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
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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
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"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.
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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).
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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
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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,
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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
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supporting the "Beef for
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