Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday; August 13, 1953
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County Agent News . .
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ton. This is around seven to
right dollars lower than last year
tv,i iimn. In the producing
areas, prices were unchanged this
week, with the Yakima valley
quotation around $20 a ton at
f:irm Tn 1 he Madras area,
growers are receiving $21 to $23.
Supplies are plentiful and trad
ing is slow. At Freewater, prices
paid were $18 at the farm. With
the big hay crop that Is being
produced throughout the coun
try, it appears that cowmen may
get a break on some cheaper
priced hay than during the past
two or three years.
rvinpress last week passed'
legislation to provide for the con
trol and erradication of scrapie
and blue tongue in sheep. These
two diseases, which have been
introduced into the United States
i frr.m fnrp km countries in mc,
I past two years, had reacnea me
point whre they were threaten
ing the sheep industry In the
United States. Wltn Doin oi mem
bordering Oregon, this legislation
should be of interest to all sheep
operators.
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MARY VAN'S FLOWER SHOP
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With much being said these
days as to means of increasing
efficiency in livestock production
in order to bridge tne gap otf
tween the high cost of production
and the low cost of market ani
mals, many livestockmen should
be interested in feed efficiency
programs. Selecting a neru &-
that has proved nsen a mgo
gainer will do much to cut down
cost of production by siring fast
gaining calves. In looking
through the recent report of the
Union Experiment Station, it is
interesting to note tne vanauuu
in gains per day and I. V. IN. re
quired per each hundred pound
gain in live weight between the
high and low bulls and heifers
fed this year in stalls there at the
station. The high mm gainea
3.04 pounds per day, the low bull
192, which gives a difference of
1 12 pounds per day. This could
make a great deal of difference
on the gain of fifty calves which
mioht hp sired bv one bull. The
high heifer at the station gained
2 38, the low heifer, 1.50, with a
,iiffnronrP of .88. The high bull
made a saving of 158.6, with the
high heifer, 175.9 pounds of T. D.
N per each hundred pounds
gained during the test over a
120 day feed period.
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Again this year, for the fourth
consecutive year, there were no
Bionifieant differences In yields
fertilized blots at the
fertilizer demonstration plot. The
plot was located at the L. L. How-
ton farm soutn oi lone, una
and was harvested last naay.
Qpven nlots. reblicated four
times, compared various amounts
of ammonium nitrate with un
fertilized checks. Applied in mid-
November, 1952, on late UctoDer
.nrinH Orfed. blots containing
equivalents to 16, 33, 50, 67, 84
and 101 pouncis oi actual nmu
gen were compared to unfertil
ized checks. Soil and moisture
cnmnlps were taken in mid-No
vember, May and at harvesting
time to correlate with yields. t
The highest yielding plot was
that of 67 lbs. actual nitrogen. It
yielded only a 2.1 bushel in
crease over the unfertilized check.
Figuring the cost of fertilizer at
$9.38 and the price of the increase
in wheat as $4.20, there would be
a loss of $5.18 per acre for the
application.
Fertilizer blots during past
years have been put out in the
Kightmile, North Lexington and
South lone communities. Next
years' plot will be put in the
Gooseberry community.
Some recent information re
ceived through the Oregon State
college economists ollice snow
ihat sixtv thousand farmers in
Oregon stacked up close to half
a billion dollars last year irom
the sale of crops, livestock, and
livestock products, lnis amount
is nnt pvnprtpd to hold for 1953,
though, as lower farm prices are
undermining this year's larm in
rnmp. Nearlv three-fifths last
year came from the sale of crop
products, and approximately two
fifths from the sale of livestock
and livestock products. These
are estimates made beiore pro
duction expenses were taken out,
and do not represent a net in
come to the farmer. Here's a
national average. For every dol
lar that farmers take in from the
sale of farm products about 70
cents is paid out for farm oper-
ating expenses. The major snare
of Oregon's farm income comes
from so-called principle crops.
