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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1959)
Jack Gregory Ranch Tops For Herfords Punlired llwefoid cattle from Union ami Wallowa counties are known throughout the west for their quality. At shows and sales throughout the country, I'nion ami Wallowa county llerefuids ure al ways near the top. One ol the many Hereford? cattlemen in the area is Jack Gregory of La Grande. Gregory operates an two acre ranch just four milis southeast of town. Farm Bureau Members Are Conclave Union County Farm Bureau members are in Bend this week to attend the annual mid-summer resolution conference. Resolution work is begun ot this time preparatory to county action in the fall. The final step on statewide policy .is taken at the annual convention which will be held in Ontario in November. Attending the Bend meeting are Gene Stockhulf. county pres ident, Lester Van liloklan-.l, re gional director, Mrs! Grant Hen derson, state Citizenship chair man, Mrs. Ralph Robinson, mem ber of the women's nominating committee and county women's chairman. Bill Dubbin, county voting delegate, Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCansc and Mr. and Mrs. Har vey . Ruckman, sub-committee members on resolutions. L. B. Martin, President of the Idaho Farm Bureau, will speak io the assembly Friday evening. Leonard Johnson, Western re gional director, American Farm Bureau, will also be present to visit with the group. Activities during the three-day conclave include meetings by the OFBF board of directors, the or ganization committee, FB wo men's meeting, subcommittee chairman on resolutions and their vice-chairman, the general assembly, sub-committee meet ings, and the Friday evening din ner meeting. Farm Bureau staff members will prepare the bar becue chicken dinner and serve it in the park. Of special interest to Union county is the ' expected interest shown in the state tax structure and the North Powder resolution calling for a balk by farmers in paying property taxes. i In addition to 20U h-ad of com mercial cows. Jack has Jo to 35 head of pure bred Herfords on hi ranch. Prize of the herd Is Junior Donald. Junior Donald is a bull. He has never finished out of the money at any Hereford show. At a show in D nver. Junior Donald finished third in his class in competition with bulls from all over the United States. A year ago Donald was the champion bull at the Oregon Blue Tag sale. Gregory is a soft spoken, slight man whose hair is greying around the edge. He has blue evcs and the skin around the eyes is crin kled from squinting in the sun. He talks softly about his cattle and about the American saddle bred horses that he us.-d to show. Thvre are only a few horses in the big white barn now but the trophy room is bulging with ribbons, pic tures and trophys of past triumphs. The war hampered horse shows and the Gregory farm turned to caltle. Jack settled in La Grande about 12 years ago after coming from Wallowa county. His futtvr is one of the oldest practicing physicians in Oregon. Jack was busy haying last Tues day as we stopped and talked to him. . The farm is used primarily to raise feed for his cattle. "We're not trying to expand right now." Jack said. "We are just trying to improve what we have already." The nine yearling bulls and 14 bull calves that rested in the big pasture in back of the barn look like Jack has already been busy improving. galley Farm-Ranch-Home Supplement Of The La Grande Observer Observer, La Grande, Ore., Frl luly 31, 1959 Page 3 V;V'-.-!.:'Vfvi--"-.'jfv y" Vi lU Farm Assets Reach Ail-Time U.S. High Farm Bureau Plans To Open Office In Island City Tho ITninn rnnnlv Farm Bur eau will open an office in the near future, Gene Stockhoff President, said today. Plans were made at a special meeting Monday evening when an agreement was made between kjie county group and the La Grande center for constructing the office in the Center building In Island City. Work will be parted Immcdia tnlv on the lR'hv20' area in the Southeast corner of the building. IT'S A LOT OF BULL Jack Gregory holds his prize Hereford bull Junior Donald. Gregory has between 30 and 35 head of purebred Hereford stock on his ranch southeast of La Grande. Al though there are no ribbons on his chest, Donald haS never linished out of the money at a show. . (Observer Photo) WASHINGTON U'PD The value of ull farm assets in Vie United States rose 9 per cent last year to an all-time high of $'.'U3, 100,000,000, the Federal Reserve System reported today. Tolul farm debt also reached a record 23.3O0.tiO0,0oa. up three bilKon dollars, Or 14 U er cent, from Jan. 1. I!if3. The assi'ts minus the total debt left the equity of farm operators and other owners of farm proper ty at a record $l79.tllH).OO0.0OO, up JU.BOO.OOO.OUO, or 8.3 )er cent, from a year earlier. About half of the total increase of nearly 17 billion dollars in farm asset values resulted from the rising value of farm real es tate. Farm real estate values have risen each year since liiM and have accounted for about 70 per cent of the increase lo the total value of (arm assets since Jan. 1. 