HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, August 15, 1963
FABM NEWS
County Agent's Office
Dolvens Develop Varieties
That Show Good Yield
Br N. C. ANDERSON
On a recent visit to the Ray
Dolven ranch we were interested
in a field of hard red winter
wheat, unnamed variety, that
has been developed over the
years by Ray. The first head was
a selection in one of his fields
that was increased in the garden
with a sizeable acreage being
planted this year. While not yet
genetically pure, the wheat is
very good looking, both in the
field, and when threshed.
As many know, Ray enjoys
experimenting with new and dir
ferent crops. He has some good
yields of a heavy hulless bar
ley that generally does not yield
comparable with bearded var
ieties in our area. He is now in
creasing some hulless oats that
are interesting. He made the
first planting of winter flax In
the county, but because of the
stage of growth at the time of
the severe freezing weather last
winter, lost this planting. It Is
Interesting to see the many var
ieties of fruits that he grows at
his ranch and observe seedings
of various grasses and legumes
that he is comparing.
Wheat Samples Go To India
A few days ago we had a
call from Ralph McEwen, ad
ministrator, Oregon wheat com
mission, asking for several
samples of Burt wheat that
might appear to have a higher
than normal protein content. He
was also looking for Brevor
grown in Morrow county, which
seems to be scarce this year.
The request came to Morrow
county since we are the high
acreage producer of Burt and
seem to have a higher protein
Burt than some of our neighbor
ing counties. The response came
as a request from India want
ing some Brevor-Burt blended
and straight Burt samples to be
tried for Chappatti, a "potato
patty" type food, made from cer
tain wheats and quite popular
with the Indians. We picked up
some samples that will be sent
to India for trial.
could pick a sample if they for
got to have some. There Is al
ways some wheat left in strips
around the edge of the field, Dr
in areas missed that can be used
to make up a sheaf. If there are
questions, look on page 17 and
18 of your premium list, or call
Bill Rawlins, superintendent.
While you are looking at your
premium list, also note the hay
and grass division and bring in
your best bale of legume, grass
legume mix, or grain hay, or
best bundle or sheaf. For those
few who are making ensilage,
why don't you consider an en
silage exhibit this year to help
round out our forage exhibit
While you have your premium
list out, page through it and
see if there are other divisions
that you could contribute to. Be
sides earning a few dollars of
premium money, it's fun to com
pare your wares with your neighbor.
Grain Exhibits Urged
For County Fair Entries
Talking about wheat samples,
have you selected your wheat
exhibit for the Morrow county
fair? With the excellent quality
wheat and barley this year, we
should have a lot of grain ex
hibits, both threshed 'and in
sheaves. We hope that those who
have completed harvest have
some stored at home that they
Ranchers Expand Program
Of Fence Row Sterilization
Lloyd Howton and Paul Tews,
south lone area ranchers, are
sold on the value of fence row
sterilization for the control of
cheatgrass, rye, purple mustard,
and other noxious weeds that
get their start in that area
spreading into the field making
a nuisance of themselves. Start
ing with a small area, these
ranchers have a program set up
to get over all of their tence
rows as needed.
These ranchers say that this
practice has cut down the spread
of rye, cheatgrass and purple
mustard conside r a b 1 y, even
though the practice has been
carried out only a limited num
ber of years. They are working
with their neighbors in expand
ing the program to other fence
rows adjacent to other land op
erators. The recommended appli
cation is 4 lbs. Atrazine plus 2
lbs. of Amitrole, in 20 gallons
of water per acre, applied in the
winter or early spring after an
nual weeds and grass have
germinated.
Mrs. Creston Robinson and
Vicki and Mrs. Ned Sweek and
Greg accompanied Mrs. Riley
Munkers and Gary to Belling
ham, Wn. Thursday to spend a
few days with Mrs. Munkers
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
George Dilkins. En route they
visited with the Phil Blakneys
in Prosser, Wn., and returned
home Tuesday.
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Exports of Grain
For Year Ended
Second Highest
Grain exports inspected by the
Oregon Department of Agricul
ture grain division in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1963, tot
aled 72,505,124 bushels, the sec
ond highest on record.
The top year was July 1, 1956
to June 30, 1957, when they tot
aled 81,657,917, with 73,661,376
going through the Portland of
fice and the remainder through
Astoria. The Astoria office has
since been closed.
The export figure for July 1,
1961 to June 30, 1962, was 60,-
279,995 bushels.
Other figures compiled for the
fiscal year that ended June 30,
incoming grain inspected and
1963, show 99,418,562 bushels of
incoming grain inspected and
wheat accounting for 77,249,443
bushels of this. The previous year
the total figure on incoming
grain was 78,158,059 bushels,
with 51,386,047 bushels of wheat.
During the past fiscal year
11,631 lots of grain, totaling 7,-
649,187 bushels, were received by
auto truck and 552 lots with a
total .of 18,310,808 bushels by
river barge. The previous year
auto trucks brought in 10,535
lots of grain totaling 7,115,481
bushels, and 444 lots, totaling
13,901,771 bushels, were brought
in by river barge.
Listed the past year under in
tercoastal shipments were 5,158,-
710 pounds weighed only and
585,289 bushels weighed and in
spected. The previous year there
were no intercoastal shipments.
At the Pendleton office during
the fiscal year just ended in
spections on incoming wheat tot
aled 1,486,401 bushels and there
were 1,865 track inspections. The
previous year the figures were:
Incoming wheat, 1,993,204 bush
els; and track inspections, 1,703.
The Merrill office had 571
track inspections the past fiscal
year; 1,175 out car inspections;
and 32 truck inspections. The
previous year that office had 876
track inspections; 780 out car in
spections and 108 truck inspec
tions. Lots of grain received from
east of the Rockies showed a
marked Increase during the past
fiscal year with the total for the
year 14,056, compared with 6,318
the previous fiscal year. Wheat
led all other grains, with the
total lots 11,351.
Lots of other grains received
included: Barley, 1,298; corn, 937;
grain sorghums, 440; rye, 19; and
oats, 11.
Montana led all states ship
ping into Oregon from east of
the Rockies. Total lots received
from Montana were 6,318. Col
orado was second with 2,067 lots.
During June of this year the
Portland office of the division
inspected 6,775,764 bushels of in
coming grain and 6,347,896 bush
els for export.
The Pendleton office inspected
85,434 bushels in June and made
73 track inspections. At the Mer
rill office there were 36 track
inspections, one out car inspec
tion and one truck inspection;
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Four-H Leaders Prepare
To Judge Fair Projects
By ESTHER KIHMIS
Several 4-H leaders like Mrs.
Bryce Keene, and Mrs. L. A.
McCabe, lone, and Mrs. Rachel
Harnett, Heppner, have been
coming up to the county agent's
office and secretly giving me
little things. This, along with
some mysterious phone calls,
have the other agents and office
personnel curious. What are they
doing?
Well, we ran lpt vnii in nn
a little of it. They, and about
15 other leaders, are gathering
classes in clothing, knitting, and
foods to be used in the annual
4-H judging contests at the Mor
row County Fair, August 19-23.
Judging, along with demon
strations, are a form of 4-H
teaching. Club members want to
learn to evaluate their project
work. They want to learn to rec
ognize good products; to know
what are good standards. This
takes lots of practice and along
with this comes practice in how
to make decisions.
Basically, a class of four pro
ducts are set up in cookies, ap
rons, or knitted caps (for ex
ample) and the members test
their knowledge by rating them
one, two, three, and four, and
give reasons why they placed
them in that fashion.
There are 86 girls enrolled in
clothing (13 clubs); 37 mem
bers In 4-H foods (5 clubs); and
44 girls and boys in knitting
(6 clubs) a total of 167 in
home economics projects.
It is expected that over 50
of these members will partici
pate in the judging contests con
ducted. Here's the schedule:
Tuesday, August 20, 1:00 p.m.,
4-H clothing judging (junior
and senior), separate contests;
3:00 p.m., 4-H foods judging
(junior and senior), separate
contests.
Wednesday, August 21, 1:00
p.m., 4-H knitting judging
(junior and senior), one contest
for both.
Members must be enrolled in
that project in which they are
judging.
Written reasons will be given
for one class in each contest.
Juniors are age 9-13; seniors
14 and over as of January 1,
1963.
Working on these committees
are:
Knitting contest: Mrs. Larry
Cook, Mrs. Rachel Harnett, Hepp
ner; and Mrs. George Sawyer,
Irrigon.
Foods contest: Mrs. James
Harper, Boardman; Mrs. Robert
Abrams, Heppner; Mrs. William
Doherty and Mrs. Wilbur Stea
gall, Lexington; Mrs. Fred Mur
tishaw and Mrs. Louis Shade,
Irrigon; and Mrs. Hershal Town
send, lone.
Clothing contest:' Mrs. Barney
Malcom, and Mrs. Eva Griffilli,
Heppner; Mrs. John Swearingen,
Irrigon; Mrs. Bryce Keene and
Mrs. L. A. McCabe, lone; Mrs.
R. H. Davidson, Lexington and
Mrs. Earl McQuaw, Boardman.
Awards A team of three
members will be selected by the
judges at the State Fair in
clothing, foods, and knitting.
Barley Growers
Get Seed Demands
From Wide Area
By N. C ANDERSON
During the past year there has
been quite a bit of interest
shown by many of our growers
in Hudson barley. This interest
has been a result of the need
for a good yielding high test
weight winter-hardy barley va
riety. Hudson has performed
well in our cereal nursery for
the past six years. It looks very
well under two years produc
tion by growers in the county.
