Your Homt Agent County's Economy Subject of Study For County Units Annual 8th Grade Tour Coming Soon The county hat association of th Oregon Wheat tlrowera lacue, of Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and WW along with other farm organization will host 132 outstanding eicnm traders from the various lrt land school on April 29. 30 nd m.v i. far the first time trie By donna beorge Morrow County Eatooaioo .,-ighih grader from the school -Know Morrow County Econo- of the blind In Salem will also mv" will be the April lesson participate In the tour. There topic for home extension units.; are eight In the class that hae Thlt topic was aelected by the some visibility, program planning committee I The students will be brougnt which concluded that under- to the Kaatern Oregon area by standing of the county's ccono- mhool busses ccompanled by mv was desirable for homemak- two teachers for each count. . ' k . if,.rm 1 from ih Ptirtland school ava- managers of family Income and tem acting as chaperonea. uur as citizens. It will focus on the following questions: 1. What are- present popula tlon trends how do thty com inn their Ktav thev will be host ed bv farm families who also have eighth grade tuiknts. Th niirnnMi nf this event is r - : m tlon irenos-ow ao iMyw - h lh, ot tht taies t are. with .grlcul- the stater is me percent oi w ,,, ,h- ,i,,mhi Rasin area. higher or lowrr f Morrowjfrom west oi the Cascades an coun'y- nnnnrtunitv to see rural life in X What ii ine Oregon, including the of Morrow county peooic; uw ------ ,llr,.h.w stvnle ( 1 1 '1 1 1 1 . . . -. , umii una how agriculture ac tually operates. Many demon- fxatinns wlill be held on me of Morrow county people? How f-rn ?'cl many families earn less than, "? nT - $3000.00 per year, or over 000? 3. Where and in what type work Is the civilian working force employed? 4. How soon does money leave the county? . . . 5. What U the role of agri- ouitiir tn the county s econo my? How do different kinds of farm products rank In Import ance? ... . 6. What are some possible fu ture economic trends In the county? What Is the potential Influences of such features as Willow Creek Project and land development in North Morrow? Leaders from the home exten sion units were trained Monday. March 28. by Donna George, county extension agent Other Interested homemakers are urg ed to attend the unit meetings in AnHt VYi information en the date and place of the unit meet- various ranches snowing air spraying, branding, cultivation practices, storage, and other op erations. The tour will provide an op ....... tnr ih tan areas to 'become better acquainted and thus develop a oeuer unaer standing between urban and rural youth. These tours have been held annually for a num ber of years. Wool Payments Due after April I Wool payments will be made oaie ana piaiT vi iuc uua "- muii nun ... nifv mil th n9.-.si Mrfoti. manager of io- 1 UK a a 3 va w "- - - - i V" - ' . i rmintv Extension Offle. 676- eal Agricultural btaouuauon 9642. .r.H rv,ncrvatinn Service office. Shorn wool payments will be made at the rate of 31.6 per cent of dollar returns each grow er received from sale of shorn wool during 1965. The payment rate is based on the difference t-tu.-Mn incentive wice OI bZ State Condemns 56 Slaughter Animals spected at slaughter by the Ore- cents and national average price gon Department of Agricultures 0f 474 cents per pound receivea meat Inspectors was condemned Dy growers. By comparison, pay in February. ments on 1964 marketings made Figures compiled by the de-at rate of 165 percent, partment showed 24,101 animals Each growers wool payment slaughtered during the month is determined by multiplying and 56 condemned. Cattle led in his dollar return from sale of the number of animals going to WOol, less marketing charges, by marKei wiin xz.iii niu v.uic , rjavmeni raic ui - - u-ac KPCnnri hiph with 10.708. In addition to the whole ani mals that were rejected the in spectors condemned 884) parts totaliner 59.343 pounds. Livers The percentage method of pay ment was designed to encour age growers to improve quality markotincr nf wool. Under this method a grower who gets totaling 39,oio iwunus. lnls rnemou a -f.-- accounted for over 85 percent of ' the best possible price for his i 1 A In ol.l i v.irhor nrntiv the parts condemned and for al most 90 percent or tne overall weight of the rejected parts. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat Htm rl n. Ja Heppner. prWf I U lone. I MX MM T ..m WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Thurs. Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Ph. 567-6651 Harmlston, Oregon On Hermlston-McNary Highway wool also gets higher incentive payment. , Payment rate on unshorn lambs sold or slaughtered dur ing the 1965 marketing year is cn nte npr hundred weight. This compares to the 1964 rate of 35 cents per cwt- Payment on sales of live lamDs mat nave wn shorn is based on the ihorn wool payments, the average weight or wool per nun dred weight of lambs, and val ue of lamb's wool relative to the value of shorn wool. Deductions of 1 cent per pound from shorn wool payments and k ontc nor hundred Dounds of live weight from lamb payments will be made ior aaverusinK. promotion, and related market ripveloDment activities on wool and lambs. Promotion program is carried out by tne American Sheep Producers Council, Inc. The 1966 support price for wool will be 65 cents a pound. PUTMAN FLYING, INC. WEED SPRAY! HG CALL HOTEL HEPPNER PH. 676-9623 Ag Department Project Studies Changes in Wheat Do changes take place In wheat when It U stored and han.tW? U o, what rt thew rhana'ea? And. U wheat from om areas affected more by sturage than grain from other areas? Thce are some of the ques tlons on grain storgae to which the Oregon ivpartment of Agri culture, U. S. Department of Ag riculture and grain Industry hope to get answers through a matching fund project lted to i The pwject U aime.1 at help ing producers and dealers solve future marketing problem The Pacific Northwest Uraln IValers AiMHiatun and the (Vegon, Washington and Idaho Wheat 'Commissions will prvule HO per cent of the states $3.U for the project. The tat edepartments of agriculture of Oregon. Washing ton and Idaho will provide the remaining -) percent. Ttie U. X Department of Agricultures Consumer and Marketing Serv matches the state fnuds with Couivrating In an advisory capacity will be the Trt -Mate Grain Standards Committee and the CSDA Consumer and Mar keting Service Grain Division. Project leader I Ben Allen, chief of the Oregon Department of Agriculture's agricultural de velopment division, and working on the protect on a part time basts will be a graduate student at Oregon State University. A t least 30 representative grain elevators from various wheat producing areas of the thr estates will participate In the study. They will take grain samples of wheat received from farmers using a method pre stribed by the project leader. Plans also include sampling of wheat In farm storage opera tions. This w ill be done as time and money permits. Sampling of grain Is rail cars will be at random with repre sentative cars selected. These samples are to be taken when grain Is unloaded at the terml- Grain samples will be tested In state grain grading labora tories and officii certificates Is sued the project on each sam ple. Information from the sam ples will be recorded by data processing. Inbound grades on the rrin will be compared with the outbound grades to deter mine the effects of storage and handling. , The project will run for three years. The supervisor of the div ision of markets for the Wash ington Department of Agricul ture and the Idaho Commission er of Agriculture will assist Ben Allen in coordinating the work on the project. Damage Claims Down in 1965 Oregon's Department of Agri culture had almost one-fourth fewer claims filed with it In 1965 for damage from applica tion of pesticides than the pre vious year. The 1965 total on claims was 30 with all but three of these investigated by the Department. On three of those filed all action required was not completed so no investigation was made. Thirty-nine claims were filed In 1964 and 34 of these were inves- 11 Twenty-six of the 1965 claims were found valid. In 18 of the claims filed a 2.4-D type of pes ticede was involved. The previ ous year this type of pesticide was used in 21 of the claims found valid by the department. Air applicators improved their damage record in 1965, but dam age from ground application of pesticides showed a marked In crease. Damage caused by air application of a pesticide drop ped to 13 from the 22 of the previous year, but those caused from ground application increas ed from six in 1964 to 10 in 1965. In hte remaining three claims found valid contamina tion of water by a pesticide was suspected" Major crops damaged by the pesticide application were peas and beans. These numbered 12 with six of them in Umatilla Countyl ' Commission Picks Officers; O'Donnell Fills Vacancy Moore Automatic Registers On Sale At The GAZETTE-TIMES POWER CONTROL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE WE REPAIR: Electric Motors Power Tools Hydraulic Jacks Alemlts Equipment 421 S. E. 4th Pendleton Phone 276-5862 IT MA1T LXC HARLOW ItOAKDMAN ivwev Went was elected president of Mirnw County IVrt CommUklon at th meeting In tlw new rtty hall last Thursday night ThU waj the ftrst meeting of any kind held in the new hall. Joe Taton was elected vice president; Pick Kreba, Cecil. MH'retary. and Gar Sttanson of June, treasurer. Harry O'Donnell of lleppner was appointed to fill out tills year as a member or the coin mtvlon to replace Al Lamb, who died recently. Anvone interested In running lor this position will have to ilia oeiore ine regular election. Lamb was a Democrat. Rupert Kennedy was present and reported on the activities of th Mill Columbia Manning Commission for the coming year. The port budget committee met and a budget decided up on with the same amounts as previous ears to be maintain ed. There were ten farmers prea mi frum the north end of the county who raised questions on Irrigation ana tnese were an awercd satisfactorily. TtUicum Club CnooaM Officers La Vern Part low was elected president of the Board man Til Ileum Club at the meeting last week at the home ot Mr. Ron ald Black. Vice-president is Mrs. Roy Partlow; recording secre tary, Mr. Ron Daniels, corre sponding secretary, Mrs. Ralph Skoubo. and treasure Mrs. Dew ey West. Thoy will serve for a two ear term, taking office July 1 Mrs. Roy Partlow read a poem, "What Is Beauty?" Announcement was made of the District 7 spring convention to be held at Wasco April 18. The club Is making plana to have cancer films shown to the public here April 5. with free pie and coffee served. The annual Easter Egg Hunt was planned for pre-schoolers and grades 1-4 to be held at the school grounds Friday, April 8. A Dutch auction brought $4 60. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Daniels on April 12. Mrs. Leo Root was hostess for the Boardman Garden Club at her hom the first of last week. Roll call was answered by giv ing the name of a spring flow- erlng bulb. - Mrs. Glen carpenter ana Mrs. Root will represent the club on the committee for the new city park development, Mrs. Claud Coats won the door prize and also won the prize In a game played. The club will go to Pendleton for Its meeting next month at I the home of Mra. Hugh Brown, tit will be an afternoon meeting, April 19- I Mayor iVwey Wet announc 'rs that the citv offices ara about 'all moved to the new city hall lit the new townsite. Persons In terested tn making application i for Irrigation water rate for In summer mav di o any time. The rates will be cheaer than 'the regular rcMdentlal rat. The Cooky Crumble 4 II boys cooking dub met at the home of their leader. Mr Harold Baker last Thursday, The Uy made clam rrumder ami servca ' I the group. Wa of making i money wet discussed. The club 'recently went roller skating at Hermiston. Albert wimps won a gallon of pop while there. Pott Office Moves Locatlooi Occupied Old Quarters. IUI The lcal twst office has been moved to Its spacious Quarters In the building owned by Mr. and Mra. Joe Tatone tn the new townsite. It has served the peo ple here for nearly half a cen tury, being In the Root build ing since 1921. The first Pt of fice which opened In 1917 was In another building. Flossie Coats, postmaster, and clerks Carol Geti and Curolvn Skoutw completed the move during the weekend. Mrs. Coats stated that Mar garet Klitz. pioneer here, had the same box. 22. ever since the first pot office opened until she moved to La Grande In Novem ber. 1962. Many people will have their same box numbers tn the new poM office, but due to the numbering of the boxes, some will have to pick new ones. Cafeteria menus for Riverside High school and Boardman Grade school for the week of April 4-8 are as follows: Mon day atew. raisin muffins, toma toes and Ice cream; Tuesday spachettt. salad. French bread and fruit; Wednesday roast beef, potatoes and gravy, beets, fruit and rolls; Thursday tKilogna sandwiches. pickles, olives, corn and fruit cobble; Friday creamed tuna on bis cuits, peas and carrots, fruit sal ad and cake. Bread, butter and milk ar eareved with all meals. Mr. and Mra. Vernon Root and daughter Jane of Wasco were Saturday visitors at the home of Root s mother, Mrs. Florence Root. Mrs. Louise Earwood has re turned home from a three weeks visit with her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Earwood. in Torrance, Calif.. and her son-in-law and daugh- Students Respond In Wheat Contest Ikin Woodward, president of the Oregon Wheat Growera league report that Urge numler of Oregon high ahH students hv rescinded to the newspaper article routes! pon ued by the League. Requests for reference material have been received from every comer of the stale. Woodard would It" to mind all Interested students that entries close April 30. "Advantages of Wheat In the Kveryday Diet" and 'JYoductlon and Marketing of Oregon Wheat" ar the two subjects stu dents mav choose In the wil iest. All students In grades nine through twelve, with the excep tion of those v.hoe parents are officers of the Wheat League or Wheat Commission, are eligible o enter the contest. Cash awards will be made for the winning cntrlei. Woodward announced, with $73 going to the top article, SMI for second, $.13 for third, and $15 for fourth In addition. 21 certificates of merit will te awarded the next winners. The winner will also be the guest of the League dur ing Its annual convention In Portland. Ivcembc 12. 13 and 11. Interested students may write th Oregon Wheal Growera league, tn Penelrton, Box 4H for entry blank and refcrenc material, although other refer ence material may N used. Melsker maa of Morrow. Gil liam, t'matllla. Wheeler nmntlea on sal al th Cawtt Time. $t 23 each. Other available on order. ter. Mr. and Mrs. BUI Callff, in Kstacada. Mr. and Mrs. Flvln Ely went to It lot Rock Sunday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vern McGowan. Well Drilling ROY T. FRENCH New drlllln wells l your vicinity Rotary Drilling Is much faster. Does away with testing. Clean Ihe hoi with otr as It drill. CALL ME Frco Estimates Cheerfully Given 276-2081 Collect 1015 S. W. Fraxer Pendleton. Ore. WHEAT GROWERS: BEFORE YOU TRY ANYTHING for control of Cockle. Sowthittle, Dog Fennels, Buckwheat. Gromwell, Knotwetd, Knawel and other hard to kill weeds In your wheat. BE SURE YOU GET WHAT YOU'RE w . W AFTER myll Higher yields of eln, straight, tisy to Jilii harvest wheat. uSAiWEL ED WEED KILLER WILL DO IT FOR YOU AT LOW COST For selective, broad-spectrum weed control in wheat use: Banvel D plus 2,4 0 L. V. Ester tank mix combinations. 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