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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON SEPTEMBER 25, 1931 SPiiG SOWING OF FEDERATION An Average of Two Bushels per Acre Over Fall Seeded Grain. (Walter A. Holt, County Agent This letter is about the desirability of spring planting federation instead of fall planting it, and is also to give some facts about the Bmut situation. First, in regard to federation, some growers in the county have been planting federation in the spring on summer fallow instead of fall plant ing it and the movement is increas ing. This has some advantages and some disadvantages, which are listed below. "The advantages are: 1. At the Pendleton field station, Jhe spring planted federation has out yielded the fall planted an average of two bushels per acre for the three year period 1929, 1930 and 1931. A comparison of spring and fall plant ed federation, together with hybrid 128 and albit is shown in the follow ' ing table: - Variety Yield 1929-31 Federation 41.3 bushels Federation , 39.2 bushels Hybrid 128 34.3 bushels Albit 32.2 bushels These figures may not hold good for every year, but they have not varied much at the station during the past three years. 2. by spring planting, the smut problem almost disappears. Spring planted wheat, if properly treated, very rarely has any smut. During the past few years smut has been Planted spring fall fall fall greatly increasing in the fall planted wheat- 3. Spring planting eliminates the hazard of winter killing, which oc casionally makes replanting . neces sary, but tnore often makes thin and weedy spots in parts of the fields. 4. Spring planting allows one more chance at the weeds and so results in cleaner fields and . less all-around trouble from weeds. 6. The spring planted grain usually has a higher testweight per bushel; it also has less dockage, these two points resulting in a higher price per bushel, - j 6. There is generally less straw growth when spring planted and this makes harvesting easier, makes less trouble in plowing under, and is an advantage in following crops as less fertility is removed from the soil. 7. In those parts of the county where peas can be satisfactorily grown, spring planting of wheat gives a grower a chance to consider pea acreage and in years when the market outlook is good for peas, he can better increase his pea acreage. 8 .This year there is some possibil ity that the farm board may have something to offer along acreage re duction lines. If the Walla Walla plan for example is accepted, the ac ceptance may come after the fall planting season has passed, thus al lowing participation only by growers who spring plant. To partially offset these advantages there are the extra operations of soil preparation necessary if summer fal low is allowed to go over for spring seeding. Also run-off is worse if there is no fall planted crop. This is particularly serious on steep land. This spring planting idea is pre sented particularly for consideration by growers in the regular federation section of the county. ' Spring seed ing does not offer the hope .in the light land section that it does in the heavier yielding sections. Shallow soils will not store as much moisture as deeper .soils and spring crops are more apt to suffer than winter crops. Therefore we cannot recommend spring planting in the lighter land areas. At the Sherman county ex periment station where conditions are-more or less similar to those in the lighter land areas of Umatilla county, the best spring seeded wheat has averaged about 5 bushels less per acre than the best fall seeded variety. Cattle Outlook Better, Say State College Reports Oregon State College. An uncer tain outlook for the wheat market and a relatively favorable future for the cattle industry is seen in produc tion and market reports assembled by the agricultural economics depart ment of the extension service and just issued in the current situation and outlook report. The average farm price of cattle and calves is now at the pre-war level, the outlook report continues. Compared with most other farm pro ducts, however, beef prices are rela tively favorable. Reduced consumption rather than increased supply is blamed for the de cline in beef prices. The per capita supply of beef in 1930-31 has been the smallest on record during the past 31 years. Since this supply is still small as compared to population, any up turn in general business conditions to better the buying power of the con sumers will mean an immediate im provement in the cattle market, ob servers here believe. Fred Eiffert, Auctioneer Fred Eiffert, 71, well-known auc tioneer, died last week at his home near Twilight station, in the east part of the county. He had been a resident of Umatilla county for 27 years. He is survived by his widow and six children, Frank, F. W.f W. F., W. H., Mrs, D. B. Herndon and Mrs. Earl Thompson. FARMERS E OVER TURNDOWN Keen Disappointment Over Rejection of Plan by the Farm Board. Walla Walla. Keen disappoint ment marked the reception of inform ation that the federal farm board had rejected the Walla Walla plan of "lifting" the surplus of wheat from the market. Farmers were joined by business men and bankers in denunci ation of the action of the board whose statement of reasons for rejection was pronounced as failing to conform with facts. Threats against the governmental organization - in its local operations were made by farmer proponents of the program who declared that the farm board urged acreage reduction but refused to accept a method for this which would help the farmer fin ance his reduction. Banking interests which had fur nished money for the committee to make the trip to Washington also were vigorous in attacking the action of the farm board. Return of the committee from Washington is expected to bring a call for a Northwest meeting of pro test. The Walla Walla plan called for the optioning of stabilization wheat to farmers who would contract to withhold plantings from sufficient acreage next season to care for the "purchased" surplus from the govern ment. 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I r High School Notes Mae-Hi Downs Athena The Hac Hi "Pioneers" defeated the Athena team Friday by the score 32 to 2."