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(from the Morrow County Farm Bureau News.i
Farm Bureau and College Got
Quick Action
Atxuit t "inks ago the alfalfa
and irritation committeeman of llie
Ui.ardm;.n Farm Bureau, Mr. Cobb,
called the attention of the County
Agent to some alfalfa which had died
during the winter. An Inspection in
dicated that drainage was probably
necessary. Accordingly a request
was put in to the Agricultural Col
lege for a drainage expert and Prof.
W. U Towers, professor of soils and
irrigation, and drainage was at once
dispatched, lie arrived and went
over the Hoardtnan proposition with
Mr. Dean and Mr. Hunt the day be
fore the West Extension Irrigation
board meeting. A committee of the
Boardman Farm Bureau, the County
Agent, and Mr. Towers met twith the
District board and with the Reclam
ation Service at Hermiston on Tues
day of this week, at which time plans
were arranged by which the irriga
tion district with the cooperation of
the settlers will institute procedings
at once, that is within the next few-
weeks to relieve the present emer
gency and take away the threatening
water, Iwhile action will be institut
ed by the Reclamation Service to
cure the assistance of their body in
putting In permanent drains. The
engineers of the Reclamation Ser
vice will make the necessary field
surveys. This is a matter of vital
importance to a small body of land
which was standing in need of drain
age ry badly, and the fact that it
was possible to secure expert advice
from the agricultural college has
been of distinct service to the north
ern part of the county.
some time ago in a discussion of the
advisability of planting sunflowers in
i.trje quantity in Morrow county. It
was decided that we would not go
into the matter in a very strong de
sire, but would try and arrange to
have several plots put in and watch
ihe matter this season and see how
v.o.l they seem to be adapted to the
Morrow county soil before twe get
out and make a lot of noise about it.
Following out the instructions of the
Executive Committee therefore, the
County Agent baa arranged with a
number of farmers to put in enough
for demonstrational purposes. These
demonstalions are scattered all the
way foot lone, Hardman, Eightmile,
Sand Hollow, Khea Creek and up
Hiuton creek. Several farmers who
are convinced that they twill be able
to grow these sunflowers successful
ly have undertaken to put in quite
large tracts. Among these are Ed
Neill of Echo on Butter creek; Frank
McMenamin, w ho has a ranch across
uie river from Arlington; Bob
Thompson, who has a ranch on vu
low creek; and John Kilkenny on
Hinton creek. These will give us
i they materialize anything like as
well as we have reason to believe
they will, the Morrow County Farm
Cureau will shoulder her musket and
go out on her campaign right for
1921. However, twe would like to
see just how the land lies before we
try to jump upon it. The Farm Bur
eau bought a small amount of seed
and has distributed it out to various
farmers to grow on their own ranches
for demonstational puposes.
is safe to say that from the ground this i
north of Lexington at least ?i and tion.
s stepping in the
We are not prepared to say ex-
but
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The Morrow County Wool Pool
We would like to call especial at
tention to the wool growers of the
county that following considerable
discussion by executive committee
men, several of the farmers of Mor
row county have decided to form a
wool pool which they invite every
grower to join. It is the belief of
those that made a careful study of
the matter that coarse wool twill be
drug on the market earlier in the sea
son. It is quite clear, we believe,
that if a man has less than five hun
dred fleeces of wool he will not be
able to get a desirable price on such
a small quantity, and it is clearly to
his advantage to pool his wool with
other growers so as to have his wool
carefully graded and put in with an
amount of wool that will be sufficient
to call forth a reasonable qualified
bid. In th is way every grower is ab
solutely insured of what his wool is
actually worth by competent grad
ing. It is planned to place the wool
in the hands of competent manage
ment in some consignment warehouse
in Portland, where it will be care
fully (watched over by a committee
man representing Eastern Oregon
and Western Oregon wool pool. Al
though we wish it clearly understood
that all Eastern Oregon w ool will be
kept separate and distinct from val
ley wool, simply graded under the
supervision of the same man. We
have made special arrangements
with consignment houses so that W3
will be able to get an advance of from
75 to 80 per cent of the market value
of tbe wool, as soon as placed in the
warehouse. The details of this wool
pool may be secured by consultation
with the Cunty Agent and we iwould
advise anyone interested to act im
mediately so that prompt action may
be secured.
