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4 ' VARIATION These five plies of potatoes show vari ation in sprouting under high air flow, controlled tem peratures and humidity. Piles were taken from five dif ferent bins. Pile "A" was sealed with no ventilation; pile "E" under 0.18 cubic feet per minute air per bushel flow; bin "B", 0.59 cfmbu; bin "F", 1.75 cfmbu; bin D", 3.07 cfmbu. showing almost no sprouts or roots. These results were determined on May 20. All photos by Burton J. Hoyle, U of C Field Station. Tulelalce. V.-- MORE EVIDENCE Picture shows amount of sprouts taken from five bags in above picture of mesh bags of potatoes. Pile of potatoes at left, stored under hign air circulation, shows no sprouts. Others to the right indicate lower temperatures that increase sprout growth. r 7y.jwi nvji A I i n I $fr hVV v f c. -I ITT BIN D These binned potatoes were stored with 3.07 cubic feet of air flow per minute, maximum flow of the test period. Picture was taken on May 27, considered late in the shipping season. Note how short sprouts are. III Slp-fp gg Ajtofo Jzrojf Jfl Currently Underway A DIFFERENCE Mesh bags of potatoes taken out of storaqe show variation in rooting on May 20. Bags, reading from left to right, were kept under varying degrees of temperature with bag at left under higher air flow showing almost no sign of sprouting. A It v3 s 1 i, it- ijii itftli ii' fV 'ID5" LATER Here are piles of sprouts taken from same sacks one week later showing rapid growth. PU f 4 i ,w 7,11 I TULELAKE - The control of sprout and root formation in po tatoes in common storage has been under research for some time at the Tuielake University ol California Field Station. Burton J. Hoyle. superintendent. who conducted the research, with the University ot California Divi sion of Agricultural Sciences, hailed the results of the experi ments as one of the most en couraging developments in the po tato production industry in many years. The study, which involved the use of metered air. in excess of 1-Vcubic feet of air flow per min ute, temperatures near 40 degree.! and 85 per cent humidity, has de termined that the marketable me ot potatoes in cellars can be extended up to six weeks. In the past, most common stor age facilities have used the en velope type of ventilation permit- ling atr to cu-culate around and over the tops of the piles. With this method by mid-April or May 1, objectionable sprouts and roots had made further marketing impossible. The higher, controlled use of air flow retards the formation of stem and browning, decreases the chip ping color and reduces the num ber of sprouts, Hoyle pointed out. Use of chemicals to control sprouting can run as high as 28 cents per hundredweight while the controlled air-temperature control would greatly minimize cost. Fans during the experiment were operated only 28 per cent of the time from Oct. 2f until May BIN E Picture taken on same day, May 27, of bin of potatoes stored under minimum air flow of 0.18 cfm with heavy sprouting. Farm Prices Decline, Costs Rise By GAYLORD P. GODWIN United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI Farm prices dropped nearly 1 per cent in the month ended Oct. 15 and averaged about one-half of 1 per cent below those of a year earlier, the Agriculture Department re ported Tuesday. Primarily responsible for the decline were lower prices for most fruits, hogs, lettuce, and potatoes. Partially offsetting increases were reported for milk, cotton, and eggs. Farm costs were about the same in mid-October as in mid September. Costs' were about 2 per cent higher than a year ago. The decline in prices received was too slight to disturb the parity ratio which remained at 80 per cent, the same as in mid-Septem ber. The ratio a year ago was 81 per cent. Parity is the price needed to put the value of com modities sold by farmers on a par with the cost of things they must buy theoretically a fair re turn for their products. Price Index The mid-October index of prices received stood at 240 per cent of the 1910-14 base period, compared with 242 per cent in mid-Steptem-ber and 241 per cent in mid October a year ago. The index of prices paid was 301 per cent of the base period, unchanged from the previous month. A year ago the index was 296 per cent. -' . Average hog prices in mid- October were $16.40 per hundred weight, off $1.10 from the previous month and off 30 cents from mid October, 1960. Average beef cattle prices for the month were $20.10 per hun dredweight, down 10 cents from mid-September but up $1.10 from mid-October last year. Average corn prices of $1.02 per bushel were off 2 cents from mid September but up almost 3 cents from mid-October a year ago. Henry Agard Wallace waxed nostalgic today in a speech before the graduate school at the Agri culture Department. The speech was one of a series scheduled dur ing the centennial year of the de partment's establishment. Even though Wallace was