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County Agent'i Offict
Change in Farm Status
Observed; Efficiency Noted
T N. C ANDERSON
ThU Is National Farm City
Week. Under th sponsorship ox
Klwsnls international. Farm.
City Week hai developed Into
mW program for bringing
about better rural urban under,
standing. It U Umelv then that
we dtscuss some of the alms lor
this week that 1 et aside over
the nation. Let talk about the
mt efficient producer o
cultural product the world has
ever known the American
farmer.
Agriculture U a RrowlnK In
duiitrv and expanding tn every
wav except one the number of
people needed to run the farm.
Todav. only aeven of every 100
tmorinn worker are farm
worker. But farm output P
man per hour, thanks to modern
technology and know-how. has
loomed C5 in 10 year more
than double the rate off-farm.
Too. the agricultural Industry
no longer stops at the farm sate.
Some 10 million people have
jobs storing, transporting, pro
cessing, packaging and merchan
dising the products that come
from American farms. Another
six million people handle the
supplies that farmers use. On
farm and off. the USA estimates
that two out of every five Jobs
in the country are farm based.
Farms not only supply raw pro
ducts to industry, they are also
users of industrial products.
In Oregon, agriculture, as a
good customer of industry, adds
much to the states' economy.
Oregon's farmers operate 71.000
tractors. 50.000 motor trucks,
10.000 gTain combines, and
thousands of other pieces of
equipment. They pay out more
than $65 million annually to
mechanics, part suppliers and
the like. They use $20 million
worth of gasoline and oil on the
farm each year (not including
family use), and $22 million1
worth of fertilizer, lime, and
pesticides. In all. thev spend
more than 13 of a billion dol-!
lars for goods and services needed ,
to produce farm products. !
And Oregon farmers buy In
the market place the same things
for their families that city people
buy food, clothing, drugs,
furniture, appliances, and other
products and services. Speaking
of agricultural based industries,
the USDA says we'll hear more
about denyaro-ireezing. ioam
mat and vacuum puff dry!"
and freete drying 100,1 Pro
4uta tiirin th nt few Years.
Those new processing techniques
will cut transportation and
other marketing costs for foods
produced from farm markets, ine
most likely plant location spot
thev predict, will be the west,
particularly this Taclflc Coast
U' hsvs all reared the har
vest of this farm efficiency. Food
is a better buy today than ever
before. We are eating better and
at the same time using a smaller
nuunt nf nur take-home Day.
We spend less than 19 cents of
our spenaaoie aouar ir iwu
now, compareu wiui m '3
,m. in iisrt As a soecific ex
ample, the Oregon factory work
er -n now buv around six
pounds of hamburger with an
hour's pay. In 1S&0. he could
buv only 3H pounds. He can
buy five doren eggs now, com
pared with only three dozen
then. The major exception is
bread, a highly processed pro
duct A smaller portion of our
take home pay spent for food
means more left over for other
needs and wants and a higher
standard of living for all of us.
More than 40,000 families call
Oregon farms "home." Their
farms vary greatly in size, oome
5.000 contain less than 10 acres
..-hiia rwi inrlndi more than
1,000 acres. The average is 500
acres. All together, these farms
contain 21 million acres, a third
of the state's area. Around five
million are tillable. Most of the
remainder is grazing and timber
land. Oregon xarmers mam juu
l. si kuln nrnrtiir food, fiber.
and forest products wanted by
people in uregon. u. uu ic
world. At the same time, they
try to earn a living for their
Tn An this, thev must
operate their farm as businesses
making eincient use 01 iuhu,
labor and capitoL In 1959. some
10.000 Oregon farms each pro
duced and sold more than $10,-
rV u-nrlr nf farm DrOdUCtS. On
the average, about three of every
four dollars received irora in
ducts sold are required to oper
ate and maintain the farm busi-ness.
Whit l Tnodprn farmine? Its
Oregon's second largest primary
industry. II guarantees muic
than a half billion dollars in
buying power each year. It brings
in more than $200 billion a year
from products aolJ outside the
state, employing more than 77.
