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!
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