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HEPPNER GAZETTE County Agent's Office Local Wheat Growers Concerned by Salmonella By GENE WINTERS Morrow County Extension Agent Wheat c rowers need to be con cerned about salmonella infec tion, according to a report made by a State Department of Agri culture representative to the Pa cific Northwest Crop Improve ment Association meeting in Pendleton recently. Regulations have been chang ed so that era in with certain types of contamination cannot be used for human or animal consumption. Now in addition to loss in weight and food val ue contaminated grain could be subject to diversion from food or feed uses in the coming sea son. In the case of salmonella contamination the grain must be either buried or burned. All harvesting and handling practices which insure clean, dry grain will help prevent sal monella infection. Salmonelli bacteria thrive under conditions of 14 to 20 percent moisture and 90 to 102 degree temperatures. For more information about producing and marketing clean grain ask the county extension office for Fact Sheet 119. Seed Certification Applications Mailed Seed certification application forms are being mailed this week to those growers receiving an allocation of Nugaines seed wheat last fall. Wheat growers wishing to produce certified var ieties from all or part of their Moro, Wanser or McCall stands should req u e st application forms from the county extension office. Among the requirements are that the seed planted must be from Oregon tagged or other approved source. The land must not have grown an indisting uishable variety for" at least two years previous to planting time. Nugaines is indistinguishable from Gaines. Moro is indisting uishable from Omar. Cherry Fruit Fly Emergency Announced With the emergence of the cherry fruit fly home gardeners with bearing cherry trees will need to make timely spray ap plications to assure worm-free cherries. Applications every 7 to 10 days of Methoxychlor, Sevin or Diazinon until harvest are recommended. As much of the foliage around the cherry tree as possible should be sprayed. Further details are found in the "Spray Schedule for Home Orchards", available from the county extension office. County Well Represented At USDA Conference Mororw county was well rep resented at the tl. S. Department Wheat Marketing Study Expanded A wheat marketing study, carried on the past year by states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho and the grain indus try of these states with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will be expanded in scope July 1, 1967. The project, participated in by the Departments of Agriculture of Oregon, Washington and Ida ho, the wheat commissions of these states, industry and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture's Consumer and Marketing Service, has covered the effect of storage and handling on wheat from various areas. Ben Allen, an assistant direct or of agriculture for Oregon, has been the project leader as of July 1. An Oregon State Univer sity graduate student, Myron Shenk, has been working on the project on a part-time basis. Grain is sampled from repre sentative grain elevators in wheat producing areas of the three states at random, from representative rail cars as they are unloaded at the terminal and at the farm storage places as time and money permits. The sampling and testing will con tinue over a three-year period. The project was started in April, 1966. Added to the project this year will be a study on the protein content of wheat by groups of heavy wheat-producing areas within the three Northwest states. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Burken- bine and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hollomon took a short vacation trip to Reno and Virginia City from Saturday until Tuesday. Forrie's mother, Mrs. Herb Case, of Poulsbo, Wash., stayed with Lisa, Connie and Alan Burken bine and the Hollomon children have been with Jerry's mother in Milton-Freewater Mrs. Case plans to return to Poulsbo at the end of the school term taking her grandchildren for a short visit. Boxboard for making signs and decorations at the Gazette-Times. - TIMES. Thursday. June 1. 1967 of Agriculture "shirt sleeves" conference hold in Pendleton last week. Ten county ranchers were present among the 120 per sons there representing all ag riculture and livestock commod ity groups, farm credit, farm or ganizations and allied groups in eastern Oregon. Ranchers met at the Invita tion of the Secretary of Agricul ture to present their views about the status of agriculture. The testimony will be forwarded to the secretary. Essay Says Life Of Bucking Horse Not So Rough (Ed. Note: The following es say was written by Rita Petty john, student in the English class of Mrs. Dennis Doherty at Heppner High school. The teach er asked the members of the class to assume the role of an animal or an inanimate object and write from their point of view. Miss Pettyjohn took the point of view of a bucking horse, and her essay was judg ed outstanding bv the teacher, and it is reprinted that others might enjov itt. ROUGH LIFE? Some people would say I have a rough life and this sport should be outlawed. Boy, what fools