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Page 4 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 20, 1951 From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson With fall seeding of wheat well under way this week, many questions are being asked by far mers concerning the use of nito gen on this crop. Already there there has been several carloads of ammonioum sulphate and am monioum nitrate received with several carloads now on order. This with the 2000 acres of sum mer fallow fertilized with an hydrous ammonia this past June will make the greatest amount of nitrogen ever applied on crops in Morrow County. A conference of all Columbia Basin County Agents was held at the Pendleton Experiment Sta tion recently where all data from the Pendleton and Moro experi ment stations along with field demonstrations in each of the counties were reviewed. While it is hard to make a general re commendation for the use of nitrogen that will apply to the many varied conditions through out Morrow County, the follow ing suggestions are in order: 1. Where the moisture content is good to a depth of three feet or more, 50 pounds of nitrogen can be used where a good yield of straw has been utilized and where no previous application of nitrogen has been made. Where the straw has been removed, the rate should be cut to 20 pounds nitrogen on sandy soils, apply 30 pounds of nitrogen in the fall and watch the weather. If winter rainfall is heavy and the wheat is light colored, top dress with another 30 pounds of nitrogen in the spring. Heavier applications may be given more profitable returns on some of the heavier soils. This is particularly true of the shallow steeper soils at the higher ele vations. 2. Double cropping use 60 pounds nitrogen at seeding time. If moisture is short, don't double crop. This high application on fall seeded grain gave the great est returns per acre under actual field conditions this past year. If applying nitrogen on spring seedings of double cropping, this application can be cut as much as 20 pounds of nitrogen depend ing on the earliness of seeding. Early seedings (February and early March) can use up to 60 pounds, later seedings should be cut back. It has been found that there are very few instances where wheat crops were hurt from the use of to much nitrogen fertilizer applied in the fall. Should it so happen that the application was too heavy for the 1952 season the benefit from the fertilizer would carry over to the following sea son. Residual effects of nitrogen have not shown up until appli cations were higher than 30 pounds. If there is a question in your mind as to application of nitro gen on wheat, better check with the county agent. Government price supports for the 1952 wheat crop will aver age, nationally, not less than $2.17 a bushel, E. Harvey Miller, Chairman of the State Production and Marketing Administration Committee, announced today. This minimum support price represents 90 percent of the July 15, 1951 wheat parity price. If the wheat parity price as of July 1 1952 the beginning of the marketing year for the 1952 crop is higher, the support level will be Increased to reflect 90 per cent of the wheat parity at that time. In no event will this sup port be lower than the $2.17 na tional average. As in other years, farm and warehouse-storage loans and purchases of wheat under pur chase agreements will be the methods used to support prices for the 1952 wheat crop. Oregon farmers have been ask. ed to plant 1,050,000 acres to wheat next year. The national wheat goal is 78,850,000 acres which, at average yields, would produce 1,165 million bushels. About 1,146,000 acres were planted to wheat in Oregon dur ing 1951. The national planted wheat total was 78,507,000 acres, MORE HEAT! O0RE COMFORT! GUARANTEED FUEL-SAVING! THE HEATER THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF HI FUEL SAVINGS! rn ft n ( i f i W U v ri 111 k ONLY HAS THE "FUEL-SAVER" INCREASES RADIATING SURFACI 100 s 40 SAVES UP TO 3 ON FUEL COSTS Iri a fuper-drcuUtor to keepyou warmer thU winter. Equipped with TWO Triple Combustion burner. Use ONE when it's mild. TWO when it'a cold. Thij famous model has plenty of extra capacity for bitter cold weather; ACT tfOW! SUPPLY LIMITED! A MODEL FOR EVERY NEED I LAY-A-WAY PLAN I LIBERAL TRADE. IN ALLOWANCE I SEE- PRICED FROM 695 THESUPERFAN TO FIT ANY MODEL SUPEBFLAME OIL HEATER