THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1949
HERALD A NO NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PACE SEVENTEEN!
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National Potato Letter
Potato Fortunes Hang
In Balance Awaiting
Price Prop Decision
Well-Proportioned Ranch House
Bf A.L fllsliimmood
Chsngee. It any. In tin potato
aupply lluatlun oannot be forecast
4 until the October crop estimate U
tleaed nnt week by Uw drpurt
,'nient ol agriculture. Currently, lest
minute action ot congresa on Ilia
plce aupport legislation can make
or loee mora money for potato
growers Uian will current change
In the market.
Potato prlca lupport la not even
fairly new. It began, not during Uie
war period, but with the firm emer
gency relief purchasea In 1HM-34.
These purchanea continued until
the war years, upon a limited basis
depending upon Uw fundi available,
and without any particular prlca ob
jective. Parity payments were
made on aome eommodltlee during
tna lata thlrliea, and price support
Ing commodity loana have been
available on aome crop lor many
yeara,
Prlca Props
The Bteaiall Amendment of 1(41
atarted modem prlca lupport for
potatoes. It called for support at not
leaa than 90 per cent of parity for
any commodity of winch increased
production waa requented aa part
of the war effort. Support waa to
continue for two years after the end
of the emergency for the specific
purpose of enabling farmers to re
adjust to peacetime production
Reeds.
Bteagall supnort ended on Decem
ber SI, IM. but In June of 1M8
congreaa paud the agricultural act
of lltta. Title 1 of that act continued
0 per Of"! support for polatoea lor
the remainder of the 1(48 crop sea
son, but provided for lower support,
at M to M per cent of parity, on all
potatoes harvested alter January 1,
1M.
Cash Costa
Cash cost ol potato prlre sup
port have been heavy, lst year
topping a quarter of a billion dul
ler. At tha aama time, consumers
rave paid what they consider high
retail price and claim that they
have actually paid twice once in
retail prlcea and one In taxes.
Department of agriculture of
ficials have pleaded with congreas
aa far back aa 144 to change the
act. Tha 1(48 act did not change the
situation appreciably aa It still
leaves tha department of agricul
ture In the potato businesa In a big
way. Its operation waste a lot ot
polatoea and money, and falls to
reduce production to anywhere near
our consumption needs.
The Brannan plan seeas to trest
potatoes much aa aro the baslrs.
with acreage allotmrnta. marketing
quota with penaltlea and a new
conception ot parity a little higher
than the old one, but more rrspon
alva to changing economic condi
tions. Flexible
In addition. It seeks to provide
price support by letting market
prices seek their demand-supply
level, and then paying growers in
rash tha difference between what
they should have received and what
thev actually received.
Principal argument for this ini
vallon are that growers would get
full parity and consumers would
buy cheaper potatoes. The non-cooperating
growers would have to
aell In an unsupported market and
t Iterators there would be few non
cooperating growers and real pro
duction adjustment.
Opposing argument call the pro
posal "economic sleight - of - hand."
' They give It tha knock-out blow by
charging that the cost would be so
, great and so uncertain Uiat It can
not be estimated. The Brannan plan
has no chance of passage In this
congress.
Rejecting the Brannan plan, the
house paaaed tha Oore bill. The
Oore bill repeal the act of 1948
and continues potato support for
another year at the 80 per cent
level. It Is a stop-gsp and does not
solve the problem. Next In line, and
now under debate In the senate, la
tne so. called Anderson compromise
bill. This bill retains some of the
features of the 1(48 act and adds
others. For potatoes, It leaves aup-,
port at SO to (0 per cent of parity. I
provides for marketing quota and ,
penaltlea and conditions support on
compliance with various restric
tions, but provides nothing new In
the way of support methods. The
bill Is genius' a thorough goUig-over
In the senate, but still could be
passed Willi little amendment.
Thomas Hill
The Thomas bill which proposed
that potats be eliminated entirely
from mirdatory support la dead for
the prmem but the Idea could gain
a strung foothold If pushed vigor
ously. Instead senators will offer an
omnibus potato bill. The bill will
seek to provide flexible support
levels, acreage allotments, market
ing quotas with penalties and no
support If quotas are voted down.
