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HEPFNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. July S7. 1967 i
Africa Colling
Nels Anderson Reports
On Progress in Africa
By N. C. ANDERSON
N'Dounga. Niger, Wt Africa
It has been several weeks or
mavbe even months since I
have taken time to report on
the activities of CFJA N'Dounga
(the CFJA standing for Centre
Formation Mine Agriculteurs
or, in good old English. Young
Farmers Training Center). I will
attempt to bring you up to date
hoping vou are still interested
in the doings of the Andersons.
Guess evervone has the report
that Father "and Rick have de
parted for Oregon and enjoying
the luxuries of America like
Rood steaks, ice cream and cot
tage cheese, as well as fresh air
and cool nights. I'll never com
plain of a hot day in the U.S.A.
again It is cooling off now with
the rainv season, though, and
I even had to move In off the
terrace a few nights ago be
cause it was chilly. It Is quite
a change to be sleeping with
out air conditioners on all night,
mainly because there aren't any
at the farm house where I am
now living since Esther left. I
am batching at the new plush
house that was recently com
pleted at the Center, but as yet
have no water or electricity in
stalled. It is nice to be out in
the country away from the tilth
of the city, but the days get
pretty long knocking around in
this big house alone. I am busy,
however, from early morning
till late night and it isn't hard
to sleep after a hard day on
the farm.
We now have the full enroll
ment of 60 young farmers and
the Center activities are in full
swing. Our first harvest is fin
ished and the students are en
joying the feast of their efforts.
Ve are feeding them the corn,
rice, sorghum, okra, onions, but
not the wheat they raised dur
ing the irrigation season. Right
now we are well into the rainy
season crop planting and have
in our millet some broom corn,
sorghum and peanuts. While it
is getting near the sale plant
ing period end we hope to get
in rice, corn, more sorghum and
broom corn, peanuts, okra, pim
ento, sesame, and complete the
gardens that are well under
way. We have our millet weed
ed and thinned, and are ready
for fertilizing soon.
Our ten teams of oxen as well
as two horses have been busy
preparing fields for these crops
and it seems we just get them
all ready then we have a
sprinkle of rain that requires
them to be recultivated a slow
process by oxen and 10 inch
plow or 24 inch springtooth.
Our students have, though, be
come quite expert with the ma
chinery' and oxen, and progress
is improving. If the rains co
operate we hope to have in 22
acres of millet (all in and up),
15 acres of rice, 5 acres of broom
corn, 10 acres of corn, 5 acres
of sorghum, 1.5 acres each of
sesame, okra and pimentos, 8
acres of peanuts and 4 acres of
green manure. It will be a busy
summer caring for these crops
and especially at harvest time
threshing all of this with flail
after picking up by hand. I hope
we can build us some kind of
thresher for at least the rice be
fore harvest.
The main construction of the
Center is almost complete, a
great relief to me. We have
been going like mad for months
getting our dormitories, shop,
livestock barn, etc., etc. out of
the way. If someone would have
told me a year ago that I would
be involved in some of the jobs
I have ended up with, I wouldn't
have believed them. Our labor
er crew is down from an aver
age of about 50, during full con
struction, to eight, four of whom
will be permanent.
We are involved in laying an
underground electric cable to
the houses from our generators,
pouring a concrete reservoir and
laying pipes to the houses not
to say anything about the slow
process of completing a well to
supply water to our houses. We
have been quite fortunate in the
water situation in our other four
wells until the one was drilled
for the houses. We are down 106
feet with a four inch casing and
can't get any further rock. We
don't have a sufficient reservoir
to pump enough water to sup
ply the needs, so now we are
pondering over how to pull the
pipe and start over. I have to
figure this out by tomorrow.
Being an electrician, well dig
gere, welder, rice production
specialist, etc., etc., is quite far
from my training but I seem to
get by each day.
