Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, June 03, 1965, Sec. 2, Image 10

Heppner gazette-times., June 03, 1965, Sec. 2, Page 2, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextV- HCFFNEl CAXrTTX TJMtS. Thuwday. Ju 1 1 County Agent'i Ollic Beef Management: Study Sees Drop In Return ly K. C. AJCOrESON A recently completed beef management study made In Eastern Oregon late last winter reveals that livetock operators are not doing too well on "per. cent return to capital invested. The atudy made by Orejron State 1'nlversltv extension aerv- Una operation In Wallowa, Baker. Klamath. Morrow, Har. ney. Malheur. Umatilla, Union and Jefferson counties. Of the 15 operation, only four had small percent return from 3-1 down to .7 while one broke even and the other nine had a minus percent return aa low as The Morrow county operation showed a mtnui percent return on Us Investment. This opera tion, plus two more Included In a atudy made here In 1900. also showed a minus return In that year, however, not as (treat as in 1964. Total Investment by these ranchers varied from $139,730. in the case of a Klam ath operation which broke even, down to $00,303 Investment by a Wallowa county operator that showed a minus 4,1 loss In percent return to capital. A 476 cow operation In Mal heur county with $285,418 In vestment showed the greatest percent return to capital with 3.1. This operation had the lowest total Investment per cow $599. which no doubt was the secret for a plus net return. Other operations varied In investments per cow from the $599 Malheur county operation to as much as $1650 on a Wal lowa county 176 cow outfit No doubt the land value per cow of $1201 had much to contribute to this hich cost yet this was one of the four operations that had a plus percent return to capital. This study Is comparable to the RTain management study that is being made now in Mor row county with seven ranch operators. Copies of the beef management study are avail able from this office. Poem cJ Eight Tears Ago Still Carries Good Adrice Soon after studying the beef management sruay compieieu this winter. I was cleaning uui my news desk drawer and ran across an item written by E. R. Jackman, former range man agement specialist, OSU. now retired. It carried some good ad vice for today, even though it was published eight years ago. RANCHERS! SELF FEEDERS FOR CATTLE r CREEP FEEDERS FOR CALVES QUALITY PRODUCTS AT QUANTITY PBICES For All Your Building Needs Come To WEATHERLY SUPPLY CO. 1035 W. 11th St Hermlstonv, Ore. PH. 567-8222 Jack started out with a little poem, by which he has become famous, titled "What Little Calve are Made of." It wrnt on "grasses that sway and stacks full of hay. that's what little calves are made of. u-itk iavr Hin9 rood vear for cattlemen. Jack recommend- ed that "torn or tne extra uoi i .r. ikn in that vear for noei cattle could well be salted down and protected by mailing me range produce more. In the way. a man can Insure his fu ture through the years when beef may not be such a good business as It Is now. The type of feed that U likely to decrease most U the range. In dry years the range may turn up only one-tenth as much as in a good year, so the range production is the weak spot In many other wise strong ranches." He went on to advise that the best investment a man can make with some 25 cent steer money is to create more range feed so we won't lose so much when ranges fall and prices drop. Clear sage, reseed more grass, more feed Is a good slo gan for any county. Seed grass and alfalfa and get ranges in good shape to pull a man through the next low cycle. Feed and the land to produce It make up about 70 of a cost of a calf. "Figure it up taxes and In terests on range and hay land, hay machinery and up keep. fences, these uungs are wnai ti'rtla oalt'M aro made of. Have plenty of feed in a poor year and it suddenly Isn't so poor antTnrirA kaa Sim 10 soent for range improvement bags more leeo man jama bui or for more land," thU is pock! advice and if cattle Drlces ever get back to where some profit can be made, it mighe be well to taxe jacus aujw. Increased PrfrciDitatlon Well BecelTed bf Banchers As we receive reports on the excellent rain of two weeks ago. we find that in most areas of the county rainfall exceeded H inrh u.