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HEPPNER GAZETTE Jkro County Agent's Office Gaines Wheat Shows Qualify on Inspections By N. C. ANDERSON Five of the 14 fields of Gaines wheat for increase seed production have been inspected and passed certification. These five fields passed the registered standard, the highest possible with this seed. Ted Miller, Fritz Cutsforth, Bill Doherty, Dave Baker and Gar swanson were obviously happy as they had spent many, many hours of roguing out other grains and "off-type" wheat heads. Jack waud, Usu, certuication spec ialist, praised the job these growers had done in cleaning up the fields. In all cases other wheat found in tnese news were only one-tenth or less of the maximum tolerance for Regis tered seed. This will provide seed of top quality for those growers who wlsn to maKe plantings of this now variety. Field inspections will bo made this Thursday at the L. L. How ton, Louis Carlson, Leonard Kill Al Bunch, Kenneth Turner, Ken neth Cutsforth, Kenneth Peck, Gerald Swaggert and Raymond French ranches. Public hearings to consider changes which the State De partment of Agriculture proposes in regulations relating to all phases of meat inspection are scheduled as follows: July 24 Production Assoc iation Office, Baker, 10:00 a.m. July 27 State Department of Agriculture headquarters, Salem, 10:00 a.m. The proposed regul a t i o n s would bring all requirements in line with legislative changes made in meat inspection, meat dealer, sanitation and other laws since adoption of the orig inal rules. As I have traveled the county during the past week it is nice to see tile "preparedness" of ranchers for fire control. At the Fritz Cutsforth ranch I noted several five gallon pails of wot sacks and a power sprayer full of water ready to go. The county fire truck stationed at the Walt Jacobs ranch has been "stream lined" this year ready to do a belter iob of fire control if it is called out. Walt and some of his neighbors have installed u high pressure pump and motor and made other changes lo use the oouinment more effectively Harold Wright has recently mounted a 1000 gallon watt tank on n truck, "just in case which will be ready lo provide water for emergencies in that community. Everyone, seems lo be fire conscious, and rightly so in a year like tins when hazards are great with an abundant growth of weeds and grass. A new cooperative weather station was established in Mor row county this past week. The station which will provide maxi mum-minimum tempcrat u r e s and rainfall data for the foot hill area of South Morrow conn tv Is located at the Bechdolt Bros, home at Hardman. This area has needed such a record to provide more complete data for the county and we are crate ful to the Uechdolts for their consent to "man" the station More confining than a milk cow it is not everyone who will take the trouble to record this im portant weather data day after day for the U. S. Weather Bureau. An Interesting and worth while day was spent last Tues day in the Ukiah area inspec ting new grass and alfalfa seed ings on summer range at the Ralph Beamer and W. K. Hughes runches. Accompanying Ralph Beamer to his ranch holdings I saw seedings of Ledak alfalfa, smooth brome and Meadow fox tail that would make any rancher's mouth water let alone u cow. These seedings in their third year were made on summerfallow fields originally used for grain and grain hay production. The dryland seed ings were "waist high" and thick enough for some bumper hay Seed Cleaning and Treating Bulk Price At Our Plant 20c Per Bushel, or 40c Sack Bulk Price In The Country Over 300 Bu.-20c Bushel, 40c Sack Under 300 Bu.-25c Bushel, 50c Sack HAROLD - TIMES, Thursday, July 19, 1962 farm mm crops but will be pastured off through the summer. Seedings at the Ebb Hughes ranch were made after a forest fire in No vember. lPfiO. Tall oaterass, brome. intermediate wheat and meadow foxtail stands are un believable. Cattle on the Beamer and Hughes ranches are "slaughter fat" and have made little impression on the excellent stands of grass. Ebb has 80 acres of summerfallow to go into grass next snrins that will iurtner provide an abundance of feed on his range. These ranchers are to be congratulated on the fine range and pasture management principles they are carrying out and are good demonstrations what can be done if there are "doubting Thomases" that want to see for themselves. We were happy to have letter last week from E. R. Jack man, retired i arm Crops spec ialist who has a lot of friends in this area. "Jack" has bee asked by the college to make a survey on possible opportun ities in line with the govern mental policy, as Jack says, "to spur recreational uses of land into high gear for present and future pleasure seekers. The fig ures most often given is 50,000, 000 acres of privately owned land plus, of course, virtually all the publicly owned land. Prob ably we will have governmental aid in diverting the private land with a program somewhat like Ihe ASC cost-sharing practices. In addition, we are likely have low-interest, long-term aiti in financing conversion to use for recreation. The uses of this kind that seem to otter tne most are akes for fishing, bathing, boat ing and migratory wildtowl shooting; game preserves, es pecially deer and plieasa.il parks and picnic spots for public use for a fee; privately owned golt courses; leasing private land to the State Game Com mission for winter feeding areas for deer and elk; summer camps for boys and girls on a fee basi privately owned semi-w.lder ness areas; wildflowor nurseries pastures for riding horses; fossil hunting grounds on a fee basis dude ranching; summer cottages on small acreages, perhaps with pasture for a riding horse or I wo." 4 County Youth Chosen To Attend Range Youth Camp Roland Ekstrom, lone; Chris Brown, Jleppnor; Dick Struck meier, lleppner; and John Wugonblast, were selected by Ihe Range oulh Camp commit tee as delegates to attend the !M)2 Range Camp at Lake Creek Guard Station from August (i ll l'he boys were selected from a group ot l .j on tneir past accomplishments in citizenship, leadership, scholarship and an ticlpated interest, age and rep resentation of both 4-11 and Ft-A The sponsors for 19G2 have provided a $.'!(). scholarship for each of the four youth. Spon sors are as follows: Roland Ek strom, Morrow County Livestock Growers association; Chris Brown, Morrow County Farm Bureau; John Wage n blast, lleppner Soil Conservation Dls diet; Dick Strucknieier. lleppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Each of the organ! zations extends an invitation to each boy for a complete re port at one of their first meet ings following camp. Chairman Emory Clapp win meet with the delegates later this month to acquaint eacli in dividual with the intent and goals of the Range Youth camp. l'h is orientation program will provide a background for the youth in order that they may gain more from their attendance at camp. ERWIN Chats With Your Home Agent Home Agent Has Busy Schedule in Pre-Fair Days By ESTHER KIRMIS Teachers, to be worth their salt, must always be studying and keeping up with the times. Extension agents are no differ ent. Shortcourses, agent train ing, and refreshers are always recommended to keep an agent on their toes. N. C. Anderson, County Exten sion Agent, has just returned from a three-week shortcourse in extension methods at Ft. Col lins, Colo. This week Joe Hay and I are at the University of Oregon, Eugene, taking part in a communication seminar for ex tension personnel. The communications process and its use as a leadership tool will be the basic concept of the seminar. Dr. Exra Saul, director of the institute of phychological research, Tufts University, Med- PLENTY OF WATER... ford, Mass., will be the "Ma.lor Professor." Despite his imposing title and a national reputation, Exra Saul is a folksy, practical social scientist with a gift for talking shop in layman's lang uage. Those from Oregon who have taken part in his previous trainings have found him inter esting, stimulating, and a ready source of practical information. Gordon Hood, Burton Berger, and Dwight Fairbanks, OSU ex tension staff members, will work with Dr. Saul in developing the seminar. Joe and I should be in for a treat! 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