'ACRiniLTDRAI. OUTIiOK. KLAMATH COUNTY, OREflON.
PAGE TIIREB
Land Use Report
Diversification Urged Factor
In More Effective Land Use
Kiitniwt in, in-it
fONSIDKHATION of previous
Iniicl into rccummcndatlona
In the Unlit of present world con
dition brlnga to lliiht no plucc
where Mime recommendations
nil be materially changed. I-oik
of diversity la a weakness which
exists in tlio arm munagemcrit
of ninny operator. AllhouKh
unto farms lire best adapted to
straight crop or straight live
stock farming, diversification
continues to bo a desirable farm
management fuctor to aid In less
ening tlio Imrdfthlp of low price
year in indivliliiul commodi
ties. On project Innda It is appar
cnt that livestock la not Includ
ed as an enterprise on many
farms. Inclusion of a livestock
enterprise, whether dairy, sheep,
beef, or lings or combinations of
these is emphasized particularly
on heavier lunda best utilized by
cropping to improvo permanent
pastures or hay crops and not
at all adapted or not as well
adapted to potato production.
This recommendation is made
With the knowledge that live
stock numbers are Incrcnslntf
and may be expected to continue
to increase as shifts to forage
and livestock continue in regions
producing wheat, corn and cot
ton; thnt federal reciprocal trade
policies will probably result in
imports of South American meat
products; and that present live
stock prices are high, making it
. hard to acquire foundation stock.
INFLATION QUESTION
STILL UNANSWERED
Increased industrial activity
with Increasing employment due
to the war and defense program
expenditures point to good do
mestic demand for agricultural
products other than those whose
production was built up mate
rially on export markets which
do not now exist. Lower com
parative prices aro expected in
the period following cessation of
hostilities. The question of in
flation, however, remains unan
swered. Without variation in
dollar value, operators who buy
in at high prices must consider
the possibility of retiring debts
or realizing on Investments on
the basis of lower commodity
price sales.
Natural yearly Increases ac
cruing to livestock are pointed to
as on advantage to this type of
investment as compared to in
vestments necessary in annual
ly depreciating equipment called
for by the. mcchani.ed nature
of crop farming. Excessively
heavy per-acro equipment in
vestment with consequent de
preciation Is undesirable.
Most remunerative disposal of
production from acreage devoted
to soil building crops and neces
sary In fertility maintenance of
potato land, lies In livestock pro
duction. Shipment of allium
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. JUST BEFORE THE MEETING Waiting for the grangers
Is Sils group f grangers, .
hay even at reasonably good
prices Includes suln of fertility
which can be retained In lurgc
measure by feeding ocrutions.
I-ons of local hay markets with
retirement of itinerant stockmen
as a result of federal grazing
regulations and policies has not
resulted In alfalfa acreage re
duction but has put the problem
of hay disposal up to farmers
who have not yet taken up farm
type livestock operations.
DIVERSIFICATION
GIVEN STRESS
Emphasis on diversification
and stressing need of livestock in
farming operations does not im
ply exclusion of cash crops but
rather anticipates conservative
and consistent acreage of cash
crops from which maximum pro
duction of a quality product can
bo expected, notations In which
cush crops are Included provide
a means of releasing the frozen
assets which exist In the form of
fertility built up by pasture and
hay crops. Marked Improve
ment In production of all crops
can be traced In largo measure
to better land leveling brought
about by extensive potato farm
ing. Better land leveling aids In
fertility maintenance by provid
ing for better water use with less
loss of plant nutrients through
leaching and erosion.
Klnmuth agriculture is fortu
nate in that it has not been de
veloped on the basis of national
surplus crops, now left without
the export markets on which
sale was dependent. Further
reduction In wheat acreage is
not advisable. The basin is a
wheat deficiency area and allot
ments now set represent only
55 of usual wheat acreage.
The policy In setting special crop
allotments should tend to en
courage self-contained economy
within geographic areas when
that is possiblo and crop pro
duction In question can compete
successfully with other areas.
