2A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforo', Oregon, Thimday, January 8,
Watering Important Growth Factor
To Plants Being Raised Indoors
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
For Rogue Valley Nursery
men and Growers and Oregon
Association of Nurserymen.
Well, we can't garden too
well outside now can we? So
let's grow a lew bouse plants.
General cause for the fail
ure to successfully grow pot
plants in the home is improp
er watering. Watering plants
growing in pots requires careful-attention.
The plants are
entirely dependent upon the
homemaker for the right
amount of water encourage
a healthy growth. When out in
the open the roots have a
chance to go down into the
soil and look for moisture if
necessary. A tender annual
Grange
Co-op Man
To Teach Course
Eagle Point - Keith Hocker-
smith, field man for the
Grange Co-op, will be the
leading instructor for the
adult farmer class on live
stock feeding and nutrition
which will be held at the
Eagle Point Vocational Agri
culture building beginning to
day at 7:45 p.m.
A tuition fee will include
refreshments and a supple
mental outline for the class
which will meet Thursday
evening: for ten weeks.
Topics will include funda
mentals of animal nutrition,
use of feeding tables, rough
ages, pellets and wafers, feed
additives, calf raising, pas
tures, parasites, and new
equipment for best utilization
of pastures, hay and silages.
Instructors will include Dr.
Eugene Hanawalt, C e n tr a 1
Point, veterinarian; Carl
Jacobson, Medford, General
Mills representative; County
Agent Earle Jossy; Paul Wil
son, Medford, of Alberi Mill
ing co.; County Agent Gene
Winters and Hockersmlth.
This Week's
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By HIAWATHA ESTES
The real quality of this
2183 square foot home goes
beyond the attractive exter
ior. Artful planning has given
it an unusually well organiz
ed floor plan, especially suit
able for a large family.
The central hall makes each
room accesible to the front
entrance which features a
double entry door. For quiet
and privacy, the four bed
rooms are secluded from the
activity area of the home..
Big and airy, the master
bedroom has its own wardrobe-dressing
room and three
quarter bath. Large ward
robes provide plenty of closet
and storage space in the other
bedrooms" and extra closets
open from the hall.
The family bath has reces
sed fiztures and doubles lav
atories, set in a tiled vanity
top .coiiDlec. Cabinets .below
keep accessories and supplies
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observed that its hair-like
roots have grown right into
a hard-rock-like clay soil. The
same plant in a four-inch pot
has no chance to do so.
Keep Soil Fairy Moist
With most plants grown by
the average home-maker it is
just a matter of keeping the
soil fairly moist at all times.
Also, when applying the wa
ter the soil should be dis
turbed as little as possible.
You can tell when a plant
needs water by shoving your
fingers down into the soil. Ap
pearance of the surface soil
may be deceiving.
Don't water soil that is wet
nor ever let a plant suffer in
soil that is dry. Letting plants
stand in dry soil even oc
casionally stunts their growth.
Plants; which grow under
glass in pots or a shallow
bench with artifical watering
are different from those in the
open field. They can't stand
a dry soil without showing
bad effects. On the other hand,,
poor drainage and allowing
the water to remain in the
soil too long will produce
some bad effects, also.
No plant loves water more
than the Boston fern, for in
stance. As long as there is
plenty of drainage in the pot
it can stand watering prac
tically every day. However,
it will soon die in a sour soil
resulting from improper
drainage. This also applies, to
all other plants.
Among flowering plants,
geraniums are the gayest of
house plants and are ideally
suited to colonial furnishings.
They do need a lot of sunlight
and not too much heat. Close
relatives are Gloxinias and
African Violets and are for
the window which does not
receive direct sunlight. .
Spring flowering bulbs such
as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths
make a glorious display in
doors, but need more handling
Home For Living
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out of sight. A linen-storage
closet has been located next
to the lavatory.
In the living room, the soft
hued stonework of the fire
place extends across most of
the end wall. Floor-to-ceiling
book shelves complete the set
ting. Glass doors slide open
to the sheltered patio from
both the living room and fam
ily room, to unite indoors and
outdoors for summer relax
ation, dining and entertain
ing." The fireplace in the fam
ily room could be built as a
barbecue, if desired.
The work area of this home
would delight any homemak
er. The kitchen is placed near
the front door, yet it com
mands a view of the three
sides of the home, enabling
mother to keep track of the
children when they play out
side. Built-in appliances and
a spacious eating, area save
time and steps in preparing
than most other plants,
them in the fall, bury
Pot
the
pots in the garden for about
two months, then start bring
ing them inside for forcing
from early January onward.
