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I IIKPPNKIt (ORE.), GAZETTE-TIMES, Ttiurtdiy, March M. 1I7J ft Jeppter$azottc-Timcs CATTLE TOO HIGH? Would You Dclleve Too Cheap? If the price of steers had gone up at fait since 1950 ai the price of a first class postage stamp, steers would be bringing $77 per hundred. If beef prices had Increased as much as medical care, steers would be selling at 172.34 cwt. If the rise had been as fast as hourly pay, the figure would be $80.69. Compared to the cost of having a baby, steers would be bringing $119.13 cwt. Compared to the daily cost of hospital service, the steers would bring $179.69 cwt. And if that is not enough to curl your lasso, the live cattle price in Europe at the beginning of 1973 averaged $56 per hundred. Cull dairy cows and old beef cows ranged from $46.50 in Holland to $62 in Italy-all before the last devaluation of our dollar. -adapted from the News-Leader of Springfield, Missouri. Contributed by Pat Cutsforth BEEF INDUSTRY WILL MEET CONSUMER DEMAND Baker, Oregon, February 22 - "We have just received a recent cattle inventory figures released by the U.S.Department of Agriculture which revealed some facts which the cattle industry had known for a long time, and one fact is the cattlemen's L if .., . . - .v - .-. . fY V .. .... f. . A p - : a ww-- a-: Mr M1ILK1ITINGS TO EUGENE Mr. and Mrs. Dick Schlichting picked up their daughter, Jan In Salem last Tuesday and went to Eugene. Jan tes maid of honor at the wedding of her long time friend, Nancy Adams of Pleas ant Hill to Rodney Lalich of Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Schlicht Wickiup Timber Sale (At Dennis Martin's presen tation at the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, he stressed the schedule of timber sales. From time to time as space permits, the Gazette Times will reprint the Envi- COLE Motor Industrial Farm Pendleton ELECTRIC Rewinding . Commercial and Howe .' 276-7761 Something new has been added at the Heppner Laundry Mat. Bill Weatherford gets ready to demonstrate his new auto vacuum. He says "Put in your coin and clean your car while you wait for your clothes to wash." HOOF AND HORN Mark Sargent called the meeting to order March 14. We had roll call and the treasurer's report. The new members stood up and said their names and projects. We decided to have a Com munity Pride project to help clean up Heppner Hill. Rhonda Sargent is our community chairman. We elected Larry Palmer as Sargeant at Arms. There will be a meat and carcas grading at the Lexington school. Then we had a demonstration from Barbara Devine and Joe Molla han. Reporter, Joe Mollahan EIGHT POTHOLDERS cook ing club had another meeting on Saturday. At the meeting the first year members made Submarine sandwiches, while the second year members made sticky buns, and fruit salad. Our next meeting will be held on March 19, the first day of Spring Vacation. ing enjoyed visiting friends as 'ronmental Analysis Report on thev formerly lived in Eugene, the proposed Wickiup Timber They returned to fcaiem in time for the Friday legislative sessions at which Jan is a page. Here they visited the Jack Sumners and other friends before returning home Satur day. LIMITED TIME ONLY Home steads & Heritages only $5.00. Pine City Community Club's PINE CITY COMMUNITY CLUB'S MEETING The meeting was called to order by Mary Healy, vice president, at 1:30, March 22, at Currin's House. Eleven mem bers and two visitors were present. The visitors were Mrs. Wattenburger and Miss Sherrie Carter. We elected officers: President, Pam Haugen; vice president, Janice Healy; secretary-treasurer and news re porter, Maureen Healy; Sergeant-at-arms, Ronny Cur rin; Song leader, Tim Daly. We had a demonstration on how to set up and face the judge when showing sheep by Sherrie Carty. We picked up some books and Daiiers on animals and A-C Rent, Lease, Buy Allis Chalmers HESTOK, FREEMAN (Hay Equipment) NEW & USED MOUNTAIN MACHINERY COMPANY Airport Road PENDLETON Open Mon. thru Fri. and until Noon Sat 276-6222 I j? Chain Saw i & up ! r Coast to Coast: . dedication to a continued expansion of beef production", said Donald Ostensoe, Executive Vice-President, Oregon Cattlemen's Association, addressing the Baker Lions Gub Luncheon (Thursday, February 22). "The basic domestic cattle herd now stands at 122 million head, an increase of 4 percent over last year at this time. Important too, is the fact that there was even greater growth in the cow-heifer categories which comprise our basic beef factory or beef production. Regardless of what you might hear from consumer groups and perhaps even foreign nations, which would like to get a better piece of our domestic market, the American Consumer need not worry about any beef shortages in the future. As of February 1, 1973, the seven major cattle feeding states, a major indicator in our industry, had 8 percent more cattle on feed than they did at the same time one year ago. It is also encouraging to note that US cattlemen sent 9 percent more cattle to slaughter in January, 1973 than they did one year ago January 1972. May I add that 1972 was a record beef production year for US cattlemen. Yet, you constantly hear from dissident consumer