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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1948 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE ELEVEN National Potato Letter Spud Picture Unchanged; Demand Slack, Shipments Slow At First Of Year We Just u butt L hud our miy on Mip ply lii-a wi'ck. Them In nothing m?w ID Dip plt'tino, Mont folks hitvt bfPii (UvM'ntli)K Lin Dt'iTiiihfr (Inul rmi) ii'iiort ami hyliiK lo tliulrtr whut, It iinyllilntt, II limy innui to Lite rriniUnitrr of I he nmikellnK m-ufiun. Mon ncMMIl to JlilVf cotu'ludfd thai 11 hitMi'L chiinurd thli.K much. IM'i'iUh linn totul In 1) nullum hu.thrlri nljuvp e-tt limit tM iiri'dn, hut lUU mll llmi huhi'U jilirndy have lvm titkrii by the Drpitrtiiit'itl of Aurlcul 1 tit r l.utr rrop production I it bout ripinl to tin nhiirt) of iirrd.i, bill uboilt hull of th I ip.u ( mil it of AkiIcmI ttitr'ii piitrhunrn luivr num from thr Uxlv ri'ip. 'I'hnrforr, lytci crop mip plli't Atmuht bft brlwem 8 mill 11) million below Jicrdv Mtmiwhllc, i( 1:0111 f-r. dciiuitid him hrrn very id ink il I id .' hlpiliriltn liKht. An tin- Wrrkfi pftfyi, Ihi? irlimllllllbl kllliply 1 Uitlnlllu on I hi rrumlnluK urrtU, und may yrl piivn them. In other word, n leeiiiinu hhurl crop limy br tttniliiK lnb a loiui nop. 'I hlit dcvrlopinml IgfiuUl bo uctelerutrd by n tur hhort nuf Next ifpoita of importance hit Jmiuary 1 Km k. due it In ml January i!0, Hint CrrUfini Heed pMKluriloit, due about (h ftume time. Movement An Was expected. fthlplliritU fell off hai plv dui inu l.'hilMnut week, down i'jl lo 2UW ftoin i In: mil of Iho piccedinif week. However, kov ttrnmeiit t-art dropped rioin ':ir to 417 m l he net commercial decline wns only 4:0 cam. Lookm a I totals, hhlpmcnln to tUUi art) inure than HtHMi earn behind Ian I neavm In the 1H lain urphi luUv Thin In hhaip ly uaoUNtrd for by kiualler pmmIuc Unit and partly by the lain ntnrt rained by delayed fniita. There l itotliuiM a la null ut about the nhurl fall. und will not be If demand pick up afn-r the yeur-end uulr a car fthoiUu't develop?., in which euac IimI Krotind could not be regained. I r in 4 ltd and Market Maino report that the demand i alow improving lo moderate, the market dull to flim and h'aolufer. and prices up 1ft to 20 cent at IU cent mrr Uie floor. Up title New York demand haa ruled Mow but improv.nii, the market turned from dull to kllb'htly AlroiiKer, and price up & to 10 tent a at t)ie floor Ut a nickel under the floor. North Da kota demand U reported Improving fioiu very alow, the market about At end y after a long period of dull neiut, and price uncliniiirrd to a nickel off at lb centa under the floor for IIIim, and 7b to 30 centa under the floor for Cobblers. Col orado demand la reported Improved to fair, the market nirudy after a dull period, and prices unchnmted at 40 centa over the floor, washed of fering. Idaho demand hna ruled Ullht to fair, .mitely limited to Rood mit; thr-martrri illRhtly ttrOHiter flter a long period of very limited alf. and prices up 2ft centa almo the luM report at $1 lb over the floor for wathed otTrritiR. Wn th ing ton demand continues very nlow, With too few inles to eMnbllxli n market itnce December 3. MlchlKaii reports prartlcnlly no demand, with too few sales to quote. NebrnAka demand lia.i ruled slow turuiuK nuKlerate. the market firm, and prkrn nbtiut unrhanKed to 70 to 7i eent. over the floor-on wire sales. Terminal rejtoru show Chicago demand hKht. tile market nteady to firm after atrr tiKlhenliiK; New York uiiAeitied with fit in to sironKcr teiidir.cy; Altlant steady: HoMon firm Ui about steady; Detroit firm; Mtieapdls dull; I'hlladelphlii firm after MreuKthenliiK; Han Tranclsco steady, with Klamath Kuvsets brliiR ll)K 4 0 to $4 75 til wholesale I.VL lots. Arrivals and trackholdlnn are both sIlKhtly lower. Termlnnl dls trlbulor stocka are rrported low In many sections, ludicatintf probable BHln in demand In the near future. Upuds will cost more In January be rnu;e of a 20 cent rl.se in support price. MUcrllam Maine is reported still In trouble with the power supply, with ware houses and starch factories working niKhl.t. Hasn't hurt output much, but those niKhta In Maine nro niiKhiy cold . . . Department of Arl- cullurtt Is stilllnu some- Maine sput fnir Northern Aroostook to factories In the south end of the county. Northern factories