By the way. Bill Weatherford
would be real proud of his ef
forts as an adult night class in
structor in welding if he could
see my welding (not as good
as bis J, even though he told me
I'd never make a welder. I
found out a person can do lots
of things if they have to and
there are many opportunities
this in Niger. I wish I could just
have him around for a day to
ask questions of him as it
seems a day never goes by
without some welding. Right
now I'm involved in making 12
gates from pipe, welding hing
es, etc. I could also use a good
electrician for a day to show me
the correct way to hook in my
electric generators to run 110
volts and 220 on another cir
cuit. Well, I've gone on for some
time so better quit. I am send
ing some pictures I hope you can
use of a couple of real import
ant events that took place at
N'Dounga this spring. Thought
some of the good Morrow coun
ty people would like to see some
of the notables of Niger and
how things look at "the farm".
Hope to see all of my friends
back there within the "next few
months.
Food Freezing
Time at Hand;
Methods Given
By MARJORIE WILCOXEN
County Extension Agent
Summer is vacation and har
vest time it is also freezing
time freezing of those summer
fruits and vegetables, that is.
Freezine is a simple, time-
saving way to preserve fruits
and vegetables for a cold winter
dav when summer is only a
memory, as many of you know.
This process does not improve
the quality of food, so choose
onlv high quality fresh foods
to freeze to make your invest
ment of time and money worth
while.
Packaging foods for the freez
er is as important as the qual
ity of the food itself. The pack
age must keep food from dry
ing out and preserve food value,
flavor, color and pleasing tex
ture. Oregon State University's food
and nutrition specialist, Marie
Tribble. makes suggestions and
some standards for packaging
frozen foods.
All containers should be easy
to seaL They must be water
proof so they won't leak. Pack
aging materials must be dur
able and must not become so
brittle at low temperatures that
they crack.
To retain highest quality in
frozen food, packaging mater
ials should be moisture vapor
proof, to prevent evaporation.
Glass, metal and rigid plastic
are examples of moisture-vapor-proof
packaging materials. Most
bags, wrapping materials and
waxed cartons made especially
for freezing meet this standard.
Ordinary waxed papers, house
hold aluminum foil, and waxed
cardboard cottage cheese, ice
cream and milk cartons do NOT
meet these standards and should
not be used.
Care in sealing is as import
ant as using the right container.
Follow the directions given with
the containers you buy and use.
Tightly pack cold food and
syrup into container. Having
materials cold speeds up freez
ing and helps retain natural
color, flavor and texture of food.
When food is packed in bags,
press air out of unfilled part of
the bag. Press firmly to prevent
air from getting back in. Seal
immediately, allowing the head
space recommended for the pro
duct. With few exceptions al
lowance for head space is need
ed between packed food and
closure because food expands as
it freezes.
Freeze fruits and vegetables
soon after they are packed. Put
them in the refrigerator until
all are ready to freeze. Then
transfer them to the home freez
er or carry them in an insulat
ed box or bag to the locker
plant
Put no more unfrozen food in
to a home freezer than will
freeze within 24 hours. Usually
this will be about two or three
pounds to each cubic foot of its
capacity.
Keep a record of what you
put in the freezer write on the
outside of the package what it
contains, along with the date
you place it in the freezer. It
is a good idea to keep a writ
ten record somewhere that shows
your deposits and withdrawals.
It's easy to lose packages of
frozen food in the back or bot
tom of the freezer. And some
times it must be thrown away
because it has been stored too
long.
Fruits and vegetables should
not be held more than a year.
They will tend to lose much of
their quality if kept for longer
periods.
More information on freezing
fruits and vegetables is avail
able at the County Extension
office. Ask for Extension Bulle
tin 688, "The Freezing Preser
vation of Fruits and Vegetables."
State Fair Sets
Stock Deadline
Deadline for entry in the 1967
Oregon State Fair livestock
shows has been set for August
3, Mrs. Harold Hauk, livestock
manager, said Tuesday. No en
tries will be received after that
date, she added.