Don't forget foliage plants,
either. They need very little
sunlight. This type includes
Monstera, Cordatum or Per
tussum, Philodendron, wax
planty (Hoya) Sanservieria,
Dieffenbachia, rubber plant,
and ivy.
Beef Promotion
Meeting Set
A meat promotion meeting
sponsored by the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation will
be held in the courthouse
auditorium Thursday, Jan. 15,
at 1 p.m.
All persons interested in
meat production will be wel
come, County Agent Earle
Jossy reported.
The meeting, : planned by
Howard Fujii, commodity di
rector of the Oregon Farm
Bureau, is designed to inform
livestock producers of the na
tionwide program for meat
conducted by the National
Livestock and Meat board; to
discuss means of expanding
local meat promotion; and to
discuss methods of making
promotion programs more ef
fective. Richard J. Nolan, Denver,
western representative for the
National Livestock and Meat
board, will explain its re
search promotion and educa
tion program.
Representatives of Beef,
Inc., statewide promotional
group, and the Jackson Coun
ty Cowbelles, -( will : explain
their programs.
Nine other meetings similar
to the local one are planned
in other Oregon districts, Jos
sy said.
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PLAN NO. 4604
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and serving meals. The big
service area is large enough
for laundry equipment, freez
er, and broom closet and the
half-bath is handy to the fam
ily room and play yard.
The forced air heater has
been located, in the garage
but it could be placed in the
closet next to the master bath
or in the attic if desired.
A rough shake roof, board
and batten siding and exten
sive stonework lend a hand
craft charm to the rustic ex
terior. . ... ,.
Complete working drawing of
the above plan can be obtained at a
cost of fl.oO tor trie iltsi set ana
S5 for each additional set. when
ordered at the same time. This
nlan will be available for a period
cf four months from this date.
Please allow two weeks for aeuv
ery. If the above home does not
entirely meet with your satisfac
tion, a new home plan book.
Homes for Living may be purchas-
ea tor si. Sena an oraers lor ei
ther plans or books to Hiawatha
Estes. P.O. Box 404-T, fiorthridge,
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--CHIT CHAT
By JOI COWLEY '
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
Two veteran farmers stood in the church vestibule earn
estly talking last Sunday. It
in and later joined in the
"Y' know a young feller
farming nowadays what with
ery and all," one farmer was saying. '
"Tha's right! you just figure up all the machinery he's
gonna need to run a farm, then total up the cost and you
wonder how anybody gets started in farming these days,"
the other farmer agreed. "Yup, she's come a long ways
from the time that I borrowed a team and plow from
m'dad, rented a place and started farming."
And we wondered right along with them. How can a
young-farmer-to-be start raising crops on his own? So-o,
we asked a few questions around. A vocational agriculture
instructor, at one of the county high scools. said this is the
problem that has worried educators for some time.
However, it boils down to the old saw, '"When there's
a will there's a way." But there are possibilities.. One popular
means is to go into partnership with a farmer ready to re
tire. It takes a little longer, but other-felfows work at
another job either while farming or while saving up enough
money to farm. And, of course, many , jobs related to farm
ing exist.
It used to be that vo-ag instructors aimed their instruction
at getting the boy started in farming and training present
farmers. Now, however, vo-ag teachers teach basic knowl
edge and skills which can be used in the general field of
agriculture. Not long ago a vo-ag instructor told us there
is a bigger demand than can be filled for young men who
can fill jobs in fields related to farming.
Above all a boy with his eye on the future in agricul
ture farmer or not should GET ALL THE EDUCA
TION HE. CAN. A banker told us, a teacher told us, a
businessman-farmer told us, and an agriculture expert "told
us. Farming has become more of a science and business.
And it must be run along those lines to be successful.
College graduates are needed for 15,000 new agricultural
jobs each year, according to a booklet published by the
American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State
Universities. What dqes education mean to you in dollars
and cents? According to U. S. Census Bureau figures, eight
years of schooling will produce a life income of $116
000, four years of high school $165,000, one to three years
of college, $190,000 and four or more years of college up
to $268,000.
There are many doors to the wide field of agriculture.
General headings are research, industry, business, education,
communications, conservation, services and farming and
ranching.
