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FARM NEWS
County Agent's Office
Safflower Firm Sets Dec 13
Production Meeting Date
By N. C. ANDERSON
.Many ranchers have indicated
an interest in growing Safflower
in I'm. because of this interest,
arrangements have been made
for an educational meeting to
discuss the safflower contract
program with the contracting
company, Pacific Oil Seeds, Inc.
Their representative will show a
turn on the production of saf
flower, discuss the various re
quiremenls for Safflower grow
ing contracts at a meeting to be
held at the fair annex building
in neppner at i:au p. m. Thurs
day, DocemDer is. The firm is
contracting now for the 1963 saf-
1 lower crop at $75 per ton deliv
ered to designated local eleva
tors. This is one of a series of
meetings to be held in Eastern
Oregon and Washington to give
growers a chance to hear about
production practices for growing
saiuower, irom seedbed prepara
tion to harvesting. Farmers will
ne able to sign production con
tracts at this meeting if they are
ueunateiy interested in the crop
New Machine Used
To Get Rid of Gophers
Gophers in the Cecil communi
ty on Willow creek are doomed,
Several hundred acres of alfalfa
land are now being baited with
a new "burrow-builder pur
chased jointly by Cecil ranchers,
K.reDs isrotners, Hynds Brothers,
and Stanley Magill. The Drotrram
all came about when Kick Krebs
visited this office to discuss the
success of "burrow-builders" in
controlling gophers ' in alfalfa.
Since Buttercreek ranchers had
such good results with their
burrow-builder", Dick ordered a
new type manufactured in Minn
eapolis, Minn. It arrived about a
week ago and these ranchers
have been busy since.
The "burrow-builder" is a sim
pie machine that uses a torpedo
like "burrow" attached to 3-point
nitcn or pull machine when op
erated in a field infested with
gophers intercepts burrows made
by these pests. The new burrow
is baited with strychine oats
which are metered into the bur
row from a corn planter attach
ment with a disc which drops a
small amount of bait about
every six feet. The advantage of
the machine is the ease, quick
ness and cheapness of baiting
bottom land infested with these
rodents. This is the second "burrow-builder"
machine in use in
the country that we know of. The
Heppner Soil Conservation Dis
trict supervisors are at this time
investigating interest in the
thought that they may purchase
such a machine for rental to irri
gation farmers. A rental which
would maintain and replace the
machine when it is worn out
would be charged if such a
machine is purchased by this
group.
Weevils Control Punture Vine
Recently we commented in our
column about the new weevil
which is being used for the con
trol of puncture vine. Bob Every,
OSU extension entomologist, has
promised that Morrow county
may .get a batch of these weevils
for releasing next June in some
of our larger infestations of
puncture vine. If weevils work
out as the goat weed beetles did
for us, we should have some
cheap control of a hard-to-control
weed.
Many times people ask about
tolerances of various chemicals,
pesticides and herbicides set up
by the Food and Drug Adminis
tration. Most of these tolerances
are designed in "ppm" which
means parts per million. Most
tolerances are from one to four
"ppm's." In order that it might
be impressed upon those who
talk about this the following
illustrations of what a ppm is, is
interesting. Here are the compar
isons: 1 ppm is 0.0001 1 ppm is one
inch in 16 miles.
A one-gram needle in a one
ton haystack is 1 ppm.
A postage stamp is 1 ppm of
the weight of a man.
One large mouthful of food is
1 ppm of all a person eats in a
lifetime.
Walk half a block and you've
gone 1 ppm of the distance
around the world.
One quarter of a mile is 1 ppm
of the distance to the moon.
Andersons Add New
Line of Hereford Breeding
Frank Anderson, Heppner, took
another big step in the constant
improvement of his registered
Hereford herd when he received
a shipment of 19 heifers which
he had recently purchased on a
trip to Iowa last month. The
Herefords, of Battle Intense
breeding will add a new line of
breeding to the many outstand
ing lines now on the Anderson
ranch. Trie neiiers were selected
as a result of a trip a year ago
through much of the U. s. and
Canada, looking at various herds
to select type to Franks liking
The Weise Hereford ranch at
Manning, Iowa, where these
were selected have an outstand
ing herd of Herefords in much
demand by breeders throughout
the whole country. Frank was
especially interested in these be
cause of their large scale and
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size of bone which he is striving
for in his herd. Frank had hoped
to be able to purchase a bull
from this same breeder on his
trip back there a couple of weeks
ago and was disappointed wnen
the demand for bulls had left
few for his liking. Frank is to be
congratulated on his contribu
tion to beef Improvement in
Morrow county and the Pacific
Northwest.
Girl Suffers Severe Burns
Next Year's Feed Grain
Program is Analyzed
On November 14, Secretary
Freeman issued a four-page
double-space press release on
the 1963 Feed Grain Program.
Among other things, this re
lease confirms the assumption
we made In October that the
payment-in-kind for barley
(support price payment) would
be 14 cents a bushel ($o.w a ton
compared to $6.00 on corn and
$5.80 for grain sorghum) on nor
mal yield. It also reveals that
loans, put not payment-in-Kinu,
will be available for entire pro
duction, instead of normal pro
duction, on participating farms.
It does not establish terminal
and county loan rates but im
plies that they will be 14 cents a
bushel, or $5.83 a ton, lower tnan
1962 rates. Actual rates usually
have not been announced until
May or June, but have held close
to national changes in recent
years. It does not announce sign-
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L. E. "ED" DICK
Phone 676-9633
Heppnei
By DELPHA JONES
LEXINGTON Kelly Kilkenny,
seven-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Bob Kilkenny, is confined to her
home in a wheel chair, suffering
up dates, but states these will be
early in 1963.
