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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 7, 1 954 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER Th leppntr Gtutte itabllnhed March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times. tiablUhed November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 ll'iiii Page 2 Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. LICENSED AND BONDED ELEVATORS UNDER U. S. GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION Lexington, Oregon ROBERT fENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND ' Associate Publisher NIWSPAMR PUBLISH IRS NATION A L EDITORIAL association ASSOCIATION :2'3.111FJJ1 Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Ofiice at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson As calf weaning time draws near, there Is considerable dls. cussion by llvestockmen In win tering over calves to utilize grass next year to be sold as yearlings. Then too, there are a few who are talking about feeding out their calves for the fat market. For those who want to winter their weaners, expecting their big gain from grass pasture, might use one of several methods in carrying them through. First, a ration of legume hay; legume hay and silage and three to four pounds of grain and oil meal, ten to one mixture, are sugges tions. A gain of approximately a pound a day can be expected with the first two rations, and a gain of approximately one pound and a half per day for the latter. Silage for those who have it Is full fed in all instances and legume hay limited to a pound per hundred weight daily, except in the first ration where it is full fed. Generally speaking more gains from grass can be expected from cattle making from one half to one pound of gain per day In a winter period. However, if cat tle are to be grain fed on grass or dry lotted, additional gain in winter may be justified. Some are considering the possi bility of self-feeding these calves and regulating the amount they eat through loose salt mixed grain, grain or meals. This will control the amount of supple ments, that beef cattle will eat and has been accepted as a labor saving practice. Supplements such as cottonseed meal, grain or mixtures of meal and grain can be put out this way weekly Instead of every day. The reqirr- ed portion of salt to meal or grain varies with age and weight of animal, with the quality and quantity of other available feed, and with the length of feeding period. Research shows that lar ger, older animals can take more salt. Cattle on good range or hay can be expected to take less of the salt-meal mixture, and cat tle seem to be able to take more salt after being on a salt-meal mixture for a while. Things to remember concerning salt meal or salt grain mixtures are that thorough mixing and plenty of water available for the stock at all times is a must. Even though barley did not turn out to be the drug on the market that many of us expect ed a year ago, there Is quite an amount or it that will be lea out this winter. With the execution of growing rations where barley is u-seii to a limited extent, it will he used mostly In rations for fat tening. When barley is used as the only grain In a fattening ra tion, and a legume hay as the only roughage, bloat often re sults. There are many ways to get around this difficulty, de pending upon availability and cost of other feeds thai can be used in the ration to provide va riety. Substituting the grass hay for half the alfalfa or using oats or beet pulp in addition to the barley often Is successful in eli minating bloat in fattening ra tions. Where silage is available, It is helpful in cutting down di gestive upsets. Several suggested rations are given for various uses. First, for fattening calves weighing up to 600 pounds, a mixture of six pounds barley, two pounds oats or beet pulp, four pounds alfalfa hay, four pounds grass or grain hay, and one half pound ollmeal supplement makes a good daily feed. Heavier yearling steers can be fed six pounds barley, four Dounds wheat, mixed feed or wheat middlings, two pounds le gume hay, four pounds straw, and 15 pounds peavine silage. Where a barley-wheat mixture is available, this can be used the same as straight barley, giving a little better ration. There are many possibilities of variance from these suggested rations. If any of you have questions, I would be glad to discuss them with you. telephones, etc. A week before the census starts, a copy of the farm census ques tionnaire will be mailed to every boxholder on rural routes and in small towns. Farmers are being asked to fill out this question naire and have it ready when the census taker calls. The coopera tion of the farmer is essential for a successful census. We hope our Morrow county farmers will have their questionnaire ready when the census taker comes. The executive committee of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Association, meeting last Thurs day evening, agreed on Saturday, October 30, as the date for their fall meeting. At this time, the various committees will make their recommendations that will be taken to the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers As sociation, which this year will be held at Portland. Adding to the .committees of Wheat Disposal and Market De velopment, Federal Agricultural Programs, Taxation and Legisla tion, Production and Land Use, and Youth Activities, will be a new Home Economics Committee. This committee is established to work with the home economist which the Oregon Wheat Growers League hired 'this past winter Notices will be sent out to all wheatgrowers inviting them to attend the fall meeting. The committee looks forward to a large attendance this year. No doubt all are aware of the fact that the 1931 census of agri culture will be taken