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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1963)
Farm Marketing Receipts Hit $435.8 Million Mark tash receipts from marketing of OrcRon Farm Products totaled. H35.8 million in 1962. James F. Short, slate director l agriculture, said this was thel second highest cash receipts for Oregon farm products on record The all time high was in 1951, wncn cash receipts from farm products were at $449.8 million. Short has just received from the U.S. Department of Agricul ture the first complete break down of income from the various crops and livestock produced in Oregon. Tlie director reminded that CUSTOM FERTILIZER SPREADING SERVICE COMPLETE LINE OF FERTILIZERS AND AG CHEMICALS Simplot Soilbuilders "A TAXPAYINO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SPECIALIZING IN FERTILIZERS AS CHEMICALS KLAMATH FALLS - Tl MALIN 71-t47 TULELAKE MMM! I Needs I It yy 7 r Bmt B i 1 1 I k I 1 X I these figures represent gross re ceipts to the farmers of Oregon. 'et receipts totaled out $130.4 million, meaning that farmers ac tually net less than one-third he cause of high production expens es. A deep cut was made in the 19K2 cash receipts by production expenses of Oregon farmers, which totaled at $361. million. Income in Oregon from live stock showed a cash increase from $194.3 million in 19fil to! $199.9 million in 1912. However, it dropped percentage ise from 3 per cent of the total market ing to 45.9 per cent. Meat animals accounted for 25.4 per cent of the income from livestock for a total of $115 mil lion, with cattle and calves lead ing at 22.2 per cent and a total of S!H.9 million in cash receipts. Hairy products cash receipts to taled $44.5 million for 10.2 per ent; poultry and eggs $.11.3 mil- ion or 7.2 per cent; and miscel- ancous livestock, $9.1 million or 2.1 per cent. In 19T2 crops brought cash re-1 ceipts of $235.8 million for 54.1 per cent of the cash receipts for farm products. Food grains brought $51.4 million for 11.8 per cent with wheat (the largest sin gle cash cropl bringing $51 mil lion. Feed crops barley, corn, hay and oats accounted for 6.1 per cent of the income or $26.5 million. Cash receipts for vegetables were $48 million for the year and the receipts from fruits and nuts $4,1 million; while other crops were listed at $61.9 million. Cash receipts for the individual crops and animals for 1961 and 1962 are: Commodity mi 1W MEAT ANIMALS Cattle and calves S 86.077,000 I M.ififi.OOO DAIRY PROntCTS Aylterlel S 1.721.000 1. 176.000 Retail milk 3.763.000 3.016.OOO Wholesale milk 4I.I96.0O0 60.7V6.O0O P011.TRY AND EGGS Broilers t 6,358.000 3.917,000 Farm chickens 738.000 SS2.000 Eggs 18.467.000 16,778.000 Turkeys 6.530.000 6.102.000 MISfKIXANKOl'S LIVESTOCK Beeswax 13.000 I 13.000 Honey 323.000 379.000 Mohair 56.000 37.000 Wool 3.098.000 3.977,000 Other livestock B.019,000 7,706.000 CROPS FOOD GRAIN'S Rve I 389.000 I 404.000 Wheal 37,382.000 51.029,000 FEED CROPS Barley f 15.474.000 I 12.430.000 Corn 1.909.000 1.179.000 Hay 9,347.000 9,928.000 Oals 3.345,000 3,023.000 VEGETABLES Proper Fertilizer Use Of Value Says Adviser S f 5 1 a i s s 3 a 3 i i a 3 i a Phosphate is the principal plant food requirement of Al falfa in most soils. Keeping the phos phate level high greatly increases yields, nutritional value and palofobil ity of Alfalfa hay. Fall fertilization with Simplot Triple Superphosphate has other advantages too. The plants win ter better, start fast er in the Spring and ore more resistant to insects and dis ease. Top dress Simplot Triple on your Alfal fa this Fall for pro fits next year. J. R. Simplot Co. Ilintrolf ontj Chtmkal Division POCATELIO, IDAHO Dry Pes Potatoes Asparagus Snap tMns Beets Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Sweet corn Lettuce Onions Green peas Tomatoes Cantaloupes W Aler-melons Misc. vegetables AJC.OOO 10,148,000 4149,000 13.618,000 463.000 U42.0O0 571,000 821.000 476.000 3.233.000 196,000 5,893,000 4,491,000 384,000 374,000 505,000 1,959,000 Hogs Sheep and lambs 9,369,000 7.927,000 9,326,000 8,800.0001 FRUITS AND NUTS 774,000 11.807.000 470,000 13.388,000 814,000 1.283.000 483,000 843.000 362.000 3.961,000 137,000 S, 52 5,000 5,309,000 357,000 220.OOC 370,000 1,921,000 Apples Cherries Peaches Pears Plums and prunes Cranberries Strawberries Filberts Walnuts Other fruits, nuts SKED CROPS Alfalfa seed I 3,625,000 Alslkt seed Benlgrass seed Merion Bluegrass seed Crimson Clover seed Fescue seed Ladino clover seed Austrian Winter peas Red clover seed Ryegrass seed Vetch seed White clover seed OTHER CROPS Sugar beets S 5,306,000 $ Hops M 05,000 Peppermint 5,302,000 Forest products from the farm 8,086,000 Greenhouse and