6 Heppner Gazette Times, May 2, 1946
LAMB MARKET GOOD
AS SIIEEP NUMBERS
DWINDLE SHARPLY
Market prospects for 1946-crop
ef Oregon lambs are improved by
reduced national lamb production
and the advanced marketing season
for California lambs this year, ac
cording to a review of farm mar
ket, price outlook information by
the O. S. C. extension specialist
Most of the California crop is eith
er already marketed or under con
tract. National income is continuing at
a high level and government pur
, chases of meat for shipment to
Europe are expected to be as large
as last year. These factors and a
sharp drop in lamb production will
give strength to the lamb markets.
Current returns are also supported
by subsidy payments. Returns to
producers during the last half of
1946 will depend partly orx what
price and subsidy measures may be
in effect at that time, the review
indicates.
Oregon's present sheep popula
tion is only about 45 prcent of the
1935-39 average. Practically all of
the reduction in sheep in Oregon
occurred east of the Cascade moun
tains. While farm flocks in western
Oregon have been fairly well main
tained, range sheep in eastern Ore
gon have declined sharply. In 1935
1939 Oregon had four percent of
the nation's sheep, while the pre
sent number is only slightly more
than two percent.
In the three Pacific northwest
states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, sheep numbers are down
to. about six percent of the national
total, compared with nearly 10 per
cent prewar. Including California,
the four Pacific states have 11 per
cent now compared with nearly 16
percent in 1936-1939. The human
population increased 27 percent
during the same period in the four
states.
Nationally, the number of sheep
on hand on Jan. 1, 1946 was only
79 percent as large, per capita, as
the 1935-1939 average. There was
a reduction of seven percent -in
numbers during 1945. The peak
in sheep numbers was reached in
1942.
AUXILLIARY MEETING A
WEEK EARLY THIS MONTH ....
Due to the fact that the regular
business meeting of All Saint's
Women's auxilliary falls on the
first day of Convocation, the meet
ing has been scheduled for Friday,
May 3, at the parish house.
A couple of little boys, a horse
and a bicycle, a race a fall and a
boken leg. That's the story of Da
vid Miller's hobbling about on a
pair of crutches this week. The ac
cident occurred last Friday evening
near the library about supper time.
A. W. Gammell of Eugene was
visiting with friends and old neigh
bos the first of the week. He came
up for a bit of eastern Oregon sun
shine and to look over the crop
prospects. i
BASE
BALL
Rodeo Park Heppner
2:30 p. m.
Sunday, May 5
Wasco vs. Heppner
A WHEAT and TIMBER LEAGUE GAME
Admission: 50c. School kids 12 and up,
25c. Kids under 12 FREE
FOR SALE Case
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REGULAR BLOOL
HOUNDS
After Customers
Our Want Ads
Eleven Million Acres in Tree Farms
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1943
7,412,428.24
1944
9,424,298.27
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11,134,950.09
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Tree farms have passed the 11
million acre mark, only four
years after the program was in
augurated with the dedication of
the Clemons Tree Farm, near
Montesano, Washington. The
movement is sponsored by forest
industries to aid in perpetuating
the nation's forest wealth.
Despite rigid requirements for
jnembership, which include main
tenance of good protection against
fire and harvesting by continuous
yield methods, or timber-cropping,
there are now 945 tree farms en
compassing a total of 11,134,950.09
acres.
In the West, where the move
ment began, there are 138 tree
farms totaling 4,200,547.32 acres.
The state of Washington leads
with 41 tree farms, while Mon
tana and Idaho are tied for second
place with 24 each. Oregon has
23 and California 21. Wisconsin
joined the movement last 'year.
In the South, tree farms number
807, comprising 6,808,402.77 acres.
Alabama leads the South with
303, Arkansas is in second place
with 257. Other states are Missis
sippi, 143, Texas, 90, North Caro
lina, 14. Florida, South Carolina,
Tennessee, West Virginia, Mary
land and New Jersey inaugurated
the program last year.
The background of this chart
shows a dense stand of second
growth Douglas fir on a Western
tree farm on land from which
harvests of old growth have been
taken on a continuous yield basis.
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GASOLINE
Long Distance
expansion program
in full swine
Millions of dollars will be spent
broadening service on the Pacific Coast
In 1946 alone, on the Pa
cific Coast, millions ol
dollars worth of long dis
tance equipment will be
installed some 200,000
miles of new circuits, fnr
example . . . vacuum tube systems that boost the number
of calls present wires can handle.
This is a part of our unprecedented $400,000,000 five
year program to provide an ever expanding ever im
proving telephone service here on the Coast.
Yes, we are on our way to providing a broader, faster
long distance service than you ever thought possible.
For it is our purpose to grow with the West and help
the West grow in every way we can.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
West Willow Street-Telephone Heppner 5