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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1952)
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE ELEVEN Farm Buying Power Down about two per cent. Main boost in coats seem to come from higher Interest rates, taxes, and Increased wages paid hired workers. Oregon farm commodity prices followed the national pattern. Crop prices were mostly higher than 1B61 and livestock Items mostly lower. The purchasing power of (arm producU Iiaa lout little ((round during the pant year, Orrntin Htate colleite extension econnrnlKta report In the latent laaue of "Orea-on Ag ricultural Situation and Outlook." Prices received by U.S. farmers show a net Increase of about 1 per cent from August 1951 to Aug ust 1952 but costs have come up WHEN in 'foACT MALCOLM KIM.KT, Jr. farm Mllor TIME The County Apnl laVporls V.U.r-' WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 10R2 : 1 ii t ON It lama! li Agriculture; Br ('. A, HKNIlMtHON Klamath County Airnt I'OTATOKR A total of 10 earn of Klamath potatoes were shipped. Monday, September VI. 'nils In the liirgest day's sliipment no tar this acason to that time and total ship liientK to date on that day were f, M cars. Tliln consldernbly behind ' normal due to grerneim ol ixHalora. Killing fronta have not yet been ipcoriled aa of Tuesday, Sept. 3U. Tlie shipments to date I rum Idulio have brrn rather heavy, pussliiK the 0000 car mark. The lir.il ol Ihn week dully liluhn shipment are averaging around 200 earn. 4 Average potato prmlurtlon In the 3 It n i.rit,., uMn 1041. 1UM1 InclUn- Kg waa 41425.0011 bushels. This 3 year'a crop Is now estimated at 331,015.000 or only nllKhtly more ' than the ahurl crop of 1051 of 325. 686.000. In general potato yields in the Klamath Bnsln are somewhat tinder expectations because of the ' long frost free fall, heavier Ulan average yields were expected. It now looks aa though the yield will be about average anil gcnerul dig ging will be later than usual. HWINE There will be no awine ,lu,w at the I'aclllc Intel national this year, nils action was taken by R. L. Clark, vice president in charge of the livestock department flue to presence of vesicular exau. thema In various areas of the Unit ed Slatea resulting In numerous quarantine areas. Pacific Inter, national Is located In a quarantine area. .TIRKKV8 The all ol turkeys la gelling smaller. Last year about 20 per cent of all the turkeys pro duced In this country were llrlls- Vllle Small Whites. Many of these mill turkrvs are now marxeieo as fryer-roasters at 14 to 1 weexs old and me (irmanu lor inem mm lieen unprecedented between rei rusry and August. The production of these oul-of -season poults so far, has not been too economical and , Bellsvllle exerui are trying to ov ricome this and are carrying on various 'frpJl projects. BAWDl'ST Ml I.CII BpeclalWa of the Oregon Forest. Production l.nO oratory at Oregon State College have established the value of aaw dust as a mulch. They emphasize, however, that It lit not a ferti lizer. As a mulch, sawdust helps hold soil moisture, keeps down weeds, and retards erosion. Upon complete decomposition, mulches add to the humus supply. Dr. W.B. Bollen. Soil Bacteriologist. MiKgents that the rate of decomposition ol a mulch depends uixin the nitrogen aupply in the material Itself and In the aoll on which It Is placed. Nitrogen should be added to gel rapid decomposition. Between live and 10 pounds of ammonium sul fate or a similar nitrogen contain ing fertlllter should be applied to the soil for each ton of saw dust at the time of mulching. At the atari of the second year following application about Vj of this amount of nitrogen should be added. C'OIIN cons Tills year more than eoo.ooo tons of corn rolls will be used In the Corn Belt, A lot of now uses lor corn cobs have been developed. Corn cob flour Is used in maxing insec ticide and replacing corn meal as a mild abrasive In hand soap. Com cobs combine with black sirup molasses as an economical leca lor beel cattle and la expaiidlnu very fast. Corn cobs make a flur garden mulch. More than loO.ISKI tons are being used each year as livestock bedding and poultry litter. A most liniMiriaut use is in me manufacture of furfural. Two thirds of all coIjh this year win go lor this purtxise and will be u.'