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mm Gross Farm Income Increase Reported Although arming has not been the most profitable of oc cupations during the past five years, it has been more so In Morrow county than in many sections of the county. Local farmers made bigger gains during that period, from the standpoint of gross receipts for their products, than the ave rage, according to a nationwide survey released by the Standard Kate and Data Service, It shows that their gross in come in the past year was $2, 387,000 greater than it was In 1963. They were able to increase their yield from livestock and poultry and produce larger crops. even though they had a small er amount of land available to them, because of the govern ment's acreage control pro grams. The gain In production Is at tributed to. more efficient oper ation, due in large measure to the increased use of farm ma chinery and to more intensive cultivation. With the growing affluence of the population as a whole, there was a greater demand for ag ricultural products, both here and abroad. It created a rise in the price of many commodities, but the farmer and rancher got only a small part of the bene fit. The report lists Morrow coun ty's gross farm income In the past year as $16,229,000, as com pared with the total five years ago or $i3,8i2,uou. These were the gross figures, before any allowances ior tax es and operating costs. The rise, which amounted to 17 percent, was greater than was chalked up In many farm areas. Of the local income, approxi mately 65 percent came from the sale of crops and 35 per cent from the marketing of live stock, poultry and dairy prod ucts. These figures are based ud on the latest Department of Ag rculture statistics. The income figure also takes into account ......money.., received from the government and "in come in kind." which is the val ue of home-grown products con sumed on the farm. Offsetting the rise in cross in come in the last five years was the sharp increase in taxes. wages, fuel, feed and other pro duction costs. gAzette-times ThuriM October 2. 1969 The New IGRAN HERBICIDE Is Now Available From Paul Pettyjohn Co. We Also Have ATRAZINE SIMAZINE Herbicides See Us For Your Needs Paul Pettyjohn Co. IONE PH. 422-7254 Beef Statistics Overlooked by Average Consumer Despite the recent publlclt about high retail costs of beel some Information Is still being overlooked by consumers, points out &. t. Marks, Oregon Mate University extension agricultur al economist. What the average homemakcr doesn't see when doing her weekly shopping is the fact that prices received by both beef producers and wholesalers have been steadily declining after peaking in June, Marks notes. for instance, beef prices at the wholesale level are down fully 18 per cent from June's igh. Prices received by the pro ucer have dropped as much as l per cent. However, the economist adds. reiau prices, which followed the upward trend in winter and spring, have not yet followed the down trend since June ex cept for week-end "specials" which have appeared in the last two or three weeks. Meat prices are a major source of conversation because Ameri cans are a nation of meat-eaters, Marks continues. Last year, me united Mates consumed 05U Field Burning Research Team Reports Progress intensive research In many Hlvda tflulctl to agncuitura Held burning U underway a Oregon Slate University, Kobert M. Alexander, director of the fJiV Air Resources Center, re ported here today at a meeting or me legislative task force on pollution. "The effort." Alexander said, "is aimed both at reducing narm irorn Held burning and at providing a hnsU fur allimnllvt. leading to the reduction or elimination of the practice, Chairman of the task force. appointed last month bv Robert Smith, speaker of the House of Representatives. Is Reti. Onrpe wingara or Lane county Other task forre member nr Keps. Elizabeth Rrnuni and Richard Eymann of Lane coun ty. Rep. Anthnnv Meeker nt Yamhill county, ' Rep. Gerald petering of Linn county. Her bert Hardv. Portland attornev. and Alexander. "During the past year." Alex ander said. 'OSU researchers nave explored a number of po tential uses of grass straw resi duesespecially those from an nual crops. These uses include livestock feed, pulp for making paper, and raw material for the manufacture of such industrial products as plastics." "Research also hits hnnn nnn. ducted." he said, "fin tht nn. sibility of using high enercv sources to hasten the breakdown of straw residues." J ask force memhore mof flnr. ins lie day with a number of nearly 238 lbs. per person of OSU scientists heading up var limlnnry tests Indicate a pulp xatisiHciory tor manufacture In io certain grades of paper can re produced from annual rye grass si raw. "lieias or pulp," he said, "are comparable to those normally omainea irom wood. " Dr. V, II. Freed, agricultural enemist and director of the OSU Environmental Health Sciences tenter, reported that It is pos sible to extract certain Indus trial raw materials from straw residues. These materials." he said, inciuae ceuuiose. nenin. Den- tosaas and waxes. In laboratory tests, tne cellulose has been