Vice President and a onetime candidate for President, he indicated that his most enjoyable occupation was lhat of Secretary of Agriculture during the first eight years of the Roosevelt Administration. ' Close Contact Wallace has been in close con tact with the department for more than 50 years. He was a friend of James Wilson, who be came secretary during the McKin- ley Administration and served for 16 years. Wallace's father was secretary during the Harding Ad ministration. Wallace said when he visited the department in 1913 he became confirmed in the belief that "sci entific curiosity is one of the most precious of all assets." He said that few organizations have been so alive with scientific curiosity as the department over the 100 years of its existence. Wallace initiated the ever- normal granary program in 19.18 to insure adequate supplies without gluts or shortages. He noted that it provided crucial supplies to meet world-wide needs during World War II and the postwar food crisis. He is convinced the same program is applicable today. "The ever-normal granary idea appeals to me as an idea that has relevance today and one that could be utilized in meeting our obliga tions to the free world," Wallace said. He did not go into details of how the program would work on a world-wide scale. Seed Blanks Available Order blanks for seedling for est trees are available at the coun ty extension office on the second floor of the post office building. These seedling trees are pro duced and shipped from the State Forest Nursery in Oregon. These trees arc for the propose of wind-l breaks around farms and farm homes, planting for woodland pur poses, and planting for Christmas tree farm production. Broadlcaf trees for windbreaks available for farm windbreak purposes include Black Locust, Caragana, Green Ash, Russian Olive and Chinese Elm. Confier trees for windbreak purposes include Scotch Pine, Austrian Pine, Incense Cedar, Chinese Arborvitac, and Roc k y Mountain Juniper. For private ownership, refores tation and Christmas tree farm production: Douglas Fir, Ponder- osa Pine, Scotch Pine, Lodgepole, the true firs and Norway Spruce are available from the state nursery. Orders for these trees should be placed now for future ship ment. Whether for fall or spring planting, the orders should be en tered at the State Forest Nursery at this time. The county extension office in the post office building has the order blanks and the explanation leaflet accompanying the balnks. Cattlemen Meet Slates List Of Top Speakers Beef Council Collection Less Than First Estimate An estimated $50,000 will be col lected in Beef Council fees, mem-! bers of the State Board of Live-1 stock Auction Markets were in formed at a recent meeting held in Salem. This is less than was originally anticipated, but cost and expenses involved in setting up the council were less than ex pected, too. Regulations relating to testing of dairy cattle in auction yards are now under study, according to Dr. L. E. Bodenweiser, head of veterinary services for the State Department of Agriculture. "Before these regulations are pro mulgated," Bodenweiser said, "we want to be sure they are industry' approved and loophole free. This will take a little time." he said. are increasing. However, this is based upon a faulty system of re porting. Many classed as 'reactors' are actually recent vaccinates he continued, "and are not actual ly brucellosis reactors. We are re vising the system of reporting," he continued, "based on slaughter blood samples. Possibility of a statewide pro gram for eradication of hog chol era was discussed. "The backing of the entire swine industry essential to such a program." Bo denweiser warned. "We need to be assured of complete control of the use of virulent virus, before we institute a statewide hog chol era eradication program." Dr. D. H. Jones, Roseburg. was Dr. A. G. Beagle, supervisor of i reelected chairman of the board the federal-state disease control program, told board members that federal funds (or brucellosis test ing were not sufficient for an ex tensive fee test program, but that the program would be supported on a minimum basis. The state will be able to fulfill all program commitments. "It appears." Beaple said, "that the number of brucellosis reactors for the coming year. Dr. Stanley McGough. Pendleton, vice chair man, was also reelected. Newspaper SPOT ADS art inexpensive Irvin Mann Jr., Stanfield. an nounced this week that six live stock industry leaders and gov ernment officials will address Ore gon cattlemen and Cow Belles meeting in Pendleton Nov. 8-11 at their 49th annual convention. Mann is president of the Oregon Cattle men s Association. Heading the list of out-of-state speakers is Luther T. Hoffman, assistant director, operating serv ices. Bureau of Land Management. Department of Interior, Washing ton, D C. Hoffman will arrive ir Pendleton on the 8th and remain for the entire