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KMnun imuk Approximate v 300 ranehars. hutinPttmAn hnh
and guests attended the MC Ranch Tour sponsored by the Lake County Stockgrowers
Association on Feb. !2. At left, the tour participants on the MC trucks at the shops to
begin the tour. The school bus was furnished by District No. 7 for transportation of
Total Value Of 1962 Oregon Crops
Placed At 8 Per Cent Above 1961
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Value of 1962 Orepon crops has
heen placed at nearly $25.1 mil
lion, about eight per cent higher
than in
Total crop tonnage was esti
mated at 5.4 million, up about
seven per rent, with both higher
average prices and higher yields
figuring in the increases, report
Oregon Stale University extension
agricultural economists.
In terms of value, wheat 1 e d
the list. Other leading value
crops, in order, were hay, bar
ley, potatoes, snap beans for proc
easing, pears, strawberries, rye
grass seed, cherries and oals.
These 10 crops accounted for
nearly three-fourths of Oregon's
12 crop value, according to
Mrs. Elvera Horrell, OSU exten
sion economist.
The value of field, forage and
miscellaneous crops as well as
seeds and berries showed an in
crease, while nuts and vegetable
crops declined and tree fruit val
ues remained practically un
changed from the 1W1 figures, she
added.
Four-fifths of the state's tonnage
and three-fiflhs of the value of all
crops came from gra n. hay. pota
toes, peppermint, sugar beets, dry
peas and hops. Tonnage in this
group was up five per cent over
!9fil and value was up 14 per cent.
A higher value was placed on all
field crops except barley and
corn.
Oregon's seed output was up a
fourth and value up better than a
fillh. with a small decline in clo
ver and common vetch production
more than offset by increases in
other seeds. Mrs. riorrell noled.
Oregon growers have taken an
Increasing share of the na
tion's grass and legume seed pro-1 and gooseberries recorded less
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duction. producing a third of the
U.S. total in 1962 compared with a
fourth in 1961 and a (ifth as an av
crage for the past 10 years.
Oregon growers have taken an
increasing share of the nation's
grass and legume seed produc
tion, producing a third of the U.S
total in 1962 compared w i t h a
fourth in 19C.1 and a fifth as an
average for the past 10 years
Oregon berry growers in 1962 in
creased their production to 1.12
million pounds, up 18 per cent,
and their crop value to $16.8
million, up 22 per cent over 1961,
with most of the increase real
ized by the stale's strawberry
growers, pointed out Stephen
C. Marks, extension economist.
In 1962, the state's strawberry
crop, valued at more than $11 mil
lion, hit 83 2 million pounds, up
26 per cent from 1961, with all but
four million pounds going for proc
essing. Also sharing in the larg
er output were growers of red
raspberries, 12.5 million pounds,
and tame blackberries. 22.8 mil
lion pounds. Increases in all three
came from larger acreages and
heavier yields, Marks explained.
The balance of the slate's
berry production came from black-
raspberries, boysen. young and lo-
and gooseberries. All but currants
and gooseberries. All but curants
tonnage in 1962 than in 1961, due
mainly to lower yields.
Prices to growers for Oregon
berries delivered to processors in
1962 averaged a little higher than
in 1961, except for tame blackber
ries. The past year was one of the bet
ter ones for Oregon tree fruit pro
duction, but a poor year for tree
nuts. Tree fruit output was up
about 29 per cent over 1961, hut
value changed very little, Mrs.
Horrell said.
Oregon's sweet cherry orchards
yielded 3.1.000 tons of fruit in 1962,
up 7,500 tons from 1961. The sour
cherry crop turned out 7.20O tons,
up 1,900 tons and tne largest on
record, reports Marks. However,
cherries were valued at slightly
less than the previous year.
The slate's pear orchards were
unusually heavy producers in
1962. with a total production o!
15.1,750 tons, some 3.1.000 more
than 1961, he added. The Bartlelt
crop, which set a new record, was
up 1R.000 tons, but was worth
about 15 per cent less. The winter
pear crop was 15.000 Ions more
with a higher value than in 1961.
The 1962 peach crop turned out
470,000 bushels, up 40.000 bushels
from 1961. Apple production went
up nearly a fifth, but lower prices
held value down
the vocational agriculture students. On one of the stops, center, members of the Tour
inspected steers on feed. The feed mill is in the background. At right, the MC buck
aroos pose on horseback. They include, from left, Lyle Hill, D. Hill, Virgil Dick, Carl
"Badger" Pappenfuss, Ross Dollarhide, Clevon Dixon, and "Rawhide" Perkins. The
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lady, daughter of Lyle Hill, was a guest for the day. In front are Bob Barry and John
Ha nsen of Lakeview, and Roy Clark of Adel a buckaroo boss for the MC for many
years until his retirement. Chet Paddock, buckaroo cook, is shown in the background.
