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SUNDAY. AUGUST 7, 1955 PAGE EIGHT HERALD AM) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Rotary Club Sponsors 1955 Students Aid uasm junior oock onow - . ... . roresTWorn In Summer Twenty years ago Klamath Coun ty played host to the Hrst annua! Junior Livestock Show. ,' In these days, Klamath County was making a staggering- recovery '(root the body blows dealt by the depression of the early "thirties." The show, the first for Klamath County since the "bust of M," was held on October 38 and 27. 1835. 'Incidentally, that was the year of the blf snows and three days after the show Klamath County residents woke up to an Inch and a half of snow. This year the show will take place on August 31. 22 and 23 at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. The Klama'b Falls Rotary Club II sponsoring this year s fair they hava done for many years. The first show was consldera&ly different from present day shows. The livestock auction was not in cluded. Emphasis was placed on breeding types and quality animals. The young people who participated could enter a number of different divisions and they participated in such things as stock Judging, shop work and vocational activities that would be indicative to the judges that the -H and FFA members were learning to be competent far mers. The show was sprinkled with luxury items, such ns style shows, horse races, etc. One feature of, the show that drew a lot of alien-1 tlon was the 4-H county health! Meat Hearings To Be Held The schedule for public hearings which the state department of ag riculture will hold upon proposed regulations , relating to the pilot program or meat inspection was announced today by M. E. Kmct erbocker, chief of the division of animal Industry. Copies of the proposed resrula Hons may be obtained from the department at Salem. All Interested persons are urged to attend one of the seven hearings. Hearings set ler: i Portland Monday, August 8, room M, state office building, S p.m. , Salem Tuesday, August f, room 321 statehouse, g p.m. Eugene Wednesday, August 10, county courthouse, 8 p.m. ' Grants pass Thursday, August II, annex to county courthouse, 8 p.m. Klamath Falls Friday. August 112, state department 6f agriculture fflces at 2237 South Sixth Street, I p.m. Redmend Monday, August 18, state department ef agriculture of (Ices, Chadwlek building, 8 p.m. Ontario Tuesday, August 16, county agent's office In the city hall. p.m. Forestry students from Oregon State College are continuing their ..JM ! .ducatTon in the wood, ITS sum' aim gin m u.c i..., "' I mer with some 225 students at "I0. " ,SS work for federal and state forestry r" ...... .. , services and for various forest In- because they stood a chance 0I, duslr r S.m ouVh th school. The. only student, not in . fores- year. Henley, Mtnn ana Bonanza hikh iry Jobs are the eiRht attending re serve officer advanced military schools had FFA chapters at the "!. They plan short-term work UmeTnd (the show became predom-1 " " J s'n JJ1"? ',r Insntly an FFA show, now mu ; '"v .... h M.iin l the onlv school In the'P'X ch of the past four years. ramv a 1th on FFA chaDter. the Nlnety-seven students 4-H clubs have assumed the more IniDortant role. The first livestock auction was held the following year vim number of fat steers entered In the contest. The livestock auction was a roaring success wiui heard of prices being paid for the fat stuff and me cnampions nrougnv prices that could hardly ne true. Don west, Heniey, nao. ine nrnu champion that year and Saleway Stores purchased the animal for 72 cents a pound. The total price came to $732.96. The second annual show was held on Monday, and Tuesday, September 28 and 28. 1936 whlcb suited the kids in the county fine because it allowed them two days out of school besides a lot of fun and cash prizes. Potato Growers Protest Prices Potato growers In western Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon dis tricts are reluctant about moving potatoes because of the low prices being paid. Potato prices this year have been sbout II a hundred under prices of a year ago. Round red potatoes were bringing 40 to 60 cents a hundred during the past week. Last year prices for this type of potato ranged from $1.65 to 11.73 a hun dred. Total movement of potatoes from the Northwest by rail the past week amounted to 178 cars. Last year during the corresponding week, over 1,400 cars of potatoes were shipped from the Northwest by rail. This Indicates thst potato ship ments are running about two weeks later than last year and tills mav have some effect on the late crop markets. Potato Insect