THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948
HfRALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
SEC II PACE 3
National Potato Letter-'
Early Spud Crop Outlook
Unchanged; Late Crop In
Good Shape; Demand Firm
t iti.v
Lata potato crop lupply Informa
tion ii confined entirely to iiaatiinp
tlons regarding Mm ell 1 stocks nil
hand adjusted for disappearance
11111:1 thru. A of Airll I, It appeared
llml there were aviilliihln something
like 3MW curt fewer Uiuii woro ship
ped after April 1 of hint yrnr, and
shipment liitvn Iwcu very heavy
thus fur In April. Wo have said nil
limit Hint wn do not luivo too ninny
lute potatoes, nnd we nrn moro tlmu
aver convinced of It. lilnlio c-iimiul
huve over I Hoo cms, prohuhly nearer
MOO cum. Colorado fit I II tmii some
where mound 4IH) in m. Minnesota
hows Hluiia of tnerliig off, and
North Dakota will not ha far behind.
Tin coast stales have very llllli left,
and Maine In maintaining a fast r lip
at 43K ran dully. Wo rould run
Mrs rtf Inle potatoes before Mny 1ft,
the earliest data we ara likely In
have a plentiful mpply of early
crop potato.
There are no significant chnngca
In early cmp prospects. From Texas
to North Carolina the crop went In
lute and the varying degrees 01
weather diunage seem to be about
aa reported earlier. Houth Carolina
t the wurnt lilt, where considerable
atfd rotted and thus further rrdueed
an already fairly small acreage. The
tale probably will have little more
than half a crop, from North Caro
lina north, growers were unable to
plant on time, but the weather re
cently has been nearly Ideal and
crop maturity will come nearly oil
time uulru further setbacks develop.
Earliest yields III California have
been Unlit, but that li to be es
pecled In the earliest diggings and
later yields may be much higher. In
any cae, the California arreane now
It placed at 7P.00O and will produce
plenty of potatoes even with ylelda
below recent yearn.
MOVKMKNT
Total potato shipments nave lip
ped off tradlly during the laal four
weeks, but the decline haa been less
than uaually occurs alter the heavy
aeed movement In mid-March. Dally
ahlpmenla for the last two weeks
hava averaged SIO ran. and that a
a lot of (xitaloea. Of course, these
Include many aeed ahlpmenla, but
nevertheleaa the movement la brink.
I.aal week, DS.0 enra of the ffm.car
total were new crop, with Florida
gaining. Texas more man doubling,
and California moving up from M
can to 353 can. Kern county should
pass the 100 -car per day mark this
week. Kven so, we guess that early
crop ahlpmenla will equal the late
rep movement a little later than
uaunl litis year becuuao of the rela
tively llifhl supplies between now
and May in.
IIKMANI) AM) MAIIKKTH
Summary of f.o.b. murket Infor
mation for the Inat week shows the
Into crop Kcnernlly In better shiie
ttiun the early crop, Maine reports
the demand mostly iiood, the mar
ket firm Ui stronger, mid prices up
10 to 15 cents al the floor to a nickel
under the floor, but practically nil
sales arc size A at the floor to Id
cents over the, floor. Upslaut New
York has a moderate demand, the
market firm lo stronger, nnd prices
gained 3(1 ria.it nnd nre lit 35 to 30
cents over the floor nfter being un
der the floor prncllcally nil lenson.
Here nlao most sales urn slr.e A nt
a dime blither. North Dakota has a
good market for redi at 411 lo 50
cents over the floor, but very tew
are avnllnble nnd floods are Inter
fering In the north. Cobbler market
appears a little wobbly about nt
floor, but there la enough confidence
Hint some sellers nre holding for
belter prices. The flood may cause
a weather market. In Florida, the
demand la good and the market
steady nt (0 35 for washed, but In
Tesns the demand Is slow nnd the
market dull and slightly weaker,
with prices down slightly at 15 00 to
1(100 for washed I'j-lnch minimum
No. Is, depending on the percent,
age over 1 ' Inches. Kern county
has sllpiied off from the opening
price of (I00 for washed. Demand
there la mudcrate to alow, defending
011 the quality, and the market linn
weakened !i MM. This Is character
istic of Kern county's first ship
ments the stock frequently la so
) Immature that growers rushing to
catch the high markrt upset their
own playhouse. There la a plenty
big hole for California to fill for
Uie next two or three weeks, but
consumers Just do not like the green
stuff. One significant development
Is the rlne In the cash to grower
market In Maine. Prices have held
quite steady at M 00 per barrel for
some time now. but recently moved
up to a general 14 35. with unofficial
reports of many sales at 4 50. This
means either that all stork Is In
smaller supply than has been ad
mitted or that good qunllty stuff Is
getting scarce, or both.