ONLY 34.95 Perfection Oil Heaters A SIZE FOR EVERY NEED Priced From 64.50 but much of this had to be aban doned or replanted to other crops because of unfavorable weather. Many comments have been heard by the County Agent the past spring and summer con cerning the lawn seeding at the new Pioneer Memorial Hospital. These comments have not been the favorable kind and most of them have been directed at the type of grass seeded. No consider ation seems to have been given to the type of soil or management of the lawn after seeding. Right in the midst of the un favorable comments which were relayed to this office, Dean Col lins of the Sunday Oregon Jour nal, Farm and Home Section, answered these comments most effectively in his "Amateur Gar den Notes" column. His com ments which incidentally were pointed toward many lawns in general, shows that all lawn pro blems do not originate at the hospital. I am sure he will not mind being quoted for the bene fit of those who have found it necessary to criticize a new seed ing being established under many trying conditions. Dean Collins says "Most of the water put on lawns has been wasted, and may continue to be wasted until folks get over the idea that broadcast sprinkling on the surface 'is irrigation. Water spread expansively over the sur face of any thing mostly goes away in evaporation. In a lawn as in any growing thing it is of little value unless it gets down where the roots of the plant can use it." The next two paragraphs apply specifically to the lawn under discussion. "Lack of pene tration into the soil is one of the main reasons for the browning of summer lawns and the fail to keep green when copiously sprinkled. Lack of penetration into the soil is due to lack of humus, which serves as a sponge to draw and hold moisture, so that it may be returned slowly for use of plant roots, instead of going into the air as evapor ation." "Lots of lawns go through a cycle something like this: Basement clay is spread over the area to become a lawn, good clay, but deficient in humus, Humus is worked in. A lawn is planted and begins to grow. The lawn is fertilized but little is done about replenishing humus. The lawns begin to go brown. More and more water is applied but still goes brown. You break this cycle, not with more and more water and more and more chemical fertilizer, but with frequent replenishment of peat or some other humus mak ing material, which will hold moisture and meter it to the lawn reasonably so that growth can go on in and orderly manner." And so, let us not have critic ism of a new lawn being estab lished under many obstacles, the worst of which is a deficiency of Launching Crusade for Freedom. i I I Judy Hatula, of Detroit, prepares to release "pillow balloon" in the nationwide Crusade for Freedom which seeks to enroll 25,000,000 new American members and to raise $3,500,000 for additional radio stations to penetrate Iron Curtain from Europe and Asia. The 1951 station wagon is one of 49 which the Chevrolet Motor Division has provided for Motorcades to visit principal cities in every state. Balloons used in Crusade dramatize millions of "Winds of Freedom" messages sent to people of Soviet satellite countries. The word "Wolnosc" on the balloon is the Polish word meaning "Freedom.'' fescue was used as the lawn, this grass being hard to surpass in beauty and durability once it is established. With proper care this lawn will be one of the nice ones to be found. . "Doubting Thomases' of the value and place of red creeping fescue lawns might make a visit to Steve Thompson ranch, Hepp ner; Chas. Carlson ranch, lone; Vivian Kane, Howard Pettyjohn or Al Bunch ranch, Heppner and see this type of lawn under var ious growing conditions. First year, second year and well es tablished lawns can be seen a mong those - listed. I believe everyone will agree that this grass makes a very desirable lawn. Morrow County ranchers who who are in the market for herd bulls are having quite a selection to choose from this fall with several sales having been held and more coming up soon. The next one is the Oregon Cattle men's Association sponsored sale to be held at Baker on September 24. The show and grading is September 23. Ninety three head of bulls are being consigned by many good OrPPfin and IHahn hrpprlorc fnn humus of the soil. Red creeping signors from Morrow County are Home Ec. Winners Of 4-H