HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. January 3.
County Agent's Office
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Barley Variety, Hudson
By N. C. ANDERSON
Reports and observations of
the new winter barley variety,
Hudson, which was seeded this
fall, are Rood. Frank Anderson
has a seed increase planting in
the same field with Olympia
which compares very favorably
in emergence, stooling and stand.
Lloyd Howton reports that his
Hudson barley came up real well
and has an excellent stand. It
emerged earlier than Flynn seed
ed in the same field but has not
made quite as muchgrowth as
the Flynn since emergence but
he says that it looks real good.
Other growers are Kenneth
Peck and Don McEUigott with
enough acreage so that there
should be some seed available
for their neighbors for seeding In
the fall of 1963. Hudson, while
having been grown in the east
and midwest for several years, is
new to this area. The first seed
was planted in Morrow county in
the fall of 1961. Interest in the
variety came from observing its
characteristics and comparing
yields in the annual cereal nur
serv erown at the Frank Ander
son ranch. Winter hardiness has
been a little better than some of
Ihe standard varieties and the
yield has been very good. Hud
son was oicked for trial as a re
suit of watching It over a period
ot years at the cereal nursery
Such has been the case with
other varieties of wheat and bar
ley growin in this nursery grown
for the past 20 some years.
In looking through my files 1
find records only for the past few
years which Indicate that it has
been one of the top ylelders con
tinuously and has produced the
top test weight barley each year
grown. As an example, in 1959
Hudson yielded 48.4 bushels per
acre which would be Sii ins
with a test weight of 50 lb. per
bushel. This same year Moro
M2300, a variety being developed
at the Moro Station, not yet re
leased, yeilded 24S6 lbs per acre
with a test weight or 4b lbs.
Flynn was next in line with a
2,112 lb yield and a 40 lb test
weight. In 1!KX) Hudson yielded
2,020 lbs. with a test weight of
50.!) lbs per bushel, the top
ylelder and top test weight.
Flynn and the Moro selection
froze out that winter.
It will be interesting to see
what actual field yields and test
weights will be this year with
enough acreage to make good
comparisons.
Breed Of Mites May
Reduce House Flies
A University of Kentucky
scientist, Dr. J. G. Hodriquez, has
made a tremendous bre a k
through In biological control of
the common house fly. Rodriguez
is rearing a breed of mites that
live on fly eggs in breeding
areas such as cattle manure.
They reduce fly hatch to 90.
Dr. Rodriguez says that the mites
will definitely not prove a pest
themselves as he has found out
that they cannot live on chick
ens, calves or other laboratory
animals.
Another Side Given
On "Silent Spring'
No non-fiction book in recent
years has received the same tor
rent of advance publicity that
came to Rachel Carson's "Silent
Spring," the book which has
created a great deal of concern
among many people about how
we use chemical aids in the pro
miction ana processing ot our
food supply. Most reviewers have
agreed that Miss Carson over
states her case against the chem
ical bug and weed killers, pri
manly by not stating the case
for their use in food production
and processing.
She is acknowledged to be
competent researcher as well as
an excellent writer. She has use
strong emotional appeal in her
book and does not deny that she
has done so, tor she leels very
strongly that chemical aids ar
being abused to the detriment of
the public. There has been much
alarm in some quarters about
the book and it has stirred up a
great ileal ot discussion about
the chemicals issues in the mass
media. If you should read "Silent
Spring" keep these facts In
mind:
Thanks In large part to chem
nals, we have the best, the
cheapest tin hours of labor), and
the satest food supply in the
world. Without insecticides, food
would cost more, would be much
less nutritious and of poorer
quality and there would be con
siderably less of It.
You, as a comsumer of food
are well protected by a vigilant
Food & Drug Administration and
state regulatory agencies. Guld
ed by two comprehensive laws
with many amendments to bring
tnem up to date, the Food &
Drug Administration is quick to
spot and outlaw Insecticide haz
ards to national health and well
being. The proof of the pudding
is that a chemical company must
spend $1 million to $1 1 2 mil
lion in research and testing be
fore it can clear an insecticide
for public use. If Thalidomide,
the drug that deforms babies,
had been an insecticide instead
of a drug for human use, it
would never have reached the
American public.
