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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, Match 29, 1S62 ' ' 1 1 1 FARM NEWS County Agent's Office Gaines Wheat Seed Data Helpful To Area Farmers By N. C. ANDERSON Information is being gather ed now from the 14 ranchers who are growing Gaines wheat for increase in 19G2. These grow ers who received from 300 to COO pound allocations of foun dation seed from the Pendleton branch experiment station art scattered throughout the county under all rainfall and soil type conditions. This should give us an exceptionally good report on what Gaines will do under these various conditions and will be helpful for those wishing to seed this new variety on their ranch this fall. In order that we might liave a little more information relative to how the new variety has performed, we are in the process now of checking with these growers to get the exact information on rate of seeding per acre, date seeded, depth seeded, fertilizer applied, date emerged, and other pertinent in formation. The few growers with which I have visited are happy witli their emergence and stands and the apparent thriftiness of the wheat. Several farm fish pond owners have called during the last week asking about fish to stock their ponds. This is the time of year to be making arrangements for these fingerling trout so that they might get off to a good start before the hot summer months. There are two sources of fingerlings this spring. One is the Prairie Springs Trout Farm at Dayviile, the other the Canyon Springs Trout Farm at Elgin. Fish can be ordered from those two sources or we can pool orders for a truckload through this office. Directors of the Morrow County Weather Observers met last Friday evening to make plans for gathering some special weather records during the spring months through June to correlate rainfall occuring at various times during the day, with silver iodide ground gen erators operating to the south and west of us. This special project is aimed at determining weather patterns and whether ground seeding is affecting rain fall In particular areas through the county. Several ranchers have been keeping detailed records during the day of spec ified storms. This information is used with pictures taken at the Condon Radar Base, as directed by Dr. Fred Decker of the at mospheric science department at OSU. Additional ranchers will be contacted this week in an at tempt to get more detailed daily reports from throughout the en tiro area during the months of April, May and June. Buttercreek ranchers will be RANCH AERO AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO. Owned and Operated By PAUL N. HANSEN Will be back again this year to offer assis tance to the ranchers of this area with their weed spraying problems. Phone Heppner 6-9294 !?5SS especially interested in a grass seeding demonstration plot es tablished last week at the Charles Daly ranch on Butter creek. This seeding compares Nordon Crested Wheat, Fairway Crested Wheat, Siberian Wheat grass, Pubescent Wheatgrass, In termediate Wheatgrass, A 1 1 a Fescue,v Tall Wheatgrass and Sherman Big Blue seeded with and without Nomad alfalfa. Bul bous Bluegrass was also used in a part of the area to demon strate the value of an under story grass. This plot was seed ed on an area plowed out from sagebrush near Charlie's stock yard this winter. We will have the various grasses labeled by the time that they are up so that those traveling Buttercreek road can stop and check their progress from time to time. Vomer Troedson, north lone rancher, recently had this office order him a soil tube for taking soil and moisture samples. Ver ner has been carrying out a pro gram of double summerfallow each year and has been inter ested in the moisture content of his, compared to regular summerfallow, and was curious to compare soil moisture pene tration at various times of the year from year to year. The probe with six foot extensions will provide him lots of infor mation. Some of our ranchers that have such probes or augers are much interested in the var iable depth of their soil from one field or slope to another. Chats With Your Home Agent Better Storage Plans Study For April Extension Units An interesting meeting of agency personnel and ASC farm er committeemen was held at Arlington last Tuesday. The meeting was designed to discuss conservation reserve seedings, plans to gather information rel ative to the stand of grass es tablished on the seeding and to follow through with a record of production after the grass was plowed up. It was reported that a great percentage of contracts in Oregon were for live years, these to expire in 