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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1954)
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 25, 1954 From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson With the weather looking like spring may soon be here, farmers should be thinking about their elective weed control in grains. Recommendations for 1954 are much the same as in 1953. How ever, there are some things that we know definitely, this year, that we were not quite so sure of a year ago. The first of these recommenda tions is time of spraying. There has been much controversy for years on when the best time to sp-av such weeds as mustard, tar weed, and others that are prob 'm in our wheat. Work that has been done here and in other states indicate that a much better control can be had by spraying early. We find now that tne weather doesn't have too much to (In wil!i control. Everyone knows that the warmer the weather the !- th" kill of woods At Wash ington State College they found that early application of 2,4-D vv.,,1,1 take half as much 2,4-D material to get the same kill as late spraying. By early spray ing, we mean spraying weeds be fore they develop a stalk and bet ter yt when they are in the rortte st;-ge, averaging about two inches iii diameter. Indica tions are that enough 2,4-D resi due will remain to kill any late emerging weed seedlings which come"wi''i the first few days of vwTm weather. Tbi- means that any time that our farmers can get on the fields n,,iv v""ld bp a good time to start their spray program. We want to correct a misrep resentation of recommendations thrt has seenr'ivdv been circu lated through Morrow county.' That is the recommendation for: the use of oil as a carrier of 2,4-D. We d" not, or have never, reeom renld the v " of oil as a ear ner in 2 1 D. Considerable work , hi's been done in the State of Washington. but Washington State College does not now re commend oil either. Oil is pre ferred by some air applicators as they can get by with less ma terial and n"ed to fill up less often 'or air vindication we re commend three gallons of water, per acre; with ground rigs, seven to ten gallons. Work that has been done in the past few years indiea'p that heavier applica tions f 2,1 T) have been most satisfactory for the control of tar weed and purple mustard, tvo weeds that are most difficult control. Our recommendation b for to one pound acid per acre. Our common ester 2.4 D formula tions contain 3.31 pounds of acid per gallon, while our amines contain 1 pounds acid per gal-ion. With a considerable amount of ; spring grain to be seeded, we would like to caution against spraying this until it has reached a stage where it will not he easily damaged by 2,4-D. Spring grains arc quite susceptible to 2. ID and should not be sprayed until they are well stooled or tillered, and from three inches high to form ed in the boot. Great reductions in yields have been the result of spraying g;ains after they have formed in the boot. It is well to keep this in mind, espec ially in the control of Russian thistles because it is often times difficult to spray before the grain is in the boot, as the this tles are late in emerging. With many complaints coming in on the damage of 2,4-D to trees flowers, shrubs and other orna mentals, it would be well to con sider using an amine spray this spring. Many of our farm plant ings, as well as town trees and ornamentals, are being consider ably damaged by spray drift. It Umatilla county, a big percent age of amine is used for this reason. made available to the Oregon Wheat Commission and it will be mailed 'to their mailing list early this month. For those of you who do not get a copy we will have one for you here in the of fice if you will call for it. From time to time we have in quiries at the office about con- trueting farm fish ponds, we have been distributing a fish -ond bulletin that is available from the U. S. Department er A"-i culture, but many times after the fish pond Plans are completed, the question is asked "where can! I get some fish." Word has been received from Andy Landforce.l Extension Wildlife Management specialist at Oregon State college. 1 this week, that there are sources; of fish here in Oregon for stock-: ing these ponds. Mr. and Mrs.j Earl Townsend of the Mountain; View Trout farm. Flgin, 0"""o,! can supnly trout. They can be provided in any size. Generally sneaking, the months of May and June is the popular time to take rainbow trout from their mother land to a new nond. Before the: transplanting the fish to your nond, a permit must be secure'', from the Oregon State Game! Commission, giving you this per mission. There is beginning to be some interest in trees for windbreak plantings, although things have been slow up till this time. Don ald Peterson, lone, ordered 150 Austrian pine a few days ago to complete his windbreak planting which was put in last spring. The pine will be planted from the road to his esablished windbreak as a lane planting. Vernon Mun kcrs will complete his windbreak planting with seedlings ordered a week ago, and William G. Tay lor. Irrigon. olans a shelterbelt ' ;i round some newly developed, i fields. j There is still time to get yourj order in for these seedlings if you wish to establish a windbreaK or shelterbelt this spring. The soon er that they are ordered the better selection you will have. paid through contributions from private firms, organizations and individuals. After their return, the United States delegates are available to speak on their ex periences. Participating in the program are 50 countries including 17 in Europe, 14 in Asia and the Mid dle East, and 19 in Latin America and other parts of the world. HEFPNER VALLEY 4-HERS The Heppner Valley I Hers met at the home of Shirley Van Win kle. The meeting was opened and we selected two girls to ask to use the Collins Cleaners win dow for our 411 display. We will meet there Saturday at 10:00 March 6, to put it in. The meeting was adjourned and Mary Tucker and Shir lev gave a demonstration on cooking oatmeal. We will meet at the home of Carol Anderson. March 9 at 4:00 for our next meeting. Jeanne Col lins and Connie Anderson will make a milk dish. Connie Anderson, reporter The series of seven night class es that were concluded Tuesday evening, were a success, if at tendance