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4-l-i CLUBBERS AT COUNTY FAIR EXHIBITION LIVESTOCK: 1 Dairy: Class 1 Jersey Producing Cow 1st: Alan Hill, Cove. Champion; .Class 4 Jersey Sr. Heifer Calf 1st: Larry Masters, La Grande; 2nd: Alan Hill, Cove. Class 5 (a) Jersey Junior Dairy Bull: 1st: Alan Hill. Cove Class 1 Guernsey Producini V . IMIURIH ...... La Grande, Champ.; 2nd: Tom Jsherwood, La Grande. Class 2: Guernsey Senior Heif er: 1st: Barbara Sherwood, La Grande. Class 3 Guernsey Junior Heif er; 1st: Joseph La Verdure. Telo caset; 2nd: Barbara Sherwood, La Grande; 3rd: Jack Shaffer, El gin. Class 5 Guernsey Heifer Calf; 1st: Terry Shaffer. Elgin; 2nd: Barbara Sherwood, La Grande. Class 6 (a) Guernsey Dam and Produce: 1st: Barbara Sherwood, L Grande: Class 7 Guernsey Foundation Herd; 1st: Barbara Sherwood, La Grande. Class 3 Holstein Junior Heif er; 1st: Nancy Hoodenpyl, La Grande. Class 1 Milking Shorthorn Producing Cow: 1st: Terry Cro ghan, Elgin. Class 2 Milking Shorthorn Senior Heifer; 1st: John La Ver dure, Telocaset, Champion. Class 4 Milking Shorthorn Sr. Heifer Calf; 1st: Terry Croghan, Elgin. Class 5 Milking Shorthorn Heifer Calf; 1st: Terry Croghan, Elgin. Class 7 Milking Shorthorn Foundaton Herd; 1st: Terry Cro ghan, Elgin. Ciass 1 Brown Swiss Produc ing Cow; 1st: Tom Weir, La Grande, Champion; 2nd: Dick Rarnpc Pldin Class 2 Brown Swiss Senior Heifer; 1st: Jay Potter, union. Class 3 Brown Swiss Junior Heifer; 1st: Steven Fenn, La Grande. Class 4 Brown Swiss Senior Heifer Calf; 1st: Jay Potter, Un ion. Beef: Class 8: Hereford Cow: 1st: Lanetta Carter, La Grande; 2nd: Frances Peterson, La Grande; 3rd: Nancy Rayburn, La Grande; 4th: Billy Roulet, Elgin. Class 9 Hereford Heifer; Utv Don fStarY, Sromrr-vltUr, Cham pion. Class 10 Hereford Heifer; 1st: Nancy Rayburn, La Grande, Res. Ch. 2nd: Lanetta .Carter, La Grande. ' Class 10 (a) Hereford Junior Beef Bull: 1st: Frances Peterson, La Grande. . Class 12 Hereford Dam and Prnrinex- 1st: Nancv Rayburn. La Grande, Champion; 2nd: Lan etta Carter. La Grande, Kes. Ch.; 3rd: Frances Peterson, La Grande; 4th: Billy Roulet, El gin. Class 8 Angus Cow; 1st: Den nis Courtright, La Grande. Ch. Class 10 a Angus . Junior Beef Bull; 1st: Dennis Courtright, La Grande. Record-Breaking Amount Of Food Is Distributed Farm Ntws Roundup WASHINGTON tUPH - The Agriculture Department reported today it gave away a record breaking total of 2.979.000.000 pounds of food in the year ending last June 30. The foods went to school lunch rooms, charitable institutions, to individual needy people and fam ilies, both in the United SUtes and overseas. Although the amount of food dis tributed was up 5 per cent from the previous fiscal year there was a decline in dollar value of the gifts from 458 million dollars in fiscal 1958 to 413 million dollars in' 1959. Foods donated by the depart ment came from farm price sup Dort Droerams. Department fig ures showed the federal food I grants were going io as many as 5,750,000 needy persons at some periods in the 1959 fiscal year. WASHINGTON (UPI'-A spe cial Senate committee has an nounced it will hold" a series ot 20 public hearings in 17 states to gather testimony on the nation's water resources. Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla ), chairman of the group, said the committee is scheduled to report ANNOUNCE ECONOMIC PLANS CAIRO UPI The United Arab RepuBlic Tuesday an nounced sweeping economic plans to increase much-needed foreign currency reserves and to strengthen the Egyptian pound abroad. WINDOWS Complete Units Te Your Order Miller's Cabine! Class 12 Angus Dam and Pro luce. 1st: Dennis Courtright, La 3rande. SWINE: Class 16 Crossbred Sow; 1st: David Thew, Cove, Res. Champ. Class 17 Crossbred Senior Gilt; 1st: David Schaad, La 3rande, Champ.; 2nd: Steven Henderson. Alicel; 3rd: Michael Sleight, Alicel. Class 18 Crovsbred Junior Silt; 1st: Gordon Schaad. La Grande; 2nd: David Schaad. Lr Jrandc; 3rd: Glenn Westenskow. La Grande; 4th: Roger Schaad, La Grande; 5th: David Thew, Cove: Class 21 Crossbred Fat Bar row; 1st: David Schaad'. La Srande, Champ. 