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Annual Homemaker's Day is
May 1 at Columbia View Church
You are invited to share the
Annual Homemaker's Day
with the Extension Women of
Morrow County, Tuesday,
May 1, 10:30 a.m. at Columbia
View Fellowship Church, Irri
gon. Special guest speaker is
Marcelle Straatman, OSU Ex-
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tension Human Development
Specialist. Luncheon will be at
noon a potluck with a main
dish furnished. Special events
of the day will be the
presentation of "Woman of the
Year" and Study Group of the
Year Awards. The spring
Homemaker's Day is for all
women. Bring a friend and
have a happy day!
BEEF ON WAY TO COUNTY
FAIR
Looks like another big
livestock auction at county
fair, if numbers of 4-H and
FFA beef weighed in recently
are an indication. A total of 35
steers were weighed at the two
locations making them eligi
ble to compete in the three
way contest at fair which is
judged on rate of gain, on hoof
placing and carcass data.
Along with the weigh-in last
Saturday, members received
training on beef fitting and
showing by Bill Broderick,
" Herdsman for Grieb Angus
farm, swine fitting and show
ing by Don Richards and
sheep showmanship and fit
ting by Coleman Devine.
Judging contest training and
contest were under the direct
ion of Paul Davis, BMCC and
the Blue Mt. Community
College judging team.
Judging contests were div
idedadult, 4-H and FFA,
with overall winners also
announced. Top judges in the
4-H division were: 1st, Cole
man Devine; 2nd, Paula
Palmer; 3rd, Dennis Warren;
4th, Jimmy Cason. In the adult
division, Krynn Robinson
placed first, Gary Grieb,
second, Don Robinson, third,
and Virginia Grieb, fourth.
Top FFA judge was Keith
Mildenberger, with Pat Clark,
second.
Averaging out the three
divisions, Coleman Devine
scored as top overall judge,
with Krynn Robinson, second
high, Gary Grieb, third, and
Don Robinson, fourth.
Prizes of candy bars and
bubble gum were awarded all
winners.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OLDER 4-H MEMBERS AT
STATE FAIR
4-H members who are high
school sophomores, juniors or
seniors have the opportunity
to be one of the 100 members
serving as Teen Staff at
Oregon State Fair, Aug. 19
through Sept. 3. As a teen
staff, members have new and
exciting leadership exper
iences, make new firends and
ATTENTION ALL FARMERS AND RANCHERS
A special joint meeting of the Morrow
County Livestock Growers Assn. and Morrow County Wheat Growers
will be held for discussion of problems concerning:
Livestock i Farm Tlief ts
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Wednesday, May 2 7:30 p.m.
Catholic Parish Hall Heppner
Attending Will Be:
Dean Clark
Oregon Dept. Of Agriculture, Salem
Sheriff Larry Fetsch
Morrow County Sheriff, Heppner
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learn how the fair activities
work from "behind the
scenes". They work with a
college student in conducting
one section of the state fair.
Work assignments are for
three to five days, with
choices of dates most conven-
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ient, as well as choice of
activity in which they wish to
be involved.
Junior superintendents are
also needed to assist with the
horse, dog, rabbit, poultry and
larger livestock shows. Last
year Julie Grieb served as
junior superintendent for the
beef show, and reported a
terrific experience.
Application forms for both
Teen Staff and Junior Super
intendents are available at the
Morrow Extension office, 676
9642. They are due in state
office by May 15, with no late
applications accepted. For
further information, all older
members are encouraged to
read the "Activities for 4-H
Senior Members" leaflet they
received recently.
PORK POINTERS
Pork production in 1979 is
expected to increase about 10
per cent, which will help to
offset declining beef produc
tion. Most of the market effect
will probably be during the
latter part of this year,
however, pork is a relatively
good buy now because there
has been some reduction in
retail prices and special
prices are more frequent.
Increased supplies are good
news for consumers because
of lower prices and for other
reasons. Pork has high quality
protein, and is a good source
of vitamins and iron.
Pork is leaner than it used to
be because hogs are scientifi
cally bred to have larger
muscles and less fat a "meat
type" hog. The wise shopper
will select meat that has a
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high proportion of lean to the
fat and bone. The flesh should
be fine grained, firm and
velvety. The lean portion
should be grayish pink, mar
bled with flecks of fat. The fat
should be firm, white and not
overly thick. Pork that is red
instead of pink may still be
good quality, but is from an
older animal.
According to Velma Seat,
OSU Food Marketing special
ist, research has shown that
all fresh pork cuts need to be
cooked to 170 degrees F.
maximum internal tempera
ture, rather than the previous
ly recommended 185 degrees.
Lower internal cooking tem
perature means less cooking
time, less shrinkage, less
spattering, and more juicy,
flavorful meat.
Roast pork in a 325 degree
oven.
So watch for good buys in
your meat counter, and enjoy
pork!
MARKET BASKET
The best values in fresh
vegetables include celery,
lettuce, carrots, potatoes and
onions. Cauliflower and cab
bage are expensive because
supplies are short due to
earlier bad weather. Prices on
asparagus are probably as low
as they will get. This vege
table has a relatively short
season so now is the time to
enjoy it.
Strawberries are in the
market but it will probably be
at least another two weeks
before the really good berries
are available at more mode
rate prices.
