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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1945)
HERALD AND NEWSSEVEN Henderson Says Klamath Potato Crop Shows "Excellent Growth" rridey, July 27. 184S y PDTATDES D DESPITE RAINS LATE PUWTING By C. A. HENDERBON Klamath County Agent Kfillowlnu a vciy Into liirt and till- ioorrt noil condition til yeiiin, the Klniniilli II11.1I11 polulu ciiip la now milking excellent growth. Unprrcrdi'iitrd rnliiatorini In Mnv not only set buck nluntlnit diilcs from two to four weeks lull broiiKht iibnul a null condl lion iiiuimimI und almual tin known lit Hint period of tliu yen r. lluivv pluntliiR usually lie-la under way uliout Hie Hrsl of Mnv. wllli nriietlciilly the en Inn crop in Hie lirimnd by Muy 2ft. This year pliinllnK had been ninif mm Inr Ni'veriil rlnvM before t !h,i liiliiti Nlnrlefl I'UI-lv 111 MllV. 'riiroiiKhout Hie three wecka of henvy riiinn, oramlonul plnntlnt! wan undei taken, und In n few ca.vs on Unlit, mindy .Kills plant- Inv wan completed. Toward the latter oart of thla period, mow era became desncriito and many planted when soil conditions were very unfavorable. I'liinlliiK wa. not completed until hit in .lime, mnkliiK the averiiKc plantliiK date the latent In recent liiMory of tho Infliwtry here. Dm inn early potato develop ment, pliintlnti wan much later thiin at present, and yield at Hint lime, n Klvcn ay me u. & fliirrnii of Agricultural Eco mimic, were about one-third of prrarnl-dny ylrlda. Weather Hlndtri During thr wet weather, tenv iwratiirc.i were Jow and con tinned m even Into Into June. This canned development of rhUoetonia, which caused the Moms and stolons to become girdled with brown ring, pre venting circulation and causing dwarfed plant or in many cases killing them. Some cin.es have been reported when1 the new potatoes have set on but were almost completely destroyed by rhlioclonla, requir ing a new set, which Is now tak ing Dlnce. Many seed nieces rot ted, which has resulted, along with rhuoctoiila. In reduced lands. All In all, the unfavorable early weather results hove not been overcome by the good weather of the past three weeks. ( Wnny .illclds of potatoes have tn examined by members of the shipping point Inspection service, county agent's office, and the U. S. crop reporting service. Crops Late It Is the general opinion of these people nun the growers in tervlewed that the average crop Is at lenst two weeks behind normal at this time and that stands am generally reduced In the neighborhood of 8 to 10. Neither of these situations can be overcome in a normal season but might bo off-set to some ex tent by a very fovorable late summer and early fall growing season. Lower Yield A survey conducted by the Klamath Potato Growers associa tion, consisting of Individual re ports of 117 growors throughout the area, Is that tho potato yield will be reduced from 20Ci to 30 when the potatoes are har vested this fall. These members reporting to their association also expressed their opinion on neighboring fields adjacent to their arms, stating that the TIN CLOTHES Single er double weight COATS and PANT8 OREGON WOOLEN 800 Main Soil Service Head Sam I, Sloan, above, new state heed of the Soil Conservation Service, succoeds Leo L. Ander son at Corvallls. lOfJISI Kaglo valley district, Ftlchlund; Ileppner district, lloppner; Monument district, Monument; southern Wasco district, Man pin, and Snuvie Island district, Suuvlo island. Federal all-risk crop Insurance will be offered to Klamath coun ty farmers through aulhorl.ed agents who have been appoint ed for each district. The men appointed as agents arc: Roy Loosley, Kort KlnniHlh; Kred Hueck, Bonanza; Will Bald win. Merrill, and Lewis Unions, route 3, box 24S. Klnmulh Kails. Oregon. All are farmers, each well known In his community. Theso sales agents will begin calling upon farmers soon to give every producer of winter wheat or spring wheal a chance to protect liis 104(1 crop from natural hazard through this new fcderol Insurance program. In Oregon, the last day for filing crop Insurance on the 10-16 winter wheal crop is before seeding the crop or September 30, whichever Is earlier. Farm ers may file applications with a sales agent or at the county AAA office. Inspection of crop damage and adjustment of losses will be made by the local adjuster for the county, supervised by the state crop Insurance director. Insured growers will report losses to the county AAA office. same condition existed through out the entire district. Quite a number of fields plant ed early. on the lighter .joils are up to standard nl I ho present time. Many other fields have stands reduced from 15 to 40rl and are as much as three weeks behind normal. It Is difficult to see at this time how t Ilia condi tion can be mnrie up, even witb reasonably favorable weather. Perhaps a conservative esti mate would bo that the crop ot the present time is only 75 to 80 of what could normally be expected. Appointment of Sum L. Sloan of Portland as stain conserva tionist of the U. S. department of agriculture soil conservation service at Corvallls was an nounced in Portland this week by J. 11. Christ, conservator of the agency's Pacific coast re gion. Sloan succeeds Leo L. Ander son as state head of the soil con servation service. Anderson has resigned to accept a position with a Fargo, North Dakota, seed firm. The new state conservation ist has been a soil conservation service employe for nearly 10 years, and for the lost three years he has worked out of the regional office as a zone conser vationist In western Oregon and Washington. As stale head of the agency, he will be In chnrgc of. the serv ice's technlcinns who hove been unsigned by the department of agriculture to assist farmers and ranchers in Oregon's 11 soil con servation districts, totaling ap proximately 1,700,000 acres of farm mid range land. Sloan nlso wll head up the activities of the service's land utilization projects located near Fort Hock and Madras, where thousands of acres of condemn ed farm land and depleted ranges are being restored and managed as