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.