Mrs. Hauk said that in addit
ion to the regular prize monies,
many other awards are being
offered, including cash awards
for neatness in each division,
premier exhibitor and breeder
awards and several special
awards by the various breeder
associations.
Robert L. Stevens, state fair
manager, said that through rec
ommendations of the various
breed associations, an outstand
ing group of judges have been
obtained for the livestock div
isions this year.
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ON A VISIT to the newly opened Young Farmers Training Center
near the Tillage of N'Dounga, Niger, President Hamanl Diori
tastes the water (ram one of the weUs at the Center. A U. S.
manufactured windmill provides the power for pumping from
this unique well, a series of four four inch holes pumped from
a central cylinder. Adequate water is one of the problems in
development of Agriculture in the country.
Watching at far left is American Ambassador Robert J. Ryan;
Nelson C. Anderson, director of the Center Adamou Souna, Dir
ector of Agriculture; a security policeman, and Agricultural
Minister Maidah on the far right.
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4-H Horse Show
Slated August 13
At Fairgrounds
By MARJORIE WILCOXEN
County Extension Agent
Th I II 11'Tm- Show, held
eiirll veur In foiilH'i-lloti Willi
(hi1 Morrow t'tmnlv ritlr, m
sihriluli'il Tor Siimliiy, AukuM
11 Kt.uihiL' nl i :iO n in mi till'
fiilrKrnuiiil.H. The evenli will In
clude luivninnlili, liorMemiin-
ship, nml liorse JudKluK em-
lesls The Indue '"' Mr. nml
Mis, I'ert-v Iteviinlds of John
P.'IV.
e:l'r f'lr prt'inlums will be
paid on the plai'liiKi for the
iliiv, mill ptiyment made Willi
the other premiums lifter the
close of fitlr.
Winners train the county will
tie eligible to pnrtlelpnte hi the
State Kulr 4 II llnrse kIidw Au
ust 21 through AukusI 2i. The
routitv contest wits scheduled so
thut the winners would hiive a
eluiiu'e to itllellil the Stnte Fulr
Horse Show.
Oothlnq, Knitting Entrants
Urged to Register by Aug. 4
Four II t'lollilni and Knlttliitf
inemtxTs who wish to partici
pate In the Style Kevue are
urged to pre register with their
lender or nt the Kxtenston of
flee by Aiik'ust 4.
HeKlstnitlon forms for ex h Hi
lls mid other events should be
returned to the office by the
due date, This dues nit mean
that members cannot partici
pate In the fair If they don't
have u reulstratlon In by the
deadline, but It would fx! of
n re at help to us In planning
time for contests and demon
strations and space for exhib
its. Four II Home KconnmlcN dem
onstrations will be held during
the fair on Tuesday afternoon,
August startliiK' at .'l:.HI p.m.
For other Information consult
your Morrow County Fair Pre
mium IliHik. your leader, or con
tact Marorle Wllitixen at the
Kxtetislon Office,
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AMERICAN AMBASSADOR Robert J. Ryan holds hand of Niger
President Hamani Diori, as he is introduced to Nelson C. Ander
son, director of Niger's second Young Farmers Training Center,
a USAID project that has met with great success in this pre
dominently agricultural country. In background is Agricultural
Minister Maidah M amadou.
This was on the occasion of the President's visit to the Cen
ter where he inspected crops and facilities for the 60 Young
Farmers who are spending a year at the Center getting practical
training in "modem" agricultural practices. After working dur
ing the two crop seasons, irrigated and rainy, students will
return to their villages with their own pair of oxen and imple
ments to demonstrate the values of animal power and other
practices learned at the Center.
The President is extremely interested in Agriculture and agri
cultural development in this country where the livelihood and
income of almost throe million people comes from the soil. He
is a farmer in his own right with several farm developments
underway.
Wheat Exports
Show Increase
Oyer Past Year
More wheat was exported from
the ports of Portland and As
toria during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1967, than the prev
ious fiscal year, but total grain
exports were down the past fis
cal year.
