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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1963)
Farm Production Costs Expected To Increase WASHINGTON UPI. - The. The department listed these Agriculture Department said to day farm production expenses in 1963 are expected to total $28.2 billion. This would make farm costs this year a half billion dollars, or 1.3 per cent, higher than the S27.7 bil lion they totaled in 1SW2. The 1!M2 costs were 2.2 per cent, or $600 million, higher than the $27.1 bil lion of 1961. The department said the in crease in 1962 over the year be fore was due to the slightly higher prices paid for about the same total volume of production inputs purchased. The agency said the rise in farm production expenses since the early 1950's resulted from about equal percentage in creases in t h e volume of pur chased inputs and in the level o prices paid for them. Farm pro duction costs in 1950-54 averaged $21.4 billion. The 1955-59 average , was $23.9 billion. In a review of Ihe farm cost situation, the department said the rise in production expenses was more than offset by an increase in gross farm income in 1962, leaving farmers' realized net in come just above the year before. Higher gross receipts from farm marketings, plus an assist from higher government payments, were responsible for the increase in gross farm income. ALSCO ALUMINUM SIDING Local TU 4-8196 Terms to Suit Window & Door ARALUM highlights as some of the morel significant developments in de mand, supply, and prices of the principal types of farm production inputs. harm wage rates averaged slightly higher in 1962 than in the previous year. The average num ber of workers employed on farms in 1962 was below the vcar be fore, and further declines are in prospect in the face of farm con solidation and mechanization. Prices of farm tractors, ma chinery, and equipment have been rising for several years. Farmers continue to buy more of the larger tractors and bigger - capacity machines, and many farm opera tors do some custom work with them. Farm service buildings con tinue to be an important item in tarm capital investment The average cost per unit of plant nutrients in fertilizer has de clined in recent years. seed prices vary sharply with year-to-year changes in demand and supply. interest rates charged on farm debt in 1962 averaged a bit higher than the year before. The average amount of farm debt out standing in 1962. and the total farm interest bill, were each about 9 per cent higher than in 1961. Prices of farm real estate continued their upward trend. Frank Faylen is observing his 40th year in show business, his 26th in films and his fourth as father of television's "Dobie Gil-lis." HERALD AVD NEWS. Klamath Falls. Oregon Tuesday, June II, 1963 PAGE WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK ST.CU. . uu '" rt. Klacath Valley Fair Poor Loot Siy.r (Clear Lk) Avtrao Aver; Lost River Berber) Average Averse Lost River (Willow Rei.) Average Fair SpragTie River Average Fair Upper Klanath Lake " Average Average Williamson River fair Poor RESERVOIR STORAGE (1,000 Ac. Ft.) j. i. 19t, STREAMFLOW FORECASTS'd.OOO Ac. Ft.) .. of jun. l. ins .tit.vo.. I""'" I caeacirv ,. ;tl!..V Clear Lake 440.1 1S9.0 109,1 J71.3 Cerber 94,0 .7.S 3S.Z Upper Klamath Lake 51.0 5M.0 557.5 5:0.3 'Nitrogen, Phosphorous Application Will Alter Barley Yields Under Some Conditions In Basin F0KIC4SI OINT 623 6215 5010 5070 5Q2S Clear Laic Rotrvoir Inflow ' Grbr Rarvoir Inflow I Spragut near Chiloquin Upper Kl snath Laic nt Inflow Williamson blow Spragua River SOIL MOISTURE FOMECAS? this vcn 13.2 6.0 200 Hi 270 FOB CAST PEN "00 Kay-J una Hay-Jun Hay-Sept . Kay-Sept Kay-Sept, I4J.S1- vipugc 16.3 6.S 191 431 330 BIy Hour.ta.n Quartz Mountain SSZQ fROFILC ( 'kiI 5 ECC.T 119 105 14.0 15.3 SOtL WCHilUt l 4-:b-63 4-26-63 11.5' 7.3' 11.4 6.3 HCTEt Tht loll moisture figures published herein art ruvt comparable to those published last year And earlier dua to a change In the scale of evaluation. The new figures represent total Doistura in the soil rather than moisture available to plants. (at Juuatinf waal ntttorologitel eonditioni. (b) 193-57, t5 ytor pt'xod. (c) Vl tchtdultd. (d) Cor rected to natural (ion. (e) Atrial tno atpth gaft; Mfr content titivated, f) firport dtiaytd. (gi hot, PPll or ISBfi rttordt of tnflot. (H) t'lathboardt tncrti$t capacity to 51J.0 ftf Uttr cwjlfn. Mrtlt ottd. (j) Starttt turrtnt data, (t) Hot mrttytd. () 1M-57 Ad) uittd aitregt. ( ) Aitragt for S or tmrt ftvt tn ii bur prnoa. 