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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1948)
THURSDAY, FEB. I, t48 MCE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON State Seed Law Vetoes Weeds Labels Must Show Percentages Of All Contents In Sales Package Bt WALT JENDRZEJEWSKI. Auiiunt County Acrnt Oretjon state seed Uw says "no sale" If noxious twdi ait present In agricultural or turf seeds. Agricultural or turf seeds are specifically defined in the law but generally re the hay. srass, clover and garden seeds. the law but generally are v According to trie lav eacn lot irt or offered for sale within the stale for seeding purposes. shall be clearly and plainly labeled .nH .nnroT.m.;. 1I1C1V rr of noxious weed seed, per cent germination, per cent nard seed and the name and address s of the vendor. Seed sale for planting purposes leafy spurge or Russian knapweed arc found. These inree togeiner with wild garlic and camelthorn are strictly out. In addition to the above weeds, tolerance is set up for certain other noxious weeds. Dodders, Canada thistle and quack grass are allowed In amounts not to exceed 1 seed per 50 grams of alfalfa, sweet clover, red clover or other agricultural or turf seed having approximately the same number of seeds per pound while 2 such weed seeds are allowed in 50 grams of alsike. white or ladino clover or other agricultural or turf seed having approximately the same number of seeds per lb. Not over j four seeds of buckhorn plantain are allowed in five grams of any of the clovers or alfalfa. Exemptions Exemptions from labeling pro visions for agricultural turf or vegetable seeds are provided when such seeds are sold to be recleaned before being sold, offered or exposed for sale, for seeding purposes: or when such seeds are held for re- cleaning: or in the case of buck- i m-he.t- fii re.z-hes hen or i soy beans where such seed is sold i or exposed for sale for milling, food or feeding purposes only. Oregon is not unique In having a seed Uw. Most important agri cultural states have similar laws. Variations in the different state seed laws consist chiefly of dif ferences in the kinds of weed seeds defined or noxious. Adoption of state seed laws has come about chiefly because agri cultural seeds were in many cases the source of severe weed infesta tions. A lack of understanding of the serious Infestations that can result from use of weedy seed and Ignorance of the law or failure to comply with It are yet resulting In new weed infestations. Higher Quality In general, however, higher qual ity aeed is being offered to farmers since aeed laws were adopted. Seed dealers are particularly careful to properly label seeds. Information I for labels comes from test reports on samples analyzed at commercial or suite seed laboratories. Larger seed dealers employ their own aeed analysts. Oregon aeed law provided for a .state seed laboratory. This is now housed In homaja huts on the Ore gon State college campus. The lab handles all certified seed as well as a heavy load for Individual fanners and aeed dealers. Adams Ranch Animal High . PETERBOROUGH. N. H, Feb. S A registered Guernsey cow. Western Glow Nancy Lee, owned by P. C. Adams, Adamsdale Guernsey Farm. Klamath Falls, Ore., has completed an official advanced register record of 8688 pounds of milk and 444 pounds of butterfat, starting her record as a senior four-year-old. . Nancy Lee Is sired by the famous i Guernsey, McDonald Farms De veloper, that has 35 sons and daugh- j ters in the performance register of the American Guernsey Cattle club. ' This record was supervised by the Oregon State college and reported to 1 the American Guernsey Cattle club for approval and publication. To a navy man the navy Is much more than merely working on a job; and wearing a uniform la very much more man a particular kind of work clothing. EVERSMAN LAND LEVELERS An all-purpose machine for DIRT MOVING, LAND LEVELING and SEED BED PREPARATION Now equipped with Hydraulic Control for Easy Operation ALL SIZES IN STOCK AT Garrison Equipment Co. the hay. grass, clover and garden or pacaage 01 agricultural or iuti to show: what, where grown, per number nr tvumrt of irh kind ! r r can cost S100 If either while top. Sheep Herds Here Reach Low Levels Not since 1879 have sheep num bcrs in Oregon been as low as in ! 