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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, October 5, 1939
Oregon Report of
AAA Shows Broad
Cooperation Here
With 42,000 of Oregon's 65,000
farmers participating, and with 92
per cent of its cropland included in
the agricultural conservation pro
gram, Oregon farmers are evidently
finding the AAA program helpful,
reports N. C. Donaldson, state ex
ecutive officer, in a 60-page, detailed
report just issued on the 1938 oper
ations. Considerable credit is given in the
report to the state college extension
service for the high degree of par
ticipation in this state. The report
indicates that educational work by
the extension service kept Oregon
farmers informed concerning both
the background and details of the
program, with the result that a large
majority exercised their voluntary
right to participate.
Administration of the 1938 pro
gram was accomplished through the
assistance of 137 county committee
men and 868 community committee
men, each elected by neighbor far
mers. At the head of this organiza
tion was the state committee, con
sisting of William Steen of Milton,
chairman; William Enschede of
Hillsboro, Robert Weir of Lakeview,
and John Shepherd of Scio. F. L.
Ballard of Corvallis, vice-director
of the extension service, was an ex
officio member.
One of the popular features of the
AAA in Oregon is the range im
provement program, which contin
ued to grow in 1938, the report
shows. A total of 991 ranch operators
participated, representing 4,600,000
acres of range land. Deferred grazing
was practiced on 850,000 acres of
grass land, and, in addition, there
were 93 reservoirs, 37 wells, and 442
springs built or developed.
Soon after issuing the annual re
port the state organization and ex
tension service were called on to
carry emergency information on the
wheat acreage situation and pea and
vetch seed crops to the people of
this state.
A series of county meetings just
completed were largely attended,
with many growers showing inter
est in the fact that the AAA can
serve equally to reduce acreage,
hold it at an even keel, or increase it,
as the particular occasion may re
quire. Information was given con-
wheat acreage as originally planned
despite the war, and to increase
acreage of winter pea and vetch
seed crops.
law pertaining to the condition of
tires went into effect in the state of
Pennsylvania the first of this month,
according to word received here by
Earl Snell, secretary of state. The
law makes it unlawful for any per
son to operate a car with tires show
ing the breaker strip, cushion gum
or fabric. Upon notification by a
peace officer that his tires dq not
conform to state regulations, an
owner is allowed 48 hours to make
adjustments. Sponsors of the law
believe it will reduce traffic acci
dents by eliminating many unsafe
tires, it was said.
Designed to cut down traffic ac
cidents caused by faulty tires, a new
New Chevrolets
Make Bow Oct. 14
Detroit, Sept. 23 Chevrolet's new
1940 models will make their public
bow on Oct. 14, W. E. Holler, gen
eral sales manager, announced here
today. The cars, he said, will be
shown simultaneously at the Nation
al Automobile Show in Grand Cen
tral Palace where, as volume lead
er in the industry, Chevrolet again
had first choice of space at the
General Motors special showing in
the Waldorf-Astoria, at several im
portant local auto shows, and in
dealers' salesrooms throughout the
country.
In line with the company's exper
ience in recent years, Mr. Holler
said, an important part of Chevro
let's announcement advertising has
been scheduled m newsoanors
Some 6,800 daily and weeklv news
papers from coast to coast are on
the schedule, other media beine
used to supplement and round out
this effort. Pre-announcement ad
vertising has already begun to an-
pear, and space will be increased
as the new car introduction date
approaches.
Formal presentation of its new
product, and the selling program
for 1940, will be made to Chevrolet's
wholesale field organization and the
central office sales department staff
at the annual national sales conven
tion scheduled to open here Sent.
28. The sessions will last two days,
and will be attended by about 350
key members of , the organization.
MARION SHERIFF VISITS
A. C. Burke, Marion county sher
iff, and Ed Pusasoki, Salem attornev.
were hunting guests of Sheriff C.
J. D. Bauman for the opening of
the bird season, Sunday, and had a
successful hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mahoney
were week-end guests at the home
of Mr. Mahoney's cousin, P. W. Ma
honey, and the two gentlemen in
augurated opening of the bird sea
son Sunday with a good hunt.
Early this year we asked you why you did not
use Union Pacific services more extensively.
You told us. We set about to do the things you
told us had to be done. Your response has been
splendid, and we thank you for the fine coop
eration given. We want to make this service
outstanding.
We solicit your continued cooperation and
patronage and pledge constant attention to
the handling of your shipments with utmost
speed, care and dependability.
C. DARBEE,
Local Agent
Phone 132
Heppner, Oregon
State Corn Show
Prize List, Rules
Issued by O. S. C.
Five hundred dollars in prize
money, four additional champion
ship cups, and an accompanying ed
ucational program are factors which
those in charge believe will make
the third annual Oregon State Corn
show at Corvallis, November 28 to
December 2, by far the biggest and
best yet held.
The detailed premium list for the
show has just been published by the
committee and is available for free
distribution either through county
extension offices or direct from the
extension service at O. S. C.
Although the two big public days
of the show have been set for De
cember 1 and 2, the dates will in
clude from Tuesday, November 28,
through the week, as arrangements
have been made for all exhibits to
be sent in by Monday night, after
which they will be placed and judg
ed before the final program days.
Formerly held in Portland, the
third annual state corn show has
been moved to Corvallis at the re
quest of the original sponsor, in or
der to provide better facilities and
an opportunity for an educational
program in connection with the
show. The sponsoring group has
been broadened to include the ex
tension service and experiment sta
tion at the college, the three chief
farmers' organizations, and the state
board of vocational education, in ad
dition to the original sponsors, which
were the agricultural committee of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
and the First National Bank of
Portland. The Portland organizations
are still assitsing in the financing
of the show and "providing the
awards.
There will be four classes in the
show this year, consisting of an open
class, a 4-H club class, an FFA class,
and a class for the state hybrid corn
growing contest. 4-H and FFA mem
bers may exhibit in either their own
class or in the open class, but can
not enter both. For competitive pur
poses the state is also divided into
four districts, three in western Ore
gon and one including all counties
east of the Cascades with the ex
ception of Hood River.
Rules provide that any yellow
corn grown in Oregon during the
current year may be exhibited. An
exhibit of corn consists of exactly
10 ears, with the exception of those
entered in the separate hybrid corn
growing contest, where different
rules apply.
Henry Baker is painting and oth
erwise improving his residence prop
erty in the Eight Mile section.
Oregon Farmers
Plant Shelter Belt
Washington, D. C, Sept. 20 Ore
gon farmers planted 145,550 trees
last year for shelter belts and. the
same number, exactly, for wood pro
duction. The plantings were under
the Clark-McNary law, which pro
vides for the allotment of federal
funds to states matching such ap
propriations for carrying on fire
protection work in forests and for
furnishing forest tree seedlings to
farmers. The tree distribution is
made by state forestry agencies and
the trees are used only for forest
planting on farms.
Oregon farmers planted the trees
50-50, half for windbreaks to protect
crops and soil, livestock, farm build
ings and gardens from damaging
winds. Farmers report a saving in
fuel in houses sheltered by trees
and a saving in feed when wind
breaks are used around feed lots.
In Washington state 62,100 tree3
went for windbreaks and 20,700 were
planted for wood production. The
Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho,
and Colorado made their plantings
for windbreaks. Nevada, apparently,
did not plant a tree.
Mrs. Harold Buhman went to
Portland the end of the week for a
visit of several days.
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