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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, May 7, 1964 FARM NEWS County Agent's Office County Extension Dates From 1918 By N. C. ANDERSON The 50th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act on May 8 which created the Extension Service gives us opportunity to reminisce a little on accomplishments state wide and in Morrow county spe cifically. In Morrow county we have had 11 men agents and 6 women agents that have "aided In difusing useful and practical information relating to agricul ture and home economics" since the Cooperative Extension work started here In 1918. This was 4 years later than extension work was authorized on a nat ional scale. Taking information developed by research and showing people how to apply It to increase their income and to Improve their standard of living has been a major objective of county exten sion agents over the years. The first county agricultural agent was Frank R. Brown who came to Morrow county on January 15, 1918. He stayed little longer. than a year and was replaced by Lawrence A. Hunt who stayed 2 years and 2 months. Claude C. Calkins arrived in the fall of 1921 and left during the winter of 1923. It was during his time here that he did, I am told, quite a little experimenting with treat ing seed in the back part of the Gilliam and Bisbee Hardware store. As a result of this ex perimentation, the Calkins seed treatcr along with other farm equipment was "born." Present Dean of Agriculture and a Direc tor of the Experiment Station and the Extension Service F. 12. Price served for a while In 1923. He was followed by Roger Mor ris who remained for 4 years. Roger later became extension dairyman at Oregon State. Charlie Smith followed Roger Morris and spent 7 years in the county leaving in 1934. It was during this period that the old Triple A program got started and he left the county to head up co ordinating work in this im portant program of the mid-30's, during a period of drought and depression. He later became county agent leader and retired as Assistant Extension Director last year. Charlie was followed by Joe Belenger who is known here for his work In pushing trashy fallow. He spent 4 years, leaving to work for the Soil Con servation Service in the stubble mulch conservation program In 1938. Cliff Conrad followed Joe Belanger from 1939 to 1944. Arn old Ebert was here untl 1946 at which time I came. Joe Hay was employed for 4 Mi years until this past January 15. , Women agents have included Grace Gadekers, now Mrs. Doug las Drake, Katherine Monohan, now Mrs. Homer Hughes, Mabel Flint, Maude Casewell, Beverly Bradshaw now Mrs. Charles Do herty and Esther Kirmis. The home agent program was start ed in the fall of 1945 and has continued during these years with exception of a one year in terval when no budget was ap propriated. We will make further comments on the significance of the Extension Service to Morrow county in future columns. field receiving instructions and working through showmanship and horsemanship activities. Groups were divided into small fry with Floyd Jones in charge; Juniors with Charlie Daly, Inter mediates with Everett Struck meier, and Seniors with Gene Harryman. After a sack lunch at noon, Roice Fulleton gave an in teresting demonstration on train ing a saddle horse to break to right and left leads. He also demonstrated care of the hoof which created much interest. During the afternoon the boys and girls participated in barrel racing, flag races, and ring races by small fry, junior, inter mediate and senior classes. The 4-H saddle horse club leaders are really well qualified and do an excellent job in working with these small boys and girls. I think a remark that Roics Fulle ton made during his demonstra tion fits well into the program. He commented that he had done a lot of riding from the time that he first started many years ago, but did not actually know much more than to jump on a horse and ride away. He com mented on the value of horse manship training that the boys and girls are getting through 4-H. I thought the field day was a real good opportunity for some further training. 