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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1949)
THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1949 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON PACE MVtNTtM 1 M l:'V. a '. R Klamath Hay Crop Mostly Harvested, But Prices Show $18 To $25 Variance While probably more than Ml per rnl nl the hay crop has brrn hr vestrd end a bikkI quantity Is al ready balrd and Mint shlpmrnta have gone out, prices are riui-UjtliiB between wldn mariOn. A chrclt niarir anions half a down promhirnt buyers mid irnwrra ilicwrd baled hay purchased a. low M III prr ton and aa tilth a t'J, oil rar ur truck. The grnrral price however, aas between l'J3 and t2ft Is) June, wnh a downward trend eaiiertrd aritllna at around liO. One lame rattle concern Indicated that no purrhaiira would be made mure than IIS prr ton and arv eral prnmlnrnt ranrhrra madr flat atatrmenta that thrv Would pile thnr rrop rather than aril It (or lra than 12 prr (on Varied prlcea are rommandrd by ; Farm Labor r mm XlinnlU In ajUULllVIII ""r" J State Good WJ'h ClrrT nd iy..P t , gradually bring "'l"- nJ ; two week, will find .1 Uom of Oregon with i an i adrqua a Ubtar aup-, ply tor Ueflral lime .Inc. aeaao.u.1 harvest, began III May. The nild..ummrr farm lab. lull through Uie Williamrtle valley and ' around Portland. Fastrrn Orrgon j grain, also expected to be ready i for action about the same time, will absorb more workers, although no enortage now la apparent. Rrporta from li local and special farm-plarrmcnt offices of the Ore gon state employment service allowed mily minor labor shortages i during June, and another peak la 1 not expected until bran puking be- , gnu competition with hops, grains. and late vegetables and trulls the available supply of wotkers A aurnlus of labor also h reported from Montana and Alask the employment sen' Ice reiiorts, j and latent Job Information should , be obtained be ore moving to other I erctions. I Storage Loan Forms Ready Bank, and other fending liutltti lions wishing to lake part In the storage loan program for farmers may obtain the nrcesaary forma and InMrurtloria from the county agri cultural conservation committee After approval by the commodity cilice of the production and mar kiting administration, the namea of auch approved lending agmrlra will b obtainable from the county ACA ctfice. The local Klamath County Agrl rultural Conservation association U located in the Tower theatre build I'.e. 3635 South ih street. The proposed atmrture must be an eligible atornge structure undrr me government's price support loan Urogram. Storage pavmrnta eamrd on the atmrture will be applied atalnst the construction loan. Alan, proceeds from price aupport loana or purchase agrrrrmrnta will be aup I'.hed up to the amount of the an nral pavmrnt. To hrlp farmera who lark storage soace. special CCC "distress" loans will be available on wheat stored on t ground or In olhrr trmporary wava by farmers who agree to build J or acquire aatlsfartnry farm atorage within SO days. Seventy-five percent of the full support levrl will be ad anced to the farmer at the time he take, out the distress loan: he will receive the balance of the full price aupport loan whrn tlir grain t In In. new storage structure. Clover Dust! Spud Dust! Pea Dust! AIR APPLICATION GROUND APPLICATION Compotitivt) Prlcoi Quality Products MADE of DUPONT DEENATE IIHU COI'NTH IIKFOIIK APPLICATION AND AFTI.B Thornton & Parr Floyd A. Boyd Co. South till Klamath Fall Tulrlake, Calif. Ed Greene Pest Control Service rhnn ttlJ-M, Tulelak. Calif. varlrd quality of the hay and whrllter baled In two or three lies. one buyrra aald he waa olfrrrd M torn at l.'i SO thla werls In three lle bulra In the I le Id and IhouKlil It waa a loud buy for amall quantity purchase. The urinand for hay la not irrat at the prrirnl time althouvh thrre la no normal carry over from last year due to the irrat demand last winter whru moat of the aurplua waa coiuunird. Home indication thai llie hay crop In otlirr areaa may be hurt thu yrar la promptlna aome groaers