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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
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Livestock Disease Prevention Program,
WI FEATURE
VACCINES
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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
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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-
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"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.
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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
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