Good Summer-fallow Practice
This Year
It is said by the farmers north of
Lexington that more good summer-
fallow has been plowed this year than
in any year of the past history of
tl'e county. We are sure mat ths
farmers are iwaking up to the fact
that good early plowing and good
summerfallow practice means dollars
and cents for the bank account. It
the real old soil. Where an engine
does the work it Is not quite as dis
couraging as the engine seldom gets
a sore shoulder.
North Morrow County Road
Project
The members of the special Farm
Bureau road committee met with the
County Court and arranged a plan
whereby a reconnaisance suvey
of the north Morrow county road
should be made. The plan was car
ried back to the various Farm Bu
reau organizations where it secured
their unanimous approval. We hope
before many months to have this en
tirely taken care of so that when
spring comes w e will be in a position
to really do business. The coopera-
possibly 95 per cent of all summer-
fallow wa
May. In view of the moisture eomli-
itinis iui fai tuts was ait I'uuu- . n,,.nft
ueep is a preuy uiNcuuia&ii, f'f"
al record. In the heavier land south sUion whe,ra horst e..h u employed,
of Lexington this is not entirely true, but several farmers have put on eight
The unusual amount of moisture has j or ten head of horses on a two-bottom
delayed farming very largely but ' h gone right down after
this has not been a total loss, as long i
as the moisture has kept in the
ground as it has this year there is
no doubt but that the farmers have
a later limited period for getting
their pldwiug done. In a trip over
the county it is manifest to any ob
server that in the heavy land the
ground this year is turning up very
cloddy and loose, and unless careful
effort is made to work this down
again there will be a lot of moisture
escape and will not be a good deep
bed developed. The Rood brothers
on Heppner Flat have undertaken
to disk' all of their ground and this
will clearly overcome the loose ly
ing clod. Where the ground has
been well disked, as a good many
farmers have done, there will be a
clear bond of loose dirt between the
sub-soil and the surface material.
Where the ground is heavy and disk
ing has not been practiced very often
one tan hide a good-sized rabbit un
der the farrow. This does not mean
good summerfallow. Every farmer
should study his own soil conditions
and see what can be done to over
come this. The sub-surface packer,
under these conditions, Will be of
considerable advantage. I doubt if
there is anything that will quite
equal the disking of the ground pre
vious to plowing where this condi
tion appears likely to exist. While
early plowing is decidedly important
it is necessary also to work the
ground dow n so as to get a good seed
bed for the growing ol the grain for
next season. Where the ground
breaks up cloddy it will have to be
harrowed just exactly right in order
to accomplish this. We would like
to commend to the farmers in the
county the use of the disk harrow on
the ground to be summerfallowed,
where the land is very heavy even if
it may be plotwed reasonably early.
Another point that Is showing up
most remarkably is the fact that the
farmers are plowing deeper than they
have for several years. A good many
farmers have called at the Agent's
office and stated how they are turn
ing up new dirt that they have never
disturbed before. We believe that
i builders of the county and the cou-! 3
1 mitteemen of the Farm Bureau, and si
u-tly how deep we miouiu im ...-, ,hv are receiving from
plowed by the vrst day of everything points to plowing at least varj0U9 organizations speak Well for
S or 9 Inches deep, once every tnree y&Tm Bureau work in this county,
or four years. Plowing S or 9 inches,
XOTICK FOK PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.
U. S. LAND OFFICE at The Dalles,
Oregon, May 25, 1920.
NOTICE is hereby given that Jesse
E. Brown, of Parkers Mill, Oregon,
who, on June 6th, 1915, made Home
stead Entry, No. 015036, for SH
SWi. Section 2; SENE, Section
10; NWVtNWK, & SHNtt, Section
11, Township 6 South, Range 26
East, Willamette Meridian, has filed
notice of Intention to make final
three year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
J. A. Waters, Clerk of the Circuit
Court, at Heppner, Oregon, on the
9th day of July. 1920.
Claimant names, as witnesses;
Walter Drum, of Parkers Mill, Ore
gon; Silas A. Harris, of Parkers Mill,
Oregon; Charles Osten, of Heppner,
Oregon; R. H. Quackenbush, of
Heppner, Oregon.
H. FRANK WOODCOCK,
Register.
Sunflowers in Morrow County
The Executive Committee of the
Morrow County Farm Bureau met
L. MONTERESTELLI
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