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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 7, 1963 County Agent's Office Many Cattle Treated In Grubs and Lice Control By N. C. ANDERSON In visiting with livestock growers over the past six weeks, many have asked for recommen dations for use of one or the other of the two popular insec ticides for the control of grubs and lice. It appears that much livestock was treated this fall. Many still complain, however, that the cut-off date for the use of these Insecticides is earlier than they can possibly get the job done. For those who have their cattle on summer range and move closer to their head quarters only after calves have been weaned and the change from summer to fall and winter grasslands, wo can realize that the November 1 date is quite early. Recently, entomologists from Oregon State University have indicated that this date might be extended. Extensive field tests during the past two years have indicated little or no effect from later applications, however, at least another year of tests need to ne carried out in order for this chance to be approved by those in higher-up circles that must pass on these requirements, mis oast week-end. Dr. Bob uouia ing, USDA entomologist, called to ask us to line up 300 head of cattle that could be treated at the later dates. These must be in one or two herds. The 300 head, will be divided into 4 bunches treating 3, with one left untreated for a check. Of the three treated bunches, one would be treated during the week of November 11, another during the week of November 18 and another during the week of November 25. Treatment would be made by the "pour-on" method. Observa tions would be made as to effect on the cattle as well as the con trol of grubs and lice. A major chemical company providing the pour on material would be re sponsible for any sickness or loss of cattle if such should occur. We have one herd of approx imately 140 offered for this test. Advanced research such as this provides the information and recommendations which are es sential to agricultural progress. Anyone who has not yet treated his cattle with a systemic for lice and grub control that might be interested in this research should contact this office at once. 'Gopher Getter' Machine Available to Users As we drive about the county thrse fall days, we note the act ivity of gophers in alfalfa by the considerable number of fresh mounds showing up over the fields. Where once the Job of controlling these gophers was a difficult one, to say the least, science and ingenuity have re duced this problem to a simple and inexpensive one. The new "gopher getter" ma chines have demonstrated to a number of our ranchers that they are just the "ticket" for this problem. The cost Is quite nom inal. and fields can be treated in a short time. While there are several of these machines in the county, the Heppner Soil Con servation District has one that they rent to operators who do not reel they want to own such a machine themselves. The dis trict supervisors purchased this machine last spring and it has been used on approximately 300 acres to date. These were treated last spring when soil moisture was sufficient to hold the bur row made by this machine. As soil moisture conditions inv prove, this fall is the ideal time for baiting. The soil conserva tion district machine rents for 35 cents per acre, with the cost of bait running about that same amount. If you are interested, contact this office as a schedule of users is being made up at this time. Baker to Assist Staff Of Arizona Shortcourse Dr. M. E. Ensmiger, formerly head of the Department of Ani mal Science, Washington State University, and instigator of the very popular Stockman's Short course at that institution, is now in business as a livestock ad visor. His new home is Ciovis, Calif. At the request of his live stock friends, a beef cattle science school has been sched uled for Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan uary 20-23. This will be pattern ed after the one conducted at Washington State University with three days of classroom work followed by a one day laboratory-field trip. There will be four sections underway simul taneous that cattlemen may elect to attend. The teaching staff will be re cruited from coast to coast, the U. S. and Canada, from colleges and industry. One of the staff members will be Ronald Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker, lone, and joint owner of C. and B. Livestock Co., Hermiston. This is a real honor fro Ronald. We are envious of him getting to spend a week in the Arizona sunshine during January and he is to De congratulated for this distinguished honor. We have further particulars and an en rollment form for those who might be interested. It is due November 15. coyotes were taken in Oregon. The largest catch was in Malheur county with hunters, Robert Long and J. Chesley Hart, taking 174. In Morrow county, Carl Mc Daniel took 19, Gerald Rood, 28. During the same period of time, Gerald also added 29 from his Umatilla county district, spend ing half time in each of these two counties. For the period, mid-September to mid-October, 745 coyotes were taken in the state. Again, high est catch was taken in Mal heur county with 210. J. Chesley Hart took il7 with Robert Long, 93.During this period of time in Morrow county, Carl McDaniel caught 14, Gerald Rood, 15 in Morrow county and 22 in Uma tilla county. Air Transportation Of Foods on Increase Transportation has come a long way from the old horse and wagon era. In earlier years, shippers in many localities had no choice as to how they would ship their produce. In recent years, volume oi agricultural products