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County Agent's Office United Front on Wheat Plan Urged by Sen. George McGovern By N. C. ANDERSON Many comments have been heard by wheat growers attend ing the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League on comments of Senator George .McGovern, administrative assis tant, who eave a talk entitled, "Wheat's Eleventh Hour," at the annual meeting. Senator Mc Govern is the sponsor of a vol untary wheat certificate bill that many wheat organizations as well as the National Grange and others have endorsed. The speaker, in a preview of the importance of wheat in the History of mankind, pointed out that "wheat today remains so important to . the existance of nations that many protect and subsidize its production. The na tions of the European Economic Community have this month re ceived recommendations from a special task force proposinig pro tection of wheat production with in the EEC community at approx imately $100 a ton or nearly $3 per bushel. This Is an ap proximate average of the price support levels now maintained by the individual countries. Wheat has been throughout his tory a major item in world trade." He went on to point out "that history may well record that as late as the 1960's a good wheat producer was as important to the nation as an astronaut. It was an admitted blessing in the World War II period of the 40 s and congress overwhelm lngly support 90 parity price supports. The parity index itself rose to 121. "This chanced afler the Kor ean war and throughout the past decade, farm legislation includ ing wheat programs, has con sistently passed or failed in the House of Representatives of the United States by what the leg islative trade calls 'Cliff Hanger' votes a margin of 2 or 3 votes out of 437 in the House." A part is the decline in the number of farmers themselves and of their political importance in the nation. Farmers and their families are now only 8 of total population and their polit ical significance has dwindled even faster than their positions in the census standings. Mem bers of congress from primarily agricultural congressional dis trict or states, once a majority of all of congress, are now a minority, and fast declining. W Will Deliver Your Processed Meat Free Of Charge To Heppner, Lexington lone. WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Thurs. Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hermlston, Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermiston-McNary Highway mi H v ,,4 1 S -at , "AW My- r Holiday ...and best wishes for health, happiness and success in the year ahead. It has been a real pleasure serving you. ..thank you! SiomLtd Ma L. E. "ED" DICK Phone 676-9633 "The day is long since past when farm district congressmen can enact farm bills. It takes a combination of votes from the farm ditsricts and what is gen erally regarded as liberal." As the author of the voluntary wheat certificate plan, Senator McGovern has said "I want to make it clear that I will join with others on any good pro posal in the interest of solidarity and a common front. There isn't going to be a McGovern Wheat Plan or a Humphrey Wheat Plan nor a Quie Plan, nor an exten sion of the 1963 program, nor any other wheat plan except 50 of' parity price support unless there develops within the next few weeks strong, unified sup port from the wheat producers of the nation and their organi zations that is heard loud and clear in Washington, D. C. "There has not been for the present time any real demand from the wheat country loud enough to be heard clearly in Washington for legislation effec tive on the wheat crop in 1964." The sneaker pointed out that S-1946, embodying the voluntary wheat certificate plan, is a rather technical document repealing sections of the Food and Agri cultural act of 1962, which im posed a penalty on marketing of wheat on acreage in excess of allotment and farm acreage allotments for wheat could be established by the Secretary of Agriculture when wheat supply is excessive. "It makes no change in the manner in which the nation marketing allotment of wheat the domestic and export require ments, less a share of the market for liquidation of Commodity Credit Corporation surplus slocks would be established." It makes no change in the authorized price support level of 60 to 90 of parity, to be fixed within that range by the Secretary of Agriculture. It makes no change in the pro vision of small farm acreage allotments. It makes no change in the wheat feed grain substi tution provisions in the 1962 Food and Agriculture Act. It makes no change in the market ing certificate provisions of the 1962 act, except to state that