HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937
PAGE THREE
LEXINGTON NEWS x
Harvesting General;
Rains Slow Work
By BEULAH NICHOLS
. Harvesting in this vicinity is now
well under way. Reports from farm
ers indicate that the yield this year
is coming up to expectations and will
be considerably better than last year.
Work was slowed down somewhat
by the showers the first of the week.
The state highway oiling crew ar
rived in town Monday and are put
ting the final coat of oil on the Lexington-Echo
highway.
Harold Glasscock, nephew of Mrs.
Golda Leathers, escaped with only
minor injuries when his car was
completely demolished in an acci
dent near lone early Sunday morn
ing. His car collided with one driven
by Dr. Lawrence of Heppner.
The front of the Lewis store re
' ceived a new coat of paint last week.
Miss Ellen Nelson returned home
from the Heppner hospital Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gillis are
the parents of a daughter, born July
21 at a hospital in Portland.
Betty Walker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Esle Walker, underwent
an operation for removal of tonsils
and adenoids at Heppner Tuesday.
Mrs. Elmer Hunt entertained a
group of youngsters Friday after
noon, honoring the eleventh birth
day of her daughter, Louise. The
afternoon was spent with games and
other entertainment after which
Mrs. Hunt served ice cream and
cake.
The second Rodeo queen dance
which was held at Lexington Sat
' urday night, was well attended.
Harvey Miller was in Corvallis
last week on business connected with
the soil conservation program.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Phillips and
daughter Jessalyn of Kinzua spent
the week end at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Smethurst. Jessalyn
remained for a longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. John Habke of Port
land were business visitors here last
week.
Mrs. Sarah White visited her son,
Neil White, at Hidaway springs last
week.
Mrs. Marion Palmer spent Thurs
day with friends and relatives in
Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brosnan of The
Dalles were visitors in Lexington
Thursday afternoon.
Vernon and Kenneth Warner, who
have been visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Warner, for the past
month, have returned to Seattle
where they are stationed with the
U. S. navy.
Joe Bond of Grandview, Wash.,
is spending a few days with relatives
in this community.
Farmers Tell Benefits,
Needs, Under Triple A
What the actual Oregon farmer
on the land thinks about the opera
tion of the agricultural conservation
program and what he expects of it
in the future was told to national
officials of the AAA and others at a
conference held in Corvallis to for
mulate suggestions for changes in
the 1938 program.
Representative farmers were at
the conference from all leading farm
sections of the state, many of them
being men who have had experience
with the inner workings of the AAA
through service on community,
county or state committees. Follow
ing are excerpts from the opinions
expressed by a few of these men in
the course of the conference:
E. H. Miller, Lexington: "The
wheat farmers of the Columbia basin
are finding that the program is far
more than a mere sop thrown to us
in the form of benefit payments. We
have been able to turn thousands of
acres of low producing land back to
grass, and saved other thousands
from blow damage through follow
ing the practices encouraged under
the program. We are not fooled by
temporary dollar wheat, and would
like a continuation of a program
which will encourage continued di
version of the poorer lands into
grass instead of wheat."
Frank B. Harlow, Eugene: "Ap
plying the program to smaller di
versified fruit farms has not been
simple. We are primarily interested
in maintaining fertility and pre
venting erosion in our orchards and
berry fields. The 1937 program
strongly encourages the use of win
ter cover crops, and we would like
to see this extended even further.
Soil building practices are most im
portant with us."
E. IL Delong, La Grande: "The
majority of our farmers see more in
the program than the benefit pay
ments, and we expect more from it.
As a dairyman, I find the 1937 pro
gram more applicable than was the
first one, and I think the 1938 pro
gram may be improved without
making radical changes. Union coun
ty has reduced its wheat acreage and
is attacking the problem of wind
erosion."
Robert L. Weir, Lakeview: "The
1936 range program was a "dinger,"
and did us a lot of good. Unfortun
ately the 1937 program is not so good
since the building of outside fences
was eliminated as an improvement
practice. I believe it is a fundamen
tal conservation practice both for
private and publicly owned range
land to encourage adequate fencing
of range holdings."
New Pamphlets Give
College Entrance Facts
Corvallis Revised pamphlets con
taining entrance information for
students planning to attend Oregon
State college as well as other units
of the system, have recently been
published by the State Board of
Higher education.
. The pamphlet contains the revised
schedule of fees, which shows minor
changes from those a year ago, and
explains briefly many other items in
connection with entering college.
Dates of Freshman week at the
state college and university will be
September 20 to 25. Before that,
however, a four-weeks post sum
mer session is scheduled to begin
August 2, following the close of the
regular six-weeks summer session
July 30. Courses in the post session
are limited to education and science.
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MIMJII I 0 I I A l DIPOIH
Experiment Station
Facts and Figures
Insect parasites of the wooly aph
is have so largely eliminated this
pest in the Hood River valley that
it is now difficult to find colonies
Of them at all. Strangely enough,
however, spiders sometimes inter
vene to protect a few colonies of
the aphis, explains Leroy Chlids,
superintendent of the Hood River
branfjh. experiment station, from
where the parasites were introduc
ed. Spiders sometimes spin webs
ocross the face of a partially healed
pruning wound unled which the
aphis are protected from their in
sect enemies.
