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Thursday, July 3, 1941
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Three
Morning Glories
Routed by Wheat
Pius Cultivation
Eastern Oregon wheat land that
had been abandoned to morning
glories is now producing 38-bushel
wheat crops on the morning glory
control station in Umatilla county.
The method used in control has
been that of cultivation and crop
ping, reports Lawrence Jenkins, as
sistant extension specialist in farm
crops at O. S. C.
This weed control experimental
area was established several years
ago under the terms of a special
legislative appropriation. The work
has been carried on by L. E. Harris,
assistant agronomist of the experi
ment station assigned to weed re
search throughout the state.
Weed-infested land on the area,
handled under the normal summer
fallow method, yielded only seven to
10 bushels of wheat per acre in 1940,
compared to a 38-bushel yield on
the managed land. The experiment
has shown that it is practical to
continue cropping land, obtaining a
wheat yield every other year, and
at the same time control morning
glories.
The big improvement in cultiva
tion practices tried out on the area
has been extending the time be
tween cultivaitions, says Jenkins.
The best yields of wheat have been
obtained where the mornin g glory -infested
area was cultivated 12 times
during the season. It was formerly
considered essential to cultivate of
ten enough to prevent the weeds
from emerging to the light. Is has
since been found that cultivating
perennial weeds every two weeks
will bring about eradication fully as
soon, and usually more quickly, than
cultivating every week.
There is some difference in the
elapsed period for various weeds,
Jenkins points out. It appears pos
sible to allow a longer interval on
Canada thistle and Ruissiani knap
weed than is safe for whitetop and
morning glory, although all of these
weeds have been killed in from two
to three years with, cultivations
made four or five inches deep ev
ery two weeks. As the season ad
vances the weeds come back more
slowly, making it possible to leng
then the intervals between cultiva
tions even more.
The experimental work is being
continued to work out further details
of best and most economical meth
ods. It has not yet been determined
how many years will be required to
effect complete eradication where
intensive cultivation is used only
every other year with a crop grown
in between.
Union Pacific Gives
New Train Schedules
Eastbound Pacific limited No. 44
will have earlier arrivals and de
partures at various points, effective
Sunday, July 6, it was announced
today by J. C. Cumming, general
passenger agent of the Union Pa
cific. It will leave Portland, as hereto
fore, at 8 a. m., but will leave Bon
neville at 9:03 a. m. instead of 9:08
a. m.; Cascade Locks at 9:10 a. m.
instead of 9:15 a. m.; Hood River .t
9:40 a. m. instead of 9:48 a. m., and
will arrive The Dalles at 10:15 a. m.
instead of 10:25 a. m. It will leave
The Dalles at 10:20 instead of 10:30
a. m,, leave Arlington at 11:35 a. .n.
instead of 11:47 a. m.; will leave
Echo at 12:52 p. m. instead of 1:05
p. m.; and arrive Pendleton at 1:30
p. m. fifteen minutes earner than
the former schedule.
Leaving Arlington at 1:40 No. 44
will arrive La Grande at 4 p. m. and
leave at 4:10 p. m. instead of 4:25 p.
m,; leave Union Junction 4:28 p. m.
instead of 4:43 p. m.; leave North
Powder at 5:02 p. m. instead of 5:15
p. m. and leave Baker at 5:37 p. l.
instead of 5:50 p. m., arriving Hunt
ington at 7:10 p. m. instead of 7:25
p. m.
Wetbound, Pacific Limited Train
No. 25 will arrive at Portland 15
minutes later than formerly, at 8:55
p. m. instead of 8:40 p. m, It will
leave Baker at 11:12 a. m., North
Powder at 11:39 a. m, and arrive
La Grande at 12:35 p. m. It will
leave LaGrande at 12:45 p. m. and
arrive Pendleton at 2:59 p. m. in
stead of 2:55 p. m. Departure from
Pendleton will be at 3:05 p. m., five
minutes later than former schedule,
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with arrival at The Dalles at 6:10 p.
m., and departure at 6:15 p. m., 10
minutes later than formerly. No. 25
will leave Hood River at 6:50 p. m.
instead of 6:38 p. m., Cascade Locks
at 7:25 p. m. instead of 7:11 p. m.,
and Bonneville at 7:32 p. m. instead
of 7:18 p. m.
The Union Pacific also announced
the earlier departure of its Daylight
train Nn. 77 from Spokane, leaving
Spokane at 5:30 a. m. instead of 6
m., Walla Walla at 11:45 a. m. instead
of 12:15 p. m., and arriving Pendle
ton at 1:25 p. m. instead of 1:50 p. :n.
