HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. July 18. 1963
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County Agent's Office
Hudson Barley Holds Promise
For Use In Morrow
County
By N. C. ANDERSON
There have been a lot of ques
tions asked in the past few days,
on Hudson barley. Seed has been
restricted, but there will be
some available for the general
public this fall, and those who
are considering growing this
variety are asking these ques
tions. We can't answer all of
them, however, observations have
been made by the Morn Expert
ment Station since 1953. I have
watched it and compared It to
other varieties at the Prank An
derson Cereal Nursery in the
tightmile community, for six
years. Kenneth Peck, Lexington,
and McElIigott Bros., lone, div
Ided 400 lbs. of Hudson that was
the entire increase seed of this
variety from the Moro Experi
ment Station in 1961. Last fall
Frank Anderson, Heppner, and
Lloyd Howton, lone, divided an
other thousand pounds from the
experiment station for seed in
crease.
While some seed has been
brought in to the Columbia Ba
sin from the mid west and the
Hudson River area of the East
where the variety was released,
I know of none of this seed in
Morow county. The variety is
moderately winter hardy, and we
think, compares with the win
ter varieties now available with
the exception of perhaps Alpine,
which does have good winter
hardiness. It is a winter variety,
in comparison to Flynn 37, our
standard variety, a strictly
spring variety. Hudson has con
sistently produced a high test
weight barley, testing 50 lbs., or
more in the nursery. This has
been in comparison to test
weights of other varieties that
are commonly grown here such
as Flynn, testing 44, Olympia
41, Alpine 42, and Winter club
41 lbs. For the past several years
here the average test weight has
been 50.5 lbs. Average yield for
this period has been 2,172 lbs.
per acre compared with Alpine
1,338,, Winter club, 1,126, Olym
pia 1,325, Flynn 1,056, and Spray
703.
I think that Hudson holds
much promise as a moderately
winter hardy barley variety for
Morow county ranchers. While
there will be little seed avail
able locally this year It is hoped
that several will be able to get
seed enough to get a start with
the variety. It is possible that
the price of seed from outside
sources might be reasonable
enough this year that some will
wish to have it shipped in.
Freight has been a problem in
the past which when added to
the original cost appeared to be
too expensive.
Ram Sale Scheduled Aug. 3
For several years a number of
411 members and some adult
breeders have been purchasing
rams at the annual Willamette
Valley Ram Sale, held at the
Linn county Fair Grounds in Al-
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and Bryant
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bany. The 23rd annual sale will
be held on Saturday, August 3,
beginning at 10:00 a.m. Sched
uled for sale are 225 head of
yearling stud and range rams
and ewes. Breeds in their order
of sale are Romney, Lincoln,
Corriedale, Columbia, Cheviot,
North County Cheviot, Shrop
shire, Hampshire, Southd own
and Suffolk. Catalogue requests
should be sent to O. E. Mikesell,
Secretary, P. O. 365, Albany.
Soil Conservation Related
To Water Conservation
Conservation of our natural re
sources is becoming more pop
ular to all segments of the
people and rightly so as our
population increases and these
resources must be wisely used
witnout waste bv the evergrow
ing public. It was interesting to
see the many conservation prac
tices being carried out through
out the dozens of soil conser
vation districts that I visited on
the Dow Study Tour during June.
Major emphasis in all these dis
tricts In the southwest was given
to water. Wherever we went we
could see multiple use of water
even down to sewage water from
cities that is being utilized in
most places.
Of Interest was one of five
dcsaltinization plants, built by
the government, operated by the
Bureau of Interior, to develop
practical methods of converting
high sale content water to water
that could be used for domestic,
industrial and agricultural pur
poses. One such plant which was
to be officially dedicated a few
days after we visited it at Rose-
well, New Mexico, was being op
erated on water pumped from
wells that was too "brakish" for
use as it came from the wells.
This seventeen million dollar
plant, a regular "Rube Boldberg"
affair, was converting this water
at a cost of $1.00 per thousand
gallons. We were told that the
practical cost would be in the
vicinity of 60c per thousand gal
lons. The city of Rosewall, New
Mexico, was purchasing the
water for $1.00 per thousand con
necting it to its city mains for
all use.
Getting back to Morrow coun
ty, we saw the value of trashy
tallow In the recent cloud burst
which occurred on July 7. We
observed a little runoff from
some of the trashy fields but a
very small amount compared to
those fields that contained little
or no trash incorporated into the
sub-surface. Bob Jepsen, super
visor of the Heppner Soil Con
servation District and an ardent
advocate of soil conservation,
admits that he used the mold
board plow some this year in an
attempt to get ahead of cheat
grass, which had become a prob
lem In a field or two. His com
parison oi the results or. tne
heavy rainfall was interesting
when he Indicated that the
stubble mulched field was mel
low and absorbed all the mois
ture that fell, while the mold
board was "beat down" with
some puddling and running
within the field. There were
others with like comparisons.
