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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1926. PAGE THREE ji Farm Activities ; FROM THE "MORROW COUNTY FARM BUREAU NEWS" County Wheat and Woo! Show Sept. 23, 24 and 25 The Morrow County Wheat and Wool Show will be held at Heppner during the Rodeo, September 23, 24 and 25. Indications are that there will be a larger exhibit of wheat than lrst year and that there will be a good exhibit of wool, especially of the fine grades. . Wheat growers are urged to get their samples cleaned and bring them ii. to the County Agent's office any time now. The following is the pre mium list for the show: WHEAT Market Class. 1st 2nd 3rd Fard White $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Soft White 3.00 2.00 1.00 Hard Red Winter .. 3.00 2.00 1.00 Western White . 3.00 2.00 1.00 Variety Specials. Hybrid 128 3.00 2.00 1.00 Turkey Red 8.00 2.00 1.00 Fortyfold , 3.00 2.00 1.00 UlueBtem 3.00 2.00 1.00 Federation 3.00 2.00 1.00 Hard Federation .... 3.00 2.00 1.00 Eaart 8.00 2.00 1.00 Barley. Any hulled variety 3.00 2.00 1.00 Rye 3.00 2.00 1.00 Wool. Best Fine Wool Fleece $10.00 $7.50 $5.00 Best Coarse Wool Fleece $10.00 $7.50 $5.00 Best Med'm Wool Fleece :.. $10.00 $7.60 $5.00 The medium wool will be made up ci hair-blood, three-eighth and quar ter-blood fleeces. Everything below will go into coarse wool and every, thing above into fine. Certified Seed Wheat. The certification inspection on Mor rcw county wheat fields for seed vheat in July found only four fields of Hybrid 128 passing the field tests. lit these varieties the only one on the market to sell seed wheat is that of John Padberg of Heppner, who had 400 acres of Hybrid 128 showing a mixture of less than one-fourth of one per cent. The following list of wheat inspect ed shows the four fields passed and six fields that were recommended as furnishing good seed. Number of acres is given first, followed by name Rnd address of owner, percent and kind of mixture, remarks and wheth er or not the wheat is certified: 250 acres Hybrid 128, C. H. Erwin, Heppner, .004 Baart, Bluestem, Red Chatf .Federation; very good, certi fied. 200 acres Hybrid 128, George L. Mc Millan, Lexington; .0016 Bluestem, Turkey Red, Federation, Red Chaff; excellent quality; certified. 10 acres Hybrid 128, Lawrence Red ding, Eight Mile; .0009 Turkey Red, Hard Federation; very clean, certified. 400 acres Hybrid 128, John H. Pad berg, Heppner; .0023 Turkey Red, Fortyfold, Bluestem; very good, cer tified. 100 acres Fortyfold, Henry E. Pe terson, lone; .02 Turkey Red and oth ers; good seed of this variety; re jected. 45 acres Federation, R. A. Thomp son, Heppner; .006 fortyfold, hybrid 128, bluestem; good seed; rejected. 160 acres Federation, R. A. Farrens, I':ne; .006 Jenkins Club, Bluestem, Hybrid 128, Red Chaff, Turkey Red; recommended as good seed, rejected. 146 acres Turkey Red, Ray Wright, Heppner; .0006 Bluestem, Hybrid 128, Rye; good seed, recommended except for rye; rejected. 230 acres Hybrid 128, C. B. Cox, Heppner; .006 Turkey Red, Jenkins, Red Chaff, Fortyfold, Bluestem; good field, recommended; rejected. 300 acres Turkey Red, Earl Warner, litunjion; .uua mostly Bluestem; recommended; rejected. Irrigation on Willow Creek. By R. B .WILCOX. The purpose of this article is to discuss irrigation along Willow creek. As we have no reservoir for water storage, and as the flow of the stream becomes negligible in early summer, our problem is to utilize the natural flow of the stream in the most ser viceable way. . It is manifestly im possible and impractical to have a vater superintendent to try and turn on water and turn it off. It is not for the best interests of all probably to conform to all the general water pro visions. I do not believe that the pri ority water permit holders aro sel fish enough .to tnaist on a priority use if some method could bo devised whereby they would not suffer in any way. Since 1910 I have studied this ques tion over on my ranch, midway be tween Lexington and lone. On the place where I live when I camo here the irrigation Bystem was not in use. The first year (not an exceptionally - dry one) every water hole was dry by the middle of summer. Since I com menced irrigating the place there has always been water running in the creek at the lower end of the ranch. Vhe way I have brought this about 1b by heavy irrigation in the winter time, when there is a large head of water. By getting the ground thor oughly soaked at that time, only a small amount of water is needed late in the spring. Now this is my be lief: We can almost make a live stream of Willow creek