2nd; Rodney Case, Alicel, Res. Champ.; 3rd: fioger Schaad, La Grande; 4th: Gail Fuller, Alicel. Class 23 Crossbred Pen of 4 Fat Hogs; 1st: David Schaad. La Grande. Class 24 Feeder Pigs; 1st: Da vid Schaad, La Grande; 2nd: Pam ela Goshorn. La Grande; 3rd: Patty Goshorn, La Grande; 4th: Gordon Schaad, La Grande. SHFEP: Class 25 Hampshire Aged Ewe: 1st: Joseph LaVerdure, Telocaset, Res. Ch.; 1st: Keith Pumphrey, Union; 2nd: Candacc Stewart, Union. Class 26 Hampshire Yearling Ewe; 1st: Keith Pumphrey, Un ion. Class 27 Hampshire Ewe Lamb; 1st: Keith Pumphrey, un ion. Champ ; 2nd: Sam Kinzer, La Grande. Class 29 Hampshire Dam and Produce; 1st: Keith Pumphrey. Union. Class 30 Hampshire Breeding Flock; 1st: Keith Pumphrey, Un ion. Class 25 Suffolk Aged Ewe: ! Rnnald I.one. Summerville lf'h-imni.n- 2nH- Ceoreia Hempe La Grande, Res. Ch.; 3rd; ituss Bowman, La Grande. ria 26 Suffolk Yearling Ewe; 1st: Russ Bowman, La Grande. Class 27 Suffolk Ewe Lamb; is!- r.eorei.i IIoniDe. La Grande; 2nd: Russ Bowman, La Grande. rla 97 (a) Suffolk Ram Lamb; 1st: Georgie Hempe. La Crande, Champion; 3rd: Russ Bowman, La Grande. "Class 29 Suffolk ,, Uam. ana Pi-nHiioe: 1st: Georgia Hempe, La' Grande; 2nd: Russ Bowman, La Grande. Class 30 Suffolk Breeding Flock; 1st: Russ Bowman, La Grande. Class 25 Corriedale Aged Ewe, 1st; Steven Craig, Summerville. Class 27 Corriedale Ewe Lamb; 1st: Steven Craig, Sum merville. Res. Ch. Class 26 Corriedale Yearling Ewe; 1st: Steven Craig, Sum ircrville. Champ. Class 25 Crossbred Aged Ewe: 1st: John LaVerdure. Telocaset, Champ.; 2nd: Johnny Williams, fji Grande. Res. Ch?: 3rd: Joseph LaVerdure, Telocaset; 4th: Dor othy Peterson, La Grande. to the Senate late next year on the nation's present and future water needs. Most of the hearings will be conducted in the West, Kerr said Thursday. WASHINGTON UPI The National Cotton Council has re newed its plea for stiffer import curbs on cotton textiles. It denied the action would violate any un derstanding with Japan. The council made the plea in a statement filed with Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson. It urged him to approve an earlier request for "relief from an in creasing influx of cheaply pro duced foreign cotton products." MAN SAVES DOC GARFIELD, N. J (UPII -Emil Tomko. 21, ran onto rail road tracks Thursday to chase off a dog standing in the path of a freight train. The dog ran off safely but -Tomko was hit. He was listed in fair condition at Passaic General Hospital with leg. shoulder and possible internal injuries. w"!c:r:rv 1 i i thrills fan Sji THRU 1 1 n SALBM WIN ClaiS 27 Crossbred Ewe lamb; 1st: Bill Itizor, Union; 2nd; Mark Halsey. La Grande; 3rd: Sam Kinzer, La Grande; 4ih: Keith Orton, Union; 5th John LaVerdue. Telocaset: 6th: Jo seph La Verdue, Teiocaset; 7th: Durinda Henderson, Suiumeivil le; 8th: Karen Sadler, Cove; rth: Gary Miller, Elgin; 10th: Regina Overton. Cove; 11th: Dorothy Peterson, La Grande. Class 31 Market Lambs: 1st: Keith Pumphrey, Union, Champ.; 2nd, Mark Halsey. La Grande, Kes. Ch.; 3rd: Keith Orton. Un ion; 4th: Rodger Orton, Union. RABBITS: Class 34 Sepior Doe; . 