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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1962)
TO THE EDITOR 4852 Kingston Way San Jose, Calif. Dear Mr. Sherman: Will you please change ad dress of my G-T from Sunnyside to the above address as I am now moved into the new home and busy trying out my green thumb with various shrubs, trees, flowers, lawn, etc. Sorry I did not get to see you folks when I was in Heppner for the Morrow County Pioneer get-together on Memorial Day. Re: the old time files at one period some years ago there was a sort of old Gazette files in Courthouse basement but sup pose they are now gone. It might be worth a look! ! While in Morrow county, I was greatly impressed with the healthy greenness of the land scape and the fine prospects for a big wheat crop. My best regards to you, Mrs. Sherman and your good staff on the paper. My congratulations to "you-all" for the splendid job being done as reflected in the G-T from week to week. Sincerely, Arthur R. Crawford To the Editor: Once again the incumbent Congressman from this district has dipped into the taxpayers' pockets to finance his campaign for re-election. Voters throughout the district have received, in the past few days, a postage-free offer to as sist them in obtaining without cost surplus pamphlets from the Government Printing Office. These same pamphlets already are available to those who de sire them, simply by calling the office of their county agent. Our Congressman, however, would have voters believe he is doing them a big favor. He already has a full-time campaign manager living in the district, a man who works for the re-election of his boss every day of the year. This man is on the federal payroll, and his expenses are paid by the federal govern ment. He also has a large allowance for telephone, telegraph, and his own personal expenses, drawn from the federal treasury. In ad dition, large amounts of postage free mail are distributed throughout the district in be half of his candidacy. The incumbent is in the fort unate position of reaching into the pockets of every federal tax payer in this district to finance his campaigns, even the pockets of those who don't agree with his philosophies or those who think he is misrepresenting the thinking of the people who sent him to Congress. Sincerely, Bob Chandler County Agent's Office New Stubble Mulching Booklet Now Available By N. C. ANDERSON We have been waiting pat- iontlv for rnnies of a new bulle tin which was released in March but not available until now. The bulletin is entitled, "Stubble Mulching in the Northwest." It is written by Ted Horning, agri cultural engineer, and M. M. Oveson, superintendent from the Pendleton branch experiment station. It is well illustrated with pictures and goes into the topics of general area description, ex perimental work procedures, oper ations and equipment used, harvesting, mulching, fall disc ing of stubble, preparation of seed bed, follow-up and initial spring tillage, summer weeding operations, weeding Implements, planting and a summary of the essentials for successful stubble mulch farming in a wheat fallow system based on results of ex periments and observations over the past ten years. Here are the points listed: 1. A straw spreader in the combine promotes uniform straw distribution, which greatly fa cilitates mulch tillage and seed ing in mulches, especially when straw yields are mgn. are less than 3,000 pounds per acre, care should be taken dur ing subsequent tillages to leave as much residue on or near the soil surface as possible. 9. Every tillage operation should fulfill a specific need. Any tillage in excess of this need not only cost extra money, but reduces protective residues and adversely affects soil con dition. ,, . 10. Drilling is best accomplish ed with deep or semi-deep fur row drills with wide row spacing (8 to 14 inches). Closed packer wheels cause less disturbance of residue and soil between rows than open wheels. Seed must be placed in firm moist soil, and uniformly covered and packed. The bulletin is Agricultural Information Bulletin 253 and we would be glad to provide a copy to anyone interested. Part three of the publication, "Wheat Farming in the Colum bia Basin of Oregon" is now on the shelves of our bulletin racks at the office. It covers the im pact of proposed wheat programs on a specialized wheat summer fallow farm. Part one dealt with major characteristics of agricui 2. Pretillage mulching (stubble i ture while part two discussed Pvt. Flowers Attends Army Korean Retreat Pfc Richard A. Flowers, son of Wilbur H. Flowers, Monument, recently attended a five-day re ligious retreat at the Eighth U.S. Army Religious Retreat Center near Soul, Korea. Protestant, Catholic and Jewish chaplains alternate planning the program of the retreats, which include group discussions, in dividual conferences and guided tours of the area near the site. The purpose of the retreat is to provide the soldier with the opportunity to meditate and dis cuss religious matters with a chaplain of his faith. A medical airman in head quarters troop of the 7th In fantry Division's 10th Cavalry in Korea, Flowers entered the Army in Juen, 1960, and was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, be fore arriving overseas in Decem ber, 1960. . The 20-year-old soldier, son of Mrs. Norma R. Rood, Mount Vetr.OR,- -j--255i9-"ateite of Prairie City High school. Boxed typing paper reason ably priced at the Gazette-Times. reduction) is usually necessary if straw is not uniformly dis tributed, or if yields are 4,000 pounds or more per acre. Stubble busters, skew treaders or spike toothed harrows are used for this operation. 