THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON
PACE NINETEEN
National Potato Lctier
Little Increase Seen For
Spud Forecast; Shipping
Off; Market Hopes High
Itr A. I. KlliNlmmunrii
Ollliiul 11MB pulalu prodm linn
fujevasl by til department ut g
iirultuie ai iwt Imply tu be In
creased as hum h Inmi month In
inmitli, aa has been tlir rift In the
past r years.
yrnr, the July prntlm-llnn
tuiri-isst a fur 3Ui milium bush
el The lliml estimate wm fur 440
million, a gain n( M minimi bush
els, for Ilia IV4I crop, the final
estimate aa Ji million bushels
incr the July Imurr.
Tills year, uur crop reianiris ap-1
pear to lis lut Mini nl their tra
ditional conservatism. Thry lime
r-lltlltrtl IINH yield per ni t im-I-
aliiililly below Hi reioid yirlil
n( lasl season, despite tht etlerls
nl trnat In 111 et and drought
In til al.
Avri figures ar fairly arru
rt of tin dal. With Iru fa
vorable growing condition tn at
Irani Willi potato areas, compared
vaih a yrar aid. yirlds at now
climated ai lu :t buaiieta per arr
mmiuired with !) bushels fnre
ixt in July ut U.
We Unubt thai even most lavur
f'slr weather condltlone ran create
gavjy murh ut an increase tn actual
production aa compared with till
rara rally forecast.
Movement and .Maraele
Potato ahipniatiia during Ui past
lao weeka hav been much amall
rr. Tonnage dropped to Iltl ran
laat acek ol whlrn jell arr com
mercial. Hire week ato total shipment
tir nearly 40uv rara ailli com
nirrclal rlc to JSOO. th other MU
lilng to pric aupport. Major de
iluia during lh Pt lu weeks haa
been In shipments Irom California,
but aoin of thla decrease haa been
ollsei by imiKirtaul voluma already
ahowing trnm Idaho, Oregon and
WaAhiiiguuu
Calitnrma market allowed plenty
of aeakneaa In law June, but re
covered In early July and currently
ara strong al prlrea sharply shove
the floor Home Uarteri hav even
clung to th hop that lh Califor
nia market aould reach 1100
against in floor if tin
Virginia ha had a ateadlly Im
proving market, gaining nearly
I 00 tine June jo Virginia cur
rently la quoting al M 10, only
dim aa-ay from doubling th none.
New Jerary opened th reporting
aeaann on July II with a ateady
market al II M over floor, but with
th voluni on U. S. No. I nock
very amall
Washington movement opened
weak at around II 00, which la H
cent over III floor, but declined
1 cent. Thla la contrary to lh
nnd In CaliUirnia, apparently be
Ing due to immaturity of early dig
gings In Washington. Idaho and
ire on are not quoted yet, kail will
Mi within few daya.
Agrleallarat lgtslallen
Potato prlc Inilalallon prospect
nave become ven mor muddied
A wrk ago a modified llrannan
Plan appeared aur of a favorable
vot In th house. It dor not look
that way now.
In th arnat. a week ago. trier
aremrd bul amall favor lor th
plan. Bom arnatnra now arem to
approve It pnivtainna but Ita rhan
rra of commute approval allll arr
li 1 1 lav belter than aero.
Mlarellany
Herenl aialemenl from a potato
organisation aay that thla year a
Jtiaer auiiport purrhaaea and mat
are largely th rraull of tna larm
rra' action In rrduruif acreagea
Ilear In mind, however, that almoat
aa murh aerd waa planted thla
)rar aa laM. ana hat just aa many
tilanta will be grown. About
much aeed can go Into 10 acrea
al t Inch apailng and 21 Inch rowa
aa will go nun It arrea at 13 Inch
paring and 31 Inch rowa. Who la
tooling whom?
Klaewhrrr, a marketing official
hlamea hla atatr'a poor reputation
tor quality on th support program.
cm Hie ground that In department
nf agriculture la now required to
pay grower for doing what they
should hav don voluntarily. The
l rule pric- la nothing but a de
vice to over-pay lor low grades so
that the department can top th
luW'gruilr market and fun th
Hood potatoes julu consumer oul
leu.
final Imurra tor lota pi lie sup
port pun haara alluw diversion pur-illaM-N
uf IJ.I.Mkf.UuO bUHhrla. Ill
tiuitlng a amitll uimiitlty nl rtllla
tor ahli h no payment aaa mnde.
( .l aie put al i4.1IHJ.uuo nrt,
alter rrvovrry flom aalen. In look
iiih over the Agrlrultural Ait of
1U18. ae nolli that loans mad
by commodity creoil corporation
nlut be non-rrcoume" except lor
deliiiendea having to do with
grade, quality, quantity and neg
ligence. Till would aerni to mean
that potato loans of th kind now
In fore could not b made. Could
this mean that there a ill b no
loans neat season?
