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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1959)
Slowdown In Feeding Operations Predicted; Supply Level Is High By CHUCK GAVIN rice in milk prvducts per cow. Unie.i CHinly Agirt About four rer rent more The Iced jr 165D-C0 in the .hlcTiuns and five per c?nt moc United Matei is expected tj be Urkejs will Le railed. Little mother period cf expanded teed- chungo if expected in brcilers bw tug operations. But tne rate 01 expansiun will slow down. Feed suppl.es are more than sufficient to take care ot this ro li.tively hifih level ot meat, milk and egg production. The calculated livestock to feed balance chows about t 40 per cent excess if grains and an' eight per cent exceaf of high protein feeds. The rate of expansion in feed ing operations is slowed down by It ss favorable prices received by farmers for some major livestock and poultry products. Dtclins Expecttd Moil livestock to feed price ri'tios during 11)59 GO are expect ed to continue less favcrab!y than earlier levels. This is a (heck on further expansion rath er than available Iced supplies. Increases of four per cent in toss, eight per cent in beef cat tle and two per cent in sheep are articipated. A small decrease in milk cows will be offset by a Oregon Wheat Estimate Up For This Year WASHINGTON (UPH-The Ag riculture Department has esti. mated Oregon's 1959 wheat pro duction at 28.464.000 bushels, com pared to 28 million bushels in 1958. The 10-year average for the state is 27,312.000 buhels. Washington's production was es timated at 73,323.000 bushels for 1959 and Idaho's at 42,748,000. The Department's final pro duction report of th? year to day estimaied the 1959 corn crop at a record 4.361,170,000 bushels and the wheat crop at 1.128,151 000 bushels. The final wheat estimate, made up of 923.449.000 bushels of winter wheat and 204,702.030 bushels of spring wheat., compares with No vember estimates of 1.117.430,000 bushel crop 909,333,000 bushels of winter wheat and 208,097,000 bush els of spring wheat. Last year, according to revised figures released today, the total wheat harvest was 1,461,714,000 bushels., It was made up of J,' 179.269-.000 bushds of winter wheat and 232,445.000 bushels of spring wheat. i IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BURN...; BURN ADC COAL! Coal is the big economy fuel - saves you 50 or more. But (or maximum saving, burn ABC Coal - the brand with lowest ash blended for smooth stoker operation and clear-flame firing free of unburnable waste and tramp metal. ABC COALS are water WASHED - heat DRIED HOMOGENIZED DUSPRUFFED. A 'ton of warmth' in every ton of weight! fw cleanliness, comfort nd conveWncs TRY SOME AtC . . . AND SEEI LOOK f OR THE BRAND ...THE FOIL DISCS SCATTERED THRU EVERY TON LA GRANDE LUKBER CO. (ABERDEEN COAL) Ph. WO 3 3113 SIHTH BROS. Moving Service (BLUE BLAZE COAL) Ph. WO 3-2331 uyen win uv uown about luu per cent. At the rates of feeding cx peeled to prevail during 1P59-60. Uvcitnek and poultry will con sume apprcximateiy 137 million Ions of feed, of which 121 mil lion tons are grains and mill feeds and 155 million tuns are high protein feeds. Evaluation Urged What can be done about it? In view of the present hog out look, the following suggestions should be critically evaluated as soon as prssible: I'roducers with below aver age sanitation, management and feeding programs will lind it dif ficult to show a profit with prices si 412 to 13 cv.t. Next year (1960 may be even worse than lma. Efficient producers may not cut down much, especially if they have large investments in swipe buildings and equipment. a) Analyze thoroughly your feed, labor, operating capital and management skills before shift ing a part or all of your swine operation to another livestock en terprise. Wool Growers Urged To Keep Sale Records Wool growers who marketed lmbs this fall thould keep ade quate records of their sales. Un ion Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Chair man Ben L. Robinson urged to day. The records are necessary if growers arc td make proper ap plications for payment next spring under the wool incentive program, he said. The sale record for lambs sold must include the name of the buyer, his signature, and the number of liveweiyht lambs sold. The records should also give a cescription of the lamb "un shorn." Lamb payments are made only cn lambs that have never been -horn to encourage the custo nary practice of selling lambs with tile wool on. "I strongly urged that growers ;et these fall sales records to aether now and either keep them in a safe place at home cr file them at the county ASC office,' Robinson stated. The final date to apply for payments on 1959 60 marketings is April -30. but an application may be submitted anytime