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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday, October 22, 1S63
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Top Honors
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BLUE RIBBON BAIRDS The industrious Baird children of Alturas are shown ready
ing their lambs for the Pacific International Livestock Exposition where they continued
their winning streak and brought home a multitude of ribbons. In the foreground, Al
thea and Charles wait in line while Bill and Beth swab down one of the prize lambs.
Observing the procedure to pick up a few pointers is the future' family showman, Ben
Baird.
Administration Shies Away
From New Wheat Proposal
WASHINGTON ( UPI) - The
administration, burned last
spring in a grower referendum,
still is shying away from es
pousing a wheat program for
next year. It is particularly
wary of a program calling for
mandatory controls.
This was made amply clear
earlier this week at the con
clusion of the quarterly meeting
of the National Agricultural Ad
visory Commission (NAACi.
Wheat growers voting in the
May referendum on a program
for the 1964 crop turned down
a plan calling for strict produc
tion and marketing controls.
The administration, from Presi
dent Kennedy and Secretary of
Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
on down, campaigned for farm
er approval of the proposed
plan of mandatory controls. The
vote was overwhelmingly nega
tive. The commission, represented
by Chairman Harry B. Caldwell,
Wesf Wheat Sales Up;
No Room For Russians
SPOKANE (UPI)-If the Soviet
Union wants to bring some of
the wheat it will purchase from
the United Slates through Pacific
Northwest ports, it may have to
stand in line.
Sales of wheat this year have
moved so far ahead of normal
that 8,000 rail carloads of the
grain are backed up on North
west sidings waiting for move
ment. Jim Hanson, farm director of
KOMO, Seattle, called public at
tention to the unusually large
number of cars filled with wheat.
Merrill Sather, executive secre
tary of the Pacific Northwest
Grain Dealers Association, said,
'Grain has sold faster this year
Bank To Issue
Big Dividend
SPOKANE UPI - About
23.500 Northwest farmers and
stockmen will share in a record
dividend declared by the
Federal Land Bank of Spokane.
The 6 per cent dividend will
go to 61 farmer-owned federal
land bank associations in Ore
gon. Washington. Idaho and
Montana, who in turn will pay
most of it to their members.
Last year the bank declared
a 5 per cent dividend totaling
$740,000. this year's payments
will total about SI million, ac
cording to president Fred A.
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indicated after its Oct. 16 meet
ing that it Mould not recom
mend any wheat program at
this time. It said that a consen
sus among growers is essential
in developing a wheat program,
and that no such consensus
exists. It suggested that perhaps
some sort of unity could be
achieved after wheat growers
and farm organizations hold
their annual conventions. Any
recommendation before the con
ventions would be premature,
the commission said.
The commission also made it
clear that administration think
ing about agriculture contains
no hope of mandatory controls
for producing and marketing
the big breadgrain crop.
Mandatory controls, by which
it would be possible to maintain
highest farm income with least
cost to the government, do not
appear at this time to be
acceptable to producers of
wheat, the commission said.
than I've ever known it before.
He said sales by Oct. 1 this
year were comparable to sales
by Dec. 1 most years.
Sather said the grain was sold
at country elevators and must be
shipped to coastal points for ex
port. "It's moving out of the
country points so fast they can't
get the cars unloaded at the ter
minals," Sather said. "Cars are
simply backed up."
He said the increase in sales
had several contributing factors.
One was a worldwide shortage of
wheat.
Another was the lowest carry
over in 10 years of Northwest
white wheat.
Another is a possible increase
in freight rates slated Oct. 31.
which Sather said could have re
sulted in some shippers getting
grain aboard cars in order to
take advantage of the current
lower rate.
Also adding to the grain cars
in the Northwest is a Commodity
Credit Corporation decision to in.
crease its Northwest stock of red
Midwest wheat from six- to seven
million bushels to 12 million
bushels. About 3.000 carloads of
Midwest w heat is en route to the
Northwest and Sather said some
of them may already have ar
rived.
Sather said the worldwide
wheat shortage was so severe
that Northwest white wheat was
being sold in Europe where it
rarely had gone before. About 83
per cent of Northwest w heat goes
into export trade, but most is
sold to Asian nations.
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The commission suggested
that perhaps a voluntary two
price plan for wheat would be
the answer for a wheat pro
gram. '
The defeated plan for the 1964
crop had a two-price feature,
but mandatory controls were
part and parcel.
