U.S. In World Market:
World Economic Picture
Looks Bright To America
By RAY CROM1.F.Y i
Nfpaper Enterprise AMt.
WASHINGTON CNEAi-On bal
ance, the world economic pic
ture looks bright for the United
Slates and the Free World in
the eyes of government and pri
vate economists interviewed by
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Item The U.S. balance of pay
ments position is improving. World
bankers and businessmen show in
creased confidence in the dollar.
They hold the dollar balance po
sition is well on the road to equili
brium. Economists estimate the
basic deficit should be wiped out
by the end of 196.1.
Item The United States and
free world countries are doing
well in competing with the So
viet bloc lor the world's trade.
A number of the lcss-developcd
countries have been disillusioned
by their experience with Soviet
trade. One economist, citing what
OSU Plans
Meeting
Of Society
CORVAIXIS-The American So
ciety of Animal Science has an
nounced that it will hold its 55th
annual meeting at Oregon State
University next August the first
time the group has ever met on a
university campus.
All previous society meetings
have been held in Chicago.
"Oregon State is proud to have
the honor of being the first uni
versity to host the worldwide or
ganization." Dr. J. C. Miller, head
of the Animal Science Depart
ment, said in announcing that the
OSU invitation had been accepted.
The western sections of the
American Dairy Science Associa
tion and the American Society of
Animal Science also will hold
their annual meetings in conjunc
tion with the national meeting on
the OSU campus.
The national meeting normally
attracts some. 1,500 animal scien
tists from throughout the United
.States and other countries.
Reports presented at last1
month's annual meeting in Chi
rago were based on research In
.16 stales of this country, Canada,
England, Brazil and Australia.
The society is made up of sci
enlists doing research on the vari
nus facets of growing and feeding
livestock for maximum produc
tion of quality meat and milk as
well as non-food livestock prod
ucts. Oregon Stale is an acknowl
edged national leader in animal
science research, it was pointed
oul.
Aug. 11 to 15 have been set as
dales for the society meeting at
OSU, Miller said. Dr. .lames E.
Oldfield. professor of animal sci
ence at OSU, is secretary treas
urer of tlie society.
This past August, Oregon State
was host for the. combined meet
ings of the American Institute of
Biological Sciences and the Pa
cific Division of the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science.
Those meetings drew more
lhan 4.200 scientists from through
out America, plus some .1.000
wives and children. It was the
largest scientific meeting in Pa
cific Northwest history.
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he called a typical incident, said,
"The delegate of one African na
tion commented at a recent U.N.
conference that his country was
having difficulty living up lo the
terms of a bilateral trade agree
ment with the Soviets. The prob
lem, he explained, was that his
country had great difficulty find
ing products produced in the bloc
that they wanted lo buy.
"That nation's importers seem
lo prefer products from the West
of Japan rather than the bloc.
The government also wanted to
get the most for its mone5, and,
this delegate implied, values were
better on Free World markets
than in the bloc."
Item In economic progress the
West is improving its position in
comparison with the Soviet bloc.
In 1963, the six key nations of
the European Common Market
are expected to increase their
comhined gross national product
by close to 44 per cent. Though
Britain has been handicapped
by the need to take short-term
measures for the defense of sterl
ing, her growth rate seems to be
picking up. Japan's growth has
heen the most spectacular of any
industrialized country.
Industrial output in India and
Pakistan has increased by about
40 per cent since 1958.
By contrast, the dramatic fail
ure of the Communist Chinese
development effort is evident.
The production slump in agricul
ture is now being accompanied
by a slowdown in industrial out
put. The better crops expected
On Farm Front:
Farm Debt
Credit Use
WASHINGTON' UPI The Ag
ricultural Department estimated
today that total farm debt on Jan.
1 was about $29.3 billion, an in
crease of about 6 per cent of $1.6
billion from Jan. 1, 1962.
In a year-end agricultural fi
nance review, the department s
Economic Research Service said
farmers' use of credit continued
to rise strongly in 19C2. This re
flected continued consolidation
and enlargement of farms, furth
er increases in capital invest.
ments, and higher prices paid for
farm real estate and some pur
chased produclion goods.
Ix)an funds were generally am
pie. and interest rates edged
slighlly lower during the year,
ERS said. Payments on loans
were well maintained, because
farm incomes were about steady
and off-farm earnings of farmers
remained large. These conditions
contributed to a confident outlook
of both lenders and borrowers.
