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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. County Agent's Office State Offers 'Bird Guzzlers and Eggs By N. C. ANDERSON Haskell Sharrard, Hepp ner businessman and director of the recently reorganized sportsman's club, stopped by the office a few days ap;o to visit about the need for more "bird guzzlers" out In dryland wheat and range area. While we have a lot of these C6nstructcd thro u g h o u t the county there are still some people who evidently have not heard of them. A bird guzzler is merely a reservoir that stores runoff water intended for watering upland game birds during the dry sea son. The small reservoir has a ramp for easy access to the water by the birds and is pro tected from heavy evaporation by an aluminum shade which acts as a rain-water diverting device to fill the reservoir as late spring rains come. These bird guzzlers are in stalled by the State Game Com mission at no cost to the land owner. There are a few require ments, such as an agreement that they be left in for a desig nated number of years and that they be located in an area where there is a shortage of water for these birds. The Sportsman's club is urg ing more ranchers to install these devices. We have called this need to the attention of ranchers from time to time and generally have had a good re sponse. If you are interested In installing one or more of these guzzlers on your ranch, contact Glenn Ward of the State Game Commission, Haskell Sharrard or this office. Also in visiting Putman FLYING, Inc. WEED SPRAYING CALL HOTEL HEPPNER Ph. 676-5515 v RUGGED! Heavy gauge steel body resists the pounding of off-road operation! ECONOMICAL! Thrifty 4-cylinder Hurricane engine! POWERFUL! High torque at low r.p.m.-terrific low gear power! VERSATILE! Pushes, pulls, winches, trenches -does hundreds of jobs! GO-ANYWHERE! 'Jeep' 4-wheel drive traction climbs 65 grades, goes through mud, snow or sand! This is the 4-wrteel drive vehicle you deserve to own. It has been use tested and abuse tested over billions of miles. Choose from 3 sizes and 5 different tops. See them today Willys Motors, Inc., Toledo, Ohio. One of the growing Kaiser Industries Farley Motor Co. Heppner, Oregon Thursday, April 25, 1963 with Haskell he indicated that the State Game Commission would provide pheasant eggs for those who might be interested in hatching them out and releas ing them on their property. Those who might be interested may contact the same source for further information. Seven-Month Precipitation 9.36" While this past week's abun dant moisture might not be classed as a "million dollar" rain, it could easily have been, especially if a little later in the season. The big percentage of it went into the ground and other than causing a few people to scratch a little harder to get rid of chealgrass in their sum mer fallow, was generally wel comed by all farmers as a boost to grain crops, range and pas ture. If advance forecasters hit their predictions better for May than they did for April, we are due for some good moisture to follow. According to the Weather Bureau's extended forecast ser vice, the weather outlook for the next 30 days, mid-April to mid May is for below normal temper atures and above normal precip itation. The Ileppner weather station showed a normal long time precipitation of 8.54 inches for September 1 to April 1. This year we have 9.3G inches. With April's accumulated precipitat ion we should be considerably further above normal at this time. 20-Year Record Broken John l'roudfoot, lone, reports r UNIVERSAL an Interesting precipitation rec ord for this month to date with 3.25 inches measured. In the 20 year record for his ranch the average rainfall for April is .68 inches. In two of the 20 years no precipitation occurred; the highest until this year was 1.74. Peace Corps Needs Mechanics We have recently had an urgent plea for Peace Corps vol unteers that know how to op erate and repair farm machin ery. Many developing nations are trying to increase their farm production by using more ma chinery but find that agricul tural mechanics who can offer ingenuity and common sense are hard to come by. For those who are qualified, training will be gin early this summer for Peace Corps projects in Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Guinea, Malaya, Pak istan and Senegal. All of these projects need vounteers with