SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
1955 Oregon
Crop Prices
Predicted
The pries outlook for Oregon's
fall-planted crops ranges from lair
to poor, extension economists at
Oregon State College say in their
latest ' Situation and OutlooK" circular.
Needs for more forage are put
ting hay, silage and pasture in a
favorable spo: pricewise. More of
these crops will be required if
larger amounts of surplus grains
are to move to market through
cattle and sheep. Even bogs re
aulre some forage.
Wheat is hard to beat as a cash
crop even at lower supports, so
long as growers comply with the
acreage control program. Prices
are likely to be at least 25 cents
lower next year.
With average weather, the na
tion's wheat crop next year would
again come close to 900 million
bushels. In the Northwest, where
the build-up in wheat stocks has
been much faster than In the coun
try as a whole, the price of wheat
next fall is likely to be about the
same as the price of corn shipped
irom the Midwest.
Prices of barley and oats are
likely to be no higher next year
than this year. Unless supports are
again provided, prices would like
ly drop rather sharply..
According to the OSC economists
large supplies of most seeds are
still around, but government stocks
except for tall fescue are not
the problem they were a year ago.
Growers and dealers are holding
the surpluses instead of the gov
ernment. Considerable old seed
probably will still be around next
' summer to interfere with market
ing of crops raised in .1956. Crim
son clover, with seed supplies the
smallest in many years, seems to
be an important exception.
Current favorable hairy vetch
prices will tend to keep prices next
year at or below this year's level.
The same holds true for Austrian
winter peas.
Supplies of common and peren
nial ryegrass seed this year are at
record highs and point to even
larger carryovers by next harvest.
A sharp cutback in acreage seems
called for If lower prices are to
be avoided.
Use of tall Alta fescue
failed to increase last year and the
government still holds large stocks.
Until these stocks are used or ex
ported, prices are likely to be dis
couraging, say the economists.
The circular includes several
suggested opportunities for crop
adjustments that may help far
mers in Oregon maintain income.
Copies are available from coun
ty extension offices and OSC.
New Weed Police
Chief Appointed
WEED Harold L. Barnum,
who has served as a Weed police
officer since January, 1953, will
assume the duties of police chief
on October 1. .
Appolntmentwas ' made " knowif
last week by weed police com
missioners John Mantle, D y s a r t
Scribner and James Wilmarth.
Barnum has been a life long
resident of Weed and Is a Navy
veteran.
Early Basin Water Proect
Built With Horses, By Hand
r
Mil iiA at.t jMi. 'iilbl
By MARTHA HURD
Water according to Web
ster. 'i a colorless limpid com
pound of Hydrogen ana oxygen
H20, two pans oi nyarogen, one
part oxygen" Without water, vege
tation is scarce, ana naming uvea
r lnntr. Good fertile soil is Use
less without water, with it, things
grow to maturity fast, no more
bOUntUUl crops OI grain, poiaioea,
and good pasture grass per acre
can be found to be ready for the
harvest, than are raised right here
in the Klamath Basin, even wun
the short growing season. An it's
DAN McAULIFK, left, points to a spot on Whit Lake where
the Van Brimmer brothers tipped the lake in 1884 to divert
the yater approximately six miles tor use in the valley south
and southwest of Merrill. This was the first irrigation system in
tha Klamath Basin. The wide swale, forming the original ditch
is shown in the foreground. Dan's son Jerry, center, and Frank
Hurd look on. Photo by Martha Hurd.
KEITH RICE AND LES LEAVITT. with Rica en the right, stand
irr an oat field on Rica's ranch near Lorella. Rice said tha oats
will run about 3'i tons to tha acre.
Ladino Clover Forecast Made
Production of Ladino-clover seed
in 1955 is forecast at 4,090,000
pounds of clean seed. This year's
crop is 10 per cent larger than
last year's, but 16 per cent smaller
than the 1944-53 average. Produc
tion is only slightly larger .in Cali
fornia, leading Ladino-clover seed
producing state, but more than two
and a half times as large as a year
ago in Oregon. Production in Idaho
and Washington has declined so
much during recent years that es
timates for these two states are
(psjd tfsipDhksih
y Mrs. FARMER -
Good news moi
for the ladies
GARDENING NEWS:
It was a thrilling experience to visit 'Jon Da Groaff's
Oregon Bulb Farm o couple of weeks ogo. Made choos
ing bulbs difficult what with so many lovely varieties
to chose from. They do a wonderful job of handling
and caring for them. Well worth your time to visit when
up that way.
OUR STOCKS WILL INCLUDE:
en
LILIES
Valencia
Golden Cholice
Mid-Century Hybrids
Red ChompioK
Gold Band
DAFFODILS
King Alfred Jumbo
Golden Trumpet
Dick Wtllbond .
