree growing is in other states and
how we can do the same thing
in Douglas County? Well, now you
can read about it from another
source. Al DeVoe, forest apprais
al forester, over at the court house
called to' my attention the Christ
mas tree feature article in this
month's Better Homes and Gar
dens magazine.
This is the story of Mr. Christ
mas Tree Paul Kirk of Ta
coma, Wash. Kirk Evergreens are
probably the largest Christmas
tree operators in the United States.
The acreage of farmed Christmas
trees that they own is unbeliev
able. The magazine article esti
mates that they own over 40,000
acres that have been farmed.
Paul has told me that without
farming they would be unable to
produce a
soon be out of the Christmas tree
business."
"It is necessary to farm our slow
growing stand," Paul savs. "to
keep them in Christmas trees. Oth-!
erwise we might cut in an area
for five or six years and then it !
would grow beyond Christmas tree '
size." ,
If your interested in Christmas
trees, take a look at this article
in December's Better Homes and
Gardens magazine. I did my read
ing in the public library you
can do the same. -;
Don't stop there! We have a
very excellent bulletin called
"Raising Christmas Trees For A
Profit" here in the county agent's
office that we will let you have.
"WHERE CAN I take the kids
and cut a Christmas tree?"
That's going to be a common
question for the (next couple of
weeks. 1
In the past it has been common j
practice to drive out on a country i
road and cut trees where they ;
grow." The farmer or landowners :
are beginning to realize the value
of young trees growing on their j
land. Many farmers are raising I
Christmas trees to sell. Others!
want the small trees on their lands j
to grow into timber. '
Trespassing is a pretty horrible '
word but that's what you are'
doing if you cut a Christmas tree
without the landowner's permis-'
sion. No matter, how far you get
from town or how far it is
from a house somebody owns
the land. '
Make this a better Christmas for
both you and the kids by getting
permission before you cut a tree. :
1 Incidemly, some Douglas Coun
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for sale right on Christmas tree
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you are interested in finding a
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