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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1965)
ntrtntn gazette County Agent'i Office 0 Br N. C. ANDERSON Manv Inqulrie have com to the office relative to claiming raxualty lossx-a and income ta deduction at a result of flood da mace. There seems to b some difference of opinion on ta de duction for Ks of soil bv rroa Ion. Thi U worth looking Into even thouch there Is nothing peIJeJ out definitely In Farmer Tax Guide. We have ordered a aupply of Internal Revenue Service Docu ment No. 5174 which explains In detail what types of casualty looses are deductible and how they should t reported. We do not expect these for a few days. Individual can order or puk them up from the nearest Inter nal Revenue Service office. In the meantime, there are several Items that you should be aware of. Since you must be able trt nrove that vou actually sus tatned a loss and the amount of such lass which is aeducuoie. you need be prepared to show a number of items. These are out lined quite specifically in the Farmers Tax Guide on pace 51. If you have not picked up your copy, we have a limited number at our office. . J Because of this flood damape special "help" programs are a vailable In order to substantiate our claim for such help It is necessary that we have definite Information from every one who was affected. Most helpful, I be lieve, will be ACP funds which will help to restore conserva tion practices which might have been effected that might Include relevellne land, cleaning out ditches, rrepairlng dams and di versions, reshaping fields, seed ing grass waterways, to mention only a few. All ranchers should have re ceived by now a flood damage survey which Is very important if we are to establish a need. In addition to these ACP funds, there are disaster loans and other programs which can assist with repairing damage and es tablishing practices which will alleviate such damage in the future. We hope everyone will be prompt in making his report as quickly as possible. Month's Rainfall Exceeds Previous 10-Month Period. It fc infprpstintr a nrpcinita. tion records come in from outly Ine areas in the count v the a mount of moisture which fell this month. It can be easily seen why flood conditions prevailed. For instance, many areas are reporting more rainfall in the month of December than fell in a 10-month period between Jan uary 1 and November 1, 1964. At tne Kennetn smouse rancn in the north lone area, for instance, precipitation for the 10-month period was 4.27; for the month of December 4.30 inches. Over one half of th.s or 2.27, fell in a 6-day period just before Christ mas. It is further interesting to note that the weekly probabilities of nrivinitntirm fnr the Hpnnnpr station for a period of the past 35 . i .1 i 1 nr years snow mere is oniy oyo chance of it raining more than an inch during the week that over two inches fell. Over the same period, the average for the week of December 20 - 26 was J29 and a total monthly average slightly over 1.50 inches. Cattle Exhibits Amaze Italians Fifty U.S. feeder cattle captur ed the attention of some 4,000 Italian visitors per hour who visited the U.S. Agricultural ex hibit at the levant Fair in BarL DON'T CAUGHT With Your F O G DOVH 'Warp's FLEX-0-6USS, that Is. Cover all openings NOW (doors, windows, porches) that let in cold winter drafts. Just cut Warp's FLEX-O-CLASS with shears, tack over screens or frames for low-cost winter protection. Warp's gennine, crystal-clear FLEX-O-CLASS lasts for years at a fraction the cost of glass. Only 90 a square yard at your local hard ware or lumber dealer. ftep -times. Thursday. lmgT t. iu mma news (III 0 O H m. - - - - deeded Italv. late thli fall. Thli proved to te one or ine i'ikktm cjr poppers" In the exhibit. On vouth day at the fair. Here font and Angus calves, a Joint donation of the U.S. Feed Grain I an.t the Porelcn Afrlcul- ture Service. rre presented to Italian j r ciuo wnicn miv mil iar to U.S. 4 II clubs. Winter Sdina U Uraed Bior Middle ol February w AnntiniiA trt reeHve Innulres for recommendation in seeding wheat at tni time oi year, in view of the shortage of spring heat iml, It would be our rec ommendation that even-one who ha not completed his fall seed ing or feel that he must reseed due to eroftion or other winter damage, should seed winter wheat before February 15. Merrill Oveson. superintendent, Poniiii-ton branch experiment station, indicaed that In a meet in f at the Orecon Wheat Grow- ers League in La Grande early In December that his experience had shown winter wheat seeded tufYtn F.hmnrv 15 would do well and outyleld spring varl- ties in most cases. While Morrow county is for- tunate In having a food supply of serine wheat, we are sure that there win not oe enougn to an amunrf If larce rx-rcentaee of the fall seeded acreage is to be reseed ed. There does not seem to be any indication that one fall variety is better than another fnr late seedinir so we would suggest that you seed the variety or your choice, we wouia suggest that you be careful about seed ins fall varieties of wheat