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County Agent's Office Livestock Growers to Hear Of Research Results at Burns Invitations have gone out to a number of Morrow county live stock growers who have shown interest in the past in the annual Beef-Cattle Field day held at the Squaw Butte Experiment Station at Burns. No doubt there will be others who did not get a pers onal Invitation who might be (Interested and if so, we would be glad to send them a program of events for the field day which will be held at the Poison Creek Grange hall beginning at 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 25. During the past four years one or more carloads of local livestock grow ers have been pooled and the trip made as a group. Research at this experiment station has been quite popular with livestock growers since much of the work that Is being done applies directly to range work as energy protein and urea for weaner calf winter rations, wintering mature cows on short rations and controlled rations for mature cows, early cut vs. late cut hay, cross bred and straight bred steers on fattening rations, nitrate levels in feed and their relationship to vitamin A are only a few of the research re sults that will be presented dur ing the day. For further partic ulars contact this office. Many Join in Stocking Farm Ponda for Fishing Several ranchers and towns people looking forward to some enjoyable fishing have ordered over 10,000 Kamloop, Rainbow and Eastern Brook trout for fish pond stocking this week. Elwynn Peck, Lexington, and Elmer Palmer, Heppner, are going to grow theirs to early maturity fast and have ordered some lour inch Eastern Brook trout, the first of that species to be planted here in ponds. Others who will have fish to be delivered by the Canyon Springs Trout Farm of Elgin, will be Darryl Padberg, lone; Harold Wright, Heppner; Fritz Cutsforth, Heppner; Dick Meador, Heppner; and several businessmen of the Dr. L. D. Tibbie's "fish syndicate" for stocking at the W. W. Weather ford ponds. It is interesting to note the farm-city relations bet w e e n these two groups when stocking fishponds. A number of business men have contributed for a num ber of years to the orderly de velopment of fishponds and their stocking which is a fine public relations activity. We hope these fish will have been delivered within tne next lew uays reaay to muke their average one-inch plus average growth per month to provide a lot of good fishing this late summer and fall. Sale Brings Good Results We've reported on several bull shows and sales with local ranchers both buying and sell ing during the winter months. Don Robinson of Kirk and Rob inson Polled Hereford ranch re ports that he has been too busy this winter to give us the results of the showing and sale of Poll ed Herefords consigned to the Columbia Polled Hereford Sale held in Walla Walla last month. He reported third and fifth places In two classes in the show and among those bulls and heifers sold were one junior yearling bull which sold for $1,100; a summer yearling for $1,000. Tree Pruning Demonstration Set As a result of an invitation for a fruit tree pruning demon stration in this column a couple of weeks ago, we have scheduled one at the John Jepsen home near lone for Wednesdav, March 13. It will begin at 10:00 a.m. Robert L. Stebblns, extension horticulturallst, OSU, will assist with this demonstration. I he 1 1th Annual All Angus Bull Sale Come, See and Select from These 91 Top Quality Bulls FRI. March 15 1 :00 p.m. Si Williams, Auctioneer BAKER Livestock Auction Far Catalogs and Information Contact Marvin Jeppeaen Keating, Oregon Jepsen home Is the former Har old Dobyns place just above the Jordan Elevator at the Khea Creek junction. 'Gopher-getting' Machine Getting Good Results Stanley Magill, lower Willow Creek alfalfa farmer, who be came a partner with Krebs and Hynd Brothers in a "gopher getter" machine purchased this past December is quite well pleased with the results and the simplicity of this new meth od of gopher control, Stanley told me last Friday that a 75' acre field treated with the ma chine, then spring-toothed was found to contain only one mound of dirt from a busy gopher in the middle of the field. He ad mits that there is some activity close to the edge which he at tributes to gophers that worked in from the outer non-treated area. He Is sure that this is the "simple" way to control gophers compared to the old backbreaK lng job of treating by probing and placing individual baits in the runwav. With this machine, average cost would be about 75c an acre lor bait, however, itan lev savs that his was consider ablv less than this because