Problems to watch NOW . . . their Effect and Control APHIS The number 1 problem In spuds locally. By paneturlng the stem of a diseased plant they cause the apread of the disease by taking It to the next plant and Infecting that Plant with Virus. LEAF HOPPERS! A small fly-like Insect which also spreads virus and wilt. A secondary problem. Per haps. FLEA BEETLE! A true Insect that causes damsie by laying eggs at base of the plant. The larvae (wema) puncture the spud and cause lowering of the grade. EFFECTS! The Spread ol disease by Aphis ond Leaf Hopper couse the areas ol Net Necrosis, or Browning to show in the field. Also, increase the per cent of disease in the field. More Disease means mora small spuds more 'off grade with Browning. CAUTION!! It hos been established thot Chemicals can prevent ihe Influx ol disease from other fields In some cases. It is felt by the leading authorities that the current season spread con be controlled in your own field by proper Insect Control. How do you know? A. If yeu have e seed aartant ef diieese in y.ur teed you planted er indfcetioni that there could be quire e kit ah.wing ue. le en the watch. B. Ge up the edits ecrois the field two ways end pick BoHem leaves, ever the waltr werchlne fer Aphis, leaf rltesem end ether In sects, eeuntlna them. C. DANGER POINTr We tel. et a criterion 2 te 1 ais per 100 leaves el indicative ef heavy p.puleti.n. This varloi with Grewera, end whether er not the po tatoes ere for StlO. Alto, et te the grewtn ttegt of the crop, end diiteit Indti. atirt s" srs -wii imi i. . i..,. ... wo latak raw li all." a Controls 1. "SYSTOX" The new Systenuc tPlsnt Vaccina, tioni material. 1 Pint per acre gives control lor longer periods than the other chemical applied to surfaces. WARNINOM Extremely Toxic DONT apply near houses, people, or within 21 davs o harvest. 3. PARATHION An excellent material as a surface material. Very Toxtc Should not be applied near buildings or premises. Combined with DDT gives a good residual. Economical Effective and DANOErtOURII 3. MALATHION The New Saler aphicide. More Expensive than Parathlon. The question has been raised as to the length of tesidusl, sln as to the effectiveness of repeat applications of Mslaihion 4. DDT and Sulfur The oldest remedy. Application ol this msterlal MUST be thorough. Our Prices ore Competitive! WI WILL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROGRAM. An added Service of THE SPRAY CENTER to help you learn to check yeur Heidi. KNOW YOUR CHEMICALS and YOUR CHEMICAL DEALER. Chemicals should be n investment tor MORE PROFIT NOT an Expense. The Spray Center TULELAKE PHONE 7-2391 are em' ployed by the U.S. Forest service and about 90 by forest Industries. Others ore working for the Oregon and California departments of for. estry and for the bureau of land management. The summer Jobs combine "earning and learning." staff members point out, and are re- oulred in part for graduation. The first forestry school in the coun try to make such a ruling, OSC requires students to have six months satisfactory experience in some phase of forestry before graduation. Student Jobs Include fire detec tion and suppression, scaling, tim ber cruislnR, forest surveys, road location and layout, mapping, aer ial photo Interpretation, lumber sorting, timber appraisals, and in sect and disease work. Summer session at Oregon State College this year attracted stu dents from 29 ststes, according to the registrar's office. In addition, 16 students sre reg istered from Hawaii, 3 from Alas ka and 42 from 14 different foreign countries. Many of the out-of-state students are elementary and high school teachers who came to OSC for advanced study. Summer sessions enrollment this year totals 1.2B4, 13 per cent more than a year ago. Marine School Plans Outlined (Fdltor a Note: This Is the sixth in a series of articles explaining the Marine Corps' schooling pro gram, designed to train enlistees for psrticulsr job fields.) That Marines do much ' more than shine shoes and march in parades is obvious from the varle ty rt training schools oflered. Two mglily technical fields such i surveying and mapping and printing and reproduction point to a need of special schooling. The former requires a knowledge or sucn auDjects as mathematics. construction layout, earthwork plot ting and computing, sketching, and map and aerial photograph reading. The field Includes nine specialist ratings, such as construction sur veyor, relief mapper, photographer ana otners. The printing and reproduction I iieia is even more diversified end lists 11 different specialist ratings. Students acquire knowledge in process photography, plate