Livestock Marking
Service Questioned
Attention of Hie state department
of agriculture officials has been
called to the fact that salesmen have
been soliciting ranchers of eastern
Oregon in an attempt to sell them a
poultry and livestock marking ser
vice. The Oregon laws provide that
the department of agriculture of the
state must record all livestock
brands and furnish county clerks
of the various counties with copies
of them.
Officials further point out that
the law requires that any preson
desiring to use a brand must register
it with the department of agriculture
animal division and that no person
shall claim to own any anilmal or
poultry brand or mark that has not
been so recorded.
Brands recorded as the law pro
vides are acceptable by the courts
as evidence of ownership of the
branded stock or poultry and this
is of extreme importance to stock
men. The department is further charged
with preventing the use of conflic
ting brands and marks, and any
person is violating the law who at
tempts to use a brand of another
owned and recorded with the state
department of agriculture.
For these reasons, the service now
being offered to stockmen will not
benefit those purchasing it and the
use of such tattoo mark or brand
not recorded would not conform to
the Oregon laws.
Brands may be recorded with the
department of agriculture for a dol
lar fee, which is far less than the
amount certain solicitors are at
tempting to collect from farmers and
ranchers of the state. Officers of the
department of agriculture are work
ing throughout the state to prevent
livetock and poultry thefts, this be
ing part of the state's service in con
nection with the use of recorded
brands.
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Lamb Feeding To
Be Sponsored By
E. 0. Wheat League
A lamb-feeding contest with wheat
as the only grain used has been an
nounced for eastern Oregon 4-H
club members by the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league in cooperation
with the Oregon State college ex
tension service. The feeding period
will begin about September 1 and
will continue 90 days, ending at the
time of the annual convention of
the league at Heppner.
While feeding wheat to livestock
is not likely to be as profitable as
formerly under the increased price
of wheat, the contest will be carried
through as a means of acquainting
more people in each county with
the possibilities and methods of feed
ing wheat, in preparation for a pos
sible lower price period following
the present defense emergency, says
Charles W. Smith, state county ag
ent leader and secretary of the
wheat league.
Each contestant will be sold 12
white -faced lambs this summer,
which will have been graded in ad
vance so that each boy or girl will
receive, as nearly as can be deter
mined, the same quality of lamb ad
the others. After the feeding period,
each contestant must exhibit 10
lambs at the state convention. Expert
graders will be' on hand to rate each
lamb as to market value after which
each contestant will receive a bon
us of 50 cents per head for each
lamb grading top market quality.
The feeding project is being
handled by a general committee
consisting of the county agents and
a wheat-livestock grower in eac.i
of the chief wheat counties; H. .
Lindgren, extension livestock spe
cialist; D. E. Richards, superintend
ent of the eastern Oregon branch
experiment station; L. J. Allen, as
sistant state club leader, and Smith.
The only requirement as to feed
used is that wheat be the only grain
fed. The contestant may use any
roughage he desires, or even add
other concentrates, although accur
ate cost records must be kept and
reported. Approximately '32 club
Beaver Boys' State at
OSC Ends Big Session
Oregon State College Actual ex
perience in organization, self-government,
politics citizenship and
democracy was afforded 275 Oregon
boys who made up the fifth annual
Beaver Boys' State on the campus
last week. The session, sponsored
by the American Legion and held
on the O. S. C. campus for the first
time, was the largest ever held in
Oregon and the most successful, ac
cording to Director D. M. McDade
of Portland.
Tom Spindle of Portland was el
ected governor of the Boys' State
in a spirited campaign in which his
friends advaned him as a write-in
candidate in opposition to Niel C. Al
len of Grants Pass and Cato Wray
of Medford, the two regular party
nominees. The boys spent the first
four days of the week organizing
into "cities," "counties," and their
"state" groups with a complete set
of officers for each governmental
unit.
A dozen prominent civic leaders,
newspapermen and public officials
participated in assembly talks and
classroom instruction,.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Whereas it has pleased our Heav
enly Father to summon to her Eter
nal home our beloved sister, Lau
retta Leezer, who was a faithful
member for many years of Ruth
Chapter No. 32, Order of Eastern
Star;
Be it resolved that we bow in
humble submission to' the will of tho
Omnipotent, and extend to the be
reaved family of the deceased our
heartfelt sympathy. That we draps
our Charter in mourning in memory
of our departed sister; that a copy
of these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of the Chapter, a copy
sent to the family, and one to the
press for publication.
Gertrude Parker, Hattae Wight
man, J. O. Turner, Committee.
members are expected to participate
in Gilliam, Sherman, Wallowa, Mor
row, Wasco, Baker and Umatilla
counties.
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