Skinny Snowpack Forecasts Low Summer Stream flow
General Outlook
- Extremely low streamflow in
the spring and summer months in
the Klamath Basin is forecast due
to a record-low snowpack in the
mountains. Reservoired water sup
plies are well above last year's
amount and will "save the day-
shed soil mantle is 81 per cent
of the total capacity compared
with 63 per cent one year ai;o.
Reservoir Storage
Gerher and Clear Lake reser
voirs have in storage 42.100 acre
feet and 132.500 a.(. respectively
for those irrigators served from whitn far exceeds the water held
these sources. Other irrigators'01"5 'ear aS- This will be adc-
will have little or no late season
water.
Snow Cover
Water content of the mountain
snowpack is only 23 per cent of
the March 1 average and is at an
all-time low for this date.
Soil Moisture
Moisture in the upper water-
KlamiU Watersheds
SNOW
quale for this season's opera
tions. Klamath Lake has 41W.WK) acre
feet in storage compared with
3S7.700 a.f. one year ago. This
is adequate for irrigation.
Stock ponds and other small res
ervoirs are reported to be well
tilled.
Streamflow
February inflow to I'pper Klam
ath Lake 'preliminary data fur
nished by Pacific Power It Light
Company, Medford. and U.S. u
reau of Reclamation. Klamath
Falls', has been 13S per cent of
average. Total inflow since Oct.
1 has been 119 per cent average.
Forecasts of Klamath Basin
streams for the April-September
period are as follows: Sprague
River, 38 per cent; Williamson
River, 5fi per cent; inflow to
Klamath Lake, 51 per cent: inflow
to Clear Lake Reservoir, 18 per
cent; inflow to Cerber Reservoir,
16 per cent of average.
SNOW COUOSI
Annie Spring
Beatty (PP4X)
Blllie Creek DiTLdt
Bly Mountain
Bly 101 Ranch (PP4L)
Chearalt
Cfclloquln (PPSL)
Cold Springs Cnp
Cratyaen Flat
Crovder Flat (Calif.)
Cryetal (PPSL)
Diamond-Crater Sunlit
Diamond Lake Junction (97)
Dog Hollow '
Finlay Corralt '
Fort Klamath (PPAL)
Garbar
Hyatt Prairia Reaervoir
Kirk (PF4L1
Lake of tha Woods
Park Heedouartera
Pallcan Guard Station
Quarts Hountain
Quarts. Hountain (PPU
Sayan Lakas 1
Savan Lakee 2
State Lira (Calif.)
Strawberry
Summer Rim
Sun Hountain
Sycan Flat
Taylor Butte
Tomahawk Ski Bowl (PPSJ.)
Yamaey (PP&L)
SOU
4!00
5300
5030
4600
4'S0
4187
6-. oo
6100
sroo
4:00
5800
4600
4900
6000
4150
4150
4900
4533
4960
6450
4150
5320
5504
6800
6200
5750
5600
7200
5350
5500
5100
4100
4603
CuaaiNT .N'Oftwa'iON .1ST (tOl0'
DTtOT S0. 0It I "! '
toavtT (,(... I 1.1. f..i..M
2" 31 12.8 33.8 41.0
22 0 0.0 0.0 0.J
2':' T T 18.1 23.6
.': 0 0.0 8.4
f
:!S 0 0.0 .j -i2.:
5'1 22 9.2 29.4
223 0 0.0 10.1
2'3 0 O.O 2.7 3.9
2'" 28 10.8 30.3
22S 0 0.0 5.5
2-S 0 0.O 0.6
223 '2 0.1 16.2
I
31 0 0.0 3.8 2.6
31 0 0.0 7.1 9.5
228 0 0.0 S.5 6.0
226 0 0.0 11.9 11.2
225 59 23.J 39.1 S1.7
31 0 0.0 4.4
224 0 0.0 9.2 6.3
224 0 0,0 9.6 6.4
219 45 18.8 45.5 S1.0"
2l 17 6.7 37.0 J7.3'
223 0 0.0 12.3
225 0 0.0 9.8 8.2
226 12 4.6 16.0 14.7-
220 13 4.3 19.3 25.4
223 0 0.0 8.1
220 0 0.0 7.5
228 0 0.0 0.5 4.4
WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK
not (OO
f THE AM MCA ...