ERS said the ratio of total farm
debt to total farm assets by the
end of 1962 rose to about 13.7 per
cent because debts increased
little more rapidly than the value
of farm assets. Since not all op
erators or landlords were in debt,
this ratio is higher for indebted
farms than for all farms. ERS
said the census sample survey of
agriculture in UrfiO showed that
about fin per cent of all farms had
debts owed by the operator,
landlord, or both.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville
I.. Freeman has announced that
Farmers Home Administration
lending in )!V3 reached the high
est level for anv 12-months in the
agency's history.
An estimated $7.M million
loans were made by FHA during
I he year 50 per rent more than
in Wl and 120 per cent more
lhan in I960
About 214.000 farm and other
rural families used credit from
FHA during 192. This was a V
per cent increase over the num
ber of borrowers in 19H1, and 21
per cent alvn-e
Three FHA programs showed
substantial increase in dollars
loans during ior.2. Ioans to farm
for purchase, development, or en
largement of (amily sized farms'
increased 113 per cent The
amount of credit extended for
construction and improvement of
rural hrnnos and other buildings
more than doubled lans to in
Livestock
Weighf Losses
ESTKIL
this season will not make up for
the losses.
Soviet farms have failed to in
crease output per worker. This
has denied much-needed labor to
industry. Soviet industry report
edly expanded fi'j per cent a
vear the past decade, but this
growth is now slowing down
Moreover, Soviet industry is now
experiencing difficulties which do
not show up immediately in the
statistics. Volume output is be
ing achieved at the expense of
quality. Misallocalion of maten
als and other resources is acting
as a drag on growth.
In this generally good picture
for the West, however, there are
some darker spots.
U.S. agricultural exports, which
loom large in the U.S. foreign
trade picture, and which take a
large share of what the U.S.
farmer produces, are meeting
with some stiff walls in Europe.
The European Common Mar
ket, America's best agricultural
market, is imposing higher tar
iffs against U.S. wheal, feed
grains, rice and poultry.
The seriousness of this is evi
dent when it's realized that if all
applicants for full membership or
associate status had been in the
Common Market in 1961, our dol
lar exports to that marketing area
would have accounted for over
half of the farm products we sold
abroad for cash.
Other countries are sharply
stepping up agricultural produc
tion. Total Up;
Increases
dividuals and small towns and
other groups to build on-farm and
rural community water systems
and finance other water develop
ment and conservation measures
rose about 90 per cent.
Freeman said about $273 mil-1
lion went to 74.000 farmers to
buy equipment, livestock, fertilizer
pesticides, feed, tractor fuel, and
other supplies for farm and home
in 1962.
Farm ownership loans amount
ing lo about $223 million were
made to 14,380 farm families to
buy, develop, or enlarge their
farms, and to refinance debts.
Rural housing loans totaling
about $179 million went lo build
or improve houses and service
buildings on farms and in rural
communities.
Water development and soil
conservation loans totaling abotil
$15 million went to 840 individuals
and 107 associations serving about
6.450 people. Watershed loans
amounts to $3 million.
Emergency loans amounting to
an estimated $61 million were
made to 21.400 farmers to assist
in maintaining normal farming
operations following disasters.
such as drought, floods, and
storms.
Repayment by FHA borrowers
during 1962 totaled $3K2 million
in principal and interest. Annul
24.000 borrowers repaid their
loans in full during fiscal 1962.
Vets School
Fills Post
DAVIS -associate
pathology
California.
- Charles E. Cornelius.
professor of clinical
at the University of
Davis, has been named
Associate Dean of the School of
Veterinary Medicine at Davis.
The announcement of Dr. Cor
nelius to replace Oscar W. Schalm
as Associate Dean, has been made
hy William R. Prilchard. Dean of
the School, and Emil M. Mrak.
Chancellor at Davis.
Dr. Schalm, who has served as
Associate Dean for the past 11
years, has asked to be relieved
of his administrative duties to re
turn lo full-time teaching and re
search in clinical pathology.
The new Associate Dean has
been on the staff at Davis since
I9.V4 He received his D.V.M. and
Ph D. degrees at the university
I)r Cornelius, a psychiologisl, is
carrying on research on urinary
hirx-olioid compounds as related
to kidnev stone formation, as well
as liver disfunction.
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U.S. FARM PRODUCTS
IN THE WORLD MARKET
PRODUCTION SHIPPED ABROAD
PER CNT
O- 10 20 30 40 50 60
Diet -ii KBMiHUIWHII I
Tallow 44 ftHnOB. I
Soybaont
Borlty -
Cotton
Tobacco
Sorghum grains- 24
Com 22
lord - - 17
WORLD'S EXPORTER News chart depicts U.S. ship
ments of foodstuffs abroad. Data, for fiscal year 1961
62, are from Department of Agriculture, Economic Re
search Service.
