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
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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.
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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
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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
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Baling Wire...
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Barbed
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...for dependable
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, W W W Your Massey-Herris Dealer
3049 South 6th Ph. 8144
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Price, J
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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