County Agent's Office
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, January 23, 1964
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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
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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
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that we have filled the request
which we had on record at the
office. About 45 copies were
mailed filling those requests,
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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!)
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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
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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
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