HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THREE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1956
Experts Say
Homesteaders lh the Port Rock
Christmas Lake area of northern
Lake County face a long, hard
pull if they expect to make a suc
cess of farming, two agricultural
economists said recently.
- Writing in the winter Issue of
Oregon's Agricultural Progress.
Emery Castle, Oregon State Col
lege agricultural economist, and
Carroll Dwyer, economist for the
Soil Conservation Service, said that
unpredictable, and usually short
growing seasons, Inability to ob
tain allotments on public grazing
land and long distances to mar
kets will combine to squeeze new
Irrigation farmers In the area.
Their prescription to success:
plenty of money and good man
agement. Even then, they say, things will
be lough.
They based their conclusion sn
a study of possible management
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THIS BASEMENT OFFICE located under the present location
of Dick Reeder's store at Filth and Main, was the location of
the Evening Herald and The News from 1927 until 1936, when
the combined papers were moved to their present location
at Main and Esplanade. All editorial, advertising and business
offices were in the basement in addition to the pressroom and
c'omposing room.
Grain Growers Using Price
Support Told
Klamath County farmers who I
have or will have 1955-crop grain
under price support ana siuieu m
public warehouses are reminded
that they have a limited time to
pay off their loans.
If such loans are not paid off
bv the time Indicated, the com
modity becomes, the property of
the Commodity Credit Corporation,
according to William Burnett, chair
man of the Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and conservation Committee.
He said borrowers may repay
their loans before the dates indi
cated and are urged to do so
where market prices are above the
loan and the carrying charges.
Farmers desiring to redeem their
warehouse receipts must have their
funds in the mail on or before
the final date for repayment.
Burnett also advises that if loans
are not repaid and if the market
......... i in viea nf flie loan val
ue plus interest and charges, pro
ducers of tne commoarty unuer uu
will be paid the difference by
CCC. In these cases settlement will
be based on the difference be-
. tl. maptnf valllO flt Of the
close of the market on the final
date of repayment and the loan
value, plus interest and charge.
The maturity dates for loans on
warehouse-stored commodities are
Barley, dry edible beans, flax
seed, oats, rye April 30, ltrao.
The maturity dates are also the
final dates for repayment hi iuua
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Fort Rock Homesteaders
schemes for using lrrlgatlonal wa
ter in the area.
In 1953, the U.S. Geological Sur
vey reported the presence of suf
ficient underground water to irri
gate about 32,000 acres, or about
nine per cent of the area, much of
which Is already privately owned.
Knowledge if this water and the
recent completion of an electric
power line to the area has raised
the question of developing either
homestead or privately owned land
through pump Irrigation they re
ported. But. Uiey said, which type of
farming would return Uie most
money.
Their answer to this question
is the irrigation of alfalfa forva
cow-calf operation. They added that
this solution has already been
adopted by several ranchers in the
area.
The economists compared four
Of ueaaune
with the exception of wheat,
which Is ADril 2. 1956
Human cniri that thf settlement
as indicated applies only to ware-
nouse-sioreo loans anu uoes nui
modify In any way the operations
f tha ncio.ciir"nrt nrntrmm fnr
farm stored commodities or those
under purchase agreement.
T.. tl,A na nf farmlAritH lnan
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Aminr1ittac ha AVnlflttlArl nrndllC-
ers usually nave pciiuu
the loan maturity date to elect cith
er to deliver the commodity or re
pay the loan. Tills period Is need-
aud to issue instructions for farm-
stored commodities delivered to
rtfMT Under rjurchase aiireements.
nrnritirprs must offer to sell the
mmmnHttu in r.c.r. nrior to the ma
turity date for farm and ware
house-stored loans.
Unwpvpr the nrndlieer still mav
elect to deliver or not when the
linal delivery Instructions are is
sued.
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types of management schemes.
and estimated the yearly profit or
loss from each. The result of their
comparison is shown in the accom
panying chart.
The costs, yields and estimated
returns were based on past returns
and costs of farming operations
in other intermountain areas.
They set the acreage minimum
at the acreage needed to support
100 cows, which they estimated to
be the minimum for the area.
According to the figures In the
ti.ble, organization type number
two, raising alfalfa as a cash crop,
will show a slight profit providuig
three tons of hay per acre is
raised. And. they say. Lake
County experience has generally
been in the neighborhood of a two-
ton yield.
Thev sav that with a break on
the weather, a three-ton yield is
possible but "not a sure thing."
News Changed
To Full Size
The Klamath News clung to its
five-column width through the early
years of its twice and thrice-a-week
publication, but when It entered tne
daily field It changed over to Uie
standard blanket-sheet.
So much for the physical aspects
of this new paper. The mentality
of this Journalistic youngster was
bright but conservative, it spent us
good ink and energy boosting the
things so vital to the Klamath Em
pire. Railroads, lumbering, farm
ing, livestock, irrigation these the
News helped bring Into reality. The
rival Evening Herald was directed
by the outspoken pen of E. J.
Murray, noted Oregon publisher
who now resides at San Francisco
Perhaps as a reaction against the
aggressive writings of Uie Murray
operated Herald, the News selected
Its goal and moved toward n oown
a middle road.
The Klamath News had charac
ter and Governor Walter M. Pierce
reached the core of things when he
sent the following message to the
publishers on November 13, 1933."
"I am pleased to Know tnai you
are going to advocate law enforce
ment and strong public opinion and
that you will maintain a moral tone
of respect for schools and
churches."
