Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, April 17, 1947, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextKlamath Basin Outlook Good For Spud Planting During Year, Says Agent ; By WAI.T .11 NIMt.EJKWHKI - Four mlmiuy facturs arn Indiii'iii.liiu potato mower decisions In itMUOCit to extent of auivaga t be plnntod In the Klamath Basin thin season. A usual a few me soiirud un spuds. But production of koort ylnldn f good quality polatws lias usually nmiuiKttl lo net a few nltkols. Tim basin aiucl f''l unman! uvur H,A00,(HHI last year. Advent of (iprlnii tends U) mellow oined dispositions. H is expneted tlint moiit irower will plmll tip to ncrvaii allotment clcspltr shnrlnife of uood quality need mid despite hort fnrlilltar supplies. The four tactors Hie, land, nlli.liiH'iiln. niMid mid firllll.ri A filth factor In financing;. If nil costs Ale ini'luded, mi Here of potatoes ropri'stnits un Investment of from KM lp llu ly the time. Client Northern or Uoutliern Pacific start wheeling out tlin production, , . Apparently not very iiiiiny growers will over-plant allotment becue government price support In to be denied In such case. Nolle of final poluto acreage nllotinent was mailed thli week, Kluiimth county's poluto acreage allotment him finally been Milled at 13.443 aoriu. Aa things look now about thai acreage will bo planted next yrur. Perhaiis an addlllouul IIOOU aires will be grown In the Tulelake auction of Hlnklyou and Modoc couuiles. , ;; According to bent record aviilluble In the county agent' office baln potato acreage wit IH.MIO In 1114(1, 2s ,0118 In 11)45, MMOO In 1044, 34,300 lit 11143 and MAID In 1IMX : In prewar years llnatu acreime figures lmw n 'J 16 acre In 1041, iu.sikj in iimo, lu.iiuo in iu:iu, 'jn,o:i in ifi:n, 'JO.UMi In lli:7 and less ihuii llt.OOu acres for any prevloua year. In I It JO potato acreage waa 0742 net en. . Coat figures worked out by Klnm uth growers indicate thul lat year No. la and 3's could be pill on enra for $130 ler cwt. In caara of 3110 sacks per acre total yield of uood iiuallty potatoea. 1-ownr yield of poorer quality run cosls H lo over 13 IX) III aome euae. III 103d 3IKI Mirk ylelda resulted In f ob. coat of 70c per cwt. Land Iteady rt.and 10 be ready for potuloea It they are lo be grown profitably. Ul general, the well drained, well leveled anndy type olla In which fertility hna been mnililnlned pro duce the bettor ylelda of iiuallty puda which reaull In grealeal pro fit. In 1048 land of (hi kind rented for 1100 per acre. HeiMirt thla year llicllcale thai auch limd are rent ma coiulderubly lower. In 1840 iltiite a lot of auch land cash reiitrd for 3J. Hhnre crop rent ordinarily Cooperative NEWS and SERVICE co-op-Do Cooperatives Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes? Thla eubject will be debated Over KFLW at B30 p. m., I'ST. Thurs day, April 17. The debate resulta from Die attack of Kulton Lewi Jr., on cooperative. We believe every point on cooperative tuxea will be brought out. and Unit a much better understanding will re Mill. We almo.it envy the boy representing the cooperative on thla program, aa we would like lo add a few word of our own. ' CO-OP i ItaHvrlvH - Tirvn Nice ahlpment of both Just In . . . top In quality and priced right! CO-OP i iMnilpUtHtvr OihxI stock on hand I Also tome 10-18-8 fertilizer available. "' CO-OP Seviln Complete line of fnmoui Co-op brand. A good assurance of high production I co-op y Weekly News Events - Noticed lot ot Klamath Fall people at the annual meeting. We Ike that! The board of directors Is holding the next meeting at the Wlllard Hotel the 19th. Like that also I Means good ent. (Should rate a cup of coffee far that plug.) The Sioard Is planning on better service or Klamath Palls. That' good for Uio entire basin. Every day some one asks, "Do you like this part of the country?" Yes, this Is a great country I Oraat people, and a grand group of business men , . . and a future for everyone I Far beyond everything we might expeot. We will be an ardent