from the mountains to the Columbia by winter iirigation. It doesn't necessarily mean that this flood water must be placed on al falfa land. If there is any waste land near the hill back of your alfalfa flold turn flood water onto it, The soil will act as reservoir and on its way back to the creek channel it will probably do your crops some good. At least it will give your neighbor below you a chance to irrigate his garden, nd if your neighbor above you has done his part you will get your pay. I have heard seve-al objections to this plan but none of them have been worth considering on my place. As conditions, soils, etc., differ in differ ent places, some of these might be troublesome some places. What Variety of Winter Wheat Are You Planting? There is a large question in the minds of many Morrow county form' ers as to whether they should change wheat varieties or not. The advisa bility of making a radical change in vtriey is always questionable. In gineral it ig believed that farmers who have been growing Turkey and Hybrid 128 should continue to grow these varieties. Fortyfold has given good results in the southern end of the county but has not in past and it is not believed in the future that it will yield with the two former va rieties in the northern section of the county. There will be a rather ex tensive seeding of Federation (soft federation) especially in the heavier lands in the southern end of the county. All results of checks made by this office and in adjoining coun ties for tha past several years indi cate that Federation will outyield any winter wheat now grown when it comes through the winter without winter killing. It is about as winter hardy as Bluestem. Its seeding is not recommended unless the farmer is willing to take the risk of winter killing, even when their true winter wheats are not damaged. federation should replace all spring and fall sown bluestem in Morrow county. It will apparenty stand a much winter as bluestem and will outyield it considerably both as a fall ard spring sown wheat. While blue stem has been a good wheat in this section when another wheat comes along that is as much better as Fed eration is it should be discarded. It is believed by this office that the seeding of Federation in the extreme north end of the county is rather risky as there are many winters when tl.ere will be winter killing in this section due to lack of snow coverin when there would not be in the heav ier lands in the southern end of the county. In general Turkey Red and Hybrid are the best varieties for this section. Wild Morning Glory. Wild morning glory as a crop pest has general distribution over all the Pacific Coast states. It is not at present a serious pest on most of the farms in Morrow county. However. those farmers that have spots of it should make plans to eradicate it so that it will not spread to other partB of the farm. There are a number of methods of eradication now in use that have proved satisfactory. Carbon bisulphide poured into holes 3 feet each way in the infected area, four ounces to each hole will kill the weed in a very short time. Except on small patches, the expense of this method is too high for general use. On large patches the method of clean cultivation gives good results if followed through to its conclusion The morning glory is a plant that Brows from a root stock and stores its reserve of food in the roots. In c!ean cultivation it is necessary to keep the plant from throwing out a green leaf. This necessitates weeding at frequent intervals throuehout the growing season depending some what on the weather and moisture conditions. The greatest drawback to this method of controlling is that after following it religiously for a time, a busy spot in the year's work s reached and cultivation is neglect ed for a short time. When this hap pens the plant gets to the top of the gioutid, throws out leaves and all the previous work is lost. By keeping it below the ground the roots slowly starve to death and the plant can be eradicated in two years or less. There are a number of scravs on me market which claim to kill morn ng glory. Some of these look orom. ising but have not been definitely proven successful as yet. A small patch of morning glory was treated ay carbon disulphide on the Sam Tur ner farm last week and a small patch will be treated next week by the same r.ethod on the R. L. Benge ranch above Heppner to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method. Stiff Lambs. Following arrangements made by the Couny Agent last winter, Dr. C. K. Donham, of the Oregon Aericul tural College Veterinary Department, spent