Hay and Wheat
Leading Crops
In Slate in 1965
Orriiim farmers again 14 ths
nation In value t anap tx-ana
for irulri)f, filbert, arvrtal
klmU of ranrbrrnra, and arv
rral klmla of arsU during tht
I'M A crop n-aon.
The atatr'a crop output rrarh
ih a riHiird Mfih In both ton
nag an1 value, rrrts Mra.
Klvera llurrrll. Orrgnn JMata
t'nlvimlty extrnaion ajrrleultur
a I erunwnUt.
itMM Indicate! a total har
vest of ft 8 million tuna with
farm value of t;Hl million. ThU
meant a 7 pcrrm! tonnage In
rreaii and a 5 prrrrnt gain In
value.
Substantial Inrrra In flrM
crop, tree frulta and nut, and
vegetable more than offwt dr-
dlriea n arrda and lierrlea.
Hay wa the leading crop In
lerma or value in la The olh
er nine crop making up the
"top ten" included. In order:
wheat, pot a torn, eara, barley,
anap iieana, straMbrrrlr, rye
Win aeei, rherrle. and green
peaa. Green pean ut WhmmI out
oat for tenth iut.
Value quoie are derived
from ratlmated rodunton of
cropa and aeaon prlrr received
by grower !umm1 on aale rnadt
up to IJw-rmher 1, with an al
lowance for the rent of the aea
aon. They do not reflect the net
farm Income, Influenced by rl
Ing farm caprniw.
Field crop avountcd for
nearly thrr out of every five
ton produced In Orecon thl
pait year and nearly $J out of
every $. of value. Tliee crop
Include grain and hay, ota.
toe. epermlnt, augar beeta.
dry pra, and h.
(a-egon prtwluce more than a
third of the domestic ai-ed crop
aupply and lead the nation In
production of aeven different
aeed crop. However, weather
wa unfavorable for iM-ed pro
duction In I'M'A and the tonnage
doptx'd atwiut a fifth.
Tree frulta and nut contin
ued to recover from 1W13 drop,
with apple, pear and prune
contributing most jo thl recov
ery. Bcrrlca were pulled aharply
lower by atrawbcrrlca which
uffered considerable freete
damage. However, thl Ion wa
made up. to aome extent, by a
record high tame blackberry
crop.
The value of Oregon' vegeta
ble moved higher aa Increase
In procelng vegetable more
than offset decline In vegeta
ble for fresh market.
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Peterson Returns From Wheat Tour
To South American Countries
(Wat K. I'rlerMin arrived
home Saturday night following
a inontn long tour oi muhi
Anti fi. a. the trip In-lng short
oird by the Oregon Wheat
Crimrra IxauUo.
lie arrived In Portland Thurs
day by Kt plane after a 30 hour
fllvhl for rtao I'aulo. urarii, "i
then left for Newnrt to attend
a meeting of the Oregon Itural
Area !cvrlopmeiit Committee,
of which he t a member rep
rewriting eaatern Oregon. The
meetlnir wa held In Newport
Thursday and In C'ooa Hay Fri
day where a program wa pre
ruled. "The Oregon Coast
lmk Ahead."
Accompanying him to the
coaatal meeting waa llarrla lllg
glna. former county Judge of
Hood itlver county.
Peteraon had written a letter
from Argentina to tell of hi
travel there, but brought It
home with him becauae he felt
the plane trip would bring him
home quicker than It would
come by null. It follow:
"We are no win Argentina.
Can In by way of the lake
country from a little place call
ed luerto Montt. Chile, where
we arrived by plane ycnterday.
'The trip here waa by both
bu and boat. In fad. thl 1
retreated three time. First, bu
ride, then boat ride, and by and
through beautiful mount a I n
country. torgeoua mountain
cenery and a now-capped leaka.
Pleads Staep. Winding
The b ride arro the moun
aln In Puerto Blest. Argentina
wa miMtt Intereatlng. Steep and
winding road and through aome
of the heaviest thlcketa of
greenery I have ever Been. We
Ktf fuctisla and ahasta dalslea
growing in abundance along the
roadntde. In fart, there aeem to
I? many wild flower growing
here, let not exactly wild, etth
er. We at home certainly a not
call the fuchsia a wild flower.
"On arrival at Barllorhe we
checked In at the Lino Hotel,
very nice lodge and right on
the lake. Lake Nahael Huapl.
We enjoyed aome leisure time
In thl beautiful lake and
mountain country. A few of u
hired a boat with attendant and
done ome fishing. Only Roy
Hobby of our group aeemed to
be the lucky one, catching a
rainbow trout aome 30 Inches
long. It was hard to leave this
mountain resort among such
picturesque surroundings but we
must proceed and arc now In
Buenos Aires.
Yea, we are In Argentina and
the country of Pcron. Most in
teresting and certainly different.
