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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1952)
WKDNKSJIAY, MAY 20. 11M2 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PACK NINK The Case of the iisappearing Spuds By DOtKlliAM r-IISI N NKA Mlatf t'ornmpimtlenl WAH11INOTON lltiKA) All till" meal anil no I'otiiKooj. That a dinner Inliln imritdux U S. home alvea never Ihimiilil they'd luce V.' I 4 rj i LbUVLHIXItiN I,: FOUR YEARS AGO surplus spuds bcaijjht by U.S. under price support program piled up awaiting shipment to distilleries. AUF.NtY LAKE The Agency Luke 4-11 Livestock nun tuna lis regular May meeting I the fcome of Leallo YeaRer. A new news reporter Ml elected Jle II Leslie Yengcr. 'llitrri was no other business brouglu up during the meeting. RoiiahmeiiUi were served by Al fred jfeager. ltlle Teeger msrrr belles and beaux Market lamb belonging to I he Vhtep Belle nd Beaux oui Keno Falijtiaven way were weighed by Mra. Newhouse Saturday afternoon, r.llen Olaon. club president want along to help out. Ellen' bummer welched 3.1 lbs. Denlae Biewer has two bummer market lamb, one weighed 13 Iba . and the other 3', I hi Raymond Plecurer'a ewe hunl lhad her lamb yeu Tiny Colwell has a dandy Southdown lamb weighing M Ihi. Eileen and Pat ninterald ! haven't picked their market Iambi out ol their flock yet. Dale Searcy isn't going" to raise a market la ml) lihis year, he's trading his buck 'Uinua lor ewea. Down on the Keno-Worden Roan. lluenr llliuthaw'a old ewe produced line lamb. Uuane a market now weighs 81 lbs;"" Oenr and Joyce Farmer weren't home ao we only peeked at their lambs, they should weigh around 40 Iba . Jo Colwell, Helen Bcherer. Oene ; Farmer and Henry Newhouse are alt proud ol their line lambs their I registered ewea have produced. They are ralainf their lambs (or breeding slock. At the next meeting club mem bers will bring their ewes to the Pwtgeralds for shearing date will be announced later. Harriett Newheuae I l)u a nr J; i.o 11 I In mil Oem WOOD RIVER BEEF CLUB Tin fourth meeting of the Wool nivar Beef Club was held at the 1 home ol Victor Stason. Club members were shown Vic ' lore bee! project. Alter seeing Vic lor e call the members were shown bv Mr. Vaden how to make a sim ple rope halter out of one piece of rone. Refreshment were served by Mra. Slaaop, thn the meeting was adjourned. rn nirmrni MALIN BEEF CLl'B ,1. D. Verlrees and Earl Wilson weighed calves May 10. Verlrees was taking the place of Francis fiklnner who was In Oklahoma, The calves welshed as follows Norman Ollva 735. Norma Ollva ISO, Jim Johnson 80 snd 770, BUI Ralnus 7D0. Harry Wilson 745, RoX. anne Wilson 776, Farrell Wilson 003 Xalhleen Wilson 837. Diane Mlcka SSS. Donnle Mlcka 808. Jimmy Far- III this duy of high mm! prices. But as lite result or a weird jmnblo nl government price con trols, 1500,000.000 pnliitu subsidy programr., pork-raining Incentive plana and itUHjiiilged crop esti mates, this Hie No, 1 dilemma of housewives today; You can get incut, plenty of II If you wsnl in pay llie price. Hut the lowly potato, which the Dr. Cartment of Agrlculluro has benn uryliiK, dyeing and even irtvimf away since 1114(1, has suddenly dis appeared under the counter. The Department of Agricul ture's elfnrts to get farmers to raise morn pigs boosted the U, B. meat supply during the llrst part of the year to a near record high. Salea hit 6637 million pounds. The amount of beef on the market Is taaaasHaaaanBmwnAnrwaveaaaaea .aoaoviaV- FREE POTATOES wcro given away two years n(j at relief centers when gov ernment decided to make the surplus available. going to Increase, too. from now until the end o the yesr. But while the plga were Betting fat. the nomine' were shrlvelltu. It looks now at If they'll stsy that way until July, when the present 2 law "BLUE-EYED potatoes were dyed that color in 1950 to keep surplus bought by government from being re sold on market. fmtft-. jays,,- V t 1 aw m m, . m v ' aw SIMPL0T S0ILBUILDERS 2032 Washburn VVoy Stauffer Distributors for Southern Oregon and Northern California ker 645. Steven Bchofield S50. Jer ry Ramus 685, Tommy Cantrcll 560, and Rodney Lyon 710. A meeting wns held the next day st the home of Norma and Nnrtm.n Olha who gave a showmanship demonstration. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ollva. Roxanne Wilson shortage should be over. Some experts, however, warn It may be worse again next year. Housewives have to. get up at the crack of dawn and rush down to the comer market before the meager supply of spuds la gone What they're likely to wind up with, If they're on time. Is a few llred-looklng second-graders. Markelmen, doing their morn. Ing produce shopping, find them selves In a similar spot. A potato black market Is Hour lshlnn. There are under-the- counter sales, over-charging, and tlc-ln sales. Grocers who want po tatoes lor their customer have to buv extra lota of non-acarce Items Potato prlcea are controlled. But those on produce In plentiful sup ply are not, One tie-In ratio Is three sacks of onions fur each sack ol potatoes. Another renulrcs the purchsse ol coconuts left over from last Christinas. In some places restaurants, which had been absorbing the hlsc-k market nrlces without rais ing menu nrlces. have stopped nerving potatoes. Others have put them on the a la carte list. The Office of Price Stabilization has put potato detectives to work to fight the black market, and ao I ar has taken legal action agamil 60 of the country's big wholesale produce outfits. But It hasu't slopped the potato profiteers'. The Government and the potato growers are bushels apart In their explanations as to the cause of the snortage ana me luiurc 01 uiu spud supply. A Department of Agriculture potato expert blames Congress lor the suDsiay program wnicn cotj. taxpayers half a billion dol lars ana crested ine isuuiou surpluses of potatoes from IMS through 1B30. Lsst year, the first without a aubsldy. the UHDA estimated the crop would be 335 million bushels, part of which would normally be atored for aale In 1062. Bad weath er and bad guessing leu the crop 10 million bushels less than the estimate. The current shortage, the U8DA expert says, Is due to a combina tion of two things: The 10 million bushel shortage carried over from '51, and bad weather this Winter in the southern states and Cali fornia, which normally would have had their Winter crops on the country's markets by May 1 He aays the present shortage , The council Is urging Congress will be licked by the 1st of July at and OPS to take controls off of the vary latest and thst there will not be one next year. The potato growers blame the whole thing on OPS price controls which were slapped on potatoes Sal"-'..'. .. ft r. 1 r COMMIT COSTS SO LITTLE WITI HMM SYSTEM WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE TWIN IIILlESf SPUD SNOOPS came on scene in 1952 as OPS agents, aided by cameras, try to put halt to black market in potatoes. esrly In January. A Potato Council spokesman claims that this discouraged south ern growers irom piaming cuuugn to relieve the approaching short age. IRRIGATION DAMS All sixci . from 3'x7' through 6'x15'. 