two days in the mountians last week gathering information on this disease. A large number of stiff lambs in the Ditch creek section was lcoked over, temperatures taken, and two of the stiffest of them were autopsied. Blood samples were taken and bacterial cultures were made of joints where there was a possibility of infection that was causing the stiffness. It was the opinion of Dr. Donham inai it wouiu proDaDly take a very thorough study by a research veter inarian to determine accurately the cause of this trouble which causes a large loss of lambs throughout the Blue Mountain section annually. There has been no definite work on this disease in the past and veterin arians hold different opinions as to its cause. It is hoped this will be a start in getting at the real trouble. NORTH MORROW COUNTY FAIR AT BOARDMAN, SEPT. J-4. The North Morrow County Fair will be held at Boardmnn next week, Fri day and Saturday, September 8 and 4. The Fair thiB year promises to be better than ever and a large attend ance is expected. ' On of the features of the Fair will be the sewing demonstration contest between five teams selected from the ewing clubs of the county. This tcntost will be held Friday at 2:00 p. m., at Boardman school house. Seed Wheat. According to field observations made this year by warehouse men and buyers, much of the wheat now being grown in Morrow county is mixed to an extent that it is right on the edge ol being seriously docked for mix tures. This is especially true of Tur key Red wheat, most of which carries a considerable quantity of white wheat in it. If sufficient interest is shown by growers of Turkey Red wheat, a carload of Turkey from the Roberts ranch in Wasco county can be brought into the county. This cculd be distributed so that fanners growing this variety could get a few sicks of it to save for their own seed a year from now. The only field of Turkey that came at all close tp passing certification re quirements was a field belonging to Kay Wright of Rhea creek. This had CO of one per cent mixure but was turned down on account of a small amount of rye. Tne field of Roberts In others in Wasco county where seed can be obtained, shows about one head of mixture to 100,000 heads of turkey. Regal Wheat to be Tested. One of the most promising of the new smut resistant wheats developed by the Moro experimnet station is a purple-strawed Turkey red wheat which has been named Regal. This wheat, which is smut-resistant, does i ot require treating and indications are that it is as good or a better yield er than Turkey Red, Enough of this wheat for field tests in acre plots has been received by the County Agent rnd will be put out in demonstrations in every wheat growing community in the county this year. Preliminary re sults the past four years show it to be a high-yielding wheat at the sta tion and in the nurseries. Locations of these field tests will be published vithin the next month. If the va riety proves to be a good yielder un der field conditions it will make a large saving in the elimination of the cos tof treating and the loss from mut and smut dockage. Over two billion smoked a month! Liggett y Myers Tobacco Co. - Alfalfa Stands. Alfalfa stands along many of the creeks and on a considerable portion of the Project at Boardman and Irri- gon are getting thin and need to be reseeded. This is especially true of much of the land along the creeks. Vt herever possible as much of these thin stands should be plowed up and reseeded to high yielding varieties of alfalfa. According to results ob tained at the experiment stations and by growers in this county, the best yielders and the hardiest of alfalfa varieties are Grimm and some of the so-called hardy common alfalfas such ar South Dakota No. 12. In general Or'mm is recommended as it is nr only a high yielder but is very hardy und showed practically no winter kill any place in the county two years ago. Average yields of alfalfa obtained rl the Hermiston experiment station shows variation of from 6.9 tons per acre to 3.96 tons per acre. It also shows a winter kill during 1924 and 1C25 from nothing to as high as 68. Ii. planting alfalfa the variety should be selected from high-yielding fields. It is possible to do this where seed is being grown locally but where it is shipped in it is impossible to select it except by variety and then from re liable growers only. Federation vs. Hard Federation. There is still some confusion in the minds of a few farmers regarding the two federation wheats. Federation, which is being called by many Boft men are backing federation to distinguish it from hard