County Agent! OWc
County Agent Gives Tips
For Winter Stock Feeding
By N. C ANDERSON
Now that a blanket of anow
((Aim all of the rangeland and
Mubhle, ranchers are forced to
feed all classes of livestock In
onli-r fur them tu maintain
weight, produce calvea or In tbe
(,im- of yearlings be ready fur
rnaikct this sprint, tvtry year a
queMiun comes up concerning
rutions for wintering calvea. One
ol I he best pieces of research on
this had been done at the Squaw
liclte KxiH-rlment station near
burns, 'liieir results Indicated
that calves can jjain on the or
der of one and one-half pounds
d.iily and still make good nam
on grass the following summer.
Replacement heifer calves need
to gain from l'i pounds to lln
pounds dally If they are to be
bred as yearlings and It is ad
visable to breed them as year
lings In order to get one more
nilf dunni? their oroductlve lire
time. They will have to le fed
a little better after calving as
two year olds to breed back but
the extra care Is more than off-
set by the extra calf which they
will raise. The addition of two
IMtunds of grain and pounds
of oil meal along with roughage
will normally (five an adequate
growth. Be especially careful of
trying to winter calves on duikv
low protein forage as they will
be able to consume enough for
adequate growth. Grass silage
cannot be used as the only feed,
as moisture content Is so great
that the calf cannot consume
enough of this wet material to
make adcuuatc growth. Remem
her that cold and Bnow requires
additional energy, especially if
the livestock have little or no
protection from the winter ele
merits. When this is the case a
high energy feed must be added
to the forage ration, wnne a
good percentage of cows are now
calving, those trial nave noi yei
started should be sure to check
that the pregnant cows are re
ceiving enough protein as preg
nancy continues. This protein re
quirement will generally be met
with the addition of a pound of
protein supplement such as cot
ton seed meal or soybean meal
along with the alfalfa hay. High
quality alfalfa hay can provide
all the protein requirement, how
ever. Did you know that It is nec
essary now to have fireworks
permit to repel predatory ani
mals and birds which might be
doing damage In feed yards and
to crops? House Bill 1207 passed
i,v i in. n-n-nt ki-lslature reg
ulate their use and provide that
an application must be made for
permit to purchase, use and store
fireworks to repel predatory ani
mals and birds. We have appli
cation forms and information on
(he regulations for those who
might be Interested.
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MEAT CO.
Hermiston, Oregon
Ph. JO 7-6651
On Hermiston-McNcrry
Highway
WHOLESALE MEATS
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
SCHEDULE
Hogs Tuesday
Cattle Wed., Thurs.
Sheep Any Day
BIG GRIP
FOR
SMALL CARS
Tubelsa
Mud And
Snow Tires
For compact $4 70
And Imports
Fit all compact and import cars.
Sizes from 5.20x13 to 6.00x15
'gran. bkxfcwaH. Plva la a nd aid lira ell rovf tat
Put on Suburbanite Winter Tires and set
heavy-car grip and (o in flush, mud, or snow.
Buy now while all iIim and types are still
available.
NO MONEY DOWN
FREE INSTALLATION
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January U the deadline for
loans and purchase agreements
on several commodities harvest
ed In Hail. Farmers who hove
nut taken loans or purchase
agreement on harlcy or win at
should contact the county ASt
office In-fore this deadline date
if they are to take advantage of
these programs. Applications for
farm storage loans should r
made by the ZjiIi to allow time
for grade determination.
Panthers attending the annual
meeting of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers Association
held recently were Interested In
the proMjsal for a revised pilot
brand Inspection. Hearings will
be held on this proposal, the first
to be at Salem on January 30
at 1:K) p. m. in the agriculture
building: the second hearing on
January 31 In Bend at i:uo p. m.
In the district courtroom of the
courthouse. They will receive
evidence and testimony on a pro
M)sed regulation which calls for
brand inspection uikhi change
of ownership of branded cattle.
