HEPPNER GAZETTE
County Agent's Office
Farm Safety Emphasis
Needed Throughout Year
By N. C. ANDERSON
This is National Farm Safety
Week. The theme is, "Family
Safety at Work and Play." Every
one will see and hear a lot this
week about farm safety and how
important it is. Since there will
be so much national publicity
we are not going to say much
in this weeks column because
we think farm safety is an im
portant year-around actlv 1 1 y
rather than to concentrate on
one week per year. Let's keep in
mind that America's most prec
ious resource is people. Accidents
involve people and frequently
happen because people fail to
take proper precautions. The
best prevention is safety train
ing for every member of the
family. Parents and children
alike need to understand why
accidents happen and how to
prevent them. Farm families are
constantly exposed to accident
hazards on the farm, In the
home, on the highway, at work
and at play. Let's keep this in
mind this week and every week
during the year.
Bill Doherty First
To Harvest Gaines
Bill Doherty, Lexington, has
the distinction of being the first
Gaines Wheat increase grower
to harvest, clean, treat and sack
this new variety. Some of us who
estimated yields of Gaines in
comparison to other varieties
grown in the same field under
estimated a little the ability of
the new wheat. Yield at the Do
herty ranch was 31 plus bushels
per acre, a little over a bushel
and a half more than the Burt
harvested to date and somewhat
over 2 bushels more than spring
Federation. This field was har
vested, cleaned and treated by
Clell Rea, lone, who has con
tracted with the majority of
Gaines growers to do this work
rather than each grower to clean
up their combines and handle
the wheat individually. By this
time next week we will have a
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number of yields from various
fields that will have been har
vested which will help us to de
termine a little better wheat
variety will do under varying
conditions in Morrow county.
Gaines, the newly released,
smooth-ewn, stiff strawed, semi
dwarf variety will be avail
able to everyone, perhaps in
limited quantities, who wish to
try this new variety this fall.
All fields made the registered
class with the exceptition of two
which were ineligible for certifi
cation because of mixtures of
other varieties of wheat and cer
eals. Those who will have seed
for sale, if they have not al
ready obligated theirs, are Wil
liam J. Doherty and Kenneth
Peck, Lexington; Louis Carlson,
Lloyd Howton, David Baker, and
Gar Swanson, lone; Kenneth
Turner, Fritz Cutsforth, Tad
Miller, Raymond French, Melvin
Moyer, Leonard Rill and Alvin
Bunch, Heppner. These growers
did an exceptional job in clean
ing up their increase fields for
Registration. With the strict
standards for certification no one
need hesitate to purchase seed
that has passed these standards.
New Hay Equipment
Pleases John Kanna
John Ilanna, Hinton Creek
rancher, is well pleased with his
labor-saving haying equipment
which he purchased in the
spring. He says that he has
just completed the easiest hay
ing job that he has ever done
with no additional help than his
regular man. The new equip
ment consists of a farm-hand
wagon which automatic ally
loads and unloads when pulled
behind the baler. A special at
tachment for his farm-hand
loader picks up the eight bales,
loading them on the truck or
directly Into the hay stack. Very
little handling of hay is nec
essary, only to cross bales in
"tvinc" the stack together. With
this equipment they have been
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averaging 165 bales an hoUr into
the hay pile. John says he has
Ms equipment paid lor In the
labor bill and groceries saved, in
feeding a big hay crew. A num
ber of ranchers are putting their
hay up in this same manner but
have not yet taken the entire
labor out of piling bales, in
using a sled behind the baler
and in stacking bales in the
pile.
Fire Threats To Stored
Hay Need Precautions
While we are talking about
hay it might be well to remind
growers that spontaneous com
bustion, grass-fires and careless
smokers are threats to all stored
hay. While it would be well to
be careful still every hay stack
should be insured to full value
in case of fire. When stacking
hay outside there are several
ways to lessen the fire hazard
and perhaps lower the premium
rate. Build stacks at least 100
feet away from buildings and
other combustible mate rial.
Make several stacks rather than
put it all in one. Building a long
narrow stack will enable a per
son to split apart the stack if
the fire starts at one end. Keep
the stack ground bare. Plow fire
guards around stacks if there
is grass. This is the time of
year when all fire-fighting
equipment should be in "A-l"
running shape, the gas tank full
of gas and the water tank full
of water. It is a lot quicker to
have a pail of wetted sacks
ready to go than have to take
the time to wet them after a
fire starts. It takes only a matter
of minutes to put some sacks
in a pail, fill it up with water
and let it sit where it is handy
to get to.
