Festive Program,
Family Gatherings
Add Yule Spirit
(Continued from rage 1)
fined In the hospital there. She
Is reportedly Improving and the
lcjctor Is quite satisfied with her
progress.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morgan
mi umiiy ana tan Morgan
spent mriatmas in Portland at
tie home ol Mr. and Mra. John
j-anaer lor a family gathering.
hdlth and Alice Nlckerson.
Tuda Swanson and Mr. and Mra.
Walt Rotx-rta apent Christmas
eve at the home of Mr. and Mra.
icn tngieman.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Englcman
lent Christmas at the home ot
her parents, Mr. and Mra. lilalne
Uiapci at ilardman.
wr. anu jwrs. tranklln Ely
lent Christmas day with their
'laughter and family, Mr. and
Mra. Uelmar Crawford at Her-
mist on.
Motor To Salem
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtrce took
their daughter Sharon back to
Portland on Monday and con
tinued on to Salem where they
naa inristmas dinner with her
mother. Blanche Scheelcr and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Scheeler. Bruce
Klcby also accompanied them to
?aiem, spending the day with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant
RlRby.
Kvelyn Jensen Is home from
college for the holidays visiting
her family and friends. Frank
Jepsen also was home from Milt
on -tree water for the holidays.
Helen Salter la spending her
vacation at the home or her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Huch Salter.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snider
hosted Christmas dinner for her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Salter, Helen and Bill, and Mr.
and Mrs. Gaylord Salter and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. George Snider
visited in Portland at A. M
Snlder's home during Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swan
son went to Pendleton on Sunday
to see his mother, Mrs. Mary
Swanson.
John Swanson is home for the
Christmas holidays, arriving af
ter playing ball on Friday night
Mrs. Swanson was hostess for
a family dinner for Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Turner and family, and
her Immediate family. They re
ceived word that their son, Lt.
and Mrs. Dennis Swanson were
to spend Christmas In Las Vegas
with her mother who was com
ing down from Eugene.
Brenda Kay Townsend spent
the Christmas holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hershal
Townsend. The Hershall Town-
send family spent Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Irby
in neppnor.
Gary White came up from
Portland to drive his father,
Gordon, Edythe and Dale White
back to Portland to spend the
Christmas holidays with Mrs.
Gordon White and Lona and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sherer of
Echo spent Christmas day at the
home of his brother and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sherer. The
Wayne Pierces of Redmond drop
ped in during the evening after
visiting with his parents in
Prairie City.
Mr. find Mrs. Dick Sherer and
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, Thursday. Chamber 21 1961
County Agent's Office
'II lN
mmi news
Agent Reviews Farm
Changes, Eyes Future
Br N. C ANDERSON
Aa another year ends It is in
terestlng to look back on some
of the changes that are being
made In agriculture. Many read
and hear of consolidation of
farms and ranches throughout
the United States, but seldom do
we apply lt to our own condlt
lona. It is therefore most Inter
esting to note In the agricultural
census of 1?59 that Morrow
county had 77 less ranches than
in 1954. Since the average size
of farm Increased from 2,112 6
acres In 19.r4 to 2,875.4 In l'JM
we know that all of this farm
family spent a few days during
the holidays at her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emanuel Bartalamay
ot Odessa, wn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ring and
family of Pendleton spent a few
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Ring, during the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Melina host
ed Christmas dinner with guests,
Mr. and Mrs. David Rletmann,
Harold and Julie and Melvin
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Anson
and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Thorn
burg of Hermiston were Satur
day evening guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rietmann.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rletmann
and family spent Sunday In Ar
lington at the home of her sister
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Anderson.
Christmas guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Rietmann
were Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rohde
of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Walt
Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Rletmann and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Falmer
and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Palmer
and family spent Christmas at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Palmer In Ilcppner.
Doctor and Mrs. Helmuth Her
mann of Oswego spent the
Christmas holidays with his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. G. Hermann.
Sunday guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Marion raimer
were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray.
. Mrs. Harold Sherer and Judy and
the Lee Palmer family. Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Palmer and family mo
tored on to Heppner later In the
day to spend Christmas evening
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lincoln Nash.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght Haueen
and girls of Lake Oswego spent
the Christmas holidays with her
mother, Mrs. Fannie Griffith and
other relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
Haucen and clr s. Mrs. Griffith
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Llndstrom
and family were Christmas din
ner euests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George Griffith at Mor
can. Mrs. Francis Mitchell of
Portland, mother of Mrs. George
Griffith, also a guest
Christmas guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. rranklin Lind
strom included Fay Pumphrey of
Pendleton. Larry Ritchie of Port
land. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bell
of Condon, Anna Llndstrom, Carl
Troedson and Roy and Arthur
Lindstrom.
Miss Lola Wilson spent Christ
mas in Heppner at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Lydia Wilson.