of a light infestation compared to some that he sees in other aitaita fields. Hynds and Krebs Brothers have both been well pleased with the use of this machine, Their gopher populations have not been so great because or the practice of early winter irri gation when water supplies are great and a good job can be done in soaking up these fields which result in drowning many gophers at that time of the year. The Heppner Soil Conservation District now have their gopher baiting machine operating which is available to ranchers with acreages that do not warrant Durchase of a machine for pri vate use. Bait is available at this office at cost for use in these machines or for individual bait ing of gophers and ground squir rels. Data Shows Comparisons On Safflower Production Bill Hall, superintendent Sher man Branch Experiment Station, recently rjut some intormation together gleaned from research at that station on production of safflower. On seeding date he found that results of seeding trials for the average of two years was a yield of 72!) pounds per acre when seeded in early April; 723 lbs. when seeded in late April and 084 lbs. when seeded in late May. He indicates that seedings should be as early as possible but not before good weed control has been obtained. Delayed seeding until the latur part of April does not reduce yield as much as week compe tition, he found. Average yields compared to rate of seeding were as follows: 15 lbs. per acre, yield 699 lbs. per acre; 30 lbs. seed yielded 082 lbs. uer acre; while 45 lbs. per acre yielded 757 lbs. The highest vield was round to dc obtained in single rows placed a foot apart. Nitrogen did not produce higher yields at the sta tion, in fact with no nitrogen yields were 700 lbs. per acre average tor a two year period while yields went down with 40, GO and 80 lbs. of N. Maturity experiments showed that saff lower ripens at Moro In a period of 120 to 130 days after emer gence. Safflower seeded on Ap ril 15 emerged May 5 and rip ened about September 7. Yields at the Sherman Branch Kxper Iment Station varied from a high of MOO to a low of 200 lbs. per acre, For those who have signed contracts or are interested in pro ducing Safflower this year will have an opportunity to visit wun Harold Blaine representing Pa cific Oil Seeds Inc., on March 12. Mr. Blaine will be at the Lexington office of Morrow County Grain Growers from 9:00 to 12:00 on that date. Alfalfa Pelleting Gets Good Production Results There was a lot of activity at the Krebs Brother's ranch last Friday afternoon when I stopped there on some business. Iletuv Jr.. was busv with sheen shearers who were shearing the tail end of the drou band. He took time out to show me the excellent lamb crop they are get ting this year, the highest lamb- Iiil' nercentace that thev can remember. I was interested in this because farm flock owners have been renortinti excellent percentages this winter. Henry gives a lot of credit to feeding ninl I noted that their sheet) were in excellent condition and looked like they were giving RANCH AERO 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. "loads" of milk. They were feed ing alfalfa sileage and pellets. In visiting the pelleting oper ation which has ben underway for several weeks, I found John Krebs, who is a part of this labor saving devise operation, quite unhappy with the ease of feeding pellets. Trucks with self unloading augers were hauling the most palatable looking al falfa pellets I have seen to self feeders where all ewes are fed this way. The pelleting machine which is a venture of Lowell Gribble and Leonard Halvorsen of Inland Chemical company, has been running a two-shift day to keep ahead of the demand for pellets by Krebs and George Rugg. Hay bales are fed into the feed mill where it is ground and molassatized, blown into the portable pelletor, elevated Into a concrete floored hay barn and then dozed with a D-4 cat and dozer into a pile which self-feeds into an elevator that loads di rectly into trucks equipped with augers. This is hauled to large self-feeders at both the Krebs and Ruggs operations. In addit ion to these operations I noted irrigators doing a good job of snnkinfr ud the alfalfa bottoms and Dick was busy seeding bar ley. Boar, Gilt Sale Saturday Don't forget the Northwest nrnann Swinp Growers' ASSOC- iation Boar and Gilt Sale to be hold at thp Umatilla Countv Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 9. For those interested, a barrow show will be held on Friday, Mamh 8 with live barrows be ing judged; a display and eval uation or carcasses irom me barrow show at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. The Friday afternoon program