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
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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
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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