HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1949
PACE EIGHTEEN
National Potato Letier
Official Soud Forecast
Is 77 Million Bushels
Off Last Year's Record
Br A. L. f'ltsSlnimonde
Potato supplies Iron) Uie 1M9 crop
lit at Icul lairly accurately ahoan
In tlu aeclt ollinal forecast lur
I
In- are up br 2tW acres but yield
U o(t br 30 bushels per acre. I
New Jersey plantings are down
12.000 acres and yifld prospect
i :
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Increased production over last year,
and most of these are of insignifi
cant proportion with only Florida
and Wisconsin showing important
variations.
tireal Decline
368.1 million bushel crop. Fortunate- cut from the 331 bushel average of 1
)y. thin u 77 million bushels leu last year to a current forecast for
ijisn the whale of a bli production . 177 bushels per acre. Tins t the '
turned out last year, and it la lowest yield in New Jersey since 1
nearly 35 million bushels lcs than 1925. Lone Island planting are
the most recent ten year average. : down by "000 acres and yields are i
Compared with prewar crops, down from 3J0 bushels of last year 1
however, the 1WD production is to 300 bushels for 199. i
neither a large nor a small one. u Yields are lower than last year
measure up almost to the bushel n 3 states, and either larger or
with the 10-year averages prevail- unchanged in only 1 nates. Maine
lug for a long period prior to 1MI- u in this latter group. The Maine
1942. crop now promise 400 bushels per
By areas, compared w list last year, i acre, topping the record of 30
more than 30 million bushels of 1 bushels set last year, and surpass -the
decrease are in the three east- , ing every section in the country e
ern surplus slates. More than six ; cept for the California early crop
million bushel are In the five cen- which Is now estimated at 40
tral states, and nearly 90 million bushels.
bushel in the 10 western slates. Major interest In the size of the
The Intermediate states account crop is lis effect from a marketing
for about 13 million bushel of the and price standpoint. A lairly
decrease and the early state for satisfactory analysis, although proo
sjtghtly over 4 million. The remain ably questionable from a scientific
der u in the deficit late states. standpoint, is obtained by setting
Of the 48 states, only eight snow up each state 1947 and 194 pro
duction, subtracting price support
purchases, and averaging the re
mainders. These average remainders may be
listed a "marketed commercially.''
For comparison, from the 1949 esti-
The greatest decrease irom line mate the -marketing commercially
production is in New York where u subtracted for each state, and
the crop now 1 estimated a 1 the resulting figure is the surplus or
million bushels under 194. Maine shortage.
la down U million. Idaho " t mil- For the United States a a whole,
lion. Colorado 4 million and New this method i fairly accurate. Ap
Jersey I million. Several other state piii u individual states, the results
range from two to three million are not too conclusive. One glaring
bushel under their 194 production. lasult is that the method Ignores
For this year crop, the total imports, which were heavy last year
plantings are down 301.000 acre and directly affected price support
from last year. The national aver- purchases, especially in Maine,
age yield la forecast a down from ; Net Surpluses
last year's 213.4 bushels to 194.3. I Upon this basis, the analysis
Lower yields are the result prin- 1 shows surpluses In 26 a t a t e a,
cipally of "weather conditions. Frosta amounting to a little over 44 mil
ln late June in Idaho and the lion bushel. It show deficits in
Klamath basin and the prolonged 21 states, amounting to 7 6 million
droueht in the Northeast are major bushels. The net aurplu appears to
contributing factors. 1 oe about J7 million bushels, most , on
Idaho plantings are down 7000 i all of which 1 In the late states.
acres and Tteld are forecast as 40 1 with about half of the total in the
bushel under IMS. Oregon plant- I Northeast. .
If we arbitrarily assign a two-
milllan bushel surplus to California:
assume that 1941 price support pur
chases In Maine were increased five
million bushels by Import from
Canada, and assume also that only 1
normal imports will come in this
season, the net surplus is reduced 1
to a little over 3 million bushel.