1st: Dennis Mahood, Union, Champ.; 2nd: Jim Parks. Union; 3rd; Ter ry Abel!, Island City; 4th: Mar tha Bergeron, La Grande; 5th: Bill Rizor. Union; Gth: Ralph Hill. La Grande; 7th: Frank Hill, La Cranio. Class 35 Junior Doc; 1st: Jim Parks, Union, Champ.: 2nd: Bill Rizor, Union: 3rd: Ralph Hill. La Grande; 4th: Rjlph Hill. La Grande; 5th: Martha Bergeron. La Grande. . Class 36 Senior Buck: 1st: Martha Bergeron, La Grande. Champ.; 2nd: Bill Rizur. Union; 3rd: Jim Parks. Union; 4th;, Den nis Mahood, Union. Ciass 37 Junior Buck: 1st: Martha Bergeron, La Grande, Champ.; 2nd: Jim Parks. Union: 3rd: Bill Rizor. Union; 4th: Ter ry Abell. Island City; 5th: Ralph Hill. La Grande; 6th: Ralph Hill La Grande. SADDLE HORSES: Class 38 Senior Horseman ship; 1st: Beverly Starr, Sum merviTIe, Champ.; 1st: Sharon Crossen, La Grande, Res. Ch.; 1st: Sharon Dougharity, Summer ville; 2nd: Jan Lorenzen, La Grande; 2nd: Terry Bowman, La Grande; 2nd: Carol Brownton, La Grande; 2nd: Norma Waldrop. La Grande. Class 39: Intermediate Horse manship: 1st: Donna Berry, Un ion, Champ.; 1st: Carmen Cros sen, La Grande, Res. Ch.; 1st: Maureen Beck, Imbler; 1st: Evelyn Brown, La Grande; 1st: Weslie Kirby. La Grande; 1st' Jackie Goodson, Cove; 1st: Linda Yates. Summerville: 1st: Paul Siegrist. Summerville; 1st: Carol Schauers, La Grande; 1st: Gcri Smutz. La Grande; 2nd: Bob ChlldersV Core.' - " " 2nd: Sharon Lorec, Cove; 2nd: Barbara McClure. Elgin; 2nd: Sally Brownton, La Grande; 2nd: Phylis Wilhelms, La Grande; 2nd: Janet Eager, La Grande; 2nd Jackie Berry, Union; 2nd: David Standley, La Grande; 2nd: Linda Standley, La Grande; 3rd: Buster Kidd, La Grande. 3rd: Kathy Flick, Cove; 3rd: Patty Hindman, La Grande; 3rd: Louise Overton, Cove; 3rd; Thel ma Dougharity. Summerville: 3rd: Kathy Miller. Cove; 3rd: John Loree. Cove; 3rd: Betty lxu Adams, Elgin; 3rd: Judy bever. La Grande; 3rd: Carlcne John son, La Grande. Class 40 Junior Horseman ship: 1st: Carol Glenn. North Powder, Champ.; 1st: Sam Kinz er. La Grande, Res. Ch.; 1st: Janet Kirby, La Grande; 1st: Mary Lynn Berryman. La Grande; 2nd: Patty Dougharity, Summer ville; 2nd: La Zelle Grciner, Summerville. 2nd: Virginia McClure, Elgin: 2nd; Teri Adams, Elgin; 2nd: Wanda Cox, Union; 2nd; Susan Scott, La Grande; 3rd: Mark Brownton, La Grande; 3rd: Den nis Rogers, La Grande; 3rd: Dennis Moore. Elgin; 3rd: gam ir.y Micnci, bummervme; 3ra: Mike Stitzel. Union. SHOWMANSHIP: Class 41 .Junior Beef Show manship; 1st: Gale Culver. Sum merville. Champ.; 2nd: Billy Rou let, Elgin. Class 42 Senior Beef Show manship; 1st: Dennis Courtright, La Grande, Champ.; 2nd Lanetta Carter, La Grande; 3rd: Donald Starr, Summerville; 4th: Nancy Rayburn, La Grande; 5th: Fran cis Peterson, La Grande. Ciass 41 Junior Dairy Show manship; 1st: Tommy Sherwood La Grande, Champ.; 2nd: Joseph La Verdure, Telocaset; 3rd: Alan Hill, Cove; 4th; Steven Fenn, La Grande; 5th: Jack Shaffer, El gin; 6th: Larry Masters, I. Grande; 7th: Terry Shaffer, El (in; 8th: Nancy Hoodenpyl, La Grander ' ' Class 42 Senior Dairy Show THE in flsnn& CROSBY SHOW Ay i -r Li S S.luaLLE NORMAN & it ' WILD WBST ' : rodeo j i !st,m.o sTimv u mnnhip: 1st: Terry Croghan. El gin, Champ.; 2nd: Tom Weir. La Grande; 3rd: Barbara Sherwood, La Grande; 4th: Jay Potter, Un ion; 5th: John LeVerdure, Telo caset; (Sth: Dick Barnes, Elgin. Class 41 Junior Swine Show manship; 1st: Pamela Goshorn Summerville, Champ.; 2nd: Da vid Thew. Cove; 3rd: Gordon Schaad, La Grande; 4th: Patty Go-,horn, Summerville; 5th: Mi chael Sleight, Alicel; 6th: Gail ruller, Alicel; 7th: Steven Hend erson. Alicel; 8th: Glenn Wes tenskow, La Grande. Class 42 Senior Swine Show manship; 1st: David Schaad, La Grande, Champ.; 2nd: Boger Schaad, La Grande; 3rd: Rodney Case, Alicel. Class 41 Junior Sheep Show manship; 1st: Keith Pumphrey. Union, Champ.; 2nd: Bill Rizor. Union; 3rd: Keith Orton, Union; 4th: Roger Orton, Union 5th: Gary Miller, Elgin; 6th: Joseph l.aVerdure, Telocaset; 7th: John Williams, La Grande: 8th: Sam Kinzer, La Grande. 