booster for the Klamath Buln. CO-OP ' . Watch for this New Service Column Each Thursday. Homer M, Smith, Gen. Manager Klamath Basin Cooperative bring land owner one-fourth of the crop. Fertiliser I practically a must. Fertiliser trials on six Klainulli farms In 10411 show Increase rang ing from 00 lo 1H0 sacks per acre. Trial in 11)38 showed approximately the same Increaaea, The six 11)40 trial allow that a complete fertilizer Including potash can be prufltubly used on many farms In preference to tho cheaper 1(1-20 which Is the alundard ferti lizer In (his area. Complete ferti lizers out-yielded 18-30 In all 1040 inula except one. i Complete terminer which showed up well were Klamath Bpeclal c 1(1-10-10 10-10-8 and 13-10-8. The hater itm a home mix of 18-30 and potassium sulfate. It did nol have a unllurin texture and would be dif ficult to use on a large scale. Itates of application vary. Usual ly grower apply fertilizer lo furnish 80 lo SO pounds of nitrogen per acre on second year land. Till require 300 lo 600 lbs. of 16-30 or MX) to 900 pounds of 10-16-8 or 10-10-6. Application rales are lower wnen tpuds follow clover or alfalfa. Ap plication oi lo-zu on sucn laiuis rarely exceeds 300 lbs. while 10-18-8 or 10-10-6 are applied at 800 lbs. or less. Fertiliser I'.. There I considerable Information lo Indicate that beat use ot fertlllier can be made by applying part at planting lime and the balance of the application later a a aide dressing. More experimental work must be carried In respect to this before definite recommendation can be made, One mistake made in side dressing I damage to young plant by application of fertlllier too close lo the plants. Apparently the side dressing application can be well out from the hill. A 330 sack yield of potatoea draw on ine son to uie amount oi 143 lb, of nitrogen, 38 pound of P308 iphosphorle acid), and 333 lb, of K30 (potash). Twenty per cent of thl I used In the first 80 day after planting. About 60 per cent I used In the next 30 day. By June 30 .potatoes planted May 10 will have used about 30 per cent ot the total nutrient used during the season. During the month oi July 60 per cent of Die total use will occur. During July tuber In itiation occurs. In the period 10 days prior to tuber Initiation and 30 days following the heaviest rale of nutrient absorption occur. All this would seem to Indicate that If side dressing 1 planned, 11 should be done before July 1. In any case not- later than 50 day after planting and about 10 day before tuber start forming. 100,000 Hack of bleed Around 300.000 sacks of seed are needed to plant the county allot ment, this year. The county pro duced around 80.000 sacks of reas onably good certified seed. Some of It I better than reasonably good. Your guess It as good as anyone In regard (o what will be used to fill the remaining need of 130,000 ack. Of BOO acres of russet entered for certification In 1846, about 360 came through with less than 3 per cent leafroll. The planting slock was quite good. Most of It was Montana seed. But leafroll spread ran up to 14 per cent In some lot. Can you guess what happened In ordinary commercial fields? Broth er, It doesn't mean a thing that seed I one year away from certi fication If that I all that 1 known about It, Experience ha shown that the laal minute ncramlile for seed get a lot of Junk planted which In a lot of cases turns out lo be pretty hard to look at while It Is grow ing and very often furnishes ma terial for the weak side of a poor argument with the Inspector while It I being loaded for market, Borne people still think net necrosis Is a happenstance, But Maine ha had a bulletin on leaf- roll for years. Our pathologist gal leafroll every time when they plant "browned" spuds. A hundred or so plant now allowing leafroll In the Klamath Experiment Sta tion green house came up , from seed piece cut from locally grown pud which howed "browning," wny try to kid youreii7 Spud Shipping Season Wanes The potato shipping season of 11)48-47 I rapidly drawing