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.
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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.
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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
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