HERALD AND NEWSSEVEN
Henderson Says Klamath Potato Crop Shows "Excellent Growth"
rridey, July 27. 184S
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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
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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.
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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
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(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.
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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."
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