1947. Preliminary figures show SC3.000 sheep and lambs m the sta-.e I on January 1. 1947 of which 670.000 were ewes, one-year-old and over. Since 1941. the number has dropped approximately 50 per cent. Sheep are kept in all lypes of j f.uming districts throughout the : state. However, most of the de- crease in sneep numbers has been : in Eastern Oregon. This decrease : 13 Que to a number ox factors, m- eluding the scarcity of good herders, j hn ' production, high re turns from beef catUe. which com turns from beef cattle, which com- Itfd 'r ,he 'hlcn eP ! normally used and the difficulty tn ; Moved West The rapid decrease tn Eastern Oregon has brought about a decid ed change in the distribution 1 sheep throughout the state. In 1SM0 Eastern Oregon had three fourths of the total sheep In the state, with one-fourth in Western Oregon. The preliminary estimate for January I. 1946, shows that o7 per cent of the sheep and lambs are in Eastern Oregon and 43 per cent to Western Oregon. Here in Klamath county sheep numbers dropped from 102.000 In 1939 to an estimated 38.000 in 1947. Of these. 30.000 were ewes, one year old and over. Much the same rea sons for general decrease over the state were factors in the decrease here In the courty. The livestock committee of the agricultural planning conference held last year recommended that there be slight increase tn sheep flocks and that this Increase be brought about largely by an Increase ir. the number of farm flocks. They feel that farm flocks have a place on many farms In the area, in that they can often make use of avail able feed that would otherwise be ) wasted. Sheep are able to keep ' fence rows, ditch banks, etc.. clean I WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 (P Rep. and reduce the weed and fire haz- Stockman (R-Ore.) and ranchers ard. i from Eastern Oregon have urged a Herders Few house subcommittee to provide The committee also felt that -an S138.000 for research into proper increase in range sheep numbers in I methods of working wheat stubble ; Klamath county is not possible, due ! into the soil. to the fact that it is still difficult ! The growers asked for the project to obtain the proper amount and ! to be carried out in Oregon, Wash kind of labor to handle Urge ington and Idaho. bands." Also the lack of summer range is. a limiting factor. 'under present economic conditions "If range sheep numbers are to i to purchase leplacements." be maintained at the present levels. ! From all indications it appears it is evident that operators will ' that there will be a small Increase have to raise their own replace- la sheep numbers for Klama'h ments, as It has been very difficult t county in 1948. Id "Butdt" take over your pork and beef! We will cut up and wrap your beef cut, cure and wrap your pork for the locker. SMOKEHOUSE A, G. "Butch" Klamath 127 Market With Farmers And Stockmen Around The Klamath Basin Among Klamath basin cattlemen attenditif the Hereford aale and how at Red Bluff this week are Henry Oerber, E A. Oeary, Hay Michaels. William Klttredge and Oscar Ktttredgt. Mrs. Oerber and Mrs. Oeary accompanied their husbands. Hank Semon took a lively ribbing at the County Farm bureau meeting this week. All the action the group wanted taken on any sub ject was referred to Hank to get it. as democratic representative to the state house of representatives, for Klamath county. Midland Home Economics club will sponsor a public card party at J"' J"1'" Abbott residence on Saturday at p. m. Then, will be awards fnr tuoh cn-it-atd trv tfrailffa mnmin a flan ,t I rr i m mVA In hHnv nia " Q Mr- i nomas, spending February in Southern California and Mex.co. The Hammond ranch at Merrill has lust purchased a herd of i Hl.,.a fr-.m nM Vr-cnn tT-ttltf V" , , " rr 1 i""" u. story of the three bulls. Jess and Jack McFall have Just returned from Red Bluff where they purchased several registered Black Angus bulls from Charles McDowell. Did you ever hear the story of the three bulls? Earl Mack s potato acreage yielded 4J5 sacks of spuds per acre in tne 1W7 narvest. mac is uie neaviesi reported to the county agent's office bull. I Malm grange will meet next on new members