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2- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 21, 1963 KAURI NEWS County Agent's Office Blow Control District To Meet At Nelson Home By N. C. ANDERSON Fred Nelson, director, Lexing ton Blow Control District, an nounces the annual meeting which will be held at the Fred Nelson farm home on Wednes day evening, February 27. The meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m. at which time a film will be shown and a discussion of problems within the district. Election of directors will be held during the evening. Those ranch ers whose lands are included in the Blow Control District are urged to attend their annual meeting. Livestock Growers Appoint Committee Chairman for 1963 Chairmen and members of the various committees of the Mor row County Livestock Growers Association were appointed last week by Floyd Jones, president. Appointed for 19G3 were Ray mond French, Heppner member ship and finance; Dick Wilkin son, Heppner, annual meeting; O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington, tax ation and legislation; Bob Peter son, lone, production and mark eting; Bob Van Schoiack, Hepp ner, insects, predators and ro dents; Harold Wright, Heppner, disease control; Ralph Beamer, Heppner, game theft and brand; Frank Anderson, Heppner, pas ture and range Improvement; Don Greenup, Heppner, beef pro motion; Ron Currin, Heppner, public lands and forestry; Jack Hynd, Cecil, cattleman of the year; and Howard Bryant, Hepp ner, auditing committee. Ranch ers selected from the member ship of the Association were ap pointed to these committees. Further appointments will be made as memberships grow dur ing the year. Chairman Raymond French has underway now a member ship program to bring numbers back to normal after a low mem bership In 19G2. Memberships dropped to 65 last year compared to a normal of over 100. Live stock Growers who are interested in participating in the Theft Pro tection program are Invited to do so now. This program Init iated In 1953 provides that a reward will be offered for the arrest and conviction of tres passers or theft for livestock cov ered by this program. Members may have this protection for 10c per head on their normal livestock breeding numbers. Conservation Title Announced "Forest Conservation in an Oregon Soil Conservation Dis trict," will be the title of next full's speech contest sponsored by the Oregon Association of Soil Conseivation Districts through local districts. Local participation has been good with the contest won this year by Martha Doherty, Heppner. Lindsays Add Angus Stock Lurry Lindsay, Lexington, re ports the purchase of three bulls, two Angus and a Hereford, at the Red Bluff sale last week. While 1 haven't seen these bulls yet, I am sure that they are of the same excellent quality that the Lindsays have been using over the past years which results In their excellent quality calf crop. The selection of good bulls and an excellent cow herd, I am sure, have been one of the main factors In the good gains which have been made by these calves In the feedlot dur ing the past two years that the Lindsays have been finishing out their own calves for market. Snow Pack 27 of Average Coming up Willow Creek Sat urday morning It was good to see a lot of Irrigation being done on the creek bottoms. It is especially Important this win ter that as much land as poss ible get well soaked up now while there is water in our creeks. This is especially Im portant since stream flow for the 1963 irrigation season is ex pected to be considerably be low average, largely due to an extremely poor snow pack which is close to the record low of 1934. The snow pack, now 27 of the average, Is only 13 of last year at this date. While there is still some time for snow in the moun tains no large pack can be an ticipated at this late date, es pecially as warm weather comes and "chinooks" are frequent. New Wheat Foods Get Commercial Production It is interesting to note the number of new wheat foods which have been developed over the past few years as efforts have been made to utilize abun dant supplies of wheat. Through the efforts of the Oregon Wheat Growers League encouragement was given for the development of Ala, a bulgor-type wheat feed, which as well as being popular in this country, has been in great demand in foreign coun tries with a large percentage of the output being shipped over seas. "Wheatnuts" is the name which an enterprising Montana person has given to a new pro duct which he has developed within the last year. Basically this is a whole-wheat snack food made from wheat which has been soaked, allowed to germinate, and cooked In deep fat. It has a nut-like flavor. Com mercial distribution will be made from his plant at Circle, Montana. He is also experiment ing with "Wheatnuts" in various new products such as cookies, candies and breakfast foods. Only recently the Federal gov ernment has purchased 66 mil lion pounds of Nebraskit, a sur vival ration development by the Nebraska Department of Agri culture for stocking of public shelters. The Nebraskit is made from hard red winter wheat flour, corn flour, corn sugar, shorten ing and other ingredients. This cracker-type ration is one of three in the Nebraskit family which the Department lias de veloped: the Nebraskit, the milk bar and the milo-wheat wafer. While the Nebraskit was devel oped primarily as a ration for public shelters later attention has shifted to its peaceful uses as a high-protein type food for hungry peoples of the world. Bulletin on Wills Still Available A new OSU bulletin, "A Will Your Home Agent T Fabric Bulletin Gives Help