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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. J County Agent's Office Control Measures Urged For Undesirable Plants Br GENE WINTERS County Extension Agent The control of undesirable plants growing on rangeland Is an important range manage ment practice. Undesirable plants use space, moisture and nutrients which could better be utilized producing forage for grazing animals. Both rabbitbrush and sage brush species compete with more desirable forage plants on Morrow county rangela n d s. These brushy species frequently occur on deteriorated ranges. A successful job of control on sel ected sites should increase for age production two or three times. Methods for control of such undesirable plants include rato-beating, plowing, discing, railing, chaining, burning and with chemicals. Only ranges with a satisfactory remnant stand of forage grasses should be sprayed. Such grasses should be ciose enough together to step from one bunch to another. Lesser stands should be con trolled mechanically and re seeded to adapted species. Oth erwise the release of brushy competition will permit the in vasion of undesirable grasses such as Medusahead or cheat grass and broadleafed weedy species in the treated area. Following chemical treatment grazing should be deferred for at least one growing season. Un less proper grazing manage ment can be practiced follow ing treatment, spraying is not recommended. Timing of treatment is criti cal Unless properly chosen will result in complete failure. Cost sharing for sagebrush and rabbitbrush control is avail able from the county ASCS of fice under the B-3 practice list ed in the Morrow County Agri culture Conservation Program Handbook. Information as to treatment and timing is avail able from the County Extension Office. Knapweed Gives Problem Another undesirable range plant, diffused knapweed, is listed for cost sharing in the ACP Handbook under the amended B-12 Weed Practice. A special allocation has been re ceived by the Morrow County ASCS Committee to encourage the control of what has been called the county's number one weed problem. Future alloca tions for diffused knapweed control will to a large extent depend upon its use this year. Toxic Plants May Prove Poisonous to Livestock Yearly livestock losses from plant poisoning in Morrow county warrants calling atten tion to the better known toxic plants. A complete list of pos sible or probable causes of all animal deaths from plant pois oning is not possible. Some plants are toxic at only certain seasons of the year. In others, conditions not readily under stood may modify toxicity of plants of the same species. Many species which appear harmless if grazed casually in good pasture, may prove pois onous when taken alone or in quantity. Avoidance of poisoning in pasture and on the range ap Super Stitchers Meet The lone 4-H Super Stitchers club met at the home of Cheryl Hams The meeting was called to order by the vice president, Karen Crowell. Old business was discussed. It was decided that demonstrations were to be shown. Get-well cards were sent Refreshments were served by Teena Stefani and Christine Lindstrom. Cassy Chapel, reporter MINUTES OF CAN DESTROY YOUR CHOPS! I Buy Crop-Hail Insurance Turner, Van Marter & Bryant Insurance Agency Heppner 676-9652 Thursday. April 20. 1967 Kmc cJ M pears to lie In wise handling of both feeding areas and stock. Many poisonous plants can be controlled with 2.4-D and 2.4,5-T however,, such treatment may take the plant more desir able to the grazing animal. Ex treme care should be taken to keep livestock from treated ar eas. Specific chemical treatments are available from the County Extension Office. Poisonous plants to watch for now are Buttercup, Cocklebur, Death Camas, Horsetail, Larks pur, Poison Hemlock and Wa ter Hemlock. Rise in Imports Of Beef Concerns Producers Here The present rise in beef im ports is becoming a matter of concern for U. S. beef producers. The primary source of supply for beef brought into this coun try is Australia, according to Donald M. Taylor of the Ore gon State University cooperative extension service. The Australians will continue to pose rough competition for producers in the U. S. as well as for products that the United States exports to other countries, such as beef, veal, variety meats and tallow, according to Reub en Albaugh, Extension Animal Husbandman, University of Cal ifornia at Davis. Albaugh will be a featured speaker during the ninth annu al beef-cattle day at Oregon State University May 5. Draw ing on his experiences during a year spent studying