Obu-ivei, la Gr.mt'c, Ore., Fii., Due. 4, 1959 pago 3
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American Farm Scene Changes
As Federal Government Takes
(Editor's Noli; This i$ !
firtr in srrici of six rtic!s
in the Observer farm section
on ht Union Ccur.ly Agricul
ture Stabilixetion and Corner
vation office end the five pro
grams odmin.sitrtd by the
office.)
By BILL BEBOUT
Observer StaH Writer
The American farm seene ha
changed drama. ieully since the
mid-thirties. No lunger is the far
mer's economic cor.'liiiun deier
mined solely by the law of supply
and demand.
Markets, glutted with surpluses,
sent prices plummeting to the
cellar. The (aimers were in trou
ble. Attempting to relieve the nation's
farmers, the federul government
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MAPS- FOR ACREAGE MEASUREMENTS
Yiriia Ft rrinc, wheat allotment and price support clerk, measures wheat acreages
lrom aerial imoiograuns. fane aiso r.iaKes loans at me cuumy uiulu m t-a
Grande.
(Observer Photos)
i i.-suos in itiM esulential
Camia.n. the farm si-ene is a
I "iilusc.l ulay as it was 30 years
s,osl Air.ei icans have heard a
J 'XM Price supjiorts. w heat allot
JiiHuis ami the soil bank. The la
jhels i)i a;lm nistration farm pro-1
iams ail olicies are bandic.li
buut daily in th? nation's uress :
a d iiu Hll-respectiny politician
''0'.,1J ie caught without an "an
swer tu the prob'ems of the far
mer. What are the farm policies o(
ihe a lmi isdat on? What are thev
s"PPos(d to do and who is re
spo'sible for the carrying out of
those pro(!r.itns at the local lever.'
I here are cu ently f ,ve programs
.n force in I'nion county. Ad
ministered hy the county Agrieul-
s:eDoed in with Drograms designed ,ure Stabili:itioi a d Coaserva-
to stiffen the agricultural backbone j,lun offke, the programs ore de-
, Ihs economy. I MC -,e' 'o cut surpluses and aid
No simple sclution has been found ,ne farmers,
or is likely to be found to the com-1 Federal Funds
plex problems which face the far- Funds for wheat allotments,
mers. The farm question has been M '1 bank, price supports, incen
exploited for political purposes and l,lve wool program and the agri
and administration farm policies culture conservation program are
have been criticised by nearly supplied by the federal govern
everyone connected with agricul- ment.
ture including the farmers. Although the ASC is a branch
Major Issue of the U.S. Department of Agri-
Shaping up as one of the major culture, it is operated by county
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farmers who put the govern
ment's policies to work at th? lo
cal level.
A' county election board, ap
pointed by the secretary of ag-
licullure, handles tho election
of the community and county
.ommittecs. This election board
is composed cf Ihe chairman of
1 lie county Kxtemion Service, the
L oil l onservution Service, a rep
.esenfative of the K.U.A., and the4
county beads of the Farm Bur-
tau, the Grange,, and the' NS'
i onnl farmers L'nion. Xj
Nominating committees are ap
oinlcd by the election board in
,'.ich cemmunity in the county
Nominating committees pick a
slate of 10 farmers to run for
1 la; community committees of the
ASC. Farmers cast their ballots
fur three members and twa al
ternatives. The man receiving
the highest number of votes is
.hairman.
Make Decisions
C hairmen of community com
mittees meet following their elec
tion to select a county commit
tee from their membership. The
county Extension oyent is an ex
1 fficio member of the county
committee.
The county committee holds
Valley Farm-Ranch-Home
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monthly meetings to censider the
agricultural problems of the
county and to review the day to
day operations of the ASC office.
The committee hires the office
manager, makes all major deci
sions on the programs (Including
indicated vi-hitions) and makes
.ccominemlations to the govern
ment concerning the programs.