More Ranchers Turning
To Strip Crop Conservation
Forwarding the conservation
program is the Heppner Soil
Conservation District which has
been one of the active districts
of the entire Pacific Northwest
since its organization in 1911. At
one time there was more strip
cropping in Morrow county than
in all districts combined in the
Pacific Northwest. While we
have lost record of our standing
to date of this important prac
tice, it grows popular every year,
especially with the recent turn
to wind strip cropping in the
North Morrow area. Some who
have established such strips in
the past few years are D. O.
Nelson, Andy Van Sehoiaek, Ver
ner Troedson, Dave Baker, Gar
Swanson, Franklin Lindstrom
and sons, to mention a few. An
example of some of the prac
tices that are being applied on
the land come from progress re
ports given at the past several
soil conservation district meet
ings. Late this spring the district
added a number of new coop
orators including L. B. Ledbetter
with 10,000 acres, Van Sehoiaek
Bros. 8,290, A. C. Warren 5,955
acres, S. Harold Beach 2.400
acres. Franklin Lindstrom and
Sons 3,500 acres, Alvin Bunch
PUBLIC NOTICE OF RATIO
The State Tax Commission meeting as the 1963
state board of equalization has found that the 1963
ratio of 25 posted by the assessor of Morrow County
and approved by the Morrow County board of equali
zation is above the ratio based upon ratio studies of
the State Tax Commission.
The State Tax Commission has subscribed its
ratio in place of the 25 percent ratio as required by
ORS 309.410. The ratio substituted by the State Tax
Commission Is 19 percent.
Roundup Adding
Horse Reining
A new event has been added
to the 1963 Pendleton Round-Up
program com September 11, 12,
13, and 14. It is the stock horse
reining contest. This is an event,
fast rising in popularity, espec
ially in the midwest. Southwest
and California and will be intro
duced to the Pacific Northwest
at the Pendleton Round-Up.
Leonard King, arena director,
stated that a purse of $1,500.00
will be awarded with entry fees
of $75.00 added to the purse.
Entries already are slated from
California and the Southwest
with a possibility of 40 of the
nation's top horses being enter
ed. Eliminations will be run at
the Mustanger Riding club
grounds each morning starting
at 8:00 a.m. Five horses will be
picked from the morning con
test to compete for the daily fin
als in the Round-Up arena each
day of the show with the cham
pion being decided at the finals
on Saturday, September 14.
Stock reining is a fast and ex
citing contest with a time limit
of 2'Si minutes for each contes
tant. The contest will feature the
best in reining and cutting and
is a skill demanding close co
operation between horse and
rider.
Don Dryer of Portland is
awarding the H. A. Dryer Trophy
which is valued at $1,400.00 and
is in memory of his brother who
was an ardent horseman and
horse lover. Permanent posses
sion of this trophy will be gained
by winning It three times.
OSU to Start New
Business Magazine
The Oregon State University
School of Business and Technol
ogy will begin publishing a
quarterly business magaz i n e,
"Northwest Business Manage
ment," in September.
Plans for the new publication
were announced by Dr. Clifford
L. Maser, dean of the school.
Articles in the magazine will
be aimed at practical manage
ment problems of small and
medium size business firms in
the Pacific Northwest, he said.
. Authors will include faculty
members ta OSU and other uni
versities and prominent execu
tives in business and govern
ment.
First issue article titles will
include: Your Market May Be
Large Than You Think, Break
Even Analysis A Key to Profit
Control, Providing Capital for
Your irm, Records Protection,
Improving Your Plant Layout,
Are You Kidding Yourself About
Your Profits?, and The Job De
scription: A Valuable Tool for
Small Business.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mollahan
and boys all of Biloxi, Miss.,
are visiting with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Pat Mollahan. Bob is
awaiting orders for Air Force
duty in Germany. Also visiting
last week-end was another son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Mollahan, and family,
San Francisco, Calif.
2,928 acres in a basic conserva
tion plan, and Elmer Palmer
with a revised conservation plan
of 3,863 acres. During June, Jeff
Walker signed as a new cooper
ator and two conservation plans
were completed covering Ken
neth Palmers ranch of 1,713 acres
and Charlie Jackson 5,175. At
the same time, technicians as
signed to the district surveved
800 ft. of diversions at the Bob
Jepsen ranch, 2,485 feet of re
surveyed channel on the How
ard Cleveland ranch and 500 ft.
of channel surveyed for Jeff
Walker. Conservation practices
completed were 14 acres of land
leveling at the John Hanna
ranch, 2 acres of land smoothing
at i'at Moiiahans, a larm pond
for Rudy Bergstrom, a field trial
seeding of creeping meadow fox
tail at the W. Hughes ranch, and
seven farmers made pasture and
hay land plantings on 83 acres
that recommenda tions were
given for. The supervisors at
their regular July meeting ap
proved a scholarship for a dele
gate to the Youth Range Camp,
a practice they have followed
for several years. They also ap
proved formal application to ask
for a survey by the Soil Con
servation Service in the Rhea
Creek Watershed, which has been
under advisement by a commit
tee of interested persons for sev
eral months.
Young Oregonians
May Apply Now
For Trips Abroad
Young Oregonians between
20 and 30 years of age who
desire to contribute to better
world understanding are invited
to apply for expense-paid trips
overseas as International Farm
Youth Exchange delegates.
