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County Agent's Offica
Care Of Power Sprayers
Urged For Coming Season
Palapon applications are neces
sarv during the srowinij wn.
This treatment will kill riant
but mav permit me mhx! art
each year.
Safety Rules
Help fo Prevent
I Mower Accidents
Br GAIL McCARTT
County Extension Agent
Those power mower that help
keep the neighborhood lawns
neat also cause some T5,0(X) ac
cidents a year In the U. S. The
i popular rotary type la Involved
in W. or these.
A few simple safety rules can
make the operator much safer:
1. Clear the lawn of trash and
Morrow county. It Is most often debris beiore mowing, htones.
found In waste places, around Iass- sucs can Pe
corrals, elevators, parking lots , Hung w'tn thf P? ?' bul;
and similar places used by rub- ' wnon su-uck dv oiaues union
far doesn't! 2. Wipe off excess crease.
lr GENE WINTERS
County Exlenaloa A?et
Weed spraying season will be
coming up soon and It's time
to think about cleaning and cal
ibrating the sprayer.
It I particularly Important
that the spravcr be accurately
calibrated where low applica
tion rates are required.
It Is also Important that the
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becoming clogged.
For further information on
calibrating weed spraver ask
for bulletin number PNW 23
"Farm Power Sprayer at the
Morrow County Extension office.
Soil Sterilants AdrUed
To Control Functor Vino
Farmers or ranchers and oth
ers with Puncture Vine prob
lems during the summer may
want to apply soil sterilants
within the next two or three
weeks.
Puncture vine Is widespread In
Your Home Agent
ber tired vehicles.
Puncture vine so
offer a threat to cropland and; dirt and old grass and check
Is relatively easy to kill with the blade before mowing to
Z4-D. The problem in its con- make sure all nuts are tight. A
trol is that each rain shower . sharp blade cuts better at slow
will germinate a new crop of speeds.
puncture vine requiring several 3. Make sure au the neces
ViD ratIT,1 summer, sary safety shields are in place.
Sterilants can be effective. Keep the blade high enough to
oui wm-n noi pivpiriy umi prevent "scalping" the turf and
may oe leacnea oy rain oeiow higher yet for rough terrain.
S.!"Jermlnatin punC1 4. Nex er use an electric mow-
Application of Atrazine at 8 'hfnn h 'ettMA
pounds per acre or 5 pounds of,? ? " i
Bromocil (Hyvar X) applied ft h ?,flnSSrd.i,U, L result
within the next week or two ln l,"".,""": ,h
and with normal rains would Ah ays duwonn e c t he
be expected to give full season lr SU,f
control of puncture vine. Sand-f .u
bur in such treated areas may
also be controlled.
working on the mower.
6. Fill a gasoline engine only
when the engine has cooled off
and is turned off.
7. Keep children and pets
away from the mower. Never let
small children operate the mow-
Small toes in the wrong
all too
Trial Treatments Given
Along County, state Roads
Chemical trials for Sandbui
nnrl Pimrtnro Vino umH r-nn.
trnl uoro octahlichoH In lk Small tOOS
eountv last Ortobpr and In thp Place. ca" disappear
latter part of February
var
Treatments were made in ca"kfP you ut ot the
road right-of-ways to determine J5-000 . statistic and keep your
rates and timing of a number Iawn trimmed.
of materials . Products used - . . . . 7 , ,
singly and in combination were upp'T. J?f iiTettf5k Mlne,u
A quickly,
These few rules and common
Fenac. Fenac plus, atrazine and
Hyvar X.
It is hoped that the results
from such trials will show an
economical and efficient way to
control puncture vine, sandbur
and other such weeds along
county roads and state highway
for a full season.
Otherwise several 2.4-D and
We Will
Deliver Your
Processed Meat
Free
Of Charge
To
Heppner,
lone.
Lexington
WHOLESALE MEATS
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
SCHEDULE!
