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FARM NEWS County Agent's Office Ranchers View Research Projects at Squaw Butte By N. C. ANDERSON i Anyone who is interested in Morrow county ranchers were these research results should let well represented at the annual! us know so that we can mail Field Day at the Squaw Butte. this progress report to you when Experiment Station at Burns last available. Tuesday. Jerry Brosnan, W. E. . Hughes, John Graves, Barton Bob Powelson, extension plant Clark, Heppner; O. W. and Pat , pathologist, OSU, visited the Cutsforth, Lexington; Roy A. county on Wednesday afternoon Lindstrom and Bob Peterson; lone, with the agent, partici pated in the informative pro gram and tour of the station. During the morning, personnel of the station discussed research projects underway and results to date. Bob Raleigh, animal nu tritionist, reported on the use of salt to control intake of supple ments on the range and in the winter feedlot, and pointed out that to get the most gain from the use of this supplement, cattle must have adequate water. It pointed out that when supple ments are controlled with salt on the range the availability of water needs to be considered. Bob Raleigh pointed out that protein and energy are the con tributing factors for better gains. While vitamins and minerals are important they are secon dary and are generally present in a good feed program used for maximum gains. Research has shown that the grass range provides much of the energy and protein required early in the grazing season. Gaines of 2.20 pounds per day were secured on cre'd wheatgrass pasture when barley and cottonseed meal were provided. Cattle on crested wheatgrass alone gained only 1.64 pounds. An interesting research pro ject carried out by Joe Wallace, animal husbandman, during the past year was that of limited feeding for wintering mature cows. In this experiment cattle were given three levels of hay. Cows averaging 1106 pounds ini.n nonr1 riirtn nil Un vvcic uacu ai:u 6 .en an uic , , .. . . -.- ., hay that they would eat whicn '"J UCI"S 1 ,K ,,,ln amounted to 27.7 pounds per I The yearlings have wintered we day. One lot was given 75 and are very thrifty to go out of this amount which was 20.8 ,n f.u.mmer Paure pounds while another lot was While they are talking of im given 50 of the hay or 13.8 'proving registered herds, we pounds. The full fed cows gained i were interested in visiting with 140 noiinHs thP 7 "5 lot oa Don Robinson last week who re piundTnd the 50 o 84 Ports that he recently purchased u iA a new herd sire, the nine year It was found" regardless of ..the , old son of Go d Mine, one aT he anil with the asent made sev eral checks in well established wheat fields looking for traces of stripe rust. While we found some symptoms of winter kill and types of blight, nothing to he alarmed at. there were no signs of stripe rust. Dr. Powelson reported none found throughout the Columbia Basin on this trip. He will be through again in late April, however, his hopes are high for very little stripe rust infestations this year. He indi cated that there was a high in cidence at this time last. year and that even if infestation were found soon that it should not amount to much this year. While in the countv. Dr. Powelson dis cussed the annual occurance of "yellowing of winter grains This occurs mostly in years where a good growth occured during the fall months and is a physiological condition. We don t have mucn tnis year, main ly because we don't have much grain with substantial fall and winter growth. Last Thursday I spent the af ternoon at the Frank Anderson ranch grading and weighing yearling Herefords to provide in formation for the record of the herd which Frank has been carrying out for the past fifteen years. It is gratifying to see the continued improvement of this herd of cattle. Grades have improved continuously during the past several years and this year both the heifer and bulls were most uniform carrying only a few two grades with the ma 'Prevent Poison' Cautions Given In 1961 there were 9000 acci dental poisonings in Oregon alone with a total of 17 persons dying, said Mrs. Velma R. Glass of Morrow County Health De partment. Morrow county is contributing to these accidental and prevent able poison statistics. Indeed it is! Within the past year there have been four youngsters under the age of four years involved one swallowed cleaning solvent, one swallowed rat poison and still another consumed a quan tity of codeine cough syrup. Yet another became a statistic by mistaking "baby" aspirin for candy. Accidental poisoning is pre ventable. Some things one may do to prevent accidental poison ing in his home are: (1) Keep all drugs, poisonous substances and household chemicals away from the reach of children, pre ferably in a locked cabinet. Do not store or associate these ma terials near or with food. 12) Do not transfer poisonous substances to unlabeled containers or soft drink bottles. (3) Destroy dis carded medicines in such a man ner that children -cannot get at them. Do not leave medicines and pills lying about. (4) Make an inspection of your home reg ularly to be sure al poisonous items are out of a child's reach. Remove the poisons from under your sink to a place out of your children's reach. 