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Contractor O.J. Kemmrr work
even though the government He points out that it costs
won't pay its share until 1,ss tna" having the contrac-
Idler," he says. lor corne back and finish the
work later. "I get a better
price from the contractor be
cause he docs more work at
one time.
f l'v'.- '" """l ' ' ve made tne terraces my
ir'iif'"jij3l'-- "inl, t I number one priority because
r"'lT'jTy t they work; I've seen it."
I yTJhmut Jz,? I H In the area of chemical use,
" ni r ir fV J I lne Swansons have been doing
Mi i H several things for the control
Out Of today's Clr- fl of cheatgrass and other weeds,
CUlar the following f "In the fall we spray herbi-
Itema did not arrive- I! cides to control the cheatgrass
' If ms,t'a'' ' 'ot ' ti,la8e- This
. . t ... H saves moisture in the soil,
Man Crtw Icoks...! 77 pr. 8 . ...
aw. wr t.v. ... I ma'1 an lnch Pd a quarter,
Mn s Work Socks. . .1.11 pr. , .
mention four trips of
colt', turf bX.'r I m' "
attar rebate I ll "ur biKKest problem is
tatting im in I cheatgrass now, but what
Pass! I we've done ia put a chaff
super soli t.tl 1 spreader on the back of the
We alnceraly apologize and 1 combine. Then a month after
hop this does not Incon-
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on terrace.
harvest we go in and disc it.
The first iron printing prtii
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That chops up straw and
makes the cheat come up in
the apring," he says.
Jim says he sprays the
cheat in the spring and then
comes back in the fall to spray
with a residual chemical that
kills the weed.
"We are going to do this four
years and hopefully kill off 70
to 80 percent of the cheatgrass
seeds."
He points onj they have done
a lot of expensive things for
the control of weeds, including
spraying roadways and
around storage bins, and bur
ning grass waterways.
Swanson also points to a new
machine on the farm used to
separate weed seeds from
grain before planting.
"I think one of our major
accomplishments is our seed
processing," he says in refer
ring to the new Carter Disc
machine," which takes out
nearly all the goatgrass seed,
leaving a clean seed to plant in
the fields.
The machine was designed
to separate barley seed, but
since goatgrass is the same
size as barley, it works very
well, says Jim.
"It's the best machine
available at this time. We
think the only thing you can do
is start with clean seed, so
we've gone out and bought a
good system."
The Swansons have also
participated in numerous test
plots with chemical compa
nies, testing the effectiveness
of different chemicals. "It's
hard because you have to
farm around them, but it's
worth it," he says.
The Swanson farm is a
family operation. Following
the death of his father in 1975,
Jim and Monica, who keeps
books for the operation,
bought out his sister's and two
brothers' shares in the farm.
His mother, Irene, who lives in
Heppner is still a share holder
in the farming corporation. He
and Monica have two children,
Adrienne, 14 months, and
Luke, four and one-half.
They have also diversified,
and own an insurance busi
ness in lone.
Also an important member
of the farming operation is the
Swansons' farm manager
Conrad Tworek.
"I can't say enough about
his ability," says Jim. "I go
over the basic operation with
to win.
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there."
A graduate of lone High
School, and a ' 1974 Oregon
State graduate in agromonic
crop science, Jim has been
extensively involved with
community and farming
groups including:
Co. Wheat League president
- 1978; Board of Directors
Morrow County Grain Gro
wers 80 82; current president
of the Jordan Elevator Co.;
Board of Directors of the Moro
Experiment Station since
19H0; Board of Directors of the
Oregon Wheat Growers
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Jim Swanson with ranch foreman Conrod Tworek in front of
new seed processor,
A.A.U.W., Lions Club
to hold joint
By MARY ANN CERL'LLO
On Thursday, Mar. 29, the
Heppner-Ione branch of the
American Association of Uni
versity Women will be holding
a joint meeting with the Hep
pner Lions Club on the subject
of Child Find. The meeting
will begin at 5 p.m. at David
and April Sykes home, 360
Green Street, in Heppner, with
an instruction session on how
to fingerprint children, stated
an A.A.U.W. spokesperson.
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League; National Board for
Crop Insurance, National
Wheat Growers League;
Chairman of the Morrow
County Extension Advisory
Committee; Elks Hoop Shoot
and Scholarship Committee
Chairman since 1975; presi
dent of the lone Booster Club
since 1978; member of the
A.S.C.S. county committee
from 1979 to 82; member of
grange; member of the Lions
Club; member of the Youth
Committee for St. William's
Catholic Church; and is a
member of the Heppner-Mor-row
Chamber of Commerce.
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meeting
This portion of the evening
will be geared towards those
who will be authorized as
finger printers.
At 7 p.m., members of
A.A.U.W. will hold a monthly
business meeting.
An informational meeting
on Child Find will begin at
7:30 p.m. and will be open to
the public. Speaker for the
evening' will be Carol Hardie
of Boardman, representing
Friends of Child Find of Oregon.
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