HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. July 12. 1962
SCS Booklet Out, 'Land Down There'
FABM NEW
County Agent's Office
Crops Look Better Here
Than in Neighbor States
By N. C ANDERSON
It's good to be back in Morrow
county after an absence of three
weeks which I feel was a prof
itable one in reacquainting my
self with some of the principles
needed in the county agent pro
fession. It is especially good to
see the excellent crops compared
to the areas which I visited or
passed through in other parts
of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming,
Utah and Colorado. There are a
lot of discouraging looking fields
of all types of grain, corn and
sugar beets. An extremely cold
winter in Colorado and Wyom
ing was hard on the permanent
hay seedings which is reflected
in a very poor hay crop in those
areas. A dry spring followed by
heavy rains and an exceptionally
we spring has resulted in poor
stands of corn and sugar beets;
later hail storms have destroyed
or set back many crops in a lot
of the area in Colorado and
Wyoming. On a tour of the
Wyoming Hereford ranch on
June 29, our caravan of 34 cars
was held up for over half an
hour due to one of the worst hail
storms I have seen. The ditches
were full of hail, later washed
away by a downpour of rain with
water two feet deep over the
gently rolling area near Chey
enne. On a trip through the Fort
Collins, Greeley and Fort Morgan
areas in Colorado on July 4 we
saw fields of grain completely
destroyed from hail. Reports
from Nebraska county agents
that they had from home was
that as much as ten inches of
rain had fallen in a twenty-four
hour period in some areas and
in the wheat belt there was as
much as six inches of rain on
the crop with hail just as it was
time for harvest. They have had
as much as twenty inches of
rain in the past six weeks in
areas in Nebraska. Again, Mor
row county looks good to return
to!
Ranchers are reminded that it
is time now to file for the Fed
eral Gasoline Tax Refund for
the past fiscal year. Gasoline
which was used on the farm after
June 30, 1961 and before July
1, 1962 for farming purposes
should be included. The Federal
rate of tax is 4c per gallon of
gasoline. Everyone who has filed
for their federal tax refund in
the past should have received
form 2240, "Claim of Refund of
Federal Tax on Gasoline used
on a farm, 1962." New appli
cants or those who have not
yet received this form may get
these from the District Internal
Revenue Service office, Portland.
We will try to keep a few on
hand at the office for the con
venience of those who wish to
call for them here. Remember
that in order to claim this tax
refund it must be sent in before
September 30, 1962.
The USDA has announced the
award of contracts to process
nearly 518,000 bushels of CCC
owned wheat into twenty seven
million pounds of bulgar. This
brings the amount of bulgar ac
quired so far to eighty-seven
million pounds from 1.7 million
bushels of CCC wheat. Bulgar is
processed by boiling wheat, dry
ing it, removing some oi ine
bran, and cracking the grain into
meal. The bulgar is for donation
abroad through U. S. voluntary
welfare agencies. It is intended
to assist in greater use of wheat
and wheat products by needy
persons in foreign countries pri
marily the middle and far East.
Talking about the use and dis
posal of wheat it is interesting
to note that when final figures
are in we may find that more
wheat was exported during the
year ending June 30 than was
used domestically. This would
mean a new record in wheat ex
ports and the second straight
year that wheat exports topped
domestic use. Government pro
grams appear to be the main
reason for the heavy exports.
Oregon poultry growers were
quite disappointed when the
farm bill providing for a two
price program in wheat was de-
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A new publication intended to
help air travelers understand
what soil and water conservation
practices look like from the air
has just been issued by the U. S.
Soil Conservation Service.
A copy of the publication,
"That Land Down There," may
be obtained from the local ASC
office over Gilliam and Bisbee
Hardware Company Ralph J.
Richards, Work Unit Conservat
ionist said.
Richards said the publication
consists of 16 pages well illustra
ted with pictures taken from the
air along with some from the
ground showing closeups of what
is going on "down there." Unique
patterns on the land may con
sist of curving bands of strip-
cropping or terraces. Orchards
planted on the contour and wind
breaks to protect large fields in
the Plains States have their own
peculiar pattern. Ponds that dot
the landscape illustrate a prac
tice that has mushroomed among
the Nation's conservation-minded
farmers. And irrigation in the
arid parts of the country has
made striking changes in the
appearance of the land from up
high.
These and other land features
are well illustrated in this new
publication.
I dislike arguments of any
kind. They are always vulgar,
and often convincing.