the Aus tralian beef industry on the ground, Albaugh will present a well documented discussion of the livestock and meat indus tries "down-under," complete with a slide presentation. Beef day will also provide an opportunity for Oregon cattle men to see and hear the latest developments in the Animal Science Research program at OSU. Scientists from the depart ment will discuss subjects rang ing from reproductive problems of the brood cow to electrolyte balance, from mineral deficien cies to a new approach to pas ture and range management Tours of the beef barn, nutrit ion barn, and beef cattle re search facilities at Adair will be conducted by Al Ralston who is also in charge of put ting together the beef day pro gram at OSU. Geneticist Ralph Bogart will outline the OSU program of performance and progeny testing, and trials util izing both sheep and cattle on the same pasture area will be explained by Tom BedelL A highlight of the annual beef day will be a talk by Oregon Director of Agriculture Walter Leth.The director's banquet talk "Bull or Bum Steers" will focus on freight rates and what they mean to the Oregon cattle in austry. Oregon's annual sheep day will be held May 6, providing producers who are interested in an opportunity for livestock both beef cattle and sheep to take in the two programs. Beef day will start at 8:30 a.m. in Withycombe Auditorium under the sponsorship of the Depart ment of Animal Science at OSU, the Western Oregon Livestock Association, and the Oregon Cattlemen's Association. When you patronize Gazette Times advertisers, you help make a better paper Tell them you saw it In the Gazet-TUaes. THE FARMER SHOULD NOT TAKE THE RISK WHEN HAIL INSURANCE COSTS SO LITTLE Stock Producers Attend Field Day At Squaw Butte More than 170 livestock pro ducers attending the annual re search field day at the Squaw Butte Branch of the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station saw and heard agricultural results of current research during the all- day meeting. Proeram topics during the field dav ranged from produc tion of fall calves to a discus sion of returns from range im provements. H. A. Turner, as sistant in animal science at Squaw Butte, summarized cross breeding work done mere, us ing a Charolais sire on straight breed Her e f o r ds. weaning weights were increased 4$ pounds from the first cross and 97 pounds from the back cross. When calves were sold as weaners additional returns of $8.20 and $19.08 per cow were reported from the first and sec ond crosses respectively. If car ried and sold as yearlings, ex pected returns from the cross bred animals were jH.id irom the first cross and 127.39 per cow from the second cross. The biggest advantage of the crossbreeding program were higher calving percentages and more growth potential of the crossbred calf as well as high bred vigor of the crossbred dam which increased fertility. milking ability, and mothering ability, weaning percentage and weaning weights were both increased by the crossbreeding program. Extension range management specialist Dillard Gates, OSU, told those attending the field day that spraying properly sel ected sagebrush areas will double production of forage and beef from the sprayed area. Re turn on the investment In brush control is 50 per cent or more. Seeding depleted range areas can return as much as 100 per cent on the investment through increased feed production. Agronomist C. B. Rumburg re ported that early harvesting of native meadow hay can increase net returns by about $8.00 per acre if the nutrients lost by late harvesting are replaced with cottonseed meal and barley. Reports of trials using urea as a substitute for protein in the diet of growing calves were summarized by Robert J. Ral- eight. Squaw Butte Station. Urea was used at two diner ent levels in combination with both cottonseed meal and al falfa. Trace minerals were al so added to some of the rations. There were no significant dif ferences in rates of gain be tween any of the treatments, however, in all cases the ani mals receiving equal amounts of natural protein from cotton seed meal gained more with less feed and less cost than those receiving alfalfa pellets. There appeared to be a small advantage in teed elliciency and cost of gain from addition of trace minerals when alfalfa was not included in the ration. Raleigh also reported results of trials comparing fall versus spring calving for the second group of call calves in the ex perimental program which is still going on. Average weaning weight was 507 pounds. Cost of a creep ration was $2.48 per head for the entire season. The fall calving