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Of the 2,529 certi fied counties, 166 have gone on to eradicate the disease and have achieved a brucellosis free status. Dr. C. K. Mingle, who heads brucellosis eradication work for the Agricultural Research Serv ice, said the over-all incidence of the disease in cattle has been re duced more than 90 per cent since 1954. The human form of brucellosis is undulant fever. These cases once were reported by the thou sands each year. Now they are at an all-time low. Mingle said fewer than 500 were reported in 19(12. He forecasts even fewer leases of undulant fever in 1963 In a parallel effort to eradicate this disease from swine, Dooly County. Georgia, became the na tion's first validated brucellosis free area in June. 1962. Califor nia followed this achievement by starting the nation's first exten sive area eradication program against swine brucellosis. All breeding swine in 17 North ern California counties are being blood tested. Of these, 10 counties have been validated brucellosis free. This new stale-federal effort against swine brucellosis will em brace all California counties by June 30, 1965. GAT ON SUPPLIES ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYPHON TUBES tli, R'Ple bend eoc L6 9" TRIPLE BEND each $ 35 " each sin II IRRIGATION DAMS CANVAS 6'xS" CANVAS DAM ... S 4.50 9'x12' CANVAS DAM ... 5 9.50 9W CANVAS DAM... SI 0.80 NYLON 6'x8' NYLON DAM.. 7'x12' NYLON DAM . . 9x12' NYLON DAM.. 9'x14' NYLON DAM . . . S 6.95 . S1 1.95 . S14.95 . SI 7.63 Also Both NYLON & CANVAS in BULK Cut to Your Size All Irrigation Needs Here Irrigation Boot & Shorclt "Your Farm Shopping Center" RANCH WHOLESALE In eradicating brucellosis from cattle last year, five additional states were certified. These were Arkansas, California. Missouri, South Carolina, and Virginia. Presently, 31 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are certified. For the first time in the history of brucellosis eradica tion, the Western range country has qualified some areas as brucellosis-free. Utah has nine free counties, Idaho one, and other Western states are moving in the same direction. The Agriculture Department has established at its experiment center at Beltsville, Md., a pio neering research laboratory to conduct basic research to learn how growth-regulating compounds and hormones atfect plants. Dr. John W. Mitchell, a plant physi ologist, has been named leader of the new lab. A wide range of practical uses for growth-regulating compounds in agriculture has been developed in recent years, for example, to kill weeds, thin tree fruits, stimu late root cutting, improve fruit set and size, and speed up or re tard growth of ornamentals. Some scientists believe it may be pos sible to improve palatability and nutritive value of certain food plants. Despite progress, scientists do not fully understand how chemi cal regulators, hormones, and dis ease-controlling compounds work. The new laboratory has been or- canized to fill this gap. The im mediate aim of Mitchell and as sociated scientists will be to learn how a plant moves a chemical or hormone applied to one site to a specific site from leaf to root, for example where an initial re sponse occurs. Then, they will determine tne kind of chemical reaction that takes place within the plant, how enzyme activity may be altered, and how growuS is speeded up or retarded. In doing so, they will analyze effects of the chemical or hormone on both individual cells and the plant as a whole. Insects Now Getting Busy Insects that damage or destroy crops and home gardens will soon he as busy as the home gardeners. This means that many a home gardener will be starting his pro gram of controlling these pests with sprays or dusts. It also brings a reminder from J. D. Patterson, chief chemist with the Oregon Department of Agri culture, that pesticides can be safe if directions for their use are fol lowed carefully. He points out that the manufac-1 hirers of these chemicals havci spent many hours in research to determine the amounts to be used and precautions that need to be taken in handling pesticides. Patterson says this information is all found on tlic label and should be followed exactly w ith no! variations. He suggests this check list for all persons working with pesti cides: 1. Always read the label before using. 2. Alyvays store in original con tainers. 3. Keep out of reach of children, pets and irresponsible people. 4. Wear mask and protective clothing when directed on label. 5. Wash contaminated clothing; before re-use. fi. Avoid smoking while using. 7. Avoid spilling. 8. Wash hands after using. 9. Cover food and water con tainers around areas to be sprayed. JO. Dispose of empty containers safely, so they are out of reach of children, pets or farm animals. 