lo a cloae. To date approximately 30 car remain to be diverted for live stock feed making the total of such diversion for the year omewhal above 1380 cars. A few commercial lot are atlll on hand but the next few day should see them pretty well cleaned out, While shipment total for the season are not avail able, It I believed that the total will be somewhat Ins than last year. It I Interesting to not Unit while the dumping of potatoes was general throughout many ootaio districts of the United States, very lew were dumped In the Klamath basin. The few lot that were dump ed were deteriorating pretty badly due to wet rot, making dumiilng absolutely necessary. No- potatoes have been accepted for dumping by the county committee unless de terioration was pretty severe. Salem Consolidation Moves Started SALEM, April 17 WV-The Salem city council made Its first move toward consolidation of Salem and West Salem last night when a com mittee wa appointed to consult with West Salem officials. The consolidation wa made pos sible by the recent legislature, which passed an enabling act. Salem I In Marlon county, while West Salem I acros the Willamette river In Polk county. Mayor R. L. Elfatrom also ap pointed the council as a committee lo atudy- whether the city should adopt a business and occupation tax. JleAaM and AetM IFAMM IPAK1E Basin Spud Acreage Drops; Big Wheat Crop Looked For Prospective national potato acre. age In 11)47 totals 3.300.0OO ai res as compared with 3,624,700 acres In 11)41), according 10 uiiormaiion brought out at a state UHDA coun cil meeting In the county agent's office lust week-end. While the Klamath busln potato acreage seems lo be considerably decreased from last year, prospec tive planting In the western suites III general Is 81 per cent of 1046. Entomologist To Visit Here TULELAKE, April 17 A. W. Lar son, entomologist for the Pacific Cluano company will be at the Tule lake Machinery companv Thursday and Friday to confer with farmer on the Infestation of lygus bugs that hes developed in thl area. The Infestation has been found to be heavy and Larson will make a sur vey of field. The bug, a sucking Insect, simi lar to thrlps wintered here can be controlled by dusting either from the air or by ground machinery. Larson will give details ol control. The Insect attack flower heads at the time the flower are pollinated and thl Injury prevent seeds from developing. Larson plan to return In May and an announcement will be made through the columns of this news paper on the date of his second visit. Devers Named To Road Committee SALEM. April 17 (Pi J. M. Dev. era, counsel for the state highway commission, wa advised today of his appointment to the right of way committee of the American Associa tion of State Highway Officials. The committee, which will study practices of states In acquiring lands for highway construction, will meet in Chicago May 7-9. rttmititi Acreage totaling 440,100 acre ex peeled for 11)47 compares with 645. l')0 planted In western slates In 1049. Outlook for a July 1 nationwide carryover of 160 million bushels of wheat I In prospect, Walt Jendrae Jcwskl, assistant county agent who attended the meeting reported. The expected carryover I not excessive but would be consider ably larger except for heavy ex port, Jendrzejewskl said, and Indi cation are that export demand through Indirect subsidies Is sup porting grain prices at present level. Production throughout the na tion effect production In the Klam ath basin, the county agent ad vised, and wheat production 1 ex pected to exceed one billion bushels for a fourth consecutive year. Thrce-bllllon bushel corn crops have been harvested for five con secutive years. Oat production ho exceeded one and one-half billion bushels for two years.. Food pro duction In the United States Is 36 per , cent larger than pre-war. The group discussed 1S47 acre- age goal and prospective acreage for varlou crop. The USDA council Is made ud of sute representatives of USDA agencies operating In Oregon, and hold