Wodnooday, April 1, 1958
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salon, OrtfotV
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Farm Product Prices
Show a Slight Increase
Washington, WV-The agri
culture department reported
Tuesday that (arm product
prices increased one-third of
one per cent during the month
ended March IS ending a de
cline that had been going on
steadily for six months. .
Hop Markets on
Pacific coast hop markets re
mained unsettled and weak
during March, according to re
ports to the Market News
Service ef the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture. '
Trading continued to be
light in volume and was large
ly confined to sales of 1953
crop supplies for future deliv
ry. At the close of the month,
19S3 crop regular seeded clus
ters were priced at a range
of 30-32 cents per pound with
one sale of higgles contracted
earlier in the mopth at as high
l 8714 cents, basis 6 per cent
pick. Seedless flops from the
1953 crop were contracted
within a price range of 31-35,
cents per pound. At the close
of the- month trading slack
ened further.
Trade resource revealed
that while a large portion of
the 1833 crop was under con
tract, the potential production
remaining appeared to be in
firm hands. 1
Little change is expected in
. hop acreage this year in the
Sacramento valley, but fairly
large reductions are anticipat
ed in Oregon and Washington
unless market .conditions im
prove during the next few
weeks.
Four Corners
A house warming for Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Thayer was an
event of Friday evening when
"the members of their Sunday
school class surprised them at
the Thayer's new home. Those
present for the social hour
were Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Holler, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Snook, Mr. and Mrs. Don Ja
cobe, Mr. and Mrs. George
VanLeeuwen, Charles and
Mary VanLeeuwen, Rev. and
Mrs. Victor Loucks.
. Hosts on Sunday evening for
a dinner party were Mr. and
Mrs. Jess , Mclllnay. Guests
bidden for the evening were
Mr. and Mrs. Herman DeLangh
and grand-daughter, Joyce,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schermach
er all of Marion, and Mr. and
Mrs. Warren EzelL the Misses
Shirley and Linda Ezell of
Salem, Gary and Ronnie Mc
Ilnay. Last Thursday evening the
Four Corners Baptist church
held its annual election of of
ficers. Those elected to take
office on April 1 are modera
tor, George VanLeeuwen; trus
tees, Leon Hopkins, Bob
Wright, Vernon Forest; dea
cons, ' Ben Haytack, George
The mid-March level, never
theless, was eight per cent be
low that of year ago and 16
per cent below the record set
in mid-February of 1951.
In the previous period re
ported, mid-February of 1953,
the farm price level dropped
1.8 per cent.
The department said prices
paid by farmers for goods and
services used in production and
in family living also Increased
one third of one per cent be
tween mid-February and mid
March. These prices were about 2.4
per cent below those of a year
ago and about 2.8 below the
record set in mid-May of 1952.
The change in the farm price
trend reflected higher prices
for hogs, cotton, eggs, wheat
and corn. . .
Products which lost a little
more price ground included
beef cattle calves, milk and
potatoes.
The department said the farm
price level was 94 per cent of
parity ih mid-March, unchang
ed from a month earlier. A
year ago prices were 100 per
cent of partly. The record is
122 per cent set in 1946.
Parity is a level of prices de
clared to be fair to farmers in
relation to prices they pay.
Yellow Dwarf
Deadline Today
April 1 is the cleanup dead
line for onion , yellow dwarf
control in the Lake Labish
area, reminds D. L. Rasmus-
sen, county extension agsnt.
The control order provides
that no cull or waste onions
shall be dumped or maintain- i
ed with the area following the
first of April. .
. In the esse of onions sorted
after this date, cull or waste '
onions shall not be dumped or
maintained within the area for ,
longer than 24 hours after
sorting.
The reason for this cleanup
program is disease prevention,
states Rasmussen. "Onion
yellow dwarf is a serious virus
disease affecting all kinds of
onions." ; -
VanLeeuwen, Vernon Johnson,
Eldon France; deaconesses,
Mrs. Vernon Forest, Mrs. Ben
Haytack, Mrs. Paul France;
Sunday school superintendent,
Ben Haytack; assistant super
intendent, Paul France; clerk,
Mrs. Oliver Rickman; financial
secretary, Donald Chittick;
treasurer, Vernon Forest; mis
sionary treasurer, Mrs. George
VanLeeuwen; head usher, Bob
Wright.
The Woman's club will hold
its April meeting Thursday at
6:45 p.m. in the Community
hall.
The Mother's club of Lincoln
school will meet April S at
1:15 p.m. in the multipurpose
room at the school. Guest
speaker will be Dr. Walter
Snyder, superintendent , of Sa
lem schools.
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