McEUiootta Have Baby Ctrl
Mr. end Mrs. DicK Mcbiugott
are the parents of a baby girl,
Martha Jo, born on Tuesday, De
cember 39, at St. Anthony hos
pital in Pendleton. She weighed
six pounds, six ounces. Mother
and daughter are doing fine and
are both at home, arriving in
time for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ball,
Wayne and Ellis, Elmer Peter
son, Mr. and Mrs. uonaia uan
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Aldrich and girls, Mary
Pettyjohn of Lexington and Jack
Bass of Baker spent Christmas
day at the home of Mr. and.
Mrs. Vernon Christophersons on
Rock Creek. Mr. and Mrs. trnest
Christopherson of Donald sur
prised the family by Joining
them also for Christmas. They
will remain to visit with the
Christophersons and the Aid-
riches.
Jack Bass of the army, station
ed in Baker, and a friend of
Ellis Ball spent several days dur
lne the Christmas holidays with
the Lewis Ball family and Ellis.
Due to frequent vandalism
and loss of light bulbs, the large
lighted Christmas star which has
shown from the hill above lone
was taken down this week. Eldon
Tucker, lone city marshall, said
this was done to avoid further
damage and destruction to the
star.
The observing of the 12th
Night ceremony, sponsored each
year by the lone Garden club,
will take place at the Rletmann
lot across the street from the
Catholic church, on Saturday,
January 16. Trees and greens
used by residents in Christmas
decorations will be burned at
this time. A committee will pick
up trees Saturday morning If
placed along curbs, but prefer
having owners take them di-'
rectly to the lot. I
decrease was not from consoli
dation. The chango in definitions
of farms between these two years,
means that a part of this de
m-ae came from disregarding
ucreages as a farm. It doesn't
M-em Improbable, however, that
there can be the same decrease
In the next five years. For in
stance, if ranch consolidations
continue as in 19C1, the average
size of farms at the next census
could increase considerable.
Land changes are accepted
with li'.tle concern, yet how
many people realize that there
were at least twelve ranch sales
in South Morrow county this
year? Just for the fun of lt I
listed them. Only two of them
could be considered other than
a consolidation of ranches. Fort
unately the majority of those
replaced had other business in
terests which kept them from
being put on the Jabor market
In addition to the land sales,
there were at least three ranches
rented to a neighbor which
further consolidated holdings.
Remember these are in Morrow
county alone and there could be
some that I have missed.
In addition to this, there Is in
process the transfer of thcusands
or acres or good grazing lana
to Industrial use. While grazing
rights are being maintained, it
is a question as to now long.
Many will say, "So what?" This
might be a good question. In
my opinion, there will be some
taxes lost through the disuse of
farm buildings and consolida
tion of machinery.
Regardless of whether it is
good or bad the trend Is the
same in Morrow county as
country-wide. This was well
summarized by a qualified auth
ority at the recent agricultural
public relations shortcourse held
at Washington state university
when he stated. "By the end of
the century the U. S. will prob-
ablv have only auu.uuu xo
400,000 commercial farms, a de
cline of three fourths from the
1.7 million in 1960, yet the future
of the "survivors' looks bright.
These fewer but larger farms
will Drobablv produce over 90
of the expected $43 billion worth
of farm products, or an output
of some $100,000 per commer
cial farm. This compares with
some $14,000 in I960. Yet, due to
further mechanization, the aver
age commercial farm 40 years
hence will employ no more than
in I960. This means that labor
productivity can be expected to
go up a fantastic 500 to 600."
And so that some people might
not think that this process will
come early for the rancher and
that as the old saying goes, "if
you can't do anything else to
earn a living you can always
farm," the authority continues.
"Farmers will need far greater
managerial training. The "art"
of farming will retreat further
and be replaced by the increas
ing precision science. Farming
experience for the beginner will
be less important than technical
"know-how." It will take more
skill and understanding of fun
damental relationships to apply
hloloeical control, highly brea
more temperamental nvesiucn
and to the high yielding, but
more sensitive plants. Mistreat
ment of animals, plants, or auto
mated machines will lose more
dollars In a minute than a farm
er can now earn in a year.
More emphasis will be placed
on management accountancy
and control. This is already ap
parent In largo scale broiler busl-itehM-M
where a fraction of a
cent a pound in production com
is the difference between profit
and loss. Electronic comuutors
will be used to work out the
cheapest way to produce a pro
duct. Anything cruder won't be
good enough. More custom ser
vice will be used. Because of
the hlrh machinery Investment
and skill needed In mm farm
oeratlona, such as weeding by
radiation and application of new
fertilizers, independent farmers
will make more use of spec
ialized custom operators who
possess the equipment and
"know-how." Farm electronics
and maintenance men will be
as necessary as veterinarians are
now." Sounds Interesting, doesn't
It?
First, second and third cut
tings of alfalfa were collected
last week at the Jerry Brosnan,
George Currln and Sons, and
Floyd Jones ranches to be used
for our hay clinic as a part of
the annual meeting of the Mor
Tri-County Hereford Association Elects
The Trl County Hereford
Idtion conMniIng of Hertford
breeder of linker, l'nln, and
Wallows counties, held U rnert
Ir.z In La tJrarvir recrrily d
M-ltiied their f fleers and ale
date.