14 and 17-ox. Canvas LOWEST PRICES Klamath Falls Army Store 320 So. 6th Ph. 9206 KILL WEEDS NOW WITH SHELL WEEDKILLER 20 Controls both perennial grasses and broad-leaved weeds Can bo applied either undiluted or mixed with water Shell Weedkiller 20 ii an effective, aromolic weed oil. Uie It along t highway!, roodtldtl, dfivtwoyl, fence!) irrigation ditchet. Alto in vlneyaidi, citrus grovti, orchard! where noncullivation is practiced. WALKER BROS. Merrill Phone 4211 Read whet one owner has to say about' hli John Doore Model "R" Diesel: "Pulling a '0-foot Surflex Tiller,, we cover 130 acres in a 14-hour day vrilh an average fuel con umpUon of 1.43 gallons per hour." Figure it out, that's 20.3 gallons out ol the 22 gallon nk better than six acres worked for erery gallon of fuel used. . Amaxuig economy? For most tractors, ye but for the Model "R" such outstanding operating eoonomy and big daily capacity are everyday occurrences. If you're farming ' large aoreages . . have extremely difficult conditions ... do custom work on a variety of farm Jobs, the Model "R" is the tractor for you. Stop by the itore and get all the i?Dc.'.ribou,1 out1adiff John Deare Model R Dieeeli CALL US FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION ON YOUR FARM . ..WITHOUT OBLIGATION! Crater Lake Machinery Co. ,1410 South 6th Phen 2-2344 potatoes. This is the only thing which will Inspire the northern growers to plsnt enough now to prevent a shortage next year, the spokesman claims. He agrees with the USDA ex pert that the current shortage should be ended In July, and unless price restrictions are re moved, he predicts, the U.S. In 1953 will have the smallest po tato crop since 18T7 and a real potato famine the next year. The brim stays put the way you roll it! it IMF C.lf.reli L.: ffiS; it's about time for it! Woven Fencing . . . Steel Fence Posts . . Sixes 6, 7 ft, 2 and 4 Point Km o Baling Wire... for John-Deer, and Minneapolii-Moline Bale Ties Immediate Delivery Barbed Wire ...for dependable POWER. ..see... O OGW BATTERY for lonq service! Our prices are right OGW FARM SUPPLY , W W W Your Massey-Herris Dealer 3049 South 6th Ph. 8144 Koll tlx brim into s new ifupc every itj if jou wuc.iV will ntj.lhtl uty'lil yen ctsngi ill Whtt'j more, U'RoUit'i fioe, genuine imported fiber Ii lighrwtighr, cool, rainproof, soil-reiiittnt, non-breakable sad dtuuble. Wear one once, you'll wear oaeslwtyi! U-Rollir uBiIq'Uiejt, grtttttt triumph of 1 Weiir-nh't detuning! $C00 Price, J 7 asata kSaSrjr'iltra' giSii Tilais Natural I'm, grey end y.Mew DREU1S 733 Main (PIP) 9 DUSTING SPRAYING SEEDING DEPENDABLE "AIR" APPLICATION On homesteads where there are susceptible crops near by . . we recommend ground spraying. FARMERS AIR SERVICE "Patronize Your Local Operators" Phone 8422 Earl Litton, Owner FE Here's a Challenge Only RGUSON Dares to Make! As the Ferguson Dealer in this community, we will publicly match the new and far more powerful Ferguson "30" against any other tractor. We dare to do this because the new Ferguson "30" is bigger in power, in performance, in econ omy! At a "Showdown" demonstration we will prove that the Ferguson "30" with Ferguson System implements, meets more of the needs of more of the farmers ... more of the time... than any other tractor .,. outperforming them doing all of the following jobs: Moldboard Plowing Disc Plowing Harrowing, Tandem Disr Harrowing, Spike Tooth Harrowing, Spring Tooth Rotary Hoeing Row Crop Cultivating Field Tilling Subsoiliog Side Delivery Raking Loading ft Spreading Wood Lot Sawing There you ar, farmers' The luge is ici (or s "Showdown." Wt know we have the best tractor in the world and we're ready to prove it to you. Vfc are not just claiming what the Ferguson "30" can do. We'll let this demonstration do the talking for us. If you are thinking of buying s oew tractor, look st sll of them. Listen to what other dealers tell you their tractors can do. Ask these dealers if they are willing to prove these claims st a "Showdown" demons tntioa on your own farm. Then get in touch with us. 5". '; " , ' Match these jobs t Ferguson Tractor can .do with Ferguson System Implements sgainst simitar jobs say other tractor claims to do . . ..and you'U see we can do those jobs better with our new Ferguson "30." And well ask you to be the judge of how much better we do them. - YOUR FERGUSON FARM IMPLEMENT DEALER MAC'S FARM EQUi pME 5629 South 6th Phone 8551 NT