process, press operation, general photogrs- i pnv ano oiner reiateu suojects. his place In the Corps as a spe cialist. This means he may be op erating a linotype, or a photosta machine. Or he might be a pro cess cameraman. Whatever his Job, It Includes much more than marching. A NEW WELL on the properly of Earl LaBranch, Weslside rancher near Lskeview, it producing (low of. 3,600 gallons per minute. The well was drilled by Walter Wilton of Merrill. Test pumping equipment was supplied by the interstate Pump Company of Klamath Falls. The well is 463 feet deep and is cased with a 12-inch casing. LaBranch and his daughter, Earl ine, are shown at the testing lite. Photo by Buell Agriculture Office Tells Relative Foodstuffs1 Cost The nation's larrhers are pro-' duclhg more and' the city work ers' earnings are stretching further highlighting the fact the food prices are lower today than they were a couple of decades ago. This Is true whether a comparison id made between food prices here and prices In other countries, or wheth- a comparison is made between prices and the hours of work need ed to pay the prices of food. The Department of Agriculture has made some long-time studies' comparing retail prices of food and industrial wage rates. They found that in terms of work needed, food has become less and less costly. ' The hours of work needed to buy. the basic foods for a family of three has dropped rapidly and steadily between 1917 and 1937. In 1917, It took 27 hours of work to buy a week's supply of food for a Alfalfa Market Remains Steady Alfalfa markets In the Northwest remained steady during the past week. Demand remained moderate, but growers continued to display a strong tendency to hold. Trading at Portland and Seattle terminals remained relatively light with good quality alfalfa compar able to U.S. No. 2 green being quoted in a range of 134 to 135 per Ion baled FOB cars or trucks. Showers interrupted harvesting of the second crop In most of the principal producing districts. No serious damage to the crop was reported. POHK OUTTl'T Pork output In Oregon from Jan uary throuah May was nearly a lourth larger than for the same months last year. Beef production was up 3 per cent. Veal supplies were down 15 per cent and lamb nd mutton production was down 21 per cent. Add all together, meat production in Oregon is up 7 per cent over last year and the na tion's meat production is up 8 per cent. New Marketing Aid Appointed Appointpient of a poultry mar keting specialist and a potato cer tification specialist to the Oregon Stale College extension service staff has been announced by F. L. Ballard, associate director. Charles M. Fischer, OSC agricul tural economics research worker in poultry marketing lor the past eight years. 'will become poultry marketirigvspeclalst September I. Fischer graduated from South Da kota State College in poultry hus bandry and agricultural economica and received his master s degree In agricultural economics from Iowa State College In 1947. George W. Clark will work In the potato certification program next year while specialist Elmer Johnson Is on sabbatical leave at Ihe University of Minnesota, tsk lng graduate study in plant breed ing and agronomy." Clark is now completing require ments for his master's degree in farm crops at OSC. He has assist ed In certification work the past two summers and has experience as a farm manager and as a loan Inspector for the Benton County agricultural stabilization and con servation committee. Many vegetable crops home grown or stood seasonal buys csn be kept fresh for several weeks or throughout the winter with proper storage practices out lined in a new pocket size cir cular published by Oregon State College extension service. The circular contains Illustra tions for simple construction of smsll mound or pit-type storage, discussion of other suitable stor age places, and Instructions for handling specific vegetables. Copies of extension circular 592, "Vegetable Storage." are available on request from local county ex tension agents or the OSC bulletin clerk. , family of three. In 1927. It took 15 hours, and by 1S37, the needed hours had been cut to 11, Since 1837, the rate of decrease in neces sary hours has slowed down. It takes around 10 hours now to buy a week's supply of basic foods, close to only a third of the time required 'In 1917. About 30 years ago, an hours "take home" pay would buy about 5!4 loaves of bread or about 3',j quarts of milk. At the present time, an hour's pay will buy about double these amounts.. 