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HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Tbundor. AprU tt. 196 County Agent's Office League Executives Eye Valley Plan, Hear Allen Tom Quarterly executive mooting of tho Oregon Wheat Growers Leaeue was held in IYndleton on April IS with -JO people in attendance. One of the features of the meetine was the pres ence of three men from the Wil lamette Vallev who are interest ed in League activities there, and hope to organize in late summer or earlv fall. Thev are. Ted Rossner and Rush Milter from the McMinnville area, alone with the Yamhill county extension agent Hugh Hicker son. This area produces about 20r of Oregon's wheat. Allen Tom. Tho Dalles, presi dent of the National Associa tion of Wheat Growers, gave a report on the Washington. D. C office. As it looks now. one may expect acreage allotments at 5a million next year. This does not include the 3.8 million acres from small allotments or an in crease in acreage of about sev en million. Tom emphasized the fact that we can still produce more wheat than we can find a market for and that increase in production should come grad ual to avoid another buildup of wheat surpluses. Wheat stocks as of July 1, 1966, are expected to be approximately 600 mil lion bushels. The production es timate for the 1966 crop is 1340 million bushels. The markets for this crop are expected to use 1300 million bushels with a carryover July 1. 1967, of about 400 to 460 million bushels. Don Thompson of Moro, re ported to the group that the re duced freight rates as announc ed by the Union Pacific on the Condon-Heppner lines has been suspended by the appeal board. These rates meant a reduction of five cents per hundredweight and were to have gone into ef fect April 16. Marion Weatherford of Arling ton reported on the Oregon-Agri-Council which is being orga nized by. farm groups and al lied industries to improve the image of agriculture to the peo ple of the state through a state wide public relations program, is ready to move. The by-laws have been developed and if ap proved the agri-council will be incorporated. Don Rydrych of the Pendleton experiment station reported on the latest chemical control de velopments on cheat gTass. At the present. 20 companies are testing various compounds which represent a total of one million dollars in research. Screening programs are being used widely to hasten the de velopment of a desirable com pound. At present Linuron looks the most promising of the new compounds. OSU Beef Cattle Day Set May 13 The place of crossbreeding in beef cattle production will be one of the topics explored dur ing the eighth anmi.il R.W Pol. ;tle Day at Oregon State I'ni- verstty Mav 1A Meetings will start at 9:30 am. in Withy- com no- nail. A noted geneticist. Dr. F. B. Hutt of Cornell University, will be a featured speaker. He has worked extensively on the ef fect of eenetic variation nivm ! nutritional requirements of meat animals. Ralph Bogart, OSU geneticist. will disCUSS the mH'ant.ii'i' n :well as the short comings of crossbreeding, as pointed out bv research and experience. Bo gart's talk will include a review of various crossbreeding proj ects carried on at experiment stations across the nation. Other OSU staff members who will appear on the one-dav pro grams include; A T E.iUt.m Animal Science Department; V. H. Freed. Department nf Acri. jcultural Chemistrv; G. Burton Wood. OSU Agricultural Experi ment Station Director; D. E. Matteson, Extension Service vir ologist, and Guy Reynolds, Ex tension veterinarian; and Dean Frischknecht. OSU Extension animal science specialist. Ralston will discuss physio logical effects of hormone im plantation at birth and at time of castration, particularly as re lated to the problem of urinary calculi in the feedlot. Freed will review some of the problems and prospects for expanded use of pesticides in beef production. The OSU research program and its benefits for the cattle men Will be pxnlainprf hv WnnH while Matteson and Reynolds will explain their duties and how the work can serve the in dustry. It was largely due to sustained efforts on the part of the state's cattlemen that the posts of virologist and extension veterinarian were estabished re cently at OSU. i Fnehknecht will lead a ques-tion-and- answer session to com 'plete the day's events. The annual meeting Is spon I sored by OSU, the Western Ore gon Livestock Association, and the Oregon Cattlemen's Associa tion. j Any person interested in at tending should contact the County Agent's office by May fvlOB'TvT-T'"' V"Tj- 44 J- - HERE ARE SOME of th theep that w" killed recently by coyotes in on morning at th John Hanna ranch. Catl McDaniel found two dens of coyote pups and destroyed them. Coyotes Raise Havoc with Sheep; Ranchers Favor County Bounty Well Drilling ROY T. FRENCH Mow drilling wells In your Tirinity Rotary Drilling Is much faster. Does away with testing. Cleans the hole with cdr as it drills. CALL ME Free Estimates Cheerfully Given 276-2081 Collect 1015 S. W. Frazer Pendleton, Ore. 