Production payment womd be used
to accomplish support.
Because of the provision for pro
duction paymenu, Uie bill stands
no ensure of passage. Without this
feature, the bill, so far as potatoes
are concerned, would provide
nothing that la not already In the
Anderson bill.
Confections,
Tooth Foes,
Says Dentist
SPOKANE. Oct. IS Confec
lion manufacturers wont Ilka what
a dental surgeon had to aay at
Die State Public Health association
conference.
Dr. Waller J. Pelton of Denver.
Colo, named candy, gum and soda
pop as tha chief catuea of tooth
decay. It Isn't the form of the
confection but tha sugar la K that
doe the damage, he said.
Parents Accused
Dr. Pelton, senior dental surgeon
for the U. 8. public health serv
ice, also accused parent of doing
mora harm than good with "sweat
tooth" reward for obedience lrom
their children.
"Many children find the candy
dole In proportion to their behav
ior quotirnt," he said. "Many par
ents do not aem to realize the
detrimental effect on the teeth."
'Forward Looking
The speaker cited Lewlston. Ida
ho, aa a "forward-looking commu
nity" for Its use of treated water
to prevent tooth decay. He said the
cost per person had dropped from
1 cent per person to 14 or 15
cents. The chemical sodium fluoride
Is added to the water aa a de
cay preventltlve.
Manure Loader
A Scaffold
DES MOINES. la. lie, Homer
Peters, who farms northeast ot
Alta. Ia , got his barn painted.
To make the Job Interesting for
hi two sons, Bruce and Dean, Peters
fashioned a scaffolding by using his
hydraullc-llft manure loader. He
fastened a plank to tha bucket end
of the loader.
With the loader raised, the boys
could stand on the plank and easily
paint under the eaves. As they
progressed downward they could
lower the lift. Also, the boys had
the fun of getting to move the
tractor when a panel of tha wall
was completed.
MASONRY STRKNGTH
The strength of a brick or other
masonry unit wall depends upon the
strength of the mortar Joints. If
mortar can be loosened by light
scratching, the quality Is poor,
SIGN OF WASTED HEAT
Heat la being waated If the fur
nace room and basement la warm
er than 70 degrees. The loss can
be avoided by applying Insulation
to the furnace and heat pipes.
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' la addllloa to gratefully pro part lose! laoea that gravida aa
eve-catching exterior, this ranch-elyla aaasansatleaa borne kaa tele
vision facilities built into tha llvlng-reoca wall beside the Ireplare.
Tbla gaakea It anaeeaaaary to rearrange furniture for viewing tela
aaata and saves space that would aa otherwise aecaplW by a tele
vision cabinet. The aealble design Ineladea aa altereaUj dining
area at ana end of tha living-room so that tba present dining-room
eaa be converted to a third bedroom ar etady It desired. There is
6AA6
space In the atlle for two snore large kedn
room, full-thick Insulation with eat la and
blanket of mineral wool la estimated la
save approximately one-fourth of the Initial
cost of tba radiant hot water heating ava
tern In a home of this aire. A long covered
passageway leads from the garage at tha
rear to a vestibule opeolng Into the living
room and kitchen.
Thla provide for easy aeccaa to tha
house from the garage In all weathers. Tba
open room-planning ot llving-dinlng-reom
V really enhances the feeling of spaciousness,
he well-organised plan of bedroom wing
at tha left makes for easy areeaa of all
rooms. Kitchen, Isnndry and utilities are
combined compactly. Window arrangement
takes full advantage ot the view.
and a third bath
lUfera.
Aevae: "
Forecast Puts Spud
Crop Further Down
Rats Plant
Yeed Seeds
Desert rata that gather reserve
feed, store It In shallow caches, snd
leave many of these undisturbed,
are practically planters of the stored
seed. This Is one of the Important
cause of the rapid Invasion of
grassy range land by mrsqulte
shrub. Mesqulte. says the U. 8. de
partment of agriculture, displaces
forage grasses and reduces the beef
and wool production. In typical
areaa In Arizona the number of
mesqulte shrubs to the acre haa In
creased by about 60 per cent In the
last 15 years, the forest service re
port from a study financed under
the research and marketing act, a
part of broader research looking to
control of undesirable range shrub.
