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Good at Valley Ram Sale
If N. C ANDERSON
Morrow county was well rep-M-svrted
1 iho 21t annual Wil
lamette 'Uy Ham uhlch
u M at Albany on Saturday.
Ttu large srle Hon and numbrrt
ufferrd at thin sale gave our
grower fine opportunity to
purchase some lop rama for
us In their (link. Purchasing
lambs at the sale were Kenneth
W'rlyht. Hepptu-r. purchasing a
Suffolk; Clary Van Blokland.
Heppm-r. a Hampshire; Terry I
Ann Ureenup, lleppner, a South'
down; and N. C Anderson two
Southdown. Gary Van Blokland
FARMERS:
TIME TO
CONTROL
MORNING
GLORY,
RUSSIAN
KNAPWEED,
CANADA
THISTLE
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BEMZAC
CORNETT GREEN
FEED
HEPPNER. ORE.
will use hta llamp ram on
! small erouD of reelslered ewea
whkh ho purchased thla spring
and Kenneth Wright h'a Suffolk
(n getting a start with a amall
flock of registered Suffolk. The
other rama will be used for ctom-
breeding for mutton lambs.
Inspectors for the U. S, Food
A Drug Administration are visit
ing the county this week check
Ing for realdues in crops and
food stuffs. Because the U. S.
Food A Drug Administration are
checking more closely on real
dues which might be harmful
to the health of people. It be
hooves all of our ranchers to
follow instructions and recom
mendations in the use of pesti
cides, herbicides and other chem
icals as well as safe guarding
stored grains by the control of
rodents and birds.
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The four boys who represen
ted Morrow county at the Youth
Range Camp which was conclu
ded Saturday came back with a
lot of good from the week long
camp. While I haven't had an
opportunity to visit with Billy
Weatherford and Gene Wallace,
Roger Doherty and David Ander
son report a good time as well
as learning a lot The camp, at
tended by 48 boys from eastern
and southern Oregon counties,
was held at the headquarters of
the "P Ranch" which is part of
the old Pete French operation
that has a lot of Oregon history
connected to It This ranch and
the camp is located on the Mal
heur Wildlife Refuge. The boys
"roughed" It by sleeping out
doors in an abandoned orchard
on the ranch. However, they ate
their meals at the French Glen
Hotel located a mile or so away.
The week was spent in the field
in that range area learning about
wildlife, plants and soils which
is the main object, coupled with
ranch management and some
recreation. The week is con-
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Contests Will Be Added
Features at County Fair
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eluded by a plant idenflcatlon
contest with the boys graded ac
cording to the number of plants
which they can identify out of
a possible one hundred given
to them In the examinations. Da
vid Anderson had fifth place of
the 50 boys, Roger Doherty was
rated top In his description of
plants held earlier in the week.
A part of the evening programs
is a "Liar's ClubM contest While
Roger denies that he has ever
told a lie yet, his story was
rated as the top one of the con
test Boys attending the annual
Youth Range Camps must be be
tween the age of 14 and 18 years.
While all of the boys attending
this year were enrolled In 4-H
club projects two were selected
from ranches and two from
town.
and price support at 50"! par
itywill be available to those
farmers who comply with the
acreage allotment
Rudy Bergstrom of the Goose
berry community reports that his
fish are doing "wonderruiiy ."
Sunday evening he checked them
for growth and found that he
had some six inch ilsh. These
were piantea in a new larra
pond on the Berestrom ranch
in early May as one and a half
to two Inch fingerllngs. At this
rate of growth the Bergstroms
should have some good fishing
late this fall and early spring,
How quickly conditions can
change. The severe drought In
parts of the Plains country has
caused USDA to restrict sales of
Commodity Credit Corporations
stocks of rye and cut out export
of the grain in order to conserve
supplies. There ought to be food
for thought here for those who
have been lambasting our re
serve supplies. An extended
drought over a large part of the
country would make a big dif
ference. With the short wheat
crop In Morrow county and the
Pacific Northwest, wheat reserves
will dwindle quickly. With
stocks of wheat in the Pacific
Northwest states at about 59 bil
lion or 30 smaller this la."t year
and with a 10 reduction in
wheat acreage in 1962, as has
evidently passed the House at
this time, our wheat reserve may
deplete itself sooner than some
have expected.
Wheat producers will vote on
August 24 on whether or not
marketing quotas will be in af
fect for the 1962 wheat crop.
Quotas for the crop were pro
claimed by the Secretary of Agri
culture on May 12 with setting
of a wheat referendum date de
ferred pending action to provide
an improved wheat program for
the crop. While action has not
yet been completed on a new
wheat program, the date for the
deferendum on 1962 wheat mar
keting quotas is being set now in
order that as many producers
as possible may be apprised of
the voting time. All eligible pro
ducers will be encouraged to par
ticipate in the referendum mak
ing their desires known through
a free vote. If quotas are ap
proved by at least two-thirds
of the farmers who vote in the
August 24 referendum cooper
ators will be eligible for 1962
wheat price supports at a level
to be determined later. If quo
tas are not approved by the nec
essary percentage of votes there
will be no limit on marketings,
While range flocks of sheep In
our county have decreased In
numbers during the past few
years, farm flocks have increas
ed. These farm flocks are gen
erally managed so that lambs
can be sold in late May before
feed begins to dry up with many
of these lambs sold to go direc
tly to slaughter. Those that are
kept for later sale will generally
not finish as slaughter Iambs
and are put into a feed lot bring
ing a lower price and subse
quent lower value to the grower.
