6-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Jonuary 8, 194S
WHEAT COMMISSION
CoatlmMC ina firm I'msm
more essential than ever before
thnt you have a strong, apgros
tve wheat ItHgue in Ori'puii with
an increasing number ol actively
participating members. You need
this organization in order to help
the wheat commission to plan its
activities in an organized way.
Vou need to make such the com
mission at all times reflects in
Its actions the desires and the
best interests of the folks who
produce the wheat in this stale
and who put up the half cent a
bushel which finances the com
mission's work. There are also
many, many things which a
Strong independent organization
of growers can do which it would
not be possible for an agency of
the State of Oregon to do The
commission can assemble the
facts prepare the ammunition
but the wheat league will have
to do the shooting in many cases.
That is why the commission
asked the wheat league to cali
special meetings in the counties
of Eastern Oregon last Septem
ber; so that we could talk over
with the growers some of our
tentative plans and see if you
folks thought the commission was
on the right track. That is why
the wheat league has a new
standing committee, this year to
I help the commission in deciding
how it can best serve the wheat
producers of the state.
In o:der to provide a basis for
discussion in meetings of wheat
producers, the commission has
i prepared an outline showing the
provisions of the law, general
pum. hi uiv- ciimnussiou, uie uses
to which our wheat is put, and
some of the things which might
he done to expand existing uses
and to find new markets. There
are so many things which might
he done that we really need help
in deciding which is most im
portantin determining what we
ought to do first and what we
could properly put off until a
later date.
As a basis for planning our
program, we might start with the
four facts mentioned in the re
port of the special committee at
the 1916 meeting of the wheat
league at La Grande. The com
mittee explained at that time,
that it had been governed by
these facts in recommending that
a wheat commission be created:
1. The nr.tion is geared to pro
duction of more wheat than can
be consumed in this country for
food, feed and seed.
2. The present good market
cannot be expected to last for
ever because now we are giving
away the surplus.
3. Acreage control is costly, and
in itself, tends to intensify depres
sions by reducing labor for
freight, supplies, milling, and in
many other ways.
4. Wheat growers must, there
fore, be considering plans on how
to cope with a surplus when it
develops. These plans must take
into consideration expansion of
outlets for present products, de
velopment of varieties that will
better fit special milling uses and
additional uses for wheat, such as
industrial and feed. j
Next we should study the du-i
ties of the wheat commission. As
stated in the law, the duties, au
thorities and powers of the com
mission include the following:
ta) To conduct a campaign of
research, education and publicity;
(b) to find new :narkets for
wheat and wheat products;
(c) to give, publicize and pro
mulgate information showing the
value of wheat and wheat pro
ducts for any purpose for which
it may be found useful and prof
itable; (d) to make public and encour
age the widespread national and
international use of the special
kinds of wheat and wheat pro
ducts produced from the special
varieties of wheat grown in Ore
gon; te) to investigate and partici
pate in studies of the problems
peculiar to the producers of wheat
in Oregon;
(ft and to take such action as
it may deem necessary or advis
able in order to stabilize and pro
tect the wheat industry of the
state and the health and welfare
of the public.
As the commission studied
these specific duties as given it
by the state legislature, it was
clear that many other organiza
tions and agencies had some of
these same responsibilities. It
was also clear that the commis
sion could not accomplish these
things working alone. It is very
essential that the commission
make use of the Oregon State col
lege, with its experiment stations
and extension service, the U. S.
department of agriculture, the
Oregon state department of ag
riculture, grain and milling trade,
the cooperative marketing asso
ciations, the farm organizations,
the crop improvement association
and all other agencies having an
interest in our great wheat indus-
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Built in 1912, this structure was designed to
hous eboth grade and high schools. It has
proved ample for many years but there are
signs that either a grade school to house the
lower grades will have to be built or District
No. 1 will have to begin to consider a high
school building. As present grounds are in
sufficien tto accommodate more buildings,
and sites for grade buildings are not too plen
tiful, it may lea dto consideration of a union
high school plant, agitation for which has
been underway for several years.