nursery products 16,590,000 Misc. crops 844,000 3,218,000 8,251,000 1,165,000 10,547,000 2,054.000 381,000 8,315.000 4,157,000 2,460,000 6,176,000 149,000 1,611,000 998,000 9B7.0O0 2,048.000 58,000 244,000 905,000 6,096,000 742,000 146,000 3,555,000 7,554,000 1,311.000 10,199,000 2,863.000 735.000 11.099,000 3.186.000 1.302,000 6.681,000 4,790.000 50.000 2,122.000 1.017,000 2,585.000 253.000 1.118,000 7,890,000 1,204,000 180,000 5,767,000 7,438,000 5,346,000 17,716,000 1,850.000 TULELAKE Fall applications of fertilizers can be of value if the proper fertilizer is applied to do the job, according to Ken Bagholt, Tulelake farm adviser. Applications of phosphorous should be made to alfalfa and pas ture either in the fall or early sprint. Generally speaking, fall applications of phosphorous will give (better results on the above mentioned crops than spring ap plications. Frequently in Tule lake. wet soil prevents the farm- from applying fertilizer in the spring to alfalfa and pas ture early enough to obtain maxi mum benefits that year. However, if a new seeding of alfalfa or -pasture is being made in the spring the farmer should have his soil tested in the tall to determine how , much phos phorous is needed. He should ap ply enough the following spring to supply sufficient phosphorous to lake care of the needs of the plants for three or four years The fertilizer should be disked or -plowed under to give best re suits. Phosphorous does not leach from the soil so it must be placed in the root zone to obtain the maximum benefits. Fall applications of nitrogen should be restricted to soils of minimum leaching properties. Tests throughout the West, in cluding Tulelake. have demon strated that spring applications of nitrogen will usually give better results than fall applications of the same amount of nitrogen. Farmers applying nitrogen in the fall should restrict the application IB HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Tuesday, September U, l3 PAGE 9 Families In Rural Communities May Be Eligible For Farm Loans Families living in small rural communities and in rural areas. even though not engaged in arm ing may now be eligible (or the, housing loans made by the Farm ers Home Administration, accord ing tn Bruce Stewart, the agen cy's county supervisor for Klam ath and Lake counties. The new Housing Act broad ened the eligibility requirements tor rural housing loans. As a result, owners of non-farm tracts in rural areas and in small rural communities o not more than 2..10O, as well as farmers, may be eligible for this type of credit. "This program is an important new tool in promoting the devel-l opment of rural areas." Stewart said. "Rural housing loans will not only help families obtain bet ter homes, but will put more car penters, plumbers and electri cians to work, and will increase the sales in lumber yards and building supply firms." Housing loans are made for the construction, repair, and remod eling of dwellings and essential farm buildings and to provide water for farmstead and house- Agency Says Mail Order Cattle Not Recommended to ammonia types of nitrogen. These materials will not leach as readily as the nitrate nitrogen fertilizers. A good rule of thumb for farmers to use in applying nitrogen for straw decomposition is to apply 20 pounds of actual nitrogen for every ton of barley harvested. If the barley straw is going to be plowed or disked un der and the field planted to pota toes, a fall application of nitro gen may be of some benefit lr helping break down the straw However some nitrogen may be lost through fall and winter leaching. This makes it neces sary to apply additional amounts the following spring to grow the crop and continue the straw de composition process. 1 Where straw is being plowed under in the fall and the following year planted to grain, Bagnou suggests farmers apply all or a large part of the nitrogen in the spring. By applying this nitrn gen in the spring growers can re duce the total amount applied. Gypsum can be applied in the all Tor alkali reclamation pur poses. However, if it is applied, it should be disked lightly or in corporated into the top of the soil to keep it from blowing. Farmers having questions their fertilizer program should contact the Tulelake Farm Ad viser's Office for assistance, Cattle by mail order it's possible, and some Oregon ranch ers and farmers have made pur chases this way. However, it is a practice the Slate Department of Agricul ture does not recommend, unless the purchaser is well acquainted with the person from whom the cattle are being bought. The "sight-unseen" buying ol cattle can result in the minimum assurance of quality, J. W. South worth, assistant