Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 24, 1952
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"Let Your Light So Shine"
A week from tonight, Thursday, January 31,
from 7 to 8 o'clock workers for the "Mothers' March
on Polio" will be calling at your house if your
porch light is shining.
It will bo the windup to one of the most im
portant fund raising campaigns of the year, the
March of Dimes. Hcppncr's Boy Scouts have
volunleered to do the leg work for the mothers,
and all they ask is that if you have fiot yet been
contacted for your donation, that you leave your
light on'. If there is no porch light the boys won't
stop for the drive Is voluntary. They are not
going to ask you, for a donation, you must offer it.
Maybe you are among the many who have
already returned the March of Dimes card with a
check, but happen to have another 50c or a dollar
that could be spared to aid in one of America's
greatest health fights. If you do, just flip the
switch! Let's see every porch light in town on
next Thursday night.
If your heart's in the right place, "Let Your
Light So Shine
The Same Old Story
There is probably nothing a person could se
lect to comment upon that would be as discon
certing and uninteresting, in fact probably an
even better word would be distasteful, to the pub
lic than the national budget of $85.4 billion dol
lars president Truman presented to congress this
week.
Yet, we just couldn't pass the opportunity to
note what one of this country's greatest wits, Will
Rogers, had to say on a very similar subject a little
over 30 years ago. In a recent Collier's article re
printing some of the great comedians best wise
cracks, there appeared this one:
"The Democrats can't compete with the Re
publicans in spending money to get in office, but
after they get in I don't think there is anybody
can compete with them."
Wonder what Will would say if he were alive
today?
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
Even with high prices for com
modities sold and the apparent
prosperity of our farm people dur.
ing the past several years, there
comes a warning that things
may not be as well as they ap
pear. A recent weekly price re
port by Oregon State College
shows that farm mortgage debts
are piling up. Farmers were pay
ing off their debts pretty well in
Oregon during the World War II
years. The total amount in 1946
was only half what it was at the
high point 16 years earlier. Since
1916, however, debts have again
been creeping up. At the be
ginning of 1951, farmers found
that their mortgages were higher
than at any time since the de
pression year of 1933.
Perhaps one reason for this Is
tha desire for land by our farm
ers. This desire is great in fact
so great that Oregons farm real
estate prices are again back to
their highest level in history. Dur
ing the twelve months ending
November 1, 1951, farm land in
this state increased as fast as
the average of the entire nation.
The increase in Oregon amounted
ot 11 per cent, against a 7 per
rent Increase as the average for
the United States. Latest reports
place the index of the value oi
farm real estate per acre in Ore
gon on November 1, 1951, at 31
per cent of the 1935-39 average.
It appears as if this is a good
time for Morrow County ranchers
to appraise their farm business.
Can you afford to continue to
operate as during the past few
years? Were your last year's ex
penditures within your average
means? Maybe it would have
been most economical to make
the old "cat" or combine do an
other year. Ferhaps you really
didn't need that extra truck. A
good farm account record will
help point out the weak spots of
your business.
We like to see our farmers en
joying prosperity; building new
homes, improving farm living and
working conditions, even taking
that long earned vacation in Ha
waii and Florida. But we don't
like to think of what might hap
pen to this prosperity if a bad
year or two should come along
with our farms heavily mort
gaged. Ranchers attendng the annual
memo to 3 popular 'teen-ager. . .
Dear Susan: We're leaving this little note for
you to read the next time you're at the telephone.
c w ant you to know we're delighted that
the telephone rings so often for you these days
. . . and that you have so many friends to call.
But we hope you'll remember that we share this
line with our telephone neighbors. They like to
use it, too. And, of course, we know you'll keep
in mind that no one can call us as long as the
line is tied up. Lovingly, Mother and Dad.
() Pacific Telephone
meeting of the Heppner Soil Con
servation District this week had
the opportunity to hear and see
figures of the results of fertiliza
tion trials on dryland wheat
throughout the Columbia Basin.
Leroy Fuller, in charge of the
soils service being offered by
Pendleton Grain Growers, sum
marized results of trials which he
assisted with during the past
year as ExtensionSoils Special
ist, Oregon State College.
While the fertilizer Item for
this years budget may run into a
substantial figure, money spent
for commercial fertilizer is in
reality a highly profitable in
vestment. Mr. Warner showed
that applications of nitrogen in
creased profits from $3.00 per acre
where 21 pound were used to as
high as $22.00 per acre where
80 pounds were applied. Most
economical returns were from ap
plications of 60 pounds of nitro
gen per acre which returned $21.
00. These returns are above non-
fertilized fields and after cost of
fertilizer was subtracted,
There are very few other places
in present day farming opera
tions where it is possible to put
out $1.00 and in the same season
receive in return $3.00 or more
in some cases.