1954. Farm assets include the finan cial assets, automobiles, and household furnishings and equip ment owned by farmers as well as all the assets usee! directly in farm production, such as farm land and buildings, livestock, trac tors, motor trucks, farm machin ery, and inventories of croos. All other types of farm assets i as we i as real est. -He va us in creased during 1958. Among them. livestock on farms showed the greatest increase In value about four billion dollars. The increase In (arm mortgage debt to $11,300,000,000 frum 10, Boo.Oou.omi was nl about the same percentage rate as in other re cent years. An exceptionally large increase occurred in non-real estate farm debt The sharp increase in Com modity Credit Corp. loans (o farmers resulted mainly Irom the greater quantities of cotton. wheat, soybeans, and - grain sor ghum that were under price sup IHirt loan. Guernsey Breeder Gets Trademark Robert O. Thompson, Jr., of Ontario, Oregon has reserved the prefix "Hill Vu" for use In nam ing his purebred Guernsey cattle, according to the American Guer nsey Cattle Club.-. This new prefix has been pla ced on file with the Club, and from now on Mr. Thompson, Jr. vill have exclusive use of it. "Hill Vu" will be his trademark in the Guerrtsey world. The American Guernsey Cattle Club is a rton-vrofit agricultural registry organization serving some 40.00 Guernsey breeders. GLASS Window, plate, auto an - Thermopan In stock. GLAZING SERVICES Miller' Cabinet Shop WO 3-2125 EVERYONE NEEDS MEDICAL INSURANCE GOOD CARE FOR YOUR FAMILY IS COSTLY . . . You want them to have the best, always, but especially if they should need 'medical care. Without insurance such care could wipe out your savings. See us to day for complete protection. BUDGET-TAILORED INSURANCE PLANS 105i Depot La Grande BAUM INSURANCE AGENCY Better Industrial Equipment , '( -''for'V ' FARM PRODUCERS A.M. SPRINKLER , GATES . IRRIGATION SYSTEMS , BELTS & PULLEYS RAINBIRD SPRINKLERS All Size GE Atlas Workshop " ; . EWtric Motor, , POWER TOOLS VCT0R Phillip, Red Head Welding SupplU, Concrete Fasteners ' . Portable Farm Boltv-Chains--Steel Acetylene Welding Stee Cable Uni, PACIFIC CENTRIFUGAL IRRIGATION PUMPS Industrial Machinery and SUPPLY 4 V tfs -T)''H"'t,',f -i.,t-As MOTHER AND 50N The bull calf and his mother Tho friskv little follow is the in the next field while junior Water Can Boosf . Milk Production Free access to water may in crease milk production in dairy cows up to 20 per cent over cows that are watered only once a day. The summer milk production slump can be overcome by pro viding pknty of clean, fresh -water, according to W. L. Northern, West Virginia University exten sion dairyman. Daily animals require about 300 pounds of water to make 100 pounds of milk. The average dairy cow has a daily water constimp Hon ot 12 to i5 gallons. Conse quently there is a definite rela tionship between water intake and milk output, particularly in the summer. Water needs are more pressing in the summer because body tem peratures are higher. are part of the herd that is owned by Jack Gregory. son ol Junior Donald. Mom keeps her eye on tne cows looks for lunch. (Observer Photo) F $4 MMERS' State Fair Premium Books Now Available SALEM The 128 page premi um book for the Oregon Slate Fair has Wen printed and is now available by writing the Fair office in Salem. All cash premiums, t.ophic. ribbons and special awards are listed in the free book. i Books are being -mailed to those persons already on the mailing lists. . 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Other foods in heavy supply will be pears from the Pacific Coast, grapes from California and Arizona, lemons from California, limfcs from Florida, and Bartlett Pears from the Pacific Coast states. WASHINGTON UPI The Agriculture Department today of fered to buy canned peaches, packed in W9, for use in the national school lunch program. Purchases will be made with funds appropriated under the Na tional School Lunch Act and will depend upon quantities and prices offered. ' t a m ln mi mi ami '''"rr rm"""! . ICE CREAM OPEN 1 TO 8 DAILY! Mow Open For d usmess UNION COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS has taken over Ihe former Wade Seed Co. Plant at Elgin and will operate as a GRAIN and PEA CLEANING PLANT You're Ahead -When You Have Your Seed Cleaned In one of the Best-Equipped Plants In The Region) We Offer . . . COMPLETE LINE OF CUSTOM CLEANING . 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