federation, is a spring wheat about ar winter hardy aa bluestem. It is not a particularly soft wheat. Yields when fall-seeded are generally higher than any other vaiiety grown in this section of the country. However, it is not particularly winter hardy and there is considerable danger of win ter killing in many sections of the county. It is approximaetly as winter hardy as bluestem. Hard federation is a selection from federation and is a very hard white spring wheat. It is earlier maturing than federation and is not at all win ter hardy, comparing in this respect with Baart. FIELD DAY AT HERMISTON SEP TEMBER 11. The Annual Field Day of the Her miston experiment station will be held at the experiment farm Satur day, September 11. The program for the day includes visiting the experi mental plots and in a speaking pro gram by P. M. Brandt, prefessor of Dairying of the Oregon Agricultural College, and the Honorable Walter M. Iierce, Governor of Oregon. A far mers interested in irrigation are in vited to attend. SWEET CLOVER FOR PASTURE. Tests of sweet clover for pasture in the Boardman community are show irg up very good. In general sweet clover pasture will bring more returns than any crop that can be raised. Farmers wishing to get pasture for next year can fall plant sweet clover any time from now on and it will natural tobacco Giesterf CIGARETTES Such popularity must be deserved bring on its main crop of pasture the next year. Yellow blossom sweet clo- vn grows finer and will probably Te quire less management than white blossom. The white blossom however, usually makes more feed than the yel low blossom. It should be planted about 15 pounds to the acre in a good firm seed bed. Sweet clover pasture should be divided into two lots that one lot can be irrigated while the other one is being pastured. SACK SEWING CONTEST DURING RODEO. A sack sewing contest open to all comers will be held at Heppner dur ing the Rodeo and managed by the committee in charge of the county wool and grain show. For this con test prizes of $60 will be distributed to the winning rack sewers on a basis of $30, $20and $10. . Preliminaries ill be held on the morning of Sep tember 24 when each entrant will lill, sew and pile five sacis of wheat. For the finals on Saturday, September 25, each contestant in the finals will fill, sew and pile 10 sacks. The contest will be judged by three disinterested farmers of the county on a score card considering time, workmanship, the weight of sacks, and cleanliness, or amount of grain spilled. This will be a real opportunity to determine the best sack sewer in this section of the county. POULTRY CULLING MEETINGS. Poultry cullin? meetings will he held at Irrigon and Boardman Sep tember 9. The- meeting at Irrigon will be held on the F. H. Reiks place taste AND . . there's only one way to get it! ONCE you learn the refreshing goodness of natural tobacco taste in a cigarette, noth ing else will satisfy you. And the only way to get it is from the to baccos themselves. It calls for the finest qualities of leaf, both Turkish and Domestic, and the rarest skill in blending them, but man, the result does speak for itself! Look at Chester' field's record and "draw your own conclusions P Idd at 10:00 a. m. Thursday, September 9. The meeting at Boardman will start at the Charles Dillon ranch at 1:80 p. m. the same day. From this ranch visits and colling work will be done rn the Walter Knuaff place and tha J. G. Johnson place. A eulling demon stration will be given at Lexington or Heppner September 10. The exact place will be announced in the paper next week. Mr. H. C. Cosby, Exten sion Poultry Specialist of the Oregon Agricultural College, will conduct the demonstrations. SWEET POTATOES. Arrangement! are being made, by the County Agent for an illustrated talk on sweet potatoes especially dig ging and handling and storing them and sweet potato diseases. This will probably be held at Boardman about the 9th. Definite notice will be pub lished next week. The Hermiston experiment station has a series of tests on sweet potatoes including varietal tests, date of plant ing and method of irrigation that should prove interesting to fanners interested in this crop. They can be seen at the Field Day at the station September 11. UMATILLA PROJECT ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. The printed report of the Umatilla Project Economic Conference hai been received and has been mailed to all project fanners on tha county agent's mailing list. If you know of any farmer who did not receive this report and wants it, drop a line to the County Agent and it will be sent.