Thursday, November 27,
WHEAT TO MEAT
IS HARD TO BEAT
By D. E. RICHARDS
Superintendent, Eastern Oregon
Livestock Experiment Station
Union, Oregon
"Wheat is a very satisfactory feed
for all classes of livestock and poul
try, and compares favorably with
corn and barley for fattening pur
poses. The price of wheat for human
need has usually been so high that
it was not available as a livestock
feed, and a common opinion has
grown up that it is not adapted for
livestock feeding purposes.
Wheat is a very concentrated feed,
often classified by livestock feeders
as a "heavy" feed, and for best re
sults in feeding, small amounts
should be fed at the beginning, and
the amount very gradually increased
until the desired amount to be fed
has been reached. Wheat, unlike
barley and oats, the common feed
grains in the West, does not have
a hull to act more or less like a
"filler" or "shock-absorber", and for
this reason for some classes of live
stock is not as "safe" a feed as the
barley and oats.
Before starting on a discussion of
wheat, it may be well to state that
wheat is the most variable in compo
sition of any of the cereals it is
profoundly influenced by climate,
especially its protein content. Cli
matic environment and stage of ma
turity, however, are the most im
portant factors in determining the
composition of wheat. Corn, pro
viding the crop is mature, has a very
constant feeding value, and its com
position is little affected by cli
matic conditions. To illustrate how
wheat is affected by climatic con
ditions, it has been" shown by feed
ing analyses that while the average
crude protein content of wheat from
the Northern Great Plains states is
13.5 per cent, wheat from the At
antic states constains only 11.7 per
cent, and from the Pacific Coast
states may be as low as 9.9 per cent
crude protein.
Want Ads
Telephones bought, sold and re
paired; new or used. W. L. McCaleb,
phone 1375, 9 So. Chase St. 38-41p.
For Sale Holstein and Guernsey
milk cow, with 4 weeks old calf,
heavy milker, 5 yr. old; also 2 doz.
large Rhode Island and Buff pullets;
sweet potatoes, 15c (small); cran
berries 15c. Charles Renoe, upper
Rhea creek. It.
FOR SALE Registered polled
Hereford bull, VA yr. old. Nelson
Bros., Lexington. 36-39p.
FOR SALE 1933 Chev. sedan.
Phone 462 or G-T office. 35tf.
Wood sawing anywhere any time.
Chauffeur service your truck, car or
mine. Used car parts, lights. I have
a little of everything, just name it.
Max Schulz, Heppner.
FOR SALE Young canary, good
anger. Inquire at G. T. 31tf.
LIVESTOCK MARKET now open
at Echo. Ore. Can handle all kinds
of cattle. I. A. Witten, Box D, Echo,
Oregon, phone 111 27-34p. tf.
New or Used Office Machines sold,
serviced or rented. Leave word at
Gazette Times office. 12tf.
I will winter one hundred cattle
reasonable. Plenty grass and hay.
J. E. Craber, Heppner, Ore. 33tf.
Chicks hatched to fill at the date
you want them. Suddarth Hatchery,
Irrigon, Ore. 10tf
Want 100 cords 16-in. wood cut.
"W. H. French, Hardman.
PETER PUBLIC Luncheon Musicale
1941
Heppner
Wheat contains more protein, and
more carbohydrates in the form of
starch, but less fat than corn, and
the feed analyses of barley and
wheat are very similar when grown
under like conditions, except the
barley has more crude fiber.
Balanced Ration
When wheat is fed with alfalfa
hay to either steers or lambs that
are being fattened, the ration is
near enough to being a balanced
ration so that the livestock will
make satisfactory gains.
"Smut" Not Dangerous
Wheat that contains a small
amount of smut may also be safely
fed to any class of livestock. The
only objection to the smut is that
it is not palatable, and for this rea
son livestock do not like it, and if
the wheat contains a large amount
of smut, the livestock will not eat
a sufficient amount to thrive.
Frosted Wheat O. K.
Often, frosted wheat or shrunken
wheat is available as a feed, and if
so, it is very high in protein, and
will usually produce slightly faster
gains for fastening any class of live
stock than good milling wheat. This
shrunken or froster wheat is usually
softer than milling wheat, and this
tends also to make it more palat
able. Wheat Not a New Feed
The feeding of wheat by com
mercial feeders or experiment sta
tions is not a new venture. Forty-
seven years ago, in 1892, the Oregon
Experiment Station published a bul
letin on "Pig Feeding", and in the
summary of the results of some
feeding trials, Mr. H. T. French, the
agriculturist, made this statement:
"Barley is the most valuable grain
for feeding purposes, and comes
nearer com in point of its fattening
value, than any other grain unless
it is wheat." ,
In 1895, a second bulletin on steer
feeding was published, giving the
results of fattening some steers on
wheat as the only grain ration, as
compared with some grain mixtures.
The author states;
1. "The gains per day with steers
fed wheat will compare favorably
with those made by feeding corn."
2. "The results of feeding wheat
indicate that there may be as "good
returns realized here as in localities
where corn is used as the principal
grain feed."
