HEITWEK CAZEnXTIMES. Tbundoy. May 2. 1968
Sediment Problem Told in Booklet
Br RALPH BICXARDS
Soil Conservation Sorrlc
For years soil erosion has
been considered a menace to the
welfare of the nation with em-
lihasla on the damage in farm.
land. What perhaps has been
dredfJA our harhnra llA la.' iph
our rewrvolrs diminish In their
mpucny, we are reminded of
this problem.
One can rend mnra ahnnr thla
In a new publitution of the Soil
Conservation Kirvir llcttA
overlooked by many la the called. "Sediment It's Filling
damage eroded soil does to ev- Harbors, Lakes and Roadside
eryone everywhere. As we clean Ditches." The Soil Conservation
our drinking water, as we 'Service In the Gilliam & Bis-
bee building has copies for
those who wish them.
The Publication points out
that more than a half billion
cubic varan or eroded anil r
dreded each year from streams,
navigation rhannk Kttmria
and harbors at a cost of 40 cents
a cunic yara. cost or keeping
it out of these places through
nrnfw.p mn,rvArliin nriiAlltw..
would be only a fraction of that.
Not onlv Is sediment ormliie.
ed from farmland it comes
from building sites, along roads,
and streambanks. Conservation
work can reduce sedimentation
by as much as 90 percent.
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Soma it that tnwx aaM In IK.
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The schedule Includes a steer
finishing school and meeting of be the afternoon dedication of
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Stays Unchanged
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Reports havA hfwn iw-i.lt rH
from some areas of Orecon that
the Oreenn Wrinnt f:mui.ni
League has chanced its no-
sit on In reonrriii m thn vim
withholding action.
The LpaptIA stltl annnnrt. Its
orlclnal resolutions which are as
follows:
limiting maiket offerings of farm
commouiucs as a means of rais
ing farm prices. We also recog
nize that much nf nur IT S fnrm
production Is exported and must
remain oricA mmrvt t va in
oer 10 do soia, and that a with
holdiniT art Inn which Its nrf an
companled by efforts to adjust
production so as to reduce total
commodity supplies will not be
oeneuciai in tne long run.
Wheat Growers League cannot
support a withholding action
mat flfVfl nnf A kl nmnii-n A
austic means to protect export
marKeis ana adjust total supplies."
The LeAPIlA And Pnmmtimlnn
have alwn
continue to work in marketing
urn-mulls mat win increase pro
ducer income. The most recent
announcement- nf thin l th
marketing fivmnncinm thnr to n
be held in Miravnir Matin Mo.,
23 and 24 and sponsored by the
wheat commissions of Oregon,
Washington. Idaho and Mnn.
tana.
PeonlA nf nnHnnnl
have been invited to speak on
a ii nnasps nr farm harrro n u
uaiEuiiiiiit:
Kepresentat iv e s from the
U.3.D.A., f arm Bureau, N.F.O.
Granee. Co-ons. Kpnatnr Mnn
dale, and others will
- r- . w..
uie program.
the newly formed Beef Improve
merit Federation, May 2; the
OSU Animal Science Depart
ment's annual Beef Day, May
and Sheep and Wool Day,
May 4.
Frank Anderson of Heppner Is
state chairman of the Beef Im
provement Federation and will
lnrticli)ate In the rinv'a event
Thursday (today). He will be
chairman of a meotinu in ho
held In the afternoon.
Also nlunnlnp In Atlnnit tmn
here nrn Cnil
extension anent, uick Wilkinson
ana possibly Ned Clark.
Dean PrLxrhkmv-hr DQtT
tension llvextrx-k sruv-lnliut niH
cattlemen will get a chance to
near such exrjerts a nr Arr
Linton nf.fhA Amorlpan IT...A-
ford Association nt Kansam Cltu
and Dr. R, 11. White of Armour
and l.omuanv. I h rnim ri crnu.
CUtabllitV. finish Kl7A mil roln
tlve value of steers at the May
i meeunc.
The beef Imnrnvnmnnr eneulnn
will begin at 10 a.m. with the
judging or a live pen of steers
which will be slaughtered and
displayed for carcass evalua
tion following the Beef Day pro
gram May 3.
Clarence Burch of Oklahoma,
president or the new Beef Im
provement Federation, will ex
plain the role of that organiza
tion. whlrh WflQ fnrmnA In Ttm
uary as a coordinating body for
an mate ana national Deer lm
Drovement pffnrtM Thnr nnrr nf
tne May i program will be held
in w tnvcombe Hall.
Beef Dav will eet nnderwnv
jvniy oi9 a.m. in Withycombo
Hall with a talk hv T)r Whito
on "lne bteer of Today and To
morrow." Author and conserva
tionist Hawk Hvde of Klamath
Falls will discuss th enmnntn.
bilitv nf eaftlA anH uMHllfn
Manning Becker. DSII pvtoncinn
farm management speciaist,
Will talk flhnilf (vnnnmtn nnnl.r-
sis of beet ranch operations.
Higniignt or tne program will
the new OSU fixvt mill, rvm
Mishler of Portland, vice presi
dent of Oregon Feed, Seed and
supply Association, will oilici
ate.
Marlon Mnrpan nf the Butler
Steel Corp., Kansas City, will
dlNCUsa rurwnr trnrt In fi-od
and animal housing at the ded
icmion program.
Sheepmen also will have a
chance to practice their Judging
skills when Sheep and Wool
Dav Pets undenvav Mav 4' nt
9 a.m. A pen of lumbs will be
Judged In front of Wlthycombe
Hall. alailfrhtArArl. ind nnrvnutf
evaluations made during a tour
of the OSU Meats Laboratory
that afternoon.
J. R. Broadbent of Utah, vice
president of the National Wool
erowers Association, will dm-
i u b . . r. t 1 1 r rtwt mnl In a IIia
sheep Industry. Broadbent raises
i 1iui rui .. .......
more inun juu.uuu iiiiu year
in operations in Utuh, Califor
nia and Wyoming.
I nnlh im snAnliAf ajlll Ka
coordinator of the Sheep Indus
try. I'hll Farrell of Madras, a
rancher, will talk about com
bining sheep and cattle enter
prises for profit.
DA.Anrih Miuirfd uitll Ka frits
en by OSU scientists Dr. Arlln
Knight, W. D. Goatcher and Dr.
S. H. Wu.
Girls competing In the wool-
growers auxlliarys "Make It
With Wool" contest will be In
troduced during the program.
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