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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1949)
PAOC I VV CIS If iiiUiwwol, Wvl. AW, i lots' National Potato Letter New Potato Forecast Surprises by Hiking Early Crop Figures Br a. l. rrrzsiMMOVDS 1 more under average. What we seem ' New official potato crop estimate. ! to have Is another 1947, when un- .. .. L -v . Vi'v J. Research Gives Good Tips on Spud Storing Temps, Vounds Studied released this wek. pushed the 1949 total production forecast up to the; surprisingly high level of 378 B mil lion bushels. This Is 15 7 million bu shels mo ; than the September es- even supplies caused a mild short- ace In the West and a moderate surplus tr the East, with the Mid west about right. This year, however, the situation is even more clouded by the post- Actual "Top Improvement during nounced a crop of 81 million 6u September could be responsible for : shels against a reported require much of the increase but most ob-i ment of 45 million. The Canadian servers are Inclined to the belief , crop is considerably under last year that the current forecast Includes del&yed accounting for higher yields In some areas than had been recog nised In earlier reports. We have previously reported the widely held belief among Maine growera that the yield there Is far and away on top of anything ever before recorded. The current report puts the Maine yield at 425 bushels, up 35 bushels In a month. real surprise to growers In most areas but not particularly so to the trade In Maine. Amazing The really amazing changes are In other Eastern states, especially New York. Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Long Island gained 10 bu shels In yield and half a million bu shels In -oduction. Upstate New York gained 40 bushels in yield and three million bushels in production. Pennsylvania yield forecast is up 25 bushels and production up 2.6 million bushels. Even In New Jer sey, in total (U million bushels) but most of the decline is in the central and western provinces, while the eastern provinces are bulging with stocks, Canadian Surplus This means not only that Canada has 16 million bushels of exportable surplu- but that Canada has about the same geographical distribution as does the United States. This makes It natural to expect tnat Ca nadian offerings will compete most ly on the East coast, where our own supplies are already excessive. We are not trying to be bearish on this point only realistic The real situation may not become ao- parent for some time but we doubt " "T r 1 BRIGHT SUNSHINE FILTERS DOWN THROUGH fruit laden branches in this old orchard on the highway just beyond the post office at Olene ond bordering Lost river. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Humphrey of 2200 Patterson, caught the eye of The Herald and News ohotoaraoher that any very serious or uccessiul ' os ,hey Qathered boxes of opples in the orchard. The orchard reportedly is one of the oldest effort will be made by Canada to! in ,ne county and is owned by Leo Donovan. Harvest time, too, for something else be sides spuds. control the across-the-border move ment of Its potatoes. again admit our exports of fresh ' ln m 001 C"T nd they 1 New Jerwy su,t Pouto ' low support prices coupled with fruits ana vegetables, either re- i can not be sorted out satisf acton-1 tion has published some good hints 1 some amrket pressure did it. on how to avoid Injury in handling New legislation Is still not clear. Hv C. A. IIKNDKKtiOV County rlatenslon Airnl A Utile research Into bulletins fnun North Dakota Agricultural college and Cornell university lndl rates that It might be particularly worthwhile to closely observe dally ieniMratures of potato cellars when potatoes are first atored In the (all. It Is the general feeling that no aloea should be Immediately cooled i regular winter storage tempera tures. Curing rerlod The work In North Dakota lndl cales that before lowering to the regular temperature around 51 de grees, a curing period of two weeks should be allowed the potatoes at a temperature of 00 degreea r. They found this prevented decay and allowed bruised and Injured no. tatnes to heal. They also pointed out that gen. eral cellar temperatures was usually a little lower than the actual tern perature of the potatoes The reorwrch work at Cornell In dtratra that potatoes stored for elvht to 12 dava at 03 to 68 degree cellar temperature lust considerably less weight In stibstquent shrinkage than those stored for the same length of time at 39 to 44 degrees. They also found that the amount of loss due to decayed tubers was much less when stored at the high, er temperature. Wound Healing This work showed that Hiberna tion iwound-heallng of bruises or eutsi first made Its appearance on the second day in tubers stored at fig degrees but was not detected un til the th day In tiibera utorrd at 38 degrees. Wound periderm cover was first noted on the third day of storage at 68 degrees, whereas tubers stored at 4 degrees had no periderm layer at the end of the 12-day temporary storage. This delay In wound-heullng of fers greater possibilities In lou of weight of Injured tubers owing to the large evaporation of moisture and the higher rate of respiration Increasing tuber decay. IS Grandmother In College, Likes School LA (IKANDK, Oct, 30 (II Mrs. (Jrare Wright loera, 70-year-nld grandiiiotlirr who has Just enrolled aa a college Ireahinaii, eaplalned Uiat -I like achool." Until the registered a t Kastern OregiMi eollrga of education this fall, Mrs. INmers hadn't been Itulile a clasarouin since Isv4. That was when til was a puplll a Union, Or. "It's education lor my own en llvlilriunrnl." th said. "1 lis school very nmrii-a n d always have. Hut I've been too busy to go to college until now." Th white-haired lady, w ho, booka under arm. trudgea twice a day up Ui steep hill to Ui campus, la tag. Dig Oregon history, typing, e.wrn. llals of speech, American llteraltir, and Kugllnh coniiawituai. Bli hopes to uu most of them In writing th story of her faiher, Dunham Wright, an Oregon pioneer who lived to Ui ag of loo. NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT J. D. Vertrces took over his duties at the county agent's office last month to replace Jim Elings. Vertrces is at present laying plans for a hog sale to be held early in