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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,
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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
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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
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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
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now fall.
Mcleod has
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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.
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iMti Carlson.
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