Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, December 31, 1952, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 11)52 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON pao nv men 1952 htm Look ' Mmii mt II v (IVIII A. MAU I IN WAHMINOTON v The yrai 1S6J turned out lo be record firodui'llon one lnr aKrlculturo, bill I reiser) nmny queslluiie about Hit economic future of farmers. Declining faun product prices, a lower level o aiiilculluinl In L'oniv reduced export und an In nreeslitg farm debt led lo specula ' lion In noma circles Hint a new agricultural reccanlon mliflil bo H the niakliu., The year Opened with Ihe level of farm prices at Ilia per rent of thr parity price it on I ant by larin aid laws. Partly la a standard lnr measuring (arm prices, declared by law lo lie equally lnr lo Innn era and those who buy lliclr pro ducts. Hill by the end of thr year, Ihe price level lind dropped below llir Parity soul lur Hie llrsl Innn In nearly two and a linlf ycui i. Farm production cunts -- ma chinery, feillllwr. liuerfluidca, niher materials and lubor laics isenl up, As a consequence, the nmount farruera liad Iril alter pay. ing these costs was lea thun in thn previous vrar tit -I'llr llir lacl Ihat the volume of production war larger. The new Income fur the year has bed; olllclully estimated at U.3U0,Oiiq,0UO, cmnpnrrd with SM. 3uO.OOQ,ooo 111 HIM and a rrconl Of IS.714.0O0.OIIO In 1047. Oovcrnnicnt experts expect a further drop In farm Income In MM, largely because of propccti of a weaker export tnaikrt and a likelihood that total production Will drop below till year's peak. The year was marked by a ne able Increase In mai keilnsa of food Era Inn, cntlon, livestock feed crops, eef cattle and poultry, Hon pro duction, on Hid other hand, eased off some because of less favorable prices and blither feed costs. Both the wheat and corn crops were the second largest of record The bin wheat crop had the ellect of boo, Una reserves lo high levels and raising the prospect of lop heavy surpluie.t In ISM should pro duction again be large. In fad, there was a txi.-oilnlliy that thr government might have to resort lo rlicld production control nieas fw for the 1064 crop. The large corn crop was wel comed because It assured the na tion of ample livestock feed mains to maintain a high level of pro duction of meat animals, dairy and poultry products, as well as of a reserve for possible tmeri(cnclca. An esrly summer drought threat ened the cellon crop, but Isle rain fall retrieved the altuatlon. Pro duction was more than adequate to meet anticipated domestic and export requirements. Beef. Sheep Compared A comparison between yield in sheep and beef pasturing lias been noted by Jim Kline;, OSO animal husbandry specialist and former county gent here. Elinga says nioM prattle a time cattle wfll put on 300' pounds per beef animal during t grating tea aon. They also assume four ewes may be run where one steer can. Four ewes will ilheoretlcallyi Jroduce lour 90 pound lambs, or 60 pounds of meat. But Hie fact rannot be overlooked the sheep will also produce 13 pounds of wool In the same period, and at present day values that about the same as to niore pounds or lamb Considering average values Ihat slacks up 100 pounds of beef against 440 pounds of gain Irani ewes on the same aire area. At the pres ent price ol grassfed cattle and lamb price, values of both are Just about the same. TGA Directors Set Meet Date TttLtXAKE Directors of Ihe Tulelske Growers Association are to meet Jan. t, 3 p.m. In the first ireeting of the year alnce election and reorganisation. Under new president. Charlie Wlese, 1he first order of businesa la the forthcoming drive to gain approval of 7J per cent of Ihe 'lulelak Bssln fanners for contin uance of the association. Present assessment contrasts expire March Expert Predkts Still future For Mkike JUST PLUMfE .AHEAD Farm Safety Commission Planned for Oregonians A permanent farm safely com mission lo combat Oregon's mount ing ruia accident problem was called for recently by Ihe slate's first Coordinated Palely Congress at Oregon 81ate college. The Con gress pointed out Ihst Oregon ranks seventh in ihe nation in number of farm accidents. Olficera of the new commission are Marlon Weatherlord, Arlington farmer, president: and Mrs. Mable Mack, assistant director of exten sion at Oregon Stale college, secre lary. A meeting of representatives from various farm. Industrial, school and state groups In sched uled lor early February to outline the farm safely program. Mrs. Mack says tentative plans call for careful building of the program wlih several methods of promoting anlety scheduled for trial In pilot counties before launching a atatewlde program. The Safety congress also re quested employment of a farm safety specialist on the Oregon Stale college extension staff to work with the committee In developing the program, Tie general assembly of the Congress voted for a permanent Oregon state safety commission to coordinate programs for farm, home, school, traffic and recre ation safety and fire prevention. A permanent lliree-man state commission was recommended as a continuation of the temporary one appointed two yeaia (go. The new arrangement would provide for a full-time executive aecretary. Committee appointments would be by the governor, HONO KONO. i1 Fung Yln shuen pleaded gn'lty lo a charite of driving a car without due care and attention. The district court lined Fund ISO for kissing a woman while driving. 