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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1959 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THREE Tule Lake Battle Taken Up By State Of California As Wildlife Men Add To Worries wTt rfisrra -rrvw--. I REPRESENTING the dairy industry otJDregon on the board of directors of the Oregon Dairy Council are, from left, seated, timer Haulce, Astoria, secretary-treasurer; Elmer Pe terson, Portland, president, and Vic Birdseye, Medford, vice president; standing, same order: Floyd Hopeman, Albany; Dale Scheller, Hillsboro; Stan Masten, Klamath Falls (past president), and Reed Garrison, Eugene, all directors. Not pictured were board members Dewey Burt, Portland, and Henry Gantenbein, Boardman. The 1959 annual meet ing was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Portland on December 4. It was reported to the council that milk consumption in Oregon had its biggest increase in history in 1959, with fluid milk consumption up 29 per cent over I 958. Crop Yields Down, But More Land In Production May Lead To New Record Crop yields in Oregon and across the country are lower, on the average, than last year be cause or less favorable weather. Still, by planting more acres, farmers are turning out a record equaling crop tonnage, and record-breaking supplies of livestock products. Among this year's crops, corn is hitting a new high in Oregon as well as in the nation as a whole, reports M. D. Thomas, Oregon Stale College extension ag ricultural economist. In a story in the fall issue of the OSC agricultural experiment station magazine. "Oregon's Agri cultural Progress." Thomas noted that Oregon's corn crop would have been even larger if spring and early summer weather in the Willamette Valley had not been so cold and wet. Part of the corn increase comes from a shift of acreage away from barley, oats, grain sorghum and other crops and from plant ing land that was temporarily in the acreage reserve. Increase in corn production more than off sets the decrease in other grain crops, and points toward a further buildup in feed grain stocks de spite record numbers of cattle and hogs on feed. In looking at immediate pros pects for some of Oregon's prin cipal farm products. Thomas re ported the following situations: Drought isn't as much of a fac tor in this fall's cattle market as was feared earlier. Even so. the improvement in forage doesn't seem likely to be enough to push either feeder or fat cattle prices up this winter. It will just keep them from slipping as much as they might have. Strongest forces in the current cattle market picture are the high level of employment, record in comes and the strong consumer preference (or beef. The abun dance of corn and sorghum grain also favors feeder cattle. On the other hand, the fat cat tle market is under pressure of record numliers in feedlots and large supplies of poik and poultry. Hog producers may be easing tip some on further increases in pig crops. For the time being. Thomas believes it is safest to plan that the worst hog prices in the current cycle will conie next fall. Foreign suppliers have found the U.S. lamb and mutton market rather thin and easily depressed, but chances are they will continue testing it. Meanwhile, pelleted feeds are giving a boost to lamb feeding in Oregon and other parts of the country. Pressures to inciease efficiency in the dairy business continue strong. Prices of feed, labor and other costs of Willamette Valley dairymen have averaged highest on record (or this "time of year. Poultrymen can expect better prices this winter than last, but l.'iey still may not be exactly good. The potato market picture looks quite bright, mainly because the nation's fall crop is a tenth small er than last year. But Thomas cautions against over optimism, for potatoes aren't scarce by any means. This is a year when it should pay to follow markets close ly, he emphasized. Strawberry growers across the country are planning about the same acreage for WHO as harvest ed this year. Oregon and Califor nia growers are planning modest increases, and Washington grow ers will hold about even. Kecent studies indicate that Oregon's com petitive position in the strawberry business is about on a par with its neighbors to the north and south. Copies of "Oregon's Agricultur al Progress" are free on request to Oregonians. Requests (or the current issue, or to be placed on the regular mailing list, should be sent to Bulletin Clerk. Industrial Building. Oregon State College. Corvallis. filling ip NEW YORK lUPfi-The number r,f service stations in the United Stales has soared from 15.0i0 in I'ijo to more than 181.000 doing an annual volume u( business in excess of II billion dollars, ac cording to oil industry statistics. Ocean Study Fund Granted OREGON STATE COLLEGE Oregon State College plans for ex pansion of oceanography research off the Oregon Coast have re ceived "a $50,000 assist from the National Science Foundation. The $50,000 will be used to pur chase special, equipment for the S250.000 