HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937.
PAGE THREE
Crested Wheat Grass
Subject of Bulletin
For years both grain farmers and
livestock men of eastern Oregon have
been asking questions about grass.
It now seems that the answer to
some of their questions, at least, is
crested wheat grass.
This is not a sudden conclusion,
but the result of years of work with
various kinds of grasses on the part
of the Oregon Experiment stations
and extension service. Grass re
search work was begun at the Union
experiment station in 1910, at the
Moro station in 1914, and at the Pen
dleton station with its establishment
in 1929. Since 1925 eastern Oregon
county agents have seeded grass
nurseries of all available varieties
in more than 100 locations.
In these trials crested wheat grass
showed up as an outstanding dry
land grass, and has continued to
"stand up" when tested out by far
mers and stockmen. The story of
crested wheat grass and its charac
teristics and habits is the subject of
a new bulletin prepared by E. R.
Jackman, extension agronomist at
O. S. C; Supt. D. E. Stephens of the
Moro station, and Supt. D. E. Rich
ards of the Union station. It is ex
tension bulletin 494, entitled, "Crest
ed Wheat Grass in Eastern Oregon"
and contains numerous reports from
growers on their experience with
this grass.
Crested wheat grass is much like
the' native blue bunch wheat grass,
but seeds more heavily and the seed
does not shatter so readily, the report
points out. It is more constant in
production, begins growth earlier in
the spring and starts more quickly
after the fall rains, and is more pal
atable. It is extremely drouth re
sistant and winter hardy, and once
established, shows a remarkable
ability to take care of itself in the
battle with weeds.
"Three thousand acres of it, mostly
in small trial plots scattered over
every eastern Oregon county, testify
to its adaptability to Oregon condi
tions," say the authors of the bulle
tin. "It grows in the adobe soils of
Harney county, in the pumice and
sandstone of Deschutes, in the silt
loam of Sherman and in the rich
lake bottom of Union county."
Eastern Oregon farmers planted
some 25,000 acres to this grass in the
fall of 1936, and the new bulletin
was prepared largely in the hope
that the suggestions contained in it
will help to avert some of the fail
. ures that usually occur in the first
large-scale attempts to grow any
new crop.
Sorry, No Grubstakes
Says Professor
Easter Pilgrimage
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SAN FRANCISCO . . . Over 50,000
people ascend Mount Davidson
each year to attend the sunrise
Easter services under the huge
cross. Visitors from all parts of
the country arrive to join In the
imp'ressive ceremony.
Corvallis. J. H. Batchellor, secre
tary of the old State Mining board
until it was superceded by the newly
created department of geology and
mineral industries, wants it distinct
ly understood that he is not in a po
sition to hand out grubstakes to as
piling miners.
Since the newspapers announced
the action of the legislature in cre
ating the new department and ear
marked a certain amount of the ap
propriation for supplying grubstakes,
Batcheller, who is also professor of
mining engineering at Oregon State
college, has been receiving requests
almost daily for assistance under the
terms of the new law.
He points out that those who are
interested in any phase of the new
department had best watch the press
for announcements of the organiza
tion to be set up. With the recent
announcement of the personnel of
the new mining commission, organi
zation will doubtless be completed
in the near future.
Professor Batcheller had served
as secretary of the old board for
many years and was on the staff of
the school of mines at O. S. C. before
it was abolished as a degree-grant-inir
school and part of its work
merged into the school of engineer
ing.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to the kind friends and
neighbors for their help, floral trib
ute, and expressions of sympathy at
the time of our bereavement.
Mrs. O. E. Johnson.
Victor Johnson and Family,
Turkey Market
Prospects Better
Market prospects for the new
crop of turkeys about to be raised
appear more favorable than a year
ago, with that for potatoes less fa
vorable, according to a report on
the agricultural situation and out
look just released by the OSC agri
cultural extension service.
It is expected that turkey grow
ers will reduce production, at least
somewhat, compared with 1936 when
the business was boomed too much
resulting in glutted markets and
relatively low prices for turkeys,
Feed costs are expected to be lower
during the principal fattening per
iod for 1937 crop turkeys than dur
ing the 1936 crop season.
Potato growers, on the other hand,
apparently intend to increase the
acreage of potatoes in response to
the very high prices received for the
1936 crop. On the basis of the avail
able information, it seems probable
that the acreage will be sufficient
to produce about an average amount
of potatoes, assuming that growing
conditions are normal and yields
about average.
With respect to chickens, the re
port shows that there is some ten
dency for egg producers to order
fewer chicks for raising pullets. Any
way the government report on com
mercial hatchings and bookings sug
gests a reduction in pullets raised of
perhaps 6 or 8 per cent, depending
somewhat on the course of egg prices
during the next few weeks.
Owing to unfavorable soil and
weather conditions last fall, much
land in Oregon was not planted to
fall crops as usual. An unusual
amount of damage was also done to
fall seeded crops by the cold weath
er during the winter. Consequently,
farmers in Oregon are confronted
with more farm work and spring
seeding than usual, and they have
had difficulty in getting started,
owing to wet soil.
The general level of farm prices m
Oregon advanced two points from
mid-January to mid-February to 89
per cent of the 1926-30 average.
Market prices indicate that the gen
eral average did not change greatly
from mid-February to mid-March,
although some products declined and
others advanced. The farm price
index figure 89 compares with 72 in
Oregon in February, 1936, and with
90 for the whole country in February
this year.
EASTER, yesterday and oday by a. B. chapin
TODAY'S QUOTE.
"Systematic work is as essential
to success in the vegetable garden
as in the regular care pf the dairy,
poultry and stable. No garden will
thrive and be satisfactory under ir
regular, inconsistent attention, any
more than would a cow milked
whenever the farmer took a notion."
A. G. B. Bouquet, professor of
vegetable crops, Oregon State col
lege.
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