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KLAMATH TRIBUNE
FEBRUARY 1960
HERD UP SHARPLY AT AGENCY FARM
AFTER YEAR'S OPERATION BY BANK
Lucille Barrcra, Past Tourney Princess,
To Start Practical Nursing Training
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Accentuating progress on tin
Agency Farm after a year's oper
ation by tin- l.'.S. National I tank
is a cattle hci l increase of more
than I ()','?. Two-hundred ami six
1 1 : i ! wen! with the Farm when it
was turned over bv the IMA on
March 3, l(5. to the C.S. Xafl
Hank as trustee for the remaining
inemlters. As of February, VHA),
the Farm could boast a herd
totaling 5(L including 2lK steers.
5'J heifers, I M cows, and hulls.
Detailing the year's develop
ments which culminated in this
marked herd increase, K. II.
Lung, trust officer, reports that
the first transaction was sale of
51 steer calves last summer out
of the original stock. One
hundred and five calves were pro
duced on the Farm during the
ear and J IS head w ere pur
chased. Five original herd hulls
were sold and were replaced with
n registered herd bulls. Three
cows were culled from the herd
and sold and the operation show ed
a mortality los of I head dur
ing the year.
"We're living to develop the
herd as rapidly as possible,"
Lung explains, "also at the same
time developing it as much as
possible from our own stock."
He points out that (0 more cows
are expected to calve this year
and an additional JO-l next car
This held expansion reflects
the trustee's conviction that re
maining area potential for cattle
production ls mticli greater than
what lias been realized.
"The possibilities arc almost
unlimited since we have the
Three Creeks range area," Lung
states.
This grazing area in the North
ern part of the reservation is con
sidered very important to long
range herd development. Avail-
nt Agency Fnrm
ability of hay is regarded as the
chief limiting factor in a herd
increase. It is felt that Three
Creeks can afford such summer
pasture as will allow release of
much of the Agency Farm to hay
production.
Offering more immediate op
portunities for herd expansion arc
the developmental possibilities of
the Agency Farm. Of the J5M
acres making up the Farm, some
15U) acres are classed as marsh
and strictly limited for pasture or
hay production. Trust officials
consider that much of this can be
come excellent pasture or hay
producing land through proper
drainage. To such an end, ditching
and culvert work has already
been done. An agreement has been
signed with the Soil Conservation
Service whereby that agency has
surveyed the area and developed
a general plan of drainage. The
major part of the drainage work
will involve extending a dike
along Wood River (the Western
boundary of the barm) for about
a mile.
"Appraisal of Klamath Agency
harm. Klamath Agency, Ore", a
57-page report compiled in 195(1
by Appraisal Associates, Kansas
City. Mo., and Harry K. Fenton
ami Associates, Seattle, Wash.,
under contract with the manage
ment specialists, substantiates the
Farm's developmental possibil
ities. 'The appraisers concluded
that "any prudent owner would
expect to levee and drain the re
mainder of the north part of the
marsh. 'This would provide an
additional SM.7 acres of dry land
pasture". In addition, it was the
judgment of the appraisers that
"a typical prudent prospective
purchaser would expect to irri
gate the north 302. 4 acres from
W'ood River. The drainage of the
Lucille Barrera, daughter of
Mr. Frank Barrcra, an employee
of the Weyerhaeuser 'Timber
Company, Camp 6, lily, Oregon,
is home for a short vacation. She
is staving with her aunt, Mrs.
Adelita Lopez, while here in
Chilo(tiin. Lucille will be leaving
soon for Albuquerque, New Mex
ico, to start a course in Practical
Nursing. She will spend seventeen
weeks in this school training and
then will work as an assistant to
a doctor or registered nurse. She
will be placed in a hospital on a
reservation of her choice in the
Southwest. Lucille is very inter
ested in learning about the Indian
people outside her own tribe.
Lucille will be the first Klam
ath Indian and the first Indian
from Oregon to attend the nurs
ing school in New Mexico. She
has met the Head Nurse Officer
of the Northwest Indian Health
Service in Portland, Mrs. Will
hoit, who spoke to Lucille about
the school and showed some films
of it. Mrs. Willhoit was very
pleased to hear of Lucille's ac
ceptance by the school.
Lucille has spoken to both Mrs.
Willhoit and Mr. Samples, Chilo
quiu High School Principal, about
getting more Klamath girls in
terested in the Practical Nursing
or Dental Assistant field of work.
Further, she has written to Mrs.
Willhoit asking her to come to
53.1 acres and the irrigation of
the 302A acres would be well
within the means of a prospective
purchaser and would, in the con
sidered judgment of the apprais
ers, add materially to the carrying
capacity of the property. It is the
judgment of the appraisers that
this irrigated area would prob
ably be used for meadow to aug
ment the present hay supply. This
would tend to balance the opera
tion so that, in the judgment of
the appraisers, around 450 mature
cows could be carried on the
property year around ..."
Making possible further Farm
development will be discontinu
ance of any renting out of pas
ture. What will this progressive pro
gram of cattle production mean
in terms of added income for the
remaining members? Trust of
ficials point out that at first the
income realized will be reinvested
to enable the program to carry
itself. It is considered, however,
that income from cattle produc
tion may eventually become a
significant part of "the total in
come of the trust, particularly in
the event timber proceeds de
crease as virgin timber stands are
diminished.
Chiloquin to interview girls about
the program. Lucille, says "It
would be wonderful to see more
Klamath girls in nursing or den
tal assistant work. 'They are need
ed badly and I believe it would be
a wonderful career."
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Asked what she thought of the
Klamath Termination Act, Lu
cille stated 'Termination is a good
thing for the Indians but it is a
big step for us, the Klamaths. The
money part is all right ; it be
longs to us. However, where
money is concerned there is al
ways a catch. After termination,
it won't be the same for some;
it will be a new and different way
of life. We must think of our
future and the future of the
children too."
"Education is of the utmost im
portance to the Indian people now
that 'Termination is about to take
place. Many of the Klamath peo
ple should take advantage of the
opportunity afforded by an ed
ucation while they have the
chance. We must realize that Ed
ucation will play an important
part in our lives after Termina
tion." A graduate of Chiloquin High
School, Lucille was a Princess of
the 1958 All-Indian basketball
tournament. Her costume was of
white buckskin beaded in colorful
Indian designs of the Warm
Springs culture. It was made by
Mrs. Knight of the Warm Springs
tribe. This costume won fourth
prize in the Pendleton Round-up
a few years ago.
Lucille will be leaving for New
Mexico March 16. She is sorry
that she will miss the Tournament
this year but wishes the local
team the best of luck.