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Warm Springs, Oregon
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(503) 553-3238
Internet Address: http:www.orst.edudeptwsext
The Orogon State University Extension Service stall Is devoted to extending research-based Information from OSU to the people ol Warm Springs
In agriculture, home economics, 4-H youth, forestry, community development, energy and extension sea grant program with OSU, United States
Department ol Agriculture, Jellerson County and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs cooperating. The Exenslon Service offers Its programs
and materials equally to all people.
The Clover speaks-
National 4-H Week is October
1st-7th, 2000
Across the country, 4-H will celebrate
National 4-I I Week 2000 Sunday, October I st
through Saturday October 7th. National 4-H
Week, celebrated annually, provides recog
nition to the 6.6 million youth involved in 4
H programs and the 6.3 million volunteers.
4-H is the largest non-formal youth educa
tional organizatioon in the United States.
Pledging "hands to larger service" is a
key component to the 4-H philoposphy of
learning by doing. In 1 999, more than 2 1 7,000
youth got involved in voluntcerism, service
learning and community service nationwide.
Whether you have huckleberries, blue
berries orchokecherries, the time to preserve
is now. Jams and jellies are a perfect way to
preserve so you can enjoy the fruits all year
long.
Canning Basics:
Use only fresh, ripe fruit.
Always use the amount of sugar
specified in recipe. Reducing the sugar may
result in syrup rather than a jam.
Follow the directions enclosed with
commercial pectin packages. Be accurate in
measuring.
Never double recipes. Large quanti
ties take too long to heat and the pectin will
break down which can result in a runny prod
uct. Visually examine jars and sealing sur
faces for nicks, cracks or sharp edges. Wash
jars in hot, soapy water and rinse. Sterilize
by boiling for 10 minutes. For elevations
above 1000 feet, add 1 additional minute for
each 1,000 foot increase (KahNeeTa 1400
feet, Warm Springs 1600 feet, Seekseequa
2000 feet, Simnasho 2400 feet, Sidwalter
2600feet). -
.' Keep jars hot in dishwasher orliot wa
ter until ready to fill.
Follow manufacturer instructions for
preparing lids.
Process all jamsjellies in a boiling wa
ter canner to prevent mold growth. Place jars
in a boiling water canner, covering jars with
1 inch of water.
Bring to a boil and start counting the
processing time. Remove jars immediately
from the canner at the end of the processing
OSU Extension Service
Food Preservation Hotline
1-800-354-7319
9 AM - 4 PM
Monday - Friday
(except holidays)
July 17-October 13
Certified Master Food Preservers & Extension
educators
in Lane County will answer your
food preservation questions.
Sponsored by the Extension Family
h Community Development
program of the Oregon State University College
of
Home Economics and Education.
STOCKMAN'S ROUNDUP: Nervous Cows-
J?
by Bob Pawelek
OSU Livestock Agent
Now that I have you attention regard
ing rabies in cows start thinking about a cow
on the range that shows nervous signs or any
kind of abnormal behavior. Such an animal
could be demonstrating sisns of
BobPawelek Clint Jacks Deanie Johnson
Livestock Staff Chair, Madras Secretary
Bernadette Handley
Home Economics
4-H volunteers range in age from 13 to time to tell your friends about your experi
well over 70. Mano of them though not all, ences in 4-1 1. Invite others to come along and
are 4-H alumni who wish to give back to the joiin in on the fun and learning!
HOME SWEET HOME
By Bernadette Handley, Family &
Community Development Agent
time and place on a towel or cooling rack.
Let the product stand undisturbed for
12 hours to allow the gel to form.
After the product has cooled, check
the seal, remove the screw band and wash ex
terior of jars.
Label and store in a cool, dark, dry
place.
Remember: The shorter the storage
time, the better eating quality of the product.
NOTE: Paraffin is no longer recom
mended because of high spoilage.
Huckleberry Jam
6 Cups crushed huckleberries (approxi
mately 2 quarts huckleberries)
1 package powdered pectin
8 Cups sugar
1. Prepare 9 half-pint jars.
2. Wash and drain berries. Crush.
3. Put 6 Cups fruit into a 6-quart pan.
4. Stir in pectin and bring to a boil, stir
ring constantly.
5. Add sugar, stirring constantly.
6. Bring to a full, rolling boil. Boil for
2 minutes.
' 7. Remove from heat and skim.
8. Place in jars and attach lids and
screw bands.
9. Process in a boiling water bath for
10 minutes.
Chokecherry Jelly
3 12 Cups chokecherry juice (from
approximately 2 quarts chokecherries)
1 package powdered pectin
4 12 Cups sugar
1. Select 7-8 cups of fresh cherries;
wash, cap, stem and sort fresh fruits.
locoweed poisoning. We are receiving
many reports of an increased prevalence of
locoweed poisoning this year,
hesize nitro compounds. There are over 370
pecies of plants classified as locoweed.
Many species are not toxic and are good for
age plants. Variation in toxicity in plants of
the same
Species have been found and this may
account for the increased prevalence of poi
soning reported this grazing season. All spe
cies on the range should be considered po
tentially dangerous to livestock.
