County Agent's Office
Freeze Branding
Not Yet Accepted
As Legal Method
By GAIL McCARTT
County Extension Agent
Endorsement of freeze brand
ing as a legal brand in Oregon
was withheld by members of
the LtvestooK Advisory Commit
tre, Oregon Department of Ag
riculture, at a June 7 meeting
In Salem.
The committee said it want
ed to find out what the cattle
industry wants and to have
more information on the ef
fectiveness of this method be
fore making a decision.
Roy Nelson, chief of the de
partment's livestock division, in
a report on a freeze branding
seminar he attended at Pull
man. Washington, said they had
been told it was still in tha ASTS Committer Th. iilntmnt
study stages and no conclusions of 124.S95 acres was increased
had been reached. approximately 15 percent over
the precedinc year.
4-H Demonstration Day. July 17 David McLeod. ASCS office
in nninr tn. th 1 manager, announced Mondav
,n in ni ivn lilt ill ui,iiT (tiv
scheduled for mailing Friday.
Morrow county is second in
Oregon to the t'matilla county
REPPNEX GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. Jun XX 1966
ASCS Announces
Raise in County
Wheat Allotment
By GENE WINTERS
County Extension Agent
The Morrow county wheat
acreage allotment for 1967 was
recently released bv the State
County Fair run more smoothly
and to allow time for more 4-H
club members to give demon-
H Ul..ivil.ll. , ., , . ,.... ...-
tion day has been scheduled for : 'U'J, "" M"r:
Sunday. July 17, starting at 1:30 I?!Lun,fy fv snre, is f,6?"1 "
p.m. There- will be separate J" of(l,he .,'aUo,IM'nt;
judges for home economic and I Oregon s share R.73b acres of
CTiciilt.ire mntet o this n-m the national allotment Is about
run at the same time. Club P? rnt-. "nd l
Families Join
For Cattle Drive
State Wheat Loss
SsEwfes Seen 20 Percent
GEORGE WOOD
Wheat Associates
Names Coordinator
members are asked to pre-regts- ?"? W states Ranking 16, . George Wood, who
ter for this contest early so tW15' 13 a.nd ,1.2. rfspoctiyely completed requlremen
a workable schedule can be ar- ?re M'.nwota Michigan da- master of science degr.
ranged.
Louis Carlson, president of the
Morrow County Wheat Growers
ssociatlon, has announced that
has just
ments for a
ree in Ap-
ho, Indiana and Ohio. Washing-; ricultur.il Economics at Oregon
Wiiin-t vn- p- jacres, I named program 'coordinator for
L.TmuW M hTw ' j Western Wheat Associates in
sxue set July 23 in Albany .Drought Not Disaster I the Washington. D. C. office.
The 2bth annual Willamette The Morrow County USDA Wood will assume his new post
valley Ram Sale will be held Disaster Committee met last! about Julv 1. 1906. He replaces
Saturday, July 23. starting at week to report their findings of Winn Turtle, former administra
10 a.m. at the Linn County the drought situation to the tor of the Oregon Wheat Corn
Fairgrounds in Albany. Sched- state committee. After confer, mi
uled for sale are 225 head of ring with local cattlemen, ASCS countv director in Taiwan for
Oregon's finest yearling stud communitv committeemen and W.W.A.
and range rams and ewes, farm organization leaders, the; As program coordinator for
Breeds in their order of sale committee agreed the situation Western Wheat, Woods duties
are Romney, Lincoln, Corrie- at this time did not warrant the include liaison with the Foreign
dale, Columbia Cheviot, Shrop- county be declared a disaster Agricultural Sen ice. USDA
JT'c n1"1116, ,SoutndowT area. under the program of market
and Suffolk. The sale is under Members of the county com- development and expansion for
the management of the Oregon mittee are representatives of U. S. wheat and wheat products
Purebred Sheep Breeders Assn. ASCS, Extension and Farmers in the areas served by Western
Catalogs or additional informa- Home Administration. i Wheat Associates Other duties
lin?nn r0Mlne(l,,by0COn'i 'include coordination with U. S.
tacting O. E. Mikesell. Sec re- Grain Grading Survev Started government on,-w .mi n,i.
vate business firms in connec
tion with wheat and flour mar
keting and exportation.
tary, P. O. Box 765, Alb a n y, To Help Marketing Problems
Oregon.
Yes, the Gazette-limes can
print the form you need for busi
ness or ranch use. Phone 676-922S.
Well Drilling
ROY T. FRENCH
Now drilling wells in
your ridaity
Rotary Drilling
Is much faster.
Doe away with testing.
Cleans the hole with alz
as it drills.
CALL ME
Free Estimates
Cheerfully Given
276-2081 Collect
1015 S. W. Frazer
Pendleton. Ore.
