HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thundery, rtbruary 1. 1968
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Annual Meeting
Prgrasn Plannei
(See Story Page 1, Sec. 1)
TWENTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
HEPPNER SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Tuesday, February 6, 1968
7:30 P.M., Lexington Grange Hall
Film on "Irrigation" shown by
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
BUSINESS MEETING
Minutes of 1967 Annual meeting
Election of three Supervisors
Financial Report
Annual Report
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
PANEL BY Morrow County Port Commission
REFRESHMENTS Compliments of Heppner
Soil and Water Conservation District
DISTRICT ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR 1967
Held nine regular monthly meetings one special meeting.
Cooperators invited. Meetings held the first Tuesday of each
month at Soil Conservation Service Office.
One annual meeting held on regular meeting date in Feb-
rUaiAnnual report circulated through local paper.
Observe Soil Stewardship week "34 of our land .
Conservation Tour Adult tour with lunch at Conservation
Man of Year's farm, Louis and Betty Carlson. Fifth grade school
tour Lunch at lone High School. .,i Rj
Co-sponsored Application for Columbia-Blue Mountain Re
source Conservation and Development Project with supervisor
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Film made of Conservation in Morrow County.
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District agrees to assist in management of two large land
tracts Navy Bombing Kange ana me ducihr
District pushing for County wide soil survey and underground
WUt Continued the push for a study made of Rhea Creek Small
Watershed Project. , , . .
School sixth grade Forestry-Soils Tour nine schools from four
counties attending. .
Sponsored a soils workshop and soil judging contest.
Sponsored the Soil and Water Conservation Speech Contest.
Co-sponsored Farm-City Week and annual banquet.
Recognition and award to Morrow County Conservation Man
tiOwnCand rent equipment to district cooperators. 100 cooper
ators used equipment and stakes.
Contested in the Goodyear award program.
ANNUAL CONSERVATION REPORT
Hennner District has 342 cooperators which includes 994,518 acres.
13 new COOporaiOrs SlH'lcll uisuiti ciiL-ciuum aucvm
24 932 acres.
11 basic conservation plans were written on 17,358 acres.
26,305 acres soil surveyed bring the total surveyed to 938,787 acres.
nr.i on nnroa survpvprt for contour striD cropping during the year.
Total acres of wind and contour strip cropping amounts to
24,220 acres. ,
133 660 linear feet of diversion ditches (25M miles) making a
total of 234 miles of diversions in the district.
129 acres of land leveling bring the total to 4.985 acres leveled to
4949 linear feet of irrigation ditch. 125 irrigation structures and
4 large Irrigation turnout dams.
Channel change and improvement on 38,458 linear feet. 3 water
flumes.
63 stock ponds and erosion control dams, one irrigation pond and
development of 4 springs. ,
500 feet of open drains, 215 linear feet of tile drains and 1284
linear feet of irrigation main line with four new irrigation
systems.
50G0 acres of stubble mulch fallow for the first time.
Assisted 25 farmers with 450 acres of grass and grass-legume
seedings.
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HEPPNER SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
January 1. 1968
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Rank halnnee January 3. 1967
Received from cooperators on account
Over payments refunded
Net Income
..$7f8.7()
.. 73.73
$1,709.59
from cooperators oHi!
SELECTION of Louis Carlson of lone as Oregon's Conservation Man of the Year was one I the
highlights of the year for the Heppner sou ana waier lonservauon aimti. "cr"
a coopercrtor in the district since 1958. He was announced as county Conservation Man at the
spring meeting of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League in April and was selected State
Conservation Man at the Oregon Wheat League convention In Portland in December. Mr. ana
Mrs. Carlson will be hosts at the annual state conservation tour in June of this year.
(G-T Photo).
New Concept of Conservation
Results in Forming RCSsD
District Equipment
Offered for Rent
By RAYMOND FRENCH
The Heppner SWCD has five
pieces of equipment for rent to
district cooperators. With the
good weather of late, some of
the spring work can be done
with this machinery at present.