Information to date, the com
mission said, indicates that a
voluntary two-price plan may
offer the greatest promise of
winning favorable acceptance
and of coping with the problem
of surplus production capacity
of wheal.
There is little doubt that the
commission's Oct. 16 statement
reflected administration think
ing. The chief function of the
NAAC, created early in the'
Eisenhower Administration, is
to advise the secretary of agri
culture bout farm problems
and legislation to cope with
diem. There has been a growing
feeling, however, that since its
inception the commission has
been more of an echoing group
than an advisory body. When
Ezra Taft Benson was secretary
of agriculture, the commission
appeared to echo Benson. The
present commission may be
echoing Freeman.
The Agriculture Department
said it will buy an additional
six million pounds of frozen
ground beef for the national
school lunch and then terminate
the current purchasing pro
gram. The Crop Reporting Board
said U.S. hatcheries produced
183.7 million chicks in Septem
ber. This was 1 per cent more
than in September a year ago.
Water Picture
Is Favorable
LAKEV1EW - According to
(he report on water supply sum
mary and outlook for Oregon
prepared by W, T. Frost and
Bob L. Whalcy of the Soil Con
servation Service, Lake County
farming was hindered by heavy
spring rains which, however,
filled reservoirs and sustained
strcamflow much longer than
expected.
Drews Reservoir contains 36,
200 acre feet which is more car
ry over than any year since
1958: and Cottonwood, which is
usually dry on Oct. 1, contains
an estimated 2.500 acre feet.
Watershed soils are wetter
than usual and should favor
runoff after normal fall rains.
Lake County irrigators should
have a good season next year
with average snow accumula
tion this winter.
ALTURAS - Modoc County
FFA and 4-H showmen have
again brought home a basket-full
of ribbons from t h e
Pacific International Livestock
Exposition at Portland. The
winning Baird family continues
their string of winners with
champions in both FFA and
4-H, as well as placing high up
in over-all show ing.
Bill Baird showed the reserve
champion hog in FFA, the
grand champion pen of three
Berkshire hogs, and the cham
pion Suffolk lamb. Right behind
Bill with the lambs was Bill
Ebbe of Alturas, whose lambs
placed second and third in the
FFA. Baird's champion pen of
three Suffolk sheep were Modoc
products of sheep breeder Chris
Starr, Alturas.
Bill also placed sixth compet
ing against all classes w ith his
carcass pig.
Charles Baird showed the re
serve champion Berkshire hog
and had the champion pen of
three Berks, and he showed the
first place Cheviot lamb and had
first place with his pen of three
Cheviots. He bred and raised
his i Berk hogs, while his Chev
iots were bred by J. E. Albaugh
of Adin, Calif.
' Showing Hampshire lambs
bred by Bob Barnett of Altur
as, Beth Baird had the grand
champion Hamp lamb in the
4-H division and the grand
champion pen of three for the
4-H and in the overall judging
competing against all sheep
showmen at the exposition.
Althea Baird. not to be out
done by her older brothers and
sister, showed the second place
carcass lamb, placing over all
competitors at the show.
Besides the Baird family and
Ebbe from Alturas, Betsy and
Peggy Callahan represented Al
turas in showing their livestock
at the PI.
F6 Official
Favors Sale
"I generally approve of Pres
ident Kennedy's tentative deci
sion to sell wheat to Russia,"
reported Harold Beach, presi
dent of the Orgon Farm Bu
reau Federation, "but I would
not approve of taking taxpay
ers' dollars to subsidize the sale
nor would I favor the sale for
anything rather than solid cur
rency," the farm leader contin
ued. Beach explained that all U.S.
wheat now going into export
channels is subsidized approxi
mately 60 cents per bushel.
"The basic reason for trade is
that both parties benefit from
the transaction. In this case, we
have something the Russians
want and we should be willing
to exchange it for something of
equal or greater value," Beach
said.
"This talk of selling wheat tn
Russia has pinpointed the need
for a re-evaluation of our trade
policies and particularly points
out the need for a change in
our domestic agriculture pro
gram. If we as farmers are
really serious about selling
wheat to Russia, then we are
going to have to adopt a pric
ing policy that will allow the
wheat to move on an unsubsi
dized basis," Beach pointed
out.
The gigantic Canadian wheat
deal with Russia has had a tre
mendous impact on world wheat
supplies and is bound to firm
up future world wheat prices,
he explained. In fact, for the re
mainder of the 1963-64 market
ing year, only the United States
and Argentina arc in a position
to export. Beach contincd.