in October and November of this year. The actual census will get under way here shortly after mid October. The 1954 census of agriculturel will bring up-to-date the books regarding farms, farm resources, farm production and farm pro ducts. Thls year's census Is the sixteenth in the nations history. The purpose of the 1954 census of agriculture is to tell us what we have, how many farms we have, how much land is in these farms, how this land is used, and how much of each crop and livestock products Is produced in a year, how many of each kind of live stock and poultry are on the farms, how many and what kinds of farm machinery are on our farms, how many persons work on our farms, how much our hired farm worker is paid and how many hours they work, how much do farmers spend for such as television, piped running water, This is National Fire Preven tion Week. We hope that all of our farm and townspeople have taken steps towards making their homes and farms safe from fire. The 1954 slogan is "Let's Grow Up, Not Burn Up." In observing this week, it might be important ,to point out that there is a need for such observance. Last year there were 11,303 home fires in Oregon. Causes of these were careless smoking and matches, 32'? ; stoves, furnaces, flues, over heated or defective, 22; hot grease and oils, 15; hot metals, sparks from friction and combus tion and explosions, 10; hot ashes and open fires, 8; elec tricity and defective wiring, 7; sparks on roof, open lights, ex posure to nearby petroleum and its products, rubbish, litter and spontaneous combustion, 67c. These hazards can be removed in many cases by just a little check ing. The main thing is to be prepared if a fire starts. A mini mum of fire fighting equipment for your farm should include an adequate supply of water avail able at any season of the year for the Use of fire trucks and portable pumps; approved fire extinguish ers conveniently placed near all hazardous locations such as the barn, machine shed and storage tanks of gasoline and kerosine, (Of course fire extinguishers are of no value unless they are kept in operable condition and you know how to use them); garden hose or filled water barrels and buckets strategically located; safe ladders long enough for res cue purposes and to reach the highest farmable roof top; a back pack pump; fire swatter, wet brooms, or wet burlap bags to fight fires. The agent will be out of Mor row county during the week of October 10 He leaves on the 9th for Salt Lake City to attend the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. This is the 39th Annual Convention. It will be held at the Hotel Utah, Octo ber 10th through 14th. Seventeen county extension agents from Oregon will be among an esti mated 750 county agents from all over the United States. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Rcnson will be the key speaker of the five day event. He has accepted a bid from his na tive state to speak on a policy subject not yet assigned. Other speakers during the meeting will include C. M. Ferguson, Federal Director of Extension Service; Walter Garber, manager of the Agricultural Department of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce; Henry Aldous Dixon, president of Utah State College; E. R. Theoph- ilus. president of the University of Idaho; and Carl Frischnecht, STAR THEATER, Heppner During September, Sunday Shows start at 4:00 p. m. Boxotfice open until 9:00. Phone 6-9278. All other Evenings at 7:30 Thursday- Friday-Saturday, Oct. 7-8-9 THE NEBRASKAN Rootin', tootln', shootin' Technicolor western with Phil Carey. Roberta Haynes, Wally Ford. Plus SEA OF LOST SHIPS Walter Brennan, Barton Mai-Lane. John Derek, Wanda Hendrix. The U. S. Coast Guard and the international ice patrol SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION MARCIANO-CHARLES FIGHT Sunday-Monday, Oct 10-11 THE MAGNIFICIENT OBSESSION Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger. From Lloyd C. Douglas' great novel comes a magnificent motion picture. In Technicolor. Sunday shows at 4, 6:25 and 8:50 Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct 12-13 RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 Realistic, impressive drama masterfully produced within the walls of California's maximum security Folsom Prison. Among the many excellent actors, some profes sional, some genuine guards and state police, are Neville Brand (riot leader in Stalag 17) and Emile Meyer (leader of cattlemen in Shane). alance Sheet MAY 31, 1954 Assets Liabilities Current Assets $155,487.83 Memberships Receivable 2,942.05 Fixed Assets (After Depreciation) 728,592.27 Investments 68,519.36 Prepaid Expenses 2,930.78 Total Assets $958,472.29 Current Liabilities Other Liabilities Long-Term Liabilities Ownership Certificates Total Liabilities Net Worth Total Liabilities and Net Worth $ 21,712.80 509.56 266,200.00 144,715.90 $433,138.26 $525,334.03 $958,472.29 Current assets consist mostly of cash or obligations of the U. S. Government for storage and handling ser vices Your Association has about seven dollars in cur rent assets for each one dollar of current obligations. To tal assets exceed total liabilities of $670,000.00 and ex ceed both liabilities and ownership certificates by over $525,000 00. Where have you seen a sounder balance sheet? Come to the Annual Meeting Nov. 8 It will be held in the Lexington Grange hall beginning at 10 a. m Lunch will be served free at noon. Amend ments to the by-laws providing death benefits by. partial payment of capital rserve certificates will be acted upon. In addition three regular and seven associate directors are to be elected. This is to be an extremely important meeting. You, as a patron, are a part owner of this or ganization and owe it to yourself to attend. M orrow County Grain Growers, Inc. AL LAMB, MANAGER