rangeland. Prior to 1935 Sloan was ex tension specialist in a gronomy wnn ftionliinn state college. Ilozeman, and secretary-manager of the Montana Seed Growers association. A graduate of South Dakota Slate college, Brook ings, Sloan received his master of science degree from that in stitution in 1015. Oregon's 1 1 soil conservation districts and their headquarters tollow: South Iillamook district, Cloverdale; Nocancum river dis trict. Warrcnton: Warrenton Dune district. Warrcnton; Lan- goll valley district, Bonanza; Poe valley district, Klamath Falls; Keating district, Baker; PES! CONTROL HERE KnlomologisU checking up on various experimental work be ing carried on in control of in sect pests, visited the Klamath county agent's office today. Don Mote of tho Oregon ex periment station, Bob Reider of Oregon State college and J. D. Vertrees of the Stauffcr Chemi cal company, entomologists, arc checking particularly on the use of new materials and Insecti cides now being developed. Most important of these Is DD-T which Is now being tried out in Klamath county for con trol of grasshoppers, lygus bugs, onion moggets and many other Insects affecting agriculture cron.i. "To date, the matcriul shows great promise in combatting many of tho major insects ef fecting crop production," C. A. Henderson, county agent staled The visiting entomologists left for Grants Pass to observe dusting and spraying of hops in that area for control of aphids. Women, Children Harvest Bean Crop CORVALLIS. July 27 (Pi ll's up to women and children to save the state's 33,100,000 snap bean crop. T he state farm labor office here sniri today that armies of them are being mobilized to save the crop, as they did last year. About 4500 acres have been planted, and the yield will be slightly higher than last year. About 125 youth platoons will be sent Into the field, along with several women's platoons. In addition, hundreds working in family groups and youngsters as Independents will be sent out. Picking has started in most areas, with peak demands ex pected in a few weeks. FIRST SALT TAX 220 MJ. a censes ? SaH Tax in Farmers Attention! We kilt, dren and chill your hogs Ve per pound. Wo euro and smoke your ham and bacon 5e per pound. Wo have the best facilities. Our work it guaran teed. WHY PAY MORE? JOHNSON PACKING CO. THE HOME OF QUALITY MEATS PHONE 5323 (EdDEM(E WAST '2 Tho carload of 50 AYRES SULPHUR SPREADERS has been well received. 37 were sold this week. ATLAS LAND PLANES were placed at Macdoel, Bonanza, Malin, Merrill and Henley. EN-DOW-WEED is death to white -top, morning glory and other broad leaf perennials. We have a limited supply. Another carload of McDERMOTT BALED HAY LOADERS will arrive in a few days. rt,..w-,M; .... A carload of ALSIKE SEED SACKS will arrive next week from Northrup King Co. Tel MM hihenf Mil TO VET SURPLUS PROPERTY BUYS County AAA committees will handle veterans' applications for the purchase of surplus war property for agricultural pur poses under a surplus property board regulation which went in to effect July 1. The regulation gives veterans of this war the right to buy up to $2500 worth of surplus prop erty for use in business or agri culture. For property to be used in farming, veterans will apply to the AAA committee in the county in which the farm is lo cated. After AAA review and certification, the applications will be sent to the Portland of fice of Smaller War Plants cor poration, which will locate the property and sell it to the vet eran. To purchase property for use in business or professional en terprises, veterans will apply di rect to the Smaller War Plants office in Portland. Any available items of surplus property may be purchased ex cept real estate, aircraft, plants and facilities, and any type of property which is to be resold by the purchaser without rcpro- . cessing. Eligibility requirements tor purcnasc include me louow ing: i The total capital investment in the farm cannot exceed $25,000, in which the veteran has at least i a 50 per cent interest. All of the property to be purchased is ; useful to the operation of the farm, and the success of the farming enterprise is reasonably : probable. I The regulation defines a vet-, era n as a person who has served I In the military or naval services Blncc September 16, 1040, and who has an honorable discharge. The price of the property to the veteran cannot exceed the cost to the government, less ap propriate allowances for depre ciation, obsolescence, wear and tear, and similar factors relating to its condition and usefulness. 5E The state department of agri culture announces a two-day stained-antigen field test for pul lorum disease and on the regu lations for supervised pullorum testing of chickens. It is to be given August 1-2 in the poultry building at Oregon State col lege, Corvallls, Ore. Enrollment for this instruction will be lim ited to 40 persons. If more than 40 persons apply for this in struction another course will be given at a later date. Those wishing to attend should make application immediately to Dr. E. M. Dickinson, Depart ment of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State college, Corvallis, Ore. A charge of $1.00 per per son wil be made to defray ex penses. This fee will be paid to a representative of the state de partment of agriculture when the course is given. Southern Oregon Sheepmen Protest MEDFORD, July 27 (P) The Jackson county chamber of com merce asserted Thursday OPA's point-free order on soft lambs has not aided this area's sheep growers. Protesting to Senators Cordon and Morse, the chamber de clared) "unless a more liberal ruling is made, the effort to aid disposal of the surplus will be a mere gesture." The wire said only two of 300 lambs recently handled by a meat company here graded point-free. "Southern Oregon sheepmen generally shear lambs before selling," the message said, "end ceiling prices do not enable slaughterers to come out even on lower grades if market price is paid and pelts sold it sheared price." Classified Ada Bring Results. 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