urn well supplied from local low Krades . , . (Several research projects are KettliiK uiidrr way pursuant lo (he Marketing He ncaich Act. No slKtilflcant proKiess to report yet. We're Klad to see marketing research net a shot In the aim, but sad to see so much of the possible benefits from pu.it research lost throiiKh lack of application. MiKht be a Hood Idea to slart pruo MdiiK what we know and then uo on fiom there . . . Department of AKt'lculture puiclmM-ft from the J 147 crop now nmouut to about lUtt mil lion bushel, about evenly divided be tween early-Intermediate and late. All but about 0 5 million have been deposed of Utefully, with no 1osm:s reported since July. HIiKhtly over 3-7 million are stilt In stortiKe, available fir domestic markets if needed or for deposition elsewhere, probably ubioad . . . New consumer ntnndurd for potatoes, effective De cember B. hhoiild be of tiilerrst to all sections. They are permlMlve and not mandaUiry. but we'd like lo bet It won't be Iouk until there Is quite a volume of iradinK done on the basis of the new standards, tirade labelling will mean more to comumeis than before, since the new K'ades specify "tirade A" or "(hade IT with n slzn dcftiKlialloii, small, medium to larue, and lare. Krom therte dehlKiiiilloim a consumer can pretty well tell what lies get- UiiK, and very well tell what he wantn . . . 1'arlty Is up attain jilenty up. Indices of prices received and paid both set new hitch rccoidsi In December. Prices lor all groups of commodities except fruit In creased, while feed, clothlnn. and building material! accounted for most of the Jump In prices paid. Potato purity price now Is $1H3 er bushel, up 3 centa since November, tut TS tif t mI iii-m n fi r lien lHr (received nveraged $1.72 per bushel. 114 ht cent of current parity and lol per cent of July. 1M7. parity, the basis for 1047 late crop pike support. TOONERVILLE FOLKS 6KANRAW 6II.LI3 CLECP3 lH HIS FLANNEL UNION SUIT ANP LOCKS IT IN THI" ROOM WITH HIM WHLN HE TAKES A BATH to rf Eradication Of Cattle Grubs Ups Milk Production And Adds Weight To Beef Hr JIM KMN'GH b rutflcd wi that the powder totf 'IIib Miuwm lor the control of one d"w t( ths ktn. of the more deatmcUvs llvcutock I A wash made up o( 12 ounce of purunltcB, cattle Krul. I apprcmch- five ;ir cent rotrnone dust, lour I11K. Mtockmcn and dairymen may ounccn of granular laundry tump to well be making preparation for thin i one ifallon of water la practicable Agricultural Activities Around The Klamath Basin control work. Heel cattle on Iced thai are treated will make more than a five per cent Kaln In wciKht than untreated anlrnaln. A 2u to 25 per cent Kaln In milk production when treatlnif a small number of anlmaln. The wash la worked Into the anlmal'a back with a atlff bruah. The npray for treatlnK cattle for uruba la made by adding aeven and can bo expected from dairy cowa one-half pounds of five per cent treated for cattle Krunn, over un- rotcnone dut to 100 gallon or wa treated cowa. ' tr. A tank with an agitator should The timing of treatment of In- UM:J- 'Ine ury hM be ap fcaled anlmala la deWjrmlned by the : Plltd al 400 Pounda preaaure, hold flrat aonearancc of Kmba. In the ! the nozzlea 12 to 16 Inches from backa of the cattle. Thla will vary but gruba have bf-en ob-terved in the backa of cattle In Klamath county an early aa December 15. Treatment should begin 30 daya the backa of the cattle. The coarae driving apray will penetrate the opening made by the grub. One hundred gallon of apray will treat 150 to 200 animal In about an hour after the flrat gruba appear In the ' Bt a c"l ' leM thn two nt 'of buck nf nit . unrt ahnulri rr. ! pentrd at 30 - day IntervaLa as ' Dipping for cattle grub control la needed. a little more expensive. Ten pounda Rotenone la one of the beat. If ' "' "ve tenone daat plu not the beat, Insecticide for cattle Italna whlrh have wuvhrd arroia Orei. ,n the flrat week of III4H, ru lug illNRiitrr In other parts of (he (ale. have brrn only brnrflrlal In Klainnlh bantu. Willi hither than uiml winter temprralurrt now, the ground ha hrrn free of front and open to ab aorb the aoukllig ralnv, rapeclallv uelenme un the range and paature lunda whleh berame pretty well dried out In !!. (itoweih who have not made ar rangements for allotmrnla of fer tilizer xhould do ao Immediately, Walt Jendrejewhkl. asslatant