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County Agent's Office Committee Seeks '62 Conservationist By N. C. ANDERSON Signs are evident throughout the entire county that our ranches are going forward rapidly with conservation prac tices. This was the decision made by a committee last Thursday when the annual tour for selec ting the county winner, "Con: servation Man of the Year" was made. Of special interest was the rapid expansion of wind-strip cropping which has been estab lished in the last year. Leading liie way was Andy Van Schoiack wiih strips established in the Juniper Canyon are three years ago. This year strips can be seen at the D. 6. Nelson, Verner Troed son, David Baker, Kenneth Smouse, and Gar Swanson ranches while others in the area are watching these with con siderable interest with the thought in mind that this might be a good practice to follow in these dryer years. Establishing strips has been especially help ful as a practice in farm pro crams calling for high percen tage of land to be diverted from crop. The committee found a high number of contenders for title of Conservation Man of the Year. The committee composed of Paul t,.mi Huh I(in1m;inn. Ravmoild l.iinil'ell and Vernon Munkers with Ralph Richards and I as ad trie. .i-i, mcmhlTM found a larg( number of ranchers worthy of the I!)(i2 title. Announcement of the county winner will be made at the annual meeting of the Morrow County Wheatgrower's Association, which is planned 1o be held within the next few weeks. A summary of 19(10 and 01 cash receipts and net income per farm listed by stales re ceived at this office recently is interesting. Many would not guess that Arizona led Ihe list in both J!M10 and llMil with two and one-ha If times more in come with the second ranking stale, Florida. Net income lin was $19,598. This compared with the low ranking state, North Dakota, with only $448. Oregon was farther down the list than we would have guessed, placing thirty-tourm wiui a nui income of $2,417, down $.r00 from 19G0. P The second application of dif ferent rates and dates of 2,4-D for the control of Branching Knapweed was made at the Knapweed plots on Skinner Creek last Wednesday. Arnold Appleby, weed man, Pendleton branch 'experiment station, assis- Don't Let HAIL ROB YOU Protect Your Investment In This Year's Crops. We Have the Hail Policy You Need Insure Now! See us Today Turner, Von Marter and Bryant HEPPNEB GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, May 10. 1962 t,l Yv IViis nfflre. eXDectS that Knapweed will have made suf ficient growtn by May io ior first application of a variety of new and promising herbicides ,.hrr.h uill hp used in the Dlots. Sixty-eight by thiry foot plots are being used to compare dif ferent rates anu dates or appn ,.!,ii(in of 2.4-1) with aoDroxi- mately 200 additional plots used for comparing otner cnemicais. Anniifniirins will bo made at regular two week intervals over the next several weeks. This re search is being carried our as a part of an attempt to learn the mnt effective and economical way to control Branching Knapweed. Choice slaughter steers hit the hitrhost nripo level in two and- one-half years at North Portland this week. During tne weeK, nign, good and choice slaughter steers sold in a range of $27.75 to $28.50. The top of this range is $3.25 higher than a year ago. a visit to the Ilermiston livestock auc tion Friday showed that prices being received for all types of feeder cattle is definitely reflec ting the high slaughter prices. We hope slaughter prices remain high or there will be some money lost in the prices being paid for feeders now. Carl McDaniel, U. S. fish and wildlife hunter, nan me distinc tion of catching 22 coyotes dur ing the period ol Marcn q-di. Robert Long, Malheur county, n raich of 29. the only other hunter in the state with a larger catch. Mr. Long consisrenuy nas a high catch in his area in Mal heur county. It was interesting to note in a report covering the period October 15, TJbl tnrougn January G, 1902, that hunters reported 187 chickens, 318 sneep, ,'!() geese, sixteen goats, 2U lambs, 7 ducks, 25b turkeys, X luirr IB r.-ilves. 1 llOUSe Cat, 8 swan, 2 quail, J cnucKt-r, deer, 1 grouse and 2 pheasants were killed by pronators, in mor row county largest loss was through dogs which kiitea id sheep. Bobcats killed 7 geese and one lamb, eagles 2 calves Dogs also killed 1 deer, in Mai- our county aione tneie wnc Hi sheep, 100 lambs and 1 call killed by coyotes. Rloat is considered by many ..Intluiu tr llB tile ITlOSt im- portant disorder in livestock that feed on legume pasture, a con servative estimate is that farm ers annually lose $10,000,000 to bloat. Tliis sum includes animal deaths and also milk losses irom bloated animals that do recover. Low filler content, high mois i.,..,. ,triii .mil the oresencc of saponins (chemicals with prop erties to produce a soapy lather) me considered important Dioai causes. Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture and some lanu-gnim in.nuui ,, have come a long way in lie past few years In finding the exact cause of bloat. However, there are still many areas of the problem that need more investi-I'.'ilion. n,. i? n Cuss, urofessor of veterinary science at the Penn sylvania ' State University, says the problem of bloat can be lessened by following these man agement practices: 1. Alfalfa seems to be the most important bloat producing plant. Because of this, it's wise to plant a grass with it and at tempt to grow a 50-50 alfalfa grass crop. Some farmers find pure stands of alfalfa easier to handle. These stands can be safely pastured if livestock have access to grass for at least half of each day. ' Keen h:iv or straw readilv available for cattle on lush, suc culent pasture. They will eat an amazing quantity of this ma terial if it's available to them when they need it. 3. Never turn hungry cattle in to pastures likely to produce bloat. If animals are fed grain and dry roughage before they're turned out, they'll eat slower. And the dry material will stim ulate their rumen activity which will remove any accumulating gas. 4. It's far better to keep cattle on the possible bloat-producing pasture at least half of each day than it is to remove them for a couple of days only to return them once again to the same pasture. 