prior 10 tnat date. - The chairman warned that lamb feeders should keep accu rate records of the length of time they have owned a specific lt ot lambs. Lamb payments are made only to producers who have owned lambs 30 days or more. The amount of payment is based on weight gain of the lambs during the seller's ownership. For Happy Holidays USE Golden Smooth f At MEADOW GOLD EGG NOG EGG I NOG : .jij ill Your Grocer's! ' MEADOW GOLD DISTRIBUTORS j -U't.v, :, . I ..... .. ixx v ,,.L... I Lloyd German, manager bf the Union County Agricul checks stored wheat on a Union County farm which is ment of Agriculture. The third in the farm program day's Observer farm page made it necessary to shift the Valley Farm-Ranch-Home WALLOWA COUNTY VIEWPOINTS Coordination Of Activity For Youth Causes Concern By JOHN KIESOW And ELGIN CORNETT Wallowa County Agents WALLOWA (Special) Many groups in Wallowa county have expressed concern over lack of coordination cf county youth ac tivities. At least two study groups cn youth have suggested cooriina tion. v,Wc feel the urgent jiced for system along this line If we are to do the best job pos sible in the total development of our youth, we must work togeth er to this end, rather than work lug as "separate organizations, for he sake of the organization, rath- jr than the youth. In the past three years we have seen many conflicts in the sche duling of youth activities that usually results in a poor attend ancc at all meetings. We could avoid some of these if we would stop and think about the total development of the youth. Wc are pleased that Roberta vrasier, family life specialist at OSC. is scheduled to give 4-H ! aders and other interested youth leaders training in understanding and working with boys and girls. We are sure that a good session on this subject would be helpful tc all of us. The meetings will be in January. A panel of speakers participat ing in a follow-up report on the White House Conference on Youth gave some truly excellent talks at the courthouse this week. We guess folks aren t as interest- eu in helping the youth as theyitround they walk like a chicken Government Will Send Reminders -To 59,300,000 WASHINGTON UPIi The government is getting set to send out 59.30O.0OO reminders that the best things in life are not free. Starting Dec. 26, postmen throughout the country will begin delivering federal income tax forms to people who filed re turns for 1958. The deadline for reporting 1959 income is next April 15. This year the Internal Revenue Service is mailing out about 700. COO fewer than in 1958. Officials explained that the number of peo ple filing declined last year, prob ably because of the 1958 business recession. About 17.490.000' taxpayers will find that their envelope from the IKS contains the new buff colored Form 1010W, in use for t!ie first time. reward yourself with General's money-savinf "All-hvOnf Homeowners Insurance! REYNOLDS INSURANCE AGENCY IJINlilALj MOUNTAINS OF Bill Bebout, Editor claim, since there were speakers than audience. Wallowa Empire Builders con-' ducted a very fine achievement program for the Wallowa-Lostine 4-H club members. Saturday, at the Union hall in Wallowa. The program, which included a pot luck dinner, was cmceed by Bryan Wclfe. The pledges were led by Pat Lyman, 4-H croed (Svcn' by Lynn Maha"nha; dbbr prize, Larry Mahanna; songs ltd by Auth and Rose Mary Trump; ar.d entertainment, Treva Cow an. Co-chairman for the entire program were Frances Murphy and rat liuDer. Bob McCurdy of the First Ka ::onal Bank, presented members annual achievement awards. Slid es of the year's 4 H activities were shown by the 4-H agent. .Bait for starling control will be set up next week at problem spots in Wallowa county. Fred Sankty from Baker, and Ralph Burcham. Wallowa, County hunter, both U S . Fish and Wild life agents, will handle the pro gram. Feedlot operators and others with a serious starling problem ire invited to notify Elgin Cor- nett, county agent, if they want help Sankey has been active in new methods of starling control mound Ontario where these Un wanted birds have become a ser ious problem. Starlings look like black birds according to Cornett, but on the rather than hcrj like n hirri Christmas customs whip store business into a fast trot which makes us ponder the question "where does our money come from?" Wallowa ccunty cash is carted up the canyon past Minam in ex-1 change for county products that' arc carted down the same cariyon to market. Conditions in the I ounty are determined by ship-1 ping lumber, livestock and grains.1 Everybody buys gocds and gadgets made some place besides Wallowa county and the dollar! sooner or later goes back down! Wallowa canyon in exchange for goods carted in. One thing is sure, Wallowa co-unty can only