11. Use as directed so resulting crop meets residue tolerances, if there is a residue. I Nitrogen and phosphorus appli cations will increase barley yields and affect protein content only under certain conditions in the Klamath Basin, according to a team of OSU research and exten sion workers. Two conditions are previous crop and quality of irrigation. Working on the project were Gene Gross, superintendent, Klamath Experiment Station, and Howard Cushmun and W. J. Jendrzejew ski of the OSU Extension Service. On the basis of one year's work, overall results can be sum marized: If irrigation is both uniform and adequate, barley following either a good stand of legume or potatoes will probably not respond to applications of nitrogen. In most cases there will be enough carryover of nitrogen and phos- pnorus :or barley. However, in some cases where rates of nitro gen on potatoes have been low or excessive irrigations have leached out nitrogen, some re sponse from low nitrogen rates applied to barley has been ob served. Response To Nitrogen Barley following another grain will respond to nitrogen. Phos phorus response will depend on the level of P in live soil, which can be measured by a soil test. Thirty pounds of nitrogen per acre increased yields almost a half ton, as did 40 pounds of phosphorus. An additional 30 pounds of nitrogen increased yields another 500 pounds. Band ed phosphorus increased yields by 250 pounds per acre more than broadcast phosphorus where soil test values for P were low. Excessive (above 30 Ibs.-A) ni trogen raised the protein con tent above 12 per cent where bar ley followed either a legume or potatoes. W here barley followed a grain, protein content was be tween 10 per cent and 12 per cent for all levels of nitrogen added. Quality of irrigation affected barley yields, regardless of prior cropping. Where irrigation appli cations were both uniformly ap plied and sufficient, yields per acre were nearly a ton higher than where water was either in sufficient or not applied uniform ly- Protein Content Affected Quality of irrigation also affect ed protein content. Where water was applied uniformly and was sufficient, protein content re mained between 10 per cent and 12 per cent. When water was not sufficient, protein content was ei ther below 10 per cent or above 12 per cent, depending on when a lack of water occurred. If in sufficient water was applied early in the season, protein content remained below 10 per cent, par ticularly if barley followed a grain crop, If insulficient water was applied late in the season, pro tein content usually was above 12 per cent. The workers explain that suf ficient water is needed at all times to use nitrogen efficiently. If water is lacking early in the season, nitrogen win not gel inio thc soil; if it is lacking late in the season, nitrogen already there will tend to "burn" the crop- Increasing the protein content. If irrigations are not unilorm, pro tein content will fluctuate widely within a field Regardless of prior cropping and quality of irrigation applica tions, low yields were obtained on saline and alkaline soils. Soils with a pH value of 8.6 pro duced low barley yields in spite of fertilizer and proper water ap plications, confirming a fact most farmers already know. Other soils studied had a pH range of 6.3 to 7.9. and responded to both fertiliz er and irrigation treatments. The 1962 trials were established because in the hot summer of 1961 much of the barley crop in Klamath County missed malt ing quality due to high protein content. Trials from which the above results were obtained were conducted on fields belonging to eight cooperating farmers. Ferti lizer dealers cooperated by pur chasing irrigation moisture slakes and "reading'' the stakes at speci fic times throughout the season. Prior Cropping Listed Prior cropping of the eight farms included potatoes, clover. and grain. Fertilizer rates tested were 0. 30, 60, and 90 pounds. N-A and sufficient phosphorus to show a response if one was pos sible 40 pounds per acre. Phos phorus was either banded or broadcast, so that a comparison of type of phosphorus application was possible. One of the side ben efits was to calibrate soil test values with phosphorus response. Thus, from knowledge of local soil test values more precise phos phorus recommendations are now available for the area. Fluoridation Report Given CHICAGO (UPD-Tlie Ameri can Dental Association says a re cent government report shows that more than 51 million Ameri cans were drinking fluoridated water as of Dec. 31, 19K2. 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