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Spilyay Tymoo a.i Knt - - I l IV. lUMVUM CTEN5I0N 4-H & Youth C3 SZWKZ BemadetteHandley ZackdelNero KMt WVttlS Home Internet Address: http:www.orst.edudeptwsext Th. Oregon State University Extension Service staff is devoted to extending research-based Momrton I, agSC home economics. 4-H youth, forestry, communl DeDartment of Aarlculture. Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs cooperating, and materials equally to an peopie - WW Absolute deadline sign-up is July 26th. Come by the 4-H office to register in the Education Building on Wasco Street. How to survive a heart attack by yourself CPR On Yourself A deep breath should be taken befor each Let's say it's 4:17 p.m. and you're driving home - alone. All of a sudden you startexperiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest you home, unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself. Without help the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. Making your own When vou make vour own cleaning products, you avoid chemicals harmful to your family and the environment and save money according to Co-Op America's National Green Pages. There are many chemicals in commercial cleaning products that can harm you and your children. Many of the chemi cals in household cleaners and pesti cides are not adequately tested, regu lated or controlled. An estimated 2 to 5 million exposures to household poisons occur every year and a significant num ber of them involve household cleaners. Some chemicals are restricted by the government and some quite dangerous ones are not. Hydrofluoric acid, an ex tremely dangerous chemical that can penetrate through flesh to the bone with out any warning signs, is a completely legal chemical in a commercially sold rust remover. And many household cleaning products, such as furniture polish, oven cleaner, drain cleaner, even air fresheners, are considered haz ardous wastes potentially harmful to fish and wildlife, as well as humans. But you do have a choice. If you make our own cleaners, you'll know what is in them and save money. Over time, you'll save hundreds or dollars. lime, yOU ll SaVC IIUUU1CU3 Ul uuiuua. ul visit tn the store, you might purchase $20 worth of Commercial Cleaning uiuuul-is. uamg . c i l an equivalent amount oi nomemaue an v-ijui i uivui '""" cleaners would probably cost you less STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Livestock theft investigators make a difference . , r- rr- l: .n.il4 Vim; iwwr onttfn npnHv this I. by Bob Pawelek OSU Livestock Agent June 23, 1999. .. The word is getting out on the street or more accurately, the dirt and gravel back roads of Oregon's range land. The chances of getting away with the crime of livestock theft are much more diffi cult now that the Oregon Department of Agriculture has two retired police officers dedicated to investigating such crimes. Pros ecution is now more likely as district attor neys are armed with solid evidence thanks to ODA investigators and local law enforce ment officials. Recent cases in which actual charges have loan Hnb Pawelek Clint Tacks Deanie John Livestock Staff Economics Natural resources Join Warm Springs 4-H at Peter's Pasture this summer for camping, Cultural experience and lots of fun! There are two sessions: Session One-Second throuch Ijfifth grades is August 8th-14th Session Two-Sixth through inineth grades is Agust 16th ;22nd. Cost is $20. You must sign up by July 15 to get a Culture Camp T - shirt! cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let up until help arrives, or the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a phone and, between breaths, call for help. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives! From "Health Cares," Rochester Gen eral Hospital via Newsletter cleaning products can save you $$ than $5. The recipes that follow are nontoxic, safe and just plain fun to use. Their ingredients cost a lot less than store-bought cleaners and they really work. It really is possible to make clean ing safe and more enjoyable. For tub and tile cleaning, you really need only a simple, pleasant cleaner. Mix 1 23 cups baking soda with cup of liquid soap in a bowl. Using liquid soaps is best because liquid detergents make this scrub too time consuming to rinse off. Dilute with cup water. Add 2 TBSP vinegar. Stir with a fork until the lumps are gone. Be as exact as you can, otherwise, your squirt will be too thin or thick. Keep the cap on, because this mixture will dry out. Shake well before using. To use: Squirt the cleaner under the rim of the toilet, bathtub rings, sinks and countertops. Use a nylon white-backed sponge to prevent scratching. Rinse well. If you find you that you are leaving a baking soda residue, try using a little less scrub and or rinse with a squirt of scented vinegar and water. The vinegar dissolves that bit of left over baking soda and soap right away. Ynu can use a little olive oil and vinegar to polish your furniture. Use Vlllbui w yji. - nnnartwliitft distilled vuieear and three parts olive oil. Add a little natural lemon unauuuu nawu6ivuvr.. t a. lop - loan l ana you nave a gicai yvuau. Most commercial glass cleaners con- . i i . , j tain ammonia, alcohol and detergents been filed demonstrate the resolve or om- riaktnlimitacrimethathasUvedininfamy since the days of the old west "There are manyexamplesofthingsthat have happened that can't be simply attributed to coinci dence," says Rodger Huffman, administra torof ODA's Animal Health and Identifica tion Division. "We feel our program has made an impact" TheUmatillaCountySheriffisevenmore effusive in crediting ODA's investigators with making a difference. 