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Valley Farm-Ranch-Home Supplement Of Tht La Grand Observer 4. 4 -... i . ,..,-',vi:- iL ,S'h l L'--r ' -r jt'", -:3 ki .'-:lL.Jie:i.i.. . t...r i, , nv.,., lAaaaai f ,"""9 If, BIG MACHINERY; MORE SURPLUS Rapid mechanization to cutflarm costs will cause fanners to buy machinery faster says experts. Increased production efficiency will create more surpluses next year Douglas Fir Variations Are Studied Douglas fir seedlings from vari ous localities in the Pacific North west show considerable differences in growth patterns, research at Oregon State College shows. The great differences in environ mental conditions throughout west ern North America are partly re sponsible for such genetic differ ences, according to Dr. Helge Irgens-Moller, forest geneticist. In one location only trees with certain .characteristics are able to reach maturity while at another locality, the different environment al conditions favor trees with other characteristics. Thirty years ago, all Douglas fir seed was considered the "same" whether collected from high or low elevations, north or south slopes, coastal or interior sites, Irgens Moller noted. When planted in dif ferent locations, however, results were often disappointing. In the research being conducted by Irgens-Holler, geographic varia tions in Douglas fir are being Studied. Seedlings collected from ranging from British Columbia to Mexico, are being planted in the OSC forest near Corvallis. Long-range purpose of the plant ing is for use in the forest tree breeding program combining into one tree the most desirable char acteristics to be found with regard to form, growth rate, drouth re sistance, and wood quality. Crosses btween plants native to widely different areas have in some cases produced plants superior in growth rate to either parents, Iregen- Moller reported. Such crosses are being studied in the plantings at OSC to determine if this superior ity is maintained throughout the life span of the plants. , Work with plantings also is giving a new insight into Douglas Mr types. ' - In one phase of the study, Irgens Moller found that height growth in seedlings of high elevation or interior parentage stopped from one to four weeks earlier than in seedlings from the coastal areas, He also found that plants from in terior or high elevation areas reacted strongly to artificially 'shortened days by stopping height growth. Plants from near the coast were relatively unaffected by the short , days. Since the length of the frost free period is shorter at high elevations and in the interior, only trees which complete height growth early will survive in such areas Irgens-Moller said. He found that one of the mech anisms which causes the plants to stop growth well before the first killing frost was the natural d? crease in length of day during summer, the only environmental factor which changes in a con sistent manner each year. It is the most precise "time clock" in nature. , ' ' The greater sensitivity to short days shows that the plants depend partly on this "clock" to stop growth in time, he pointed out If they are treated with arti ficially long days, they con'inue height growth for a much longer period. No Farm Boom Ahead; Experts See Surplus WASHINGTON (NEA) Despite the industrial upswing, there's no boom in store this fall down on the farm. Except in surpluses. Farm income will be down eight per cent this fall, econo mists say. Prices for farm products will continue to slide. races lor the things the larmer win cuy labor, machin ery, transportation spplies will be up. Overproduction of cattle, hogs v: THE DANMOORE HOTEL All Transient Guests. All those who come, return. Rate not high, cot low. Free Garage, TV's and Ra dios'. We have a reputation for cleanliness. t Children under seven no charge 1217 (W Merries . Portland, Ore. JAM Uai Scheduled By Bureau The Board of Directors of the Union County Farm Bureau is inviting the public to an open house at the new County Farm Bureau otlice in Uland City. The open house Mill be held next Sunday between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 p m. All interested persons are urg ed to visit the new facilities by the committee planning the ev ent. "This is a big day and very important to the members and Friends," President Gene Stock hoff said. "We hoe to better serve our people now that we have an office from which to conduct our business. Farming is too Important a business in this modern age to be run in a horse and buggy manner. We hope, with our office, to better represent farming in Union County." Receiving guests will be coun ty president Stockhoff and Mrs. Stockhoff and Insurance Agent Everett Cornett and Mrs. Cor nett. and a wide range of other com' modities will hold prices for many farm products down per haps all next year. The new surpluses this fall will pump another billion to a billion and a half dollars into the already- overloaded surplus warehouse. This will