.cd In defense and other Industries lor the refining of vegetable and petro leum oils and In making synthelic rubber, nylon, synthetic resins, and mrdlclnals. Corn cobs are going to town hi a big way. " a WF.KD KILI.ICIt AIDS TOMA- 1 : CLOVERLAWN NARCISSUS, Bob Howard's top producing Guernsey, ii a record breaker (or hit herd in the Tulelak ere. Young Howard hai e large Guernsey herd on the old Turnbaugh piece. Tule Guernsey Herd Tries For Milk Marketing Quota By K. C. BACHOTT ' Tulelake Farm Advisor Tulciako formerly was an area whero many dairies could be seen, but during the past several years all of the dally herds have disap peared, farmers now arc raising barley, potatoes, onions, clover and allulla. Sllll some raii.e beef cattle but even the beef cattle numbers are relatively amull. Recently Robert M. Howard, the son ol '47 llomcslciidcr Frank How ard, moved his herd of Registered Tfii.-M u,.m ,.r f.nr (u-imtiKtK are : (Jtieriisev's on the Turnbaugh now combining 3.4-U chemical with place which was purchusid by his certain ammo actus ami using tms product to set the fruit on toma toes without pollination. Toma toes developed aro bigger and bet- era. He Is a member of the Klam ath DHIA. LEAVES 322 DEHCENDANT8 STUART, Fla. It Noel n. Raulerson, who died recently at 103. didn't have a record number of descendants, he must have been close to the mark. Thirteen of his 17 children survived him. In addi tion there were 110 grandchildren, 165 great-grandchildren and 34 great great - grandchildren. lather. The herd consists ol a cows, seven yearlings, several calves and a herd bull. The bull. Wandermere French- ler. These testa are now being ' i three. veur-old that was carried out under Held conditions I juior champion In his class at the nun mry mny iiicn u u Oregon blatc j air iwo ycaio aa". merclal tomato growers. RI STKD WHEAT BROMF. CRASH The USDA reports a very small crop of Ilrome Grass seed and crested wheal grass seed this year. The brome grass crop la the smallest In four years and the crested wheat the smallest In the last 11 yeara. Droughts and need for hay and pasture were largely responsible for the small acreagc cul for aced. ALHIKF. CLOVF.Il With 40 per cent of the nation's alslke clover crop In, Uie Klamath Basin grow ers are losing no lime In taking ad vantage of tiie fine harvest weath er of the pbsI 10 days. However, not withstanding the favorable har vest weather, II Is generally esti mated that 60 per caul of the crop Is still unharvented as of Sept. 23. GRASS Where Irrigation water la available grass pastures contin ue to turn out a tine lot of late pasture. Tills will help matters in bridging the gap caused by the only moderate sued hay crop, with a greater number of llv be led. His dam Is classified V. O. trcry good! and was the highest test daughter of her aire with 17,325 pounds of mild and 853 pounds of butteilal as a 9 year old cow. Her recoid was a stale record when made. The bulla full sister sold for 2,000, and one of his sisters was purchased by Wandermere Farms, Ohio for $8,000. Two cows of the herd made headlines ol the Guernsey world Inst year, another Is the daughter ol a cow that holds the present worlds record lor Guernsey .cattle. Her record was 024 pounds of butterlal as a Junior two-year-old. The herd Is young as a whole but one cow thai died last winter waa 18 yeara old; figuring her age In human years sue wouiq pave been 115 years old. Howard welcomes visitors and is happy to show the cattle to 4-H club members and Future Farm- vestock to POTATOES Despite the use of rotobeatera, defoliants, and early withdrawal of water, tlie Klamath potato crop la reluctant to mature. Vlnea continue green but the last week have showed some evidence of late season maturity without a frost. Digging Is generally restrict ed and it is doubtful If heavy ship ments will be under way for an other week. PICK-UPS! PICK-UPS! PICK-UPS! ARRIVING THIS WEEK Special Shipment of LI 10 International PICK-UPS 115-Inch Wheelbose 4-Speed Syncro-Meih Transmission 600x16 6-Ply Tires HEATERS end DEFROSTERS complete and. ready to go . . . The Finest PICK-UP on the road! 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