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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Oct. 26, 1978 ELEVEN i I Wheat League urges farmers to use 1979 farm program The Oregon Wheat Growers League is encouraging farm ers to take part in the 1979 federal farm program. "It's a 'now' program" aimed at improving prices by reducing production and esta blishing a reserve of grain, said Stan Timmermann, Pen dleton rancher. He is chairman of th OWGL farm programs commitee and past chairman of the same committee for the National Association of Wheat Grow ers, By not participating in the program, a farmer stands to lose eligibility for loans and deficiency and disaster payment. The sign-up deadline for participating in the 1979 pro gram has not been set but is expected soon, said Martin Buchanan, Spofford, chair man of the state ASCS committee which administers the federal farm program. ASCS is the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Service. "We've given considerable authority to county ASCS committees," Buchanan said. "The reserve program is working," he said, and Tim mermann agreed. The reduction of production through the 20 percent set aside program and the reducing of wheat available for sale by use of the reserve has increased wheat prices, Timmermann said. Wheat in the reserve is released after three years or when wheat prices reach a trigger point, which is a national average of $3.29. The recent national average price for wheat has been $2.82. Timmermann said that be cause of the farm program, those who participated soon will receive deficiency pay ments of about 50 cents per bushel of production. But only slightly more than 23 percent of Oregon wheat land came under the farm program in 1978. The wheat league wants to see this increased. "Oregon didn't help a bit" in making the national program work ih 1978, Timmermann said. BMCC livestock team having winning year X: - v.,. $ . ' Fed. crop insurance deadline is Oct. 31 The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is reminding area farmers that the closing date for applying for wheat and barley insurance for 1979 is drawing near. The final date is October 31. Present policyholders are reminded that the last day changes can be made in the election price for wheat and barley for the 1979 crop year is also October 31. Farmers interested in wheat or barley insurance or policyholders who wish to make a change in the election price should contact the Pendleton Office located at 1229 S.E. 3rd Street or telephone 276-3811 Ext. 437. The Corporation also wishes to inform wheat and barley policyholders that if harvest of the 1978 crop will not be completed by October 31, please notify the Federal Crop Insurance Office serving your area by such date. S mouse farm up for state award The team that will name the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue conservation man of the year has completed its work. The announcement of the state winner will be made at the League's convention in Port land on Dec. 5. The program honors farm ers who put unusual effort and cash into preserving soil and water preventing erosion. The program is a joint effort of the wheat league and the John Deere Company. Candidate farms visited by the selection commitee in clude those of Mike and Ken Kortage, The Dalles; Marion Weatherford, Arlington; Ken neth Smouse, lone; Bud Schmidtgall and Bob Miller, Athena; Rodney Rolfe, Grass Valley; Grant Henderson, Summerville; Ken and Gary Harris, Madras; and Earl Kennell, Monmouth. Livestock judging teams at Blue Mountain Community College have had a very successful year so far in team competition, according to Paul Davis, judging adviser and BMCC technical agricult ure instructor. On Oct. 18 the judging team took first place in overall points at the Treasure Valley Judging Contest at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario. The judging team took first place honors in the beef, sheep, horse and swine divisions. Cheryl Bunch, BMCC stud ent from Baker, took overall honors for high point contest ant at the TVCC contest. Another first place award was won by BMCC's judging team at. a Chico State University contest, October 7, in Chico, Calif. The BMCC team took first place out of 23 competing teams in carcass judging. The second BMCC team took fourth place in the same contest. The judging team is plan ning a trip to the Cow Palace in San Francisco for the 1978 Grand National Community Oct. College Judging Contest, 27 and 28. Members of the BMCC judging team include: Doug Ansotegui, Heppner; Glen Barrett, Klammath Falls; Cheryl Bunch, Baker; Bill Pound, Pendleton; Caryl Reid, Prineville; Krynn Robinson, Heppner; Paul Tay lor, Canby; Sue Truscott, Baker and Hoby Wilhelm, Arlington. Flu shots to be given The Morrow County Health Department will be adminis tering flu vaccine to anyone over age 26 who wants it at a cost of $2. These flu shots will be available at the Heppner Neighborhood Center on Oct. 30 from 7 to 9 p.m . and on Nov. 8 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Further information may be obtained by calling 989-8256. 1 I fT Heppner Ranger District Silviculturalist Charles Rouse inspects fruits of this year's In tlXe OCL bumper seed cone harvest, drying in a warehouse at the Forest Service compound in Heppner. Cones collected this year should provide seed for as many as three million new trees. District cone collection will produce 3-million seedlings A whopping 380 bushels of seed cones from ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, grand fir, Engelmann spruce and lodge pole pine were collected from trees in the nearby Umatilla National Forest during the Heppner Ranger District's successful cone collection pro gram, which ended Oct. 13. Local people gathered the seed cones from trees and squirrel caches throughout the National Forest land. Cone suppliers this year included Don and Judy Kenison and Ernest Garrison of Heppner, Richard and Irene Jones of Condon, and Charlene Papi neau of Lexington. Later this fall the cones will be shipped to Bend, where the U.S. Forest Service nursery facility there will extract seed from the cones and provide the storage. The seed will then be used to grow seedlings which will be planted in the Heppner Ranger District to reforest logged-over areas and burn sites. Heppner district officials said this year's seed cone harvest occurred during a peak seed producing year, which occurs only once every five to ten years. This year's harvest should yield about 500 pounds of tree seed, from which 3 million seedlings can be grown. r JilllJlDi u m Hi IIUUTER'SSALE - 7 BIS DAYS! printing 676-9228 ? n : t i Remington f OlIOS Winchester ' OCOJIOS I Wholesale ! 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Shows when tires need replacement Maximizes traction. SALE PRICE INCLUDES TAX SALE OCT. 27 THRU NOV. 3 ' 'I' K ' - DDI REPUBLICAN FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE-DISTRICT 55 Bill Bellamy wants to serve you in Salem. He is concerned about rural communities. Often, their needs are not met because legislation was designed for urban areas. "When dealing with road repair, medical services and crime, provisions should be made with rural people's needs in mind," said Bill Bellamy. Senior citizens need to be productive members of our communities. "I endorse many senior citizen programs. I believe government must continue to protect them from inflation, crime and society abuses," said Bill Bellamy. Government has gotten too involved in small businesses. Government has become too inflexible. "Common sense and sound management principles need to be reestablished," said Bill Bellamy. 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Appearance SALE PRICE INCLUDES TAX LIST BR.78 DR78 ER78 FR78 GR78 HR78 FR78 GR78 HR78 LR78 13 b 14 22 22 058-114 $65.81 14 B 14 22 24 70.90 14 B 14 22 25 72.90 14 B 14 22 27 77.32 14 B 15 22 30 058-144 81.32 14 B 15 22 32 058-146 84.16 15 B 15 22 28 058-172 79.02 15 b 15 22 31 058-174 83.01 15 B 15 22 33 058-176 86.16 15 B 16 22 36 058-182 92.06 SALE $43.45 48.75 50.80 52.80 56.45 58.45 54.40 54.40 60.48 66.75 rain ferweFSiNc.jLjy 989-8221 Lexington