Federal Veterinarian
To Serve Two Counties
Dr. Henry Heffernan is the
new Federal veterinarian just
recently located at Pendleton
who will serve Umatilla and
Morrow counties. Dr. Heffernan
called at the office last week
and I enjoyed very much visit
ing with him in discussing the
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Working Wives Aid Income
By ESTHER KIRMIS
"The Salary with the Fringe
on tne lop, is the way Dorothy
Sherrill Miller, OSU family
finance specialist, describes a
woming wile's salary.
We've become accustomed to
the fact that "working wives,"
married women with jobs out
side the home, have become an
important part of the American
scene. But it still may come as
something of a surprise to learn
that 40 percent of all families
are now listed as "multi-earner"
families, with the wife usually
being the second job-holder in
the group.
Studies have shown that the
basic reason that married
women work outside the home
is to add to family income. Their
earnings will help buy a house
or a new car or a college edu
cation for their children or even
make such things possible in
the first place.
Many women also have other,
or additional, reasons for taking
jobs. Many, once the ma.ior
business of raising the child
ren is finished, want to find
new outlets in which they can
profitably use their time and
livestock industry of Morrow
county. He will be on call for
brucellosis testing in the area
as well as other livestock disease
matters as pertain to the Fed
eral regulations and responsi
bilities. Dr. James Norene will
continue to do calfhood vacci
nations here. Dr. Heffernan is
from Athens, Ga where he com
pleted his veterinarian course
at the University of Georgia.
He is a former 4-II member and
a young enthusiastic person who
I am sure our livestock people
will be happy to know and work
with.
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talents.
Of course the full-time home-
maker also pulls her economic
weight in the tamily circle ana
can also know the sense of ac
complishment that comes of
doing a job well. But her ec
onomic contribution to the fam
ily as housekeeper, cook, nurse,
chauffer, and other jobs is less
easily counted than the dollars
contributed in cash by her work
ing married sister.
On one score, however, the
working wife is likely to con
tribute more to over-all family
financial security. If she has a
steady job, she may do more
than bring home part of the
family bacon. She may also add
to the family's economics pro
tection through sharing in group
life and health insurance plans,
and possibly an employment
pension plan, at her place of
employment.
Freeze Main Dishes.
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When preparing a main dish,
it often takes little more effort
or time to make enough for
several meals. You can freeze it
all in meal-size packages, or
serve part of it the same day
and freeze the rest.
For tiptop quality and econom
ical use of freezer space, plan
to use pre-cooked main dishes
within two or three months. You
can, however, keep these foods
if they are properly packaged
and stored up to six months
without serious quality loss.
After that, the food won't be as
tasty but it will still be safe
to eat.
Prepare the food just as vou
would if you were going to serve
it right away. Do not overcook.
In fact, some ingredients in
main dishes that must be re
heated for serving are better if
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II. if
slightly underdone for freezing.
Pastry crusts that are frozen
unbaked will be more tender and
flaky and have a fresher flavor
than those baked and then
frozen.
Crumb and cheese toppings
are best added later when the
food is reheated for serving.
Food for the freezer should
be cooled quickly after it is
cooked. This will stop the cook
ing and help keep the natural
flavor, color, and texture of the
food. It also retards or prevents
the growth of bacteria that may
cause spoilage.
As soon as the food is cool,
put it promptly in freezer con
tainers. Choose a container that
suits the size of your family.
You can figure 4 to 6 servings
in a quart; 2 or 3 in a pint.
If you use quart containers,
you may want to pour the mix
Seed Cleaning
and Treating
Bulk Price At Our Planr-
20c Per Bushel, or 40c Sack
Bulk Price In The Country
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ture into the carton a layer at
a time, separating each layer
with double thickness of cello
phane. This makes it easy to
break apart the block while still
frozen and shortens reheating
time.
Also, be careful that you don't
fill the containers too full, Cas
seroles and other main dishes
often contain liquids, and
liquids expand as they freeze.
So leave them at 0 degrees, or
below.
These tips, along with many
more, are found in "Foods from
the Freezer: Pre-cooked and Pre
pared," published by OSU coop
erative extension service. Your
county extension agent can sup
ply a copy.
Metsker maps of Morrow
county, $1.25, at the Gazette
Times office.
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