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ROGER PALMER, the vounoer Dart of the father anil son rnmhi
nation that won Conservation Man of the Year honors this vear
and his wife, Shirley, have four children in their happy family.
mi aaown nere in me vara at tneir nome. included are Sandra,
f 9. tan, 4, unny, z, and Larry, 6 months. (G-T Photo)
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DREAM COME TRUE for Muriel Palmer is the kitchen of her new
home. She is shown here beside the new built-in range and
, oven. Woods of the kitchen cabinets have been carefully grain
matched. (G-T Photo)
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LONG-AWAITED moving day comes for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Palmer who have just completed their new home on their ranch
at Eightmile. Elmer, Conservation Man of the Year, in deference
to his new title, leaves mud on his shoes outside while handing
a chair to wife Muriel in the moving process. (G-T Photo)
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Other Fellow
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Are you content in the belief that it always
hails on the other fellow's farm? Suppose you are
the other fellow this year!
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By N. C. ANDERSON
Thirteen of the fifteen Gaines
wheat growers attended a meet
ing this past week when dis
cussion was held on various re
quirements they will have
their contracts. Dr. Norman
Goetze, extension farm crops
specialist, OSU, and the agent
visited with the growers on
standards that need to be carried
out in order to raise registered
or certified class seed from the
increase fields seeded through
out the county. They found that
tolerances for other varieties of
wheat were only ten hundredths
of one per cent; no morning
glory, quacK grass or rye. The
field inspection fee on Gaines
like other small grains is 60c
per acre.
Growers discussed the Possi
bilities of hiring a combine to
cut all of the fields rather than
for each grower to spend the
many hours necessary to clean
out combine and trucks for har
vest to prevent mixture with
other grains. The majority
present ten mat they could at
ford to pay a premium to have
these fields custom harvested be
cause of the importance of keep
ing the seed clean. Plans were
also made for having the lots
treated by a commercial seed
treater who would keep one seed
cleaner and treater free from
use on other varieties until these
lots were cleaned up. The fifteen
growers have a total of 280 acres,
With crop conditions looking
promising at this time it is
hoped that there will be over
10,000 bushels of seed harvested.
Contracts with the Oregon tSate
Agricultural Experiment stations
require that at least 60 of the
increase be made available to
other growers. Some present in
dicated that they have had re
quests far beyond the number
of bushels which they expected
to harvest while other growers
have had little or no request.
Some concern was shown for
equal distribution so that as
many ranchers as possible could
get a start with the new variety.
Growers indicated general sat
isfaction with the growth charac
teristics, all commenting very
favorably on the tremendous
stooling ' that this variety had
made under various conditions.
Seedings were made from Sep
tember 6 until February. Condit
ions under which the new variety
is being grown vary from ex
treme northern conditions as ex
treme north Morrow county at
the Bill Doherty and David
Baker ranches to the foothill
areas of the Gerald Swaggert
and Raymond French ranches.
Growers were limited to 10
bushels each, some have seeded
lesser amounts. Distribution was
made in this manner in order
that it might be grown under
as many different conditions as
possible and that in case of a
disaster such as freezing out or
hail that a large acreage would
not be lost. Growers present were
David Baker, Lewis Carlson, Gar
Swanson, Llovd Howton, lone;
William J. Doherty, Kenneth
Peck and Tad Miller, Lexington;
Fritz Cutsforth, Kenneth Turner,
Raymond French, Alvin Bunch,
Gerald Swaggert and Melvin
Moyer, Heppner. These growers
with Leonard Rill and Kenneth
Cutsforth, should be contacted
by those
seed.
desiring Gaines for
Junior Livestock
Show to Exhibit
Wheat-Fed Stock
Wheat-fed cattle, nop s
sheep again will be exhibited at
the annual Junior Livestock
Show of the Oregon Wheat
ers League at the Seufert budd
ings June 3-6 in The Dalles.
General Manager Elmer l.ior.
man said a Wheat Lea pup m.
quirement for the 16th annual
show calls for feeding of a grain
ration not less than 30
wheat by weight.
When the show was first held
OWGL rules called for 50 nr
cent wheat, but a few years ago
this was modified to
showing of animals fed on any
grain ration, Lierman said.
A new feature of this vpars
show will be the showing of four
commerciallv-fed steers 1
into the Morrow county weather Monday livestock judging con
observer's program. For the past lest- Arrangements have been
maae D.y Larry Kaseberg of near
Wasco, chairman of the League's
iouth Activities Committee, to
acquire the steers for showing
ciw laier siaugnier in Portland
with the carcasses to be returned
nere Wednesday by refrigerated
truck for display at the show
grounas.
An early day 4-H exhibitor at
fhrt oU ir i. .
