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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1943)
Weekly Page of Farm News January 28, 1048 PAGE SEVEN (Huge Job Farmers Outlined By County Leader Br C. K. HENDERSON Klamath County Agant . The American farmer la being ked to grow more food lhan h hat ever grown before. Hit job li that of supplying food for the armed forces of the United State, at well ns the civilian population and In addition aupplylng food to our fighting allies throughout tha world. Food for people In reconquered counlrie has been declared ai essential a food on the home front. - . The 1842 crop grown and marketed by the American farmer let an all-time record. For 1043 farmers are asked to Increase this all-time record crop by from 10 to IS per cent. National, stats and county goals have been established and farm goals are being established at the b-etnt time in meetings of ,"irm people throughout the na tion. National Bonis show the following as compared with last year: Per Cent .Jlogs, spring farrowing 115 'lions, fall farrowing.. 115 Cattle and calves marketed ' and farm slaughtered 108 -Sheen and lambs marketed and farm slaughtered 08 Milk cows 102 Milk products 102 Hens and pullets 107 Kgg production , 110 Chickens raised . 110 Chickens for meat .....Ill Turkeys raided ., lift Turkey production ... 118 Wheat 88 Corn 104 Outs 08 Barley , Rye 83 Hay 8 Potatoes 1U Sugur beets 00 '-Dry edible beans 11 B Qry edible peas 125 I Flaxseed 88 ' National goals have been broken down by state commit teemen, leaders and members of the department of agriculture Into stute goals, as follows: ' Per Cent Hogs, spring farrowing 105 Hum, fall farrowing , 118 Cattle and calves, marketed " and farm slaughtered 114 Sheep and lambs, marketed ' and farm slaughtered ...... 85 Milk cows 102 Milk production 102 Hens and pullets 102 Egg production 102 -Chickens raised 112 Chickens for meat 115 Turkeys rulscd ...115 Turkeys, meat production .. 1 15 Wheat , .... . , 08 Seed grains, Including oats, rn hnrti-v lirlrom 104 -. .... Qiiy . 105 Potatoes , 118 Sugur beets 100 .Dcnni, dry edible ., 100 Peas, dry edible 83 Flaxseed , 100 .Fiber flax 68 Last week members of the county AC A committee, the OSDA war board, county plan ning committees, including com mittees on livestock, farm 'crops, land use, home and rural 1 life, and farm labor, and county ACA community chairmen met at the Henley grange hall, to establish quotas . for Klamath munlv Thitin rfitnt&a .Lara i. t I follows: Per Cent Hogs, spring farrowed 100 Hogs, fall mrrowed 120 (Cattle and calves marketed (Oand fnrm slaughtered 100 sheep and lambs marketed ., and farm slaughtered 80 fMk cows ... 80 f Milk production 60 jhens and pullets 105 figg production 105 Chickens raised - 115 Chickens for meat 120 turkeys raised 80 Turkeys for meat 80 .Wheat 00 Iced grains 105 Hay 105 Potatoes 100 Flaxseed 100 Clover and grass seeds 100 Vegetable seeds 125 ciis ,i 80 While the production of flalry products is handicapped .In many ways, it was felt by jiicmbera of tha war board and county ACA committees as well many other committeemen, xnat the dairy production goal should be established at 80 per cent rather than 80 per cent. Also some members felt It was doubtful if the 80 per cent could be obtained. i Starting, next week, general community sign-up meetings will be held throughout the ' farming districts of Klamath county. These meetings will be attended by members of - the ACA, planning committees, as well as all members of the war board and representatives of all divisions of the US department of agriculture, to aid farmers in filling out their 1843 food pro duction forms, Thcso men have j . . If you ned to ' DUILD UP ' this Brand blood.fran tanlo-t,vdi& - B). Pinkham's Compound TABLETS (w'.th added iron) -on of the bMt and V qulofcear. homo waya to get tron Into the ! blood, Ftnkham'e Tablets are alto fa ; i mou to relieve dlitreaa ot funottona! .. monthly disturbances becauee of their soothing effeot on one of tsoman'i tm . poriont or; ana. Follow label amotions Ahead of received training at meetings held last week. All sign-up meetings will start at 10 a. m. and carry through until 8 p, m. Farm operators tiovo been notified by letter about the time of day to come In order that an even flow of people can be maintained throughout the day, preventing the loss of time to