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PROUDFOOT RANCHES, INC.
H AS BEEN ELECTED TO
AMERICAN ANGUS ASSC.
Proudfoot Ranches, Inc.,
lone, Oregon, has been elected
to membership in the American
Angus Association at St.
Joseph, Missouri, announces
Lloyd D. Miller, executive
secretary.
There were 358 memberships
issued to breeders of registered
Aberdeen-Angus in the United
States during the past month.
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Rent, Lease, Buy
AHis Chalmers
HESTOK, rSTEKAK
(Hay Equlpmaat)
NEW & USED
MOUNTAIN
MACHINERY
COMPANY
Airport Road
PENDLETON
Open Mon. thru Fit.
and until Noon Sot
276-6222
Sky Meadow Ranch
Spray. Or., 97874
January 11, 1973
The Hon. Senator Mark Hatfield
Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D C, 20510
Dear and Hon. Sir:
Within a matter of three
weeks or so we in Rural
America have become the
victims of:
1. Impending higher REA
costs due to the Adminis
tration's action. (Over
and above the projected
Bonneville increase.)
2. The rape of the REAP
program.
3. A grazing fee hike totally
inconsistant with pro
claimed Adminstration
anti-inflation guidelines.
4. Curtailment of "set
aside." 5. Cancellation (or curtail
ment) of rural disaster
emergency aid. (Details
not at hand yet.)
Within the same period we
have spent enough on B-52's,
fighter-bombers and other
weapons of destruction (not to
count the cost in lives) probably
completely to restore and -or
expand the 5 points above.
What madness abounds
there?
Is it conceivable that the
object is to destroy completely
the small farmer and rancher
so that Butz and his buddies in
Agribiz may take over every
thing? Then, all we farmers could
move to the cities and live in
slums like the American Indian
who was forced there before us.
Gourmet Foods
Plant Coming
Norman Hyder, president of
Gourmet Food Product of
Metolius, said last week the
board of directors had adopted
a plan to pursue a plan to move
their plant to the Boardman
Hermiston area. One of the
principal reasons for the move,
he explained, is transportation
I grieve for my country costs.
The firm's payroll for fiscal
Aug. 1, 1972,
$595,000. The
force was 90
planning their
Discussing the Her mis ton
area, Hyder said a plant site is
not a problem. A number are
available. Hyder said that at
least 75 percent of the equip
ment at Metolius could be used
in a new plant at Hermiston.
The firm is also looking at the
Port of Morrow as a plant site,
we understand.
Mike Wells
cc: Richard M. Nixon
Bob Packwood
Al Ullman
Rogers Morton, Scty. of the
Interior
Earl Butz. Scty. of
Agriculture
Ily Neighbors
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Set up in Pendleton
CALL 276-3611
Dealer
COLE ELECTRIC
Motor Rewinding
Industrial - Commercial
Farm and Home
Pendleton 276-7761
year ending
amounted to
average work
employees. In
move to Boardman-Hermiston
area, it appears they expect a
big expansion.
Sir. Hyder said Gourmet
Foods is looking to the Orient as
a growing market. "That area
will be a good market for
Pacific Northwest food pro
ducts. We expect it will use a lot
of frozen french fries. Orientals
are developing Western tastes,"
he said.
"We have been exporting to
the Orient for the last five
months, shipping to Japan,
Hong Kong, Singapore and
Malaysia. In April and May the
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is
sponsoring an agricultural
trade fair, running for two days
each in Tokyo, Hong Kong and
Singapore," Mr. Hyder said.
The Gourmet president said
he would attend all three of the
trade fair showings with dis
plays and product samples.
"Both the USDA and the
Oregon State Department of
Agriculture see the Orient as a
large market for our products.
This promises to be a profitable
market, and we will pursue it,"
Hvder said.
1970 Housing Census Shows
Preference Changes
Below are charts indicating fuel preferences of homeowners in 1970
as compared to previous years.
Al Ullman Scores
Wheat Set-Aside
Congressman Al Ullman said
in Washington, D.C. last week
that the Department of Agri
culture's timing in announcing
the elimination of mandatory
wheat set-aside programs could
have an adverse effect on
Oregon winter wheat
producers.
According to Ullman, the
problem is that winter wheat
growers sowed their crops last
year under the provisions of the
wheat set-aside law as it then
applied.
"Although the mandatory
set-aside program has now been
dropped," Ullman said, "it's too
late for growers who already
have seed in the ground to take
advantage of this."
Because of the major grain
sales last year, he said,
estimates of next summer's
market activity are high, and
elimination of the mandatory
set-aside is expected to add
considerably to the market
income earned by producers.
In a note to Secretary of
Agriculture Earl Butz, Ullman
asked whether the department
has given any consideration to
the Oregon situation where
winter wheat growers who
planted under the 1972 program
are now unable to compete in
the 1973 market in the same
capacity as others who have not
yet planned their 1973 produc
tion effort.
OSU Economist
January 12, 1973
Mr. David Harrison
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op
P.O.Box 398
Heppner, Oregon 97836
Dear Mr. Harrison:
Thank you for your recent
letter concerning the Presi
dent's deep cuts in rural
programs.
I very much share your
concern over these actions, and
have been in touch with key
committee chairmen and Con
gressmen representing agri
cultural area. In my judgment,
the Administration is using the
excuse of the need for spending
cuts to decimate rural pro
grams. It is now clear that
disporportionately heavy re
, ductions have been made in the
rural sector. You may be sure
that I will exert every effort to
retain these valuable and
proven activities.
Thank you again for writing
on this most important matter.