and barley after February 15, how ever. Crop Insurance in 1964 Reaches Multi-Million Mark Nearlv X.VSO million in farm crop production Investments were protected by federal trop insur ance in 19b4. This protection is the highest In the 26-year his torv in the Federal Ctod Insur- nee Corporation. Nearly 450,000 crops on 14.7 milion acres were insured against production cost losses from natural hazards. An estimated 60.000 farmers will share FCIC payments which are expected to top ju.iaaj,uuu. Federal Crop Insurance protected farmers in 1,187 counties in 36 states during 1964. Federal Crop Insurance is a voluntary, sell- help service offering the farmer protection or nis crop against loss from all natural hazards to most of the 23 crops in which the insurance is available. Study Shows Wide Range in Fallow Costs The first segment of the two year grain management study has been completed. The growers cooperating in this study will continue in 1965 with detailed record keeping through the wheat production year on this same fallow land. The study summarized for the fallow operations show that costs varied from S9.67 per acre to $18.39 per acre. This study in volved ranchers in most conu munities in the county with iai low acreages ranging from 342 acres to 3,522 acres. The study broke down costs by item of expense wnicn inciuaea all operations and implements with a seperate cost .per iannoi each type of these tilage imple 'the tractor P further broken iurtner oionen ments including tne tractor Items were tss sax safa land charge. A copy or tne iauow ooilahla it this summarv is available at this office for those who mignt De in terested. Winter Wheat Planting Data Listed by OSU Winter uhoar ran he seeded, or reseeded, in the Columbia Basin as late as February l with no appreciable loss in yields, ac fnrHinor in Nnrman Goetze. ex tension farm crops specialist at uregon fatate university. In the Columbia Basin, some winter damage may have occur ed in snow bare areas, making reseeding necessary. Planting of winter varieties made before rohniarw 1 iidiallv tin aa well as those made in November and De cember, says Goetz. After Feb ruary 1, yields begin to drop. . . i 1 1 . . if.ii .i in xne wniameie vaiiey, uits fall varieties, Gaines and Dru champ, can be planted until February 15, and will generally make yields comparable to the same varieties planted in late November and December. Yields may not be as high as those from October or early November plant ings, but the late-planted Gaines or Druchamp will still outyleld spring wheat in Western Oregon, Goetze added. If spotty winter damage has occured. overseeding of addition al wheat with a minimum of dis turbance to the seedbed is ad visabe. Goetze savs. instead of a complete tillage. Overseeding rtnesn't destrov the surviving seedlings and doesn't provide an i Meat Industry Reports Planned At Coming Meet The campus will move to the country February 6 when Oregon State university agricultural trlcntUta combine a round no of research result from three branch experiment stations with reports from meat Industry rep resentatives. The all day program is aimed at giving Faster Oregon produc ers up-to-date iniormauon on breeding, feeding and marketing livestock. .-heiiile.l at Pendleton high school, the program will feature report of research result from the I'nlon and Hermtston Branch Fxperlment Stations, and the Blue Mountain feedyard. Accord in.. i. J i' Miller, head of the OSU Department of Animal Sci ence, the morning program win be split Into three section for producers of beer, sheep ana gtnc, -rh fwwr section will Include discussion bv OSU Experiment ttl.in rwrumnel on COW herd management, effect of wintering i... rr r.wwtiir steer raives on their sub-sequent feedlot perfor mance, production ana meai -hra-t.ri.tica of bulls, steers and heifers, and the use of wheat In beef cattle rations. Growers attending the sheep section will hear a report on gross Miiirn fmm sheen enterprises. growth and carcass characters- lies of different lamos. control oi internal parasites, and a discus- ion of least cost I aliening rations. The swine section win ocai ith facilities, manacement and equipment for efficient manure removal, limited leeuing. inuu ence of size of pigs on perfor mance and carcas merit, and prevention and treatment of post partum Infection in sows. Cecil Hellbush of Denver, head of the meats division for Safe way Stores, will be the principal speaker In the afternoon. He will tell stockmen what the consum er wants and how the livestock producer con best satisfy con ...mar Homand. Feed CTain freight rate problems will be dis cussed bv.Jim Hill manager oi the Pendleton Grain Growers. Hill Is also a member of the Ore gon reeastuiis iranjiiuv Committee Fenaieton nesi-ann Round-up The afternoon session will also .....Ma on nnnnrtun V lor a cow-calf operator, feeder packer and retailer to present their r the needs and future of the meat industry. Consumer preferences, meat merchandising, and the problems of the produc er, feeder, meat pacer u chain-store merchant will be con sidered. . . .. . It