all farm signers. Operators who did not receive notices are asked to come whenever most convenl tnt during the day on which meetings are held. The follow lng is a complete schedule of these meetings: Morrill, community hall, Jan uary 27 and 28. Malitt, h I g h school agricul tural building, January 20 and 30. Henley, grange hail, January 28 and 30, February 1. bonanza, high school agricul tural building, February 1, 2, 3, Fort Klumath, Civic Improve ment building, February 3. Bly, high school building, Fcbruury 8. Klamath Agency, extension office, Council hall, February 4. During this period from Jan uary 27 to and Including Feb' ruary 8, every farm operator should plan on attending the meeting in his nearest locality if the entire Job is to be com pleted at this time. Growers should come to meetings pre pared to furnish information on acreage of crops to be plant ed and numbers of livestock on the farm. In addition they should know the manpower re quired for the increased pro duction for 1843, as well as re quirements for additional live stock' shelters, fencing, machin ery, credit and fertilizer. This information is particularly inv portant as It will have consid erable bearing on the availabili ty of these Items throughout the farm year. The farm plan work sheet for maximum war production is now being prepared for every farm by ihe county office and these forms will be at the meet ing as scheduled. Therefore, it Is important that all operators All Edible Meats Will Be Included in Ration List WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 0T) All edible meats will' be ra tioned when meat rationing be gins, probably about April 1, office, of price administration officials said today. Under "voluntary rationing," which has been in effect for several months, consumers have not been asked to limit their consumption of variety meats, which include liver, kidney, hcBrt. tripe, brains and sweet breads. It was made clear today, how ever, that these would be in cluded under the rationing pro gram. Meat, like canned and frozen fruits and vegetables, will be McMullen Reviews Progress Of KPC A Since Its Start Lee McMullen, secretary-manager of the Klamath Produc tive Credit association, review ed the history of that organiza tion at the annunl meeting held hero this week, showing how it grew from small beginnings. "On January 8, 1834, 30 farmers of Klamath and Lake counties met .In the Klamoth county courthouse with a rep resentative of the FCA and or ganized the . association in ac cordance with the farm credit act ot 1833. "Thirteen of these 30 are stockholders today. Twelve nev er became stockholders. At that meeting seven directors were elected. Four of those directors are stilt serving you, These seven directors each bought one share ot B stock, as a person has to bo a stockholder In order to be a director. Old? Get Pep, Vim with Iron, Calcium. Vitamin Bl Men, Women week, worn- out, axhfluitef!. Take 0ltx. CotiUlnf tanlcft. ttlmitlinta often nfi-rled ftftr AOhy lioittas laoklna Iron. Calcium. VlUratn Bi. TROiuandi now feel peppy, j'ftftre yomiRsr, Get 0tr Tenia TatiteU TODAY. Trial lite 8!c. Or SAVE MONEY net regular SI lltfl (4 timet at many tfihletaT only see. Alio ask about the big mortey.tavtne "Economy" lee. . for Ma at ell booiI drug etorw evtry where In Kitmtth Ftlli, at Whitman Drug. Lake Automobile Licans Safe Reaches $11,170 LAkEVIEW Sale of automo bile license tags has reached the staggering total of $11,170.81 at the office of tha sheriff here, ac cording to a report made by Dep uty Hurry Angstead Wednesday, This means that a total of 1100 license applications have been made. This is the first time that such a figurr has been reached by the local office and ia appar ently due to the fact that appli cation blanks were- not mailed out from tha office of the secre tary of state this1 year, A charge ot 25 cent extra Is mado for the service here and tills money goes into the general fund of Uie county. POULTRY RAISERS WARNED ON PRICE PORTLAND, Jan. 28 m The Oregon OPA warned poultry raisers today that they must ob serve maximum price regula tions. The base live weight prices at Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, basing point cities, are: Broilers Under 8 pounds, 281 cents. Fryers 3-4 pounds, 30, RnaMcrs Light, 4-M pounds, 33; heavy, Si pounds and over, 35. Stags Light, under 5 i pounds, 