Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 16, 1953
Page 2
From The
County Agent's Office
In talking with the Pendleton
Grain Growers last week, they
Indicated that they would have
quite a supply of seed barley, but
are having a storage problem
like everyone else. There is some
Merrill been postponed. Now that pas- sppj available from the Grass farm prices were lower.
tures are growing, corn Dooming, valley Grain Growers Associa
nH oi-orvthintr at its best, the tinn in Sherman County. Thpre
ialists from Oregon State college, tQur has bcen schCduled for July s al.so about 200 bushels of Meloy
By N. C. Anderson
They are newly released varieties of the lower farm prices this year.,
in manu anu eauiein wiegon. ,ui me ma or eommod t es On
iinward Isaacson and
Sather, Seed Certification
which farm prices were gathered,
in this state only eggs, chickens,!
and hogs were above last year.j
Wool prices on June 15 were the I
same as a year earlier, but most
Careful, watch your step!
You've heard those words many
were in the county on July 9 to 22. It will start at 9:30 a. m. at SPCCi at the Sherman Branch Ex-itimes and probably said them!
make field inspection. Field in-Up Glenn Aldrich ranch in Irri- poriment Station for those that j yourself, and yet there were over!
speciion is the first step toward gorli vvhere new concrete lined might be interested in obtaining! twenty thousand people fall to'
certifying crops. Fields 01 nex ditches will be ouserveu. riom their barley seed now. It will not tneir death last year. Falling was;
on trie Kenneui itnere we will spend eonsiuuiauiu jast long.
Winnie L. Zinter ,jme on the Rex Ellis irrigation
Ml wheat
Smouse and
ranches, lone, were inspected,
while a field of Brevor at the Ken
neth Smouso ranch also passed
certification. Kenneth Smouse,
veteran certified grain grower,
has 250 acres of Rex and 300 acres
of Brevor approved in the field to see irrigation ditches; at the
this year. Mrs. Zinter has 122les Christenson farm to observe
acres of Rex. A field of Pube-
Ralph
development between Irrigon and; Oregon farmers, like
Boardman, having the noon lunch the nation, are feeling the effects
at the Oregon State Highway!
nark on highway 730. The after- ,
noon agenda includes stops at the
Clarence Nelson farm, Boardman,
the major cause of accidents
among western farmers last year.!
those of Most of the farm falls were from!
(Continued on page S)
From where I sit ... Joe Marsh
at the
, also
passed
scent wheatgrass
Taylor farm, Cecil
inspection.
With storage as tight as it is
this year, it is going to be a prob
lem for certified seed growers to
hold their seed past harvest. Mrs.
Zinter has not yet made arrange
ments for storage for her Rex,
while Kenneth Smouse will not
be able to store any of his Brevor.
He has storage accommodations
for tiie 250 acres of Rex M l,
which is partly spoken for by
Morrow county farmers. The Bre
vor will be sold off of the com
bine next week, while being har
vested or hauled into the eleva
tor and sold on the market.
With the great amount of rye
and mixtures in wheat this year,
many farmers will be wanting
to seed new seed this fall. Both
Mr. Smouse and Mrs. Zinter have
excellent seed sources for those
of you who are going to make
a change.
drain ditches; at the Russell Mil
ler farm to see a corn fertiliza
tion trial; at the C. D. Eades farm
to see land leveling and at the
Bill Forthrnan farm to observe
pasture seedings, both old and
new. The whole family is invited
to attend for what we believe will
be a full day of education and
fun. The noon luncheon is free
with plenty of ice cream and pop
for all.
The last full week of this
month, July 19-25, is the 10th an
nual Farm Safety Week. One
safety commandment being em
phasized is: Follow Safety In-1
structions. Posters, leaflets, signs, j
and lables are safety instructions;
designed to help you save your(
life. This office reminds you to
read and hcedhese instructions, j
You farm to live live to farm.
Willie we are talking about
wheat, we might suggest that
with a homnor wheat eron beinp
i,.,r,.u.,i n,;. r,.,r ib: th, the next few weeks. Right now,
Many interesting observations
were made at the annual field
day at the Sherman Branch Ex
periment Station held on July 7.
Some of these observations will
be discussed in this column in
vp a r
be hundreds of wheat exhibits at uwie SM'ms 10 "p a 101 01 mH r"
the Morrow County Fair. Kenneth , PKt in ba,lpy f()r soodlnK m dl"
Smouse, superintendent of tho I vertod acres, this fall. The first
r,r:.in ,nici,,n ..wic f:.rm,.rcl observation shows that winter
carrv a couple of sacks on their 1)iuI,,y is outyioldt-d by spring j
combine so that they can gather I barl(,y varieties by from five to
a good sample of wheat for cx-lbt bushels per acre. The top
hibit from the best part of their, win,('r 'it1UnK barley was Pur
field. Exhibits can be left at any! due, 1101 selection, which had a
time with Ed Craber at the fair-''5'6 bushols I"'r acn' '"ld over
grounds or held until the fair be- a five VPar average. Olympia was
gins. Mr. Smouse plans to run next wi,n 418 bushels. F'ynn No.
each of the exhibits brought in 37. a sI)rinK variety, yielded 51
early through a cleaner In otderlnusm- icioy y.ciueu hz.i,
to make up better exhibits than
in the past. This is Kenneth's
first year as superintendent. We
hope that he will have a largo
and successful exhibit hi his di
vision. ,
With the cold late spring, our
annual conservation and better
farming practices tour in the
Boardman and Irrigon areas have
These are the two recommended
spring barley varieties. Flynn 37,
besides being one of the highest
yielding varieties, has smooth
beards; Melow is a hooded vari
ey, and though it has a lower
grain yield, it is preferred for hay.
Gem and Harland outyielded
either of the two first mentioned
spring barleys, but their rough
awns make them less desirable.
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