If you wonder these hot day This quantity of aurplu should be
what ha become of those squirrel manageable without much difficulty I
you were going to poison but didn't, j and at not too great cost to the tai
don'i worry, they'll be back next payers. In fact it represent only 20
spring, and you will have another per cent a many potatoes a the 1
chance at them. . tonnage diverted from the 194
crop by price support buying. j
Markets are affected about a
much by emotions a they are by ,
statistics. The short summer supply
in the East will exert somewhat of ,
!fil
HONOR BESTOWED ON GRANGE Shasta View grange received a beautiful United State
flog from the national grange at the Thursday night meeting. The flag, presented by Lle
Hickman, Pomona master, left, in behalf of the national, was for outstanding commu
nity service. Mrs. Louise LaSalle, ceres, received the flag for Shasta View grange, as Floyd
Hoover, acting assistant steward, and Manan Lewis, octmg assistant lady steward, looked
Squirrels
Inactive How
'Living Fence' Gains In
Popularity In This Area
Popularity of the Rosa Multiflora . even bird doss. Small pigs may
Allotments
For Wheat
Talked Over
Wheat allotments for ISM was the
main subject discussed at a dis
trict conference of county agricul
tural conservation commit lees and
extension workera held at Med
ford on Tuesday. Countle repre
sented at the meeting were Douglas.
Josephine, Jackson, and Klamath.
Klamath county was represented
by C. A. Henderson, county agent,
and bv the following members of
the county AC A committee. Burrell
Short. Farl Wilson, Wm J. Bur
nett and 1.. A. Rruner.
K. Harvey Miller, chairman of
the Oregon state production and
marketing administration commit
tee, acted as chairman of the con
ference. The federal law a pertaining to
wheat allotments and marketing
nuotaa wer outlined by Ralph
Beck, extension siieclalist from Ore.
eon State college. Beck explained
that the secretary of agriculture
wss reotilred bv law to proclaim
wheat allotments for 1950 since the
estimated 1949 crop plus carryover
had reached a certain point. The
July I estimate of 1B49 production
was 141 million bushels lea than
the June I estimate, or the secre
tary would have been required to
proclaim marketing quotas. All
wheat growers will receive an
acreage allotment for 19S0. and must
plant within that allotment In order
to be eligible for price support.
The procedure to be followed be
county AC A committee In setting
up Individual allotments was out
lined bv representatives of the
state PMA office. August IS, 1949
U the date bv which all wheat
growers must be notified of their
allotment.
Rex Warren, extension specialist
from Oregon fttat colletie. advised
that soil conserving crops, such a
pasture grasses, clover, alfalfa,
and winter cover cropa. should be
planted on the acreage diverted
from wheat production. However,
there will be no restrictions on the
use of diverted acreage In 150.
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FIELD MAN W.lltom C.
Hoy, Htnlcy farmer, has
joined thf force of Klamath ;
Production Credit cmoaat.on
as field man
Crested Wheat !
Demand Gaining i
A heavy demand fr crrmrd i
ultra, iiniu mtU nf (his yrar'a
nop U antlvlpated a. Turdl.. to
K. K Jarkman. r&triuton arrvlco
ftprcialut in (arm rmM Jaikn.au
liuliratra the aairn rapTi-tattou 'r
lariat alfalfa wed.
A 35 irr icnt rrdutiltm In Otr
loii a hral arrraK tl Imtlratfd bV
arrtaK a Hut mm ta l.nrtly to b
aimmiltrrd Apprrrlahlt ahlfiA 'f
drvland mhrat acrraga to lariak alt
alta and rrrvird hrat fraa arc
anttrlpatrd. '
Hi a fit or MrH-ll aa lha nam
id m Iriifiidaiy Inland In tha At
Untie (Wan and hlnlortaiu brllava
Ha familiar rxltlaiit' a a in.
Biwphunl liH Ation rd to thai namt
for in Hnutti Anipriian tmnttry.
