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The Oregon Slats University Extension 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 States
Department of Agriculture, Jefferson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs cooperating. The Exenslon Service offers Its programs
ana materials equally to all people.
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by Arlene Boileau 4-H agent,
Minnie Tulalakus, 4-H prgrm
ass't & May Ann Agullar, syw
Still time to sign up for the Warm
Springs 4-H Enrichment Culture
Camp, pick up you application in
the Extension office in the Education
building. Talk with Deanie Johnson
or MayAnn Aguilar in the front of
fice regarding paper work.
Still looking for VOLUNTEERS
for the camp, dates are August 5-20,
2000. If interested in being a Boy
Girl Counselor, craft person, or as
sistant cook, call to find out what
positions are still available. Take
with Arlene or Minnie regarding
positions. Tick up applications at
the Education Building in the OSU
Extension Office.
What is a premium book? (Source
from Deschutes County news letter,
1999) Everything you need to know
about entering goods or livestock in
the Fair can be found in the premium
book.
The premium list includes all of
the rules and regulations pertaining
to the fair and details of each of the
exhibit categories.
There are three main classes in
which to enter items or animals in
the fair: open, 4-H and FFA. Each is
divided into a number of categories,
such as beef, dairy cattle, clothing,
food preservation, baked goods, etc.
Under each category is listed the
person in charge of the exhibit, the
site and time of judging, the pre
miums, and the rule and regulations
of that event.
The rules also list when entries
close and what can be entered under
each category. All 4-H entry blanks
are due at the Extension Office. All
open class entry blanks should be
submitted to the fair office.
The premium list also includes a
schedule of all-fair events, judging
and award times and entry blanks.
If you are entering any kind of
category please check with the ap
propriate County offices to answer
any questions you may have re
garding fair time. ' ' ' "" J
Have a good time at the County
Fair.
Source; Multnomah County 4-H
Newsletter. "College Is Possible
When school is out, children
often spend more time with their
brothers and sisters than usual.
This can mean opportunities for
building close sibling relation
ships or lots of shouting, fight
ing and parental frustration.
Whether siblings go to child care
or stay home together, they are
likely to experience increased
intensity in all aspects of their
relationships during the summer
break from school.
The amount of conflict among
siblings varies from one family
to another. Some siblings may
get along so well that they need
little support from parents in
helping them to get along to
gether. Other siblings engage in
so much antagonistic behavior
that parents and other caregivers
need to keep a close eye on them.
Quarreling is one of the most
common interactions between
siblings, and parents often be
come involved in these quarrels.
Recent research shows that sib
lings may benefit from adult in
tervention that takes a problem
solving approach. Adults can
STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Preventing plant poisoning-
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by Bob Pawelek
OSU Livestock Agent
It's midsummer. We've had
little or no precipitation on the
rangelands lately. When live
stock are looking for something
Boileau
Youth
Bob Pawelek
Livestock
Bcrnadette Handlev Zack del
Home Economics Natural Resources 4-H Assistant
-
Campaign" Think college is out of
reach the truth is, almost evertone
who want to go to college can afford it.
Most families do not realize that there
is $65 billion available to students in
financial aid from federal, state, lo
cal, and institutional sources to help
with college bills.
The National 4-H Council is
partnering with the American Coun
cil on Education (ACE) and the Col
lege Is Possible campaign to help
educate parents and their children
about the many resources available
to help pay for a college education.
As part of this effort a nationwide
web site has been established
(ww.CollegeIsPossible.org), along
with a toll free number with the U.S
Department of Education
(1-800-433-3243), and a network of
more than 1,200 colleges and univer
sities that are working in their com
munities on the issue of college
affordability.
If you are interested in the College
Is Possible Campaign, call the 4-H of
fice at (541)725-2044 and request a
brochure or come visit us at 404 SE
8th Avenue to pick up a brochure, or
come the Warm Springs OSU Exten
sion office for a brochure.
U CqpVs Recipe Cpmer
Chocolate-Banana Yum-Yums
from "Stuff To Snack On " Kids In
Utensils needed are: cutting
board, table knife, 12 wooden
ice-cream sticks, cookie sheet,
waxed paper, small saucepan,
HOME SWEET HOME
By Bernadette Handley, Family &
Community Development Agent
help the children understand each
other's point of view and look for
a solution that is satisfactory to
both.
This approach promotes
greater closeness between sib
lings and fewer feelings of conflict
than approaches in which the
adult ignored the quarrels, or
dered the children to stop what
they were doing, or punished
them for fighting. When sibling
interactions become loud or when
one sibling tattles on another,
parents and other adults will
know it's time to help children
problem solve.
Here are some basic steps.