15) Never leave young children unsupervised. (6) Last, but not least, make "Nat ional Poison Prevention Week" a year-round campaign. level of hay fed there was little affect on birth and weaning weight of calves. An interesting program is carried out at the station In calving, weaning, wintering, and summer grazing trials. These long yearlings then go to the Malheur Branch Station at On tario for feeding experiments. By this way research can be carried on with both the Here ford cattle as well as crossbred Charlaisse Hereford programs from calves to feedlot. In this feedlot research project steers went in weighing 765 pounds with an approximate 3 pound per day gain over the period of 154 days on feed, r Research studies on improve ments of rye hay carried out by Forrest Sneva, shows that rye cut for hay drops in protein from 10 on approximately June 14 or flowering stage to 6 three weeks later while yield remains the same. This research, which could also apply to barley and wheat hay produced in this are., showed that for each week lapse in time of cutting grain hay the cost of protein supple ment to replace protein lost would increase. After the first week it would take $4.76 to re place the protein, after the sec ond week an additional $2.80 and after the third week an addition al $1.95 for a total of $9.51 loss in protein by delaying cuiung by three weeks. A progress re Dort on research in beef cattle nutrition and management at this station will be available at our office within the next few Chats Vith Your Home Agent New Uses, Guide Given Foam Laminated Fabrics HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, April 5, 1962 Start Fair Projects The High Hopes 4-H club had their sixtli meeting at the home of Teresa Stefani. They are studying parts of the sewing" machine and had a short quiz on them. Work was started on skirts, their project for the coun ty fair. Plans were made to at tend the modeling school March 24. Visitors were Mrs. Stefani and Patty Crawford. By ESTHER KIRMIS At first glance, a special group of spring coats and jackets ap pears to be simply fresh new fashions for men, women and children. Look inside, however, and discover a fasinating fabric development. The hidden ingred ient that makes these garments unique is polyurethane foam laminated to the apparel fab ric. The interlining becomes one with the outer fabric eliminating weight and bulk, yet providing warmth and comfort equal to or greater than many interlining fabrics. This new fabric can also be obtained by the yard, so that the "do-it-yourself sewer" can try her hand at making up her family's out-of-door clothing. Basic Guide to Sewing Foam Laminates: Although laminated fabrics present few problems in cutting and sewing, they do differ from ordinary fabrics, and it is well to keep in mind the following uggestions: 1. Select a simple pattern with a minimum of darts or details. 2. Goods must be laid with foam sides away from each other to keep the foam from sticking. When working with plaids, you may find it necessary to cut one pattern piece at a time. 3. Use a medium fine needle, with a longer stitch (10-12 stitches to the inch) and a looser Acreage Switches Shown in Crop Plans few sons left from this grand old polled Hereford bull. Don purchased the bull from Leo Bar nett, Condon and Baordman, and hopes to get some good calves from his offspring. Eleven at lone Take National Merit Tests Eleven students at lone High school took the 1962 National Merit Scholarship qualify i n g test, Darrel Reisch, principal, said. The test was administered at the school at 9:00 a. m Tues day, March 6. Students who wished to be considered for merit scholarships to be awarded in 1963 were to take the test at that time. The qualifying test is a three hour examination of educational development. The test is the first step in the eighth annual com petition for four-year merit scholarships provided by the National Merit Scholarship Corp oration and by sponsoring corp orations, foundations, associat ions, unions, and individuals. The test scores of students who are examined in March will be reported to their schools by May 15. The scores are used by class advisors in many high schools to help students make decisions about colleges attendance and field of study. Many students who do not expect to win a schol arship take the test in order to learn more aoout tneir maiviu Larger acreages of spring wheat, corn and hay are being planned by Oregon farmers this year, along witn smaller plant ings in other grain crops, report Oregon State University exten sion agricultural economists. The 1962 planting intentions were gatnerea oy tne u. . de partment of Agriculture, with more than 100,000 farmers in the nation reporting. The sur vey only shows intentions which may be subject to cliange, tne economists stress. In Oregon, growers plan to cut acreage planted to barley by 21 per cent; oats, 11 per cent, and dry field peas, 6 per cent. Last fall, 10 per cent less winter wheat and 7 per cent less rye was seeded than a year earlier, the report shows. In contrast, farmers are plan ning to increase their acreage in spring wheat by 7 per cent, corn by 9 per cent and hay to be harvested by 5 per cent. The spring wheat acreage planned is the largest since 1957. No changes are contemplated in acreage for sugar beets or late summer or fall potatoes. If Oregon farmers stay with these intentions this spring, it would mean that the barley acre age would be the smallest since 1953 and oat acreage would be the lowest on record back to 1927. Winter wheat would be the smallest since 1913, while acre age seeded to rye is the lowest since 1934. Nationally, the report shows that farmers expect to plant slichtlv less this year, with acre aee of crons planted or to be planted expected to total 306 million acres. If realized, the economists say, this would be the smallest planted acreage to tal of record and 4,a million acres less than last year. Intended acreage of oilseeds is ud one Dor cent, as is hay acre- ace. Tobacco, sugar beet and dry bean acreage may increase with a possible drop in acreage planted to dry peas. Growers also plan fewer white potatoes tension than normal. 4. Experiment with a test sample. It may be necessary to loosen pressure on the pressure foot. 5. Pins should be placed ap proximately 1 inch apart and at right angles to the seam line. 6. If the fabric does not move through the machine easily, place tissue paper underneath the foam. Tear the tissue away after stitching. 7. In pressing, the temperature of the iron should be set for the outer fabric. If pressing with a steam iron use the steam setting. When pressing seams open, place paper under seam allow ances so the iron will slide smoothly over the foam. Slash darts whenever possible and press open to eliminate bulk. A word of caution is in order for those who will be buying and caring for laminated fabrics or apparel this spring. Buy from a reliable manufacturer. 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