HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, Match 29, 1S62
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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
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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
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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
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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. McCabe
home, Mrs. Elmer Holtz, chair
man; April 10 Heppner Unit.
Bud Peck home, Mrs. Joe Wright,
chairman; April 11 Pine City
So-soUnit, Pine City school, Mrs.
George Luciani, chairman; April
12 Irrigon Unit, Warren McCoy
home, Mrs. Richard Ryan, chair
man; April 17 Boardman Unit,
Roland Black home, Mrs. Nathan
Thorpe, chairman; April 19
Lena Unit, place to be designa
ted, Mrs. Robert Riddle, chairman.
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receiving news copy as early in
the week as possible.
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