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OGDENSBURG (N. Y.) JOURNAL iUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1948 PAGE: THRFE Babson Says By Roger W. Babson Eureka, Kans. — American farmers last year grossed some 30 million dollars—the peak in a series of phenomenally prosper- ous years. Will their good luck hold out in 1948? Planting Intentions Good This year's toboggan in farm prices, which later managed a good recovery, failed to uproot the confidence of farmers in the loundness of current economic conditions in this country. They are getting set to reap another golden, harvest, if their March planting intentions may be taken as a criterion. According to the official government report, farm- ers expect to plant a larger total acreage of principal crops this year than in any of the past three seasons. What will be the final results of these good intentions. I do not profess to know. Much depends upon climatic conditions in the weeks ahead. They have been generally favorable thus far, al- though the South has had a little too much rain. Since about as many persons were at work on farms on March 1, this year as last, the labor problem should not prove too difficult. Supplies of farm machinery and fertilizer are more plentiful, and any other factors should not seriously interfere with farm operations. Bumper Crops Possible Planting intentions are one thing; final yields another. The promised far-flung fields of wav- ing wheat and ripening corn are not yet garnered into elevators and cribs. Nevertheless, on the basis of average yields, some in- teresting results are possible.. Production of all wheat, for instance, could reach 1,110,000,- 000- bushels, compared with last year's record of 1,364,919,000 bus- hels and the 10-year average of 890,306,000 bushels. That would be a lot of wheat by any stan- dard. Corn could chalk up a to- tal of around 3,000,000,000. bus- hels—well above the 10-year average and last year's short crop of 2,400,952,000 bushels. The oats outturn could ring the bell at 1,376,000,000 bushels, \which would be 13 percent above the 1947 crop and 11 percent above the 10-year average. The major uncertain factor in the over-all crop production out- look this year, as always, is weather., Since I am n o weather prophet* I cannot speak authori- tatively on that subject. I do know, however, that the wrong kind of weather during the criti- cal growing periods can quickly .change a bright crop picture into an extremely dismal affair. I be- lieve it is more important, this year than usual for all buyers and sellers of farm commodities to keep a watchful eye on weath- er conditions from now on. They may well be the clue to profit- able timing of purchases or sales of farm products in the months ahead. What About Prices? Can farmers this year reason- ably expect to get good prices for their wheat, corn and other crops? Here, again, uncertainty enters the picture. It does seem to me, however, if present crop indications are borne out, espe- cially as regards wheat, that agricultural prices in general are likely to move still lower, des- pite any intermediate upturns that may result from crop scares or other temporary factors. Do not forget that European crops are reported to be making generally favorable progress. Good crops in Europe this year would materially lessen depen- dence upon imports of American grain and. other food-stuffs. Should some untoward event pre- cipitate war wtih Russia next year, exports of grains and food products to Europe could large- ly cease. Lessened foreign de- mand would put some downward pressure on U. S. farm prices. Another Good Mark Year Nevertheless, I do not expect the bottom to fall out, whatever happens. Domestic demand will continue unusually large, since employment and wages should hold at high levels. In any.event, the government is committed to support agricultural prices at 90 percent of parity—a level that would assure farmers a fair re- turn for their work and pro- ducts. All in all, the odds, in my opinion, favor another good year for American farmers in 1948. Although they are tightening their purse strings a bit at pres- ent, they should prove good but wise spenders when 1948 crops are in. Merchants should prepare now to make the most of profit- able farm markets. Gouverneur, Canton Posts Granted Liquor Licenses Club liquor licenses have been granted by the State Liquor Au- thority to the Silas Wairiwright Post No. 6338, Veterans of For- eign Wars, Gouverneur, and