On Matching Plaids By ESTHER KIRMIS Perfectly matched plaids can make a 39 cent-a-yard gingham dress look expensive, while im properly jointed plaids can ruin the effect of the most expensive fabric. Secrets of sewing with plaids are told in a new, illustrated bulletin available from Oregon State University extension ser vice. Size of ihe plaid makes a dif ference in the pattern the home seamstress should choose. For example, a large plaid looks best when a pattern with few seams is used. The garment will be easier to cut and sew, and will take less material. Patterns with yokes and more seams, on the other hand, can be used for small plaids. The two types of plaids even and uneven present different problems. The bulletin explains how to tell the types apart and pictures specific ways to work with each. Among general suggestions listed for cutting plaid fabrics are: 1. Center a vertical plaid line at the body center. 2. Place pattern pieces so one main hor izontal block of plaid is at, or near shoulder. 3. Match front i and back along horizontal lines of plaid. 4. If blouse has an underarm dart, match plaid above the dart. This makes it possible when cutting set-In sleeves to have the horizontal line continuous around the body. 5. To piece a plaid, match and join along one line of a design and not through the middle of a color. You may obtain free copies of the bulletin "Planning Plaids" from the county extension of fice. OSU Issues Bulletin on Steam Irons If you plan to invest in a new steam iron, check buying tips in a revised Oregon State Uni versity bulletin, "Steam Irons." Copies are available on re quest at the county extension office. As more man-made fabrics and wrinkle-resisting finishes for natural fibers are developed, the steam iron becomes more of a necessary household tool, spec ialists point out. Touch up iron ing is easily accomplished with a steam iron, and the OSU bulle tin tells how. Advantages of the two most of Your Own" which we dis cussed in this column a couple of weeks ago has been in much demand. Oregon State has made two printings to keep up with this demand. The Oregon State Bar Association has taken quite a number of these for distribu tion to its membership. Individ ual lawyers have ordered large quantities. There have been large orders by both the Uni versity of Oregon and OSU for their employees and other higher education institutions within the state, both public and private. If you have not yet picked up your copy, it is available at this office. Food Employs Millions Growing, processing and sell ing food requiies the full-time efforts of 9,100,000 Americans, 32 times the population of Nevada. School Plans Forest Tour Plans were layed last week for a forest conservation school tour in Morrow county. Such tours have become very popular over the past number of years with all western Oregon and many eastern Oregon counties now holding these for higher elemen tary grade school children. Par ticipating in the planning were Ilillard Brown, Heppner elemen tary school principal, and sixth grade teachers, Mrs. Inez Iriwn and Mrs. Inez Meador with Bob Strand, forest service; Ralph Richards, SCS; Joe Hay and my self representing this office. Charlie Ross, Extension Fores ter, OSU, showed colored slides and discussed the nature of such tours in other counties. Selection of a site where various forest conservation practices can be seen will be selected by a com mittee as soon as it is possible to get around the mountains. Plans were made to hold the first tour in late September or early October, 1963. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat j$L J f Ol Charge VryH Heppner, C y I p Lexington WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Thurs. Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hermlston, Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermlston-McNary Highway Smith Proposes lax on Transfers A tax of 55 cents per $1,000 valuation In transfers of real property, designated to raise $1 million a biennium for the gen eral fund, has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Jack L. Smith, D-Condon. Smith, in his first term a member of the important House taxation committee, said the tax is one-half the rate of the federal stamp tax on transfers of deeds and other legal papers. The tax would be collected by county clerks or recorders at the time property transfers are re corded. The tax would be re corded in a way that price of the sale would not be determin ed by outside parties. The county general fund would receive five per cent of the revenue to pay for collec ting the tax. The reminder would go to the state general fund. "Oregon appears faced with the job of increasing revenue by between $49 million and $65 mil lion in the next twb years in order to keep services at present levels and to take pressure off property taxes," Smith said. "This tax would collect about $1 miillon of that need and would fall due at a time when taxpayers have money and can best afford to pay the tax," he said. Club Hears Reports The 4-H Golden Rock club met at the public cuseum Saturday, February 16. We talked about our window display on National 4-H week in March. Terry Peck gave a report on Andesite, Lee Payne also gave a report on Phyrolite. On January 26 we met with the adult rock club at the old library. They had a movie on fossils. The name of the movie was the "Fossil World of Clarno." Bobby Peck, reporter Mrs. L. D. Tibbies is with her sister, Mrs. Altha Payne in Kan sas City, Mo. Mrs. Payne is re cuperating from surgery and Mrs. Tibbies will visit for sev eral weeks. Guests last week at the Ted Smith home were Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Allen, Redmond. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Allen are sisters. popular types of steam irons are described plus tips for the overseas traveler who wants to invest in a travel iron. Steam iron owners are told sow to clean clogged vents with a simple vinegar and water sol ution and what kind of water to use for best results. Ag Head Reports More Bills Which Would Affect SDA To aid in keeping farmers and others interested and Inform ed of pending legislation relating to the state department of agri culture, Director J. F. Short lists this group of bills introduced during the first two weeks of February: SB 151 would repeal need to notarize inspection fee reports required of dealers in fertilizers, limes and agricultural minerals. (Requested by the department). SB 103 would remove require ments for mobile slaughter plants, prohibit sale of uninspec ted meat in retail markets and require non-processing slaught erers to sell only Inspected meat. The first hearing on this devel opment concern both for and against. SB 156 would establish a pilot inspection program on poultry and rabbit slaughter for the two years ending July 1, 1965, to determine necessity and cost of statewide compulsory inspection. HB 1239 on agricultural mark eting would prohibit any dealer in agricultural commodities from specified unfair marketing prac tices and would be administer ed by SDA. HB 1303 would require the dir ector of agriculture to submit a report to the 1965 Legislature on an interstate compact provid ing for regulation of production and marketing of agricultural commodities. HB 1341 would amend the egg law to require licensing of chicken and turkey hatcheries and inspection to determine that eggs which have been incubated do not enter market channels. (Aimed at incubator rejects and prohibits entry into Oregon of egg meats unless processed in USDA-inspected plants or are from states that prohibit incu bator rejects.) HB 1346 would provide ma chinery for state marketing or ders on agricultural commod ities, with SDA to administer the act. HB 1376 is a milk stabilization act which would license milk handlers, establish minimum prices to be paid at the producer level, provide a method of equal ization and establish quotas for individual dairymen. HB 1356 would require notices be posted when imitation milk products are sold in vending ma chines or otherwise. HB 1401 would allow the de partment to set a due date for all statements of monies due for services rendered. (Requested by Fertilizer Sales Drop 26,000 Tons Oregon farmers used less fert ilizer and limes on their lands last year than in 1961 but more boron, gypsum and other agri cultural minerals. At least this is the story told in inspection fee reports filed with the state department of agriculture by dealers in this state. The comparative tonnages re ported sold in the two years: 1961 1962 Fertilizers 234,889 208,306 Limes 52,707 44,695 Ag. minerals 13,608 15,218 The 1961 tonnage stands as the record sales of fertilizers in Oregon in the 11 years since the state has required quarterly reports. Lime usage, based on sales, was lowest of any year since 1951, with exception of 1954. Highest lime sales occurred in 1959 when dealers reported 81, 596 tons. Last year was the third high year on agriculture mineral sales, with 1956's 18,284 tons still the top reported. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Erickson, Madras, were visitors here Sat urday and Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McCabe and both couples attended the Elks Annual on Saturday. the State Department of Agri culture). HJR 18 directs the department to provide "acceptance service" so that meat under state in spection can be sold to state institutions as well as federally inspected meat now purchased. Citizens may obtain copies of any of these bills by writing to their state senator or repre sentative at the Capitol, Salem 10. Livestock Club Sees Films On Animals The lone Livestock club met at the lone Community church on February 6. Our leader, Ken neth Smouse, was absent and Alfred Nelson took charge. Our roll call was the naming of our project and the breed of animal. Keith and Kristin Nelson gave a report on the care and feeding of dairy cows. We discussed where we were going on our tour in the spring. There were a few suggestions. Joe Hay, county 4-H leader, made a few announcements con cerning the Oregon Wheat Grow ers League Fat Stock Show to be held at The Dalles in June. He showed two movies, "Save More Lambs" and "Raising Dairy Cows." Our next meeting will be held at the Kenneth Smouse home on March 3. We will study judg ing livestock. Charles Nelson, reporter Sewing Club Gives Apron Demonstrations February meeting of the Country Cutters 4-H club was at the home of Molly Beckett February 16. Debby Warren joined our club and all mem bers were present. Each girl gave a demonstra tion showing the different steps in making an apron. Roll call was answered with each girl giving the reason why she chose the particular material for her skirt. Betty Carlson showed how to lay patterns on material and cut them out. We are planning on making a blouse to match our skirts, as an extra article. Under new business we de cided to give our demonstrations for Mrs. Roland Bergstrom's club at our March meeting. Visitors were Mrs. Don Peter son, Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. Jim Pettyjohn and Mrs. Law rence Beckett. Linda Pettyjohn, reporter 4 ( MS Si 1 41 ' K . , , " . ,.v I t 1 ." JWViCTUfs M ML W ;4 AW. VERSATILE... POWERFUL... 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