Do m ion
Franciica Drake
Tuni
FROM THE NURSERY:
EVERGREENS can
be moved any time
now. TREES and
S . ! e-wf-iw-lJ SHRUBS in anoth-
,Vi f ' Vi-y-vE-tW.r.B er week or so.
M rifeU;'i;:BfA.'''J Come ln ch009e
mem iiuw u yuui
husband is too busy
with harvest to help
.- JrV i ' with the planting.
Lm!1 -'"J h finishes hia
Lovely storks to choose fromDrop br and see the
Clematia Texensis Seed Pods. They did a nice Job
of production this year.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK larlatiaa ar na InMallin. tha
eail at liflaf accma ta remain aaaat la aama all rellaw
eaa aara.
FROM THE GIFT CORNER:
Too early for Christmas shopping? Maybe io
a a . but we all know about the 'early bird'.
GIFTS FOR A FRIEND ON ANY
OCCASION
The Spray Center
being discontinued this year.
An estimated 18,200 acres are
expected to be harvested this year
in California and Oregon, com
pared with 15,500 acres last year
. in four states. Of this year's total,
California has 15,000 acres, up 1,000
from the 1954 acreage, and Ore
gon has 3,300 acres, an increase
of 1,900 over last year.
The average yield per acre
California Is expected to" be 230
pounds, compared with 245 pounds
last year. Although conditions were
favorable . for setting of seed,
enough new fields with smaller
yields replaced older ones to bring
the average yield for 1955 below
last year's. In Oregon, the esti
mated yield of 200 pounds per acre
this year is 10 pounds higher than
in 1904.
On June 30. dealers carried over
2,197,000 pounds of old seed and
the government owned or con
trolled 9,889,000 pounds, or a total
of 12,086,000 pounds, compared with
a total dealer and government car
ry-over of 10,195,000 pounds last
year. Since June 30, the govern
ment has disposed of its stocks of
Ladino-clover seed. Carry-over of
Ladino-clover seed on farms is es
timated at 36.000 pounds, com
pared with 45,000 pounds a year
ago.
There have been no import.! of
this seed since March of 1952,
OSC Offer
Yater Test
Information
Rait water "trouble spots" un-
-nuirfri bv Oreson s growing
smirch for irrigation water has
nromnted a water testing service
at Oregon owue t,ouege ami hub
October 1, reports Marvin encar
er. OSC irrigation specialist.
How much salt, sodium and oth
er minerals will crops tolerate and
what eroos are most tolerant?
These, and similar questions ru
stemming irum uwm wuo...
of tapping wells, streams, and tid
a.) waters. Shearer says.
Reports of salt wells come from
scattered areas of Eastern Oregon.
An increasing number of salt wells
are turninir un in the Willamette
Valley usually west of the riv
er. And coastal farmers are nna-
1ns: trouble as they edge xaruier
out into tidewater.
Shearer says water supplies at
least half a Dint may oe sent
to the college soil testing labora
tory at Corvallis lor tests oi tomi
salts, sodium ratio . and boron.
Analyses for other minerals can
be made by special arrangement
with the laboratory.
Laboratory technicians win ae
termine whether water is too salty
for irrigation purposes. On border
line cases, they will report what
crops will do best. State ana re
gional researchers have compiled
a long list of "salt - tolerant" and
sensitive" crops.
The half - Pint water sample
should not be taken at one time
but should consist of a combina
tion of several small samples tak
en over a short period of time. Tid
al water samples should be taken
at the period of tide at which It is
being used for irrigation purposes.
Complete instructions for taking
samples and sending inem to tne
college are available from county
ititnsiun stents. Shearer states.
The cost of a water analysis
for total salts, sodium percentage
and boron content will be $1.50 a
sample. Costs for special analyses
will be determined by the labora
tory where a set of water samples
is submitted for a complete tide
cycle, the cost will be lor me
entire set, normally four .to six
samples.
due to the development of irriga
tion. But not too long ago, the
land In the basic was dry and
parched for lack of natural rainfall.
It was back in the 1860 s that
three brothers, Dan, Ben and Clint
Van Brimmer came out from Mis
souri and purchased land on wil
low Creek, Siskiyou county, ln
1867, the Van Brimmers filed for
water rights on Willow Creek. Lat
er, they moved to the vicinity of
Merrill, and started (armine opera
tions there. The soil was good, but
no water for irrigation. Dan's farm
was what is now known as the
"old Bceue place", two and one
half miles southeast of the present
town site at the , diversion dam
on the lav1 bed road.