tat 6MB LJVTf Ma
Ft. Uwth Vallay Fir Poor
lost Rivr (Clr Uk) Avorgt Avtrago
Lost Btvsr (Grfcr) Av.tr.sg Average
UMt Sir ti (Vtllow Sat.) Avvr? Fir
Sprgu iivr Fair Poor
Upper Utmith Lak Avarag Avarag
UtlliaBaion Btvar Fair Poor
WESERVOIB ST0RA6E ( 1,000 C. ft.) KUrch 1, 1963
w.,t I .i.it'Y.i'..-y
Clear Lake 440.2 132.5 79.3 224.0
Cat-bar 94.0 42.1 6.9 38.3
Upper Klamath Lake 514.0 498.6 367.7 390.0
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Wednesday, March 20, J9U
PAGE 5 B
Lake County Sheep Meeting Slated
STREAMFLOW FORECASTS '( 1,000 Ac. Ft.) i. i9
.. i .... I .- I """" .,. sggg.
923 Clear Lake Reaertoir Inflow1 22 March-June 67 25
9.0 Aprll-S.pt. SO 16
8215 Garbar Reaerroir Inflow 10 Hareh-June 44 23
4,0 April-Sept. 25 16
S010 Sprague near Chiloquln 152 MarclwJune 303 50
, 112 April-Sept. 296 38
5070 Upper Klamath Lake net Inflow 360 Hareh-June 655 35
323 April-Sept. 632 51
6025 Williamson below Sprague River 265 Harch-June 473 56
240 April-Sept. 486 49
LAKEV1EW - The Lake County
Farm Bureau Marketing Associ
ation invites all county sheepmen
to attend an educational meeting
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2fi.
at the Memorial Hall, according
to John Kiesow, county extension
agent.
Kiesow points to tlie 40-minute
discussion of Dr. C. V. Fox, OSU
associate professor of animal hus
bandry, on a "Sheep Selection and
Breeding Program to Increase
Production" as the highlight of
the meeting.
Others on the program include
Bruce E. Arnold, assistant man-
nger of Pacific Wool Growers;
George B. Rugg, president of the
Oregon Wool Growers: and Darrell
Beef Catfle
Field Day
Plans Sef
SOIL MOISTURE
5T'""' , otPiH Icwrr, Tt I ;; I I '"
tin t.inii YtAR YEAA ASO
Bly Mountain 5090 42 14.0 22663 11.4 1.1 10.4
Quart Hountain 5320 48 - 22463 7,3 S.7 S.I
Tha ioil molstur fitrur.ii puhllahad hartin Art net conpartblt to
thosa publnhad last yaar and aarliar dua to a changt In tha acala
of valuation. Tha r,v f itjuraa rapraaant total aolitur in tha
oil rathar than moistura aval labia to planti.
(a) AnuMinf normal tttorolof,iCol condttiom, f i.'ij-i?, 15 jr prti. (t) Sot tchfdulid. (J) Cor
rtcttd to natural tor. (rf 4na. inmr dtptn (af, waitr content i$timttd. () Aporl dtitytd. (ft from
PP&L or jjSBR record! of inlo. (h) Hthhrtdt tncrratt capacity to 51 J O () tr content partly
9ttmted, (j) Start tt current data, (kf Aof turveyrd. () Admttd aver of. ( Avtrage for
5 or mere ytart in (he ban perioa.
Farm Bureau
Furrow
By SCOTT LAMB
Information Director
Oregon legislators were fore
warned that they would be facing
K tough financial problem, but
probably many of them didn't
realize just how lough.
The problem is easy enough to
define. The situation that has
developed is this: estimates of!
revenue for the current biennium
were too high. This is a new
switch in that in the past, revenue
estimates have been grossly
derestimatcd. But not so this
biennium in fact, to meet the
expenditure level authorized for
this biennium will reouire de
ficiency appropriations of some
$fi million.
