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.
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"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
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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-
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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!
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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
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March 22 Foreign Aid How
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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
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