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THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1949 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PACE SEVENTEEN c0 CSSfc. CONRAD L. LOHOEFER Farm Editor National Potato Letter 7:4 Acreage Cut Called for in 1950 National Spud Crop s lL By A. L. riTZMIMMOND Recently announced lM puuto irrNii allotment call for 74 Vr cent reduction In commercial acreage compared with 111 1949 I (ul. These allotment cover com mercial acreage only and do not in cluda plantlnia ot lex than three arret which are not considered a commercial acreage. Support for the I9W crop li con. ' tinned at M per cent of partly, the ml percentile aa haa applied dur Im 1940. In dollar and cent, how. ever. Uila la expected to be about I 60 par hundredweight which would be 20 centa under the 1949 aiipporl llradarhee Borne irowera and shippers have been runnlni Into heedachea In their efloru to compare the 1950 com mercial allotment with the total acreage In 1049. To be of any value, the comparison of the 1940 allot ment would have to be made with the 1949 commercial acreaae which the department of agriculture haa not reported In Ita preiui iiaiemrnu. j But the deparment or atrlcuiure doea aay that the 19M allotment la 14 per cent below the 1949 com mercial ararage. With the uie of aom of our high achool arithmetic thlt figures the 1949 commercial creaga aa about UK) 000 acres. The potato Indtutry'a claim of vol untary acreage adjustment and doae compliance with goals In pail yeara tlrea a fait picture. These clalmt Ignore the shift from n on -commercial ta commercial acreage. Production If two acrea of 100 bushel land are retired In a nnn-eommerrlal area and one acre of 300 bushel land la added In a commercial area, acreage la down but production la unchanged. Also If on 100-buahel acre la retired and growers Increase the yield on 10 acrea by 10 buahela per acre, acreage It down but pro duction la unchanged. These changes have occurred, not 1 en tingle acrea but on thoimandt of arret. They are one of the main reasnna, barring the eifecta of fa vorable growing season, why big crops have prevailed detplta acre age reductions. The department clilmt that the formula ued In distributing acre age la the same aa waa used In 1949. with statistical data advanced on year. Alto there were changea In soma of the autistic. t'uta By percenlagea, the acreage cuts range from aero In Idaho to IS In Upstate New York and Main. The majority of slate show reduction! ranging from ( to 12 per cent. In the early and Intermediate groups, the more important its Irs range from an Increase of about one per cent In New Jersey to a reduction of IS per cent In Mary land. These variation! era explained by two principal factors One la that Ilia yield data Include 1947, 194S and 1949, all of which are high yield yeara and above all record! previous to I94S. Not all stale have enjoyed yield Increatea to the aami extent, how ever. In Maine, yield jumped fran tically. In Idaho, the yield Increase haa been negligible. These differ ence In yield galna contributed heavily to the sharp cut In Maine, at the aame time a decrease of leu than one per cent I charged to Idaho. Change To these yield changes, are add ed changea In the relatloiuhtp of commercial and non-commercial acreage. But arreag allotments are based primarily on production, to Uie higher acreage allolmenta In tome it ir do not aature thai great er production will be likely next year. They Indicate mainly a re alignment of commercial versu non-commercial acreage. The allotment for 19M have In cluded recognition of price aupport purrhaaei In the three yeart I94S to 194S. These Included two of the biggest turplua yeara and em phasise the warped production pat tern of 1947, when auppltei were heavy In the East and short In the Weil. The natural result la a rela tively heavy reduction In the Maine allotment and a light reduction In the Idaho allotment. 8lat Celt The acreage changet at ipeclfled for the other atatea, and their re latlonthlpt to each other, are ex plained almost wholly by one or an other combination of these factors Every itate expected a cut so the only stales In which growera art ealafted with the allotment! are like ly those receiving either Increases or very small reductions Then Include Long Island and 10 other late a late, and I early and Intermediate slates. The other atatet have been given cut of five per 'cent or more, and (rower In some of them probably will com plain of these reduction. Miscellany Dade county In Florida la report ed to have lost more than one-third of lis winter acreage to heavy rain. This report la a yet unconfirmed and should not be accepted aa final aa early trade reports often are exaggerated. Borne ahlppera expected that eat ing the ttrlke iltuatlon would bring better demand for potatoes This haa not happened, which ac cent the absence of the usual pre holiday market tpurt. Early crop marketing agreement for California la being discussed, again. The current Interest may amount to something, tlnce depart ment of agriculture "bigwig" have been on the coast recently. eSurpInt Maine' potato offering! to de partment of agriculture price sup port buying haa been only a third 4-H CLUB WINNER Rober ta Harris, Summer Lake, is among the 15 Oregon 4-H club members attending the national 4-H club congress in Chicogo. Her award was for home improvement. 