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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. 'KfLAMXtH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1956 oil farms with allotments (or 8 ioem. m Imm wirwyi fr wen, are ligibW to tafc pari In th cko9 Inm ! th SoH lank. Frmn who porttctpata will rdc HmW 1957 flcrvog ff on w nor f tbtw crept bvlow Mm aotwnt cam bo. All tarram who wish to partklpot In 1957 should work Ml thob plont with tho County Agricultural Slobllhatlon and ConMrvaMon Comalt loo. tho U. S. DopartrMnl off AfricuHvro annovneotv Payntonti will bo Mode to wptntato fani for Ion of not taw rent Mir frooi crop acroago rodudton. Thoto piyirti wiM bo boMtl on normal crop yfoM for tho irwd land, as dotonninod by Iho County ASC Comnittoo. fwmmn May leave this land Idle, or poly mM or water conservation practicot en It. Thlt land cannot be crapped or .out tor hay during 1957 calendar year, and nay not be grated anion the Seae Iwry of Agriculture determine an onwrgency exist, fninn alto May participote 'In the Soil tank' Conservation leserve for which all fana land regularly used to yreduco crops to eligible. So7 Bank Reserve Program Is Directed At Conservation The recently announced conser vation reserve program of the new soil bank could affect Oregon farm production, prices, and costs for some time to come, believes Mar ion Thomas, extension agricultur al economist at Oregon State Col lege. According to the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture, the conserva tion reserve is designed to help farmers shift land regularly used serving uses. And Thomas thinks many Oregon farmers can use the for crop production into soil -con-Dew program, to add soil-saving practices on their land with little if any loss in current net income. At the same time, they would be bolstering prices on what they sell by helping to check the build-up in national supplies. Under the newly announced program, cost-sharing assistance will be available to farmers in making the shift, and farmers will also get annual "rental" pay ments on land set aside in the soil bank. All farm land regularly used in the production tf crops, except bearing orchards and -vineyards, is eligible to be placed in the con servation reserve program, accord ing to Arnold Bodtker. adminis trative office of the state agricul tural staotuzation and conserva tion (ASC) committee. The one exception is land placed under the acreage reserve program of the soil bank. In Oregon, the acreage reserve program is open only to fanners with established wheat al lotments. To take part in the conservation reserve, farmers must sign con tracts with USDA through th er county ASC committee. Generally, at least five acres must be put under the program, Bodtker says. But a minimum of two acres will be eligible if trees are planted, and special provisions are made for small farms. Contracts will run from 3 to 10 years usually at the option of the farmer depending on whether the land placed in the conservation re serve needs cover crops estab lished. In the case of land planted to trees, contracts will run 10 to 15 years. Land in the conservation re serve must not be cropped or grazed while the contract is in force. Bodtker says. Violation of the contract may result in its can cellation, in which case the farm er will have to pay back all pay ments made under the program. And in addition Bodtker warned that intentional cropping or graz ing of conservation reserve land makes the farmers subject to a civil penalty. The cost-sharing payment to as sist in the establishment of soil and water conservation practices Wd May Cost More on land placed in the conservation reserve may be as much as 80 per cent of the cost in many cases. The annual "rental" payment is determined by multiplying a con-servation-reserve-per-acre rate by tne number ot acres the farmer has in- the conservation reserve program. Bodtker reports that the national average per - acre rate is $10, but this will vary among states and counties. Oregon's av erage rate has been set at $12, next to highest in the nation. Both cost-sharing and annual payments will be made the year a conservation practice is estab lished, and the annual payment will be continued each year the contract is in effect and contract conditions are met. However, total annual payment to any one pro ducer, for any year, and with re spect to all farms in which he has an interest is limited to $3000, Bodtker says. Information on how the conser vation reserve can be applied on individual farms is available through county ASC offices. And county extension agents will be able to help farmers make best use of land' placed m the reserve. Farmers considering putting land in the reserve are urged to con tact men- county ASC office and county agent soon. There should be plenty of feed for Oregon livestock this winter. but much of it is likely to cost a little more than last winer, re ports Marion Thomas, extension agricultural economist at Oregon State College. This will probably be true even though Oregon's supply of feed grain per grain-eating animal at an all-time high 10 per cent above a year ago Thomas says. Indirectly, anything that helps corn prices helps prices of other teed grains, he pointed out. And corn prices will be bolstered this year by the broadening of the sup port program to include loans to Midwest corn growers who ex ceeded their allotments. This, together with higher sup ports on barley and oats, a big export movement, and smaller grain crops over the nation. pushing price tags upwards on feed, Thomas reports. Hay may be an exception to the higher prices, Thomas believes be cause hay supplies have improved. Supplies