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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 14, 1963 County Agent's Office Soil Conservation District Has Full Agenda at Meet By N. C. ANDERSON There was a full agenda for the last meeting of the Heppner Soil Conservation District super visors who met on their regular first Tuesday night meeting date last week. Spurred on by the good showing that Conservation speech participant Marcia Rands has been making in winning the district and area contests, they were certain that she would be a state contestant vieing for first place to hold that position won by Martha Doherty last year. They authorized expense money for her to represent the district at the annual meeting of the Oregon Association of Soil Con servation districts which is being held this week. Raymond French, chairman, will represent the dis trict as a supervisor. Bob Jepsen and Kenny Turner, co-chairmen for the conservation speech con test, reported that students at Heppner High school urged them to continue the contest in the future. This year's content speech title was, "Woodland Manage ment in the Heppner Soil Con servation District." Plan Laid For Annual Meet Reports during the evening in dicated the successful co-sponsorship of the Farm-City Ban quet held November 2 and a Soil Judging Field Day sponsored by the District on October 23. Plans were made for the an nual meeting of the Soil Conser vation district which will be held on February 4. Plans were also laid for publishing a newsletter for all district coopcrators, busi nessmen and others, providing background Information on just what part the district plays in a well-rounded conservation pro gram for this county. Development Discussed Watershed development came in for quite a little discussion and Ron Currin, district cooper ator from Buttercreek reported on a recent tour that persons fmm tho Honnnpr and surround ing conservation districts attend ed in mid -October. The tour iook the group of 19 to a water de- vnlnnmpnt nrniect in the Mt. Hood area in ' order that they might see watersnea ueveiop ment in action. Tha Hiutrirt l wnrkiner with watershed projects in the Butter- creek and Knea ureeK waiersneu areas as well as cooperating with the Willow Creek dam irrigation project. It was agreed that sup porting letters would be solicited from such county groups as me county court, Farm Bureau, granges, Farmers' Union, Live stock and Whoatgrowers' assoc iation and Chamber of Com merce, asking for accelerated ac tivity in the Rhea Creek water shed project, application which has been submitted for a survey. Groups interested in this should contact either this office, the Soil Conservation District office, or district supervisors. Group Support Pledged The group pledged their sup port to the Morrow county Wheat Growers' association in their pub lic relations activity in sponsor ing a Portland eighth grade tour to Morrow county next May. This project was first initiated by Gilliam county two years ago and is spreading to other Colum bia Basin counties. SIRES - ANDERSON BULL SALE Dec. WEDNESDAY 1:00 4 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 New Developments Cited Included in tne uctooer pro gress report given Dy Kaipn Pihorrlo rnnsprvationist. was 35 acres of surveys for land level ing on the Kennetn lurner, kod- ert Mahoney, ana a. wauen- hnrtrnr rnnfhpR! 2338 feet of til ing at the Kenneth Cutsforth and Raymond French ranches; 3600 feet of survey for diversions at iha PnvmnnH T.lin dell and Elmer Palmer ranches; 4700 feet of Irri gation ditch at the KreDs Brom ers ranch; two stock ponds and one erosion dam at the Elmer Palmer ranch, as well as a con servation plan completed for Ronald and Thomas Currin, cov ering 3660 acres. Completed dur ing the month were duuu teet of irrigation channel on the Dallas Craber, Alfred Lovgren, onH .Toff Walkpr ranches. Soil surveys were completed on 800 acres. Cattlemen Request Change One of the many resolutions coming out of the recent 50th anniversary annual meeting of the Oregon Cattlemen's Assoc iation was a request tnat me State and U. S. Departments of Agriculture, when testing cattle to meet the certification stand ards within a county, that herds that have not followed a calt hood vaccination program, ba designated as the herds that would be tested to meet county percentages. The crouo agreed that this was only one of the ways that might encourage livestockmen to vac cinate 100 of their heiters. it was pointed out that even though many livestockmen do not vac cinate heifers with the belief that they will go to feedlots and eventual slaughter, that his torically 25 of these heifers get back into herds. With restricted funds for call hood vaccination as a result of cutbacks in state funds, depart ment people indicated that there would be more stringent require ments to make the money spent most effective. We have advocated calfhood vaccination for many years and urge that anyone with heifers still on hand that have not had them vaccinated for Brucellosis do so at once. This was only one of several resolutions or recommendations considered by the Disease Con trol committee of which I was secretary at the recent annual state convention. This was my first experience as a secretary to this organiza tion and I found a lot of interest and participation in committee meetings. Laboratory Extension Asked While I returned home before the committe reports were given and was not advised on action of other groups, our committee, in addition to the calfhood vacci nation recommendation, ask for a study of possibilities of ex panding the state animal disease diagnosis laboratory and to make services more available to eastern Oregon ranches. A special committee was ap pointed to see how this might be carried out and to investi gate a livestock growers "self help" program for financing. There was a recommendation that the Oregon Catltemen's as sociation ask the State Depait- mmi nbot Carnival Play Follows Awards for Achievement A grand departure from the type of program of former years was the 4-H Achievement-Carnival enjoyed