- As this was the first game of the season, the playing was ragged and quite a few fumbles occurred. The first quarter the Athena boys held Mac Hi, but after that they could not stop Crimmins, Mac Hi's star player. Several Athena boys received injuries, but they will be back in the lineup next week. All the players who made the trip were able to get to play sometime during the game. The Athena lineup was as follows: Leland Jenkins, le; Lester Towne, It; Jack Weber, lg; Fred Sing er ,c; Robert Campbell, rg; Glenn McCullough, rt; Wendell Shigley, re; Solista Pickett (captain), q; Bud Miller, rh; Ralph Moore, lh; Lowell Jenkins, f. Substitutes: Aaron Doug las, Kenneth Rogers, Leo Geissel, Roy Moore, Norman Moore, Max Johnson, Hugh Steele, Gail Zerba, Norbert Walters, Buddy Weber and Raymond Murphy. Frosh Give Wiener Roast The annual freshman weiner roast was held after school Monday, at Thornhollow. This affair is the freshmen's treat to the high school. They provided lots of weiners, coffee and buns. Out door games and amusements were enjoyed. Valuable Racers Die In Closed Express Car Ellensburg. A string of 33 valu able racing horses belonging to Yaki ma valley Indians en route to the Western Washington fair at Puyallup suffocated between Wapato and El lensburg Saturday. The horses were in one express car "n which the doors and ventilators tisH been closed, and those that were not victims of suffocation were tram pled to death by the frightened ani mals in an attempt to get air at a small crack at one end of the car. Twenty-seven of the horses were dead, three expected to die and three were able to walk around, but in a weakened condition." ' The plight of the animals was dis covered by Ellensburg trainmen when the Northern Pacific passenger train carrying the horses arrived here. Steam was discovered emitting from the cracks of the doors and upon in vestigation a pile of dead horses was found crowded in one end of the car. These horses were shown in races here recently at the Ellensburg rodeo and are believed the property of Jim Saluskin. Drums Added to Band Drums have been added to the in strumentation of the band. Solista Pickett is playing the snare and Glenn McCullough is beating the bass drum. Besides these new members there are several rapidly progressing beginners who will soon be playing in the band. First Meeting of Girls' League The Girls' League held its first meeting of the year, Monday, Sep tember 21. Plans to attend the Girls' League Convention at Milton were discussed. A committee to outline a program of activities for the year was appointed. Betty Eager, Helen Barrett, Mary Jane Miller and Arleen Foster were appointed on the com mittee. Art Club Formed An Art club for high school stu dents was organized Thursday after noon, under the supervision of Miss Calef. About twelve students met with her in the study hall and plans for the courses to be pursued were discussed. Among the subjects to be studied are interior decorating, dress designing, pencil sketching and char coal drawing. Mary Emily Isaac Following the death of her hus band, Charles B. Isaac, less than a week, Mrs. Mary Emily Isaac, aged 60, died at Pendleton Saturday, tone was born in Umatilla in 1871, being the daughter of Henry J. and Helen Albertine Kane Kunzie, early settlers of this county. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Herman Snyder, Mrs. Herb Green, Charles W. Isaac of Pendleton; Mrs. Ruth Ran dall of Milton and Mrs. Frances Turn er of Caldwell. Beea Figure in Wreck Would be rescuers at an auto wreck two miles north of Woodland, Wash., where five persons were injured Sun day nieht were literally stung into inactivity when a hive of bees being transported in a truck which was in the accident were released from cap tivity. The insects, alarmed and an gered, lit upon the face and arms of several persons who sought to render first aid to the injured. Special Election The city of Pendleton will hold a special election November 7 to vote on two mill tax to be used exclus ively for unemployment relief. Funds to be raised by the tax will be applied mainly to the city levee system, al though the ordinance calling the elec tion is so worded that they may be used on other projects of public neces sity if need arises. Fire Danger at Jail Declaring that prisoners in the county jail would probably roast alive with no means of escape should fire ever break out in the court house, the county grand jury in its formal report to Judge Calvin Sweek recom mended that an external exit and fire escape from the jail be constructed, says the East Oregonian. A Dead Man's Tap Proves Very Startling to Big Jake Kauffman Big Jake Kauffman of Walla Wal la, is well known by many people in Athena and the following story in the Walla Walla Union of recent date, will be read with interest: It is not given to all men to com mune with those who have passed be yond the veil. Jake Kauffman is one Walla Walla man who has done this, however. A long time ago when J. J. Kauffman wore a star which told the world that he was the chief of police of Walla Walla, a man was found dead in a warehouse. ' A coroner's inquest was held and the man was identified as Mort Mon petit, former soldier at the garrison. Men who had soldiered with him were positive and said so emphatically. There was one doubting Thomas that insisted that a mistake ' had been made, that the man was not Mort, but someone who looked like him. lhen up spake one who knew Mort well. "Mort," he insisted, "had a peculiar mouth full of teeth, there being a double row of food gnashers inside his lips, if this chap has 'em he's Mort." Examination revealed the double row of teeth. "Now, we'll clinch it," he said, "Mort was a man who believed in personal cleanliness. Not only did he often wash his feet, but he kept his toenails manicured. Now if this fel low hasfeet like I say it's an abso lute cinch that it is Mort." So the body was examined. The feet were clean, and the toenails were manicured. The coroner's jury did not even leave its seats, but returned a verdict that one Mort Monpetit was dead." The body was buried and Jake Kauffman was one of the pallbearers. The case was forgotten, Kauffman continued his police activities. 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