3. Mulching can be performed in the fall after harvest, or in the spring before or after initial til lage. Fall work is recommended only to distribute the workload, to "avoid difficulties in a wet spring, or to assure a satisfactory job when stubble and soil are dry. 4. Initial tillage normally should be done in the spring after weed and volunteer grain growth has begun and the im mediate surface soil has dried out. Stubble cultivators, sub surface sweeps, or one-way discs are the most satisfactory imple ments. Moldboard plows should not be used unless modified by reDlacine the moldboard with a narrow metal plate. Disc plows equipped with large widespread discs can be used in stony ground, or in excessively heavy stubble if properly operated to avoid burying too much of the residue. Depth of operation should not exceed 4 to 6 inches. 5. The initial tillage operation can be performed in the fall following harvest. However, fall tillage is recommended only where soil freezing is common, or where a severe weed or volunteer-grain problem exists. 6. Essential features for the successful operation of tillage equipment are adequate vertical and horizontal clearance to avoid clogging, and a shallow and uniform depth of operation. 7. A followup tillage, as soon as possible after initial spring tillage, is needed to complete the weed kill, to pack the soil or both. The skew treader, rod weeder, or stubble cultivator are recommended, depending on the amount of residue, climatic con ditions, and growth of weeds and volunteer grain. 8. Summer weeding operations can be accomplished with the rod weeder, stubble cultivator or medium-width sweeps (24 to 30 inches wide). Tillage should be performed only often enough to control weeds, and should not exceed 3 to 4 inches in depth. If residues after initial tillage Our Sincere Appreciation To All Those Who Contributed To The Junior Livestock Show of The Oregon Wheat Growers League Held at The Dalles Including These Buyers of Livestock At The Auction Sales . . . Ekstrom Farm Chemicals lone Lindstrom. Roy W lone Morrow County Grain Growers Heppner Thanks To Such Fine Support, Prices This Year Ranged Well Above Market Mid-Columbia Livestock Show Ass'n. Elmer Lierman. Sec-Treas. and Show General Mgr. Delaney Schanno, President Paul Walden, Vice-Pres. costs and returns on specialized wheat summerfallow I a r m s. These bulletins have been quite DoDular and those who had coDies of parts one and two, I am sure will want to pick up part three. Do vou have ants in your pan try? If you do the first and most important thing in getting rid of these ants is to locate their nest. Unless you can wipe out the en tire colony, these adaptable pests will find ways of flanking your lines of defense. It s not always easy to locate an ant nest in a house, since it may be behind a wall, under the foundation, or between the floor and subfloor. Where it is hard to get at the nest, the next best thing is to find the crack or outlet tnrougn wnicn tney travel and treat this area thor oughly with a long-lasting insecticide. Ready-mixed, oil-base sprays are formulated for use indoors and dry to an almost Invisible coating as a safeguard against spotting or staining. A 2 Chlordane or Vz Dieldrin spray or dust, Vz Diazinon or 17 ronnel spray should be used. In doors, spray or use paint brush to apply Chlordane around sinks, doors, baseboards, and places where ants are observed. Ranchers who have attended the Squaw Butte livestock station field days will remember that all yearlings from the station are fed out at the Malheur station at Ontario. These are the Malheur station steer feeding results. 60 steers divided into 6 lots were fed this year for 154 days. Steam Times. Livestock Club Has 5 Show Exhibitors Kennv Wright and Dale and Gary Van Blokland reported on Phe Junior Livestock show in The Walles at the meeting of the Rhea Creek Livestock club on Tune 10 at the Rhea Creek Grange nail David Hall and Archie Ball also exhibited animals at the show bringing the number of club exhibitors to five which was top participation of livestock clubs in Morrow county. AH placed wen in mt Leader Wilbur van duhuoiiu m the livestock ludg- ng training school in Corvallis May 22 and 23 which he attend ed.' The leader also encouraged members to attend the county demonstration "help day" on June 20 at the fair pavilion. Visitors were Bill and manes Rawlins, Mr. and airs, wanei uorrio Mrs. Harold Wright, Mrs. Wilbur Van Blokland and Frank Anderson. Mrs. Harris served strawberry shortcake with lots of whipped cream. Jonn uawiuis, repunei rolled barley produced higher gaints and cheaper ga ns than dry rolled barley. In this barley comparison, rations were iden tical except for barley preparation. Rations were ovo Daney, 22Mi ground ear corn, uwo dried molasses beat pulp, and 10 protein