by 250 4-H boys and girls, their parents, and younger brothers and sisters on Friday evening, November 8, in the new school cafetorium at Heppner, according to agents Joe Hay and Esther Kirmis. The committee felt a party should be a party, comments Hay, so they set about planning for homemade games, mavies and dancing to run for 1 hours after the awards were read. First, third, fifth, and ten year pins are furnished 4-H young sters by the First National Bank ments of Agriculture to give veterinarians at the auction yard authority to prohibit cancer-eyed cattle with advanced leisons from going through the sales ring. It was pointed out that there was beginning to be quite a little bit of reaction from people on a physeological affect, at least with this type of live stock being sold for slaughter. They ask the State Depart ment of Agriculture to more strenuously enforce the law re quiring health certificates on all livestock coming in from out of state In an attempt to cut down on spread of livestock diseases and that Brucellosis testing be limited to herds of known infec tion, rather than those herds that are volunteered by growers for test to meet three year re certification standards. There was a resolution, also, onposing the requirement that cattle in inter-state shipment re quire back or ear tagging at point of origin. I thought the whole convention was quite successful and was disappointed in the poor representation trom Morrow county livestock growers. Winter is on the Way WHY WAIT - Recap YOUR TIRES NOW! '-vv,. ..if 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 Forest Service Cooperates In Project Arrangements have been made with the Forest Service at Pen dleton for the use of their range land drill for making rangeland seedings. It will be used in a number of neighboring counties this fall. Anyone who is inter ested in the use of this drill should contact this office at once so that a schedule can be worked out. of Oregon, explain the agents. Haney sager, oi tne first nat- innnl Rnnlf nf Hpnnnpr was in troduced to the group. Intermit tent years are recognized by a small certificate. Wilhiir Van Blnkland. Iparler nf thu Rhpa Crppk Livestock eluh. was surprised witn a special leader pin awarded to him by memDers oi nis ciud m recog nition of his excellent work, says Hay. A summary of 4-H clubs in the county for 1962-bd showed 24 Home Economics clubs with 17fi nrnWt mptnhprs: 7 Apri- cutural clubs, 119 project mem bers; 5 Saddle Horse clubs, 50 project memoers; i wnaine plnhs 34 nrnippt mpmhers: 2 Woodworking clubs, 18 project memoers; I KocKnounaing ciud, 5 project members; 1 Flower Grower ciud, 8 project memDers, and 2 Health clubs, 52 project members. There was a total of 47 clubs with 471 projects. There were five individual projects com pleted. Those receiving recognition by local organizations were the fol lowing: Rhea Creek Extension Unit: Dixie Peck, Lexington, (best foods demonstration). Susan Mc Coy, Irrigon, (best food exhibit). ione Extension Unit: Cheri Carlson, Ione, (best clothing demonstration). Deniece and Ber niece Mathews, Ione, (best team demonstration in clothing). Heppner Extension Unit: Jean ette Ledbetter, Lexington, (best knitting demonstration). ue Griffith and Linda Eckman, Heppner, (best knitting demon stration, team). Pinp ritv F.xtpnsion Unit: Kar en Hams, Ione, (best clothing construction, intermediate). Judy Smith, Heppner, (best clothing construction, senior). Morrow County CowBelles: Car ol Ann Harper, Boardman, (best demonstration using meat). Boardman Extension Unit: Karen Nelson, Lexington, (style revue winner, intermediate). Ar leta McCabe, lone, (style revue winner, senior). Irrigon Extension Unit: Judy Smith, Heppner, (high clothing judge, senior). Joan Stockard, Heppner (high foods judge). Judy Gentry, Heppner, (high knitting judge). SnoMal fniintv Award hv Ore- Beekeepers Ass'n.: Lonnie Wil son and Lynda Eariy, irrigon. Three Ten-Year club members were honored. These were Mar tha Doherty, Heppner; Beverly Davidson, Lexington, and Gary Van Blokland, Heppner. Taking top honors for National Awards were the following: Achievement ttora motor Co.): Arleta McCabe, Jeanette Ledbetter. Doug Anderson ana Tony Doherty. , , Agricultural (international Harvester): Dale Van Blokland, Barbara Bloodsworth, Tom Raw lins and Allyn Witherrite. Beef (E. I. Armour): Karla Luciani, David Hall, Mitch Ash beck and Maureen Doherty. Dairy (Oliver Corp): Terryl Greenup. , r.arrion fKarm Eauioment, Allis-Chalmers): Susan Drake and Nonda Clark. Leadership (Sears Roebuck Foundation): Joan Stockard, Dick Struckmeier, M a r 1 e n e Fetsch and Judy Sherer. Recreation (John Deere): Penny Jones, Martha Doherty, Theresa Munkers, and David Anderson. Safety (General Motors): Pat ti Collins, Leon Magill, Leland Magill and Gary Ball. Swine (Moorman Mfg. Co.). Steve Pettyjohn, Richard With errite, John Rawlins and Keith Nelson. , . Home Economics uvionigum ery Ward and Co.): knitting Jiil Padberg and Shirley Jackson- , i Clothing (Coats and Clark). Judy Smith, Lynn Burkenbine, Leora Van Winkle and Jean Stockard. .x . Dress Revue (Simplicity Pat tern): Karen Hams, Franell Walker, Cherilyn Smouse, Ro genia Wilson, Carol Rawlins, Kay Daggett and Anne Ober meier. , Food Preparation (General Foods Corp.): Susan McCoy, Dixie Peck and Carol Ann Harper. Outstanding Foods Club Mem ber (General Foods Cookbook): Susan McCoy. Sears Garden Award (Sears Roebuck and Co.): Joan Stockard, Carol Rawlins, Nonda Clark, Jean Stockard, Susan Drake and Michael Smith. Home Improvement (The Snprrv Wntphirson Co): Tom Van Horn and Byron Hobbs. Danforth Foundation Award (Ralston Purina Co.): Penny Jones and Gary Van Blokland. The planning committee for tho Aphipvpmpnt-Carnival in cluded: Mrs. Louis Carlson, Ione; Mrs. uene cutsionn, L,exmKiu Mrs. N. C Anderson, Heppner, and Mrs. George Luciani, Echo. Special thanks were extended the First National Bank of Ore gon for furnishing the 4-H mem ber pins and certificates. BOXED TYPING PAPER, 500 sheets, $1.95. Just right for school or home use. 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