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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES,
FARM NEWS
County Agent's Office
Slides, Report Headline
Conservation Program
By N. C. ANDERSON
Supervisors of the Heppner
Soil and Water Conservation Dis
trict have arranged an interest
ing program for their annual
meeting which will be held at
the Lexington Grange hall on
the evening of Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4.
Gar Swanson and Raymond
French, who represented the dis
trict at a week-long ouling at
the Goodyear ranch near
Phoenix, Ariz., will give a re
port on their trip illustrated with
colored slides. A preview of these
slides showed that they will be
a good attraction to the program.
The Heppner District was selec
ted this past year for their out
standing conservation program
which won these men this trip.
In addition to a progress re
port of accomplishments of the
district and an election of sup
ervisors to fill expired terms,
there will be a discussion on cur
rent watershed development pro
jects in the district and an ex
planation of financing the de
velopment of such watersheds
through low Interest loans avail
able through Farmers Home Ad
ministration. William Coffield
Soil Conservation Service Water
shed Planning leader, and Ken
Keudell of farmers Home Ad
ministration, will discuss these
aspects.
Last, but not least, the group
will enjoy refreshments provided
by Lexington Implement Com
pany and Bristow's Grocery,
lone.
Farmer-Retail Ratio Widens
A USDA report says that the
retail price of corn flakes and
rolled oats increased by 54
from 1947-49 to 19G1, while the
farmers share of the amount
paid for corn flakes decreased
from 9 to 4 and his share of
the price paid for rolled oats
dipped from 34 to 17. This is
what is happening in the rising
cost of production compared to
the price received in the market
for most commodities produced
by farmers.
Field Trip Wednesday
The Gilliam county agent's
office has extended an invitation
to Morrow county ranchers to
participate in an organized visit
to the Portland Grain Exchange
and the Federal Grain Grading
Laboratory on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 5. This trip is a part of
a shortcourso on Grain Market
ing and Public Policy is being
held there on January 27, Feb
ruary 5 and February 13. The
February 5 trip to Portland will
provide ranchers with an oppor
tunity to hear representatives of
the industry explain how grain
markets are established and the
group will witness the daily Port
land grain auction. Commodity
Credit Corporation will explain
CCC sales and related topics. The
group is arranging for a bus that
will leave Condon in time to
be at Portland at 9:45 a.m., re
turning that same evening. Any
one who is interested should call
the Gilliam county agent's of
fice. Weed Shortcourse To Start
Talking about shortcourses,
this is a last minute reminder of
the Weed Control Shortcourse
which will be held at the Fair
Annex building in Heppner on
February 5 and 6. We have a
good enrollment but there is
room for more. The two days
session will cover all aspects of
weed control and should be time
well spent for all ranchers who
can spare the time on those two
days. First session gets under
way at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday
morning, February 5.
Smut Percentage Held
Below 1 in Northwest
A report on a survey for smut
in wheat varieties in the Pacific
Northwest in the 1963 crop is
quite encouraging. More than 62
million bushels of wheat rep
resenting 32 varieties were sam
pled. This represented a little
more than half of the estimated
total production for Washington,
Oregon and North Idaho. Only
11,851 bushels rated smutty. This
is the lowest percentage of smut
on record for the Pacific North
west and the fifth successive
year that less than 1 of the
crop graded smutty. The last
year of serious smut incidences
in this region was 1957 when
16 of the crop traded smutty.
Smut was n ported in 6 varieties
including Brevor, Golden, Bart,
Orfed, Omar and Elmar. Al
most half of the bushels grading
smut represented one lot of Or
fed. Gaines was the leading var
iety followed by Omar, Brevor
and Burt.
For the second year in a row,
smut was confined to the white
wheats. Monetary loss to the
region due to smut was negli
gible and should continue at ttiis
level in future years if current
rontrol measures are maintained
and continued to be effective.
Livestock Men Add
Quality Angus Stock
While I did not attend the Ore
gon Angus Association show and
sale at Hermiston last Saturday,
Thursday. Icmuary 30. 1964
evidentally Morrow county was
well represented as buyers of
fine quality Angus offered at the
sale. Harold Peck, Heppner,
stopped by Sunday morning with
a young bull that he purchased
at the sale for my inspection.
I was real pleased with the
quality of this bull, one of the
better Angus bulls I have seen
Harold reported that other buy
ers were Ervin Rauch, Lexing
ton; Delbert Emert, lone, and
Don Greenup, Heppner. There
might have been others. Del
bert bought several bulls, Irvin
a bull and female, and Don took
top selling bull of the sale.
There has been a lot of in
terest in this breed over the past
few years in Morrow county, like
many counties in the state.
Much of the interest is in cross
breeding using Angus bulls.