animals also re ceive a pound and a half of barley from January 1 until they go on range. This amounts to 160 pounds of barley at a cost of about $4.00, making a The nice thing about shopping by phone is that you don't have to back it out of the garage. Just pick up your phone, spin the dial and you're where you're going. Tell the store what you want and, click, you're back home again. Safe and sound. No parking ticket. No dented fender. fit" '"I " t T S '"'? T-f ".' i . . If 1 A f, A I if J. - ' -1 v,v Weekly Market Review By STEPHEN C MARKS Agricultural Economist OSU Cooperative Extension Service Midwest Drought PNW Stripe Rust Pose Wheat Grower Problem Hart! red winter wheat prices are still edging upward as the wheat trade anxiously awaits the April crop report for an ap praisal of crop condition and es timate of drought damage In the midwest. Most traders feel that the winter wheat crop has definite ly been hurt. Kansas, loading wheat producing state in the U. S., received only spotty mois ture from a recent storm, which did not correct the drought con dition, according to the Kansas crop reporting service. Progress of the 1!H!7 white wheat crop in the Pacific North west is rated good to excellent. However, incidence or stripe rust in the mid-Columbia wheat growing area is becoming a major concern to growers, w niie there has been no severe dam age to date, there is still the possibility of a serious stripe rust epidemic this season. Barley Prices Up. Acreage Down Improved domestic demand is bringing barley prices out of their long doldrums. Barley buyers are out in force looking for supplies, but grow ers are generally holding firm in the face of better prices and prospects of a much smaller 19ti5 barley harvest, uregon growers plan to harvest less barley this year than last, while total U. S. acreage looks like it will be down nine percent, based on the March 1 plant ing intentions survey. Particu larly sharp acreage cuts are in dicated for Montana and Wash ington. Despite the price rise, barley is still a lower cast feed grain than anv of its competitors. Supplies of oats are limited and may become even scarcer be cause of acreage reductions this year, which means higher pric es. Oregon Wool Production Drop Oregon wool production in 1956 at 4,509,000 pounds was down 3 from 1955 and 28 below the 1900-64 average, ac cording to the Oregon Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The average fleece In 16 weighed 8 lbs. and brought 56c per pound for an average of $4.48 per fleece. This is contras ted with 1965 prices of 52c per pound of $3.9a per lieece. The higher average fleece weights and higher price per total extra feed cost of $6.48 for the creep feed and extra sup plements for the fall calving cow. , It appears that fall calving, while Increasing the cost of wintering the lactating cow ov er cost of a dry cow, should provide a bigger calf to go on range in spring and make bet ter use of the high quality range feed through May, June and July. This should permit weaning an eight to nine month old calf weighing more than 500 pounds. The trials with the tra ditional spring calves compared to fall calves will be continued, according to Raleigh. The day's program aLso in cluded a touf of research proj ects in progress at the Squaw Butte Station near Burns. Ac cording to W. A. Sawyer, live stock producers from Oregon, Washington. Idaho. Nevada and California were represented at field day. Pacific Northwest Bell hit ) IMMwUt M !MM pound for wool offset lower pro duction. Total value of Oregon wool sales for ISHW was about $2,747,000. $119,000 over 1!H1. No Improvement tn Parity Ratio Willi nil the discussion ulKiut world fotxl needs and the end of farm surpluses tn the V. S.. the public niav not realize that the parity ratio is holding at one of Its lowest points In 30 years. The parity ratio Is n measure of the purchasing power of the farm dollar. A parity ratio of 100 would supposedly Put the fanner nt the same level as the average of the other segments of our economy. With a slight drop during the past month in prices fanners receive, and another slight In crease In prices that they pay for production Inputs, parity ra tio held at 74. This has been the approximate parity level since February, 1967. The parity ratio dropped this low only twice tn the past 33 years. Prices received bv the nation's farmers started Into their pres ent down trend last Aug""! Farm prices now average 7 below March 1906. The price farmers pav for family living Items as well as farm operation items are both moving up with prices for all production Items 2 higher than earlier. 