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Alicel, Golden Top
Show High Yields
By M. M. OVESON,
Supt. Moro Experiment Station.
Alicel, a short-strawed club var
iety, and Golden produced the high
est average yields of nine standard
and three new hybrid winter wheat
varieties grown by the Moro station
at nine outlying nurseries in Sher
man, Wasco, Gilliam and Jefferson
counties in 1941. These nurseries
are grown in cooperation with the
farmers and the county agents in
each of the mentioned counties. Rex
M-l followed Golden very closely
in yield. The disadvantage of Alicel
and Golden is in their lack of resist
ance to any of the physiological
races of stinking smut.
Producing slightly lower yields
than the three' soft white varieties
were the three new hybrids all of
which are haid red winter wheats.
Two of these hybrids have Oro as
one of their parents and the third is
a cross between Rio and Rex. Each
of these new wheats is highly smut
resistant and of good quality. The
Blackhull X Oro and Rio X Rex had
exceptionally high test weights at
each of the nurseries grown. These
new Turkey hybrids averaged be
tween one and three bushels higher
yields than did the commercially
grown Turkey wheats Rio, Oro and
Kharkof.
The hazard of planting Federa
tion (which is a spring wheat) in the
fall is definitely demonstrated in
these trials. Although the winter of
1940-41 was not an unusually cold
winter, this wheat completely win
ter killed at two of the nine loca
tions grown. At several of the other
locations it was slightly damaged
but not enough to effectively reduce
its yield. However, only slightly
colder weather at these locations
would have caused a complete kill
and necessitated reseeding. When
Federation survives the winter, it
is a high producing wheat but the
hazard involved is too costly to war
rant its being seeded in the fall.
However, many farmers continue to
follow this practice. Golden andl
Rex M-l ea,ch produced higher av
erage yields at the locations where
Federation survived the winter and
were not injured at the two loca
tions where Federation completely
winter killed.
Some acreage of Fortyfold is still
being grown although Golden, a se
lection out of Fortyfold, has con
sistently out-yielded it in every
section where they are both grown.
At the nine locations in 1941, Golden
produced an average of 5.6 bushels
per acre more wheat than did Forty
fold and Rex M-l, a smut resistant
variety, produced 4.8 bushels per
acre more. These two varieties also
produced wheat with a heaier test
weight than did Fortyfold.
The yields of the spring wheat
varieties were slightly lower on the
average at the outlying nurseries
than were the yields of winter wheat
in 1941. However, many spring
wheat varieties had higher average
yields than did many of the winter
wheat varieties. Federation produc
ed higher yields when seeded in the
spring at Moro, Mayville, and Con
don while the reverse was true at
Rufus, Kent, Shutler and Grizzly.
No yield from fall seeding because'
of winter killing was obtained at
Culver or the nursery in Wasco
county.
Two soft white wheats, Federation
X Bunyip and Idaed, produced
slightly higher average yields than
did federation; while two hard white
wheats, White Federation 38 and
Baart X Hard Federation, produced
slightly lower average yields than
did Federation. The difference be
tween the highest and lowest yield
of these five varieties was only 1.3
bushels per acre.
Comet, a hard red spring wheat
variety, has shown considerable su
periority in yielding ability over the
standard hard red spring wheat,
Marquis. This difference has been
an average of seven bushels per
acre. Baart X Hard Federation, a
new hybrid wheat with Baart as
one of its parents, is also superior
to Baart. This is a red chaff beard
ed variety with kernel characters
similar to Baart.
AT CAMP ROBERTS
Ernest M. Allen, Morrow county
selectee, has been received at the
infantry replacement training cen
ter at Camp Roberts, Cal. His num
ber is 39304418.
Heppner
4-H Club Wheat-Fed
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Clifford Bergen of Dufur is shown
here with his pen of wheat-fed
lambs, which will be exhibited at
the annual meeting of the Eastern
Oregon Wheat league at Heppner
December 4 to 6. Clifford is one of
28 club members in the Columbia
basin counties who have fed wheat
to lambs this fall to demonstrate the
value of wheat as the concentrate
in lamb fattening rations. The East
ern Oregon Wheat league appropri-
SPEAKS FRIDAY
E. B. McNaughton, president of
the First National Bank, Portland,
to speak at Eastern Oregon Wheat
league meeting here Friday, Dec. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Stoy Miller of Eu
gene have been visiting for a week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Gammell. Mr. Miller is a nephew of
Mrs. Gammell.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5:
1:30 p.m. Musical Selection.