convention. He will speak Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Fred Dressier. Gaidncrvillc. N'cv., president of the American1 National Cattlemen's Association, will address the combined meet ing on Friday morning at 10 o'clock, discussing many of the problems facing the industry to day. Immediately following the ad- Likely, Calif., president of the Re gional Beef Council. Other speakers include Bill Southworth, Salem, Ore., assistant state director of agriculture for Animal Industry; Dick Richards, manager of the Pacific Interna tional Livestock Exposition Portland and panel discussion! members Dr. J. C. Miller, Cor-i vallis; Andy Duffle, Olather, Kan sas; Buck Gregory, Portland; Jiggs Fisk, Enterprise, Ore., and Brent Horn, Hcrmiston, Ore. According to Steve Thompson, Pendleton, chairman of the reser vation and prc-registration com mittec, Pendleton's hotels and mo tels are rapidly filling and pre regislrations have now reached nearly 400 from 61 towns in nine states The convention opens Wednes day. Nov. 8. with registration and committee meetings and closes 20. Humidity was consistently maintained near 85 per cent and floors of bins in the potato cellars were raised to permit discharge ol air into thus space to permit it to raise through the bin. The high rate of air flow ap parently had no appreciable ef fect on moisture content. Shrivel ing and weight loss was more apparent, Hoyle said, in potatoes remaining under lower air flow, with high amount of sprouts. Weight loss remained essentially the same for all air flow rates until mid-April when the buds started to break. By May 30 the weight loss at the higher air rales was slightly over five per cent where the low rate was em ployed. Combined weight loss Irom the two factors was uni form with all treatments aver aging about six per cent. Hoyle further lound that the presence of stem end browning was lessened in high ventilated bins. Until mid-April potatoes in all bins under study remained about the same and budding started equally. From that time differ ences developed with retardation then showing the effect of t h e higher air flow rate. Until mid April no moisture accumulated in any of the bins, the moisture accumulation associated with the post budding period, apparently having been carried off by the higher air flow. Although sprouting eventually became nearly as long under high flow of air as under lower air by July 12, rooting did not. On July 12 the potatoes were easily removed from the bins under high flow, since few roots bound them together. By contrast, bins under the lower flow were a solid mass of damp potatoes with long roots and tops binding the tubers together. The Tuielake experiments are believed to be the first of the kind conducted in the Klamath Ba sin for control of sprouting and rooting with high air flow. : ' Spuds Going To Diversion WILL GUIDE New officers of the Klamath Cattlemen's Association were named for 1961-62 during the annual meeting at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Left to right are Ray Petersen, Klamath County agricultural agent, secretary; Alvin Cheyne, president, and Al Haslebacher, treasurer, Norman Jacob, vice president, was not present. IIKKA1.1) AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Tuesday, November 7, 1961 PAGE 7 FHA Loan Details Outlined William S. Tubach, chairman of I the Klamath County Farmers Home Administration Committee, Wheat Shows Stock Drop Saturday with the final general dress by Gov. Mark Hatfield, the: session including election of of-1 group will hear an important! fuers and selection of the conven speech by Bnincll Christensen.jtion city for 1962. SEATTLE (API The amount of wheat stocked in the Pacific Northwest has gone down this year and prices have gone up. the State Crop and Livestock Re porting Service said Tuesday. Wheat storage in Washington, Oregon and Northern Idaho as of Oct. 1 totaled 107,858.000 bushels the service reported. That's 29 per cent less than a year earlier and the smallest total since Oct. 1949. Washington State's storage total of 66,024,000 bushels is 29 per cent less than a year ago. Oregon stocks of 35,357,000 bushels is down 28 per cent and North Idaho's 6.477.000 bushels is 35 per cent less than a year ago. Meanwhile, "prices, with the ex ception of hard led winter wheal were the highest in four years" as of Oct. 1, the service said For the most part, this is be cause ol "smaller carryover stocks of old wheat on July 1 higher support rates for the 1962 crop and the reduced 1961 produc tion." the service reported. As an example, the service said No. 1 soft white wheat recently sold for $2.13 a bushel. This was 13 cents higher than a year ago and 20 cents above the effective support rate for the 1961 crop wheat. A heavy volume of potatoes is being diverted for livestock feeds and starch under the diversion! program authorized for Klamath Basin and central Oregon areas and Malheur