Use of insecticides does kill
some beneficial insects and in
other ways unpsets nature's
balance. But we upset the bal
ance of nature to some extent
whenever we break ground for a
1963
crop, kill a timber wolf, or cut a
tree to build a house. It is un
avoidable. It is only through dis
turbing natures oaiance oy in
tervening drastically in his own
behalf that man has Dcen aDie
to live on earth in a civinzeu
way.
Wheat and Feed Grains
In 1962 Act Discussed
We continue this week in our
discussion of the Food & Agri
cultural Act of 1962 with Title
III Wheat & Feed Grains.
Title III deals with production-
ad ustment and once support
programs for wheat & feed
grains. The 1963 wheat program
calls for land to be diverted on a
voluntary basis, and is similar
to the 1962 wheat program. A
1964 wheat program calls for
production controls, if approved
by two-thirds vote in a national
referendum. Approval would also
provide two levels of support-
one in good wneat ana a portion
of export, the other on wheat for
feed. If the program is rejected,
wheat will be supported at 50
oaritv to coonerators.
The legislation also extends
the current emergency feed grain
program into 1963, with some
changes. Starting in 1963, wheat
and corn growers who take part
in the diversion plan will re
ceive payment-in-kind of 18
cents a bushel. These payments
are lower on other grains. Parti
einatincr farmers will also re
ceive payments for diverting
land from these crops.
More Pointers Given
On Control Ot Weeds
In late October a card giving
some timelv weed control recom
mendations was mailed to all
farm families. Several ranchers
have inquired for further infor
mation to supplement that in
eluded on the card. As a result,
many have used chemicals in
the control of annual weeds and
grasses on roadside shoulders,
ditches, fencelines and waste
areas. With the excellent fall
and early winter weather that
we are enjoying it is still
possible to control these weeds
and grasses, perhaps wun noi
auite the degree of success as
might have been done earlier be
fore we had quite the luxurant
growth, but applications could
still ge very effective.
Recommendations for this type
of spraying was given at the rate
ot 4 lbs. of wo bimazine or
Atrazine and 2 lbs. of 50 com
mercial Amitrol or 12 gallon
Amitrol-T in 20-40 gallons of
water. The cost of an 8 ft. width,
one mile long, would be approxi
mately $16. For the eradication
of all vegetation around corrals
and buildings a recommendation
of 20 lbs. of 80 Atrazine or
Simazine; Karmex diuron or Tel
var monuron in 40-100 gallons oi
water per acre. Four lbs. of 2,4-D
per acre should be added where
there are broad leaf foliage at
time of application. TBA for the
control of Morning Glory was re
commended until the ground
was frozen at the rate of 10 gal
lons in 100 gallons of water
when sprayed with a hand gun
or 10 gallons in 20 or more of
water per acre when applied by
boom. Benzabor, a granular iua,
can be spread dry at the rate of
1-1 12 lbs. per square rod. Win
ter is a good time to control
brush. Brushy plants are among
the few weeds that can be treat
ed all winter long satisfactorily.
We are thinking mainly now of
willows and that type of brush
that might be a problem in fence
rows, irrigation ditches and on
right-of-ways.
Low volatile brush killer
chemicals are recommended ap
plied in an oil base to the lower
portion of the brush which re
sults in a very effective coutroy
of plants even up to 3 or 1 inches
in diameter. A commonly used
mixture for this basal treatment
consists of 3 gallons of any com
mercial brush killer in 97 gallons
of oil. FoFr smallcrmixturcs, 1
pint would be mixed with 1 gal
lons of oil such as diesel. The
mixture is then applied by
means of a hand gun to lower S
to 10 inches of the stem taking
care to soak the trunk liberallv
with the spray. Such an applica
tion may be made at almost
anytime during the winter pro-
ling it is not raining at the
time of application.
very otten the brush that lias
been treated with the basal ap
plication will not die out com
pletely in the first year. These
plants may leaf out although the
ttects ot the chemical on the
leaf will be seen, however they
are very ant to die durint? the
summer or die out comnletelv
the next fall and winter.
Uy Neighbors
"Let her go, John... I'm
suns they're just isnorinjr the
doorbell."
Your Home Agent
Extension Offers
OSU Program For
Young Marrieds
By ESTHER KIRMIS
Not everyone can go to Ore
gon State University, but Oregon
State can come to everyone.
This is a slogan that has
caught on over the whole state
as it describes, the work of the
extension service in the county.
The county agents are the long
arm of the University serving
in the local areas.