OCtt workers, more than employed
in the lumber and wood products
Industry or the contract construe
tton Industry, or transportation,
communications and public util
ities. It Involves farm Investments
totaling billion equal to to.
tal aet of all Oregon banks;
j.j of the annual Iihww re
ceived bv all Oregonlan. Rep.
resenting Investments: averaging
J.U0U) for each Oregon farm
worked equaling twice the In
vestments for each U. S. tcic
worker. Oregon farmers together
with other U. S. farmers use
.t..i in war than is need-
ed for a year's output of paascn-
ger cars; more pruvwwm
ducts than any other Industry;
more rubber than required to
make six million automobiles;
more electricity than the cities
Baltimore and Boston combined.
Farm real estate
gontotaled $21 million In 1959.
ft- Nnntl nmtxrllrjl On
farms added another U million
In addition, uncoumeu
and of dollars are paid by Ore
gon farmers as state and federal
Income tax motor fuels tax.
motor vehicles licenses, and ar
..... tm TU mnnev helps to
educate both farm and city boys
and girls ana rruviu-
public services. Farms are the
r ' nr the clothing
we wear. Wool, cotton, linen and
leather all come J K,'"
ture. Oregon rangs 12th in tne
production of wool, producing
more than 7.000.000 pounds an-
nually. .
If shared equally with xeiiow
i.... Mi-h Oreeonian
would consume these and other
farm products in a yew, ,
Dounds of beef. veal. pork, lamb
j ti noun a Ol
chicken and turkey: 678 pounds
of dairy products; 198 pounds of
vegetaoies; iva iuiua v
1 nt. nnunn oi Doiaiuvs.
-wnn'a farms oroduce all Of
the nation s rye grass and chew
fAcii iuki. more than W
of the bent-grass seed; common
vetch seeds and filberts 75
to 90 of the nation's red fescue
seed and gooseberries; 50 to
75 of the Merion bluegrass seed
and loganberries; 25 to 50 of
the alsike clover seed; crimson
clover seed, hairy vetch seed,
peppermint, sweet cherries, boy
senberries and young berries
and blackberries. Ten to 25 of
the tall fescue seed. hops, pears,
prunes and raspberries and snap
beans, beats and peas for pro
cessing. Many other crop and
livestock products including
seeds, grains, specialty field and
horticulture crops, fruits, nuts,
potatoes and vegetables, cattle,
calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, wool,
turkeys, broilers, eggs and milk.
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Community Club Represents
Variety of Project Clubs
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By DONNA CtOIGC
A vear of new learning exper
iences and exeitment for all was
off to a good start when about
40 4 11 member and several
leaders held this years first lr
rigon 411 community club meet
ing Thursday evening. Novem
ber 19. This was held in the new
trrigon school catctorium-
Officers elected were Bruce
Jones, chairman; Denlse Me
Hlrty. vie chairman, lee Ann
McElroy, secretary; Tammy
Snyder, treasurer, and IXmna
runimell, reporter.
Mrs. Floyd Hobbs, community
1 11 leader, announced that sev
eral new projects would be a
vallable this year. Members
signed for project clubs. The
new project clubs whUh Irrlgon
did not have last year include
both boys and girls funis clubs,
a soil conservation club. 2 live
stock clubs and a home Improve-
mcnt club.
resets About Credit
During the past couple of
weeks I visited each home ex
tension unit meeting and pre
sented the lesson. "The True
Cost of Credit ". 1 have enjoyed
thlfl opportunity to become ac
quainted with the unit members
and their interests.
We've had some Interesting
discussions as we studied var
lous types of credit such as
charge accounts. installment
buying and cash loans and work
ed problems to compare inc cu-n
of credit payments with cash
loans and worked problems to
compare the cost of credit pay
ments wltn casn price, jiere are
some highlights of the lesson:
The slogan, "Buy Now ray
Later", summarizes the meaning
of credit which includes grocery,
electricity and telephone charge
accounts as well as other types-
Our personal values and pre
judices sometimes limit our
understanding of the advan
tages and disadvantages of
credit While credit terms usual
ly Include an extra charge in
addition to the cash price. It
offers advantages to be consid
ered including convenience,
easier budgeting, and is a way
of getting things you want or
need if you don't have the ready
cash. Many make a habit of
using credit occasionally so
thou!! hiva enrwt rt-fvlit ratlni?
if emergency arises,
Installment credit contracts
give important information a
bout terms and costs of the
transaction but over 50 of the
people signing them do not read
them first. Not only aoes a aeai
er usually have the right to re
porsess an article when you fail
to make payments but you may
be held responsible lor paying
the difference if he resells it for
less than the balance of the total
rice you owed. Or several ar
icles covered in the same con
tract might all be repossessed If
only part of them are paid for.