boost surplus stocks over 10 billion dollars. Agriculture Department spe cialist predict that if the wea ther is just right these new sur pluses will cost the taxpayer close to two billion dollars this season. These surplus payments by the government worry the economists. "They'll give a boost to this creeping inflation everyone is talking about," says one. Another puts it more bluntly, says the subsidy surplus program Is getting completely out of hand. "And it's going to get so much worse in the next few years no body will be able to do anything about handling the sheer volume, he adds. "Every conceivable stor age idea will be exhausted." The worsening state of affairs avi the farm means these things: There'll be increasing migra- tion from the farms this fall and winter. Experts estimate this movement will be to the tune of round 50,000 men, women and children a month. Many of these folks won t actually leave for the cities. They'll just retire. Or a young man will go off to college and not come back. There'll be a more rapid step op of mechanization on the farms to cut labor costs. Farmers will toy. machinery at a faster clip m the next six to 12 months. Farm productivity will move up at the rate of a half of one per cent a month this fall and next spring That's at the rate of six per cent a year, double the rate of increase in U.S. industry. This new effici ency will create more surpluses ext year. More small farms will be ab soroed and taster. Best guess here is that farms will thus dis appear at the speed of 7,000 a month this fall and winter. More small farmers are going to move Into contract farming this fall. They'll produce for one cus tomer, who may furnish the sup plies, the necessary equipment and financing. To top it all, the Agriculture Departments stepped - up pro gram of research on' more effi cient production of crops is ex pected to bear some striking new fruit this fall and winter. It's un derstood there'll be a series of new plant varieties and new tech niques announced early next year that should boost production and surpluses even more rapidly in the next few years. If the site of the crops this year that's at the bottom of the farmer's problems. This year's corn crop is ex pected to be 10 per cent more than last year's and a whopping 28 per cent above the average for the past 10 years . Cotton"! "expected to be 29 per cent above last year six per cent above the average. The oversupply of wheat is ex peeled to be well over 100 million bushels. Agriculture Department experts have no solution. Land Bureau Seeks Seed For Range Portland area office of the Bureau of Land Management has called for bids on furnishing var ious seeds for reseeding range lands in eastern Oregon, the De partment of the Interior said to day. The invitation to bid calls for 10 varieties to be delivered at various points with quantities varying from 400 pounds of alta fescue to 15.000 pounds of crest ed wheatgrass. The seed will be used in the stepped up program of rehabili tation of the Oregon range. De tails on the invitation are avail able to prospective' bidders at the Portland area. off ice, 1001 N E. Lloyd Blvd., where bids will be publicly opened at 2 p.m. PST, September 14, 1959. Farm Loan Refinancing Available Loans for refinancing of secured operating debts are available through the Farmers Home Administration. These loans help farmers who are otherwise in a sound position but who are unable to meet their present credit obligations and need credit on more favorable terms and conditions than are currently available from other lenders. Operating loans are avail able for refinancing purposes to owner-operators of farms no larger than family size. Operating loans for refinancing purposes may also be made to part-time ' operators and operators of leased farms. The applicants must have ade quate security and be carrying on sound farming operations. To qualify as a part-time oper ator, an applicant must be an es tablished farmer carrying on sub stantial farming operations and spending the major portion of his time farming. The applicant must have 'a dependable source of out side income. The purpose for which loans may be made include refinancing of debts secured by liens on live stock, farm equipment, and har vested feed: Under certain con ditions loans also may be made for the payment of unsecured debts. Loans will not be used to re finance any debt until it has been determined that the present credit or or other credit sources are not able to provide the applicant with adequate credit on terms that he could reasonably be expected to meet. The applicant must be of legal age, be a citizen of the United States and have had farm ex perience sufficient to indicate rea sonable prospects of conducting successful farming operations. Operating loans are repayable from 1 to 7 years and carry an interest charge of 5 percent. Like other Farm Home Adminis tration loans, the eligibility of the applicant is determined by the local county committee. Further information may be ob tained from the Farmers Home Administration, 105 S. E. Byers Avenue, Pendleton, Oregon on any Monday. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Donna Berry Paces Union Riding Club UNION (Special) Donna Ber ry rode off with high point hon ors in the intermediate class at the Union County Fair 411 Horsemanship to pace the Sky line Riding Club of Union throuKh the competition. Miss Berry won the grand Champion ribbon in the interme diate division, the junior division pole bending race, stick and bar rel race and finished second in the intermediate division clover leaf barrel race. Wanda Cox raptured a red rib bon in the junior division horse maiLsliip contest, second place in the three sixteenth-mile race, junior division, finished second in the junior division pole bend ing race, third in the stick and barrel race and third in the clover leaf barrel race. Jackie Barry was second in the intermediate horsemanship contest and tied for third in the intermediate class clover lea barrel race. Mike Stitzel was second in the junior division walk, trot and run race and third in musical chairs. Timers from Union were Mrs Bill McCrae, Carl Bechtold and Walter Tarter. Mrs. Tarter is leader of the Sky Line Club. Obf rvtr, Li Grind), Ort., Frl., Sept. 11, 1959 Pag 7 jjkgj Flat Ag Dept. Says Average Wheat Price Higher Than Last Years WASHINGTON L'ri The Agriculture Department says it appears the average wheat price for the 1U59-60 season will be a bit higher than last year's (1.72 a bushel rate. As of Aug. 15 the department said farmers were receiving an average of $175 a bushel for their wheat. This compared with $ M a bushel a year ugo. The smaller wheat crop ac counted for some of the increase. Another factor was that more storage bins across the country were making it easier for farm ers to withhold wheat from the market. Agriculture Department experts also think many farmers may be holding back wheat until the new tax year begins Jan. 1. The government support price this season is $1.81' a bushel, a penny less than last year. WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion asked Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson today to let Ballots For Wool Vote Mailed To Producers Ballots for voting the September referendum on the lamb and wool marketing development program are now being mailed to producers in Union County. Chairman Ben L. Robinson of the County Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion Committee announced today. The referendum will determine whether or not deductions will con tinue to be made from producer payments earned under the wool incentive program. Funds collect ed are used by the American Sheep Producers Council to carry out a program of advertising, promotion, and related activities under an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture. The agreement, which has been in effect since the 1955 marketing year, will be extended for 3 years if approved in the September ref erendum. Producers having two- thirds of the volume of production represented in the referendum must approve if the agreement is to be extended. Deductions from wool and lamb payments under the new agree ment would not exceed 1 cent per pound for shorn wool and 5 cents per hundredweight for unshorn lambs. Deductions at these rates have been made from payments spokesmen for farmers help the Agriculture department write new grading standards for lumb aim mutton. Shuman suggested In a letter to Benson that the secretary appoint a special committee composed of representatives of major farm groups to work with department experts on revising the lamb and muuon standards. Today was the deadline for pub lic siiKgestions for changes in the stanunrds. WASHINGTON (UPP Sen ari t. Mundl lll-S D l Intrn. diiced a bill Monday to set up a Grange Holds Repair Picnic Members of the Cricket Flat nna I.Jttr i.ili nnlfi lit Ixt lutllllll. , 'ul fall weather Wednesday t hold a picnic and painting party. Grange members spent the day repairing and painting the hall. Dinner was prepared by the women members of the Grage while the men worke don the hill. Thew ork was completed in he lute afternoon. Grange me. bers expressed pleasure w the improvements resulting fro the day's work. rmnmission to studv the DrobJemt of the nation's small towns. The commission would concen trate on towns with less than 10.000 residents. It would report a r'nnaraea Ktf f .1 1 1 ri I n rV 1961. for each marketing year since 1955. Producers may vote throughout September. The entire month has been designated as the voting period to encourage as large a turnout as possible. Any producer who believes he is eligible to vote and does not receive a ballot with in the next few days should get In touch with the county ASC office. To be counted, ballots must be received by the "county ASC office not later than September 30. 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