Cotuuy committees of the ASC
'hrouyhout the nation, composed
)f farmers and elected by farm
ers, are key figures in helping
development of national farm
"olicies.
The recommendations of the
committees and farm organiza
tions are considered by depart
ment of agriculture upecialists.
viewed by the administration and
if accepted are incorporated into
the national farm policy.
Exprets Needs
The farm policy (s based on
what the farmers themselves
want as they express their needs
through the committees of the
SC and their respective farm
organizations.
Ai farm policies are put into
;ffect, the county committee and
the ASC office must sec that
they are carried cut.
The I'nion County ASC office,
inder the direction of Lloyd Ger
man, cooperates with other agen
cies of the government in admin
istering the ASC program. Tech-
Dramatically
Bigger Role
n:cal assistance is received from
Ihe Soil Conservation Service, the
Service, the
the Game
county Extensirn
Forest Service and
Commission
Acreage measurements on all
wheat farms and acreage checks
for the soil bank program are
made periodically by the office
staff.
prccots Loins
The processing of government
1 ans under the price support
:?ram for grain and storage fa
cility loans are also handled by
German and his .staff.
Records and reports are filed
for each program on an indivi
dual basis. It is on these reports
ihat the county committee makes
ts decisions on the problems of
armers participating in the pro
grams cf the ASC.
The operations of the ASC of
fice and staff will be covered in
more detail In future articles
dealing with the individual pro
rams of the ASC.
The next article will be an ex
amination of the soil bank pro-am
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COMPUTING ACRSAGE ON FARMS
from aerial photo inaps at the ASC office in La Grande. She is one of three clerks i'i , ;
who handle administrative work under direction of Lloyd German, office manager. ?j':yr; 'f '.
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Considered
WASHINGTON (UPD The
goxernment is about to take a
"new look" at the widespread use
of a synthetic female sex hor
mone to fatten up cattle and poul
try, it was lea ned tcday. '
The hormone drug, diethylstil
bestrol or more commonly called
"sLlbcstrol," is known to cause
ca icer of the breast in man when
!aie.i in large doses, Food and
Drug Commissioner George P.
Larrick said.
Arthur S. Flemming. sec etary
of health, education and welfare,
.vill announce the new study of
the scientific and legal aspects
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ALL RECORDS FILED FOR FUTURE
Lena Hix, administrative and' agriculture conservation program clerk, files records
for future reference at the county ASC office. Complete and accurate records are
kept on all programs administered by the ASC.
involved in its use in animal
feeding at a news conference
Thursday.
Flemming kicked off the recent
cranberry controversy by ai
r.cjncing that some of the crop
had been contaminated by weed
killer that has caused cancer in
rats.
The FDA stopped issuing aiy
new pc"mits for use of stilbestrol
after the last session of Congress
passed the so - called Dclaney
.Arre;r!m"nt which bans food ad
ditives found to induce cancer.
However, the law makes no pro
vision for rescinding permits of
those with pror sanction to use
stilbestrol.
Larrick said there was no
cause for alarm. He said he was
still eating meat and chicken, and
"feeding it to my children and I
g'andchildrei.
The FDA chie." said th?re still
was much "conflicting evidence"
01 the effects cf stilbestrol. He
said FDA plained to "marshal
the world's literature" on the
subject and the agency's experts
have started a new invesitgation
"to fird out whore we stand."
He reported that about 80 per
cent of the livestock raised today
are fed stilbcs'.roi. .
Larrick said that recent scien
tific tests have turned up minute
quantities of stilbestrol residue
in the skin and liver of the chick
en. He said no such residue has
been found in meat tissue. Cattle
men, usually stop using stilbestrol
110 to 48 hours before slaughter.
BOUNDARIES CHANGED Leonard Grimes, field
supervisor and farm stored grain inspector of the ASC,
points out community boundary changes. Grimes han
dles all field work for the Lmon County Agriculture
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