This year, for the first time,
there is local seed available
which will enable those who are
interested to try it under their
own conditions. These growers
are Frank Anderson, Heppner;
Kenneth Peck, Lexington; Lloyd
Howton and McElligott Bros.,
lone. Lloyd Howton and Frank
Anderson have only a small
amount from first year's increase,
however, Kenneth and the Mc
Elligotts have a sizeable amount
of seed available. There is con
siderable interest in this variety
in counties other than Morrow.
Umatilla county would like to
purchase a sizeable quantity of
our seed. To date, our growers
have kept their supply for Mor
row county ranchers, however,
since the seed is not moving too
fast they will offer it to growers
outside the county soon.
Bill Hall, superintendent, Sher
man branch experiment station,
who has included Hudson in his
experimental plots for several
years, and who is quite well
pleased with the performance of
the variety, says that there is
exceptional demand in Sherman
county, especially after compar
ing winter hardiness there this
past winter. He rates it with
Alpine, which has been the most
winter hardy variety available
in this area. The exceptional
high test weight with a good
yield has been added attractions
to the variety. McElligotts re
cently harvested their sizeable
acreage with a test weight of
48 lbs., the Lloyd Howtons 52
lbs. We would suggest that any
one interested in a winter va
riety, try a seeding of Hudson
this fall. If you are interested,
now would be a good time to
speak for your seed rather than
to wait until growers outside
the county have picked up all
available seed.
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Big Crew Needed
For Clean-up Day
With 4-H and FFA members,
as well as adults, busily prepar
ing exhibits for the 1963 Morrow
County Fair, everyone's thoughts
are turning toward the many
preparations needed to put on a
successful fair. Each year an
annual clean-up day Is held to
ready the grounds for receiving
exhibits. This year the clean-up
day has been scheduled for Sat
urday, August 17, starting at
9:00 a.m., according to Joe Hay,
county extension agent.
FFA and 4-H members and
leaders, parents and other adults
interested in fair, such as divis
ion superintendents, are en
couraged to attend the clean-up
day. With a large crew on hand,
the fair grounds can be ready
for the fair without working a
hardship on anyone. This year's
fair starts on Monday, August
19, and runs through Friday,
August 23.
In readying the fair grounds,
many jobs need to be done.
Among these are setting up the
judging arena and putting down
the sawdust; setting up bleach
ers, cleaning out barns and set
ting up pens and cages for sheep
and poultry. Table and shelf
area for inside exhibits, which
include grains, flowers, fruits
and vegetables, canning, art
work and many others, will need
to be set up.
Those who plan to attend the
work day should remember to
bring tools such as forks, shovels,
sledge hammers, wire cutters,
hammers, and saws. "With
everyone's help this can be an
other successful county fair,"
Hay said.
County residents are reminded
that if they have not received
a 1963 fair premium book, they
may stop at the county agent's
office and pick one up or call
and ask that one be sent to them.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Harris left
Tuesday morning with Kit An
derson to Wallowa Lake where
they will spend three days with
other Oregonian carriers. The
boys were winners of the trip,
and Harris is in charge of cir
culation in this area.
Mrs. Richard Baker and child
ren, Corvallis, visited her mother,
Mrs. Anne Smouse, last week.
Interest is High
In Cake Contest
At Morrow Fair
One of the most popular events
of the Morrow County Fair, open
ing August 19, will be the an
nual cake baking contest soon
sored by the Oregon Wheat
Growers League.
The county winner, who will
meet victors from eight other
wheat-producing counties at the
Wheat League's annual conven
tion in December, will be eli
gible for the $100 cash prize and
rotating trophy that are awarded
to the state winner.
Mrs. Douglas Drake of Hepp
ner and Mrs. Chas. Doherty of
lone, Morrow County co-chairmen
for the league's baking?
competition, recently announced
the rules for this year's con
test. Contestants must be either
married or over 21, residents of
Morrow county, and non-professional
bakers, men or women.
Entries will be limited to frost
ed chocolate layer cakes using
solid type shortening. The cakes
should be displayed on cardboard
or a similar base, and a recipe
must accompany each cake sub
mitted. The winner of the county con
test will be eligible for the state
"bake-off," to be held at the
Wheat League's state convention
in Portland, December 5-7. A
county winner who is unable to
compete in the state finals may
be replaced by the second-place
county contestant.
In the county judgings, cash
premiums to be paid by the
Wheat Growers League are: 1st
place, $5.00; 2nd place, $3.00;
and 3rd place, $2.00.
Cakes will be judged on out
side and inside appearance and
texture, flavor and frosting.
Bill Beaver of Palm Springs.
Calif., is visiting a few weeks
with his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney.
Mrs. Frank E. Parker. Walla
Walla, Wn., visited Mrs. Loyal
Parker recently.
Mrs. Ethel Adams, of Lake Os
wego, was a houseguest of Mrs.
Give Huston last week and re
turned home Tuesday.
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