V- 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
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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
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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.
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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
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