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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 8y 1954
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
SAM'S A SHEEPHERDER
There is still low percentage
calf crops in Morrow County even
with the good cattle Improvement
projects that have been carried
on during the past few years. Oc
cassionally we run across a
rancher who is getting 10 less
calves than is economical or than
need he. While it is getting late
to do anything about it for this
year, there are a few tips that
contribute towards a higher per
centage calf crop and shorter
calving period. They are: 1. ro-,
tate bulls every week or ten uajs
if pasture breeding, 2. see that
bulls are distributed on the range
and keep them scattered, 3. re
place bulls that show evidence
of unsoundness or are lame or
sick, 4. use enough bulls.. Under
range conditions one to every 25
cows, on pasture a sound bull in
good condition will settled thirty
to fifty cows.
Now that fly control time is
here, livestock ojjerators should
be thinking of this important fly
control operation. It is estimated
that control of horn flies in
creased production of meat and
milk forty-five million dollars
worth. In one recent year in
Kansas, cattlemen figured the
use of 5c worth of DDT indirectly
increased the value of a steer by
$10.00. Oregon State College's
new circular "Livestock Test Con
trol" gives recommendations for
fly control. A copy is available
at this office.
As harvest time grows near, it
appears that another bumper crop
is in prospect, mis means mm
much grain will be stored on the
farm, some of it finding its way
into storage facilities that are
not best suited for long grain
storage. It is even more import
ant this year, that farmers clean
out and spray bins before storage.
Now is the time to do it if weevils
and other farm storage insects
are going to be destroyed and
bins dried out from the spray tnat
is applied.
There is nothing particularly
new this year in regards to ma
terials for spraying grain storage
bins. Several insecticides are ef
fective D. D. T. and Methoxyehlor
are perhaps the two most com
mon that will be used. They
should be prepared at the rate of
42 pounds of 50 wettable DDT or
Methoxyehlor to 100 gallons of
water; when spraying particular
attention should be paid to get
ting in to all cracks where the in
sects may be harboring. Of equal
importance is the need for sweep
ing down the grain bins with a
stiff broom before spraying with
insecticides. Insecticide appli
cation will be relatively ineffec
tive if applied on a dusty or dirty
surface. For special conditions or
further information we have seve
ral good circulars In the office
dealing with the subject of pro
tecting grain from insects.
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Youth Exchange students 'P'"; 1" chemicals
and live on the larm wun ira siuuuua rpnrding
families during the time they are Thermometers ; w h
craps wcic w-o"-u -
plots to get the effect of tempera
tures on weed control. It was in
teresting to note that wherever
low temperatures were mcoui..-
atsiened. Anyone who is inter
e?ted in the Droeram, may get
1 further information from this of
fice.
Plans have now been complet
ed for the educational meetings
ed, weed control was poor and
damage to the wheat was eviue.u
of the 1355 wheat marketing quo-j We will have harvest yields later
tas. Morrow County's meeting, to compare wun vu rr
will be held at the Lexington j tions.
Grange hall on Thursday evening!
July 15th. The time of meeting! Some time ago the Morrow
will be 8:00 p. m. The extension County Livestock Growers Asso
cervice, Oregon Wheat Growers1 ciation Marketing Committee de
League and the ASC committee! cided that they would have a list
will participate in this meeting; ing of livestock for sale in Mor
;to bring wheat farmers up to row County as is done in many
date on farm Program legislation,
the wheat acreage allotment pro
gram for 1955, particulars con
cerning the wheat marketing
quota referendum which will be
held on Julv 23. and a discussion
of what to do with diverted acres.
A large attendance is anticipated.
counties throughout uregon.
Cards were mailed to all Morrow
County livestock growers lor mem
W ikt livestock that they would
various to lt Ji"?" the summer,
nave io ly
fall and winter mon hs. The :tepiy
vg nnceCdnSseuch a listing ..very
JSWdTSt thJy wil
tire state. Letters were mailed
all members of the Oregon Cat
tlmPn's Association asking
tnev list cattle for sale. In the
juTv issue of the Oregon Cattle
man we find a good many coun
ts with livestock listed however,
none from Morrow County. From
this, it appears that Morrow
County livestock men are satis
fied with the prices they receive
for their livestock.
Congrtliman Sam Coon, Republican, of Oregon'! Second Diilrlct, 1$ now an
honorary iheepherder. Rep. Coon ii ihown receiving hii ihepherd'l crook from
W H Sleiwer, of Fosiil, Oregon, former President of the Oregon Woolgrowen
Aiioclation, and Immediate past Pre.idenl of the National Woolgrower. A.iocia
tion. Coon wa awarded the title lait week by the National Association for nil
services to the ranchers of the Northwest. The lastern Oregon Congressman, who
was raised on a sheep ranch In the Snake'River Basin, declared, "I might havo been
called an "ornery sheepherder' a time or two, but this ii the first time I was ever
called an 'honorary' one."
In a new bulletin from Oregon
State College, entitled "Reducing
Savings Deposit mad at First National on or
befor July 10th earn interest from July Istl
Savings
grow,
too!
Save regularly ... put a
part of each paycheck in
your First National Bank
savings account. These
savings, plus First
National interest pay
ments, will make your
account man-size!
HEPPNER MANCH
FI II5T NATIONAL DANK.