individual producers must com ply with the wheat acreage al lotments and conservation acre age requirement established for their farm to quality for their pro-rata share of the wheat markctine certificates. The bill removes the penalty for mark eting wheat grown on acreage in excess of the farm allotment. It does not remove the Anfuso amendment of the basic agricult ural law. As written, producers who elect to go all out in wheat nrnduetion for the feed market, complicating both the wheat and feed supply situations, would lose a part of their wheat acre age history under the Anfuso provision. The bill provides for payments determined by the Secretary of Agriculture for di version of land from wheat. Estimates from nine different alternative programs indicate that if no wheat legislation is enacted for the 1964 crop, that the season average price of wheat will run around $1.25 per bushel, and from wheat will run $1,750 million. Thev indicate that un der the voluntary certificate plan, Income from wheat will be $1.J0 per bushel from the market and 70c per bushel from certificates on food and export requirements for a total wheat income of $J, 488 million nearly 3k billion dollars better than the "No" vote consequences. "Unless some new and better aw? 1 !-N, if ; . Aft, wr xi i i iffiwrtniiM jir jj Greetings is jjjjjj Si Heppnei proposal comes along, this cer tificate plan is the most clearly advantageous plan in terms of income, cost and surplus reduc tion," the speaker said. The Oregon Wheatgr o w e r s' League went on record favoring this type of wheat legislation and to actively initiate a letter writing campaign among wheat growers asking them to make their wishes known to their congressmen. The public relat ions committee, of which Walter Jacobs, lone, is chairman, has the responsibility of working with this project in early 1964. State Federation Recognition Given lone Tree Project The members of the lone Garden club and the City of lone were given recognition in the December-January, issue of the Oregon Newsletter published by the Oregon State Federation of Garden clubs. The recognition came for the lone Community Improvement project. This pro ject encompassed the removal of over 100 old trees from the city park and streets, replacing them with a like number. Before the project was undertaken, study was made for the necessary care of existing trees, the planting and care of new trees and the type of trees suitable to the cli mate and conditions. The report went on to state that the project was made poss ible through the Community Im provement Award sponsored by Sears and Roebuck Company as well as local contributions, both money and labor. Mrs. H. A. Rowley, community improve ment chairman for the State Fed eration of Garden clubs, said "this project is an excellent ex ample of rehabilitation and con servation of a community and cooperation." Workshop Has Good Attendance With an average attendance of 40 ranchers, both men and women, the first two days of the Farm Management Workshop were completed on December 10 and 11. With the excellent turn out came a lot of interest and discussion in the subjects of tax management, tax accounting, de cision making and economic principles, as well as methods for improving farm accounts. Ac tual examples were given par ticipants to work out which re sulted in much discussion in farm management subject mat ter. Bergstrom Gets Herd Sire Gerald Bergstrom, young Eightmile registered polled Here ford breeder, is proud of a new herd sire that he purchased last week at the Oregon Polled Here- lord Association bale held in Portland. The yearling polled Hereford bull was bred by Dwayne Fleet, Island City. He is a deep set type bull which should pass on some good con formation and quality to his offspring. Agriculture Areas Compared Had a nice visit with Dennis Swanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gar Swanson, at home on leave for the holidays from his Air Force base in North Carolina. Denny, like all farm reared boys, is still very much interested in agriculture and stopped by to visit about some of the present practices. He was especially in teersted in how safflower had done this year. I, in turn, got a lot of information from Den nis on tobacco production, the main type of agriculture in the area where he is stationed in North Carolina. He had been fol lowing this quite closely and it was interesting to find out first hand the cultural practices of this southern crop. Word received today (Mon- IMUGfcBiy (SuPEsSllRililS llere comes Santa Claus with a pack full of cordial wishes for a Christmas that brings the best of everything to you FULLETON CHEVROLET CO. HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, December 19. 