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MUM NEWS County Agent's Office Grain Nursery to Test Spring Seed Planting By N. C. ANDERSON A spring grain nursery was established at the Frank Ander son ranch last Monday in coop eration with the Sherman Branch Experiment station. This spring grain nursery replaced the fall nurserv that has been seeded at this location for the past 15 years. Because of a dry fall, it became too late to establish the regular nursery equipment used lor such purposes. The spring nursery should be of interest to the adapted area, especially if mere continues to be as much spring seeding as we have had the past two years. Several oat barley and wneat varieties were seeded to determine yields and growing characteristics. This the first opportunity we have had to observe oats in this lo canty and will be especially in leresune to compare the var ieties that are available, There are some promising sprine bar leys that should interest many aiso. une or the spring wheat varieties seeded was the new Idaed-59, which some no doubt have read of as released this spring. Idaed-59 is expected to replace the old Idaed variety. Certified seed should be avail- Able for commercial plantings next spring. While Idaed has not been used a great deal in Mor row County those who have seeded it have generally been well pleased with its perfor mance. It is best suited to the heavier soil, higher rainfall areas. The new white spring wheat strain equals the high quality and yield ot the old Idaed and in addition to having stem rust resistance it is also resistant to mildew and stripe rust. It has a stiff straw and is early maturing, It has performed well in northwest milling tests and is considered a special wheat for certain millers due to its good properties for cake flours. For those who might be in terested In a good family milk cow or several head as dairy re placements, the dispersal sale of the Stearncs Polled Milking Shorthorn herd will be of inter eM. This is one of the good estab lished milking shorthorn herds in the Pacific Northwest. The sale, which includes 70 head, will be held at the steamed ranch near Lebanon, beginning at 11:00 A. M. Saturday, May 5. The first step, in an intensive screening test of chemicals for the control of branching Knap weed, was established on Wed nesday of last week. Arnold. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat Free Of Charge To Heppner, lone, Lexington WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Tnurs, Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hermistoa, Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermiston-McNary Highway Appleby, weed research man Pendleton Branch experiment station, and this agent laid out plots and put out the first chem ical application at a site on the Wilkinson Ranch on Skinner Lreek about three-quarters of a mile from the Willow Creek Junction. There will be approxi mately 250 plots measuring eight by thirty feet. There will be five dates of application of 2.4-D using five different rates. First application was made in the very small to well established rosette stage on Wednesday using one half, one and one half, three, six and twelve pounds of 2,4-D per acre. Fifty five plots which allows for a check and a replicate of each will use 55 plots for 2,4-D ex periments. The approximate 200 other plots will be used to test new and existing chemicals at different rates on different dates through the spring and summer months. Adjacent infested range land will be used to compare helicopter, airplane and ground equipment on acreages up to 100 using various rates of 2.4-D wm be established In the bud stage if plans of the Morrow County Weed Control Commit tee materializes. The entire pro ject is one which was approved at the annual Morrow county weed meeting held in early Feb ruary. Plans were worked out by the weed pommittee, the agent and Rex Warren Farm Crops Specialist, Oregon State University. Interest is high in controlling branching knapweed that is rapidly spreading over range and waste land through out much of Morrow county. Sometime ago we indicated plans for hearings to determine wnetner the change ot owner snip brand inspection program inaugurated March 15 should be revised, discontinued or con tinued temporarily. Dates for the hearings have now been set, two ot them to be held in eastern Oregon, one in the courthouse at Condon at 1:00 p, m.. May 3 and the other in the Grange hall at Vale at 1:00 p. m., May Hopper Infestation Threatens in Harney A heavy infestation of grass hopper eggs in Harney county, south of Burns in the Malheur lake area threatens to triple last year's losses by grasshoppers of close to Jjitiu.uoo. An adult count last August snowed iuu hoppers per square yard ot egg bed area. Each fe male hopper is capable of laying rouphly bu to SO eggs, entomol ogists say, so a hatch of 7,200 hoppers per square foot in the extensive egg bed areas is not out of the question. Forty thousand acres has been preliminarily selected as a con trol area, 6,000 of which is fed eral game reserve. A committee has been formed and a report sent to the state's emergency board to see if state funds can be made available for that area. Costs of grasshopper control pro grams on range lands are split three ways, The ranchers pay one-third, county or state funds meet another third of the cost. and the federal government uavs one-third. A nymph survey, after the hatch, will determine whether control measures will be nec essary. Cold, wet weather at tiie time of emergence could kill all the hoppers. State Department of Agriculture entomologists will assist other state and federal entomologists in making this survey sometime in May. There has been a considerable amount of interest in chemical summorfallqw this winter and spring, with some of the planned use a bit ditterent trom the orig inal intent of the program. Frank Anderson, one of the ranchers to try a new inovation, began spraying Saturday afternoon at his newly acquired "Anderson Camp" property. Two pounds Amitrol and 2 pounds of 2,4-D were used to control a heavy stand of eheargrass on steep ground where it has been diffi cult to turn over cheat com pletely while throwing furrows uphill. By spraying ahead of plowing Frank hope sto elim inate this cheatgrass problem. He will also spray out some draws in areas where a com plete turnover of the grass might he difficult. verner Troeason, in a much different type of country, spray ed an acreage in a field newly wind strip-cropped, the strips to be double summerfallowed. By spraying cheat, volunteer and broadleaves Verner hopes to get by with less tillage thereby keeping straw on the surface to protect the soil from blowing. Bernard Doherty, Blackh o r s e Canyon rancher, used chemical fallow on some light soil areas as a meana of keeping more cover on the ground yet prevent grass from going to seed. As we observe these special uses this year recommendations should be forthcoming for others who have special uses for this new method of farming. Of interest to some who have observed the chemical summerfallow plots at the Harry Proudfoot ranch should be a recent report from Power Company Gives Tips to Kite Fliers With the coming of kite flvine weather, junior guided missile pilots whq will be putting their kites "into orbit" are warned by Pacific Power and Light Com pany about the hazards of flying their kites near electric power lines and poles. F. L. Gimbel, PP&&Ls local representative, urged parents to caution their children to follow safe kite flying rules that are listed on posters distributed by the company throughout its system. These safety precautions in clude: 1. Always fly your kite In an open field or playground, away irom power lines or poles. 