will be taken Into the ' Dr. Warren Hunt and sons shipped 1000 head of white-faces up I from Southern California this week. The pasture is getting too dry there for cattle. The 1000 Herefords are at the Geary ranch on hay now. ; ' " Sanford Jones. Bonanza farmer who was operated on at Hillside hospital last Monday is reported getting along fine. A. R. Campbell and son. Harold, drove to Red Bluff this week to look over their cattle and the pasture conditions there. William Cunningham. Pine Orove farmer, has returned from a San Francisco hospital when? he had nicely. .... Carl Holder, stockman from Paisley, attended the auction sale in Klamath Falls Wednesday. Anvone knowing items of interest to or about basin farmers and stockmen is invited to send them In for this column. (Don't tell any lrt about vour neighbors thoujh!). Potato Stocks Are Short In All Producing States The January 1 report of potato stocks on hand, made by the gov ernment, showed a total of 118. 420.000 bushels as compared with 152.170.000 in 1947 and 120.490.000 bushels in 1946. The four western slates of Idaho. Washington. Oregon and California show a total of 17.720.000 bushels as of this January 1, in comparison with 32.480.000 bushels on January 1, 1947. In 1946 these states had a total of 28.700.000 bushels on hand with an average from 1936 to 1945 of ap proximately 21 JO0.000 bushels. These are the states that generally supply all coastal markets and what they have on hand is important to potato growers. Other states ship into the western area but Colorado is the only stale of all the 11 western states that Fund Sought For Wheat Research Zweigart Falls Phone 7060 airongnom potato growers, are Thar - Wn wl.t.r.H Hull, t . t tl h.," T"," " ........ .t. . yieia in tne county tnai nas Deen that's a lot of potatoes and no February 10. for business. Several grange at tins evening meeting. surgery. He Is reported recuperating shows more potatoes on liand in 1948 than tn 1947. as of January 1. With shipments In the Klamath basin passing the 5000 car mark, by Fhr11arv 1 it ! Bnrallv estimated that the remaining stocks on hand of marketable potatoes are about 2000 cars. Local shipments arc ahead of a year ago on a percentage basis with over 70 per cent shipped to date, compared with less than 65 per cent a year ago. Spud Review In Bulletin Approximately 45 per cent of the potatoes produced in Oregon now find markets outside the state, with California taking more than half of these outside shipments. This is explained In a new bulletin en titled "The Potato Industry." which is the eighth in a series of com modity publications dealing with the Oregon agricultural situation and recommendations for postwar de velopment. The publication, written by E. R. Jackman and D. B. DeLoach of the present college staff, and C. E. Otis, formerly a member. Includes many Oregon statistics about the potato BOOKING ORDERS NOW FOR IMPORTED CANADIAN FOUNDATION and CANADIAN CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES Call Bob Cheyne 5660 Days, 4964 Evenings GEO. C. BURGER WILLIAMS BUILDING Brown Equipment Company JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and Farm Implements AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY HARRIS COMBINES 16 end 20 foot Headers FEHLBERG BULK GRAIN TANKS Automatic Aluminum Tractor Kab 218.50 Automatic Spray Rig 596.30 Automatic 24' Hydraulic Dumprake . 461 .50 For all tractors with hydraulic control. Danuser Post Hole Digger .... 292.60 Meyer Ditcher 160.00 ASR Lime or Fertilizer Spreader . . 263.75 30-JI All steel. Rubber tires. Granger "eiiasaswwi wfrfwei : ''"'tit ' ""''. f y : : Wilbur Harnsberier. Ilrnlrv farmer. Is master for Henley ! iramr fur tin, .-n.ulii. vrar Soil Saving Plan Talked I rc.MH.KTON. ore.. Feb. t uJV , Needs for further research In methods uf conserving Puclfic I Northwest soils wrre presented to a j house appropriations subcommittee I on agriculture In Washington, t). C . this week by Lester King of I'eiutle- j ten. it was leurnrd here today. ' ki ! Wheat league, outlined h coopera tive research pro," rot tit be curried oui under leadership of the Orciton agricultural exiiermii'iit station, the bureau of plum industry and the soil conservation service Further details nf the plan were nut disclosed. King was heard by the committee a the insistence of Hep. Lowell Stockman of Oregon and Reps Watt Hornan and Hnl Holmes of Wash ington. These Northwest congress men asked the committee to make an exception 'n Its retitilar order if business In order to heur King pr1 sent needs of the Pacific Northwest for conscrvnlum. While no definite promises were rcade. the committee assured King that needs of the region would be ' consideration and iii.il- favored the ty,- of re- ch contemplated by the wheat 1 league and other organizations. All Japanese j May Be "Printed" TOKYO. Feb 5 f,? The Nippon ; Times reported today all Jupimese i ! may be -fingerprinted1 becauc of the ' i escape of a bank robber. 1 i The newspaper said police were unable to check on the fuiKcrprlnti ; ' of the robbr. who fntnlly poivn;ii I l! emnloVM of the Tmknku bit nic ' i al;ti escaped with lfM.000 yen '3'-'80t Jcnuary 26. Of some 80.000.000 Jajlanese. ixi llce have fingerprints of only 160. 000. mostly ex-convlcts. Industry, both In the consunier and seed potato production fields, and then presents facts concerning market outlets and development. The authors list many siiKi:es:lons both as to production and market ing methods, stressing also the need for more research in disease control and as to ways of getting ixi.Hoes to consumers with the lr.nt pos sible loss of quality. National Potato Letter Location Of Potato Stock Abnormal, Light In West Location uf otti(o stomge stocks Is not normal and affects distribu tion differently than would more even division of total holdings. Maine alone has almost 36 per cent of total stocks. About 51 per cent l located In New England. New York and Pennsylvania. Compared with average, this area Is up 38 per cent. Compared with January 1. 1947, following the tremendous 1948 crop, it U down only 8 8 per cent. These factors combine this year to force super-wise niaiiutieiuent in marketing tu avoid heavy pressure on the Eastern markets. Western areas, In contrast, have light sup plies, although there la no reul shortage Indicated even in the West. It would be loglrnl to move Eastern stocks westward and this will occur to some extent. Hinder ing this automatic adjustment of supply to price are increased trans portation costs and what apjcars to be a lark of aggressiveness on the part of sellers. This is one elenu-up season when mere onlrr titklng will not move the Eastern crop before arrival of the early southern deals. ExiHirts could move thesf. potatoes and may be the solution. Even exiKiris would have to start immediately, however, and move rapidly to move present hold ings. Hut de;ulo-wuiter cximna cannot go In real volume to Nor thern Europe because of lurk of weather protection on the other side. This seems to Irave a com bination of a real puvh for wider domestic distribution, plus exports, as the only loicu-al answer to the problem but tune Is running short unless action is taken quickly. Movement Shipments dropied again last week to 4'J5 cars Milt) government from 47'JJ cars 134. government) the previous week. Tins Is a drop nf 4(i cars total and 740 cars com mercial. Cold weather and snow had much to do with the decline in tonnage, but the reason is less important than the fact. Maine Increased by 118 cars, but all other important stales showed smallrr shipment. Demand and .Markets Maine demand is reported slow, the market fairly steady, and prices unchanged to 5 cents higher at floor to 5 cents over fltwr. Upstate New York ruled slow and dull with prices about unchanged at 10 to 15 cents under the floor. Wisconsin and North Dakota report loo few sales to establish a market. Colo Month Life The GoMtx Ytars Plan gh ts ym: t. I)c6nite monthly income Tor life when yuu with to retire. 2. Protection fur family now. 3. Pvi double for accident.! dc-tih before retirement age. 4. liuilds up Urge din rctcrvc. 5. P-iyi steady income if vo arc permanently disabled. NT.im ist it t i: Cnnipanij LYNN ROYCROFT 412 Main St JULIAN ABBOTT Rt 1. Box D23 $100 a Draft Unit for Wheel Tractors Something New In Tractor Mounted Equipment For CULTIVATING CHISELING SUB-SOILING Drop in and let us show you tha advantages of this new draft unit. Ask the man who owns one! Hare your spring work done NOW and avoid the spring rush. Moleboards Slatted Plow Share Sharpening Hardfacing Disc Rolling on Factory Machine Melrz Brothers rado ruled moderate and fair to slightly stronger with prices up 15 crnla at 70 tu 75 cents over the floor for washed offerings. Idaho Is reported slow but Improving anil slightly stronger with prices up t to 10 cents at II 25 over the floor for washed stock. Washington Is reHirted very alow and dull, with prices at Fliensburg titiclianged at II 30 over the floor for washed, and up 13 cents at Moses l ake at 11.18 to $1.20 over the floor, washed basis. Mlihlgnn ruled light and dull, prices unchanged at floor for Chtrwaa and 30 rents under floor for Ktiials. Nebraska Is reported nxxtrrate and firm to stronger with prices up t to 10 rents al AO to (15 rents over the floor for washed offerings. Ill the terminals. Chicago rciMirci a moderato to icxkI demand with the market firm to stronger, espe cially on Western Kusseta. New York Is reported mostly steady to firm on nil stork: Atlanta steady; Huston mostly dull to about steudy but weaker on nrw stock: Detroit firm to .tltout steadv: MlunentHills firm fur Western Hussets, steady for others: Philadelphia mostly i dull. Nan Francisco held firm to ! slightly stronger, with Klamath lei I wholesale lots at t! 15 to 5 25 for V. 8. No. I. sle A. Arrivals and trackholdlngs both are down iiukI erately from the previous week. .Miscellany Several Maine starch (artoiies have Installed their own tower generators. This probably Is not too economical but Is better than no power or to limiting oiieratlons i. THE FAITH MISSION "THE CHURCH WITH THE HEARTY WELCOME" Everybody Welcome! Come worship our God together THE FAITH MISSION is holding an old tima HOLY GHOST REVIVAL with the REV. J. J. and VERNIE HORRALSONS Preaching Each Night ot 7:45 p. m. Eacept Mondoyi SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES AT 11:00 A. M. Hcoling tervices ore boing held every Friday night for the lick and crippled, and the public it invited to attend and tee the manifestation of God't mighty power through Jesus Christ. This it the church with a hearty welcome to all people. Bring your problem! to the Lord and we will pray with you. Proyer chonget things. God works while we pray. We invite you to coma. Mr. and Mrs. West, Pastors 27 MAIN STREET to sleepy-time hours. The me goes for warehouse oiieratlons , , , Destruction of navy and other aui lllary generators at Fort Fairfield by flra did not help the Main power situation any , . . DOA has put a big foot down on spuds thst re "objectionable because of ob noxious flavor." Thl means thtt potatoes treated with bentlne he. aehloiltle are too bad to use. In slruiilons lo purchasing agenla era to rrqiilra a warranty by each vendor that potatoes delivered at free from bad flavor with lit un derstanding that bad luta will b rejected wherever and whenever found, with reclaim against vendor for purrhase price plus transpor tation and handling costs . , , Also IX1A says It will not buy potatoes Infested wilh golden nematodes. DOA bought such potatoei last year because of Inadequate warning to growers who planted In good faith on supposedly dean land. Warn ing this yrar Is timely and think DOA means what It says. . . . Renewed talk about advertis ing seems strangely out of pises al a lime when quality marketing seems to be at the lowest ebb In yenis. What Is the good of advei tiling when hler only a few, we hope-are willing tn put plrk outa In consumer bags? . . . There are rumblings of broadening In terest In marketing agreement East Central, Maine. Nebraska and West Coast. Nothing concrete si yet, but there Is talk. Even talk Is timely lth the end of Hteauiill supiHirts almost mn us . . . We can understand why groaers per sist lit planting unmarketable, va rieties for the sake of yield under price support but will wager our other shirt there will be some chaniies when the going gets lough again ... A yield of 111 bushel this season Is lo the 200 mark ami 1047 was not a particularly good weather year, weather was bad at planting tunc and not good at harvest time. It pays to Use the Want-Adsl -and Other Types of Agricultural Work 3049 South 6th Phone 8247 TULELAKE, CALIF. PHONE TULELAKE 2171