Clint and Ben bought land near
Dan, and together they set out
to find a way to bring water to
their holdings. This was in the
1880's. In 1884 a six and one half
mile ditch was dug. leading out
of White lake to the north and
east. Horses and slip scrapers
were used to divert the water
from the lake, and hand shovels
were used to finish the Job.
The cut through the hill, near
the Dan McAuliffe ranch, can still
be seen and about four and one
halt miles of the original Van
Brimmer ditch is still being used
by the company of the same name,
according to Eugene Hammond,
early day cattle raiser. Mr Ham
mond has followed this develop
ment carefully throughout its in
ception, and for the past nine
years has served as manager and
president of the Van Brimmer
ditch Company.
When the Van Brimmer Ditch
Company was first formed, it was
necessary to charge its subscrib
ers 40 to 50 cents per acre of wa
ter brought to their land by this
ditch. Later it became necessary
to raise -to a peak of 11.25 per
acre, in order to meet a general
malntanence cost. For the past
two years, said Mr. Hammond,
the cost has been only 80 cents
per acre, with all the water neces
sary for good irrigation. The van
Brimmer Ditch Company irrigates
approximately 5.000 acres south
and southwest of Lost River.
A y O y
It.--
Stock Judging
Contest Slated
THRESHING GRAIN FRIDAY on the Bill Maihii ranch near Klamath Falls on tha Lake view
Highway were Wally Kay, left, operator of tha machine and Bill Mathit, tha ranch wiif. '
Klamath Guernsey
Cow Wins Record
Cow Sets Record
PETERBOROUGH. K. Y. A
registered Guernsey cow, Wanda
mere Douglas' Beulah, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hobson, Klam
ath Pallsi Oregon, has completed
a production record of 9,891 pounds
of milk and 521 pounds of fat, ac
cording to the American uuern
sey Cattle Club.
This production, made In the
AOCC's Herd Improvement Reg
istry, is equal to 4851 quarts of
high-quality milk. "Beuian," was
a junior 4-year-om, ana was
milked three times daily for 305
days while on test.
This official production record
was supervised by Oregon State
College.
Alsike Clover
Forecast Made
TULELAKE Production of al
sike clover seed this year is fore
cast by the Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics at 9,903,000 pounds of
clean seed, according to Roy Ed
wards, Tulelake farm adviser. This
Is only four per cent larger than
last year's record small crop of
9.541,000 pounds and Is 32 per cent
below the 1944-53 average of 14,
544.000 pounds. It is indicated that
California. Ohio, Wisconsin and
Idaho will have larger crops In
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and
Oregon.
According to the farm adviser,
this year's prospective acreage
harvested is 58,700 acres compared
to the 1944-63 average of 108,600
acres. This would be the second
smallest acreage on record (51,900
acres for 1954 was the smallest.)
and is the cause for the Indicated
near record small production. This
small acreage is due chiefly to the
relatively low opening prices for
the 1954 crop at the time of fall
seedlnE for this year i crop and
plus the fact that low prices for
alsike clover prevailed in it3.
Big Shorthorn
Sale Planned
Largest sale of registered Short
horn beef cattle ever held in Ore
gon has been scheduled for Satur
day, October 1 at the Lane Broth
era ranch, 11 miles northwest of
Salem on Highway 221.
Owner J. F. Short, formerly of
Mlle-Away Ranch Redmond, has
scheduled the sale to disperse his
hrrf nf modem beef-tvDe Short
horns. Short's recent appointment
as Oregon state director oi Agri
culture and subsequent move to
Salem, prompted tne saie.
Sales action is to start at 11
a.m. Auctioneer is to be Howard
Brown of Woodland, cauiornia.
Going on the block wilt be 168
head Included in this group will
be 13 cows with 73 calves. 19
bred and open heifers and three
herd sires.
Short said the entire herd will
be sold regardless of price be
cause pasture lease terminates on
the day of the sale.
Among the top animals to go
will be three herd sires Including:
Femco Prince Royal 29th, son of
world famous Prince Royal of
cruorrleton Perfect breeding: Fem
co Prince Bob, also of Cruggle
ton Perfect breeding and Mtle
Away Metaphor 4th, top son of
Femco Metaphor with Mlllhilis
Butterfly 4th dam.
Collegiate Judging contests for
llvestook and dairy cattle will be
among the highlights of the 1955
Grand National Livestock Exposi
tion Horse Show and Rodeo. It
was announced today by Porter
Sesnon, president of the Cow Pal
ace board of directors.
Weldon Longbotham of Modesto
California, Junior College, has
been named superintendent of the
collegiate livestock iuditing con
test, and C, L. Pelllssier of Davis,
California, will serve ln a similar
capacity for the collegiate dairy
Judging contest, under the super
vision of waiter T. Rodman, live
stock superintendent.