Remember these observations were
made in. 1895.
Feed Whole to Sheep
In feeding wheat to young ewes
or to lambs, it is always best to feed
the wheat whole, that is without
rolling, grinding or soaking. In fact,
when lambs are being fattened, if
the wheat is ground it is less palat
able than the whole wheat, and the
lambs will not eat a sufficient am
ount of it to make satisfactory gains.
When offered to the lambs whole,
however, they like it, and like to do
their own grinding, and will eat
a sufficient amount each day to make
rapid gains. Furthermore feed lot
lambs need the exercise obtained
from grinding this whole wheat. One
lot of lambs at the experiment sta
tion being fattened on wheat and
alfalfa hay last year, consumed up
to two pounds of whole wheat per
head per day, and made rapid gains
with no lambs going off feed, or
showing signs of digestive disturb
ances. Ground for Old Ewes
In the case of old ewes, however,
it is best to have the wheat ground
or rolled.
Replacement Value
When wheat is fed in limited am
ounts for wintering purposes to ei
ther sheep or cattle, then one pound
has the equivalent or replacement
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value of about 2xk pounds of alfalfa
hay. This is when the wheat is fed
in limited amounts in connection
with hay or pasture.
Rolled or Ground for Cattle and
Hogs
When wheat is fed to either cattle
or hogs, best results will always be
obtained if the wheat is rolled or
ground. If ground, it should not be
ground too fine for steers, for if so,
it tends to farm a pasty mass in the
mouth and stomach, and may cause
digestive disturbances. Finely ground
wheat also tends to get "floury,
and is not relished by steers.
For Fattening Cattle
Under Eastern Oregon or other
similar conditions, rolled or coarse
ly ground wheat fed with alfalfa
hay is a satisfactory ration for fat
tening beef cattle, either steers or
baby beeves. Wheat will give almost
exactly the same results as barley
when fed to the same class of cattle,
and in the same amounts.
Here in Eastern Oregon, when fat
tening weaner .calves and convert
ing them into fat baby beeves, about
1000 pounds of wheat fed with some
1700 pounds of alfalfa hay for a
feeding period of about 150 days
will change a 400 to 500 pound calf
into a prime market animal, weigh
ing 700 to 800 pounds.
In fattening yearling steers, it re
quired a little more hay about a
ton to 2500 pounds, but the 1000
pounds of wheat (coarsely ground
or rolled) fed with it will make a
prime steer good enough to "top"
any coast market providing, of
course, the steer was a good average
feeder when put in the feed lot, and
of good breeding and quality.
Wild Stories
"Stories" drift around that wheat
is not a good feed, not even a "safe"
feed for fattening cattle. These
stories are mostly true and based
upon facts, but it is most always
the manner in which the wheat was
fed, and not the wheat alone. To
explain some of these common stor
ies and try to suggest a remedy, we
will begin with the most common,
in that wheat causes "scours" when
I fed to cattle that are being fattened.
When cattle are being fattened on
wheat fed liberally on long alfalfa
hay, then the cattle eat mostly the
leases and fine stems of the long
hay, and this along with the wheat
may cause "scouring." If the same
hay is "chopped" or "hammered,"
so that the cattle eat a mixture of
hay, leaves, stems, and all, then this
trouble does not appear.
Wheat for Swine
Feeding wheat to fattening live
stock can be summed up by saying
that with steers, wheat is practically
equal to barley; for lambs, it is
slightly superior to barley; and for
hogs, it seems to be equal or super
ior to any grain.
SUMMONS CIVIL No. G35
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Oregon.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Petitioner, v. WILDA SIEGMUND,
a single woman; MAE HICKSON
and ROBERT E. HICKSON, her
husband; NORA ZIMMERMAN and
WALTER J. ZIMMERMAN, her
husband; LLOYD BARZEE and
VELMA BARZEE, his wife; WAITE
C. CRAWFORD and MABEL E.
CRAWFORD, his wife; MORROW
COUNTY, a municipal corporation;
JOHN DAY IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, a public corporation; the un
known heirs of C. W. Barzee, de
ceased, and also all other persons
or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
the real estate described in amended
petition for condemnation herein,
Defendants. To the defendants Lloyd
Barzee and Velma Barzee, his wife,
the unknown heirs of C. W. Barzee,
deceased, and also all other persons
or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
the real estate described in amended
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petition for condemnation herein:
IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA: You and
each of you are hereby required to
appear and answer the amended pe
tition for condemnation filed against
you in the above-entitled case with
in four weeks from the date of the
first publication of this summons,
and if you fail so to appear and ans
wer, the petitioner, United States of
America, for want thereof will apply
to the court for the relief applied
for in its amended petition for con
demnation filed herein, to-wit: That
the above-entitled court make such
orders and judgments as may be
necessary (a) to ascertain and fix
the amount to be awarded as just
compensation for the taking, con
demning and appropriating to the
United States of America the fee
simple title to the following describ
ed lands in Morrow County, Oregon:
SE1! of Section 23, Township 2
North, Range 24 East, Willamette
Meridian, consisting of 160 acres,
more or less; and (b) to ascertain
and determine the parties entitled
to such just compensation and make
just distribution of such just com
pensation among those entitled
thereto.