Ui plan to hold their nop until the price trend la upward. Thla altuallon however la counter balanced by the quaullly of llie sup. ply of hay now Kail shipments of hay during June totaled five carhaids by South ern racilic, iwo irom asoaoc roinv and three from Malone. Tlie shlp- mruta were ali routed to Coos Bay and Tillamook A reduction of freight ratea on hay ahipmeula from Lake- j . Vlrw to unamooK on tne nr nnra rnt into effect July 3. for seven jcenu leaa prr hundred pounds. i Oreal Northern railroad haa Just j atarlrd loading cara at Pine Grove and Hager. eleven cara were being i loadrd there thla week. i.r.r.ted (or hay l( It prove, within I t frw n.y, io be too badly j m . r,rm. not .milI ,, io,i l( frmlll lor h , proo.bi, lld . fair markrt but I " 1,,,1,'v.iu, lt kept until It U . Altalla hay from thla location. Klamath. Modoc and Siskiyou coun ties with their high elevation haa an exceptionally high protein con- tent If harvested at the right time I cn the Orrgon Dairy Produrta com and cured right, agriculturists agree. ; mission. He succeeds Lee tfolllday. llie protein control Is as high as IS ; who haa gone out of dairying since per rent aa compared with the I he was first appolnlrd to the com urr cent In aome other areaa. For ' mission. this reason top quality alfalfa from jtrm was appomtrd a oirector the Klamath basin can command a )n ,(,t orrS,in Dairymrn'. assoria- good price grneraiiy. EaSpray Used Alaska, ' Por Horn Ply On Cattle Many Klamath county ranchers and dairvmen have been spraying thnr cattle for horn fllra the past lew wreks. Matrriala bring used are DlrT or benrJna hexachlorld on bref cattle and on dairy rattle, mrihoxychlore and pvrethrum - pip eronyl butnxlde combinations. DDT la the Insecticide most com monly usrd for horn fly control. Trn to 12 pound, of the 60 per cent wctlable powder In 100 gallon, of water will give up to six week, con trol of the little black fly. Methoxy rhlore and pyrrthum-piperonyl bu toxide combinations are the Insecti cides recommended for ua on dairy stock. Thrre la no danger of con taminating the milk aa may be the case when DDT U used. If benzine hexachlnrlde I. used, use only on mature bref cattle only. Its use on calves or dairy stock Is not recommended. In the rase of dalrv stock. It can very easily con laminate milk, and may be daneer ous to use on calves because of Ita toxicity. Soring Souds In California In Harvest of the late spring potato rrop In California Is nearlng com pletion. Some of the early summer sections are grttlng started with their apud harvest In western, aoulhern and eastern .tales. Summer potatoes for Oregon and Idaho will be getting dug the early part of July. Don't mis. a good bet .Imp the Want Ads every dayl It pay.l i i i i i hi i il lii i ii an ii I I .... ...r.ir,l.....:: TYPICAL SCENE Thit view of o field with the hoy cut and typical of the ogriculturol picture in the Klamoth basin now in hayina. Some fields are just being cut, some have already , . ,,, , I, j. .1 . cleaned out with the hay alreody shipped to cooital points in from Summers lane. Forage Crop Field Day To Be Conducted Forage and cereal crops will be viewed and discussed from all anglea i tary and June Noble as vice pre! of experiments bring madr. whrnjdrnt. the annual field day la held at the Mrmbrra prrent wrre Charlotte Klamath agrlcullure eeriment a"d June Noble. Rmh and David atatlon 130pm August I. i fhomas. Catherine Dearborn. Ruth. Held inspection, will be confined ! '" J'm Hl- " Uuwi" I n I ha fl.r.trw.fl flH VMf UI thftt . more farmers can take In the whole , show. For the first time aoila work , will be part of the program. Dr. , Alfrrd Hahuraon. soil. man. has been rxprrlmrnling with a variety t of soils for grain and on soils with and without fertilurr. Over 100 varieties of cereal will , be examined under direction of ' Gene Orosa. exiierlmenl station suiierlntendent. and four new alfalfa 1 varieties along with four old one. : and others In observational trial. Reiling On Dairy Post Wilbur Railing. Poe Valley dairy man, was named this week by Oov Douglas McKay to