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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursdoy, February 28, 1963 Watershed Fund Cut Severe Blow, Soil Head Says FARM NEWS County Agent's Office Safflower Production Interest Found Keen By K. C. ANDERSON There has been quite a little interest during the past week by farmers on contracting far safflower production. The inter est comes, I believe, from the decision of farmers to partici pate in the feed-grain program Regulations provide that sar flower can be grown on the 61 verted acres by lowing the diver sion payment. The incentative payment of 14c a bushel on the feed-grain produced would be earned, borne farmers have esu mated that cost of seed, tillage and harvest plus the average di version payment lost would come to about $13.65 an acre. At a contract price of $75 a ton this would mean that any pro ductlon over and above 360 lbs. per acre would be clear profit While safflower yields are eratic we have had some as high as 1300 lbs. per acre. It would depend entirely on the weather; it being Important that the soil is deep and filled with moisture at the beginning of the growing season. This condition prevails at this time and with continued good moisture conditions during the spring months there is a good possibility of safflower to make some money for those who decide to grow it. The deadline dates for contracts to be signed is fast approaching and anyone who did not pick up a contract at the safflower meeting or one from this office should get one soon. Crops Show Spring Growth Everyone that I have talked to this past week was amazed at the excellent growth that Is being made in crops since the weather warmed up. This is es peciallv noticeable in those fields where the grain has been frozen back to the ground level with many believing that these stands were frozen out com pletely. I may be over optimistic but the way it now appears there will be little reseeding necessary even of barley seeded in the fall. Prospects for a bump er crop look the best this spring of any year that I can remember. Handbook Orders Taken For the past number of years the extension service have pre pared handbooks on insect, plant disease and weed control. These are revised each year and are made available to interested per sons by the Co-op Book Store at Corvallis for a nominal price. The 1963 edition will be soon off the press. For anyone who is interested in a handbook of one or all three we have order blanks available at this office. 'Gopher-getter' Machine Ready for Rental Schedule By the time you read this news item the Heppner Soil Con servation District will have their new "gopher-getter" ordered for rental to farmers with gopher problems. While many have in dicated interest in using this machine we are now ready to schedule It by communities. It is a pull type implement that operates with a hydraulic cylin der and can be used on any tractor equipped with a hydraulic system. While the district supervisors will determine actual rental at their regular meeting next Tues day night the cost will be ap proximately $1 an acre for rental and poisoned grain bait. Those sion, Those who contributed to the establishment of the live stock feeding center at the Herm iston Experiment Station will wish to attend. Newest in Food Novelties Bottled Eggs, by the Pound I Now .... Eggs in Bottles! With the advent of frozen foods and Jet age transportation, con sumers have become fairly so phisticated about food novelties. Now, however, a produce firm in Quincy, 111., has succeeded in startling the customers on its milk routes by selling eggs in bottles. The company uses bottles with a mouth just large enough to pass at a time, one broken-out egg with yolk and white to gether. It is said that the eggs stay separate, without mixing. The eggs keep well under rj frigeration and are priced by the pound. Lindsays Plant Tree Windbreak Larry Lindsay and his mothei Rosella are proud of a new wind break established last week at their ranch home north of Lex ington. The windbreak is a four row planting using Caragna, Russian Olive, Black Locust, and Ponderosa Pine. The planting es tablished to the west and south, will protect part of the farm stead Including the house and a new home planned by Larry. Livestock Growers Add Members Raymond French, chairman of membership and tinance com mittee, Morrow County Livestock Growers Ass'n., has been busy the past month. Thirteen 1963 memberships have been picked up by Raymond since his ap pointment to this position on January 22. This brings the 1963 membership to a total ot 54, just half of the high membership of a few years back. Membership In the Association will assure the livestock producer of being stronger by united effort in prob lems affecting the industry. If you have not joined the local organization you can do so by sending your dues to Raymond French or treasurer, Gerald Swaggert, MARTHA DOHERTY, Heppner; Marlene Eubanks, Arlington; and Steve Davis, Olex, all 4-H members at the "Know Your State Government" conference in Salem recently got a chance to question Chief Justice William McAllister of the Supreme Court in his office. Sixty-nine 4-H youngsters attended the