| Show tu -- The Salt Laft TrffionS Sunday f JCdYfmlfrt 17 1957 D 9 Should US Fight Surpluses or Help Farmers Live With Them?j fey Ovid A Martin Associated Press Farm Writer WASHINGTON Nov 16— Con-- ' gress Is coming face to face with the question of whether it should continue to fight farm surpluses or help farwjrs $arn to live with them Except during and Just after World War II this country has been battling farm surpluses since the early 30’s Oversupplies have been blamed for low farm prices and inadequate agricultural returns The thinking back of government-aid programs has been that if surpluses could be whipped farm prosperity would return again But year after year new evidence Is piled on old evidence that It Is not possible to eliminate the surpluses — at least not with presently used or authorized methods Advancing agricultural technology appears to be able to keep step or so ahead of efforts of government and producers to control production Science and research keeps developing higher-yieldincrops that are better able to resist diseases Farmers keep- - learning how to produce more and more on less and less land 'with less and less labor This being the case many farm leaders art asking the question: “ maybe we should accept surpluses' as a normal aspect of farming and concentrate on ways oFvhig with and using them to the general advantage Of course the big stumbling block - to -- this 4s how surpluses might be accepted without their to penalize fanners through markets depressed by - being-allowe- Farm production this year should just about put a clincher on the contention that surpluses cannot bq prevented unless rigid restrictions — which undoubtedly would be unacceptable to most farmers — are imposed The output of all commodities combined will set a new record Furthermore the production of With the prolonged drought ended In the southwest - early signs promise perhaps an even greater volume of production next year—and new additions to sur- tie past records If not set a new one despite the fact that rigid controls were In effect on wheat cotton rice tobacco and peanuts and the government oh icred- larmers slightly more than 600 million dollars in subsidies to retire nearly 25 million acres from production under the soil bank program ' Despite these efforts to curb crops will "few 'WI" V plus stockpile? It is true that the government's '- Investment In surpluses Is slightly more than a billion dollars below last year's record peak of more than eight billion dollars due and Cut price largely to give-awais Investment sales the But export the to with move up again starting harvest of this year's crops and storage of parts of them under y crop production vast supplies will move into government surplus stocks under price support pro- grams This year’s record volume equalled that of last year when controls and the soil bank were supports too In effect It was the f mal of the stock show was Park Hereford Ranch Bakersfield Calif of which D C Park is proprietor Mr Park was not present to receive the award Entries From Wide Area Head Golden Spike List Special to The Tribune JUNIOR DEPARTMENT OGDEN— Here are results of breeding sheep results were: Judging at the Golden Spike Jerrold RIchins Coalville cham- Livestock Show: Individual fat steers and heifers in the open class champion Hereford Park Hereford Ranch Bakersfield Calif' reserve champion Chandler Herefords Baker Ore champion Shorthorn Robert Mace St Anthony Idaho reserve champion Martin Mohr Park City Mont champion Aberdeen - Angus Dixie Kendrick St Onge serve champion S D re- Kent Allen Bui ley Idaho Jodie and Ilerond Hoyt Kamas showed the champion Hampshiie ewe in the junior division No champions were singled out by the judge In Suffolk or Columbia breeds pion Columbia ewe He -- also showed the champion ewe in Suffolks while Robert Jensen Garland won champion ewe honors with his Hampshire sheep No Rambouillets were shown in the junior department Results in open'classes purebred Columbia sheep were: champion ham Terry Maddox Bakersfield Calif reserve champion ram Mr Maddox champion ewe Mr Maddox and reserve champion ewe R J Shown Monte Vista Colo GARNERING champion hon- ors for Jersey bulls was Smoot Jersey Farm- Centerville reserve champion bull Verl J Poll Morgan Junior champion bull Mr Poll Junior champion fe- male Mr Poll senior champion female Smoot Brothers In the Guernsey section of the dairy cattle division the grand champion bull Was shown by Bear Claw Hereford Ranch For the eleventh successive Dayton Wyo with the' reserve year Union Pacific’s Agricu- champion being shown by Mira ltural Improvement car staffed Loma Farm Grand Ogden with University