Signs of selenium poisoning include
blind staggers, excitability, depression, faulty
respiration, death, or so called alkali disease
w ith weight loss and the loss of hooves. Or
egon has areas of selenium deficiency and
areas w ith adequate soil selenium.
The most important toxin to consider
in Oregon and Neada is locoine. The sisns
Zack del Nero Minnie RedDog
Natural Resources 4-H Assistant
organization that they benefited froom. They
come from a wide array of economic situa
tions and backgrounds and share the common
interest of youth development. Over 500,000
adult volunteers in the United States are get
ting into 4-H.
The more than 45,000,000 4-H alumni
point with pride to their experinces-telling
how much they gained from the discipline of
keeping writtenn records, making oral pre
sentations, developing leadership, manage
ment and communication skills, and gaining
an understanding of citizenship responsibili
ties. Durinu National 4-H Week take the
2. Crush the fruits using a potato
masher, food mill or food processor.
3. Place crushed fruit in a saucepan.
4. Heat to boil and simmer until soft
(5-1 0 minutes). Strain hot pulp through a col
ander and drain until cool enough to handle.
5. Strain the collected juice through a
double layer of cheese cloth or jelly bag.
6. Do not squeeze the bag. Discard the
dry pulp.
7. Measure strained juice and pour into
6-quart pan. The yield should be about 3 12
to 4 cups.
8. Prepare half-pint jars.
9. Stir pectin into chokecherry juice
and bring to a full rolling boil.
10. Stir in sugar.
1 1. Return it to a full, rolling boil, stir
ring constantly. Boil for 1 minute.
12. Remove from heat and skim.
13. Pour into jars and attach lids and
screw bands.
14. Process in a boiling water bath for
5 minutes.
For additional recipes or instructions on
food preservation, contact Bernadette Hoyer
OSU Ext ( 553 3i3S),-
Big Game from Hunt to Home, a
workshop on the proper handling, prepara
tion and storage of game will be offered on
September 26 from 6 - 9 PM. It will be held
at the Central Oregon Experiment Station, 850
NW Dogwood Lane, Madras. Limit: 20 par
ticipants. Contact Bernadette Hoyer OSU
Ext ( 553 -3535) to register.
Lost & Found
Lost & Found items from the
Peter's Pasture 4-H Wilderness Camp
can be picked up at the 4-H office at
the Education building or by calling
Arlene or Minnie at 553-3238. There
is one particular item that is lost, it a
blanket with teddy bears on it, brown,
yellow and some light blue on it, the
blanket was given to another camper
because it was needed. It needs to be
returned to its rightful owner. No
questions asked. Please bring to the
4-H office, the owner would like it
back.
New beef marketing
website
By Bob Pawelek
I spent some time with the
cattlesale.com representives last week and
they have their county page up and running.
It is a good way to have price discovery, as
they list the names of buyer and seller and
the price. It is working so well that they are
not sure that they want to use the auction.
They have also added market news as
an added feature. The website is http:
www.cattlesale.com
Locoweed poisoning is caused by
plants that accumulate selenium, plants that
contain the toxin, locoine.and those that syn
observed include depression, lowering ot the
head, tremors, incoordination, poor vision,
excitability, inability to eat or drink, paraly
sis, and death. Birth defects and abortions
develop in pregnant animals.
The only treatment consists of removal
of the livestock from the locoweed infested
range. The herd needs to be removed before
some of the cattle develop a craving for the
plants. If this occurs the afflicted animals will
most likely die even if they are removed from
the source of locoweed.
Locoweed poisoning is more likely to
be observed in the Western US than rabies.
Always consider rabies and don't unneces
sarily expose your self. The cost of rabies
treatment is very expensive. I know from experience!!
Natural Resource
Fall Sports Thank Oregon Grass
Seed
The Oregon Department of Agriculture
recently reported on the importance of Or
egon Grass Seed for fall sports. As you settle
down to watch this year's pro, college, and
high school football and soccer games, you'll
be seeing an Oregon agricultural product.
With a few exceptions, the participants will
be playing on natural turf from Oregon grass
seed a prime ingredient of playing fields
around the world.
Oregon's $373 million grass seed in
dustry supplies seed for about 66 of the
world's cool-weather grasses. Some of those
grasses are used for forage, but a majority is
targeted for turf - the essential ingredient for
football, soccer, baseball, golf, and just about
any other kind of outdoor athletic activity you
can think of.
Dave Nelson, executive secretary of the
Oregon Seed Council, says "our turf seeds
have been developed over the past 50 years
to be an ideal playing surface. It has the dura
bility and the regenerative capacity to make
a playing field that is second to none."