'Without the ODA program, there would be no ability for local law enforcement agen cies to successfully pursue these types of crimes," says John Trumbo. "Being able to pair up the investigative time and effort of someone like ODA investigator Bob Lund with the local knowledge of one of my deputies makes it all work." ThecombinedeffortofLund, the sheriffs office in both Umatilla and Union Counties, and the district attorneys in both counties has recently resulted in a multiple count indict ment against a husband and wife team of alleged cattle rustJm rrornNlilton-Freew ater. Charges of theft and racketeering against Buck and Bote McMillan have come about only after some long hours of painstaking investigation. "Had it not been for Bob Lund andODA, Warm Springs, Oregon son Chair, Madras otcruary i r ' 0js5J' V?g$X i nt exensiu.. Natural Resource by Zach del Nero, Natural Resources Agent Oregon Agriculture provides jobs -lots of them The Oregon Department of Agricul ture (ODA) recently reported that Or egon agriculture is responsible for about 8 of the state's total employment, according to a recent analysis by the ODA. A combination of full-time on -farm employees, seasonal workers, food processing workers, and other directly related positions add up to as many as 152,000 people each year. Because the definition of agricul tural employment is not always agreed upon by officials, the industry may not always get all the credit it deserves. The Oregon Department of Employ ment and the U.S. Department of Labor track jobs by assigning various codes to each general category of industry. Under those definitions, agriculture is gener ally confined to crop or livestock pro duction and "on-farm" agricultural ser vices. There are about 30,000 employ ees covered by the unemployment re porting system that fit this definition. "There is anywhere up to 70,000 sea sonal workers not covered by the unem ployment rating system and another 15,000 or so farm and ranch operators in Oregon that claim agriculture as their primary occupation," says Brent Searle, ODA economist. "Then there are about 37,000 jobs that would not exist if the agriculture industry didn't exist. These are considered off-farm jobs." Those jobs can be found in food processing, transportation, warehous- that are annoying and sometimes quite irritating to breatne. worse man mat. You are paying a high price for 95 percent water. You won't believe it, but you can actually use plain club soda for a great glass cleaner. It works much better than commercial cleaners and isn't a pain to breathe. Toxic rust removers that are danger ous poisons are at the top of the list of cleaners to keep out of the house. Sprinkle a little bit of salt on the rust, squeeze a lime over the salt until is it nicely soaked in lime juice. Leave the mixture on for two or three hours. Use the leftover rind as a handy scrubber. Rust is gone! Master Food Preservers Do you need an answer your food preservation questions? Call the Certi fied Master Food Preservers and Exten sion educators in Lane County on the OSU Extension Service Food Preserva tion Hotline. The hotline will be avail able from July 15 - October 15. Phone calls may be directed to 1-800-354-73 19 be tween the hours of 9 AM - 4 PM Monday-Friday (except holidays). l?'r ' rar, saysonenu xiuimu. Lund's investigation started less than a year ago with Tiny Bellamy, an absentee cattle owner from Idaho, who had leased about 100 headof cattle to BuckMcMillan in 1993. Agreeing to split with McMillan the profitsofcdvesrjrcducedbytheherd,Bellamy expected a return on his investment. It didn't happen. When Bellamy came to Eastern Oregon to check on the cattle, he claims McMillan consistently offered excuses why he could not see them. Where did they go? Only the McMillans may know for sure. They are accused of stealing cattle and forg ing checks from cattle sales that should have gone to Bellamy but instead were deposited in their own account. Bellamy says he has lost about$85,000inhisdealingswithMcMillan. Since the alleged crime began long before Lund was ever hired by ODA, it has been a difficult case to crack. "It was more complicated than anything I had done before," says Lund. " A lot of these animals had probably been turned into T bones and Big Macs years before I started looking for them." Lund relied on paperwork and a growing web of alleged victims of the McMillans. Slowly but surely, the eidence mounted and the case grew to the point to where a grand ma notables ing, marketing, regulation, unu umi services. Food processing alone accounts for about 25,000 jobs. Also overlooked are the unpaid family members - in cluding spouses, children, and older parents - who often contribute substan tially to the operation of a farm or ranch. Add up all the numbers according to ODA's interpretation of the data, and you get about 1 52,000 jobs directly tied to agriculture. Searle observes that agri culture and related employment is often hard to assess because of gaps in data coverage and reporting. However, his analysis has shown that agriculture is deeply entrenched in various aspects of Oregon's economy and is broader than generally recognized. At $3.6 billion is farmgate value, OSU Animal Science bv Bob Pawelek We wanted to update you on some coming changes in the Department of Animal Science at OSU. We have offered and have acceptance from four new fac ulty members. They arc: Callan Ackerman - Callan will begin around August 1. A native of Nebraska, has just finished a Ph.D. at Oklahoma State. His research interest will be in beef cattle grazing and management systems. Callan will teach in the beef and nutrition areas and may have responsibility for the Steer a Year program. Patrick French - Patrick is a Kentucky native with a VPI, Ph.D. degree and will begin around August 24. Patrick will be teaching in the Dairy Management area as well as some nutrition teaching. Patrick's research interests are in nutrient