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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 29, 1962 FARM NEWS County Agent's Office Weed Research Plots Now under Study By N. C. ANDERSON The search for newer chem icals for the selective control of grass and weeds from alfalfa, as well as further information on rates of accepted herbicides, was the intent of two research plots established here in Morrow county last Wednesday. Seventy five plots, each ten by forty feet will compare several different rates of application using a new Dupont product not yet named, Hyvar, Atrazine, Simazine, and Diuron. Of these, Diuron is the only one released and recom mended for fall spraying to kill choatgrass, foxtail and other an nuals out of alfalfa if the alfalfa LIVESTOCK LOSSES amoiint to over $2 Billion innuilfy. (according. to U5DA titimaUi) USE OUR LIVESTOCK SUPPLY DEPARTMENT It ll designed to ierv vou In vour Livestock Disease Prevention Program, WI FEATURE VACCINES and SUPPLIES We Give SAH Green Stamps HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUGS After Hours Call 676-9611 or 676-5542 is to be used as hay. This fall, clearance was given Simazine for alfalfa seed production plant ings. These on-farm research plots were established at the Kenneth Palmer ranch on Wil low Creek and the Harry Proud foot ranch on Butter Creek. In visiting with Arnold Apple by, who is in charge of weed research at the Pendleton Branch experiment station, and con ducts much of his research work on farms in the Columbia Basin as well as the Pendleton and Sherman Branch stations, he out lined some of the weed con trol experiments which are pres entlv underway or being plan ned for the 1962-63 season. The experiments involve chemical fallow, selective choatgrass con trol in grain, broadleaf control in urains, weed control in al falfa, Morning Glory control and weed control In peas as well as miscellaneous weed research. Included in the chemical fal low are four new locations with 100 plots each established this fall at the Pendleton station.; Gar Swanson farm in Morrow county; Marlon Weatherford farm, Gilliam county; and Sher man Branch station in Sherman county. These are set up to find out whether Atrazine will per form satisfactorily alone if ap plied pre-emergonce; to compare Amitrol T and Dalapon at three dates of application as a lol lage active treatment with Atra zine; to obtain further informa tion on optimum rates for Atra zine on various soil types and to screen other promising com pounds for use in chemical fal low. These are added to six 1961 trials in Umatilla, Morrow, Gil liam and Sherman counties that were set up to make observa tions regarding crop Injury and j5lHSVlE f Jl"" - nA rJi 0-1 I Cl - ONLY 29 LIN ft, fth -53311 timeV Make. Your Home Winter-Tight, Draft-Free TIME to Save Up 7oAcm on Your Fuel Bills HU l HM FLEX-O-GLASS Is the only (itluUsl 1 window material that carries a iyZS 2 YEAR GUARANTEE. Look for tin . name FLEX-O-GLASS on the edge, Get Genuine FLEX-O-GLASS At Your Local Hdwr. or Lnibr. Dealer JUST CUT AND TACK ON OVER VOUR I WINDOWS , AND DOOR weed control in grain following chemical fallow and to obtain yield of selected treatments at these certain locations. There is a long-time experiment on chem ical fallow at the Pendleton ex periment station set up to de termine whether tillage is nec essary when weeds are control led chemically and to determine the optimum time and number of tillage operations necessary. In the selective control of cheatgrass in grain there is a screening trial at the King pilot farm in Umatilla involving 144 plots, There are, In addition, one and two acre plots of Avadex at three rates on two ranches each In Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam and Sherman counties. These are set up to determine if Avadex will prove to be acceptable in controlling cheatgrass in grain and to continue the search for cheatgrass herbicides with suf ficient safety factor for use in grains. Broadleaf control in grains continues with a screen ing trial at the Pendleton Exper iment Station using approxi mately 100 plots. These are aim ed at controlling tarweed and corncockle, Penny cress, wild mustard and lambs quarter from wheat and barley and are aimed at evaluating combinations of different materials and to con tinue the search for less volatile and more effective broadleaf herbicides. Low volatile ester 2, 4-D, Is compared with butyl ester, fall spraying is compared with spring spraying and a promising herbicide, ACP 62-177, is being evaluated. There are plots to determine the tolerance that wheat and barley has from various rates of several chem icals and combinations of these materials applied at various stages of growth, Trials are also set up to determine bost con trol methods for purple mustard and gromwell and other weeds that are relatively new In the area. For the control of weeds in alfalfa six locations have been set up to demonstrate general weed control in established al falfa, two locations include nine herbicides applied at three dates, four locations include five herb icides applied at one date; these locations ranging from Heppner to near Milton-Freewater. These are the ones which were estab lished last week here. There are dodder control trials, dodder having become one of the diffi cult to control alfalfa parasites. New types of herbicides are being tested. A long time exper iment has been set up in the Umapine District to compare til lage versus chemicals in their effect on hay yield and seed yield, they attempt to determine the affect of various treatments on the stand of alfalfa over a period of time; comparing mini mum tillage with maximum til lage program; and to obtain in formation on the desirability of taking off a hay crop preceeding a seed crop. This should be of much interest to Morrow coun ty alfalfa growers, especially the information relative to chemicals vs. heavy spring toothing of al falfa each year and its affect upon the length and type of stand. Morning Glory control plots for 1902 were established in Umatilla, Sherman and Wasco counties. The objectives of these wore to compare 2,4-D amine and Bine-trol at low and high rates to evaluate other formulations of 2.4-D, to compare TBA with other benzoic-type