1950 Price Support Announced by PMA Local Girl Attends 4-H Congress Roberta Harris, Bummer Lake, U among the 1600 4-H club member attending the national 4-H club con- gresa In Chicago tills week. Mlta Harrla was i tale winner In the home Improvement field of 4-H work. Mlu Joan Howell, Klamath county extrnMon agent, met the group In Chicago. Three Oregon member were na tional winners at Chicago. Margaret Schafer, Mllwaukle, one of tlx win ner In the national canning con teat: Don Phillips, Grant Pasa. one of 10 winner In the poultry con teat; and Eugtne E. Ever. Hllle boro, winner in the dairy production contest. f The group e ll! spend one day tee In Chicago before returning thla week-end via the eoulhern route. A 19U price tupport program for Irish potatoes, continuing price tup port at the SO per cent-of -parity lev el In effect thla year and telling a lower national commercial acre age allotment of 1,137400 acrea for I960, waa announced by the pro duction and marketing administra tion. These atepa, taken In recognition o f decreased potato consumption and Increased yield per acre, are detlgned to effect a better balance between potato production and re quirement. , Under tha provisions of the agri cultural act of 1949, Irish potatoes mutt be aupported at a level rang lug from 60 to 90 per cent of the parity price. Tha' SO-per cent level announced today for 19M la a con tlnuatlon of the percentage level used In 1949 but will remit In a low cause of tha new parity compula tion. On the basis of data now avail able, the average aupport price for Irish potatoes In I960 will be SI AO per hundredweight (about 94 cent per bushel.) The aupport price can not be lea than thla future and may be alightly above It, depending on the actual parity level on January I, I9J0. on wnlcn the aupport price will be based. The average aupport price for 1949 -crop potatoea waa SI JO per hundredweight (about SI OS per bushel.) The national production allotment for 19M la act at lit million bush- els. Thla It enough to provide an average per capita potato aupply of about 110 pounds, a compared with an estimated- average food use per person of 103 pounds from the 194S crop. The 1949 ctpp Is currently es timated at 3S7 million bushel. Montanan Elected To Credit Group John A. Wilson, Central Montana farmer and alockman, ha been re elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the farm credit administration of Spokane, Fred A. Knutaen, general agent, announced today. Wilton waa elected by the 30 pro duction credit association! In Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Alsike Clover Seed Price Increases In October, Oregon farmer were receiving about SO cent a pound for altlke clover aeed which la high er than last year, but Mill lower than prlcea of red clover aeed and other grain crop. Compared to the ten year 193S-47, average, tha price received for al tlke clover aeed was 30 per cent higher. Yet, at the tame time, wheat waa 73 per cent above average, red clover teed waa 67 per cent higher, and barley waa 38 per cent over average. Oat, at 2S per cent more than average, were In the poorest ponltlon of the five crops. . Thu the potltton of altlke clover seed ha Improved thi fall, though not aa much a other grains and aeed. OSC Gets National High Rating Tha highest national professional rating possible ha Just been attain ed by tha agricultural engineering department at Oregon fitafe col lege as a result ot Its accreditation by the Engineering Council tor Pro fessional Development. The OBC department la one of tha fust In the United States to re ceive this outstanding recognition following elevation ot agricultural engineering to full professional datura when Instructional work la administered Jointly by the achoola cf agriculture and engineering. The announcement was made by O. W. Oleeaon, dean of engineering, and J. B. Rodgera, head of agri cultural engineering. Thla la the fifth court In engineering at OSO to receive national recognition. Courses In chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, have been accredited for several year. Revision of courses In agricultural engineering at OBC to conform with national professional atandard tarted several year bgo. The preaent curriculum Include the basic fundamental sciences of en gineering plus apeclallzed agricul tural engineering courses. Options are available to atudent In power Insects Needed For Pollination With many wild Intact practic ally gone tha way of the buffalo and the passenger pigeon, entomologist of the U. 8. department of agricul ture warn that aeed production In thla country la threatened with a serious lack of Insect pollinator. Scores ot our fruit, vegetable, and legume crop almply won't set aeed aatufactorlly unleaa Insect carry SINGER Sewing Machines FOR RENT S4 PEE MONTH De year Cbrlslma Sewing an a good Singer Electric Phone S4OT 4 IS Main Singer Sewing Center and machinery, anil and water con servation, and farm structures. Agricultural engineering la now recognized generally as one ot tha professional branches of engineer ing. Rodgera explained, and mora end more agricultural englneera are becoming reflate red professional en gineers through Mate licensing law. tha pollen from one plant to an other. Long ago fruit growera discovered that hlvea ot honey-bees located 1 oi chard provide dependable hind hand to Increase fruit yield. Le gume aeed growera have turned I the aame prod ig lout polllnatora for help In boosting alfalfa and clover aeed crops BRIDGE PLAYERMT If the bos I a bridge player, why not chip In and present him with tha works. 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