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a HEPPWEH GAZETTE-TIMES. Thuredcry. Sptmbr 26, 19C8 Gene Winters Leads On Wheat Research I earn 01 Project f Specialists 1 1 Jordan in Br DAVE TURNER Agricultural Information Specialist OSU Cooperative Extension Senric A six-man team of Oregon Slate University whoat special U.ts will leuve for Jordan later this month to Implement a two year program to improve Jordan ian wheat production. The Jor dan Wheat Research Projeet Is a cooperative effort by OSU, In hrhnlf of the U. S. Government. th Appncv for International De velopment and the Government of Jordan. , Under the contract signed by OSU and the U. S. Government, the project members will pro vide technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture in Jor dan to develop the required techniques, which, hopefully, will double Jordanian wheat production prior to 1980. The plan includes 12 points toward increasing wheat production, ranL'ins from determining the most effective chemical control ot some of the major weeds found in wheat fields to provid ing leadership in the develop ment of an expanded extension education program in modern wheat technology. Wheat Major Crop Wheat is the major crop of Jordan in terms of both acreage and money; about one-half of the farm land is seeded to win ter wheat. Yields are low, pri marily because of the scant and erratic rainfall. As a result of these low yields, Jordan has had recurring deficits and has had to look to the United States to help meet her food require ments. Although some wheat re- Available Now BULBS For Spring Flowers Varieties of Tulips Daffodils Hyacinths CORNETT GREEN FEED 242 W. Linden Way HEFPNER has been under way in lanlnn for a number of years, limited progress has been made in identifying improveu vane lies. The Government of Jordan, faced with an Increasing popu latlon and decreasing food pro duction. has recently establish i-d a loner ranue objective to bring food production and con sumption Into balance. a nnrt of this lone-ranee pro pram, the OSU scientists will assist the Jordanian Govern ment to increase wheat yields grown within Its boundaries and work to improve efficiency in handling and storing the wheat. Chief of the protect Is Eugcm P. Winters, who has been Mull chairman of the Morrow county extension agents, and one of the foremost authorities on wheat production in the country. Win ters and his family will live In Jordan for the full two years of the program. He will coordin ate the research and extension work beginning with his arrival in Jordan later this montn. He, his wife and two children left the U. S. on September 19. Winters has had a long and distinguished career with the Kxtension Service at OSU. He toined the extension service in 1954 after two years with the Soil Conservation Service. He served in Wheeler, Clatsop and Jackson counties before being named to the Morrow county staff in 1965. A graduate of OSU in 1950, Winters returned to college dur ing 1962 and 1963 to get a mas ters degree in education from the University of California at Davis. He ma.lored in soils and water management at OSU and followed with a major in irri gation at Davis. Works on Projects As extension agent, Winters hns hpen involved in some ma jor soil and forest projects. He supervised the reseeding of the Ashland Burn in 1959, and in 1965 initiated community action programs in Jackson county. He is a member of the So ciety of Agronomy, the Crop So ciety of America, the Oregon Roriamatlon Coneress. and in 1)64 was chosen for membership in Knsilom Siema Phi. national honorary fraternity lor extension workers. G. Irving Hart of Moro will be the soils advisor consultant for the first four and a half months of the program. His function will be to advise the Jordanian agriculturists in the best uses of farm machinery and implement improved meth ods of soils and wheat variety testing. Hart served in a similar ca pacity In 1967, and will be re turning to Jordan to coordinate the continuation of experimen tal plots to demonstrate dry-land cultural practices. Merrill Oveson, who was agent from 1931 to 1938 and su perintendent from 1948 to 1966 of the Pendleton Experiment Station, will take over as the agronomy specialist after Hart leaves. Oveson, as superintend ent of the Pendleton station, or