This week Norman Goetze
Extension Farm Crops Special
ist, and Myron Shenk will be in
the county meeting with the
staff of Morrow County Grain
Growers to set up the local co
operator's grain grading survey.
Shenk, a graduate student at
OSU, will conduct the survey.
The purpose of the project is to
determine what changes, if any,
take place in wheat when it Is
stored or handled, and, is wheat
from some areas affected more
by storage and handling than
from other areas.
The project will run for three
years in Oregon, Washington,
and Idaho with about 30 repre
sentative grain elevators partic
ipating. Grain samples of wheat
received at elevators will be
taken. Samples will be taken in
rail cars when the grain is un
loaded at the terminal. Grain
samples will be tested in the
state grain grading laboratories.
Inbound grades will be compar
ed to outbound grades.
The project is aimed at help
ing producers and dealers solve
future marketing problems. The
Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers
Association and the Oregon,
Washington and Idaho Wheat
Commissions will provide 80
percent of the states' $5,000 for
the project.
ture's Consumer and Marketing
Service matches the states funds
with So.000.
Chemical Sprays Help
Control Troublesome Weeds
Two trouble some summer
weeds are making themselves
known and should be control
led. Field sandbur can be control
led with mast non-selective con
tact materials. Two to three
quarts of Diniro general plus 10
to 20 gallons of diesel oil in 60
to 80 gallons of water per acre
or one gallon of Amitrole-T plus
spreader sticker in 60 to 80 gal
lons of water per acre are ef
fective when plants are seed
lings. Shallow tillage where
possible is effective.
Puncture vine can be control
led with chemical sprays such
as 2,4-D or mechanical means
such as pulling, hoeing, or oth
er cultivation methods or by
burning.
By BLANCHE McDANIEL
HARDMAN. RHEA CREEK
The annual three day Wright
cattle drive to the reserve range
iook place last week with 23
people on hand (or the nlente
Wednesday above Parker's Mill.
Spending a few davs with
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright
and helping with the drive were
their sons-In-law and daughters,
iwr. and Mrs. Don Anderson and
family of Ar Incton. and Dr.
ana Mrs. Kal
Anchorage,
there at the
hospital.
Others who either helped with
the drive or en loved the picnic
were the Rav Wrights. Burton
Clarks and Nomla. Ned Clarks,
Evelyn rarrens. Mr. nad Mrs,
Tom Crewdson, I.es Robinson,
Dave Springer and the Earl Git
Hams of lleppner.
Mr. and Mrs. I.es Robinson
are now at home at Big Cat
where he will ride the reserve
for the summer. Mrs. Robinson
has been on the sick list for
over a week, but is Improving.
Mrs. Dallas McDanlel took Al
ia Stevens to Pendleton Monday
for medical attention.
Spending last week end at
the Huston Lesley home were
Mr. ana Mrs. Keith Ramsey,
real estate broker from Bend,
Mrs. Wes Woolev, Scott and
Kevin of Portland, and Mr. and
Mrs. Don Lesley of San Jose,
Calif. That Saturday they all
took in the 62 celebration at
Canyon City. Also enjoying the
ccieorauon were Mr. and Mrs
Dallas McDanlel and lva Lou.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steers of
Mamath Falls and well known
in this area, celebrated their
Golden Weddinc Anniversary
there on Sundav. Colni? from
here for the occasion were Mr.
ana Mrs. Bob Stevens and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Col
lins, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Steers accompanied by Mrs.
Pearl Steers of lleppner. Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Steers spent Fri
day night at Gold Hill visiting
with her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lee White.
The women had not seen each
other for 22 years. Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Stevens were house
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle
Stuart of Bates the three days
they were there.
Home Ec club of Rhea Creek
Grange held Its picnic at Anson
Wright Memorial Park last
Thursday.
Club Tours Cannery
Eager Cookerettes 411 club
took a trip to Weston to visit
the Lamb-Weston Canning Co.
They showed us how they shell
ed the peas, washed and pack
et! them, also how thev froae
and canned the peas. Women
have to sort the pens on big
rollers. Alter we toured the
plant, we went on to Walla
Walla, where wo ate our lunch
and did some shopping.
Debbie Campbell, reporter
Frost and drouth conditions
during May have slashed early
estimates of Oregon's wheat
crop about 20 per cent.
Mrs. Elvera Horrell, Oregon
State University extension agri
cultural economist, said growers
origtnauy figured that spring
and winter wheat crops would
yield about 5 per cent above
last year. Now. it looks as If
growers will harvest about 23
minion bushels of winter wheat
and 2.4 million bushels of
spring wheat, 15 per cent less
man last year.
Mrs. Horrell said the spring
wncat crop win be about one
third as large as last year. Re
cent rains helped Willamette
Valley grain crops but came too
late tor grain plantings on shal
low soils In the Columbia Bas
in and other northeastern Ore
gon counties.