Many report weaning heavier
calves with great demand from
buyers for these black, whiteface
calves to go into feedlots where
they make good gains,
Cattle Reactors Held Low
Percent reactors of cattle from
Bangs Infection during the cal
endar year 19G3, was less than
one-half of the state total for
the calendar year, 1963. In Mor
row county, 547 cattle were test
ed in 19 herds with only 1 reactor
herd. There were 9 suspects; the
percent of reactors was 0.182
compared to county totals of
0.465 which is an excellent record
for the state. One hundred and
three owners had 2.603 calves
vaccinated for Brucellosis in this
same period. Total for the state
was 159,173. During this same
period there was no tuberculosis
infection in cattle here.
Polled Show Draws
Many Morrow Buyers
Don Robinson was In this
morning to report on the Colum
bia Empire Polled Hereford Show
and Sale held last week at Walla
Walla. This show and sale is a
big event in the Pacific North
west and has created interest
of polled breeders so much so,
that they invited the National
Polled Hereford Show to be held
in Walla Walla next year.
Because there were over 4,000
persons at the polled show this
year, it was determined that
Walla Walla couldn't handle the
show but they have agreed now
that it will be held at Portland
on December 7, 8, and 9, 1964.
While it has been moved to the
Pacific International building at
Portland, it will be hosted by
the Columbia Empire group.
There are many polled breeders
and those interested in the breed
are anxius to come to the Pacific
Northwest and the group ex
pects that there will be a record
attendance at this 1964 show.
Reporting for Morrow county,
Don was happy to announce
that he had three blue ribbons
n the calf classes and second
in his junior get-of-sire. Leo Bar-
net, Boardman and Condon, had
the reserve champion show bull
which he will take on to the Top
Cut Sale in Montana next month.
Among the Morrow county buy
ers that Don knew of was Pat
Cutsforth who purchased a lamp
lighter breeding bull bred by
the Minkoff Hereford ranch and
the Wagenblast boys who bought
a Goldmine bred bull from Leo
Barnett for their registered herd.
Herb Ekstrom, lone, bought one
of the sale heifers consigned by
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League Officials
Go To Washington
To Talk on Wheat
Due to the pressing need for
grower representation in Wash
ington, D. C. at this time, a
group of Oregon wheat produc
ers are in the national capital
this week. Problems dealing
with grain standards, market
ing, establishments of a soil and
water research laboratory at
Pendleton, and wheat legisla
tion will be discussed with
USDA officials, members of the
Oregon congressional delegation
and others.
Making the trip are Milton
Morgan, lone, Wheat League
president: Don Woodward, Pen
dleton, 2nd vice-president; L. E.
Kaseberg, Wasco, past president,
and Floyd Root, Wasco, chair
man, Oregon Wheat Commission.
Accompanying the group to
Washington will also be Frank
Tubbs, Adams, newly elected
president of Western Wheat as
sociates. Tubbs will be in Wash-
ngton on WWA business but
will have time to assist the other
Oregon producers in their con
tacts with key people.
Congressman Al Ullman's of
fice has scheduled a number of
meetings with various govern
mental people to help the Ore
gon group make the necessary
contacts.
Of particular interest to the
Oregon group will be an attempt
to designate a test weight of 58
lb. for No. 1 Club Wheat having
superior milling quality. Public
law 480 will be reviewed with
government personnel as two
sections of the law will be com
ing up for appropriations this
year. Kumors nave reacned Ore
gon that the priority ratings for
the establishment of soil and
water laboratories will be
changed and maybe even put
into another department of the
government. Some years back the
proposed Pendleton station was
22nd on the list but at present
is third. The group is interested
in at least maintaining this po
sition, but also to take a firmer
stand so that this laboratory
could be located at Pendleton
in the very near future.
A reslution was passed at the
recent convention of the National
Association of Wheat Growers
that member wheat states send
producers to the capital to talk
with congressmen and agricul
tural department officials con
cerning the development of a
sound, sensible wheat program
for 1964. The appearance of this
group there will fulfill Ore
gon's part of this resolution.
Roscwall Attends
Farmers Home Meet
W. C. Rosewall returned last
Friday from Portland, where he
attended a two day meeting of
the state advisory committee tor
the Farmers Home Administra
tion. Rosewall was recently ap
pointed to this committee to rep
resent Eastern Oregon in this
area.
The Agriculture Act of 1962
greatly broadened the scope of
the Farmers Home Administra
tion, allowing it to make loans
not only to family farms, but
to anyone in a rural area, which
includes towns up to 2500 pop
ulation and to small watershed
projects. The Farmers Home Ad
ministration is unique inasmuch
as it only makes or insures loans
when credit is not available at
reasonable rates from private
sources.
Don Robinson as well as a part
interest with Clayton Mann,
Eugene, in a CMR bred bull. Don
joined Jim Campbell, Lone Rock,
in buying the champion sale
bull which was of Double I
breeding out of Modest Junior 17,
who's offspring have been quite
popular.
