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SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, June 9, 1977
Field days set
for June 16, 17
The annual Field Days for
the Columbia Basin Agricul
tural Research Center at
Pendleton and Moro are set
for June 16 at Pendleton and
June 17 at Moro, reports
Harold Kerr, Morrow County
Extension Agent.
The two programs have
proven very popular with
wheat producers in the Col
umbia Basin and this year's
programs should also be well
received, Kerr said.
The morning program be
gins at 10 a.m., June 16, at the
Pendleton Station east of
Pendleton. Program high
lights include: Drought
Stress; Plant Growth and
Yield; Remote Sensing for
Resource Management; and
ARS Wheat Research in Re
view. During the afternoon, par
ticipants will tour the ex
perimental plots on the sta
tion, including a stop at Feed
Grain Research. Also planned
is a review of instruments
used for moisture stress re
search and weed control,
testing variety plots, cereal
diseases and others.
The Sherman Station Field
Day is set for June 17 at Moro,
beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pro
gram highlights there in
clude: managing stubble
Mint comes
to Morrow
If the air is fresher and you
detect a pleasant new frag
rance, give the farmers of
Morrow County the credit,
reports Harold Kerr, Morrow
County Extension Agent.
Mint is the new crop. The
growers are Ken Peck and
Jerald Rea of Lexington. Both
men received 2,000 foundation
mint plants the past week
which were produced at Ore
gon State University under
completely disease-free con
ditions. An ordinance adopted last
winter by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture requires
that only disease-free certified
mint can be produced in
Morrow County, Kerr said.
The two growers, along with
Bill Towery of Madras, who
planted foundation mint last
year on Far West Farms, are
the first mint growers in the
county.
The 2,000 plants are grown
in a garden-size plot this year
and next year the roots will be
sufficient to plant 10 to 20
acres.
The plants are being grown
for the roots as there is a big
demand for disease-free roots
in mint production areas, Kerr
said.
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Program participants in
clude most of the staff from
O.S.U. Agriculture Experi
ment Station staff, and from
USDA Agricultural Research
Service.
Cutting guidelines
set for firewood
Representatives of the U.S.
Forest Service and Kinzua
Corp., have announced plans
for issuing personal use fire
wood permits to area resi
dents. No firewood cutting will be
allowed on either Forest Ser
vice or Kinzua lands without a
valid permit. Permits will be
issued for up to ten cords of
firewood. Commercial fire
wood permits are available
from the Forest Service for 50
cents per cord of firewood to
be resold.
There is no charge for
personal use permits, how
ever, there are qualifications
as to where wood can be cut
and what can be cut for fire
wood. This is one reason
permits are required. Gener
ally, only dead and down logs
can be cut for firewood.
Permits for firewood from
Kinzua can be obtained at the
Corporation's office in Hep
pner or Kinzua. Permits for
firewood from the Heppner
Ranger District of the USFS
can be obtained from the
Forest Service office in Hep
pner. Kinzua will not be issuing
permits after June 15 if forest
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Lexington, Oregon "Serving all of
French
of beef
"It's a new approach to the
cattle industry. ..paid for by
the producer, developed by
the producer and managed by
the producer."
That's how Ray French,
county chairman of the Ore
gon Beef Development Task
Force, described the Beef
Development and Research
fire danger becomes a prob
lem at that time. After that
date, Forest Service permits
will be issued only for specific
areas where fire patrolmen
will be working.
All firewood cutters are re
quired to have a screen in
their chainsaws to trap par
ticles of hot carbon which may
start a fire. These screens are
to be .023 mesh and are
available at most chainsaw
dealers. In addition to the
special screen, firewood cut
ters are required to have an
axe, bucket, shovel, and fire
extinguisher with them while
cutting firewood. Bring your
chainsaw and fire tools with
you so that they can be in
spected before your firewood
permit is issued.
Firewood cutters should
carry their permits with them
while cutting or transporting
firewood. They should be pre
pared to show this permit to
Kinzua employees, Forest
Service personnel or law en
forcement officers.
Get a headstart on winter;
cut your firewood now before
fire danger becomes a prob
lem this summer, USFS
officials say.
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tells chamber
program
Act to the Heppner-Morrow
Chamber of Commerce Mon
day. French told the group of 26
business and professional
people, that cattlemen thro
ought the nation are attemp
ting to form an organization to
help not only the cattle
producer but the beef consu
mer as well.