1963 Wheat Study Team Takes Month Tour An official United States wheat-study team left recently for a one month tour of the Southwest Pacific, it was an nounced by Western Wheat As sociates. The purpose of the survey is to study Australian white wheat production and marketing pat terns and to assess future Australian competition with Pa cific Northwest white wheats in the world market. Area residents participating in the study include Dr. Orville Vogel, Department of Agriculture plant breeder attached to Wash ington State University, and Ralph McEwen, Oregon Wheat Commission administrator. Dr. Vogel is recognized as the de veloper of the new high-yield Gaines variety of western wheat. Other team members include Clancy Jean, former Washing ton, D. C. representative of Western Wheat Associates now with the Foreign Agricultural Service in Washington, and Dr. William Colwell, vice president of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association. Following its tour of Australia, the team will visit Hong Kong and Western Wheat Associates' offices in Manila and Tokyo be fore returning home on Decem ber 21. The study trip is spon sored by the Portland-headquartered growers' organization. Rhea Creek 4-H Club Has Christmas Party The third meeting of the Rhea Creek Livestock 4-H club was called to order by Bob Harris, president, before a potluck din ner was served at the Rhea Creek Grange hall. We got our judging cards back from the last judging day. After the meeting we were served a potluck dinner prepared by our mothers. We then ex changed gifts and played games. Our special guests were Miss Esther Kirmis and Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson and family. John Harris, reporter Sewing Club Meets The December meeting of the Heppner Sewettes was opened by news reporter Linda Eckman, in the absence of both our presi dent and vice president. We dis cussed when we should have our skirts done and decided we would have them finished the week after New Years. The meet ing before this we brought our finished slippers and told how we had made them. We went to Penney's to see what kind of material we would get for our skirts. We played some games and had some treats. Linda Eckman, reporter day) from Federal Veterinarian, Dr. Beagle Stated: "Calf hood brucellosis vaccinating under the Stae-Federal fee schedule will be discontinued at the close of business December 31, 1963, due to an unforseen and unexpected cut in Federal funds for fee purposes. Brucellosis vaccinating, begin ning January 1, 1964, must be conducted at owners' expense, except for the possible partici pation by a county. Mrs. Stanley Cox returned home Thursday from Portland where she underwent a physi cal examination at the Univer sity of Oregon Medical School. Mrs. Cox will return there early in January when she will under go heart surgery. Your Home Agent Family Finances To Get Attention At Jan. Workshop By ESTHER KIRMIS We really caught the Christ mas spirit when we attended the annual Christmas party of the Rhea Creek Livestock 4-H club held at the Grange hall on De cember 8. A turkey dinner, gay decorations and an old fashion ed gift exchange made you feel mellow and warm. The Wilbur Van Blokland and Gene Hall families were "sparkplugs" of this affair. Most interest i n g was the "Sagebrush Christmas" tree that Mrs. Harold Wright had secured for the occasion. At first glance we thought it was juniper, but when you got closer you smelled the familiar sage odor. Wonder what it would look like flocked? Lorraine and Joe Hay attend ed a similar party given by the Buttercreek clubs at the Pine City school on December 8. Farm Management Workshop Gets A Good Support The count is up to 39 ranchers and 12 rancher wives attending the first two days of the Farm Management workshop at the Heppner Fair Annex. Under the able direction of Manning Beck er, OSU farm management spec ialist, Corvallis, the men and women are learning income tax management, factors in making up your mind (decision making) in farming and improving farm accounts. (The decision making process reminds me of our November women's units lesson on "Twelve Days of Christmas.") the last two days of the work shop, December 17 and 18, are on analyzing farm records, com puting efficiency factors, anil using farm records to make de cisions. (He gave us a few man agement problems to puzzle over this past week-end.) Interesting Quotes From Manning Becker Manning Becker gave three reasons why people can't make more progress or reach their ob jective in farming. In business and home environ ment, the family, partners, land lord-tenant can all make