Hogs Tuesday
Cattle Wed., Thurs.
Sheep Any Day
Folletr Meat Co.
ph. 567-6651
Hermiston, Oregon
On Hermiston-McNary
Highway
Are Advised a Spring Must
Supplying the necessary min
erals to livestock is particular
ly important in the early spring
when they are turned out on
grass. The necessary supple
mentary minerals are iodized
salt, calcium and phosphorous.
Iodine is particularly import
ant throughout the Northwest
for the prevention of goiter and
to insure the proper function of
the thyroid gland. Salt is neces
sary for the proper building of
bones, so are more important
for calves than for cows alone.
These requirements may best
be met by self-feeding iodized
ground salt and steamed bone
meal. These should be protect
ed from the weather to avoid
leaching.
Versatile New
Textile Material
Fills Many Uses
By DONNA GEORGE
Morrow County Extension Afoot
Manufacturers are using
new textile material, "spun
bonded" polyester, for a wide
range of articles from Inte ling
for clothing to automopne tires,
according to Elaine K. larison,
Oregon State University fcxten
ion clothing and textiles spe
ctallst. As sugcented by the
name. It Is made by spinning
and bonding polyester fibers.
The fibers can be crimped to
form a soft, comfortable mater
ial or ued straight for rigid
starched-llke material. Fabric
manufactured from these fibers
can be maae ngniwegni or
heavy, thin or bulky, white or
colored. It Is not affected by
Perspiration or moisture: It can
he cut In anv direction without
fraying or raveling. Its porous
structure permits It to "breathe",
and also to drv rapidly. It Is
chemically unaffected by per
spiration and moisture.
Interllnlnns for wash-and
wear garments, maae or tne
new "spunbound" polyester, re
slst wilting, shrinking, warn
puckering, and discoloring. They
dry Quickly and are easy to
iron.
The shoe Industry Is using the
new material as a backing for
leather and vinyl linings. Man
ufacturers are investigating the
use of the material alone as a
lining for shoes.
Preparing Wool for Market
The United States has some
rather unhealthy wool handling
practices in comparison with
the world wool trade. We pro
duce a large variety of wools
and it is all sold essentially in
the same bags from the farm.
There are a number of things
producers can do to help them
selves in this market situation.
Keep the shearing floor clean
of hay, straw, manure, and oth
er debris. Keep the white and
colored fleeces separated. This
may best be done by separating
the sheep prior to shearing and
bag the wool separate and
mark it as such. Remove all
wet tags from the fleece. Roll
the fleece with the skin side out
and tie with a regular fleece
twine. Baler twine, string or
Quick and Easy Ways
With Cultured Sour Cream
llomemakers on the watch for
quick and easy touches to a
meal find dairy sour cream
"Just the ticket." suggests Mary
M. Holthouse. Oregon Extension
food marketing specialist.
Today's sour cream Is scien
tifically cultured fresh cream of
uniform thickness, velvety soft
and smooth, with a tangy fla
vor. It 1 pasteurized, but like
milk and cream, is kept refrig
erated. Check the cover to see
that its secure, and store the
container upside-down to keep
air out and quality in.
Best known, perhaps, as a
base for wonderful-tasting dips
and as a topping for baked po
tatoes, dairy sour cream adds
interest when used as a garnish
or in recipes lor iavorite looas.
It goes well on hotcakes or waf
fles, along with a favorite sirup
or preserves. The tartness com
plements the sweets.
Sour cream requires special
handling to retain it a smooth
texture if adding to a sauce
or gravy, stir in only a table
spoon at a time just at the end
of cooking. Sour cream should
be heated gently, never boiled.
If overstirred, it may thin.
Some "quickie" ways to use
sour cream are these Combine
it with chill sauce to garnish
broiled hamburgers, wieners, or
chicken. Top poached fish or
fried fish sticks with a blend of
sour cream and pickle relish or
diced cucumber. Blend a few
spoonsful into your favorite sal
ad dressing. Plan a tossed salad
topped by caraway sour cream
dressing, made by blending 1
cup of dairy sour cream, 2 table
spoons white vinegar, 1 table
spoon sugar, M teaspoon salt, 1
and 1 teaspoon caraway seed.