'Extension Delegates To Represent County At Corvallis Meeting I Delegates who will represent Morrow county at the Oregon Extension Homemakers Council State meeting in Corvallis May 3-5 have been named. They are Mrs. Iva Booker, Heppner. representing the Rhea Creek Extension Unit; Mrs. jox is Shade, Irrigon, of the Irrigon unit; Mrs. Paul Warren, repre senting the Heppner unit, and Mrs. Frank Connor, Heppner, who is the County Home Exten sion Committee delegate. Donna George, county exten sion agent, will accompany the delegates to Corvallis. Coyote population apparently i on tho increase in Morrow county, and it's a sure thin-4 that their depredations are in creasing. Reports from ranchers show heavy losses to sheep, and Carl McDaniel. retired government trapper, estimates tha coyotes cost Morrow county ranchers S.tO.000 damage last "year. John Hai.na lost eight sheep, including lambs and ewes. In one morning about two weeks ago. McDaniel came to his aid, found two dens of coyotes, anil killed 13 pups. The older coyotes, however, got away. Percy Cecil was having coyote trouble about the same time, and McDaniel killed one grown coyote and eight pups there. On Wednesday, Harold Wright com plained of having trouble wltn coyotes and Cecil was having more problems with the predators. i McDaniel quoted George Rugg : as saying that the latter had lost 500 lambs and 170 ewes in the mountain range last sum- j mer and that he had lost a total oi 1000 lambs during lambing season from all predatorscoy- j otes, ravens, eagles and others. ! Tom Campbell at Lafever Prairie in the southwest part of j the county reported losing 100 ' lambs during the past summer, i Lambs are worth about S25 J each at selling time, McDaniel ; said, so it is apparent that the ; ranchers arc suffering a pretty ! heavy loss. j Petitions have been circulated j to ask th ; county for a bounty ! on coyotes, but they haven't J been turned over to the county court. Those circulating them did not realize that the county budget meetings had been held, and thus they didn't get the pet itions to the county (or the c.ir ;vnt year's budget. "Nearly everybody is in favor of the bounty." McDaniel said. John llannc. strongly emphasiz ed that he was for it "The petitions received a 10O'; signup in some parts of the county." McDaniel continued. He said that the bounty suggested would be So per coyote whether pup or full grown. "It is now costing the county &J0 to $30 per coyote in the trap ping program." The bounty would be paid by the county. Gilliam and Wheel er cou.ities have such a bounty, and Morrow also paid a bounty on coyotes at one tune, but It was discontinued a tew years ago. Trapping is sometimes diffi cult because of the danger of ensnaring young domestic farm animals. McDaniel. who last year got 38 bobcats and 74 coyotes, said that he knew of 23 dens of coy otes that he spotted In the woods last fall where the pu; got away. At an average of seven per litter, this means that some 160 coyotes were allowed to mature. When a litter Is found and destroyed, damage to lambs drops because the adult coyotes feed the lambs to their Utters. 4-H Horse Field Day To Include Training Program, Race Events The nnnilrtl 4 II Horse Field Pay has bii-n scheduled for Sat urday, May 7. at the Wrangler Arena. Hie program will feature Dr. Stan McGough with training on horsemanship and showman ship and points to consider In lodging horses, starting at l:30 a in. Everyone should bring a ack lunch, but coffee and punch will be provided. There will be n 4 II playdav after lunch, with events for three aire groups Events will Include barrel racing, ring race, back up race, pole bending race, rescue race, and musical ropes. Additional copies of rules for these events may h picked up at the Countv Agent's office. Hold Knitting Session Country Cutters 4 H Clothing and Knitting club met Thursday. April 2, nfer school at Maiy Campbell's home In Condon tir their second knitting work sess Ion. The first session was March Z at Molly Rockets. Sweaters to be exhibited at the county fair have been started. Debbie Warren, president, con ducted the business meeting at the Campbell home. iH-monstra-tions, summer school, and a dress work shop were discussed. Molly Rocket, reporter Pomona to Meet At Willows Hall State Grange Master Allen Wheeler of Portland Is schedul ed to lie present for the Pomona Grange meeting at Willows Grange hall, lone, on Saturday, : April ;U Wheeler also holds the olflce of national Grange chap lain. It Is i'-etrd that he will give a rest. me of state wide ac tivities which he has obsetved h- his visits during Hie past vear The in! day meeting, Mulling ill U::iO am. will observe the IiMIi anniversary of the Pomona irL-iniiiili.iii In Morrow county. Program arrangements are un der the dltoetion of Mrs Mary U.iindflt. lecturer. Business sess ions will lie conducted by Po mona Master Hcrl Akers, and the host etnnge will serve a noon lunch The evening session will start at 7::m p.m., with lihea Creek Grange In charge of Initiation Into the fifth degree. A lunch eon will be served prior to this ceremony. Yes, the Gaette-Tlmei can print the form you need for busi ness or ranch use. Phono 678- RANCH AERO AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO. OWNED AND OPERATED BY PAUL N. HANSEN NOW SPRAYING GRAIN FOR WEEDS AND APPLYING LIQUID FERTILIZER Schwarz Aptm'ts No. 5 PH. Hsppner 67S-9371 ot 67S-I2M Work on 4-H Reports On April 18 the lone 4-H Live- ; stok club members met in the high school library to fill out their standard report forms for summer school. After a short business meeting our leaders helped us with questions we had about the report forms. Three members applied for 4-H sum mer school. i Keith Nelson, reporter Cooking Club Meets A business meeting was held of the Krispie Cookers 4-H club at the home of our leader, Mrs. Arbogast. on April 16. Miss Don na