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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1954)
1 Page 4 Heppner Gorette Times, Thursday, April 29, 1954 From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson On Tuesday of this week the j county agent accompanied Mr.' Kahey and Mr. Dusdicker of trie bureau of entomology and plant quarantine in a survey of the mormon cricket area in North Morrow county. During the day a complete survey was made by jeep of over 100,000 acres in the Koardrnan bombing range and the area lying on each side of it. Concentrated surveys were made in the areas where the last infes tation of moimon crickets Were especially heavy. Crickets were found to he in the second in star and were very scattered. There was no area surveyed where they were found to be thick enough to warrant a spray program this year. A follow up survey will be made about June 1st, when the crickets become adults in order to determine whether there might have been some concentrations missed. It appears as though the ex tensive airplane baiting pro gram carried on four years ago has paid off in controlling mor mon crickets in our county. An eiror has been called to our attention in the potato seed rot story on page 13 of the spring is sue of Oregon's Agricultural Pro gress. l''or those of you who re ceive this periodical, the state ment should read "Dip all seen p'cres in i'hygon, one pound in 10 gallons ol water." advertising for the multi Flora rose, the following information released from the Horticultural department from the college should be of interest to those planting a planting of multi flora rose. This is the same plant that is used as an under stock of our yard roses. I think that every one knows how hard it is to get them to grow and produce as they would like them to do. First, one must have perfect plants then a rich well drained soil, pro per planting, protection from damage, water, fertilizers, sprays, dust, pruning, and a continuous round of care. Anyone who has an inclination to do all of these things to have a multi flora rose hedge or fence will surely get a lot of encouragement on estab lishing one. As yet there have been no plantings reported in Oregon which resembled a stock proof fence unless a good fence was a part of the planting. Tin material does offer something as a cover for birds and as a pro lection against certain cases against soil erosion. Very few can I'ive the care needed to L'roW it into a food fence or hedge row If it is not trained i! would oc cupy from 8 to ID leet of lan which if good enough to grow multi flora rose is of too much value to be so occupied. f or those of you who garden as a hobbv and to supplement their home food supply, good news has been announced this week in re gards to a new green bean just released. It is especially adapted to East (fit Oregon and has been named Columbia. It is an im proved strain of the Blue Lake Ijpe. A lew seed houses have a supply of this seed for 1951 planting Eaeb week we receive inquiries regarding the multi flora rose and its use under our conditions. Since every farm magazine and daily paper that one picks up has Visiting at the I). O. Nelson I ranch in the Alpine cotnmunitv last Sunday, some interesting I things were noted in windbreak I and grass plantings at his farm ! stead. To my knowledge, Mr I Nelson has the oldest planting of U'aragana in Morrow county. This i was planted in 191!) as a shrub on the vvindboard side of Mr. Nelson's four row windbreak. It has made a good growth but has not been pruned to form a dense low growing shrill). This can still be done by cutting it back and forcing it to shoot out flow the roots. Mr. Nelson plans to do this during the dormant season next fall and winter. The four row windbreak is providing much protection from the prevailing winds. Since Mr. Nelson has a well capable of irrigating the windbreak, he has seeded grass between the rows, rather than clean cultivating it. The grass is prov iding a considerable amount of pasture and last year 15 sheep and two ponies were grazed on it continuously for 'three months. The seeding is less than one acre. The excellent grass mixture is composed of orchard, smooth j brome, alta fescue, with ladino clover. Incidently, fruit trees and verry v ines that the Nelson's have put out are providing them a io; of home grown fresh fruit. IONE ranch, is Wasco County, has sired several grand champion 4-H club- VUaa MaTQC steers. The bull, a 6 year oldjJUIUUI MUlCj is still sound and gets around i like a two year old. This is an example of putting a good proven herd sire to work rather than beefing it while there is still good years of service left. IS YOUR HOME TIRED? RUN DOWN? tsVKKlht.. GIVE IT NEW LIFE NOW! WITH h FIRST NATIONAL HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN See your dealer or any branch QUICK APPROVAL NO DOWN PAYMENT IIFE-INSUREO LOAN NO MORTGAGE REQUIRED MFPPNER BRANCH FI fcetSTT NATIONAL DAN K. r i or PORT1AND uri tuuo ottsoN roaiiHti f,wm vr -iff wrz"r'nmn The new livestock pest control circular that we announced was soon to he available in our col umn a few weeks ago, has ar rived. In looking through it, it appears to be the best yet pub lished in regards to the various livestock pests which includes, grubs, lice, ticks, and horn flies. Nine different insecticides with application recommendations in cluding amounts and equipment. A copy