The proposal will prohibit sale
ol branded animais wimoui a
brand lnstx-ction. It would be the
resnonslbilltv of the seller to
request and pay for the Inspec
tion. It will affect, primarily,
county sales and transfers. If the
proposed regulation is approved
and adopted, the inspection call
ed for will be In addition to
regular Inspections now perform
ed at auction yards, terminal
markets, and slaughter houses
If the pilot program is adopted
as a result of the hearings it may
be started in early March.
Farming Is the nation's largest
business. Investment In V. S.
Agriculture amounts to 3 4 the
value of current assets of all
II s. rornorations. Four out of
every 10 jobs of private employ
ment are related to agriculture.
Manv of our people should be
Interested In the hearing which
will be held by the state Water
Resources Hoard at Pendleton on
January 30. This hearing is to
be held at the supreme court
room at the Umatilla courthouse
beginning at 7:30 p. m. for the
nui-nose of hearing views to as
sist the board in formulation of
an Integrated, coordinated pro
gram for the use in control of
the water resources of the Uma
tilla Basin and to arrive at
methods of conserving and aug
menting such resources and to
determine existing and iuuno
needs and uses of such waters
for nil beneficial purposes. Cum-
mlttopH have been busy In Mor
row county drafting information
on present and future water use
and needs in Morrow county
which will be presented at the
hearing. The first draft of these
reports was heard last Thursday
evening at the Judge's office in
the courthouse. Reports indicated
th.-it a lot of people had been
thinking about water used in
Morrow county, both past,
present and future. Any person,
including public agencies and
civil associations may he heard
at the hearing.
Now that the days are cold
and snowy, it would be a good
time to be thinking about build
inir or remodeline fire-fighting
equipment which will be needed
this spring, summer ami ian. u
is a little difficult to get in the
mood for such things this time
of the year, but in many areas,
farm work will be in full swim?
thirty days from now if the
season is normal. At a fall meet
ing of the Morrow County rural
volunteer fire control committee,
those members asked that every
one be reminded that there is
never too much fire fighting
equipment in a community when
a fire starts. They also ieminded
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES.
Livestock 4 H Club
Meets At Pine City
Butter (nek Junction Live
Mock 1 II club had a elemonstra
lion by Sheila Luelant on ho
to make a rie halter at the
muting January 2 at the Pine
i it y school.
All members were present, and
visitors were Mr. and Mrs. lorn
A-liiM-ck and Jerry.
Allen Withcrritc. president.
gave a rejKjri on ine matting
ol business meeting motions.
The next meeting will be reb-
rtiary ti, at I'lne t uy scnooi.
I'atti lleaiy, reporter
No Reactors Found
In Cattle TB Tests
No reactors In this county
were found in state tuberculosis
lesiing of cattle In 1131. accord
ing to the federal state annual
reort Just released. Animals
tested In the county: 371 in 30
herds.
For the state as a whole, 200
reactors came to light in H.r.(;22
... . . i i .! i "jn.
came tested ror in in i.iit
herds. Percentage of reectors is
Xi UMith of 1 iter cent.
Tuberculosis rcaciois last year
numbered 85 more than were
found in l!Mi0 when !0,1'J2 tests
were made in WMil herds.
The state department of agrl
ulture says the upturn in tuber
ulosis reactors, though only in
fractions of a percent, is not
icculiar to Oregon. It is a prob
lem upon which eradication of
ficials are searching for answers.
that it was much better to have
the equipment available locally
to be- used at once, rather than
to wait for equipment to come
from town or outlying commun
ities. One of the suggestions
made was that a platform ramp
he built in the service area where
the sprayer or a supply tank or
both could be kept full of water
for an emergency. In most cases
these ramps could be built so
that the pickup or truck could
he backed up and with the use
of pipe rollers be loaded In a
matter of a few minutes. Observ
ing last years fires, the group
It that ranchers were mucn
better prepared in many com
munities, however, improvements
ould he made. One suggestion
us that cattle sprayers mounted
is trailers be converted for pick
up mourning during wie iue
season. This revommenuaiion
came alter watching several
ranchers trying to get around
pulling a trailer sprayer behind
a four wheel drive pickup at
ruogh range land fires.
Government owned grain sorg
hum (milo) is available to live
stock and poultry producers gen
erally at lower prices than they
have to nav for other feed grains.
