HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. May 14. 19S4
County Agent's Office
Conservation Tour
Set For June 5
By N. C. ANDERSON
Meeting last Tuesday night,
supervisors of the Heppner Soil
and Water Conservation District
completed plans for their annual
5th grade conservation tour. Sup
ervisors Kenneth Turner and
Vernon Munkers, with conser
vationist Ralph Richards, pro
vided information to the group
during the tour which viewed
many conservation and better
farming practices in the Black
horse, Sand Hollow, North Lex
ington, lone, and Willow Creek
areas.
Soil Stewardship Week, W. C
Rosewall reported that posters
were up and Soil Stewardship
Week materials in the hands of
each of the ministers and pub
licity for the local paper.
Ralph Richards reported that
Boeing had applied for a sou
survey and range plan for land
under lease to them in the
Boardman bombing range. This
survey will be made by conser
vationists from throughout Ore
gon who will be hired with pri
vate funds from Boeing to do
the survey in a hurry.
The report of conservation pro
gress for the month of April
included two new cooperators,
Bert Corbin and John Wood; a
conservation plan for Franklin
Lindstrom and Sons wilh sur
veys made for 17,420 feet of
diversion ditches for Bert Cor
bin, Bob Jepsen and Don Peter
son; 78 acres of contour strip
cropping for Bert Corbin; 19 acres
of land leveling, Albert Wright;
two irrigation ponds, Bob Ma
honey; and 400 feet of irriga
tion ditch for Pat Mollahan.
Completed during the month
was 4,250 feet of channel and
Irrigation ditch for Terry Thomp
son, Everett Harshman and Pat
Mollahan. Thrity-one acres of
land leveling1 for Robert Ma
honey and Everett Harshman;
47 acres of land smoothing for
Everett Harshman and Joe Do
herty. Nine acres of sod water
ways, Orville Cutsforth, Jr., and
Holmes Gabbert; 3G0 acres of
hay and pasture seeding by 18
farmers.
The annual Conservation Tour
that was scheduled to be held
May 21 has been postponed. The
dale is now set as June 5. Watch
lor further particulars.
with good moisture conditions
and warm weather favorable to
rust growth, a major problem
from rust could still develop in
this year s crop.
Dr. Hendrix, Washington State
University Experiment Station
Plant Pathologist, reports more
stripe rust in Washington now
than at comparable periods in
1962 and 1963, but less than was
present in the epidemic years
of i960 and 1961. Most exten
sive source of infection is a 4
county area directly across the
river from the Columbia Basin.
Windbreak Proves Great Aid
Ralph Crum, north lone area
rancher, is quite well satisfied
with his farmstead windbreak,
planted about seven years ago.
"With the constant winds we
have had this spring, the wind
break is really appreciated,"
says Ralph. Working in the field
or at another ranch building
he can notice the lack of wind
as soon as he drives into the
headquarters ranch. "Makes me
wonder if the wind has gone
down and I could be back out
spraying weeds again," Ralph
said a few days ago when he
visited at the office.
Some Stripe Rust Showing
Dr. Bob I'owelson, Plant Path
ologist, spent a few hours in the
county last week to discuss
stripe leaf rust. Rust spores have
been picked up in each of the
three rust spore traps which
are located in the Eightmile,
Gooseberry and north Lexington
areas. Wednesday, while inspec
ting some fields, rust infections
were found but have not pro
gressed much from the stage
they were in six weeks ago. Dr.
Powclson predicts, however, that
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Test Weed Chemicals
Representatives of the chem
ical industry who provide weed
killers for experimental use In
research projects, visited the Col
umbia basin last week. One stop
was made in Morrow county at
the Tad Miller ranch where a
chemical summer fallow plot is
established. It was interesting
to make comparisons of the con
trol of these various materials.
One of the real promising plots
was Atrazine plus Amitrol-T .4
of a pound plus .5 of a pound
active material. This was ap
plied in December. There was
no cheat or other growth present.
Cost of this would be approxi
mately $3.90 per acre. Also
promising was an application of
1 pound 2,4-D plus Vi pound or
Amitrole-T applied in March.
Cost of control here would be
approximately $3.25. Many new
chemicals at various rates and
dates of application were tried,
some promising, others not. The
June 5 conservalion tour is plan
ned to stop at this plot so that
comparisons can be made.