Officer fur the coming )ear
are Henry Heyden, president; C
T. Miles, secretary-treasurer; di
rectors, Ben Robinson, represent
ing Union county; Bill Duff.
ted that it preferred a program
to limit the number of bushels
market!, rather than to use
acreage allotment programs. It
recommended, however, that a
part of the present wheat allot
ment be diverted to conservation
uses and that suitable methods
he worked out so that wheat
growers could use some of their
feed grain acreages for the pro
duction of wheat, especially to
use as a reserve against ioor
crop years. Both the wheat and
feed grain sub-committees rec
ommended the Secretary have
the authority to limit the uses
I'matiUa county; Charles Chand
ler. Baker county; and Frlti
Weinha'il. Wallowa county.
The sale this year will be held
At the Union county fairgrounds
February 7. Martin promptly at
1 p. m. This Is the oldest con
lgnment sale In the Northwest,
this being the 19th year of the
sale for the organization.
Anvone desiring information
concerning the sale can contact
Chuck Gavin. Sales Manager,
Box 733. La Grande.
roW,t,U",y. "Si-, GZC, farmers might make of diverted
association on January 12 and
13. These samples were sent to
the college for analysis. The
tests will be available to com
pare with the quality of hay
during that event. If there are
nthers who have hav or stleace
which they would like to have
a test run on wnicn we can use
for this event we would be glad
to pick them up. They would
need to be submitted In early
January so time is short.
The Advisory Committee on
feed grains and wheat which met
at Washington D. C before
Christmas made some recom
mendations for long-term feed
grain and wheat programs for
the U.S. Department of Agricul
ture. In its recommendations, the
wheat sub-committee said that
a permanent wheat program
should at least maintain the in
come gains expected under the
temporary 1962 program. To do
this, the sub-committee indica-
acreages and to permit certain
crops particularly special-use
crops such as safflowcr and cas
ter beans to be grown on di
verted acreages.
We of the Morrow County Ex
tension staff wish all of you a
Happy New Year!
Livestock Market
Cattle Hogs Sheep
SALE EVERY TUESDAY
12 NOON
On V. S. Highway No. .10
NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION CO.
Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111
JO 7-66SS Hermiston. Oregon
Frank Wink A Sons Owners
Don Wink. Mgr.
"Milk productions been this way
lever since we twitched to Leslie Salt
Yes, cows do need salt for optimum milk production.
Are yours getting enough?
Mail coupon today for free boxed set of miniature Leslie
Salt blocks. See the variety Leslie offers.
Leslie Salt Co. 505 Beach St. San Francisco 11, Calif.
Name-
Address-
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Livestock Growers : Plan to Attend
Meeto
START THE
New Year Right
Set A Target for Savings
FOLLETT
MEAT CO.
Hermiston, Oregon
Ph. JO 7-6651
On Hermiaton-McNary
Highway
WHOLESALE MEATS
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
SCHEDULE
Hogs .
Aim at a defin
ate financial ob
jective. Sched
ule systematic
savings to ac
complish your
purpose. Keep
everlastingly at
it, and you can't
miss!
To speed the growth of
your savings account, we
pay Interest on your de
posits at current rate of
fl 07
f0
OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY
OF THE
Morrow
Livestock
County
Growers
ASSOCIATION
AND COW BELLES
Friday and Saturday
JANUARY 12, 13
FAIRGROUNDS
L DAY
FRIDAY
PLAN NOW TO TRADE, BUY OR SELL YOUR EXTRA BULLS OR THOSE
YOU CANT USE ANOTHER YEAR. ENTER THE WEIGHT GUESSING
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HAY CLINIC -- FRIDAY AFTERNOON
DR. NORMAN GOETZE. CROPS SPECIALIST. OSU. WILL DISCUSS FORAGE
ANALYSIS OVER 100 HAY SAMPLES WILL BE COMPARED.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 3:00 P. M.
COFFEE SERVED ALL DAY BY BANK OF EASTERN OREGON.
HEPPNER
DOOR
PRIZES
BOTH
DAYS
SATURDAY FEATURES:
O DISCUSSION OF GRASSHOPPER INFESTATION OUTLOOK FOR '62.
BY ROBERT EVERY. EXTENSION ENTOMOLOGIST. OSU
O TALKS BY DR. A. L. RALSTON, 0SU AND BILL SOUTHWORTH
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
O ELECTION OF OFFICERS, COMMITTEE REPORTS
BANQUET
Open To The Public
6:30 P. M. SATURDAY
Fair Pavilion
TICKETS ON SALE AT BOTH
BANKS IN HEPPNER
SOCIAL HOUR
5:30 P. M.
SATURDAY
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Heppner Branch, Host
Tuesday
Wed., Thurs.
Any Day
Cattle
Sheep
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
BOX 739 PENDLETON