things pretty unbearable if they want to. Many lack technological know ledge (we're never too old to learn the new. That's why we're continually offering extension courses to the people). There are often inadequate resources (this might be man agerial ability, capital or not using what we have to capacity). How Do You Arrive at A Decision? "Simple," says Manning Figure the problem. (Gather facts, and ideas make obser vations. People can help you with this). Analyze all alternatives (people can help you with this). Make a decision (this one you must do alone). Put it into action (too many people fritter away their life "sitting on the fence.") Then accept responsibility for your actions. Try this on any problem you face. Money Management Workshops To Start in County Alberta Johnston, OSU family finance specialist, will be in the county January 6 on behalf of money management in your fam ily or personal life. She will be kickoff speaker at the North Mor row "Money Management" work shop on January 6 at the old Irrigon school, starting at 7:30 Great Decisions Program to Start 10th Anniversary "Great Decisions" celebrates its tenth anniversary in Port land with a banquet honoring those who initiated this dis cussion program, and featuring Dr. Samuel P. Hayes, president of the Foreign Policy Association, New York, as guest speaker. Mrs. George N. McBride, president of the Oregn Great Decisions Coun cil, made the announcement to day. Dr. Hayes, as president of the Foreign Policy Association, di rects the policies and programs of the 44 year old non profit educational organization which maintains a head office in New York at 345 East 46th Street. Dr. Hayes is an economist and form er State Department aide, an early advocate of the Peace Corps and co-author of a booklet on that subject. The activities of the Foreign Policy Association include "Great Decisions," the 8- week discussion of the world's problems which will begin Feb ruary 9. In announcing the banquet and honor to be conferred on the "Great Decisions" originators in the Northwest, Mrs. McBride noted that the discussion has grown from a handful of far sighted Portlanders in 1953 to 61 radio stations, 64 newspapers, 5 television stations, in addit ion to numerous private groups in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana bringing the total number to thousands discussing the problems in 1964. Dates and topics are as fol lows: February 9 World Commu nism Today How Great the Danger? February 16 France and the West Will Atlantic Unity Sur vive? February 23 Eqypt and Mid- p.m. She will speak on "Plan Your Retirement." For the next three succeeding Mondays we will study Life Insurance, Fun eral Financing and Wills. During the day on January 7 she will meet with unit project leaders on "A Will of Your Own" to help me train them for their January lesson. That evening she will meet with a "Steering Committee" in Heppner to see if interest can be sparked in a Money Man agement workshop in Heppner. She'll be one busy specialist! GBJ 'A RUNNING STARLi rv I i mb:i im iiimi n nil ' r&crv i I feS I o ' iK VJ Brif?hten the Christ- NAVY BLUE JL) mas morning for DENIM f ; f j I him with a pair of NLir JH'J l'U these strong' dur $fi98 f " Jr 1 f able pants. They " , - 3 f are ruESed, hand- , ' some, vat-dyed, - F Sanforized Denim ' fit of 75 cottn and K I nyl0n" Jr your JO skin! liiiijj AMERICA'S FINEST JEANS Since 1850 "Mail Orders Promptly Filled" New York Store 369 S. Main Pendleton die East Prospects for Stability? March 1 Disarmament Al ternative to Balance of Terror? March 8 Castro's Cuba Challenge to Americas? March 15 Indonesia Guided or Misguided Democracy? March 22 Foreign Aid How Long? How Much? For What? March 29 Ideological War fare Who's Winning? In ten years, Great Decisions has won the endorsement of pub lic leaders and educators across the country. Both President Eis enhower and President Kennedy have praised the "Great De cisions" program as helping pro foundly to provide an enlighten ed electorate. Mrs. Clyde Gideon, vice-president of the Oregon Great De cisions council, is making ar rangements for the Tenth Anni versary Banquet which will be held January 11 at the Sheraton Hotel. The dinner is open to the public and reservations may be made by writing Mrs. Gideon at 8700 S. W. White Court, Port land, or in Morrow county, by contacting the county agent's of fice. LIVESTOCK LOSSES imounr to over $2 Billion annuilty. (according to USD A estimate!) USE OUR LIVESTOCK SUPPLY DEPARTMENT It is designed to serve you in your Livestock Disease Prevention Program WE FEATURE VACCINES and SUPPLIES HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG Heppner Ph. 676-9610