28; heavy, Si pounds and over, 281, Capons Light, under 8 pounds, 37; heavy, 8 pounds and over, 38, Fowl Light, under 4 pound;, 24i; medium, 4 to 5t pounds, 27i; heavy, 5 pounds and over, 271. Old roosters Light, under Si pounds, ISi; heavy, Si pounds and over, 201. Ducks Light, under B i pounds, 201; heavy, Si pounds and over, 221, - . Geese AH weights, 261 cents. Young turkeys Light under 18 pcjnds, 35 cents; medium, 18 to 22 pounds and . over, 33i; heavy, 22 pounds and over, 32i. Old turkeys Light, under 18 pounds, .13; medium, 18 to 22 pounds, 311; heavy, 22 pounds and over. 301 cents. Officials said the prices on broilers and fryers are subject to a temporary order, effective until February 15, permitting the highest prices charged between September 28 and October 2, for locally produced fowl of these types to each class of purchaser. attend the meeting checked on the letter sent them. If this can be done at the hour indicated it will also save considerable time and waiting. rationed under a point system. with the purchaser required to surrender varying points, de pending upon the type of meat purchased. Thoro was no official Indies tion today as to possible values of various meats, but it was re garded as probable that variety meats, now generally, much more pientitul that carcuss cuts, would have a lower point value than "red meats," such aa steak and roasts. Rationing of canned and frozen fruits and vegetables Is expected to begin about March 1, with meat rationing about a month later. The same ration book, No. 2, will be used. "We received our charter on February 14, 1834. We had in structions fo loan money but to loan It 'safe.' , , , "By the end of 1834 we had 105 stockholders, who owned 21,100 in class B stock, "From the original $3S In stock owned by the seven direc tors we have built to $100,205 owned , by 264 members. Start ing from scratch we have built reserves of $178,000, In add! tion to the payment of a 4 per cent dividend this year. In ad dition, interest rate has been re duced from 8V4 per cent to 4 per cent. "I think you will all aeree with me that "to loan money but loan It safe" is not a aim' pie task, but all in all, I think we have a record of which we should be proud GET WONDERFUL RELIEF r Bon m4 lick el Simple , . P-l-L-E-S!. , Atmpt pllt need net wrtelc mrd torts yvu with mtcicfenlRff Itch, bunt t4 Irrltft tion. fitMrt'e PyrtmM Suppeeiteriet brine ttiiftk, welcome rHf. Thet 7.wvy ntetfie tion mean reel omfart,- reduce etrtfn. hp ttshten relaxed membra Ktntly lubricate n4 euftene. Protective ne anl ehirtnir. eo uy to um. It's wonderful to b Ire of tttie tcrtur Mitn. Gti nufa Stnart'i Pyramid 8ppitHee it ymsr drov tore without del 0e end tiJO o autWer'e money bek fruntnttk SUBSIDIES TO 8E HEAVY IN -' NDHTH. WEST WASHINGTON, Jan, 2? m Northern and western corn and wheat farmers will get a lion's share of $595,500,000 in benefit payments to be . distributed among growers for complying with last yeara .federal crop control programs. Southern cotton farmers will get the smallest amount since the supreme court Invalidated the first agricultural adjustment act and processing taxes In 1B38. These facts were disclosed to day In a preliminary report of the agriculture department on 1842 farm subsidies. Payments to wheat farmers will total about $133,477,000, the second largest amount set aside for wheat growers In any one year since the crop pro grams were inaugurated in 1833. The too was $137,555,000 In 1838. Payments on the 1941 crop totaled $107,353,000. Corn payments will amount to $188,218,000, which Is the record for that crop. Payments on the 1841 crop totaled $130,- 186,000. Until the 1842 crop year, cot- -ton payments exceeded those for any other commodity. They will amounf to about $78,833,- 00Q compared with $184,957,000 for the 1841 crop and a peak of $285,595,000 for the 1838 crop. Fresh Fruits to Be Imported From Argentine, Report WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 W Fresh pears, plums and grapes, totalling 300 tons, will be im ported from Argentina in a ship ment arriving early next month. Senator McNary Ot-Orc, said yesterday. McNary said that in Informing him of the expected shipment Dr. .W. Y. Elliott, chief of the stockpile and shipping branch of the WPB, said these and other future importations, from the Ar gentine were In line with poli cies of foreign relations of