Farmers may take part by re
ducing the total of their 1963
feed grain acreage by at least 20
per cent, the minimum diversion
for participation. The maximum
diversion is 40 per cent of the
Dase acreage or 25 acres, wmcn
ever is higher.
In a change from the 1962 pro
gram, farmers to be eligible for
any payments or support on any
of the three feed grains must
divert the total acreage signed
up.
Diverted acreages will be de
voted to a conserving use and
will be in addition to the aver
age acreage of conserving and
idle land on the farm for 1959
and 1960.
Payment on the first 20 per
cent of acreage diversion will be
made at 20 per cent of the
county support rate (reflecting
national average of 93 cents per
bushel for barley) on the normal
production of the diverted acres.
On diversion above the mini
mum amount, payment will be
at 50 per cent of the county sup
port rate.
from burns on her feet and legs.
The Kilkenny's had recently
burned an old building and the
child ran through the hot ashes.
Mrs. Bob Kilkenny was a
patient last week for a couple of
days in St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton.
Armin Wihlon left by plane
from Pendleton on Friday for
Louisville, Ky. where he will
visit his son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Wihlon.
The Lexington Bridge club met
at the home of Mrs. Dean Hunt
for their regular meeting on
Thursday night. Those present
were .Mrs. Bob Davidson, Mrs.
Eldon Padberg, Mrs. Oliver Cres
wick, Mrs. Elsie Cole, Mrs. Fred
Wilkenson, Mrs. Johnnie Ledbet
ter, and the hostess, Mrs. Hunt.
Mrs. Wilkinson won high, and
Mrs. Hunt took second high.
The card party sponsored by
the Holly Rebekah Lodge on Sat
urday night was well attended
with eleven tables in play. Those
winning bridge prizes were Mrs.
Jonnnie Ledbetter and William
J. Van Winkle, high; Mildred
Davidson and Gene Cutsforth,
low. Pinochle winners were Mari
lyn Bergstrom and Frank Robin
son, high; Mrs. Lyle Cox and
Roger Campbell, low. Refresh
ments were served later by the
committee. The next party is
scheduled for Saturday, January
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Munkers
were r-oruana visitors over the
week-end.
Mrs. Roger Campbell and her
mother, Mrs. Charles Bloods
worth, Mrs. Wm. C. Van Winkle,
mi. ana Mrs. Aionzo Henderson,
Mrs. Bertha Hunt, Mrs. W. E. Mc
Millan and Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Jones were among those attend
ing to business matters in Pend
leton last week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth
are again at their ranch home
after several weeks at the
mountain home where they en
joyed deer and elk hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. New't O'Harra
spent Sunday at the L. I. O'Harra
home in Weston where thpv nr.
tended an O'Harra reunion.
Mrs. Aionzo Henderson, Mrs.
C. C. Jones and Mrs. Joe Yocom
motored to The Dalles on Wed
nesday. Enroute home thpv stnn.
ped to visit the Rebekah Lodge
at Wasco where President Splma
Watkins was paying her official
visit. During the meeting Sam
Brock, grandfather of Mr. Yocom,
presented the lodee with n lnvplv
Bible in memory of his wife,
Lena, who was for many years a
member of that lodge. The ladies
returned home that night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bamett of
Los Angeles, Cal., and Birdie
Bamett of Fresno, Calif., brother
and sister of Mrs. Kenneth
the Klinaer home.
Klinger, were recent callers at
Miss Carol Ann Palmer,
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, December 6, 1962
Permits Necessary
For Tree Cutting;
Available Locally
Christmas tree permits for
personal use may be obtained
free of charge at Umatilla Nat
ional Forest Ranger Districts,
according to announcement to
day by Wright T. Mallerv. For
est Supervisor. One tree per fam
ily will be permitted. District
offices in Oregon are located at
Dale, Heppner, Pendleton, and
Ukiah; in Washington at Walla
Walla and Pomerov. Periodic
checks will be made by Forest
Service personnel to assure that
proper cutting practices are be
ing followed.
All persons are reminded that
a permit must be obtained from
the landowner before cutting or
transporting Christmas trees.
You must carry this permit with
you while the tree is being cut
or is in transit, whether it is cut
on public or private land.
Locally, permits will be Issued
at the HeDDner Dislriof nffirn
daily from 8 to 12 a.m. and from
1 to 5 p.m., Monday throuch Fri
day until December 21.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Palmer, is now emoloved at
Lois' Beauty shop in Heppner.
Carol Ann rpppntlu flnMiol hur
schooling at Phagan Beauty
School in Pendleton.
Wedding Invitations
Announcements
GAZETTE-TIMES
Ph. 676-9228
LIVESTOCK LOSSES
amount lo ovr $2 Billion annuilfy.
(according. to USDA csrimiUi)
USE OUR LIVESTOCK
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
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LIvtitockDiieu Prevention Program,
Wf FEATURI
tVSfo.
VACCINES
and SUPPLIES
We Give S&H Green Stamps
HUMPHREYS
REXALL DRUGS
After Hours Call
676-9611 or 676-5542
Get a Low-Cost
Christmas
Shopping
Loan
from First National
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
here'sVall YOU DO:
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Stop at your nearby First National Branch, and ash
th Loan Officer for a Personal Loan large
enough to handle all your Christmas shopping
Mtds. (Average time for this type of loan:
Ua thin half hour I)
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Taka cash with you, or for
complete safety, have the
loan credited to your
Checking account.
mi Shop whore and whan you wfsh-tafca advarr!2?9
t cfvcuh-tate bargains, tecausa you hava cash
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Make loan payments which have been arranged to
suit your budget. And . . . you make payments to one
place, rather than getting bills from all over town.
(You'll find the total amount you pay Is less
on a bank loan, too.)
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