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Sherman County Journal, Moro, Oregon. Friday, June 21, 1963 Page 3 County buyers, grain dealers. League and Commission officer»-, Oregon S tate U niversity E xten sion i>ersonnel. and o th er in te r ested wheat producers are in b j S h rrm ar 4'«>. F \ ten si »n Avi*. time. It seems farm ers need ¿0 vited. The purjx >e c< the m eeting « nduct their operations to allow is to discuss tlu* export m ark et R ange F ield Da.» as much flexibility as possible ing problems now evident for the Tin? Squay Butte Range Fi«M Present indications would seem immediate future in relation to Day has be?n te t for June 25. The that grow ers would need to plan supplying the domand for sjx*- progintn will run from 9:00 a. pi. to stay w ithin th e ir wheat acre cific wheat to the F Japanese dol to 3:30 p.m. age allotm ent for the 1964 crop lar market. Inform ation on grass variety and fertilize accordingly. If The main problem s t e m s trials, ebeep digestibility trials, clianges occur before seeding, around the com plaint of the Ja p brush control with 2.4-D, supple then adjustm ents can lie made anese about lack of uniform ity of m enting yearling ctutle on past Indications are th a t wheat w heat cargoes and too high a ure, and grass m anagem ent will grow ers may yet lie able to see J protein content. A ustralia is anx be im ports it tour inspections. wheat this year on their barley ious to Lake over m ore of this The Squaw Butte Station is ; ereage for the 1964 crop. This m arket w ith low protein wheat. forty-two miles west < f Burns >n decision is up to the secretary of League officials and experts are V.S. Highway 20. A griculture and his determ ination concerned w ith a possible su b Farm I¿egisl.ition ;.s to what influente th is program stantial loss in dollar export m ar Twenty-five fa n n bills dealing would have on wheat production ket. The m eeting will attem pt to with w heat and fix 1 grains were i.nd feed grain. Undoubtedly this n v ie w the problem and solicit introduced May 23 into the will be known before seeding the trade and producers in ful House. Additional bills were in- time. filling the export trade needs. torduced into the Senate Action Decision by I ’.XAV. («rowerw Any grow ers are welcome. on any of these is uncertain. All W heat grow ers anti others in Columbia Busin Footrot have lieen referred to the House V arious types of root anil foot ami Senate agriculture com m it terested have Im portant decisions to make as to w hat tyjie or if any tots have existed in Sherm an tees. Any change oth er than 50 i> legislation or adm inistrative ac wherat crops for many years. No supports if you stay w ithin your tion should lie taken on w heat w inter w heat varieties are satis allotm ent is uncertain at this and feel grains. O.S.U. economist factorily resistant to this fungus. believes grow ers need to deckle T his year extensive footrot dam and let their congressm en and age — mainly Columbia Basin the D epartm ent of A griculture Footrot — have been noted for know w hether they want: some w eeks in early seeded w heat j 1. The privilege of substituting fields. E xtent of th e xiamage is wheat on barley acreage for the not known to date, but presence EVERY SATURDAY 1964 crop. of the disease has lieen noted l<ee P etty jo h n (second from left) |M>intN out 2. The D epartm ent of Agricul from the Columbia River to Grass w as th e annual C onservation F ield Day, held at ra n ch in g d evelop m en t« th at won him tin* i « m >2 tu re to offer surplus grain at the Valley. A more extensive survey th is w eek at the W eatherford - P ettyjoh n ranch C on servation Man o f th e 4 car aw ard, «poiiMored liX>4 wheat lean rate fo r feeding is underw ay at this time. near A rlington. hy the O regon W heat G row er» l«rague. Occasion purposes in the northw est to en D isease S y m p to m s courage and build