can be secured from this office. Attention is called to livestock operators who are interested in the feed efficiency testing pro gram which is being carried on at Condon again this year, Th ; annual field day will be held nt the Fair grounds there on Satu day, May 1st. The program will start at 10:00 a. m. and will he finished by 3:00 p. m. Several Morrow county bulls are heinrj fed in. the program this year Those with bulls from here arc- Harvey Smith, lone; Stev Thompson and Frank Anderson of Heppner. While feed efficiency of the bull has been the main program at Condon, some thought has been given to feeding out some calves from some of Imp bulls that have been tested in order to test theii efficiency in utilizing feed. This would tie in to the bull efficiency program to determine what per cent of the calves being sired by such bulls are efficient in con verting feed to meat. Some work of this kind has been done at the Pan -Tex station near Amarillo. Texas. A record on 311 bulls tested revealed that the top gain ing one third gained at the rate of 2.8 pounds per day and io quired SOo pounds of feed per hundred pounds gained. The low gaining one-third gained at the' rate of 2.1 pound per day and re quired 913 pounds of feed pe. hundred pounds gained. One of the highest gaining and one of the lowest gaining hulls were used on uniform groups of ran domly selected cows. Calves tiied by high gaining hull 25, average 402 pounds at weaning. Those 20 sired by low gaining bull weighed 412 pounds. An ad vantage of 50 pounds per calf in favor of the high gaining bull. After a one hundred fortv day feeding period the difference was one hundred two pounds in favor o the high gaining bull. The interesting feature was that there was nothing about the appear ance of the bulls to indicate any advantage of one over the other. At an annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, E. R. Jackman, Farm Crop Specialist at Oregon State College, gleaned some rather intersting items. He reports that it has been found that soil losses are three times as much on slopes facing the direc tion of the storm as they are on slopes facing away from the storm. It has also been found that strong mulch is three to four times effective as Krillium or any of the other new soil conditioners. The loss of soil with a straw mulch is only one-fiftieth that from a bare surface. Here is one that was reported at this meeting that might be tried in Morrow County if we could find some brave rancher who would be wil ling to try. A field of Ladak alfalfa in Oklahomo has been pastured constantly for 16 years and is attracting a great deal of attention all over Oklahoma and other surrounding states. The system that this man uses is to wait until the Alfalfa bloomed then turned his cattle into it and pasture it the balance of the summer and all fall and winter until all vegetation is cleaned up. Stock are taken out in the early spring and the alfalfa al lowed to grow again. Under this sys'em, the alfalfa has main iained its stand beautifully. There is practically no encroach ment of any other vegetation and this man has the heaviest steers for their age that are produced on pasture in that state. I would not like to guarantee the same results as this gentleman has found in Oklahoma and I might be a little uneasy thinking of bloat for a while at least. By Supt. Chester L. Ward Donald Peterson, commander of the American Legion lone post, appeared before the student body Monday and presented in behalf of the American Legion, a beauti ful trophy to the students. On the trophy was engraved the names of the players who played basketball at the tournament in Salem. This was a wonderful ges ture to the entire student body; they greatly appreciate the co operation. . This trophy may be seen in the new case in the new building. At the regular P-TA meeting Wednesday April 28 a panel dis cussion was held With Mrs. Al fred Nelson, Mrs. Franklin Ely, Lloyd Howton, Supt. Leslie Grant and Supt. Chester L. Ward taking part. The topics were: bupt. Grant spoke on community guid ance; Mrs. Ely on school guid ance; Mr. Howton on adult and parent guidance; Mrs. Nelson on organization guidance, particu larly the P-TA; Supt. Ward on! co-ordination and the importance of guidance. He spoke briefly on spiritual guidance. Supt. and Mrs. Ward spent the weekend in Portland on business. lone lost to Stanfield at a base ball game there Thursday even ing last week. The grade school lost here with a game with Echo Saturday morning. Arrangements for the second annual livestock field day have been completed and will be held at the Fair grounds on Saturday, Mav 1st. All 4-H livestock mem bers and leaders will have the opportunity to do fitting, judging and showmanship during the day. The program begins at 10:00 a. m. and will continue until about 3:00 p. m. Jim Elings ex tension animal husbandryman from Oregon State College will be with us to assist with the field day. Those club members who will furnish sheep, swine, beef and dairy, are Shirley Peck, Douglas Terry, Dickie Ekstrom, Martha Rogers and Dennis Do herty, Kit George, and Jerry An derson. The field day was sche duled by agricultural leaders after a successful field day held in 1953. Club members, parents, and others interested are urged to attend. Every one should bring a sack lunch. Lunch will be eaten at the fair pavilion and Cocoa and cold drinks will be