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SlMLYAY TYMOO Warm Springs, Oregon May 22, 1997 11 EXTENSION service (503) 553-3238 Arlcnc Boilenu 4-H & Youth Norma Simpson I lome Economics Bob Pawelek Livestock Sue Ryan 4-1 I Assistant Clint Jacks Staff Chair, Madras Bodie Shaw Ag it Natural Resources The Oregon Slate University Extonsion Service staff Is devoted to extending research-based information from OSU to the people of Warm Springs in agriculture, home economics, 4-H youth, forestry, community development, energy and extension sea grant program with OSU, United Stales Department of Agriculture, Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs cooperating. The Exension Service offers its programs and matorials equally to all people World Wide Web Address change lor Warm Springs Extension: http:www.orit.edudeptwsext aMPse"- 2 The Clover speaks- by Sue Kyan Warm Springs 4-11 Assistant The Win in Springs 4-1 1 program is still in need of Camp Counselors for our 1997 4-11 Culture Camp at Peter's Pasture. To qualify, you must he in the 9ih - 12th grade, and commit to counselor training plus working the two weeks of camp July 7lh-20th. Appli cations can he picked up from the Warm Springs 4 11 office. You must register hy May 30th. Training is set for June 1 1 th, 1 2lh & 1 3th al lie lie Longhouse. CPR & First Aid certification w ill he included. Spring Preview Hikes are set! The dates are: May 30ih - Early Childhood Education Loop 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. June 7th - Harvey Lake (all day) June 19th - Boulder Lake (all day) You must bring a sack lunch for the Harvey Lake & Boulder Lake hikes plus wcarappro priale hiking gear. Sign-up at the 4-H office at 1110 Wasco Street by June 5th. A 4-H registration form needs to be on file before you can go. There are a lot of summer camps going on this year & registration is happening right now. We have had questions about the fees for camp & yes, the culture camp does have a registration fee as do other camps. The cost is very reasonable for what is provided so keep in mind the cost of paying when signing a child up for camp. There are registration deadlines, and that includes payment. Warm Springs 4-H 'ers ask at the office about scholarships for attending Tri-County camps in the area. Our Community School Age group met again recently to discuss summer activities in Warm Springs. The Warm Springs Recre ation program will be swinging into action on June 16th and go until August 8th. Here's a preview of some highlighted activities from their list. Museum trips Natural Resource Notables- June 25th July 9ih July 23rd July 31st Kuli-iue-ta Swim Days June 23rd June 30th July Nth July 28lh Mountain Hiking June 24th July 8th July 22nd August 5th And that's just a few! Keep in mind these Summer Recreation dates are tentative and look for the final version in their schedule. One final note The Warm Springs 4-H office is in need of ideas for decorating the old bulletin boards that were on the walls downstairs in the 4-H Center. They had been taken down for painting, and we want to recover or redecorate them in a new way before putting them back up on the wall. Put your heads together and let us know if you have any thoughts. Gambling can cause problems for all ages Alice Mills Morrow, OSU Family Eco nomics Specialist In 1984, Oregonians voted to establish a state-operated lottery. Since then, gambling has mushroomed in the state. Instant tickets became available in April 1985. Video lot tery games were authorized in 1989. Games added include Sports Action (1989), Keno (1991 ) and Video Poker (1992). In 1995, Oregon ranked sixth in the world in per person .lottery wagering, ac-.. cording to the Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Gaming. (OS U Warm Springs Extension has a copy of the Task Force's report if you would like to see it.) Oregon permits more forms of legalized gambling than almost any other state in the country. And as a result, children and grand children are learning about gambling." What are they learning? Television ads for the state lottery call attention to the lifestyles enjoyed by winners, bwkjiot of the money lost by those who did not win. Adults sometimes talk of their winnings, but seldom of their losses. Because gambling is so pervasive, par ents should give careful consideration to what they want tiicir children to knew about gambling, says Alice Mills Morrow, OSU Extension Family Economics specialist. She suggests helping children develop personal guidelines to use in making decisions about gambling. Some of the points to include in there guidelines are: The decision to gamble is a personal choice. Gambling is not essential to having a good time. Acceptable amounts of losses need to be established before gambling. Borrowing money to gamble is