Believing this, the Morrow
County Advisory Committee in
Home Economics and your agent
are inaugurating a new idea this
1963 in bringing OSU informa
tion to "Young Marrieds" in the
county in the form of a monthly
letter To Young Marrieds.'
Research in the county, as over
the state and nation, has showed
that for the first five years of
married life most couples' time
is occupied with adjustment to
each other, small children, learn
ing housekeeping tasks, and per
haps even both husband and
wife working. The young mar
rieds are so busy with all of
these things that they do not
Livestock Prospects Promising for '63
Oregon livestock prospects are
promising for 1963, but cattle
and hog prices are likely to aver
age slightly lower than in 1962.
Lamb producers may experience
their best market year since
1957.
These trends are indicated by
recent and prospective changes
in livestock numbers, marketing
and demand in the year ahead,
reports Stephen C. Marks, Ore
gon State University extension
agricultural economist. Marks
makes his report in the new OSU
Farm and Market Outlook circu
lar, now available from county
extension offices.
Oregon cattle prices have been
improving the past 18 months
mainly because the expected in
crease in national beef produc
tion failed to materialize. Beef
output in 1962 was nearly the
same as in 1961, while popula
tion gained almost two percent,
At the same time, cattle feed
ing slowed down in the Cornbelt
and average slaughter weights
ot cattle were lighter than in
other recent years, Marks notes.
Smaller marketings in the Mid
west helped bolster prices in the
West, despite record feedlot acti
vlty In California, Arizona and
Texas.
As beef marketings increase
generally, prices on Ore g o n
slaughter cattle probably will
adjust to lower levels, especially
if the increase rate is much in
excess of population growth.
Such an increase now seems to
be in prospect, Marks said.
More cattle are sure to be
available for feeding in 1963 and
larger supplies for slaughter also
will be coming from winter
wheat pastures and ranges be
cause beef cattle herd sizes have
been increasing.
Favorable range conditions
and rising prices in 1962 en
couraged ranchers to expand
tneir herds. Preliminary esti
mates suggest that on January 1,
1963, the nation had a record cat
tle inventory of 102 million head.
Marks states.
Further expansion is the 1963
prospect, providing range condi
tions continue favorable. Range
feed conditions will continue to
be an important key to the turn
ing point in the current produc
ion and price cycle. So long as
range conditions remain favor
aoie, mere is little danger of a
price bust resulting from the re
cent build-up rate in cattle num-
ocrs, Marks believes.
Despite smaller over-all sup
pnes, ieeci gram prices may
average about the same as dur
ing the 1961-62 feeding year
Marks notes. The supply of hitrh
protein leeds is slightly larger
per animal unit man last year,
but these feeds cost more this
year due to generally good de
mand from domestic as well as
foreign users.
Domestic red meat production
will continue to be supplemented
by large imports, Marks states,
U. S. cow slaughter is expected
to increase some, but not enough
to cause a large reduction in mi
ports of processing beef.
Foreign suppliers , namely
Australia and New Zealand, pro
bably will increase their exports
to broaden their market outlets
In the United States, especially
it t.reat Kntian, worlds largest
meat importer, joins the Euro-
Han Common Market, he ob
serves. Oregon hog prices in 1963 pro
bably will average a little lower
than in 1962, Marks notes. Some
price recovery from the 1962 fall
low is in prospect for early 1963,
but not as much as a year earli
er. The prospective decline in hog
marketings this winter will be
off-sot by larger stocks of pork
in storage plants, increased sup
plies of frying chicken and larg
er beef supplies, he adds.
The V. S. 1962 fall pig crop
was larger than a year before
and a anther increase is in pros
pect in spring farrowings, Marks
said. Thus, hog marketings in
1963 are expected to be moder
ately larger than in 11X52. With
prospects of adequate grain sup
plies and fairly stable prices
through 1903, producers are like
ly to raise more hogs, he ob
serves.
IFMIM NEWS
' 'tTtvb
find time to become a member
of regular extension unit study
groups (adult women in home
making) in the county.
Information for our home ec
onomics prgoram in the county
comes through OSU home ec
onomics program in the county
Mrs. Roberta Fraiser, family
life; Miss Berniece Strawn, home
management; Mrs. Dorothy Mil
ler, family finance; Miss Virginia
Weiser, foods and nutrition; and
Miss Jessalee Mallileau, recreat
ion specialist. We do not have
a clothing specialist right now,
but hope to have this position
filled soon. Miss Esther Taskerud
is home economics coordinator
of all of these programs.