Calorie counters will be Inter
ested to know that a tablespoon
of dairy sour cream contains
about 30 calories, compared with
100 calories per tablespoon for
butter, 60 for French dressing,
90 for mayonnaise, and 125 for
salad oil.
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OREGON FARM CALENDAR
March
11
1A 1M
17 1
21 2i
22
2.124
2 w
25
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ITA Slate Invention. Wend Senlof With School.
4 II Automotive and Traetor Tour, I'urtUrul.
Kheep fUiearlnn SYhmil. torvallls llt rWtlonl.
lJvrHt.xk Held !v, hjuw Hutte :pelment Station,
llurns. (10 am I. , t .
Sheep .Shearing rVhout, CoivallU 12nd bectlon).
4 II V'ntomolopy Short ("ourM. Mil I
State Farm Safely fonfererw. Marlon lltrl. Srv
Mid Willamette Valley 4 II lUbblt SVhol, KMueall.
PICTURED Wit to right or Claude Williams. Prtnoyllla. proaJdrat
01 uto Ufoqoo r arm ivmvi iva ei iniraii r
Coonoy. Orvaoa Stat Vntvorsityr Floyd Root. Waaco. Chairman.
Oregon Whoat Coatmluloni and Don Woodward. Pondlotoa, ptoa
Idont ot tho Orogoa Whoat Growers Loaguo as tbT admlro a
largo loaf of brood,
men
AIRPLANE SPRAYING jCO
Owned and Operated By
PAUL 1. HANSEN
Will be back again this year for
the weed spraying season, to offer
assistance to the ranchers of this
area with your weed spraying problems.
other materials are objection
able because they have to be
removed manually while the
fleece twine dissolves in the
scouring process.
If the ewes are not sheared
prior to lambing, they should
be sheared as soon as the weath
er warms up. When the tem
perature reaches around 80 de
grees, unsheared sheep will tend
to shade up instead of grazing
most of the day. This reduces
the amount of milk produced
and lamb weights vary accordingly.
4-H
Some Dates to Remember:
Wednesday March 16
LIVESTOCK FIELD DAY
Fairgrounds.
Tuesday March 22 SQUAW
BUTTE FIELD DAY Burns
Saturday April 23 HORSE
JUDGES TRAINING La
Grande
Saturday May 7 4-H HORSE
FIELD DAY Fairgrounds
Friday May 13 OSU BEEF
CATTLE DAY Corvallis
Friday May 27 UNION FIELD
DAY Union
June 5-8 WHEAT LEAGUE
SHOW The Dalles
POWER
CONTROL
ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE
WE REPAIR:
o Electric Motors
o Power Tools
Hydraulic Jacks
o Alemite Equipment
421 S. E. 4th Pendleton
Phone 276-5862
Farm Groups Talk
Of Cooperation
On Wheat Plans
Recently the Oregon Wheat
Commission was host to a Joint
dinner meeting with the board
of directors of the Oregon Farm
Bureau and personnel of the
Orecon Wheat Growers League
In Salem. Also in attendance
were representatives from Ore
onn Stati l!niversitv and the
State Department of Agriculture.
Flovd Root, chairman of the
Wheat Commission, outlined the
objectives and responsibilities
of his group. Don Woodward,
president of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League, discussed the
importance of wheat on a world
scale, the present wheat bill,
and how the groups could work
together on mutual problems.
Claude Williams, president of
the Oregon Farm Bureau, em
phasized the need for the groups
present to work closely togeth
er on mutual nroblems. As a
result of the meeting It was de
cided that the League and Farm
Bureau should form a Joint com
mittee to meet at various times
throuehout the year to discus
problems of the producers and
ways both groups could work
more closely in solving them.