of Idaho Exten- champion female Guernsey sion experts rolls again to ma- Mira Loma Farms reserve jor Idaho agricultural commu- grand champion female Mira nities in November and Decem- Loma Farms Staff to Tour In UP Car ber GRAND CHAMPION bull In the purebred Shorthorn class was shown by Chapman Brothers Le Grande Calif which also showed the reserve grand champion bull Crapo Brothers St Anthony Idaho exhibited the grand champion and reserve grand champion female Short- UNDER THE supervision of Carol Youngstrom Boise associate director of the extension service the 1957 "college on wheels" utilizes the slogan “It's Wise to Fertilize’’ Programs will piesent practical recommendations on soil improvement through wise use of commercial horns fertilizers manure and crop rotations County agricultural agents will be in charge of meetings in their counties Discussions will be led by Charles G Painter Boise extension service soils specialist and Boyd Baxter PoE Fuller Boise catello and-both Union Pacific agricultural agents for Idaho Lectures will be with motion pictures slides posters and demonstrations Idaho communitiesTwenty-tw-will be visited on the following schedule: Nov 18 18: Rexlmr L Implemented o Ashton Nov Roberts Nov 20 Idaho Fails Nov 21 Black foot Nov 22 Pocatello Nov 23 Montpelier Nov 25 Soda Snnnsa Nov 20 American Falls Nov 27 Buhl Dec Dec 4 2 Burley Dec 3 Rupert Some Dec Sr Wendell Dec 6 Glenna Ferry Dec 8 Meridian Dec JO Cambridse Dec 11 and 12 Coun Dee 18 eil Dec 12 and 13 Marvin Fmmett Dec 17 and 18 Middleton Dec 18 an 18 and New Plymouth Dec 20 In the pens of registered breeding bulls grand champion pen of three bulls was shown by Peterson Brothers Ogden while the reserve grand champion pen of three bulls was shown by Jensen Brothers Lo- gan The quarterhorse show was resumed Saturday night and will continue Sunday from 2:30 to 9 pm The first auction sale of the show will be that of purebred Aberdeen-Angu- s cattle In sales ring beginning at 8 Sunday The show will through Wednesday the pm run IM4-2- Ogden (X Oerlend At logon 44 Affiliated Utah Hide end tel lew Ce Ipenioh Fed II Htber IT leM 114 er's stand j Tut-ftrprlr- Gov Tor'The' George DT Clyde acting stock show officials officially presented the ribbon of fat steer royalty and the accompanying trophy to be taken home to Mr Park Given the nod of judge Bill Verdugo Fresno State College Calif for reserve champion award was a Hereford steer belonging to Brent Morgan 20 4H member of the Club— Morgan- - which Friday won junior champion honors The fat stock judge spent some time between the Morgan animal and an Aberdeen-Angushown by Dickie Kendrick of South Dakota which won junior champion honors for fat steers Friday and the animal shown by young Morgan before a decision was made on the reserve champion The Shorthorn entry 'was shown by Robert Mace junior showman from St Anthony vir y J v v’1---- 4 - t il e The 26 cent price lasted only a week compared with a month the first time It waa c 4 rre ” r s major producers held to price of 27 cents a pound Idaho especlally-t- he showmen of a - yaL) : 3N' f "“ t V & ( youthful junior 4H Clubs and Fu- ture Farmers of America chapif? ters for their outstanding accomplishments t “YOUNG MEN and women who can grow and feed live- 1 stock of this outstanding qualihtm ty are the salt of the land and will soon become the leaders of Gov George Dewey Clyde presents a trophy ford steer at Golden Spike National Livestock the land and I heartily com- to Jim Reid who shows grand champion Here Show Anlpial Is owned by Park ranch mend all of you for what you are doing” the governor said He arrived at the stock show during the early forenoon and was shown over the whole dis16 utility 12 NORTH 00 Nov SALT LAKE canners and cutters UDA — The following i a summary 10 50 with a few thin shelly 2 play of cattle sheep and swine of the North Salt Lake livestock market 00 9 Commercial bulls at Nov WASHINGTON 16 for the week ending Friday Nov 15 sold at 16 plus the quarter horses on hand 20 utility 14 50 16 00 Cattle— Fstimnted salable this week Stockers and feeders: Stocker and feedfor t£e quarter horse show by — The Agricultuial De1061) Fully 60 per cent of the salable er cattle found a broad demand as IocaI Rulon P Peterson president of (INS) suppiy consisted of stockers and feed pastures and feed lots became available around 25 pgr cent slaughter cowl while the show and was luncheon partment has announced that ers there wers fairly liberal orders and only a fair showing ot slaughter from eut of state Choioe yearling stock guest of the officials during the tobacco imports totalled 121 classes Thera was a very broad demand steers sold at 