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
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Soilbuilders
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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City of Los Angeles population
at a record 2,6.14,000 an in
crease of 152,405 over the 1960
census.
The city is the nation's third
largest, behind New York and
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