'y r-Y7 ess- MRS. AL ULLMAN, wife of Oregon's Second District Congressman, was an enthusiastic observer at the recent kick-off of the Food and Home Fair, an exhibit of the various activities of the De partment of Agriculture. Mrs. Ullman and Secretary of Agriculture Freeman are shown here discussing the various grades of American beef available to the consumer. Program on Beef Set at Pendleton The Oregon Beef Council has been invited by the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce and the Umatilla Livestock Association to present a program entitled, "Beef Imports a Threat to Everyone's Economy," Friday, May 8, at Gunther's Restaurant in Pendleton, according to Irvin Mann, Beef Council member. Presenting the program will be Mann of Stanfield; Larry Wil liams, John Day, Oregon Cattle men's Ass'n. representative, and Donald Ostensoe, Portland, exec utive secretary of the Oregon Beeb Council. This program was presented last week in Ontario and La Grande. Other cities in which this program will be pre sented this month include Bend, Eugene, Lakeview and Klamath Falls. The luncheon meeting will start at 12:00 noon and is open to the public. Mrs. Kenneth Brenner and her mother, Mrs. Al Bunch, were in Walla Walla, Saturday. Approximately 50 saddle horse members, their leaders, and some parents participated in a field day at the Wrangler club grounds last Saturday. There were 30 saddle horses on the RANCH AERO AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO. Owned and Operated By PAUL N. HANSEN Available for weed spraying and liquid fertilizing. John Lane Apartments No. 2, Heppner. Phone 676-9460 or 676-9294 Nineteen thousand, five hund red Eastern Brook and Rainbow trout were, planted in 15 ponds last Friday. Those getting f-.ih to various amounts were Jnn Barnett, lone; Elwynne Peck, Lexington; John Graves, Hard man; Bob Mahoney, Everett Harshman, Claude Cox, Jerry Dougherty, Fritz Cutsforth, Jerry Rood and John Hanna, Don Greenup, Hynds Brothers, and Dr. Tibbies in ponds at the W. W. Weatherford ranch. These fish averaged about Vk inches and will grow this summer at the rate of about an inch a month to make some good fish ing in these ponds later this fall. Farm fish ponds have be come real popular in Morrow county over the years with about 50 now stocked with trout and bass. Of interest to those getting fish was the new method of transportation which is being used by the Canyon Springs Trout Farm who made the deliveries. The fish which averaged about l'a inches wee counted out into plastic contain ers before leaving the hatchery. They were put to sleep and a chemical put in the water to keep them from suffocating un til they reached the pond. This makes a handy way of deliver ing and cuts down on expensive transportation equipment. As far as we could determine, there were no losses what-so-ever by using this new method. Over the years, many wheat growers have been a bit puzzled by the differences in response to nitrogen fertilizers. Early exper iences showed that nitrogen fert ilizer gave quite a boost in wheat yields but decreased proportion ately in comparison to the num ber of years that this fertilizer was used. This has led some to believe that there were other elements that contributed to the yield and that these elements were used up as nitrogen in creased yields through its appli cation. Several wheat farmers have called at the office to visit about this problem over a past few years and some effort has been made to get some research in an effort to pin point the problem. As a result of this con stant urging, the Sherman Branch Experiment Station has established plots using phos phorus, sulfur and nitrogen in various amounts; in various combinations. We have not been able to see any results in this work. This led some to believe that there were minor elements that contributed to the problem. In order to make an attempt to determine if this could be de termined, Frank Anderson, Eightmile rancher, volunteered to set up a rather complex set of plots that would use these various minor elements alone and in combination so that they could be harvested next fall to determine effects on yield. Four teen plots, 42x1,060 feet were es tablished using chelated Zinc, Magnesium, Copper and Iron in one and one-half pound rates as well as combinations of each of these in various amounts. Across one end of all the plots an applictaion of V-i pound of iron was sprayed. It will be in teresting to see what has hap pened through this foliage appll cation by harvest time. '64 Price Support 'Eligibility' Told Plans have been made to hold the annual Conservation Tour on Thursday, May 21. This is a week earlier than we have held it in the past, but because of the spring, the committee working on the plans feels there might be more to see now than later. Why don't you mark this date on your calendar and plan to at tend? We will give further de tails as the agenda Is developed. Pre-Englneered Buildings of Pre-Fab Panels Easily Adaptable to Commercial Structures The variety of spans, wall heights and building lengths enables you to adapt the Potlatch Building with great versatility. Interiors and exteriors can be of the quality that the structure requires. It can bs the simplicity of a farm building or the perfection of a church. Design Versatility Clear Spans from 24' to 60', with wall heights to 22' , . . and any building length In 8' modules, provide