rural backgrounds . who have training and experience in main taining farm equipment. General qualificat ions for Peace Corps projects include a minimum age of 18; U.S. cit izenship; sound health, matur ity, initiative and above all a desire to serve. Married couples are eligible to serve in some projects if both qualify and they have no dependent child ren'. Volunteers serve for two years including training. They receive allowances to cover clothing, food, housing, medical care and incidentals plus a re adjustment allowance of about $1800 based on $75 for each month of service. We have ap plications and further informa tion on these and other projects at this office. Committee Makes Conservation Tour The annual selection commit tee for Conservation Man of the Year, took advantage of the weather last week that kept them out of the field to make their annual tour for selection of the 11)03 county winner. Spon sored by the Morrow County Wheat Growers Association the committee is chairmaned this year by Robert Jepsen. Bob ask ed representatives of ASC, the Ileppner Soil Conservation Dis trict, and the 1962 winner to act with him on his committee. Those making the tour in ad dition to Bob were Raymond Lundell, lone; Paul Tews, lone; Elmer Palmer, Ileppner. Ralph Richards and myself accompan ied the committee. This tour is always enjoyed by the group because they have the oppor tunity to see progress in soil conservation practices through out the whole county as well as how the crops are doing and compare one community to an other on how spring work is getting along. The group saw a lot of new conservation practices being put into use and were especially pleased with the amount of wind-strip cropping that is be ing established in the norm area. Official announcement of the county winner will be made in the near future. Roadway Weed Control Program Studied Here While on the tour we bumped into Larry Smitton, district maintenance engineer of the state highway department, who 3 K i i JpFABM NEWS with other personnel of the de partment, were making a survey for improvement of the bad curve below lone where we had a bad accident this winter. Mr. Smitton told us of his weed con trol program on the state high way shouldefs this year and plans for the future. I am sure that if all groups that have con trol of maintenance on county and state highways, railroads, etc., were as well sold on weed control as he is, we would make a lot faster gain in complete control of, not only perennial noxious but many of the trouble some annual weeds. He has made detailed studies on the cost of soil sterilants, compared with mowing and with quick knock-down sprays. He has found that the soil ster ilants are the cheapest in the long-run. He is hopeful that the six foot swath can be extended to a wider one in the future and that he can get over his entire district of 850 miles with this program. He has over a third of this covered this year and is still adding more. In visiting with him on rye infestations in some areas he asked that we indicate where the most troublesome areas are and that some work would be done this year with chemicals. Anyone that has an especially tough problem with rye coming into the fields from state high way right-of-ways should let me know, Peterson Services Held in Corvollis Funeral services for Mrs. C. Richard (Beulah Martha) Pet erson, 52, were held in Grace Lutheran church, Corvallis, Fri day, April 12. Mrs. Peterson, a long time resident of Corvallis, died April 9 at her home there. Rev. Ivar P. Pihl officiated, with burial in the Pugh cemetery. The daughter of Wat and Minnie M. Rinchart, she was born January 10, 1910, at Con don. She moved with her family as a child to Corvallis. She was married to C. Richard Peterson July 25, 1953, at Corvallis, fol lowing several years of employ ment at Oregon State College. Mr. Peterson, a long time wheat and stock rancher in the Gooseberry and Monument dis tricts, is now retired and makes his home in Corvallis. He was active in the raising and caving for stock on the Oregon State campus following his move to Corvallis. Relatives here are a brother, Henry, in the Eight mile district; a sister, Mrs. Wal ter Dobyns, lone, and a cousin, Judge Oscar Peterson, Heppner. Mrs. Peterson leaves her hus band and a number of cousins and aunts. 