Any other policy encourages in
efficiency. It has been definitely shown
by limited planting of sugar
beets that this crop can be prof
itably grown in competition with
other beet-producing areas. Ex
pansion of the crop, however, is
prevented by provisions of the
About the
Pictures
All of the pictures in
this section were taken
at a Klamath county
Pomona grange meet
ing at Fort Klamath,
V..' i I If
About the
Reports
The reports appear
ing in this section were
prepared at the 1941
Agricultural O ut look
and National Prepared
ness Meetings. It was
felt these reports were
of such outstanding im
portance they should
be preserved and pub
lished in full and this
newspaper gladly
agreed to the undertaking.
sugar act which moke it impos
sible for basin farmers to obtain
acreage allotments. Efforts
should be made to secure larger
allotments with n longer time
goal the establishment of a
sugar factory.
Compliance with provisions of
the agricultural conservation
program is recommended. Con
servation and parity payments
for planting within potato and
wheat allotments help to bring
agricultural prices nearer to par
ity with prices of industrial
goods. Advantage should be
taken of payments made under
the fnrm and range program for
carrying out soil and range
building practices. Conserva
tive operations rather than
plunging, and soil conservation
rather than heavy cash cropping,
arc best assurance of ability to
stay in business.
When present preparedness
and war activity is suspended,
the expected recession will be
best met by those farmers whose
operations are diversified, whose
costs of operation arc held to a
minimum and who have retired
debts as far as possible. In
periods of recession, family-size
farming units not over capita
lized are in a better position
than large size units with high
operating costs.
Except for peak labor loads
at potato harvest time, family
size farm units arc a source of
available farm lnbor. A rather
constant farm lnbor reservoir
exists in the population in the
suburban area and small tracts
surrounding Klamath Falls. Lo
cation of defense industry or
other industry would give addi
tional employment to residents
of this area and woud also draw
from family-type farms. " Form
meeting at rort Klamath to open
labor requirements, including
heavy harvest time require
ments, have been well met in
recent years. Increased employ
ment, due to the preparedness
program and Increases in mili
tary strength may lessen the sup
ply of migratory labor which has
been harvesting the potato crop.
Aside from consideration of
rural labor, Klamath county
should consider the possibility
of establishing industries other
than those already present.
Such establishment is needed to
maintain county population built
up on the basis of logging and
lumber operations which are
expected to decline in a not too
distant future.
NEW INDUSTRIES
CONSIDERED
Industries which might be
started include those such as
sash and door mills which pro
cess timber products; starch
plants for utilization of off
grade potatoes; and production
of condensed milk from surplus
milk.
With 83 per cent of the county
area in non-private ownership
and with 10,894,824,000 board
feet, or 84 per cent of 17,039,
748,000 board feet total county
Pondcrosa pine stumpage as of
1934 on those non-privately
owned lands, and with rate of
cut for the county taking place
at a pace much more rapid than
sustained yield practices would
carry, future of lumbering ac
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tivity is placed in the hands of
federal agencies which control
those lands. Whether selective
cutting where practical is re
quired will determine in large
part how long mill payrolls will
contribute to county income.
CM much private land the cut
has .Seen considerably heavier
than should occur. Had selec
tive lodging been practiced,
smaller vigorously growing trees
not subject to beetle attack and
proven by experiments to be un
profitable logs, would have been
left to develop into paying
stumpage for sustained opera
tions and for seed trees to pro
vide re-stocking.
Nature of lumbering business,
however, does not provideJncen
tives to sustained yield opera
tions. Instead, necessity to car-
ry investments in timber lands,
necessity to risk fire loss and
foot fire protection costs, as well
as taxes, encourages a cut out
and leave psychology that takes
no consideration of the economy
developed in such timber oper
ation. According to 1934 forest sta
tistics for Klamath county, 34
per cent or 7,700,110,000 board
feet of county merchantable
stumpage was in private hands.
Of this, 8,144,924,000 board feet
was Ponderosa pine, 361,471,000
board feet was sugar pine large
ly mixed stands with Ponderosa.
Other less valuable species as
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