Purpose of the contests was de
scribed by the Cow Palace presi
dent "to stimulate and encourage
livestock students in the proper
selection of animals for breeding
and feeding purposes, or immedi
ate values for meat, work Pur
poses,, and milk production."
Both contests will be held at
eight o'clock Saturday morning,
October 29. They are open to
teams composed of five members
and an alternate, regularly en
roled in four-year courses lead
ing to a degree equivalent to the
bachelor of science at a recog
nized college or university, which
provides a four year course in
agricultural sciences. Members of
the team must have attended the
institution for at least one scho-
lastlo year.
Ten rings of stock will be Judged
in each contest. In the livestock
contest there will be three classes
of beef cattle, three of swine,
three of sheep and one of light
horses. In the dairy contest there
will be five classes of cows and
five of bulls and heifers In princi
pal Dreeas. Four animals win con
stitute a ring.
Fire Danger
Yarning Given
Although most of Oregon re
ceived a cood soakins. outdoor
users are warned that tne lire
danaer is still acute.
Fishermen, hunters, and other
nersons utilizing the recreational
aspects Of tne, out oi ooors nave
s. tremenaous resDonsioiutv ui
oroventlns fires. Continued use of
privately owned and publlo lands
depends. upon our fire prevention
nractices.
The high fire danger that exists
in our forests and range lands is
common throughout the state at
this time of year. Even thougn tne
nights are cool and damp, the
ground dull ana inter are quicuy
dried by the high daytime tempera
tures making them extremely vul
nerable to combustion.
Sportsmen can help insure ac
cess to privately owned and public
lands by helping prevent range
and forest fires and generally con
ducting themselves in a manner
befitting a true sportsman.
The Oregon Oame Commission
urges all persons using the out
doors to respect tne property aim
rights of others and guard against
any tire outbreak.
TRANSPORTS DDE
SEATTLE W Two Navy trans
ports are due here next week from
the Far East. The Oen. R.L.
Howbb Is scheduled to arrive Tues
day and the James O'Hara Friday.
FUR ON TOUR MIND? Now's
the time to sell or buy. Classified
Ads do both. Call 8111.
Oregon Farm
Report Given
If preliminary reports for the
first three Oregon counties heard
from in the 1954 federal census of
agriculture are a forecast of what
Is to come for the rest of the
state, Oregon farms have decreased
in number but grown in site since
1950. These three counties are Lin
coln, Benton and Morrow. .
The Lincoln County census gives
677 farms against 856 ln 1950 with
average acreage 155.5 against 137.4
in 1950.
For Benton, farms number 1153
against 1293 ln 1650 and average
185.9 acres against 178.2 in 1950.
For Morrow farms total 463
against 457 ln 1950, with average
alte 2112.6 acres against 2195.7 five
years ago.
Comparative figures on farm in
comes are not Included in these pre
liminary reports received by tne
state department of agriculture
They do show, however, that total
farm expenditures for labor, live
stock feed, poultry feed, . motor
fuels, fertilizer and limes varied
little ln the two last census years,
1949 and 1954. These combined out
lays for the three counties were
177,000 less last year man in 194.
These first figures, which are
subject to revision by the bureau
of census, shew farms ln the three
counties had more telephones, more
home freezers, more grain com
bines, more motor trucks and more
tractors. Each county reported
more milking machines, but only
one had more corn pickers.
Two of the three counties re
ported fewer automobiles on farms
than In 1950. No comparison exists
for television seta because they ar
rived ln Oregon after the census
of 1950. One out of about five
farms had TV at the end of 1954,
the reports show.
By types of farms, the three
counties all reported fewer poul
try farms, and two checked In
more fruit and nut farms, more
vegetable farms and fewer dairy
farms.
Potato Advice
Given By Adviser
TULELAKE Potatoei, fivem
chance, heal their own wounds, ac
cording to Roy Edwards, Unlver
slty of California farm adviser at
Tulelake- A combination of a mod
erate temperature of about M-TI
degrees and relatively high humltb
lty is all that la required for new
cells to form and tha woud44
areas cork over in a week or ao.
For this reason It Is not adviaabla
to cool freshly dug potatoes quick
ly to their best storage tempera
ture of about 40 degreea, ,
The farm adviser recommtndg
letting them cool gradually ta th
storage temperature, but get them
down to 65-70 degrees as aoea a
possible. High temperature can ta
crease decay and other trouble!.
Cooling' the tubers to lower than
55-60 degrees does net improve
market quality. It Interfere wit
the healing process. -
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