Research alone has 12 classifications or job headings
production, marketing, economics, agricultural engineering,
equipment and utilities, processing, new uses and methods,
new products, by-products, conservation, reclamation and
rural sociology.
There are several, facets to industry such as machinery
and equipment, food processing, grain and seed processing,
meat and poultry packing, fertilizer and lime, pesticides
and herbicides, feed manufacturing, dairy processing, fats
and oils, textiles and fibers, buildings and utilities and
forest products.
The business end of agriculture also known by the new
name "agri-business" includes jobs under banking and credit,
insurance, farm management, cooperative management, land
appraisal, grading, packaging and labeling, marketing, stor
age and warehousing, transportation, farm utilities, custom
services, and private businesses. ;.' r.-
The field of communications in agriculture is a broad
one also and includes farm reporting, newspapers, market
reporting, publications, magazines, photography, motion
pictures, radio, recording, television, advertising, exhibiting,
and training.
' Agricultural services are many and varied, They in
clude such things as inspection and regulation, food and
feed, seed and fertilizer, agricultural chemical, plant and
animal quarantine, quality control and grading, organiza
tion and foundations, agricultural technicians, agricultural
consultant, agricultural statisticians, veterinarians, and for
eign agricultural service. So much for how to get into
agriculture.
You decide you want to farm. So, you go to the bank
and hunch over in your chair while a loan department man
asks you questions and has you fill out a long form. You're
on the "hot seat" because you think he is really giving you
a going over. And you're right, he is. He wants to know
how much you know about farming, about your general
background, credit record and whether you are a good moral
risk.
Lending money has come a long ways from the time
a banker would merely lean back in his swivel chair, run
his fingers down his watch chain, fix the prospective bor
rower with a piercing glance, ask a few sharp questions then
refuse or grant the loan. Banks have a good record of
successful lending to uphold. In fact, a local bank official
tells us that bank net losses on loans are usually small.
"About 99 point something, are honest people, anyway.
That's what keeps us in business. You can't outfigure or
outguess the few crooks, anyway."
So you get the loan. Usual terms are one third down, half
at the end of the first crop year and a second payment
at the end of the second crop year. Much of the term ar
rangement depends on the farm machinery and implement
companies and results in many variations of financing
terms. Some arrange payments on a basis of three crop
years, we learned.
Several loans are regularly made with the father sign
ing for his son, but his son carrying the burden, a banker
told. us. To borrow money a man must be of legal age.
However, 4-H and FFA loans are the exception. These are
straight loans of $200 to $300 used for a steer or crop. The
idea is to teach the youngster how to borrow money and
pay it back.
"During the 15 to 20 years we have been making these
loans we have lost only one," a local banker said. "That
was when the old man ate the hog, so the boy didn't have
anything with which to earn the money."
Two things to consider, we
angle and the lender's angle. How and when with any reason
able assurance can the loan be paid back. This, of course,
bars- acts of nature and any unforeseen events. A man
must have "a little cushion"
Otherwise, by the law of averages he is going to get clob
bered.
Like many other people the local banker also empha
sises the need for as much schooling as possible for the
future farmer. Farming is as much a business as accounting
and law, we were told.
A local banker cited a few statistics on people and busi
nesses which all people in the money-lending business
must keep tucked away in their craniums.
An average of 9.2 out of
of 100 corporations one is left at the end of 10 years.
Out of every 400 top employees one is a potential employer.
(This includes self-employment.) The latter figures were
developed over the last 10 to 20 years by people in the
business of personnel and lending money. The other figures
were developed by the National Association of Manu
facturers on records kept over
"Twenty-three years ago when, I arrived in Medford' I
made a walk from the Medford hotel to Bear creek," a
looked interesting so we tuned
conversation.
just can't hardly get started in
the high cost of farm machin
were told, are the borrower's
in case something goes wrong.
every 10 businesses fail. Out
a 30-40 year span.
Rogue Valley
Pears Go Into
New Fruit Drink
A new product which fea
tures another use of the
Rogue Valley's famous pears
was announced at a recent
meeting of the Medford Pear
Shippers Association.
The product is a prepared
fruit drink and combines the
juice of pears and pineapples,
according to Warren Bayliss,
vice-president of the year in
dustry group.
Bayliss reported that the
fruit drink was introduced
nationally under the Del
Monte label, but he predicted
that other companies would
probably feature a similar
product in the near future.
At least two vally super
markets (The Big Y and The
Groceteria) have obtained
amounts of the pear-pineapple
drink, and others plan to ord
er supplies based on consumer
demand.