Kangaroo Rat
Tha Merriam kangaroo rat la a
small rodent that lives In the and
areaa of the Southwest. The mes
qulte seed Is one of Its favorite
foods. When the seeds are ripe.
Kangaroo rat gather them and
store them In hsndful lot in shal
low pit covered with an Inch or
so of soli. The rsts sre Industrious
and .forehanded and usually store
mora than they est." Seeds they
never recover are, for practical pur
poses, "planted" In these stores. Be
es use of their very hard eeedcoats.
msny mesqulte seeds fall to germi
nate. But in storing the seeds, the
rat gnaw the shells Just enough to
Improve germination greatly. They
act In something the manner of
mechanical seed "scarifiers" used
to Improve the germination of sweet
clover and other hard aheiled crop
seeds.
Cattle Planters
Csttle also eat mesqulte seeds and
rcatter undigested seeds, but In field
experiments H. O. Reynolds and
O E. Olrndrnlng ot the Southwest
forest and range experiment station
have found that cattle also destroy
many mesqulte seedlings. Most
rapid Increase of mesqulte developed
on fenced small areas which keep
out cattle and rabblta but admit the
kangaroo rata.
Old Hen Still
Lays Eggs
LINCOLN. Neb. A hen old
enough to vote Is claimed by Pearl
Hslferty, a stock feeder for a rail
road. He said the 21-year-old hen Is
the last survivor of a flock of SO
roosters and 48 hens he bought In
128. She still lays an egg now
and then, he said.
ELIMINATE WALL BORDER
A small room will appear larger
and celling higher If there Is no
division between celling and walls
by molding or similar horizontal
lines or border.
Solid Brick
Walls Need
Insulation
Although many ownera of homes
of solid brick or masonry construe-!
lion believe otherwise, It la twice
aa important to Insulate the wsils
of these homes as to Imulate the
wslls of a frsme house, and four
tlmea aa Important to insulate the
solid wslls aa the roof, it was as
serted today by tha Construction
Research bureau. New York clear-1
lng house for building Information. I
Testa
Studying test conducted at the
University ot Illinois, the bureau;
aald that 40 per cent of the sea-;
son's fuel can be saved if the 8-Inch-thick
walls of a 2-story solid brick
or masonry house are Insulated
with JN Inches of mineral wool be
tween the brick and piaster. Insula
tion of thla thicknexa in the walla
of a frame bouse of the same size
savea It per cent ot the fuel. The
difference la that solid masonry
la a better conductor ot heat than
wood.
I'nlts laved
The test showed thst where 138
fuel -unluware required .to. heat a
house with uninsulated walla 8
lnchea thick, M units can be aaved
with full-thick mineral wool, and
that even one Inch of mineral wool
will aave 45 units.
Fuel savings with 4 Inches of this
Insulating material between root
and living area amount to 13 units
In a frame house requiring 100 heat
unit, or in a solid masonry house
requiring lag.
Evident
. "Prom this It should be evident
that side-wall Insulation ia a must
tor a solid masonry home and is of
even more Importance than roof In
sulation," the bureau said. "A 3H
lnch layer of mineral wool has the
Insulating efficiency of 12 feet of
concrete."
Egg-Feed
Prices
Improved
According to the United States de
partment ol agriculture the present
egg-feed price ratio is much more
favorable to poultrymen than a year
ago.
The average poultry ration cost
84.14 per 100 pounds last month
compared to $4 42 a year ago. This
which 1 dozen eggs would buy 14.7
result In an egg-feed ratio of
pounds of feed in the month ot
August this year compared to 145
pounds a year ago.
"Poultrymen should take advan
tage of thla favorable price feed
ratio" states Theodore Schommer,
manager of Triangle Milling com
pany, "not only for the profit in
volved but also to help relieve the
serious egg shortage in this area."
WASHINGTON. Oct 13 'Pi
Tha agriculture department has
forecast tha nations second largest
crop In history for this yesr.
