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
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Klamath Falls
127 Market
Fbone 7060
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
H pays lo use the Wsnt-Ailst
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FIRST ANNUAL
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NEW JOHN DEERE
Sale Prices Refer Only to Stock on Hand.
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MACHINERY
QUANTITY LIMITED. BUY NOWI
8 M L Land Leveler
Regular Price 340.00 ..
8 R L Land Leveler
Regular Price 414.35 ..
12 RL Land Leveler
Regular Price 641.75 .
114A Combination
Hay Chopper and Hammer
Regular Price 568.52
Kl Papec Chopper
Large capacity.
Regular Price 748.60
25 Tooth Spring Tooth Harrow
Three sections.
Regular Price 67.60
17 Tooth Spring Tooth Harrow
Two lections.
Regular Price 47.75
LA-2 Plow for L or LA Tractor
Regular Price 60.00
8 Foot Model CC Springtooth
6 Inch Spacing Cultivator
Regular Price 209.45
3091
37875
58540
51760
68500
6260
4400
4800
19310
231 Cultivator Tool Bar Attach
ments, without tools or clamps
Regular Price 39.80
NO. 88 CULTIVATOR
MULTI-ROW INTEGRAL
Beet and Onion Cultivator
Regular Price 132.15
AB 120 A Rear Tool Bar
Regular Price 32.45
426ARodWeeders
Regular Price 176.80 ...
RUBBER TIRES.
953A Heavy Duty Wagon
Regular Price 271.80 .
963A Heavy Duty Wagon
RUBBER TIRES.
Regulor Price 307.50 ...
3605
12095
2940
16250
28655
LU 16 h. p. Power Unit T3
Regular Price 430.10 ff
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14 Inch Hammer Mill
Regular Price 227.75
10 Inch Hammer Mill
Regular Price 146.60
20815
13400
USED MACHINERY
IRON AGE POTATO PLANTER 200.00
JOHN DEERE PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR 250.00
POTATO SACK ELEVATOR 250.00
fractional Horsepower
GENERAL ELECTRIC MOTORS
Regular Prlea Rale Price
K n.f. mjj 45.85
n h.f. 42.05
K H.P. 17.10
nr. ti.so
36.05
24.05
18.20
ODDS AND ENDS SALE
MASTER LIGHT PLANTS U cyclTarc wTlder
powered wrrn wihconhin engine I ni-IWLt AKW WtLUtK
M08 AUTOMATIC 115V lfl.7 AMP. WAS 520.00 NOW $375 I 3M AMP. WEl.DKB WAS MUK NOW $250
MG3 LIGHT PLANT 115V U.7 AMP. WAS 3011.15 NOW $275 I 2 AMP. WF.I.DKH WAS 247.10 NOW $175
660 MODEL 11V (D. C.) 600 W. WAS 146.25 NOW $100 L V HUD A. C. WKLDKR WAS 225.00 NOW $125
Milking Machines
Conda Vacuum Supplier
Vi H. P. Motor
2 Stainleii Steel Pails
REGULAR PRICE 359.00
SALE 25130
Tlllei 31 Garden Tractor WAS 3D0.50 NOW 250.00
I II. P. Onman Engine WAS 1.15.00 NOW 95.00
1 H.P. Elec. Cent. Pump WAS 209.00 NOW 180.00
Orlndilone WAS 14.25 NOW 9.00
Keller Garden Wheelbarrow WAS 11.50 NOW 8.00
Wheelbarrow (iteel wheel) WAS 11.35 NOW 7,7$
Nlockland Hydro Hronp WAS D5.00 NOW 46.20
Lines Axle WAS 70.00 NOW 51,60
I ft. MIlo Garden Spray WAS 1.50 NOW 2.50
II ft Mtalo Garden Spray WAS 4.50 NOW 3.50
BELLVILLE
POTATO SORTER $OTC
Rta. Pric. 383.30 JLI J
POTATO DIGGER S
with engine mounting.
Rriular Price 475.00.
POTATO DIGGER
I Spued TrammlMlnn.
Rriular Price 400,00
'300
$250
BROWN EQUIPMENT COMPANY
3049 South 6th
"Your John Deere Dealer"
Klamath Talla and Lakeylew
Phone 8247
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