us ed to make an acetate plastic ana tne pentosans have been converted to furfural." Dr. D. A. Klein, microbiolo gist, reviewed the develonment of a new process, known as pho- tofermentation. that greatly re duced the resistance of straw residues to microbial breakdown. "The process." he said, "in- volves treating the straw with intense light energy, such as that produced bv lasers, then Introducing selected fungi or bacteria." Other OSU scientiists who met with the pollution task force in ciuoe ur. u. o. Chllcote, crop pnysioiogist, ur. K. W. Boubel, mechanical engineer, Dr. F. S. Conklin, agricultural economist, and Dr. J. R. Hardlson. U. S. De partment of Agriculture plant pathologist stationed at OSU. Dr. G. B. Wood, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, also conferred with members of the task force con cerning progress and goals of tne Held burning research pro gram. Chllcote reviewed work to date on alternative methods of neia sanitation and straw re movai. inese include Dronane naming, tne use or Portable In clnerators. plowing, and Dhvsl cal removal of straw through uem cnopping and baling. Boubel discussed studies aim. ea at determininer the level of emissions from burns conducted under varying weather and straw conditions. Hardisin reported on the dis- ease problems involved in per ennial grass seed producton and on screening trials nf nr chemicals for diisease control. Early Registration At Pendleton BMCC Passes Prediction Registration has Increased nearly 15 over last year at Blue Mountain Community Col lege, it was reported here by President Wallace McCrae on Tuesday, the second day of registration. Student enrollment reached 884, and is expected to pass the 900 mark bv the end of the week, he said. Last year's fig ures were at 735 by mid-week. Classes were getting organized and undeway on Monday. "We have more returning sec-ond-year students than last year," McCrae confirmed. With the broadened curriculum and added facilities, the college can offer more to second year stu dents and others who want to continue advacned education, technical programs are growing, and one of the most popular new courses has been that of tower control, he pointed out. A good number of students are enrolled from Morrow coun ty. red meat, poultry and fish. Of this, just over 109 lb. was beef. I his type of demand contin ued this spring when the total beef supply failed to keeD ud wim population increases and increased money people had to spend for beef, Marks notes. Beef production was handicap ped by the severe winter weath er. In June, the total beef sup ply available was only one Der cent greater than a year earlier ano in July it actually dropped below a year earlier. However, he adds, preliminary informa tion indicates August beef sup plies were up about three per cent over August, 19bS, At the same time, pork, which is an alternative meat supply for the consumer, was undergoing its usual seasonal decreases in supply during the summer months. This has helped encour age the high retail cost of beef, ne aaaea. Now, however, pork suDDlles are in a seasonal increase. This along with the increase in beef. should normally lead to some what generally lower prices at the meat counter, he said. ious phases of the research pro- ki din. Dr. A. T. Ralston, animal nu tritionist, reviewed findings to pace in livestock feeding stud ies. u we have found," he said, 'that supplemental ryegrass straw pellets can nroduoe snmi what better gains on wintering replacement heifers than 1 aiiana nay. The digestibility of ryegrass straw also has been found comparable to that of medium quality hays." Dr. W. J. Bublitz, pulp and paper chemist, reported that pre- 1,781 Cars Move Oregon's Produce House cruests of Mrs. Mabel Chaffee last week were her sisters-in-law, Mrs. Naomi De Chenne and Mrs. Alma Chaffee of Spokane, Wash. The ladies returned to their homes Saturday. The man who invented the alarm clock probably did more than any other person to arouse the working classes. GRAIN PRICES (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) F.O.B. Lexington No. 1 Soft white Wheat $1.33 bbL No. 1 Hard Red Wheat .. 1.54 bbL No. 1 or No. 2 Barley .. 36.70 ton (Does not include storage and handling). Oregon s shipment of fresh produce moving to market total ed 1.781 carlots in August. Po tatoes accounted for all but 452 of the carlots. Onions were second in the number of carlots with 295 checked by the federal-state shipping point inspection serv ice. rrunes and Dlums were third with 75 cars. Pears shipped totaled 42 cars and apples 21 cars. Malheur County, with 720 cars, and the Hermiston-Umatil-la section, with 454 carlots. were the heavy potato shippers. All out one carlot of the on ions shipped came from Malheur County. The one carlot was ship ped irom tne Salem area. Milton-Freewater shipped most of the prunes and plums, 71 cars. and that area also had 17 cars of apples. Pear shipments were out of Hood River and Medford. Hood River had 18 cars and Medford 24. Hood River also shipped four cars of apples. CHECK WITH US FIRST FOR ALL YOUR TRAILER NEEDS! 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