22 50 with numerfor stocker and feeder cows and the ous other medium to good at 18 00-noon hour In the conference million last year — lighter of stock steers and 20 50: a few lots at 2150 common pounds weights room r I Zi2 Livestock Markets Tobacco ‘Intake? Doubles in US 4 50-1- can-ner- s 0 7 00-2- 2 twice the County Farm Bureau Against Sales Tax SODA SPRINGS— A resolu- tion stating that- - the Caribou County Farm Bureau is not in favor of a sales tax unless certain reservations are made has been forwarded to the State Farm Bureau "The group did not favor federal aid to education except where an Industry has moved in making new schools an Immediate necessity pre-Worl- War d II rate tobacco mainly from Turkey and Greece' Is used for blending In cigarette manufacture About seven per cent ol the tobacco in most types of cigarettes is imported and this proportion is rising The US is not only the world’s largest tobacco exporter the department stated but the third largest importer West Germany and the United Kingdom are iront-runner- s Imported Over the Fence Post Potato Firm to Provide Market Outlet building is 60 feet wide It By Stan Farnsworth The new Idaho Potato Proc- tains modern spacious office and a cafeteria essors Inc plant at Burley will quarters THE MACHINERY which is provide a major market outlet for potato growpractically all Installed was difers of the area ferent and Interesting There When it goes was the long stainless steel belt into 'production imported from Sweden' It was It will turn outfe’ of manufactured by a Swedish 6000 pounds finished p r o d razor blade company ucts an hour and ? This belt will carry the potato will o pe i a! e — through the fieezer products around the clock after they have been run with a work day through a lye peeler a washer of three eight-hou- r a tumbler to take the skin off Man-M- r Farnsworth and a cleaner Then shifts they will be agement expects to employ 250 cut blanched and cooked in filworkers ten months of the year tered vegetable oil The plant willproduce frozen The products ar packaged French fries hash browns stored in a and French cuts patties and bakers The company will pack its own refrigerated room for future brand and will do custom pack- shipment for other coming as required Nuniber 1 and 2 potatoes ) panies only will be processed Culls I had the pleasure of bbing si ill be sent to a starch plant shown through the plant by one IPCI to hae Its own of the ewriers I II Harris The starch plans in the future plant T building is 648 feet long It Is 80 feet wide pver 208 feet of its This is a million dollar Instiand of balance the the tution length planned and financed by — con- i heifers Compared with the close of last week slaughter steers and heifers only about steady beef oows steady to weak instances 2ft or more lower on canners and cutters stock steers and heifers steady to strong stock cows 25 or more higher A few good to low choice slaughter steers 20 00 21 60 occasional good slaughter hifers sold up to 20 75 bulk standard 16 25 18 00 utilOO Commercial cows largely ity 14 6 14 00 15 00 some young standard coi 15 5 75 utility to low commercial 12 50 14 00 cannon and cutter 10 50- 12 50 thin ahellv tanner 9 00-1- 0 00 Cuttrr and utility bulls 14 AO 15 40 few low utility 13 75 14 00 Sirable lot good OO to choice stock steers 21 25-2- 2 bulk 00 medium 17 00-1- 8 50 good 19 00-2- 1 few common 15 00 18 00 Small lots good and choice stock heifers 18 40 20 OO medium to good 15 25 17 50 common 14 SO- 15 00 Two carloads good stock eows 13 20 14 50 small lots oung stock cows 14 60-1- 5 numerous 40 other small lots medium to good 12 0014 50 common feeder cows 10 50-50 Calves — Salable this week 166 Compared with the close of last week veal-e- r unevenly weak to 1 00 lower: stock eslves strong to 50 higher Fed good and choice vealcr 22 00 24 50 standard and good 17 50 21 50 utility down to 16 50 Rirable lots choice Mock steer calves 24 50-2- 5 75 one lot of around 40 head 25 25 bulk good and choir 2Q 50 medium 18 50 19 50 One lot choice stock heifer calve 20 70 other medium good and choice 20 00 21 75 18 9 25 Hogs— Salable this week 120 Com pared with the clow of lat week enterprising local and adjacent butcher 0 higher sow fullv hogs businessmen Winslow Whitely steady Late' sale US No 1 2 andt 190 240 lbs 17 50 18 25 barrows and gilts and Idaho is president Oakley with comparable weights during mid50 Few sows under week at 17 8 Sterling Johnson Parhia Idaho' 330 ibe 16 2ft Is vice president Sheep— Salable this week'165 Comwith close of last week slaughMy hunting partner Stan pared ter lambs to strong ewes fully Russon and I were invited to steady Onesteady gmall