HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. May 21, 1964
mwm news
County Agent's Office
Cattle Production Costs
Now Found Increasing
By N. C. ANDERSON
On a cow-calf operation, the
percentage of calves weaned
and their weaning weights are
the two most important factors
In determining whether a ranch
er can pay his bills. An 85 calf
crop weaned, and an average
weaning weight of 400 pounds,
means that the cows in a 100
head herd are producing 340
pounds of calf per cow. At an
average selling price of 27 cents
per pound of calf, each cow is
thus giving a gross return of
$91.80. But how much of this
is the rancher able to keep?
A cost summary of 12 Colorado
mountain cattle ranchers last
year indicates the average pro
duction cost was $100.22 per cow.
This was for the year 1962 and
production costs were certainly
no cheaper in 1963 even though
feeder calves were down in price.
Compare the production costs
of $100.22 per cow with the $91.80
gross return as Indicated in the
preceding paragraph. This shows
the rancher to be going in the
hole $8.4 per cow in his herd,
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The breakdown of figures
show the following average pro
duction costs per cow during
1962:
Machinery and repairs, $1.24;
fuel and oil, $1.74; utilities, .83;
LIVESTOCK LOSSES
mount lo ovr $2 Billion annuity.
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labor, $6.00; auto, .60; pickup
and truck, $1.01; building re
pairs, .69; livestock expense,
$7.61; feed purchased, $15.21;
home raised feed fed, $47.64;
miscellaneous, .85; rent, .34;
taxes, $3.39; interest, $7.88; in
surance, $1.05; machinery de
preciation, $2.11; building de
preciation, $2.03. Total, $100.22.
What can you do? Increase
calf crop through the use of
enough fertile, active, well-conditioned
bulls with a history of
rapid and economical gains.
Make sure the cows have had
adequate and proper feed so they
will come into estrus soon after
calving. Weed out the shy breed
ers. Pregnancy test cows in the
fall of the year. With feed costs
as high as they are, few, if any,
ranchers can afford to keep a
non-pregnant cow. Select re
placement heifers from good
milking cows. Try to shorten the
calving season to 50-70 days if
possible. Get away from the late
calves, the stragglers. Adjust the
breeding season so the calves
will be large enough to take all
of the milk when the first flush
of green appears. Attention to
the many small details is what
spells the difference between
profit and loss in many instances.
Registered Cattle
Changes Shown
It is interesting to look back
now and then to see what has
happened to registered cattle
numbers. During the past 20
years there have been the fol
lowing changes in the numbers
of beef animals registered
among the three major beef
breeders in the United States.
Herefords 1943, 276,000; 1963,
520,000; Angus 1943, 52,000;
1963, 345,000; Shorthorns 1943,
53,000; 1963, 38,000.
County Extension Units Install New Officers At Festival
Mrs. L. D. Vinson, Kimberly,
District VII Director of the Ore
gon Home Economics Extension
Council, installed the newly
elected officers and county com
mittee women of the Morrow
County Extension units at the
annual Homemakers Festival in
lone on May 13, according to
Esther Kirmis, Morrow county
extension agent.
Installed for the 1964-65 year
were:
Rhea Creek Unit Mrs. Ron
Haguewood, Heppner, chairman;
Mrs. Ernest Christopherson, lone,
vice chairman; Mrs. Deanne
Graves, Heppner, secretary; Mrs.
Iva Booker, Heppner, treasurer,
and Mrs. Albert Wright, Hepp
ner, county committee.
Pine City Unit Mrs. Douglas
Drake, Heppner, chairman; Mrs.
Burl Wattenburger, Echo, vice
chairman; Mrs. Willard French,
Echo, secretary-treasurer, and
Mrs. Carl Rhea, Echo, county
committee.
Irrigon Unit Mrs. Donald
Acock, Irrigon, chairman; Mrs.
Max Jones, Irrigon, vice chair
man; Mrs. Sylvia Morgan, Irri
gon, secretary; Mrs. Andrew
Skiles, Irrigon, treasurer, and
Mrs. Paul Slaughter, Irrigon,
county committee.
Heppner Unit Mrs. R. G.
Watkins, Heppner, chairman;
Mrs. Bud Peck, Heppner, vice
chairman; Mrs. Paul Warren,
Heppner, secretary - treasurer;
Mrs. Joe Wright, Heppner, coun
ty committee.
Boardman Unit Mrs. William
Seehafer, Boardman, chairman;
Mrs. Earl Briggs, Boardman,
vice chairman; Mrs. Arnold
Hoffman, Boardman, secretary
treasurer, and Mrs. Walter
Hayes, Boardman, county com
mittee. lone Unit (Held over until
new officers are elected) Mrs.
Kenneth Palmer, Lexi n g t o n,
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chairman; Mrs. Bryce Keene,
lone, vice chairman; Mrs. Jim
Pettyjohn, lone, secretary-treasurer,
and Mrs. Jim Pettyjohn,
lone, county committee.
