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1 HKPPNF.R URF. C.UrTTF. TIMI S. nrutay. November 7. ICT Mid Winter Farm Fair a! Hermiston, Dec. 4 Potato production, alfalfa hay production, and com and feed grain production will top the agenda for the Mid Winter Farm Fair. Dec. at Thompson Hall. Umatilla County Fairgrounds. Hermi ston On Dec 4 beginning at a m potato production topic will be discussed m the morning session Dr Rob Robinson. OSU extension en tomologist, will be the first speaker. His topic will be insect control in potatoes Other potato production topics will be controlling harvest bruise damage, ferti lizer needs of potatoes, irriga tion research and potato variety Alfalfa hay production and marketing topics will kick off Tuesdav s afternoon's discus sion Guest speakers include: Dr. Jim Elgin and Dr Dave Evans of the Prosser Wash ington Research Center. Practice to control new land development Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District mem bers met with representatives from Eastern Oregon Farms and Sabre Corporation to discuss management princi ples at a meeting held last week at the Greenfield Grange. Boardman. According to Dave Franzen. Soil and Water Conservation Service conservationist. 'The district invited all the north end developers to a meeting to discuss management prac tices which developers will put into effect when they break up the sandy soil this nex year ."' The meeting consisted of a question-answer period fol lowed by an adoption of a practice. The members voted to work together to control wind erosion and other prob crop, Let's 702 SW Dorion PENDLETON 276-5352 Universal TUBULAR STEEL FOR GENERAL FARM USE ospvEMj . ' Universal Tubular Steel stock gates are rugged, built for extra long life using steel galvanized tubing with 16 gauge wall thickness and one-piece reinforced "Z" braces. Universal tubular steel stock gates are field tested and proven. ..an ideal choice for both cattle and hogs. Available with pig-tight rods in two lower spacmgs. Your Friendly Loco! Lexington MEMBER PACIFIC Lowell Saylor. and Dr Paul Koepsell, OSL' extension plant pathologists Wednesday agenda will feature forage production and management and utihiation topic Speakers and topics include: pasture and alfalfa hay management, Luther Fitch , quality consideration in forage. Lester Vough. maxi mizing forage production. William Koenig, forage utili zation research W ilton Hem emann; and supplementing winter beef cattle rations, Mike Yehren Com and feed grain produc tion and farmstead wind breaks will conclude the Dec. 6 sessions of the Mid Winter Fair Morrow County farmers and ranchers are invited to attend the three-day meeting For further information contact Harold Kerr. Morrow County extension agent lems during breaking up and cultivation of the desert land Members attending from Morrow Soil and Water Con servation District included Dick McEIhgott. Ken Turner. Fred Frederickson. Clarence Ruddell and Arnold Hoffman. Other guests were Morrow County Judge Paul Jones. Dorris Graves and Mel Smith of the Morrow County Plan ning Commission. Dale Boner. Columbia-Blue Mountain RCED project coordinator, and Clarence Underwood. West Umatilla district conser vationist Eastern Oregon Farms were represented by Gene Kirby and Charles Kyde represented Sabre Corporation Agricultural Loans for your Droduction needs- dairy, livestock. talk! Cooperative COOPERATIVES Agriculture calendar Nov 30 Morrow County Livestock Growers Association meeting, Heppner F.Iks Lodge, 10 a m. Nov Farm-City Banquet, Heppner High School. 7 pm. Dec I OSf Annual Swine Day, Withycombe Hall, I am. Dec 35 Oregon Wheat Growers League Annual Convention. Sheraton Hotel. Portland Dec. 4 Mid winter Farm Fair, Umatilla County Fairgrounds, Hermiston Ic 68 Oregon Sheep Growers Association Convention. Imperial Hotel. Portland Saving energy tough for agriculturists Saving power during the energy crisis is hard on some people, but for most of Morrow County and Oregon's agriculturists it s almost im possible. This w as the view expressed by Richard Jones. Columbia Division manager for Pacific Power and Light, as he spoke . to a luncheon audience at the Agri -Business Council forum in Pendleton, last week Jones pointed out that livestock operations require a significant amount of elec tricity in grinding, mixing, and conveying the feed for the growing and fattening of calves The dairy farmer uses electric power for milking machines and milk-cooling equipment A Pacific Power analysis of