spend as much as it produces. That goes for each individual person, whether his mother loved him or not. Young people have fun every day but older people vary. Fun is like life insurance the older ou are the more it costs. Ideas and programs for boys and girls are usually popular with everyone. . Probably thatis. one sgo all adults went through (if they passed it) and one thing every one has in common. Most other Consoweld Formica Beautiful, durable plastic covering that rv csn tuily intUHl MILLER CABINET SHOP STORED; WHEAT ture Stabilization and Conservation office in La Grande, now under the Soil Bank program of the U.S. Depart series will .appear next week. Space limitations on to story to the later date. (Observer Photo) Tips For Winter Handling Of Baby Calves Cut Loss Winter months are critical per iods for baby calves but losses can be kept at a minimum with a few iimnle management practices. Individual pens in a permanent calf barn, or temporary or port able ne'if help prevent a 'd control calf diseases, according to Chuck Gavin. Union County Extension anent. Gavin recommends plenty of d y bedding at all times as the most important single practice. other lips lio .i the Extension Service llvest ck sriec'alist here in clude plent yof light and ventila i.oi aid freedom from drafts. Open sheds with ou.door exercise i U"8 a d individual pens offer pos sibilities if the shelter area is dry. well bedded and f ee of drafts. Gavin said. Angus Heifer Due 4-H Club Member WALLOWA (Special I Ed Sod crburg. local purebred Angu: breeder, has made arrangeme t thrcugh the 4 II office to presen , an Angus heifer to a 4-H cluL member. The heifer will be given outrigh and wilt not be a chain award. The recipient will be required to keei animal in his ownership for thre. years and must exhibit tlie firs, two years. The owner may breed the heifei to his choice of sires. Soderburg will make available free service to the recipient. Applicants must be active 4-H members and a freshman or be low in schcol. In addition, the app licant must submit all his 4-H re cords and a letter indicating his interest in the Calf, signed by the applicant a id his parents. All applications must be submit ted to his 4-H office by Jan. 13. ideas or programs are not und erstood by at least part of the citizens. FARM PRODUCERS WE HAVE 'THE ' Indnslrial Equipmenl Yon Need! A.M. SPRINKLER II GATES IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 8LT$ A PULLiy$ RAINBIRD SPRINKLERS All Shi GE - - All. Workshop El.trl POWER TOOLS V.CTPR " Phillips Rl Hotel Wolding Supplies. Concrete Fasteners ' 1 ' 1 ' Portable Farm Bolts Chains Stool AeotyUno Woldlivg Stool Cablo - ' ' Units ' PACIFIC CENTRIFUGAL IRRIGATION PUMPS Industrial Machinery and SUPPLY t 1410 Adams Poundage Fee Reduction Due State Department of Agriculture has announced that the poundage fee which supports the grade A milk audit program wil lbe reduc ed Jan. 1 to seven tenth ut a cent per hundrcUweight. This is a drop of about seven per cent from the three fourths of a cent per hundred pounds in effect since the audit work was authorized by the 1957 legislature. The lower figure is the result of economics in operation, accord ing to Frank McKennon. director of agriculture. Total annual col lections have averaged approxi mately $45,000. he said. Travel and lodging costs of the audit have been reduced through the use of a mi: camera aid fcader-prhier machine which uts down time which auditors originally needed to spe "d in pro- ssing pla .ts. The audit ta.'f wa also reduced by oi.e member. PARLIAMENT RECESSES LON'DCN UPI Parlameit ivcessrd Thursday for the Christ mas holidays. It will i-.-.eet again Jan. 26. Social Security Payments Due For Disabled Farmers Disabled forme's in the ' La Jrand? area who meet requir nents will receive their first pay ments in April of next year. Farmers who have a severe, ong term disability aid who cai 'ot 'uo any substanial work, may qualify for monthly social secur ity benefits for '.ilmself and his dependents if he is SO years of age or ever. For many farmers who have not .been covered by social secur ity only since the beginning of 1955, Oct. 1 was the earliest date m which they could meet the work requirements in tha social secur ity disability provisions. To be eligible for payments or to have his social security record frozen, a disabled worker must have worked at five out of the 10 years before his disability began. Vernon A. Welo. district mana ger of the La Grande Social Se curity office said that disabled WO 3 4623 Observer, Li Grind, Of.) Frl., Dec 18, 1959 Pagt 3 Oregon's Farm Prices (Stay Above Average Despite National Dip Orejon farm prices averaged , n't enough to stem the lower lightly lower during November! nrice lrl'nd-, , ... A a result, national