This summons is served upon you
pursuant to an order of the Honor
able James Alger Fee, Judge of the
above-entitled court, made and en
tered in the above-entitled action on
the 3rd day of November, 1941, by
publication thereof for four succes
sive weeks in the Heppner Gazette
Times, a newspaper of general cir
culation in Morrow County, Oregon,
published at Heppner, Morrow Coun
ty, Oregon, and designated by the
above-entitled court as the newspa
per most likely to give notice of the
pendency of this proceeding. The
date of first publication of this sum
mons is the 6th day of November,
1941.
CARL C. DONAUGH, United
States Attorney for the District of
Oregon, J. MASON DILLARD, As
sistant United States Attorney, F. P.
KEENAN, Special Assistant to the
Attorney General, and BERNARD
H. RAMSEY, Special Attorney, De
partment of Justice, Attorney for
Petitioner. P. O. Address: 506 U. S.
Court House, Portland, Oregon.
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an ORDER OF THE
COUNTY COURT, dated November
18, 1941, I am authorized and direct
ed to advertise and sell at public
auction at not less than the mini
mum price herein set forth:
The West Half of the West
Half of Section 34, Township 2
North, Range 25 EWM for the
minimum, price of $1.00 per acre.
20 down and balance on con
tract. THEREFORE, I will on the 20th
day of December, 1941, at the hour
of 10:00 A. M., at the front door of
the Court House in Heppner, Ore
gon, sell said property to the high
est and best bidder.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff,
Morrow County, Oregon.
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an ORDER OF THE
COUNTY COURT, DATED October
27, 1941, I am authorized and di
rected to advertise and sell at public
auction at not less than the mini
mum price herein set forth:
The North Half of the South
west Quarter of Section 15,
Township 4 North, Range 25 E.
W. M. for the minimum price of
$300.00 cash.
Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Block 7
East and Lots 1 and 2 in Block
14 East all in Section 19, Town
ship 5 North, Range 27, E. W. M.
for the minimum price of $110.
00. 20 down, balance on con
tract. Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block 7,
Sperry's second Addition to the
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City of lone, Oregon, for the
minimum price of $150.00, cash.
Tracts Nos. 17 and 18 of the
City of lone, Oregon, for the
minimum price of $110.00. 20
down, balance on contract.
Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Block S,
Cluff s 7th Addition to the City
of lone, Oregon, for the mini
mum price of $110.00, cash.
Tracts Nos. 10 and 11A in the
City of lone, Oregon, for the
minimum price of $105.00. 20
down, balance on contract.
THEREFORE, I will on the 29th
day of November, 1941, at the hour
of 10:00 A. M., at the front door of
the Court House in Heppner, Ore
gon, sell said property to the highest
and best bidder.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff,
Morrow County, Oregon.
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an ORDER OF THE
COUNTY- COURT, dated November
7, 1941, I am authorized and direct
ed to advertise and sell at public
auction at not less than the mini
mum price herein set forth:
The Southwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 18,
Township 4 South, Range 25 E.
W. M. for the minimum price of
$40.00, cash. .
Lot 12 of Block 2 of Looney's
Addition to the City of Heppner,
except the West 113.5 feet, for
the minimum price of $300.00,
cash.
Lots 1 and 2 in Block 3 of the
City of Boardman, Oregon for
the minimum price of $50.00,
cash; or if bid is raised to over
$100.00, 20 down and balance
on contract.
THEREFORE, I will on the 13th
day of December, 1941, at the hour
of 10:00 A. M., at the front door of
the Court House in Heppner, Ore
gon, sell said property to the high
est and best bidder.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff,
Morrow County, Oregon.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR
ROW COUNTY.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Harrison, deceased.
THE UNDERSIGNED having filed
her final account and report as ad
ministratrix of the above entitled
estate,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the County Court has fixed Monday
the 15th day of December, 1941, at
10 o'clock A. M. in the County
Court Room in the County Court
House in Heppner, Oregon, as the
time and place for hearing and set
tling said account and any objec
tions that may bo filed thereto.
Dated this 7th day of November,
1941.
PEARL E. HARRISON,
Administratrix of the Estate
of John Harrison, deceased.
RANDALL & PERRY,
Attorneys for Administratrix,
Pendleton, Oregon.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executrix of the estate
of Barney McDevitt, deceased, has
filed with the County Court of the
State of Oregon for Morrow County
her final account of her administra
tion of said estate and said Court has
set Monday the 8th day of Decem
ber, 1941, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock
A. M. of said day at the County
Court room at the Court House in
Heppner, Oregon, as the time and
place for hearing objections to said
final account and the settlement of
said estate and all persons having
objections thereto are hereby re
quired to file the same with said
Court on or before the time set for
said hearing.
Dated and first published this 6th
day of November, 1941.
ANNIE SMITH, Executrix.
By F. O. ALEXANDER