moved oy rauroaas nas declined while truck and water movement has increased. Air traffic in agriculture is al so picking up. This is the newest method of transportation and has been mostly used for perish ables. Developments contribut ing to this include such things as lower rates, newer especially designed planes, Improved ground-handling techniques, and better temperature controls. Five major airlines reported transport ing 2b,000 tons of agricultural products, excluding fish, in labl. More than 100,000 lbs. of fresh salmon was moved in this way last year, also one major air line reported transporting 12,000 lbs. of white fish a month. Trans port of live lobsters, too, is in creasing. More than half of the 1961 tonnage was cut flowers. Other commodities moved in cluded poultry and frozen foods and such perishables as tree- ripened fruits and vine-ripened vegetables. It's a long haul from the old wagon road! Big Cattle Sale Opens Conclave; Beef-O-Rama Held Coyote Catches Run High In Three Eastern Counties According to the monthly record of hunter's catch for the Fish and Wildlife Service, coyote catches were quite high this past two months. For the mid-August to mid-September period, 1,054 Horseman's Shortcourse Coming to OSU This Month Two of the nations leading experts on horses will be in structors at Oregon's Annual Horseman's Shortcourse Novem ber 16 and 17 at Oregon State University. They are Mrs. Fern Faimer Bittner, equitation teacher at Linden wood College in St. Charles, Mo whose specialty is udging and equitation classes: and Dr. J. D. Wheat, veterinarian at the University of California, who will discuss feet, legs and unsoundness in horses. The short course is open to anyone, 18 years of age or older, who is interested in horses. Reg istration fee is $10, announced A. W. Oliver, OUS professor em eritus of animal science, who is in charge of the event. Advance registration is not necessary, but' may be advisable, he said, be cause the course will be limited to 120 students. Mrs. Herb Case returned home to Poulsbo, Wn. on Sunday, after spending ten days in Heppner with her mother, Mrs. Jesse Grif fin, who is convalescing from a recent illness. Winter is on the WHY WAIT - Recap YOUR TIRES NOW! Way .t&MvA- " .. 1 'VU.w..v.. .Jib' i 4wt :-;ar : ' 1 1ST i With Famous KRAFT Winter Cleat Treads NEW- MOST ALL POPULAR SIZES OF NEW NYLON MUD AND SNOW TIRES SEE US TODAY DON'T WAIT FORD'S TIRE SERVICE 441 N. MAIN HEPPNER PH. 676-9481 The city of Baker stood Mon day as the cattle capitol of the west. Over 5000 Black Angus cattle were auctioned at the annual Baker County Livestock Assoc iation's "Black Sale," largest in the country. More than 450 pro spective buyers some from a far east as Illinois bid more than $750,000 for Angus and feeder cattle. The yearly cattle sale was the opening prelude to the 50tn annual Oregon Cattlemen's As sociation convention which opens Wednesday at the Baker Motor Inn. Some 1200 cattlemen from Ore gon are expected to attend the three-day conference which ends Friday. The association was founded 50 years ago in Baker. There was standing room only at the Baker Community Center Tuesday when some 2500 eastern Oregon homemakers packed the spacious hall to its rafters to attend Beef-O-Rama, a free cook ing school sponsored by the Ore gon Beef Council and the Baker county CowBelles. The event was the beef coun cil's salute to the 50th anniver sary convention of the cattle men's association. Several hundred homemakers saw Helene Kralowec, Oregon Beef Council cooking authority, demonstrate several methods of preparing economy cuts of Ore gon beef. Response to the cooking school was such that several hundred were turned away at the door. Horse Club Elects Officers for Year Two Tracker 4-H horse club met October 22 at the rodeo grounds. The meeting was called to order by Marcia Jones, presi dent. We elected new officers. They are Judy Neuman, presi dent; Ruby Fiilleton, vice presi dent; Gail Malcom, secretary, and Marcia Jones, news reporter. Mary Malcom brought hot choc olate and Kay Anderson made cookies. Kay Anderson demon strated the side-step with her horse. We have five new members. They are Robin and Judy Neu man, Jody and Jill Kugg and Kelly Wolff. Marcia Jones, reporter Chats From Your Home Agent 13 Clubs Get Awards At North Morrow Mrs. Dick Borman received word Saturday from her sister, Mrs. Jim McNab, formerly Rachel Cox, that she and her family have arrived in England, where they will reside while her husband, who is in the Air Force, is stationed there. By ESTHER KIRMIS Irrigon school's new cafetor ium what a lovely place to hold a 4-H achievement night for north Morrow 4-H members. It is roomy, clean, well equipped and well lighted. Also it has a well planned kitchen! Four-H members, their par ents and friends seemed to all relax in this atmosphere. Thir teen clubs received their pins or certificates and a well rounded program followed. We'll have a chance to see Heppner's new school when we have the south Morrow 4-H achievement there on Friday night, November 8, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Clubs are Reorganized We guess lone has the high score, so far, on leaders who have reorganized before November 1. Mrs. Louis Carlson, Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, Mrs. L. A. McCabe, Mrs. Keith Rea have all started their clothing clubs. In Lexing ton, Mrs. R. H. Davidson and Mrs. J. D. Ledbetter formed clubs in clothing; Mrs. William Do herty in foods; and Mrs. Gene Cutsforth in knitting. In Hepp ner we find Mrs. William Raw lins' Sew-A-Longs" and "Flower Growers" operating and Mrs. Robert Abrams in "Kettles and Spoons," a second year foods club. Several New