6imilar comparisons can be made In every day foods. The changes have not been re stricted to the buying end, there have been many changes on the production end. There are fewer workers on farms at the pesent time, but these workers have a great deal-more mechanical equip ment and much more farming know-how. i 'There are now 1 milking ma chines to every one on farms In 4920. . There are nearly 20 times as many trucks and tractors. Corn .pickers have Increased from 10.000 lo 640,000. and combines from 4.000 to 950.000. i Thirty years ago each farmer produced enough for himself and 7 ptber people. Now he produces enough for himself and 18 others. Stock Sale Planned By OSC Group More than 100 registered animals will be offered at the third annual Oregon State College livestock sale August 11. Dr. Fred F. McKenzle. head of the OSC department of animal hus bandry, -says buyers may choose from a sale list of Hereford bulls ana cows: Angus bulls, cows, and heifers: Romney rams and ewes: Southdown rams and ewes; Suf folk rams; Hampshire rams: and Berkshire gilts. All bulls to be sold have above average rate-of gain, feed efficien cy and are very tatisfactory in type. During a testing period when the animals were from 500 to 800 pounds in weight, the Herefords gained an average of 2.67 pounds per day and the Angus 2.55 pounds per day. Growing ration consisted of two-thirds roughage and one third concentrates. The cattle to be sold are part of the OSC production testing pro gram. Complete rate-of-gain and feed efficiency information Is avail able on each animal an accurate guide to Its quality, McKenzle points out. Because of a shift In the col lege's breeding research program, the OSC Romney and Southdown flocks will be dispersed except for part of the 1955 lamb drop during the auction sale. - Both of these flocks are the result of many years of careful breeding and selection. Normal Increase in the livestock used for teaching and research makes a yearly reduction sale necessary. All animals sold are guaranteed to be breeders it properly cared for. Any bull that settles at least one-third of the healthy cows he breeds will be considered a breeder. The sale will be held In the OSC livestock pavilion, starting at 1 p.m. Terms and conditions are the same as those of other auction livestock production sales. Copies of the sale catalog sre available from the OSC animal husbandry department. Mail bids should be sent to Dr. McKenzle. Irrigation, Frost Damage Problems Plague Farmers Wheat Pricing Plan Protested ! Supporters of n two-price plan .top wneat are unaer lire by mid west co.n arid feed' grain grow ers! according to the Illinois Farm Bureau magazine.' -. i f The midwest wrrowers citv the following, arguments m opposition to the two-prlCe plant' 1.-Wheat experts would not' increase under trie) plan unless we broke the world price of wheat. 2. To break the 'world wneat price would hurt pur relations with other nations. 3.' The only real purpose of the twoprice plan would be to dump cheap feed wheat on U.S. markets. 4. This would be unfair to growers of com and other feed grains, a. n would ne unfair because high support on the domestic food por tion ol allotment would be a sub sidy -for the cheap, feed wheat. 6. Other leed grain growers would not have such a subsidy. The Illinois Farm Bureau savs that- eorn and other feed grain growers would not object to feed wheat-on a fair competitive basis. '55 CHEVROLET $1845 DUGAN & MEST Ph. 4111 RECORD surrLY Last month's pig crop report in dicated a near record supply of pigs oming up. Now comes the July crop report pointing towsrd a whopping 3k2 billion bushel corn crop. If, nothing happens to lower thst estimate' between now and harvest tltne, the corn crop this year will be second only to 1948. The pigs shouldn't go hungry. Trap Season Rules Changed Except for several minor changes, Oregon trappers will again have a liberal 1955-195 trap ping season according to regula tions set by the game commission last week. License fees will remain the same as last season with $6 for a resident trapping license, 110 for fur dealers license, and $1 each for beaver tags. The major changes In the regu lations consisted of shortening the state-wide otter and beaver seasons by 15 days and lengthening the muskrat season by IS days in Lake. Klamath, and Harney counties. The new regulations call for a Deoember 1 opening for otter and beaver, with a closing date of Jan uary 15 for otter and February IS for beaver. Special beaver regula tions apply as last year, and trap pers are urged to consult the trap ping synopsis for open areas and tagging code. Opening dates for mink, marten, and muskrat remain the same as last year, November 15 throughout the state, with the exception of that portion of the