supplement. Aver age daily gain ior xne sieers un tho stpnm rolled barley ration was 3.18 pounds at 18c feed cost per pound of gain. Average aauy gain for the steers on the dry rolled barley ration was 2.92 pounds at 19.2c feed cost per pound of gain. This was 0.26 Dounds per day gain in favor of steam rolled barley. Steers on steam ronea mno did not do as well as steers on steam rolled bailey. A ration iHpntieal to the above listed, ex cept steam rolled milo at 45 produced an average daily gain of 2.92 pounds at a feed cost of 20.7c per pound gain. The ration producing the cheapest gains though not the most rapid was ground ear corn 18.G Dounds and chopped alfalfa 7.24 pounds. Average daily gain for this ration was t.b pounos at a feed cost of 17.4 per pound gain. Owners of show cattle or horses, posse horses, rodeo stock and herding, trailing or raising horses are reminded mat tney may obtain a special brand in spection certificate good for the calendar year. The certificate will permit movement across Oregon's state lines without further brand in spections by Oregon officials during the period covered by the certificate. The animals will, of course, be subject to the brand regulations of other states, caut ions Roy Nelson, livestock ser vices chief for the State Depart ment of Agriculture. The certificate may be ob tained from brand inspectors at a fee of 60 cents per head, Regular brand inspections cost the owner 30 cents each with the certifi cate good for 15 days. Exceptions to coverage by the special brand inspection certifi cate are change of ownership, or movement of the animal through livestock auction markets, stock yards and slaughterhouses. Advertise in the Gazette GROUND-HUGGING STABILITY for efficient Hillside Harvesting r 1 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, June 28, 1962 RAPHAEL RAYMOND Governor Names Raphael Raymond known wheat growers, Raphael (Ruff) Raymond, operator of a 3000-acro ranch near Helix, has been appointed to the Oregon Wheat Commission by Governor Mark Hatfield. The 55-year old Raymond, a Dast nresidpnt nf rlin Dronnn Wheat Growers Ion mm imrV7) has long been active in county, state and national agricultural activities. Rflvmnnrl is n nner nrnslnnt of the Helix chamber of com merce, past member of the Helix school board, past president of the Helix Farm Rurean. a riirpptnr of the Happy Canyon IPendle- lon Kound-up), director, Pendle ton National Farm Loan coun cil. Hp is a Mason. Slirlnnr Knights of Pythias, Elks and at- xenus tne rresoytenan church. nis wnear activities include offices in the OWGI.f riirpptnr Pacific Northwest Grain and Grain Products association; past chairman of the OWGL's Youth Activities rnmmitrpo nnct county league president. He has oeen a delegate to the National Association of Wheat Growers. His COUntv. statP and nntlnnnl posts include the presidency of uie umauua uounty Pioneers as sociation; president, Umatilla County Cattlemen's association; member Umatilla county Devel opment Association; president, Oregon Shorthorn Breeders; Blue Mountain council, Boy Scouts of America; director, Oregon Cattle man's association; member of the Oregon House of Representa tives and a member of the Fiscal and Taxation committees. Kavmond has snpnt mnpli limn in assisting in Oregon Wheat Growers League promotional and with his son, Royal, in operation sales campaigns. He is a partner of their 3000-acre ranch. Penny Jones Wins Place On Advisory Committee for 4-H Penny Jones, 17, Irrigon, was voted as one of six persons to serve on the 19G3 4-H summer school delegate's advisory com mittee at the 1962 summer school session held on the OSU campus, June 11-16. This selection was made by the 74 country repre sentatives attending. This ad visory group will assist in plan ning the next year's summer school program and will repre sent the 4-H clubs at various functions throughout the state during the year. A boy and girl, at least 15 years of age and having attended summer school before, were se lected trom each county. David Proudfoot, Echo, and Pennv Jones from Irrigon were chosen from Morrow county. They were given separate leadership train ing at a class each morning of the session. They took key roles in the county meetings held each day, taking roll and being re sponsible for letters to sponsors from summer school delegates. They also assisted at 4-H summer school asse m b 1 i e s. Pennv had tho hnnnp nf nro. senting a large photograph of the enure ueiegauon in tneir omclal picture (this year they gathered in the shape of Mt. Hood) to Dr. James H. .Tpnspn. nrpelHont of Oregon State University. Also an nonorary 4-H membership pin to a representative of the MCP (Mutual Pirriia Prndnrto Company, Anaheim, Calif), who nas Deen teaching lelly making at summer school for 17 years. Other members chosen for this 1963 advisory committee were Gordon Akin, Gilliam county; Andrea deJon? nnrl Turtle Mn. Cormiek. Polk pnuntv! JnHw RooH Clatsop; and Jimmy Udell, Linn! FIRE SEASON IS AT HAND. WHEN ONE HITS, IT OFTEN Destroys A YEAR'S LABOR AND INCOME. DON'T TAKE A CHANCE WITH YOUR CROP INSURE YOUR GRAIN NOW TODAY! IF YOU DONT HAVE YOUR HAIL INSURANCE GET IT NOW AT Turner, Van Marter 183 N. 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