served. Recently announced is a new ten year 4-H member award which wil be provided effective this year. For those club mem bers who have completed ten years of club work, a necklace will be the recognition for the girls and a key for the boys. 4-H Club members who completed nine years and who are again en rolled in the 4-H club program this year are: Deane Graves, Heppner; and Edna Grim, Irrigon. K t How Advertisin benefits you!,, - - - i mm The department of animal hus bandry at Oregon State College has just completed a beef cow nwont vlippt for L-wiiini indivi- dual cow records. Several live-1 Siniup ,)f yearlings were doing so well on tins nay that A good many acres of grass and alfalfa for pasture and hay are being seeded throughout Ihe county this year. A few of the farmers who have seeded grasses and legumes are Jim Lindsay and Herbert Ekstrom of lone; Alvin Wagonblast and Vernon Munkers Newt O'Harra, Bernard Doherty of Lexington; Ladak alfalfa is the, popular alfalfa used in these! mixers although other varieties' are used. Some Nomad has been' used this year and Alvin Wagon-1 blast seeded Talent, a relatively, new alfalfa in his seeding. For pastures, Alta fescue, smooth htome and intermediate wheat grass are most ixipular. Inter mediate wheatgrass with alfalfa is gaining much popularity as a hay seeding. While there are :i few ranchers that hesitate to 'eed intermediate wheatgrass, there are a majority that are so unanimous in their praise for intermediate wheatgrass that it is a recommended practice. One of these ranchers is Ralph Beam er. Heppner. Mr. Beamer is very well sold on intermediate wheat grass in his alfalfa as a feed and recently told us that his cat tle would clean up every spear f intermediate and alfalfa mixed l;av. He further stated that one Its' ALL THROUGH YOUR HOME Kven if you have never paint oil, you can give walls and woodwork a uniform mat of color ; . : with this velvet smooth paint. Dp Colon SllgMly Higlior) KEMGLO Co . Flows on freely, dries in 3 to 4 hours to a satiny surface liko baked enamel. Beautiful lustre enamel for kitchens, bath rooms, nil woodwork, 'j 4 colore. n Lose furniture Lo. st i ! -k operators are using the type of record now for livestock in keeping complete record of vac cination, calfhood weaner and yearling weights, birthdays and oilier information which is help ful in culling cows and in im proving the range beef herd. We have a supply of these record sheets and would lie glad to sup ply them to anyone who is inter esled in their use. O. W. Ctiisfoith, Lexington, has recently added a new herd bull io hU mniniercial herd. The bull, a proven sire from the Ted Ball I he dis continued feeding them grain. Their gain and condition was so good. HAPPY BAKERS The Happy Bakers cooking III i In1) held their second meeting at the residence of Cecil Jones on April 11. After the business meeting we made savory stew. It was eaten by the members. Barbara Steagall, reporter o. . USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS Advertising SaVeS yOU money. 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If any other form of selling were cheaper or more efficient, no one would advertise. s. i law Advertising Benefits Everyone Heppner Gazette Times MORROW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET 1954 - 55 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Delinquent Taxes County School Fund Basic School Fund Irreducible School Fund Vocational Kdueation Elementary Tuition High School Tuition Transportation Lenta Is Estimated Total Receipts Estimated (.'ash Balance or Deficit Total Receipts and Available- ' 'ash Balance c C cD o cs in Eo T lT n V c.e OC 1. 5,0 c p 5C MO 0 3 7. av. ffiZ j ZX W 1,000 700 1.000 374 G.200 2.300 1.010 1.500 1.700 350 50.500 18.283 10.000 15.145 17.908 1,840 600 400 210 70 150 135 15 1.700 1.000 150 3,200 500 100 50 G3.G50 39.822 10S.472 20.793 40.000 60,793 11.880 8,000 19.880 17.795 2.975 20.770 20.793 20.793 2,205 2.205 974 7.321 8,295 750 750 3,074 13,060 114,276 280 2,700 150 3,200 0,000 650 138,090 98,868 236,958 1,641 10,507 101,546 942 2.700 7.050 9,000 730 2.110 136.226 36.780 173.006 lleneral Control Instruction Operation of Plant Maintenance and Kcpair Auxiliary Agencies Fixed Charges Capital Outlay Debt Sen ice Emergency 1-1.250 126,050 22.000 12.000 25,185 9.818 7,997 2,700 4.730 57.675 15.290 4.850 9,946 6.000 1,700 1.300 2.325 33,010 7,060 2.700 11.035 1.925 900 700 3.590 46.925 9.350 4.810 11.461 4.680 6.110 300 1.000 7.524 49.757 11.790 3.400 25.655 4.500 4.200 350 1.2i Ml 180 1.250 2,650 450 875 600 600 100 150 6,045 2,000 100 7.665 3,870 375 100 4.125 40,414 327,582 68,140 28,210 86,157 27,898 21,607 650 11.225 30,481 327.260 62,360 31.095 89.968 26.024 23.080 780 11.210 1,433 2,553 12,730 38 0,000 6,900 -5,800 -730 .1.460 1,864 62.088 63,952 9,933 322 5.780 -2.8S5 3,811 1.874 -1.473 130 15 Total Estimated Expenditures 220 000 101.491 59.655 Total Receipts and Available Cash Balance 103,472 60.793 19.SS0 88,226 20,770 108.376 9.705 8.295 16.135 611,883 602,258 9,625 20.793 2.205 8.295 750 236,958 173,006 Amount Necessary to Balance the Budget Tax Rebates Estimated 116,523 40.698 XBOO 1.650 39.775 WO 67.Cx; 87583 7.500 15,385 374,925 429.252 J. CM 2T5 460 8,913 9.238 323 Total Kit i mated Ta Levy 11H.3? 42.34 40.70fl ft ra.isi 7.T75 o.otm 15.845 .m) 43R490 54 650 '.IH.fcS'T.ls 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 L