the Hewitt-Malterner Chapter No. 96 of the Disabled American Veter- ans Inc., Canton, it was revealed by the Journal Albany Bureau today. Pitt Tells Rotarians Of Mardi Gras Journal Canton Bureau Canton — Beauty of the Mar- di Gras celebration in New Or ; leans was described to mem- bers of the Canton Rotary Club yesterday by Milton M. Pitt who returned to Canton last week after a 10-week motor trip to the west coast. Pitt said the Mardi Gras lasts five days, and during this period the entire city is turned over to the celebration with all stores closed. The parades begin at dawn and last until sundown. On Shrove Tuesday, the height of the celebration, the king and queen reign oyer the entire city and all city officials, including police, must report to the royal couple. The parades are held on Canal St., 200 feet wide, and people are lined up as far as the eye can see, he said. While on his trip, Pitt kept his Rotary attendance record intact by attending meetings of Rotary Clubs on his route. He described some of the meetings he attend- ed. Robert Jones was inducted into membership of the local club yesterday by President Max Kapp. Hecker Receives Magazine Award Potsdam—Dr. Charles Hecker, professor of chemical engineer- ing and chemistry at Clarkson College, has been appointed for the fifth time to the \Chemical Engineering\ magazine's Award Committee. As a member of this group, he will help select • that United States concern which has con- tributed so m, e outstanding achievement through the coordin- ated effort of the entire organi- zation. The committee is' composed of heads of accredited chemical en- gineering departments of various institutions throughout the coun- try. The award was established by \Chemical Engineering,\ in. 1933 to recognize group efforts by an entire company rather than individual achievements. The first award was made in 1933 to the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp., and was fol- lowed every two years by award's to four other companies. In 1941, following the outbreak of the war, the distinctions was given by un- animous vote to the entire Am- erican synthetic rubber indus- try, and particularly to chemi- cal rubber and petroleum com- panies. In 1945 the Atomic Bomb Project was the seventh award recepient. The last award, made in De- cember, returned to a single company, Merck and Company, Inc. Another award will be made next November in view of the increasing number' of. meritorious chemical engineering achieve- ments. This will mark the first time the-award has been made in two successive years. Dr. Hecker has . been. .a. '.member ; of the award committee, since 1941. Funeral Rites Held For Samuel Coons Morley — Funeral services for Samuel Coons, 75, were held at his home Wednesday with Rev. Arthur Northrup, pastor of the Morley Wesleyan Methodist Church, assisted by Mrs. Nor- thrup officiating. Bearers were six nephews: Miles and Howard Griffith, of DeKalb; Edmund Griffith and Carl Hepstonall, of Rensselaer Falls; Eugene Griffith, Ogdens- burg, and Edwin Coons of Iro- quois, Canada. Mr. Coons was born in Iroquois and came here with his parents when he was about 16 years of age. On Jan. 24, 1900 he married Nina Elizabeth Fisher, daughter of George and Mary Livingston Fisher. They made their home in Madrid where Mr. Coons was employed at W. R. Boyington Creamery. In 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Coons moved to Delhi where he had charge of the Delhi Dairy Com- pany Creamery. In 1911 he was transferred to the Prattsville Dairy Company. Mr. Coons was a graduate of Cornell University in butter and cheese making. He graduated in 1898 and went to Amherst where he was a short course instructor in dairying at the Amherst Agri- cultural College for five years. Later he was hired by John Lowe at Whallonsburg to make sweet butter as a specialty. About 18 years ago he retired from the creamery business and moved to Morley. In Morley he served as post master for six years and retired about two years ago. He assisted the late Fred Shepperd in organ- izing several granges, among them the Morley Grange 988, of which Mr. Coons was an active member. He was a Grange member for 45 years, member of the First Presbyterian Church in Delhi, the Iroquois Lodge F. & A. M. 715. He helped organize the Mor- ley Fire Dept. last year and was a commissioner until his death. Surviving are his widow, three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Thorn- hill; Mrs. Anna Madill, Water- town; Mrs. Elizabeth