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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1948)
SEC. II PACI 2 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THURSDAY, JAN. ??, National Potato Letter-- January Spud Stock Above Average, But Lowest Since 1945; Demand Falling Off Supply Merchantable potato itoclu rati- mat released Uila week did not go a w had expected. January atoclu of 118,420,000 buahela, are 12 per eent over the 106.2 million average but atlil are the lowest aince 1945. fitocka at these levels, despite below- average production in the 37 late and Intermediate states probably art due to the fact that: Maine shipments to the year-end have been light; shrinkage and waste are low due to generally good quality of the crops; reduced holdings of seed for 1948 planting due to the down ward trend In the use of home grown seed; a sharp decline in number of potato farms, thus re ducing quantity used In farm households on the farm where grown; and further concentration of production in commercial-producing areas. We add to these the following: Reduction of waste in preparation and use by consumers because of high prices; perhaps some decline in gross quantities purchased, lor the same reason (bread at current prices la a considerably better ca Iorlo buy than 6-cent potatoes); the - unfavorable effect of off-flavor po tatoes marketed In some sections this summer and fall (some house wives have asked the Department of Agriculture IX It is "safe" to buy potatoes again). At any rate, we seem to be about 12 million bushels above average on supplies, even after the removal of 10 to 11 mil lion bushels by the Department of Arlgculture. With the high consumer Income now prevailing, we probably could consume somewhat more potatoes than average, say 108 million, if it were not for the fact that even in average years we frequently had sur pluses. Therefore, while 106.2 mil lion bushels may be average, it is not necessarily our average con sumption after January 1. As a rough estimate, somewhere around 100 million bushels is about what we actually can market at the sup port price. This would peg the sur plus at 18.4 million bushels, less quantities the government has taken since January 1, or in the neighbor hood of 17.3 million bushels. The government's stocks report questlonalres also for information on Intentions to plant In 1948. Re sponses very preliminary indi cates a 2 per cent acreage Increase over 1947 in the 37 late and inter mediate states. It is significant that a 3 per eent Increase is indicated in the 18 late surplus states and de clines of 1 and 2 per cent In the other late states and the inter mediate areas. With yields averag ing considerably higher In the 18 surplus states than In the others, the resulting production could be greater than the acreage increase indicate. Movement Shipments skidded off again last week to total of 4725 cars (345 gov ernment) from 5684 cars (563 gov ernment), the previous week. This nets a decline of 741 commercial cars. Biggest drops were recorded In North Dakota, Idaho and Min nesota. Changes in other states ware minor. There seems little doubt but that shipments will have to spurt, especially in Maine, to move the crop and get the markets in shape to meet spring competition from the early crops from southern Too few sales are resorted Wisconsin and North Dakota establish the market. Main ruled slow and about steady, with prices unchanged at support to nickel under support. Upstate New York is reported slow and dull, with prices recovered from the mid-week dip at 10 cents under the floor. Colorado demand has ruled mod erate with a strengthening market, and prices up 25 to 30 cents at 55 to 60 cents over the floor for washed offerings. In Idaho demand has ruled light with the market mostly dull, and prices unchanged at 11.05 to $1.10 over the floor, washed basis, but Willi some rolling unsold. Wash ington slipped from a good and strong demand to fair and dull, but with prices about unchanged at $1.30 over the floor at EUensburg, and 70 to 76 cents over the floor at Moses Lake, both washed. Mich igan demand is reported light and dull, prices unchanged at floor for Chippewas and 30 cents under the floor for Rurals. Nebraska demand ruled moderate and mostly stead', with prices mostly recovered from the mid-week dip and closing at 55 cents over the floor lor washed stock. Terminal markets show generally routine trading ranging dull to firm in the east, mostly steady to firm elsewhere. Arrivals and trackhold lngs both are reported heavier. 