ganized research and devised new methods of growing wheat in a climate similar to that he will encounter In Jordan. Ho Is recoen zed as one or l no unesi agronomists in the Northwest. Other Specialist Help Four other food specialists will be Involved In the program for varying lengths of time. Rudoiph Vigil, a graduate student In the School of Agri culture at OSU. was In Jordan In January, l'.MkS to make a sec ondary screening of herbicide. He will continue this work un der the present program begin ning In October. He will remain In Jordan three months as Ihs weed expert of the team. The grain storage and market- In if consultant. Dr. D. V. Hill. u'ill fivnmine the total problem of grain storage and develop a wi.t nt rncnmmrndations for es- t.ihllshlni? adeauate means oi KtiiraL'e and marketing, tun is nmfossor emeritus In the School of Agriculture at OSU and is hri.nkini? his semi-retirement to be the team s marketing expert for four months. nr. Norman Goetze. farm ciops specialist In the extension service, will spend three to four weeks each year in Jordan and monitor project affairs year round from the OSU campus. As senior consultant of the project, State Compensation Insurance Rate Due for Reduction Gov. Tom McCall reported to day that Oregon employers who pay unemployment insurance taxes, under the reduced rates now in effect, will have a re duction of more than $7.7 mill ion in 1969. This is in addition to the $7.5 million they saved in 1968 under the lowered rate structure. This reduction was made passible by the legisla tion which went Into eliect on January 1 of this year and was passed by the 1967 legislature. Unemployment insurance tax lates now range from 0.8 to 2.7 percent, an average of l.D per cent of the first $3,600 of the employes' earning. The governor said that the current unemploy ment Insurance Trust Fund bal ance, as of August 61, is sui ficient to pay benefits for near ly two years under severe re cession conditions. This is in ex cess of the amount necessary to place in effect the lowest tax table under the law adopted by the legislature last year. More than 16,000 employers will pay the lowest 0.8 percent tax rate next year as reported by the Department of Employ ment, McCall said. Under the law, the present adequacy of the Unemployment Trust Fund makes it possible to put into effect the lowest tax rates for employers qualifying by their experience ratings. The Department of Employ ment expects, because of the present legislation, which trig gers in new rates when the fund goes below a certain level on August 31, that it will never again be possible for the fund to reach the low level that it did in 1958, jeopardizing the security of Oregon's insured workers, the governor said. Goetze will coordinate all spe cilic proposals and keep 111 iMTsonnel informed of new vo let-lives. Soil Professor Aid A soil moisture and fertility consultant. Dr. Tom Jackson, will spend one month In Jordan to work with Jordanian soil ex ports and determine the best uses of certuln fertilizers. Jack son Is also a professor of soils at umi. Under the contract of the Jor dan Wheat Project, OSU will al so povldc training for selected Jordanian students of agricul ture. Two Jordanians will llvt and work on farms In eastern Oregon where they will have an opportunity to practice ana study the wheat cultural meth ods used In Oregon. These train ees will visit the Pendleton Ex periment Station and the OSU campus during their one-year slay In Oregon. A third man will do graduate studies in plant breeding and chemical weed control on the OSU campus. j. jfss '"lor' : 5 i TT I I BOYS-AGES 8 thru 13 ATTEND OUR Punt, Pass & Kick Clinic Co-Sponsored by lone Lions Club Saturday, September 28 IONE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD, 10:00 A.M. RODEO GROUNDS, HEPPNER, 11 A.M. Coaches Will Be On Hand to Show You How to Punt, Pass and Kick. This Will Help You Pre pare For PPOK Competition on October 12. Heppner Auto Sales, Inc HEPPNER, OREGON PH. 676-9152 lop Beef Cattle Shows Scheduled At PI Exposition Three top nationally rated shows in the beef cattle divis ion are on the schedule of the 1968 Pacific International Live stock Exposition in North Port land October 4 to 12, according to Irvin Mann, Jr., of Stanfield, chairman of the livestock show