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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1949)
PACE TWENTY HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 194? Nut Survey Receives First Study Returns Mora than MM Oregon end Wuh lngton nut irmcrt have reported the number, variety and an ot their filbert and walnut tree during tht lint 10 day ot the special survey - new In p roc rat. and tarn dajrl mail 1 bringing additional returns to U el flee of N. L NieLien, agricultural statistician at Portland where the data are being summarised. Response In the survey has been good, but not good enough to answer growers' and handlers' questions PMA to Hold Elections This Week Klamath county farmers may have a voice, In the local adminis tration of the federal programs which are carried out by the Pro duction and Marketing administra tion by voting in the committee elections this week. Each community will elect three regular and two alternate commit teemen and a delegate and alternate delegate to the county convention, at which the county PMA commit tee will be chosen. Elections vreie held at the grange hall In Port Klamath Tuesday; Bonanza-Foe valley Wednesday, and will be held tonight at 7:30 p. m. for the Merrlll-Malin community tn the Merrill high school and tn the Henley granite hall Friday at 1:30 p. m. for the Henley, Keno, and Midland communities. Any farmer who has an Interest In a farm as owner, tenant or sharecropper will be eligible to vote If he la signed up In the agricul tural conservation program; If be is eligible for a coo pera tor's loan or other price support; If he Is eligible for payment under the sugar act; or If be ha s crop Insurance eon tract with the federal crop Insur ance corporation. Wives ot eligible voter are also eligible to vote. Farm Records Can Show about tree numbers and future pro duction, according to M. D. Thomas. OSC extension economist and Joint leader of the project. Need Data A complete inventory of walnut and filbert trees by ages and varie ties was approved as a joint federal-Mate reaearrh project at the urgent request of the northwest nut Industry. Such lnlormauon is not no available. Many report forms mailed Novem lier IT have not been returned. Thomas reports. These are needed to determine state and county totals and to complete the Inventory ot current plantings. Growers still hare time to count their tree and re port. -A second reminder form vail soon be sent to those who have not reported. Individual reports are to be used only In arriving at totals, Thomas emphasizes. They are Important for this purpose but hare no further value alter they are Included in the summary. The county and state totals are useful for many purposes. They will help to Indicate the sue and kind of outlet needed to market the crops satisfactorily, and may be used In tariff negotiations, tn freight rate hearings: and in de veloping advertising, financing and government aid programs. Savings The day of "easy come, easy go" are over, warn farm advisor Jack Bays. The years ahead may be trying ones, when email saving and Improvements can mean the differ ence between success and failure. where these savings are possible. Sound business decisions need a background of sound knowledge of farm finance. This knowledge can come only through an accurate re cording of farm business. To make record-keeping easier for California farmer, Arthur Shul tls, farm, management specialist of ii University of California Agri cultural Extension service, has pre pared a simple record book. There is a cash record section for keep ing personal finances straight. The column for personal Income and expenditures can easily be checked gainst the bank statement at the end of the month. Bills handled on a part farm basis go Into special expense columns. Successful? Capital and depreciation records and net worth statements of farm and personal a&sets show whether a farm enterprise Is successful or a failure. They also simplify the tax figuring problem. The California farm record book Is a non-profit publication, designed especially to help California farm ers keep their finances In a simple form. It Is available from the farm advisor's office, N C O. Building, Al turas. The charge Is $1.50 postpaid, ales tax 5 cents extra. For a lew pennies per