PAGE SIX
HERALD AND NEWS. 'KfLAMXtH FALLS, OREGON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1956
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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.
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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.
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