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
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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
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'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.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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Serving Wheeler, Gilliam, and Morrow Counties