Farr, Brier Hill, one brother, Howard, Iro- quois. ^ Knights Of Columbus Joined By Bishop In Communion Fete Miss Zagrobelny Feted At Shower Waddington — Miss Stella Za- grobelny was honored with a party in the Hollyhoqk Inn when Miss Helen Zagrobelny and Mrs. Mark Hanna joined to entertain at • a miscellaneous shower. Miss, Zagrobelny. will be mar- ried to. Milton D. .Fairbridge in •the rectory of St. Mary's Church May 1 at 11 a.m. She,received many lovely gifts. During the evening games were played and refreshments served. The guests included Mrs. Nor- man Davis, Mrs. Joel Howard, Mrs. Wesley Pemberton, Mrs. John Porteous, Mrs. Alfred T. Porteous, Mrs. William Fair- bridge, Mrs. Jack Fairbridge, Mrs. Joseph poelger, Mrs. My- ron Young,'Mrs. Harry Ballou, Mrs. Vernon J. Taylor, Sr., Mrs. John Rudkoff, Mrs. Wallace Mo Caffery, Mrs. Robert Hatch, Sr., Mrs. Bruce Pemberton, Mrs. Oscar Pemberton, Mrs. August Zagrobelny, all of Waddington and Mrs., T. J. Zagrobelny and Mrs. Helen Rugg of Massena. Residents of the Isle of Man, which has been a British posses- sion since 1765, say that Britain and Ireland were once parts of the island. The Most Reverend Bryan J. McEntegart, Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, was with Knights of Columbus at district communion, breakfast held Sunday in Canton. Pictured are, from left, Victor Dashnaw, Ogdensburg, district deputy; Grand Knight James Ma- roney, Canton; Msgr. J. J. Bent, C anion and Bishop McEntegart. Iron And Steel Firms Eye Adirondack Deposits Journal Albany Bureau Albany—Twenty - three of the nation's leading iron and steel manufacturing firms with ex- tensive mining interests have been urged to investigate the two new deposits of iron ore explored recently in the Adirondack, Harod Keller, commissioner of the New York State Department of Commerce, announced to- day. Mr. Keller declared that the State Commerce Department had communicated with the firms shortly after Carl E. Guthe, di- rector of the New York State Science Service, reported the dis- covery and exploration of what may be substantial deposits near Santa Clara in Franklin County. Modern scientific equipment was employed during two seasons of work in the field to prepare de- tailed magnetic maps of these two deposits. The major iron and steel manufacturing firms were in- formed that the magnetic maps of the area prepared by the New York State Science Service to- gether with descriptions of the deposits would be available shortly. The concerns -were urged to use the facilities of the State Department of Commerce which offers assistance to firms inter- ested in the sound development of New York State's natural re- sources. Mining in New York State, Commissioner Keller said, has taken a renewed lease on life, especially in the iron, zinc, talc and titanium producing indus- tries. A ton of iron from New York's Adirondacks, he pointed out, costs upon arrival at Pitts burgh the same as a ton of iron from the famous Mesaibi Range 4-H Youths Plant Trees Journal Canton Bureau Canton—A total of 6,500 trees were added to the county 4-H tree plantation at Hannawa Falls Saturday by 200 members of the St. Lawrence County 4-H Club. Members of the Board of Su- pervisors who attended were Lawrence Phippen, Winthrop; Roy Waite, Parishville; Leon Raven, Macomb; L. D. Sheldon, Gouverneur; Ralph Kosmer, Har- risville; Louis Paddock, Ham- mond; Ralph Hosmer, Pitcairn; and Leonard Ells, Hermon. Fred Winch, Jr., state extension fores- ter of Cornell University was present to aid in the planting. It is expected that the entire plantation will be completed within the next two years. The plantation will then be used as a demonstration forest. 4 Generations Attend Party Waddington—Mrs. James Pem- berton entertained at a dinner honoring the 89th birthday of her mother, Mrs. Alice Spurback. A feature of the occasion was a take with 89 candles. There . were four generations »resent, Mn. Spurback, Livestock Judging Gup Exhibited ' Hammond—The cup on display in this village for the next few weeks was given by the State Association of Fairs to the coun- ties winning the State 4-H Live- stock Judging contest. It- was won by the judging team from St, Lawrence County in 1946. and it will be kept in the county until. July 1, when it will be taken to Scoharie County, the 1947 winner. The members of the 1946 team were Roger Marion, Ernest Jene- ault, and William Eustis, all of this village, and Dale McDonald of Morley, as alternate. The 1947 