Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, January 28, 1965, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextHZttHZ CAZmX TlMCl. TaursdaT. Januarr IX ms District Worl is on Watershed Control 4 County Agent's Office Seed for Spring Use Is Still Available Here T N. C. ANDCXSON Qucktlona continue to come to the office about He Jvini Itv of n-etling winter varieties of wheat In the spring. Aa have indicated tn Pt discus sion In thi column, do not recommend thee varieties to foe eMled after Fcrtruarv IX ThU past wk, In dlncuslng result of spring aeedinc cl win ter wheat. Enet Klmh. Gil liam county extension agent, told us of an April seeding vt Gaines In 1'X While the fall seeding f Gaines yielded !0 bushels that year, Gaines seed ed. In the spring yielded about 20 bushels per acre. Federation seeded In the spring yielded 13 bushels jvr acre. Keep In mind this was one year's experience, Dr. Charles Kohde. plant breed RANCHERS! SELF FEEDERS FOR CATTLE CREEP FEEDERS FOR CALVES QUALITY PRODUCTS AT QUANTITY PRICES For All Your Building Needs Coma To WEATHERLY SUPPLY CO. 1035 W. 11th St Henniston. Or. PH. 567-8222 c er. IVndleton Branch Expert ment Nation, reports that In VMil. wheat at the station seed ed on March 9 yielded as fid lows: Omar. 23 R; Gaines, M7; Uaed. 43 6; Federation. 3$ 6 bushels per acre. Keep In mind that these are IVndleton yields; however, the comparison mlht le the same In difference In yield for Morrow county. While we believe mot every one who la Interested In spring seed wheat ha made arrange ments for it. we do have liu of sources of spring seed In Ore gon and Washington. The main sources of supply are Marfed and Haart. A few days aco we received copy of the Washington Mate Crvi Improvement Association news letter which listed quite number of growers of certified barley and wheat. Varieties list- ed were bar lev: Belford. Gem, Traill. I'nltan. Velvon 11. Wheat: Idaed. Idaed 59, and Marfed. There was also a listing of Markton and Park Oats. Special Be port Is Strong Promoter of Agriculture A limited distribution of spec. lal report No. 1S3. "Oregon's Ag riculture Is Everybody's Busi ness, has been made by a num ber of groups, including the Ag ricultural Research and Advis ory council and Oregon State University. Distribution has been made to all banks. Chambers of Commerce, state legislators. Jun ior and senior high school prin cipals and superintendents. Mate and county officers of farm or ganizations, the Oregon congress ional delegation and others. The special report authored by Gerald E. Korean, professor o Agricultural Economics. OSU, Is an excellent public relations doc ument. It tells a story of the Importance of agriculture to the economics of Oregon. Dr. Korean points out that in ! addition to the 65,600 persons who work on farms and ranches, nother 1S.000 work at process ing and handling farm commod ities. 5.200 work at supplying ag ricultural equipment, supplies and services and 4.500 work at transporting and exporting farm production. These 93,000 people in turn spend most of their Incomes In Oregon providing Jobs and re tailing commerce In the profes Flood Shows Need For Dam Project On Rhea Creek By RALPH RICHARDS As many know, the farmers on Ithca Creek met some time ago with the aupcrvUors of the lleppner Kll and Water Conser vation district to talk over way of ix'iiH4tliiii the ckiVMi winter moUture and hold for summer um An application was made to the Soil Conservation Service for a Small Watershed project I!. l N4I on Ithca Creek. Under the Watershed ITolectlon and Flood Prevention Act thi gov ernment shares In the cost to the amount of KM) i-r rent of that portion determined flood control and 4.1 t-r cent of the Irrigation leneflt. The question then arose, "Is there enough run off water on Ithca Creek to Jus tify a storage prolcrt. and If so, how large?" A steering committee was elected and through the contin uing efforts of the committee and the supervtwirs of tho SC1. a study I now !eing made to determine the water yield of lUien Creek. Gauges were placed along the creek to measure the amount of flow of each of the tributaries to try and determine the location of a storage dam. Itv taklnu a ride down the Willow Creek multipurpose dam and the proposed Rhea Creek , road anyone can see the need small watershed projects probably would have taken the crest off the flood and prevented the Inundation visible In the picture. Both protects are considered Important In the county's future conservation program. - .