inappro priate. Use of drugs or alcohol when gambling is risky. Illegal gambling should be avoided. According to the Oregon State Lottery, if you or someone you know is a problems gambler, help is available. It is important to remember that problem gambling is a treat able illness. For help, call the Gambling Hotline 1-800-233-8479. The call is free. When you call, you can remain anony mous and the person of the other end of the phone will: Be there to listen. Refer you to a local treatment center. Refer you to a local chapter of Gamblers Anonymous. The people who answer the hotline callers are mental health professionals and are there because they want to help the gambler get into treatment and on the way to recovery. Other materials may help you include a Kit produced in cooperation with the Family and Community Educators (FCE). It's called "Docs Gambling Affect Everyone? You Bet!" It includes a TeacherDiscussion Guide, Games and Quizzes and to teach you the facts and help you to see the impact of gambling on the community, state and the nation. For example, one quiz asks "What was the average amount lost by video poker play ers in Oregon in 1995?" Well the average video poker player lost $847 each but heavy players lost an average of $3,388. Another question on the quiz is "At what age did compulsive gamblers first start gam bling?" Well 96 of adult compulsive gam blers started by age 14. Ouch. If you would like a copy of the FCE materials, contact Norma L. Simpson or Deanie Johnson 553-3238. Contributed by Bruce Pokarncy It's Farmers Market Season in Oregon Popularity of farmers markets ut u 1 1 time high as consumers crave local produce. From now until autumn, Oregonians throughout the state will have a chance to take part in an ever expanding bridge between urban and rural: the farmers market. There is no doubt about the growing popularity of farm direct marketing in Oregon. The number of mar kets has tripled the past nine years. "Farmers markets represent an outlet for small farmers whose farms arc too small to sell to mainstream grocery stores, but who have more than they can consume them selves," says Cathi McLain, marketing ser vices manager with the Oregon Department of Agriculture. "Wc have seen the number of farmers markets in Oregon expand front 10 in 1988 to 30 in 1997. The growth in farmers markets in Oregon has been part of a nationwide trend. Consumers like the idea of buying directly from the farmer. They want food that tastes ripe and fresh like it was picked that morning. In most cases it was!" Debra Osborne has caught the wave of excitement over farmers markets. She man ages the Rogue Valley Growers Market which services Ashland, Medford, and Jackson ville as well as the Upper Rogue Farmers Market in Shady Cove and the Bend Farmers Market. "The farmers are normally picking their produce first thing in the morning before the market opens," she says. "They keep it fresh so that by the time the customer arrives, within a few hours of the produce being picked, it's on the dinner table at home. Not only is the taste belter, but the nutritional value is much better." While most of the markets open this month, some will wait until later and others have already been operating for a few weeks. Farmers markets in Corvallis, Eugene, and Medford open :d in April. The Grants Pass Growers Market opened in March. The Salem Public Market is year around. Of course, what you will find at all markets depends on the season. "The seasonal produce is always a ques tion in the consumer's mind," says Osborne. "They will come in ut the very first of a market season, in April and May, and will look for watermelons und corn on the cob. Wc remind them the key phrase is 'in season' produce. It's part of educating the consumer." For consumers, farmers markets arc un opportunity to reconnect with their rural roots, lliat partly explains the growth in popularity of the markets. "People want to get back to what this country was based upon, and that is agricul ture," says Osborne. "Wc lost it somewhere along the way. The small farmer through farmers markets is bringing it back to the kitchen tabic of local consumers." Meanwhile, farmers can do well selling direct. The farmers market eliminates the middle man. Farmers can control their own pricing. Farmers markets in the state bring in millions of dollars a year money that goes directly to the farmer. "All our farmers markets arc tied in around the small farmer with small acreages who need to make a living on that limited amount of land as opposed to the large farmer who can afford to go through a middle man and sell at a wholesale rate," says Osborne. Good for consumers, good for farmers. Osborne says another beneficiary of farmers markets are the communities themselves. "It not only helps the small farmer, but