fill the fifth spot lion at the annual meeting In Cor- vallis In January this yrar. He Is I (resident of Klamath Dairymen ; association and a director In the j Klamath Dairy Herd Improvement 1 association. The olhrr four membera of the I cnmmlssiion wrre reappointed by Oov. McKay and are Oeorge Fullen j wider of Carlton: Omar C. Spencer, j Portland: Victor Birdsrye. Mrdtord Prank Hrttwrr. Ml. Angel. I The commission promotes the . dairy Industry and U financed by a tax on buttrrfat. United Kingdom Has Spud Surplus Last report from the weekly potato and truck rrop review states that the United Kingdom ha. a aurplua potato problem. There were 451 million bushel, of potatoes produced there In 141. which U larger than the total U. S. potato crop of 44( million bushels. The capillary tubes of the human body, placed end to end. would .pan the Atlantic. W4WsW4jWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Ha E. JONES and SON Machine Shop and Welding Fabrication, Trailer Hitches, Drivo Lines ... or any thing lo your specifications. Repairs of Farm Machinery, Log Equipment, Straightening Bunks . make Gears and Splines 520 Plum St. Phone 4818 Across the street from Inman Motor's shop door S)S)ssaasvsS)SaassiasyviS)aaaaassssssisS)S)SC TO CONTROL INSECTS ON ALFALFA CLOVER PEAS POTATOES INSIST ON GAVICIDE PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY FRANK "OLE" JAMESON, District Representative P.O. Box 531 TULELAKI . Phone 2146 Four-H News Officer, were elected whrn the 1 ingrll valley 4-H Flower Growing cub met recently In the home of Charlotte Noble. David Thomas, piesidrnt. conducted the meeting and appointed Kuth Ralph as ecre. -"rJ Work waa completed on scrap book covers, program for the sum i,irr waa outlined and a swimming party waa planned for July 18. The next meeting will be held In the home of Dougtaa Embrev. July 11 at t pm. Membera will discuss birds In the gardens and answer roll call by mimicking a bird call. j Final reporta of 4-H club summer school held last month 'at Cnrvallia ; rhow more Klamath club members I !n the news. j In the home economise Judging ; contest between 1300 girls, four 1 Klamath glrla took placea In the group of 80 w inner., i Kay Johnston of Keno. and Lets I'uatcad of Fatrliaven were In the led award group with Barbara Cor nell of Malin and Marlrr Nichols ol Altamont placing id the white award group. Herbert Armstrong of Bly placed in the white award group In the forestry contest, while Eddie Mc Auliffe of Malin won a white ribbon.; m the livestock Judging contest. Judging U a basic fundamental In all 4-H club work. Club member. i cam to Judge a. they learn to ap- predate the good standards of , workmanship. The Langrll Vallry Champs went to Moore park for a picnic Instead of having meeting June 2. Mem- brrs enjoyed games before and after me picnic and men some of the members and their parents went to tne boat regatta on Upper Klamath lake. Those present were Martin I I Brow n. David Thomas. Richard Hurnett. Mary Ann Leavilt. Alvihild . and Douglas Embrry. Mrmbrra ' parents and friends were visitors. The next meeting will be held at I "he home of David Thomas. DOUOLAS EMBREY. j m News Reporter. Seven girls met at the home ol Mr. Joe Lahoda. Tuesday. June ' 21. and organized a canning I and II club. Fleeted officers are Sally rmallry. president; Dorothy Saun ders, vice president: Shirley King. ! tecretary, and Edmona King, news I reporter. The club will meet every Tuesday j "t one of the members' homes for i the meetings, EDMONA KINO, DUSTS bunched for the buckroke is where the greatest activity is been baled and some are s t-i Oregon. This picture wos shot j Milwaukie Man Wins Honor For Chickens For the second time. J. R. McRae of Milwaukie was crowned the state', top breeder of meat-type chickens when his prize pen of Rhode tsland Reds won the second state chicken-of -tomorrow conteat. N L. Reunion, contest chairman and Orryon State collrge poultry spe cialist, haa announced. The contest, highlighting the an nual meeting of Uie Oregon Baby Cluck association, was Judged at the Benton hotel