gXzette-times
6 Thursday, August 28. 1969
OSU Agronomist
Heads State Weed
Control Programs
ADDointment of Dr. Arnold P.
AddIpdv to head up domestic
weed control programs in Ore
eon State University's Depart
ment of Farm Crops has been
announced by Dr. J. Ritchie Cow
nn. (icnartment chairman.
In his new position, Appleby
will coordinate statewide weed
control esearch programs con
ducted for agronomic and non
crop lands.
Weed control programs In
volve nearly all Oregon field
crops and lh recent years have
resulted in such contributions as
substantially better control of
ryegrass in Willamette Valley
winter wheat and adoption of
herbicides for peppermint and
sugar beets.
Appleby replaces Dr. William
R. Furtick who earlier this year
assumed additional duties as
director of a new International
Plant Protection Center at OSU.
The plant center assists other
nations in developing their ag
ricultural potential through bet
ter weed, insect and plant dis
ease control. Results from the
international program, In turn,
often benefit Oregon s statewide
weed control research work.
Appleby, who is associate pro
fessor of agronomy, joined the
OSU staff in 1959. During 1962
63, he was stationed at the Pen
dleton Branch Experiment Sta
tion. He is presently serving as
secretary of both the Weed Sci
ence Society of America and the
Western Society of Weed Sci-
Livestock Champs Named at Fair
Morrow county Fair and Ro
deo princess Pattl Healy proved
her worth at the fair last week,
taking home three trophies at
the annual 4-H ana a
awards presentation Thursday
night.
She was all around cnampion
in the 4-H Horse show, high
point 4-H livestock Judge and
champion dairy showman.
A former princess, bue tnen
Greenup, took top honors with
her market lamb, was grand
champion showman and was
champion sheep showman.
Other trophy winners in snow-
ma nship were:
HORSEMANSHIP: Small iry,
Cindy Brock; junior, Dawn Pe
terson; intermediate, Joan
Healy; senior, Marcia Jones.
HORSE SHOWMANSHIP: same
as above except Patti Healy was
senior winner.
SWINE SHOWMANSHIP: jun
r, Robert Richards; intermed-
ate. David Richards.
DAIRY SHOWMANSHIP: jun-i
ior. Mary Ann Greenup; inter
mediate, Patty Daly; senior, Pat
ti Healy.
SHEEP SHOWMANSHIP: jun
ior, Mary Ann Greenup; Inter
mediate, John Sumner; senior,
Sue Greenup.
BEEF SHOWMANSHIP: junior,
Sandy Bennett; intermediate,
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Morrow County Grain Growers
paid 95 cents per pound for the
Grand Champion FFA steer,
shown by Kirk Robinson. Cent
ral Market bought both the
grand champion 4-H and reserve
grand champion FFA steers,
paying 90 cents for Joan Healy's
steer and 60 cents for Greg
Greenup's reserve.
Pendleton Production Credit
Association paid 65 cents a
pound for Pete McElligott's 4'-H
reserve grand champion.
utner oeet ouyers were Kay
Robinson, First National Bank,
Gray's Repair, Gardner's Men's
Wear. Stone Machinery, Morrow
County Abstract and Title Co.,
C & B Livestock, Roy Lindstrom,
ISorthwcstern Livestock Commis
sion Co., Pendleton Grain Grow
ers, Barnett Hereford Ranch,
Willows Grange, Bank of East
ern Oregon, Cornett Green and
Harold Wright.
Centrol Market and the Fed
cral Land Bank of Pendleton
each got grand champion lambs,
as Central paid 70 cents for Greg
Greenup's FFA champion and
the bank bought Sue Greenup's
4-H champion for 85 cents.
MCGG paid 80 cents for Bill
Greenup's reserve champion
lamb, while Cohn Livestock
bought Jill Rugg's reserve cham
pion 4-H lamb for 75 cents.
Other sheep buyers were Pet
tyjohn's Farm and Builders
Supply, Oscar Peterson. P. W.
Mahoney, Stone Machinery, Bob
Kilkenny. Paul Jones, Columbia
Basin Electric, Kit Anderson,
Roy Lindstrom, Terry Thompson
Gerald Bergstrom, Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant, Morrow
County Abstract and Ekstrom
Farm Chemicals.
The Grain Growers paid 75
cents for the grand champion
4-H hog, shown by Robert Rich
ards. Karen Richards' reserve
champion brought 65 cents from
Baker Livestock Commission Co.
Other buyers were Elma's Ap
parel, Central Market, Roy Lind
strom, Jack Van Winkle, Paul
Jones and Gardner's Men's Wear.
Don Wink, auctioneer for
Northwestern Livestock Commis
sion Co., Hermiston, cried the
sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe
were visited August 17-24 by Mr.
Lowe's grandson, Pat McGrath,
Portland.
Consumer Group
Studies Package
Label Complaints
Meat not Its high price, but
Information on the label, the
large amount of fats In some
meats, short weights, and pack
aging practices was a topic
much discussed by members of
the Consumer Advisory Commit
tee at Its meeting In Salem last
week.
Some members complained
that they had gotten packaged
meat with fat hidden under
neath so you could not see it
and one member complained of
the large amount of fat in hot
dogs produced by one firm.
The labeling Question raised
was whether the cost per pound
had to be included on packaged
meat in Oregon, and Kenneth
Carl, chief of the Dairy and
Consumer Services Division of
the Department of Agriculture,
said only the poundage, though
many include the price per
pound and total cost.
