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
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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.
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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.
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Division of Geigy Chemical Corpo
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