The school plant now includes the gymnas-oum-auditoriu
m(beiow) and the agriculture
building and heating plant back of the main
building.
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try. Accordingly, the commission
has adopted the following state
ment of policy:
"It shall be the policy of the
Oregon Wheat commission to pro
mote the production, marketing
and utilization of Oregon wheat
to the end that producers main
tain a permanent agricultural
production and that the crop be
utilized to the fullest develop
ment of the area.
To implement this policy, the
Oregon Wheat commission will
utilize all existing information,
and all agencies, private, state or
federal, having to do with pro
duction, marketing or utilization
of wheat. It will not duplicate
nor usurp the functions of other
agencies but will rather assist
and coordinate their activities. It
will attempt to develop addition
al functions not now included in
the work of other agencies."
In carrying out this policy, it
is the first job of the commission
to bring together all the things
that other agencies and organiza
tions already know about our
wheat. Then we need to analyze
this information in such a way
that it will be available to any
one who can make use of it. We
also are trying to find out all we
can about what other folks are
doing which will help solve our
wheat problem in Oregon when
we have another surplus. Then
after we have brought all this in
formation together we hope to be
in a position to suggest to re
search laboratories and other ag
encies additional work which
might be done. We intend to' hold
our wheat commission in readi
ness to supplement and assist
other folks but will not duplicate
laboratories and other research
facilities already established. In
this way the whea"t commission
fund can be used to carry out
additional work which cannot be
performed by others. But we are
in no hurry to make allocations
of our funds until we can see
just where it will do the most
good for the wheat producers in
Oregon.
It may see mstrange to some
folks that Oregon wneat grow
ers are concerned about a mar
keting problem when we are able
to sell unlimited quantities of
wheat. But we all know that this
kind of thing doesn't last forever.
During the 15 crop years, 1927 to
1942 inclusive, Washington, Ore
gon and Northern Idaho produc
ed an average of 76 million bush
els of wheat annually. We used
35 million bushels as food, feed,
and seed within the region and
sold the rest in other parts of the
United States or in foreign coun
tries During the past few years
we have produced around 100 mil
lion bushels a year. When the
present international emergency
is over, we have a potential sur
plus of 65 million bushels. It is
going to tax our ingenuity to pre
serve existing markets and find
new outlets an dnew uses for this
much wheat. In htis effort we
will have to explore all possibil
ities and capitalize on any ad
vantages we may have over other
areas.
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Last week we publsihed pictures of new and
improved buildings in Heppner and lone, ad
ditions to the common ties during the year
1947. Here are a few of the structures that
have been in use many years and are the types
that do not require a face lifting so long as
they serve the types of businesses now occupy
ing them.
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The First National Bank building is self
advertised. The others in the group are the
Masonic building and the Gilliam & Bisbee
hardware store. The Morrow county court
house was built in 1902 of native basalt rock
with trimmings of sandstone quarried near
Enterprise.
BOARDMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Russell DeMauro
are the proud parents of a baby
L'irl. Anna Marie, born Dec. 30
at St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton. This is the first child lor
the DeMauro's. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. I. Skoubo, and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul DeMauro, all of
Boardman.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Shattuck
and sons Stanley and Douglas
motored to Bickleton, Wash., Sat
urday, spending the day with
Mrs. Shattuck's parents and
bringing back another son Mar
tin who had spent the holidays
at his grnadparents.
Sunday guests atthe Lee Pear
son home were Mrs. Pearson's
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Stevens and son Bobby of
Hardman. Mrs. Stevens will en
ter St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton Sunday for an opera
tion Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tannehill
and Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Thorpe
motored to Le;:ington Saturday
to attend Pomona grange.
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Pedestrian deaths are four
times as great for the hour be
tween 6 and 7 p.m. in December
and January as the average for
the other months, the Oregon
State Motor association says.
Persons on foot should accept re
sponsibility for their own safety
the association declared.