will include an illustrated talk and discussion of swine diseases and management problems by Dr. William Hansell, Athena. There will be a discussion of latest feed trial results at the Hermiston Station presented by Dr navp Kneland. OSU. Cor- vallis. On Saturday 20 bred gilts and 10 open gilts of Duroc, Hamp shire, Chester White, Yorkshire, and Poland China breeding will sell beginning at 11:30 a.m. Boars will include xomsnire ana Duroc that have just completed tpstinir and evaluation at the Hermiston Station. There will be 17 offered for sale. Club Discusses Sign The fourth meetinc of the Pine City Saddle club was called to order February 19 by Mitch Ashbeck, president. Patty Healy, secretary, was absent. David Proudfoot called roll which was answered with the medicines one should have on hand for your horse We discussed putting up a sien on the Lcho-Heppner Junction, with all the ranchers and 4-H clubs on ButtercreeK Sherry and Jim Ashbeck serv ed refreshments. Visitors were Tom Ashbeck and George Luc iani. Sherry Ashbeck, reporter Cooking Club Meets The Bakercttes 4-H club has had a busy month. At our last regular meeting on Valentines Day our president, Karen BiaKe, called the meeting to order and we discussed our 4-H window. We made and took Valentines to the nursing home patients in the hospital. Our second meeting was held at Pamela Hughes' house. We had a demonstration on meas uring and did some planning for our 4-H window. Our next meeting will be at Sherl O'Brien's house. All members have been present at both meetings. Barbara Payne, reporter Makes Store Display Kettles and Spoons 4-H club had a short business meeting February 27. After the meeting we made a dinner and ate it March 2 we put up our window display for cooking at Central Market. Susan Melby, reporter Club Decorates School The Eager Cookerettes decor ated the Lexington school for 4-H Club Week. After finishing, we had a short meeting. It was brought to order by Susan Proud foot. There were three members present, Susan Proudfoot, Tama Rauch and Jeanne Daly. Guests were Mrs. Proudfoot and Mrs. Rauch and Alene Boyajian. Our leader is Mrs. Bill Doherty. Jeanne Daly, reporter Going to Dad's Week-end at OSU February 24 were Mr. and Mrs. Clint McQuarne. They vis ited their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ruhl, and family. 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE Qualities of 2, 4-D To The most volatile and pos sibly most potentially danger ous form of 2,4-D chemical herbicide used in farm weed control would be placed on a restrictive use basis in Oregon and set-up for an extensive re search program by Oregon State College to determine its possible damaging qualities under a House bill introduced by Rep. J. L. Smith, D-Condon. Smith said one of the main purposes of his bill was the protection of the $1,300,000 hor ticultural crop in the Milton Freewater area of Oregon a crop which many growers of the region had felt was heavily damaged by ground and air plane spraying of the highly volatile isopropyl ester of the 2,4-D Chemical herbicide. The chemical weed control agent Is widely used to restrict the growth of weeds in wheat as well as many other farm crops. Smith said his bill would restrict the use of the isopropyl ester of 2,4-D except by a per mit which would be issued by the Oregon State Department of Agriculture or the Oregon State Forester. Accompanying the re striction, he said, would be an extensive research program by Oregon State College to evalu ate effects of chmical herbi cides (Including the 2, 4-D ester) on various field and hor ticultural crops and a deter- Oregon Angus Sale Offers 91 Head The "Angus Capital of the West" has attracted consign ments of 91 head of all black bulls for the tenth anniversary sale at Baker, Friday, March 15. This report of more than aver age consignment of registered Angus bulls comes from Sale Manager Marvin Jeppesen, Keat ing, Oregon. The consignments will come from Oregon, Idaho and Wash ington and are sponsored by the Oregon Angus Association. The Baker sale will be one of the few "volume" Angus sales in the region. It is offering Ang us quality suitable for registered herds and also for top commerc ial and cross-bred production, the manager said. Sale catalogs may be obtained by writing Mr. Jeppesen. Spray By GAR g3fc5!3?3j Fertilizing j&r J&f&i Dusting jj&&a w c c d i n Oj YEAR-AROUND SERVICE Armin Mel WIHLON and BOYER Lexington Airport Lexington, Ore. Phone 989-8422 F1 FOUR-FOR-THREE SALE ON ALL GENERAL. JET AIR. DUAL 90 OR TRI RECAPS BUY 4 TIRES-YOU PAY FOR ONLY 3 Why worry about Price, Level Grade. Rating, Ply, Tyroy, Come in and pick out the tires to suit your driving needs. Get one FREE! -TIMES, Thursday, March 7. 