farm pne- hll natu.nal farm prices drop-1 now s(anJ 8ev,.n ptT J be. id more sharply. i, u u voar tit'n mrut I torn Liu.Aut rricrs rccolved by Ihe state'i! mns for their products slipped If o( one per cent last h as small rises In prices farm crops failed to offset drops in prices for livestock livestock products. Farm prices in the state are three per cent higher than same month last year despite November decline. Reports from the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture showed that !!ef rattle., calves, hogs, lambs and wool all brought lower pric or to Oregon farmers last month. " Shwp Men Ua Sheep was the only Item in the neat animal clans to show an up urn. . As a result, meat-animal prices fell as much as seven per cent during the month and now Mand 12 per cent under meat an imal prices in the state a year Ho- . Analyzed by MrJ. Elvera Hot- roll, extension agriculture eco nomist at Oregon State College the reports showed that prices paid fcr farm crops in the state list month continued upward for 'he second straight month. In creases were reported on all crops except feed grains. Prices on feed grains dipped as lower barley prices more than offset higher prices paid for corn and oats. Nationally, farm prices dropped tw0 per cent during November v.ith meat-animals, cotton, and oranges carrying most of the re sponsibility for the crop. Biggest upturns came in milk, potatoes, wheat, turkeys, and soybeans, Mrs. Horrell said, but these were- Commpdity Commission Bulletin Is Available ' Questions that Union County pro duce's and handlers might . raise about commodity commissions are I Tis-ered h a new bulletin Issued ipy OrcgonpState College ' -Various- aspectsqf the Oregon t ommomrv romm'ssion Act as re vised by the 1939 legislature are rep, rted fn -the bulletin prepared by ihe .OSC fjetension Service and he State Department of Agncu! ture. . t . The bulletin is now availab'. at the Union Cou-ty Extension ol f ee in the La Grande Post Office j workers and fufmers should get in touch with their social sccu"ity of fice now to get more information about the-disability previsions. If a worker or farmer Is under the age of SO. he may qualify to have his social security record fro zen to protect his own ard his family's future benefit rights. Welc saM. ANNOUNCING NEW NAME.. NEW YEAR.. 1 . - it Eiioctive January 1, 1960, all National Farm Loan Associations will bo known as FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATIONS. The new name better identifies the association with the purpose for which they were chartered and for Which they have operated through tti ywiri. namely, the making and servicing of kmg-termjlfcw-cost FEDERAL LAND BANK LOANS. -r '1-.,ty ' ; - ; Ayln the pdst. the associations will continue to operate syith just one aim in mind to provide the venr fUkst in idng-terrh farm financing.- : ! , .-Iffy .; I" .!'! ' " ''' ' . ' Federal lahd bauk : sirvlnUniort,' Baker Wallowa CowiuHos) '- The Foloy Bldg. 1 '" (M ..Offices: Baker, Antlers Notolf i Inreroriso, Rims Pea's MSRTON A. DAVIS CHAS. SMUTZ MARION MeCtAk It tAVfLY OWEN HUfi GRANT CONLEY. DON (OOCtf . - . Board cf, Directors. ' ; ;. since March 1947. While prices received by the nation's farmers tumbled, prices raid by the farmers crept up an other notch one third of one per cent. But this was enough to push the government's yardstick for measuring farm costs one per eent above a year ago and with in one per cent of the all-time high. With prices fanners receive down, and prices they pay up, farm-product purchasing power Inst ground last month, Mrs. Hor rell pointed tut. The parity ra tio the goverament't yardstick fcr measuring the relationship be tween prices received and prices paid by farmers to 77 in Novem ber; two points ibclutt a month earlier and five points below a year it. ' - This is the lowest parity since August ItMO, Mrs. Horrell pointed out. v , When all accounts are added up this year, USDA economists say national farm income may fall below last year by as much as 15 per cent. Biggest reasons for the drop, the economists say are lowered cash receipts, caused by heavier supplies and lower prices; elimi nation of the acreaga reserve; nnd a higher farm operating bill, pushed up by higher prices on in dustrial goods and higher over head costs. The USDA experts expect an even further drop in farm in come In mtiu, Mrs. Horrell said, althought this should be only about bait as sharp aa this year's drop. mmmm GIVE HER- that - 1 fo)ULOVA IQj : difference j t ' BIRNIE'S CREDIT JEWELBY nOIAdema Open To t tun. Twetday u m r t t -1. i.i,. A. W. STANLEY . Auaclsflen mumsgos mtSm roVas?'V.5-WJ ,'11 t 1 brilliant dlt- ' " J monUi, 23jlH, II ! y '6t timM to KKt- If '" MlutliMMt, ly3 liiililli main- MMtltu 1 11 - ttl Nil