Many of our farm-sheep oper
ators have their rams turned In
now for early lamf, crops so that
these Iambs will be finished for
the early higher priced market
With the kind of weather that we
have this time of the year special
treatment needs to be given the
lambs and the ewes. Rams are
very senstitive to high temper
atures at breeding time. Quite
often they will be infertile dur
ing the hot part of the summer,
becoming fertile later as the
weather cools down. Shearing
the ram before he is turned with
the ewe flock will help to over
come this hot weather problem.
If it is Impossible to get the ram
sheared, shearing of the belly
and scrotum will help. Putting
ewes on a better quality feed
Just before the breeding season
will help to bunch the lambs as
far as age is concerned, and some
researchers say It will Increase
the number of twins born.
Flushing may be done by
feeding one-half to three-quart
ers of a pound of grain daily
to ewes for seven to 14 days be
fore rams are turned in. Another
method that sometimes works
well is to put ewes in dry lot
and haul green-chop to them.
WASCO RANCHER Larry Kasebera heads for the p'leoe in rpone to a call from Mrs. Xasebeig ever
their new Tarm Interphone. Installed trr Foci lie Notthwe.t Bell on the Sherman county ranch.
the syttem provides complete Intercommunication around the ranch buildings as part of the
regular telephone serrice.
First Interphone
On Farm Installed
In Sherman County
The Sherman county ranch of
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kaseberg re
cently became the first In Ore-
con to Install a Farm Interphone,
the newest Pacific Northwest Bell
development in telephone ser
vice, uccordlng to D. Slusher,
Heppner manager.
The new system Is performing
three major services for the Kase
bergs, operators of Wheatacres
Anjrus Ranch, some. 25 miles
southeast of The Dalles, near
Wasco.
One is the regular phone ser
vice located at various points
In the ranch home and outbuild
Inps. The second Is communication
between members of the family
with special loudspeaker-microphones.
If Mrs. Kaseberg wishes
to relay a telephone message to
her husband, call him to the
house, or simply ask him a ques
tion, she can do so and he can
answer wherever he is without
pausing In his work. If preferred,
they can talk privately on the
repular phones.
The third major function Is
monitoring the sounds around
the ranch buildings. During the
nlL'ht or at any other time de
sired, the sound of livestock In
need of attention, an intruder,
defective equipment, or even fire
can be heard from the home.
The Kaseberg's Farm Inter
phone system consists of a mas
ter phone in the kitchen, an ex
tension phone in their basement
office and a third in the machine
shop. A couple of two-way loud
speakers are located outside in
the work areas.
Each telephone is equipped
with a special loudspeaker-microphone
and a button which en
ables the phone to be used for
intercom calls or regular phone
calls.
It errors kirmis
C"ntrt ix- an added fea
ture 'f the Mirnw County Fair.
Autu.t ll-H iu r. 4 II ClrU
may not only rkhlbtt their cloth,
inc. knitting, f.oxU and take
part In the !le Revue; but they
may alwi take part In various
mhtfftM to Ittt their skills.
l..klng over the YM1 premium
lHk h find the following con-
lat er There I a Junior
laces 9 111 and sfiiii (age 23
21 1 divUion In both iIiuh, In
food the club mrmbert Judge
four or more rtaM- bawd on
construction and adn-tlon.
The three high vring mem
ber from each class will be sel
ected aa a tram to Judge at tl.e
State Fair In Salem In Septem
ber. Oral reason In the county
rttntitt uU! tut hvtutrfcl Tnm
tests oH-n to 4 II girl enrolled mrmhfrl colnjr to Slmt0 j-,,r ,lo
not have to be from the same
rlub, but must be enrolled In a
in foods
1. Bread Baking contest (Jun
lor Division ; 2. Bread Baking
Contest CSenlor Division); 3.
Food I'rehervatlon Contest (Jun
lor Division); 4. Food ITeterva
Hon Contest (Senior Division);
5. Dollar Dinner Contest (Junior
Division); & Dollar Dinner Con
test (Senior Division); 7. Cake
Baking Contest (Junior Division)
and H. Judging contest in foods
(Jr. and Sr.)
For girls enrolled In 4 II cloth'
Ing there Is:
1. Wool sewing contest; 2.
Judging contest In clothing (Jr.
and Sr.)
General rule which apply to
all contests are
1. All contests, except baking
and wool sewing, are divided In
to Junior and senior contests.
Cake contest In Junior only. Wool
sewing Is senior only.
2. Senior contestants must be 15
years of age or older by January
1 of the current year. Junior con
testants must have passed their
11th birthday, but not their 15th
birthday on January 1 of the cur
rent year. 3. Permanent records
or standard rciwrt forms are not
required for any of these con
tests.
The Judging contest In foods
and clothing has proved quite
popular with the girls In the
project relating to the contest.
We are especially encouraging
girls enrolled In third and fourth
year fmnl to consider the cake
baking contest.
Here they prepare and bake a
plain butter cake before the
Judge. They will tie soured on
their personal apiearance, work
habits, skill In measuring and
mixing, and the finished product
(appearance, texture, and fla
vor). Contest monle run $3. $4, S3,
and $2 for the first four place.
First place winner In each con
test will have the opportunity to
take part In the samu contest at
State Fair.
If you haven't received a fair
premium book as yet. call ua
Phone 6 9642.
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