A general discussion was held
1 wheat legislation, the pro
posed research cuts, farm labor
bills pending, and H. B. 1620
vhich deals with farm evelua
ion as pertaining to taxation.
Oregon Livestock
Numbers Decline
Oregon beef cow numbers
turned downward last year for
the first time In nearly a dec
ade, according to Mrs Klvcra
llorrell, Oregon State Universi
ty extension agricultural econo
mist.
Numbers were down for all
Oregon livestock except turkeys,
where the count was about live
per cent higher. The lower num
bers were offset by higher val
ues per head and greater total
values for all types.
Milk cows dropped seven per
cent, to 1 40.ru ) head, the low
est level In 59 years. Number of
beef cows. 2 years-old and over,
fell two per cent, to f52.00.
Sheep and lamb numbers dip
ped about six per cent, as did
nogs.
National trends differed only
slightly from the local picture.
Oregon ranked seventh In the
nation In numbers of turkeys on
farms Jan. 1. ld. one notch
higher than last year. The state
was 12th In sheep and lambs,
and 21st In beef cows.
Clackamas County leads the
state In value of all livestock
and livestock products sold from
farms, according to estimates
recently released cooperatively
by the OSU Extension Service
and the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture.
4 H Dairy Sclciw Field Day Southern and Central Coun
ties, Wllhyeombe. OSU.
Sheep Shearing Nhool. Baker.
Sheep Shearing School. Ontario.
4 II Dairy Selene Field Day, N-th Coast and Valley
Counties. Wlthvcomb. OSU.
W 30 Ml Columbia Htn Tour f.r Portland Wh graders Involving
Sherman. Gilliam, Morrow ami
4 5
6-7
9
14 15
Juno
Oregon Wheat Crowers league
Seufert. llldg. The Dallea.
4 II Summer School, OSU.
Junior Livestock Show,
Turkeyrama. McMlnnvllle.
Vegetable Research rarm rieiii iav.
is m
ulT
9
15
A aavta ft
18 h Yamhill County Fair. McMlnnvllle
22 ,H Morrow County Fair. Ileppner
25-28 Wao County Fair. Tygh Valley.
September ....
16 Orepon Turkey Improvement Association annual meeting.
OSU. WlthyeomlN Mall.
15 23 Pacific International Uventuck Exposition, Portland
21 23 Horseman Short Courke. Wllhycomb Hall. OSU.
Novombor .
3 5 53rd Annual Convention Oregon Cattlemen a Aociatlon.
IVmlleton.
Tell the advertiser you saw It
In the Gazette-Times.
Oregon Angus Association
Selling
60 TOP ANGUS RANGE BULLS
BAKER BULL SALE
Angus Capital of tho West
Sale Held at Community Center
BAKER, OREGON
March 21, 12:30 P.M.
BULL SHOWING SUNDAY. MARCH 20, liM pjn.
For cataloa write Harold Rankin
H.rmlitoa, Orogon
809 Tamarack
Guess who sprayed IBUCTERlDIL?
That's the difference in stand you get with BUCTRIL. One man sprays with
2,4-D when the crop can stand it. The other man sprays with BUCTRIL in the
2-leaf stage of seedling wheat or barley. He gets the weeds when the crop is
battling for moisture and food. Difference is 10 to 15 bushels higher yield.
BUCTRIL is not a hormone-non volatile and does not create a hazard to
nearby crops. Drift hazard is low because BUCTRIL is a fast-acting selective
contact killer.
CONTROLS: Tarweed, Purple Mustard, Gromwell, Fiddleneck, Lambsquar
ters, Shepherd's Purse and other tough weeds.
IT PAYS TO SPRAY BUCTRILTUOll
Ask your deafer
or contact
WEED ICONTROL KH
MDUiin
CHIPMAN CHEMICAL CO, INC.
6200 N. W. St. Helens Road
Portland, Oregon
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