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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1963)
Prospects Appear Bright For Higher Seed Prices Prices equal lo or even higher than last year are in prospect for mosi isbj urepon seed crops. Sales in both domestic and for eign markets have been larpe and carryover stocks are now general ly smaller than a year ago. This is the market outlook for, seed crops as seen by Ray Teal. Oregon State University exten sion seed and grain market ing specialist. Teal makes his comments in the Oregon Farm and Market Outlook circular! which is now available fronv county extension offices. ) Decreased acreages coupled with good foreign and domestic demand are tlie (actors cited by Teal as responsible for the bright outiok. Ryegrass seed prices were higher in mid - June than last there is a large crop of hairy vetch seed that couid be sub stituted at a lower price. Prospects are that most 1963 turf seeds will sell at prices as high as last year unless the Mid west and European crop of blue- grass is large, the specialist said. Oregon prospects are for heavy yields ol common blue grass va rieties. Imports of bluegrass from The Netherlands have been the larg est on record so far this year, he noted. The use of turf seeds has; been good and may help offset tne larger imports. Fine fescues and hentgrasses are in tight supply at present. Teal said. Exports of bentgrasses were good this season, although imports of fine fescue were 50, per cent larger this season through April than lor that pe riod a year ago. This was expected because of the large carryover in Canada last year. Teal added that im ports are expected to decline since the 1912 Canadian crup was ohly half as large as in 1I Fescue and bentgrass seed prices should near last year's high. Teal believes. Alta fescue seed prices in 1!K3 will depend upon the size of crops in Oregon and the South. At pros ent, large crops and small car ryover are expected, he said. ISMS HERALD AMI NEWS, Klamalh Falls, Oregon Tuesday, July 16, 1963 PAGE Composite Field Crop Is ed to be 11 per cent smaller this Fv OPr tpH To Rpnrh RPMrH J- . ...WW. year with prospects of a good yield, he said. Unofficial reports indicate a large crop of hairy vetch seed in Texas this year. Mid-June prices jvere below last year's even fhough carryover should be small, he said. Crop conditions in Oregon, Texas, Oklahoma and other producing areas should be watched closely because prices will depend heavily on the size of the crops. Common vetch prices are ex pected to hold at last year's lev els, Teal reported. Crimson clov er seed prices will likely be above last year's levels unless Ford Trucks Last Longer on tht FARM S your Farm Truck Htadquarttrt BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Main at Eid. Ph. TU 4-3121 WASHINGTON iUP! The 1963 composite field crop is ex-l petted to reach record propor tions despite bad growing weather and lack of moisture in some areas, the agriculture department indicated Wednesday in its first big production report of the year. Although the department delay ed until next month an estimate of a production index, indications were that this year s output of food, feed, and fiber would be abundant perhaps equal to or greater than the record-tying har vest of l!Ki2. The crop reporting hoard said farmers reporting for their locali ties rate "all crops" prospects as generally good to excellent in the West. Northern plains, and Cen tral states as well as most of the North Atlantic area. But there were scattered areas of only fair prospects mixed with the good to excellent as rainfall lias been deficient in many areas and soil moisture shortages were critical in some spots. May Have Bumpers The board added that although prospects across the nation are VALLEY PUMP AND EQUIPMENT CO. 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Headquarters for ell Sutler form structures end equipment LOW DOWN PAYMENT 3inninGTon not rated quite as good as a year earlier,- favorable conditions could bring bumper crops in many areas and make up for the bad start in others. The department said the planted acreage this year totaled 309 mil lion acres, 2 per cent more than the record low of 302 million planted in 19152. Of this planted acreage, the current estimate of total harvest is 291 million acres 1 per cent greater than the rec ord low of last year. The board estimated the corn crop the nation's biggest cash crop would total 3.83 billion bush els. This is 6 per cent more than in 1962 primarily because of a 7 per cent acreage increase. It is only 2 per cent below the record 3.9 billion bushels produced 1960. The prospective yield this year is 63.2 bushels an acre, sec ond only to last year's record of 64.1 bushels. Tonnage More Too The tonnage of all feed grains is expected to total more than last year. The combined produc tion estimate of corn, oats, and barley as of July 1 is 3 per cent more than the 1902 total of these crops. The acreage of sorghums planted is 11 per cent larger but an estimate of grain production will not be made until Aug But using sorghum planted acreage as a base, it appears thai total feed grain tonnage output this year will be around 148.3 mil lion tons. Consumption is expected to be about 154 million tons. If this is realized, the surplus ofl feed grains will be reduced about 5 million tons. Last year the surplus was re duced about 11 million tons. Pro duction of feed grains last year totaled 143 million tons. AH wheat production this year will be about 1.1 billion bushels, per cent above last year but 9 per cent below average. The board said soybean acreage at 29.1 million acres will be up 4 r cent from last year and the largest of record. All hay acreage is expected to total 1 per cent less than last year. Tobacco, peanuts, and sweet potato acreages are smaller than in 1962. Irish potato acreage is unchanged, while sugar crops