-ith as much as .78 fall ing at some ranches in the Eightmile community. We don't have our May precipitation rec ords in so can't list individual rainfall by ranches, but we irnnw that thp rain was well re ceived by everyone and the only thing better than this rain could ha gnnthar nnA nf the Same amount in early June followed by another M men in mia-june. Mavhs u-o're flskint? for tOO much, but we do have a lot of spring wheat mat nas xo nave some additional moisture 10 make us the kind of crop that everyone needs to Keep aneaa of the high costs of present day operations. It is interesting to note mat we are doing well in total pre cipitation for the growing year, September 1, 1964. to May 1. 1965, Wlm 1J.M incnes revuiueu at the Heppner station com pared to a normal season of 9.81. II this trena can continue through the next month, every one should be happy. By the way, the 35-year average for Heppner from May 31 to June 27 is 1.38 inches I think every one would settle for this amount this year! Our biggest hope is for the week of June 7, as the weekly probability in percent of precip itation at Heppner for the past 35 years shows there is a 20 chance it will rain over an inch that week, and a 10 chance it will rain over an inch during the week of June 14. There is only a 3 chance for it raining an inch during the week, begin ning May 31, however, but a 53'o chance it will rain over V an inch that same week; a 4 chance it will rain over Y Inch the week of June 7, and a 40 chance it will rain over V of an inch each of the weeks begin ning June 7 and June 14. There is a 3 chance that it will rain J. f ' i ; WITH THE m. AMWOAL U-. T1&SS- grand championship along the T?' J! lroa thV ranch ooce owned trf his grand ?ATlaiDriTZ?. Hi L'dTr.th hU father. L. E. (Pat) berg. Larry Is married and the lather ot four son. . Sewing Club Summer Activities The Country Cutter 4 II ww Intf tlub nul at the home f Uiula IVttyhhn on My 21. We talked atHut the difference lit lliU an. I what t l'k (r wtuit tiuylng matrrlal. We dU iuMd dtnnuutrall.'n Me are goliiit (o Kite t the fair Mi. Cl" aimiitl UmI we are going to nvHlcl me thing we ve naie at a Cliantlwr of Commerce luncheon In July. Mr. Iht-ket gave ti nie point er on knitting and we are Mart ini; on slipper that we will en hlblt. Linda wrved refreshment. KrUllne r'teri, rejH.rter Tom Glass to Get Willametto Degree Thoina Kuene flUu, a imil graduate f ll'l'nrr High m-IiooI. will rwhe a lU.nrUw til Alt degr.-e lit hUtory In cm nuhvnint crreimwU at H UmHte t'nlveilty' MtVulI'di .stadium June , 3 m. He U the l vrlm r.U. H 1W Ckkhui'l I'oik. Itiuwiuburg. Ind. HolH-rt M Sayre, IViuity S.v Mary lr Inier-AmerUan At lair at the U. S lH'wrtment of State, will deliver Ihe com iiumviiHUl addre. Tell the advert Uer you aw It In Ihe Gaette-Him . or Weed Spraying CALL ON MEL BOYER sSJ Owner Gar Aviation Spraying-Dusting-Fertilizing-Seeding DRV OR LIQUID FERTILIZER APPLICATION. STANDARD OR HIGH DENSITY SPRAY APPLICATION. A GOOD JOB AT A FAIR PRICE You Can Find Us All Year Around AT TEE LEXINGTON AIRPORT Phone 989-8422 Entry Increase Forecast in Stock At Junior Show Increases in the number of exhibitors and the wheat fed steers, lambs and hoes to ro on display at the 19th annual jun ior Livestock Show of the Ore gon Wheat Growers League June 6-9 was forecast by Elmer Herman, show's general mana ger. The uptrend over last years show is indicated for all divis ions, he added. More than 200 exhibitors In FFA and 4-H divisions will be here on the basis of advance registrations compared to 176 a year ago. Beef exhibits are ex pected to reach 72 animals compared to last year's 68. Big gest Increase likely will be In hogs, with 140 forecast compared to 122 last year. Sheep are ex pected to go to 150 compared to 144. All Is In readiness for recep. tlon of livestock on the first day of the show from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 6. The show will be held in the Seufert buildings in vi'ocsvt rvinntv Park, across the Columbia from The Dalles Dam. Competition will begin at Cam Mnnrfav with a short in terruption at 9 a.m. for the open- (n uronnnlM Official ludging of livestock