"c ouuvv, rwaseoerg later was
graduated from Oregon State
university and Is now operating
a Sherman County wheat ranch
Another feature of this year's
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a delegation of 22 4-H
bers from Clatskanie to take part
in livestock iudelns
vionaay and then observe nmra.
t'on of the show on Tuesday.
This year's show will be con
cluded Wednesdav With R uot inn
sales during the afternoon and
nignt. All snow events will bo on
standard timo.
Walter Jacobs, lone rancher,
was interested enough a week
ago last Sunday during open
house at the Condon Radar Base
to spend some time looking for
the person in charge of radar
filming of rain clouds, as tied
several weeks approximately 40
Morrow county ranchers have
been making special storm ob'
servations as rains change in in.
tensity during a particular storm
After running down a number of
off cers he found the one resnon
sible, Lt. Hill. I was happy to
get the first-hand dope, too. It
is interesting what can be done
with radar, and weather is not
an exception.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. Mery Jl. 1962
Cake Contest Rules Released
Chairman of the Oregon Wheat
Growers league wheat utili
zation committee. Mrs. L. F.
Kaseberg. Waseo. has rpioneoH
rules and SCOrinP nrnrwlurpc fnr
me annual Cake Baking contest.
entrants in the contest this
year must oake an applesauce
cake. Residents of wheat grow
ing counties are eligible to par
ticipate. They must be more than
21 years of age or married to be
eligible.
Fruits and nuts are not to be
used and cakes may not be
frosted. Cakes may be baked in
loaf or tube pan, not large layer I
or sheet cake pans.
Contestants are reminded a
recipe card must be attached
and cakes must be exhibited and
judged at a county fair In any
of Oregon's nine wheat grow
ing counties. Winners in county
fair competition will be paid
premiums from the Oregon
Wheat Growers Leaeue offiM.
County tremluma are: 1st 3R M-
2nd-$3.00 and 3rd $2.00.
First place count v winners
will be eligible to enter the state
bakeoff, scheduled at the annual
convention of the OWGL, sched
uled November 26, 27 and 28,
in romuiiu. Mate top award
winner will receive $100.00.
Glen Ward, local field agent,
Oregon State Game commission
called at the office last week to
offer 500 locust trees that he
had left over from game plant
ings. They are "heeled in" at
his home in Heppner. Anyone
that is interested should call
Glen. While Glen was in the
office he told us that the game
commission would like to get
out quite a few more bird
'guzzlers" In Morrow county.
Bird "guzzlers" are for water
storage self -watering devices
built in the dryland country for
upland game birds. They consist
of a concrete cistern with sloping
concrete ramp so that birds can
walk down into the water level
as the water receded as dry
weather comes. They are covered
with aluminum which serves two
purposes. First, it gathers water
during rainstorms and second
the aluminum helps to prevent
rapid evaporation. Anyone in
terested in having the game com
mission build one or more on
their ranch should contact Glen
Ward or leave word at this office.
We have received frequent in-
auiries in the last two or three
weeks on the control of sage and
rabbit brush. Each require a dif
ferent type of application, and
ranchers planning to control
either one should be sure which
one they are treating. From the
rabbitbrush I nave seen, now
would be .the time for good con
trol. Three pounds of actual 2,4-D
in five to ten gallons of water
should be applied to the foliage
when new twig growth exceeds
three inches, but before all soil
moisture is depleted, lt should
be growing rapidly now after the
recent good rains. In tne case of
aeebrush two pounds ot 1A-U
is used in the same amount of
water applied during the active
growth period which is now.
Bank Debits Up
For April, '62
Bank debits for the Pendleton
area Including Morrow and Uma
tilla counties, increased in April,
1962, compared to April, 1961.
Debits for April, 1962 totaled
$30,878,181. For March, 1962, the
total was $34,206,928, and for
April 1961, the total was $28,869,
430. Oregon with 239 banks report
ing, had an increase in bank
debits in April, 1962, of 6.7 per
cent compared with March, 1962,
and an increase of 9.7 per cent
compared to April, 1961.
Total debits for Oregon in
April, 1962, came to $2,163,995,209.
For March, 1962, the total was
$2,026,624,167 and for April, 1901
the total was $1,971,825,358.
Once Again You Are Invited to:
ATTEND...
Oregon Wheat Growers League
Junior Livestock Show
Sunday Through Wednesday
June 3-6
Seufert Show Barns at
Wasco County Park
The Dalles
and BUY . . .
Wheat-fattened Steers, Hogs, Lambs
For Your Home Locker
Auction Sales Wednesday, June 6
Lambs and Hogs, 2 p. m. (PST)
Steers 7 p. m. (PST)
NEW SHOW FEATURE . . .
Ca rcass Showing
in Refrigerated Truck from 11 to l noon
Wednesday of grain-fed steers exhibited
at Show grounds Monday and then
slaughtered in Portland
Don't Miss This 16th Annual 4-H and FFA Show With Full
Program Beginning at 8 a. m. Monday.
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