4'.C- 9 I 1 -a rub on MUSTEROLE ts relM cogki-adm aantJes ef CHEST COtPS tf-VieV. ... , --.'i4 ' c Potato Harvester 4,000 SACKS Made frees tpeeUlrallana drawn at the rnlterilty f Idaho, these harvesters de the complete Job! They dig the petaloea, enek away Hit lease vises, shake off the roll and aonr them Into conveyer- ' equipped trucks for aarklnr er piling leoae. A sens ible aystem ef eonveyera and rubber rollers deliver the epulis Into and out ef the trucks without bruising, . Tractor-Drawn , ,Self-Pawerd, ORDER NOW FOR DELIVERY, BEFORE 1953 HARVEST ftnth the harvester! and the irnrk teds kre hnllt en order. Order yeurs early enough Is Iniure delivery for next fall's harvest,' . t ORDKR DIRECT FROM KRENGEL MACHINE CO., Inc. 211 3rd Avtnut So. Twin Foil, Ida. A DAY of a cost of LESS THAN 14c A HUNDRED LIS. FROM HILL TO CELLAR Dairymen Plan Meet Sales promotion and marketing of milk, public relations, and milk production problem will highlight the Oregon Dairymen association's 58th annual meeting at Orgon Stat? college Jan. 19 and 14. ac cording to H. p. Ewalt, extension service dairy specialist. Milk prfcee and but.erfat content, which have come In for much public discussion recently, will be examined along with Oregon's de clining number of dairy cows. Ewalt report that diary cow num bers have dropped from 290.000 In 1943 to 231.000 in 1653. an average annual decrease of 7.000. A new and non-pesslmlstlc fla vor has entered the al'.lke clover picture here with the receipt of a leiur from one of the top recog nised farm crops experts In the Pacific Northwest. K. R. Jackmsn of Oregon State College, who fig urea the drop In alslke w In the nation has about run Ha course. The diminishing demand for al slke, he wrote Klamath County Walter Jendrzejewskt, haa been go ing on for aome 25 years, "I do not believe alslke Is suf fering any 20 per cent drop In use this year. It has never shown any sudden drop in any one year," he aald. With the proverbial bottom pret ty well rusted at least to all out aard appearances in the alslke market, there has been a wave of pessimism noted among growers. The Klamath Basin Is th coun try's greatest alslke producing cen ter, with well over one-third of the estlmsled 1953 national crop grown right here. But a heavy Influx of alslke seed from Canada, where reports of up- MIAMI WEATHER RECORDS MIAMI. Fla. ifi-This city set a new record for dryness In Novem ber, normally the beginning of the dry winter season here. Only .21 Inches of rain fell as compared to the previous low of .23 In Novem ber, 1944. the weather bureau savs. Miami also set a wind velocity record for February and without the benefit of a hurricane. The wind velocity reached 68 miles an hour, smashing the previous mark of 41 mph. wards of 4.000,000 fM) pounds were , said exportable by Hie Canadian government Itaell. coupled with up ward revisions of the U.S. crop In Its December estimate, had com bined with reported declines in use to help let the price drop to sup port levels about 25 cents per pound. A year ago the price reached a surprising 41 cents per pound and better, a record in all books. LADINO DOWN ' Jackmsn. a farm crops special ist at OSC and well-known through out Ihe alate, wrote he didn't think Ihe present decrease In alslke use will go much further. The use of ladlno clover has about reached Its limit, he aald. and many spots which have been experimenting with ladlno are about ready tg re turn to alslke. Tne crops exoert predicted this country Is likely to see more and more English system of farming. 1 e., where legumes and grasses are kept down only two or three years and then plowed. With these ahort rotations he said alslke will orob-1 ably always be In preference to other types of leumcs. "In other words," he said, "I think the reduction In alslke use has about run Its course. "I think that It is safe enough for Ihe next five years at least to stay with alslke in Kiamath. It has done more for the Basin than any one thing, except potatoes I suspect that as soon as the Ca nadian crop Is out of the way buy ers are going lo come around shortly after the first of the year want tine to buy aome alsike." Jackmsn said that on a recent trip to the East he asked wha the greatest forage need wat back tiiere. The answer: "A legume which will last In our hay meadows." He said they seem to be fairly well satl'fied with ladlno as a pas ture crop but when cut for hay, particularly If the, grsaae war fertilized, It disappeara. "I think for the, time being, anr. how," he aald, "they art ttlll going to want quit a bit at alslke." Fountain Pen SUpairUf av eacteat-iajiassi raaasansaei J fee aw . Mm r Ltf&UCMi WSH5B 5CT cut and wrap your beef . and pork for your locker And we still cur your homi and bacon SMOKE HOUSE 427 Marker A. G. "Butch" Zweigart Klamath Foils Phont 7060 v MAXCOLM EPLET, Jr. ram Editor LISTEN to FARMER'S JAMBOREE 6:30 to 7:00 a.m. Newt of interest to rural Klamath Basin resi dents. Latest farm and market reports, weather, temperature and other news. 5000 WATTS 1150 ON YOUR DIAL 1952 Sheep Kill Increase 24 Concerned over low prices re ceived this fall for lambs and breeding ewes, lairb and wool pro ducers are making efforts to stim ulate demand lor their products. Slaughter of sheep and lambs for the first 10 months of this year has run 34 per cent greater than a year ago, and slaughter of cattle will run about 10 per cent above a year ago. s si m ' v: -1.1- -",1 ' !. .5-: '.' r :J ;.. 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