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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. December 20, 1962
County Agent's Office
Livestock Association Plans
January Annual Meeting
By N. C. ANDERSON
Many ranchers have been ask
ing about the annual meeting of
the Morrow County Livestock
growers Association which is a
big event each year. Things have
been a little slow in getting a
program together for this year
but at a meeting of the executive
committee last Wednesday even
ing details of the program were
pretty well put together. While
definite confirmations have not
been made in a few cases the
program is tentatively set up.
The dates are Friday and Satur
day, January 11 and 12. As in the
past, Friday will be devoted to
an educational program. The bull
day, an event of the past sev
eral years will not be held this
year because the committee felt
that there was not enough inter
est from ranchers and that while
Ihore were a sizeable number of
bulls brought each year most of
them were taken home without a
trade or sale being made.
The event originally was aim
ed at giving ranchers an oppor
tunity to trade proven bulls so
that their breeding could pass
LIVESTOCK LOSSES
mount to ovr $2 Billion annually,
(according. to USDA titimatci)
USE OUR LIVESTOCK
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
It il deiiffned to larva vau In mui
Livestock Diicata Prevention Program,
WE FEATURE
VACCINES
and SUPPLIES
We Give S&H Green Stamps
HUMPHREYS
REXALL DRUGS
After Hours Call
676-9611 or 676-5S42
from one herd to another and
save ranchers money in purchas
ing new herd sires each year and
"beefing" their bulls just as they
had been proven. In place of this
bull day will be a horse training
demonstration in the morning
with a panel on taxes in the
afternoon. The Bank of Eastern
Oregon will again provide dough
nuts ana coiiee on rriday and
committees will meet later in the
afternoon to draft recommenda
tions and reports which will be
presented at the Saturday busi
ness meeting.
Besides committee rep o r t s ,
election of officers and other
business, Saturday's meeti n g ,
which will be held at the Elk's
Lodge will consist of a report on
calfhood vaccination by Dr.
Henry Heffernan, Federal Veter
inarian; a progress report on the
livestock research at the Hermis
ton Station; a report of the Ore
gon Catleman's Association acti
vities by George Johnson, execu
tive secretary; Bill Southworth,
assistant director of livestock
industries, State Department of
Agriculture, will discuss a plan
for stabilizing prices of farm
commodities; there will be an ex
planation of the dual grading
system and a group hospital and
accident insurance program will
be presented for consideration by
the group.
The First National Bank of
Oregon, Heppner Branch, will
again provide the social hour on
Saturday evening followed by
the traditional banquet which
will be held at the fair pavilion
served by the Lexington Grange
Home Economics ladies. The pro
gram committee is still working
on a suitable banquet speaker.
We will keep you posted as
further developments arise. The
program as set up now should
be of interest to all livestock
men, so set aside the dates of
January 11 and 12 to attend.
Demand For Safflower
Oil Stimulates Production
Thirty persons interested in
the possibilities of safflower as
an alternate crop attended a
meeting last Thursday. Norman
Goetze, Farm Crops Specialist,
OSU, and Harold Blaine, repre-
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sentative of Pacific Oil Seeds,
Inc., the contracting company,
explained the National Oil seed
situation and the demand for
safflower oil, which now exceeds
production. It was indicated that
Pacific Northwest goes into the
Japan market as edible oil. Pro
duction practices were discussed
with Harold Blaine pointing out
that safflower has a wide range
adaptability from heavy clays to
sandy loams, the best safflower
soils being deep good moisture
holding abilities. He pointed out
that safflower could be raised
with the same machinery used
for wheat and barley production
with minor adjustments made to
the combine at harvesting time.
One disadvantage to safflower
is the date of maturity with
harvest generally in September
in this area. Seeding rate is re
commended at 25 lbs. per acre
and seed will be furnished at
$10 per hundred by Pacific Oil
iseeas, inc., with a minimum con
tract price of $75 per ton deliv
ered local elevator. Only a few
ranchers signed contracts at the
Thursday meeting, however, sev
eral took contracts home to
study. For those who might be
interested and were not at the
meeting contracts are available
at this office.
ECONOMY MARKET
Conditions Aid Growth
0: Good Calf Growth
After visiting several cattle
operations in the past week or so
and seeing the excellent condi
tion that brood cows are now in,
we concur with the latest Oregon
Range and Livestock report re
ceived a few days ago. This re
port indicates that the Oregon
Range Beef condition on Decem
ber 1, 1950, and six points above
average. Several cow herds we
looked at are in "slaughter"
condition with grass and stubble
providing all the feed necessary.
Range condition is comparable
throughout the whole county
with lots of green grass from
foothills to the desert land.
Last week we found on the
Hynds Bros, desert pasture that
their cow herd moved into a few
days ago, there is an abundance
of green feed to go along with
an excellent growth of dry feed
which indicates that this range
is not being grazed too heavily.
With all the green grass avail
able this fall there shouldn't be
any vitamin A deficiencies and
we would predict a good, healthy
calf crop.
Hereford Sale Brings
Top Prices for Year
The third annual show and
sale of the Oregon Polled Here
ford Association held last Satur
day resulted in the top sale aver
age for the year. Local exhibi
tors, Kirk & Robinson ranch and
Jerry Anderson were well pleas
ed wilh their showing and prices
received. President Don Robinson
indicated that the 1962 consign
ment catle was the best in many
years, as was demonstrated by
the keen competition in the show
and the confidence the buyers
had in that quality when mak
ing the sale the top consignment
sale in Oregon for 1962.
Sale average on the 12 bulls
consigned were $952; -sale aver
age on the 29 females $469, with
a sale average on the total 41
head of $618. Reserve Champion
female, a junior calf was shown
by Kirk & Robinson, Heppner
and sold for $520. Jerry Anderson
showed a senior yearling as first
in this class. The champion bull
a senior yearling consigned by
Double I Ranch at Ontario, sold
for $3,000' the Reserve Champion
bull, a junior yearling consigned
by D. B. Fleet of Island City sold
tor 13.r)0. The Champion female
a junior yearling for the Wolff
llerelord Ranch at Wallowa
brought $1,075.
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I New Farm Program
Woij Wo have discussed the various
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0Wq take this happy time of year to wish you
all the joys of the Holiday Season, and to join alt men of
good will in a prayer for worldwide peace and understanding.
May your Holidays be merry and bright!
FARLEY MOTOR CO.
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parts of the new farm program,
especially the 19C3 wheat and
feed grain programs of the Food
and Agriculture Act of 1962, in
this column. There are many
provisions whjch have not been
discussed however, several of
which are of importance to our
farm people. We will briefly dis
cuss the four parts in this col
umn in the nert few weeks.
The first, Title I, "Land Use
Adjustment," briefly provides a
land program, adjusted to eco
nomic and social uses. As alter
natives to crop production, it of
fers incentives to use land for
grass, forests, wildlife, and re
creation. It provides continuing
agreements for one year with
farmers who have Conservation
Reserve contracts expiring in
December, 1962. Under provision
of this title and other authori
ties, the Department of Agricul
ture provides the tools for the
Rural Areas Development pro
gram. Title I also gives an added
push to watershed protection and
development projects. The USDA
can now participate in develop
ing recreational opportunit i e s
and in developing water supplies
for municipalities and industries.
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GREETINGS
FOR
CHRISTMAS
TO ALL OUR
V-. FRIENDS
HEPPNER LUMBER CO.
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bringing to you all
our "Merry Christmas!"
Ayers
Pest- Control
Clayton Ayers
4 big and bright as
the shining star
atop your Christmas
tree... our happy
wish to you and yours
for a Merry Christmas!
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Morrow County Grain Growers