White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-02-28
Crop and Price Prospects
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although probably not SO good as dur
ing the last two years. The price in
the fall of 1880 will depend mainly on
the number of chickens raised this
year. The fall outlook will be discus
sed in the report on poultry to be is
sired in July"
Although lower prices for turkeys
in 1929 will discourage many pro-
ducers, the rapid adoption of improved
methods of production has so greatly
reduced losses of young birds and
lowered production costs during re-
cent years that total numbers may not
decrease in 1880. The important COM
mercial areas are not likely to reduce
numbers materially
Information as to market receipts
for the Thanksgiving and Christmas
market of 1929 is not available, but
demand was active and supplies were
well cleaned up. Cold-storage holdings
January l, 1880, were 100000 pounds
!, or about 6 per cert less than
January l, 1929, and rs per cent less
than the Swear average"
HAY
The outlook for both farm and
market hay suggests the advisability
of further increase in the acreage
of legume hays and decrease in the
acreage of timothy, prairie, and other
grass hays. In recent years the trend
of hay prices has been in favor of
legume hays as compared with tim
othy, prairie, and other grass hays. A
continuation of this trend may be ex-
pected this year because the decreas-
ing number Of horses and mules will
furter restrict the demand for timothy
whereas the increasing number of cat
tie and sheep will probably increase
the demand for legume hays"
! APPLES
As indicated in the 1929 outlook re-
port, commercial production of apples
tor the country as whole probably
will continue to increase gradually for
I several years. However, the apple
industry has recovered largely from
the disturbed conditions which
accompanied the rapid expansion
Of planting in the Northwest
and elsewhere, 20 to rs years
ago, and the rate Of increase in
commercial production is expected to
4 be less than during the years when
these paintings affected production
most. The extent to which the in
dustry has recovered and the tendency
toward more moderate paintings in
recent years is encouraging for the
/ efficient commercial grcWer who pro-
4 duces fruit Of high quality But the
large number of relatively young
trees now planted indicates an in
crease in commercial production over
a period of years as we'll as heavy
production and low prices whom
weather and other growing condi-
tons are especially favorable through
out the apple areas. Not withstand
ing the low production and the re-
latively good prices of 1927 ard 1929,
commercial paintings appear to be
justified only where unusually favor
able conditions exist for the economi-
cal production Of good-quality fruit
| WORKING OUT SAFER SPRAY
\ Some time ago letter was received
by the County Agent calling attention
to special appropriation which had
been secured by Representative John
a w. Summers. A request was mad,
, suggesting that an attempt to secure
the use of part Of this appropri
alton for the lower Yakima Vally
An attempt was made to reach Mr.
Summers at Yakima to learn the re-
suits of this work and it was foune
that Mr.. Summers was at Washing.
ton. D. c. The matter was ther
} taken up with Representative Sum
mers by letter.
The follwing information has beer
secured through a letter just received
! from MIR. Summers and in which he
has requested that we make this
known to groups interested in tn.
problem.
Through the efforts of Mr.. Sum
mers special appropriation of sew
eral thousand dollars has bee,
secured for the last two or thre,
years to enable the Department O
Agriculture to develop new cod
ling moth spray that should not nee
essitate washing the fruit. Mr.
Summers reports that they are now
making very substantial progress and
that the Departent will probably
place some of the new spray through
the Bureau office at Yakima, in
charge of Mr.. Newcomer. This
matter will be taken up farther with
Mr.. Newcomber although we rattle,
hesitate at this time to advise worl,
being done outside OF the Experiment
Station or not under the direct control
of someone from the Department
giving this their personal attention
If this poves successful there is no
doubt but what this section will re-
ceive benefit from it as early as any
section of the Northwest.
EARLY POTATO SITUATION
Report from Mr.. John d. Dennee
Agricultural Statititian, at Seattle, in
reply to the guestionnaires we sent
to him as returned to us by growers
indicates that there might be slight
increase Of planting early potatoes
this year over last years planting
According to Mr. Dennee the number
Of questionnaires returned was not
large enough to justify making toe