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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1949)
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Gresham 6026 “ O h, I ’ m co m in g back', W a rd e n , I ’m ’ ju s ’t g o in g o u t to see Q u en ten •N orquist a b o u t i something in it for milk pro- returns are comparatively low. effort ro increase the supply of. feed, both forage and concen I dücers, but profits could hardly “From, a farmer’s standpoint, grade A milk in the City of Port trates; and the labor 'require be described as extravagant. the dairy business is easily dis land, milk has been shipped in ments and labor cost of the eh-' During OPA, $5.22 continued; it is much more, diffi from Skagit county, Washington, terprises. ‘ The quality require of Seattle, within the past ments for grade A production “Then, during OPA, October cult to establish. Efficient pro north year to meet local production also have an effect on which en 1, 1943 to Ju ly 1, 1946, the cost ducing herds take considerable shortages. Fluid milk has also terprise is adopted. Another fact of producing 100 pounds of grade money and time to develop. The shipped into Eugene from or has been the more or less con- 1 A milk averaged $5.22. The Port fact that other farm enterprises been Medford and into Roseburg from tinued agitation and campaign are not as confining and offer land milk quota pool price to Grants Pass during the same per for lower prices arid cheaper milk greater immediate returns makes gether with the subsidy averag iod. Meanwhile, these markets by people who have but little ed $4.77 a hundred. Obviously, the dairy future somewhat un are or have been in past years, understanding of dairy industry many dairymen were operating certain. It is especially so in the center of dairy producing re problems. This is also added in in red ink, and it was logical for view of the current growth in ducement for the dairymen to get It is not often that we use material written by someone many of them to select new farm population in the Pacific Slope gions. For example, a recent sur into some other enterprise. vey in Lane county showed there states. With declining cow num else in this column, but we think the following information enterprises, such as seed grow “Most farms have alternate were 18 grade A producing units bers and increasing human popu ing. Many did just that. pertinent for both producers and consumers of milk: with an average of 30 cows each uses to which the land can be “Since G P A controls were lift lation, unless changes are forth “ There seems little hope that wholehearted agreement ed, the average cost of produc coming, it does not seem unreas in the immediate Eugene milk- put that will bring in just as which have been shifted to much or more money with less will ever come without true understanding on the age-old tion for dairymen has continued onable' to believe- that a point shed other farm enterprises. Similar hired labor and less grief than could be reached where milk sup controversy that has become known as the “ milk question.” to elimb. For the period, Ju ly ply will hot meet demand.” ly, there are many non-produc milking cows. Examples are cash ing units in the Portland milk- crops, including seed, livestock Over the years, no segment of the country’s farm popula 1946 to May 1949, the average Here is a bit of information not of milk production has been such as sheep, beef and poultry. shed. tion has been criticized more bitterly by the consuming cost included in the report. In round an estimated $6.47 a hundred in “Dairying is a long term farm When the relative price for these public than the dairy industry.O figures', the producer obtains 12.- the Portland area. In turn, the either brings an equal Strife between consumer and were a general cross section of average quota pool price has 25 cents a quart for 3.5 percent enterprise that 'can be easily products or, greater net return per acre,, eliminated. It can only be rein dairyman producer has been 81 chosen from more than 400 averaged $6.10. Thus,- again, the milk delivered to the. plant. Two there will be a decline--; in the stated with an efficient herd marked by strikes, violent de Willamette valley farms. Each of average dairyman has failed cents a -quart goes for store dairy industry. nunciations, heated arguments— the tarins had in common the pro again to meet his cost of pro mark-up. The remainder of the over a period of years. It is an- “Milk is a necessary and a de enterprise that is easy to get and, little understanding. cost, about 6.75 cents is accounted nut duction of grass for seed or had duction. difficult and slow to get sirable food product. I do not ‘Because there is. no substi some acreage in improved pas For the 12 months’ period, May for in cost of processing and back into. believe that a producer-dan be' tute for milk, milk producer and ture, 1948 through April 1949, it has distribution. This is not quite the "uairying competes with other expected to continue to tie him-, consumer have been forced by Cow