HEPPNElt GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. MoT
County Agent's Office
Groups Fight Against
Foreign Meat Imports
Br N. C. ANDERSON
Low cattle and hog price,
with Increasing foreign meat
Imports each year, haa put the
livestock grower In the new of
late. The livestock Industry Is
fighting back in an effort to
survive In this time of high costs
with lower return.
It was Interesting two weeks
ago while riding the train to the
midwest and return, to hear the
many comments about this sit
uation as we passed through
areas where many cattle were
grating. It surprised me to know
that many city people were
aware of this situation. One
couple that I visited with from
r-v, !-. rrn hrf tmA much about
the effects of foreign Imports on
cattle prices, yet me cost 01 ineir
meat had not been reduced in
price. They were quite concern
ed. In listening to others talk
about the situation. I was sure
that livestock organiza t i o n s
were doing a good Job in pub
lic relations.
In Morrow county, the Cow
Hollo no' RMf Promotion mm-
mittee of the Livestock Growers
Association nave contacted ine
meat markets relative to Sup
port of IT. S. rroWTl hoof. TheV
are using educational materials
to stress the importance ox sup
LIVESTOCK LOSSES
nmmI f $2 lilliM uHy.
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Dortlng meat d reduced in our
own country.
The CowBelles. this year, are
asking the Livestock Growers
Assoclalton to co-sponsor their
annual recognition "party- for
the Father of the Year. This is
a meat promotion scheme that
has been carried on for years,
timed with Father's Day. This
year a special event is being
planned and all livestock grow
r ir itkwl to DartielDate.
Since "Do-It Yourseir projects
are most popular, a "ix-u-iour-self"
barbecue will be held on
Jun 7. ThA barbecue will be
held at the Morrow County Fair
grounds and everyone is mviiea
to come bringing ineir own
tAVc or hsmbureer. french
hrsH aiad and table service.
"Coals will be built and ready
for families to barbecue their
own meat In case this should be
the day our drouth is broken,
arrangements have been made
for getting in out of the rain.
The date is Sunday. June 7. with
the festivities to start at 5:00
p.m. Morrow county's Father of
thi Ysr will be honored. Every
one is invited to come and take
part. Coffee, dessert, cups ana
punch will be furnisehd.
flora M Rood Morrow-Umatilla
coyote hunter, is listed with the
second high catch of coyotes for
th month of Anril in the Fish
and WiMHff. monthly Hunters
Catrh ronort- He is credited With
catching 72 coyotes during the
month. Only trapper exceeding
county witih 80. Fifty-five of the
coyotes were taKen in umauiia
county. 17 in Morrow county.
Jim Chetwood. Umatilla county
hunter, records 49 which COm
hin!! with Jerry's Catch should
slow down the coyotes in Uma-
. -m 7 m I M
tilla county, can Aicuaniei, mor
row county trapper showed a
total of 28 covotes and two bob
cats for the month.
Hot Cron Prospects
Fall Below Average
Hay supplies in Oregon are
nearly a fifth larger than a year
ago. However, carryover of 229,
000 tons on May 1 was slightly
below average.
Preliminary estimates show
ri
TOE NAIL CUPPING operation is performed
by John Dickson (left) and Ken Well, on lamb
that will be exhibited by Wells at the 18th an
nual Junior Livestock Show of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League at The Dalles June 7-10.
" are members of The Dalles high scno'
FFA chapter.
about 2.089,000 tons of hay were
used in Oregon during the past
...... Thla wac SDOUt 160.000
tons' more than the year before
and the average oi we previous
five years. Winter weather was
miliar hut snrinp was colder
mH ihor ir more cattle: so
more hav was required
New hav eroo DrosDects are
Doorer than they were a year
ago. and they are below aver-ace.
