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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1966)
County Agent's Office County is Rated Above Disaster Area Situation Br GENE WINTERS County ExUiulon Agent The Morrow County USI)A DUaMcr Committer, after ntucly InH the returned quratliinnalmi of Jl!V farm or ranch opcratora, diHflded lut week not to auk that Morrow county be declared a dlNuater area. Till division wan bawd up on the Information aupolled by about 13 of the county' farm operators. Approximately 3TiO quesllonnal re a were mailed. Avernite barley production wa reported at !M percent of that icrown In 15 and hay yielded approximately 80 of that of luht year. Of the 115 operator reportlntf, HC reported havlnit Uvintoek to tallnu 2A2l head of cattle and 417 aheep. KixKiii iliniu'm In the emer gency feed sruln program ahow nn Increanc oi price oi cummuu iiu ,rr..lit f,--li irnlna to DO per ,..,.., r HimiHiri nriif. with dully limits to anlmala of four tor It.-vIouhIv the cowl waa 75 percent and dally limit rnaxl mum of 10 pound per animal. No further nircltaK arc plan i i.., n Will dlNUHter com mlltce unleR the llveNtock feed Hltuutlon In the county tietcnur atoa. loMcta Hot Biological Place In Waed Control mi... .itu.iuHinn ot weed or in M-ct control often lead Into the Nubjcot of blolojslcal control for Uiee jx-itt. MloloKlcal control by Insects nd plant ta . ,hI iiroceHK which ha bm 8"ln on nincc the or Ik In of lanu piamn. .11.7 use by man oi una COIltrollnu' weeu Ii'is - a I . ...I nitui The auccesa of control depend upon two act of man. The plant I... Introduced without It predator, and natural predators free of paraaltc muni be Intro duced to carry out incur worn unhampered, xi...,. ,.f hiiilof ral control carried out by entomologist of the USDA. KntomoloRV m-scarm Division, lnseit blintlflcntlon Introduction Kc warcli Branch. Since most ot mtf rMii mini from foreign land much of these division work 1 Involved In searching ... m,rnuii. ii nil im'dators abroad. Stringent acreenlnit and feHlinx experlmeni are uonc there. ThU Include all plants Krowlnit In area wnere tno pe.n ..vi.i. iii Hi u inuntrv. If research shows promise In this country, experimental re lnnv..tf Mn made. In Oninn. In CoolHTlltlon W'lth fiKli-rnl rntomoloclsts, insects i,m ii.-n Introduced In an at tempt to control St. Johnswort, Corse, tansy raswon nnu iuny ,..r.. ,!,, l)ii eontrol of St. Johnswort ha been spectacular here In Morrow county ana else where In the state, but several in,N,.i.iH. nml inuH-t were In volved. IV.sts of Rorse und tansy raKword are now wen cmudusi. ...i Tlio puncture vine seed weev ii ...ou i ntr, win wri near I'endle ton and near llermlston In l'.H3. The present status Is unknown. With other Introductions often numbers did not duiiu up ruu i.ai.. .a Last year a flea beetle was released In southern OreRon ...ti . i. r r-nniulii Thistle. A number of insects under tests show promise for control j...n.n,.rUniiin sni?e. am- pator weed, Dalmatian Toad pi.... Mnii KnlnirotMn. Additional sm-cles are being brought In for control of tansy ragwort and puncture vine. Protein Survey Made In County The complete protein survey of Morrow county liHH wheat samples was recently received. The averages for Gaines wheat at the following named elevat ors are: ltuggs 7.3, Jordan 7.4, Lexington 0.6, Heppner 7.1, Horth Lexington 7.6 percent. fm n r uli.ui ni.rfiff1 Oft tier cent at North Ixtnuton, 60 at Lexington and b.3 ai Kugga. Forty-fold. 7,9 percent at Lex Iml-Iiiii iiihI 1114 at lleniiner. Hurt was 9.1 percent protein at Jordan. Idaed at Heppner tested 12.4 percent protein. 