could be considered as :i ya-rdstick. The night classes, rtarted on January 12, dealt with livestock management, disease control, and prevention were the main objects of discussion. Con trol and treatment of such di seases and ailments as: ca'.f scours, diphtheria, coccidiosis, pneumonia, foot rot, blackleg, malignant edema, shipping fever, pinkeve, lun jaw. the various 'calving problems, castration, de ho"iing, vitamin A deficiencies, mineral deficiencies, ringworm, ; Moat, m'lk fever, were a few ot the subjects covered. Films were shown on the con trol of Brucellosis, the use of sulfa drugs, and other cattlemanage ment practices. N. C. Anderson, , county aeent, and Jim Allen vo cational ag instructor, were in charge of the class, while Assist ant State Veterinarian Peck and 1'ete Hooper, serene L,iiuiaiuiit- representative, discussed diseases! wnd drugs for treatments, while: .Jim flings, extension anima'! husbandman. Oregon State Col-1 : lege, discussed dwarfism and ( feed rations at these classes. A field trip for those interested is being held on Wednesday, Feb ruary 21. About a dozen inter ested class members are expected to take part in the tour. Attend ance at these classes ran from 27 to 43. Siime farmers may be surprised to hear that this is the sixth sea son in a row since the end of World War II that world agricul tural production has topped the prewar average. Almost all areas have had a hand in pushing pro duction to its present peak: In our country, production is reasonably close to last year, but nearly 50 above the average of prewar years. Western Europe has gone ahead hv leans and bounds. East ern Europe, on the other hand, while coming along slowly, has not yet caught up. The middle East" led by Turkey has left the prewar bench mark a good dist ance behind. The far East has good crops over most of the reeion but is still producing little more than before the war. Latin I America's crop, this year, turned, out the same as last, but adds up'; to nearly a third above prewar, j Kn wonder that wo are oiling upi some surpluses that in years back were finding a ready mar ket, either in our own country or in the foreign market. II U U BftV?4? JOLLY CHEFS The lone cooking III club met at Bakers's Saturday. Feb. 18. It was an all day meeting. Sue Coleman gave us a demon stration on bread making. Mrs. asswell was present and she and Mrs. Baker gave Sue some pointers on molding her bread. Mrs. Baker gave us a report on the difference between prices of homemade and bought mixes. She found the cost of homemade pie crust was Rc and bought it was 30e, biscuit mix is 47c and homemade biscuit mix is 33c, homemade cake mix costs 19e and bought is 35c. The members of the club made Ihe dinner, the menu was porcu pine mealballs, mashed potatoes, corn, hot rolls, vegetable salad ; and pie a la mode, j During the business meeting !Mrs. Casswell presented Mardino with a check for getting lirst m the cake baking contest at the county fair and getting second at the Stale fair Ann Bell Coleman, reporter Assistance was given during the past week to three farmers who are establishing new wind breaks around their farmsteads or revising their established windbreak. Thes farmers were Vernon Munkers. Lexington, who is putting in a three row wind break. Vernon planted his out side Caragana row in 1953, and is putting a row of Chinese elm and ponderosa nine in this spring Henry Baker was assisted in planning a two row Austrian pine windbreak with a ground wind breaker of Southernwood. John Proudfoot, of lone, who has a two year old windbreak is making some replacements in his Ameri can plum row, using Russian olive, A new circular folder put out by the Oregon State College Ex tension Service is entitled "Bar ley .What to do with it". This is an excellent folder and should be read by everyone who is produc ing barley. The circular is being Recause more young men can be placed on overseas farms this summer through the Internation al Farm Youth Exchange, appli cations are still being taken, N. C. Anderson, county agent, an nounced. He explained that through the IFYE program, young men and women spend a season on farms in another country. Li.ing and working with their host family, they get an understanding of the other nations' way of life. At the same time, American farm famil. ies open their homes to young people from other countries tak ing part in the exchange pro.-eram. Each year twice as many young men as women can be placed with foreign families, An derson said. This year the quota for young women has been filled, although there is room for more men. Applicants are to be between 20 and 30 years of age, high school graduate, unmarried, with a background of farm life and work. They are also asked to be willing to learn a foreign langu age, if necessary. Anderson said that because there are vacancies for more young men this summer, the age qualifications for them is being relaxed to allow them to be nomi nated if they will be 20 by June 1. Expenses of the delegates are IONE LIVESTOCK CLUB The lone 4-JI Livestock meeting was held at Herb Ekstrom's. Demonstrations in groups of two were discussed for The Dal les. Dairy cows were judged and new business was taken care of. Refreshments were served. The next meeting of the lone 4 II Livestock club will be at Her man Bletell's on the 21st of March. Ivan Akers, reporter 25 Year Pins Presented Several At Willows Grange By Echo Palmateer Twenty five year membership pins were presented to the follow ing al the Willows grange meet ing Friday evening Feb. 19: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tinim of Pendle ton, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heliker, Donald Heliker and Mrs. Clara Kincaid of lone; Mrs. Elsie Pet erson of Lexington and Rev. W. W. Head of Cathlamet,, Wash. The two latter were unable to be present. Mrs. Lewiis Halvorsen presented the pins. Willows grange was organized Feb. 19, 192G. Mrs. Ernest Heliker pre sented Wate Crawford with a past master's pin. The follow ing program was presented by the lecturer, Mrs. Claude Riley: group singing by all; a reading on Lincoln by Mrs. Wate Craw ford and a portrayal of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln by Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell; a reading on Wash ington by Mrs. Walter Corley; I Continued on Back