coun ty agent, advises. rangementa now. While some are delaying purchase to see how the Oreanslde tests rume out, they may find themselres without any good seed. The 11)48 goal for Klamath county la 13,000 acres of spuds. Occanalde teat will be completed January 28 and 20 according to present plana. JcndrMjew.ikl will piobably be there. Dan and Malile Maker, I'oe valley raurhers, have returned from an two ounces of a wetting agent to grub control. It can be used either ! v ' Klln ot water are the propor a a dust, wash, apray. or dip. If i tlom- Anlrnal should be held In a a dust 1 used, it xhould be composed """ming position lor two minute of one part by weight of five per 1 10 aMUre Penetration, cent rotenone dust to two parts i I" addition to gains In meat and diluent or Inert material such aa ' ni"k production resulting from cat Trlpoll earth. Using a duster, two i ll Krub control, operators are as peraona can treat about 100 animals i urcd of Increased values for the an hou? If they're run through a j ll,de ' cattle at slaughtering time, chute, at a cost of not over two ' 11 Pa' 10 lreat " more than 15 to cents each. The animal s hair should ' 20 trubs are 'ound on any one ani mal. Printed material on cattle grub control Is available at your county agent's office. 4-H Leaders Slate January Meeting The Klamath County 4-H Lender association will have It monthly meeting January 10 at 1:30 at the chamber of commerce, Trancl A. Uklnner. county club agent, an nounced. Members of Mra. Lawrence Marti' cooking club of Palrhaven will put on a demonstration for the benefit of the leaders. January 27 to SO ha been set for the atate conference of 4-H club leader In Corvallls. Plans and ar rangement for this conference will be discussed. Klectlon of officers, discussion of home economic Judging, and live stock project work are also on the program, Mklnner said. Republicans Set Up Committees WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (IP) Ma chinery for running the republican national convention was virtually completed today with the naming of committees on rules, contests and convention call. Clarence Buddlngton Kelland, author and national committeeman for Arizona, was named chairman of rules, Ezra Whltla, Idaho, chair man of contests, and Governor Ralph Gates of Indiana, chairman of convention call. Chairman Carroll Reece of the national committee announced the appointments. Footstool Class Held The first of a series of IS foot stool workshops to be conducted by the county home extension service was held at Merrill In the Presby terian church annex on January and 6. 1048. Special training m upnolsiery technique such as the lacing of wob blng and tlelng ot aprtiigs was ex plained by Mrs. Myrtle Carter, clothing and house furnishings spe cialist, from Oregon State college. Additional Information on padding, welting and covering was given by Helen P. Utlne, county home demon s', ation agent. The remaining workshop will be held at illy, Bonanza, Olene, Chllo quln and at the county experimental farm located near the airport. Visi tors are welcome. Registration Is closed. However, a few cancellations are being sent to the office of the home demonstra tion agent and a waiting lLst to re place these cancellations Is being compiled. Those completing footstool at the Merrill workshop are: Mr. V. O. Rexford, Mrs. W. R. Fotherlngham, Mrs. Iva Kllpatrlck and Mrs. Charles Hill of Merrill: Mrs. E. J. Lahoda. Malln: Mrs. Lee Holllday, Mrs. Ray Garrison and Mrs. R. E. Benolst, Klamath Falls. cago on vacation from their ranch In Malln. Cattle shipments to winter pas ture In California have begun with the change In weather In the basin. Dave Liskey, of Liskey Brothers extended varatlon in 1047, the last ranch, shipped 10 carloads of white months of whirh were Laguna Beach. Calif., swimming and golfing. spent at t fares last Sunday to the Liskey enjoying leased pasture land at Frulta, Calif., j near Willows. TO EACH HIS OWN For each city dweller In Uie United Suites, farmers raise an average annual crop of one-fourtn acre of wheat, one-eighth acre of cctton, and three-fourths acre if corn. let "fcidck" take over your pork and beefl We will cut up and wrap your beef cut, cure and wrap your pork for the locker. SMOKEHOUSE 127 Market A. G. "Butch" Zweigart Klamath Falls Phone 7060 Potato seed should be purrllased