9th: Durinda Henderson, Summerville. 10th: Mark Halsey. La Grande: 11th: Ronald Long, Summerville; 12th; Dorothy Peterson, La Grande; 13th: Candace Stewart. Union: 14th: Steven Craig, Sum merville: 15th: Regina Overton. Cove; 16th: Georgia Hempe, La Grande; 17th: Karen . Sadler. Cove. Class 42 Senior Sheep Show manship; 1st: John La Verdure. Telocaset. Champ.; 2nd: Russell Bowman, La Grande. -All Around Junior Showman hip: 1st: Keith Pumphrey, Un ion, Champ.; 2nd: Tommy Sher wood, La Grande, Res. Ch. All Around Senior Showman ship; 1st: Terry Croghan, Elgin. Champ.; 2nd: Dennis Courtright. La Grande, Res. Ch. Class 43 Livestock Judging Contest; 1st: David Thew. Cove 2nd: Frances Peterson. La Grande; 3rd: Roger Schaad.. La Grande; 4th; Wayne Cockrell, union: 5th: Martha Bergeron, La Grande; 6th: Sam Kinzer, La Grande; 7th: Michael Sleight, Ali eel; 8th: Terrinc Botham, Cove; Hth; Bill Rizor, Union; 10th: Joe LaVerdure, Telocaset. AGRICULTURAL DEMONSTRA TIOXS: ' Class 45 Junior Individual: 1st. Mary Lynn Berryman, iji Grande, Champ. 1st: Ixona Young, North Powder; 2nd: Bruce Henderson, North Powder; 2nd: Walter Ostcrlnh, North Powder; 3rd: U-e Ray Flower, North Pow der. Class 47 Junior Teams: 1st: Daniel Seaman, Dwight Bloom, Love; 1st: Keith Pumphrey, Jay Potter, Union; 2nd: Robert Blais, Bruec Culver, N. Powder. Junior Tractor Driving Contest: 1st; Mike Gulzow, Route 2, La Grande; 2nd: David Standley. La oranele; jrd: Rodney Jones, Ali cel: 4th: Rodney Case, Alicel Sth: Ross Sleight. Alicel; 6th! John Wallsinger. Alicel. Senior Tractor Driving Contest: 1st: Roger Schaad. La Grande; 2nd: Eddie Hoofnagle, Alicel; 3rd: Martin Thimmes, Alicel: 4th: Bobby Baker, Cove: 5th: Jay Bre- snears. Alicel. TROPHIES: Pioneer Flour Mill Herdsman ship Trophy David Schaad, Route 1, La Grande. Ranch-Way Feed Trophy Lan ?tta Carter, La Grande. Mrs. Eraser Bradley's Personal Grooming Trophy Phylis Wil helms, La Grande. Bruce Hooffnagel's Registered Spotted Poland China Gilt Pamela Goshorn, Summerville. If you note any errors in this lummary of placings, please let us know so we can make necessary changes. In a short time you will ecelvc your premium checks scm the fair and it is import ing that you cash these checks immediately. FARM PRODUCERS WE HAVE THE Industrial Equipment Yon Need! A.M. SPRINKLER 1 " gates IRRIGATION SYSTEMS BELTS PULLEYS RAINBIRD SPRINKLERS ATsbTci Atlas Workshop E,ctr,e Mo,or PWER T0LS VICTOR Phillips Red Head Welding Supplies Concrete Fasteners 11 ' - T Portebl Farm Bolts Chains Steel Acetylene Welding Steel Cable Units PACIFIC CENTRIFUGAL IRRIGATION PUMPS Industrial Machinery and SUPPLY 14iaAdams WO 1-4612 iRadio-Aetive Crop Planned For Spring WOOSTKK. unio ic'i'i' worn ers here huve started building a concrete foot-high border around an acre of farmland which is destined to grow perhaps the world's deadliest crop. Next soring, agronomists will seed the lund with corn, hay, soybeans and possibly wheat, then spray it with a potent solu tion of water and strontium 85, a radioactive muterial. Then the field will receive the normal amounts of fertilizers and attention any farmer in the north ern Ohio region would give his crops. The purpose is to determine the effect of radioactive fallout on crops. The experiment could con tinue for hulf a century. Ohio State University, which op erates an agricultural station here, is conducting the research under an $85,000 Atomic Energy Commission grant. Strontium 85, a material some what less dangerous but similar in behavior to strontium 90, the deadly by-product of a nuclear explosion, will be used the first year to cut the risk of contamina tion as farmhands with PH.D. de