compounds on the market and to determine the effectiveness of Banvel D at low rates. Bindweed trials establish ed over the past number of years in all of the counties are eval uated periodically. Weed con trol in peas consist of screening trials in the Atliena-Weston area to evaiuate materials such as Carbvne, Avadex, etc., for the control of wild cat and broad Katliy Keene Writes Khrushchev of 4-H Work Does an 11-year-old apprec iate the privileges of living in the United States, and "Know ing when they have it good?" Ask Morrow county extension agents. Kathy Keene, member of the Busy Bees 4-H club of lone, has some feeling about this matter and wrote her "4-H Story" (part of the yearly 4-H records) in the form of a letter to Mr. Khruschev. Kathy is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Keene of lone. "Dear Mr. Khrushchev," she began, "I am a 4-H girl from lone, Oregon. I would like to tell you about 4-H clubs and hope that you will start a 4-H program in the Soviet Union." She went on to say that there are 42 4-H clubs in Morrow coun ty with more than 350 members in Oregon alone, she expounds there are more than 30,000 4-H members, taking three main pro jects clothing, foods and live stock. "Now I would like to tell you a little about my 4-H year," writes Kathy. "I was a member of the Busy Bee Clothing club in lone. There were five mem bers in my club. I am in the third year of 4-H clothing. For my project this year I made a pair or iv suppers, an apron and a skirt. "Last winter," she continues, "the girls in my club held a traveling food sale at lone dur ing a hard snowstorm. With the money we made we bought a set of flags (American and 4-H) for our 4-H meetings and a scrapbook for our 4-H mem ories," Such activities as officers training day, to learn some par liamentary procedure, modeling day, to gain more self-confidence, and National 4-H club week, to publicize the program; were described in detail so Mr. K. would know what was all done In a 4-H year. "The county fair was in Aug ust," resumed the 4-H ambas- I ' ' . t ' ' ' ' f ; I ' t ' , - ' v . - 7t . , , I T J I . . . . h ,v r i - ' k'V V . AV . - U fL j .; , J V" 4 tfm i mum, : " - - - y 1, nfliilfr im ,1 mi Vi"i ml i ' r:W Li? 7'. ,m " "PLEASE MR. K. " writes Kathy Keene, lone, 4-H club member, "won't you consider starting a 4-H program in your country?" She told the Russian premier of the 4-H program in Morrow county. Kathy is shown here with a picture of Khrushchev. (G-T Photo) sador. "I was in a 4-H judging j Esther Kirmis and Joe Hay, Mor NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS Electric Service to be Off 3:00 to 5:00 a. m. Sunday, December 2 To improve service from your local electric system, new equipment has been installed in the Heppner Hermiston substation. Service to the Heppner area has to be interrupted while it is being hooked up. The time between 3 A. M. and 5 A. M. on Sunday has been chosen for this work because it is the period of lightest use of electricity and so will cause the least inconvenience to customers. Thanks for your cooperation. contest and the style revue where I modeled the skirt I made. Our club put up a booth on the theme of 'The Busy Bees' (club name). We received a blue ribbon and $25.00. We gave the money to the International Farm Youth Exchange fund (a 4-H program sponsoring the ex change of U. S. and foreign young people for a 6-months per iod). This will help world peace. "I have learned a lot and I leaf control of peas. think 4-H is great," glows this Miscellaneous experiments in- eusy cees memoer. "i-iease ivir. elude the branching knapweed Khrushchev, won't you consider plots established on Skinner . starting a 4-H program in your Creek in Morrow county and will country?" be evaluated for residual con- "We're sure Mr. K. has some trol from the 1962 trials as well youth clubs in Russia," comments as possinie worn iurtner on tim- ing and rate of 2,4-D. There are bermuda grass and saltgrass control plots in the Milton Freewater area, Johnson grass control in Milton-Freew a t e r, chemical seedbed preparations for flax and safflower, weed con trol in spring seeded flax, road side treatments of four or five materials on sandbur and punc ture vine, Russian knapweed control, miscellaneous experi ments with LLC, a growth re tarding chemical and weed con trol in sugar beets. It is amazinf the amount of trials that Arnold has been able to establish an service with the assistance of County Agents in these area and the amount of information that we are getting which can be passed on to our farmers as practical recommendations. This is just one of the programs of results from research and Ex tension, row County Extension agents, "but we wonder if their pledge of head, heart, hand and health means the same as it does in the United States. SIRES-ANDERSON BULL SALE DECEMBER 5, 1:00 P.M. at Highway 30 Ranch-Stanfield Fifty-four good rugged pasture raised bulls, conditioned the way you want them. ERNEST SIRES Stanfield, Oregon FRANK ANDERSON Heppner Oregon From pure luxury to pure performance, your Chevrolet dealer's One-Stop Shopping Center covers all the bases! Chancellor to be Guest Speaker at Conference The county agent staff will lie attending the annual all-staff conference at Corvallis on De cember 4, 5, 6. An interestin program has been prepared aim ed at professional training dur ing the three day session. There will be speakers and group meet ings to consider implications of cultural change for the exten sion program, staff and organi zation; subject matter forums in animal genetics, hormones and light in plant growth, and human motivation. Dr. Roy L. Lieuallen, Chancellor of the State System of Higher Educa tion, will speak on "community colleges in relation to the state system of higher education" and Federal Extension Director, h. T. York, will explain "Extension Role in Economic and Social De velopment." Shellac Produced from Insect Shellac is produced from the secretions of the lac insect i type of scale occurring on fi;.' hanyon and other plants in r-oi- mosa, C eylon, inuo-L run i, India and the Philippine Islands. fSoxboard for making signs and decorations at the flaz.'tte Times, available in white and colors. 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