1963 FARM NEWS Be Considered mination of what particular agent has caused damage to horticultural and other crops in Oregon. The research would be fi nanced by a use tax on all of 2,4-D herbicides sold in the state, according to Smith. The tax would expire July 1, 1964, but the research would con tinue for a two year period. The Eastern Oregon Legisla tor explained the basis reason for the legislation was that famers of the Milton-Freewater area, in particular, had exper ienced extensive damage to their horticultural crops in the past several years, feeling the .. - ii n t-x . t c use oi me ,i-u esier lorm oi the herbicide was likely one of tne single causative factors. Smith explained restriction of the volatile ester form of the herbicide for a two year period and the extensive research pro gram during the same time should go a long way towards the solution of the problem. He added, that in any event, the farm and weed control industry widely uses other safer forms of the 2,4-D chemical herbicide which many applicators feel does a better job at a lower cost and that the restriction of this particular form would not create an excessive hardship to the industry. Pesticide List Is Revised Revisions in the list of highly toxic pesticides that cannot be sold or distributed in Oregon for home or garden use were announced today by the state department of agriculture and will become effective March 11. Some new proaucts are added to the chemicals use of which is restricted solely to commer cial operators experienced in pesticide application. And some products on the previous list are withdrawn from the gener al market. The revised list of restricted products: TEPP, parat h i o n , methyl parathion, EPN OMPA (Schradan), Systox (Demetoni, Phosdrin, Thlmet (phorate), Di Syston, Endrin (2.5 per cent and above), Dimethoate, Ethion, Phosphamidon, Methyl Demeton (Meta Systox), Del nav, DiNitro-O-Cresol (DNOC), DiNitro-O-Sec Butyl Phenol (DNOSBP), and Endothal (20 per cent and above). AVIATION Weed c FORD'S TIRE SERVICE ANNUAL TERMS FORD'S S. E. 6TH & EMIGRANT PENDLETON Oregon Cattlemen Receive Beef Report Oregon cattle producers have received a report outlining the activities and accomplishments of the Oregon Beef Council at the beef meeting of the Oregon Beef Council. According to the report, the council provided funds for Ore gon cattlemen to attend many national policy-making confer ences. "Capable represen t a t i v e s were sent," said Dick Wester berg, Beef Council Chairman, "so that, not only would Ore gon interests be protected, but so that our people would have a voice in formulating positive programs affecting the Oregon beef industry, During the year, Oregon cat tle producers attended national and regional conferences con cerning brands, land manage ment, feed grains, public lands, gon by staging "Beef-O-Rama" programs, distributing more than 75,000 beef recipes, spon soring cooking schools, exhibit ing at the Oregon State Fair, WATCH FOR John Deere Day Coming Soon TRYCO Tri-County Heppner Mww.'jiniff'' 1 u ; 11 " t 'fit m I a""" KS . M K. H IO SALE on germicides When it comes to solving farm sanitation problems, nothing beats Standard Germicides and Disinfectants. S.O. Super-Germite Cresylic Solution, Chevron Dip and Disinfectant, and Chevron Poultry House Spray help you keep poultry and livestock healthy and in good condition. Right now you can save money on these top-quality products. There's a 10 discount If you take delivery before April 30th. For any Standard Oil product, call L E. "ED" DICK Phone 676-9633 Nylon or other Jargon? Put on 4 pay for 3 TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS TIRE SERVICE WEST MAIN HEPPNER forestry and several others. At the council meeting, the feeder committee of the Oregon Cat tlemen's Association, expressed their gratitude for the financial support which the Beef Council had given in behalf of their activities. THE OREGON Beef Council became active in marketing on a national scale with both tinancial and policy participa tion in beef, hide and other beef product programs. A large contribution from council funds went to the National Livestock and Meat Board, the cattle in dustry's central consumer mar keting agency. Cattlemen actively promoted the sale of their product in Ore Pacific International Livestock Exposition and the Portland Rose Festival. The Council also worked closely with the Oregon Cow Belle Associatio n . Council funds were very helpful in supporting the "Beef for Schools Program," a long time activity of the Cow Belles. Equipment Co. Ph. 676-9258 Heppnei J GET ONE TIRE FREE! STANDARD