the state department. The senator said he had re ceived protests from western fruit growers contending that fruit from Argentina is" not needed in this country and that shipping should be saved for more important items. They also asserted dock labor and trans portation facilities would be un- necessarily taxed by such lm-j poriatlons, McNary said. Arizona Objects To Release of Japanese Evacuees PHOENIX. Arii . Jan aa isn Strongly worded opposition to permuting Japanese - Ameriran youths to leave war relocation! centers to attend college was; contained in a memorial Intro duced in the Arizona house of representatives Wednesday, xne memorial would ask the president and congress to pre vent the WHA from releasing 2S00 Jatjanese vouths ta crai. tinue their education "while the same privilege is denied loyal American young men called to military service." CONT CHOWD FOLKS KANSAS CITY, m W. H. Wagner's offer to let students sharpen bread knives in his woodworking class brought such a response that he wondered if some gadget couldn't be devised to help home-slicers. Now the boys all are busy making fiat boards with upright sides containing vertical slots. You put ihe bread between the uprights and ihe knife can't swerve and make the slice thick at one end and thin at the other.. At 10 cents a contraption, the students have sold several hun dred. EXPLANATION CHICAGO, OP) Gertrude Lawrence and the cast of "Lady in the Dark," couldn't under stand the sullen murmur through the audience in response to a line about a Sears-Roebuck catalog. In the audience were 800 em ployees of Montgomery-Ward, rival mail order firm. Phone The Herald and News, 3124, to place a classified ad. Wonderful (or Sjnn and SeaJe Irritations Etfeettye Horn Treatment . Promptly RiHem Torture! Te aolcltly wafts the itcWne, fcarning ef aaama, paeriaala, Wn and acalp (r Titattona itt to trnat tame apply odorlew liquid Zerao a Doctor'! for mnla backtd by 80 yeara' tuesceH. Zsrao ALSO aidi healing, Baing stainless, in visible you can apply ZamoaayMnse it won't show on sitin. Over 25,000,000 taekage! soldi SSt, a k a. o''-o)- t ZEIViO ltt -iff.)' ITW!11."' a . r' t t ti ALBANY, Ore. District Attoraer Harlow Weioritk of Linn county ihown erueatlonina Maris Private Harold H. Wilacs, second from left, and John Funebet, dining car waiter. In eenntction with the rrsyitery siariss of Mrs. Martha Virginia Jam 21, on a Southern Pacific Pullman ear. Wilson and punches are bald at Albany, Or as roatarial witnesses. Bhril Herbert Shtlton is in the center. Associated Press photo). Weekly Market Trends t4Har Xot: The fcAovtef mtrkft to forfsxttos Is opp9J from mterit3 t)Qd ovtr tlw tovtremtet 1M wire in th cffte ! tn tntifi wonoraSst at Oftpwt State The materia?, in th form ef wkfy jure usury ( iten4t is ih iJetwfc market. U est tatndfd to fpiw pot 4y by Ay mukiA teport.) - CATTLE MARKETS Only 800 head of cattle and 75 calves arrived at North Port land Monday, and prices were 25 to occasionally 50 cents high er, with medium to good fed steers bringing $13.80 to $15.25, the latter a new high for that class. Medium to good beef cows sold- at $8.50 to $12.25. Early .reports from Chicago showed trading slow and most bids weak to 25 cents lower, although actual sales were steady, especially on strictly good and choice offerings. Med ium steers brought the early H etc iZi At .h nt Inst w?ek ihe top on steers was around 50 ' . cents above the month before and $2 higher than a year pre vious. While buyers of ail classes of livestock have insist ed they are paying too much to come out at current price ceil ings they have had litUe luck beating down prices owing to light receipts. Demand for short fed steers for further finish has helped maintain steer prices al so, and good fed heifers found ready sale last week at $14.10, a new high for the season, SHEEP AND LAMB MARKETS Following last week's light ar rivals,' North Portland reported 2300 sheep and iambs received but only 500 available for local sale. The market for fat lambs was steady to strong with a load of good to choice 83-pound shorn lambs with No. 1 pelts sold at $15.25 and medium to good lambs bringing $12.50 to $14. Medium to good ewes were strong to 25 cents higher at $5.50 to $7.50. Early trading In Chicago was about steady at $18 to $16.25 for good native iambs, and aiso in Omaha where most sood and choice fed wooled and wheat