groups; beef boycotters and others who wish to put the cattle industry in an unfavorable light that our industry cannot keep up with consumer demand and that their unprecendented appetite for our beef products. Sometimes we might fall a little behind in demand due to unforseen circumstances, such as weather and government regulations, but never let it be said that if given the challenge and the opportunity that the beef industry cannot 'meet the increasing consumer demand for our product. The major issue for future beef production is in the economic incentive of profitable prices to producers and feeders. And this is the way it should be. "I recently attended a meeting in the Willamette Valley area where a group of well-meaning individuals got together to discuss a two week boycott on beef. We were given the opportunity to explain the facts and figures and the economic sources involved in agriculture with particular emphasis on the beef business. One individual made the statement, 'I have never seen a poor cattle rancher'. Well, I am sure we could have arranged a tour for this individual to visit with some ranchers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho that haven't had it so good for the past several years ; even to day. However, what alarmed me by the statement was the fact, why should there be a poor cattle rancher or feeder or anybody else connected with agriculture. Well maybe too, they might not have much money in the bank, if any, and some are just working for wages, but somehow those people involved in agriculture and ranching, whether they are owners or employees, made money or lost money, they are never really poor. They seem, to profit and to enjoy life in the rural area which seems to be just a little bit better than any place else in the world. And somehow their faces show it. So I'm sure my Willamette Valley neighbor who made this remark would never really know a poor rancher if they saw one or not." MOVING?? Locol or Long Distance Free Estimates Call Gene Orwick 989-8586 or Condon 384-2292 Agents for United Van Line. Interesting Facts: 1951, one hour's labor would buy 1.7 pounds of beef. In 1972 one hour's brought 3.3 pounds of beef. When a shopper spends $1.00 on ground beef, she spends 47 cents on labor to get the meat from the farm to the supermarket. At least 30 people are involved in meat's trip to the table and each person rightly expects compensation in return for his contribution to the finished product. Wages paid a head meat cutter have increased 175 percent since 1951 and those of a check-out clerk 211 percent. The average return on investment for the cattleman is IVi percent. G-T Want Ads Pay Big - r . When a wife asks her husband to do the gardening, the first thing he usually digs up is a good excuse. COW POKES Thatfe when lower Long Distance rates begin on weekdays. The best time to share the good times in the northwest is after 5 PM on weekdays. That's when lower Long Distance rates begin. And thaf s when you're likely to find friends and family at home. So go ahead and spread the good word. Long Distance calls get people together. (S) Pacific Northwest Bell "Wut Mr. Peorman, U wYt coin' to subdivide this W we'd better movt vr o coupfe of counties - that's whtm this W WowinT" A LL YOU CAN EXPECT The U.S. meat industry has proven that even in an inflationary era a free market can function in a way that assures both abundance and an equitable price level. During the past 20 years while the farmer has seen his production costs rise an average of 50 percent, farm prices have risen only 6 percent. Farmers have been able to survive, thanks largely to massive increases in productivity. The beef industry provides one of the best measures of that increased productivity in the manner in which consumers have benefited. According to The Farm Quarterly, per capita beef consumption in the United States amounted to 82 pounds in 1960. Within 12 years, it has grown by 34 pounds per person. Furthermore, The Quarterly continues: "Experts predict that per capita beef consumption will rise another 22 to 27 poundjs between 1971 and 1980, reaching 135 to 140 pounds. This amounts'to an annual rate of increase of about 3 percent. Some 8.5 million additional cattle will have to be fed in 1980 to match this increase in demand." What these figures all boil down to is that Americans like meat. And they are able to buy it at free market prices, which in turn have given the incentives to the beef industry to step up productive efficiency and strive aggresively to provide the quality and quantity of meat demanded by the consumer. Right now, according to a pamphlet published by the National Livestock and Meat Board, the industry is endeavoring, with greater energy than at anytime in the past, to present the facts about the meat industry and meat prices. In the words of the pamphlet, it is working " full time to tell editors, columnists, news writers and housewives the beef price story. ...that beef is still a terrific buy. ...That American cattlemen are produc.'ig to the hilt.. ..that in our society of free competitive livestock marketing, the price of beef is still set by supply and consumer demand." In short, the industry is striving to