they are. What they really don't know is I have one of the easiest lives for a horse. You see, I'm a bucking horse. I have the shortest working hours of any horse. And boy, what fun it is to buck those cowboys off! The day of the rodeo is so ex citing. All the cowboys come and all the people of the town turn out. The rodeo starts and it's time for the bucking events. The men run us into the chutes and the cowboys throw their rig gin' on us. Then finally the time has come and they open up the chutes and I buck as hard as I can. I try to throw the cowboy off and as far as I can. While the cowboy is on me he has to spur to make any points and a qualified ride. This is what everyone thinks is so cruel to us. But really, it does n't hurt and it only lasts for eight seconds; then I am free to roam around and do as I want for the rest of the day. The reason it really doesn't hurt too badly is because their spurs aren't too sharp and the flank strap is padded with cowhides so it doesn't bother me. And, as I have said before, if the cowboy is riding me for a bareback horse he only rides me for eight seconds and then sometimes not even that long. If the cowboy is riding me for a saddle bronc, he has to stay on me for ten seconds. Cowboys can usually ride me longer in the saddle bronc event. That's why I prefer to bareback; it's easier to throw them off. After I have had my one ride for the day I am turned loose out in my corral or pasture with my friends, and that's the end of my work for the day. Usually I just lie around and talk to my friends and eat and sleep. Boy, do they ever feed us well. They have to keep us in good shape so we will have lots of energy and pep to buck those cowboys off. We have just about the eas iest life of any horse. It's us ually the cowboys who get hurt, so I try to be careful. Once in a while I accidentally kick one. Once I remember, when a cow boy rode me and the pick up men came to get him off, just as he leaned I went the other w?'" wow, did he hit hard! He broke his arm and had to have it in a cast for a long time. I really felt sorry for him but that's what he gets for being so smart and riding me. There's only one thing I don't care about in the rodeos. That's when some days I don't feel very well and have the blues or Frille, my girl friend, and I have had a fight. (You know we feel blue just like when boy friends and girl friends have fights, but I guess some people don't realize this). When I feel this way and they open the chute. I just don't feel like bucking so I just stand there. That's when my work is the hardest. My master comes over there and gives me the hot shot. He doesn't like to hurt me but it sure does give me some get up and go. My master tells me that when I'm at work I should forget about everything else. So that's what I try to do and as long as I do that, I don't get a hot shot. Well I'm sure you can tell from the above things I have said that we do have an easy life. Bucking is the same to us as your work and we don't think anything about it because it is just our work. So don't feel sorry for us; just come to the rodeo and watch us and enjoy us. When you come to the rodeo, look for Cowboy's Nightmare that's me. Sales Increase On Low Calorie Dietetic Foods By MARJORIE WILCOXEN County Extension Agent As people attempt to become slimmer, sales figures for low calorie foods fatten. The combin ed sales of low-calorie fihwls and soft drinks have increased ten fold in the last five years. Lat est break-through for the cal orie counters is a new product that looks and tastes like sug ar hut contains only about one sixth the calories. People are asking us many questions about the synthetic sweeteners. What are they? Are thev harmful? Do they have any food value? Can a chemical take the place of an agricultur al product? and so on . . . What are they? When you buy synthetics, what are you getting? Unlike sugar, synthetic sweeteners are not a food. They are simply a sweet-tasting chemical with no nutritive val ue. There are several typos sold in both the dry and liquid form. An organic chemical 300 times as sweet as sugar was discover ed by accident in 1S79. Sacchar in was manufactured on a com mercial scale first in Germany, and later in the United States. Although saccharin was the fore-runner, the real break through on low-calorie foods and beverages came with the development of "cyclamates," a more palatable, non caloric sweetener. The cyclamates re moved the major objection to synthetic sweeteners a rather unpleasant, lingering aftertaste. Most of the chemically pro duced sweeteners sold in the re tail markets today are 90 per cent cyclamate and 10 percent saccharin. This blend gives the advantage of the Intense sweet ness of saccharin wilh enough cyclamate to mask any unpleas ant aftertaste. Sucaryl is an example of a saccharin and cyclamate combi nation. It is made in two forms, sucary l sodium and sucaryl cal cium. The latter type is intend ed for those whose intake of ordinary salt (sodium chloride) must be restricted. Since low- calorie sweetners vary in sweetness it is important to read the label for instructions on use. USES: About half of the com mercial production of synthetic sweetners goes into low -calorie soft