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County Agent's Office HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, January 23, 1964 3 Kenny Heads Advisory Council By N. C. ANDERSON Don Kenny was elected chair man and Mrs. Douglas Drake, Heppner, vice chairman of the newly reorganized Extension Ad visory council, when members met last Friday afternon. The group spent much of the time in the three hour meeting discussing the budget of the extension ser vice and proposals for joint ex tension programs between Mor row and adjoining counties as a result of the recent state tax cut. Proposed was a joint arrange ment for servicing the agricult ural extension program in north Morrow county from the Herm iston Extension office and an arrangement with Gilliam and Sherman counties on weed dem onstration and related work. It is expected that the north Mor row county arrangement will get underway soon on a trial basis while the weed program pro posal will be studied by the Morrow County Weed Commit tee before financing arrange ments are attempted. The coun cil approved both proposals on a trial basis. , The group spent some time COMPLETE LINE OF STOCK SALT IODIZED SULPHUR MOLASSES WHITE HALF-GROUND T-M FINE MORTON'S SUGAR-CURED SALT for MEAT CURING BUILDERS SUPPLY MEL MELENA lone Ph. 422-7242 visiting about the responsibilities of the council which include direction in program develop ment to fit the community and interested groups with a well rounded adult agricultural and home economics programs as well as 4-H. This includes office management, personnel and fin ancing with the major time in the next meeting being sched uled to review the proposed bud get as well as discussing pro gram. Each of the council mem bers was presented with a 1962 63 annual report in order that he might acquaint himself with activities of the extension activities in Morrow county dur ing the past. The council reorganized upon the suggestion of leaders who were active in restoring the bud get for the county agent's office after the cut was made at the budget hearing late last June. Memberships were selected by various groups to represent ma jor commodities, programs and interests throughout Morrow county. Terms were selected at this meeting on a staggering basis with three year-terms to be fill ed by Raymond Lundell, lone; Don Kenny, Irrigon; Fred Nel son, Lexington, and Bob Sicard, Boardman. Two-year terms will be filled by Mrs. Andrew Skiles, Irrigon; Norman Nelson, Lexing ton, and Mrs. L. A. McCabe, lone. The fourth year term will be selected for a business rep resentative which has not yet been appointed. One-year terms were drawn by Dick Wilkinson, Heppner; Mrs. Grace Drake, Heppner; Mrs. Paul Slaughter, Irrigon, and Tad Miller, Hepp ner. The group will meet at 1:30 on Friday, February 7, to further consider aspects of the program. Present at this meeting were Tad Miller, Mrs. Douglas Drake and Dick Wilkinson, Heppner; Mrs. Paul Slaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Skiles and Don Kenny, Irrigon; Mrs. L. A. Mc Cabe, Raymond Lundell and Kenneth Smouse, lone; Norman Nelson, Lexington. Meeting with the group were W. G. Nibler, state extension agent, Oregon State University, and Agents Esther Kirmis and myself. Farm Tax Guides Available Our supply of the popular Farmer's Tax Guide has arrived. We have had many inquiries for the 1964 edition and are sure Don't Wait Until the Rush Season For Your PLOW WORK WE REPAIR PLOW SHARES and WE MAKE PLOW HITCHES MANY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR PLOW WORK IN NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING YOURS IN. TOO. PREVENT NEEDLESS DELAYS IN THE RUSH SEASON I See Us For Your Welding Job BECKET EQUIPMENT CO. Ph. 676-9621 Heppner that we have filled the request which we had on record at the office. About 45 copies were mailed filling those requests, hnwovor, wo linvo sm'prali copies left which we would be happy to distribute on a nrst come, first serve basis. Insemination Proving Successful to Rancher Dick Paine, Heppner, reports the first beef calves to arrive from artificial insemination look good. Dick, son-in-law of Dick Wilkinson,- took training for in semination at the American Breeders Service Laboratory last spring after serving his stint with the U. S. Army. They expect 62 calves from artificially insem inated cows. Dick says they are prepared this winter for an earl ier start and hope to breed con