3liscellany Chip manufacturers are moving to start a research project aimed at improvement in quality, varieties, storage, and other factors affecting chip quality and production . . . . Government potato purchases now are past the 21-million bushel mark, and more coming .... Look for a speed-up of export deals, based on stocks report. The Department of Agriculture really anticipated the need for this move when it issued its statement Friday announcing two cargoes for Europe at once, with the possibility of more later. Seed for Austria should be loading now . . . U. 8. seed potato production in 1947 set another new record. Certi fied production is estimated at 44J million bushels, a 4 per cent over the record of 1946 and more than double the ten-year average. At 20 bushels per acre that quantity would plant nearly the entire 1948 goal acreage, but many growers re fuse to use certified seed and some of it will go for table stock .... California crop is reported going in to the ground unusually early with excellent weather so far. Barring frosts, maturity will come early enough to trouble the late crop clean-up unless western markets can absorb April-early May ship ments. We think an early clean-up of western late stock will make a big enough .void to keep California fairly busy until mid-May. Livestock Confab Slated Feb. 13 CORVAUJS. Jan. 29 wPj The Western Oregon Livestock associa tion will hold Its eleventh annual meeting at Roseburg February 13 and 14, H. A. Lindgren. Oregon State college livestock specialist and asso ciation secretary, reported today. The outlook for meat, the Inter national wool situation, regulatory aspects of Oregon livestock laws and numerous committee reports will be on the discussion program. The principal banquet speaker will be Wallace Kadderly, Portland, who will report on observation of agri cultural conditions in New Zealand and Australia: take over your pork and beef! We will cur up and wrap your beef cut, cure and wrap your pork for the locker. SMOKE HOUSE A. G. -Batch" Zweitart Klamath Falls 127 Market Fbone 7060 12,000 Eggs At A Glance O i u i r r ..... . . ' - I "v.fL.. jr ' -i. . -TIT'TT-r-.'' - w 3 if - - b 1 Humlditr and temperature are arlentlfirally controlled In Inrubatlng machine at the Orrsjon State llatrhpry, TliO S. 6th. Four thousand day old pullets of these hitch-producing Browne II strain White Leshorns will be sexed for John Kernandes after they hatch on February 9. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hublrr own and operate this business assisted by llubler's brother, John, and Mrs. Agnes Thorp. From Registered Flocks rlWSJIWMJA ' ' 'K.StllSJH,lllIW .III I 111 WISH r r. 'V v.- -5" - r These egs come from the hatehery'a bretdinr farms in the I'mpqua and Willamette Tilleys. Flocks are V. S. pullorum controlled and l;. S. approved. The Oregon State Hatchery came to Klamath Falls In 1945. The building burned to the ground In May 1946, and was built up again In November, 1946. Farm Labor Cost Problem The services of the middleman in the distribution process between farm and retail shopper has added greatly to the retail cost of farm produce. The increased cost of labor has made Itself felt In this field particularly. Speaking of the national average, farmers as a group are not exactly over-privileged, according to Ballard. Farm Income during the bestjecent year, 1945, was $743 per capita for farm people. During the same year the per capita income for non f aimers topped this figure more than $500. to reach a total of $1259. As to how the country dweller compares with his city neighbor in some of lues advantages, Ballard points to these figures: In the United States, 96 per cent of the non-farm homes are served with electricity; Just over one-harf, 52 per cent, of farm homes are wired, though this percentage is much higher in Oregoa Sixty-two per cent 1 of urban homes have electric re i frigerators while 27 per cent of rural homes have an electric ice-box. '. In 1945, more than one-fifth of the rural homes in the nation were In need of major repairs due, prin cipally, to neglect suffered during j years of low farm prices. During the i same year, but one-twelfth of city l homes needed a major overhauling. PREPARED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BY "af EVERSMAN LAND LEVELERS An all-purpose machine for DIRT MOVING, LAND LEVELING and SEED BED PREPARATION Mew equipped with Hydraulic Control for Easy Operation ALL SIZES IN STOCK AT Garrison Equipment Co. Farmers, as far as modern living Is concerned, out-distance their city cousins In only one statistical de partment, diet. Farmers set a better table than city dwellers, Ballard de clares. -,. Planning Board Slates Confab The farm home and rural life committee of the agricultural plan ning board for Klamath county will have its second annual conferen at the county auent's office, room 