now before the best Is all gone. Certified seed Is fairly scarce and the mnrkrt Is strong, so that many growers will he left holding the I wjth her sister, who Is ill sack If lltry tlo not incllrale llleir purchasing desires and make ar- The Wlllard Duncans, Merrill po tato ranchers, spent New Year's Eve In Reno, after which Mrs. Dun can took a train for Oakland to be Klamath Potato Growers To Meet On January 12th TuIrUka bom r trader, Mr. anrl Mr. Kmlt UncUry. spent New Vrr Kve In KUmath Fall. Ed and Walt Stastny are in Chi lly Walt ji;mhzi;ji.uski Mundny. Jummry 12. U the an ; mm) mr rlli in rintr for thr Klumnih 1 PoU to Grower ft aiutuclutlon. The nirctUifi of all potato Rrowrrn l Hehedulrd fur 1 30 p. m. In th Mrrrtll urn etc whoo! icymititAmin AmnnpllnlimntR for the past year , Inrludit rnlnhllnhnirnt nf mimrrnu I labor hmifiliiK unit on fannn. These farm bulldJimft etul-tu-rnd total a strip five mil Ions. Of conMder nblc importance also l.s the nrw CMpkoii Combination potato (trade ; und 5 1 early harvest and sale, as b last n-ftarl If If nf roll spread 1a (treat. In line uith the first point of the pioKrarn H. E Flnncll, in churue j' M-rd certification for Orecon. is to dlM-uvi arcd certification and Indi cate how much Oregon certified ru.srt wed In available. Flnnell ex pects OreRon's Oceamide test plant tug to be ready for inspection before r'ebrurWrV 1. Dr. J. A Milbrath. plant patholo gist, at On-Roii state? collene. will dl.v-UM Irafroll and hhnw slides 11 fMabllshed largely through effort i hintratliw plnnt and tuber ayatpnu of the RMOclalliiii. Kevlew of the year'd buslnrns and election of directors, however, U of minor concern to urn were who are turnlt.R attention to potato out look for next year, (irowere are concerned with production and marketing problems and ttcncrul promotion of the potato Industry. Promotion of the spud industry through research and advertising ol Irafroll and other potato dls-cafirs. Egg Grading Low Gets Backing POHTLANO. Jan. 8 fAt More strict enforcement of Oregon's eng KradliiK Ihws had the support to day of the Oregon Poultry council. A mmiiiitlre uas rt mi tn work as discussed bv the potato commit--, ulln lhp MlUc riirct.tor of RRricul. ire ai me oeea ieaKuc mecunK in . illrP on the nroblem. after notlnc Portland last month will be ex plained by local growers who were present at that meeting. Mtt grower agree that Round promotion must start with produc tion Mineys indicated the quality of eKKft was not always what the label on the carton promised consumers. Maurice Iluxloii, Molalln. was lion of high yields of good quality I rrctcd president. Felix Wright. was named a vice prcsl- potaloes The association has In-1 dorsed the five point program of ) good seed, 2 good land. 3 early roguing of 'tuber perpetuated"' leaf roll, 4 dusting nr spraying. "0ldat40,50,60?" Man, You're Crazy Furt'l jmir ! Tinnimli r pr t "it. Try "ITI'I"! ni" Willi (Nttri, I inialtt nifr for , nih'liiwn fM-lifw i)u lrlr m lKlt' rk at tr.'O whlrli tiinr Hien n.l trotiirn mil "oLI." Trr Iftrri Timir TililfU tor tiv yi'ttiuipr frrlinf, thl l Usu. N "el tcUkiiitMl" tlM mnig fiuo. At drill ilnrfi vrywhere In Klnmsin rlli. at Wlreen'i and Whitman Drug. Silvrrton, dent. Classified Ads Bring Results It's A NEW YEAR They tay a leopard can't change hU spot but at least here's a new picture of an old face. jL 1,1 My grateful appreciation of a most successful year. Sincerely. Paul A. lee. Broadway Theatre MAUN, Ore. Showing Jan. 11 and 12 CI I Kin AY Malln"' 2:00 p- m' OUIlUAI i Evenini Shows, 6:30-9:00 MONDAY 2 STd'Sr "Due , Sun" with Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck Advance Road Show Prices Adults 1.20 Children 55c IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Sold iK.ll br J. W. KERNS 1 PREPARED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BY 3j FARM TESTED CONCENTRATE SPRAYER Tread wccdi in groin, pastures, ditchos, fence rowi, etc. Applies D. D. T. to livostock ond farm buildings. Sprays concentrate insecticides on field crops. Spot spraying in orchards. Emergency fire-fighting equipment. MOTOR Briggs-Stratton 1. 2 H. P. PUMP Jacuxii . . . centrifugal. 2200 gallons par hour. TANK Welded stool, 110 gallon cap. DIMENSIONS 84 inches overall, 52 inches wide. WEIGHT 48 lbs. empty; 1500 lbs. loaded. 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