HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday, December S, 1963 . County Agent's Off ICG
Full Agenda Slated
By Wheat League
The sale of wheat to Russia
and other Eastern European
countries will be a prime topic
on the agenda of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League when it
convened for its three-day an
nual meeting this week at the
Portland Hilton Hotel.
The grower organization pro
posed a resolution backing the
late President Kennedy's stand
supporting the sale at an Oc
tober workshop meeting held in
Pendleton. The resolution was re
ferred to county chapters of the
Wheat League for study prior
to offering it for a general mem
bership vote in Portland.
Other business to be admin
istered at the annual meeting,
which opened on Thursday, in
cludes election of 1964 officers
and reports to be submitted by
seven standing committees.
High lighting the Wheat
League gathering will be sev
eral addresses by nationally rec
ognized experts on various fa
cets of agriculture. Lead-off
speaker on Thursday morning
was Dean F. E. Price of Oregon
State University who discussed
Oregon's agricultural research
program.
Benton J. Strong, Senatorial
assistant on farm legislation in
Washington, D. C, spoke on
"Wheat's Eleventh Hour." He
was followed by Dr. Clyde L.
Rasmusscn, director of the West
ern Utilization Research Labor
atory in Albany, California, who
talked at a Thursday luncheon
on "Wheat Food Products for
Specialized Markets."
The Wheat League's Friday
morning program will feature a
panel discussion on "Production
Practices and Chemical Aspects
of the Protein Problem." Pan
elists will include John Brown
ing, Portland Department of Ag
riculture administrator; Dr. Nor
man Goetze and Dr. Tom Jack
son of Oregon State University;
Dr. Mark Barmore of the Western
Wheat Quality Laboratory in
Pullman, Washington; and Dr.
Robert Ramig of the Pendleton
Experimental Station.
The Friday luncheon will hear
an address on "Trade Policies
and How They Affect the Pa
cific Northwest" by Tom Kerr,
president of the Kerr Milling
Company of Portland and Helix.
The second day's afternoon
session will open with a report
by Raphael Raymond of Helix on
the 19G3 activities of the Oregon
Wheat Commission. He will be
followed by Louise Humphrey,
Oregon Tax Research, who will
challenge the growers with "It's
Your Move," an analysis of our
tax structure's effect on farm
operating costs.
After a review of Western
Wheat Associates activities by
its president, Robert Sheffels of
Govan, Wash i n g t o n, Wheat
League members will hear a re
port on farm legislation and out
look in the nation's capital. Ken
Kendricks, executive vice presi
dent of the National Association
of Wheat Growers, will talk on
"As I See It from Washington."
High point of the growers con
vention will be the reception and
annual banquet held on Friday
evening. No address is scheduled,
but the winners of several con
tests sponsored each year by the
Wheat League will be announ
ced. William Hulse of Wasco will
act as toastmaster.
Winners of the 19C3 Wheat
League cake baking contest from
nine counties will be honored at
the banquet, and the winner of
the stale "bake-off" will be an
nounced by Mrs. Milton Morgan,
chairman of the League's Wheat
Utilization Committee.
The name of the annually
selected "Conservation Man of
the Year" in Oregon will be an
nounced by Howard Eubanks,
chairman of the Wheat League
committee which toured farms
in nine counties during the past
summer.
Saturday, the final day of the
Portland meet, will be devoted
to Wheat League business, in
cluding committee reports, res
olutions, and election of officers.
Reports and resolutions will be
submitted by John Welbes, Pen
dleton; Larry Kaseberg, Wasco;
Mrs. Milton Morgan, lone;
Thomas Vaughn, Pendleton;
Robert Jepsen, lone; Glen Bro
goitti, Helix; Don Woodward,
Pendleton; Walt Jacobs, lone;
Allen Tom, The Dalles; and Wil
lis Nartz of Ashwood. Chairing
the sessino will be outgoing
League president L. E. Kaseberg
of Wasco, assisted by Ronald
Row, Pendleton, parliamentarian.
In addition to Kaseberg, meet
ings and luncheons during the
annual meeting will be presided
over by Milton Morgan, 1st vice
president, and Melvin Pace, 2nd
vice president of the League.
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After several weeks of strug
gle, sandwiching in regular
extension activities, our annual
report is complete. The report is
required by Federal, State and
County contributors to financing
of our program. This year, for
the first time, the report will
be mimeographed so that a lim
ited number of copies will be
available to leaders and inter
ested persons other than Federal,
State and County officials.
Generally speaking, accomp
lishments of the three agents
were the greatest of any year
since the extension program got
underway in Morrow county back
in 1918. Accomplishments are
measured in a number of ways,
one of the prime indicators being
long time program accomplish
ments. On the shorter side, we found
that we had made 1133 farm and
home visits, 80 more than in 1962.
On the same hand, office calls
total 1870, 72 more than in 1902.
A total of 2,435 telephone calls
were also received. One of the
means of keeping our people
informed is through news art
icles. During the year, 424 were
published; 12,905 bulletins cover
ing many subjects in the field
of agriculture, home economics
and 4-H were distributed. There
were 313 different circular or
commodity letters written during
the year.
In addition to the individual
contacts, a number of meetings
were held that pertained to the
extension program. There were
21 training meetings held for
local leaders with 156 in atten
dance; for youth, 30 training
meetings were held with 371 at
tending. Other meetings at
which agents presented educat
ional information totaled 165
meetings for adults, with 4,192
attending; 98 for 4-H with 4,173
attending.