sixth 4-H government conference. Marlene received a trip to the national 4-H club conference in Washington, D. C. Also attending from Morrow county was David Proudfoot of Echo. who have hand baited indivld ual gophers, will agree that this certified by a private physician April 1 Deadline Set For Veteran Tax Exemptions Disabled war veterans and widows of veterans must apply for their annual state property tax exemptions by April 1, the Department of Veterans' Affairs reported today. Application for the exemption which amounts to $7500 of the true cash value of the property s filed with the county assessor, Those entitled include: 1. War veterans 40 percent or more disabled as certified by the Veterans Administration or the Armed Forces, regardless of their income, 2. Unremarried widows of war veterans, regardless of income Pensioned widows of Spanish- American war veterans get an extra $500 exemption. 3. Spanish-American war vet rans, regardless of disability or neome. Veterans whoso disabilities arc mechanical device will save them many dollars and hours of back-breaking work. Contact this office or the Soil Conser vation Service office for scheduling. Conference Invites Livestockmen Livestock producers, feeders and others interested in the live stock industry are invited to at tend an animal science research review and planning conference to be held in Hermlston on March 18. Several livestock re search persons will discuss such items as economic factors in fluencing livestock production in eastern Oregon; review of live stock marketing research; re view of range management re search; summary of projected plans for livestock feeding re search in eastern Oregon and a question period time for discus- and the county health officer, rather than by the VA or the Armed forces, are also entitled provided they have not received more than $2500 total gross in come in the past year. Disabled veterans and widows living in house trailers may re ceive an annual license fee re duction of up to $100 bv filing with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Assistance is also available from county service officers or the state veterans' department Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dobbs and soiv Bob, drove to Portland Sat urday night returning Sunday r.ight. Mrs. Dobbs remained until Tiiursday to attend a Miss Clan- ol color show and visit her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gray. WATCH FOR John Deere Day Coming Soon RUCQ Units to Hold Workshop Series On Furniture The demand for "Furniture Restoration" by the women of Morrow county will be answered in the March Extension unit meetings and a series of work shops to follow in Heppner and Irrigon. Finishing and refin i s h i n s furniture is an absorbing hobby for many families, an answer to economic problems for others and a way for everyone to im prove something already pos sessed and cherished. The use fulness, structure and form of good furniture often long outlast the finish. With modern mater ials and methods that are easy to master, anyone can put a Doner nnisn on manv a piece of furniture than it had when it was new. With the excellent assistance of Mrs. Clint McQuarrie, a furn iture restoration hobbiest of Heppner, we met on February 26 at the Pine City school with project leaders from the Exten sion Units in the county to give them the first steps in removing finish with a non-inflammable type of a cleaner. Different types of sandpaper; tricks in sanding; selection, care and cleaning of brushes and remov ing dents, bruises, and stains were also discussed. It is the plan to have these project leaders give this lesson at the March unit meetings in the county and take'sign-ups" of people who are interested in restoring furniture for the Hepp ner and Irrigon workshops. It is hoped that participants will have removed the finish from their article before they come to the workshops. Those that wish to take part are urged to attend the Extension Unit meet- Field Trip Planned A meeting of the Lively Fives 4-H club was called to order February 18 at Jeanne Hunt's home at 4 p.m. We discussed our display for 4-H week. Plans were made to visit the Pendleton Woolen Mills either March 21 or 22. We will meet at 10 a.m., March 2 to put up our display. Jeannette Ledbette'r, reporter ings closest to them and get in on the basic steps of refinishing. Procedure as to preparation of new finish, restoring color, and new kinds of finishes (oil, varnish, shellac, or lacauer) will be taken up at the workshops. The following Extension Unit meetings are scheduled: March 6 Rhea Creek Grange hall, Mrs. Myron Rill and Mrs. Albert Wright, project leaders. March 7 Kenneth Pa 1 m e r home, Mrs. Louis Carlson and Mrs. Jim Pettyjohn, leaders. March 12 joe Wright home, Mrs. Riley Munkers and Mrs. Mabel Heath, leaders. March 13 Pine City school, Mrs. George Luciani and Mrs. Leo Ashbeck, leaders. March 14 Old Irrigon school, Mrs. Louis Shade, Mrs. Leroy Buchanan, Mrs. Donald Acock and Mrs. Paul Slaughter, leaders. March 19 Mrs. William See hafer home, Mrs. Jessie Worden and Mrs. Earl Briggs, leaders. Workshops to follow these meetings are planned for: Hepp ner Fair Annex on March 14, March 