grees tend the crops. x Strontium 85 "dies out" in about two years, according to James L. Mortensen. associate professor of agronomy at OSU and one of the scientists conduct ing the experiment. Plans call lor strontium 90 it self to be sprayed in solution on the 20 plots, each about l-20th of an acre and each sealed by a concrete wall, the following year, The strontium 90. which wilt be shipped from the A EC installa tion at Oak Ridge, Tenn., will still retain half its radioactivity a years after it enters the sou Geiger counters and other de vices will be used to measure the amount of radioactivity absorbed by the grains as they grow in the fields, Mortensen said. In 1960, the strontium 90 will be sprayed on natural virgin wooded areas near here and in other parts of Ohio to measure its effects on growing trees. The experiment is the only one in inc country to be conduct ed on farmlands under natural conditions, Mortensen said. Ex perimenters have conducted sim ilar research in greenhouses, he said. Grain Harvest Nearing End Rains throughout southern and eastern portions of the State helped relieve the very dry soil moisture, but also brought short delays in harvesting operations. Seeding of fall grain was getting a start in the Columbia River Counties of eastern Oregon. Re cent rains have penetrated about 2 inches on summer fallow. Grain harvest was about over at the lower elevations in eastern Oregon, but was continuing at the higher levels after being delayed by wet weather. Per acre yields were generally poor in Lake and Harney Counties. Hot weather dur ing the growing period has caused more than the usual amount of thin barley in Klamath County. Yields and test weights of fall grains were good in most central Oregon areas. In western Oregon grain harvest was io the finishing stages on fall grains and moving rapidly on spring grains. A few fields of late hay were being baled in western Oregon and some third crop alfalfa re mains to be cut. Malheur and Umatilla County producers were cutting third crop alfalfa. Rains delayed haying operations on sec ond cuttingss in Klamath County. The bentgrass seed harvest was active in western and central Ore gon areas. Yields and seed quality were good. Although there has been scattered damage from hail. alfalfa and clover seed crops gen erally were making normal de- Valley Farm-Ranch-Home . Supplement Of The La Grand Observer Deadline For Soil Bank Signup Is September 10 September 10 is the last day farmers can take the first neces sary step to participate in the Soil Bank's I960 Conservation Re serve program, Ben L. Robinson, Chairman. Union County Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion Committee said today. The first step is for each farmer who wishes to offer cropland under the program to ask the County ASC Committee to set a basic an nual rate per-acre for the land of fered. The period for filing such requests is from August 24 through September 10. The Chairman em phasized that no requests will be accepted after September 10. After the basic rate has been established for the land offered, Among Valley Farmers By County Agnts Td Sidor and Charles Gavin Farm flock owners would do well to use extra rams during breeding season. The. extra rams speed up lambing and give the lamb crop much more uniformity in size and1 condition. Farm flock owners who did this in the county last year were well pleased with results and plan to continue this year. In the grub control trials con ducted In the county last winter, the spray gave lotTf. control while the systemic gave only about 94. 