MIKCKI.I.ANY
Rains have hrled Kern county's
water situation but may be a boom
erang If they cause uneven growth.
Controlled water Is best for the
White Hose, ns otherwise thev tend
to grow rough and bumpy. That Is
partly why the variety was discard
ed In New Jersey many yearn ago.
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
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com iw sv wr irmcr. ntc 1 m sia u. i. ft. ee
"You're going to regret this youthful stubbornness when
you're middle-aged!"
. , . Wonder why potato growers
have been so slow to undertake co
operative processing of their own
low grades? Looks to us ns though
they are overlooking a good way 10
make reasonable returns on low
grades without hurling the mnrket
for their good stock. . . . Wonder also
If we would use as many certified
seed iKilatoes as we do If breeding
were carried out here as It Is In Ocr
mauy. Over there, new varieties are
patented and the breeder gets a
royalty on every acre planted.
Wool Production
To Shrink Again
Wool production in this country
will shrink again this year.
Figuring on the basis of the
number of sheep farmers and
ranchers had the first of the year,
and allowing they'll shear about
the same jwrcenUige of their sheep
and get average weight fleeces,
economists of the U. 8. department
of agriculture estimate a 5 per
cent smaller output than last year,
and the smallest clip In 34 years.
Last year the clip was 10 per cent
smaller than the year before and
more than a third smaller than
Uie record output In 1042.
Bug Bombs Help In
Greenhouse Control
In control of greenhouse peats,
florists are finding special advan
tages In the aerosol method discov
ered and developed In recent years
by scientific workers of the U. 6.
department of agriculture. The
method Is rapid and economical of
Urne, says the bureau of entomology
and plant quarantine. Also, be
cause the poison Is carried by a gas
It does not stain foliage or flow
ers as many of the spray mix
tures do.
The DDT greenhouse aerosols may
be applied without the worker using
special protection as he relesses the
gaseous mist tn front of him while
walking backwards between the
benches of the greenhouse. The
other recommended new and ef
fective aerosol pest killer contains
tetraethyl pyrophosphate which Is
extremely poisonous to man, and
the operator should wear a gas
Land Price
Boom Goes
Up Steadily
Economists of the U. B. depart
ment of agriculture, who keep track
of the buying and selling of farms
throughout the country, have chart
ed the rise In land prices since be
fore World War II, They've com
pared the percentage Increase In the
past few years, with the like period,
during and after World War I.
They find, so far, fnrm land prices
have followed a remarkably paral
lel course to those In the land boom
of World War I.
What's more, they report that In
the year ending this spring, average
land values, the country over, have
already reached the peak to which
they climbed before the bust after
World War I. In fact. In 32 states
values have now climbed beyond
that peak.
In the year March I, 1947, to
March 1, 1948, land values In the
U B. climbed 7 per cent. In Florida
and California, lower prices for
citrus nnd other fruits have had a
d'presslng effect on land values. But
the decreases In those states were
more than offset by further sharp
Increases In the wheat and range
livestock country, where values are
still far below those of 1920.
The fact that half the buyers of
farms In recent years have paid all
Cdsh means less distress. If farm
values generally do turn down. The
economists point out, however, that
a mortgage debt for half the pres
ent fnrm value amounts to as much
as the full value before the war.
Garden Cutworms
Due Soon
Two entomologists at Oregon
State college II. H. Crowell and
Bob Every say that cutworms can
be expected In the home vegetable
garden anytime now. This Insect
is fairly general throughout Oregon
Buspect the worst If young seed
lings are found cut off close to the
ground. The two entomologists say
the cutworm received Its name be
cause of Its habit of cutting off
plants close to the ground level. The
culprit Is a hairless caterpillar. Its
color Is mottled-brown and It varies
In length up to two Inches long.
Unseasonal Snow
Covers Ashland
ASHLAND, Ore., April 39 OP)
An unseasonal snow which piled up
four Inches on the ground and bent
blossoming fruit trees under Its
weight struck this Southern Oregon
town Tuesday night and Wednes
day. Snow began falling Tuesday after
noon, and stood four Inches deep
by Wednesday morning; a heavier
fall than at any time this last win
ter. More flakes continued falling.
8now was reported In Medford,
north of here, too.
PARDOV ASKED
LONDON. April 29 MP Norman
Wilkinson appealed to Princess Eliz
abeth today to help him get a royal
pardon for his dog, sentenced to die
for killing chickens.
"The death penalty has been
abolished for murderers." he wrote
the princess. "Surely this should ap
ply also to dog."
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organic vapors and acid gases, and
should also bathe with warm water
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