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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. County Agent's Office Public Demand Shown For Management Study Bv N. C. ANDERSON Recently a steering committee composed of Louis Carlson, Ken neth Turner, Paul Tews and Dean Graves met with Manning Becker, farm management spec ialist. OSU, to discuss the possi bility of a farm management shortcourse for this winter, lhis meeting was scheduled with Mr. Becker as a result of continual demand by a number of ranch ers who had attended the farm management shortcourse during the winter of 1960. Because of this continual de mand, the steering committer, (the same group with exception of the substitution of Deane Graves for Harry Proudfoot), re viewed possible subjects related to the demand from our ranchers. After an evening of planning, the group decided to contact growers in the various commun ities to feel out interest. Some of the questions that they will ask are: Do you know how to figure cost of raising a bushel of grain? Analyze your own farm records? Minimize your income tax, decide between alternative farm programs? De cision making, economic princi ples of farm management, record analysis and tax management will be stressed if a shortcourse is held. Dates set were December 10, 11, 17 and 18, from 10:00 to 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. If yqu are Interested in this type of a shortcourse and haven't been contacted by a steering committee member in your com munity, we would suggest that you visit with them soon. Arizona Ranks High As Agricultural Producer Ex-County Judge, Garnett Bar ratt, who everyone will admit was a booster of Morrow county and Oregon when he resided here, is equally as faithful to his newly adopted land of Arizona. From time to time he has drop ped mo clippings and notes of agricultural progress from Ari zona and I believe was a bit "miffed" by my un-complimen-tary remarks of the heat, sand, lizards, and cacti of that great state as I toured through and saw the agriculture and agri business there this past June. I must admit a recent clipping that he sent strikes home. The reminiscing of an agricultural worker formerly of Wisconsin re minds me a bit of my new im pressions of Oregon. I must ad mit that Arizona agriculture is verv important, in fact 19bZ ag ricultural income was first in the nation and over twice that of the second comparing state. Seeing the highly mechanized agriculture in that state, I'll have to admit that Arizona is a "pro ducer." Average Calf Prices Found Below '62 Sale I stopped by the Madras auc tion sale yard last Wednesday afternoon to see whajt calves were bringing at a special feeder sale there. I have had reports from local ranchers that prices were down on weaner calves but couldn't quite agree when 100 head of 411 lb. Angus steers sold for $31.70 and 50 head followed, weighing 420 lbs., brought $29.70. A large draft of heavy Holstein steers brought $17.40 and some 710 lbs. Hereford and black white face mixed steers brought $21.30. I guess, however, all sales are not quite this strong, as the 12th annual Western Oregon feeder cattle sale in Corvallis last week sold 1008 head of cattle. The 591 steer calves offered averaged 456 lbs. and sold for an average price of $24.71. Four hundred twenty-three heifer calves aver aging 415 lbs. sold at an average of $22. These prices were about $2 lower than the 1962 sale. Farm Land Values Show Steady Rise But regardless of the price of farm commodities, whether grain or livestock, Oregon farm land values continued to increase in value during the first half of this year. At mid year, value per acre averaged 5 above March 1. and 7 above July 1, 1962. This was a greater rate of in crease than the national average in both time periods. National averages were up 3 from March to July and 6 for the yeai. Increases in neighboring Mates over tee year were 5 in Wash ington, Idaho, and Nevada, and 9 at California. Value of Oie gon's irrigated farm lands, dry farming land, and grazing land all climbed. Land values have probably received their biggest boost from demand for addition al land to enlarge existing farms. At hast that has been the case in Morrow county. This has been brought about by tractor power ed technology which makes larger units more efficient. Ore gon's farm investment has grown from $1.5 billion in 1950 to $2.5 Pillion now. Pure Bred Sheep Solo Coming One hundred seventy-five pure bred ewes and ewe lambs of 11 different breeds will be offered at the 6th annual Pure Bred Sheep Breeders Association sale on Saturday, November 9. The sale will be held at the Polk county fair grounds located Vi mile south of Rickreall on high way 99W and 10 miles west of Salem on highway 22. The sale will start at 10:00 a.m., offer ing Kommy, North Country Cheviot, Dorset, Lincoln, Corrie dale. Columbia, Cheviot, Hamp shire, Southdown, Suffolk, and Shniphiro ewes and ewe lambs. Thursday. October 31. 