Homemakers Cautioned
On Undercooked Pork
Consumers should take with a
sizable grain of salt claims such
is "just brown and serve" when
they prepare raw pork products
tor the table.
This is the advice of Dr. M. L.
Houston, supervisor of the state
department of agriculture's meat
inspection activity.
undercooked pork, as everyone
knows, may cause the human
health problem of trichinosis
Some raw pork harbors this
trichina infection and so far no
practical meat inspection method
lias been devised to determine its
presence in raw pork. While
modern sanitary methods of hous
mg and feeding swine are making
neaoway, elimination of the ii
fection is "still far in the future,
Dr. Houston believes.
The housewife can protect her
lamuy quite easily against dos-
smie tncnina inlection by thorough
neating ot all raw pork.
But the need lo heat thorouoh-
ly may be overlooked when labelsl
on many pork variety meals give
me impression that they can be
prepared in a jiffy. Thin fresh
pork cuts, fresh pork patties and
links as well as all other pork
snouia oe neatea through.
Cooks who may be tempted to
just Drown the outsidcs very
quickly in a hot skillet "lo brown
and serve" should do more lhan
that they should be sure that thcl
interior of the meat is well done
Cook fresh pork until it has lost
I the pink color (hat's the stand
ing guide to thorough heating and
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Top Steers
The grand champion carload of
market-ready steers at the re
cent International Livestock Ex
position in Chicago proved lo be
real champions on the rail. too.
based on results at the packing
house where they were processed.
The carload was exhibited hy
Karl and Jack Hoffman of Ida
Grove, Iowa, and they were pro
duced in Ihe Angus herd of Jen
nings Rrnlhers, Highmore. S.D
The grand champion steer of
the 12 International show also
produced an excellent carcass.
Tlie winner was shown by Lyle
Miller of Osceola. Iowa, and was
Falls. Oregon
Wednesday,
it is just as true for the new-
variety pork cuts as it was when
first propounded, says Houston
tie anas tnis about pork: pay
particular attention to the interior
of roasts and to the meat next
to the bone in chops. He also
warns against undercooking pork
products that have been flavored
hy artificial smoke rather lhan
by natural smoke with its accom
panying heat.
4-H NEWS
COOKING CLL'B
On Nov. 20. at 4:15 p.m. our
first meeting of 4-H Cooking Club
was held at the home of Mrs. Rice
First we called the meeting lo or
der lo elect our officers. We elect
ed Diane Hiding, president; Bev
erly Bowman, vice president;
Judy Gambrcll, secretary - trcas
urer, and Virginia Kinney news
reporter.
Alter electing our otficers we
held our cooking meeting. Mary
Long and Judy Gambrcll showed
us how to make cocoa and cin
namon toast, which we all got
to sample.
Our meeting was adjourned at
5:15 p.m. Our next meeting will
be held Dec. 18.
Virginia Kinney
News Reporter
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bred hy Sun Rahe Angus Karm.inf them graded U.S. Prime and
Chapm. III. I'1 wa Rradcd high Choice.
The carload sleers weighed an
average of 1. 100 pounds alive. The
carcas-es irnm mem, according
to results provided by the Arbo
gast and Baslian Packing Co., of
Allenlnun. F-enn., weighed 737
pounds. This means they yielded
67 per cent of their live weigh!
on Ihe rail. The 15 carcasses had
an average loin-eye area of 12 3
square inches and an average fat
thickness of I 3 inches. All but one
The average American uses
1.5") pounds of steel annually.
RANGE READY BULL SALE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1:00 P.M.
KLAMATH COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
0 Hamad Harafordi, 14 Pollad Htrolordr
10 Abordoon Anaol, 2 Shorthorn
Sittad for quality. Coed kraadinf, condition.
Spontortd fcv
Klamath Cattleman's Assn.
PO Boi 231 Klamath Folli, Ora. Phono TU 4-8 1 S I
January 9, 1963
PAGE 7 1
Guidelines
Established
On Diseases
At (lie request of two groups!1"1 en"- ftla1 Kes
of Oregon purebred livestock
breeders, sheep men and swine
owners, 'the State Department of
Agriculture has established guide
lines for voluntary control and
eradication programs on two dis
eases. The swine breeders asked for
voluntary program on swine
brucellosis which would lead to a
brucellosis-free validation certifi
cate.