Of the 35,048 total traffic
deaths predicted for 1947, 12,272
will be pedestrians, the Oregon
State Motor association reports.
National estimates show that 20,
488 of the total deaths will occur
after dark.
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FARMER
Weed Eradication zt:
versation and we, being the agents for Stantox 2,4-D weed
killers, both dust and liquid, and there being a great deal of
misunderstanding and confliction about the use of liquid
weed killer, we submit the following for your consideration:
All manufacturers are in close accord on their recommen
dations as to quantity and methods of application of the
dust type weed killers, but become quite controversial on
the recommendations of quantity, pressure used, and
application methods of the liquid type of weed killer.
Because of this conflicting information and recommen
dations we would like to present the definite and proven
benefits you may obtain by using
Stantox 2, 4-D ester type
liquid weed killer
To the farmer the two important points are KILL and
COST. The liquid spray method of weed control is ac
knowledged by all authority to give the best kill under
all general conditions. This being possible because
spraying can be done during reasonably windy conditions,
gives results at any stage of the weeds' growth, and is not
affected by rainfall after the soluion has once dried on
the plant.
The liquid type 2,4-D, having a penetrating quality in its
make-up, enters the pores of the weed more rapidly and
completely. Quantity used of any 2,4-D mixture per acre
depends upon the strength or quantity of 2,4-D acid in a
gallon of solution purchased. The amount of acid per
gallon also pegs the price per gallon of the mixture. One
manufacturer may quote a price, for example, of $8.00
per gallon, and another $12.00 but the price isn't the
main point. The real answer is how strong do you have to
make the mixture of acid and water to cover an acre of
ground.
Stantox 2, 4-D ester type acid
is used at the rate of 1 pint of acid to 10 gallons of water
to apply on one acre of land. This small amount of acid
per acre of application is possible by Stantox weed killer
containing 44 pet. Iso-prophyl ester of 2,4-D, an equival
ent of 3.34 pounds per gallon. Always compare the per
cent of acid content in proportion to price per gallon.
As to application, we, and the manufacturers of Stantox
weed killers, recommend spraying to be done at between
3 and 6 miles per hour at pressures varying from 60 to 1 00
pounds, spraying through number 22 Monarch nozzles.
The difference in spraying pressures is to compensate for
the different rates of travel of the spraying equipment.
Some custom spraying outfits can travel at higher speeds
than our top recommended speed, the speed being gov
erned by the construction of the spraying equipment,
but most small farmer-owned sprayers will not be so
constructed to travel at these .higher speeds.
The application of the wet type weed killer can be done
by any sprayer of the type many of you farmers now own
and use for spraying cattle, with an addition of a boom
equipped with spray nozzles.
Charts Available
We have charts, available to anyone, giving the amount
of solution that will be applied per acre in proportion to
pressure used, speed per hour traveled and size of nozzle
used. From these charts you will be able to adapt your
outfit to the many sources of power that will be used for
spraying, varying from Jeeps to small wheel tractors.
As to cost of spraying with Stantox 2,4-D, we recommend
spraying at the rate of 1 pint of acid in 10 gallons of water
per acre Our selling price of 2,4-D varies per gallon de
pending upon the size of container purchased. In 50 gal
lon lots our selling price is $1 1 .50 per gallon. A mixture
of the recommended amount gives you a cost of about
$1 .40 per acre to spray with Stantox. This cost per acre
should merit your consideration in comparison with pow
der treatment which will cost you, when used as recom
mended, at the rate of $2.25 to $3.00 per acre.
We have in stock a complete line of dusters
and spray machines for your selection
We are agents for the famous "Iron Age" sprayer, which
we have on display with spraying booms. We also have
Monarch spray nozzles for use on your sprayer, We will
be glad to help you with your equipment requirements for
either spraying or dusting.
Bsraden Tractor &
Equipment Co.
Stantox 2,4-D, both dust and liquid Monarch Spray Nozzles
''Iron Age" spraying equipment Sprayer booms