"It seems a little ironic that
less than six months ago Amer
ican wheat farmers were voting
on a program to tightly control
the production of wheat and at
the same time our competitors
were encouraging their farmers
to produce all the wheat they
could," Beach concluded.
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KPCA Adds
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Ed McCulley. Malin, lifetime
resident of Klamath County,
has joined the staff of the
Klamath Production Credit As
sociation as field man. His new
duties were effective Oct. 1.
Specifically he will analyze
loan requests, working with as
sociation members.
Announcement of his associa
tion with KPCA was made by
'Don Krider, manager.
McCulley, member of a pio
neer Malin ranch family, has
served as mayor of Malin,
commander of Malin 'Post No.
84 American Legion, has been
president of the Malin Chamber
of Commerce, a director of the
Shasta View Irrigation District
and the recently formed Klam
ath Improvement District and
has served as a volunteer mem
ber of the Malin 'Fire Depart
ment. He is married and the father
of three children.
Money Use
Tips Given
It doesn't take a youngster
long to learn that money buys
But the ability to manage mon
many, of the things he wants,
cy wisely using it to get those
things that are really important
doesn't come ready-made. It
has to be learned, says Mrs. Al
berta Johnston, Oregon State
University home management
specialist.
It takes time and experience
to develop "money sense," and
youth ought to get some experi
ence in order to become com
petent adults in managing their
money.
First step in teaching young
sters about money is for parents
to clarify their own attitudes
about money and how it's used.
If parents overspend, disagree
about where money should be
spent, and argue about saving
vs. spending, youngsters will
pick up some of these same
traits. One suggestion is for par
ents to discuss In presence of
youngsters what money is avail
able, expenses, and what each
puts value on. Youngsters are
much more understanding about
why their wishes can't be an
swered if they know why, ad
vises OSU's specialist.
Teenagers need to be given re
sponsibility for some money
whether it's an allowance or
money that tlicy earn. They
need to know what's expected of
them in sing the money and
if they make mistakes they'll
need to live with them.
Mrs. Johnston doesn't believe
that an allowance should be
paid for assuming routine
chores around the house. She
house. She says that everyone
in the family should share in
family work, pay or no pay.
Chores are just a part of being
family.
An allowance should take into
consideration costs In the com
munity In wliich you live (bus
fare, lunch, clothes, etc.), what
expenses it's supposed to cover,
and who's responsible for emer
gencies that arise.
The more experience a teen
ager can have in handling mon
ey the belter he should fare as
an adult, says Mrs. Johnston.
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Beef, Veal
Importing
Is Problem
Is the increased importation
of beef and veal giving direct
competition to Oregon cattle
men? Paul T. Rowcll, agricultural
development chief for the Ore
gon Department of Agriculture
has been probing for an answer
to this with the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and U.S.
Commerce Department officials.
Oregon cattlemen have been
concerned over the great in
crease in imports of beef and
veal from Australia and New
Zealand. Rowell said last year
beef imports totaled 971 million
pounds, which was close to nine
per cent of the U.S. production.
Rowcll said most imports
come in as boned chilled or
frozen meat with no indication
as to the type or grade includ
ed. Formerly this imported
boned beef was all of lower
grade for manufacturing into
hamburger and processed meats
and was of a grade that was in
short supply from U.S. cattle
production.
Recently, however, federal
meat inspection and marketing
officials have reported seeing
imports of higher quality beef
entering this country as bone
less beef, but of a quality suit
able for roasts and steaks. New
York City and Philadelphia are
the areas from which this has
been particularly reported, but
Rowell said some reports of en
try of this type of meat have
been received in Portland and
other Pacific Coast areas.
Since present import regula
tions do not require identifica
tion of different grades or types
of boneless beef, Rowell has
been checking through on this
matter with both U.S. Depart
ment of Commerce and Agricul
ture. He has advised officials of
both departments that Oregon
and U.S. beef cattle producers
are entitled to know the
amounts and types of import
competition facing them and re
quested development of means
of identifying beef imports to
provide that information.
Angus Beef
Total High
Farmers and ranchers who
produce registered Angus beef
cattle in the U.S. pushed t h e
breed of black, hornless ani
mals into the limelight of the
livestock industry during the
past 12 months, according to a
recent announcement of Frank
Richards, secretary of the
American Angus Association, St.