Sheep breeders wanted a simi
lar program covering foot rot,
one of the major problems In
Willamette Valley flocks.
Breeders may enter cither pro
gram on a voluntary basis, but to
gain the validation certificate
they must comply with guidelines
established for control, preven
tion and eradication and meet
the final test of freedom from
the disease.
"Both programs originaled with
breeders who wanted advice and
assistance on a voluntary basis.
Each is a type of industry pro
gram we like and can heartily
support," Dr. Glenn B. Rca,
chief of the veterinary division.
declared in announcing inaugura
tion of the programs.
The programs are similar to
ones in operation in several other
tates, where they have been gen
orally succcsslul. Dr. Ilea says
that Montana, for example, has
done a remarkable job of foot rot
eradication under a voluntary pro
gram.
under tlie Voluntary operations,
flock owners with foot rot troubles
and swine owners facing brucel
losis infection will lollow guide
lines for control, eradication and
prevention.
Official veterinarians will make
periodic examinations of control
progress.
In the case of sheep, within two
weeks after the owner believes he
has foot rot eradicated, a depart
ment inspector will carefully
check each animal.
JOB TOO HAZARDOUS
WARE, Mass. (UPD - Alfred
Peachee has resigned as (own
dog officer after 10 days on the
job.
Peachee told the board of se
lectmen Tuesday night that the
first dog he picked up bit him
twice on the way to the pound. I
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Livestock Picture Good,
But Prices May Decline
Oregon livestock prospects are
promising for 1963. but cattle and
hog prices are likely to average
slightly lower than in 1962. Lamb
producers may experience their
best market year since 1957.
These trends are indicated by
recent and prospective changes
in livestock numbers, marketings
and demand in the year ahead, re
ports Stephen C. Marks, Oregon1
Slate University extension agri-
'''V.?, ,cw.ua" rd""
and Market Outlook circular, now
!alable from counly cstsin
. ""ua ""'e """T
mainly because the expected in
crease in national beef production
failed to materialize. Beef output
in 1962 was nearly the same as in
1981, while population gamed al
most two per cent.
At the same time, cattle feed
ing slowed down in the Corn Belt
and average slaughter weights of
cattle were lighter than in other
recent years, Marks notes. Small
er marketings in the Midwest
helped bolster prices in the West
despite record feedlot activity in
Calitornia, Arizona and Texas.
In the next two or three years.
cattle feeding is expected to in
crease some more in the Mid
west as well as the West, sug
gesting greater market compe
tition for Western fed beef than
in tlie past year, he points out
as beet marketings increase
generally, prices on Oregon
slaughter cattle probably will
4-H News
SHASTA CHAMPS
On Nov. 11 tlie Shasta Champs
Swine Club was organized. We
elected officers as follows: Bob
Benson, president; Harold Stultz,
vies president; Mary Wagoner,
suuewry; nicKy scnmccK, news
reporter; Lloyd Wagoner, song1
leader; and Doug McLane for
sergeanl-at-arms.
We talked about when the meet
ings will be held and decided that
they should be on the first Thurs
day of every month.
The mcetmg was held at the
Wagoner's home.
On Dec. 6 the Shasta Champs
Swine Club held its monthly meet-
Ing. Our president. Bob Benson,
opened the meeting by asking for
untimshed business. A rule was
made that if you missed a meet
ing you have to pay a dime. Da
vid and Nicky O'Brien were as
signed to have a safety demon
stration. There was some other
business about dues and then the
meeting was adjourned.
Mrs. Stultz served chicken, sal
ad and root beer.
Ricky Schmeck,
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adjust to lower levels, especially
if the increase rate is much in ex
cess of population growth. Such
an increase now seems to be in
prospect, Marks said.
More cattle are sure to be avail
able for feeding in 1963 and larger
supplies for slaughter also will be
coming from winter wheat pas
tures and ranges because beef cat
tle herd sizes have been increas
ing.
Favorable range conditions and
rising prices in 1962 encouraged.
ranchers to expand their herds.