Home Economics Clubs Organized Activities are under way in forming new 4-H clubs, too. In Heppner, Mrs. Wallace Wolff started a foods club, and word has gone out to all the Heppner sixth graders to form a Phase 2 clothing group under the direction of Mrs. Harriett Evans. A community knitting club is in the process of being organized with Mrs. William Gentry super vising the business angle of the club. As the club is organized several project knitting leaders will be asked to take on 4 to 5 knitters and see them through their project. We're trying a similar thing in lone with Mrs. Howard Crowell as the organizational and record leader and Mrs. William Spohn and Mrs. James West as knit ting project leaders. Mrs. Ralph Crum, lone, has already organized a Phase I clothing club. Mrs. L. A. McCabe, veteran leader, helped her get going last week. Knitting Books are Arriving Four-H knitters will be happy to know that the new revised knitting books, which I spoke about several weeks earlier, are now arriving in the county agent's office. Phases 1 and 2 are here. The others will be coming as soon as they are off the press. Mosaic Leader Workshop Proves Popular Art Seventeen leaders from all areas of the county completed the mosaic leaders workshop under the direction of Jessalee Mallalieu, OSU recreation spec ialist, this past week. It was an "eye-opener" in many ways! Art design and principles were learn ed; mosaics in seed, tile, and "found" objects (usually colored glass) set in a mosaic cement, were accomplished; and "know how" in teaching this art to others was thoroughly discussed. Jessalee arrived with a well loaded car, but when she de parted on Friday from the Lex ington school it was a lot lighter. This goes to prove the popularity of mosaics as well as most all of the women wanted some ex tra supplies to do this craft at home. Irrigon leaders are planning their community wrokshop be fore Christmas, while the others are going to wait until after the- holidays. Dressmaking I Progressing We dropped in on the Dress making I workshop at the Hepp ner Fair annex last week and found ten women busier than bees over their cotton dresses. All are high in their praises for Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, lone, who is leading the workshop. They've even talked her into having them another Wednesday so they can complete their garment un der her. It's these leaders that spread the extension g o s p e 1 "help people to help themselves." Three 4-H club members will receive special pins for com pletion of 10 years of club work at the 4-H Achievement Party Friday evening, announces Joe Hay, county extension agent. Receiving the special gold pins will be Martha Doherty and Gary Van Blokland, Heppner, and Beverly Davidson, Lexing ton. All three have been out standing 4-H members, Hay said. The achievement party will be held in the new Heppner High school multipurpose room start ing at 7:30. A short awards pro gram will start the evening's program followed by games, dancing and movies. All of these activities are free and prizes will be given to winners of most of the games. Refreshments will be served while the party is in progress. SIRES - ANDERSON BULL SALE Dec. 4 WEDNESDAY 1:00 p. m. At Highway 30 Hereford Ranch Uniform offering of Big, Rugged Beefy Bulls of de pendable quality, pasture raised. BULLS Ernest Sires Echo, Oregon Frank Anderson Heppner. Oregon i I smfei-' kiri;f P'7m rh' i v XV 'fl, KSl nWI $ - L,..-,,'--M. sfrik&jg t f5t Vyfti-Ulj Clean up "weed beds" to keep weeds out of crops Every fence row, ditch bank and other noncrop area around the farm or ranch can be a thriving "weed bed." Here weeds start, flourish and spread into wheat and other croplands. These "weed beds" can complicate, or even defeat, your weed control program. Effective chemical weed control in these noncrop areas simplifies your weed problems, reduces the fire hazard of dry weeds and cuts maintenance costs by doing away with hand-cutting of hard-to-mow areas. Advantages of chemical weed control Atrazine and Simazine herbicides give safe, long-lasting weed control. Extensive use of these products on farms and ranches has shown that a single applica tion gives effective results for a full sea son. The economy of weed control with Atrazine or Simazine is obvious when compared to mechanical methods which provide only temporary control and usu ally require follow-up methods during the season. What to use and when Atrazine attacks weeds through both roots and foliage. It can be used before weeds emerge, or soon after weeds ap pear abose the ground. Atrazine gives long-term weed control, especially in areas of low rainfall. Simazine provides effective long-last ing control when applied before weeds emerge. Since it has no foliar contact action, there is no danger of injury to crops through accidental drift Simazine stays where you put it, too. No danger of lateral leaching in the soil. Weeds controlled Atrazine and Simazine control a wide range of annual broadleaf weeds and grasses and some perennials. Among these are the following important prob lem species: Cheatgrass, ryegrass, tar weed, Russian thistle, foxtail, quackgrass, mustard and puncture vine. Safe Atrazine and Simazine are relatively safe to humans and animals. Nonirritating to the skin and noncorrosive to equipment. Always follow label directions. Both are easily removed from spray tanks and lines by thorough flushing with water. For detailed information, talk with your dealer or write: Ceigy Agricultural Chemicals, Division of tjeigy Lhemical Corporation, Saw Mill Kiver Koad, Arasley, New York ClfTOS Of CHfMtCAl) rOI MCWtN ACSlCwlTtHt Atrazine I Simazine uem GeiDV'fisal tew . .-J i i