lot choice to prime 22 25 bulk good to lamb slaughter join Kay Thornoek’s deer hunt- choice 19 00-- 50 One lot shorn 25-5- 75-1- 00-1- 6 ing party this year Kay owns and operates a cattle ranch at Randolph He serves the citizens of his area as a Rich lots of and - small plenty of wooded draws and canyons and lots ci deer 1 managed to be in the wrong spot at the right time most of the time but had a good time any- estlng There mountains were large how Others in ojurparty were Fred Cass Ed Roche A1 Schenck Dale and Mike" Moncur Edwin Maw and Dick and Kay Russell 00 A few choice stock hsifers 20 50 21 00 medium and good including a full carload at 50 Three loads of stock cows brought 60-1- 5 15 other smaller lots medium to good sold at 12 60-- 14 50 Calves— Estimated salable five days this week 510 compared with 660 last week and 1040 last year Compared ' with the close of last week vealers were steady to weak stock calves most- with spots 25-5- 0 y strong higher Choice 'verier sold at 23 00-2- 5 00 with 24 to 50 above standard very few good 17 00 22 00 Part load of choice slock steer calves sold at 2ft 00-2- 6 80 but the bulk of good and choice cleared at 21 00-2- 2 50 Two load of choice 305 32ft lb stock heifer calves sold at 23 65- 2390 other good to choice 20 00 22 00 common and medium 14 00-1- 8 50 Hoga— Estimated salable five dsvs this week 410 compared with 580 last week and 775 last year Compared with the close of last week butcher hogs mostly 50 higher sows about steady Prices were somewhat uneven the bulk of V S Noe 1 2 and 3 barrows and 0 lbs selling Tuesgilts averaging day at 16 00-1- 8 25 with a few selected lots early In that session at 18 50 18 7G while late sales ranged from 17 7ft 18 2ft few --444- grade In the weight range sold down to 617 50 Nos 8 and 3 grade sows throushout the week sold largely at 14 00 15 00 with a few under 330 lbs up to 16 00 and some 500-60- 0 lbs at 12 50-1- 3 50 — five dav Sheep Estimated salable this week 1700 compared with 2 245 last week and 2 580 last year Only clean-u- p Iambs from farrh flocks appeared on ths market and Quality was generally only good to choice Compared with the close of last week slaughter and feeding lambs were steady to strong ewes fully steady Good and choice trucked-i- n slaughter lambs sold largely at 2100-2- 1 50 mostly 50 a few utility 19 00- good 20 00-2- 0 19 50 Scattered head of utility and good yearlings sold at 12 0014 00 A few good and choice slaughter ewes told at 7 00-- 9 OO utility and good 6 00-- 00 and culls down to 3 00 Feeding lambs also were in too small a volume to fully test the market but occasional lots of good sold at 18 50 20 00 occasional good and choice 20 50 14 25-- sold 16 18 13 at 00-1- 8 50 good slaughter lam be with No 3 pelts 19 25 Few good solid mouth breeding ewes 14 25 several lots mostly 2 year-olblackfaccd ewes bred to lamb in Feb- 13 50 16 ruary 00 jxt had Note Carloads of shipped In livestock livestock-oof shipped-ibouht fnr reihipment on the North Sait Nnte:Carloadi the Ogden Ior shipment Lake market carry freight benefit in varimaiket benefits freight carry variable amounts except when otherable amousts except when otherwise wise noted noted OGDEN Nov 16 (USDAW The foli — summary of the Ogden lowing i Uvestoek market for the week ending Friday Nov 15: Cattle— Estimated five day thla week 3530 compared with actuals of 4 280 last week and 4140 last year Stocker and feeder classes continued 'to make up more than onehalf of the salable eupply with cows fully 25 per cent other eow-Jon- e 'Servic laughter claaaee not more than 20 per cent Compared with the close of fast NEW YORK Nov week fed ateera steady in strong 20 ds n -- WE MET AT Randolph and Kay’s son eaylon rode with us 20 miles west of there to show us how to get to their favorite camping spot This was new hunting grounds for us and very Inter two mmis"'’ and-zin- c Emergency has asked lor the boosts in Import duties for both metals claiming a flood of foreign lead and zinc caused the shutdown of many American mines Committee maximum Smelters who turn out a minor part of this country’s copper from purchased ores and The hopes the com scrap reported that buying had mission Industry its favorable will repeat steadily tapered off after last week’s Increase In price The recommendations of 1954 At D that time President independent fabricators who Eisenhower turned Dwight down the bought heavily a week ago found they had no need to fol- suggestion and the administratlow through with more pur- ion instead started a stockpile purchase program - which chases this week drained off the surpluses Meanwhile back at the mine f Gov Clyde in a brief address to the large