St. Lawrence County entry placed third in the state. Training started Saturday for the 1948 livestock judging contest. The county winning the cup three times will keep it perman- ently. There is a similar cup for the 4-H dairy cattle judging con- test. Pemberton,. Donald Pemberton, and Suzy Pemberton. Others present were James Pemberton Mrs. and Mrs. Wesley Pemberton. TIME FOR ALL GOOD FURS TO RUN TO THE SAFETY OF EMPSALL S FRIGID FUR STORAGE • # All Hazard Insurance — protection against moth, heat and fire damage, theft. # Expert Repairing, Remodeling, Refining # Hollanderizmg—the perfect method of cleaning # Lowest Storage Rates Available Phone Ogdensburg 1450 in Minnesota but New York's iron is of a much higher grade. Production Dropped Once an important source of iron during the early history of the nation, production of iron in New York State's northern area dropped off during the past 100 years, largely due to the discov- ery of vast deposits elsewhere. Today, with recognition of the nation's waning iron potential, especially at Mesabi Range,' the half - billion - ton iron reserve in the northern Adirondacks is regarded as a secondary iron re- serve. Commissioner Keller pointed out that New York State ranks third in iron production in the nation. In. 1938, he said, iron pro- duction in the state was 500,000 tons. In 1947, production had soared to 10,000,000 tons. The ore is chiefly magnetite -which in pure form is composed of 68 per- cent iron as compared with the 45-50 percent now found in Me- sabi Range ore. Operations in New York State are both open pit and underground. • Mining operations in New York State, Mr. Keller asserted, have the substantial advantage of year-around transportation as compared with eight months wa- ter transportation for ore from Mesabi. Winthrop Girl In $10,000 Contest A St. Lawrence girl will com- pete with the nation's top farm youth in the National Junior Veg- etable. Growers Association an*- nual $10,000 competition, it was announced today. Myra B. Flanagan of Winthrop has entered the Association's pro- duction-marketing contest, which offers $6,000 in agricultural schol- arships provided by the A & P Food Stores' and stresses good growing and handling practices as applied to vegetable crops. Other St. Lawrence County jun- ior gardeners may compete for prizes by contacting their local 4-H Club leader or by writing to Prof. Grant B. Snyder, Universi- ty of Massachusetts,. Amherst, Mass. Youth Sentenced To Elmira By e Sanf ord Journal Canton Bureau Canton — Two persons were placed, on probation by County Judge Donald E.. Sanf ord at a n arraignment term of county court held yesterday. In addition, in hearings in chambers one youthful offender was sent to Elmira reception center and another was given a suspended sentence after he made a plea to be allowed to join the armed forces. Clarence A. Baker, Chase Mills, indicted by the April grand jury for- second degree rape and second degree assault, was permitted by the District Attorney's Office to plead guilty to assualt. He was put on proba- tion for three years. Joseph Stifanick, Potsdam,, in-, dieted for abandonment of children, was put on probation for three years when he entered a plea of guilty. He was ordered to make payments of $15' a week to the probation officer for the- support t of his family. Not guilty pleas were entered by Donald Rombough, Madrid, abandonment of children George Pearica, Brasher, giv- ing liquor to child under 18; and James Snell, Ogdensburg, sec- ond degree grandr larceny. They will be tried at the trial term of county court commencing May 24. 1¥ 1 ,\r'.1 c-o; •vi -A. Introductory Sale! Full Fashioned-Famous Make Nurse Wear Hosiery n .00 REGULARLY $1.35 Only during Empsall's Great 2nd Anniversary Sale would you find, a value like this! Imagine, the hose made exclusively for nurses ... all white nylon from top to toe for only $1.00. In addition these fine quality \Nurse Wear\ Hose are \germi-sized\. Germicidal properties tested and approved by the U. S. Testing Company, Inc. Hosiery—Main Floor 100 Pairs World Famous Lace Curtains $2.99 a\3 REGULARLY TO $5.49 Here's your chance to brings Spring indoors and brighten up your home with lovely new curtains. There's only 100 pair of these World Famous Lace Curtains so you'd better be here early, first come, first served, limit of TWO per customer. In shell only . . . 2 % yards long. A really great value! '•& Curtains—Main Floor « Don't Forget! This Great Sale Ends Saturday, May 1st!