th e livestock The disease begins in ihe I feeding industry. w inlcr pruqiect to a currently 3. lk> you w ant the Department spring as eye-shajieil spot« on the S tartin g at 12:30 p.m. satisfactory situation for most o u ter sheaths at the ground line. 1 » f A griculture to raise or lower lands served from stored w ater the loan rate for oom for 1961. The fungus invades directly into supplies. However, thousands of or do you want com parative pric the etein from these, covering <n- acres of land deiiending on n a tu r es for corn, mile, barley, wheat, iex-ted p a rts w ith a black, char al flow of stream s will have Be- red grow th. The stem shrivels, and o th er grains on a feed price 1st Saturday of Every vere late season shortages unless the tissues collapse, and the stem s basis? unex|KH‘tetl rains fall a t oppor- finally fall over in irregular tan lupanoe Wheat M arketing The 1963 w ater supply outlook Month Fhe flow of Hood River neat tune times. gles In the infested p a rts <»f the The Oregon W heat League and field. 'Phe heads of diseased for Hood Rivwr and Wasco Coun Hood River (prelim inary data! The next repoit on w ater sup-' at Id a.m. 1 Commission liave called a meet- plants are reduced in size and in ties rem ains only fair, as it was from I’.S Geological Survey, ply conditions In this area w ’ll! ' ing to consider the problem con num ber in com parison to those of on May 1st, according to a report Portland, Oregon) was only 68 Res. CY 6-5288 fronting P.N.W. w heat grow ers In healthy ones. These diseased released today by T. P. Helse’h, percent of average last month and lx> issued at the close o i the ir-l loss of dollar m arket in Japan. plants a re reduced in size and in S tate Conserx ationlst of the Soil 7 79 percent for the Octolier • May I rigation sc;Lion in early October Office Ph. CY 6 4672 The session has been called far num ber in com parison to those Conservation Service (USDA) co period, 3:3d p.m., Tuesday, June 18, Gun of healthy ones. These diseased operating with Oregon State Uni- W A LL TO M AI L BEN SMITH Strea inflow forecasts rem ain th er’s restaurant, Pendleton, Ore plants are ¡>ale green, alm ost yel \c rsiiy , Oregon State Engineer unchanged from May 1. The HUGH Owner-Manager and others. The "short" snow \\ hite River is exjiectod to flow gon. lowish, in appearance. pack has been reduced even fur 115,000 a.f. or 66 iierw nt of the County elevator o p e r ators, C lim atic Conditions ther b\ 1 crio Is of warm w eatner April - Septem lier iierlod. W eather conditions have a pro during May, but streamflow is Hood River, W est Fork near found effect on the development t i l l expected to exceed the low and severity of the disease. Moist xears of B ill and 1911. Severe Dee, is expected to flow 111,0)0 grow ing w eather during the win late season shortages are ex|H,n- a.f. o r 64 percent of the same te r and early spring favors the ted for lands served by sm aller period ami the Main Hood River near Hood River, 160.000 a.f or developm ent and spread of »ho stream s with no stored water. 60 percent of the May - Septcm- fungus in the soil and also favors Snow ooVer is almost gone be lier period. infection, w hile subsequent pro low the 5000 foot level. Periods Severe w ater shortages a re ex- tracted d ry periods In May or of warm tenqxuatures melted the sometimes Ju n e injure the foot- snow high on the w atershed an I ixxted on sm aller stream s w ith rotted plants m ore than healthy reduced Phlox Point measure- out storage, unless alxive normal ones. merot, at 56(H) feet elevation, iro n I »rec1 pit at ton occurs «luring the T h i s past grow lng season 85 im lies of depth and 35.9 inches seems to have lieen one nearly oi w ater content on the 26th of late sum m er months. Statewide, Oregon’s 1963 w a e r ideal for footrot developm ent an I April to 1!) inches of depth ami supply outlook has changed great