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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, August 1, 1963 1 uc? MRM NEWS Chats From Your Home Agent Changes Noted For 1964 Feed and Grain Program ' By N. C. ANDERSON On July 18, the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture announced the major provisions of the 1964 vol untary Feed and Grain program. The 19G4 program will be bas ically the same as the 13 pro gram. There are a number of provisions, however. In brief, you will find that, barring new leg islation and possible changes in administrative positions: (1) loan rates will be raised slightly from 19G3 crop levels for barley, corn, and milo; (2) support pay menls will be reduced to offset the increases in loan rates, leav ing the total support the same as for 19C3; (3) Diversion pay ments will be increased for the heavy diverters. A producer may divert as much as 50 of his feed grain base acreage and those who divert from 40 to 50 will receive diversion payments at the maximum rate for an acres diverted for those who di vert at least 20 at a lower rate and those who divert more than 20 up to 40 at a higher pay ment. Those who divert 50 will get the maximum rate on all acres diverted. (4) Substitution on feed grain acres has been ruled out despite advantages that might result in limited areas. Undoubtedly the "substitution decision will be disappointing to many of our wheat producers. On the other hand, barley pro ducers may take some small comfort from the slightly higher loan rates. Perhaps the state's grain growers and grain feeders alike can be thankful that corn and milo loan rates were Taised instead of lowered. At least these decisions, plus the wheat vote, appear to have substantially im proved prospects for developing a local feed market for North west wheat and barley. Cattlemen Need Pictures A plea comes from the Ore gon Cattlemen Association for old pictures or newspaper clip pings that can lie used in their convention issue of the "Oregon Cattleman." This year, the state association will observe it's 50lh Anniversary at their annual con- $100 REWARD Lost - Strayed 17 COWS (4-YEAR OLDS) Double Branded Stirrup Itight Shoulder And A -2 or JO Left Hip Both Ears Split. FROM Crincah Ranches SAN FORD CANYON Morrow County Route 1 lleppner, Oregon Ph. HeppncT G7G-5892 Arlington 45-1-2856 or Salem 9S2-3081 vention, to be held In Baker on November 6-7-8. George Johnson, extcut.ve secretary, who is put ting together the convention is sue would like the loan of these old clippings or pictures whkh need not be necessarily old OCA history, but scenes of old time haymg methods, cattle drives, and other ranch operations. Unitan Barley Shows Good Test at Barclay Ranch Max Barclay, North Lexington rancher, recintly reported to us the results of his new spring bar ley, Unitan. We have watched this with interest since Max picked the seed up from the Montana Experiment Station at Bozeman last fall. A spring bar ley, Max seeded it last fall, but because it looked too thin, tore it up this spring and reseeded. Later he was sure it would have been good enough to leave . The barley looked awfully good this spring and summer and we are happy to hear that the test weight was 48 pounds and the yield 3,330 pounds per acre. This was in comparison to a little less than 2,400 pounds per acre, from Flynn, with a 44 pound test weignt. Max has saved some seed and Intends to see what the Unitan will do another year. If it performs this way another year, this may be another new barley variety for Morrow county. Max reported no snapping of heads, like some of our barley is inclined to do, but tiial maturity is a little later than Flynn. Single Wheat Head Multiplys On a recent visit to their ranch, 1 was inUrcsied in a small seed ing of a wheat selection that Kenneth and Dolwm Nelson, north Lexingion ranchers have. A boarded ciuo wheat head was loLinel in one of taeir fields a lew years ago that looked so good tnat It was seeded in the garuen and ooserved with inter tii. Continuing to look good, they settled it on several acres last mil. This year tney Will be able .o eh UTiriine yield and plan to nave some milled to determine muling' qualities. licmcheg Improve In oru3 beeuiiuju, Weed Control Two interesting days were spent latt week on range im- piovi'inent and weed control lours witn rancners, Jerry Bros nan and Terry Thompson. On the Jerry Brosnau Fivemne forest al lotment in ttie Ukiait district, we inspected a range land seeding made over several hundred acres u.y the Forest Service in August, iiGl. This seeding was made witli the Forest Service heavy range land drill that lias been so successful in establishing stands of grass on public lands. The stand obtained in this seed ing, however, was very disap pointing. On the other hand some excellent stands of grass were broadcast in skid rows, landings and logging roads, both on Kiuzua owned land and Buckaroo Flats, which is leased by the Brosnans. Some excel lent water developments have been