Wool, Lamb Pools Provide Dependable Markets
13,000 Lambs
Shipped Out
A dependable market has been
made available to farm sheep
producers (or the past four years
by the Klamath Lamb Pool. This
past year 13,000 lambs were mar
keted for 130 different growers
from Klamath, Modoc, and Sis
kiyou counties. The number sold
through the pool has increased
each year since it was organized
in 1937, when 6,000 lambs were
marketed.
Since lambs must be marketed,
lambs are picked from each flock
every three or four weeks regard
less of the size of the flock. The
pool has provided this ready
market and made shipments at
these intervals, starting in early
June and continuing until all
members' lambs have been mar
keted. This usually takes until
January or February.
V The pool is operated by a Board
of Directors. The 1960 officers
were Joe Wright Jr., Henley
chairman; George Rankin. Mer
rill; Bryant Williams, Henley;
Waverly Pierce and Vein Hem
street, Tulelake; and Jack Lynch,
Langell Valley. Ray Petersen,
Klamath County agent, is secre
tary.
The Valley Livestock Market
ing Association, Dixon, Calif., has
arranged for selling the lambs.
All sales have been made to
California packers. The business
of the pool is handled through
the Klamath County Farm Bureau
Livestock Marketing Association.
Margins Drop
In Marketing
In 1937, the total value of all
U.S. farm production was $19,500,
000,000. During the same period
the marketing cost was over $30,
900,000,000, making the retail cost
amount, the farmer's share was
39 per cent, an all-time low.
The periods of greatest drop
were 1945 to 1952, and 1952 to
1957. During the period 1945 to
1952, marketing margins in
creased 57 per cent and in 1952
to 1957, an additional 10 per cent,
Retail value during this same
period increased 59 per cent dur
ing the period 1945 to 1952, but
fell off three per cent during the
1952 to 1957 period. During the
same periods of time, the farm
er's share was reduced. In 1945
to 1952; the reduction was 10 per
cent, and 1952 to 1957, 15 per cent.
A full-grown electric eel can
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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Sunday, February 26. 196!
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THESE MODERN STOCK trucks transport from 60,000 to 80,000 lambs to market,
mostly in California, each year from ranges and feed lots of the Klamath Basin. Trucks
are double decked for sheep and a "basket" between the front and back wheels of the
trailer being loaded here adds space for about 50 lambs, bringing the total load capac
ity up to nearly 350 lambs.
3 Counties
Utilize Pool
The Klamath Wool Pool organ
ized in 1955 to provide a market
for wool from farm sheep produc
ers has brought members as
much as 10 to 15 cents per pound
more for their wool than was re
ceived before the pool was formed.
The pool has grown from a ship
ment of 4.400 fleeces in 1955 to
21,0110 in 10. The last pool was
made up of wool from 160 pro
ducers in Klamath, Modoc and
Siskiyou counties.
The pool is operated by a board
of directors. The I960 officers
were: tail Mack. Henley, chair
man: Lester Moore. Merrill; Bar
ry O'Connor. Newell. Calif.; Rob
ert Brclt, Langell Valley; Paul
Hatchett, Poe Valley: Glenn Has
kins, Merrill, and Robert Hunt.
Henley. Ray Petersen. Klamath
County Agent, is secretary.
The wool clips have been sold
each year to buyers by sealed
bid. From 5 to 7 bids have been
received each year.
The business of the pool is con
ducted through the Klamath Coun
ty Farm Bureau Livestock Mar
keting Association, an incorporat
ed association, organized by the
Klamalh County Farm Bureau.
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THESE LITTLE LAMBS are going to market by way of the Klamath Lamb Pool. Thir
teen thousand went to market through thts organization this past year. Here, George
Rankin, Merrill, unloads some of his lambs for weighing.
ANIMAL CARE Isihility by having an animal ofiahility through a business enler-
Four-H livestock projects pra- their own to care for regularly, Pe of their own. They learn
vide an opportunity for boys and and how to select good livestock.!'10" to,keP a"d us; re,d dis-
girls to learn to feed and care In addition, livestock projects help . , . , ,
for animals. They learn respon-!4-H members develop business janc reproduce.
Farm Forestry
Interest Rises
An increasing interest is be
ing shown in Klamath County
among some of the landowners
in farm forestry practices. Al
most a dozen landowners during
the last year's period are start
ing to find a place for Christmas
tree production on some certain
types of land in the Klamath Ba-'
sin.
Here in this high altitude area,
in certain localities, landowners
can profitably establish various j
size plantings of the true firs fori
Christmas tree production.
True firs and some of the pines
are in demand for Christmas tree
markets here on the West Coast
and Klamalh County has certain
areas which can profitably pro
duce these trees. '
Indicated from the amount ot
requests to the extension office,
this program may enlarge, and1
the amount ol land established in
Christmas tree plantings will ap
parently increase over the next
few years' period.
Some good operators are start
ing cautiously to evaluate the
possibility of this program in cer
tain adapled type areas in Klam
ath County.
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cigarettes a year. The total is
expected lo be 545 billion by
1965.
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Lamb . . . truly a delicacy. Tender, flavorful, nutritional . . . lamb can be prepared a
hundred ways to provide your family with a new, exciting taste treat. By its very nature,
lamb must be raised, finished, and processed by skilled hands. The lamb grown at the
O Connor Ranch has become famous for its high quality
in markets all over the west. Lamb grown here, aided by
high-value natural feeding supplies plus the expert care
given by experienced hands, is uniquely tasteful and finely
textured. Next time you're thinking of something special
for your family s diet . . . shop for lamb . . . insist on only
choice grades! Your family will love good lamb . . . and it's
inexpensive, too!
O'CONNOR LIVESTOCK CO.
Spring Lake Road Klamath Falls, Orego Phone TU 2-1903