where selected pen. from the suite', leading poul try breeding farms were exhibited. McRae. breed, which took state honor. In the first three-year breed ing experiment In 1947. will repre sent the state In regional competi tion, the second phase of the nation-wide contest sponsored by the A Ac P Food stores. Other top prize winners were: 2nd. Grant Phillips of Umpa.ua Produce company, Roseburg. with New Hampshtres; 3rd, Harry Wiroka of McMinnville. with New Hamp- sinrra; am. s.. i.. nnaerson oi cor- vallis. with New Hampshires: 6th. Oregon State collrge with White, Cornishes. Sixth. G . ' I Jersey. Long bland. Pennsylvania. A. Boyington Of Hrod,.i .,., v.- vork which will River, with New Hampshires: 7th, Klamath Poultry Farms of Klamath Falls, with Don Anchors: tfi. Hart's Hatchery of Mrd.'ord. with Indian River.: th. Terry Poultry Farm of Mrdtord with Doc Anchors: 10th. F.. L. Harrington of Boring with New Hampshires.. (. Eleventh. S?nvlrl Krlchner of Amity, with New Hampehires: 12th. j Nrwhouse Hatchery of Oregon City, : with New Hampshire.: 13th, L. B. . Mrnefee of Carlton. wiih ; Nrw ! Hampshires. and 14th. Fox's Hatch- , ery of Salem, with New Hampshire, , ,, ' 1 s .Wa''s'e. .t 1 Tf L wjymS ' Alwoys a children's favorite! Medo-Rich Orange-Pineapple is ' fy? ' truly full of flavor and makes the ''wry!? A ' ideal dessert for any occasion. Xsxi iyyy Your f p Grocer's I Slice and serve six in seconds! sN' Today. I 1lVor'l:,ll'l4RTT Notionol Potofo Letter Considerable Crop Loss Felt By Eastern Spuds Due To Hot, Dry Yeather By A. L. f lTZMMMONDg Summer potato aupply eatlmatra will continue to be no mora than , gurriaee and rumora for another two week, first real Indication of the alze of the 1W crop will be In the crop report of July 11. i around too cara tlailjr The Call- Mont important factor In the aup- I forma movement haa been preaaur ply proapect for the future la tue I the desire of rrowera to get ca.itcrn drought and the effect It I ahead of the hot weather, stimu may have on production. Conalcler- ltd rurthrr by visible deterlora able damage already haa resulted ! "on In quality. irom uie lata oi ram in uie uia with not too dependable early guea- aa reporting up to 26 to 30 per '1 hese early r e p o r t a put too uiucii cmuiiMa on yruuucuuii, iiuw - cver tm mM tne olner very ,,. Diuch emptiest on production, how- porunl market enecia. urougni i sure on tne market and present a potatoes are amall potatoea which greater chance of a bare spot aome present the prospect that Uie per- I time during July and August. Gam centage of B-size In the eastern , birrs who favor this possibility may cropa probably will be arge to very put some California's Into cold .tor large, and even potatoes passing th; ; age for later distribution. U. 8. No. 1 grade are likely to run ' California f o b. markets declined smalL 40 cents in two day. last week, then Combination of these results not recovered to a net drop of 20 cents only would reduce volume but would fill the markets with size, conau- men will not buy except at lower prices. Thu situation could prove harmful to the entire price atruc- ture. We say "could because this doe. not have to happen. Judicious mar keting and proper use of the price support program can head off most of this trouble If growers and deal ers will work Intelligently to thu end. On the other hand, the volume centa and regaining a nickel . 'awturer. waxed potatoea could look could be reduced enough by the to a dime of this loss to $22i-$2J0. 