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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1964)
1- KXrrNCI CAXtTTt 'nMta. This4Y. Its II, IM4 . r-m or waul oft we. EMM NEWS County Agent's Office Tax Research Man To Speak At Meet Mr H. C ANDCB50N rians were made Ihla pM WMk by the executive comma tee of the Morrow Count Wheat Grower for their annual prtn meetine which will be rwui at the Lesington Grange Halt on Monday evenine, June 23. TMs annual event nas been or much Interest to our people each year hut thia year the troup reels It will have a more slfnlfkant meaning. They have been real fortunate in aecurtrur ueorce Annaia. roan a err of Oregon Tax Research. who will discuss the Oreson ta structure with those who attend. For aome who have heard Mr. Annaia talk, they would not mUa thla opportunity to hear Mm acaln. For those who have not. thla will be a real treat Mr. Annaia. a pact state lerl. lator and farmer In the Hood River area, does an excellent Job In discussing taxes so that everyone can understand what he is saying. In addition to ex plaining the Oregon tax struc ture, he will visit about pro posed methods of taxing, farm re-appraisal and farm land values. Committee chairmen will make brief committee re porta on activities and progress on many projects of the Oregon Wheal Growers League. The 1964 Conservation Man of the Year will be presented and colored slides of his operation shown, The meeting Is scheduled for Monday evening. June 22, at the Lexington Grange lull, beslnn Ing at 8 00 p.m. We know you will want to mark down this Important meeting on your cal endar now. We iu have more Information on the meeting next week's paper. a ride nnify this in Stat SC rUH Day Te Be t Storte Ranch Conservation minded farmers will want to attend the State soil Cbnaenration Man of the Year Field Day on Thursday. June IS. This will be held on the John Storte ranch. 1963 state winner, near Pendleton. The ranch Is reached by going 54 miles toward La Grande on U. 3. Highway 30 from the Umatilla County Courthouse, turning right at the weighing station, proceed Ing 3 miles south on paved road then 1 miles east. The road will be marked. Program will be gin at 10:30 and will end at 3:3a Conservation practices that will be seen during the day are ubble mulch, contour seeding, terraces, and grass waterways. Several cars are going from Morrow county. IX you have some Spray By GAR AVIATION Weed Spraying Fertilizing Dusting Seeding YEAR-AROUND SERVICE T Arm in - Mel WIHLON and BOYER Lexington, Or. Lexington Airport Phone 983-1422 S pterin Mixture Bseommaeded t o rcncniea. Kftapwd Coatr! We have had several callers at the office ituring the past wet'k akklng ft rmvwnmt-tira tUms 'or the contrvl of branch ing knapweed. This reminded us that It m as that time of the year and that there should be many foncernrd with control of this weed which has spread rapidly throughout the county. Many new iniestatUma were found Ut year, brought on evidentaily with the good moisture and grow. Ing conditions. Branching knapweed la best controlled by spraying with 3 pounds of 2. 4 1) eater when In the esrly bud stage which la generally reacheU about thla time. The 3 pounda acid could be well supplied by l gallon of 6 pound butyl ester. If you are Ufcing a hand gun for spot treat ment. mis with 100 gallons of water and be sure that all fol iage la wet When spraying by boom, mix thia amount of 2, 4 1) In at least 10 gallona of water per acre. mal production of the f--U ,ln b iea the dieted acice Substitution F revision Bla Considered for IMS So that summer fallow oper ations for next year's crop may take place promptly, the U. b. Department of Agriculture has announced that substitution be tween w'aeat and reed grains will be authorized In the IMS urograms. Agricultural legisla tive makes provision for this substitution in the lM-oa pro grsms. but It could not be put into effect for 1964 because of ih time element involved. Reason for the substitution ol wheat and feed grains for into Is to permit greater flexibility In farm operations. Substitut on will apply on in dividual farms only if the farm has both a feed grain base and wheat allotment rroducers will need to meet at least the minimum diversion for dow wheat and feed grains In order to utilize the substitution pro vision. . Wheat marketing ceniiicairs will be issued to program coop-rfi-ir in a manner similar to this year's crop on the smaller of: 1 the normal production oi th acres re allotment, mum nlivt hv the domestic and ex port allocation percentages to be announced at a later date by the secretary, or (2) the wneai acre pi- nlanted for harvest multl plied by the normal yield. The number of certificates allocated to a farm will not be increasea bianco of the substitution of heat for feed grains. For wheat producers In com uHrh nroeram reaulre merits, the total proaucuun t u-hoat will be eligible for price support loans even though the wheat acreage is in heat allotment because oi ine substitution provisions. rcoH rrs in nroduction of pro- TT-m mnrvprators will be eligible for price support loans when such AKim nr irown in place of wheat. If price support payments are authorized as a pan of the 1965 Feed Grain Program and feed grains are substituted for wheat, the price support pay ments will be limited to the nor- FORD'S TIRE SERVICE 6TH ANNUAL Caeaereottea Tour Members IrtWaUoM practice l Actual The 20 Intended l- fMin uhtf attended the annual tvi.wiva tlon and