also tics into cottage craft industries," she says. "People may grow the berries and then process them at home into jams and jellies. Local bakers like to bake from their home and are able to find an outlet for the items at the farmers market. Then there arc local artists who arc able to tie in with local agri culturally connected artwork which may be country quilt stitching, wood crafts, or toys. So farmers markets really help all the small local industries." Farmers markets have also provided a focal point for communities, bringing in sev eral organizations to one spot at least once a week during the season. Combining education and good nutri tion especially for low income urban fami lies has been at the core of a program that promotes fruits and vegetables. The Supple mental Nutrition Program for Women, In fants, und Children Farmers Market coupon program simply known as the WIC Farm ers Market Coupons is now being offered ut 13 markets statewide, up from last year's Water zgr Land total of eight markets. More than 14,000 Oregon families arc expected to participate this summer starting June 1 4. Each eligible family will receive coupons to purchase fresh produce at local farmers markets and will receive nutritional counseling at local clinics operated by county health departments. While most of Oregon's 30 farmers markets arc concentrated in urban areas of the state, the future could bring more markets east of the Cascades. The Bend Farmers Market is new and will draw from producers through out Eastern Oregon. Osborne sees no reason for the trend of more farmers markets to diminish. "I would say over the next few years, probably every city where you have enough farmers together to pool a group of at least 20 farmers, you are going to see farmers market coming up in every geographic area of the state and the nation," she says. While it takes the farmers to provide the goods, farmers markets are really driven by the consumers who want not only fresh pro duce, but an experience that links urban with rural. For more information, contact Bruce Pokarney at (503) 986-4559. Content serving size can differ in various foods by Ellen Schuster, OSU Extension Food & Nutrition Specialist & Norma L. Simpson, Have you lowered your activity level re cently ? Perhaps like President Clinton, whose recent knee injury prevents him from jog ging and playing golf, you have been told to adjust your food intake to compensate for reduced physical activity. You have two main approaches for reduc ing the amount of calories you consumer each day. 1) You can change the content of you diet by cutting out high fat foods or 2) you can eat smaller portions of food. The USDA Food Guide Pyramid provides guidance to the content of your diet (what you choose to eat) and on the amount you eat, (the serving size). The Food Guide Pyramid groups foods into five groups and suggests a recommended number of daily servings. A cupcake wrapper full is one serving of rice, that is one-half cup. Does that jibe with the hugh bowl of rice that you normally eat. That is probably three servings of rice. Spaghetti, macaroni 'n' cheese or cereal the size of your fist makes up two servings. Ouch we probably think it is just one serving, when we really want to two or three fist sizes. We see plates piled high during all-you-can eat feeds. Oops, we are probably way beyond Food Guide Pyramid servings. For the Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group we need six to 11 servings each day. We should eat three to five servings a day from the vegetable group. One-half cup of raw or chopped vegetables, is about the size of a light bulb. A handful of 6-7 baby carrots is a serving, not half of a 1 pound bag for your lunch. One serving of fruit is equal to one-half cup chopped, cooked or canned fruit. If you have eaten an amount of fruit the size of your OSU Statewide offers distance education- by Bob Pawelek Earning a degree will soon be less of a struggle. Distance education coursework will be used to fulfill requirements for on-campus degrees or transfer to other institutions. Us ing a variety of media, OSU will offer coursework in several degree programs. These programs will be delivered coop eratively with community colleges and Or egon State System of Higher Education in stitutions, and will support a cluster of re lated degree programs to include: a baccalaureate degree in Liberal Studies, a baccalaureate degree in Environmental Sciences, a baccalaureate degree in Natural Re sources, a minor in Natural Resources, and a minor in Environmental Policy. Field Day set for June 24 For more information, call our office at 553-3238, or the OSU Statewide toll free number, 1-800-235-6559. Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center and the Department of Rangeland Resources are sponsoring a Field Day on June 24. The theme will focus on "Timing of Grazing from Both the Vegetation and Live stock Standpoints." A fee will be charged for lunch. No regis tration is required. On the next day, June 25, the Pacific Northwest section of the Society for Range Management will host a Range Health Work- STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Estimating animal weights- shop. Presentations and field application will focus on "Developing and Using Techniques for Assessing Rangeland Health." To attend the workshop, preregistration is required by May 31. Cost will vary from $20 to $75 depending on number of meals. Both sessions will be held at the Northern Great Basin Experimental Range, 35 miles west of Burns. Program agenda and prereg istration form for the workshop are available at the Extension office. Call Bob or Bodie for further details. by Bob Pawelek OSU Livestock Agent Scales arc handy tools, but not everyone has access to them. Know ing how much an animal weighs is important in determining how much to feed, and estimating sale price. A simple cl reasonably accurate mcthcnl of csi.ii.j.ii.ji i ' J wcig'.l is described in today's article. Betf cattle Here's how to do it: 1 . Measure the circumference at the heart girth from a point slightly behind the shoul der blade, then down over the forcribs and under the body, below the elbow. See dis tance "C" in illustration. 2. Measure the length of the body, from the point of the shoulder to the point of the rump, properly referred to as the pinbonc, in inches. Sec distance A-B in illustration. 3. Take the values obtained in Steps 1 and 2 and apply the following formula to calcu late body weight: Heart girth x heart girth x body length divided by 300 weight in pounds. Example: Assume that the heart girth measures 76 inches and the body length 66 inches. How much docs the animal weigh? 76" x 76" 5.776 5.776 x 66 381.216 381.216300 1.270 pounds. Horses Tests have shown that the results ob tained this way arc accurate w ithin 3 percent of actual scale w eight. 1 . Measure the circumference al the heart girth (C in diagram) just behind the withers. 2. Measure the lenght of body from the point of the shoulder to the point of the croup (A-B in the illustration.) 3. Apply the following formula to calcu late the weight of the horse: Heart girth x hearth girth x length divided by 300 50 lbs weight of horse. Example: Assume that the heart girth is 70 inches and the body length is 65 inches. How much does the horse weigh? 70" x 70" x 65" 300 50 lbs weight 4,900x 65 318,500 318,500300 1,061 1,061 50 1,111 pounds. How to measure acreage One acre of land measures 43,560 square feet. So, in order to find the number of acres in a piece of land, simply multiply the length by the width and divide by 43,560. When the opposite sides are unequal, add them and take half the sum for the mean length and width. Example: Determine the acreage of an area measur ing 500 feet x 400 feet. 1 . 500 x 400 200,000 square feet. 2. 200,000 43,560 4.59 acres. fist, you have probably eaten one or two servings of fruit as recommended by the Food Guide Pyramid. If you compare a 9-volt battery to a chunk of cheese, the size is comparable to 1 12 ounces of cheese. You could eat two or three chunks of hard cheese this size servings which is what you have in a grilled cheese sandwich that you slice from the block of cheese. The Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs and Nut group calls for two or three servings a day. The tricky part is getting the correct amount of these for one serving. A three-ounce portion of cooked meat, poultry or fish is the size of the palm of your hand. That means the thigh of a chicken or meat about as thick as a deck of cards or audio cassette tape. If you are eating peanut butter, a scoop the size or a ping pong Dan (i tablespoons) equals about one ounce or one third of a serving. Deworming increases gains by Bob Pawelek Deworming cows and calves, or calves only, significatly increased summer average daily gains (ADG) compared to calves reared where neither cow nor calf was dewormed. That's according to Oklahoma State Univer sity researchers who evaluated deworming strategies in cows and calves on Eastern Oklahoma Bermudagrass pasture grasses. Deworming was done using label-recommended doses of ivercectin pour-on. The researchers evaluated treating cows only, deworming cows and calves, and deworming calves only. The table shows the resulting ADG. Avg. Daily Gain of Cows and Calves by Treatment Protocol Treated Control Trial 1: Deworming cows only: ADG of cows, lbs. 0.44 0.33 ADG of calves, lbs. 1.83 1.70 Trial 2: Deworming cows and calves: ADG of cows, lbs. 0.52 0.35 ADG of calves, lbs. 2.05 Trial 3: Deworming calves only: ADG of calves, lbs. 2.05 1.80 1.74 Have a SAFE Memorial Day Weekend I 1