drinks, dry base beverages, and canned fruit. Salad dress ings, dietetic jellies and jams, breads, pastries, ice cream, can dies and a number of other foods are also often prepared with synthetic sweetners. Salp nrnmntinns nf artificial I sweetners have been geared to and accepted by many hopeful dieters. However, evid e n c e makes it clear that synthetics alone can't take off unwanted pounds. Coupled with good eat ing habits, they can be helpful. SAFE TO USE? A daily, moderate use of ar tificial sweetners and, or artific ially sweetened foods is regard ed as safe by the Food and Drug Administation. However, the long-time effect of excessive and exclusive use of artificial sweet eners is not known. If you are on a special diet it would be well to consult your doctor as to the type of sweetener you should use. WHAT'S NEW? A granulated sugar-replace- mpnt that Innks ariH tastps lilep sugar, but contains only about ' one-sixth the calories, is now being test-marketed. This prod uct can be used from the sugar bowl to sweeten beverages, cer eals, fruits and juices, and re portedly has the same sweet ness as sugar. The density of the new sweet ener is not identical with sug ar, and this means that the manufacturer is having to spe cially adapt some recipes. County Committee Alumni Entertained on May 24 The Morrow County Home Ex tension Committee Alumni were honored with their annual lunch and program by the present county committee on Wednes day, May 24, at the Fair Annex, Heppner. The highlight of the program was a presentation by Mrs. Gar ry Tullis and Mrs. Fred Martin of lone, on flower arranging. Mrs. Tullis explained equip ment and supplies used to ar range flowers with a profession al touch. She demonstrated tech niques using these and a touch of artistic ingenuity that could be developed by most of us. Mrs. Martin showed colored slides of flower exhibits at fairs and flower shows, these were com mented on by Mrs. Tullis. Those attending were: Alum ni: Barbara Witherrite, Viola Berger, Emma Drake, Claudine Warren, Ida Slaughter, Ruth Mc Cabe, Faye Ferguson, Irene No lan, Edna Fetsch, Lola Ann Pet tyjohn, Faye Munkers, Vida Hoi iker, Ola M. Ruggles, Elaine Rietmann. Present cou n t y committee members: Beverly Wright, Mil dred Rhea, Marge Acock, Glad ys Connor (unable to attend), and new county committee members: Bea Luciani and Iva Booker, and Marjorie Wilcoxen, county extension agent. Granddaughter Born Mr. and Mrs. John Venard here received word of the arriv al on Sunday, May 8, of a new granddaughter in their family. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Venard of Santa Ana, Calif., and has been named Cyn thia Lee. Cynthia weighed 7 lb. 3 oz. at birth; she joins two brothers, Johnnie, 5, and Eddie, 3. Regional Forester Plans to Retire; Charles Connaughton Named Successor , -J HERBERT STONE Secretary of Agriculture Or ville L. Freeman, announces the retirement of J. Herbert Stone as regional forester of the For est Service's Taclfic Northwest Region and the transfer to that position of Charles A. Con naughton, regional forester In California since 1955. "It Is with genuine regret that I accept Mr. Stone's request for retirement," said Secretary Free man. "He has boon a devoted and able leader ttirough more than two score years of Forest Service progress." Stone has headed the scenlc allv and economically import ant Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service since 1951. A veteran career civil servant, his Forest Service employment be gan in 192tJ with seasonal work in the Allegheny National For est in Pennsylvania while he was still studying for his Mas ter's Degree in forestry at Yale University. In the ensuing years, he moved steadily ahead In his ca reer from ranger to forest su pervisor to assistant regional forester in the East, the South, and North Central Regions. He served for a short time as dir ector of the Central States For est Experiment Station, and in 1946 was named Regional For ester for the 12-state Southern Region of the Forest Service. Five years later he was ap pointed Regional Forester of the Pacific Northwest Region with offices in Portland. Stone's re- Mrs. Anderson To Return Soon Mrs. N. C. (Esther) Anderson and son Rick will leave Niamey, Niger, Africa, to return to the United States on June 17, and her husband will start for home on September 2, according to a letter received Monday from the Andersons. "We will spend three days in London, then over the polar route to Seattle on the 21st," Mrs. Anderson wrote. "We plan to spend a week or so there with my sister and brothers, then on to Portland and Milwaukie to be with Connie.' Just four weeks now, and we are really count ing the days." Anderson, who served as coun ty agent in Morrow county for a number of years before ac cepting the Africa assignment, is sending pictures of the dedi cation of the N'Dounga project and also the visitation of it by President and Madame Diori, Mrs. Anderson wrote. "Our Ambassador requested they be sent to your paper; he is especially pleased with the publicity you have given on Nel's work. "Our days now are torrid, tropical days, and the nights are just as sweltering. The humid ity is extremely high as we are having a few storms, but