96 control. The systemic made animals a little sick and they were off feed about three weeks. The spray gave us louse control also, and didn't slow the cattle down one bit. To do the best job with the spray, it should be done by the middle of October or, before cat tle get too much hair and wet the animals thoroughly. This is the first practical way we have had offered us for heel fly control and it behooves us as producers to take advantage of it. Two new insecticides have been found to completely control soft scales, and common insect pests on ornamentals. i A thorough spraying of Sevin 'and Diazinon this time of year will give 100 per cent control of both brown soft scale and cottony camellia scale. - Malathion also is effective on cottony camellia scale. Cottony camellia scale usually is found on holly and camellias. Brown soft scale Is found mainly on camellias, holly, and daphne, and is a greenhouse pest of poin settia and gardenias. Scale infestations can be recog nized by. the sooty mold fungus which coats plant leaves. Im mature stages of both scales re semble each other closely but brown soft scales vary consider ably in size, all present at the same' time. Cottony camellia scales vary considerably in siz?. all present at the same time. Cottony camellia scales are fairly uniform in size and can be identi fied readily by cottony masses on the undersides of leaves of the previous season's growth. Both Kale varieties are found the year around. Spraying for brown soft scale can be done any time from early May through velopment in Malheur County. Ma chine picking of hops was starting in western Oregon. Peppermint harvest was at the mid-point in the Willamette Valley. JUDY LYNN Dance at Armory at 9:30 P.Mt same date, with Judy Lynn and her band. Adults $1.50. 'Teenagers Are Invited" Webb Pierce Dwe Recordings Jimmy Newman MGM Recordings Smokey Pleachar Comedian Don Sleyman Jackie Moffitt ..... Doft Spamer4 by La GumJV --rt Birnlts, Grahams, KLBM, the thrv loot Jayeee members. , Observer, La Grande, Ore., the farmer will then have an opportunity to apply for a contract any figure below the basic rate. If the offer can be accepted, the farmer will be notified of the date by which he must return the signed Conservation Reserve contract to the County ASC O.'fice. Growers who participate in the program receive cost-sharing help in establishing approved conserva tion practices on the reserved land, and annual rental payments for the life of the contract. Farmers who would like to have farther information about parti cipating in the 1980 Conservation Reserve are urged to get in touch with the County Office as soon as possible. September. For cottony camellia scale, the most effective time to spray, is in August and September when the insects are young. In fact, no control of cottony camel lia scale can be obtained by spray ing in June and July when only eggs are present. The recommendation is a Dia zinon spray of 6 pounds 25 per cent wettable powder to 100 gallons water 6 tablespoons to 1 gallon for smaller amounts) or a S;vin spray of 2 pounds 50 per cent wettable powder to 100 gallons water (or 2 tablespoons to 1 gal lon!. Two other chemicals are being studied at OSC as possible scale controls. One chemical which looks promising is a systemic. The recent disaster in Roseburg is causing some unnecessary con cern about the use of ammonium nitrate, one of the most popular and economical nitrogen-carrying fertilizers used by Oregon farmers. Many news stories could have left the impression that it was am monium nitrate alone that caused the gigantic explosion, though with due credit to the press, most news stories- emphasized that it was an explosive mixture of am munium nitrate and diesel oil that caused the damage. Ammonium nitrate alone will neither burn nor explode, but it is used in various forms