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Resource Group
Slates Marketing
Specialist
The Columbia-Blue Mountain
Resource Conservation and
Development project will have
its annual meeting 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Riverside
High School.
Alan Mills. Fort of Portland
marketing specialist, will
discuss export opportunities for
Mid-Columbia crops.
Gerald George, soil conser
vation service project engineer,
will give a slide talk on the
status of RC and D projects.
Included will be the Stanfield
and Westland Irrigation
Districts, and the Hudson Bay
District Improvement Co. The
estimated cost of the projects is
$40,(XX) with the federal
government paying 50 percent.
The seven resource com
mittee chairmen will present
1972 committee accomplish-
Jack Sumner Asks Release of REAP Funds
SALEM State Representa
tive Jack Sumner (D-Heppner)
today submitted a Memorial in
the Oregon House asking the
Nixon administration to release
Rural Environmental Assist
ance Program (REAP) funds
the administration announced
two weeks ago it would withhold
in a cost-cutting campaign.
REAP payments share with
Oregon farmers the costs of
conservation and antipollution
practices, such as strip crop
ping which controls wind and
water erosion in the Columbia
River counties of Wasco, Sher
man, Gilliam, Morrow and
Umatilla, and diversion ditches,
which help control water
erosion in the same area.
The agriculture Department
payments in Oregon would have
amounted to approximately $2
million.
Representative Sumner's
memorial points out "the
importance of encouraging
farmers to protect our air and
water from pollution and con
serve our natural resources."
The REAP programs pay 50 to
80 percent of the Oregon
farmer's cost of such control
measures.
Sumner is State Representa
tive of District 55 which
includes Sherman, Gilliam.
Morrow, Jefferson and parts of
Wasco. Clackamas, Marion and
Linn Counties.
Winter Feed Grain Varieties Released
Wheat Market,
Varieties Seminar
ments. long-ranee objectives
and goals for 1973
The RC and D is awaiting
U.S. Department of Agriculture
approval including Grant and
Wheeler Counties. The project
presently covers Umatilla,
Morrow and Gilliam Counties.
The Grant and Wheeler an
nexation would set the boun
daries as those of Administra
tive District 12 council of
governments.
Officers will be elected by the
eight soil and water conserva
tion districts, five county courts
and three port commissions
sponsoring the RC and D.
Wheat Damage
Light
A Rare
Goose
Sight
Jack Melland says the geese
coming into Three Mile Canyon
every evening is a sight to
behold. The geese fly in between
4 and 5 o'clock in the late
afternoon. He estimates the
number to be in the neighbor
hood of 35,000 geese.
He suggests that people driv
ing down to see them from the
Heppner Jet. take the Three
Mile Canyon exit, turn left and
go under the freeway and
railroad. From this vantage
point, the geese will not be
disturbed by the presence of
cars. This is Game Refuge
territory and there's no hunting.
Observers may see geese
wearing a red neck band. These
were placed on the geese that
were hatched from the eggs
taken from the islands at the
time the John Day dam was
backing water over the islands.
By Harold Kerr
Damage to winter wheat
seedings in Morrow County does
not appear to be serious, reports
Harold Kerr, Morrow Extension
Agent.
Dr. Norm Goetze, OSU
Extension Agronomist, advises
growers who are checking fields
to look for new undamaged
tissue on the crown or crown
bud for assurance that the plant
will probably survive, even
where leaf damage has been
heavy. Growers realize that the
snow cover present on most
fields is responsible for protect
ing the wheat plants during the
recent cold snaps.
Growers who do find it
necessary to reseed or have
additional acres to seed are
advised to use winter wheat
varieties such as Nugaines,
Gaines, Hyslop, or Wanser up
till mid February.
Research at the Pendleton
Experiment Station has shown
that the late seeded winter
wheat varieties except for Moro
and Paha will out yield spring
wheat varieties. Growers who
are not able to seed before mid
to late February will be seeding
spring varieties such as Adams,
Idead, or Fortunce a hard red
spring variety. Two new
varieties have done very well in
local nurseries. They are both
soft whites, and are named
Twin and Springfield. Spring
seed wheat may be hard to
locate this year, reports Harold
Kerr, if other areas are forced
to reseed many acres.
Calf Scours
Referral Service
By HAROLD KKKK
Wheat market prospects and
new wheat varieties are two
topics highlighting a aeries of
one day seminars on Wheat
Production and Marketing,
according to Harold Kerr,
Morrow County extension
agent.
Because of anticipated high
prices, a continuing export
market, and low carryovers,
reports Kerr, the outlook for
1973 is extremely favorable.
The one-day program will be
held at Willows Grange in lone
on Friday, February 9, 1973.
The seminar program will be
repeated each day, during the
week of Feb. 5-9. Other similar
sessions are planned for Sher
man County Courthouse, Moro,
Feb. 5; PP&L Conference
Room, The Dalles, Feb. 6; '
Mikkalo Grange Hall, Mikkalo,
Feb. 7; and Indian Hills Motel,
Pendleton, Feb. 8; The seminar
will begin at 9:00 each day.
Recent scientific reports on
weed control, seed treatment
and soil moisture conservation
will be reviewed by Oregon
State University extension
scientists. New farm program
legislation will also be discuss
ed with an eye as to how it
affects Oregon wheat.
Speakers will include Ronald
Burr, extension agronomist;
Norman Goetze, extension
agronomist; Ernest Kirsch,
Union County extension agent,
Paul Koepsell, extension plant
pathologist; Stephen Marks,
extension agricultural econo
mist; Gene Nelson, extension
farm management specialist;
and Donald Rydrych, associate
professor of Agronomy.
All wheatgrowers are urged
to attend.
Two winter feed grains a
barley and an oat - have been
released by the Agricultural
Experiment Stations of Oregon
and Washington.
Adair, the new 6-row barley,
was the top yielding variety for
two years in tests at the North
Willamette Experiment Station,
Aurora, and for the last three
years at the Hyslop Agronomy
Farm, Corvallis, Oregon State
University scientists said.
Developed from a cross made
in Corvallis in 1958, the new
variety has shorter height and
improved straw strength. Hav
ing moderate winter hardiness,
it is adapted to the winter
barley-growing areas of the
Willamette Valley.
Amity, the new winter oat, is
intermediate in height with
white plump kernels. It was
developed from a 1952 Corvallis
cross. Amity, adapted to the
winter oat-growing area of
western Oregon, particularly
for the Willamette Valley, will
provide a white winter oat for
western Oregon.
Tested extensively for five
years on the Hyslop Farm, the
new winter oat has outyielded
commercial varieties. In
addition to white kernels and a
stiff straw which results in less
lodging, Amity has a greater
degree of winter hardiness than
Powys, the other white-grained
variety now used.
Seed from both new varieties
has been made available to
growers.
Sheep Shearing
School
Oregon Objects to
Commission
Water Report
Agriculture's increasing irri
gation needs for food production
cannot be ignored in the
planning of future water supply
and water use, for this country
is going to have to take the
responsibility of seeing that
hungry people in other parts of
the world are no longer ignored.
Don McKinnis, resource co
ordinator with the Agricultural
Development Division of the
Oregon Department of Agri
culture, stressed these points in
voicing Oregon's objections to making the comment was:
resources are developing In
dustrial programs as a means
of creating wealth with which to
buy food.
The report had suggested
substitution of soybean protein
for red meat. Referring to this
McKinnis said it was pure folly
to expect the American people
with their affluency to reduce
their standard of living to this
substitution. He admitted it was
possible for underdeveloped
countries to do this for it was
Btep up in the economic ladder,
but reminded at the same time
that U.S. agricultural resources
would have to provide this
source of food.
Referring to the present
worldwide red meat shortage,
the Oregon man said perhaps
this' had been overlooked in
preparing the report, then
reminded of the need for
orderly water development
projects to provide ample land
resources for livestock produc
tion, which must continue to
show substantial gains to re
verse the shortage trend.
McKinnis said Oregon's
major concern is the effect the
report could have on orderly
future development of water
resources. A statement in the
report to which he referred in
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Ralph Say lor, Les Tinhoff,
Not all oven-cooked foods
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requiring more than one full
hour of cooking time may be
placed in a cold oven.
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By HAROLD KERR
Every spring ranchers are
faced with the possibility of calf
scours or other diseases, re
ports Harold Kerr, County
Extension Agent. A new service
is available to local producers
to help determine exact cause of
the problem. Referral is usually
made to the Veterinary Diag
nostic Laboratory at OSU
through the local veterinarian.
The fee for the diagnostic
service is $6 which is only a
small percentage of the total
cost. The Diagnostic Labora
tory at OSU was strongly
supported and encouraged by
the Oregon Cattlemens Assoc
iation and our local Morrow
County Livestock Growers
Association.
It is important that a veter
inarian is consulted in most
cases because interpretation of
the results from the laboratory
usually require a professional
reports Kerr.
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Gooseberry
Livestock Meeting
Jan. 9, 1973 , meeting
The meeting came to order,
Rick Peterson appointed Paul
Peterson to lead the flag salute
and Paul McEUigott to lead the
4-H pledge.
Then we took role, every
member was to name a part of a
Iamb. We had 18 members
present at the meeting.
The secretary Patricia Van
Schoick read the minutes of the
last meeting. The new business
was brought up by Phil Carlson.
The people that are going to The
Dalles Show are Rick Peterson,
Dawn Peterson, Phil Carlson
and Clint Carlson.
Bob Peterson thought if we
need starter ration that we
should give our order to him.
Rick Peterson brought up the
matter whether we should have
a meeting every month or very
other month. There were 2 in
favor of every other month and
the rest wanted every month.
Joan McEliigott moved the
meeting be adjourned and Clint
Carlson seconded it. The meet
ing was adjourned.
Annual sheep shearing
schools are held at various
locations in Eastern Oregon,
reports Harold Kerr, County
Extension Agent. This year
sessions will be held at the
following places :
April 17-18 Union
April 19-20 Ontario
May 1-2 Fossil
May 3-4 Prineville'
The cost of the two day school
is $5.00. Dr. John Landers, OSU
Animal Science Specialist is in
charge of the sessions. Regi
stration forms are available at
the Morrow County Extension
Office.
There is a real opportunity for
high school age students to
make some extra spending
money shearing small farm
flocks in this area. Every year
we get more requests for sheep
shearers, reports Harold Kerr.
Deadline for registering is
March 10.
thebveremphasis on industrial
water needs in the National
Water Commission Report
during a January 8-9 hearing in
Spokane by the commission on
its report, which is to be
presented to Congress.
The Oregon man, who was
representing the department of
agriculture at the meeting, said
orderly development of water
resources will continue to play a
major role in the. feeding of
many underdeveloped nations
of the world through the
growing and harvesting of crops
from newly developed irrigated
acres.
Questioning the great em
phasis placed on "so-called
surplus agricultural
production" on which the report
based its recommendation for
reduced production goals for
agriculture, McKinnis advocat
ed justification of new irrigation
projects on their own merit ,.
He said this should be based
on the projects' ability to pay
their way through growing of
crops and livestock for both
domestic and foreign markets.
McKinnis stressed the fact that
the present water supply situa
tion should not be considered
stable in projecting future
needs for water by agriculutre,
due to loss of underground
water sources in some areas of
the nation.
Noting that within the past
few years the economic buying
power of many nations had
reached the point where they
are able to buy food on the world
market to feed their hungry
population, McKinnis said the
age-old quote that one-third of
the world goes to bed hungry is
changing and can continue to
change only if ample food is
available for marketing. He
also pointed out that many
nations with limited agriultural
"The transfer of water from
agriculture to other uses would
not put pressure on the nation's
food supplies or export possi
bilities. Neither would it have
other than minimal effects on
the cost of food to the nation's
consumer."
McKinnis said consideration
must be given the total needs of
the nation and world as a base
for future water development,
with subtractions made for
adverse weather, pests and
other hazards and at all times a
margin of safety to assure the
nation and world an adequate
food supply.
He noted that agriculture
should recognize the water
needs of the nation outside of
agricultural uses, but pointed
out that the same factors used
in arriving at agricultural needs
should be applied in considering
nonagricultural water needs.
Recommending full utiliza
tion of both our land and water
needs with a concerted effort to
meet nonagricultural needs,
McKinnis advocated multiple
use of water by agriculture and
industry through utilization of
industrial waters for irrigation.
Examples he mentioned were
warm water from thermo
power generating plants for
irrigation, eliminating costly
cooling towers and contamina
tion of streams and lakes ;
waste water from industry for
irrigation and planning that
would provide both recreation,
water enhancement and irrigation.
Friday, Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m. at Stafford Hansell, Jack Sumner,
Riverside School on the feasi- Jerry Sweeney, and Harold
bility of placing a nuclear power Kerr,
plant adjacent to the naval
bombing range at Boardman.
The State Nuclear and Thermal
Energy Council will hold the
hearing.
Portland General Electric Co.
has asked the council to make a
decision on the feasibility of
putting a plant at the north
eastern site at Carty Canyon so
it can proceed with its appli
cation to build there. PGE filed
an intent a year ago in
February. Efforts continue to
find another site for the Navy
Bombing Range.
There will be a second public
hearing in Portland on Jan. 15.
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PartoiMl property taxpayers art required to file an invoice a of January
1, 1973, with the Assessor for an assessment base. Assessment must be
filed on or before March 3, 1973. A penalty is provided for late filing.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
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1. Commercial merchandise inventories.
2. Manufacturing inventories & Supplies.
3. Livestock.
4. Food processing inventories Seed, Feed, Fertilizer, Inventories
held for sale.
5. Inventories of Consigned Merchandise.
6. Log Inventories: Cold decks and ponds, also felled and bucked
logs in the woods. . .
7. Automotive and Trailer House Inventories.
B. FURNITURE A FIXTURES IN COMMERCIAL USE
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