Numbers Declining been estimated that the average whole story however, for most farm enterprises for use of land, self down to his, dairy .for 365 necessity to do business with, one “Oregon cow numbers reached cost of producing grade A milk of the milk comes in consider feed and labor. In any period days a year and produce milk another in an atmosphere fre their peak in 1943 when 290,000 in the Portland area has been ably above 3.5%. This situation when conditions are more favor when there are other more profit quently marked by distrust and cows two years old and older $6.63 per hundred pounds. The sometimes results in a surplus able for other enterprises, there able farm enterprises to lake his unfriendliness. were oh hand. Slipping each pooh price to producers during of fat and a shortage of milk will be a change from milking time. Along with a reasonable Two Sides to Question year since, the cow population of the same period averaged $6.50. which adds to the producers cows to these other enterprises. price, there should be a sympa ‘There are two sides to this milking age is now estimated at troubles. A few factors that enter into this thetic understanding by the pub Seasonal Production Costs question involving milk and its 238,000. Meantime, Oregon’s hu 50,000 Fewer Cows competition are; relative prices, lic of the problems of produc “As far as dairymen are con retail price. “What Price Milk” man population has grown by “I recently heard this ques as compared to other enterprises ing milk if we are to. have an cerned, pool prices set as they is an attempt to tell at least a leaps and bounds — about 50 per are in Portland make no allow tion,” said Roger W. Morse, O. that might be carried out on thè adequate year around supply in portion of the dairyman’s story— cent since prewar. ance for seasonal production S.C. Dairy Specialist. “Are pro farm; the supply and price of our major markets.” ah effort to show that dairymen “Expressed in terms of a ra costs. Once established, the pool ducers goihg to provide an ade have no “rose road.” Their path, similar to that of the milk con tio, there were 24 cows per 100 prices continue at the same fig quate supply of dairy products until further change is made. at a price which consumers can sumer, is beset with economic Oregon residents in 1940; this ure are less than 15 cows Actually, it is cheaper to pro afford to pay?” The answer in pressures. Rising costs, labor dif year,there 100 residents. In terms of duce milk in April and May, for volves not only a study of the ficulties, and, yes, public rela per pounds of milk available per per example, than during the winter dairy industry public relations, tions are among them. in 1940, the average was 1280 feeding months, November, De but also a study of the public’s Friday, July 22— Teen A ge Dance at I 0 0 F hall “Dairy facts and figures sup son pounds. In 1948, the ratio of milk cember and January, farm man relations with the dairy industry. plied in this fact sheet provided to people had shrunk to 790 agement specialists point out. Monday, July 25— Odd Fellows meeting “There are facts regarding for your use during June Dairy “Talk of leisure time and the the industry, and particularly Month are furnished by the fol pounds. “For the pre-OPA days, April 40-hour week has failed, thus market milk that should be lowing Oregon State College staff Tuesday, July 26— Teen Age meeting far, to make an impression on members: D. Curtis Mumford, 1936 to October 1943, OSC farm the dairy cow population. It’s better understood and appreciat head, department of farm mam management staff members esti the nature of the animals to re ed. In round numbers, there were Wednesday, July 27— Chamber of Commerce agement; L. R. Breithaupt, ex mate average production costs quire attention 365 days of the about 2,688,000 fewer cows of to produce gradé A milk in the meeting tension agricultural economist; year with no let-up for Thanks milking age on farms in the and Roger W. Morse, extension Willamette valley section of the giving, Christmas or other holi United States on January 1, 1949 Portland milk shed at $2.89 a Thursday, July 28— Kiwanis meeting dairy specialist.” days enjoyed by those ifi less than there were in 1943. Here in ‘True, the Portland retail milk hundred pounds. This figure ap confining occupations. Then too, Oregon, there were approximate price- Iras’ risen during the past plies to milk containing 4.4 per for most efficient production cow ly 50,000 fewer cows two years 25 years from a low of nine and cent butterfat. Cost of production milking hours must be as near old and older on January 1st this year as compared with four-tenths cents a quart, 1933, as expressed includes the opera 12 hours apart as possible., January 1st 1943. to 20 and one-half cents a quart tor’s wages and a 4 per cent re “ Good, competent dairy * help “Although present milk sup in May. Yet, the price was be turn on capital investment. Dur is an exception rather than the low the average retail milk price ing this pre-OPA period, the Port rule;, thus, little