siderable more of their beef herd in this manner. There is considerable interest from beef men throughout the county in doing some of this breeding this spring or in subse quent years. It is reported that Kenneth Cutsforth has made plans to attend the training school in the mid-west where Dick took his training last spring. Kenneth expects to use his training in the techniques of artificial insemination on his herd when he returns. Safflower Production Shows Possibilities in County Program An interesting summary of the economics of safflower produc tion in Gilliam county this past year was made by County Ex tension Agent Ernest Kirsch for the two Gilliam county growers that contracted for safflower pro duction this past year. Produc tion of the two growers com pared, one in the higher eleva tion with a heavier Morrow soil in the Mayville area, with a lower elevation of Ritzville soil in the Olex-Arlington commun ity. The Morrow soil averaged V-k feet deep while the Ritz ville soil was 6 feet. Yield of clean seed was 565 pounds on Morrow soil, 853 pounds on Ritz ville soil. Barley yield in adjacent fields in the Morrow soil was 1350 pounds on the Ritzville soil, 1800 pounds. Net income figures in cluded support payment from the 1963 barley program which provided that safflower could be seeded on diverted barley acres without losing the support pay ment. Lost, however, was the di version payment on these acres. Net income per acre above bar ley amounted to $9.10 at the Mayville location, $10.01 at the Olex location. Taking into consideration in determining the increased in-, come from safflower was an ad ditional harvest cost, additional seed cost and other economic differences. While I have not visited with each of the six contract growers of safflower in Morrow county for 1963, yields were somewhat comparable for those that I have figures from. It would appear that even though safflower has not been the crop that we would highly recommend, that there are possi bilities under the present pro gram considering 1963 contract prices are the same in 1964 and subsequent years. FARM NEWS Lamb Feed Pellets Compared USDA has recently found through "research the relative merit of feeding a 100 ground alfalfa hay pellet compared with various rations of barley and alfalfa for the fattening of feeder lambs in work at the Dubois, Idaho, station. The lambs were about 60 days of age upon en tering the feedlot and the rations were self fed for 42 days. Lambs fed the 100 alfalfa hay pellet had the lowest feed cost per pound of gain but the highest shrinkage of body weight, in transit to market at Ogden, Utah. The net return per lamb was $2 for those receiving 100 al falfa hay pellets, $2.14 for those receiving a 50-50 ratio of alfalfa to barley, and $2.27 for those receiving a 25-75 barley-alfalfa-pellet. Gaines Leads Northwest With 41 Total Receipts Gaines far exceeded all other varieties of wheat harvested in the Pacific Northwest in 1963, says the Oregon Crop and Live stock Reporting Service. Reports on 62 million bushels of wheat received at interior elevators tv December showed Gaines the leading variety with 41 of to tal receipts. Omar was second with 22, Brevor third with 15 and Burt fourth with 11. Gaines was not even ranked among the first 10 wheat var ieties in 1962. Consequently, the rise to first place with 41 of the first total is the most spectacular change in varieties ever recorded. Omar remained in the second place occupied in 1962 but declined in relative importance from 33 to 22. Brevor dropped very sharp ly from first place in 1962 with 36 of the receipts, to third place with 15. Burt dropped from third to fourth but remained at about the same relative im portance, 12 in 1962, and 11 in 1963. Following Brevor and Burt, other important common white wheats were Federation, Marfed, Golden, Idaed and Requa. Elmar and Hymar were the white club wheats following Omar and Elgin. Shortcourse Registration Needed Registration for the weed con trol shortcourse are a little short of the number that we can adequately handle. The short course, scheduled for February 5 and 6 will cover important weed problems, control methods, Higher Wheat Standards Made In Export Trade Congressman Al Ullman an nounced today that the Depart ment of Agriculture is establish ing new quality standards in grades of wheat as an important step to increase dollar sale of U. S. wheat in overseas markets. Secretary of Agriculture