will begin in the afternoon. Tii9u la nlunvs fl full daV of competition and Judging events with tropnies awarueu io exhibitors at the banquet and entertainment program at 6:30 p.m. at The Dalles Junior High School gymnasium. Show officials and county agents and other leaders will convene at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday for the traditional breakfast con ference at Hotel Dalles Blue Room. Showmanship contests will mark final day of the show, on Wednesday, with official events coming to a close at noon to permit auction sales of sheep and swine at 2 p.m. and beef animals at 7 p.m. Again this year the 4-H divis ion is under the supervision of Ed Bonham and the FFA divis- over A inch the week of June 7 and a 2 chance it will rain over A inch the week of June 14. I guess we will have to wait and see what kind of records are made this year! Good Results Shown By Weed Killing Chemicals Many questions come to the office this time of year relative to the use of weed killing chem icals. We are real happy with the results of Tordon for the con trol of perennial noxious weeds, however, this has not been ap proved yet for use on crop land. tto offasvfivonnca is shown in 33 low as Vt pound per acre for the control of weeds such as morn ing glory, Canada thistle and Knapweed and this is outstand ing. Many are asking about spray ing pastures and waste areas adjacent to pastures now for the control of burdock, teasle, water hemlock, and other broad leaved annuals. We would like to point out that livestock should not be grazed on pastures sprayed with 2,4-D for at least 7 days after spraying according to the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture regulations. 2,4-DB which is cleared for use on forage crops such as taking broad leaves out of alfalfa has a waiting period of 30 days before utilization of the crop. The suggested rate for the use of 2,4-D on inmproved pastures is from to 1 pounds per acre. Application should be marfp vrhpn the weeds to be con trolled are growing actively and prereraDiy Deiore me ume mui the forage plant is in the bud stage of growth. Excellent re Rhea Creek Livestock Boys to Attend Show Bill Rawlin's home wa the meeting place of the Rhea Creek 4-H Livestock club last Sunday. The members had ak lunches and held their meeting before taking a tour of member's pro jects. Besides looking at animals at Rawlins, they visited Frank An derson. Albert Wright. Wilbur Van Blokland. and Gene Hall. They discussed which animate were ready for The Dalles Live stock show. At least five mem bers plan on attending the show at The Dalles. John Hall, reporter Ion l handled bv Vircll Cheate. The 411 club exhibitors are ex pected from about one-half of Oregon Counties and FFA show men from 16 chapters. Crobcr to Receive SOC Degree June 6 Don Cxaber. son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Craber. Heppner. will receive his bachelor of arts degree In general studies at the June 6 Commencement exercise at Southern Oregon College. Ashland. Craber. according to Hugh G. Simpson. SOC director of Infor mation. has been an outstand ing student during his college career. He ha served as presl dent of the French club, as a member of the natlonally-pub-licized Student Jury for the city of Ashland, as chairman of the Student Court, and he Is a mem ber of Theta Delta I'hl. national scholastic honorary. Craber Is a graduate of Heppner High School. Once Again You Arc Invited To . . . ATTEND . . . OREGON WHEAT LEAGUE Junior Livestock SHOW Sunday Through Wednesday June 6-9 SEUFERT SHOW BARNS AT WASCO COUNTY PARK, THE DALLES AND BUY ... WHEAT-FATTEN ED STEERS. HOGS. LAMBS FOR YOUR HOME LOCKER AUCTION SALES. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9 LAMBS AND HOGS. 2 P.M. STEERS 7 P.M. Visit These Show Features . . . CARCASS CUTS Featured In Judging Contest. Beef Carcass Display Furnished Throughout The Show In Cooler Provided By Oregon Beef Council Don't Miss This Annual ill And FFA Show With Full Program Beginning at 8 a.m. Monday PRICEO WITHIN EVERYBODY'S BUDGET Ait conditioning makes you work better, sleep better, feel better Remember those hot. muggy days last summer? 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