manage ment and mineral nutrition. Gita Cherian - Gita is a native of India and currently a Canadian citizen. She has a DVM from India and a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta. Her research inter ests are in lipids and the immune response in newlv hatched chicks. Gita has an Horse hays: Grass and by Bob Pawelek I get a lot of calls about different types of grass hays for horses. Here's a quick note about them and their qualities for horses. Grass hays yield less per acre and are lower in protein, calcium and vitamins, but they are less likely to be moldy and dusty than legumes. They are usually cut too late to yield quality hay and often are priced higher than their feeding value justifies. Grass hays often are grown and har vested in mixtures with legumes, which produce an excellent combination suitable for almost any horse feeding program. Grass hays used in horse feeds include: Timothy (46 to 52 percent TDN). No other hay has attained the fasting popular ity of timothy. Its wide range of climatic adaptability, ease of curing, bright color and freedom from dust and mold make it the horse owner's favorite. Since it is low in protein, it is a better feed for mature work horses than for stallions, mares or young growing stock. If it is fed as the only jury handed down several indictments. All in all, Lund says several hundred head of cattle belonging to multiple owners had been"lost"whileinthecareoftheMcMillans. "We're talking about the livelihood of people involved in this thing," says Lund. In the case of the McMillans, everyone seemed to be perhaps too trusting. "The victims were hesitant to come for ward at an earlier date because they trusted the suspect completely with the management of their cattle," says Huffman. While the McMillan case awaits trial in Union County, ODA's livestock theft investigation program continues its effective run. Lund and Roy Hyder two retired Oregon State Police officers who now work part time exclusively on preventing and tracking down stolen animals have been kept busy in the program's 1 8 months. Not only has the program apparently nabbed rustlers, it seems to be working well as a deterrent at least in some longtime trouble areas of the state. "We've lost fewer cattle this year in the PaLsley-Christmas Valley area of Southeast Oregon, we think, because of good preven tion efforts,'' says Hyder. The Shaniko area ofWascoCounty has traditionally lost a lot of cattle in recent years. This past year, there has been a big reduction in ktss." July 15, 1999 7 (0s -Vs, 1 fJ 1 1 I agriculture is a big-time player in the state's economy. With up to 152,000 jobs provided by agriculture, the indus try also provides meaningful employ ment to a large sector of Oregonians. faculty changes interest in the development of functional foods through eggs and chicken. She will be teaching in monogastric nutrition area as well as poultry production. Bruce Nisely - Bruce is the new Sherman County Livestock Agent with an academic home in Animal Sciences. Bruce is mov ing here from Montana where he has a MS degree from Montana State. Bruce will be starting around the middle of August. Applications are being received for the Equine research and extension position. It appears that we will have a large pool of candidates. We are also pleased to announce two promotions to existing department per sonnel. ' Bill Bereskin has been promoted to an Accounting Technician. This has only taken most of twelve months to accom plish, but it is definitely richly deserved. Bob Williams became a fixed term faculty member May 1, 1999. Bob's title is Farm Services Manager which puts the proper title on what he was already doing plus gives him the responsibility for super vising the Farm Services staff. non-legume hays roughage, it should be supplemented wun protein or be fed with a high protein grain such as oats instead oi corn, uo noi mane special efforts to obtain timothy for horse rations because satisfactory substitutes can easily be found. Mature, late-cut timothy is a poor feed for any class of livestock. Prairie hay (46 to 50 percent TDN). Some horse owners satisfactorily substi tute prairie hay for timothy. It is lower in protein, less bright in color and usually less palatable than timothy. Bromegrass hay (46 to 52 percent TDN). Bromegrass makes good horse hay. It is palatable when harvested in the bloom stage. Orchard grass hay (46 to 52 percent TDN). Orchard grass is much like brome grass but not quite as satisfactory. Cereal hays (45 to 50 percent TDN). Cereals make good hays when cut early, but they are seldom cut early enough. Cut them in the soft-to-stiff dough stage. Oats, barley, wheat and rye hays are preferred, in that order. While some areas have cooled down, others are heating up. "We've noticed significant losses near Long Creek in Grant County and Juntura in Malheur County," adds Hyder. "Those areas will need some of our attention." TheODAinvestigators will helplocal law enforcernentagenciesindeterminingwhether livestock theft is arandomcrime in Oregon or if there is asystematic loss of livestock. With two dedicated people assisting various sheriff s offices and the State Police, it may be possible to notice any kind of pattern that may exist "We will see more cases prosecuted," say s Hyder, the original ODA livestock theft in vestigator startinginJanuary 1998."We're getting better acquainted with all the live stockpeople and local lawenforcement agen cies are getting more accustomed to us being available. The program will become even more effective." With as many as a half dozen cattle pro ducers losing as much as a half million dollars in the McMillan case alone, there is no ques tion the program is needed For more information, contact Rodger Huffman at the Oregon Department of Agri culture, (503) 986-4681. ' v