word you can advertise to thousands through a Want-Ad I Phone 8111. COMING! IN PERSON WB o AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN A COMBINED CONCERT & DANCE ARMORY Thursday, Dec. 15 DANCING to 1 TICKET PRICES Purchased In Advance per person IU5 (tax Inc.) Farehaeed at the dance per person IM (Us Inc.) Ticket New en Sale Al DERBY'S MUSIC CO. Most Oregon Farms Are Now Modern NEW YORK The average Ore gon farm home may not be a streamlined pushbutton machine the housewife can run from her arm chair, but it's aot tar behind the city dwelling In manageability and work saver. A recent government survey shows that 09 per cent of Oregon farms are electrified. About 63,700 of this state's farms are now served by electricity. With work aid suppled by electricity and such Improvement as dish washing machines, easy-to-clean clay tile kltcnens, and automatic heating, the modern Oregon house keeper find little to envy In her city cousin's surrounding r. But department of agriculture fig ures show there are still more than 400 Oregon farm dwellings without central-station electric service. Many more lack such modem city con veniences as gas ranges, day tile bathrooms, and radiant heating. Still, the little gray home In the West aint want she used to be fortunately for the harried house- ; i - it nfl JC tyfV if . , r. : . j p- -f n Hirr iiRrrnrRS R. M. Knox. Curry county agent, was reelected national president of the American Roamey Blitep Breed ers association at the recent annual meeting In Eureka, Calif. H. A. Llnd gren, extension agent In animal hus. bandry at OHO, was reelected sec retary. Ueaaurvr. Hi dormouse goes Into an under ground nest with the first frost. So deep la 1U winter steep that It can be lifted out and rolled Ilk a ball without being disturbed. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND KtorNg. OMB. MKDFOftD Thoroughly Modern all. aire. 1 a aatlar J V.rLp STEERS GOING IN THE AUCTION RING Livestock is shown in one of the pens at the Klomoth Livestock Commission on its way into the auction ring. Sales ore held each Wed nesday at the auction barn located on Midland road. wife. And building . experts say It wont be long before the average farm house has everything a city home can boast except traffic noise, smog, grime and crowds. Looking for something? Read the Want Ads you may find It there I Yemen Population Now 4,500,000 CAIRO. W The population of the Kingdom of Yemen In South-; west Arabia has reached 4300.000 a high Yemen official said here. The Isolated Kingdom Is one or the least known areas In the world. Most standard reference books had calculated the population at 1.000. 000 less than the correct figure, the official said. TURKEY SHOOT SUNDAY, DEC. 11 Shotgun and Small Bore Rifle OTI RANGE J. L DEAN Public Accountant and Auditor Office at IN North 1th SI Phea ilH buy a 200 LEON SEZ: L I. IOMBAI0 "There's still time to buy a NEW DODGE CORONET for that family present . . . and, we will give you a $200 discount until December 24th. Only fourteen cars left on this offer. BUY NOW AND SAVE!" YOU GET A BETTER DEAL AT Your Dodge, Plymouth and Dodga "Joo-Roted" Truck Deoler, 522 So. 6th Phone 8101 may be expressed in words, actions, or the inviting interior of a horn. In ony vant, wa ora quite sure you will foal tha glow of tha welcome) awaiting you on h daily The Wonderful T7T 't'""w ..I,,., You can' k, . ' oecoij. Itta 117 Ferem Bldg, Racramente 14, Calif. Phone Klamath Falls 4311 "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO" Daily service to Chicago. PuAmon oc cornmodotiotM ond retarvad, odjwdoU Coooh sears. Alto tin daily .rvce to Cnicogo on fha "San Francisco Overond" ond 1 "Cold Coo." PvHmont and CoocfWf. UNION PACIFIC DAILQOAD OOUARftrDOUM-You&rfrBerfa rzm(D If there ever was a car to delight hlb your eye and your pockee It I Ih stunningly beautiful new Pomiac for 1950 illustrated bove. It cosu .0 little that if within ...y re ,ch of anyone who can afford snj new car. Yet it', so big and lu,a,,iou,ly appointed , -it perforin. .0 bautifully-it rides .0 corafon.bli J,ha you can dr.v. w.th pride and ..uslaction y A,,-i .1, company. Why not come in tod, and see the wonderf nl new Pontiac-one of the world greatest cart d lit uvrWi ir,ii tlK,t ROSE MOTOR COMPANY 4th and Klamath Klamath Falls, Ore." i