So when the legislator look
ahead to June 30, 11. the end
of the current biennium. the bal
ance in the general fund is zero.
This means that expenditures for
the next biennium (July 1, 1(163.
to June 30, 1965) must come from
revenue collected in the same
period.
The governor has proposed a
general fund budget of $405 mil
lion. It is predicted that current
sources of revenue would produce
around $358 million. When the
proposed out-go is subtracted
from the anticipated income, w
come up with a minus $47 mil
linn. This is the amount of mon
ey needed to finance the pro
posed budget. If these revenue
demands are met, it means new
or increased taxes.
The governor has proposed that
the revenue needs he met through
a 4-cent cigarette tax and a
called net receipts tax. It is esti
mated that a 4-cent cigarette tax
would produce around $18 million
There seems to be good bi-parti
san support for a cigarette tax
hut the method by which the
other $29 million should be raised
may stir a little more controver
sv.
Undoubtedly all of the various
state agencies' requests will re
ceive a good going over by the
Ways and Means Committee. But
few believe that the geneial fund
budget will be reduced much be
low the $400 million mark.
Whatever the legislature de
cides in the way of new or in
creased taxes must still stand the
test of approval by the voters.
If the lax measures vhnulri be
turned down, then the legislature
would have no other alternative
than to do as Senator Ben Musa
has said: "to cut the pattern to
fit the cloth." which might not
be a bad idea.
Forests Attract 112 Million Visits
By GAYLORD P. GODWIN
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI The
national forests attracted a total
of more than 112 million recreation
visits in 1962. according to Forest
Service field office reports to the1
Agriculture Department.
This is an 11 per cent increase
over the 102 million visits made
in 1!X2, and more than three times
the number of visits made to
national forests a decade ago.
The number of visits totaled in
12 do not include those who
were just passing through
national forest. The average visit
was for a little longer than one
day. The number of visitor-days
in the national forests in 1062
was 119,387,800.
The department said the greatest
number of visits to the national
forests last year was for sight
seeing. Next in order of popularity
came picnicking, fishing, hunting,
camping, winter sports, swi
ming, and hiking.
Hunting and fishing accounted
for more than a quarter of the
visits. Winter sports continue to
show a steady rise -in popularity,
and wilderness travel and scien
tific study also are on the in
crease. The national forests most heavi
ly used in 1962, on the basis of
visitor-days, were the Back Hills
National Forest in South Dakota
and Wyoming; Wasatch National
Forest in Utah and Wyoming;
Lower Michigan National Forest
in Michigan; and the Angeles and
the San Bernardino National For
ests in California.
The Agriculture Department has!
published a "Fact Book of U S
Agriculture." It was designed as a
reference for anyone who writes or
talks with agriculture the na
tion's largest single industry.
The department has many sta
tistical and specialized publica
tions, but the fact book is the
first major attempt to summarize
the agricultural complex within
one cover.
The fact book says farming is a
way of life, a business, a career,
a job. a heritage, and a future to
14.8 million persons living on 3.7
million farms. Of the 3.7 million
farms. 1.5 million produce 87 perl
cent of the total farm output, the
other 2.2 million produce only 13
per cent.
Here is a portrait of a "statis
tical" farmer in 1961:
As a buyer, he spent $7,000 for
his buincss needs. As a seller, he
received $10,000 for his farm pro
ducts. As a taxpayer, he contri
butcd $1,000 to government. As a
customer, he spent $3,000 on fam
ily living. He earned more than
$1,000 off the farm. His house and
personal goods were valued at
about $6,500.
As a manufacturer, his "fac
tory" was valued at more than
$47,600. As a producer, he farmed
325 acres, earned about 5 per cent
on his capital, had about $3,600 in
liquid assets, and owed $7,500 to
creditors.
BDIiltlll HO, i;
f nth Ktrlift
1 By C.rrlirl
Rail
Truak
Iot.1
2 Bjr Grad.ll
U. 3. 1
U. 9. 2
U. 3, Coa'l.
Hixed
Totil
3. 7 Ytrl.tl
Red.
Whites
Russat.