With this festival, Mrs. L. D.
Vinson, district director, com
pleted her three year term on
the State Council. She will be
replaced by Mrs. Warren Mc
Coy, Irrigon, announces the
agent.
Homemaker pins of recognit
ion were given to Mrs. John
Graves, Heppner, and Mrs. Wel
won Witherrite, Echo, for their
terms served on the County Ad
visory Committee. Pins were pre
sented by Mrs. Joe Wright,
Heppner, new County Advisory
Committee chairman, notes the
extension agent.
Saddle Club Plans
For Oyer night Ride
The Pine City Saddle club held
a regular meeting on Tuesday,
May 12, at the Pine City school
house. Patty Luciani gave a
demonstration on splinting her
brother's horse's broken leg. We
also went up to see the horse.
We made plans for the 4-H over
night ride on June 6 and 7.
At our April 14 meeting our
leader, Charley Daly, showed
some interesting slides.
Gary Frederickson, reporter
"Daddy, you forgot...
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every litter bit hurts!"
Susan Spotless says:
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How much does a machine
shed save? For tractors, year-
around housing Increases use
ful life by almost a year and
reduces repair cost 19 per cent.
This was brought to light in a
study of 600 tractors by a btate
University.
In a similar study with 100
combines, useful life was in
creased by 1 years, along with
a 6 per cent reduction in repairs.
Hot sun and high temperatures
EUacH Enough
j Pressure
We've taken the "high pressure" out of
selling fertilizer and put it where it
belongs right in the root zone. A direct
to -the -root -zone application, that is, of .
Shell miy Here's a way of putting on
nitrogen near enough to roots so they can
use it right away. And, precision -injected
Shell NH3 forms a uniform band of nitrogen
large enough to keep the plant properly fed
during the growing season. This means high
efficiency feeding, resultant high yields,
and low investment in fertilizer. Besides
these three advantages, Shell NH , helps
reduce the pressure on you in today's
cost -price squeeze. 1
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PHONE 676-9103
Your growing success
is our business
LOADING SHEEP in Union Pacific livestock car for fast rail trip to summer range in Montana
is Henry R. Krebs, member of Krebs Bros, sheep operation at Cecil. Krebs shipped 9155 sheep in
35 cars. Annual trek has been made ever since 1929. About 5000 breeding ewes will be brought
back in November. Members of family operation are brothers, John and Henry W. Krebs, and
their sons, Dick and Henry R. Krebs. Family has 6000 acres at East Glacier, Mont., and leases
18,000 acres from Indians.
in summer can cause almost as
much damage to equipment as
winter weather.
Pruning Bulletin Available
Pruning of shrubs and trees
is a simple operation if you stop
to think why you are doing the
lob. The simple reasons for prun
ing are to remove dead wood,
broken limbs, and weak, twiggy
growth. By the time you have
done that you should have left
nothing but good strong growth
open to air, light rainfall, sun,
and spray or dust, if and when
needed. Strong growth should
be cut very lightly and weak
growth heavily in order to
maintain the best plants or
trees. As shrubs get old some of
the older wood is removed to
make room for new growth.
Early spring pruning is done
on late blooming plants or ones
blooming on current season's
growth like the rose. Later, after
blooming, we prune the early
spring blooming plants and the
evergreens that need thinning
out or controlling of height. Ex
tension Bulletin 784k available
at this office, will be very help
ful with the understanding of
this necessary work.
Spray Aids Growth in Sand
A group of British scientists
is spraying desert sands with
nine parts mineral oil and one
part latex rubber and getting
crops to grow on the sand. The
Two Trackers Meet
The 4-H Two Tracker's club
met May 4 at the fair grounds.
The meeting was called to order
by Judy Nyman. We answered
roll call by giving our horse's
name. All members except three
were present. We had refresh
ments, which were furnished by
Mrs. Smith. After refreshments,
we went in the indoor arena and
played some games. We have
one new member, Frances Ab
rams. Marcia Jones, reporter
WEDDING, PARTY and ANNI
VERSARY Napkins with names
Imprinted ; Monog rammed
Flaying Cards; Regency Pers
onalized Note Stationery; Wed
ding Books. Inquire at Gazette
Times office. 49-tfx
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WHOLESALE MEATS
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
SCHEDULE:
Hogs Tuesday
Cattle Wed., Thurs.
Sheep . Any Day
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Ph. JO 7 6651
On Hennliton-McNary
Highway
spray lays a fine-mesh network
of rubber film over sandy soil
to halt erosion. Sprayed on sand
dunes, the material has allowed
grass seeds to germinate and
grow, eventually holding the
sand in place. Tests have shown
seeds of peas, lettuce and on
ions can grow satisfactorily
through the rubber film. Another
use is to rainfall and channel
it into areas where it can be
used more effectively; a third
is to stabilize soil structures
which break down easily during
rain.
Spray By GAR AVIATION
Weed
Spraying
Fertilizing
Dusting
Seeding
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