4-H Field Day Set Saturday At Fair Annex By MARJORIE WILCOZEN County Extension Agent 4-H Home Economics Field Day" A i ll lliiniM Fninnmlit "Field Day" will be held this Satur day. April 22, nt the Heppner Fair Annex beginning at 10:00 a.m. and concluding at 3:00 p.m. Professional neonle will be discussing foods, clothing, knit ting, style revue, clcmonstra- tfnrw nnrl what todces l(Kk for. Also questions will be answer ed about other projects. All interested persons ana i n members are invited to attend. A lime srheilule has heen set up as follows: 10 a.m. to 12:00, hoods; w.w to i:uu, Luncn (sack) Drinks furnished; and from 1 -nfl to 3:110. Clothinff. Knitting and Style Revue. Club Elects Officers The Kettles and Spoons 4-H club held its third meeting at the home of Mrs. Robert Ab rams, April 15, at 10 a.m. Offi cers were chosen as follows: Sandy Matthews, president; Linda Cooper, vice president; Frances A b rams, secretary; Su san Melby, news reporter; San dy Flaiz, song leader; and Michelle Larkin, game leader. We had one guest, Mrs. Marjor le Wilcoxen, County Agent, who discussed menu planning with us. Our next meeting will be held at Mrs. Abrams' home, Ap ril 24, at 7:30 p.m. Susan Melby, reporter Standard Register Forms of All Kinds On Sale At The GAZETTE-TIMES J' i 1 I MARY WILLS, movie TV and stage costume designer. Is shown at work In her Hollywood studio, with Oscar award In back, ground. She will appear Thursday. April 37. at Pendleton Senior High School Auditorium. Pendleton. Oregon. Her appearance Is sponsored by Paclllc Supply Cooperative and member associa tions In the area. Including Pendleton Grain Growers. Weston Grain Growers. Union County Grain Growers and Lexington Oil Cooperative. She won an Oscar for her costumes In the movie. 'The Wonderful World ol the Brothers Grimm."' Diamondmen Drop Blue Devil Nine Heppner High's diamond crew dropKd the lomlim Blue IWIIh at Heppner lust Tuesday. 10 to 1. The Mutants pleked up five runs In the first Inning and rousted home as Condon emilil only come up with a lone tally U the seventh Inning. Heppner tallied another In the third, one In the fourth, and put the topping on the cake with three runs In the sixth innlnu Dennis O'Donnell started on the mound for the hiwts an he u-nt five Innings before giving way to Kuss Kilkenny. O'Pon nell pitched scoreless hall while striking out four and walking only two Blue Devil Batters. Kilkenny rvo up no runs on ene hit while walking one bat ter In his brief stint, ns Rocei IjmiiuiIk' went the last frame to allow the lone Condon tally as he walked Mike (ionholm and Lynn Shaffer singled. O'Donncll carried the big bat for the MustunRs, coming up with 3 4 at the plate. Mike Smith hit 2 for 3 and Gary Kemp went 2-2. Mike (ironholm was th only Blue Devil high light with a 2 for 3 performance ut the plate. Lynn Shaffer and Kob Jackson picked up the only other hits for the Blue Devils. Qallons of service and honest prices for Northwest farmers Pacific Supply Cooperative was formed more than thirty yean ago with this objective: to help eliminate discrimina tory pricing practices. Unfortunately, they are still with us In some places. At the sign of the Circle P you can expect prices, quality and service based on these principles: HONEST PRICING ... the same fair tank wagon delivery price to any buyer of the same quantity and service. TIMELY AVAILABILITY of petroleum products when and where you need them. ASSURED QUALITY on Pacifier gasoline and diesel fuels, oils, greases, tires and accessories. HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE, that meets routine and emergency needs. "We fceeve that the agricultural induttry, which can ba victimiied by nature, thould not ba plagued byproblemt over which man hat a degree of control namely aervice, price and availability of necenary eupplie." PACIFIC SUPPLY COOPERATIVES zs V 1 t i I A v v.- , Cpl. Mcrritr Gray Serves in Okinawa Marine Corporal Merrltt H. Cray, Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrltt II. Cray of Heppner. Is ft member of the Third Force Service Heglmcnt, Fleet Marine Force, at Camp Foster on Okin awa, according to a release from the Fleet Home Town News Center. Great Lakes, 111. The Third Regiment Is com posed of three battalions which supKrt the Marine units In Vietnam and throughout the Far Fast with a constant flow of equipment and supplies. RADIANT SIGNS that slow In the dark full variety of mis cellaneous signs for all pur poses, 25c. Now on hand t Gazette Times office. tfc Tel! the advertise you saw It In the Gazette-Time. 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