great variety. Door and window openings can be placed as desired. Call us today for complete Information. W0 SQ. FT. UP AND ENCLOSED IN ONLY t DAYS (ovtr founditlon). Harold A. Stinchf ield, Contractor By the number of rain guages that have been sold out of the office this past week, some ranchers may feel that purch asing a rain guage might con tribute toward making it rain. Bob Peterson, Gerald Bergstrom, Dobyns Pest Control, Holmes Gabbert and Eb Hughes have picked up rain guages which we keep on hand as part of the Mor row county weather observers program. Ranchers, Paul Tews, Fred and Norman Nelson, Gar Swanson, and Walt Jacobs of the South lone area have done a real ef fective job of cleaning up fence rows and ditch sides where cheat grass, rye and other obnoxious weeds produce seed spreading into the field. Such a cooper ative effort as this deserves much recognition. Using various rates of Atrazine, Simazine and Amitrole T a real effective pob can be done inexpensively. Four pounds Atrazine with 2 pounds of Amitrole T applied during the winter months is the general recommended practice. If Rus sian Thistles and Sandbur are to be controlled, an early spring application of 6 pounds Atrazine, 2 pounds Amitrole T is necessary. With this higher chemical rate, spraying needs to be done only about half strength the next year in order to hold sterility in these Winter wheat producers who kept their 1964 crop wheat acre age within the farm's allotment have already qualified for a price-support loan or purchase for this year's crop, David Mc Leod, office manager, Agricul tural Stabilization and Conser vation Committee, said today. Eligibility for price-support loans and purchases on the 1964 wheat crop will be determined only on the basis of the wheat acreage on each individual farm, McLeod explained, and not as previously announced on the basis of wheat acreage on other farms In which the producer has an interest. The adjustment of program provisions in connection with ad ministration or price supports for 1964-crop wheat followed discus sions at mid-April meetings which were held throughout pro duction areas to get the new wheat program under way. As now provide wheat pro duced on any farm on which the 1964 wheat acreage is with in the farm allotment will be eligible for a price-supDort loan or purchase, based on a national average of $1.30 a bushel. Thus, a wheat producer who was eligible for a price-support loan tor purcnase) tor his 1964 crop before enactment of the new legislation is still eligible for the new higher support. areas. More ranchers could fol low the practice that these four ranchers have carried out. This does not mean that there are not others but such a joint agree ment does much to protect their investment from weeds spread ing from the neighbor. The deadline dates for adjust ing wheat acreage in order to meet allotment provisions re mains as previously announced in the county. Locally, the dead line is July 1 and July 15. Mrs. Charles Barlow returned last Thursday from Eugene, where she had spent the winter months visiting in the homes of two daughters, Mrs. Cecil Warner and Mrs. Robert Walker, and families. Mr. Warner brought her home here. Morrow County CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY Week Ending May 1 (Compiled from Oregon Crop and Livestock Reporting Ser vice, U.S. Dept of Agricul ture.) Soil moisture supply short. Seeding completed. Ini t i a 1 summer-fallow work nearly complete. Fall grain develop ing well in spite of cold, dry weather. Feed short but many wheat farmres fencing pasture land diverted from barley un der the wheat program. Ranges poor due to cold, dry weather. May 15 Deadline For Wheat Signup May 15 is the deadline for signing to participate in the 1964 wheat certificate program, David McLeod, office manager, Agri cultural Stabilization and Con servation committee, states. All wheat growers should con sider signing up to participate and be eligible for certificates and diversion payments. Price support is available to any wheat grower harvesting within his wheat acreage allotment. Producers who planted within their allotment, or intend to har vest within the allotment, have already met one of the most im portant provisions of the pro gram. The remaining require ments are to divert an acreage equal to 11.11 of the 1964' allot ment and maintain his normal conserving acreage for the farm. For these requirements, the participating farmer will receive price support loans for his pro duction, plus marketing certifi cates valued at $.70 for 45 of his normal production and cer tificates valued at $.25 for 45 of his farm normal production. A diversion payment would be earned on acres diverted from production, also. 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