con tinue the rapid expansion of the previous two years. By LEONARD J. CALVERT Intnrnuition Specialist Oregon State University The first potato with high re- sistance to leaf roll virus is among three new potato varieties developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with state agricultural experiment sla lions, reports Rex Warren, Ore gon State universiiy extension farm crops specialist. The leaf-roll-resistant variety. named Penobscot, was developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and the Maine Agricul tural Experiment Station. It has been tested m Maine, Connecti cut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. A limited amount of certified seed is available to growers for trials through the Maine experi ment station's Aroostook Farm. Presque Isle, Me. Foundation seed is being produced by the Maine State Seed Potato Board. In tests, Penobscot produced sat isfactory yields, consistently high dry-matter content, showed much more resistance to leaf roll than commercial varieties now under Varieties Of Potato Seed Available Freeman Seeks Broader Trade With Russians WASHINGTON (UPD Secre tary of Agriculture Orville h. Freeman has suggested the Unit ed Slates and the Soviet Union enter into a broader exchange agreement than that now in oper ation. The present agreement calls for short excahnge of visits of teams in scientific, technical, education al, cultural, and other fields. In the few years these exchanges have been made, the visits have lasted about 30 days. Freeman, who left last Sat urday for an 18-day visit to Rus sia, said he believed there should be exchanges of research teams on visits up to six months or longer. "That is something to be ne gotiated." Freeman said. Freeman will inspect (arm practices in probably a dozen ag ricultural areas throughout the Soviet Union. "We need to know more of the Russian potential something of the agricultural organization," Freeman said. He noted there had been several changes recent ly in the governmental setup in Soviet agriculture. Freeman said he doubted that the United States could learn much from the Russians about agricultural production and mar keting. He said, however, that the Soviet Union had made advances in entomology that the United States cnuld use. 4-H News MALIN WOOHES The fifth meeting of the Malin Woolies was held May 19 at Suzy Derra's. Billy Street gave a report on scours, and Linda Slastny gave one on sore mouth. Dr. Rikcr was present at the meeting and talked on and answered questions about several diseases. Under old business Mrs. Otto man read some letters on the Spring Fair's Talent Show and a Field Day to be held June 1. At the next meeting we will an swer roll call with the names of our lambs. The meeting was adjourned May 28's meeting will le held at Mike McCulley's. Twelve mem bers and nine visitors were pres ent. Visitors were Dr. Riker, Mrs. McCullcy, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpat rick, Mr. and Mrs. Derra, Cathy Derra, Mrs. Stevenson, and Mrs. Street. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Derra. The sixth meeting of the Malin Woolies was held May 28 at Mike McCulley's. Under new business each mem ber was told to bring a five-foot cotton rope to make a halter at the next meeting. Different types of feed were discussed. The meeting was adjourned. Re freshments were served by Mrs McCullcy. Nine members and five visitors wore present. Visitors were Mrs Blohm. Mrs. Tofell, Mr. and Mrs. McCulley, and Mrs. Stevenson Linda Stastny, News Reporter. BONANZA SHEPHERDS The Bonanza Shepherds met at the Big Springs Park on Thurs day, June 13. We cleaned the park with the help of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Alberts, Mrs. Van Sipe and Esther Brown, propri etor of the Bonanza Cafe. Following that we had a pot luck and a meeting. We decided about putting the name of our club on our shu ts. Next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lo gan. The roll call topic will be parts of sheep. Danny Pederson News Reporter. cultivation and field immunity to mild mosaic. Penobscot tubers are oblong to oval, with cream-buff skin and eyes of medium depth. They show good quality for processing into chips or french fried potatoes, both at harvest time and at in tervals after storage. The second new variety, named Reliance, is a medium-maturing potato with moderate resistance to several common potato diseas es. A limited amount of seed is available from seed-certifying agencies of Minnesota and North Dakota, whose experiment sta tions cooperated with AHS in de veloping this fresh market variety. Reliance has been tested in Minnesota. Arizona. Indiana, Kan sas and Washington. It has mod crate resistance to a wide variety of disease pathogens including those causing late blight, common scab, russet scab, silver scurf, as ter yellows and leaf roll. The va riety is immune to virus X but is susceptible to Y viruses, spindle tuber and verticillium wilt. Reliance tubers are smooth and oval with shallow eyes and show a tendency to delay sprouting, a distinct advantage in storage. The skin is white but turns russet when grown at some locations Reliance produced higlier yields than the comparable Kennebec variety at 10 of 16 locations in the five states where it was test ed. Although Reliance makes sat isfactory potato chips at harvest time, it is intended chiefly as a fresh market potato. Tlie third new variety, named Shoshoni, combines high-yielding ability w ith resistance to scab and verticillium wilt and shows excel lent processing qualities for de hydrated potato products. It was developed in cooperation with the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station and tested in Idaho. In growing trials, the 6-ycar average yield of U.S. No. 1 tu bers was 230 hundredweight per acre for Shoshoni, compared with US hundredweight for the com parable Russet Burbank. Shoshoni was