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National Wheat
Growers Back
Voluntary Plan
By JOHN WELBES
Executive Vice President,
Oregon Wheat Growers League
At its recent meeting the Nat
ional Association of Wheat Grow
ers endorsed a rjroeram verv sim
ilar to the one suggested by the
Oregon Wheat Growers League.
Eight steps are proposed as
workable in a voluntary certifi
cate plan. It reads as follows:
"The Association reaffirms its
position of approval of a certifi
cate program for wheat. Specif
ically, we propose a voluntary
certificate program with the
proper incentives to insure max
imum participation, and to be
enecnve with the 1964 program
and subsequent crop years.
"1. The program should be
financed, preferably in the
marketplace, through a system
oi marketing certificates.
"2. The income obiective for
wheat should be substantially
aDove I9b2 levels, due to con
tinually increasing capital and
production costs. If agriculture is
io neip maintain a healthy and
stable national economy, its in
come must be comparable with
labor and industry.
"3. Diversion payments, as a
part of the program, should be
retained in order to achieve in
come objectives.
"4. The substitution clause,
permitting substitution between
wheat and feed grain planted
acreage, should be a part of the
voluntary wheat program for
1964 and subsequent crop years.
"If an individual farmer elects
to use the substitution clause, he
should be subject to all the re
quirement of both the voluntary
wheat certificate program and
the voluntary feed grain pro
gram. If he does not choose to
use this clause, he should have
the privilege of aualifvin? for
either program or both programs.
"5. The provisions of the "An
fuso" amendment should apply
in 1964. After 1964, whenever the
program is on a voluntary basis,
there should be no increase or
decrease in the size of the allot
ment because of non-compliance.
"6. Amend the act to permit
the issuance of marketing cer-
tuicates if:
"(a) A producer is unable to
seed his crop because of adverse
weather, and he cannot later
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Make Bread Boards
At the Boardman Builders 4-H
meeting, we sanded our first
coat of paint with fine sand
paper. We drilled our holes in
our bread boards. We sanded out
the holes and put our second
coat on. We glued and nailed
our broom racks together.
Ron Baker, reporter
seed another crop in the same
marketing year.
"(b) If the producer owns suf
ficient wheat from previous crops
whether or not it is penalty
wheat stored under bond, to
cover his marketing allocations.
Section 379 (a) (c)
"7. We recommend that pro
visions be made for a grower,
who harvests acres in excess of
his allotment and normal con
serving, to store at his own ex
pense and under bond, this pro
duction, and still be eligible for
price support and certificates for
1964 and subsequent years.
"8. If, penalties are provided
in the new legislation, there
should be no small farm or other
exceptions."
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.
IT'S
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Any day every day can be your wash day
with a flip of the switch on your automatic electric
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From your Sunday best to your weekday work
clothes, your automatic electric laundry does them
all in minutes. And,
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snow or costly sun
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Serving Morrow and Gilliam Counties
Vaccinations Up; Brucellosis Down
Calf vaccinations for brucel
losis by cattlemen in Morrow
county showed an increase in
1963 and the incidence of bruc
ellosis among cattle tested was
reduced.
Statistics on the state-federal
disease eradication program re
leased recently by the Oregon
Department of Agriculture show
calf vaccinations in the county
totaled 2,603 in 1963, compared
with 2,135 in 1962.
The 547 brucellosis tests given
in 1963 revealed 1 reactor or
0.183 per cent. In 1962 tests in
the county totaled 1,218 wih
eight reactors or .656 per cent.
During the past year no tu
berculosis tests were given Mor
row county cattle.
Statewide figures show 1963
was the third highest year for
can vaccinations tor brucellosis,
with 159,173 calves vaccinated.
The all-high year was 1962, with
170,163 calves vaccinated. Second
high was 1959 when 161,808
calves were vaccinated.
Brucellosis tests were given
132,160 cattle in 1963 with 420
reactors located for 0.317 per
cent. In 1962 the tests were
given 158,668 cattle, resulting in
761 reactors for 0.479 per cent.
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
Show At 9:30 A. M.
Free Delivery to 150 Miles At
Buyer Risk
Auctioneer: Si Williams
La Grande, Ore. Ph. W03-2127
Box 760
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Some modern electric dryers will sprinkle your
clothes for ironing and fluff the wrinkles out of
clothes that are mussed.
Forget washday worries clotheslines, clothes
pins and the weatherman. Let your electric appli
ance dealer show you
a homemaker s two
best friends her elec
tric washer and dryer.
Tuberculosis tests given in
1963 located 67 reactors among
70,299 cattle in the state that
were tested, compared with 107
among the 81,628 tested in 1962.
LIVESTOCK LOSSES
imount.to over $2 Billion annually.
(according, to USDA estimates)
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