damage. Roderick Sprague, Ex 10.3 inches of w ater on May 29. ly this year from a gloomy mld- tension Pathologist in 1948 des- W atershed soils continued to crtlied the best conditions for soak up w ater from the snowmelt footrot. Quoted from the publica tion: “T h e severity of footrot and rainfall and are much w etter varies from year to year and this in most areas than for several years. variation Is attrib u ted to season Clear Irake now has 5,600 acre al w eather conditions. The con feet in siorge compared to 7,«00 j GI 2-5262 ditions that tend to favor its de Good Condition velopm ent are: (1) sufficient soil acre feet a year ago. m oisture to insure immediate germ ination of w heat in th e fdl; (2) long grow ing season in the Excellent Condition fall, accompanied by abundant rain, resulting in excessive fa.l grow th; (3) warm, w et w eather in F ebruary and March and cold, w et w eather in April, which re ta rd s grain grow th; and (4) an- tinuation of w et w eather in May, GRASS VALLEY followed abruptly by a dry per iod. I-ater reports on extent, nature and lx»st managem ent inform i- tion will l>e presented in l a t e r County Ramblings anil Circular I ¿et ters. County Ramblin's AUCTION SALE THE DALLES AUCTION YARDS WaterOulookinA rea Reported Only ‘Fair Miscellaneous Sale Dies In California E verett Pharls .Vunn. 79 y m i i t age, of 4201 old Sonoma Rd.. Napa, Calif, ¡4 v4 away Mon- cay, June 3 nfu an extended ill- neus. He was a native of St. ( laire County, M issm ri. and a resident . f California for 30 y e a n . He had l»eea a resident of Napa for the past 9 years, prior to that he had made his home in Vallejo w here he w as an employee of the Vallejo Housing Authority. Mr. Nunn is survived by hla wife, Mrs. Edith Nunn; two daughters; Mrs. Barbara Will iams and Mrs. Bertha Barnes, 1 -th of Nano Eight sons: Harold E , Howard R , and Charles W . all of Vallejo. Kenneth R. Beni cia; Ernest R , Lakehead; C alif, Jam es R of Richmond; Ieucius R. of Mobile, Ala ; and Leslie R. Nunn of Ix>s Angeles. One Step Daughter: Mrs Elsie Thompson of Benicia; Two stejFsons: Robert A. Engesser of lx>ng Beach, and Allen W. E ngesser of Vallejo. One brother: Horace Nunn of Inde p e n d e n t, Missouri; Two sisters: Mrs. Florence Ottosen of Stock- t< n, Illinois, and Mrs. Margaret Duncan of Indxqiendence, Miss. One Half-Brother: Leelle L. Nunn M D . of Tigard, Oregon. Fueral service« were held at Vallejo, Calif, Ju n e 7,1963. Rev. Stanley Cornlls of the First Baptist ('hurch officiating. Interm ent was in Sunrise Memor- iol Cemetery. TV S E R V IC E ZENITH SALES & SERVICE HARRY’S RADIO SERVICE CY 6-2928 500 W 9th St., The Dalles, EXPERT IX S T A L L A I IO \ 1 9 6 2 M achinery A T A DISCOUNT OLIVER FLOOR COVERING ALL NEW MASSEY FERGUSON i wo 92 Super Hillside Combines One 92 Super Prairie Combine One No. 10 Twine Baler One 14-ft. Oliver Swather Wasco Pharmacy Cne 55-H J. D. Combine One HD-5 A. C. 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Researchers arc studying the larvae and its adult moth form to determ ine how specific it is to sagebrush and how it can lie In troduced to an area. The wet>- worm has a parasitic disease which keeps it in check. Biologi cal control of wee.Is has been sue-| cessfully used on St. Johnsw ort and gorse two noxious weed«. < . oi ; m la T histle Canada T histle can l»est lie oon- j trolled In the bud stage of I grow th. We have lieen getting ex cellent results for control and era dication of this noxious weed by , using amitol or amitole-T Use I pound of the 50% am itole or 1 quart ot am itole T for each ¡2 gallons of w ater. Arid a o p re a le r 1 sticker. Thoroughly wet foliage . for spot treatm ent. Russian K Mayweed It will lie tim e to treat Russian Knapweed soon Some knaimvee.i is in the burl stage on the low-*r elevation Hud • stage tieatm e.it is most effective. 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