Initial public response to
the product has been very
good, Bayliss said. He noted
that this new item, plus other
product uses cf pears, are im
portant to the economy of the
pear industry, since they tend
to expand the domestic con
sumer market.
Product research by pear
industry supported groups
and by Oregon State college
specialists will eventually
point the way to full product
usage, Bayliss said, but for
the present the local industry
must continue to develop its
market for fresh pears and
promote the use of canned
pear products.
Farm Records
Course Topic
Central Point A course on
farm records will start at
Crater High school beginning
at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12,
according to Ed Griggs, voca
tional agriculture instructor.
The course sponsored by
the vocational argiculture de
partment will consist of a two
hour class each Monday night
for 10 weeks.
Lecture subjects will cover
various factors on farm record
keeping such as the accrual
method, the cash method, op
erational records and enter
prise cost analysis.
Several classes will be de
voted also to federal and
state income taxes. One night
will feature federal lending
agencies on farm credit. The
following week the class will
cover commercial lending
agencies. Farm insurance will
be discussed also one evening
and will consist of general
farm insurance and liability
insurance. County taxes will
be discussed during another
evening.
Registration fee is five dol
lars per family for the 10
weeks course, Griggs said.
For more information and
pre-registration contact ' the
Crater high school vocational
agriculture department by
calling NOrmandy 4-1103.
Cave Junction Man
To Appear on Panel
Cave Junction Robert
Marten of Cave Junction was
scheduled to appear on a
panel of leading dairymen
and agriculturists during the
65th annual meeting of the
Oregon Dairymen's associa
tion yesterday and today at
Gearhart, Ore.
The" meetings at the Gear
hart hotel will run the gamut
of problems facing dairymen.
Discussion will include rec
ommended changes in agricul
tural laws slated for presenta
tion at the next legislature,
he said.
ZOO PARADE
New York-ftTD-Police were
not too surprised when they
found an eight-foot porpoise
hanging from a lamppost on
a Bronx corner one night.
Earlier in the day, they had
come across a nine-foot shark
with its teeth removed on a
nearby corner.
local banker said. "Now when I make the same walk I can
count on the fingers of one hand the businesses along the
same route which are still here. Of course, some business
owners have died, others have sold out. Business and
finance are as fluid as human-nature and human nature is
very fluid," the local banker summed up.
Thing's ain't what they used to be. Particularly in the
winter underwear department. Recently we observed an
ad in a big city paper. Varieties included medium winter
weight, fleece-lined, long, short sleeve styles, wool, spring
needle ribbed drawers, ankle length, thermal, elastic waist
drawers, to mention only a few.
I guess nowadays folks have a choice. Used to be that
only the. long-handled red-colored winter underwear was
available. When a man sweated, he itched. Grandpa used
to put on some impromptu dance numbers while he tried
to get at that itchy spot on his back he couldn't quite reach.
Now with electric dryers and alL these winter appen
dages no longer are hung out on the line to freeze into
interesting shapes to amuse ' the neighbor, kids. Also, no
doubt, they used to serve a double purpose. If hung on
the line near the corn patch the flapping arms and legs
used to frighten away many a marauding crow. People in
those days used to put this variety on in the fall and wear
it through spring.. Some even wore them year around and
some of the old timers still do, we are informed.
Farm Kitchen Recipe
Round-up Scheduled
Minneapolis A farm kit
chen recipe round-up design
ed to help the farmer market
his products more profitably
will be sponsored by the Lar
ro Feeds division of General
Mills for two months starting
Feb. 1, 1959.
The national contest, the
first of its kind open only to
those owning or living on a
farm or ranch, will offer $17,
000 in prizes for the best
recipes prepared from farm
products in seven categories:
chicken, turkey, dairy pro
ducts, pork, egg, beef and
lamb.
There will be a $1,000 first
prize for the winning recipe
in each of the seven categories
plus a two-day, all-expenses-
paid trip for two to Minne-
Animal Industry
Meet To Stress
Feed Efficiency
Corvallis Ways to feed
livestock and poultry more
efficiently in today's highly
mechanized agriculture will
bp spotlighted at the 17th an
nual Animal Industry confer
ence, scheduled Jan. 29 and
30 on the Oregon State Col
lege campus. .
