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HEFPNER GAZETTE TIMES. Thundoy. Jun 26. 1969 THINKING... Of Building your Mountain Retreat!! We Have Building Plans - Material Lists Prices - You Build or We Build Stop in For A Free Estimate TIRED of the Old Kitchen Floor? Paint on a New Floor with SEAMLESS Plastic Floor Covering Easy to Apply Do it Yourself 50 sq. ft. $28.80 10 COLORS TO CHOOSE PETTYJOHN'S Farm and Builders Supply Ph. 676-9157 Petersons Host Conservationists Heppner By HAROLD KERR Conservation practices on the ranch of Herb and Bub Peterson were seen last week when the two winners of the State Con M'rvatlon Man of the Year award hosted over 100 visitors. The tour, sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Growers League, was directed by Tad Miller, pres ident of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League. Hosts for the day were Mr. and Mrs. Herb I'eterson and children, Jan. Tod. and Ireye; along with Mr. ana mrs. duo Peterson and children, Dawn and Ricky, also Mr. ana Mrs. Henry Peterson, parents ui me winners. During the noon program, Dob Peterson explained tneir ranching operation to me ai- unlive crowd present. Louis Carlson, 19(57 State Conservation winner and chairman or tne state selection committee, com- tlimented the brothers tor tne excellent conservation program hey have developed on tneir Tom Vaughn, president of the Oreron Wheat Growers League from Pendleton, spoke briefly on the present wheat situation and current legislative action of in terest to wheatgrowcrs. He also complimented the Peterson bro thers for the excellent job they -:re doing. Kirbv Brumfield. Agricultural News Director for KATU-TV in Portland, was present and took many feet of film which will bo uod at a later date. Date and lime will he announced. The tour of the Peterson Bro thers ranching operation began with a visit to the Kightnulo ol.ice. scene of some or the Heav iest rainfall in the county during the recent storm. At tills first stop, tour participants were able to see some real advantages to using a combination of strip cropping and diversion ditches to hold the soil In place even wPh th extremely high rain fall which hit this area, Eros Ion still occurred, but not near ly as bad as areas with less pro tection. Trucks were used to traasport participants around the ranch with buses to haul the tour par ticipants from one part of the Peterson ranching operation to another. Over 17 miles of diversion ditches are in use on the Peter son Brothers ranch, with over 10 acres of sod waterways to carry the water off the fields from the diversion ditches. Bob Peter son emphasized that they liked to plant their sod waterways two or three years before they build diversion ditches so that there will be little washing in the waterways. At the tight mile place. Bob also mentioned that subsoiling to break up the hard rurfaee seems to help also. After viewing the Eightmile ranch, the tour returned to the Peterson home place for the de licious lunch provided by Paul and Helen Pettyjohn ( Ine and served by the Willows Grange ladies. After lunch and the noon pro gram, the group visited the feej lot where Herb and Bob fatten cattle to make use of some oi the ranch grain produced ana to round out their ranching op erations. F-nllmvInt a couple stops fh iifimn nlace the tour pro ceeded to the Gabberi where grass waterway covered many miles of diversion ditch es and Ktubble mulch farming nil contribute to a well mnnag cd and attractive ranching op eration. A total of 6.000 acres of crop land with 2.S00 in stubble mulch and 3.200 In wheat and barley provide the setting for the 19G8 State Conservation Man of the Year, the second state winner in two years from Mor row county. PENDLETON Morrow County CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY (For wek ending Juno 20) Most winter wheat showing. Rain helping on filL Haying is in progress, but slowed by showers. Crass seed In wind row. Potatoes look good. Live stock in good condition. Appliances Q Ed and Clay's APPLIANCE CENTER Sales and 8ervlca rh. 276-1170 207 S. E. Court Ave. Pendleton Ed Sailing- Clayton Baker G.E. KitchenAld Electricians ZEPHYR ELECTRIC, INC. SX3 8. E. Emigrant Av. Electrical lumwior W. F. (Mike) ZIMMERMAN Pendleton. Oregon 97S01 Pu. Phone 276-6921 Hem. Phone 276-6369 Automobiles at Ranch Ml n it's Getting Close to Harvest Time ...And We Have Just Hie Combine to do the Job for You TSi Mew iHC 3 Combine We Have These Machines on Hand Now and the Boss Says We Have to Sell Them So Stop in and See Us for the Sharpest Deal in the Country! We Also Have 2 Excellent Used IHC 151 Com bines. These Machines Have Been Given That Extra Loving Care and are Ready to Roll Sec Us! m. mm mm mm 19 raid wt?mMQwSm.u FARMER OWNED AND CONTROLLED Lexington, Oregon u . J i V -.