Mlxed
Total
POTATO 00MMITTB8 KAIUG73U' JOINT DI3PO3ITI011 RXPORT, 1942 CROP SSA30H WITH 1961 CROP SEASON OOKPARISORS
CUXUUTIVS riOURES TURD Harcti 8. COWIIED BI 0RO0tUCALlFORNlA POTATO COMWTTEg, P.O. BOI 788, rUDrCHO, ORQ0
tr'i-C.Uf- JlWl IdaHo-t.Oro. 3mJ.ula.Col. Ho. Cole
ESiSl 1223 iiii im illi v2 19-i Ht.2, U
........................ (CARL0T3 - WO wt.J
Hal
ESjSI iltl 12ii 3 l?ol
2 1V63
3724 4087 9819 78U
to78 112 HD1 MM
8U52 92U LU56 12310
6603 7617 11658 9866
1799 1567 21.78 2W9
35
e2SI ?Iu 135? 12310
24002 24059
3U 27602
2U15 20103
1777 3268
61 86
U5 383
7936 871.5
eI3i 92il
7tf (56K)
319 t26
1167 950
121.75 10931.
li lSI5
(6U) (UX)
'602
190 238
221 394
26317 2ifl03
106 167
255! .2713
(iU) (37J)
0tlir Outlata
1. 3aaii
2. Export
3. Food Proc.a.lru3,
fa. )7on-ood4
Starch
Uveatock reedi
Total
477
707
591
707
1116
552 285 189 13
U a
U7 3968 30875 3026,
2696 3528 Ufl . 103 1M02 9751. 7237 5713 62028 55095
M3. tm M24 iii 2270 23SA ZLSL im 3iiii
mu 98U, 1.972 4764 23472 16975 U744 12022 loE5 9470
7173 7974 2862 2659 12866 8977 14744 U022 77321 692WI
411 535 2UO 2109 2961 2433 11536 11)31
1280 1305 7645 7565 8945 8905
SSI 98U 4975 ITS 23472 lSTfT llK. l352f 101444 9475
5085 6497 1846 1854 17067 12196 24568 21297
434 389 1905 ISU 6072 6399 13275 10856 23479 21182
3345 2928 1221 11D3 333 380 U69 U64 53096 52059
TO 7Sl4 , 4971 ,47!3 23471 14744 lSH 101444 94705
(75 (75) (.nt) (76) (69) (55) 45 (33) 45)
1' 2 3857 3165 648 765 5942 4851
J478 7122
(29() (at)
1769 2226
2277 21U
9049 15832
(391) (5)
3213 12987
2221 4J61
38178 47655
(59) (63)
mi m.
2955 3271
(25) (25)
19
Hi UZl
1456 UK
(23) (24)
2234
15
2238
56
6033 2970 42077 37928
2488 3310
iiii 9207
10695 ljS3
(31) (45()
4425 15137
4729 il22 '
18569 23989
(55) (67)
11895 34776
217J3. 32iii
83875 115045
(45) (55)
TlSi Hi
k yertLTled eJ Mating 8.U. man bwk.i requirement., mainij taftl. .took but uj lnolude feu a&lfaanU to non.tabl. .took outlota.
I Carting .UpMntl only wvl report, rroa ioh area, lnceaplet..
Konr lots contain hltlt parcantaea U.S. 1 and U.S. 2 grades. Includes chips, canning, frMSlng, flour and til trpee dahjdrated prttlucts.
t Lots eontsln lower percantaj;. of U.S. 1 and U.S. 2 grade, or fell to Met N.0. fr.ah surkot requlreaente.
Includes diversion to livestock feed, fsra use, seed used for plaiting within sres, stc.
890 14336 23X5 28142 65012 75257 11819 13085 6428 62
34162 14657 32813 34011 185119 209750
e sAlpMnts to noo-tabl. .took outlota.
Greti, assistant district agent of
the Fish and Wildlife Service.
George Manning, chairman of
the Farm Bureau Marketing As
sociation, will conduct the meet
ing. Board members Bob Pardue
and Merle Leehmann w ill explain
Convention
Opens Soon
The 33th Annual Oregon Future
ramers of America Convention
culminating a year of activities
for over 4,000 FFA members, will
be held March 20-22 in The Dal
les, according to Leonard Kunz-
man, supervisor of agriculture ed
ucation in the State Department
of Education and stale adviser
of FFA.