The majority of the time was
spent on extension organization
and program planning with 78
days on livestock production and
marketing, 61 in field crops, 43
in public affairs, 33 in soils
management, 76 on insects, fire
control, rodents and weather; 31
in planning and maagement of
the farm business as well as
many days on community devel
opment projects and others.
Our 4-H club program remain
ed on the same level as a year
ago. There were 47 clubs, an in
crease over last year with 325
boys and girls carrying 472 pro
jects. These 325 4-H members
represent 38V4 of the potential
411 boys and girls in Morrow
county. Projects covered almost
all agricultural, home econom
ics and miscellaneous available
to these boys and girls.
Tests Made on Weed Plots
Joe Hay has recently estab
lished some roadside weed con
trol plots on rye and cheatgrass
which should be interesting to
watch. These plots are in Black
horse Canyon, Clarks Canyon
and a mile east of the John
Proudfoot farm north of lone.
The demonstration plots, each
M mile long, are designed to
compare the control of rye and
cheatgrass along roadsides using
4 pounds of Atrazine and 2
pounds of Amitrole T; 4 pounds
of Simazine and 2 pounds of
Amitrole-7; and 4 pounds of Hy
var X and 2 pounds of Amitrole
7. The plots in Clarks Canyon
are between W. C. Van Winkles
and Paul Jones and the ones in
Blackhorse canyon are between
Rufas Pipers and Bernard Do
hertys. Additional plots in these same
areas will be sprayed in March
using the same chemicals to
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timing when applying these
chemicals.
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Points Given on Ewe Shearing
With the growing conditions
that have been prevalent in the
county this fall, there is a possi
bility that ewes may be losing
weight or losing condition dur
ing the latter stages of preg
nancy. Grass is somewhat watery
and it is difficult for ewes to
obtain enough dry matter.
The ewes need to be supple
mented with some excellent
quality hay, preferably a legume
grass mixture. If the legume hay
is not available, it would be well
to feed ewes a pound of grain
and approximately one-tenth of
a pound of protein supplement
per head daily. It is not neces
sary to process this grain.
As the lambing season ap
proaches, sheep producers should
tag the heads to clear the vision
of ewes, as well as tag around
the udder region and up the
back side of the hind legs up
to and over the dock. On shear
ing the udder region, it is de
sirable to start at the front of
the hind flank, shear directly
across the belly, and remove all
of the wool to the rear and up
and over the dock. This not only
cuts down the possibility of in
fection, but it leaves the udder
region more accessible to the
new born lamb.
Check on Stored Dahlia Roots
Storage rots, caused by Ver
ticillium and Fusarium fungi,
can cause dahlia roots to de
cay during the winter months.
At digging time and through the
winter, check the roots at in
tervals for visible rotting or
breakdown. If diseased plants
are retained and planted next
spring, they will probably de
velop stem rots and wilts. Very
few, if any, healthy dahlia
plants will grow from such
roots.
Store roots in a cool dry place.
Inspect roots at intervals and
discard unhealthy ones.
Compost Hints Given
Many home orchard and com
mon garden diseases in shrubs,
ornamentals, and annuals are
carried over from year to year
on old dead leaves. While
garden cleanup weather "caught
cold" this past week, there is
still much to be done in most
home yards. Rake up the leaves
and dispose of them in the fall
instead of waiting until spring.
Rose diseases, such as rust
and leaf spot, overwinter on old
leaves either on plants or on the
ground. Apple and pear scab,
camellia blight, and several
other diseases are reproduced
from year to year on leaves or
old flower petals.
By raking and cleaning up
during the fall, a good start can
be made on disease control for
next year. The leaves may be
burned or buried on the bottom
of compost pile. The raking and
general clean-up operation can
be repeated again in midwinter
or the early spring months when
the dormant spray applications
are commonly made on roses,
peaches, apples and pears.
Heppner Extension
To Meet Tuesday
Heppner Extension Unit will
meet Tuesday, December 10, at
the home of Mrs. Riley Munkers
beginning at 10:30 a.m. A pot
luck luncheon will be served.
The project, "Wide Choice of
Home Furnishings," will be led
by Mrs. Edna Turner and Mrs.
Wallace Wolff.
Four-H Officers
To Have Training
Day December 7
Training in home-made games
that might be made and played
at their meeting is the highlight
of this year's officers training
scheduled for Saturday, Decem
ber 7, at the multipurpose room
of the Heppner Elementary
school, says Extension Agents
Esther Kirmis and Joe Hay. The
meeting is scheduled to get un
derway at 9:00 a.m. and run un
til noon.
Sixteen junior leaders, two
4-H leaders, and the two agents
are the faculty that day, says
Miss Kirmis. They will aid the
4-H officers to be better leaders
of their own clubs.
The morning will begin with a
registration and "get-acquainted"
game. After that the officers will
divide into the following groups
to receive individual training:
Presidents and vice-presidents
with Joe Hay, agent.
Secretaries with Mrs. Louis
Carlson, lone, 4-H leader.
News reporters with Esther
Kirmis, agent.
Song leaders with Mrs. Roland
Bergstrom, lone, 4-H leader, and
Jean Stockard, junior leader.
About 10:30 a.m. the junior
leaders will take over with home
made games that are suitable
for fun at the meeting place.
These games were loaned to the
Extension office by Jessalee
Mallalieu, OSU recreation spec
ialist, and were first used at the
4-H Achievement Party in No
vember explains the agent.
Mrs. W. H. Wolff and Mrs.
Harriett Evans, Heppner, new
4-H leaders, will assist with the
registration.
A similar training is scheduled
for North Morrow 4-H officers in
the near future.
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