Surplus milo is currently being
offered northwest livestock feed
ers at JM.i.-lu a ion eienvcieu
head at all Oregon country
nointes serviced by railroads
This price is subject to change
as the season progresses, I he
current price went into effect
January 9 after holding at $13
n inn s nee October 2i. Any live
stock producer who is interested
in purchasing surplus milo
should place his order directly
with the Portland ASCS com
modify office. Their telephone
number is CApital 6-33bl,
tension 616. Their mailing ad
dress is 1218 S. W. Washington
Portland 5. Written orders for
milo should be addressed to Mr,
Svdnev Harris, director, tele
phone orders can be placed with
Mr. Boyington, milo marketing
specialist. The ASCS office will
advise on location of nearest
railhead in the producers area.
Thursday. January 25. 1962
Interesting Program
Planned For 18th
Soil District Meet
"WIM flowers of Morrow Coun
ty" is the title selected by Mrs.
John Graves fur her series of
colored slides to be shown in
opening the lMh annual meet
ing of the Heppner Soil Conser
vation District on hibruary C.
The slides are a result of several
years of picture t.iking. a hobby
of Mrs. (Graves. The M mitiute-s
showing will also include some
cem.vrv ution pictures taken on
the Graves' ranch near Hard-
man, reports N. C. Anderson, sec
retary, Heppner Soil Conservation
District. The annual meeting
will be held at the Lexington
Grange hall beginning at 7:30
p. m.
Main speaker for the annual
meeting will be Merrill Oveson
supe r I n t e n d e n t, IVndleton
branch experiment station who
will discuss cheatgrass control
In alfalfa, pasture and grain.
There will be election of two
supervisors to fill the vacancies
ol the expiring terms or Kay
mond French, Heppner, and Don
aid Peterson, lone. A progress
and financial report will be
given during the evening which
will be followed by relresnments.
Supervisors of the Heppner
Soil Conservation district plan
ning their annual meeting re
cently also heard outlined to
them conservation plans being
set up on their home farms by
FFA members William Kill, Ron
nie Becket, Frank Osmin. Ken
neth Wright, Heppner; and John
Wagenblast, Lexington. Excel
lent farm plans had been pre
pared by the boys to cover most
conservation needs on the
ranches.
The supervisors elected first
and second place winners in this
FFA farm plan contest winners
to be presented at the annual
parents and sons banquet to be
held this spring.
Return From Meet
LEXINGTON Mr. and Mrs.
Oris Padberg flew via jot plane
from Portland to Palm Springs,
Calif., last Wednesday, where
they attended a Massey-Fer-euson
dealers convention in that
city on Thursday. On Friday they
enjoyed a day of sight seeing
wliich took them into Disney
land and wav points. They re
turned home Saturday evening.
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In a new Ford Calaxie or Fairlane, the
odometer rolls ofi a long 6,000 miles
between every service stop. Compare
this with other '62 cars and here's what
vou'U find: many cars still have to check
in for service every 1,000 miles; some
every 2.000 miles; others every 4.000
miles. Only the cars from Ford need
service only twice a year, or every 6,000
miles.
When you own a '62 Calaxie or
Galaxie & mmiw by FORD
r HOW CARE-FREE DRIVING CA. BE! C
HEPPNEB AUTO AIM MC.
tSVSX lteMf HEPPNER. ORE. PRNC fi
Responsibility
Of Children
Topic of Session
By ESTHER KIltMIS
Have you ever said . . . "Kids
totay are so Irresponsible?" or.
The problem Is, kids don't have
enough chores to do!"
Mrs. Koberta Kralser. OSU
Family Life Specialist, will dis
cuss this topic of "Developinc
Responsibility" via tape record
ing when the third session of
extension's man-and-wife short
course on "Understanding Boyi
and Girls' meets on Wednesday
evening, January 31, at the
Heppner Annex, starting at 7:30
p. tn. I lie same session will be
held at the lrrigon eehool on
Tueselay evening, January 30, at
7.w p. m.
N. C. Anderson, county exten
sion agent, will lead the discus
sion that evening. Some ques
tions to be considered are:
What do we mean by respon
sibility? How do we help children de
velop a feeling of responsibility?