made on both tluse areas so cattle have very short trips to water. Eviilentally this, and other range improvement prac tices are paying off by t tie looks of the cattle on the allotment. t only the Brosnans. but the W. K. Hughes, Raymond French, Don Giveiuip, and Bob Mac- V W Delicate fuel injector parts get complete protection ''-J with Chevron Diesel fuel. Its exclusive Detergent-Action J5; tS additive prevents injector deposits, rust-proofs the L'.'J enure mei system, Keeps it cie.in as new. With Clean injectors, your diesel runs smoother, pulls harder, operates most economically. Keep your engine in top condition . . . with Deteirjent Action rhfvrnn Hipsol KiipI. o Ml I For any Standard Oil product, call UMFStlflltL r L. E. ED DICK Ph-ne B7S-9G33 Hmnn.M Laughlin cows were in "slaugh ter" shape on their calves were looking excellent and above av erage weight for this time of year. At the Terry Thopson ranch we nw what nprsistance will do In holding out the spread of Branch ing Knapweed, which has infes ted a number of ranges in the area. On Skinner creek, where the Thompsons have about 20 acres of branching knapweed on range land, we found that the program of persistant spraying of roads that go through the range has paid off. Steve Thomp on began this program many years ago doing much of the spraying by small Knapsacic sprayer on a saddle horse, as the first plants began to creep in on Skinner creek. Since then, each year Terry has sprayed vho road and has done a good job keeping out this invading weed. This spring the 20 acres was sprayed by plane when appli tat.ons were made by Kenneth Cutsiorth and Dick Wilkinson in the Immediate area. Roads will have to be closely watched, however to keep down the invasion. Record Hay Crop Expected As of July 1, the Oregon grow ers expected to harvest the larg est haycrop on record. The state has seen a larger acreage, but never a higher yield per acre. This year yield estimated on July 1, of 2 05 tons per acre is nearly 5 above last year, and 67c above average. This includes both tame and wild hay. Total hay tonnage is expected to too 2 million, 8 above last year's output and 11 more than av erage. Albany Ram Sale Aug. 3 At least two persons plan to purchase lambs at the 23rd an nual Willamette Valley Ram Sale to be held at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Albany on Saturday, August 3. Howard Pettyjohn, Heppner, and Mrs. William J. Dohetry, Lexington, have indicated this interest. Scheduled for sale are 225 head of Oregon's finest yearling stud and range rams and ewes. Breeds in their nrripr of salp are Romney, Lincoln, Corriedale, Col- umDia, cneviot, North Country Cheviot, Shropshire, Hampshire, Southdown, and Suffolk. Refund Forms Available Farmers are reminded that It is time now to claim refund of federal tax on gasoline used on their farm for the past fiscal year. For those who have claim ed this refund in the past they have received forms in the mail from the Internal Revenue Ser vice, which are due back before September 30. For those who have never claimed this tax re fund, form 2240 is available by writing to the Internal Revenue Service or can be picked up at this office. Don't forget the dead line date, Sept. 30. Grand Champion at Doherty Ranch A few days ago while making a visit at the Bill Doherty ranch in Sandhollow, we were pleased to see the excellent quality Short horn bull, purchased this spring. On further inquiry we found that it was the grand-champion bull of the Inland Empire Shorthorn sale, which is held in Spokane each March. In addition to this top quality Shorthorn, which will be used in a cross-breeding program on the mainly Hereford herd, owned by the Dohertys, we also liked an excellent type reg istered shorthorn heifer that Mary Doherty bought at this sale. She is anxiously awaiting for the heifer to calve any day now. Major Donald Drake Completes Training Army Reserve Maj. Donald E Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Drake, Heppner, completed two weeks of annual active duty training at Oakland Army Term inal, Calif., July 20. Major Drake is assigned to the 6237th U. S. Army Reserve School in Sacramento, Calif. He is a 1940 graduate of Ore gon State University in Corval lis and lives with his wife, Shir ley, at 115 E. Robinhood, Stock ton, Calif. Seed Cleaning and Treating At Our Plant Or In The Country HAROLD ERWIN HEPPNER CALL COLLECT PH. 676-5806 jM fff-r Society for the Prevention of Accumulated Frost Get a Nev Refrigerator- Freezer Tbats YOU'LL NEVER MEED TO It's true! New frost-free electric Refrigerator Freezers simply do not form frost! There are no ice-jammed freezing compartments ... no stuck -tight ice trays... and best of all, no messy defrosting, ever again! You gain more food storage space ... no frost build-up on freezer walls to rob you of usable room. Your refrigerator-freezer will function more efficiently, too, in a frostless atmosphere which allows freer air circulation. 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