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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.
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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.
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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
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keeping complete record of vac
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yearling weights, birthdays and
oilier information which is help
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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
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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
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