Changes Made
In Grade Standards
i?iuision of prade standards
fnr whonl hv Ihn USDA Which
go into effect June 1 will mean
more cost to the taxpayer, ure
gon State Department of Agri
culture's grain division will
have to increase its staff of grain
inspectors to comply with the
inspections. It is estimaieu mat
the change in standards will in
crease cost of inspection by ap
proximately 25. The new grade
standards narrow the ranges of
quality for each grade.
Some of the principal changes
made in the grade standards in
clude:
Setting of maximum limits for
total defects in grade 1 through
5. "Total defects" include dam
aged kernels, foreign materials
and shrunken and broken ker
nels. Lowering of limits for shrunk
en and broken kernels.
Grading of all with more than
13.5 moisture as "tough."
Recording of "dockage" in in
tervals of a whole or one-half
per cent "dockage" consists of
material that can be removed
readily by cleaning and while
it is not n entile factor, it is
recorded on grain inspection cer-
tilicatcs.
Wheat Prediction Difficult
Some of my friends l?) have
been asking lately when I was
going to make a prediction of
190-1 wheat yields. My answer
has been that I was waiting for
a good rain before doing so. It
has been interesting, however,
to visit with some of our good
farmers lately on their exper
iences in raising a crop without
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Netherlands IF YE
Is County Alumni
Speaker May 20
"Land of Tulips" will be de
scribed to alumni county ad
visory committee women on May
20 by Suzanne Lozier, Oregon's
1963 IFYE (International Farm
Youth Exchange) to The Nether
lands. The meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. John Graves,
Hardman, beginning at 10:30
a.m., according to Esther Kirmis,
Morrow county extension agent.
With the aid of colored slides
Miss Lozier, now home service
advisor with the Pacific Power
and Light Company, of Walla
Walla, will describe her six
months in the low country.
Methods of marketing, reclaim
ing land from the sea, farming,
farm animals, and Dutch home
life are a few of the things she
will touch on, explains the
agent.
Mrs. Weldon Witherrite, Echo;
Mrs. Paul Slaughter, Irrigon;
Mrs. Joe Wright, Mrs. Albert
Wright, Heppner; Mrs. Jim
Pettyjohn, lone; Mrs. John
Graves, Hardman; Mrs. Carl
Rhea, Lexington; and Mrs.
Walter Hayes, Boardman, the
present county advisory commit
tee for extension units), will host
the event, says the extension
worker. A "get acquainted" party
ana a wnite etepnant gut ex
change for the benefit of Lady
Aberdeen Scholarship are on
deck for the morning festivities,
County committee members
serve for three years and then
become alumni, explains the
agent. These gatherings are a
means to keep these alumni
members acquainted with the
present Extension home econom
ics program. In some counties
the alumni organize to assist the
program with scholarships, craft
fairs, etc.
Duties of the present county
committee include:
1. To assist the agent in de
termining home needs.
2. To determine how the coun
ty agent can serve the home.
3. To help the agent under
stand the community and its
home life.
4. To help the agent to share
in community life.
5. To assist in developing a
community understand i n g of
the Home Economics.
6. To help the Extension ser
vice coordinate with other groups
in its work of home and family
life.
7. To help the agent develop
an adequate program in home
making. Joining the ranks of county
commktee members for the new
year are Mrs. Carl Rhea, Lex-
) :
SUZANNE LOZIER
ington (Pine City) and Mrs. Al
bert Wright, Heppner (Rhea
Creek), for three year terms.
They will replace Mrs. Weldon
Witherrite, Echo, and Mrs John
Graves who are retiring, in
forms Miss Kirmis.
Chats With Your Home Agent
Extension Women Attend
State Extension Council
any more moisture than it looks
like we will have this crop year.
Some have estimated that they
will harvest a 20 bushel crop
under the present circumstances
which includes no additional
rainfall between now and har
vest. They hasten to add, how
ever, that this depends on it not
getting too hot and there not
being any hot scorching winds.
All have indicated that they
have always harvested a crop
regardless of the year even with
the extreme drouth situations
in the mid 30's. I believe I will
wait a while before making a
prediction for a good 1 inch rain
could make the predictions
sound considerably better.
