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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1959)
3 snoman steceaves lop County Conservation Honors 1 .P'rTri,: , J " ii 'e-ai Water conservation at hindmans This farm pond, situated where cattle can get water in three pastures, is one of the examples of conservation on the Billy Hindman farm at Elgin. Hindman has been chosen Union County Conservation Man of the Year. -T ' Sign up on our budget plan ... pay for your Union Stovo & Furnace Oil in 12 equal monthly payments! Quick Delivery! Clean Delivery! ' Each delivery amount verified by mater tiektt ' LVKH AHDERSOIL WD 34676 4-H Horse Project Manual Available In Union, Wallowa A new illustrated manual for youths who enroll in 4-H club horse projects .this fall is now available at the Union and Wal lowa county extension officces. Titled "Your 4H Horse Proj- teet," ths bulletin describes horse breeds, explains selection, , feed ing, care, equipment, and- con tains help on training horses, i .. Anyone betwven tti age of 9 and 21 who owns "a' horse and agrees to- meet the requirements of the project , is eligible to join, a 4-H horse- club) Cat' MonVoe,' state 4-H agent, said. f L. Marks,- Wheeler county ex tension1 agent,1 is author1 of -''the new bulletin. " Farm Is Original Homestead ' By TED SIDOR : Ccunty Extension Aqent ELGIN ( Special Billy Hindman of fclEin, living on the farm home steaded by his grandfather in 1872, has been chosen as the Union County 1J59 Conservation Man of the Year. Hindman as h is popularly known, his wife Kita. Shirley Ann 9, Cody Jay 4, and Scotty Bill 8. live "in the home situated on 'he site of the original log cabin home built in the late WOO's. Following in his father's foot steps, Hindman has studied and prscticed conservation since his early 4-H days. A member of various 4 11 Clubs, his earlkst brush with conservation crme' when' enrolled in a 4 H forestry club. , Never forgetting his early train; ing. h? practices his forestry training .on several thousand acres. He is known for his early adaptation of selective logging. At the present time he has adapt ed this practice to over 600 acres.. Special treatment has been af forded to 100 . additional acres where once tangled brush and small timber held back the growth of potential high producing trees. Hindman has cleared the debris and pruned the trees of low lying limbs to the point where he has produced what is truly a forest beautiful that is producing to a maximum. Quick to see the advantage of this practice that allowed sunlight to panetrate the area and -al'ow grass to grow, Hindman seeded the area and now cattle graze peace fully on lush pasture that not only; kerps his herd of 100 cows in top shape, but has formed a mat that' holds his soil from eroding. On his farm land, he follows the same degree of care, A great believer in al.'alfa and gress as a Soil build'.r, every acre of Hind- man's 1100 acres of cultivated land has had this soil, conserving crop with the , exception . of .40 acres Observer, Lb grand, Ore., Prl., Sept. 35, 1959 ' Page 3 Valley Farm-Ranch:Home Bill Bebout, Editor Treatment Of Winter Wheat Seed Is Again Suggested Winter wheat seed treatmentvarleties as Omar, the seed trcat- with H e B. is again recommend (d lor fall plantings by Ted Si di'r. Union county agent. H C. B. has proven active against stinking smut of wheat. It is superior to mercurial com pounds for control of this dis ease in that it is effective against both seed borne and soil borne mut. where as the mercurials are effective only against the seed borne phase. The protection against soil borne stinging smut Is important because of the long duration of spores in infected soils. Smut was almost nonexistant in this year's wheat crop, therefore, wheat being used for seed should be clean and free of seed-borne smut spores. The danger of in fection then comes from soil borne smut and only H.C.R (hexachlorobenzenc) ... gives ade quate protection against the phase of the disease. . Even with such smut resistant ment is recommended. Thisls to prevent the propagation and dis tribution of races to which the resistant variety is susceptable Already Omar has been attack ed by a new race of smut in some areas, but as yet, nune of this race has appealed in Oregon. A number of Union County warehouses and farmers are equipped to handle the materials that will keep our resistant var ieties available to use for a num ber of years if all farmers will use the H.C.B. HEAT STRAINS HEART When the temperature stays above 83 degrees and relative hu midity above 75 percent, the hu man heart must work overtime to pump blood to the surface of the skin. That is why hot, humid weather puts a strain on the heart. ..... " : r . -s i f ' . 