Joseph, Mo. He said a total of
345,576 purebred Angus were re
corded in the association's 1063
fiscal year, an increase of 13.2
per cent over 1962.
"This year, for the first time,
the association recorded more
calves than any other beef
breed," said Richards, "as of
ficial figures of the next closest
breeds show they recorded 338,
501 and 174.575 calves, respec
tively." Transfers of ownership of the
Blacks also reached a new high
figure for the year as 270,524
head changed hands. This also
was an increase of more than
13 per cent. New life member
ships representing t he number
of new Angus herds founded in
the last year reached 6.213, up
by 2.165 over 1962. In the 1 a s t
five years more than 20,000 An
gus herds have been started by
U.S. cattle breeders.
The way America's farm
Is turning (o Angus was empha
sized by the number of n e w
junior memberships in the
American Angus Association.
They reached 1,647 last year, an
increase of 626 over 1962.
FARM LOANS
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PICKERS AT WORK Strawberry pickers work into October on Bob Dix farm at
Troutdale, Ore. Gathering harvest, left to right, are local teen-agers Phillip Turner,
Doug Moan, Angela Lucas and Diane Schnelting. Season usually ends in June. Dix at
tributes October crop to mild weather. UPI Telephoto
Inspectors
fail Told
In Figures
Meat inspectors with the Ore
gon Department of Agriculture
checked a total of 279,646 ani
mals for slaughter during the
first nine months of this year.
These meat inspection f i g
ures, released by the depart
ment, also showed inspectors
condemned a total of 565 ani
mals, 14 before slaughter and
551 as whole carcasses immedi
ately after slaughter.
Behind these condemnation
figures is the story of tho de
partment's continual vigil to
protect the health of the people
of Oregon through its meat in
spection program. All of the re
jected carcasses were con
demned because of diseases
that could be transmitted to hu
mans or an unhealthy condition
that had spread throughout the
animal.
Pneumonia, some forms of
which are transmissible to hu
mans, .led the list in causes for
condemnations, with 172 car
casses rejected for this reason.
Systemic infections resulting
from tile spread of bacteria or
viruses throughout the body
with potential transmission to
humans was second, with 75.
Various forms of cancer were
the reason for rejection of 4!) of
the carcasses.
More cattle were condemned
post-mortem (Immediately after
slaughter) than all of the other
animals combined. Total num
ber of cattle rejected for t h e
nine month period was 344.
Swine was second, with 147 con
demnations. Other post mor
tem condemnations were:
Calves 10; sheep 48; horses one.
Course Dated
On Chemicals
Dec. 10-20 have been set as
the dates for the annual chemi
cal applicators' course spon
sored jointly by tlie Oregon De
partment of Agriculture and
Oregon State University.
The course will be held at
Oregon State University.
Among the subjects covered
during tlie three-day session will
be detoxification mechanisms;
hazards of combining pesticides,
protection of public health; pes
ticides vs. wildlife problems;
residue problems and pesticide
drift; soil fumigation; weed con
trol in ornamentals; insects
and diseases of ornamental
plants; turf-weed control; con
trol of perennial weeds; and le
gal action and insurance.
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Export Grain Checked
Reaches Record Total
Export grain inspected in
Portland by the grain division
of tlie Oregon Department of
Agriculture reached a new high
in September with 9.3 million
bushels checked by the divi
sion's inspectors.
The. previous high for export
grain from Portland was 0.1
million bushels. This was in
March of this year.
Grain receipts in Portland
were off during September,
dropping to 12.4 million bush
els from 15.1 million bushels in
August. Railroad were used for
transporting all but 4.6 million
buslicls of the incoming grain
and 4,341 cars were sampled
during the month. This, now
over, was a decrease of 773
cars from August.
inspections at the Pendleton
office of tlie division began to
slack off in August with harvest
nearly completed in that area.
That office weighed and inspect
ed 201,967 bushels in rail cars;
made 474 sample inspections
and 270 track inspections.
In the Klamath Basin Septem
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and this was reflected in the in
creased work during the month
by the Merrill office of the di
vision. That office had 370 track
inspections; 24 hopper car in
spections; 228 sample inspec
tions; 281 out inspections and
four truck inspections.
MEETS WITH RUSK
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mo
hamcd Yazld, a personal repre
sentative of Algerian President
Ahmed Ben Bella, will meet
Wednesday with Secretary of
State Dean Rusk on the Algerian-Moroccan
border conflict.
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