-i. 4 ... m&- way-- .imwmgt '-''swmiiaf'apfjw"j ay Miainey yWsu ",mi''9Q001tWf-mumm" P wiW'wasMsi yx... UHi1' -f y -- ' . " 4 - , - - -'.. a ' 'r"T' -IT ' ..a - - - - ''- . --T 1 " ' - ' . .mm ', m,m,r' a ' '"""""ff J' . . '- . i ... ; v -i '-. ' . ' r l -C jcC-. ' y " - - K 1 . - - ' H """ Vv--' " -v ' THIS AERIAL PHOTO, reprinted here through courtesy of the Cast Oreaoaian, snows flooding from Willow Creek at loo In the Christmas flood. Much of the water came from rampaging Rbea creek converging with Willow Creek. Water on the northeast side ol town was also fed by Rietmann canyon runoff. The proposed sions for many others. We have few copies left In the office for those who might not have ret seen one. Applications Available For Sheep Shearing Course It is becoming more difficult ear after year to find sheep shearers, especially In the areas where small farm flocks are lo cated. There is little choice any more In selecting a sheep shear er. Because of this, OSU has for a number of years, offered sheep shearing short courses. These short courses are aimed at get ting the basic principles of sheep Annual Agent's Report Available Copies of the 19G4 Morrow county agent's report are avail able from this office. Those who are Interested in having a copy for their files, might pick one up here. A few copies of the r.Hxl report are also available. Flood Fact Sheets Available A number of "fact sheets" pro vlding emergency flood informa tion were mailed to many of our farm families Immediately after the Christmas flood. There has been demand for other fact sheets which are now available. Those of which might be of in- K 1 1 n n n j u r ? f ; terest to our peoole Is one on shearing so that someone who: "Feed Substitution Values for had limited experience or Is in- Livestock"; "Income Tax Deduc terested in shearing sheep might tion Due to Casualty Losses on develop this as a business. This Business Property," and "Income has been done In many commun-Tax Deductions Due to Losses lties and has been a real good on Personal Property." These source of Income for someone can be picked up at our office. who is interested in this seas-. onal Job. j Feed Cattle Increased. 25 Again this year, these sheep The latest Oregon crop and shearing schools will be held. 1 livestock report on cattle and All will be held at Corvallis and calves on feed show Oregon are two-day events. There will numbers are up 9 from a year be three to be held on March earlier. It is interesting to note 15 and 16; and 17 and 18. and that the Columbia Basin and 19 and 20 We have enrollment northeastern Oregon area of applications which must be in nine counties show the highest by March 1. Anyone interested number of cattle on feed. There should get an application at our were 43,200 head on feed on Jan office. Juary 1. 1935, compared to 34,- (500 a year ago. This is an In crease 01 ZDVe. Oregon to Host NACD Convention Something of Interest for everyone concerned with natural resource conservation Is prom ised during the l!)th annual con vention of the National Assoc iation of Soil and Water Con servation Districts In Tort land Sunday through Thursday, Feb ruary 7 to 11. Meetings, tours and special events are planned for the to 1.000 delegates expected the first NACD convention Ing when Marlon Monk Jr., B.itchelor. La., NACD president, will make his reirt. Oregon Night, an evening of fun and entertainment, will conclude the construction i ..- i ........... -rt.i. ..... f-toittt. U I jIHNI l"MI ll'l. fill. .m V !,- mas week flood Is considered to he one with the most extensive damage, and Is thought by some to be one of a 1!0 vear fretjuenc-y. but we get flood damage yearly. I.at year hardly a farm bridge on Khea Creek was left safe to crass. The Small Watershed planning party rciorted fh"d protection on the five projects near completion saved the state more money than has leen spent to date on all watershed, pro tects Including planning and day. C. Ander extension according to N son. Morrow county agent. Meetings of committees con at eerneci with the various areas in of resource conservation will Oregon, according to Klmcr Pet erson, Portland, president of the Oregon Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, host for the meeting. Registration will be on Sun day, with the first general NACD session scheduled Monday morn- 'White Pocket Gopher Is "Trapped" Lewis Halvorsen, lone rancher, Got friends out of town? Go ahead and call them.' Talk is cheap. Especially after 6 p.m. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL Part el tk NitwawMt M SyrUm Hay Hits Top Income Spot Hav ousted wheat from the was quite surprised one day last top income spot In 1964, thanks week when he caught a white to lower government support pocKet gopner in one of his prices on wheat. The top 10, in traps he had set out cleaning .order of value, were hay. wheat up some gophers that had slip-' potatoes, barley, strawberries, ped by when he had used the snap beans, pears, ryegrass .seed "Gopher Getter" earlier this fall, j sweet cherries and oats. These The white pocket gopher was not 10 crops accounted for nearly $3 an aiDino as there were brown , out of every S4 in Oregon s Agri areas over eacn eye resemDiing cultural income last year, somewhat a Guinea Pig. Hel brought the gopher to the office Freedom from Hunger Proposed so we could see this "freak or ! Proposals are belne made by nature" or a new breed of pocket Important people in government gophers, whichever it may be: for the purpose of helping the hungry people of the free world. These proposals to accomplish the elimination of hunger would require a 50 Increase In U. S. milk production; a 35 Increase In wheat production; a 25 In crease in soybean production and a 33 increase In the out put of vegetable oils. The mllK would be made available to the underfed areas of the world In the dry form. All Oregon Hereford RANGE BULL SALE TRI-COUNTV AND BLUE TAG COMBINED SALE 100 --HEREFORD BULLS -100 Horned and Polled Clear Pedigreed RANGE BULLS BEING OFFERED ARE THE TOPS FROM THE HEREFORD HERDS OF OREGON. THERE WILL BE NO SALE IN THE NORTHWEST WHERE THERE WILL BE THE SELECTION OFFERED SUCH AS THIS. SALE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 1 :00 P. M. Fairgrounds, La Grande LUNCH WILL BE SERVED BY UNION COUNTY COWBELLES Show At 9:30 a.m., Feb 10 Free Delivery Up to 150 Miles At Buyer's Risk AUCTIONEER: SI WILLIAMS For Further Information Write or Call Chuck Gavin, Sales Manager. Box 760, La Grande, Ph. 963-2127 THIS YOUNG FARMER (AGE 25) HAS A STAKE in I- fl K M C K N V UNION ?tf BECAUSE HE'S A FARMERS UNION MEMBER HIS $5,000.00 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY COSTS HIM ONLY $14.95 per YEAR! M 1 I ' w YOU. TOO, HAVE A STAKE IN FARMERS UNION And not lust feecaus. If often you and every member of your family on. of tn. lowest cost farm group Iniuranc prooromt In .xlstence! FARMERS UNION FIGHTS FOR! e Fair and oquol form teicem. com orsBl. t. tnol flyd ey son form workers. ( Increased farm fcaroolninf powor. e Practical production central tnrooh . supply iiianussmml pro- oroim. Taxpayers sovlnaf. e And the preservation and ttrongth anins f In. family farm. LOCAL MEETING . . . YOU ARE INVITED MORROW COUNTY LOCAL Meets Tuesday, Feb. 9. 8 P. M. Old Library Building. Heppner ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING IN YOUR COMMUNITY or Write fob Elktns, Pres., Ortgon-Wothingto Farmtrs Union, 215 Frost St., N.E., Soltm, Oregos Filing Deadline Set February 1, 1963. Is the dead line for Price Support Loans and Purchase agreements on wheat, barley, oats, and rye harvested In 1964. Eligible producers fil ing for loan or purchase agree ment must make application to the county ASC office by Feb ruary 1. highlight the early days of the convention, Anderson said, with the second general session slated for Wednesday morning. The NACD council meeting, open to all interested ihtsoms, will be Thursday morning. Guest speaker scheduled to address delegates from the nat Ion's 3.000 soil and water con scrvatlon districts, Include Ore gon Oov. Mark O. Hatfield; Don aid A. Wlllams, Washngton, D. C, soil conservation admlnistra tor: Bernard Orell, Tacoma. Wn.. vice president of Weyerhaeuser Co.; C harles Moddard, Washing ton, D. C, Bureau of Land Man agement director; A. Lars Nel son, Seattle. National (.range overseer, ami U. S. Sen. George McGovern. South Dakota. Special tours, luncheons and other events are planned for the ladies attending the convention which will be headquartered In the Portland Hilton Hotel, he added. Mrs. Peterson Is In charge of the women's program. Ralph Savior, Echo, a NACD director, will preside over the Wednesday general session. The farmers living along the creek of the county know the need for more Irrigation water. They are still reading the signs of a hort water vear last vear. Ttiev know water stored will cost money hut some feel that fltxxl prevention will more than pay the storage costs, at least some years, without the Increased yield additional water will give. Ownership to the water, at a suggested price of $.10) per acre foot made hv the Bureau of Ilec- tarnation for water stored In the Willow Creek Dam, may ix? chenn when water is desired In this Mate and other states at a price of $65.00 per acre foot. Reward Offered After Horse Shot Jack Sumner called the Gazette-Times from Corvallis Monday to report that n saddle horse had been shot on the Sum ner ranch, three miles west r Elghtmile. The wound was In the shoulder and apparently was not fatal. Sumner offered a $100 reward for Information leading to the arrest and conviction or me party responsible and asked that anv with Information call 67X3- 92T9. The horse was In the pas. ture when It was shot, he said. Lexington Oil Co-op ANNUAL MEETJ NG Tuesday, Feb 9 Beginning at 10:30 A.M. LEXINGTON GRANGE HALL Election of Officers Door Prizes Free Dinner at Noon Served By Lexington H.E.C. ALL AMBERS URGED TO ATTEND