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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1958
Nebraska Gunners
Down 700,000 Ducks
LINCOLN, Neb. A game harvest
survey completed by the State
Game, horestation and Parks Com
mission indicates that Nebraska
hunters bagged 700,000 ducks, al
most half of which were mallards,
during llie last hunting season.
Gunners also harvested 12,500
geese.
' In Curacao and Aruba, islands
hi the Netherlands West Indies,
the flourishing cactus plants keep
animals out of the yards. Gates
are cut through the needles and
thorns to admit humans.
Ford Trucks
Last Longer
on the
FARM
See your Farm
Truck Headquarters
BALSIGER
MOTOR CO.
Main at Eip. Ph. TU 4-3121
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Vaccine), Medicinal
and Supplies for
CaHla, Horses, Shaap
Hog and Poultry
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it dasigntd to Save and Serva.
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MERRILL
PHARMACY
Merrill, Ore.
Ph. 2451
Tree Growers
Slate Meet
Snow and north winds seem far
removed from the Oregon scene.
but one group has already started
tnc count-down for the yule season.
Christmas tree growers of Ore
gon and Washington have an
nounced their first annual "Trade
Fair" in Portland, September 26
and 27. to display tree snmnles
and draw marketing agreements
wiin major west coast buyers.
Sponsored by the Northwest
Christmas Tree Association, the
fair will be staged at the Mult
nomah Hotel, reports Gary Sand
er, Oregon State College forest
products marketing specialist.
a critical problem in the Christ
mas tree business has been the
arranging of contacts between buy
ers and growers, especially the
small operators, says Sander. The
trade fair is the first opportunity
growers have had to display prod
ucts to a large eroun of buvers.
Christmas tree wholesalers from
Oregon. California, and Washing-
ion win attend the two-day fair.
Also scheduled is an association
business meeting including a dis
cussion of capital gains taxes and
special taxes affecting tree grow
ers.
Sander says growers wanting to
reserve tree display space should
contact James Gibbons, 2028 S. W,
Canby Street, Portland.
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SOME IDEAS OF THE BIGNESS of the country is gained from this picture of a rider
crossing a long slope on the second day of this year's Modoc Tribe Ride. The trails
wind up through the Warner's opening up new and magnificent vistas of timber and
meadow and revealing many lovely fishing streams at the foot of the big basins.
.... m. ?i
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A LINE OF RIDERS pause on fop of a ridge to let their horses have a breather while
they look over some of the spectacular country lying below them. This picture was
taken on the second day of the 1959 Modoc Tribe Ride as the party was circling the
Pine Creek Basin on its way to Mill Creek Meadows and the permanent camp.
Farmer Census Shows Few Under 35
High cost of operating a modern
farm is pushing the age brack
ets upward for Oregon farmers.
Oregon now has the smallest
proportion of farm operators under
35 years of age and the largest
percentage over 65 years of any
census year dating back to W20,
says D. Curtis Mumford, Oregon
State College agricultural economist.
The report, based on the 1054
lederal census ot agriculture.
shows that while the average age
of Oregon farmers has changed
little in the past two decades, there
are fewer "young" farmers.
That times have changed since
an ambitious young man with a
plow and good team of horses
could break into farming is em-
Dhasized hv ttw fart thnf nti
one per cent of all Oregon farm
ers were under 25 years of age in
1J04.
At 'the nthpp nrt if thA arm
scale, 17 per cent ol Oregon's
armers were en years or older at
the last census.
Average age of farm operators
in Oregon i: Ftf A vaare Whll.
slightly higher than the 49.7 age
ior isou. h is similar to the 1945
and 1940 figures nf Mi l 'unit i;
'years, respectively.
Little or no change in the state
average coupled with a decline
in percentage of young farmers
has resulted in a marked
"bunching up" around the 50
year average. Twenty five per
cent of all Oregon farmers are in
the age group of 45 to 54 years,
and 88 per cent are at least 35
years old.
Jefferson County rates the dis
tinction of having Oregon's young
est farm operators average age,
45.3 years. Multnomah has the old
est 52.4 years. -
Youngest average ages are in
eastern Oregon. Of the state's