Less Indian at least. Buenos
Aires I aald to be about 98
white; 84 native born and of
Italian, Orman and Spanish
descent. Four million people or
six million with the suburbs.
Baal. Wheat Exported
"In a sight seeing tour of
the city we sow the many love
ly avenues and plazas as well
as the busy waterfront. Much
shlppln gtakes place from this
100 miles Inland harbor of the
Atlantic coast. Principal prod
ucts for export arc beef, hides
and wheat. We ace some huge
grain terminals. Agricultural
products are principal exports
from Argentina, and last year
amounted to 1.4 billion dollars
worth. The agricultural area ra
diates out about 300 miles. The
. wheat ndutry I great but nt
too profitable rua Huenua Air
r aa land 1 too valuable. But
of wheat, more than 11 million
tona were raised last year. The
verr yield per are Is around
23 bushel
"But It I cropping every year
for a number or year, then
aome rotation. Ihey aay some
summer fallowing la done far
ther out. The average farm U
around TV) acre In aire al
though there are larger Kstan-
clas, somewhat near what they
call a "Hacienda farther up
north where the owner lives In
the city and ovates by remote
control.
"Many farm operators live In
town, because of achoola, poorer
roads In the country and lack
of electric cooperatlvea. This
was a tour of the city, but gath
ered much of my Information
from a very capabl egulde.
Stockyard Big
"A few of U took a day off.
hired a driver with car and
went out to see the stockyards
and a ilrlve out Into the coun
try. Huge stockyards and pack
ing planta with capacity for
10.000 head of cattle. The kill
la around 5) per day now but
can go up to 3.000. Not being
too familiar with packing planta
and aalesyards, I could only
Judge that It la one of the moat
modern and up-to-date systems
that can be found anywhere.
Trucks arrive constantly. This
day, 410 load had arrived, they
aald. Sales were going on and
bring around 11c for choice WW-
to H00 pound animals. Price
seems oulte stable, going from
11c to lie, we were told.
"Itlders were around every
where and were on nice looking
horses. There must have been
40 or 50 riders, and they were
always on hand, bringing the
cattle from one corral to anoth
er. The cattle are mostly the
Angus type, although we saw
a few Hercfords and some Hoi
steins. Land Worth U00 Act
"Our drive continued out In
to the country, and we visited
one or two of the Lstancias.
From 8000 to 12,000 acres these
were, one of which was prin
cipally dairy, milking some
3.000 cows per day now, all Hoi
steins. It was a 9.000-acre dairy
farm with land around $400 per
acre. Twenty-four milking ma
chines were in operation.
"But this Is the best of grass
country. One farm, 12,000 acres,
where we visited was practic
ally al lgrazing and a natural
for cattle. This land was val
ued at possibly $250 per acre.
They said the cattle for market
were practically 99 grass fed.
As a whole it all looked quite
simple with owners living In
town and overseers and trained
helpers in charge. The farms
visited had been in the fam
ilies for 150 or more years. Rain
fall In the area la quite con
stant, averaging around 40 inch
es per year. We wanted to see
some of the wheat country but
that is pretty far out and not
for this trip. Harvest had been
pretty well completed there,
though. We saw some of it as
we came in by plane, and It
looked as If farms were nicely
dneveloped, nice buildings, trees
around, and so on.
Paron Influence Felt
"Should say something about
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the government tt Argentina
There are many political par
tie. Twenty four, aomeone said
The peronlsta Is possibly the
greatest. Military dictatorship
brounht Prron Into prorr.inrr.cn,
lie was elected president In
1!MI. By some It I said he all
but ruined Argetnlna, which be
came somewhat f a welfare
state. IUII roads, electric power
companies and even the atock
yard were taken over by the
government. Pcron encouraged
Industral growth at the expense
of agriculture, lie had a strong
following from the labor move
ment and together, with wife
F.lvita. was a strong supporter
of the women s suffrage move
ment. But the dictator rule was
soon ended. F.lvita died and Per
on himself was forced to go In
to exile. There I atlll much po
Ittical unrest but government Is
more stable than for a great
many years. It Is now aald to
be somewhat democratic and
free enterprise is coming Into
Its own.
"Am finishing this Irr Sao
Paulo, Brazil. We are nearlng
the end of the tour. The tour
really end three days hence
and In Brail, but I am leaving
the group tomorrow to go back
to the States and home in Ore
gon. It is hard to leave the tour
group as we have really gotten
to be like one large family and
there is still a bit left of the
planned tour not finished. How.
ever. I appreciate being placed
on the State Itural Area Devel
opment committee and wLsh to
attend meetings in ewport
and Coos Bay, February 10 and
11. I am intensely Interested in
tromotlon as always. Perhaps I
can bring out something a lit
tle later what this group is
doing or planning to do on a
statewide basis."
