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.
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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
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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
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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.
Every wheat producer should
be sure of his choice isefore May
15, and if he chooses, be signed
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