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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.
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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.
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