Tha indicated production of other
crops compared with a month ago,
last year and the ten-year average,
respectively. Included:
Oats U31.O75.O0O bushels for Oc
tober; 1J14258M0 a month ago;
1.41.742.000 last year and 1 .234,083,
000 for tha ten-year average.
Dry field peaa 3.418.000 bags;
3.418.000; 3.584.000 and 5.620.000.
Potatoes 378 805.000 bushels; 383.
081,000; 445450.000 and 33.403.000
Sugar beet M2J0U0 tons; (MS,.
000; .422 000; and 10.145,000.
Hope 48,511.00 pounds; 4421400;
ii and 44.14400.
Apples (commercial) 132.128.000
bushels: 128,423400; 88.407400 and
111.114400.
Peaches 75.114.000: 75.72S.OOO: 85,.
352.000 and 88447.000.
Peara 26438400: 35305400; it,.
334.000 and 30432 000.
Milk Dowa
The production of milk In Sep
tember waa reported at (JSO400400
pounds compared with 10.548400400
In August. Production in September
last year was (.124.000400 pounds
snd (.102.000400 for the ten-year
September average.
Production of eggs In September
waa reported at 3378400.000 com
pared with 3453400.000 in August.
This compsred with 3418400400 In
September laat year and 3404400.
000 for the ten-year September av
erage. Acre Outlook
The indicated yield per acre of
major crop compared with last
year and the ten-year average, res
pectively. Included:
Corn 40 5 bushela per acre this
year. 42.7 last year and 31.4 for the
ten-year average.
All wheat 144: 174 and 18 8.
Winter wheat 18.1; 18.7 and 17.
Durum wheat HI; 14 and 144.
Other spring wheat 114; 18 and
15 5.
Poutoea m t bushels; 212.4 and
145 5.
Stock of wriest on farms were
but at 45(458.000 bushels or 404 per
cent of this year's crop. This com
pared with 548.151400 bushels or
42.4 per cent a year ago and 42.-
852.000 or 4.( per cent for the ten
year average.
By States
The Indicated yield acre and pro
duction, respectively, of Important
crops by major-producing states In
cluded :
All wheat
North Dakota 110 bushels per
acre and production 1134(8.000
bushels: Nebraska 144 and 53.238..
000: Kanua 114 and 187444.000;
Oklahoma 13 0 and (4.80(400: Texas
14 5 and 106401400: Washington 21.7
and 80.161.000; Oregon 21 6 and 21,
838.000. Spring wheat other than durum
North Dakota li.o bushels per
acre and production 7(457400 buah.
rla; Washington 174 and (460400;
Oregon 20 0 and 5,480400.
Dakota 14 bushels per
acre and production 28.7(8400 bush.
els; Oregon 344 and 10.730.000; Cal
ifornia 374 and 45445400.
Applea (commercial) (production
only)
Washington 31420400 bushels;
Oregon 2470400; California 48,.
000.
Peaches (production only)
Wsshlngton 2.772,000 bushels; Cal
ifornia 34.75400.
Pears (production only)
Washington 7425400 bushels;
Oregon 6.070.000; California 15487,
000.
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BERKELEY. Calif. OP) Frozen
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food technologist on the University
of California campus.
The concentrate can be sold in
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concentrate already on the market,
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FALSE TEETH
Looseness ond Worry
No loftscr b annoyed or tml ill at
eat baxrauee of looac, wabbly fale
teeth. FASTEETH. an Improved ika
liao f non-acid) powder, aprinkled on
your plate holds them firmer ao they
(eel more comfortable. Soothing and
cooling to fumi made aore by excessive
acid mouth. Avoid embarrassment
caused by loose pi a tea. Get rASTXETH
today it any drug store.
cut and wrap your beef
and pork for your locker
Ant) w still cura your hams and bacon
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BACKACHE,
LEG PAINS MAY
BE DANGER SIGN
Of Tired Kidneys
When dtorder of kidney ftincUoa permit
poisonous matter to remain in your blood.
It may muse naning barkarhe. rbsumatie
paina, leg paiaa. loss ol pep and energy, geu
ting up nights, welling, pufflnesi under the
tyes, toetlache and distinM, Frequent or
canty paseagea with emu-ting and burning
ometimea shows there is soasething wrong
With your kidney or bladder.
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