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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1936. PAGE THREE Eastern Oregon Wheat League Report and Recommendations of the Federal Agricutural Programs Committee Heppner, Oregon, December 4-5, 1936 PRODUCTION CONTROL We recommend that the Eastern Oregon Wheat League request the enactment by Congress of adequate legislation to give American farmers machinery by which they can ad just production to effective demand and by which they can control the distribution of farm products in a basis that will promote soil conser vation, and which will assure the American farmer adequate prices and parity of income with the rest of the nation. We further recommend that such legislation be based upon and include the fundamental principles and ma chinery that have been successfully applied in the Agricultural Adjust ment Act and the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. We make these recommendations for the following reasons: 1. Agricultural producers, particu larly grain growers, have for many years operated under the handicap of selling in an unprotected world market and buying in a protected market " - 2. As a result of many years of effort by. organizations of farmers, the Agricultural Adjustment Act be came a law on May 12, 1933. The benefit payments made possible by this Act were the first effective sem blance of a protective tariff for ag ricultural producers, bringing them, in simple justice, benefits of the kind other groups have enjoyed for over 100 years. 3. finder the Agricultural Adjust ment Act great strides were made in reducing the surplus of farm pro ducts more nearly to effective de mand and increasing farm income. 4. The conservation of the soil and its fertility, which is the major ob jective of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, is funda mentally sound and essential to the welfare of the nations agriculture We recognize, however, that this Act is not the final answer to our prob lem. Good as far as it goes, this leg islation must be coupled with etfect ive nroduction control and distribu tion in order to assure us of parity prices. AGRICULTURAL CONSERVA TION PROGRAM The committee is of the opinion that in view of the unconstitutional ity of the production control features of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and the improbability of obtaining legislation from all states permitting nmduction control under state laws. that the only practical method of bringing about control of production is through wider participation in the agricultural conservation program. This means that not only materially higher navments for seeding of ad ditional soil conserving crops but also a substantial payment for main taining soil conserving crops already seeded must be made. We believe that the simplified program recom mended by the State Conservation Committee fulfills these require ments. We have given careful con sirlpration to the reports of this com mittee and, in general, approve of tVipm. The proposed 1937 program, which we recommend, contains the tollow incf noints: 1. That only one type of payment be made in 1937 and that this pay ment be made for carrying out soil building practices. This is intended to simplify the program throughout so that any farmer might determine just what his payments are going to Vip hefore carrying out his practices. 2. That a definite soil building al lowance be set up for each farm, to he determined by multiplying the number of acres on the farm by $1.00 and then multiplying by the adjust ed farm rate. 3. That the minimum soil building allowance be $25.00. 4. That the payment for soil build ing practices on any farm to earn the soil building allowance shall be as follows: Grasses and Legumes (a) For planting crested wheat grass after October 31, 1936, and be fore October 31, 1937 $8.00 an acre. A payment of $6 per acre for main taining any crested wheat grass planted in the fall of 1935 and be fore October 31, 1936, and $3 for maintaining any old plantings of crested wheat grass where there is a good stand. (b) For the planting of perennial grasses or legumes or mixtures thereof, when planted straight af ter October 31, 1936, and before Oc tober 31, 1937, $6 an acre. For maintaining any plantings made in the fall of 1935 and before October 31, 1936, $5 per acre. For maintain ing any old plantings where there is a good stand, $3 per acre. When either grasses or legumes are plant ed during 1937 with a nurse crop, that only $2 per acre be paid. (c) For the planting of biennial egumes or grasses in 1937, $5 per acre, and for maintaining in 1937 the acres planted to bienniel legumes in 1936, $2 per acre. When the biennial legumes planted in 1937 are seeded with a nurse crop, $2 per acre. Control of Wind Erosion on Critical Blow Areas (a) $1.50 per acre for making and maintaining furrows not less than 8 inches deep and 10 inches wide and not more than 12 feet apart. Furrows to be at right angles to the prevailing winds. This should ap ply only to critical blow areas. (b) $2 per acre for the hauling and scattering of organic matter at the rate of not less than 2 tons dry basis per acre with the organic mat ter properly anchored. Weed Control (a) $7.50 per acre for practicing clean cultivation on perennial nox ious weeds. (b) $30.00 per acre for the treating of perennial noxious weeds with recommended chemicals. Ten dol lars per acre was paid in 1936. It was felt that this payment should be increased due to the fact that all records available indicate that it costs at least $50 per acre to treat an acre of perennial noxious weeds with chemicals and that more farmers would be encouraged to treat their