With best wishes.
IPS OjoWeK THAN THE School &S.BUT
THEY'RE SURE 0FA WRISHWg UUNCH
Sincerely,
Al Ullman, M.C.
THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES
TEAM STANDINGS
LEATHER LUMPER CLUB
The Leather Lumpers 4-H
Club met Jan. 16 at Jane
McRoberts' home. An election
was held. New officers are:
Ginny Estes, president; Kae
dene Hollomon, vice president;
Mike Lott, secretary; David
Worden and Eric .Clow, re
porters. Reporter,
David Worden
WHEN COLD
WEATHER CALLS.
MASTER HAS
8 HOT
ANSWERS.
Won Lost
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3
1
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Team
Murrays
Ruggles
Toyota
Elma's Flowers
Kinzua Corp.
Columbia Basin
High Ind. Game, Helen Young
-200; High Ind. Series, Harriet
Evans-561; High Team Game,
Elma's Flowers-967; High
Team Series, Toyota-2670.
REMARKS: Beginning of 2nd
half.
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Serving Morrow. GI'Hsm and Wheeler Counties
Telephone 676-9146
WSP
Sees Rising: Farm
Income. Higher
Meat Prices
Strong demand for Oregon
farm products and a further
increase in gross farm income
is the 1973 outlook for Oregon
agriculture, reports Stephen C.
Marks, Oregon State University
extension economist.
And for the consumer, Marks
sees higher livestock and meat
prices during the first half of the
year with some relief in sight
for the latter part of 1973.
Continued rising production
costs, Marks cautions, will cut
into the farmer's increased net
farm-income.
Forces shaping market
demand conditions for food in
the year ahead, Marks sees as
increasing world population,
rising employment and per
sonal income, and the con
sumers' desire to eat "high on
the hog." While relatively
tight-supply conditions exist for
meat and certain fruits during
the first half of 1973, there are
no serious shortages indicated.
These observations are made
by Marks in the latest Oregon
. Farm and Market Outlook
circular, published by the OSU
Cooperative Extension Service.
Inflation is sure to dilute some
of the gain in consumers'
buying power, Marks believes,
but probably not enough to stop
the upward trend in the quantity
of food purchased. The food
stamp program will definitely
add to the purchasing power of
qualified low income families.
Nearly $2 billion was allocated
for this program in 1973,
equivalent to about 1.5 percent
of all the money U.S. consumers
spent for food last year.
Livestock and meat prices
appear headed for new highs
during the first half of 1973,
Marks estimates, surpassing
1972's peaks. But there should
be some respite from the hectic
rise in retail meat prices after
mid-year, because farmers will
be sending 7 to 8 percent more
hogs to packers in late summer
and fall, as well as an increase
in cattle.
Poultry meat should be
plentiful but probably no more
so than in 1972, Marks observes.
However poultry prices would
increase if growers are forced
to cut production because of
high cost of poultry feed.
EMPLOYMENT NEWS
JANUARY 22. 1973
The Cooperative Rural Man--power
Project with the help of
the secretaries in the Extension
offices in Morrow, Gilliam,
Sherman, and Wheeler
counties, has the following job
opening:
Morrow County: Experienced
saw filer; babysitter (live-in)
Sherman County: Warehouse
man with experience in farm
stored grain, job for a retired
couple to live on a ranch in own
trailer to do odd jobs with
utilities paid, one general farm
worker.
People with the following
experience are looking for
work: Heppner area: General
farm workers, mill workers,
secretaries, grocery checker,
clerk typist, store clerk; Sher
man County: General employ
ment for two women, car
penter; Wheeler County:
Housekeeper, bartender, office
clerk, cook or barmaid; Gilliam
County: Cashier, bookkeeper,
secretary, motel maids, ranch
worker, electricians helper,
sales clerk, bartender, clerk
typist, nurses aide.
For futher information, con
tact your local Extension office:
Heppner, 676-9642; Condon,
384-2271; Fossil, 763-4115; Moro,
565-3230.
This is a mutual effort of the
Extension Service, Employ
ment Service, and the people of
this area.
1 MAy NOT BE M'i
THWfc TO CPOW fcBCKJT
BoT AT VtKX j CAN'T
BE EtPlAcep By AN
ftlAPIW CLOCK.
8 models, all manufactured in
compliance with OSHA safety
standards - 63,000 to 500.000
BTUhr. vented and unwanted
with or without thermostats.
All models run on low-cost kero
seneNo. 1 fuel oil . . . and fea
ture a safety control that thuts
off the unit automatically if
the flame goat out.
You have to see a Master heater
in action to appreciate it. Come
in or phone ... for a free dem
onstration on your job.
Pettyjohn's
Farm & Builders
Supply
Heppner 676-9157
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TRI-COUNTY HEREFORD
RANGE BULL SALE
CO Hereford Bulls 60 I
Horned & Polled - Clear Pedigreed I
Range Bulls Being Offered Are The Tops I
From the Hereford Herds of Oregon
CLEAR PEDIGREES GUARANTEE BY CONSIGNORS
There will be no sale in the Northwest where there will
be the selection offered such as this.
Sale 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, FEB. 7
FAIR GROUNDS
Lunch will be served by Union County CowBells
LA GRANDE OREGON
Show At 9:30 a.m.
Free delivery to central point on highway up to 150
miles at huver risk.
"HOME OF REPUTATION CATTLE"
Auctioneer: Ken Trout
For further information write or call Ralph D. Hart
P- O. Box 760. La Grande, Oregon 97850 Ph. 963-2127
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