For instance, now would be a
good time to poison gophers.
The dlsrict is at present con
sidering buying a new grass
and alfalfa drill. It is felt by
the supervisors, however, that
due to increased prices of new
equipment and high upkeep
costs that the rental on a new
drill will have to be substan
tially raised. Comments by co
operators on this matter will be
welcomed by the supervisors.
Following Is a schedule of
rental rates for district owned
equipment:
Gopher getter
Drill
Noble Blade
Packer
Terracer
35c per acre
$5.00 minimum
50c per acre
$5.00 minimum
50c per acre
$5.00 minimum
50c per acre
$5.00 minimum
$1.25 per hour
$5.00 minimum
Land leveling
stakes $1.00 per acre
Other staking
jobs $5.00 per bundle
By RAYMOND FRENCH
Tha mar 1 Qfi7 saw a flPW COn-
cept of conservation develop
ment nntHntJ linHpr WDV in SIX
soil and water conservation dis
tricts in eastern uregon. Known
as Resource Conservation and
Development (RC&D), it is bas
ically the joining 01 me six con
servation districts into cooper
ative effort for the further de
velopment of natural resources
in the combined areas.
This RC&D project, sponsored
by soil and water conservation
districts in Morrow, Gilliam,
and Umatilla counties, is known
as the Columbia-Blue Mountain
Dacnnpna Arnn nf Oropon. In
cluded are the drainages of Wil
low Creek, Umatilla Kiver, wai
la Walla River, and the part of
Gilliam county which drains in
to the John Day River. It con
sists of a total land area of
3,596,840 acres (5,620 square
miles) or 5.8 of all land in
the state of Oregon.
The original sponsors are
Gilliam, Heppner, Boardman,
South Umatilla, and East Uma
tilla SWCD's. Support by other
organizations such as county
courts, port commissions, recre
ntinnnl nrtrnnizations. and oth-
op rtn-iTnimitv arnltns. is beini?
sought. The organization a 1
structure consists ol resource
committees composed of mem
bers of each sponsoring district,
local leaders, and resource
agency people. There are six of
these ' committees: water, crop
land, woodland, rangeland, rec
reation and wildlife, and pub
licity. Resource committees rep
resent the action of the RC&D
nmft Thiw Htprminp mainr
objectives and both short and
long range goals.
Some of the problems to be
AnncirlarAfl innlllHf f!nllimhia
River projects being considered
by the Corps of Engineers and
Bureau of Reclamation on Wil-
lr.li, Cpoolf Wnlln Walla. nnH
Umatilla Rivers. Small water
shed projects will be encourag
ed by the RC&D unit. Each
SWPn is nt nrpsent sDonsorins
one or more of these under Pub
lic Law 5fab.
Cropland soil losses will be
studied along with practices
which will sustain rangelands
and woodlands on both private
and nnhlic riomain. Recreation
al developments will also be en
couraged.
It is hoped by the sponsoring
districts that along wish coop
eration with other legal entities
and individuals that a united
furthering of resource conserva
front can be presented in the
tion and developments within
the Columbia Blue Mountain
RC&D boundaries.
Interest on time deposit i:;:
Donations - """"
Bank deposits during 1967
Office supplies -
Telephone ii nn
Dues and memberships i'm
Audit report oothn
Stakes & flags purchased , Ti
Advertising 1
Bonds and Insurance !
