County Agent's Office
County Agent's Office Hums
With Fall and Winter Activities
By N. C ANDERSON
Plant were laid Thurxlay
evening fur a farm cr shuti
rourw which U tentatively
acheniuled fr late January and
ally February. Steering cwmmil
tee memtwrs, KrIU Cutnlorth,
Larry Camiitirll an J Ron Ilatfue
wimmI, outlined a rour to cover
fertility, wwli. fallow and It I
lace nxthixlt, il ! ami In
aecta, varieties, for see utilization
and rang Improvement.
The farm erupt subject was
selected feir a winter short
course after a questionnaire was
mailed out to rancher akklna
fur their Indication of Intercut
between aeveral subject. ThU
winter"! abort course will be pat
terned after ahort courses which
we have carried out here dur
Injr the past several years whWh
Included soils, livestock manage
ment and farm management.
during late Aut'ul and by Sep- county. Ralph Tlr U the .Mot
IternUT 1 a price ba.U had ten row county chairman. The
Livestock growers who con
trlhuted to the ieclal fund for
building a new livestock re
search center at Hermiston will
be Interested In new releases
which have appeared recently
announcing the beginning of the
project. The research center to
be supervised by OSU will be
located al Hermiston branch
experiment station, two miles
south of Hermiston. Research
work on Khecp, beef and hogs
Is expected to answer many of
the questions that growers and
feeders have In disease and feed
ing problems. Voluntary contrl
buttons from Individual grow
ers, Morrow county livestock
growers association, First Nat
ional bank, Heppner branch, and,
the Morrow County Grain Grow
ers totalling $2,000, with contri
butions from other livestock
growers In the area, will go to
ward building facilities.
Reports from farmers and
ranchers Indicate that by Sep
tember 1 more than a third of
the expected total fall market
ings of range cattle and calves
had already been sold or con
tracted for out of first hands.
This represents the largest num
ber of deals completed by Sep
tember 1 since 1958 and com
pares with one-fourth traded for
at the same date in 19(10. Mark
eting activity picked up speed
established that was
satisfactory to both burra and
sellers and a laree volume if
livestock ihant.-d band
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Farmers and ranchers are re
minded that the deadline fr
filing a claim M refund of Fed
nul tax on gataillna um-1 on I
farm Is drawing- near. The re
fund amount to fuur rents n-r
gallon and ctivrts the "rlod of
July 1. 10 through June 30.
l'Jtil. The claim will be allowed
only If filed on or before October
2. I9CI. For thowj who have not
received their tax refund forms
In the mail, we have a small
supply at the office.
promoting the program. We hope
we can do mine gi during
this fall cMn In writing the
hunter and landowner to enjy
Utter relationship.
PMS Regulations
For Market Area
Pool in Effect
KcrrMta gazette -times. tbuimUt. &pumb ti. mi
mum NEWS
Chott With Your Home Agent
Venezuelan Gives Talks,
Enjoys Sports and Trips
(Picture on page 11
PRE-PLANT SOAK-IN NITROGEN
PAYS OFF FOR LOCAL GRAIN GROWERS
Late this spring we announced
a forage sampling aervlce which
was made available through
OSU at that time. Anticipating
quite a lot of call for this service
the office purchase! a special
tool for taking forage samples.
To date we haven't had the tool
out of the package which It came
In.
The forage analytical service
was Initiated at the request of
ranchers and feeders throughout
the state who were Interested In
knowing the feed value of silage
hay of which they were purch
asing or planning to use in form
ulating balanced rations. Since
there is a wide range of differ
ences In dlgestable protein and
total dlgestable nutrients in var
ious lots of hay and silage it
would seem that both the buyer
and seller would make the ut
most use of this service. We have
the equipment for taking; sam
ples, forms, guides and kits for
submitting and Interpreting re
sults of forage samples.
Last Friday, September 15. was
the kickoff date for the annual
Red Hat days program. The pro
gram will be continued through
out the fall hunting season. The
major objectives of the Red Hat
days program are to promote
better relations between land
owners and hunters and to pro
vide safer, saner and more pro
ductive hunting opportunities
Iw.lVi tnrlov nnH In flip future. I
r:,vnmnr Hatfield has annolnted tions also spell out that the fed-
County Chairman In each H"1 marKeung oruer price in
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sea i lie anu me viiicb"
around which it pivots shall be
considered in setting the class
2 price under any Oregon mar
ket area pool
Class 2 milk is grade A or B
milk not utilized In the bottle
and can trade; class 1 fnilk
is that used in the bottle and
can trade, which means retail
or home delivery.
Copies of the regulations are
available from the department
at Salem
Regulations which will guide
any market area pool lormeu
under the VMM producer milk
fciablllatlon law were filed laxt
week and became Immediately
effective, according to Kenneth
W. Suwyer, administrator of the
program.