1963 Low Level Feed Ratio Proved Best for Calves Some recent research at the Union Experiment Station in wintering heifers replacements shows that a low level feeding program the first winter follow ed with a medium level ration the second winter resulted in a cheaper cost of wintering, a heav ier final weight, and a greater calving percentage than a high level feeding the winter the heif ers were calves, followed by a medium ration the winter that they were producing their first calf. The low level ration pro vided a gain up to 1 13 lbs. per day and over the two win ters, 232 lbs. of grain were fed along with all the hay they could eat. Their final weight was 1,008 lbs. and calving percentage was 84. Those fed a high level ration the first winter, a medium the second winter consumed 808 lbs. of grain and weighed 998 lbs. in their final weight, calving a 76 calf crop. The secret here was good pasture gains, the grass costing much less than the grain. In the low level feeding no grain was fed; in the medium level 2 lbs. per day; in the high 4 lbs. per day of grain. Home Planning Needed To Give Carefree Holiday Holiday lobs should go smoothly this year for members of the county Extension units after their November meetings, says Esther Kirmis, Morrow county extension agent. Project leaders from all the units in the county, led by Miss Kirmis, met for training on Oc tober 24, at the Lexington school and planned a calendar of jobs to be done for December. Project women will teach other women in their commun ity how to apply the steps of decision making to their own problems, explains the agent. They include: Consider your re sources (time, talent, money, etc.), set a goal, think through alternatives, make a decision, then take action. "It's better to make a decision and revise it later, if necessary," advises Miss Kirmis, "Than to put things off until the last minute." The November lesson entitled "The Twelve Days of Christmas," is a parody on the old English Christmas carol, even the man keeps adding a gift each day until his lady love has quite an array. This is a time manage ment lesson, and based on the song, shows how doing things each day can add to a more carefree holiday season. The lines go like this (Each gives tips on household jobs that need to be done. 12 days of shopping 11 cake pans popping 10 foods a-freezing, 9 rolls of wrapping, 8 tools to brighten, 7 lovely linens 6 shining windows 5 golden flames 4 pies to bake 3 long lists 2 happy hours to trim the Christmas tree 1 call to make then A Carefree Christmas Eve! The agents offered the follow ing bulletins to assist in these holiday tasks. These are avail able at the county agent's office: Oregon Sweets, Better Baking and Broiling, Foods from the Freezer, Gift Wrapping, Care oi Metals. Color for your Fireplace, New Wrinkles in Ironing, Stain Removal, Christmas Parties, Christmas Decorations and Dec orative Tin-Can Craft. If you would like a carefree Christmas perhaps you would like to attend one of these meet ings closest to you, invited Miss Kirmis. November 6 Rhea Creek ex tension unit, Rhea Creek Grange hall. November 7 lone extension unit, Mrs. James Pettyjohn's November 12 Heppner exten sion unit, Heppner Fair Annex. November 13 Pine City exten sion unit. Pine City School. November 14 Irrigon exten sion unit, Old Irrigon School. November 19 Boardman ex tension unit, Mrs. Harold Walk er's. Ruralette Club Holds Meeting in Heppner After school on October 22, the Ruralettes 4-H club made a trip to Heppner to purchase material for head scarves and aprons. Our meeting was held in the county 4-H club room. Roll call was answered by each member naming a part of the sewing ma chine. Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, our leader, explained how to read the end of a bolt of mater ial also how some materials will shrink and fade when washed. Visitors present were Mrs. L. A. MeCabe, Debbie Warren and Mrs. S. C. Zinter. Julie Zinter and Mary McElligott, reporters" Yes, the Gazette-Times can print the form you need for busi ness or ranch use. Phone 676- 922a EMM NEWS Mil' Party to Feature Informal Program At Awards Night Four-H members will be hon ored at the south Morrow 4-H Achievement party on Friday night, November 8. The "party type" achievement party will be held at the new Heppner High school multipurpose room start ing at 7:30, according to Joe Hay, county extension agent. Four-H members will be awarded pins and certificates for the number of years of 4-H club work they have completed. The First National Bank of Oregon sponsors pins for the first, third and fifth year of 4-H completion, Achievement certific a t e s are awarded to 4-H members com pleting their second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth years of club work. Special award medals in the National 4-H Awards Program will be presented to boys and girls who have done an outstand ing job in the fields of achieve ment, agriculture, beef, dairy, swine, gardening, leadership, recreation, safety, home econom ics, clothing, dress revue, food preparation, and home improve ment. These medals are provided by nationally known companies who sponsor the 4-H National Awards program. This year's achievement party will be quite different from past years, Hay said. Following a short awards program there will be games, dancing, movies, and refreshments for everyone. The games will be carnival type games with prizes being pro vided for the winners. Music for the dancing will be provided bv the Heppner High school dance band. Scenic movies will be pro vided for those who wish to view them and refreshments will be served while the party is in progress. "This should be a much more informal, relaxed, and enjoyable achievement party for everyone," Hay said. "We hope to have a large turnout for the party." Helping with the planning and setting up of the achievement party are Mrs. Louis Carlson, achievent party chairman, Mrs. Gene Cutsfortti, Mrs. Nels An derson, and Mrs. George Luc iani. Annual Dinner Well Attended By DELPHA JONES LEXINGTON The annual Three Links club Turkey Dinner held at the Lexington IOOF hall Saturday evening was well at tended. The lodge takes this op portunity to thank all people who helped make the dinner such a fine success. The second in the series of monthly card parties will be Sat urday night at the IOOF hall. The public is urged to attend and build up scores for the grand prizes. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cool and children from Pendleton were week-end visitors at the home of her mother, Mrs. Florence Mc Millan. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson of Hermiston were Lexington callers on Saturday. Motoring to Pendleton this week were Mrs. Gene Majeske, Mrs. Ron Crabtree and Mrs. Ken neth Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. George Irvin and children of Rufus were Lexing ton visitors Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hunt spent the week-end in Spokane, Wn. Mr. and Mrs. Greg Leyva and children spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall. The Leyvas make their home in Hood River. Mrs. Dallas Rea of Pendleton visited at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Palmer on Monday. Mrs. Armin Wihlon is employ ed at Stefani's Cafe in lone. Mrs. Dean Hunt and daughter Jeannene were Walla Walla vis itors last Wednesday. Recent word from the Walter Smiths, former pastor and fam ily, reports that they are now settled in their home at Jasper and are enjoying their minis terial work there. Their mailing address is Rt. 1, Box 343, Spring field. Date Set To Close Summer Trout Season Regular season trout fishing in the State of Oregon comes to a close October 31. After that date, trout anglers must abide by the winter regulations pro vided by the state. Contrary to the summer rules where all waters are open unless specified, the winter rules list only those waters open to winter angling. During the winter season, bag limits also reduced from the summer regulations to 2 trout, salmon and steelhead 12 inches and over per day, 4 such fish in possession or seven consecutive days. Local anglers will be little af fected by the change, however, as the closing date for summer angling signals the closing of trout fishing in the Heppner area. Tell the advertiser you saw it in the Gazette-Times. CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY (For the week ending Oct 25) Some fall seeding left to be done, waiting for adequate moisture for germi noting weeds. Most seedings are up and becoming well establish ed. In some cases, early seed ings have lots of grass. Some alfalfa seed to be harvested but the majority is complete. Most of the calves are weaned and delivered to contract buy ers, others holding for strong er prices. Weaning weights are the best ever. Fall range ex cellent First killing frost in most of the county on October 19. Awards Given