Awards and trophies
Annual mantfno nml J.J.W
Kighth grade tour . -
Paid out by checks -
.. 778.51
$2,518.10
682.14
Bank balance January 2, 19C8 f
Value of equipment -- a-vo 'ninn
Total cash and equipment assets as of January 2, 1968 ... . $3,0JO.BO
Accounts receivable X'ti
Credits - -53
Net receivable accounts - 5 34 TO
Following Equipment Available
On Rental Basis
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Gopher getter 35 per acre, M n mum 3.ou
Grass drill DU per acre, iviiiimiuii ss-v ew-
Noble blade"".'..' 50 per acre, Minimum $5.00 rental
Packer 50 per acre, Minimum $o.00 rental
Terracer 1-25 per acre, Minimum $o.uu remw
EQUIPMENT RENTAL DURING 1967
Gopher getter $ 68 20
Grass drill 88.50
Noble blade 20.00
Packer - 1
Terracer
Stake sales used land leveling
Stakes sold by bundle
$202.95
..$ 79.50
.. 152.40
Submitted by
EDMOND GONTY, Treasurer
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LOUIS CARLSON. State Conservation Man. sifts topsoil In a di
version ditch on his ranch. The ditch keeps topsoil irom wasn
ing away. Carlson has 2760 acres under his management. Among
conservation practices employed are use of trashy fallow, diver
sion ditches seeded to grass, sod waterways and contour farm
ing. In the way I range management, practices include rotation-deferred
grazing, wcter developments and fencing.
(G-T Photo).
Heppner District Lists
New Objectives for I968
VnrnnrnP'P continuation of striD-croDPins. stubble mulch fal
low, diversion ditches, grass-legume rotations, contour farming
and other needed conservation practices.
Continue to maintain and operate conservation equipment now
owned for use by district cooperators.
Bring to the attention of all people the importance of conser
vation of our natural resources and its effect on their economics.
Continue to encourage and cooperate with Oregon Wheat
League in selecting the Conservation Man of the Year.
Affiliate with and be represented at the State and National
Conservation Associations.
Carry out a well-rounded conservation program through par
ticipation in the Goodyear Conservation Award Contest.
Continue to sponsor activities to better acquaint Youth with
observation of our natural resources Conservation speech contest
Soil workshop and judging contests send boy to attend conser
vation range camp.
Encourage observance of Soil Stewardship Week with all
Churches in the District.
Be represented on all committees of the Columbia-Blue Mount
ain Resource Conservation and Development Project.
Does Subsoiling Pay?
By RALPH RICHARDS
Does subsoiling pay? Those
of you that make a practice of
subsoiling must think so. Other
farmers think there is no value
in subsoiling and that it is a
costly operation. Which is true.
The Pendleton Experiment
Station found after several
years of subsoiling on three dif
ferent locations in Umatilla
County that there was no in
crease in crop yield.
The ACP makes payment for
subsoiling as a conservation
practice. Before approval is giv
en on this practice the Soil Con
servation Service must deter
mine if there is a need for this
practice. Checking this fall on
requests we found the same
thing on every request. The
roots of the previous crop was
matted in a two inch zone just
above a soil compacted layer.
In every case after digging
through the restrictive layer we
found some moisture. How much
that moisture would have help
ed the growing crop I cannot
say, but we know it surely
wouldn't have hurt any.
This is not a suggestion that
everyone should subsoil but I
would suggest that everyone do
a little digging with a shovel
to see if they have a hardpan
that will prevent the permea
bility of moisture or stop roots
from penetrating.
This was an exceptional year,
but aren't they all? The crop
had moisture during the period
of root formation and then
when the roots had to work for
moisture, also for food, the
hardpan had dried and harden
ed sufficient to prevent roots
from penetrating.
All soils do not form com
pacted pans while other soils
are more easily compacted. So
again I suggest you do some
digging on your own or come
in the office and we will study
your soils map and go dig if
necessary and let you make the
decision if subsoiling will bene
fit you.
THE FOLLOWING ARE HAPPY TO JOIN IN SPONSORING THIS REPORT IN THE INTEREST OF CONSERVATION:
Paul Pettyjohn Co.
Morrow Co. Grain Growers
White's Grading Service
Dick Meador
Padberg Machinery Co.
Heppner Inland Chemical
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op
Pettyjohn's Farm & Bldg. Supply Gar Aviation
First National Bank
Lindstrom Brothers
IRONWORKS AND SPRAYING SERVICE
Cornett Green Feed
HEPPNER SOIL and WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT