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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, JanuarylO,
1963
lynd Bros. Layout Said One of 'Country's
lest
(See story page 1)
Hynd Bros., who have been
chosen by a Morrow County
Livestock Growers association
committee as Livestockmen of
the Year, have one of the finest
ranch layouts in the country and
one with a rich background of
tradition.
The following gives some of
their history in the county, to
gether with details of their op
eration, and information on how
they have followed practices to
make it what it is today.
Background Information:
The original Hynd Brothers
were four brothers who came
from England to Canada then
to the United States in 1898. The
brothers, Will, Dave, Charles and
Jack Sr., formed a corporation
in 1902, and their first purchase
was the Sand Hollow ranch,
which was sold to O. W. Cuts
fort h in 1944.
This original ranch, consisting
of 6!0() acres, was the head
quarters for their sheep outfit
which reached approximately
10,000 head at one time of their
operation.
Two of the brothers married,
J.u'k Sr., and Charles, but Will
and Dave remained single to
I heir deaths. The operation now
known as Hynd Bros, consists
of Herbert and Jack Jr., sons
of Jack Sr.: Ewing, son of
Charles, and E. R. Schaffer, son
inlaw, who married Annie
llvnds. daughter of Jack Sr. Each
of 1 1 io present owners have
children but none of them are
at present involved in the oper
ation. The corporation officers are
Herbert Hynd, president; Ewing
Hynd, first vice president; E. R.
Schaffer, second vice president
and Jack Hynd, Jr., secretary
treasurer. The four original
brothers retired in 1946, and
Jack Sr. and Charles, the two
remaining of the original four
brothers, live in Pendleton.
Ranch Development
And Management:
The original operation that
was incorporated in 1902, the
Sand Hollow ranch, was used
as sheep range. This ranch was
sold in 1944 to Orville Cutsforth.
In 1907 the Ukiah ranch was
bought, consisting of 2500 acres.
Charles Hynd took management
of this ranch which was used
for summer range for sheep for
a few years but soon changed
to cattle and has been used as
a part of the summer range oper
ation. Adjacent to the Ukiah
ranch is the Texas Bar forest
allotment which summers 1G5
pairs.
In 1909, Dr. Frank Kistner,
Ileppner, asked Jack Hynd Sr., to
lease his Willow Creek ranch
wilh at least a part of the rent
lo be taken out in pay for sage
brush reclamation and even
tually seeding alfalfa. The lease
was culminated and in 1917 tne
ranch was bought in and was
mad1 "headquarters ranch
where four and five bands of
sheen lambed each year until
1958 when the sheep were sold
This was, and is, also head
quarters for wintering the cattle
At the lime of its purchase this
ranch consisted of approximat
elv 2,000 acres. In the Cecil area
now I hey have about 27,000
acres, most of which is winter
and early spring range, much
of which is leased. In later years
two small ranches on Willow
Creek were added to the orig
inal. This ranch is known as
"Hullerbv l'Tats," named from
High Butterby where the orig
inal Hynds family lived in Eng
land. Holdings were added in an
orderly manner to further de
velop one of their fine ranch
layout. It is ideal from the stand
point that it provides high
mountain summer range, foot
hill rangeland for early spring
and late fall and an ideal win
tering setup on the desert near
the Butterby Flats headquarters.
Added to the operation was
the Kreeeout ranch, consisting
of -I.OOO acres, which was purch
ased in 191!). It is used for sum
mer range. In the mid-forties the
l.uckman ranch of 3,000 acres
was purchased. This ties in with
the Kreezeout ranch. The broth
ers have 750 acres of deeded
land at Granite in Grant coun
ty which was a part of their
summer sheep operation which
consisted mainly of forest re
serve. The operation now has 210
acres of irrigated land, the main
ranch being used for bay pro
duction for wintering the cattle
and some for sale; two small
places on Willow Creek that are
in pasture; 80 acres of wheat
land: 7.000 acres in the Freeze
out and Luckman ranches, 2500
acres of summer ranch in Ukiah
plus Texas Bar allotment for 165
nairs: 750 acres at uranite
27.000 on the dessert, with thei
operation extended into Morrow
Gilliam, Umatilla and Grant
counties.
Continuously improving thi
ranch, the Hynds have developed
11 springs, dug 12 wells or drill
ed them and added concrete or
steel tanks and pumps to pro
vide a source of good clean water
at all times. They have 15 to 20
ponds on the summer range
Three running springs through
the Ukiah ranch provide an
abundance of water that assists
in distribution of cattle on the
range. Original small grain
fields at the Luckman, Freeze
out and Ukiah ranches seeded
to grass, as well as some seed
lng on the desert, totals 280
acres seeded over the past few
years. The entire ranch opera
tion is fenced and cross-fenced
and a planned management
grazing program Is carried out
There are 85 to 100 miles of
line and cross fences on these
ranches.