2. Do not buy a kite which has metal or wire in the frame or tail. 3. Use only dry string for kite lines, and do not try to launch a kite with wire or with string containing a metallic substance such as tinsel. 4. Never use a wet string, metal thread or fine copper wire for a kite line, These materials are conductors of electricity and bring about serious shock from accidental contact with overhead wires. 5. If your kite lodges in power line, or in a tree near power wires, leave it there. Do not try to get it down- Power company linemen never take chances with live wires and neither should you. Mr. Proudfoot. He reported that he could definitely pick out right to the line, where chemical experiments of the previous year nao enaea. He says -:tnere was volunteer and some weed growth in the 20 acres that had had chemical on it but none of the growth was large or abundant except In drainage areas where it had had an extra large supply or moisture." On the regular summerfallow the volunteer was large and "clumpy." Ranchers will want to set aside May 2A tor the xtate con servation Man of the Year field day which will be held at the Paulen Kaseberg ranch west of Wasco in Sherman county. The program will start at 10:30 a. m and be completed aboitt 3;30 p. m. Long Distance Nation-Wide Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans PENLAND BROS. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone CR 6-3111 4U WEED M FERTILIZING SPRAY BY GAR GAR AVIATION SAME PLACE SAME BUSINESS NEW OWNERS aw SEEDING SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Armin Wifilon i Mel Boyer LEXINGTON AIRPORT LEXINGTON, ORE. PHONE 3-8422 Farmers Plead t For lax Relief At State Hearing Oregon's tax needs, solely for the support oi local government and local services, will soar to $230,000,000 for 1963. This repre seiiis approximately 125 in crease in the amount of taxes collected over the past 12 years. Only eight states are listed as having a higher per capita local government cost than Oregon. In cluded are Alaska, Hawaii, Ne vada, California, and New York. These were facts brought out In a hearing held at Medford, March 30, by a subcommittee of the legislative interim committee on agriculture. Attendance was reported as being weak; less than 50 persons were counted; however, opinions were strong. There was general agreement ex pressed that reliance for funds to carry local government func tions, particularly the sky-rocket ing cost ot education, was to have to be shifted. Where? No one seemed to know exactly. in ine aiiemoon sessions Wil liam Marshall and Lloyd Nichol son of Klamath county, repre senting the Oregon Cattlemen's association, advocated a modi fied form of sales tax. This tax they emphasized, was to be a substitute for the heavy burdens now being borne bv land taxes. A State Tax Commission economist attending the neanng testified that such a tax might raise un to $70,000,000. Marshall said that today 44 of a rancher's net in come goes to pay his land taxes ior local government support. Nicholson said, 'The cash re. appraisal value system is work ing unfairly for bona fide farm ers because there is so much umntormed money' coming from California, "these buyers seeking income tax reiuge or making re creational purchases are paying inflationary prices for land. This makes unrealistic comparisons in lanu values." Orville Cutsforth, M o r r o w County rancher and legislative committee member for the Farm Bureau, said that "true cash value on farm property just isn't true." He declared. "In mv coun ty farmers totalled only 8 of tne population but they are pay ing more than 70 of the taxes." He said, "Farmers are being forced to mortgage their farms in order to meet their tax demands and this situation simply can not continue." Lester Adam, representing the Oregon Milk Producers, testified, "The present tax levy is out of balance; therefore, there should be an alternate plan in lieu of land taxes to take over some of the costs of services at the county level." The testimony of Lloyd Nichol son on inflationary land prices was corroborated by Earl Soren sen, Oregn State Tax Commis sion appraiser, who said, "Farm sales have been recorded in the Bond area as being 71 above appraisal values of the land for farms." The morning part of the ses sion was devoted to a review of Oregon farmers' income costs ratio during the past ten years as compared to California, Wash ington, and Idaho. This study was conducted by Dr. Grant Blanch of Oregon State Univer sity. Dr. Blanch said, "In compar ing tne incomes and property taxes paid in Oregon by farmers with those of Idaho, Washington, and California, and the United States as a whole, the Oregon farmers pay substantially more taxes per hundred dollars for full valuation of property. Similarly the Oregon farmers paid more taxes on every hundred dollars of net income than farmers of the HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. April 2G. 1962 sales tax to be committed as a real property tax offset and allo cated to education, thereby re other states. These high tax pay ments place the Oregon farmer's operation at a distinct disadvant age in competing in the inter state markets. illlllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllll BATTERY TROUBLE? SEE FORD TIRE SERVICE FOR ALL TOUR Farm and Commercial BATTERY NEEDS We Have The All New HEAVY DUTY ARMOR PLATE Truck and Tractor Commercial Battery GROUP 1-H.D.A.P. (145 amp) AS LOW AS $16.75 CORE EXCHANGE Most All Sizes In Stock Fl FORD'S (general hJmJ TIRE SERVICE N, Main PH. 6-9481 Heppner '"! 1 1 '''liiMiMiimi mi iiiM JifiEL trait COW CUTTING 8&29 SPRING MEET aturday Sunday, April 2 (Saturday At 1 :30 Sunday At 10:00 A. M. And 1 :30 P. M.) 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