Business was good right from tne
start. Ottcrbein said, the the ven
ture appeared Justified a little more
than a month after tne ttrsi issue
when the paper was able to an
nounce that it had gained the lend
ershiD in country circulation. It
has never relinquished that ad-
Finding that Its readers nem.no
rt mnrp than a comnlcte coverage
of Klamath Falls and Klamath
county events, early In 1924 tne
Mpu.a hnnmp n rlient of the United
VT....... p.rina TtlO Iwtl tCIIPS flf
the paper each week brought a
skeletonized account oi everyming
mat nao. nappenea in me uuwuuc
world.
1na 1 1Q71 mnrlrorl An ImDor
tant day In the life of Uie News.
nno naca u.-n u cr, nriKlf nip numisii-
ers announced stepping up the pub
lication clays irom two to mice
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
In addition to the United News, the
paper became a client of the
United Press, world-wide press as
sociation, and for the first time re
ceived night and day protection on
what was going on outside the bor
ders of Its own territory.
EXPLANATION
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. ( Sgt.
William ORiley of the Lake
George police department reports
Uiis explanation of a woman he
stopped for driving 60 m.p.h. in Uie
village: "Well, my tires are bad,
and I Just wanted to get home
before they gave out."
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Face Tough
Many crops and livestock possi
bilities were not consldored, either
because yield Information was not
available, or because the growing
season Indicated that the crops
would be Impractical.
Risks other than climate were
also reported by the economists.
Longtime yield records are not
available, so prospective home
steaders must gamble over the
long pull.
Also, they say, well drilling costs
are not known, and If a sandy for
mation is found, there will be a
terrific cost before a reliable well
is sunk.
The economists also reported
that considerable initial investment
would be required before a going
homestead could be set up.
Total Investment requirements
estimated by the writers were:
For cow yearling operation uype
one), $44,600.
For irrigated cash crop (type
Compare Incomes
Farm Receipt!
Crop sales .
Livestock sales .
Toiaf receipts .
Parm Expense
Crop expenses ,
Livestock expenses
Feed
Taxes and misc. .
Power costs .
Depreciation
Machinery and equipment-
Irrigation system
Total eapenut .
Nat Farm Income
5 Interest on raal aetata
7 interest ess outer inveatment
Operator's Return far Kaaagemeat aad
Labor
Oraa-nialiom I: com-ytorlio 320 acres owned, none irrigsted. Tillable land used foi
rye hay. Public range land available, and cow-yearling maio souce of income. 100 cows. O.
imimlion 2: trrigolti colli crop. 160 acres. Alfalfa for cask main source of income. No
livestock. Barley grown as rotation. Organisation 3: eew-yeerima, tm'pntrd Jia toy.
Similar to organisation 1 except an acreage is irrigated for livestock feed. Oroonioetioa 4:
cewytarKni, bob) href, irriffalrd failure. Irrigated pasture replaces public ranxelanil. Calves
fed concentrates and sold as baby beef. Besides pasture, alfalfa and barley irrigated to pro-'
vide feed. 100 cows, 320 acre, .
Fires Blamed On
Carelessness
Many home handymen create
fire hazards In their workshops
through carelessness In disposing
of waste materials. An Ideal con
tainer for the scraps of wood,
shavings and sawdust is a fire-
proof galvanized steel garbage
can. equipped with a cover.
In the event of a fire among the
waste materials in the can, the
close-titling cover confines the
blaze to the contents of the can
and quickly quenches the fire by
starving it for oxygen.
If the workshop Is of the larger.
basement variety, the -full-size gal
vanized can Is recommended for
its capacity. When Uie do-it-yourself
expert Is limited to a work
bench, the smaller garbage pall
Will be adequate.
The handles on the side of the
larger can and the wire bail on
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Fight
two., $33,700.
Cow-vearllng, Irrigated - alfalfa
hay (type three). $51,350.
cow-yearnng-oaoy oeei, ihikaicu
pasture (type four), $83,090.
Tl.n nnxihlnutirm nf these invest
inent requirements and costs shown
in me cnart can menu timnw
In In n..rirtHc nf InW liriPPS OF
poor weather, the economists said.
They added uiat some rancneia
in the' area are using their irrigat
ed land to produce roughaRO for
livestock that Is wintered else
where, with their produce serving
to supplement another operation.
Other ranchers, they said, are
planning to drill wells, flgurmg that
Irrigation will Increase the income
from their existing cattle opera
tions. This would. In effect, mean
switching from organization type
one to type three.
Both of these two plans, the
economists said, should prove pro
fitable. From Four Budgets
Farm Organisation
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Dotlara Dollara Dotlara Dollars
10,001 Ms 360
- 7.032 VW 12,351
7,032 10,001 10.074 12,711
712 3,600 1,520 4.2S0
127 129 122
221 821
276 863 678 l.47
437 3J7 573 BJI
1,154 509 1,839
. 947 1,076 1,127 1,366
. S96 371 996
- $.17 7.62 S.1IS 11,714
1,153 Z.17S 4,946 - (77
so 25S SM (40
2.341 2,901 1,2 4,198
--1,74 117 I, IS -4,57$
UNDERGROUND BURGLAR
MARSHALL, Tex. (PI For Uie
second time In recent weeks, a
burglar who prefers lo crawl under
the building and enter by ripping
a hole In the floor took $30 In cash
and an undetermined amount of
merchandise from the S. P. Woods
grocery store. On his first trip
the underground burglar got $41.70
worth of nylon hose and eight car
tons of cigarettes..
Uie top of the garbage pall make
both easy to carry when moving
them outside for collection.
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