Long Iland and New Jersey are
harvesting almost a record propor
tion of small slsra. Home tlrlda will
not niake anything belter than B-
alxe and pce-weea. Colorado la go
ing forward with re-activatlng the
federal agreement to be oerated
along with th atatr program.
Washington slate will hold I la ref
erendum aoon to delermln whether
th iiaie will have a federal agree
ment program. As at read the IMS
Washington gruwera also may be
determining whether or not Ihey
will hav support neat year, aa the
xuirur ol an agreement can be
mad a condition of support.
Old Gag . Used
On Red Rulers
PRAOl'E u" Cwrhs trying to
trick Uieir present communist rul
ers air using an old ruse they em
ployed on thrlr former Naxl occu
piers, Ila Ilk lh old gag of "grand-
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WHEAT FIELD HARVEST
Charles Bloisrr can work on his
farm In Concordia, Kan, and
catch Ash at th tarn tlm. Jvirt
to prov It, ha bold th two
thrtw-pound carp h caught lrr
Mi wheat Held. Tha fish wer
atranded In th field from th
nearby Republican Rivtr which
overflowed after haavj rains.
Husbands! Wives!
Want new Pep and Vim?
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NKW METHOD FOR FERTILIZING SPUDS Is introduced in Klamath county this season.
John Rotliff Jr., Molm potato grower is shown here applying the new mothod which uses
ommonio NH-3, on 82 per cent nitrogen form of gas which is infused into ttie irrigation
water under pressure. The gos is obtoined In tonks, os shown in the picture taken by
Walt Jendrzejewskl, assistant county agent.
r.nj t". rnst s4 M erp.
sla as. kn aU imuHtnvi
At dnifl lore everywhere tn Klamath
rails, al waiareens ana i'sr-ia wrus
TO C0HTR0L
IHSBCTS OH
ALFALFA
CLOVER
PEAS
POTATOES
INSIST ON
GAVICIDE DUSTS
PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY
PRANK "OH" JAMISON District Rprfntatlv
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Disguise Pays
Off For Czech
WILLIAMS AIR FORCE BASE,
Art. W An esxape Irom a Nazi
labor battalion who disguised him
self aa an American soldier to get
to th United States, la now a sec
ond lieutenant In th U. 8. air
tore. Th young man la BorlvoJ
Kubelka, law ol Ciexhoalovakla.
He received hla gold bar and
silver wings aa a Jet fighter pilot.
When the O r m a n a Invaded
Czechoslovakia they permitted Ku
belaa to continue hla medical stud
lea at th University of Prague un
til 1M2. Then ha waa aent to a
munition factory near Berlin.
Three yeara later he escaped and
made his way to Paris. He tried
to enlist In the United States army
but waa turned down. He went to
I: Havre, embarked on a U. S.
troop transport.
Kubelka cleared himself with th
U. B. Immigration and army
authorities by reporting to Ellis Is
land. A short time later h waa
released and on December 18. IMS.
was sworn in aa a private In the
U. S. air tore. A year later he
waa promoted to corporal, and re
ceived his V. B. citizenship paper.
At the Morrison air force base In
Florida he waa promoted to ser
geant. Hi application for pilot
training waa accepted.
Red Editors
Get Criticism
MOSCOW iP) "Culture and
Life" reported that the Central
Committee haa published a decree
on shortcomings In th work of the
editors of the newspaper Soviet Si
beria with letter Irom the work
ing people.
Many writers. It was brought out,
receive no replies and certain Ill
considered replies from the editors
repel th rrlters from participa
tion In the newspaper.
Th C n t r a 1 Committee, aald
"Culture and Life," has directed
the editors to alter their attitude.
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BRIOHTON. Utah 17 The 4000
Brighton ski Hit start at an ele
vation of DOOO feet on the aide of
Mt. Mllllcent. The lift haa M chair
and operates both winter and sum
mer, winter snow depth at thla
resort rang from aut to twelve
feet.
Most rural mall boxes art made
of galvanized sheet steeL
J. L DEAN
Public Accountant
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Log Equipment, Straightening Bunkt ... moke Gears
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Box Pump Made Te Order AO Make Faunp Repaired
520 Plum St. Phono 481i
Acroti the street from In man Motor's (hop door
cottier died" that Americans use
to get the afternoon oft to attend
tha first game of the baseball sea
son. The 1'ierh version ts "Auntie
haa died hurry home." During the
Uerman occupation such telegrams
helped people on forced labor to
get oul ol ramp.
Now some latnera ana motnera
their children who are on harveat
the Prague region of the Czecho
slovak: youth union.
LONDON IJPv New coin being
laaued by th British mint, for the
firal time sine UHS. are appear
ing without the abbreviations Ind.
Imp. (Emperor of India!, In the
kings tule.
India achieved her Independence
In August, 1W7. but still remains
within the British commonwealth.
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