'lli.. ui,rl..ll. llmfir 'iriv full! Hurl anil lrlneri renrrsent a suhstantlallv smaller average than Gullies, Itesult of the survey will be mimeographed and sent in few duv to grower wheat wa sampled. Oregon Farm Net Said on Increase where Brucellosis Free County Awarded Area Certificate Despite rlsliiu nroductlon costs In IMS. Oregon farmer had the highest net Income In six vc.ir nnrl rash riK-elnts reach ed an all time high. Mr. Klvera llorrell, Oregon State University Kxtenslon agri cultural economist, said cash sales brought In $-170 million last year, 10 per cent above llMVl, while production cost were $104 million, topping the previous year by 3 per cent. Oregon total net larm in come was estimated at 5M1 million In 1W5, which was 40 per cent above the record low In 1 hut lit 1 11 helnw thn riv. ord high year of 1951. Mrs. llor rell noted that net farm income In Oregon was first recorded In 19-19. Oregon ranked 32nd among thn m mnlnlnml state In re ceipt from sale of farm prod ucts, me exact spot u new in 1964. Cattle and calve, as us ual, topped the list of commod ities by a wide margin. Dairy ..-..I....... .......... .4 . . . , I, , . n immui r snnnt'u nnuiiii, nui:i. third: Dotatocs. fourth: and greenhouse and nursery prod- item min. While cash farm Income has been climbing, according to Mrs. Horrell, farms have been L'citina hleiir In size and few er In number. Oregon lost 1.000 rnrnm rrnm i'N4 io r.no ana another 1)00 In 19b5 and the first half of l9Ui. By GENE WINTERS County Extension Agent Tti Inner aunlled BruCellOHlf rr,.j An. a fl-rtlflrBle for MOP mm pnuntv was recently ore' aented to One Winter, county agent for Morrow county cat tlemen by Dr. Stan McGough, federal veterinarian from Pendleton. Thi pnrtlflcate. first of It kind to be granted an eastern Oregon county, certifies that representative test of all herd of cattle In Morrow county show no brucellosis 1 Known io ex ist in the county, and that ap proved iurvelllance procedure are being conducted under the cooperative State-Federal bru cellosis eradication program. Signing the certificate were Glenn B. Hea, state veterinarian; O. J. llalverson, federal veter inarian, and V. J. Muhern, dir ector of Animal Health Divis ion, Agriculture Research Serv ice. Thl coveted certificate 1 the rntilt nf neurlv 2n year work by the Morrow County Livestock Crower Association and the f'mintv Vli-nHl(in office in CO operation with the State and I. ml veti-rlnarlans. first ac tion wa taken by the livestock sub committee at tnc liHf tx-ii-nntnn Agriculture 1'lannlnc r'nuni-ll Tim i' mini orooosed the county adopt a oruceuosi con trol program. A ru-Mllim with I'M) slcnature was nresented to the Morrow County Court In 1948. A hear ing held in June, 194H, showed thn Inli-rtr-Kt hv enuntv rattle- men wltn a compulsory nrucei huila tnutlntr nrneram establish rd In 19-19. At that time Mor row county Deing tne oniy east ern Oregon range county nav u a comnuiKorv Drocram. During the early years of the program large numbers of cows were tested. In 1952 and 1953 more than 10,000 cows were tested each year. The last herd to be tested was in iskm. In l'lFtfi Morrow eountv re wlvml nivri-ilitntlnn ah thn first modified cenilled brucellosis free range county In Oregon Wheat Growers Slate Workshop The annual fall workshop of the Oregon Wheat Growers league will be held at the Elks IKlge In Pendleton, Thursday, October 13, at :ju a.m. accora Ing to Don Woodward, president A full agenda has been devel oped Including wheat lcglsla Inn fr?lt7 ht rates. Public rela Hons, the Agrl-Business Council nf Orncon. herbicide ana many other nroblems pertaining to wheat. All unven of the state stand Inw committee will meet In n.ul.in mH rnrmrt their recom mendatlons to the entire group Into In thn HnV ThCST TPCOm- mendatlons will be carried back to their respective counties lor further action. nf Orcpnn State University will be featured on the day's program witn a nis cusslon on herbicides. Other speaker will be Dick Crabtrce nr Purine Nnrthwnst Grain and Grain products Association and Marlon Thomas of Oregon Mate University. tn.in r'nmmlitp rhalrmpn who will lead their respective committees are a ionows: uo- mestlc