Winners in 13 North 4-H Clubs Members from 13 north Mor row 4-H clubs received their pins and certificates of achievement at the north Morrow 4-H achieve ment party Saturday evening, October 26. The party was held at the new Irrigon school cafetor ium starting at 6:30 with a pot luck supper. Special entertainment for the evening was presented by the Irrigon Assembly of God junior choir, with Mrs. Albert Partlow as director and accompanist. County medals in the National Awards program went to Penny Jones for recreation, Franell Walker and Anne Obermeier, dress revue; Shirley Jackson, home economics; Susan McCoy and Carol Anne Harper, food preparations; Tom Van Horn and Byron Hobbs, home improve ment. Susan McCoy, Irrigon, won a General Foods Cook book for being the outstanding foods club member in the county this year. Helping to plan and conduct the achievement party were Mrs. Harold Van Horn, Mrs. Ival Sull ivan, Mrs. George Sawyer, Mrs. Chester Wilson, and Mrs. Helen Franke all of Irrigon. Nearly 100 4-H members, parents, and lead ers attended the event. ALL TYPES ot Moore Rediforms available through the Gazette Times office salesbooks, pur chase order books, requisitions, receipt books, and others. Stop weed problems Chats From Your Home Agent District Leader Helps Advisors with Plans By ESTHER KIRMIS Mrs. Joe Wright, Heppner, was hostess to members of the Coun ty Advisory Committee on Oc tober 23. Special guest was Mrs. L. D. Vinson, Kimberly, who is the district director for the Home Economics units of Morrow, Gil liam, Grant, and Umatilla Coun ties. She tries to visit with our county committee once a year and also attends our Home makers Festival in May. (She was born and raised in the Lex ington area so many of you re member her as Doris Padberg). She informed us that her term as district director would ex pire in May and that it was Morrow cuonty's turn to select a director. Plans were made to ask Mrs. Riddle Lage, past-president of the Oregon Home Economics council, Hood River, to be the Homemaker festival speaker this May. She attended the Assoc iated Country Women of the World (ACWW) Triennial in Melbourne, Australia in 1962. Others on the county advisory committee include Mrs. John Graves, Heppner; Mrs. James Pettyjohn, lone; Mrs. Weldon Witherrite, Echo; Mrs. Paul Slaughter, Irrigon, and Mrs. Walter Hayes, Boardman. Cleaning Windows: Now I've heard the latest in cleaning windows! Mrs. John Graves says she uses Coke. She lets it dry slightly and washes it off with a wet sponge. I've heard of vinegar, kerosene, news papers, and rust removers. Now it's Coke! Project Training Place Changed We've been regular visitors to the Lexington school this past month. We find the empty rooms upstairs quite convenient to hold our project leader trainings and workshops. Before this we journeyed to the Pine City school in the Echo area. But Boardman and Irrigon people say if they come down the Boardman Bombing range road, that it is not further to come to Lexington than it is to Pine City. Lexington vs more convenient for people from the other units. So when the school became available, we jumped at the chance. (Mrs. R. H. Davidson, hot lunch cook, fixes us coffee, too). Jessalee Mallalieu, OSU rec reation specialist, is training leaders in mosaics there. She win conduct her last two days on here before they spread Fence rows and other noncrop areas round the farm are important propa gating beds for weeds. If neglected, they can spread your weed problem all over the farm. Effective weed control in fence rows and other noncrop areas eliminates a primary source of weed seeds. It also gets rid of a serious fire hazard and cuts maintenance costs by doing away with hand cutting of hard-to-mow areas. Insects and rodents thrive in rampant weed growth, especially around build ings. Eliminate weeds and you eliminate a large part of this problem . . . and, of course, improve both the appearance and value of your farm or ranch. Advantage of chemical weed control Atrazine and Simazine herbicides give safe, long-lasting weed control. Exten sive use of these products on farms and ranches has shown that a single applica tion gives effective results for a full sea son. You save money, too, when you consider the follow-up control measures needed with mowing or other mechan ical methods that provide only tempo rary control. When to use Atrazine attacks weeds through both roots and foliage. Use Atrazine before weeds emerge, or soon after weeds ap pear above ground. At rates recom mended for noncrop land, Atrazine gives long-term weed control, especially in areas of low rainfall. October 31 and