If they aren't showing signs
of responsibility, what can par
ents do?
Do chores really teach respon
sibility? Mrs. Fraiser urged parents that
attended the Growth and Guid
ance session to talk over the fol
lowing questions between them
in oreler to reach a common
understanding on disciplining
their boys and girls. Want to
hear them?
1. How were the children made
to mind in your home when you
were a child?
2. How did you feel about the
methods used?
3. Can you remember any par
ticular time when you were
punished? How did you feel
about it? What did it teach you?
4. What is your most pleasant
memory about your childhood
home? What do you think your
children will have as their most
pleasant memory of their home?
5. In what way Is each of your
children different from the
others?
6. In what ways are they
alike?
7. Which child is the easiest
for you to live with? Why do
you think this is so?
8. wrhich chiM is most ainicuit
for you? Why do you think this
is so?
9. What is your goal or your
dream for each of your child
ren?
10. How do you suppose your
children will answer these ques
tions when they are your age.'
We again urge all you parents
to attend these shortcourse meet
ings. You will grow as a parent
Now-
Ford frees you forever
from the expense and bother
of frequent car servicing.
Twice-a-year maintenance is here
and only the cars from Ford
have it!
r -i'i'i,.' irty r iHftmt'ii
Fairlane, you don't have to drive with
one eye on the odometer to make sure
you're not forgetting an oil change or
a grease job or other servicing. Ford's
twice-a-year maintenance saves you
time, saves you money. Just one stop
every 6,000 miles takes care of servic
ing. You'll go 30,000 miles between
major lubrications, 6,000 miles between
oil changes and minor lubrications, 2
years or 30,000 miles without changing
Public Rangeland Study Planned
Th Fwre.1 Sen ice of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and
the bureau of Land Management
of the U. S. Department ol in
terlor hava been chosen to make
a preliminary study to assemble
public rangeland information lor
Congress.
Cattle and sheep rsnges of the
Fremont National Forest and the
Bureau of Land Management
Lakeview District in southern
Oregon will be included In this
preliminary study, it was an
nounced texlay by J. Herbert
Stone, regional forester, l-orest
Service, and Kussel fc Getty,
state director. Bureau or uana
Management. Areas In Montana
and Colorado also were selected
for the trial program.
Six cattle and six sheep allot
ments will be studied on the
Fremont National Fore'st and six
cattle and five sheen allotments
will be studied on the Lakeview
district. These include allotments
on large and small summer
ranges and spring fall ranges.
Stone and Getty said the Joint
study will provide background
information for a report to Con-
as we talk about one of the
most complex and fascinating
subjects human behavior.
Rx for the good health
of you and your family
Your physician brings into focus all of
his skill and learning in prescribing for
you and your family. Your registered
pharmacist fills his prescriptions with
the utmost accuracy always.
HUMPHREYS
REXALL DRUG STORE
MR. & MRS. ROD MURRAY
217 N. Main Ph. 6-9610
W or at your $ervice around the clock!
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engine coolant-antifreeze. Brakes adjust
themselves.
Why buy a service headache when
Ford is ready with the cure? See your
Ford Dealer and see how
close Ford has
fiU - it - and - forget
grc on how a nation ide range
resource review could be mai'.
Data will be assembled on
range conditions, trends, man
agement levels, range imple
ment and needs, and related fac
tors. The program will meet sp-.
cific objectives outlined In
Senate Appropriation Committee
Report No. accompanying the
Interior and Related Agemles
Appropriation Bill. The report
asked that the trial study cover
such items as water manage
ment, protection of range from
misuse, and providing better
vegetative cover. Information is
to be used to develop an Im
proved range management prg
gram for full productive jsiten
tial of the lands.
Workers Involved in the tilal
program will also make projec
tions of future demands on (tub
lie rangelands.
Mr. and Mr. Roger Connor and
family of Forest Grove were
among those coming from out-
of town for the funeral services
Jan. 15 of Timothy W. Rippee.
grandfather of Connor. They vis
ited hre with his parents. Mr
anel Mrs. Frank Connor, and with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carey
Hastings, irom aiureiay until
Tuesday evening.
come to the
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