in Oregon and the North west are about a tenth larger than a year ago. Hay prices are a little lower than last summer, and Thomas says they aren't likely to rise un less purchases for drought relief m-Texas and other dry areas be come large. Safest bet though, he thinks, is to be sure of enough hay before snow liies. Cull potatoes have found an in creasing use as cattle feed. And while cull potato prices may start a nttle higher than last win ter, Thomas says there should be about as plentiful a supply usual in Oregon potato counties. Recent feeding trials indicate po tatoes are economical to feed up to prices of $8 to $10 a ton when hay is around $25 and grain around $50 a ton. CLEAN GRAIN Clean food can only come from clean grain. dlandwiA (R&pifxi By BILL DECKER This year we. will see a change in the marketing of the grass-fat steers and heifers coming off our range. Up until now any of - the young stock which did not meet the requirements for USDA Good were stamped Commercial and re legated to just such outlets. With the new Standard grade', which young cattle will be marked if they do not show enough finish to make Good, a great deal of lean, tender beef will be available at reasonable prices. Consumers have shown their preference for lean meat in the past and perhaps the introduction of this new grade will prove to be a factor in raising the per capita consumption of beef. A little pub licity regarding the fact that lean beef contains more nourishment, pound for pound, than fatty beef, and a program designed to edu cate the public as to how leaner cuts should be prepared, may re sult in making Standard carcasses popular. A report from the Department of Agriculture shows that Oregon's dairy farms have continued in their downward -trend in milk pro duction. Nationally the production ls higher than it was last year. but in this state the output for September was three per cent be low what it was for the same period a year ago. It was the lowest September record since 1932, the report said. This .is in keeping with a pattern which has shown up over the past several years and most of the western states have switched from export ers of dairy products to importers, Animal Diseases Tallied By State Hog cholera and infectious kera titis were the two diseases which hit Oregon livestock the hardest in August, according to the cur rent report of communicable dis eases compiled by the state de partment of agriculture. Infectious keratitis, the pink eye disease of livestock, topped the list with more than 200 cases re ported. The department's animal industry officials point out that this is not an unusual number of infectious keratitis cases, because the disease is at it's peak during the fall months. Second disease in number of cases reported in August was ovine ecthyma; 140 cases of this were reported. Hog cholera was in third place with 130 cases, all of which resulted in death. With the rodeo season drawing rapidly to a close there seems to be little doubt that Jim Shoulders will wind up with the -bareback and bullriding crowns as well as the all around championship. The only question is: will he be able to crack the $50,000 mark. No one ever has, and it begins to look as if he will fall short of the goal if he does not step up his winnings. The race for the bull dogging title is still the closest one of this season. Harley May. Ben ny Combs, Wayne Dunafon and Willard Combs are involved in a four way race for the top prize for steer wrestling. May is still on top and the rest follow in the order that their names were listed above. Deb Copenhaven stands high in the saddle bronc contest and Ray - Wharton is top man in calf roping. The USDA reports that beef production per cow is up 38 per cent from what it was 30 years ago. In 1954 each cow produced 539 pounds live weight of cattle and calves. This was 148 pounds more than the average for. 1924. The explanation lor this increase is to be. found in the factors of better 'animals, more care better feeding, a higher calf crop per centage, reduced death losses, a swing to better types and greater attention to characteristics in the genetic history of breeding cattle. Average US carcass weight at slaughter has risen from 474 pounds in the 1920-24 period to 511 in 1950-54. In 1924 only 25 per cent of all cows were of beef type as comoared with about 50. per cent today. - The Oregon Potato Commission reports that last year this country produced 227 million hundred weight ot potatoes, or mi mnuon bushels. This year - the crop is greater by some 15 to 16 million hundredweight and we have about 242 million hundredweight, or 403 million bushels. Normal consump tion, the report states, is around 210 million hundredweight or 3c0 million bushels per year. There fore, the commission war we have a surplus which cou? -ily ruin the potato market. It s up to the individual grower to divert a portion of his crop to either live stock feed or starch to avoid a marketing catastrophe. rcinri WEAR BRIGHUCLOTHING -V) fC f No fob Is too big or too small for us. Get our estimate. From the largest development to the smallest project, we excavate or grade with maximum speed at minimum cost. GRAHAM BROS. 2501 Bnha Phone TU 1-4441 1 ANNOUNCING Beefy's 12- ALBERS NEW COMPLETE BEEF FATTENING RATION! a new complete grain-concentrate-mineral ra tion for self feeding. All rolled grains and pel let mix will not blow out with wind or hang .v p in feeder. Molassesized for extra gains end palatibility. Brewers and irradiated yeast control bloat and keep animals on full feed. " Competitively priced - EXTRA SAVINGS OFF CAR! Standard Feed 2710 So. 6th Ph. 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