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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1962)
'62 Crop Grain Signup Underway By K. C ANDERSON The t'SDA ha nnounred that t hf Kign-up jktio'I Ir 12 crop wheat nl harli-y unlw the wheat kiabllution and feed eraln irotrm will begin Feb ruary 5 and run through March 30. Under ttu-M pot-rains farm it are able to help bring pro. iluetion Inio line with need through dlverilnK wheat and Ufxl jjraln arreajre to conserving tiKi-H. provisions ( the l'JC2 feed jrrain program ore: (1) voluntary l.nrlhipailon. (2 acreage diver in. Nl less than 70 of the new base arreare U9M C0 av eragp a adjusted can be signed up. Additional acreages can be diverted. (3) Payments "In kind" based on yields and support prices will be made on acreage diverted from feed grains to Boll conserving uses, (4 advance payments . 5 price support fur cooiwrators on the normal production of acreage planted to liN-d grains. Levels of support will be announced later. The program for spring wheat Is the same as for winter wheat: (1) mandstory-CULOl 101 1nm acreage LaM-d on national al lotment of 53 million acres to avoid marketing quota penalty 2 voluntary acnojje liivmluo In addition 3i utuX fr both the mandatory and volun tary diversion wheat wreage lr oil conHertng um- baacu on )'ieldi..ajul.auvturt.. pilcca. 'I' iirie support to cn-iauii. ioi nclpnntT may axiure acreage to be diverted until May 1 under both the wheat and feed grain programs. Acreages to te di verted w 111 be designated by par ticipants at the time a cheek Is made of compliance. Compliance checks will be made In an area when substantially all of the particular grain has been plant ed. Sign up to date for the fail woded crops of wheat and bar ley shows a potential reduction of a substantial acreage In these two crops from 11 levels. The ultimate high cost of under feeding pregnant and lac i.hkk v.tua hn strain been dem onstrated by cooperating aclen- SPRING Is Just Around The Corner! SHADE TREES Dwarf Fruit Trees PLANT NOW WHILE DORMANT LAWN FERTILIZER House Plant Food GARDEN SEEDS GET TOURS EARLT WHILE THE S0PPLT IS NEW DOG FOOD CAT COMFORT CAT G0RLAETSCH,NG VET SUPPLIES Cornett Green Feed Heppner, Oregon HEPPNER CA2CTTE-T1MES. Thursday, rtbruary I. 1X2 MUM NEWS lists of the I'SDA and Nebraska tnivt rsity. They deliberately underfed one lot of Hereford tows iM-fme and after calving while the fceeowl lot was ted according to sUnd.irds deemed adequate. The drastic penally of undei feeding Is incurred three wavs. tit many mother animals don't come In heat (21 some of those who do, have a lower than normal conception rate (31 the offspring from the underfed cows that do cnlve is lighter and less thrifty and such calves are In evitably lighter nt weaning. It Is now too lute lo tio anytning ubout the rale of conception for l!i2 bul now Is the time to be thinking about Influencing the quality of the 11HJ3 baby crop ami to devclon more of the un born 12 crop to survive after birth for ultimate weaning ana marketing. Brood cows that have arnole protein produced half agnin as many calves ns like cows on the same grazing but shorted on protein. The cows that cot amide suuniomeni aroppea thriftier calves, produced more milk and their calves averaged 105 nounds heavier per head when they were weaned. Cows that got protein supplement in another comparative tf-si nettled an averace U7 days earlier and dropped 25 more calves than similar cows that got tne same forage but not the supplement. The U. S. Department of Agri culture has set up a special field organization to do advanced planning and to handle special agricultural problems if a nuc leur attack is ever made on the United States. There is a USDA stale defense board In each state and under these are L'SDA coun- tf l.fonu? hnnriN fin fhose boards are regular USDA people, Including your extension agents, ivhn arc mnkinfr nlans for de fense now and will shift to spec ial assignments if an attack or other emergency ever takes r.imn Tho nsfiA l also rarrvin? on an active research program to find ways to protect rural people In case of a nucleur emergency and to make it poss ible for farmers to continue to produce food for the people of the nation alter sum an emer gency. Rural defense training emkinne hjivo Wn Krhptlulod for the Greenfield Grange at Board- man on Wednesday evening, February 11, at the Fair annex building in Heppner on Feb- WE MORROW COUNTY MEETING FAIR PAVILION ANNEX, HEPPNER Tuesday, February Ik 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE: ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS WEED CONTROL AND WEED DISTRICT ENFORCEMENT Featuring ARNOLD APPLEBY and REX WARREN OSU Weed Specialists DOOR PRIZES BOOR PRI2ES AND AD SPONSORED BT Morr.o.W County Farm Bureau, Inland Chemical Co., Poul Pettyjohn, Ekstrom Chemical Co., and Bi-County Fertilizer Co. ruary 13. The extension agents asr-ifcted bv county civil defense director, Clarence Bauman, and Oregon Civil Defense .Nurse. .Nova Young, will discuss the various phases of rural defense. Including fallout shi Iters and the county program. If weather conditions continue as now there will be some alfalfa seeding made this month. In planning for these seeding! It is good to keep in mind that the best alfalfa varieties are out producing the average V.t tons I mt acre. In a three year span, the extra hay Is worth nearly $100. At last year prices It cost less than $2 per acre more to seed certified varieties than to use common alfalfa. Two of the high producing varieties are Ver nal and Orestan. 80 years ago a Michigan State botanist collected a bunch of weed seed and burled them on the campus. The seeds were dug up the other dav and tested for germination. Out of 20 weed .pecies, three still had enough life to produce seedlings. This . . : ...... I.. means inai every u"- j" weeds go to seed you are Just building up a bigger and bigger seed reserve supply in their land. Someday these weeds that sprout from the many seeds will need i.. v.., toLun f ir, nf If slranee weeds suddenly pop up on your place they probably were there all along Just waiting for proper conditions to germinate. This shows that weed control must be a continuing practice. R,.r.ntiv rnmell University completed some extensive tests where they studied me unra ennif mothnH nf mpnsurine fat. thickness and ribeye area. They used 327 head of cattle ana u hogs. We quote their conclusions. "If fan hn ennplllfled from the results from these studies that at present the instrumentation and techniques are not suffic iently accurate to be used as a commercial selection tool. How ever, the principle and sensitiv ity of the method warrants fur ther refinement. By lurtnenng the Instrument used for this, er rors would be greatly reaucea. In view of this and other In Umsiinn ua Ho not recommend the ultra sonic wave device for A.turmlninu rareass oualltV in nfn hoof nnimnls This nroced- urc, although it looks promising is still in the experimental stage. Agents are now in the field rec ommending that cattlemen use this device to determine the car- Weed Control Meet Due Wednesday Morrow county ranchers will have an oprtunltj- to discuss weed control recommendations both annual and perennial, at the annual weed meet In jj lo be held at the Fair Annex building In Heppner on Wednesday, Feb- cass quality of live animals. This has heen applied to tne tium; of hull. A substantial fee is chamed for tills servH. We sug gest Hint ou wail until we know more rilxml the device. Twenty-three ASC community .'itul rounlv fommtHeemefi ill. tended liie educational meeting at Condon last Wednesday. This was a splendid opportunity, rs fieclully for the new ones, to learn about the various programs administered by ASC and their importance both nationally and state wide. Discussed were the KM2 wheat and hurley programs. ru unurai cons rv mum pro- cram, commodity loans, conser vation reserve program and marketing orders. ! u ' ' 'nil ui.mm REX WARREN Af ritulturtl EiUo.lo SrviM 0roa SUM Collc ruary 14, innouncet N C. Ander son, county extension agent Medusahead, a serloua annual found recently In Morrow county will be rmong the weedi tnden tlfied and discussed. Control methodM will be outlined for tar weed, purple mustard and Crom well, annuals thai are difficult to control, as well as such er innUls as knapweed morning glory und Canada thistle, Arnold Appleby, agronomist. IVmHcton branch experiment station, will outline experimental work being carried on In the field develop. Ing new chemicals for selective control of cheatgrass and rye as well as perennials. Hex Warren, farm crops specialist. OSU, will lead the discussion of perennial weed control. The meeting Is sponsored, again, by the Morrow County Farm Bureau. Some time will be taken during the day to dis cuss rural fire control. The meet ing begins at 10:00 A. M. Every one is invited to attend. INCREASE YOUR PROFITS WITH A SUPERIOR C&C CATTLE SCfSATCHER-OILER You are invited p..- ! ' Wf to purchase on i V $ ZJSLJ'' "W'-f 7 our 30-day mon- ey back guaran- I r ; Kit A-1 . tee. 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