power consump tion of two modest dairy farms in Southern Oregon showed uses of 30.000 and 43.000 kilowatt hours in a year. Poultry raisers, must pro vide heat for brood hens and light for all chickens. They must pump oxygen to their closely confined fryers and broilers Jones noted that an analysis of the power con sumption of a large egg ranch near Rufus showed that the ranch used more than a half million kilowatt hours of electricity a year in its laying house and processing facility. Even the production of potatoes requires large a mounts of electrical power, according to Jones. A large potato farm in Klamath Falls used just under a quarter of a i ; million kilowatt hours of power in a year in the washing, grading, and pack ing of spuds, as well as the refrigeration and venilationof the potatoes in a year. Another agriculture use of electricity is m production of field crops Fertilizers require a tremendous amount of energy producing materials. Some crops need to be dried and fuel is required to run the driers Much power is con sumed in providing irrigation for two-million acres in Ore gon. Jones concluded. Sheep growers to Portland Morrow County sheep grow ers are invited to attend the 78th annual Oregon Sheep Growers Association conven tion. Dec. 6-8. at the Imperial Hotel. Portland Bill Siddoway. national president of the Sheep Grow ers Association, will be the principal speaker. A panel on the different aspects of marketing will consist of members from various sheep industries. Some of the members are Al Farrmgton of Wilson & Co.; Don Barnard, Keinow Mar kets, and Richard Biglin of Denver. The "Make it With Wool Style Show' will highlight the convention banquet. Henry Krebs of lone is the association's first vice-president ,: TT'. Donna Munkers a ad the snoy tlopri of following the recent it f ' . v -iHa " .."' . W' li t ""I Id I .Al. 1 B - tssfcMi i i-- I r - - usssssiiiiw J W ASCS Office Maaager Dave McLeod Oefti receives a 2vear service certificate from Morrow County chairman of the ASCS. Louii Carlson. ASC's Dave Not many ASCS office managers have put in more than 20 years of service in one office, but Dave McLeod is an exception. Last week Louis Carlson, chairman of Morrow County Agriculture Stabilization Con servation Service, presented ASCS office manager Dave McLeod a certificate and pin for 20 years service to the WHEAT GROWERS ELECT KEITH REA Keith Rea was elected presi dent of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League at a recent meeting of the organi zation. Rea succeeds Dick McEl ligott as president. His officers for the coming year include Harvey Morter. first vice-president; Dave Baker, second vice-president ; and Jerry Myers, secretary. her little sister. Bobette. try 1 . ,i. ri.... kipmI far tleddinf DWW " " ' now fall. Mcleod has .j.i nffir- Thp award was 1CUCI ai uiiivv. - - presented in behalf of the local office, the state ASCS com mittee, and the United States Department of Agriculture. According to Louis Carlson. McLeod has put over 21 years of service in the ASCS program and 20 of these years have been in Heppner." Along with McLeod's a- FARMERS BUYING MORE MACHINERY Recent surveys show farm ers are buying more tractors and other machinery this year, reports the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Retail sales of com pickers IN August were up 41 per cent from a year earlier; corn header attachments were up 46 per cent and combine sales rose by 48 per cent. WANT t CHRISTMAS MERRIER? WESTERN STYLE Coats Vests Shirts Pants Jackets Boots SHIRTS LANCER ARROW PACIFIC TRAIL Gardner's Den's Wear Heppner I L Judy Bushke. ofTlce secretary. ets her l-year certifi cate and pin from Morrow County chairman of ASCS. iMti Carlson. his 20 years ward, office secretary Judy Ruschke received her 10 year service pin and certificate. The two presentations mark more than 50 years of r Selling at the ranch Hereford 2-year-old bulls performance and carcass information available Frank Anderson LOCATION: 13 MILES SOUTH WEST OF HEPPNER ON CONDON HWY. Frank Anderson, 676-5311 or Bob Bergstrom, 676-9251 TO MAKE HIS Then choose these gifts! 0L KNIT SHIRTS KNIT SHIRTS .4 Gift Certificates COATS The Store of Personal sen-ice that Morrow County ASCS staff have put in. Everett Harshman has had 13 years and Rose Marie Busch ke has 11 years of service. PEtlDLETOtl ROBES SHIRTS SLACKS COATS SOCKS Knit Slacks Vt Slippers if Paari5.as v; Handkerchiefs ft fv available $5 Gift Certificate given away in Guessing Contest Service Ph. 676-9218