and in various combinations to make dynamite and other explosives. Ammonium nitrate serves as a source of oxygen in an explosive mixture. ' Sodium chlorate, po tassium nitrate, and sodium nitrate are other common materials that could serve the sam- purpose The other half of the mixture must be burnable (combustible) material, usually made up of c.T bon. hydrogen, or possibly sul.'ur in various combinations. This does net mean that am monium nitrate shou'd not be treated ,-urtth equal respect. Re member'' that if it is mixed with an orgaola material, it can become a part'of an explosive material Dirty' warehouses could, in reality. become ' dynamite. Any storage place should be kept clean and free from both dirt and loose am munium nitrate. Chaff, feed, sul phur, oil,' 'and molasses are espe cially dangerous. Any material from broken or leaking bags should be swept up and removed from the premises. Burn bags as they are emptied. GRAND OLE OPRY Direct from Nashville, Tenrl. Mammoth stage performance. La Grande Hi Auditorium . . Sat., Sept. 5, 7:30 P. M. Adults SI. 50; Child ren 6-12 $1.00. 4 Judy Lynn Champ Yodclcr Pat Kelly Jfroriee- Artist Joel Price Emcee Leon Richardson Howard White WiftsUr TMcets are avslUkle Chembor ef Commerce and ... Fri., Sept. 4, 1959 Page 3 Chicago Trip, Scholarships Await 4-H'ers Awards are ready and Waiting for 4 II Club members who have done a superior job in the na tional i-U Safety and Forestry programs, according to the Na tional Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, Chicago. Winners of the 1959 safety state award will be a delegate to the National 4 II Club Congress in Chicago this fall, with all-expenses paid. The state winner will then be eligible for one of eight national $400 scholarships awarded in this program, the Na tional Committee reports.- These awards are provided by General Motors which has- supported the 4-H Safety program for 15 years. The state winner in forestry will receive a handsome 'pen and pencil set, and will also- be come eligible for a national award. The latter is. an all-expense paid trip to the National 4-H Club Congress. This marks the 12th year that American Forest Products Industries has provided forestry awards, re lates the National Committee. Club members are judged on the basis of achievement in their project work, leadership, and as all-around 4-H'ers. The Cooper ative Extension Service makes the selections and announces the winners. Arrangements for the awards are made by the National Committee. Union County Leads In Fescue Seed Acreage Union county led all counties in certified red fescue acreage this season, states Ted Sidor, ex tension agent. Information from the State Certification Office shows that 7,519 acres passed field inspection in 13 counties. 2,570 acres passed inspections In the county in the four varieties, Creeping Red, Rainier, Illahee and Pennlawn red fescues. Most of the certified acreage in Un ion county was in Illahee and Pennlawn. '- Acreage in Marion county ranked a close second with 2, 268 acres. Clackamas county had 755 acres, Lane county 400 acres and Jefferson county '464 acres. Smaller acreages also passed inspections in Polk, Ben ton, Linn, Washington, Yamhill, Multnomah and Jackson coun ties. Sidor indicated that the red icscuc certification program statewide, practically doubled this year. The bulk of the state icreage was in Illahee, with 2, 306 acres and Pennlawn with S. MS acres. "nof a scratch or mar..'. WHEN YOU MOVE' BY MAYFLOWER Thousands write Mayflower' because Hey- mrenrrff(E Trained men, equipment adjl methods meet Mayflower', ; "Accredited" standardtwtlst ' . highest you'll fimt 1S2 Jffefsjit Per Pre tttlmafe Calf Is" ? . . . ;.-sr WO 3-2331