Mnv Morrow countv ranchers
" -j - - - - -
are concerned wim xne poiea
tlal hay yield this year on land
that generally is sud-utikb'cu
crrwl flood Irriea-
tlon is possible from intermittent
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streams. Mucn 01 mm nj
leld much less man normal
loids and be esDecially low
month. Only trapper exceeding mpa red to g00d year of
him was Robert Long of Malheur JT1"
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1963.
Extension Service Oba-rres
Fiftieth AnniTersaxT This Month
Earlier this month we com
mented on the 50th anniversary
of the Extension Service which
is being observed nationwide
this month. A brief history of
extension work and agents who
have served in Morrow county
since 1918 was discussed. We
promised more on this work at
a later date.
Teaching new prod u c 1 1 o n
methods to Oregon farmers has
been emphasized throughout the
history of the Oregon State Uni
versity cooperative xsiiension
Service since its start in 1911
almnct thrpo VPSrs before DBSS'
age of the Smith-Lever Act 50
years ago.
Whllo eorvirinp sericulture
with technical Information in all
facets of production, emphasis
is given to improving success
with those products of best
markot rvmmlu This is import
ant because about $200 million
or one-half the income from Ore-
eon agriculture depends on oui
of state sales. .
County agents, attacneo xo
land grant colleges and univer
sities, such as OSU, have been
in the forefront in teaching
fhsniroc to make prower oDer-
lations more efficient and to in
crease iarm income.
Demonstrations were the key
tone of early day extension
teaching In agriculture, and are
still used extensively today,
points out Gordon Hood, OSU
Extension Service assistant di
rector. Working with people on
a volunteer basis, extension of
fers education for action of an
informal and distinct nature.
Extension teaching has played
a major role in developing the
tremendous productivity of
Americah agriculture. But, like
atrripiiitnrA itself, exte n s 1 o n
teaching changes to meet new
demands and challenges, Hood
emphasized.
QnmA of thpu demands now
receiving attention from county
extension agents ana suDjeci
matter specialists include nat
ural resource development and
use. the shift to more intensive
cropping, range managem e n t
and improvement, saie ana eiiic
ient use of agricultural chem
icals, livestock production test
(nitr farm forpstrv and efficiency
of production and management.
extension s program in ne
ural resources is concerned with
aiding in the full development
of the state's water and land
resources for all beneficial uses,
including agriculture.
Interest from a growing pop
ulation in water for community
and recreational uses has created
a strong interest in water de
velopment Farming continues to
become more Intensified, with
the volume of small fruits and
vegetable crops grown and
processed Increasing. The total
industry is depending upon
water.
The trend In the Willamette
Valley carried important ec
onomic implications for the
whole business community. In
tensive crops, small fruits and
vegetables, add more to the
state's payroll because they re
autre more labor for production
and processing.
For instance, strawberries re
quire a payroll of $351 per acre:
Dole beans. $907 Dor acre, and
sweet corn, $199. Intensive crop
ping may also mean double
cropping and more growers are
looking to the cole crops to fit
into double cropping arrange
mpnts with Deas and early
planted bush beans.
Range management and Im
provement is another program
Alumni Group
Hears IFYE Talk
On Land of Tulips
Suzanne I-wlr. Oregon' 1KYE
to Holland in 12. described the
"Land of the tuhph u
men at the gathering of Alumni
Ext-ru.lon Advisory women at
tho home of Mrs. John t.ravea
on May 20.
The basic difference between
Oregon and Holland 1 that
eventhlng is so much smaller
there." Miss Lozler explained.
"Holland is one-sixth the sue
of Oregon, so farming is on a
much smaller scale. For Instance,
they don't often buy tractors,
since it's Impractical to have a
tractor for Just a 30 acre farm.
Miss Lozler lived with five
different families In Holland,
and was thus able to observe
a variety of farming methods,
religions and customs.
"They're so clean and neat
there." she remembered. "Once
a week they wash windows In
side and out. upstairs and
down."