show how the free market guarantees abundance at a fair price. No one can reasonably expect more. Pulmonary Emphysema Pulmonary emphysema, a constant threat to the heavy smoker, has other victims - livestock. Acute bovine pulmonary emphysema (ABPE) is a serious cattle problem in eastern Oregon and many other areas of the United States. The disease attacks the lungs, causing them to become inflamed, enlarged and inelastic. Also known as bovine asthma or fog fever, it is particulary prevalent in cattle moved into lush meadow pastures after being on dry summer range. Oregon State University graduate student Wayne van Zwoll, under the direction of Dillard Gates, OSU director of rangeland resources, has launched a study working with six eastern Oregon ranches in an attempt to determine the cause of the problem. He susDects it is caused by something the animals eat. He is investigating the possibility of linking a plant or stage development in a plant to the problem. Symptoms of ABPE usually appear between two and ten days after cattle are moved from dry range to the meadow pastures. Observed morbidity from ABPE averages approximately five per cent in affected herds where precautionary measures are not taken. By feeding hay to the animals before they are turned into the meadow pasture and removing them from the pasture daily for further hay supplementation, ABPE can be prevented, but his procedure is often impractical, said van Zwoll. First field signs of ABPE include lack of mobility, audible grunts when the animal exhales, rapid breathing, and standing with head extended and mouth open. Death can occur in about eight days following movement onto new pasture. Notable symptoms sometimes do not appear until the later stages of the disease. Animals under stress, such as lactating cows, are most susceptible to emphysema. Susceptibility also appears to differ among breeds, with Herefords more likely than Angus to contact ABPE, said van Zwoll. JOBS r.. A ma nM The Cooperative Rural Man- ' i power Project, with the help of secretaries in the extension offices in Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman, and Wheeler count ies, has the following job openings: MORROW COUNTY: Motel Maid, farm work; GILLIAM COUNTY: Plowing job, farm jobs; SHERMAN COUNTY: Four plowing jobs, house- keeper; WHEELER COUNTY: Plowing job, saw filer, heavy duty truck mechanic, Mill Wright. People with the following experience are looking for work: Heppner Area: Car penter, Housekeeper, baby sitter, office workers, sales clerks, mill workers; Fossil Area: Housekeeper, bartender, office clerk, cook; More Area: year around farm worker, secretary. For further information, con tact your local Extension office: Heppner- 676-9642; Condoo-384-2271: Fossil-763-4115; Moro-565-3230. News Reporter, Teena Lindstrom judging. Then we had refresh ments. News Reporter, Maureen Healy Sale. This will give our readers some idea of the amount of work that precedes a timber sale. Editor): Summary Environ mental Analysis Report by Dennis Martin. The proposed Wickiup Tim ber Sale, an administrative action, is planned for sale in May, 1974, and is a portion of Heppner District's regular planned sale program deemed necessary to provide a sus tained yield of forest products to local industry and assist in maintaining a healthy economic condition within this portion of Eastern Oregon. The "sale area is located approximately 32 miles southeast of Heppner, Oregon in Morrow County. The recreation, wildlife, range and watershed and soil resources may be impacted to some extent. However, if the practices and constraints out lined in this report are followed, the impact will be minimal and kept to an acceptable level. Adverse environmental effects that are considered unavoidable include an increase in hunter pressure and possible adverse impact on the big game population ; the aesthetic effect of regeneration seed cutting; and the soil disturbance that must accompany any logging or road construction activity. Alternatives were considered both internally and through contacts with other agencies and Forest Service specialists. As a result of these contacts, It was felt that increase in hunter pressure was not significant Impact on the deer and elk population. The harvesting techniques could be modified to lessen the impact of regenera tion seed cutting and the rotation length increased. How ever, since current recreation use is relatively low and no tie-through roads are planned, normal techniques are con sidered appropriate. The only alternative to soil disturbance would be to use some type of helicopter logging system which would result in fewer roads and less skidding dam age. Since soils are not critical in this area and it is unlikely that the timber has enough value to warrant this type of system, normal practices will be followed. In soliciting comments and opinions, the sale was discussed with fish and game biologists from the Oregon State Game Commission, the Supervisor of the Umatilla National Forest and his principal staff, and Hugh Black, Jim Martin, and Jim Simonson, Forest Wildlife Biologist, Recreation Specialist and silviculturist respectively. 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