It pays to shop anc compare
costs of different kinds of credit
just as one compares prices cf
different articles.
clothing projects we will mae
arrangements for a clothing
club.
Ita The fwrttov
Whether It a egga or apples,
most consumers want the pro
duct packaged for convlcnee.
Homemakers look for packages
that ara easy to store, open and
handle.
Convenience, more than any
other factor, affects a ahopprrs
choice of a package. reiorli
Anthony P. Stemberger. market
ing specialist at the lVnnslyvan
la Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. The functional value of the
package also is Important But
economy may overrule every
thing cbe -ecllly for thue
on a low grocery budget.
Because some shoiiers want
convenience nackaginir and
others look mainly for economy.
manufacturers must cater to
both with one type package for
the economy minded anopper,
another for tho who look
chlelly for convenience.
Parliamentary Rules
Studied at Meeting
A meeting of the lleppner 4 11
Saddle-lttes riding club was
called to order by lYesldent Karl
Struckmeier on November IX In
thto 411 conference room. Two
new members, Linda and Mary
Ann Williams, have Joined the
club. Parliamentary procedure
for 4 M meetings was discussed
Refreshments were served by
Sherry Lynn O'Brien.
The next meeting will be De
cember 7 at the 4-11 conference
room above Gilliam and Bisbee
Hardware. Anyone Interested In
the 411 horse club is welcome
to attend.
Terry Hughes, reporter
Contcrvation Mcn't Ronchct Inspected
In I'matllla County the em
mlttet selected lo tlorger of
rrndlrt.Hi as the outstanding
County winners of Ha annual
Soil Conservation Man of the
Year contest were announced
last week by the thegon Wheat
Cruder League. Wheat raiuies
In six Eastern Oregon counties
wer Inspetted by county com
mittees headed by fcdwtn Miller.
Jr. who reputed the results.
Th Ullllam County nominee
for the state title l lvld Child
uf Arlington, whiM Kill" Harti
of Ashwtsid took the laurels In
Jefferson County. The ranch of
Kennetii Turner near lleppner
wa selected In Morrow County,
and that of BUI and Bob Holmes
In Grass Valley received top rat
ing In Sherman County.
eonsetvatlonUt. The rant ore.
ated by lull. Gilbert and Henry
VrathrrMrt near Elgin re
ceived ti honii In Union
County,
The winners of the l county
awards will vie for the state
title to tx announced at the
Wheat Ieague'a annual nwetlav
lit li Giande on Drvrtnber 3 X
The winning ranch will be
awarded a plaque and Will hoa
the grower organiiallona Bull
Conservation Man of th Tear
Held Pay next spring
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Highland Machinery
COMPANY
Invites You and Your Family
To Grand Opening And Dccro
Day In Their New Building
On The Arlington Highway,
Condon
SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1 :30 P.M.
In 4-H Knitting or Sewing?
Mrs. Rachel Harnett, leader of
the Blue Mountain 4-H Knitters
in Heppner, spent Wednesday Jn
Condon at a knitting workshop
lor knitting leaders taught by
Mrs. Emma Smith. There the
leaders Judged special samples
they had made for the meeting
and learned ways to improve
knitting techniques. Ways of
effectively teaching knitting to
4-H girls were also emphasized
Any Heppner girl interested in
miming ts a i-ii prvjevi ia en
couraged to contact either Mrs.
Harnett or Donna George, county
agent, soon. Also, some girls
have asked if they can t take
clothing projects. At the present
time there is no 4-H clothing
club in Heppner but if more
girls will notify the county ex
tension office that they want
A Remodeled Kitchen
OR NEW KITCHEN CABINETS
New Storm Windows
FOR A WARMER WINTER LOWER HEAT COSTS
Gallons of Paint
T9 BRIGHTEN AND FRESHEN THE HOME
A New Acoustical Ceiling
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