Preliminary estimates suggest
that on Jan. 1 the nation had a
record cattlo inventory of 102
million head, Mark states.
further expansion is the 1963
prospect, providing range condi
Hons continue favorable. Ranee
feed conditions will continue to be
an important key to the turning
point m the current production
and price cycle. So long as range!
conditions remain favorable, there
is little danger of a price bust,
resulting from the recent build-up
rale in cattle numbers, Marks be
lieves. U.S. supplies of feed grains arc
still abundant, though the supply
nas declined over the past two
years, he notes. The barley sup
ply is a little larger than last
year, both in the Northwest and
nationally.
uespno smancr over-all sup
plies, iced grain prices may aver
age about the same as during the
i9bi-i iceding year. Marks
notes. The supply of high protein
Iceds is slightly larger per ani
mal unit than last year, but these
feeds cost more this year due to
generally good demand from do
mestic as well as foreign users,
Domestic red meat production
will continue to be supplemented
by largo imports, Marks stales
U.S. cow slaughter is expected to
increase some, but not cnougli to
cause a large reduction in im
ports of processing beef.
Fertilizer
Price Down
LAKEVLEW Most common fer.
tilizcr prices are 10 to 12 dollars
per ton below early 1962 prices.
This offers a good opportunity
for farmers to stock up on ferti
lizers for the coming year says1
Bill Moscr, Lake County exten
sion agent.
Also income tax lime is rapid
ly approaching and fertilizer ex
penses can be reported along Wi
other farm expenses on the in
come tax report, Moser advises
This coupled with the reduction in
fertilizer prices should offer plcn
ty of incentive for farmers and
ranchers to lay in their year's
supply of fertilizers now.
Of course it is anyone s guess as
to which way fertilizer prices.
may go but the point is mat
now prices are down $10 to $12
per ton and fertilizer expenses
can be deducted from income tax
es. Many fertilizers could just as
well be applied now while the
ground is bare and frozen to ease
the work load next spring when
many other Jobs have to be done.
Sulfur, gypsum, ammonium sul
fate, and Urea are a few fcrtilizera
that can just as well be applied
during the early winter as in the
spring
REMEMBER.'
whan it comas to a
truck, saa Bob or
Juck Trucks
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Foreign suppliers, namely Au
stralia and New Zealand, probably
will increase their exports to
broaden their market outlets In the
United States, especially if Great
Britain, world's larg.st meat im
porter, joins tlie European Com
mon Market, he observes.
The direct effect of the Com
mon Market on U.S. livestock
product exports will be relatively
minor because the U.S. is a net
Importer of beef, Marks contin
ues. U.S. exports of hides, skins
and beef casings are not affected
and w ill continue to enter the mar
ket duty free.
However, U.S. exports of vari
ety meats and tallow may be se
riously affected, he warns. Under
present arrangements, these prod
ucts w ill be imported by tlie Com
mon Market by a system of im
port certificates which can he
ispcnded whenever Common
Market prices come under too
much pressure.
Oregon hog prices in 1963 prob-
bly will average a little lower
than in 1962, Marks notes. Some
price recovery from the 1962 fall
low is in prospect for early 1963,
but not as much as a year earlier.
The prospective decline in hog
marketings this winter will be
offset by larger stocks of pork
storage plants. Increase sup
plies of frying chicken and larg
er beef supplies, he adds.
The U.S. 1962 fall pig crop was
larger than a year before and a
further increase Is in prospect in
pring farrowings, Marks said.
Thus, lug marketings in 1963 are
expected to be moderately larg
er than in 1962. With prospects of
dequate grain supplies and fair
ly stable prices through 1963. pro
ducers are likely to raise more
hogs, ho observes.
Hog prices have been unusually
stable the past three years, ex
cept for sharp seasonal dips in
1961 and 1962. Hog-corn price ra
tios also have been favorable,
but hog-barley price ratios have
been near average. Little change
in these relationships is in pros
pect for 1963.
Sheepmen who survived the re
cent low price years face relative
ly better limes, at least until sup
plies build up again, Marks says.
Lamb prices in 1963 should aver
age higher than in 1962.
Klock liquidations In I960, W61
and 1962 have reduced the number
of sheep and lambs to a point
where the inventory may show the
smallest number since 1950. How
ever, with price improvement,
no further large scale liquidation
is in prospect, but no large in
crease in holding ewe lambs for
flock expansion is in prospect ei
ther.
Odds are that the 1963 lamb
crop will be even smaller than in
1982 Lamb prices during the early
part of 1963 will average much
uglier than a year earlier, wiui
summer and tall prices nueiy to
hold above the same seasons the
past year, he predicts.
Wool prices in 1963 probably w ill
average about the same as in
1962. Domestic stocks are down
and a smaller crop of shorn wool
is in prospect due lo the reduc
tion of sheep numbers, but pros
pects are for continued strong
competition from lower priced
man-made fibers and from larger
imports of woolen fabrics.
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