The annual conference, co
sponsored by the Oregon
Feed and Seed Dealers as
sociation and OSC, will exam
ine ways to tie supplements
in prepared feeds to total
energy level of thefeed rath
er than body weight of indi
vidual animals, reports Dr,
J. E. Oldfield, OSC animal
husbandman who is program
chairman.
Need for this technique is
a rather logical outgrowth of
the development automation
into animal agriculture, the
program committee pointed
out. Individual feeding is be
coming increasingly i difficult
as larger and . larger herds
and flocks are handled by
farmers, it was explained.
Out-of-state speakers at the
two-day conference will in
elude Dr. Fred Hill, poultry
nutritionist at Cornell Uni
versity, and Dr. A. J. Wood,
animal nutritionist at the Uni
versity of British Columbia.
Dr. C. A. Bottoroff of the
American Cyanamid compa
ny, Pearl River, N.Y., will
outline future trends of re
search in the feed industry,
and discuss recent develop
ments in poultry and turkey
diseases.
OSC staff members will al
so present papers at the con
ference, reporting on research
at the OSC agricultural ex
periment station.
All interested persons are
welcome to attend conference
sessions, Oldfield said. Meet
ings will be held in Withy
combe auditorium at OSC.
Afoms Suggested
For Farm Land
Los Angeles (UPD Two
UCLA scientists have sug
gested development of a
portable atomic reactor for
sterilizing farm land.
Drs. Amos Norman and
Samuel G. Wildman said such
a' device, could destroy and
prevent reproduction of fun
gi, insect larva and weed
seeds which greatly reduce
agricultural yield.
They said the reactor would
irradiate the soil to a depth of
about 6 inches and cover
ground at the rate of 6 miles
an hour.
FARM FATALITIES
New York -(UPD- Accidents
take about 13,000 lives each
year on U.S. farms, according
to the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co. Machinery is in
volved in more than a third
of the fatal injuries, while
drowning-with many of the
victims under 5-is the second
most frequent cause of farm
deaths.
The average American fam
ily owned $8,300 worth of
life insurance in 1957.
apolis July 23-24 to visit Gen
eral .Mills' Betty Crocker
kitchens and attend the" city's
summer festival, The Aqua-
tennial. .
Expect Many Recipes
General Mills and Betty
Crocker feel farm homemak-
ers everywhere have recipes
every other American home-
maker ought to know about,"
explained D. H. McVey, vice
president and general man
ager of the Larro Feeds di
vision.
This recipe round-up will
give some examples of farm
product-farm kitchen cookery
to share with millions of other
homemakers throughout the
country.
"At the same time we hope
t will serve as a much de
served salute to the farm wife
end emphasize to rural peo
ple the part that processors
of farm products are playing
to help the. farmer sell a lot
of the things he produces."
The food preparation de
mands on the Zxi million
farm wives are considerable,
McVey pointed out, when you
consider that besides being
responsible for the regular
three meals a day, they:
1) feed unexpected guests
like county agents, cattle-
buyers and veterinarians
more than once a week.
2) feed an average of seven
guests a week.
3) take food to community
parties or suppers an average
of 15 times a year.
In view of all this the
farm homemaker has every
right to be jealous of her
reputation as a good cook,"
McVey commended.
Prises Listed
In addition to the seven
$1,000 first prizes, there will
be cash awards of $500, $250
and $100 for the recipes
judged second, third and
fourth best in each of the
categories."
Seven hundred Betty Crock
er Picture Cookbooks will be
awarded for the. next best 100
recipes in each category.
Everyone who enters will
receive a citation from Btty
Crocker recognizing her par
ticipation in the campaign to
help promote the products of
the American farm.
Entry blanks are available
at most feed dealers. They
also can be obtained by writ
ing Larro Feeds, Dept. 1080,
623 Marquette ave., Minne
apolis, Minn., on or before
March 15, 1959
Pink Eye Leading
Cattle Disease
Salem Shipping fever,
pink eye, and brucellosis, con
tinued to bead the list of cat
tle diseases reported in No
vember to the State Depart
ment of Agriculture by prac
ticing veterinarians.
Totals for 1958, up to and
including the . November, re
port, showed 325 cases of an-
aplasmosis in 115 herds in
spected; 141 cases of leptospi
rosis in 54 herds; 2,094 brucel
losis infected cattle from 668
herds; 78 cases of bacterial
hemoglobinurea in 50 herds;
65 cases of blackleg in 47
herds and many cases of hem
oglobin septicemia and infec
tious keratitis (pink eye).
