HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunday. Augtut 14. 1969
'Oregon Economy Requires Burning Says Farm Bureau
Livestock Brand Owners Missing
Usually the Livestock Dlvls
ion of the Orc-Kon Department of
Agriculture is concerned with
.strayed livestock.
This time It is strayed own
ers of livestock brands.
Some 1,500 of the approxi
mately 17,500 applications mail
ed to owners of livestock brands
for renewal of their brands have
been returned to the department
marked by the postal service as
"unable to locate".
The department has taken ev
ery possible step to locate these
people throueh the postal serv
ice, having cone so far as to pay
the 10 cents required to obtain
forwarding addresses of those
brand owners who have moved
find not notified the department.
This procedure has resulted in
some IKK) address corrections
being received.
Under the law livestock brands
must be renewed every five
years and a new brand book
published. Yearly supplements
are published each following
year. Those brands not rererord
i-d are considered as available
for other livestock owners after
a reasonable lime.
The department started mail
inn the anolications for rerecord
ing shortly after the first of July
and as of August 7 over 5,500
of the approximately 17,5(10 ap
nitrations mailed had been re
turned and rerecorded by the
livestock Division.
Wilma Russell, supervisor of
brand recordine for the depart
ment. is advising persons who
have not received their applica
lions to contact the department
immediately and ask for the
renewal application. She also
urges brand owners to Immedi
ately inform the department
uimn thev have a change of ad
dress or have transferred their
brand, since this is a separate
process from rerecorenng.
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The Oregon Farm Bureau fed
eration Aug. 4 said that a state
ment by Governor MeC'all ask
ing for a ban on agricultural
field burning Is inconsistent
with Oregon's economic Interests
and efforts by the grass seed
industry to control air pollution.
Over $30 million of new
wealth Is created by the grass
seed Industry In Oregon, accord
ing to David Nelson, Or Br ex
ecutive secretary. This is a re
newable resource that creates
an indirect beneft to the state's
economy of approximately $200
Wheat Certificates,
Allotments, May Be
Phased Out of Use
Failure of both the Food and
Agriculture act of IMS and the
International Wheat Trade con
vention has brought about de
tailed discussions among three
major Oregon farm groups on
the question of acreage allot
ments and other federal regula
tory programs and a return to
the market system.
Claude Williams, Prineville,
president of the Oregon rarm
Bureau federation, said at the
opening session of the OFBr s
annual mid summer resolutions
conference in Bend last week
that wheat farmers are harvest
ing a bumper crop but prices
are at a disastrously low level.
John Weibes. Pendleton, ex
ecutive vice president of the Ore
gon Wheat Growers League,
and Denny Jones, Juntura, pres
ident of the Oregon Cattlemen
Association, participated in the
conference and gave the views
of their respective organizations
concerning Farm Bureau's pro
posed marketing plan th.it
would replace the current farm
program.
The Farm Bureau program
would phase out acreage allot
ments, wheat certificates, annu
al diversion programs and dir
ect payments over a five-year
t:eriud. During this five-year
transition period the Cropland
Adjustment Program of retiring
land on a long-term basis would
gradually be expanded with em
phasis on whole farms and a
special transitional program
would be available to low
income farmers.
The Farm Bureau program
was presented in testimony
August 5 before the Senate Ag
riculture committee by repre
sentatives of the American Farm
Bureau and presidents of sev
eral state Farm Bureaus, Wil
liams said.
He concluded that he was
very much pleased that the
large number of farmers and
ranchers represented in the
Farm Bureau, the Wheat League
and the Cattlemen's association
are in agreement on many is
sues about the future needs of
agriculture In Oregon and the
United States.
million, said Nelson, quoting
economists at Oregon State Uni
versity. Producers have stated that an
accelerated research program is
necessary to find alternatives to
burning, which Is now the only
cultural practice through which
certain diseases can be control
led. A $25,000 research fund Is
being raised by producers since
a specal research appropriation
was not approved by tne legis
lature. OSU research indicates that
production of fine fescue seed
is reduced to one fourth to one
third of the production with no
burning, as contrasted to burn
ing in early August. This loss
in production efficiency would
destroy the grass seed industry,
Nelson charged.
He said the Farm Bureau dis
agrees with the governor's state
ment that smoke from field
burning is a "threat to health."
He explained that research by
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture and OSU to date has
indicated that smoke from field
burning Is not a health haz
ard.
Nelson went on to say that
the Farm Bureau also disagrees
with the governor's saying that
current legislation 01. B. 1228)
Is inadequate. II. B. 1228 is a
positive program by producers
to control air pollution by reg
ulating field burning with a
schedule developed by the En
vironmental Quality Control
commission, Nelson explained.
At their June 28 meeting, he
said, the majority of the Envir
onmental Quality Control com
mission members agreed that
much more needs to be learned
about conditions related to field
burning and asked their staff
to maintain statistical Informa
tion so that revisions In the
field burning schedule could be
made at a later date.
A complete ban on agricul
tural field burning would des
troy the industry and Is about
as practical as a complete ban
on the operation of automobiles,
which researchers say are the
number one cause of air pollu
tion, Nelson concluded.
Charges Brought
Against Former
Stockyard Agent
Delbert Anson, former operator
of Hermiston Livestock Commis
sion Co., Hermiston, has been
charged with violating weighing
requirements under the Packers
and Stockyards Act, the U. S
Department of Agriculutre said
August 8.
Anson is registered as a live
stock market agency and dealer.
He opearted in north -central and
northeast Oregon as well as in
south -central Washington. The
market has operated under new
management since Dec. 15, 1968.
The administrative complaint
was filed by USDA's Packers
and Stockyards Administration
(P&SA).
Filing a complaint does not
prove that Anson violated the
P&S Act. He has a right to a
hearing to determine if the evi
denre supports the charges.
P&SA alleges that Anson:
(1) Bought and resold live
stock as a dealer at weights
other than the correct weights;
(2) Failed to issue to livy
stork sellers scale tickets con
taining adequate information;
and
(3) Failed to operate livestock
scales to insure weighing of
livestock bought or sold.
If the charges are proven, he
would be ordered to stop such
practices. His registration may
also be tcmporarly suspended.
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about certified seed growers
was Rudy Bergstrom who has 15
acres of lone barley. This win
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A Pacitic' Northwest Wheat
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stocks up significantly. On July
l. iyt)9, stocks of all wheat
classes in Oregon and Washing
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o2 higher than a year ago.
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