The State Department of Ag
riculture has before It the first
petition, from Dairy Co operative
Association, for a referendum on
a market area pool. Date of mall
balloting on the referendum, or
iginally set for late August, was
postponed to permit producers
and milk dealers to study the
regulations.
In a market area pool, all pro
ducers selling to the area dealers
receive the same price for their
grade A and B milk through a
surplus equalization process. In
the final regulations, compu
tation of the pool price follows
closely the Department's pro
posals at the hearing held In
Salem July 27,
The order contains two added
provisions, one requiring uni
form reports from milk dealers,
The other authorizes the depart
ment to set a class 2 price, based
on a hearing on current pay
ments by processors and receipts
by producers. This is in line with
the requirement for a set price
on which to base equalization,
In setting a class 2 price, the
regulations allow a built-in- 10
per cent up or down change,
without a further hearing, to
keep In balance with seasonal
milk fluctuations. The regula
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Special Awards
By Organizations
Encourage 4-H
tiijAlttl JCt Jit JjtitTl WH) S M
Local organizations offered
special awards in the form of
plaques, cash, or articles to en
courage 4-H members to partici
pate in extra 4-H activities or
to do well In their 4-H project
at the Morrow County Fair, ac
cording to Esther Kirmis, Mor-
rwo county extension agent.
Heads of these organizations
will be asked to present these
awards to the ambitious 4-H
members at the 4-H Achievement
Party to be held November 4
at the Heppner fair pavilion.
Donors and winners are:
tionally well in the soil and is easily applied Jeanne .stockard, Heppner (best
foods demonstration, Ind.); Sher
idan Wyman and Barbara Blake,
Heppner (best foods demonstra
tion, team).
lone Extension Unit: Joan
Stockard, Heppner (best cloth
ing demonstration, ind.); Ber-
niece and Denies Matthews, lone
Wgar A. l' a!egui U- 21. In
terruitlonal Farm Youth Fxchan
gee IIFYKl from Merlda, F-tado
Mi-tlda. Venezuela, arrhed In the
county on Septemtwr 3 to rnd
few weeks with hi hoxt fam
ily, Mr, and Mm. Keith lU-a, lone.
on a person to -peron peace pro
gram.
The oldest of a family of eight.
Edgar lives on his father's L?30
acre farm where such croj as
ctjffee, sugar cane and small
fruits are grown. Cattle, swine,
and poultry are also raised. The
exchangee Is especially inter
ested In the study and experi
mentation in cross breeding of
cattle to Improve b4h milk and
meat production. J
Arriving In Miami, Florida, In
May, Catholic Mr. L'zcatequl. at
tended an orientation program
In Washington, D. C, and then
spent six weeks visiting farm
families In Indiana.
All exchange students had
"mid point" meeting at Purdue
University, Lafayette, Indiana,
on July 25-29. From there six
young IFYE's from Poland, Ven
eruela, Israel, Finland, the Neth
erlands, and Luxembourg came
to Oregon for a six weeks stay.
Marie-Voctoire von Roesgen from
Luxembourg spent the month of
August with the Fredrick Mar
tin family of lone.
Edgar's sponsor for this ex
change Is the Rural Welfare
Commission of the Ministry of
Agriculture and breeding and
the Creole Foundation.
More than 200 Oregon families
have acted as IFYE hosts since
the program first got underway
10 years ago. (Six in Morrow
County). The program gives
youth and their host families
opportunities to learn about an
other way of life by living it,
says Miss Esther Kirmis, county
extension agent. Exchangees as
sist with Jobs around the home
and take part in the family's
leisure activities. They visit
county and state fairs, schools,
and community clubs to get as
many different kinds of exper
iences as they cart before going
to another host family.
Edgar has spent some time
with the Paul Hansen family
of Oakland, Oregon; the Ira
Strauss family of Corvallis; and
will visit the A. A. Hurlburt fam
ily In Burns after this In tay.
The exchangee's activit I e s
since he arrived In Morrow coun
ty have Included boating on the
Columbia river with the Hough
ton and P.ea famlltc, a rattle
drUe from the mountains to the
Don McEUIgott ranch south of
lone, a vUlt to the Herbert Fk
atrom hereford ranch, a wedding
In the Ilea relation, lone high
school football games, the Pen
dleton Round Up, and an ap
pearance before the SoroptlmUt
dub of Heppner.
Mrs. Ray Williamson, foreign
language Instructor lrom the
Heppner schools, acted as Interp
reter at the Soroptlmlst meet In
as the Spanish-speaking IFYE
has trouble expressing himself
in English.
FHA Offers Loans
To Oregon Farms
Many Oregon and Alaska
farmers and ranchers In need
of assistance, which regular
sources of credit cannot supply,
borrow funds from the Farmers
Home Administration, an agen
cy of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
During the fiscal year July 1,
I960 through June 30. 11, a
total of 873 loans were made
totaling $4,378,890. and collec
tlons were made in the amount
of $3,798,992.