In poultry, the state veter
inarian's accumulative report
shows 51 cases of cholera for
1958, and 39 cases of salmon
ellosis. : A general occurence of an
thrax, infectious keratitis,
and ovine ecthyma was re
ported in sheep herds for the
year.
In swine, 242 cases of
erysipelas were reported in
39 herds; 110 influenza in
fections in 16 herds; 93 cases
of enteritis in 10 herds, and
lesser assorted diseases for the
year to date.
The heavy fall reports of
shipping fever and brucellosis
are reflected in increased
movements of cattle and
therefore not unusual, accord
ing to Dr. L. E. Bodenweiser,
acting state veterinarian.
Forty-two cases of encephal
omyelitis in horses have been
reported to date for 1958.
Tanks Association
To Hold Meeting
The fifth annual meeting of
Southern Oregon Farm Tanks
Inc., will be held Wednesday,
Jan. 14, at the Gold Hill
Grange hall at noon.
Grange ladies will serve
dinner, according to Edwin
Hayes, Eagle Point, secretary
treasurer. Glenn Chase is
chairman.
BRILL
METAL WORKS
Commercial Industrial
Residential Sheet Metjl Work
Stainless, Galvanized
and Copper Fabrication
2287 West Main
PHONE SP 2-4440
Predicts Low
April-September
Rogue Volume
Portland - Streamflow will
be low in the Rogue-Umpqua
this coming April - September
season unless storms during
the rest of the winter begin
producing heavy snowfall, ac
cording to a report released
today by W. T. Frost, snow
survey supervisor for U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservation Service and
Oregon Agricultural Experi
ment station.
Irrigators served from di
rect streamflow will be effect
ed the most. Reservoir storage
is good, he said.
Snow course measurements
indicate one of the lowest
Jan. 1 readings on record.
Rogue-Umpqua snow courses
are only 16 per cent of the
Jan. I normal water content,
Frost, reported. In a normal
year, 37 per cent of the moun
tain snow - pack is on the
ground by January 1. This
year only 4 per cent has ac
cumulated.
Fish Lake. Fourmile Lake
and Hiatt Praire hold well
above average water supplies
amounting to 250 per cent
normal, Frost said. Emigrant
is nearly empty for construc
tion purposes.
Flow of the Rogue at Gold
Ray was below normal in De
cember at 58 per cent, it was
noted. Its flow since October
was 78 per cent normal. The
flow of the Umpqua at Elkton
for October through Decem
ber was 56 per cent normal.
The state-wide outlook for
Oregon's 1959 water supply.
as of this early winter date,
is not good, Frost said. How
ever, reservoired water sup
plies are excellent with most
reservoirs holding well above
average amounts. The moun
tain snow - pack averages a
new record low according to
current snow surveys. The
next report on snow surveys
and water supply conditions
will be issued on Feb. 8, 1959.
1959 Farm Income
Might Slip Some,
But Hopes High
Corvallis Oregon farm in
come in 1959 may slip a little
from the 1958 level but should
be higher than in most other
recent years, reports M. D.
Thomas, Oregon State college
agricultural extension ecoom
ist. Despite some weak spots in
Oreogn agriculture during the
past year, total farm income
for 1958 is expected to top
$400 million. Final tally may
place it third highest on rec
ord, exceeded only by 1951
and 1952. Meanwhile, farmers
costs have risen and may go
up a little more in 1959,
Thomas explains.
Reduced support price level
on wheat, coupled with large
supplies and lower prices for
pork and poultry products in
the year ahead, are cited as
key reasons for probable in
come decline in 19-59.
. Among the brighter spots
are cattle and sheep which
are expected to hold the siz
able price gains made in 1958.
Lamb prices usually follow
beef trends, the economist
states.
Returns from wool holst
ered by continued incentive
payments seem likely to im
prove during the next 12
months as maufacturers clear
inventories of woolen goods
and rebuild supplies of raw
materials.
Seed market prospects are
especially encouraging for
growers of ryegrass, vetch,
and forage crop seeds. Lawn
grass seed, especially bent
grass, is plentiful and mar
ket prospects are less promis
ing. Oregon's two main veg
etable crops snap beans and
peas are in good supply posi
tion. Plantings and prices of
processing vegetables aren't
likely to change much in 1959,
Thomas says.
Potato prices during the
first half of 1959 are expected
to be lower than a year earlier
but may do a little better in
the second half. Onions are
likely to be overplanted in
1959 in response to improved
prices this winter.
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