Report of Land Use, Weed Control, Production, Handling, and
Marketing Committee.
Farm Financing, Present and Future, R, E. Brown, General
Agent, Farm Credit Administration, Spokane.
After Defense What? E. B. MacNaughton, President, First
National Bank of Portland.
6:00 p.m. Banquet. Guest speaker, Dean U. G. Dubach, Oregon State
College.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER G:
9:00 a. m. Report of Auditing Committee.
Report of Nominating and Place of Meeting Committee.
Election of Officers.
Food Needed by Great Britain and What American Farmers
Can Do to Help. R. M. Evans, Administrator, Agricultural Ad
justment Administration, Washington, D. C.
Report of Taxation, Legislation, and Transportation Committee.
1:30 p.m. Summarization of Results of 4-H Club Wheat Lamb Feeding
Contest. H. A. Lindgren, Extension Animal Husbandman, Ore
gon State College. .
Fattening Livestock on Oregon Grown Feeds. D. E. Richards,
Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment Station.
Report of Federal Agricultural and Conservation Programs
Committee.
Report of General Resolutions Committee.
3:30 p.m. Meeting of Executive Committee.
EASTERN OREGON WHEAT LEAGUE
1941 OFFICERS
President: Sim J. Culley, Weston, Oregon
Vice-President: R. B. Taylor, Adams, Oregon
Secretary-Treasurer, Chas. W. Smith, Corvallis, Oregon
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Loyd Smith
Gilliam County, Mayville
John L. Campbell
Jefferson County, Madras
Louis Bergevin
Morrow County, lone
Millard Eakin
Sherman County, Grass Valley
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Lambs to be Exhibited
! ated $300 for prizes and expenses for
J this feeding project. The lambs used
were purchased by the league, as
sembled, and divided as near equal
ly as possible so far as quality was
concerned. The lambs were started
on feed the last week in August,
when they averaged about 60 pounds
in weight. They will be assembled
at Heppner December 5, where they
will be graded and shipped to Port
land. Each boy will receive 50 cents
Labels on Foods Key
To Quality, Thrift
Time spent in a grocery store
reading the labels on packages will
give good returns in money saved
these days, points out Miss Lucy A.
Case, extension nutritionist at Ore
gon State college. More and more
manufacturers are now putting
grade labels an canned foods, as
well as net contents. These two
items observed together can save the
buyer money and avoid disappoint
ment, says Miss Case.
Because some folks have difficul
ty in comparing the values in dif
ferent sized packages, even when
weights are given, the extension
service has prepared a pocket fold
er containing cost-weight tables
from which a person can determine
at a glance the cost per pound of
any material if given the price per
package and weight in ounces. This
cost-weight bulletin, No. 501, may be
obtained from any extension office.
Among the latest novelty horns is
one which signals the Morse code
"V" for Victory, three short blasts
arid a long one, according to the
Oregon State Motor association. A
light attachment flashes the symbol
at the same time.
Jens Terjeson
Umatilla County, Pendleton
J. D. Woodell
Union County, La Grande
J. L. Staggs
Wallowa County, Enterprise
Eric Johnson
Wasco County, The Dalles
Oregon
for every lamb that grades in the
top class, in addition to the market
price. After the lambs are slaugh
tered, the 4-H club boys will be
taken to Portland to view the car
casses and compare the different
grades of lambs after they are dress
ed. Clifford is a nephew of Eugene
Chase, one of the large wheat farm
ers of Wasco county. He is an ar
dent 4-H club member and has car
ried on a number of projects in ad
dition to the lamb feeding.
A BUSY MAN
Much of the work of steering the
disstinies of the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league falls upon the shoul
ders of Charles W. Smith, Corvallis,
veteran secretary.
Oregon License Colors
Exclusive During 1942
Oregon will have the exclusive
white on dark blue license color for
1942 according to the Oregon State
Motor Association which has just
received a compilation of colors to
be seen on new automobile plates.