- tr-- , if tJsx -i 1-. i i?3M !" r t ti i Sil Jv 'if V&,'.. V if -i'tw i ! f mMMm. ife WBiH NW Feed Grain Expansion Seen Historically, Oregon grains and livestock have not heen competitive with those grown in the Mid -West. But with greater demand for choice cuts at the supermarket nnH crr.iins in the feed lots. Ore gon grain and meat producers are enjoying more competitive market conditions with their Corn Belt counterparts, writes S. C. Marks, Oregon State Uni versity Extension agricultural economist, in the June Farm and Market Outlook circular. It is time, Marks believes, for an nvnancinn in mpat animal feeding in Oregon and the Northwest. The market for meat in this region is vast, he ex plained. 'We produce only part of the beef we consume each year and much of it is shipped in as live slaughter cattle from neighbor ing Idaho," Marks said. Oregon, Washington and Cal ifornia, with 26 million people to feed, are beef and pork de ficient. Only about 20 percent of the local pork consumption is pro duced in these states. Less than two per cent of he nation's hogs are produced in tne western re gion. And, few live hogs are shipped in. Most of the pork consumed in this region is biought in as primal cuts such as bacon, loins and picnic ihoulders ready for consump- More meat animals could be grown, and fed for local slaugh ter, using surplus northwest grains, Marks writes. Although wheat acreage and production are smaller than in the past two years, the Pacific Northwest has surplus grains due to expanded world produc tion and declining wheat and barley exports. The Northwest's winter wheat crop, estimated at 153 million bushels, might be down 15 per cent from last year. Spring wheat acreage was cut about 10 per cent. Such a reduction in wheat output would help offset part of the expected increase in wheat stocks carried over from previous years. The chal lenge is to find a market for the larger supply caused by greater world output, Marks ex plained. The present buildup in wheat supplies is the result of several market developments. Among them are the introduction of higher-yieldng Mexican wneai t,iio ov,h Pnkietan. increas- 11 1 IAJ inula tl 1 1 1 ' ' j ed acreage in Australia and France, and tne general toward food-grain self-sufficiency by nations undergoing eco nomic development. The current excess in U. b. wheat supplies stems from this competition following two years of increased production. At the same time, world wheat output set new records each of the past "three vears. The three-year per iod showed a world production increase of 25 per cent. Although the volume of world production of all grains affected the world markets, local feed grain production directly affects meat animal feeding and pro cessing in the Pacific Northwest. Marks noted that Oregon grain growers indicate a small boost in oat acreage and a 32 per cent increase in barley plant ings. . While feed grain producers nationally reported intentions to plant about the same acre age for 1969 as they did last year, some significant increas es were being planned by western growers. Montana farmers plan 30 per cent more r,t r,ta nnri 42 Der cent I more barley this year. Increases are aslo indicated ior wasmnK ton and Idaho. So, with expanded feed grain production and an increasing consumer demand for meat, the Northwest has renewed oppor tunities of establishing a sig nificant meat animal-grain pro duction complex, Marks concludes. Flatt's Truck Service Call 384-229Z. Condon. Collect for SERVING HEPPNEH WITH FAST AND DEPENDABLE FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE Daily Overnight Service From Portland Including Saturdays MOVING? CALLUS Corarie-Olds Cadillac, Inc. P "eWf-?cf Home of nEWjjf Happy Cars i-'-.! j nd IIaPP' i .. 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