tetter firming ta tue tour on Itldav f itemed to enK'V the dV as us ual. It was an opi-tunity manv In rt ul and see What other raifchers are doing, to with their neighbor and to see how the crop are Kmking in another community. Each '",r there are ram-hcrs who tell us that thla Is the rrst time mrjr have ever been In particular part of the county even though thev have lived In the county all their life. While the group was small Friday, they all seem ed to b enjoin the tour. This year's tur centered more on Irrigation practices man any such tours of the past. We had a good look at the results of land leveling on the now am v land. John llanna. Charlie NUm gle am! Randall Martin farms on lllnton Creek, airaua seeu tne were looklne real good. Kan dall Martin'a lm.4 land leveling protect with dams. provlJes quite a few new acre to go into a If slfa nroduction lor anomer year. Bon and Tom Currln. Billy Healy, rat OBrlen and Charlie Dalv explained tneir leveling, seeding and alfalfa production program. Channel change to make the larger fields and less waste acres are quite popular on this area with much of this nracttce helnir carried out in the past and a lot more projee ted for the future. Ron and Tom Currln are clearing and shsping up several new fields on the old Marlon Flnrh ranch which they purch ased about a vear ago. On this ranch we saw the results of last Monday evening's hail storm which was hard to believe. Al falfa which reached above the knees or Monday afternoon. Is beat Into the ground with noth ing left for salvage. Rabbit brush and grass on the range-land looks as if band of several thousand sheeD had gone through recently, as Ron Currln explained. Everyone was Interested In a new irrigation dam at tne Charlie Daly ranch. On Fritz Cutsforth ranch we saw border and sprinkler irrigation set-ups with concrete turnout dams and from the amount of pasture he is providing, it looks like this Irrigation system was well worth the money spent As a result of this development, Fritz has been able to increase his cow herd from 90 to 170 pairs The hlchllght stop of the dav Wheal Growers' Conservation Man Field Day Slaled The Oteg.m Wheat ;f;.rt league will hold Its annual Nil iVi.-Tvaium Man Held dav on Thur.l4V. Jul at the John Me nh ' I'endUtoik Neaily one hundred wheal farmers ate cpevtrd to attend the all dav ert. at well a rrpreaenlamea of the re. radio and TV throughout t aiate. the program will m mence at 10.) lm. Slorie, who operates a TTuV sere wheat ranch Mated 13 was at the Kenneth Turner ranch to see what Kenneth had done to earn htm I'M ..""'j "I'nntb-rvatinn Man of the Year. We were rovally greeted and got to try out Kenny ami Jean Ann s new basement remivlel ). where we had lunrh. Kens mother, his ster. Jean, and uncle Frank were all there to be honored as a prt In the new title that Kenny deserved. We heard about the old history of the Turner farm that was homesteaded In 14 by Ken neth's grest grandfather and Frank told us things that many of us younger people were In terested to hear. Kenneth gave us a fine demonstration after lunch when he caught a 12' rainbow trout from his farm pond which la used not only to rale trout, but to irrigate a sizeable acreage of alfalfa for hay for the ot head of cows kept on the rsnch. Touring the Cohn place In upper sanunouow, we gi see strio croppinc. siuumi- mukh and some new diversion ditches which combined, protect this place from water enwion.! There are several miies vi r-, tabllshcd diversion ditches on the Turner ranch. As we approached the lonn; place. It appeared that we mleht have a good demonstra-! tlon of the diversion ditches as storm developed at about the : same time. Tne new oiunea were running a small amount ; of water, however, and we kidded Kenneth about arranging fr j this demonstration. Had they been located a few miles down Blackhorse Canyon, they would have been given a real test as i we found water, mud, rocks and debris coming out of most every side canyon from the top of Blackhorse to Lexington As many said when we re turned home in the afternoon, "this was the best tour yet as we got to see conservation prac tices In use as well as getting to see it rain." miles au1hcat f IVndMon, won the I'inalllU county award for his conservation practices last summer, and was naiited i t.iiesHn Man f the Year for nJ at the annual meeting of the Wheat league In IHvrtnr.rr After Insisting lh ranch h. s.liuften and meeting their host and his family. Field Hay uut.irs will hear an Introdue. tlon by Royal Raymond, county program chairman, Mlowed by a welcttntlng addrcM and etplan stlon of his ranch operations by S'ile. The morning program will conclude with an oen air lunch on the headquarters grounds. The main Seaker for the day will be Gene M. Lear, associate director of Oregon Mata Univer sity E tension Service, who will review his agency's current ac tivities In agricultural research. Conservation techniques and crop Improvement methods. Following Lear'a address, Ed win II. Miller will explain the rules and factors governing the selection of the statewide win-1 rur of the annual farm nun petition. Miller Is the (hslrman of the Wheat leagua'a Man of the Year .Selection Committee, Maerew Ceuaty CROr WtATIir.lt SUMMARY Fee the week endlaq uM (Compiled by the Ot-hi Crep and Llveatoctt Reuott. sevTtce, V. ft. DepL f At twllurvl, Altai ls hay la betoa evil and rea4 la nsoay rnaoa thieuqh aut the rountf. 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