On the short-weight com
plaints both Mrs. Doris Buck, the
committee chairman, who is con
nected with the Poultry Work
ers Union, and Kenneth Carl ex
plained that the short weights
were often not intentional but
the result of carelessness and
lack of supervision.
Carl urged the members to
complain to the store and ask
that problems be corrected, say
ing the consumer was the best
policing agent.
Another complaint voiced by
the committee was a practice of
some stores of putting Oregon
Grown" labels on chickens from
out of state. Assistant Director of
Agriculture Ben Allen advised
them to complain to the mar
ket and notify the Oregon Fry
er Commission when this was
found.
The committee was given
report by Allen on how the meat
law affects Oregon and on Ore
gon's new pesticide law, which
becomes effective September 1.
Mrs. Gayle Gilmour, Salem
said she had received complaints
from people that pesticides had
been placed next to food in gro
cery stores, but had checked and
found none but did find them
near the drugs in one store. Carl
said food sanitation standards of
the state require that pesticides
and foods be displayed separ
atoly.
Label Uniformity Needed in Nation
Nationwide uniformity is
needed In states' registration
and labeling requirements for
pesticides, feeds and fertilizers.
Virgil Matt, chief chemist,
who along with Bill Kosesan,
represented the Oregon Depart
ment of Agriculture, in Houston,
Texas, August 3-8, at meetings
of the American Association of
Pesticide Control Officials, the
American Association of Feed
Control Officials and the Amer
ican Association of Fertilizer
Control Officials, said this need
for uniformity was stressed at
the sessions of each of the as
sociations. Commenting on the pesticide
control officials session, Hiatt
presented a plan, supported by
the Chemical Specialties Manu
facturing Association, that would
have the U. S. Department of
Agriculture register all pesti
cides under one federal label
and leave to the states the reg-
ulation of the use of pesticides.
He also noted that many com
panies are including their tele
phone numbers on the bill of
sale for pesticides so they may
be called In case of accidents
with pesticides.
At the fertilizer group's ses
slon, Dr. Morris Bloodsworth,
professor of soil crop sciences at
Colleg" Station, Texas, said big
business farming will bring such
said the association president, ! Innovations in the fertilizer in
Patricia Collins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins, left
Tuesday for Soap Lake, Wn
where she has accepted a teach
ing position for the coming year.
She will teach high school and
junior high physical education,
some history and an art and
crafts class. She will reside in
the Garlin Apartments in Soap
Lake.
Gail, Camille and Benham
Malcom, and their cousin, Kathy
Malcom, were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van
Winkle August 22-25. Benham
remained to visit with friends
until school starts again, while
the girls returned to Eatonville,
Wash.
Albert E. Thomas, Oklahoma
City, remarked that the pesti
cide controversy had developed
Into a "total world calamity of
emotionalism". He pointed out
that the control official is
caught in the middle of the con
troversy, since he is faced with
a need by public health offic
ials for weed control of vector
disease, demands of consumer
for disease-free food, and the
concern of certain groups over
the reported effect of pesticides
on wildlife.
Dr. Harry Hays, director of the
pesticide regulation division,
USDA, spoke to this session. He
clarified new rigid declaration
requirements regarding the tox-i
icity statement on pesticide lab
els no pest strips, for example,
should bear the warning to be
kept out of the sick room and
infants rooms.
Hays said lindane vaporizers.
arsenical pesticides and phos
phorous paste baits for rats may
still be on the market even
though they have been banned
by the federal government. This
is because certain companies
have requested a hearing and,
under the law, they may ion
tinue their sale until the hear
ing conclusion.
Parke C. Brinklev of the Nat
ional Agricultural Chemicals
Association, in a talk to the
group said the association had
dustry as direct distribution of
fertilizer sales and honest prescription-type
blending of fertil
izers. This group also had an oppor
tunity to visit one of the world's
largest fertilizer plants, the
physical facilities of which had
a built-in production for control
of all types of pollution.
Feed control officials were told
at their meeting that unless
states adopt federal inspection
methods for feed manufacturing
plants mixing medicated feeds
and follow the reporting proced
ures required by the federal gov
ernment, the federal government
will be taking over the full program.
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to the entire cattle Industry. The
day's program will be present
ed by Ray Petersen, county
agent at Klamath Falls. Norman
Nichols, county agent, Elko, Nev.
will be speaking on "What's a
Good Bull Worth?".
Pat Goggins. Publisher, West
ern Livestock Reporter, Billings,
Mont., will talk about "The Cow
Business ... As I See It".
Reuben Albaugh, Extension
Animal Scientist, Emeritus, Da
vis, Calif., will discuss. "Corral
ling the Meat Type Bull".
Guests will aso have an op
portunity to view the records
and see 600 bulls on test, rep
resenting nine different breeds.
The bulls are from top herds in
six states and Canada.
Eric and Mike Craves hav
been visiting recently on a two
week vacation. They were able
to attend the fair and rodeo
while visiting their father, Dean
Graves. They will return to their
Portland home in time for
chool.
Meat Inspection
Hearing is Set
Proposed revisions in regula
tions relating to custom slaugh
tering and processing establish
ments will be discussed at a
hearing called by the Oregon
Department of Agriculture for 10
a.m. September 10 at the Agri
culture Building, Salem.
The changes being proposed
would bring the regulations in
line with amendments made in
the Oregon Meat Inspection Law
by the 1969 Legislature and the
Federal Meat Inspection Act.
Revisions will cover licensing,
construction, sanitation and op
eration of the establishments.
Persons unable to attend the
hearing may submit testimony
and evidence orally or in writ
ing to the Veterinary Division,
State Department of Agriculture,
Salem 97310, prior to the hearing.
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