1 . : mMmM LAIRD CH EM Anhydrous Ammonia and ' Aqua Ammonia SIJLPHER MIX IN ANY PROPORTION DESIRED CAN BE ADDED TO YOUR FERTILIZER. JUST ASK US! IT'S FERTILIZING TIME! Gel Your Land Beady How With 01 PHILLIPS AQUA or ANHYDROUS AMMONIA i Phillips 66 Agricultural Ammcnia with 82 nifro gn gives you mora ol this vital plant food per dol lar than any other type of fertilizer. This leach resistant nitrogen it applied 6 to 8 inchec deep . . . 'right in the moisture zone yhere roots can reach it easily! IW.ClAiRD Established locally to serve farmers of the. area and distributor for J v . PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO. East Adams Ave. WO 3-4621 APPLICATORS AVAILABLE All Sizes ... . No Charge son. TESTING for . . . NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS, SULPHUR, POTASH, Etc. Call Us! which is presently in Merion blue grass. .... i ,. . ... , . At the present time he rotates his crop land with crops of green peas, alfalfa and summer fallow. He recently discovered another sure way to conserve the valuable soil en his rolling hill farm. During his pea planting, al.'alfa is planted with the peas. The alf alfa is allowed to grow one year and then plowed under to provide the organic matter essential to soil conservation, but also supplies the nitrogen needed to produce bumper crops of wheat and other grains essential to his and the community economy. Hindman, a good farm manager. recognized early in his farming career that shallow, soiled, errod- ablc, hard to farm areas, sent more farm machinery to the scrap heap than it could pay for, has been establishing hay and pasture fields on these areas as fast as possible. , i . . , Using a basic mixture of alfalfa. Intermediate . wheatgrass and smooth brome grass, fields of doubtful grain production now fill the eye with beautiful fields df green, lush growth. : Eight miles df rpen ditches and a mile or more of tile has been utilized to the fullest to divert and drain water that eroded and flooded valuable farmland. Strip cropping Is used on steeper lands to hold easily erodable soils. Farm ponds also dot his land for better distribution of cattle and better utilization of this valuable asset. .Hindman is an interested and practicing conservationist that utilizes all the knowledge of re search through the Extension of fice and technical help available through the Elgin Soil 'Conserva tion Service office to assist him in his (arm plans. ,An active community man, h; at the present time, is a member of the Union County Livestock Association, Elgin Farm Bureau, Elgin School Board, Elgin F.F.A. advisory board, Elgin Stampeder and thq La Greadet Elks' Lodge. Scholarship Is Awarded To Schaad David Fcliand, is. son of Mr. and Mrs. Holand Schaad, Route 1. has been named Union County winner of tht Carl Raymond Cray $100 scholarship to study at Ore gon State Collxe. The award is donated each year hy the I'nion Pacific Rnilro;d Company to the ouistanding 411 member In Union Codnty. He leaves tomorrow to enroll at Oregon State College and wii( major in Agricultural Chemis try. Schaad has excelled in 411 Club work in Union County and has MORE FARM ON PAGE 8; completed 10 years of work. His mcst outsanding achievement was to be named state winenr in soil conservation and last year attend ed the National 4-H Club Congress' in Chicfgo. He also made the" highest score that has ever been made at the State Range Manage ment Camp in identification of range plants and shrubs. All together h? has completed 25 projects In 4-H including swine, entomology, range management, cutdoor cookery, garden, tractor, and leothererafl. In addition to his success- in' 4-H, he has been an outstanding student at La Grand? High Schoof where he was named the top chemistry student in 1H5 and he also studied German and Russian' as a hobby. He has also' scortrd' many outstanding achievements in," Scouting and' belongs to Explorer1 Post 110. ask REYNOLDS Insurance Agency Reynolds Building . 1 about "BETTER PROTECTION'1 All-in-one insurance! i ' Your Home PROTECTS i Personal Property Liability sum you r.otm - MOMI OH1CI JIAJIII. WASMIH010H announcing the new CASE quspmeni -.J.-H Dealer for the Grande Rohde EQUIPMENT CO Formerly G&H Welding & Machine Shop SANE LOCATION . . . ISLAND CUT We Slock The Full Line 0! CASE FARM EQUIPMENT, ACCESSORIES Aim NICHOLS Expert Welders and Mechanics "If il can be repaired we'll repair U" We Offer Emergent Field Service For. All Farm Equipment . 4 Dkna'0'maticiiiin. 60ti PRO07 BISTRATIOH Will CONVINCI TOO fO '. YflADiniOw! 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