group of Interested spectators priorto the choosing of the grand champion fat steer commended the exhibitors and trrgTTmrtfte The lead Maximum Increases would tried V No 2 cooped wire scrap unchanged at 20 cents a pound Lead held to its price of 13V cents a pound and 7inc to its 10 cents a pound as the industry anxiously awaited next Tuesday the date set for the start of the Tariff Commission heap grade hike the lead duty to 255 cents a pound from 106 cents a pound and raise zinc’s tax to 21 cents a pound from 07 cents a pound ” i r By Associated NEW 'YORK Nov 1ft— The custom smelter’s noble experiment in trying to boost copper prices failed again this week For the second time in recent months the smelter group had 'Wrtffr I potind in to 254 cents a pound wiping out a previous increase of that amount If the smelters were trying to bluff their customers proved to be better poker players and called the bluff vn The Scotch herdsman then arynial to the announo -- Sell leks City ‘Noble Experiment’ Fails To Boost Copper Price led his t 441 South 3rd Wsst - t Special to The Tribune his steer as the grand cham- but'hls herdsmen Jim Reid OGDEN— A blind California pion of the Ogden show yanked off his hat and shouted Hereford cattle breeder brought Owner of the top award ani- at the announcement his fat steer to the 39th annual Golden Spike National Livestock Show and Saturday afternoon heard the judge call out ‘ theory of the earlier Blind Hereford Breeder Wins i Top Honor at Livestock Show farm programs that acrage allosumption until supplies became tments and marketing quotas more plentiful But there is not as much back would cure surpluses But techin the administration for this ! ing show In to farmnology stepped as there was in 1954 when theory ers how they could offset and Congress was persuaded to put it— actually inf teas their output eaah —Into opw mm: time the government cut their Experience has shown that it is possible to limit somewhat the proacreage allotments duction of Individual crops through Then came the Eisenhower aduse of a combination of production ministration with its flexible price controls and lower supports but not total farm production support theory It was the adRecent crop reports show that ministration’s contention that reductions in price supports in times as production of one crop is held “ of surpluses would discourage prodown farmers shift to others with ' duction and encourage sales of the the result that the latter crops in crease As a consequence the sup surpluses and that increases in supports in times of shortages plus problem instead of disappearwould encourage greater producing tends to shift from one set of tion and put a bake on con crops to another jnTh‘ Kennecott to Pay §150 on Share heifers and utility to commercial cows mostly steady earner and cutter cows weak to 25 lower bulls about steadv atockers and fodders steadv to eirorf One loud of average to high choice 4 270 Ih fed steer sold at 27 20 with a few good at 20 standard to low good 17 00-1- 9 00 utlllt£j-OrM00 Part load of average rhotce fed heifers gold at 22 10 2 2 23 withrone carload 960 lbs 22 00 high food and low choice 20 low to average food 18 9 50 utility to low standard 16 00-1-7 oo Commercial cows sold largely at 1400-lft0- 0i A few gUndaid 1600-457- 5 Copper Corp has declared distribution of $150 a common share payable Dec 17 ThisJs the same amount paid In previous quarters of 1957 and brings the total for the year to $6 compared to $925 during a 1956 their They market This time the administration has Indicated it would approve higher tariffs The Engineering happily considered more favorable statistics from the housing & Mining Journal’s weekly and automobile industries two publication Metal and favorite end use customers market Mineral Markets said however Housing starts in October rose there is a strong belief the from the September figure termination of stockpiling will although they trailed October be correlated with the tariff 1956 and total construction outlrise Many feel the two events s 1958 in the government will offset each other and there ay predicted will be five per cent will be no net change in US above this year prices the publication said Frlc TIIE LONDON Metal Mir COPTER — 25427 cent xtoutyf deprice was considerably livered cent nominal 23' Porelin New York usual than sticking quieter y' — e close to 24 cents during most of the week Scrap copper normbaromally a highly-sensitiveter was quiet with the key e C l Kflaili Spending NEW YORK Nov T IvlSCS LEAD 134 cent nound NW York 13 3 cent St a vtound ZINC— 10 rent St 10 'a rent ew York Lou! 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