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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1923.
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Farm Activities
FROM THE -MORROW COUNTY FARM BUREAU NEWS-
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Extension Department of the 0. A.C.,
cooperating with the State Depart
ment of Education. "
Copper Carbonate Treat
ment For Wheat Gain
ing: Rapidly.
Br. H. B. WILCOX, Lexington
During- the year 1921-22 ten thous
and boyi and glrla In Oregon, not
only joined aome club, but completed
their work. Morrow county, 1 am
aorry to say, furnished very few, if
any, of those boys and girls. It Is
the sincere desire of the writer of
this article, and the purpose of the
writing, to try and arouse an Interest
In this work. When boys and girls
and their parents come to understand
the advantages and pleasure of this
work, they will need no further
coaxing.
In the school where I was princi
pal last year every boy and girl old
enough was doing club work, and the
only trouble I had was to keep them
from undertaking too many projects.
The last 8 years I have put In the
most of my spare time working with
a county leader In organizing and
furthering club work When club
work Is first mentioned in a commun
ity I notice a tolerating Indifference.
As soon as a few boys and gtrls be
come interested and seriously under
take the work I find they are con
tinually coming back for more.
We might say that club work Is a
correspondence study helped out by
actual instruction by specialists.
Club work Is carried on throughout
the United States. Thru this work
instruction In the projects favorable
to a locality may be secured. Help
from competent specialists is avail
able at times also.
As an example: Five or more boys
or girls In a community wish to or
ganise a pig club. They must select
their officers, elect? a local leader,
and send to the extension department
at 0. A. C. for their Instructions.
These are sent to them and contain
the Instructions as to care and hand
ling of pigs Reports from time to
time must be filled out and sent in
and further Instructions will be sent
until the course Is completed. Dur
ing this time an expert on this pro
ject will visit and give instruction
and criticism on the work the boys
and girls have done. By the time
they have actually fed pigs, made out
reports about pigs, and talked pigs in
their club meetings, I don't think
they would give the kind of an an
swer I found given In an eighth grade
state examination aome time ego. I
corrected the papers for a certain
county that year in the final exam
ination and this Is the answer I got
on one paper to the question, "name
two breeds of hogs." This boy l sup
nose after careful thought was able
to think of only one breed and wrote
"Razorbacks.
Almost all endeavors In the home
and on the farm are Included In aome
project of club work. There are 17
different projects at the present time.
The work is free to all boys and girls
from 0 to 18 years of age. The infor
mation given out Is practical the
hmX available and valuable for young
and old alike.
I enjoy along with my children
their club work. Some will say "I
can teach these things,. to my chil
dren" I have noticed - a tendency
sometimes on the part of some par
ents to construe club work as med
dling too much with home affairs.
But I find Instead of that It helps to
carry on home affaire more pleasant
ly and profitably.
In conclusion I wish to say that If
any community or person wishes fur
ther Information on club work, I am
willing to help you In any way that
I can also the following are recog
nized as boys and girls club workers,
teachers, county school superinten
dent, county agent, farm bureau, parent-teachers
associations and other
organizations. For supplies and def
inite instruction write H. C. Seymour,
State Club Leader, Corvallis.
Club work Is conducted by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture and the
A recent trip Into the wheat grow-
ng section of Washington by the
County Agent revealed the fact that
from 60 to 90 per cent of alt the
wheat seeded there is being treated
by copper carbonate. The Washing
ton farmers have had one more year's
results with copper carbonate than
have we had In Oregon and bankers,
business men, and farmers are all
well versed in its merits and it is
predicted that next year all the wheat
that section will be treated with
copper carbonate.
While we do not hesitate to recom
mend that you treat your wheat with
copper carbonate, we do recommend
that you be mighty careful about the
brand of powder that you buy. A
product known as Corona Copper
Compound, commonly known as Cor
ona, is on the market. This contains
only 18 per cent basic copper where
as copper carbonate contains at least
52 per cent. This Is a very inferior
product and has not given the same
results that copper carbonate Is giv
ing and is liable to be disappointing
to you. It may cost five or ten cents
lesa per pound but you are treating
to control the smut. We hope to be
ble to issue definite recommenda
tions of the sources of good copper
carbonate before you will need It In
the fall.
made in several decades. Because of
the work done here in an organised
way Morrow county leads the State
of Oregon in this work. This treat
ment ought to make It possible for
us to increase our yields at least 16
to 20 per cent.
A tour to the Sherman County Ex
periment Station was organized and
conducted and 45 farmer participat
ed. That this trip was worth while is
shown by the fact that every farmer
who participated has made one or
more changes in their farming prac
tices which will mean thouaands of
dollars to them within the next few
years. Their influence baa been ex
tended in the communities from which
they came. A similar tour will be
conducted this year.
Extension schools were conducted
in all of the larger communities of
the county and these were attended
by 450 different people. Good results
obtained from these meetings can be
seen in every community; in addi
tion, too, 400 people hearing Brew
ster, the poultry specialist, at which
meetings two poultry culling demon
strations were put on at Boardman
and Irrigon. More poultry work is
planned for 1923.
Through our farm organisation
Morrow county took a leading part
in establishing a wage scale in Ore
gon and Washington which not only
stabilized the labor situation but un
doubtedly saved $12,000 to 915,000 in
wages to the farmers that would have
been paid had the scale not have been
established.
PAST YEAR'S WORK
C. C. CALKINS. County Agent.
A fairly complete report is ren
dered by the County Agent annually.
It required 75 typewritten pages to
cover the field properly. II more
room were available in thii paper we
would draw your attention to the
woik handled through this office dur
ing the pant year with the help of the
organized fsrmers.