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
PAGE I
On Farm Front:
Twenty Countries Account
For Major Export Amounts
WASHINGTON UPI More
than 125 countries buy U.S. Ag
ricultural commodities, but 20
countries alone account for more
than 75 per cent of the agricultur
al export total.
This total is considerable. In
fiscal year 1962 the value of U.S.
farm exports reached a record
$5,141,000,000. The export value
was equivalent to one-sixth of
cash receipts from farm market
ings totaling $5,243,000,000. For
the first five months of fiscal 1963
farm exports totaled $1,992,000,000.
Exports to the 20 most import
ant markets in fiscal 1962 ranged
from a high of $554 million for
4-H NEWS
.Ml'Sir.M. MACHIN'KS denl. Nora Murphy; secrelary.
Mrs. Jack Haves, leader. callediK;lthy Kandra; news reporter,
the first 4-H sewing meeting to
order at her home on Feb. 11.
We first decided that instead of
having a meeting with games and
other such activities, we would
sew at all of our meetings. We
did decide, however, to sing one
song.
Next we elected officers. Our
president. .ludy Hayes; vice presi-
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The Yarn Doodles met at the
home of Mrs. .lames Bowlsby.
Sharon Tucker and Jane Gasser
are our new members. They were
given necessary pamphlets and
taught the first slops of knitting
Refreshments were served and
the girls knitted the rest of the
meeting. Since our president was
absent, the meeting was ad
journcd by Karen Fairfield, our
vice president.
Marion Rnwlsby.
iNews Reporter.
SHASTA CHA.MI'S
Tile Shasta Champ's monthly
meeting was held at the O'Brien
home. The president railed the
meeting to order and led us in
the 4-H pledge and the pledge of
allegiance. David and Nicky O Bri.
en gave a salety talk and we
talked about raising our 4-H proj
ect. Mr. O'Brien showed us some
movies of last year's fair. The
meeting was adjourned and re
freshments we e served by Mrs.
O'Brien.
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By STOTT LAMB
Al tending the hearing on the
Liberty Amendment in Salem re
cently reminded one of the old
poem about the knight crossing
the mountain in the storm with
"a banner with a strange device.
Excelsior!"
Dr. Willis Stone is leader of the
Liberty Amendment banner which
would cause the federal govern
ment to return to the intent of
the Constitution by repeal of the
federal income tax amendment.
It would also cause the federal
government to sell to private in
dustry or to states all its busi
ness ventures which compete
with private enterprise and which
are not specifically listed in the
Constitution.
Not many people are aware that
the federal income tax came to
the people as a valentine on Feb,
14. 191.1. Having been voted down
on several previous attempts, the
amendment giving tlie federal
government the power to levy di
rect tax on the people was frowned
upon by many congressmen. In
fact, a bill was put through at
the same time calling for a mini
mum levy of 10 per cent. The
bill passed Congress but was
vetoed by President Taft because
the ceiling was ton high. Taft said
the income tax would never con
ceivably go above 5 per cent and
therefore a 10 per cent ceiling
was too high.
Prior to the Ifith amendment.
the only way Congress could vote
a lax on the people was through
a general levy on the slates. Each
slate would then have to raise the
tax and pay it to the federal gov
ernment. It had to be for a spe
cific purpose, however, not just for
idle spending.
The Liberty Amendment has
great possibilities in returning the
sovereignty to the stales where
the Constitution placed it, but it
won't he easy to sell it to most
nnliicians and welfare state advo
cates. The federal plum of tax
money is too inviting.
Japan to a low of $M million for
Poland. Last year, Japan dis
placed the L'niled Kingdom as the
foreign outlet. The United King
dom dropped to third place as
Canada advanced to second.
Most of the gain in exports lo
Canada reflected intransit ship
ments of U.S. wheat, corn, and
soybeans destined mamly for
Western Europe.
These intransit commodities
estimated at $70 million did not
enter Canadian consumption chan
nels but were placed in bond
storage in Canada and used as
needed to lop off ships moving
through the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Such shipments are estimated to
have totaled $an million in ISM).
The $554 million in exports to
Japan in fiscal 1961 compared
with $4R5 million in the previous
year. The increase stemmed
mainly from larger shipments of
cotton, grain sorghums, soybeans,
hides and skins, and tobacco.
Those to Canada, the leading
foreion market for fruits and
vegetables, advanced to $491 mil
lion from $442 million.
Exports to the United Kingdom,
traditionally the leading market,
fell to Hit million Irom $510 mil
linn, reflecting mainly declines in
feed grains, cotton, tnbarco, and
wheal.
Substantial increases occurred
in exports to Italy. Brar.il. Yugo.
slavia, Turkey. Spain. Taiwan,
Korea, the Philippines, and West
Germany.
Exports to the European Com
mon Market gained 5 per cent.
Declines occurred in shipments
lo India. Belgium. France, and
Poland, while exports to the Neth
erlands, UAH-Egypt, Pakistan
and Venezuela showed relatively
little change.