not much rain as yet. "Nels made a trip a Ouaga dougou, Upper Volta, this week to drive back a Dodge truck for the project. He leaves again this week-end for Lagos, Nigeria, for a Jeep. So ho is getting a break from his intensive work on the project. His students are able to carry on now with some su pervision from the Peace Corps volunteers. "We hear Morrow county Is green and prospects are for a good harvest year. We hope It continues so. "We are anxious to see the familiar fields and hills again and breathe the fresh air. See you this summer." Abrams Has Survey Tour With Directors Bob Abrams participated in a survey trip of the Board of Dir ectors and other officials of Blue Mountain Community Col lege Monday and Tuesday, May 15 and 16. The group inspected facilities and construction at Lewis and Clark College, Green River Com munity College in Auburn, Wash.; Tacoma Community Col lege; Highline Community Col lege, in south Seattle and Shore line Community College In north Seattle. They also heard an ad dress by Dr. DeBernardis, pres ident of Portland Community college, during their stop at Lewis and Clark. Information from the trip will be used during planning for the third phase of the BMCC build ing program to get underway soon. l M it I , Z, il. .... I nip lISSHJjM. :.:.,.,::- CHARLES CONNAUGHTON tirement will be effective June 2. Charles A. Connaughton, the new Regional Forester In Port land, has a lifelong career In National Forest management and forestry research. For the past 11 years he has been Reg ional Forester In the California Region, serving as chief admin istrator for some 20 million ac res of National Forests In the state. Morrow County CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY May 29. 1967 By GENE WINTERS Morrow County Extension Agent Fall planted barley tully headed out and looking very good, A slight amount ol ireeie damage observed in the earlier maturing area. Extent of damage from frost earlier in the week not determined, but thought to be slight even though much of the grain was in a susceptible stage of de velopment Fall planted wheat matur ing rapidly with a high per centage headed out Rain over the weekend beneficial to all grains, but wetted some hay. Rain covered wide area report ed to be from 0.5 inches in high elevations to 0.2 inches near bombing range. Haying underway throughout the county. Fertilizing and working summer fallow continued dur ing week. UUVJ HARRIS COMBINE SAVES GRAIN - SAVES MONEY BETTER THAN EVER - MORE DURABLE Guaranteed TO OUTPERFORM ANY OTHER COMBINE ... and WE'LL PROVE IT! . . . WE'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER DEAL, TOO! New 1967 Model 908 has 41 New Features Automatic Hydraulic Leveling Higher Capacity Shortens Harvest Period Large Rear Wheels S Tires for Smoother Rid Exclusively Built for Hillside Harvesting Gets More Grain . . . Cets Cleaner Grain In Tank Outperforms and Outlasts Any Other Hillside Combine SEE THE NEW 1967 HARRIS 908 AT: HEPPNER Phone 676-9103 Minimum Freight On Stock Ordered Represent at Ive Irvln Mann has boon advised that the Pub lie Utilities Commission will sunn Issue (in order uulliori.lug the a ppl lii t ion of minimum fiolnht rates to pooled ship ments of livestock. Tin' order Is the successful culmination of a struggle not off bv Mann In the spring of I'.Hiti when an order bv the coin mlsslonor forced application of excessive freight rates to small shipments of livestock even though thev wore Included In n full load. Representative Maun Intro duced n bill now ponding til the legislature to make the minimum rate application a matter of law but has with drawn his support from It, pointing out that It has boon his position nil along that the bet ter wav to accomplish the low er rates was through admlnlx Iratlvo notion such as the new PUC order will provide. Adding machine tape, 23c roll, Phone 676 9228 The 10th of the Month is The Business-Professional Man's PAY-DAY Always pay your bills by the 10th of the month. Remember, the way you pay today, is the way you are building your credit record for the next RED BOOK Credit Bureau of Umatilla County SLOW AND PAST DUE ACCOUNTS ARE COLLECTED BY THE ADJUSTMENT DEPARTMENT, PAY YOUH SLOW ACCOUNTS NOW AND AVOID HAVING THE ACCOUNT TURNED IN FOB COLLECTION fUl OF THE n Service Ciiiiki Midyear Survey Of Ranches Set Many Oregon farmer will bo contacted (luring the midyear crop nntl livestock survey con ducted bv the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Across: the country more than tm.mo f;irms will be visited tho last (lavs of Mav and the early part of Juno. Survey result, along with reports mailed In bv some 110,000 crop reporters, will lie collected by USDA' Statis tical Reporting Service and used an the basis fur the season's crop acreage estimates. The In formation wilt bo Included In the Julv crop and livestock re ports released bv the Crop Re port lug Service in lHirtland. "Farm operators who are .con tacted In person will be risked about land use, planted acres In the various crops, livestock numbers, farm labor, rind wag es." nays State Statistician Leon ard Orvold. A similar type of survey, emphasizing livestock dntn In conducted In December. former world champion imu CONDON Phone DU 4-5600