5. The use of a tablespoonful of ordinary laundry detergent in the daily grain ration of each cow for the first two or three days on a possible bloat-producing pasture helps prevent frothy bloat. 6. Penicillin-salt mixtures may be helpful in preventing bloat for a few days. Two years ago these mixtures were hailed as the answer to bloat prevention. A steer grading Choice will generally dress about 60 per cent of the live weight, equally divided between front and rear quarters. Thirty per cent of the weight will consist of the pop ular cuts, steaks and roasts of top quality. Sixty per cent will be of the less popular cuts like pot roasts, soup meat, short ribs, hamburger, etc. The remaining 10 per cent Is lost in trimmings. Reported wool sales in Oregon this week included 13,000 fleeces of ranch wool in the Tri-County Wool Pool in Northeastern Ore gon with a top bid of 55.38 cents per pound, grease basis, f.o.b. cars Joseph or Baker, with de livery by June 15. Also around 3,000 fleeces of range wool sold at 52.3 cents per pound. Six buy ers bid on this pool. The low bid on ranch wool was 50.53 cents and the low bid on range wool was 47.49 cents a pound. RETAIH OREGON TAX COURT JUDGE ft Peter v 1 H t ...ill EXPERIENCED - H It not only tha In. cumbent, Judge Gunnar organized th Tax Court. In private practice he specialized in tax law, VIGOROUS - He hat visited every Oregon County teveral timet end like the clrauH rldtrt of old - will hold Court In all Countlet. Srat CodimlttM to Rataln Jvdg Pttr Ovnnir Clarane Barton Coquilla Hany D. Bolvln - Klamath Fall Carl Brophy Madford Wallac P. Carton Salam Edwin I. Con Evgan San Johnaon Radmond Dr. Muriat D. laxak - rortland Mr. Clark McCall - Salam Mr. Ban Mum - TSa Dallaa Donald , , Rkhtrdion - Portland Tad Smiifc Pandlaron lamar Tool Portland Mo Tonkon Portland Jamaa D. Tradup PorHirtd Anthony VHirtt Ontario Commit! to Rataln Judg Patar Gun nar, Orval Thompaon and Wandall Wyatt Co-Chairman. 130 Waal Flrtt Strwt, Albany, Oraoon. FAIR-MINDED - He It highly regarded by lawyers end laymen becaute he Is ob jective In hit thinking, fair-minded and forth' right. IXXWL I'OMMITTKK: Hubert B. Abrams Cordon Pratt fail Spaitlding l V. Matumey Mrs. Venter Troedson Mrs. Sadie Panish I'd. Pol. Adv. State Undertakes Rancher Survey On Leased Lands Some 300 Oregon ranchers who lease lands from the state are being asked by the Legislative Interim Committee on Natural Resources to help it develop a sound, long-range land manage ment policy. Involved in the land use study are over 650,000 acres of land in 30 of the state's 36 counties. Some 600,000 acres are located in three southeastern Oregon counties Harney, Lake and Mal heur. A questionnaire seeking the ranchers' suggestions on manage ment problems is being sent to each leaseholder of State Land Board lands. Included are such questions as whether the leasor prefers to maintain the present system, and whether his leased lands could be improved by such projects as brush spray ing, reseeding, and fencing. The nine-member committee will make two tours of Eastern Oregon in May and June (Prine- ville May 25, John Day May 2b, Lakeview June 22, Burns June 23), inviting ranchers and other individuals concerned with the livestock industry to testify on land management policies. All the information will then be weighed as a basis for recom mendations to the 1963 legis lature for a new land manage ment program for the state owned properties. Under present lease policies and land conditions the state receives just under seven cents per acre per year on the aver age from its leased lands. The committee is seeking to deter mine if range improvement pro jects wouldn't produce long- State Fair Auditions Billed for June 78 First auditions for the 1962 Oregon State Fair amateur show will be June 7-8 at Willamette University, Dean Melvin Geist, director, said today. Geist is dean of music at Willamette, and this will be the second year he has directed the amateur show range benefits to ranchers and the state's budget alike. Income from lands, about $45,000 a year, goes into the common school fund for distri bution to school districts all over the state. A single lease may range from a tew acres to nearlv 25.000 acres. The lands are a significant base ior Oregon's widespread live stock industry. Long-term lease policies, mostly on ten-year bases, give ranchers virtual ownership" of the lands. in the State Fair. Fair dates this year are August 31 to September 8. Dean Geist said that appli cation for auditions have been many this year but more would be welcome. "We hope to have all the appli cants we now have on hand heard in auditions during June," Dean Geist said. However, he added, "if there are others worthy of a spot on the programs, we hope to hear them, too, dur ing the summer. If all of those who have now applied can't make it on the first two days set, the remainder will be heard on June 12." Gazette-Times is authorized dealer for Moore Business Forms in this area. Call 6-9228 for your needs. Booklet Discusses Soils for Sewage A new publication intended to help the farmers and suburb anites select sites for private sewage disposal systems is now available from the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. A copy of the publication, "Soils Suitable For Septic Tank Filter Fields," may be obtained from the lo cal' SCS office at the Gilliam and Bisbee building. Richards said the well-illustrated, 12-page publication, writ ten in popular style, tells why filter fields fail, how soil sur veys show areas suitable for fil ter fields, how to use a soil map to select a filter field site, how to calculate the size of filter field needed and how to make a percolation test. 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They tell you everything you need to know about Direct Distance Dialing places you can reach by DDD, and exactly how to do it We urge you to read the intro ductory pages of your 1962 directory carefully. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL
