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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. October 3. 1963 State Committee Hears Swanson on Conservation MBM NEWS By N. C. ANDERSON Members of the State Selection Committee, Conservation Man of the Year, were much interested in the conservation practices of Gar Swanson, lone, the title of county winner. Gar in his genial manner explained to the farmer committeeman from each of the Columbia Basin counties, repre sentatives from OSU Extension and Agricultural Experim e n t Stations, his farm operations from beginning to end. They were impressed with the way his strip cropping breaks up the - water erosion pattern from cloufr bursts that most every year frequent the area in hib south lone operation and thought the six silt retaining dams he had built to keep all the soil from these cloud bursts on his farm were doing an ex cellent lob. They liked the neatness of his grain storage tanks and the crested wheat grass seeding around them which holds down the dust. They were quite in terested in the small field of Gaines that yielded 73 bushels per acre for Gar at his north lone ranch. This seeding of Gaines wheat made on triple summer fallow, compared wiUi his single fallow wheat which averaged 44 bushels this year. The cold drink and a piece of cake, enjoyed by the committee at his home after the tour on the hot afternoon of last week was not intended to influence the judges, (said Mrs. Swanson). Experiment Station Works On Foot Rot Inoculation Several farmers stop by the office each day to visit about the farm program, their farm operations, and what the gen eral attitude is of their neigh bors toward seeding less Omar wheat this year. There are some communities which have made definite plans to seed no, or very little Omar. This is especially true in the Heppner Flat, Clark'a Canyon, Social Ridge areas. Gaines seems to be the blg variety with some Brevor and a little more Golden going in. Every once in a while we are surprised when ranchers who had excellent yields of Omar this year decide to substitute Gaines for the entire '64 harvest. This is quite interesting, espec ially in the areas where yields are in the high 30's to 45 bush els. Of course there is always the threat of striped leaf rust and this does not affect a per sons thinking. For those who arc going strong to Gaines, we hope there doesn't develop a heavy infection of foot rot, which of course is also a weakness of Omar. At the Lind Dryland Experi ment Station in Washington this year, when five popular varieties were inoculated with foot rot, Burt had a 50 loss, Rio, 48, Itana, 46, Omar 36, and Gain 337e. It was interesting to note that Selection 101, which has been getting such a big buildup in some of our farm papers recntly, was one of the most susceptible selections and yielded about 'A as much as Gaines at Pullman. Selection 101 is short strawed, about the helghth as Gaines, but evi dently has less tolerance or ability to produce when foot rot attacks it than does Gaines. Also an experiment at the Lind station showed the effect of innoculating wheat with foot rot organism when nitrogen was applied by shanks to wheat in the spring. Skew treading also spread the organ ism. The 1963 work found that: 1. There was a definite varietal difference, with Omar and Gaines being the best. 2. Nit rogen fertilizer did not increase the foot rot. 3. Fall application of nitrogen is best for wheat production and lessened the danger of foot rot. 4. Spring "shanking in" caused damage on the ifelds infested with the foot rot. 5. No chemcials are recommended for foot rot con trol at the present time. Coming Wheat Prices Still Under Speculation There has been a lot of spec ulation over what the price of wheat would be next harvest time if we do not get a new wheat program. Many farmers would like to have this answer now. Recently we did some spec ulating on this with Marion Thomas and other economists from the OSU Department of Agricultural Economics. A few days after that we received our copy of the weekly report from Washington, published by the National Association of Wheat Growers. Executive vice president Ken Kendrick worked up the prices for a number of place over the country using the Futures mar ket of September 5 for July 1964 wheat in Kansas City. The price closed at $1.58. Converting this to Pendleton, the indicated farm price would be $1.34. This is the farm price so ir you used commercial storage you would need to subtract another 10c per bushel to get your net. Maybe the recent foreign wheat sales will make this a little stronger, alleviate the sur plus a little so that this will strengthen next year. We don't predict that it will influence any additional over-seeding of allotments, reducing the wheat base by 8. Seed Cleaning and Treating At Our Plant--Or In The Country-- HAROLD ERWIN HEPPNER CALL COLLECT PH. 676-5806 Farmers Urged to Attend Meeting With Sec. Freeman He would like to remind every one of the Report and Review meetine with Agricultural Sec retary Orville L. Freeman, sched uled for Thursday, October 10 in Walla Walla. The meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Exposition building at the Walla Walla fairgrounds and will be geared toward "dirt farm er" participation with plenty of time provided for question and answer period and farmers ad vise and recommendations encouraged. Suggestions on Eliminating Rural Fire Hazards Given While it is still hot and dry, we have gotten by this summer in pretty good shape as far as rural fires are concerned. But the threat of fire is always there. Here are a few suggestions for doing away with these hazards: 1. Clean up in and around the house, farm buildings and fuel storage facilities. This involves removing fire hazards from at tics, closets, storage rooms, shops, garages, and other lo cations likely to accumulate such hazards. Keep dry grass and weeds away from fuel tanks and out-buildings. Clean up deb ris around these structures. Ster alize soil around these areas with a suitable sou stenlant Atrazine 4 lbs., and Amitrol 2 lbs. product applied in 100 gal lons of water does a good job. 2. Fireiightlng equipment such as shovel, rake, water bucket and axe should be kept at stra tegic locations around the farm stead or in trucks or pickups, Be sure they are in useable con- I til S Ready to ride again! "The Redcoats are coming!" This midnight warning spared our revolution a crippling blow earned Paul Revere a place In history. Today, Dew Line radar stations, powered by Alaskan rural electrics, might be the ones to save America from a sneak attack. Like Paul Revere, these local electric systems are only part time soldiers. Besides helping defense outposts scan the roof of the world with sleepless radar "eyes," they have a regular Job. Rural electrics now serve faraway dots on the map around j Kotzebue, Anchorage, and Kodiak. Twelve widely-scattered cr , operatives are the only source of power and light for 87 per ' cent of all farms In Alaska . . . bring big-city conveniences to i over 100,000 consumers in the land of the midnight sun. These arctic counterparts of electric cooperatives in older . states help to speed the growth of this new frontier. As power j suppliers to part of the vast defense system that encircles our country, rural electrics help give all Americans added security and peace of mind. COLUMBIA BASIN fm I ' I ELECTRIC CO-OP Blettel is Reelected Head of Farm Bureau Morrow County Farm Bureau resumed fall meetings Tuesday, September 24, when members met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Blettell. Officers for the coming year were elected. Reelected as presi dent of the group was Herman Blettell; Irving Rauch, first vice president; Gene Majeske, sec ond vice-president; Larry Lind say, voting delegate, and Don Heliker, field crops representa tive. A secretary is yet to be chosen. dition. Place fire extinglishers in farm buildings, homes and ve hicles. Be sure enough hose is avail able to reach from a tap to the far side of any farm building. 1 4. Firebreaks or plowed fire lines should be prepared be tween range or forest land and the farmstead. 5. Report all fires promptly. Be sure every family member knows how to report a fire and whom to call. When reporting a fire give explicit directions to the area, give your name and address. Chats From Your Home Agent 4-H Staff Family Visits II IFYE on Europe Tour Seeding by Airplane Broadcasting Uneffective From time to time we have had questions on the value of compressed earthen or other types to coated seed pellets for range seeding. It was interesting to review a publication compiled by the Agricultural Research Service. Fnrpst Rprvipp. Rnrpan of Indian Affairs and Bureau of ana Management made with seed pellets I Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming, Nev ada, and Utah, tisinu miitp a variety of various grass seeds in the pelleted form. In the summary and conclus ions the statement was made that Mima nn nnita upll mv experience with this type of seea. ine summary stated: "in all the studies conducted to date there is no known account on Western range lands of a single successful stand produced Dy airpiane Droaacasting oi either enmnrpssprt pnrthpn nr coated seed pellets." Mr. and Mrs. David Eckman and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim McClelland, Colfax, Wn., Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Qray and daughter left this week to make their home in Portland during the school year. Ron is attending Multnomah college. By ESTHER KIRMIS Cal Monroe of our State 4-H Extension staff, Corvallis, has really seen Europe this summer as one should see it. He and his family had the opportunity of visiting 11 IFYE (International Farm Youth Exchangees) in eight European countries who had visited Oregon in the past ten years. Of special interest to us in Morrow county his visit with Marie-Victoire von Rosengen in her home town of Colmarberg, Luxembourg. Marie was an IFYE guest with the Fredrick Martin family of lone in 1961. Quoting from Monroe he says . . . "We had planned to visit Mane in August on the day of the celebration of Luxembourg's 1000th anniversary. Marie, how ever, is governess and nurse to the Prince baby, grandson of the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. and was asked to accompany the baby and his family to Switzer land for the entire month of August. So we changed our visit to July. "Even then it was necessary for Marie to spend her nights with the Prince, as the entire family was out of the country, leaving complete responsibility for him in her hands. "We spent two nights with Marie's parents and brother on her home farm about 20 miles north of Luxembourg City. They have a large farm, all in ona piece, (very uncommon for this area) and are progressive farm ers. "Marie spent practically ,an entire day with us touring most of Luxembourg. We saw her country more thoroughly than any other country. She also took us to the home of her fiance, where we met him and his par ents. They plan to be married next spring. His family has a dairy and good-sized farm with excellent old buildings. They will live with his parents." Most IFYE's Hove Returned To Their Home Area In his thumbnail sketches, the State 4-H agent has noted that