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SOIL CONSERVATION was th tubjd ! tfc Uf at th anaual Oroa Wbat Cmtn Uifu
nld Dot. bld Uat wlt ol U Stori Itraach ar rad.ittm. H boat ranch w, wtM waa
oonM UNwrmM Noa of tu Tor la IKI JU crt th coetrol hij tractor. With Storto
firoca ion) cottMrrotsoct ctwrnittM Chatomoa Tod MOlor. UnxitUla cwuaty xtaloa njnt Vic
jocmaoM. wnm nwiiMi Mutoa Moraoa, Mr. Slorl. Cb M. Loot, aaooclato cUtMtor
of too OS U brtoaotoct MTiNk ad Robert CreoawvU. praidat cl tb Umatilla County Wboat
Labor Saving Machines
Help Hay Operations
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ralher than th .rtlucrr 4 af.jlhf rl.u iwirthifattiMt tur1n I h,.r fr a, Vr.eum
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. . i i - . i i... uiuav va a a ni'rit iu-ffta law .
to -m. crlu,t of TSPA a.tlv-: r.F ."i' V .' ".T.'l . "",laH allh Mr. in.l M . iJ. i.
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Idea aha talk am! ani aa If A"" M';
Field Day Draws
Wheat Ranchers
Ovt one hundred Eastern land yield, and taid they have
On con wheat fanners attended traruTormeu the American farm
the Oregon Wheat Crowe rallrr eronomy.
Leacue's annual Soli ronaerva.l Kollowln Lear'a address.
tion Man of the Year Field Day I Wests boarded farm vehicles
on Thursday (June 18). thl year land were conducted on a tour
held at the John Storie Ranch I of the Siorle farmland. At each
outside Pendleton. of the fteeral areas selected for
Morte was selected as tre out. I inspection. Storie and Umatilla
standing wheat erower In lC3jtountv Lx tension Acent Vic
for his successful land conser Johnson described the conserva
VBtton Improvements and prac- tion Improvements and method
l lets. He Is the sixteen, state that have contributed to the sue-award-winner
to be honored cessful opera' Ion. These Include
since the Wheat Learue Initiated I contour seed Inc. extensive ter
the contest In 1WS. J racing and a complex of sod
L'oval Raymond. Umatilla I waterways to ixevent soil
county chairman of the commit- erosion. The farm operator ob-
te which selected the 2900-acre served that his wheat yield av-
Storie Ranch for the conservation erases 45 bushels to the acre,
troiihv, greeted the assembled in addition to gratifin; returns
crcvers and news medl tep- on acreage devoted to dry peas
reseitiatives and reviewed me and Parley.
history and sigt.uuance of the
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annual award. He described the
techniques and land improve
ments that won Storie top honors
In 1CK3.
Expressing appreciation for
his sekction. Storie gave & brief
history of his wheat sprea J,
which was foundel by his
grandfather in 1008 on land
leaded on the Umati!l.i In'lian
Reservation. The preic'iit owner
took over the r Deration In 19jO.
Storie explained that all of
Irs wheat land is still leased
from Indian tribal members, and
that all leases a.e limited by
frdciai regulations to four-year
renewable terms. Well over one
huiiured separate leases are in
volved, he siicl
Although those attending the
farr.j tour were forced to enjoy
ij;eir bullet luncheon in the larm
equipment storage shed to es
cape the steady drizzle that
marked the all-day alfair, not
a complaint was uttered. The
wheat growers were happy to
contemplate the cloudy skies,
whose presence durini' the past
two weeks has terminated one
of tne most seve.e Eastern Ore
gon droughts in man years.
Main speaker cf the day was
Gene M. Lear, asswc a'e directoi
of the Oregon State University
Extension service. He reviewed
the remarkable technological
strides that have been made in
agricultural growing methods
Two 4-H Clubs Meet
The Country Cutters 4-H club
met at the parish hall of Valby
t-uineran cnurcn to have a joint
meeting, with the Ruralettes on
Tuesday, June 9. Each of the
members gave the demonstra
tion that he will give at the
fair. Refreshments were served
by each club. Next meeting will
be held at the home of Sandra
Carlson.
Kristine Peterson, reporter
Morrow County
CBOP-WEATHEB SUMMARY
Tor weak ending J una 23
(From Oraooa Croo and
Lhrestock Reporting Samoa.
U. S. Deportment of AttIcuI-
tor).
Crass sllaga popular this
To7. Much bar down cmd
waiting for drrina weather.
Recent rain hay caused weed
growth, resulttncr in rod weed-
ina now in Droaress. All Drains
hare improved in an amaiing
manner from recent rain,
Tie Ida hare been doubled from
Juno 1 potential in many
areas. Continuous rain this
week is welcome. Whil rains
helped crops considerably' pas
tures and ranges in lower ele
vations were past being help
ed. Some har being fed. Ex
cellent general rains this week
have Improved all crop con
ditions. Rains which assured
a crop encouraged many grow
ers to clean wheat fields from
volunteer rye.