the year. Th Cornell report rmphaslted lhat mechanical Injuries incurred during harvesting and handling have a very marked Influence on shrinkage and decay during slor age. Mechanical Injuries also came g-eater losses In respiration. Several other official bulletins by other states Indicate the same find Ings and tend to show that Inasea In potatoes stored at too low a trm. perature are greater than when a curing period of 10 days to two weeks at 60 to 85 degrees la allowed. This might be worth thinking about. Corrals Aid In Lice Fight The mouths of November and De cember are Hi bent tune lor con trol of lire on cattle. Don't let the. pests drag your cattle down during winter feeding. A good corral simplifies the work of spraying for rattle pesls. Hi County agent's offir oilers a cir cular on the construction of good corralls. Cattle Ike are becoming a serious pent more Important now that beef prices are lower. To Buy or 8elll! the Want-Aitsl rtHorw4 a t..u4 k.... a u . : tv VilH frrt ilvart sra r ha H probably hardest hit by the . doaar q, slnce me combiner i arrivals and bad arrivals always summer drought, the yield gain Is 15 bushels and the production gain Is more tf m two-thirds of a mil lion bushels. Smaller gains were registered ln the West. Most significant of these is ln Colorado which is now tore cast as U million bushels over the September estimate. Washington is tip OA million bushels. Oregon 0.8 million and California OS million. Contrast In contrast Idaho dropped to 0.7 million bushels below the Septem ber forecast. Total tor the West is up 2.7 million bushels over a month ego. Small gains also are noted for all of the other late states except Iowa which Is down slightly and New Mexico which is unchanged from the September forecast.. This heavy Increase ln Eastern supplies will have a more untavor able .-fleet on the markets than It would If the Increase had been more uniformly spread over the country. It leaves the East with too large a percentage of the total late crop, whereas the West still Is far under last year's production and only a little over average for the ares Lower The Mid -est production is sub stantially under last year and still value of Canadian imports from the united states is vastly larger than our maximum potato Imports from Canada could be, Canadian export ers are In the drivers seat. Canadian Aid Uncle Sam or is it Uncle Sugar will be supporting prices on Ca nadian potatoes again this season. This may not be undesirable from a broad national and international viewpoint, but it will not look good to our taxpayers or to the mem bers of congress. Rail shipments are down a little from the high point of three weeks ago. Indicating the winding up of harvesting in many areas and a willingness to send stocks to stor age until prices more nearly suit growers. Currently the big movement Is from Idaho and North Dakota, al though much of the Red River val ley stock will be stored ln transit. Maine is very slow ln getting started because of the wet weather. The Maine harvest has been badly delayed, and unless better progress is made soon there Is very real dan ger of a ground freeze. Such a freeze in Maine would act to reduce supplies, but the net ef fect on markets would be bad. Frozen potatoes, even a tew of them for storage. Every point made Is Pressure is on the senate to get well known,, but Is good advice and ; worth repeating, A year ago potatoes retailed at an average of 5.6 cents per pound with wings in New Jersey and Long 80 per cent of parity support. This j Nation would like this - if it on v d. Prices generally still are year, as of July, they were 5 5 cents dared to hrlm It abouT as it 40 cents over the floor, with' per pound at 60 per cent support. i ' ... A creates bad markets. Eastern markets currently are showing some tendency to weaken, although not badly and not down to support except for straight US No. 1 oflerings Island. 10 to 40 cents over the floor, with ' Pr pound at 60 per cent support, the widest margins In the drought A lot of people. Including congress areas where the larger potatoes are i men, have been asking -How scarce. Western fob prices have come. strengthened although the gains! Parity uu, uu su.au. , Pouto parity went off another one I Wathlnatnn ami th. Can 1 ,,!, .al I - ..... , ' .t clnl per ousnei last month, and average farm prices went off sharp. y to sun per ousnei, or 78 per cent of current parity. Seasonally something done, but lines are so crossed tliat anything could happen. Title II of the Aiken act still could go into effect ln the event of a dead lock or a presidential veto. Admin. would provide ammunition for "bal. lyhoomg" the Brannan plan during the coming election year. farmers - ranchers- Do you need RELIEF from heavy Mortgage and Contract PAYMENTS? Equitable (arm Loans offer the only plan available giving com plete privilege of repayment from farm Income wlthi-ut penalty. Neal Stewart Agency FARM RANCH LOANS 1lono TERM m- m fill LOW RATE irxE) STOCK COMaUttnONt BARNHISEL AGENCY it . m, mM 4im Am I 4 Murtgn Lm .Wtwrar far J i. . i i r n m S I r 77. I "9 So. 6th St. Phone 9239 v 6754 I I T To Buy or Sell Use tne Want-Adsl , f I i III, 'A SSI ley of Colorado have adopted max. keting regulations prohibiting the shipment of potatoes below US No. 2 grade and l' Inches minimum diameter. New Jersey has its hear ings on an agreement program on October 24. 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His band re places Guy Lombardo's at the Roosevelt hotel in New York each summer during Guy'i vacation. wince AND BIS ORCHESTRA WITH THE FINEST DANCE MUSIC IN AMERICA Mercury and Decca Records Universal and Paramount Shorts ABC Coast to Coast, Wednesday Nights (Miller High Life Beer Program) --- - - "-ri-irinn.n.armarrr 45 MINUTE FLOOR SHOW - - - -nnrVTJumjULTririn n 16 Musicians Entertainers, Including Vocolists, Gene Magden, Bob "Tex" Cromer, Garth Andrews and Dick Hill ROY WOLDUM BARNEY LIDDELL Whistler Trombonist JERRY BURKE LAWRENCE WELK Hammond Organist Accordion DANCING 9 . 1 $1.50 PER PERSON (tax inc.) His music satisfies every type of dancer from the young to the old. He is fa mous for his polkas and tchottisches. He is one of the few lead ers in the country to fea ture both an electric organ and a celeste. 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