There have been setbacks
from time to time in putting
together this operation. The lirst
came in 1941 when Hynd Bros
was forced to sell 9,000 acres of
desert range land near their
headquarters for use by the
Navy as the Boardman bombing
range. Not only did they lose
this rangeland but also improve
ments such as wells, fence and
grassland improvement. Two
years ago, because of a need
for development, the State of
Oregon persuaded them to sell
11,000 acres of this desert range
land as a part of land being
secured to encourage industrial
development in the area. The
Hynds, however, retained use of
this range for a five-year period.
One year of that period has
passed.
Through proper range use the
winter and spring desert range
nas been improved consistently,
Once pitted by sand dunes, this
land has been treated in such
a manner by proper use that
an excellent grass cover can be
found on the entire operation
under control by Hynd Brothers
Livestock Management
And Improvement:
The type of operation is cow-
calf with the calves being sold
to a repeat buyer for several
years. First delivery is made on
approximately Septem her 20
when calves are weaned from
the cows summered at the
Froezeout ranch. The rest of the
calves are then delivered on Oc
tober 20 as they are gathered
on the Ukiah operation. Top
market has been received each
year, being sold by telephone
as the quantity is established
wilh this buyer.
At present there are 799 cows
and heifers and 28 bulls. Every
year a percentage of the cows
are culled out, consisting of
drys and older animals. One
hundred head of heifers, on the
average, are kept for replace
ments so that each cow is re
placed every nine years. In
making selections, the Hynd
watch for good milkers and as
a result have built up a cow
herd that has plenty of milk
for calves. Calving is done on
the range if possible to eet away
from diseases which many times
occur when calving in the feed-
lot. There is an average 94
calf drop.
tows are wintered on the
desert from approximately De
cember 20 to Juno 1. The Texas
Bar forest reserve calls for 105
head on June 1 and these are
the first to be trucked from the
Cecil ranch. Cattle are subse
quently trucked to the Freeze
out ranch and to Ukiah. The
cow herd is trailed to the win-
or range in Late December. Two-
year-olds are kept close to the
headquarters or in the feodlot
if weather is such that they
must be kept so that thev can
be watched. Cows are brought
to the feodlot as they calve or
are ready to calve if the weather
is severe.
Calf quality is good with
many selected to be fed out
as 4 II calves. Replacement heif-
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TWO-YEAR OLD Herefords, due to calve soon, are watched by the Hynd brothers on thoir Butteiby
Fiats rancn near cecn. ine men, named 1962 Morrow County Livestock Men of the Year, are (from
left) Ewing Hynd, Herb Hynd, Jack Hynd Jr., and E. R. (Schaf) Schaffer. The men are standing
cy a ju it. aug wen wnn concrete trougn. it nas an ingenious device, consisting of float and
siphon, that keeps water fresh, clean and free fr om freezing. (G-T Photo)
ers are calfhood vaccinated for
Brucellosis, vaccinations are
made for black leg, malignant
edema and shipping fever. A
number brand is used for iden
tifying cows and calves for selec
tion of replacement heifers as
well as a record of age.
Bulls are selected from breed
ing that are dwariism-iree and
for size as well as for a back
ground from good milking cows
Ewing Hynd, who is responsible
for running the cattle, likes to
buy groups bf bulls of the same
breeding. He has been having
trouble in later years buying
the kind that he likes, lhose
with big bone and that weigh
ton when mature.
While the range sheep were
sold in 1958, a small farm flock
of ewes is kept on the Cecil
ranch.
Citizenship and Community
Service:
The Hynd Brothers are active
in many county and community
activities, a lew of which tol
ow: Jack Hynd Jr., is a mem
her of the advisory school boar
at lone and secretary-treasurer
ol the Columbia Basin KEA, a
community service he has per
formed for many years. Herbert
has been active in the Morrow
County Livestockgrowcrs assoc
lation and has been chairman
of several commi 1 1 e e s. At
present, he is on a special tax
committee which is working on
nuauzation of livestock prop
ertv taxes. Ewing is past presi
dent of the Umatilla County
Liveslockgrpwers associ a t i o n
ind was selected as Umatilla
'ounty Cattleman of the Year
few years ago. His wife, Beu
ah, is immediate past-president
of the Oregon CowBelles.
General:
The Hynd Bros, operation is
one of the oldest corporations,
it not the oldest, existing in
the slate of Oregon and per
haps in the entire Pacific North
west. The men are proud of this
and indicate that with such an
operation as theirs, they must
learn to give and take if the
partnership is to be a success
ful, aggressive one. They point
out that this is a working corp
oration with all involved active
in the management and the op
eration. They radiate a pleasure
and satisfaction in the contin
ued development of their ranch
and improvement of their live
stock operation. Jack Sr., now
87 years old, was one of the
original directors of the Morrow
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Grazing association, organized
in 1937, with the prime objec
tive of range improvement in
the large area which now con
sists of the Boardman Bombing
Range and area adjacent to it.
At that time migrant bands of
sheep and other livestock were
depleting this rangeland grazing
the entire year.
Established ranches of t he
area organized to lease county
and railroad lands, forming a!
lotments wilh Bureau of Land
Management rangeland, to es
tablish regulations on the use
of the range which has con
tinually improved. The Morrow
Grazing association of which
much credit can be given to
Jack Hynd, Sr., continued until
three years ago when it was
discontinued because of the sale
and other use of lands which
were originally used by these
operators.
Ralph Richards of the Soil
Conservation office here attend
ed a 3-day snow survey school
in Bend this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Schoen,
Redmond, spent the week-end
here with their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terry
Thompson, and family.
MONUMENT Mr. and Mrs.
George Stirritt and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred McWillis spent New Years
day visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Asher at their home between
Dayville and Kimberly.
Helen Brown returned in Dec
ember after spending three
weeks with her son, Chester and
family, in Hawaii. She spent
Christmas with her son, Pete and
iamily in Portland.
Theron King and Mrs. Iva
Barnard drove to Pendleton
Thursday to visit with his son,
t-ari rank King and with Mrs.
ineron King.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor DuBosch,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roach
spent the holiday vacation with
tneir son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman DuBosch and
daughter.
Mrs. Ellen Stubblefield spent
Christmas with her son, Norris
stuDbieiieid and family.
New Year dinner guests at the
ivi. btuDDieiieid home were Mr.
and Mrs. Loyd Osborn and son
of Fox, Mrs. Vera Gardner, Joe
Elder, Harold Reynolds, Mr. and
Mrs. George Stubblefield and
lamily.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shanks and
family of The Dalles flew up one
day during vacation to visit his
motner red bhanks and family
and other friends.
The MJVIM club met Thursday
at the home of Helen Brown.
Next meeting will be February 7
at the Grace Stirritt home.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Matteson,
Doris Capon, Clara Flower, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Forest and child
ren were in Heppner Thursday
morning on business.
Henry Durst drove to John Day
Saturday to visit his wife, Ella
who is a patient at the Medical
Center.
Lynn Forest is a patient in the
Vancouver, Wn., Veterans hospi
tal and Mrs. Forest is staying at
Brightwood with her daughter,
Patsy.
Lee Jones of Bend was here for
the week-end visiting his sister,
Mrs. Theo Owings.
Miss Judy Mclnness and Miss
Mary Emery returned to their
scnoois at Caldwell, Ida., after
vacationing with their parents.
A son, William Mark Neal.
was born December 29 to Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Neal. Grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hin
ton and Mr. and Mrs. Maney
Neal.
Baptism was held at the Mon
ument church Christmas evening
for Mrs. Norris Stubblefield and
three daughters and Miss Katha-
en Thomas, daughter of Mr.
Sew-Alongs to Start
Club Exhibit Articles
The Sew-Alongs started the
New Year out with a meeting
at the schoolhouse on January
5. We worked on practice art
icle seam finishes and selected
our pattern and fabrics for main
4-H article which will be exhib
ited at our 1963 fair.
The next meeting will be held
on January 18 when we are to
have our patterns and fabrics
for our main article. We will
fit the pattern and cut main
article and study the principles
of fitting.
With Jane Rawlins as our
leader, we now have 10 girls
enrolled in either Phase IV or
Phase V. These girls are Lynn
Burkenbine, Joan Stockard, Car
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Brenda Young, Susan Drake,
Nonda Clark and Margaret
Green. Five of these girls are
also enrolled in Flower Grow
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Clark. The girls learned flower
arranging last year and did an
excellent job at the 1962 fair.
Judy Smith, reporter
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice left
Tuesday for Wickenburg, Ariz.,
They were taken down by their
son, Edward, and will remain for
an indefinite stay.
and Mrs. Kenneth Thomas.
Dinner guests at the Rev. Ken
neth Thomas home on Christmas
were Mrs Thomas' father, Rev.
Brown and a brother and sister
from Washington, also an aunt
and two uncles from California.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams
and two children left Saturday
evening for their home at the
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Henry Martin and sister Margar
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