While there was over double
the nitrogen fertilizer applied in
Morrow County this past year
than all succeeding years com
bined there is still room for more
use. Demonstrations have been
carried .out in Morrow and ad
joining counties during the past
several years while trials have
been run on fertilizers at our dry
land experiment stations for long
periods of time. With actual use
in the field, observations have
been made that have been help
ful in making fertilizer use re
commendations.
One obstacle has stood in the
way in making this new practice
a complete success. This obstacle
has been the inadequate facili
ties for soil nitrogen tests to de
termine the needs for a particular
soil. Nitrogen contents vary from
area to area, soil type, tillage
practices preformed during the
summerfallow year as well as
past cropping records. Many
times Nitrogen recommendations
could be made only on a sliding
scale with many "ifs".
Facilities that are now being
made available with a complete
program for nitrogen and soil
moisture determinations by the
Pendleton Grain Growers, is wel
comed in this area. While Mor
row County ranchers will be
limited to tests made, at least
this year, the Pendleton Grain
Growers have assured the county
agent that they will cooperate
fully in making tests at least by
areas here. We feel fortunate in
having this service available
since scores of our farmers are
adopting the practice of nitrogen
fertilization of dryland wheat.
Many hundreds of dollars of in
dividuals can be saved through
this service, in knowing the exact
amount of nitrogen available in
the soil and then applying proper
the month following breeding
and the month before they calve.
One-third of Jhe dry cows have
bred but lose the embryo during
early pregnancy. Feed with suffi
cient quantities of Vitamin A
and protein will prevent the ma
jority of this loss.
OFFICE HOURS:
Mon.Tues. Wed. Fri. 9:00 A. M. to 5:30 P. M.
Thurs. Sat. 9:00 A. M, to 2:00 P. M.
Evenings By Special Appointment
ANALYTICAL VISUAL EXAMINATION
Broken Lenses Duplicated Glasses Fitted
Young men and women who
would like to be "grass roots am-
amounts to bring the nitrogen! bassadors" are now being sought
content to the level to
which , as International Farm Youth Ex-
moisture is avajjable.
The recommendations for ap
plications of nitrogen fertiliza
tion has been an important pro
gram of this office during the
past year. It will be an import
ant one this year with much of
the "supposing" removed.
Dr. Fred McKenzie, Oregon
State College Animal Husband
man, while speakyig to Morrow
County livestockmen' at their an
nual meeting on December 1,
stressed several points in feed re
quirements. During the past
week several inquiries have been
made by ranchers as to the pos
sible cause for premature birth
of calves.
As those attending the meet
ing will recall Dr. McKenzie
stressed the need for adequate
supplies of Vitamin A in the ra-
Change delegates, announces the
County Extension Agent, N. C.
Anderson. Application blanks
are available at the county ex
tension office.
Applicants must be high school
graduates aged 20 to 28 who can
spend three months in a foreign
land living and working with a
farm family. Delegates must also
spend considerable time report
ing on their experiences through
out thetate when they return.
The blanks must be filled out
and returned to the County
Agents office by February 1.
More than 40 countries will take
part in the 1952 program. North
ern hemisphere countries will be
visited during the summer pro
gran (June-November) and the
Southern hemisphere and tropi
cal countries during the winter
program( December-May).
The International Farm Youth
4-H honorary, at Oregon State
College. It is conducted by 4-H
members and leaders throughout
the state. The IFYE chairman
in Morrow County is Ingrid Hermann.
Hnn ff iha nnur ViOrH Vitamin A
is found in large quantities in the Exchange is sponsored in Oregon
green grass but not enough can for the second 'ear y ,he Cam
be stored by the cow to carry Pus 411 club and Mu Beta Bota'
them through the winter. Green
hay then, is necessary to pro
vide sufficient quantities for the
brood cow. If hay is stored from
one year to the next, vitamin A
decreases. Pea vine silage is an
excellent source of this vitamin.
Symptoms of vitamin A defici
ences are weak calves, calf scours
and retained after birth of the
cow. While good green feed is
the best and cheapest source of
Vitamin A, it can be bought at
the drug store and fed when too
late to remedy by green hay
feeding.
Those who find their calf crop
below expectations might take
the advise of Dr. McKenzie. He
states that the most critical
stages in a disease free herd Is
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FOR
HIGH PRODUCING HENS
Hens can't make good dn the nest
unless they get the nutrients they
need to produce. Give them this
chance. Ask for Larro "Farm-
tested" Egg Mash. Larro is a high quality, productive
feed resulting from years of work at Larro Research
Furm. It supplies the nutrients high producing hens need
and helps you make a real profit over feed cost So for
egg and profit producing results-always ask for Larro
Egg Mash. --, . ,
Morrow County Grain Growers
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