213. federal building, February 3. at 1:30 p. m. All committee members appointed for the year 1947-1948 are asked to attend this meeting. Frances Clinton, assistant state home demonstration leader, from Oregon State college, will report on the activities of the farm and rural life committees In other Oregon counties. Other phases of farm home and tural life to be discussed at this meeting are home ground improvement, building better homes, consumer buying, safety, health, recreation and schools. A snake which Is colled up like a rope cannot strike. VN- V r AVAILABLE NOW FOR LAWN, FLOWERS Regular feeding should be number one on your seasonal lawn care program. If you feed your lawn in early spring and again In early fall . . . reseed bare spots as they develop with good grass seed you'll have a lawn to admire . , . one that gives pride and comfort. For lawns, and for flowers, shrubs and trees, too, Use VIGORO. It's the complete plant food made by Swift 6V Company. It supplies all of the many plant food elements all plants require from the soil. V COMPLETE PLANT f 00ft SwMrilssi Soil Saving Test Made On Ranches Conservation treatment was com pleted on more than 20 milium acres of farm and grafting land through out the country In the 1947 fiscal year, Prank Pavelrk, work unit con servationist In Klamath Falls, said today. Eighty farmers in UmikcII and Poe valleys now have complete conserva tion farm plana covering approxi mately 34,130 acres. During the past fiscal year protective mriiMirca were put Into effect on 40(14 acres In these two districts, Pitvelek s.nd. Practices and acreages were: 6U acres, crop residue management; 846 acres, range properly storked: 70 acres, land drained: fi'-S acres, hind prepared for IrrlgutUm: 4-' t Acres, Irrigation systems Improved: 014 acres, approved crop rotations; tiH acres, properly ferlllleit and 76a acres, good rotation grafting system established. These are figures of ailtiul 1047 conservation accomplishments for the two dlslrlrl.1. Weevils May Be Gorse Destroyer CORVAI.LIS. Jan. 9 M South western Oregon's gorse may be at tacked by weevils Imported from New Zealand. Dr. D. D. Hill of Ore gon State colUt;'s farm crops de partment, said today. Importations of the weevil will be kept In quarantine In a California federal laboratory mil II It Is dcttr mined that they do nut nllai k seeds of crop plnnls. Hii fur as known, they feed only on gorse and Hnitcli bloom seed. tliuse control luia been miiile dif ficult because the seed has been known to remain (toriiiiuit In I he soil for as long as 3D years, Ur. Hill said. Meat Use Figure Gains CoiiMUinptlon of mrnl per person In the United Stales In IU47 la ex pected to have totaled Ibt pound, a .ordlng to this week's incut ani mals and wool review prepared by the 080 extension acrvlre from UHDA market reports and other data. This compares with about 1M pounds per person In 194d. and i:i:t a pounds as the 1937-41 prewar aver age. Meat production In 1U47 Is ex pected to to tul around 113 billion pounds, dressed meat basis. Tluil Is about the same as In HMD, hut al most one-third above the lu.17-41 average. Production of meat during the lust quarter of 1947 may not be quite as large as during the same period of 104(1, with more brrf but Ii'ms pork and lambs. With tola! meal production at about the same level us a yenr aito, the rolull value will bp much greater. Tim'. Is owing partly to the decon trol of prices and partly to Increased consumer purchiiMug power. Han tic hen Seed Very Scarce Herd of llniiiii'lieii builry Is so scarce because of liruvy imrchuses for malting and by the government for export that growers may need to lake early lU'llim lo obtain I'lioiiKll lor spring plaining, wiirns Dr. D. 11. Hill, head of the farm crops ilrpurlniriil at Orrgon Hints college. Adverse weather nimllllniis pre venting full seeding of other grains, unit prcviilllng hliih prices fur (his barley for mulling purposes, have combined to luerru.ie the dciuund for spring supplies for seed and other uses. HlKh yielding lluiim lii'ii lias been Hie slanditid spring vurlriy for Western Oregon tor the past lis years, heme seed of It Ima atlsiuM a IiIkIi degree ol purity, cmi-hUiiI the sun II li ik pitinwi. lit. Hill fnua Dial, If Huliiii'licn need Is nut oh. lulliMl, growers will hn templed in liitnidiiin other soils whlih wiiulil not only give lower yields hut also cuuse mixture of the two-row and six-row types. PUMICE TILE For Every Building Nood "There Is no Finer Pumice Tilo Mado." Klamath Pumice Tile Co. IlltO Owens I'lione 41111 Some sleepwalkers ran act, speak and have the senses of touch, sight ar.d hearing, even though still asleep. 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