rated equal to Russet Bur- bank for processing and showed considerably more resistance to verticillium wilt than Russet Bur bank, although less than Menom inee. A limited amount of Shoshoni foundation seed is being increased at the Idaho Tctonia Branch Sta tion, but seed for commercial plantings will not be available until 1965. Future trials may widen the areas of adaption for tlie three new varieties. USDA has no seed of the varieties for distribution. Influenza Epidemic Hits Horses; Situation 'Bad1 An epidemic of influenza whichdisease Successfully. But failure' has been disabling horses from coast to coast may be poised at tlie "explosive" stage in Oregon. tlie Oregon Veterinary Medical Association warned Friday. Veterinary researchers de scribed the disease as a new strain or new type of illness re assured horse owners that it was rarely fatal and emphasized that nnti-biotic therapy could be help ful in preventing serious compli cations and after-effects. During the past 90 days, the ail ment has been forcing postpone ment or curtailment ol horse rac ing schedules in many parts of1 the country. The season at Long acres, near Seattle, was inter rupted for two days. When the Portland Meadows season ended a week ago, vctcri narians estimated that approxi mately 50 per cent of the horses on the grounds had been aflected and that, had the meet lasted an other week, there would not have been enough well horses to hold a race. Two new organisms, one a virus the other a bacteria, arc being blamed for the epidemic which is affecting horses of all ages. Thus far, show horses and saddle horses, because of the infrequen cv of their exposure lo other horses, have not been as serious ly involved as race horses. "But," the OVMA warned, "the disease will very likely continue to spread and the proportion of affected animals probably will in- reuse before it diminishes. Owners will have no difficulty veterinarians say. Tlie horse de velops a persistent cough, an ele vated temperature and a listless altitude. If the animal is nol put under stress during tlie infection, it seems to be able to combat the to enforce rest during the course of the disease can lead to seri ous, or even fatal, complications, such as pneumonia. Since the disease is spread eith er by contact or by air-borne vi l us. owners are cautioned lo use antiseptic sprays in stall areas, to keep animals isolated if pos sible and to practice other stan dard sanitary precautions. Veterinary laboratories are making extensive tests to attempt! to develop a vaccine which could immunize animals against the new disease. Researchers also are trying to determine whether the -Hew strain of flu is trans missiblc to humans. State Retains F Mobile Units For Slaughter Farmers can continue to have their slaughtered meat transport ed by mobile slaughter units. Two heal ings were held by the Oregon Department of Agriculture last month to consider evidence on die proposal to discontinue this service to the (aimers. An order issued last week by the department rejects the proposal. Hearings officer J. W. South- worth said at the present time tliere is insufficient evidence of illegal sale of uninspected meats or of illegal use of mobile slaugh ter units to warrant prohibiting transportation of meat by these units. The change in regulations was under consideration because there had been some concern that unin spected meat was finding its way into retail channels through meat markets via mobile slaughter units. Tlie mobile slaughter law per mits farmers to have animals slaughtered for their own use or for direct sale to the consumer without inspection all other meat sold in the state must have either state, federal or approved city inspection. A year ago a legislative interim committee on agriculture, con cerned over livestock thefts, sani tation of mobile slaughter units and meal inspection safeguards, proposed that the department strengthen controls over the mo bile units or that the Mobile Slaughter Act be repealed. During the past legislative ses sion some of the legislators had suggested the department should maintain close surveillance ol the units in accordance with tlie department's continuing obligation to protect the consumer and as sure him of a wholesome and de sirable meat product. In giving his decision, South worth said the department intends to continue to study tlie move ment of livestock from farms and ranches to the consumer, espec ially where there is no inspection of the product. '.v.:,:;: STAFF OF LIFE Wilson Weaver averaged approximately 68 bushels of wheat per acre from a government measured 4-acre field. The variety was Dual and the test weight was 62H pounds per bushel. Weaver prepared his 4-acre Col umbia, Mo., plot for alfalfa, but was afraid of grasshopper infestation and decided to plant wheat instead. The acreaga received $140 worth of plant foods. Senate OK's Duck BUI WASHINGTON (UPD-The Sen ale today passed and sent to the House a bill to promote waterfowl management on four wildlife ref uges along the Pacific Flyway in Oregon and California. The legislation as amended by tlie Senate Interior Committee gave conservation priority but recognizes agricultural land use in tlie area, California senators said It permits the present pattern of leasing in tlie Lower Klamalh and Tule Lake refuges to continue with special provision on sharing of revenues. The other refuges affected are the Upper Klamalh and Clear Lake refuges. REMEMBER when it comes to all truck, see Bob or Juck Trucks are their business! JUCKELAND MOTORS, Inc. Your International Dealer c 11th & Klom. Ph. 2-2581 Instead of repairing a badly marred table top, select a new top of laminated plastic or ma sonile at a lumberyard and nave it cut to fit. Both these materials, says tne Cleanliness Bureau, arc burn-proof and alcohol-proof and can be washed with a sudsy sponge. 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