1. Ask,"What's the problem
here?"
2. Ask each child involved to
sit down together for a discus
sion. If one or more doesn't want
to participate, insist that,"We
need to problem solve now."
3. Help each child understand
what the other is feeling and why.
4. Ask the children for ideas
about"What can you do so you
can both be happy?"
5. Keep asking for more ideas
to eat other than cheatgrass, there
may be an increased chance of
their turning to other types of
food sources. This may include
poisonous plants. Prevention of
poisoning is much easier than
curing poisoning, which has little
chance of success anytime and al
most none on the range.
Although management is not a
complete solution to poisonous
plant problems, in most instances
it is all that is economically fea
sible. A few rules of good range
and stock management, if care
fully followed, will prevent most
livestock losses.
First, don't misuse the range
so that it brings about the invasion
of noxious weeds. If animals are
allowed to constantly graze the
same pasture for months at a time,
Clint Jacks Deanie Johnson
Staff Chair, Madras Secretary
Nero Minnie RedDoe
long-handled spoon, spatula,
measuring cups, measuring
spoons, and aluminum foil.
Ingredients needed are: 3 me
dium bananas, Finely chopped
nuts or your favorite dry cereal,
12 cup milk chocolate chips, 3
tablespoons butter or margarine.
lst-peel 3 bananas and cut each
crosswise into 4 pieces of equal
size on cutting board. Poke an
ice-cream stick into each piece
and place on ungreased cookie
sheet. Freeze about 2 hours or .
until banana pieces are firm.
2nd-spread the finely chopped
nuts on waxed paper. Or ir you
like crush the cereal with your
hands onto the waxed paper.
3rd-heat 24 cup chocolate
chips and 3 tablespoons butter in
saucepan over low heat until the
chocolate chips melt, stirring fre
quently. Remove from heat.
4th-dip the banana pieces into
the chocolate mixture, spreading
it over them with spatula. Roll
the banana pieces in the nuts or
cereal.
5th-cover the cookie sheet with
waxed paper.
6th-place the banana pieces on
the waxed paper and freeze until
coating is firm. When firm, wrap
each in aluminum foil and return
to the freezer. Remove from the
freezer 15 minutes before serv
ing. Variations; Pink or Yellow Ba
nana Yum-Yums: Follow recipe
from Chocolate-Banana
Yum-Yums except-omit the
chocolate chips. Heat the 3 table
spoons butter or margarine and 3
tablespoons milk in saucepan
over low heat until the butter
melts, stirring frequently. Stir in
1 package (14.3 ounces) creamy
cherry or lemon frosting mix.
Continue cooking until the frost
ing is liquid,!stirring frequently.
Continue as directedexcept-af ter
wrappingrefrigerate tintil serv
ing time. Dq not return to the
freezer.
until one is clearly acceptable to
all the children involved. (Writ
ing all ideas down can be help
ful). 6. Ask the children if they all
agree to try the acceptable solu
tion, and remind them they can
work on the problem some more
if it doesn't work out.
7. Thank the children for their
efforts to help each other prob
lem solve and congratulate them
on arriving at an agreeable solu
tion. Research shows that many
family interactions between par
ents and children involve paren
tal responses to sibling quarrels.
Many children learn important
social skills from the ways in
which parents intervene in their
interactions with their children.
This approach to intervention in
sibling quarrels can be time con
suming out may save time over
the long run. It is well worth the
effort since it is associated with
closer and more harmonious sib
ling relationships.
-OSU News tips, JuneJulylOO
bare ground will become a per
fect environment for poisonous
plants.
Avoid areas where poisonous
plants are in the first place.
'Don't move animals hastily
through an area where poisonous
plants are present. Unhurried
animals select a variety of forage
and are less likely to consume
toxic quantities of any plant.
Animals forced to remain on
the range after they have utilized
good forage species will turn to
less desirable and often poisonous
species.
Before moving animals to a
new pasture, feed them well.
Always provide plenty of fresh
water.
Use salt. A salt shortage causes
animals to eat plants not normally
Natural Resource
Oregon Counties in the Top
100 for US Ag
by Zach del Nero, OSUES
The Oregon Department of
Agriculture recently reported on
Oregon counties, which rank in
the U.S. Census of Agriculture's
top 100 list. Most folks might
think of places like Iowa, Ne
braska, California, or Texas when
they think big agriculture - but
there are several Oregon counties
which rank right in there. "Or
egon is very diverse and is car
rying more than its share of the
load when it comes to producing
a number of commodities," says
Homer K. Rowley, state statisti
cian with the Oregon Agricultural
Statistics Service. Buried in a book
of numbers are several interest
ing facts that most Oregonians
don't even know.