Oscar Wilde
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Bonnie Nordman of Redmond, Oregon, doetn't aeem fo be getting much help from Ralph
Fullington, at the triei to figure how fo fly one of her riding ponlet to Chr stmat Valley,
Oregon where "Horn Swapping Days" will be held on July 21 and 22. While Ralph tare
"Wyatt Earn" never had a problem like thl one, he asiurei ui both he and Bonnie will
make it to this event when all of Oregon i invited to the Valley to enjoy two fun-filled days.
feated. These growers were look
ing forward to the availability
of wheat as a broiler and other
type poultry feed. The feed price
of wheat would have cut back
the price of their feed about $8
a ton and cut production costs
about lc a pound. It is interesting
to note that in a recent report
from the Oregon Fryer Commis
sion that two of the three major
processors of chickens in Oregon
have closed their plants perm
anently in the past four months
throwing about 200 piant and
feed mill employees out of work.
They also report that over 50
fryer growers have had to quit
the business in the past two
years and abandon their invest
ment in their production facil
ities. This was necessary because
labor returned to fryer producers
became about equal to the labor
rate of the deep south with no
possibility of recapturing de
preciation and interest on in
vested capital. They report that
with no production costs cut a
cent a pound that their spend
able income would be doubled.
With several segments of our
agriculture in financial difficul
ties such as this our Morrow
county ranchers can be thank
ful that while their income has
been reduced considerably they
can, with good crops, keep oper
ating with a fair return on their
investment.
The USDA has announced that
shorn wool payments for the 1961
marketing year to bring the av
erage wool price of 42.9 cents
per pound up to the previously
announced incentive level of 62c
per pound under the National
Wool Act would amount to
44.5 of the dollar returns each
producer received from the sale
of shorn wool during the year.
This will result in an incentive
payment to producers of $44.50
for. every $100 received from the
sale of shorn wool during the
seventh vear of the program.
This compares to a payment of
$47.60 per hundred dollars ot
marketings for the 1960 market
ing year. USDA also announced
a payment rate of 76c per hun
dred weight on unshorn lambs to
compensate for the wool on them.
This payment on sales of live
lambs that have never been
shorn is based on the shorn wool
payment and is designed to dis
courage unusual shearing of
lambs before marketing. This
payment rate compares to 80c
per hundred weight for the 1960
marketing year. The county ASC
offices will begin making p: v
ments soon after July 1. Appli
cations for pavment had to be
filed with the ASC office by April
30. These payments will be made
on shorn wool and unsrurn
lambs marketed from Anril 1,
15161 through March 31, 15)62. The
Wool Incentive program was or
ig.nallv authorized bv the Nat
ional Wool Act of 1954. Legis
lation last summer extended the
program through the 1965
marketing year. The act directs
the secretary of agriculture to
support the price of shorn wooi
at an incentive level he finds
necessary to encourage annual
production of 300 million pounds
of shorn wool. The act limils the
cumulative payments to a .
amount equal to 70 of the
duties collected on imports of
wool and wool manufactures
since January 1, 1953. Deductions
of one cent per pound of shorn
wool payments and five cents
per hundred pounds of live
weight from lamb payments will
be made for advertising, pro
motion and related development
activities on wool and lamb. This
self-help program (under Section
708 of the National Wool Act)
is carried out by the American
Sheep Producers Council, Inc.,
which was established for that
purpose.
Needlettes Meet
For Project Work
Karen Hams entertained the
Needlettes at her home Satur
day, June 30. The girls worked
on their garments and judged
fabrics and trims.
On July 7, Arleta McCabe was
the hostess at an all-day work
meeting. During dinner, which
followed a morning of work on
projects, the birthday of their
leader was honored with a
shower of hankies, cards, cakes
and songs. After dinner, work
was resumed until 5 o'clock.
Horse Swapping Days Scheduled
Expectation is keen in Lake
County over the First Annual
Horse Swapping Days to be held
July 21 and 22 at Christmas
Valley, Oregon.
' Horsey people from miles a
round are expected to gather for
two days of old fashioned "whit
tle and spit" horse swapping.
Festivities planned for horse
traders and spectators alike will
include a barbecue, a square
dance and a two day Jackpot
Amateur Rodeo.
Rodeo Fever is running high
and more than one hundred cow
boys and cowgirls are expected to
vie for the seven silver and gold
trophy buckles to be presented to
the winners of the Bareback
Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Cow
Riding, Calf Roping, Team
Roping, Girl's Barrell Race and
Cow Horse contests.
A $250 Trophy Saddle will hp '
awarded to the All Around Cow
boy. Rodeo officials are scouring the
countryside to bring the wildest
and best of available bucking
horses to the recently completed
arena at Christmas Valley.
The kids haven't been left
out either. Ribbons and trophys
will go to the winners of a Key
hole Race and Pole Bending.
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