County,' according to Hugh Taylor, chief of the Plant Industry Division of the State De partment of Agriculture. Oct. 1 shipping point service showed a total of approximately 62,000 hun dredweight diverted during the first week of the program, Taylor said. Unfortunately, this year, we have a depressed potato market This is probably due, in part, to increased acreage and. in addi tion, increased yiilds," Taylor not ed. An estimated six million hun dredweight will he harvested in Oregon potato fields this year. This is only slightly above the 10- year average. Production t n l s year, throughout the United States, was approximately 11 per cent above I960. Brand Law Revise Eyed The Klamath Cattlemen's Asso ciation meeting last week pre pared several resolutions to be considered al the Oregon Cattle men's convention in Pendleton Nov. 9-11 and elected officers for the coming year. The group continues to urge rc- vision of the brand laws to re quire brand inspection of all! branded cattle whenerver there is a change of ownership. At pres ent in Oregon, only cattle moving to slaughter, across state lines, or through sale yards, are brand inspected. The practice encour ages ' cattle rustling and places the cost of brand inspection on few operators. The association also favors a, review of the cattle theft preven tion code of the stale to insure convictions in theft cases and went on record as favoring the granting of grazing permits on. public lands as in the past, based on eommensurute property, prior use, and the basing of fees on live stock prices. Still another resolution enriors i the creation of a recreation and public relations committee of the Oregon Cattlemen's Associ ation to settle problems arising from increased pressure for hunt ing and fishing on private lands. Klamath County Cow Belles! met the same day and a joint buffet dinner in the Winema Ho tel concluded the annual meeting. along with Milburn G. Burk fromj Klamath County and Erwin O. Ab- ramson and Roy E. Peterson from Lako County, other committee members, attended a meeting here Oct. 17. The Agricultural Act of 1961 has made many im provements in agricultural credit services. These changes were dis cussed in detuil by Walter L, White, real estate loan officer, and James S. Cody, area supervisor A farmer can now borrow up to1 $35,000 for farm and home oper ating credit. The increase in loan limits reflects a growing need for additional capital to carry on! an efficient farming operation Farmers can obtain long term Use Of Vool Reflects Dip WASHINGTON (API Th Agriculture Department reports! that domestic use of wool this year was about 7 per cent less than lust year and 3 per cent less than the annual average for the years 1955 to 1958. The reduction was said to re flect a decline in imports of wool en products and less mill use of carpet wool. The department said prices re ceived by growers for shorn wool in the early months of the current marketing season were below those of a year earlier, but have been higher since August. It said prices can be expected to be slightly higher than a year ago during the remainder of the 1961 marketing season. loans to buy, enlarge or improve their farms. Refinancing of debts is also possible when the total in debtedness on the farm does not exceed $60,000. Each loan is accompanied by technical assistance in farm and financial management. Rural communities as well as farmers can benefit from the re cent legislation. Private corpora tions, operating on a non-profit basis, municipalities and political subdivisions, irrigation districts, drainage districts, flood control districts and soil conservation dis tricts, as well as individual farm ers can obtain long term loans for facilities directly related to soil conservation, water conserva tion, development, use and con trol or drainage. A home loan program is now available to thousands cf rural families. Long-term rural housing loans are limited to farm owners and to owners of non-farm tracts hn rural areas and small rural communities with populations of not more than 2,500. This credit may be extended to construct. improve or repair homes and re lated facilities, or farm service buildings, or to provide water for farmstead and household use. The Farmers Home Administra tion does not compete with regu lar commercial lenders. Applicants must be unable to get credit they need at reasonable terms from other sources. Bruce Stewart is the local Farmers Home Administration county supervisor. His office is lo cated in room 308 Post Office Building, Klamath Falls. Farmers wishing additional information can ' see him on his regular office day. Monday of each week. b uti.cn N NO, DATE 10-1 , POTATO COKMITTZE MANAGERS' JODrr DISPOSITION REPORT, 1961 CROP SEASON WITH 1960 CROP SIA30N COMPARISONS CUMULATIVE FIGURES THRU Octobsr 21. 1961 0GKPILE0 BI 0REG0N-CAIJFORHI4 POTATO COMHXTTEE, P.O. 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