most of the IFYE's that had vis ited Oregon have returned to their home area, or at least to a nearby area. "They are in positions of lead ership and responsibility, not only in agriculture, but in other areas of endeavor," says Cal. "They are respected citizens." The same can be said for the Oregon IFYE delegates who rep resented us, he continues, with the exception of rleatively few, they remain in their own com munity. Their sphere of influ ence may be even enlarged bv their reaching into new com munities. Countries Touched Eight countries were touched by the Monroes in this "IFYE Travel." They included England, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Net herlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and Scotland. Host Families are Needed In Morrow County Each year the State 4-H club office urges us to secure host families for the six foreign stu dents that come to Oregon. We haven't had one in Morrow county since 1961 when the Keith Rea's and Fredrick Mart ins, lone, entertained an IFYE in their home. We think it's about time we had another vis itor. If you're interested, contact the County Agent's office for an application blank. Dean Wilmer, an Oregon IFYE who is visiting now in Northern Ireland, will be in the county three days in January. Make a point to hear him. Dates Chosen For Achievement Nights in County North and South MYwrnw 4.TT leaders have scheduled achieve ment parties for Saturday even ing, October 26 and Friday even ing, wovemoer 8, respectively, announces Joe Hav. rnnntv pv. tension agent. The dates were picked at re cent meetings of the North and South Morrow Achiev e m e n t Partv committees. Members of the North Morrow Achievement Party committee are Mrs. Har old Van Horn, chairman; Mrs. Chester Wilson, Mrs. Ival Sull ivan. Mrs. Helen FYankn anri Mrs. George Sawyer, all of Irr- igon. worKing on the South Morrow Achievement Party com mittee are: Mrs. Louis Carlson, lone, chairman: Mrs. fipnp Cuts. forth, Lexington; Mrs. N. C. An derson, Heppner, and Mrs. ueorge Luciani, pine City. ine worm Morrow Achieve ment Partv is scheduler! to hp held in the new Irricon srhnnl cafetorium. It will get underway at t:du p.m. with a potluck supper. The program will in clude entertainment and nre. sentation of 4-H pins and special awards and will start at 7:30. The South Morrow Achieve- Co-op Biddies Resume Meetings on Monday An Important meeting of the Lexington Co-op Biddies is called for Monday, October 7, at the Lexington City Hall at 1:30 p.m., with all members urged to be present. Among important mat ters to be considered is the out lining of the year's schedule of events. Those serving on the refresh ment committee are Mrs. Ola Ruggles, Mrs. Edna Peck and Mrs. Frieda Majeske. Program committee consists of Mrs. Edna Turner, Mrs. Florence McMillan and Mrs. Fay Fergeson, all of Heponer. ment Party will feature many changes from past achievement parties. The committee has planned a short awards pro gram, followed by carnival type games, dancing, and movies. "This should be a much more enjoyable, informal and relaxed achievement party," Hay stated. Refreshments will be served while the games, dancing and movies are in progress. The event will be held at the new Heppner High school cafeteria multipurpose room starting at 7:30 p.m. Ruth Peterson, Portland, spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Lucy Peterson. She was on va cation from her job in Portland. I -. -. ..... . . . . . . - "mm Kills grubs, lice, hornf lies FAST- SURE- EASY- WW COfl Just POUR ON! s It's proved most effective, HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG HEPPNER " f , "Vow Jr mt vttv r 1 Chemical fallow with Atrazine gives outstanding Cheatgrass control The practice of chemical fallow promises to take another important step forward with the introduction of new Atrazine herbicide into the program. Even under this year's con ditions ... . which experts have been calling "one of the worst situations we can remember". . . control of Cheatgrass and other weeds was out standing with chemical fallow based on Atrazine. A single spray of 7a lb. of Atrazine 80W per acre (plus a contact herbi cide such as Amitrole), applied to emerged weeds in early winter, gen erally eliminated the necessity for tillage until late April or May. Multiple benefits The primary benefit of this program is to keep Cheat and other grasses and weeds under control (and Cheat that's controlled can't produce seeds for next year). In addition, moisture and soil nutrient losses are held to a minimum and soil erosion ... by both wind and water ... is reduced be cause the stubble mulch has not been, destroyed. All this plus a real saving in labor. For 1963-64 This is the year to try Atrazine on a trial basis. Treat one of your smaller fields with the combination of Vj lb. of Atrazine 80W per acre plus the locally recommended amount of 1 contact herbicide. Prepare to be amazed at the fine control of Cheat next spring... without having touched a weederl Spray with ground equipment any time after weeds emerge up to Jan uary 1st. Be careful about overlap, however, since a double or triple dose of Atrazine could adversely affect next year's stand of wheat. And, don't treat shallow or very sandy soils. (If you're on two-year fallow, the rate of Atrazine 80W is 2 lbs. per acre.) Readily available Atrazine is readily available in 5-lb. bag sizes. Chemical fallow with Atra zine can help you get more produc tion per acre ... and do it for less money. Ceigy Agricultural Chemicals, Divi sion of Ceigy Chemical Corporation, Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, N. Y. Geiqv Atrazine -LJ
