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Observer, la Orancte, Ore'., Frj.. Aug. 21, 1959 Page 3 : ... f?r r m VALLEY GRASS HARVEST f ; ' . ' v - .v ' .'.1 v v '." ' n ; . , -v. .. ;r - Strong Opposition Expected To Kill Lean Hog Incentive Checks Grass farmers were busy putting up their crops during the first part of the week be fore the rains came. The grass crop in th j Grande Hondo valley is centered in the Imbler area and provides a major industry for a large portion of the valley's more than 900 farms. HOMEMADE BREAD COMIN' UP Nancy Hoofnagle, 17, of Cove, left, and Ruth Hoxie, 15, of La Grande entered the 4-H senior bread baking contest held in the high school homemaking room yester day. Ruth won first place and will represent Union county at the State Fair in Sal em, Nancy won second place. (Observer Photo) Soil Bank Petitions Must Be Filed With Union County ASC Farmers who wish to put crop land -in thf Soil Bank's 1960 Con servation Reserve must ask the county ASC committee to. set a basic annual rate per acre for the offered land, Chairman Ben L. Robinson, I'nion County Agri cultural Stabilization and Con servation Committee, said today. The period for filing such re quests is from August 24 through September 10. No such requests v-ill be accepted after September 10. In setting the basic annual per- Elgin Man Buys Purebred Milking Shorthorn James Gekcler, Elgin, Ore., has purchased Shellon's White King P266348, a bull calf sired by Steams' Chief 12th P20U120, and out of Shelton's Judy P225100, from Lester Shelton. Alicel, Or;. The new animal is a purebred Milking Shorthorn and the record of the transfer of ownership has been made by the American Milk ing Shorthorn Society at Spring Ikld, Mo. BEN-GURION TO REST JERUSALEM UPI Premier David Ben-Gurion's doctors said today they have ordered him to rest for at least a week even though a checkup showed the 74-ycar-old Israeli leader was in gool condition. acre rate for land offered, the county committee will take Into consideration the productivity of the land and the rate will be limited to the local fair rental value of the land based on the crops harvested from it during the past five years. When all the eligible cropland on the farm is offered for the Conservation Reserve, the rate will generally' be set 10 per cent higher than the rate for only part of the eli gible land. After the basic- rate has been determined, the farmer may ap ply for a contract at any figure below the basic rate ' established (or the land offered- in the re quest for rates. If necessary, a priority system will be used to determine which offers are ac cepted. Contracts under the Conserva tion Reserve may run for as long 9 10 years. During the time of the contract, the farmer will re ceive an annual rental payment od the reserved and for the life of the contract, and he also wilt reecivc cost-sharing help in es tablishing an approved conscr ljaion practice. Tor Oregon the basic per-acre rele of payment under the 1960 conservation reserve is $16.00, the same as under the 1959 pro gram. The tantative acreage goal lor the State is 46,000 acres, sub ject to consideration and recom mendation by the ASC State Committee. WHERE'S THE ft . ( best placet i Mr J Buy A USED cKr JKT Ffc. : AT vow FORD DEALER'S -HIS 4USEDCARS , GIVE YDU A NEW KINO OP PROTECTION '. WHEN you Buyl ? i m : 1 f, V.' . , , Every A-l Used Car ia impeded, reconditioned if neces sary, and road-tested. And they're warranted in writing by the exclusive new Performance Protection-Potieyr Kes cars with the A-l sticker at your Ford Dealer's Used Car Shopping Center. ggg pGE 7 FOR FORP USED CARS INiPJCTtO . RICONOITIONtB HOAO-TKTSO WARRANT tB A COW BY ANY OTHER NAME? A farmer knows what a cow is and what it does. If ha had to dascriba ona for a friand would ha ba abla to match tha comprehensive job dia by Gene Ransom, U. S. Agricultural attache at Wel lington, New Zealand? ' Quoted In "Heard's Dairy man" and taken from the Au gust issue of "Dairy Digest" Ransom's definition reads: "The caw is a mobile, ani mated machine, housed in unprocessed leather. One end is equipped with a mower, grinder, and other standard equipment including bump ers, headlights, wingflaps, and foghorn. At tSe other and is a milk