is hoped. Miller said, mat v. DinHlatnn Rivarrh Round up will become an annual event and do ror taster uregon pro ducers what the annual livestock field days held on the OSU cam dus do for Western Oregon live stock men. The research round-up will be co-sponsored by the OSU Agri cultural Fvnerimpnt Station. Co operative Extension Service, and producer uikuu.iih; iuiiwift ha nraonn Ca tMpmpn's OSSOCia- tion. Umatilla County Cattlemen's association, union county Live stock association, Morrow County Livestock association, and the Oregon ' Wool Growers associa tion. Angus Association Names Bob Harris Rsthhto Harris 15. Hennner. has Kaon granted a iunior member ship in the American Angus as sociation at St. josepn wo., an nounces Glen Bratcner, secretary. TVite now iunior membershiD . rf A at reEruiar mem. -i. ... ges of the association until the f 21- At that time unior , niKia mnvuri - ass- bereh in xSODDie V Rnhhio n one nf 197 vounff receive Junior memberships last montn opportunity for germination of a second crop or weea seeas. If wheat clantines have been winter damaged, but spacing is not too far apart, additional tin ering will help make up for some of the loss of plants, according to Goetze. The yield reduction will not be as great as the re duction in stand. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hoes Tuesday rattle Wed.. Thurs. Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hennlston. Oregon Ph. 567-6651 On Harm 1st on- Mdfarr Hiqhwery JWBjK. I Of Charge KsyTTJ I 1 Heppner, ,7C5gssi7"" Lexington Chat! With Your Home Agent Packaging Aid to Meat Cookery IT DONNA GEORGE knn in the time It takes to cook the eircs! That's hat you can have with a new tanned bacon now available in some mwrmarketa. It thre meat nackers allrlnB nartiallv frvlnff. and canning pawn to mine a time saving product that should go V . wn . r. - .... . - ' - - . Since It neels no refrigeration. It can also oe a popular ronvrn lence fol for picnics and vaca t i.t miik i n it The process ror matting mis new product was acveioiKsi oy Industn. using results of re search bv the U. S. Department of Agriculture. t anned bacon was usea in milltarv ratlitna dtirtnir World War 11 but the salty flavor of hcavv eurlntr made the product Ulstasiciui 10 souuera. After the war. USDA scientists Inwstlgated the ioslbillty of rnnnlnir militlv rtirrxt hacon. Hv partially dehydrating the bacon Dciore canning, tney were aoie to cut down on the amount ol nAAiliut .-t mt th :ime time have enough present to prevent growth or tne spoilage nacteria. In the Industry process, the de hydration is accomplished by the prefrying. Make Decision en Tacts "But All The Other Kids Are Doing It." For vou parents who are confronted with this phrase, here's a tip from Mrs. Roberta Frasler. extension fam ily life specialist at OSU. Ask around and encourage your youngster to find out "who" is doing it Usually "everybody" or "all the kids" means only one or two. Chances are this is more effective than saying. "I don't rare ahnut everybody else you're my child and you can't do it." Get the facts of the situation. What are the advantages and disadvantages? Of course, it's imnnrtanf to consider What others are doing. Children want to be like others but it's also Important to learn to evaluate on the basis of facts. Zero Cold is Needed For Quality Froien Foods Outdoor Freezer? When the cold weather came before Christ mas, some of you wondered if you needed freezers when It seemed the food could Just be stored in a snowdrift! Zero degrees Farenheit Is need ed for top quality frozen foods, explains Virginia Weiser, exten Process sion nutrition speclalM at Ore eon Ftnte University. The lower the storage temperature, the bc. ter the quality will be. Quality will be maintained longer. The food may be kept longer. Changes take place while food Is froien. Foods may It' color, flavor, and characteristic tex ture. Storage temperature greatly Influences the rate of change. For example. Miss Wrlser points out that changes In color ami flavor of straw Urrles are about the same after 1 year at ero de grees, 2 months at 10 degrees, or 10 days at 10 degrees Fahren heit. Each time the temperature of a frozen food gets atxjve lero de grees, food quality decreases. Ttie nftener thta haniM-oa. the greater trie decrease tn quality. Beach Asks Survey On Feed Shortage Caused By Flood llarnl.l Itearh lli-rmlstnn lin-sl. dent of the Oregon Farm Bureau federation, has called on county Farm Rureau nrexldents to make a luirvev nf inv fi-ed shortage In their area caused by the recent flood. The kiirvev U-ill he Used to de termine If reduced freight rates will be needed to bring In hay and feed grains to alleviate shortages caused bv the state- ui.ln ftiuvrt vihlih inumlatt'.l thousands of acres of low lying farm land inrougnout tne state. At the completion of the sur- th nrnwr state authorities will be advised of the extent of he damage and the reeds ot liveetm-k men who m.iv need assistance In the form of reduced rates for feedstuffs. Beach said the state's hay- lnnti are usuallv located on Irvur prmind A preat deal of hav laid bv for winter feeding was undoubtedly damaged or de stroyed by the high water, he explained. In many Instances grain sup. plies were also destroyed. The shortage of feed could become critical unless immediate steps are taken to replace losses. Beach said the survey would provide a quick Indication of the damage and give some measure of needs of livestock men throughout the state. Beach asked that the survey be completed by January 11 and the Information be reported to the OFBC office by that time. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IS people SERVING OTHER OREGON PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS... Morrow Women Have Active Part In National Meet The ladles' contingent ef the Oregon Wheat Crowns league started the Hew Year with a whirl t hostrsa Bilivlttcs In i his rM, the distaff program of th National AjUKM'latlon of Wheat Growers convention, which iiKtid in urtlaml on TUenisy, January 5. Al"ut 300 wives of NAWO members, who represent 12 West ern and Midwestern state, were expected t attend the four nay meet at the IVrtland Micratun M.itur Inn lleadtni un the Wel coming committee are Mrs. Mil ton Morgan, lone, and Mrs. Mel vln Pace. Fntcrptls. The mieninif dav schedule In cluded a guided tour of the near by IJovd tenter, wnu n wicrs the essential Ingredient fr any (Kitiitu eiinvriit liitieer hand V shopping facilities. An afternoon meeting at the l.loyd Center auditorium was held to discuss the formation of a national -Wheat Hearts" auxiliary to the farm oreanlrntlon. On Wednesday, the ladles group took a sightseeing trip. The Thurkdav rtniL'ram rail t"f a noon luncheon at the Quay lies- taurant lit Vancouver, louowra bv a style show. FVatured at all I he W heat CMW. era ladles' events will tie three beauteous "Wheat jueens.- rep- j renentlng the slates of Idaho. Kansas and Nebraska. The young ladles, each of whom was select ed to carry the beauty banner! for her state at the national con vention, will assist In hostessing function, during the conclave. A scvlal Wheat League ladles' committee displayed attractive bread end novelty tables In the hotel lobby. The ladles will also ilerattf a coffee bar fir the NAWO delegates during their business sessions. In addition to the two co-chairmen, the Wheat League ladles' activities were directed bv Mrs. Glen Urogoltll, llellx: Mrs. Walt Jacobs. lone; Mrs. Kooeri jep sen. lone; Mrs. L. K. Kaseberg, Wasco: Mrs. Jessie rattee, Con don; Mrs. Ron Terjeson. Helix; Mr. Allen Tom. The Dalles; and Mrs. Thomas Vaughan, Pendle ton. Mrs. Eva Henry Dies Boardman Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bcrger received word from Mrs. Boy McCleary that Mrs. Mc deary's sister, Mrs. Eva Henry, nassed awav of a heart attack Lh-cember 21. Mrs. Henry was a beloved friend nf manv In the community of Irrlgon. She and her husband Billy were custodians at the Irrl gon school for many years. WITH AGRICULTURAL LOAN LIFE INSURANCE, FOR EXAMPLE Now, with First National's exclusive new Life Insurance coverage of Agricultural Loans, you can forget the possibility of a farm loan outliving its borrower. Available to partnerships and corporations as well as individuals, you may now apply for low cost life insurance that will completely pay off any agricultural loan up to a maximum of $20,000. If the loan is partially paid, the balance of the insurance can be paid to any beneficiary the insured borrower designates. This new service, which must be authorized when you borrow, offers effective protection to your family, property and business investment. It is but one of the many unusual banking services available to people who rely on First National, the statewide bank with hometown service. Complete Information FIRST NATIONAL BANK riSMtS MtnMr f ' Depose The SUUwlda Bank with Bond Sales Gain In Stale in 1964 VmH tale of Merles K and II Ravings Bonds In this county mounted to tn,( for the month of Novrmtier," Volunteer Marrow iWmlv II A Kavlnira Ikinda Chairman John Vrnstd rntifted hrre tiMiay. inis was a srtarp drcteaae fiom sates of f 15,1 M In oenter, ijmo. Titlal aalea fur Ih atal rluf. compared with U,l4a.213 for the same month a year ago. rms November twentyotw cunlles exceeded November 1WJ sales "Nationally, cash sales during Ihe month totaled Ml million representing a five per cent In crraa fnm the Ul million atld In November of last )esf." the chairman continued. With the new year .nly a few days off. he noted that last year approximately 40 million Amer icans received lax refunds. "If you re lurky enough to set an lncoma tax refund In UN'S, why not lake It In U. & Savings Bonds? "Slmplv check the bog on your r.s.4 Federal income las return, requeuing your refund In Savings Bonds. The rest Is automatic," he concluded. FLOOD DAMAGE Fences Out And Buildings Down? Buy I2Vi gouge Barb Wire Now I7JS rU IJDl Channel "U" Of Studded T Steal FOSTS . He each 21 Gauge Galvanised Hoofing S12JS per Square Any Length Cut To Order TOR LARGE QUAirrmES WEIX BARGAIN I Pettyjohn's FARM and BUILDERS SUPPLY Heppner Ph S7S-ll!l available on request at: 0P OREGON Cw Hometown Sorvlc