George was there to tell us about the Judging of cookies. She gave us some judging cards and we judged three kinds of cookies. She told us the correct placing after we were through. Gwen Drake, reporter Mrs. Acock Named Committee Chairman : For Home Extension ; Mrs. Dean Acock, Irrigon, was ' selected chairman of the Mor- j row County Home Extension committee for 1966-67 when it met April 20 at the Lexington school. Vice-chairman is Mrs. Frank Connor. Heppner. Mrs. Carl Rhea, Lexington, was re elected secretary and Mrs. Al bert Wright Is treasurer. The Countv Committee in cludes a representative from ' each of the county's home ex tension units and functions in planning and coordinating coun tywlde activities of the units. It acts in an advisory capacity to the county extension agent in home economics. Other major business at the group's recent meeting included plans for a meeting with alumni May 18, arrangements for the Homemaker Achievement Festi val May 11, and for attendance by local women at the Exten sion Homemakers Council In Corvallis May 3-5. Recruitment of volunteer help in the Abun dant Foods education program was discussed. Preliminary plan ning was begun for training of unit officers, and for other spe cial leadership training in the falL Now is the Time to Fix Up! SAVES TIME AND STEPS Good planning makes your all-electric kitchen even better! For Weed Spraying CALL ON MEL B0YER Owner Gar Aviation FIELD MAN Jim Pettyjohn Spraying-Dusting-Fertilizing-Seeding DRY OR LIQUID FERTILIZER APPLICATION A GOOD JOB AT A FAIR PRICE You Can Find Us AH Year Around AT THE LEXINGTON AIRPORT Phone 989-8422 Plan Field Trip The sixth meeting of the Bee's Busy Buddies 4-H club was held at the home of Clint Krebs on April 6, at 4:00 p.m. Discussion was continued on the coming field trip. A demonstra tion about the practical uses of leather was given by Clint Krebs. Clint Krebs, reporter POWER CONTROL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE WE REPAIR: Electric Motors Power Tools Hydraulic Jacks Alemlte Equipment 421 S. E. 4th Pendleton Phone 276-5862 Most Important room In tvtry nous Ever notice how your family seems to congregate in the kitchen? Small wonderl After all, the kitchen is the natural family center for American living. That's why it is 60 important to have a well designed kitchen. It II save you countless steps; lets you do more work with less effort; and lets you do it quicker! A little planning can help you do wonders in making yours a low cost model kitchen. To make best use of existing space, plan your work around your three principal activi ties: (1) food preparation, (2) cook ing, (3) clean-up. cabinets instead of In the middle. This will leave room for any size range you might buy in the future. s s 1 1 9 convenient to your clean-up area. Today's modern electric dish washers, with their giant capacity, lots you wash all tho cooking and outing utensils at one time. And the water is super-hoatod to kill many i 1 Cooking area: use electricity to keep that "old-fashioned" flavor Whether you choose a conventional "free-standing" or "built-in" range and oven, be sure you cook the mod ern way . . , with clean, safe electric ity. It's the best way you can be certain of getting just the right tem perature for every dish. Once you've established a superior recipe, you can repeat it time after time when you cook with electricityl An exhaust fan over the range Is a wonderful addition to any kitchen. It helps remove hear; moisture, and cooking odors. Plan adequate stor age for cooking utensils near the cooking area; it'll save you hundreds of steps every day. If a built-in unit is used, have the oven installed at eye level to save stooping and bending when you are baking. A "free-standing" range should be installed at the end of your Preparation area: have adequate electrical outlets The Iwo most important features of a good preparation area are plenty of working space and adequate elec trical outlets for all the appliances you'll use when preparing meals. Counters should be waist high (34" to 36") and covered with an easy-to-clean material. Avoid cracks or crevices. Your refrigerator and other food storage areas should be close by. So should mixing bowls, knives, etc. Be certain you have adequate wall outlets for your electrical appliances and for those you'll be adding In the ' f -Arf.M r 1 -f f future. The outlets should be on a different circuit than your refrigera tor to avoid over-loading. Clean-up area: electricity takes drudgery from chores Good kitchen planning can save you hours of needless work. Arrange your cabinets conveniently so there's plenty of storage for dishes and uten- germs which might survive old fashionod hand washing. A garbage disposal Is another helpful appliance which takes much of the "mess" from the homemaker'a life. You can actually "wash" nearly all your garbage down the drainl Bright and cheerful as a happy home! Lighting plays an important role In your kitchen. We suggest every kitchen have adequate "general" lighting plus additional fixtures-for the preparation area. It's a good Idea to have light over the sink, too. An efficient kitchen and low-cost electric power go together to give you a better, more comfortable life. That's why today's modern home maker has all the conveniences of her city cousins ... and still enjoys the uncrowded freedom of country living! Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Serving Wheeler, Gilliam, and Morrow Counties