Snake River in Malheur County and the Owyhee River below Oregon Highway 201 where the season for muskrat will open on November 1. The mink season will extend through January 15, while the taking of marten will extend through February 15. Clos ing dates for the taking of muskrat will be February 15 with the ex ception of Lake. Klamath, and Harney counties where the season was extended through March 31. A bounty will again be paid by ihe game commission of &60 for cougar and 30 for wolves. A boun ty of $2.50 will be paid on bob cats, wildcats, and lyna provided that the county In which the ani mal was killed also pays a bounty of SJ.50. Last year, the leaseholders In the Bureau of Reclamation's Lower Klamath Lake lease land, took a severe beating from "old man frost." The prospects for s crop this year are considerably better. Most of the grain in Lower Klam ath Is in the soft dough stage at the present time and barring any sudden temperature drops, the grain should make a good crop. The leaseholders have other problems to combat besides frost. One of these Is water. In as much as the leases border on private land, the leaseholders found that this year In order to irrigate they would have to dike their land In to prevent spillover on to the pri vate land. There were 13 leaseholders In lower Klamath who were affected by the Bureau of Reclamation's requirement! concerning Irrigation water. The men met at the Invita tion of the bureau and agreed to cooperate in building dikes and Ir rigation ditches. They agreed to an assessment of $3 per sere in order to have operating capital. The leaseholders succeeded In building a major portion of the dikes with their own equipment, but It was necessary to hire one long stretch of dike built. The government stand' to gain in this deal because the dikes become gov ernment property as soon ss they are built, even though tlra lease holders build them at their own expense. The lessee hss no guarantee that j he will be farming- the lease In succeeding years. Most of the leases are let with sn option to renew for s 'period of three years At the expiration of the lease, the plot is opened for lease to the highest bidder. Thus, the lessee who makes irrigation improve ments may lose out to a higher bidder the next time his plot comes up for bid. Ihe Bureau of Reclamation has 19 plots in the Lower Klamath lease area. Thirteen of these were leased last year on the three year option basis. Four will be up for bid sometime this fall, probably in September or October. The oth er two are being withheld from lease rights for this year and next year because of s weed eradication program. . Tulelake Area Farms Toured A large group of farmers and agriculturists attended the field day held at the Tulelake Experi mental Farm Friday, August 5. Burton J. Hoyle, superintendent of the farm, conducted the morn ing tour of the farm proper. The group saw experimental plots of Irradiated Hannehen barley and cereal nurseries, potato plots and potato ring rot studies, barley cul tural practices and peppermint trials. Lunch was provided by Tulelake merchants and organizations and served In the Tulelake Grange Hall by ladies of the Tulelake Grange. After lunch the group moved to the new Judging pavilion at the Tulelake Fairgrounds for an in formal meeting. Don Potter served as master of ceremonies. Rueben Albaugh, agriculturist, University, of California Agricultural Extension Service, Davis California, spoke on farms diversification with livestock. He indicated to the local group what they could do and expect in the way of broadening their farm operations with livestock. A farm tour after the meeting was conducted by Ken Baghott, Agriculture Extension Service, Tu lelake and Davis, California. The group visited the farm of Don Por terfield where they inspected a potato fertilization program. From there, they traveled to the Byron Smith homestead where they saw Kenland red clover seed produc tion and a horseradish field. The third and last stop was to Inspect Durham wheat culture at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. STARCHY DIET Prospects for more than ample feed grain supplies but too little hay in Oregon may mean that livestock will have a starchy diet. Farmers should make plans now for their winter's hay supply. The forecast Is for even less hay here this vear than last vear. vn though the nation as a whole ex- cw a mum nay crop. BURTON GRAY'S OoZOo USTM tl LION I would be hin' I sold I ain't Hen because I am lien. $ I ain't a lyin' when I soy I am a Hen and iince I ain't a lyin' Hen I ain't a lyin' when I soy . . . 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