The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-07
County Agents
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By Walter L. Click
Perhaps at this time of year i
should be mentioned that Benton
county farms have plenty of OBJ
noxious weeds on them. Anon.
the most obnoxious weeds are tn,
bindweed, haory cress or white
top, Russian Knapweed, Canad:
thistle and chicory. The punctur,
vine is also getting quite a BAG
start in spots and will grow alonl
fence rows, railroad tracks, anG
without much water.
Growers, farm laborers anC
business men dixie should lear1
to recognize, these weeds and
learn the means of control. In.
formation is available at the office
of the county agent and he would
be glad to discuss the matter with
you.
And speaking of chemicals TO,
weed control there is a new pro.
duct on the market which utilities
the principle of hormone action
This product has not been tried
out sufficiently to guarantee 3
cure-al for everything and should
be used with caution. For instance
it is not known if asparagus will
be killed or not when used on a
patch of morning glory in an as
paragus field. One should try il
in an experimental way and not
risk large acreages without more
knowledge Of the chemical action.
Another season we will know
more about this hormone weed
killer.
With beef producers to get a
subsidy of Soc a hundredweight
for good and choice cattle weigh
ing 800 pounds or more, the
county AAA offices will make the
payments on basis similar to
that now used for making the
dairy production payments, an
nounces C. p. Dowen, chairman
of the State Triple-A committee.
Producers are urged to keep evil
dence of their sales. To be elig-
ible for payments, they must own
and feed the cattle for at least
30 days prior to sale for slaughter
and must sell them to licensed
slaughterers.
The beef production payment
is part of a program to boost
meat production and improve dis
tribution. It is expected to move
more cattle through feedlots and
from the range in condition to
yield "a" and "AA" grades Of
meat and to direct more cattle
through licensed slaughterers
which will make possible more
equitable distribution of the avail
able meat.
Feeders have also been assured
that they will be given at least
6-months notice of any revision
in the overriding ceiling prices
of the maximum sterilization
ranges for beef, except bulls.
The position Of the hog pro-
Queer was never safer. Under
the broadened program, prices will
be supported until September I,
1916, at $13 a hundred weight,
Chicago basis, for all good and
choice barrow and gilt butcher
hogs regardless of weight, G. p.
Dowen, chairman of the State
AAA committee, points out.
All pigs born between now and
February IS, 1916, if properly
fed, should be ready for market
before the September l expira-
ton date, Dowen adds.
Further assurance that the mar
ket will remain stable is provided
by OPA pledging there will be
no reduction in the ceiling prices
for live hogs from the current
STATS Chicago ceiling for butcher
hogs and $14 for sows between
now and September /, 1916, says
Dowen.
The manner in which farmers
market their hogs determine to a
large extent whether they shall
Get ceiling, or near-ceiling, prices,
or shall be forced to content them
selves with support prices, Dowen
continues.
Hog producers are urged to
plan their marketing so that pack
ing plants will receive a fairly
uniform flow of animals, because
prices break when packing plants
are overtaxed, according to Dow
men.
Because of the good supply of
hog feed on the one hand. and
the great need for fats and oils
on the other hand, the 300-pound
top limit on the weight of hogs
for which support prices are eff
fective has been removed.
While the end of the war in
Europe has increased the import
ance of us. farmers stretching
food production efforts to the
limit, it has not brought any pros
pect of quick easing of the gener-
ally tight situation in most of
the facilities essential to farm
production. The present outlook
for most farm production facili-
ties is one of future promise ra-
Their than immediate Improvement
according to the USDA.
Farm machinery ranks with oil
drilling equipment, locomotives.
freight cars, trucks and utilities
among transporting civilian
goods for which materials will