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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1955)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1955 HKKALU AiND IMijWS, KLAMATH KALLS. OKtiUUN PAUtC M1NS rvS. x'f Shady Pine Rancher Uses Year-Round Feed Lot Plan Trying to set as much produc tlon as possible out of a relatively small acreage is the problem fac ing this week's Farmer ol the Week, Tommy Watters, who oper ates a livestock feeding operation at Shady Pine, just off Highway 97 north of Klamath Falls. Watters, who has been concen trating on cattle for a short time after attempting to raise potatoes on his land, found that the spuds did not do very well, and that the pasturage he raised would sup port a relatively large number of cattle, especially when supplement ary feeding methods are used. In an effort to even out the soft spots in the market, Watters is attempting to keep some stock in the feed lot at all times. Then, he says, he will have something to sell at any time there is a good opening. At present, he Is running about 12S head of yearling steers, which will soon be turned into the feed lot. He anticipates that, because they enter the lot in relatively good shape after the supplemented range diet, they will spend about iOO days before being ready for market. In addilion to these animals, he last week purchased 97 head of just-weaned calves. These wcaners will be ready for conversion into club steaks beginning early next summer, and will be sold during the summer and early fall season. Walters said that this is the way he likes to operate. The ..teeri;, which will be available Ihls winter, and the calves, which will be ready for sale next sum mer, will give him a continuous supply of aulmal3 for aale. Other growers, he says, tend to sell a tingle crop of steers yearly, and might get caught at a low spot PACIFIC SUPPLY CO-OP 1537 So. 6th Ph. 4411 Farmer Of The Week V- I in the market. His system of feeding produces good cattle. A recent shipment of 75 head to Portland graded all good and choice. He operates about 60 acres of pasture, and supplements the grass feed with grain spread on the grass. In addition to this, he grows oats for silage, which he leeos from a bunker-type silo. A native of Klamath County, Watters has been intensively work ing cattle for the past two or three years he says that it took a while to change over from potatoes. He said he went into cattle rather than raising gram for sale because he felt he could get more money per year per acre from cattle than at the low prices cur rently being received for grain. Watters1 land is at Shady Pine, where he is restricted in expan sion possibilities by Upper Klam ath Lake and the highway on one sjde. and high bluffs on the other. So he must work to get more out of what he has. This, he said, has determined his operating methods throughout. Lowest Priced SPECIAL UTILITY Tractors in their Power Classes- y if t& See Mese us fhrttTfoctormottes Come in end see (or yourwll just how much tractor value you gt in these new Ford Spenel Utility Tractors. Then make this important three-way com pari ton test. Fir it. compare the price of (he tractor model you want with the power it delivers. You'll ' find you have found en ui NIT ( $575 DOWN 1 ; V . A Elk. FARMER OF THE WEEK Tommy Watter$ was caught by the photographer in the middle of calf branding op erations at hit cattle feed ing ranch at Shady Pine, just north of Klamath Falls. In top photo, a calf, one of 97 head . purchased last week from a Lakeview rancher, bawls as Louis Givens ap plies the hot branding iron and Watters (left) checks his ears. In the photo at the left, Watters loads a hypo-' dermic needle to inject a triple vaccination into a new ly purchased calf. The inoc ulation will protect the 'calf against shipping fever, blackleg and njialignant ed ema. The calves are run from the pen into a "squeeze ; chute," which is arranged so that it will squeeie the calf to hold him steady while the men work. The calf's neck is in a yoke which holds it steady in case medication must be applied to eyes. Watters injects all of his calves with the triple shot, and sickly looking calves also receive a shot of penicillin. In addition to the 97 calves purchased last week, Wat ters is presently running about 125 head of yearling steers, and attempts to keep some animals in the feed lot at all. times to spread his sales over both strong and weak markets. School Bus Law Defined Complaints that some drivers still disregard Oregon's school bus stop law have been reaching the secretary ol state s onice sines schools opened this fall. The secretary's traffic safety di vision said school bus drivers are plagued by motorists who merely slow down and then proceed to pass a bus stopped to load or un load passengers. Some school bus drivers also shpre the blame for confusion over the law. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said. An occasional school bus operator will wave a driver past even though children are leaving the bus. The law, Newbry aaid, requires drivers to stop when meeting or overtaking a school bus stopped to load or unload passengers on a two-lane read. Where there are three or more lanes, only thost drivers moving In the same dlreC' tions as the bus must stop. Drivers cannot continue as long as there are children leaving the bus or crossing the road. standing buy. Second, figure the low upkeep elpense end oper ating economy. And third, con sider high resale value Ford Tractors have when traded in. So for the top buy in money saving ti actor power, tee and try the new Ford Special Utility Tractors. Come in end get ell the facts. KLAMATH TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT Company 5616 So. 6th Ph. 8801 Fair Share Chiefs Predict Clean-Up Of Drive Target Operation Fair Share leaders were optimistic Sat'.irday that the United Fund Red Cross target of $129,627 could be met through clean up ope.ations scheduled to follow the Monday and Tuesday report meetings at the Wmema Hotel. Following Friday's report meet ing, divisions had reported an av erage of about 61 per cent of their ;ndlvld'Jal targets. Ths divisions. their targets and amounts reported to date follow in that order. Contractors. $5400. $2996.30: department stores. SI, 600. $4, 098.70: farm equipment. 42.300. $1,953.48: finance. $7,900, $4,589.50: foods, S6.8O0, $2,652: furniture. $1,900. $1,553; fuels, $2,500. (1.820.- State Vets Visit Klamath State Department heads of Span ish American War Veterans paid official visits Octobe- 26-26 to the Ksrbert Applejate Cr.mp No. ?5 and Uie auxiliary. No. 14. USWV. Headquarters for the meeting were at tne home ol Mr. and Mrs. John Simmon?. Present were Commander B. P. Boland and Mrs.- Boland, Port land; department president, Millie Schwieterlng and Fred Schwleter- ing, Eugene: department aid. Mary Harding, Astoria. Open house on the afternoon of the opening day was followed by a business meeting apd banquet .it a local cafe. State officers pertinent Informs- tion on legislative consideration ;hat effects widows pensions and benefits on hospitalisation for veterans of the Spanish - Ameri can War. Reports were also heard on the national encampment held recently In Long. Beach. There were some changes made at the meeting on use of the American nag and the ritual. New rituals are to be distributed soon. T. M. Bieler. commander of the loyal camp and Mrs. Stella D. Meyers, president of the auxiliary commended the department offi cers and urged mother visit dur ing the coming year. Over The Garden Gate MERRILL By Mary l.ou Swisher Tne Lost River Garden Club met at the home of Dorothy West Tuesday afternoon. October 26. with Marjorie Hodges co-hostess. and nine members present. There was round-table discus sion on fall planting and fall flowers. A project to clean the flower beds soon, at the recrea tion hall was discussed. Also plans are for a cleanup meeting again in May,- The door prize was won by Dorothy Kandra , for her dry ar rangement. There will be no meetings in November or December. In Jan uary, a polluck luncheon will be held at 1 p.m. at the home of June Orem with Virginia Pope, co-hostess. Movie films on the 1955 Rose Festival In Portland and the 1954 Pasadena Rose Parade will be shown and each member is to bring a guest. Klamath Falls, Ph. 2 - Hi I flit J V m J A ( m 50. hotels and restaurants, $J,0C0, f 1,910. Laundries, $950, $385; lumber. $36,500, 115, 935.50: building ma terials, $3,300. $i motor trades. $5,400, $3,675: personal and profea- t-lonal, S9.a00. $4,526.50;- printers and publishers. $3,700, $3,706.50; public employes. $3,200, $1,148. Recreation, $2,600, $1,414: city schools, $3,500, $3,941.48- county schools. 1.100. $1,349: OTI. $2,500. 52.792.71: utilities. $4,200, $3,126.60; transportation, $7,100. $6,596.30; miscellaneous, $550, $357.20; resi dential and air force, $5,000, $1, 906: county. $18,000, $6,106.65. In the 'county, Poe Valley, Olene and Pine Orove lead with 93 per rent of their joint target or $1,000. Bly has $750 or 85 per cent; Wo cus Algoma and Shady Pine, $500 or 60 per oent and Henley and Midland have reported $1,150 or 49 uer cent. Other county communities and their targets are Ollchrlsi and Crescent, $3,000; Chemult, $250; Fort Klamath. Crater Lake and West Side. $1,000; Chtloumn, Klam ath Agency, Modoc Point and Sprague River, $1,350; Keno and W o r d e n. $1,000; Bonanza and Dairy, Jl.MO; Langell Valley. $500; Beatty. $100; Malln. $3,000 and Merrill. $3,000. Reports are expected from most county communities Monday, ac cording to Wing Commander Bob Beach. Paisley Resident Claimed By Death LAKEVIEW Walter Harris, 76, who has lived . In Paisley the last eight years, died October 26 at the Lakeview Hospital. Harris, who was known as "Big Chief," was born July 16, 1(80 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma. No survivors are known. On Monday, Harris fell and cut his head at Paisley and was brought to the Lakeview Hospital by the Lake County disaster car. The Ousley - Osterman Mortur ary conducted burial services at the Odd Fellows Cemetery on Oc tober 27. Shell's Way is the Sure Way TO FERTILIZE WITH NH, . ' . Yeors of experience proven tquipment plus . NH3 $ervlee Mean moro profit for you. 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