Style Review Listed Nancy Palmer's dress was se lected as outstanding dress at the 4-H Style Review at the Mor row County Fair. Joanne Warren received first place for knitting; the costume, sweater, was modeled by little Miss Linda Kay Warren. Patricia Peck placed second with scarf and mittens. Knitting was an added feature of the style re view this year. All 4-H girls that exhibited in 4-H clothing took part in the style review and contest, accord ing to Maud C. Casswell, County Extension Agent, Home Econom ics. Clothing II was the largest class. Fourteen dresses were modeled from this group. In the Frank Anderson, Kirk and Robin son, Heppner; and Everett Harsh man, Hardman. for all occasions MARY VAN'S FLOWER SHOP FLI WHY CIC MERCHANTS OFFER THESE BENEFITS C-J C Certificates represent a Courtesy Considera tion to you, the customer, for cash purchases and prompt payments. They are an incentive to help you reduce your cost of living and at the same time build hometown industry. C-I-C keeps your home dollars home, where they work for you, wr for you, return to you. These Firms Give HEPPNER Heppner Red & White Roy Quackenbush, Phone 1292 Case Furniture Co. Furniture, Heating, Plumbing, Phone 862 Heppner Hardware & Electric GE and Maytag Appliances, Phone 2482 Norah's Apparel Shop Phone 262 Mary Van's Flower Shop Phone 2502 HERE IS HOW C I C WORKS FOR YOU C-I-C Certificates are issued on 25 cent purchases and multiples thereof. Every time you deal with your C-I-C Merchant and make a cash purchase or pay an account on ot before a due date, you get C-I-C Certificates equal in value to 2 on all such cash purchases and payments. VALUABLE C I Cs with cash purchases of 254 or moro Jack's Chevron Station Jack Van Winkle Jeanne's Beauty Shop Phone 3173 IONE Swanson's Grocery Phone 87231 lone Chevron Station Phone 87125 Remember . . . CI.Cs are Redeemable in cash at full face value clothing III group, eleven dresses and eleven sports costumes were modeled Skirts, blouses and play suits were included in this group, The complete costume, Cloth ing IV, was represented by Elise Eaurenfiend, Morgan and Janet Howton, lone. All exhibits in the style review contest were judged on the Dan ish system. Placlngs for style review for blue ribbon winners are as fol lows: Clothing II blue ribbon winners group, Meredith Thomp son, Heppner; Janice Martin, Lena; Shirley Peck, Rhea Creek; and Mardine Baker, lone. Clothing III blue ribbon win ners, first year project, Dorothy Dobyns, lone; Patsy Wright, Rhea Creek; Sally Palmer, Rhea Creek. Clothing III, sports divis ion, blue ribbon winners: Patsy Wright, Rhea Creek; Sally Palm er, Rhea Creek; Shirley McCabe, lone. Clothing III, second year blue ribbon winner: Patricia Peck for dress and sports wear. Other contests announced at the style review were: Cake baking contest, sponsor ed by Wheat Commission, first place, Jean Graham; second place, Marilyn Pettyjohn Demonstration contest winners in cookery and clothing are as follows: First place demonstra tion team was Mardine Baker and Grace McCabe, lone, demon strating the making of cup cakes. This team placed first over all cookery demonstrations and at the same time qualified for the Safeway contest. Second place demonstration team was Carole Anne Anderson and Janet Wight man, Heppner This team demon strated the making of nut bread. Third place demonstration team was Marilyn Pettyjohn and Mere dith Thompson, Heppner, demon strating the making of vegetable salad and salad dressing. Fourth place demonstration team was Elaine Stone and Bonnie Crum, table setting. Shirley Peck and Janet Wright, Rhea Creek, placed first with their demonstration "Know your Patterns & Equipment." Onetsarrr' demonstration: Meredith Thomp son, Heppner, "The Work Basket" placed first. Winners in the Home Econom ics Judging Contests are: Senior Division: First, Nancy Ferguson, Heppner; second, June Privett, Heppner, and Grace McCabe, lone; third, Peggy Wightman, Heppner. Junior Division: First, Rieta Graves, Heppner; Eleanor Rice, Heppner, second; third, Janice Martin, Heppner. All girls enrolled in Home Economics 4-H Clubs entered the contest. In this contest girls judged four classes in knitting; 8 in clothing and 8 in foods. Blue ribbon winners in 4-H Home Economics Exhibits are as follows: Clothing 1A, Anna M Winters, Lexington. 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