committee. Two new ratings which have been added are the Four-Star Angus Show and the Standard of Perfection Polled Hereford Show. Again this year is the na tional Register of Merit Show for Herefords. Mann said the two Hereford Shows combined are expected to draw more than 200 entries, rep resenting a substantial increase over the number entered In the past. The Charolals cattle show Is expected to attract 75 to 100 head, more than double previous years' entries. Mann said the emphasis will be on the modern show animal which does not carry excessive fat and is a good, efficient pro ducer of red meat. In addition to the shows, there will be three beef cattle sales Angus, Charolals and the Jun ior Hereford Association calf sale. DONALD SMITH, manager of the Columbia Basin Quarter Horse show, and Mrs. Smith, show sec retary. display trophies to be presented to winners at tho snow on aepiomuer tilla county fairgrounds. HermUton. Large hone figure trophies are presented to grand cham pion mare, gelding, stallion, and all-around youth winnor. Columbia Basin Horse Show Set For Hermiston Don Smith, show manager for the third annual quarter horse show sponsored by the Colum bia Basin Quarter Horse associ ation to be held September 28 in Hermiston, extends an invi tation to anyone wishing to watch the activities. The halter classes and youth events start at 8:00 a.m. follow ed by the working events at 1:00 p.m. No admission is charged and plenty of seats are avail able. The action will be an nounced by Eddie McMurdo, Walla Walla, secretary for the Northwest Quarter Horse Asso ciation. Refreshments on the grounds will be available in tha Hermiston Jaycee Concession stand. Floyd Jones, Heppner, director of youth events for the show, announces that any young horseman, 18 or under, wh) owns a quarter horse, or rides one owned by a member of his family, is eligible to take part in the show. AQHA registration papers must be available. Jones asks exhibitors to note that the youth classes will start at 8:00 a.m. The number of youngsters taking part increas es each year. The youth classes are similar to the 4-H Horse pro gram. Classes include showmanship at halter, western pleasure, western reining, pole bending, stake race, western riding and barrel racing. W. J. Krumbah, Jr., Milton Freewater, who judged the 4-H classes at the Umatilla county fair this year, will judge the events. Mrs. Ralph Tachella, Pendleton, will assist him as youth ring steward. Mrs. Jess Montgomery, Hermiston, will present trophies and ribbons to six places to the winners of the classes. Following the action and an nouncing the winners will be done by Art Kelley, Hermiston. Entry blanks and further infor mation Is available from Mrs. Don Smith. 1555 W. Highland, Hermiston, 567-6272; Mrs. Beatrice Gehrke and Mm. Jerrold Runyon, both of The Dalles, and their sister, Miss Mary Mason of Portland, spent one day last week visiting rela tives In the lone area. They were guests at the homes of Mrs. Clara Kincaid and Mrs. Mabel Cotter. We're Ready to Serve You . . . For Seed Cleaning and Treating At our plant-25c bu., 50c sack, any amount. At your ranch-with portable treater 30c bu., 60c sack, minimum of 250 to 300 bu. Harold Erwin Heppner, Ore. Ph. 676-5806, Mornings or Evenings for Appointment Note how one lall application ol Lorox' kept the area at left tree of weeds In the untreated area at right, purple mustard has already taken over. Sleep weeds down yheat yields up with Lorox A single fall application of new Du Pont "Lorox" linuron weed killer eliminates competition of annual weeds at the early, critical stage of wheat growth. This makes the moisture, sunlight, and soil nutrients necessary for maximum yields available for the wheat... not the weeds. When you use "Lorox" you get: Increased yields usually 10 bushels per acre or more. H Control of a wide variety of weeds. B Greater harvest profits. Grower experience and research have found "Lorox" (introduced in 1967) to be highly effective in areas where rainfall is 10" or more annually. Order your supply of Du Pont "Lorox" from your local agricultural chemicals dealer today. ""Lorox" is Du Pont's trademark for 50 linuron weed killer. W'th any chemical, follow labeling Instructions and warnings carefully. 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