dispenser and insect repeller." - ."Centraliy located is a con version plent consisting of a combination storage and fer mentation vat, three convert ers in series, and an intri cate arrangement of convey or tubes." "This machine also is equip ped with central heating plant, pumping system, and air conditioning." "Although mysterious and secret, this plant is unpat ented. It is available in var ious sites, coloej and output capacity, ranging from one to 20 tons of milk a year." 0 lb ir e qjeucCx dddDxxog Mortar Mix Concrete Mix Sand Mix : DRY MORTAR MIX . . i raedy Mantly for ony mawirY job. Um it to .U out door firtplaeoi, flbgttont potiol, wolU, plentor eoaot. any Of kk, -block er ttoao structure. I JUST' ADD WATER Available At GRANDE LUMBER CO. VAN PETTEN LUMBER CO. Valley Farm-Ranch-Home Supplement Of The La Grande Observer App Hog House To Aid WASHINGTON UPH The House Agriculture Committee has ignored administration objections and approved a bill to bolster sagging hog incomes with a ISO million dollar subsidy program. It appears unlikely that the controversial measure could be pushed through the Senate and House in the waning weeks of this session. Supporters contended the meas ure would help prevent further declines in hog prices, which I have dropped by one-third in the last 12 months. Agriculture Department offi cials argued, however, that the measure would encourage over production at a time when pro duction of hogs is at the highest level in 14 years. The bill, approved by the com mittee Thursday, would provide direct subsidy payments to farm ers who marketed hogs at light weights. roves bin Income would join that of hogs. The de partment said that hog prices, already low, would continue be low the levels of a year earlier this fall and winter because pro duction is substantially higher. WASHINGTON UTll Strong administration opposition was ex pected to kill a bill, to give in centive payments to producers who market lean hogs. The House agriculture livestock subcommittee currently is consid ering a measure to provide comi peitalion to farmers who markcil hogs weighing liiO-200 pounds.. The measure is de.s;gned to curb the growing hog supply with its re sultant lower prices. The bifl .al.-o is opposed by the Farm Bureau, it has the strong support of Ihe Harm I'nion. The Assistant Agricultural Sec retary told the subcommittee Monday that the department is sympathetic" to the over-all objective of higher income for hog producers but is cp)osed to the specific proposal. WASHINGTON d'PIi Corn. grain sorghum, and soybean prices dropped but most other cash grains showe.1 little or no change last week. Hie Agriculture Department reported today. The department's weekly price survey blamed the lower price levels on the record corn crop and well above average sorghum u:id soybean crops. WASHINGTON U IU Hersch el D. Newsom, head of the Na tional Grange, has urged Presi dent Eisenhower to sign a bill which would make the Farm Credit Administration more of a cooperative system th.n a gov ernment agency. , Newsom wrote th'.- President as a spokesman for a joint farm credit committee representing all major farm organizations. WASHINGTON tt'PD The government's weekly crop bulle tin reported today that harvest of small grains is proceeding rapidly in all northern areas ex cept in Minnesota and Wisconsin WASHINGTON (UPI) The Agriculture Department said today that the increase in the number of cattle indicated cattle prices would begin a gradual downturn in I960. "The downswing id cattle prices I j ALL NEW: HO ME LITE chain saw; DIRECT. DRIVE onl ?3 balanced pounds (less bar and chain) fells r up to 7 feet In diameter - new all new design gyvnteed for 7 months -Have a fret demonstration today, Homelife Saws as low as $169.50 2GI's . There Are More Days uniil ihe UNION C0U1IIY THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY AUG. 27-28 29 Plan To Bring The Family! FARM PRODUCERS WE HAVE THE Industrial Equipment You Need! A.M. SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS RAINBIRD SPRINKLERS Atlas Workshop POWER TOOLS Phillips Red Head Concrete Fasteners Bolts Chains Steel Steel Cable GATES BELTS & PULLEYS All Size GE Electric Motors VICTOR, . 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