Pineapple is plentiful and
excellent quality. Cantaloupes
and honeydew melons are
sweet and flavorful but expen
sive. Controlled Atmosphere
storage apples are fine
quality. Keep them refriger
ated to maintain quality. It's
nearing the end of the season
for navel oranges. Sugar
content is good and prices are
moderate.
There are plenty of D'Anjou
pears in the markets. The
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quality is generally very good.
Remember that this fruit
needs a few days of ripening at
room temperature. Local rhu
barb is reasonably priced and
good quality.
Pork prices have gone down
a bit as supplies increase.
Later in the year there will be
more pork coming to market.
This will probably mean lower
prices which should help' to
offset the higher cost of beef.
Beef for grinding into ham
burger is in very short supply.
Poultry is one of the better
protein buys. The demand is
high but supplies are general
ly good.
AuCoin to speak of
China trade talks in
Pendleton Apr. 29-30
Congressman Les AuCoin
will be in the Pendleton area
Sunday and Monday, April
29-30, to tour a wheat and
cattle ranch and to give a
keynote speech as part of
Farm-City Week activities.
AuCoin, recently back from
a 12-day trip to China for trade
talks with top government
officials there, is expected in
his speech to focus on ways to
promote U.S. agricultural ex
ports in international mar
kets. While in Pendleton, AuCoin
also will participate in an
official Housing Subcom
mittee tour of housing condi
tions on the Umatilla Indian
Reservation.
AuCoin will arrive in Pen
dleton on Sunday afternoon to
take a tour of a wheat and
cattle ranch starting at 4:30
p.m. Wes Grilley, executive
vice president of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League, will
serve as guide.
A reception for AuCoin at
the ranch will precede a
family style dinner. AuCoin
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Oregon Cattlemen's president says beef
purchase cutbacks no solution to higher
prices ; may prompt
"During the past several
weeks, there have been sug
gestions by some activists that
corisumers cut back on their
beef purchases, such as 'beef
less Wednesdays', in order to
bring down beef prices. This is
not a realistic solution to the
problem of current beef
prices. In fact, such action, in
the long run, would result in
higher, not lower, beef prices.
That is because further inter
ferences with the market
would discourage the rebuild
ing of breeding herds, and we
would have a more prolonged
will remain overnight there.
On Monday, AuCoin will
appear at 10:05 a.m. on a
KUMA radio talk show, will
visit the Pendleton City Hall,
and will give the Keynote
Farm-City Week address be
fore the Pendleton Rotary. It
is set for 12 noon at Gunther's
Fireside Restaurant.
From the Rotary appear
ance, AuCoin will go to Blue
Mountain Community College
to talk to students, then will
proceed to the reservation for
the Housing Subcommittee
tour.
The visit to Pendleton is
part of a series of stops
AuCoin is making around the
stale to meet Oregonians and
to gain new perspectives on
statewide issues he is working
on, including agriculture,
energy, inflation, federal
spending, international trade
and housing.
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period of limited beef sup
plies," according to Bill Ross
of Jordan Valley, President of
the 3,000-member Oregon Cat
tlemens Association, speaking
at a breakfast meeting of the
Portland Industrial Rotary
Club on April 17.
Ross also made the follow
ing points:
After four years of below
cost cattle prices and a
reduction in the size of the
herd, today's cattle prices
have begun to stimulate herd
rebuilding. The eventual re
sult will be larger beef
supplies and more moderate
prices.
Organized campaigns to
reduce demand at this critical
point in the cattle cycle will
reduce the confidence of
cattlemen. Producers and
their bankers will be discour
aged from making the longer
term investments needed to
increase the size of the herd.
In the long run, any type of
boycott will not help consum
ers; it will only result in a
continuation of limited sup
plies and higher prices. Most
persons including the organ
izers of the 1973 beef boycott
now agree that the boycott and
price freeze were counter
productive in the long run.
Furthermore, a family's
meat expenditures would not
necessarily, be reduced. A
widespread reduction in beef
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increase msieaa
purchases might temporarily
lower prices, but it would not
increase supplies. Consumers
would not be able to buy any
more beef at the reduced
price. As soon as more people
tried to take advantage of the
lower price level, the price
would rise again. Also, shift
ing demand to other products
would increase the prices of
those products. Many consum
ers might not see any net
reduction in expenditures for
meat.
The public doesn't need
gratuitous advice from self
appointed protectors. In a
recent national survey of
attitudes toward beef and beef
prices, most consumers said
they know enough about beef
to manage rising beef costs.
They are capable of making
their own choices. Two thirds
said they already were
making adjustments in their
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beef purchases including
buying cheaper cuts, watching
for advertised specials, buy
ing in quantity, buying less
beef and buying other meats.
When given a choice bet
ween market intervention and
the free market, a broad
majority (72 per cent) said
they preferred to have govern
ment let supply and demand
function freely so that, as the
price of beef goes up, cattle
men will produce more beef
and bring the price down.
The free market system
always works. Right now,
poultry and pork production is
increasing in response to
favorable prices. Because of
the biology of the cow, it will
take longer to rebuild cattle
herds and increase beef sup
plies, but the same thing will
happen to beef, too if we give
the system a chance to
operate.
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