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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Kiver Koad, Arasley, New York
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