Ruralettes Meet
In April the lone Ruralettes
4-H Sewing club held a meet
ing at Christine McCabe's home.
We did demonstrat ions on
health. At our next meeting,
May 9, we worked on fair dem
onstrations. Mrs. Hoskins was a
guest.
Mary McElligott, Julie Zinter
reporters
Morrow County
CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY
Week Ending May 8. 1964
(Compiled from Oregon
Crop and Livestock Reporting
Service, U. S. Dept. of Agri
culture). Summer fallow operations
mostly completed; no mois
ture to bring new weeds. All
grain and hay making ex
tremely slow growth. Some
barley heading, but small
grains suffering for moisture.
Ranges are extremely dry and
cattle will be out of feed soon
if no rain comes. Some cattle
being sold because of feed
shortage. A serious drought
situation prevails; rain is des
perately needed.
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By ESTHER KIRMIS
Over 900 Extension unit wo
men from Oregon gathered in
Corvallis on the Oregon State
University campus last week for
the 32nd Oregon Home Econom
ics Extension Council. The
theme, "Better Homes through
Research and Education," was
developed by the main speakers,
Miss Taskerud, extension assis
tant director, Corvallis; Wayne
Durrell, Cleveland High school
principal, Portland; Dr. James
Jensen, OSU president, Corvallis,
and Miss Loretta Cowden, fed
eral extension service, Washing
ton, D. C.
Standing committee work
shops in ACWW (Associated
Country Women of the World),
traffic safety and health, careers
and youth (4-H, project leaders,
ana leaaersnip) were held on
Wednesday afternoon of the
convention.
Attending from Morrow county
were Mrs. Warren McCoy and
Mrs. Don Acock, Irrigon; Mrs.
William Seehafer and Mrs. Ber
nard Donovan, Boardman; Mrs.
Jim Pettyjohn, lone; Mrs. Doug
las Drake, Mrs. Albert Wright,
and Esther Kirmis, Heppner.
Quotes From the VIPS
"A child receives 40 of his
education before he is five years
old. Don't expect our schools to
remedy the mistakes you, as
parents, have made in teaching
them morals, religion, and dis
ciplines. Wayne Durrel, Cleve
land High school Principal, Port
land. "A good extensive home ec
onomics program is worth every
tax dollar you as taxpayers
spend. It's a preventative pro
gram It prevents divorces, men
tal health breakdowns, welfare
cases, juvenile delinquency, etc.
All these do cost the tax payer,
with little hope of betterment
Esther Taskerud, Assistant di
rector OSU Extension.
"Extension women are the
best 'problem identifiers I know
of Dr. James Jensen, UbU
president (referring to the pro
gram planning methods we use
in extension ).
"Extension stands for two
words Research and Educa
tion." Loretta Cowden, Fed
eral Extension staff.
"Commercial, firms give you
consumer information, but only
Extension gives you unbiased
consumer education!" Loretta
Cowden, Federal Ext e n s i o n
staff.
"Next time someone asks you
to do something, say 'I'd love to'
and you'd be surprised how soon
others are doing the jobs you
used to do!" Mrs. Betty Ham
lin, 4-H committee chairman.
"We're very proud to have
Mrs. Warren McCoy, Irrigon elec
ted District VII director of Uma
tilla, Grant, Gilliam and Mor
row counties." Esther Kirmis,
Morrow county Extension Agent,
Words to a song we sang . . .
"What will we wear in the year
2000 . . . Spun glass hose and
plastic undies . . . Lois Red
man, State 4-H Agent, Corvallis
(Song leader for the convention).
Homemaker's Festival May 13
We'll report on the annual
Morrow County Homemakers
Festival held in lone, May 13,
in next week's issue.
"ACWW, Down Under" is the
theme with Mrs. Athalie Lage,
Hood River, speaker.
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lone Livestock Club
Works on Projects
Twelve members of the lone
Livestock club met at the home
of Jim Pettyjohn, May 2 at 9:30
a.m. to practice the fitting and
grooming of beef and sheep pro
jects. Each member participated
in one phase of the grooming
or fitting.
After lunch the business meet
ing was held. We reviewed our
goals to see how many we had
accomplished.
Earl Pettyjohn, reporter
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