HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES.
Outlook on Feed
For Cattle, Hogs
Greatly Improved
The competitive position of
Oregon's grain-feeding cattle
and hog industries has improved
during the past year and present
prospects indicate the improved
position should continue during
the coming year, reports M. u.
Thomas, Oregon State University
extension agricultural econo
mist.
Thomas makes his comments
in the new Oregon Farm and
Market Outlook circular just
published by OSU. Copies are
available from county extension
offices or from the OSU Bulletin
Clerk, Corvallis.
Figures on prices received for
grains and livestock in Oregon
and the Great Plains area show
that Oregon cattle feeders and
hog raisers recently could buy
more local barley with money
received from their animals than
their corn-feeding Midwest
counterparts, Thomas said.
A year ago, and frequently in
the past, corn and milo feeders
in the Midwest had a big price
advantage over local producers,
the economist noted.
The improvement in cattle and
swine feeding could spread a
year from now to include poultry
men and other potential wheat
feeders in Oregon and the Pa
cific Northwest if the price
spread between Northwest wheat
and Midwest grains closes as
now seems likely, Thomas ob
served. Changes in competitive posit
ions stem primarily from higher
corn and milo prices east of the
Rockies and lower wheat and
barley prices in the Northwest
during the past year, he ex
plained. These lower prices have ad
versely affected Incomes of the
region's cash grain growers,
Thomas said, but added that
these adverse effects have been
partially or entirely offset by
payments to those who partici
pated in 19G3 diversion programs.
For 1964, income-reducing ef
fects of prospective lower wheat
prices could be alleviated in part
or entirely through the "volun
tary" certificate plan recently in
troduced In the Senate or through
some other version of the direct
payment plan, Thomas added.
Other proposed federal grain
legislation introduced since the
May 21 national wheat referen
dum would tend to price wheat
away from grain-feeders and
alms to limit wheat production
to domestic food uses and sub
sidized exports, he reported.
Recent and prospective changes
In grain price relationships re
flect, to a consdierable extent,
changes in federal grain pro
grams during the past 18 months,
Thomas continued. Recent fed
eral grain legislation, admin
istrative action and the May 21
vote have combined to improve
the current situation and outlook
for Northwest grain -feeding in
dustries. These developments are Im
portant to the region's grain
growers, the economist said, be
cause they improve chances for
the Northwest to maintain and
develop feeding outlets for local
grains.
Continued over time, this
would favor use of much of the
region's good grain lands and
related resources to produce more
of the meat wanted by the Pa
cific Coast's growing population,
he pointed out.
Whether recent regional gains
In competitive position and pros
pects are retained will depend
considerably on three factors,
Thomas believes. These ate:
1. Pacific Northwest grain pro
ducers, feeders and allied indus
try leaders recognizing their
common interests in relation
ships between grain prices here
and In the Great Plains.
2. Making their problems and
preferences known to federal
THINGS HAVE A
WAY OF
PILING UP!
Leaves, for In
stance (and you
can have 'em)! On
the brighter side,
money has a happy
way of piling up in
the bank, once you
get the habit of
systematic saving.
is the rate
Naturally, it
even faster.
up" you like.
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BOX 739 PENDLETON
Thursday. October 3. 1963
1 Treat every gun with th respect due a loaded gun. This it the
fint rule of flun lafety.
2 Guni carried into camp or home, or when otherwise not in
ute, must always be unloaded, and taken down or hove actions
open; guns always should be carried in cases to the shooting area.
3 Always be sure barrel and action are dear of obstructions,
and that you have only ammunition of the proper size for the gun
you are carrying. Remove oil and grease from chamber before firing.
4 Always carry your gun so that you 'can control the direction of
the muzzle, even if you stumble; keep the safety on until you or
ready to shoot.
5 Be sure of your target before you pull the trigger; know the
identifying features of the game you intend to hunt
6 Never point a gun at anything you do not wont to sbootj
avoid oil horseplay while handling a gun.
7 Unattended guns should be unloaded; guns and ammunition
should be stored wporalely beyond reach of children and careless)
adults.
8 Never climb a tree or fence or jump a ditch with a loaded
gun; never pull a gun toward you by the muzzle.
9 Never shoot a bullet at a flat, hard surface or the surface of
water; when at target practice, be sure your backstop Is adequate.
10 Avoid alcoholic drinks before or during shooting.
Institute Elects
Grain Growers
The Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc., Lexington, was
unanimously elected to member
ship in the American Institute
of Cooperation, the national ed
ucational and research agency
for farm business organizations,
at the A.I.C. Annual Member
ship meeting at the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., ac
cording to an announcement by
J. K. Stern, Institute President.
The A.I.C. is chartered as a Uni
versity in the District of Colum
bia and meets each August at
a Land-Grant College.
Officers and directors of the
Morrow County Grain Growers,
Inc. have been invited to par
ticipate in educational activities
of the Institute and to attend
the 1964 meeting at Michigan
State University, East Lansing,
Mich., August 912. This is the
largest annual conference on
farm business problems and
draws over 3,000 farm business,
university, and government lead
ers; farm and marketing spec
ialists; farm credit men; and
rural educational workers, in
cluding 1,200 members of rural
youth organizations and young
farmers.
The name of Al Lamb, man
ager, has been entered on the
register of the institute as the
local representative.
If your young child Is curious
about matches, you are urged
not to lay matches down where
small hands can pick them up.
Many young children have been
seriously burned while playing
with matches. Protect your
child's life and your property
from fire as well as the resources
of your community by keeping
matches out of reach of young
hands. Keep Oregon Green.
legislators and program admin
istrators, and
3. On Congressional and ad
ministrative action, as long as
grain price levels and relation
ships are largely manageable
under federal grain programs.
now paid on savings here.
makes your money pile up
If this Is the kind of "piling
Open an account now.
Ninety percent of all forest
fires are man-caused, sixty per
cent are caused by local people,
mainly by carelessness with
matches, cigarettes and other
fire. Make it your business to be
sure every match you light is
broken in two; every cigarette
you smoke is crushed deadout;
and drown every campfire before
you leave. Don't gamble with
fire the odds are against you!
Keep Oregon Green.
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I
Specialist Gives
Important Points
In Venison Care
Fresh, flavorful venison for the
table starts with careful treat
ment of the meat in the field,
advises Andrew Landforce, Ore
gon State University extension
wildlife management specialist.
Keep deer meat at its best by
cooling it quickly the quicker
the better, Landforce says. He
urges that the deer be skinned
as soon as possible.
It's ideal when deer can be
field dressed and immediately
taken to camp, home or the cold
storage locker to be skinner, he
noted. Probably the cleanest
meat from the woods is handled
this way.
However, this isn't always
possible and Landforce offers
the following suggestions for
care of deer that can't be taken
back right away:
In Western Oregon, unless the
deer is moved easily from the
field, dress it, hang it in a tree
and skin it at once. Split the
carcass In half and leave the
last neck vertebrae connected to
help balance the halves while
hanging.
Preferably let hang until the
meat is no longer sticky. Dry
meat is easier to keep clean.
Hanging over night in the cold
woods is good. The meat gets
cold and a glaze forms over it.
If pack animals are imprac
tical, cut the deer in quarters
and drop each quarter into an
individual clean cloth bag. Strap
your load on the pack board
for carrying out of the woods.
Immediately upon reaching
your destination, hang meat in
a cool, dry place. The storage
locker is ideal, but lots of good
venison has also been cared for
in garages and woodsheds.
For Eastern Oregon conditions,
if you can't get the deer back to
camp and skinned immediately,
field dress and skin the deer in
the field. Hanging the deer in
a tree is preferred, but, if this
is not possible, remove the hide
while the deer is lying on the
ground.
Use the skin and meat sacks
to keep meat clean while skin
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ning. After the hide is off,
quarter the carcass and put the
pieces in individual meat sacks.
Pack back to camp and hang it
up at once.
If it is not practical to carry
the meat back to camp right
away, hang it in a tree or lay
it upon poles or rocks to allow
air to circulate around the meat,
speeding up the cooling process.
It is always best to let meat
hang and thoroughly cool before
moving it. When the meat gets
a glaze over it, handling is easier
and meat can be kept much
cleaner.
Deer eventually will cool
when hung with the hide on.
In some cases, deer are downed
in circumstances which makes
skinning impractical, but even
then cool the animal as quickly
as possible in order to keep the
meat at its best, says the spec
ialist. Care should also be taken to
keep the meat cool on the way
home, Landforce stresses. A
carrier or rack on the car top
will allow cooling air to circulate
around the meat. Never carry
venison in a tightly closed car
trunk or on the hood of a car
where engine heat is transferred
to the meat.
Privet Serving
Aboard Enterprise
Audie J. Privett, machinist's
mate second class, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Privett of
Heppner, returned to Norfolk,
Va., early in September aboard
the attack aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise after spending seven
months in the Mediterranean.
The Enterprise tied up in Nor
folk on September 4, having
been on deployment since Feb
ruary. While in the Mediterranean,
she was the nucleus of the Sixth
Fleet's fast carrier striking force.
Aircraft flying from the carrier's
deck provided air cover and po
tential long-range strike cap
abality, extending the range and
effectiveness of the Sixth Fleet
as a deterrent to war.
Enterprise crewmembers visit
ed ports in Italy, France, Spain,
Greece and Lebanon.
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ness or ranch use. Phone 676-9228.
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