regular monthly meetings. The Aortl meeting wa held In Klamath Falls to gain first-hand information concerning the Hat field potato starch and glucose plant. It was held Jointly with the Klamath County council. ' Machine Shop To Open In Tulelake TULELAKE, April 17 The Tule lake Machinery company announces opening of a machine shop, black smith shop and repair garage In the hnllrilntr nHiarnfc ta th enmnnnv ! headquarters, with J. D. "Doug" Walden In charge. Waldcn ha been with the Harris Machine shop at Merrill for 19 months. He will have several as sistant and Is prepared to do all types of repair work with no Job being too large or too small. Seed Plane Cracks Up TULELAKE! April 17 H. C. Berg man, flying a rebuilt navy trainer plane for the Interstate Commer cial Flying company, Davis, who Is one of two pilot spreading sul phate ammonia fertilizer for the Wlnema Farms, pancaked his plane Monday afternoon on sand dunes near the Lava Beds and escaped without a scratch. The plane, carrying 800 pound of fertilizer, developed engine trou ble and Bergman was forced to land. The plane came to rest up right after making several long Jumps through sage brush and mes qulle, without serious damage. Spreading fertilizer by plane is an experiment here this year that Is proving successful and 6200 acres f qALD MW, Klsmslb' rails, Ors, THltaaDAf. April I7. IMT, Cat ThlMf'aa of grain land that will be seeded later In the month Is being pre pared In this way. The land that will be seeded to barley Is being disked with tractors pulling three 14-foot drills following the plane operations. Night and day oper ation will require a 12-day period to complete preparation of the ground. The planes fly 30 feet above ground while dusting and fertlllier Is spread through a propeller duster. Seeding will begin about April 30. Wlnema Farms are operated by Lee Dixon, Steve Takac and Lewi Kandra, 1919 First transatlantic, flight, The navy plane NO-4 completed tha first leg of the first transatlnntla flight on. May 30. , iiQiJTvJL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS J. W, KIRNS 734 80. 8th Ph. 4IT I FOR SALE UTAH GEM POTATOES Grown by Tupkerman Broi. 8200 foot olora tion. virgin soil. Ocean aid test show fro from discs. JOE MICKA PHONE 131 MALIN i-mc; (nun ".WW mtti ,.- '. NEW ADDITION BONANZA HIGH I Now Being Painted by ' ' i ROPER and ROPER PAINTING CONTRACTORS 1430 Klamath Ave. Phono 9271 Crews working In Bonanza, Tulelake, Malln and Fart , Klamath. We are available for country work Interior s and Exterior Decoration. . ,, :3 The commissioner of Internal rev-! enue has decided that the first $1600 of pay received for drills, lllghl, and other training duly by members of Uie naval reserve may , be excluded from gross Income for tax purpose. ! Pest Control Service For Sale Seed Potatoes Utah Netted Gems Cut or Drop Idaho Bluet Tag Drop Gmi 9f r Whit Roto '' Blu or Red Tag Alio Drop Seed Crawford & Wolfe Tulelake, Calif. or Phono 4441 SMOKE HOUSE COMMERCIAL CURING Let Ut Cut and Wrap Your Pork for Lockers A. G. "Butch" Zweigart 427 Market St. Phone 7060 FOR SALE Certified Netted Gem Seed Potatoes Size runs from 2 oz. to 5 oz. This Lot Passed "Oceanside Test" With No Disease Showing PRICED REASONABLY Call or Write GEO. G. YOST Phone 2968 Tulelake, Calif. Draft Unit for Wheel Tractors For- CULTIVATING CHISELING SUB-SOILING Drop in and let us thow you the advantages of this new draft unit. ' TULELAKE, Calif. PHONE Tulelake 2171 i tlmimtVtt 1 . lit I Offering I Weed Control I In Grain ' B On Ditchbink H Insect Control On Cattl . On Crops fro llmtlnf Groun Rita Prompt Sarvlca Naaaoaabla Itatta ED GREENE Tulelak Phon 201S Klamath Falls Ph. 326 FERTILIZERS AVAILABLE '..;..'. within reasonable amounts' FOR GROWIRS OF GRAIN, POTATOES, SUGAR BEETS, V OR CLOVER . Write or wire us regarding your requirement. PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY 2nd and Hearst Streets . Berkeley, California f N V. ' mfmmmtv -st rggatm v. 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