director of the department for livestock indus tries, pointed out, noting that the deparment had been notified of three instances of individuals or dering cattle in which they had been disappointed. In all of these cases the pur chasers have ordered the ani mals from advertising materia and have not actually seen the cattle, Southworth said. One of the purchasers com plained to the department that he felt the animals did not meet the health requirement for move ment in interstate commerce. And, veterinarians of the depart ment have found pink eye and respiratory involvements among some of the cattle. Southworth noted that animals purchased by mail are usually calves, and calves through eight months of age can be moved in terstate without benefit of a test for brucellosis if they are from modified certified brucellosis area. No test for tuberculosis is required if the animal is from a modified accredited area. The United States is the world's largest consumer of nickel. ! 1 ? im w I "'tA i uumi mm PHOTO'S GOUfil ICfJURL HOLDS EXACT JAlV0?5Jlf'GS AUTOMCALLV! NO BUTTONS. ..NO LIVHI.,,NO OADOITS After calves have arrived in Oregon the state can only quar antine or confine them to the premises of the Oregon purchas er, it they are found to be in fected with a contagious disease. The purchaser of such animals lenerally has only legal recourse and would probably experience considerable difficulty in deriving satistaclion even by this method Southworth's advice to persons in the market for cattle is to see what they arc buying and to give consideration to buying closer to home, for there is a large number of high quality cows and calves in Oregon. Another advantage noted in the purchasing of animals closer to home is that they arrive in healthier condition because of the shorter distance traveled. Southworth pointed out that the general quality of cattle in Oregon is equal to those produced any where in the United States. He further reminded that with Ore gon exporting over half of its feeder calf production, tlie price for Oregon cattle is no greater and sometimes less than that paid for similar cattle elsewhere. Mice Cause Crop Damage TULELAKE A severe mouse infestation in the Southwest Sump and other parts of the Tulelake Basin has caused severe damage to grain and potato crops reports Ken Baghott, Tulelake farm ad viser. Several farmers have expe rienced up to 5() per cent destruc tion of their grain fields in the U.S. Government lease lands the Southwest Sump. Parts ofl grain leases w ill not be harvested this year due to this heavy mouse buildup. The problem now, according to Baghott, is not only the severe loss tn grain farmers hut the possible loss to potato growers. In the areas of high concentration the mice arc moving into potato fields and are exposing the tubers to sunlight and frost or are eat inc the potatoes. None of these potatoes can he marketed and result in a loss tn the farmer. Farmer? through the coopera tion of the Modoc and Siskiyou County Agriculture Commission ers' offices, are attempting tn control the mice hy applications of poisoned grain. However it is difficult to obtain control by appli cations of grain once the grain fields have matured says Bag hott Shattered grain offers an abundance of food for the mice so they will not readily eat the poisoned grain. For advice or Hssislance farm ers should contact Bill Huse, dep uty agrirulture commissioner of Siskiyou County, or Irny Smith, Modoc County agriculture inspect- S631 Million Given Away WASHINGTON (UPH The Ag riculture Department donated more than 4.8 billion pounds of food at home and abroad during fiscal 1963. The value of tlie food was $631 million. Donations in the previous fiscal year totaled 4.72 billion pounds worth $590.3 million. The value of foods donated at home was $354 million, compared with $365.8 million tlie previous year. Foreign donations in fiscal 1963 were valued at $276.6 million compared with $224.5 million the previous year. Domestically, schools got 488.1 million pounds of food valued at $121 million in liacal 1963; institu tions got 165.2 million pounds valued at $29 million: and needy persons received 1.2 billion pounds valued at $204.4 million. The oonalcct commodities eie acquired hy the Agriculture De partment in its price support and surplus removal operations. They were made available through the direct distribution program to schools, needy families, and char itable institutions in the United States and to needy persons and school lunch programs abroad. The department said that in June. 1963. 