Oregon Department of Agri
culture grain inspection figures
show 2,542,255 tons of wheat in
spected for export the past fis
cal year, compared with 2,415,
343 tons exported in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1966.
The figure for total grain ex
ports out of the two ports in the
fiscal year just ended was 2,
833,711 tons. A year ago it was
2,962,768 tons.
Department inspection records
on grain receipts in Portland
also showed a decline this year
with inspections for the past fis
cal year covering 3,166,276 tons,
while a year ago they totaled
3,544,198 tons.
Wheat was the major grain re
received both years. This past
year 2,716,474 tons were receiv
ed and in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1966, inspections cov
ered 2,908,311 tons.
Grain from 10 Mountain and
Midwest states moved through
the Port of Portland the past
fiscal year. Mountain was the
major shipper. Other states
whose grain came under depart
ment inspection were Iowa, Neb
raska, Utah, Colorado, Kansas,
Minnesota, South Dakota, North
Dakota and Wyoming.
Railroads still are the major
means of transportation, carry
ing 2,3-17,666 tons of the grain
received in Portland. River
barges carried 613,295 tons and
trucks transported 205,115 tons.
Protein analysis made by the
department's grain division the
past fiscal year numbered 34,
533, compared with the 45,140
analysis made during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1966 the
record year for analyses.
Inspection and weight certifi
cates Issued during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1967, tot
aled 156,812. The previous year
they totaled 182,427.
At Pendleton 2,529 track In
spections were made during the
fiscal year just ending. A year
ago they totaled 3,241. Merrill
had 495 track inspections, 71
hopper car inspections and 23
truck inspections this year. A
year ago there were 600 track
inspections and 60 hopper car in
spections. At The Dalles inspections also
dropped during the past fiscal
grain, compared with 29,522 tons
year. They covered 24,540 tons of
for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1966.
Mrs. Irene Atherton of Ontar
io and Mrs. Huldah (Tucker)
Mortimore of Kent, Wn., travel
ed here from Pendleton on Sat
urday where they had visited
their mother, Mrs. Mary Queen
er. They were week-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Padberg
and helped their sister-in-law,
Mrs. Padberg, celebrate her
birthday. They also visited their
brother, Woodrow Tucker and
family at Stanfield, and, after
a short stay in Ontario at the
Atherton home, Mrs. Mortimore
nlannnH in rvintinuri tn TtncrnA
to visit her son and family, Mr. i
and Mrs. David Mortimore, and 1
her daughter, Mrs. Frank (Glor- j
ia) Johnson. Mrs. Atherton and'
Mrs. Mortimore are both teach-1
ers in their respective home
towns.
Cattle Marketing
Committee Formed
"The Orei'on cattle Industry's
self help program aimed at
hrlngnu! stability of beef pric
ing through voluntary herd
management has already won
Its spurs fur unamlnlty of ef
fort." Governor Tom Mci'nll told
a statewide croup meeting in
Ills office last Week.
Mci'nll said that the cattle In
dustry must curtail the current
r.ite of expansion and bring pro
duction Into line with market
demand. The result, he said,
would lie a price In the market
place that would meet cost of
production plus a reasonable
profit.
At the governor's suggestion
the group formed the Oregon
Livestock Marketing committee
and named Robert Smith. Burns,
a rancher and House Majority
Leader, Its chairman. Irvlu
Marin, a .Stanfield cattleman,
was elected vice chairman.
This new marketing commit
tee will coordinate Its over all
activities with the national cat
tle marketing program which
was recently organled by the
American National Cattlemen's
Association. Ilermlston cattle
fi-eder, Ron Baker, Is one of 12
men In the nation who Is head
ing up the national progrum.
Baker said he was mcNt Pleas
ed with the formation of this
new state wide committee and
was highly complimentary to
ward the selection of Smith as
chairman.
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