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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 9 D OREGON Game Commission personnel are pictured instal ling one of the new type plastic guzzlers for quail and dove in some of the arid regions of Oregon. The pictured water guzzler for the brush bound birds is in the Lake view area. Game Commission Photo r IVt r A rV - a VYIiyi Ql III lll'W'Wlllw Id l I VuUdlO On The Desert Of Recession By GAYNOIt MADDOX being rebuilt following theibank NEA Food Markets Editor (Copyright 1958 by NEA Service) NEW YORK " (NEA) After years of depression most of to day's farmers, like their livestock, are in the clover. An NEA Serv ice survey shows that despite the current recession other areas of our economy, farm income is up seven per cent over last year. Re tail prices for farm-raised foods have jumped in some cases, such as citrus, almost 100 per cent. -Good growing weather, a rec ord supply of corn and feed grains for livestock, and continuing con sumer demand for a more expen sive diet explain why beef, pork fresh produce and citrus fruits are the lucky tickets in the farmers' food dollar sweepstakes. Growers of these foods can now buy a few luxuries and much needed farm machinery. However, milk and dairy products, wheat and other cereals, are not draw ing the top prizes. The ill wind blowing against the auto, housing, refrigerator, TV and other expensive hard goods indus tries isblowing good for the farm er. .Money not being paid out to meet installments on these items is today clinking into supermarket cash registers despite rising food costs. Historically, food is the last item people cut back on. Furthermore, consumer income is still very high for the first four months of this year about one per cent higher than last. The recession is more or less concentrated in certain areas. The farmer is eating hieher on the hog since 1951 when the agri- cuiiure downtrend started. U.S Department of Agriculture econ omists predict farm income for 1958 may be 10 per cent higher man in 1957. They admit that is an "iffy prediction. Income will be higher it there is no further downturn in our overall national economy. and if, because of their increased economic literacy, farmers do not rush to over-produce because of high prices and thereby depress tneir own market. To get a grass roots report on this economic breather for t he long-harassed farmer, NEA Serv ice queried leaders in important farm areas. From Iowa, E. Edward Hill, president of Farm Bureau Feder ation in Des Moines, admits things are good but is keeping his fin gers crossed. "Iowa's two chief sources of ag ricullural income are hogs and cattle," Hill explained. "Hogs are ai a lour-year high and cattle at a seven-vear oeak. Disastrously low prices of two years ago caused nroduction to be drastically re Qu'ed; also breeding herds are drought. He added that although egg and dairy prices are only fair and feed grains cheap, the present income situation for Iowa livestock farm ers is very good, helping to make up for several poor years. "We expect no further price in creases and probably some de cline, we nave the largest sur pluses of feed grains in history, also approximately one billion bushels of wheat in government storage good for little else but livestock feed. These grains will eventually be translated into live stock and oversupply," he said. Hill put this downbeat period to his statement: "We anticipate trouble for the hog farmer within one or two years and tor the cat tleman within two to four years. In DeKalb, Texas, Norman Mo- ser, president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers As sociation, takes a more optimistic long term view. "Breaking of the drought has given renewed vigor to the agri cultural economy of our area. If cattlemen are let alone and al lowed to promote their product with their own money, they can produce all the beef the country will consume, sell it at reason able prices, and still make mon ey," Moser said. Barring a major business reces sion, which he thinks is extreme ly unlikely, Hill said cattlemen see several good years ahead for their business. In Florida, this year's citrus crop, despite severe freezes last winter, is expected to result in a record income to the industry. according to Homer Hooks, gener al manager of the Florida Citrus Commission in Lakeland "We believe that Florida citrus will be in comparatively short sup ply next year also," Hooks pre dicted, '.'and that prices will hold up at profitable levels for at least another year. In Arizona, "agriculture booms in the Phoenix and Yuma districts and farmers want Congress to help them obtain more Mexican work ers for the profitable crops. Un employed auto workers are not interested in farm work, they explain. "Our farmers' net income from vegetable and citrus fruit sales has been almost doubled since last year because of adverse weather in other producing areas, said Dean Stanley, one of the largest growers and shippers of that area "Despite the general business re cession and lack of any farm pro gram, cattle and cotton prices will assure Arizona farmers at least 25 per cent greater income for 1958 than for any of the past eight years Stanley added this optimistic postscript: "Arizona farmers, Produce Data Is Reported The following Northwest crop information is available from the extension department of Oregon Slate College for the week ending May 23. WHEAT TRADE Trading in Northwest wheat was generally very moderate during the past week. Domestic demand was lim ited to fill-in lots of milling class es. BARLEY-OATS-CORN - Trad ing in the feed grains was lim ited Barley and oat prices re mained unchanged, and corn gained about $2 per ton. Dealer bids for No. 2 Western Barley ranged from $44 to $45 per ton, coast delivered. The same grade was offered by dealers for $47 to $47 li, bulk basis on track at coast. NEW ALFALFA Haying opera tions were started in some parts of the Pacific Northwest this week. However, market prices have not been established as yet. Most important areas are not ex pected to start harvesting for an other three weeks or so. Old crop No. 2 grade alfalfa was nom inally priced at $13 a ton in the bankers and other citizens have so much confidence in the national economy that vegetable and mel on growers are investing more tnan 25 million dollars this year in new irrigation and land im provements." - In Kansas, more cautious in his appraisal of the farmer's future is Arthur D. Weber, dean of ag riculture, Kansas State College at Manhattan. Slating that the ap parent improvement in the farm economic situation in Kansas is due to better production factors (moisture, increased feed sunn ies and grass) rather than to higher prices, except possibly for beef cattle, he said: Meanwhile, the cost - price squeeze continues with increased net incomes unlikely owing to hinh cost of equipment and supplies. unless unusually lavorable c l r cumslances prevail for production and 'marketing of crops and live stock, the farmer's net income in 1959 will not be as high as in 1958." From California, supplier of about 40" per cent of the nation's perishable farm commodities, comes another warning against ex travagant optimism. Current selling prices for let tuce, celery and other farm per ishables does not necessarily rep resent an economic form pickup," said Kenneth R. Nutting of Salin as, a dominant figure in Califor nia agriculture. "Present high prices for some perishables are due entirely to operation of law of supply and demand. Expect high prices to decrease as soon as sup plies from other districts mature. Although milk production this year is estimated at a billion pounds more than last, the dairy farmer is not economically happy. A. L. McWilliams, general man ager of the Pure Milk Association in Chicago, speaking for dairy farmers in the vast Chicago milk shed, complained: "The income for dairy farmers in our area is lower today than it was a year ago. We do not anticipate any in creased sales despite recent high ly publicized figures showing up graded farm income." No turtles have teeth, but the jaws have horny edges that can cut nard substances and some turtles can make painful cuts. Increase Noted In Turkey Hatch An estimated 171,000 heavy breed turkey poults were hatched in Oregon during the week ending May 17, according to the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. This was down nine per cent from the previous week and 13 per cent less than a year earlier. Heavy breed set in Oregon, esti mated at 230.000, was down 15 per cent from the previous week and eight per cent less than the same period last year. We Have A Large Selection of Good Used Sewing Machines No Down Payment oi tow os $5.00 Per Month Rent A Machine $4,00 Per M on th We Honor All Coupons Service & Parti for All Machines Frecwater, Oregon area. Hermis ton growers quoted $14 to $15 a ton, and Madras farmers asked $15 to $18. SOIL BANK The USDA recent- ly announced that farmers who earned soil bank certificates for reducing 1958 acreages of wheat under the acreage reserve pro gram can redeem them for cash or for grain. These certificates may be exchanged for wheat, bar ley, rye,- oats or grain sorghums but not for corn or rice. FEED DEADLINE The USDA announces that the final date for filing applications to take part in the feed wheat program for 1958 has been extended. 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