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Tom Kinoshita
IS NOW AT
O'Donnell's Cafe
SERVING
CHINESE
FOOD
FROM 6 P. M. TO 2 A. M.
Now Offering A Large Variety of
Delicious Chinese Dishes in Ad
dition To Our Regular Menu.
Dairy Cost" the present dairy situ
ation is analyzed and discussed
Pointing out that milk prices are
down, sales are lagging, there
was more milk in Oregon than in
the nation in many years and
competition is great from other
foods and farm products However,
the circular points out that dairy
ing will still pay for Oregon far
mers that can meet lower prices
with lower costs. This can be
done through such things as get
ting more production per cow, the
use of more and better roughage,
feeding grain according to pro
duction, saving labor, keeping re
cords and using them Under the
Visiting the Hermiston, Pendle
ton and Moro branch experiment
stations last week, the agent had
the opportunity to go over the
various research projects that are
being carried on in all types of
farming carried out in Morrow
Countv. Fertilizer work, tillage
practices, weed control work, for
age crops, new and old; pasture
improvement work; miscellane
ous crops for diverted acres; and
cereal trials and crop breeding
program were observed and dis
cussed. Much information was
gathered in all of these projects.
Perhaps the most interesting was
the weed control work that is be
inn rinnp hv Davp Raver, research
have not yet had foreign youth man assigned to the Columbia
delegates exchanges living on Basin. Mr. Bayer was put on
na rf nni farmc fnr an pntirp ner- nr,t..ni ,1,1. in tUa Ptum.
Ulli- yJl uul ' 1 X VYCCU VVUIft Hi i
iod. Two exchanged delegates bia Basin area through efforts of
I 1 (-11 11n.n,t, CmirttTr .. .
last ran visueu iviunuw vuumj jne vvneat u rowers league ap
for a short period. I nrnvimatelv a vear am. His ex
There are two delegates in Ore-, perimental work will contribute
gon now. A young lady from much 1 am sure t0 the contro1 of
., , , , , , tweeds in this area. Most exten-
Northern Ireland and a young . . . . . 0 nn t.
man from Portugal. Calheris Mar- ' ntrol of annuai weeds in wheat
this spring. Various amounts of
various selective chemicals were
applied on many acres at the Hill
and Crow Pilot Farms near Wes
ton and Helix. One of the most
interesting weed experimental
tins from Portugal is sepkinf' in
formation on wheat raising, cattle
breedng, corn production, irriga
tion and general farming meth
ods. He is visiting now in Ore
gon at Klamath Falls. He would
like to live in an area of wheat! plots was that of applying these
uavin.7 lahnr heading, a stndv of raising and cattle breeding dur- chemicals at weekly intervals
15 dairy farms from Oregon State ing the remainder of his stayj starting in February and continu
Collcge, showed an average of 145 here. These International Farml ing through May. Plots were re
hours labor per cow per year.j
Some showed over 300 hours andi
some less than 100. Time saved
becomes available for other jobs.
Grain harvest is under way in
Morrow County, The first to har
vest that we know of was Glen
Campbell near Buttercreek. Glen
completed a harvest of G00 acres
of winter club barley on July 5th.
It produced just slightly under 1
ton per acre of high quality bar
ley. It appeared to be number 1
with slightly over 6 percent mois
ture content. It is stored at the
Pendleton Grain Growers ware
houses in Echo and will be eli
gible for barley loan.
Snyder Saddle Shop
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NOW
BY
Ken & Verle Green
AND ARE NOW IN
NEW LOCATION
Former Telephone Bldg. W. Willow St.
We invite you to stop in and get acquainted and look over
samples of our work. We know you will be pleased with our
work on either new merchandise or on leather repairing.
SADDLES MADE TO ORDER
REPAIR! NG-Saddles & Leather Goods
SHELL CASES
GENERAL LEATHER WORK
Fords the car that gives you
Wheat harvest got under way
at several ranches in North Mor
row County on July 5th. Reported
harvesting were Lucillians, Ash
becks, Tuckers and Van Buskirk.
Visiting at the Glen Campbell
ranch Tuesday afternoon we
found about 21 hundred bushels
of Turkey wheat harvested yield
ing around 20 bushels per acre of
number 1 wheat.
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O'Donnell's Cafe
For those who did not find anv
Meloy Barlow seed last fall, Oscar
Peterson, lone rancher, has a
seeding of it that is grown from
Certified seed from the Pendleton
Branch Experiment Station.
While it is elligible for seed cer
tification, Mr. Peterson will not
have it certified. It is however,!
a good source of seed stock and
farmers who are interested should
contact Mr. Peterson. Meloy is a
high yielding hay type barley.
It has been one of the good bar
ley's at the Sherman Branch Ex
periment Station at Moro espec
ially as a high variety.
A note from the St;ite 4 II Club
office this week congratulates
Morrow County for its good con
lllB.tiotv ,t.0fgas.
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total
to
the
tribution towards the Internation
al Farm Youth Exchange pro
gram. The 4-H Club council has
sponsored a square dance each
year with the proceeds to go to
this program. The International
Farm Youth Exchange program is
one whereby American and For
eign young men and women are
exchanged in order that they can
live on farms and see the way
that other countries live. Morrow,
County has been a good contribu
tor to this program, however, they!
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