ocean research vessel ap proved under a $319,555 grant made to the college in July by the Of fice of Naval Research. Architects are now preparing plans for the special research ves sel with construction scheduled to begin sometime next spring and completion expected in the (all of twiO. The boat will be a specially designed "floating laboratory" that will permit OSC oceanographers to probe the depths of the ocean and explore the ocean floor off Oregon for the first time. The boat will he approximately 75 Seel long with quarters for 12 to 15 scientists and crew mem bers. Newport will be home port. Part of the $50,000 grant from NSF will go for purchase of deep sea winches that will let the OSC scientists lake ocean floor sam pies of sediment and marine life and collect water samples at depths down to more than two miles. Latest electronic devices (or measuring temperature and sa linity and navigation equipment, in- cl iding radar, also will be pur chased with the grant. Or. Wayne V. Hurt, head of the oceanography department, calls Die boat "the key to unlocking I ho unknown of Oregon's ocean area. Burt diimself slatted the first ex tensive studies of Oregon's 350 miles of coastal water fourth longest coastline of any slate when he joined the OSC slaff in liivt. Aside from his work, almost no research has been made on the ocean immediately off the Ore gon coast. Burt's studies to date have in cluded research on tides, inlets, water temperature, salinity, and oxygen content. The new grants will permit the research efforts to be tripled dur ing IIK10 with great advances seen during the next decade by Burt. The average milk bottle i re used 33 times By DE VAN L. SIIL'.MWAY SACRAMENTO (UPH Califor nia's Fish and Game Department has a sort of second-hand interest in a controversy now underway in the extreme northern part of the stale near the Oregon border. The dispute over the water level at Tule Lake actually is between the federal government and the Tulelake Irrigation District as well as sports groups. But Frank Koslick, waterfowl supervisor for the slate, says that although the Tule Lake area is a federal area, the state is interest ed because it affects waterfowl in the slate. The problem is that the water level at the refuge is below its minimum level, thus resulting in the possibility of ruining the refuge as a home for ducks and geese. "We are concerned because we're responsible for fish and wildlife in California," said Koslick, "and anything that affects Tule Lake ufleets the Pacific Flyway." The lake is a key part of the ilyway. Koslick said that during the fall birds come into the area at a fast rale. During part of the year there are millions of birds at the refuge, making it the larg est on the continent. Koslick was frank in his hope that Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton will rule that the water level must be maintained adequate lo keep the waterfowl nesting and feeding area. Thousands of hunt ers use the area annually. What would happen if Sealon ruled against maintaining the wa ter level? A disaster to waterfowl, said Koslick. "Birds use that area during the spring and summer for nesting and their young are born there." lie explained. "Lowering the lake level would destroy much of the habitat. "In time there would be no birds." And that isn't all. "This might have the result of reducing the waterfowl populations in the entire state of California." he added. Koslick said failure of the lake lo maintain the birds would also affect another part of California's economy: the farmer. lie pointed out that the area, located in an area where farmers plant a great deal of barley, fetds millions of birds during what normally is the crop depre dation season. The birds start arrivrng in July Tor the summer season and dur ing September and October there are millions of the birds at the lake. The federal government goes so t.ir as to plant and grow barley to feed the birds so they won't go to adjoining crop areas for meals. But if the bird were unable to gel food at Tule Lake, they would be required to go elsewhere. And elsewhere in Ibis case might be nearby fiarley fields. Then, too, elsewhere might be along the Sacramento-San Jna r(uin Valley where lush croplands are available and ripe for the buds during their flight soulh. Koslick pointed out that as a lesult, the situation at the lake could well affect crops in the Cen tral Valley of the state. One propnsal has been to sus pend the Tule Lake Irrigation Dis trict's contract in an attempt to force maintenance of the level of waler sufficient to keep die water fowl nesting and feeding in the area. Interior Secretary Sealon, in San Francisco recently, told news men that he was going to take a personal hand in the matter. He said be would have bis aides in Washington look into it and take whatever action was necessary. California's Fish and Game De partment hasn't officially entered into the negotiations directly, but Koslick puts it flatly: "We are concerned." 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