Two men and two women will
be named for 1963-64 trips after
interviews at Oregon State Uni
versity, Aug. 9 and 10.
Qualifications for applicants
are these: must be single, a
high school graduate, have
some familiarity with farming
or agriculture, and be willing
to adapt to home situations in
other lands. A foreign language
Is desired but not required.
IFYE's spend four to five
months in a host country living
with assigned families for two
to three weeks long enough to
get the "feel" of the country and
its people. An IFYE shares with
the family as a family member
in work and leisure activities.
Oregon has sent 46 young adults
to 31 countries in the 12 years
that OSU has sponsored the pro
gram.
Money for the trips comes
from four sources interested in
dividuals, mainly 4-H groups,
businesses, the Oregon Bankers
Association, and the National
4-H Sponsor's Council.
IFYE's will be selected by per
sonal interview, largely based on
their attitudes for and concerns
with other people, says Ruth
Brasher, state 4-H agent.
A few countries have partic
ularly requested IFYE's who are
of con-Caucasian descent and
American Indians so persons
who might qualify are asked to
apply. Application blanks may
be obtained from county exten
sion agents or from Miss Brash
er at the State 4-H Club office,
OSU.
Grace Elliott, Astoria, will
leave Oregon for Australia in
September as an IFYE in the
1962-63 program. Already in host
countries are Don Anderson, Col-
ton, Germany: Suzanne Lozier,
Enterprise, The Netherlands, and
Dean Wimer, Brownsville, Ire
land.
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Low Protein White
Wheat Needed for
Japanese Market
Steps which wheat growers
and dealers can take to satisfy
Japanese demands for low pro
tein white wheat and preserve
the dollar-rich Japanese market
for Oregon soft white wheat
were outlined this week by Nor
man Goetze, Oregon State Uni
versity farm crops specialist.
Japanese buyers have express
ed concern over prospective 1963
64 shipments of Western White
Wheat blend because of high
protein content and gluten
strength which presents prob
lems in its use for biscuit and
pastry purposes.
This development has been
watched with great interest by
the Australians who have offered
Japan 100,000 tons of soft wheat
with a maximum protein con
tent of 8.5 percent, Goetze point
ed out.
He explained that the market
ing problem has developed be
cause of a shift in production
from the disease-suscept i b 1 e
White Club varieties to higher
yielding common varieties, even
though the Northwest grows
some of the cleanest wheat with
the lowest moisture content of
any place in the United States.
Most of the soft white wheat
moving through Columbia River
ports is in the Western White
Wheat sub-class, he said, which
is a mixture of White Club and
common white wheats. The com
position of the blend is closelv
related to the amounts of the
two types grown in the Pacific
Northwest.
Indian and Pakistan, also
large markets for Northwest
wheat, will take shipments with
higher protein levels, explained
D. D. Hill, administrative assis
tant, Western Wheat Associates.
Higher protein wheat is actually
more satisfactory in Indian for
the manufacture of chapatti, a
tortilla-like bread, he added.
Agronomists at this time don't
really know how Gaines, a wide
ly planted new variety, will vary
in protein strength among Ore
gon wheat producing areas,
Goetze said. Samples will be
taken this season by the OSU
Extension Service and tested by
the Oregon Wheat Commission
to aid in blending wheat for a
more discriminating market, he
added.
For the 1963 marketing year,
Goetze expects the Western
White Wheat blend to contain
a lower percentage of the White
Club varieties. To meet this
problem, the Oregon Wheat
Commission, Oregon Wheat
League and Western Wheat As
sociates have suggested the
trade take steps to insure that
The Philippines contain at least
the blend bound for Japan and
50 percent White Club varieties.
Suggestions outlined for this
marketing year include:
1. Keep White Club varieties
separate from common varieties
in both farm and elevator stor
age. 2. Unsatisfactory semi-hard
varieties, such as Burt, be kept
out of Western White.
3. Where possible, both White
Club and common varieties
should be separated and stored
on a protein basis. The suggested
dividing line is 9 percent protein
on a 14 percent moisture basis.
4. Excellent milling quality
Busy Bee Club Meets
The fourth meeting of the
Busy Bees 4-H club was held
June 24 at the lone Catholic
church basement. Kathy Keene
gave a report on health. We met
for an all day meeting and took
a sack lunch. We worked on our
dress projects.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pearson
and son, Larry of Boston, Mass.,
visited here last Thursday. They
were residents here seven years
ago when he was employed by
the State Highway department.
His sister, Mrs. Affie Lyrna, La
Grande, accompanied them.
They visited Mrs. Clara Gertson,
the Bill Farras, the William
Cunninghams, and the Bill
Blakes.
like Golden, should be separated
from other varieties.
There is a good likelihood,
Goetze said, that White Club or
any soft white wheat having
low protein content may com
mand sizable premiums during
the 1963 marketing, although
this is not known for sure at
common white wheat varieties, this time.
CERTIFIED GAINES SEED
WHEAT (Treated)
Available After Harvest
Hudson Winter Barley
Seed - No Storage -Sell
Off Combine
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