Some half million dollars comes
to Oreenn farmers annually from
sales of a dozen rarely heard of
specialty crops. These are grown
on 136 farms, according to the
report. Two crops-sugar geets seed
and dill for oil account lor
about nine-tenths of the half
million. The remaining tenth
(about $50,000) comes from such
crops as cascara seed, dill seed,
mustard seed, rabe seed, sun
flower seed, sweet corn for seed,
ginseng, goldenseal, wormwood,
and teasels Twenty-four of the
thirty-six counties in Oregon-
two out of every three placed
among the one hundred leading
agricultural counties of the na
tion in 1950.
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DR. EDWARD K. SCHAFFITZ
OPTOMETRIST
Next To Hotel Heppner Entrance Heppner, Oregon
TELEPHONE 6-9465
Several new diseases have been
showing up of late in neighbor
ing states, which prompts us to
be on the lookout for symptoms.
One of the latest is blue-tongue
in sheep. It has shown up in
quite a number of flocks in Cali
fornia. Blue-toneue is a virus
disease of sheep, spread by biting
insects such as sand flies, mere
is no evidence that it can be
spread by contact. Blue-tongue
is characterized, first, by lever
and lassitude, followed by swell-
ne and lnflamation of the nose,
tongue, gums and throat. The
mucous membrane of the affect
ed parts become a bluish or pur
plish color, hence the name, blue
tongue. The exposed parts often
PEACHY PRESERVERS MEET
A regular meeting of the
Peachy Preservers was held at
Patsy and Janet Wright's home
on July 14th. The meeting was
'called to order by president Janet
I Wright. Pat Peck led the flag
pledges. All members were pre
sent but Sally Palmer, who is in
New York on a tour of the U. N.
The different contests and prizes
were given to us by our leader,
Muriel Palmer. The meeting
then adjourned to the kitchen
where Janet Wright gave a de
monstration on frozen jams.
Refreshments of punch, cookies,
ice cream, and the jam were
served to us by Mrs. Wright and
Patsy and Janet.
Reporter, Pat Peck
IONE CAMP COOKERY CLUB
We had a meeting at the home
nf our leader. Mrs. G. L. Swanson
Tuesday, Aug 11 We had a pic-1
nic and tried out our stove which
we made ourselves out of a one
gallon can and a reflector oven.
We held our meeting after we
cleaned up camp.
Jack Crum, reporter
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Thurs. Sat. 9:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M.
Evenings By Special Appointment
ANALYTICAL VISUAL EXAMINATION
Broken Lenses Duplicated Glasses Fitted
Rlvjays So Acceptable
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bleed. The animal becomes stiff
and lame, and at this stage the
symptoms are slightly similar to
those of foot and mouth disease.
In South Africa mortality rates
have run as high as ninety per
cent. So far the disease has been
less virulent in the United States,
and the morality rates have been
considerably lower. No determi
nation has been made as yet
concerning how the virus might
have been introduced into the
United States.
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THE EXCISE TAX IN YOUR TELEPHONE BILL
We collect it from you for
the Federal Government
IWlinps you've wondered, "What. loes (lie
,( marked V. S.'lWon my telepli.nu- bill
ivally iiifaii'.'" Simply, U'm t lit 1'V.IcmI Kxcise
Tax wliieli is levied directly on your local and
Iouk distamf telephone calls. While tins fix is
i-H-l'ided us a part of the total amount l sour
't,., pliune lill. it's actually a scparale tax v 'ch
x.m i-.iy on your telcpiione s.tvut. N e ..a
c.llee! it IVoinourciistoineisto-'ilii i:ov: "le.-ni
imd it is then set aside to he pa-atd an to
t'.i,' I'.ureau of Internal Kevenne.
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JVsptte sharply increased costs - for
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able to keep telephone rates low. So low,
in fact, that your telephone still carries
your messages for a few pennies a call.
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of repuhr income and property taxes. But the
F.xi-iTax i a separate tax-which you pay
avera-in about $22 a e r for the average tele
phone sulwerilvr in the West, And we make this
report on it so that next time you receive your
telephone lull, you'll perhaps pause to consider
that telephone, rates are lower than you may
have thought.
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