Free man will make the new stand ards effective May 1. They are designed to improve the quality of American wheat made avail able for export and at the same time to stress the price to grow ers of high auality wheat. Congressman Ullman said that the regulation will enable the Commodity Credit Corp. to guar antee the quality of grain own ed by the public and is expected to provide substantial taxpayer savings in the export subsidy program under public law 480. Complete details of the re vised standards are scheduled to be published in the federal reg ister next week. Country Cutters Meet At Beckett Home The Country Cutters 4-H club met at the home of Molly Beckett on Saturday, anuary 4. Our club is going to give team demonstrations at the fair this year so we drew numbers for teams. The rest of our meeting was spent in practicing the sew ing of darts. Refreshments were served by Molly. Our next meeting will be on February 1 in Pendleton. Kristine Peterson, reporter review of research and promis ing new chemicals and appli cation equipment as well as def inite weed control recommenda tions. The shortcourse is sched uled to be held from 10:00 to 3:30 each of these two days. Money receipt books In dupli cate and triplicate are on sale at the Gazette-Times. Wheat Exports Up 40 Per Cent Inspectors with the grain div ision of ih? Oregon Department of Agriculture Inspected close to 40 per cent more grain for ex port in 1963 than the previous year. The export inspection figure for 1963 was 86,964,965 bushels. The figure for the previous year was 62,386,190 bushels. Wheat exports accounted for 74,610,463 bushels in 1963 and in 1962 the wheat exported totaled 40,378, 082 bushels. Grain receipis in Portland for 1963 also showed an increase, with the total 118,532,398 bushels. The 1962 total was 87,319,922. Wheat accounted for 95,362,574 bushels of the grain received in Portland in 1963. The previous year the wheat received totaled 59,584,577 bushels. Track inspections at Pendleton for 1963 jumped to 2,497 from 1,342 the previous year. At Mer rill track inspections climbed to 945 from the 607 of 1962, but truck inspections were down. The 1963 figure was 43' compared with 55 truck Inspections in 1962. RUBBER STAMPS made to order, also STAMPING PADS in black, red or green. For busi ness or personal use. Orders filled promptly at the Gazette Times office. LIVESTOCK LOSSES imounf to over $2 Billion annually, (according. to USDA estimate!) USE OUR LIVESTOCK SUPPLY DEPARTMENT It it designed to serve you in your Livestock Disease Prevention Program Wf FEATURE VACCINES and SUPPLIES HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG All Oregon Hereford Range Bull Sale TRI-COUNTY and BLUE TAG COMBINED SALE HEREFORD BULLS Horned and Polled Range Bulls Being Offered Are The Tops From The Hereford Herds of Oregon Sale 1 :00 p. m. - Wednesday, Feb. 5 FAIR GROUNDS Lunch Will Be Served By Union County CowBelles La Grande Oregon Show At 9:30 A. M. Free Delivery to 150 Miles At Buyer Risk Auctioneer: Si Williams Box 760 La Grande, Ore. Ph. W03-2127 Yes, Sir, Mr. Farmer - NOW is the Time To See Us For JSP ffl ON TRACTOR TRUCK PICKUP COMMERCIAL TIRES DURING THE "OFF" SEASON. GET YOUR EQUIP MENT READY FOR BUSY DAYS AHEAD. SEE US NOW AND GET YOUR TIRE RECAPPING DONE SO THAT YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE READY TO GO WHEN WINTER BREAKS. WE GIVE DISCOUNTS TO FARMERS AND COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS ON NEW TIRES CREDIT illt lljgl RECORD: Uk CI luDDlvino: nlent.v of Inw pnnt. pWtnVitv f .i.oi : i..i . . ... A 7i, " or----- ; -- v. iuicu ruiici itaiia 13 juoi one vi ur Dig 10D8. Another emiflllv imnnrfant fnnntimi tiro Im1... ... ' ... ., . .i . . .. c toikic, 10 paying uur uwh way in uie nations economy. We think we've done this mighty well, and here's why: Even though we serve widely scattered consumers, America's Rural Electric Systems 1,000 strong, across the land have already paid over $1 billion in principal and interest on their $3 billion in REA loans. Best of all, every penny of this billion dollars paid into the U. S. Treasury cam from the light bills of the consumer-owners of these rural electrics! This, we submit, is a credit record second to none another reason why we say that rural electrification is good for all Americans! Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative Serving Morrow and Gilliam Counties I SERVICE 441 N. MAIN PH. 676-S481