"We're not a government
subsidized program," said i
French, "it's a self-help thing
that cattle producers are
being asked to support."
Beef development task force
members are currently cond
ucting a campaign to get
cattlemen registered for a
Forest
exchange
offered
Herb Rudolph, Forest Sup
ervisor, announced May 18
that Orville Cutsforth of
Heppner has offered the
Umatilla National Forest 40
acres of private land on
Wilson Creek in the Kelley
roadless area in exchange for
40 acres of National Forest
land near Ditch Creek. All
lands are on the Heppner
Ranger District.
The Forest Service will
consider the proposal for en
vironmental and economical
advantages and disadvant
ages. An archaeological sur
vey of the National Forest
land will be completed before
the land can be exchanged.
Cutsforth owns other land
adjacent to the National
Forest land he has selected.
Meet a
friend of
the farmer.
John Ripple,
manager
of MCGG's
fertilizer
department.
At Morrow
County Grain
Growers, you
can get all your
farm chemical
and fertilizer
needs, including
rental weed
sprayers.
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Morrow County" Phone 989-8221
vote on the Beef Referendum
that will take place from July
5-15.
June 6 through June 17 is the
two-week registration period
for the Beef Research and
Information Order Referend
um. Anyone who was a cattle
producer during 1976 may
register to vote, either in
person or by mail, at their
local Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Service
(ASCS) Office.
French noted that cattle
producers during 1976 include
4-H and FFA members any
person that raised at least one
head during the year.
French said the cattlemen
have neglected to promote
their product to the public in
the past and that the time is at
hand where cattle production
has to be brought into interde
pendence with all other areas
of the economy.
"The consumer will benefit
as much as the cattleman in
that prices will be stabilized
on the market place," said
French.
LaRue sets new
state record
lone Junior High athletes
brought home a state record
along with a gold and a silver
medal after last Saturday's
State AAU Jr. Olympic track
meet in Portland.
Shawn LaRue shattered the
state record on his way to a
first-place finish in the boys'
12-13 age one-mile race-walk.
Farm fertilizers
and chemicals
in stock with
immediate
delivery
available.
Women's softball
team to be started
Any high school girls or
women interested in playing
softball this summer should
contact Roberta Klaus at
Heppner woman
places second at PIR
Becky Fulleton, of Heppner,
placed second in barrel racing
competition at Pacific Indoor
Rodeo at Grants Pass.
For three rides around the
three-barrel cloverleaf
course, she won $122.50 for 46
Salmon maximum size
limit reduced
In an effort to protect
mature spawning salmon, the
Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Commission has reduced the
maximum size limit on jack
salmon from 24 inches to 20
inches.
LaRjie's record breaking time
was 8:26.6.
In the girls' 12-13 age
one-mile race-walk, Teena
Lindstrom copped the silver
medal with a time of 9:21.6.
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If you're about to lose, we can really help you.
676-5891. Informal games will
be played every Wednesday at
the fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m.
There will be an opportunity to
travel to Hermiston and play a
seconds in the saddle. The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roice Fulleton, of Heppner,
she was competing against
some of the top members of
the Girls' Rodeo Association
in the Northwest.
The emergency regulation,
effective June 7, applies to
zones 7 and 9 the North Fork
John Day River as well as the
entire John Day River system,
Grande Ronde River and all
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Put in a ValleyCenter Pivot, right now.
And as a special incentive, we can offer the
cash bonus from the factory for taking ad
vantage of this in-season installation. Three
summer finance plans are available, too.
1. Flexible season payments
2. Lowest ever 10-year lease rate with
minimum down
3. Interest free interim financing
So, call us today and keep in mind that
you don't damage more than 2 of a stand
by installing AFTER the crop is in. We'll
treat your field like it was our own.
There are other good reasons to install
a Valley Center Pivot right now. Ask your
self, do you think it'll cost less next year?
Do you think good yields wait for rain? And
you could probably swing a deal easier
with a well driller at this time of year.
So don't wait an
other day. A couple
of revolutions next
month could make
the year for you.
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women's softball team, but
the main objective is to have a
good time and get a little
exercise. Everyone is welcome.
Becky became a member of
GRA in 1973. She had pre
viously been involved in inter
collegiate rodeo, competing
for team at California State
University, Fresno.
N.E. Oregon river systems.
The Commission said jack
salmon over 20 inches may not
be taken because of the
danger of a poor spawning
season this summer.
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