1962. ASC of ficials pointed out that for those who would like to leave these scedincs as a means of land re lirement can extend wheat acre age allotment history for as many years as the contract length. This means that those who had a five year contract would continue to leave the grass in without it affecting the wheat acreage allotment for another five years. While emphasis was on leavine the grass lor iana retirement it was pointed out that if this was plowed out that there would be many opportun itios for soil conservation prac tices. Those discussed were leav ing established sod waterways where erosion has or might oc cur; an excellent opportunity for eSiaiJllSIllMK snip Liupyuift wmi alternate crass strins: an oppor tunity to continue to clean weeds fmm' land if this has not been done during the time of the contract. Contacts will be made with all ranchers who contracts armors, Take Note: MOW- GENERAL HAS A 36 Month Field Hazard Guarantee ON ITS NYLON REAR TRACTOR TIRES SEE US TODAY FOR YOUR FARM NEEDS WE CAN HANDLE YOUR ' FLUID FILLED TIRES REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR GENERAL TIRE NUMBER IN THE MARCH 24 ISSUE OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST You Can Win One Of 500 FREE SETS of JET AIR TIRES LOCAL PRIZES Set Seat Belts A Battery To Fit Your Car 2 T.R.I. Recaps By ESTHER KIRMIS Maybe you've joined the laughs when you heard Fibber Magee (of radio days) having trouble with his closet. When he opened the door everything fell out and buried him. If you store things this way your life can be pretty hectic. We're going to discuss bed room and bathroom storage in April when I visit each unit. The lesson Is intended to give you ideas rather than specific solutions to individual storage needs. With the aid of two OSU bulletins on "Better Clothes Closets" and "Storage," plus a filmstrip on "Ideas for Bedroom Bathroom Beauty" (Better Homes and Gardens) we should come up with some Ideas that you might use in your home. To get you thinking about stor age why not try this quiz. After each question write "yes," "no," or "sometimes." Closets 1. Is clothing storage for each member combined with or placed near a dressing area? Is there enough rod space to hang clothing which needs to hang without wrinkling? 3. Are the only items kept here those which are used in this room? 4. Can you reach and grasp each article easily without removing another? 5. Do you have enough rods, hangers, books, shelves, racks? 6. Do you have garment bags, hat boxes, other needed storage containers? 7. Is closet floor free of articles? 8. Are you using the closet door for storage? Dresser Drawers 1. Can you expire this year to get infor mation relative to the seeding, their plans and as a basis for follow-up to determine grass yields and the economics of these seedings in the different rainfall and soil sites. Research at the Moro and Pendleton Ex periment Stations show that grass seeded alone when plowed up gave no increase in yield. Alfalfa alone gave a three bushel increase while grass and alfalfa seeded as a mixture increased the wheat yield five bushels per acre. At Pendleton grass and al falfa plowed out produced 109 of fallow for the first crop, 125 for the second and third crops. It appears that we will be able to get some valuable information on performance of grain on these soil bank seedings as they are plowed out as well as some in teresting and needed informa tion on grass yields on those that are left to grass. see what you are looking for? 2. Are only like artciles stacked together? 3. Is drawer space combined with or placed near other storage such as a rlnspt? 4. Are articles worn together grouped togetnerr 5. Is all of the space in deep drawers used? 6. Do you use drawer dividers or boxes tr seDarate artiplps? 7. Do useless or worn out articles accumulate in your dresser drawers? Bathroom Stnrnpp 1. Arp clean towels stored in the bath room.' Are there enough towel rods to hold the family towels? 3. Are vou makine use of under sink area for storage? 4. Is there a cioines namper in tne bath room for soiled clothes? 5. Do you have well lighted area for making-up or husband's shav ing? Your score: If you answered "no" to three questions or less you're a "Super-Duper Closeteer." If you answered "no" to 4-7 questions you're a "Just Closeteer." If you answered no to eight or more questions you're a "Can't-Find-It-Closeteer." Plan to attend one of these unit meetings in April and be a graduate from "Fibber Magee's closet." April 4 Rhea Creek Unit, Rhea Creek Grange hall, Mrs. Robert Bergstrom, chai r m a n; April 5 lone Unit, L. A. 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