Irvin Mann Named
P. I. Vice President
MAIN SPEAKER at the Oregon
Wheat Growers League s Con
serration Man of the Tear
Field Dot last weak was Can
M. Loot, associate director of
the OSrj Extension Service,
Lear predicted that population
growth will present the 1 arm
ing lndustrr with new chal
lenges. He addrasaod a group
of about 100 wheat growers at
the John Storie Ranch Dear
Pendleton.
poor quality hay caud by these
ralna. Of cuurte. mat of them
are setting as much benefit as
anyone ebve.
A tr Id throw fh the haylrur
country this year will reveal that
there is a constant improvement
In haylna methods. This is aear
Iv felt bv hlch school and col
lege bova who have been able
to find haying Jobs waiting lor
them.
Last spring I commented on
the revolutionized hav making
at the Krcbs ranch near Cecil
where hay is hardly touched bv
human hands In any state. They
swath, bale, pick up and stack
with harro-bed. pellet and feed
with power osgers through self
feeders. This procedure Is catch
ing hold with several new
owners of this tvne of equip
ment this year. The harro-bed
automatically picks up bales In
the field, stacks them on the
carrier where the hav then Is
transported to the hay stack by
merely pushing a few levers.
The equipment Is on the road
In a few minutes and back to the
field for another load.
llr...n '
aid to farmers accounted for an Mr. and Ma lu-n J,k, .j
enatbiv nun perwntaKe w i 7: . ' ' Minif ( rek were M.llura at IK-
al Federal outlay. F . ":.? ; l.'. ' IIuskhi Ualey honn. I rtdav a t
I .IIIlir'IIl. lirmin .mi u . . ..... . - -
toreera cat ... ... . -v.u,. ..i Mr ami Mrs. Ijrm UutAn-mi
on a n rragrom n k . . I hae nuived to the mourdalna
4 il
Chooalag
Atteatioa
Twenty four
School delec
county returnee
eronea. Let
Summar
tl,Ua.r1h. .Nonda Claik. Hubv V ' Tr " ""'
jur. ami ir utiiana i'aviaton
and irlrla of lloUandale. I'lorMa,
irned aith the chap- y u,Mk,, .sieve vmj.-hn.
.nard Munker. d'int, K Af1ltpr. k,.,.ner;
Iitrktau'iwth. lant Sat. s .. . . . .
Mr Jim Mt.wv1..rfh lal Sal.i""u 1. . n" ' 7 ..1 J ' i lkitr.t her fulka Mr k
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urdav afternoon tired. but ?!:.-,.,. and Mike Fart low. Hutm laley. for a few dav
boardman.
and
UTna
Mr. anl Mrs. Blaine Chat I
went to IVndlrtort Tueaday on
bualneaa
yir. Arlena Wllhelm. Ikmna
and Tunirv of Imbler, and Mr
family of
h Mr. and
Thurwlay.
happy. New friends were made
and new experiences gained.
Th.a attendmg artlclr.tl In Mrd C((U. Develop
Vnwr .nT chU Ven ble f ' '
which supplementisi a Tck- fuiivprfMiaed bv a tdant breeler ' Wettv Wllrielm and
long schedule of cl , -"TtSatl .1 W.JlI. XtLllZ"
Special attention was given lYr-liminarv rraulta of thla hv. i " ''' loiiina
this year to rareer exploration t.rifl crtvw In.llcate that the hv- .
In the program. Oregon Mate hrtA rraa haa vIbot and leaf! Nerd acratch pada? Urt them
University preldent. James Jen- vf 4uaikgrak. but retalna at the Gazette-flmea.
ten In his message to the dele, .h- rfrtiuuhi rritanc-. and t-rt-
gates xlnted out that "partlci. ,rr ., quality of tetel
patlng in 4 11 Summer School' tth.er.a. There are atill
programs provide an unusual j many breeding problems, how
opiortunltv for members to rvc, Whlch prevent the Immed-
have a most Interesting series
of experiences that may Influ
ence careers." The University Is
Interested In helping young
young people In helping them
selves. This is why we have a
i II education program In each
county In Oregon. There were
While there might be others ?"" 'A. V.. .JT:Z
late practical ue of this new
hybrid. The hybrid haa few fer
tile seed and the progeny of
the hvbrld may or may not be
similar to the arent grata.
The experimentally reoroduc
ed hybrlU have rharacterUtica
that are deMrable for a range
grata. Tne hybrid pianta are
Is handling his hay this way
at present and Dick Wilkinson.
Heopner. has a new harro bed.
as does Kennv Cut .-.forth. These
are not the only type of labor-1
li-afi,T than rmtM uhrilcnu.
sented by authoritl.'s In the j have mildly spreading rharac-
field
Morrow county 4 II club mem
bers. like the rest of the ap
proximately 1MHJ young men
Irvin L. Mann, Stanfield cattle
feeder, was elected as vice-presi
dent of Pacific International group's executive board also
I i t -lC-T-V-.Lr TJ,V -rw i t a r ! en-n .11 1 . ....
wi.toiuv.iv Aaiuvji ai a. intriri- cave fluuui enaorsemeni 10 me
Lambs to Promote
Farmer Program
At Party Conclave
Paul Youngman of McMinn-
ville and Al Lamb of Heppner
have been delegated by the ex
ecutive board of the Oregon
Washington Farmers Union to
promote the organization's farm
program at the Republican and
Democratic national conven
tions.
The farm group's executive
board, made up of regional rep
resentatives from all parts of
Oregon and Washington, met In
an all-day session Sunday at the
Mallory Hotel in Portland.
Youngman, a member of the
executive board from Yamhill
county, Is being sent to the Re
publican convention in San
Francisco. Lamb, mayor of Hepp
ner and campaign manager for
Congressman Ullman for the
past six years, is a Farmers
Union executive board member
from the central Oregon area.
Already an elected delegate to
the Democratic national conven
tion, Lamb will work for In
elusion of the Farmers Union
program in his party's national
program.
The Pacific Northwest farm
aavin having machinery and women attending mis irtri
we have discussed In this col
trrtatlcs. and make a very ac
ceptable forage.
Through plant breeding tech
niques, the researchers are at
tempting to overcome the seed
umn the farm hand equipment
which takes much of trie labor
out of making hay. We predict
that there will be little hand
labor In haying In the years to
come.
Leaf Rust Has 'Explosion'
Stripe leaf rust In many parts,
of the Columbia Basin practlc- j
ally exploded this past week.
This "explosion" was caused by j
the cool, damp weather with :
some warm days. While most !
of our readings were around 10
spores per spore trap during the
past weeks, recently readings'
Jumped to over 1.000 spores at t
these stations, mis snows mat
the rust is prevalent if condit
ions are right. Some late crops
could be injured yet. but most
crops are beyond the damaging
stage at this time.
annual H Summer School, I aterlty and one trying to con
stayed In Oregon State Univer- j trol genetic combinations.
Wi'ri your loci! supplier for
TYLAN'200
the NEW
Antibiotic for
beef cattle
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Ing in Portland early this month
Mann owns and operates Beef
City, Oregon's first major cattle
reeding operation.
Herbert Chandler, Eakcr, a
veteran purebred Hereford bred
er, and John McGregor, a cattle
fcedtr from Hooper, Wn , were
also elected to vice-president po
sitions.
" Thomas J. Kerr, grain dealer
of Portland, resigned his office
of president and was replaced
by Hillsboro horse breeder.
James Brown. Kerr became
chairman of the board, replacing
fcrvie Williams, who is deceased
initiative measure being pushed
by the Oregon AFL-CIO for
sweeping changes in the state
industrial accident compensa
tion law.
Range Feed Lowest Since '39
As of June 1 Oregon range
feed condition was the lowest
June 1 condition since 1939, ac
cording to the Crop and Live
stock Reporting Service. The rat
In sr given to Oregon was fair
compared to poor for the Col
umbia Basin. Oregon was not
alone In these low range con
ditions as many of the Western
States were subjected to hot, dry
windy weather until late May
when many areas received rain
fall over the Memorial Day
week-end. In some cases, tne
rain Improved range conditions,
this being especially true in
North and South Dakota, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Kansas and
Colorado.
TYPING PAPER, Mimeograph
paper and other office sup
Plies for sale at the Gazette
Agriculture Aid Low
Only 4c of every dollar to be
spent by Uncle Sam in the com-
Incr fiscal vear will BO for Dept.
of Agricultural programs. And
that 4c includes a healthy out
lay for programs aimed prlmar-
HEPPNER FORD IS THEIR FRIEND FOR
SERVICING and OVERHAULING
HARVEST TRUCK:
AND PICKUPS
In Memoriam
To John Doe
Who lost his grain crop
In a fire and was not in
sured for the loss. He
would be much happier
now. if he had taken five
minutes to come in or
call C. A. Ruggles In
surance Agency at 676-9625.
Our Sincere Appreciation
To All Those Who
Contributed To The
JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW
of the
OREGON WHEATGROWERS
LEAGUE
held at
The Dalles
Including These Buyers of Livestock
at the Auction Sale:
Bank of Eastern Oregon, Heppner
O Don Greenup, Heppner
Ekstrom Farm Chemicals, lone
O Morrow County Grain Growers,
Lexington
Thanks to such fine support, prices this year ranged well
above market.
MID-COLUMBIA LIVESTOCK SHOW ASS'N.
Elmer Lierman, Sec'y-Treas. and Show General Mgr.
Delany Schanno, president Paul Walden, vice-president
Our Friendly Advice Is:
Be Ready For Harvest With Trouble-Free
Equipment. Bring Your Rigs In Now To
Be Sure They Are Ready To Go. Don't Be
Hampered By Breakdowns and Mechani
cal Troubles.
Wc Have The Equipment To Do YOUR Job Right.
Factory-Trained Mechanics Will Put Your Trucks
In Tip-Top Shape
IHlE
We Trust Our Future To Our Friends
PPNER FO
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124 N. Main
Heppner
Ph. 676-9152