Fifteen Future Farmers will re
ceive scholarships for the con
tinuancc of their education at
schools of higher education in the
western states, and the "Star
Farmer of Oregon" award will
be presented to the outstanding
boy in the areas of supervised
farming programs and leadership
among the current Stale Farm
er recipients.
Over 800 Future Farmers, in
structors, parents, and guests arc
expected to hear Dr. Leon P.
Mincar, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, bring greet
ings to the delegation lhursday
afternoon.
Mr. O. I. Paulson, assistant
superintendent in the State De
partment of Education, will ad
dress members and guests, and
the keynote speaker will be
Clyde Beard, principal of The
Dalles Senior Iligh School.
Contestants for the various
state contests will be comiieting
lor honors on the evening pro
grams. Cash awards and trips lu
national competition await the
winners of the various contests.
State contests include Parli
amentary Procedure with com
iieting teams from Albany,
Athena, (Jcrvais. Tillamook, and
Enterprise; Public Speaking with
contestants Alan Bray Irom Cra
ter, James Taylor from Lakcview,
George DcGecr from Ncwbcrg,
Jerry Shivelcy from Tillamook,
Kerry Scaiics from Enterprise.
LAKEV1EW-A11 local ranchers
are invited to attend the annual
Squaw Butte Beef Cattle Field
Day, March 25, reports John
Kiesow, county extension agent
car pool for those interested
will be formed at 7 a.m. on the
outh side of the county court
house. The morning session will
begin at 10 o'clock, and a lunch
will be served at noon by the
Poison Creek Grange for a nomin
al charge.
Topics included in the morn
ing session are Beef Production,
Levels of Protein and Energy1
Supplementation for Yearlings on
Crested Whcatgrass; Wintering
Mature Cows on Short Rations;
Energy, Protein, and Urea for
Wcaner Calf Rations; and Inheri
tance ot Feriormanco Traits in
Beef Cattle as a Basis for Im
provement through Breeding.
The afternoon session includes1
Early-cut versus Late-cut Mca-1
dow Hay; Crossbred and Straight-
bred Steers on Fattening Ra
tions; Nitrate Levels In Feed and
Their Relationship to Vitamin
A; Controlled Rations tor Mature
Cows; Digestibility Studies; Per
formance Tested Bulls; and a
final session will be a visit to the
laboratory.
Copies of the program are avail
able on request from the exten
sion office.
Scholarship
Award Opens
Applications are now being ac
cepted for a $500 scholarship
awarded annually to a qualified
4-H Club farm girl by the Ameri
can Angus Auxiliary.
The award is made on the bas
is of both merit and need, Mrs.
lames H. Blades, scholarship
chairman from Holiday, Missouri,
reports, and the recipient is not
limited to any particular course of
study. Applications must be in
the hands of the committee by
June 25.
taken into consideration is
the applicant's work with Angus
cattle, her 4-H record, school
grades, and extracurricular activ.
ities. The girl must also be a grad
uating high school senior and be
recommended by either her coun
ty extension agent or club ad
viser and her high school princi
pal or superintendent.
The contest is handled on a lo
cal level, with each state or re
gional Angus auxiliary entitled to
one applicant. The names of lo
cal scholarship chairmen can be
obtained by writing to Mrs.
Blades. Blades Angus Farm, Holi
day, Missouri.
Entries should be made on
standard 4-H Club report forms.
These should be copies of original
records to avoid losing valuable
papers. Winners will be announed
in August.
the rules and procedure of the
lamb and wool pool, and Eva
Manning will recap last year's
pool. Rules will be set up to
operate this year's lamb pool.
Kiesow says the meeting will
be held to about one and a half
hours, w ith refreshments and time
for additional discussion to follow.
Local sheepmen who plan to
hip wool through the pool this
year are reminded that all sheep
must be tagged prior to April
1 and a sign-up card must be
sent in by March 26.
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