'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-
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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.
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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.
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