Agent Repeats
Weevil Defense
Ranch Tour Sponsored
OSU Economist
Plans Meeting
Taxation, Corporation Farming
and Estate Planning will be the
topics discussed by Dr. Grant E.
Blanch. Oregon State University
Economist, at a meeting on Wed
nesday. Feb. 27. in the Henley
Farm Bureau Hall, west of Mac's
Store.
The meeting will start at 10
a.m. This will be the last in a
scries of meetings conducted by
Die County Agents Office on farm
management and barley produc
tion problems, according to Ray
Petersen, who announced the
meeting.
Dr. Blanch iias developed some
new ideas on properly taxes and
all farmers and ranchers should
be interested in his discussions o(
this problem. He has attracted
wide attention and has discussed
his ideas with a great many
groups in Oregon during tlie past
several months.
As it becomes more imperative
for ranchers to increase tlie size
and complexity of their operations,
it becomes more important for
them to consider corporation type
of organization of theii businesses
and Dr. Blanch will he able to
give some useful suggestions on
this problem
By WALT .IENDRZEJEWSK1
"We. see no reason to change
alfalfa weevil control recommen
dations from those of a year ago,"
advises Bob Every, OSU entomol
ogist.
Evcry's statement refers to
questions raised regarding possi
bility of Hcptachlor or Dieldrin
residues in potato crops subse
quent to alfalfa treated with these
insecticides.
The recommendation for alfalfa
weevil control in Klamalh Coun
ly for 1U63 remains "four ounces
per acre of eilher Dieldrin or
Hcptachlor;" reports the county
agenl's oflice.
The agency stated that ellective
control has been obtained in past
years from applications made
over a wide time range, and that
experience indicates that March
applications have been highly cf-
loctive.
Klamath agents plan to collect
adult weevils periodically start
ing next week for dissecting to de
termine approach of egg deposi
tion.
Effectiveness of insecticide ap
plication In Die spring depends
on adult weevil kills before egg
laying starts.
LAKEVIEW
tour, sponsored bv tlie Lake
County Stockgrowers Association
at the invitation of tlie ranch oper
ators, and held Tuesday, Feb. 12,
exceeded all expectations in at
tendance, according to a report
of John Kiesow, county extension
agent. There were some 300 pres
ent, including about 200 Lake
County ranchers and businessmen,
40 to 50 students from the Lake
view High School vocational agri
culture classes, and another 50
guests from Klamath and Harney
counties, Nevada and California.
Starting at 10:30 a.m. tlie MC
wranglers put on a demonstra
tion of calf roping, branding and'
vaccinating in true western style.
Nearly 150 enjoyed this pre-lour
activity.
The visitors gathered at tne MC
shops for lunch furnished by the
ranch. They then embarked on
trucks for the feed mill area where
Bill Lane, assistant ranch mana
ger, made introductions, and Jack
Nicol gave a history of the ranch
which his grandfather, the late
W. C. Kittredge, had established.
then presented a demonstration of
the new Haro-bed hay stacker
and showed participants through
the hay barn adjacent to the feed
mill. From there the tour led
through tlie feed mill operation.
The trucks were loaded again
and traveled up and down the feed-
yard lot alleys while Nicol gave
description, over public address
equipment, of Uie various lots ol
cattle, weaning dates, and types
of rations being fed.
Al the wrangler headquarters
some 110 horses were shown to
the group. The buckaroos were
all mounted and introduced, and
included Ross Dollarhide. bucka
roo boss for many years. The MC
Ranch is probably the last ranch
in Oregon which still runs a chuck
I'he MC Ranch,. lose Meat Company, discussed
grades, yields, and dual grading.
An enjoyable conclusion to the
lour was the coffee hour back at
tlie ,-Jiops where tour participants
could ask specific questions about
the ranch operations and visit w ith
the ranch managers and w orkmen.
Ray Michaels assisted in discussions.
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At a final stop various classes
of callle were run into a lot and
Dick Breien, buyer from the San
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us in the
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Saturday, March 2
Grading, 9:30 A.M. - SALE, 1:00 P.M.
45 Reg. Herd and Range Bulls, Sifted and Graded, nothing selling
below 2 minus.
15 Reg. Females, including 4-H and FFA project heifers.
Howard Brown, Auctioneer.
Judge, Art Hamilton, Chehalis, Wn.
For Catalogs: Choi. D. Cheyne, Rt. 1, Box 880, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Show and Sale inside heated Pavilion.
Lunch at Noon by Klamath County Cow Belles.
Donuts and coffee from 9:00 a.m. Sale Day.
Annuol Banquet Fri., Mar. 1, 6:30 P.M., Winema Motor Hotel.
Everyone Welcome.
FAIRGROUNDS
Klamath Falls, Oregon Public Invited
Sponsored by Oregon Aberdeen Angus Association