wonder many plies are adequate, how long this Sandy, Oregon Phone 793 land quota pool price for grade for the United States, as it has dairymen have turned to other situation will exist is open to A milk averaged $2.88 a hundred conjecture. After many, years of been consistently for the past pounds. A t that level there was , enterprises, especially when dairy quarter century. F A R M on a w ir F A C T S County Agent Takes Look at Milk Question on Both Sides COMING EVENTS DEW DROP INN 13 Minutes for a Quart in g 'c o n tr a c t f o r m y “For comparison’s sake, mean while, how do those top and bot tom Portland milk prices com pare in terms of industrial wages? Figures published by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show the average worker employed in manufacturing in this country during the low retail milk price year, 1933, earned an average of 44 cents 1 per hour. At that wage level, it took him just short of 13 minutes to earn the price of a quart of milk at Portland’s 1933 retail level. “In May, Portland had the highest priced milk in-its history as expressed in dollars and cents ■ — 20 and one-half cents a quart. But, during March 1949, Bureau of Labor Statistics fig ures indicate the average indus trial wage in the nation was $1.37 per hour. Again, in terms of labor, Portland’s 20 and one-half cent a quart milk represents a r o o m !” Just Phone Sandy 452 NORQUIST ELECTRIC For Remodeled or N ew H ill P ag e S W IR IN G We’ll do the rest Lighting and Other Electrical Fixtures Furnished From Our Stock Free Estimates "W hy accept anything less than the most Beautiful BUY of all?91 Stand by lor a Chevrolet ,m ^ = .a n d get the mest 1er yo« It’s your money you’re spending, and you’re entitled to get the most motor car, in return. A ll America says that means Chevrolet-tfu? most beautiful buy of all-aad the car that gives E X T R A VA LU ES in every phase and feature of motoring. It brings you fine-car advantages from Fisher Body Styling and Valve-in-Head perform ance to Center-Point steering ease and the greater riding- comfort of the longest, heaviest car in its field. And offers these advantages at the lowest prices! So, why accept anything less than the most beautiful buy of all? . # .. Invest in a Chevrolet and get the most for your money! | labor output of exactly nine minutes. Thus, in terms of labor, milk today is cheaper than it was at the bottom of the de pression. “Similar comparisons for the past quarter century show milk to be on a continual price decline as expressed in time and indus trial 1 wages. “Frequently, the five-year per iod, 1935 through 1939, has been named as a period of compara tive.' economic., balance iind pros perity. Let' us' compare, • milk prices with the industrial wage, level for that five-year span. PorU land’s delivered milk price dur ing those five years averaged 11 and three-tenths cents a quart; Again, in terms of minutes of labor required to earn that quart of milk, the average industrial . worker in the United States put in 111 minutes and 18 seconds of his time. ‘.‘During March this year, nine f minutes was the “price” of milk expressed in average industrial Wages and the going Portland, milk price. By comparison, if the 1935 through 1939 price level was fair ,Portland retail milk now expressed in terms of labor would be priced at approximately 2b cents a quart. Nationwide, by the same comparison, milk would average 28 cents a quart. Norquist 0 Electric lenten Norquist, Licensed Electrical Contractor Rhone 452 Sandy, Oregon We knew how m uch yo u lik e those little ch an ce -tak in g short-cuts w h ich m ay save seconds, but w hich endanger y o u r life and limb. We like you to save tim e, b u t w e lik e live# .'Uncrippled custom ers even .b etter, How about starting your safety check-up here—* bull pen, safety shields on farm machinery, your light switches, handling of explosive fuel and the junction of your farm road with the main .highway. You can add plenty of others to this lis t ( V ■ AUlS-CHflLMERS N J SALES A N D S E R V IC E SS W l i LOWER PRICES! Worse than Others a So for your ow n sake, and fo r ours, w op t j you observe F arm S a fe ty W eek w ith us b y i taking a close look a t yo u r ow n w o rk h abits? J ’And by sw apping off th e dangerous ones?, |The only safe farm is the one w ith safety* minded people. N ow is the best tim e to start* FARM TRACTOR CO. Again SY I Loop Highway at Boring Road “ At current prices for milk, other farm enterprises are more attractive than dairying, A re cent survey made by the depart ment of farm management at Oregon State College indicated that, labor income — what the operator gets for his own labor and management — in 1948 was more than three.. times as great, for example, from seed and gram farm s as it was from dairy opera tions. x J- J “O f 21 dairy farms studied, none returned their operators as much as $6,000 per year m the form of labor income. More than one-half of them, in fact, retu™ - ed labor incomes less than $2,000 per year. 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