wheat utilization, Gall Mr-Klnnls Summervllle: Federal agriculture prog r a ms, Edwin Miller, Jr.. Heppner; production and land use. Bill Jaeger, Con don: marketing. Glen Brogoitti, Helix; transportation, Snell Weatherford. Olcx; taxation and legislation, Larry Kaseoerg, Wasco; youth activities, Mal colm Fargher, Dufur; and pub lic relations, dick skiics, was co. Prnohlnnt Wnndwarrl announc ed that anyone Interested In whnni nmdurtlnn and nroblems related to wheat Is encouraged to attend. No Hunting No Trespassing Signs at the Gazette-Times HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, October . 196 Feeling Better Mrs. Charles Carlson, who was hurt In a fall at Seavlew, Wn., while on a vacation trip In mlH.Snntnmher Is back home after spending time in Pioneer Memorial hospital nere ana in a Pendleton hospital. She suf fered a shoulder lniurv and a chlDDed bone in the fall. Her arm continues to be in a sling after a cast was removed, and she says that she is reeling dci- ter. SINGLE ADULTS Computer Matching WRITE: COMPATIBILITY TESTING OF OREGON 2803 S. E. 122nd PORTLAND. OREGON For FREE Personality Test We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat FrM LW Jl Ot CHarga To l neppuvi, lone. y ii GrWjH L ' WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING - SCHEDULE l Tuesday liuKn - Cattle Wed., Thurs. Sheep Any uay Follett Meat Co. Ph. 567-6651 Hermlston. Oregon On Hormiston-McNary Highway 0 Us .. iim, mi.i inniiiiii pup i n '" "'f ff "T""" " 1 7 ". I H- , V Hill j h ' ... 4 ' Can you tell which Gelgy herbicide was usea nere r Could be Atrazine, Simazine, or even new Pramitol herbicide. The outstanding results are no clue ...because all of these Geigy her bicides keep non-crop areas around the farm or ranch weed-free for months. With an easy-to-make, once-a-year application, too. Each Geigy herbicide has special features that enable you to obtain best possible weed control in non crop areas. All are economical. And the correct one to use simply depends on your specific problem. You can use the following guide: Atrazine BOW Wettable powder. For spray application before or soon after weeds emerge. Ideal for areas with low rainfall. Simazine 80W Wettable pow der. For spray application before weeds emerge. Ideal for areas with ample rainfall. Pramitol 25E Emulsifiable so lution. For spray application on established weed growth. Ideal for areas where weeds got ahead start. Pramitol 5P Pellets. For dry ap plication before or after weeds emerge. Especially effective against hard-to-kill, deep-rooted peren nial weeds: ' See your supplier now for the Geigy herbicide that will solve your weed problem rn non-crop areas for months with a single ap plication this fall. Or, for more information, write us today. Geigy Agricultural Chemicals, Division of Geigy Chemical Corpo ration, Saw Mill River Road, Ards ley, New York 10502. . Pop Y y h y d EC ow BILL GENTRY if . .:" j 1" i . i Li.' J CMAIOK Of CHIMICAIS IO MOOIIN M.KIW11UU Gelgy Street Lights Don't "Just Go On" By Themselves CALL US . . . when a light burns out on your street, we'd appreciate your call right away. We're proud of our service and your public lighting system, and want to keep it always at top notch condition. There's more quite a bit more work and maintenance in keeping Heppner's streets brightly lit at night. And it's a job that's the responsibility of your Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op. Above General Foreman Bill Gentry replaces a unit in one of the fixtures on a downtown light. In future years, in cooperation with your city government, we plan to modernize the city's street lighting system. Good Municipal street lighting means a lower accident and crime rate, a more attractive community and happier, safer citizens I YOU LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY With COLUMBIA BASIN I ELECTRIC C6-0P Serving Wheeler, Gilliam and Morrow Counties