310 FT. 14-Inch mum CLAUDE BUSCHKE, LOWELL Your Home Agent Camp Workshop lo Help Leaders In Summer Plans By ESTHER KIRMIS An opportunity for local ex tension agents to gain a wealth of ideas and information for more satisfying operation of our own county 4-H camp is the ob jective of a 4-H Camping Work shop for Oregon Exten s i o n Agents this week at Camp Adams, Molalla. Joe Hay and I will be among the 40 some agents that will attend. Discovery and activity sessions will include camp objectives and philosophy, camp organiza tion, program planning help, samples of camp activity per iods, crafts, camp finances, na ture activities, ceremonies, even ing programs, singing, and many extras that make an exciting and meaningful camp experience for boys and girls. The staff, headed by Walter Schroeder and Lois Redman of the state 4-H club office, will include competent professional workers, experienced in various phases of 4-H camping, craft and recreation leaders, experien ced cooks, and dependable coun selors. Although the weather has been anything but promising these days, the state , staff tell us Camp Adams, which is lo cated on Mill Creek, between Molalla and Colton in Clack amas county, has pleasant fa cilities for campers and staff. Wood stoves, electricity, hot showers, and restrooms are in each cabin. There's an attrac tive dining hall with fireplaces for pleasant dining and con genial activity center. Two camps are scheduled for Morrow county at Cutsforth Park this year. One a counsel lor training camp, along with Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler counties, June 18-19. This will be for all high school 4-H mem bers that are interested in be coming camp counsellors. The ice is $2.00. Walter Schroeder of the state 4-H club staff, Corvallis, along with agents from these four counties will conduct this camp. Notices will be going out to eligible 4-H members soon. The other camp, which will be the annual Morrow county 4-H Camp, will be held June 30 July 3 at Cutsforth Park, for NEW DEEP TURN DRILLS, ea. Spacing " .--POWER BALER, 200 CASE, NEW - - - $1699 1--P.T.O. BALER, 200 CASE, NEW $1399 1-SIDE DELIVERY RAKE, NEW $559 1-850 WINDROWER (Swather) $2299 1--T.D 14 TRACTOR &0 QQ (Lots of Miles Left!) 407 2-HARRIS 88 COMBINES (Best Buy in the Country) CRIBBLE March Shipments Of Grain Highest Since Mayf 1957 Grain export shipments in spected in March by the Division of Grain Inspection of the Ore gon Department of Agriculture were the largest since May, 1957. The March total was 9,112,674 bushels and the May, 1957, total was 9,419,532. Wheat led all other grain ex ported with 7,516,327 bushels. This figure was also slightly be low the wheat shipments of May, 1957, which were 7,733,998 bu shels. The largest shipment leaving Portland on one ship was 674,390 bushels, which went to Italy. One ship going to India took 520,800 bushels out of Portland. Other countries to which grain was shipped included Germany, El Salvador, Korea, the Philip pines, Venezuela, Pakistan, Ec uaflor, Japan, Chile and For mosa. The March figure on inspec tion of incoming grain at the Portland office of the division was 10,619,489 bushels, with wheat accounting for 9,168,794 bushels of this total. The Pendleton office weighed 9-13 year-olds at a fee of $6.50. Further information will be going out from the county agent's office on this to leaders and members in the near future. Camping season will soon be upon us! ! Spray By GAR AVIATION YEAR-AROUND SERVICE Arm in Mel WIHLON and BOYER Lexington Airport Lexington. Ore. Phone 989-8422 S J 1 Cs ! Irk L S ON UIPH Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ayers and family went to Portland Sun day to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gale McClintock, and family. Their granddaughter, Kelly, returned for a week's visit. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Peck and family were in Portland and Salem over the week-end. and inspected 195,134 bushels of grain and had 149 track inspec tions, while the Merrill office had 69 track inspections and one truck inspection. LIVESTOCK LOSSES amount lo ovr $2 Billion annually, (according. to USDA estimated USE OUR LIVESTOCK SUPPLY DEPARTMENT It it designed to aerve you In your Livestock Disease Prevention Program, WE FEATURE VACCINES and SUPPLIES We Give S4H Green Stomps HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUGS After Hours Call 676-9611 or 676-5542 Weed Spraying J V 4 V HEPPNER Fertilizing Dusting Seeding
