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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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! !
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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
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