Since, however, one of the chief
virtue! of this little publication ii
brevity we will call your attention
to a few of the project! only and
those briefly.
130.000 rabbits were killed by or-
ganited poison campaigns, hunts and
drives, saving at least $30,000 dam
ages during the past year. 4000
quarts of squirrel poison were mixed
and put out by the farmers. The sav
ing that was estimated amounted to
at least 120,000.
6130 acres of wheat were certified
and a large percentage of which was
disposed of profitably by these farm
ers and this will do much to raise
the standard of the wheat grown in
this county. Variety trials on a field
basis have been checked upon and
in order to get more definite concrete
results eight variety demonstrations
have been arranged for with fanners
in the various communities which
will be put on on an acre basis side
by side for the present year. These
results will be checked upon next fall.
Eighteen tests of copper carbonate
were conducted and careful checks
were made on twelve of these. This
Information was summarised togeth
er with Information available from
all over the Northwest and put.in the
hands of farmers. As a result 20,000
acres of copper carbonate treated
wheat have been seeded this past
fall.
Mr. Jackman, our Farm Crops
Specialist, said that this treatment
will do more for our wheat farmers
than any one discovery that has been
442 cowa belonging to 82 individ
uals were tested for tuberculosis. 12
reactors were locaUd and disposed of.
A number of meetings wers called
affording an opportunity for the
wheat growers to meet and discuss
the merits of the Association.
The office started a movement to
obtain a star route from Arlington
to Heppner serving way pointa. This
would result in speeding up our mail
service between Heppner and Portland
and return by almost two days. Very
satisfactory progress has been made
snd we may be successful yet in get
ting this route.
By securing the services of a Bee
Expert for the fanners of the Board
man and Irrigon projects we ar get
ting that industry on a very solid ba
sis. A county-wide picnic was put on In
June which was attended by some
760 people. This picnie should be an
annual and a profitable affair, bring
ing the farmers of the county togeth
er for an annual play day. It affords
a wonderful opportunity for them to
get acquainted as well.
The County Agent made 649 farm
visits, wrote 2198 personal letters to
take care of business transacted
through the office, and conferred with
1243 office callers and put out over
3000 circular letters. Conducted 75
meetings which were attended by
3300 farmers.' That this office work
ing for the organized farmers meets
a real need, there is no question but
that it can do a greater service can
not be doubted. We ask your most
hearty cooperation; if you have sug
gestions or ideas you are only doing
your part by giving na the benefit
of these. Come up to the office when
ever you are in town. Get acquaint
ed and be ready to put across a still
larger program for 1923, which will
be made possible with your help.
Our agricultural statistician gives
the following figures on the wheat
yield for Morrow county during the
four years:
1919, 887,000 bushels
1920, 1,351,000 bushels.
1921, 2,56,000 bushels.
1922, 1,159,000 bushels.
(Figures for 1922 were gathered
by the County Agent from the ware
house men and perhaps to this should
be added the seed wheat which was
retained at home and which proba
bly was counted in on the other fig
ures given.)
The average yields of winter wheat
were given as follows:
1919, 10 bushels.
1920, 13 bushels.
1921, 23 bushels.
We cannot expect to have a crop
here like 1921 every year but there
is something we could do to make
this yield more constant There was
not such a wide fluctuation in Umatil
la county or in Sherman county, for
instance. A part of this ean be at
tributed to the fact that they have
come to the place that they have es
tablished a definite .system of farm
ing. A larger percentage of the far
mers are plowing early and there
fore are able to seed early. Our rain
fall is lighter and one of our big
problems is getting a good stand of
fall wheat. It is the opinion of those
in position to know that with the ad
vent of the dry treatment the wheat
can be seeded quite safely in the dust
and earlier seeding can be safely
practiced. This is going to mesn a
much better stand. Stephens' results
show very plainly that much better
stands are secured on early plowed
land and the yields are consistently
far better where the land is plowed
early and the summer fallow is kept
clean. If every farmer will make
this his motto: "Early plowing,
clean summer fallow, and early seed
ing, coupled with proper seed treat
ing," there is no doubt but that we
can increase our wheat yield in any
year fifteen or twenty per cent over
present yield and maintain it. You
have this advantage, you do not have
to wait for the other man, you can
start now with this safe recommen
dation. It means real dollars to your
bank account.
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Four Reasons Why You Should
Buy Your Ford Car This Month
i.
The unprecedented demand for Ford Cars through
out the winter months has taken the entire output of
the Ford plants working at capacity, indicating that
the demand this Spring will be far in excess of the
number of Ford Cars that can possibly be built. .
II.
January was the tenth consecutive month in which
retail deliveries exceeded 100,000 Ford Cars and
Trucks Requirements for February, the month when
preparations are already under way for Spring busi
ness, called for 148,407 Cars and Trucks more
than 24,000 in excess of the number we can possibly
produce.
III.
Ford dealers in many parts of the country are already
finding it necessary to specify future delivery dates
on Ford Products because there are no reserve stocks
to draw from.
IV.
Your order placed now will protect you against de
lay or disappointment later on It is the only way
you can be assured of reasonably prompt delivery.
We consider it important to give you these facts,
so that if you are planning to purchase a Ford
Car, Truck or Fordson Tractor for use this Spring
or Summer you can list your order at once and
take advantage of our dealer's first opportunity
to make delivery.
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During Lenten Season we
will receive shipments of fish
twice a week, Monday and
Thursday evenings.
All kinds of shell fish, kip
pard and salt fish. -
And he usual line of good
meats.
Central Market
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WM. M. KIRK, Proprietor
Prompt and efficient service at all times, both
day or night. Leave orders at Hotel Patrick
or Phone Main 664.
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