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Feed Crops Best
On Eroded Hills
Of Inland Empire
Many wheat farmers in Oregon
and Washington learned from pre
war experience that they can grow
"Food for Victory" feed crops prof
itably on their eroding hilltops and
steep slopes and still make as much '
money from cash crops on the re
maining 80 percent of good land as
they formerly made by straight crop
ping it all.
Farmers' testimonials to the wis
dom of confining their wheat and
pea cropping to the productive mid
dle and lower slopes and putting
the low-producing eroded acres into
grass and alfalfa, either permanently
or in long-time rotations, were con
firmed by actual measurements made
on a hundred hills east of the Cas
cades. The observations by Soil
Conservation service agronomists
and soils men, included complete
yield sampling on 33 of the hundred
cropped hills.
They showed that on approximate
ly a fifth of the farm, when it all
was cropped under the straight
wheat-fallow system, the cost of
producing the grain was more than
the farmer received for it. The loss
was being absorbed by the other
four-fifths of good land. More soil
was being lost every year, and the
farmer's machinery, labor and other
overhead mounted.
The farmer who cut this dead wood
from his operating expenses by
seeding grass and alfalfa on the hill
tops and severely eroding slopes and
CONSERVATION: As much money from wheat on the 80 percent i
of good land profitable hay crops on the rest for meeting dairy andj
meat quotas while protecting the land. Soil Con.erv.tion Servle. photo.,
THEY CAN
HANDLE
THE TOUGH JOBS
SAM VACTOR WEDS
Told in The Dalles Chronicle of
February 23 is the wedding of Sam
Van Vactor, former Heppner boy,
on the Saturday previous and Mina
Johnson of Wasco, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Grosscup of Portland.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. F. L. Cannell at the home of
the bride's twin sister, Mrs. Lester
Johnson. The bride wore an attrac
tive light green costume suit, with
brown accessories and an orchid
corsage. Her matron of honor, Mrs.
Johnson, was attired in an orchid
colored afternoon dress with an
orchid corsage. Mr. Johnson was
best man. A small reception was
held for about 20 intimate friends,
mostly Dalles residents. The newly
weds left immediately for a short
honeymoon in California, after
which they will be at home here in
The Dalles. Later report from
friends in The Dalles stated Mr.
Van Vactor has entered the service
to serve with the army intelligence
service.
using conservation practices on the
rest of his land netted as much or
more from his cash crops. When
he added livestock to cat the feed
crops, or sold the hay, his profits
went up accordingly.
One representative farm, for ex
ample, showed a net year's increase
in income of $419 after shifting from
so-called soil -depleting program to
a soil-conserving livestock set-up.
As worked out for the average 420
acre farm, the net gain in income
from using the erosion-control crops
for livestock totaled $944.
Local Items ...
Clarence Scrivner was in the city
Friday from The Dalles, visiting old
time friends while looking up rec
ords to establish certificate of birth.
He has conducted a welding bus
iness in The Dalles for several years
but expected to start work in the
shipyards at Longiview just as soon
as the birth certificate could be ob
tained. Marvn Klemme, republican candi
date for congress in this district, was
in the county Friday from Burns,
making contacts in behalf of his
candidacy.
GARDEN HINTS SLATED
On Monday, March 23, at 2 o'clock,
Bruce E. Stewart and Hazel L. Dun
can of the Farm Security adminis
tration will speak from the Pendle
ton studio of KUJ on "Planting
Your Family Garden." Many help
ful gardening hints will be given.
Dr. W. H. Rockwell
Naturopathic
Physician & Surgeon
Gilman Bldg.
Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.
Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or.
We Sharpen
and Harden
Steel Shears
McCLINTOCK'S WELDING
& Repair Shop Heppner
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The men and women in the Bell System are used to meeting
emergencies and they are trained and equipped to carry on
in times of special need. For years they have known the test
of fire, flood and storm. That experience stands in good stead
in this neatest emergency of our time. The Nation is counting
on telephone workers to prove faithful to the task and they
will not fail. Always before them is the tradition that the
message must go through.
Your dollars will help win the war -buy Defense Bonds
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Business Office: 4 W. Willow St., Heppner Phone 5
ENTIRE STOCK of New and Used
Furniture of
HEPPNER TRADING POST
HEPPNER, OREGON
Including 2 Small Walking Plows, Harrow, Tables,
Stoves, Chairs, Tools, Bedsteads and Springs, Dressers,
Chest of Drawers, Rocking Chair, Dishes, Thor Mangle,
2 Washing Machines, Baby Buggies, Lots of Fruit Jars,
Stove Repairs, Stove Pipes, Desk, Folding Cot, Wagon,
Few Used Tires and Tubes, Rifles, Shotguns, and other
articles too numerous to mention.
THURSDAY
MARCH 26th
Beginning at 1 o'clock p. m.
ITERMS - CASH
CLOY DYKSTRA, Owner V. R. RUNNION, Auctioneer
E. H.MILLER, Clerk