pasture lambs sold at $15.50 to $15.75 and above. Midwest markets have been receiving adequate supplies of fed lambs with sizeable ship ments from . Montana and the Dakoias as weil as off midwest wheat pasture. The USDA re ports numbers of sheep and lambs on" feed for market Jan uary, 1 were 2 per cent smaller than the record number of Jan uary 1, 1842, but larger than at the same date any other year. Numbers on feed in the 11 corn belt states this winter were 8i per cent larger than last, but were more than offset by a 18 per cenf decrease in other states, to ihe smallest total since 1938. In Colorado especially there is a marked drop In numbers. Corn belt weather conditions to the end of the year generally favored good gains in lamb MANY NEVER SUSPECT CAUSE OF BACKACHES ThU OH Tretmnt OHmn Bring Happy Ralief May ntffrm rllsr oietirif frVeat Quickly, oBoe i bey dar-ovr? tbat ti re&! ssatc tf their troubla rosy be timJ kidMy Tea iddaeyB sr Nature's ebial wy cf Int tb TtfM adds od w-wta out of thebloosL jfeeybflp mct pwp! piw bot8 piste tdsy, wSfto atecnJfir kwDy (unctoa &&m& txssocouB matt r to rnnmin in your blood,, H KJtuty pswsgw with emsrtiDg nnd borid&t Ktoimea hows there is souKtkiog wjoaa with your kidoej of bladder, poat wsUl Ask your dmssirt for ocs( rilk, tad sttcwifuujr by mifiioM for pr 40 BiTe hftpnv relief nd wiiibripli) 19 cnSiea ot kidmy tube fiush m pctscMu vus Iran your blood v Gat Doa i Pi li. 'Lower 13" Slaving Figures s ; 7 11 c feeding operations, but In most intermountain and North Pacific states excessive moisture in No vember and December was un favorable for pasture and open lot feeding. HOC MARKETS Hog prices at North Portland jumped 25 cents again Monday after gaining $1.25 during the course of last week to a new high since 1828. With 800 head out of 1050 arrivals offered locally, carloads of 170-230 pound hogs brought mostly $16.50 to as much as $16.65, al though buyers are more insistent than ever about cuts for heavier weights. Good sows sold at $13,50 to $14 and good to choice 120-pound feeder pigs at $15,23. Chicago prices -were 15 to 25 cents above last weekend's to a i top of $15.25, with most good I n& choice 190-273 pound hutch- ; i ,te . .e tE ers moving at SIS to SI5J5. Last week's top hog price of J $15.25 at North Portland com-', pared with $14.75 the month i MR.WMATt WHERE YOU GO WG suooy? SUPPOSE YOU'LL 8 SEEING ACTJOM ONE Or THESE DAYS, ' ' 3. MR.yANKt RIGHT- ANUnfSOT A QUESTJONi ARE YOU BACKING US UP WITH WAR BONDS ? MY OUTFIT'S BUYING 'EM? : MORAtt AVOID WAR TALK Otf STRAWS. EV AN INNOCENT REMARK . MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. -x ' 1 1 I ' f previous and $12 a year earlier, ; WOOI, MARKETS On the Boston wool market in terest centered chiefly In an an nouncement that the government would purchase the 1843 do mestic wool clip under super vision of Hie FDA. When some Australian wool was offered for sale at auction, ceiling prices were immediately bid by several buyers and the purchaser was determined bj drawing cards. There were very few sales of territory wool though one lot of French, combing graded wool was sold at a clean price of $1.18. Sales were made of sorted Texas mohair at prices a little above recent ranges. Always read the classified ads. Pi LS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED HQ MM NO K05PtTLlrTI0K Ne Laac ef Tim ... Ptrmmtnt aaaultal . DR. E. M. MARSK4 m New jss Kicfjin Ttestr SU few H. h WAYN1, Gaiwrol Great Northern Station BWg. - BtLuttH PORTLAND TACOMA MINNEAPOLIS ST. , i Precipitation In - Kfometh Doubles Over Lest Year ; ; , There -will he plenty of ?Mt ture for Klsmath's huge "Yaoi for Freedom" crops this season with precipitation virtu allf double that of last year. Theet figures are based en those ef r January 21, week ago, as ic sued by the US bureau ef recla mation. '.. Normal . preclpita&ottt - this tune last -week, is S.M Inchest ie'daie, 102 fcehe Last year's figures, Inches. ACHING-STIFF SORE MUSCLES For PROMPT relief rah ra Hi teretel Masafa with thia wonderful "OQOirrS-5BBiTi'5I"stsa2iy briafi fresh --ann blood to achiag nroaelat to Brip treat up painfoi local coax trxtioTs. Better tfcao aa oid-ftahiooa mustard jsissteri la iettangths. MR. WHYt THAT'S HIS SUSfNESS. PAL YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO ASK ABOUT TROOP MOVEMENTS! Agent Phone 4101 SEATTLE SPOKANE PAUL CHICAGO I