Since the inception of the pro
gram In 1935, $58,408,048 has
been made available to farmers
In Oregon and Alaska. To date
$54,621,543 has been repaid in
principal and Interest with $15,-
653,086 principal outstanding.
Some 1650 loans are active at
this time In the two-state area.
Fall Activities
On Conservation
Are Announced
Announcement was made at
the September piertlf-g of the
licppnrr U coiiM-rvalion dla
trM uprvlor that the Morrow
County Grain Growers would
txm"r this ear. the annual
oil ronwrvatlort lcn ctiiei.
The cunteu. announced last
pring to schools In the area and
pned Hate w we ty tnt ore
eon Aiatlon of soil conaer
tation dl.tr Wi has for a theme.
-.Soil Conservation." The Morrow
County Oaln Growers will pro
vide plaques fur the first, sec
ond and third place winners and
recognition medals for other par
ticipants. It Is expected that
there will be many participants
this year from both the lone
and Heppner high school and a
tentative date of October 4 has
been set for the Heppner dis
trict contest with the district win
ner to participate In an area
contest In Hermiston on October
8.
Roger Doherty. Heppner. gave
an Interesting report on his trip
to the youth range ramp held
at the old "P Ranch" near French
Glen In Harney county the first
week of August In reporting on
the weeks activities which con
sisted of range management, soil
Judging, plant Identification,
soli conservation as well as
wildlife and recreation, Roger
urged the district to continue
their Interest In sponsoring a
youth to this camp. Roger was
one of four boys attending from
Relocated Highway
Crossing Bids Asked
At Its meeting In Slnn
September 13, the Hate Il.t
wa Colmtaiuf mrtrl li
for the xntruHUn of a re
Irifurerd ronort etfj4i.i l
carry the relocated Columbia
Uer Highway over the Otreon
Washington Railroad and Navi
gation Company lines o-ratrd
by the Union ! If U- ItaStrvnd
Company at a i4nt approximat
ely l'i miles iuriheatetly of
Busrdman Junction.
Tills project Is scheduled for
completion during the pnng of
Morrow county with 50 from
twelve counties In eastern and
southern Oregon.
Oregon.
The Heppner district extended
an Invitation to ht the area
soil conservation districts In
their annual workshop In Hepp
ner. This workshop has been
held In Heppner for the past
several years and Is scheduled
for mid October. Supervisors
from eight districts are sched
uled to discuss conservation mat
ters of mutual Interest and plan
programs for better conservation
of our soil and natural resources.
Plana were made for a soli Judg
ing workshop or field day which
will be aimed at educating farm
ers, businessmen and youth on
soils of the area. District super,
visors will be given special In
structions which will enable
them to participate In the state
soli Judging contest which will
be part of the annual meeting
of the Oregon Association of soli
conservation districts scheduled
for November 8, 9, and 10.
For More Profit Per
Acre From Wheat Land...
Livestock Market
Cattle Hogs Sheep
SALE EVERT TUESDAY
12 NOON
On U. S. Highway No. 30
NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION CO.
Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111
JO 7-6655 Hermiston. Oregon
Frank Wink & Sons Owners
Don Wink, Mar.
shallow DRiU injiction of Bret Aqu givea you least diaturbanct of toll
niolatur and aeed bed, save Urns and equipment conla.
More and more grain growers are boosting
yields and profits with Brea Aqua and Brea
Aqua with Sulfur.
Brea Aqua has distinct advantages as a nit
rogen carrier for grain crops. It stores excep-
during spring and summer to fallowed ground.
We are selling more Brea Aqua with Sulfur
each season. Both experiment station and
grower tests show remarkable response of
arain to combinations of nitroqen and sulfur. (bost clothing team)
I Heppner Extension Unit
Call us and we will come out and show you how
Brea Aqua can pay off for you.
Bi-Countv Fertilizer Co
m
RAND
'RTILIZBRS
Call Jim Valentine
at Heppner 6-5388
PRODUCT OF Collier CORPORATION
Judy
Smith and Lynn Burkenbine,
Heppner (best knitting team).
Pine City Unit: Jean Martin,
lone (best clothing construction,
senior; Cheryle Lundell, lone
(best clothing construction, Jun
ior); Jeanne Stockard. Heppner
(best cake baker).
Mrs. Walter Wright: Julie
Pfeiffcr, Heppner (style revue
winner, senior).
Mrs. L. A. McCabe: Arleta Mc-
Cabe, lone (style revue winner,
Junior). i
Morrow County Cow Belles: !
Jeanne Stockard, Heppner tbest
demonstration using beef).
Lena Extension Unit: Marilyn
Morgan, lone (best bread baker), i
Lexington P.T.A.: Rogena Wll- ,
son, Heppner ijunior cunning !
Jude); Joan Martin, lone (sen-;
lor clothing Judge'. i
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