1 ,ooo; 10 buyer drought to create a bare spot In , The premium for Virginia offerings ! Lower potato prices this year the July and August markru, in which case the markets might ab sorb the small potatoes without too much hardship from the price : standpoint. I Dry weather frequently presents second-growth which occurs when dry weather Is followed by abun dant moisture. Second growth could present a serious quality problem, although these larger potatoes. If not too rough, may find readier ac ceptance than the B grade in the even of temporary short supplies. The drought however. Is giving ' Virginia more time to market Its A .,,, ,.,, , ,.,. luJ troubles. For the long ,i ,,- .olnme in New : work to Maine s advantage. In the event eastern drought area fields are revived by rains so that they produce anything like nor mal yields the harvest likely win : be later than usual. Late harvest ing tn these other eastern areas, although the most remot- of the possible results of t he drought damage,- could straight-Jackrt the i Main deal Just as it did last year. ! . Morrment-and Markets j Tet4 ssblpments- moved up only slightly last week, and the increase j was about matched by the Increase I government car. Consequently. ! the commercial movement of 4.tQ cara waa only 10 cara over the prevloua week. California la over the peak but still la ahlpolng an average of una suuanon in l,aillornia meana i a quicker and sharper cut-off of the ! California tonnage with leu of the in moat years. A sharp drop In California move- r n soxiu urup in LHluomia move- ment would exert Immediate pres. at sz OS cwt, but still 35 cent, over floor. Arizona price, followed a similar pattern but In a smaller range, losing 25 rent, and regain- Ing nearly 15 cent, to a $.100-13 OS level against a floor of $1.70. North Carolina softened by 25 1 cents on unwashed .lock without : regaining any of the decline hut thu level auU Li 25-30 eenla over the $1 70 floor. Virginia more nearly followed the western pattern, declining 25 - 30 In over North Carolina stock Is due should afford a good opportunity for partly to a freight rate advantage testing the flexibility of potato de and partly to the trade opnlon that : mand. usually regarded aa quit Virginia shows better quality and inflexible. In the past, consumers maturity. i have not necessarily bought more Some potato growers may have , out-smarted themselves. Closer1 SEE . . . OGW FARM SUPPLY tt Spring Phone 1144 Far Yaw Maaatey-Harris Self Propelled Combine We 8 till Have A Few lard Carabines Of Various gise and Makea at 'fiuich ' cut and wrap your beef and pork for your locker And w gtill cure your ham and bacon SMOKEHOUSE I A. a -BotehT Zsrejfsrt . - I W Market aUaanatb alia ""rhasw TO yk-,-. fiT'iT'r-lTITinT'l rowa and closer plantlnf In lh row a, aa practiced during recent jyeara to Increaaa yielda, cannot wiihtand even a mild dry auell ' without aufferlni. Bratina acreaaa . cuta by crowding tlx crop maf i boomerang In the furm of reduced yield of very amall potatoea. i Hot weather It cutting the de ' maud for potatoea. Tha weatlter la i the Eaat moderated on June 31 aa ! to temperature, with alow drlaallng I rain-fall reported In many areaa the following day. Prmperta for favorable action on n"a'lt Brannan price aupport plan have Improved during the past , week. The House likely will pasa j the bill aa "moderated" by Hep : reaenlatlve Pace of Georgia but the senate la so Jammed with unfinl.ih j ed business that prospects there are more doubtful even though the bill ' gains additional Senate backing. If j the bill la enacted Into law, potato ! growers can expect a trial of pro- durtlon payments as vehicle for nip ' porting potato prices In IBM. One , on Lain man who wai In Wa.hlnirlnn recently, expressed the opinion that production oavmanta would destroe salesmanship. Actually salesman ship In the potato Industry 1. Just starting to convalesce from a long siege of "let Uncle Sam do It." The fact that production payment., pro perly aonlied. will pay a premium for quality and salesmanship might help the situation rather than hurt U. Prtce aupport purchases now to tal 2 1 million bushels from the new crop, up 900.000 bushel. In the past week. Prorjortton of IT. 8. No. 1 i purchase also la riaing. but atlll la price support year.. North Dakota Seed Journal Indi cate, considerable research activi ty thla season, chiefly on truecla, fertilizers, and funglcldea. New waxing deal for fruits and vegetable, give, shipper, the right i to use a special trade mark U they agree to use only the manufacturer mu"f" and keep their output up " lne standard set by tne manu- potatoea merely because price have declined.