Sprinkled irrigation has not prov
ed practical for vegetable crops on
the sandy soil of the Hermiston
branch experiment station. It was
tried out with the idea that it might
protect tomatoes, beans and other
susceptible crops from the insect
carrier of the curly top cirus. It
failed to be of any help in this
problem, and t put the soil in shape
so that it "blowed" badly as soon
as the surface dried off.
Smut is still such a big problem in
the wheat growing sections of Ore
gon that approximately one-third of
the wheat that reaches the market is
docked more or less because of it.
Because of prevalence of this dis
ease, no new wheat is now released
from the Moro or Pendleton branch
experiment stations unless it shows
marked resistance to all known
forms of smut without being treated.
The recently distributed Rex wheat
is highly resistant to smut, but even
it is not recommended for seeding
without treatment. By treating it,
growers may escape smut losses,
however.
The amount of moisture in a ma
ture pear orchard soil may be well
above what is known as the wilting
n
VfXSr NATIONAL SANK
WEST Of THE JtOaCfES"
INMIANCI COIPORATION
point,' and still the trees may suffer
for lack of water, it has been def
initely determined at the Medford
branch experiment statiin. A num
ber of possible explanations for this
are being investigated, but in the
meantime it is found advisable to
make sure that irrigation water is
applied soon enough to avoid the
danger line. Even under the best
watering conditions, it has been
found that excessively hot dry days
cause a check in the growth of the
fruit, especially when there is a
heavy leaf growth through which
moisture is given off faster than the
roots can supply it.
TODA'S QUOTE
"The federal farm credit struc
ture is now sound enough to with
stand the strain of another depres
sion, and in such event would serve
as a cushion against the previous
devastating effects of forced agri
cultural deflation and liquidation.
The production credit bank, one of
SmniaaG (Sot!!
Sherwin-Williams Perfects BASUL, the New Copper
Compound That Kills Smut Germs Efficiently,
Economically. Tested and Approved
by Wheat Growers and
Experiment Stations
TJUNT, or Stinking Smut, has long been recognized at a dangerous,
I 1 destructive disease of wheat.
scientific knowledge and experiments.
First came formaldehyde and
other liouid solutions. But injury
made their use costly when
treated seed was stored dry for
more than 48 hours, or when
seeded into soil too dry to cause
immediate germination. It "set"
in the drills, and generally caused
inconvenience and extra expense.
Then came Copper Carbonate.
Because it is a dust material,
Copper Carbonate answered the
principal objection to liquid ma
terials. However, its discomfort
in use and high cost suggested
an improved copper compound.
So the Sherwin-Williams Fungicide
Laboratories developed BASUL!
BASUL is a copper compound
(not copper carbonate.) It is a
finely-ground dust material. It
provides ideal control, contain
ing 52 metallic copper. It is
applied at only 2 ounces per
bushel of seed wheat, adhering
extremely well to the grains.
BASUL is easily applied with
standard seeding treating equip
ment. It costs less per pound
than copper carbonate. And of
course causes absolutely no in
juryseed treated with BASUL
can be stored for months.
The experiences of hundreds
of wheat growers and experi
ment stations have proved that
BASULj gives better control of
Bunt or Smut with greater con
venience and at lower costl
Use the Modern Method for SMUT Control
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IONE AND IffiPPNER STATIONS
the four branches of the system, in
tegrates well with orderly marketing
programs." Dean Wm. A. Schoen
f eld, chairman of the board for fed
eral farm credit administration, 12th
district.
Cauliflower Market Plan Formed
An AAA marketing agreement and
order for handling Oregon cauli
flower has been approved by the sec
retary of agriculture and went into
effect July 23. The agreement,
worked out at the request of Oregon
growers, provides for regulation of
shipments during times of threat
ened over supply of markets, and
for cooperation with the secretary
in disposing of excessive surplusses
through purchases for relief pur
poses. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Becket were
in the city Sunday from Wallowa
where Mr. Becket last week as
sumed the position of manager of the
newly opened Wallowa branch of
the First National Bank of Portland.
DC J
Treatments have improved with
THIS IS HOW
STINKING SMUT DESTROYS
UNTREATED WHEAT
You Con' Always
Detect Smut
Smut fpoict or it celt may be
clinjin) (o iced jriin even
though the jfitn looks indimctl
perfect. Spores arc so small H
A Smut Inftit.d ' 1-J0 10 n,U "
wheat kml
Smut Growl and) Spreads
Smut fportl throw out threed
like iprouti which my utech
younj whet iprouti. Th threedi
trow up iniidc the item of tht
wh.it plinl. When tht jnin
heedi out th.H SMUT thrcidi
grow Into tht whcit btonom in
fectmt. tht developint Ittrntl.
Often tht tntirt Ittrntl chengel
into imut bill.
A wheal tpout
allocked by
the Smutferm
On Smut Ball can
Contaminate Several
Buiheli of What
An infected wheel kernel ii toon
rtpleccd by t imut bell contein
Inj itverel million iporei of
itinkinf imut. Ont imut bell
ttiily broken when frein it
hendlcd, tuy conteminett itV'
tnl buihclt of when
A Smut ball
full of Smut
Sportt