We feel that the Information
these specialists bring us is very
informative and vital to anyone
involved in family living. We
feel that information should be
channeled to the "Young Mar
rieds" at a time when they will
find it most useful.
County committee women have
listed all the young marrieds
they could think of in their com
munities. If anyone is missed
and would like to be included
on the mailing list please write
or phone the county extension
office in Heppner.
Included in the first letter are;
Sheepmen who survived the
recent low price years face rela
tively better times, at least until
supplies build up again, Marks
says. Lamb prices in 1963 should
average higher than in 1962.
Flock liquidations in 1960, 1961
and 1962 have reduced the num
ber of sheep and lambs to a
point where the Jan. 1, 1963, In
ventory may show the smallest
number since 1950. However,
with price improvement, no fur
ther large scale liquidation is in
prospect either.
Odds are that the 1963 lamb
crop will be even smaller than in
1962. Lamb prices during the
A
Hepjmer
Two food bulletins published by
Ubu; uo nylon slips cling? Are
you on a "merry-go-round" with
little people? Make a New Year's
resolution in managing time. Is
storage space tight in your kit
chen? How to win praise from
your husband. Does your refrig
erator have a bad odor? Two
monthly features: Smart Home
makers Tell Us and Recipe of
the Month.
Those interested in the short
course, "Money Management,"
are asked to meet Monday, Jan.
7, at the fair pavilion annex,
sponsored by the extension of
fice. To Show Cattle
Don Robinson, of the local firm
of Kirk & Robinson, Polled Here
ford breeders, will show seven
head of his top cattle at the Co
lumbia Empire Polled Hereford
Association Show and sale at
Walla Walla, Wn., on January 23
and 24. Four of these cattle will
be sold on the 24.
"Temper gets you into trouble.
Pride keeps you there." S- L.
Sherwell, Salisbury (Md.) Ad
vertiser. early part of 1963 will average
much higher than a year earlier,
with summer and fall prices
likely to hold above the same
seasons the past year, he pre
dicts. Wool prices in 1963 probably
will average about the same as
in 1962. Domestic stocks are
down and a smaller crop of
shorn wool is in prospect due to
the reduction of sheep numbers,
but prospects are for continued
strong competition from lower
priced man-made fibers and
from larger imports of woolen
fabrics.
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Farmers Loans
Now Extended
For Recreation
Recreational enterprises may
now be financed through the
Farmers Home Administration.
This provision has been added to
the previous authority to buy,
enlarge, develop, and operate
farms. These loans are made to
farmers and ranchers who per
sonally manage and operate not
larger than family farms. The
authorization to use loan funds
for providing recreational facili
ties will enable these family
farmers to supplement their
farm income.
Loans are made to farmers
who are unable to obtain the
credit they need from other
sources on reasonable terms.
Each loan must be sound and
show repayment ability.
Real estate loans may be used
to provide land and water devel
opment, fencing, land clearing,
drainage and irrigation facili
ties, fish ponds, dams, nature
trails, lakes, camp sites, and
other recreational purposes and
construction of essential farm
buildings.
To qualify for a recreation
WHY
CALFHOOD
VACCINATE?
Get The Answer
January 12 At
The Morrow Stock
Growers Meeting
(See Page 4, Sec. 2)
MM
Phone 676
Business Forms
Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Aultman
and two children of Mandeville,
La., were New Year's guests at
the home of Mrs. Aultman's
brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Randy Lott. From here they con
tinued their trip into Washing
ton for visits with otner rela
tives. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Miles
and children and Phyllis Nolan,
all of Pendleton, were visitors at
the M. V. Nolan home in Lexing
ton over the holidays.
loan, a farmer must have the
background needed to be suc
cessful in the proposed farm and
recreation enterprise. After the
loan is made, he must continue
to receive a substantial part of
his income from farming.
Repayment Is based on the
ability to repay from the entire
farm operation. Loans secured
by real estate may not exceed 40
years. Loans for non-real estate
purposes may not exceed
years. Interest rate is 5 percent
on the unpaid principal.
Maximum loan limits on real
estate is $60,000 and chattel
debts is $35,000.
Further information may be
obtained any Monday from 8:00
a. m. to 4:30 p. m. at 105 S. E.
Byers, Pendleton, Oregon.
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amovnr to over $2 Billion annually,
(ccordlnt-to USDA nrimarn)
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