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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE 21. 1959 1 CATTAILS - TULES DIE NOW!! V. ,1 APPLYING DOWPON - BEFORE DEAD CATTAILS AFTER APPLYING DOWPON MEANS MORE WATER FASTER Hate Weeds? SEE ME ScdGA and $suwk& Jo POJfi IJcu Trial 91 (OojJt J. W. Kerns Jim O'DomHim Klamath Falls, Orejon Spray Center 14 Green Tulelok. Calif. Ym cm depend M WW AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS Livestock Leader Sees Big Market Gains For Oregon As 7ell As Bigger Change Soon OREGON STATE COLLEGE - The West Coast has imported live stock and livestock products from the Midwest at an increasinf rate ia recent years, but wester pro ducers can recapture some of this market, believes Or. J. C. Miller. bead of the Oregon State College Now It fch Tim to Immunize Your Stock Vaccina, MaeWcfaal CaHia, Haeaea, Sfcaa a HafC anal Paatttry Oyr LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT VACCINE AND LIVESTOCK SPRAY Your Owe Step Shopping Center W Sir ZC Sfmf MERRILL PHARMACY Merrill. Or. Ph. 2451 department of dairy and animal husbandry. Increased production of feed (rain and hay is giving West Coast producers a chance to regain some if this market if they make full tK of technological advances in production and feeding. Miller said. And since this is Oregon's Centennial year, he suggested it might be a good time to look at what's ahead for livestock general ly throughout the state. Among the more notable changes of recent years are the growth of livestock feeding outside the Corn belt, particularly in the West; an increase in sise of production units: rapid expansion of beef cattle and poultry and the decline in sheep and dairy numbers; and the complete replacement of horses and mules as sources of farm power. The entire livestock and feed in dustry has seen a tremendous in crease in use of labor-saving fiwn aMpon 7 Willi M WJ Authorized parts, sales ana service far all Jeep' vehicles BASIN MOTORS 424 Sa. 6th TU 4-7778 OLIVER 60-T and 60-W Twine-Tit and Wire-Tie BALERS All-Areend Tonnage Champs with "Pivot-Balanced" Drive Match a new Oliver twine-tie or wire-tie with any other machine in your small, rough, patch pattern fields. There's where it gobble up the wind rows, bale up to ten tons per hour as easily as on the straightaway. You get Oliver's exclusive "pivot-balanced" drive ..tand exceptionally short coupling. Just follow the windrow with the rear tractor wheel even around the sharpest corner. Your Oliver gels the hay... save hours of time when time counts most. Here are balers with everything: new, leaf-saving pickup... swinging drawbar for safe transport... overrunning clutch (extra)... protective device fur all important unit. You can adjust bale length in seconds from 12 to SO inches. Twine- and wire-tying units are eaay to interchange, and an engine (extra) is easy to mount when desired. Fred E. Barnett Co. 600 Spring St. Phon TU 4-51 S3 equipment. Production per mas has doubled since 1940, total feed crop production has increased 4t per cent, more than 90 per cent of total livestock transport is by truck, and value of livestock and livestock products marketed has climbed to 60 per cent of the total agricultural income. Cattle numbers, although in creasing, haven't kept pace with population increases on the West Coast. And sheep and bog num- oers nave decreased almost M per cent since 1940. These figures explain the increase of in-shipmenuj of livestock and their products irom the Midwest, Miller said. Although the future and all changes it will bring cannot se accurately foretold, he says we can be sure that livestock pro ducers who meet the compriitio in years ahead will be those k keep cost of production low eneuih to show a profit on their operation. This inevitably means larger and fewer units, more automa tion, standardised products de signed to meet consumer prefer ence, and more integration in ani mal agriculture. Miller pointed out. Much greater use of existing ad vancements discovered by both basic and applied research will be needed in the immediate future if Oregon livestock men are to meet this challenge, he added. For example, artificial breeding will approach 100 per cent in dairy cattle and become commonplace in all classes of livestock. Greater use mill be made of hybrids and crossbreeding in all commercial livestock production, and red meat or lean-fat ratio will replace "fat tening ability in selection of meat animals. ... , Today's top feed conversion fig ures will be tomorrow's averages. Commercial hog production will follow the pattern of automation, integration, and confinement set by the poultry industry. And new and revolutionary developments in harvesting and processing forages will be used. Methods of handling livestock to prevent and eliminate loss Irom stress will be refined, and orderly marketing will reduce weekly and seasonal fluctuations' in receipts and prices. Large commercial, dry lot dairy herds will increase in number. . These changes and others will come from principles and tech niques already known. But discov eries yet undreamed of will bring out more changes. Miller said. New feeds unknown today will be come important sources of pro tein and energy tomorrow. Sea water will provide a source of minerals, and algae and molds will play a far greater role in live stock nutrition and health. Future oratress in animal sci ence is largely dependent on basic research in the pure sciences. Mil ler stressed. He said the rale at which changes come and the sta bility of the livestock industry will depend in large measure re search elljorts. " ' : Canada Has Difference OTTAWA (l'H PUnning I visit Canada this summer? If you travel by car, remember that Canada uses the "imperial gaHon," which is 20 per cent big ger than the U.S. gallon. Remem ber, also, that the U.S. dollar m valued nl tliehtlv less than the Canadian dollar, based on the Wall Street rate of exchange, which is determined by the law of supply and demand. ... American travelers will find n convenient to obtain Canadian fnnrh from their bank before en tering Canada, thereby saving the bother of making calculations when spending money. In Canada, only the major cities provide night clubs. Montreal has more nightspots in proportion to its population l.;00.Bot than any other city in North America. Don't think everyone in Canada speaks English. Residents in most of Quebec province, parts of New Brunswick and Ontario, sp" French. Elsewhere, English spoken. The national holiday ia Canada is Dominion Day, July 1.