Hood River County leads the
nation in pear production (Jack
son County is 5). Umatilla
County is fifth in the nation for
wheat production. Clackamas
County is seventh in the nation
for number of farms.
Of Oregon's 36 counties, 23 are
on at least one of the Top 100 lists
- not bad for a state ranked 26 in
value of agricultural production.
"Part or Oregon's diversity is
with fruits and nuts - especially
the tree fruits as well as the ber
ries and, of course, hazelnuts,"
says Rowley. Oregon has several
counties in the Top 100 for fruits,
nuts, and berries: Hood River
(43), Wasco (62), Jackson (63),
and Clackamas (97). Marion
County and Washington County
rank 7th and 11th in strawberries.
Polk County ranks 18th in plum
and prunes.
Oregon has six counties in the
Top 100 for greenhouse, nursery,
and. Christmas trees; Clackamas
(6), Marion (10), Washington
(16), Yamhill (25), Benton
Medical research
by Bob Pawelek
HealthCentral.com, Dr. Dean
Edell's consumer health website,
featured a poll on animal research
in medicine last week. The use of
animals in scientific research is a
hot-button issue. To a vehement
animal rights activist, it is com
pletely unacceptable - a cruel as
sertion of man s questionable su-
?eriority over our animal friends,
o the parent of a child with cystic
fibrosis, whose life has probably
been extended by treatments de
veloped using animal research, it
is an absolute necessity. Most of
us probably fall somewhere in
between. Where do you fall in the
spectrum?
When I first found this website,
those favoring animal research
were in the majority. ..around
55, with another option re
search only for life threatening
illnesses(l) getting around 12
and the opponents pulling some
thing in the 25 region.
News of the poll was posted to
"Grafting" helps orphan calves
by Bob Pawelek
Calves can be orphans because
of the death of the mother and
because of multiple births. If there
are only a few orphans, they can
usually be managed by "graft-
eaten.
Graze with the kind of stock
not poisoned by the plant in
question. Some toxins are
species-specific.
If?
Notables-
(85), and Multnomah (92). "Our
nursery industry is very big, es
pecially in the Northern
Willamette Valley, clear up into
the metropolitan area," says
Rowley. Oregon's greenhouse and
nursery industry is the state's
leading commodity, valued at
$564 million.
In livestock, Tillamook County
ranks 57 in milk production.
Umatilla (31), Douglas (45), and
Curry (82) made the list tor sheep
and lambs.
In the broadest category, value
of all agricultural products sold,
Oregon has three counties in the
top 100: Marion (36), Clackamas
(79), and Umatilla (88). Another
interesting category is the value
of direct farm sales, in which Or
egon ranks 10 overall. "That is
what is sold directly off the farm
- whether it is taken to a farmer's
market or whether it is sold at a
roadside stand," says Rowley. '
Oregon has five counties in this
category: Marion (44), Lane
(51),Clackamas(62),
Multnomah (67), and Washing
ton (86).
Specific production totals and
other census data is available at
the following USDA website:
http:www.nass.usda.gov
census census97rankings
tablist.htm
helps animals, too
several animal rights sites. Sev
eral activists must have followed
Boston Mayor James Michael
Curley's advise to vote early and
vote often: now the numbers are
41 for research, 47 opposed,
and the "only for life threatening
illness" option remains at 12.
I also support the use of animals
in medical research if it can help
us to cure diseases and make the
world healthier.
Important medical progress has
been made because of animal re
search, the bulk of which is done
with rodents.
If you don't like the idea of dogs
and cats being used for research -approximately
76,000 dogs and
25,000 cats were used in the U.S.
in 1998-think of this: 2.5-7.2 mil
lion dogs and cats are killed an
nually in animal shelters, ac
cording to the Humane Society.
If activists really want to help
animals, they'd take home those
abandoned cats and dogs.
ing" them on a cow that has lost
her calf. Some cows may give
enough milk to raise twins. If these
extra calves are not grafted on
other cows or sold, they must be
raised by artificial means.
Regardless of how they are
handled, calves should be allowed
to obtain some colostrum. Anti
bodies transmitted by the co
lostrum help calves survive be
cause the high level of lacto
globulins gives the calf a passive
immunity which protects it from
some infections. Colostrum is a
rich source of vitamins and min
erals. Some success can be had by
rearing calves with cold milk.
Milk is provided in containers
with nipples. Calves are fed a
fortified grain mixture and can be
expected to consume about one
pound of dry feed per head oat
three weeks of age. Dry-feed
consumption increases as calves
become older. Most commercial
milk replacers and starter feeds
can provide adequate nutrition if
they are used as directed.
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