5.5 million needy per sons in family units in the United Slates received donated foods. This was a decline of WXl.noo from a year earlier. hold use. In addition to major construction, funds are available to modernize homes add bath rooms, central heating, modern kitchens, and other home im provements, as well as to en large and remodel farm service buildings and put in related facil 1 1 ics such as paved feedlots, yard fences, and driveways. The interest rate is four per cent per year on the unpaid bal- unce of the loan. Loans may he scheduled for repayment over pe riods tip tn 33 years. The proposed housing must be adequate to meet the family's needs, yet he modest in size and design. To he eligible, an applicant must own a farm or a housing' site in a rural area; be without decent, safe and sanitary hous ing; be unable tn obtain the need ed credit from other sources; and be without sufficient resourc es to provide tlie necessary hous ing on his own account. He must! also have or be able to obtain sufficient income to meet pay ments on existing debts, take care of his other expenses, and make the payments on the proposed loan. The local county supervisor of the Farmers Home Administra tion will review building plans and inspect the housing construc tion as it progresses in order to make certain that the borrower obtains sound and acceptable con struction. The local county com mittec of the Farmers Home Ad ministration determines the eli gibility of applicants. Rural families who need emer gency housing repairs and do not have the ability to repay a loan may be able to obtain small grants for such purposes as re pairing a roof, screening windows and providing a sanitary supply of water. All loans are secured to t h e extent necessary to protect the government s interest. Small im provement loans made in amounts of less than $l,50O with repay ments scheduled over periods up to '10 years may be secured by a promissory note. Other loans are secured by mortgages. Further information on rural housing loans may be obtained at the county office of the Farmers Home Administration located in Room 200, Medical-Dental Build-, ing, Klamath Falls. ' ' UELCOriEvTa LAKE COUNTY , . BE CAREFUL UITH VTIIIR HUNS FIR ETC BE SURE OF TARGET i H v-l SIGN PROJECT The Merry Marksmen Rifle Club of Lake view has constructed and painted three large signs welcoming hunters to Lake County. The signs have been erected at vantage points on the highways north, south and west of Lakeview. Signs Hail All Hunters Farmers Asked To Attend Report Meet By Freeman LAKE V I E W A (ter three years of work, the Merry Marksmen Rifle Club finally completed its "sign project" recently. The project consisted of con structing and painting three large signs to welcome hunters of Lake County and situating the signs at vantage points on the highways north, south, and west of town. The signs are green and white on sturdy plywood. The paint was donated by the Lakeview Build ing Material and the board by Frank Hansen. Work w as done by the club members. The idea originated three years ago in 1961 when the club was under tlie direction of Lee Jonas. Since that time, work has pro gressed slowly hut this year un der the direction of Mcl Young, the club leader, the project was completed when the signs were put up on the 'Bill Odegard Jr. Ranch west of town, and the Bob Weir Jr. Ranch north of town, and the Darrell Lcavitt Ranch south of town. Farmers are invited to partici pate in a "Report and Review" session with U.S. Secretary of i Agriculture Orville L. Freemanl Thursday, Oct. 10, at Walla Walla Wash. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. m Walla Wallas Capital Theater. It is one of a scries of 13 such conferences being held by Secretary Freeman throughout the nation. The session will open with a brief statement by Secretary Free man in the form of a report to farmers on the agricultural sit uation. This will be followed by a question and answer period and a time for farmers to make brief statements to Secrelary Freeman. Farmers from throughout Ore gon and Washington have been invited to attend the Walla Walla meeting to express their opinions to Secretary Freeman about the way federal programs are admin istered, farm legislation and the Department of Agriculture. Secretary Freeman decided on the scries of conferences in an ef fort to find out what farmers are saying and thinking, the agent explained. AID HARD TO GET LONDON (UPD - Dr. Cheddi .lagan, prime minister of British Guiana, said today be has asked for economic aid and investment from both sides of the Iron Cur- lain "so far with little success remember; when it comes to a truck, see Bob or Juck Trucks are their business! JUCKELAND MOTORS, Inc. Yur International Daalar 11th It Klam. 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