weed patches if they were allowed at least 50 percent of the cost of it. Crop Residues (a) $1.50 per acre for returning all of the crop residue from any small grain crop to the soil and add ing a nitrogen carrying fertilizer in accordance with recommendations of the Oregon Experiment Station. No straw to be burned on the farm. (b) $1 per acre for returning all of the residue from a leguminous crop to the soil. No straw to be burned on the farm. (c) $50c per acre for making an acre of trashy summerfallow. By trashy summerfallow we mean that enough residue must be present on the surface of the soil at all times during the season to effectively pre vent wind or water erosion to the satisfaction of the county commit tee. Provided, however, that if any farmer leaves all of the crop residue except the chaff on the fields and tills his fallow according to practices recommended by the county com mittee for the community involved. he would be in line to receive a grant even though wind and water erosion are not completely con trolled. Strip Farming $2.50 per acre for strip farming when carried out on the contour of the slope or at right angles to the prevailing winds, with crop strips not more than 20 rods apart. Green Manures Annual legumes, when turned un der as green manure, $3 per acre small grains, when turned under as green manure crops, $2 per acre, Mixtures of legumes and small grains, when turned under as green manure, $2.50 per acre. Seeding Winter Wheat or Rye In Spring The seeding jf winter wheat or rye in the spring and none of the crop utilized, $2 per acre. Straw Checks in Gullies Fifteen cents per linear 100 feet for the construction of straw checks in gullies where the slope of the bot tom of the gullies is two per cent or more, with checks at least 4 inches deep and not more than two feet apart and the straw properly packed. Chiseling We recommend that the state com mittee give consideration to the in clusion of chiseling of crop land in the Oregon docket, payment to be based on a portion of the cost of op eration. 5. That no requirements as to the minimum number of acres on which soil building practices are carried out should be made. 6. That each farming unit be han dled separately with no multiple farm rulings. 7. Payment for soil conserving practices carried out other than for seeding or maintaining soil conserv ing crops to go to the operator, pro vided that if the owner furnishes any materials or pays any labor costs in connection with any other soil building practice that he should receive a portion of the payment earned on the farm in accordance with the percentage of the total cost he contributes. 8. We believe that payments for performance of soil building prac tices listed above should be consid ered as the minimum payment pos sible to accomplish the desired re sult of both soil conservation and production control. We recommend that if such payments, as outlined above, do not bring about produc tion control to effective demand that additional appropriation by Congress be made to permit their increase. CROP INSURANCE The committee discussed the prop osition of crop insurance thoroughly In view of the fact that this subject is under consideration by a group of grain gowers called to Washing ton, D. C, for that purpose by the Secretary of Agriculture, and fur ther, in view of the fact that this committee's report is not available, we recommend that the Eastern Oregon Wheat League take no action on the subject of crop insurance at this time. Wheat Shows Well In Livestock Tests One reason that wheat has been the subject of so much controversy regarding its value in feeding live stock is that it varies widely in com position according to the conditons under which it is grown, D. E. Rich ards, superintendent of the livestock branch experiment station at Union told members of the Eastern Ore' gon Wheat league at its recent con vention. "Wheat is the most variable in composition of any of the cereals and is profoundly influenced by cli mate, especially as to its protein content," Richards explained. "Corn, if the crop is mature, has a very constant feeding value and its composition is little affected by climatic conditions. Wheat grown in the northern plains states on the other hand, averages 13.5 per cent protein, while wheat from the At lantic coast states 11.7 per cent, and that from the Pacific coast states only 9.9 per cent protein." In his investigation of feeding wheat to livestock, Richards has found that it is satisfactory for all kinds of livestock if properly fed, The fact that it has usually been higher in price than other grains has led to a common opinion that it is not adapted for livestock feeding purposes. As early as 1892, however, the Ore gon Experiment station published a bulletin in which wheat was spoken well of as a feed for pigs. Three years later a second bulletin was published showing that gains made by steers fed wheat compared favor ably with those made by feeding corn, and that good returns could be realized by feeding wheat to cat' tie. Late experiments carried on by Richards at Union confirmed earlier trials showing that wheat Judge Threatened f r KANSAS CITY . . . Judge A. L. Reeves (above), was told over the 'phone, "We're going to get you for this,1 a few hours after in structing a 'Grand Jury to reach for high as well as .low in the alleged election' frauds, November 3rd. can be used satisfactorily if prop erly fed. Under eastern Oregon conditions a weaner calf weighing 400 to 500 pounds can be changed into a prime market animal weighing 700 to 800 pounds by feeding about 1000 pounds WE PAY SPOT CREAM MORROW COUNTY CREAMERY CO. 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