Washington's wheat crop es
timates also have been revised
downward. Production in that
state ix ep
state is expected to be 5 per
cent below last year at 82 mil
lion bushels of winter wheat
and 4.5 million bushels of
spring wheat.
Nationally, wheat production
Is expected to be down 7 ht
cent from last year.
Family Vacation
Covers Wide Area
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ray.
mond and children, Dlnnna
Donna. Phillip. James, Susan
and Jennifer vacationed around
Oregon and Washington from
Saturday, June 11 to Sunday,
June i. inev visited her step
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Sire Sorenson, In Moaler and
hiked at Eagle Creek, stopped
to aee Mr. Raymond's father,
Clayton Raymond. In McMlnn-
vllle, and continued to (Vean
Lake and Taft. They camped
out near Kernvllle, on Ihe beach
and visited Mr. and Mrs. Itov
Wilson, an uncle and aunt, of
Mrs. Raymond who live there.
While at Kernvllle they went
crabbing and fishing.
In Albany they saw his bro
ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Raymond and fam
ily and his brother-In law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Donovan
Sayle.s, before continuing on to
nierwyn Dam on the Lewis Rlv-
er where thev were cucsta of
Mrs. Raymond's father and sten.
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Leland
BoKshart.
At the Boss hard Is, all partlc-
Here on Leave
Pvt. E2 Kherrll McDonald,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewi Mc
IHnald, visited here on leave
from June 4 until June 16. He
has finished basic training at
Ft. Ord, Calif., where he won
his Expert Rifleman badge, lie
relumed to Ft. Ord for advanced
training.
Appaloosa Show
Set This Week-end
Second annual Wallowa Moun
tains Appaloosa Horse Club
show will be held on June 29
and 2tl at the Wallowa County
Fairgrounds in Miterprlw with
Ihe Enterprise Chamber of Com
merce as co-nixinwini. Horsea
placing In the Halter Classes
and Working Classes will earn
iHilnts toward the Northwest
Championships for 16. Troph
ies win be awarded to top hors
es in all classes.
An nppaloosa colt will be
given away to the person hold
ing the lucky admission ticket.
No iM'nalttca will be charged
for Inte entries for the show.
Ipated In a general family
birthday party.
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Labor Services Available
Farmers and others looking
for workers shouldn't overlook
the seasonal farm labor office
The state depart-; in Heppner. The mailing ad-
ments of agriculture of Oregon, j dress is P. O. Box 133 or Tele
Washington and Idaho will pro- phone 676-5336. Persons looking
vide the remaining 20 percent, for work should keep their
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with an All-Electric Laundrv
n all-electric laundry really does much more than
wash and dry your family's clothes. It also lets you
do it nt your leisure; you pick the time most con
silient to your busy schedule.
For example, why worry about a little rain? An
electric clothes dryer lets you forget about the
weather. Let it rain ... let it snow , . . you can dry
your wash any time!
"Fuel for Thought"
from ED DICK:
No matter how you drive,
RPM Bf otor Oils make your
engine perform better
and last longer
The Chevron
ABOVE ALL
means service
The way. we drive has a lot to do with how much wear our engines get. Stop-arid-go,
long, hard driving can increase engine wear. Unfortunately, most of us can't
change the way we drive. But we can protect our
engines, by changing to RPM Motor Oil. "RPM" pro
tects in all kinds of driving . . . stop and-go, long hauls,
heavy-duty. In fact, with "RPM" and proper oil
changes, your engine can outlast the life of your truck,
car, or other equipment. Try it. Call us soon about any
of the complete "RPM" line.
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trols foi llir u.sirril i..:e, it uutonwitic.il; ...his
off when your wash is dry.
An electric clothes dryer is s.tfe for nil fabrics. A
little care is all that's needed to protect the most
delicate synthetics. Just wash and dry separately
from the rest of your laundry. There are special
controls on both your electric washer and clothes
dryer to gently care for dainty g.irmenis
irr,f"Bl-''Vy
And there's no panic when you discover late at
night that Billy has no clean trousers for school
tomorrow ... or that Mary must wear her special
dress. They're clean in minutes in your automatic
clothes washer. Pop them in your electric clothes
dryer before you retire for the night. Everything
will be fluffy dry in the morning.
Yet an electric clothes dryer is as safe as a light
bulb. That's because it's flameless. Just set the (-n
An all-electric laundry saves money, particularly
for families with children who seem to "grow out
of their clothes." fewer changes are needed be
cause the youngster's clothing can be washed and
dried so easily. Children can, therefore, "grow
through" instead of "out of" garments.
Small wonder that an electric clothes dryer is a
woman's most wanted appliancel
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