21 and March 28. Old Irrigon school on March 22, March 29 and April 2. Meetings will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with sack lunch at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ferguson were in Walla Walla, Wn Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Fer guson visited Mrs. Helen King, tcur leader for trips abroad, ami on Friday she attended a meet ing of the DAR. AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO. Owned and Operated By PAUL N. HANSEN Will Be Available Again This Year To Offer Assistance To The Ranchers Of This Area With Your Weed Problems. AUTOMOTIVE GREASE 111 PLASTIC TUBES "Handiest package everT-that's what folks say about RPM Automotive Grease In 12 oz. plastic cartridges. Eliminates waste and contamination; simplifies filling your grease gun. Just snip off the ends of the tube and slide it into your gun. Handiest grease, too! Lubricate wheel bearings, chassis fittings, water pumps, universal joints and track rollers with just one grease! For any Standard Oil product, call L. E. "ED" DICK Phone 676-9633 Heppnei The proposed cut in the State Engineer's appropriation by the Ways and Means committee in the legislature, of $100,01X1 foi Watershed Planning could co.it the State of Oregon $8 million in one year alone, Elmer Peter son, president of the State As sociation of Soil Conservation Districts said today. Of this, $4 million could be federal money. The federal government has provided construction funds for all public law 566 projects that have been approved for operat ions in Oregon. Construction money is available for many projects as soon as planning is completed and they are approv ed. The "bottleneck," Peterson explained, has been in turning out watershed Dlans by qualified watershed planning parties. Club to Serve Court Kettles and Spoons 4-H club welcomed a visitor, Christy Wat kins. Our junior leader, Joan Stockard, gave us a demonstra tion on fixing raw vegetables. We made plans to serve cookies to the county court next month at its regular meeting. We sang songs and played games. Susan Melby, reporter Plan Window Display The Knit-Wit 4-H club met at the home of Terry Pettyjohn Monday. We started knitting on our hats. We discussed our 4-H display, which will be in the window of Lois Beauty Shop. All members were present and rtfreshments were served by Mrs. Pettyjohn. The next meeting will be March 4 at 4 o'clock. Delbert McLachlan, reporter Among those attending Dad's Week-end at Oregon State Uni versity in Corvallis were Claude Graham, Jerry Daggett and Oliver Creswick. Graham was a guest of his daughter, Helen, a senior student; Daggett visited his son, Kenneth, a freshman, and Creswick took in the activi ties with his son, Ronald, a freshman. The fathers returned home Sunday. The cut will delay planning on any pronosed projects, such as that under consideration on Rhea creek in Morrow county. "There are over 200 potential small watersheds in Oregon. Thirty-four applications for small watersheds have been ap proved by the State Engineer. Twenty-one of these are wait ing for a watershed planning party to develop plans," Peter son added. State funds have provided one additional planning party to the USDA Soil Conservation Service to speed up watershed planning. The loss of state funds would wipe out one well-trained plan nine nartv. This would leave Oregon with only one watershed planning party, Peterson said. "It had been planned during the next year with the combin ation of state and federal funds,' Peterson said, "to complete plan ning on four watersheds, and preliminary investigations on five to eight additional water sheds." With the loss of state water shed planning funds only Sut uilla Creek in Douglas County installation cost, one million dollars and Tutuilla Creek in Umatilla County installation cost, $2,307,000 could be com pleted. Completion of watershed planning would have to wait on North Powder in Baker and Un ion counties installation cost $6 million and lower Amazon- Flat Creek in Benton and Lane Counties installation cost, $2.- 650,000. Club Studies Machine Arleta McCabe entertained the Needlettes at a morning meeting February 9. Ruth McCabe showed the girls the vital spots of their sewing machines to clean and oil. After the girls had cleaned and oiled their machines, Ruth handed out the latest bulletins for sewing. The next meeting was planned for Saturday. Feb ruary 23. Arleta McCabe, reporter Spray By GAR AVIATION Weed Spraying Fertilizing Dusting Seeding YEAR-AROUND SERVICE Armin Mel WIHLON and BOYER Lexington Airport Lexington, Ore. Phone 989-8422 FARMERS! WE KNOW GOOD TIRES ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU -WE HAVE THE BEST! it BUD PECK. Manager of Ford's Tire Service, installs two sets cf General DCL Nygen tires on trucks of another satisfied customer. WE ARE EQUIPPED WITH ALL SIZES OF GENERAL TRUCK TIRES AT LOWEST PRICES FAST SERVICE IS OUR SPECIALTY When you have a tire emergency, we are geared to put you back in operation in the shortest possible time. LET US HELP PREVENT AN EMERGENCY By Installing A New Set of General Tires Now! FORD'S TIRE SERVICE Heppner Ph. 676-9481 Trl-County Equipment Co. Heppner Ph. 676-9258
