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
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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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