The full range of adaptability of Oregon
grass seed has been demonstrated this sum
mer in major league baseball. Although both
stadiums have retractable roofs to ward off
adverse weather - rain in Seattle and searing
heat in Phoenix - seed from the Willamette
Valley is used in playing surfaces at Safeco
Field, home of the Mariners, and Bank One
Ballpark, home of the Arizona Diamond
backs. The National Football League, as a
policy, has stated a preference for real grass
instead of artificial surfaces. New stadiums
in San Francisco, Nashville, and Cleveland
have all installed turf utilizing Oregon grass
seed. A new stadium to be built for the Se
attle Seahawks, opening in three years, will
feature natural turf.
Most athletes - particularly baseball and
football players - prefer playing on the real
stuff simply because it is easier on their bod
ies. An increase in minor injuries such as
scrapes, bruises, and hip pointers has been
reported ever since artificial surfaces began
to spring up in the NFL and major league
baseball. There has also been a jump in ma
jor injuries such as career ending knee inju
ries and dislocated shoulders. When players
Oregon State University Extension Service
BEEF BASICS
Beef Cattle Management Shortcourse
Free of Charge
Monday Afternoons, 5:15p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
1st Floor Conference Room
Education Services Center
Dates
October 9th, 23rd, 2000
November 6th, 20th, 2000
Please call OSU Extension to register at 553-3238
OSU Business Retention and Expansion
The BRE program is a LOCAL BUSI
NESS ISSUES DIAGNOSTIC program of
professional quality done by trained local
people. The program is based on solid com
munity development principles and has been
very successfully used across the nation.
The management and implementation
of the program is completely in the hands of
local people. There is professional support
from outside the community to assist with the
specifics of process, training, sampling and
analysis. But this is support for the local
people to be most effective in diagnosis of
the local business community and how the
community might most assist with establish
ment and maintenance of a viable local
economy and employment base.
The community does not have to be
convinced of opportunities and challenges
within the local business community, the
community does the interviewing.
The community is assisted with orga
nization and process issues, but they do the
actual organizing.
Anti Grazing Range Land
Symposium
RANGENET 2000 SYMPOSIUM
November 28 & 29, 2000
Flamingo Reno
Reno, Nevada
THEME:
Looking at the proposition that, as we
enter the 21st Century, the commercial pro
duction of domestic livestock is no longer an
appropriate use of the public lands that make
up America's Natural Heritage.
FEATURED PRESENTATIONS:
"A Review of BLM's Progress in
Implementing 'Range Reform'" by Cathy
Carlson, grassland advocate
"Why the Taylor Act Should be Re
pealed" by George Cameron Coggins, Pro
fessor of Law
"Cows Versus Condos" by George
Wuerthner, photo journalist
"The Western Range Revisited" by
Debra L. Donahue, Professor of Law
"Science Under Siege" by Todd
Wilkinson, freelance journalist
Notables-
come down on a piece of blacktop covered
with an inch-thick piece of synthetic turf, it's
a hard landing. Many retired athletes claim
they could have prolonged their careers if they
had played exclusively on natural grass.
As a result, most of the new stadiums
built over the past decade have opted for real
grass. Most fans prefer seeing a game on natu
ral turf. Technology and new techniques for
groundskeepers have resulted in advances
when it comes to real grass absorbing rain
and holding up under heavy use. It's not very
often that you see the old-fashioned mud baths
at the 50 yard line anymore.
So, it' no exaggeration to say that most
outdoor athletes are likely to be playing on
natural turf that got it's start in Oregon. Ironi
cally, the two major universities located in
the heart of grass seed country - Oregon State
and the University of Oregon - have outdoor
stadiums that use artificial turf. Does that
bother the industry?
"It has always been an irritation, but
there have been some logical reasons for that
decision," says Nelson. "Given the Willamette
Valley's rain and cold weather when the play
ing fields are getting heavy use, their deci
sion probably makes sense." But Nelson and
the industry are convinced that natural turf
from local farmers would have worked just
fine.
The community is assisted with con
struction of sample for firms to visit, the ques
tionnaire, and training to do the interview
ing. But they determine what parts of the busi
ness community to study, what some of the
questions will be, and actually do the inter
viewing. The Task Force reads the question
naires, honoring the confidentiality require
ment, for "Red Flag" or hot issues that need,
and justify, attention in the next two days,
weeks, or months. Things that the local Task
Force can assist with in initiating action to
address the issue.
The community receives an analysis
report on the survey data by an experienced
outsider to look more broadly at the business
community health.
The support by the outsiders, the Com
munity Consultant and the Analyst, is for a
two or three year period to work with the com
munity through a reasonable implementation
period.
PRESENTATION PANELS:
"Retirement of Grazing Privileges on
Public Lands" moderated by Gilly Lyons,
Oregon Natural Desert Association
"Sage Grouse - Spotted Owls of the
Sagebrush Steppe" moderated by Mark Salvo,
Sage Grouse Conservation Project
"Grassroots Activity" moderator to be
announced
"Litigation Update" moderated by Jon
Marvel, Idaho Watersheds Project
AGENDA AND ADDITIONAL IN
FORMATION: Send a self addressed stamped envelope
to:
RangeNet 2000
PMB251
2850 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
CONTACT:
Larry Walker
PMB251
2850 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
email: lw alkerrangebiome org
phone: 503-646-5674
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