Barns and house are gener
ally connected, she said, as a
space-saving device. "It s one of
the most densely populated
areas In the world." she said.
"There are f 910 persons pe'
square mile."
Commenting on the youth of
Holland, she said. "They're not
gone from the home as much
as ours. Family units do more
things together. They watch a
lot of television." she added.
Besides the appearance of Miss
Lozler. now home service director
of Taclflc Fower and Light Co.,
the former county committee
.i.r.H a "whit eleohant sale
for the "Lady Aberdeen Schol
arship" fund.
The Lady Aberdeen Scholar-
shiD is ACWWs (Associated
County Women of the World)
way of providing money to tech
niiiu nna!tftid women of
underprivileged ACWW counties
to study nutrition in a country
of their choice and return to
their homeland to give them
help. Morrow county's group
raised $26.70 for thla scholarship.
Larger CCC Sales Of Wheat Told
bv the
league.
for tno
May 1,
bunncU
I'.Htf tkl
F.xport
Br JOHN WELBES
Executive Vies Fre-ld-nt
Oregon Wheat Leayus
ImwI of Commodity Credit
Corporation w"'', 'i"'"' ,
first 11 "' 'Viimo
crop year totaled JO U
bushels compared with 17.1H1.H..
(XX) tit the corresponding perlMt
Ing to figures received
Mr....,wi wheat Crowera
Domestic wheat sale
IPttf-ti-l season through
VMVl totaled Tl.tl95.0iX
against 15.10ti.(XH In
......... .K A fir 1 1 L'ill Mkl.
v?t'"h..t Ihmuffh MaV
sales vi n ....-....--.--- -
1 were 229.4 19,(XX) bushels
against 158.712,0X) a year earlier.
The balance of wheat remain
In in the United States May
1 for milling, export, and carry,
over was down 22 from the
same date of last year. The tola
wheat remaining May 1 la placed
at 1,107.500.000 bushels as com
pared to l,4tti.:xuxx) a year ago
and the 1957-61 average for the
date of 1.429.700.000 bushels. In
addition It la entlmated that
90.000,000 bushels of wheat will
be used during the entire 19ti3-t4
crop year for feed. seed, and
industrial uses.
Basic terminal price support
loan rates for the 1904 wheat
crop were down 50e to 54c a
bushel from those In effect for
193 as announced by the De
partment of Agriculture. This la
ilio sharpest reduction In thn iU.
tory of the price support pro.
gram.The reduction in the term
inal loan ratea reflects the rut
tmtk lit the national average
loan for I'.Nil wheat to $t..To a
bushel from $1.82 In rffevt on
the I'.KKl crop.
In antiouiK-Ing the terminal
loan ratea and also county loun
rales, the iVpartment stressed
that under the 1904 wheat pro
grant, a producer staying with
in hi allotment can qualify tut
iirlee aupiort on the hauls of tiw
l.:w national average loan and
can earn certificates to bring
hltn one-third more Income for
his wheat If he haa signed up
to participate In the program.
Morrow County
CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY
Toe Nk ptuUaq May 22. 1964
I From Oregon Crop and
Livestock HeiKirtlng Service,
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture).
Summer fallow operations
complete, no moisture, no
weeds. Most fall barley head
ed out and looking good.
Spring grain alow bet-ause of
cold and dryness. Fall seeded
rye In boot stage. Winter
grains 73 85 percent In the
boot. Spring grains 73 100 per
cent emerged and In atooltng
stage. 1'astures are drying and
little grass U left on the
ranges Crop conditions look
the poorest tn the past 23 30
years.
that has great economic poten
tial for Oregon which, has ap
proximately 42 million acres of
grazing land, much of which will
respond to management and Im
provement programs.
Working along with range im
t irf the livestock Dro-
ductlon testing programs In beef,
dairy, swine ana sneep.
Spray By GAR AVIATION
Weed
Spraying
Fertilizing
Dusting
Seeding
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