Bokcrs to Return
From Mesa, Arizona
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker of
lone will return home from their
winter vacation in Mesa, Ariz.,
next week, they write from the
south.
"We have really been enjoy
ing the winter here, although
we have had a lot more rain
than usual," they said. "Have
been having aome more this
week, but the sun is out this
morning and we hope the rain
Is over for now.
"Monday Is to be the Oregon
picnic, and we hope to go to
that. Have seen a lot of Oregon
people from the Valley but
hardly anyone else Irom East
ern Oregon."
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J. M. LANDAU, GENERAL TRAFFIC AGENT WALLA. WALLA
State Livestock
Price Outlook
Good, Says OSU
Oregon livestock produceri
ran look forward to another year
of favorable pr!- during V,
arcifdlng to Stephen C. Marks,
extension agricultural econo
mist at Otrgon State Universi
ty. In an article published In the
new Oregon Farm and Market
Outlook Circular, Marks fore
casts a broader demand for red
meat during the coming year.
Factors behind this Increased
demand Include an increase In
the number of U. S. consumers,
greater employment and higher
Income, and a willingness to
est more red meat even at high
er prices. Supplies of red meat
will probably b smaller In 116.
which also will help strengthen
the market
Domestic red meat production
In 19G6 will drop to around 163
pounds per person, down from
1905 levels and from the reo
ord 1718 pounds consumed in
1904. according to Marks. Each
person's share of pork will prob
ably be the smallest In 29 years.
Per capita supplies of beef may
be a little smaller in 116, also.
Changes In the red meat sup
ply are a result of livestock pro
duction cycles. At the moment.
production of hogs and sheep
is on the upswing, so more ani
mals are kept for breeding stock
and fewer sent to market On
the other hand, there are more
cattle being slaughtered, but at
lighter weights, because more
heifers are being sent to mar
ket Instead of kept in the breed
ing herds. This means that an
eight-year buildup of U. S. cat
tle numbers was reversed In
1963.
Cattlemen will be watching
the number of cattle in feed
lots closely, for some clue as
to future prospects, the econo
mist says.
In the past, when more cat
tle went directly to market
without going through feedlots, ;
the cattle cycle consisted only j
of build-ups and reductions in
breeding herds. Now, the rapid .
growth of cattle feeding has I
meant a twin cycle, the feedlot
numbers of cycle as well as the i
breeding herd numbers cyc,e- I
There Is a possibility of a i
large build-up of cattle in feed-1
lots this year, with plenty of
cattle available in this country
as well as in Canada and Mex
ico. Prospects of lower feed costs
because of large feed supplies
may encourage feedlot expan
sion in the corn belt also.
Hoe prices hit an 18-year rail ,
high in 1965. reaching a $30 per
hundred pound top price at Port-1
land. The 1965 spring pig crop
was the smallest since 1937.
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Dcnicce Matthews
Wins News Contest
lone High school has notified
Time Magazine that Dcnleee
Matthews ha been named the
local winner In Time's h an
nual Current Affair Contest
Other hlrh coring local stu
dent include; Karen Nrlwn.
lierniece Matthew, pat McLUI
gott, and Stan llolsteln.
Time's Current Affair Tet.
given thl year to more than
one million colleges and high
school atudents In the U. S. and
Canada, consists of 100 quea
lions on national and foreign
affair. Also Included are audi
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literature and the arts. -
Marks says hog prices will hold
up well at least until the fail
of 1906.
After that, the level of mar
ket prices will be Influenced by
rising production now under
way. The higher price will
probably lead to a build-up In
production that will put prices
on a down akld again In 1967
and 19GH.
Higher lamb prices are also
expected In 1966, according to
Marks. The five-year decline In
sheep numbers may be at an
end. Aa more ewes and ewe
lambs are held off the market
to produce more young, the
shortage of Iamb meat will
help push prices up.
Copies of the latest Oregon
Farm and Market Outlook are
available at county Extension
Service offices.
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A new course In wardrobe co
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February 23.
The course will teach how to
make and coordinate ladleV
wardrobe accessories. Hats will
be dealgned and made, and
shoes covered to complement
existing or planned wardrobes.
Mrs. Beulah Hynd. Pendleton,
will instruct the course in the
Home Economics room, Helen
McCune Junior High school.
Pendleton. Classes will meet
from 7 to 10 P m. each Wednes
day for 10 week. Registration
la 112.50 plus supplies.
Scheduled lor spring term In
the evening school Is an inter
mediate Blahop sewing clas
and a tailoring class, both In
Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Bad Collins oC
Hood River visited Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. LeRov Gardner. On Sunday
momlng Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van
Winkles Joined the group for
breakfast In the Gardner borne.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins formerly
lived in lleppner where he was
representative of the Standard
Oil Company.
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