November 1. Then local leaders will conduct a similar workshop in their horns communities. Paper Sacks Have Many Uses Speaking of Lexington school, the teachers there Mrs. Cleo Robinson, Mrs. Donald Knighten, and Mrs. Fordyce Hills always have an attractive bulletin board in the hall. This past week, in deference to Halloween, they have a paper owl resting on a tree branch, and a large moon in the back ground. The paper sack owl fas cinated me as its head was the bottom of the sack folded over and "Construction-paper feath ers" were pasted down his front. They were also telling me of that pumpkins and witches and many other things could be made out of paper bags. Fire Scare; Safety Pays You perhaps heard that we had a fire scare at Mrs. Anita Stockard's a few Saturdays ago. (An old refrigerator in the va cant apartment next to mine caught on fire.) We were surely grateful to all the local firemen that showed up and made quick finish to it all. As if by fate, the next Mon day a news article from Charles Ross, OSU extension forester, was on my desk telling us that Ore gonians need to clear the smoke from some of their ideas about home fires. Last year, says Charlie, fire cost $15 million to Oregon home and farms. The OSU specialist lists two rules for controlling home fires. Know the high potential risks then eliminate them. Causes are shown through accident statis tics: small children left unat tended near open fires, a con tainer of gasoline brought in doors, (triple the hazard if tha container is glass), spark-pro-ducinc equipment poerated near paint thinners, use of flammable hair sprays near flames, child ren playing with matches, over heated or defective chimneys or flues, and electricity and defec tive wiring. The careless smoker and user of matches just about always tops the fire causing list. One in four Oregon home fires last year was started in this way. Another one-fourth resulted from ignition of hot grease, oil, tar and petroleum products. The kitchen the source of many fat fires is the most dangerous room in the house. Heating systems stoves, fur naces, chimneys, and flues do Simazine provides effective long-lasting control when applied before weeds emerge. It has no foliar action, an im portant point when you want to control weeds near desirable plantings. With Simazine, you're safe from damage by accidental spray drift or through lateral leaching in the soil. Weeds controlled Atrazine and Simazine control a wide range of annual broad leaf weeds and grasses as well as many perennials. Among the weeds controlled are these important species: Cheatgrass, ryegrass, tarweed, Russian thistle, foxtail, quack grass, mustard and puncture vine. Safe Atrazine and Simazine are relatively safe to humans and animals, nonirritating to the skin and noncorrosive to equipment They are easily removed from spray tanks and lines by thorough flushing with water. For additional information, contact your agricultural chemical supplier, or write: Geigy Agricultural Chemicals, Division of Ceigy Chemical Corporation, Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, New York. Geiav CtMTOtS Of CHtMlfALl tc umviM irii.T.m W J Atrazine1 Simazine not cause as many fires as they once did. Newer homes have chimneys with flue liners, and many new homes are heated with electricity. Nevertheless, heating systems, as mentioned, ranked third as cause of home fires in Oregon last year. Electricity and defective wir ing, open lights and hot metals, including electrical devices, were responsible for most of the re maining home fires. In fact, if all hazard sources listed weie lumped together, they'd account for 90 per cent of the fire risk to Oregon homes, says Ross. The OSU Extension specialist says that dangers from fire can almost be eliminated if families will periodically attend to re moval of fire hazards. Need a special kind of en velope for a special purpose? See your authorized Mail-Well En velope dealer, the Gazette-Times. Regular envelopes of all sizes, window envelopes, manila en velopes, catalog envelopes, mail ers, collection envelopes, an nouncement envelopes, "Thank You" envelopes. DON'T PAMPER YOUR WIFE Let Her Winterproof the Porch with FLEX-O-GLASS This Year Any little lady can enclose a porch or br-eezeway with Warp's FLEX-O-GLASS. It's so easy! Just cut with shears and tack over screens. Makes a warm, sunlit room, flooded with healthful Ultraviolet rays, where the children can play all winter long or use as an extra Store-room. Genuine, crystal clear FLEX-O-GLASS lasts for years at a fraction the cost oi glass. Only 87 a sq. yd. at youi local hdwre. or Imbr. dealer.