The only competition will come from
the provinces of British Columbia
and Alberta in Canada and the
Canal Zone which also have decided
to use white letters on blue back
grounds. Washington will reverse its pres
ent combination in 1942 using green
letters on a white plate; California
will have orange on black; Idaho,
royal blue on light grey; and Mon
tana, white on black.
MAKES RALLY BAND
University of Oregon, Nov. 12.
Hugh Crawford, from Heppner, has
been selected to play in the univer
sity rally band, John Stehn, assist
ant professor of music in the uni
versity music school and director
of band, announced today. Forty
eight university students will play
in the university concert band, which
presents several formal concerts in
Eugene and other Oregon cities each
year. Eighty-nine students will per
form with the university band,
which plays for all athletic events,
assemblies, rallies, and other events
besides formal concerts. Its mem
bership includes the 48 students in
the concert band and 41 others.
Fred McMurray was delivering
spuds in town Monday from the
Butter creek farm. He reported a
good crop this season.
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Thursday, November 27, 1941
Cattle Production
Increases in Gilliam
By W. F. MARSHALL
County Agent, Gilliam County
Livestock production in Gilliam
county is of major importance with
approximately 40 of the total agri
cultural income derived from this
enterprise. Approximately 70 of
the entire area of the county is na
tive range land and over 30,000 acres
of crested wheat grass is growing in
the county most of which is used for
pasture. Operations in connection
with the wheat industry also pro
vide considerable feed for livestock.
According to the 1940 census beef
cattle numbers have almost doubled
since 1930. Sheep numbers have dur
ing the same period decreased ap
proximately 20,000 head due pri
marily to the lack of adequate sum
mer range for sheep. During the
same period hogs have, however,
increased approximately 1,000 head
I and this coupled with the increase
in beef cattle has more than offset
the decrease in the sheep numbers.
In the past five or six years qual
ity of the beef cattle in the county
has been greatly improved. This is
evidenced by the type of well bred
cattle that have been imported and
bred in the county since 1936. Many
of the outstanding purebred Here
ford herds of the West can find
stock of their breeding on Gilliam
county ranches. The reserve cham
pion Hereford female at this year's
Pacific International Livestock show
was "a heifer only 9 months old
bred by Henry and Walter Jaeger
of Condon. Her sire is Promina
Lad the 1940 reserve champion bull
at the Pacific International. At the
present time there are approximate
ly fifteen purebred Hereford herds
in Gilliam county. The operators of
commercial herds are also improv
ing their quality by using good bulls
and culling their cows.
It is felt that 4-H beef club work
has done much in bringing about the
improveme,nt of Gilliam county bee
cattle. Since 1935 Gilliam County
4-H club members have been con
sistent winners at the Pacific Inter
national. In 1940 the grand champion
4-H beef steer at the show was an.
animal fed and fitted by Ellen War
ren of Condon.
In addition to improving the qual
ity of their beef through better
breeding Gilliam county livestock
operators have in the past few years
been doing a better job of fattening
their beef for market through the
use of home grown surplus feeds.
Wheat and barley are being fed in
increasing amounts on the ranches
each year. Where possible alfalfa
hay is also grown and fed locally.
Wasco County
Controlling Weeds
By W. WRAY LAWRENCE,
Wasco County Agent
Emphasis is being placed upon the
control of noxious weeds by cultiva
tion in Wasco county. This recom
mendation is based upon the out
standing results , obtained for the
past two years on the weed experi
ment station in Umatilla county.
Two demonstration farms have
been established in Wasco county
for the purpose of confirming these
results under conditions in this
county.
Farmers cooperating with these
demonstrations are Charles A. Harth
in Columbia community and H. A.
Miller, Dufur.
There are 105 other farmers in
Wasco county definitely carrying on
a control program for noxious weeds
either with chemicals or cultivation.
The Wasco county court is coop
erating to the extent of providing
cultivating equipment for farmers
wishing to participate in a program
of eradcation of noxious weeds on
their farms by cultivation.
The weed program in Wasco coun
ty is carried out under the recom
mendations of the Wasco County
Weed council which is composed of
members of all farm organizations
in the county, the Wasco county
court, members of the state high
way commission, railroads, leading
farmers, and others that may be
interested.
Through the recommendation of
provides a revolving fund for the
this council the Wasco county court
purpose of purchasing equipment
and supplies for the use of control
ing noxious weeds.