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Baby cottontail rabblta are able
to rare for themselves at the age
In the lower altitude, the dry
hot day of July and August cause
a sluggish inactive state among
ground pirrel. known a "sum
mer aestivation.1 at which tune the
squirrels, now fat and lazy, enter
their burrows to remain in aestiva
tion and hibernation until the fol
lowing spring when they again
make their appearance. Squirrel in
the higher altitudes, however, uu
ally continue their activities fur-
Japonica rlivir.g fence', is growing
In the Pacific Northwest and sev
eral KUmatn basin farmers are
starting 11 on their ranches.
Thi fence 1 a tall-growing shrub,
easily planted, spacing plant one
to four feet apart, using a grub hoe.
Beside being an attractive addition 1
to any Urge property and aheltcr ' A$$OeiotCfl Women
tor game and song bird It Is a
onderful weed control also, push-, Qlk p W LOUTSC
burrow under, however.
Th's plant can be grown In almost
any kind of soil. If planted In the
fall, mulch welL but do not cut the
tops back until spring. Canes should
be cut back U two or three buds
or eyes in the p:-.ng
Ing out all weed sprout before they
get a start
A copious blossoming of pinkish-
a vacuum pull on western upplie. ' white flower of the wild re va
and the lav crop ahould trt on i nety cover the shrub In the spring
a fairly clean market, without much ,nd early summer, producing ber
overlapping movement from the , ries of a cherry red hue which re
earlier area. , main and provide sustenance for
The current prospect is for fairly mrd through the winter. Because
firm market during the next two th4 aroonv fo'.Lee the
ther into the summer. No food sup- month. This will give the late crop ; ,heitr la perfect for grouse, pheas-
plies are stored by this rodent
though they have been seen to
carry grass Into then burrow
which they probably use in building
nests.
Rodent crews have ended poison
ing operation for the year. A total
of 10.789 acres of land was treated,
using only 423 pound of grain
which indicate Infestation were
light again this year.
operator a feeling of atrength not
aireeuy related to the sire of the
crop.
au: crop area. leej strong, ana 1
K"'li urcir 1R11114S siui
ant. partndre and quail which find
a farm haven under it Ice-and-snow
in the coldest
Judg
ment. marketing can be orderly. II
the feeling of strength is too pro
nounced it could result in too much
holding for a winter price rise.
Import prospect cannot be ac
curately estimated. However. Can
ada ha had much the same weather
a growers have had In Maine where
the crop 1 in top condition. Any
thing over a 70-milllon bushel crop
In Canada will be exportable, and ,
price level In the United States
would be attractive.
Currently, the domestic crop is
encouraging, from a market stand- I
point, but there will be a lot of
weather between now and October,
Drouth Damage To
Crops Counted
PORTLAND. July 31 tJT) Con
tinued drouth damage to non-irrigated
crop In the past week was
reported today by the weather bu
reau. a few licrVlt rn , .r 1 V. na- r.
brought relief only in Isolated areas, ' nd " lot ot thing can happen.
but cloudy weather was tome help
at many points.
Although pastures, ranges and
various growing crops have been
damaged, the dry weather aided In
harvesting hay, grass seeds and
early winter wheat.
In some areas, the report aald,
tree fruit suffered sunburn.
The florel fence Is also recom
mended by agriculturist a a nat
ural for conservation farming be
cause it 1 a easy to plant in con
tour or terrace rows aa in straight,
level rows. This plant does not
spread from root and runners and
doe not affect fertility of soil
beyond It own limb spread.
It 1 beat to keep livestock away
from It until It get a good start,
a stock will nip the tender green
shoot. After that nothing can harm
It and It will turn back animal.
Associated Women of the Bon
anza Farm Bureau met in Bon
anza last week to discus plsns to
promote research in multiple sclero
sis. The women voted to support a
research fund program and tie It
in with such a national project.
Refreshment were served by
Elsa Rueck a.vsisted by Mary Pitch
er to Margaret Holliday. Jean Rice.
Birdie Burk. Emma Rueck. Erma
Tofell. Eileen Oberheide. Alice
Haley. Lois Van Sipe. Isabell Hesel
tine. Louise Krlly. Katherine Black
man. Juanlta Lee. Maude Conguer
good. Eula Prough. Thelma Jonea,
Kenny Rice and Betty Jones.
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